Naruto couldn't be more happy.
today was going to be his first day at the academy. his first step towards becoming hokage.
he put on his gourd, it was heavy at first and carrying it did cause him some back pains at first, but he quickly adjusted.
he then got dressed, deciding on a black shirt with navy blue pants.
he then made his way towards the academy.
his first few moments at the academy did not go well.
most people couldn't believe that the "demon" was allowed to attend and become a shinobi.
he didn't let that bother him. he made his way towards the classroom and entered the door.
once he entered, he was met with multiple people staring. among those staring was a familiar indigo haired girl, Hinata.
he remembered the girl and equally how the girl became the talk of the village. apparently a kumo ambassador attempted to kidnap her, in order to give the byakugan to kumo. she successfully was able to break free and defend herself until ANBU came and subdued the perp.
she became very popular and even received a speech from Hiruzen commending her bravery and even offered the rank of genin to her, to which the Hyūga heiress declined.
he was inspired by her bravery and this inspired him to work hard, so that one day he could get as popular as her.
although, the saddest part was that a rumor was spread that a Hyūga had to be killed in order to appease Kumo for nearly killing one of their own.
the Hyūga noticing that the blonde was staring at her, quickly turned away.
the blonde shrugged and went to take his seat.
meanwhile a certain lazy pineapple haired boy couldn't help but be slightly intrigued by the boy. he had heard of Naruto, and he couldn't help but wonder why the blonde had the reputation he had. he attempted to get answers from his parents and all they said was 'Naruto is a very special person' and refused to emphasize on the subject.
while the lazy Nara contemplated the blonde, a Inuzuka and a Aburame conversed with each other.
"this is odd, my beetles seemed to be oddly attracted to this kid." the Aburame said in his usual calm voice.
"heh, if you think that is weird, get this. apparently Akamaru says he smells of tanuki, cat, turtle, ape, horse, slug, beetle, octopus, and fox." the ninken above his head barked.
"hmm. I suppose the beetle smell would explain why my bugs are attracted to him, but then that raises the question of why he smells of beetle?" the Aburame asked growing more curious about the blonde.
"personally, I'm curious about that gourd he is carrying. the thing looks like it weighs a ton empty, never mind filled. why is he even carrying it around?" the Inuzuka said while narrowing his eyes.
"perhaps we can ask him at lunch?"
the Inuzuka nodded.
the blonde took his seat next to a window, and started staring out the window.
his staring was then quickly interrupted. "EEEEEEEEEE!"
the blonde, along with other males, covered their ears at the screeching. the blonde turned to see what people were screeching about.
apparently some raven haired boy had entered the room and a bunch of girls were excited to see him.
he raised an eyebrow, before turning to a boy eating some chips "excuse me." the boy stopped his munching and turned his attention to his classmate.
"yes?"
"who is that?"
"Oh, that's Uchiha Sasuke. the second son of the Uchiha head clan. want a chip?" the boy said while handing him one.
the blonde smiled. "yes, and thank you." He then took the chip and ate it. "so why are the girls so happy to see him?"
before the Akimichi could answer the blonde's question, the Inuzuka interrupted. "because he is 'so cool" he said in a mocking tone.
"and what makes him cool exactly?"
a pink haired girl then interjected. "what makes him cool? what makes him not cool?"
"ummm. I don't know. from what I see, he doesn't look all that special." the blonde said, not seeing what make the Uchiha look 'cool'.
"pft, what does a baka like you know?"
it was then the Hyūga heiress added herself to the conversation. "Sakura, that was very rude."
the girl, now identified as Sakura, quickly looked up at the role model for young kunoichi. "but it's true. if he doesn't see what makes Sasuke-kun so cool, he is clearly a baka."
"you don't even know his name. and yet, you insulted him right in his face. from my perspective, that comes off as very rude." the Aburame heir added.
"alright everyone. take your seats. NOW!" a man with a scar across his nose yelled.
everyone quickly obeyed.
"ugh, hello. my name is Umino Iruka. I'm going to be one of your many senseis this year. today, we're going to do some basic shinobi stuff such as shuriken throwing. then after lunch, we're going to have a spar to round up the day."
everyone started muttering.
"let's first take attendance."
Naruto was, like always, being alone.
he ate his lunch and quietly sobbed. he hated being alone and had hopes he could make some friends at the academy.
"Hey, Naruto was it?"
the blonde looked up to see a pineapple haired boy.
"yes, why?"
"want to sit with me and my friends?"
the blonde was taken aback by the question. "you all want me to sit with you?"
"if it's not too troublesome."
the blonde stared at the boy, before giving his answer. "I would love to."
