Deception! The Traitorous Sensei, Mizuki!

The years have rolled by and Konoha slowly but surely has returned to its former glory. An entire decade has gone by, and despite the change in size, appearance, and population, Konoha still possesses that home sweet home vibe.

Presently, the sun is beginning to raise its sleepy head above Konoha's Hokage Mountains. A small, orange blur darted along the mountains. "Hehehehehe…this'll be the prank of the century!" the blur shouted as he made his way to the face of Hashirama Senju, the Shodaime Hokage. The blur stopped and dropped the several cans of paint he was holding. The blur was actually a boy, albeit a rather odd looking boy. He had wild, spiky blonde hair, and deep blue eyes. He was rather short and scrawny for his age. He wore an orange and blue jumpsuit and a pair of goggles. The most striking thing about the boy was that he had fox whiskers and ears.

"This is a prank worthy of Naruto Namikaze!!" Naruto exclaimed as he dipped his brush into the paint.

"Hokage-sama!!!" shouted an ANBU agent as he burst into the room. Minato sighed as he looked up from his massive stacks of paperwork. He hadn't been in the office for more than ten minutes and already he was about to hear some bad news.

"Let me guess; Naruto threw another paint bomb in the weapons shop?" Minato inquired. The ANBU shook his head and shouted, "No, he's using paint to deface the Hokage Monument!" Minato sighed and dissipated into a plume of smoke.

A large number of ninja had gathered on top of the Hokage Tower, screaming at Naruto to cease and desist. Naruto growled; these stuffed shirts couldn't appreciate his hard work. "Shut the hell up you morons! You guys are just jealous you couldn't create some beautiful art like this! I'm the best that ever lived and one day, I'll be in charge!"

Yellow light flashed and Minato appeared on the roof. The shouts and jeers of the ninja stopped; they knew better than to insult Naruto when the Yondaime was nearby. One of the ninja continued to yell at Naruto. "Iruka-san, why isn't Naruto in class? I entrusted him to your care."

"Oh, Hokage-sama! I apologize! He used one his fox illusion to get past me," Iruka replied, standing at attention. "Oh please. I just ran out. You're too slow to catch me Iruka!" Naruto shouted. A large vein popped in Iruka's head and he shouted, "YOU MORON!!!! GET DOWN HERE OR IT'S 10,000 SIT-UPS FOR YOU!!!!!!" Naruto gave Iruka the finger, and suddenly it hit him: his dad was right there next to Iruka!!!!!

Before Naruto could get away, he found himself staring down his father. "So…lovely weather we're having, right dad?

Naruto sat in his chair at the Ninja Academy. Actually, the proper word should be tied to his chair. Iruka stood before the class and said, "Now class, tomorrow you all will take the graduation exams to become full-fledged Genin." Naruto sucked his teeth and Iruka screamed at the blonde, "You better pass Naruto! You've failed the exam twice! Do you know what kind of shame that must bring upon your family? To be the only dropout ever in the history of the Namikaze clan? If I have any say, you'll pass if it kills you! BAKA!!!!"

Naruto calmly looked Iruka in the eye and said, "Whatever, bottle-nosed [1]." Iruka grit his teeth and said, "Since you wanna be a stubborn donkey, everyone can perform one of the Bunshins we learned this year." Naruto paled at this; bunshins were his worst jutsu.

As the students lined up to perform the jutsu, Naruto received some rather well-deserved anger from his peers. "Hey, good job ruining an easy day you idiot!" a brunette boy behind him whispered. "Hey, Kiba, go fuck yourself!" Naruto shot back. "Naruto! Get up here now!" Iruka shouted.

'Man, this blows,' Naruto thought as he walked up to the platform. He made the necessary hand seals and shouted, "Bunshin no Jutsu (Clone Technique)!" A massive plume of smoke erupted around him. Iruka was in for a surprise when the smoke cleared.

A buxom, voluptuous, naked woman with long blond hair pulled into pig-tails blew Iruka a kiss and said in a low, husky voice, "Hey cutie!" Iruka, and all the other boys in the class, paled and passed out from massive blood loss. Naruto dispelled his henge and laughed at his classmates. The girls shot him dirty looks and the fox demon simply laughed louder. "I call that my Oiroke no Jutsu (Sexy Technique)!" Naruto shouted, pumping his fist into the air.

Iruka recovered quickly and screamed, "YOU'RE A NAMIKAZE!!!! STOP INVENTING DUMB JUTSUS!!!!! FUCKING MORON!!!!" Naruto began laughing so loud tears fell down his face.

