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  March 19th. Hidden Leaf Vilge.

  At the crack of dawn a blonde academy stude his apartment with several rge s of paint in his hands. He was slowly and stealthily making his way towards the Hokage Mo and it wasn't long before he reached his intended destination.

  'Phew. No one has seen me so far.' The student was her than Naruto Uzumaki. He looked at the four faces carved into the mountain and a mischievous grin appeared on his face.

  'Time for o big prank before I bee an awesome ninja… Hm… This is gonna take a lot of time. I'll probably be te for css… Oh well. Tomorrow is the real exam and it's only revision day today. I'm sure Iruka sensei won't mind.'

  ving himself that Iruka won't e after him, Naruto got to work. With the tree climbing skill it was easy for him to quickly scale the mountain while holding on to several s. Once he reached the top, he put his s down and opehem. Eae was filled with a different paint.

  Naruto looked at the four Hokages and grinned. "Time to give you all a makeover."

  Academy.

  Iruka was taking attendand noticed that oudent was missing. He groaned as he realized who it was. "For the love of… Where is Naruto?" He asked, looking at Shikamaru and Kiba.

  They looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders. The academy instructroaned and got up from his seat. "I'll be back. Make sure you all behave." With those words Iruka left the room.

  "Argh. Where the heck is Naruto? Did he oversleep or something?" Ino asked with slight frustration in her voice. "I wanhis day over with."

  "I'm sure that idiot just fot about today and is still probably in bed. We did get a two week break after all." Sakura said nontly. She looked at Sasuke who was sitting at the other end of her bend blushed. "H-hey Sasuke. Did you study for the exams? Good luorrow. I bet yoing to be rookie of the year."

  The Uchiha only g the blushing pink haired girl in silence.

  'CHAA! e on Sasuke. At least respond. I just gave you a pliment.' Inner Sakura shouted in her mind.

  Sasuke looked at her with a silent serious gaze that made the girl nervous and theurned his attention back to the view outside the css. 'What's the point of that title? It's meaningless. Especially now that he's not here…'

  Seeing her crush dismiss her, Sakura hung her head down and sighed. Ino who was sitting beside her just patted her babsp;'While Sasuke is cool and strong, he's not as cool as Daichi… But I think it's better I don't say that right now.'

  "So… (munch) Um… where do you guys (munch) think Naruto is?" Choji asked iweeing his chips.

  "He's probably asleep. Or he's out doing something dumb. I'm pretty sure it's one of those." Kiba replied.

  "Arf arf." "See. Akamaru agrees."

  Hinata who was silently sitting near Kiba sighed. 'Naruto? Where are you?'

  —-

  "NARUTO! ARE YOU IN THERE? OPEN UP!" Iruka was standing in front of Naruto's apartment and banged on the door several times. He became frustrated and used his sensory skills.

  'He's not here? Where the hell is this kid?'

  The academy instructhed and jumped to the street. At that time he saw several people pointing in the dire of the Hokage Mo. Their expressions were of disbelief and anger. Iruka turned around to see what the otion was about and in moments his eyes widened like dies at what he witnessed. "No. He didn't…"

  The four faces on the Hokage mountain, the pride of the Leaf vilge, were vandalized.

  Naruto was standing on a nearby building admiring his work. 'Man I am the best.'

  The First Hokage had a big red nose and two green swirls painted on his cheeks.

  The Sed Hokage had white paint running down from the er of his eyes and from one side of his nose, making it look like he was g and had tears and snot running down his face.

  Naruto painted a monocle, a handlebar mustache and red blimp lips onto the Third Hokage's face. It added a ic touch to the stern and dignified features of the current kage.

  On the Fourth, the mischievous prankster painted ical eyeshes around the eyes. He drew poop on the right cheek with brown paint and a red X mark on the left cheek.

  "Hahahaha! Oh man, they look hirious." The blonde academy student ughed out loud to himself.

  "You brat! Do you have any idea what you just did?"

  Naruto turo the dire of the shouting and saw two ninjas running towards. "Time to get out here. But first..."

  The boy made a hand seal and immediately a small firework flew up into the sky exploding into different colors. 'It's a good thing I saved some of these from the Rinival.'

  With a big grin on Naruto's face he jumped from his spot and took off. "Haha! Catch me if you . I'm gonhe best ninja there is. Believe it!"

  Hiruzen was on a nearby baly looking at the se with a tired sigh. 'Oh Naruto. It's clear that these pranks are an expression of your frustration with the vilgers and your way to rebel against the vilge that rgely ostracizes you… But I thought you had outgrown these childish tantrums… If Tobirama sensei sees this and catches you, you're done for.' He let out a puff of smoky air, shook his head at the boy's antid went baside.

  "e back here you damned brat."

  "Yonna have to move faster than that, losers." Naruto saw a jun up ahead and immediately made several hand seals. Three perfect es popped ience running beside him. The four Narutos each took a separate path and the two ninjas following him were momentarily fused and followed after the two closest to them.

  After everyone was gorash ear the er was suddenly covered in smoke and Naruto stood in its spot. "Ha! You 't catch me. Those suckers. Getting rid of them was easier than I thought."

  "Oh yeah! You think so huh?!"

  "GHAAA!"

  Iruka's sudden voice startled the boy so much he stumbled forward and fell onto his face.

  "Oww.. " Naruto slowly picked himself off the ground and rubbed his face. He turned around to look at his teacher. "What the? When did you get here Iruka sensei?"

  The academy instructor had a tick mark on his forehead. "The better question is WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?"

  —-

  .

  Naruto was struggling against the rope bindings Iruka had him in.

