Chapter 5: Graduation Day
6 months later – End of the 4th year of ninja academy
Over the six months, Naruto and Sasuke both increased in their skill at a great level. Naruto was still not able to do clone jutsu but when he talked to the hokage, he said he has too much chakra and less control, he advised him to do chakra control. Naruto was still pissed at the fact that he had to do more chakra control exercise. Naruto had completed advanced fuinjutsu and now he was headed to master that skill.
Naruto and Sasuke were able to get more jutsu by watching several jonin and Chunin training in training field. With their sharingan active, they were able to copy many new jutsu and taijutsu styles. One of the jutsu was shunshin or body flicker jutsu, and Naruto mastered it to that extent that he was able to create an elemental version of it from both fire and wind chakra and do it without hand seals. He also taught Sasuke the fire shunshin and Sasuke get the jutsu way fast than he did, later on they found out that it belongs to Shisui Uchiha who created it in the first place to be able to use by a sharingan wielder, then Naruto noticed that he was practicing it without his sharingan.
Naruto also created his own fighting style that uses his wind manipulation to sense the molecules of air around him. With that he can fight without his eyes, he created it so that he did not become dependent on his eyes only.
"It'd definitely be a nice break since Iruka-sensei's really been on our cases about studying and stuff," Naruto half complained, making Sasuke look over at him incredulously.
"Don't you know why he's pushing you so hard recently?" Naruto just shrugged.
"I don't know. I figured it had to do with the prank I pulled recently" He grinned at remembering himself using the sexy jutsu transformation technique on the hokage while Iruka was there to hand in some academy reports. Man, the looks on their faces were priceless! Naruto couldn't believe how much blood spurted from their noses before they passed out.
"Naruto, the graduation exams are in two days."
"WHAT?!" Naruto shouted as he sat up abruptly. "Oh crap! And this is the time I'm actually trying to graduate! I haven't even started preparing yet!" Sasuke sat up as well, giving his older brother a strange look.
"What do you need to prepare for? You already know all the material that'll be covered. It'll be cakewalk for you to 'barely' pass." Naruto shook his head vigorously, his brows furrowing as he crossed his legs, settling into a 'thinking pose.'
"Not that! I have to make preparations for my big graduation prank! After we become official Konoha genin, I'll have less time to pull pranks on the unsuspecting populace so I have to do something that the village won't forget anytime soon!" Sasuke audibly smacked his forehead with his palm, groaning as he ran his hand down his face and shaking his head in exasperation.
"Only you" Naruto grinned.
"You better believe it! There's only one Naruto Uzumaki after all!" He stated proudly, pointing a thumb at his chest.
Streets of konoha, 1 day before the graduation exam
"GET BACK HERE NARUTO!" shouted a few Chunin Konoha Nin as they chased the 12 year-old blond through the village.
"HEHE YOU'LL NEVER CATCH ME!" Naruto shouted back. Armed with a paint-brush and a large pail of paint, He defaced the large faces of the Hokage. One of his greatest pranks he has pulled in a while. Turning a corner, he pulled up a sheet painted to look like the fence he stood there and waited as the running footsteps neared and then faded away. He sighed as he pulled down the sheet reviling his unusually large grin. Scratching his right whisker-marks he watched the retreating backs of his pursuers. "Heh, they'll never catch the master prankster, Naruto Uzumaki!" He exclaimed turning around only to come face to face with the angry expression of none other than, Iruka Umino.
'Uh-oh' "Iruka-sensei" Naruto yelped gaining a frightened expression.
Iruka gained a tick on his forehead "Naruto, Why did you skip class?" he asked staring at him. Naruto glanced at the Hokage faces and then tried to hide the pail and paint-brush he was holding. "Don't even try to hide them" he said in a scolding tone.
Naruto scowled and dropped them. "Geez, can no one take a joke around here?" He said shaking his head. As he suddenly felt ropes tie around him binding his arms. "Hey, what's this about?" he shouted trying to wiggle out of the bindings.
"I'm taking you back to the academy. And the bindings just to make sure you don't escape again," Iruka answered as picked grabbed a length of rope like a leash and lead Naruto back to the academy.
At the academy
"Oof!" Naruto grunted as he was seated on the floor in front of the class. 'Damn Iruka-sensei, why do I have to sit here,' he thought looking at the students sitting around just staring at him. He could easily pick out the few friends he had made over the last six years.
Naruto sat there when his eyes landed on Sasuke he immediately saw the smirk on his face. He shot him a look stating 'Sorry'. Grumbling, he looked back at Iruka who seemed to be contemplating something, his punishment for skipping the class. He sat there and waited till Iruka finally spoke.
"Tomorrows the graduation test. Now's not the time to be goofing off like this!" He scolded Naruto who just looked away and scowled.
"Whatever" He mumbled and since he was looking away he didn't notice the look of anger on his sensei's face.
"Time for a henge tests every one line up" He called out
"WHAT?" The class called out, clearly annoyed that Naruto decided to skip again.
"Transform Perfectly Into me" He said as his face now held a look of annoyance instead of one of anger. Grumbling about how this is all Naruto's fault they lined up. A few students later it was Sasuke's turn.
