They ended up talking about a few of the easy Jutsu that a genin should know. This passed the time quite well because by the time they had finished talking about Kawarimi no Jutsu they had reached they academy. They saw many people out and about while they were walking. These people were going about their regular business trying to clean up from last night's rain. They reached the entrance of the academy. They saw Iruka-sensei there ushering in the last of the younger academy students. Naruto and Hinata walked up to him as the last academy student walked into the academy.
"Ah Naruto and Hinata together again," said Iruka-sensei. "Then again 'It's not like that Iruka-sensei'," said Iruka-sensei imitating Naruto's voice.
"Actually Iruka-sensei … it is like that now," said Naruto as Hinata blushed.
"Ah my students are blossoming," said Iruka-sensei, "but why are you here today … you don't have class?"
"Actually we're here to see Mizuki-sensei," said Naruto.
"Ara… he's out back," said Iruka-sensei as he pointed to the back of the academy.
Naruto nodded and Hinata bowed as they both walked to the back of the academy leaving a confused Iruka-sensei behind. When they reached the back they found Mizuki-sensei practicing his shuriken throwing.
"Ooi Mizuki-sensei," said Naruto as he waved his hand.
"Ah Naruto you're here," said Mizuki-sense as he faced Naruto," Nani? Hinata what are you doing here?"
"I came with Naruto-kun," said Hinata.
"I am sorry but can I talk to Naruto alone?" asked Mizuki-sensei.
"But I…" began Hinata before Naruto cut her off. "Don't worry Hinata I'll catch up with you when I'm done," said Naruto. Naruto then quickly kissed Hinata on the cheek. No one noticed the look of pure disgust that flashed across Mizuki-sensei's face before he returned it to that fake smile.
"See you later Naruto-kun," said Hinata as she raced off. Mizuki-sensei then began to talk to Naruto about how to become a genin.
"Okay here's what you have to do. You have to…" said Mizuki-sensei before Hinata was out of earshot.
As Hinata reached the front of the academy she felt as if she was lighter than air. Naruto was finally hers and there was nothing anyone could do to separate them. Not even the Hokage could stop this thought Hinata.
At that moment the ruler of Konohagakure was looking over some forms for missions that were recently completed. He was wearing a white dome shaped hat with a shoal around it. Within a red square on the hat was the symbol of the fire country, which housed the Hidden Village of the Leaf. He wore a white and red cloak that trailed all the way to the ground. He was going through the papers when a sneeze caught him unexpectedly.
"A pretty woman must be talking about me," muttered the Sandaime. The Sandaime had been doing paperwork all day long. He continued on till about ten in the morning before he sighed. "Today has been really uneventful," said the Sandaime as he filed another paper, "but uneventful is mostly a good thing. Suddenly a ninja burst into the room. "What's the meaning of this?" asked the Hokage as he gave the shinobi a stern look.
"My apologies Hokage-sama," said the shinobi as he gave a quick bow, "but Naruto seams to have stolen the forbidden scroll!"
"Mobilize the other shinobi and find him before he reads too much into that scroll," said the Hokage as he turned to face the window that overlooked the village. Naruto can not be allowed to read that scroll or the whole village could be in danger thought the Hokage.
Search teams consisting of chuunin and jounin soon flooded the village. Everyone in the village had no clue what was going on. Many people created a rumor that an enemy shinobi had infiltrated the city. Other people added on to that rumor by saying that Naruto helped the enemy shinobi in and they were going to try and kill the Hokage. Hours had passed and it was nearly dark and soon the entire village knew of the disturbance.
Hinata was walking through Konohagakure listening to all of the rumors that were flying around. Hinata couldn't believe how quick people were to jump to conclusions. Just then Iruka-sensei jumped down in front of Hinata.
"Hinata do you know where Naruto might be?" asked Iruka-sensei, "I checked his apartment but he wasn't there."
"I was going to see if he is at the park we were at yesterday, he seems to like it there," said Hinata. "What's going on Iruka-sensei?"
"I'm sorry Hinata but all I know is that I have to find Naruto before he reads a certain scroll," said Iruka-sensei. "Where is the park that he likes to go to?" asked Iruka-sensei.
"It's on the other side of the village," said Hinata.
"Take me there," said Iruka-sensei.
They both started to run and jump towards the park that Hinata mentioned. By the time they reached the park it was already dark out. They quickly surveyed the overgrown park for Naruto but he was nowhere to be seen.
