Quote the Speechless: "Uh… Wow, thanks everyone. I got 20 positive reviews. This is making me happy. Your reward shall be… ANOTHER CHAPTER!"

Ghost Wolf: "Isn't this the chapter where you introduce the new people?"

Quote the Speechless: "HEY! Don't give away my story!"

Ghost Wolf: "Well that's what you get for saying what the next chapter is about."

Quote the Speechless: "What do you expect? I hadn't even written it at that time."

Ghost Wolf: "No, but you have ideas about what you're going to write." Threatens Speechless with another text book.

Quote the Speechless: "Well yea, I have dozens of ideas for what is to come. What if I changed my mind and ended up lying to everyone?"

Ghost Wolf: "Eh, good point, but whatever. I am not going to argue with you. Just keep writing."

Quote the Speechless: "Always. Anyway… ON WITH THE STORY!"

Legal Stuff: I do not own the Naruto Series. Wish I did, but I don't.

Replies to Reviews:

MiscLeafNin:

OK, first, about the age. There is no set date or age when they go into the school that I have found in the Manga. The reason that I picked ten was that I have noticed that Naruto learns quickly. Or rather get the basic idea for something very quickly. He then works very hard to completely understand it. Second, awakening the powers. I used to do babysitting for extra money in high school and I can tell you nothing would scare me more than anyone under the age of ten having those powers. Third, Hinata. Yes that was her, yes, that was her mother, and yes a mother with the right incentive, like the welfare of her daughter, could easily pick up a ten year old girl. Thank you for your interest and I hope that you keep reading.

Nakora-chan:

OK, First the apartment. In the series there has never been a reference to his apartment being broken into or him being harassed at it. That made me think that it is not in a location were people much care who he is, or don't know who he is. Second, the Anbu. They couldn't interfere with his natural development. Unfortunetly this included the fights and getting beet up. The only time they could interfere is if it looked like he was going to be killed. If the drunk had come at Naruto with a knife or something they would have taken him out at a distance. Third, School. Look back at what I wrote for MiscLeafNin that should explain it. Fourth, Origin. I personally have my own theory about Naruto's origin and his parents, and it is not the typical theory. You will have to wait to find out what it is.

Byuu128:

In Order. Yes, it was the Hokage. Maybe, Pairing ideas are undecided so far. NOPE, Sasuke will still be Sasuke. All will be revieled.

dee-unlm1t3d:

You will see how things are different from other writers. I have some ideas that are quite different, but you may have to wait a few chapters before they become evident.

Tyrchon:

Thank you very much for your input. I have all intention to continue this story until its completion. I will do this one story for now. I do not think I will be comfortable writing two stories at once. But I will take it under advisement.

Also thanks to these others for their reviews:

One Azn Dragon, draconous, RedVulpine, madnarutofan, Night-Owl123, dark-griffin, MisChibiOus, Death Boo, Deathsyte01, JohnnyG, DarkGaara, Dragon Man 180, Morgri, granite69, and Kitsurumenokitsune.

Thank you for your interest.

Chapter 2

Naruto had never gone shopping for his own clothes before so he had no idea where to start. He walked into one store and started looking around for something that looked good before the shop owner saw him and ordered him out of the store for scaring away his customers. This happened several more times, once for just looking in the window. Naruto was getting really depressed. Why did the people treat him this way? What had he ever done to them? He found a bench outside a building that had brown paper blocking the windows, and sat down in it, looking down at his feet feeling really bad.

"What's wrong kid? Get lost? Can't find your parents?" A man had just walked out of the building that the bench was in front of. He was holding a sign in his hands that looked brand new. The sign said 'Wonderland Clothing: New Styles for a New You.' The man looked at Naruto. "How about this, you help me hang up this sign and I'll see if I can help you out alright?" Naruto just nodded dumbly and saw that there was a beam of wood with a set of hooks spaced just right for the loops of the sign so it could hang on it. He helped the man by going up on the beam, by way of a ladder and putting the loops on the hooks while the man held the sign up.

"Thanks a lot Kid, now my store can open up tomorrow and I can start business." The man dusted his hands off and held one out to Naruto. "I'm Kibou. But anyway, how can I help you out?"

"I was shopping for clothes… but they just keep kicking me out of the stores." Naruto looked down at the ground.

