Here is yet another fic that I thought up off the top of my head, this here is the precise reason that none of my fics get very far, an idea will slam into my head mid fic, and won't stop pestering me until I write the damn thing, if you must know I actually thought this up in the shower, planned it out and plotted it all the way up past academy graduation in about thirty seconds, so without further pause, here it is.

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Naruto wasn't born with any talent, he had to work hard to earn what he got, I say bull. His father was arguably the strongest Shinobi to ever live, and his mother was right up there in the top as well, he had to have got something from them, not to mention all the connections he inherited from them (IE. Jiraiya/Tsunade). Despite all of this, he sucks there is no way about it, Naruto has never been as strong as he needed to be, and has been about as sharp as a box of (round)rocks. So what if he was born with talent? Real talent, not the BS stuff he inherited from Minato and Kushina, well here we go to delve into the world of the child of two missing-nin.

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Uzumaki Naruto was the outlet of Konoha's hatred, every single person in his village that he had ever met held nothing but contempt for him, he never even knew why.

Fortunately for him though, he didn't have to deal with them all to much, he was extremely smart and skilled and could easily escape from the hatred quite often without any trouble. He never knew why he was so good until he found out who his parents were, but that wasn't until he was fourteen.

The instructors at the academy were so blatantly mean to him that they outright refused to teach him directly, they would not answer questions he asked, and would refuse to help him when he asked for help. Naruto wasn't one to go down without a fight though, he was amazingly skillful in the art of stealth, and simply stole the things he needed to succeed in life, he'd steal textbooks and scrolls from the library to study and learn from, and would steal supplies and clothes from stores, all without ever getting caught once.

Despite all his efforts though the teachers specifically made his graduation exam more difficult than anyone else, and after three years of consecutive failure one Academy teacher took advantage of him for his own benefit, convincing him that if he stole the village's forbidden scroll and brought it to him, he would graduate from the academy finally.

Naruto, going against his instincts, trusted the man and easily swiped the scroll and took it out to the forest outside the village to bring it to the instructor.

He should have trusted his instincts though, he'd never to that day met a person that was outwardly kind to him, why would they start now? He was greeted with a flurry of Kunai, which he dodged to the best of his ability, though took one in the shoulder.

The man dropped out of the tree, laughing like a maniac at Naruto's profusely bleeding shoulder and went on to inform him that his name wasn't even Uzumaki, his parents never even lived in the village, his parents were two of the most dangerous missing-nin to walk the earth, his mother was the most skilled assassin that anyone had ever heard of, having become a Jounin at age thirteen, she had the nickname of Musei Yoru (Silent Night) because in a single night she assassinated an entire camp of over seventy-five Chuunin to Jounin rank Shinobi without making a sound, her name was Shikuto Karei.

He went on to inform Naruto that his father was just as deadly and feared as his mother was, Kokushibyou (Black Death) was his nick name, known for his dark jutsu's and fearsome killing intent, he was the kind of guy to walk inside a fort full of Shinobi and walk out without a scratch after killing everyone, his name was Shikuto Jakale. They were both S-ranked missing-nin, and were captured while on vacation while Karei was pregnant with Naruto, Jakale was publicly executed before the village and Karei was killed when the prison's medical ward was destroyed by the Kyuubi just after she gave birth to Naruto.

All of that paled in comparison though to the next piece of news he dropped on Naruto, that the Kyuubi, greatest of the nine Bijuu, most powerful being to walk the earth, was sealed in him.

Mizuki, the malicious instructor who had told him all this, laughed at Naruto's utterly floored expression and detached a huge Fuma Shuriken from his back and flung it at Naruto at neck height, hoping to sever the blond's head. Fortunately, Naruto snapped back to reality at the last possible second and ducked under the huge sharpened weapon and it whizzed over head, slamming into a tree behind him.

