Naruto: Madara Uchiha's Grandson Chapter 2, a naruto fanfic

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Konoha Hospital, a few days after the Uchiha Massacre

Izuna told Naruto that they would soon have the funeral for all the dead Uchiha. Izuna felt bad for them. There was probably a way by which even the Uchiha could have been saved. If there was, Izuna hadn't seen it. Izuna wasn't wearing his usual clothes, the Hokage's cape with a black Uchiha robe and the Hokage's hat. Instead he was clad black since the funeral for the Uchiha clan was to be held that day.

Naruto just woke up. Naruto was also clad black for the funeral which was going to be held that day. He had the Uchiha clan symbol on the back.

Mito and Menma had just woken up. The two of them were also clad black. They were not their usual cheerful selves. They were very sad. Mito had manifested a Choku tomoe Mangekyou Sharingan on the night of the Uchiha massacre. Izuna was sure of it. This he would confirm in a training session before the Academy started. As for Menma, Izuna feared that the Kyubi and he might have had another match if not for Naruto having stabbed Itachi.

Sasuke had not yet even manifested his Sharingan. Izuna couldn't blame Sasuke for it. The kid was always compared to his siblings and peers and had a lot of pressure put on him by his father who almost ignored him. Sasuke always wanted to prove himself but not once had he gotten his father's attention. Though his father had loved Sasuke the most, Sasuke didn't know that. He had always thought that his father had loved him the least. Sasuke didn't have the chance to manifest his Sharingan. Hopefully he would manifest it in the near future.

The Uchiha funeral, Konoha Cemetery

Most people there were in tears. They had lost many friends. Izuna wasn't crying but he was clearly sad. Naruto, Menma, Mito and Sasuke were in tears as well.

They were all mourning for their dead friends and family.

The same day, in Mito's room

She had changed her clothes. She was wearing a dark blue dress with the Uchiha clan symbol on the back. Her hair didn't have its usual spiky nature that day.

When she went inside, she saw a scroll written to her. It said, 'For Mito'.

She didn't know what to do. She just opened it.

It was written in Itachi's hand. It said, 'Mito, if you are reading this, the rest of clan excluding Izuna-sama, Sasuke and Naruto is dead. In case you have manifested your Mangekyou Sharingan, ask Naruto or Izuna sama or Kakashi senpai for some help. Go to the Uchiha shrine. It contains a lot of information on it. You will never be able to reach my level, no matter how hard you try so you can say goodbye to your revenge. This scroll is just my way of laughing at you.'

Mito was infuriated and used the mangekyou Sharingan to see if there were any more insults hidden in genjutsu, but she just found a face of Itachi laughing. She just burnt the scroll and left it to rot. She wanted to kill Itachi but she needed to become much stronger for that.

She wanted to become much stronger. She thought of approaching Naruto before approaching Izuna-sama.

Izuna's house, Uchiha compound, Konohagakure

Izuna had rebuilt the house. He made Kyokyuyu's room just as it had been before the Massacre. He needed to train Naruto right now. That was his top priority. The academy would start soon. He never knew why the standards at the academy had fallen so low. Most genin of today would probably not pass the examinations during his time. Most chunin of now would barely be able to beat genin of his time. Upon that, the Academy took a lot of one's time without actually teaching them anything. He had tried many times to raise standards for the academy nut most people had denied him by telling, 'We live in an era of peace. Why should we make our children work so hard when they don't have to?' He had hated this attitude of people. The only people who could even understand him were the clan leaders and the higher jonin. He would really like it if everyone thought the same way as he. He had changed his clothes. He had his usual unkempt spiky hair, not unlike Madara's but it was much shorter. He was wearing a black armour-like jonin vest with the Uchiha clan symbol and the Uzumaki clan symbol, a spiralling circle on the back. Above that he wore the Hokage's cape.

Naruto just walked inside the room. He was with Mito. Mito had just told Naruto about the scroll Itachi had left her. Naruto had also been infuriated by Itachi and had come to his father to train him. Naruto had also gotten himself a change of clothes. He was wearing a black robe with the Uchiha clan symbol on the back. His hair was spikier than usual and he was much more serious than his usual self.

Naruto came in front of Izuna and said, "Tou-san, I want you to train me."

Mito also added, "Hokage sama, I too want to train under you."

Izuna thought to himself, 'Took them long enough.' He saw Naruto's Rinnegan and said, "I shall train the two of you but separately. I can only train you until academy starts. From then on, you have to train yourselves. We have a month before academy starts. I shall start training the two of you from tomorrow. Be there in Training Ground 3. Early morning at 6 a.m."

Mito and Naruto said together, "Yes," and then left.

Izuna was looking forward for the next day. He would get to test their abilities to the fullest. Hopefully they would be strong. Just as he was thinking this, Sasuke and Menma came inside. Sasuke was wearing his usual bright blue shirt with white trousers and Naruto was clad orange as usual. They asked, "Can you train us, Hokage-sama?"

Izuna knew not why Menma called him Hokage, Menma never called Izuna Hokage; anyways he would like to train them. He said, "Fine, I shall train the two of you. Tomorrow at six a.m. in the morning in Training Ground Three. Be there."

They said together, "Hai, Hokage-sama," and left the room. Izuna sensed rivalry among the two of them. He knew that this rivalry of theirs would get them far.

The next day, Training Ground 3

Izuna arrived there at 5:45 a.m. He knew that they would already be there because he had sensed their Chakra in the Training Ground. They were all here since 5:30 a.m. They had been waiting for the past few minutes. Izuna did the hand sign for Kage Bunshin no Jutsu/Shadow Clone Jutsu and three shadow clones of Izuna popped up. They all had equal amounts of Chakra. Izuna said, "We have four weeks to train before Academy starts. I can't train you after the Academy starts. I will practically be in paperwork hell after that. For the first three weeks, you shall be training separately but, for the last week, the four of you shall come at me together to increase your team work. Understand this, I shall not let any of you become genin if you are egotistical and prefer to work all alone."

Naruto and the others accepted Izuna's condition.

Naruto was wearing black robes again with the Uchiha symbol on the back. His hair had its usual spikiness. Mito was wearing bright red clothes with the Uchiha clan symbol on the back. She was much more cheerful than the previous day and her hair was much spikier. Sasuke was wearing a black shirt with the Uchiha clan symbol on the back and white trousers and Naruto was clad orange as usual and had the Uzumaki clan symbol on the back.

Then the real Izuna went to Naruto and the two of them teleported to the Forest of Death or Training Ground 44.

Two shadow clones of Izuna went to Sasuke and Menma and teleported along with them to Training ground Zero.

The remaining shadow clone of Izuna told Mito, "We shall be training right over here."

Training Ground 44/The Forest of Death

Naruto was surprised at the sudden change of location. He asked, "Where are we Tou-san?"