"Kicking you out huh? Well how about this?" He opened the door and ushered the boy inside. "I won't kick you out, and because you helped me out and you're my first customer, I'll even give you a discount." He smiled as he turned the lights on, and revealed the store that Naruto couldn't see before because of the paper in the windows. There was clothing in all sorts of styles and sizes. "I used to travel a lot, went around to all the big nations and countries and everything, learned about the different styles of clothing at each. I just got back and I decided to set up shop, I used to live here and I know what people want, so I'll probably do a good amount of business." He turned to face the still awed Naruto. "So, tell me, what are you looking for?"

Naruto looked down at himself, his old second hand clothes, and the bright orange that no one had wanted. He remembered what the sign said, 'New styles for a new you.' He smiled as he looked at Kibou who was patiently watching the boy. "A new me."

At that Kibou broke into a wide grin and laughed. "I was hoping you'd say that. Come on, let's have some fun." And they did. At first Naruto had been shy, but the shop owner would have nothing of it and insisted that Naruto smile at all times. For the next few hours they both laughed and joked while picking out clothes. Naruto felt that he didn't want this day to ever end. But unfortunately it had to but not before he had the best day of his life.

Naruto ended up picking out several sets of clothes, several normal ever day clothes, blue jeans, t-shirts, and the like and several other clothes, what he was happiest about was his jacket. It was mostly light orange with darker patches on his shoulders and at the front pockets, on the back there was a dark red fox decal showing a fox's head rising out of a fire. The jacket was heavier than most due to some added features, in particular was the fact that it was triple layer, an outer waterproof layer, a middle layer of thin finely woven steal mesh, and then an inner layer for comfort and flexibility. There were also secret pockets hidden on the sleeves and by the main zipper, as well as several on the inside. Naruto got the pants that went along with the jacket because they were made the same way. The triple layers and several hidden pockets. They weighed a lot more than normal clothes but Kibou said that it would be good training and would help him build up his strength, and if he ever wanted it changed all he had to do was bring them back and he would repair or alter them.

When they were finally done Naruto paid for the clothes Naruto was delighted to find that he still had about half the money that he had been given left over. As he was headed for the door with the bags, wearing the new jacket and pants, because Kibou had insisted that he throw out the old clothes, the man called to him. "Hey, you never told me your name."

At this Naruto looked down for a second before reaching up and feeling the presence of the book that he had placed in the inside pocket and remembered the line 'never be ashamed of yourself,' he shook himself a little. "It's Naruto, Uzumaki Naruto." He half expected the man to yell at him and insist that he give back all the clothes and tell him never to come back, but it didn't happen.

"Naruto, huh? Well it was a pleasure doing business with you, and I look forward to seeing you around." And he went back to cleaning up the shop from his busy day with the boy. 'So, that's Naruto.' He thought to himself. 'He doesn't seem so bad. Interesting through…' He watched the boy walk out of the store and out onto the night time street, a bag of clothes in each hand and smiled. 'I wonder if I'll see him again.' And he swept up the store, expecting a busy day tomorrow, and it was indeed.

The next two weeks were spent preparing for going to the ninja academy. Naruto trained his mind and Chakra manipulation during the nights with Kyuubi, and at Kyuubi's insistence, training his body during the day, doing calisthenics during the day to build his strength. Naruto got an alarm clock and set it to wake him up early so he could do some running when no one would disturb him. After the first week of just running Kyuubi changed it a little, insisting that Naruto learn to gather Chakra while he was running. Naruto grumbled a lot about all the training he was doing when he hadn't even seen the academy yet. When Kyuubi heard that he insisted that Naruto find the building so he could see what it looked like and how to get to it.

Finally two weeks had past and it was time for Naruto to go to the academy. But Kyuubi insisted that Naruto do his usual run, followed by a run to the academy gathering Chakra all the way. This tired Naruto out quite a bit from the extra run, he usually meditated and Kyuubi would tell him the exercises he wanted Naruto to do, and that let him gain back some chakra and stamina so he could do them, but it seemed he would not have the luxury today.

When Naruto got to the building he was quite out of breath and the clock showed that he was already a few minutes late, he asked at the front desk where his class was and after an irritated reply from the lady behind the desk he ran off down the hall way, skidding into the class room where the teacher was taking role call.

"Who are you?" The teacher asked, he was wearing a slightly worn headband, a small pony tail high up on his head, and a scar across the middle of his face going over his nose and under his eyes.

