Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, only the ideas that I have planned for this story.

The academy bustled with noise as kids ran everywhere. Some were playing around with each other, while the older ones were talking with their parents. Everyone had a smile on their face, except for one individual.

Naruto sat on a lonely swing that hung from a tree towards the far corner of the academy yard. He watched with a sad face as everyone ran around laughing and having fun. He watched as his own classmates, mostly the clan children, all put on their headbands t show to their parents.

Naruto let out a sigh and looked down. Watching them only made him more sad. He moved the swing slightly, letting it gently rock him back and forth.

"He failed" someone said, but Naruto didn't bother to look up who it was. They were simply in earshot of him. He didn't hear what anyone else said as the people started moving out. Soon enough he was left all alone on the swing. He looked up and got ready to go when he felt something behind him.

Naruto quickly looked back, only to see Mizuki standing behind him. He had a smile on his face as he looked at Naruto.

"Hi" he said. Naruto looked back at him and frowned.

"I wanna be alone right now." Mizuki frowned when he heard this, but came forward a few steps.

"I'm sorry about what happened inside Naruto, but you see, I couldn't break the rules with Iruka right next to me." Mizuki moved forward a few steps again when Naruto looked back at him. "Let's just put that behind us. I'm here because I have come up with a way for you to pass the test."

Naruto looked back fully this time, and Mizuki smiled again. "fool."

"Like I said Naruto, I have a way for you to pass the test, but it will require you to bring me something." Mizuki thought for a minute, before he continued. "I have talked this over with Lord Hokage himself, and he agreed on it."

"What do I have to do?" Mizuki smiled again as Naruto visibly perked up.

"Well, inside the Hokage building, there is a special scroll. The Hokage keeps it in his office in a secret hiding spot. If you can find that scroll and bring it to me, I will pass you." Mizuki smiled deviously as Naruto jumped off the swing.

"So I just have to get you the scroll, and i'll become a ninja?" Mizuki nodded simply. He watched as Naruto thought for a minute before he looked towards the building towards the mountain and got ready to ake off. Mizuki reached out and put a hand on he's shoulder.

"When you find the scroll, bring it outside the village." Mizuki pointed towards the south. "I will be waiting just outside the fence on that side. And make sure no one sees you, or else I will be forced to fail you again."

Naruto nodded and took off towards the Hokage building, while Mizuki smiled to himself. "And after that, i'll simly have to get rid of you and make a quick escape."

XxXxX

Naruto ran across the rooftops with the scroll on his back. His blue eyes scanned the area around him to make sure no one was following him. Retrieving the scroll hadn't taken too long. He had found a secret door in the wall and the scroll within, along with a few other much smaller scrolls and a weird looking three bladed kunai with some kind of markings on the hilt. He payed those things little attention as he quckly grabbed the scroll and re-sealed the door, before bolting out of the room and towards the meeting place.

He looked behind him, then decided to leap down into the street and hide in an alley for a few minutes, just to be sure. As he settled behind a dumpster, he removed the scroll and placed it in front of him, looking it over. He put his hand on the edge and ran it cross the scroll, before stopping in the middle, where a piece of paper with more strange marking was holding the scroll closed. Naruto put his finger over the paper out of curiosity, but quickly removed it when he felt the paper draw on his chakra.

Then, the markings on the paper changed slightly and it lifted up, opening the scroll up. Naruto sat there for a few minutes, before looing down at his hand, then the scroll. He moved the same hand forward and touched the scroll again. Nothing happened, so he pulled it closer and unwrapped it. What he found was more strange writings, and diagrams. He looked them over, but couldn't make sense of it, until he came to writing he could read.

"Shadow clone jutsu.." Naruto looked closer and read what was written there before his eyes widened. He quickly read the information again, before closing the scroll back up and taking off. He had decided to ask Mizuki what the other things in the scroll were, and if he could learn any of it.

XxXxX

Mizuki watched from a hiding spot in a tree as Naruto came to the meeting spot and stopped at a clearing. The boy started looking around and was about to call out his name. Mizuki inhaled and exhaled and leaped down onto the clearing. Naruto quickly faced him when he landed.

"Sensei, I got the scroll." Mizuki smiled.

"Excellent job Naruto, were you followed?" Naruto shook his head no.

"Good, that's very good. Now then, let me see the scroll." Naruto hesitated at this and Mizuki frowned.

"Actually, I was thinking that maybe you could teach me some of the stuff in here." Mizuki stood up strait and sighed. This was something he didn't expect. He expected for Naruto to simply hand the scroll over.

"Well, to do that, I will have to look at it first Naruto, so..."

"Naruto, don't." Both Naruto and Mizuki looked up, and saw none other than Iruka standing on a branch. Mizuki scowled, while Naruto took a step back with concern forming on his face.

"Ah, Iruka, how nice of you to join us." Mizuki turned around and started walking towards Naruto. "Give me the scroll Naruto, now."

Naruto took a step back, starting to realize that something was wrong.

Mizuki took a stp forward again and jumped at Naruto. The boy flinched and closed his eyes, but nothing happened. When he opened his eyes again, Iruka stood in front of him, and Mizuki was on his back on the floor. Iruka quickly looked back at Naruto.

"Naruto, go now. Bring the scroll back to the Hokages office." He didn't get a chance to finish as Mizuki jumped back on his feet and leaped at Iruka, tackling him to the floor.

