Hey everyone! Glad some of you liked the first chapter, and sorry it took a while to update. Well, here's the next one.

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Chapter 2: Truths and Tests

Ever since the Uchiha Massacre, Naruto and Sasuke have been closer than before. Everyone noticed this, and some weren't sure what to make of it. Some were confused as to why the two were within 2 feet of each other and not trying to kill each other. Some were happy that the 'stoic' Uchiha finally decided to not cut himself off from everyone. Sasuke's fangirls were pissed that their 'precious Sasuke-kun' was spending more time with Naruto than them. Naru never really paid much attention to them. She never paid attention to anyone's opinions. After that night, Sasuke changed, and Naru noticed it. He wasn't as happy as he used to be. He definitely brooded more often, and he trained harder than ever. It took Naruto, Itachi and Mikoto combined to convince Sasuke to calm down. They knew he was grieving, and this was his way of dealing with it. However, Sasuke was killing himself at this point, so he had to stop. Naruto saw to that. As time passed, Sasuke didn't brood so much, and he definitely took care of himself better. Everyone told him that he would be strong one day, but he had to be patient. Strength doesn't just come naturally, you had to earn it through training. Naruto drove that point home with his improvements, and Sasuke was definitely convinced after that. Over the years, the two improved, their friendship growing stronger alongside their abilities. The whole time, Naru hid her true self from him. She couldn't tell him, not yet. Not until they graduated.

6 years later

Naru's alarm went off, which she thoroughly smashed. She hated mornings. She was definitely not a morning person. But then she remembered that her final exam was tomorrow. Knowing this, she knew she had to study hard and practice hard. Which is good and all, but there were 2 problems. One, she was horrible with remembering anything for written tests, which is why she excelled with multiple choice tests. She aced those through word association. Anything else, not so much. Though, any physical tests she has, she winds up coming either slightly behind or on par with Sasuke or her other friend Hinata Hyuga. See, Hinata is the only one outside of Naru's little family that knows about her true gender.

Flashback: 1 year ago

Naru was training again, and since it was empty, she dropped her henge. She trained for a few hours, not knowing that Hinata was watching. Hinata was confused as to why Naruto was a girl. So, she used her Byakugan to see if it was just a henge, and that Naruto was just multitasking. However, it showed her that it wasn't. She gasped, and since Naru had heightened senses thanks to Kyuubi, she heard it. Naru turned and saw the girl hiding in the bushes. "H-H-H-H-Hinata-chan?!" Naru stuttered, her words failing her, "T-This isn't what it looks like, really! I-I was just multitasking, that's all!"

Hinata came out from behind the bushes, walked up to Naru, and shook her head. "N-Naruto-kun, I used my Byakugan. T-This is real." Hinata stuttered, the disbelief in her voice clear. Naru was panicking at this point. She was caught, she got careless, and she didn't know how to explain this to her. She knew Hinata had a crush on her male disguise, but now she ruined that image. "Ummm…...N-Naruto-kun? W-Why did you disguise yourself as a b-boy?" Hinata asked shyly, wondering why Naru hid her true self. In front of Hinata was a scared, young 12 year old girl that wore a baggy orange jumpsuit, and had slightly spiky golden-blond hair that went past her shoulders and had red highlights throughout. Her skin was tanned, her whisker marks still on her cheeks, and her eyes were still blue. You could tell she was a tomboy, and she certainly seemed like a very nice girl, but the question still remained: why did Naru hide her true identity?

Naru wasn't sure if she should tell Hinata the truth, but then again, Hinata was a very sweet and understanding girl, unlike most of her clan. So, she steeled herself the best she could, and decided to tell her. "H-Hinata-chan, um….when I was younger, I was always attacked. It got to the point where not only was I almost killed, but they almost…..they almost…...r-" Naru choked, tears flowing as the memories came back. They haunted her, even in her sleep. "They tried to ra-" She couldn't say it. Hinata saw the girl in pain, and she gave her a warm hug. "I-I understand. Y-You don't h-have to s-say it. I know." Hinata comforted. "A-After that day, Jiji told me to use the Henge Jutsu to disguise myself as a guy, that way it won't happen again. I've been hiding myself ever since. But even disguised, they…..*sob* they still try to kill me!" Naru cried harder, clinging to Hinata like a lifeline. Hinata couldn't believe what she was hearing. The kind hearted boy she started falling in love with was really a sweet girl who was suffering. Naru was kind, Hinata could tell that much, but she was scared out of her mind. So, feeling a little more confident, Hinata looked Naru in the eye and asked her "Does anyone know about the real you?" Naru's eyes widened a little at the fact that Hinata didn't stutter this time. "W-Well, only Kakashi-nii, Mikoto-basan, Hokage-jiji, Pervy Sage, the Ichiraku's, a-and now y-you.'

Hinata looked at her and asked "So Sasuke-san doesn't know?" Naru just started panicking immediately at the thought of Sasuke knowing. "N-No, he doesn't! He can't find out! If he does, he'll hate me for sure! He'll just think I was using him, or something…" Hinata saw Naru's panic rising, so she started blushing from embarrassment and waving her hands, saying "I-I-I was only asking b-because y-you two a-are c-close, so…." After the two calmed down, Hinata asked "W-Why do you think Sasuke-san will hate you?" Naru just looked down in shame and said "Because everyone hates me. I've been picked on all my life, whether I was a boy or a girl. I remember Sakura told me when I was 8 that nobody would want to be friends with someone like me. Because I'm a freak." Then Naru started crying again. "Y-You probably hate me too, d-don't you?"

This made Hinata's eyes widened in shock. "W-Why would you think I'd hate you?" Hinata asked. " *sniff* B-Because, I lied to you. I know that you had this big crush on Naruto, and I basically just told you h-he doesn't exist!" Naru cried. While Hinata was a little hurt, knowing her crush was just a facade, she certainly didn't hate Naru for tricking her. When you looked at her side of things, you really couldn't blame Naru for doing what she did. She had to tell her that. "Um, actually, I….I understand why you did that." Naru stared at her with wide eyes. "Y-You did it to protect yourself, a-and you were s-scared. Nobody can blame you for that." Hinata consoled. "B-But….I still lied to you." "It's okay. I don't hate you." To say Naru was shocked, that's an understatement. Hinata just found out one of her darkest secrets, and she didn't hate her for it. It was too good to be true. "Y-You don't h-hate me?" Naru asked, hoping she wasn't just hearing things. Hinata just shook her head, and gave Naru a warm smile. Naru's tears of sadness turned to tears of joy as she started hugging Hinata fiercely. "Hinata-chan! Thank you! Thank you!" Naru cried.

Hinata was surprised by the sudden contact, but returned the hug anyway, knowing Naru needed it right now. Naru pulled away and wiped her tears. "I didn't think you'd forgive me. But, I'm still sorry for lying to you, Hinata-chan." Naru apologized, still feeling guilty. "I-It's okay, Naruto-kun." Hinata said. Naru smiled and said "Actually, when I'm like this, I prefer to go by Naru." "Oh, I'm sorry Narut-um, I mean, Naru-chan." Hinata corrected herself. "It's okay. You could still call me that when I'm in disguise." Naru reassured. They talked for a while before Hinata had to head back home. Before she left, Hinata promised she wouldn't tell anybody about Naru's true self, and Naru was beyond happy about it.

