Thanks for reading everyone! So, I have had a few people ask if Naruto was going to lose his hair. And the answer to that is no... no, he won't lose his hair, unless it's a joke. And even then he'll get it back.

Naruto had been heading home after his trip to Ichiraku's with Hinata and Shino. When he remembered that he hadn't yet done his daily exercise. So instead of heading home, he went to his workout spot. That being the top of the Hokage mountain. (Except for running. For that he just did laps around the village.)

After arriving at his destination he began his several hour long workout. That he would be doing until late into the night...

Just after midnight

Naruto was just finishing up his seventh set of push-ups when he heard the alarm go off.

*Alarm Blaring*

"Hmm? What's that?" He wondered. After standing up and brushing his hands off, He walked to the edge of the fourth Hokage's head to look down at the village.

"Did something happen? I better go find Jiji." He thought before he slightly bent his knees and jumped high into the sky, his destination was the roof of the Hokage tower.

With Hiruzen and the Ninja

"Attention Everyone!" A nameless Jonin yelled.

"We have been informed that Naruto Uzumaki has stolen the Scroll of Seals! As such, Everyone is to split up, Find him, and return the Scroll!" He continued.

"Do not attack him. If you find him, tell him to come see me. Is that clear!?" Hiruzen said.

"Yes, Hokage-Sama!" The gathered Ninja yell. Though the majority of the Leaf's ninja were currently out on missions or were working in other parts of the village. One-Hundred Ninja answered the Hokage's summons at this late hour.

Among them were Iruka and Mizuki.

"I don't understand why he would do this, Mizuki. According to the Jonin, Naruto passed all of the trials by such a margin that they believed he should just be made a Chunin at the very least. So why would he ruin his chances at this point?" Iruka asked.

"Maybe it's just in his nature, Iruka. You know what he is. Maybe that thing affects him more than he led us to believe. How else do you explain that freakish strength of his?" Mizuki asked, His pride as a shinobi had been torn apart after his treatment at the hands of the blond.

"He worked harder than anyone. That's where his strength comes from and Not that Thing!" Iruka yelled at his friend.

"All I'm saying, Iruka. Is that, maybe he isn't who you thought he was."

"Naruto may be a lot of things... He's hyperactive, Stubborn, A menace to our peaceful days... But, he's no liar. I believe that if he did take the scroll, he had a reason for it."

"As do I, Iruka"

"Hokage-Sama!" Iruka and Mizuki greeted Hiruzen who had overheard Iruka's speech and decided to come over.

"How can you be so certain, Hokage-Sama?" Mizuki asked.

"... I've known that child since he was born. And in all that time, I've never known him to have malicious intent towards the village or its inhabitants. Despite their intent towards him, he has always had one objective in mind."

"What's that, Hokage-Sama?" Mizuki asked.

Hiruzen had a small smile flit across his face for a moment, before a look of neutrality replaced it.

"He desires to protect the people he cares about. That strength he possesses was gained solely for the sake of his 'precious people'."

"He also doesn't want to be forgotten again..." He added in his mind.

"Maybe he decided to take a short-cut to gain that power.?" Mizuki asked, sweat starting to form on his brow. He hoped they would spend the night hunting for the blond brat while he made his getaway. But if this was how the Hokage felt about him, maybe his plan wasn't as full proof as he thought.

"Regardless, Find him, but do not attack him. I want him brought to me unharmed, Understood?"

"Yes, Sir!" they saluted before hopping away.

"Iruka, Let's split up to cover more ground!"

"Alright!" he agreed, Hopping in one direction while Mizuki went in the other.

With Naruto

Naruto had been in the air for about thirty seconds, Just looking down on the village. He watched as the Ninja from the gathering divided into groups and spread out over the Village. And using his Chakra enhanced hearing, he had listened in on Iruka, Mizuki, and Hiruzen's conversation about him.

"I never knew Iruka-Sensei thought about me that way..." He whispered. Sure, the two of them had gone out for Ramen a few times. But all this time, Naruto had assumed he was just another student to Iruka.

"Jiji, I can understand. He knows me better than anyone... It is nice to hear his thoughts though." He thought as he came in for his landing. Flipping in the air so that his feet would touch first, He softly touched down on the roof of the Hokage tower.

