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Chapter 5

Kirsu awoke the next morning, finding out that his internal clock wasn't just a random fluke. It was 6:30 sharp again. He sighed, and got out of bed and proceeded to take a shower. After his shower, he sat down and decided to cook a little something more for breakfast today. He made himself a couple of eggs, some bacon and a few pancakes, feeling that he may need the extra boost for the stuff that was going to happen today. As he sat down to eat, lost in his own thoughts, he looked up to see the clock read 7:15. He still had 45 minutes until he had to be at the academy. Well, 30 minutes anyways, he liked to show up 15 minutes early, so he could get a head start on things. He thought that maybe he could swing by Naruto's place and make sure he wasn't going to be late for today. Yeah...that'd be a good idea, what else was he going to do? He finished eating and tossed his dishes in the sink for later, he grabed his keys and proceeded out the door.

It was a regular, uneventful morning in Konoha. The streets were just starting to fill up with the villagers, stores getting ready to open, and an air of contentment washed over the area. It was a nice feeling, Kirsu thought. As he walked through the streets, seeing the sights, hearing the sounds, smelling the early morning smells...it was very peaceful, no wonder leaf-nin fight so hard for this place. That was his line of thought, anyways, until he walked into the area that Naruto lived in. The air suddenly got thick, people started looking a little less healthy, the buildings were cracked, some even having holes in them. The sky even seemed a little darker, like the sun refused to shed it's light on such a poor place. Kirsu shuddered. He'd have to find Naruto a better place to live if it killed him, this was not a place for anyone to live. He felt himself treading softly, as if trying not to awaken an old evil, the pressure was killing him. How could ANYone live here? He thought.

He found Naruto's apartment a few mintues later. It had to be just abou the most beatup one of the appartments he'd seen. The window's were broken, the door was off it's hinges slightly, and it almost seemed like a firefight had taken place on the outer walls of his apartment. Kirsu stood in silence in front of the door. He wasn't sure the door would hold up if he knocked on it. He finally got up the nerve just knock on the wall next to the door.

" Oi, Naruto! You up man? We gotta get goin to class, otherwise we'll be late!" He yelled. There were a few seconds of silence before a reply.

" NANI! OH MAN! GOTTAGOGOTTAGOGOTTAGO!" Naruto's not so quite reply came. Kirsu heard a bunch of scrambling, a few knocks of stuff turning over and hitting the ground, a loud yelp a second later. Kirsu sweatdroped.

" You know, Naruto, you really don't have to hurry that fast, we still have like 20 minutes." Kirsu said.

Naruto came through the door a second later, still strugling to get his jacket on.

" No, today's a day I definatly can't afford to be later for. Thanks a lot for wakeing me up in time, Kirsu, it wouldn't have done me to be late to the exams today!" Naruto replied. " Let's get going before we're late!"

They turned and walked down the street. They could take their time today, it didn't take that long to get to the academy. They arrived at the academy still with 10 minutes until class was to start. Not many people had gotten there yet. Kirsu looked around the room. Iruka was at his desk, looking through some papers. As he looked around the room, Kirsu saw that besides themselves, the only other people there were Nara Shikamaru, Hyuuga Hinata, and...Uchiha Sasuke. Shikamaru looked at them with an inquiring eye, Hinata just blushed and looked away when she noticed Naruto, and Sasuke didn't even pay them any heed. Iruka, noting the disturbance, looked up from his paperwork to acknowledge the newcomer.

" Ohaiyo, Naruto-kun. Strange seeing you early today. Who's your friend?" Iruka inquired

" This is Kirsu, Iruka-sensei. He's a new guy to Konoha! The Hokage is letting him become a ninja, but first he has to pass todays exam!" Naruto exclaimed exuberantly.

" Ah yes, I remember Hokage-sama telling me i'd have a new addition to my class for today. How are you, Kirsu-kun?" Iruka asked politely.

" I'm doing well, Iruka-sensei, it's a pleasure to finally meet you." Kirsu bowed politely. " I'm just here to take the exam, I trained over the past few days to acquaint myself with what may be needed on this exam, so I believe I am ready for it."

