Jesús: And back again...I hope you all aren't too angry for the long wait. I don't have anything to rant about so I'm just gonna get straight to the chapter..." [Disclaimer] "...This is a fan based story, I don't own Naruto. All credit goes to Masashi Kishimoto."

Ch. 3 (And so it begins)

Normal POV

Normal morning in Konoha; people going about their business shopping ingredients for lunch or other meals, children going to the Shinobi academy for classes and other Shinobi doing their daily routines, from patrolling to buying equipment for future missions. Everyone was enjoying the quiet of the village's morning...

"Come back here!"

...Or at least for the most part...

"You guys really think you can catch me? Let's face it if you could you would have caught me a while ago." A young 13 year old boy with blonde hair said as he ran away from some Ninja chasing him.

The young man carried on his hands painting equipment, but he was clearly not a painter, specially carrying that kind of painting equipment.

"Naruto! You went too far this time painting all over the Hokage faces." One of the two Ninja following Naruto said

"Come on, I left Pops alone didn't I?" Naruto yelled back arguing in his defense, which wouldn't help.

The Shinobi started catching up to Naruto and suddenly he vanished.

"Darn it, he got away..." one of the Ninja said and went on to look for him.

After the two Ninja left a fence started moving and from said fence Naruto emerged.

"I'm glad I set this hiding spot beforehand..." Naruto said

"Still rather predictable though." Naruto heard and when he turned his head he found his Academy Homeroom teacher.

"Iruka-Sensei, What brings you here huh?" Naruto asked as if he had just met him in the middle of the street...which he did...

"What do you think you're doing skipping class?!" Iruka yelled and before Naruto knew it he was constricted with rope and Iruka was dragging him back to class. "I swear, skipping class to go vandalize the Hokage Monument? I sometimes wonder what you think before doing something like this."

After a few minutes Iruka and Naruto got to the academy and to Iruka's class room. Everyone in the class talking among themselves and as soon as Iruka opened the door everyone went quiet and took their seat.

"Alright everyone I hope you're all ready for the sparing practice today." Iruka said and everyone in class started cheering. "Is what I'd like to say, but thanks to a certain someone we'll be canceling that lesson and go straight for the final exam review."

Everyone in class groaned and Naruto was released from his bindings and allowed to go to his seat.

"What did you do this time?" Sasuke asked

"Shut up." Naruto replied and just took his seat.

"Alright everyone, we'll be starting off with transformation jutsu. Come to the front of the class and show me what you can do as I call your name." Iruka said and started calling students according to the class roster

"Haruno Sakura..." Iruka called

"Right." A girl with pink hair said stood from her seat and made her way to the front of the class.

"You go girl, I'm sure you can do it." Naruto called encouraging the girl.

"Quiet man." Sasuke said hushing Naruto

"Come on man, is Sakura we're talking about. You know, I think I might make my move at some point soon." Naruto replied

"Good luck then. Just keep me out of this."

"Alright then, first use the transformation Jutsu." Iruka instructed

Sakura weaved a few hand signs and then there was a spoof of smoke. When the smoke cleared a second Iruka came into view of the whole class.

"Transforming into me huh? That seems pretty well done, if I didn't know better I'd think I was looking at a mirror." Iruka joked "Now, how about we check your clone jutsu?"

Sakura again weaved a few hand signs and then a second Sakura appeared standing next to her.

"Well done. Keep this up and you'll pass the finals with flying colors." Iruka said and allowed Sakura back to her seat.

The whole way Sakura looked in Naruto's direction, discretely but in his direction none the less.

"Hey man, I think she was looking at me..." Naruto said nudging Sasuke who sat to his left

"Maybe." Sasuke said and just kept staring out the window.

Student after student the list was nearing the end.

"Uchiha Sasuke." Iruka called and Sasuke went to the front of the class. As soon as he reached his designated spot he poofed into smoke and then a second Iruka stood in front of the class like earlier. "I see you're already ahead of the game. Well done. Now let's see your Clone Jutsu."

Right after Iruka finished talking Sasuke turned to normal and then a second Sasuke appeared next to him.

"Again, well done. I think this is obvious to hear, but surely you'll pass tomorrow." Iruka said

"Last, but hopefully, not least...Uzumaki Naruto." Iruka called and the young blond walked to the front of the class.

"Here it goes..." Naruto yelled and made a quick hand sign that engulfed him in smoke.

When the smoke cleared a girl with a stunning figure and the name blond hair as the young Uzumaki, but long and held up in twin tails. This girl was not wearing a single piece of clothing and was standing on a provocative position.

"W-what!?" Iruka yelled as blood started flowing down his nose.

"Ahahaha. You fell for it. How do you like my Sexy Jutsu." Naruto called and then got wacked on the back of the head by Iruka.