He walked over to just above the balcony, then dropped down and waited for Hiruzen to show up in his office.

Luckily, he didn't have to wait long. As after only five minutes of waiting, Hiruzen arrived.

After opening the window, Naruto charged in.

"Jiji, I need to talk to yo- Hmph!" Naruto had tried to tell Hiruzen that he didn't have this scroll they were looking for. But one of Hiruzen's ANBU guards attacked before he could finish.

The ANBU got in a lucky shot while Naruto's guard was down. (Why would his Jiji attack him, after all?) Hitting Naruto on the back of his head with the blunt side of their sword. They had hoped to knock him out in one shot... They failed, spectacularly.

After noticing that their blade had broken over the blond's skull and that the blond had turned to face them. They chose to engage with him in Taijutsu. (As the space was too confined for Ninjutsu to be effective.)

Leading off with a front kick aimed at Naruto's stomach, they attempted to quickly pacify him before he could attack the Hokage. (In their mind.) And it was at this time that the other three ANBU guards jumped in as well.

Naruto grabbed the first ANBU's leg. (Via the Ankle) And spun them in a circle around him, catching the other three in the process. Before letting go and watching the four of them go sailing out the window he entered through. (I'm sure they'll be fine.)

"Is there a reason you're bullying my Ninja, Naruto?" Hiruzen asked as he lit his pipe. (See, he's not worried either.)

"Hehe, Sorry, Jiji." He said while rubbing the back of his head.

*Sigh* "It's fine, I gave them specific orders not to attack you. So it was warranted." Hiruzen replied while looking between the broken blade on the floor and Naruto.

"I don't remember that being there when I entered." Hiruzen said.

"Hmm?" Naruto asked with a tilt of his head. So Hiruzen pointed at the blade.

"Oh! That's what your ANBU hit me with, I guess."

"What! Are you ok? You're not bleeding anywhere, are!?" Hiruzen asked, panic on his face.

"I'm fine, Jiji. Hehe, My head's pretty hard." Naruto said as he knocked on the top of his head to demonstrate.

"If a sword, wielded by one of my ANBU broke over your head... I'm not sure 'Hard' is an adequate description." Hiruzen thought with a deadpan look coming over his face, Replacing the panic.

*Puffing* "Are you here to return the scroll?" Hiruzen asked while puffing on his pipe. (And trying to ignore the implications of steel breaking over the blond's head.)

"Hmm? Oh, right! That's what I came here to tell you, Jiji. I never had the scroll." Naruto replied.

"Oh? Then why did I receive a report earlier tonight, stating that you had broken into my personal vault, and were seen fleeing the scene with the scroll on your back?"

*Puffing* "Tell me, Naruto. Where were you earlier tonight?" Hiruzen wanted to believe the blond. But he had to make sure before he moved onto the next suspect.

"Well... After the last trial today, I went out to eat Ramen with Shino and Hinata. After that, I went to the Hokage mountain and started exercising. That's where I was for the rest of the day, Jiji."

"So... Someone knew Naruto was going to be out of sight for the rest of the day and decided to use the transformation Jutsu to frame him. But who?..."

"Naruto..."

"Yes, Jiji?" Naruto asked.

"Bring me Mizuki, He was the one to file the report. I want to see what he knows."

"Yes, Jiji!" Naruto was about to start running when Hiruzen called out to him again.

"Oh, and Naruto."

"Yes?"

"If Mizuki refuses to come quietly, Feel free to use force."

"How much force, and why wouldn't he come?"

"As long as he can answer my questions... As much as you like. As for the why... That scroll is dangerous, Naruto. We have to get it back."

"How dangerous, Jiji?"

"Dangerous enough, that it could mean disaster for this village." Hiruzen glumly replied.

"I see..." A dangerous smile spread across Naruto's face before he jumped out the window, and into the night sky.

With Mizuki

After splitting from Iruka, Mizuki had cut across the village to where he stashed the Scroll of Seals in the red light district. Upon retrieving it, He made a mad dash for the exit.

It was only after he arrived at the exit, that he noticed it was heavily guarded. Turning and making another run for it, he hoped he could get out through the secret tunnel he had been told about. (Why he didn't go there first, is anyone's guess.)

