Dragon and Sword Master: Sorry for taking so long between updates ladies and gents (and any flamers too) but school comes first. I need to concentrate on my studies otherwise...bad things will happen, let's leave it at that.
Naruto: More like his laptop will be taken away, again, like last semester when he dropped a class.
Dragon and Sword Master: That's it, I'm banning ramen.
Naruto: EH?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Dragon and Sword Master: Anyways, onto some other news: I am glad that not many people are saddened about the fact that Hinata will not be appearing in this story and not play the Kairi role as in the original.
Naruto: Un-ban my ramen, NOW!
Dragon and Sword Master: Let me think about that…no. *eats a bowl of Shrimp Ramen in front of him and then drinks down the broth* ah…that was good. Anyways, before I get to the chapter, I have one anonymous review to respond to.
Sasuke Hater: While I can understand your hatred of Sasuke, this story, or any of my other stories, will not bash any characters. I think that character bashing, in general, degrades a story and also sort of ruins it for me. While I don't like Sasuke as a character, I will not bash him, or Sakura for that matter, but that's a whole difference story.
I'm sorry if this ruins the story for you.
Special Notice: thank you both DarKazeura and Uzumaki No Zetsumi for adding this story to their respective favorite story lists.
Naruto the New Keyblade Master
Naruto File 01: Graduation
True to his word, the Kyuubi trained Naruto ever since Sora left them five years ago. However, he only trained at night so as to keep it a secret, as well as to keep any potential Naruto fan clubs from forming. Eventually he would reveal it, but that would only be if the darkness rose again. The reason was that when the darkness rose, Kyuubi and Naruto would need anything that he could get, including the element of surprise. Besides, deceiving the populace was what a shinobi did best. Since Naruto chose the power of magic as his weakness, Kyuubi was making sure that he was working on it, more so than his other techniques.
Naruto was currently working on Reflega, a powerful spell that reflects all attacks back at the attacker and it was draining, doing it over and over again. Naruto took out a bottle, bit down on the cork, spat it out, and downed the bottle in a flash. Picking himself back up, he began the spell again; his magical reserves back to max thanks to the Ether. "Reflega!" the barrier was instantly thrown up. Naruto took a kunai out of his pouch, and threw it at a trap he had set to simulate an enemy throwing a weapon. A kunai that had been a part of the trap flew toward him. As soon as it hit the barrier, it bounced back, hitting the tree where he set up the trap. Grinning at this, he finally got the last defensive spell down.
Good, now that you have the last defensive spell down, it's time for you to work on offense. I know that Blizzard spell is giving you trouble…Kyuubi said from Naruto's mindscape. Before Naruto's awakening, the place was similar to a sewer. Afterwards…it was like in the dream he had when he was tested; the platform with the Lilac on it.
Yes Kyuubi-sensei. He finished as he exited the mindscape and returned back to the physical plane. Naruto then focused on his magical energy instead of his chakra before making sure that it was clear, and after a few moments, he opened his eyes and thrust his Keyblade out, "Blizzard!" was all that he shouted as a shot of cold energy meekly going out of the Keyblade and traveling a few feet before shortening out.
It still needs work, again!
This went on until Naruto started to tire out, and seeing how it wasn't safe to drink several magic potions at once, sat down on the ground below him.
Not bad kit. If I didn't see it myself, I would have thought you picked magic as your strength and something else as your weakness. Now then, go ahead and get some sleep. If I remember correctly, you have a test tomorrow.
"Yeah, yeah, don't remind me." Naruto said as he let the Keyblade fade back into his heart; however, before he could walk out of the training grounds, he heard a twig break in the distance. Instantly on guard, he recalled his Keyblade to his hand as it appeared in a flash of light.
"Who's there?!" he shouted as he prepared for an attack, but when no one showed up, Naruto got suspicious. Carefully heading across the grounds, he slipped into the forest that surrounded the clearing. However, when he got to the spot, no one was there. All he saw was some purple hair on a tree branch nearby.
Who ever it was must have made a mistake…he thought to himself before hearing another branch break, along with a lot of cursing.
"Alright, who ever is out there, stop hiding!" he yelled, starting to growl as he ran towards the location once again. After three hours of this happening, Naruto growled one last time, his body demanding sleep. Debating on whether to search one more time or not, Naruto heard another snap close by. Turning around, he brought his Keyblade around in a wide swing, luckily smacking the person who was sneaking around.
Finally!
Before the person could do anything else, he quickly cast Stop and went to investigate the person that was watching him. Holding a fire spell at the top of his Keyblade, he created a small amount of light and was surprised to see that the person watching him was a woman.
Um kit? Kyuubi asked as Naruto gave his teacher his attention.
Yes?
If you want to continue living, leave a note explaining what happened.
Why?