Izuna grinned and answered, "This is Training Ground 44, also known as The Forest of Death. Right now, we are the only people in here but there are many beasts which can take your life if you are not careful in here. Now you have manifested the Rinnegan. Do you know what it can do?"

Naruto did not know what his father was talking about. He excitedly asked, "What is the Rinnegan?"

Izuna wasn't surprised that Naruto did not know. After all, the Rinnegan was only possessed by three people alive, Izuna, Tajima and now Naruto and many people did not even know what it was. Izuna had not expected Naruto to know the answer and asked him, "What do you see when you see in my eyes?"

Naruto lost his entusiasm at such a question. He answered, "A white eye with six concentric circles and three tomoe in every alternate circle. I suppose it is an enhanced version of the Sharingan."

Izuna smiled and said, "You are not completely of the mark but you are still wrong about my eye being an enhanced version of the Sharingan. Let me ask you another question. Have you seen your own eyes in the mirror since the massacre of the Uchiha?"

Naruto just got let down. He thought he wuld get to learn this rinnegan thing but his father was giving him a lecture. He answered, "No. I neither had time nor any patience to do that."

Izuna sighed and asked, "Are you facing any problems with concentration right now?"

Naruto was surprised. He then felt it was to be expected as Izuna was a genius and had a great sense of the world around him. He answered, "Yes. Ever since the massacre of our clan, I have been receiving too much input from my senses. I haven't been able to concentrate on one thing due to that."

Izuna switched to a tone of a teacher and asked, "Do you know why you are receiving too much input from your senses lately?"

Naruto didn't know why his father was asking him such questions today. He answered, "No. I don't know why I am receiving so much input."

Izuna smiled said, "Well that is because your eyes are the same as mine."

Naruto wasn't expecting that answer. His eyes were the same as his father's. He couldn't even imagine such a thing. He thought that he wouldn't reach his father's level at least for a decade or so but his father was implying that he already had. Then Izuna laughinglly said, "Now, don't jump to any conclusions that you as strong as me or even close to as strong as me. You have a hundred years to go before you are as strong as me."

Naruto was kind of feeling guilty and sad because he had jumped to the conclusion that he could rival his father. Then he said, "Well, tou-san, is this the Rinnegan?"

Izuna was certainly happy that his son had landed on the right conclusion. He said, "Yes, it is the Rinnegan but do you know what it is?"

Naruto slightly regained his enthusiasm and answered, "The best conclusion I can land at is that it is an enhancement of the Sharingan."

Izuna kept his smile on his face and said, "It isn't entirely wrong. After the mangekyou Sharingan comes the Rinnegan. But one with only Uchiha powers such as Mito or Sasuke cannot manifest the Rinnegan. Those with only Senju powers, like Menma can also not manifest the Rinnegan. Only one with both Uchiha and Senju powers can manifest the Rinnegan. The two of us and your grandfather Tajima Uchiha had both Uchiha and Senju powers from birth allowing us to manifest the Rinnegan. The reason why the two of us and my father who are Uchiha have Senju powers is complicated but these Senju powers also allow us to use Mokuton/Wood style. Now, do you know the extent of the powers of the Rinnegan?"

Naruto said in an excited tone, "No. I don't yet know the full prowess of the Rinnegan." He had hoped that this would make his father want to teach him the jutsu which the Rinnegan let you use.

Izuna said pride etched in his voice, "You can sense the chakra of everybody using your Rinnegan. You can also teleport yourself or someone else using the Rinnegan. It increases your strength by a lot and allows you to have better chakra control. You can also absorb someone else's chakra using the Rinnegan. You can absorb Jutsu using the Rinnegan and you can also release the absorbed Jutsu in a stronger manner using the Rinnegan. This also allows you to potentially copy Kekkei Genkai by absorbing them and reusing them."

Naruto was astounded at hearing this. You could potentially copy Kekkei Genkai using the Rinnegan. It was like ninjutsu new year for him and he had gotten a lot of ninjutsu as presents from his father.

Izuna added, "That is not all. You can dissect chakra into smaller pieces and combine Chakra into bigger pieces. You can push and pull anything or anyone using immeasurable force. You can put almost anyone in a genjutsu. You can create huge heavenly objects using the Rinnegan as well. The first person to have manifested the Rinnegan, Hagoromo Otsutsuki also known as Rikudo Sennin/Sage of Six Paths is said to have created the moon using the powers of his Rinnegan."

Naruto's mind was clearly blown by the huge range of powers the Rinnegan. He wanted to skip through the lecture his father was putting him through and wanted to start learning to put the use of Rinnegan. He wanted to be the strongest user of the Rinnegan to have ever lived.

Izuna further added, "You should be careful with the Rinnegan. You should not go around announcing your powers to everyone. I shall only train you to use the Rinnegan if you promise that you shall use its powers only when you need to save someone close to yourself or when you have no other option."

Naruto was getting excited. He knew that he shouldn't show off his powers to others. He told his father, "I promise to use the Rinnegan when I have no other option at my hand. Can we start training now?"

Izuna said, "Agreed. But first you need to work on your basic Kamui, Amaterasu, Susano'o and your Chakra armour."

Naruto was clearly not happy at this. He wanted to learn to use his Rinnegan but his father wanted him to first perfect his mangekyou Sharingan abilities. He understood why but he really wanted to master his Rinnegan. This blew away all his excitement and enthusiasm down the drain.

Izuna looked at naruto's sad-ish face and said, "Though your level 3 Susano'o more than enough for your age, your Kamui, Amaterasu and Chakra armour can use a little more practice. Now we shall practice these three over the first week then we can start on your abilities with the Rinnegan. Today and tomorrow we shall concentrate on your Kamui."

Naruto was happy that he could practice his Rinnegan abilities for two weeks in which his father would train him separately. All of a sudden a few kunai came lashing out at him. He did the only thing that came to his mind. Used kamui on all of them and thankfully he had succeeded. he saw Izuna grin. He made a mental note to himself, "Be all the more alert when tou-san grins in the middle of a training session. Else, you will find yourself dead in the next second.' While he made the mental note, about a hundred or more kunai just came at him. He tried his BEST not to die.

Meanwhile in Training Ground Three

Shadow clone Izuna smiled and told Mito, "I shall train you right over here. Before that, manifest your Mangekyou Sharingan. But be wary. If you use your mangekyou Sharingan too much, you will go blind and you will have to transplant the eyes of someone who is close to you by blood who has also manifested their mangekyou if you want to keep your vision intact. This is called the Eternal mangekyou Sharingan."

Mito was aware of her mangekyou Sharingan though she was perplexed about the fact that she would go blind if she overused the mangekyou and she had to take the eyes of a close blood relative if she wanted to keep her vision intact. She had felt her mangekyou the day of the Uchiha massacre. She immediately did as she was told. Her mangekyou was the same as his grandfather's before he had attained the eternal mangekyou Sharingan.

