Authors Note:

I have nothing to say... So just read.

Naruto just accepted his head protector and is sitting in his seat at the academy next to Sakura who was gawking at Sasuke next to her. 'What's so special about Sasuke?' Naruto thought with distaste. Sakura noticed and sent him a glare. Naruto made a nervous laugh. Right then Iruka sensei walked in with the paperwork that listed the teams and their next Sensei. Naruto thought back to the night before.

Flash Back:

Naruto was panting sitting on the grass. He was out of breath from trying to use the shadow clone jutsu. Which he eventually got it down. A shadow appeared over Naruto and he looked up.

"It's all over," Iruka sensei was standing before him with his fists on his thighs. He gave out a chuckle that made Naruto nervous. So he laughed back rubbing the back of his neck. Iruka's face was more serious this time as he got out of his crouched position. "Huh?" He responded to Naruto's laugh.

Naruto laughed not as nervous this time around and said, "Your quick sensei. I only had time to learn one technique."

'He's been out here practicing. I can tell how hard he's been working,' Iruka thought.

"Listen Iruka sensei I'm gonna show you this amazing jutsu and you're gonna let me graduate and everything will be okay," Naruto said all in one sentence, "That's the way it works right? Anyone who learns a jutsu from this scroll passes."

"Huh...," Iruka was surprised by what Naruto had told him, "Where did you get that idea?"

"Mizuki sensei told me about it. Believe it!" Naruto jumped around to show his sensei the scroll strapped on his back. "He told me where to find the scroll and... this... place," Naruto slowed down on what he was saying when he saw Iruka's face frozen and sweat running down the side.

Iruka pictured Mizuki in the back of his mind. 'Mizuki?' Iruka's neck whipped to the right when he saw kunai directed his way. "Look out!" He pushed Naruto's chest enhancing the chakra in his hand so he would be pushed a little further away. Naruto hit the ground ten feet away from Iruka. Iruka was pinned to the building with a kunai in his right leg, blood escaping the wound. His clothes were also pinned to the building.

"I see you found our little hide-a-way," Mizuki mischievously chuckled.

"So that's the way it is, huh," Iruka said still pinned to the wall, "I should have known."

Mizuki was crouched on a tree branch with two shuriken strapped to his back. "Naruto," Mizuki called out, "give me the scroll now!"

"W-wait a minute," Naruto said confused looking to Mizuki and then to Iruka, "What's going on here?"

Iruka pulled the kunai out from his leg. "Naruto don't let Mizuki get the scroll," Iruka commanded. "It contains hidden jutsu that can put this village in great danger," he informed, "Mizuki used you to get the scroll for himself. For his own power." Naruto was angered by this and disappointed that he let himself get used so easily.

"Naruto," Mizuki insinuated, "Iruka is just trying to scare you because he doesn't want you to have the scroll." Naruto looked wide eyed at Mizuki now standing, on the same branch from before. He looked at Iruka 'Is he telling the truth? Who should I trust?' Naruto thought to himself not wanting to listen to the wrong person.

"He's lying," Iruka claimed, "Don't let him trick you Naruto."

Mizuki chuckled, "Oh I'll tell you who's really lying."

"No Mizuki!" Iruka shouted.

"These people have been lying to you your whole life Naruto," Mizuki said, "Since the decree twelve years ago."

"What decree?" Naruto squinted to see Mizuki in the shadows.

"Everyone knows except you," Mizuki claimed, "Iruka's trying to hide it from you even now."

"What decree," Naruto asked, "and why does everyone else know except me?"

"Don't tell him Mizuki," Iruka shouted, "It's forbidden!"

"No one can tell you... the nine tailed fox is inside you," Mizuki divulged with a cynical face. Naruto's eyes widen. "The fox spirit that destroyed our village and killed Iruka's parents has taken over your body. You are the nine tail fox!"

Naruto spaced out. 'I-I'm the nine tails?' He thought to himself. "No! No-no-no," Naruto repeated to himself his chakra swirling around him out of rage. Mizuki was yelling at him about everyone in the village hating him even Iruka sensei. Iruka sensei was holding his wounded leg in pain. Iruka thought back to what the Hokage said to him that day. About how Naruto grew up without any parents, just like him, and was looking for attention.

"Die Naruto!" Mizuki threw one of his shuriken at him. Naruto fell to the ground and tried to crawl away in fear for his life.

"Naruto get down!" Iruka shouted. Naruto stopped crawling and put his hands over his head. Hoping the shuriken wouldn't hit him. He heard it make impact but not on him. 'If not him, what?' Naruto asked himself in his head. He looked up to see Iruka sensei over him and the shuriken in his back.

"W-why?"

Iruka was coughing up blood. "Because where the same."

Flash back over:

"Okay," Iruka got everyone's attention, "It's time to set up your teams."

'I'll have to thank him later,' Naruto thought in his head, 'but I still can't believe I'm the nine tails.' He was lost in thought for a little while longer. When Naruto heard his name he snapped out of it and looked up, "Naruto... Sakura..."

He jumped up out his seat shouting, "Yeah!"

While Sakura's head went down and groaned, "Nooo."

"...and Sasuke." Iruka announced.

This time Sakura jumped up shouting, "Yes!"

"Sensei! Why does a great ninja like me have to be stuck with an idiot like him?" I opposed with distaste in my mouth after saying the word him.

Iruka rested his face in his palm. "Because Naruto... Sasuke has the best results in this class, while you on the other hand have the worst. It's only fair to the other teams." Everyone laughed while Naruto grumbled and sat back down in his seat sinking in low. After Iruka announced the rest of the team's and told them they were to meet their new sensei tomorrow, Naruto left following after Sakura who was looking for Sasuke.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Authors Note:

~Yeah I know lame chapter. But I felt I had to put it. At least its two chapters a few days apart. Well it's more a prologue and one lame chapter. But the prologue was interesting. I promise the next chapter will be interesting. Just a little. Can't say for sure how interesting just a lot more interesting than this one.

~Uhhh... I was going to put something else... Oh that's right! I re-watched the first episode of Naruto just for this chapter. I realized the first episode is soooooooooooooo more noob-ish than the episode I am on. Which is in Shippuden when they just revealed who is the masked man. Not spoiling it for those who haven't gotten to it. Just in case. If anyone tells me what happens I WILL track you down! Don't take my words lightly! I know people who are good at that kind of stuff.

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