Author's Note: Hey everyone! Gizzy143 here. I've been wanting to write a rewrite of Naruto's story for a long time, but I just never got to it. This one should be interesting, as I've never seen anything like this. Well, lets begin!
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"Dialogue"
'Thoughts'
"Telepathic Communication"
"Kurama's Dialogue"
(Location)
Jutsu Name
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Warning: The following story will contain strong language, violence and gore, and lemons later on in the story. If you do not like these types of things, do not read.
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[Chapter 1: Trickery]
"What do you think you're doing out here Naruto?" An out of breath and seemingly irate scar-faced, brown ponytail wearing chunin Umino Iruka asked rhetorically to a young blonde boy with whisker-marks on his cheeks. He already knew of course, everyone his level and higher knew. Naruto had been caught leaving the Hokage Tower with the Forbidden Scroll of Seals, the scroll with tons of Konohagakure no Sato's secret and most well guarded techniques ever created. This was right up there with treason, even for a child like Naruto. It explains why Iruka had hunted him down and found him deep inside of the forests outside of the village walls.
The blonde boy simply held his hand behind his neck, rubbing it while grinning sheepishly, "I found you Iruka-sensei!"
Iruka's eye twitched, "Idiot! I found you!" His expression then softened, "Naruto what on earth possessed you to take the scroll like that? Don't you know it's forbidden?"
Naruto chuckled like a goof for a moment before standing up and looking proud of himself, "You caught me fast Iruka-sensei, I only had time to learn two jutsu from the scroll. There's so many jutsu in here! And they all sounded awesome!" That one tidbit of information made Iruka's eyebrows rise under his headband in surprise, "But everything's okay now because I can graduate! That's how it works isn't it? I get the scroll and learn a jutsu from it and I can graduate even if I failed! I even learned two from it!"
There wasn't an inch of lie in Naruto's eyes at all that Iruka could decipher, not that Naruto could effectively lie to a ninja his level anyway, but he was completely sincere. He honestly believed what he was saying, "Naruto, who told you this? I have to tell you now right off that it's not true. Someone lied to you." Iruka asked, seeing Naruto's face drop from one of triumph to disbelief.
"What?" He said in a panicked voice, "B-But Mizuki-sensei was the one that gave me the test. He said it was a make-up for the graduation exam." Hearing the despair in his voice worked Iruka's heart for the boy. He was deceived by someone that should have had his best interests at heart and was to be used as a scapegoat. And what could Naruto do? To trust your sensei to do what was right was no sin, no crime. If it were than Mitarashi Anko would be locked away or dead by now for what her sensei had done while she was under him.
"Mizuki lied to you Naruto. He used you to get the scroll for himself and have you take the fall for him," Iruka told the blonde boy. A sneer, followed by a chuckle, could be heard from the trees. A shine of three black kunai came fast at the pair of teacher and student, giving Iruka just a sliver of time to push Naruto out of the target zone.
"Good work Naruto," Mizuki said from a distance. He looked over at Iruka, who was standing in front of the blonde boy. The Jinchuriki was on all fours, hovering over the large scroll. "Now hand over the scroll and you'll get your headband." Naruto looked back to see the white-haired man in the trees, grinning down at him. Iruka looked over at the blonde. Naruto was now looking at him, unsure what to do.
"He knows you lied to him, Mizuki! Stop the act! I know you wanted the Scroll of Sealing all to yourself!" Iruka yelled up to the trees. Like that was simply going to make Mizuki give up. Obviously he wanted the scroll to himself.
Mizuki sneered at Iruka before turning a kinder look to the young boy behind the scar-faced chunin, "Naruto did you ever wonder why everyone hates you? Everyone in the village knows about it but you."
Naruto glowered at Mizuki, "I don't care what you have to say you bastard! You tricked me! Now who knows what's going to happen to me. If you think you're getting this scroll from me you're going to have to walk over my cold, dead body to get it!"
Mizuki frowned, he really wanted to take the demon brat down a peg, but he was going to die whether he told him the truth or not so it didn't really matter in the end. He shook his head before taking another large shuriken from his back, "Well that was the general idea when I had you take it for me Naruto. No one would miss you once you were gone, trust me."
Iruka looked back and saw that Mizuki's words cut deep inside of Naruto from the change of expression on his face. Even he knew it was true, "Mizuki…" Iruka growled lowly, "Surrender now. I don't want to have to hurt you, it doesn't have to be this way."
