Naruto is not owned by me, he (or it(as a franchise)?) is owned by Kishimoto-sensei!

Chapter 1: Secrets Revealed

"What?" stuttered Naruto Uzumaki.

"You heard me, Naruto," cackled Mizuki, "YOU, are the KYUUBI NO KITSUNE! You are the demon that destroyed Konoha, its families, and the fourth Hokage! All of it was YOUR FAULT!" he screamed.

Naruto stared at the man he once called his sensei. It couldn't be true. But, then again, it would explain everything. It would explain the glares, the mobs on his birthday which coincidentally fell upon the same day the fox was defeated by the fourth Hokage. The boy couldn't take it, his azure eyes filled with tears as the news sunk deeper and deeper.

Iruka Umino laid to his student's side, blood trickling out of his mouth due to the puncture wound Mizuki had dealt him earlier. He struggled as he picked himself up, standing guard in front of the student he saw as a little brother.

"naruto…" he started weakly, with no response as the redheaded boy kept wailing, "Naruto," he said again, still hearing his student's crying, "NARUTO!" he yelled in a commanding voice. The crying from his student stopped, "Listen to me Naruto and listen well. It's true, what Mizuki said about Kyuubi being held inside you is true…" at this he could begin to hear his student begin to cry again, "BUT… you are not the fox, you are its jailer. You are the protector of Konohagakure no Sato that holds that beast back. You, Naruto, are a true shinobi!" he proclaimed.

At this he could hear Naruto wipe his nose, and heard him stand up. After a few seconds he heard the crunching of the grass stop as he heard Naruto stand next to him, the Forbidden Scroll slung over his shoulder and his arms crossed in what he believed Naruto thought was an intimidating posture.

"Thanks sensei, I needed that," stated the redhead as he grinned to his favorite teacher.

"Well, this is all fun and sweet, but I think I'll kill you now so I can take that scroll from you," teased Mizuki, as he took a windmill shuriken off of his back, preparing to fight the duo in front of him."

Naruto's grin widened, "Y'know Mizuki, you said that to pass the genin exam, I would need to learn jutsu from this scroll," he said, "How about I show you it."

"Bring it on, demon!" yelled the chunin teacher as he twirled the giant shuriken next to him.

"You asked for it," started Naruto as he put his fingers in a cross formation, "Ninpo: Tagu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" he exclaimed.

Mizuki and Iruka's eyes widened as suddenly the clearing they stood in was filled with hundreds, maybe even a thousand copies of Naruto. Orange blinded Mizuki's vision as at once, he was beginning to be sloppily pummeled by Naruto's clones. The next five minutes filled the chunin and academy student's lives with pained screams from the traitorous shinobi.

As the beating ended, the clones disappeared, and as the smoke cloud faded, the duo saw the beaten and bloodied body of Mizuki lying in the grass.

Naruto sighed, and suddenly began shaking his head, "MAN! What a stressful night! First I get tricked into stealing the Forbidden Scroll and then I get told I'm a demon container!" he said, letting out a laugh at the end.

Iruka smiled and ruffled the hair of his student, "Naruto," he started, "Will you close your eyes for a second?" he asked.

Naruto, confused, shrugged and closed his eyes. He couldn't hear much except for the sound of Iruka moving around, until he felt something get tied around his head.

"You can open them now," said Iruka, smiling.

As Naruto opened his eyes he saw Iruka smiling at him, with a bare forehead where his forehead protector used to sit. He reached up to his own forehead, feeling the cool metal as his fingers glid across it.

"Does this mean–" he started.

"Yes," cut off Iruka, "Congratulations Naruto, you've graduated."

However, the celebration was cut short by 3 ANBU appearing in front of Naruto and Iruka, "Hokage-sama requests you both in his office immediately," stated the cat-masked ANBU.

The two shinobi nodded and along with Mizuki's body were quickly teleported into the Hokage's office.

The three ANBU and Iruka bowed at the Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi. The Hokage waved the ANBU off, and disappeared without a trace.

The old Hokage smiled at the two in front of him, "Quite a frantic night, don't you think, Naruto-kun?" he asked the young redhead.

Naruto snickered, "That's what I was telling Iruka-sensei before," he said, "by the way, what do we get for defeating Mizuki?"

Iruka slapped the back of Hokage-sama's head, dumbass," he said, but there was no malice behind his words, only myrth.

"It's quite alright, Iruka-kun. You both will be getting the payment of a B-rank mission for taking down the traitorous Mizuki."

