Sleepless D: Here you go people, Hope you're liking it, sorry for not rewriting this sooner, busy with 2 new stories I've thought of.
A few years has passed since the day that Naruto told Iruka that he wanted to be Hokage. Naruto has done well at the academy, getting good enough grades for his writing, his fighting technique, although questionable, was very good. And as for his NinJutsu, well let's just say that he managed to persuade Kakashi to teach him a few tricks and sadly, Kakashi taught him, 'One thousand years of death' as a joke to shut him up, but Naruto took it to heart.
Kakashi also taught him how to manipulate Shuriken with strings, that way, it comes back at the enemies behind while they were focused on him. The Shadow Shuriken Jutsu where a second shuriken hid in the shadow of the other one. As for NinJutsu, Kakashi taught him the Earth Style: Headhunter Jutsu, Naruto had difficulty performing it, but he was happy when he managed. Kakashi believed that Naruto may have a different Chakra nature, thinking that's why he had difficulty, but that's for another time he believed. And for his last birthday, Kakashi told him that he's teach him Earth Style: Mud Wall, since he noticed that Naruto had no defensive Jutsu's and that he was already learning Earth style Jutsu's. Naruto mastered that with high difficulty since it was a B-ranked Jutsu, became excited and slightly arrogant that he mastered it so quickly.
Yet Naruto did find some Jutsu's useless or unable to do, even when he tries very hard, Naruto still wasn't capable of doing Clone Jutsu, as for the other Jutsu's. Naruto found no point in Cloak of Invisibility Technique or Rope Escape Technique, since he was already great at hiding and strangely enough great at escaping. And Kakashi has taught him the Teleportation Jutsu, but that was just jumping someplace not too far, which Naruto can just run to the place easily enough.
However, that's enough of Naruto's training; Naruto's social life was a little better then when he first came to the village, although he was still blank on a few things that go on in the village. Naruto's best friend was Hinata Hyuga, even if she faints around him, she's gotten better though. While his competition was with Kiba and Sasuke, since they are a competition for him since they wanted to beat him. As for how he acted with the other characters, Choji and Shikamaru were very good acquaintance, Shino was...well, how everyone was with Shino but occasionally talk...as for Ino and Sakura, they were still the same 'Go Sasuke go!' attitude.
There has been a couple of strange disappearances around the Hokage's office and some missing documents, this made the Hokage worry since one of them was a report on the Fox attack. The Hokage has been searching for any evidence, but it's been hard, even the ANBU were surprised by not finding any.
Xxxxx
Naruto is at the academy, talking with Hinata until Iruka called for the class's attention. "Alright everyone, tomorrow, and I hope you all remember, is the final exams that will determine whether or not you will become a Genin!" He said, gaining a show of acknowledgment and excitement from the class. "It'll be hard, but I hope that you all pass tomorrow, class is over now, study for tomorrow." Iruka yelled as many of the class students ran out of the class, seeing Kiba and Akamaru jump out of the window and sighed.
"Are you doing anything today, Hinata?" Naruto asked as they walked out of the academy.
"W-What? I-I d-don't think s-so...w-why?" She asked, blushing and trying to face him, but looked down.
"I was just thinking that we could study at my apartment for tomorrow, since your special subject is writing while mine isn't." Naruto smiles at her.
"W-W-What? I-I d-don't know..." Hinata tries to say but faints at the last minute, making Naruto sigh and placed Hinata on his back and walked to her house.
'Huh...why does it seem squishier around her chest lately?' Naruto thought to himself as he could feel Hinata's chest press against him; he noticed this happening for a while now since he has to sometimes...most of the time carries Hinata home.
About half way there, he walked into Sakura and Ino with a mean smirk on their face. "Hey Naruto, looks like you made that loser of a girlfriend pass out again." Sakura laughed, making him stop and look at them.
Naruto really didn't understand why they kept calling them boyfriend and girlfriend, and whenever Hinata hears it, she faints. 'Yeah, she is a Girl and my friend, but what was it that made them joke about it?' Naruto thought to himself. He never understood why, Naruto then remembered something that Shikamaru told him to say, should they keep saying that 'joke' in class and that joke was too much of a drag. "So where's your boy friend? Is he hiding from you troublesome girls?" Naruto asked.
At hearing this, both Sakura and Ino were pissed off rather quickly and clenched their fists. "Care to say that again Naruto?" They asked warningly, their eyes filled with anger.
"Wow...Shikamaru was right, you really are hard of hearing, since you don't seem to hear Sasuke telling you to leave him alone all the time." Naruto says, a cheeky smile on his face.
