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AN: Chapter redone by Krows scared. Please enjoy.
"Thank you Naruto now please take the seat next to Shikamaru." Iruka pointed to a particularly bored looking boy with a tight ponytail and a mesh shirt who sat near the back. Naruto walked over and took his seat.
"Ok, we will start the exams now. Akimichi Chouji please follow me."
Naruto watched as Iruka left the class room with a rather tubby looking boy who was eating chips.
As soon as the door closed he was faced with an instant barrage of questions from all the girls.
"How old are you?"
"Where are you from?"
"Do you have a girlfriend?"
"Are you strong?"
Minutes ticked by as Naruto tried to find an escape from the female prison but failing. A boy with a dog on his head sat glaring at Naruto from a few seats over.
'I hate that kid.'
"Uzumaki Naruto…..."
'YES' Naruto mentally thanked the higher beings for an escape and quickly followed the man with white hair who called him while his "Fans" glared at the disruption.
Naruto could not wait to get this test over with so he could leave before he was chased out again.
When he arrived at the exam room he saw Iruka sitting at a table with the leaf forehead protectors. He watched as the man who brought him sat down next to Iruka.
"Naruto this is my assistant, Mizuki" Iruka said as Mizuki waved at him.
Naruto nodded and waved back smiling. 'That guy's eyes...'
"Naruto I need you to make three perfect bunshins" Iruka said bringing Naruto out of his thoughts.
Naruto nodded once again and without hand seals or saying anything, made three perfect bunshins.
Iruka and Mizuki sat there eyes wide and mouths open.
"Do I pass?" asked Naruto.
Iruka snapped out of it and smiled while he handed Naruto a forehead protector.
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"Ok class, everyone who passed please make sure you're here in two days time for the team assignments. Dismissed!" Iruka watched all the kids run out of the classroom, all except Naruto who walked out calmly.
'Now I can leave ' Naruto thought happily as he exited the building and found the newest Genin and their parents celebrating.
He moved farther off and stood watching them from a safe distance, he couldn't help but wish he knew who his parents were.
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Iruka watched Naruto stare sadly at the crowd of families celebrating.
'He can't be the Kyuubi.'
Iruka knew that Naruto was just a boy and not a monster at all. He saw Naruto start to walk out of the Academy grounds and called the boy's name.
"Naruto!"
"Iruka-sensei?" Naruto turned around and stood there slightly confused as Iruka walked up to him. "Is there something you need?"
"Naruto would you like to go get some ramen?"
Naruto looked at Iruka suspiciously, wondering if he was lying or trying to trick him. As he took in Iruka's warm smile he knew that wasn't the case and nodded with a warm smile of his own.
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As the pair sat at the Ramen stand, Naruto couldn't help but wonder why Iruka didn't hate him.
"Iruka-sensei?"
Iruka put his chopsticks down and looked at Naruto.
"You can call me Iruka."
"Iruka, why don't you hate me?"
Iruka sat there shocked, he wasn't expecting that question. 'Does he know?'
"Naruto, no one hates you."
"Iruka I'm not a fool, you know as well as I do that's bullshit." Naruto glared at him, Iruka just sighed heavily.
"We should talk about this some other time perhaps…..."
"There won't be another time I'm leaving the village tomorrow. Thanks for the Ramen" and before Iruka could say anything Naruto had left.
As Naruto walked he remembered he had to return to the Hokage's tower to let the Sandaime know of his intentions.
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The Hokage had just finished the last of his paper work and was just watching the village through his crystal ball when he once again felt that presence in the room.
"Hello Naruto, did you pass?" knowing very well that he had.
Naruto smiled and nodded as he pulled out the forehead protector from his pocket.
"Congratulations" the Hokage smiled at Naruto proudly almost like a father as he held out a small set of keys. "I have your apartment keys here………….so have you made your decision yet? Are you going to stay?"
Naruto was about to reply when he felt someone coming towards the office so he quickly jumped up and stuck himself to the ceiling focusing his chakra effortlessly into his feet. Motionless he stayed there for a few minutes as the Hokage stood looking at him bewildered until a Chuunin burst into the room.
"Hokage-sama! One of the forbidden scrolls has been stolen!"
The Hokage quickly went back to the crystal ball and saw Mizuki, the scroll across his back, talking with Iruka in the forest.
"Gather an ANBU squad in front of the tower and wait for further orders."
The Chuunin left hurriedly to obey.
The Hokage looked for Naruto on the ceiling but saw only bare ceiling the blonde teenager had gone again. Looking again at the Crystal ball he saw Iruka and Mizuki fighting but, Iruka was losing.
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"Mizuki you traitor!"
Iruka shouted as he threw a kunai at Mizuki who dodged easily.
"Give it up Iruka, you're bleeding so much you'll be dead soon." Mizuki watched his so-called comrade stagger slightly, kunai sticking out of him all over his body. Blood formed large pools on the ground and soaked through the wounded Chuunin's vest. "Besides, you're a bigger traitor than I am associating with that demon who killed your parents, almost like you actually care about him."
"Naruto is not a demon you bastard he's just a boy!" Iruka yelled as he glared at Mizuki.
"Don't worry I'll kill you first then, I'll kill that demon!" Mizuki shouted as he charged at Iruka.
Iruka's limbs refused to obey an order to move, he closed his eyes waiting for the inevitable blow that would end his life. That was, until he heard a shout.
Katon: Goukakyuu no jutsu!
His eyes shot open to see Mizuki go flying backwards chased by a huge fire ball and Naruto landing right in front of him.