Kai!

Ever since that day, Hinata and Naru were close friends. When they were at the Academy, Hinata would be with Naruto and Sasuke, and the three bonded. Since Hinata was the only student at the Academy that knew the real Naru, so they did a lot of stuff together when they were alone. They ate, talked, joked around sometimes, and even trained together. Naru has been trying to help Hinata break out of her shyness, and so far, it's been working little by little. Though, there was one thing Hinata couldn't fully condone, no matter how funny they were: Naru's pranking habits. Oh yeah, that was her second problem. Naru tended to pull pranks either before or after she studied, which sorta caused her to remember less of what she studied the day before. She claims it's part of her training, and it kind of is, especially with her choice of wardrobe.

Even a year later, Naru still wears the same 'kill-me-orange' jumpsuit. The only reasons she liked it was because it was orange, her favorite color, and the Uzumaki crest was on the back. Though, she did admit to herself that this much orange was a little much. Naru wore this because it was all she could afford, and when not wearing her henge, it hid her figure, which was already developing. That, and she considered them her training clothes. This confused Hinata when she was first explaining, but then she went and said that she wanted to see if she could still be hidden while wearing something as bright as that. Sure enough, it worked. In fact, she was gonna prove it before heading to the Academy. So Naru made herself breakfast with the groceries Mikoto brought 3 days ago, ate quickly, put on her jumpsuit and goggles, and activated her henge before leaving.

Naruto looked at his masterpiece. He basically did graffiti on the Hokage monument, so that everyone could see. Naruto basically wrote names on most of the faces, but he took pleasure in writing "old geezer" on Lord Third's face. Though, he just drew something on Lord Fourth's face, making him look like he was wearing makeup. Naru figured that if her dad was still alive, she would've drawn this on his face while he was asleep, laughing about it with her mom. "NARUTO!" Just then, Naruto saw that several chunin were headed his way. He just laughed and said "Try and catch me, losers!" They don't know how he did it, but Naruto always managed to escape them, even with the jumpsuit on. You'd think they'd be able to spot it from miles away, but not when it's Naruto involved.

Naruto landed in front of the Academy, with 2 minutes to go before class started. He ran down the hall until he found his class. " *phew* Made it." Naruto said as he entered. "Naruto? You're actually on time! What, you didn't do that big prank you were bragging about last week?" Kiba joked. Akamaru, who was on top of Kiba's head, just barked in acknowledgement. "Nah, I did it before I got here. Check it out!" Then most of the students looked out the window, and sure enough, they saw what Naruto did, and laughed a little. "NARUTO-BAKA!" Just then, Naruto was hit in the head so hard it went through the floor. "How could you do something so disgraceful?! Those are the Hokage faces, for crying out loud! Do you even know who they are, you baka?!" Sakura screeched. Everyone winced. Yeah, Sakura was extremely loud, more so than Naruto, and that's saying something. Then again, Sakura could easily shatter glass with her screeching, so everyone was just waiting for it to happen. Naruto pulled his head out of the floor, irritated, and said "What? I know who they are, and it's just a harmless prank." "But you even defiled the Fourth Hokage's face!" Sakura relented. Naruto simply mumbled "It's just face paint, dattebayo. It's not that big of a deal."

"Actually, I was gonna ask, how come you just did that to Lord Fourth's face instead of the insults?" Kiba asked, still laughing at Naruto's work. Naruto just stared at the floor and said "Well, I just couldn't insult him, so I went with that instead. It's something I would've drawn on my dad's face with my mom's help…..if they were still alive." Everyone just stared at Naruto. They were definitely not used to seeing this side of him. He just stood there, his head hung, and you could literally see the pain in his face. "Yeah, well, too bad they wanted to die rather than have someone like you as their child." Sakura insulted in a nonchalant tone. This definitely struck home as Naruto had to use all his energy to not strangle Sakura right now, and the rest of the class felt the same, but on a lower level. "They were murdered by the Kyuubi, you bitch." Naruto hissed through gritted teeth, his fists clenched, and his whole body shaking from rage. Kyuubi knew Naru didn't fully blame him for her parents' deaths, but he still felt guilty for it. This information was news to everyone, so they just gasped. Most of the students were told by their parents that Naruto was bad news, a demon taking a human appearance. To hear that Naruto has probably suffered worse than any of their families have, they were speechless. Sakura was pissed, really pissed. Naruto never called her a bitch. Hell, the blonde never did anything in retaliation to her abuse, so this really made her mad. Though, in the back of Sakura's mind, she felt slightly bad for Naruto. She had no idea the Kyuubi killed his parents, and wasn't sure how to take it. Then her anger took over again, as she decided she could care less, instead focusing on what her parents taught her.

"What the hell did you just call me, you baka?!" Sakura screamed, the rational part of her brain fading slowly. She winded up another punch, but Naruto side stepped, dodging it. He simply turned to her and repeated "I said the Kyuubi killed my parents, you dumb bitch." Veins appeared on Sakura's head, as her anger swelled. She would've punched Naruto through the wall, but Sasuke caught her fist before it could connect. "Sakura, that's enough. Quit acting like a spoiled brat." Sasuke said, clearly annoyed. Sakura saw her crush and immediately tried to justify herself. "But Sasuke-kun, Naruto-baka's a disgrace! He vandalized the Hokage Monument, and he called me a dumb bitch! He's begging for punishment!" Sakura whined, sounding very immature. She glared at Naruto and sneered "I don't even know why a freak like you was even allowed here. You'll never be a ninja, so why don't you just do everyone a favor and die already. Nobody would miss you." Boy was she lucky Iruka wasn't there yet, otherwise she would be in more trouble than she was already in. Everyone was just staring at her, really tempted to strangle her. Hinata had walked in while Sakura was ranting, and when she heard the pink-haired banshee's cruel words, she and Sasuke let out large amounts of Ki, the kind that says ' I'll kill you and not bat an eye'. Unfortunately, Sakura was so ignorant of her surroundings that she didn't notice the killer intent. "Haruno-san, Naruto-kun has done nothing to warrant your hatred, so why would you treat him so horribly?" Hinata asked, her anger helping her not stutter. Sakura turned around and bluntly told the Hyuga "Why? Because he's a demon, that's why! My parents said so themselves, and demons have no right to live!" Sasuke gripped Sakura's wrist to the point where it hurt as he hissed "He….is not….a demon. I've seen demons, and I know for a fact he isn't one of them, so sit down, shut up, and leave us alone." When he finished that sentence, he flung Sakura over the table, coincidentally having her land in her seat. Sakura got up, upset that her crush just defended the bane of her existence. Instead of retaliating, she just huffed, and began staring at the Uchiha with hearts in her eyes, or as Sasuke and Naru would call it 'eye-raping the poor boy'. "That banshee's a yandere in the making, kit." Kyuubi commented, shivering in disgust. Naru agreed, one of these days somebody was gonna get hurt because of Sakura's obsession.

