"…Next, Uzumaki Naruto," rang the voice of Umino Iruka from the adjacent room as the previous student exited, excitedly looking at the hitai-ate that he was holding in his hand, having just passed the genin exam with flying colours. As Naruto passed the student glared at him, as he had done ever since they first joined the academy, though Naruto knew that he hadn't pranked him, and he did remember every one of his pranks. When Naruto was standing before him, Iruka said, "Alright Naruto, you know the drill, you need to perform the kawarimi, the henge and the Bunshin jutsu in order to pass." As Naruto got ready to perform said jutsu, Iruka thought, 'Please get them right.'

Mizuki though, had different thoughts. He was thinking, 'Come on, demon, mess up. Then I can use you to acquire 'that scroll' that I've been wanting to get my hands on, and finally finish off what the Yondaime started without any consequences.' He said, "First off, we'll start with the henge." Mizuki thought, 'This oughta stuff 'im,' thinking of the repeated failed attempts at transforming into the Hokage that Naruto had done in the past. "For this, we'll need you to transform into Hokage-sama."

"Right," Naruto said, and made the requisite handseal before announcing, "Henge no jutsu!" and transformed perfectly into a copy of the Yondaime, although he did slightly mess up on the height, but Iruka marked it as a success as it wasn't as significant as it had been in the past, only a few centimetres rather than just wrapping the illusion around his own body.

"Okay, that's well done," Iruka said.

"No way," Mizuki said. "That wasn't an exact transformation and it wasn't of Hokage-sama! How can we really pass him on that? He'd get found out immediately."

"We passed Ami, and she got the colour of the flames on the Sandaime's haori incorrect. If we are going to make exceptions for one student, we must be willing to do so for all students, Mizuki. Otherwise how can we be considered impartial teachers?"

Naruto thought, 'The hell is Mizuki-sensei's problem? Iruka-sensei is right. Hmm…I'll show him what it means if he decides that he wants to mess with Uzumaki Naruto-sama!'

Mizuki said, "That, isn't what we asked for!" pointing at Naruto, who had yet to release his transformation.

"Well, technically we did only ask for a transformation into the Hokage. We didn't specify which one, and the Yondaime is still classified as a Hokage, so…"

Mizuki grunted and said, "Fine. Next up, the kawarimi."

"Alright," Naruto said with a massive grin. He made the handseals and said, "Kawarimi no jutsu." Mizuki felt a tugging sensation before, all of a sudden, he was standing in front of Iruka and an annoying blonde with a really annoying grin on his face.

Iruka blinked as he witnessed the feat. He thought, 'Naruto just…but switching with another person is a pretty advanced skill. Even more so when you consider the size difference between Naruto and Mizuki. How did he…' as he looked at the blonde sitting next to him in stunned disbelief. He said, "Alright, you get a pass on that one too," and scribbled something down on the notepad that he was using."

Mizuki decided at that point to use the kawarimi jutsu on Naruto, to prove that it wasn't an ability unique to Naruto. When Naruto felt the tugging sensation he thought, 'So, Mizuki-sensei thinks that I think that doing that is something special, does he? Too bad for him that I picked that skill up from watching Neko-san doing it.'

"Alright, Naruto," Mizuki venomously said. "Next up is the Bunshin jutsu."

"Uhh…about that…" Naruto said, scratching the back of his head.

"What about it, Naruto?" Iruka asked in a softer tone, giving Mizuki a glare.

"Is it alright if I used another jutsu instead of the Bunshin that we've been getting taught?"

Mizuki bluntly said, "If you can't use a regular Bunshin jutsu, there's no way that you'll be able to handle any other jutsu. So no, you can't."

Naruto let out a huff, before Iruka said, "I'm sorry Naruto, Mizuki's reason aside, if we did that for you, then, as with your henge before, we would be setting a precedent, and would be opening up grounds for abuse from members of established shinobi clans. Please understand."

Naruto sighed and said, "Ahh-ahhh. Fine, I guess I can see your point," scratching the back of his head. He mumbled, "Stupid clans, stupid old man…" along with cursing a number of other inherent issues with how the Sandaime was running the shinobi program."

"Thanks, now…just do your best."

"Yeah, sure," Naruto said in a resigned tone. He made the handseal and said, "Bunshin no jutsu!" causing five weak-looking clones to appear around him.

