Chapter 1

Authors Note/This is my first fanfiction and this sticks very close to the anime for around 90% of this chapter. The next chapter and forward will be following my own writing. Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any IP affiliated with it./

It was 14 years ago when the Fourth Hokage had been alive and had been known as an amazing leader and an even better shinobi. He was the hero who had defeated the Nine-Tailed Fox, a demon fox Bijuu that could destroy mountains and start tsunamis with the simple wave of one its tails, by using a seal to capture and store the demon fox into a newborn child, which took his own life in the process. The Fourth was known as Minato Namikaze, and the child was now known as Naruto Uzumaki.

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Sarutobi Hiruzen was respected and admired as the most powerful shinobi in the village. He was the Third Hokage and was doing a second term of leading Konoha for crying out loud. He's in almost every bingo book on the planet currently, along with warnings to be avoided. So how in the heavenly hell was one academy student making his life so much more difficult!

"It's Naruto again, this time he vandalized all of the faces on the Hokage Monument, sir!" One chunin-ranked shinobi exclaimed.

"Ahhhhh… Find him then will you!" Ordered the Third, taking another whiff of his pipe.

"Right away Hokage-sama."

Ugh. His secretary better not give him more paperwork because of this.

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"NARUTO WAIT!" exclaimed two chunin-level shinobi which were unable to catch the culprit in question or this case shout. Geez, no wonder these people just act as janitors half the time they can barely keep up with an academy student.

'Why should I! Someone has to do this! And none of you can do what I can!" shouted the blonde hair blur that was laughing manically. This blonde haired kid was easily recognizable for the lightning colored hair and his bright blue eyes along with his infamous whisker marks on his cheeks. He had a black t-shirt on and an orange jumpsuit, currently unzipped at the moment.

The two shinobi ran following the blonde, which was suddenly disproved by what seemed like part of the fence melt only to reveal Naruto himself using a piece of cloth hiding him from his would-be pursuers.

"Ha, suckers."

"NARUTO!"

The nimble Naruto jumped up out of surprise and fell on his back. "AHH! Iruka-sensei! How did you know where I was?!"

"The question you should be asking is why you're here and not in class! The genin exam is coming up, this is no time to be goofing around!" Iruka stated sternly. Iruka was a well-tanned man with his hair in the style of a ponytail, He possessed what either was a scar or a birthmark running along underneath his eyes but across the bridge of his nose. He was wearing the standard shinobi outfit consisting of navy blue pants and sandals, along with the same color long sleeve shirt. He was also equipped with the standard-issue sea-green flak jacket with slots for scrolls and weapons such as kunai and shuriken.

A simple huff was all Naruto gave before Iruka had him back in class tied up with rope all around him.

"Now Naruto, no good shinobi would skip their mission, so you shouldn't be skipping class trying to become one in the first place!"

"Mmf" All naruto replied.

"All right that's it! Everyone, we're taking the Transformation test again! Even if you already passed you still have to get in line!" A very irritated Iruka ordered.

A sea of groans erupted from the class.

"Alright who's first up on the list?"

A young girl who was wearing a sleeveless maroon dress with plenty of slits, along with a white border around the entire thing went up first. "Haruno, Sakura." She stated.

She had bright pink hair which was held back a bit by a bow headband consisting of a normal piece of maroon-colored cloth.

"Alright, I want you all to transform into me using the Transformation Jutsu, otherwise known as Henge."

Sakura performed it perfectly, getting her a perfect score once again. Next was a raven-haired teen who wore a high-collared short sleeve shirt along with the standard-issue shinobi sandals with bandages on his forearms and shins. "Uchiha, Sasuke."

He too performed it perfectly making a carbon copy of the Sensei.

"Alright so far so good." Iruka stated. A "Hn." was all Sasuke responded with before the next student went up to try it.

This student was no other than the prankster himself, Naruto. While going up some students gave him some remarks such as "Troublesome." or "This is your fault you know." These weren't fun to hear but he didn't let it get to him.

"Hmf. Like I care."

"Alright It's your turn Uzumaki." ordered Iruka.

As he got into the stance he appeared to be doing everything correctly until the Henge was completed. He never planned on doing it normally, I mean, he could still pass as long as it was realistic, right? Instead of a copy of Iruka, there was a busty, and as many people would say thicc female version of naruto striking a pose while making a very bedroom based noise.

