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"Phew it's been a long day. Those academy enrollment forms have really tired me out." Iruka gave another yawn while walking out of the Academy grounds. "I suppose I should go see the Hokage about how all the genin teams are doing so far." Heshifted course (instead of "turned around") and started heading towards the Hokage tower.

In a dark alleyway not far from the man, two figures in long dark brown hoods emerged. "Do you know what the plan is Naruto," Tobi said to the boy, turning to look at him.

"Yeah. After I sneak into the storage room and take some of the scrolls, I meet back with you at the meeting place. But I don't see why we have to wear these hoods. They just make us look more suspicious!"

"You have to be serious about this Naruto. If you are caught then you will be in a lot of trouble. Especially if they find out the identity of the hidden person beneath this hood," Tobi said, pointing to the boy's hood. The two stealthily made their way forward, leaping from roof to roof before jumping down into another alleyway across from the entrance of a building. "We're here."

"Why are we even here, how are we supposed to get in there without getting caught?" Naruto said ignorantly, crossing his arms.

"Wasn't this your idea to begin with Naruto?"

"It was a suggestion, " Naruto replied in defence, turning away from Tobi.

Tobi face palmed and moaned in frustration.

*flashback*

Naruto and Tobi were walking towards the hideout, Tobi talking to Naruto about his training.

"Since finding out that your chakra nature is wind, I've been gathering first level jutsu for wind chakra users," Tobi informed as he and Naruto headed towards the hideout.

"I know where we can find heaps!" Naruto interrupted excitedly, turning to face Tobi. "When I was still in Konoha, sometimes the old man would let me look at all the scrolls that are kept in the storage room. They are categorized for each nature. I saw "Fire Jutsu", "Lightning Jutsu", and all the other nature types! They are also put in order of ranked D to SS rank I believe. Also there-"

"Are you implying that we should infiltrate the leaf village and take some scrolls? Heh, you're already getting into the spirit. To do so however, I want to teach you a jutsu that will help you succeed the infiltration."

Tobi redirected their path to an open area near the cave and started to teach Naruto the new jutsu.

*end of flashback*

"Show me your perfected disguise Naruto," Tobi instructed, and just like that Naruto got into stance and performed the seal. In a poof, the boy was disguised as a leaf Jonin. "Good enough. Now go, and be quick."

The 'Jonin' walked out of the alleyway and approached the two shinobi who supposedly were guiding the building. The two shinobi stopped talking to each other and laid their eyes on the 'Jonin' walking towards them. "Halt! Tell us your name and your purpose of coming here," one of the shinobi ordered.

"Relax. These are orders from the Hokage himself. I need to find a specific water technique that a bandit used against one of our ninja," the 'Jonin' replied coolly.

"Well, where is the note?" one of the shinobi asked condonably.

"This was a matter in urgency that couldn't wait. The Hokage didn't have time to write a note and immediately ordered me to come here and investigate. That urgent time needed is getting wasted getting held up out here."

"O-Okay, do what you have to do." The two shinobi moved out of the way for the 'Jonin'.

'Piece of cake,' Naruto thought, showing his grin through his disguise, though neither of the shinobi seemed to care.

Naruto made his way into the room. His eyes widened in fascination as he scavenged through all the scrolls. "D rank.. A rank.. S rank.. they're all here!" Naruto said happily. 'Now go, and be quick.' Remembering what Tobi said, he immediately got serious and searched through the scrolls beneath the sign "Wind Jutsu".

After picking the ones he found interest in, he put them all in a storage seal located on his arm, then walked back out of the building.

"How did it go?" one of the shinobi said as Naruto passed, resting against the wall.

Naruto flinched, forgetting how he had fooled the two shinobi with his disguise. "Ah, yes… good, very good. I found some info that will help in this investigation. Have a good night." Naruto leapt onto the rooftops and headed toward the meeting area he and Tobi had discussed before the mission. Once a comfortable distance away from the shinobi he'd fooled, he jumped down into the street and walked the rest of the way.

After Iruka finished talking to the Hokage and had heard positive news, he decided that was it for the day and started walking back home. 'I'm glad team 7 has finally found a new replacement for Naruto,' he thought to himself. 'Hopefully they can all get along nicely soon. I wonder what Naruto is doing at this moment-'

Iruka bumped into someone, knocking him back into reality. "I'm so sorry I didn't see where I was… going..." His eyes widened and his words trailed off. He caught just a glimpse of the person's face before they fled, leaving Iruka frozen. That quick second seemed to drag on as he took in the appearance of the person hidden beneath the brown hood. "Na… ruto? No, it can't be, I'm so tired I'm starting to hallucinate." Deciding to wave the thought off, Iruka simply walked home.

The thought was getting to Iruka, as he walked home, confusion shown in his face as he watches the scene of the supposedly 'Naruto' still vivid in his mind. 'The paperwork must be taking over the time I should be sleeping... I need to get more sleep.'

Naruto stopped behind Tobi as he managed to make it to the meeting place undetected. "I did it. I've got the scrolls."

"Are leaf ninja really so lenient in letting a disguised Jonin into a building full of scrolls and Konoha's biggest secrets?" Tobi said, face palming at the village's apparent ignorance. "It surprises me that someone like you could actually fool those two shinobi," he added.

"Hey take that back!"

Tobi laughed at the boy's intolerance. "Let's go back come on." He put his hand on Naruto's shoulder and they both teleported back to the cave. "That's it for today, go rest up," Tobi instructed. "We'll start training tomorrow."

*next day*

Iruka was ready for the day. He started walking down the street and looking around, but he knew something was off. There weren't many shinobi around the village. Then, he looked up and noticed how busy it was around the Hokage tower. Curious, he decided to check it out for himself.

Just as he was about to knock on the door, a kunoichi spoke. "You can't come in. The Hokage is very busy right now."

"That's what I'm here for, I want to know what's going on."

"That isn't your decision. The Hokage-"

"Let him in," the hokage interrupted.

"Y-yes sir…" The kunoichi stared at Iruka for a few seconds before opening the door for the man.

Iruka walked in and waited for the kunoichi to close the door as she left the room, before walking straight to the hokage. "What is going on? What has happened"

The Hokage let out a sigh. "Someone infiltrated the village and stole scrolls from the storage room. They were all wind jutsu scrolls and also…"

"'Also' what?"

The Hokage placed his hands on his desk and intently looked at Iruka. "One of the jutsu scrolls that were taken... was the Rasengan."

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