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Betrayal of a Sensei! Enter Danzo Shimura!

"That's really possible Mizuki-sensei?" Naruto asked. Mizuki smiled at Naruto and nodded. To be honest Mizuki was not lying; there was a way for Naruto to use clones that would actually suit him, ones that he could use in battle quite effectively. However, just because Naruto could use them did not mean Mizuki was doing this for Naruto's own good. No, Mizuki hated Naruto, extremely, after the incident twelve years ago on October 10th. In Mizuki's mind Naruto had no right to parade around acting all foolish and happy. No he deserved to be put in a cage, exactly where he belonged.

That was to say Mizuki's anger was justified of course, which it was not. In fact, while his anger was not justified, almost the entire village of Konohagakure felt the same way. They all hated Naruto, all for something that was in no way his fault, but they thought he was the reincarnation of it. That was not to say their fear was not justified, if only slightly. After hearing the stories of what happened when people like Naruto lost control, it was only right of them to fear him at least. A person who did not was strange indeed.

"Yes, however the technique is heavily guarded, to heavily guarded for anyone without your exceptional skills to reach. It's in a scroll, in the Hokage tower. I'll meet you outside the village at night time to see how you're doing. Once you're done learning it we'll return the scroll and continue to practice it."

Naruto paused. Sure, he was a sucker for a new technique, but something about this did not seem right to him. Call it a fledgling danger sense if you would, but something was fishy here. After all why would you need to guard a jutsu that should be open to shinobi? More so, why could only Naruto, a preteen who was not even on par with many chunin, be the only person to get the scroll without getting caught? It made no sense. Originally Naruto would have jumped at the chance, however Kakashi and Anko had beat, literally beat, one lesson into him in particular over the last year more than any other. If something seemed suspicious, don't trust it. In the end, Naruto's love for jutsu, including the fact he could finally use a Bunshin (Clone Technique) correctly if this worked, won out.

"Okay sensei. I'll get the scroll and learn the jutsu. But, what happens if I get caught?"

'That's the best part. Nobody will believe what you have to say, they'll believe me. Then you'll get executed for treason, not even the Hokage will be able to stop it. The shinobi side of the council will overrule him, if they recognize that the boy has no use as a Jinchuriki. Even if you do somehow manage to get the scroll I'll kill you in the forest.' Mizuki thought darkly.

"Don't worry, nothing bad will happen to you, it'll all end up fine," Mizuki said. Naruto nodded and jogged off after the conversation had ended, leaving with a, "See you later then Mizuki-sensei!"

XxX

Naruto walked up to Kakashi and Anko smiling and pointing to his headband. "Look here Kakashi-sensei, Anko-sensei, I'm a ninja now." Anko and Kakashi looked over at the boy, smiling once they saw the forehead protector on his…well forehead.

"Congratulations gaki. You're a ninja now, meaning that your training will get intensified. That's also because Kakashi can no longer train you individually."

Naruto looked puzzled at that and looked at Kakashi. "Why not sensei?"

Kakashi sighed and sent a mini glare towards Anko, not wanting Naruto to know until tomorrow, when he was assigned his team. "Well, since somebody can't keep their mouth shut I'll tell you earlier than expected. She's right Naruto, I can't keep training your personally. As you know I possess the Sharingan in my left eye. Also, as you know, Sasuke Uchiha has the bloodline to activate this kekkei genkai, as it is from his family's bloodline. Therefore, as per the council's orders, I must be his jonin sensei and train him to use the Sharingan."

Naruto frowned at that. To him it just sounded like more of the Uchiha special treatment Sasuke was always getting. It frustrated him to no end. The fact that somebody like Sasuke could get everything he wanted without having to move a muscle, all because of his damn bloodline and the fact he was the last of his clan. If this clan was so great and powerful why was Sasuke the last one of them anyway? That alone made Naruto think that Sasuke didn't deserve all the special attention he was getting.

"I see sensei…so Anko-sensei is the only one who will be training me from here on out huh," Naruto mumbled looking at the ground, his golden bangs hiding his eyes.

