{Four years later, Hidden Leaf Hokage's Private training grounds}
Hiruzen, Adam and Ben were standing in the field ready to start the spar, the two brothers versus the god of ninja, Hiruzen Sarutobi. These spars were becoming more and more difficult for the hokage, forcing him to use his own ash style jutsus to counter the never ending barrage of kunai shuriken and ninjutsu. The growth of the two were much greater than Hiruzen expected, and their teamwork was that of ninja's that had been battling together for much longer than four years.
" Alright... we are now going to help you with your affinities and jutsus by giving you different Anbu teachers, Tenzo and Kakashi. Tenzo will help Adam with wood release, and Kakashi will help Ben with his lightning jutsus and fire jutsus. You will meet up here with me tomorrow morning for training, I will be watching...." Hiruzen said and quickly disappearing into a body flicker with the kids walking back cursing the fact that they didn't know that technique.
"Hey Ben, why don't we go to the village and make some friends, I heard that there are many kids our age from the big clans and we might meet Naruto"
"Yeah sounds like a plan, so where to?"
"The park, you know, where Naruto plays as a kid, or maybe the academy."
"Lets go" said Ben as the two set out to find Naruto and possibly befriend him, as they planned to be in the same squad as him in the future.
When they arrived at the park, Naruto was with Shikamaru and Choji, talking and playing tag. It was getting dark and so they would have to leave soon but they still played and enjoyed the time they had left.
"Hey, can I play?" Ben saw how much fun they were having and since Naruto was his favorite anime, this was something he could only dream about.
"No, we have to go back home" said Choji, not wanting to deal with potential hate towards his friend.
"Okay, see you around" and with that, they left to the academy, wanting to see it for themselves.
{20 minutes later}
Choji and Shikamaru already left, and Naruto was with two different people, but they didn't seem friendly.
"Demon.... Devil Fox...." Those two insults were being repeated as they stood over the young Naruto.
"Hey... what are you doing?" Asked Adam, yet he knew exactly what was happening, Naruto was being bullied for being the nine tails jinchuuriki.
"Were getting rid of the thing that attacked the village!"
"He's a kid not a monster you idiot!" Ben knew how Naruto has been bullied, and he really felt bad for him. He was being bullied for something he couldn't control and something he didn't even know about.
"Hey Adam, can you use wood style to restrain them?" Ben asked in a mind-link, as all of Ben's jutsus were aimed to do serious damage and not to restrain.
"Wood style: Silent Strangle Jutsu" Wood then sprouted from the ground and restrained the two bullies were being silently strangled. Once unconscious they were spared, left strewn about on the grass.
"Thanks guys, I owe you one" Naruto doesn't yet know how to fight, so he was easily overpowered by the two older kids.
"Then, as our favor.... Can we be friends?"
" Of course, you saved my ass" Naruto was equally exited to be friends with Adam and Ben since they were strong, and his age.
{Next day, 12:00 Playground in the Hidden Leaf Village}
Naruto introduced Adam and Ben as the people that stopped the bullies, and so they were accepted into the 'friend group'. Adam notices that there is someone watching so he says he is going to the bathroom, only to go to the person walking.
"So why are you watching us?" Adam said, but quickly realizes that this was Hinata Hyuga, and she probably had a crush on Naruto.
"I-I" Hinata then passes out from the shock, and Adam decided to leave her since she usually wakes up pretty quickly.
{Timeskip: 3 years later first day at the ninja academy}
Adam and Ben arrived early, eager to meet the fabled Iruka Sensei and get started on their journey as a ninja. They saw Naruto alone on a swing, with everyone social distancing themselves from him.
"Yo, Naruto wassup?" Asked Ben concerned about Naruto's mental health. Over the last three years, Ben has become very close to Naruto, becoming his best friend and helping him do pranks and train his taijutsu. Adam wanted to be the first fox summoner, and wanted to talk to the nine tails and get his permission to summon him and his family. To do this, Adam had to help around the village doing side quests (D rank missions) given by the system, accumulating points to buy the Yamanaka clan's mind control techniques and enter Naruto's mind-scape. Finally, he got enough 'System Credits' to talk to the nine tails and attempt to get the summoning contract.