"Do you have brain-damage?!" Jiraiya screamed, hopping up and cracking his nose back into place. Jiraiya moved his nose, making sure it was in the right position before Naruto just stared at him.

"..."

"Well?!"

"Uncle-Jiraiya?" Naruto asked, making Jiraiya smirk

"You better bet! In the flesh!" Jiraiya said, his smirk turning into a smile as Naruto continued staring

"... What are you doing here?" Naruto questioned, looking at the old man, who sighed and bent down to pick up the shattered plate and food

"I was just talking with your parents last night and I decided to take possession of your couch," Jiraiya replied. Naruto sighed, getting out of bed and walking to the door, he walked out of his room while hearing: "WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU GOING?!"

"I'm hungry," Naruto answered, closing the door and leaving Jiraiya in there.

As Naruto walked down the stairs, he heard Naruko and Menma speaking with their mouths full, "HMPH WMPH GOMPHIPG BEM FIMPHING TOPAM!" Menma shouted with his mouth full of breakfast

"Menma, don't talk with food in your mouth. Chew, swallow, and then talk," Shima said, seeing Naruto walk into the kitchen while eating a ball of what seemed to be worms and bugs.

Naruto sat at the table, watching Menma and Naruko eating a pile of pancakes, and Fukaksaku and Shima eating balls of bugs and worms.

"Morning, Naruto. How did ya sleep?" Fukasaku asked, swallowing the food he had in his mouth

"I slept well, actually. How about you?" Naruto replied

"I also slept well," the toad replied.

Naruto nodded, yawning and stretching as Kushina walked over with a spatula, "So, how's my little man doing?" Kushina asked him, kissing his head

"Why are you so lovey-dovey this morning?" Naruto raised an eye-brow as Kushina hopped about

"Oh, you know, just one of those days," Kushina smiled. With a beat in her skip and a smile on her face, Kushina went back to the stove and opened the oven. She then pulled out a cookie-sheet of cinnamon rolls. Naruto's eye widened as she walked over and placed the sheet in the middle of the table and pulled out a tub of frosting from nowhere and set it next to the sheet, "Eat as many as you want!"

'What the hell is going on?' Naruto thought to himself, seeing his mother acting like a child, "Ma... w-why are you so happy this morning?" he asked her, to which Kushina turned around and grabbed his face, squeezing his cheeks.

"Oh just the greatest thing to ever happen since I gave birth to you and your brother and sister," Kushina replied

"Whiph iph?" Naruto tried talking as his mother was playing with his face

"I found out that this morning several Kumo-nin were found dead in Konoha," Kushina answered, releasing her son from her grasp

"Eh?"

"Now hurry and up and eat! You, Menma, and Naruko have a big event today!" Kushina skipped off back to the stove, stirring a pot of what smelled like ramen

"Which is?"

"We're doing a junior-fighting test!" Naruko answered her brother, reaching for a roll

"Wait? This early into the school year?" Naruto questioned his sister, also reaching for a roll

"Apparently, the academy wants to see who needs work and who doesn't," Naruko continued, grabbing a spoon and putting a large amount of frosting on her roll. Naruto repeated the action, taking a large bite out of his cinnamon roll as he looked at the old toad couple.

"I think it's a good idea. Seeing where you students are and who needs help and who doesn't," Shima commented

"Yeah, back when Jiraiya-boy was about your age, they just kicked him into the middle of a war and said 'Good luck'," Fukasaku reached for a cinnamon roll, breaking it in half and giving the other part to his wife. He then took a bite out of it and said: "This is really good, Kushina. Thank-you,"

"Oh, no problem," Kushina replied, swaying back-and-forth while she stirred her pot of ramen

'Fucking hell, this is weird,' Naruto thought as he continued to eat, 'but today's a fighting test? Hmm... I guess I better give it a try. Let's just hope I don't have to show too much.'

Naruto stood next to Guy as they both watched everyone fight. Right now, it was a girl named Ino fighting against Kiba. Of course, Kiba ran in for a punch and Ino barely dodged it and ended up kicking him in the balls. Kiba fell to the ground in pain, holding his groin as a white-haired man wearing a flak jacket and forehead protector that he wore like a bandanna walked up and said: "Winner! Ino! Also, nurse!"

