Disclaimer: I don't own Ronin Warriors or Naruto. There, I said it… But I did try to steal Sage's and Cale's souls… Haha!

GDW: Hey everyone! I'm back! And I finally got my first review! This is so awesome!

:Cale walks into the room along with Sage: Yeah, she got her first review, and I read it! I mean…

Sage: Wow, how good was it?

Cale: Liquid Earth really made her happy. I mean, she was jumping up and down in her dorm room tonight…

GDW: Hey guys, did you hear? I got my first review… Oh wait, yeah, you did, Cale, you read it!

Cale: The comments were wonderful! I was entertained for quite a while afterwards as I watched you dance around.

GDW: I loved how you read it to me…

Sage: You read the review to her? You actually let her get excited over it? Man, how stupid were you?

Cale: You have no clue, Halo! She actually wanted me to dance with her!

GDW: Oh well, let's let them read this! Oh, Liquid Earth! This chapter is for you! Thanks for the first review, I loved it! Enjoy it! This is all for you!

Chapter Three

Cooper sighed, laying her head against Sage's chest on the couch, "Three… Two…"

Sage laughed lightly, "One…"

"Hi Cooper, Sage!" Spoons yelled as she ran through the living room, carrying a lunch bag. As she reached the other end, running out of the room, she yelled back, "Bye Cooper, Sage!"

Spoons was now officially twelve, along with Sasuke and Naruto, and all three were taking the Genin test. Living in Konoha had become a part of their life, and they could barely remember anything before. Sage and Cooper had a deep relationship, and were even engaged, something that didn't surprise any of the others living in the house with them.

Cooper moaned, "I'll bet you ten bucks she comes running back in saying she forgot something, Sasuke trailing after her, yelling that she is a freaking idiot."

Sage laughed, shaking his head, "Naw, I don't want to take on that…"

"Oh man! I forgot my kunais!" Spoons yelled, running back through the living room, Sasuke trailing behind her.
"Spoons, you're a freaking idiot!" Sasuke yelled at her as she disappeared up the stairs to her room that she had stolen from Cooper, who was now staying in Sage's room. Sasuke nodded to Cooper and Sage, "Good morning Cooper, Sage."

Cooper smiled tiredly up at the twelve year old boy, "Good luck today, Sasuke, and tell Naruto that I wish him good luck as well, alright?"

Sasuke nodded as Spoons raced back to him, grabbing his hand and pulling him along, "I will, don't worry."

"Good luck, Spoons!" Cooper yelled as the girl disappeared, dragging Sasuke behind her. She then looked at Sage, "Well, I can't wait to hear if they passed or not. That will be great! Spoons will be so proud when she comes back with a forehead protector!"

Sage laughed, "I think Cye planned to celebrate tonight. He is spending the whole day cooking everything."

"I have to get them something that they will enjoy! A present to say they did a good job!" Cooper mumbled, jumping up off the couch and pacing the room.

Cooper had relented to everyone's pleas and tried to get her books published, succeeding immediately. They were now the best sellers beside Icha Icha Paradise books.

Sage laughed lightly, "Well, I know that you could buy Sasuke your first book. He started to read mine, and he was so intrigued. That would be a good gift for him…"

Cooper nodded, "Alright, there's one down, now I need to think of something for Spoons…"

"Well, she did loose Tinkerbelle one and two when they died… You could get her a stuffed animal…" Sage suggested, loving how Cooper was pacing.

"Yeah, yeah! That's good! Really good!" Cooper smiled, nodding once again. "Now for Naruto…"

"Just get him some instant Ramen or free passes to the Ramen stand," Sage smiled.

Cooper turned to him, causing him to almost moan in want, "You know what! I agree! Those are all the best ideas I have ever heard of!" She launched herself onto him, causing him to truly moan, "Come on Sage, we have to go shopping for gifts!"

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Spoons squealed in joy as Sasuke smiled. He nodded to her, "Great job, Spoons, you passed!"