Naruto's eyes widened in shock and he looked at Mizuki as anger started to boil up inside him, he had been lied to his entire life? Even his own name was a lie, and the fact that his parents were citizens of Konoha? Why? Why was he lied to? What did he do to deserve to not even know who his parents were? Because he held some demon at bay, that made him the monster? His eye brows twitched in anger and his hands flexed and balled into fists at his side as his right hand moved slowly towards his Kunai holster.

Mizuki looked at him trembling, in what he thought was fear, and laughed "You think you're gonna get away? I'm gonna kill you and deliver your head on a platter to the village!"

Naruto's hand twitched and his eyes flicked red for a second, and his pupils lengthened into long slits "Y-you all l-lied to me, m-my whole l-life has been a l-lie..." he finally admitted.

Mizuki grinned and pulled out a Kunai "YES! And now, I'm going to kill you DEMON!" He lunged at Naruto and slashed at his throat, aiming to slice his Aorta artery in one go.

Naruto blinked his eyes as a tear fell, and when he reopened them, they were blood red with long, slit pupils. His arm moved faster than Mizuki could see and his slash was blocked inches from his throat by Naruto's own Kunai. Mizuki looked into Narutos harsh blood red eyes and suddenly felt fear like nothing he had since the day the Kyuubi attacked.

Naruto spoke with an edgy tone, but a calm demeanor "No" He pressed with his Kunai and sent Mizuki stumbling back a few steps with his sudden strength.

Naruto threw his Kunai at Mizuki as hard as he could as the man stumbled backwards and the blade buried into his abdomen up to the handle, Naruto's eye twitched slightly and he leapt forward at the now doubled over man and slammed the heel of his blue sandal into the handle of the Kunai, forcing it all the way into his abdomen to the ring on the end of the handle, the pointed blade of the weapon pierced out of the Shinobi's back with a spurt of blood and Mizuki fell back on the ground cursing and groaning.

Naruto looked at Mizuki and his eyes flashed back to blue, though the hatred in them didn't fade. He spoke again, this time his voice laden with hatred and malice "Leave me alone, or I will kill you" he shifted the scroll on his back and disappeared into the dense forest, heading back to the village. He was in deep shit if he didn't get to the Hokage and explain everything to him, even if he didn't like the man.

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Naruto arrived at the Hokage's office and slipped inside through the window, he had yet to remove the Kunai from his shoulder, with all his adrenaline he didn't even notice the piece of steel jabbing out from his shoulder.

The Hokage was sitting in the chair behind his desk and narrowed his eyes at the boy as he climbed into the room, he didn't generally like the boy, he was the son of two infamous murderers after all. "What exactly did you do with the villages most important scroll?" he asked, he noticed the Kunai in his shoulder and was curious, but didn't mention it.

Naruto knew now was not the time to be pissed about being lied to about his parents and bowed to the Hokage "I apologize Hokage-sama, Mizuki-sensei from the Academy informed me that if I was successful in taking the forbidden scroll without being caught, I would graduate from the Academy. I was merely doing what he told me to, I'm sorry"

The Hokage sat at his desk for a moment before closing his eyes slowly then reopening them "You are not at fault, you were bribed and misled, you had no idea that what you were doing was wrong. I can't punish you for that"

Naruto's eyes widened in stunned surprise, was he actually siding with him? "Really? You mean I'm not in trouble?"

The Hokage nodded "No, you're not. In fact, I believe you succeeded in your task, meaning you graduated from the academy"

Naruto's jaw dropped, he was fully expecting to at least need to go the academy for another year "Huh? How?"

The Hokage smirked ever so slightly "Mizuki is an instructor at the academy, if they choose they can offer a student an alternate way to pass the exams if they are not able to pass the standard exams. Mizuki gave you this challenge, and you passed, even if it is illegal, so you pass. You're free to go by the way, be at the academy tomorrow morning, don't be late. I'll deal with Mizuki"

Naruto nodded and bowed deeply "Hai, thank you Hokage-sama" he placed the scroll on the Sandaime's desk and quickly left the building.

