I do not own Naruto. Because if I owned, then Orochimaru won't be running freely on the streets of Konoha like nothing ever happened.

Chapter 1: The Deal

There is little things that a person can truly enjoy when on a break. Especially since you're a ninja. And most especially when you're a ninja teacher. Sure, taking on missions nonstop certainly has a toll on anyone, but being in a homeroom with dozens of loud, annoying, running nose brats 24/7 is no walk in the park either. Sighing happily, Iruka patted his hands on his white apron, proud of himself for finally get rid of the giant pile of dishes in his sink. Humming a cheerful tone, he opened his oven, and the delicious aroma fill his nostrils, making his tummy roar in appreciation. This was his ninth attempt to make a reasonably decent chocolate cake, and so far he has finally succeeded. Putting on his gloves, he removed the cake from the oven, inspecting it for burnt parts. He smiled proudly when he found none.

"I guess the ninth time is lucky!" He chuckled. His day off has been great so far, and so his humor was almost as high as clouds in the sky. He placed the cake on a tray, along with some jelly, a knife, sugar, a kettle and a cup of tea and made a beeline to his living room. He placed the tray in his coffee table, and sitted on his reclining chair. "Aaaaahhhh..." he sighed confortably on his chair. He cut a slice of the cake, and munched happily at the flavour. Then, reaching at the nearest shelf, he grabbed a orange book. Glancing at his sides before open it, he patted himself, just remembering that he is alone on his house. Well, when you simply can't stop reading a 18+ book anywhere anytime, including his work on the academy when he locks himself in the bathroom for a few minutes just to read some pages on your break, you end up creating an wary habit. He curses Kakashi for turning him a perv addict. Iruka never thought about the issue, but when he losed a bet with the masked man and started reading what later become his drug, he can't help but imagine certain... Situations with some fellow kunoichis he know. Except the compromised ones. Iruka may be a closeted pervert, but never look at compromised women with lust eyes, and that is something he is very proud of, and hope to teach this to his number one knucklehead hyperactive student. He has great hopes for the boy's future after all.

Suddenly, Iruka stopped chewing the cake, and his gaze was lost over the book, watching nothing with a vague look. Although he is a Chuunin, he's still a warrior, and his sixth sense still work pretty well. But what worried him is that at the same time he tought of Naruto, a red light popped in his head along with a siren. Then it happened.

A loud disgusting sound erupted from the Academy, like a giant fart, and after a few seconds, screams. Lots and lots of screams. Some disgusted, some angry. He can swear he even heard someone throw up in the chaos.

Sighing while a drop trickled down his face, he get up, walks to his window, and closed the drapes, making the way towards his favorite couch once again throwing himself on it. He feel sorry for who pissed off the number one prankster of Konoha, but today, he simply didn't care less.

It's his day off after all.

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Konoha – Ninja Academy – A few moments earlier

Naruto was bored, struggling with himself to not fall asleep. Granted, Iruka-sensei's classes are boring, but Mizuki-sensei's boringness has no limits. Hell, everything in him is boring. From the look of desinterest when he explains, his voice tone, even facial expressions – mechanical as hell – are ridiculously boring. And on top of that, he has been asking him questions all day nonstop! So, today must be Iruka-sensei's day off, because all the other teachers pick up on him when Iruka is not around. He sighed, how much he wish to learn why...

Looking to the side, in a row of class desks above his, he saw Shikamaru sleeping soundly. "Lucky bastard ..." He murmured to himself, the boy Nara is a genius, so even if he dozed off the entire class, if someone woke him up and asked about the class, Shikamaru's answer would probably be right. And he still has the luxury of drooling and snoring in class! Privileged bastards!

"...And I see that you aren't listening, Naruto. " Mizuki said. Naruto's head snapped so rapidly to look at him that his neck clacked. "Well, care to answer a little question?"

"Ah... well, uh-" He quickly glanced around. Shikamaru was still sleeping, Chouji was munching some chips nonstop, Kiba was petting his damn dog and some girls were painting their nails. So why, why ask him again?! Why only the things he do appeared to annoy the sensei? Why apparently everyone else can do whatever they want in class, but if he coughs lightly he has to answer questions and be scolded in front of everyone?

"You have to get up to answer when the teacher asks you something. Years of academy and you don't even know it yet?" Mizuki said with a reproving glare. Naruto slowly stood up, hearing some snickers and giggles from his classmates.