" That is very good, Kirsu. I wish SOMEONE would take note of that and study himself sometime!" Iruka gave a mock-angry look towards Naruto.

" WHA! What do you mean? Iruka-sensei? I practice all the time! I swear!" Naruto pleaded. Looking up at Iruka sadly.

" Yeah, yeah, whatever, Naruto." Iruka sighed. " Well, class is going to start soon, so why don't you two take a seat, and we'll begin shortly." He said.

Naruto and Kirsu took their seats on the second row. And waited patiently for the class to begin. As the time ticked on, more and more of the students filtered into the room. Just as class was about to start, a loud rumbling was heard. Everyone looked up to the door, where everyone could now hear yells coming from.

" IM GOING TO GET THERE FIRST, INO-PIG!" was heard.

" LIKE HELL YOU ARE, FOREHEAD-GIRL! I'M GOING TO GET TO SIT NEXT TO SASUKE-KUN!" another yell.

CRASH!

The door had now been brutally beaten as two girls were stuck into it, trying to push each other out of the way. One had bright pink hair and a red dress while the other one was blond and had a purple outfit on. Oh no! Here we go! Kirsu though to himself.

The girls had finally gotten through the door, but were still arguing with each other.

" HA! I beat you here, forehead-girl!" Ino exclaimed.

" Bullshit, Ino-pig, I was CLEARLY the victor here!" Sakura pushed back.

" BOTH OF YOU BE QUIET AND SIT DOWN! WE'RE ABOUT TO BEGIN CLASS!" Iruka had to yell to get any attention from this little boutmatch. They quieted down and took their seats.

Who's that new guy? Sakura thought as she looked over in Kirsu's direction. Isn't he a little old to be in this class?

" Allright, class. Before we start the graduation exam, i'd like to introduce you all to Kirsu. He's more or less a transfer student from far away, and needs to take this test to become a genin, so he will be taking it with you today." Iruka informed them.

Kirsu looked around really quick, " Ohaiyo" he said. He immediatly looked down at his desk. Man I hate attention, he thought.

Everyone looked at him wierdly, all of them having the same general thoughts...This guy's a lot like Hinata.

" With that being said, we'll delve right into it then. As you all know, today is the graduating exam. It is the test you all will take to decide if you can become genins or not. If you pass, you will be put onto a 3-man team with a jounin instructor and begin work as a genin. If you fail, you will have to retake this class all over again. So I hope you all studied. Today's final exam will be a test on how well you can perform the bunshin no jutsu. But first, i'll test you all to see if you can't perform a proper henge." Iruka told the class.

OH NO! Not henge, that's the techinque that i'm worst at! Man im definatly not going to pass this. Naruto thought.

They all lined up to take turns at performing a bunshin of Iruka. Everyone was performing more or less flawlessly, that is, until Naruto got up to the plate. Everyone looked at him funny. He better not try anything funny, they all thought.

Naruto stood in front of Iruka, placed his hands together and yelled..." HENGE!". A poof of smoke and a clearing later provided quite an amusing sight. At least Kirsu thought so, he'd allways thought that Naruto's sexy no jutsu was a stroke of genius. Combining henge and bunshin together like that showed unfathomed skill, but because of what he used it for, everyone just thought of it as another one of his pranks. Today was no different. Iruka had a blank look to his face, and had a slight trickle of blood runing down his nose, which suddenly turned into a fountain of blood shooting him back over his desk.

Naruto just couldn't get enough of it, he was laughing so hard he could barely breath. Suddenly, Iruka poped back up, jumped over his desk and smacked Naruto upside the head.

" BAKA! Tone it down will ya! This isn't a joke, you can't be pulling pranks in the middle of a battle, it'll get you killed!" Iruka yelled at him.

Naruto was on the ground massaging his head, looking beaten. Mumbling something about goody tooshoe teachers. Kirsu was just amazed at how this situation was handling itself, it was rather funny. But he decided to step in and make his observation clear.

" Exuse me, Iruka-sensei, but if you'd have noticed, in doing that technique, Naruto not only did a perfect henge, but also a perfect bunshin, and combined them together. If you ask me, that's much more advanced than just a henge." He said.

