Naruto: The guardians of Light and Darkness
By
Swordsman of Darkness
Disclaimer: I don't own anything Naruto, Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter related.
Demon talking/Jutsu
Thoughts/Flashbacks
Chapter 9: The day has finally come, New generation of ninja are born.
Naruto had woken up to the sight of the sun rising over the village hidden in the leaves. He had left his to prepare for the day. Today was the day of his final exam and to see if he was worthy of becoming an genin.
The blonde had showered and put on his black shirt and pants. Naruto had put his cloak on over his clothes and pulled the hood over his face. After eating the breakfast that Mikoto had set in his room, the young blonde had said his byes to Shadow, Mikoto and Sayaka.
Naruto had raced over to the Hyuuga compound to pick up Hinata and head to the academy so they could begin their final day as academy students and look forward to their days as full-fledged shinobi of the Leaf. "Hello Hyuuga-san, is Hinata-chan home?" Naruto asked the Hyuuga guard outside of the door.
"Yes, she is up and on her way to the door as we speak." The guard said.
As if on cue, Hinata came out in her kimono top and brown pants. To Naruto, the sun had brought out his Hina-chan's beauty to new level. As she looked the Uzumaki in the eyes, his cheek began to blaze red. Hinata had caught notice of his cheeks and began to giggle.
"Good morning, Naru-kun." Hinata said as she began to hug Naruto.
"Good morning, Hina-chan." Naruto said as he returned the hug. "Are you ready to become an genin?" He asked.
"Yeah." the blue-haired girl replied. "After we pass the test, I hope we can be on the same team together." Hinata said.
"Nothing could make me happier than to be on your team, Hina-chan." Naruto said he gave Hinata an kiss on the cheek.
The duo had decided to run all the way to academy, so they could get last minute training on their jutsu skills. When they arrived at the academy, they found an group of their friends waiting for them. After saying their hellos to Shikamaru, Chouji and Shino, the five had proceeded to enter the academy for what they hoped to be their last day.
When Naruto and Hinata entered their class, they had found the class in their usual routine. Most of the class talking to the friends. In Sakura and Ino's case, arguing about who would have the right to sit next to Sasuke.
The class had continued their noisy activities until Iruka and an gray haired man came into the class. The man was known as Mizuki, He had helped Iruka teach and prepare the class for the shinobi world (or Naruto's case make his life an living hell.).
Over the years at the academy, the blonde had seen Iruka as an big brother. Naruto had also seen the tricks and ploys of Mizuki and often told Iruka, who would do all he could to protect the boy.
"Class, today is your last day as students and because it's so, we have the final exam to see where you stand at in class." Iruka said as he slienced the class. "Mizuki and I will begin to pass out the tests, please be quiet while testing is in progress." Iruka added as he and Mizuki handed out tests to the young shinobi-in-training.
When Naruto and Hinata got their papers, they noticed that the material on the tests while completely different, so Naruto tried to dispel the genjutsu on his test, but nothing happened. The blonde had tried to answer the questions to the best of his abilities and hoped for the best.
Two and an half hours had passed since the test had began, and most students began to put their papers and pencils down. Others were still trying their best to answer the questions and hope to become shinobi.
Naruto was one those who were still trying. Hinata had finished and hour ago and was waiting for the next part of the exam to began.
Half hour later, all of the students were finished with the written part of the test. Now came the part that Naruto had serious trouble with, the jutsu portion. "Now that you are done with the written part, each of you will be called one by one to test your jutsu." Iruka said as he and Mizuki left the room to get ready the next part of the test.
Hinata had noticed that Naruto was a little nervous. "Don't worry Naru-kun, you'll pass and we will be on an team together." Hinata said trying to cheer her love up.
"You're right Hina-chan, I shouldn't be so nervous about this." Naruto said. "I will pass or die trying." The blonde said.
One by one, the began to get called and brought into another room. They would soon come back with an headband as proof of their passing and head outside to meet their parents.
"Aburame Shino." Iruka called from the other room.
The quiet boy left to proform the task needed to pass. He then left after getting his handband for passing the test.
Three hours went by and student after student had headed outside of the academy to meet their parents who showed their happiness for thei children who passed and became shinobi.
Finally, it was Naruto's turn. The young blonde went into the room and came face to face with Iruka and Mizuki.
"Okay Naruto, I need you to proform and transformation jutsu, clone jutsu and replacement jutsu, understand?" Iruka asked.
"Understood." Naruto replied.
"Good, Now proform the replacement jutsu now...Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!!" Iruka ordered as fireballs began to fly towards Naruto.
