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Naruto smiled. For his entire life, it had seemed like the whole village, the whole world had been against him. People shunned him, his parents had died before he had been given a single memory of him, and he had been born without any talents, save his stamina and chakra reserves. Until now. Now, he had managed to finally turn something his way, by stealing the Scroll of Seals.
Taking care not to make any noise as to not alert the nearby ninja searching for him, he slowly unrolled the seals, and read about the first two jutsu listed, both created by the Nidaime Hokage, Tobirama Senju. The first jutsu, Hiraishin no jutsu, he brushed off as a jutsu that would not fit his fighting style, but the second one caught his attention. The Shadow Clone jutsu, a jutsu that could create copies of the user that contained a portion of the user's chakra. The clones would not only be able to transfer their experiences and knowledge to the user when released, but would even be able to transfer training experience. If that wasn't enough, this jutsu was only a B rank ninjutsu, which even he would be able to master. A cry of joy burst forward from his lips as he realized that he could even make up for the difference in potential between him and Sasuke by using the Kage-Bunshin and his chakra reserves to multiply his advancement exponentially. Suddenly, Iruka appeared in front of Naruto, after dropping out of his high speed shushin.
Naruto jumped back, and entered fighting position, knowing full well that he was hopelessly outmatched by the chunin. His eye's widened as Iruka placed a hand on his head, and murmured, "This was not you're idea, is it?" Naruto's breath stopped as he realized that Iruka knew about Mizuki informing him about the scroll of seals, and the forbidden jutsu. His eyes widened even further as he saw a white-haired figure walking up behind Iruka. Mizuki let out a spiteful laugh and assembled a fuma shuriken, and threw it at Iruka.
The fuma shuriken sped towards Naruto, spinning so fast that Naruto could not see the indivivual blades. Naruto closed his eyes, preparing for death, as he felt something, no, someone move in front of him. When he opened his eyes, he saw Iruka bent over him, breathing heavily. "What is wrong with you! Why would you sacrifice yourself for that Demon Fox?" Mizuki screamed, his voice betraying his hate and disgust for the Kyuubi. "What does he mean?" Naruto asked, both confused and fearful. "You haven't told him, have you?" Mizuki mocked. "Naruto, when you were born, the Yondaime sealed the Kyuubi into you in order to save the village. That is why everybody hates you. That is why you will NEVER BECOME THE HOKAGE." Mizuki screamed, as he lept off of the tree branch and straight for Naruto. Iruka jumped in the way of Mizuki, and grunted in pain as Mizuki's kunai slammed into his chest.