Chapter One:
Secrets Revealed, AKA one confused Naruto
10 years later
It was a beautiful may morning in Konoha birds were chirping and the gardens were being tended to. Shop owners and customers were bartering in the market and children were running around playing games. However one child of ten was looking on this beautiful site from atop the Hokage monument looking lost and alone. No one ever even acknowledged this child except for the fact that he held the Kyuubi no Kitsune and he was prankster. He did everything he could do to gain attention and gained the reputation of being the prankster from hell. His name was Naruto Uzamaki, and he wanted everyone to know it.
"Why do all the adults treat me like a monster?" He asked himself tears evident on his face, looking around at the beautiful site, green trees, lush grass, and young animals playing together preparing themselves for the future, he smiled sadly at that site. He wished that the children of the village would play with him, especially a certain boy. He didn't know why but Uchiha Sasuke meant the world to him, in fact he had recently started having strange dreams about him, dreams that a boy really had no right thinking about another straight boy.
Naruto blushed at remembering the dream from last night, "Why am I dreaming about Sasuke like that?" Naruto asked himself, for a second he thought he heard chuckling in the back of his head, but shrugged it off. "OH SHIT I'M LATE!" Naruto screamed when he noticed the children in the playground from his vantage point. Getting up he ran as fast as he could.
Ninja Academy 5 minutes later
"Okay class please take a seat" An irritated Iruka told his class, about two minutes earlier Naruto had come running into to the classroom screaming "I MADE IT" disrupting his train of thought. As much as Iruka cared for the boy he really did annoy him sometimes.
"Today we will be-" "NARUTO BAKA WHY DID YOU KISS SASUKE?!?!?!?!" "-attempting transformation..." Iruka trailed off boredly at the outburst "Sakura please sit down" Iruka said taking mental note of the blush on Naruto's face and Sasuke's lack of disgust"Interesting, what could this mean?" Iruka thought.
"But Iruka-Sensei Naruto no baka KISSED Sasuke-kun" Sakura whined causing Naruto to blush more and Sasuke to wince because he enjoyed it for some reason, and Iruka to roll his eyes "Sakura JUST SIT DOWN" he yelled losing his patience.
Sakura sat down begrudgingly while glaring at Naruto, "Something is off about that kid" Sakura thought.
5 hours later
All the students in the academy started rushing home except for one, Uzumaki Naruto, he was sitting on the roof of the school thinking about why he had failed the Genin exams and couldn't figure out why he didn't have very good chakra control, he knew he could create a clone he just couldn't control his Chakra well enough. Suddenly Suzuki showed up on the roof and gently tapped Naruto on the shoulder.
"Good afternoon Naruto-kun" Mizuki said in a kind manor, making Naruto smile, at least someone respected him, Naruto and Mizuki sat and talked for a while when Mizuki suddenly got an idea, or so it seemed "Hey Naruto, I know of a way for you to pass" Mizuki said getting Naruto's full attention.
"HOW!" Naruto said practically bouncing in excitement and barely winning over the urge to squeal like a little girl (A/N: Hehe)
Mizuki smiled evilly and replied "There is a Scroll in the Hokage's tower, if you were to steal this scroll and learn at least one technique I know you will pass."
"All right I'll do it" Naruto responded not thinking about the implications or the risk involved in this kind of behavior and frankly not really caring, he really wanted to pass.
Several Hours Later
Naruto quickly bounded off toward the Hokage's Tower under the cover of darkness, passing several weary guards without ever being noticed"he he, the Guards are so stupid" Naruto thought, passing by another guard with inches to spare. As Naruto passed by he bumped into a trash can making a loud noise attracting the attention of the guard.
"Huh?, wuzzat?" the guard asked dumbly knocking the book that was resting on his face off, he quickly looked around and determined it was nothing and went back to sleep. Naruto sweat dropped and did an anime fall at the scene. How dense can these guards get? It was almost TOO easy and he was just a few feet away from the Hokage's Scroll store.
