A/N: I'm really surprised by the amount of follows/favorites this story has gotten so far so I'd like to thank you all. I hope you all had amazing Holidays and are having a good New Years so far, now without further ado~
P.S.I do not own Naruto in anyway shape or form, some of the moves may be taken from different anime/manga/webtoons, but that's it.
"Talking"
'Thinking'
"Tailed Beast talking"
'Tailed beast thinking'
Standing outside of the academy Naruto softly sighed "Final day Naruto" he mumbled to himself both excited for the start of his Shinobi career and nervous for the future as no one ever knew what would be in store for them, taking a deep breath he walked towards the academy doors, the building held a lot of memories for the 16 year old, it's where he made his first real friends, where he made his first rival in an upper classman and finally where he met the stubborn fool that was Sasuke Uchiha. Sighing as his mind drifted to the clan heir, Naruto made his way on auto-pilot towards the door of his classroom, upon entrance he took notice of everyone's eyes reacting to him opening the door "Huh? You're here already Iruka-Sensei?" Naruto asked confused as Iruka growled a little.
"Naruto" Iruka said blankly as the Shinobi prospects all cringed at the tone "You're an hour late!" Iruka shouted his head getting larger from the Big-Head jutsu all teachers seemed to know.
Looking to the clock Naruto nodded "So it seems I am, though I could have sworn I left early today" Naruto mumbled to himself as he rubbed his chin in thought "Maybe Kakashi is rubbing off on me more than I thought" Naruto whispered to himself before shaking his head "No way right?" Naruto whispered now conflicted till another voice spoke to him.
"Of course he isn't rubbing off on you" Kurama's voice made Naruto nod "You're basically a clone of the man if you wore a mask everywhere, your hairstyles and mannerisms are the same, even your bored gormless look" Upon hearing that Naruto growled a little "Now let me sleep brat" Kurama told his partner putting emphasis on the word brat making Naruto click his tongue.
"So what? I'm an hour late" Naruto said ad Iruka nodded.
"You missed the written exam" Iruka told Naruto not seeing the pleased look that flashed in Naruto's eyes "Meaning you've lost out on the written exams points" upon hearing this Naruto mentally cheered while pulling a fake depressed expression.
"Oh man" Naruto said his tone somehow becoming completely neutral "I was looking forward towards the written exam to become a Shinobi" Naruto said before seeing Iruka's slight glare "I'll be quiet now" Naruto said as Iruka sighed and nodded.
"Everyone to the school yard, next exam is the Shurikenjutsu exam" Iruka said as Naruto smirked from the door ignoring the jealous glares from his slothful friend as everyone got up to walk to the yard, as soon as everyone exited it was just Naruto and Shikamaru left.
"Let's go Naruto" Shikamaru said as he planted a hand on Naruto's shoulder as Naruto smiled at his friend.
"You are flying Air-Ruto, please make sure to leave a review after the ride" Naruto said before the lowest ranking duo of the classroom vanished in a simple gust of wind and reappeared in front of the Shurikenjutsu training area and sat at one of the benches waiting for the rest of the class.
"Troublesome" Shikamaru grumbled as he rested his head on his arms that were crossed on the bench "Quit quoting cartoons that probably won't become real things, I mean it's possible in a couple hundred years perhaps" Shikamaru grumbled to his friend as Naruto chuckled.
"I know Shika, I mean, it was just such a good show ya know? Imagine if planes were real though? We could travel to all the Nations within HOURS" Naruto told his smartest friend who nodded into his arms.
"Yeah and peace would be easier... so would wars" Shikamaru told Naruto who sighed and stared at the sky.
"Yeah" Naruto said as they then heard the sounds of footfalls coming their way, looking towards their class from the corner of his eyes Naruto smiled a little, excited for the next few exams they had in store, the accuracy test which was happening now, a genjutsu test, a taijutsu test and finally the jutsu exam to finish it all, although the last 4 exams were worth 70% added up meaning Naruto lost out on the final 30% simply by missing the written exam.
"Since everyone is now here shall we start?" Iruka stated ignoring the fact Shikamaru and Naruto were there already, hearing no objections Iruka nodded and motioned for everyone to start, eventually it went through all of Naruto's classmates besides himself and Sasuke.
