-1Summary: Do I really need to type it again? Five year old Naruto almost killed, save by Kyuubi.. Anything else ya' need ta know?
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto and most likely(not a snowball's chance in Hell) will never own it.
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Kyuubi's Legacy
Chapter Four: Don't Fail the Exam!
It had been two long years since Naruto had come back to Konoha and started his life as an Academy student. His life still wasn't what you would call normal. But who can be normal when they are half Kitsune and live in an apartment with the perverted Kyuubi that had once resided in their own body - though now reduced to three tails, and who just happens to be their mentor and guardian.
Naruto was considered dead last in his class… Mostly because he always faked his Henge, and he had always had trouble with a certain jutsu that you were expected to master in academy… But, he had always excelled in shuriken and kunai throwing. Hopefully, that would be enough to pass the Genin exam.
In the last two years, Naruto had pulled countless pranks against Iruka and Sarutobi. Also, Naruto had made a few friends - Inuzuka Kiba, Nara Shikamaru, Akimichi Chouji, Aburame Shino(to a very small extent), and Hyuuga Hinata(although she tended to blush, stutter, and even faint when he was around her, which happened a lot, considering the fact that she sat right beside him).
Naruto had also made an enemy or two… /cough/Sasuke/cough/
Naruto had even become considerable friends with Iruka…
And today… Was the day of the Genin exam, and Naruto prayed that he would pass.
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Iruka stood in front of the class.
"Today, is the Genin exam! I will be testing your strength and what you have learned in the last two years!"
Gulps and cheers ran through the crowd of students… As well as the snores of Shikamaru.
"When I call your name, come with me into the next room, so I can test your skills," Iruka explained.
"Come with me, Aburame Shino, " Iruka said, walking into the back room. Shino followed after him.
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Inside the room, Iruka stood beside Shino and a man with silver hair, Mizuki sat in a chair in the corner. There was a table off to the side, several Hitai Ates laying on it.
"To pass the test and become an official Genin, you must create three perfect, functional clones."
Shino nodded and complied, forming three perfect clones.
He exited the room sporting a new Konoha headband.
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Naruto watched as everyone else went in the room and left, wearing new Konoha headbands.
Now… It was his turn…
"Uzumaki Naruto!"
Naruto gulped and followed Iruka to the next room.
"Naruto, to pass the test and become an official Genin, you must create three perfect, functional clones," Iruka said, as he had for every student other student.
Naruto gulped.
The Bushin no Jutsu had been the one Jutsu that Naruto had never even gotten close to mastering. Even when he had been training with Daichi, all those years, he had never been able to master a simple Bushin. They always turned out disfigured, sickly, or even dead.
Naruto put his hands in the appropriate seal and called out the name of the Jutsu.
"Bushin no Jutsu!" Naruto called. There was a poof of smoke and when it dissipated, there were two Narutos. One was the original, and the other sickly, near death, sprawled out on the floor at the original Naruto's feet.
Naruto sighed and sweat-dropped at his own clone. It was pathetic… Even he knew that.
Within seconds, the clone disappeared in a poof of smoke.
Iruka sighed.
"Fail…"
"Wait, Wait! I can do better then that! Can I please had another try, I can do a better, more powerful jutsu!"
Iruka crossed his arms and shook his head.
"Sorry, Naruto, but I can't give you a second try… It wouldn't be fair to any other students that might have failed…"
"Oh, come on, Iruka, let him pass… He did make one clone, after all," Mizuki said.
"But he only made one, and it was near death… Sorry Naruto, better luck next time…" Iruka said, sadly.
Naruto quietly walked from the room, a sad expression plaster on his normally grinning face.
As Naruto exited, a small, lavender eyed girl watched.
"Naruto-kun…" she whispered sadly.
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Naruto sat on a branch of a tree, watching as parents congratulated their children on becoming Genin. He also heard the adults talking about him.
"That's the demon kid… Good thing he didn't pass… We don't need a demon being a Ninja," on said.
Naruto looked at the ground and sighed.
"Bushin no Jutsu?" a voice that he recognized as Daichi's, asked from behind him. Naruto looked to see a small, chibi version of Daichi in his three-tail fox form, holding a little orange book up with one paw.
The chibi Daichi(which happened to be his favorite form), was the size of a normal fox but had three whispy tails, pupil-less emerald eyes, and silver and orange fur. Just like his normal fox form, only… smaller…
Naruto nodded at Daichi's question.
"Yeah… How'd ya' know?"
"Believe it or not… I can't do a simple Bushin either, and look at me! I was the strongest demon to ever live! I even lead a village, much like this one!"
"You really can't do a Bushin?" Naruto asked.
