"And that is the gist of it sir." Came the report.
"Very well Anko, it seems that we shall trust in Orochimaru even just the once. I would like to ask a small favor of you my dear." Said an old man dressed in robes of white and red, his face an older yet similar visage to the third face adorning the Hokage mountain.
He and Anko were sitting in Anko's favorite dango shop, the mistress of snakes having just told the aging leader about the warning she received in the currently empty shop.
"I live to serve, lord Hokage." answered Anko in a serious manner.
"It is a simple ta-" "Lord Hokage!" Mizuki burst into the shop in a hurry.
"It's Naruto sir, he broke into your office and stole the forbidden scroll!"
"What of the anbu guards!?" The hokage asked, getting to his feet.
All knocked out, there was a lot of blood! He has gone too far this time!" Mizuki stated.
"Anko, it seems our talk must be on hold. Summon all available jounin and chunin, we must find him now!" Intoned the hokage gravely as he left for his office. In just a short hour Anko was hopping from tree to tree through the forest surrounding the village and heard someone bellyaching, as she stopped on a tree branch high in the tree she looked down and noticed someone with blond hair and wearing an orange jumpsuit.
'Found the sucker! She thought as she observed him, waiting to see if useful information.
"Argh! Mizuki could have given me some sort of pointer about this extra graduation exam!" Naruto complained, punching the air in frustration before making a two handed hand-sign.
"Shadow clone jutsu!" He shouted.
'That jutsu! But that could ki-" Anko was cut off by what she witnessed. After the smoke had cleared the clearing the boy stood in was then filled with the color orange.
"Holy fu-" she was then cut off by the sound of the clones being dispelled. She then prepared to leap down when she heard the sound of a branch breaking. She waited a moment only for Iruka to step out, he surveyed the area only to step in view of Naruto who proceeded to look over at him.
"Hey Iruka Sensei, I found you!"
"Idiot, I found you!" Iruka then looked around and slightly up only to notice Anko in the tree, he then looked back down at Naruto.
"Alright kid, why did you take the forbidden scroll? Do you realize the sort of trouble you are in!?" He stated in his voice of authority.
"Wait what? Mizuki said that if I learned a jutsu from this, I would be able to graduate." Naruto said, his voice horrified.
"Mizu- look out!" Iruka shouted as he grabbed Naruto and leapt away, only for three shuriken to hit the spot they vacated.
"Looks like you found him first Iruka, you always were good at that. Naruto quick hand over the scroll!" Mizuki stated as he landed on a nearby tree branch.
"Why should I believe you? You kinda just threw shuriken at us!" Naruto shouted in outrage.
"Have you ever wondered why you are hated so much? Think about the day of your birth, as you are fully aware you were born October 10th; the same day as the attack of the nine tailed fox! The day you were born a law had been made by our third Hokage, a rule that is punishable by death should we tell you."
"Mizuki don't you dare!" Iruka cut in.
"Quiet you, he has a right to know" Mizuki sneered.
"What are you talking about? What law?" Naruto insisted, his voice nearly breaking.
"The Fourth never killed the fox, it was too powerful to kill. The only alternative was to take a child and seal it away. You are the nine tailed fox!" Mizuki cackled with glee.
"Don't listen to him, just take the scroll and get out of here!" Iruka then pulled a kunai and launched himself at Mizuki as Naruto strapped the scroll to his back and ran with reckless abandon.
Mizuki took out his own and met Iruka halfway. In a burst of speed Naruto could not follow, both men clashed and flew passed each other only to dash at one another again. As they met the second time, Iruka opted out of swinging with his blade to wait for Mizuki's strike and dodged it to respond with a sideways kick to Mizuki's chest sending him flying into a tree only for a log to appear where he was. Iruka turned around right in time as Mizuki closed in on him and threw a haymaker his way. He knocked Iruka down and pinned him with his foot, kunai in hand ready to end it.
"I cannot believe you would defend him, your parents died to that monster didn't they?" Mizuki asked, poised for the kill.
"It is true that the fox killed my parents" Iruka intoned, Naruto who was in some nearby bushes listened in and dropped his head in despair.
"Yes it is true that the fox did that, but that is not Naruto. Naruto is a member of the leaf village and one of my valued students! He is one hundred times greater a person than you!" Iruka asserted, his eyes defiant.
