"Normal speech"

Sign Language = Name: (Stuff that they sign)

'Thought'

Kyuubi

Other enormous beings

(Lemon) if you skip a lemon, I'll be sure that you don't miss a thing if you do. Cause I understand that some people would rather skip it because they feel that it is inappropriate, but I think that not having a lemon would be unrealistic to a relationship. But what do I know? I write about ninjas flying around blowing stuff up, how realistic is that in comparison?

A/N: Welcome once again to another chapter. I know last one was supposed to touch a bit of the academy but eh whatever better now than never. Oh and btw 2 things. 1) I hate saying two weeks later and that shit so I will let yall know in the context and 2) just to let everyone know

Rookie 9 Ages: 9

Team 8 Ages: 10

Figure id through that out there so yall will know what the ages are right now. Now Onto the next chapter!!!

Chapter:3 The Academy: Knowledge, Training, More students?

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(Outside Konoha Gates)

It was late in the afternoon at the gates of Konoha right before the early afternoon shift for guard duty was about to change. Kotetsu and Izumo were sitting there playing random child games to pass the time when two figures appeared over the horizon. Just by looks alone, it could have been just a man and his son but the in the world of ninja these could be enemy nin. As the two approached, they recognized one of the individuals as Yakama Sarutobi, Jounin of Konoha and Nephew to the Hokage. The other they couldn't really recognize. As soon as they were in range the guards halted them.

"Halt. Identify yourselves and whats your reason in Konoha." Izumo announced.

"Yakama Sarutobi, coming back from my training trip with this individual on permission by the Hokage. We are to be let through and shall proceed to the Hokage's tower upon our return. Here's our paperwork and proof of our identity." he replied handing the paperwork to the guards. As the guards looked over the paperwork they couldn't believe what they were looking at.

Standing in front of them was Uzumaki Naruto. From appearances he had changed greatly. No longer was he this little runt of a kid running around causing trouble and being harassed by the villagers. No, this was now a harden looking man trapped in the body of a young boy. Naruto had now grown a atleast a foot in height standing at five foot seven inches, quite tall for an eight year old boy in a ninja village. He let his hair grown into a wild blond mane and let it grow to the middle of his back braided in a pony tale. His muscles were extremely toned as you can now see from his exposed body parts which were his arms and a little bit of his chest. His face never really changed with the only major change was his whiskers had gotten deeper and darker. His smile was the same as always and still showed the same happy child as it always had. Lastly, just by his aura you can tell his personality has changed from an eccentric and wild, outgoing child to that of a calm, cool, collective individual.

"N-Naruto? Wow. You sure have changed in the last couple of years. How was the training?" Izumo asked while Kotetsu was still gawking at the young boy.

"Hehe" Naruto laughed softly scratching the back of his head. "well, training was rough but it was worth it. I learned a lot over the years and now I can't wait to start the academy next week!" Izumo had a bellowing laugh thinking to himself "Heh, I guess things never change."

"Well, paperwork and identity cards looks good. Please proceed to the Hokage's tower. Oh and by the way Naruto, you better hurry and get there. Your deadline to sign up for the academy is today in about………..2 hours." Kotetsu said while looking at a very nervous looking Naruto.

"W-w-what!? Yakama-sensei! We need to get to the Hokage tower fast! I can't miss the paperwork to sign up!" Naruto bellowed with all the worry of an eight year old could have.

"Fine, fine lets get going." Yakama replied. Both took off through Konoha hopping over rooftops and trying to make it to the Hokage tower so that Naruto can put in the paperwork to attend the Academy.

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(Meanwhile at the Hokage Tower)

Sarutobi was having his usual easy going day in the office. Ever since his nephew gave him the grand idea to use the Kage Bunshin to handle the paperwork, this left Sarutobi a lot of free time over the last three years. He was now just relaxing in the office looking through his window at the village. He wished that a certain blonde hair boy was here to spend time with him now that he had all this free time. After Naruto left, it felt like a boring place around the village. Sarutobi even took to training once again at his compound in Bojutsu and his reserves in his chakra capacity he was so bored. Although he was Hokage, he was way passed his prime and he was beginning to let his body wither. He had seen plenty of men over the age of 60 still in the ninja force and having an excellent body. He figured that if they can have it why not the Hokage of all people.

"*sigh* I truly wish there was something to do today. I already trained myself for the day, spent time with my family, and by the looks of things," He looks at the paperwork, "I have defeated my eternal rival for the day." He said to no one in particular speaking outloud.

Unknown to Sarutobi, there were two individuals outside his office waiting to be let in. Naruto and Yakama had just arrived at the desk and the secretary told them to wait while she pages the Hokage to see if he was available.

"Hokage-sama, there are two individuals here to see you. Shall I send them in?" The secretary asked.

"Hai. Send them in."

As soon as the Hokage turned around when he heard the door open, he was ambushed by a certain blonde haired gaki.

"Hey Ojii-san!!! How ya been!? I missed you a lot these years. You sure have changed. What ya been doing since I been gone? Oh I need to file the paperwork to get into the academy. Can I do that right now? How's Hinata-chan, Tenten-chan, and Ino-chan? Are they going to go to the academy too? Are they here?"

"Naruto calm down! One question at a time my boy." Sarutobi laughed seeing this was just the thing he wanted to happen today. "Well first of all im doing fine. I have just been training my body back into shape lately that's why I look different. As for the paperwork I already did all the paperwork for you all you need to do is sign it." Sarutobi gave the paperwork to Naruto and had him sign on certain lines. "Good. Now that that is over with, as far as I know your three female friends are doing alright. They too will be attending the academy with you next week with the exception of Tenten as she has started last year. From what I hear she is the top of the class so far for Kunoichi's. As for being here I have no idea. You should go see them for yourself. Now if there is nothing else you need to know Naruto, I bid you farewell and good luck on the upcoming years." Sarutobi said. He know that Naruto could easily take the genin exams right now if he wished but something told him that Naruto wouldn't want it right now but would rather take the long road rather then take a short cut.

"Oh Naruto, before you leave is there anything you wish to ask me for to help you along your way?" Sarutobi asked before Naruto left the room.

