Yo! Sorry for those of you actually waiting on these things! (Why do you do it to yourselves?! It depresses me…) Lots of new games for me to play. That, and I'm losing interest. I can change fandoms weekly, so I may completely forget about this for a while and come back to it later. Sorry if I disappoint you, but as I've been told before by my friends, I suck……

Okay, no more emo ranting from me. On with chapter eight!

DISCLAMAR (I love spelling it like this!): I don't own anything I mention in this fanfiction.

Chapter Eight: Tests and Betrayal…I'm so original!

Naruto walked into the small testing room the teachers had set up so they could privately assess a student's abilities. Naruto spotted Iruka, who had warmed up to Naruto over the time he had been attending the academy. He also saw Mizuki, who was an asshole. For some reason, Mizuki had something against Dante (Something about stealing his look) and had taken out his frustration on the closest thing to Dante, Naruto.

"Alright Naruto. I need you to create a clone of yourself." Iruka said. Naruto nodded, and focused his chakra. He tried to create a good clone, but it ended up some weird and dead looking on the floor. Iruka shook his head. "I'm sorry, Naruto, but if you can't even perform a simple clone jutsu, then you can't pass the rest of this test. Please, try to understand."

"It's alright, Teach. I just gotta work on my clones, that's all. No big deal. Besides, I wouldn't end up on Shikamaru's and Choji's team anyway, so not like it really matters…" Naruto tried to hide his disappointment with a large grin, but Iruka saw through it easily. Mizuki saw it as his way as killing two birds with one stone. Naruto returned to the classroom without a headband.

"Don't worry about it, Naruto. Being a Genin just means more troublesome work to do." Shikamaru said when Naruto had sat down.

"I know, Shikamaru, it's just that…I worked so hard on that damn clone jutsu, and I still don't have it down!"

"Well Naruto, it might be because of your large chakra capacity. You have a lot of chakra, and it's pretty powerful, so it's naturally hard for you to control." Choji sagely explained. Naruto was consoled, but not much. After the last genin test was given, the class dispersed to their own devices. Choji's parents and Shikamaru's parents had shown up to praise their children, and helped console the depressed blonde. As a Naruto walked home, Mizuki approached him.

"Hey, Naruto. I know how much you wanted to pass that exam."

"What do you want, asshole?"

"Well, I just wanted to tell you about a super secret exam for only the elite ninja in the class." Using adjectives like "super" and "elite" automatically get Naruto's attention.

"Go on."

"All you have to do is…"

THAT NIGHT…

Iruka had finally found the blonde bundle of energy he had come to respect.

"I…finally…found you." He muttered, out of breath. Naruto was covered in sweat only achievable through intense and long training.

"I can finally do the clone jutsu, Teach! Well, a version of it, anyway…" Iruka pondered what Naruto meant, when his instincts kicked in. He grabbed Naruto and jumped out of the way just as a giant shuriken imbedded itself in the ground where they once were. "What the hell!?" Naruto turned to see Mizuki standing there, with a ferocious expression adorning his features.

"Hey, you little blonde haired freak! Hand over the scroll and I might let you two live!" Naruto's only response was to shoot at the offending ninja, who jumped out of the way just as the bullets tore through the branch he was on. The silver haired ninja took out two more of his giant shurikens, throwing them at Iruka and Naruto. Naruto cut the shuriken in half, and Iruka simply jumped out of the way.

"Do you know why I hate you, you damn freak!?" Naruto seemed uninterested as the infuriated man yelled at him. "It's because of the Kyuubi! That's right Iruka, the demon that killed your parents is standing right in front of you!" Iruka was shocked at this realization, as he, like many, had been told that the Kyuubi died the night of the attack. However, he also realized, surprisingly, that the boy couldn't possibly be the Kyuubi, he was just Naruto.

"And why do you think I care, you #&-in asshole! I don't even like you! But if it's a demon you want, it's a demon you get!" When Naruto had finished, an intense blast of chakra came from the blonde haired boy as he transformed. When he was done, he appeared as a golden, were-fox. Naruto seemed to glow with his new power. One of the most distinguishing figures on the boy was the eyes though. Naruto's eyes were still blue, but they instilled the kind of fear one can only feel when looking at their own death.

"You think you can scare me with a simple transformation, you stupid kid!?" Mizuki screamed in denial of his own fear. Naruto began laughing at the terrified man, as Iruka started backing off.

"This is more than a simple transformation. I met the Kyuubi at the age of five, and we made a deal. He made me a half-demon, and I released him back to his world. He still comes and visits me every once in a while. He's actually pretty cool." Naruto began shinning even brighter as he grabbed his sword off his back. "And now I'll show you something. It's a sword combo that no one has lived through before. Now…ARE YOU READY?!" Naruto yelled, as he dashed toward the terrified silver haired chunin. The blonde fox began with a diagonal slash across Mizuki's chest. Blood sprayed from the wound as the man screamed in pain, but Naruto was far from finished. The young ninja followed up with another diagonal slash, forming an X on the chunin's chest. Following with a spinning horizontal slash, Naruto launched himself into a frenzy of stabs, all causing a great amount of damage to the already close to death traitor. As the frenzy began to slow, Naruto planted his sword in the ground and swung, using the hilt as a handle, and kicked Mizuki, hard, in the man's already heavily bleeding chest. Using his momentum, Naruto spun, drawing the sword from the earth, and slashed the traitor in half. "Down and out…" Naruto said transforming back as the dying man lay there, unable to do anything but bleed.

"Na-Naruto?" Iruka finally piped up, and the boy turned to him.

"Sorry about lying to you, Teach. But you can see how telling people would probably make them not like me all that much, you know?" Iruka nodded dumbly, hardly believing what had transpired. Finally, reality hit him and he came back to his senses. Smiling, he said,

"Naruto, close your eyes." The boy blinked, confused, and then complied with his teacher's request. A heavy cloth made its way into Naruto's hand. Naruto opening his eyes and was surprised to see a Konoha headband in his hand. "Congratulations, graduate!" Iruka said. A fire seemed to come to life in Naruto's determined eyes.

"Thank you, Iruka. You have no idea how much this means to me…"

…………

Dante felt he had missed something extremely important, but decided that was just the booze. Or maybe it was the way the snake lady had spiked his drink. He didn't care either way, as long as he didn't wake up missing a kidney later.

Man, I felt good writing that! Although, I guess my opinion doesn't really matter, does it? Oh well. R&R plz, kbai.

P.S.

If someone wants to write a fanfiction like this, can you tell me beforehand? I want to see how much better than mine it is! Oh, and thank you to everyone that reviewed! I appreciate it!