Disclaimer: I can't own Naruto, I'm just not strong enough!
6 years had passed since the day he had opened the scroll.
The first year was, in one word, difficult. Though he could never find it in himself to hate the only person who showed him any attention, he did find it frustrating to have to hide the scroll when the old man came around. The only benefit was that he was excused from the academy until the final Gennin exam and was even given special access to a library...
Flash
"Naruto, why haven't you been going to your classes? I thought you really wanted to become a ninja." The Sandaime asked while keeping a stern, yet warm gaze on Naruto's form.
Naruto's head was lowered, hiding his face from the man who stood in front of him as his mind was in turmoil. He knew that he had to think of some way to get him out of the academy...but then he wouldn't be allowed to graduate. The blond's eyes lit up as a plan formed in his head.
The third's eyes widened as Naruto lifted his head with tears running down his innocent face. "Everyone hates me! It doesn't even matter weather I go or not, cause the teachers don't help me at all. All I get to do there is watch others learn!"
Sandaime bent down and enveloped Naruto in a hug. "I'm sorry Naruto. I..." The old man felt his chest constrict slightly as he tried to think of solution. He couldn't exactly force people to teach Naruto, nor could he have an Anbu watch and make sure the boy was recieving lessons. Since that nin had infiltrated the village, they had severely tightened up the defense.
They had yet to discover anything huge about the nin, Raiken, as they had found out since he had crashed into Naruto's apartment. They uncovered very little about him, seeing that he was more of a low class chunnin and showed no real work ethic. He wasn't widely known nor did he have any living relatives to question. The guy was huge question mark.
Sandaime sighed as came up with the only answer to Naruto's dilemma as he gently released Naruto from the embrace.
"The best I can do for you Naruto is give you uncontrolled access to a library and bring you grade level exams, outlines, and required academy jutsu when possible."
Naruto wiped his tears and nodded sadly, only half of him was acting. He wouldn't be able to prove himself if he was secluded...but he would wait. His time would come. It just had too.
Flash
Since that day, he was given a card with the Hokage's personal seal, allowing him access to the library at his age and almost no restrictions except obvious ones like ripping books apart or yelling. When he first visited he was surprised but delighted that the library owner, a middle-aged man was indifferent, albeit a little curious as to how a young kid was allowed so many privileges. The man hadn't care enough to question the boy and answered most questions dully, but was still immensely helpful towards the boy.
The Hokage would come with outlines on what he would need to know, but it barely helped. He expected it so it didn't mean much. The scroll had more then made up for it though. It was strange, how easily he grasped knowledge without an instructor to guide him. But the scroll...it detailed everything. Like the names of the books, or if that book wasn't there which happened very little, certain type's of books and what type of information they contained. He always smirked when the librarian would become surprised before quickly going back to bored and looking up the specific type of book that was being looked for and telling the boy where to find it.
After reading the exact amount of page's or up to where the scroll said was required, he would end up doing more of the exercises that the first section of the scroll described.
Sections...that had been the biggest surprise for the young boy.
The scroll had three arrows at the very bottom, one left, one right, and one down. Just above the boxed in arrows was a few word's also boxed. After reading over and over, Naruto had finally understood that the word's led to different sections as they were called. One was specifically about chakra. Another was specifically about hand to hand combat, Taijutsu. It had been a little hard to understand, but the scroll had worded it specifically for his age, making it that much more simplistic and brilliant. The right arrow would lead to diagrams and pictures based on the paragraph shown. The left was to further explain the current paragraph in case Naruto was having trouble. The last arrow was usually used when the scroll had reached its end, but the subject continued right back at the top by simply activating it.
A drop of blood on the arrows and words made the scroll seem much more advanced then just something that was written on. The person who had written it had to be a truly devoted genius to go through such lengths...or he had known he was going to die soon.
Naruto noticed none of this as he learned and kept the scroll his most guarded secret. His mind steadily developed as did his body. Each lesson was strange and yet effective, always pushing him but making him learn so much more afterward.
