"All I have to do is learn one jutsu from this scroll and I can finally become a ninja!" Naruto Uzumaki said, sitting on the ground of a forest.
Hours passed and Naruto couldn't seem to find any jutsu that he could learn on the spot or that he liked in the first place.
"Why can't I find a jutsu to learn!" Naruto exclaimed angrily as he read through another jutsu he couldn't learn in time.
The only "jutsu" left was called the Jiongu.
It said that it was a kinjutsu from the Land of Waterfalls. It said that all you had to do was put your hand in the middle of the page, push chakra into the page and say "Jiongu: Transfer" and it would be complete.
"Seems pretty easy," Naruto said, putting his hand down on the page.
Right as Naruto was going to push chakra through his hand, Iruka came out of the bushes.
"FOUND YOU NARUTO!" he yelled.
"Hey Iruka-sensei, guess you found me before I could learn a jutsu," Naruto said laughing slightly, scratching the back of his head.
"Naruto what are you doing stealing the Scroll of Sealing?" Iruka questioned. "And what do you mean before you could learn a jutsu?".
"Well, Mizuki-sensei told me that if I can steal the scroll and learn a jutsu I can graduate and become a ninja!" Naruto explained.
Iruka looked at Naruto with a questioning look. "Naruto what do you mean by" is all Iruka could get out before kunai whistled through the air. "Look out Naruto!" Iruka said, pushing Naruto out the way before jumping out the way himself.
"What was that?" Naruto asked, worriedly.
Mizuki landed on a branch "Hand over the scroll and no one has to get hurt Naruto" he said.
"What is the meaning of this Mizuki?" Iruka asked, taking out a kunai just in case.
"Power" Mizuki answered. "Now Naruto hand over the scroll".
"Don't do it Naruto" Iruka said to his student.
Naruto looked between the two teachers. He backed up, putting the scroll on his back, ready to run away. But before he could, a fuma shuriken landed right at his feet.
"No, no, no, Naruto," Mizuki said with a smirk. "Before you go I'm gonna need that scroll".
Iruka threw a kunai at Mizuki, which he dodged easily. "Stop this Mizuki" Iruka said.
"Iruka, why would I stop? Taking the scroll would mean ultimate power. I want ultimate power" Mizuki replied. Mizuki then jumped towards Naruto, planning to end this.
But Iruka jumped in the way. "I won't let you get to him Mizuki," he said taking out a kunai. "You'll have to go through me for even a shot".
Mizuki laughed. "I guess I'll kill the teacher then the student," he said, taking out a kunai of his own.
Naruto sat there frozen. He couldn't find the courage to move. He was scared. Yes, Iruka was protecting him, but what if Mizuki killed him? No way he could beat him by himself.
Iruka and Mizuki dashed at each other, clashing their kunai's, pushing against each other to see who would win. Mizuki overpowered Iruka, kicking him away. Iruka tumbled back a few feet before standing back up. Once he did though Mizuki was already running towards him. Iruka rolled out the way, then threw a kunai, which Mizuki deflected. Mizuki and Iruka both stood in place, waiting for the other to make a move.
Mizuki was first to do so, but he didn't rush at Iruka, no he said something to Naruto. "Do you ever wonder why the village hates you Naruto?" he asked.
Naruto looked at his old teacher, "Yes" he said. All his life he wanted the answer, he can get it today, and he will. "Tell me," he said.
"Mizuki don't!" Iruka shouted. He rushed towards Mizuki, not wanting him to get another word out.
Mizuki saw this and jumped back onto a tree branch. "He killed your parents!" he shouted, "He killed hundreds!".
"What do you mean?" Naruto asked. Walking towards the two chunin, scroll in hand. "What does he mean?".
"Naruto it's nothing!" Iruka said. Iruka threw kunai's to the branch Mizuki was on.
Mizuki jumped away once again, appearing behind Iruka, in front of Naruto. "He is the monster who destroyed this village!" Mizuki shouted. "He is the Kyuubi no Yoko, the demon fox," he said.
"What?" Naruto said. "A demon? A monster?". He started to remember how adults used to call him those names.
Iruka rushed towards him in a blind rage. "MIZUKII" he yelled.
