A/N

phew! finally done! it took me a while to get the chapter done but i did it! this chapter contains excactly 3,5k words so please review for longer chapters! (nah just kidding)

i found it difficult write some parts so i hope it came out good. i hope you enjoy this chapter too.

also if i have problems with writing my story I shall let you guys know it as soon as possible, so you dont jave to wait weeks to know what happened to me. And then I shall try to solve the problems as soon as possible.

and i hope ypu will enjoy my second story too! It is called: The new age of shinobi (the title of the story can change over time)

Also people have been asking when my story will become AU. I haven't decided that yet but the problem is that I first need to find some inspiration on that. I am still doubtng between my choices, Let future Naruto take over completely or let him just change the future and past?

And remember! Naruto still doesn't really realize that the visions he sees are from the future. He is obviously scared and confused, that is also a reason that no one knows what is going on around him yet and why he didn't tell anyone. It will take a little more time to really get into the plot.

made on 9-7-17

Iruka was lying on his bed, thinking back of what the Third Hokage said to him, when then old man approached him after the graduation exams.

'Iruka.' The old man said to the scar nosed chunin.

Iruka looked at the Hokage that stood before him, 'What is it, Lord Hokage?'

'I know how you feel. You grew up just like Naruto. Without knowing the love of a Mother or Father. The warmth of a family..' Hiruzen said to the young man. 'He's shut out of everything and doesn't know why. Most people won't even look at him. How would you feel if everywhere you went, people turned their backs on you?'

Hiruzen looked at the Hokage's monument, mostly to the head of the Fourth Hokage. 'That's why he gets in trouble. So people will notice him. It may not show, but he's always thinking about the family he doesn't have. He's hurting inside.'

He thought back at the night when the Nine-tails attacked the village. The strong, terrifying and overwhelming killer intent of the Kyuubi that loomed over the village, the last time he saw his parents. Even remembering the feeling and memory already made him shudder again. His thoughts were interrupted by someone loudly bonking on the door of his apartment. He quickly got out of his bed and opened the door, it was Mizuki.

'Mizuki-sensei?' He asked, confused why his childhood friend and fellow colleague was by his house at this late hour.

Mizuki was panting, 'Iruka Sensei. Wake up!' He stopped bonking on the door when he saw Iruka's face.

'What? What is it?' He asked, yawning slightly.

Mizuki looked at his friend's face and turned serious, 'You need to come to Lord Hokage's right away. It's Naruto. He stole the Sacred Scroll!'

'Wh-what!? You mean the Scroll of Sealing? No!' Iruka was shocked, why would Naruto do such a thing? How did the boy even get the idea of stealing the sacred scroll?

Iruka quickly putted on his chunin uniform and rushed towards the Hokage's tower, Mizuki had gone off to alert more available ninjas in the village, so he did not know where he went. At the tower, there were already serval other ninjas assembled.

It was getting more and more crowdy and many voices were trying to talk to the old Hokage to take action.

'Lord Hokage! This is not just a prank. This is a serious crime!' A chunin said.

'The scroll contains secrets that were sealed by the first Hokage. Secrets known only to our village.' Another jonin panicked.

'If it falls into the wrong hands, they could destroy our entire way of life.' Some of the shinobi were beginning to get hysterical, and began to theorize the strangest things.

Finally, Hiruzen spoke up, 'Alright. Bring Naruto here at once!' All the assembled shinobi spread out and began to search for the Kyuubi container.

Hiruzen sighed deeply, he was getting too old for this… and to borrow a phrase, it was troublesome. First his surrogate grandson sneaks into his house and performs that weird "Oirike No Jutsu" That knocked the old man out, he would never admit that he, The Professor, would be beaten with such a simple technique from a twelve year old boy.

The blonde used the opportunity to steal the Scroll of Sealing while the old man was knocked out with a large nosebleed. The boy could not have come by the idea himself. When all the shinobi were gone off to search the boy, the old man walked back into his office and took out his magic orb, who knows where the man uses his for other than stalking others…. Hiruzen took out his crystal ball and looked into his magic crystal ninja orb, using his ninja magic to activate it, and started searching for the blonde boy.

After the order to find Naruto was released all the ninjas went of the search the fox container and Iruka was searching for the blonde on the outskirts of Konoha, he was using the famous way of tree hopping, hoping to find the boy fast. He went as fast as he could, his reserves were not very big due the lack of activity since he became a teacher. He slowly began to pant as his reserves were depleting, while still looking for his student.

'Where would he go? The chunin teacher thought worried.

Naruto was sitting somewhere in the outskirts of the Hidden Leaf Village near an old small cabin, with the sacred scroll of sealing on his lap. He was trying to read the jutsu's that were described on the scroll, but couldn't help to find it very difficult to understand.