It started with a strange technique that had him trying to get small pieces of papers to stick to his forehead. After came tree walking. The scroll written that it was to be absolutely hidden and only done in far away places. Though Naruto hated being secluded, he consented, knowing that in the end it would help achieve his dream.
Water walking was extremely hard and he found himself going home pruned and shivering, but never sick.
When he had finally had enough control based on the scroll self questioning's, like amount's of time being able to stay on water or vertical on tree's while have something hovering in front of his forehead, he was elated. Even more when the scroll had specifically stated-
Congrats! You have low Gennin level control mwahaha!
He had continued, always making sure to be home or to try and avoid people as much as possible.
Naruto never thought that sit-up's could burn so much...then again, doing them vertically while sticking to a tree by focusing on his whole lower section was probably the reason. Then the push-up's on the water almost made him want to rip up the scroll. Almost.
Months had passed with him doing the same regiment as instructed while still reading many book's, and making him eat horrible food's like fruit and vegetable's, but he kept on. The Saindaime would always scrutinize him, commenting on how strange it was of him to start buying normal foods and him actually growing a few inches. It made him grumble and the Kage chuckle in mirth, still quite busy with ruling over a village to see a boy training in secret.
Soon a year had passed and Naruto easily kept up with his usual plan...that was until he realized the scroll instructed him specifically in one year's time that he was to time himself on physical training. Finding out that his chakra control was very high and that he was to begin on Taijutsu he wanted to tell everyone...but he had overcome that sensation rather quickly.
The first thing the scroll had Naruto do was unseal a strange pouch. Inside was an enormous amount of small square yellow paper's that looked like seals. They were called "Shindou Natsuin" and had strange characters written on all of their back's. The scroll went on to explain that they were seal's which converted chakra into an electric current, but could only convert so much. The seal was specifically made for his control level and would hopefully help his body adapt and either change his current chakra type, or give him a second.
The scroll began to explain that the next occurrences would be dangerous and painful, but rewarding to the highest degree in the future.
He grinned in determination and placed them on specific point's on his body, which were important tenkutsu. When he activated the seals using his chakra, his eye's began to water and he had found him self on all four's as a slight amount of electricity went throughout his body. After finally being able to cope with the extremely uncomfortable feeling of being a dim light bulb, he continued reading forcefully, finding that it was time for his introduction into the Taijutsu that would "awe his opponent's into tears".
Myaku No Nigiri Kobushi...
The style itself is said to be flexible, having both attack and defensive stances...and no one besides Raiken himself knew of it, making Naruto absolutely giddy.
It was hard not to reveal it while still testing it out. Killing Taijutsu master's was not always easy to hide.
This made Naruto slightly more aware of just how dangerous being a Nin was and wondering what Raiken was like to have been so secretive...and whether those Taijutsu masters were always enemies...
He ignored it and sucked in his own fears, wanting to further himself no matter what.
The first Kata's and stances that were described and drawn were specifically for defense, the basics of the style. Naruto had quickly found himself in the forest, going through the stance's with difficulty because of the seals on his body. Yet he pushed on, his determination fueling his body.
Another year would pass, and Naruto was proud to know he had mastered basic's and had learned all of the counter's. The amount of tags on his body had also increased. Though the electricity could not be seen out side of his body, he had an abnormal amount going through his body. His control had also increased as did his endurance, stamina, and most importantly, knowledge. Something that perturbed him was his body which seemed to have greatly increased in speed. Conveniently, the scroll had noted that it was because of the electricity constantly working through his body, but the speed was only to boost the main purpose of the whole style, which was the reflexes and reaction time.
Naruto's mind which had also developed, easily comprehended and was very surprised. Even more when he found it was time to learn a strange technique called "Myaku", and was the base to the offense to his Taijutsu style and most of his soon to be technique's. This was another chakra control technique in a sense. He was to focus the electricity in his body to one point. The upside to this would be completely numbing whatever part of the body that his "Myaku" comes in contact with. The down side is that he could only do it a few times and they had to be very quickly, less he hurt his own limb. This was because his had yet to either change or develop the lightning chakra type.
