Naruto: Rewrite

Summary: What would happen if Naruto wasn't a complete idiot and the teams were different? Well here's my vision of how things should've been. There will be many pairings: NaruHina, ShikaTema, InoKiba, and KakaAnko

"normal talking"

"normal thinking"

"inner demon/personality talking"

"inner demon/personality thinking"

AN: This is my second attempt at a fanfic, my first one failed miserably… But I hope this one will end up better. I don't own Naruto in any way though I wish I did.

Chapter 1: A New Beginning

Eight years ago, the Kyuubi no Kitsune attacked the shinobi village of Konohagakure. The village's leader, Kazama Arashi, the Yondaime Hokage also known as the Yellow Flash of Konoha, stopped the raging beast by sealing it inside of a newborn, blond-haired boy with a freshly cut umbilical cord. The Yondaime gave his life with this act, and wished that the boy was treated as a hero and savior of the village for containing the Kyuubi. This wish, for the most part, was never granted.

At the moment we find the same blond-haired boy, now eight years old, staggering into his apartment, battered, beaten, bruised, and bloody, where he lives alone. His current condition is thanks to the "lovely" citizens of Konohagakure, who use every chance they get to beat the young boy to with an inch of his life

The boy, Uzumaki Naruto, collapses onto his bed, where blood slowly begins to pool as it drains out of a deep cut just above his left hip. As he lies there slowly dying, Naruto can only think, "Why me? What did I ever do to anyone… to deserve to be beat up every day?"

Losing consciousness, Naruto soon finds himself in a dank hall with metal walls. The faint dripping sound of water falling from the ceiling down to the floor echoes constantly. Naruto slowly and cautiously walks down the hall thinking to himself, "Where am I? Last I remember, I was in my room, dying."

After a good ten minutes of walking, Naruto comes upon a side hall with a familiar, yet unknown presence emitting from the end of it. Curiosity taking over, Naruto turns down the hall and continues walking.

After many more minutes if walking, Naruto comes upon an enormous room with an equally large cage on the other side. In the center is a worn talisman with the kanji for "seal" written on it. Cautiously, Naruto approaches the cage, knowing the presence he felt earlier is coming from the other side.

Just as the young blond is about to step between the bars of the cage, two huge, fox-like eyes open up and stare directly at him. Naruto immediately jumps back out of fright and falls down on his rear shaking uncontrollably.

Then, a voice can be heard from the other side of the cage, saying, "So you're the little kit that, that damned Yondaime sealed me away in, huh?"

Naruto begins shaking even more, so much so that he's unable to respond. The voice continues talking, "You know you're dying, right Kit? And just so you know, if you die I die, and I don't plan on dying anytime soon."

Nervously getting back to his feet, the blond asks, "Wh-wh-who are y-y-y-you? And why are you inside me?"

The demonic voice grins a very toothy, fox-like grin answering, "I'm the Kyuubi no Kitsune that attacked this cesspool of a village eight years ago. I'll be happy to tell you more but first, I need to make sure you don't die."

With that, thin tendrils of red chakra slither through the bars of the cage and quietly envelop the young blond, who moments later finds himself back in his dark apartment, wounds healed completely, and a drying pool of blood on his mattress. Feeling completely exhausted Naruto crashes back down onto his bed and falls into a deep, dreamless sleep.

Four Years Later

Naruto is the second best in his class and is topped only by Uchiha Sasuke. Today is the day when all of the students who passed their final Academy Exam will be split into three-man squads, each with a Jounin-sensei. Many of the Genin sit impatiently as Iruka-sensei calls out the squads one by one.

"Next is Squad Seven. Uchiha Sasuke." Sasuke continued brooding as he normally does, not even bothering to pay attention to who else is called for his squad. "Yamanaka Ino…" Said girl jumps up at the sound of her name and starts doing an over the top victory dance, accidentally slapping Nara Shikamaru, the laziest yet smartest kid out of all the Genin present, in the side of the head with her ponytail. At the same time, a long, pink-haired girl named Haruno Sakura fell into a deep depression that her rival Ino-pig was paired with her beloved Sasuke-kun. "And lastly, Inuzuka Kiba. Your Jounin-sensei will be Hatake Kakashi," said Iruka finishing the call for Squad 7.

"Now, Squad 8 will consist of Aburame Shino, Haruno Sakura, and Akamichi Chouji. Your Jounin-sensei is Yuhi Kurenai," Iruka said quickly in order to avoid any remarks of disapproval. No one from the group did anything worth noticing, since Shino was talking to his bugs as usual, Chouji was eating as usual, and Sakura was still depressed since she wasn't in the same group as Sasuke.

Quickly proceeding through Squad 9, Iruka moved on to the final squad. "And finally, Squad 10 will consist of Nara Shikamaru, Hyuuga Hinata, and Uzumaki Naruto. Your Jounin-sensei is Sarutobi Asuma," Iruka finished happily. He looked up to notice Shikamaru had fallen backwards in his chair while sleeping; Hinata had apparently fainted upon hearing she was in the same group as Naruto; and Naruto was just lazily looking over towards his two teammates.

Naruto was thinking to himself at the time, "So I have a genius who's lazier than a stump and the Hyuuga heiress who can't even look at me without fainting for teammates, perfect." "Better choices than anyone else here, Kit, except maybe for that Aburame, but then again, I hate bugs," the Kyuubi added.

After a few minutes, Iruka then spoke up over all the students who were chatting amongst themselves about their squad assignments and said, "You must all be here to meet your Jounin-sensei at 8:00 am sharp. You are all dismissed till then."

Standing up and making his way to the door, Naruto is stopped by a squeaky, almost inaudible voice talking to him, "Um, ex-excuse me, N-Naruto-k-kun?"

Naruto turns around and is face-to-face with his white-eyed teammate. "Hai, what is it Hinata?"

Hinata goes a bright, crimson-red in the face, and twiddles with her fingers for a moment or two before saying, "Um, I-I was wondering if, y-you would l-like to g-go out and eat s-somewhere along with m-me and S-Shikamaru-san, since w-we're on the same squad now."

Thinking for a minute, the fox-boy half-heartedly responds, "Sure, I guess that sounds like a good idea." He then thinks to himself, "Now she'll faint in three, two, one…" And as if on cue, the shy, Hyuuga heiress collapses to the ground, her face redder then a ripe cherry tomato. Sighing, Naruto, with the help of Shikamaru, who muttered something about, "troublesome women," gets Hinata on her feet as they slowly head out of the Academy, and towards Ichiraku's Ramen for a celebratory dinner.

A/N: Yes a short first chapter I know but I'm going to start off short and then work my way up to longer chapters. Anyway, next chapter is the bell test which I decided to use only because it's simple. Anyway, please R&R and I'll get the next chapter up as soon as possible.