I'm very new at this and I apologize for any mistakes. Feel free to correct me, just do it nicely please. I get bored easily, so I might update erratically. Please review as well.

Sincerely,

Kagenoshojo.

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"The mission was a success Hokage-sama. The forest has been cleared of the bandits and no casualties were sustained."

Four shinobi of the leaf stood before the desk of the Hokage and the old man himself, sitting behind it. He had a wrinkled but kind face and a broken ring of grey hair haloing his head. His name was Sarutobi Hiruzen. The four in front of him were composed of a tall, skinny man with what seemed to be gravity defying silver hair and a mask that covered half his face and went with the headband covering his right eye. Hatake Kakashi.

The remaining three were his students. The tallest was a brooding dark haired boy with a handsome face but hate filled eyes. Uchiha Sasuke. To his right was the second tallest, a pink long haired girl who seemed only to care about her appearance and the attention of a certain Uchiha that obviously wasn't given. Haruno Sakura. Then, to her right was the shortest of them all. Uzumaki Naruto. The blond headed knucklehead that always pulled pranks on the village in an attempt of being acknowledged. The loudmouth that was always misunderstood and looked down upon for even breathing.

Of course not one of his friends knew that.

The old man smiled. "Then a job well done it is. Good job, all of you. I expect to see you in the next chunin exams." The two less vocal students smiled proudly as Naruto cheered and yelled at the top of his lungs until he was dragged from the room by his teacher.

Once they had left, a secret door slid open on the far wall and out stepped Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"That seemed to go well." He observed. "You got the hang of this pretty quick, Naruto." In a small puff of smoke, the old leader of the village was instantly replaced by the same eccentric boy who had exited the room not even twenty seconds ago. Naruto pouted and folded his arms over top of his black T-shirt. "Why do I have to do this?" He wined. The old man smiled mischievously. "Because, if you didn't, I would leek out the fact that you're actually a super genius and have been lying to everyone your whole life." Naruto groaned as the old man chuckled.

That's right. I, Naruto. Am actually a genius and to keep it a secret from everyone, I got shoved the job of Hokage so that that old geezer can finally retire. Not many people knew about this situation. Only the advisories and the ANBU who posed as the Hokage's bodyguards knew and they were sworn to secrecy. So now he had to make a shadow clone everyday and instruct it to be as idiotic as possible while the real me sat behind a desk and did stupid paperwork. Sure, there were those times he had gone on solo missions under a different name and created a pretty good reputation for myself but still. It was as boring as hell. Being Hokage was NOT fun. It was too troublesome.

"Well!" Naruto started as he slowly rose from his chair. "Since I've finished with all of my paperwork, I'm going to go join my team for the victory snack."

As Naruto slowly walked out of the room he smirked at the shocked face of the old Hokage. The old fool couldn't understand how a kid of thirteen could finish that mound if paperwork. There was still some piled up from years ago! This child was just extraordinary.

Naruto changed from his black shirt and pants to the eye stabbing orange outfit he wore every day, snuck out from the main tower and lazily strolled threw the village. It was kind of ironic how he was running and protecting the people in this village who hated him for being what he was. Even though he doesn't hold that big of a grudge against them, he still didn't exactly love them. Oh, and yes, he knew why they hated him. It was kind of hard not to figure it out. He also knew who his real family was because he broke into the Hokage's tower enough, before he became it, to have the whole archives memorized and all justu (forbidden or not) mastered before the age of seven.

He wasn't called a genius for nothing.

Naruto was now coming up on the restaurant that team 7 usually has their victory snacks at, Ichiraku ramen.

Its true that he's lied his whole life about almost everything, but when it comes to ramen. It is no lie. No one could stop Naruto from getting ramen. If they did, they would be crushed in an instant without a shred of mercy.

He could see the backs of the members of his team as they ate their ramen in relative silence(except for the fake Naruto) on the bar stools at the counter. Naruto quickly caught his clones eye and signaled for it to go to the bathroom. It understood and did as it was told.

Soon after, the real Naruto walked out of the bathroom and joined his teammates at the counter. He ordered another bowl of ramen and great fully scarfed it down like a starving wolf.

"You guys did a good job today." Kakashi complemented. Naruto stopped eating and smiled at his sensei. He knew for a fact that he and Sakura had done terrible where Sasuke faired little better. Though they did finish the job, it was executed terribly. Kakashi was such a nice guy.