So Naruto trained and learned as time passed. He took the exams that the Hokage would bring, and would always feel proud of himself that he could easily answer all the questions on the exam's. He would always be confused when the Hokage never brought up how he did, but he just thought that meant he was doing fine and continued on his own.
Naruto had become estatic when he find out that he had developed a lightning affinity. He found out when he was able to use the Myaku without using the seals electricity and rather his own conversion of chakra and using the seals electricity as a boost...resulting in a decimated dummy.
The scroll specifically stated that no matter how he found out, he was to start learning his first Ninjutsu, making Naruto shout and quickly cover his mouth and look around cautiously. He had quickly read on, finding the next technique to be...
Myaku: Tai Ji Bunya
The scroll explained that it was a technique based on most basic tools that ninja use, that being the Kunai and Shuriken. It is a defense against long range weapons. Later, it would be a defense against all metallic objects. Naruto quickly grasped the basic principles that delved into magnetic fields and began to learn more about how to convert his chakra. Another thing he found himself doing was learning to expel chakra throughout his entire body, which was slightly easier thanks to his earlier control training.
When Naruto had finally mastered the technique, even he knew that it was going to be extremely beneficial against all weapons. No matter what the speed the weapon was throw at him, if he new it was coming, he could easily activate the technique and the weapon would stop before it hit him. Always.
The more chakra he put in helped depending on the situation. It took quite a while to achieve the amount of force and chakra output, but he finally came through and implanted the perfect amount while wasting very little and still being strong enough to repel the strongest thrown Kunai or Shuriken.
Naruto chuckled to himself as he read the next instructions after successfully mastering the Myaku: Tai Ju Bunya.
Ok, by now you probably realized "Why am I learning an anti weapon technique and not learning to utilize those fundamental tools. The reason being, the way I fought...the way you will fight...weapon's will NEVER be needed. It may seem stupid, but sword's, kunai's, shuriken...they are all obsolete. Wow, they're really sharp, SO WHAT! Okay okay, I'm getting off subject. That's just my opinion anyway, and probably specifically being that a kenjutsu or weapon master would be completely useless against both me and you.
Back on track, now your going to learn the only useful thing that the academy teaches. Kawamiri No Jutsu. Though the Myaku will negate most metalic atacks, you'll come to see that most destructive jutsu will not be made out of metal.
Naruto read on to learn that Kawarimi was a substitute technique, and was used to get out of dangerous situations by replacing oneself with something else.
He began to study the seal's and began to practice with the scroll itself. The technique wasn't as hard as Naruto first suspected, but then again, his control was extremely amazing for his age and he had gotten it to the point where he could do it without seal's in two months time.
He continued on, learning more stance's and still refining the counter's enhanced by Myaku then further enhanced by the seals in dangerous situations.
One day, as he sat in his home thinking all was well as he was reading about the newest technique he was to learn, the Raibushin No Jutsu, he heard knocking on his door. His eye's widened as he quickly rolled the scroll up and placed it with a few other books and scrolls laid about the table, to make it look less suspicious. He walked to the door and opened, a real smile on his face as he saw the Sandaime on the other side. His smile faltered a bit as he noticed the disturbed look on the old mans face.
"Ahhh, Naruto-kun, I'm sorry I haven't come in such a long time, I've been very busy." The man said with an apologetic tone.
Naruto had to keep from raising an eyebrow. He really hadn't noticed the lapse in time, being that he had been so immersed in becoming stronger. He quickly smiled and replied. "Its fine ojisan! I've just been reading and stuff. I can't wait for the Gennin exam!"
Sarutobi raised an eyebrow before nodding and smiling. "Ah well yes, here's the last exam you'll be taking before next years Gennin evaluation." Naruto mouth dropped open in surprise. He couldn't believe it had been so long. He quickly erased the shock from his face as he noticed that the Kage was acting stranger then usual. He shrugged it off and respectfully took the exam from the Sandaime's extended hand. As the previous years, Naruto took the exam in front of Sarutobi, who would just supervise to make sure the boy wouldn't just go and read for the answers. But this time, Naruto also notice the Sandaime decided to read Naruto's answers, instead of just waiting patiently as he usually did. He didn't mind, but it still felt strange.