"Next, Sasuke Uchiha" Iruka called
Sasuke came and form a ram seal chakra began to swirl around him and yelled "Henge". When the smoke cleared there was an exact copy of Iruka standing in front of him but he failed to notice the smirk on his face. When he nodded and was about to call out the final name, something unexpected happened. 'Iruka' was standing and his pants fell on the ground revealing his underwear with heart all around it. 'Iruka' pulled up his pant and dropped the henge and then went ahead laughing, he gave Naruto stating 'Match that', at this Naruto gave stared at him stating 'Wait and see me, maybe you'll get to learn something'
He was thinking about the henge, then it hit him 'When did he learn a solid henge, well he might picked a few things from Naruto here and there' "Next, Naruto Uzumaki" Iruka called.
"This is all your fault" One of the students behind him said.
"Like I give a damn" He replied forming a ram seal chakra began to swirl around Naruto. "Henge" He called out as the smoke that engulfed him started to fade away reviling a blond beauty in his place with smoke still covering his assets. Iruka was sent flying back via nose-blood rockets.
"WAHAHAHA, you fell for that again, I call that one my Sexy jutsu" he said with a big grin on his face as he dropped it. However, Iruka didn't seem to think it was all that amusing.
"YOU MORON I TOLD YOU NOT TO PERFORM THAT AGAIN" He Screamed at Naruto using the 'Big head jutsu'
'No matter what I do, I cannot match him in this, he is the number 1 prankster after all' thought Sasuke
Later that day
Naruto was grumbling as he scrubbed the paint from the Hokage faces. "I won't let you go till every thing's back to normal" He heard Iruka call from the Hokage's head that he was cleaning.
"So what? It's not like there's anyone at home waiting for me" He replied scrubbing a bit harder than necessary indicating that he was a little angry. 'We did it together and you are off the hook, I will get you for this Sasuke'
"Naruto" he looked up to see what his sensei had to say "Once you're finished I'll take you out for ramen, my treat"
Naruto's eyes turned to stars. "Yosh, I'll get finished as fast as I can" And with that he started to scrub faster and more efficient than before.
At Ichiraku's
Naruto was packing away the ramen like it was going out of style, which of course to him wouldn't matter because he'd probably eat it anyway.
"Naruto" He turned mid-slurp to Iruka
"Hm" Was his brilliant reply
"Out of curiosity, why did you do that to the Hokage faces? Don't you know who the Hokage are?" He asked taking his chopsticks and a bit of his own ramen
"Of, Course I know. The Hokage are the highest ranked shinobi in the village, ne?" Naruto said as he began inhaling the ramen again.
"Then why?" Iruka asked staring down at the blond who was finishing a bite before answering.
"'Cause one day I'll claim the title of Hokage" He said. He suddenly held out his chopsticks and pointed them at Iruka. "AND I'LL SURPASS ALL OF THEM!" He shouted with a huge grin plastered on his face.
After a few moments of silence Naruto suddenly turned and suddenly asked "Iruka sensei, I have a request"
"You want another bowl?" He asked looking at the blond who just shook his head
"No. I was gonna ask if I could borrow your forehead protector?" He said with a pleading tone of voice.
Iruka's hand reached up and grabbed the forehead protector "This? No, this is what you get when you graduate the academy"
Naruto instantly face-faulted and shouted out, "BUMMER! Well whatever 'cause I'm definitely going to pass tomorrow"
"We'll see" Iruka said finishing his bowl.
Before he could say something, Naruto shouted "Then I want another bowl"
The next morning
Naruto sat on the bench with his head on the desk. He was tired 'cause he stayed up late practicing academy jutsu. The only one he had trouble on was the Clone jutsu. Every time he made a clone it came out all deformed and dead looking. The hokage had said it had something to do with his reserves being too high.
Naruto practiced well into the night on that specific jutsu and the only thing he improved on was he managed to make a twin for his dead clone. "Hey, Naruto" Naruto lifted his head and saw Sasuke taking a seat on the bench beside him, he waved a greeting. So far they and a few other students were the only ones there.
"Where were you yesterday?" he asked him as he put his head back down.
"Did you see the person cleaning the Hokage faces?" Sasuke Nodded "That was me" He said tiredly. He continued "Paying alone for what we did together"
"Sorry" he asked staring at his tired blue eyes.
About a half-hour later the rest of the class piled in along with Iruka. Naruto and Sasuke went back to ignoring each-other as usual while in class. "Alright class today is the graduation exam" Iruka called out as he looked around at all the students as he spoke. His eyes landed on Naruto as he said. "All you have to do is make 2 identical clones of yourself using the clone jutsu. Come to the next room when you're called" He said as he took Choji Akimichi into the room with him. Over the next half-hour Naruto was sweating like a pig. He knew it was gonna be the clone jutsu, he just knew it. Groaning he heard Sasuke gets called.
"Good luck" He whispered to him as he stood up. He nodded as his response and left to the next room.
When he reappeared he was wearing a leaf forehead protector. "Congratz" Naruto said as Sasuke took his seat beside him.
"Naruto Uzumaki!" Mizuki, a Chunin academy instructor, called out. Naruto paled and got up. 'Come on Naruto you can do it' he tried to encourage himself as he walked into the room.
"Okay Naruto make two clones" Iruka said looking at his clip-board.
Naruto nodded and made a Ram seal and started to concentrate as little chakra as possible. "Clone jutsu" He called out and with a puff of smoke two clones appeared but the thing was they were the exact same as all of them. The only improvement was they got some skin pigmentation back.