Kakashi felt bad when he saw Naruto look so depressed. He truly wanted to teach Naruto too, as a teacher and as his father's student, but the council would do something to Naruto if he didn't, especially if they knew he was helping Naruto over Sasuke. While Kakashi had not personally met the boy, from the way Naruto described him before the days of their friendship, also known as every single day as Naruto did not know Kakashi knew of their new friendship, he would not like the Uchiha. Not because he was spoiled, because from what Naruto said he was very hardworking. Sure he thought everything should come to him naturally at times, but the boy still put in effort. In fact, the only reason Kakashi would say he wouldn't like him is because of the fact that the boy was...high-strung. He was very brash, and didn't think before he acted. In a way he was exactly like Naruto, and Kakashi did NOT need two Naruto's in his life. No he just thought the boy could prove to be troublesome, and Kakashi hated troublesome.

Kakashi also knew the boy was a loose canon, not only from personal experience but from what the Hokage had said. He desired power very badly, to badly in fact. If offered it there was a potential threat of him abandoning the village to get it. That was the second most important reason Kakashi had decided to obey the council this time, to teach the boy loyalty and friendship, and Naruto did not know how much he helped with that mission by befriending Sasuke.

Of course, Kakashi had personal reasons for this too, like honoring a friend's sacrifice.

"Don't worry Naruto. I'll still be able to stop by sometimes and train you. I won't be disappearing completely. Plus, I do have some say on what genin I get to raise, and while I technically only have two spots of people I can choose from, you should know for a fact that one of those spots belongs to you, so I may be able to train you."

Naruto perked up at that. "Does that mean you can keep training me sensei?"

"Yes, Naruto yes it does."

Anko smiled at the scene. She would so be using this against Kakashi in the future. Who knew the scarecrow had a soft spot, especially for Naruto Uzumaki, the Jinchuriki of the village. It was too great of an opportunity to pass up, for getting what she wanted anyway.

Naruto smiled before looking at Kakashi and Anko.

"Then what are you waiting for, let's get to training!"

XxX

Sasuke groaned as he fired off another Katon jutsu. Those were exceedingly taxing on his reserves, but it mattered not. After all, he was an Uchiha! They were born to be on top, with no one having the power, nor the courage, to oppose them. While he appreciated his newfound friendship he found in Naruto his training came first and foremost. With that in mind he kept up his training, starting his Uchiha-specific style of taijutsu. He bobbed and weaved, pretending there was an opponent before unleashing a barrage of hits. He had to keep getting stronger.

To kill his brother.

XxX

Tenten sighed as her sensei, Might Guy, continued to push them even harder than usual. While Tenten would admit her sensei was nothing short of powerful, he was also rather…eccentric was the nicest word she could use to describe him. In fact he had infected one of her teammates with his, strangeness. Only her and Neji Hyuga, who she had to admit may look attractive but was a total asshole, were the normal ones in their squad.

In fact, Guy was there now, doing 300 laps around their training field, on one hand. It was nothing short of insane. Still, it did help him, physically and she assumed mentally. He was too absorbed in his so-called 'youth' to get an accurate reading on it.

Guy was tall and well-build with high cheek-bones, unnaturally thick eyebrows, and had black hair in cut in a bowl style. He wore a hideous green jumpsuit, with orange striped leg warmers and the standard Konoha flak jacket, though it was unzipped. His forehead protector, which should have been on his forehead, was tied around his waist with a red cloth, like a belt.

However, that was not the end of her nightmares. No his mini-clone was also there, doing the same style of training as the sensei. It was Rock Lee, a boy who was supposed to have been a dead last who was undoubtedly stronger than the majority of their graduating class as of now. Guy's training allowed him to bloom into a taijutsu-specialist ninja, much like Neji. However, if there was anything Tenten disliked about Lee, it was who he looked up to. It was Guy.

Lee possessed the same unnaturally thick eyebrows Guy had, and large, rounded black eyes with prominent eyelashes. His hair was cut in the same bowl-cut style as Guy, and he wore the same attire, the green jumpsuit, orange leg warmers, red forehead protector worn as a belt, everything. The only difference was the bandages he wore around his hands and wrists.

Tenten sighed as she began running her laps.

"I wonder what Naruto's doing," she mumbled.