Twenty minutes passed and Naruto turned to the Hokage, whom looked a bit shocked but quickly took the paper and after ruffling Naruto's hair, went on his way. Naruto pondered the strange behavior before dismissing it as nothing vital and reopened "The scroll".
Naruto continued reading up on the Rai Bushin, learning that in order to do this technique he would first have to learn the foundation of all elemental and special clone's, the Bushin No Jutsu.
He easily mastered the Bushin No Jutsu, being that his control was very well trained, though it was still a bit annoying with his overly large reserves.
After a while, Naruto had finally come to master the weak, but potentially useful technique. He eagerly began reading up on the Rai Bushin, which proved to be much harder and much more effective. He also realized that he had all the book knowledge a shinobi truly needed. He ended up waking up the neighbor's when he ran around the house cheering. Finally calming down enough, he finished reading..
Congrats kid, though it doesn't seem like much being that I can't really "feel" pride in my own apprentice. Bah, oh well. You know all you need to know. Rank's, history, strategies, missions, manners, and all that other boring nonsense. Now there's two thing's to give ya. One, is the next level of the "Shindou Natsuin" and then, there's the outfit that I hope you will pass on to your apprentice.
Naruto smiled and unsealed the two items. One was another pouch, slightly bigger then the first and the seals having HG on their backs. Then came the outfit which unsealed with the clothes folded and a pair of black Zori(?) on top. Naruto placed the awesome looking sandals to the side and slowly inspected the other articles of clothing, loving each one.
First came the rather loose fitting black pants. He looked closer and noticed that they looked to be colored black by the insane amount of seals written on them in various patterns. Next came a normal looking mesh shirt, but parts not mesh, being the collar and ends of the sleeves, was made from a weird material that Naruto could not identify, but seemed awesome either way. The sleeves stopped right above the elbow. Next came legwarmers that had no type of patter on them, but were a dark shade of yellow. He noticed that both the leg warmers had a seal on the inside. The biggest article of clothing was the shirt. It was short sleeved, the sleeves being shorter then the mesh that was to go underneath. It seemed pretty plain, but looked good. Last was a container and inside was bandage's...but once again in a strange material. After smiling and saying a prayer, he continued reading.
Okay, first off the seals on the insides of the leg warmer's will instantly make them heavier. Think its about time your start training those legs for those long traveling missions and a certain few technique's that will come in the future. Next, the bandages and the real purpose of the clothing. None of these clothing's or the bandage's can be destroyed by lightning and and can be repaired by channeling chakra through them. They are extremely vital for the final technique in this scroll. Trust me, when I first did it and found myself in my birthday suit, I was pretty damn upset. There is a few more outfits like those in different sizes all in the scroll on the item section.
Naruto chuckled to himself and donned the leg warmers, but put the other clothes away, still amazed at the perfect outfit and wanting to keep it safe for the exam.
Naruto continued his training regime, which now added mile jog's on a lake while hovering a kunai on his forehead with his heavy feet and the more intense electricity flowing throughout his body.
Finally the day came. Naruto found himself in front of the mirror smiling at his own appearance. He was wearing the outfit and had the wrapping wound tightly on each hand from knuckle to mid forearm. He was about 5'1 which he hoped was good for a 13 year old.
He sighed, knowing that it had been a long time since he had seen kids his age, other then walking past them or since the park many years ago. He took a deep breath and made sure his hair was as insanely spiky as the man whom helped him break past his blockade's as a kid. He smiled in satisfaction before walking out of his bathroom and towards his front door. As he opened it, he saw the the hokage smiling at him.
"So...are you nervous, Naruto-kun?"
Naruto grinned and shrugged. " Of course I am, but I can't become Hokage if I don't pass this test, eh?"
