He was an outcast of society, a demon, a monster to the eyes of the people in Konohagakure. He was beaten, stabbed, cursed at, and basically killed on a daily basis. But he would heal. The next day he would be completly fine. This made the villagers even angrier, scaring some even. He would cry himself to sleep everynight, alone in his dark, damp apartment. His face was usually void of emotion, as he walked the streets, get beaten, go home, everyday. He didn't know why he would always go outside, but he did, he justified it by thinking it was to eat. But that was a lie. He felt pleasure, in taking in the angry looks he got, the faces that were contourted by hate, all for him. And he liked it.

One day after a beating, he limped to go home, walking down the allyways, but was stopped by a man in a green chunin vest. He had a scar across his nose, which was the only feature Naruto could see as he faded in and out of conciousness. When he had reached his limit he fell, the man caught him and slung him over his shoulder and disapeared.

"Oww, god dammnit, my head,"complained Naruto grabbing his head in pain. "Shit, almost really died that time, who was that and where am I!"

"My home,"came a voice from across the room. Standing in the doorway was the man that he had last seen. "It's a good thing I found you before you passed out on the street."

Naruto didn't say a word, he stared emotionless into the chunins eyes. Iruka (if you hadn't guessed) stared back with a sad look in his eyes. This confused Naruto, this is the first time sombody was looking at him like that. Sure there were times somebody would take pity on him, but once they learned who he was, it was the same ol' same ol'.

"What do you want from me," asked the blonde boy, no hint of anything but pain in his voice, "if your'e thinking of tricking me by being nice, then beat me, youre not the first." Iruka looked at him again with those eyes, but, sadder. Naruto was getting angry. "WHAT! If you're gonna beat me, fucking do it NOW!" he yelled at the man staring at him, with the same eyes STILL.

"The man walked slowly over to the hevily breathing boy, "Do you want me, too?" This shocked Naruto, he thought for a moment, did he? Had he? Really, did he really want to get beaten? A single tear rolled down his cheek. Iruka embrassed the boy, "I'll teach you to defend yourself, i'll make you a fine shinobi, they won't ever mess with you again." Naruto was taken back again, no one ever offered to teach him. "By the way, my name is Iruka, you're Naruto right?"

"H-hai, Iruka-s-sensei!" he managed to get out in between the sobs, his shell was broken.

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Naruto sat up in bed, he strecthed his muscles breathing in the cool morning breeze rolling in from his window. He got up and ate his breakfast then got dressed. He put on his tight black ninja pants with his kunai holder strpped to his left leg, and his shuriken holder on his lower back. he then put on his skin-tight mesh shirt made of chakra resistant material. Over his long shirt was another, short sleeve shirt, it was black except for a large red chakra swirl in his back, and a red line across the front at forearm level.

Today was the day of the final test at the academy, he had asked Iruka to tell him what he was going to be doing, but his sensei was a stubborn man. He flatout refused to tell the boy, but he didn't care, it wasn't anything Iruka didn't teach him. He left his apartment, locking the door, he walked down the crowded street. Some people would cast a glare his way, he would respond with a big grin, shocking them, he would laugh after but not in from of them.

He reached the academy and slipped into class, he didn't have any friends, he was a loner, the quiet kid, but he didn't care. He sat in an open seat, it was next a boy he new well, Sasuke Uchiha, the most popular, and "strongest", of the academy students. He was loved by the girls, envied by the guys, except Naruto of course, who didn't give a rat's ass about him.

"'Sup," said Naruto trying to be nice. The Uchiha glanced his way, then away again. As in saying he wasn't good enough to be talking to an Uchiha. "Hmph, someone's in a douchey mood today, or is that normal for an Uchiha? Hmm, I wonder?" This comment of course, didn't go unnoticed by the dark-haired boy. He got up quickly out of his seat, knocking the chair over, Naruto didn't flinch. The room was silent all eyes were on him.

"What was that, loser!? You say something?" asked Sasuke in a menacing voice, his face was to Naruto's, only mere inches apart.

"Damn, back up, you're breath fuckin' reaks of shit and dicks, dude, seriously!" This made most of the boys in class laugh, the girls were getting angry, some voicing there anger.

Sasuke had had enough, he drew his fist back, ready to strike, but it was caught from behind, he looked to see who had the nerve, it was... Naruto. Naurto had a hold of Sasuke's fist, the Uchiha looked back to the seat, he was gone, it was the real Naruto. Just as Sasuke opened his mouth to speak, the door slid open.

"Alright alright, that's enough you two, sit down," said an agitated Iruka.

"Hai, Iruka-sensei," said Naruto obeying the command, Sasuke stared at the chunin a few moments, then grunted and sat down.

"Ok, now that that is out of the way-" he was cut of by a noise coming from the door. Two young girls were apparently fighting to get into the room. One was a blonde with blue eyes, the other was a pink haired girl and green eyes.

"Hah, I win Ino-pig!" screached the pink haired girl.

"What was that! I won billboard-brow," screached the other. Both girls continued to argue, until both Naruto and Sasuke got up and yelled.

"Shut up!" they yelled simutaniously. The girls and the class were stunned at the outburst, not only were the two quietest kids in class yelling, but it was in unison with the person each hated most, each other!

"Jesus Christ, it's like fuckin' banshees in stereo!" complained Naruto.