XxX

Hinata dodged another strike from her younger sister Hanabi before moving in for the kill. She lashed out at Hanabi, barely managing to hit her chest before following up with three palm strikes that stopped Hanabi's arm movement. As Hiashi called the match and walked up to his daughters along with the Hyuga elder he smiled. His daughters were growing strong. However, that also meant that they would have to fight for the position of clan head soon. That was something he did not want happening to soon. The weakest one would be branded on put into the branch family, despite their near royal blood. It would be a sad day when that happened. However, until then Hiashi would train his daughters to become powerful ninja, for the Hyuga's sake, not for the village.

XxX

Naruto hopped outside the village gates with the massive scroll in hand. It was rather easy to steal the scroll from the Anbu, which was surprising. Maybe they thought nobody would try to and their guard was down, or they were preoccupied with something? Or, in the worse case scenario, they had caught Naruto and asked the Sarutobi what they should do, which would most definitely in Naruto getting a stern talking to, in the least. Naruto ignored these thoughts however; as he jumped down from the rock he was on and looked over at the nearby forest. He smiled at the possibilities.

Naruto sprinted off into the forest, showing good chakra control by using small bursts of it, miniscule so the Anbu or any other ninja nearby would not notice, to get far into the forest. Once he had reached a good distance away he sat down and opened the scroll. What he found was beyond his expectations.

The Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Shadow Clone Technique) was the first jutsu he found. After reading over it he quickly found all the key points in the jutsu. It was similar to the basic Bunshin (Clone Technique). It created copies of the user. However, these clones were corporeal instead of illusions. The user's chakra was evenly distributed among every clone, giving each clone an equal fraction of the user's overall power. The clones are capable of performing techniques on their own and could even bleed, but would usually disperse after hit by a strong enough force. The clones could also disperse on their own or be dispelled by the user of the technique. Shadow clones can't be distinguished from the actual person even by dōjutsu because the clones have the exact same amount of chakra as the original, and aren't made from any other substance like water clones are for example. Shadow clones also are capable to think for themselves and feel the original's pain to some extent.

All in all Naruto thought it would be a very useful jutsu, plus it was B-ranked, which was the highest rank jutsu he would know. He also read that it was a kinjutsu, meaning it was a forbidden jutsu, although it seemed to be only because of its high chakra cost. That mattered not though, after all Naruto's chakra reserves would abnormally high, higher than even the Sandaime's, which meant it was the highest in the village. Naruto smiled at the thought of using these clones.

He quickly got to work on using them, forming the cross handseal he had to make before gathering up chakra. The chakra formed quickly, a large burst of it; however that also meant it was much harder to control.

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Shadow Clone Technique)," Naruto roared. Two puffs of smoke appeared next to him, and when they cleared two more Naruto's were there grinning.

"Success," the three cheered.

"Congratulations Naruto," Mizuki said.

Naruto looked up at his supposed caring sensei, smiling at him. "Hey Mizuki-sensei, thanks for the tip on the jutsu, it's awesome. Now I can create proper Bunshin (Clone Technique) without anyone being able to ridicule me. It's thanks to you that I'll be able to be a capable ninja!"

Mizuki smiled. "Really now? Then I have something to ask of you Naruto."

"What is it Mizuki-sensei," Naruto asked.

Mizuki walked into the moonlight, removing the giant fuma shuriken from his back and beginning to spin it wickedly. Naruto frowned at the sight. He now knew the answer Mizuki would give.

"DIE!"

XxX

The entire village of Konohagakure was up in arms. Somebody had stolen the Scroll of Seals from right under the Anbu's noses. It was absurd. The Anbu were supposed to be the best of the best, the guardians and assaulters of death that kept the village safe. How on earth did somebody manage to steal a scroll that was filled to the brim with kinjutsu and powerful ninjutsu that was so heavily guarded? It made no sense. No one but an extremely high level shinobi should have been able to do it, key word should.

Still, the village had sent shinobi in every direction to search for the scroll. It was a massive hunt, and the Anbu who failed at guarding the scroll were searching even more furiously than the others. That was a given though, after all they would most likely be executed for their blunder, if it was an enemy shinobi, which was what it was thought to be. If it wasn't they would must likely just be severely punished and put under surveillance for a while, obviously the more preferable of the choices.