Iruka stoped his ranting and looked up at Kirsu with an amazed look on his face. " You're right, Kirsu! Oh, my. Disregaurding the pretense it was used in, Naruto that really was amazing! Umm...wow, this has to be a first...Naruto, um...you pass?" He told him still confused over the matter.

Naruto stoped massaging his head and looked up at his teacher. It almost looked like he was going to be in tears, he was so happy. " YOSH! I PASSED THE PRETEST!" He exclaimed. Everyone else just looked on, slightly stuned by what had just happened, but disregaurding it as a fluke in Naruto's usual behaviour.

The rest of the morning was spent in the training grounds, everyone preparing for the graduation test. About an hour later, they were all called back to class and were taken one by one to another room to be judged. After about 15 minutes, it was Kirsu's turn to take the test. He got up and patted Naruto on the shoulder, wishing him good luck for later on.

He steped into the other room, to see Iruka, Mizuki and a few other chuunin-sensei's that he didn't recognize. Mizuki... Naruto thought as he glared at Mizuki from across the room. The bastard that started all this crap with Naruto, he'd make sure Mizuki got what was coming to him.

Iruka spoke up after a few seconds. " Allright, Kirsu, all you need to do for this test is successfully create 3 bunshins of yourself, then you pass."

Kirsu smiled, " I'll do ya a one-up on that, Iruka-sensei.", he said confidently.

He put his hands together in the cross patern he was so used to seeing from Naruto, and called forth some chakra. KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUSTU! He yelled. A poof was heard as smoke filled the whole room. When it cleared, There were 20 perfect clones of Kirsu, standing confidently and smirking.

" Ka-ka-KAGE BUNSHIN!" The chuunin-sensei's stuttered out. " How are you able to perform that technique, Kirsu? That's a JOUNIN level technique!" Iruka was able to ask.

" Pffft. It's simple as hell, after seeing Naruto do it countless times." Kirsu replied curtly.

Iruka looked at him dumbfounded. " Na-naruto? HE can do Kage Bunshin!" He asked

" Oh yeah, he does it all the time, I taught it to him myself yesterday." SHIT! I shouldn't have said that! Kirsu grimaced.

" Wait a second...if you learned kage bunshin from watching Naruto how did you TEACH it to Naruto?" Mizuki inquired suspiciously.

Kirsu sighed, " Fuck...allright I suppose I'll have to tell you guys as well. I am not just from some far away country. I am from another universe completly, one where this entire world is actually an anime that millions across the world watch. I learned kage bunshin from watching Naruto after HE was able to do it in this show. I figured that I would give Naruto a one-up this time around and show it to him sooner, seeing as we all know of his captive, he can easily do Jounin level techniques." he replied.

They looked at Kirsu, dumbstruck. Another world? Naruto allready knowing kage bunshin? Who was this kid?

" I see I'll have to prove my point some more." Kirsu said, " Allrighty then...any of you know of the prized technique of the fourth?" he asked

Iruka shook out of his stupor. " You mean, oh what was it called..." Iruka racked his brain a bit, trying to remember.

" You mean the Rasengan." Mizuki spoke up next to Iruka.

Kirsu smiled. " Yep, that's the one...or rather...IS the one." he stated. It was at this moment that they all felt a slight wind blow, seemingly coming fron nowhere. The chuunin's looked around confused. There were no window's to let air in though in this room.

Kirsu stuck out his hand, palm up, like he was cuping something. All of a sudden, the wind seemed to rush to his palm. It was all of a sudden blown away, to reveal a swirling ball of chakra, about the size of a mini basketball, in Kirsu's hand.

" Gentleman, I give you the prized technique of the fourth, the rasengan." he told them. He dispelled the jutsu with a flick of his wrist. He proceeded to the door, leaving a group of utterly dumbstruck chuunins. " Oh, and one more thing...don't tell Naruto. I might just teach him it later, and don't tell him about the fact that you know he can do kage bunshin. Just take him in stride." And with that he walked out.

