The Tale of Naruto Uzumaki

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Chapter 3: Graduation and a New Jutsu

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"-that is your mission, now get to it."

"Hai!"

Without another moment, the three Jounin were off completing whatever mission they received.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, once known as the Shinobi no Kami, sat behind his desk and sighed. He wore the official robes of the Hokage which consisted of the customary hat and haori, along with a red, full length kimono that was tied back with a white sash.

The Sandaime looked towards the open window, "You can come in now Jiraiya."

A chuckle was heard from outside the office and from the open window came a tall man with waist-length spiky white hair that was tied into a ponytail. The man also had two shoulder-length bangs that framed both sides of his face and red lines that ran down from his eyes. On top of his head was a horned forehead protector with the kanji for 'Oil'. For clothes, he wore a red haori that had two yellow circles on each side, while beneath it were green short shirt kimono and matching pants; where mesh armor was shown from the sleeves and legs. He had hand guards and wooden sandals otherwise known as geta. The most eye-catching thing was the large scroll on his back.

"Heh, seems like I still can't hide from you old man." Jiraiya smirked.

Hiruzen allowed a smile small at his old student's jibe. "Nor will you ever, Jiraiya, nor will you ever." The Hokage's smile disappeared as he stared at his student in all seriousness, "What have you discovered, Jiraiya."

Jiraiya's smirk also disappeared as he took a seat across from his old sensei. "You told me to find out more about the group of S-ranked criminals that formed a couple years ago, as well as the origins of the child you found that day of the Kyuubi attack."

Hiruzen nodded as he opened his desk drawer and pulled out a folder which contained three sheets of paper, the most noticeable; a faded piece of paper. "Yes. We will discuss the group of S-rank shinobi later. Right now we will focus on the boy. The night of the sealing, a note was found with the child when I and a couple of my Anbu arrived at the area."

Jiraiya looked at the note in confusion. "Why haven't I heard about this note yet?"

Hiruzen rolled his eyes and handed over the note to Jiraiya. When Jiraiya looked on with a confused look, the Hokage said, "Read it aloud."

Jiraiya did as he was told. "'This child's name is Naruto Uzumaki, member of the Uzumaki clan. Raise him well.' Member of the Uzumaki clan, I can believe if not for his blonde hair. After all, isn't red hair dominant when it came to the Uzumaki?"

Hiruzen nodded. "You would be correct, Jiraiya. But I conducted a blood test with the only other Uzumaki in the village at the time. Natsuki."

Jiraiya's eyes widened in understanding. "Oh, I get it, but is he an Uzumaki?"

The Sandaime nodded. "From the test, it was confirmed that by blood, Uzumaki Naruto is an genuine member of the Uzumaki clan. As is Uzumaki Natsuki. Both have unnaturally large chakra reserves, but I think that with the Kyuubi sealed within her, Natsuki should have a much larger reserve than her other clan member."

Jiraiya stood up as a terrifying thought came to mind. "Wait a minute. Does Danzo know? With two members of an almost extinct clan, you would think that he would at least tried to sway the council into performing the CRA?"

Hiruzen only sighed. "Yes, Danzo has already tried that, but I was able to convince both him and the members of the council to discuss the future of the two children when they reach the proper age to do so. However when I said that, Danzo had a strange gleam in his eye. I, as of now have dodged the bullet, but I hope I can stall the council until later."

The Toad Sage only nodded as he sat himself back into the chair to discuss with his former teacher about the group of S-ranked criminals.

Naruto sprinted as he made his way to the Academy. He couldn't be late for the Graduation Exam. He ran passed civilians and jumped over food carts as he made his way to his last day in school.

"There it is! My ticket out of school and into the shinobi world!" He pumped his legs with a miniscule amount of chakra, in his opinion, and blasted off the ground leaving a small crack in the ground the size of his foot. What he didn't see was red haired girl about to open the door. His eyes widened as he crashed into Natsuki sending both of them to the floor, or so he thought. In the split second he crashed into her, she used the Kawarimi no jutsu (Substitution Jutsu) and switched herself with a nearby broom. He then froze when he had his left arm behind his back and a kunai around his neck. One second, two seconds… When Natsuki realized she had her kunai at her friend's neck, she let go and helped him to his feet.