Ever heard of the Snake Mistress Anko, Psycho Kunoichi of Konoha?
Somewhat, why?
This woman is her. Kyuubi said as Naruto started panicking just a bit. If he left a note then it wasn't sure if she would tell his secrets to the world or not. The demon brat with something as powerful as a Keyblade…yeah, that wouldn't go over well. Jiji would have to do something then, either exile him, kill him, or even worse, make him into a living weapon.
I hate saying this, but perhaps dispelling Stop is better…I can explain everything to her he thought before he sighed and kept an eye on her as he carefully dispelled the magic that kept her in place and before he could do anything, he was pinned to the ground and Anko was on top of him, a kunai in her hand.
"You have five seconds to tell me why I shouldn't castrate you," she said as he nervously chuckled.
"Four"
"You were watching me lady, not the other way around. Not my fault you were caught. Now please, get off and I'll explain everything but you have to promise me two things."
"What are those two things gaki?"
"First, get off me. Second, can you put that kunai away? I promise that if you still want to use it afterwards then I won't stop you." He said as she did what he asked him to do and giving him a look that told him to either explain or be painfully tortured by the best female interrogator in Konoha.
"Alright, the story starts five years ago while I was running from a mob once again…," he started as Anko frowned, but let him continue his story well into the night. His story was complex and a little hard to believe, but then again, there wasn't a genjutsu or ninjutsu in the world that stopped your body for any amount of time, plus there was his unique weapon…and he knew about the Kyuubi.
"That's a lot to take in gaki, but I believe you, and I'll keep all of this a secret. Now then, how about I make a bullshit excuse so that you can play hooky tomorrow?" Anko asked as Naruto looked at her as if she grew a second head.
"You can do that?!" he exclaimed as she laughed, explaining that she had Iruka wrapped around her little finger.
As Naruto slept, several things were going on in Konoha that dealt with him. One thing was a letter sent by Anko explaining that Naruto asked her to do some extra curricular training and as such, she accidentally went too far, and while he wasn't in the hospital, he wouldn't be able to attend class today.
Iruka sighed, knowing that Anko would do something like that, even if the boy hadn't asked for training…wait a second, Anko never trained anyone, period. Unless…he sighed as he placed the letter back on his desk.
One thing was certain: Uzumaki Naruto was definitely someone who could change just about anyone. Sighing once again, he put the letter back down on his desk as students filed in to start the day. As people came in, they noticed that the loud-mouth idiot wasn't around. When asked, Iruka explained that someone had given him some extra training and went a little overboard.
The class laughed at this for a few moments before being silenced by Iruka's jutsu and a small amount of killing intent. "Let me ask you all a question: When you left here yesterday, what exactly did you do? Did you do your homework and practice the katas that Mizuki-sensei gave you or did you slack off and forget about it? Naruto may be many things, but one thing he is not is a slacker. I hope all of you remember that," was all that he said as he looked at the class, a few guilty looks hidden amongst the crowd.
Halfway across town, an eccentric purple-haired Jounin was heading towards the Hokage Tower, everyone in front of her moved out of her way, knowing that anyone who didn't would not like the consequences.
Being me definitely has its advantages, she thought to herself before entering and heading up the stairs before stopping for a few moments. If the old man was going to allow this, or even think of doing this, she needed to be respectful, an unusual thing for someone such as her.
Stepping foot into the tower, Anko glanced around for a few moments before heading up the staircase and towards the Hokage's office. She kept to the staircase and did not bother with looking into the several offices that were underneath the Hokage, creating and organizing the paperwork that he needed to sign. This was why she would never be a Hokage, an apprentice to the Hokage, or a Hokage's Aide. Resisting the urge to glare at the receptionist, she asked her to check if the Hokage was busy.
The door opened as soon as Sarutobi sensed Anko coming to the door. He knew that she wanted something and if she was being civil with his receptionist then he knew it was something she desperately wanted. "How can I help you Anko-chan?"
"I want Naruto as my apprentice old man," she said, slipping back into her usual self.
"Oh? If I remember correctly, you swore that you would never take an apprentice since the incident at Umi no Kuni (Sea Country). What caused the change of heart Anko-chan?"
"Because the gaki (brat) deserves someone who will teach him fairly and not stifle his growth because of what he has inside of him. He also has this interesting power and weapon, but I'm not entirely sure what it is." Anko said as Sarutobi looked at her for a few minutes, gauging her on what she said.
"I'll do it, on one condition Anko-chan; I want you to be his Jounin-sensei if he graduates, which means the team that he's on as well."
"Hm…fine, I'll do it. Kami-sama better have mercy on anyone who's teamed with him though, because I definitely won't," she started as she saw the warning look in the old man's eyes. "Don't worry, I won't kill them, honest."
