9 Lords
This is the reason why nine people who have been mistreated and abused should never meet.
Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto
Chapter: 1
Naruto walked out of the testing room with his head down. He just shook his head in shame unable to grasp where he had went wrong. The test was going so well until he had to do that stupid clone jutsu and then he had failed greatly. He walked through the door to the room he had been learning for the past year and didn't look up as he walked towards the back. "Yo Naruto man!" Kiba and the others tried to call out but then they noticed Naruto didn't have a headband. "No way."
"He didn't pass?"
"Damit the last person before him was you Shino did Iruka-sensei have a problem or something." Shino looked at Shikamaru.
"Actually Iruka-san did indeed leave the room right aftre I finished the head master needed to speak with him about something." Shikamaru hummed.
"So Mizuki was in there alone with Naruto."
"Yes."
"You don't think Mizuki-sensei failed Naruto-kun on purpose do you?"
"No tangible proof but I wouldn't put it pass the man."
"That's a dangerous game to play Shikamaru if you call him out and it proves false you could get in a lot of trouble."
"Sasuke's right buddy."
"I know Choji but what do you think happened then."
"Clone jutsu." Everyone looked at Sakura.
"You mean he still didn't have that down." Sakura shook her head.
"No Naruto-kun was still struggling two days ago remember he put himself in seclusion to practice it with no distractions."
"Sakura is correct he wouldn't even tell us where he went." Ino looked at Hinata. "Right Hinata?"
"Yeah it was surprising to say the lees."
"Well should we talk to him?"
"No Kiba he won't be in a good mood the last thing we want is to set him off."
"Right the only one's who can even come close to him when he's like that are the girls."
"I'm not sure even we could get near him after this though." Hinata nodded her head.
"Sakura's right Naruto-kun just had his dream destroyed he wont want anyone near for a bit." Shikamaru sighed.
"Yeah that's what I thought."
"So we leave him be for now and figure out what happened ourselves."
"Pretty much Kiba." Kiba sighs.
"This is bullshit." Sasuke nodded.
"Yeah but we can't do much more than that at this moment." Naruto watched as almost every kid in his class ends up passing the exam and becoming ninjas. Naruto notices that the others are busy celebrating Hinata-chans passing and smiles as he sneaks out of the room.
"I don't deserve to be in that room anymore anyways."
"That's a little harsh don't you think?" Naruto growled as he turned around.
"What do you want Mizuki?" Mizuki rolls his eyes.
"First of all that's sensei at the end and second Naruto I know how much becoming a ninja means to you which is why I'm willing to share a secret extra credit option to you." Naruto in his happiness doesn't catch how suspicious this sounds.
"Really you mean I can still pass?" Mizuki smiled.
"Of course kid your fail was literally by a percent." Naruto smiled.
"I knew I had to be close." Mizuki nodded.
"Yeah so the only thing you need is to do this extra credit and boom you're a ninja."
"Then tell me what to do Mizuki-sensei."
"Alright kid."
Later that night
Naruto slowly moved towards the hokage tower. "This should be simple." All Naruto had to do was sneak into the old man's office grab a scroll and learn something off of it. Easy enough for the kid since he had practice of moving in the day without being seen so as to avoid the mobs that would try to attack him. "Now just to get inside." Naruto quickly moved through the tower which he knew better than anyone other than the hokage. Soon Naruto was inside the old man's office. "Now behind a bookshelf is the room." It takes Naruto five minutes but he finds the right one and is soon inside the hokage's personal library. "Ok the scroll is huge Mizuki said." Naruto facefaulted as he looked in the room and found it instantly. "Wow that's to simple." Naruto shrugged. "They never expected anyone in here without the hokage or someone else watching them I suppose." Naruto grabbed the scroll and hummed as he strapped it across his back. Naruto walked out of the room and replaced the bookshelf as he smiled. "Perfect."
"Naruto?" Naruto froze. "Naruto why do you have that scroll?" Naruto was panicking at this point and didn't make sense of the old man's words.
"Sorry old man but I have to pass."
"What?"