At hearing this, both Sakura and Ino clenched their fists and charged to punch the crap out of him, they were aiming for his face, Naruto seemed to disappear before their punches landed. "Where the hell did Naruto go!" Sakura yelled, looking left and right with Ino.
"My dearest Sasuke...How to describe my feelings..." They heard Naruto from behind them and turned, and saw him read a piece of paper, while supporting Hinata with just one hand. "That's going to be hard to put into words...reminds me of that book Kakashi left behind that one time..." He said, gaining confused looks from the two girls and Naruto as he read on. "...Actually, this stuff is worse than the orange book...what is 'going down on you' supposed to mean? And 'take both my red and black cherry'?" Naruto asked.
Sakura started to panic, reaching for her pocket to find nothing there. "Where did you find that?" She demanded, gaining an amused look from Ino but quickly turned serious again.
"This was just sticking out of your pocket, so I took it." Naruto said, reading through it more and had a slightly disturbed look on his face.
"You annoying thief! Give me back that note!" Sakura yelled.
"Alright, this is just repulsive anyway, and compared to the orange book...little too sick and less descriptive." Naruto tells her whilst dropping the note and started jogging of towards the Hyuga compound.
Sakura quickly retrieved the note Naruto dropped. "He's a jerk!" Ino says.
"Yeah, He acts all cool, but he isn't nearly as cool as Sasuke." Sakura huffs, pocketing the note while Ino was curious about what Sakura written, planning on taking it later.
Xxxxx
"Hinata...Hinata..." Naruto says, lightly shaking her, but gained no response and shook her even more. "Hinata?" Naruto called again, soon licking his finger and putting it in Hinata's ear.
Hinata squealed in shock and confusion, rubbing her ear and wondering what the hell happened. "W-What...N-Naruto-Kun...w-what happened?" Hinata asked, blushing and still wondering why her ear was wet, looking around and was highly confused on where they were.
"You just fainted again while we were walking, so I took you home." Naruto smiled, looking at the Hyuga compound.
Hinata blushed deeper with embarrassment. "A-Alright t-then...th-thank you N-Naruto-Kun..." Hinata said, blushing deeply as Naruto picked her up again, having her stand on her feet.
"I better leave; otherwise your father will get mad with me again for being with you near your home." Naruto smiled while squeezing her shoulder before leaving.
"G-Good bye N-Naruto-Kun..." Hinata whispered, stroking the shoulder he squeezed and sighing happily, not noticing that a few Branch members of her family had seen this and started chatting.
Xxxxxxxxxx
The next day at the academy and it was very nearly the end of the exams, and Naruto was the very last in the final test of NinJutsu. "Ok Naruto, demonstrate the NinJutsu that you are able to do." Iruka asks.
"Alright, Transform!" Naruto yells, with a puff of smoke later stood an exact replica of Iruka, he grinned and spun around to show off his handy work, they were both going to congratulate him until they saw his back and saw a 'Kick me' sign on his back.
"Naruto! This test is to show what you're capable of and not some joke!" Iruka yelled while Mizuki grinned, trying to keep a positive act.
Naruto turned back and looked confused, remaining in Iruka's form. "But I did copy you exactly." He tells them.
Mizuki frowned and leaned back to see Iruka's back and started to chuckle. "He's right, he copied you exactly." Mizuki informed him, getting some bemusement for the first time in months.
Iruka was confused and reached behind him to pull off a 'Kick me' sign and stared cursing and wondered who did it, knowing that Naruto wasn't a good liar. 'Was it Kiba?' Iruka wondered in annoyance.
"Well done, anymore?" Mizuki asked, knowing some of the ones he is able to perform already.
"You already know that I can do Substitution Jutsu, so I'll skip that one." Gaining a nod from both Mizuki and Iruka once he stopped cursing. "I know some Shuriken Jutsu, should I show you them?"
"No!" Iruka yelled, remembering the time when Naruto scared him by doing those Jutsu's on him. "I know very well that you are able to manipulate them with strings, and we know you are able to use the Shadow Shuriken Jutsu." Iruka stated, making Mizuki laugh at the memory.
"I can perform Earth style Jutsu's, but we may have to be outside for them." Naruto tells them.
"Alright then, come on Iruka." Mizuki said while getting up to go outside for Naruto to perform, slightly curious about Naruto being able to use Earth Style Jutsu.
When outside, Naruto smiled and swiftly dug underground while leaving a small hole where he was. "I'm not sure what kind of Jutsu this is." Iruka said before something grabbed his ankle, looking down he saw Naruto's hand coming from the ground.
