Naruto is currently lying on his bed and stared at his ceiling thinking all that has happened in the last 24 hours. After several minutes he decided to get some sleep and think on it some more tomorrow. Naruto closed his eyes, but after several moments the sound of dripping water caused him to open his eyes. He expected to see the site of his bedroom wall, not the sewer he was currently in.

Naruto looked confused and said "How the hell did I get here?"

After several minutes of exploring the sewer he came upon a large room with a couple of hallways leading out of it and another darkened hallway with a large golden gate with a piece of paper in the middle with the kanji for seal on it. Being the curious kid he is her started to walk towards the gate, but stopped at the sound of growling and the appearance of two slitted glowing red eyes.

A deep voice said "Welcome my jailer?"

After a few moments Naruto said "What do you want Kyubi?"

The Kyubi smiled and said "I want to talk to you."

Naruto looked skeptical and said "About what?"

Kyubi said "It's simple, unless you release me from the seal; I'm stuck until you die. While that would mean I just have to make sure you die, but thanks to this seal; if you die I'll die. I have no intention of dyeing any time soon. So in order to make sure you stay alive as long as possible I'm going to give you a Kekkei Genkai."

Naruto got an excited look on his face and said "What does it do?"

Kyubi sighed and Naruto enthusiasm and said "The only thing I'll tell you is trust your instincts, start eating healthy, and learn control. Now be gone, your face annoys me."

A large gust of wind sent Naruto flying back and down a hallway and causing him to close his eyes. When Naruto opened his eyes he saw that he was in his bedroom and his clock showed 7:40am. After a few moments Naruto's eyes widened when he realized he was going to be late for team placements. Naruto quickly got dressed, exited his apartment, locked the door, and ran towards the academy. Naruto quickly realized he was running faster than before; a tingling sensation in the back of his mind caused him to spin around a barker with a box of fresh cooked bread.

The act of dodging the baker caused him to stop and try to figure out what happened. Kyubi's words about trusting his instincts caused him to smile, but it quickly turned into a frown when he realized he would be late to the academy. Thinking roof jumping would be quicker; he spotted a fire escape and climbed onto the roof of the bakery. Naruto got a running start before leaping to the next building. He wasn't expecting to nearly miss the building. After several moments of trying various jumps, he continued on his path towards the academy with a large smile on his face. Naruto got the classroom with only a few moments to spare.

As Naruto entered the class Kiba stood up and said "What are you doing here dope; this room is for graduates only."

Naruto pointed to his forehead and said "I've got a headband on kibble; you really need to learn to pay attention."

Before Kiba could retort Shikamaru said "Kiba, if he's lying, then Iruka-sensei will kick him out. Now sit down and stop being troublesome."

Naruto sat down in an open seat in the fourth row as Iruka walked in and told everyone to settle down.

Iruka surveyed the room, smiled and said "I just want to say congratulations and I'm proud of you all. Don't think your new career is going to be easy. As a shinobi of Konoha it will be your duty to complete missions and if it calls for it, to defend Konoha and its entire people. Now before I announce the team placements, I have a message here for Naruto to meet the Hokage for you team placement."

Naruto smiled, nodded, and said "See you late Iruka-sensei."

As he started walking down the stairs Kiba extended his foot just as Naruto reached the third row, which caused him to trip. What everyone was expecting was for Naruto to fall face first on the ground; what happened was completely opposite. As Naruto started to fall, he placed his hand on the ground to catch himself and turned it into a front flip. He used a quick rotation of his body, which caused him to land on all fours like a cat. After a few moments of silence Naruto stood up and walked out of the room.

Once the door was closed Iruka turned to Kiba and said "It seems we'll be having a quick discussion on not trying to injure your comrades."

While Iruka is currently lecturing the graduates about proper conduct; Naruto is currently leaping from rooftop to rooftop and having a blast and thinking on his show was agility. With Naruto rapid jumping he managed to reach the Hokage's tower in less than 10 minutes. Naruto walked up to the Hokage's office and knocked on the door; after a few moments a muffled "come in" caused Naruto to open the door and enter the Hokage's office.

The 3rd Hokage looked up, smiled and said "Hello Naruto-kun, how have you been?"