Iruka sighed and said, "I'm sorry Naruto, but you know what this means."

Naruto sighed and said, "Yeah, I know," and started to slowly exit the room back the way he'd come, his shoulders slumped and his head hung, looking to the ground for something good to come his way.

Mizuki said, "Hey Iruka, why don't we let him pass."

"Mizuki-sensei…we can't. The rest of his class all produced three usable clones. Naruto may have made more, but you can hardly consider them usable, let alone make acceptable substitutes."

Mizuki said, "But this is his third attempt, so it's obvious that he wants to be a ninja."

Iruka said, "We can't. If we let him through like this, then he would be little more than a liability in the field."

Unsurprisingly, it didn't raise Naruto's hopes, nor did the rest of his class jeering at him for failing to pass. He slowly made his way back to his seat before unceremoniously crossing his arms on his desk and collapsing into them, staring out the window, shutting out everything else that was happening around him as he let out a sigh, resigning himself to yet another year within these blasted walls. Because he was looking out the window, he didn't see the pale-eyed girl with blue hair staring at him with a sympathetic look on her face.

It was soon afterwards that the bell rang, signalling the end of the day's classes, and Iruka said, "Alright, that's it for the day. All of you that passed, meet back here at ten o'clock next week to get assigned to teams." After that, all of the no-longer students, and Naruto, left the class and waited outside until their parents picked them up. Naruto though, just sat on the swing, looking forlorn as his classmates got picked up by their parents, or, in some cases, their retainers. He looked up when Mizuki appeared behind him and said, "Hey, Mizuki-sensei."

Mizuki said, "Sorry about the test Naruto, I know you wanted to pass."

"Why didn't Iruka-sensei let me use that other jutsu though? It's really good."

"Like he said, he wanted to, but, even for us sensei, there are rules that we have to follow. One of which, is to show fairness across all classes."

Naruto sighed and said, "I wish that applied to me too."

"You're right. That's why I'm going to tell you about the alternative exam."

"There's an alternative?!" Naruto exclaimed.

"Yes. It's a lot more difficult than the one that you and the rest of your class took this afternoon though, so it's not really used that much."

"I see. So…if I take this exam, then I can become a shinobi, like the rest, right?"

"Exactly," Mizuki said, nodding once with a smile on his face.

"Alright, so what is it?"

"Hmm…I don't know if I should…it carries a lot of risk…" Mizuki said, feigning concern for Naruto's wellbeing, completely forgetting that he had only ever displayed anything but for the entire time that he had been teaching the blonde menace. "…but alright. If you really want to know it. Do you?"

Naruto eagerly nodded, thinking, 'What's going on here? Mizuki-sensei is acting different to how he normally acts.' He said, "Yuhuh yuhuh, yuhuh," as he nodded vigorously.

"Alright then. There's a large scroll stored in the room adjacent to the Hokage's office. You need to have stolen it, and reached a certain place outside the walls and learned a jutsu from the scroll by ten the night of the exam was taken."

'By ten? Hmm…well, if he says so.' Naruto said, "Alright Mizuki-sensei. I'll do it." He then stood up with a level of determination that Mizuki didn't think that he was possible of having. He said, "I'll see you tonight," he then walked off to start planning his theft.

When Naruto got home he got out his 'prank book'. It was an unlined notebook that he had used to plan every one of his pranks. He opened it up to the page that he had drawn out the layout of the Hokage Tower. He said, "Okay, now, the last time I was there, there were guards here," and marked the place with a red 'x' in pencil, so that he could just erase it later, preventing the need to redraw the layout for the next time, if there was one. He then laid out the position of every other guard on the drawing in red pencil the same way. He also took note of the dates and times that he had placed at the top of the page. He then calculated which timing schedule would be in use since his last prank that he had staged inside the walls of the Hokage Tower.

After an hour of planning and rejigging when his current plan went awry, he was done. He grinned and said, "Right, now that that's done, it's time to start the greatest prank that I've ever pulled. But first, where did I put that paint…"

After the sun had gone down, Naruto left his apartment and slunk through the backstreets of Konoha until he reached the tallest building within sight of the front of the Hokage Tower. He then did three handseals and said, "Tajū Gen'ei Bunshin no jutsu," and two identical, physical, copies of himself appeared on either side before they jumped off, heading to the locations that the original had marked out during the planning stage. While they were on their way, the original started on the wall.