Iruka bowed gratefully, having to bring Naruto down with him, "Thank you, Hokage-sama."

Naruto smiled, "Yea, thanks jiji."

"Very well, if that is all, you two may go," said the elderly shinobi.

Iruka bowed once again and left out the door, only leaving Naruto and the Hokage.

"Can I help you with something, Naruto-kun?" he asked grandfatherly.

Naruto sighed and looked down, "Why me?"

Hiruzen sighed as well. He knew that he would have this conversation once Naruto had heard about the Kyuubi, "Because you are the best fit to protect the village."

"But why? Why didn't the fourth choose another kid? What made me so fucking special that he chose me?!" he said. Tears were once again beginning to fall.

"Because you are an Uzumaki…" said Hiruzen, his age beginning to appear.

"I-I'm a what?" asked Naruto, the tears stopping as he heard that information.

"An Uzumaki. A clan known for their inhumane strength, durability, and large amounts of chakra, as well as their mastery of sealing and kenjutsu. Because of that strength and durability, you were the best option for holding back the Kyuubi, in fact, you were the only option. If it was anybody else, it would have killed them?"

"I-I guess I understand…" responded Naruto, "Does that mean I have a family?" he asked, but the sad face of the Sandaime told him everything he needed to know.

"During the Second Great Shinobi World War, an alliance between Kirigakure, Kumogakure, and Iwagakure as well as numerous smaller villages joined forces to take down the Uzumaki's village, once known as Uzushiogakure no Sato. Konoha got word of this one day after the attack had started, however the trip at maximum speed would take 2 days, and when we arrived, it was too late. The attack had been finished and the village was destroyed. In its place was a crater in the shape of their symbol. That symbol is the same as the one patched to your shoulder, as well as on every flak jacket in the leaf, commending the great alliance between our two villages. Your mother was here during the attack, thus why you still live today. It is unknown whether or not other Uzumaki escaped, but it is unlikely."

Naruto nodded. However there was one more thing he needed to ask, "Who was– who was my mother?"

Hiruzen sighed once more, "I'm sorry Naruto-kun, but I was given strict instructions by both your father and mother to not inform you of your heritage until you reach the rank of chunin. If you do not here it from me, you will hear it from your godfather," he explained.

"I have a godfather?" Naruto asked, "Where has that worthless piece of shit my whole life?"

Hiruzen frowned, "Don't say that Naruto. If anything, it's my fault he hasn't been able to see you. He runs a spy network for Konoha so I send him on very long missions, some taking years to complete, however every year he has deposited money into your account on your birthday," he said.

"Oh, alright," replied Naruto, suddenly feeling bad for badmouthing his godfather, "Anyways, jiji, I better get going. Its getting late and team selections are tomorrow."

"One more thing Naruto-kun," said Sarutobi. Making his way over to a large cabinet, he opened the bottom drawer. Taking out a large scroll, it was black, with a red Uzumaki symbol as the lock, "These are the techniques of your clan, from taijutsu to fuinjutsu. While not everything in there will suit you, I recommend you looking at the two I mentioned before. I feel you may enjoy those the best."

Naruto took the large scroll from the Sandaime. Bowing with the most respect he had ever shown the Sandaime, he gave him a teary smile, "Thank you, Hokage-sama." He now had a piece of his family, something that he would use to make them proud.

Naruto smiled as he swam in his giant bowl of ramen. He could just drown in it. The bowl began to shake, as a mountain of ingredients picked up the Uzumaki, raising him high into the the air with the narutomaki clouds and char siu birds. He heard a melodic voice singing his name, "Naruto~~, Naruto~~, Naruto~~" she called. Naruto looked to his left only to see the love of his life, Sakura-chan, flying towards him with angel wings, holding a bowl of ramen for him to eat. As he began to open his mouth as she fed him, her tune changed. "Naruto~~, Narut-ing~~ Naring~~, RING, RING, RING!"

Naruto smashed his alarm clock as it ruined his favorite dream, 'I never get to the part where she feeds me,' thought Naruto pouting. As he made his way to the bathroom, Naruto did the male ritual of standing in front of the toilet for five minutes, pondering life, then making his way to a nice cold shower. As he exited the bathroom, he got dressed. Noticing how torn up his jumpsuit was, he began to think, 'Y'know, maybe I should get better clothes, with becoming a ninja and all…' but he put that off for later.

