Warning: This Chapter is very exposition-heavy, mainly because I am establishing new/altered relationships between characters

A.N. Well, inspiration hit me so I give you this see ya again later, and as always criticism is always welcome just don't flame me too hard I like fire but I don't want to get burned

P.S. Also, the author curse is sooooooooo real as soon as I posted this and some smaller stories else wear I got hit with so much shit it's not fair I want to go back to being able to be a simple reader *cry*

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Vibrating with much energy, Naruto happily bounced from the rooftops to the main office district where the Ninja of Konoha resided and worked, full of youth...

Cue The sound of Waves, drums, and blinding lights. This time it came from the Eastern side of the Konoha wall.

… and fully painted in his badass get-up.

He had just landed when his name was to be called to take his photo, boy was it his lucky day?

However, as soon as Hiruzen got a good look at him, he could feel a headache already begin to form.

"Naruto, You know this is your official photo, right?"

"Yup, isn't this get-up badass, this is my premiere as the next Hokage of Konoha".

The badass get-up he was referring to was his regular bright neon orange tracksuit with a new chain motif henged onto it, along with white covering every part of his skin you can see with stylistic red lines on his face and arms.

"Naruto, I'm going to have to insist that you change into something else".

Immediately, Hiruzen regretted saying such a sentence when he saw The Smirk™.

"Oh yeah, how about this... Sexy no Jutsu"

Poof

For the few lucky souls who do not know about Naruto's homemade technique, this Jutsu Is quite a powerful distraction technique for any ninja that's even a bit of a pervert and even some that aren't. It creates a nude older female-looking Naruto henge with specially placed clouds to hide all the private bits. It is already gaining wild hate from many members of the Ninja Corps.

And now, two for two, Naruto had knocked out the Hokage along with the photographer and assistant in the room.

Dispelling the technique, Naruto looked around at his work, proud that he got the old man for a second time, but he couldn't Revel in it too long, for a new disturbance decided to make himself known.

Rushing in came a small child proclaiming "The Hat shall be mine!".

Just as quickly the child fell over tripping over their own scarf

Cricket sounds

After the moment of awkwardness passed, the child sprang up and shouted pointing at Naruto "Hey why did you trip me?!"

"I didn't trip you, you fell over yourself, idiot!"

"No, you tripped me, you're trying to stop me from beating the old man and taking his hat"

"Oh yeah, like an idiot shrimp like you could take on the old man"

"Better than some demon face nobody"

"Why you little sh…"

Bam

Just as quickly a plain-dressed man in sunglasses appeared calling "Young master Konohamaru there you are, where not done with your training"

Naruto paused, having picked up Konohamaru by the scarf ready to wallop him, and asked "Young master?"

"Yes, you are currently manhandling the Hokage's grandson"

Naruto glanced at Konohamaru who now had a smug smile that said 'You are going to put me down and apologize while praising me?'

Naturally, Naruto's instincts kicked in and walloped him while screaming "Like hell you idiot"

This led to said brat once again on the floor only mildly knocked out with it actually being Naruto's fault this time

"Are you alright, young master"

"Pah young 'Master', more like a brat who doesn't know how anything works"

(pot meets kettle)

Naruto, now steamed up from his debut being crashed, stomped on out.

As a side note, the official photo of one Naruto Uzumaki is now of that get-up he was in, which he shall keep for a long time.

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Naruto walked along one of the many alleys of Konoha ignoring the totally inconspicuous piece of cloth painted to look like fencing, that is, until it sneezed and fell over itself. Only for it to get back up and pretend nothing had happened.

Deciding ignoring him wasn't fun anymore, Naruto called out the moving fence sheet "OK STOP FOLLOWING ME, and drop the dang disguise it's not even that good"

To the surprise of the sum total of no one, Konahamaru revealed himself.

"HA HA, impressive that you were able to see through my disguise. It just goes to show that I chose a great person to be my master!"

"Huh?"

