Chapter One - Genins

Hey everyone, this is my first fanficcy. Hopefully I'll get better as time passes, please R&R, to help me carry out afore mentioned improvement :P.

Disclaimer: Naruto isn't owned by me neither are any of the characters.

Key-

"Normal Talking"

'Thinking/Mindscape talking'

'Kyuubi Talking'

(Announcements concerning place and time changes. Also author ramblings)

This is a Naruto centered fic, however main side characters will be Shikamaru. Naruto currently knows only the Kage-bunshin technique and will eventually become stronger, although I will be altering the story from the original. Hope you enjoy .

This all takes place after the Mizuki Incident.

A cloud floated in the light blue sky, gracefully. It felt nice and soft as the raven haired boy peacefully slept on it. The light blue coloured sky held not a single ray of light to disturb the lazy boy's slumber. Another cloud slowly soared by, leaving behind a cool gentle breeze in it's pa.. TRIIIIIIIING rang the alarm.

The boy shot up, his blissful dream shot down abruptly.

"Khe, menduksou", the first words that escaped his mouth.

He fell back on his bed, looking up at the ceiling drowsily.

'Gonna be paired up with Chouji and that Ino chick today. … Menduksouuuuu'.

Slowly he rose from the bed, leaving behind crumpled sheets and a dented pillow. He sighed yet again as he entered the bathroom, getting ready for his first day as a genin.

--

On the almost opposite side of town, a slightly shorter boy jumped out of his bed, excitement and happiness radiating from every inch of his body. The pale-yellowish orange haired boy ran into the bathroom, picked up his toothbrush and started scrubbing away.

After finishing off his daily activities he jumped out of the bathroom eager to don his attire and start his life as a newly instated genin. A wide smile, ran from ear to ear, as the whisker marks on his cheeks crumpled up into miniature smiley faces. He took another jump, bearly able to keep his anxiety under control.

'OI! STOP FUCKING JUMPING AROUND! LEMME FUCKING SLEEP U GODDAMN CHIBI!'

A tick appeared on our hero's forehead.

'DON'T CALL ME CHIBI BAKA-KITSUNE!', thought Naruto loudly.

After the Mizuki incident the fox had decided it was an appropriate time to introduce himself to his retainer.

Flaaaaashback.

Naruto was in the hospital, being thoroughly manhandled by the staff (in the bad way). He was busy ignoring the nurse as she kept 'accidently' dropping random, sharp items on his person. He was suddenly jerked into a dark, moldy sewer. Overhead, broken pipes dripped a liquid, which Naruto hoped was water. He waged through the water, which reached up to his ankles. After a minute or so he reached a wide hall of sorts. Large brass gates lay in front of him held in place by a single piece of paper that read 'Seal', a single fluorescent light hung from the ceiling. Naruto looked at his surroundings, scared not knowing where he was. A slightly weird smell assaulted him, something that smelt like a wet dog.

'I HEARD THAT!'. came a roar, that shook Naruto to his very core.

The voice held great authority and pride. Naruto looked around for the source of voice, wanting to stay as far away as possible. Then, he saw two large crimson eyes open inside the cage. He felt the ground shake as the obviously large creature moved towards the gate.

He finally saw the creature, as it stepped into the light. For all Naruto could tell, it appeared to be a giant fox, nine tails swishing around randomly, chaotically. Deep orange fur adorned its form and large clawed paws lay two on either side of the monstrous fox.

Much to the little orange clad boy's credit, he managed to guess who or what this thing in front of him was. His fear disappeared as his mouth turned into a single straight line, face completely emotionless. "Kyuubi..", he silently whispered.

The Kyuubi pretended not to hear the little cretin.

'Yo! I am the mighty, the great, the one and only, Kyuubi, king of demons, strongest amongst the nine tailed youkai and such. I am sealed inside you, your precious fourth hokage was responsible for this, and we are currently in your mind. Just concentrate and you'll be able to enter your mindscape again, goodbye.'

Naruto was suddenly thrown back into the real world, the sight of the hospital ceiling coming to view, and an incoming syringe…

'…', he thought, still at a loss for words with the seemingly random introduction the Kyuubi had given him. He moved his head to the side as the syringe embedded itself into the pillow, turning it into dust.

'…', not wanting to have to be conscious when the nurse made her next move, naruto furrowed his brows, concentrating on the dark empty sewers he had just ventured through.

He found himself in the same, dark, gloomy corridor. He ran towards the hall, this time knowing where his next destination was.

'WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT U DAMNED STUPID FOX!', Naruto yelled at the top of his voice.

'YOU'VE BEEN TRAPPED INSIDE ME ALL THIS TIME AND THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO SAY FOR YOURSELF?', he continued slightly annoyed.

'Yo! I am the mighty, the great, the one and only, Kyuubi, king of…', he was cut off by Naruto.

'I HEARD THAT THE FIRST TIME!'

