Hello everyone, here is a new story.

Naruto has had a tough life even at age nine, but when a 'Fox Hunt' goes too far he nearly dies. He is saved by the Fox Summons, taken in as family and trained. How does this change ripple throughout his story?

Strong!Naruto

Fox-Summoner!Naruto

Smart!Naruto

Yandare!Sakura

The Harem:
Hana
Ayame
Hinata
Samui
Temari
Anko
Tayuya
Kurotsuchi

Sasuke bashing.

Civilian bashing.

Co-writer: yugiohfan163

Disclaimer: We do not own Naruto

Tailed Beasts/Biju talking and thinking

Summon Boss talking and thinking

Jutsu

Naruto: The Fox Sage

Chapter 1: The Beginning of the Legacy

Konoha, the village hidden in the leaf's.

Home of some of the strongest ninja to ever live. The home of the 'Will of Fire'. A home meant to be about sacrifice, protecting others and unity...

That was all, a way, bullcrap.

For right now, on the nine year anniversary of the attack of the Nine Tailed Fox known as the Kyubi, we find at least twenty if not more people chasing after a small boy. The people ranged from civilians to low level ninja, and they were chasing an innocent 9 year old child in order to end him.

This child was one Naruto Uzumaki, and today was his birthday. He was a bit short and fairly skinny for his age with a mop of sun kissed blonde hair and bright blue eyes. On his cheeks where six marks, three on each cheek, that almost looked like whisker mark scars. He was wearing a pair of green goggles around his forehead and a 'Kill Me Now' orange jumpsuit that had some blue accents and brown patches on his shoulders that had a spiral pattern on it

Or at least that was his normal appearance. Right now his goggles where hanging around his neck, the plastic thin and cracked, with one of the lenses smashed. His jumpsuit was covered in slash marks and tears, the left arm of his jumpsuit completely gone with similar damages all over the gaudy outfit. His blonde hair was shining with sweat, dulled from dirt and almost orange from the blood.

Yes, blood. His left eye was nearly sealed shut from the amount of blood that poured down his face, bleeding wounds all over his face and arms and chest. He looked like he had gone through a war. And these wounds?

They were all caused by the people chasing after the child like he was the devil.

He panted while trying to keep ahead of the crowd who were screaming at him.

"Get back here fox!"

"Die for your crimes demon!"

"I'll make you pay for taking my family from me!"

"LEAVE ME ALONE! I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!" Naruto called, crying

The reason these monsters called people were chasing Naruto was because they saw the child as the Kyubi reborn, when in reality he was the container holding the beast back. And speaking of the beast, it was in a panic

'Shit shit shit! Not again!' growled a large reddish orange fox locked in a cage which looked like it was in a sewer area. This was the Kyubi, and this place was Naruto's seal. 'Those bastards are at it again!'

The Kyubi, despite being a malevolent being, was not heartless. Once the child started using his power, started treating him like a slave, THEN Kyubi would hate the child and make his life hell. But there was also the fact the seal that kept the Kyubi trapped within Naruto linked their lifeforces.

So Naruto dies? Kyubi dies. And Kyubi could not let that happen.

There was a problem with this, however. That problem? While Kyubi could heal Naruto with his charkra, Naruto was too young to handle too much of it and Naruto was too injured. Without extra, external help Naruto... the Kyubi... both of them would die. 'If that damn old man hurried up then maybe he'll be fine.'

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Naruto screamed as a Kunai suddenly stabbed into his shoulder

'Oh for FUCKS SAKE!' Kyubi screamed before he noticed something. He remembered this area... He knew this area... 'It's here!' he thought before he closed his eyes and focused, basically screaming as loud as he could

"Th... That way." Naruto whispered, running away as he changed direction lightly as he ran deeper into the forests

"You can't hide from us fox!" laughed one of the people as they followed him in.

"Now this is really a fox hunt!"

Naruto cried as he ran, moving as fast as he could... But as he lost his footing and tripped, he crashed against a tree

'Quickly! The tree! In the tree! Get the scroll!' Kyubi screamed as loudly as he could

Naruto groaned while holding the tree and heard the people before he reached up into the tree and grabbed something. "W... What?" He whispered, pulling his arm back and seeing a scroll in his hand 'Why's there a scroll in a tree?'

'SIGN IT! SIGN IT! USE YOUR BLOOD AND SIGN THE CONTRACT!' Kyubi ordered

Naruto jumped at the sudden yell while rushing to unfurl it while he heard the people catch up to him.

'QUICKLY! QUICKLY!' Kyubi screamed

Naruto shook a bit but nodded, using his bloody fingers to write his name on the scroll. He was then surrounded by smoke, disappearing as he lost consciousness

*unknown location*

Naruto poofed back onto some ground with a thump and with some of his blood dripping onto it. He was inside a giant forest, the leaves a soft glowing blue with the tree's nearly twenty to twenty five feet tall. Several foxes of different colours with different numbers of tails began to emerge from the woods he had appeared in, sniffing him before they carefully dragged him away. They headed towards a large tree with a burrow right underneath it.

"Mother!" one of the foxes, a white one with two tails, called into the burrow

"What is it?" spoke a female voice that sounded deep and big.

"We found a boy who's injured!"

"A boy?" the voice repeated, now very curious

'Hurry up!' Kyubi yelled, taking a risk and forcing some more Charkra through Naruto to hope to catch the voices attention

"Wait... I know that Charkra..." the voice said in shock, Kyubi's gambit having worked apparently as loud stomping footsteps echoed from the burrow as a large creature emerged

It was a pure red fox with eight tails that moved closer to the boy and narrowed her eyes before they widened.

"Kurama..." the beast whispered, its voice showing it was female before turning to the others "This boy is Kurama's host! We must save him!"

"Yes mother!" the foxes nodded, getting to work

They carried him over to another burrow with several other foxes running out as they set him down and the other foxes taking his jumpsuit off to get a clear look at the wounds.

"Who did this to the little guy?" an older sounding fox said in shock, the foxes healing him

"I'm not sure, but it was no accident." spoke another sounding younger as their paws glowed with chakra. "I mean it was like several people were after him." The foxes all nodded, the wounds on Naruto slowly healing

"Will he make it?" asked a smaller one that was a girl.

"With Kurama? Yes. We just need to help." the large fox nodded

Slowly the wounds closed up with the smaller foxes getting wet clothes to help clean the blood. "Uh... ur..." Naruto mumbled, awakening slowly while seeing fuzzy images over him. "Oh...no..."

"Hello!" the white fox from earlier smiled

He blinked and saw the foxes clear as day before going wide eyed and tried sitting up, but winced and groaned. "O... ow..." he whimpered in pain "W... where am I?"

"Our realm." spoke the older fox. "You were found injured and bloody and we did our best to patch you up."