"I know! It's like retarded pigs in heat!" yelled sasuke. By this time the class was bursting with laughter, even Iruka. The two young ladies were stunned, they were made fun of by their crush, and some unknown kid to them. They quietly walked to their seats with their heads down. Naruto and Sasuke had just realized what happened, they yelled in the class at the same time agreeing upon the same thing. They took there seats sheepishly as they both sported a blush of embarresment. Iruka, finanlly recovering from the laughter, cleared his throat.

"Ahem, as you all know, today is the final exam for the academy, if you pass this you will become fully fledged shinobi of Konohagakure. It will be a simple Bunshin and Henge test. When you're name is called come to the front of the class and do as I say, first Uchiha Sasuke!" Several girls squealed, annoying the boy as he walked down the row, he got to the front of the class.

"Alright, now make a clone and henge." instructed Iruka. The boy nodded and made the ram seal. A puff of smoke came from the boy as now there were two, not two Sasuke's, but two Sandaime's. Iruka nodded his approval and told the boy to sit.

He sat back down in his seat next to Naruto, "Good luck, loser, you'll need it," snapped the Uchiha.

"Heheh, you really are a teme," he stood up hearing his name called next. He was in front of the class, given the same instructions, did the exact same thing as Sasuke, except he didn't make a handsign, the class was stunned. There were 'woahs' and 'cools' said across the room. Naruto, satisfied, walked back to his seat, sitting down he looked over to a grinning Uchiha.

"So thats how it is, alright, I love a challenge, just wait, i'll upshow you next time. Oh, and next time hide your hands better, I saw that ram seal."

The class looked over at the Uchiha, then at Naruto.

"Damn, nuthin' gets past you does it? I'll admit it, I used the ram seal, but I tried to do it fast enough so noone saw it, hehe, my bad." The class lokked at him a few more moments until they were interupted by a clearing of the throat coming from the front of the class.

The rest of the class finished up with the test, now it was time to tell them who passed, and to of course tell them who had the highest marks in the class. Iruka cleared his throat and began to speak, "Well, nine of you passed, those sitting here now, it is time to name the student with the highest scores all year. Surprisingly it was a tie between two students, Sasuke Uchiha, and Naruto Uzumaki, you are able to pick whose team you would like to be on, which will be named next week."

They were quiet for a moment, not surprised at all, almost excpecting this to happen, they glanced at each other and pointed. They had chosen to be on each other teams willingly, then again the smile they had on was anything but friendly. The class was shocked, as was Iruka, but managed to dismiss the class in his astonishment. The class slowly filed out. The two rivals parted ways, Naruto reached his apartment, and collapsed on his bed for a nap, he was up late reading so he was tired. He closed his eyes and drifted of into sleep, a smile crept onto his face, he thought of how much fun next week was gonna be.

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It was morning in Kanoha, the sun was rising slowly as it cast a gold light upon Kanoha, stiring the villages inhabatents awake to witness it's beauty. A certain blonde however didn't quite see the elegance of it's light as it cast throughthat particular persons window. The formentioned boy placed a hand over his face to shield his eyes, he hated waking up early, especially like this, he wasn't a morning person, believe it or not. He groggily sat up from his bed, muttering a 'fucking sun', as he did. He continued with his morning routine, and walked out from his apartment.

Naruto reached the academy and his class, a week had passed since the Academy Graduation, it was now time to announce the squads and their Jounin instructor, although he knew that Sasuke was going to be on his team, which was going to be fun, he wondered who the third was. He was lost in thought as he sat in an open seat, once again it was Sasuke. "Yo," called Naruto greeting the Uchiha.

"Yo," replied Sasuke, although no one would belive it, they did not hate each other. They were actually veru close, but had some trouble displaying it in public. They were both orphans with troubled pasts. Sasuke's witnessing his clans massacre at the hands of his brother, and Naruto's being beaten to death every day. Although Sasuke had people to fall back on, they looked at him as an Uchiha, and not as Sasuke. Iruka entered the room with a clipboard in hand, he walked to the front of the class motioning for students to take thier seats.

"Alright, I know you are excited about learning what your teams are and who your'e instructor is going to be," he said while looking at the students' faces of anticipation, save Naruto and Sasuke who looked bored," so let's get on with it, first up Team 7, Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke uchiha, and Sakura Haruno," the two boys' faces flinched in annoyence, they had the loudest and most annoying girl in class, but they didn't hear her scream out to her beloved Sasuke in that god foresaken shrill of a voice. They looked at her to look at her face beaming in happiness, but no yelling or swooning or running it in Ino's face. Not that they minded the change, it was nice actually. "Your'e jounin sensei will be Hatake Kakashi. Next..."

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AN: Alright, first fanfic actually, plz read and review, or I will not write more, be it critiques, positive feedback, or just saying hi, plz let me know you're there. Again, first fanfic. Also poll, i'm stuck between 4 woman. Temari, Ten Ten, Kurenai, or Anko. I was going to add Ino, but decided to give her a different personality. Alright, plz get back to me, plz. Of course if it is either Anko or Kurenai, then it will be post time skip, obviously, or it'd be rape. Also, this is not super-Naruto, although I do like fics like that, this one is not. And I am not saying he is weak, as you can tell from the chapter, he and Sasuke are at about the same level, Naruto being a little better. So don't go bitching, "he's too strong , he was trained by Iruka, obviously he is stronger than the 'average' Genin. Ok, recap, 1st fic, comment or no more chapters, poll, semi-strong Naruto, good? Good. Great.