"Headhunter Jutsu." Naruto said before a split second later, Iruka was all but his head buried, while Naruto stood a few feet away.
A vein popped out of Iruka's head, showing his annoyance and anger. "Damn it Naruto! If you are to perform stuff like that! Then tell us and you'll get the practice dummy!" He yelled, making Mizuki laugh.
"Come now Iruka, you must say that he performed that Jutsu very well." Mizuki said. "Have you learnt anything else Naruto?"
"Just one, I'll try not to make it too big ok." Naruto says, doing a few hand signs before slamming his hand to the ground. "Earth Style: Mud Wall." And just then, a large amount of earth shot up from the ground, making a small wall.
As Iruka managed to get out of the ground, he saw that Naruto had performed a high level Jutsu and was astonished by the sight. Mizuki did show a large amount of surprise, and he was thinking of something else. 'The brat can do a Jutsu like that at this age? He'll be more of a danger to the village and my plans...I've been planning this for years now, ever since I found out about the brat being a spy...and that information I suspect...but the plan should be easy enough.' Mizuki smiled. "Well done Naruto that was a very good performance, what do you think Iruka?"
"Yes...that was very good...you pass..." Iruka said, gaining a smile from Naruto.
"I'll take Naruto to get his headband inside." Mizuki whispered, gaining a nod from Iruka. "Naruto, come with me." Mizuki said, when they got into the room that they started in, Mizuki turned around and looked at Naruto. "Naruto, I'm here to inform you of your next test." Mizuki smirked.
"Next test? I thought there was only three tests, writing, sparing and NinJutsu...and Iruka just said I passed..." Naruto says, sounding confused.
"Yes, but there's a fourth, every student has been given the same task to retrieve the Scroll of Sealing, and this test is to see who retrieves it first. Think of it as a mission performance test, which will determine if you finish first or not." Mizuki smiled. "There's only a few rules that must be followed."
"Alright, what are they?" Naruto asks, sounding interested as they walk.
"One, you cannot tell anyone of the mission, otherwise you'll risk your mission like if it was a real mission." He says, gaining a nod from Naruto. "Second, you cannot work with others, third, avoid detection and make it to a safe place for a curtain amount of time, and then you pass." Mizuki says and smirks.
"Alright, anything else?" Naruto asked, getting excited.
"Well...oh I shouldn't..." Mizuki smiles looking up and innocent as he could.
"What?" Naruto asks in curiosity.
"Fine...since you're my favourite student, I'll tell you how to get into the safe and a great place to hide afterwards." Mizuki smiles, feeling sick by saying that. "But you will have to leave here immediately." He tells him.
Xxxxx
At night, in the Hokage's office, the Hokage was finishing his paperwork, until someone ran through the door. "Lord Hokage!" Mizuki yells, gaining the Hokage's attention.
"What is it Mizuki?" The Hokage asked, sounding very concerned and sits up a bit more.
"It's Naruto; he's taken the Scroll of Sealing!" Mizuki yells, acting very well.
"What?" The Hokage asks, not sure what to think. "Why would Naruto steal the Scroll of Sealing? Are you sure it was him?" He asks, looking at Mizuki in slight worry.
"Yes Hokage, I saw him with my own eyes! I tried to pursue him but he must have slipped out of my sights." Mizuki tells the Hokage. "And you know the penalty for doing that crime!"
"Yes, I'll call for every available Shinobi to come here immediately." The Hokage tells him, thinking deeply.
'I should get the academy award for best acting.' Mizuki chuckles to himself, leaving the room to get everything underway.
Xxxxx
It has been a few hours since Naruto had taken the Scroll of Sealing, he has hidden in the place where Mizuki told him to hide, and over curiosity, Naruto peaked inside the scroll, learning the first thing that he saw. "Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu? It's always annoyed me that I haven't done Clone Jutsu ever, maybe this will help." Naruto said when he first got to the hiding place, now he had just managed it before he heard some sounds, thinking it was Mizuki.
"Naruto!" Iruka yells in anger, making Naruto startle and jump a little since he was distracted.
"I-Iruka sensei?" Naruto smiles in embarrassment.
"Do you have any idea...what you have done!?" Iruka yelled, trying not to shove his boot up Naruto's arse once again.
"Well...I hope I passed the test." Naruto says, smiling as he took a breath.
"Test? What test?" Iruka asked, highly confused by what Naruto said.
"You know, the final test to determine how well we do on a mission by ourselves." Naruto tells Iruka, like it's the most obvious thing in the world.
"I still don't understand what you are talking about." Iruka tells Naruto, looking at him like he's speaking a different language.
