True Luck
Prologue Chapter – Who needs to trust?
Italics - Thoughts
8 year old Uzumaki Naruto was discharged out of the hospital once again after another assassination attempt on his life. It wasn't like he really needed to be there, but when one of the few people that didn't hate him, found the unconscious kid laying on the ground, they just instinctively brought him there. Fortunately, no one at the hospital hated the kid, so they allowed him to rest until he regained consciousness and his wounds healed up.
Ugh, not again, I hate my birthday.
Every October 10th, several incidents would always occur and always landed Naruto into the hospital. Unfortunately, Naruto had a huge heart, but he would never strike anyone back to their face, and with huge angry mobs chasing him all the time, someone would always land a lucky hit on him somehow.
He walked into his apartment and noticed all the power was out. Sighing, he went to the landlord's door and knocked to see what was happening.
"Sir, the power is out in my apartment, I was wondering if you knew what was wrong."
"Yeah, you were late with your rent this month, so I cut off all your power as punishment."
"I see...ok, sorry to bother you."
Naruto walked back into his small apartment and let out a long tired sigh. He had no where else to go. No one else would let him rent out a place to live that he could afford with the little help he could get from not being able to work.
That's it! I'm going to be a ninja so that I can start making money and find somewhere else to live.
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9 year old Naruto was enthusiastically walking to the academy ready to take the academy test. Sure, no teacher would give him any kind of help, but he was going to try and pass this test with his will and determination.
He entered the testing room and sat down in the back of the room to avoid any kind of attention to himself. An instructor appeared and introduced himself as the proctor of the first genin exams and they would need to be able to pass the written exams to continue to graduation.
Naruto's eyes widened to the thought of a written exam. He never learned anything from any of the instructors, but the worse part was, no one taught him how to read kanji to even try to fake his way through this test.
With tears streaming down his eyes, he quietly stood up and exited the classroom.
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12 year old Naruto walked back to the academy for his 3rd try in graduation. These last 3 years have been tough on Naruto, with teaching himself how to read and write and seeing what jutsu were needed in the academy to graduate. As he entered the exam room for the first test, a few people recognized him and started to talk amongst themselves.
"Isn't that Naruto? Didn't he fail the test for the past 3 years?"
"Yeah, I can't believe he is going to try again."
Naruto ignored the comments. If I didn't have to teach myself everything and didn't spend half my time in the fucking hospital, I would have graduated already.
Sitting down next to the few people that he was acquainted to this year, he waited for the test to begin.
"Oy, Naruto, good luck alright?" He turned around and saw a blond girl, that he recognized as Ino Yamanaka, smile at him.
"He doesn't need luck Ino, he'll be fine." Next to Ino was a pink haired girl, Sakura Haruno.
"G..Good luck, N-n-naruto-kun." Hinata Hyuga was sitting in front of him, and took the time to turn around to wish him luck.
"Thanks ladies, I just have to focus and I'll be okay."
"Quit being so cocky Uzumaki, you need to do perfect on this test just to pass." Kiba stated as-a-matter-factually.
Naruto frowned at that statement, but before he could make any kind of retort, Iruka walked into the room to begin the test.
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"Alright, now for the final test of genin exams, we will need you to produce a Bunshin to complete."
Shit! a Bunshin no Jutsu? I suck at that technique!
Naruto's name was called and he stepped up in front of the class. He concentrated his chakra for the jutsu...
"Bunshin no Jutsu!"
5 different looking clones popped up, but they all looked ill. 1 was completely fat and laying on its back, 1 was skin and bones, 1 was miss its arms, and the last 2 were laying on top of each other with dead looks on their face.
"Fuck!"
"I'm sorry Naruto, but you failed. These aren't complete clones."
"But Iruka-sensei!"
"I'm sorry Naruto, those are the rules of the exams."
Naruto looked down and started to walk out of the exam room but a hand grabbed his shoulder, effectively stopping him.
"Iruka-sensei, why don't we pass him, he did well on the other tests, and he DID make a few clones."
"Mizuki-sensei, you know the rules, I can't pass him."
Mizuki walked Naruto out and stopped him before he could walk out of the academy.
"Naruto-kun, I'm sorry that you failed the exams."
"It's okay Mizuki-sensei, I'll just have to try again next year."
"Well, what if I told you another way you can pass the exams and graduate this year?"
"What? How? Why wasn't this method offered to me the last 2 years that I failed?"
"Well, I can see that you know enough to pass, but you need to find a way to cover up the lack of talent you have with creating a Bunshin properly."
"Hmm, okay, what do I need to do?"
"Well, Fuinjutsu is very potent. If you can get your hands on the Scroll of Sealing, and learn one of the jutsu's that are in the scroll, you can impress Iruka-sensei with it and he'll pass you."
