Naruto
Wings of a Butterfly
Chapter I
Fourteen years ago a great and terrible beast appeared in Konoha and attacked the village. The shinobi of the village fought the beast and they were failing to protect their home. Then one man appeared on the battlefield and confronted the beast. Against all odds the man sealed the beast into a newborn infant.
This man was the Fourth Hokage…
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"You're really going to fight for that demon Iruka? Did you forget it was the Kyubi that killed your parents?" Mizuki taunted Iruka.
"I didn't forget Mizuki, but Naruto is not the Kyubi. Everyone sees him for the Kyubi but he is stronger than anyone in my class because he doesn't give in to the unjust hatred cast upon him." Iruka said.
"You actually believe that rubbish?" Mizuki asked. "Naruto is nothing more than a puppet used by the Kyubi to gain power. If given the chance he will take the Scroll of Seals and unleash his true power. The power you all fear that resides inside him."
"No he won't. Naruto is stronger than that." Iruka said.
"You know I was going to kill you after I've dealt with the Kyubi, but now I think I'll kill you first." Mizuki said.
Mizuki took his last fuma shuriken off his back and began to spin it around his hand. As Mizuki reared his arm back ready to throw the weapon something collided into him sending the weapon way off course.
"If you even think about hurting my sensei, I'll kill you." Naruto said tapping into the kyubi's chakra at the end.
"So the demon finally reveals itself." Mizuki said, getting back to his feet. "I'll show you the difference between a real shinobi and a talentless demon."
Mizuki formed a single hand seal and activated a seal on his arm. In an instant Mizuki took on the form of a bipedal tiger wearing Mizuki's clothes and hair.
"This is the power bestowed upon me by Orochimaru, fitting that it's you that gets to be the one to see its splendor." Mizuki said.
Naruto got on all fours as a sinister orange chakra enveloped him and his blue eyes became red.
Mizuki rushed Naruto who jumped up with the power of all four limbs over Mizuki's head and brought his clawed hands down across Mizuki's chest gutting the man deep. Mizuki roared in pain and grabbed Naruto's leg and threw the young blonde into a tree. There was a sickening crack and the tree gave away from the force of the throw.
Iruka thought Naruto had been badly injured and rushed over to the blonde. Naruto however got up and glared at Mizuki opening his mouth. Without going through any hand seals, Naruto unleashed a stream of purple fire at Mizuki.
Mizuki was engulfed by the flames and roared in pain. After the stream of fire ended Mizuki was on the forest floor covered in burns, his clothes tattered into shreds. Mizuki rose to his feat and glared murderously at Naruto.
"You're going to pay for that demon." Mizuki said in anger.
However before Mizuki could do anything the voice of a new arrival sounded.
"Chidori!" came Kakashi's voice as he thrust his hand through Mizuki's chest killing the man.
Naruto was still on guard of the new arrival but Iruka seemed to relax.
"Naruto, you can trust Kakashi." Iruka said.
Naruto looked at Iruka then back at Kakashi and let the Kyubi's chakra fade as he got back into an upright position. Walking over to Iruka Naruto channeled green chakra to his palms and hovered them over Iruka's wound on his back.
"Naruto, you know Medical Ninjutsu?" Iruka asked.
"Yeah, I learned it from the Konoha Ninja Library. I didn't want to always be seen as a demon so I snuck into the library and learned Medical Ninjutsu to try and learn something that can help others instead of always being a weapon." Naruto explained.
"Naruto, close your eyes I want to give you something." Iruka said.
Naruto closed his eyes and kept them closed until Iruka said otherwise. Iruka meanwhile took off his hitai-ate and took off Naruto's goggles before tying his hitai-ate around Naruto's forehead.
"Ok Naruto, open your eyes." Iruka said.
Naruto opened his eyes and saw Iruka holding his goggles.
"Congratulations Naruto, you graduate." Iruka said.
"Are you sure Iruka?" asked Kakashi.
'Yes Kakashi. Naruto deserves this. He put the safety of the Scroll, myself, and Konoha before his own. He is ready to be a shinobi clone jutsu be damned." Iruka said.
"Alright then let's report back to Hokage-sama." Kakashi said.
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Back in the Hokage's Tower Naruto, Kakashi, and Iruka stood before the Hokage who was smoking his pipe listening to the report of what had transpired.
"So Naruto was tricked into stealing the scroll by Mizuki who had planned to kill Naruto and take the scroll for himself?" Hiruzen asked.
"Hai Hokage-sama." Iruka answered.
"And Naruto fought Mizuki until Kakashi arrived and killed him at which point Naruto used medical ninjutsu to heal the injuries suffered from defending Naruto?" Hiruzen asked further.
"Hai." Iruka replied.
"Naruto. I agree with Iruka's decision to grant you the rank of genin. However, your use of the Kyubi's chakra worries me. I trust that you won't use the Kyubi's chakra without a good reason but the Kyubi's chakra is not to be used unless there is no other option do you understand?" Hiruzen asked Naruto.
"Hai Jiji I understand." Naruto replied.
"Good now all of you go home and get some rest." Hiruzen ordered the three ninja. "Naruto since you are now a ninja I expect you to be at orientation in a week."
"Hai Jiji." Naruto said.
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One week later Naruto was sitting in his usual seat in the ninja academy wearing a new outfit: a new black two piece bodysuit, an orange jacket, his hitai-ate, black ninja sandals, and shin guards. Naruto was seated in the back of the class as usual away from Sasuke's fangirls. Naruto never understood the fangirls after the massacre of his clan Sasuke turned cold and distant never letting anyone be near him. Yet for some reason they all swore they were Sasuke's soulmate.
And as if on cue Naruto felt Kiba beside him.
"Hey Naruto graduates only you failed the graduation exam so what are you doing here?" Kiba asked.
"I was given genin status after stopping a traitor from stealing something from Konoha." Naruto replied.
"Yea right you're a talentless drop out you can't even make a simple clone." Kiba said condescending.
"I don't need a clone to be a shinobi Kiba." Naruto said dangerously.
"Alright, that's enough Kiba. Get back to your seat." Iruka said as he entered the classroom with a clipboard in his hand.
When the class had settled down and the students were in their seats Iruka spoke up once more.
"Alright I have here the teams that each of you will be placed on for your genin careers. You will train, fight, and grow with these teams until placed on another team or make chunin. And even then if your team has a reputation you still might be on that team." Iruka explained. "Now listen for your team. Team One will be…"
Naruto was listening closely for his name and prayed he got a good team.
"... Team Seven will be Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto, and Hyuga Hinata. Team Eight will be Haruno Sakura, Inuzuka Kiba, and Aburame Shino. Team Nine is still in rotation. And lastly Team Ten is Yamanaka Ino, Nara Shikamaru, and Akimichi Choji. You are all dismissed for lunch. Be back here at one o'clock to meet your jonin squad leaders." Iruka said finishing the teams.
