A/N: This is my first fanfic, so be gentle with the reviews. This begins at the night of the gennin exams. It then diverges slightly from the story but keeps all the important events present. Oh, and bold has to do with Kyuubi or author's notes.
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'This is going to be so great.' This was the thought that was going through Naruto's head over and over as he stood in the clearing that Mizuki told him about.
Naruto was in his normal garb. That really gaudy, tacky orange jumpsuit that no person with even a single brain cell would be caught dead in. Naruto simply loved the thing.
Naruto looked around the clearing. It was secluded with dense trees on every side. There was absolutely no trail leading to it and the only way to find it seemed to be if you were specifically looking for it. It was small enough to not draw attention and large enough to practice most jutsus. This was the perfect training spot. He'd have to thank Mizuki for telling him about it. He then took the scroll off of his back.
'Man this is one big scroll' he thought. It must have been the size of a log. Hmm, log, for some reason that comparison seemed important. "Oh well, better get to learning this jutsu so I can pas the exam," he said out load just to fill the clearing with some sound. The clearing seemed to be eerily quiet. 'Hmm, that seems foreboding. Whatever.'
He then opened up the scroll to take a look at the first jutsu. "KAGE BUSHIN! This is showing up everywhere. Well let's get to it. But first," Naruto grinned mischievously and looked a little bit further ahead, "Why just look at the one when I can check out the next few. First is the Rasengen. Let's see what this is."
The scroll read "The Rasengen is a powerful jutsu that will rip the opponent apart from the inside if used correctly." at this Naruto let out a whistle "Its drawback is it requires a lot of chakra control and con only be used in close combat. No hand seals are required. Its mastery is done in three stages..." Naruto quickly read the rest. After finding that it required multiple items to learn (specifically balloons and rubber balls) he decided to put that off until he could buy those.
He then looked at the next jutsu, "The Body Flicker. The Body Flicker is a jutsu that is easy to use but very difficult to master. The basics are creating a Kage Bushin and then using the Kawarimi jutsu to replace yourself with it, then dispel the clone. A true master of the technique can use the jutsu without any seals, sounds, or smoke and even manage to make the clone appear in any position and dispel it as you replace yourself, hence making it seem like he just disappeared and reappeared in a random pose."
"That could be useful, but it seems like these jutsus either require either items or mastery of earlier skills. I should just learn the Kage Bushin.' And so Naruto started to practice the Kage Bushin. And practice. And practice.
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"KAGE BUSHIN NO JUTSU!" Naruto yelled with all his might forcing as much chakra as he could into his jutsu. 17 clones popped into existence. He looked back at the scroll, 'Someone with a mastery of this jutsu can make 20 clones at any given time.' 'Damn, not enough'Naruto thought to himself. He was sweating and panting hard. It was at that time he decided to take a break, he had gotten close enough. He sat for long enough to catch his breath and stop sweating bullets.
That was when he saw Iruka-sensei enter the clearing. "I found you Iruka-sensei!"
"No you idiot I found you!" Iruka yelled. He was pissed; he had just spent his night running through the forest looking for that stupid kid. What the hell would possess that kid to take the forbidden scroll that the fourth had written all his jutsus in (including the one he would later use to seal the Kyuubi) and bring it into this secluded part of the forest?
"Why did you take that scroll?" Iruka asked, confusion dripping from his every word.
"Oh, Mizuki told me that if I could learn a jutsu from this scroll, you'd have to pass me. And guess what, I DID!" After this comment two thoughts went through his head. His first thought was 'Why would Mizuki tell him that?' Before his brain could process the answer to that a second thought came to his mind. 'How the could he learn one of those jutsus, they were all at least A ranked jutsus, and some were even S ranked!'
As he was contemplating the second thought the answer to the first became blatantly obvious as he sensed a malevolent, but familiar chakra. It was Mizuki. It clicked. He was after the scroll. He had just used Naruto to get to it. He was going to go further than the villagers; he was going to kill Naruto. He would not let this happen. He would protect Naruto with his life.
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"You should not have gotten involved Iruka! I was going to kill the brat first but you have been just too much of a nuisance. Prepare to die." Naruto heard this statement from where he was standing. His whole life had just been put in the blender. He was the Kyuubi. He was the Kyuubi and because of that no one loved him. He had felt like dirt and was angry as hell. That was until he heard what Iruka said. Iruka respected him and acknowledged him. He was the only one in the world that cared for him, and now Mizuki was going to kill that one person.
All of a sudden some thing inside of him snapped. He was angry, angrier than he had ever felt before, even with the villager's taunts. He felt power he never new he had coming to the surface. (A/N: this is his power, not the Kyuubi's) He was going to save Iruka. He jumped from his hiding spot and kneed Mizuki right in the chest sending him flying across the forest. He landed about 20 feet away from Naruto.
"Don't touch Iruka sensei or I'll kill you." Naruto said with a voice that gave off the impression that not only did he completely mean what he just said, but also that he was more than capable. The killing intent he was giving off made Iruka flinch, but Mizuki was too enraged to notice it.
"Shut up you little punk, I'll kill you in one shot!" Mizuki shouted at the child. He was enraged that this little idiot would dare to think that he could lay a hand on him. It was insolent; he would put this child in his place.
"Try it trash, I'll return the pain a thousand times." Naruto said in an almost calm voice. It was so confident that it was kind of disturbing.
"KAGE BUSHIN NO JUTSU!" Naruto yelled. He needed to use this correctly. He pulled all the power he had from his body. Every last drop of chakra was put into this jutsu. This was for every time he had ever been mistreated. This was for every time any one had ever thought of him as the dead last. But most of all this was for Iruka. He would protect his precious person. Even if it cost him every last ounce of his life.
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Deep inside Naruto, in the seal that contained the most powerful demon in the world, the Kyuubi sat watching what Naruto was doing.
"Hmm the kid has spunk, and potential, and stamina out his ass and then some. Not many would be able to conjure that much chakra at will at his level. I wonder if I should let him take some of mine so he doesn't get himself killed." As the Kyuubi was weighing the chooses she saw what was going on outside her cage. 'Hmm, guess that won't be necessary.'
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A thousand clones popped into existence as he did the seal. That would be more than enough. The clones then took to pounding on Mizuki, taking out the anger Naruto had keep pent up all his life under his mask of happiness on the teacher.
After wards, Naruto felt a lot better. That was when Iruka called him over. "Hey Naruto, come here for a moment." Naruto obliged. "Close your eyes." Naruto was wondering what was going on, but from the look in Iruka's eyes, he could tell it was a good thing. So he closed his eyes. "Now open them." Naruto opened his eyes to see Iruka's bare forehead. He then realized what had happened
"Congratulations, graduate."
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(A/N): Hope you liked that, and yes, it will diverge move from the story line more than what happened in that chapter. Oh, and I will try to keep OOCness to a minimum. Please read and review.