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Chapter 6 – First Real Fight

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Eventually his turn finally came, he walked into the room and was happy to see it was small enough for him to carry out his plan easily. He turned to the two instructors across the room and a grin spread across his face seeing that Iruka was one of them. After a second of getting warmed up he signalled he was ready to begin the exam.

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"Alright Naruto. First off I want you to perform the Kawarimi no Jutsu. You can use anything in the room to substitute yourself." Announced Iruka from behind the desk.

Naruto looked around the room quickly, then turned back to both instructors. He went through the hand seals fairly slow and finally yelled, "Kawarimi no Jutsu!" He promptly disappeared in a cloud of smoke. Once the smoke cleared it showed a very surprised looking instructor and where he had been sitting a very smug looking Naruto. "Not bad. I guess I can pass the kawarimi." Mused Naruto acting like an instructor.

Iruka just gaped at Naruto sitting next to him. 'How much has he been holding back! A kawarimi like that is ranked as a high chuunin level jutsu!' Thought Iruka quickly closing his mouth. "Alright Naruto very impressive please go back to your place for the second test." Iruka said while motioning for the other instructor to come sit back down and then writing something on his clipboard.

Naruto got up and went back to standing in the middle of the room. "Okay the second jutsu I want to see is the Bunshin no Jutsu. I need you to create 2-5 bunshin for me." As soon as Naruto heard this he started concentrating trying to control where the bunshin would appear. He went through the seals after a few minutes and produced 5 perfect clones of himself in the room. "Excellent Naruto! You pass the test, here's your hitai-ite." Iruka said while picking up the last hitai-ite from the table and walking around to Naruto to give it to him.

"Yes! I knew I could make it work!" Yelled Naruto while taking the hitai-ite and jumping in the air. When he finally calmed down he spoke to Iruka. "Iruka-sensei? Could I talk to you alone for a second?" Iruka understood what he wanted to do. He turned to the other instructor and signalled him to leave the room. Once the other instructor left Naruto spoke again but in a lower volume and he still had not dispelled the clones. "If you wanna find out how I managed the Bunshin no Jutsu, Iruka-sensei. Just look out the window!"

Iruka did just as Naruto suggested and looked outside. What he saw surprised him, to put it simply. In the training grounds outside the academy window and hiding in some of the trees around the academy building were upward to around 100 Naruto's, all of them either just standing or trying to hide. Iruka started to ask questions but was then drawn back to the sight before he could finish the question, the sheer number of clones astounded him. After a full 5 minutes turning to Naruto and then to the sight outside, Naruto finally decided to dispel the clones once all of them were gone Iruka finally managed to calm down and talk straight but before he said anything he just turned to Naruto and gave off a huge smile. "So I'm guessing you've been practicing on where the bunshin appear when you summon them haven't you? That's why you took a few minutes before performing the jutsu."

"Ya got it in one sensei!" Answered Naruto with a huge grin.

"I won't even ask about the number of bunshin you summoned. Either way good work Naruto! Now c'mon I gotta give instructions to everyone about what happens next." Explained Iruka while leading him out of the exam room.

By the time Naruto and Iruka arrived at the classroom Naruto had lowered the goggles so they were now around his neck and had tied his hitai-ite around his head now adorning where his goggles used to be. He grinned at the guys and took a seat next to Kiba, who was giving him a thumbs up.

When everyone went quiet Iruka started his speech about how they should always work hard and never stop practicing even though they had become genin now. Eventually he got to the part about what they had to do now. "Tomorrow morning you are to come back here and find out which teams you are going to be in. You will then be picked up by your new jounin instructors and they will be in charge of you from there on. Alright your dismissed!"

As soon as the last word left Iruka's mouth everyone started filing out and going home to tell their families about their success. Naruto of course simply said his good byes to the guys and started towards Ichiraku's for some celebratory ramen. Once he got there he was given a hearty, "CONGRATULATIONS!" From both Ayame and Teuchi and to his delight was given a free first bowl of ramen of his choosing. Obviously he went with the biggest bowl with the most toppings, the Ichiraku Supreme Ramen. Even after the first bowl he managed to pack a few more bowls in until be his 4th bowl Kyuubi spoke up. 'Hey Kit, get back here! I got something for you for passing the genin exam.' Naruto mentally nodded at this and had a fifth bowl before finally paying for it and heading to the apartment.