Mizuki smiled. He grabbed Iruka's arm and threw him into a tree, next to Naruto. "Iruka you were always so weak," he said, taking the other fuma shuriken off his back. "Now I can finally get you out of my way," he said, throwing the shuriken at Iruka. Killing him.
Naruto ran over to Iruka. "Iruka-sensei?" Naruto said. 'Iruka-sensei is dead. It's my fault. Mizuki killed him. I'm a monster. I am a demon' Naruto thought. Naruto wiped the tears off his face and took the scroll off his back, getting to the page with the Jiongu. 'I have to stop him, for Iruka'
"No use trying something now, Naruto. I'm going to kill you just like how I killed your sensei" Mizuki said with an evil smirk on his face. "I am going to kill the demon and everyone is going to call me a hero. Everyone hates you, they'll be happy you're gone".
"Shut up" Naruto whispered, putting his hand on the scroll.
Mizuki laughed, "He wasn't strong, he was worthless".
"Shut up" Naruto said louder than the last time.
"And now I'm going to kill you too!" Mizuki shouted, followed by laughing. He took out a kunai and started to walk slowly toward Naruto.
"Jiongu: Transfer!" Naruto shouted out, pushing chakra into the scroll.
Black threads came out of the scroll shooting into his body, Naruto began to scream out, but he didn't take his hand off the scroll.
As soon as it started, it was over, and Naruto fell back to the ground seemingly dead.
"Heh, guess I didn't have to kill you myself," Mizuki said, walking over to get the scroll. But as he got closer he saw Naruto's arms and face were moving?
Naruto's eyes shot open.
Mizuki, surprised, jumped back, "What?" he said.
Naruto stood up and started to walk toward Mizuki.
Mizuki wasted no time throwing a kunai at Naruto. It hit Naruto in the shoulder, but Naruto kept walking toward him.
"What the hell?!" Mizuki shouted, taking another kunai out, this time rushing at Naruto.
He threw a kick at Naruto, hitting him in the head, then a punch to the gut. He stabbed Naruto, the same shoulder and then tried to punch Naruto in the face, but this time Naruto caught his fist, throwing a kick of his own at Mizuki's chest, pushing Mizuki away. Naruto then dashed at Mizuki throwing a punch to the face, then his gut. Naruto and Mizuki threw back-to-back blows, until Naruto kicked Mizuki in the gut, pushing him to the ground.
Mizuki started to back up until he couldn't anymore. He couldn't back up because there were black threads latched onto him, coming from Naruto's forearms, pulling him back to Naruto. He tried to cut the threads away but every time they latched onto him again.
Naruto was surprised by this. Was this the Jiongu? Had to be. But he can't worry about that now, 'I need to kill Mizuki first' he thought.
Naruto walked to Iruka's body dragging Mizuki with him and took the fuma shuriken out.
Mizuki was still trying to get out of the threads grasp, "What the hell are you?!" he screamed.
Naruto turned to face Mizuki, fuma shuriken in hand, and said "A demon", throwing the shuriken at him, killing him.
The threads let go of Mizuki's body and retracted back into Naruto's body as he walked back over to Iruka's body and knelt down. "I'm sorry," he said with tears coming down his face.
Naruto picked up the scroll and put Iruka over his shoulder and made his way to the hospital. He had to bring Iruka there.
He got to the hospital and brought Iruka inside telling the nurse that he was already dead. The nurses took him away to the morgue and Naruto made his way to the Hokage's mansion. He had to talk to him about a few things.
Naruto arrived at the tower and walked up to the secretary. "I need to see the Hokage," he said angrily.
"Well he's doing a whole lot of paperwork right now, I'm not sure if he would like to see someone at the moment" the secretary replied, not even looking up from her own work
Naruto looked at the lady in disgust. "I have the Scroll of Sealing in my hands, I am going to see the Hokage," he said with some anger in his voice, walking past the desk before she could protest.
He opened the door to the office, seeing that the secretary was right, he did have lots of paperwork and put the scroll on the floor. "Here's the scroll," Naruto said.
Hiruzen looked up from his paperwork, "Thank you".
There was silence. Naruto was standing in the middle of the room and Hiruzen was looking down at his work.
