"Yes Naruto, you pass." Iruka said in a slightly hollow voice. Naruto leapt up with a shout of 'Yatta!' before grabbing a hitai-ate and darting out the door to the stunned glances of his classmates. What Iruka didn't notice was the not-so-subtle glare that his partner Mizuki gave Naruto.

~(seriously lookit all these)~

Naruto leapt towards Ichiraku's with his usual grin. This had been his last chance to pass, and they had chosen his worst jutsu, but he had done it.

Unbeknownst to him, Mizuki was trailing him on the rooftops, grumbling to himself about the demon brat passing the test made just to fail him. Mizuki could still get his way, but it would be harder.

He leapt down in front of Naruto, who, despite being startled, didn't flinch.

"Mizuki-sensei!" Naruto greeted, his trademark grin stretching wider.

"Naruto," Mizuki said, a gentle façade on full force. "Congratulations on passing the exam. I actually came here because of that. I came to tell you that since you passed, there's a secret second test that will guarantee you get a good jounin sensei." Mizuki hid his evil smirk behind a kinder smile.

"Really?" Naruto said, using his best acting to make sure Mizuki continued.

"Yep, you just learn a jutsu off the forbidden scroll and you will have your pick of sensei." Mizuki's grin grew wider. "However," he said. "You can't tell anyone else about this, since it is a secret test."

"You got it Mizuki-sensei!" Naruto said with a beaming smile, scampering away.

~(time skips man)~

"The forbidden scroll has been stolen!" Gasped a chunin messenger. The Hokage snapped his head up from the crystal he was looking at, slipping his pipe out of his mouth.

He summoned all the jounin and chunin currently in the village and had them search for the thief.

Mizuki grinned, his chance to steal the scroll from the demon brat under the guise of retrieving it for the Hokage was finally here.

~(yet another)~

Naruto unfurled the ill-gotten scroll to the first jutsu, and groaned.

"Shadow Clones..." He bemoaned his poor luck at the first jutsu being a variant of his worst. Then he got to work running through the handsigns and muttering curses under his breath.

Around half an hour later, Iruka came upon a rather odd scene. Naruto looked a little worse for wear, but the scroll had only been opened to one jutsu, and not even one of the more dangerous ones.

"Naruto..." Iruka growled. "What are you doing with that?"

"Ah!" Naruto squeaked. "Iruka-sensei! Mizuki-sensei told me if I learned one jutsu, I could have my pick of jounin sensei!"

Mizuki growled from where he was perched in a tree. He had arrived the barest moment after Iruka, but he couldn't show himself now. The brat had spilled everything to his favourite sensei.

"Mizuki told you?" Iruka asked. Naruto nodded.

"And I learned a jutsu off the scroll!" Naruto said, beaming brightly.

Mizuki scoffed, apparently loud enough to be heard as the two snapped to look at him. He decided that since he had been spotted anyway, he may as well make it a good entrance.

"Uzumaki Naruto!" Mizuki announced. "You are to be taken to the Hokage for the theft of the forbidden scroll. Please come peacefully or I shall be forced to," he smirked and tugged an oversized shuriken from his back, "harm you."

Naruto was flabbergasted. Here was the man who told him to take the thing in the first place, threatening to harm him for taking it! Mizuki must've noticed the look of hurt and betrayal, because his smirk grew wider. Iruka noticed this silent exchange, and stepped in front of Naruto protectively. Mizuki cackled evilly.

"You don't really want to protect the brat, do you Umino?! Oh that's hilarious. You, who lost your parents to that beast, protecting it!" Mizuki laughed.

"B-beast?" Naruto said in a quivering voice, prompting Mizuki to laugh harder.

"You didn't know brat? You are the Kyuubi no Kitsune!" He shouted, cackling madly.

Naruto froze, broken by the revelation. Mizuki threw the shuriken, hoping to kill the demon brat. Iruka tackled Naruto down, taking the shuriken in his back to guard Naruto- the elevator shook slightly, not enough for the bomb to go off but concern burned through his mind- blood sprayed onto Naruto. A block burned away with the scent of blood. A rush of memories, of thoughts, hit the two ninja prone on the ground. The world bled away, and returned. It felt like hours, but in reality was less than a second.

Naruto slid out from under Iruka, adjusting his non-existent glasses and cleaning some blood off his face. He hefted a good sized rock and tossed it into the air then kicked with all his might towards Mizuki. The rock connected with a solid crack, knocking him to the ground. Naruto smirked, forming the handsign he'd learned. More than fifty Narutos burst into existence around him. He tilted his head at an angle that would bounce light off glasses and hide his eyes. The clones leapt into action, pummelling Mizuki. The real Naruto turned to Iruka.

"Are you alright?" He asked in a

quiet, serious voice. Iruka coughed and nodded.

"It didn't hit anything vital, but I should probably go to the hospital anyways." Iruka smiled.

"I'll go get someone!" Naruto shouted, and ran off towards the village.

~(AN)~

Alright, an update! Yay~

Here's my current list of reincarnations:

Conan/Shinichi=Naruto

Ran=Tsunade

Takagi=Iruka

Chiba=Kakashi

_=Itachi (cuz I wanna have Itachi)

_=Hinata (between Ai & Ayumi)

Sera=Fem!Haku

There is a poll on my profile as to who Itachi will be. Feel free to PM me or review or whatever if you don't like any, but please have a valid reason and alternate suggestion! :)