Naruto Chronicles: Legacy of Corvinus

Ch. 2

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Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Underworld; therefore you pig-headed lawyers can leave me alone.

Note: There will be a timeskip in this chapter. I don't know that bloodlines I'm going to give them, but the guaranteed ones are the Shoton, mokuton, hyoton, rinnegan, and the Uzumaki chakra chains. Have any bloodline suggestions; send them in. Remember, you give reviews and I can write better. You give flames, and I sic the hounds on you.

Summary: Instead of giving birth to one child, Kushina Uzumaki gave birth to twin boys. During the sealing, Minato sealed both halves of the Kyūbi into his children; unknowingly casting them into damnation. Seeing this, the gods decide to intervene and give them their one wish…a loving, if not completely dysfunctional, family.

The next morning, Naruto slowly awoke to a different surrounding. As he looked around his new room, he suddenly realized that the previous day actually happened. He looked for Cairo, but was surprised when said boy wasn't next to him. Without warning, Selene burst into the room and said, "It's good to see you up and about, Naru-chan. Breakfast is ready and Cairo is waiting for you downstairs." She then left the stunned blonde to his own devices. Naruto stared at the door before running out of it…right into Lucian's leg. While the man barely budged, he helped Naruto to his feet and said, "Good morning, Naruto. Are you feeling any better?" The child nodded and asked, "Have you seen Cairo nii-chan? Selene kaa-chan said he was waiting for me." Lucian pointed to his left and said, "The stairs are that way. Once you go down, you'll need to take a left." Naruto quickly said thank you and ran down the stairs. As soon as he reached the bottom floor, he ran into the kitchen…and slammed into his brother.

After detangling themselves from each other, Cairo pulled his brother to his feet. He then pulled him into the kitchen where Sonja was preparing breakfast. The vampire turned around and said, "Good morning, Naru-chan. I see you've found your way to the kitchen without too much trouble. Cairo somehow ended up walking in circles for about twenty minutes." Cairo frowned and said, "Sonja oba-chan, that's not very funny. This is a really big place." Naruto smiled and said, "Don't worry about it, bro. I bumped into Lucian ji-chan's leg earlier." Sonja set eight plates on the table and said, "As soon as the others arrive, we can all eat. A few minutes later, Selene and Michael made their way into the kitchen and sat down on either side of the boys. Lucian came in after, kissed Sonja on the cheek and sat next to Michael. Finally, Markus and William arrived and sat next to Selene, leaving the chair by Lucian for Sonja. As everyone was finally seated, Selene cleared her throat and said, "There is something we need to discuss with you, boys."

The younger twins sat up as she continued, "We just wanted you to know that Markus, Sonja, and I are all vampires." Michael then picked up, "You should also know that William, Lucian, and I are lycans or 'werewolves'." The boys looked at each other before Naruto said, "That really doesn't matter to us. You're all still the greatest thing that has happened to us." Cairo nodded and said, "You all gave us a home and a family. We really wouldn't care if you were half penguin or something. What matters is that you took away our loneliness. For that, we will forever be thankful." Lucian nodded and said, "Now to tell you what we really wanted to speak about. Your Hokage did some digging for us and discovered that much like how Markus and William are the sons of our founding father; you boys come from the founding clan of all kekkei genkai. Specifically, you boys are from the direct line of the family." Cairo perked an eyebrow and asked, "What family are we from, Lucian ji-chan?" Markus pointed to the spiral on Naruto's shirt and said, "You boys are from the royal bloodline of the Uzumaki Clan."