"GAH!" Naruto yelled as he saw the giant fox, jumping back

"Easy there." she spoke while Naruto hissed in pain. "Your body is still needing time to rest, those were some nasty injuries."

"W... who are you? W... what is this place?" Naruto asked in fear

"This is the realm of the Fox Summons." the fox explained "This is Mugeinomori Forest. And I am Kumsha, the mate of Kurama the Nine Tailed Fox."

Naruto looked at her while confused 'Mate? Kurama? Wait, the fox?!' his eyes then widened, recognizing half of what that meant "You... You mean you're with the fox that destroyed my home!" Naruto yelled in fear

"What do you mean?" she asked confused.

"N... Nine years ago the Kyubi attacked Konoha and destroyed the place!" Naruto called "The fourth Hokage sacrificed himself to kill it!"

Her eyes widened along with the other foxes in disbelief "Kurama... Would do NO such thing!" She yelled in near outrage "And your fourth Hokage could not have killed my Mate... In your human terms, you would call him my husband. The Kyubi is a construct of pure Charkra, no mear mortal can kill him. He would just reform."

"But he did attack Konoha! There is a whole day to celebrate it's defeat!" Naruto argued

"Yes my mate held a grudge against your village, because of an incident that went back to the times of Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, but even then he was not pretty enough to take revenge. Especially because of how long ago it has been!" Kumsha explained with slight annoyance "But again, your fourth Hokage did not kill him. From what I have sensed, he has been sealed inside you."

Naruto's eyes widened while looking down at his body and put a hand on it. "In... inside... me?"

"Yes." She nodded, lowering himself so she was laying on her stomach . She did this so she was as close to eye level as possible "I can smell him inside you, I know my mate is inside you. I have not seen him for a few hundred years."

"So... So they are right?" Naruto whispered "I... I'm a demon?"

"Who are right, kit?" Kumsha frowned in worry

"The villagers. They...they chased me." he looked down with sadness. "They always call me a demon, a mistake, a bad omen ever since I was born. They were the ones who chased me and..."

"They did this to you?" A yellow furred fox, the only one with a single tail, asked as she rubbed her head against his hand lightly "They hurt you?" He nodded while noting how soft her fur felt and gave it a small rub.

"THEY are the monsters, kit." Kumsha said gently "My mate is sealed inside you. You are it's container, NOT my mate himself."

"To us, you're just a child hurt by fools." spoke one of the male foxes

"Th... thank you." Naruto whispered, feeling... welcomed

Kumsha was silent... Before one of her tails moved and pressed it against Naruto's forehead. Naruto gasped, his eyes shrinking into nothing. When his eyes regained focus... He found himself in a sewer, the giant eight Tailed fox in the same position

"Kumsha, it's good to see you again." boomed a voice behind Naruto.

Naruto's eyes widened and span around quickly. There he saw Kurama behind the cage and felt the air leave him "... AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" he screamed while trying to back up with Kurama not moving at all.

"Kurama. I have missed you." The red furred eight tailed fox smiled at the caged beast, unable to get too close

"What is going on?!" Naruto yelled

"You two were brought into the seal that keeps me inside you." he replied "This is your mind."

"My... My mind?" Naruto blinked as he looked around "But... Why is it a sewer?"

"It's meant to represent your inner self. It's dark, bleak, and dreary because of the life you'd had to endure from those bastards." Kuruma explained simply, a small hint of sadness in his voice

"But... I don't want it to be dark." Naruto whispered

"Well I can't change it since this cage is keeping me and my chakra restrained."

"You... Don't sound mean." Naruto said suddenly, looking up at the Kyubi

"That's cause I'm not." he huffed while laying on his stomach "I am a neutral creature. Yes my Charkra feels malicious but I am neither good nor evil. If I feel like it, I will help someone. If I feel pissed I might smash something.

"Then... Why did you attack Konoha?" Naruto asked curiously, getting closer to the cage

"Honestly? Don't really remember." Kurama shrugged "I was chained up in my seal when suddenly I was ripped out of your mother. I didn't even realize where I was, since I was so disoriented, but I did see... Those eyes. And then everything went black. Next thing I know? I'm in here."

"Those eyes... You are here taken control of by the Sharingan, again?" Kumsha blinked in shock. He nodded while Naruto looked at him shocked at the part about his mom.

"Y...You knew...who my mom was?" Naruto whispered in hope

"She was my last jailer." Kurama nodded "Her name was Kushina Uzumaki, and her husband was the man who put me in here."

"Wait... What?!" Naruto gasped "M... My f... Father w... Was the fourth Hokage?!"

"That's right."

"W... Why didn't anyone tell me?" Naruto whispered "W... Why does everyone hate me?"

"Ignorance. Those that people don't understand or choose not to end up fearing or hating it." spoke Kurama. "They hate you because of what I did, they don't see you as a child, they choose to blame you and pretend you're me just to feel justified in what they're doing."

"They are idiotic mortals who do not understand that a scroll that holds a sealed Kunai is not the Kunai." Kumsha explained before she looked at the nine tails "... I missed you." She said suddenly

"I missed you too. I never thought I'd see you again after I got put in here."

"This is what you get for walking away from the den." She lightly chastised him before she looked at Naruto "I guess he is fit to wield our contract then?"

"I'd say he has the potential, but whether he does or not is up to him."

"H... Hey! Don't talk about me like I'm not here!" Naruto shouted angrily making the two codes chuckle

"Well gaki, what's it gonna be? You put your blood on our scroll, but I urged you to do it so it would bring you here. Do you have what it takes to be a fox summoner?" asked Kurama.

"... What?"

"... I forgot how those stupid villagers stunted your growth." Kurama snarled "Ok, I'm gonna explain what a summoner does, so listen closely."

"Okay." Naruto nodded, looking exited about learning something cool

"If you smear your blood on a summoning scroll, that means you've made a contract with the summoning animal. Doing this means they'll help you in battle, but some of them tend to want something in return like meat, sacrifices, or even something minor like rice. It depends on which summoning breed you're trying to make a deal with." Kuruma explained slowly and as simply as possible

"What do I have to do with the foxes?" Naruto asked

"For us you don't need to do anything big." Kumsha shrugged "You just need to take some of the younger foxes on pranking sprees once every two months. They are very mischivious by nature."

"... Did you say prank?" Naruto asked with a large grin

"Yes, learning the best ways to prank on regular humans is always something foxes need to do. It helps them with later lessons." spoke Kurama. "And with your history it should be as easy as breathing for you."

"Hell yeah it will!" Naruto called with a proud grin making the two foxes grin

"You can stay in this forest with us, kit." The mother of the foxes said "We will train you and treat you like our own. We will help you be great."

"You better." Kurama grumbled "I will not have a weak container."

"Really?" asked Naruto with hope and joy. "I can stay."

"Didn't you hear her? She said yes." Kurama rolled his eyes, only for Kumsha to hit him over the head with one of her tails "OW! The hell vixen?!"