Naruto went home to think about everything he learned that day, who his parents were, who he was, and what he contained, and what that made him.

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The next morning came and Naruto didn't get any sleep, and he still wasn't sure where he stood, his real name wasn't Uzumaki, but as far as everyone in the village was concerned, it was. Should he switch to his parents name? He never even told the Hokage that he knew of his past, who did know about his past? Was he the only one that didn't? He had too many questions without answers. What he did know, was that he was done trusting anyone, never again would he trust someone easily.

With his mind made up he got ready for the day and realized that his horribly orange jumpsuit still had the hole and blood stain on it, he sighed, he wouldn't be able to steal something new until later.

He pushed the thought to the back of his mind and got dressed and headed for the Academy, at least he was going somewhere in life now that he graduated.

He ignored the usual glares and comments that the villagers sent his way on the way to the academy.

Naruto made it to the academy a long time before anyone else had, as was his custom. He quickly made himself comfortable at the bottom of a tree across the school yard and settled in to watch everyone as they came for the day. He may dislike people, but he never tired of simply watching them and learning all their quirks.

Naruto watched as one by one all the students arrived at the academy and went into the classroom, when everyone was there he got up from his spot under the tree and walked into the classroom and took his usual seat in the far right corner, far away from all the other students.

He was not to be left alone though, within a moment of him taking his seat a boy in a large gray coat came up to him, Kiba if Naruto remembered correctly "Hey dead last, only those who passed the exams are supposed to be here today, or did your simple mind forget already?"

Naruto looked at him impassively and merely leaned back into his seat "Well, I'm here, aren't I. Leave me alone, mutt"

Kiba's eyes narrowed and his face contorted in anger, he grabbed the collar of Naruto's jacket and yanked him up into his face "What the hell did you just say dead last!? Maybe I should teach you a lesson"

Naruto narrowed his eyes slightly at Kiba and sent a concentrated spike of killing intent at him. Kiba, who had never experienced killing intent released Naruto and stepped back in surprise. Naruto merely smirked slightly and leaned back in his seat once again.

Kiba stepped back away from Naruto with a nervous and slightly scared look and quickly turned and went for his own seat without saying a word. Everyone else in the room turned back around and faced the front of the room, no longer interested, and just in time as their instructor walked in the door.

Iruka walked in the door and looked about his class, which was surprisingly quite, his eyes suddenly fell upon Naruto, sitting in the back right corner 'What the hell?' "Uzumaki, what are you doing here? You failed the exam"

Naruto smirked faintly "Mizuki-sensei was so kind as to give me an alternative exam, which I passed. If you need confirmation, you can ask the Hokage, he sent me here"

Iruka narrowed his eyes slightly and nodded "Fine than, you can stay for now, I'll ask the Hokage about it later. Moving right along, I'm going to announce the teams you'll all be apart of, these teams are non-negotiable. Starting with team seven we have Haruno Sakura, Uchiha Sasuke, and Tahashi Ikatsu, under Jounin sensei Hatake Kakashi"

"Team eight will consist of Hyuuga Hinata, Inuzuka Kiba, and Aburame Shino, under Jounin sensei Yuuhi Kurenai"

"Team nine is still in rotation from last year, Team ten will have Nara Shikamaru, Yamanaka Ino, and Akimichi Chouji, under Jounin Sarutobi Asuma as sensei"

"Well, you've got your teams, your sensei will be here shortly to pick you up for your team meetings-" He was interrupted by Naruto though "Oi, what gives? You didn't put me on a team"

Iruka narrowed his eyes at Naruto "These teams were already pre-made based on the graduating genin, you'll have to talk to the Hokage about a team, I've got no team to put you with" As if on queue, the classroom door slid open and a women walked in, she had medium length plum purple hair, pulled up into a spiky ponytail. What she was wearing could not be called appropriate, she had on a mid thigh length tan trench coat which was left open, she had no clothing on beneath said trench coat save for a fishnet body suit and a short tan mini-skirt. Needless to say, her clothing left little to the imagination.