"Don't forget, that's only if he graduates. I have been told by both Mizuki-sensei and Iruka-sensei that Naruto is at the bottom of his class, but I also know that he and Sakura-chan are very close friends. I also promised Naruto that if he got a B average then I would pair him with Sakura."
"Then perhaps I should get to know both this Sakura and the gaki. Thanks old man," she said as Sarutobi chuckled lightly, then again, Anko was one of the only two he allowed to call him as such. Sighing, he wished the best of luck to Naruto, Sakura and whoever their third member would be before going back to his paperwork.
Naruto awoke with a sneeze. A sneeze and a sense of dread fell over him as a knock on the door woke him up. He tried to ignore it and rolled over to try and get some more sleep, but the knocking only got louder and more consistent. Sighing, he got up and put on some clothes so that he wouldn't embarrass himself. Opening the door, he saw Sakura standing there in her usual outfit.
"Did you sleep in because of your training again Naru-kun? Jeez, if it wasn't for me then you would be so behind," Sakura said, sighing as he invited her into his apartment. She was the only person who knew both of Naruto's secrets: he was the Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi no Yoko as well as one of the three Keyblade Masters.
Flashback
Sakura was having trouble sleeping. It wasn't because she was afraid of anything or nervous, but her mind wouldn't stop organizing all the facts in her head. She tried calming herself down and for a few minutes it worked but then a random thought came in and all her knowledge came back to haunt her and keep her awake.
Sighing, she headed to the window and looked at the stars dotting the night sky…Wait, what was that?! She thought to herself as she saw something explode in the night sky. Curiosity getting the better of her, she went to her closet and got some clothes on before opening her window and jumping to the tree branch nearby before shimmying down the tree. She saw another explosion going off, but this time it wasn't as far up in the sky, but it was still explosive and created something akin to a large explosive note going off.
Once she got near to the forest, she started hearing curses, and followed the voice to find a boy in black cargo shorts with a black tee-shirt that had yellow stripes crossing diagonally. He was also holding something in his hand, but she wasn't sure what the weapon was. Moving closer, she accidentally stepped on a dry tree branch weathered by age and time. As such, the loud crack that alerted the boy to her presence was alarmingly quick.
"Who's there?!" He shouted as Sakura wanted to make herself invisible against the foliage around her, but she knew that she couldn't, especially since she realized that the boy was in fact Naruto, the blonde hair being a dead giveaway. Then again, her hair color put her in the same boat as him.
"Naruto?" she asked as he slowly dispelled the weapon in a small band of light.
"Sakura-chan? What are you doing out here this late?" He asked as she made his way towards him. He was trying not to jump in joy that Sakura-chan was here alone with him, almost as if it was a date, but Kyuubi-sensei kept him in check.
"I could ask you the same thing Naru-baka!" she yelled, making him wince slightly. However, she then noticed the weary look on him and the amount of damage done to the area around him. As she was about to ask what he was doing, he told her that he was training.
"Why does it have to be so late at night?" She asked as he started opening his mouth, but his voice was so soft with self-doubt that she wasn't sure if she heard him correctly or not. When asked to repeat himself, he said something along the lines of "that the dead-last couldn't possibly be learning anything new and advanced," to which she bopped him on the head for being so melodramatic.
"Come on Naruto, tell me. Please?" She asked, using the one thing that no male could resist: Puppy-dog eyes. She only added to the look after a few minutes by sniffling lightly and tears coming to the corners of her eyes.
It's safe to tell her. The fox said before grinning. The next few words from the fox caused the boy to blush from his teasing; besides, she could possibly be your Kairi.
What?!
Just tell her. Besides, it would be better if one of your peers knew about everything so that you don't have to keep your secrets to yourself.
Alright…if you're wrong though…he left it blank as he closed his thoughts off to his sensei, the only thing he could grasp from the boy's thoughts were something along the line of him running from something. All he saw was a ton of males. At this, the fox shuddered lightly. Only one thought was crossing his mind:
How the hell does he come up with these things?
"Sakura-chan…if I tell you what I'm doing here…will you promise to keep it a secret?" He asked; the seriousness in his voice scared her to a small degree, especially since she never saw or heard him ever act serious…or without a smile.
How did I not notice this before? She thought to herself before nodding her consent, promising to keep whatever she said between them now a secret between the two of them. After making sure that she wasn't deceiving him, Naruto started telling her everything about Sora and everything relating to the previous Keyblade Master of the Light.
End flashback
"well…sorta. I met this old hag when I was finishing up training, and she found out about the Keyblade and I had to use stop, and explain things about the Keyblade."
"Do I have to hit you for doing something that stupid?!"
"Sakura-chan, you don't understand, it was the snake-lady, Anko. She gave me the options of being castrated or telling her what she wanted to know. I'd rather not be castrated, even if no one in their right mind would want to date me."
