Naruto accepted ninja training from specter ninja, Scorpion, and returned to the Hidden Leaf Village after 8 years of training. Naruto has graduated on the academy, and he is ready to take on the ninja world in his own way.

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Naruto, known as Kitsune, was on the Hokage tower with his master Scorpion, and both were talking with Sarutobi. Sarutobi gave Kitsune a paycheck for B-rank mission in stopping Mizuki from leaving the village with a forbidden scroll of jutsus. Scorpion gave his apprentice and right hand, a forehead protector with the symbol of the Shirai Ryu clan. He was grateful to his master. Then the door opened, and a boy with a wooden sword entered the office.

"Prepare to be defeated old man, today I become the Fifth Hokage," said the kid who was wearing a yellow shirt, with blue shorts.

"Honorable Grandson, please do not act with such recklessness," said an older ninja wearing black with glasses. The boy tried to attack the aged Hokage, only to end up tripping himself on his own blue scarf and falling on his rear end. The boy gets up and says, "You tripped me." Kitsune said, "No, I didn't. You tripped on your scarf." The boy said once more, "You ruined my super cool entrance." Kitsune merely said, "More like making a big fool yourself, kid." The boy had now lost his cool, "You better apologize, since I am the Hokage's grandson."

Kitsune watched the boy, and this kid was thinking "Now he will be down on his knees and apologize for what happened; he's just like everyone else." Kitsune however had other things in mind. Kitsune said, "So what? You expect me to kneel down and apologize. Like I give a damn, if you're some royal brat." The boy and the glass wearing ninja were shocked at how Kitsune was talking to them. Scorpion smirked on the inside, while Sarutobi just sighed, "Konohamaru is a bigger pain in the neck than my old teammates and Danzo. One day he will be in serious trouble."

Sarutobi spoke and said, "Scorpion and Kitsune, I want to apologize on behalf of my grandson's foolishness." Sarutobi now looked at his grandson Konohamaru and the older guy, "Konohamaru, Ebisu I want to present you Scorpion and his apprentice Kitsune. Scorpion, Kitsune these two are my grandson Konohamaru and his private tutor Ebisu." Scorpion and Kitsune nodded towards Ebisu and Konohamaru and vice versa.

Kitsune said, "So in few days, I'll go to the academy for orientation and team placements, right?" Sarutobi nodded at this and said goodbye respectively to Scorpion and Kitsune. Konohamaru just watched the yellow and black ninja and the red wearing ninja get outside. Ebisu said, "These two are so rude talking down to you especially the one in red with the fox mask. Konohamaru-sama, if you want to reach the rank of Hokage like your grandfather you just need to follow my instructions. To be Hokage you'll need to listen to me, after all I'm an elite Jounin instructor, and I only teach those with great potential." Konohamaru was like getting bored out of his mind and wasn't listening to him. Ebisu continued his speech that by listening to his teachings and mastering 1000 jutsus, Konohamaru will become acknowledged as Hokage. Meanwhile, Ebisu didn't even notice that Konohamaru already left.

(In the village)

Kitsune was walking around the village alone for a while, since he and his master decide to separate for a while. The young red and black ninja was walking down the streets of the village until he was followed by a box.

Kitsune thought 'I can't believe that kid is following me, and also his stealth fuckin sucks ', so he let himself be followed until the right moment. Then, Kitsune said "Ok kid I know you're following me, so appear at once." Indeed it was Konohamaru following Kitsune, and the young Sarutobi said excitedly "I knew you were awesome since that moment ago. I came here for a reason. I want you to be my master." Kitsune looked down the kid and the said, "Sorry kid, I can't teach you on being a ninja, and besides you seem to have your own tutor teaching the ways of the ninja." Konohamaru becomes a bit impatient and said, "Come on you can be my new boss and then I can finally take my grandpa's hat."