Sweat dropping, Naruto turned to Iruka who had used his big-head jutsu to yell out, "YOU FAIL!" Naruto flew back, startled, and stared at Iruka.
"Iruka" Iruka turned to look at Mizuki. "We could let him pass. I mean, he did create the required number of clones"
"No way Mizuki, I mean sure he created two clones but look at them" Naruto sweat dropped "They look dead and they're totally useless. I can't let him pass"
Naruto turned and walked out of the room gritting his teeth. But instead of walking to the classroom he went straight out to his favorite spot, the swing out in the front of the academy. After about a half-hour of sitting there the graduates came out to see their parents while Naruto sat on the swing watching. He saw some people looking at him and whispering things to each other.
"Hey that kid" the one on the right side whispered.
"Yea that's the kid. He's also the only one to fail" The one on the left whispered back
"Well that's a good thing. He shouldn't become a shinobi" the first one whispered. "Since he is-"
"SHH we're not supposed to talk about it" The second one scolded.
Gritting his teeth, Naruto put his goggles back on and left the school yard. Walking down a road a few blocks away from the academy he heard a few footsteps behind him.
"Naruto" came the voice of said person.
"Mizuki-sensei" He said recognizing the voice he turned around to look at him.
"Come for a walk with me" He said as he turned and walked off.
A few minutes later on a near-by roof
Naruto sat on the edge dangling his feet off the edge. While Mizuki stood and looked over the village, thinking about something. He suddenly began to speak.
"Iruka-sensei is a very serious person" He said as he turned to look at Naruto. "His parents died when he was young and since then he had to take care of himself"
Naruto nodded. "But why does he pick on me?"
"You probably remind him of himself" He answered.
"Oh. But I wish I graduated" He mumbled to himself as he swung his feet back and forth. Mizuki looked thoughtful for a second before he spoke.
"In that case, I have a special secret" He said looking at Naruto out of the corner of his eye. Naruto got excited and began bouncing in his seat.
"What is it?" He asked looking at Mizuki with hope filled eyes.
"It's a special way to graduate" And with that Mizuki explained to Naruto what he had to do.
A few hours later – Hokage Office
Naruto snuck into the Hokage tower and was currently tiptoeing to the secret scroll room, when suddenly. "Naruto, what are you doing here this late?" He heard the thirds voice from behind him.
"Old man, I wanted to talk to you and this is a bit private. You see I failed because I was not able to the clone jutsu. But I am not asking you to pass me or do any favor" at this the hokage shot him an eyebrow, he quickly understand that he wanted and explanation, so he continued "After I failed, Mizuki sensei came to me and told me that there is another way to pass the exam, all I have to do is to stuck here and steal the forbidden scroll of sealing and hand it to him" Naruto stated
"So Mizuki is trying to betray the village, you have done an excellent job of coming here and speaking to me now what should we do?" the hokage asked no one in particular
"Well we can do one thing" the hokage gave him a look of explanation, so he continued "You can't teach me anything directly but you can give me hints, what if I stole the scroll, learn a thing or two and lure and capture Mizuki and bring him here for his punishment. That way I can get to learn something and nothing will go wrong and then later on in a day or two you can object with council that I was under Mizuki's control, so I won't get into trouble and as a reward for turning the traitor you can pass me. So, what do you say?" the blond asked the hokage
"Very well, but as usual I will give you guide line to what you can learn and what you can't, because there are various jutsu which if you do, you can die" hearing this Naruto gulped, the hokage continued "The first that you should learn is shadow clone jutsu, it creates solid clone which can perform any jutsu which you are able to perform and once they dispel, they give you their memories" hearing this Naruto nodded in understatement
The hokage continued "Then there is shadow shuriken jutsu, which can create solid clones of shuriken or kunai that you throw and are capable of doing damage. Both the jutsu require massive amount of chakra to execute properly and they are both Uzumaki clan's jutsu, so in a way they are your property. I would suggest you learn them first" with that he nodded and continued to listen.
"Next is eight inner gates, this technique open the gates which limit the chakra flow and thus it gives the user a boost for a short period of time but as a result user suffers from great pain and great damage once the jutsu is finished. If a person unlocks the eight and the final gate, then after the jutsu he dies" again Naruto gulped "but you don't have to worry till seven gates you should be fine, only an Uzumaki or Senju can perform this jutsu up to the seven gate without dying or if a person trains really hard to achieve it"
"Then there are some taijutsu moves which require eight inner gates to be open to be performed perfectly. Don't try this jutsu at that time, only learn it with your sharingan and you can perform it later and no matter what you do, do not think about learning the reaper death seal because if you perform the jutsu you die"
"Oh no, I think someone is coming, you should go" said the hokage
"SEXY JUTSU" Naruto shouted out causing him to transform.
"What are you do-" He stopped mid-sentence to see a beautiful blond there wearing nothing with only smoke covering her. The third fainted from blood loss that night.
"Hehe" Naruto went on his way running through the halls. When he got to the room he saw a big scroll with the words 'Forbidden scroll of sealing' on the front.
"This is it!" He said as he tied it to his back and left to the forest where Mizuki said he would meet him.