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"Iruka-sensei, there you are! I learned a jutsu from this scroll so you can pass me!"
"Naruto, who told you that?"
"Mizuki-sensei, of course, he told me that he would tell you what I was doing. He even told me where it was and what to look for."
Confused at the turn of events, Iruka was momentarily stunned until he felt a small amount of killer intent behind them. Quickly pushing Naruto out of the way, Iruka was impaled by kunai and flew back a few feet from the force.
"Naruto! Give me the scroll!" Mizuki demanded
"Wait, what the hell is going on?"
Pulling the last kunai off his body, Iruka didn't release his gaze from Mizuki, "Naruto, whatever you do, don't give him the scroll. That scroll contains forbidden jutsu's that should not have been given out. Mizuki used you so you could get a hold of it for him."
Mizuki smirked at Iruka, "Naruto, Iruka doesn't want you to have that scroll because he doesn't trust you."
"What the fuck are you talking about Mizuki!"
"Haha, Naruto, I will tell you truth. 12 years ago, a rule was created because of you."
"Mizuki, shut the fuck up!"
"Its a rule that pertains specifically you, Naruto. Its the rule to not say that you, Naruto, are the monster fox."
"Monster fox?"
"In other words, Naruto, you are the Kyuubi who killed Iruka's parents and destroyed Konoha."
Seeing the shock look on Naruto's face, Mizuki continued, "Didn't you think it was weird why everyone hated you so much, why no one wanted to be your friend? No one will ever recognize you as a person."
Naruto looked down, and dropped to his knees, tears flowing freely down his face. No way...that's why I've been so alone?
Mizuki took this chance to throw a few shuriken at Naruto, but before they hit their target, Iruka had stepped in front of him and took all the damage onto himself. Noticing that Iruka had taken the hit for him, Naruto looked up in shock at Iruka's face, "Why did you do that?"
"Because, Naruto, you were the same as me. When my parents died, no one ever noticed me. I was also a bad student, and had to teach myself everything. It was so tough..."
Naruto continued to look in shock at Iruka's confession as tears were falling from his face, "Right Naruto, you were so lonely too? You wouldn't have had to feel that way if I had taken the time to spend with you."
Mizuki took this time to interject, "Naruto, he's lying to you. Iruka hates you because you took his parents away. He just wants to get the scroll back."
Naruto didn't know what to believe. I can't trust anyone. Everyone has always wanted to hurt me, and now I know why.
Without speaking another word, he got up, turned around and ran away.
Running for a few minutes, he finally got a chance to calm down and stopped behind a tree to try and collect his thoughts. Fuck, I can't believe it. I didn't ask for this, why do people hate me, what did I ever do?
Before he could try and think or do anything else, he heard someone approach. Realizing that it was Mizuki and Iruka, he was even more surprised to see them fighting.
"Why are protecting the one that killed your parents?"
"You asshole, you think I'm going to allow you to get that scroll."
"It doesn't matter if I get it or not, Naruto will use that scroll to exact revenge on the village. I won't even get in trouble."
"I guess you're right, Mizuki." Naruto's eyes widened at Iruka's confessions. I knew he didn't care about me!
But before Naruto could get up and run again, Iruka continued his statement, "IF he was the Kyuubi."
Stunned at the revelation, Naruto had opted to settle where he was, "Naruto is different. Even with all the short comings that he has lived through, he is a bright student that I recognize as hard working and bright. He has the biggest heart of anyone. He isn't the Kyuubi, he is Uzumaki Naruto of Konoha!"
"I guess I will have to kill you to make sure you keep your mouth shut huh?!"
Mizuki charged towards Iruka taking advantage of Iruka's vulnerability at the moment. However, before he got halfway, an arm reached out towards Mizuki's neck effectively close-lining him backwards.
"Don't you dare touch Iruka-sensei, I'll kill you if you do."
Getting up and dusting himself off, "Try it you monster fox, I'll beat the shit out of you!"
"I only managed to learn this technique from that scroll you made me steal, I think its appropriate if I use it against you. Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"
Surrounding the entire area around Iruka and Mizuki filled up with shadow clones. "Seeing how you liked throwing kunai's at Iruka-sensei, I think I should return the favor!" All the clones withdrew a kunai from their poach and threw them all at the shocked Mizuki. Iruka looked in shock at what was happening to Mizuki. As all the clones, dispelled, Naruto turned around to look at his sensei and smiled.
"Are you alright Iruka-sensei? Don't worry, I didn't hit any vital spots, so he should be alright, as long as he's not a little bitch."
Smirking at Naruto's remark, he asked Naruto to come over to him so he could give him his Konoha headband.
"Okay, open your eyes. Congratulations, Naruto, you graduate."