"Could you take this seriously for once?" Iruka yelled infuriated. "Everyone in the village is amazed that your father is Lord fourth and your personality is completely different from his. You can't seem to take anything seriously."

"Yeah, yeah. I get that all the time. But what's the problem with pulling a couple jokes on people?" Naruto argued.

"Whatever, just use the Clone jutsu and get this done with." Iruka called and Naruto started weaving the hand signs.

Naruto started concentrating and then he opened his eyes and unleashed the Jutsu. Next to Naruto stood a half dead Clone of himself. The clone couldn't even stand and in fact had pale skin to the point that a zombie would look tanned in comparison.

Everyone in class started laughing and soon enough Iruka started his sermon about Chakra control. Once Iruka finished school was released and everyone allowed to go home.

"I can't believe this, man… First I get caught in the morning and then I look like a fool in front of everyone in class, and not just anyone but Sakura." Naruto whined.

"Well maybe you should stop acting so rambunctious. You should probably tone that attitude down a bit more." Sasuke replied

"Naruto..." the two heard from the academy's entrance. Iruka stood at the door. "...I talked to your father about your actions today. He said you should clean the monument before going home."

"Ugh...fine. See ya later Sasuke." Naruto said and started his way to the Hokage monument.

Later that day Minato was finishing up his paperwork for the day.

"So then, how's he looking?" Minato asked sitting in his office and seeing Kakashi standing at the window.

"He's almost done. I still can't believe he finished so much graffiti in so little time." Kakashi replied

"He is a natural remember..." Minato replied. "...I think I should finish up and pick him up. Do you mind telling Sasuke, Naruto and I are going to Ichiraku's and he should join us, if he wants that is?"

"Will do. Have a good night Sensei." Kakashi said and vanished

"Oh, Naruto. I guess you're more like your Mom than anyone could think..." Minato said with a smile on his face and then walked out of his office after putting away his things.

Minato, Naruto and Sasuke met up at Ichiraku's and had a good conversation over a couple bowls of Ramen. When they finished they all walked home together, and soon after entering the house he locked the door and changed his tone of voice.

"Naruto, Sasuke...there's something I'd like to talk to you two about." Minato said and took a seat on a recliner.

"What is it Pops?" Naruto asked and sat down on the couch.

"Is it something about the finals this week?" Sasuke asked standing behind the couch Naruto was seating in.

"Kinda, you see. Many of the teachers, as well as Ninja within the village, have had suspicions of someone being a traitor. This someone is a teacher in the Academy, his name is Mizuki. I was wondering if you two would like to help me lure this man out." Minato asked

"I know him, he seems pretty fishy to me too." Sasuke said

"Why us?" Naruto asked

"Do you think we can take him?" Sasuke asked

"You two have been learning from me for a while. I've thought you some techniques that take most ninja a decade to master. Besides, with the finals day I'm sure you two can lure him out." Minato asked

"What?" both teens asked

"I heard from Iruka that you can't exactly perform the Clone jutsu properly. I have the feeling that if you "fail" the finals he'll try to help you and get what he wants. The info on this man is that he wants a scroll written by lord second. In this scroll there are all sorts of techniques and the Clone jutsu is one among them. He might try to get you to get the scroll for him." Minato explained.

"And when his guard is down we take him down and turn him to the authorities?" Sasuke asked

"I like it when the people I talk to understand me." Minato said

"So that means we can go all out?" Naruto asked

"Sure. Just make sure you can talk afterwards. We want to find out what his motive is." Minato said

"Alright!" Naruto yelled and started jumping.

A few days later, the day for the finals came for training children to become Genin.

"You know the signal right?" Sasuke asked Naruto ask he bypassed him.

"Leave it to me..." Naruto replied quickly and the two went separate ways in the class room.

The test went by as planned. The saddest part of all this was that Naruto failing to succeed on the clone summoning was also part of the test. Not to say he didn't try, because he did, but it hit him pretty hard. Naruto pouted as he noticed everyone received their Headbands, the sign of having passed the final test and becoming a true Shinobi.

"You didn't pass huh?" Naruto heard from behind him.

'This is the guy huh?' Naruto said to himself and then turned his head. "Who are you?"

"My name is Mizuki, I'm just one more Teacher here. You know, I can help you pass the test, but I need you to get me a scroll so I can teach you properly." Mizuki said

"Really?" Naruto asked

"Sure thing. The scroll is near the back of the Hokage archives. I'm sure you'll know which one it is. Just grab it and bring it to me. I'll teach you from there." Mizuki said and walked off after handing Naruto a paper with a rendezvous location.

'Got ya...' Naruto said and quickly went to his Dad's office. Sasuke was already there and so they began planning.