"I want to learn your jutsu that took out Gramps"

"Oh" Naruto gained a predatory look "you should have led with that"

The Hokage and many a pervert across the elemental nations felt a shiver of dread.

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"No, No, No again"

Poof

"Again this time thinner and taller"

Poof

"Ok better but ya need to work on the hair"

Poof

There was no transformation this time, just an exhausted Konohamaru gulping large portions of air. In his eyes, you could see him begging for a break.

"Alright break time, and props ya little shit for keeping up for that long"

Konohamaru gave the very dignified and adult response of blowing a raspberry at Naruto.

Deciding to sympathize with Konohamaru, Naruto tossed the brat one of the sodas he had a clone get for them.

With much gusto, Konohamaru greedily drank the overly surgery and caffeinated drink. If there is one thing that he would never underestimate about his master, it is the near-infinite stamina and chakra he seemed to have.

"Well, looks like you still got some life in ya"

Konohamaru started whimpering, pulling out the puppy dog eyes pleading to not start the torture known as training under Naruto yet.

"HAHAHAHA, don't worry, don't worry, I'm just pulling your chain"

Konohamaru sank deeper into the roots of the stamp serving as his chair.

"I do have a question for you though" Konohamaru gave a nod, "Why are you trying to take the old man down all the time?"

Taking a moment to answer, Konohamaru gulped down the rest of his drink and started spilling his guts.

"My grandpa named me, and as I'm sure you can tell, after the village. But no one ever uses my name, it's always 'honored grandson' or 'young master'. I'm always treated with respect but only because they see my grandpa, not me, and I am SICK of it. So one day I will take Grandpa down."

Konohamaru proceeded to crush the can he drank from and threw it at a trash can, almost missing, but luckily it bounced just right off the lid to fall in the trash.

With renewed vigor and a determined smile, he proclaimed "All I need to do is take Grandpa's hat, then I'll be the Hokage, and they will see ME!"

A cry of laughter left Naruto's lips "HAH"

Standing up and with much hostility, Konohamaru yelped "What?!"

Taking a moment to reign it in Naruto proceeded to explain "Like a brat like you can take the hat, this ain't no kid's game if ya want that hat ya got one big obstacle you gotta get through"

"Oh yeah and what's that?"

Naruto looked up at the fire of determination blazing in his eyes and with a smile that spoke of the many levels he would go through to achieve his dream, with an aura strong enough to make Konohamaru take a step back, he made his declaration.

"Me"

Moments pass with the two now understanding each other seeing their goals and the reason behind them, and the determination to do it. It is a touching moment for the two, only to have Ebisu drop in, just missing the bonding of a new master and student by seconds. Almost immediately, making it for Konohamaru to drag him away.

"Come now young master, it's time for you to get back to your training, you still need to learn the 1000 basics of being a Shinobi before you can learn more techniques. There is nothing you can learn from him."

As much as Konohamaru thought training with Naruto was hell, he did not want to return to Ebisu's training. He had no proof, but he was sure that he had seen the other side of the river more than once, listening to his extraordinarily boring lessons. So in an act on who he would be siding with he called out "Sexy No Jutsu"

Poof

Much like Naruto's own technique a nude woman was now standing where Konohamaru was, with the main change being long brown hair falling past her shoulders instead of long blond pigtails.

The technique did not last long though, for it almost immediately popped, leaving a painting Konohamaru hunched over and gasping for air, still not having had enough time to recover from the grueling training that had happened not even 10 minutes ago.

It, however, did not go unnoticed by Naruto or Ebisu that he had indeed finally got the technique down.

Naruto then took the moment of pause the technique had caused Ebisu to step in front of his new disciple.

" I am kinda surprised that you are still standing there, haven't met anyone not affected by my technique yet"

"Hah well, it looks like you have never met a proper gentleman, nor someone who has better control than selves unlike some of my fellow Shinobi" It did not go unnoticed that Ebisu wiped away a bit of blood that had leaked out of his nose.

"Well playtime is over young master, we better go, it is undignified to learn such perverted techniques and I can feel both of our brain cells dying just being in his presence."