Shadow Clone Izuna sternly told her, "Try to cast Tsukuyomi on me."

Mito did as she was told. She channelled chakra into her eyes. She tried to use Tsukuyomi. Itachi had done it many times. She tried hard but she was completely unable to use it.

Shadow clone Izuna understood that Tsukuyomi was not one of Mito's mangekyou's abilities.

He told her, "I don't think Tsukuyomi is one of your abilities. Thus, I think Amaterasu and Kamui are the abilities of your mangekyou Sharingan. Try to send this kunai into your Kamui time space. Concentrate on sending this kunai into a Kamui time space."

Saying so, he took a kunai and placed it on the ground. He observed it carefully for results.

Mito once again channelled her chakra into her eyes and tried to make the kunai go to another dimension. A small swirl began in the position of the kunai. It was working. The kunai was starting to go to another dimension. But the swirl stopped and only a small part of the kunai had gone to another dimension. She got sad at the fact that her Kamui didn't work perfectly.

Shadow clone Izuna looked at her face and said, "Don't worry. You did your first time better than Naruto. He wasn't even able to break the kunai in his first go. Though now, he can probably send a moving kunai into his Kamui time space and break a huge tree into half like you just broke the kunai into two parts. You will also reach that level soon."

Mito was actually celebrating at the fact that she was able to do Kamui better than Naruto at least, her first go was supposedly better than Naruto's.

Shadow clone Izuna said, "This week, we shall concentrate on your Kamui."

Mito was excited to increase the extent of her Kamui.

Meanwhile in Training Ground Zero

Menma and Sasuke were brought here by two Shadow clones of Izuna. One of them took Sasuke to one part of Training Ground Zero and the other shadow clone took Menma to another art of Training Ground Zero.

The part of Training Ground Zero to which a Shadow Clone Izuna took Menma

Shadow Clone Izuna asked Menma, "What do you know about Shadow clones except for the fact that they take a lot of chakra?"

Menma casually said, "I don't know. Why would I know?" as though it was unnecessary to him.

Izuna hadn't been expecting anything else from Menma. He said, "Do you receive memories from your shadow clones when you use them?"

Menma was surprised. He said, "I do not remember anything of that sort."

Shadow clone Izuna made another shadow clone and called it Shadow Clone Izuna 2 and asked Menma to make his own Shadow Clone. Menma made one. Shadow clone Izuna 2 and Shadow clone Menma went to a place where the original Menma couldn't hear them. They made a bet which Menma won and then dispelled. Once they dispelled Menma jumped in happiness when he got to know that Izuna would later get him Ramen at Ichiraku Ramen. Shadow Clone Izuna didn't care about it for he knew this was inevitable as Menma would have clearly asked for Ichiraku ramen while going home.

Then Izuna said, "You see, there is a memory relay system in shadow clones. You know how to use them perfectly and keep them intact for a long time. You can also share chakra among your shadow clones." Menma was celebrating as though he didn't care about it. He perhaps listened to no other part than the memory relay system and chakra sharing.

Shadow Clone Izuna put his arm to his head and said, "Now we shall work on your Rasengan. Show me your Rasengan. Use it on the ground right over here."

Menma channelled chakra and concentrated it above his palm. The chakra started to take a spherical form. Soon it had a spherical form and Menma hit it at the ground. It formed a small crater which could be considered as a toe of some animal which was slightly bigger than a human. Menma looked up to him in a glorious way. Izuna sighed and told him, "That is not a proper Rasengan. It is too small to be called a Rasengan. The basics are the same but you need to concentrate a much more chakra for it to be called a Rasengan. Look at this," saying so, Izuna formed a rasengan in his hand. It was much bigger than Menma's. He hit it at the ground and it formed a huge crater compared to Menma's.

Shadow Clone Izuna told, "See Menma, though mine was only slightly larger, it had much more chakra than yours making a greater impact. You will have to do better than your rasengan for it to actually be called one. You need to channel more chakra into your Rasengan if you want it to be greater have a much greater impact."

Menma now put his head down in sadness. He then put his head back up and asked, "What should I do now?"

Shadow clone Izuna looked at Menma sulking and said, "You need to practice more, besides, the more you practice, the more bowls of Ramen I shall treat you to."

Menma was kind of sad but he was up to the challenge. He was getting ready to make a Rasengan when Shadow Clone Izuna said, "Use some shadow clones. You will be able to gain more experience faster."

Menma hadn't thought of it. He directly performed the hand sign for shadow clone jutsu and ten shadow clones of Menma popped up next to him.

All of them started practising the rasengan. All of a sudden, that side of Training Ground Zero became the loudest place in Konoha.

On the other side of Training Ground Zero

Shadow Clone Izuna intended to teach him chidori/One Thousand Birds/Rai Kirin/Lightning Blade. But he needed to know if Sasuke had lightning Style nature so he took out a chakra paper from his pocket and asked Sasuke to channel his Chakra into it. It got divided into two equal halves, one burning down and the other getting wrinkled. Sasuke didn't know what had just happened. He asked, "Why did only half of it burn and why did the other half get wrinkled?"

Shadow Clone Izuna wasn't surprised. He said, "This means you have equal affinities for fire and lightning. The half which burned down shows your affinity for fire and the part which crumbled shows your affinity for fire and the wrinkled part shows your affinity for lightning. We will increase the strength of your fire style and lightning style over the first two weeks and in the third week; we will concentrate on something I like to call chakra armour."

Sasuke was clearly excited. He had heard of the Gondaime's Chakra armour and he was going to be taught how to do it. He had also seen Naruto do it, though it was only lightning style armour. Sasuke had never known that Naruto could do that and in a flash he had stabbed Itachi. When had he gotten so fast? Sasuke had to leave all of that and get to Naruto's level as quickly as possible. He had to be the one to kill Itachi. It had to be him. No one else would do. He had to get his revenge on Itachi for killing his mother and father. Shadow Clone Izuna said, "Hit me with the strongest fire style you know."

Right away Sasuke got as much as Chakra as he could and said, "Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu"

A fireball came from his mouth. Izuna was impressed. It was large for Sasuke's age. If only he had better chakra control, he could have made a much bigger fireball.

Shadow Clone Izuna said, "Sasuke, you are strong, but not strong enough. You need to work harder on your Chakra control if you ever want to get ahead of Naruto, Mito and Menma. Naruto and Menma have almost perfect Chakra control. With the amount of chakra you just used to make a fireball, Naruto can make a fireball five times bigger. Just a little more practice, and you will also be able to do so."

The words hit Sasuke as a bullet. Naruto could make a fireball five times larger than his with the same amount of Chakra. He was leagues behind Naruto. If he didn't do anything fast, he would always be leagues behind Naruto. He couldn't let that happen. He asked with determination, "What do I do for me to have perfect Chakra control?"