'Oh, it's you again', the fox replied, approaching the bars once again.

'…', was Naruto's reply as he was sure he was the only one that the annoying fox could meet in it's current 'situation'. However he felt something was off as he heard footsteps approaching him, softer, quieter footsteps, the ground wasn't shaking as it was before when the fox had approached him.

'So.. what dyu wanna noe?', the fox casually replied, coming into view.

Naruto saw a tall man approach, around 6 feet 4 in height or so appear. He wore blue shinobi pants, and black sandals with flames drawn on either sides of the footwear. As he continued to look up, he saw the man wore a green sleeveless shinobi jacket, and on top of it a white lab coat of sorts, with yellow and orange flames drawn at the bottom. Naruto's eye slightly twitched as he was suspicious of who the fox was imitating. His suspicions were confirmed as he saw the face of the man, long yellowish hair fell down on either side as locks, while the rest spiked on the top of his head. The man wore a konoha hitae-ate on his forehead.

'…why'

'Why what?'

'Why do you look like the yondaime hokage?'

'The real question here is why he looked like me!'

Naruto sweat-dropped at this obviously failed attempt at humor.

'Fine, it's cause the bastard forced me to live the rest of my life inside a midget of a boy, and not a very smart one too. And so, this way I can make fun of him all I want.', the Yondaime / Kyuubi replied, while shoving his index finger in his nose, digging around.

Naruto, now completely pissed and at the same time freaked out, decided to leave the demented kitsune alone, as he turned around and walked away, returning to reality.

Flashback end

Naruto quickly wore his orange outfit and looked at himself in the mirror, as he proudly put the hitae-ate on his forehead.

'AAAAH MY EYES! TOO MUCH ORANGE! HOW CAN YOU CALL YOURSELF A SHINOBI, OR EVEN A HUMAN WHEN U WEAR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?', the Kyuubi raged.

'SHOO YOU DAMN FOX, ATLEAST I DIDN'T GET SEALED AWAY FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE BY SOMEONE ONE-TENTH MY SIZE!', Naruto countered.

'…That was a very cheap shot'

'Just shh, unless you have something important to say'

'DON'T TALK TO ME LIKE THAT YOU LIT…', Naruto at this point decided to tune out the Kyuubi, muting the fox, one of the many powers he had being the retainer.

Naruto sighed, his spirits were not going to be dampered by the fox.

He ran out of his apartment, locking the door.

--

(Ninja Academy)

Naruto continued to ignore Iruka as he ranted on about.. something. Naruto respected the man deeply, especially after how he had saved him from Mizuki, but his lectures often tended to get a bit.. dull.

He was busy talking to Shikamaru, or rather, was annoying the nara, who was trying to catch a quick nap before the teams were announced. Naruto, known by most as the demon child or Kyuubi incarnate, and by very few as Uzumaki Naruto, barely has any friends, as most stayed away from him, as commanded by their parents too. However he did have a few, though very limited in number. They were, shikamaru and chouji, and to some extent even Konohamaru, though he was more of a disciple.

Shikamaru finally gave up and pulled his head up slowly. Slouching in his seat.

"What is it Naruto?", he brawled.

"Wanna make a bet?"

"What bet Naruto…", he said, half-asleep.

"A bet on what teams we're gonna be in!'

"I don't need your money man…"

"Don't worry I'm broke anyway!"

"…"

"…"

"Don't worry we'll bet on something else, you can choose what it is if you win.", said the ever ecstatic blonde.

"Fine.."

"Okay! I say my team is gonna be sakura-chan, me and uhh, fine, I'll take you."

"Right.. It's going to be me, chouji and ino, and your teammates will be haruno san and uchiha san. Now let me sleep."

Naruto nodded, waiting for Iruka to announce the genin squad assignments.

(Half an hour later, teams announced were same as in original Naruto)

Shikamaru walked along with Chouji towards the meeting point, where their new sensei Asuma, would be waiting. He smiled slightly as he passed Naruto.

" You owe me one shouji match Naruto."

Naruto sighed, he hated having to play with Shikamaru, who tormented Naruto by dragging out the game, "Fine…"

Naruto waited along with his two teammates, he frowned slightly at the Uchiha, who was his self-proclaimed rival, then pestered Sakura, who was his self-proclaimed love. She answered as she usually did, punching him.

After waiting for two hours, the three genin were getting impatient.

Naruto bored, sat down waiting for his sensei to show up.

He thought of playing a prank on the jounin, but using his better judgement, and constant shouts of insults by the imprisoned fox, made him decide not to.

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Kitsune Fox

Baka Stupid

Hitae-ai Forehead Protector (not sure about spelling, please tell me if its wrong)

(spelling of hitae-ai, not forehead protector -.-)

Chibi Shrimp / Midget

Sensei Teacher

Kage-bunshin Shadow Clone

Yondaime Fourth