hey guys! so sorry for the late update!! lifes a bitch and writers Block seriously sucks! Im still open for any pairing ideas anyone has. Just clearing up a few people's questions, many people are wondering why Naruto even decided to come back to the village and why Tsunade encouraged it after all the shit he's was put through as a child, well the answer is in the flashbacks that are coming. There is method to my madness and everything that seems weird or completely irrelevant and/or stupid is there for a reason ^^ you also find out in the next (not this one sorry!!) chapter how and why Iruka knows Naruto and how the 3rd Hokage was nice to Naruto. Special shout out to Griffin Blackwood and Hektols for reviewing every chapter and giving me feedback ^^ u guys are legendary

Thanx sooo much for the reviews

Pa0lini

Naruto walked along the main street of the village, with Kyuubi at his side. He needed to find someplace to train; he was very out of shape if healing a few dozen birds took as long as it did before. He didn't want to do it around his house in case he drew anymore unnecessary attention to himself. He felt a pang of sadness as he thought about the results of the exam.

...

It had shocked him, but everyone had passed. Naruto frowned when he heard this. If every academy graduate was becoming a ninja, then the Leaf's military force would be much greater than it is now. "There must be another test when they select teams," he thought as the entire class erupted in cheers. He then turned his attention back to Iruka who was giving each student their scores. Each student got a mark out of 100 for each section of the exam. Naruto only paid attention to the people who he had actually bothered to remember the names of.

"Shikamaru: Written - 95, Taijutsu/Kenjutsu - 67. Ninjutsu – 72

Hinata: Written - 69, Taijutsu/Kenjutsu – 73, Ninjutsu – 71

Ino: Written - 58, Taijutsu/Kenjutsu – 62, Ninjutsu – 65

Sakura: Written – 97, Taijutsu/Kenjutsu – 55, Ninjutsu - 56

Sasuke: Written – 99, Taijutsu/Kenjutsu – 100, Ninjutsu - 100

Kiba: Written – 52, Taijutsu/Kenjutsu – 87, Ninjutsu - 84

Shino: Written – 88, Taijutsu/kenjutsu – 63, Ninjutsu - 91

Choji: Written - 58, Taijutsu/Kenjutsu – 61, Ninjutsu - 68"

This only confirmed Naruto's thought about them earlier, though he was surprised that the Sakura girl was so smart. When it was time for Naruto's results to be called out, he noticed that everyone was paying attention. Obviously the guy who kicked the shit out of Kenji would get a good mark

"Naruto: Written – 100 + 10, for pointing out a mistake on the paper, correcting it and answering in full with extra detail. Taijutsu/Kenjutsu – 100 + 10, for going against an opponent who used ninjutsu and still stuck to the restrictions given beforehand. Ninjutsu – 100."

Everyone was stunned. Nobody had gotten a perfect score since the child genius Itachi Uchiha, not to mention the extra marks! Naruto just shrugged and continued stroking Kyuubi, who was happily sprawled on his desk.

"Class is dismissed. Come here tomorrow at 0700 and you will be put into your teams." Iruka announced before leaving. Naruto had a moment of peace before he felt the enormous killing intent behind him. Turning, he saw Sakura and Ino staring daggers at him.

"What?" he asked, slightly unnerved by their glare.

"How dare you!" they screeched in unison. "How dare you beat Sasuke?! Sasuke is the best so he should have received the best mark! You shouldn't out do him loser! You only got better than him because the teachers were nice on the new kid! Don't get cocky jerk! Next time he'll beat you!" Naruto's ears were almost bleeding when they finished. He turned, looked at Sasuke and quirked a brow. Silently asking, "wtf?!" Sasuke just shrugged, silently replying "I've learned to ignore them, not my problem." He got up to leave, ignoring his incredibly loud following.

"See?! Now he's in a bad mood! Stay away from us from now on, jerk!"

"Yeah, just leave us alone!"

"Why did you make Sasuke-kun hate us?!"

"Just go die!" The fan-girls harped at him. Naruto's eyes widened, before he plastered his face with a bright fake smile. Kyuubi growled at the girls, and stalked towards them menacingly.

"Don't Fang." He said with false happiness, rising from his chair. "It's ok," He headed towards the door passing Sasuke on his way, who was staring at the emotions playing in Naruto's eyes. As Naruto passed him, he heard the blonde boy mutter, "I'm used to it anyway," Sasuke raised his eyebrows at this statement and was about to talk to the boy, but he had walked out of the class. He stared at the spot where the blonde haired boy just was, wondering what that kid had endured to give his eyes such a look of sadness and suffering. But what really surprised him was the depth of the loneliness he saw... just like him. His attention was diverted when he heard a scream.