"U… Uzumaki Naruto, sir." The man frowned a little, as the students began to mummer. He looked down at his list, he marked something and turned back to Naruto. "You're five minutes late, a Shinobi must always be on time and prepared. Go take a seat." And he continued with the role call.

"I am Umuino Iruka, you will call me Iruka-Sensei. You will raise your hand if you have a question or comment and wait till I have called on you before answering, am I understood?" He looked around the room at all the children nodding, seeing that Naruto had taken a seat back in the corner his head down on the desk, watching, but obviously exhausted, probably from the run to class he figured. "I will teach you what it means to be a shinobi, a ninja of Leaf. I will teach you many things, including the history of Leaf, Rules of being a Ninja, weapons basics, chakra manipulation and more."

And so it began. Iruka was a harsh teacher, always expecting more than he thought the students could give, especially Naruto, picking out the flaws in whatever Naruto was doing. Naruto, however, didn't let that stop him. He would often 'fall asleep' in class, when he was actually meditating, and taking with Kyuubi. Kyuubi wanted Naruto to look like an untalented Ninja, and so Naruto did what his sensei told him, acting like a no talent Ninja at school, while he trained even harder than before at home. At school he was called 'Dead Last' and picked on by the other students for falling asleep in class, getting yelled at by Iruka, and generally being a bad student.

But Naruto knew it wasn't true his strength was growing all the time and the jacket and pants weren't heavy to him any more at all, he was learning the different hand seals necessary for using ninjutsu and genjutsu. He also learned that with concentration he could talk with Kyuubi whenever he wanted to, and it became easier over time to the point when he would have conversations with Kyuubi while running in the morning.

All this time Naruto stayed the quiet boy he had been before, but now, there was a small smile the played on his lips and would annoy Iruka when he saw it in class because it meant that Naruto wasn't paying any attention at all. Naruto made no friends with the other students, and never really talked with them except when he had to. Naruto continued this for a month, and then two, never letting on how good he actually was.

Some of the other students thought he was weird and decided to follow him one day, to figure out where he went, because no one knew anything about him, except that no one liked him. But he didn't go home, no one came to pick him up, instead he started to run, the other students having though he had spotted them, he had, ran after him. But Naruto didn't pay any attention to them, he just kept running, until finally the students were too exhausted to follow him any more. And they stopped, panting and breathing hard as they watched him run out of sight.

Kiba was angry. How could the 'dead last' run so fast or so long? Akamaru sniffed along the ground and tried to follow but he wasn't so good at tracking yet and the smell of chakra that all the Inuzuka dogs learned overloaded him and made him sneeze and rub his nose into the ground and then go over to Kiba and sit by the exhausted boy and tell him what he could.

Ino grumbled, she thought the new kid was cute, though she would never admit it. She had asked her parents if they knew anything about the Uzumaki family, and they looked at each other and told her that she should just focus on her studies.

They turned back and headed home, each wondering about this strange boy. Ino went to tell her friends Shikamaru and Choji that she couldn't find out anything about him, except that he could run damn fast.

Naruto smiled when he noticed them stop running after him. In truth he had been running faster than normal because Kyuubi had promised to teach him an actual technique today and not just learning about more control or building strength.

"Calm down boy or you'll exhaust yourself before you can even learn what I'm going to teach you." But there was amusement in the Kyuubi's voice at how eager his container was to learn something new. "Go out into the forest, find a good sized clearing."

Naruto did as he was told. 'Alright Kyuubi-sensei, I've found a clearing.' He thought so Kyuubi could hear him.

"Alright, you've learned the Bunshin no Jutsu (Clone Technique) in class, and I like the way you mess it up, no one would suspect that you've already perfected it. Well I'm going to teach you the next level. This technique is called the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Shadow Clone Technique), and it will allow you to make real clones, not those flimsy illusions. This way you'll be able to have a sparking partner and improve your fighting abilities, which are quite frankly pathetic."

Naruto hung his head at this but brightened up at the thought of getting better. And so, for the next few hours Naruto practiced, first just the order of the hand seals, and then seeing how the molding of chakra was different from the usual Bunshin no Jutsu, until finally Kyuubi said he was ready to try it for real. Naruto did and ended up with three clones that looked like him, but he hadn't molded the chakra quite right and a few seconds later they disappeared in a puff of smoke. Naruto kept trying until the sun was about to set, and then he got it right, and there were no less than five of him running around congratulating each other on getting it right.

