Hashirama was sorely disappointed when he and Naruko walked to her house. The quality of the house was very very poor. When he heard that Naurko got her house from the Hokage he thought that she would live in a mansion but when he saw Naruko's he face faltered. The walls were mouldy, paint fading, wires were exposed, rusty pipes, no hot water, enough power to charge one battery per day, and worst of all…the only food available was instant ramen. Ok that might not be a part of the whole house thing but it was damn irritating.

Anyway, the house was one story, had one room, one bathroom and one kitchen which were merged with the living room. Where was he going to sleep? There was only one room! Then came the question of how he was going to clean himself. The pipes were rusty so if he used the shower he would probably get a poisoning of some sort. Heck that was not the only way he could die. Then came the problem with the vermin. Rats, cockroaches, poisonous looking spiders, ants. How do you even get rid of this stuff?

Hashirama had seen houses which belonged to entire clans and even helped out the local carpenter every now and then which built up a taste in houses. During his time with the carpenter he learnt how to cut wood precisely and attach things easily using nails, screws and bolts. He had learnt that each single measurements counts and that perfection is what was needed for carpeting. For a six year old boy he thought this was nothing. And it was. There were many techniques to master and he didn't have time for that. The carpenter had said that his hands were to 'soft' and that they were better suited for small things like drawing painting or paper work. Light jobs he called them. A thing like building wasn't his thing. This was why he didn't take him on as an apprentice…that and that he was way too young.

With his limited experience in carpeting he could probably replace floor boards, the pipes and maybe the wiring and walls but that's if he had the right resources and tools. He could borrow the tools with his carpenter friends but the wood, pipes and wiring was going to be a problem. He would need money and lots of it. That alone would stretch his budget-not that he had one yet-so he couldn't really hire any help. He could manage without them but that he would have to wait a long time to start living in luxury. There's only so much a six year old boy could do.

Hashirama had found out that Naruko was a relatively nice person to live with. She respected his privacy and even let him have the bed. He didn't accept of course as he liked sleeping on the couch. Unlike what some people think, Naruko is a pretty clean person-I know, shocker. One minute she's gorging herself in ramen the next she's cleaning it up until it's sparkling clean. She explained that her ramen eating 'habit' as she calls it, comes from the fact that it's the only thing she could buy. He knew the stuff was cheap but eating nothing but ramen? He was not going to become a ramen eating zombie like Naruko. So he took it upon himself to buy real food with their combined money. Eggs, bread, meat, rice, fruit and vegetables. Of course Naruko still couldn't kick the obsession of ramen. What a shame. At least she learnt how to cook. Ramen that is

Living with Naruko also drew them closer. After a few months he and Naruko could not be broken apart. When asked about this Hashirama would say that he was forced to be around her. But he knew that he had taken a liking to the loud girl. Naruko was very happy Hashirama came along. She told him that ever since he 'saved' her, the mobs stopped completely. In truth the Hokage managed to convince the ANBU to take their job seriously after saying Hashirama was living with her. It turns out that Hashirama were friends with a majority of them whether he knew it or not.

They would start their day together, they walked/ran to the academy together, they played/prank together, they ate breakfast lunch and dinner together, and then they ran all the way to the Hokage monument and watched the sunset. Only the last one was Hashirama forced into which in turn slowly increased his stamina to the point it became easy. Of course Hashirama still managed to fit pranking and stealing from ninja without getting caught. It was like practice. In the end they both decided that they were friends, forever and ever.

Speaking about friends, Sasuke became the third number of their trio. Out of Naruko's ramen addiction and Hashirama's pranking, he was the sole voice for reason between the three. Sasuke enjoyed his time with the two as they were the only non-Uchiha he knew and liked. This was a bit odd to some people. The adults didn't know how to react to his choice of friends. On one hand they would force him away from the 'demon' but on the other hand he was an Uchiha and the younger brother Itachi. So they just let him be in hopes he would kill the girl. To the students they just moped that he was like royalty and moaned about how he thought he was better than everyone else. That was the boys anyway. Half the girls crowded around his 'good looks' and 'nice attitude'…

That was until the Uchiha massacre. That's when everything turned to crap. One fateful day Hashirama and Naruko woke up, dressed up and ran to school as per usual. It started normally, starting with Iruka's boring lectures then a chuunin came out knocking and spoke to Iruka. Soon after he dismissed the class. The duo thought this was a bit odd but they used the opportunity to get some Dango for lunch. Then they found Anko who informed them the Uchiha's fate. They tried getting to Sasuke but the Shinobi guarding him shoved them aside.

