Okay so this is my first FanFic that I actually want to go through with, I might 'finish' once I finish the Sasuke Retrieval ark. I might end it off early if I either can't finish it due to school, private reasons, or just not enough reviews to make me feel like I should continue. Anyway off of that note, I'm currently in the 9th grade and I hope that my writing can be good enough to give you guys a good enough story, so just read this chapter(/fic depending on how far along I am) and hopefully enjoy the Fic, also thank you for reading this all the way through I really didn't expect this A/N to go for a paragraph. Remember reviews are probably the biggest motivation a writer can get (just no flames please, constructive criticism may sting but it does help).

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, I mean really, if I owned Naruto why would I be writing a FanFic of it…

As Naruto woke up he was ecstatic finally reaching the end of what he hoped would be his last day at the academy. After being in the academy since you were six and failing the genin exam three times, the academy starts to get boring. While he wasn't a prodigy, he is the surrogate grand-son of the third Hokage. He just had to beg a bunch to get enrolled in the academy.

Naruto looked at his alarm clock, noticing that he was nearly late he quickly got ready for his last day. As he raced to the academy the glares and whispers Naruto got just went ignored by him as he was used to this and much worse. Reaching the academy Naruto was met with the loudness that every class has when they are on the last day of the academy. Looking for a seat he spotted one open next to Sasuke. Sitting down the Uchiha glanced at him and grunted

"Hn, Dobe."

Naruto replied with one word slightly annoying Sasuke, "Teme."

Seeing as they were not going to speak any more to each other they instead paid attention to what was going around them. The most important thing happening was the race between Sakura and Ino. Hearing those two racing down the hall Sasuke silently was glad Naruto took the seat next to him, he would rather have Naruto next to him rather than the two screeching banshees called fangirls.

"Ha! I won Ino-pig!" Sakura screeched.

"No way forehead brow! My foot was obviously ahead of yours!"

Sakura seeing Naruto sitting next to Sasuke went to yell at him, "Naruto baka! Move before I make you move!" Naruto noticing Sakura.

"Hey, Sakura-chan I was just thinking about you!" Sakura hearing that and seeing Naruto not moving at all went to hit him. As her fist was just about to hit his head, Iruka entered the room and started to address the class.

Seeing no response he yelled, "Alright sit down and shut up!" After everyone heard that everyone quieted down and Sakura and Ino quickly took a seat somewhere in the room.

"Okay so for today you all have your final exam, I had a good time with you all. So Mizuki-sensei can you please start passing out the tests to everyone please?" Iruka asked. Mizuki nodded and started passing out the tests. As Mizuki got to Naruto he discreetly placed a genjutsu on the paper making it look like the jounin exam written test instead of the graduation exam test. Once everyone had a test Iruka let everyone flip over their paper and start. Naruto flipping over his paper saw how difficult the problems were frozen up. Slightly worried he started filling out the problems trying to answer every single one he could before he ran out of time.

Once time ran out Naruto flipped his paper over once again and Mizuki went to collect all the papers. "Alright class, let's go outside for the next portion of the test," Iruka said. Once the class was outside Iruka started to explain what the next part of the test would be.

"Okay class, for the next part of the test you will have taijutsu spar only against Mizuki-sensei up to ten minutes, five minutes is 10 points and ten minutes will give you 20 points. First up is Sasuke Uchiha."

As Sasuke walked up to the ring Mizuki got into the academy stance while Sasuke got into the Uchiha Interceptor Fist Style. As soon as Iruka said the word start Sasuke launched forward at mid-high genin speed. While Mizuki is a chunin he was surprised at the speed Sasuke was going and he started to deflect the attacks from Sasuke. Mizuki quickly sped up his speed from mid-genin to low chunin and he quickly ducked under one of Sasuke's strikes. Seeing the opening from Sasuke putting too much force behind his punch, he was able to duck down and get two strikes, one to his stomach, and the other to his chest. Sasuke stumbled back and quickly got back to his feet and dropped back into his stance and launched forward but as Mizuki threw a punch expecting Sasuke to go head on. Sasuke jumped over his sensei and started attacking Mizuki from his back. Meanwhile as this was happening everyone on the sidelines were either cheering Sasuke on, or were silently comparing themselves to him, back in the ring Sasuke was attacking Mizuki to the point where Mizuki couldn't respond fast enough and was about to be pushed outside the ring. Just as he reached the edge Iruka stopped the match as the ten minutes were over.

After almost everyone was done, it was Naruto's turn. As he entered the ring Mizuki smirked at the 'demon' and got into his own stance which looked like the academy one. Once the fight started Mizuki went on the aggressive hoping to get Naruto to lose within the first few minutes. Naruto noticed a difference between how Mizuki fought the others, and how he fought him. Once Naruto started fighting back he finally was able to notice the difference in his and Mizuki's skill. He also noticed how Mizuki was able to get in hits where he wasn't able to get hit's on the other students in the same place. As he was noticing this he was slightly changing his stance however it was only slowly and it was slow enough that no one was noticing.

