Hi everyone, I'm back for another chapter of the story. I'm very happy at how well received the last chapter was. I got four reviews really quickly, and I got the fifth one soon after. Therefore, I am updating for the second chapter of the story. Like I said in the last chapter, this will be a time skip to the end of the academy. I will be putting people on teams, and I am thinking about adding an OC into the mix. If I do, he/she will be pretty powerful. Now to answers some of the reviews.

Those of you that guessed what deity it was are very close. He is a god of war. I was going to make it Hachiman at first, but then I did a little research and it did not fit the type of deity I wanted. This means that I have to change one or two of the other deities to balance everything out.

Also, yes there will be pairings.

To CreedRazerReaper, I was thinking about what to do after a certain point in the story, but that was unfortunately not one of them. However, who knows? I might end up using that.

Naruto's family will realize the error in their ways, but not early on.

Lastly, Naruto's crush cannot be grouped in with the fangirls. This is because she does not act like them. She is much more reserved, but she has more of a secret admiration for Arashi that could turn into a crush.

Enjoy

I do not own Naruto

This was Naruto's last year in the academy, and today was his last day. He was really excited to finally become a genin. However, there were a few problems with that. First, Naruto couldn't perform the basic bunshin jutsu properly because of his high chakra reserves. They were even higher than his brother's, who was housing the Kyuubi. Second, he was considered dead last in his class at everything, but that's because his amazing father had no time to spare for training him. Lastly, midway through the year, a new teacher named Mizuki came to help Iruka in class. He was really shady and he seemed to really dislike Naruto.

Another thing that bothered Naruto was that Arashi had won rookie of the year. Yeah, Arashi was very talented and all, but Naruto could be just as good if he could just train with his father. He wasn't even second or third. There was a recognition for being the top five in the class, and Naruto was not one of them.

Back to the point, however, today was the final exam before the students graduated. Naruto was excited because he could finally become a ninja, and maybe prove to his father that he was more than just a nuisance that couldn't do anything. On the exam, there would be a written exam and a practical exam.

"Alright class, today is your final exam as you may know. First we will be taking the written exam and then we will take the practical exam." Said Iruka sensei as he handed out the tests to everyone.

"Okay you may begin." He said as he handed out the last test.

Everyone grabbed their pencils and started writing on their tests. Naruto looked at the test and was pleasantly surprised that the questions were fairly easy enough. He looked around the room and saw some of the other people struggling to answer some of the questions. Naruto may have been lacking in physical ninja abilities, but he was not dumb by any stretch of imagination. He may not have been as smart as someone like Sakura, but he was definitely street smart. Naruto picked up his pen and started writing down his answers.

Once Naruto had finished his test, he put down his pencil. Iruka came around and collected everyone's test and started to give instructions for the next test.

"Ok, now we will begin the practical exam. There will be two parts to this exam, an accuracy test and a jutsu test," Iruka explained, "For the accuracy test, you will be given ten kunai and shuriken. You will throw these at the target. You must get at least one of each on the bullseye and 7 on the target itself. Anything less will result in failure. Now for the jutsu test you will be asked to do a substitution, transformation and bunshin jutsu. Failure to do any of these will also result in failure. Are we clear?"

"Hai!" The students all responded.

"Ok then, Mizuki I need you to take half of the students into the other classroom to do the jutsu test and I will do the accuracy test in here." said Iruka to which Mizuki nodded and rounded up half of the class. Iruka started the other test for the other half of the class.

Naruto passed all of the tests pretty easily, now all he had to do was the bunshin test. Of course Arashi had to ace all of the tests because he was just soo good at everything. Naruto having just finished the other two jutsus was ready to perform the third and did the hand signs for it. There was a puff of smoke and another Naruto appeared and looked exactly like Naruto did. However, that was not enough.

"You fail." Said Mizuki.

"But why?" Asked Naruto incredulously.

"Because you were supposed to create three clones. You were only able to make one clone, which means that you fail." Said Mizuki with a slight smirk. There it was again, the underlying malice with Mizuki's every action towards Naruto. Naruto couldn't figure out why Mizuki had such hatred towards him, he had never done anything to give Mizuki a reason to hate him. However, for the moment all Naruto could do was just accept that he failed and try another time. However, Arashi had something to say about that.

"Hey, I think Naruto did well enough Mizuki-sensei, he may not be the best ninja here, but he tried his hardest and did ok." He said in Naruto's defense. No one dared to say anything against Arashi after the last time he got angry.

"Yes Arashi-kun, but ok is not good enough to keep you alive in a real-life situation," Replied Mizuki, "Just because he is the son of the Hokage, that does not give him any special exception to this rule."

"Yes sensei." Replied Arashi defeated.