Kitsune asks, "So you want to be Hokage, huh?" Konohamaru nods and says, "As you know my name is Konohamaru, my grandpa gave me that name in honor of the village. The problem is that no one in the village acknowledges me as me; the people only call me by stuffy titles like 'Honorable Grandson' or other names just by being related to my grandpa. I wanted to become Hokage as fast as I could, so people would stop seeing me just as the Sandaime's (Third) grandson." Kitsune felt where he was going through, so he felt emphatic (just a bit) toward the boy. Kitsune said, "Sorry but it won't work this way. I know you want to be acknowledged quickly, but it won't work this way. They will still see you as the old man's grandson if you act this way; there are no shortcuts in the life of the ninja. To become Hokage you have train hard, apply yourself in your studies, and show everyone you're the strongest." Konohamaru listened to Kitsune every word he said with awe.

Konohamaru asked to the young red and black ninja, "Are you going to become Hokage?" Kitsune said, "I'll become the greatest ninja this world has ever seen, but about being Hokage I'm not sure about that right now." Konohamaru then said to Kitsune, "From now on we're rivals. I'll be as strong as you Kitsune. I'll be even better than you." Kitsune smiled a bit within his fox mask and said, "You got it, Konohamaru. You can call me by my name, Naruto, if you want."

1 week has passed

Naruto was residing in his new apartment that was provided to him by Sarutobi. He took a bath, and then put his usual red and black outfit with his mask and put on his Shirai Ryu protector on his forehead with his spiky blond hair and his blue eyes visible. He had a breakfast of pork steamed buns with a cup of soothing tea.

Our protagonist after having breakfast found his master on a corner. Naruto said, "Master Scorpion, what are you doing right here?" Scorpion said, "How about we have a last sparring match just old time's sake before you meet this new team of yours?" Naruto said, "Of course master." Scorpion and Naruto were heading to an open field where they could have their match peacefully.

Scorpion started first with a jumping kick to the other's face, but Naruto blocks it. Then Naruto goes for a leg takedown, as expected Scorpion evades the attack. Naruto goes for a combination of punches and kicks, but Scorpion counters with a left kick on the rib cage. Scorpion was going for the finish, but Naruto strikes with a punch to the gut. After 5 minutes, they ended up their match. Scorpion said, "Enough for today. You'll end up being late in for this orientation that old coot said." Naruto nodded and respectfully bowed said goodbye.

(Ninja Academy)

Kitsune gets in time and takes a seat in the middle row, and he saw most of the familiar faces he met last week, like Hinata, Shikamaru, Choji, Kiba, the mysterious Shino, and especially that guy Sasuke, who was sitting next to him.

Kitsune thought, "So today I'm going to have new teammates, huh?"

Just then everyone heard what it sounded to be a stampede charging through the hallways and entering through the classroom. Kitsune and the rest of the students saw the reason of this situation. Those girls named Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka entered the class after having their little competition. The two girls said at the same time, "I won!"

Sakura said in an annoying way, "I'm the one who crossed first, Ino-pig."

Ino said, "Listen to me forehead, my left toe crossed the room, so I won."

Sakura said, "No it didn't pig. I crossed in way faster than you."

The two continue growling at each other with few sparks of electricity coming out their eyes. Kitsune thought, "This is what they call a rivalry, huh?" Both Ino and Sakura then made their way to where Kitsune and Sasuke were.

Sakura said, "You're the baka of the other day. Move out of the way, so I can get to sit next to Sasuke-kun." Ino says otherwise, "No way, I'm going to sit next to Sasuke-kun." A group of girls alongside Sakura and Ino were practically saying the same thing. Sasuke thought, "They're wasting not only their times but mine as well." Kitsune thought, "Are they really going to be ninjas or just playing around?" Kiba actually got in front of Sasuke's face and started gloating that the Uchiha isn't so great and he could beat him. That got Sasuke's fangirls really pissed off. But luckily before anything happened finally Iruka got there and applied his Big Head no Jutsu telling them to settle down.

Moments later

Iruka said, "You all have gone through trials to finally get to where you are and I can say on how proud I am of all of you. But this is just the first step. You are now all genin. There will be teams of three with a jonin sensei as squad leader."

Ino and Sakura thought, "Teams of three?"

Ino smirked, "Well, I wonder who is going to be on Sasuke's team?"