"You know what castrated means? I'm impressed. But didn't you say when you explained everything about Sora and the Kyuubi that you wanted to attract as little attention to yourself as possible? You told Hokage-sama because you trusted him…"
"And because Jiji needed to know. I'm not stupid, I just act like it," he said, which Sakura just sighed at the fact that he would never call the Hokage 'Hokage-sama' or the like.
"Could have fooled me. Anyways, Iruka-sensei said that you could make up the test tomorrow when you come back from school provided that you don't pull any pranks today, so I'm here…"
"To help me study, and keep me from screwing up."
"Right"
"You don't have to be so forward about it…" Naruto whined lightly as Sakura giggled at his antics as he took out some of his notes and got help from Sakura. The day passed quickly for both of them as they sat in Naruto's apartment.
Naruto looked at Mizuki with a look of surprise and shock. He knew that Sakura prepared him for everything that was on the test and made sure to study…so why had he failed? Keeping the test so that he could check the answers later, but for some reason he knew those answers were correct…sighing, he left it for later as the day went by.
"Why am I not surprised?" Naruto mumbled to himself as he looked over his notes and the test that he returned. Sighing once again, he placed the test down. Dealing with Mizuki is starting to become a hassle…oh well; he's only helping me in the long run. It's just a few months before graduation now and then I don't have to deal with him. He thought to himself before heading home.
Don't worry about it kit.
But if I don't get a passing grade and graduate, I won't get on the same team with Sakura-chan. Jiji promised if I passed with a B average that he would team me and Sakura up.
Time passed as Naruto and his class got closer to their day of graduation. Soon, it was the day before their graduation and the two teachers looked at their class with pride and joy crossing their faces.
Since Mizuki was at home sick, it was left to Iruka to supervise the last day before exams, and the review session for each exam. Sakura was listening intensely to him, curious as to where her blonde male friend was. If he did something stupid again…she thought to herself before a mysterious shinobi came through the door, the vest she was wearing signifying her as a Jounin. Her interest piqued, she subtly channels chakra to the tenketsu in her ears and listens, growling at what she hears.
"Iruka-san, the Hokage needs your help. It's Naruto…" at this, she sighed and stopped channeling chakra. Baka, he'll never graduate at this rate…she thought to herself as Iruka hastily told them to read something before heading out, his intent on catching Naruto.
Several minutes later, Iruka came back in with a scowl on his face with a tied up Naruto, coming in behind him, pulled into the classroom by their teacher. Sakura sat up intrigued. Not often was it that Iruka brought in Naruto like that…he must have done something extremely stupid to warrant this humiliation.
"Alright everyone, listen up! Since young Naruto here thinks it's a good idea to goof off and put graffiti all over the Hokage Mountain, we're going to have a quick review. Everyone got up front and in a line, we're going to review one of the three ninjutsu that you have to have mastered by tomorrow: the Henge no Jutsu."
"What?!" half of the class shouted out, Sakura just shaking her head, not believing that he could be so stupid. After she got up into the line, she waited her turn before doing a perfect Henge into Iruka. Getting back in the line, she waited for Naruto's name to be called, just knowing that he would pull another prank on his teacher to get him back for capturing and humiliating him before.
"Uzumaki Naruto, you're up. I want you to do a perfect Henge of me or Mizuki-sensei and then you can go back in line." Naruto nodded at this, right before giving his infamous prankster's grin and channeled chakra before transforming. When the smoke cleared, a teenage girl with blonde hair in a style of pigtails, naked as a baby; smoke covering her breasts and her private parts. Iruka's eyes bugged out before some blood came out of his nose.
"What do you think sensei? I call it the Oiruke no Jutsu (Sexy Technique)" he said, grinning like a fox as he returned to normal. Iruka sighed and shook his head, wiping the blood from his nose away, trying not to pass out from the shock.
"While that was a good Henge, it wasn't what I asked for. I asked for you to transform into either myself or Mizuki-sensei. You need to listen to your instructions clearly next time Naruto; otherwise you won't be able to graduate. Understand?"
"…I understand."
"Alright, as long as you understand Naruto-kun," Iruka responds as Naruto nods and heads back to his place in line. Ino went next and created a perfect clone of Iruka…well almost perfect clone, she forgot the scar across the bridge of his nose. "Very good Ino-chan, but you forgot one important detail, my scar." He said as Ino corrected her mistake before ending the technique.
As she was passing Naruto, Ino asked him why he had to make the whole class suffer for his prank, especially on the last day of classes. Naruto shrugged his shoulders, just saying that it was practice for later. After Ino went, Iruka said that they could go home, all except Naruto.
"Sensei…is Naruto-kun being punished for what he did earlier?" Sakura asked as Iruka nodded.