When he got to the compound Kyuubi told him to head for the bedroom he used. When he got there the first thing he noticed were the clothes on the bed. He especially noticed the gauntlets/forearm guards laid on either side of the jacket.

"Now that you made genin I don't want you wearing that jumpsuit anymore. Don't complain it's for your own good, the suit is practically screaming 'Hit me! I'm an easily visible target!' Now try on these clothes they used to be your fathers so they should fit you. Once your done changing meet me in the jutsu training area, we'll start working to see if you have either Kekkei Genkai. Although something tells me you have your mother's Kekkei Genkai, I'm not sure about your father's." Having said what he wanted to say Kyuubi left for the training area.

Naruto took off his jumpsuit so he was wearing only his boxers, goggles and hitai-ite. He pulled the pants on first they were slightly shorter than his usual pants except they were black with an orange stripe going down the outer leg, unlike his old pants they didn't require a belt to hold up as there was elastic in the waist band and around the ends of the legs meaning they wouldn't catch on anything. Even though a belt wasn't needed to hold the pants up there were still loops to hold a belt in place. Once he had them on he grabbed the two kunai holsters and strapped them to both thighs, he then grabbed a belt which had another two utility pouches on them and a few special pouches for holding scrolls and seal making equipment. The belt fit loosely on him, which made the pouches drop slightly, since he had long since burned the baby fat off his stomach and had a well toned six-pack. He then grabbed a sleeveless steel mesh shirt and pulled it on, he didn't really like it at first because it didn't cover him up much. He grabbed a set of straps with kunai holsters on it and figured out they were to be worn underneath the jacket so he put it on and made sure to tighten the straps and close the buckle that went over his chest. When he got to the jacket he was fairly happy because it had the red swirl, although it was a slightly darker red, he loved on the back, it was roughly the same as Shikamaru's except the sleeves had been ripped off. It was black like the pants and made of leather, the inside though was lined with a white cotton fabric.

When he had the clothes on he looked in the mirror to right of the bed. 'Not bad I guess.' He thought, while looking at his shoulders and biceps. He was muscular but also lean, the muscles didn't look out of place on him thanks to this. He turned back around and pulled on a pair of ninja sandals exactly like his old ones except they were black. He then took the gauntlets, the underside was padded with the same white cotton as the jacket except they weren't completely blank. There were seals on the underside but there was something strange about them it took Naruto a few minutes but he figured it out. The seal had been flipped over which meant that whatever was sealed in it appeared above the metal plate side of the gauntlet. He wondered what it could be but just slapped them on instead he had already taken too long, Kyuubi was probably getting impatient.

When Naruto got to the jutsu training area Kyuubi was sitting in the clearing with the scrolls on the Kekkei Genkai to either side of him and a few smaller scrolls in front of him. He looked up at Naruto and smiled, "You look like your father now, Kit and a true ninja! Something tells me you noticed the seals on the bottom of the gauntlets. Before you ask just try unlocking the seal."

Naruto looked at Kyuubi, surprised he could read him so easily. He did as Kyuubi said and unlocked the seal on his right gauntlet and there was a puff of smoke. To Naruto's surprise there was now a blade about a foot and a half long now curving along the top of his arm. "Whoa! Cool!" Was all he managed to say he then sealed the blade back in the gauntlets. "It's the same with the other before you even try the left one!"

Naruto frowned and pouted at him mockingly. "Don't give me that face Kit! We're here to find out if you have those Kekkei Genkai your mother and father had, not to check out your new clothes. Now then from what I've noticed with my eyes and you've already seen yourself, your Tenketsu are always releasing a steady flow of chakra wether your trying to release it or not, I've also noticed that you're chakra is a little denser it's not as translucent as other chakra I've seen. This means you already have your mothers Kekkei Genkai, it's just a matter of harnessing it. As you've already read in the scroll you have to use these hand seals to make the chakra surround your body instead of roll off it." Kyuubi unrolled the Uzumaki clan scroll at this point.