"I see, so he really is after the Second's scroll. Naruto, take this decoy scroll and lure him out. Sasuke will wait for your signal and you two can constrict him. If for some reason Sasuke didn't pass the test either I was planning to make this your final test, since it's technically a mission and all." Minato said

"Alright. Then we act out once dusk breaks." Sasuke said and Naruto nodded agreeing.

The sun started setting and Naruto began his move. He quickly moved from building to building until he reached the planned rendezvous location with Mizuki, a forest near the edge of the village.

"I see you got it." Mizuki said and stretched his hand out.

"Here you go." Naruto said and handed the fake scroll to Mizuki.

Mizuki opened the scroll to find nothing in it. Right away he knew it was a trap to try to lure him out.

"So, what now? Are you going to stop me now?" he asked with a highly cocky tone and unhooked one of the two oversized Shuriken on his back. "Now that you know of me, I can't let you get out of here." Mizuki said and rushed Naruto

'Now!' Naruto thought and threw a Kunai that landed right in front of Mizuki. Right after he passed the Kunai Mizuki got kicked to the ground.

"W-what?" he said 'he had backup.'

"That took longer than expected." Sasuke said and landed on the ground safely.

Mizuki quickly got up and spun with the Shuriken in his hand trying to get Sasuke in the after math.

"Sasuke here." Naruto said and tossed a Kunai straight up.

Sasuke vanished and caught the Kunai Naruto tossed up. After waiting for just the right moment Sasuke threw the Kunai and it knocked the Huge Shuriken off Mizuki's hand. Naruto then vanished and appeared over the Kunai spinning and kicked Mizuki on the face.

'What the, they're moving too fast for mere Genin leveled kids.' Mizuki said and got his second Shuriken ready for battle.

"Hiraijin..." Naruto said

"...Co-op." Sasuke finished and then the two appeared on the tree branch over Mizuki.

'What did they say? Hiraijin?' Mizuki said to himself.

"Let's end this." Sasuke said and rushed in.

Mizuki figured that from their location they would use a dive tactic, so he caught them off-guard and pinned Sasuke down on the ground and constricted him by placing the oversized Shuriken around his neck as well as his arms with other Shuriken that only God knows where he was keeping.

"Sasuke!" Naruto said and dropped from his branch.

"Hold it." Mizuki said "One step and the Uchiha is done."

"You bastard..." Naruto growled at the Silvered haired man.

"You think...you can stop us this easy?" Sasuke said and vanished from his constriction and next to Naruto.

"How the...?" Mizuki started 'they must have seals placed on each other in case of emergency...'

"You ok?" Naruto asked

"I think he may have broken a rib or two..." Sasuke said holding his side.

"This does it." Naruto said and made a hand sign that formed a cross in front of himself. "Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu..."

Naruto made a whole battalion of clones and they were surrounding Mizuki.

"H-how...you can't even materialize one..." Mizuki said

"I have troubles using low levels of Chakra. If I use High amounts of Chakra I can do just about anything..." Naruto said and then all the clones attacked the silver haired man at the same time.

After about five minutes of struggling Mizuki was defeated and Naruto and Sasuke took a moment before turning him in.

"Naruto! Sasuke!" the two teens heard and then Iruka came into view. "Are you two ok?"

"Yeah, though Sasuke here may have a couple broken ribs." Naruto said

"Is still just a maybe." Sasuke replied

"You two defeated Mizuki?" Iruka said

"Of course we did. Who do you think we are?" Naruto asked

"Naruto...I talked to your father and he told me about this. I can't believe you were able to do something of this magnitude. If anyone is to be awarded the title of Genin is you. Here..." Iruka said and handed Naruto his headband.

"Se-Sensei...are you serious?" Naruto asked

"Take it." Iruka said and then Naruto gave him a hug.

"Alright! I'm a true Ninja now..." Naruto cheered after putting on Iruka's headband.

Sasuke was taken to the hospital, and after a couple hours of Medical Ninja treatment he was up and running again without a problem. Mizuki was interrogated, and since they couldn't get answers out of him, he was sent to prison.

Naruto and Sasuke were now both Genin and ready for new adventures...

"Now...Who should I have as their Teacher...?" Minato said as he thought carefully within his office...

After a few minutes he made a couple hand signs and out came a small frog.

"Heya Minato. What can I do fer ya!" the frog asked in a voice that clearly showed it was older than most would think.

"Can you ask him to come here at once?" Minato replied

"'see. S'dat time huh? 'lright, I'll see ya 'round." The frog replied and vanished into a smoke cloud.

After a few minutes Kakashi appeared in the room dressed in his standard Anbu attire

"Sensei. Did you call?" He asked and stood in the middle of the room.

"Kakashi, great timing. How would you like another try at being a Teacher?" Minato asked with a bright smile in his face.

Jesús: "So that's that. Another update and I'll get work on the next one. Like usual, no set release date but stick around if you want to read more. Please leave a review telling me what you think and I'll see you all next time…"