As Ebisu started heading towards Konohamaru to take him away, Naruto stepped in his way again. Feeling protective over having someone looking up to him and seeking his advice, but also feeling proud of said student finally pulling off his technique, he decided that he would end the day with a bang.

"Well Konohamaru, you did quite well, and as a reward for finally getting my technique down, I'll show you the next stage…. Harem No Jutsu"

Poof Poof Poof Poof Poof Poof

Now surrounding Ebisu were multiple copies of Naruto's sexy jutsu. While he had valiantly resisted Konohamaru's attempt, Naruto's were too numerous, had more practice, and knew all the right stances and positions, with some quite literally falling all over him.

And so the first pervert of many fell to the high-grade distraction technique, and with quite some lift off too.

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"HeHeHeHeHeHe"

Naruto was giddy with excitement, it was the day of team assignments. He had awoken extra early to ensure he was on time, his mood so high in the clouds that the villager's normal behavior did not affect him. It did help that he was using the much faster route, the rooftops, where few of them could be seen.

Finally, he arrived in front of the classroom door, his senses on high alert, and entered. Once inside there were a few glances towards him, most moving on, a few had a quizzical glance but the one he was looking for finally met his eyes and immediately they moved.

"KIBA"

"NARUTO"

Naruto took a firm stance ready for Kiba's assault but was quite surprised when in the middle of his flight to attack Naruto, Kiba was quite suddenly wrapped up in 9 pairs of chains coming from his back. Upon seeing Kiba drop to the ground with a face full of confusion, Naruto soon joined him howling with laughter at the scene.

"What the HELL! Get me out of the chains, ya bastard!"

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"

"Come on these are in no way fair"

Naruto who was starting to recover and trying to catch his breath between chuckles was eventually able to get out "Since when have we ever played fair"

Kiba paused, struggling, finally getting onto his back, his face scrunching in concentration as he thought about the question posed. Not a few seconds later did he shake his head in defeat, for each has grumbled about fairness before, but they still never come up with more than a basic set of rules. No maiming, keep damage to clothing minimal, and everything else goes.

"Pah fine, would ya let me out of these damn chains anyway, they're tight."

"Yeah yeah, quite whining you damn chihuahua, I'm on it."

Over the past week, Naruto had tried practicing how to summon and control, but he felt like he was making no progress, especially since they seemed to sometimes act on their own. He was hoping that once the old man found the scrolls he was talking about, he might make some progress. Finally, after a few moments, he got the chains to dissipate and release Kiba.

Kiba gave a low growl as he got up and stretched, being chained was quite uncomfortable, then turned toward a certain pineapple head yelling "Hey Shikamaru what's the count?"

Going a few seats up and near the wall was one Shikamaru Nara, who was watching the whole thing with the same look of indifference he always had.

"It is now 55 to 52 in favor of Naruto."

"Booyah!" "GODS DAMMIT," I think you can figure out who said what.

As both boys either celebrated or sulked, Kiba eventually sobered up and butted into Naruto's little dance asking "By the way Naruto you do know this is team assignments, so why are you here, classes don't start for another month?"

"Oh, haven't you noticed? I got an insignia as well" Having turned a bit and pointed to a patch on his top.

Instead of on his head like most genin, Naruto was wearing his ever-present goggles and had sewn the head protector into the blue part of his tracksuit on his right shoulder.

"How the hell did you get that? I swore you had failed the test, and while I'm at it, what's up with the chains, I know for a fact you did not have those, at least until the last time we sparred"

Kiba had said this all with a pointed glare, not wanting Naruto to have been holding back the entire time they sparred. Few had their stamina, strength, and toughness as well, the only others that could match them were Rock Lee a few years before them and his master Might Guy before him. This often left them being the only partners they could spar with even if they included Sasuke, though they did not. His style always ended up being a battle of attrition and technique. Sure they would win the attrition part, but as much as they hated to admit it, he had better technique. Even if they have had some wins on him, it was no fun, and they agreed that a good brawl was the way to go.