As the night ticked on, Mizuki was getting increasingly impatient, waiting for the demon brat to get on with the 'test'. He thought, 'What the hell is that brat doing? I would've thought that he would have made his move by now. If he doesn't hurry up, then I might not get my chance to kill him and reclaim the scroll.' Then, he heard the explosions from all over the village and thought, 'Is that Naruto? I figured that he'd try for a distraction, but this is even better than I could have hoped. He's finally showing his true colours! Now not even that weak old man can save him!' Mizuki then got up and armed himself before racing to the Hokage's office.

When he heard the explosions, Hiruzen looked up from his paperwork and swivelled around in his seat to see the explosion across from his office. He frowned and said, "What is going on? Is it Kumo again?" thinking on the shinobi that had been in his office mere hours earlier. 'Even Ōnoki wouldn't do something so blatant.' He stood up as his ANBU Guards released their Meisaigakure jutsu, appearing in all four corners of the office. He said, "Go, gather the first five shinobi you come across and meet me on the roof."

"Sir," all four guards said before they disappeared via the Shunshin jutsu. Hiruzen sighed after they'd left and said, "I never thought that I'd see another war before I retire," as he put on his Kage haori. He then left to go to the rooftop, where all of the troops.

From the dark alley opposite the Hokage Tower, a blonde figure smirked, as he thought, 'Alright, everything good so far,' and moved on to stage two. Infiltration. He crept across the street and went up to the left wall of the tower. He flung a grappling hook up to the third floor and walked up the side of the building and broke the window before opening it and climbing through, completely avoiding the two first floors, which had been reinforced with the guards from the third and fourth floors. Naruto made his way through the next floor quickly. When he was about to go through to the next floor, he held himself back, looked at his watch and thought, 'No. Not yet.' He then waited for another thirty seconds before opening the door and rushing into the office five meters down the hallway, just in time before the guard that he had waited for, to come back. As the guard walked past the door, Naruto reached out and slapped a tag on the man's neck, knocking him out. Naruto dragged him into the office and took a card that the man had clipped to his belt, thinking, 'Huh, this' new. Must be a new security measure since my last time here. I suppose I should probably keep this. Could come in handy.'

Naruto then walked into the Hokage's office itself, having done away with the only security left now that the old man was no longer on the floor. Naruto tried to open the closed door, but was unable to, until he had held the strange card up to some black box next to the door. Once he was inside, he picked the lock of the door on the left side of the office and went in. Naruto got the scroll that Mizuki had told him about and quickly ran back the way he'd come, leaving the grappling hook in the window, not only because he wanted to make a quick getaway, but because it would tell the old man the problem that his security had. Naruto then made his way through the backstreets of Konoha to the area that Mizuki had told him about.

While Naruto made his way to the meeting place, back on the rooftop of the Hokage tower, the shinobi that had been dispatched to investigate the explosions, came back. Hiruzen said, "So, who was it?"

"It wasn't an explosion, Hokage-sama," Mizuki said.

"What do you mean? Explain," Hiruzen ordered in a no-nonsense tone, that surprised the chūnin.

"It seems to have been a feint, designed to look like an explosion, but in reality was just a cloud of orange paint."

"Orange paint?" Hiruzen said, eyes narrowed. His eyes widened as he realised that it was just a distraction and his office was almost entirely empty…and undefended." He said, "Neko, Inu, come," and raced down the side of the building and into his office. To his utter dismay he said, "We've been had," seeing the door on the side of his office swinging open.

Neko said, "Hokage-sama, who…?"

"With that paint, it must have been Naruto."

A sweatdrop appeared on the side of Neko's head and she said, "Hokage-sama, I…"

"No. You had nothing to do with this. So don't even try. Naruto has always been a sly one, though I can't see how he would know about that scroll."

"Then you think that…"

"Yes. Someone is using young Naruto to get the scroll."

"But who would…"

"I don't know. But we'll need to let this play out to find out the true culprit. With that in mind, neither of you are to take part in this."

"Right," both Neko and Inu said as they followed Hiruzen back out the window that they had just entered the room through. When they were back on the rooftop, Hiruzen said, "It seems that Naruto has stolen the Scroll of Sealing. Your mission is now changed to capture and retrieval. Now go," he then waved his hand through the air, dismissing his shinobi.