"You're not going anywhere until all this paint is cleaned off kit," Minato said as he watched his son scrub paint off of the Hokage Monument. Naruto muttered something under his breath and Minato had had enough of the boy's delinquency. "Wanna say that again?" he inquired.

Naruto felt something overcome him, something powerful and dark. "Yeah, I said it's not like I have anyone waiting for me at home! Ever since mom died, you've been throwing yourself into your work and training! I've practically raised myself for the last seven years!" Naruto screamed. "I'm done, father," he added, throwing the rag at his dad and leaping out into the village.

Minato dropped to his knees and whispered, "Kushina, I failed you again."

Naruto was wandering the village. He ignored the usual hateful looks he received whenever his father wasn't nearby. He knew the villagers hated him because of what he was. But because he was the son of Minato Namikaze and grandnephew of Jiraiya Namikaze, no one openly messed with him. Naruto bumped into someone as he aimlessly walked.

"Oh, Naruto!" The young boy looked up and saw a kind-faced Iruka looking at him. This day just couldn't get any worse. "Hey Naruto-kun, what's wrong? You look like you lost your best friend?"

"You have to have friends to lose them," Naruto sullenly replied. Iruka winced as the boy kept walking. "Hey, I was on my way to Ichiraku's and I was hoping I could have some company. Wanna come with?" Iruka offered. Naruto's ears twitched at this news. Free Ramen!!!!! Faster than you could say Kage Bushin, Naruto had grabbed Iruka's hand and dragged him to Ichiraku's.

Naruto happily slurped on his ramen. He had eaten six extra-large bowls of beef ramen and Iruka, hoping to at the very least slow his ravenous hunger, asked, "Naruto, why do you keep defacing the village? And to do that to the Hokage Monument? Those men all served their village in the best way a ninja could ever hope to! They deserve your respect!"

Naruto slowly slurped the last of his ramen. He didn't answer right away as he pondered what Iruka said. "Basically, the Hokage are all men who got where they were because they were the strongest ninja in our village. My dad is the strongest Hokage, am I right?" Naruto half-asked, half-stated. Iruka nodded.

"The reason I did what I did today…is because I will surpass all of them!!! One day, everyone in Konoha will see I'm more than a demon, that I'm more than the Namikaze clan's biggest screw-up!!! I will be the greatest Kage to ever live!!! That's my dream!!!" Naruto shouted as he pumped his fist into the air. A kind-looking older man behind the counter turned to Naruto and shouted, "Oi! Naruto-kun! Shut up!"

"Sorry Teuchi-ojiisan!" Naruto said as he bowed to the older man. Iruka couldn't help but laugh. 'This boy is wild, but I actually think he could do it,' Iruka thought. Naruto turned to Iruka and clasped his hands together. "Iruka-sensei, can I borrow your forehead protector?" Naruto said. Iruka smirked and said, "Nope. You can't wear one until you graduate Naruto. This is the symbol that you're ready to be considered an adult. You might get one if you pass tomorrow."

"Aww, you suck," Naruto muttered. Iruka's smirk deepened and he said, "Tell you what. If you pass, I'll buy you all the ramen you can eat!" Naruto's eyes began to twinkle and he said, "All the ramen I can eat?" Iruka nodded and Naruto screamed, "All right!!!!"

"The test is five parts: Written Exam, Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, Taijutsu, and Survival Skills. Parts 2 and 4 will be 25 points each; part1 and 3 will be 10 points each; and part 5 will be 30 points. Anything less than a 70 results in failure and you'll have to retake the test in six months. Is that clear?" Iruka shouted. The class responded by saying, "HAI SENSEI!!!" in unison.

Iruka smiled and said, "Now, I'll be the proctor for the first exam. Begin!"

Naruto was feeling good about his progress so far. He gained 4 points on the written exam (tests weren't really his strong point). After the exam, Iruka revealed that the order of the test would be different for each student.

Naruto then took the Taijutsu exam with some weird Jonin in green spandex. It was a Taijutsu tournament. The higher up you got, the more points you earned. Naruto made it to the semi-final rounds, but was defeated by a weird emo guy, who ended up winning the whole tournament after beating an equal emo pretty boy. Naruto gained 20 points for his efforts.