Outside the hokage office
"Lord Hokage, Naruto has gone too far this time" yelled a Chunin
"This is not a childish prank, lord hokage" yelled another
"He stole the forbidden scroll" yelled a jonin
"Recover the scroll and bring Naruto back to me, alive" commanded the hokage
Mizuki's Location – Meeting Point
When he got there the clearing was empty. "Hm, he said he would be here. Oh well I suppose it is good I came early, I can get started with my part" He said as he ignored the warning about it being forbidden and opened it anyway. "Okay first is shadow clone jutsu" said Naruto as he read the instructions. "Put fingers in a cross seal like so" He said as he crossed his finger and began to concentrate his chakra. He trained like this for about a half an hour before finally getting it right.
"Shadow clone jutsu" He called out and two puffs of smoke appeared there stood two perfect copies of Naruto.
"Heh, YA I DID IT" He shouted he stood up and walked up to them.
"You don't look like illusions" He said as he put his hand out and poked one of them.
"Cause we're not" The one he poked said.
"That is AWESOME!" Naruto called out as he dispelled the clones. He walked up intent on learning another jutsu when Iruka came into the clearing. He made several clones and commanded them "Copy every single jutsu from this scroll using your sharingan. Within an hour the clones were done copying, Naruto put the dummy scroll on his back and hid the original scroll in a nearby place. After some time, he was about to move, when a voice disturbed him in doing so.
"I. Found. You" he said between breaths. He looked like he has been running for a while.
"Iruka-sensei" Naruto looked at him with confusion 'Is it really Iruka sensei? Or is he Mizuki? Or is he working with Mizuki? No he can't' he thought and then he thought to play with him. "Heh, you found me. I was only able to learn one thing" he said smiling sheepishly while rubbing the back of his head.
"You, you look all beaten up. What happened here?" he asked the blond. Who just shook his head and said, "Never mind that I'm gonna do an incredible jutsu and then you'll let me graduate" Iruka raised an eyebrow 'He's been practicing here enough to damage his body' Iruka thought as Naruto put his hands in a cross seal.
Suddenly Naruto heard whistling through the air as he was pushed back and Iruka was impaled by Shuriken and Kunai alike. "Iruka-sensei" Naruto said staring at his teacher in horror as Iruka stared at a branch with a dark figure crouched on it.
"Nice job finding the Moron" Mizuki's voice filled the clearing. He stared at the blond who was currently getting to his feet. "I see. So that's what's going on" Iruka said through clenched teeth, as he stared at the shadowy figure on the branch.
"Naruto, Give me the scroll" he called out to the blond who was dusting himself off.
"Naruto, no matter what, don't give him the scroll" Iruka said as he pulled out a few Kunai from his body. "Naruto, don't hand the scroll to Mizuki. That scroll is full of forbidden techniques that if it was in the wrong hands some terrible will happen. Mizuki just used you to obtain that scroll for himself"
Naruto just take the information calmly and answered. "Iruka-sensei, I know that from the very beginning"
Iruka looked wide eyes at that and asked "Then why-"
"I know Mizuki-sensei want to trick me to get the scroll. But I played along with him so that I could test something out. And for that I need a lab rat or a punching bag, don't you agree?" said Naruto with a smirk looking up at Mizuki.
"Ho? So you know from the very beginning, but still do as I said? I thank you for bringing this scroll here, Kyuubi brat. Oh about that. Have you ever wondered why you were hated so much eh?" asked Mizuki with a wide smirk on his face.
"Don't, Mizuki. It was forbidden to talk about that" shouted Iruka in horror.
"Naruto, There's no point in having it. I'll tell you the truth" Iruka's eyes widened. He didn't dare tell him the truth, would he? "12 years ago the demon fox attacked the village and stuff, but already know that, don't you?" He said as he looked at Naruto who was currently looking at the ground listening to what Mizuki had to say. "The truth is the fox was never killed. He was sealed inside a new born child. And that child was you Naruto. YOU ARE THE NINE TAILED FOX!" He shouted at the 12 year old who was currently shocked. "There was a rule created by third hokage 12 years ago after the incident. A rule that about you being a demon fox is to be kept a secret. You are the one that killed Iruka's parents and all the other Konoha shinobi!" finished Mizuki with glee.
Naruto turned his gaze to the ground and the shadow covered his eyes. 'Oh so that is true I am the jailer of the Kyuubi, but those people are foolish, they don't know a thing about sealing and they blame me for the act. But Iruka sensei was always there for me, and so was old man and then there is Sasuke, Shikamaru, Choji, Kiba and my other friend and then there is Hinata who always admire me. There are many ANBU and other shinobi too. The only thing is why I, why didn't the fourth choose someone else. Maybe I was just lucky to be born then or maybe it's because of my chakra and being Uzumaki-'his thoughts were left as a new voice spoke to him
"Because he was your father, haven't you notice the similarities between yourself and him and you call yourself smart" said a heavy voice in his mind
'You must be the nine tailed fox, so you finally decided to talk, what was your name again, oh yeah you never told me your name in the first place, is it kyuubi or something else' he spoke to kyuubi in his mind
"Very well, my name is Kurama, but leave the rest talk for later, concentrate on your enemy in front of you" spoke Kurama in his head
"No one is ever going to recognize you. You are just a demon brat. Even Iruka hated you" shouted Mizuki looking at Naruto's unmoving figure.