"He defaced the Hokage Monument Sakura-chan. It wouldn't be right if he wasn't punished for defacing such a famous monument. He's going to clean up his mess. Why do you ask?"
"I…I was wondering if I could help." Sakura said as Iruka looked at her in thought before shrugging and decided to let her help.
"I don't see the harm in it…but why do you want to help him? This is his punishment, and you had no part in doing the crime," Iruka said a little confused, as he always was when she volunteered to help Naruto with his punishments, then again, sometimes she did help him think of some pranks and helped him create some scary pranks.
"Because if I knew he was going to do it, I would have helped." she said as Iruka sighed, knowing that he wouldn't stop the girl from helping Naruto. The two waited for him to lock the classroom door before he made them get 2 buckets and fill them with water.
"Well, that wasn't too bad, right Saku-chan?" Naruto asked as Sakura was lightly walking behind him, lightly grinning at herself after the both of them were treated to a bowl of ramen by their sensei. A few months ago, the tasks that Naruto did on a daily basis would make her pass out from fatigue. Now, not only was she helping him with planning his pranks, but also helping him with his punishments.
"I guess. Um…Naruto-kun?"
"Yeah?"
"Thanks…for everything."
"You don't have to thank me Saku-chan…I should be the one thanking you…for sticking with me through the thick and thin. You could have sold me out to the villagers,"
"But I didn't and I won't. Ever. Now come on, you said you wanted to get some last minute studying in before our graduation exams, and if you do your extra training with Kyu-sensei then so help me..." Sakura said, trying to lighten up the mood and make sure that he would get enough sleep afterwards. All the studying in the world wouldn't help Naruto if he slept through the exam.
Hours later, Naruto waited impatiently as Sakura finished grading the mock test she gave her. "Well…" he asked as she schooled her features and turned it around, only three answers crossed out of the ten questions she created.
"Not bad Naru-kun. If you do this well in the taijutsu and ninjutsu then you'll definitely graduate." Sakura said as Naruto grinned, glad that with Sakura's help he was able to completely get rid of his fear of paper tests.
"Hopefully it isn't the Bunshin no Jutsu…I still can't get that down, no matter what I've tried," Naruto said to which Sakura rose an eye at him. After hearing everything, it was odd that Naruto still couldn't get the Bunshin no Jutsu down.
"You still…"
"Not a bit," Naruto said, yawning lightly. "Anyways, I'm going to turn in for the night. Do you want to bunk here for the night or walk you home?"
"If you don't mind…can I bunk here?"
"Of course I don't mind Sakura-chan," Naruto said before getting some blankets and a pillow out of the closet. "You can take the bed, I'll take the couch," he said as Sakura blushed lightly at this. Sighing, she knew fighting it would be a losing battle seeing as that no matter what, her interests would come first.
"Thanks Naru-kun," Sakura murmured before heading to the bedroom. Taking a few things out from her side of the dresser and falling asleep.
The class just turned in the paper for the written portion of the exams. The taijutsu portion of the test was a spar between two members of the same gender. Naruto fought against Kiba in a tough but fair match and it was only due to time that both Naruto and Kiba stopped sparring. While Naruto had some light scratches to his clothing, he had no real damage to his person and Kiba had some slight bruises. Kiba got up slowly and helped the blonde up, a grin on both of their faces.
"Not bad Kiba-kun, Naruto-kun, both of you receive full marks in the taijutsu portion of the final exams and bonus points for a show of sportsmanship," Iruka said as the two combatants were shaking hands as he said this.
"No hard feelings, right Fox Boy?"
"Whatever you say dog breath," Naruto responded as they both laughed as they got off the arena platform and sat back down while watching the other fights, cheering on Sakura when it was her turn to fight against one of the other girls. After all of the fights were done, the class went back inside for the last portion of the test.
"This last test is to test your ability of ninjutsu. You will be required to do the Henge no Jutsu, the Kawimari no Jutsu and finally, the Bunshin no Jutsu. We will go in alphabetical order starting with Aburame Shino and working down the list until we get to Yamanaka Ino"
Oh crud…
Thanks for the words of wisdom Kyu-sensei Naruto deadpanned as he waited for his turn. Once his name was called, he went into the other room before asked by Iruka to perform the three jutsus. After performing the Kawimari no jutsu and Henge no Jutsu successfully, he sighed lightly to himself and prayed for the best before he started channeling chakra for the final technique.
"Bunshin no Jutsu!" Naruto shouted as he looked over at his…creation. The massive black cloak couldn't be called a clone. Looking at it for a few moments, he thought he saw a face within the creation, but he wasn't sure about that. After he dispelled the abomination, Naruto looked at the two teachers.
"You passed Naruto," Iruka started to which Naruto grinned wildly at. "However, you were only just able to pass."
"What do you mean Iruka-sensei?"