Mizuki let out a loud bark of laughter, "Why would I possibly surrender? All I've got standing in my way is a lackluster schoolteacher and the talentless dropout dead-last of his class. If I lose to a glorified babysitter like you Iruka I deserve to be punished."
"Naruto." Iruka said firmly, keeping his eyes on his fellow teacher, "I'm going to need you to stay out of the way. Can you do that for me? Get far out of the way so that you don't get caught up in this fight." He would have told him to go and get them some help, but if he went to anyone else other than himself Naruto would probably have been immediately detained or even killed. It would have been a boy who cried wolf scenario.
Naruto nodded hesitantly and picked up the scroll, however the second he made his move to leave Mizuki launched three shuriken at him. The only thing that saved him was some spot on marksmanship from the instructor seemingly on his side in this situation, Iruka.
"You're going to fight for that little monster Iruka?" Mizuki shook his head as he saw Naruto vanish into the woods, "I thought you were smarter than that. You know you can't beat me. All this grading papers for the last several years made you lose what little talent you have, clearly you couldn't move up."
Iruka wanted to laugh in Mizuki's face. Oh well, he was about to get his in just a moment anyway. Obviously he had been whipping himself into shape for this little plan of his, but it wasn't like Iruka had just been sitting on his ass doing nothing. A withdrawal of a black kunai readied a fighting stance for himself. The scarred teacher stood watching the trees, awaiting the moment for his fellow teacher to strike.
"You're really gonna make me kill you Iruka?" Mizuki yelled, jumping down from the branches. He launched a four shuriken at Iruka who, with a swift clash of his kunai, blocked each from digging themselves into his skin. The white haired man raced towards Iruka, removing his own kunai to slash at the ponytailed man. Iruka blocked, struggling to hold his own.
'Damn. Mizuki really has been training for this day and I've been stuck with kids and books. I'm combat rusty,' Iruka thought. A drip of sweat streaked from his temple and down to his chin.
Iruka sent a swift kick to Mizuki's chest, causing the treasonous teacher to stumble a bit. He quickly regained composure however, and sent a fist to Iruka's cheek. The scarred man jumped backwards, wiping the spot of blood off his lips. Iruka swiftly formed a few hand seals, jumping back with a backflip. He raised a tiger seal to his mouth, inhaling.
"Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu!" Iruka released a large ball of flames directly at Mizuki. While Iruka preferred to avoid using chakra-based techniques, considering his incredibly low amount of chakra, he was able to master the Fire Release and Water Release styles. The scarred man smiled, watching the semi-large fireball explode. He quickly stood, panting a bit from the large amount of chakra he had just wasted. Even though 'Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu' was an Uchiha-based jutsu, it was something Iruka had worked on himself to master. While he never got it as big as an Uchiha could without activation of the Sharingan, his was sizable enough to do its job. A surprise came to Iruka's face, when a shout from the fireball's path came from the white haired chunin.
"Doton: Doryūheki!" Mizuki yelled. A large wall of earth sprouted from the ground, blocking off the flames of the fireball from making contact with him. Iruka sucked his teeth, upset that the battle had to continue. He was already low on chakra from a single fireball, now he had to continue with the fight. Once the fireball faded away, he saw the broken down mud wall begin to crumble. Mizuki threw shuriken through the cracks of the wall of earth, surprising Iruka.
'Iruka doesn't have much chakra. A surprise attack like this will force him into either using another jutsu to counter, or take the shuriken and flee. Either way, I win,' Mizuki thought.
Iruka watched the five shuriken fly towards him, not having enough time to counter all of them. He needed to think quickly. If he dodged to the left or right, Mizuki would combat him with a taijutsu-based attack. If he jumped, he had the vulnerability to be hit with a jutsu he couldn't dodge midair. The only way he could counter was to use a water-based jutsu or take the impact. He wasn't sure where the shuriken would strike his body, however, and didn't want them to hit a vital point. This forced Iruka into a pickle, making him use a water-style jutsu to counter Mizuki. He quickly formed three hand seals as the shuriken spiraled towards him.
"Suiton: Mizurappa!" A jet of water escaped his mouth, knocking the shuriken away while destroying the mud barrier Mizuki created. A water-style attack surprised him. He didn't expect Iruka to counter with water. It also went against his hopes, knowing fire-style drains chakra more than water does. This meant Iruka had enough chakra for at least one more taijutsu encounter or a finishing jutsu. As the jet of water broke through the wall, Mizuki jumped out of the way of the stream, looking at Iruka. A 'poof' of smoke appeared and a large windmill-like shuriken became visible in his hand. He launched it towards his fellow teacher, who broke the jutsu to jump over the weapon. Mizuki raced towards Iruka, swinging a kick to Iruka's face. This knocked the ponytailed man out of the air and into a tree, where he slumped over. A cough escaped his lips, pouring some blood out of his mouth. Mizuki's lips curled into a smirk, as he removed a kunai he walked towards the teacher.