"Ok, you are all dismissed for now, tomorrow those of you that passed will assigned to teams and given a jounin sensei. So get some rest." Said Iruka sensei after all of the students had gathered together. He looked over at Naruto and was slightly saddened to see that Naruto was not able to pass. He was one of the few people that actually paid attention to Naruto. Sure he had his problems, but that was only because he was neglected so much and put into the shadows of his father and brother. He decided that he would treat Naruto to something to eat to help him get over his failure. He walked over to Naruto and patted him on the back gaining his attention.

"Hey Naruto, why don't you come with me to Ichiraku's." Said Iruka who smiled a little seeing Naruto perk up.

They made their way out of the classroom and didn't notice that Mizuki was glaring at the both of them as they walked out of the classroom.

On the way to Ichiraku's, Iruka decided to ask Naruto a question.

"Naruto, why do you think you failed?" He asked.

"Well, I know Mizuki doesn't like me very much and was looking for any small reason to fail me." Naruto said with a sad face. Iruka was slightly saddened by this, but he already knew where he wanted this conversation to go.

"Yes that may be true, but one thing I want you never to do is blame others for what happens to you. You may be completely right, but it is better that you look at yourself so that you make the most improvement that you can. If you follow this principle, you will be able to go far." Iruka said with a smile. Seeing this, Naruto cheered up a little bit and smiled back at Iruka.

"Thank you Iruka-sensei." Said Naruto as the two of them reached the restaurant. They sat down at the counter as Teuchi walked up to them.

"Hello Iruka-kun, Naruto-kun. What'll it be today?" He asked with a smile as Naruto and Iruka both ordered. However, Naruto was still a little nervous from his last encounter with the ramen vendor.

Ayame walked out as Teuchi walked over to the cooking area to prepare the meals.

"Hey Ayam-" Naruto started enthusiastically until he looked over to where Teuchi was still cooking and saw that the chef's head was turned completely around to face him with a smile plastered on his face while he was still cooking the food. A low laughter could be heard coming from him while Naruto could see an oni mask floating above his head. Naruto freaked out and got really silent.

"What's the matter?" Ayame asked, but Naruto would not talk to her or even look at her. Ayame caught on and looked over at her father who was whistling with his head turned back around normally.

"Dad! Naruto is not trying anything." Ayame scolded her father who seemed oblivious.

All Iruka could do was chuckle at the scene playing out in front of him.

Once the ramen was served and Naruto and Iruka started eating and Naruto became very excited when Iruka said that he would pay for the meal. However, Iruka soon regretted this as he looked over and saw that Naruto somehow had finished twenty bowls of Ramen in the ten seconds that he looked away.

Once the two had finished eating, they started walking back home. It was nighttime now and the moon was high in the sky. The glowing globe was sending light down to the earth. Both Naruto and Iruka's living quarters were relatively close and they both had to go the same way. On the way back, the two were making small talk.

"Hey Naruto. I was thinking, and I decided that I won't make you take another year in the academy. I realize that you have problems and I plan on helping you out personally." Iruka said with a smile.

"Really? You'd do that for me?" Naruto asked in surprise, looking up.

"Yes. I've seen how hard you were working in the academy and I think that there is a specific reason that you cannot perform the Bunshin jutsu. I will work with you to fix that one problem that you have." Iruka said reassuring Naruto.

"Thanks Ir-" Naruto didn't get to finish his sentence as he was pushed out of his way by his sensei.

Naruto didn't understand why Iruka had done this at first until he looked at his sensei's back. Protruding from the back of his chunin jacket was a fuma shuriken. The jacket itself was stained red with Iruka's blood. Naruto went wide-eyed with his mouth agape. How had this happened? How could one as strong as Iruka be hurt like this? Naruto realized that Iruka was not the strongest in the village by a long shot. However, Iruka was not a pushover. So, who would be able to do this to him. As if to answer Naruto's unspoken questions, someone spoke up.

"Aw damnit Iruka. If you hadn't noticed me, I would have gotten that brat good. Why did you have to get in the way?" Said the voice. Naruto immediately recognized the voice. He didn't want to believe it. It couldn't possibly be. No matter how much he disliked Naruto, one of Konoha's own ninja wouldn't try and betray the village. Naruto didn't want to turn around, but what was the use? It was sad to admit, but somewhere deep inside Naruto was not surprised. He turned around for fear of another attack, and the first thing he noticed was how nicely the moonlight reflected off of Mizuki's hair. Then he looked at Mizuki's face. There was a sneer plastered onto the man's face that reeked of contempt.

"I'm going to finally be rid of you, you little nuisance. From the very beginning, you thought you were so special for being the Hokage's son. But you and your brother, you demons killed so many people!" Mizuki shouted. However, he was not aware that Naruto actually did not have the Kyubii inside of him.

"M-Mizuki, you're... delusional." Iruka said weakly.

"No," Mizuki retorted with a venomous grin, "I'm doing this village a service by getting rid of this brat that no one wants. I can't get Arashi because everyone would be after me, but Naruto here won't get a peep from anyone."