"Damn it! That hurts you know?" Naruto said as he rolled his arm in a circle to relieve the pain. Natsuki on the other hand just smirked as she brushed a stray piece of hair to the side.

"Then that means you should get stronger to avoid this next time. I can't be there to help you all the time."

Naruto growled as he opened the door to the classroom. "There won't be a next time 'cuz that's not happening agai-"

He would've finished his sentence if the ground suddenly didn't start shaking. They both looked outside and saw the large dust trail in the distance which was slowly growing larger and larger. In a few seconds they could see both Ino and Sakura sprinting towards the Academy glaring at each other. Right when the two distracted girls made their way to the top of the stairway and close to the classroom, Naruto pushed Natsuki into the classroom as he was trampled by the girls as they crashed into the doorframe trying to get in. Once they got in the room, they argued over who would sit next to Sasuke while Naruto picked himself off the floor and limped towards his seat.

When he sat down he had a bandage put on a cut on his head. When he looked at who put it on, he saw Natsuki smiling at him as she threw the casing away. Suddenly, she flicked him on the forehead.

"Ow! What was that for?!" Naruto said rubbing the red mark on his abused forehead.

Natsuki narrowed her eyes and her lips made a thin line. "For pushing me out of the way when you know we both could've gotten out the way in time. Idiot."

Naruto smiled sheepishly rubbing the back of his neck as he looked away. "Yeah, sorry. Just instinct."

She rolled her eyes and pointed to the front of the room. "Class is starting. Pay attention."

Both missed the glare sent towards Naruto by a young Hyuuga heir.

Iruka and Mizuki both walked into the classroom nearly the same time. Iruka through the door and Mizuki from the window but disguised it as a cloud of smoke as to not incur the wrath of Iruka. They both walked up to the center of the class and stood by the desk.

"As you all know…" Iruka started. "Today is the day you all have your graduation exams. I wish you all good luck. We'll start with the written portion of the test first. Mizuki will hand out the papers. Once you receive yours, you may begin. You have one hour until the second portion of the test."

(One Hour Later)

After cheating for most of the answers, Naruto flipped his paper over and waited for Iruka to call for time. Right when Naruto finished his train of thought, Iruka stood up and told everyone to put their pencils down and to line up in alphabetical order for the jutsu portion of the test.

"Okay, for this test the jutsu needed will be the Henge (Transformation) since we forgot to review it one last time like we did for the other jutsu." Iruka said.

Naruto maintained a calm façade on the outside, but on the inside was leaping in joy and flicking off the words; Bunshin no jutsu (Clone jutsu). 'Hah! Suck it clones! Finally I get a lucky break and we don't have to do the shitty clone jutsu!' he mentally yelled.

Name after name, person after person, boy after girl, each and every single student seemed to have passed the second portion and came out of the room with a new forehead protector. Of course some failed but Naruto could care less. He was about to pass. Just a few more names and then he would pass.

Finally, his turn came when Sasuke came up to him and said, "Oi, Uzumaki. It's your turn."

Naruto sped into the room faster than the rest of the students could see and stood in front of Iruka and Mizuki tapping his foot nervously and excitedly. Iruka coughed into his hand to get his student's attention.

"Okay Naruto, like I said before, just use the Henge to transform into something believable."

Naruto nodded and calmed down slightly. He put his hands together and thought of a person to impersonate. 'Hmm, people most likely transformed into sensei to get some extra credit, so he's out. Don't wanna transform into Mizuki, so let's try…'

With a poof of smoke, instead of Naruto there was Sasuke Uchiha giving his usual condescending smirk. "Hn." He grunted.

Iruka looked over the Henge with a critical eye making sure there were no imperfections. When he saw none, he leaned back into his chair and smiled. "Good job Naruto. You Pass."

Naruto couldn't keep the transformation any longer as it was dispelled as he ran forward to receive his newly earned forehead protector. Laughing like a child receiving a present, he grabbed it and ran out of the testing room with a gigantic smile on his face, ignoring everything that happened afterwards.

The smile didn't leave his face even after the school day was finished. Once the students were allowed to leave, he was the first one out. Right when he was about to jump onto a rooftop, he was stopped by Mizuki.