"I'm coming," a nurse said, rushing to Kiba and carrying him off to her office. When they were gone, Mizuki rubbed the bridge of his nose, "You really had to kick him there, Yamanaka-san?" Mizuki asked, to which she smirked

"Um, duh, mutt had it coming!" Ino replied, making the Chunin sigh

"Alright, back to your seat," Mizuki shooed her away. She walked away going back to her spot on the bench. She high-fived a pink-haired girl named Sakura, "Nice job, Ino!"

"Thanks, I hope your fight goes well too," Ino replied as Mizuki called up the next two students

"Alright, up next is Sakura Haruno and-"

Naruto blocked out the other name, not really caring. He yawned, still watching them as he heard someone speak next to him.

"Yo, Guy," he heard, turning his head to see a man with brown hair in a ponytail, dark eyes, and a scar that runs across the bridge of his nose. He wore a standard Konoha shinobi outfit with a forehead protector, sandals, and a flak jacket.

"Iruka! It's good to see you! How are things holding up?" Guy asked, giving Iruka his signature smile, complete with the sparkle

"Hehehe, t-they going well," Iruka gave a nervous laugh, scratching the back of his head. But this was gone as soon as he saw Naruto, who rolled his one good eye and continued watching the fight... of which, it was over with Sakura standing over the other kid, but she had a broken nose and was crying, "Winner! Sakura Haruno... Nurse!"

"Coming!"

"*Sigh* Finished with a left club," Naruto whispered as he saw Sakura and the other kid being taken to the nurses' office

"Ugh, that was nasty," Iruka commented, watching the pink-haired girl being walked into the main building. He then crouched down, getting to eye-level with Naruto, "So, you're Naruto, huh?"

"Uh huh," Naruto replied, taking a deep breath and blowing out some air onto a leaf on the ground

"Well, my name's Iruka. I heard a lot about you from your brother and sister," Iruka said, smiling

"Really? What did they say?" Naruto perked-up a bit upon hearing this. Despite being a bit distant from Naruko and Menma, he wanted to hear what they've been saying about him.

"Well, they say they love you very much and that you're a shut-in," Iruka answered.

Naruto sweat-dropped when he heard that they thought of him as a shut-in. He actually hurt him quite a bit, but at the same time, it was nice to know that they loved him. But before they could talk any further, Mizuki coughed and said: "Next up! Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze and Sasuke Uchiha!"

"Huh?" Naruto said, seeing Sasuke walk up to the open area in front of the benches

"Yo! Naruto!" Sasuke said, waving him over. Naruto smiled, seeing Sasuke wave him down. Walking over to the center of the small, dirt arena, Naruto waved back at him, smirking.

"Nice to see that you're doing okay, Sasuke," Naruto replied

"Yeah, you too. How are things?"

"I should be asking you that, after all, that's happened, I expected you to become an edgy jerk," Naruto placed his hand on his hips, balancing on one leg while the other was raised up to his knee

"Ahh, I was for a little while. But then mom started spanking me, saying 'if all you do is frown, you'll end up looking like a wrinkly old prune, like that bastard Danzo!'," Sasuke answered, making Naruto burst out laughing

"BAWHAHAHAHA! SHE REALLY SAID THAT!" Naruto screamed, laughing as he fell to the ground, holding his stomach, "HAHAHAHAHA! I CAN SEE IT NOW! HAHAHAHA!"

"Hmph," Sasuke huffed

"Ahem," Mizuki coughed, walking up to the duo," shake you two. There's a reason why we're doing this before noon hits. After that, you guys are going home early. Plus, it's a Friday, I bet you all have plans,"

"Hahaha.... Haha... haaaa... alright, let's do this," Naruto hopped up, smiling as he walked up to Sasuke and extended two fingers. Sasuke did the same as they both shook each other's fingers before walking a few feet away. Naruto turned around to see Sasuke in the Uchiha Interceptor Fist stance.

'I don't wanna hurt Sasuke all the much, so I better get into a defensive stance,' Naruto thought as he spread out his legs, crouching as he turned to the side a bit, lowering his left arm to cover his stomach area and his right hand was raised to cover his chest.

'Thankfully, I watched a boxing match last-night before I went to bed. So hopefully, this will work,' Naruto looked to his left to see everyone looking at him. They were puzzled about Naruto's stance, of whom started taking half-a-step forward and half-a-step backward. But the two people who were the most confused were Naruko and Menma.