"Well, I know that I can take the genin test right now and probably pass it but I don't wish to pursue that route and leave all my friends in the dust. On that note, I wish to enlist the services of my sensei to help make my friends strong as well. I know he can't take them for the long duration as mine but I do wish he can help them." Naruto began to explain to the Hokage hoping he would help.

"Hmm……that's not a bad idea. Yakama, how do you feel about taking on a few more pupils to train?"

"Well, I can honestly say uncle that I grew fond of the little gaki here over the years. I do wish to continue training him at a later date. Naruto you want me to train your friends but which friends do you want me to train? I am very picky about students and if they don't have the right motivation or the attitude then I wont accept them."

"I wish for you to train only two more people sensei. I want you to train Hyuuga Hinata and Yamanaka Ino. I would also ask you to train Tenten but I believe she will do fine in the future when she is put on her team after graduating. For now those are the only two I want you to train if you are willing." Naruto replied. If one didn't notice in which both the Sarutobi's did, Naruto had a bit of begging in his voice.

"I want to meet them first Naruto. Then and only then will I decide on my decision." Yakama explained hoping that was enough to keep the young boy calmed enough not to go into full blown begging.

"Naruto, even if Yakama here takes them on to be trained, they will also need the permission of their parents and their respective council's. And if Yakama wanted to take them on trips for training, he will need my permission as well." Sarutobi detailed to Naruto if such a thing were to happen.

"Ok, well for now lets get you acquainted with my friends sensei and see where this can go. Lets meet for dinner at my place. I will order some take-out before everyone arrives and we can all meet and hope for the best." Naruto said to his sensei. He had a big foxy grin on his face when he said this and quickly took off to his apartment to get things squared away.

"Well uncle, I can only hope they are worthy of my time. If they ain't, well I will be back and requesting missions for myself to show that im ready for full jounin. Sayonara uncle and I will talk with you later about his progress throughout the years." Yakama told his uncle after which he Shunshin'd away for the day to rest.

"I hope they are worthy. If they are, I will have the three strongest and most loyal students…………make that ninja to graduate the academy since the Fourth's graduating class." Sarutobi thought outloud to himself.

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(At the Hyuuga Compound)

In the training yard stood one Hyuuga Hinata sparring with her cousin Neji. Their relationship has never been on the best of terms. Some would even dare to say that Neji despises his cousin. The reason behind his anger towards her comes from the teachings of the elders towards him. Some on the Hyuuga council believe that Hiashi and his family are getting to soft. Although, yaw and his wife Aoi believes that this is the step needed to unite the clans, the teachings of the elders towards Neji has affected his own decision.

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(Flashback - 3 Years ago)

"Neji come here please. We have to talk with you without your parents and his brother." One of the Hyuuga Elders explained leading him to the Main branch council room.

"What do I owe the elders on this occasion? Have I done something wrong? Am I going to receive another seal like the caged bird?" Neji asked sounding a bit worried as well as irritated but kept his stoic body firm.

"No not at all Neji. We wish to speak about how the Hiashi has been getting soft lately. We wish to make a proposition to you. We know that your father has the same ideals as his foolish brother but we believe that you should be the main clan heir and rightful ruler of the clan." Another Hyuuga elder explained.

"Neji, I wish to make you this offer. When we believe you are ready, we will remove that pitiful fool Hiashi and his family and place you as head heir and rightful clan head. In return, we want you to break the mind, body, and soul of cousins. Hate them. Detest them. It is their fate to be banished and exiled from the clan and it is your destiny to take their place. What do you say?" the elder proposed seeing a bit of a smile already forming on the face of the young Hyuuga prodigy.

"My answer is yes. If I receive private teachings and help in the traditional Hyuuga practice of Jyuuken and our other taijutsu techniques, then I believe I will do what is needed. You are right elders. It is their fate to be banished from the clan and I take their place. If the clan becomes one, there is only disaster waiting to be brought upon us." Neji replied with great confidence. He knew this was the right thing to do even if his parents didn't agree with him. He will be clan head and the Clan will be greater for it.

"Then do not disappoint us Neji." The elder finished before leading the others out of the room all with sick smiles across their face.

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(Present time)

Once again, Hinata was laying on the ground bruised and battered. Hiashi wish he could stop the match but everytime he tried, the elders told him to let it continue as this is the way of the clan. As Hinata began to get up Neji appeared in front of her.

"You have no right to be clan heir Hinata-sama! You are weak! You should just quit trying to be a ninja as it is fate that is denying you that privilege. Our spar is finished. Do not come back to me for any more spars. For next we meet, I will not hold back." Neji said in a low voice so that only Hinata could hear.

"Neji, what happened to you? You used to be kind and very warm. Now you are spiteful, mean, and arrogant. What has caused this to happen within you Nii-san?" Hinata tried to asked him but received no reply. Neji just simply turned his back on her and left the training ground.

As he left another branch member came and helped Hinata to the porch and placed her on a soft blanket and began treating her wounds. As soon as she was all patched up she got up and decided to leave. As soon as she got to her room she had a letter on her desk addressed to her.

Dear Hinata-chan,

I'm back from my three year trip. And if you don't know who this is by now its me Naruto. Tonight I am having Ino, her father and my sensei as well as the Hokage come over for dinner tonight and I wish for you and your father to accompany me as well. I know that you will join because you won't disappoint a friend now will you? This was supposed to be just a dinner for me and my sensei at my apartment but he suggested that we invite you and Ino and you fathers so that we can discuss some things. If you can please come by the Sarutobi compound at seven o'clock. See you later Hinata-chan!

Your friend Naruto.

"Oh my kami! Naruto is inviting me and tou-san to dinner! I need to talk to father soon." Hinata thought to herself and got into the shower quickly almost forgetting to take her clothes off before hand.