"Don't be so mean to him, my Tod." she said with a frown

"Yes dear." Kuruma mumbled under his breath making her smirk

"Good." she nodded before looking down at Naruto "We will look after you, Kit." The mother smiled "The one human big among a den of foxes."

"Thank you...thank you." he smiled while feeling some tears in his eyes.

"You two should go now." Kurama sighed

"Alright, come along Naruto." Kumsha nodded, looking at her mate sadly. And like that the two faded from the sewer.

Kurama sighed, laying down again and preparing to sleep. Both happier than he had been for a while... But also the saddest he had been

*outside Naruto's body.*

Naruto blinked and looked around, seeing the foxes asleep "How long were we gone?"

"Not long." Kumsha explained "But it is very late. The little ones needed sleep."

"Does that include me?"

"... Yes Kit." She smiled lightly, joy in her eyes She laid down on the ground while using one tail to usher him closer to her side. "You can rest beside me tonight."

"Thank you..." Naruto smiled weakly, snuggling into her fur "... Good night mom." He whispered as he fell asleep against her surprisingly soft fur

Her eyes widened before she smiled and gave a small rub to his head with her nose before curling her tails around like a blanket before closing her eyes. She fell asleep gently, smiling 'Good night. son.' she thought as she drifted to sleep

*Time so that, back at Konoha*

Back in the village we find ourselves with a pink haired girl walking down the street. It had been a few weeks since Naruto left, or disappeared as everyone else thought. The kids in Naruto's class noticing and, like any kids in this situation, where all scared the same thing would happen to them

This girl, Sakura Haruno, was the same age as Naruto without roughly the same height. She had a neon pink shade of hair that went to her shoulder blades. Her eyes where a bright, emerald green. She was dressed in a red sleeveless dress that went to her knees. And unlike the others, she was also a little curious on what happened. The adults seemed happy lately and if it was something scary that took him, wouldn't they feel scared too?"

So for the past few days she had been looking into Naruto, asking people about him and trying to get some answers but all they did was reassure her that everything was fine and that they could all relax for once. Like the truth didn't matter or they didn't wanna say.

It was making her mad!

She sighed, entering her own home "Mom, I'm home!" she called

"Ah, good afternoon Sakura." Her mother smiled "Are you okay?" Sakura's mother asked as Sakura herself sat down at the table with a frown

"No. No one's telling me anything about Naruto!" She huffed

"... You shouldn't be talking about that demon brat dear, just be happy he is gone." Sakura's mother frowned

"But why? I mean sure he can get annoying, but he didn't do anything that bad so why'd he vanish?"

"I'm sure he did something bad no one saw." smiled her mom. "Besides, why worry about him when there's more important things?"

"Like what?"

"Well you are in the same class as Sasuke Uchiha, aren't you? Wouldn't it be great to have him be your boyfriend?" Her mother, Mebuki Haruno, smiled happily

Sakura sighed. "Mom, I'm not into him. He just seems so...moody all the time. Besides, when I was walking home I noticed something about the fourth hokage's head. It looked just like Naruto if he was older."

"DO NOT INSULT THE FOURTH LIKE THAT!" Mebuki snarled in anger while standing up in anger

"But it's true!" spoke Sakura who was too caught up to stand down. "If you think about it, why doesn't Naruto's parents ever show up? They can't be busy cause wouldn't we have seen them?"

"Sakura! Stop right now!" Her mother snapped "Stop and I will tell you why the demon brat is hated!" Sakura reeled back while her mom let out an aggravated sigh and sat back down. "You remember how, nine years ago, the Kyubi attacked and nearly destroyed our village?" Mebuki explained "And how it... It..."

"Killed daddy?" Sakura whispered sadly "Yeah, everyone knows about that."

"The Fourth Hokage, the hero he was, killed the demon at the cost of his own life." Mebuki continued "But the demon didn't give up. It brought itself back in the form of a child, preparing itself and biding it's time to kill us all. The demon took the form of the child you call Naruto. He is the Kyubi, reborn." Sakura was silent with wide eyes, looking down at her hands "Do you understand now Sakura, dear?"

"... That doesn't make sense." Sakura said suddenly

"Excuse me?!" the mother asked in disbelieve

"It doesn't make sense." she spoke up again. "I mean, if that was true, and everyone knows that, WHY would it stay and let everyone attack him? Why not just leave for some other village? Or, why change into a person at all if he lived? Couldn't he have just destroyed the rest of the village?"

"Because the Fourth weakened it! It couldn't go anywhere and was weak! Which is why we have been trying to kill it, before it regains it's power!" Mebuki snapped/ argued back

"Then why try to kill him! I mean, why make itself look like the fourth if it knew everyone would want revenge? Why make it walk around on its own to begin with if everyone wants it dead?"

"Because it knew we would find it eventually, someway! It was mocking us!"

"But it still doesn't make sense! What if it didn't happen that way? What if Naruto really IS the fourth hokage's son?"

SLAP!

Sakura reeled back and held her cheek while looking at her mom with shock who glared at her.

"You go to your room young lady! And don't let me hear you talk like that again!" Mebuki frowned

"But mom-"

"I SAID GO!"

"B... But mum... If Naruto IS the son of the fourth... Wouldn't he be a better boyfriend than Sasuke?" Sakura asked as she cried, trying to understand and reason with her mother while take a step back and looking away

Suddenly the room went cold and Sakura shivered, feeling like she should not have said that "Sakura, saying that FILTH is the son of the Fourth OR that the monster is better than Sasuke is where I draw the line. And you have done both."

"M... Mum?" Sakura blinked in shock, taking a step back only for her back to the hit wall as her mother looked at her in rage

"I'm going to make sure you NEVER have thoughts like that again!" Mebuki said darkly.

Sakura's screams of pain soon filled the house

*elsewhere*

We move away from the house and go to the top of the village, into the office of the third Hokage. He was an elderly man with a white robe on and a red hat on his head with the kanji for leaf and he was in the middle of doing paperwork. But his mind was not on his paper work right now, but on his surrogate grandson. Naruto. He had been missing for nearly two weeks and the old man was worried about the blonde he was as family

He sent anbu out to try and find him, but they found jack squat. It made him fear for the child's life and was praying he was alive and safe somewhere. "Naruto... Please be safe." Hiruzen Sarutobi, the third Hokage of Konoha and the man dubbed as 'The Professor', whispered in hope and worry. As he resumed writing, a sudden cloud of smoke poofed in front of his desk. In the blink of an eye several anbu, the Hokage's personal guards, emerged from their hiding places with swords drawn and Jutsu ready to be performed.

After a few seconds the smoke vanished to reveal a blue furred three Tailed fox "Greetings, I have come here to deliver a message to the Third Hokage, are you he?" it asked in a female voice

"I... Yes." Hiruzen blinked but quickly gathered himself, his guards still ready to strike especially as the creature was a fox which brought up memories of the Kyubi's attack "I am sorry, but who are you?"