"Hokage-sama," every gathered shinobi said before leaping off to search for the blonde menace. As Mizuki raced from rooftop to rooftop, he thought, 'Now I can put my plan into action. I'll tell everyone in the village what the demon did and eliminate him. They'll be glad he's gone, then, of course, I keep the scroll for myself.'

Meanwhile, Naruto had arrived at the meeting place and unfurled the scroll. He said, "Kage Bunshin? Eh, looks like my Gen'ei Bunshin, so no thanks. What's next? Oh! That looks interesting," he then grinned as he set about learning the jutsu.

A few hours later, Naruto collapse to the ground, panting. Soon afterwards, Iruka came across him, and, breathing heavily said, "It's all over," and chuckled.

Naruto pushed himself up off the ground and scratched the back of his head as he laughed and said, "Got me already, not bad Iruka-sensei. You're pretty quick, I only had time to learn one technique!"

Iruka thought, 'He's been out here practicing. I can tell how hard he's been working.'

Naruto opened his arms wide and said, "Hey, Iruka-sensei, listen to this. I'm gonna show you this amazing jutsu, then you're going to let me graduate, then everything will be okay. That's the way it works, right? Anyone who learns a jutsu from this scroll, passes."

"Huh? Where'd you get that idea?"

"Mizuki-sensei told me about it, believe it! He told me where to find the scroll, and this place…"

Iruka saw an image of Mizuki surrounded by a dark chakra flash in his eyes as he thought, 'Huh? Mizuki?" He exclaimed, "Huh?!" As he saw a barrage of kunai flying at Naruto and said, "Look out!" and pushed him out of the way of the kunai, which mostly missed Iruka, but one managed to pierce his thigh.

Mizuki said, "So, you've managed to find out little hideaway."

"So that's the way it is, huh?" Iruka said, glaring at Mizuki, clenching one eye shut to shut out the pain. Iruka said, "I should have known," as Mizuki landed on a branch across from the shack that Iruka was resting against.

Mizuki said, "Naruto. Give me the scroll now!"

Naruto said, "Uhh…wait a minute. What's going on here?"

Iruka ripped the kunai from his thigh and said, "Naruto, don't let Mizuki get the scroll! It contains forbidden jutsu that could put this village in great danger! Mizuki used you to get the scroll for himself. For his own power!"

Naruto angrily growled and glared at Mizuki, thinking, 'Now it makes sense.'

"Don't be ridiculous," Mizuki said. "Iruka's just trying to scare you because he doesn't want you to have the scroll."

"Huh?" Naruto said, turning to look at Iruka.

Iruka said, "Stop lying Mizuki!" before turning to Naruto and saying, "don't listen to him naru…" but he wasn't allowed to finish, when Naruto scoffed. "Naruto. What…?"

Naruto ignored Iruka. "Stop bullshitting, Mizuki-sensei."

"What was that? I'm not lying. I'll tell you whose been lying to you. They've been lying to you your entire life, Naruto. Since the decree twelve years ago."

"What…decree?"

"Everyone knows, except you. Iruka's trying to hide it from you, even now. He'll do anything to shut me up."

"What is this decree? Why does everyone else know about it?"

Iruka cried out, "Don't tell him, it's forbidden!"

"The decree is, no one can tell you that the nine tailed fox is inside you! The fox spirit that killed Iruka's parents and destroyed our village has taken over your body! You are the nine tailed fox!"

Stop itt!" Iruka yelled.

"They've all been sneaking around, hiding things from you your whole life. Didn't you think it was strange, how they treated you? Like dirt! Like they hated you for just being alive! That is why you'll never be accepted in this village. Even your beloved sensei hates your guts!"

While Mizuki talked, Iruka thought back on a talk that he'd had with the Hokage. He heard Hiruzen's voice saying, "Naruto never had a mother or father to care for him. He's shut out of everything, but doesn't know why most people won't even look at him. How would you feel if everywhere you went people turned their back on you? That's why he gets in trouble. So people will notice him. He may not show it, but he's always thinking about the family that he doesn't have. He's hurting inside."

"That's great and all," Naruto said, cutting through Iruka's thoughts, and Mizuki's diatribe, "but that's not how fūinjutsu works."

"What was that!?" Mizuki said, beyond outraged that the demon thought that he had the right to talk down to him.