"Once you've used these clan hand seals you can manipulate the chakra to spin and block attacks or you can push that chakra out and make it an attack, for now just use the hand seals and we'll see what happens." Naruto nodded to Kyuubi and looked over the hand seals. They were all different to the twelve he had learned in the academy, some didn't even require both hands. After memorizing each one in sequence he went through them slowly, there were twenty in total. When he completed them all he suddenly felt full of chakra and his skin felt itchy.

"THAT'S IT KIT! Your Tenketsu are narrowing, there's less chakra coming out and the chakra that is coming out is sticking to your body! Alright Kit activate the Kitsune Boushi no Jutsu, so you can see for yourself!" Naruto did as Kyuubi suggested and went through the seals. When he activated the fox eyes what he saw excited and shocked him. Just a few centimeters above his skin was a layer of his chakra, it wasn't falling off him like it did the last time he activated the eyes, it was like a second skin.

"You're going to be really glad I made the Kitsune Boushi no Jutsu for you Kit!" Exclaimed Kyuubi.

"Why's that Kyu-sensei?" Asked Naruto looking up from his new second skin, tilting his head to one side.

"Because this way it'll be easier for you to learn to control your Rasen Kikou (Spiral Armor), the Kekkei Genkai you inherited from your mother. Using the eyes, you can see the chakra that's covering your body, this will make it easier to control it and master the Kekkei Genkai. Now I'm going to throw a light punch to your chest try and spin the chakra to block it." Kyuubi said while getting up and walking over to Naruto. He waited a second for Naruto to get ready and threw his punch.

Naruto was surprised to say the least, he had managed to spin the chakra at the last minute but it wasn't nearly enough to block the attack. When Kyuubi's punch connected he had at least expected to fall on his ass but all he felt was a light tap. "You're lucky Kit, the spin and the dense chakra was enough to slow down my attack. I suggest you carry on practising with some sort of clones for now. I'm going to prepare for the awakening of the Namikazi Kekkei Genkai IF you have it."

As Kyuubi had suggested, Naruto summoned about thirty shadow clones and had all of them punch him one at a time while he stopped and restarted spinning his chakra skin. Every time he restarted the spin it felt easier to start and speed up. After a couple of hours Naruto could block multiple hits on different parts of his body from his shadow clones. Eventually he even asked Kyuubi to hit him again with more force and was, to Kyuubi's surprise, able to block it easily.

"Seeing as you're so confident with your defending, let's try your attacking with the chakra. All you've got to do is force more chakra out of the point your attacking with while spinning your chakra. It should do a large amount of damage to your opponent." Once this was said Naruto went back to practicing with his shadow clones. He had them attack him and instead of just spinning the chakra he also forced a lot of chakra out. What he saw thanks to the fox eye jutsu, he liked it, a lot. The first time he tried it he found it difficult to keep the chakra spinning but it got easier. Every time a clone hit him it instantly poofed out of existence with a satisfying POP. Eventually he got bored of just forcing chakra out though and tried shaping it more, he soon got to the point of making a ball of chakra covering his fist instead of acting like a second skin. He also made the chakra spin lots of different ways instead of just the one way and condensed it more until he new it was visible to human eyes, he knew because he deactivated the fox eyes to check it every now and then. He tried punching a stalagmite with the finished product and was happy to see it blew up the stone spike. Of course this didn't go unnoticed by Kyuubi, when he saw Naruto form the ball and slam it into the stalagmite though he had one thought go through his head, 'Son of a-! Either he just thought that up or he's been looking through too many offensive jutsu scrolls and found his fathers Rasengan.'

"Hey Kit! What did you just do there?" Asked Kyuubi, his voice full of surprise.

Naruto turned round and saw Kyuubi staring at him wide eyed. He thought he was in trouble at first but then saw that it was shock that was in Kyuubi's eyes. "Well I got bored of just forcing chakra out so I decided to play around a bit with shaping the chakra and condensing it. A ball was the easiest shape to make and it was easy to make around my fist. I wanted to see what kind of damage I could do with it and that's how this happened." Said Naruto, motioning to the pieces of rock strewn around the floor. "I was gonna try to just make a block of condensed chakra next that would just be a hard and heavy hitter. Thing is it's really easy to make stuff out of chakra with the fox eye jutsu you gave me 'cause I can see the chakra take shape without having to condense it. That ball I just made had chakra spinning around in it so I think that's what made the rock blow up. I think a block of condensed chakra would probably just smash it instead of make it blow up. I also want to try and push out some chakra and flatten it, then sharpen it, making some kind of chakra sword or blade coming out of my hand and..." Naruto carried on like this for a few minutes while making gestures with his hands of how he would attack using these different shapes and densities of chakra. All Kyuubi could do was smile at Naruto's imagination.