"Hey Naruto, do you mind following me for a minute?" Mizuki asked with a disarming smile.

Naruto simply nodded and followed Mizuki to the top of the Academy. When Naruto finally caught up with Mizuki, he walked up to his former sensei and asked, "Why did you bring me here sensei?"

Mizuki looked at Naruto with a serious look. "Naruto, I hate to be the bringer of bad news, but I have to tell you that you almost failed."

Naruto's eyes widened in shock. He almost failed? How? When he voiced his concerns, Mizuki just waved his hand.

"You missed almost too many questions on the written portion of the exam. In fact, if you missed one more, you would've failed." He said. "But I have an extra credit assignment for you just in case you did fail, so what about it. Want to take a chance and fail, or do you want to make sure you don't fail? The choice is yours."

Naruto ran up to Mizuki without a second thought, "I'll take it, give me the extra credit!"

Mizuki smirked. "Okay so here's what you've got to do…"

Naruto jumped from branch to branch looking to the place Mizuki said to meet at.

(Flashback Start)

"Okay so here's what you've got to do. To receive extra credit you need to borrow the scroll hidden away in the Hokage Tower. The scroll is most likely the largest one and once you get the scroll, meet me at a small cabin a half hour away from the village in the nearby forest." Mizuki said.

Naruto closed his eyes to process the information. 'Hokage Tower, largest scroll, small cabin…'

He gave a large smile. "No worries sensei! I'll get the job done!"

Mizuki was about to leave when a sudden thought came to mind. 'Damn. The Hokage might stop him before he gets the scroll and my plan will be ruined.'

He turned towards Naruto and said, "Oh, and for extra challenge, many shinobi like the Hokage himself will try to stop you. It's to see if you have what it takes to become a shinobi."

Naruto saluted his teacher. "No worries, I got this."

(Flashback End)

He saw the rendezvous point and landed there. Naruto looked around for Mizuki. After not seeing him, Naruto guessed that his teacher was giving him extra time just in case he didn't have the scroll yet.

"Okay I've got the scroll and haven't met any shinobi who want to stop me yet. I guess I have to wait."

So he waited for a couple minutes before he became a little restless. "Aw man! What's taking Mizuki so long to get here! I've got stuff to do tomorrow!"

He was about to lie down and close his eyes when a sudden thought came to mind. 'Wait, why would Mizuki have me get this scroll. What's so special about it?'

Naruto picked the scroll up and opened it to the very first thing he saw. He squinted his eyes to make out the text. "Kage… Bunshin? Kage-Bunshin (Shadow Clone)? What so special about this jutsu?"

After giving it some thought he decided to learn it. "After all, if Mizuki is going to keep me waiting, why not keep myself busy?"

(Half an Hour Later)

"Heh…" Naruto smirked. He got that stupid clone jutsu down. He felt exhausted, something he rarely felt unless he was giving the task his upmost best. He was about to look inside the scroll again when from out of the trees, Iruka appeared.

"Naruto!"

Iruka was breathing heavily. He had just heard from Mizuki that Naruto had stolen the Forbidden Scroll from the Hokage Tower. How a newly graduated student had bypassed the entire security of the leaf and stolen one of its most important objects was confusing to think about. How Naruto had done it, he had no clue. Instead of meeting with all of the other Chuunin and Jounin to discuss what to do with the matter, he had left to find his student before any others could. Unknown to most, Iruka was actually once in the Anbu. The former Anbu was quite exceptional when it came to tracking, which he was the leader of before he became a teacher at the Academy. So using his tracking skills, he found where his student had gone off to.

After jumping from branch to branch he saw his target. Seeing his student looking a little worn out with a satisfied smirk on his face gave Iruka a small smile which he quickly hid.

"Naruto!"

Said boy jumped in fright and turned around, rolling the scroll up and placing it on his back. "Hah! I found you Iruka-sensei!"

Iruka could feel a vein pulsing on the side of his head when he heard the ludicrous answer his former student gave him. "No you idiot, I found you! What were you thinking! Stealing the Forbidden Scroll? What made you think of doing something as stupid as that?!"

Naruto's smirk vanished and in its place a look of fear appeared. "W-what do you mean stealing? Mizuki-sensei told me to get this for extra credit. And look, I even managed to learn a jutsu from this scroll too!"