Shadow Clone Izuna grinned and said, "Practise. That is all you can do right now."

Sasuke was expecting a better answer than what he got, but if practising was all he could do, he would do it until he became stronger than Naruto and then go after Itachi. If practicing was all he could do, he would do it until he became stronger than Naruto. He started practising his again.

The same day, in the evening, Konohagakure

Naruto, Mito, Menma and Sasuke were returning to their homes. Naruto was clearly strained. He wasn't his usual self. He was clearly acting as though he had been on the brink of death, which he had. His eyes were very drowsy. His clothes looked as though he had rolled in a mud poll, which he had incidentally done to keep himself alive when he had been attacked by few hundred kunai. Mito asked him, "What's wrong with you Naruto? Stop acting like that."

Naruto answered, "You don't know how brutal my tou-san can be when training me. I almost died today. Did you? The worst thing that ever happened to you today is probably that you had to dodge a blunt wooden Kunai. I had to send a Kunai coming at me faster than sound into my Kamui Time-Space. Did you have to do that? I had to injure my father by using Kamui when he was almost at half his top-speed. Did you have to do that? I am going to go to Ichiraku Ramen and get myself a few bowls of good-old Ramen right now. You can join if you want."

Mito was clearly shocked. Compared to the hardships Naruto had gone through that day, her training regimen was too gentle. Naruto asked, "What did tou-san make you guys do today?"

Mito answered, "Well, we practiced my Kamui skills. My first time was better than your first time. So that makes me better than huh?"

Naruto didn't quite understand her. Had she just forgotten that he could almost send a kunai faster than sound into his Kamui time-space? First times were nothing. He grunted, "Hn." Mito was quite displeased at hearing this. She angrily said, "So what if you are better than me right now? I will be better than you by the time we graduate academy."

Naruto was clearly unable to understand Mito's resolve. They were on completely different levels. She might be good but she had years to go before becoming as strong as him. He said, "I like your resolve but good luck at doing it, hn."

Mito answered angrily, "Hn." She couldn't bear this attitude of Naruto today. Maybe his training had been worse than hers but this was still no way to behave.

Naruto on the other hand just wanted to go to Ichiraku and get a good amount of Ramen and then sleep. The next day was going to be worse for Naruto and Izuna would not let Naruto finish the regimen easily. He needed rest if he were to survive the next day.

They soon reached Ichiraku. Naruto sat down and said, "Two large Miso char sui ramen."

Menma also ordered the same thing. Mito and Sasuke ordered plain Ramen.

Naruto gobbled one entire bowl of Ramn in an instant as though he had neveer had food in the past year. He looked at Menma and Sasuke and said, "You never told me what my father made the two of you do today. Tell me."

Menma enthusiastically answered, "He made me practice my Rasengan. I can land a good blow now. I can also make a good amount of shadow clones and by the way, today Ramen is on your father."

Naruto was impressed at the fact that his father would be paying for Ramen. Now he would stuff himself up as much as he wanted. This was going to be fun for him. This was his way of making his father pay up for all the hardships he went through that day to stay alive. He right away said, "Four orders of Large Miso Char Sui Ramen please."

Mito was clearly surprised at his sudden change of mood. The fact that ramen was on his father today made him want to eat as much as he wanted. A part of Mito felt that Naruto was more addicted to Ramen than Menma was.

Naruto then went along and said, "You might eventually become stronger than my father, Menma."

Menma wasn't expecting this from Naruto. He beamed in glory. Mito on the other hand had clearly lost it. She channelled Chakra into her palms and shot down Naruto big time. He was injured. He couldn't possibly believe that he had been shot down with so much force. He clearly ignored it despite his senses having told him, "Dodge it!" He had paid the price. Fortunately, his chakra reserves were huge. They would heal him soon. Mito said, "Menma can eventually become stronger than Izuna-sama but I can't become stronger than you?"

Naruto said, "He can become stronger than my father. Not stronger than me, Mito. No one will become stronger than me when I am at my peak. I will become the strongest person to have lived. Believe it! You are no exception either. Even you won't grow stronger than me. My father, yes. You will become stronger than my father. But me, you are not even close."

Mito was clearly angry. She manifested her Sharingan and then her Mangekyou Sharingan. Naruto was clearly pissing her off right now. She wanted to use Kamui on him right now. Right then, Sasuke who was clearly pissed off by the fight of these two, Said, "Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu."

This was going to be hard for Naruto to deflect. Instead he did the best thing he could. He used Kamui on the fireball coming towards him. It instantly disappeared. Sasuke couldn't believe his eyes. His fireball had been undone in a flash by Naruto. Izuna who was sensing this happening form his office smiled at Naruto's quick wittedness. Had nothing been done, Izuna would just send it above the sea where it would hit the sea and then go to Ichiraku and scold these children for fighting in a place where it could harm civilians. He would still lecture the four of them but a little while later when they reached the Uchiha Clan Compound.

Meanwhile, in Ichiraku, Naruto was impressed at Sasuke's Fireball. He had improved. All four of them were on their feet. Naruto said, "First we eat. Then if you want to take this outside, I will be your guest. I cannot let this Ramen go to waste."

Menma agreed and they all sat down to continue eating. Ichiraku Teuchi let a sigh of relief.

Then Izuna appeared. He said, "Ichiraku-san, can you make a bowl of miso char Sui ramen for me?"

Ichiraku Teuchi said, "Hai Hokage sama."

Soon they all finished eating and Izuna paid for the bill. He couldn't actually believe that Naruto and Menma had each eaten thirty bowls of Large Miso Char Sui Ramen in a competition. He couldn't believe his bad luck with his money. He had to go home now with an empty wallet. He teleported the four of them back to the Uchiha compound.

The Uchiha Compound, Konohagakure

The four of them were surprised that Izuna had arrived. If not they would have gone to Training Ground Three and fought it out between themselves with Naruto clearly emerging victorious. None of them could imagine anything otherwise. So either way, they were happy Izuna had come.

Izuna was clearly angry at them. Naruto actually was about to pee in his pants. Everybody was clearly scared right now. Izuna's killing intent was like none other's. When fully unleashed, it would most probably destroy all the five nations in one small blow. That was how strong Izuna was. His kids knew nothing of that but Naruto could feel a lot of chakra coming from Izuna. His chakra levels were completely different from what he had seen in the morning. Izuna was clearly angry on them.

He said, "What were you doing, fighting in a civilian populated area? You could have killed people. What is wrong with you? Mito, I thought I told you that over usage of the mangekyou Sharingan can make you go blind. And you Naruto, I thought I asked you not to run around showing off your powers. Just because you are stronger than your peers, stop acting as though you are the greatest human alive. You are extremely arrogant with that attitude. You never act like that. What was wrong today?"