'He's already trying to make it different to the usual Kekkei Genkai by using jutsu he alone possesses. This kid is going to go far.' Just then Kyuubi heard something in the forest outside the compound with his sensitive hearing. Kyuubi interrupted Naruto's train of thought with a, "SSH Kit! There's something going on outside in the forest. Sounds like three people and they're fighting about something. We better take a look Kit!"

Kyuubi guided Naruto to the entrance and opened the door. Thankfully the waterfall covered the noise of the opening door, which meant unless you were standing right next to the door you would never hear it open. When they got out of the compound they noticed it was already dark. "Kit! Over there! By the two largest trees to your right!" Whispered Kyuubi to Naruto, while they were sliding along the wall, getting out from behind the waterfall.

Naruto looked over to where Kyuubi had told him. Thanks to the fox eyes, which were still active, he could see fairly clearly in the darkness. He could clearly see three figures, one on the floor being held down by another while the third was talking to the one being held down. Kyuubi signalled to be quiet because they were going to get closer to see what was happening.

They took to the tree branches and jumped silently closer, using the mental link to talk if the need arose. When Kyuubi stopped on a branch almost directly above where the figures were standing Naruto could feel Kyuubi's rage through the mental link. He started wondering what was wrong that was until he landed right next to him and saw the three clearer. Standing up was Mizuki, a chunin instructor Naruto had seen in the academy, on his back was a couple of large fumma shuriken and a large scroll the same size as the clan scrolls from the compound. Naruto didn't particularly like him since he had always ignored Naruto during any lessons he was teaching. Naruto couldn't tell who the one holding the third person was because he couldn't see the persons face. The third person on the floor though , he could see the persons hair and he instantly knew who it was on the floor. Naruto now understood Kyuubi's anger and shared it, on the floor was Iruka, the only instructor at the academy to respect and have faith in Naruto, Kyuubi's Kit.

Before Kyuubi could do anything Naruto jumped down and knocked out the ninja holding Iruka in a blind rage. He then turned to Mizuki, "Well speak of the devil, or should I say demon! HAH! I was just wondering how Iruka could have believed in a demon gaki like you! You know what he said? He said it was because you aren't the demon, that you're just a child that grew up parentless because of the demon, just like him, now that's a laugh! I have to say I was surprised he didn't kill you the first day he met you! You know why? Because it was you who killed his parents, DEMON! And now I'm going to do something he didn't do and something the village should have done twelve years ago, namely kill you!" Mizuki said as he detached one of the fumma shuriken from his back. "I'm going to have to kill Iruka after you of course, somebody just can't steal the Hokage's scroll of jutsu and leave a witness." Mizuki threw the shuriken at Naruto upon saying this. Mizuki of course didn't know that Naruto could just block the shuriken with his newly mastered Rasen Kikou, sadly neither did Iruka.

Just before the shuriken hit. To everyone's surprise Iruka had put himself between the large shuriken and Naruto, blocking the shuriken. Naruto looked in horror at the pained look on Iruka's face and caught him as he fell, "Iruka-sensei! You didn't have to do that! The shuriken-"

"Yes I did have to do that Naruto." Iruka broke in. "I don't blame you Naruto for my parents death. I know you are merely the jailer not the demon. I've seen that, I saw the first day I met you. It was in your eyes, you were sad, lonely and lacked the love a mother and father gave. It was the exact same for me when my parents were killed by the Kyuubi all those years ago!" Tears were streaming down Iruka's face now. "I don't care what the villagers think of you! You will be Hokage and the villagers will look up to you! Now RUN! Get away and find somewhere to hide so you can survive and realize your dream!" Iruka passed out a few seconds after saying this.