Next was Survival Skills. His proctor was a familiar face, one of his dad's students, Rin Inuzuka. The group was broken up into groups of two and sent into the forest to search for a white flag to bring back to Rin. The first team to find a flag got the full 30 points. Naruto, unfortunately, was almost last because of his partner, some lazy boy who didn't want to work at all. They both got 15 points for coming in 4th.

Genjutsu was the easiest for Naruto [2]. He was a kitsune after all; they were naturals at Genjutsu. His proctor for this exam was some pretty lady with red eyes. Naruto breezed through and actually did the best out of all the students and was awarded a full 10 points, bringing his total to 49.

The final exam was Ninjutsu, and Naruto dreaded this part. He was confident that as long as they didn't ask for a Bunshin Jutsu he would be ok. That is, until he found out who his proctor was. "For this part of the exam, Mizuki Touji will be your proctor," Iruka announced to the kids.

Naruto paled when he heard this news. Mizuki hated Naruto and that was evident to all the students and staff. He constantly picked on Naruto and embarrassed him in front of everyone. The blue-haired Chuunin walked to the front of the class and said, "For this exam, I will take you all one by one into another room and ask you to perform one of the jutsus you've learned this year. If you could all line up in alphabetical order by last name, I can get started." Mizuki's fake, sickeningly sweet tone made Naruto gagged. The older man looked at Naruto and thought, 'I have something special planned for you, bastard!'

"Namikaze, Naruto, it's your turn," Mizuki said. A girl walked out of the room, sporting her brand new head band. Naruto gulped and prayed to Izanagi that Mizuki wouldn't require him to perform a Bunshin.

Mizuki sat at the desk and said, "Now, I want to perform one of the Bunshin's you learned in Iruka-san's class."

'Fucking hell!' Naruto thought. He wasn't able to make a tangible bunshin so he figured he'd make a Gen'ei Bunshin (Illusion Clone) since that was essentially a Genjutsu. Naruto made the required hand seals and began molding his chakra. Mizuki clasped his hands together as he watched chakra swirl around Naruto. What Naruto didn't realize was that the Chuunin had made a hand seal and was molding his chakra, albeit not as visibly as Naruto.

'Chakra Intaraputo no Jutsu (Chakra Interruption Technique),' Mizuki thought. Suddenly, Naruto's chakra was thrown off slightly. The boy formed the jutsu and looked to his right to see his work. Naruto's jaw damn near dropped to the floor when he saw his clone. The head was the only visible part, and that was fading away as I type. Mizuki laughed and said in his faux-sweet voice, "I'll award you one point for effort. Hope you did well everywhere else!" Naruto hung his head as he trudged out of the room; he failed the exam for the third time.

Naruto sat in a high tree as he watched the other kids sporting their new head bands. Everyone passed except for him, even the lazy kid he was partnered with in the Survival Skills Exam. Naruto was crying softly as he watched all the kids celebrating with their parents. Worst of all, his dad hadn't even showed up to comfort him like he did last year and the year before. Naruto wiped his tears and felt a dark force overcome him. 'Leave this place kit. Go and become strong, and return. Make these mortals bow before your might! Make them sorry they crossed you! Especially Minato Namikaze! Kill them all [3]!' a voice whispered to Naruto. His blue eyes turned red and he leapt from the tree and began running through the village.

Minato burst through the Academy Gates in a flash of yellow light. He was held up by mission reports and as a result, was late to see if Naruto had passed. After Naruto's outburst, Minato determined to be more devoted to his son. Minato looked throughout the throng of kids but couldn't find his son. He spot Iruka and strode over to him.

"Iruka-san!" Minato shouted. The dark-haired Chuunin saluted to the Yondaime. "Hai, Minato-sensei [4]?" Iruka asked. "D-did Naruto pass the exam?" Iruka sighed and said, "No, sensei. Naruto scored a fifty. He failed, again sir."

Mizuki sat on a roof overlooking the Namikaze Estate. He made hand seals and a multi-colored image appeared before him. The image transformed into that of a man and began speaking.

Your mission is simple Mizuki. The Kyuubi is en route to my location; all you have to do is make sure it gets to my location. Understood?

"Hai, Leader-sama. I won't let you down again," Mizuki replied. Two last things Mizuki. First, if you should fail this mission, seppuku is your best bet. I WILL find you and make your death as painful as possible. Second, that tone in your voice…makes me trust you less and less. I might just kill you when you reach me if it doesn't change. The image faded away and Mizuki grit his teeth.