Iruka looked at Naruto and wanted to tell him that it's not like that, that he is not a demon fox, that he did not hated him, Iruka looking at Naruto and shouted out. "Naruto, don't listen to him. You not a demon and never will be. You are Uzumaki Naruto not a demon fox"
Naruto completely ignored Iruka and looked at Mizuki and asked. "Are you finished? I won't explain anything to someone that didn't know anything about seals. Now just stand still there and be my test object, please"
Mizuki hearing that gritted his teeth in anger and threw the fuma shuriken behind his back at Naruto. Iruka seeing that shouted for Naruto to duck. But Naruto just stood there as the shuriken stuck at him. Iruka widen his eyes in horror while Mizuki smirking in satisfaction. Suddenly Naruto puff out and on his place is a wooden log. "Kawarimi, good job, Naruto" said Iruka and sighed in relief.
"You think you can beat me, I just need one punch to knock you out" yelled Mizuki
"And I'll give you a thousand back" yelled Naruto from somewhere in the forest, "Shadow clone jutsu" yelled Naruto again and within seconds, there were 1000 of Naruto and they were not just any clones, they were shadow clone. "Weren't you going to knock me out with just one punch, oh well it seems I have to give you back a thousand" spoke several Naruto at the same time. At this they all went and attacked him and Mizuki was now lying on the ground like a beaten pulp.
Hokage's office
'You learned the shadow clone in half an hour and not only that but you created 1000 with only your chakra, there is no presence of the fox's chakra' thought the hokage
Back to the clearing
He looked back at Iruka and replied "Sorry for ignoring you and I know that you don't hate me and there are many others who seem to care about me. Until they are there I don't have to worry about who hate me or not and one day I'll prove them that they are wrong"
Iruka looked thoughtful for a few moments. "Naruto, Close your eyes" Naruto obeyed and felt his goggles leave his head as warm fabric took its place. "Open" He opened his eyes to see Iruka smiling down at him with his forehead protector missing. "Congratulations, Naruto. You are now a genin of the leaf" He said with pride in his voice.
Naruto's face instantly brightened. "Really, THAT'S AWESOME!" He shouted jumping in the air then jumping into Iruka with his arms around him. "Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you" he kept repeating. And Iruka just pat him on the head.
"For a special treat I'll take you for ramen" Naruto's face, if even possible, became even brighter.
"Yeah" He shouted pumping a fist in the air
Outside the hokage office
"He is nowhere" yelled a jonin
"We can't find him" yelled another
"There is only one person who can find him and that's Iruka" yelled an ANBU
"There is no need to find him, the scroll is safe and Naruto will be back in a few minutes" said the hokage
Hokage Office
Hiruzen sighed after he watched the entire scene between Iruka and Naruto from his crystal ball. He was happy that things didn't get out of hand and that the real traitor was exposed and stopped. Leaving his private quarters, he went to his office and sent out a message calling off the hunt for Naruto, stating that the true criminal was found and that the scroll was being returned with the criminal brought in for questioning.
While in his office, Hiruzen took out his pipe and filled it with tobacco and lit it before taking a poof out of it. He exhaled the smoke from his mouth as he relaxed. His time for relaxing was cut short when Naruto appeared with both the scroll and a severely injured Mizuki being brought in by his clones.
"Here's the scroll," Naruto said as he entered and placed it down on the Hokage's desk, "And one of the many trashes of this village."
His clones dropped the still unconscious Mizuki on the floor without so much of a look of remorse. Hiruzen nodded and snapped his fingers. Two ANBU ninjas appeared seemingly out of nowhere. "Take Mizuki to Ibiki for questioning," Hiruzen ordered. The two ninjas nodded and picked up the unconscious traitor and disappeared with him. With them gone, Hiruzen turned back to Naruto.
"Mission complete old man" Naruto yelled
"What, what are you talking about" asked Iruka
"I was on a solo B rank mission to capture Mizuki, didn't I said I know everything" replied Naruto
'What is he getting at, I didn't send him on a solo mission, and this is not according to the plan. Well it means I have to play according to his plan' "Yes Iruka he was on a solo mission and as such, he will be given the respective pay for that" replied the hokage
"Well done in exposing and capturing a traitor in our ranks Naruto," Hiruzen said, "Though your first unofficial solo mission, I'll give you a B-rank pay for it. Still, it's grievous that we have those willing to betray the will of fire this village possesses."
"But lord hokage, why did you have to risk the scroll and Naruto wasn't a genin at that point, so how did he get a mission and that to solo" asked Iruka
Before the hokage could come up with a solution and answer, Naruto replied in his favor "You see, Mizuki wanted to trick me so it was only fair if I was sent to lure and capture him and secondly the scroll was never there" at this the hokage and Iruka both raised an eyebrow for explanation, so the blond continued "The scroll was hidden and what I was carrying was a dummy scroll and last thing was that in order to become a genin I have to pass the graduation exam which was on clone jutsu, since I have such large chakra reserves, I was not able to create a single clone, so when I came to old man, he again tested me but this time he asked me to create as much clone as I can and much to his surprise as well as mine there were about 500 clones and at that moment I became a genin"
"Very well, since you know the clone and I have seen you do shadow clone, you are a genin by my permission" replied Iruka
"Now Naruto, what Mizuki told you was true, I was planning on telling you that once you became a genin and the rest of the secrets I will only tell you once you became Chunin" replied the hokage
"I have to tell you something too old man, first when Mizuki told me about the kyuubi, the kyuubi talked to me and I asked him his name and he told me that his name is Kurama, so whenever you talk about him please refer to its original name. Second the fact I am the jailer of the kyuubi doesn't bother me at all. I now know why they hated me and that's not their fault, they are small minded civilian and most of the jonin and Chunin aren't meant to be ninja if they didn't know the difference between a scroll and a kunai stored in it. Third I know that the fourth hokage was my dad" now hearing this the hokage as well as Iruka shouted at the same time "WHAT"
"But how did you know this, Naruto?" asked the hokage
"It makes sense really that fourth hokage; Minato Namikaze would use me as a host to contain Kyuubi" Naruto continued, "I mean, what father would ask another father to sacrifice their newborn child and their own life in the process in order to seal Kurama away? I'm sure my father as the fourth hokage couldn't ask anyone to do something he himself wasn't willing do with his own son. I'm sure my mother Kushina died that same day too though I don't exactly know how, but I'm certain it wasn't through childbirth."