It had helped bring them together as friends, that fact that they could find a reliable partner to spar with just for the fun of it or, they later learned, if they needed to work something out of their system.

If you didn't know better, you would think they hated each other because of how ferocious they sometimes got, and when they first met you would have been right. When Naruto and Kiba first met, their personalities immediately started clashing, almost always ending in some fight, verbal or physical. But as the first few weeks went on, and they kept fighting, they gained a begrudging respect for each other. Over a few months, it grew until it had become something resembling friendship. They knew though that they would never be best friends, their personalities and interests just clashed too much, but something different.

Their friendship had the foundation of respect, even when they disagreed, as all due. They also knew they would have the other's back, an ally always in their corner. Finally, a sparring partner that they can go all out on. So if Naruto was lying even half the time they had been doing this, Kiba did not want to think about how he would feel about that kind of betrayal.

Luckily, Naruto raised his hands in the universal sign of peace. He started with what the old man told him to say if asked about his promotion and abilities

"I can't go into full details exactly, but I ended up receiving a field promotion during an incident I ended up helping with less than a week ago in which I also activated a bloodline ability that we didn't know I received from my family, so this is all pretty new to me as well."

After hearing his statement, a good portion of the class who weren't listening in before suddenly had their eyes and ears on Naruto. Not only did he have details about an incident that rumor said had the entirety of HQ put on high alert, but he also had a Bloodline activation? Bloodline abilities were a rare thing even in Konoha which housed some of the most well-known ones and a few other lesser-known ones.

But before the interrogation could begin, Iruka had stepped into the classroom. While it was not the signal for the start of class, they still had a few minutes, it did tell them to start making their way to their seats.

So everyone started to disperse, some rushing to finish their conversations, and others like Naruto promised to talk more later.

Nabbing the first seat he could find, Naruto was quickly beset by an annoyed Sakura Haruno. While some would cower he saw a golden opportunity, so in the most sickly sweet voice began "My sweet Sakura blossom, do you finally wish to go on that wondrous date with me?"

Just like that, the look of annoyance intensified and was joined by exasperation, he even got her to drop her head into her palms and give a loud sigh. This was another common scene that was often repeated in the class. Though most could tell he did it to annoy her, like when an older sibling finds out a younger sibling has a crush or significant other.

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When he was a bit younger though, Naruto had a crush on Sakura, and maybe he still does deep inside, just differently. When they were younger there was a day when after many rejections and a few questions, he learned he just wasn't Sakura's fit/type. The way she had gone about it was harsh, and it had hurt.

After that shattering revelation, Naruto had left her alone, feeling pretty down in the dumps. After a few days of this, Sakura started feeling quite bad. It had already been a bad day when she finally snapped at Naruto, but instead of pummeling him, she cut him deep with her words. Not but a few moments later did she already feel bad about what he had said, it was obvious to most of the class that the villagers and quite a few Ninja did not like Naruto, and she just got a full look at what some of the names the villagers called him did to him.

It was rare to see Naruto so low, especially for this long. Stewing on what she said and seeing his mood like this, she needed to do something. It did not help that his usual gang of Shikamaru, Kiba, and Choji were giving her the cold shoulder. Sakura knew it wasn't her responsibility for how others felt, but she knew that you must apologize when you make a mistake.

She could see the passion Naruto had and heard him exclaim his dream of one day being the Hokage many times. She did not know if he would reach such a point, what she did know was that with his drive he would do something big, and she was for sure as hell damned if she was going to let that light die. If he wanted to waste it on pranks or skipping class, she could begrudgingly let it happen, but she WAS NOT going to be the cause of it going out.

So after the 4th day of Naruto being quiet and low-energy, Sakura came up to him and told him to follow, a bit confused, he did. His interest peaked when he realized where they might be going, and when they arrived he was full-on surprised.