Naruto gasped and said, "I thought that Uzumaki was just a name that was given to us." Sonja shook her head. "That is far from the truth. Your name comes from your birth mother." Naruto stood up and asked, "Do you know who she is? Can you tell us about her?" William nodded and said, "Her name was Kushina Uzumaki. She was the second host of the Kyūbi. You boys are the third." Everything went silent. Cairo found his voice and said, "We already knew about him. However, he refused to tell us anything about our parents. He just kept saying, 'You're not supposed to know yet'. What did he mean by that?" Michael finished his plate and said, "I can only guess that he's speaking of your father. While we did find out about him, it was his final wish that you not know who he was until you become chunnin or reach the age of sixteen. However, he does want you both to know that he loves you and wishes he were here." Naruto wiped his fresh tears away. "Thank you for that," he said. "Now, what were you saying about our mom's clan?"

Markus nodded and said, "What we were saying is that the royal bloodline in your family carries the code for every bloodline in existence. We think that means that you will have multiple bloodline abilities." Sonja put her fork down and said, "We also intend to add our blood into the mix. In short, you will become like us. You will gain our abilities and become our true family." William pulled out a pair of syringes and said, "This will feel a little weird, because we're going to inject this directly into your hearts." As Selene and Sonja prepared the injections, Lucian said, "By the way, this will hurt…a lot." The boys only had time to shout 'what!' before being injected. Seconds later, they both let out piercing screams as the blood was pumped into their systems. Then, just as fast as the screams began, they ended. The boys had both fallen asleep. Selene gathered them up and said, "Sleep well, boys. Your new lives begin tomorrow."

Next day…

Naruto was the first to rise. When he did, he noticed something strange. It seemed that in his sleep, his broken bones had fully healed themselves, he grew about three inches, and his hair was a darker blonde. It also had red and black tipped spikes. He turned over to Cairo and shrugged him awake. Once his sleeping brother came to, he also felt the changes. Cairo looked in the mirror and saw that his hair had grown below his shoulder blades and now had red and black streaks in it. The older Uzumaki punched Naruto in the gut and said, "I told you never to wake me up like that." Naruto just curled up in pain and grunted, "Every time with that." He then tackled his brother and began tickling him. The boys rolled around for awhile before suddenly stopping. Their noses had picked up the same scent…food.

Kitchen…

Everyone but the boys was seated at the table. Lucian's ears picked up the sound of small footsteps before he held up his hand. He raised three fingers and slowly counted backwards. The moment he hit one, Naruto and Cairo bolted into the kitchen and made a mad dash for the table. As everyone began eating, Selene said, "Seeing as how it's Sunday, we're going to buy you some new clothes and training equipment. After that, the training begins. You boys are in for a serious workout." Both blondes smiled and said, "Bring it on, okaa-chan."

Later…

Selene and Michael carted the boys around the village to find a store that would sell to them. Almost every store they entered turned them away. All of the store owners had the same thing to say. 'We don't sell to trash.' After an hour of walking, they found a casual clothing store that was owned by a woman named Yoshino Nara. Unlike the other store clerks, Yoshino was more than happy to sell to them. The woman was actually a chunnin and knew the truth about the twins. However, she was faithful in the Yondaime and chose to honor his wishes. Plus, the boys were friends with her son, Shikamaru. Whenever they were around him, Shika would be a little less lazy. That made them more than ok in her book. By the time they were finished shopping, they had bought the boys a set of kimonos, some shirts, shorts, underwear, socks, pants, and shoes.

The next place on their list was a shinobi store. It only took them a few minutes before venturing into a store labeled, 'Higurashi Weaponry'. Selene smirked at their fortune and led them inside. When they entered the store, they noticed that it was larger inside than it was outside. As they looked around, a gruff voice asked, "Can I help you all?" They turned around to see Councilman Dustin Higurashi at the counter. Dustin looked at the boys and said, "Don't take me for those idiots. I might be a civilian, but the Yondaime was a close friend of mine. His wife even helped me build the store. The way I see it, those boys are welcome as long as they don't knock stuff over."

