Hi this is my first fanfic ever so any constructive criticism is welcome. Also, this idea is not mine, but was inspired by a fanfiction of the same name whose creator has tragically passed away, So I decided to try to do my version of this but with inspirations from his story. But first 5 chapters will all be bacekle the same as the original creators.

Disclaimer: engleski nije moj maternji jezik tako da se izvinjavam ako nršto pogrešno napiše. Also i dont hown Naruto

Chapter 3 Teast

NARUTO

Had it already been six years? Six years since he had started the academy? Six years since he had been learning to be a Templar? Naruto couldn't believe it. It seemed like yesterday he had just started on this path. The past six years had gone by rather quickly when he was learning. Throughout these past years, he had learned much, not just as a shinobi but also as a Knight in training.

The academy had upped their physical training after Naruto had made a suggestion to the hokage, saying it would help better prepare them for the field. While the hokage was not able to do much, he was able to secure a longer time slot for physical training, but luckily he never mentioned that Naruto was the one who was the cause of it. After all, many of his fellow students hated the extra PT, so it would probably alienate him from his peers.

He had been progressing in his training, unfortunately the Clone Jutsu remained his greatest weakness, he knew what the problem was, he had too much chakra and not enough control. Sure having a large amount of chakra was a good thing, but when you struggled to control it, it was a huge problem. Naruto never thought he would complain about something being too big.

Other than his shinobi skills, he had been progressing as a Knight as well. He was finally able to wear the armor, although he did have to adjust it to fit him. He was about 5'2'', which while tall for his age, was still short considering the size of the Templars. So he had spent hours tinkering with armor to make it fit him. Once again, it worked, but he was certain he would have to get a suit custom made for him one day. He still had not revealed any of his training to the public, he didn't want that kind of attention. But the benefits of his training had paid off in class.

He was fairly strong for his age, his speed was decent, and due to hours of practicing with a sword and shield, his reaction time was excellent. And while he was an average student when it came to course work, and he excelled at the physical portions, if he couldn't get the clone jutsu down, it was all over.

He had begun to become more fluent in latin, as while it may be a dead language to everyone else, to him it was a beautiful language. Overall, while Naruto had extensively studied Christianity, he still was unsure about converting? What would he be leaving behind? And more importantly, how could he know for sure? Sure he had seen the spirits of the Knights who came before him, but he needed a sign that there was a god out there. So until that day, he could not fully believe in the Christ God.

"Hey Naruto! You excited?" Kiba said as he ran up to him.

Kiba had become his friend soon after he joined the academy, some days where the teacher was particularly boring, they would occasionally skip class and train together. One time they tried pulling pranks, but they got caught soon afterwards and were given a stern talking to. Which shouldn't have been enough to deter them from pranking, but considering it came from Kiba's mother...they hadn't tried pranking anyone during school hours again. Especially because his mother was a scary, yet kind of attractive lady.

"Yeah, fairly excited." He said as he would be lying if he said he wasn't nervous.

"Hey man, come on, you've been practicing your clone jutsu all week, I'm sure you have it down." He said as Naruto looked down.

"Yeah, I tried it last night, it didn't go over too well." He said as Kiba frowned at that.

"Oh...well...Maybe a miracle will happen?" He asked as Naruto looked at him.

"Woah, you should go into counseling, because you're a lot of help." Naruto said sarcastically.

"Sorry, you know I'm not good at comforting people." Kiba said as he had a tendency to put his foot in his mouth.

"I'm just messing with you, who knows maybe it won't be so bad." He said as Shikamaru came up.

"You idiot, you just had to say that didn't you?" Shikamaru said as he was carrying the chess board.

"Come on, you don't really believe in that old superstition like the 'It couldn't possibly get any worse.' do you?" He asked as they set up the chessboard on one of the desks while waiting for class to start.

"Yes, yes I do." He said as he made the first move.

"You worry too much my friend." He said as he made another move.

"And you worry too little." He said as he attacked back.

"How can you guys play that boring game?" Kiba said as he didn't understand why he was watching them play chess.

"It's a lot of fun if you give it a try." Naruto said as Kiba looked onward.

"Seems like you're just moving pieces across a board." He said as Shikamaru spoke up.

"It's kind of like Go and Shogi, you have to really think about it to get ahead." He said as Kiba spoke up.

"I don't think that's the game for me." He said as Naruto spoke up.'

"Yeah, Kiba doesn't use his brain a lot." Naruto chuckled.

"HEY!"

LATER

"Okay Naruto, so far you have done well on your other portions, all you need to do is the Clone Jutsu." Iruka said hoping that Naruto wouldn't screw this up.

"Okay, I can do this, I can do this."He said as he focused his chakra.

He couldn't afford to screw this up, he just needed to focus as much as he could. He needed to get this jutsu down or he wou-

"Naruto..."He heard a voice say as he lost focus.

"Wha-" He said as he heard a poof of smoke.