"I kept the knowledge of your parent's identity a secret for your own protection. Both Minato and Kushina made many powerful enemies from both Kumo and Iwa; enemies that would have come after you repeatedly in an endeavor to get revenge on your parents by killing you. At that time Konoha was heavily weakened after the losses suffered from the Kyuubi's surprise attack. The only way to keep you safe was to keep your identity as Minato's son and descendant of the Uzumaki clan secret."
"Like I couldn't keep a secret if I was taught about my family," Naruto retorted unconvinced
"I was planning on telling you after you made Chunin," Hiruzen said.
"And what if something had happened to you before that time," Naruto shot back, "Then what? Who else would have told me if not make sure I didn't get promoted beyond Genin?" Hiruzen inwardly flinched at Naruto's logical jab. In all honesty, Hiruzen never took that possibly of his death before revealing to Naruto his heritage into consideration. "Continue with your story" he said
"When it was announced that you were the Jinchuriki of the Kyuubi, the one that jailed it, the ninjas and villagers, out of rage and feelings of the sorrow and loss for their loved ones and close friends looked at you as the weakened version of the Kyuubi and called for you to be immediately executed. It almost turned into an all-out riot. I passed a law forbidding anyone under penalty of death from telling their children who knew nothing of your status as the Jinchuriki the truth about what truly happened on the night of Kyuubi's attack."
"And in blind faith you and along with a few others hoped that this would allow me to live a normal life," Naruto replied.
"It was your father's final wish that you be acknowledged as the hero who saves Konoha everyday by jailing the Kyuubi, believing that someday you'd develop and find use for it in protecting Konoha," Hiruzen added, "I couldn't deny his request, which he practically made on his deathbed even though I suspected what the reactions of the populous would be."
"Yeah, and we all saw what happened" he yelled, the hokage started laughing, "And what's so funny," Naruto asked indignantly, "You take me for a joke?" Hiruzen calmed down to get his bearings back together.
"You remind me of so much of your father with that same attitude it's scary," Hiruzen answered, "He was just as protective of your mother while they were Academy students growing up back then."
"He was," Naruto asked curiously.
Hiruzen explained, "Minato and Kushina knew each other since they started the Academy. Your father always had a huge crush on her though Kushina at first didn't acknowledge him. Your mother was a foreigner from Uzu, which was once a prestigious village ruled by the Uzumaki clan, a clan once renowned and feared by other elemental nations and villages for their great seal masters. Kushina and Minato's romance didn't start out perfectly even though he always had an obvious attraction to her. Like you Naruto, your mother was treated as an outcast but that was because she was a foreigner. Your mother though didn't tolerate anyone's mistreatment of her and she would fight and beat up anyone her crossed her. Minato though saw passed all her faults and bias views of her and from the shadows he'd always watched over Kushina, admiring her while in hiding from her sight." He went on "One day though Kumo ninjas infiltrated Konoha and kidnapped your mother"
"Why," Naruto asked, "What did they want with my mother?"
"There's a secret about your clan's bloodline you must know before I continue and why Minato used you as the host for Kyuubi," Hiruzen said, "You see, only an Uzumaki can hold Kyuubi, anyone else would die in the attempt to become a Jinchuriki for that beast. This is because the Uzumaki's were known for their longevity, massive chakra, stamina and endurance. You Naruto are the third Jinchuriki of Kyuubi."
"What," Naruto asked, "I'm the third Jinchuriki of the Kyuubi?"
Hiruzen nodded, "The first one was a woman named Uzumaki Mito; she was the wife of our late First Hokage. She used herself to seal Kyuubi away. After many years she when approaching the end of her life a new Jinchuriki was needed before her death. Your mother had special chakra that she could form and solidify into chains strong enough to hold down Kyuubi, which was why she was chosen and brought to Konoha, to become the second Jinchuriki."
Naruto was shocked and speechless by that bombshell. "My mother was the Jinchuriki before me," Naruto asked.
"She was," Hiruzen continue, "Sometime later after she became a Genin, Kumo got wind of Kushina's abilities and sought to use her as their instrument. No one else was aware of Kushina going missing, but Minato did and went after her before the Kumo ninjas reached the border and singlehandedly defeated her kidnappers and rescued Kushina."
"My father was that strong even then," Naruto asked.