Sakura said, "I have no idea how it's going to be." Her inner self said that she was going to be with Sasuke.

Sasuke thought, "What teams of three? They're just going to slow me down and will not be of any use to my ambitions."

Kitsune only thought that as long as they were good teammates he won't have any problem.

From teams 1-6, they were unimportant as some were from regular families.

Iruka said, "Now team 7, Sakura Haruno, Sasuke Uchiha, and Kitsune, and your jonin leader will be Kakashi Hatake." Sakura just said with happiness and joy, "Yes I'm on Sasuke's team! True love conquers all." Sakura then showed her victory sign toward her rival Ino and taunting that she was on a team with Sasuke. Ino got irritated by this. The soft, and shy Hinata thought, "I won't be on Kitsune-san's team after all."

The chunnin instructor continued, "Team 8 will be composed of Hinata Hyuga, Kiba Inuzuka, and Shino Aburame your jonin leader will be Kurenai Yuhi." Hinata, the brash Kiba, and the calm, collected Shino nodded at this.

Ino was still livid at this, while the guy next to her Shikamaru said, "I don't get it. What in the world does everyone see in a guy like Sasuke? He's not so special." Ino said to him, "You have no idea on this Shikamaru. Don't you get it?" Shikamaru replies her back, "Of course I don't get it. I'm not a girl." Ino sighed on this, "You're so full of yourself. Jealousy is such a terrible thing. I would hate it being on the same team as you.

Iruka said, "Since team 9 from last year is still active, we're going with team 10. Ino Yamanaka, Shikamaru Nara, and… Choji Akimichi." Ino was shocked at this, while Shikamaru decided to taunt Ino, "Did you say something about that you would hate being on the same team as I? Ino thought, "Not that lazy bum and the fatso."

Later that day, one of the jonin senseis came and was a tall man with short, spiky hair with beard and was wearing the standard Konoha uniform with the flak jacket with the crest of Uzushio in the back, and with a sash of with the sign in kanji of fire in it, meaning his affiliation with the Twelve Ninja Guardians. The jonin said, "I'm Asuma Sarutobi and I am looking for team 10." Ino, Shikamaru, and Chouji raised their hands. Asuma said, "Great come with me." The next sensei was a beautiful woman with black hair with crimson red eyes wearing a red and white dress covered with thorns. The woman said, "I'm Kurenai Yuhi to lead team 8." Kiba, Hinata, and Shino raised their hands. Kurenai said, "Follow me to training ground 8." The new team 8 was now going to their training grounds. The only one left was team 7.

Two Hours later

Sasuke, Sakura, and Kitsune were sitting in their seats, until Sakura got ticked off by how late the jonin was being right now. "When he will get here? It's been already two hours late. How can a person be this late?" Kitsune said, "He will be here eventually." Sakura asked, "What do you think Sasuke-kun?" Sasuke said, "Whatever." Sakura just blushed at this act, and just when everyone was going to wonder if he will not appear the sensei finally appeared.

He had silver hair gravity defying hair, a face mask, a patch covering his left eye with a bored expression on his face. He was Kakashi Hatake, jonin leader of Team 7. He then said these words, "My first impression is… that you're all boring." Sakura and Sasuke were groaning at this, while Kitsune is neutral about this. Kakashi continued, "Meet me at the rooftop in five minutes."

At the academy's rooftop, Kakashi was with his new students and then said "Okay since you're all here now let's get to know each other."

Sakura being confused asks, "How do we do that?"

Kakashi says, "You can say about your likes, dislikes, hobbies, dreams for the future. Stuff like those."

Sakura then asks, "Why don't you start first? So we can know what to say about."

Kakashi sighs, "Is she supposed to be the best kunoichi in academics?" The jonin says, "Okay, I am Kakashi Hatake. My likes and dislikes… no I don't want to talk about them. My goals for the future never thought about them. I have quite a lot of hobbies."

Sakura just said, "He just told us his name." The other two nodded as well.

Kakashi then says, "Okay we'll start with the girl on the group."