After twenty minutes she went to speak with her father about the note left behind for her. After some deliberation, Hiashi decided he couldn't decline an offer such as this. His curiosity got ahold of him and decided to bring his wife as well. After their meeting, Hinata ran to her room to get a nice kimono set-up for the evening and Hiashi informed his wife as well as sent a message to the Hokage accepting Naruto's offer for dinner

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(Same time at the Yamanaka Compound)

Ino was sitting in her room just getting home from her families flower shop and before that training with her family. She had never taken a liking to training and always rather play in the park or go shopping but after her incident with the Kumo-nin, she realized that beauty and grace will not go far in the world of the shinobi. So she began training and was doing a great job. She knew that once the academy comes around she will probably be one of the best kunoichi in training their aside from Hinata in her class. As she was relaxing on her bed reading about flowers in her text a knock came to the door

"Ino are you awake?" Her father asked before entering the room.

"Ya daddy im awake just doing some light reading. Whats up?" She replied

"Well I just received a letter from a messenger and its addressed to you princess. Here." Inoichi told his precious little girl and gave her the letter. As soon as she opened it she began both reading it outloud and in her mind

Dear Ino-chan,

I'm back from my three year trip. And if you don't know who this is by now its me Naruto. Tonight I am having Hinata, her father and my sensei as well as the Hokage come over for dinner tonight and I wish for you and your father to accompany me as well. I know that you will join because you won't disappoint a friend now will you? This was supposed to be just a dinner for me and my sensei at my apartment but he suggested that we invite you and Hinata and you fathers so that we can discuss some things. If you can please come by the Sarutobi compound at seven o'clock. See you later Ino-chan!

Your friend Naruto.

Ino looked up and couldn't believe that she was being asked to join Naruto and the Hokage for dinner this evening. She looked at her father begging her father to go this evening. After some thinking and careful consideration, Inoichi decided that he would disrespect the Hokage if he didn't show up tonight. That was something that you can't afford when having a seat on the council. So he told his daughter to wear something nice tonight and they would leave to the compound around six thirty.

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(Several hours later)

It was close to seven o'clock and Naruto was already in the middle of cooking with his sensei while the Hokage just arrived at the compound. He proceeded to his house and the aroma of finely cooked food was overwhelming. Sarutobi was happy to see Naruto and.,…………four shadow clones?!

"Naruto!!!!! What type of clones are those!?" the Hokage shouted not realizing it as shock was too much for him right now to believe his own sights/

"Their shadow clones old man. Why do you ask?" Naruto replied as if it was no big deal.

"Naruto we are going to have to talk about what you did on your training trip while at this dinner so that the others can see what they are getting into and letting their children get into." Sarutobi said realizing this might be a long dinner but atleast it would be with good food.

"No problem old man." Naruto answered then began to yell. " Oi!!!! Yakama-sensei!!! Wheres those ingredients at!? I need them now before I spoil the dinner!.

From around the corner Yakama appeared with all the ingredients Naruto needed and he proceeded to toss them into the large pot that was boiling.

Not more than thirty-five minutes later Hinata and her family showed up. Hiashi and his wife Hannah both bowed deeply in their formal kimono's as a great sign of respect towards the Hokage as he let them in. Hinata was a bit sad though that hanabi could not come but as she was sick, they decided it was wise to just let her rest. Hinata was wearing her light lavender kimono with snowflakes covering both the sides of the long cloth. Both parents wore their formal black kimonos both with the Hyuuga symbol on the back. As they were let in the aroma of the food could already be smelt and their mouths started to drool already. They always had fine cuisine and top of the line chefs to cook their food but this couldn't compare to them at the moment. As Sarutobi escorted them to the large dining room a bell was heard and it seemed their final guests has arrived.

At the door Ino wore a light yellow kimono that her mother bought her for such events and was wearing a small amount of make-up. She decided to wear all her hair back in a pony tail to complement her dress. Inoichi wore his formal heavy blue kimono with a dragon on the back symbolizing his ranking as clan head. As both people were let in, they followed Sarutobi to the dining room and the family sat down at the opposite side of the table of the Hyuuga's.

"Ah Hiashi-san, Hannah-san it's a pleasure to see that you have showed up. How are things?" Inoichi started up small talk. The adults were talking and didn't pay any attention to the girls that were now sitting at the end of the table talking with each other.

"Hey Hinata, you think Naruto changed all these years?" Ino asked her best friend she had for a long time aside from Tenten.

"I really hope so. I think he is a lot stronger now. *sigh* I really wish I could be as strong as Naruto. The elders have been putting a lot of pressure on father lately to remove me as clan heir. If I can only show them that im strong……" Before she could get any farther Ino had lightly pinched her arm and Hinata let out a quiet "eep".

"I thought I told you to stop doubting yourself? Are we going to see a regression now after all these years to get you out of that shell?" Ino exclaimed to Hinata knowing that she didn't want to go back to that shell.

"You're right. Lets talk about happier things." Hinata chimed in hoping to have a better conversation.

As the minutes went by the conversations taking placed ranged from talking about business, family and how their children are doing. What seemed like an eternity, a yell from the kitchen said that dinner was ready. To the surprise of all the adults, Ino and Hinata, they all finally seen Naruto bringing in the food to the dining room. But that's not what surprised them. It was the fact that there were five Narutos bringing in the dinner. And to top all that off, what he brought in was simply amazing. There was a large bowl of salad that smelled absolutely heavenly. Then there was the two large platters of sautéed chicken drenched in light raspberry sauce and alfredo pasta that was at the edge of the plate. Then there was a large bowl of what looked like a heavy soup that had a lot of thick noodles as well as vegetables and meats. Finally, there was another platter just for bread and any other condiments that would be needed for the evening.

"Hello everyone. Before we start I would like to thank everyone for showing up this evening. And before any of you ask yes I did make all this tonight with the help of my sensei. He will be here shortly, he just needed to freshen up befo….." Before he finished he was slapped behind the head by said person.

"Heya gaki, thanks for the introductions but its not needed. Welcome everyone. I am Yakama Sarutobi, the Hokage's nephew and Naruto's sensei for the past three years. Please everyone enjoy your meals this evening then after we will discuss why everyone is here." Yakama announced and everyone proceeded to dig in.

Both the families couldn't believe how Naruto changed over the years. They kept staring at him as if they were looking at a chibi-version of the fourth Hokage. Hiashi was pondering how much power this boy had attained just by training non-stop for three years, Hannah was wondering if she can somehow get Naruto to spend more time with Hinata, and Inoichi was just dumbfounded by the boys, no, mans stature. As for the girls…………..lets just say there was a river forming from their drool over how hot Naruto now looks. And just before they could say anything Naruto took the seat at the other end of the table in between the two girls.