Making his way out of his apartment, he jumped of his top story balcony. Making his way to the Academy he ignored the glares and junk thrown at him, he was determined more than ever to make the villagers acknowledge him, now knowing why he was hated and feared. Looking at the sun, he paled. He barely had any time to arrive, and he didn't want to be late. Upping his speed, he raced to the Academy.

As Iruka made his way to the classroom, he had the feeling he should move. He wasn't sure why, until he a bowled over by Naruto, who made his way into the classroom after apologizing. Naruto, looking for any open seats, pouted after seeing only one, which was next to Sasuke Uchiha, his self-proclaimed rival. Making his way to the seat, he grunted, the only form of acknowledgement he gave the raven-haired student. Sasuke grunted back.

Sitting down he looked for his oh-so-beautiful crush. Not seeing her around, he figured she was late. That was, until the entire class heard stomping coming down the hallway. As the bell rung, two kunoichi appeared in the classroom. One in red, and the other in purple.

"YES! I win! True love triumphs!" said the pink-haired girl, dressed in red.

"What the hell are you talking about, forehead?! I totally one that!" screamed the girl in purple.

Naruto turned at the voice of the first girl and blushed, 'Hehe… Sakura-chan…' he thought.

As she made her way down to his row, his blush got darker. Was this it? Was she finally going to admit her love for him?

"Move Naruto!" she screeched pushing him out of the chair to sit next to Sasuke. She blushed, "Hi, Sasuke-kun, how are you?" She got no response from the brooding genin.

Naruto growled, 'What's so great about that guy?' he thought to himself. Hopping up on the table, he stared at Sasuke, with the Uchiha glaring back. Sparks flew between the two genin's eyes. Suddenly, Naruto felt a bump from behind. A student bumped him by accident, causing him to fall forward.

'There's no way this is going to happen!' Naruto and Sasuke both taught at the same time.

The two genin attempted to switch with a chair, however, unfortunately it was the same chair. As they replaced, the chair exploded, and student's dove for cover. The two boys ended up on top of each other in a pile, and only had one thing to say, "I hate you…"

"Team 7: Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, and Sasuke Uchiha," announced Iruka.

Groans and cheers could be heard from all three of the students. Naruto cheered because he had Sakura, but groaned because he also had Sasuke, Sakura cheered because she had Sasuke, but groaned because she also had Naruto, and Sasuke groaned because he had them both.

"Iruka-sensei! Why do I, a great shinobi, have to be on a team with a Duckbutt like him?!" he demanded, pointing at Sasuke.

"Hn. Your not much at all Tomato," responded Sasuke, causing another glaring match.

Iruka sighed. Crossing his arms, he reprimanded him, "Because Naruto, the teams were made to balance each other out. Your team has the highest scoring shinobi of the year Sasuke and Sakura, paired up with the lowest scoring shinobi of the year, you. Not to mention you failed your last two exams, and nearly failed this one," he said sternly.

And it was true. Naruto failed his last two genin exams. He was the oldest in his class, being 14, with all the others being 13, other than a select few with early birthdays.

"YA NARUTO! Don't go around yelling at Sasuke-kun when everyone knows you're the weakest here!" screamed Sakura, who was sitting in between the two boys. When she finished screaming she cocked back her fist, and sent it flying straight down onto the redhead's head.

"Geez Sakura-chan, you don't have to hit so hard…" muttered Naruto.

"Well YOU don't have to be so STUPID!" she screeched, before turning back to Sasuke, dreaming about him and their future together.

Iruka pinched his nose, this team was going to fail. As his thoughts finished, he heard the door to his class open, and two jounin walked in. One of them was a tan, bearded man with the standard Konoha outfit with the flak jacket and dark blue shirt and pants. However, he also wore a sash around his waist, signifying he was once apart of the 12 guardian ninja. The woman standing next to him had creamy white skin, black hair, and piercing red eyes. She did not wear the typical jounin outfit, and wore a dress that seemed to be made of bandages that wrapped around her, and had a single long red sleeve.

"Asuma Sarutobi, Team 10," said the man. Three kids stood up, a round one, a pineapple, and the blonde. As they reached the sensei, they bowed and followed him out of the room.

"Kurenai Yuhi, Team 8," stated the woman. Again, 3 kids got up. A boy with a dog, a girl, who to Naruto looked blind, and a boy with a trench coat. Like the three before them, they all bowed and followed her out of the room.