Sakura says, "I'm Sakura Haruno. What I like is, I mean the person I like is (she stares at Sasuke). My hobbies are (stares at Sasuke again). My dream for the future and she squeals like a rabid fangirl." Kakashi says, "What about your dislikes?"

Sakura says, "Ino and that baka here." (She points at our red and black clad ninja)

Kakashi sighs, "Girls these days are more interested in boys than focusing in their ninja training." Kakashi says "You on the right one." (To Sasuke)

Sasuke responds, "I'm Sasuke Uchiha. I have a lot of dislikes, and I like almost nothing in particular. I have no dream, but an ambition to restore my clan and kill a certain person." Sakura stares at him, "Sasuke-kun is so dreamy." Kakashi said, "He wants to kill Itachi. I should've known it." Kakashi says, "Okay and finally you." (Pointing to Naruto)

Kitsune said, "My name is Kitsune. I have no intention in telling on likes, dislikes, or hobbies. I do have a goal to become the greatest ninja this land has ever seen." Kakashi thought, "Naruto, you sure have grown in an interesting way since your time away from the village. You start to resemble like Minato-sensei."

(Flashback Jutsu- the week before squad selection)

The Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi was in his office with the former ANBU captain Kakashi Hatake, talking about the squad selections.

Kakashi asked, "Did you say that you have a team for me to train?"

Hiruzen replied, "That's right. How about you train Naruto, Sasuke the last of the Uchiha Clan, and Sakura Haruno?

Kakashi says, "Naruto?" Naruto, Minato-sensei's son, is back." Hiruzen nod and explained that years ago someone named Scorpion appeared here and took Naruto to teach him in the ninja arts, and recently returned.

Kakashi asks, "How come it happened?"

Sarutobi answers, "I guess that I've been losing some backbone as Hokage since being active again. I tried to protect Naruto and to give him a normal childhood, but their pain and despair got the best of them and just can't distinguish between a seal and scroll." Kakashi nodded at this as well because the people hold on to that grudge and just can't move on. Sarutobi says, "So I am putting him in a squad of 3 with Sasuke and Sakura. This way he can form bonds with people his age that he couldn't have as a child."

Kakashi says, "I understand Lord Third."

(End of Flashback)

Kakashi says, "Everyone has their own goals, and everyone is special in their own way. Tomorrow we will reunite at training ground 7, for your real genin exam." Sakura said, "Real genin exam? I thought we were going to have a true mission, no more training that's why we're here." Kakashi said, "This is not like any written exam you did back at the Academy. Out of the 27 graduates here, nine will be accepted as genin. The rest will be sent back to the academy, and the failure rate is of 66%." Sasuke groans at this, Sakura is shocked, and Kitsune stays calm at this knowing this was just to scare them. Kitsune then says, "So this graduation exam was just to filter out the candidates who could truly become ninja." Sasuke and Sakura were surprised at the smart thinking the red and black clad ninja had said.

Kakashi said, "You're right. I am the one who decides if you approve or fail. Remember tomorrow at 6 a.m. at training ground 7. Oh, one more thing you better not have any breakfast, or else you'll throw up."

There was an expression of shock in Sakura, of groaning in Sasuke, and determination in Kitsune. They went to their homes for tomorrow's test

And that's all for this chapter.

Naruto (Kitsune) is in the classic team 7; the interactions will be similar and yet different from the canon team 7.

About the Harem for both sides, these are the lucky ones that are in:

Naruto series: Tenten, Samui, Shizuka, Fuu (Nanabi Jinchuriki), Konan, Anko Mitarashi, Kin Tsuchi, Tayuya.

Mortal Kombat: Kitana, Jade, Skarlet, Nitara, Khameleon, Frost, Sonya Blade

About last chapter polls

Hinata: Not determined yet (In canon, she finally is with Naruto and they have 2 children, a boy and a girl)

Kurenai: Not determined (I know she will still have a child with Asuma; perhaps I can find a way to deal with this)

Yugao: Yes

Haku: No (Stay as a boy and ally)

Mileena: Yes

Sheeva: Yes

About redeeming Sasuke, the decision will be on the next chapter.