Chapter 2

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"talking/talking"

'thinking/thinking'

Naruto stood outside the Academy reflecting on the event that changed his life. Now, a year afterwards, he was about to start attending this school for shinobi.

He was wearing a simple black t-shirt and khaki shorts with plain sandals. He stood near a group of people his own age, watching all their parents look at him with fear and hate in their eyes.

He examined the group. 'Right, there's some civilians, clan members and there we go, the clan heirs. Don't look like much, eh, Kurama?'

"Neither do you, so don't get cocky. Watch those two over there, how they look at the others."

Naruto looked over to his left to spot the first one Kurama pointed out. A boy his age and someone who looked to be his brother. They both possessed the same dark black hair and an onyx pair of eyes. Both were surveying the group looking for students with potential.

The other was a girl. She was standing beside a middle-aged man. He assumed they were father and daughter because they both possessed the same white pupil-less eyes, while the girl's had a slight lavender tint. They were both regarding the would be students with disdain.

"Both of them possess powers based around the eyes. The girl is a Hyuuga, don't worry about, her eyes are utilised with hand-to-hand combat. But watch that boy, he is a member of the Uchiha. They all possess eyes that can manipulate your senses completely. They can be very dangerous." Kurama fell silent for a moment. 'You sound like you have personal experience.' "The only reason I'm inside you is because of an Uchiha. There's your teacher."

A man walked over to them. He wore standard Chunin gear, his only noticeable feature was a scar that stretched across his nose to either cheekbone.

"Hello, my name is Iruka and I will be your teacher for the next six years. If you will follow me we'll start with some taijutsu spats to find everyone's current abilities."

At the sparring area, which was just a circle on the ground. Naruto watched as, starting with the girls, Iruka would call two names who would then proceed to attempt to either knock the other to the ground or out of the ring.

'This is pathetic. Why are we here again?'

"Remember the plan. Just stick with this for now. We need to find out the village's strength, and what better way than to use their education system?"

The only one of the girls who showed any promise was the girl of the Hyuuga who used the tips of her fingers to disable her opponent.

Next, he moved on to the boys, which usually ended in brawls on the ground. Except for two boys who didn't even fight, one just forfeited out of laziness, and the Uchiha who quickly incapacitated his opponent.

Finally Iruka called out, "Inuzuka Kiba and Uzumaki Naruto."

"It's just Naruto. No Uzumaki. What use is a clan name with no clan." He was facing a rather feral-looking boy with red marks on his cheeks.

He stared across at Naruto. "This will be over quickly." He snarled out. Naruto's only response was to smirk. 'He doesn't know how right he is.'

It was over instantaneously. Kiba lunged at Naruto who dodged and, so quick it couldn't be seen pushed Kiba, who tripped to fall outside the ring.

"Winner Uzum...uh, Naruto."

Kiba walked away angry at his, supposed, self-defeat while the rest of the class laughed.

After this they went inside to their classroom where they were told to seat themselves. Naruto made his way to the back and sat down. One of his classmates went to sit beside him only to find himself shocked when he got close to the led to Naruto getting a full bench to himself where he could survey the class.

The six years went by quickly with the only event of note being the Uchiha massacre, which led to Sasuke distancing himself from the class and focusing on training leading him to top everything in school except taijutsu, in which Naruto reigned supreme, usually by his opponent exiting the ring.

Naruto entered the classroom and took his seat at the back. Just in time to watch the daily occurrence of Yamanaka Ino and Haruno Sakura fight over the seat beside said Uchiha.

He watched the class from his position at the back. 'By tomorrow twenty seven people will go on to be ninjas, while the rest return to the Academy. Please don't let either of those be on my team.'

Iruka entered the room and and explained that they would be called out alphabetically and examined on the three basic jutsu. Their taijutsu scores from the year would be totalled and there would be a written test. All these would be converted to points. Only students who gained enough points would graduate.

And so the long process of testing began. Starting with Aburame Shino the student would enter a different room, attempt the jutsu, then return and send the next one in. For Naruto's turn, he had to think carefully because the fruit had robbed him of any ability to manipulate chakra. Kawarimi was up first, he moved so fast Iruka didn't notice that he simply placed the chair in his previous position and stood in it's place. For Bunshin he ran around Iruka at such speed he left afterimages in his wake. Finally for Henge he simply turned into his lightning form netting him an easy pass, though his clones 'didn't really look solid'.

And then it was done, class over, to return tomorrow to find out the graduates.

"Hey, Naruto." It was Mizuki. "How did your tests go?"

Now he was suspicious, Mizuki hated him. Something was up. "Alright." 'Let's see where this goes.'

"You don't sound very confident. You know, I'm not supposed to tell you but there's another way to become a ninja."

"Wow, really. Does he think you're that stupid?"

"All you have to do is get the Scroll of Sealing from the Hokage building and, without getting caught, bring it to me outside Konoha. It's an infiltration test."

"I've seen some idiots in my time, but he tops it all. He really thinks you're stupid enough to fall for that." Kurama chuckled to himself.

"Thanks, Mizuki-sensei. I won't let you down."

Mizuki smirked as he walked away. "I know you won't Naruto."

"What? Did I miss you turn into an idiot?"

'Oh, please. That bastard will get what's coming to him. Soon no-one will ever look down on me again.'

The whole town was in uproar. The Scroll of Sealing was missing. Someone had taken it without ever being noticed and there were ninja everywhere looking for this mysterious thief who bypassed all of their security.

Meanwhile just outside Konoha a blonde-haired ninja was walking towards his meeting spot with Mizuki.

"Nobody even noticed me walk out. Some security." Naruto chuckled as he set down the large scroll strapped to his back.

Just in time to duck as a Fūma shuriken barely missed decapitating him. "If no-one followed you then no-one will notice you die."

Mizuki was crouched across the clearing atop a branch. "Even if they did, would anybody miss a demon like you? You know why all the villagers hate you? It's supposed to be a secret. Naruto, you are the nine-tailed demon fox!"

Mizuki grinned as Naruto stumbled from the shock before he heard laughter. "What's so funny?"

"I'm not a demon. I speak with one and there are some clear differences. But to those I don't like..." His head shot up so his eyes stared straight at Mizuki while sparks began forming in his hands. "...I can be much worse."

Hokage's office.

"Sir, we found the Scroll of Sealing. It was in the possession of a chunin, Mizuki." The Anbu agent said placing the scroll on the table.

Sarutobi Hiruzen stood up and walked to the window. He puffed on his pipe before speaking, "How was he captured?"

"Actually sir, he wasn't. He was found outside Konoha, unconscious and in bad shape. Medics say his wounds indicate he was struck by lighting."

Academy the next day

"Team Seven- Uchiha Sasuke, Haruno Sakura and Naruto. Jonin sensei- Hatake Kakashi"

'Damnit!'