'Now let's see... The first one is... Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu. Ah! Not this again. It's my worst Jutsu!' He complained, trying to look for an easier technique on the scroll. He could not find anything better as it became more difficult to understand what the scroll was describing, so he settled back to the Tajuu Kage Bushin No Jutsu.

He started to read the instructions that were written on the old paper scroll. It was boring, just as boring as Iruka-sensei's lectures on school. He decided to skip the long and boring details and began to practice the jutsu right away. When he tried the first time he produced a clone similar to the normal ones he made by the regular bushins. He also noticed that this technique sued more chakra than normal but shrugged it off because it was a different jutsu than the normal standards.

He practiced ad practiced, it was hard to master a new technique. He was very tired when he finally got the jutsu finally down, he was about to look on the scroll for the next technique to learn when suddenly Iruka-sensei appeared before him.

'Found you! It's all over!' The chunin said, walking towards the boy that was sitting on the ground with the Scroll of Sealing.

Naruto started to laugh nervously and scratched the back of his head. 'Got me already? Not bad. You're quick, Sensei. I only had time to learn one technique.'

Iruka looked at the boy, his clothes were slightly damaged and he had bruises allover his body, 'He's been out here practicing. I can tell how hard he's been working.' Much to the teacher confusion, what the reason was for the boy to steal the scroll, but the boy already answered before the teacher could ask his student.

'Listen, Iruka Sensei! I'm going to show you this amazing Jutsu and you're going to let me graduate and everything will be okay. That's the way it works, right? Anyone who learns Jutsu from this scroll passes.' Naruto said excited to his confused homeroom teacher.

'Huh? Where'd you get that idea?' Iruka-sensei asked, still confused.

Naruto was confused, why didn't Iruka-sensei know about this test? 'Mizuki-sensei told me about it.' The blonde answered, becoming just as confused as his teacher. 'He told me where to find the scroll...' Turning his eyes from the scroll to his teacher. 'And this place…' Naruto stopped talking when he saw his teacher's shocked face.

Iruka-sensei looked confused and shocked, but quickly regained his senses when he noticed an incoming kunai. 'Look out!' Pushing the blonde out of the way from the attack. More kunai came flying in and Iruka-sensei got was pinned by a few, his leg was starting to bleed slightly.

The chunin looked to the direction where the projectiles, hoping to find the culprit when suddenly a familiar voice spoke up.

'I see you've found our little hide away.' Mizuki sneered, he was standing on a high tree branch not far from where the chunin and the young Uzumaki were located.

Iruka was shocked, his childhood friend was behind all of this? 'So that's the way it is, huh? I should've known.' He slowly breathed to his ex-childhood friend, trying to ignore the stabbing pain from the kunai, that was still in his leg. He couldn't believe that his friend was betraying the village, he trusted the man!

Mizuki jumped down from the branch,' Naruto! Give me the scroll, now!' He demanded, using his friendly teacher voice.

'Wait a minute...' Naruto said clearly confused, slowly looking over to Iruka-sensei and then back to Mizuki-sensei. 'What's going on here?'

Iruka-sense pulled the kunai quickly out of his leg, ignoring the pain that shot through his leg, turning back to the blonde. 'Naruto! Don't let Mizuki get the scroll! It contains forbidden Jutsu, that could put this village in grave danger. Mizuki used you to get the scroll for himself. For his own power.'

'Naruto, Iruka's just trying to scare you cause he doesn't want you to have the scroll.' Mizuki-sensei said with an innocent voice, holding out his hand for the scroll.

'Stop lying, Mizuki.' Iruka-sensei yelled at the man, looking back to the confused blonde. 'Don't let him trick you, Naruto.'

Mizuki-sensei started to laugh, 'Oh, I'll tell you who's really lying.' The man sneered to the blonde, Iruka's eyes widened in realization of what the traitor was going to say.

'No, Mizuki!' Iruka yelled, desperately trying to stop the man from telling. Oh, at the moment he wished he could strangle the man, just so that the man would shut his mouth.

'They've been lying to you your whole life, Naruto. Since the law that was made twelve years ago!' The traitor was obviously enjoying the confusion of the boy, and could not wait to see the agony of the boy when he revealed the truth.

Naruto was curious and scared at the same time, he wanted to know so badly why the village hated him, but on the other side he feared what would happen if he knew the truth, 'What law?' His mouth said before his mind progressed what he said.

'Everyone knows except you. Iruka's trying to hide it from you now. He'd do anything to shut me up.' Mizuki laughed viciously, surprising the scar nosed man from his thoughts, the chunin began to wonder if his ex-friend could read minds or something.

