The Greatest Prank Of All Time

Chapter 1: Training!

Many people saw him just as a loud-mouthed fool, always going around with a cheery grin and apparently with nearly no skill. Just a few could see the enigma that Naruto Uzumaki really was, and nobody was able to decipher it. While the first part about his personality was in fact true, he was one of the most cheerful persons to ever live, the later statement about his non-existent skill, couldn't be further from the truth.

In addition to his happy-go-lucky attitude Naruto was one of the most cunning pranksters to ever live. After witnessing how awestruck and surprised an academy teacher was after a Genin performed a B-Rank Jutsu and hearing about the Chunin Exam, where he could show of his skill in front of a large audience, he began to develop the plan for his greatest prank, a prank that will shock Konoha and many outsiders to the core. His primary objective wasn't to protect the village and be acknowledged. But to fulfill his duty as "Pranking King of Konohagakure." While not enjoying it, he began going to the library on a daily base, using the Henge No Jutsu (Transformation Technique), after learning the basics of chakra to maintain his cover as an idiot.
It didn't take him long, in fact it was just two weeks before his 7th birthday, to stumble across several books about Biju (Tailed Beasts), Sealing and the history of Konoha, especially the time of the Yondaime (4th) Hokage. After connecting the dots, he saw a clear image: HE WAS THE SON OF THE YONDAIME AND THE CONTAINER OF THE KYUBI (Nine-Tailed).

For a short time the most different feelings swirled around in his mind, hatred, because of his miserable life in the village, pity, for the people who were too dumb to understand, grief, for the loose of a family he never got to know, happiness, for knowing that his parents didn't abandoned him, but most importantly determination, to, not only show the villagers that he was no demon, but also to make sure his parents would be proud of him and to protect the village they loved.

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Several days later, he remembered reading about the Sensei of the Yondaime, the legendary Toad Sage Jiraiya. While he didn't want to tell the Sandaime (3rd) about his discoveries, to surprise him, Jiraiya would be a great help for sure. Therefore, when he heard rumors about the Gama Sennin (Toad Sage) visiting the Leaf, he instantly started a village wide searching and found him rather quickly, peaking at the women-side of the hot springs.

"Oi, your old pervert, what are you doing here?"

"Shut up brat! You are going to alarm those beauties and end my research."

"And why do you think I care?", asked Naruto with a deadpan.

"Because I'm Jiraiya, one of the legendary Sanin (Three Ninja), the Toad Sage of Mount Myoboku and ... the greatest super-pervert of all time.", the hermit introduced himself, while doing his 'unique' dance.

"So, you are him.", said Naruto coldly. "Then allow me to introduce myself, too, even if I'm sure you know who I'm."

"Why would I know about you?", Jiraiya asked, with a small frown on his face, now fully concentrated on him and completely forgetting his research.

"Because I'm Naruto Namikaze", Jiraya gasped, "the son of Kushina Namikaze, former Uzumaki, known as the Red Hot-Blooded Habanero and Minato Namikaze, the Yondaime and Konoha's Yellow Flash. And if my suspicions are correct, your forgotten godson.", answered Naruto.

"How...How do you know?", asked Jiraiya shock evident on his face.

"It's rather simple" deadpanned Naruto "I look nearly exactly like my father, possess the maiden name of my mother and the Kyubi No Kitsune (Nine-Tailed Fox) is sealed into me, so...yeah!"

"You know about the Kyubi, too?"

"You know nothing about my life, do you? Being kicked out of the orphanage at five, ignored by the more considerate people and openly shunned and insulted by the rest is kind of a dead giveaway, that you aren't everyone's favorite blonde. So, if you know something about Biju, heard that you are a demon for your whole life and bear a gigantic seal on your stomach, it isn't really hard to figure out."