Another scene followed soon after the last one. This one took place in the classroom. From what the eight had gathered it was graduation day. It seemed like everyone was waiting to take the test. They noticed their parents, the ones who had them in this class, right away, some had their headbands, other did not, they assumed that meant they haven't taken the test yet. They all noticed Naruto. He looked terrified and distraught.

'That's my worst jutsu!' they heard his thought.

"Hmm?" Mitsuki hummed.

"I wonder what they had to do if the Seventh is in this much distress." Inojin said.

"He also failed it twice already, I wonder if it was that hard back then." Chocho piped in.

"All we had to do was make simple clones to pass." Metal Lee said

"Naruto Uzumaki." Iruka called.

The blonde stood up and followed his teacher to the next class room. The scene followed. Naruto performed a hand sign, releasing a lot of chakra. He said the jutsu but a pop sound made it so they couldn't here what he said. A cloud covered the room, blocking everything from sight. The eight waited in suspense for the smoke to clear. They wanted to know if he had passed. The smoke cleared, and what they saw made them recoil. Next to Naruto was the most terrible clone they had even seen. They were also surprised because the Seventh was known for his mastery in a clone jutsu. Iruka was just done.

"Disqualified!" He yelled at Naruto.

"Iruka-Sensei." The other teach piped up. "His physical coordination and stamina are excellent and he had manage to come up with something. Isn't that enough for him to pass?"

Boruto face palmed.

"Please tell me my dad isn't getting a pity pass graduation."

"Mizuki-sensei. All the other created three of more clones." Iruka said. "Naruto only created one and it's practically useless. I can't give him a passing mark."

Naruto just stared at the ground in anger.

The scene faded.

"I never know that the Seventh had such a hard time with the clone jutsu." Mirai said.

"Makes me wonder how it became his best jutsu doesn't it?" Metal Lee asked.

Another scene came. It was just outside the academy building. Kids were celebrating and bragging to their parents about how they had passed. Naruto was sitting on the swing. The sight was not what the kids grew up looking at. The Seventh that they knew was full of hope and light. Even Boruto had a hard time believing this was his dad. The child before them looked like someone who had lost all hope, that they had finally given up trying.

"Dad." he whispered.

"Look." A whisper sounded. "It's that kid."

The eight kids turned to follow the whisper. They found the parents of the kids who graduated staring at Naruto with those eyes.

"I heard he was the only one who failed."

"Serves him right."

"Imagine what would happen if he became a ninja."

"Isn't that the boy who…"

That one was cut off.

"Hey! We aren't supposed to talk about that."

The eight kids didn't know how to react to those words. Boruto bristled. He wondered what his dad did to deserve all this hate and coldness. He may not like his dad but this was uncalled for.

"Not aloud to talk about what?" Chocho Asked.

"I don't know." Shikadai said.

"Wait, something's not making sense here." Sarada piped up.

The ther seven turned to look at her.

"The Seventh was on a team with my parents, I know that thanks to the team picture that my mom has."

"Yeah, my dad has that picture out too." Boruto added.

"So that means he had to have graduated here or else he wouldn't of been on their team." Sarada said.

"But he didn't graduate here." Inojin said.

"Hey! Lady!" Shikadai called out. "What's going on here, I don't think your showing us the truth!"

Her laugh rang out and she appeared before them again.

"Very perceptive." She said. "Your right, Naruto would've had to graduate to of been put on team 7, but what I am showing you is not a lie. This is what happened and if you've notice, the Seventh has disappeared."

The eight turn back to the swing, only to see it empty. Shortly after the scene changed. They now stood in front of the Hokage building, a mass of chunin and jonin where there. All of them angered.

"What has them all mad?" Metal Lee asked

Mirai was looking around. It was obvious she was trying to see if her dad was here.

"This is not just a prank!" One chunin yelled at the Hokage.

"The scroll is dangerous." Another said.

"It looks like something was stolen." Mitsuki said.

"Yes, Bring Naruto here at once." The Third told them.

With a wave of the Third's arm, all the ninja around him scattered to search.

"The Seventh?" Chocho said. "Why do they want him?"

"Did he steal the scroll?" Inojin asked.

"What?" Metal Lee said. "Now your telling us he's a criminal?"

The women's voice did not sound, she had vanish when they looked back at the swing earlier. The scene changed to show a clearing in the night. Naruto was there with the scroll and he looked quite beat up and tired. A shadow fell over him, causing the blonde to look up. Iruka was there. He was not happy to say the least. Naruto just laughed. Naruto started talking to Iruka.

"He doesn't realize he'd done anything wrong." Sarada said.

"It's all suspicious." Mitsuki said

"What do you mean?" Boruto asked, watching his dad have a vague one side conversation with Iruka.