Naruto's eyes widened as he looked at the blue haired teacher, 'What is this law! Why does everyone else know about it?' He demanded.

'Don't tell him! It's forbidden!' Iruka-sensei yelled, but his pleas were heard on deaf ears and Mizuki continued.

'The law is, no one can tell you the Nine-Tailed Fox is inside you!' Mizuki laughed with a smirk on his face. 'The Fox spirit that killed Iruka's parents and destroyed our village has taken over your body. You are the Nine-Tailed Fox!'

Naruto's world froze and started to crumble slowly when he heard the words coming from the mouth of the blue haired man. He could vaguely hear Iruka-sensei begging Mizuki-sensei to stop.

'They've all been sneaking around, hiding things from you your whole life. Didn't you think it was strange how they treated you? Like dirt. Like they hated you for just being alive.' The blue haired traitor continued.

Naruto was still in his shocked daze but could still hear the words that were said, 'No.. No, no, no!' He tried to deny it, he didn't want to believe it, he just wanted it to be a bad dream where he would wake up from and the graduation would be that day and he would pass. The tears were slowly forming in his eyes, he just wanted to wake up from this horrible nightmare.

'Naruto…' Iruka-sensei said softly, trying to reach out for the boy but was interrupted by Mizuki.

Mizuki reach for the large fuma shuriken and started to spin it fast above his head, preparing to throw it to the blonde to kill him. 'DIE NARUTO!' He yelled, throwing the large spinning projectile at the jinchuuriki.

The blonde was pulled out of his daze when he saw the incoming shuriken approaching, he fell down on the ground trying to dodge the shuriken, when he saw it was too fast he closed his eyes and prepared for the pain. But the impact never came, he looked up and saw Iruka-sensei shielding him from the shuriken.

'Wh-why?' He asked.

Iruka found it hard to breath, well that is to be expected when you push a twelve year old away from a flying shuriken that stabs you in the back.

'Because we're the same.' Iruka-sensei finally managed to say in pain.

'When I was a kid, no one seemed to care. They didn't have time for me. They just forgot I was there. My grades dropped. I became the class clown. I just wanted them to see me..' He admitted. 'And know my name. My school wasn't good enough to get the attention, so I did crazy things. And then I had to pay for it. It was hard.' The young man started to cry, remembering the lonely days he spend alone in his house. 'I know that's how you feel, Naruto…'

His tears streamed from his face and fell on Naruto's cheek. 'You feel lonely and it hurts inside. And I could've been there for you more. I let you down. I'm sorry. No one should have to suffer that much. No one should be alone like that.' Iruka-sensei cried apologizing, tears mixed with blood feel down in drops on the ground.

Naruto's eyes widened at those words, they were familiar, he heard those words before. The scene suddenly shot through his memory, it was the same. What was happening? Why was this the same as what he saw years ago? What-

His thoughts were interrupted by a laughing Mizuki 'Don't make me laugh! Iruka always hated you. He was orphaned because the Nine-Tailed Fox killed his parents. And that beast is now inside you. He'd say anything to get the scroll from you.' The blue haired traitor taunted.

The blonde jinchuuriki could bear it anymore to just stand there and he ran, he just wanted to get away from this. He still could hear Iruka-sensei call out for him to come back. Realizing it was not going to stop the blonde Iruka dropped his hand in despair.

Mizuki jumped down from the tree branch still laughing, 'You know once he makes up his mind, nothing can change it. He's going to use the scroll to take revenge on the village.' He said standing up and straightens his back. 'You saw that look in his eye, didn't you? Those are the eyes of a beast.'

'No, Naruto is not a beast, he isn't like that!' Iruka said, pulling the shuriken out of his back, trying to ignore the pain.

Mizuki jumps into a tree and turns back to face Iruka, 'You're a joke. As soon as I eliminate Naruto and get the scroll, I'll be back for you.' He said jumping away to find the demon boy with Iruka following behind him.

Mizuki had donned a disguise as Iruka, after a short time of looking he finally found the blonde Uzumaki running on the trees with the scroll still on his back.

'Naruto! Everything Mizuki said was a lie. Give me the scroll. Hurry!' The pseudo Iruka-sensei yelled after him. Naruto suddenly appeared before the fake Iruka and knocked the man hard in the stomach, making him fall out of the sky hard on the ground.

Naruto lands safely on his feet, panting exhausted he falls on the ground. He looks back to the place where the fake Iruka fell.

'It can't be.. How did you know...' Iruka panted in pain, a puff of smoke reveals that it was not Iruka-sensei but Mizuki. '... That it was me, and not Iruka?' Mizuki asked.