His stunt left many people speechless, Iruka was sputtering hilariously while a nosebleed that could be used as a propellant was oozing out, his classmates all had very different reactions. Many of them were sporting blushes ranging from slight dust of red to full-on tomato, a few girls were full of rage at Naruto on the flipside.

Naruto, on the other hand, was laughing uncontrollably at his teacher's reaction

"How was it!" Naruto asked tauntingly. "I call It my Sexy Jutsu!"

-(This comment only enraged the females further).

"YOU DELINQUENT! STOP MAKING SHIT UP!"

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After plenty of lectures and some avoiding female beatdowns, Naruto was on some sort of catwalk with a rag and a bucket of water, cleaning up his testament on the Hokage Monument from earlier in the day.

"Remember, you can't go home until this is all cleaned up." Iruka explained.

"What does it matter, no ones at home waiting for me anyway." Naruto rebutted with signs of frustration and sadness.

"Uhm, Naruto?"

"What is it this time Iruka-Sensei?"

"Well, when you're done…" Iruka paused. "Maybe I could take you out for some ramen once this is all done."

Immediately, Naruto's face lit up with excitement, He would do anything for ramen, or as he called it the Food of the Gods.

"YEEEESSSSSS!" Naruto practically screamed. "I'LL GET THIS DONE IN NO TIME!"

Iruka slightly chuckled at that.

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Iruka and Naruto had stopped at a well known and oftentimes busy ramen stand that goes by the name of Ichiraku Ramen. Naruto had gotten some Miso Ramen while Iruka had gone with Pork, It wasn't long before Naruto was already drinking the broth, Iruka, however, was only a quarter of the way done with his bowl.

"Naruto." Iruka started. "Why did you paint all the faces, you know who the Hokage are, don't you?"

"Of course I do, the Hokage had to be the best shinobi of their time right? And it was the Fourth who had defeated the demon fox, the Nine-Tails!" The ramen devourer exclaimed.

"Then why did you vandalize them?"

"Because I'm going to be Hokage, the best Hokage ever known too!"

Iruka blinked and stared a few seconds at Naruto.

"That way, once I become Hokage everyone will finally have to accept and respect me!" Shouted Naruto with conviction.

"But Naruto, most of the time people become Hokage because they are recognized, you'll have to at least be respected by most of the village to have a chance at becoming Hokage." The teacher debated.

Naruto let that idea bounce around in his head a bit before the words Iruka said stuck to his mind. It took a minute before Naruto reached a conclusion.

"I'll see what I can do then! If I get strong enough I'll become Hokage!" Naruto decided.

"Also Iruka I have a favor to ask."

"What, Another bowl?" Asked an Iruka worried about his wallet.

"No, your Hitai-ate, Can I just wear it for a bit pleeeeaaaase?" Begged Naruto.

"Ha! Sorry, no" Said an amused teacher. "You'll get yours when you can graduate though, you'll just have to pass."

"Aw you're no fun!" Exclaimed the blonde.

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"Ok we will now be starting the genin exams, If you complete it you will be awarded your leaf Hitai-ate and will have become a genin shinobi, if you fail you will have to do another year in the academy if you wish to become a ninja." Iruka-sensei explained. "Me and Mizuki will be in the next room over, if your name is called, come inside. We'll be doing Clone Jutsu."

It wasn't until the last sentence that Naruto started to panic, of course it had to be the only jutsu he couldn't perform, he would need lady luck on his side to somehow pass. Names were being called and so far everyone had passed. It wasn't until right when his name was called that he got out of his stupor. He nervously walked into the room and closed the door behind him. Iruka and Mizuki were sitting at a table at the front of room with a tray full of Hitai-ates sitting neatly folded on it.

"Ok Naruto, the assignment is to create a clone, remember."

Naruto just nodded his head to that order and used the hand sign to attempt using the jutsu. Instead of identical clones it was one clone that looked like somebody had already killed it, Its face was ghostly pale and seemed even hollow.

Everyone just sweatdropped at the deathbed looking Naruto for a few seconds before Iruka stopped twitching of exasperation.

"YOU FAILED!"

"Wait, Iruka-sensei, he has good coordination and high stamina, and he did technically produce a clone, isn't that enough to pass him?" Mizuki had suggested.

Naruto's face lit up from hearing this.

"Mizuki, as much as I want him to pass I can't, he couldn't compare to the other students, he needs to perfect that before I let him pass."