"I am Sapphire, a three tailed kitsune of the Fox summons." The fox bowed as best as a four legged creature could, the fox having a feminine voice and about the size of a large dog "I bring a message from our summoner and youngest brother, Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze."

Sarutobi and the others all widened their eyes in disbelief, the anbu not being seen behind their masks, before he stood up. "What did you say?"

"Little brother Naruto says he is not angry with you keeping his parents secret, or about being unable to stop those monsters you call citizens of your village. He will be staying with the Fox Summons, his summons, to train and grow stronger. He promises to be back for the Genin Exam, on the day, and to make you proud." Sapphire explained, almost as if ignoring his question

"I say keep the demon." muttered one of the anbu, which the fox picked up on.

She snarled and slashed her tails, chains of a glowing purple energy appeared around the anbu and began to crush him "Do not insult our leader or little brother Naruto or I will crush you and your inner organs human."

"I say crush him." The Anbu with long silver hair and a dog like mask

"N-No." wheezed the anbu restrained in fear while feeling the binds get tighter.

"Enough!" spoke Sarutobi. "Let me handle him, I'd rather your kind not have to deal with more problems, and killing one of my shinobi would just make the villagers more scared. Trust me, I'll make sure he gets whats coming to him."

Sapphire just scoffed and made the chains vanish before turning to the dog masked man "Little brother likes you. Says you are one of the ones who helps him when they can. Thank you." She bowed lightly with genuine respect and thanks. The anbu bowed back while touched to hear that before Sapphire turned to Sarutobi. "I will be honest, Lord Hokage, myself and a good third of the older fox summons wish to punish this village for their cruelness it showed a child, it does not matter that the child was welcomed into the skulk. But Naruto asked us not to." Sapphire explained "But we shall protect Naruto. We shall help him grow strong and happy. The Fox Summons swear this. And to us kitsune's, our word is something we do not break."

He wanted to ask more, but nodded. "I thank you for doing this. I might not know your clan very well, but I have a feeling you might be able to help him more then Konoha can at this time."

"Do any of you wish to relay a message to Naruto? For, unless some dire situation emerges, you shall not see him or any Fox Summon until his return." Sapphire asked "This is your one chance to contact him."

All of them were silent before the silver haired one raised his hand. "I have something to say."

Sapphire nodded, turning to him "What do you want to tell him?" She asked

"Tell him...I'm sorry I couldn't do more for him."

"Okay." Sapphire smiled sadly and nodded before turning to the Hokage "Anything you wish to tell Naruto, Lord Hokage, or should I leave now?"

"Yes, I want you to tell him the same. I apologize for failing as his friend, I'm sorry I couldn't do more for him, and let him know I'm going to make sure that when he takes the exams that no one will hinder him or try anything."

Sapphire nodded with a wide smile "You are a kind and great man." She praised before disappearing in a plume of smoke

"Hokage-sama, are you sure we can trust that fox?" asked one anbu.

"She gave us no reason why we shouldn't." He said "But let me make this clear. No one, NO ONE is to mention what was said here. Anyone who does will suffer a great punishment." The Anbu all froze in fear and respect towards the Professor "This is an SS-Class secret. Understood?"

"Yes Lord Hokage!" They all called as one

"Besides Dog, you are all dismissed." Hiruzen nodded, all other Anbu vanishing into the darkness

"Yes Lord Hokage?" spoke the anbu.

"Take a seat Kakashi." The old Hokage asked, using the man's real name

He nodded and sat down in the chair while Sarutobi sat back down behind the desk. He also took off his mask revealing his face... Which had a second mask covering the lower half of his face

'Even now I don't know why he has that.' thought Sarutobi before he got to work "Kakashi. I wish to ask you a favour for when Naruto comes back." The third Hokage sighed "I ask you, if he passes the Genin Exam, to be the Jonin Sensei of his team."

"Me? You want me to take on a team?"

"He needs your guidance. The lessons his father passed down to you. And he needs kindness to help shape him into his own man. Kakashi, you saw Minato as a second father. You should be there to help his son make Minato proud." Hiruzen said passionately "Plus there is no guarantee that his Jonin Sensei will see him as Naruto, but as the fox, and therefore hinder his progress."

Kakashi let that sink in and nodded. "I agree, they might even attempt something and make it look like an 'accident' just to try and get rid of him on a mission."

"I do not ask for you to retire from the Anbu now. But I ask that you be his team's sensei when he returns." Hiruzen smiled sadly "And be the big brother figure I stopped you from being."

Kakashi looked at the hokage with his lone eye widened before bowing his head. "I will Lord Hokage."

"Thank you." Hiruzen nodded 'Please be okay, Naruto.' he thought carefully

*With the Fox Summons*

With the foxes, it was day time and Naruto had woken up with the others.

"Thank you for telling me the messages, Sapphire." Naruto smiled, crying lightly. Over his few week stay with the foxes so far he had spent the time doing some basic Charkra exercises and learning the Summoning Jutsu, in order to send Sapphire to the Hokage as no member of the Fox Clan had been there before

"It was no problem little brother." Sapphire smiled

"Hey, mother." Naruto called up at Kumsha

"Yes kit?" The mother of the summons smiled

"What is with you all having different amounts of tails?" He asked, making the large fox chuckle

"It is rather simple. The amount of tails a fox has reflects it's age and power. It goes from 1 to 7." She explained

"But you have eight tails." Naruto pointed out the obvious

"Because of Kurama." She explained "He trained me himself. And when we first mated, he passed some of his Charkra to me. It gave me my Eighth tail. When I am ready to pass on, which I am a long time from might I add, I will pass my power on to my successor, giving them their eight tail. But I still have a LONG time left inside me."

"So what would say I am?"

"One tail." Kumsha said, the foxes snickering lightly

"Damn." Naruto mumbled

"But don't worry, by the time you return to Konoha you will be at LEAST a three tail." The fox summons boss smiled "Meaning we should start now."

"Awesome!" Naruto cheered "What first?"

Kumsha smiled, her tails wagging gently

*Time skip- years later, Konoha*

As the years passed so did a horrible life for Sakura.

Sakura and her mother's arguments had continued and grown, her mother's treatment of her daughter getting worse as a result. Beatings and such having become a common occurrence for the pinkette. Mebuki had focused on her back and places where most people wouldn't see, focused on 'purifying' her daughter 'of the demons spell' so she would be 'perfect for the last loyal Uchiha'

Unfortunately this had the opposite effect. Sakura had looked more into Naruto and she was confident Naruto was the son of the fourth Hokage. And she knew she could get him to be her boyfriend, as his crush on her had more or less been public knowledge. Because of this she had become obsessed with Naruto in order to suffer though her mother's torture, seeing the eventual ends being worth this pain. She also grew to HATE Sasuke Uchiha, the one her mother wanted her to get with. This was because she blamed him for what she had gone through, which had gotten worse from a simple choice she made

She trained.