"How did the Seventh know about the scroll, and why did he only get it now if he knew about it before?" Shikadai chimed in. "He doesn't even realize the danger or trouble he in so it seems like he doesn't know the value of the scroll either."

Mitsuki nodded.

"I think someone told him to get the scroll, promised him something if he went to that clearing and waited. It seemed like he practiced something from the scroll while waiting." Mitsuki added.

Before the eight could add anything else, Iruka's voice caught their attention.

"Who told you that?" Iruka asked his blonde student.

"Mizuki-Sensei!" Naruto told him, not realizing something was wrong. "He told me about this scroll and this place…"

Naruto slowed down when he noticed Iruka's face, it was a mix of horror and disbelief. A sound of multiple 'whooses' were heard and Iruka suddenly pushed Naruto away. Iruka was met with a handful of kunai, each piercing part of his body.

The eight gasped, not expecting this turn of events. Iruka was pushed to the side of the lone building the sat in the clearing. He was injured, badly but not that badly.

"I see now… How it is."

His voice was laced with pain. He was glaring at a tree. The eight followed his gaze. They saw Mizuki crouched in the tree, armed with giant shuriken, ready to kill.

"Why is he doing this?" Mirai asked. "He's betraying the village."

"Naruto, give me that scroll." Mizuki calmly demanded.

Naruto was frozen, he hadn't process what has happened or why it was happening.

"Naruto." Iruka said, he pulled a kunai out of his leg. "Never give him that scroll!"

Iruka never took his eyes of Mizuki.

"How could someone do this to their fellow ninja, their partner?" Metal Lee asked.

The eight themselves were still processing what was happening.

Iruka told Naruto about the scroll and about how Mizuki used him. This made Naruto more aware of what was happening. That only lasted a moment because Iruka and Mizuki started yelling opposite things that only made Naruto more confused.

"Iruka is just scared of you having the scroll, Naruto." Mizuki said. "I'll tell you the truth.

Iruka yelled at him to stop.

"12 years ago a rule was made after a certain incident, a rule that everyone but you know."

Iruka yelled at him to stop again. Naruto however wanted to know, wanted to know why he was the only one who didn't know the rule.

"The rule forbid anyone from telling you, that you are actually the Demon Fox Spirit!" Mizuki told the blond child. "You are the Nine Tailed Demon Fox who destroyed our village and killed Iruka's parents!"

"Stop it!" Iruka yelled again, time accidently ripping his shoulder on a kunai still in his arm.

Mizuki kept talking.

"Why? Why is he saying this?" Chocho said, moving behind Inojin.

"I think he's trying to get him to rampage." Mitsuki said. "I've read that jinchuriki, when their emotions get out of control and they don't have control of the beasts, can enter a state that can cause a lot of damage."

The looked the the Seventh. His face was shocked and unreadable.

"Didn't you find it strange, why everyone hated you so much?"

This caused an action in Naruto. I bent over, releasing a lot of chakra, yelling "No" repeatedly.

"Nobody accepts you. That's why Iruka hates you so much." Mizuki add more fuel to the fire.

"We have to stop this!" Sarada said.

"We can't" Shikadai said. "This had already happened."

Boruto, who had been quiet. Watchinig his dad. He was thinking. He'd admit he never knew why Uncle Iruka was around. Most students aren't that close to their teachers to the point of a relation outside of the classroom. But this enlighten things a bit, and he'd hate to admit, he wanted to know more now. They looked at Iruka to see his response. The saw the teach hunched over, eyes closed, clutching his leg. He must of been more injured the they thought because blood was trickling down his chin.

'Iruka… Naruto grew up without the love of parents'

It was the Third's voice. He must of said something to Iruka at one point and he was remembering it now. 'Everyone avoids him after that event. It's why he keeps misbehaving. It's the only way for him to be acknowledged. He pretends to be tough, but inside he's really hurting.'

The eight were silent. They had the image of the man they knew, strong, wise(stupid in Boruto's case) and always had a smile that shined like the sun. Now the thought, what is he hiding behind that smile when he smiles at us. They were ninja, they knew looks could be deceiving

"Die, Naruto!"

Those words snapped everyone out of their trance. The watched as Mizuki threw a giant shuriken at the blond child. Naruto fell back in shock as the fast spinning weapon came closer. He tried to crawl away but got only so far.

"Naruto!" Iruka yelled "Get down!"

Naruto covered his head and tried to make himself as small as he could.

The scene blackened but did not fade. When it became clear again what they saw was terrifying. Nothing they had seen or trained for prepared them for this. The shuriken was stopped, but it did not hit its mark. The weapon was blocked by Iruka, seeing as the star was now lodge in Iruka's back as he cover Naruto with his own body. Iruka coughed, splattering small drops of blood on Naruto's face.