Naruto couldn't believe his luck; he was being scolded this badly by his father. Izuna wasn't using any chakra to discipline them because right now if he did discipline them, they would not survive.

Naruto was clearly scared to the bone and was shivering. He knew that he was seeing what no one else was. There were over ten invisible shadow clones which only he could see using his Rinnegan. They were ready to restrain the four of them if they got some ideas. Izuna was using Limbo Jailer and the four of them would be no match for them. Izuna was taking all the precautions he possibly could.

Naruto was shivering and said, "Sorry, tou-san. I sh-shall n-n-never show off my po-po-powers again. E-e-especially in ci-civilian p-po-populated areas."

Izuna said, "Good, so you three are not going to show off your powers in civilian populated areas either. If you do you are grounded."

Saying so, Izuna disappeared. All the invisible shadow clones Naruto was seeing were also gone. Naruto fell on his knees and breathed a sigh of relief. The rest of them were extremely shocked at Naruto's behaviour. She thought that he was really scared of his father. Izuna-sama was not scary unless he looked you in the eye when he was angry. Probably Naruto saw something different using his eyes.

Menma looked at Naruto and said, "HA, despite all of your strength you can't stand up to tou-san. Look at me. I can do that while you can't. HA"

Naruto's mood suddenly changed from scared to angry. Menma got the same vibes from Naruto as he got from Izuna. He stepped back in fear.

Then almost all of a sudden his mood changed again. He said, "Ha, you can't even stand up to me when I am angry. You are talking about standing up to tou-san" and laughed and the four of them laughed and went to their respective homes.

A day before the beginning of the Academy, Training Ground Three, Konohagakure

Naruto, Mito, Sasuke and Menma had assembled for the last day of their training by Izuna. From the next day, they would go to the academy which was a waste of time according t Izuna and ever since the Uchiha massacre; no one was going to be allowed to graduate from the Academy before the age of 12. The standards of the Academy had also gone far below what they were previously. The Academy also took huge amounts of time. Almost half the day was spent uselessly in the academy according to Izuna. The only reason the Academy was helpful was because it allowed you to make new friends. Else it was clearly useless, which was why Izuna had taken the leave of one month to train the four of them perfectly. Now, that one month was coming to an end. Today, they would all be testing their abilities together against him. He hoped that they would be able to keep him from sending out any jutsu, but knowing Naruto and Menma, he thought that he would be on the receiving end more than the sending end.

He said, "You four have until noon to get one of these bells from me. As you can see there are only two bells. The two which do not get any bells will neither be allowed to have lunch nor be allowed to have dinner. You will also not be allowed to have breakfast the next morning. I hope that I have made it clear to the four of you. Your time begins in three, two, one, Now."

All of them dispersed and met at the same point. Naruto said, "He wants to check our teamwork. It's best if we work together. We will all get our next three meals properly."

Sasuke arrogantly said, "You might need teamwork. I can get it by myself."

Naruto said, "Don't be arrogant Sasuke. If you are arrogant, you will end up without any food for the next 24 hours and you will make the rest of us end up in the same condition as you. I ad Mito shall make an opening and distract tou-san while you and Naruto go get the bells. It is bound to fail but it will impress my father that we are working together and might just show us sympathy at noon and permit us to have food."

Sasuke said, "Hn" and jumped and went to get the bells himself. Menma did not want to wait for Naruto, Mito and Sasuke and jumped right in front of Izuna. Izuna was not surprised at Menma's behaviour. He still needed to learn a lot about being a shinobi.

Izuna looked surprised at Menma, yet that was in his nature. He said, "What do you plan on doing coming at me like that?"

Menma said, "The others are planning on some strategy I don't understand and I clearly don't want to wait for them. So I came over her myself to take on you."

Izuna sighed and said, "Try all you want," and opened one of Jiraiya's books, 'The tales of a gusty ninja'.

Over the course of almost one month Menma had been practising nothing but the Rasengan. Just one Rasengan of his could level an entire building. That was just a normal Rasengan. He had gotten a little higher and went for the Giant Rasengan. That could probably destroy the great stone faces in just one blow. Menma did the hand sign for Shadow clone jutsu and about fifteen shadow clones of himself popped right next to him. They were all doing the Rasengan.

Menma and his shadow clones jumped at Izuna with the Rasengans about to hit Izuna. Izuna said, "Almighty push!" and all the shadow clones of Menma flew away, dispelling simultaneously. Menma couldn't believe what had just happened. All of a sudden Izuna was behind Menma in a crouched position. He said, "Fire style: One Million Years of Pain"

Naruto instantly got to know that his father was going to destroy Menma. He also had Limbo jailers restraining Menma. Naruto had to do something. Though his teleportation was not as accurate as his father's, he could save Menma. He instantly teleported Menma to a different place and Izuna's hand went through thin air. Menma did not know what had happened and concluded that Naruto must have saved him.

Izuna got up said, "Naruto, I will first take care of you, else it is going to be a pain to defeat the others with you coming in the middle all the time, now show yourself or do you want me to come to you?"

Naruto knew he was done for and told Mito, "We shall create an opening now and hope that Menma and Sasuke use that opening."

He teleported himself and Mito and teleported Naruto to where they had come from.

Naruto manifested a full chakra armour and it contained both fire style and lightning style. It had the six paths symbol on both the back and front. Izuna was impressed at Naruto's armour yet again. Over the course of the first week, he had almost perfected his Kamui and Amaterasu and could manifest a full body armour and could even do a level four Susano'o. Then he began to practise his Rinnegan abilities. He could do 'Universal Pull' and 'Almighty Push' almost perfectly. They were the easiest. He could absorb weak jutsu and pure chakra if he was in physical contact with the person whose chakra he was absorbing. He could create one Limbo Jailer. He could teleport well though he was not perfect. He could teleport anything accurate to two meters. That was good. He was extremely quick. He could create gravity and create mini moons. His Wood style had also gotten better.

Mito on the other hand had gotten close to Naruto's level of perfection of the abilities of the mangekyou Sharingan and could also do a level four Susano'o. She could do a level three Susano'o and could absorb water like the second Hokage. Her fire style was also good. It was almost a fifth as strong as Itachi's.

Naruto and Mito together did a Susano'o. This surprised Izuna. They were able to go all the way to level five together. Then an equal number of shadow clones of Naruto as the number of Limbo jailers Izuna was using appeared and a Limbo jailer of Naruto also appeared behind Izuna. Izuna did not notice this. Then all of a sudden, they attacked simultaneously and Naruto's Limbo jailer restrained Izuna y keeping him from infusing any chakra. Izuna absorbed the Limbo jailer of Naruto and hit the Susano'o head-on. Naruto was not done yet. Izuna was now open to attack. Naruto teleported Sasuke and Menma to where they were just in front of Izuna in a perfect position to dislodge Izuna.