Naruto turned and started to run towards the village. Mizuki saw this and juped up onto one of the branches. He reached back and took a massive Shuriken off his back, which had been concealed to not scare Naruto.

"You're not going anywhere you little punk." Mizuki reared his hand back and then swung forward, sending the shuriken straight towards Naruto. Iruka looked up and saw what happened. He quickly got up and pushed himself forward, closing the distance between him and Naruto in seconds. The latter looked back, only to freeze in place when he was Iruka standing in front of him with a giant shuriken impaled in his back.

"Dammit to hell Iruka, you just had to interfere didn't you." Mizuki jumped down from the branch and started walking twards Naruto. Iruka, who had fallen down on all fours and was breathing heavily, looked up at Naruto. "What are you doing, run..."

Naruto stepped back with his eyes wide. He's hands tightened around the scroll and he froze. He's already blue eyes started to glow slightly, and he started seeing images in his mind. Images he had never seen before.

He saw an image of two men fighting a giant one eyed beast. He saw one of those two men traveling through a village. He saw two other men, one slightly taller than the other with pale hair. The two men facing each other and behind each stood more people. All of them strangely had their eyes closed. He then saw the same two people, this time both having blue eyes, fighting each other, while in the background, other people were engaged in fights with each other. Then he saw the final image, a man carrying a bundle in his hands, walking down a street in the night.

Naruto blinked and looked around. He was back in the forest now, looking at Mizuki advancing on him, and Iruka now laying on the floor with blood starting to pool under him. Naruto took a step back, the images still fresh in his mind. Mizuki looked like he was only a few steps in front of him, and was reaching out towards him.

It was at that moment something came to Naruto. He looked down at the scroll, then back up. He narrowed his eyes slightly and tossed the scroll aside before bringing his hands up into a ram seal.

Mizuki stopped in his tracks when he saw what Naruto did. He scowled and was about to move again, when something changed. He started feeling uneasy, as if something was looming over him. He blinked and stepped back. The feeling only encreased slightly at first, then seemed to double. Mizuki looked behind him, then back at Naruto, only to see the child surrounded by a mint green light. Chakra.

Naruto snapped his eyes open, not noticing the green chakra that had now wrapped around his body and glowed faintly. He looked directly at Mizuki and whispered something. The next second, the entire area was engulfed in smoke and multiple puffing noises.

Mizuki stood frozen as the smoke cleared, revealing clones of Naruto. Mizuki looked around as worry began to settle over him. They were everywhere he looked.

"No... this isn't possible, you are supposed to be the worthless failure!" Hes words fell on deaf ears as the thousands of clones suddenly leaped at him all together. It only took a second for Mizuki to get overwhelmed.

Naruto himself was not doing well. He stumbled around as the chakra slowly disappeared. He's eyes started to feel heave, and he's body seemed to shut down. Naruto started falling forward, losing consciousness. Before he blacked out, he felt two arms wrap around him and stop him from falling.

XxXxX

He slowly stirred around and started waking up. Stretching his arms, he felt a soft cover draped over his body. That's when his eyes suddenly snapped open and he bolted up, looking around.

Naruto was met with the Sandaime Hokage, looking right at him from chair that was next to the bed he was laying in. The man observed him for a few seconds, before a slight smile came to his face.

"I see you're awake finally, that's very good." Naruto looked at the man with questioning eyes.

"What happened?" Then, as if everything had come back to him, his eyes widened. "Mizuki, the forest,the scroll... How is Iruka sensei?"

"Everything is alright Naruto, you don't need to worry, luckily we made it in time and were able to get treatment for Iruka. He's injustry was not fatal anyways, so he is off to a quick recovery." Naruto let out a sigh.

"But I should be thanking you Naruto. You managed to stop Mizuki, and by performing an advanced jutsu no less." Naruto looked u at the man, and just as he thought the Hokage now had a serious look. "I must also ask where you learned it from?"

"I..." Naruto seemed to hesitate for a minute. "I opened the scroll and read about it there."

Naruto watched as the Hokage kept completely still.

"So the scroll opened for you?" Naruto nodded.

"I see..." The man looked down for a minute, then back up at Naruto. The serious look was now gone. "Well then, I will leave you to rest now, as I have to get back to work, but before I go, I have brought something for you."

Naruto perked up as Hiruzen reached inside the Hokage robe and took something out, before placing it on the bed. Naruto's eyes widened and he looked up at Hiruzen. The man smiled and nodded.

"Congratulations Naruto, you are now officially a ninja oh Konohagakure No Sato." Naruto smiled a bright smile and instantly grabbed the headband and started putting it around his forehead.

"Remember to go to class tomorrow so you can get assgned to a genin team." Naruto nodded, still having the smile on his face. Hizuren smiled back and stood up. He walked to the door and looked back.

"Wear it well Naruto." The child nodded. Hiruzen smiled with satisfaction and left. As he walked back to the Hokage tower, he wondered exactly how Naruto had managed to open the scroll.

A/N: and there is chapter two. I must say that I'm actually enjoying writing. I do also wonder if any of you have an idea as to what clan Naruto belongs to in this story. If you do have any ideas, or perhaps want to point out any mistakes I have made, or maybe flaws in my writing style, leave a review. It would help me out greatly, and let me know if you guys like the story or not.

Anyway, I thank you all for reading this story, and I will see you soon.