Over the next 30 minutes, the next 6 teams had been retrieved by their sensei, emptying the classroom until it just left Team 7. Naruto turned to Sakura and smiled with a blush on his face, "Hey, Sakura-cahn, do you maybe want to go on a date after this?" he asked.

Sakura, annoyed that she was interrupted from trying to make conversation with Sasuke, turned to Naruto with a dark look on her face.

"Naruto, how many times do I have to say NO!" she yelled, hitting him on the head, leaving him with a large, pulsing bump.

Naruto sighed, 'As many times as it takes, Sakura-chan…' he thought to himself.

3 hours had passed, and having done nothing during that time, the team, meaning Naruto, was very bored. Iruka had left only 30 minutes after the last team had gotten picked up, only having to finish up some paperwork. So, Naruto, ever the opportunist, got up from his chair, and went up to the whiteboard, grabbing an eraser from it. He grabbed a chair from a nearby desk and closed the door only until the eraser could fit into the gap. Using the chair to help himself rach, he struggled, grunting, and gained the other two's attention.

"What're you doing Naruto?!" asked Sakura.

Naruto snickered, "Teaching our sensei a lesson for being so late," he said with a cheeky smile on his face. Getting off the chair he dragged it back to the desk and sat down.

Sasuke sighed, "That's not going to work, Tomato, our sensei's a jonin, an elite, He's not just going to fall for some childish prank like that."

Sakura nodded frantically, "YA! Sasuke-kun's right, our sensei's super strong so your stupid prank won't work!"

Just as she finished yelling, they all heard the door open. Though the other two doubted the prank would work, they all sat there in anticipation awaiting it's results. The eraser fell from the crevice, seemingly in slow motion. Naruto's breath hitched in his throat, it was going to hit his sensei's head. Sakura and Sasuke's eyes widened. No way was this idiotic prank going to work, Then, time began to speed up again. With a "bonk" the erasure hit the silver-haired man, who had one eye and a mask, bouncing off and hitting the floor. He looked up and closed his single eye, putting down the book he was reading. Was he smiling?

"Hello," he said, apparently ignoring the fact a childish prank was pulled on him.

Naruto launched up into the air, laughing, "WAHAHA! I got you!" he said, hopping up and down. Meanwhile, his two other teammates weren't faring so well. Sasuke's eyes were twitching rapidly. The dumbass had just shown him up. Sakura's mouth was agape.

'No way. No way! That childish prank actually worked?!' she thought.

Meanwhile the jounin stood up there and waved his hand, "My name is Kakashi Hatake! I'll be your jounin sensei. Please meet e up at the roof in 5 minutes," he said, before disappearing in a blur of movement. Naruto's eyes widened, 'SO COOL!' he thought.

The three kids made it out of the classroom and into the hallway where they met with tons of wires and tags across the hall, leading to the roof access. Naruto smirked, traps, well pranks, were his specialty. Sasuke smirked. A few obstacles weren't going to get in his way. He was an Uchiha, the elite of the elite. Sakura sighed, this was going to be a long day..

Naruto weaved himself in and out of the wires and tags, making sure not a single fiber of his worn down jumpsuit touched the wires. For some reason, he was very flexible, probably because of the fox trapped inside him, he thought. Sasuke and Sakura watched in awe, before realizing what they were doing and took off after him. Sakura didn't get 10 feet before tripping a wire and being tangled up in a web, holding each of her limbs, suspending her in the air.

Sasuke shook his head, 'Useless,' he thought, but this momentary loss of focus caused her to step on a tag, unleashing a blaze on him, burning him comically.

The last thing they both saw before setting off their own traps was Naruot making it out of the course and reaching the roof access door and heading up.

'Dammit,' they both thought.

Kakashi looked up from his book, hearing the door to the roof open. He eye-smiled as he saw his first student come out unscathed. Honestly, he wasn't surprised. Naruto was always setting traps and outrunning ANBU so it was expected of him. He heard the door open again and out walked his other two students. Sasuke was charred and bruised, while Sakura had cuts across her arms and legs, and marks from where the wires had trapped her. They both sat down, sending jealous glares at Naruto, who didn't seem to notice, and if he did, didn't seem to care, only infuriating them more.

Kakashi, attempting to diffuse the situation, closed his book with a snap, gaining all three of his student's attention.

"As I was saying before, my name is Kakashi Hatake, and I will be your jounin sensei. Now, I want you all to introduce yourselves."

Sakura raised her hand, and Kakashi nodded to her, signaling her to ask. "Could you please provide an example sensei?" she asked.

