Author's Note: Please don't say stuff about Naruto being so young and stuff but he looks very mature for a five year old but I've read stories with Naruto being two and training Taijutsu so if you got a problem, tell them for drilling their idea into my head. And I was thinking about skipping the part about Tsunade raising Naruto but if what the readers say, I will do it, but it will be pretty short because I don't want to bore you guys, and this all says that it is important to review.

Chapter 1

Growing and Training

"Great, what now?" Tsunade sighed as a baby Naruto was wailing beside her in his crib, which was given as a present from a merchant. The blond Sannin walked over to him and went into the kitchen to put hot water into the infant's bottle which was filled with milk powder. After mixing it, she dapped the milk on the back of her hand to check its temperature, and when satisfied, she took baby Naruto in her arms and fed him the milk. She kept continuing this day and night, whenever he was crying.

Ten months later, when Tsunade was coming back home from the market and as usual, she held Naruto from the arms and made him move his legs so that he could walk properly, but on that day, Tsunade accidently let go of Naruto and she expected him to fall but he managed to wobble about six steps before finally collapsing. She smiled proudly at the child she was raising and the progress he was making.

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Four years had passed since Tsunade had been ordered to be Naruto's guardian, and in that time, she had already taught the basics of the ninja world to the young boy.

"Naruto! Come to the kitchen!" Tsunade yelled.

The blond Namikaze wore an orange shirt with the red Uzumaki spiral on his back, black loose pants that easily covered his ankles, and a pair of black shinobi sandals. He had been studying the basics of Wind Style ninjutsu, but when he heard his guardian yell, he immediately jumped up and ran down to the kitchen, knowing that Tsunade would yell if he took too long.

"Happy Birthday, Naruto!" Tsunade announced as the young boy entered the room. The slug Sannin then handed him a small chocolate cake with five candles on it. The Sannin then lifted his head and then gave him a kiss on the forehead.

"Thank you, Lady Tsunade." The young Namikaze replied, happily. He hastily grabbed a knife and split the small cake in two, handing Tsunade one part while he quickly devoured the other half.

"I've good news for you Naruto." The blond Senju told the young boy.

"What?" The boy asked, his mouth full of cake.

"Its time to start training to become a shinobi!" The Senju exclaimed.

"YES!", Naruto screamed, chunks of chocolate flying out of his mouth. The hyperactive ninja jumped up and down screaming, "Who's my sensei? Who's my sensei? WHO'S MY SENSEI?"

"Kakashi Hatake." Tsunade replied, sighing at the boy's overexcitedness.

Naruto thought about that, and said doubtfully, "Kakashi Hatake… is he related to, um, that guy? Uh, the legendary White… Tooth?"

Tsunade sighed yet again. "You need to study harder! Kakashi is the son of the Sakumo Hatake, the White Fang, but he has quite a reputation as a ninja himself. He is known far and wide, as the 'Copycat' Ninja. He is one of the only people in the shinobi world who shill possesses the Uchiha's Sharingan" Tsunade explained.

"But he's a Hatake, how come he has a Sharingan?" Naruto asked, still extremely excited.

"Ask him yourself" Tsunade said, smiling, and then pointed behind Naruto.

Naruto whirled around, surprised, and saw a man crouching on the edge of the open window. He wore a Jonin flak jacket over navy shinobi shirts and pants, with a pair of standard ninja sandals. His ninja headband covered his left eye, giving him this mysterious look. He was wearing a blue mask that covered most of his face, so basically none of his except for his right eye could be seen.

"Hi", the man said, seeming to smile underneath the mask.

"Kakashi, get in here! Why are you always late? This is a very important job, you know!" Tsunade scolded the young Jonin.

"On my way here I saw an old lady climbing a mountains so I had to carry her to the top. After that, I saw some cabbage merchant whose cart had broken down, so I helped!" The shinobi explained, obviously lying.

"I don't want to hear any of that!" The Sannin growled. "You are to train this boy so that he can defend himself from the Akatsuki! Don't you understand how important the job you were given is?"

"Who are the Akatsuki? Why do I need to defend myself? Is Kakashi strong? Why is he laughing at you?" Naruto asked, one after another, with the speed of a machine gun.

"Fine, whatever, just stop yelling at me" Kakashi said, still smiling care freely.

"Come on, Naruto. We have to go to Training Ground Seven. We need to start immediately" Kakashi said as he disappeared. A few seconds later, he reappeared. "Oh, I forgot you couldn't flicker." Kakashi said, he then carried the Namikaze and flickered away again.

The next thing Naruto knew, he was in a large open space with a lot of sand and a lot of training equipment. Kakashi set Naruto down, and handed him a kunai.

"Now let's do basic kunai throwing. The wrist movement is the most important." Kakashi explained, he then took out a kunai with a flick of his wrist; the kunai flew out of his hand, and hit a dummy on the other side of the training area.

"Yeah yeah, I know, I was forced by that woman to read three chapters on kunai throwing. Besides, Tsunade throws kunai and shuriken at me when she's mad. It seems easy enough…" Naruto said as he raised the kunai he was given and threw it. The kunai flew perfectly through the air, and hit the bulls-eye dead on

Kakashi grumbled, "I have to talk with that crazy woman… Who throws kunai at kids? And I have to stop her from making you a lousy nerd…"

"Hey! I'm not a nerd!" Naruto whined.

"You seem fine at kunai throwing, so I'll start teaching you about basic Taijutsu. There are three types, using stamina to tire your enemy before striking them, using power to land a devastating blow, and using your speed to counter attack, I can teach you the basics of each one, but since I mostly focus on ninjutsu, I'm not a taijutsu expert. Which one do you want to start with?" Kakashi asked.