Iruka's eyes widened as she walked into the room "A-Anko? What are you doing here?"

The plum haired woman ignored Iruka and looked at the genin before her "Uzumaki Naruto" She commanded.

Naruto tilted his head to the side slightly, before asking in a bored voice "What?"

Anko smirked slightly "Come with me"

Naruto groaned "Why should I?"

Her smirk grew at his attitude "Are you going to disobey your sensei? Get the hell down here before I make you regret it"

Naruto's head shot up and he nearly jumped out of his seat and made his way down to the front of the room and stood before Anko. "Meet me at Training ground thirty six in ten minutes" She ordered, and disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Naruto's gaze fell slightly 'A speed test? Does she really expect a genin to be able to cross the entire village in ten minutes? Good thing I'm not normal' He channeled chakra to his legs and took off out of the room, ignoring the floored genin behind him.

Naruto made it across the village and to training ground thirty six with five minutes to spare, he walked up to Anko not even breathing heavily "Okay, I'm here. Now what?"

Anko hid her surprise well at his speed "Well, aren't you fast, I didn't expect you to even make it in the ten minutes, the majority of genins couldn't"

Naruto smirked slightly at the praise "Well, I'm not the majority of genins. So, you're my sensei, who's my teammates?"

Anko grinned "You don't have any. You're my apprentice, you're all mine"

Naruto's smirk grew "So, I don't have any teammates?" Anko shook her head "No one else? You're gonna be training only me?" Anko nodded and Naruto's eyes lit up "Sweet! I never wanted to be on a team"

He suddenly remembered the promise he made to himself just earlier that day and his smile faded "How can I trust you? Why should I believe you?"

Anko raised an eyebrow at his sudden change in attitude and noticed the bloody hole in his jumpsuit "Hey, what happened to your shoulder?"

Naruto looked down at the blood stain and looked back up at Anko "The last person I trusted"

Anko's eyes widened slightly "Really now? What exactly happened"

Naruto sighed "I guess the Hokage didn't tell you much then. Mizuki-sensei got me to steal the forbidden scroll from the Hokage tower, then tried to kill me. Threw a bunch of Kunai at me and tried to cut my head off."

Anko's eyes widened slightly further "Why the hell would he try to kill you?"

Naruto looked at Anko like she was stupid "Why do you think he would try to kill me? For the same reason that everyone else has, the Kyuubi"

Anko stepped back in surprise "Wha- how do you know about that!?"

Naruto smirked faintly "Mizuki-sensei told me, guess he wanted me to know what I was before killing me"

Anko sighed "So, you know about that, well it sure makes things simpler. You stole the forbidden scroll, and without getting caught? You have any other experience with stealth?"

Naruto shrugged "I may, but I can't tell you about it or I'd get in trouble"

Anko's eye twitched in frustration "I'm your sensei, not the police, tell me or I'll report you because I know you did something illegal"

Naruto sighed "Well, no one in the village lets me buy anything, or gives me what I need, so...I steal everything I need. Clothes, food, supplies, tools, books, everything. So I guess you can say yeah, I have a good amount of experience in 'stealth'"

Anko grinned "Now, was that so hard?" Naruto shook his head "Well, I was going to give you a test to see if you were suited to learn from me, but seeing as you stole the villages most prized scroll without getting caught, I guess I don't have to do that, so I guess we'll just get down to business"

Naruto smiled slightly "So, we're gonna start doing real missions?"

Anko laughed "Hell no! You aren't ready for a real mission yet, and I sure as hell am not going to deal with any D-rank play missions, I'm going to train you my way, how to fight, and kill, I'm gonna make you into an assassin. Plain and simple, then when you're ready, we'll start some real missions"

Naruto smiled once again "You're going to train me, for real?"