Izuna noticed this. He saw that Naruto made use of the situation and now that Izuna's chakra was directly in contact with Naruto's the only option was to absorb the Susano'o and then teleport. The conditions gave him very little time to do so. He absorbed the Susano'o and just as Naruto's and Sasuke's foot was going to make contact with Izuna's chest, he teleported to the ground and Naruto did the same and all of them were on the ground. Sasuke had manifested a chakra armour made of lightning and fire styles, except, the chakra was in the leg and not in the arm. When both were combined, an entire limb was still his limit but if it was just one, he could do it in two limbs.

Izuna knew that he had underestimated them. All the four of them were working together. This was not going to be as easy as Izuna had expected it to be. Though he had not expected them to work together, but he had overestimated their strength when they worked together, he was sure of that. He had been expecting more than what he had received from them.

He grinned and said, "Good job catching me off guard, but I assure you, you will not catch me off guard again." Izuna thought to himself that he would not make them fast for the next twenty four hours and decided that he would get them Ramen at Ichiraku's. Naruto on the other hand tensed a little more knowing that he was done for by seeing that grin on his father's face. He remembered the mental note he had made on the first day, and it had always proved to be right.

Meanwhile, Naruto and the others were thinking that they were done for and they would have to fast for the nest twenty four hours. While they were thinking Izuna said, "Naruto, I will first take care of you. Then I shall take care of the others. You are causing troubles to me right now."

Izuna came and crouched right behind Naruto and about two Limbo Jailers were restricting everybody to where they were. They could not move. Four Limbo Jailers were restricting Naruto to his place. Izuna said, "Fire Style: One Million Years of Pain" he was about to thrust it into Naruto when all of a sudden, one Limbo Jailer of Naruto was keeping Izuna from using 'Fire Style: One Million Years of Pain' on him. Then he used as much as Chakra as he could and teleported himself to another place and did the hand sign for Shadow Clone Jutsu and twelve shadow clones of Naruto popped up right next to him. Naruto then teleported the rest of them next to him.

He said, "You will have to do better than that if you want to put me down."

Naruto wasn't easy to put down. Izuna had to agree. Izuna also couldn't use strong jutsu 'cause they were still not god enough to stop them. He said, "Well, you escaped me this time. Now escape this. Universal Pull!" Saying so, he raised his arm and manifested a lightning and fire style armour on his arm and Naruto came flying towards Izuna.

Naruto's chakra armour was no match for Izuna's. S the only thing Naruto could do now was Almighty Push. He said, "Almighty Push!" and all of sudden just before he was stabbed by Izuna's arm, he stopped and then he teleported back to where he came from. He was shivering and all of a sudden, an alarm rang and it was already noon. None of them had gotten a bell. Izuna said, "I give you half an hour more to get at least one of these bells."

Naruto took the chance and got in the same position as Izuna had gotten a few minutes ago and used all the shadow clones he had and the Limbo jailer of his to restrict Izuna's Limbo Jailers and Izuna himself with one of them hitting Izuna at a vital chakra point thus, keeping him from using any of the Rinnegan's abilities and Naruto used 'Fire Style: One Million Years of Pain' on him. But contradicting Naruto's thoughts and expectations, Izuna absorbed the jutsu and dodged it then teleported from there. He was impressed and said, "You did well Naruto but did not get the bell."

Naruto said, "Which bell? This bell?" showing the bell he had taken from Izuna just before he had teleported. Izuna was surprised. Naruto had gotten a bell form Izuna and when he checked, both the bells were gone. Naruto said, "Yeah I took both bells. I know this was supposed to be a team exercise. But we did work together, which created these openings for me to get these bells."

Izuna was not surprised. The four of them had made full use of Naruto's Rinnegan. Despite the fact that they were more or less against each other in the beginning, they had managed to catch him off guard and almost land a blow on Izuna and then Naruto had gotten the bells. Izuna knew that they didn't get the bells as a team but there was a bit of team work in them and this was enough according to Izuna.

Izuna said, "Despite the fact that only Naruto got the bells, there was a little bit of teamwork in there and for that I shall allow you to eat today's lunch, dinner and tomorrow's breakfast and dinner at Ichiraku Ramen today and it's on me. Congrats. Anyway, no more than two bowls per head. I don't wanna go bankrupt."

The four of them were clearly happy at the fact that they didn't have to fast. Now they had a few boring years at the academy to look forward to. Hopefully it wouldn't be as boring as Izuna told them it would be.

The next day, The Academy, Konohagakure

Naruto, Mito, Menma and Sasuke walked in to their classrooms. Unlike a normal day, Naruto was wearing white robes with the Uchiha clan symbol on the back. Menma was wearing the usual orange he loved. He had the Uzumaki symbol on the back. Mito was wearing a blue shirt with the Uchiha clan symbol on the back, with Sasuke also in similar fashion.

This batch was filled with clan heirs. The Yamanaka clan heiress Ino Yamanaka was there sitting with a civilian. Ino Yamanaka was wearing a purple dress all over. The girl next to her was wearing a red dress. They were probably friends. The Hyuuga clan heiress Hinata Hyuuga was also sitting with them. She was wearing a white jacket. Naruto wouldn't be wrong to call her extremely shy. The Inuzuka clan heir, Kiba Inuzuka was sitting along with the Aburame clan heir Shino Aburame. Kia was wearing a grey jacket and white shorts. He had a puppy on his head. He also had markings on his face more or less showing that he was an Inuzuka, Shino on the other hand was wearing goggles to keep his eyes from being and was wearing a grey jacket and grey trousers. The Nara clan heir Shikamaru Nara was sitting with Chouji Akimichi, the Akimichi clan heir.

Naruto went and sat along with Shikamaru and Chouji. Shikamaru asked, "Are you Naruto Uchiha, son of the Hokage ad heir to the Uchiha clan?"

Naruto laughed and said, "Well, when you say it like that it makes me feel dignified, which I clearly am not and drop that stern look from your face. Doesn't look good on you."

Shikamaru was surprised at his behaviour. Most Uchiha were rarely ever friendly. He would clearly like the friendship of a cheerful Uchiha.

Naruto soon developed a friendship with Shikamaru and Chouji and the three of them were almost as inseparable as the Ino-Shika-Cho group.

Mito on the other hand went and sat with Hinata. Mito became more or less instant friends with Hinata.

Sasuke and Menma went and sat on different desks all by themselves. Menma soon became a friend of Shikamaru, Chouji, and Kiba. Sasuke on the other hand stayed to himself and didn't make any friends.

Then they met their Chunin instructor, Iruka who was going to be training them.