"Your grades are one A, two B's, two C's and a D+," Iruka said as he handed Naruto his headband with a grin on his face. "Congratulations for passing Naruto-kun."
"Thanks Iruka," Naruto said before mumbling about it not mattering if he couldn't pull that D up. Iruka heard it and told Naruto that Mizuki-sensei dealt with extra credit. Looking at the man, Mizuki chuckled lightly before telling him to come back after the exams were over and to send in Yamanaka Ino.
Naruto was waiting for Mizuki-sensei, wondering just what his extra credit assignment could be. Seeing that nothing would happen until Mizuki came, Naruto waited as patiently as he could. When Mizuki came out of his office, he saw the blonde-haired youth and smirked at how easy this was going to be.
"Alright Naruto, I have your extra credit assignment. In the Hokage Tower I have placed a scroll in the Hokage's scroll library. You'll recognize it by being the biggest one there. Once you collect it, I want you to meet me at a shack hidden in the woods just outside Konoha. Do you have it memorized or do I need to repeat the assignment?" Mizuki asked as Naruto shook his head in the negative.
"I understand sensei, thank you once again for giving me this extra credit assignment," Naruto said as Mizuki just grinned to himself, seeing as it was completely easy to fool the demon. He couldn't wait until later on that night when he would get the Forbidden Scroll of Konoha, but also rid Konohagakure of the demon spawn once and for all.
I'm telling you, this doesn't seem right Kyuubi said to Naruto, who wasn't listening since this could pull his grade up and be on the same team as Sakura. The Kyuubi repeated himself but once again he fell on deaf ears. Seeing that he wasn't going to listen, Kyuubi waited to eventually tell Naruto that he was right. Of course it was only when he was half-way to the forest and the meeting place that the sirens in the Hokage Tower went off. Looking back, the Keyblade master looked back in alarm.
What in the world?
This is me telling you 'I told you so.' Mizuki made the extra credit assignment not only easy but also had you 'collect' something from the Hokage's Tower. It seems a little fishy if you ask me.
But…
Don't worry about it kit, just accept the fact that you were duped. You might as well go there, so that Mizuki doesn't think anything is amiss; we can then show him the true talents of the Konoha no Keyblade Shu (Keyblade Master of Konoha)
Alright…well, I'm here. Might as well learn a jutsu or two while I'm waiting Naruto thought before taking the large scroll off his back and put it on the ground, unrolling it as he did so, seeing what he could learn. The first jutsu that he saw was the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu and was about to complain about another Bunshin jutsu before looking at the description.
"This jutsu, while being a Bunshin jutsu, is not the same as the original Bunshin no Jutsu but more powerful. This jutsu creates a solid clone that can withstand a solid hit before dispelling, unlike a regular clone which cannot take a hit. This jutsu also splits chakra between the user and his or her clone is split evenly. Furthermore, and what makes it a kinjutsu, is that anything the clone sees, hears, or does will receive that information once the clone is dispelled." After reading that, Naruto thought he would definitely learn that, even if it took him forever to learn it.
Well that's interesting…I didn't know that the Yondaime knew about the Keyblade as well.
What do you mean sensei?
Look at the jutsu at the bottom of the page. It's about the only technique that a user can use with or without the Keyblade. If they have knowledge of it though, it is possible, but not similar to the same technique done by a person with the Keyblade, or the weapon itself. Naruto looked down and saw what the Kyuubi was talking about, the Heart Closing Wave.
"See with your ears and slash with your Heart…the ultimate Keyblade technique: Heart Closing Wave. This jutsu is also essential for closing the heart of the World, also known as a keyhole. Locking this keyhole makes it safe from the dark entities known as the heartless," Naruto read aloud before scoffing at it. "It does sound interesting Kyu-sensei, but it's only useful for closing the Keyhole of a world. I don't see what's 'ultimate' about it"
This is the only thing that can close and protect the world's heart. In addition, if used near the Heart of all worlds, or the Kingdom Heart, then this jutsu can also attack Heartless. It can also be used with other masters as a protection from the Heartless.
I see…I'm sorry for doubting you sensei.
Apology accepted. Now then, get the Kage Bunshin skill down first, and then we'll work on the Keyblade skill.
Alright…Naruto replied as he worked on the jutsu, not knowing how long time passed. A couple of hours passed before he finally completed it, and unsealed the Keyblade in order to work on the secondary skill. Several hours later, Iruka saw Naruto standing there with a few bruises on his body, evidence that he was working on something that took a lot of concentration and skill.
"Naruto-kun?" Iruka asked as Naruto looked up and saw his sensei looking back at him with a look of shock and dismay on his face.
"Iruka-sensei? You found me pretty quickly…I was only able to learn one jutsu from this scroll…" Naruto said before Iruka's face changed from before to now having a look of confusion and curiosity on it.