Naruto smiled and said "I've been good, but we need to talk."

The 3rd Hokage sat up straighter and said "What do we need to talk about?"

Naruto sighed and said "After the whole Mizuki incident, I was lying in bed last night and after falling asleep, I met the Kyubi."

The 3rd Hokage waved his hand which caused the three ANBU to exit the office.

The 3rd Hokage looked at Naruto and said "What did it want?"

Naruto shrugged and said "He insulted me, but he did give me a kekkei genkai."

After a few moments the Hokage said "Say that again?"
Naruto sighed and said "The Kyubi gave me a kekkei genkai."

The Hokage said "What does it do?"

Naruto sighed and said "All I've found out about it; is that I can jump long distances, great reflexes, and an ability to sense nearby danger to myself."

After a few minutes the Hokage said "What gave you that thought?"

Naruto scratched the back of his head and said "I woke up late and was going to be late for the academy. So I quickly got dressed and started to run towards the academy; on the way I felt a tingling in the back of my mind and reacted on instinct which caused me to spin around him and missing him completely. As for the reflexes, Kiba tripped me and as I was falling down I twisted in midair and landed on all fours."

After several moments the Hokage said "I guess that's something you'll have to work on with your sensei."

Naruto cocked his head to the side and said "What team am I going to be on."

Naruto felt the tingling sensation again and after catching a glimpse a kunai, he ducked, grasped the kunai by the handle, spun around and launched it back towards its thrower. A figure leaps out of the shadows to avoid the kunai. The figure landed a few feet behind Naruto; the figure turned out to be a woman.

The woman had light brown, pupil-less eyes, and black hair which has a blue tint to it, which is styled in a short, spiky, fanned-ponytail. She is wearing a tan overcoat with a purple in-seam, which has a pocket on both sides, and complete with a fitted mesh body suit that stretches from her neck down to her thighs. She's wearing a dark orange mini-skirt, as well as a small pendant that looks like a snake fang on a thick cord rather than a chain, a wrist watch, and shin guards. She also has a dark blue belt around her waist that connects to her skirt that has an appendage-like sash.

Naruto looked at the Hokage and said "Who's the crazy lady?"

Before the Hokage could answer the woman hugs him from behind, places a kunai at his neck and said "The names Anko Mitarashi and your new sensei."

The Hokage nodded and said "With your graduation, it caused us to have an extra genin that didn't have a team. So after discussing it with the Jonin; Anko here volunteered to be your sensei."

Naruto turned his head to look into Anko's eyes and said "Why would you want to help me?"

Anko smiled and said "Because this gave me a legitimate reason to help my whisker-kun."

After a few moments Naruto's eye's widened; before turning around in her grip hugged her and whispered "I missed you Heibi nee-chan."

Anko dropped the kunai, hugged him back, smiled and said "I missed you to whisker-kun."

After a few moments the Hokage said "Now since Naruto will need a team to do higher ranked missions; he'll start working with team 7, 8, and 10 so when they start going on higher ranked missions, he can accompany them. Now this meeting is over so you may take your student to catch up."

Anko nodded and they disappeared via a Shunshin; they reappeared several minutes later outside a large fenced off forest.

Anko stepped in front of Naruto and said "Now, usually the Jonin-sensei would give a test on team work, but since I only have one genin, I'm going to test your fighting skills. You may use everything in your arsenal to attack me. This will serve the purpose of seeing what you know and what I need to work on with you."

Naruto nodded, but quickly rolled out of the way of a snake that burst out of the ground to attack him. Naruto pulled out two kunai as the snake charged him; Naruto dodged a few lunges, then leaped into the air and threw both kunai at the snake. The snake easily slithered out of the way of the kunai and charged the free falling Naruto. Seeing his predicament, Naruto used the Kawarimi no Jutsu to switch places with a nearby rock. Thanks to his new sixth sense and reflexes he managed to bend backwards to avoid Anko's roundhouse kick. Naruto transitioned into a back flip to avoid her sweep kick.