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"Naruto! Do you want to know why everyone in the Village hates you?" Mizuki yelled. "I can tell you if you want."
Naruto's eyes widened, grasping hold tightly around the scroll in his arms. He felt fear washing over himself, scared for his life. The blonde Jinchuriki saw the large-scale fight that was taking place behind him, and wanted to avoid confrontation with either of them as much as possible. That was the wisest choice he could've made. But, hearing Mizuki offer to tell him why everyone hated him was tempting. It was something he had always wanted to know. Naruto glanced to his side, spotting three discarded kunai in the dirt.
'Maybe I can put this new jutsu to the test,' Naruto thought.
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"Mizuki! Be quiet! You're not supposed to say anything!" Iruka yelled at him. Mizuki planted his foot to Iruka's chest, pressing hard on the mans ribs. The scar-faced man coughed, feeling the compression on his ribs. He could've swore he heard a crack.
"You know about that night, twelve years ago? The one where the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon attacked the Village. Where our beloved Yondaime Hokage was killed in battle?" Mizuki yelled out into the trees.
"M-Mizuki..." Iruka tried to warn him, to no avail. He could barely speak with the amount of pressure Mizuki put on his chest.
"Naruto... The reason nobody ever told you why they hated you is because of a secret law everyone except you knew about. What is that law, you may be wondering? It's the law that forbids you to find out about you being the Nine-Tails Fox Demon!" Mizuki yelled aloud. Iruka struggled beneath the man's foot, when suddenly he released the pressure off the scarred man's chest. Iruka gasped for air, watching as Mizuki prepared his kunai for a fatal attack.
"Naruto..." Iruka softly said, awaiting the swift death he was about to experience.
"This is why Iruka has always hated you. You're the one who killed his family. His mother and father. This is why he'll never accept the worthless piece of shit that you are!" Mizuka yelled into the night, maniacally laughing with each word he spoke.
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Hearing those words blew Naruto's mind. He was the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon? It's something he never would've expected. This was shocking. Tears began to trail down his cheeks, feeling sadness of the fate he was given flush over his mind. He then heard Iruka speak, gripping the kunai in his hand with great strength.
"I don't accept the fox demon. I'll never accept him. But Naruto... I will always accept him. He's an exceptional student. He's a precious student of mine, who I would protect with my life." Iruka said through his gasps for breath. Mizuka scoffed, raising his kunai.
"Those are your last words? Pathetic." He began to stab downwards with the intention of killing his fellow teacher when he saw a kunai plant into the tree, directly above Iruka's head.
"Naruto! You should've ran off! Why are you still here! Are you stupid?" Iruka yelled out. Mizuki chuckled to himself, raising the kunai once again as he stabbed downwards. Suddenly, a voice spoke from in front of him as Naruto's image flickered to life where the kunai was.
"Hiraishin no Jutsu!" Naruto yelled, swiftly sending a full-force kick to Mizuki's face. The force of the kick sent Mizuki flying backwards into the middle of the clearing in the trees. Iruka's eyes widened at Naruto's use of the jutsu.
'Hiraishin no Jutsu? Thats...'
Naruto placed the scroll down, staring Mizuki in the face. The white haired man slowly stood up, looking the blonde academy student in the eyes.
"Like I'm scared of a puny little runt's jutsu. So what if that's a high level technique? I won't fall for it again. Come here and let me squash you, punk." Mizuki said. Naruto snarled at him.
"Never. Lay. A. Finger. On. Iruka. Sensei. Again." Naruto warned him. He raised his hands, forming a cross with his fingers. "Tajū Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" A massive cloud of smoke filled the area, engulfing all three of the Konohagakure ninja. When the smoke cleared, the entire area was filled to the brim with copies of Naruto. Every nook and cranny of the area was filled with them, even all over the branches of the trees,
"What's the matter Mizuki-teme?" One of the Narutos shouted.
"Yeah, I thought you were going to kill us all with one shot?" Another teased.
"Well since you're not coming to us, we're coming to you!" And with that, the countless number of clones descended upon Mizuki and began beating the daylights out of him, the numbers were simply too much for someone like him to handle alone.