"Come on then, you've been low energy for a few days, let us get some food in you and get that energy back"

Naruto had the unfortunate skill of letting his mouth run faster than his brain, especially in awkward situations his default of making some kind of joke took over, he blurted out

"Heh, heh Like a date?"

And just like that his insides puckered hard from the cringe he just felt, it being so strong that even in the metaphysical plane inside himself housing the nine-tails shrunk as well. The Nine tails meanwhile were laughing its ass off, not minding the slightly uncomfortable space.

Luckily, Sakura is quite used to his idiosyncrasies and was glad he is still being himself despite all his moping. She merely gave a small sigh before chuckling, a bit glad that she hadn't completely messed up.

"No Naruto, we are just getting some food together, now come on."

After a moment to contemplate whether it was worth it, especially after that joke, the waft of Ichiraku ramen that wafted out when Sakura entered is what finally tempted the scale, following her in.

The tension was as thick as Naruto, just some muttering of small talk until Ayame cut through to them, asking if Naruto had brought his date to their shop. With awkwardness at an all-time high, Naruto again cracked a joke like before along the lines of how she had been asking him out forever, and he finally said yes.

The stress and awkwardness of it all finally got too much for Sakura and, deciding why the hell not, burst into fits of laughter and kept going. Not too long after that Naruto joined her, leaving Ayame confused but overall she just shrugged and moved on to help her dad at least start Naruto's usual as the two seemed to need a moment.

What proceeded was two hours of the two talking and laughing, moving quickly on from dating to other subjects like classes, gossip, pranks, ideas, and even touching a bit on their ideals. There was even some light teasing as both Naruto's more mischievous side liked the reactions it got from Sakura, and Sakura found a partner that she could verbally go at it with that wasn't just Ino. They found a sort of comradery. Before they kinda knew each other, but now they were learning about each other and how they ticked.

Eventually, they wound down finishing and having food paid for by Sakura, one of the bigger hints to Naruto that she was trying to apologize. They finally left the restaurant and were now just walking to nowhere in particular. Finally, Sakura slowed down at a park bench, beckoning him to sit.

Immediately she started apologizing, saying that while she did not see them being together like that, she did not have to be so harsh. She should have never said what the villagers sometimes say and how it was wrong of them and her to have said that. Naruto did try to interrupt, but she would not let him. She went on to talk about how she never liked the image the villagers painted of him because while he was mischievous, he was also very nice to those around him. And even though she was apologizing, they could go out like this again because she truly did enjoy herself.

Naruto, in true form of fashion, gave a big smile, having someone look past the image the village made of him. She then apologized for something she had done, showing off her strong moral compass that had initially drawn his eyes to her. It was the perfect recipe to have Naruto forgive her.

With a hearty chuckle, he said "It's a date"

A small smile bloomed on Sakura's face(BA DUM TSS), though there was a healthy dose of exasperation mixed into it.

This only further gave fuel to Naruto's chuckles, which slowly morphed into cackles after seeing such an expression.

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"No Naruto, I just need you to move your ass, I'm trying to sit on the other side of you."

Looking over, Naruto got the gist of it. There, sitting another seat over, was the class heartthrob, Mr Perfect himself, Sasuke Uchiha. By every god that Naruto could think of, Sasuke irritates him to high heaven. Not only did he make everything he did look effortless, if citing were to be believed, he had never been seen training, so it was reasonable to assume that it was all raw talent. The cherry on top is that the entire village treated him as a saint. Add the 'I'm better than you look' he always wore that made it near impossible for Naruto to get a read on him, and you have Naruto's antithesis.

The only time he ever saw any emotion on Sasuke's face was during their few sparring matches in taijutsu. He liked these matches cause even if he lost or if they went on long, he got to see a look of determination never seen on Sasuke's face. It brought him joy that he was giving Mr. Perfect a run for his money.

The other time was the look of fear he gets when a particular large fangirl mob forms. Honestly, Naruto can't blame him, while he wasn't jealous of Sasuke about anything, no siree, not him, he would never be envious of the fangirl clubs. He accidentally found a shrine that had one of Sasuke's old practice shirts that one of them forgot to henge, and he had to say that was one of the few times he felt pity for the Uchiha.

