An: Hello all. First off, I would like to thank those that took the time to Favorite, Follow and Review this story. It's nice to know that you enjoy it and It makes me want to write more knowing that people find what I write interesting. If you feel like it, please leave a review, I like to hear what you think of my story and it makes me want to write more chapters

To all my readers that also read Hogwarts Overkill. I have not abandoned that story, I am merely taking a break from writing it. I know it's been a while since I've updated that story, but just wait a little longer and I will begin updating that story again. If you haven't read Hogwarts Overkill, then let me tell you what its about, Imagine a post war Naruto, Bee and Orochimaru being hired as guards for Hogwarts during Harry's fifth year. Sure there are other characters from Naruto in it, but its mainly focused around the three I mentioned.

Now, onto the story.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. But imagine if I did. There would be quite a few changes, like more focus on the Konoha 11 in place of all the filler and sasuke episodes.

Chapter 1: The dilemmas solution

Hiruzen Sarutobi sat at his desk, puffing on his pipe as he recalled what had happened the previous night. Although he was concerned that one of the teachers at the academy had tried to steal the scroll of seals, something else was bothering him. Naruto Uzumaki had unlocked a kekkei genkai and not just any bloodline, but the Shikotsumyaku.

Hiruzen nursed his forehead as he looked over two open files that sat on his desk. Minato Namikaze, Konoha's forth Hokage, the yellow flash. Kushina Uzumaki, Konoha's red hot habanero, wife to the forth Hokage and the second Kyuubi Jinchuriki. Naruto's parents.

"Now which one of you was related to the Kaguya clan?" Hiruzen asked. Glancing at the pictures one last time, Hiruzen closed the two files. "Not that it matters." He muttered.

"Talking to yourself is a sign of senility." A gruff sounding voice came from the shadows.

"Danzo... To what do I owe the pleasure?" Hiruzen asked, having expecting Danzo's appearance the moment Naruto developed the Shikotsumyaku kekkei genkai.

An elderly looking man walked out of the shadows, one of his arms was in a sling while he had bandages wrapped around half his face, covering his right eye. Danzo's cane thumped the ground as he slowly made his way towards Hiruzen's desk. "I heard a rumour that a certain Kyuubi Jinchuriki has developed a most interesting bloodline. " Danzo sat in the chair in front of Hiruzen's desk. "I have merely come to confirm these rumours."

"What you've heard is true. Naruto-kun has indeed developed the Shikotsumyaku kekkei genkai." Hiruzen replied. "Now what are you going to do with that information?"

"Most interesting... But a descendent of the Kaguya clan can be detrimental to the village." Danzo said.

"Would you care to explain just what you mean by that?" Hiruzen asked dangerously, not willing to let Danzo harm Naruto.

"The Kaguya clan was filled with war loving savages who attacked their own village to satiate their own bloodlust. It is worrisome to consider what would happen if a Shikotsumyaku wielding Jinchuriki decided to go on a rampage through the village." Danzo explained. "What I am here to do is ensure that the kyuubi Jinchuriki doesn't go on that rampage."

Hiruzen took a puff from his pipe as he considered what Danzo was saying. "And how would you go about doing that?" Hiruzen asked, already knowing what Danzo had in mind.

"I would train the boy." Danzo replied quickly. "Having him as one of my shinobi, I would ensure that he never sees this village as a place to satiate his bloodlust, but rather let him loose on Konoha's enemies."

Hiruzen hummed lightly. "Your words have truth to them. From the moment that I realised that Naruto-kun developed the Shikotsumyaku, I have been worried that he might develop some of the Kaguya clan's... less desirable traits, but I believe you have just given me the answer. "

"And your answer is to let me train him?" Danzo asked, not quite believing that Hiruzen was finally allowing him to train Konoha's Jinchuriki.

"Hmmm, No." Hiruzen answered. "No. While I don't doubt your ability to train young Naruto, I believe that he would be better off being trained by someone else. I have just the man in mind, he is an expert in taijutsu and his youthful attitude should overpower any traits Naruto-kun may have inherited from the Kaguya clan." Hiruzen smiled.

Danzo's visible eye widened as he realised who Hiruzen was talking about. "I can tell that you've already set your mind to this... While this is not the outcome that I wanted, it is still better than some of the other outcomes I expected." Danzo slowly stood up, before silently leaving the room. "Maito Gai, huh. I wonder what you're thinking Hiruzen." Danzo mused as he walked down the hallway.

Back in the Hokage's office, Hiruzen puffed on his pipe as he waited until he could no longer feel Danzo's presence. "Neko." Hiruzen spoke calmly. At Hiruzen's call, a purple haired woman dropped down from the ceiling.

"Yes sir." Neko replied, standing on one knee.

"Find Maito Gai and bring him here." Hiruzen ordered. "You will most likely find him at training ground three." He added. "Dismissed."