Naruto looked at the motionless body of his sensei, the closest thing he probably had to a father and something in him snapped. "How can I run? If I run the villagers will never look up to me, I'll be looked upon as a coward who left his Sensei to die in the middle of a fight." He said to no one in particular. "Mizuki! You will pay for your treason to Konoha and your treachery towards your fellow shinobi. I have estimated the sentence of such crimes to be DEATH!" Naruto looked up. He had now tapped into Kyuubi's chakra for he had activated the Kitsune Tsume no Jutsu without the hand seals and the claws were red. Mizuki looked in horror at what he saw for it wasn't until that moment that he saw Naruto's red eyes and his fear only increased from the appearance of the chakra made claws. Naruto then continued to make earth clones, water clones and shadow clones and issued one single command "ATTACK!"

All hell broke loose at that moment as Mizuki tried to block the attacks of the clones some had the same glowing claws as the real Naruto. Even though he manged to defend himself, just about, he was just too outnumbered to keep it up. Eventually he was hit by a particularly strong kick to his back and was jumped on by the clones in his defnseless state, he was further kicked, clawed, punched and even had Naruto's new Kekkei Genkai attack used on him. It was this moment that Kyuubi decided to step in he placed a hand on Naruto's shoulder and gave him a solemn look. Naruto knew exactly what Kyuubi was trying to tell him and he calmed, instantly dispelling the clones with large splashes and pops and crumbling as they all returned to their original raw materials. After the smoke cleared it revealed a very bloody, bruised, battered and very much alive Mizuki.

"It is not your place to judge him Kit. If you killed him now you would only be proving him right in that you're a monster but your better than that. Leave his sentencing to the Hokage, now let's send a flare for the ANBU to find you guys I'm going to go back to the compound I don't want you to be any more trouble. I'll watch what happens through the mental link. See ya later Kit!" At that Kyuubi ran back to the compound and established the mental link so he could watch over Naruto.

Naruto sat down next to Iruka sensei and quickly went through some hand seals, he sent a flare up from his hand and ANBU arrived within a few minutes to find him holding Iruka and crying silent tears. When he saw them he instantly asked them to take care of Iruka. Asking them to use any healing jutsu they knew on him to stem the flow of blood from the gaping wound in his back.

That night Naruto stayed in the Hokage's office after the ANBU had escorted him there to be questioned. He lied, obviously, to cover up the fact that he was being trained by Kyuubi. He told the Hokage that he had been jumping around the village rooftops because he was happy about making genin and couldn't sleep. How he had seen Mizuki and the other Nin take Iruka from his home and drag him to the forest to frame him for the theft of the scroll. And finally how he had jumped in to try and save Iruka only to be saved by him and then take revenge for his fallen Sensei by using his Kekkei Genkai which he only found out about that night during the fight. Leaving out all the clones and activating his fox based jutsu for obvious reasons.

The Hokage believed every word and immediately sent Mizuki and his partner in crime to be incarcerated until further notice. He then informed Naruto that Iruka would be okay. That Iruka just needed a bit of medical jutsu and a blood replenishment pill and he would be back in the academy in the morning to work again. Naruto brightened up at this piece of information and thanked the Hokage as he dismissed Naruto.

Leaving the Hokage Tower Naruto noticed that the sun was already rising. He decided to go to Ichiraku's and see what he could get for breakfast. When he got there he was happy to see that they just opened up for the day. "What! Naruto-kun? What are you doing here so early? Anyway I'm afraid I haven't even started on the broth yet so I don't have any ramen." Explained Teuchi.

Naruto looked up at the old man with a grin and said, "That's okay Oji-san I'll just have some o-hagi and some green tea. Onegai!"

Teuchi looked at Naruto with a kindly smile and said, "Coming up Kiddo." He turned around and started to walk into the back while shouting, "Hey Ayame! Get some o-hagi and green tea made for our number one customer!"

A few minutes later Ayame walked out with a tray full of o-hagi and proped it in front of Naruto. 'Wow what happened to Naruto! He usually wears that jumpsuit of his. Guess he thought it wasn't good to wear if he was going to be a ninja but, wow! A body like that! I shouldn't complain and none of the girls at the academy aren't going to complain either. I wish he could be just a few years older.' "Arigatou Ayame-chan!" He said in a cheerful voice and started munching down on the food.

