"Are you sure that you have everything?" asked the Hokage.
"Hai Ojisan," said Naruto as he packed his bag with pencils, scrolls, and ramen for lunch.
Today was Naruto's first day at the academy and the boy was very excited. He would finally be able to send time with other children. The best part was that their parents wouldn't be there to pull them away from him. That was a very happy thought for the young blond.
Since that day Naruto had found the scrolls, he had been training hard. Despite his young age he had a very large amount of chakra and stamina so he could train longer than most. Still, Sarutobi started him off with the leaf exercise as an intro to chakra control. It took a while for Naruto to get the hang of it, but after a while he was able to do it with no problem. Then came the tree walking exercise. The old man took the boy out to one of the empty training fields and watched him as he fell and got back up. It took the boy about a month to get the hang of it and then only a week and a half to complete the water walking exercise. Sarutobi was very proud of the boy.
Like he had said, the remainder of the time was spent teaching Naruto how to read and write. They would spend about two hours on it a day and then Naruto was sent back to his apartment with exercises to work on by himself. Yet that's not all Naruto was doing.
Once he had learned enough the boy would sneak into the library at night and read what they had. The reason he had to sneak in was because of the old lady who worked there had a ruler and would used it on him the moment he stepped into the building. Luckily for him, she was never a shinobi and no one ever seemed to go near the building at night. So, Naruto was free to read up more on the subject of wind.
About a week after he started his nightly visits, he found a scroll that talked about chakra nature and manipulation. Grabbing the scroll and a dictionary, he began to read and look up the words he didn't know. After about an hour and a half of this, Naruto got up and looked for an easier scroll or book. In the end he found 'Nature Chakra for Baka's'. This one was much easier to follow. As soon as he was finished, Naruto decided to try it out. So the first thing he did was to get one of the special pieces of paper needed to determine chakra affinity after his lesson with the Hokage. While it had cost him half of his allowance, he felt it was worth it. Also, he had found a great ramen stand that didn't overcharge him, the Ichiraku Ramen stand.
As soon as he found out that he was a wind type, which thrilled him, he set to work on his training. After consulting 'Nature Chakra for Baka's' Naruto went to work on the first exercise which was to cut a leaf with his chakra. This, however, proved to be harder than it sounded to the small boy since he is still working on it.
This brings us to today.
"Well it seems you have everything," said Sarutobi after checking the bag. "Now remember to ask your sensei for the hot water you'll need to boil your noodles. Now you better get going."
"Hai," cheered Naruto as he raced out the door. Sarutobi just chuckled as he simply vanished from the room so he could also get the academy.
When Naruto got to the academy all the other students were standing next to their parents or an older sibling. A few caught his eye. The first was a boy with red markings on his face who was standing with his mother who had a dog next to her. Keeping the eager to go over there and pet the dog at bay, he looked over at a father and son who were both wearing sunglasses. Then he saw a creepy looking man with black hair and eyes and was dressed in fancy looking clothing that had a fan on the back. Next to him was a boy who looked about the same, but a bit more casual in dress.