Naruto's face went back to looking upset, and honestly downright pissed.

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If anyone were to look for the blonde teen they wouldn't find him with all of the kids and their parents, he would be found seated on an old wooden swing with a dull and sad expression. Parents could be overheard talking about him and glancing at him. He overheard one quick exchange between two mothers that had gone as such.

Mother 1:"Look at him."

Mother 2:"It's that boy, I hear he's the only one that failed."

Mother 1:"Serves him right."

Mother 2:"Imagine what would happen if he became a Ninja."

Mother 1:"Isn't that the one boy who-"

Mother 2:"Hey! We're not supposed to talk about that."

This just resulted in Naruto lowering his head even more resulting in a shadow over his eyes. He was used to this kind of treatment, about everybody in the village who hated him for just being there was like this. It was normal, but that never made it any more bearable. Just then he heard a thump and looked over to his right, he saw Mizuki standing up above him, with a small grin.

"Iruka-sensei isn't trying to be mean to you." Elaborated Mizuki, slowly bending down to sit on a nearby bench.

"Well it was still only me."

"He just wants to see you become strong, and he's worried about what might happen to you if you weren't properly trained." Mizuki paused. "You both don't have parents."

"But I really wanted to pass, is there still anyway to pass Mizuki-sensei?" questioned a hopeful Naruto.

"Heh…. I guess I have no choice…"

Naruto made a curious sound as he turned around to face Mizuki.

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Iruka was sleeping peacefully in bed, He had to talk to Hokage-sama for a bit and it did make him think about Naruto, but he needed his rest. He then suddenly woke up due to a loud knock on the door. He got up and immediately put on his jacket and sandals and opened the door. At the door awaited Mizuki-sensei.

"What's the matter?" Questioned Iruka.

"Come to Hokage Tower immediately! I heard… Naruto stole the scroll of sealing!" Mizuki answered frantically.

" T-T-The Scroll of S-Sealing!"

The Scroll of sealing was a dangerous item, consisting of some high ranking Jutsu, it was sealed away because of the risk it posed by the First Hokage, and founder of konoha, Hashirama Senju. However that scroll posed a risk of Naruto accidentally undoing the scroll, releasing the Kyuubi no Kitsune, and possibly killing Naruto in the process.

Iruka hurriedly hopped building to building until he spotted the crown of Shinobi around the Hokage, he quickly joined the group and heard some of the others talk about how he needs to get captured and treated like the criminal he was, some of the shinobi who were more hateful towards Naruto had even requested the death penalty.

"This can become dangerous, bring Naruto here at once!" Ordered the Third.

As soon as it was issued all the ninja shot out in all different directions searching for the yellow hair that was known as Naruto. Iruka himself was determined to find him no matter what. Mizuki, on the other hand, was quickly running through the streets with two fuma shuriken strapped to his back, and he was wearing a sly smirk across his face as he ran from building to building.

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Naruto was tired. No scratch that, Naruto was worn out to the bone marrow inside his bones. He was on the ground panting until he saw someone was standing over him. It was Iruka who was more than a little twitchy and furious when he saw Naruto. The culprit himself, however, started laughing.

"It looks like you found me…" Said Naruto chuckling. " And I only got to learn one Jutsu too."

"Naruto, what's the meaning of this!"

"What, Mizuki-sensei said If I can get this scroll and master one technique in here, I'll be able to pass!"

That sent a short twinge of panic running through Iruka, he started contemplating if Mizuki had tricked naruto and was the real traitor, His curiosities were answered when a swarm of kunai were sent at Iruka, he quickly pushed Naruto out of the way and was able to avoid most of them, one made a direct hit on his right thigh however, another had landed in his left shoulder, cutting a tendon making him incapable of using his arm.

"I see how-Agh!" Iruka stopped to pull the kunai from his leg, blood oozing from his wound "-how it is."

"Naruto! Give me the scroll." Mizuki exclaimed.

"Naruto, whatever you do, keep that scroll to yourself and in the hands away from Mizuki!" Iruka rebutted.

"Hey! Just what the hell is going on here!" Naruto shouted

"Mizuki wants to use the forbidden Jutsu for himself, keep that scroll away from him Naruto!"

"Naruto, Iruka is only scared of you holding that scroll."

"Naruto, don't let Mizuki fool you, don't give him that scroll!"