"Mizuki sensei told me, the final test was to capture the Scroll of Sealing, that I had to capture it and keep from being captured." Naruto said, but Iruka just looked shocked, placing all the pieces together and wonders if it's true.
Some sound could be heard, they looked around and a second later, Iruka pushed Naruto away and got hit by several Kunai, being pushed back and pinned to a nearby tree. "Well, well Iruka...I didn't think that you would find this place so easily." Mizuki says, hearing Iruka yell in pain.
"Mizuki! W-Why did you trick Naruto?" Iruka yelled, trying to ignore the pain, he looked and saw Naruto looking dumbstruck by what is happening.
"Why? You ask why? Because of what he is!" Mizuki yelled. "He should have been killed when they found out of his existence!" Mizuki yelled, a little spit coming from his mouth and looking slightly insane.
"What? W-Why should I have been killed?" Naruto asked, looking from Iruka and grew worried and looked at Mizuki and they both gave off a killing intent.
"Ha! You really want to know?" Mizuki asked, becoming more lively.
"Mizuki!" Iruka yells, rage and pain in his voice.
"What's going on?" Naruto asks, showing that he still has a long way to go to show his brain was working.
"Oh, we know that you're a spy for the enemy, or whoever took you as a baby, but I now suspect that you are connected with the Nine Tails. Do you remember? Years ago in history?" Mizuki asked, gaining a nod from Naruto. "Well, after research...I figured out that the Fox was sealed within you brat!" Naruto's eyes widen with surprise, and then he looked down so that Mizuki couldn't see his face, also having Iruka look in slight shock by Mizuki's information. "That's why you should die, you're a spy and you're a demon, I'll do the village a favour and kill you as my final good deed." He said, pulling out a giant shuriken and threw it at Naruto.
In Naruto's mind, he started remembering feeling a presence that wasn't there, wondering why the fox's around here like his presence, remembering a giant red eye in his dreams and hearing a dark voice in his past. 'Fox?' He wondered, but some other memories started coming back.
"Naruto! Get down!" Iruka yelled, trying to pull the kunai out of him as fast as he can, but Naruto just stood there, and if he focused properly, he could see a smirk on his face.
Naruto stepped to the left and the giant shuriken missed him, he raised his hands. "Mizuki!" Naruto yelled and gained his attention.
"What is it you spying Tailed brat?" He yelled back, anger increasing as he waited to attack Naruto.
"I don't give a damn! And thanks for the Scroll." He smiled, getting a confused look from him. "Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu!" He yelled and a large amount of smoke later and there was one hundred Naruto's, Naruto saw a look of shock on Mizuki's face. "Don't worry, this is just to scare you, I only need a few." Naruto smirked and patted his bicep.
Mizuki shook his head and gained whatever courage he had left. "Bring it on you spying Tailed brat!" He yelled and charged, drawing a kunai.
Naruto chucked, taking out a couple of elastic strings attached to his wrists, he threw them and the shadow clones caught them. Naruto started to run backwards with the strings still attached to him, up until he couldn't move any further and smiled. "Human arrow head!" He yelled, lifting his feet and shot forwards at unbelievable speed, heading towards Mizuki like an arrow, which he couldn't dodge and got a very hard head butt, which actually sned Mizuki flying through the air until he heard. "Multiple dropkicks!" And felt several blunt objects that he knew were Naruto's heel land on him, hard.
Mizuki crashed into the ground, leaving a small crater as the Naruto's got dispelled, leaving the real Naruto, a shocked Iruka and a very unconscious Mizuki. "Naruto...how...when...what?" Iruka said, not believing what he just saw, wondering if the Nine Tails thing was real and he did that.
"What? You think I was defenceless?" Naruto asked.
"Not defenceless, but...if you didn't graduate from the academy, I would of made you a Genin from what I saw." Iruka tells him.
"So I did it? I made Genin?" Naruto asked, smirking slightly.
"Yeah...horribly though afterwards...but still, you did it awhile ago." Iruka said. "Do you have a headband?" Iruka asks, gaining a 'no' from Naruto. "Well...here you go, you deserve it." He said, taking of his headband and gave it to him.
"Thank Iruka Sensei...what do we do about Mizuki?" Naruto asked, sniffing at him. "I think I made him crap himself." Naruto laughed.
Iruka was confused and sniffed also, knowing that Naruto wasn't lying. "We can leave him here and get someone to collect him later; I don't think he'll be moving any time soon." Iruka said, a little nervous at Naruto's capability.
Sleepless D: Here we go now; my little twist in the story, the next chapter is going to be who get what squad and what their challenge is, you can guess and most likely be right. Peace out.