"He loved your mother to the point that he traced her red hair deposits she dropped to the ground as a hopeful trail for our trackers," Hiruzen said, "Only Minato caught onto it. Kushina fell in love with Minato ever since. Just as Minato saved your mother from her loneliness and kidnappers, Hinata saved you from your loneliness and darkness, just as you said before; quite the parallel."
Naruto stayed quietly momentarily to take in everything he was now being told, information, though brief, he wanted to know for many years. Soon though, he broke his silence. "How did they die," Naruto asked, "What were the exact circumstances?"
"…When you mother became pregnant with you," Hiruzen explained, "It brought about a dangerous situation with it that threatened Konoha's safety."
"How so," Naruto asked
"When a female Jinchuriki becomes pregnant," Hiruzen continued, "Their seal containing the beast is at its weakest during childbirth. That was also the case with Mito Uzumaki after she become pregnant. During that critical situation and for Konoha's safety, both Mito and Kushina had to give birth outside the village in the event Kyuubi managed to escape. All preparations and ANBU security were made for your birth at an undisclosed chamber a good distance outside Konoha's walls. My late wife and a young female medic were with both Minato and Kushina when Kushina went into labor. Minato was to keep the seal holding Kyuubi stabilized while Kushina gave birth to you. But something went terribly wrong during your birth and Kyuubi was released. I'm sorry to say Naruto but I don't know exactly what happened that led to Kyuubi's sudden escape from Kushina's seal and both my wife and her medic assistant were killed in the process. Deep down though, I knew foul play was involved even though we made sure no one within Konoha's walls knew of Kushina giving birth."
"Were the villagers aware that my mother was a Jinchuriki," Naruto asked.
Hiruzen shook his head, "Her status was never disclosed to the public so we were confident that no one knew; but we never thought about anyone outside Konoha knowing of it and knowing when she was due to give birth to you."
"How do you know foul play might have been involved," Naruto asked.
"All of the ANBU ninjas selected for the security details were found dead but not by Kyuubi's hands," Hiruzen explained, "But through strangulation. My wife and her assistant's bodies were also found and upon medical examination, nothing showed that their deaths were the result of Kyuubi's attack but by the same unknown enemy who stabbed them. What happened between that enemy and Minato is unknown but I believe Minato fought the attacker before turning his attention back to Kyuubi who was wreaking havoc on the village while my ninjas and I were doing all we could to hold that beast off." He continued "When Minato appeared, he summoned Gamabunta, the Toad Boss and had him grabbed and hold onto Kyuubi long enough to relocate the both of them. Using the very jutsu that made him known and feared as Konoha's Yellow Flash, Hiraishin, Minato teleported both himself and Kyuubi over to the very location where you and Kushina were. A few of my ninjas and I hurry as fast as were could to follow after him once we saw how far he teleported with Kyuubi. It was a while before we arrived but when we did we found that Kushina, despite being fatally injured from Kyuubi release, used her remaining chakra chains to hold Kyuubi down while your father began the sealing ritual."
"What did you do in all this after your arrival," Naruto asked.
"…There wasn't anything I or my ninjas could do," Hiruzen sighed, "Minato formed a large barrier around himself, Kushina, you and Kyuubi. It was clear that they were going to stop and seal away Kyuubi by themselves without outside interference. All we were able to do was listen and watch as things played out. Your father, through the use of an S-class kinjutsu Reaper Death Seal, sealed the dark half of Kyuubi's chakra into himself before he sealed Kyuubi away into you."
"He chose to use THAT kind of jutsu," Naruto screeched, "And everyone calls me crazy? Why didn't he just seal both halves of Kyuubi into me seeing that my mother had the whole thing in her at one time like Mito Uzumaki?"
"I don't know to be honest," Hiruzen admitted, "He evidently knew something we didn't and died with whatever it was he knew."
"So this Shinigami instantly ate my father's soul right after sealing the dark half of Kurama within my father," Naruto said.
"No," Hiruzen said, "As Minato prepared to seal away the Kyuubi into you, your dying mother got weaker, enough for Kyuubi to be partially freed from her chakra chains as he aimed to kill you to prevent himself from being sealed away inside you. Your father and mother saw this and rushed to you, using themselves as human shields to protect you as Kyuubi ended up impaling the both of them with his claw as the chains around him tightened. Your parents imparted their final words to you though I don't know what it was they said to you right before they sealed Kyuubi into you. But I do know that they died smiling knowing you were their surviving legacy and that they got to see you before their tragic demise."
"After Kyuubi was sealed into you, he deactivated the barrier seal, which allowed me and the ninjas with me to rush over to where the three of you were. Kushina by that time had already died in Minato's arms. Your father, with his last breaths, asked that you be acknowledged by the villagers as the hero saves them by bearing the burden of jailing the Kyuubi. He wished the very best for you even though things didn't turn out the way he have hope." He ended with his speech
"Out of curiosity though," Naruto asked, "What happened after I was put out of the orphanage even though you found a place for me to live at?"
"I personally fired everyone that worked at the orphanage and had their child-caring licenses and other related certifications revoked," Hiruzen replied truthfully, "They also spent time in jail before I was able to find suitable replacements to work at the orphanage."
"You did all that," Naruto remarked with a smile, "Well I guess it won't be long before I fully forgive you then. Anyway, it's been a really long night and everything I learned tonight gave me a whole lot to think about. So I'll be on my way now."
