Chapter 1 "Changes"
7 years later
"Yahoo! I rule and you drool!" yelled Naruto. His violet eyes were shining bright as he continued to paint the Hokage monument. The Hokage, Fire shadow, monument was a group of four carvings in the Cliffside. Each carving was of one of the Four Hokages, of which the Third Hokage was currently ruling Konohagakure.
The Hokage's office
"Hokage-sama! Naruto is defacing the Hokage monument again!" yelled a young Chunin. The Hokage put his hand onto his face and shook his head in defeat. He got up and followed the Chunin to the Monument.
"Sorry my Lord. I didn't think he would do this today," said a Chunin.
"It's alright Iruka. He seems to enjoy doing this." replied the Hokage.
"Permit me to take care of this?" asked Iruka.
Without even waiting for an answer he stepped up to the railing and yelled, "NARUTO! GET DOWN HERE!" Two voices rang out, one from Iruka and one from above Naruto at the top of the Monument. It was Naruto's father.
"Shit! Iruka-sensei below me and Dad above me! Shit!" cursed Naruto. Quickly looking from Iruka and his dad, he severed the rope holding him in front of one of the faces. He flipped and landed feet first on a rock outcropping and ricocheted to the next one, bouncing in between outcroppings to get to the bottom. Shortly after nearing the bottom he jumped to land on a boulder and crushes it to pieces from the impact. After he looked up to make sure his father was not following him he turned and ran into someone's chest.
"Remember for next time son; never take your eyes off your quarry. And I mean never," said Kadge. He grabbed Naruto's ear and dragged him to the trail that would lead them up to Iruka. Just before Kadge dropped Naruto in front of Iruka he added, "Double training tonight." Naruto's face paled.
Iruka quickly tied Naruto up so he couldn't run and dragged him back to the academy. Iruka threw Naruto into the classroom and began to speak, "As you all know the finals are coming to see if you will be a genin, a low-class shinobi, or not. The final test will be to create bunshins. But because of Naruto here, each one of you will be taking the test a day early," everyone began to groan, "Your first task it to create a perfect copy of me. The order will be start with the person on the bottom of the list. It will then proceed upwards. Naruto, you get the benefit of going first," said Iruka.
Naruto held his hands together and with a pop and a cloud of smoke, he disappeared. As the smoke cleared there was a near exact duplicate of Iruka. "You pass the first part of the test. Now make a duplicate of yourself," said Iruka.
The fake Iruka held his hands together and with a loud pop and a cloud of smoke, Naruto returned to normal. After a few seconds Naruto put his hands together and closes his eyes. Suddenly he opens his eyes and a perfect image of him fades into existence. "You pass but just barely. The only reason why you pass is because almost every one can create at least two clones. You only created one. But nonetheless you still pass. Congratulations," smiled Iruka as he handed him his headband. 'Odd, there was no cloud of smoke that usually occurs with the usual creation of a clone.'
Later as the parents were congratulating their children we see Kadge, Lily and their 9-year-old twins, Miyabi and Kei congratulating Naruto. "I take it you were holding back son? To graduate at the bottom of your class, I mean with the amount of time that I spent training you, you had to be holding back," grinned Kadge.
Lily smacks him in the back of the head and says, "Be quiet about that. Naruto doesn't need to hear criticism on such a special day. Good job Naruto. You'll be Hokage in no time."
"Actually Mom, I was holding back. I figured I would screw up their placement tests that they have for everyone. So far it looks like it's working," said Naruto.
"And why are you doing this son?" said Kadge with a smirk.
"Because that way I can get teamed up with the other student who's the best.
This way I'll be sure to have the best team!" said Naruto. The twins grinned, started to giggle and tackle Naruto to the ground.
Several hours later, at around 3 in the afternoon.
Out in the forest there was a blonde man looking at a large scroll. "Ha ha ha! With this scroll all the power in the world shall be mine for the taking! And then I shall make the entire world bow down to my rule," laughed the man.
"What are you doing here mister?" giggled Miyabi. The man turned around and snarled. He turned around while drawing a giant shuriken from his back. The large weapon consisted of a ring to hold on to and four blades expanded from the outside of the ring. Drawing the shuriken downwards he quickly brought it back up and threw it at her. Miyabi recoiled in surprise and fell over backwards onto her rump. The shuriken passed over her and cut several trees down behind her before returning to his hand.
"Now you die child!" screamed the man. A sudden flash of smoke and Naruto appears in front of Miyabi.
"Leave her alone Mizuki-san. She hasn't done anything to you." stated Naruto.
"What are you going to do to stop me? Kill me?" asked Mizuki.
"If I must," stated Naruto once again.
"You can't hurt me Boy! I can kill you in one blow! How can you stop me from killing you?" laughed Mizuki.
"Like this. Kage no Bunshin!" yelled Naruto. A flash of smoke and suddenly there's hundreds of Naruto's. "Now are you going to kill me in one hit… No? Then I guess it's up to me to do it," echo the Narutos. Each one charges Mizuki effectively putting him out of action. The clones disappear. "Miyabi, you all right?" she nods "Good. Go tell dad that Mizuki is here and that he attacked you. I have to go return this scroll to the Hokage," said Naruto.
Hokage's office
Naruto appears in the middle of the Hokage's office. "Sir? I believe that this scroll was stolen from your office. Mizuki stole it sir," reported Naruto.
"I already knew Naruto. Thank you for returning it. You're becoming more and more like your father every day. Now go back home and rest. You receive your team assignment tomorrow I believe," smiled the Hokage. Naruto bows and disappears in a flash of smoke. 'He really is beginning to act like you Arashi.' thought the Hokage.