"Nope.. 'Cuz every time I try, I used to always release to much chakra and I'd end up zapping my clone.. I never got more then one and that one always looked dead.. Hehe…"
"Same with me.." Naruto muttered.
Someone approached the two.
"Well, I'm off," Daichi said, disappearing in a poof of smoke.
"Uzumaki Naruto," a voice said.
Naruto looked down to see the man know as Mizuki.
"What do you want?" Naruto muttered.
"I know a way for you to become Genin.." Mizuki said.
Naruto instantly brightened up a little.
"How?"
"All you need to do is get the Forbidden Jutsu scroll and show Iruka one Jutsu from it… He'll pass ya' for sure!" Mizuki said cheerfully.
'Ya right… And then I'll get in big trouble.. I mean it's FORBIDDEN for a reason. Does he really think that I'm that stupid.'
'I'm interested Kit…' Daichi said in Naruto's mind via telepathic connection.
'Ya, and curiosity killed the cat'
'True.. But remember, were foxes, not cats,' said Daichi.
'Ya, ya, ya. What do you want?'
'Do what he says, I wanna see what he's up to,' Daichi said.
'Fine.'
"I'll do it!" Naruto called with fake enthusiasm.
Mizuki smirked inwardly.
'Stupid Kyuubi Brat… He'll be outta this village and I'll have the Forbidden Scroll…'
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Naruto was in the middle of the forest, unopened Forbidden Scroll laying at his feet, leaning against the trunk of a tree. He was staring up at the moon in the night's sky.
Leaning against another tree was Daichi, in his chibi form, reading Icha Icha Paradise.
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Iruka was in the Hokage's office, talking to him about the students.
Suddenly, Mizuki burst into the room.
"Hokage-sama! Iruka-san! Quick! Naruto's stolen the Forbidden Scroll!"
"what!?" they both said, looking up.
"It's true! He said he wanted to use it to destroy Konoha!" Mizuki lied.
"Kami.." Iruka muttered, running out of the room, into the forest to search for Naruto, Mizuki followed suit.
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"Naruto!"
Naruto glanced toward the side and saw Iruka coming toward him.
"Hey, Iruka-sensei!" Naruto said, waving.
"Naruto, what are you doing here!?" Iruka asked, half yelling.
"Oh… Yeah. Well, Mizuki-sensei told me to take the Forbidden Scroll and learn a jutsu from it, so I could pass the Genin exams…" Naruto explained.
"Mizuki told you to take it?" Iruka asked.
Naruto nodded.
"Yeah, and I was going to say no, but I was curious… I mean, it was obvious that he was doing it for his own reasons.. So I decided to find out what, exactly, it was that he wanted. And technically, I wasn't the one who stole it anyway, It was Daichi," Naruto said, glancing sideways at the chibi former Kyuubi.
Daichi, still reading the perverted orange book, raised his other paw, in a sort of a wave.
"Yo."
"Naruto… Is that a fox?" Iruka asked.
Naruto nodded.
"I guess so…" Naruto said.
"Isn't Daichi your 'Guardian?'" Iruka asked.
Naruto nodded.
"So your Guardian's a fox?"
"When he wants to be."
"Naruto, what do you plan on doing with that scroll?"
"Nothin'," Naruto said.
"Brat, Gimme the scroll," said the voice of Mizuki.
"Ermm… Lemme think…. NO!" Naruto yelled.
"Hey Brat…"
"Yeah?" Naruto asked.
"Wanna know why they hate you so much. Every one in this village, I mean, Iruka included."
"Don't tell him, Mizuki!" yelled Iruka.
"Tell me what?" Naruto asked.
"You killed them, Yondaime, many Shinobi, and even Iruka's parents… They all hate me because.."
"Don't tell him, It's against the law!" Iruka said, moving in front of Naruto in order to protect him as Mizuki grabbed his Shuriken from his back.
"I've never killed anyone before.." Naruto muttered, "clueless idiot.."
"Naruto, the reason they hate you is…"
"NO MIZUKI!"
"YOU ARE THE KYUUBI, THE NINE TAILED FOX!?"
Naruto blinked.
"Okay… That, I know for sure, isn't true.. Even though the Kyuubi was sealed within me.. He isn't anymore… Besides, as far as I know, I only have one tail…"
The two stared, not only did he know of the fox, now he was saying that he had a tail…
Naruto rolled his eyes and sighed.
There was a poof of smoke as Naruto released his Henge, revealing his fox-like features.
He wrapped his tail around the Forbidden scroll.
"And Mizuki.. I won't let you take my father's scroll…!" Naruto said.
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Hope ya liked it.. I Know it sucked royally.
I hope you like the next chapter better then this one.
Next Time:
Naruto: Battle With Mizuki! Iruka's Sacrifice, Naruto's Dreams!
Risuko: See ya' next time!