Squire was smart, and because of that she knew that being with Naruto would be dangers. So she trained. This, however, gave her mother the opportunity the up her daughters 'purification'. Cutting her arms and legs, using hot metal and pushing it against her skin. To put it simply, she hurt her daughter more with wounds that could be excused from her training.

This leading to the girl wanting nothing more than to make her mother and Sasuke pay dearly and suffer more then she had. Sakura was currently hiding it well, but she was one wrong moment from mentally snapping. But that did not mean that she was ignorant to getting the attention of boys. Her mother did give her money to get good looking cloths and make up as well as books about picking up guys

Now she her pink hair that reached her chin. Her fringe was curved and went down in several roles, looking like a few curved spikes going down her forehead. She wore a black top that reached an inch past her hips. The shirt looked to be silk but was actually a high-class, free breathing ninja material as to not weigh a ninja down but also keep them well cooled. The shirt had an almost kimono-esk style to it with red accents around the neck and the hem in the style of sakura pettles.

The red also went down the shirt, connecting the neck and the hem of the shirt. Over the chest of her shirt was a small diamond shaped hole which lightly showed off her b-cup cleavage, the red accents around the diamond. She was also wearing matching tight red shorts that hugged her waist and butt, hugging her curves while allowing free movement. She was wearing black, fingerless gloves with her fingernails painted red. She had a weapons pouch tied around her right upper thigh, full over Kunai and Shuriken.

She was confident. Today... Today was the Genin graduation exam.

Today she would be on her way to being a full-fledged shinobi, meaning she could start missions. Meaning she could prove herself for Naruto!

A near insane grin spread across her face as she picked up the pace 'Maybe I can even FIND him and bring him back.'

*elsewhere*

We go back to the Hokage's office, where Hiruzen was hard at work against his mortal enemy once again 'Whoever invented paperwork is probably having a field day.' The great Shinobi thought in irritation, finishing signing another form when a blast of smoke filled the room. He looked up and was greeted by Sapphire.

Sapphire had grown in size, now about the size of a normal dining table with four tails flowing behind her. And speaking of behind her, a figure stood there. The figure was a teenager with blond hair that was not very long but not super short either and bright blue eyes. He wore a black fishnet shirt with an open black jacket on top, the jacket having orange accents down the arm and a large orange spiral on the back. The teen was also wearing black Shinobi pants and a weapons holder on either thigh "Hey old man." The older Naruto greeter with a cheeky, get familiar, smile "Miss me?"

"Naruto." Hiruzen smiled as he sat back "It is good to see you again."

"Sorry it took a while, I had to make sure my new look was all together. That and Sapphire here wanted to grab some lunch."

"Please, you wanted to be dramatic." She rolled his eyes

"Says the one who said an entrance helps make an impression on people." Sapphire smacked him over the back of the head lightly .He stuck his tongue at her before turning to Sarutobi. "So, am I late?"

"No, classes have yet to start." He assured

"Sweet, then if you need me, I'll be getting my new headband." Naruto smiled, waving, before he seemingly disappeared

"That Naruto was an Illusion Clone, which is similar to your Shadow Clones. He summoned himself near the academy." Sapphire explained

"I'm impressed; I didn't expect that at all." Hiruzen commented

"My little brother has grown." Sapphire said proudly

"I can see. Want some tea?" Hiruzen asked with a smile as Sapphire jumped onto the chair opposite him

"I very much would, thank you." Sapphire nodded as Hiruzen poured two cups of tea

*at the academy*

The class where all sat down ready for the class, scattered around at their own desks. Sakura herself felt more excited and scanned around the others before spotting the last Uchiha and had to keep herself from scowling. He was sat near the window at the back, looking out the window with a moody scowl showing how he thought everyone else didn't matter. Sakura forced herself to ignore him and looked around the class, looking at her other classmates

There was Kiba Inuzuka, a boy with a grey jacket with black fur lining around the hood and sleeves with a small white dog on his head. Then there was Shino Aburame. Shino had black hair and wore sunglasses, wearing a massive white coat that covered half of his face. Next was Hinata Hyuuga, she had blue hair with bangs going past her face with pupiless eyes and large overcoat. Sakura had to admit she was a bit jealous of Hinata, knowing she had large breasts for their age

She glanced down at her chest for a second while looking at the others.

Sitting near Sasuke where a bunch of random civilian fangirls that just disgusted Sakura. But among them was a girl that was once Sakura's friend, Ino Yamanaka. A blonde whose hair is in a ponytail be she wears a lot of purple clothing. Sakura use to really like Ino, the two great friends, but when Ino started fangirling over Sasuke Sakura began to hate her.

'If she wants to throw herself at that bastard, she can have him.' She thought in annoyance

Another person in the class was Shikamaru Nara, a VERY very lazy guy with a pineapple style hairstyle Besides him was a slightly portly boy with brown hair and eating chips, his best friend Choji Akimichi. Sakura sighed, looking back to the front of the class.

That's when she saw their teacher enter. He was a slightly scared Chunin called Iruka Umino, Iruka dressed in the classic/generic Chunin attire "Alright class, today is a big day for you all. The day you graduate as Genin."

Sakura actually sighed at that. Less than a quarter of the class took the idea of being a ninja seriously, that being her, Sasuke, Shino... She things... And Hinata. The rest seem to act like they think being a ninja will be all fun and games or super easy. Add to that the fact Hinata is a very shy and gentle girl, not suited for the Shinobi life, and Sasuke is a brooding emo with an obsession with power and killing his brother making him untrustworthy as a ninja. This was made worse by the fact that the notable ninja in her class where clan heirs and they thought being a ninja was a walk in the park 'No wonder this village is full of dumbasses who tortured pour little Naruto.' she thought bitterly

"Now I would like to introduce a new student to the class..." Iruka began which threw the class into disbelief and yelling

"That's not fair!"

"We had to go through years of your boring lectures! Why does this newbie get to skip it all!"

"Sasuke should have been able to skip if this looser has been!"

"QUIET!" Iruka yelled with his famous Jutsu, the Big Head Jutsu. It did as it described, make it look like his head was nearly ten times its size and amplifies his voice three fold making all of them immediately shut up.

Suddenly smoke began to fill the classroom from several small smoke bombs Everyone was confused while Iruka looked ready for a fight.

Then the smoke disappeared they saw Naruto standing atop Iruka's desk with a lot of foxes around him, posing lightly "Naruto Uzumaki has arrived." Naruto called proudly, small colourful puffs of smoke going off around him and the foxes

The class was shocked into silence, staring at Naruto and the foxes in shock and amazement with the girls staring for an extra reason. Sakura herself felt her body get rigid at the name and how much he had changed since she last saw him. 'He's... He's perfect.' Sakura thought, almost drooling as she looked at him 'So hot... So sexy... there is no argument, he is the 4ths son.'