Naruto took his seat in between Sasuke and Hinata. They both looked at him with worried expressions. "You gonna be okay, dobe?" Sasuke asked. "N-Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked, hoping the blond was okay. They both knew most of, if not all, of Naruto's situation, so they knew that Sakura's words affected him. He just gave a small smile and replied "I'm fine guys, really. I'm not gonna let her get to me. Thanks though, for helping me." Hinata smiled and held Naruto's hand, while Sasuke nodded and grunted.

When everyone settled down, Iruka walked into the classroom, and was certainly surprised to see Naruto there already. "Naruto? And here I thought you were skipping class." Iruka joked. "Whaaaat? Skip your class? Why would I do that?" Naruto asked, knowing where this was headed already. Iruka pointed towards the Hokage Monument and said "I know that was you. Only you'd do that." Naruto simply laughed sheepishly at this, not denying it for a minute. "Well, I wanted to get some last minute training before I came in, Iruka-sensei." Naruto explained. "How the hell is pulling pranks training? What good would that do?" Sakura asked, more than a little irritated by Naruto's antics. At this point, she was just begging for more reasons to hate the blonde. "Well, the pranks are for fun. It's getting away from the chunin trying to catch me that's training. I mean, have you guys noticed what I wear?" Naruto said, gesturing to his jumpsuit. Everyone actually hated that jumpsuit, since looking at it was painful for their eyes sometimes. "You mean that fashion disaster? Why do you even wear that? Ninjas don't wear orange." Ino said. Yeah, she's the resident fashion expert, and she will not hesitate to judge what you wear. "Believe me, I know. I only wear this because it's all I can afford. Anyway, I also wear this to test how long I can stay hidden while wearing this. I manage to hide from CHUNIN while wearing this." Naruto admitted.

Well, everyone was certainly surprised by this, but at the same time, they weren't. While Naruto was the dead last, he was very good at taijutsu and creativity in battle. That, and Naruto had a reputation for being unpredictable. They were surprised he wasn't higher in class standing, considering Naruto's constantly proven that he wasn't an idiot, just cheerful and optimistic. So, some just assumed he was like Shikamaru, lazy with work. At least, most of them thought this. The rest, like Sakura, thought he was just a loser that had no chance in life, but they had a bias. "If that's the case, then why is it I'M the only one who's managed to catch you?" Iruka taunted in a playful manner. Some kids snickered, but Naruto just laughed and said "That's because you know me so well, dattebayo!" Yeah, you couldn't keep him down forever.

The class went on like normal, which was basically review for their finals. Now it was lunch break, and everyone was relaxing in the classroom. "Naruto." Iruka called out. "Yeah? What's up sensei?" he asked. Iruka sighed and asked "Why did you do that to the Hokage faces? You know who they are, right?" "Yeah, I know. They're the past leaders of the village, one of the strongest in the world. The Fourth Hokage was the best one yet. I just did that to mess around and train. Nobody ever notices me now until I'm already done, dattebayo." Naruto replied. Iruka realized that statement had a double meaning, and felt a little saddened. "I'm surprised you just drew face paint on Lord Fourth's face. Would've thought you'd make up some creative insult like the rest." "Well, I couldn't do that to him. You wouldn't understand. It's complicated." Iruka simply nodded, and then said "Well, you still need to clean that up after class. And before you complain, I'll treat you to ramen afterwards." Naruto's face lit up as he mock saluted and said "You got it, Iruka-sensei! I'll leave that monument sparkling in 2 minutes, just watch, dattebayo!" If you wanted Naru to do anything, henge or not, just bribe her with ramen. The girl absolutely loved it, especially since it was one of the few things she could afford on her own. Kakashi and Mikoto keep telling her to mix it up and eat vegetables, the healthy stuff, so she found a loophole. Naru simply decided to add more healthy foods in her ramen. The family that owns Ichiraku made sure to do this too, that way the ramen is healthy, but still as delicious as before. It winded up becoming a big hit, and they got a lot more customers after that.

"Hn, ramen addict." Sasuke said. "Hey! Ramen is awesome! You wouldn't be saying that if you at least tried it, dattebayo!" Naruto started. Yeah, she also didn't like it when you insult her favorite food, no matter who it was. "That stuff is garbage in a bowl, why would anyone eat that fattening crap?" Sakura said with disgust. "One, it's delicious. I would even go as far as to say it's the food of the gods. Two, if you were serious about your shinobi career, you could burn off the calories from the ramen by training, that way you stay thin. Three, the ramen I eat is actually healthy. Just ask Ayame-neesan and she'll tell you all about it. Even Choji knows about it." Naruto went into his rare instructor mode. He really wanted to make Sakura look bad. Okay, more bad than she already looked, because people were still glaring at her for the little show from earlier. "Tch, and people really thought I liked her? No way in hell, dattebayo." Naru thought. What Naruto said had some girls actually interested and curious, since he was the local ramen fanatic/expert, next to Choji. "Choji, is this true?" Ino asked, knowing he was an expert on all things food. It was the Akimichi clan's specialty, after all. They even have their own restaurant. Everyone stared at Choji as he ate his chips, waiting for an answer. Then he answered "Yeah, Ichiraku started doing that months ago. It's mostly girls that eat it though, but guys eat it too, if they want an excuse to eat healthy. It costs as much as a normal bowl of ramen, so it's not even expensive."

Everyone's jaws dropped. A version of what girls considered junk food, but was healthy. At first Naru was worried she let something slip, but she was thankful Choji mentioned that guys eat it too. Pretty much everyone's thoughts were "I gotta try it." Well, everyone except Sakura, who was just fuming from her pride. She just huffed and walked away, far enough for her to oogle Sasuke from a distance. Naruto just glared at Sasuke and taunted "Well?" Sasuke simply shrugged and said "I didn't say I had anything against it. All I said was that you're an addict." "Good!" Naruto grinned like a madman, feeling victorious. Hinata just giggled at Naruto's antics.

After lunch, the class went on to its last review before the final exam tomorrow. They finished with practicing the Henge no Jutsu. When it was Naru's turn, she decided to mess with everyone's head and turn into a older, more developed version of herself. She called it her 'Sexy Jutsu'. Though, she made it for a few reasons. The main reason was that the jutsu itself was a pervert detector. If a guy had a nosebleed just by seeing the form, yeah, the dude's a perv. The other reason was that Naru wanted a reason to show people her true self. Okay, a slightly exaggerated, older version of herself, but you get the idea. Though, there's one last reason that Naru wasn't proud of. Apparently Kyuubi admitted to planting the idea for the jutsu in her head, considering he was a 'super pervert' like Jiraiya. However, she was careful with how she used it. At first, she accidentally activated it, and the older Naru had no clothes on, just a smoke cloud for modesty. It was a good thing nobody was around and Naru was in the bathroom, otherwise that'd be the most embarrassing moment of her life. Ever. Of all time. But this time, she was ready.