Naruto chuckles, 'That is because….' Again a large puff of smoke erupts in the area revealing the real Iruka. 'Because I am Iruka!'

'You're a fool!' Mizuki said, standing up, 'Why are you protecting that freak? He's the one who wiped out your family.'

'I don't care what you say, cause you're not getting your hands on that scroll.' Iruka-sensei yelled at the traitor. He did not know that the real Naruto was sitting behind a tree not far from where the two chunin were located.

'As if you could stop me. Don't you get it? Naruto is just like me.' Mizuki laughed.

'How's that so?'

Mizuki grinned evilly, ' He wants the scroll for his own power, and his own vengeance. That's how beasts are. He'll pour all his rage into the scroll and destroy everything.'

'You are right…' Iruka said slowly.

'So it was true… Iruka-sensei never believed in me. He thinks I'm some beast. Some kind of freak!' Naruto thought in despair.

'That is how beasts are. But that's not who Naruto is! He's nothing like that. Naruto's one of a kind. Works hard. Puts his whole heart into it. Sure he messes up sometimes, and everyone jumps on him... But his suffering only makes him stronger. That's what separates him from being a beast. So you're wrong. He's nothing like the Nine-Tailed Fox. He's Naruto Uzumaki, of the village hidden in the leaves!' Iruka declared proudly, making the blonde's tears pour out of his eyes in happiness from his sensei's words.

The moment of joy didn't last long when Mizuki took off the last fuma shuriken that was attached on his back, preparing to throw it at Iruka to kill him.

'Humph! You really believe that dribble? Iruka, I was going to save you for later but I changed my mind. You're finished!' Mizuki laughed, small hints of insanity were being shown by the man.

Suddenly Naruto jumped between the two man, surprising both.

'Not bad, for a little punk.' Mizuki said looking with pure disgust to the boy.

Half of Naruto's face was shadowed, he looked up to the man in anger. 'If you ever lay a hand on my Sensei... I'll kill you!'

'Heh! Such big words. I can completely destroy you with a single move!'

'Take your best shot, fool. I'll give it back to you a thousand fold!' Naruto yelled, crossing his two middle and index fingers with both hands in a plus like cross, taking his stance to prepare the jutsu that would be one of his signature techniques in the future.

'Let's see you try! Show me what you can do, Nine-Tailed Fox!' Mizuki challenged, with the thought that the boy would never succeed using a jutsu form the Scroll of Sealing.

'KAGE BUSHIN NO JUTSU!'

With a large poof of smoke hundreds of Naruto clones appear around them, and I am not even bothering to count them all. Iruka looked around amazed by the blonde his accomplishment, the sheer amount of Shadow clones was brilliant.

Iruka sits slowly up, 'Naruto... Those aren't just Illusions. They're solid clones! He's mastered an extremely advanced Jutsu.' The chunin teach thought still amazed. He looked over to the blue haired man that stumbled back slightly.

If you listened closely you could hear the different clones yelling and taunting the traitor. 'If you are not coming….' A clone said, 'Then we're gonna come after you!' The other clone finished.

Then all the clones charged at the man at once, you could hear the poor, nah I have no mercy for the man in this story. As I was saying, you could hear the man screaming for help when he was surrounded by the army of clones that were beating him up until there was only a pummel left of the man.

Naruto grinned a little embarrassed, 'Sorry. I kinda got carried away..' The blonde turned to his sensei. 'You okay, Iruka Sensei?'

'Yes, Naruto I am alright, thanks to you!' Iruka-sensei answered. 'Could you come here for a moment? I got something I want to give to you!'

'Uhh.. Sure!' The blonde said with slight confusion.

'Close your eyes.' The blonde did what his sensei ordered and closed his eyes.

He could feel that his sensei pulled of his goggles from his head and draped something different around it. 'Sensei? How much longer?' He asked after a minute of silence.

'Okay, you can open your eyes now.' His sensei said.

He slowly opened his eyes and saw Iruka-sensei standing with his goggles in his hand. It was getting day the light of the sun was getting brighter, it was a peaceful sight, especially with Mizuki being beaten up.

'Congratulations on passing your graduation, Naruto!' His teacher smiled. 'And to celebrate we are going out to Ichikaru ramen tonight!'

Naruto's lip trembled, 'Iruka-sensei!' He yelled happily as he jumped onto his sensei, hugging him. He heard Iruka-sensei moaning that it hurted and laughed. They both stood up and headed to Ichikaru ramen.

Iruka looked up into the sky smiling, 'Naruto. This is only the beginning. The road gets tougher now that you're a Ninja. But if I told you that, I guess it would ruin the moment. So I'll tell you later.'