Iruka thought, 'What? Fūinjutsu? We didn't cover that at the academy. How does Naruto know about it?'

"When a seal breaks, the object sealed is released, completely. That doesn't change, no matter the object."

"What?!"

"If you really believe what you just said, then you clearly haven't studied the art, Mizuki-sensei," Naruto said, turning the term of respect, into an insult. "As such, any opinion you hold, can't be seen as anything other than conceit born of ignorance."

"Wha…Naruto…" Iruka said. As he looked at Naruto, thinking, 'This Naruto isn't anything like what I've experienced at the academy,' remembering all of the times that Naruto had messed up with jutsu being taught, and the incorrect test scores. He was stunned when Mizuki threw a fūma shuriken at him and said, "Naruto, duck!" Naruto ignored him though, and instead flipped, planting his hand on the large shuriken as it flew under him. Iruka blinked, gobsmacked by the move, thinking it beyond Naruto's abilities, based on his taijutsu scores. He thought, 'Was he purposefully messing around when we were practicing taijutsu in the academy?' But he had to move before he could continue down that rabbit path, or the kunai that Mizuki had thrown would turn Naruto into a pincushion. Iruka jumped in the way of them as tears started to roll down his cheeks. He said,

Mizuki looked stunned as Iruka got stuck with the kunai that he had thrown. Naruto hesitantly said, "But…why?"

Iruka said, "Because…we're the sa-ame," as blood ran from his mouth. "When I lost my parents, no one seemed to care, they didn't have the time for me. They just forgot I was there. My grades dropped. I became the class clown. I just wanted them to see me, to know my name. My schoolwork wasn't good enough to gain their attention, so I did crazy things, and then I had to pay for it. It was hard. I know that's how you feel, Naruto. You feel lonely and it hurts inside, and I couldn't be there for you more. I let you down, I'm sorry. No one should suffer that much. No one should be alone like that."

Mizuki started to laugh. He derisively said, "Don't make me laugh! Iruka always hated you! He was orphaned because the nine tailed fox killed his parents! And that beast is inside you! He'd say anything to get the scroll from you!"

Naruto frowned as he thought, 'No. You would, Mizuki-sensei. Iruka-sensei isn't like that. If I try and fight him here, then Iruka-sensei is only going to get hurt more.' He then took off, running towards Konoha.

Iruka called out, "No! Narutooo!"

Mizuki chuckled darkly as he said, "You know, once he makes up his mind, nothing can change it. He's going to use the scroll to take revenge on the village. You saw that look in his eye, didn't you? Those are the eyes of a beast."

Iruka said, "No," as he pulled the kunai from his back. "Naruto isn't like that!" as he threw the kunai at him.

Mizuki scoffed as he said, "You're a joke. As soon as I eliminate Naruto and get the scroll I'll come back for you." He then grabbed the fūma shuriken, holstered it on his back, and jumped off into the trees.

Iruka growled as he thought, 'Like I'll let you,' and pushed himself up.

Meanwhile, in the Hokage's office, Hiruzen was hovered over his crystal ball, using the Tōmegane jutsu, letting himself, Inu and Neko see exactly what was going on. He said, "This is not good. Mizuki has a big mouth. He made Naruto feel so bad. Worse than he's ever felt. He could unleash the power inside of him. If Naruto uses the power of the scroll to tamper with the seal, then the beast could come out. If that happens, I fear for us all."

Iruka appeared alongside Naruto's image and said, "Naruto, everything Mizuki said is a lie! Give me the scroll, hurry! He's coming after you to take it away!"

'Naruto', didn't buy it and jumped in close to 'Iruka' and kneed him in the stomach, forcing him off balance enough for him to fall from the trees. 'Naruto' jumped down from the branches himself, sliding to a stop opposite 'Iruka', panting for breath.

Iruka said, "It…can't…be…" and 'Naruto' took the scroll off his back and backed up to the tree behind him and fell to its base, no longer able to remain standing. As 'Iruka' said, "How did you know, Naruto?" He turned around as a cloud of smoke appeared around his body, revealing that it wasn't Iruka, it was Mizuki.

'Naruto' grinned and chuckled before a similar cloud formed around 'Naruto', as he said, "Because I'm Iruka," as the cloud cleared, revealing Iruka's form.