As Kirsu walked back into class, he addressed his class. " You guys might want to wait like 5 mintues before going on in. They aren't quite ready for another testee." He told them.

" What exactly is that supposed to mean?" Sakura spoke up, looking at him suspiciously.

Kirsu smiled up at her. " I could tell you..." he gleamed "...but then I'd have to kill you." he stated simply. He walked up to sit next to Naruto again. Everyone just looked at him, wondering what the heck had happened. He brushed it off, smirking to himself, they'd find out soon enough.

A few minutes passed and finally, the door opened and Iruka steped out. He looked around, and sighed to himself. " Allright, I think we're ready for the next person. Naruto, come on down and take the test." He said.

Naruto got up, winked at Kirsu, and strode purposefully towards the door. As the door closed, everyone looked at Kirsu again, with prying eyes.

" Eh? What?" Kirsu asked.

" Why did Naruto seem so confident about this test today? He normally gets all nervous and sweaty, he seemed like he knew exactly what he was going to do this time. What did you do with him?" Kiba wondered.

" What makes you think that I did anything with him? Couldn't it be that maybe, just maybe, Naruto FINALLY got basic ninjutsu down?" Kirsu inquired.

Everyone looked at him with a blank face, the whole room went quite except for a chirping grasshopper somewhere in the room. Kirsu looked around, this way and that. He sighed to himself.

" Ok, FINE. Maybe I did do something to him, but i'm not telling you guys what I did, you'll all probably find out soon enough. I will just tell you this, Naruto will easily pass this exam." Kirsu told them. He left it at that and put his head face down on his desk, feigning a nap.

Five minutes later, Naruto walked out of the testing room and slowly walked back to his seat next to Kirsu. Never once did he look up at anyone, or say anything to anyone, just walked up and took his seat.

" Oi, Naruto...what's wrong dude? You passed didn't you?" Kirsu asked.

"...no...I...I didn't pass. They failed me again. Third year in a row and they failed me." Naruto replied quietly. He just stared blankly at his desk, his reply had barely been heard, and Kirsu was sitting right next to him.

" Well why the HELL not! You should have passed that test with flying colors! What happened?" Kirsu asked heatedly.

Naruto looked up at him, and stared him right in the eye. " I did the jutsu perfectly, I made 20 perfect shadow clones. But for some reason, Iruka just looked at me, and said I couldn't pass."

Kirsu started to shake with fury. He knew exactly where this was going to go now that Naruto wasn't able to pass. That bastard Mizuki would almost have his way.

Well, maybe it wasn't that bad. Naruto would learn another technique later, Kirsu couldn't wait for that, and afterwards, he'd make sure Mizuki didn't come out of it like he did the last time.

Kirsu stood up suddenly. He walked over to the other room, and strode on in. He walked right up to Iruka, and just glared at him.

"...ummmm. Yes? Kirsu?" Iruka quereid.

" Give me one good reason not to beat the living shit out of you, Iruka. You had better of had a good reason for not passing Naruto." Kirsu demanded.

" I figured you wouldn't like it, but I still feel, even though Naruto can do that technique, that he isn't ready yet. I think he needs to mature a bit before promoting him, his child-like behaviour could get him killed in the ninja world."

Kirsu glared at Iruka some more, turned around, and walked out of the room. " You're lucky I don't hate you, Iruka-sensei." He stated as he walked back through the door, shutting it behind him.

Mizuki gave an evil little smile at the retreating figure, ooo this was going to be perfect.

Later on that evening found Kirsu walking through the streets of Konoha. It had been hard trying to tell Naruto why Iruka wouldn't pass him. He took it very badly, ranted for a few minutes, and stormed out of the classroom. It had taken Kirsu 3 hours to find Naruto, on top of the Hokage monument, staring out over Konoha. After a short talk, Kirsu had left Naruto to his thoughts, telling him that he was there, if he ever needed anything.

Kirsu sighed. It was going to happen very soon, and he had to keep on the top of his game if he was to keep up with tonights events.