"I thought you said this was his favorite spot," said Iruka-sensei as he turned to face Hinata.
"He's here," said Hinata as she walked to the center of the park. They reached the center of the park but Naruto wasn't there either. Iruka-sensei looked at Hinata with a confused look. Hinata pointed at the ground and Iruka-sensei saw Naruto sleeping next to the forbidden scroll.
"Naruto!" yelled Iruka-sensei trying to get Naruto to wake up. Naruto slowly opened his eyes and roughly focused them on Hinata.
"Nani, how come you sound like Iruka-sensei Hinata?" asked Naruto as he tilted his head back to get a better view of Hinata.
"Actually Iruka-sensei yelled at you," said Hinata as she pointed at Iruka-sensei.
Naruto turned his head and finally noticed Iruka-sensei. Naruto quickly got into a cross-legged sitting position and grabbed the forbidden scroll. "Oh hi Iruka-sensei I guess my time with the scroll is up," said Naruto. "I only had enough time to learn a few Jutsu,"
"All you were doing was learning Jutsu?" asked Iruka-sensei.
"Yeah … Mizuki-sensei said that if I master some Jutsu from this scroll then you would let me become a genin," said Naruto as he rubbed his nose.
Iruka-sensei's eyes widened as he realized what was going on. Just then two kunai came from a tree nearby and implanted them into the ground. They landed between the three of them. Hinata jumped back with an outstretched right palm and a drawn in left palm. Iruka-sensei drew a couple of kunai from a bag on his leg. Naruto jumped up in a basic defense position. He had clenched his fists and raised them to chest level. All three shinobi looked towards the tree that the kunai came from. They were startled to see who had thrown the two kunai.
Mizuki-sensei was staring down at the three of them with a malicious grin spread across his face. "Well, well, well look who we have here," said Mizuki-sensei. He then grabbed a giant shuriken from his back.
"Hinata go get help!" ordered Iruka-sensei as he threw a kunai at Mizuki-sensei who nimbly dodged it. Hinata nodded her head in acknowledgement and ran towards the village.
"Naruto give me the scroll," said Iruka-sensei as he extended a hand towards Naruto.
"Don't listen to him Naruto," said Mizuki-sensei. "He is the one who is holding a deadly secret about you."
"Nani … a secret?" asked Naruto as he looked at Iruka-sensei with a confused look.
"No Mizuki, don't tell him!" yelled Iruka-sensei.
"Don't tell him what he should have been told a long time ago?" asked Mizuki-sensei rhetorically. He then eyed Naruto with a look of pure hatred.
"What are you saying?" asked Naruto.
"I'm saying that within you resides the nine-tailed demon fox Kyubi Kitsune," said Mizuki-sensei. "That's why you have a seal on your stomach."
Naruto couldn't believe what he was hearing. How could the demon fox be inside of him? Naruto then remembered the seal on his stomach. No one ever wanted to tell him about it. Now he knew why everyone hated him. What had attacked the village so many years ago was now sharing a body with him. Naruto picked up the forbidden seal and ran into the nearby forest.
"Naruto!" yelled Iruka-sensei as he ran after Naruto. Mizuki-sensei quickly followed suit with a giant shuriken in hand.
At the same time Hinata was running as fast as she could toward the Hokage building. She kept her eyes open for any shinobi as she went. She had reached the Hokage building without seeing a single shinobi. They must be searching other places thought Hinata as she ran through the entrance to the building. She quickly made her way to the Hokage's office and ran into the room.
"Gomenasai Hokage-sama for intruding but I have news that you must hear," said Hinata as she gave a quick bow.
"What's wrong?" asked the Hokage as he rose from his chair.
"Mizuki-sensei is attacking Naruto-kun and Iruka-sensei in an abandoned park south east from here, and is trying to get a scroll from Naruto-kun," said Hinata as she tried to catch her breath.
"This can not be," said the Hokage as he slammed his fists down on the table.
"I'm sorry Hokage-sama but that is what Iruka-sensei told me to tell you," said Hinata as she backed up a bit.
"Do not fret child I will send help immediately," said the Hokage as he walked from behind his desk up to Hinata. He placed his hands on her shoulders and gave a soft smile. "Kakashi I'm sure you heard all of this will you please follow this girl to the location of the attack," said the Hokage as a shinobi appeared from the shadows in one of the corners of the room.