"Y-yes, sir" he gulped loudly.

"Well then, care to explain to me why the trade routes between Iwa and Kiri had been closed?" Mizuki asked in a tone like everyone in the classroom knew it. Naruto widened his eyes, what the hell? He was supposed to know this?

"I-I... Don't know..." He heard more giggles.

"Maybe that was too much for you, huh? And here I am thinking that everyone knew this basic issue. Oh well, tell me then, how many hidden villages exist per nation?" Mizuki asked again.

"I... Don't know..." Naruto clenched his fists. This time, he heard more audibly laughs. With his head down, the shadows of his bangs covering his eyes, Naruto was fighting hard to prevent his tears to fall.

"Naruto, I hope you know this one. What is Chackra?" Mizuki asked in a tone like he was asking a little child. Naruto felt humiliated by this.

"..."

"Naruto, a monkey could answer that right. But apparently, you can't." Mizuki said with a mockery tone. And then, the entire classroom bursted with laughter. Naruto was acostumed with people making fun of him, but when your sensei says that you are more stupid than a monkey, and the girl you have a crush is almost dying breathlessly for so much laughter, Naruto feel worse than shit at that moment. He trembled a little, still clenching his hands. He was prepared to leave, when a hand landed on his shoulder. "Naruto, I believe you can do better that this." Mizuki's voice came almost as a whisper that Naruto had some trouble to hear it between the lough laughter.

"Mizuki-sensei... Can I go to the bathroom?"

"Sure, go ahead." Naruto turned to leave, not without giving a last glance at the pink haired girl, who cleaned a joyful tear in the corner of her eye. Mizuki looked at the Orange retreating form, and a evil snicker painted his lips for a brief moment before adressing his class "Alright, let us continue" And so he keep on his lecture as if nothing had happened.

On the outside of the building, more precisely on the roof, Naruto was sitting embracing his knees, while tears rolled freely on his cheeks. Then, he glanced at the knot on a rope that he placed in the roof. He skipped his entire one hour of lunchtime, just to prepare his prank. The only reasons that he didn't already pulled it off, was because he wanted to give the class a chance, and because Sakura-chan would be caught in the prank aswell.

"Sakura-chan..." He mumbled sadly, remembering the girl almost faiting due to low oxygen from so much laughter. And then, Mizuki-sensei insinuating that he is dumber than a monkey. He sniffled, cleared his tears with his jumpsuit's sleeves, and grinned maliciously. He then stood up, and circled the rooftop looking down, just to see if everything was set. He smiled, seeing that all the Kunais that he placed next to all windows where still in place. He looked up at his engine, where a piece of bamboo was still in the middle of the roof, and on the top of that, dozens of large balloons where tied up with ropes. He then undid the knot on the ground, careful not to end up activating the trap too soon, and carefully grabbed the rope and jumped into a tree farther away. Already on a safe distance, he pulled down his goggles.

'This is revenge.' He tought, and with a pull on the rope, the bamboo fell on the ground, and the ropes with large balloons tied in it splitted to the edges of the academy. "Banzai!" He screamed, when the balloons made contact with the sharp kunais, popping them instantly.

Inside the classroom, it all happened so fast. After around five minutes that Naruto left, the class returned to habitual bored stat. Then all of a sudden, balloons came towards the Windows and popped from existence. But what came after the pop noise was a viscous liquid, that splattered everywhere and in some people aswell. And finally, the awful, putrid smell invaded the place. Some people with weak stomachs vomited at the same time that the stench of rotten stuff invaded their nostrils. Others ran out of the building, which now stank more than an open-air cemetery filled with decaying corpses. Some people shouted in anger, while in others only a collective thought was present.

"This could only have been Naruto's doing!"

Not so far away, running from the crime scene, Naruto laughed while still hearing barf noises and angry shouts.

"Seems like my smelly bombardment was a success!" He smiled proudly.