Iruka jumped through another tree branch as he checked the perimeter of the village. He hoped he found the perpetrator soon, if only to bring him to the so-called 'justice' of the Leaf Village, after all, there was no true version of justice in the shinobi world. Everyone killed and everyone hated, it was the law of shinobi, kill or be killed.

XxX

Danzo Shimura smiled as he watched the blonde genin candidate sprint from the hate-filled traitorous chunin. While he knew the chunin would have to die, as he did betray the village by trying to kill one of their most prized weapons, the Jinchuriki, he also knew this was the perfect time for him to come in contact with the Jinchuriki. Hiruzen had managed to keep the boy from falling under his grasp and becoming what he was meant to become, an emotionless killer, but he could not stop him now. It was his chance, to act benevolent before manipulating the boy into his pawn, which he would use to overthrow Sarutobi. Once that happened he would become Hokage, and with the power of the perfect Jinchuriki under his control, he would conquer the other nations, and rule with an iron fist. Nothing would stop him, it was the perfect chance, and he intended to take it. Apparently, taking a leisurely stroll through the forest was beneficial to him today.

Danzo was a frail, old man, who walked with a cane. He had black, shaggy hair and his right eye was completely bandaged. He had an x-shaped scar on his chin and wore a white shirt, with a black robe over the top of it covering from his feet to just over his right shoulder. His right arm was bandaged, however his right arm was unable to be seen as the robe concealed it.

However, more importantly this man was a village elder, a village elder with a passion for absolute, unopposed control.

XxX

Naruto dodged another toss of a fuma shuriken, albeit barely. He looked upwards before he jumped into the air using chakra to propel him higher, even if it didn't do much. However, he was soon met by a kunai-wielding Mizuki who lashed out at him with the kunai. Naruto scrambled in midair, blocking the slash with his hands, which began to bleed. As soon as they landed Naruto shot backwards, followed closely by Mizuki who launched several shuriken at Naruto, however Naruto drew a kunai quickly and deflected the shuriken. However, Naruto soon realized he was not near a high enough level to be taking on a trained chunin and was kicked in the side, sending him flying into a nearby tree.

"Mizuki-sensei…why?" Naruto asked, however what he heard was not what he was expecting.

"Why," Mizuki mumbled. "DID YOU JUST ASK ME WHY!? You, you are a demon! Have you ever wondered why people looked at you with hatred, why every year on October 10th; the day the Kyuubi no Yoko attacked you were assaulted and beaten? Why the Yondaime Hokage died mysteriously on the same day you were born? It's simple! You are the Kyuubi no Yoko! You are the Nine Tailed Fox! But I don't care about that. No I care only about power and what better way to get power than to steal it from under your so-called leader's nose. You, you were just a scapegoat, and a scapegoat that happened to be hated, so no one would care about your death!"

Naruto stood, frozen, at that. He did not care about what Mizuki said about power, but he did care about the beginning and ending of his little speech. He was the Kyuubi no Yoko in human form? No, that was impossible. In the history books it said that the Yondaime Hokage defeated and killed the fox, it was impossible for him to be it. Then again, he had also read that it was impossible to kill a Bijuu, and that was why they had survived so long, terrorizing humanity. He didn't know which one to believe. However, if that did explain one thing it was why the people of the village glared at him with such disdain. They thought he was the reincarnation of the Kyuubi, plain and simple. They hated him, despised him. They wanted his blood split. Naruto began to shake, hyperventilating. While he did not even realize it Mizuki had slowly but surely broke down Naruto's mental barriers he had created with one short speech. No one caring for him, not caring whether or not he existed, people thinking he was nothing short of a demon that deserved death, it was too much for a boy his age to take.

XxX

Danzo smiled as he saw Naruto begin to falter. Mizuki did not know it but he had done Danzo a favor. Odds were Naruto would not have believed him if he saw him randomly wandering through the forest, but if Danzo killed Mizuki, saving Naruto's life in the process and proving to be a kind and caring figure Naruto was sure to fall under his thumb, especially considering that his mental barriers were so low. With that Danzo prepared his jutsu.

XxX

"NOW DIE NINE TAILED FOX!" Mizuki roared throwing his final fuma shuriken at Naruto's head. Naruto was paralyzed, unable to move. His body wasn't functioning. It wasn't moving when he commanded it to. It just stood there, to deep in shock to do anything.