"What do you mean Naruto-kun?"
"Mizuki-sensei said this was extra credit and if I could show you that I mastered a jutsu from this scroll; then Mizuki-sensei would bump all of my grades up by one letter grade, except the A's." Naruto said, before Kyuubi shouted at him to throw up an Aero spell and quickly, not hearing the sound of Iruka's voice as a wall of wind appeared in front of the blonde and his sensei; the several kunai and shuriken bouncing off the wall of wind.
"Naruto, what was that?" Iruka asked as Naruto quickly said later, his Keyblade shining into existence, causing Iruka's eyes to widen. The last Keyblade user of Konoha was during the times of the Shodaime Hokage and it was extremely rare for anyone to have one as well, or so the stories said.
"Come on out Mizuki-teme, I'm ready for you!" Naruto shouted, Keyblade waiting in hand before a dark chuckle echoed from the trees.
"What is that Naruto-kun? A toy you carry around to amuse yourself when none of the other children play with you?" Mizuki asked laughing at his own joke, missing Naruto's mischievous smirk.
"If this is a toy, then it's the coolest toy on earth. After all, how many toys let you play with…FIRE!?" A fireball jumped off the tip of the Keyblade. Mizuki ducked behind a tree. "It can also help you create a BLIZZARD!" Mizuki noticed the tree's bark grew inexplicably cold. He looked down at his fingers and found his hands frozen to the trunk. The robed Genin came from around the tree. "Hey Mizuki…"
Mizuki decided that now would be a good time to grovel, "Why are you siding with Iruka? He hates you. Do you know why he hates you? He hates you because you are-"
However, he was cut off as Naruto interrupted him. "No, I am not. The Kyuubi no Kitsune, the nine-tailed fox, is not me. I would have already destroyed Konoha if I were. This scroll would grant me ultimate power; don't make me laugh. He may be strong but he's not all that," no offense sensei Naruto said and thought, both gaining the shock from Iruka and Mizuki as well as a shrug from said fox.
Mizuki laughed, "Ha! No you are the fox, it's written on your face, literally. Those whisker marks scream that you are the fox."
Naruto slapped him across the face at this. "I guess it doesn't matter how many times I pound it into your thick skull, I am NOT the fox. I will tell you what I am though," Naruto said, as he kept Mizuki in his fearful embrace by having some of Kyuubi's chakra leak through. "I am Sora's successor," he took another step closer, causing Mizuki to coward back in fear, wishing that he could move so that he could step back from the boy.
"Who cares about that? You are the fox, nothing more, nothing less," Mizuki said, sneering at the boy, causing Iruka to look at his partner and sigh lightly in stupidity. If only he could see the boy underneath. I hope you can change this man I used to call friend Naruto-kun, Iruka thought to himself as he listened to the rest of Naruto's speech.
"I am the Bane of All Heartless. I am the Fear within the entire Nobodies' existence. I am Kairi's hope. I bare the key of all hearts. I am the Warrior of Riku's Darkness. I am the Heart within Namine's body. I am the wielder of the Key. I am Naruto the Keyblade Master, and you better learn to respect these titles, or I am going to make you respect them," Naruto said as he gave Mizuki a swift uppercut with his Keyblade, breaking the ice restraints and sending the man sprawling onto the floor.
Mizuki tried rising up, despite his beatings. However, while he was doing this, Naruto was placing his hands into what would be his most favorite seal of all time. As he refocused on the blonde, he heard the last mumblings before he would go into the world of darkness.
"You know, I've been itching to try this out…" Naruto said before he created eleven Kage Bunshins.
In groups of three, they surrounded Mizuki before he could do anything to counter. One from each group fired a Blizzara spell on the ground, creating four icy runways, as well as locking Mizuki's feet to the ground. They then began to rush him; the ones who launched the spell threw their Keyblades and jumped on them, riding them like snowboards. The other two jumped onto the first one's shoulders. "Trinity Limit! Sub-Zero Barrage!" The two clones, on the shoulders of the third, brought their Keyblades together, crushing whatever happened to be between them, while the third simply launched himself into Mizuki's torso.
If Mizuki wasn't hit from all directions at once or locked in spot due to the ice, he would have flown all the way to Sunagakure. "And that's how you do it." Naruto said, dispelling the clones, and his previous spells.
Iruka looked on amazed at what Naruto did, especially since Mizuki laid there in a crumpled heap and Naruto hadn't even been touched. "N-n-n-Naruto…?"
Naruto looked at Iruka. "Yes Iruka-sensei?"
"What did you do…?"
Naruto sighed and began the very long tale of his master, Sora.
