This is the continuation of Naruto, Son of Alduin written by dragoritus. I hope you will all enjoy my attempt to breath new life into the story. The first fifteen chapters are written by dragoritus, chapters after fifteen will be written by me.

Chapter 4: The fool

Iruka had announced the exam's topic and said "We will be using the cloning jutsu for the exam."

Then Naruto grabbed his head out of frustration and said "Aaahhhhhhh that's my worst technique!"

When Naruto was called to perform he saw Iruka sensei with Mizuki sensei Iruka's childhood friend as Naruto took his stance and shouted "CLONE JUTSU!"

Then a puff of smoke appeared beside Naruto as he look to see his clone was not active as it laid lifeless on the ground with it's tongue out. Mizuki then stated "Well he did perform the hands sign perfectly and his intentions were good enough and this is his third time trying we could give him a break."

Though Iruka stated "Yes but his capability to keep the clone active is not well enough I can't pass him for that."

Naruto look to the ground in shame as he heard Iruka said that and was dismissed by the teachers and walked outside to a swing set on a tree. Naruto sat in the swing starring at the students that had graduated and heard some of them talk of how he failed the exam.

Then a hand was placed on Naruto's shoulder as Naruto turned to see his dad Alduin and the two walked off to the roof tops of the village as Alduin sat next to Naruto as he sat in shame. Alduin had sighed and placed his hand on Naruto's head and gave him a little rub and said "Naruto I know your disappointed in yourself but you will be ready when you can see you true potential."

As Alduin had taken Naruto away as Hiruzen had spoken to Iruka about Naruto and said "Iruka you must realize what Naruto must be going through seeing he had only a stranger who had raised him to be his son but even then Alduin has to go to the missions handed to him Naruto still has feelings that no on e cares."

With Naruto and Alduin

Naruto then slapped Alduins hand off him and began to raise his voice and said "Don't you see I can't perform a simple jutsu that everyone else can do."

Alduin sighed and said "Naruto I something for you at the house."

Naruto sat away from Alduin in silence as Alduin stood up and said "Very well when your ready to know what it is you know where we live."

Naruto starred at the ground and started to cry as Alduin walked away to give him some time alone looking at his hands but in his thoughts "By the nine... is this what it means to be human to feel these foreign emotions? I guess that's how you felt too isn't it little brother..."

Alduin jumped off the roof and onto another as Naruto still sat in silence but then Mizuki sensei had walked up and said "You know Naruto there is a way to graduate and get approved by your father."

Naruto looked up to Mizuki and asked "And how do I do that?"

Mizuki then stated "The scroll of seals here let me show you where it is..."

Later at the apartment

Alduin was waiting for Naruto to returned when he felt the breeze through the window he asked "What is it Iruka?"

Iruka was crouched on the window seal and informed "Naruto stole the scroll of seals..."

Alduin then turned with eyes of concern and said "I see Iruka come I can find him easily."

Iruka then asked "How?"

Alduin then looked at Iruka and tilted his head showing his eyes under his sunglasses and said "I remember you very well like it was yesterday but do you remember me?"

Iruka saw Alduin's eyes and saw something familiar but he could lay a finger on it until he finally realized it.

Flashback

Iruka was trying to help his parents as the fox was crushing the Ninja lines but suddenly the black winged beast had flown in front of the fox's face as Iruka was being taken away by a ninja as the beats saw him. Iruka could see the eyes of the beast and could only scream for his parents as they were killed by the fox who had lunged a bite and stepped on his parents crushing them.

Flashback

Iruka widened his eyes as Alduin pushed his glasses on his face again and said "I'm sorry I could not save your parents but think of it like this... without their sacrifice you have not gotten emotionally stronger and become your own strength."

Iruka could remembered all the things he had done as a child he suffered but in the end he endured and became stronger. Then Alduin said "Now we must go before my son gets in deep shit... again."