Anko smirked "How many times do I have to tell you I'm your sensei before you believe me, I could give a damn if you trust anyone else in the village, but you sure as hell better trust me"

Naruto flinched slightly at her tone, he'd never had someone even try to command him like she was, maybe, just maybe, she could be trusted. Only time would tell, but he'd give her a chance. "So, Anko-sensei. What's first?"

All emotion left Anko's face in an instant and she leaned in close to him "Call me sensei again, and you wont live to regret it-" She leaned back and smiled brightly again "For starters, tell me a little about yourself, and for the love of god, get a different set of clothes, you won't be sneaking up on anyone in orange"

Naruto nodded "Well, theres not much to say I guess, I hate everyone in this village, I like training and stealing, not much else about me"

Anko grinned "Fabulous, looks like you will take to my teachings perfectly"

When she didn't say anything more Naruto raised an eyebrow at her "Are you going to tell me anything about yourself?" he asked.

Anko smirked "So, you wanna know about me? Alright. I too, hate most of the people in this village, along with those who use a child to gain something. I like Dango and a good bottle of Sake, along with toying with people, and I'm the second in command of Konoha's interrogation squad, and ex-head of Konoha's assassination corps."

Naruto's eyes widened 'Damn, the interrogation squad and the assassination corps? I dunno if I should be eager or nervous'

Anko giggled at his stunned expression and ruffled his spiky hair, startling him "Well, meet me here again tomorrow, eight in the morning, and bring some new clothes, I don't care how you get them"

Naruto nodded one last time and watched as Anko walked off towards where her home must reside.

Later that night Naruto broke into one of the many stores in Konoha and was going through the clothes when he remembered what Anko said "I'm gonna make you into an assassin" 'So, I should get dark colors I guess, blending in with the night and all that fun stuff' He went through all of the racks of clothes and eventually picked out all of the clothing he thought would work well with him, and left the store as discreetly as he had entered and went home to get some rest.

The next morning came and Naruto went through his normal morning routine, finishing with getting dressed into his new clothes. Once he was fully dressed he stood in front of the cracked mirror in his bathroom and looked at himself "I think black just might be my new favorite color, it definitely looks good" He was wearing standard black Shinobi pants, with multiple pockets to store things, black Shinobi sandals, a dark red t-shirt, and a black ankle length hooded cloak and dark red fingerless gloves.

With his clothing all on, and all of his morning activities finished, he grabbed his hitai-ite off his table, tied it around his bicep, and went out the door towards training ground thirty six.

Naruto got to the training ground and was blown aback to find Anko already there, leaning against a tree, chewing on what looked to be the remnants of a stick of dango. 'She's already here? I left my apartment at seven thirty, there's no way it's eight yet..that means she's early, which means she's interested!'

Anko looked up from the stick she was chewing on and saw the black clad Naruto walking up to her and her eyes widened slightly and a pleased grin soon followed "Wow, you sure changed since yesterday, I gotta say, you look dangerous, and that's a good thing"

Naruto smirked "Yeah, well I needed a new set of clothes anyway. So, Sens...Anko, what are we going to be doing today?"

Anko grinned wickedly "First, I'm going to see where your skills lie as of now, then I'm going to show you how to improve in those skills, then maybe I'll teach you something new later on"

Naruto's eyes lit up with excitement "Cool, what do I have to do?"

Anko smirked "For starters, You're gonna hide from me for as long as you can, anywhere within the training ground and the woods surrounding it. Then I'll tell you what you can do better, then later you're gonna hunt me down, and try to take me out"

Naruto smirked "So, I've got to hide from you?" Anko nodded "Alright then, see ya!" He crouched down and shot off into the woods at a speed that startled Anko. 'Damn he's fast, way faster than any genin I've ever seen'

She gave him a five minute head start before she started looking for him 'Hmm, he's good at covering his tracks-' she sighed 'But damn, his chakra signal is like a flare in the dark' She followed his massive chakra signature at a leisurely stroll and walked right up to the bush he was hiding in "Got ya, gaki"

Naruto huffed and pushed up out of the bush "How'd you find me so easily? I was sure I covered my tracks well"

Anko chuckled "True, you're very skilled at hiding your tracks, incredibly so, you didn't leave any evidence at all. Your chakra though, I'm going to have to teach you how to mask it, you're too easy to track down if the person has any experience at all with detecting chakra"

Naruto looked up to Anko with curiosity and determination burning in his eyes "So, how do I conceal my chakra then?"

