A very short sequence for an idea so cracked that I have no clue what caused it or how in blazes to use it.

Edit - Part 2 (Ultimate Outcomes) now published as chapter 39

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The Ultimate Technique

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Naruto stared in shock at the two ninja, then a slow grin spread across his face. Although he was going to graduate next week (assuming they didn't test his Bunshin again, dammit), a technique like that would be a godsend.

Rising from his hiding place in the bush, he caught the attention of the Jonin-sensei and his student.

"Can you teach me that, please?"

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"…YOU are the nine-tailed fox!"

Naruto stared at the silver-haired chunin even as Iruka pulled himself up against a tree.

"Mizuki, you traitor! Don't listen to him, Naruto! It's sealed into you, but you aren't the fox! Remember the lesson about sealing scrolls?"

Naruto nodded, then hid a grin as he realised that he was in the perfect position to use his penultimate technique. Although part of him wanted to simply create a thousand clones and pummel Mizuki into oblivion, he would instead use the skill that he had been taught.

"Are you sure, Iruka-sensei?" He asked, trying to sound doubtful and Iruka nodded.

"I am, Naruto."

"Iruka-sensei!"

Mizuki blinked in confusion even as Iruka responded with a bemused "Naruto?"

"IRUKA-SENSEI!" Naruto shouted, wrapping his arms around Iruka…

…And Mizuki fell off the branch screaming in horror as the world around him turned into the Genjutsu Of Youthful Exuberance.

"What… the… heck?" Iruka gasped as the image of the seaside sunset faded from around them, leaving Mizuki curled up in a shuddering ball on the ground. "That was in the scroll?"

"Nope." Naruto snickered. "Gai-sensei said he was impressed by how I managed to keep going through a normal warm-up and he taught me. Hey, let's get you to the hospital. Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"

A dozen clones popped into existence and half of them moved to secure the shivering traitor. Iruka stared at them.

"Well, I think that given you took down a traitor, mastered an advanced Bunshin and showed you can perform at least one Genjutsu, you pass. Well done, Genin Naruto."

"Really?" Naruto gasped. "I'm a Genin! Yatta!"

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The Test

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"…and you have until the alarm rings to take these two bells from me." Kakashi said. "Remember to come at me with the intent to kill."

The three genin glanced at each other and Naruto grinned as he prepared to make clones.

"Go!" Kakashi snapped. Sasuke and Sakura both vanished into the undergrowth while Naruto was engulfed in a cloud of smoke that dissipated to reveal a dozen of him, all spreading out in pairs to surround Kakashi.

"Nice trick." Kakashi allowed. "But it won't help."

"Sure it will!" One of the clones shouted. "You can't defeat me, We're Naruto!"

"Naruto!" Naruto!" Naruto!"

In a move that caught Kakashi totally by surprise, the pairs of clones turned to embrace each other…

…and the world suddenly turned into the Sunset Genjutsu.

Kakashi froze, wanting to look away, but the clones were all around him and no matter which way he looked, the glory f the Youthful Sunset was inescapable, continuing for longer than even his Eternal Rival could hold it…

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"…and that's what happened." Naruto finished, looking embarrassed.

Hiruzen managed not to facepalm as the story ended, but it took all his self-control not to.

"How are they doing?"

"Kakashi will be out of hospital in three days." The Hokage replied, glancing at the report on his desk. "Sakura collapsed from chakra exhaustion after trying to dispell it four times, so she'll be out in about five days, although it would seem that she really needs to work on her reserves. Perhaps medical training would help"

"And the Teme?"

"Two weeks." Hiruzen sighed. "Your trick forcibly activated his Sharingan, right up to the Mangekyo level. Once he's out, he'll need one-on-one teaching to learn to cope with it."

Naruto seemed to wilt. "I… failed?"

"No." A scarred man said as he stepped out of the shadowed corner that had concealed him. "You are coming with me, apprentice. Your little trick could be what we need for breaking the toughest prisoners."

"Who… who are you?" Naruto managed and the man smirked, the scars making it look even more fearsome.

"I am Morino Ibiki."