"Yes sir." Neko saluted, before disappearing in a whirlwind of leaves.

Grabbing the two files sitting on his desk, Hiruzen quickly placed them in his draw. 'Hmmm, There doesn't seem to be anyone else here.' He thought as he looked around the room suspiciously. Reaching under his desk, Hiruzen found the secret latch that he personally placed there. With a quick tug, a plane looking brown book fell into his hands. Pulling the book out from under his desk, Hiruzen began to examine it. 'Let's see. Boring D-rank missions... Everything seems to be in order.' Hiruzen thought as he turned to the first page, revealing the words, Icha Icha paradise printed at the top of the page. 'Jiraiya, I was wrong... out of Tsunade, Orochimaru and you, you are the true genius.'

So engrossed in his book, Hiruzen was startled when his door swung open. Hiruzen swiftly hid the book under his robes, before inspecting who dared to interrupt his quality time with the precious.

"Yosh. Good morning Hokage-sama." Gai cheerfully greeted Hiruzen.

"Ah, yes. Good morning to you as well Gai-san. I hope I didn't interrupt you." Hiruzen replied.

"Not at all Hokage-sama, I had just finished my light morning exercise... Nothing like a few thousand push ups to start the day." Gai added.

Deciding to ignore Gai's remark on light exercise, Hiruzen continued. "I have called you here because I would like to discuss your team, more specifically a last minute additional member that will be added to your team."

Gai rubbed his chin as he mused over Hiruzen's words. "An additional member. Four genin on one team is definitely unusual, who's the other genin?" Gai asked, interested in what Hiruzen was talking about.

"Naruto Uzumaki." Hiruzen replied.

Gai laughed boisterously. "So he passed on his second try... that's good. I've seen him a few times and he certainly has a fire in him. But why do you want to add him to my team?" Gai asked, wondering why Naruto wasn't placed on another team.

"He awakened a kekkei genkai that allows him to control their bones. One that turns the body into a weapon and seeing as there is no one alive with this kekkei genkai, I believe that you will be the best person to train him. Especially with your mastery of taijutsu." Hiruzen explained calmly.

"Hm, a kekkei genkai that allows you to manipulate your bones... Yes, I have heard of that kekkei genkai before." Gai replied. "If I'm not mistaken, it is called the Shikotsumyaku." He continued. "While I admit that I don't know much about the Shikotsumyaku, I am sure that I will be able to help the youthful Naruto develop it."

Hiruzen smiled, glad that Gai didn't have any objections to Naruto being placed on his team. "Good. I'm counting on you Gai." Nudging the book hidden in his robes, Hiruzen carefully considered his next move. "While I would like to continue this conversation, I am afraid that I will have to end it here. I have numerous documents to go through and I am already behind time."

"I understand Hokage-sama. To make up for every second that I kept you from your work, I will run one hundred laps around the village." Gai replied, giving a thumbs up, before racing out of the room.

Shrugging at Gai's declaration, Hiruzen pulled out the book he was reading before Gai had arrived. "Hehehe." Hiruzen giggled perversely as he slowly turned the page.

Naruto yawned as he stretched in his bed. "Man, what a weird dream." He mumbled. "What's the time anyway?" Looking at his bed side table, Naruto finally caught sight of his clock. Rubbing the sleep from his eyes, Naruto cursed when he noticed the time. "Crap, I'm late for the academy...Oh well, no one will care if I skip a day."

Climbing out of his bed, Naruto walked into his bathroom. "I wonder why I had such a weird dream... I mean, growing bones out of your body is badass, but why would I dream that I could do that?" Naruto asked himself. Looking at his reflection in the mirror above his sink, Naruto's eyes widened comically. "HOLY SHIT." His once golden hair was now bone white. "My hair's white, why is my hair white... Get a hold of yourself Naruto, now think... in that dream Iruka-sensei said that my hair had turned white and gramps said it was because of my kekkei genkai... that means it wasn't a dream."

"Can I really control my bones?" Naruto asked himself. Looking at his right hand, Naruto attempted to will the bone out of his body. Watching intently, Naruto noticed something bulge beneath his skin, before a sharp white bone pierced through his skin, extending until it was the same length as his forearm. "This is so AWESOME. Hah, I have a kekkei genkai, in your face Sasuke." Naruto cheered. "I wonder if this is the only bone I can control." Focusing on his left hand, a second bone slowly grew from it, before extending to the same length as the bone coming out of his right hand. Naruto grinned as he looked between the pair of bones. "Hell yeah, this is so badass." Before he could attempt to do anything else, his stomach growled loudly. "Guess I better get breakfast." Naruto thought aloud. Focusing for a moment, the bones that grew out of his hands slowly retracted back into his arms.

Walking into his kitchen, Naruto opened his fridge, before groaning. "Aw man, I forgot to get groceries yesterday... Guess I'll have to eat at Ichiraku ramen" Naruto grinned at the thought of the heavenly food that is Ramen. Grabbing his orange jacket, Naruto raced out of his apartment, speeding towards Ichiraku Ramen.