  "I'm so tired of this. My patience has a limit, Naruto. Today is revision day. You failed the graduatiowo times already. So you're the one who needs it the most. Tomorrow is your st ce. But instead of studying and improving your teiques you're out there pulling pranks and wasting everyoime."

  Naruto sat there with a bored look on his face as if everything Iruka just said went in one ear and out the other. He looked at the academy instructor and bleberries at the man.

  Iruka had veins popping up on his forehead at the disrespect shown. "You little… That's it." He turo the rest of the css.

  "Sinaruto missed the css with his foolish stunt, all of yoing to review the e jutsu."

  "Oh e on Iruka sensei…" Tired groans were all around the room.

  One by the students performed the teique and created two identical es. Finally it was Naruto's turn. When Naruto walked in front of the css, Kiba leao Shikamaru. "100 Ryo says he's gonna do something stupid." The Inuzuka nin said in a low voice.

  "That's a sucker's bet." Shikamaru said standing back with his arms crossed.

  "Alright Naruto, perform the e jutsu."

  The bloudent grinned and made a seal. "Transform." The sed a sexy naked female version was standing in his spot and the Iruka pletely lost his cool. "Gha!"

  "Ha! Take that sensei. How do you like my sexy jutsu?" Naruto grinned as he looked at his teacher.

  "CUT THE STUPID TRICKS YOU BRAT!"

  —-

  Few hours ter.

  "Alright everyone. Don't be te for tomorrow's exam. Dismissed." Iruka said to his students.

  With the css over, Naruto was about to sneak away when he sensed his seanding behind him. "Where do you think yoing?"

  "Umm… Home?"

  "Not until you every st drop of paint from that Mo."

  Hearing the verdiaruto's shoulders slumped.

  "Hey Naruto, need any help?" Kiba asked with Choji standing near him mung some chips.

  The blonde's eyes widened and he smiled but Iruka put a damper on his happiness.

  "No. You two go home. This is Naruto's mess to up." The academy instructor turo the prankster. "You o learn to take responsibility for your as. Now e on."

  "Yeah yeah… Thanks for the uys but I got this." Naruto replied to his friends. Iruka's words did have an impa him. Coupled that with his pride, he waves his friends off before making his way to the mo.

  The two made their way to the mountain and Naruto started ing up the mess he made. Several hours went by with him washing and scrubbing the paint off the rocky faces. Even though he was w hard at ing the mountain, his mind was somewhere else.

  'Tomorrow I'll pass the graduation exam and finally be a ninja. Then I'll be oep closer to my goal of being Hokage… But for that…'

  Daichi's image appeared in Naruto's mind. 'I wonder what he's doing right now? I bet he's going on some awesome missions and stuff… Oh man, I 't wait.'

  "Stop daydreaming ao work. You're not leaviill you up every inch of this pce." Iruka said from atop the face.

  "I got it, I got it…. It's not like I have anyone waiting for me at home." The blonde kid mumbled the st part but the in instructor heard it. His face softened as he looked at the boy. Several seds of sileer he spoke in a geone.

  "Hey Naruto, once you finish up here, I'll take you to some ramen. You order anything you want." The man said with a grin looking at his student.

  Naruto had a wide smile when he heard that. "Awesome. I'll this up in no time. Believe it!"

  —-

  Anbu Headquarters. Top Secret Division. Night time.

  Hiruzen looked at the two ninjas restrained in their cell. Tao and Enji were tied up and unscious in a chair. The room they were in had several seals that prevehem from esg.

  "Have you been able to break the seal yet?" The kage asked the Anbu shinobi near him.

  "Five me Lord Hokage but I've not. These seals are designed in such a way that any attempt to remove it by force will result in the wearer's death. But that was by design. These were created to protect the mind and keep any enemy ninjas from obtaining as."

  "During the Sed and Third world wars these kinds of seals were necessary. They kept critical information under s. But now… They've bee a hindrance. I hose two alive with those seals removed as soon as possible."

  "Sihis seal ects to the brain and the mind, I suppose it will take time to get the information out of their heads, even with a Yamanaka." The Anbu replied.

  "Has there been any suspiovements in the Anbu?" Hiruzen asked.

  "No sir. We kept everything quiet a by as routine. Since protocols for this se are extremely strio one knows about these two other than the few you assigned."

  "Keep it that way. Danzo will know somethings wrong soon if he hasn't already. Be prepared." Hiruzehe chamber and made his way to his office.

  He looked out the window and saw that the Hokage Mo was ed. 'Assigning Iruka to Naruto was an excellent idea. Now with his skills and training, Naruto is sure to pass tomorrow. Hm… Should I tell him about the ails? No… That information could have great ges in his life. I'll tell him the truth wheures a bit more and reaches in.'

  With a deade the Hokage soon pleted his paperwork for the day a home.

  Author's Note.

  It's begun. I wrote part of the first episode of Naruto with adding my own little twists to it but it still feels like I copy pasted it. What are your thoughts…

  I didn't write the Iruka and Naruto - Ichiraku ramen se for obvious reasons. They have a simir versation to the anime and I felt that it was uno add it here with small differences.

  Anyway, This is just the first episode of . I'll make sure not to copy paste the ao chapters. That would be b and pointless. When Daichi gets bae, things are gonna be hectic…

  Now, your thoughts and opinions. I value them a great deal. If you feel that there is room where I could have improved this chap, ent below…

  Now for those of you looking for the stats of the people of the ninja world, I've posted a link in the ents. It's an excel sheet that shows a rough stat estimate.

  Strength and agility will be simir for standard ninjas. But for some it many ge with oat being high and other being low. When it es to Intelligence, most Jonin and Anbu have 90 to 110 intelligence. Shikamaru now has 70+ but it will grow and go above 110 with battle and life experience. Someone like Shikaku would have 150 or 200 INT…