On cue, The blonde had porform the jutsu and replaced himself with an burnt piece of wood. He then came back into the room.
"Good work, Naruto." Iruka said. "Now proform the transformation jutsu." The scarred chunin ordered.
Once again, Naruto proformed this jutsu with ease and had the perfect person in mind for this transformation. The person on his mind was the man who saved him from an mob of attackers, Shadow.
"Transforming into Shadow, very impressive." Mizuki commented. In his mind, Naruto was nothing but an demon that needed to die and after what he had planned was taken care of, He would take Naruto's life.
"Now all's that is left is the clone jutsu." Mizuki said with an hidden grin. He knew Naruto had trouble with this certain jutsu and the blonde failing the test because that was part of his plan.
Naruto had doubt in his mind. This was one jutsu that no matter how much training with Shadow and Hinata still could not help him master this jutsu. He chose not to worry about that and attempt to pass this part of the test.
"Clone Jutsu!!" Naruto said after running thru the handseals needed. The result was not good enough to pass. The clones had looked like trash. Naruto knew that hurt his chances to pass the test.
After an small chat, Iruka and Mizuki had told Naruto that they could not pass him. The clone jutsu was needed to pass the test and the blonde had failed that part. Heartbroken, Naruto walked out and headed towards the playground and sat on the swing.
As he walked by the students and their families, he heared certain things. Things like praise for those who passed and gratefulness that Naruto had failed the test and did not become an shinobi.
Hinata had tried to cheer him up, but it to no good. Naruto had poured his soul into passing the test. It had hurt his soul that he came up short. Hinata had decided to talk to Shadow and go from there.
The young blonde was depressed he didn't respond to almost anything. At an distance, Mizuki stood at an window on the second floor enjoying the sight of Naruto's depression. He then decided to put his plan in action.
Mizuki waited until Naruto was the only one left in the playground. When he saw that the Uzumaki was alone, he decided to make his move. He walked up to Naruto and put his hand on the young boy's shoulder. Mizuki began to tell Naruto of an way of how to become an shinobi.
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Later that night.
Laying on his bed, Iruka stared at the moon thru his bedroom window. He felt sorry for Naruto. He knew that the boy wanted to become an ninja. Even though he tried everything he could to help, Naruto was never able to master the basic clone jutsu.
A few minutes after Iruka starting have deep thoughts about Naruto's test result and his past. He could feel that his and Naruto's life were almost the same. Early in his life, he was the bottom of the barrel. not many respected him. There was however one key part of his life and Naruto's that were the same. They were both orphans.
Before Iruka could any further in thoughts, Mizuki was banging on his door hoping that he would answer.
"What is it, Mizuki?" Iruka asked after he opened his door.
"It's Naruto!" Mizuki said. "He broke into the hokage tower and stole the forbidden scroll of sealing." He added.
"Why would he do that?" Iruka wondered.
"Who knows?" Mizuki asked. "Come on, there's an meeting at the tower." The gray haired ninja said.
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At the Hokage Tower.
Iruka and Mizuki to find numerous chunin and jounin ninja blaming Naruto for the theft and planning to hunt down and make him pay dearly for this act.
To Iruka's surprise, He didn't see Shadow among the gathered ninja. To tell the truth, Shadow wasn't an ninja of any village. His family lived outside of the village walls until Shadow was rescued by Minato and Hiashi. Even though he wasn't there, Iruka knew that anything Naruto or Hinata-related would sooner or later hear about it and act.
"The scroll of sealing was stolen earlier tonight." Sarutobi said making himself known. "It appears that it is the hands of Naruto." He added. "Find Naruto and the scroll and bring them here!!" Sarutobi ordered.
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At the Suzaku compound.
Shadow was busy training Hinata in an advanced level of swordsmanship. He didn't even think that Naruto had caused any trouble.
At that moment, Mikoto was making her way to find Shadow so she could relay all that she heard. The faster she ran, the more her green hair flowed in the wind. She then came to the courtyard where she could hear Shadow teaching Hinata an move that she use to cause cuts and injuries to her opponents. Mikoto opened the door to find her cousin and the guardian of light training. "Shadow-sama, something big has happened in the Hokage Tower." She said.
"Let Sarutobi handle it." Shadow said as turned to face his cousin. "He may be old, but there is little to nothing that can stop him when it comes to the village's safety." He added.
"But it deals with Naruto-san!" The green haired Suzaku shinobi said catching her cousin by surprise.