"Ugh, enough of this crap. Just die!" Mizuki then slashed down with the blade, fully intent on ending the man's life. A blur came out of the nearby bushes and slammed into Mizuki catching him off guard and slamming him away from his intended victim. When Mizuki cleared his head he looked to see what attacked him and discovered it was the blond headed orange wearing brat he so hated, only instead of the ridiculous grin on his face; he instead had a cold look devoid of most emotion save for an undercurrent out anger.
"Touch Iruka sensei again and I will kill you!" Naruto said, standing next to the forbidden scroll.
"Go ahead and try it brat! Anything you send my way I will send back tenfold!" Mizuki shouted, he pulled a blade out and stood with his arms and legs out. Naruto then put his hands into the clone seal and shouted.
"Shadow clone jutsu!"
A large amount of smoke appeared over the area and when it cleared, there stood around 20 clones of the orange clad kid.
"How about twenty fold? Naruto questioned, his clones fanning out and surrounding Mizuki. Mizuki stood there for a moment, stunned at this development before he was grabbed from behind and shoved close to one of the Naruto's who slammed in with an uppercut to the jaw.
Mizuki was reeling from the hit which was soon followed by another as one by one, each clone took a swing at him until finally; one of them brought their foot back and kicked as hard as it could, sending Mizuki into a small clearing where he tripped over a cord which released a trap.
Multiple shuriken came out from some bushes and pinned Mizuki to a nearby tree.
"Well that was interesting, but I think I've seen enough." A feminine voice called out. The leaves surrounding the area started swirling and the air itself became saturated with a foul chakra, a figure swiftly came down from the trees and bound Mizuki with a large amount of snakes that came from their coated sleeves. Naruto then dismissed his clones and stood over by Iruka.
"Mitarashi Anko." The young teacher stated.
"I was wondering when you would make your move.
Anko proceeded to bind Mizuki and knock him out so as to make him easier for transport before she turned around and flashed a grin.
"Aww, you notice little old me Iruka san?." Anko purred. She then crossed over a bit and looked at Naruto.
"Not too bad a job kid, especially preparing that trap for him. A good ninja knows how to prepare traps and try to either overwhelm someone and throw them into it, or to subtly lure them into one. Now as you were tricked by someone you were meant to trust I would say this incident can be overlooked. Just see to it that it doesn't happen again. Welp time to get him down for some good old torture." Anko cackled gleefully. Iruka then turned to Naruto.
"Hey, close your eyes for a moment" Iruka asked him, and Naruto trusting in his sensei did as prompted. He then felt something cool touch his forehead but before he could dwell on what it was he was asked to open his eyes. When he did so, he looked questioningly at his sensei only to notice that the man was not wearing his forehead protector and with a star; he realized what he had done.
"Congratulations kiddo, you are now a member of the military of Konoha. May you grow strong and be mindful of your duties to your home" Naruto then tackled Iruka in a hug and proceeded to cheer, they then proceeded to head over to the Hokage's office in order to return the scroll.
"Naruto, well done in taking down Mizuki. For your service to the hidden leaf village, you shall be paid the amount of a B rank mission and it will be put into your records. I am sorry as well for keeping the sealing a secret from you, I had hoped that by making it a law not to talk about it that you could have had a childhood free from the scorn of the villagers but it seems that never worked" The mighty leader of the village said.
"It's fine, you did that to help me out so I forgive you for that. A good Hokage has no business holding grudges anyway, and if I am to take that hat away I need to have qualities of a good Hokage." Naruto stated with a small earnest smile, causing the Hokage to smile back before the old man cleared his throat.
"Now that this has been cleared up, I would request as your first D rank; a cleaning of the mess you made of the monument." The Hokage stated, a proud smile on his face that soon became a slight mischievous smirk.
"Right, I figured as much; but what do you mean by B rank and D rank?" Naruto questioned.
"I will tell you that on the way, and after you clean it up let's get some ramen." As soon as Iruka finished his sentence, Naruto bolted from the room leaving behind two men whom soon burst into laughter.
Well this was my first written fight scene, not much there but I would like to know how I did; so review and tell me what you thought of it. Also additional note, I was going to put a little something with Hinata in here but I did not want to make the chapter too large. Oh well there is always next time. KPSquall out.
