Naruto walked over to the bed and looked at the pictures which were arrayed on the dresser, there were pictures of his parents. Some of which were actually rather funny, like a picture which was obviously taken by his mom of his dad who had been eating ramen; only it looked like he had sneezed and had ramen coming out of his nose. However some were much more heartfelt, Naruto picked up one such picture as he gently pressed his fingers against the glass. It was one of both his parents, Kushina had both her hands on her belly, which was bulging and clearly showing when she was pregnant with him. Minato had one arm around her shoulder, while his right hand was on both of her hands. Both of them were smiling, looking for all the world like a young couple who was not about to suffer untold tragedy.
Naruto wiped away the tear that threatened to fall from his eyes, the thought of having a family was nearly overwhelming to the blond. However he knew better than anyone, that dwelling on the past got you nowhere. Better to look towards the future, then to ask yourself what ifs, and what could have been. Besides… Naruto thought with a small smile, he already had four amazing woman who he planned on marrying. They had become his family now, and with luck he would eventually have children with them and finally have the large family he had always dreamed of. Sighing Naruto put the picture down and left the room, there was only one more room to check out.
The basement.
Thanks to the seals his father had put up on the basement, it had been able to survive the Kyuubi attack intact. Or at least that was what Jiraiya told him, according to him his father had taken extra precaution when designing the seals for the basement. Since the place was going to be where his father and mother studied seals, or sparred and practiced jutsu. However Jiraiya was not sure of the state, since he was not able to actually enter the basement due to the seals keeping him and everyone else out.
Naruto walked down the stairs and opened the door, before a large grin formed on his face. The basement was split into four different sectors, the first being the library. Which was filled with what looked like thousands of scrolls, with all kinds of knowledge from jutsu to weapons forging and even some on civilian faculties like gardening. There was a large dojo, that had an array of different weapons mounted on the wall and Naruto noticed self repairing seals on the floor, ceiling and wall. On the left was what looked like an office, Naruto could see that it was where his father had studied and come up with new seals and jutsu. The last area looked like it was where said jutsu were practiced, it was a gravelly area and had several training dummies to launch jutsu at. Naruto also noticed this area had self repairing seals as well.
He would so not be getting any sleep tonight, without using hand signs Naruto created around five hundred Kage Bushin's and had them head into the library to read.
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The next Naruto awoke as the sunlight streamed in through his room. Sitting up in bed he stretched himself out, listening in satisfaction as his bones and joints popped. He looked over at the clock on the dresser, it currently read 6:00 am. Despite only getting around four hours of sleep, Naruto felt completely refreshed, benefits of being a Jinchurikki. Getting out of bed Naruto walked into the closet and got dressed in his standard shinobi attire, before walking down the stairs and into the basement. He still had a few hours to go until the test, so he should be able to get in a good workout until then.
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At training ground seven several people were waiting to see one Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze, after Tsunade had let slip to them that said blond had returned.
"YOSH!" Lee shouted as he looked at his team mates and sensei, "I wonder how Naruto-kun has been doing, it will be most youthful to see him again!" Rock Lee was one of Konoha's foremost taijutsu experts, with the only people being able to keep up with him being his sensei Maito Gai and team mate Neji Hyuuga. Lee had been one of the few people who had truly respected Naruto, having understood what it was like to be made fun of for being the dead last. Because he did not have the ability to use chakra for anything other than tree climbing and water walking, Lee had been picked on during his time at the academy; much like Naruto had for not being able to make a Bushin.
"No doubt Naruto-san's flames of youth are burning even brighter than ever Lee!" Gai said as he went into his nice guy pose, complete with sparkling teeth.
"As much as I dislike you analogy," Neji Hyuuga but in, "I have to agree that he will definitely be much stronger then when we last saw him." Neji Hyuuga was considered the prodigy of the Hyuuga Clan, due to his expert use of the Jukken taijutsu and the sight of his Byakugan, which was said to be as powerful as the clan head Hiashi Hyuuga. Ever since his father had sacrificed his life to save his brother's, Neji had been embittered. Coming onto the belief that Fate ruled everything, and that no one could escape it. That had changed after Neji had fought Naruto, when the blond had beaten him during the final stage of the Chunin Exams. While he was still a little stiff, Neji had grown into a powerful ninja and was much closer to his… eccentric team.
"He'll definitely be much stronger then last time," Tenten agreed, "I picked up a recent bingo book and Naruto has his own page in there. He's being called the Nidaime Kiroii Senkou, I hear Iwa is even thinking of giving him a SS class ranking and several countries have a 'surrender on sight' order if he catches them." Tenten Higarashi had never had as much interaction with Naruto that her other two team mates had, however the blond had earned her respect and gratitude after he had beaten Neji. That respect had only climbed when she had heard that Naruto was not only the son of the Yondaime, but also Kushina Uzumaki who had been well known for her ninjutsu and kenjutsu.
"OoooH! To have such a youthful nickname!" Lee shouted as he put a fist near his face, and his eyes seemed to light on fire. "I must work hard so that I may get my own youthful nickname! And if I cannot do that I will run around Konoha for two days on my thumbs! And if I cannot do that I will…"
As Lee and Gai began to go off on one of the 'youthful' rants, Tenten and Neji ignored them and made their own conversation.
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