The Sarutobi laughed heartily and began to lead Naruto to the academy.
AN: So yeah...
SIKE!...please kill me.
Naruto walked side by side with the Sandaime on the dirty road, a serene smile plastered on his face. He couldn't be happier at this moment. It felt great to not get glared at. The two main reasons being that he was with the Hokage. The next being that...he was barely recognized.
He knew that he had barely shown his face since the incident, but it was amazing. Had he really changed that much?
He looked down at his skin, noticing a was a tiny bit paler and that his hair was also a bit paler, but was it really that much a difference? He was guessing the only reason they had recognized him, or would, was because of his trademark whisker scars.
He didn't let it get to him and continued making idle chit chat with the kage, both enjoying each others presence.
Finally they came upon the academy. It seemed the day had already started and so the two ventured in. Naruto would glance everywhere once in a while, and each time he would flinch at the cold lonely memories that came up.
Flash
A young Naruto sat at his desk, a cheerful look on his face as the teacher began passing out books. He couldn't wait for his own, he was going to show them all, he was going to be the next Hokage!
His expression however faltered as the female teacher passed him up. He quickly went to speak out, but she ignored him until finally another student spoke up. " Ano, that boy-" The teacher quickly interrupted the boy. "Ignore him, he doesn't need one after all the things he's done." The student shut up, not knowing how to reply and Naruto just put his head down, hoping no one saw him cry.
Flash
Naruto snapped out of the memory at the sound of the thirds voice. "Naruto-kun, are you ready?" he asked, noticing the dull look Naruto's eye's had taken just a moment before.
Naruto quickly nodded as Sarutobi opened the class door they now stood in front of. He watched as the teacher's stopped talking and one of them, a man with brown hair pulled back into a ponytail came to the Hokage.
"Hokage-sama, is there something wrong?"
The elderly man smiled and pointed towards Naruto who was just ways behind him. "That's Naruto-kun, he's here for the Gennin examination. I thought it would be better to at least give him sometime with his future teammate's, should he pass."
When the the teacher suddenly looked at him, he quickly turned his face away, not wanting to see the glare.
Iruka was a little surprised. He hadn't heard of the Kyuubi boy since the incident a few years ago involving a cloud nin infiltration. As he looked upon the boy, he felt his parents come to mind...and yet, he couldn't seem to find it in himself to actually hate someone who he'd barely seen...and really looked nothing like a demon.
"Ahhh, Naruto-san. I see. I have arranged him into a team, but seeing as I was not givin an update in while I had assumed that it was canceled. It's no problem, I still have the original teams should he pass." Iruka said, a polite smile on his face.
Naruto looked at the man, his respect for this stranger rising. There was something different about him.
Sarutobi sighed and nodded appreciatively. "Thank you very much Iruka-san. Im sorry about the late appearance, but I found myself caught up in work. I'm just glad Naruto still has the chance to graduate despite my mistake."
Iruka shook his head vehemently. "It's no problem at all Hokage-sama." He then beckoned to Naruto. "I'm sorry to cut our meeting short, but I don't know how long Mizuki can keep the kids calm seeing as they're ready to get out of here, heh."
The Hokage patted Naruto on the back and nodded to Iruka. "Good luck Naruto-kun." With that, the Hokage disappeared in smoke.
Naruto turned to Iruka, having given the Hokage a peace sign before the said leader vanished. Iruka stared at him before signaling him to wait by the door. Naruto nodded.
In the classroom, whispers began flying around as someone had caught a glimpse of the Hokage. A rather chubby boy who was munching on chips, turned to his friend, whom looked dead asleep on his desk. "hmmm I hope Iruka-sensei Isn't getting fired or something..." The boy had somehow said around chomping his snack food.
The sleeping boy shook his head but kept it down on the desk, speaking only loud enough for his large friend to hear. "I doubt it very much, probably someone getting in trouble or a new student which is doubtful."
Another boy with a small puppy laying upon his head turned to a lavender haired girl who seemed to have no pupils. "Hey Hinata, can you check and see who Iruka is talking to? Pleaseeeeee?"
