LEARNED IT FROM A MANGA
Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto or the Dragonball series.
Sorry for not updating, life kept getting in the way, from moving, to college, looking for work and all that jazz. Plus, I've never written a Naruto fic this far into the past, I'm usually writing sometime after the chunin exam or the time skip, so in a way, I'm winging the entire story, and if nobody minds, I'm going to make the Uchiha and Hyuga clans mostly friendly, it's just their councils that are self-righteous bastards, like the Konoha main and civilian councils.
Naruto and Hiruzen are walking out of the bookstore, with two new Dragonball mangas in Naruto's hand, and a new 'book' Hiruzen happened to 'pick up' from the adult. The Third was in a way glad that the people in the store didn't look at the blonde the same way most of the village does, and he could tell that none of them were putting on an act, even when they stood up for Naruto when some of the customers decided to try and get rid of him.
After walking a couple of blocks, they've came across two boys. Both with pitch-black hair and black eyes, but both were of a different age. The older one has long hair going down his neck, while wearing most of an ANBU uniform, and the younger had his hair sticking up in the air. (Duck butt hair for those of you who prefer the term.) Both were laughing until they came upon the Hokage and Naruto. Both gave the hokage a small bow, "Good evening, Lord Hokage." The older boy greeted.
"Good evening Itachi." Hiruzen said, returning the gesture.
Itachi Uchiha turned towards Naruto, "Good evening, Naruto." He greeted, only to have Naruto hide behind the Hokage as a response.
"What's the matter with you?" The younger boy asked.
"You'll have to forgive him, Sasuke." Itachi said to his little brother, "Do you remember our parents telling you about a boy that most of the villagers despise with a vengeance?" When Sasuke nodded in return, "Well say hello to that boy, and considering what he's been through, most people would have died or lost their minds already."
Sasuke looked at Naruto and understood what Itachi was saying. Considering how much abuse he's been through, who could blame the blonde, especially after watching a bunch of the village children were bullying him. Deciding to become the boy's first friend, Sasuke walked up to him and brought out his hand, "Hi, I'm Sasuke." He greeted the blonde, with a small smile.
About a couple buildings away, the two ANBU that were watching Naruto before, were now watching the conversation going on, or at least the female was. "It looks like Naruto just made his first friend." Yugao Uzuki said.
Kakashi Hatake had his sights set on something else, "Hey, a new copy of Icha Icha just came out." He said, while looking through a telescope, "I wonder how *wham!*" He never gets a chance to finish that question before everything goes black.
Standing above him, Yugao was holding a mallet she got from who knows where, while looking down at her teammate who is currently sporting a large lump on his head, with a few stars going around it. "Damn pervert." She said, before looking back towards the people down below.
After the boys got a chance to know each other a little bit, "Okay Sasuke, let's go home so that we can both turn in for the night." Itachi said.
"Okay, Itachi." Sasuke said, "See you later Naruto."
"Later Sasuke." Naruto said.
"I'll drop you off at your apartment so you can go to bed as well, Naruto." Hiruzen said.
"Gramps, can you put some security around my place, people have been trashing it whenever I'm in it or not." Naruto said.
Now Hiruzen was definitely getting mad. "If you're apartment has been attack, I'll do more then increase security." Hiruzen said, getting a small smile from the boy.
One year later
Naruto was walking towards the Ninja Academy, getting ready to go through his first day of going towards his goal of becoming Hokage. Right by his side were Sasuke, with Fugaku Uchiha, the clan head and the father of Sasuke and Itachi, deciding to send them off, acting like a substitute parent for Naruto since he is still an orphan. While it was bad enough that the villagers treated him and his clan like they were the cause of the kyubi attack, it was far worse when they treated Naruto like he was the kyubi itself.
Naruto himself has started training early, with the Third teaching him fuinjutsu, ninjutsu from Fugaku, Hayate Gekko taught him the basics of kenjetsu, Genjitsu from Fugaku and Itachi, and taijitsu from Asuma and one of the scariest teachers yet.
Flashback
It was a week after Naruto showed up with the manga, and Hiruzen was reading it with him. After getting a good idea on how some of the energy attacks work, the old man decided to help give a little training schedule going, but making sure not to teach him the whole enchilada, which is why Naruto is standing on the other side of the desk. "Naruto, after reading through your books a couple of times, I've begin to figure out what principles they use, so I'm going to help give you a head start on your training before you start the academy next year." He said.
