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My name is Naruto Namikaze, im a 12 year old academy student in konohagakure no sato. my father is none other then the yondaime hokage Minato Namikaze, he's a nice man who takes great pride in protecting the village at whatever cost, even if that cost is spending time with his family. I also have a sister named yoko, were twins but were nothing alike first off the village seems to worship the ground she walks on as if she where kami herself (okay i may be exagerating a bit but you get my point) second she's the best student in the academy second only to the prodigal last uchiha. i myself just so happen to be the dead last in the class, its not a lucrative gig but someones gotta do it... oh who am i kidding i'd give anything to be the rookie of the year, hell i'd give anything just not to be the dobe anymore.

There are a select few things im my life that i enjoy hole-heartedly and with no shame at all ramen just so happened to be at the top of this list with pranking coming in at a very close second, i had painted the hokage monument after all the one that held my own father's face (HEY EVERYONES FAIRGAME). So as i sat at the ichiraku ramen stand slurping down my fourth bowl pondering one of lifes great mysteries like why the sky was blue or the grass green... actually i was wondering how the hell i was going to pass the academy exam tomorrow, This would be my third try if i didnt pass this time i would be expelled from the academy hokages sons or not. i always got caught on that damnable clone jutsu, it never made any sense it was quite possibly the easy ninjutsu in existence an i would bomb it everytime. I could do the transformation flawlessy, hell i was so good it was actually real. and though not nearly as good as the transformation i could perform the substitution reasonably well. It had to have something to do with my chakra control thats the only thing that could explain my ability to do the other jutsu yet fail miserably at the clone jutsu. But everytime i brought it up to one of the instructors at the academy they simple said they didnt have anything that could help me. I had though of bringing it up to iruka but figured it would just be a waste of time.

i feel someone slap me on the shoulder an see iruka slip into the seat next to me, speak of the devil and he shall appear or so they say

"hey naruto whats got you with such a pondering look?" said iruka after ordering one bowl of miso ramen." im just thinking about the exam tomorrow sensei."

iruka looked at me and said "i wouldnt be to worried naruto as long as you do your best im sure you'll pass"

i looked down dejectedly into my ramen"i guess."

iruka looked at me suprised "is that doubt i hear, thats not usual like you naruto your usually so gung ho about graduating."

i look up into iruka's eyes and say " its my third try sensei and ive never been able to make a proper clone."

iruka sits in a thinking pose " true, any idea why you've had such problems with the clone jutsu?"

i look up at him surprised that he would even care to ask "well yea i think my chakra control is to finaky to do it. you wouldn't know anything to fix that would ya." i said hoping beyond hope that iruka would pool some miracle jutsu out of his ass that would alleviate my problem. He looked at me sadly and said " sorry naruto but i dont know of anything that could help you in only a single night." i sighed"i figured as much".

we sat and talked a couple minutes more before iruka finished his bowl and payed for his meal. As he was walking out he looked back at me and said " don't worry too much naruto im sure you'll figure it all out tomorrow." as he turned and left i thought over his words. he was right i always seemed to pull through these things by the skin of my teeth. I kept that thought in my head as i went to sleep that night.

I awoke the next day feeling surprisingly refresh as i looked over at my alarm clock i realized it wasn't ringing. then my sleep addled mind to realized it was 7:23 in the morning, my eyes had never been wider. the academy started at 7:30 in the morning and the exam would start immedialty after."IM GONNA BE LATE!" i screamed as i attempted to escape the prison my sheets had become during the night only to fail miserably and land face first on the ground "ugh.." i groaned as i got up.

I raced through my room to find all my clothes and supplies as quickly as possible " i refuse to be the only person in history to be expelled from the ninja academy for being tardy!" i yelled triumphently as i finish getting my stuff and sped towards the academy. thank god they lived fairly close.

as i crashed it to the classroom panting from the run iruka turns to me and says "glad you decided to join us naruto." " sorry iruka-sensei i over slept and someone decided not to wake me." i glare at yoko in the front seat. she looks at me and says "what im not your maid." UGH typical yoko.

" naruto please take your seat so we may begin." iruka says hoping to head off the argument that would surely ensue. I took my seat so as not to envoke irukas wrath as he tended to get a little heated sometimes. Iruka turns to the class and begins to go over the rules of the exam and what not. As this is goin i take my chance too look around the room.