When the smoke cleared, in front of the classroom stood an older version of Naru, but she was wearing a black kimono with orange stripes. The kimono did nothing to hide Naru's bust. We're talking Double D's here, guys (don't worry, it's just for the jutsu, it's not her natural size. Don't freak out about realism). Aside from that, she was gorgeous, her hair mostly straight, with some spikes still there, and it reached her hips. You'd think she was Kushina if it weren't for Naru's hair being mostly blond. "Hmmmmmm. Not bad kit. Not bad at all. Nice figure, face is still cute, nice job with the hair, VERY nice rack. I give iiiiiiiiiiiit…..8/10." Kyuubi commented in her head. "ONLY EIGHT?! WHY?!" Naru asked, shocked and offended. "That damned kimono, that's why!" "You just wanna see me naked, don't you, ya pervy fox!" "Yup!" Kyuubi said shamelessly. While this was going on in her head, Iruka's eyes bugged out and he had a nosebleed that sent him into his desk. Naru blinked and said "Jeez, sensei. I didn't think you were a perv too…."

"W-W-W-W-W-WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!" Sakura screamed, pointing at Naru. Well guys, she found her reason. "Well, this is my Sexy Jutsu, Sakura." Naru plainly answered. This was one of the few times she could be herself, and she was not going to pass this up. "YOU PERVERT! WHY WOULD YOU MAKE A STUPID JUTSU LIKE THAT?!" Everyone winced at the volume of Sakura's voice. Even with their emergency earplugs, some sound still somehow managed to get through. Everyone looked towards the windows aaaaannnnnd-nope, windows still intact. Naru's face reddened as she shouted back "I am not a pervert, dattebayo! I made this jutsu as a pervert DETECTOR! There's a difference! Why do you think I'm wearing a kimono right now?! For modesty!" Sasuke even backed her up and said "It's true. The dobe explained it to me when he first used it. It could also be used for more than just detecting perverts, apparently." Sasuke conveniently left out that Naru almost got him with the jutsu. Almost, because Sasuke just had to be his stoic self, channeling his clan's pride the whole time.

Sakura paled as she realized she was in the wrong. Everyone knew that Sasuke was the only person capable of showing Sakura when she was actually wrong, since she was that obsessed. Well, there goes her reason. "O-Oh. I didn't know that. Sorry." She apologized, feeling the shame. While Naru didn't really like Sakura, she knew the pink haired girl was only the way she is because of her parents. Unlike them, Sakura seemed capable of actually understanding when she's in the wrong. That is, if she wasn't blinded by her prejudice, anger, or obsession with Sasuke. Naru was pretty sure Sakura just apologized because Sasuke said something, but she went with it. " *sigh* It's okay, you're not the first one to overreact like that. Kakashi-nii did the same thing when he found out. Mikoto-basan was worse though." Naru said, remembering those experiences. "So, have you found ANY pervs with that thing?" Ino asked, wanting to know if it was even effective. All the girls leaned forward, wanting to know who to be weary around. "Yup. Iruka-sensei is one. I'm pretty sure it worked on Kakashi-nii, since he blushed, but all he did was bonk me on the head, hehe. There's also Hokage-jiji, and Pervy Sage-" Naru answered, suddenly noticing that most students had nosebleeds. The only people that didn't were all the girls, Shikamaru, Shino, and Choji. Kiba and Sasuke had to try really hard to not think that way. Of course, Kiba failed, miserably. Akamaru just shook his head as he whined, disappointed in his master right now. As for Sasuke, well, he managed to hold it in while looking like his stoic self. "-and apparently almost everyone in this room, dattebayo." She finished, groaning in disappointment. "Can you blame them? You're basically giving everyone a preview of what to expect from an older you." Kyuubi commented. "But I'm wearing clothes this time!" "It doesn't matter! Have you seen your own rack?! IT'S FUCKING HUGE! Double D's, kit! DOUBLE! D'S! It won't matter if you're wearing any clothes as long as they see the size of those jugs!" Naru groaned mentally and said "Maybe I went a little overboard with the look, dattebayo." "Ya think?" Kyuubi replied sarcastically. Naru looked over at Sasuke and smiled. "Well, at least Sasuke-kun isn't a perv like everyone else." Naru said in her head. "Nah, he's just holding it all in. Wait until he sees the real you, Kit. He'll be on you like an animal during mating season. Hell, you two would probably be fucking like rabbits in heat in no time! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Kyuubi started laughing at Naru, knowing how she'd react. Naru blushed heavily at the thought, went through the bars and started banging on Kyuubi's arm in a comical way, all while yelling "SHUT THE HELL UP, YOU PERVERTED FOX! SASUKE-KUN IS NOT LIKE THAT!" This just made Kyuubi laugh even harder.

Once class ended, Naru put her normal henge back on and started working on cleaning the graffiti. Like he told Iruka, Naruto was done in 2 minutes. However, he left some flowers on top of Lord Fourth's head, as a replacement for the graffiti. Afterwards, they ate, Iruka paid and reprimanded Naruto for the Sexy Jutsu trick, and they went home.

The next day, Naru was a little nervous. It was the day of the final exams. She knew she would pass this time, since several problems have been fixed this time. Unlike her earlier years, Jiraiya and Kakashi have been training her. Mikoto helped as well, by teaching her some techniques she could use in battle. Jiraiya learned that when it comes to genjutsu, it was impossible for Naru to learn any of it. This was because of her enormous chakra reserves, which would explain why she was terrible with the standard clone jutsu. Therefore, he taught her the Shadow Clone Jutsu instead, and she did it flawlessly. In fact, the first time she did it, she made about 70 clones. So, in case she had to do the clone jutsu for the exam, she's gonna nail it. Detecting genjutsu wouldn't be a problem, considering she was now immune, thanks to her Tsukigan. Her taijutsu was at high genin/low chunin level at the moment, only because everyone wanted to teach her the basics first. They didn't want to move too fast with her training. Kakashi helped Naru with her chakra control a little bit, so she wouldn't waste it a lot of it in any of her jutsus. Naru already knew how to suppress her chakra to hide her presence from hiding after her pranks. Itachi helped with her accuracy with shurikens and kunais, though, Naru had to have her henge active, as Itachi didn't know about her. All around, she was fine. However, she was still nervous, mainly because she knew that someone was bound to rig her exams in some way.

The girl grabbed a quick breakfast: some cereal with milk. Luckily, they weren't expired yet, thanks to Mikoto buying them. Once she finished, Naru took a quick shower, mulling over how the day was gonna go. As she was changing into her jumpsuit, Naru heard someone knock on her door, and it made her jump. "Naruto, it's me." It was Sasuke. Naru quickly put on the henge and answered the door. "Sasuke, hey. What're you doing here?" Naruto asked. "Making sure you're not late again, dobe. That, and Mom said you'd be a mess, so…" "Oh, thanks teme. Well, let's get going." Naruto said, closing the door behind him. "You ready for the exams?" "Yeah, I'm gonna ace that test this time, dattebayo!" Sasuke simply shook his head at his friend's attitude. He knew Naruto has been training hard these past few years, he's seen it himself. Sasuke was also aware at this point that Naruto was one of, if not his only equal at the academy. Normally, he would be obsessed with being the better of the two, but for some reason, didn't even mind. In fact, having Naruto as a rival was nice, somehow.