'That... That's Naruto!' Hinata thought as she looked at him, remembering Naruto saving her from bullies when they were 7 'He... He looks so handsome.' she thought, a small nosebleed forming

'THAT'S Naruto?' thought Ino in shock 'He looks so sexy!'

"So, where do I sit?" Naruto asked with a cheeky smirk as he jumped off the desk, the foxes going onto his shoulders. Well, the youngest went and sat on his head and took a nap

"Right there." spoke Iruka with a sweatdrop at the entrance, but surprise and joy at seeing Naruto after so many years.

"Thanks!" Naruto waved before he ran up the steps in excitement, sitting next to Hinata

'He's sitting right beside me!' Hinata thought, blushing as she pushed her fingers against each other

"Here are the tests." Iruka informed, putting written tests in front of the class "Keep your eyes on them and don't even try to cheat. I see anyone do that and I'll fail them on the spot."

"Why?" Naruto suddenly asked

"Because it's part of the standard test and if you all wanna be genin, then you're gonna have to stick to the basics until AFTER you graduate."

"But we are ninja." Naruto pointed out "If we cheat and you don't know until later we should be praised."

"Agreed." spoke one of the foxes on his shoulders.

"Naruto." Iruka sighed "Look. These are the rules set by the counsel. They need to know you have the base knowledge down to a reasonable level. You won't have the answers with you all the time. There are tests based on information gathering later in your Shinobi carrier. But for NOW you need to do this with your own knowledge."

"So... I should give this back then?" Naruto said, holding up a sheet of paper... It was the answer sheet

"What the-how'd you get that?" he asked in shock with the others looking at Naruto with surprise, except for Sasuke.

"When we were on the desk." Naruto shrugged "Why did you think we appeared ON it when in front of it would have worked just as well? You were all focused on me and my upper body while these little guys at my feet grabbed it."

"We're that good." snickered the fox on his other shoulder.

"Yea you are." Naruto smiled, scratching them behind the ears "So what do you say sensei?"

Iruka sighed and took the answers off Naruto, walking back to the front "You are getting a few points extra credit Naruto." He grumbled

"Thank you sensei."

"What's with the foxes, looser?" Kiba scoffed "Trying to copy me and my clan?"

"Don't insult big brother!" A two tailed, orange fox snapped "We're better than any mangy mutt!"

"He means you." smirked the fox on Naruto's other shoulder.

"Why you little...!" Kiba snarled, standing up

"Kiba! Sit down!" Iruka snapped

"Are... Are those foxes talking?" Ino blinked

"No we're using telepathy, what do you think?" spoke the other fox on his shoulder. This fox had black fur and just one tail

"Now now Onyx, I don't think most of these guys have seen a summon before." Naruto chuckled

"Summon?" spoke Choji in confusion.

"We can deal with this another time." Iruka interrupted "We are late with starting the test anyway. Naruto, can you send your summons away now so we can start the test?"

"Yes Sensei." Naruto nodded "Sorry guys, I'll see you later."

"Remember your promise big bro!" One of the foxes giggled

"Will do. Foxes always keep their word." Naruto smiled

"Bye!" The foxes called, disappearing with small puffs of smoke

"... Well... You have an hour to finish your tests." Iruka ordered his class as they took a few seconds to calm down

'This'll be a synch.' Naruto thought, spinning his pencil. Time ticked away, pencils scrapping paper being the only sound that filled the room. Besides a few mumbles, frowns and mutters under people's breath

Sakura herself tried to focus on the paper, but she kept glancing up near where Naruto sat 'He's here... He is finally here...' she thought 'My future husband is finally back, and once I pass we might be on the same team!' She was so excited she almost snapped her pencil

Naruto himself smiled and filled in each question with ease. He soon put his pencil down and flipped his paper over, sitting back in relaxation. Being bored, he looked around the class to think of what he thought of everyone 'Alright, one rude boy with a dog, a silent one who I swear has some buzzing going on around him, a dude who looks ready to pass out, another one who looks hungry, some emo who looks like he has better things to do, and a girl who is glancing at me." Naruto thought before he blinked 'Wait... A girl glancing at me? Is... Is that Sakura?'

'He looked at me!' Sakura thought, holding back a squeal joy

'Wow, she really looks different.' Naruto thought before he looked at the purple haired girl next to him. She quickly looked away and he had to smile a little at the shy and cute nature. 'She's kind of cute. What's her name again?' Naruto thought

'Wait... Why is he looking and smiling at Hinata?!' Sakura thought in shock and anger. She gripped her pencil and gritted her teeth.

"Alright class, tests done." Iruka called with a clap of his hands "You all of outside and relax, chat and wait for the next exam. Mizuki already has it all set. I will gather all your papers and grade them. We will start when I join you outside." All of them stood up and started making their way out.

'This is my chance!' Sakura thought as the class stood outside in the afternoon sun 'I can show Naruto how much of a real kunoichi I've become!' She took a few breaths and coughed, walking towards Naruto with a smile "Hi there Naruto." she greeted with a smile

"Huh? Oh, hi Sakura." He greeted with a small wave "How are you?"

"Good!" She smiled "I've been defending you since you left!"

"Defending me?" Naruto blinked

"Yea! From all the people who spoke bad about you!" Sakura grinned, expecting him to start thanking her 'And maybe even give me a kiss!'

"Huh, thanks Sakura. You're a great friend." Naruto smiled before he walked off to talk to Hinata

"F... Friend?" She blinked, feeling the world around her starting to break 'Friend...as in...not girlfriend?' She began to hyperventilate, feeling like the ground was falling out from under her 'No! Anything but THAT!' She closed her eyes and shook her head, calming herself down. She... She just had to prove herself to Naruto! She had to show him she returned his feels and she was worthy of standing as his lover! She had to show her skills, her power and her womanly charms!

Slowly the genin stopped near a large space with a silver haired man in the chunin attire walked out.

Mizuki was one of the two Chunin instructors of the academy. He had white shoulder-length hair with a slight hint of blue to it and green eyes. He wore the standard attire of the Konoha-nin before his defection, which included flak jacket and forehead protector that he wore like a bandanna "Hello everyone." He greeted "Right now we're going to do a taijutsu test to see if you can handle yourselves physically." Mizuki explained "You will be facing me one on one in Taijutsu. You must last for five minutes without me throwing you out of the ring. You get bonus points if you knock me out of the ring. First up is Sasuke Uchiha." The emo walked up with the civilian fangirls already cheering for him as he stood in the ring.