"Cool." Naruto said, "Are you going to teach me how to do the Kamehameha Wave?"
Hiruzen couldn't help but chuckle at this, even though the boy is going through a rough life, he could definitely see the resemblance between him and his parents. "No, that's something you'll just have to figure out on his own." He said, to get a small 'aww!' as a response, "I know you want to start learning everything from the books, but like everyone else, you will have to start from somewhere, and I've arranged to make sure to have you learn a few things that will help you grow in more ways then one."
While still feeling a bit disappointed, he understood what the Hokage was saying, you need to start from the bottom before you can reach the top. "So who are my teachers?" Naruto asked, still glad there are people who are willing to teach him something useful.
While going through what Naruto would be teaching, "And for your taijitsu, I have Hiashi Hyuga and . . ." The Third said, only to be interrupted by the door being smashed through.
After the dust settle, their stood a man with a bowl haircut, bushy brows, wearing a hideous green jumpsuit. "It is I, Konoha's Sublime Green Beast of Prey, Might Guy!" He said, giving them thumbs up, wink and his teeth giving off a small 'ping.'
Naruto turned towards the Hokage, giving him a horrified look, "Am I being punished for something, gramps?" He asked.
Hiruzen couldn't help but not blame the boy for the question since he would ask the same thing every time Guy shows up. "No, unfortunately that is how he acts and believe it or not, he is the taijitsu specialists in the village." He said, while looking at the man who can even creep Ibiki out badly, "And the more you train, while keeping an open mind, then the more ready you will be for anything life throws with you."
"Fine, when do we start?" Naruto asked, with a sigh of surrender.
"Now that's showing the true power of the flames of youth!" Gai yelled out, "Let's go outside right away."
When it momentarily became two again, Naruto turned towards the third, "Hey gramps, can you do me a big favor?" He asked.
"And what favor would that be Naruto?" Hiruzen asked.
"If by some chance I start to act like him, please slap me hard so that way I would be back to normal again." Naruto said, "Or to at least kill me if you can't?"
Flashback ends
While he did become a well rounded boy from all of his training, which made him stronger, faster, smarter and more then capable to protect himself from most people, he never picked up any bad habits from anybody, especially Guy's personality and wardrobe.
When they reached the entrance to the academy, "Okay boys, this is where I'll drop you off." Fugaku said, "Make sure to be careful after school, especially you Naruto since there will always those who would risk everything just to get the chance to attack you."
"Don't worry, I will." Naruto said.
"And that also goes for you, Sasuke," Fugaku said, turning towards his son, "Those same people would attack you because you are Naruto's friend and would do anything to make him weak through any means necessary."
"Don't worry, Father," Sasuke said, "No matter what happens I'll always be Naruto's friend."
Fugaku gave a small smile at this, "That's good to hear." He said, "Now I'll see you after school."
The two boys ran into the academy, only to be intercepted by a chunin, "Now the Uchiha, I'll let pass." She said, "But why should I let the kyubi-brat pass?"
"You mean besides getting into trouble with the Hokage for not doing what you're told?" Naruto asked back.
"Or the fact that you will be dealing with the ninja council who has taken a personal interest in the boy's protection." Fugaku said, while giving the chunin a nice look at his Sharingan eyes, "Plus most of the ninja population, including Ibiki Morino."
This was more then enough to convince the chunin to move out of the way to let the boys past. As soon as they were in the building, "Why are you protecting that thing?" The chunin asked, "Don't you remember what he is responsible for?"
"I remember what the village has accused my clan of." Fugaku said, causing the chunin to flinch, "Plus we're just keeping a promise to an old friend who requested that the boy be treated like a hero." He then walked away.
Inside the classroom, the boys took their seats, while their first teacher came walking in. He has black hair tied in a ponytail and a scar that went all away across his face. "Hello everyone, my name is Iruka Umino and I'll be one of your instructors at the academy."
Here is the latest chapter. Sorry it took awhile, I spent most of my time now at college and job hunting. Next chapter will introduce the rest of the Konoha 12. I'm still debating wither or not to throw in the Uchiha Massacre in here or let them live in this one. I'll do a little poll to let you decide. Read and Review.