Authors note:

Naruto Uzumaki is a shinobi of the leaf village. He trains on squad seven with kakashi sensei, Sakura, and sasuke. He has passed his jounin exams. The third Hokage has just died. Now all that is standing between him and being Hokage is 4 other jounin. Will he be beaten by the others, or will he beat them and become the strongest ninja of the leaf village? READ TO FIND OUT!!!