Sasuke swore that there was something about Naruto that was different from everyone else. It was like he was hiding something. Sasuke tried approaching Naruto about it, but he said it was nothing. He knew he was lying, so that just made him more convinced to find out what his best friend was hiding. From what Sasuke gathered, Naruto definitely didn't act like a normal kid, obviously, and he had this weird aura around him. As in, the type of aura Sasuke would feel on a girl. Everyone else wasn't aware, but since Sasuke knew Naruto for years, he knew from comparison. After all, he was hounded by girls everyday, so he knew what a girl's aura and presence felt like. With Naruto, his aura was a mix between boy and girl, but it was mostly girl. Though, the question was now engraved in his head: Is Naruto a girl? Sasuke looked at Naruto, trying to see anything remotely feminine. He couldn't find anything. Which meant that it had to be a henge, but he wasn't going to test that in the street. He'd have to find some way of making the henge drop, but how?

"Hm? Sasuke, you alright, man?" Naruto asked. "Huh? Uh, yeah, I'm fine. Why?" Sasuke recovered. "Well, you just spaced out all of a sudden. Something on your mind?" "Crap. How did he know? Or, how did she know? Wait, I don't even know if Naruto really is a girl, so…..ugh." Sasuke thought. "Sorry, didn't realize it. Yeah, there's been something that's been bugging me." "Oh, what is it? Maybe I can help." Naruto offered. Sasuke shook his head. "No, I'll just figure it out later." "Oooookay then." Naruto said. "Kit, I think he's onto you." Kyuubi said. "What the hell are you on about now, Kyuubi?" Naru asked, really not in the mood for him. "That Uchiha. He's onto you. He suspects you're a girl." "WHAT?! HOW?! Are you just trying to mess with me?!" Naru exclaimed, her panic creeping in. Luckily she could hide it on the outside. "I'm serious, Kit. He suspects you. He already tried checking you out while we were walking. If he uses his Sharingan, he'll know for sure." Yeah, time to panic. Internally, of course. For the rest of the walk, Naru was screaming inside her head and ran around Kyuubi's cage in a comical way while Kyuubi was laughing at Naru's reaction.

Naruto and Sasuke made it to the Academy with 30 minutes to spare before the exam. When Hinata finally joined them, they used the time review and go over anything they forgot. As in, Sasuke and Hinata drilled Naruto on questions for the written test. When Iruka entered the classroom, he said "Alright, everyone. As you know, today is your final exam. If you pass, you will be officially recognized as a proud shinobi of the Hidden Leaf Village. We'll start with the written test, followed by the kunai and shuriken test, then the taijutsu test. After that will be the genjutsu test, and finally, the ninjutsu test, where you must successfully perform the Henge, Substitution, and Clone Jutsus." Iruka saw some people panic a little under the pressure, so he said "Don't worry. I will be overlooking all of your tests, alongside Mizuki." This made Naruto calm down a lot, but he didn't trust Mizuki. As a perk of being Kyuubi's Jinchuuriki, Kyuubi allowed Naru access to his ability to sense negativity, and she always sensed malice on Mizuki, even when she wasn't around. This was bad. While Iruka would be there, Naru was certain Mizuki would try and rig some part of her tests.

Mizuki started passing out the written exam, and when Naruto got his, he compared it to Sasuke's and Hinata's, just to be safe. Luckily, it passed his inspection. This test was 45 minutes, and Naruto noticed that all the questions were easy. Plus, the majority of the test was multiple choice. Yeah, Naru definitely had this in the bag. Though, still cautious, she secretly activated her Tsukigan to check for any genjutsu. Luckily, her hair's red streaks had grown over the years, to the point that they don't change and expand anymore when Naru activates her Tsukigan. Naruto scanned his paper, and no genjutsus were on it. He was in the clear. Satisfied, Naruto quickly turned his eyes back to normal, and started filling out the test. Once everyone was done, they gave the papers to Iruka, who graded them personally. "Okay, everyone passed the first test. Well done!" Everyone cheered at the news. Naruto smiled, knowing he conquered his greatest enemy to date: written tests. Iruka posted the grades on the wall, and everyone saw their exact grades. Sasuke and Hinata got perfect scores, and Naruto was only 5 points behind them, leaving him at rank 3. Naruto decided to see where the others were placed, and saw that Shikamaru was rank 8, Choji was rank 7, Kiba was rank 9, Shino was rank 6, Ino was rank 5, and Sakura was tied with Naruto. The pink haired girl was definitely pissed about that, and she was supposed to be the smartest person there! Apparently not.

They moved outside to where the training dummies were, and Iruka announced "Okay, we will now start the kunai and shuriken test. Everyone, wait until you are called." Most of the kids did a rather poor job, at least in Sasuke's eyes. For Naruto, almost everyone was just plain sad. Well, the only good ones were the ones from actual shinobi clans. Sakura missed most of them, and the ones she did land didn't even hit the bullseye, so she failed that. When it was Sasuke's turn, obviously he got all the bullseyes. Hinata was close, but didn't quite hit all the bullseyes, so she was only a point or 2 behind Sasuke. When it was Naruto's turn, he just relied on the training Itachi gave him. So, Naruto went with simple, and not flashy at all. In fact, he went with the lazy style. That's right, he was gonna pull a Shikamaru, with a little Itachi added in the mix. Naruto lazily threw 5 shuriken at once, and they all hit the bullseyes. When it came to the kunais, Naruto didn't even take a second to aim, and he just threw them one after another. Bullseyes. The training dummies were just pincushions at this point. Normally, Naruto would miss, so everyone was shocked at this. Shikamaru just groaned and said "Man, did he really just copy me? What a drag." Yeah, Shikamaru literally did what Naruto just did only minutes ago, only slower, and he actually took the time to aim. "I do not believe that was what happened. It would appear Naruto was either hiding his true skills, or perhaps he has been recently training his skills to perfection. It certainly would explain how he hit the targets with high precision and minimal effort." Shino said. "Either way man, he's definitely has gotten better." Kiba agreed.

"W-Wow. Naruto, you got a perfect score. Congrats." Iruka said, almost speechless. Naruto just grinned and said "Thanks Iruka-sensei." Then he went over to where his friends were. Hinata congratulated him, while Sasuke called him a show off. Then came the taijutsu test. Everyone gathered around the sparring area as Mizuki explained the rules. "Alright, the rules are simple: try and knock me out of bounds in less than 2 minutes. If you can't, don't worry. You have the other tests to fall back on." Mizuki informed everyone. From there, the sparring began. Most of the kids couldn't even last 2 minutes, they were that bad. Some managed to last, but not take Mizuki down. Shikamaru didn't even try, since taijutsu wasn't his forte. Choji beat Mizuki in 1 minute and 50 seconds, using his expansion jutsu. Ino took a minute and 55 seconds, so she barely made it. Ino would've normally used her Mind Transfer Jutsu to have Mizuki step out of bounds, but she didn't have time to activate it, or even prepare it. Sakura couldn't beat Mizuki, and she was exhausted. "Not bad Sakura. Though, you really need to work on your stamina and strength." Mizuki pointed out. " *pant* H-Hai…*pant*...S-Sensei" Sakura got out in between breaths. Nobody else was exhausted as her, so that just showed how bad Sakura was. "Why the hell is Sakura so exhausted? It was only 2 minutes." Kiba wondered. "That would be because she doesn't train. Like, at all." Naruto answered. "Huh?!" Everyone said, startled. "Yeah, she focused too much on looking good for teme. That would seriously explain why I can see her ribs through her dress."