That was until his hands suddenly began flowing, without him even noticing it. He finished his handseals and slammed his palm on the air in front of him. "Fuinjutsu: Yōyū Tetsu no Shīru (Sealing Technique: Seal of Melting Iron)!"

Naruto removed his hand and formed the seal for the Kage Bunshin (Shadow Clone) just as the fuma shuriken made contact with the seal that was floating in midair. The seal was not his, in fact it was a seal made by the author of the first sealing book he had read, Jiraiya, however that did not mean it was not a powerful seal. No it was powerful indeed. As soon as the shuriken made contact with the seal it burst into flames. By the time it had moved past the seal it was just melted iron, as prophesied by the name.

A massive amount of clones appeared around Naruto, around thirty in all. They all charged, including Naruto. They began to fire off a hail of kunai and shuriken as they neared Mizuki; however the chunin avoided them all quite easily, as they still had the accuracy of a genin.

XxX

'Where is this power coming from? It is unexpected. I knew he was being trained by the Copy Ninja, and the Snake Mistress, but for him to actually push a chunin backwards? Absurd. Something is going on here. Could this be his talent? Does this boy actually have that much untapped talent that no one took notice of? More importantly, how is he doing this when he should be plagued with self doubt!?' Danzo raged in his mind. It made no sense; then again it just made the boy all the more intriguing.

XxX

Mizuki ducked under a wild swing from a clone before getting hit in the back by two more. It wasn't that he wasn't capable of avoiding Naruto's hits, they weren't up to his skill level, but there were too many. A large amount of numbers could overwhelm even the most powerful of opponents, or opponents that outmatched you.

Mizuki ducked under another clones punch before pulling out two kunai, one per hand, and spinning like a top. Instantly the closet Naruto clones were destroyed, vanishing in a puff of smoke and swirling death. Naruto, who was hiding in the bushes and did not even see what Mizuki was doing, was suddenly bombarded with a headache and cried out in pain. He had gotten a splitting headache, for a reason he did not know. He began to think on it.

'I don't have a medical disease; I've never had any of those, strangely. I don't have any mental problems, so why would I get a headache now of all times. Plus, why did that headache come with memories of what Mizuki was doing even though I can't see him. Do the clones send memories back to the user? No, that's impossible…isn't it?'

However, Naruto thought about it to long, plus his cry directed Mizuki to his location, and was nearly hit with a barrage of kunai and shuriken to the head. He ducked under it; however it did take off a few stray locks of hair. He jumped into the heavily cloaked bushes, now fully prepared to fight back against Mizuki, to save his life.

Naruto hid in the bushes as Mizuki landed, looking around. You could see that he was angry just by the way he was furiously glancing around. He had the eyes of a madman, an enraged madman. That was something Naruto had seen before, which made him realize that this was not the time to joke around and let the enemy do what he wanted.

Mizuki began to fly through and seals before ending on the tiger seal, clear signs for a Katon jutsu. Naruto's eyes shot up at that, he couldn't let him finish that jutsu, or else Konoha would flock to this spot in an attempt to find out what was going on, meaning that Naruto would get caught, and that was considering they didn't find the chakra blasts they were sending out already.

"Time to die, Nine Tailed-"

A kunai and shuriken being thrown from two trees made Mizuki stop his jutsu to dodge before he smiled cruelly.

"DUMBASS!"

Mizuki gathered his chakra up again before two Naruto's snuck up behind him and latched onto his arms, preventing him from forming any more handseals.

"The hell!?" Mizuki roared, however as three more clones charged in from the sidelines and landed punches Mizuki forgot about how this was happening, he only knew that he was going to kill Naruto, slowly and painfully.

The second clone punched Mizuki in the face, or at least the clone thought so, in reality he found himself actually punching another clone, which dispersed in a burst of smoke. Mizuki had switched places with it using Kawarimi (Body Replacement Technique), appearing next to the clone with two kunai in either hand that he used to "kill" every clone near him. It was smart, and something Naruto was not expecting, however he was slightly prepared now.

Naruto flew through handseals, knowing that as he gathered this much chakra people would take notice of him. However, he would rather people take notice of him than get killed, he couldn't keep up with Mizuki that much longer after all. He was getting tired, and fighting someone who was way above his level was not a pleasurable experience.