Anko grinned brightly "All in due time my little fox, I'll show you how later. For now it's your turn to hunt me down, and to attack me if you can find me" She took a step back from Naruto and jumped up into a tree, then turned and sprinted off into the trees.

Naruto copied Anko and waited five minutes before beginning to look for her, he pushed some chakra to his nose and sniffed the air 'Well, she smells heavily of Dango, that's for sure' He quickly started to follow her scent, and when it started to get stronger he stopped sending chakra to his nose 'I'll never sneak up on her if she can sense my chakra so easily, how do I hide it?' He thought for a few moments before deciding that maybe if he repressed his chakra as much as he could, it would conceal him.

He closed his eyes for a second and concentrated on his chakra and withdrew as much of it as he could until there was almost none circulating through his body. He suddenly felt weaker than normal, though not by too much. He sent a tiny amount of chakra to his nose once again and continued to track Anko's scent trail, utilizing all his skill to keep silent.

He eventually got close enough o where he could sense her chakra and completely shut off his own chakra from his nose to hopefully make himself completely undetectable.

He silently scaled a tree and moved out onto a thick branch and moved directly above Anko, who was lounging at the bottom of the tree, fingering the blade of a Kunai.

Naruto slipped one hand into his Kunai pouch and grabbed a Kunai, and grabbed a handful of Shuriken with the other hand.

It was by pure chance that Anko looked up into the tree above her and spotted the black clad genin, poised to strike. Her eyes widened and she rolled out of the way to the side just as a handful of Shuriken buried into the dirt where she had just resided. "Damn!" she yelled as she pulled her Kunai up into a defensive position, just as Naruto dove off the branch and flew at her with his Kunai poised to kill.

Their Kunai's clashed with a flash of sparks and Anko had to step back to handle the force of his momentum. Naruto spun around and whipped out another Kunai and went for her neck. She brought up her arm and blocked the strike with her forearm and swept Naruto's leg out from under him.

Naruto went to catch himself on his hand when Anko swept it out from under him as well. He landed flat on his back and Anko pressed her Kunai to his throat. A second later she pulled the Kunai away and hauled him to his feet. "That was good, damn good. How the hell did you track me so well? Also, I thought you couldn't conceal your chakra signature"

Naruto shrugged "I just followed your scent. Also, I couldn't conceal my chakra, I just figured if I locked it away, then it would be hard to sense it"

Anko gaped "You just...figured it out?"

Naruto shrugged again "Yeah, is that anything special?"

Anko grinned "You have no idea. I've never heard of someone just figuring out how to conceal their chakra, everyone is always taught it. You, my yellow haired friend, are gonna go far if given the time and training"

Naruto smiled "Thanks, umm Anko, you said that you would tell me what I can do to improve, so what can I do?"

Anko smirked "Well, I didn't see anything concerning your skills that need improving, you're too damn good to be a genin. The only thing that needs improvement is your fighting style, you just need more practice and a bit of advice, lucky for you, we have a whole day with nothing to do, and I know how to fight"

Naruto's eyes lit up "You mean?" Anko nodded "Yeah, I'll help you fight better for the rest of the day"

Naruto smiled "Thanks!"

Anko pulled out a Kunai and grinned wickedly "Get ready to get your ass kicked then"

Naruto paled and pulled a Kunai out, and Anko lunged at him "Time for defense!"