Michael let out a breath that he never realized he was holding. He then walked over to the counter and said, "The Hokage gave us a list of things to buy for their training as well as for us to stock up on. He also said to put it all on him." Dustin looked over the list that was given to him. Sarutobi put in an order for ten sets of training kunai, ten sets of training shuriken, five large spools of ninja wire, a twenty thousand count of standard issue shuriken and kunai, a twenty thousand count of windmill shuriken, ten bokkens, and a ten thousand count of katanas, sealing scrolls, and some chakra papers. He also wanted them to pick out some shinobi clothing, training weights, and any particular weapons they wanted. Dustin whistled and said, "You'll be able to get the smaller stuff today, but it'll take some time to get the larger orders in. I'll have then delivered to your place once they arrive."

Selene nodded and said, "Don't worry. We've got time on our side. Boys, I want you both to pick your own weapons. You'll get a new one each year." Naruto looked on the shelves until he caught sight of a pair of katanas. The two blades totaled to be four feet long. Both of them were blood red and had a dragon tail wrapped around the hilt. The rest of the dragon was inscribed as a design on the actual blades. As soon as Naruto grabbed them, the dragons seemed to come to life. To Naruto, it was as if they were calling to him. Cairo looked around and stopped at a pair of sai. Just like the katanas, they were blood red and had a dragon design. What was strange about them was that the blades were at least five inches longer than a standard sai. When Cairo grabbed them, the dragons seemed to move on the blades.

Dustin laughed and said, "It seems you boys have found a set of Uzumaki blades. Those blades are special. They choose their owners and can only be wielded by those that the blades or the owners deem to be worthy. Seeing as how you two are from the Uzumaki Clan, I'll give those to you for free. They also came with a set of training scrolls." As the family left the store, Selene noticed that they were being followed by people with masks. She led them to a clearing before saying, "You all can come out of hiding. I know you're there." Suddenly, a pair of women in Anbu gear jumped down in front of them. The first woman had a snake mask while the second had a crow mask. Naruto ran over to the Hebi Anbu and said, "Anko nee-chan, you came to see us." The newly dubbed Anko ruffled his hair and said, "Didn't I tell you not to say my name while I'm on duty." The crow masked Anbu took off her mask and said, "Whatever, Anko. You and I both went off-duty five minutes ago." Anko ripped off her mask. "Can it, Raven. You always spoil my fun." The blue haired woman smirked and said, "Someone has to, or else you'd terrorize the village."

Selene cleared her throat and asked, "Is there any reason you two are here?" Anko got serious and said, "We were sent by Hokage-sama. My name is Mitarashi Anko, and this is my adoptive sister, Mitarashi-Roth Raven. Hokage-sama wanted us to make sure that you knew to take the boys to the academy tomorrow." Michael grunted and said, "So he decided to send a pair of elite shinobi to tell us." Anko just grinned and said, "Nah. He sent us because we're familiar with the boys. He's also hoping you two might consider joining the Anbu someday. Mostly, it's because we're familiar with the boys." Selene nodded and said, "Thank you for the message. Tell Sarutobi-sama that we will give it some thought. For now, we have to get them ready for the academy." With that, everyone parted ways for the day. Selene looked at her boys and said, "For the next few years, you boys are gonna be training nonstop."

Five years later…

Iruka looked at his soon to be graduating class with a smile. He pulled out his roll call list and said, "Once I call roll, we will begin your final exams. Aburame Shino." Shino silently raised his hand. "Akimichi Chouji." "Here, sensei." "Haruno Sakura." "Here I am sensei." "Hyūga Hinata." "Here, sensei." "Inuzuka Kiba and Akamaru." Akamaru barked in response. "Nara Shikamaru" "This is so troublesome. I'm here." "Uchiha Sasuke." "Hn, I'm here." "Yamanaka Ino." "I'm here sensei." "Is anyone missing?" Kiba raised his hand and said, "Iruka-sensei, you didn't call Naruto and Cairo." Iruka nodded and said, "Their aunt sent in a message stating that they would be late due to family business. There wasn't a reason to call for them." Sakura sneered and said, "How come the loser twins get to be late?" Kiba growled and said, "Apparently that large forehead has a small brain behind it. Iruka-sensei just said that they had a family affair to deal with. Now, would you be so kind as to stop screeching? You're giving me and Akamaru a headache."