"Sexy no jutsu." Naruto vanished and in his place was a very good looking girl who only had clouds of smoke blocking her more private parts and leaving little to imagination. Sarutobi lasted all of five seconds till a massive nose bleed sent him flying head first into on of his office walls. "Sorry but I have to pass." Naruto released the jutsu and ran out of the office and easily escaped to the nearby forest. Naruto smirked. "Ok time to get that extra credit I'm sure when the old man is told why I did that to him he'll give me a pass." Naruto undid the scroll and started reading.
Two hours later
Naruto was exhausted but smiling. "Hah now I just have to wait."
"Naruto!" Naruto jumped as he turned and saw Iruka-sensei enter the clearing. Naruto smiled.
"Iruka-sensei you're here."
"Don't act all goofy at a time like this Naruto why did you steal the forbidden scroll?"
"Huh? But it's extra credit to pass the academy exam isn't it?"
"Who told you that?"
"Mizuki-sensei said if I got this scroll and learned a move from it I'd be able to pass." Iruka paled.
"That was a lie Naruto."
"What!"
"I'm sorry but there is no extra credit Naruto." Naruto looked down.
"Oh I see."
"It's a good thing I told you after all Iruka I knew you'd find the brat." The two look up and see Mizuki standing on a tree branch. "It was taking me ages to find the brat."
"Mizuki what's the meaning of this?"
"Heh Iruka you idiot this is for power when I give that scroll to my master I'll gain unlimited power."
"You used me!" Mizuki smirked.
"So who cares brat." Mizuki grabs some shuriken. "Both of you will have to die now." Mizuki flings the shuriken at Naruto who is caught off guard and can't move in time until Iruka takes the attack for him.
"Iruka-sensei!"
"Hah Iruka you idiot you'll die first it looks like." Mizuki smirks as Iruka turns to Naruto.
"Naruto run away now."
"What?"
"Now's not the time Naruto Mizuki can not get that scroll!" Naruto tears up as he turns and runs into the woods.
"You only bought him a little time Iruka I'll find him soon enough." Iruka coughed up some blood.
"That's funny I don't plan on letting you go after him at all." Mizuki smirked.
"Even at your best I'm the better of us and your already critically injured." Iruka smirked.
"That's my advantage." Mizuki rolled his eyes.
"Sure because I might underestimate you and in my believed easy victory leave myself open for attack." Iruka chuckled.
"Correct."
"Ok well I'll leave the daydreaming to you why I go get my scroll from that brat." Mizuki waves to Iruka as he runs off.
"Damn I don't know if I can get up or not." Iruka shakes his head. "Who cares I have to get up and protect Naruto and the forbidden scroll at all cost." Iruka pushes himself off the ground. "Time to prove I deserve my headband." Iruka pulls out a soldier pill and swallows it before running off.
"Where is that damn brat?" Mizuki was getting agitated by this cat and mouse game. Mizuki sighed. He was about to go ask for backup when Naruto came and blindsided him sending both of them falling to the ground below. "Damn brat!" Naruto smirked.
"I hope this hurts like hell bastard." Mizuki screamed in rage as the two crashed into the ground. Naruto hopped up quickly since he had used Mizuki's body as a cushion to protect himself from the fall. "Hah that was fun enjoy your nap traitor when you wake up you'll be in prison." Naruto smirked but it died when Mizuki started to push himself up.
"Don't get all cocky brat I'm not a ninja for nothing you know." Naruto groaned.
"Fine then I'll just kick your ass." Mizuki laughed at this.
"Well then before you die I'll tell you a secret." Naruto cocked his head to the side.
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"Why everyone even Iruka the hokage and your friends hate you." Naruto froze. "The reason no one loves you is because you are the nine-tailed fox that destroyed most of the village and killed so many people." Mizuki points at Naruto. "You are a monster and deserve death so for my people and village I will execute you in the name of peace." Mizuki grabbed the giant windmill shuriken from his back and spun it. "Time for you to die demon!" Mizuki flings the shuriken at the stunned boy and smirked. Naruto had so many conflicting emotions he couldn't think straight as the giant shuriken drew closer. Then just like that he was saved again as Iruka appeared and shoved him down as the shuriken hit him right in the spinal cord and he dropped like a ton of rocks.
"Iruka-sensei!" Iruka smiled at Naruto.
"I'm sorry I was to late to stop Mizuki from lying to you." Mizuki laughed.