"Am I the kyuubi?" Naruto asked.
Hiruzen looked back up to Naruto. "No", he said standing up. "You are Naruto Uzumaki, Jinchurik of the Kyuubi" he opened up a drawer and took something out. "A shinobi of the Leaf," he said, putting his hand out, with a leaf headband in it.
Tears started to come out of Naruto's eyes. "I let him die, I don't deserve that," he said.
Hiruzen walked up to Naruto. "In the ninja world, people will die. At least you were able to avenge his death" he said. "Now take it, it's what he would've wanted".
Naruto reached out and took the headband.
"Naruto, you are a ninja now. You have to train and take care of yourself. Unless you want to end up dead" Hiruzen said. "You now possess the power of the Jiongu. Train that and you will become very powerful.".
"How would I do that? I don't even know what it is" Naruto asked. "It seems cool, but I have no idea how to use it".
Hiruzen went over to a bookcase, looking through the books and scrolls until he found what he was looking for. He took out a scroll and walked back over to Naruto with it.
"This contains what the Jiongu is and some more information. The rest you'll have to figure out yourself" Hiruzen said, handing the scroll to Naruto.
Naruto took it. "Thank you," he said, looking at Hiruzen.
"Team assignments are in a month. It's not much time, but try to become as strong as you can!" Hirzuen said. "Use your time wisely…And ramen is no good diet for a ninja".
Naruto nodded. "I'll become the strongest ninja alive, I will become Hokage…For Iruka".
As Naruto left, Hiruzen saw a ninja Body Flicker away outside of his window.
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An ANBU member appeared in a dimly lit room, kneeling in front of an old man with a bandaged right eye, and a large scar in the shape of an X on his chin. This was Danzo Shimura.
"Report," Danzo said to the ANBU.
"Naruto Uzumaki has graduated from the academy after killing the traitor, Mizuki," the ANBU said.
Danzo started to pace slowly, each time his cane hit the ground, echoing throughout the room. "How did he kill him?" Danzo asked.
"He transferred the kinjutsu from Taikurgre, the Jiongu, to his body and used it." the ANBU answered.
Danzo nodded and smirked. "Dismissed".
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Iruka's funeral was 2 days following his death. It wasn't. All of Iruka's students showed up, as well as the other teachers from the, a few friends and the Hokage did as well. Most of the Academy students and recent graduates cried, except for Shino and Sasuke.
People paid their respects and left, but Naruto stayed.
He stood in front of Iruka's casket, "You should still be alive right now. If I didn't steal the scroll and runoff, you would still be alive" tears began to run down Naruto's face, "If I could've just become a ninja the real way, you would still be alive". Tears ran down Naruto's face, as he stood there sobbing over Iruka's body.
Naruto woke up, did his morning rituals, and then went to eat some breakfast. As he was going to grab ramen, he remembered what the Hokage had said, 'Ramen is no good diet for a ninja'. So he opened his fridge and took out milk, and then took out some cereal, poured it in a bowl, and started to eat at his table.
Naruto took out the scroll containing information on the JIongu and started to read. 'The Jiongu creates dark tendril masses within the user and allows them to be manipulated for many purposes. It is capable of sewing up any injuries that the user or others might suffer, commonly by reattaching body parts. It can reattach even nerves and muscles. They can detach parts of their limbs and then manipulate them, and also manipulate the threads that are inside of them. Lastly, the Jiongu can steal the hearts and organs of others, to extend their life and take the original owner's elemental chakra affinity and chakra when taking their heart. The Jiongu makes the user a human rag doll'
Naruto's eyes were wide with his jaw dropped. "I'm definitely gonna become Hokage with this!" he exclaimed, jumping up and running to his room to put his clothes on."Naruto Uzumaki: Konoha's Rag Doll, that sounds great!" Naruto yelled while putting on his jumpsuit. "But I have to train to get there," Naruto said in a more serious tone.
Naruto left his apartment and walked to the training grounds where he usually sees shinobi training at. He walked to the center and said "How am I supposed to use the Jiongu though? The scroll explained what it is but didn't explain how to use it at all.