So, feeling a bit cocky after getting promoted and some of his wins the past week, Naruto hopped in front of Sasuke and gave him a hard glare, trying to get a good look and maybe brag to him. Of course, absolutely nothing, even if Sasuke had looked up to him, it just felt like he was being looked through and not at.

Student A said "Ooooooh Naruto and Sasuke are going to fight"

Student B said "Beat his ass Sasuke!"

Student C said, "Really? I got to see this"

At that last statement, the student below Naruto Got up and bumped him, dumping Naruto onto Sasuke's mouth first.

Mwah!

Taking less than a second to realize what happened, both boys did the mature thing and started coughing and spitting, trying to get the contamination of the other out. Naruto was so desperate to get it out that he wildly grabbed a bag of chips and started eating the whole thing to get the taste out.

Naruto quickly forgot about the kiss, though, for he felt two sources of killing intent.

"Did you just steal My chips/Sasuke's first kiss?!"

Oh, he was such a dead man. Turning around, the source of the killing intent was both Sakura and Choji. Looking down, he did indeed see Choji's, very empty, favorite brand of chips. Yup, a very dead man. Add to that he already wound up Sakura, and he knew he might be giving a certain river a visit.

Shakily Naruto tried to defend himself "Come on guys, a traumatic thing just happened to me, I didn't mean to, please I'll try making it up to you!"

The two were having none of it.

'Well hopefully they're quick, where are those damn chains when you need them anyway'

Naruto knew pain, but was quite lucky that the void collected him so soon from the start of the beating.

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Waking up slightly bruised but overall not feeling too bad, he thanked his parents for his toughness and the gods for that, Sakura and Choji's knock-out punch didn't leave a giant bump.

"Oh.. uhm… Na-Na-Naruto is awake"

Hearing his name he was quite surprised to see the mixed grouping of Hinata, Kiba, and Shino who had all turned to look at him from across the aisle. Taking a further look, he was kinda surprised that no one else besides Sakura and Sasuke to his left was in the class.

Seeing as the people to his left weren't particularly tolerable of him at the moment, he looked over to the odd gathering of three and asked, "Soooooo… what I miss?"

Kiba decided to take charge of answering " Well after you got a double knock-out punch from both Choji and Sakura, which I gotta say was hilarious, Iruka started assigning us teams and told us to wait for our Sensei's."

Not a moment later the door opened letting in a woman with long brown hair, a kinda weird white and red uniform, and a kind smile.

"Team 8, I'm Kurenai Yuhi, your instructor, please follow me we got to get a move on we got a lot of ground to cover"

Kiba again takes the lead. "Welp, that's us guys, let's get moving. Good luck on being in team 7 Naruto, don't have too much fun."

With Kiba's parting words, Naruto's brain caught up and looked at the last people in the classroom. He jumped for joy, realizing he was on the same team as Sakura. He then banged his head on the desk when the same realization took place that he was on the same team as Sasuke. Then came the praying that their sensei would come to get them soon.

Two hours later

All three of them quickly got over whatever awkwardness first settled around them and were making snarky comments about their teacher being THREE HOURS LATE! Though it was only grumbling for the most part, Naruto's patience finally broke, and began a quick and simple prank for their so-called Sensei.

At any other time, Sakura and Sasuke might have stepped in to stop him, but they were just as annoyed, so they were open to letting Naruto also vent their frustrations. They did have doubts about whether a simple eraser door trap would work on a trained Jonin.

Not a moment later, a man with tall white, spiky hair and 3/4ths of his face covered walked in. The eraser fell flatly on his head and released a cloud of chalk dust all over him.

All three genin in unison in their heads said, 'It worked!'. Sasuke and Sakura with confusion, and of course, Naruto with triumphant hilarity.

The man looking up from the very orange and well-known book looked at all of them with a blank stare and said, "My first impression is that I don't like any of you."