Kakashi sighed, wasn't she the smart one? However, he nodded, "I've already told you my name. My hobbies are… my dislikes are… and my dreams, well I don't think you're old enough to hear that yet," he said with a little giggle at the end, rubbing his book to his cheek.

All three genin sweatdropped, 'We learned nothing.'

Kakashi pointed to Sakura, "You first pinky."

Other than clenching her firsts, Sakura didn't do anything to her sensei for calling her than name.

"My name is Sakura Haruno, the things that I like are…" she looked at Sasuke and squealed, "My dreams are…" again, she looked at Sasuke and squealed.

Kakashi sighed, "and your dislikes?"

"NARUTO-BAKA!" she screamed.

Naruto face-faulter, 'Aw man…'

Kakashi nodded, "You next emo," he said, pointing to Sasuke.

"Hn," grunted Sasuke, "My name is Sasuke Uchiha, I don't like a lot of things, and I hate a lot of things. My dream, no, my ambition is to kill a certain man and restore my clan to its former glory.

Kakashi looked at Sasuke and sighed, 'Just what I thought.'

Meanwhile, Sakura and Naruto were giving him looks of their own. Sakura looked at Sasuke with a dreamy look, 'SO COOOOL!' she thought.

Naruto looked at Sasuke, creeped out, 'What the hell is wrong with this guy?!' he screamed internally, 'I thought he was just a jackass!'

Finally, Kakashi pointed to Naruto, "Alright Tomato, you're up."

Naruto growled at the nickname, "My name is Naruto Uzumaki. I like ramen, pranks, and super cool jutsu. I dislike traitors or people who judge others, as well as people who make fun of my hair. My dream is to become Hokage, and have everyone look up to me, and also make my family proud!"

At some point he had stood up during his speech. Noticing this, he quickly and embarrassingly sat down, rubbing the back of his head. Kakashi eye-smiled, he was just like them.

"What family? You're an orphan." stated Sakura, matter-of-factly.

Naruto flinched. Even coming from Sakura, that hurt, "Oh, y'know, the dead ones. Still have to make them proud," he said, but with significantly less vigor than before.

Kakashi sighed, 'Alright. I've got a love-sick idiot who is also a fangirl, an emo-bruder-avenger who only lives for power, and an overly extroverted jinchuuriki, who might have mental instability. What could go wrong?' he thought. He stood up, "Meet me tomorrow at training ground 7 at 9am sharp. Tomorrow you take the true genin exam."

Naruto made his way through the shopping district of Konoha. He had decided that he would be buying a new set of shinobi clothes. As he made his way around the district, he was frequently thrown out of shops, and was lucky not to have something else thrown at him on his way out. He was losing hope before making his way to the final shop. He hadn't ever been inside the shop because it was known as one of the more pricey shops, but since he had been saving up he decided to go in. It was called Higurashi Shinobi Supplies, and while Naruto felt like he new that name from somewhere, he couldn't pinpoint wherefrom. As he made his way inside he noticed a man at the counter.

"Welcome!" said the man, "Can I help you with anything?" he asked.

Naruto stood there perplexed, "Uhm, where are the shinobi clothes?" he asked.

"Back right corner," said the man cheerfully.

Naruto nodded his thanks. Maybe the man was blind? As he made his way through the aisles of clothes, he grabbed the necessities he new he would need. He grabbed 3 mesh armor shirts as well as 3 black ANBU pants. The next piece of clothing was picked carefully. He had decided on a black zip-up jacket with a single button at the very top. The jacket also had a white hood that went over the collar (think of itadori's jacket from JJK but in black and white). Again he grabbed 3 of each. He grabbed a pair of white shinobi sandals and white shinobi gloves with metal plates on the back to match with the hood.

Placing his items on the counter, Naruto waited for the prices. Even though the man allowed him in the shop doesn't mean he was fair.

"Alright," said the man, "That'll come out to 20,000 ryo," he said.

Naruto's eyes widened. That was the right amount. He wasn't being overcharged, not even slightly. He paid and made his way to the door. Before he exited he turned to the man, "Why did you help me?" he asked.

The man looked at him, "I help every normal person that comes into this shop, why wouldn't I help you?" he asked.

Naruto stared, "Don't you know, I'm not norm-"

"Like I said, I help every normal person that comes into this shop, understand," he said smiling.

Naruto, finally getting what the man was saying, bowed, "Thank you O-san."

FIN