Sakura was about to shout at Kiba when the doors to the room flew open. Everyone turned to the doors, but only saw an empty doorway. Suddenly, the following things happened in this order. Iruka ducked under his desk, Shikamaru, Chouji, and Ino pulled out umbrellas, Hinata and Kiba pulled their hoods up over their heads, Akamaru ducked into Kiba's jacket, Sasuke managed to duck under his seat, and Shino pulled on a poncho. Before anyone could register what happened, everyone screamed as they were covered in a shower of multicolored paints. Once the paint stopped falling, a bell sounded. Everyone watched as Iruka and Sasuke came up from their hiding places, Ino, Shika, and Chouji threw down their umbrellas, Shino removed his poncho, and Hinata and Kiba tossed away their jackets to reveal identical ones that were paint free. Ino smirked and said, "This is the future of our shinobi. I'm not impressed."

Suddenly, the paint started to fizzle until it was completely gone. Iruka smiled and said, "Naruto, you and Cairo can come out of hiding. It's all over." As if manifesting out of thin air, two black figures with blond hair suddenly stood on Iruka's desk. Both wore a black Anbu-style outfit, black steel-toed boots, black fingerless gloves, and an ankle-length trench coat with long sleeves, a fur collar, and a red swirl patterned trim that led to the Uzumaki Clan Spiral on the upper back(just below the collar). The shorter haired blonde carried a pair of scrolls on his left hip while the long haired blonde carried two on his right. Kiba smirked and said, "It looks like the Uzumaki brothers are here after all." While some people were impressed, Sakura shouted, "You losers are late. And why are you dressed like that? It's not like those clothes will make you any cooler than Sasuke-kun, so you might as well just take them off. Only Sasuke-kun can wear cool clothes like that." Naruto cracked a knuckle and said, "First of all, shut up. Second, our oba-chan called ahead for us. Finally, we'll wear whatever the hell we want."

Sakura stood up and said, "You can't talk to me like that. And stop making things up. Everyone knows you two don't have parents. You're just a couple of loser orphans." Without warning, Sasuke said, "Shut up, Sakura. If you paid attention to anything, you would know that they do have parents. Someone adopted them a few years ago." While Sasuke might have been a little jealous that Naruto and Cairo had a family while he lost his, he knew of their loneliness from his conversations with…him. His brother would always tell him about the Uzumaki twins' struggles. Even though he'd never admit it, Sasuke held some respect for their ability to face the life they lived. Iruka cleared his throat and said, "It's time to begin your grad exams. The test will contain a written portion, a spar, and a test of jutsu knowledge. We'll begin with the written exam. You will all have thirty minutes."

As soon as the tests were passed out, Iruka said, "You may start your tests." Naruto and his brother looked at their sheets and noticed a thin layer of chakra. They both silently dispelled the genjutsu on the tests and continued working. After thirty minutes passed, Iruka walked around and collected the exam sheets. He took twenty minutes to grade them all and said, "I'll now read the test scores from greatest to least. Naruto, Cairo, Hinata, and Shikamaru made a perfect score. Sasuke, Shino, and Ino made a 9/10. Kiba, Chouji, and Sakura made an 8/10. The rest of you need to study more." Suddenly, Sakura stood up and said, "Iruka-sensei, there's no possible way that those losers did better than Sasuke-kun. They must've cheated somehow." There were screams of agreement from Sasuke's fan club before Iruka used his infamous Big Head no Jutsu to shout, "Be quiet, you future food cart vendors!" He calmed himself down and said, "Now that the exam is over, we'll move outside for the next part of the test."