The lavender haired girl began to stutter out her reply in a very shy manner. " I don't know Kiba-kun, I'm not sure it would be right..."
Another boy with sun glasses and a very high collar jacket which covered his mouth spoke just as it seemed the dog boy was going to talk. " ...I don't think Hinata feel's comfortable using it..."
Kiba sighed and laid back a bit while scratching his dog's head. "Awww you guys are no fun."
A little away from them, was another boy with jet black hair and a very annoyed expression on his face as a pink haired girl and a platinum blond girl shouted at each other from either side of him, bickering quite loudly.
" Ok, quiet down class."
Instantly everyone shut up. Usually it would take more then that seeing as Mizuki had been saying that for over 15 minutes and they didn't listen to him. But they were curious as to why the Hokage had made an appearance, and maybe Iruka was going to say why.
" I know its a little late, but I would like to welcome a...well I guess you can say a guest being that he won't be with us very long. Come in!"
Everyone watched in bated breath as Naruto slowly stepped in. His stride was more confident and his chin was held up, his expression though...was bored.
" Hey, Uzumaki Naruto."
Iruka began to talk, with only Naruto really listening. The class however were whispering viciously to themselves.
"Yep...I was right, troublesome." The sleepy kid said...well sleepily as he drifted off.
The chubby boy just nodded as he continued munching, thinking the boy was far to thin.
Kiba actually raised an eyebrow as Akamaru began barking. " Meh, he don't look like much. Eh, Hinata?"
He turned to the girl to find her face flushed and staring at the newcomer very intensely.
The boy with sunglasses watched in interest. 'So his chakra...is above everyone in this classroom...interesting...'
Sasuke didn't even give a second glance to the boy, but was extremely relieved when he heard his two fan girls shut up.
The pink haired girl had a tinge or pink on her cheeks as she looked at the boy, who was very attractive. She turned to find the blond girl looking at the boy too.
"Ha, so Sasuke is all mine now!" the pink haired girl shouted. Sure the newcomer was hot, but he probably couldn't even touch her Sasuke. What surprised her though was the blond not responding. She shrugged it off and began to futility try and flirt with Sasuke.
Iruka quickly pointed to Naruto to the rather chubby boy. " That's Akimichi Chouji, please go next to him." Naruto nodded and took his seat. As he did, the chubby boy turned to him and smiled around the food in his mouth. " Hi, I'm Akimichi Chouji." Naruto smiled. " Hey Akimichi-san, nice too meet ya." Chouji chuckled somehow not choking on his food as he responded. "Just Chouji is fine, Akimichi makes me feel weird." Naruto nodded to the boy. "Sorry Chouji-san."
The boys began small talk as Iruka and Mizuki looked to be talking. Things settled down somewhat except for Hinata who kept glancing at Naruto, and Ino who was doing the same and completely ignoring both Sasuke and Sakura.
Naruto and Chouji stopped talking as Chouji was called to take the test. Naruto whispered good luck to the plump boy and found himself bored until he heard a "Troublesome" come from the "sleeping" boy just a chair away. Naruto turned to him, and whispered "Huh? what's troublesome?" He thought he wasn't going to get a reply until the boy lifted his head from the desk. " Nara Shikamaru...and this test is troublesome, I just want to go and look at the clouds..."
Naruto raised an eyebrow, but smiled. " Clouds...hmm, I like clouds also, but probably for a different reason then you." Shikamaru's interest peaked, they began a strange, but pleasant conversation about the floating cotton of the sky.
Once again Naruto found himself bored. Him and one other girl were the only ones left in the room. He turned to her. She was very pretty, her hair long and some covering her face. Her eyes were blue and she wore purple. He wondered if his skin was paler then hers and began looking at his own, almost missing when she spoke out to him. "Hey...Uzumaki was it?" Naruto turned to her, and grinned while nodding slightly. " Yeah, but Naruto please." She blushed a bit at his grin, confusing him a bit. " Yamanaka Ino, Ino-chan for you." Naruto felt his face warm up slightly as she winked at him. "Ahh Nice to meet you Ino-chan." He smiled at her, truly happy to meet another person. Ino felt herself turn to jelly at his smile. Her face a blaze, she could barely form a sentence before his name was called and he apologized before excusing himself.