For the next few days they didn't even get a glimpse of their dear friend. A whole month past before they saw him, sitting alone in the far side of the class looking out the window. Of course they were happy. They were over joyed that their friend was unharmed and well. When they approached him, Sasuke pushed him away. It was then that Hashirama figured that he had a kind of mental trauma similar to his and so he was inclined to help him. After many repeated attempts he still pushed him away so he gave up…for now.

After the whole incident every girl in the class practically worshiped the ground he walked on. All except Naruko and a shy girl named Hinata Hyuga. For a short time everything was quiet. Both of them hardly talked to anyone. Some people felt worried for them, the Hokage, the ramen shop owners and even Anko. Then one night Naruko started to cry. That was the first time Hashirama saw her cry. He tried to comfort her. He suggested buying some ramen but she just buried her face into her pillow.

He asked what was wrong and she answered

"I miss Sasuke"

"I do too" He answered. After a few more moments of crying she dropped the bomb shell. She admitted that she too liked Sasuke but not that Sasuke. She said that she liked the Sasuke who played with them, who laughed and smiled. She said that she didn't what her heart broken again and that it was a vow. Hashirama took little comfort in that. It would be a little hard for her to let anyone close to her heart. But it was the path of grieving. Now that they unleashed the flood gate of emotions, they could adjust to life without him and move on.

A year after meeting Naruko, Hashirama decided to find something to occupy his time with other then pranking. Soon he found a section of the village where people were dismantling old houses for new and improved ones and sending the material to the junkyard. Seeing that most of the materials were somewhat useable he used his stealth skills to steal them. Using his newly built up stamina which was about a fifth on Naruko's, he transported a whole bunch of materials to their home. Naruko saw what he was doing and ran to the Hokage asking if they can have the apartment right next to theirs as it was empty. He agreed of cause. One apartment wasn't enough for two children

Hashirama soon came up with a bunch of basic tools after which he and Naruko started to tear apart the walls between the apartments. After that Hashirama started to replace everything with new wood, fresh instillation and at the same time fix the wiring. Normally it would take three to four months but the job took two months instead as was a crude job. They were very cold and uncomfortable months too. After taking out the walls they were basically facing the elements. Hashirama was forced to share the same bed with Naruko for that month and there were numerous times were they became too close of comfort. All together it was a month full of blushes and 'eeps'.

Once the walls and floor boards were replaced with instillation they were completely warm. The next step was replacing the pipes and fixing up the roof so it doesn't leak. That took shorter time than the walls and floor boards so soon after, Naruko was working with coming up with poisons to get rid of the infestation which started to pop up during the construction. Hashirama worked on dividing the extra room and moving everything to its place. This took two and a half weeks to finish. Now they had a top notch bath room, a kitchen with clean white tile design, a dining room compete with a basic oak dining table and chairs, a larger living room where the old kitchen used to be, a guest room and a master bedroom. After the whole redesigning-all done by now eight year olds-and after sleeping in the same bed for all that time they decided to share a room together.

When they invited the Hokage over he looked as though he was going to faint. He couldn't believe that two children completely fixed two apartments and made one decent size house. It wasn't professional but it was darn close. He knew that Hashirama had an eye for perfection but wow! The materials used to make this were supposed to thrown into the dump but they took it and did this! The once damp old apartment, turned into a spacious house fit for a small family. This place wasn't even worth a genin's pay role and now!…now! He was very very very impressed with the two. He wasn't the only one. A certain dog masked ANBU watched the transformation and was amazed. Both him and the Hokage figured that Hashirama was a genius of some kind. Too bad he was ignored for the so called 'last' Uchiha.

Once again having nothing to do Hashirama and Naruko focused on their ninja training. Both of them had gotten down kunai throwing down and then worked on Taijustu. Surprisingly Naruko did better than Hashirama as she could keep going and going. That and that she was completely unpredictable. During the taijustu training Hashirama discovered that his strength increased dramatically as he did most of the work in the construction. But that did not help out at all. He was classed as dead last after that. Being beaten by the weakest person in the class does that to you. Next came Genjustu. Hashirama did below average in it and Naruko had no skill in it what so ever. Hashirama could do basic Genjustu but it was a bit hard for him. He had to concentrate hard to get it down. Seeing this it was obvious that he wasn't suited for Genjustu. Then came Ninjustu. Hashirama didn't do as well as most people. The teachers said that he uses too much chakra in his techniques but it still was hard to get the amount any smaller. Naruko didn't too well either. Since the instructors didn't help her he assumed that she used too much chakra as well.