Iruka looked flabbergasted. Extra credit? Mizuki? Learning a jutsu from the scroll? He was about to comment when he heard the high-pitched sound of blades cutting air from behind him.

"Naruto watch out!" He pushed himself out of the way, Naruto following him as a large shuriken pierced the ground where they were standing.

"Good job Naruto! Now, hand over the scroll so we can give you that extra credit." Mizuki said as he appeared standing on top of a tree branch.

As Naruto started to walk up to Mizuki, Iruka immediately understood what was going on. "No! Naruto don't give him the scroll!"

Mizuki's gentle smile vanished as Naruto stopped dead in his tracks and looked at Iruka confused. He glared at Iruka before trying another smile at Naruto. "Don't listen to Iruka, Naruto. Just give me the scroll so we can go back to the village and you can get your extra credit."

Iruka ran up to Naruto and placed his hand on his student's shoulder. Naruto, startled looked up at him and said, "What's going on? Why are you saying 'don't give him the scroll' while Mizuki-sensei is saying 'give me the scroll'?"

Apparently losing his patience, Mizuki lost his smile and glared at the two below him. "You just had to ruin everything didn't you Iruka?"

Iruka just kept his glare while subtly putting Naruto safely behind him. "I wouldn't have had to ruin anything if you didn't trick Naruto."

Naruto's eyes widened before he clenched his fists. He was tricked? Was he going to fail or worse be put to die for stealing something important from the village? His thoughts were banished when Iruka, noticing his student's demeanor go from shocked to sadness, gave a reassuring smile and flick to the forehead.

"Don't worry you little brat. I'll make sure you'll be alright." Iruka said with a teasing smile.

Not knowing what else to do, Naruto smiled back rubbing his forehead. Mizuki rolled his eyes before spitting on the ground. "That display was so touching it makes me sick! I'll just kill the both of you and take the scroll for myself! Starting with you, Naruto!"

Without another word, Mizuki took his other large shuriken and started spinning it on his left hand. Iruka seeing a chance, turned slightly towards Naruto. "Naruto, look. I know you may be a little shocked but I need you to stay behind me until I deflect that shuriken. Then I need you to run and get some help. Do you understand?"

Naruto didn't have a chance to reply as Mizuki released his shuriken at them. Iruka pushed Naruto out of the way and jumped up to engage Mizuki only to see Mizuki throw another shuriken straight at him.

"Shuriken Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu)!" Mizuki yelled. One shuriken became ten as Iruka closed his eyes for the inevitable. Instead of feeling many blades to pierce his body, he heard multiple 'poofs' as if something burst into smoke. Opening his eyes, he saw Mizuki with a shocked expression and Naruto standing in front of him with seemingly no injuries.

Mizuki pointed at Naruto and started stuttering, "That's impossible! No ordinary Genin has enough chakra for the Kage-Bunshin no Jutsu!" It's unheard of!"

Naruto just smirked. "This jutsu took me forever to get down!" Naruto's smirk turned into a frown as he stared at Mizuki. "You tried to kill Iruka-sensei."

Mizuki just stared at Naruto disbelievingly. "Of course I did! It's what we do you dumbass! And now, with the knowledge of you knowing a kinjutsu, I know the bigger threat is you!" He said as he jumped at Naruto who pushed Iruka out of the way.

"Naruto!" Iruka yelled once he regained his balance only to see his student get stabbed in the stomach by Mizuki. Iruka couldn't believe his eyes when he saw his student cough up blood and start to fall down to the ground only to disappear into a cloud of smoke.

"Huh?" Mizuki was sure he killed the damn brat only to get kicked in the head by a Naruto clone. He was slammed into a tree headfirst and slumped to his knees, his vision unfocused. After using the tree to stand up, he swore to kill the damn kid when Mizuki felt a large amount of chakra being used.

"Take this!" Naruto shouted as he continued flaring his chakra and the entire forest was filled with Naruto clones.

Mizuki could only stare in shock as the clones started to jump at him baring their fists threateningly. All he saw was orange before the world turned black.

Iruka could only watch the beatdown with slight pride as his student walked up to him and said, "So Iruka-sensei, do I still get extra credit?"