The first my eyes land on is Sasuke Uchiha a.k.a. the last uchiha a.k.a. broody mick brood meister . He was sitting in his usually broody position looking for all the world as if he was contemplating taking the stick out of his ass or not but that's just my opinion. He was loved by all the girls in class, well not all the girls his sister and hinata hyuuga seemed to not be infatuated with him. God he hoped his sister wasnt a secret sasuke fan-girl. Speaking of his sister she was seated at the front as she usual was paying rapt attention as the good little student she was.

she held a striking resemblance to there mother or so he'd been told, never having the opportunity to actually meet her except for when he was just a baby after all. she had dark red hair that was long and straight, she also had violet eyes. she wore a white kimono with red triming the edges and a black and red obi with black ninja pants underneath. she was the epitome of what a kunoichi strived to be, beautiful and deadly.

next to her sat choji akimichi and shikamaru nara. Two best friends who seemed to enjoy each others company, well atleast choji enjoyed it, shikimaru seemed to think anything that involved even the slightest bit of effort to be troublesome. The seemed like nice guys and when he had the rare occasion of actually interacting with them they were amicable enough.

a few seats away from them sat one ino yamanaka a die-hard sasuke fangirl to the core. She seemed to think her and sasuke were destined to be together as if it were written in the stars. he found this hilarous for the simple fact that he was pretty sure that sasuke was batting for the other team if you no what i mean. next to her sat sakura haruno ino's rival in the bid to win sasukes heart or atleast thats what they told each other. naruto was head over heels in love with her for reasons even he couldnt discern. Probably something to do with powerful women and being dominated but he wasnt quite at that stage of puberty yet.

a row behind them sat kiba inuzuka. He was a loud mouth jackass who deserved to have his bell rung and naruto was rearen to be the one to do it. next to him sat shino aburame. Creepy, that was the only way to describe him in narutos mind. behind them sat the ever quiet and shy hinata hyuuga. naruto couldnt remember a single time he had actual had a conversation with hinata, sure he'd heard her speak before in class but they had never spoken directly. but from what he could gather she seemed nice enough if not a little timid... okay alot timid but hey it worked for her she gave off this vibe that said 'im an innocent little girl hold me'. iruka was just wrapping up the rules and regulations of the exam " okay everyone when your name is called please proceed to the room next door to be evaluted." said iruka.

Hours seemed to roll by as one person after another left and returned with there headband. i was growing increasinlgy nervous until finally iruka called out "Naruto Namikaze your turn". i nearly shat a brick when he called my name. This could quite possible be the end of my ninja career before it even started. "naruto" i was too lost in my own abyss of despair to hear iruka say my name until he yelled " NARUTO!" i looked up suprised " oh.. sorry sensei" i said as i got up an went to the next room. Mizuki was already seated at the desk at the back as iruka came in behind me closing the door and taking a seat behind the desk.

" okay naruto i need you to make three clones for you to pass 'k" iruka said looking at me with a warm smile. i nod my head as i begin to gather my chakra and make the appropriate hand seals. in a poof of smoke three disfigured clones appear and my heart sinks cause i know i wont pass. " im sorry naruto but i can'..." iruka began but is interrupted by mizuki " oh come on iruka cut the kid some slack he technically made three clones" mizuki argues. " true... but... no im sorry naruto but these clones just wont make the cut." iruka says sadly he was really hoping naruto would pull through but seems fate had another plan for him. i look down, i cant believe it i blew it there was no second chances now.

I silently leave the room and exit the academy were i see all the graduates and there friends and family celebrating. my own father wasnt there but i didn't expect him anyways what with being the hokage and what not but it still hurt a little. i took a seat on the swing across the street from the academy and just watched. after some time yoko came out with her headband gleaming proudly. she saw me and for just a second i thought i could see some sadness in her but it passed before could i be sure. she walked over to me and said " so you failed huh" wow sis thanks for the kick to the balls as if i wasn't already down enough " why do you care anyways just leave me alone yoko" she looked concerned for a moment before she whacked me over the head and walked away "HEY!" i screamed but she just ignored me.

"stupid yoko always has to be a dick" when i hear a voice behind me " now thats not a nice thing to say about your sister naruto" i turn around to see mizuki-sensei " so its the truth " mizuki chuckled then said " how would you like another chance at being a ninja naruto" i looked hopefully towards mizuki-sensei " how sensei" mizuki smile and said " in the hokage tower theres a scroll called the sacred scroll of seals, all you have to do to pass is steal the scroll and learn a jutsu from it" naruto looked sceptical but he was desperate and willing to do anything to be a ninja "ill do it sensei!" mizuki had a grin that was possitively evil but i was too exiceted to notice. " okay once you have the scroll bring it to me, ill be in the forest behind the academy" mizuki said.

