Naruto of the senju clan *OPEN FOR ADOPTION*

Chapter 5

"Jutsu!"

"Summon/Demon speaking"

'Summon/Demon thinking'

"Person talking"

'Person thinking'

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Author's Note: I'll admit that the fight in this chapter did not turn out the way I wanted to. I apologize for it and I do promise that future fight scenes will be better!

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Chapter 5: Team Placement!

Four days had passed since Naruto took the graduation exam and today was the day, he is supposed to go to the academy for his team placement. In the past three days, Naruto had been up to quite a lot. He had not left the compound at all for the past three days opting to stay inside and train his wood release. His clones had finished reading the majority of the books in the library by the day after his exams. There were still a few books and scrolls left to read, but Naruto figured he would take care of that at a later date. It had only taken him a few minutes to figure out the Wood Clone Technique and an hour to master it the level he had with the Shadow Clone Jutsu. The rest of the three days were spent learning the Wood Dragon Jutsu. Naruto had to admit that it was a bit complex and took a bit of time to figure out, but thanks to his shadow clone he was able to grasp the concept and able to perform the jutsu after two days of trying. It did require a fair amount of chakra to produce a large wooden dragon but that was something he had in spades. He had not mastered the jutsu by any means, but he could perform it well enough to defend himself. The thing that really fascinated him with the jutsu was its ability to blow itself up whenever given the command. Naruto was wondering if he could do that with other wood jutsus, if so then his enemies are in for a world of hurt.

Naruto was currently standing in his room looking at himself in front of the mirror. He had just finished getting dressed and was ready to head to the academy. He adjusted the forehead protector strapped to his left arm before smiling and making his way out of his room and out of his house. Naruto exited the compound and resealed it before making his way to the academy. As he was walking there, he noticed the streets were a lot busier than he had ever seen. Since his return, he had yet to fully explore the village. Most of what he saw of the village was when he was walking with the Hokage and Konohamaru when he took his exam. Now he was seeing the streets of the village in full swing. Shops were opened, vendors had placed out their stalls, and people were busy moving from store to store carrying out their shopping. Naruto simply placed his hands in his pocket and weaved his way through the crowded street while at the same time observing everything. As he was walking through the crowded street, some of the people started to take notice of his presence while others did not notice. Those who did notice however would stop and talk among themselves about him and about rumors they heard about him. Most of which all dealt with suspicions as to whom his parents are, whether or not he was actually a Senju, and if the rumors about him possessing the first Hokage's wood release were true. Naruto for his part simply ignored all the whispering and stares and simply carried on his way to the Academy.

**At the Academy**

Currently standing in front of a class of newly graduated genin was the chunin instructor in charge of the academy, Iruka Umino. He was standing there with a proud smile on his face as he stared at all of his soon-to-be former students all wearing their regulation headbands signifying themselves as shinobis of the Hidden Leaf Village. This year's batch of graduates had quite a lot of potential considering the fact that a lot of those who are sitting in front of him were heirs to a lot of the prominent clans in the village with a few civilian children who have shown some promise. The clan heirs were expected to hold a lot of promise for the future because of the fact that they are the future leaders of their respected clans. As Iruka scanned the class of graduates he could not help frowning slightly when he noticed that there was one particular heir missing.