"Mizuki is going to throw the match." Sakura grumbled as she sat next to Naruto and Hinata

"Huh?" Naruto blinked

"He always shows favoritism to that bastard." Sakura explained simply

"He sounds like a great guy." Naruto rolled his eyes

"Alright, begin!" Mziuki called. Everyone watched as Sasuke attacked, the silver haired Chunin putting up a sloppy defence before he was knocked out of the ring at the two minute mark "Nicely done Sasuke." Mizuki praised, Sasuke scoffed and walking away with an arrogant smirk "Alright, next up is Sakura Haruno."

"Alright!" Sakura cheered as she ran into the arena 'Watch me Naruto! Watch what I have become for you!'

Mizuki stood up while Sakura got into a ready stance. "Alright, begin!"

Sakura roared as she charged and began to rapidly punch and kick at Mizuki, her strikes having tremendous power and speed behind them. Mizuki was surprised and tried to dodge her due to the size difference. Sakura gave a power punch which hit Mizuki in the gut, knocking the wind out of him and knocking him out of the area at the three minutes mark "I win."

"Yes you did." He flinched 'How can a civilian girl punch that hard?' Mizuki thought in slight anger

'Did Naruto see that?' Sakura thought, looking behind her to see Naruto chatting with Hinata. She gritted her teeth while glaring daggers at the girl. 'THAT SLUT!'

"So, Hinata, what are you into?" Naruto asked her, the girl seeming nice

"W-What do you mean?" she asked with a blush and slight stutter.

"Eh, hobbies and such." He shrugged, sitting back in relaxation. "Personally I love relaxing. And pranking."

"Oh. Well...I do like walks." Hinata said shyly "A... And flower pressing."

"Flower pressing? Sounds nice." He nodded. While he talked with her Sakura glared while Mizuki went on to test the rest of the class till it was his turn.

"Hinata Hyuuga!" Mizuki called

"Sounds like you're up, good luck." Naruto smiled. Hinata nodded, walking to the small ring. Naruto took the time to look around for someone else to talk to while watching Hinata lightly. He spotted Shikamaru sitting on the ground while Choji sat next to him while eating from a bag of chips. "Hey." Naruto greeter as he sat down next to them

"Yo." greeted Shikamaru in a bored tone.

"Naruto Uzumaki, future Sage of the Fox Summons and future Hokage. Nice to meet you." Naruto greeted, holding out a hand

Shikamaru looked at him before shaking his hand. "Shikanaru."

"You don't talk much, do ya?" Naruto chuckled

"It's too much of a drag for me."

Naruto shrugged, turning to the slightly chubby classmate "Got any extra?"

"Nope, already ate it."

"Damn... Feel like going for ramen after the tests?" Naruto offered

"Sounds good to me."

The two shared a smile, turning their sights to the ring and Hinata's fight. She was having trouble hitting Mizuki who kept dodging her open palm strikes. Her movements where a bit strict and blocky, unsuited for her frame. And while she wasn't doing much damage to Mizuki, he was too focused on defence to counter her. But then he saw an opening and tripped her off her feet.

"And time." Mizuki said, Hinata pulling herself up slowly "You lasted five minutes, very good."

"T-Thank you sensei." She quickly got up and hurried off to Naruto, Mizuki glaring at Naruto

"Your turn." the Chunin said bitterly

"Me?" Naruto asked, pointing at himself

"Yes you, who else would I be talking to?" he frowned.

"Okay, if you want." Naruto shrugged "You just didn't call my name, which you did with everyone else." He walked into the ring, relaxed

"That's because not everyone you face in life will bother to know your name. Do you think an enemy nin is going to want to know you before slitting your throat?"

"This is a test. And you called EVERYONE else's names." Naruto scoffed "Well, let's do this."

'Damn demon bastard.' Mizuki thought, trying to stay calm "Begin!"

Naruto smirked and, unlike what everyone expected, Naruto didn't take a fighting stance. He instead had his hand in his pocket, relaxed, and began casually walk towards Mizuki

'What's the idiot doing?' thought Kiba.

"W... What are you doing?" Mizuki blinked, shaking a bit in confusion and nerves as Naruto got closer. He was feeling creeped out from how... casual he was acting

Naruto smirked, almost chest to chest... When Naruto suddenly moved, thrusting a palm out. Mizuki's eyes widdoned and dodged as best as he could by leaning back, which allowed Naruto to kicked Mizuki's leg out from under him. The Chunin twisted, trying to readjust himself when Naruto's foot slammed into Mizuki's gut sending the silver haired men out of the ring "And out you go."

Everyone was silent, staring in shock. Not even thirty seconds. And he did it so relaxed, so casually... And so strangely. Mizuki was stunned and pushed himself up to see Naruto walking away and gritted his teeth in anger. 'That... That... DEMON BRAT!' he roared mentally

"The Fox Summons fighting style." Naruto smiled, not saying anything 'Manipulating your opponent and tricking them. Using their confusion and instincts against them.'

'So cool!' Sakura thought, wide eyed with sparkles around her. She looked just like a fangirl, but sbe did her best to control herself

"That... That was amazing N... Naruto." Hinata whispered

"Thanks Hinata."

"You are going to be very troublesome." Shikamaru commented

"That was pretty cool. How'd you do that?" asked Choji.

"He expected me to charge. To kick ass. I did the opposite. Caught him off balance. And with that opening, he went flying." Naruto explained simply "Anyone could do it."

"That is... So creative!" Hinata gasped

"Why thank you." he grinned while doing a mock bow.

Sasuke was snarling, glaring at the one who over shadowed him 'How did he manage to do that?' Sasuke thought in anger 'That power should be MINE! He doesn't need it! I need to kill Itachi! That power should be mine!'

Naruto felt like someone was glaring and spotted Sasuke. 'What's with him?'

A few minutes later and the entire class was finished, everyone walking back inside the classroom "Alright class, you've finished the written part, the taijutsu part, now there's one last part before you can be considered genin." spoke Iruka.

"Iruka and I will call you into the back room one at a time and you will be asked to do the three academy Jutsu." Mizuki nodded "Do all of them and you'll have passed."

Naruto sat back and relaxed in his seat, noticing how Sakura would occasionally look at him... He had to admit, it was starting to get creepy. But add to that she also glared at Hinata every now and again to 'What is with her.' he thought before shrugging "So, Hinata, want to hang out sometime?" He asked the shy girl

'He... He's asking me on a date?!' Hinata thought in shock with a blush

'THAT SLUT!' Sakura mentally screamed

"As if a girl would want to go out with you, looser!" Kiba laughed, but also growling as he saw himself as an alpha and he wanted Hinata as his

"Sit boy, the grownups are talking." spoke Naruto waving him off.

"Why you!" Kiba snarled, stashing up ready to attack Naruto

"Kiba knock it off." frowned Iruka. "Since you seem riled up you can go first." Kira snorted and went into the backroom with the two teachers, leaving the class alone.

"Has he had his shots?" smirked Naruto which got some of the others to snicker.

