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Naruto: The Shield Chapter 1: Execution
After sneaking through the Hokage tower, and running to the area Mizuki told him to meet up, Naruto knew he was ahead of schedule, so he decided to read up on what he found for a bit. Opening the scroll he found the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu. 'Hmmm this doesn't look too tough, well I never learned anything just sitting around.' Going over the technique he was soon absorbed in practicing the new jutsu. He knew that this wasn't really a substitute graduation. No such thing existed in all the rule or law books he was made to read either by choice or from a punishment.
It was such an obvious lie, but that didn't matter to him. He just wanted to get back at the bastard for rigging his test and failing him. What better way then to bet him at his own game. 'Well that's one down...there looks to be quite a few jutsu in here. Oh well I'll copy down as many as I can before the teme gets here. No reason not to add a few to my personal library.' With that he whipped out a blank scroll and began the process of transferring the jutsu to the new scroll. Had he not had so much practice in doing so, this may have taken awhile, but when you dig used scrolls out of garbage for an education you learn to write fast to get the more...fragrant...of them copied and tossed before they could spread their scent too far.
A few hours later he heard sounds crashing through the forest and quickly wrapped the scrolls up before stowing his copy and swinging the larger, full version onto his back. What approached though was not what he was expecting. "Naruto! What do you think you're doing taking that scroll?!" an irate Iruka stood at the edge of the clearing, breathing heavy and scowling at Naruto. "Heh heh. I did it Iruka-sensei. I learned a technique from the scroll so I passed right? ...But where is Mizuki-sensei? He said he was going to meet me here.
Did he have something else to do and sent you instead?" It was the easiest way he could warn Iruka without blowing his self-made cover. He just hoped the light bulbs clicked on before the teme got there. As if on cue Mizuki appeared on a branch overhead and started yelling about how Iruka was trying to steal the scroll and run. A brief exchange later found Iruka crouched over Naruto with a giant shuriken sticking out of his back. It took a moment for Naruto's mind to click from what he was just told. He may have been more intelligent then he let on, but to learn that there was a demon inside you wasn't something you easily believed.
Suddenly the glares, the abuse, the treatment he was given in the village all these years made sense. For a second he stared up a the face of the man who just protected him, barely registering what he was saying before he shuffled out from under him and bolted into the woods with Mizuki hot on his heels. While running he tapped some chakra into the bands around his wrists and waist to reduce his weight a bit allowing him to put some distance between himself and the chunin behind him. Once the man was out of sight Naruto dropped down and hid to give himself a little time to process what he was just told.
Again he was caught off guard when Mizuki, and an injured Iruka dropped into the clearing right near him. He was able to hear their argument about how Mizuki said he was a demon and Iruka was defending him. He could see Iruka was in no shape to fight his peer with the wounds he sustained while protecting him. Mizuki obviously saw this too and was preparing to take out the other man as he reached for the other shuriken he had on his back. Forget worrying about demons and villagers. Right now he needed to focus. Someone was finally willing to defend him both physically and mentally. He wasn't about to let him die in cold blood.
Pushing his thoughts aside he pushed off and landed a kick to Mizuki's temple, landing between the two chunin. "Mizuki-teme, if you lay one finger on Iruka-sensei I will break off each of your fingers and feed them to you digit by digit." Both men were taken slightly aback by the threat before Mizuki began to laugh. "What do you think you could possibly do to me demon brat. I am a chunin while you couldn't even make genin. I will tear you apart, then Iruka. Prepare yourself boy because this is the last moment of your life." Mizuki was off like a bolt of lightning aiming to kill the boy quickly. He had to finish this and get out of here before ANBU had time to figure out where they were.
Unfortunately he realized too late how wrong he was. Right before his kunai had a chance to pierce the boy's jacket his target simply disappeared. A little unsettled he looked around the clearing before seeing a flash of orange in the trees above him. "Mizuki-teme, for hurting a person who acknowledged me I will invite upon you the same pain a thousand times." Mizuki was about to retort when he saw Naruto form an unfamiliar seal. "You wanted this scroll so bad, I will show you one of its secrets. Now you may know the horror of what you could have been. Tajū Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" In a large puff of smoke the clearing was filled with orange.