Everyone couldn't believe that Sakura didn't even train. They were trying to become shinobi, for crying out loud! You had to train, or you'd be killed. You couldn't just study, because book smarts only take you so far. Apparently, Sakura doesn't get that. Even Ino trained, she didn't waste ALL of her time on Sasuke! Ino and Hinata were definitely disappointed in her. Hell, as Sakura was now, she definitely gives kunoichis a bad name. Shino went up next, but he couldn't get Mizuki out of bounds either, since he wasn't allowed to use his insects. Taijutsu was currently his weakest point, so it was gonna cause Shino problems from the beginning. Kiba beat Mizuki in 50 seconds, which didn't surprise anyone, considering his clan specialized in taijutsu as well as tracking. Hinata beat Mizuki in 48 seconds with her Gentle Fist technique. When it was Sasuke's turn, he beat Mizuki in only 30 seconds with his Interceptor Fist technique and his Sharingan. He beat Itachi's record by 15 seconds. Finally, it was Naruto's turn.

"Finally, Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto stood up and walked up to the ring. Naruto got into his unique fighting stance, and waited for Mizuki to give the signal. "Begin." With that, Naruto immediately launched a right hook, which Mizuki blocked. Naruto continued throwing punches, adding kicks in too. Mizuki started throwing out some attacks, but Naruto reacted quickly by either redirecting them, blocking or just dodging. Naruto saw that Mizuki wasn't pulling any of his punches, which he expected, so he decided to end it quickly. Naruto threw a flying roundhouse kick, which hit Mizuki's head, hard. He immediately followed it with a leg sweep, knocking Mizuki off his feet. In that brief second Mizuki was in the air, Naruto performed what he called 'the Donkey Kick'. He launched off his hands and rammed both his feet into Mizuki's exposed stomach, sending him 4 feet away, out of the ring. 35 seconds. Hinata and Sasuke weren't surprised, considering they've seen him fight. Everyone else was, though. After a few congratulations, everyone took a small break before the genjutsu test. Of course, Naruto and Hinata had to make sure Sasuke's fangirls didn't try anything on him, since now they were just begging to get close to him.

When the genjutsu test began, the students just had to enter the classroom, and dispel the genjutsu cast on them. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to get through the door that led to the final test. Eventually, the numbers started dwindling, only a few people coming back, meaning they failed the exams. That meant that the ones that didn't return passed. Wait, even Sakura passed. Sakura. How the hell did that happen? Naru tried wrapping her head around that idea, and it was very hard to picture, so she went down the list. Sakura obviously passed the written exam, failed the kunai and shuriken tests, and failed the taijutsu test. That had to have meant she passed the last two tests. This made sense to Naru, since most of the kunoichi in her class were better with ninjutsu than anything else. Besides herself, only Hinata was good all around. Ino was a weird mix between fangirl and proper kunoichi. The rest only cared for their looks, god knows why, since they were only 13, or they obsessed over boys, in their case, Sasuke.

It was finally his turn, and Naruto walked into the room. He noticed the genjutsu easily, and sent a chakra pulse outward to dispel it. But something still felt off. "Kit, this genjutsu is double layered. Normal genin can't detect them, but I can. Someone's trying to make you fail. Send out another pulse." Kyuubi advised. Nodding, Naruto sent out another pulse, this time dispelling the genjutsu completely. Finally seeing the correct door, Naruto walked through. "Congrats, Naruto. You passed the genjutsu test, even if you took a little longer." Iruka said, laughing a little. Naruto said "Thanks. Apparently that one was double layered. That's why it took so long." Iruka turned serious and asked "Double layered? Are you sure?" Naruto nodded. Iruka knew someone would rig Naruto's exams, and now it was obvious. Mizuki was the culprit. Trying to act like he didn't know anything, Iruka simply said "I'll have to look into that. Anyway, could you perform the following jutsus, Naruto?" He gestured towards the list behind him, which stated the jutsus needed to pass: henge, substitution and clone. Naruto did the henge and Substitution with ease. "Um, Iruka-sensei? Is it possible to use another type of clone technique?" This had Iruka puzzled, but nodded anyway. Naruto grinned, did his cross finger hand sign and said "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Then 2 puffs of smoke appeared and two copies of Naruto stood next to him. Solid copies, mind you. Iruka dropped his pen and asked "T-That's a B-Rank jutsu! Naruto, where did you learn that?!" Knowing nobody would exactly believe that Jiraiya taught him that jutsu, Naruto lied "Kakashi-nii showed me how to do it last year, since I couldn't do the regular one."

Now that was more believable, since all the ninja in the village knew Kakashi helped take care of him, even if it wasn't under the same roof. Plus it helped that Kakashi is arguably the strongest jonin in the village. "Well, Naruto, you passed. And based on your scores from the other tests…..you graduate. You're officially a genin." Iruka said, holding out one of the standard issue genin headbands. He couldn't be more proud of Naruto right now. Iruka had seen him work his butt off from day one, and the improvements were made clear today. Mizuki, on the other hand, was pissed. He thought his plan would work with the genjutsu, and when that didn't work, he tried disrupting Naruto's chakra with a secret seal in the room. He hadn't counted on Naruto learning the Shadow Clone Jutsu. Naruto took off his goggles, and replaced it with his new headband. "Thanks Iruka-sensei! You're the best, dattebayo!" Naruto said as he went to join the other graduates. Sure enough, everyone was there. Hinata and Sasuke were the first to greet him. "You passed! C-Congratulations, Naruto-kun!" Hinata cheered. "Thanks, Hinata-chan!" Naruto said as he hugged her. Hinata blushed heavily, but hugged back. "Yeah, congrats Naruto." Sasuke said, a friendly smirk on his face. "Thanks, Sasuke." The two bumped fists.

Everyone was a little surprised that the dead last of their class not only passed, but didn't even trade insults with Sasuke this time. Before questions could be asked, Iruka came out and said "Alright, to everyone here, congratulations on becoming genin. Now, everyone has to come back to the Academy in 2 weeks for team placement. Understand?" "Hai, Iruka-sensei." Everyone said. Then they were allowed to leave, suddenly having a 2 week vacation before the fun stuff happened. However, Mizuki still had to enact his plan by tonight. Plan A didn't work, so he was going to have to go to plan B.