"cool. Shikamaru by the way."
the two then went to a table that had seven other people.
he and Shikamaru took their seats. "alright, I got him. I already introduced myself, so you can do the rest." the Nara said before laying his head on the table.
"Choji"
"Ino"
"Hinata"
"Shino"
"Kiba, and this is Akamaru." the ninken above him barked.
"Sakura"
"hn. Sasuke."
"so cool." the fan-girls said with hearts in their eyes.
"Naruto, and it's nice to meet all of you." the blonde said with a smile.
silence filled the group before the lazy Nara spoke. "Hey, if you don't mind, we have some questions."
"not at all, ask away."
Kiba was the first to ask his question. "what's with the gourd?"
"Oh, this was a gift."
"what's it filled with?" the Inuzuka continued.
"sand."
everyone was caught off guard by this answer.
"why do you carry around a gourd of sand?" Shikamaru asked.
"Oh, because I can do multiple things with it, like defend myself."
"Baka, you can't use sand to defend yourself." Sakura said.
the blonde just smirked. "just wait until get to spar, I'll prove you wrong. anyways, other than that. I can do multiple things with the sand, like make sand sculptures."
"oh really?" Ino asked while getting an amazing idea, in her mind at least.
"hai"
"can I ask for a favor, Naruto?" Ino said while smiling.
the blonde nodded.
"could you make a sculpture of me and Sasuke-kun kissing?"
"sure, I gu-" before he could finish, Sakura quickly interrupted. "HELL NO! NARUTO, DO ME INSTEAD!"
"BACK OFF FOREHEAD, I ASKED FIRST!"
"HE DESERVES A REAL WOMAN, INO-PIG!"
Shikamaru couldn't help but groan. "troublesome fan-girls. Naruto, could you just make two sculptures, one for Ino and another for Sakura?"
"sure." the blonde got up and then started to use his chakra to manipulate the sand.
they all looked on with amazement.
"and done." Naruto then moved out of the way to let everyone admire his work.
everyone looked on with more amazement, before the two girls who made the request noticed something.
"ano... thank you but why-" the Yamanaka heiress try to put it into words without sounding rude.
"Why does the kissing look weird?" Sakura finished for her friend.
"I've never seen people kissed before." He answered in a dead-panned voice.
while everyone sweat dropped at this, Shikamaru asked a question "hey, isn't that very chakra draining?"
"not for me." He answered.
the Hyūga heiress grew curious and activated her byakugan, only to loudly gasp at what she was seeing.
"what is it, Hinata?" Shino asked, curious as to what made her gasped.
"N-Naruto, not only do you h-have an unf-fathomable amount of chakra, y-you have ten different chakra colors."
everyone was taken aback by this, ten different chakra colors? that should be impossible. he should only have one.
"what are they?" Naruto asked, as he too was curious.
"first is the normal light blue everyone has, then tan, dark blue, grey, red, a bluish white, then a snow white, a grayish blue, purple, and finally orange." She replied.
before they could dive into this further, Iruka spoke up "alright everyone, follow me and Mizuki."
everyone did just that.
"okay, here's how the matches are going to go. you both are going to go at each other until one of is either ringed out or knocked out. understood?" Mizuki said while looking at the students.
everyone gave a collective yes.
"and remember, this is a spar, so don't go too far, okay. first up,
Sasuke and Naruto." Iruka said.
"kick his butt, Sasuke-kun."
"show this nobody whose boss."
"kick this freak down a peg."
Naruto and Sasuke stood opposite of each other.
"hajime."
Sasuke quickly rushed at Naruto, lining up for a punch, before the punch could land on the blonde, it was blocked by the sand.
everyone gasped.
Naruto then retaliated by pushing Sasuke back with a punch of his own.
Sasuke got up and recollected himself, and started making hand seals.
the blonde knew which jutsu was trying to use and quickly made the same hand seals.
"fireball jutsu" the raven haired boy yelled.
"fireball jutsu" the blonde yelled. producing a fireball that not only was bigger but oddly enough, blue.
Naruto's fireball overpowered Sasuke's and Sasuke quickly got out of the way.
'this nobody is showing me up, I can't lose to him. what will my father think?' the Uchiha thought bitterly.
he quickly noticed that the blonde was rushing towards him.
before the blonde could react, Sasuke had stabbed him in the chest with a kunai, and then Sasuke punched him in the face, and the blonde fell unconscious.
Sasuke smirked at his victory, but then the realization of what he did set in. 'oh, shit'
"UCHIHA SASUKE!" Iruka yelled. "What did I say about not going too far?"
meanwhile Naruto found himself in some sewer like place. before he could process where he was, a loud voice came out to him "so, you finally arrived."