Getting the scroll wasnt actually that hard, though i did run into a snag in the name of minato namikaze. " naruto what are you doing hear so late shouldnt you be in bed." my father said in suprise. " ugh... nothing dad nothing... SEXY JUTSU" i did the only thing i could think of and it worked like a charm. so as i stepped over my fathers unconscious body, who would have thunk the man a closet pervert, i went into his study to look for the scroll. it was very easy too find i mean how many four foot long scrolls are just layin around. I raced out of the hokage tower so as not to be caught by my waking father.

once i got to the forest i sat down and opened the scroll. there was a million damn jutsu in here and they all looked incredibly hard to master. " ugh just my luck" i groan until i spot the shadow clone jutsu it seems easy enough i mean its only got one handseal how hard could it be.

five minutes later i scream to the heavens "THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE" each time i try it they just dissolve out of exist right away. " maybe i should put more chakra in them" i ponder out loud. i stand up an gather as much chakra as possible" SHADOW CLONE JUTSU" in a giant puff of smoke the whole forest is covered in clones. " YATTA i did it" i screamed when i hear a voice behind me " naruto, i finally...found...you" iruka says in shock behind me he cant believe there are so many clones. he shakes his head to clear his thought's then yells " WHAT WERE YOU THINKING NARUTO! stealing the forbidden scroll of seals." i look at him confused a minute as i release the jutsu and disperse the clones " but that was part of the test sensei" iruka looks extremely confused " test... what test?" "the makeup test so i could still be a ninja, mizuki-sensei told me about it" a look of realization passes over irukas face " naruto there is no makeup test, mizuki tricked you to get the scroll"

just as he finished mizuki jumped into one of the trees above " ah iruka always such a troublsome little nat arent you". iruka turns to mizuki an says" why mizuki why try to steal the scroll" mizuki laughs and it sends shivers down my spine " HaHaHa why iruka, for power of course" mizuki turns to me ands says" now naruto why dont you hand the scroll over to me" iruka turns to me quickly and says" no naruto no matter what you do dont give the scroll to mizuki" mizuki sneers at iruka then turns to me with a smirk " say naruto would you like to know why the village hates you so much" i turn to him suprised "tell me please" i beg, i need to know.

iruka looks mortiphied " no mizuki you cant its forbidden" mizuki ingores iruka completey " well naruto the reason the villages hates you is because on the day of your birth the nine tails attacked the village killing thousands the only way to stop it was to seal it into a new born baby, you naruto were that baby" mizuki began to laugh histericaly as my world crumbled around me " dont you see now naruto you are the nine tailed fox" i was horrified, it couldnt be it just couldnt.

mizuki took this opportunity to throw the massive shuriken on his back, but i was to lost in my own despair to notice until i felt iruka push me out of the way and take the shuriken to the back with a sickening thud. i looked up surprised " wh..why sensei" iruka just smiled that big smile at me, though he still looked pained " because naruto you are one of my precious students, run naruto run and take the scroll " mizuki snorts " please iruka we both know you hate naruto i mean the ninetails did kill your parents after all" i was at a lose for words i had to get away.

i got up and scurried behind one of the trees when iruka started talking again " your right mizuki i do hate the ninetailed fox" my heart sank it was all a lie just to protect the scroll, i begin to tear up " but naruto and the fox are not one and the same, naruto is the prison and the fox the prisoner"iruka starts " i trust naruto to hold the kyuubi back and for that he's precious to me" tears of joy leak out through my eyes , i was precious to someone it was an amazing feeling.

" whatever iruka i was going to allow you to live but now your just in my way prepare to die" mizuki leaps at iruka but irukas no slouch and defends himself " you never could beat me before mizuki what makes you think you'll be victorious now" iruka says between blows. " we both now your putting on a strong face iruka that shuriken earlier greatly decreased your chances of surviving this fight, and if i remember correctly you never beat me either" and what he said was true irukas previous injuries were taking a great toll on him it was only a matter of time before he slipped up.

the moment came when iruka stumbled over a root on the ground, the look of pure horror on his face as he fell was amazing to mizuki. he let loose his final giant shuriken towards iruka to finish him off when it was caught in mid air. "nobody lays a hand on my sensei and gets away with it!" i yelled with enough fury to make the daimyo piss himself. "SHADOW CLONE JUTSU" i yell as the forest around us is blanketed in smoke. The smoke clears to reveal thousands of clones. iruka looks on "naruto..." he whispers in awe. mizuki shows his first sighs of fear that night but quickly shakes it off " it doesnt matter if theres one or a thousand of you im a chunnin your just a dead last academy drop out" my angers spikes " GET HIM!" at one we all jump on mizuki, punching and kicking for all im worth.

Twenty minutes or so later mizuki was a big ball of hurt and i was standing over him triumphently. iruka looked on with pride as he walked up to me " close your naruto i have a gift for you." i looked at him strangely " your not gonna do anything weird are ya sensei." he looked at me in exasperation " shut up idiot and close your eyes or i wont give you your gift" i smile at him" fine...fine" i close my eyes and feel him put a piece of cloth on my forehead i open my eyes and see iruka without his headband. " i hereby pronouce you naruto namikaze a genin of konohagakure no sato, serve her proudly" iruka says and i jump at him and hugged him as hard as i could " ouch naruto i still have injuries you know." i laugh " sorry sensei im just so excited" he laughs along with me and i feel as if alls right in the world. " so anyone wanna explain to me why my son stole the sacred scroll of seals" i look over and see my father, ah crap.