"What is he doing?" Menma asked, raising an eye-brow

"I dunno, probably something he made-up on the spot," Naruko replied to her brother. Meanwhile, Guy and Iruka were looking at the match-up, "If I'm not mistaken... that's Boxing, right?" Iruka asked

"Yeah, but what's Naruto doing in a stance like that? Especially Floyd Mayweathers' stance," Guy said, watching as Naruto was moving back and forth

"Uhh, who?" Iruka questioned

"A foreign boxer with an impressive 50-0 winning streak since he came into the boxing scene... but what's he doing in that stance... and where did he learn it?" Guy whispered the last few sentences not loud enough for Iruka to hear as Mizuki raised his hand into the air and brought it down.

"BEGIN!" Mizuki shouted as Sasuke rushed at Naruto, who stood his ground and waited for Sasuke to attack.

Sasuke opened up with a right straight, of which Naruto leaned forward, dodging it. But the Uchiha quickly pulled back his fist and sent a left kick at Naruto's head. Naruto raised his right hand and easily blocked the kick. But once the kick collided with Naruto's body, Sasuke felt pain shoot through his leg as he jumped away.

Naruto was confused as to why Sasuke backed away. He then saw Sasuke's leg shaking as he also saw Sasuke looking at it.

'W-What was that? I-It was like I kicked a steel-pole,' Sasuke thought as he looked at Naruto, who just moved back and forth, waiting for Sasuke to attack again. Taking a few deep breaths and stomping his foot into the ground, Sasuke charged again, this time opening with a right kick. Naruto leaned back, letting the kick land on his shoulder, but he moved it in a way that rolled off, directing the energy away and causing Sasuke to make a 180, exposing his back to Naruto. Naruto smirked, pushing Sasuke away.

Sasuke stumbled after being pushed, falling to the ground and landing on his face.

"Ow!" Sasuke said, getting up and holding his nose

"Whoa, you alright?" Naruto asked, loosening his stance as Sasuke nodded

"Y-Yeah, nothing bleeding," Sasuke replied, shaking his head and going back into his stance

"Okay, just checking," Naruto went back into his stance. Sasuke then charged at Naruto, again, and this time dropped to the ground while throwing a kick at Naruto's knee. Naruto simply jumped into the air, letting the kick fly below him and landing back on his feet.

The young Uchiha then went for a left-hook, of which Naruto parried. Sasuke threw a right straight, Naruto rolling the punch off his shoulder. This would repeat over and over. Again and again, as Sasuke would throw an attack, and Naruto would either dodge, parry, or block it. After about 6 minutes of this, Sasuke stood in front of Naruto, sweating and breathing heavily. But Naruto stood there, his breathing calm and collected as Sasuke just stood there, trying to find a way to get past Naruto's defenses.

'H-How... how am I going to land a punch?' Sasuke thought, 'I-It's almost like I'm trying to fight a brick-wall... or a castle,' he continued his thought, as an image of a fortress appeared around Naruto.

'Man, this is actually pretty pathetic,' Naruto thought, 'I expected more from him... maybe I should just take the fall. I can already hear everyone saying that a cripple like me shouldn't be able to beat the 'Uchiha Prince' or whatever they're calling him,' Naruto gave a silent sigh as he watched Sasuke give one last push. Sasuke charged at him, giving a war-shout as he threw a left-straight. Naruto rolled it off his shoulder, but he didn't expect Sasuke to shove him, knocking him off his balance. Naruto decided that this would be it and let-up, allowing himself to stumble backward. Sasuke then dropped and performed a sweep-kick, knocking Naruto to the ground, the ladder hitting their head against the dirt.

Sasuke then dropped to one knee, throwing a punch that stopped just short of Naruto's throat.

"WINNER! SASUKE UCHIHA!"

"YAY!"

"SASUKE!"

"WAY TO BEAT THE USELESS NAMIKAZE!" Naruto and Sasuke heard them scream. Naruto rolled his eye as Sasuke continued his tattered breathing

'H-How did that work? E-Every time I hit it, it was like hitting a steel wall,' Sasuke thought as Naruto started fake coughing, of which everyone bought

"W-w*cough*ow, n-n*cough*nice going S-S*cough*asuke," Naruto said, Sasuke standing back and stepping back as Mizuku called the nurse to help Naruto up and take him to the office

"Nice going, Sasuke. There's a bright future for you, you know that?" Mizuki said with a smile, but the Uchiha ignored him, watching as Naruto was being helped to the office, frowning.