"Oh really now who's lying you hypocrite." Iruka smiled.
"He's right about the fox but he lies when he says you are the demon." Iruka coughs up some blood. "You are Naruto Uzumaki a fellow member of our village and a child only fools like Mizuki think you a demon." Naruto stares at the ground.
"I see so that fox is inside me but not me huh?" Iruka smiles.
"Yes."
"Then how do I make them see that!?" Iruka started to cry as he looked to the ground.
"Everything you've been doing should be enough Naruto." Naruto froze.
"I see so they just hate me and refuse to see underneath their own hatred." Iruka nodded.
"I'm afraid so Naruto." Naruto picked up Iruka and sat him against a tree.
"I'll get you to the hospital soon sensei but first I need to finish with the trash." Naruto turned to Mizuki and entered his stance.
"Ha-ha you must be joking kid I'll kick your ass and make you watch me kill Iruka."
"No you won't." Everyone turned to where the voice came from to find another person. Naruto noted he was dressed like the ANBU but had a weird symbol on his mask.
"Why are you here?"
"Simple you failed us and our ally thinks we are betraying him so we must prove our sincerity to him." Mizuki growled.
"So you're going to give him my corpse as an apology."
"That about sums it up."
"Fuck you!" Mizuki pulls out a kunai. "I'll kill your ass first!" Mizuki yelled as he charged the suspicious looking ANBU member who moved at the last moment and in an instant drew his sword and slashed him across the stomach.
"You were always a stupid fool Mizuki." The man dressed like an ANBU member looked at Naruto and Iruka. "Well my job is nearly done here." Naruto was shaking as Iruka growled. "The choice is yours who lives today."
"What?" Iruka smirked.
"That's fine I'm already dead so Naruto lives."
"Iruka-sensei!" Iruka smiles.
"Go Naruto you need to get the scroll back to Hokage-sama." The man chuckled.
"I said you chose who lived not how."
"What!?"
"Simple the child has to leave the village and can't tell of what happened this night or his friends will suffer the consequences."
"This is how the world works huh." The man smiled.
"Yes."
"Naruto." Naruto smiled at Iruka.
"It's fine sensei I'll do what I always do." Naruto glared at the man. "I'll work my hardest and bring change to this world."
"Oh." Naruto nodded.
"Yes and now I know how to do it if the world only answers to power and those in charge I'll just become the strongest and take charge."
"Naruto you can't!" Naruto looked down at Iruka.
"I'm sorry sensei but I already tried to rise above everything thrown at me and if that won't work then I'll do what I must so something like this never happens again."
"Well then please do as you wish child I still must finish my job." Naruto walked out of the clearing as the man walked over to Iruka. "What a turn of events huh."
"You're a bastard." The man chuckled.
"Sure after this he will be a wanted man for the happenings of tonight." Iruka glared at the man. "This should be fun but first time to end this." The man took his sword and ran it through Iruka's chest. "And thus ends an era of peace." The man wipes his sword off on Iruka's body. "That boy will end up having to build an army to achieve his goal and fight the very powers that have ruled this land for years if he want's to bring his change." The man seethes his blade and walks away. "What will our future hold for us now?"
Naruto was ragging inside as he walked away from where he knew Iruka's dead body was. "God damn it!" Naruto couldn't handle the rage as he started picking up branches and other things and tossing them all over. "That mother fucker I'll kill him one day!"
"Who?" Naruto turns and sighs as he sees Sasuke standing in the clearing he was in.
"I can't tell you."
"Why?"
"I can't." Naruto removes the forbidden scroll of sealing from his back and sets it on the ground. "Take that to the old man for me Sasuke I have to leave."
"Really?"
"Yes it's for the better tell everyone I'm sorry." Sasuke sighs.
"They won't be happy."
"I know but the girls will get over it one day." Naruto turns and smirks at him. "Besides I'll be back trust me." Sasuke nods as he picks up the scroll.
"Right I'll be waiting with them for that day." Naruto waves as he walks away. Sasuke sighs as he turns and walks back to the city.
Rogue: And chapter.
Chaos: Wow um what is Naruto doing?"
Rogue: If you read the story you will learn.
Chaos: 'Sighs' Fine then well thanks for reading and please review guys and gals.