He scurried into the room he was shown to and stared at Iruka and the teach next to him known as Mizuki. Iruka began speaking in a bored tone. " Just make three Bushin and you pass."
Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Uhhh what kind of Bushin?" Now it was Iruka and Mizuki's turn to raise their eyebrow's. " Do you know how to do Bushin No Jutsu?" Iruka stated, slightly surprised that the kid might not know what bushin was.
Naruto raised his head in understanding before three normal Bushin appeared around him. Iruka nodded. " Excellent, you pass. Come back to the academy tomorrow for team assignments. Same class." Naruto took a head band off the table and walked out, disappointed a bit that the Gennin exam was so easy. Seemed no one noticed that he had used no hand seals either.
Naruto slowly exited the academy, his eye's skimmed through the many newly promoted gennin and their families. His chest tightened as he longed for that happiness. He shook his head and walked towards his apartment, ignoring the crowd as best he could until he felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked up to see Iruka.
His eyes widened a bit. "Iruka-san? "
Iruka didn't know what had possessed him to do it, but as he gazed at the blond who looked on with longing as other children his age were coddled and hugged for their accomplishment's. He saw a young version of himself in the exact same position Naruto was in and his heart acted for him...
" Hey Naruto-san...how about we get some ramen, neh?"
The smile that had come on the boy's face had made him instantly glad he did.
" HE'S A FILTHY DEMON! HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED! THE KYUUBI IS-" a white haired shinobi, whom had been yelling, was quickly silenced with a quick twist of the neck. His body went limp and he was then picked up by two ANBU and removed from the premises of the academy.
The elderly man watched as his loyal nin escorted the corpse of Mizuki out of his sight. He slowly looked over all of the files Mizuki had on Uzumaki Naruto. He began scanning through the handed in exams and the scores recorded.
Not surprisingly, they didn't match up.
Seemed that Mizuki had been trying rather hard to make sure Naruto was not to become a Ninja. He had almost agreed with the Chunnin in waiting for the exam to pass and then telling Naruto afterward that he had not done well enough on the exams. But the smile on Mizuki's face had made him rethink his decision.
And after carefully watching how Naruto answered the questions to the final written test needed to pass, he knew all was not right concerning the boy's records.
After a few questions, the facade of Mizuki cracked, making him go as far as breaking the Sandaime's law...right in front of the Sandaime.
Sarutobi slowly massaged his temple's, his eye's lingering sadly on "Uzumaki Naruto" written on the record book.
" They just never cut you a break, Naruto-kun..."
AN: Mmmmm, been a while. Finally getting some time now and decided to crank out my longest chapter ever, which kind of disappoints me that this length couldn't be achieved earlier.
Anyway, I know this chapter was a bit boring, but had to get it over with. I just really skimmed through the training Naruto went through. Yes the scroll is great but its not perfect. An example is that it hadn't really given any information on gaining ranks. This being that by the small hint that the writer of it, was only chunnin and he didn't care about his rank. Don't worry, more will be revealed, but it will all be centered around Naruto's progress.
Naruto's attitude is a bit different. He's still an extrovert, but much calmer being that his attention shifted from proving himself now and then, to proving himself in the long run. Seeing someone die in front of you will change you a bit, whether it seems so or not.
Ok, on to pairings. Truthfully, I haven't even counted them, and I don't intend to cause I'm retarded. So, I'll just have both. Reason for it being Tayuya and Haku is cause they are exact opposites, and it would just make the story much funnier to see these two argue over Naruto huh?
So yeah, its gonna be TayuyaNarutoFemHaku, with a few admirers and crushes but this is main pairing.
If there is any major problem or question, I'll address it in next chapter, thnx ppl, and I hope the next chapter makes up for the lack of action in this one hehe.
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