"Oh crap..." He said as the smoke cleared, to reveal a half dead looking clone.

Iruka sighed as he marked down Naruto's score. Naruto himself was kicking himself because he lost focus because he could have sworn he heard a voice.

"Naruto..." Iruka said as Naruto looked up.

"I'm sorry, as you know we sometimes make exceptions to some people who have difficulties with the clone jutsu, such as how we let someone pass who had no genjutsu or ninjutsu capabilities, but made up for it with raw taijutsu power. However, after totalling up your entire score, you just barely fall short of passing. I am sorry, Naruto, I cannot pass you." Iruka said as Naruto looked down.

"I...I understand, well better luck next year." He said as he was kind of mad, but he knew he shouldn't freak out now.

Losing his cool would not look good, and while he didn't really want to be a shinobi, his plans to become a Templar would be put on hold until he could get that damn clone jutsu out of the way. And if he couldn't become a shinobi, it meant waiting even longer to get the Shadow Clone Jutsu, which once again was a staple needed in his plans. So this really threw a monkey wrench in his plans.

And once again, there was another problem, that voice he heard, what was it? Why did it sound so melodic? And why did he feel like he knew who it was? He had even more questions now, questions that he didn't know the answers to. And right now his head was swimming with different thoughts, ranging from the voice he heard, to what he was going to do now? Did he go back to training? Did he quit being a shinobi all together? Did he go home and sleep? What should he do now?

"Hey Naruto..." Kiba said as he noticed Naruto came out without the headband.

"Hey Kiba." Naruto said in a bit of a down tone.

"My mom's cooking tonight if you want to come over, maybe help you focus on the future?" He said trying to get Naruto out of his funk.

"Thanks for the offer, but I think I'm going to go for a walk, I need some time to think." He said as Kiba nodded.

"Sure man, but the offer is still on the table if you need it." He said as Naruto nodded.

"I really appreciate that. Thank you." He said as he gave his friend a soft smile.

Naruto really did appreciate the gesture, lord knows it was nice to be invited for dinner, especially when his mom was cooking. Despite being the fierce shinobi that his mom was, people were shocked to learn that off duty she was just a normal woman, oh she would still rip your balls off if you pissed him off, but she was just like any normal person, she liked cooking, reading, and damn she could really cook a roast that would make you crave more and more. Apparently the night before Kiba's dad left, he only stayed a bit longer because he knew she was cooking a beef roast. It was still a dick move that he left the next day, but honestly his parents had been having trouble for awhile before that. So Kiba wasn't shocked.

Back on topic, Naruto passed by Ichiraku, he had just been there yesterday, so he wasn't craving ramen right now, that and it was hard to have an appetite after that whole failure at school. He didn't really want to eat. Right now he just needed some time to think to himself.

"Hey Naruto." He heard a voice as he looked up to see Mizuki.

"Oh, hey Mizuki Sensei, what are you doing here?" He asked as Mizuki jumped down from the tree.

"I was passing by and saw you looking all glum, you still down about your test?" He asked as Naruto nodded.

"Yeah, but there is always next year, besides all I got to do is work hard and I'll get it down." He said as Mizuki smiled.

"I admire your work ethic, but there is one other way, if you're interested?" He stated as Naruto raised an eyebrow.

"Really? How?" He asked as Mizuki leaned against a tree.

"Well you know how Iruka said you just BARELY missed the passing mark right?" He asked as Naruto nodded.

"Well, for students who do go through that, they usually are issued an extra test, a bit of extra credit if you will." He said as Naruto didn't like the sound of this.

"What would I need to do?" He asked as he was feeling suspicious.

"Well, you would need to break into the hokage tower and steal the scroll of sealing." He said with a straight face.

"Ha, yeah right, good one." Naruto said as Mizuki's face remained passive.

"Wait...you're serious aren't you?" He asked as Mizuki nodded.

"Doesn't it make sense? After all, if you can get through the security of the tower and take the scroll without being detected, I would say you deserve to be a shinobi, wouldn't you?" He asked as Naruto still was feeling suspicious.

"Something isn't right here."He thought but didn't speak.

"But doesn't that have to be approved by the hokage?" He asked as Mizuki nodded.

"Yes, it is approved, but not many people know about it or pass it due to the fact if word got out about the test, then it wouldn't be much of a test would it?" He said as Naruto thought to himself.

"I don't know, Mizuki is my sensei, but this all seems pretty fishy, but then again, when I was a kid, The third did tell me the scroll of sealing had instructions for the shadow clone jutsu, even if I don't pass this so called test, I could get access to that jutsu much faster than I originally anticapted...but is it worth the risk?"He thought as he didn't know what to think.

On one hand, if Mizuki was telling the truth, and he was caught, his plans would be foiled and he would probably be banned, but if he didn't go for it, he might have to put a delay in his plans...what was he to do?

He sighed and made his choice.

"What time?"

-To be continued-