But the best subject he and Naruko did great in was Fūinjutsu. It was considered a difficult art to learn. It consisted with certain drawing patterns with precise accuracy. It was used to seal objects, living beings, chakra, along with a wide variety of other things within another object like bodies and kunai. With Hashirama, he could do this easily with his near perfect hand writing and his memory he could do it with ease. But when he showed it to everyone a pink haired banshee declared that he stole it from Sasuke. Then the teacher swapped their tests! From then on he developed a hate relationship with her. Naruko…well by the looks of things she was naturally good at it. Some people have all the luck…

Seeing that he was very good at Fūinjutsu, he decided to develop a technique that involved his memory. So he paid a visit to his old therapist and mind expert, one Yamanaka Inoichi. He told him his idea of creating a Justu that allowed him to project an image from one's memory to overlap one's sight. He told him that it would help him greatly with Fūinjutsu. Inoichi was impressed with the idea so he agreed to help him create a Justu in exchange for permission for adding them to the Yamanaka clan Justu collection. It only took a week for them to make a Justu like that. It was a very simple Justu actually. The only reason the Yamanaka didn't make one like it was that it came with a drawback. One that only Hashirama can counter. The chakra input did actually matter as the more chakra used the more defined the image was so if use all your chakra then all you see is the image. But you also must remember each detail to use it. Only someone with Hyperthymesia or photographic memory could use. Hashirama decided to name the Justu, Memory projection Justu and it was classed as a D-rank Ninjustu.

And now at twelve years of age he was still dead last. Naruko's grade had sky rocketed because of a special Justu she showed the Hokage which she invented. It looked like a henge but a henge was an illusion. You couldn't touch it, only pass through it. But with Naruko's insanely large chakra she could make an actually make a shell with her chakra and not feel any drain making it a Ninjustu. It was an S-rank infiltration Justu. And now the Hokage pulled some strings and made her top kunoichi. Some people didn't like that but they couldn't do anything agenised the Hokage.


"Ok, ok settle down kids" Iruka said, once again making another foolish attempt at keeping order. When everyone kept talking he grew a tick no his head "SHUT UP!" He yelled once again this time using his Jar head Justu. Of course everyone became quiet to it as they usually did. That Justu was a mystery to people. Not even the Hokage could use it, and it was not of lack of trying. Still it was a very useful Justu though.

"Today you will be all taking the Genin test-" He paused as the class erupted with cheers. He took deep breath "SHUT UP! Any way. Today you would be officially graduating the Academy an-"

Hashirama and a few other students tuned out another of Iruka's boring lectures. Hashirama thought about how he was going about this test. If he wanted to he could ace the test with no sweat except for the Taijustu portion. But that would mean boasting his class rank. He had asked Anko and she said that teams were made up with three Genin and one Jonin, no more, no less. She said that they were usually made up of the rookie of the year, top Kunoichi, and the dead last. Naruko was top Kunoichi, Sasuke was rookie of the year and if he could stay dead last he could be on their team! It was the perfect plan.

"HASHIRAMA!" Iruka yelled snapping him out of his thoughts "What did I say about ignoring my lectures?!"

"I can't ignore them even if I wanted to" Hashirama retorted tapping his head "Hyperthymesia remember?"

"JUST GET OUT SIDE!"


Naruko was jumping up and down as she waited for her turn for the Ninjustu portion of the test. She had the position of top Kunoichi to up hold. She did near perfect in the throwing weapons, and history portion. Those endless hours of Hashirama drilling basic history into her head really paid off. Though she couldn't do Genjustu she made up for it in Taijustu with her developed style. She asked Hashirama to watch her fighting and see if he could come up with a real fighting style. He managed to document all the moves she had and then merged appropriate ones together. She loved having him around. He was a lot smarter than most people. Not book smart like Shikamaru or street smart like her but smart in a creative way.

"Uzumaki Naruko!" Iruka yelled from the examining room before Naruko practically ran forward. Iruka smiled a bit. She was always his best student…even if she complains a lot "You ready?"