"Naruto!" Iruka was shocked and relieved at the same time.
Naruto turned and looked at Iruka with a smile.
"Thank you Iruka, for acknowledging me and helping me come to a decision."
Iruka watched as Naruto's smile became one of determination as he turned around to face Mizuki who had just recovered from the attack and was glaring viciously at Naruto.
"I'LL KILL YOU DEMON!" Mizuki screamed as he charged towards them.
Naruto started doing quick hand seals.
Suiton: Suiryuudan!
Iruka and Mizuki watched in amazement and horror as Naruto used no water source to call upon a huge water dragon which slammed Mizuki into a tree and effectively ended the battle.
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Naruto had just finished wrapping up the worst of Iruka's wounds when the Chuunin spoke.
"Naruto do you know about the Kyuubi?"
Naruto picked up the scroll and glanced sideways at Iruka.
"Yeah I know, he was sealed in me by the Fourth but……….the seal absorbed him and now he's dead."
Iruka was once again shocked speechless. 'With the Kyuubi gone how could Naruto be so strong?'
"Iruka we gotta get this-" he pointed at Mizuki's limp body" -and the scroll to back to the Hokage."
Iruka smiled and they left, headed back towards the village.
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The Hokage watched everything from the crystal ball smiling to himself 'Naruto you're just full of surprises.' He stood up and went outside to the crowd of shinobi and ANBU who were all yelling and shouting at each other.
"SILENCE!"
You could hear a pin drop in the resulting quiet as they all obeyed their Hokage's shout.
"Mizuki was the thief and has been captured by Umino Iruka and Uzumaki Naruto. They are bringing the scroll back, so you may all leave the crisis is over."
Some of the shinobi were relieved while others were even angrier but, the Hokage's word was final so they left grumbling quietly.
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Half an hour later Naruto and Iruka arrived at the tower, dragging a badly beaten Mizuki and holding the scroll. Two ANBU took Mizuki away whilst a Jounin collected the scroll and returned it to its proper place.
"I hope it's clean" Naruto muttered sourly. The Hokage smiled.
"What the apartment?" Naruto nodded. "It's as clean as you left it."
Naruto sweat dropped.
"So it's a wreck then huh?" The Hokage chuckled.
"Yup."
"Well I gotta fix it up if I'm gonna be living there, bye!" As Naruto ran off the Hokage and Iruka watched him go smiling fondly. After a few moments Iruka turned to the third with a serious expression.
"Do you know of the Kyuubi's fate, Hokage-sama?"
"Yes I do" The Hokage replied calmly.
"Then how did Naruto do such a high level jutsu that requires a water source, in a forest?" asked a confused Iruka. The Hokage shrugged.
"He said he was trained but, never said by who. Now I think you need to rest and don't you have the team preparations to make?"
Iruka paled for a second before bowing to the Hokage then hurrying home as fast as his injuries would allow.
The Hokage just smiled to himself as he walked back to his office.
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Two days later Naruto found himself at the academy waiting, like many other students, for the doors to open and admit them. He now wore his forehead protector as a belt. A girl with long pale blonde hair, blue clothes and bandages came up to him smiling.
"Hi I'm Yamanaka Ino, but you can call me Ino."
"Um ..Ok. I'm Uzumaki Naruto you can call me Naruto if you want. Nice to meet you Ino."
Ino blushed. She was about to say something, but a crowd of girls surrounded Naruto all of them talking at the same time. Naruto ran and hid behind a tree in the Academy grounds.
The fangirls set out searching for him and he sent a clone off running away from them making sure that at least one of them had seen. When the girls had disappeared he let out a sigh and walked into the open and back towards the Academy building. A shout stopped him in his tracks.
"UZUMAKI!"
Naruto looked round to see a boy with a small white dog by his side in an attack stance. Running up to the boy he covered his mouth and whispered.
"Ssshhh! They're after me."
The boy pushed Naruto away and glared at him.
"I don't care! Fight me, Inuzuka Kiba!" Naruto just looked at the boy confused.
"Why?" Kiba continued to glare.
"Because you think you're cool and act so tough just like Sasuke!"
"One, I don't know what the hell your talking about. Two, who the fuck is Sasuke?" Naruto was really confused now.
A small crowd of students had gathered and were watching the exchange, ready to see a fight.
"That's it!" Kiba yelled as he charged at Naruto.
Kiba hit Naruto head on in his gut and then promptly passed out.
Naruto stared at the log Kiba hit with his head. Naruto had used Kawamiri (1) at the last moment.
"That kids crazy..."
He then looked down at Kiba's dog who was whimpering for its master. Bending down he petted it as the students who'd been watching left. The dog licked Naruto's hand.
"Don't worry I'll help your crazy master." Naruto looked around and when he was sure no-one was watching made a short sequence of hand seals.
Suiton: Suiryuudan
Naruto poured only a small amount of chakra into the attack, so it was a water dragon the size of a snake and shot it at Kiba's face.
Kiba's eyes shot open and he sat up abruptly, rubbing his head.
"What happened?"
"You hit your head. Hard"
Kiba turned and saw Naruto standing with Akamaru by his leg. Glad to see his master was alright Akamaru quickly jumped him.
"Kiba I have no idea what you were thinking, I never did anything or even said anything to you and I certainly don't think I'm superior to anyone."
With that said Naruto turned and followed the rest of the students inside as the doors opened and the teachers called out their names.
TBC
(1) - Not sure of exact spelling for this technique
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