With Naruto

Naruto was readying the scroll and found a technique called Multi Shadow Clone and grabbed his head and shouted "THAT'S MY WORST TECHNIQUE BUT I MUST IF I AM TO GRADUATE I WILL HAVE TO LEARN THIS!"

Iruka was speechless as he and Alduin were dashing through the tree branches and thought "He's been with us all this time... and raised Naruto on his own but does the third Hogake know of this?"

The two had found Naruto breathing heavily as Iruka said "Now we've got you Naruto!"

Then Alduin said "Now, now Iruka I know my son better than anyone he wouldn't take the scroll without reason now Naruto who told you about the scroll?"

Naruto then smiled and said "It was Mizuki sensei he said that if I found the scroll and take it I would learn cloning jutsu."

Alduin squinted his eyes as Iruka widened his and heard Mizuki's voice who said "No Naruto they're lying to you they want you to fail as always."

Then multiple Kunai had struck Iruka to the shack as Alduin had to fake his own injuries as Naruto had looked at the three in confusion as Alduin squinted his eyes at Mizuki and asked "So it was you who wrote that letter on my door eh?"

Mizuki then smirked and said "Oh I have no idea what your talking about."

Iruka then asked "But why Mizuki?"

Mizuki then explained "Why? so that Naruto will finally know THE truth."

Iruka then shouted "No Mizuki it's forbidden!"

Alduin smirked under his mask as Naruto asked "What is forbidden?"

Mizuki then said "That you Naruto are the nine tailed fox reincarnated!"

Naruto widened his eyes and stuttered "S... s.. so what as if I didn't know that!"

Mizuki and Iruka were shocked as Alduin freed himself from the Kunai as everyone widened their eyes as Alduin confessed "Yeah I broke the law of not telling Naruto what he has inside him."

Iruka then asked "OK you both broke the law but I'm surprised that you even got Naruto to keep quiet how?"

Alduin then stated "Who do you think I am you better Believe it that I can cause fear in anyone isn't that right son?"

Naruto smirked and rubbed his head and said "Ye... yeah dad."

Mizuki then growled and threw his Shuriken at Alduin but when it hit him it cut him in half, as Naruto and Iruka widened their eyes to see Alduin's body in half. Mizuki grinned but then a hand had grabbed his shoulder as he heard Alduin's voice which said "So you killed my Spectral clone how evil of you."

Then Alduin had whispered in Mizuki's ear "FIIK LO SAH!"

Then many spectral clones of Alduin had surrounded Mizuki as the real Alduin had thrown him off the tree branch then Mizuki starred at Iruka and threw his Shuriken at him. Then Alduin threw his Mehrune's Razor at the Shuriken and breaking it into pieces as Mizuki had scowled at him.

Then Naurto saw Alduin's clones dashed at Mizuki but saw that most of the clones were easily defeated as Mizuki had thrown Kunai and used hand to hand combat to defeat them. Then Alduin had charged blindly at Mizuki as he was put in a hold on the ground as Mizuki said "So this is the best of the famous Thu'um Ninja can do? your doing your record wrong by letting yourself get caught."

Then Alduin smirked and said "No I just wanted my son to get in the game!"

Then Naruto shouted "SHADOW CLONE JUTSU!"

Suddenly there were nearly a hundred clones of Naruto had surround Mizuki as Alduin had dematerialized as Alduin had sat on the branch where Mizuki was earlier and said "Let the games begin!"

Then Naruto's clones had began to beat the shit out Mizuki as he screamed and pleaded for them to stop and made Alduin smirk and said "Told ya I would enjoy your screams."

Then Naruto stopped his attack as Iruka was impressed and said "Alduin I think you need to tell him."

Alduin then jumped down from the branch and said "Congratulations son you earned this..."

Alduin then handed Naruto a headband of the hidden leaf village as Naruto had leaped at him into a hug and said "Thanks dad!"

Meanwhile...

Hiruzen was watching the scene in a crystal orb and said "Of course Alduin you would tell Naruto even if it was against the law... very well done, like what you always say... "You do what you want when you want to." Very impressive."