"Please explain everything to me." Shadow said. Mikoto began to tell Shadow everything that she had heard and by the time that she was finished, Shadow was ready to find Naruto and get the truth. "Hinata, come with me." Shadow said as he began to stand. "We must find Naruto and get the truth ourselves, his very life is in danger!" He added. His words had the desired effect on Hinata as she rose and channeled chakra to her eyes to form her Byakugan.
'Please be safe, Naru-kun!' Hinata thought as she and Shadow left to find the guardian of darkness.
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With Mizuki.
'Now that I trold everybody what Naruto did, they'll be glad that I destroyed him.' The gray haired chunin thought. 'And of course, I keep the scroll for myself' He added as an sick smirk appeared on his face.
Mizuki was charging to meet with Naruto in the location that he told the boy to go to. He was so sure that his plan would work, that he failed to notice that fate had played it's hand.
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With Iruka.
Iruka had looked almost everywhere he thought Naruto could hide at. From the Ichiraku Ramen shop to his old apartment. There was one place he hadn't looked yet. He went to he thought he could find Naruto.
Iruka began to run to the forest that led out of the village. As he got deeper into the forest, Iruka could hear the panting of someone who was working hard on something. He then saw an black blob on an tree limb and chose to investigate. As he got closer, Iruka heard the laughter of an small boy. He then came to the realization that he had found Naruto. "So, this is where you been hiding, Naruto?" Iruka asked shocking the boy.
"You're early, sensei." Naruto said as he stood up. "I only had time to learn one jutsu." He added as he jumped down with the scroll tied to his back.
"You were studying jutsu from the forbidden scroll of sealing?" Iruka asked confused.
"Yeah, and if I show you what I learned, you'll pass me and I can become an ninja, right Iruka-Sensei?" Naruto asked.
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With Shadow and Hinata.
Shadow and Hinata were tracking Naruto by his dark chakra. The dark guardian's chakra had led them to the forest the Iruka had eariler ventured into. "Where is he, Hinata?" Shadow asked of his student.
"About ten miles deep into the forest." Hinata said. "I sense two other chakra signatures." She alerted her sensei. "One is with Naru-kun, the other is on course to meet up with them." She added.
"I see." Shadow said. "Let's go, I have an bad feeling about this." He commented as he took off towards Naruto and his guests.
"Hai." Hinata responded as she followed closely behind.
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With Naruto and Iruka.
"Who told you that?" Unimo Iruka asked of his blonde student.
"Mizuki-sensei told me." Naruto replied. "He told me of where the scroll was, how to get in unnoticed and how to steal it." The blonde added as he jumped down from the tree.
'Mizuki set this up?' Iruka pondered. 'But why?' He asked in his thoughts.
Before the scarred chunin could conjure his next thought, He heard kunai and shuirken flying towards him and Naruto. "Look out!" Iruka said as he had chose not only to push Naruto out of the way, but take the full force of the small, but deadly weapons.
"I see you found our little hideaway." Mizuki said making himself known.
"So that's the way it is, huh?" Iruka asked. "I should have known." He added as he looked up and seen Mizuki looking down on him and Naruto with two huge Shuriken on his back.
"Naruto, give me the scroll now." Mizuki said as he turned his attention to the blonde.
"Wait an second, what is going here?" Naruto asked as he saw Iruka bound to the wall of an cabin with the kunai and shuriken.
"Naruto, Don't let Mizuki get the scroll." Iruka said as he pulled the small weapons out of his body. "It contains forbidden jutsu that could put this village in grave danger." Iruka added. "Mizuki used you to get the scroll for himself, for his own power." Iruka told the blonde.
Naruto heeded his academy sensei's words and got into his taijutsu stance.
"Naruto, Iruka's just trying to scare you because he doesn't want you to have the scroll." Mizuki said hoping to get into the dark guardian's head.
"Stop lying, Mizuki." Iruka said as leaned against the cabin. "Don't let him trick you Naruto." Iruka pleaded.
Naruto stood in his stance in silence, thinking in his mind who to trust.
All the while, Mizuki just chuckled as he planned on using his ace in the hole to get the scroll. "Oh, I'll tell you whose really lying." Mizuki said.
"No, Mizuki!!" Iruka shouted.
"They have been lying to you your whole life, Naruto." The gray haired chunin said as an grin appeared on his face. "Since the decree made 12 years ago." He added.
"What decree are you talking about, Mizuki?" Naruto asked.
"Everyone knows but you." Mizuki replied. "Iruka's trying to hide it from you even now, he'd do anything to shut me up." He added.
Naruto just stood there and remained silent as the chunin continued.
"Dont' tell him it's forbidden." Iruka shouted trying to keep Naruto from hearing something that could scar him for life.