Kyuubi smiled inwardly happy at his student's progress, and sent him home for a good night's rest, there would be no lessons tonight and Naruto would be allowed to sleep fully. Naruto went home exhausted by his training and weighed down by his clothing, a happy smile plastered on his face.

"Alright kid, a few rules first about any of the techniques that I teach you. 1) You don't use them unless you have to. 2) Don't tell anyone where you learned them from should you be forced to show them. 3) Never teach them to anyone outside of your own family. Now before you go back to your place and sleep, go to that Kibou guy, the one you got this suit from, it's time for you to increase the weight."

And so he did, Naruto went back to Wonderland Clothing and stepped inside. There was a woman behind the counter this time and Kibou was no where in sight. Naruto walked up to the counter. He had lost most of his shyness dealing with the brash demon teacher, but he was still a little hesitant to talk with the unknown lady.

"Hello, can I help you?" Said the woman when she saw Naruto walk up to her.

"I'm looking for Kibou, is he in?"

"My husband?" This startled Naruto a little and he looked and saw the ring on her finger. "He is but he's a little busy right now, working on something for a customer. Would you like me to take him a message?"

"Uh… yea could you tell him that 'his first customer is back.'" The woman looked confused, then thoughtful before breaking into a big smile, something that Naruto had never seen directed at him in a good manner.

"Oh! You must be Naruto. Kibou keeps wondering if you'll show up again, I'm sure he'll be happy to see you, I'm Keito. You wait right here." And with that she walked through a door at the back into what Naruto guessed was a work room.

Kibou came out a few moments later while Naruto was examining some shuriken holders that were being displayed in a glass case. "Ah, Naruto, my wife said that it was you. What can I do for you? No problems I hope." Worry creased his forehead for a moment before Naruto shook his head. "Well then, what can I help you with?"

"I need training weights, to get stronger." Kibou studied the boy for a moment, and looked into his eyes to see a determination there that had been lacking before. A slow smile spread across his face as he started nodding.

"Yes, I think I can do that, come in back with me." He looked at the clock on the wall behind the counter. "Keito, close up, we're done for tonight, and then, some tea, tonight's a working night." Keito looked at her husband and then at Naruto, getting the idea she went and locked the door, turning the sign to closed and pulling down the blinds on the windows before going into the back and starting to make the tea.

Kibou guided Naruto into the back room. "My wife and I live on the second floor, back here is where I work on my projects." There was a twinkle in his eye as he showed Naruto the back room, filled with cloth and tools, leather and metal, dressing dummies and charts. One of the tables was indeed covered with a suit that Naruto guessed Kibou had been working on, but Kibou just picked it all up and moved it, leaving the table clear. "Now my boy, tell me again what you really need."

Training Weights, Naruto was about to say, but stopped himself and thought about it. What did he really need? To get stronger and faster, yes, but what else? "To become the greatest Shinobi, so people will respect me."

"Good Answer." And then Kibou pulled out a Head protector from a drawer and put it on, on it was the symbol of Leaf. "I'm guessing that you're in the academy?" Naruto nodded dumbly as he looked at the Head Protector. "Well forget them. Go to school and pass your classes, whatever, but it doesn't matter." Naruto's eye's widened with shock at what he was saying.

"Calm down kid, trust him. This is the first human I've seen that is sensible." Kyuubi growled to him, amused as he watched what was going on through Naruto's eyes.

Kibou held his hands up when he saw Naruto's reaction. "Relax kid, trust me when I say that you will use the techniques they teach, but there are a lot better things you can learn." He smiled as he watched Naruto relax a little. "Good, now that we have that out of the way we can get down to serious business. Now, I notice you don't have any of the usual equipment, no kunai or shuriken, no weapons at all, no scrolls or even an equipment pouch." Naruto shook his head, he didn't have any of that stuff of his own, he learned some stuff from the scrolls that he got from the academy but most of them he never used, and he used the practice Kunai and Shuriken at school, but he didn't have any of his own.

It was at this point that Keito walked in with a trey, on the trey was a tea pot and three cups, she walked over to the table and set down the cups pouring green tea in each. Kibou sat down across from his wife and Naruto followed suit sitting on one of the stools around the table. "Kibou used to be a teacher at the academy." She said as she passed Naruto one of the tea cups.

Naruto took the tea cup and sipped the tea, sitting in silence. His eyes went back to Kibou and the Head protector.