Half an hour later, alarms started to sound. That must be him, Kirsu thought. He took off at a run, jumped to the top of the nearest building, and proceeded to where he knew Naruto, the scroll, and the enevitable battle, were going to take place.

15 minutes later, he saw the small shed in the forest, and stoped on a tree branch about a hundred feet from it, and watched.

Suddenly, a crashing sound was heard, and a body came crashing through the trees to the west of the shed. Mizuki got back up, wiping the blood from his mouth. Naruto landed about 20 feet from him, and sat down, leaning against a tree.

" How did you know it was me?" Mizuki breathed.

Naruto looked up, "...Because..." a poof of smoke was seen. " I'm not Naruto." Iruka said.

Kirsu heard a rustling to his right, he looked down slightly, and noticed that Naruto had taken residence at the base of the tree he was standing in. He had a scared/sad expression on his face.

" heh... Why do you protect the monster that killed your family?" Mizuki asked.

" You're right," Iruka said. " the Kyuubi DID kill my family."

Naruto started. Kirsu looked down to see tears coming from his eyes. He knew exactly what Naruto was thinking. Mizuki wasn't going to get out of this alive, Kirsu thought.

"...but," Iruka added, " Naruto isn't the Kyuubi."

Naruto looked up, startled. He was still crying, but it seemed like he seemed happier.

" pfffft. Believe what you want, but you've seen my true side, you won't live to tell others about me." Mizuki added

He pulled out his windmill shuriken, and charged at Iruka

" DIE!" Mizuki yelled.

Suddenly, an orange blur sped out from under the tree Kirsu was standing in. It headed straight for Mizuki. Just before Mizuki got to Iruka, the orange blur connected with Mizuki's jaw, sending him in a backflip, head over heels, into a tree a few meters away.

He got up again, and looked at the intruder. He smiled

" Well well well. If it isn't the monster, coming to save your friend?" Mizuki taunted.

Naruto was wreaking of killer intent. Suddenly, a bright yellow flash was seen right where Naruto had been standing. A split second later, it had ended, and Naruto was nowhere to be seen.

Mizuki looked left and right, startled beyond all hope.

" Iruka-sensei ne te dasina..." He heard behind him. He turned around, to recieve a punch in the face, sending him back a few feet.

Mizuki looked up, suprised.

" KOROSOU!" Naruto's voice driped with poison and he wreaked of killer intent.

Before Mizuki could do anything, Naruto put his hand up in a familiar cross pattern. " KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU!" he yelled.

Suddenly, there were at least a hundred Naruto's staring Mizuki right in the face. Mizuki just looked on, afraid for his life, as every single Naruto came at him at once.

Kirsu looked away, not wanting to watch as Mizuki was pummeled to within an inch from his life. After a few minutes, he looked back up. He saw the nasty looking form of Mizuki. Naruto had went over to Iruka to check and see if he was ok.

Well I know what's happening there, Kirsu thought. He sat down on the branch he was on, and waited.

About an hour later, he noticed Mizuki starting to move. Mizuki got up shakily, dusted himself off, and proceeded to flee from the scene. Kirsu got up and followed him.

" And just where do you think you're going?" Mizuki heard. He turned around to see Kirsu standing a few feet from him, glaring.

" That's none of your buisiness, punk. Now scram, I've got some healing to do." Mizuki told him.

" I don't believe I see any form of healing in your future...Mizuki. What do you want now?" Kirsu questioned as he pulled a kunai out of his holster.

gulp " I want to LIVE!" Mizuki exclaimed.

" Oh, I'm sorry, we're fresh out of that. I'm afraid all I have left is untimely death!" Kirsu smirked coldly at him, charging with his kunai ready for the kill...

Allrighty, as you can see, i finally updated, sorry for the delay, but i was rather lazy, and have just been working on this fic very very slowly. When Naruto comes around to beat the shit out of Mizuki, i had to keep what he says in japanese, because it sounded waaay better than putting it in english.

Iruka-sensei ne te dasina...KOROSOU --- If you ever touch Iruka sensei again, ill kill you

Lets see...ill be starting chapter 6 within the day probably, no promises but i may have it up by the end of the week.

R&R please