Mizuki looked down at Iruka and said, "You're a fool! Why are you protecting that freak? He's the one that wiped out your family!"

"I don't care what you say. You're not getting your hands on that scroll."

"Hah, as if you could stop me! Don't you get it? Naruto is just like me!"

"How's that?"

"He wants the scroll for his own power, and his own vengeance. That's how beasts are. He'll pour all of his rage into the scroll and destroy everything."

"You're right," Iruka said, causing Naruto to gasp aloud from where he was hiding behind a nearby tree.

Naruto thought, 'So it is true. Iruka-sensei never believed in me! He thinks I'm some…beast! Some kind of…freak!'

"That is how beasts are." Naruto gasped again, though this one was full of hope rather than the despair of his previous one. "But that's not who Naruto is. He's nothing like that. Naruto's one of a kind. He works hard and puts his whole heart into it. Sure he messes up sometimes, and everyone jumps on him, but his suffering only makes him stronger. That's what separates him from being a beast. So you're wrong. He's nothing like the nine tailed fox. He's Uzumaki Naruto, of the village hidden in the leaves!" by this point tears of joy were streaming down Naruto's face.

"Hah, you really believe that drivel?" Mizuki scoffed as he took off his fūma shuriken. "Iruka, I was going to save you for later, but I changed my mind! You're finished!" Mizuki yelled he threw the shuriken at Iruka from close range. As it neared Iruka though, it disappeared. And Mizuki gasped, "What!?" as a spark of lightning burst in its place, before revealing a blonde brat, that should have been far away by now.

Iruka blinked as he saw Naruto standing in front of him. He said, "Naruto, that was…but how!? Even jōnin can't use the kawarimi jutsu with objects travelling at that speed!"

Naruto smirked as he took off the scroll and said, "That was nothing, Iruka-sensei."

Mizuki cut him off and said, "That wasn't bad, for a little punk."

Naruto glared at Mizuki and said, "If you ever lay a hand on my sensei, I'll kill you!"

"Some big words. I could destroy you with a single move!"

Naruto said, "Take your best shot, fool. I'll give it back to you, a thousandfold!"

Mizuki said, "Give it your best shot! Let's see what you can do, nine tailed fox!"

Naruto made the hare handseal before announcing, "Tajū Gen'ei Bunshin no jutsu!" and the entire clearing was filled with clones of the orange-clad student.

From his place, slumped against the tree, Iruka thought, 'Naruto! That jutsu! Is it from then? If that's true, then those aren't an illusion. Those are solid clones! He's mastered an extremely advanced jutsu!'

Mizuki looked around at the orange clone army and desperately said, "Wha…uhh…what is this?!" as the clones beckoned him to come at them.

The clone army said, "If you're not comin'…"

"…Then we'll come after you!"

Mizuki screamed out in anguish as the clones ran at him from every angle and pummelled him until he was laying on the forest floor, beaten and bloody. When he was done, Naruto chuckled and said, "Hehe, sorry, I kinda got carried away! Uh…are you okay, Iruka-sensei?"

Iruka chuckled and said, "Uh…yeah…" and thought, 'He's amazing. He wants to surpass all of the Hokage, and I'm starting to believe that he just might do it.' He groaned and said, "Naruto, come over here for a minute. I've got something I want to give you."

"Eh?" Naruto said, before shrugging and heading over to Iruka.

"Alright, now, close your eyes."

"Eh? Why?"

"Heh, just do it, would you?"

"Well, okay?" Naruto hesitantly said, and did as requested.

He felt Iruka fumbling about his head with something and said, "Iruka sensei, how much longer?"

Iruka said, "Okay, you can open your eyes now." When Naruto opened his eyes he saw his goggles hanging in Iruka's hands and Iruka said, "Congratulations, you graduate!" Naruto didn't say a thing, just looked at Iruka in stunned disbelief. "…And to celebrate, I have a surprise. We're going out for ramen tonight!" Naruto just stood there, and Iruka said, "Uhh…Naruto?" before Naruto flung himself into him, joyously saying, "Iruka-sensei!" and laughing happily.

Iruka gasped, "Urgh! That hu-urts!" He thought, 'Naruto, this is only the beginning, the road gets tougher, now that you're a ninja. But if I told you that, I guess it'd spoil the moment, so I'll tell you later. Over ramen.'

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A/N

Okay, that ends the canonical stuff.