Running at the speed he was, and for how long he had maintained it, caused him to grow slightly tired. (Out of shape much?)

"Almost there." He said to himself.

"Almost where, Mizuki-Sensei?" a voice asked from behind him.

"To the secret exit, I was told about." Mizuki's mind was telling him something was wrong, But he couldn't think of what. (Or... he's just dumb, to begin with.)

"And... Who told you about this exit?"

"It was Kabut-" His mind finally figured out what was wrong. Looking behind him, he saw Naruto keeping pace with his frantic sprint, almost casually. Actually... Mizuki thought Naruto looked bored while running behind him.

"Oops... Hehe, you caught me, Mizuki-Sensei." Naruto said with a smile.

When Mizuki came to a stop, Naruto copied him.

*Panting* "What're you doing here!?" He yelled, looking around to see if any other Ninja had followed him.

"Hehe, Following you, Mizuki-Sensei" was Naruto's answer.

"I'm lucky he's such an Idiot, otherwise this could have ended badly." Mizuki thought, a sneer appearing on his face for an instant. Before being replaced by a look a friendliness.

"Why do you have that large scroll on your back, Mizuki-Sensei?"

"Never mind that, Naruto. Say... Did you ever wonder why the village treated you the way they did?"

"... Yes, Why?... Do you know why they treat me that way?" Naruto asked, his normally smiling face being suppressed by the question.

"I'm not supposed to say, Orders of the Hokage."

"Tell. Me, Mizuki." A chill went down Mizuki's spine from the look that had appeared on Naruto's face. Total Apathy, He had seen looks like that on war-veterans, But never on someone the blond's age.

"This brat thinks he can intimidate me!? I'm a God-Damned Chunin If he thinks I'm scared of this. Then I've got something to wipe him of that Assumption!" Mizuki snarled inside his mind.

"Do you remember the stories we used to tell your class, about how the Kyuubi Destroyed most of the village. And it was only thanks to the Fourth-Hokage, that we survived?"

"You said he killed it, then died of his wounds shortly after."

"That part is... slightly wrong."

"How so?"

"The Fourth didn't kill the Kyuubi... He just turned him into you! Die demon brat!" Mizuki roared as he yanked the Fuma-Shuriken off his back and prepared to throw it.

"That's just stupid... They treated me that way Because I'm the Kyuubi?" Naruto wondered.

When he snapped out of his confusion, Mizuki had already thrown his Fuma-Shuriken. So, Naruto simply caught it between his thumb and forefinger. Then redirected it back at Mizuki with a flick of his wrist.

Mizuki ducked under the blade and came up ready for a fight... Naruto was nowhere to be seen though.

"Jiji wanted me to bring you back to him... He also said that I could use as much force as I wanted. And though I Really, Really, want to just punch you right now. I did promise to bring you back alive." Naruto said from behind him.

Mizuki spun around with a backhand aimed at Naruto's face... It was stopped with one hand. Naruto grabbed Mizuki's wrist and started to slightly squeeze.

"Hehe, Mizuki-Sensei." Naruto said with a smile on his face.

*Gulps* "What?" He could feel his bones creaking.

"I. Got. You." Naruto said, His smile getting wider.

"Umm... Can you just let me go?" He asked. Only now starting to think that maybe this wasn't such a great idea.

"... Nope." When Naruto answered, Mizuki was lifted off the ground and held above the blond's head... Before being viciously slammed into the ground on Naruto's other side.

"GAH!" Mizuki felt his bones break, and blood shoot from his mouth. Naruto didn't stop though. He just lifted him again and repeated his action several times.

*Wham*Wham*Wham*Wham!* After the final slam, Mizuki was little more than a pile of mush. He was still alive though. (Just in a lot of pain.)

So Naruto lifted him up so he could see Mizuki's eyes.

"You took something from my Jiji, Mizuki... Something that, If it had fallen into the wrong hands. Would have meant disaster for him and the rest of the people I care about. Remember that, the next time you try to steal something. I don't care what happens to most of this village, but... If you or anyone else harm the people I care about... I'LL KILL THEM!" Naruto roared in Mizuki's face, a cloak of red flickered over the blond's body before it quickly disappeared.