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Konoha – Hogake's Tower – Hokage's Office

Hiruzen sighed, feeling too old for his job. He closed his eyes, taking a deep breath. Reaching his pipe, he smoked slowly, appreciating the – for him - relaxing effects of tobacco. He then stood up, then stretched and felt his back clacking. Walking towards his window, holding his pipe in one hand, he glanced towards the village. True a marvelous vision, people coming and going, ninjas jumping by the roofs minding his own business, the Market streets full of people. He can't remember the last time he took a tour towards the village just because yes. Maybe it is time that he took a little walk towards the streets like he doesn't have a care in the world. And look, the circus is in town, how affortunate. He smiled and smoked. Then, his eyes poped wide open.

'Wait, circus? What?' He took another glance at the building, narrowing his eyes, After a while, he recognized the Academy's rooftop.

'Why is it full of balloons?' He asked himself, furrowing his brows. Then, he saw that Naruto had came to the roof, and sat for awhile. Scratching his beard, Hiruzen felt that something was off with the boy. He then decided to use Shunshin no Jutsu (Body Flicker Technique), but when hem ade the seal, Naruto suddenly stood up. Hiruzen undid the hand seal as he observed curiously Naruto rounding the roof. Then, he jumped on a tree and pulled the rope, making Hiruzen widen his eyes in surprise. The old Hokage the chuckled, and turned his back to the window.

"Heron" He called, and almost immediately a ANBU kneeled in the room, with a heron-shaped mask on his face. "Would you be so kind and bring Naruto-kun here, please?"

"Yes, Hokage-sama!" the ANBU replied, and vanished. Hiruzen sat on his chair, and a worried look appeared on his face, of course, Naruto's prank will feed the Hokage's most hated enemy of all times: the paperwork.

Some minutes later, Hiruzen heard a knock on his door. "Please, come in" He said, already know who was there. The door opened and Naruto went by.

"Yo Jiji." The boy greeted, with a sheepshly smile and hiding his hands behind his neck.

"Hello there, Naruto-kun." Hiruzen smiled back. After a while, Naruto dropped the innocent posture and sighed.

"Look, I know why I'm here. And I'm sorry, alright?" He said, with a glint of sadness in his eyes that didn't passed unnoticed.

"So, care to explain why you turned the academy into a open pit?" Hiruzed asked humorous, but all he met was Naruto's sad smile. This worried the man, Naruto was always so cheerful. "Naruto-kun, what happened?" He asked again, this time with worry and seriousness in his voice. And he dropped his pipe from his mouth agape when he saw some tears rolling down the boy's cheeks.

"It's just that... I hate that place..." Naruto said, cleaning his tears again with his sleeve. He then felt someone embracing him.

"It's alright Naruto-kun." Naruto returned the embrace. After a while, Hiruzen sat down on the floor. Motioning to the boy, Naruto followed him. "Now, please, tell me what happened?" The Hokage asked gently.

"Well, the senseis were picking on me all day. Questioning me, and just only me, and scolding me for whatever I do. It always happen when Iruka-sensei is not around." He said, still a bit sad.

"I see. But you don't know the answers?"

"I can't concentrate Jiji! The classes are so much boring, and everyone laugh at me when I don't get something, and the senseis don't explain to me again." Hiruzen frowned. He will seriously take some measures againts some teachers.

"And this happened today?" Naruto just nodded. "And because of that, you pulled that prank?" The blonde boy nodded again. "I see, Naruto-kun. I promise you I will do something about it."

"No Jiji" Naruto shaked his head negatively. "I don't want to come back again. If you do something, they will know that it was because of me, and then nothing will change. They will still glare at me and maybe hold a grudge even bigger."

"But Naruto-kun, you have to go to the academy to become a Genin."

"I know that Jiji, that's why I'm thinking of taking the graduation exams again." Naruto said with a determined look on his face.

"You already failed the exams...".

"I know, but I know that because there's at least two exams a year, in a month or so another one will happen, right?" The blonde boy asked. True, like the chunin exams, graduation tests occur twice a year.

"You think that you can pass this time?"

"Well, I already know Kawarimi no Jutsu (Substitution Technique) and Henge no Jutsu( Transformation technique). The only thing that I really suck is Bunshin no Jutsu (Clone technique).

"Care to show me?"

"Sure, Jiji." Naruto stood up, then switched places with a chair. Hiruzen hummed in appreciation.

"That was good, Naruto-kun. Now please, do the next one" Naruto nodded, returning to face the still sitting Hokage.