He had barely enough time to collect himself before he was forced on the defensive during Anko's relentless attacks. Thanks to his new found flexibility and reflexes he managed to avoid most of the hits, a few however managed to get through. Naruto managed to drop a smoke bomb on the ground and created some distance with several backflips. Naruto crossed his pointer and middle fingers and said "Kaga Bunshin no Jutsu!" and created several clones. A few moments later Anko came charging out of the smoke with two large snakes one brown and one gray beside her. Seeing the clones Anko went through a few handseals and said "Katon: Hōsenka no Jutsu!" and spit out a dozen small fireballs towards the clone with great speed. All but three of the Naruto's managed to dodge the fireballs.

The snakes charged the remaining Naruto's while Anko hung back slightly. The Brown snake managed to destroy its three Naruto's thanks to a well-placed bite and tail whip. The grey snake destroyed two of its Naruto's before it used its tail to hit another Naruto and sent him slamming into a tree. When Anko realized it did not dispel, she threw several kunai towards the real Naruto. Naruto quickly jumped out of the way, but Anko used a Shunshin to appear infront of him and catch him with a clothesline, causing him to flip in the air and land face down. Naruto started to get up, but was stopped as a kunai was placed against his neck.

Anko put the Kunai away and said "You did fairly well; I see that I need to work on your speed and battle tactics. I also need to find you a proper taijutsu style, teach you some supplementary ninjutsu, and find you a weapon to use."

Naruto stood up and said "What do you want to work on first?"

Anko smiled at his question and said "First we're going to get some lunch, then we'll look into getting you some new gear, weapon and taijutsu style."

At the mention of lunch Naruto's eye's brightened and said "Ramen here we come."

He started to walk off, but was stopped as Anko grabbed his collar.

Anko said "Actually, before we get any food, I'm going to get you some new cloths and gear."

Naruto sighed and said "Where are we going to go? Not many shop keepers will let me in."

Anko scowled and said "Don't worry, I know just the place."

Anko and Naruto disappeared via Shunshin and after a few moments appeared in the merchant district. After several minutes of walking they reached a large two story building with Lone Wolf Shinobi Emporium. When they entered Naruto's eyes sparkled at all of the various weapons that lined the walls and shelves.

A deep voice said "Hello Anko."

Naruto turned to the voice to see a tall male figure with a large muscular frame, shaggy black hair, green eyes; he wore black pants, white shirt, and a tan apron standing at the counter.

Anko smiled and said "Hello Merrick; this is my apprentice Naruto and we are here to get him new cloths and shinobi gear. I also want to look for a weapon for him."

Merrick looked at Naruto and said "You look like a man who would look good in some red, blue, or black. I'll let you get the cloths first; we'll get the weapon afterwords."

Naruto followed Anko up to the second story to see racks upon racks of cloths. Naruto walked through the cloths racks while grabbing several articles of clothing and entered the changing rooms. After several minutes Naruto walked out wearing black and red boots, black shinobi pants, long sleeve blue shirt, red vest, and a black ankle length trench coat with red and blue accents.

Naruto looked at Anko and said "So how do I look?"

Anko smiled and said "Looking good there whisker-kun; let's go get your weapon and gear."

Anko and Naruto went back to the first floor to see Merrick cleaning a katana.

Merrick looked at Naruto and said "That's a much better look for a shinobi."

Anko looked at Naruto and said "Go find you a weapon, while I get your gear."

Naruto nodded and walked off; after several minutes he came upon a pair of black and red gloves. What caught his attention was that they looked to have metal armor over the fingers, knuckles, and the back of the hand.

Merrick walked up to him and said "You got a good eye kid."

Naruto asked "What are they?"

Merrick picked them up and said "They're called Cestes; they come from a small village in Tsuchi no Kuni (Land of Earth)."

Naruto put one on and said "What do they do?"

Merrick smirked and said "If you channel a small amount of chakra into the fingers. You gain three inch claws on each finger. If you channel chakra into the back of the hand you gain 3 inch spike on your knuckles and back of the hand. As you can tell these are used to augment someone's Taijutsu."

Naruto smiled and said "How much do they cost?"

Anko came over and said "Don't worry about the price of the things; they're being paid for by the Hokage as a graduation gift. Now, lets get you squared away and go get some lunch."