Entering the room he noticed hundreds upon hundreds of scrolls stacked on shelves, wide eyed he wondered how exactly he was going to find this "Forbidden Scroll" Mizuki told him about. Then he noticed a sign that said "FORBIDDEN SCROLLS" sweat dropping again at the blatant obviousness of the sign he walked in to that section of the store.
"Okay, if I were a forbidden Jutsu scroll where would I be?" Naruto said looking around, after a while of searching something caught his eye. It was a forbidden scroll but it wasn't the one he was looking for the scroll said "Uzumaki Amiko" this confused Naruto, ignoring the scroll he continued.
Twenty minutes later he found the scroll and started packing it away but that scroll from earlier was eating away at him just who was this Uzumaki Amiko? His mother? He had to know so he took that scroll too. "Now time to get out of here... um... How did I get in here?" Naruto said looking around and realized he was lost, sweat dropping he attempted to retrace his steps.
"Naruto-Kun?" A voice suddenly said causing Naruto to nearly jump out of his skin, thinking quickly he did the only thing he could do well "SEXY NO JUTSU!!!" Naruto yelled transforming into very beautiful blond that was... erm... nude but his plan worked as he heard a shout of "WHAT THE HELL" he looked at his victim and realized it was the sandaime Sarutobi. Sweat dropping and resisting the urge to write "Hentai!!!" all over Sarutobi's face he leaped out of the window and bounded off toward the Forest of Death AKA Anko's playground.
20 minutes Later
"So that's how i can make a viable clone?" Naruto said scratching his head "Well that's amazingly simple" he added standing up and forming hand signs quickly and finally yelling "Kage Bunshin no jutsu!!" creating twelve clones of himself however these clones weren't dead or maimed in any way in fact they were perfectly fine and functional.
Naruto stared at his handy work wide eyed, he couldn't believe it he had made TWELVE clones with very little effort, grinning he made as many as he possibly could and discovered that he could make over a hundred clones. Naruto looked like a kid in a candy store at this revelation. Suddenly the other scroll in his back pack caught his attention again so he proceeded to open it only to discover a blood seal, shrugging he figured he must be able to open it if it had his last name on it so biting his finger he wiped his blood on the seal causing to glow minutely and unfurl.
Naruto proceeded to read and the further he got into the scroll the more shocked and bewildered he was. The scroll said "Princess Namikazi - Uzumaki Amiko is to be hidden from the village as per request from her father Namikazi Minato, she will be disguised as Uzumaki Naruto by the Kyuubi AKA Niina a friend of the village although the village doesn't her in this light, Niina's kits were killed a mere three days after their birth causing poor Niina's heart to break and she went on a rampage..." Naruto couldn't read anymore, he... I mean she was shocked. This explained everything, Naruto's girlish temptations and the crush on Sasuke although she wouldn't end up like Sakura or Ino, she knew the importance of training.
"I can't believe it" Naruto said "I'm a Princess, and father wanted to protect me" tears were now trailing down her face, "I'm not gay, I'M NOT GAY" Naruto yelled to the heavens. "Well, well, well, you really were foolish enough to go into the forbidden scroll room Naruto-Baka" a sneering voice said, Naruto looked to his right and saw a rather evil looking Mizuki.
"Mizuki? Whats wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?" Naruto said looking really confused tears forgotten.
"YOU KILLED MY FAMILY!!!!" Mizuki hollered rushing at Naruto kunai in hand "I WILL KILL YOU KYUUBI!!!!!!!!"
Gasping Naruto leaped out of Mizuki's way "I'M NOT THE KYUUBI!" Naruto said rushing to attack the chuunin when he saw Mizuki make a move for the scrolls.
Mizuki's POV
"I will get that scroll and rid konoha of that demon" Mizuki thought deliriously dashing for the scroll suddenly he discovered two scrolls and grabbed both only to be knocked into the ground rather harshly. Looking up he saw Iruka standing over him looking totally irate.
Normal POV
"MIZUKI! How dare you attack one of my students! Especially Naruto!!!" Iruka yelled while pulling his fist back to punch Mizuki. Thinking fast Mizuki pulled the dirtiest trick in the book, he grabbed some loose dirt on the ground and tossed it into Iruka's eyes blinding him temporarily.