"Eh, that was 15 years ago, before I left to travel. I learned a lot, and I suggest you try it some time as well, but when you're older and ready. Now, business has been quite brisk, a lot more than I had expected. And I could use an assistant. You're probably wondering how this will help you." Naruto nodded. "Well here it goes, I'm going to teach you how to mold chakra into your fingers individually, and I use the skill for cutting cloth." He demonstrated by reaching into a trash can and pulling out a discarded piece of blue fabric, he closed his eyes and held up the pointer finger of his other hand as he lay the fabric down on the table, there was a little glow around his finger that gathered into a point of light that he put down onto the fabric and pulled it across the surface, neatly cutting the piece in half, even burning the edges so there could be no fraying.

"That is very high level control, a very good skill to learn." Said Kyuubi from inside his mind, sounding impressed.

"I will also teach you how to wrap it around kunai and needles. I use it so it will do less damage to the fabric that I'm working with. You will learn about colors and dies, how they blend and change, this will help you learn how to hide and blend in to the background. I will show you how to make and repair your own equipment and clothing, something every Shinobi should know how to do." Kibou sat back and sipped his tea as his wife spoke up.

"My husband and I are in agreement that what is taught at the academy is not what should be taught, but he is happy to use his skills just for the store. I am more open minded." Kibou rolled his eyes at that but his wife ignored him. "I will teach you how to use those skills in battle after the store closes. I will show you a taijutsu fighting style that will show you how to properly use the skills that he will teach you. I will also be teaching you how to make Kunai and Shuriken specifically for you, best fit to your hand, and how to mold chakra into them in ways that your opponent won't expect."

Naruto was overwhelmed. He had expected to walk in, buy some weights, and maybe talk for a minute. But now he was being offered the chance to have two more teachers. He didn't know what to do. It seemed like so much for him.

"Take it kid, this is an excellent offer. One will teach you better control than I have been so far and teach you practical skills like how to take care of your stuff, something I never had to do. And the other will teach you how to make weapons, take care of them and use them, something I never needed and a taijutsu style, something I couldn't teach you because I've never been human. This will allow me to work with you and teach you more Jutsu and build your stamina." Kyuubi was ecstatic, this was perfect.

"Drink your tea, think about it, I realize this must be a lot to take in." Naruto nodded as he obediently sipped his tea, it really was quite good. "With the training you'll get we can promise that you'll get the respect that you deserve." And that was all Naruto had to hear.

"I'll do it." Naruto proclaimed as he set his cup down. "When do I show up?"

"Tomorrow after school, come by and we'll have everything set up for you." Keito said, beaming at him.

"Oh yea, before you go." Kibou walked over to Naruto and did some hand seals very quickly before reaching out and touching Naruto's Jacket, and then the leg of his pants. A moment later Naruto felt the weight of his jacket and pants increase to a point where he had some trouble standing up. "You said you wanted weights, well there you go. Now go on home and get a good night's rest, tomorrow's going to be a long day."

Naruto wondered what he had gotten himself into as he waved a weighted arm at them and walked heavily down the street back to his apartment, but he couldn't help smiling all the way, he had two more teachers and he was getting better, he was going to be great some day.

Explination:

You're all probably wondering why Iruka was soo rude to Naruto. Here's my reasoning. Iruka lost his parents to Kyuubi, what Naruto embodies to all those that look upon him. Iruka tried to be noticed by Acting out and being a goof off, this has been shown in the first few chapters of the manga. In my version Naruto never acted out that way, thus there is no way that Iruka can relate to Naruto or tell that he is suffering. For that Reason Iruka is an asshole to Naruto.

Ghost Wolf : "There's no point in me asking what happens next, so I'm just going to wonder what the real reason Kyuubi wants to train Naruto? And that was a nice intro of Naruto's academy classmates."

Quote the Speechless: He sticks his tongue out. "Nope. You have to wait."

Ghost Wolf: "I can wait for the next chapter. Now I want to see what all the other who are reading your story will say. So I won't hit you with this textbook just yet."

Quote the Speechless: "Oh, how thoughtful of you. I'm sure that the readers are much more appreciative of my work than you are."

Ghost Wolf: "If only I had some of the skills Naruto was learning… then you'd be in for it. But as stands, I will congratulate you on another good chapter."

Quote the Speechless: "And here we must end this tantalizing conversation in light of other things. I hope that you and the readers will be back for the next chapter in one week."