Welcome True Believers! This is my second fanfic. I am not abandoning Uzumaki Naruto Tales but I will be splitting my time between the two stories. I also plan to update both stories a bit faster then I've been doing but I still want it to have quality, so I won't rush. I came up with this idea a few days ago and it took me a while to come up with this prologue. Read and Review. Flames are acceptable as long as you give me advice on whatever I did wrong. I usually have good grammer and my writing skills are said to be acceptable so hopefully I won't make too many mistakes. I do need to say that I often suffer from cases of writer's block so if I do stop updating, please be patient and wait. I also sometimes have problems fleshing out characters and settings and I would appreciate it if someone would beta my story. If you can, please message me. Here we go!
Prologue
Today was going to be a great day for eight year old Uzumaki Naruto. He would finally be entering Konoha's Ninja Academy. He would be among his friends, learning the art of the ninja.
"This is gonna be great huh Kiba-kun!?" Naruto's dog-like friend, a member of the Inuzuka Clan, was currently walking alongside Naruto and their other friends, Nara Shikamaru, Akamichi Chouji, and Aburame Shino.
"Heck yeah Naruto. I can't wait to start learning all those cool jutsus and stuff. What about you guys?"
"It's troublesome but my dad made me do it."
"As long as I have my trusty chips with me, I'll learn anything I can!"
"I too wish to learn any information regarding the ninja arts."
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About 15 minutes later, the five shinobi-to-be walked through the front doors of the Ninja Academy. The secretary told them to go to Room One. Upon entering said room, they began looking for somewhere to sit. There was five open spots at the top row which they now occupied. After taking his seat, Naruto began looking around the room. His friend since he was three, Hyuga Hinata, was sitting in front of him. His best friend, Uchiha Sasuke, was sitting in the first row with Haruno Sakura and Yamanaka Ino on either side of him.
While Naruto had been looking around the room, the door leading to the instructor's quarters opened and two people came out. One had brown hair pulled back in a ponytail with a scar above his nose. The other had silver hair and wore a bandanna. They were both garbed in the generic Konoha ninja uniform. They both had green vests on over their uniform, signifying them as chunin. When they were spotted by the students, everyone quieted down, eager to begin. The one with the scar began to speak.
"Good morning class. My name is Iruka but you'll refer to me as Iruka-sensei." Then the silver-haired one spoke up.
"My name is Mizuki but like my partner, you'll refer to me as Mizuki-sensei." Iruka then reclaimed the spotlight.
"We'll be teaching you for four years. At the end of those four years, you'll be taking a test to see if your worthy of being genin. So let's start. Who knows what a ninja is and does?"
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They were in the middle of learning about the different elemental countries when a bell sounded out.
"Okay class. It's lunchtime now. You can now go outside and eat but when the bell rings again, come back in and sit in the seat you were previously sitting in. You may go now. Naruto quickly vacated his seat and dashed outside. He wasn't there for long as his ramen lunch was immediately devoured. There was approximately 35 minutes left till class resumed.
"I wish they'd teach us about techniques already. I want to learn jutsu." Then an idea came to him. "The Academy library should have scrolls on jutsu."
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The Academy's library was quite extensive. It included scrolls on ninjutsu, taijutsu styles, history, politics, etc. Naruto made his way into the jutsu section and started searching through the scrolls.
"Hmm... Fire Release, Water Release, Wind Release, Earth Release, Lightning Release, Ninja Arts. That sounds interesting." Naruto started pulling scrolls from the Ninja Arts section. "Kawarimi no Jutsu, Henge no Jutsu, Bunshin no Jutsu, Kugutsu no Jutsu?" Naruto pulled out the scroll labled Kugutsu no Jutsu and opened it. He looked over the scroll and saw pictures of puppets, details of the jutsu, how to make chakra strings, and puppetry techniques. Before he started reading it however, he saw a notation at the top which he decided to read. "If you are reading this, then you may be interested in the art of puppetry. This scroll will teach you about the art and science of the technique but it is up to you how to use it. If you decide to learn from this scroll, I only have one thing to say to you. Good luck and may we meet when you ascend to the rank of puppetmaster. Sincerely, Akasuna no Sasori.