Chapter 1 Wish upon a Star
The day couldn't get any worse for a certain blonde in the village of Konoha. He'd failed the academy graduation exam for a third time because he couldn't make a proper Bunshin. Why did the test have to be Bunshin, why not Kawarimi or Henge? He'd flunk the written test by scoring 40 out of 100 points and the passing grade was 55. He made up in the practical (shuriken & kunai trajectory) with a combined score of 70 to pass. Then when he found out the ninjutsu portion of the exam was the Bunshin no jutsu, his heart sank.
It didn't help that one of the persons he looked up to had failed him without even considering Mizuki's argument. Iruka said that the rest of the graduates made more Bunshin that Naruto produced and were properly done.
Now our favorite blonde clothed in a horrid orange jumpsuit with a few blue patches was sitting on the swing outside the academy alone by himself while ten feet away, all the graduates, 26 of them were with their parents or guardians celebrating.
There were obviously people whispering in the crowd amongst adults but this didn't go unnoticed by Naruto. Make no mistake Naruto might not be the smartest kid-wanna-be ninja in the bunch, but his senses were well above Genin level.
He could hear things, even slightest of sounds 20 meters away, and he could smell a pot of food five or more blocks away from his apartment. His sight and vision was like an animal's which is why many of his pranks were successful and he was able to dodge many Genin and Chunin for a while.
Naruto sighed, "I wish my parents were alive to help me through this."
At that very moment as those words were being uttered, a light dashed through the evening sky faster that the human eye could see. Naruto got off the swing and left.
A shy girl wearing a beige hoody with pale white eyes who happened to be standing next to her guardian, KO, whispered, "I'm s-sorry Naruto-kun."
Naruto was walking through the streets of Konoha with a quick pace obviously not wanting to hang around longer than he needed to.
As usual, he received many death glares from the villages and a number of ninjas alike. "Demon", "Trash", "Fox". He could hear even the smallest of voices saying these words. He ran. He ran as fast as he could. The broke down brownish red building was in sight. As bad as it may look, it was his home. He owned the whole building; after all, no one wanted to live near the demon.
The journey up the stair seemed endless but Naruto finally made it to his apartment door. Before he could unlock the door, someone said,
"There's a special make up exam being given to those who failed this year. Are you interested Naruto?" said a man in a seducing yet monotone voice.
Naruto's world lit up when he recognized the voice of his academy teacher and Chunin.
"Mizuki-sensei, what do I have to do, tell me, tell me!" Naruto exclaimed.
Mizuki replied, "Nah I don't think you're up to it. Only the toughest and slyest ninja can pass this exam." 'Hook, line and sinker' he thought.
"There's no one slyer and tougher than me." Our favorite ninja in orange retorted.
Well this statement was mostly correct. Naruto, from age 3 had a very difficult life. After being kicked out of the orphanage at age 5, he was forced to live on streets for a while, until he joined the academy. He also has the highest reputation for "Prank and Run" in all of Konoha. With his keen senses and cunning mind, he'd make a formidable shinobi someday, if there were people willing to help him.
Mizuki eventually gave in and continued, "OK, these are your instructions…"
3 hours later
Naruto: 'Man that was easy, I didn't expect the Old Man to have fallen for such a low rank Jutsu. Oiroke no Jutsu must rock.'
The orange clad ninja had successfully infiltrated the Hokage tower and taken the Forbidden Scroll of Seals. Mizuki sensei had told him all he needed to know. He gave him the shift changes, the amount of time in between the switch, the location of the scroll and even how to get out. It was only up to Naruto to complete the "test" without getting caught.
Although Naruto was excited about passing the exam, his ego was not too big to recognize that there was a change that he would fail the test and having to drop out from the program altogether. And if this was really the FSOS, then it had some seriously powerful Jutsu, which he could right down on the paper he had brought so he could use later on.
After Naruto had reached the clearing Mizuki had told him to go to, the first thing Naruto did was pull out a mini-pencil and piece of paper to write down some jutsus just to be on the safe side. He opened the big scroll and what you think was the first jutsu:
"Kage Bunshin, Bunshin is my worst jutsu. Let's see what else they got here. Shuriken Kage Bunshin? What's with all the Bunshin! Man, ok maybe the next one might be something different. Bunshin Bakuha!" he pouted.
Little Naruto had written down everything the scroll has said about the three jutsu and some notes on chakra control then folded it up and placed it under his goggles and went to practice the Kage Bunshin when he heard a voice behind him say, "Naruto"
The boy tensed, he didn't even sense the person behind him.
"Don't worry I won't hurt you my son. I love you too much" said the voice.
Naruto recognized that the voice was a male's voice. This voice was masculine and had strength it in but also some…tenderness.
"You…..love me?...you're my… Dad?" said a shocked Naruto, turning around to meet the eyes of the person that uttered those words. He gasped in shock.
"You…you are….the….Fourth Hokage" He stuttered.
And that's a wrap on the first chapter. This story is definitely going to be an interesting one which is why I ended with a cliff hanger.
Kage Bunshin is a B-rank Jounin level Ninjutsu technique. The normal Bunshin technique creates a copy of the ninja that lacks any substance. The Kage Bunshin distributes the ninja's chakra evenly among the clones and creates a real copy with form and substance. The clone itself can also utilize any jutsu the original ninja knows. When the clone finally disperses, any new knowledge it has gained is passed back to the original ninja and any additional clones. This makes Kage Bunshin an excellent training method if the ninja has the chakra capacity and stamina to maintain the Kage Bunshins for an extended period of time. This allows the ninja to essentially reduce the time it takes to train and learn with each clone added. This is especially true when used with Tajuu Kage Bunshin. For this jutsu to be use to its maximum potential, it is best that the ninja have completed chakra control exercises like Leaf Concentration, Leaf Spinning, Tree Climbing, Water Walking and Kunai Balancing should be done before attempting this Jutsu.
Shuriken Kage Bunshin no Jutsu is an A-rank Ninjutsu technique that uses Kage Bunshin to create multiple physical clone copies from one thrown shuriken. It can also be used with Kunai, Senbon, and Fuma Shuriken as well. This Jutsu however requires a high Chunin level chakra control. Exercise like Leaf Concentration, Leaf Spinning, Tree Climbing, Water Walking and Kunai Balancing should be done before attempting this Jutsu.