He stood there for a few minutes, trying to figure out what to do. "I got it!" he said, "I just have to push it out!". He put his arm out and pushed. He didn't push chakra or anything, he just pushed. His arm tensed up, but that was about it.
Naruto fell onto his butt. "Why can't I get it to come out?!" he asked himself. He thought back to when he "fought" Mizuki. It's like he wasn't even trying, the threads just came out. He didn't push, he didn't try.
"I haven't used chakra yet, I could try that," Naruto said, outstretching his arm. Naruto pushed his chakra out, not controlling it at all. The threads came out his body from his whole upper body, ripping his skin and his jacket;.
"YES!" Naruto exclaimed, jumping up. Then he looked at his jumpsuit, "No" he said in a more sad tone. He took off his jacket and shirt, and looked at his skin, it was getting stitched up by the threads. He now had stitches in the form of a X across his chest.
"That's gonna suck to have to do," Naruto said, thinking into the future of him pushing out the threads and his clothes ripping. "But at least the threads stitch up my injuries and stuff," Naruto said.
He outstretched his arm again, trying his best to focus his chakra on his arm. The threads started to move around under his skin. His arm shot forward, attached to the threads from his shoulder.
"Cool!" Naruto shouted. Naruto moved his fingers around, "So Cool!" Naruto shouted again. "How do I get my arm back?" Naruto asked himself. He sat there for a little, then an idea popped into his head.
"I gotta pull," he said. It was much easier said than done. He had to try to pull his chakra back in, it was very hard though like he didn't have enough control to do it, but he pulled it back in nonetheless.
Naruto spent the rest of his day trying to use the Jiongu in any way he could. Shooting his hands and arms out, grabbing things with the threads. But it wasn't the easiest to do. He didn't have enough control to have it do what he wanted, but it did it somewhat.
Danzo opened the Hokage's office doors to Hiruzen doing paperwork once again.
"Danzo, who said your ANBU could spy on my conversations?" Hiruzen asked, looking up from his paperwork.
Danzo smirked, "They weren't spying, they were simply observing," he said in a sly tone, walking closer to the desk.
Hiruzen leaned back, taking his pipe out, lighting it with a small fire jutsu."What do you want?" Hiruzen said, following with a hit from the pipe.
"I want Naruto Uzumaki in the ANBU" Danzo said, looking for a reaction out of Hiruzen, when he didn't see one he continued. "No Jounin leader will train him to become the weapon that he should be for this village and that Jiongu seems useful if he is trained correctly".
Hiruzen took another hit from his pipe, "Naruto is not fit for the Anbu".
Danzo shook his head. "Maybe not now. But if you let me train him he will show the other villages that the Leaf is still the strongest village!" Danzo raised his voice a little, but he knew this would get Hiruzen to even consider it.
Hiruzen thought to himself. When the 4th Hokage died, it weakened the village, then all 3 Sanin left the village, with one becoming rouge. He wasn't getting any younger. The village needed power. They needed to strike fear into other villages.
He stood up and walked towards Danzo. "You cannot make him one of your emotionless ninjas. He will join the Anbu until the chunin exams come. After that, he will decide what he wants" Hiruzen said.
Danzo smiled, he got what he wanted. "There are 2 more I am interested in, if you are willing to hear me out," Danzo said.
"Who," Hiruzen asked. Maybe Danzo is on the right track, they needed strong ninjas for the future after all.
"Hinata Hyuga and Ino Yamanaka" Danzo said.
Hiruzen was confused. That made no sense.
"Before you ask" Danzo started, "If the byakugan is trained correctly, which it will be, Hinata will be able to help infiltrate enemy territory and be able to lead on where to go for stealth operations. And let's not forget the Hyuga's famous taijutsu style. With that Hinata could become truly amazing" He paused, letting Hiruzen soak up the information.
After a moment he began again, "With the right training for Ino, she will be able to read minds easily, extracting information like it is nothing. She would be able to switch bodies for information gathering too, it would be great." He stopped again. "
Of course, they will be trained in other aspects too, but those 3 can and will be a great team, just let them join the ANBU, even if it is for a short time" Danzo finished.
Hiruzen thought about it. It really seemed like an amazing team. But were they ready for it? Hiruzen took a breath. "Same deal as it was for Naruto, got it?" he said.