Outside…

Mizuki nodded to Iruka and said, "This next test will be a sparring session. When your name is called, you will either choose your opponent or you will spar with me. The goal is to either knock your opponent out of the ring or survive for three minutes. We will start with Shino Aburame. Remember, Taijutsu only." Shino's opponent was some cannon fodder character who ran when he saw Shino's bugs. Iruka sighed and declared Shino as the winner. The next match was between Ino and a girl named Ami. Ami, being one of Sasuke's fans, never devoted any time to her training. As a result, Ino knocked her out of the ring in just a few seconds. Shikamaru faced off with Chouji, but forfeited only a minute into the match. His only response was that it would be too troublesome to fight his friend. Sasuke went up against Mizuki, who threw sloppy punches to make Sasuke look like the better fighter. Kiba fought another random student. It took him all of thirty seconds to finish. After that, Hinata fought against Mizuki as well. She won by disabling the chakra points in his arms.

When Cairo was called, he said, "I choose Mizuki-sensei for my opponent. Said instructor gave a wicked smile and walked into the ring. He smirked and said, "Don't worry; I'll try not to punch you so hard." Cairo just grabbed his coat with his left hand and said, "Before my trench coat hits the ground, this match will be over." The moment Iruka started the match, Cairo spun around while removing his jacket, causing it to completely hide him from everyone's sight. When he threw it into the air, Mizuki tried to tackle him. However, Mizuki noticed a moment too late that there wasn't anyone there anymore. Cairo appeared behind him in mid-air and kicked him in the head, effectively sending him out of the ring and into a wall. As Iruka said, "Winner of the match: Cairo Uzumaki-Corvinus," Cairo caught his jacket before it hit the ground. He smirked and said, "I tried to tell you. Oh well, this is what happens to those who don't listen."

Iruka called for Sakura who immediately said, "I choose Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto smirked and said, "This should be a short match. Kami-sama must really like me right now if I'm fighting Sakura." The pinkette sneered. "Just you wait," she said. "I'll defeat you and prove that you're nowhere near as good as Sasuke-kun. After all, I'm sure that he's rooting for me." In the stands, Sasuke quickly shouted, "Twenty bucks on Naruto." Naruto grabbed the hem of his jacket and said, "Iruka-sensei, start the match." Iruka just sighed and said, "Let the match begin." Sakura ran up to Naruto and started punching him in the stomach. Everyone watched in awe…and by 'awe' I mean disappointment…as none of Sakura's punches had any effect. Just before the girl could throw her final punch, Naruto whipped off his jacket and used it to blindside the girl. She was thrown off balance, allowing Naruto to kick her out of the ring. Iruka facepalmed and said, "Winner: Naruto Uzumaki-Corvinus."

As Naruto left the ring, Sakura got up and shouted, "Iruka-sensei, Naruto-baka cheated." Needless to say, everyone ignored her. Iruka cleared his throat. "The next portion of the test will involve target practice. You will each receive ten shuriken and ten kunai. You will be graded according to accuracy. By the time everyone finished, Iruka held up a list. "Here are the final scores. Naruto and Cairo: 10/10 for shuriken and kunai, Sasuke, Hinata, Shikamaru, and Shino: 9/10 for shuriken and 10/10 for kunai, Ino, Kiba, and Chouji made 9/10 on shuriken and 8/10 for kunai, and finally Sakura with 4/10 on shuriken and 5/10 on kunai. The rest of you need work." Before anyone could react, Sakura shouted, "Iruka-sensei, Naruto-baka and his brother must've cheated again." Iruka chose to ignore her and said, "Let's just move on to the final test."

Everyone followed Iruka back into the building for the final portion of the test. Mizuki, who finally decided to get off his butt, sat down and said, "The final test will compose of three jutsu. You must accurately use the Henge, Kawarimi, and create three bunshin to receive a hitai-ate. First will be Aburame Shino." The list soon wound itself down until Iruka said, "Cairo, you're next." Cairo just nodded and stepped down to the floor. Iruka said, "First, we'll test your Henge. I want you to transform into someone you find noteworthy." Cairo smirked as he transformed into Lucian. Iruka wrote on his tablet and said, "That was good. Now I need you to substitute with something." 'Lucian' gave a peace sign before transforming into Naruto.