She nodded

"Naruko do the substitution jutsu with anything in the class" Mizuki said to Naruko. She nodded as he disappeared in smoke and was replaced with a chair before she puffed back to her original spot.

"Ta dah," she grinned and continued with her bouncing

"Next is the transformation jutsu" Iruka said to him. Naruko nodded and did the jutsu. She turned into Iruka and phased out of it.

"Last is the Clone jutsu," Iruka smiled. Naruko's grin grew wider as she formed the hand seal "Clone jutsu!"

POOF

"Oh...My...GOODNESS!" he gasped as his pad dropped to the floor. Iruka and Mizuki rubbed their eyes as they were all shocked to see around 30 Naruko's in the room and even more outside. She just performed more clones than any student to ever take the exam. Little did they know that this was once again the work of Hashirama. Impying what he learnt, he suggested to her that if she can't decrease the amount of chakra used then maybe she could make more clones to compensate for the chakra/clone ratio. Surprisingly it worked. Iruka caught himself and continued.

"You pass," Iruka said as he threw the headband to the girl who had sparks in her eyes. She could almost cry. This day was the bestest best day of her life! The forehead protector felt so smooth and it still had that nice new smell to it! For years she dreamed for this day and now she graduated! In a fit of happiness she ran out of the room with the biggest smile someone her age can muster.


"Congrats Fishcake" Hashirama said, lying down under the tree they were currently at.

"Thanks Hashi" Naruko sat on the swing as she tried the various positions on where to put the forehead protector "But couldn't you try a bit harder? I know that you're smarter then you let on"

"Anko told me that if I stay dead last then I could be on the same team as top Kunoichi. Why do you think I trained you?"

"So you did all that so you could be on the same team as me? But wouldn't our team be overpowered? That won't be fair for everyone else"

"You worry too much Fishcake. Besides if our team was overpowered then you and whoever we have on our team can do all the work"

"Hashi" She glared "You're an adult now and if you don't take your job seriously then you won't have any money to pay rent"

"But we don't pay rent"

"Oh didn't I mention that only shinobi live in my apartment?" She thought innocently, putting her 'cute' face on

"…You are evil Fishcake. Who was the person who brought you ramen on a daily bases?"

"Hokage-Jiji"

"No! Me!"

"Hay Naruko" Someone called. The duo turned their heads and faced a very friendly face

"Mizuki-sensei. What are you doing here?" Naruko asked "Are you here to congratulate us?"

"No actually. I'm just here to tell you some bad news"

"Well?"

"It turns out that a girl named Sakura is going to be top Kunoichi"

"WHAT?!" Hashirama yelled. How could this happen?! His plan was flawless! Make Naruko the best in the school and stay dead last! It was so simple and yet so magnificent!

Curse you Sakura!

"Is that a problem Hashirama?" Mizuki asked

"Damn right it is!" Naruko dropped to her knees along with Hashirama "Mizuki-sensei?! Is there anything I can do? Any extra credit?!"

Although Mizuki had planned this all out he didn't expect that the dead last practically volunteered to help the 'demon' without any leverage. Of course Hashirama was included in his plans. It was simple. Make Hashirama steal the scroll with his skill and then make him give it to the 'demon', take the scroll from the 'demon' and then kill it. Then he would trade the scroll for power and then return to Konoha as a hero. It was ingenious!

"Well…" Mizuki thought "There is another test I can give you that could probably give you"

"What is it?!"

"The goal is to learn a justu in a scroll which is located in the Hokage's residence. There is a shack at training ground 43 were you can train. Hashirama you might want to get the scroll for Naruko. Remember don't let anyone catch you, it's part of the infiltration portion"

"You kidding! That's easy! I can break into the place in a heartbeat!" Hashirama cheered


Hashirama edged along the side of the building, the moon was high up in the sky, indicating it was near midnight. He shuffled along the edge of a small roof, quite high up from the ground. He was nervous, if he pulled this off, He would be on the same team as Naruko, and then they will be the best ninja ever and then they would have kids togeth-were the heck did that come from?