Kakashi had a look of exhaustion on his face. His face was half covered by a blue mask. The leaf shinobi headband covered his left eye. His hair was a pure silver color and strutted forward. Aside from his face the rest of the ninja gear he wore was pretty standard for a shinobi, except for two things. He wore a green flak jacket that showed he had passed the test to become a chuunin. Also across one of the pockets was a band that showed he was had passed the test to become a jounin.
"Kakashi this is Hyuuga Hinata … Hinata this is Hatake Kakashi," said the Hokage introducing the two to each other.
Hinata stepped to the side to let the shinobi stand in front of the Hokage. She gave a small bow to Kakashi.
"No need to bow Hinata," said Kakashi as he waved a hand to dismiss Hinata's gesture.
"Kakashi I want you to retrieve the scroll and make sure that Naruto and Iruka are alright," said the Hokage as he turned to face towards the abandoned park that Hinata was talking about. It was hard to make out because it was so dark, but birds were flying away from the scene in fright.
"Hai Hokage-sama," replied the shinobi as he and Hinata ran out of the room. As soon as they exited the building they started to sprint towards the park. It wouldn't be long now before two more would aid in the fight to help Naruto and Iruka-sensei overcome Mizuki-sensei.
While Hinata, Kakashi, and the Hokage were talking Iruka-sensei and Mizuki-sensei had caught up with Naruto. Naruto chose to take Iruka-sensei's side because he knew that, even with the knowledge that Naruto housed the Kyubi within him, Iruka-sensei still liked him.
"How can you side with that demon Iruka?" asked Mizuki as he prepared to throw his second giant shuriken at the two of them.
"Because it is the right thing to do," said Iruka-sensei as he threw the kunai he had at Mizuki. Mizuki sidestepped the two kunai and threw his giant shuriken at Naruto. Iruka-sensei saw this and jumped in front of Naruto to block the shuriken. The giant shuriken ended up embedding itself into Iruka-sensei's back. Iruka-sensei was now on his hands and knees as he hovered over Naruto. Blood began to drip down onto Naruto as Mizuki laughed at what Iruka-sensei tried to do.
"Naruto I'm sorry that I never told you what you were when ever you asked," said Iruka-sensei as he began to cry. "But you must believe that I didn't tell you in order to protect you." The tears began to flow freely now from Iruka-sense's eyes and they began to drop down onto Naruto.
"I just don't know what to believe anymore," said Naruto as he grabbed the scroll and started tree hopping through the park.
"NO NARUTO COME BACK!' yelled Iruka-sensei as he stretched out his hand towards Naruto.
"Even your precious student has chosen to abandon you in your time of need," cackled Mizuki-sensei. This caused many birds to awaken from their slumber and fly away in fright.
Iruka-sensei got up and pulled the giant shuriken from his back. This shocked Mizuki and he dropped his guard. Iruka-sensei then threw the shuriken as hard as he could at Mizuki who jumped into the air to dodge it. While Mizuki was in the air Iruka-sensei began to pursue Naruto.
At this time Hinata and Kakashi had just entered the park. No one was in sight. A slight whirring sound was the only thing that disturbed the park. The whirring got louder and every now and then they heard bits of trees slice off as if someone was cutting them. Just then the giant shuriken that Iruka-sensei had thrown was coming down towards Hinata and Kakashi. Kakashi quickly grabbed Hinata and jumped into the air to avoid the shuriken.
"I guess the battle is pretty heated up," said Kakashi as they both landed.
"The shuriken came from that direction," said Hinata as she pointed through the destruction. "Come on let's go." They both darted of towards the source of the giant shuriken.
In the forest near the park Naruto was jumping through the trees trying to get away from what happened earlier. Suddenly Iruka-sensei jumped out near Naruto.
"Naruto I can help you just give me the scroll," said Iruka-sensei as he extended a hand towards Naruto. Naruto jumped towards Iruka-sensei and slammed into his chest. Iruka-sensei fell to the ground and a puff of smoke enveloped him. As the smoke cleared Mizuki was standing where Iruka-sensei should be.
"Impossible … how did you know it was me?" asked Mizuki-sensei as Naruto landed at the base of a nearby tree. Naruto just laughed as a puff of smoke enveloped him.
"I knew because I'm the real Iruka-sensei," said Iruka-sensei as he appeared out of the smoke.
"A Kawarimi no Jutsu," muttered Mizuki-sensei as the scroll that Iruka-sensei was carrying turned into a log.
"Now you'll never get your hands on Naruto," said Iruka-sensei as he laughed.