"Naruto," Hiruzen said, "Now isn't the time for the truth about your backgrounds to be made known to the populous. I trust that you will not try to publicize your parentage to them for now."
"Even if I did they wouldn't believe me," Naruto admitted but he smiled brightly, "But still, when the time comes they will believe and accept me as I will bring about a new rise to the Uzumaki clan! And in time, I will take that hat and robe from you and become this village's strongest Hokage! Anything else I will ask you later, I am tired and I have to take my treat from Iruka sensei" he glanced towards Iruka and then continued "And I learned every single jutsu from the scroll using my sharingan"
"What Sharingan?" asked Iruka
"I'll tell you later" he replied
"So this means you learned the reaper death seal and reanimation jutsu also" the hokage asked
"Yes, but don't worry I won't use it, you can trust me old man" with that said he left the hokage office
The hokage opened the scroll to check whether everything was alright or not and he was amazed to see what the blond did. He wrote his own creation Sexy jutsu in the scroll. The description was "Sexy jutsu, a C rank jutsu that requires solid henge. The person transform himself in a nude for of either male or female and this technique have an incredible effect on the opposite sex. The third hokage along with some Chunin and jonin as well as some ANBU were knocked down by this. It is created by Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze and he successfully knocked down the third hokage indirectly killing him. This technique requires a large amount of chakra to be launched effectively and being a solid henge, the pleasurable parts can be felt by others making it more powerful. It can also be used as a combination jutsu if used by two or more than two persons or by shadow clone"
'One problem after another, but that jutsu is forbidden indeed and it is effectively powerful too' thought the hokage
At Ichiraku's
At Ichiraku's, he explained everything to Iruka about his sharingan and his abilities and the reason of being the dead last. When he told about the forbidden scroll, everyone burst out laughing.
After a while, with Sasuke
"So Mizuki turned out to be a traitor." Sasuke stated blandly. "Doesn't surprise me. I never liked him anyways. He was one of the teachers that tried to constantly sabotage you. I wish I could have kicked his ass myself," Sasuke muttered darkly. Naruto only rolled his eyes at the Uchiha's protectiveness.
"If you had kicked his ass, there would be nothing left for the T&I department to work with." Sasuke only smirked.
"Damn right there wouldn't be." Naruto smacked him lightly on the back of his head, making the Uchiha grunt and send his brother a half-hearted glare as he rubbed the sore area.
"What have I told you about killing anyone that shows me signs of disrespect?" He looked away, mumbling his answer sulkily.
"Not to as long as they're not physically harming you or trying to take your life..." Naruto nodded in approval as he began to clean up the table, Sasuke doing the same as they finished their little graduation party.
"Good, besides we should be more focused on whatever test our jonin sensei is going to throw at us." Sasuke only shrugged as he started wiping down the table while Naruto started with the dishes in the sink.
"It's not like we can plan anything until we know where the test is going to take place and if we'll have enough time to prepare at all. We'd also have to take into account who our third member will be." Both shuddered at that, knowing just which kunoichi they might have potentially ended up with.
"Have I ever told you how glad I am you told that pink haired banshee you don't like 'know- it-all'?" Sasuke nodded.
"Only after every time we see and hear her screech." It was a hasty, panicked decision on their part when they found out that the rookie of the year was placed with the dead last and the person with the second highest score and since the one that fit that profile at the time was Sakura, they had made a plan immediately to change that.
The plan itself was rather easy, all Naruto had to do was ask a well-timed question to what he thought of girls who tried too hard to get perfect scores on every test. Sasuke had responded that he didn't like know-it-alls that flaunted their intelligence, something Sakura had been trying to do to impress Sasuke. The effects were immediate as Sakura soon found herself slowly becoming in the low high scores of the class, purposefully getting some things wrong in order to show her 'Sasuke' that she wasn't one of those girls.
"...well as long as it's not Sakura. Anyone is better than Sakura." Naruto smirked as he finished washing the dishes, Sasuke placing the rag in the empty sink.
"Even Ino?" He questioned teasingly. Sasuke only grunted.
"At least she actually trains occasionally. Sakura barely has enough chakra to be considered a genin." Naruto nodded, acquiescing Sasuke's point.
"Well, we'll see at team assignments. We'll plan after we factor in our teammate and the test."
"Then we'll pass and you can finally stop wearing that horrendous orange jumpsuit and start acting more like yourself." Naruto pouted at the jab to his outfit.
"I'll have you know that this jumpsuit provides fantastic stealth training and I happen to like the color orange." he winced when he looked down at his clothes. "Just...not as much as this." Sasuke only chuckled at his brother's response.
"Don't worry, you'll only have to wear it for a little bit longer. Just a few more days and we'll both be able to show the village just how wrong they were about you." Naruto only smiled at the Uchiha's statement, surprising Sasuke by suddenly flicking his nose. Naruto smiled warmly at him and spoke before Sasuke had the chance to.
"Thanks, Sasuke" He sent a confused glance at his brother while rubbing his nose, already used to Naruto randomly flicking his nose sometimes.
"What for?" Naruto only laughed at his inquiry.
"Don't worry about it." Sasuke's perplexed expression only served to make Naruto laugh harder. He knew everything would work out fine, as long as Sasuke was on his side. 'The next few days are going to be interesting at least.'