One by one student's went into the room, some coming out with headbands and most without, most of which were mainly civilians. Naruto shrugged and briefly considered a nap but as he was about to lay his head down on the desk to sleep... A certain Emo was standing in front of him "You. Tell me." he ordered.

"Tell you what?" Naruto asked, blinked

"Where did you learn that fighting style? Who taught you?"

"... The foxes I arrived with?" Naruto deadpanned "It's not overly complicated. Just hard to control your fighting instincts."

"Teach me how to do that. And explain how you got them as your summons."

"No." Naruto said simply, shocking everyone

"I had to learn how to use it, they picked me as their summoner, and everything they else taught me I had to work for. So if you were thinking of me to just give them to you without hesitation, then your fangirls look like they have more brains then you."

"I... Do you KNOW who I am?!" Sasuke snapped in anger at being denied what he wanted

"A spoilt child?" Naruto said, bored

"NO! I am Sasuke Uchiha!"

"What's the difference?" He smirked while looking close to taking a nap.

Sasuke growled, ready to attack Naruto...

"Sasuke Uchiha!" Iruka called for the next contestant. The 'avenger' sent the blond one more glare before heading to the room.

"What a brat." Naruto said without hesitation, the class still staring at him in shock "What? It's true."

"That... Was cool." Ino mumbled, voicing the thoughts of the entire class. But it was also the wrong thing to say, gaining the glare of a certain pink haired teen

'Quit staring at MY Naruto hussy.' Sakura thought but she said, overly sweetly "What do you mean Ino? Don't you spend all day sucking Saskgay's two incher?"

"Wha-No I don't!" she cried out with a blush and indignation.

"Well considering you are normally a useless, gaga fangirl with the bastard you can excuse my confusion." Sakura said in a sarcastic apology "But now that Naruto is here you've jumped ship to a new piece of eye candy. Well... You can see why I thought that." She ended that with a near evil smirk, Ino staring in wide eyed smirk at Sakura's very indirect way of calling Ino a slut

"Sakura, that's not nice." Naruto frowned in Ino's defence, shocking the two girls "She was just saying it was cool, that's it."

Sakura's eyes widened at that, angry Naruto was taking Ino's side, while Ino was staring at Naruto happily and thankful 'W... what?' she thought

"Can you apologize to her please?" Naruto asked gently

'W... Why isn't Naruto on my side?' Sakura through

"Sakura Haruno." Iruka called, interrupting the scene

'Why is he that slut's side?' Sakura thought, getting up and walking sadly into the testing room

Ino was silent as she got up and walked towards Naruto, the class silent as they payed attention to this. Ino came to a stop, silent... And then bowed "Thank you for that Naruto Uzumaki, you had no need to defend me like that and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for defending my honour."

"You're welcome." Naruto chuckled and shrugged "It was no big deal."

"I would not be near that looser Ino, it might jinx your test." Sasuke said, almost threateningly with a Konoha headband around his head before he left

"Wow, they actually gave you one?" smirked Naruto. "If that's the case I'll pass it with my eyes closed."

Ino was silent, looking away from everyone... Before she sighed "I choose who I am." She whispered before she kissed Naruto's cheek "Thank you again Naruto." She smiled, walking back to her seat

"No problem." he replied with surprise

Sakura the emerged from the test room, headband around her head "Naruto I passed!" she called with a smile, showing off her headband

"Cool." Naruto nodded

'He said I am cool!' Sakura mentally squealed, leaving the class 'YES!'

"Ino Yamanaka." Mizuki called

"Wish me luck." Ino smiled before she ran into the room

"I think she'll pass." Naruto smiled

"I... I think she... she likes you N... Naruto." Hinata stuttered while feeling dread just thinking that.

"You think?" Naruto chuckled nervously with a blush 'Wow, I didn't expect that.'

Ino soon came out and cheered, holding her headband in her hand and holding it high before she ran out of the class with a wave

Time past, more students going in and out. Soon all that was left was Naruto and a few random civilians, leaving Naruto with this thoughts mostly 'So far everything's been fine. Minus the emo, the civilians who look like they're ready to just give up, there's some pretty interesting kids here.' he thought

"Naruto." Iruka smiled "Your turn."

"Sweet." he stood up and made his way down

He saw Iruka and Mizuki behind a table, each holding a clipboard, with the table covered in nearly folder Konoha plated headbands "Now you have VERY good scores with the rest of your exams Naruto." Iruka smiled "All you have to do is preform the three Jutsu and you pass."

"Question. Am I allowed to do variations of the techniques?" Naruto asked

"... It isn't common but it IS allowed." Iruka nodded after a second "And if you somehow know advanced forms of the techniques then you get extra credit."

"Sweet." Naruto smiled "Which first?"

"First up is the substitution jutsu." Mizuki said with a slight snear

"Understood." Naruto nodded and in a puff of smoke he had swapped places with Iruka

"Alright, very good." Iruka praised, writing the results down

"Next is the henage." Mizuki said, trying to hide his hate as Naruto walked back around the table and Iruka took his sear again

"Easy." Naruto nodded. His body looked distorted for a second, like you where looking at him from the other side of the waterfall. In less than a second a woman with long red hair and blue eyes wearing a green dress, white shirt under the dress and an apron atop the dress took Naruto's place

"V... Very good Naruto." Iruka stuttered as he looked at Naruto 'K... Kushina? H... How?'

"So, what's next?" Naruto asked as he ended the transformation

"The clone jutsu." Iruka explained

Naruto just gained a mad grin and brought his hands together in a simple handseal "Fox Style: Illusion clone Jutsu!" As he said that the air around him distorted like he was surrounded by steam and super heated air. In less than a second the air returned to normal revealing ten Naruto's surrounding the original

Iruka and Mizuki's eyes widened in shock at the different variant of the jutsu while each of the Naruto's gave fox-like grins.

"Hi Iruka-Sensei!" a clone smiled, poking Iruka's cheek showing it was solid

"Will this work?" asked another leaning on another's shoulder.

"..." Mizuki was silent, dropping his pen

Iruka chuckled, smiling and shaking his head "You never cease to amaze Naruto." he commented

"It's why I'm awesome." he shrugged

"Congratulations Naruto." Iruka nodded, a proud smile before he started listing off his scores "You scored 60% on your written test, your Taijutu was beyond top marks, you got bonus points with swiping the test answers, you preformed the three Academy Jutsu and your variation of the clone jutsu scored you even more points."

"So?" Naruto asked, his clones vanishing in poofs of smoke

"You pass." Iruka smiled, holding out a Konoha headband

"Yes!" he grinned taking it and tying it around his forehead. "Thanks Iruka-sensei." He grinned, giving a thumbs up before he ran out of the room 'Look out world, here comes Naruto Uzumaki!' he thought with determination

END AUTHOR'S NOTE

THAT was a VERY long chapter... you can see why this story will be so long to update. I hope you all like it.