'So they're trying to foster a rivalry between me and Sasuke?' Naruto mentally asked himself 'No, they don't know about Sasuke's inferiority complex do they' Naruto mentioned again before noticing Ino's worried look 'Maybe Ino does, but that's because she's a Yamanaka, they focus on brain studying, is the council trying to help Sasuke get stronger by making him jealous of me and making him train harder?' Naruto grumbled as he rubbed his temple, all the mental conversation to himself without Kurama's input was annoying and hurting his head.
"Naruto Uchiha" Iruka said snapping the boy out of his throughts as Naruto realized it was his turn to go, standing up he noticed the most recent incisions into the post and counted them mentally.
'10 Kunai and 9 Shuriken' Naruto told himself as he sighed and picked up all the kunai, resting them on his pinky using the loop he took the kunai off one by one while throwing them at the post, after which he turned to where the Shuriken were and he started to throw them one after another and stopped when running out "If the post was a person all their vitals would be non-exsistant" Naruto said as he stretched his joints "Brain, heart, lungs, stomach, gallbladder, spleen, kidneys and finally the bladder" Naruto said pointing to each Kunai and Shuriken making the class shiver "Granny taught me to know their locations even from a distance, that's the power of a true medic" Naruto said as Iruka nodded slightly shocked at the teens declaration.
"W-Well done Naruto" Iruka said as he nodded and marked down Naruto for getting a perfect score, Naruto nodded and went to sit down at the table again with a sigh.
"Congrats" Shikamaru said as Naruto nodded.
"How did you memorize their locations?" Ino suddenly asked as Naruto smiled softly.
"I've spent years training with Granny in medical ninjutsu and medical practices, all those years I've used my mind to memorize the human body inside and out, I even know an exact diagram of the chakra system and could probably implement aspects of the gentle fist into my taijutsu" Naruto stated to his friend's in a matter of fact like tone, I may have large reserves and have no way of getting perfect control over them but that doesn't stop me from being able to learn how to be a medic" Naruto finished as he heard Iruka sigh softly.
"Come along, time for the genjutsu exam" upon Iruka's command Naruto stood up before patting down his clothes.
"Of course I still know the basic medic technique in the mystical palm technique but I can overload way too easily it so I barely use the technique on other people" Naruto told his friends as they slowly nodded while they walked.
"But you have no use for the technique to use it on yourself right? I mean you've got fuzzball who heals you" Ino said as Choji nodded while scarfing down potato chips.
"I mean yeah, I have him but I just want to help others as well as myself by learning these techniques, they still help with my chakra control even if it will never be perfect until me and fuzzy are in perfect sync with each other" Naruto told Ino who nodded slowly.
"When do you think that will be?" Ino asked curiously meanwhile Naruto just went silent making the girl look to him and seeing he purposely ignored her question "Tch, ass" Ino said making Naruto smile.
"Sorry, Fuzzy doesn't want people to know unless it's one of his siblings or my partner" Naruto said as he chuckled a little "Says he doesn't trust other people enough for them to know even if I trust you" Naruto's answer made her lose a bit of her gleeful look before hearing him mention that he trusts them, smiling softly as the small group of 4 finally reached the genjutsu exam.
"As you all know Mizuki will be testing your ability to dispell genjutsu, it's as simple as that, of course there is going to be a round system going from F-Rank genjutsu until you can't dispell the genjutsu anymore" Iruka said as a silver haired academy instructor stood there, the instructor seemed to be smiling but Naruto somehow knew it was fake, "We'll start with the top scorer of the Shurikenjutsu exam" hearing this Mizuki truly smiled expecting it to be Sasuke until Iruka continued "Naruto, come forth" as soon as the class heard that their eyes were on Naruto who strolled to the front and stood opposite Mizuki who scowled.