Sakura and Sasuke grinned at the praise. "Of course we did well." Boasted Sakura. "We could have done even better if Naruto wasn't there to hold us back." She spat and shot a glare towards Naruto's direction. Naruto sighed. "If I hadn't done what I did when I did it you would be dead." He mumbled to himself then quickly switched to a sad puppy look. "That's so mean Sakura!" He whined, missing the sideways glance from his sensei.

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Kakashi had always thought that Naruto was different and it wasn't because of the fox. It was the aura around him and the way he held himself. Almost like a well trained shinobi. His student was a puzzle that needed solving to truly understand him and be his friends. He swore to himself that he would solve it. For the team, and for Naruto.

Kakashi finally finished his bowl and quickly pulled his mask back up. Informing his students lazily that training would resume tomorrow he sauntered out of the restaurant and down the dirt road.

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It was three o'clock in the morning and Naruto was PISSED. He had been rudely awoken from his slumber by a particularly cold bucket of water from Hiruzen and dragged unceremoniously to the Hokage tower while ordered to transform.

And for what, you may ask? For a stinking drunk bridge builder who was clearly lying! It almost made him want to cry when he saw how bad this guy was at lying.

Naruto sighed in exhaustion. With his fore finger and his thumb he pinched the bridge if his nose in an attempt to try and evade the headache he knew was coming. Slowly, with irritation clearly seen emanating from his body, Naruto opened his mouth with a grimace and inquired about the truth.

"So, what do we know?"

The interrogators in the room shrugged their shoulders in defeat. They had tried all that they could without actually hurting the poor man and had gotten nothing in return. They apologized to the old Hokage and dismissed themselves without a word. Naruto glared at the door that had allowed them to leave like it had betrayed him. He really didn't want to do this right now, but, he really didn't see another option. Ether he did it now and prepared something to be done quickly if its important or he could wait till later and possibly risk peoples lives.

Naruto sighed again. He was the strongest person in this village, as well as the most skilled. If there was something that this bum was hiding them he would definitely find it.

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This was bad.

This was really bad.

It was now seven in the morning and Naruto was pacing around his office frantically.

Naruto was very sympathetic. If he could help someone, he would without hesitation. So when he heard about an isolated island that was suffering terribly at the hands of a tycoon, he couldn't let it go. He had to help them, but who would he send? He had to keep all the higher ranking shinobi in the village in case if an emergency but this was too big for most genin teams. Then there was the problem of Naruto himself wanting to go which made things even more complicated.

Naruto ran his fingers threw his blond hair exasperatedly. Why couldn't things be just be easy sometimes. He wished he could be in two places at once.

...

Wait a second!

How could he be so stupid? He was supposed to be a genius but it took him this long to figure such a simple answer out?

Naruto zipped to his desk and started on the rapidly growing plot in his head as the ANBU watched the tiny super genius in fascination. 'What could he possibly be thinking if now?' They wondered.

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It was past noon when team seven was called to the Hokage's office. They were convinced that it was because Naruto had done something wrong, again. The two other students were slightly worried that they would be scolded as well, so, when they reached the Hokage's office and the old man declared that they had a new mission, they were shocked to say the least.

"What do you mean, a new mission?" Asked Sakura suspiciously. "So Naruto didn't do anything?"

Hiruzen's eyes wrinkled as he smiled good naturedly. "I mean exactly what I said my dear. A new client has appeared and requested for an escort back to his own village. I have decided that team seven should take this mission and I hope that you can complete it with as little casualties as possible." The old man informed. Team seven smiled and cheered at the acknowledgment. They would complete this mission perfectly and make the Hokage proud.

"Now your going to meet your client, so be respectful Naruto." The Hokage added as he called for someone to enter. Sasuke, Sakura, Kakashi and Naruto all turned towards the door in anticipation (not actually in Naruto's) but were instantly disappointed when a seemingly drunk, old man stumbled into the room.

"Wha? I shought dat I wash goin' ta get protectian! Noh shome snotty noshed brats!" The drunk complained.

The real and fake Naruto's eyebrow twitched in annoyance. He might not be able to finish this mission. He may end up killing this bum before it ends.