"Hello again Ino-chan, Hinata-chan. I know I should have invited Tenten-chan as well but this meeting was made just for us. But, first I have to say, *blushing* you both are looking even more cuter than before." and wish that Naruto have both of them a kiss on the cheek leaving both girls stunned……………….then fainting.

The adults couldn't stop laughing at the sight. They were just so happy that their daughters had such a nice friend and maybe they can turn into something more as both fathers were thinking about this. After dinner and some small talk, everyone decided to head to the living room where they would conduct the business set for the evening. After everyone got situated, Sarutobi offered both fathers and his nephew a small glass of saki in which all of them accepted.

"Now that we are hear, Naruto has all called you for a reason he wishes to explain. But first he will go over his past three years of training with my nephew." the Hokage announced to the group.

As Naruto got up there he greeted everyone again and began going over his entire training regiment. From his endurance training to his taijutsu training and finishing with his ninjutsu training. He left out the parts about what techniques he mastered and how he began starting his nature manipulation. He felt that is not needed for now and would only answer if asked. All the adults went bug eyed at what they heard what Naruto went through. To say at the least that he survived was amazing and how strong this boy was.

"Now that I have detailed what I did over the past few years I wish to make an offer to both you Hiashi and you Inoichi." After a few moments, Naruto took a deep breathe and began to talk again. "I wish for you to allow Hinata and Ino to take part in training with Yakama-sensei." Naruto announced and the looks on the fathers faces were indescribable. Hannah just looked at her daughter worried but also hoped that Hiashi would take up the offer.

"Let me see if I have this straight Naruto-san. You wish for my daughter, and Inoichi's daughter to take a three year training trip with Yakama Sarutobi? Then miss about three fourth's of the years in the academy? Do I have that correct?" Hiashi stated wanting to get all the facts.

"Actually its four years of training and no Hiashi-sama. I want them to take part in the academy with me. I am not going to take the genin exam as I do not want to leave my friends behind. Yakama will go over how this will happen as im not to sure myself." Naruto replied giving the conversation over to Yakama.

"Hiashi-sama, Inoichi-sama, Hannah-sama I want you to consider this. I will not take them out of the academy for non-stop training as I want them to go to school and keep appearances with the class. Naruto here will just play along being an average shinobi and not reveal his strength. What I want to do is take your daughters twice a year during their 2 month breaks from the academy during the summer and the winter. I believe that I can achieve the desired status of mid to high chuunin level of these two girls after their tenure at the academy. Then I wish to take Naruto, Hinata, and Ino on as my students for when they graduate and turn them into a hell of a power-house team that will rival the sannins. I know that is wishful thinking but I believe that I can do this. As for now I will need your approvals." Yakama detail. He then went over how strong Naruto is at this point and then explained what jutsu's he knows already. To say that Hiashi and Inoichi were surprised would be an understatement. They were down right shocked but then they realized that Naruto had the help of the kyuubi but they weren't holding it against him.

"Well I don't know about Hiashi-san but I am impressed with this. I give you my approval." Inoichi said

After a few minutes of quiet talk between Hannah and Hiashi, they both came to an agreement. "We will agree to letting this happen only if you return her on her birthday and christmas during the winter. If you comply then we agree to this."

After some more talking between the adults, they finally finished the deal and Naruto was very excited. He knew now that his friends were going to be a lot stronger and then they would be on his team if they all graduated.

"Hinata, Ino. I need to know right now. Even though I have the approval of your parents, I still haven't accepted you as my students." Yakama said and both the eyes of Hiashi and Inoichi went a bit wide not expecting this. "I need to see if you are even worthy enough to be trained by me. First what is it that you fight for?"

Hinata answered first. "I fight for my family and friends. I would keep fighting until I couldn't fight anymore." Then Ino. "I too fight for my family and friends. If I can keep them safe then I know I am truly strong."

"Good answer but what about the people that wronged you in the past? If those people were in danger now but they are part of the leaf village, would you leave them to their own machinations and demise or would you help them?" Yakama asked getting an eyebrow raise from both parents.

"W-well……I honestly don't know Yakama-san. If they wronged me then I don't really know if I can help them." Hinata answered first looking a bit down but after a few moments she looked up with a bit of confidence. "But if they are apart of my village, then I have a duty to protect them with my life as a ninja."

"I completely agree with Hinata. Even if they did wrong to me in the past, they still need to be protected from those that would harm them. However, there is a limited amount of leniency I offer to them. I will not protect those that are traitors to the village and those that committed extremely bad crimes." Ino added in the end.

"Hmmmm………………those are very interesting answers. Now for my final question………..how far will you go in training? Will you go the extra mile? Will you go on even if you reached or passed your limits? Keep going even though you are almost knocked out? Or will you quit when things get hard and heed my warning……………….things will get hard beyond any imagination of yours. Ask Naruto, he knows." Yakama finished. Both girls looked at Naruto and all he did was nod.

Thirty seconds passed and both girls turned to each other and nodded. "We will keep going Yakama-sensei. If it is the only way to get stronger then we will do it. If not for us then we will keep going for our families and our friends." Ino spoke first. "And if not for them………..we will do it for Naruto-kun." Hinata said making both her and Ino blush a little bit and in return Naruto blushed a little bit.

Yakama looked at both their faces and their expressions didn't change. They were not going to back down and would take the full brunt of the training After some thinking Yakama finally spoke. "Well gaki's looks like you got yourselves a personal sensei. Now we will start training after your first day at the academy and keep training unless I have a mission for myself. We will train hard and fast but it will be tenfold during your breaks. I hope you are ready for your training. Naruto I leave you to your guests as I am a bit tired and need some rest. See you all later and remember, after the first day at the academy we will train for six hours then repeat the process 5 days a week with the weekends off. Until then later." Yakama said before leaving to his room to retire for the night.