Naruto yelled, "I wanna learn all of them! I'm going to be an expert at all taijutsu and ninjutsu and genjutsu and then I'm going to beat that old man hokage!"

"What? I can't teach you all three!" Kakashi exclaimed.

"Why?" Naruto whined like a typical five-year old.

"There's only one person I know who would want to teach you all of that taijutsu, but training with him is worse than living in hell." Kakashi said, smirking.

"I don't care! Bring him here!" Naruto ordred, stomping his foot on the ground.

The jounin smirked and said, "Your choice", and then flickered away.

A few seconds later, he returned with a ninja having a bowl cut haircut. The man had thick eyebrows and thick hair. He wore an unzipped Konoha Jonin flak jacket over green shinobi tights, pants, and green ninja sandals. His red headband was tied on his waist like a belt.

"Yo, It's me, the Green Beast NINJA! Nice to meet ya kid. I assume your youthful flames are burning brightly!" Konoha's Green Beast said, giving a nice guy's pose.

"Gai, for some unexplainable reason, he wants to learn taijustu from you." Kakashi said, slapping his forehead. Kakashi sighed. If Gai was teaching Naruto, he wouldn't stop talking about 'youthful konoha flames'. This was going to be annoying!

"So you want your youthful flames to burn even brighter!" Gai said.

"Wait, I'm on fire?" Naruto asked the Taijutsu Jonin. He then started running around screaming, "Help me."

Gai laughed at the comments and yelled, "Run five laps around Konoha!" He then sped away. Naruto sweat-dropped; amazed at the task he was given, before he started to follow Gai.

After five laps around Konoha, Naruto fell down the ground, sound asleep, and Gai had to carry him back to Kakashi. The copycat ninja picked up the five year old blond by his pants and tossed him into the sky. As the blond was falling back down, he woke up and screamed, "WHY IS THE SKY GOING DOWN AND WHERE IS THE GROUND? THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE! I AM FALLING DOWN AT 50 MILES AN HOUR!" Naruto started screaming "I NEED TO USE MY SHIRT AS A PARACHUTE, IT MIGHT SLOW ME-OOMPH!" Before he could finish his sentence, Kakashi caught him.

"What was that for?" Naruto whined to the Copycat ninja.

"You fainted from exhaustion." Kakashi said, acting as if throwing a five year old fifty feet into the air was no big deal.

"Not my fault, that guy's a freak! But I like his style, if I'm going to grow stronger, I need to let my youthful flames burn brighter!" Naruto yelled his eyes burning with determination.

"Great, another Gai." Kakashi groaned.

(A/N: I'll skip to the part where Jiraiya met Naruto, so Naruto's Stamina and Charkra Reserves are the same from the Anime and Manga, he knows three Wind Style jutsus they are: Wind Style: Great Breakthrough, Wind Style: Gale Palm and Wind Style: Whirlwind Fist. His Taijutsu is High Genin, Ninjutsu is also High Genin, and Genjutsu is Low Genin.)

Naruto, at age seven, stood four feet six. His blond spiky hair now reached the middle of his neck; he had side-bangs that reached the bottom of his ears, and wore a black, long sleeved muscle shirt with black loose pants.

"Kakashi-sensei, who's that pervert peeping into the female hot spring?" Naruto asked his sensei. For some reason, they had been walking towards the female to springs, so he could help but ask. Before Kakashi could answer, a voice boomed, "I'm no pervert, I'm a 'SUPER PERVERT!'" As Naruto heard that, he sweat-dropped.

"Anyway, he's your mentor from now on." Kakashi told the blond.

"What! I don't want to be taught by a 'Super Pervert!" Naruto protested.

"Kid, do you know who I am?" The Sannin asked, suddenly right beside him.

"Yeah, a super pervert." Naruto replied in a know-it-all tone.

"I'm the Legendary Sannin, Jiraiya, the Toad Sage!" The Sannin yelled ignoring the seven year old.

"More like a pervy sage." Naruto grumbled quietly. As Kakashi heard that, he let out a silent chuckle.

"Yeah, whatever, you and I are going on a trip!" Jiraiya said excitedly.

"Huh… where?" Naruto asked.

"Everywhere! We're going around the world! I'll teach you everything I know, including the art of seduction." Jiraiya said, whispering the last part into Naruto's ears.

"Why? And when?" Naruto asked.

"When? Well, in about five minutes!" Jiraiya replied. When Naruto heard that, he excitedly dashed away to pack. Jiraiya then laughed.

"Jiraiya-sama, the fox is out of the cage." Kakashi told the Sannin before he disappeared in a swirl of leaves. Jiraiya immediately understood what the young Jonin meant.

"So… Kyubi's chakra is starting to leak..." The white haired Sannin muttered to himself.

As Naruto was returning back to his flat to pack, a voice called out "Naruto-sama, here's some ramen from your favorite ramen stand, the Ichirakus." A plump lady handed him a box as Naruto left Tsunade's flat.

"Thank you, miss." Naruto said as he happily accepted the box. The blond then put it into his bag.

"What's taking him so long?" The toad sage wondered aloud.

"Hey, Pervy Sage!" Naruto yelled, waving at the Sannin.

"HEY! DON'T CALL ME THAT YOU LITTLE IDIOT!" Jiraiya cursed as he heard the blond's nickname for him.

"So are we going?" The blond asked the Sannin, excitedly bouncing up and down.

"Yeah we are." Jiraiya said, grabbing Naruto by the neck and flickering to gates of Konoha.