After 7 minutes of fighting Mizuki started to notice the openings that were once in Naruto's stance were now gone. Seeing this Mizuki attacked at a faster pace. Moving faster Naruto was unable to react getting punched in the face Naruto was sent flying out of the arena at 8 minutes and 47 seconds.

After this everyone went back inside for the final part of the exam. Once they reached their seats and sat down they were able to start the next part of the exam. The Practicals. Every time someone went into the room they all went back out with a headband. Once it was Naruto's turn he walked into the room. Reaching for the door he grabbed the knob and turned it walking inside he saw a chair, and the two sensei's behind a desk. Once he was in front of both of them Iruka started.

"So Naruto are you ready?". As Naruto heard this he only felt excitement at this challenge.

"Yeah! I'm gonna ace this exam and become the Hokage!" Once they heard this Iruka smiled and Mizuki smirked on the inside but on the outside he smiled.

"Well, here's your first jutsu you need to perform, the Kawarimi no jutsu." Just when the last word left his mouth Naruto switched places with the chair. Checking something off on his clipboard Iruka told him his next jutsu,

"Next do the Henge please." After a hand seal Naruto turned into the sandaime Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi. "Good job Naruto, now for you to pass you need to do one last jutsu. The Bunshin Jutsu please." Inwardly Iruka was hoping that Naruto was finally able to do the jutsu. Sadly Naruto was unable to perform the technique and was failed for not being able to preform the jutsu.

After class ended Naruto just went to the swings and swung on one by himself sad that he was unable to get a headband as well as not having anyone there to make him feel better. As he was swinging Mizuki walked up to him and tried to 'console' him.

"Hey Naruto, don't worry about it. I know this secret way you can graduate." Hearing this Naruto instantly perked up.

"What kind of secret way sensei?" Mizuki smirked as he got Naruto just how he wanted him.

"You have to wait until night, and you can't tell anyone because it's a secret."

Being naive, Naruto instantly replied. "I won't tell a soul!"

Mizuki smirked, "Okay here's what you need to do, you just need to sneak into the Hokage's tower and take the forbidden scroll of seals. Don't worry it's just a copy, so once you have stolen the scroll you need to learn one of the jutsus before you are caught."

Later the same night we find Naruto sneaking into the Hokage tower. Every time he thought he heard something he instantly changed into an object that looks like it would be there. This time, however, he was not fast enough as the Hokage saw him.

"Naruto what are you doing here?" Seeing no way out of this he decided to use his own jutsu.

"Sexy no Jutsu!" Seeing this the Hokage instantly fell backward with a giant nosebleed. Seeing his chance Naruto quickly ran to the library where all the scrolls were kept and started looking. FInding the forbidden scroll he took it out but he also saw another scroll next to it labeled kenjutsu/taijutsu styles.

Taking both of them Naruto ran to the forest before he was found out. Once he was at the designated location Naruto started looking through the jutsus and learned the Shadow Clone jutsu in an hour. Seeing as he had another forty-five minutes left he started looking through the scroll again just in case the Shadow clone wasn't enough to pass. Looking more he found a seal that's label was deteriorated all he could make out were the letters, 'O- Of H-s-ir-e' placing some chakra into the seal some kind of sphere came out. Seeing it do nothing but roll to a stop, he poked it and that was when it started to roll up his arm and placed itself on his left shoulder.

After about 5 minutes of it slowly sinking into his shoulder, Naruto carefully poked it and it went inside of his body concealing it from the outside world. Poking the same place again nothing happened.

After the last forty minutes went by Iruka appeared, "Naruto! What are you thinking taking the Forbidden Scroll!"

"Iruka-Sensei what are you talking about? Mizuki-sensei told me this was a copy and I was supposed to learn a jutsu to pass a secret graduation exam?" Iruka's eyes widened in realization.

"Naruto that scroll isn't a copy it's the real scroll that jutsu should have killed you because of how much chakra you have, however, we will talk later, for now, we need to get you back"

"What do you mean, and how did you get here before Mizuki-sensei he said this was a secret?" As Naruto was finished his questions a bunch of kunai suddenly appeared and hit Iruka wounding him.

"Naruto, Iruka is just trying to get the scroll so you don't have it on you." Mizuki Smirked.

"No Naruto, Mizuki is lying to you!"

"Oh, you want to talk about lying?"

"No Mizuki it's forbidden!"

"Naruto, do you want to know why the village hates you so much? It's because twelve years ago the nine-tailed fox was sealed inside of you! In other words, you are the fox that destroyed the village!" Mizuki shouted.

"Wh-what do you mean Iruka-sensei is this true?"

Once Mizuki saw that Naruto was distracted he took one of the Fuma shurikens he had on his back and threw it at Naruto hoping to kill him.

"Die demon!"

"Naruto look out!"

Iruka started running as fast as he could to Naruto but he was too slow as the shuriken embedded itself into Naruto's back severing his spine.