Spoons giggled, pointing to his forehead protector as well, "You too!"

They then both walked over to the swing where they always met Naruto. They saw him sitting there, looking saddened. Sasuke blinked, "Naruto, what's wrong? Where's your forehead protector?"

Naruto lowered his head, "I didn't pass…"

Spoons gasped, shaking her head, "No! You should have!" Tears came to her eyes, "That's not fair! You should have passed! They are just mean!" She then took her forehead protector off, "If you didn't pass, then I don't want to pass!"

Sasuke did the same, "Same here! If we can't all pass together, then none of us pass!"

Naruto shook his head, "No! No! Don't worry about it, guys! I'm fine. You passed, that should be good!"

Spoons frowned as she walked back towards the school ignoring the protests of Sasuke and Naruto. As she got to the front door, Iruka was standing there, closing the doors. As he turned to her, smiling, she shook her head, tears in her eyes as she threw the forehead protector at him, "I hate you!" She then wiped her eyes quickly, "It's not fair! Not fair! Why couldn't he pass? Everyone else passed! Why does he have to be the only one? He's good!"

Iruka watched her intently, "He didn't meet the requirements…"

Spoons turned away from him, "Then keep your forehead protector! I don't want to be a ninja!" As she started walking away from Iruka, he called to her, causing her to turn back around. Her glare could cut someone in two, "What do you want?"

"You are now a ninja, Spoons, you cannot always get what you want, and your friends aren't always there for you…" He started.

Spoons ignored him, walking back over to the other two, tears in her eyes as she grabbed Sasuke in a hug, "It's not fair, Sasuke! Why can't he just pass Naruto?"

Sasuke looked at Naruto sadly, "I don't know, Spoons…"

Naruto lowered his head, "You two go home. I'll see you around, alright?"

Mizuki walked up behind them, placing Spoons' forehead protector back on her forehead, "Don't worry, Iruka can be harsh at times…" He then nodded at Spoons and Sasuke, "Go on home. I have to talk to Naruto alone, alright?"

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Spoons sniffled, trying to hold her tears in as both her and Sasuke came to her house. As they entered, everyone was sitting in the living room, smiling at both of them. Their smiles disappeared as they saw Spoons' tears and Sasuke's saddened face.

Cooper jumped to her feet, "What's wrong? Where is Naruto?"

Spoons started crying at that, running to Sekhmet and burying her face into his chest as she wrapped her arms around him, "I hate him! I hate Iruka-sensei!"

Sage looked at Sasuke, "What happened?"

Sasuke frowned, "Naruto was the only one that didn't pass, and Spoons and I said that if he didn't pass, we wouldn't, but Mizuki told us not to worry. He said he had to talk to Naruto alone."

Cooper frowned, crossing her arms over her chest and started walking towards the door, "That's it! No one messes with my little Naruto and gets away with it!" She started growling as she opened the door, "Where is he? I am going to have a talk with Iruka!"

Ryo quickly grabbed her, "Settle down, there has to be a very good reason why Naruto failed…"

"It doesn't matter!" Cooper yelled, pulling away from him, "He did everything right, I just know he did!" She looked at Spoons, "Right?"

Spoons nodded, "Yeah, in the show he does everything right, it just isn't perfect, and so Iruka failed him!"

Cooper turned back to Ryo, "See!" She then walked out of the house, leaving everyone else sitting there, looking at the two children. Kento moaned, "Does this mean we have to wait until she comes back to eat?"

Cye glared at him, "Poor Naruto failed his Genin exam for what seems to be nothing and here you are worried about food!" He then hit him, "And now Cooper is going to attack their teacher!"

Cale looked at Sage, "Well, are you going to stop your fiancé?"

Sage laughed at him, "Are you nuts? I think I have learned a few things about her before this! I know that when she is set on something, don't get into her way or face the wrath of her fists and feet!"