Soon, Naruto, Mito, Menma and Sasuke figured that Academy was even more boring than Izuna had told them. The only Ninjutsu that was taught was the henge/transformation and Bunshin/Clone. Nothing was taught about chakra control. The only thing that was taught about genjutsu was how it worked. Taijutsu was taught as physical education in the Academy. They usually sparred and clan heirs were pit against civilians in which clan heirs usually won. The only interesting spar would be between Sasuke and Naruto with both of them using interceptor fist and nothing else. Neither used any Ninjutsu whatsoever because they knew that Naruto would emerge victorious. Despite Sasuke being levels lower than Naruto in almost everything else, his Interceptor Fist was just as good as Naruto's. That was a true spar. What the others did was just a small hop compared to Naruto and Sasuke's spar.

During the Academy years, Naruto would usually just send a Shadow Clone to Academy and train by the Uchiha Shrine. Menma usually didn't care and slept at the Academy and usually got disciplined for it. Mito didn't care and just sent a shadow clone to academy and read old scrolls and some novels. Sasuke just went to Academy and came back and then trained.

Over the years, Naruto and Sasuke had a horde of girls behind each of them. Naruto's fan girls were led by Ino Yamanaka. Naruto had lost count of how many times she had tried to get close to him. She might have been attractive but she was clearly not his type. Sasuke's fan girls were led by Sakura Haruno. Naruto couldn't believe that someone could be as loud as she was.

Mito also had her own fan club. She was clearly attractive. Naruto only saw her as a sister but few people knew that he would feel in a completely different way towards her in a few years. Her fan club was led by Inuzuka Kiba who had asked her out over fifty times during the Academy years all of which she had turned down in an ice cold manner. So much so that she got the nickname 'The New Ice Queen of Konoha'.

Menma on the other hand was clearly avoided by most of the girls except Hinata and Mito.

Naruto knew that if Menma showed his full strength, all the girls would leave Sasuke and go behind him. He didn't know why they avoided him. Nevertheless, he was still popular because he was the brother/friend of Naruto and was also respected for his strength among the boys of the class.

Three Year Time Lapse

The Hokage's office, Konohagakure

It was now three years since the Uchiha clan massacre. Naruto rarely ever went to the Academy. Menma's pranks on the other hand had gone up tenfold. Thanks to him, the Hyuuga were the laughing stock of the village and were also the reason Izuna was more or less bankrupt right now. Luckily he hadn't taken any loans to repay the Hyuuga else he would have been in more debt than Lady Tsunade, and she was known as the Legendary Sucker for gambling. He would be really happy if Menma stopped his pranks. Thanks to Menma, the Hyuuga Compound was now called the 'Fortress of Death' with no one being allowed close to it without permission of the Hyuuga patriarch but yet Menma had pulled off pranks against them. Once he had gone so far that they started using the harshest jutsu of Eight Trigrams against him. He still managed to prank them big. This earned him the name 'God of all Pranksters'. He became a legend among all students (all boys and a few girls). After this, a few girls stopped going behind Sasuke and went behind him but he was clearly not interested in that kind of thing. Though Menma didn't understand why Hinata still went behind him even though the Hyuuga were the butt of most of his jokes. Menma had also become much stronger over the years. He could level the Hokage tower with his Rasengan but after that, his chakra would be depleted though in just a few years, his chakra would be so much more than what he had right now. Naruto could do a level five Susano'o now and had almost perfected the abilities of his Rinnegan. Mito could do a level four Susano'o and was almost as good as the Nidaime Hokage with water style and she would be just as good if not for her not having a lot of Chakra. Sasuke's fire style was a third as strong as Itachi's and would be just as strong as Itachi's if he had more chakra. All in all, Naruto, Menma, Mito and Sasuke were going to be strong Shinobi.

Izuna felt that Naruto was old enough to know the truth about the Uchiha clan massacre and that Itachi was not really responsible for the clan massacre. He sensed that Naruto had actually gone to Academy toady. He might want to discuss something with Shikamaru. Naruto had been to the Uchiha shrine the previous day and read the Shrine for the first time. He probably wanted to discuss more about it with Shikamaru. Anyway, Izuna had to discuss something more important with Naruto and he teleported.

The Academy, Konohagakure

Izuna had teleported directly to the class in which Naruto was studying. The students were astounded at this. Iruka bowed down and asked, "What brings you here Hokage sama?"

Izuna politely said, "I would like to borrow Naruto for a while. Naruto, leave a shadow clone here and come with me."

Naruto did as he was told and left with Izuna as they both teleported to a different location. Most people were stunned at this. Naruto's fan girls just cheered at the fact that he could do a jonin level Ninjutsu. His friends weren't surprised all. They knew that he was really good but they didn't know just how good he was. No one knew just how good he was. Even Izuna just knew a range for his strength-at least as strong as the Sandaime, weaker than himself.

Iruka was surprised and said, "Anyways, lets continue with our class."

Izuna's house, Uchiha Clan Compound, Konohagakure

Izuna smiled and said, "You actually went to the Academy today. I can't believe you. You rarely ever go to the Academy. What compelled you to go this time?"

Naruto started sweating all over. He said, "What? I always go to academy. Why would I not?" He did not want to be discovered.

Izuna frowned and said, "Naruto, don't you for a moment think you can fool me. You always send a shadow clone to Academy and train at home. If I were in your position, I would also have done the same thing. Anyways, I need to tell you something important."

Naruto had been surprised that he was discovered. He had been using Level three seals to keep himself from being discovered. When he didn't go to the Academy he would practise Fuuinjutsu/Sealing with Mito and they had scaled up to level four sealing till now. They were almost as good as Kakashi in sealing. Naruto eventually wanted to become a sealer greater than the Yondaime who was said t have been able to put a seal wherever his chakra was connected to him. He was hailed as the greatest sealer of his era.

Naruto didn't think that it would be possible for anyone to discover him, but his father had once again shown that he was stronger than Naruto had expected and discovered him. He dropped the act and said, "Yeah, I didn't go to the academy ever except for today. Don't tell anyone."

Instead of going to the Academy, he would go to the Uchiha shrine and practise his jutsu. Yesterday was still the first day he had actually read the Shrine, though it didn't contain anything he did not know. It did say something about tow opposites working together to create everything. Naruto had assumed that it meant that Yin and Yang working together created everything. It also said that the Shrine had been placed there by Rikudo Sennin-Hagoromo Otsutsuki and was written by him. Naruto needed to know who this Hagoromo Otsutsuki was.

Izuna then became emotionless and said, "I need to tell you the truth of the Uchiha massacre."

Naruto was shocked at what he was hearing. 'The truth about the Uchiha massacre' Naruto didn't know what to make of it. He said, "I already know what happened. Itachi cracked under the pressure he was put on and then massacred the clan then joined the mercenary group Akatsuki. There is nothing else to it."

Izuna grunted and said, "You know nothing of the clan massacre. What you know is just a hoax created by the elders and leaders of the village to keep the village from breaking into civil war. The real story is a huge secret guarded by us leaders of the village. Itachi did not panic under pressure and massacre the clan because of that."