"What makes you say that?" asked Mizuki-sensei as a smile spread across his face. "You do know that that bakemono killed your parents, right? You do know that it is inside that runt of a kid, right?" Mizuki sensei kept trying to convince Iruka-sensei to help him.
Naruto, who was hiding by a nearby tree, was hearing everything that was going on. He felt bad for what had happened to Iruka-sensei in the past. He wanted Iruka-sensei to like him but with this information Naruto didn't think he had a chance.
"You're right," said Iruka-sensei. Naruto heard this and began to cry. One of his only friends now hated him. "He is the Kyubi … but he is still just Naruto," said Iruka-sensei. "And I will die to protect him if I have to."
"Well I'm going to help you with that by killing you," said Mizuki as he grabbed the other giant shuriken. At this point Naruto was so happy that Iruka-sensei still liked him, even when the Kyubi that was inside of him had killed Iruka-sensei's parents. Naruto stepped out from behind the tree and slammed the forbidden scroll into the ground.
"If you even touch Iruka-sensei I'll kill you," said Naruto with a look to kill on his face.
"No Naruto he's too strong for you run away," pleaded Iruka-sensei.
"What could this bakemono do to hurt me?" asked Mizuki-sense through a laugh.
"I can do this," said Naruto. He then crossed the two for fingers of both of his hands into a cross across his chest. He then screamed out, "Tajuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Suddenly thousands of Naruto clones were springing from an enormous smoke cloud that had enveloped the entire field.
"No way," said Iruka-sensei. That's his worst subject yet he was able to create thousands of clones thought Iruka-sensei, and they're not just illusions … they're solid.
At this point Hinata and Kakashi had stepped into the field and saw what was going on.
"What the hell?" stammered Mizuki as he realized the sudden danger that he was in.
All of the Naruto clones were laughing and preparing for an assault on the now frightened Mizuki. "Ikuze!" screamed out all of the Naruto clones as they either jumped or ran at Mizuki.
Mizuki let out a bloodcurdling scream as all of the Naruto clones began to pummel Mizuki. A few seconds later the Naruto clones disappeared in their own little puffs of smoke. All that was left in the middle of the field was a severely beaten up Mizuki and a laughing Naruto. Naruto then walked over to the scroll and picked it up. He then walked over to Iruka-sensei and set the scroll aside.
"Are you all right?" asked Naruto as he looked over Iruka-sensei.
"I am now thanks to you," said Iruka-sensei as he smiled. "That was one hell of a Jutsu you did there Naruto."
Naruto just smiled and rubbed his nose, "ah it was nothing."
"I'll be taking these," said Kakashi as he picked up Mizuki and the forbidden scroll.
"Nani?" asked Naruto as he looked around. He noticed Kakashi and Hinata standing near the battle scene. "Ah Hinata this is who you brought to help us?"
"Hai Naruto-kun," said Hinata as she blushed a bit.
"I guess I'm going to have a lot of explaining to do," said Naruto as he looked at the scroll and Mizuki.
"Don't worry about that kid," said Kakashi. "This girl already explained everything that happened up to the point when she ran to get help."
"Thanks Hinata," said Naruto as he smiled at Hinata.
Hinata just smiled at Naruto and blushed a bit more.
"The rest I'll explain," said Iruka-sensei. "But first something needs to be done about Naruto."
Naruto flinched as he heard this. Suddenly something was wrapped around his forehead. He turned around and noticed that Iruka-sense's headband was gone. He felt where his forehead should be but instead felt the cold metal of the Konoha shinobi headband.
"Congratulations Naruto you are now a genin of the Hidden Village in the Leaves," said Iruka-sensei as he gave him a thumbs up.
"Cool let's celebrate with some ramen," said Naruto as he began jumping for joy, "your treat Iruka-sensei."
"I knew that was coming," said Iruka-sensei as Naruto grabbed Hinata's hand and ran off towards the village.
"That kid is going to be a great shinobi someday…" said Kakashi.
"Do you want to join us?" asked Iruka-sensei.
"No, I'm afraid I can't," said Kakashi as his hefted up the scroll and Mizuki.
"Ah yes … that…" said Iruka-sensei.
"Hurry up Iruka-sensei or we'll leave you behind!" shouted Naruto as he waved his hand. Hinata just giggled at Naruto.
"I'm coming!" shouted Iruka-sensei. "I guess I'll leave you to your job Kakashi."
Kakashi then vanished in a swirl of leaves.