"Go easy on me Mizuki-Sensei" Naruto said with a nervous chuckle rubbing the back of his neck as Mizuki's scowl deepened, nodding Iruka smiled and announced the start of the exam, instantly Mizuki went through handsigns for a F-Rank jutsu, to follow procedure, after he knew Naruto had broken free from the genjutsu he jumped to using a C-Rank genjutsu, feeling the genjutsu take over his mind Naruto sighed and held up a ram seal and whispered "Genjutsu reverse" in an instant the world around Mizuki vanished and was instead replaced by total darkness, before long Mizuki broke free from the genjutsu and growled at Naruto.
"What did you do?" Mizuki questioned through gritted teeth.
"Eh?" Naruto mumbled in surprise "I didn't do anything but break the Genjutsu" Naruto said playing the role of being confused perfectly "Did something go wrong Mizuki-Sensei?" Naruto asked as Mizuki clicked his tongue.
"Naruto Uchiha passes the exam" Mizuki reluctantly stated confusing everyone and Iruka nodded slowly as Naruto walked back to his group of friends preparing to take a small nap while everyone else continued the exam.
After a small nap Naruto was woken by Iruka stating the taijutsu spars were about to begin, smirking a little into his makeshift pillow, which are his arms, Naruto raised his head 'Let's see how many fighting styles I can incorperate into Renewal Taekwondo' Naruto thought fully intending on copying moves from other styles into his own if he can. While they made their way to the small fighting arena Iruka explained the rules which Naruto ignored already knowing the rules were the same from the first sparring matches they held, it never changed.
As soon as the teens all reached the bleachers Iruka pulled out a clipboard and cleared his throat "First match, Ryuno against Syno" As soon as Naruto heard this he sighed.
'Civilians don't really have a fighting style unless their parents were shinobi, sadly these two are first generation shinobi in their familiy' Naruto thought, he was glad Jiraiya taught him how to be a perfect spy, Naruto even had a small spy network though it was only in Konoha and made up of younger kids in the academy, like Hiruzen's Grandson Konohamaru, because they all looked up to him as an idol of sorts, simply because they watch him kicking ass during sparring matches. Naruto simply zoned out and ignored majority of the matches only paying attention to those who he knew had a taijutsu style, no matter how rough it was.
Until finally, "Naruto Uchiha against Sasuke Uchiha" hearing the final match being called and already guessing how it would go Naruto sighed as he stood up with his hands slipping into his pockets and he walked to the arena, opposite him was Sasuke his clanmate.
"How are you Sasuke?" Naruto asked as Sasuke glared at him "Ya know, the compound is perfectly fine right? I mean auntie Miko even requested that I try and ask you to go home" Naruto said as Sasuke grit his teeth at the slightly younger teen.
"Shut up" Sasuke growled as Naruto hummed a little "I'll never return there, especially since none of you wish to kill him!" Sasuke growled as Naruto sighed again.
"You're lost" Naruto whispered loud enough for only himself to hear.
"Make the seal of reconciliation" Iruka said as Naruto nodded and withdrew his hand from his trouser pocket and offered it to Sasuke holding out a simple ram seal on one hand, seeing this Sasuke scoffed.
"Just start the spar" Sasuke said as he fell into his taijutsu stance meanwhile Naruto stood there still offering the Unison Sign, before sighing knowing he'd be ignored.
"Seems you really don't want to be friends" Naruro whispered as he retracted his hand and he fell into a basic boxing stance, his hands clenched in a fist and in a semi-box in front of his face leaving his eyes to see everything, he lightly bounced on the ball of his feet as Iruka sighed.
"Okay, start!" Iruka announced as he cut the air with his arm and backed up, as soon as the match started Sasuke attempted to get the upper hand by being the first to strike Naruto, getting close Sasuke took a swing with an open hand trying to use the basics of the Interceptor Fist, sighing softly Naruto backed up out of Sasuke's reach before watching Sasuke stumble a little.
"You forgot even the basics of the Interceptor Fist over a little anger" Naruto mocked as he swing his fist down connecting with Sasuke's forearm on purpose as the older Uchiha backed up holding his arm with a wince "Would you like to be re-educated in the basics?" Naruto asked as Sasuke growled making Naruto nod "Guess so" Naruto said instantly switching stance to the Interceptor Fist this time allowing Sasuke to go for the first hit, as soon as Sasuke swung Naruto's body launched into action grasping the outstretched limb and judo throwing Sasuke over his body making Sasuke land roughly on his back.
