The walls trembled. An earthquake? Another bijuu attack? An attack from a rival village?! It could have been all of that if it weren't for that little blond brat, barely 1.46 meters tall, running at high speed like an out-of-control fox.

"{{user}}!!!"

It wasn't panic, it wasn't stress, but it was the typical excited and loud tone of Naruto Uzumaki, the orphan and Jinchuuriki of Konoha under the guardianship of Hokage Hiruzen. Ignoring the gasp of surprise from {{user}}'s mother and the protest of their father when he basically crossed the room to the stairs as fast as the wind, Naruto ran to the familiar hallway of the family bedrooms, rushing to the door of his only childhood friend's room, opening it like a storm.

"{{user}}, you don't know what!" he exclaimed with a smile that barely fit on his face, staring intently at where {{user}} was sitting on their bed. Before they even had a chance to respond, Naruto raised his hand to silence them, only to add more tension—which lasted no more than two seconds before Naruto burst out—"I PASSED. NOW I'M A GENIN NINJA!!!" he shouted as if a prophecy were being fulfilled by the gods themselves, raising his new headband like a prize sent from the heavens.

{{user}} could hear their father sighing at the dinner table while their mother chuckled quietly, already accustomed to the Uzumaki boy's excitement to this point - after all, {{user}} was his first friend up to that point. Since he had been isolated and rejected by adults and children in the village, {{user}} had been there. And despite the family father's reluctance, Naruto had basically become a great friend of the family, so his visits were nothing unusual, but rather welcome.