"The decree is that no one can tell you that the Nine Tailed Fox is inside you." Mizuki said looking down at the blonde.
Naruto looked up at the rat chunin above him and smirked. "I already know about that little subject, you fool!" The blonde said shocking both chunin ninja.
Mizuki in an fit of rage, grabbed one of his shuriken and threw it at Naruto. He didn't plan on Iruka taking the blow for the blonde. The act itself even took Mizuki by surprise.
"Why did you take the hit meant for me, Iruka-sensei?" Naruto asked as he seen what happened with wide eyes.
"Because we are alot alike, you and I, Naruto." Iruka said as he felt the pain surge throughout his body. The scarred chunin began to tell Naruto of his life as an young child.
Naruto understood the meaning of the tale of Iruka's life.
Mizuki, however, took sick pleasure in laughing at what was happening before him.
--
With Shadow and Hinata.
"Shadow-sensei, There has been some blood spilled." Hinata said alerting her sensei.
"Let's get the lead out, Hinata." Shadow said. "Naruto needs us and we have to make it." He added as he and Hinata began to run faster.
"Hai." The girl said as her heart began to tear in fear of what could happen to Naruto.
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With Naruto.
"Don't make me laugh!" Mizuki said. "Iruka always hated you, he was orphaned because the Nine Tailed Fox killed his parents." The gray ninja added. "And that beast is now inside of you." Mizuki said as he began to laugh.
Naruto still shocked from what Iruka did for him, didn't move, seeing that Mizuki was ready to throw another shuriken.
"Time to die, Naruto!" Mizuki said as he launche the weapon aiming for Naruto's heart. It looked like Naruto was going to die until...
SMASH!!
The shuriken was reduced to an pile of rubble. Naruto had looked up, as Mizuki looked down from his spot in the tree to Shadow.
"I'm not interrupting anything, am I?" Shadow asked. "Naruto, what's going on here?" The Suzaku asked. Naruto hadn't responded, so Shadow looked into the blonde's eyes and saw the truth. "So, this was your doing, eh, Mizuki?" Shadow asked in an enraged stage of mind.
Mizuki didn't answer. He didn't really need to say anything. Hinata could tell from reading Mizuki's chakra that whatever planned had just went up in smoke.
"You don't need to answer me." Shadow said. "Since you tried to attack Naruto, your life is forfeit." He added as three metal claws extended from both of his hands. the claws had grew about seven feet.
"No!" Naruto shouted. "He's mine." He added as he put his hands in an Ram handseal. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!!" Naruto shouted as thousands of clones had appeared out of nowhere. "Hina-chan, please heal Iruka-sensei." Naruto requested. Hinata had went right to work.
'They're not illusions, they're real clones.' Iruka thought as Hinata was healing his injuries. 'Naruto has mastered an forbidden jutsu.' He added. 'Naruto was meant for great things, afterall.' Iruka thought.
"Well, are you coming for me? Or are we coming for you?" Naruto asked.
All that could be heard from that moment was the screams of pain from Mizuki as Naruto pounded him into the ground. After Naruto gotten his fill, he punched Mizuki sqaure in the forehead, knocking the traitor out cold.
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The next morning.
The sun rose and began to shine through the forest. The sun even casted it's light on four figures. "Naruto, come here for an minute." Iruka said. "I've got something I want to give you." He added.
Naruto walked toward Iruka after the chunin asked for him to come close. The blonde had walked to the scarred chunin and had stopped. Naruto looked Iruka in the eyes, wondering what Iruka could want.
Iruka had asked Naruto to close his eyes for an short time. Naruto was wondering what was going on. After waiting for the signal from Iruka. Naruto had noticed that Iruka did not have his headband on. The blonde then noticed that something was on his forehead.
"Congrats, Naruto." Iruka said as he smiled and gave an thumbs up. "You have passed, you are now an genin of the village hidden in the leaves." The scarred chunin added.
"Thank you, Iruka-sensei." Naruto said as he bowed to his academy teacher.
"Excellent work, Naruto." Shadow said.
"Good job, Naru-kun!" Hinata said as she hugged Naruto with all her might. Naruto had returned her gesture with equal effort.
The day has finally came. Naruto and Hinata have taken an huge step in their destiny.
End chapter.
Data on Shinobi
Gaara
Rank: Genin, Kazekage
Info: Third child of the fourth Kazekage. Younger brother to Temari and Kankuro. The sand demon, Shukaku is sealed within him. Because of Shukaku's mind state, Gaara cannot go to sleep. Used to fight for himself, until Naruto showed him the power of fighting for those dear to you.