"Hmph" sounded Mizuki. "How about it's time that you learn the truth Naruto?"

"No, you moron don't do it!" protested Iruka.

Mizuki continued on. "About 14 years ago a law was created after an incident, and this law is one that everyone but you knows about."

Naruto just made sounds that sounded like him being shocked and scared while Iruka was protesting and telling Mizuki to stop.

"That law was that no one can reveal to you that you are actually the demon fox spirit! You're the Nine-Tails In a human form! Now do you get why everyone hates you!" Shouted Mizuki while laughing maniacally.

It was at this point that his mind seemed to slow down, time itself slowed down, his worldview was shattered for an instant, he felt like he was blindfolded and all he was hearing was the insults of all the villagers and Mizuki. Like hate itself was controlling him. That was until he heard Iruka's words.

"YOUR WRONG!" Iruka paused, grimacing at the pain in his shoulder. "Naruto was never the fox, he's Naruto Uzumaki, and he'll be a shinobi better than you could ever be."

Suddenly the feeling of hate controlling him subsided. It turned into the feeling of him controlling the hate. But the hate was still there, and it was strong. But it couldn't overpower him.

"LIKE THIS MONSTER CAN EVEN LAND A HIT! I'LL KILL YOU BOTH WHERE YOU STAND" Mizuki screamed.

"Naruto run! Mizuki is faster than you, so hurry to the village, I'll stall for time!" Iruka warned. "N-Naruto?"

What Iruka saw was Naruto, but in some essence, not Naruto at all. Naruto's chakra had suddenly started to shift from his normal chakra to something that felt more sinister. His fingernails grew out and became sharper, his whisker marks became thicker, and most importantly his eyes shifted from the bright blue they normally are, to a scarlet almost blood color, with the pupil turning into a slit. The amount of killing intent in the air shifted dramatically leaving both Iruka shaking and Mizuki gasping for air. They both felt paralyzed. Naruto then made a hand sign for the Shadow Clone Jutsu.

"𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶-𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘄 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗝𝘂𝘁𝘀𝘂" Naruto growled.

Suddenly around a hundred solid copies of the Jinchuriki must have appeared. And every single one was focused on beating Mizuki into the ground. Around ten at once must have charged in on him with the one in the lead aiming a kick straight to his gut, one of the copies threw kunai behind Mizuki leaving that direction blocked off unless he wanted a few kunai in the back of his neck. The remaining Narutos circled around him keeping him ensnared. The one in the lead had landed his kick, but Mizuki held onto his leg and took the attack, Naruto however, took his sandal off and used his other leg to land a kick directly to the face, catching Mizuki off guard and sending him into the wall of copies who landed a solid punch to the side of the head, effectively knocking him out. Soon after, the red aura of the fox's chakra subsided as Naruto fell to his knees.

"Naruto! Are you ok?!" Iruka asked, still panicking if the Kyuubi had possessed him.

"Yeah-Yeah I'm fine, Just get me ramen and a bed please." Naruto said in between breaths.

Iruka was both relieved and ecstatic, Not only did Naruto in some shape or form save his life, but he was able to control the Nine-Tails! Granted, he merely just used it while he had it, but controlling nonetheless.

"Well you'll get those soon enough Naruto, but for now I'd like to sit down just the same."

"Heh, you say that as if I wouldn't mind falling asleep right now." laughed Naruto.

"Well make sure you start training, you'll have to come back to academy in a week."

Naruto was silent other than a simple head turn and a bewildered "Huh?"

"Yeah, you have to meet your jonin sensei won't you? Graduate." Iruka said tossing his Headband to Naruto, who simply caught it in his mouth making Iruka sweatdrop and question if it was a dog instead of a fox inside Naruto.

"Wait, do you mean-" Naruto started asking.

"Yes Naruto, I'll permit you as a genin, just don't let it get to your head."

"YEAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" exploded Naruto, completely missing what Iruka said after he heard he graduated.

Naruto's screams, shouts, and then soon snores of accomplishment could be heard all the way to Hokage tower, which then let the frantically searching shinobi and ANBU find them relatively easily.

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AN/: I Hope you enjoyed this start to the story, It will be getting better as I go along and get better at writing too, and Chapter 2 should be coming soon too. Let me know if there's something you thought should be changed and I will look over what you suggested and see what I can improve. Goodnight everyone NarutoFanatic15 out./