Hello viewers. First of all I would like to give thanks to Echo Uchiha and saya420 for their repetitive positive comments on my story. Also, there is a change of plans. I have drawn up an outline for this story up to chapter fifteen. This enables me to write each chapter much faster and decreases the delay between chapters. So I will update this story as fast as I can. Enjoy!

Uchiha Hideout (exit)

Naruto looked up at the hole in the ceiling of the hideout. "Are you sure that it is alright if I go Itachi-sensei?" Naruto turned around to look at Itachi with a curious face. Itachi had a slight grin and said, "Yes Naruto. It is time for you to join the academy. I might be a great ninja, but I am not a teacher. There are some things that you can only learn from the academy."

Naruto looked satisfied with that answer and stared back at the hole. Itachi said, "Naruto, don't forget to talk to the hokage about your papers." Naruto nodded his head to show that he heard him. He sighed and with one jump he easily cleared the top of the hideout. Itachi looked after him and had a thought cross his mind. *I hope that the third hokage hasn't changed his mind.*

Forest near Hidden Leaf Village

Naruto stretched and inhaled deeply. It had been quite a while since he had been outside. Ever since Yugao appeared last time, both he and Itachi had been staying underground. Naruto examined his surroundings. He was once again able to hear and see the things that he had missed like the chirping of birds and the smell of nature. *Itachi said that Yugao should have given up on him by now, but I should still keep my guard up just in case.*

Instead of going straight to the Hidden Leaf Village, Naruto decide to get a good feel for the area around the hideout. "Shadow Clone Jutsu." Twenty Naruto clones appeared in a giant cloud of smoke. The original Naruto looked at them and said, "Alright everyone, split up and scout this area so that I can find my way back." All of the Narutos replied in unison, "Yes sir!" Every Naruto took off in a different direction while the original sat down and took a nap.

Forest near Hidden Leaf Village (20 minutes later)

Naruto woke up to the faint sound of a clone vanishing. He stood up and collapsed all of his other clones. He stood still for a minute as he collected all of the information gathered by his clones. Naruto then started to walk off in the direction of the village. As he neared the village, he began to hear the unfamiliar sound of people crowded together and talking to each other. Naruto knew that he would stick out so he decided that he would follow closely behind a merchant wagon.

Hidden Leaf Village

Once he got past the gate, Naruto detached himself from the wagon and looked around at the village. He was amazed at how neat the village looked. There was no trash on the ground and the streets weren't crowded with hundreds of people. He looked around at the many two story houses with amazement. Without even thinking, he leapt onto the nearest house to get a better view.

This caused quite a few people to look at him in a strange way. He took no notice of them and started heading in the direction of the hokage mansion. He hopped from roof to roof and drew nearer to the mansion. He dropped down in front of the familiar house of the hokage and started to climb the stairs.

Hokage's Office

Naruto politely knocked on the door that led to the Hokage's office. He heard the third hokage say, "Come in," and he walked through the door. The third hokage had his official straw hat of the hokage hanging on the back of his chair and was wearing the official hokage robes. "Well there's a face I haven't seen in years! Welcome back Naruto." The hokage stood up and walked over to Naruto. He placed his hand on Naruto's shoulder.

"Hey old man! Didn't think you would see me so soon did you?" said Naruto playfully. "What can I do for you Naruto?" said the hokage. Naruto's face grew serious. "Well, actually I was hoping that you could put me in the academy." The hokage looked at Naruto with a sad face. "Well Naruto, it's not that easy. You are far too old to put in the academy now. Why, you are already eleven! Surely you do not mean to be put in for only one year?"

Naruto looked at the hokage with a grin of confidence. "Yep, that's what I plan on doing. I have the papers right here which have the information needed to get into the academy." Naruto handed over his papers and the hokage glanced over them briefly. "Well Naruto, this all looks good but I'm afraid that I cannot allow you to join just yet."

Naruto gave the hokage a curious look waiting for him to finish. "Naruto, in order to join the academy for the last year alone, you must be tested to make sure that you have the proper skills that are equal or greater than a ninja of your age." Naruto grinned and said, "Oh well that's easy, just watch." Naruto made a hand sign and said, "Shadow Clone Jutsu."

Once the usual smoke disappeared, a shadow clone of Naruto was standing next to him. The Hokage's eyes widened slightly. *So Itachi, you have taught him the shadow clone technique…* Both Narutos looked up and said at the same time, "So, what do you think?" The Hokage smiled and said, "That is good enough; take these papers and go to the academy." Naruto smiled and headed off to the academy with the papers.

Leaf Ninja Academy

Naruto opened the door to the class room and walked inside. Apparently there was a class in session right now because immediately all eyes were on him. He became a little nervous but crossed the room to the teacher. He handed the papers to the teacher, who looked over them cautiously. The teacher spoke up and said, "Alright, class, we have a new student. His name is Naruto Uzumaki and he will be joining us for year of graduation."

Everyone looked stunned and turned their heads to look at the new student. Naruto was wearing an orange shirt and blue pants with shin guards underneath. "Naruto," the teacher said, "why don't you go sit down next to Sasuke?" Naruto nodded and sat down next to a guy wearing a blue shirt with a red and white fan on the back of it. He looked over and said, "Nice to meet you Sasuke." Sasuke looked over at Naruto and said with a harsh tone, "Shut up newbie. What makes you think that you are even half as good as me?"

The entire class looked over at the two of them as Naruto and Sasuke glared at each other. Naruto had a huge grin on his face. Sasuke looked at him and got even angrier. "What the hell are you smiling at?" Naruto just grinned and said, "You are going to be a fun person to spar with." Sasuke stood up and grabbed Naruto by his shirt. "What did you say you little orange bastard?"

Naruto quickly grabbed Sasuke's arm at a pressure point with his left hand causing Sasuke to let go. He then punched Sasuke in the gut with his right fist and used his momentum to bring his right leg around and gave Sasuke a horse kick to his chest. Sasuke flew back into the wall and landed on his knees. "I said, you are going to be a fun person to spar with." The teacher sighed. *Well this is going to be fun.*

Thanks for reading. Hope you enjoyed that last part. Please review and I will start on chapter six soon.