NARUTO ABRIDGED:

PART I-

THE NARUTO SCROLLS

Chapter 1: Naruto Uzumaki

"Naruto Uzumaki of the Namikaze, Gamamoto, Uzumaki and Nara Clans![*1]" Iruka shouted over the speakers. "Please proceed to Room 101 for your Ninjutsu Test!"

"All right! Third time lucky!" Naruto smiled. He had taken the graduation exam twice before. The exam happens four times a year, once every three months. On his first try, Naruto failed the Genjutsu Test, the first test of the exam, straight out. On his second try, he passed the Genjutsu Test with the Untouchable Food Jutsu, a technique that makes the opponent see their favorite food in front of them, but can't touch it (as it's an illusion), making them depressingly hungry, revealing an opening to attack. However, he failed the Taijutsu Test. This time he had passed both these tests, and now he had to take the Ninjutsu Test. Naruto walked into Room 101, where he saw his two sensei, Iruka Umino and Mizuki Hatake, waiting for him. Iruka looked down at his piece of paper, and then he looked back up at Naruto.

"Transformation Jutsu. Transform into me, not into that Sexy Jutsu of yours," he said.

Naruto nodded, placed his hands into the Dog, Boar and Ram Hand Seals, then pictured Iruka in his mind. After a few seconds, smoke appeared around him. Once it had cleared, Iruka saw a perfect image of himself. He smiled.

"Amazing, good work, Naruto," Iruka told him with a smile. "Now, show me the Clone Jutsu."

Naruto released the Transformation Jutsu, "WHAAAAAT?! THE NINJUTSU TEST HAS TWO JUTSU?!"

Iruka nodded, "Yes, it's always been that way, Naruto."

Naruto sighed. It was worth a try at least. He couldn't control his chakra well, so he used about 40% of his chakra transforming into Iruka perfectly, when he should have only really used 10%. On top of that, the Clone Jutsu was his worst technique. Naruto once again put his hands into a Ram Hand Seal, then he switched to the Snake Hand Seal and finally the Tiger Hand Seal. He focused his chakra, but due to his lack of chakra control, he could only create one clone, and it was worthless.

Iruka sighed, "Naruto Uzumaki, of the Namikaze, Gamamoto, Uzumaki and Nara Clans. YOU FAIL!"

Naruto sighed and sat down. Twenty-nine of the other students had passed. Without him, two of them would be sent back to the Academy. He hated to think what they would do to him for failing. He stood up, left the room and went back to his house to rest. Tomorrow was a day off from the Academy. He would practice his chakra training then.

Someone was knocking at Naruto's door. He stood up and walked to the door. When he opened it, he saw it was none other than his sensei Mizuki.
"Hey Naruto, I think I can help you graduate," Mizuki told him to Naruto's joy. "You know how my mother is from the Nara Clan right? Just like your grandmother. Well, my big brother Kakashi was recently entrusted with the secrets of the Nara Clan Shadow Techniques, one of them being the Shadow Clone Jutsu. Since you have the Black Chakra of the Nara Clan within you, you should be able to master it. You're going to have to sneak into the Nara Clan Hall and steal the scroll. Here's a map of the Nara Clan's District, I took it from Kakashi's house, as he has been entrusted with a copy."

Naruto was confused, "First of all, wouldn't Kakashi notice? I mean he is an elite ninja after all, I've heard that he may be Hokage one day. Secondly, where do I take the scroll after I steal it? Also, what happens after people find out that I took the scroll, the village already hates me for my pranks!"

Mizuki explained everything, including how Kakashi was currently on a B-Rank Mission, so he won't be back for at least a few days. Naruto finally understood and accepted this mission. At midnight, he would steal the sacred scroll of the Nara Clan, written by its first leader, Shitoku Nara, and master the Shadow Clone Jutsu to show Iruka that he is worthy to become a Genin, a junior ninja.

"Hahaha!" Naruto laughed. "I can't believe nobody noticed me! I better start training before Mizuki-sensei gets here, I'll be sure to impress him!"
Naruto opened the scroll and read the first technique. He smiled. It was Shadow Style: Shadow Clone Jutsu. He started training.

After three hours of training, Iruka stepped in front of him. He glared at his student.

"Naruto Uzumaki," he said. "I knew it was you all along. Now, start explaining."

"Mizuki told me that if I took the scroll and showed you a jutsu I learnt from it, you would let me graduate!"

"Naruto, it doesn't work like that. Mizuki..." Iruka never thought that Mizuki would try something like this.

A demon wind shuriken hir Iruka on the back. Naruto looked up at the one who had hit Iruka. It was Mizuki, a traitor to the Hidden Leaf Village.