Fang was advancing on the girls still, he noticed. The fox's blood red eyes held nothing but contempt and hatred for the panicky females. His teeth were bared, as if the animal could only dream of burying them in the flesh of the screechy kunoichi. Sasuke sighed. He would have to stop him, otherwise the fox would kill them and he liked the creature, though he would never admit it, but he knew if he did stop the enraged fox the girls would fawn over him even more, thinking he cared enough about them to save them. He sighed again; he was such a self-sacrificing child he thought to himself.

"Fang, Naruto has left without you," he simply stated before heading out the class. Fang looked up and saw his master wasn't there. He gave the girls one last hunger filled look before bursting into flames and disappearing.

"Sasuke-kun is so brave....."

...

Naruto sighed. "I shouldn't let things like that get to me. I should be used to it by now," but no matter how much he thought this, he still felt like a whole had been torn through his heart. Kyuubi looked up at the boy and saw a look on his face that was all too familiar to him. Naruto had automatically placed that overly-bright smile on his face, but it didn't reach his eyes. Although he would never admit it, even to himself, this frightened Kyuubi more than anything else. The fake smile hid the turmoil of emotions the boy was feeling on the inside. When like this, he's almost like a different person. Naruto sighed.

"Well, let's find that training spot. Wouldn't want kaa-san to get disappointed in me," his smile became more genuine as he thought of his adoptive mother. It was days like today that Kyuubi was thankful to all the demon lords in Hell, that the violent women found Naruto that day.

"Who knows what would have happened if she hadn't," he thought remembering that painful day.

Flashback

Naruto slowly and painfully returned to consciousness. Every muscle in his body was screaming at him in pain. Every nerve and fibre of his being felt like it was on fire, never had he ever wished for death more. Tears gathered in his eyes as the pain increased, if that was even possible at this point. He could not move, could not shift himself in any way to alleviate the mind-numbing pain. A whimper escaped his throat that caught the attention of the near-by women, who Naruto had not noticed due to the pain.

"You're awake?! You should still be in a coma for another month at least!" she exclaimed as she started checking his vitals. Naruto remained silent; except for the small groans and gasps of pain he was unable to suppress. "Can you tell me your name?" she asked kindly. Naruto gazed at her with his once bright blue eyes, so full of life, now dead and listless.

The woman had blond hair, tied back into two pigtails. On her forehead was a purple diamond set above two intelligent looking chocolate brown eyes. She was wearing a loose grey cross-over top, that showed off her well-endowed chest, and a green coat overtop with three-quarter length blue pants. As he took in her appearance the woman frowned from his lack of an answer, and tried a different tactic. "My name is Tsunade. I come from the Leaf village. Where do you come from?" she asked gently, hoping that telling something about her will get the boy to speak to her. How wrong she was. Naruto's eyes widened in recognition and the dead look in his eyes was lost as fear filled them. Tsunade was shocked at his reaction, She was about to say something else but never got the chance. Naruto jumped up and ran out of the room. "Have to get away from her. Have to get away from her. Have to get away from her." The sentence kept repeating itself in his head as he burst through the front door of the building and out of the house and onto the street. Many people walking by stopped and stared at him as he pushed through the crowd, away from the leaf woman "When she figures out who I am she'll try and hurt me like everyone else from that place!" he thought desperately. The adrenaline pumped through his veins as fear gave him the energy to keep running. He felt something warm running down his stomach and legs. He looked down and saw blood pouring from the wound that had yet to heal. His legs started to feel shaky as his stride turned from running to stumbling. Pain coursed steadily through him, his eye sight started to blur and black appeared on the edges of his vision. He heard a shout. Naruto looked behind him and saw the blond woman running after him. Fear took over and replaced the pain momentarily as he ducked behind a tree hiding from the woman. He closed his eyes and covered his head with his hands, silently begging to whatever god up there that obviously liked screwing with his life that she would run right by him. No such luck.

"What the HELL do you think you are doing brat?!" she screamed at him when she found him behind the tree. "Do you know how lucky you are to be alive?! Do you know how long I spent trying to heal your ungrateful ass?! And what do you do?! You fucking run away the moment your conscious!! You shouldn't even be awake let alone running down the street like the fucking devil himself is after you!!" Naruto cowered beneath the angry woman's gaze, still in the foetal position. He body was racked with shivers of fear as he awaited the beating that the woman was sure to deliver. Tears ran unbidden down his cheeks, making the lines on his face stand out. Tsunade noticed his position and looked at his eyes which were wide open and glazed over in fear. Immediately regretting berating the child she crouched down beside him. "Hey, hey. No need to be scared. I was just worried you would hurt yourself," she said soothingly reaching for the boy. Naruto flinched when he felt her hand smooth back his hair from his face, but allowed the action, subconsciously leaning into the warmth of her hand which wasn't lost in the rain. 'There, there, it's gonna be ok. Everything will be fine," Tsunade kept up the words of comfort as she watched Naruto's eyes droop. Just before sleep claimed him, he leaned more into Tsunade's warmth and collapsed against her. Tsunade's eyes widened as she barely heard the fear stained words Naruto whispered as he fell unconscious.

"Please make the pain stop...."