'Waking' up Naruto looked around.

"Where am I, this looks like a sewer…"

Naruto started to walk around until he heard a deep and terrifying voice.

"Come to me, Naruto."

Naruto started going towards the voice but he got lost again, but every time he became lost the voice would beckon Naruto to it once again. After what seemed to be 30 minutes Naruto reached a giant gate.

"Come closer child," The grisly voice told him.

Once Naruto was about 4 feet away from the gate a giant claw appeared and would have skewered Naruto if he hadn't fallen.

Afraid Naruto backed up quickly wanting to get away from the unknown entity.

Trembling in fear Naruto peered through the gate and what he saw horrified him even more.

He saw gleaming red eyes, giant teeth that looked like they could destroy the Hokage tower with a single bite, but the most horrifying part were the nine tails swaying behind it.

"So, what Mizuki said was true… I really am the demon that attacked the village."

"Don't make me laugh kid, if you are the demon then why am I behind these gates?"

Thinking about it Naruto realized the fox was right.

"Huh, so what's going on? Aren't I supposed to be dead or something I mean a giant shuriken cut into my back."

"While that would be true, I can't have you dead just yet. Sure I would just regenerate outside but that would take years, and that's annoying."

Hearing this Naruto just sweatdropped.

"Then why did you just try to kill me?"

"I-I'm not the smartest out there."

Naruto just nodded at this, finally starting to realize a gate just held back the strongest demon he asked a question he just thought of.

"Wait, how did that gate hold you back? I mean you destroyed thousands of things more powerful than a gate."

"Well brat, if you must know, this gate is just the physical form of the seal holding me back from destroying you. We are in what you would call a mindscape."

"A what now?"

Sighing Kyuubi answered his question, "A mindscape it's what your mind looks like based on your experiences and emotions, and I have to say, kid, this place is pretty bad."

"Wait, if this is my mind, shouldn't it be crumbling or just gone if I'm dead?"

"While that would normally be the case, for some reason that Orb that you absorbed isn't letting you die right now, however that doesn't mean you won't lose something."

"What!? Does that mean every time I 'die' I lose something I had!"

"Yes it does, now shut up and listen. Since this is the first time the only things you will lose is your horrible color choice, and that 'mask' you have."

"What mask?"

"That mask that you hide behind, the dumb one."

"Oh, wait what about orange I like that!"

"Exactly you are human, you are also going to be a ninja. A ninja that wears colors that bright is bound to get killed quickly."

"Alright fine, can I just go back I need to save Iruka-sensei!"

"Fine you sniveling brat," and with that, the Kyuubi let loose a roar, the shockwave kicked Naruto out of his mindscape and back into reality.

After getting 'kicked' out of his own mind Naruto woke up to Iruka sitting slouched on a tree fairly beaten and quite bloody. Getting up Naruto quietly walked behind a tree avoiding catching Mizuki's attention.

Whispering and making the handseal, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu," 20 clones of Naruto appeared and he then told them to use a henge, they henged into ANBU and the Hokage. Once they were all henged they jumped into the clearing surrounding Mizuki.

Mizuki looked at the clone that was henged as the hokage and started to sweat.

"Mizuki, surrender now and your punishment won't be as severe."

"W-What are you talking about Hokage-sama it was the Demon who took the scroll I was just retrieving it!"

"Don't even try Mizuki, I saw everything through my glass ball."

"Well then, I guess I'll just have to defeat you."

Back to the original, Naruto was grabbing Iruka and dragging him away, once he heard what Mizuki said he let out a curse. Seeing this Iruka guessed that it wasn't actual ANBU or the real Hokage.

Making the handseal again Naruto created 200 shadow clones, Mizuki seeing all the clones was confused, 'Why are there so many clones of a kid who can't even make 3?' All of a sudden they launched at Mizuki overwhelming him in less than a minute.

Amazed Iruka made up his mind, Naruto is more than ready to become a genin.

"Naruto come here, and close your eyes I have a surprise for you."

Silently walking towards Iruka he closed his eyes and waited, he felt Iruka taking off his goggles and putting on something else but he didn't know what.

"Okay, you can open your eyes now."

Opening his eyes Naruto looked at Iruka and noticed his Hitai-ate was off, reached up and touched his own forehead. What he felt was something he did not think was going to be on his head.

Walking forward Naruto hugged Iruka and quietly said thank you. Hearing that Iruka smiled.

And that's my first chapter, I don't know how long it will take for me to get the 2nd chapter out but it will probably take me a while, this first chapter actually took me about a month to type up. Also I didn't want to ruin the surprise I have for what that thing in the scroll was, but I also didn't want to completely copy the show so I changed Naruto a bit more, so I can write him a bit better. I hope you liked this first chapter because it has 3053 words. I wanted to hit 5k words a chapter, but this chapter was taking so long to write as it is so I wanted to post it when I hit the end of episode one. So I hope you enjoyed this chapter, if you did make sure to leave a review they help a lot.