"You lied, didn't you, Mizuki?!" Naruto roared at the one he once called Sensei.

Mizuki nodded, "And you fell for it. You will never be a ninja, you pathetic little boy."

Naruto was angry, "FINE! It didn't take me too long to master this jutsu, so I derived into a couple more jutsu!"

"Show me what you can do, Naruto," Mizuki smiled. "But first, let me enlighten you with a fact."

Iruka gasped, "Mizuki, don't you dare!"

Mizuki laughed manically, "Naruto, have you heard of the tree that became a monster? No? Well, this monster was incredibly powerful, with ten powerful, lashing tails. One day, a powerful ninja known as the Sage of the Six Paths defeated the monster and split it into nine new monsters that were slightly less threatening than the original. The strongest of these monsters was a giant fox with nine tails. The fox attacked the village on October 10 in the year 387[*2], the day you were born. The Fourth Hokage sealed away the fox inside of you. That's why everyone hates you, because you are the Nine-Tailed Fox."

Naruto gasped, "The Fourth Hokage... sealed the fox inside of me? I see, that explains a lot. But if you think that's going to make me join you and destroy the village, then you're dead wrong. I'm still the future Hokage of the Leaf, not some lackey of a lowlife ninja like you!"

Naruto put his hands in the Rat Hand Seal, then the Ram Seal, the Snake Seal, the Tiger Seal and finally, a unique seal needed to pull off this jutsu- the Cat Hand Seal.

"Shadow Style: Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

One clone threw a kunai at Mizuki, but the Chunin simply leaned back and dodged it. Another clone leapt up and kicked Mizuki in the head, making him fall off of the tree branch. A clone kicked him in the stomach.

"Shadow Clone Taijutsu Technique!"

Another clone tripped Mizuki up, "Na!"

A third clone kicked him hard in the chest, "Ru!"

As Mizuki stood up, one more clone punched him in the head, "To!"

Finally, one last clone front-flip-kicked Mizuki in the head, making him fall to the ground, "Uzumaki Combo!"

Mizuki stood up, "I'm not done yet! Die, Naruto!" He threw a shuriken at each of the clones, making them disappear in a puff of smoke. "You're out of chakra, I can tell! I win, Naruto!"

Naruto shook his head, "I'm nowhere near out of chakra! Shadow Style: One Hundred Shadow Clones Jutsu!"

One hundred clones appeared out of nowhere, ready to give Mizuki a beating.

Iruka couldn't believe his eyes, "He always failed at the Clone Jutsu, a much more simple jutsu, creating illusions of oneself, but he is a master of the Shadow Clone Jutsu, a kekkei genkai technique of the Nara Clan, where one creates real-body clones of themself. A highly complicated jutsu that even Jonin find difficult to master at this level. Naruto is truly amazing."

All one hundred and one Narutos attacked Mizuki, who was frozen in fear. Mizuki ran away taking hits from the clones every second, but unfortuantely, Mizuki got away.

Iruka tried to stand up, but his wound hurt too much for him to succeed in doing this, "Naruto. I can't stand up. Do you mind taking me to the hospital? Once we're there, there's something I want to give to you."

At the hospital, Iruka told Naruto to close his eyes and hold out his hands. Naruto did this. As Iruka couldn't move, a nurse placed something into Naruto's hands.

"Now, Naruto," Iruka said in a warm voice. "Open your eyes."

Naruto opened his eyes and looked at what was in his hands. It was a leaf village headband.
Iruka smiled, "This headband was created by the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju. Every Hokage in history has had possession of this headband. Legend says that a legendary jutsu created by the son of the Sage of the Six Paths is sealed within this headband. Use it well, Naruto, as you graduate!"

Naruto was speechless. He had finally done it. He had graduated from the academy.
"Iruka-sensei..." Naruto said. "THANK YOU SO MUCH, IRUKA-SENSEI!"

Meanwhile, miles away from the village, a rogue ninja sat upon a rock, in a cave. He used his kunai to draw a line through his village headband, a mark to show that he is now a rogue ninja.

"Mizuki," a voice echoed throughout the cave. "Mizuki... join me..."

"Who are you?!" Mizuki shouted.

"My name is Orochimaru," the voice replied. "Just like you, I want to destroy the Hidden Leaf Village. So, come. Bow down before me, Mizuki... I can help you destroy him... I can help you kill Naruto Uzumaki..."

Author's Notes:

*1 = These four clans are the clans that Naruto's grandparents are affiliated with: Namikaze, Gamamoto, Uzumaki and Nara

*2 = Unlike the original story, this version has years. This chapter is set in April in the year 400, six months before the Chunin Exam Arc.

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