"Henge no Jutsu(transformation technique)"! He yelled, and then poofed in a cloud of smoke. Hiruzen, for the uptenth time in the day, widened his eyes in surprise as in front of him stood a perfectly shaped Fuuma Shuriken. He stepped up, and picked the object.

'Amazing' he thought. Not only he looks like a Fuuma Shuriken, but he feels like one too. Hiruzen cutted a little of his palm, feeling the sharpness of the weapon as his blood leave his palm. 'Truly amazing' he said. Naruto poofed back to his normal self. "You're oversaturating the technique Naruto-kun." He stated. Naruto looked at him with curious eyes. Hiruzen chuckled. "You have large reserves of chackra Naruto-kun. As a result, you are putting so much of it into the techniques. When you oversaturated a technique, you lose control of it. You can turn a water gun into a tsunami for example. But Henge no Jutsu(transformation jutsu) isn't a elemental technique, and because of that the extra chackra can't expand, and comes back to the technique granting you the properties of whatever you transformed into. Like a sharp Fuuma Shuriken. But you are still you, so you won't have the same durability." He finished his monologue. Naruto looked at him curiously.

"I get it. Then I'll have to do some chackra control exercises" The boy concluded. Hiruzen nodded in appreciation. "You think that's why I can't do the Bunshin no jutsu (clone technique)?

"I know that's the reason. But still, i'd like to see it." Naruto pouted.

"If you already know, why I should do?"

"Just humor me, Naruto-kun."

"Fine..." He sighed. "Bunshin no Jutsu (clone technique)!" he yelled making the ram, snake and tiger seals. When he stopped on the tiger seal, Hiruzen could felt the massive build up of chackra before smoke filled the room. When it dissipates, lying on the ground was two lifeless, pale and dumb-looking copies of Naruto.

"I see... This technique requires less chackra, and oversaturating it causes malfunction because they have more than required to actively work." Naruto then crossed his arms. Hiruzen tought to himself, this show of skills, especially with Henge no jutsu(transformation technique) are well enough to already graduate, so why they reproved Naruto? After all, he knows that in some class is one student that has a 'Maito Gai' complex, and is a potentially Taijutsu master. Even without using Ninjutsu or Genjutsu, his talent will not be overlooked and certainly he'll pass, so why not Naruto-kun too? "Alright Naruto-kun. I will strike a deal with you. The next graduation exam will be held in one month, I'll allow you to take part. In one month, you have to master these three basic techniques, along with some topics important from classes that every genin and future ninja has to know. If you succed, then you will not have to wait for your current classroom to graduate to be placed in a team. If you fail, then I'm afraid that you will have to take the graduation on recommended age of thirteen like your actual classroom, or if they want it, the exam before that. Am I clear?" The blonde boy blinked some times, and then cheered loudly, raising his fist into the air.

"All right, you are the best, Jiji!" He exclaimed and hugged the old man.

"Easy, my boy. There's a catch." Hiruzen laughed when Naruto looked at him suspiciously. "Well, in order to take this early exam, you have to prove to me that you are capable of being a serious shinobi. So, promise me, no more pranks. If you do that, I'll do something for you. Deal?"

"Anything?" Naruto asked, deep in tought. Hiruzen gulped.

"With reason, of course".

"Deal!" And then, they shaked hands.

"So, what you will do now?" Naruto just grinned at his grandfather figure.

"I'm gonna study! I promise that I will not disapoint you Jiji! I'm gonna take these tests, graduate and then, I'm gonna be the next Hokage, so you can finally rest! Believe it!". He yelled, waving his goodbye and leaving the office. Hiruzen smiled.

"I truly believe in you, Naruto-kun."

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He jumped on his chair, startled by some noise. His book sliding trough his face colliding on the floor. Since when did he fall asleep? He puto ne hand on his chest, in na attempt to calm himself. Then, someone knocked on his door again. He stood up, and opened it, raising his eyebrows in surprise when looking at the person on his door.

"Naruto?"

"Hi Iruka-sensei!" The boy gave him a wide smile. "I need your help".

To be continued

Yo!

So basically, this is a what-if fic that I want to write. Some facts will be the same as the canon, while others clearly not. It is my take on what the storyline would do if some events went different.

It's like the name says, butterfly effect. What would happen if Naruto didn't fail three times before?

Let's see how this will end, shall we?

Ah, and please, leave a review and make a guy happy on this x-mas. :D

See you in the next chapter.