Why did that hurt so much. Maybe what Mizuki said was true. No one really did care about Naruto. His father never even gave a second thought for Naruto. Most of the townspeople didn't even know who his father was and thought he was some orphan.

"Do you feel powerless child?" A voice that came from nowhere said bringing Naruto out of his musings. He was confused at first because he was unsure of where the voice came from, but he decided he would answer.

Naruto nodded his head timidly unsure of what his answer would cause to happen. In response to the nod, the voice spoke up again.

"Then let me assist you." The voice said. This voice was not like last time. The voice when Naruto was fighting Arashi sounded very powerful and resonated with bloodlust. It sounded of the endless desire for battle. This voice, however, was different. It was equally as powerful, but it was a voice that spoke of wisdom. It was a voice that sounded as if it came from a person who was all-seeing. Surprisingly, that was not far from the truth.

After the voice spoke, Naruto felt a surge of power. A blue aura surrounded Naruto and slowly moved towards his head. However, Naruto was not worried as he could feel something filling inside of him as the aura condensed around his eyes. His pupils and rest of his eye vanished and was replaced by a sky blue glow.

"What's happening?" Mizuki asked a little stunned.

"I am this boy's protector. If you want to harm him, you will have to face my judgement." Said Naruto in a double voice.

Mizuki was somewhat confused. 'What is this jutsu that brat is using. I hope it's not like the one he used against Arashi.' Thought Mizuki as he prepared to fight. He wasn't worried because all that was happening was that Naruto's eyes were glowing. He decided that he wouldn't be deterred by this brat.

Mizuki ran at Naruto and took out a kunai in each hand. He sent a horizontal slash at Naruto's face with his left hand. He thought that with his speed, Naruto wouldn't be able to dodge it. However, Mizuki was greatly surprised when Naruto leaned slightly back and narrowly avoided the slash. Mizuki was dumbfounded. How was a mere failure of a ninja able to dodge an attack from a chunin.

'He just got lucky.' Though Mizuki as he stabbed at Naruto's chest with his right hand. He was sure he would hit the brat this time.

However, even then, Naruto dodged to the right of the stab and suck up his left hand. Naruto softly tapped a spot on Mizuki's right shoulder, and his whole arm went numb.

Ahhhhhh

Mizuki couldn't believe it. Not only did Naruto dodge his strike, but he was able to counter by using Mizuki's forward momentum against him and was even able to incapacitate his right arm with a soft tap.

"You're too easy to predict. Even without my eyes that see all and my knowledge, I would still be able to defeat you." Said Naruto in his erie voice that caused a chill to go up Mizuki's spine.

However, Mizuki would simply not accept that a failure would be able to beat him so easily. Mizuki sent many punches and kicks with his limbs that still worked. However, Naruto was dodging all of these attempts like they were nothing.

Over to the side, Iruka was speechless. He couldn't believe Naruto was able to keep up so well with a chunin level ninja. What made him even more surprised was that Naruto even looked slightly disinterested when facing Mizuki.

Mizuki was thinking the same thing while he was fighting Naruto. How was this brat who failed his exam able to keep up with him so easily? He had to do something fast because he didn't know how the fight would end if he kept this up.

As if reading his thoughts. Naruto disappeared from Mizuki's line of vision which startled him. How could a kid with not even genin level talent disappear from his sight?

Iruka who was watching the whole thing looked at Naurto who had used the momentum from one of Mizuki's attacks to get into his guard. The maneuver was so quick that Iruka guessed Mizuki thought Naruto just disappeared.

Naruto came back up from his crouching position into Mizuki's face. He stuck his thumb on Mizuki's forehead and pulsed a stream of blue aura into his thumb. As the aura seeped into Mizuki's head, he started screaming. After a little bit, Mizuki's eyes rolled into the back of his head and he started foaming at the mouth. Iruka was very frightened. He didn't know what was happening to Mizuki, but it looked like he was being shocked by a ton of volts of electricity.

Naruto removed his thumb and Mizuki fell to the ground unconscious. Iruka looked up at Naruto and weakly asked.

"What did you do to him?"

"I simply overloaded his brain with my all of my knowledge. He should be a vegetable now." Came the erie voice from Naruto's mouth. The blue aura then faded away and Iruka saw that Naruto went back to normal.

"Did...we...win?" Asked the now back to normal Naruto before he fainted.

And that's the end. Hey guys sorry for taking so long with this chapter and Happy New Year. I was going through the college selection process and everything so it was a pretty stressful time for me. I also lost motivation for a little because I had finished the story earlier, but for some reason part of it didn't save. Well, now that all of my shit is back together, I might be able to write more consistently. Also, thank you for all of the wonderful comments while I was gone. I will also probably be shifting this to my main story. So, until next time. Make sure to keep up those reviews.

P.S. Can you guess which god it was this time? Tell me in the comments.