After another hour all the guests seemed to be getting tired and proceeded to leave. After Ino and Hinata's family left Naruto went to clean up the mess and do the dishes…………I mean Naruto's clones. Naruto then began to discuss everything in greater detail of his training trip with Yakama-sensei. Sarutobi was very happy with the results and now was hoping that the boy can show the village that he is not the demon they all believe him to be. That he is going to be a great ninja and a great clan head when he learns of his heritage.

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(One week Later)

Naruto woke up as his alarm was going berserk. He turned it off to realize that he has an hour to get to the academy. After a quick fifteen minute shower, he made himself some ramen for breakfast (hey somethings will never change) and then left to school. Naruto decided to rooftop jump to the academy instead of having people harass him along the way walking.

After ten minutes he looked down and spotted a raven haired boy walking alone in the direction of the academy. Upon further inspection he saw that it was Sasuke Uchiha.

Earlier that week he learned that the Uchiha clan had taken a almost genocide attack with the perpetrator being one of their own. Itachi Uchiha had all but decimated the clan. All that was left was 3% of the clan with only his brother and two other male infants being the only underage males left along with a few older woman and some Uchiha historians that didn't have their sharingan. As for the fighters, there were only three Uchiha fighters left and they all were in ANBU being loyal to the Hokage only. During the event of the Uchiha massacre as it was dubbed, said ANBU troops were all out on guard duty on the borders and were all thoroughly distraught that Itachi had done this but it was necessary. The entire clan had planned to overthrow the Hokage but Itachi found out and on the orders of the Hokage decimated the clan that was corrupt. Surprisingly it was nearly all the clan. Afterwards, Itachi left as a missing-nin to keep up appearances and to save his brother from scrutiny.

Naruto wanted to talk to the boy so he decided to jump down and try to start a conversation.

"Hey, you're Sasuke right? My name is Uzumaki Naruto. Want to walk to school together"

"Hn. Look kid, I don't care who you are but I don't want to be seen next to a blonde idiot that is beneath the Uchiha. Don't talk to me and leave me alone dobe. You're worthless and should be happy that I gave you this amount of time." Sasuke replied leaving a stunned and a bit pissed of Naruto behind.

He didn't know what crawled up that Uchiha's ass but he was hoping that he would put him in his place at a later time. So Naruto took back to the roofs and proceeded to the academy. Upon arrival he noticed both Hinata and Ino waiting for him outside. As he approached he noticed huge smiles on their faces.

"Hey you two, whats the big smiles about?"

"Well, me and Hinata just found out that we are all in the same class together! Aren't you excited?!" Ino blurted out with a lot of happiness behind it.

"Heh, ya im excited that I get to be in class with two of the most beautiful girls in class." Naruto said with a bit of blush behind it.

Both girls blushed and proceeded inside with Naruto in the middle of the two. They reached their classroom to see that Chouji and Shikamaru was also in the class with them and Ino went to talk. As Naruto headed to the back of the class they noticed a few extra free trees in the back and proceeded to wave Ino down to show here where they are sitting. After a few more minutes a huge crowd of girls came in surrounding a certain raven haired boy. The one that seemed in charge of these girls looks like a pink haired girl with an extremely flat chest.

"Oh sasuke-kun want to go get lunch with me after school is over?" A girl asked.

"No he don't want to go with you because he's going with me to my house after class aren't you Sasuke-kun?" Another girl said

"Neither are you are getting your grubby little hands on him. If I see so much as a hand go on him I will kick your asses" A girl now identified as Haruno Sakura said with much passion.

After some time everyone settled down with Sakura sitting next to Sasuke, Naruto sitting in-between Hinata and Ino, and Chouji and Shikamaru sitting up front. Soon a teacher entered the room with a large scar on his chin followed by a blue haired boy. They calmed the class down and began to speak,

"Hello class, my name is Umino Iruka and this is my assistant Mizuki. We will be your instructors for the next four years of your life. We will discuss a varied amount of topics ranging from history to………" Iruka went on while Naruto was trying to stay awake. He knew this is going to be very hard to do seeing that he already knows mostly what they are going to teach them.

Soon after Iruka was done he began to take roll. After taking fifteen minutes to get through the whole class he told them that he will be their teacher for the next for years with no changes just to be sure they understood. After he went into further detail on what they are going to do he began to see what his class had in any kind of form of potential.

"Ok so is there anyone here that knows any jutsu's?" Iruka asked and was shocked to see five hands go up.

"Well if you can please come down and show us and say your names it would be appreciated."

When all five students got up they went down and met in the middle of the floor in no particular order.

"Hello everyone my name is Hyuuga Hinata. And this is my jutsu." Making three handsigns, "Byakugan!" Hinata activated her bloodline and showed it to her class.

"Quite impressive Hinata. I know that most Hyuuga's have trouble activating their bloodline at a young age without handsigns and you are quite close. Anything else?" Iruka asked.

With a shake of the head Hinata deactivated her eyes and went back to her seat.

"Man this is troublesome. Nara Shikamaru and this is my jutsu." After a few handsigns, "Shadow possession jutsu." And with that his shadow stretched to capture his new sensei and made him scratch his head and yawn.

"Thank you for your demonstration. Now if you can release me it would be greatly appreciated." Iruka said and no sooner moment did he have free movement again and Shikamaru sat down.

"Hello everyone! My name is Ino Yamanaka clan heiress to the Yamanaka clan! And this is my Jutsu. Mind-Transfer Jutsu." Ino then transferred her mind into Iruka's and said he liked pretty little flowers before leaving his mind back to her body. "It still takes a lot of chakra to do it but im getting better!" She said then went to take her seat by Hinata.

"Hn. Sasuke Uchiha. Katon: Grand Fireball Jutsu!" And with that he breathed out a very massive and intensely hot fireball. He held it for five seconds before releasing it. He gave a smug look towards Naruto and said, "Beat that dobe. You got nothing on the Uchiha Clan." and with that he went back to his seat to see Sakura drooling over "her" man.

"Hi! Name is Uzumaki Naruto and your future Hokage! Heres my jutsu. Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Naruto said and only putting enough chakra in for 3 shadow clones as to not over do it and show his true strength on the first day.

Both Mizuki and Iruka were dumbfounded at this point. They were trying to figure out how a boy not even a genin yet knew a jounin rank technique. With that question in mind he asked Naruto.