Sasuke sighed, closing his eyes, "I really wanted Naruto to pass. We were all going to be on the same team! We were going to be unstoppable!"

Spoons nodded, smiling for the first time since she had gotten mad with Iruka, "Don't worry, it will all turn out alright, you'll see!"

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Cooper mumbled to herself as she walked towards the group of ninjas accumulated around the Third, clenching her fists. It had turned dark out, she knew it, for she had cooled herself down some before she attempted to talk to anyone. As she came upon the ground, she started growling, pushing the other ninjas out of her way, "Move it! Move out of the way! I'm serious here! I need to…"

"Ah, Cooper! I was just about to send someone to get you and your family," the Third nodded. One ninja nodded and disappeared, probably to go get the rest of her family, as he had said.

Cooper's eyes narrowed as they fell upon Iruka. She snarled and took a step forward, "I need to have a talk with you immediately!"

"It will have to wait, I am afraid, Cooper, for one of the students has stolen the scroll of sealing…" The Third started.

Cooper's eyes went wide, "Naruto." She then spun on her heels, running away from them, "Oh shit! Oh shit! Oh shit!"

"Colorful language for someone so beautiful," one of the ninjas laughed, shaking his head.

Cooper continued running, only to slam into someone. They grabbed her and kept her steady, and she saw that it was Sage. The others were right behind him. She frowned, "I'm taking it that you have been told?"

Sage nodded, "I left Cye with the kids, don't worry about them. Do they have any clue as to who…"

"Naruto," Cooper mumbled, spinning back around and running back towards the entrance to the village. "He was tricked, trust me when I say this, and we have to get to him!"

Sage grabbed her, slowing her down, "Slow down! Easy! Now please, explain to all of us because we have no clue what you are talking about. Remember, we aren't…"

"Mizuki tricked Naruto into thinking that if he stole the scroll and learned the techniques that he would be able to pass the test. Mizuki is after him, and so is Iruka, and I need to get to him before they decide to confuse him into running!" Cooper's face pleaded with all of them. She then nodded, "Suit up warriors! Now's the time to show what you can really do! We are going to have to fight Mizuki to save Naruto!" She then started to mumbled as they all ran out into the forest, "Damn ninjas! Who do they think they are? Running through the trees and not on the ground! Goddamn them!"

She screamed as Sage grabbed her and lunged up into a tree, "Just because the ninjas can do it doesn't mean we can't as well!" Cooper looked around her to see that the others were doing the same thing, and she smiled, hitting Sage lightly, "Why didn't you tell me to begin with? You guys are going to have to teach me how to do this!"

Sage laughed, but his laughter stopped as he saw a figure down below. He nodded, "Cooper…"

Cooper looked down, her eyes narrowing as she caught sight of both Iruka and Naruto. She nodded as well, "Come on! We have to explain what is going on!"

As they landed, Cale quickly whipped around, "Cooper!"

Cooper turned from her position in front of Iruka, "Huh?"

Sage's eyes went wide as he readied to lung for her to push her out of the way, only to be too late. He felt pain stab his heart as she screamed in pain when kunais slammed into her, slamming her into Iruka and sending both of them into the building.

"I'm surprised you found out about this place," Mizuki's voice came from a tree.

Cooper whimpered as Iruka set her down gently on the ground, He then glared up at Mizuki, "I see, so that's how it is!"

Naruto looked frightened as he looked over at Cooper. Mizuki spoke once again, "Naruto, hand over the scroll."

Sage growled as he suited up into Halo, holding his no dachi in front of him, "I should kill you for hurting my fiancé!"

Cale powered up as well, holding his no dachi the same, "I should do far worse!"

The other suited up, holding their weapons in front of them, ready to battle. Naruto looked from one to another, "Hey… what's going on here?"

"Naruto, don't let him get the scroll no matter what!" Iruka mumbled, glaring at Mizuki. "That's a dangerous scroll that has forbidden techniques. Mizuki used you so that he could get a hold of it!