Naruto looked and became wide-eyed at what he saw.
nine cages, each with a large animal in it that were all staring down at him.
"wh-who are you guys, and where am I?" he asked.
the octopus like creature answered the second question "we're inside your mind, gaki."
the blonde was surprised by this "my mind? it looks like a sewer."
"yes, it's a good representation of where you're mind is right now." the horse creature responded.
"and as for who we are" the fox said "we are the reason you're hated and feared, we are the bijū. and you're our jinchūriki."
the blonde was shocked by what the fox said. it all made sense. "so you all are the reason why I am so alone."
"yep." the slug creature replied.
silence filled the blonde's mindscape.
Naruto's sadden look, turned into a smile. "well, since we're all stuck together, do you all want to be friends?"
the bijū were all taken aback by what the blonde said.
they all tried sensing the boy to see if he had some intentions just to use more of their powers, but to their surprise, they couldn't find anything, not even the kyūbi, who was the best at sensing out of all of them, couldn't.
"you... seriously want to be friends with us?" the shichibi asked.
the blonde nodded.
silence filled the mindscape once again.
"eh, why not?" the sanbi said.
"sure." the hachibi added.
the nibi, gobi, rokubi, and nanabi then gave various forms of yes.
the fox scoffed at his siblings "you are all willing to lower yourself to befriend a mere human? oh, how the mighty fall."
the nibi rolled her eyes at her brother's remark "prideful as always, eh Kurama?"
the fox quickly became angry at his sister. "YOU MORON, NOW THIS HUMAN KNOWS MY NAME!"
"well sorry, if I don't feel like calling you kyūbi, everytime he is in our presence." the nibi shot back. "in fact, you know what?" the cat took a deep breath "Shukaku, Matatabi, Isobu, Son Gokū, Kokuō, Saiken, Chōmei, and Gyūki. there, now he knows all our names, happy now?" the now identified Matatabi asked.
the fox did nothing but grumbled underneath its breath.
"since we're all friends now, could you please remove these seals and change part of your mind so that it's comfortable for us, please?" Gyūki asked.
Naruto did just that, but only for the bijūs that agreed to be his friends. he left Shukaku's, Gokū's, and Kurama's cage alone.
"thank you, gaki." Kokuō said.
"well, I guess I should wake up now, huh? see you all hopefully soon." the blonde said with a smile.
"actually, we can still communicate with you when you are not within your mindscape." Gyūki replied.
"oh"
Naruto woke up to find himself in the nursery.
"thank God you're alright."
Naruto looked up to see Hinata.
the Hyuuga quickly blushed. "ho-how are you feeling, Naruto-kun?"
Naruto gave the Hyuuga heiress a fox grin. "I'm doing alright, thank you for asking."
Hinata let out a smile. "s-sorry, I'm the only one h-here, the others h-had to go home. I was only able to convince my bodyguard to stay un-under the promise, that we go as s-soon as you woke up."
"aw, you didn't have to do that, but thanks."
the Hyuuga sighed "well, I need to go now. go-goodbye Naruto-kun."
"bye."
and just like that, Naruto's first day at the academy was over, Navuto couldn't help but let out a huge smile as he had made a bunch of new friends.
omake: the 7 tailed beast.
"Hey Chōmei, I have a question." Naruto said to the nanabi.
the shichibi looked down at its jinchuriki "yes Naruto?"
"in the japanese version, is it Nanabi or is it Shichibi?"
"it's both." the nanabi replied.
"really?"
the shichibi nodded "in fact, it's going to be a running joke in this book that the author constantly changes it." the nanabi added.
"huh, I would say that will quickly become unfunny. but that implies that it's funny to begin with."
"yes, in actuality, it'll become very annoying for, not only the reader, but the author as well. like how it's becoming right now, as he is writing this omake." the shichibi said.
"okay, enough breaking the 4th wall, it's expensive to repair ya know?" a mighty version of my voice said.
"HEY, THAT'S MY LINE!"
"technically it's your mother's." the nanabi and I said at the same time.
hope you all enjoyed, leave a review.
some important things to note.
1. unlike in Canon, Naruto will not be a dead last. the insult for him will be nobody as no one knows he is from a clan, nor who his father is.
2. yes, unlike Gaara's sand defense in Canon, Naruto's will not be automatic and will have to be subconsciously activated.
also, incase you are wondering based on the few bits that have Sakura in them, NO, this will not be a Sakura-bashing fanfic
and yes, Neji's dad still dies.