"H-how do you know that technique!? It's a forbidden technique that mostly a few jounin know? And how are you even keeping them up it takes an immense amount of chakra?" Iruka asked.

"Well, I was walking and met with this guy I can't remember the name of. I seen him performing some jutsu's and begged him to teach me one. After four hours of begging he finally taught me the Kage Bunshin." Replied Naruto knowing to keep his sensei a secret.

"*sigh* He shouldn't have done that. If used improperly it can kill someone from exhaustion of your chakra. Well it seems that some how some way you have enough chakra to make three shadow clones so I am really impressed Naruto you may go sit down." And with that Naruto went back to his seat and sent a smug look at Sasuke who began to get a little pissed off at being shown up even if it's a little bit.

"Ok class lets go outside and see what your taijutsu skills are and evaluate where you are at."

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Iruka led his class outside to the training ground where all the sparring will take place. He began pairing up people based on what he had seen. Sasuke was hoping to fight the blonde dobe but was not so lucky as he got paired up with some kid named Kiba Inuzuka.

"Well Uchiha I hope you're ready to get your face ruined!" Kiba said trying to get a emotion out of him. Unfortunately it was not the one he wanted. Sasuke Smirked.

"You're all bark and no bite dog-boy. You should give up now and save yourself the embarrassment of being beaten by me. We Uchiha Clan are elite and nothing can beat us. You on the other hand came from a pathetic clan that deserves nothing and gets nothing. Now quit before I beat you to a mess."

Kiba was livid when he heard this. Its bad enough to insult him but when you insult his clan that's nothing thing all together. As the teacher said go Kiba launched at Sasuke aiming a punch right for his head. However, what he wasn't expecting was Sasuke to dodge and knee him completely in the gut.

Kiba went to his knee's gasping for air as Sasuke kicked him hard in the ribs sending him flying to the corner of the ring. Kiba tried to catch his breathe and stand up but again Sasuke was there throwing a flurry of punches towards his face and body. After a punch to the face, Kiba ducked under it and clawed Sasuke across his chest drawing a little bit of blood.

Sasuke looked down and began to rage hard! How dare that mut draw blood of an Uchiha. It was unfathomable to do so yet he did it and Sasuke lost all train of thought and only began to fight more viciously.

Kiba tried to block and counter his punches but they were coming to fast. Kiba tried to think of something to do when he seen that Sasuke had over-extended his kick to his body and Kiba was able to capitalize fast by leg sweeping him then bringing a fist down to the Uchiha's gut hard. Sasuke was looking at the haggard Inuzuka only to be pissed that he was again punched. After some quick thinking, he remembered that the instructor said nothing about using ninjutsu being against the rules so he came up with a quick plan.

As soon as he was ready, Sasuke ran towards Kiba throwing more blows but in a more precise manner. "If this dog boy wants to draw blood from an Uchiha then lets see how he likes it when he gets burnt!" Sasuke thought to himself as he got inside Kiba's guard and kicked the boy up in the air.

Once suspended in the air Sasuke went through a series of handsigns and announced "Katon: Grand Fireball Jutsu!" All the students and teachers were shocked by this behavior for total disregard for a students life. Before anyone can do anything before the fireball reached Kiba, a figure jumped into the air and knocked Kiba out of the line of the fire and took the full brunt of the attack. That figure was Naruto.

"Hn. Serves the dobe right for trying to save another loser in the class. Oh well. One less worthless person to worry about later." Sasuke said nonchalantly only to be struck in the face by a powerful knee thrust. Sasuke was out cold before he could realize what happened.

Naruto stood there very happy he paid back Sasuke for trying to kill off the kid. As Naruto walked over to Kiba, he helped him up and offered him some ointment Hinata made to heal the wounds.

"Here, Kiba is it? Take some of this and apply it to the wounds and cuts man." Naruto said to a confused looking Kiba.

"Hey, thanks a lot for saving me. I don't know what would happen if I got hit. I owe you one Naruto." Kiba said giving his feral smile. "Hey why don't we eat lunch together man! It would be great since I don't have very many friends." and with that he became a bit sad but was happy when Naruto said "Sure thing. But im not going to eat lunch with you. You are going to eat lunch with us." Naruto replied as Ino, Chouji, Hinata, and Shikamaru came over to see if their fellow classmate was okay.

"Naruto you baka!!!!! What did you do to my Sasuke-kun." Screeched a loud and annoying Sakura. "He's knocked out cold because you had to use a cheap shot to do it. Just admit it!!! You're nothing like Sasuke-kun!" she yelled only to get a slight chill down her spine at Naruto's look.

"You're right. Im nothing like him!" Naruto replied in a harsh cold voice.

"Now, now class lets all get settled we still have a couple spars to do. Next is Uzumaki Naruto and Akamichi Chouji." Iruka announced before having his assistant take Sasuke to the hospital to get checked out.

"Alright chouji im totally gonna kick you're fatass!" said Naruto in friendly way. What most people didn't know was that Naruto was the only person that can get away with calling Chouji fat since he was never putting any meaning out of it.

"Heh, you think so eh Naruto! Well this fatass is going to sit on you till you can't breathe!" Chouji replied giving a big huff and presenting his chest out like a big gorilla.

As soon as the match began Naruto and Chouji began using their taijutsu skills. Chouji was a complete dunce when it came to taijutsu only know the basic of the basics while Naruto was greatly holding back trying to make the match interesting.

Naruto began with a flurry of kicks to the legs trying to take Chouji down and begin his pounding. Chouji on the other hand was launching heavy punches to Naruto's body and head only to be avoided at every chance. Naruto ducked under a right cross to his head while countering with a mean punch to the gut. Chouji stuttered back a bit before Naruto when back to work.

Naruto gave a high knee thrust to Chouji's face only to face it blocked by both of his hands but then Naruto followed through by grabbing Chouji's head and headbutting him hard to draw a little bit of blood. Chouji was stunned before settling back into pace to get back at Naruto for that. He launched a feign leg sweep which Naruto already seen through but figured he would give Chouji a free shot to make him feel better. Too bad Naruto didn't know that if you get hit by a Akamichi, it fucking hurts. I mean it really fucking hurts.