Iruka frowned at this. "Cairo, you've proven you can use the Henge, but I asked you to use Kawarimi." Naruto smirked as he pointed to the stands. Sitting in Naruto's seat was Lucian, who changed back into Cairo. Iruka chuckled and said, "I guess you pass that one. Now come back down so we can finish." Naruto just used the substitution to switch them out again. Iruka wrote on his score sheet again and said, "Finally, I need you to make three bunshin." Cairo nodded and said, "Kage bunshin no jutsu." Smoke rapidly covered his form from the class. When it vanished, there were at least twenty Cairos standing around. Iruka nodded and said, "Cairo Uzumaki-Corvinus: passed. Finally, we have Naruto."

When Naruto came down, Iruka said, "Just do the same routine and I'm sure you'll pass." Naruto nodded as he transformed into Anko. Iruka hid his face and said, "You pass the Henge, now please change back." Naruto gave a cheeky grin as he changed back. Iruka sighed and said, "Now you must perform a decent substitution." Naruto nodded and vanished in a puff of smoke. Standing in his place was Tora the cat, who took one look at Sakura and started clawing her face. Cairo, in a rare act of mercy, pulled the cat away and asked, "Has your mommy been hugging you to hard again?" Tora nodded as Cairo pulled out a sheet of paper and wrote something down. He then tied it to the cat's collar just before it vanished. Naruto reappeared in the middle of the room, leaving everyone dumbfounded. Iruka wrote on the score sheet and said, "Finally, I need you to make three bunshins of yourself." Naruto nodded and said, "Kage bunshin no jutsu." Unlike Cairo, there were too many Naruto clones to count. Iruka nodded and said, "Naruto Uzumaki-Corvinus: passed."

After Naruto retook his seat, Iruka said, "Congrats to everyone who managed to pass. You will return here in one week for team assignments. Until then, go home and get some rest. You've all earned it. Those of you who didn't pass, I'll see you next year." As everyone left the academy, the twins were greeted by Sonja and Lucian. Lucian rubbed their heads and said, "Well done, boys. You're ninjas now. Selene and Michael wanted to be here, but they were called away on a mission and should be back tomorrow." The group was about to walk away when they were interrupted by Mizuki.

The silver haired chunin pulled the boys to the side and said, "I've got to say that I'm impressed with you two. In fact, I'm going to tell you boys about a very secretive test given only to the best graduates. Are you interested?" The twins could only nod in glee as Mizuki said, "Inside the Hokage tower is a very large scroll disguised as the Forbidden Scroll. You have to sneak in and get to the scroll before midnight. If you get caught or someone discovers about your mission, you both automatically fail. Can you two handle it?" Cairo nodded and said, "Bring it on, Mizuki-sensei." The chunin wrote something on a sheet of paper and handed it to Naruto. "Once you get the scroll, go to this location and learn as many jutsu from the scroll before midnight as you can. I'll see you then."

As soon as Mizuki left, Naruto looked around and said, "I can't believe that moron thinks he's gonna get away with this." Cairo nodded at his brother's words. "Kami-sama must really hate this guy if he was dumb enough to give this little 'mission' to us. It's like the gods want us to smack this guy around." Naruto just laughed and said, "Let's go tell Hokage-jiji that we found the rat."

Flashback-this morning…

The boys, Sonja, and Lucian were led into the office where Sarutobi was standing by the window. He turned around and said, "Boys, I wouldn't normally do this, but I'm about to give you your first B-ranked mission. Once completed, it will go on your official shinobi records and you will both receive an S-ranked payment." Lucian frowned and said, "You must be short-staffed at the moment to give a mission to a pair of academy students." The Hokage shook his head. "It's not that at all. We have reason to believe that a teacher at the academy is selling Konoha secrets. I need someone truly trustworthy to carry out this mission. These two are the only ones I can trust to a fault." The twins stood at attention before saying, "Just tell us what to do, Hokage-sama."