"Hey, Naruto!" Mizuki called out. Naruto turned around and said "Mizuki-sensei?" "Hey, I just wanted to congratulate you. Also, I was hoping we could talk in private." Naruto looked at his 2 friends, who gave him the silent okay. Naruto followed Mizuki to the swingset in front of the Academy, away from the crowd. "So, how does it feel to be a genin?" Mizuki asked. "Honestly, it's awesome! Now I can help protect the village, dattebayo!" Naruto said, enthusiastic. "Well, it's great you feel that way, but there is a way for you to protect it that's better." Mizuki said, tempting Naruto. While Naruto wasn't buying any of it, feeling Mizuki's malice, he played along and asked "Really? How?" "Too easy." Mizuki thought. Then Mizuki told him to take the Scroll of Seals and learn at least one technique, but to do it at the shed near the village gates.

"Does he really think I'm that dumb, dattebayo?" Naru asked nobody in particular. She dropped her henge and was in the room where the scroll was at. She was surprised by how weak the security was. Seriously, she practically waltzed right in. "I don't know, it looks like you're doing what he says, Kit." Kyuubi commented. "Not really. I still want to see the scroll, but I'm gonna let Hokage-jiji know about this. After I read this, of course." Naru replied in a chipper tone. She found the scroll, had a shadow clone stand guard, and started reading. The first jutsu she saw just so happened to be the Shadow Clone Jutsu. While reading it, Naru learned that if the clone is dispersed, she learns what the clone learned. This could also help speed up her jutsu training. Yeah, she was definitely gonna abuse it now. The next one had her and Kyuubi with wide eyes. The second entry was about Naru's Tsukigan, but there were more details about it than she realized. "Woah! The Tsukigan's in here! Maybe I can learn more about it here, dattebayo!" Naru exclaimed. "You sure you want to do that, Kit? There's some stuff in there you're not ready for. At least not now, anyway." Kyuubi warned. "Oh, lighten up, you big fuzzball. I just want to know more about it, jeez. If you and the others say I'm not ready, then fine, I won't do what I can't just yet." Naru stated. Kyuubi was actually surprised Naru said something that actually sounded responsible, which normally isn't like her. Then again, when Naru said something, she stuck to it, so Kyuubi just accepted her words, feeling a little proud of her maturity. With that, she started reading, and couldn't believe what she was reading. Some of what was written was new even to Kyuubi.

Naru read about the Tsukigan's unique abilities. The first one being the one that put it on the map: matter manipulation. Naru didn't understand it at first, but she read further and saw that with the Tsukigan, she could manipulate her environment, similar to jutsus, but without hand signs. That would explain how she blew everyone away all those years ago. There was also another ability, one that Kyuubi didn't know about: the Tsukigan has a type of sonar mode if you close your eyes, or your vision was hampered in any way. "Sonar? What, like the bats?" Naru asked, extremely confused. "Holy shit. Kushina never learned this, so she never knew. Kit, this scroll is saying that you could see even when your vision is disrupted or clouded! And since it's like sonar, you could literally see EVERYTHING around you! It's similar to the Byakugan's 360 vision!" "WHAT?! I gotta try it!" She activated her Tsukigan and closed her eyes. Nothing happened. So, she sent a little more chakra to her eyes, and then things started to form in the darkness. Naru gasped at what she was seeing. She was looking at a outline of everything that's around her. Right now she was looking at the scroll, outlined in white. The text was white too, but everything else was black. She could see behind her and through the door, as well as down the hall. Hell, she was even able to see the small outline of Hiruzen working in his office. "Woah. This is crazy." Naru said, awed. "No kidding. I had no idea this ability existed. You can basically fight even when blinded. This can be very helpful, Kit." Kyuubi said, also amazed by this ability. Naru opened her eyes and her normal vision came back. Apparently that mode was called Second Vision, which Naru thought sounded kinda cool. She saw that there was nothing else about the Tsukigan in the scroll. When she hit the third entry, Kyuubi almost crashed into his cage, he was that shocked. "Kit! That's the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style!" he almost screamed. "The eight what-now?" Naru asked. "The Eight Trigrams Sealing Style! It's what your father used to seal me in you! And it was made by the Uzumaki Clan! Learn it!" Yeah, Kyuubi was definitely screaming now. Naru's eyes widened in shock. If she learned this sealing style, she'd not only know something from her clan, but she'd also know everything about the seal on her. Hell, who knows what she could apply it to! Not saying another word, she memorized that entry's contents. Kyuubi even helped by writing what Naru read in his cage, for future reference. Once she finished, she learned that her clone popped itself. Hiruzen was coming. And fast.

Naru panicked as she looked for a hiding place. Then she remembered the henge jutsu and used it to turn into a rock in a corner. Hiruzen came in very quickly, even for his age. He immediately went to where the scroll was, and was relieved it was still there. "I know you're still here, Naru-chan. You're not fooling this old man." Hiruzen said, throwing the scroll at Naru's rock form. She instantly turned back. "OW! That hurt, dattebayo!" Naru yelped in pain, holding her head. Hiruzen sweatdropped and deadpanned "That was the point." Turning serious, he asked "Why were you reading this scroll? It's forbidden for a reason." "Because I wanted to know why Mizuki-teme wanted it so badly. He asked me to get it and learn at least one thing, that way I'd 'be able to protect the village better'." Naru explained, using air quotes on what Mizuki told her. This had Hiruzen's attention. "Mizuki? He asked you to steal the scroll?" "Well, those weren't his exact words, but yeah, basically. After I read some of this, I was gonna tell you, but you rushed over here. How'd you even know I was in here?" Hiruzen simply said "I have my ways." Naru gave a deadpan stare and said "Bull. Shit. You used that ball thing again, didn't you, Jiji?" "...Kyuubi told you about that, huh?" Hiruzen asked, rubbing his temples. He was aware that Naru has been talking with Kyuubi, but he didn't realize the Tailed Beast was sharing that type of information.

Naru nodded, and Hiruzen groaned. "Yes, I did. I saw you reading the scroll and assumed the worst." "Like what, that I'd unleash old fuzzbut onto the village for making my life hell?" Naru asked rhetorically. Hiruzen took it serious and paled. "Uh, Kit? That's plenty of reason to do that." Kyuubi deadpanned. "Well, do you want to leave?" Naru asked. "Wait, what?"

Naru sighed and repeated "I'm asking if you want to leave. I know the sealing style now, so I should be able to make a key to release the seal. Just say the word, and you can leave my body and do whatever you want." Kyuubi thought Naru was just kidding, but saw she was dead serious. She was willing to set him free, because she knew he wasn't the demon everyone made him out to be. If it were normal circumstances, Kyuubi would say yes. But this wasn't it. He cared too much already.

"As fun as that sounds, if you do that, you'll die. It's a known rule that if the Tailed Beast is removed from it's Jinchuuriki, in this case, it's you, by any means, you will die. Plus, you can't make a key, since your jackass dad already made one." Naru was definitely shocked. She didn't know that would happen, and she wasn't aware that Kyuubi actually cared about that fact. "Wait, why are you telling me this? I thought you hated me." "Never really said I did." Kyuubi said. Then he started scratching his head and admitted "Honestly, things are more entertaining with you around. Plus, your mother died because of me, whether you like it or not. The least I could do is look after her brat." Naru was definitely surprised. Kyuubi actually cared about her. She felt a few happy tears come to her eyes as she said "Thanks, Kyuubi. I'll try and find a way to give you a little more freedom. I promise."

