Naruto Uzumaki (ET&BF)

Naruto Uzumaki is one of the main protagonists of Eternal Rivals & Best Friends. He is a shinobi of Konohagakure, a member of the Uzumaki Clan and a descendant of the Senju Clan. He became the Jinchūriki of the Kyuubi no Yoko on the day of his birth — a fate that caused him to be shunned by most of Konoha throughout his childhood.

Background
Naruto was born on the night of October 10th to Minato Namikaze (the Fourth Hokage) and Kushina Uzumaki (the second jinchūriki of the Nine-Tails). He was named after Naruto Musasabi, the protagonist of Jiraiya's first book, which made the Sannin his godfather. The Third Hokage made special arrangements for Minato to preserve Kushina's seal containing the Nine-Tails while she gave birth to Naruto in a remote location, assisted by midwives and Anbu. A masked man, Tobi, tracked down their location, however, killed the midwives and Anbu, and captured Naruto, forcing Minato to quickly rescue him and teleport him to a safe house.

With Minato gone, Tobi captured Kushina and released the Nine-Tails from her, using it to devastate Konoha. Minato saved Kushina and left Naruto in her care before he went to protect the village, eventually defeating Tobi and freeing the Nine-Tails from Tobi's control. Returning to Naruto and Kushina's location, Minato realised the only way to stop the Nine-Tails was to seal it within Naruto, believing that his son would someday need the fox's power to defeat Tobi when he returned. Since the Nine-Tails' chakra was too immense to be sealed into an infant, Minato sacrificed his soul to split the fox's chakra in half, sealing the Yin half within himself and the Yang half within Naruto. After telling Naruto how much they loved him, Minato and Kushina succumbed to their wounds from protecting their son from the Nine-Tails and passed away.

Orphaned, not having parents or anyone else to provide for him, Naruto received monthly income from the village in order to afford daily necessities. Naruto grew up not knowing who his parents were, receiving only his mother's surname, as Hiruzen wanted to protect Naruto from his father's enemies. Minato's dying wish that Naruto be regarded as a hero was honoured by the very few who could put aside their pain and losses caused by the disaster, while the majority of Konoha, however having no knowledge of the circumstances surrounding his birth, openly ostracised and resented Naruto for containing the beast that devastated the village and took many lives; some even viewed Naruto as the Nine-Tails itself. Soon, the Third Hokage forbade anyone from mentioning the Nine-Tails, hoping that the younger generation would not blindly hate Naruto as their parents did. However, Naruto's peers emulated their parents' hatred of him, despite not knowing why. This social isolation caused Naruto to crave acknowledgement, which he would gain by pulling pranks.

Personality
Naruto is noted as boisterous, exuberant, and unorthodox, quite similar to Hashirama Senju. He inherited his mother's verbal tic, as he ends his sentences with "Dattebayo!" (だってばよ!) when emotional. Though he responds best to competition and is not afraid to ask for assistance.

Appearance
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Abilities
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Prologue - The Start of it All
Naruto was walking upwards to the Uchiha Compound when he saw a boy his age randomly jump into the lake. When 5 minutes had passed and the boy didn't resurface, Naruto leapt into the lake to find him. After finding him Naruto grabbed the boy and resurfaced on the ledge of the lake where, after slapping him, the boy awoke.

The boy told him his name was Sasuke Uchiha and after Naruto, 'innocently', told him that the Uchiha were dead, they got into a fight. After a few minutes, wherein the fight ended, Naruto and Sasuke became friends.

A week after that encounter, Naruto and Sasuke were in Konoha Park when they heard a scream. Naruto and Sasuke came to check it out and found a girl being bullied. After fending off the bullies, they helped the girl, who told them her name was Sakura Haruno. When they found out that they were all orphans, they became friends.

Sasuke Uchiha
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Sakura Haruno
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Hiruzen Sarutobi
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Kakashi Hatake
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Minato Namikaze
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Kushina Uzumaki
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Trivia

 * Spiral patterns are a recurring theme in Naruto, especially in relation to the character of Naruto Uzumaki himself. The name "Naruto" is short for "narutomaki" (なると巻き), a kind of kamaboko with a pink spiral design in the middle that is used as a topping for ramen, which is Naruto's favourite food. His family name "Uzumaki" can mean "whirlpool" or "maelstrom." His full name is also a reference to the Naruto whirlpools (鳴門の渦潮, Naruto no uzushio), named after the city in the Tokushima Prefecture in Japan. In addition, Naruto's mother, Kushina Uzumaki, is a relative to the Uzumaki clan from Uzushiogakure in the Land of Whirlpools, who used the spiral pattern as both their clan and village symbol.
 * Naruto was born on October 10, making him the youngest between him, Sasuke (born on July 23) and Sakura (born on March 28).

Other Sources

 * 1) https://www.wattpad.com/story/287552428-eternal-rivals-best-friends-naruto