The ground, trees, everywhere Mizuki looked all he saw was orange. "Goodbye Mizuki-teme." With that, only screams could be heard as one grey haired chunin was beaten within an inch of his life. "Heh I think I over did it a little." Naruto scratched the back of his head as he made his way over to check on Iruka. Seeing the man alive and only slightly injured he was only slightly surprised when Iruka told him to close his eyes. After doing so he felt pressure on his head. Again Iruka spoke, telling him to open his eyes, and congratulating him on his graduation. At this point though Naruto could care less about graduation and instead hugged Iruka for finally accepting him as a person.
What they failed to realize was that Mizuki had gotten to his feet. They turned and saw the chunnin traitor glare at them with so much hatred. "So you think that you have won but you are surely mistaken. I shall use the power that Lord Orochimaru has bestowed upon me to rid the world of you two." Mizuki took out a vial filled with a dark black substance and he drank the contents of the vial. The changes were immediate as he began to transform. His muscles and entire body expanded until he resembled a tiger in human form. A dark grey tiger with black stripes and dark green eyes.
"NOW IT IS STIME TO FINISH BOTH OF YOU OFF." Mizuki began charging and Naruto put Iruka behind him. He performed the shadow clone jutsu thinking his clones could finish this. All 1000 clones ganged up on Mizuki and were raining down on him with punch after punch. He was surrounded as each of the clones continued their assault. "GET OFF ME." Mizuki yelled as he tossed half of the clones off of him and began to decimate them one by one. Naruto and Iruka looked on as this beast once known as Mizuki made easy work on Naruto's clones.
Then Mizuki rushed towards Naruto and he punched him into a tree. The quickly ran towards the tree and aimed to punch Naruto's head. Only for the boy to roll out of the way. The tree had a giant hole going through it with Mizuki's hand on the other side. He moved it to the left and the tree fell straight onto the ground. He growled and once again went after his prey. Naruto was grabbed by the scruff of his neck as he tried to fight his way out of the grip around his neck. Mizuki looked and saw the look of worry on his face. It brought a smile to his face to see Iruka suffer and unable to do anything about it.
"Watch Iruka as I kill the student that you love so much. Watch just like you did when this beast killed your parents." He proceeded to punch Naruto in the chest and face with chakra infused lows. Naruto tried fighting it off but Mizuki was to strong for him. He could only watch as he was being destroyed in front of his sensei. Mizuki proud of his handiwork threw Naruto into a tree which snapped in half upon impact. Naruto lay broken and unmoving as Iruka screamed for him to get up.
Mizuki laughed at Iruka and he punted him in the face. Iruka flew a few yards away from him as he could only watch what unfolded. Mizuki moved towards Naruto to finish the job until he couldn't move. He wondered what was happening and looked down. His shadow was held in place and he wondered what the hell was happening. "Kage Mane no Jutsu success." Mizuki watch as three people appeared two people appeared in front of him. The third was behind them holding the hand seals for the jutsu.
"WHO IN THE HELL ARE YOU THREE?" All of them had white face masks with black ninja attire. The largest of the three stepped forward to address Mizuki. "Your end." Then he gave the signal and the Kage jutsu was dropped as Mizuki was speared off of his feet. He felt like his entre chest had been turned into jelly. Then he was picked up back to his feet as he was thrown forward. The other ninja went through hand seals as white flames engulfed his right hand. He ran forward and declared "Blaze Release: Wrath of the Sun." Mizuki was stabbed threw his chest with the white colored flames. The ninja then proceeded to turn his hand sideways as the blaze chakra burned Mizuki's body. He felt his entire body burning as the flames spread throughout his body.
The hand was taken out of Mizuki's chest as Mizuki dropped to the ground dead. The moment that the hand was taken out the life in Mizuki's eyes faded from existence. As he was finally dead the ninja's nodded and walked towards Iruka. He was scared after seeing their execution of Mizuki. One of the guys held out his hand as Iruka reluctantly was helped to his feet. Naruto was being checked on by the other two ninja as they confirmed that the he was only unconscious. "Who are you three? I have never seen or heard of you before." They all looked at each other and nodded as they took off their masks. "Of course you haven't heard of us we haven't been in the academy for years. We were the deadlasts of our classes so it isn't expected for you to know us."