Naruto was angry at his father right now. The room was somehow flooded with killing intent. He said, "So, you forgave Itachi for killing off mother. That is why he is still alive." Naruto was boiling with rage. How could his father have forgiven Itachi for killing his mother?

Izuna, to counter Naruto's killing intent flooded the room with his own by angrily saying, "Itachi did not kill your mother, neither did he kill Shisui nor did he take Shisui's eyes."

Naruto couldn't believe what his father was saying. He let go of the killing intent and the anger and said, "What do you mean?"

Izuna also let g o the anger and killing intent and said, "I mean exactly what I said. Itachi didn't kill your mother. It is a person who calls himself Madara Uchiha. I can't track him. But once he gets in range for me to teleport to him, he will be dead. As for Shisui, he committed suicide after being badly injured by then elder of village and current SS criminal, Danzo Shimura. He also has the Rinnegan which he gained by stealing Mangekyou Sharingan and grafting the cells of Hashirama Senju into himself. Danzo stole one eye of Shisui and Shisui gave his other eye for protection to Itachi then committed suicide by falling down the Final Valley. Danzo then had Itachi massacre the clan. I shall tell you this, had Itachi not done so, I myself would have massacred everyone myself."

Naruto was more than shocked at what he was hearing.

Izuna said, "The reason why Itachi massacred the clan is much more complicated. The Uchiha were planning a coup de tat to take command over the village and rebel against me. A secret society within the Uchiha formed with hatred rising due to many suspicions placed on them. Their demands were exorbitant. If I agreed to them, the village would break in to civil war against the Uchiha and me leading to a Fourth Great Shinobi War. If I did not agree to their demands, they would take control by force which would again lead to civil war then again leading to the Fourth Great Shinobi war for control of Konoha. I initially wanted to do something to save my Uchiha brethren but it soon dawned upon me that in the current situation, getting rid of the clan was the only viable option."

Naruto said in a depressed tone, "There is always a way to save everyone."

Izuna also let his motions leak. He said, "Not always. You will understand later. This time clearly there was no chance to save everyone. Had Minato lived, there would be a chance of doing so, but not now."

Naruto said, "I understand why Itachi massacred the clan but he is a criminal because he joined the Akatsuki."

Izuna smiled and said, "He is actually a spy inside the Akatsuki for Konoha. I was the one who gave him that mission."

Naruto was shocked at what he was hearing.

Izuna then said, "You only know this because you are an Uchiha. You will not reveal anything from what you heard to anybody else. Not even your closest friends or siblings."

Naruto said, "I won't reveal it to anyone."

Izuna said, "Good. It might be a lot to take in, but what I told you is the truth. The truth is never simple and always harsh. We have to live with it. Now off you go to the Academy."

Izuna teleported Naruto to the academy and rested in peace and went back to his office to take care of paperwork sitting in his office.

Two Year Time Lapse

The day of Graduation Exam

It was time for graduation from the Academy. The exams were to be held that day. All of them were asked to write a written exam first. Most of them passed easily. Menma had barely passed.

Then it was turn for the projectile skills exams. Naruto and Mito got a perfect score of 20 on 20. Sasuke got a good seventeen on twenty and Naruto achieved 15 on 20 being a few of the best scores. Then the Ninjutsu skills were tested. Everybody was asked to do the henge and the Bunshin no Jutsu.

Everyone did it easily. Naruto henged into Madara Uchiha. All of the youngsters mistook him for a transformation into Izuna but Iruka understood that it was Madara. There were differences between Madara and Izuna. He was surprised. He was thinking why Naruto did that. Nevertheless, Naruto then transformed back to himself. He was very tall for his age. He was now almost as tall as Madara and even looked a lot like Madara in his peak. Everyone was just pissed thinking that he had just transformed to make him a few centimeters taller and make his hair a little more unkempt. They didn't like the fact that he just made himself taller and he could pass easily. He then did Bunshin. About fifty Bunshin popped around. Everyone was surprised. They all popped and Naruto passed. He took his head band and took a place. Sasuke soon followed and did the same, but he henged into his father. Soon Mito came to finish her exam. She henged into the ideal form of herself which she wanted for and she got a lot of cheers from the boys. She then completed the bunshin, took her head band and moved ahead.

Menma then came and did the henge. He henged into something that gave Iruka the biggest nose bleed in his life. Menma transformed back and did the hand sign for the Kage Bunshin and a few shadow clones of himself popped up next to him. Iruka was surprised. He didn't know that Menma could do the Kage Bunshin. He passed Menma and Menma was now a genin.

The same day night, in the Uchiha Clan Compound

Mizuki who had been one of the judges of the graduation exam had come by to visit Menma. Menma just came and when he saw Mizuki he said, "Sensei, what are you doing here?"

Mizuki said, "I just wanted to talk to you. Can you come to the forest with me?"

Menma said, "Fine."

They soon reached the forest when Mizuki said, "Now, I shall kill you and then take revenge on Konoha."

Menma was shocked. He hadn't seen this coming. He asked, "Why do you want to kill me?"

Mizuki said, "How would you know? You monster Fox! No one has yet told you. Of Course, this all makes sense.. No one would tell you what you really are you monster fox. You are the Nine-tailed Fox which attacked the village twelve years ago and killed everybody. You are nothing but a monster."

Right then Izuna appeared. He said, "You have said and done enough damage. I shall not allow you to do anymore damage Menma."

Mizuki stood in shock. All of a sudden, he felt many people binding him. Izuna manifested the Chidori and stabbed Mizuki with it. He said, "You are the true monster here Mizuki"

Mizuki collapsed with a lot of blood flowing from his body. Izuna turned towards Menma and said, "You don't need to worry Menma. You are no monster. I intended to tell you this once you were completely ready to take on the Kyubi, but since you already know, I shall tell you this, the Kyubi is no demon either. He has been through the same treatment you received by the villagers by everyone and all the time. He is just a misunderstood person not unlike you were misunderstood by everyone in the village."

Menma took all of that in. He was crying right now.

Somewhere deep down the Kyubi was also listening to this. He could also not believe that Izuna who was the grandson of Madara Uchiha thought of him this way. The Kyubi hoped that the tailed beasts might at last get some respect if Izuna wanted that. Izuna did remind the Kyubi of the sage of Six Paths. He thought he would never meet another person like that ever, but Izuna was just like that, and he intended to turn Menma into a person who would bring peace to the tailed beasts. But the Kyubi thought that even Izuna was just a person who was here for his power like everyone was. He was after all the grandson of Madara Uchiha. He would never expect anything good from the progeny of Madara Uchiha. He hoped that at least he would be able to get out of Menma by giving him his Chakra. Yes, that was what he would do until he got out and exact revenge on Izuna.

Author's Notes: Tell me if you like the pace at which I am going and it is my humble request for you to leave comments on the story if you read this.