"Your here early Naruto-kun! I know! You were probably too excited at becoming a genin to sleep last night and probably stayed up all night didn't you!" Naruto just nodded at this not wanting to worry her with the truth. "I knew it! Your so full of energy all the time I'm surprised if you can sleep at all! I'll be right back with you green tea. Kay!" She left with her usual cute grin.

'Man, I'm glad I found this ramen place back when I started the academy. Not only do they have great food but they don't fear or hate me here either and it's nice to have a girl look at me with a smile instead of just hit me and tell me to bug off!' Naruto thought as he waited for Ayame to get back with the green tea. A few minutes later and she came back and placed the cup next to the tray. Naruto finished the o-hagi he was eating and drank some of the tea.

He just stayed there for a half hour talking to Ayame and enjoying his breakfast. Eventually he looked at his watch and decided it was time to go. He grabbed the last o-hagi and finished off the tea. He thanked Ayame and Teuchi, paid for the food and started walking toward the academy.

When he got there, he found the gates already open early and walked straight for his class while he finished his breakfast. When he got there he sat down and waited for everyone else. The next person to get there was Sasuke which he had already guessed would come in early. Sasuke looked at Naruto wide eyed at first surprised to see him wearing anything other than his orange jumpsuit and actually early to class. He then just went to sit down in his usual spot by the window. About half an hour after that he saw Hinata walk in the back door and take her usual seat in the corner. After that some of Sasuke's remaining fan-girls arrived and argued over who would sit next to him, they didn't even look at Naruto as they came in.

After that another group of girls walked in, they saw him and all of sudden they were fawning over him like Sasuke's fan-girls were for him. At the front of this group was the Ino girl that used to fawn over Sasuke until the fireball incident. At first he just sat there blushing while they were grabbing his shoulders and biceps feeling how firm they were and squealing with delight. After a while they started arguing who got to sit with him, it was at this time that he decided to sneak away and sat up at the top, all the way at the other end of where Hinata was sitting. Seeing him closer, of course she noticed his new clothes and how the mesh shirt showed his toned upper body and the jacket showed off his muscular arms. She of course kept getting drawn to his open jacket, seeing his chest and stomach. After a few seconds of staring she quickly turned away as she had a small nosebleed and a very deep red blush.

After a while Kiba and the guys walked in and noticed that Naruto was up at the back and called him to come back to the middle. His new fan-girls noticed this and immediately rushed to him at the back of the classroom and restarted the initial attack all over again. Naruto made a mental note to get Kiba back for that later. While Kiba, Chouji and Shikamaru stared in shock at Naruto's new found popularity. They later noticed his new get up and figured out why the girls went crazy for him, that and he saved a lot of them from Sasuke's fireball earlier that month. Thankfully for Naruto, Iruka decided to walk in at that very moment and after getting over the initial shock of seeing Naruto's new fan-club and his new ninja uniform called for everyone to sit down. Naruto managed to get stuck with Ino and another girl sitting either side to him happily.

Naruto had never thought of getting a girlfriend because he was always so busy training at the compound. Sure he thought some of the girls were cute but he never asked any of them out. In fact he didn't want to have a girlfriend until he was at least chunin, then he figured he could spend more time with her because he could choose his missions more freely.

Iruka shouted, "Alright! I'm now going to sort you guys out into your three man teams and assign you your team number. Once I'm done you will sit down with your new teammates and wait for your jounin instructor to pick you up. Now then... Team one!-"

Kyuubi: Hey Author-san?

Me: Yes, Kyuubi?

Kyuubi: How come I'm not the father figure for Naruto in this fanfic? I mean I taught him most of everything he knows!

Me: Yes but from the way I described you, you look more like Naruto's brother. Iruka deserves to be Naruto's father figure any way, since he was first grown up to show him any kind of respect and trying to mentor him. So are you happy with being called Naruto's brother for now?

Kyuubi: I guess so.

Naruto: Yay! Can I call you Kyu-nii-san or Kyuubi-nii-san now?

Kyuubi: Not yet Kit. I'm still your sensei after all.

Naruto: AWWW!

Author: See you guys in the next chapter! (Waves Goodbye)