The eight had never seen violence this bad, even in their Chunin Exams. Yet here was the Seventh as a child, facing it while in the academy still.

"Why...?" Naruto asked his teacher.

The sound of his voice stirred emotions in some of them. His voice sounded lost, scared and broken. Nothing like the man they know.

"Because." Iruka started, stopping because of pain. "You and I are the same. After my parents died no one was there for care or support, I didn't do well in school and became the class clown to get attention. I couldn't get notice for excellence so I did stupid things."

Iruka's voice broke and tears fell down his face. This cause most of the girls to start crying.

"It was so hard. Right, Naruto, You felt so lonely… Right? You suffered inside right? I'm Sorry Naruto."

The kids all started wide eyes. They each have met Iruka, their parents had invited him over sometimes and they knew him as a wise old man who was their parents' teacher. He always had a smile and here he was, broken and it wasn't his fault.

Mizuki ruined Iruka emotion speech and Naruto ran. He was confused and scared so he ran. He didn't know who to trust. The scene faded.

"Did… Did you know you dad ever felt like that?" Sarada asked Boruto.

"No." he said "How would I? He's never home"

Boruto was angry, he was always angry. But now he doesn't know where to put his anger. His idea of his dad having a terrible past wasn't what he expected and he sure as hell didn't want to find out like this.

"Hey." he yelled out. "Why are we here again?

No answer came.

"Answer me!"

"You are here for a lesson." the voice said.

"What kind of lesson?" He demanded.

"That's for you to find out."

"Well then tell me why your showing us my dad's past?"

"Why don't you answer that yourself?"

"Stop playing with me!"

"Boruto, calm down." Shikadai said, grabbing his friend's arm.

The women did not speak again and another scene showed up. It showed Naruto runnin. He jumped from branch to branch at with such speed.

"Naruto!" Iruka appeared.

He told Naruto the everything Mizuki said was a lie. Naruto stopped and tackled Iruka, punching him in the stomach.

"What? Why did he do that?" Inojin asked

"Naruto." He had a hard time speaking. "Why is it you knew I wasn't Iruka?"

Mizuki dispelled his transformation and glared at the child.

Naruto laughed and a pop of smoke revealed a transformed Iruka,

"Because I am Iruka."

The scene moved. It showed Naruto hidden behind a tree with the school as Iruka and Mizuki talked.

"Naruto is the same as me. Someone who would do anything he want once he has the scroll. Just like a monster would!" Mizuki said.

"Your right." Iruka said

"What, but just a moment ago he said-" Chocho started

"Shh. He's not done talking yet." Shikadai told her.

"A monster would, but Naruto is different." Iruka continued. "He's a great student, He'd hard working and single minded and clumsy. No one accepts him but he knows the meaning of human suffering. He's not the Demon Fox. He's Naruto Uzumaki of the Hidden Leaf Village."

Mizuki didn't like what he said. He pulled his second large shuriken of his back and got ready to attack. What the eight saw was a man ready to die right then and there, that is until Naruto came and Kicked Mizuki in the face, knocking the man away from his teacher.

Naruto stood in front of his teacher with a face that Boruto was glade his sister wasn't involved with this to see.

"If you ever lay a hand on Iruka-sensei, I'll kill you." Naruto told Mizuki.

The eight didn't doubt their Seventh Hokage's words. Naruto and Mizuki yelled at each other. Naruto got a hand sign ready.

"Hey, that's the Shadow Clone Jutsu sign." Sarada said. "This is going to be cool!"

Naruto said the very words the young ninja were familiar with. Mizuki and Iruka's eyes went wide, along with the members watching. The mass amount of clones shocked everyone. If they were honest, they thought he had always worked up to being able to summon that many clones at once but the know they were wrong. Even Boruto was shocked. He's the same age as his father right now and the most clones he can summon is less than 10. Here naruto had summon, dozens upon dozens of them. The mass of Narutos converged on the now scared Mizuki and soon it was safe to safe he wasn't going anywhere. Naruto himself stood there rubbing his head.

"Sorry sensei, I went a little overboard."

"A little?" Boruto said. "That was awesome! I wish I could do that."

"Naruto, come over here. I'd like to give you something." Iruka called.

Iruka had Naruto close his eyes. Iruka pulled the green goggles off his head and the his head band of his own head. The eight watched as Iruka tied his headband around Naruto's forehead.

"Alright, you can open your eyes."

Naruto did so.

"Congratulations on your graduation, Naruto. To celebrate we'll have ramen."

Naruto didn't move at first. The he tackle Iruka in a hug, which hurt Iruka thanks to his injuries. The scene faded.

(Longest chapter yet, I think. The reason I made Boruto excite about the end of the fight was because even someone like him would get excited about a total wipe out of awesome like that scene, also I just realized that this story will take forever to write and I would love for you to show your support in anyway you can.)