Leaving the mindscape, Naru said "Jiji, relax. That was a joke. Besides, this thing doesn't even say how to make the key. And if I do let Kyuubi out, I'd probably die." "T-That's not the point! There's still the risk of him taking over!" Hiruzen tried to make Naru see reason. Instead, Naru's eye twitched. "Jiji, the only time Kyuubi has ever taken over my body was when he wanted to experiment on ME WITH HIS GODDAMN PERVERTED JUTSUS, DATTEBAYO!" She snapped, the memories coming back. They were really embarrassing for her, since Kyuubi was experimenting with different versions of the Sexy Jutsu. "Still worth it, Kit. Still worth it." Kyuubi said, grinning like a madman, his nose leaking a little blood from the memories. Hiruzen sweatdropped, finding this information really bizarre. Naru sighed in frustration as she said "Look, that's not important. Mizuki-teme still wants me to deliver that scroll. What're we gonna do?"

Hiruzen contemplated on this, and came up with a solution. He grabbed a scroll that looked similar to the Scroll of Seals, but had a trap inside, which activates if anyone opens it. "Take this to him. I'll be watching from my office, and I'll have all chunin alert on the situation. They will know you're innocent." he ordered. Naru nodded, and took her leave.

Well, Hiruzen's plan went smoothly. Mizuki fell for it hook, line, and sinker. Once he grabbed the scroll, the trap activated, which was basically him getting chained up, with the chains connecting to the trees around him, but he somehow managed to break free. Iruka showed up to help, and Mizuki tried to turn Naruto against Iruka by telling him the reason everyone hated him. Didn't work since he already knew. Though, Mizuki apparently knew about the whole gender thing, somehow, and disrupted Naru's henge in their fight. Didn't really stop her from beating the living crap out of him. By the time Naru was done, Mizuki had bruises all over his body. His skin was completely black and blue, no joke. Now all that was left was explaining this to Iruka.

"Uh, Iruka-sensei, I can explain, really!" Naru said, trying to figure out what to say. "It's okay, I knew all along." Iruka reassured. "Wait, you knew?! How?!" Iruka just gave her a look, and Naru knew. "...Mikoto-basan told you, didn't she?" "Her, and Lord Hokage." Naru face palmed herself. "Seriously?! Everyone's finding out now, dattebayo! You didn't tell anyone, did you?!" "No, no. I didn't. That's your secret to tell." Naru just looked at him, like he was suspicious. "*sigh* I swear, if Sasuke-kun finds out about this too, I don't know what I'll do, dattebayo. And he's already suspicious!" Naru groaned, dreading even the thought. "He's gonna find out eventually. You can't keep it from him forever, Naru." Iruka said. Naru knew he was right, but she was still afraid of how Sasuke would take it. Suddenly feeling tired, Naru said "I know. *yawn* I'm gonna let Jiji know what happened, then I'm gonna sleeeeep." "You can talk to him tomorrow. You need to rest, especially after what happened today." Naru at this point couldn't even complain, so she let Iruka take her home. Once there, Naru checked if any villagers left traps for her again. They didn't. She unlocked her door, went into her apartment, fell onto her bed and instantly fell asleep.

A/N: Alright, so chapter 2 is done. Now, there are a few things I'd like to explain. First, I know that I listed the Tsukigan's abilities in the last chapter, but there was one more ability that slipped my mind until now, and I forgot to put it in. That ability is a type of sonar Naru could use if her vision is somehow messed with, or she could tap into it when she closes her eyes and sends more chakra. The best way to describe that ability is this: it is similar to how Daredevil is able to move around, even though he's blind. If you don't know who Daredevil is, well, look him up. He's a Marvel Comics hero. Just don't watch the movie with Ben Affleck, watch the Netflix series, it's better. Anyway, I made it similar to that, except I made it so that Naru could still see just about everything in detail, just in black and white while in that mode, that includes reading. So, everything would look like Inner Sakura in this state, there's a white outline of everything, but the rest is black. I'd like to call it her '2nd vision', and yes, it is rather similar to Byakugan's near 360 degree vision, but the mechanics are completely different. Plus, Naru's 2nd vision has a shorter distance, but this can be improved little by little with training. Sorry for leaving that little fact out, but at least now you know.

Also, about the fact that more and more people are finding out, yeah, that was sorta intentional. I wanted to start off small. Obviously Kakashi, Mikoto, Hiruzen and Jiraiya knew. Teuchi and Ayame from the Ichiraku stand would have to know too, since they are one of the closest things Naru's had to family, canon or not. As for Iruka knowing, well, he is a sort of father figure to Naruto in all media, so of course he would know about something like this. Then there's Hinata. I wanted to give Naru at least one person she could be herself around, at least before Sasuke finds out, and Hinata was the best choice. After all, she's kind and understanding, so she would hear Naru's story and try to help her through it.

Now as you noticed, I changed a lot of things with the graduation exam. Firstly, I had Naru pass when her male counterpart failed at first. Well, Naru's skill set is pretty powerful, and in here, she had an actual education, as well as formal training that wasn't rigged by anyone. Yeah, I wanted Naru to be at least a decent fighter, but most of all, I wanted her to be smart. I've seen a bunch of fanfics where Naruto is completely different from his canon counterpart, mainly where he was either smarter, stronger, has a dojutsu, genderbent, has his family, or all of the above. Here, I really wanted most of that. Sure, I could've given Naru her parents back, but for right now, I'll leave it a little closer to canon. But who knows what I'll change. Anyway, I figured if Naru was actually raised properly, she would have gotten a better education from the ones raising her, and her taijutsu would be at least average. Btw, the way Naru beat Mizuki during the exam, I got the idea from one of the finishing combos from The Amazing Spider-Man, the game that was based on the movie. Either that one, or the second one, I forget. Anyway, I thought it looked awesome, so I wanted Naru to be able to do that.

The other thing I changed was how Mizuki was dealt with, slightly. He still got his ass kicked, but way faster. Naru didn't have an emotional breakdown from hearing the truth she already knew, and she learned more things from the Scroll of Seals. Particularly, the sealing style that keeps Kyuubi inside her. I'll be messing with that in later chapters. As for the fight scenes, well, I'm new at making those, so there wasn't a whole lot. That was sort of why I didn't write out the fight in the forest. I mean, you guys already know how that went (if you don't….I got nothing to say to you). Then there's Naru's prank, which I wanted to change slightly, because when you think about it, if Naruto knew who his dad was at the time, would he really write insulting stuff about him on the Hokage Monument? Maybe, but here, I wanted it to be something harmless and a little heart-warming. Lastly, there's Sasuke. Yeah, he's suspicious of Naru, so he will definitely find out soon. By that, I mean really soon. I won't say when though, it could be next chapter, or 2 to 10 chapters later, if I get that far. Now some of you have wanted to see his reaction, and all I'll say is that it will be amusing, at least for me.

So, I hope you guys liked this chapter, the next one's gonna cover bits of the 2 week break, team selections and the start of the bell test. If you have any other suggestions or questions you want to share, or you just want to voice your opinion, feel free to share them. Until next time!