"Bas...tard..." Sasuke growled as Naruto stood unharmed and wiped his nose.
"I'll have you know, my parents were married when I was born" Naruto said with a smirk "But anyways, basics of the Interceptor Fist is that you wait for your opponent to strike first and gauge the difference in power between the two of you" Naruto said to the downed form of Sasuke who was slowly getting up "Like I did, I waited for you to strike and you failed because I used the basics properly not in a rage fueled, what would have been, flurry of attacks" Naruto reprimanded the older teen as he sighed seeing Sasuke go for the attack again and he repeated the same instance again "You don't learn when angry do you?" Naruto asked rhetorically, the class wincing as they realized the difference between Sasuke and Naruto, the latter being stronger than the former, by how much they didn't know.
Saying nothing Sasuke got up to his feet and took a deep breath clearing his mind and falling into his stance again "Come on" Sasuke ordered as Naruto raised a brow.
"Fine, allow me to also show you that the Uchiha were never perfect" Naruto said as he took up the basic boxing stance again and shot off towards Sasuke and threw a slow jab that Sasuke caught "See, I allowed this" Naruto said as he switched his fighting style and unclenched his fist channeling chakra to the tips of his fingers and jabbed Sasuke in the shoulder using a palm strike similar to the Hyuuga's Gentle Fist, feeling this Sasuke yelped in pain and let go of Naruto before feeling the Chakra circulation to his shoulder was cut off.
"What did you do?!" Sasuke shouted "Why can I not channel chakra to my right arm?!" Sasuke's shouts alerted everyone and Hinata activated her Byakugan looking at Sasuke.
"T-That's like the G-Gentle Fist" Hinata stuttered out in shock as Naruto stood there.
"As I said, the Uchiha aren't perfect, if an Uchiha were to truly fight a Hyuuga they'd only win because the Hyuuga refuse to use ninjutsu" Naruto said his tone sounding bored "Of course, since I already know this I used a chance I had with my rival Rock Lee" Naruto said with a smirk "He got permission off their team leader to allow me to learn with them for once, Team Gai consists of 3 people, Lee, a civilian girl named Higurashi Tenten and.." Naruto didn't get to finish as Hinata spoke.
"Neji Hyuuga" hearing this everyone froze, Naruto learned the gentle fists basics from the Hyuuga clan prodigy.
"Of course Neji didn't know I learned it from him, using my photographic memory I memorized Neji's movements during a spar with me, I must also admit Neji is the only person to have truly beaten me" Naruto said as he smirked and fell into the Gentle Fist stance "Now then" Naruto said staring at Sasuke who stood there shaking slightly "Shall we dance?" Naruto emphasized dance making Sasuke even more scared, the rumors he heard from the Elder's about Madara Uchiha were still floating in his brain and he knew the strongest Uchiha called fights, dances.
"I forfeit" Sasuke said regretfully making Naruto click his tongue.
"I guess I underestimated how stubborn you are" Naruto mumbled as he dropped the stance 'Sorry Neji' Naruto thought 'I only mentioned Neji beat me but I never mentioned that it was a taijutsu only spar' Naruto thought as he sighed, between Rock Lee and Neji he had enjoyed the fun that was their sparring matches, he found it better when he slowly learned the Goken style from his spars with Lee and even remembered something Gai told him about the "Lotus of the Hidden Leaf blooming twice" the phrase always confused Naruto so he read all he could about Konoha's history in the Library and learned of a technique that Gai's father Might Dai knew called the Eight Gates but Naruto found nothing about it no matter where he looked.
"Finally the ninjutsu exam!" Iruka exclaimed snapping Naruto out of his musings about Gai's phrase "Everyone back inside" Iruka told the class as they all walked back into the building with Naruto vanishing in a small gust of wind without waiting surprising Iruka "He knows the Shunshin and mastered it to the point it's smokeless and even added an elemental chakra to it?" Iruka asked, unknowingly, aloud stunned at Naruto's mastery over the jutsu.