He finally reached his destination, it was a small window, a small window that was part of a very large building, this said building was known to all Konoha ninja as the Hokage Tower. The tower where the Hokage resided in from time to time, where he conducted meetings, assigned missions, and where his office was located. However more importantly, it was where the Hokage stashed away all the forbidden scrolls away, such as the Forbidden Sealing Scroll, the Yondaime Hokage's last will and testament, which he had written on his first day on office as all other Hokage's before him had done, similarly where it also held the Sandaime, Nindaime and Shodaime's will. It held the deep dark secrets of Konohagakure, all in all, it was a very well-guarded and secretive place. And this was what he was stealing. No problem…

Hashirama walked softly in the wide hallways of the building, trying oh so hard not to give away his presence, this was the biggest thing he had done ever since he broke into Konoha's ANBU forces to draw on Dog-masked ANBU's mask for taking that darn picture on the first day of school.

He wasn't too far away from the Forbidden Scroll Room, it was just down the hallway. Slowly and carefully he crept on. The door he was heading for only got closer and closer. Suddenly he heard movement behind him, he abruptly turned around, was his position given away, had the Sandaime found him out. There was dead silence behind him, the hallways still dark with only the moonlight lighting the location up. He was safe.

He turned around and immediately walked into a sturdy figure, which belonged to the man Naruko was trying to avoid tonight, The Sandaime Hokage, Naruko's jiji in all but in blood.

"What are you doing at my office at this time? I'm not giving you another lone Hashirama" The elderly Hokage said Hashirama.

"Heh…heh…" He chuckled nervously, he was caught.

The Hokage quirked an eyebrow at this, but before he could think about what the young ninja to be said.

"OROIKE NO JUTSU!"

"WHA?" The next thing he knew, the Sandaime was staring at very beautiful young woman posing seductively, however that was not the only problem, the young woman herself was very naked, her female parts just barely being covered up by whisps of smoke floating around from the after effects of the transformation. That was soon followed by fountain of red before all he saw was black. The esteemed Konohagakure's Sandaime Hokage, who was revered to be the strongest Kage in Konoha's history was out for the count.

Hashirama was very glad that he came up with that Justu. Its intended purpose was to see what he looked like if he was a girl. The resulting product was Oroike No Justu. It was not his proudest Justu but it was very useful agenised perverts. That said, who knew the Hokage was a pervert? The only down side was Naruko would beat the crap out of him if he used it in front of her

Now back to our hero, who was now in the forbidden scroll room, searching furiously for the only scroll he was looking for, the one Mizuki had asked for.

"Damn…Where is that stupid scroll… Shodaime's Will, Nidaime's Will, Old Man's Will, Uchiha Massacre, ANBU Roster, Secret Alliance with the Mist…damn it where is it?" Hashirama cried out in frustration. He had been here for a few minutes now and he still hadn't found it.

Damn it, where is it?

Suddenly in the corner of his eye he spotted a large scroll, one he had yet to check, 'Could it be? It is'

Hashirama had found the Scroll of sealing, this was it, and he was going to make sure Naruko made top Kunoichi. He quickly went out the door but not before scanning the hallway on either side. The Old man's unconscious body was still right where he had left it.

He hurried out of the building through an open window as if the devil himself was after him.

Time to get to Fishcake


"Where is that Baka?" Naruko wondered as she paced back and forth.

"Miss me already?" Hashirama said from the tree line. Naruko looked up and grinned

"Do you have it?" She asked

"What do you think this is? A giant sushi roll?" He sarcastically asked, holding up the forbidden scroll. Naruko just narrowed her eyes at him, signalling him to give it to her. So he did as he was told, jumped down and gave it to the girl. He watched as Naruko set down the scroll and opened it up showing the first Justu "Shadow Clone Justu?" He asked before looking at the fine print "B-rank kenjutsu. It says that it requires large amounts of chakra to produce solid clones…It also says that it shares its memories with the owner"

Hashirama shrugged it off as he assumed that Naruko could do it. He kinda figured that she had massive chakra reserves for her age. Sitting down he continued to read the details about the Shadow Clone but not much gained his attention. Then he saw another Justu seeping out the side of the scroll. Curious he unrolled it just a bit more and was rewarded with another justu. Or should I say Fūinjutsu.

"Hmmm…Chakra network seal?" Even more curious he continued to read aloud "Uses Fūinjutsu to create an artificial chakra network which can store near limitless chakra. It combines a modified version of the prototype chakra battery seal and mind synchronise seal which means that with training can be used sub-consciously. Numerous minor seals are involved" Hashirama grinned a bit as the thought of the possibilities. If he could store chakra and use it in the future then he couldn't tire. It was perfect…That was until he spotted something in big bold letters

"Warning! If not drawn to perfection, the chakra battery will collapse and implode on its self before dispelling the chakra!"