Danzo smiled. "We have a deal". He turned around and walked out.
Naruto had finished his training, went home to grab a different shirt and his wallet, and then went out to the grocery store.
"It sucks that I can't eat ramen all the time anymore," Naruto said sadly as he walked into the store. He picked up fruits and vegetables, protein, and everything he needed. He always knew about a ninja's diet, he just never cared.
He walked out of the store with all the groceries and went home.
Through trial and error, he made very messy sushi, but it actually tasted pretty good. He cleaned up, put on his pajamas and went and laid in bed. 'Crazy month of training ahead of me' was his last thought before he drifted off to sleep.
Naruto's alarm started to go off at 5:00 am. He sat at the edge of his bed for about ten minutes before he got out of bed.
He walked to the sink to brush his teeth, "Another day of training" he said between brushes, then he spit the toothpaste out. "Wait" Naruto looked up at his mirror. "Team assignments are today!" He yelled.
He then heard some of his neighbors all groaning lady to the sound of his voice.
He didn't care though. Naruto left his bathroom and made breakfast, two egg omelets.
He then went back into his room and changed into his jumpsuit pants and a black muscle top. It was much easier to use the Jiongu wearing a top like that. His pants were taped at the ankle, and he wore black shinobi sandals. Lastly he took his headband and wrapped it around his neck.
By this point, it was 7:00 and he needed to leave since team assignments started at 7:15.
He left his apartment building and started walking to the Academy.
As he walked he looked back on his month of training. He trained the Jingou a whole lot, he was able to use the Jiongu for a whole bunch of things now. He just needed to learn that it was an extension of himself. He worked on taijutsu, but he didn't have a style, so he worked on the academy's katas. Ninjutsu was basically non-existent. He had no jutsus to learn. He read a few Ninja tactic books that he had from the academy too. Lastly for physical things he ran around the village and did calisthenics.
He wasn't the strongest ninja in the village yet, but definitely not the weakest at all. As he finished his thoughts he arrived at the academy.
He walked inside and realized that it was 7:13.
He ran to the classroom he was supposed to be in and sat down in the very front. He felt like the whole class was staring at him.
"Why are you here?!" A voice shouted.
Naruto turned around to find out it was Kiba. "I earned the right to be here, just like all of you!" Naruto shouted back.
Kiba didn't know what to say. So he insulted Naruto, "Well you're still the deadlast no matter what!" Kiba said, making the whole class laugh.
'I'm happy you made it Naruto' Hinata thought, blushing.
After Hinata's thought a chunin walked in. He gave a speech about what it meant to be a ninja for the village and whatnot and got on with the teams.
"Team 9: Sakura Harano, Shino Aburame and Kiba Inuzuka" the chunin said. "Your sensei will be Kurenai Yuhi"
"Ha Sakura looks like you're not on a team with Sasuke! But I will be because true love always prevails!" Ino said looking to Sakura who had a sad look on her face.
"Team 10: Sasuke Uchiha, Shikimaru Nara and Choji Akimichi" the chunin said, "Your sensei will be Asuma Sarutobi"
This rose a few eyebrows. The famous Ino-Shika-Cho won't happen this year?
"Looks like you won't be with Sasuke either Ino!" Sakura shouted to Ino, who had a sad face this time.
The chunin continued to call out names until he was through the list. Naruto, Ino, and Hinata all had the same question in mind. "Why am I not on a team?"
Everyone's sensei came to get them, when Sakura and Kiba left they both insulted Naruto, Ino, and Hinata. "At least I'm on a team," they said.
As the last team left Naruto, Ino, and Hinata all sat in silence, waiting for something to happen. But nothing did for a while.
"I'm sick of waiting!" Naruto yelled, "I'm gonna go take this up with the Hokage himself!" Naruto got up and walked to the door, he was about to open it, but it was opened for him. Naruto backed up, 'What the hell?' he thought.
It was a lady who walked in. She had a cat mask with three red stripes one vertical stripe on the forehead and two horizontal stripes, one on each cheek She had long purple hair and wore the Anbu uniform with a sword on her back.
"Naruto Uzumaki, Hinata Hyuga and Ino Yamanaka, come with me"