Sighing Shikamaru stood up "Just had to leave me troublesome Uchiha" Shikamaru said as his shadow swallowed his body stunning the class again as the laziest in the class vanished as well.
"What the-" Iruka sighed catching himself from cussing as he led the rest of the class back to the classroom, upon entry they say Naruto and Shikamaru sat at a desk talking, seemingly arguing, about something no one could figure out what though until Choji sighed.
"They're arguing about napping positions" Choji said as he walked past everyone opening another bag of chips on his way "They both like to nap though Naruto knows how to nap moderately meanwhile Shika naps everywhere when he's not busy" Choji said as Naruto looked at the class and then back to Shikamaru.
"You only like napping on your side because you don't like the sun being in your eyes" Naruto grumbled "Sleep on your back and use a tree for shade or even better cover your eyes with a book" Naruto said loud enough for everyone to hear.
"They also made up their own code" Ino said within the crowd "They've been using it for years now for example in exams they'll use morse code to ask which questions they're doing or during lessons they'd make it seem like they're talking about the lesson but they aren't I've only just recently learned Morse code though, they're other code scheme doesn't really have a base to it" Ino told the class as Shikamaru sighed.
"Troublesome woman" Shikamaru grumbled "We still had plans for our code" Shikamaru said as Naruto nodded.
"Like when Shika becomes clanhead and I'm the Hokage or something we were going to use our code during council meetings" Naruto stated as everyone looked shocked "Now we can't because all the future council members know our plans" he grumbled.
Having enough of the arguing Iruka shouted, with big-head jutsu, "Enough!" now that everyone had stopped talking he approached the front desk and sighed "Now we'll start the exams" Iruka said as everyone silently nodded as Iruka went down the list alphabetically, eventually he got to Naruto and the tallest member of the class made their way to the front "A-" Iruka didn't finish as Naruto nodded.
"Academy 3 and extra points for any others, the extra points are based on the rank of the Jutsu" Naruto said as he hummed a little before swapping with a plantpot and back showing the substitution technique before he sealessly, and without a cloud of smoke, summoned 3 clones which then transformed into the first 3 Kages meanwhile Naruto transformed into the 4th Hokage "Academy 3 done" Naruto said still looking like Minato while dismissing his 3 close and he walked to the window before opening it and jumping onto the windowsill, he took a deep breath "Test number 73" Naruto said confusing Iruka who watched Naruto flash through handsigns and took a deep breath launching a wave of flames to the sky, the heat causing rain clouds to form before Naruto continued flashing through handsigns and further stunned Iruka as a blue light seemed to emit from the back of his hand "Strike" Naruto ordered as he held his hand to the sky before swinging it to the floor instantly causing a lightning bolt to crash down and strike the academy grounds "Near perfect" Naruto grumbled softly.
"Near perfect?!" Iruka exclaimed with an angered expression "You made a crater in the academy yard!" Iruka told the teen who chuckled nervously.
"Woops?" Naruto said as Iruka growled.
"S-Rank ninjutsu" Iruka said as Naruto looked confused.
"But that wasn't what I was going for? I mean sure lightning was supposed to strike but not as a regular lightning bol-" Naruto was stopped by the glare from Iruka as he sighed "Alright fine" Naruto grumbled and accepted the results for the exams.
"Now if Naruto took part in the written exam he would have been Shinobi of the Year but he didn't" Iruka said stunning the class "Shinobi of the Year is Sasuke Uchiha meanwhile Kunoichi of the Year is Ino Yamanaka" Iruka finished stunning all of the class as they knew how the rankings worked "We'll hand out the headbands on your way out, be back here for next Monday for team assignments" Iruka finished as all the future shinobi and kunoichi left the class grabbing their headbands on the way out.
A/N: I know, I know, this chapter took way longer than it should have, but I got busy having fun spending time with my family during the holidays, whether it was seeing my dad for the first time in 2 years or going to my Nan's to see her, I just enjoyed it and enjoyed relaxing around them again. I can promise there should be a semi-consistent schedule and I'll try notify if the chapter will take longer to release, anyways, please review and I'll see y'all in the next chapter.
Ja ne~