Entering Ichiraku Ramen, Naruto salivated at the delicious smell that greeted him. "Hey old man, can I get two bowls of pork ramen and one bowl of chicken ramen." Naruto ordered his meal. Sitting in his usual seat, Naruto noticed Ayame staring at him strangely. "morning nee-chan." Naruto greeted Ayame.

"Good morning Naruto." Ayame replied, before leaning on the table in front of him. "So what's with your hair? Did you dye it or something?"

"My hair?" Naruto asked, wondering what Ayame was talking about. "Oh, it turned white when I used my kekkei genkai."

"Kekkei genkai?" Ayame asked curiously.

"Yeah. It's this shikotsuyaya thing, it lets me control my bones. Gramps said that my hair turned white because of it." Naruto explained cheerfully. "Here, check this out." Naruto raised his hand, allowing Ayame to see a sharp white bone grow out of his hand.

"Naruto. You know the rules of my ramen stand." Teuchi placed the three bowl of ramen in front of Naruto, before pointing to a wooden board on the wall, just below the menu. "No use of ninjutsu in this restaurant. No use of genjutsu in this restaurant. No use of taijutsu in this restaurant." Teuchi recited the first three rules of his restaurant. "Seeing as you are our favourite customer... I will pretend I didn't see you break one of the rules of Ichiraku Ramen."

Naruto's eyes widened in horror. "What...what have I done. I have offended the ramen gods by breaking one of the rules in their temple... I must repent." Naruto began. Focusing, the bone slowly slid back into his hand. "Old man, I'll take one repentance ramen."

Teuchi nodded solemnly, before walking back into the kitchen. After a few moments, he walked out, holding a large bowl of ramen. Placing the bowl in front of Naruto, he nodded, before turning away.

Naruto gulped loudly as he looked at the red bubbling liquid that was the soup of his ramen. Steadying his breath, Naruto grabbed his chopsticks. Dipping the chopsticks into the broth, Naruto scooped up the noodles, before shoving them into his mouth. Sweat poured down his face as he shovelled the food into his mouth. Having finally finished with the noodles, Naruto grabbed the bowl before downing the soup in one gulp.

Naruto's face turned red as he took a large gasp of air, before collapsing onto the table. Meanwhile, Teuchi looked onward, a single manly tear dripping down his face.

Ayame sighed as she shook her head. "Idiots." She muttered as she watched the scene that played out in front of her. "I still can't believe that Naruto convinced dad to name our chilli ramen the repentance ramen."

Naruto gasped as he sat up, before grabbing the glass of water that sat in front of him. Downing it in one gulp, Naruto let out a relieved sigh. "Man, that ramen was hot." Naruto said, before grabbing the ramen that he originally ordered. So engrossed in his ramen, Naruto didn't notice that someone was sitting next to him.

"I'll have one bowl of chicken ramen." A familiar voice ordered their ramen.

Looking to his side, Naruto grinned when he realised who was sitting next to him. "Hey gramps, what's up? You finally decided that it's time to give me that hat, didn't you?" Naruto asked.

"Maybe in a few more years Naruto-kun." Hiruzen replied. "I actually came here to talk to you about your career as a ninja."

Naruto's smile sagged a little at the mention of his ninja career. "I didn't pass the academy test, so I can't be a ninja yet." Naruto muttered, before smiling. "But if you think that failing the academy test twice is enough to make me quit trying, then you've got another thing coming. I'll definitely pass it next time, just you wait, I'll be the most badass ninja ever."

Hiruzen chuckled at Naruto's words. "I'm sure you will be, how did you put it, the most badass ninja ever. But I'm not here to talk about the academy." Hiruzen added. "You proved something to me last night... You proved that you are ready to be a ninja and while you may have failed the academy test, you won a fight with a chunin level ninja." Hiruzen explained, pulling a hitai-ate out of his robes, before handing it to Naruto. "Now it's time to prove to everyone who you are, Uzumaki Naruto."

Naruto smiled as a few tears dripped down his face. "You got it gramps." He cheered, before wiping the tears from his face.

"Good. Have your ninja registration form filled out tomorrow." Hiruzen ordered. "In three days time you must report to academy room number nine for team placement."

"Sure thing gramps." Naruto replied happily, admiring his hitai-ate.

"Now let's enjoy our ramen." Hiruzen said, noticing that Teuchi was bringing him the bowl he ordered. Taking one last glance at Naruto, Hiruzen hoped that he made the right decision. 'You will face many challenges, Naruto-kun. I just hope that you don't forget who you are.'

An: There you have it. I struggled to write this chapter and I'm not one hundred percent happy with it, but it is a necessary chapter. Next chapter involves Team placement and possibly their first mission and training. If you feel up to it, please leave a review. Maybe even Favorite and follow.