"Naruto, Iruka is afraid of you possessing that," Mizuki stated calmly.

"What?" Naruto asked, confused. He looked around.

Cale growled, "Naruto, he is lying! I should have known when he pulled that stunt against me that he was rotten! He reminds me of the Nether Spirits!"

Sage growled, "Don't listen to him, Naruto! Listen to us! We would never lie to you! Keep that scroll away from him at all costs!"

Naruto grabbed his head, "Ah! This is confusing!"

Cooper's soft voice brought Naruto's attention to her lying form, "Naruto, believe in your heart. I will not tell you what is right or wrong, just believe who you think you should believe. We wouldn't steer you wrong, I promise."

"I'll tell you the truth!" Mizuki laughed.

Iruka seemed to become angered at that, "Don't!"

"A rule was created after an incident that happened twelve years ago." Mizuki started.

"A rule?" Naruto asked, looking from Cooper to Mizuki.

"It's a rule that only you, Naruto, cannot find out about." Mizuki smirked.

Cooper screamed out in pain, "Stop Mizuki! Don't!"

"It's a rule not to say that Naruto is a monster fox. In other words, you are the nine tailed demon fox that killed Iruka's parents and destroyed our village." Mizuki smirked even more.

Iruka screamed at him, "Stop!"

"You've been deceived by the village people all this time. Didn't you think it was weird that everyone hated you so much?" Mizuki laughed lightly.

"Damn it!" Naruto yelled. "Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"

Cooper smiled softly as Naruto was surrounded by Chakra, "Yeha, he learned that language from me…"

"You'll never be recognized by the village!" Mizuki yelled, "Even Iruka hates you!"

Ryo yelled, attaching his katanas together, "Shut up! What do you know? You don't know anything about who recognizes and who hates little Naruto! 'Cause we certainly don't and we never will!"

Mizuki glared at all of them, "Die Naruto!" He then threw his huge Shuriken at the boy, hoping to kill him.

Dais glared at Mizuki, jumping in front of Naruto and batting the Shuriken out of the way, "You know, this is not the way to get on our good side, especially since Cooper loves him like a little brother!"

Cooper struggled to her feet, pulling out the kunai from her body, "You…" She winced, "will… never… get that scroll!" She then screamed, throwing the kunai back at Mizuki, only to have them miss horribly.

"You need to work on your aim, Cooper!" Mizuki laughed.

Cooper collapsed to the ground, Sage quickly catching her. Dais's voice came from behind Mizuki, causing him to turn around, "She was just the distraction!" Standing upside down from the branch above him was Dais, his faceguard on to make him look more menacing. He laughed as Mizuki seemed to fall backwards.

Mizuki caught himself, though, and yelled at Naruto, "They all hate you, Naruto! Every single one of them!"

Naruto ran away at that, Cooper holding out her hand helplessly, "Naruto, come back! Come back! It's not true! We all love you deeply!"

Iruka watched as Mizuki followed Naruto, "Take Cooper back to the village, get her treated. I'll go and get Naruto back, I promise…"

Copper screamed as he started to run away, "No! I don't trust you! You failed Naruto! No!" Tears came to her eyes, "Naruto… Oh please, come back safe…" She then looked at Rowen, "Go after them! Make sure nothing happens to Naruto, got it?"

Rowen nodded, smiling, "You just rest and get better, I will make sure Naruto comes back safely!" With those words he was gone, chasing after Naruto and Iruka.

Sage picked Cooper up bridal style, "Come on, we better get you back to the village…"

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GDW: Hoped you loved this chapter, because I really liked writing it!

Cale: shakes head: Now she is off to write more, even though she has chapters written already…

Sage: Yeah, it makes me laugh every single time she rereads it! I mean, she gets all jumpy and wants to write more ,even though she has work she has to do!

GDW: sticks out tongue: Fine then, be that way, but at least I have fun doing it! Oh well, I better get going and maybe write more! So, until I update again… Bye!