Ok now that scared him a little bit. He knew that any small mistake in Fūinjutsu the seal would likely fail. But this seal would collapse and implode. He guessed that the more chakra used the more violent the implosion. How could he store godly amount of chakra? Plus why hasn't he heard of chakra batteries? It was obvious that the project was scraped. Or else you'll have ninja imploding everywhere. Thank god he invented his memory justu or else he wouldn't be able to use this

"Oh well time to get started" he mumbled. Hashirama unrolled the scroll some more to reveal the diagram of the seal. He almost face faltered. The whole seal looked like a giant body tattoo. It covered the whole body! Even the face. The legs, the arms, toes, fingers! What the hell?! It looked like something a master Fūinjutsu artist would only do. But when he looked closer he calmed down a bit. The whole seal was placed over all the tenketsu points to allow synchronisation and harmony with the body. It also allowed them to hide the seal from the Hyuga. How convenient. At least that it was all in the front so he could do it himself

Who ever made this seal must want to keep this a secret He mused and since it's a seal, the Hyuga probably can't deactivate it. This seal really is an anti-Hyuga seal

Snapping out of his day dream Hashirama got back to looking over the seal again and again. He noticed unlike most advanced seals this one doesn't have any outside seals and the only seals you had to draw were on the body. Also the note said since this was a modified version of the chakra battery-which Hashirama still didn't know what it meant-the chakra comes out of the hands instead of going into the body. Hashirama concluded that this was some kind of life's work of some ones which they never got to use. It was a master piece. What made it so was that the only drawback was the risk of making such a seal. It was perfect for someone like him.


Three hours later


After three hours Naruko was panting on the ground, all scratched up and ragged. Her body hurt all over. She could hardly lift a finger but it was all worth it. Now she didn't have to worry about anything. She and Hashirama would be on the same team now…But damn her body hurt. Painfully she looked over at Hashirama who was still studying the scroll.

"Hashi? How…is your justu coming along?" She asked

"I'm good Fishcake. I already got it down" he said "Now I'm trying if I could split the seals then I would have two more Fūinjutsu to add to my arsenal"

That WAS what he was doing up until some yelled from the tree line

"I found you!"

"F%#KING ASSH*&E WHO THE F&#K BROKE MY CONCENTRATION!"

Naruko just ignored Hashirama's ranting and looked up grinning.

"Oh Look! I found you Iruka-sensei!"

Iruka was dumbstuck, "NO! I FOUND YOU!"

Naruko just giggled "Hehehe, You found me Iruka-sensei, and in that time I could only learn one jutsu"

"What?" Iruka asked himself "Is that why you're all beat-up?"

"Don't worry about that" Naruko exclaimed with excitement "Hey…If I show you that skill I stay top kunoichi right? Right?" Naruko asked.

"So you were practising so hard that it shows on your body huh Naruko?" Iruka smiled at this thought before he remembered the situation "Hey Naruko, Hashirama?"

"Yea?" they said simultaneously

"Why did you steal the scroll?" He asked with slight tension and seriousness.

"Steal? Mizuki-sensei told us about it. He also told me about this sweet as place train" Naruko answered

Mizuki?

"He said if I show you this technique you'll let me graduate!"

"Wha-" Iruka was interrupted before he could complete his sentence when he saw a dozens of shuriken and kunai flying towards his to students

"MOVE" He bellowed as he lunged, shoving Naruko and Hashirama out of harms way.

Said children looked at their mentor and teacher in shock. Iruka was peppered with Kunai and shuriken, bleeding from his wounds from where some of the weapons had struck him.

"I-Iruka-sensei?" Hashirama said

"Thanks for the distraction, Naruko" a voice said from a tree branch a short distance away. Hashirama went to tend to their teacher as Naruko confronted the perpetrator

"M-Mizuki-sensei?" She realised

"I see…so that's how it is…" Iruka coughed from the wall he was pinned to.

"Damn it! Stop moving sensei!" Hashirama scolded. Despite the situation, he was surprisingly calm. He did deal with Anko weekly

Mizuki looked at Naruko with cold eyes "Naruko!" He barked, "Hand over the scroll"

"What?"

"No Naruko!" Iruka screamed "The scroll is dangerous if it falls into the wrong hands!"

Suddenly Hashirama knew he had been deceived. There was no way mere children could learn any of those techniques, if they did then they would be dead in a flash. Thinking quickly he knew he was the only one who could convince his friend.