Iruka was astonished. Less than 18 hours earlier Naruto couldn't make one regular Bunshin, but here he was able to fill an entire forest clearing with the most complex clone jutsu known to Konoha, and he had done it seemingly effortlessly. That had to take an ungodly amount of chakra, how could he-?
Oh, yeah that... duh.
In a matter of moments Mizuki had been beaten to a pulp by Naruto and his countless Kage Bunshin, leaving one remaining Naruto standing over his prone form grinning sheepishly, "I guess I went a little overboard huh?"
"...Naruto..." Iruka mumbled, blinking a bit. Naruto grinned, laughing a bit. He scratched the back of his neck, handing the large scroll to Iruka.
"Sorry about the scroll. I didn't know that it was wrong to take it," Naruto told him. "I just wanted to graduate." Iruka nodded, taking the large scroll and holding it beneath his arm.
'Speaking of graduation,' Iruka thought. He smiled, waving Naruto closer.
"Kneel down for a minute," Iruka told him. "And shut your eyes." Naruto blinked, complying with no knowledge of what was going on. Iruka removed the green goggled that rested on his forehead and removed his blue headpiece, wrapping it around Naruto's brow. He tied it softly so Naruto wouldn't realize what was happening. "Okay, open your eyes." Naruto blinked, looking up at Iruka. He noticed the headband was missing, causing Naruto to look around on the ground.
"Iruka-sensei! Your headband is gone!" Naruto told him. Iruka facepalmed a bit, grabbing Naruto by the head.
"Baka! It's on your forehead. Congratulations, you graduate!" Iruka told him, grinning at the blonde. Naruto felt excitement fill his head, grinning at his scarred teacher with tears of joy pouring out of his sockets.
"Iruka-sensei!" Naruto yelled as he jumped onto his teacher.
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Jutsu List:
Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu: A technique where chakra kneaded inside the body is converted into fire and expelled from the mouth, either as a massive sphere or as a continuous flame-thrower. The released flames will engulf their target, and is capable of leaving a crater in the ground's surface. The scope of this attack is altered by controlling the volume of chakra that is mustered.
The Uchiha Clan uses this technique as a "coming of age" rite, and as such, it is a common and favoured technique amongst them.
Doton: Doryūheki: The user converts chakra in their body into an earthen material that they spit from their mouth; the more skilled the user, the greater the volume of earth can then be created. The earth quickly piles up into a defensive wall, blocking incoming attacks. Although the muddy material is solid on its own, it is further fortified with a coat of chakra, making it more resistant to fire and water than it would otherwise be.
Suiton: Mizurappa: The user spews water out from their mouth in a waterfall-like fashion to wash away the target. One can freely control the power of this technique by the amount of chakra released. While considered to be a basic Water Release technique, it has many variations.
Hiraishin no Jutsu: Before the Hiraishin no Jutsu can be performed, users must first mark a target with their "technique formula". The formula is applied after the merest touch and cannot be removed; it will remain in place even after the user has died. There is seemingly no limit to how many targets can be marked with technique formulas. A user's shadow clones also seem to double as a kind of technique formula. By entering a dimensional void, users can instantly teleport to a technique formula's location whenever they please, regardless of distance. Anything that the user is holding, contacting, or that is linked with their chakra will teleport with them, but this requires additional chakra to do; particularly large objects can require so much chakra as to place a limit on how far away the user is able to teleport. Users can choose to teleport to a different location than the objects, or they can teleport objects without teleporting themselves. In combat situations, the Flying Thunder God can most effectively be used by marking an opponent's body with the technique formula, allowing the user to teleport to them at anytime: when the marked opponent tries to attack, the user can attack them first; when the marked opponent tries to escape, the user can instantly appear at their side. While trying to find an opportunity to mark opponents, the Hiraishin no Jutsu also gives users a defensive option, as they can teleport away from an opponent's attacks. In order to take advantage of this, the technique formula is often applied to projectile weapons, which can quickly be scattered around a battlefield to create several teleportation destinations that can be escaped to and subsequently attacked from.
Kage Bunshin no Jutsu/Tajū Kage Bunshin no Jutsu: This jutsu allows the user to create one or more copies of themselves. The user's chakra is evenly divided between themselves and their clones: creating one clone will give it half the user's chakra, creating two clones will give each a third of the user's chakra, and so on.
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Hope you enjoyed! This is the beginning of a long, long fanfiction. Can't wait to start writing chapter two. I'll start doing character stats once Naruto is placed on his squad. Read my profile to find out the release date of the next chapter as well. Anyways, hope you enjoyed! Gizzy143 out.