Later that night…

The boys were waiting in front of an old shed when Iruka appeared out of nowhere. Cairo groaned and said, "Iruka-sensei, you weren't supposed to be here." Iruka growled and said, "What are you goof balls talking about? There's an Anbu squad hunting you two down for stealing the Forbidden Scroll." Naruto said, "You don't understand, Iruka-sensei. This isn't…" He was cut off by the sound of flying shuriken. Iruka tackled the boys just in time to avoid letting them get injured. Mizuki appeared and said, "I see you both made it. Now, give me the scroll so we can end this exam." Iruka stood up and said, "Mizuki, what's going on here?"

Cairo pulled him back and answered, "Mizuki attempted to trick us by making us think there was a special exam. His true goal was to have us steal the Forbidden Scroll so that he could give it to whoever he's working for." Said traitor cackled. "It's true. Once I kill you and take the scroll, I'll be viewed as a hero. However, before I kill you all, I think you should know why the village hates you." Iruka suddenly shouted, "You can't! It's forbidden to speak about it!" Mizuki ignored him. "On the night that the Yondaime died, he didn't kill the Kyūbi. He split it in half and sealed the two pieces within you two. The two of you are the reincarnation of the fox. That's why everyone hates you. Now…die!" That being said, he tossed a large shuriken at them.

The boys froze in their places. Just as the shuriken closed in on them, everything went black. The twins opened their eyes to see that Iruka had shielded them from the attack. Naruto grabbed his shoulders and asked, "Why did you block that, Iruka-sensei?" Iruka managed a smile and said, "You boys are a lot like me. Just like you two I was loud and prank happy. Boys, don't let him get the scroll." Cairo shook his head. "That's not what he was saying. There wasn't a need to get in the way, but you still protected us. That was a courageous and kind thing to do. Now rest here while we finish this." Naruto pulled out a small scroll and said, "Mizuki Touji, by order of the Sandaime Hokage you are hereby under arrest. Your choices are to surrender yourself or face death."

Mizuki cackled at this. "You little demons think you can defeat me? You're a pair of dead-lasts while I'm an elite chunnin. I'll kill all three of you and be praised like a hero." Cairo cracked his knuckles and said, "It seems that he's chosen death. Naruto, you take this one. I'll take care of Iruka-sensei's wound." Naruto made a chain of hand signs and said, "Shoton: Suisho-To!" A blade made of blue crystal formed itself on Naruto's right arm. He then made a cross with his fingers and said, "Ninpo: Taij ū kage bunshin no jutsu!" In a blast of smoke, Mizuki was surrounded by an army of Naruto clones. The only thing that could be heard was the sound of a traitor's screams.

After what was probably three hours had passed, the boys and Iruka were surrounded by Anbu. Before anyone could move, Anbu Neko walked forward and asked, "Is the mission complete?" Cairo nodded and handed over the Forbidden Scroll. Naruto then handed her a smaller scroll and said, "This is our mission report. Make sure Hokage-jiji gets that. By the way, we left the traitor alive for Ibiki and Anko. He's over by that tree." Anbu Tora collected Mizuki while the twins helped Iruka to his feet. Neko pulled Iruka's arm over her shoulder and said, "Good work, guys. I'll take Iruka-san to the hospital. You boys should head on home and get some rest." Before everyone split up, Iruka smiled at the twins and said, "Make sure to be at the academy for team selections next week. Also, don't pull any pranks this time." The twins smirked before saying, "We make no promises, whatsoever."

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Well people, this is by far my longest chapter. I had a lot of things to cover. Next time: Teams, tests, and a scary reunion. Until then, make sure to review. Ja ne.