-Later-
Naruto carried Mizuki to the hospital, while Iruka cleared Naruto's name. Afterwards, they went to enjoy a late dinner at Naruto's favorite Ramen stand. As Naruto dug deeply into his bowl of ramen, Iruka was battling with his teacher side. He performed the Kage Bunshin, that's good enough. His other side disagreed, so you're letting him retake the test? If he failed miserably, you wouldn't let him do that.
But he can easily perform a high level kinjutsu, he took out a Chunin, and then there's the Keyblade. The least I can do is to bring his grades up. He wanted it so bad that Mizuki was able to convince him to break a law under the disguise of extra credit. Then something hit him across the face. Extra credit…
"Hey Naruto…" Iruka said, getting a glance from said boy, letting him know that he had his attention. "You know…I haven't had the chance yet to give your grades to Hokage-sama yet…," Iruka stated, letting Naruto fill in the blanks. When he did so, he choked on his ramen. "Y-Y-You mean…," Naruto asked with hope shining in his eyes. At this, Iruka nodded. "Since Mizuki-san is gone, the responsibility of extra credit falls on me. As such, your extra credit assignment has been changed. You have to take down a Chunin fugitive, whose name is Mizuki. This will bring all of your grades, except your A's, up by one letter grade."
The noodles that hung in Naruto's mouth fell back into his bowl. "Are…are you…serious?"
Iruka nodded at this, before being enveloped in a bone-crushing hug. "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Naruto said repeatedly, causing Iruka to laugh lightly when he was let go.
"Don't mention it Naruto-kun. It was the least I could do for you after you saved my life and took care of Mizuki." Iruka said as he saw Naruto rushing off, extremely happy at the fact that he passed, both the Academy and the Hokage's requirement to be with Sakura.
The next day Naruto came in with a bounce to his step. He had made it. When he got home last night, he had done a little sewing and was able to sew his headband into his robe so it hung on his right arm. When he saw Shikamaru, he was brought down to earth a bit. He wore his on his left arm. Oh well, Naruto did more work than Shikamaru, so it technically wasn't the same idea.
Naruto sat down at his spot, and waited for his soon to be teammate. When Sakura arrived, he grinned. What she didn't know wouldn't hurt her and she would find out soon enough anyways. After everyone came in and got settled, Iruka came in with a clipboard.
"Before I rattle off the names of your Genin cells, let me first congratulate you on taking your first steps on becoming kunoichi and shinobi. However…you are still only Genin and your journey will only begin from here." He said as he let the new Genin process the information. "Alright, now then, you will now be placed into your Genin cell. This will be considered your family up until you head into the next rank, but that probably won't happen anytime soon. As that is settled, Team One will be…," he said as Naruto didn't completely tune him out, but he wasn't completely listening either, that is until he came to Team Seven. "Team Seven will consist of the following people: Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura, and the final person will be Uchiha Sasuke. I repeat: Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura, and Uchiha Sasuke make up Team Seven. Their sensei is…," at this, Iruka looked at the clipboard again, making sure he read it right before continuing, "Mitarashi Anko"
Naruto grinned when he heard Sakura's name but scowled when he heard Sasuke's. How could his hated rival be on the same team with him? It just screamed utter breakdown in team mechanics. Then again, he assumed that Anko would be able to do something with him…hopefully. He wasn't happy with the team mechanics, but he didn't have a valid complaint.
He'll have to be briefed eventually…right Kyu-sensei?
Probably, but I think I know why the old man did this.
Oh?
Well, I've been telling you ever since you met Sakura-chan that she could be your Kairi…
Oh hell no, if Sasuke is Riku, I am so going to find the original Riku and give him a piece of my mind. Maybe tear him a new asshole while I'm at it.
Dragon and Sword Master: *sneaks out carefully, barrier in place just in case* um…hello? Ladies, Gents…Amber-koi? *hears nothing* damn. Anyways, sorry for the long wait, but school comes first; in addition, I got a better idea of what to do with Yugito-chan, so unfortunately; I'm changing my mind on her being Kairi.
Hinata Fans: *cheer*
Dragon and Sword Master: Hinata is still not Kairi
Hinata Fans: *boo*
Dragon and Sword Master: Anyways, fans of my other Naruto story "Son of a Kitsune," I am sorry for making you wait so long. That will be updated next, hopefully. Please Review.
Special Notice: It's not often that I do this, nor is it related to Naruto but there is a Detective Conan/Case Closed story called Conclusions. It is a wonderful Conan/Ai story and a reviewer by the name of DCRS was being a troll and sent her a flame about the couple. If everyone who reads this can do something, I would greatly appreciate it. In addition, for some reason the line breaks are working in preview and edit mode, I save it, but when I go to read it and check to make sure the breaks are there, nothing is working. I created temporary line breaks, but if someone can tell me what they think is wrong and/or if they can provide a solution better than the chain link, I'd greatly appreciate it.