When Naruto saw how angry Iruka was he felt happy yet worried, happy that someone cared for him and worried about his current plight. Thinking quickly and probably a little irrationally he pulled out a kunai and charged at Mizuki plunging the weapon deep into his side causing him to howl in pain.
Mizuki looked at Naruto and saw how desperate he was to protect Iruka, he started doubting his decision to kill him when his memories of his family suddenly hit him, he started seeing red.
Naruto felt a surge of power coming from Mizuki's general direction causing him to turn to his right, what he saw terrified him: Mizuki was standing there with the largest Shuriken he has ever laid eyes on and was glaring daggers at him. Naruto ran as fast as he could away from Iruka trying to lure Mizuki's rage away from his sensei.
"YOU WON'T GET AWAY DEMON" Mizuki suddenly yelled and threw the Shuriken at Naruto and Naruto, seeing the large projectile, froze with fear when suddenly a black shape appeared in front of him.
Naruto was shocked, what just happened? he reached up and felt his cheek when he noticed a warm feeling. Looking at his hand he realized it was blood, but whose?
"N-Naruto, you made me proud" the figure said in a rough and ragged tone as if it were dying, it was then that Naruto realized what, or rather who the black figure was, it was IRUKA.
"I-Iruka-sensei? why?" Naruto said looking Iruka in the eye as he set his injured sensei on the ground, Iruka just smiled and said "Because you deserve a chance to shine, Princess" before passing out. Naruto's eyes widened Iruka new the truth? Why didn't she know?
"Mizuki, I don't know what happened all those years ago, but I won't let my fathers efforts go to waste" Naruto said "I now know who I really am and I will NOT SHAME THE NAMIKAZI NAME BY GIVING UP!"
Mizuki's eyes about popped out of his head when he heard the yondaime's family name from the "Demon Child" how ever he just smirked and took what Naruto said lightly "Oh? then just who are you?" Mizuki said in a sneering tone.
"My name is Namikazi-Uzumaki Amiko, I am the princess of the Namikazi family and of Konoha" Amiko said while looking at the ground, she had tears rolling down her cheeks but she was smiling none the less she finally knew who she really was now if only she knew the circumstances behind her fathers decision.
Mizuki started laughing insanely "You the princess of konoha? Just who are you trying to fool?" Mizuki said with the same smirk as before.
Amiko started glowing a bright vibrant gold her features changed to be more feminine she was smiling the whole time "I'm not trying to fool anyone Mizuki-kun" Amiko said in a sweet forgiving tone, "I understand why you attacked me, but I must tell you, it's not my fault or the Kyuubi's"
Mizuki looked utterly confused, his pawn, his tool is using his own tactics against him but that wasn't what confused him, it was the fact that it was working. Despite himself he couldn't help but want to hear the story behind everything himself.
"Mizuki, I don't know all the details, and I'm still very confused but please hear me out, I know that the Kyuubi had some kind of reason for attacking." Amiko said looking at Mizuki pleadingly, "if we go back to the village we can both get the answers we are looking for.
Mizuki could only find one logical answer to this and that was to do what the young boy turned girl suggested and go back to the village. "I will concede defeat for now" Mizuki relented with a nod, Amiko nodded in agreement stating that is all she asked for.
A/N: Sorry for the long wait but I'm in job corps and trying to study AND maintain a story is kind of hard especially when I have a class mate constantly bugging me for favors and tips. (The kid is trying to make a computer case out of card board with minimal supplies . ) Not only that but I recently installed Ubuntu on my computer, for those who don't know Ubuntu is a Linux Distribution, so I've been tinkering around with it for several days now.
I hope that my updates won't take quite as long in the future but I believe that this chapter was worth the wait. I had fun writing this chapter, I will admit that there are areas that don't quite flow but I blame that on the fact that I've had to put the story down for days at a time while I take care of more important things such as CST.
Now enough of my rantings R&R please -