Naruto took the feign leg sweep only to receive a massive punch to the ribs followed by a punch to the gut that took all his air out of his lungs and launched Naruto back out of the rings thus disqualifying him from the spar.

Hinata and Ino ran to Naruto's side only to see him laughing. "Next time im not giving Chouji a free shot. That fucking hurt!!!" He yelled only to get a few laughs from the girls and even a quirk of a smile from Shikamaru.

Chouji came over and helped Naruto up. "Hey man thanks for the spar Naruto. Next time maybe we can make it even more interesting. By then I will have my family jutsu down so I hope you will have some as well." he said getting even more excited for their next match.

"Heh, ya next time we will go at it full force!" Naruto yelled getting a few chuckled from the students and some teachers.

The rest of the day went by fairly quickly. Naruto cheered on his friends when they were sparring. Surprisingly the match between a kid named Shino Aburame and Shikamaru was rather interesting. Although barely any moves were made, the strategic planning involved in the match was superb. Shikamaru ended up forfeiting the match after Shino surrounded him by the bugs. After the match Naruto ran up to Shino and congratulated him on a hard fought match to the surprise of Shino. Naruto invited him to hang out sometime and thus he gained another friend to add to his already growing club.

Hinata squared off against Sakura much to the delight of Sakura. She seen shy girl and was thinking this will be an easy win. After the names were called Sakura began to talk some trash to try and get some sort of early victory out of this.

"Why don't you and your loser friends just leave. You will never be as great as me and my Sasuke-kun. You are just weak and should go back to you loser boy toy and your loser blonde friend. We all see it. You are shy, timid, weak, and have been spoiled rotten! You and that lame-ass short stump you call a friend." Sakura was going on and on how weak Hinata was and gloating about how great Sasuke was. However unfortunately, that was when she felt a little bit of killing intent directed solely at her. It came from Hinata.

"Don't you EVER call ME or MY FRIEND WEAK! You are a WORTHLESS LITTLE BITCH that hangs off that limp dick loser!!" Hinata yelled extremely uncharacteristically and charged at Sakura.

Although Hinata's taijutsu was not the best she still had a leg up on almost all kunoichi's attending the academy and showed why in this match. Hinata was jabbing hard at various points of Sakura's body leaving large bruises while Sakura tried to dodge them.

As much as she tried to avoid and counter Hinata, there was no way in stopping what happened next.

"Eight Trigrams: Thirty-two Palms!" She yelled and struck with precision and lethality only seen in veteran shinobi. At the end of the attack, Sakura laid there battered and beaten with nothing left to say.

Hinata on the other hand realized what she did and almost fainted after becoming a human apple. Her blush was soon lightened after Naruto and Ino congratulated her.

"Wow Hinata! That was totally awesome! I hope we have a good match later to see whose the stronger person in the kunoichi division." Ino said enthusiastically.

"Ya Hinata-chan, that was soooooo cool. When did you learn the Eight Trigrams thingy?" Naruto wondered outloud hoping for an answer.

"W-w-well I was l-learning f-from my f-father. I a-almost have t-t-the s-s-s-ixty four down." She stuttered reverting back to her old form.

"NOOOOOOO!!!!!! Hinata! You will not go back to your shy self again!!!" Ino yelled at Hinata to get a loud laugh from Naruto and even Chouji who was nearby.

"Gomensai Ino-san. I will t-try harder." Hinata said keeping her stutter in check.

Ino was called next to do her spar with some no name girl. Ino had a good match and she showed that she wasn't no slouch in Taijutsu. She showed some impressive skills that was on par with Hinata. Although Hinata would have better taijutsu, Ino displayed some strong attributes for having a good basis of taijutsu training. After what seemed like ten minutes the match was finally ended when Ino sent the other girl out of the ring with a strong kick to the stomach followed by a back-fisted slap.

"Congrats Ino! You training will make you even stronger. You too Hinata-chan!" exclaimed Naruto proudly.

"Well class since we are out here and that was the last match for the day lets work on our throws. After which we will break for lunch, come back, do class work then leave for the day." Iruka proclaimed much to the displeasure of the class.

After everyone was rested, Iruka and Mizuki, who just got back from the hospital with Sasuke who had a large bandage over his nose, showed everyone to the pillars where they are going to practice their kunai throws. First up was Shino since they were going down the name list by last name and alphabetical order.

"Ok Shino, you will have ten kunai and ten shuriken. Each body part you will hit will gain you a point. Each vital point you hit will give you two points. You may begin." Thus Shino began throwing the weapons and earning twenty-two points.

Everyone was throwing weapons at this point and the teachers were keeping the tally one by one. So far Hinata held the score for the class with thirty-one points, followed by Chouji with twenty-nine points.

After a while Sasuke was finally up and threw all the weapons at once. The teachers were amazed by his accuracy as he earned himself thirty-eight points. He turned and gave a scowling look towards Naruto, "Beat that loser. And don't think I will forget what you did to me. You will bow to me and so will your bitches as well." He said.

At that point Naruto was beyond pissed so he decided to scare the Uchiha a bit. "Hey Sasuke!" Naruto yelled.

Sasuke looked back only to see an enraged look in the eyes of Naruto with ten kunai and ten shuriken in his hands. The teachers all looked a bit worried about what he was about to do. What came next was nothing short of spectacular. Naruto didn't even take his eyes off of Sasuke as he three the weapons at the targets. The crowd was silent.

A perfect forty.

"What do you think now…………you arrogant piece of shit!?" Naruto growled only to see Sasuke quickly turn around and go to where the fangirls were hoping to get some stress released. The teachers were looking at Naruto in awe and amazement. When the training was done everyone was dismissed for lunch.

After lunch was done everyone was going back to the class to begin their class work which would take about a few hours. Iruka went over various subjects such as the history of Konoha, previous Hokage's, the village heroes, beginner jutsu's which caught the whole classes attention, and then finally ending with giving everyone homework. After school was done Naruto took the hands of his two friends and led them to the training spot that he kept secret to meet up with their new sensei.

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(Sometime later)

After leading them through three training grounds and through a think forest, they finally met up with their sensei.