" I always knew you were a demon." Were Mizuki's last thoughts before he passed out from the pain.

"What's that smell?" Naruto asked as he sniffed the air.

*Sniff*Sniff* "EW! He shit on himself!? That's just nasty, Mizuki!" Naruto yelled, before jumping off into the night sky. (Bringing Mizuki along with him.)

With Hiruzen

Hiruzen had been waiting patiently for Naruto's return. (He had no doubt that he would succeed in his mission) When he heard a thump coming from his balcony.

"So you've returned, Narut- Oh my God! What is that smell?!" Hiruzen asked. Covering his nose with his sleeves.

"Hehe... Mizuki."

Hiruzen nodded before ordering his ANBU to get that smell. (Read as person.) Out of his office. And though they glared at the blond for a moment, they followed their orders. (Told you they would be fine.)

"Tell me Everything." So Naruto did. He told him how he found Mizuki, What Mizuki had told him. And his subsequent manhandling of the Chunin.

"I see... so now you know the truth." Hiruzen solemnly said.

"Where you ever going to tell me?" The blond asked. Hiruzen could hear the pain in his voice.

"I was." Hiruzen nodded.

"When?"

"After you received your Genin headband tomorrow."

"Why didn't you tell me before now?" The pain in his voice was clearing up.

"You were too young to know the truth. I didn't want you saying something to the wrong person and getting hurt."

"Oh..."

"There's... something else you should know."

"What is it, Jiji?"

"I know who your parents are."

"What?! But you told me that you didn't know!" Naruto accused.

"I did, and I apologize for that." Naruto slightly calmed down.

"So... Who were they?"

"I can't tell you yet. I swore to them that I would follow their will, and you were not to know who they were until you reach Chunin rank."

"You're not telling me, Are you?"

"Not tonight, I'm afraid. I must follow their will."

*Whines* "Aww, C'mon Jiji. Can't you just give me a hint?"

*Chuckles* "No, I'm afraid I can't."

*Sigh*"... Fine then, I'm going home. Night Jiji! See ya tomorrow!" Naruto jumped out of the window again, On his way home.

"Goodnight, Naruto."

"Sir?" One of the ANBU said to get Hiruzen's attention.

"Yes?"

"The Scroll of Seals has been successfully recovered, and Mizuki has been taken to the Emergency Hospital wing. Where he'll be questioned in the morning."

"Good... Good. Any word on what he planned to do with the scroll?"

"None yet sir. Mizuki was... Not in good condition when we brought him to the hospital. He hasn't spoken a word since he was brought to you."

"Keep me updated. *Yawns* I'm going to retire for the night."

"Yes, Hokage-Sama!"

After the Hokage left the room, the ANBU began talking.

"You're lucky you had a faulty blade, Neko. Otherwise, you may have killed the boy." A large ANBU with a bear mask said to a much smaller ANBU wearing a cat mask.

"There was nothing wrong with my sword, Kuma!" Neko snarled.

"Obviously there was, How else do you explain it shattering over his head?" Tora, An ANBU with a tiger mask asked.

"I don't know! I've had that sword for years and never had any problems with it." (Neko)

"Maybe that's it then, It was just old?" (Tora)

"Or... Maybe there's something even more unique about that boy than just the Kyuubi." Kuma said as he thought back to the blond easily throwing them out the window.

*Sigh* "And to think I have to be his Jonin Instructor after tomorrow." Neko complained.

*Chuckles* "Didn't you want to be a Jonin Instructor, though?" (Tora)

"Not to someone like him! I wanted someone to pass my techniques down to. He's a brawler, Not a swordsman."

"I'm sure it'll work out in the end, Neko. Give the kid a shot, ok?" Kuma asked.

*sigh* "Alright, I'll save my judgment for after we've been together awhile. Don't expect much though, I may be back in here with you two after a few weeks if it doesn't work out."

"That's all anyone can ask of you, Neko."

"I just hope the blond brat isn't as bad as they say he is." Neko thought.

AN: That's right, 'Neko' Is going to be Naruto's Jonin sensei. Next chapter is the team assignments and Naruto's first mission. Thanks again for reading Everyone!