Naruto slammed his hands on a nearby tree and whispered, "Fuinjutsu: Mahi Shīru (Sealing Technique: Paralysis Seal). A seal formed on the tree, the last seal necessary for the paralysis to take place and for Naruto to finish his jutsu. Little did he know he would have to activate it fast, as Mizuki was charging his location, with intent to kill.

Mizuki appeared before Naruto just as Naruto slammed his hands on the seal.

"Kai (Release)."

All at once the Naruto clones, that were in a pentagon shape dispersed, and Naruto jumped backwards. The five points of the pentagon, which were seals, began to glow a bright yellow and an electric beam shot out in the shape of a pentagon. Everything within the electric field immediately stopped moving, but more importantly, Mizuki stopped moving.

"I-I did it," Naruto said, stumbling over his own words.

"Yes, you did boy," Naruto heard. He turned, senses on alert, even though he knew that if this person could hide from him that entire fight he stood no chance of winning against him, after all he only won against Mizuki because his jutsu were more versatile and distracting, and also because Mizuki was to slow to catch him in time, basically it was just luck. Otherwise Naruto knew with all of his heart he would have died then.

Naruto saw Danzo walking out of the bushes towards him, and was immediately confused. How could this crippled old man hide from his senses? It was strange.

"I am Danzo Shimura, advisor of the Hokage, whom I believe you know, Naruto Uzumaki."

"How do you know my name?"

"Everyone in the village of Konohagakure knows of you, the legendary boy born on the day the Kyuubi no Yoko attacked."

Naruto grimaced. That must mean that this man hated his guts too.

"Well, what do you want then?"

"I was just taking a stroll and I came upon you, with the Scroll of Seals, fighting a chunin traitorous ninja. I don't know whether or not you were stopping him or trying to kill him, so I won't say anything about this to the Hokage, however jonin are on the way, you'd best tell them what happened here," Danzo lied. He knew what happened, while he had actually been taking a midnight stroll he also knew that Naruto was the one who actually stole the scroll, even if he was being most likely misguided by that chunin.

"Then you're not mad at me," Naruto asked.

Danzo shook his head. "No, no I am not. However, I have a question for you."

"Yes," Naruto said.

Danzo smiled, depending on his answer the boy would live or die, after all if the Jinchuriki was not with him he was against him, and having a Jinchuriki against you was never a good thing.

"Do you think a tree needs strong roots to grow?"

Naruto paused at the strange question. He had no idea what it meant, but since this man was an ex-shinobi, as all advisors of the Hokage were, he knew it must have some hidden meaning. So he gave the most logical answer he could think of.

"I guess."

Danzo smiled. "Good. Well then, Naruto Uzumaki, we shall meet again. If you seek advice or a way to further your training in the shinobi arts do not hesitate to ask. I know many people who wish to meet you. If you need to know where I live, just ask the closest person, even they will not turn you down."

Naruto looked at Danzo strangely, before the man turned to him. "Remember Naruto, a beast must be caged, and also know this. In the shinobi world emotions are hindrances. They can be the difference between life and death."

Danzo then walked away and thought one thing. 'You are a beast.'

Naruto fainted and Mizuki's head was cut off just as Danzo disappeared and the jonin arrived.

Hey guys it's Kuma Akuma. Today was good for me, you know seeing my brother and father go on a race track, and laughing my ass off because they were creeping through it the entire time, ha, good times good times. By the way, some of you may ask, "Why does Naruto know the secret of the Shadow Clones so soon?" He doesn't he is just curious. Plus, really, we all know that Kishimoto made that up on the spot to help Naruto make the Rasenshuriken. Really, how is Naruto not going to notice that, it was just bull in my opinion, therefore Naruto is noticing the effects, immediately, well not exactly immediately, but soon. Also, Naruto barely beat Mizuki, bet you guys didn't think I was gonna do that. I bet you thought I was gonna have Naruto one-sidely whoop Mizuki, or have him basically beat Mizuki like he did in the canon. I sure showed you whose boss! I'm sorry, I'm really bored right now. Well, that's it, gonna go watch my One Piece, and finish doing my damn homework. See you guys later, and avoid the Earl.