"Welcome my newest students. Today begins your lives as shinobi. I know that it begins when you are actually genin but one can never be too sure in this world so instead of waiting to be a genin to be considered shinobi, you will being as one now." their sensei announced to them in a commanding voice.

"Now Naruto I know that you are already trained but you will continue training just as hard. You will be considered the front line attacker. Hinata, with your Byakugan and superb taijutsu, you will be second in command and main scout for this group. Ino you are smart, beautiful and deadly and we shall use that to our advantage With your clan's jutsu, I will have you be our interrogator as well as our medic but we will get to that later. I will teach you Ino how to use torture methods but also with the help of a very special person. She won't come help until I think you are ready for her training." He said only to get a wince from Ino.

She wasn't really into the torture and interrogation thing but she would do the training if it meant she would get stronger. Hinata was excited to know that she would be scout and knew that she would be great support when needed. Naruto always knew that he would be considered the front line guy. With his knowledge of jutsu already and his Bojutsu, he was going to do his best to back up his team whenever.

"Ok first things first. Hinata, Ino we need to work on your Endurance and Speed at fast pace since we are on a timed training. I want you to jog for three hours non-stop around this whole clearing. Then you will rest and do it again. We will do this two times a day until you can jog for the whole six hours. Afterwards and I do mean immediately afterwards we will begin with the speed part. As for now take these special chakra weights. It will make it that much harder but we don't have that much time to work with so its either the hard way or leave. Choose now!" Yakama told the two girls who immediately put on the weights and began jogging.

"Now Naruto, heres some Gravity seals. They are a lot easier to use than the chakra weights since now you have better chakra control. I want you to set the weight at about a hundred pounds at the legs for starters then seventy-five weights for the wrists. Once you get used to it we will double the weights. Now as soon as you get that setup, we will begin our Taijutsu sparring." Naruto readily agreed and put on the seals.

Yakama was looking on with his new students and began to think. "Hell if my uncle can teach and make three ordinary kids into the Sannin, I can do it to! Uncle you will be proud of me when im done and I know I will make full jounin after this" Yakama then got into his Taijutsu stance and began sparring with Naruto at full speed.

"Man I get to train harder now and I get to be even stronger!" Naruto thought to himself as he began to start his spar.

"*pant* I can't believe that *pant* this is just the *pant* start of our training! *pant* I will get stronger! *pant* For my friends! *pant* For my Naruto-kun!" Hinata thought as she continued to jog.

"Oh my kami! *pant* If this is starter training *pant* then im kinda afraid *pant* of the advanced training! *pant* No matter I will get stronger! *pant*" Thought Ino as she started to catch up to Hinata.

Yakama was observing all three and knew he had a goldmine. "These three will be something one day. But why do I got this feeling that there will be a fourth. Oh well, these next four years is going to be something else" He thought to himself.

And thus the torturing began.

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(Meanwhile in a town with several gambling casinos)

"Tsunade-sama, I can't believe you are on such a hot streak! We just won enough money to pay off all our debts and have enough left over to live comfortably!" said Shizune, the apprentice of the legendary Medic Sannin, Tsunade.

"I have a bad feeling about this Shizune. We are heading back to the room right now then leaving this town as soon as possible. Cash out my earnings then meet me at the room." Tsunade said as she left the blackjack table to head to her room.

Just before she entered the room the Sannin had felt very uneasy when touching the doorknob. As if she was going to receive a horrible thing as soon as she entered. Tsunade began to feel for an chakra but found none so that eased her a bit. As soon as she openned the door she was grabbed inside and the door shut immediately.

"W-who are you!? What do you want?!" spoke an enraged but scared Sannin. She had never felt such an aura in her life. It had many feelings ranging from pure rage to pure happiness. She couldn't make out which was which.

"Tsunade of the Sannin. Legendary Medic of Konoha. Am I correct in assuming that is you?" Asked a mysterious cloaked figure.

"Y-yes I am. What do you want?"

"I have a patient for you to care for. This person will need constant care as it will take four years before he is fully one hundred percent and ready to continue their life's goal. In return, I will payoff all your debts you have accumulated over the years as well as leave you with enough money to get any necessary supplies for the person. Do you agree?"

"All I have to do is care for the patient? That's it? And all my debts are paid off? Why do I feel like I don't believe you."

As soon as she finished the sentence a briefcase appeared out of no where and opened. Inside was the money that was believed to be used to payoff her debts as well as extra cash.

"Fine I will do this. Who is the patient?" She asked.

"First you will need to know some things. One, you are not to reveal this person. If their identity gets out, he will most likely die from attacks coming from everywhere. Second as soon as I reveal them you have five minutes to atleast stabilize them as they have near non-existent chakra in their system and will need to use a chakra-transfer jutsu to do it. It shouldn't take you more than one to two minutes to do this to stabilize him. Afterwards they are all yours. Lastly, they will more than likely need your help. You must help them and disregard any ill-intentions for their plans and do it. Do I make myself clear?" The cloaked figure said putting some killer intent in their voice making Tsunade shiver.

Who is this guy?! "F-fine. I agree now who is it."

After a wave of a hand the body came into sight.

"T-t-t-t-t-t-h-h-a-t's t-t-the, t-t-the,………" Before she can say anything the mysterious man had disappeared and Shizune came bursting in the room.

"Tsunade-sama I heard some yelling and……" Then she finally caught sight the of the person laying on the ground. "T-t-t-hats the FOURTH Hokage!"

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A/N WWWWWWWWWWWHOA!!!!!!!! CLIFFY!!!!!! Hehehe I thought id do something and see how it works. Ok im totally sorry it took so long to write this chapter but I need to get my ideas in place and it was kinda tough to do so. Also how were my first fight scenes? Any good?

Now before anyone says anything I know that Tenten hasn't gotten any screen time yet but that will change in a few chapters. She will have a place and will possibly get trained by Yakama.

Also as for Yakama he will be a jonin instructor for the three's team and I like how its set up. I believe this is a well rounded team. I won't reveal what the other teams will be until graduation day.

As for this well HAPPY HALLOWEEN YALL!!! Hope it was great for yall as it was for me.

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