"I'll show him! Such a trivial mission is beyond the sole survivor of the Touji clan!" Mizuki growled, finally revealing his real voice. At that exact moment, Naruto came barreling toward the Estate. He smashed through the door and kept running, smashing through walls until he had burst through the back of the estate and through the village walls.

Mizuki ran through the new pathway and ended up in the room closest to the village walls. It was full of jutsu scrolls from the Namikaze clan. 'Hmm…I wonder how much these scrolls would go for in Ame's black market?' Mizuki thought. He saw a scroll sitting on the highest shelf toward his left. It held the Yondaime's seal. Mizuki grabbed the scroll and opened it, breaking the seal. He read it briefly and smiled widely. 'Pay dirt!' he thought. Mizuki pocketed the scroll and sped after Naruto, hoping he could catch up to the boy before he got too far.

Iruka laid in his bed that night, reflecting on his conversation with his sensei. He was tempted to go and find Naruto and retest him; he knew Naruto deserved to pass. As Iruka lay in bed, he began to think back to that day. The day his life was changed forever.

FLASHBACK

Another blast hit a nearby building, and Iruka gulped. The nine-year-old boy was hiding in some rubble. He wanted to see the ninja fighting in action, but most importantly, he wanted to see his parents fight. Suddenly, a massive ball of fire was heading toward the ninja near him! He leapt out of the rubble and narrowly avoided being flambéed by the ball. If only the ninja near him had been so lucky.

A white-eyed ninja grabbed him and began running. "Wait!! My parents are still fighting! I can't leave them!" he shouted as the ninja picked up speed. The Kyuubi saw them and was chasing after them. In an instant, the ninja was struck down and the Kyuubi stared down the scared boy. The demon lord took his large, clawed hands and swung horizontally at Iruka. The boy scrambled and moved but it was nearly too late. The demon lord scratched Iruka's face.

Two ninja appeared before the boy. "Mom! Dad!" Iruka shouted in pain, clutching his bleeding face. The man turned to Iruka and shouted, "RUN IRUKA!!!! WE'LL HOLD HIM OFF!!!! GO!!!!" They charged the Kyuubi and Iruka heeded his father's advice. He turned around one last time and saw…

END FLASHBACK

"Iruka!!! Mizuki invaded the Namikaze Estate and stole the Hiraishin Scroll!" an ANBU shouted at Iruka through the open window. The Chuunin gasped and grabbed his flak jacket. When he returned to the window, the ANBU had worse news. "He has Naruto!"

Naruto was running deeper and deeper into the woods. His thoughts were hazy but he was pretty sure he was going west. Despite his fatigue, his body wouldn't stop moving. Until a man knocked him over. It was Iruka! The Chuunin pinned Naruto's body to the ground.

"I found you, Naruto! Everyone's worried sick about you!" Iruka said. Iruka suddenly grabbed Naruto and rolled out of the way. A hail of kunai knives rained down on that exact spot. Iruka was struck several times by the knives and rolled off of Naruto. The boy saw blood dripping from his sensei's back.

"Good job finding the moron, Iruka!" Mizuki said. He appeared a little ways off from them in a swirl of leaves. Three Fuuma Shuriken were attached to his back and Iruka saw the scroll sticking out of Mizuki's jacket pocket. Naruto finally managed to regain control of his body and his eyes returned to their usual blue color.

"HUH!!! WHA!!! What's going on?! Where am I?" Naruto shouted. He looked over to a wounded, bleeding Iruka. "Naruto! Whatever you do, don't let Mizuki escape with that scroll! It's your father's legacy!" he shouted to the boy. "That scroll holds your father's famed Hiraishin no Jutsu (Flying Thunder God Technique) and if Mizuki escapes with it, anyone could learn its secrets!"

"BE QUIET IRUKA!" Mizuki roared. He flung two of his massive shurikens. One was headed toward Iruka; the other was headed toward Naruto. Iruka leapt off the ground and was pierced by the first shuriken an inch away from his heart. He leapt in the way of the second shuriken, which pierced and pinned him to the ground.

Naruto was shocked that Iruka protected him. "W-w-w-why?" Naruto asked, choking back his tears as he watched blood pour from his wounds. "My…my parents…were killed by you…or rather…what was once you….When they died…no one acknowledged me…so I acted…like a damned idiot…. As long as I was acknowledged…, good or bad…, I didn't care…. But… I was…hurting deep inside…. Naruto…, you've been…hurting too…. And I want to…show you that…people really do love you!!!" A third shuriken lodged itself in Iruka's back.

"ARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IRUKA-SENSEI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" roared Naruto. Yellow energy swirled around the demon. Naruto extended his hand and the energy around his had formed a claw. The new energy appendage thrust forward, stretching and stretching until it reached Mizuki and pierced his chest. Naruto grasped his heart and screamed, "YOU LIKE HURTING PEOPLE?!?!?!?! LET'S SEE WHAT ALL THE FUSS IS ABOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Before Naruto could rip his heart out, Minato appeared before Naruto. He placed his hand on Naruto's shoulder and said, "You don't have to fight anymore son. Daddy's here." That was all the reassurance Naruto needed. His yellow energy cloak faded and the demon collapsed next to Iruka. Minato charged up a Rasengan and walked over to the bleeding Mizuki. "Looks like you fail Touji," Minato joked before thrusting his palm into the younger man's face.

Naruto awoke in the hospital the next morning. The previous night's events rushed to the forefront of Naruto's mind. "Heh…good thing today's Saturday right Naruto? Otherwise, you'd have to go to school."

The young boy turned to see a bandaged up Iruka lying down next to him. Naruto turned to his other side and saw his father sleeping in the chair next to his bed. "He stayed with you all night, ya know," Iruka said, reading Naruto's mind. "I know how we can wake him up." Iruka whispered something to Naruto and he just couldn't resist.

A few minutes later, Naruto stood in the middle of the room. "You ready squirt?" Naruto nodded and made some hand seals. "Seishou Bunshin no Jutsu (Energy Clone Jutsu)[5]!" Blue energy swirled around next to Naruto and began to take his form. The clone was a pure chakra version of Naruto. "Alright wake dad up!" Naruto shouted. The clone obeyed and charged at Minato.

"ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Minato screamed in pain.

Minato, having recovered from the shock of the Seishou Bunshin, cleared his throat to gain Naruto's attention. "Naruto, I have something for you. I need you to close your eyes," Minato said.

"Ok dad," Naruto said hesitantly. He closed his eyes as he waited for his dad to give him his gift. "Open your eyes Naruto." In the boy's lap was a head band similar to Iruka's head band. "You've graduated Naruto. I'm proud of you," Minato said, with a tear coming down his eye. Naruto was shocked. He really graduated!

Night had finally fallen and Minato stood atop the Namikaze Estate. A man appeared behind him and said, "Let me see you hand." Minato walked over to the shadows that were concealing the large man's appearance and unwrapped his bandages. A badly burned hand was held up in the moonlight. "Hmmm…it seems it has begun. Naruto-kun is unlocking the powers of the Kyuubi. These burns are yokai burns," the man stated.

Minato winced; he knew this day would come, but not so soon. "How long do we have before he unlocks all of Kyo-sama's powers?"

"Depends. If he decides to not become a ninja, it'll take approximately nine years to fully manifest," the man replied. "It's a little late for that; he's a Genin now," Minato quipped.

"That's where the "depends" comes in. Danger accelerates the deterioration of the yokai seal. Depending on how much danger is around him, he could fully manifest his powers in four years," the man replied.

"There's no stopping him; he wants to become the Godaime." The large man sighed and said, "Then there's nothing we can do but keep him away from them."

"Yeah…Otooji-san."

Hmmm…Mizuki failed, as was expected. That was the cheapest way to cut an expendable loss. Oh well. At least I know my jutsu is still in effect. It seems to have less effect the further away I am. I'll be back for you Naruto. Believe it!

Next Time: Yeah! My buddy Konohamaru is back in the village! It's time for some new pranks! After all, I don't officially become a Genin 'til Monday!

The Rokudaime Hokage! Introducing Konohamaru Sarutobi!

1- Naruto's affectionate nickname for Iruka is a play on his full name, Umino Iruka, which means sea dolphin. Bottle-nose is a type of dolphin.

2- Kitsune are masters of Genjutsu, so it seemed like common sense to make Naruto a Genjutsu master.

3- This is a precursor to one of the many moral decisions Naruto will have to make in the story. Power often clouds judgment, and you'll get to see how his choices affect the story

4- Iruka called Minato "sensei," an obvious sign that Minato taught Iruka. Minato's history will be explored later on.

5- Seishou Bunshun no Jutsu (Energy Clone Technique): The user molds his energy and forms a tangible clone of himself. The clone is made of pure, kinetic chakra. Touching the clone results in an electrical shock.