"Naruko! Listen to Iruka! Mizuki's tricked us!" Hashirama burst into action, taking out two sealing scrolls containing all his ninja gear. He immediately stood in front of Naruko

Darn that's one big shuriken he has He thought

"Oh look the demon's pet thinks he can take me on" He laughed

"Shut up traitor!" Hashirama yelled "I'm sick of you and the villagers calling Naruko a demon!"

"That's right, you don't know" He grinned manically "You didn't think there was a reason we call 'it' a demon?"

Iruka's eyes widened "Don't you dear Mizuki!" He tried to get up but only a grunt of pain came out

"I'm sure you know of the Kyuubi who attacked the village on October the 10th? I'm sure you do. Now can you tell me the date of your friend's birthday?"

"What are you getting at Mizuki? What does Naruko's birthda-"He froze. October the 10th was Naruko's birthday, the same day as the Kyuubi attack which occurred 12 years ago…That's Naruko's age! Could...could Naruko be the Nine tailed fox?

"That's right" Mizuki howled "The Yondaime Hokage did not kill the nine tail. No. He sealed it into a child and that child is that girl over there"

Naruko was on her knees, tears falling on to the ground. To her things finally made sense. Why she was scorned, why she was beaten, why the Hokage cared so much about her, why everyone hated her. She was the nine tailed fox. She killed countless people, she almost destroyed Konoha, and she killed the Yondaime Hokage. She deserved to be killed. Or at least that's what she thought. When Hashirama heard this he was shocked. All the memories of Naruko came to him in an instant. Not the good ones but the awful ones. He remembered how he stopped someone who was attempting to rape her, her bruised body when another mob got to her and hurting the people who treated her with hatred. From the start he was not convinced that she was the nine tailed but when he heard the word 'seal' he grew angry

"SHUT UP!" Hashirama yelled into the treeline "Shut up you stupid prick! Naruko is not the Kyuubi and not a demon!" Naruko and Iruka looked at him with surprise "Listen to yourself! The Kyuubi was sealed her! Can't you tell the difference between a kunai and the scroll?!"

Hashirama took his stance once more "Let me show you what happens when you mess with the scroll!" Suddenly he flung open his two scrolls and twirled them at the direction Mizuki was standing in "Kunai Barrage!" Hashirama unloaded all his weapons towards the surprised chuunin. At the last second Mizuki jumped out of the way and on the another branch.

We don't teach that at the academy He mused

Hashirama dropped his scrolls down and took out two spare kunai as he thought. He obviously no match agonised a seasoned chuunin but he had to try delay him from getting the forbidden scroll. That was what he learnt from Anko. Protect the objective at all costs. Gathering his courage he charged forwards, kunai in hand. Mizuki smirked at the kids stupidity. Taking the Fuma shuriken of his back, he threw it at the boy's head at chunnin speeds. Hashirama, having built up his reaction time over the years, dropped down and skidded on the ground before throwing one of his kunai at Mizuki.

Thup

"Ha you missed!" Mizuki exclaimed. He looked below his legs and saw the kunai imbedded into the branch he was on "That's what I expect from the dead last"

"Who said it was supposed to hit you?" Hashirama smirked as the kunai started to glow blue

God I hope this works!

"What the?" Mizuki said. Everyone watched as the Kunai crumpled up into the branch before-

BOOM!

A fiery blue explosion destroyed the branch in a two meter radius. It was so bright that Hashirama covered his eyes to avoid blindness. There was no heat but for some reason the leaves started to catch on fire with blue flames. When the flash ended all that was left was a whole in the tree before the top part collapsed onto the ground. Mizuki was nowhere in sight

"I'm so using that in the future" Hashirama grinned before walking back to his friend who was in awe "I wonder what I'm going to name it"

"Not so fast!" Hashirama turned around only to be punched in the nose and was sent flying backwards, slamming head first into the shack next to Iruka "You almost killed me!" Hashirama heard. He was not entirely sure what he said as he was suffering from a concussion. With his blurry vision he saw a singed Mizuki pull out a kunai. He felt blood coming out of his nose in large amounts. He couldn't get up as he felt like his back was broken. He watched helplessly as his former teacher approached him. Feeling his impending doom he slowly closed his heavy eyes. Then at the last second he heard a voice. And it yelled

"Multiple Shadow Clone justu!"