(A/N) Time to get the real story going. The prologue was just to get you introduced to the background of what is happening. I will be using Japanese honorifics to the best of my abilities and I will use mostly Japanese names for Jutsus that already exist.
With that, on with the show.
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Chapter 1: Mizuki
"Ano… Naruto-kun, what happens if our plan doesn't work?" Hinata said quietly.
"Which part of the plan, the Mizuki part or the whole plan?" Naruto said while scanning for any possible eavesdroppers.
"The Mizuki part." Hinata replied.
"It will work," replied Naruto, "The bastard is too power-hungry for his own good. Besides, here he comes now."
Seeing Naruto and Hinata sitting alone by the swing, Mizuki began to walk over to them with a barely concealed smirk on his face. "This is perfect. Not only did the demon boy fail but the Hyuuga heiress did as well. I will be able to slaughter the demon brat, get the scroll of sealing for Lord Orochimaru, and sell the Hyuuga brat as a slave to the Cloud. I'll be rich, and in good favor with my master. It's a win-win-win situation. Thinking all of this as he sauntered over to the failures, he got up to them and got their attention.
"Don't you two look rather down in the dumps?" Mizuki asked. "I have just the thing that will cheer you two up. But you have to promise not to tell anyone or else I won't help you."
"What could you possibly have that could cheer us up Mizuki-sensei?" asked Naruto. "The only thing that would cheer us up is another way to graduate, but we all know that that isn't possible."
"But that is where you happen to be wrong Naruto, there is another way you can pass!"
Seeing Naruto and Hinata's faces brighten up, he thought to himself "They fell for it hook, line, and sinker. Hehehe."
"Now here is what you two have to do," Mizuki proceeded to explain the location of the scroll of sealing and where to bring it when they got it. "All you two have to do is learn one jutsu from the scroll without getting caught by anyone, and you'll be genin. But remember, if you tell anyone about this then our deal will be void."
Seeing Naruto and Hinata nod in affirmative, Mizuki left to go back home.
(A few hours later within a forest)
"Heh, stealing this scroll from the old man was a piece of cake, right Hinata? I mean come on, he got knocked out from one shot of my Oiroke no Jutsu."
"While I would agree that a scroll of this importance should be better protected, I will have to ask you to never use that jutsu again. Okay Naruto-kun?" replied Hinata sweetly.
"Um…hehe, sure thing Hinata-chan." Said Naruto nervously. "Damn, she can be really scary…"
"Now while I know that stealing the scroll was just part of our plan to expose Mizuki, I don't see why we can't use this scroll to help us learn, so let's learn some jutsus."
"Oh, I know, I can use this cool new scroll copying fuinjustu that I learned from this book that I st-er… borrowed from the advanced ninja portion of the library. That way we can spend our time looking at it."
"That's a great idea Naruto-kun."
Naruto placed the scroll on the ground then took some ink, a brush, and some paper out of his pouch and proceeded to neatly write an intricate seal on the piece of paper. When he finished he placed the paper on the scroll and said "Fuinjutsu: Scroll Copying Seal". Black markings erupted from the paper and covered the scroll before returning to the piece of paper. With that done Naruto removed the slip of paper and carefully folded it before placing it in his pouch.
"Done. Now we just have to get a blank scroll or scrolls and activate the seal and it will copy as much of the original onto the new scroll that will fit." Said Naruto triumphantly.
Hinata smiled and said "Now how about we look for anything cool in the scroll before Mizuki gets here."
"Alright"
They both sat down next to each other in between some tree roots and opened up the scroll. The first item listed there caught their interests.
"Hmm…the Kage Bunshin. I never knew that it was a jonin level technique. Sensei failed to mention that when he taught us." Said Naruto as he rambled on his thoughts.
"Well maybe he didn't want us to get a big head like your mask would obviously do if he had learned it." Replied Hinata with a cute giggle.
"Speaking of sensei, he hasn't spoken to either of us for a while now, what do you think he is doing Naruto-kun?" asked Hinata.
"Knowing him he's been spending his time sleeping. Although I do have to wonder when he will let us drop the special henge that he made us put up. It is so annoying not being able to walk in our actual bodies." Replied Naruto with a hint of annoyance in his voice.
"While I agree with you about the henge Naruto-kun, you do have to realize that it masks other things besides our appearance. If we didn't have his special henge, who knows what sort of trouble you and me would get into." Said Hinata with another giggle at the end. "Although I do have to imagine that he will let us put it down soon since we are unmasking ourselves today."
Naruto heard rustling in some nearby bushes and quickly told Hinata to be quiet. They were expecting Mizuki to come out of the bushes but surprisingly Iruka popped out instead.
"NARUTO, HINATA, YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH TROUBLE YOU TWO ARE IN!" Screamed Iruka.
"Trouble, what do you mean Iruka-sensei? We got the scroll and learned a jutsu from it, doesn't that mean that we passed?" questioned Naruto.
"Who told you that if you stole the scroll and learned a jutsu that you would pass?" asked Iruka carefully.
Suddenly there was a whistling noise as four shuriken shot out of a nearby bush aimed directly at Naruto. Naruto braced for impact as the shuriken came closer but when he heard the noise of metal piercing flesh he felt no pain. Opening his eyes he saw Iruka leaning over him with blood dribbling down his face and four shuriken sticking out his back.
"That would be me." Said Mizuki evilly. "I was the one who told them to steal the scroll and to come here under the illusion that they would become genin. I was the one who also rigged all of Naruto's tests so that they would be chunin level questions. I also was the one who punished Naruto for things he didn't even do. Do you want to know why Naruto? Why I did these horrible things to you? Why everybody hates you? It's quite simply its because-"
"YOU CAN'T MIZUKI, ITS AGAINST THE LAW TO TELL HIM!" Yelled Iruka desperately.
Ignoring Iruka, Mizuki continued "-because you are the nine tailed demon fox."
Dead silence filled the air. Suddenly Mizuki started laughing manically. "Hehehe…HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA, TO STUNNED TO MOVE AFTER BEING TOLD WHAT YOU ACTUALLY ARE. THAT'S A JOKE. YOU REALLY ARE PATHETIC, DEMON. I'M GOING TO ENJOY SLAUGHTERING YOU AND SELLING YOUR WHORE OF A HYUUGA TO THE CLOUD. THERE IS NO TELLING WHAT THEY WILL DO TO HER BODY THOUGH. HAHAHAHAHA." Suddenly a huge amount of killing intent started rolling off of Naruto. Feeling it, Mizuki started to unconsciously sweat.
Inside Naruto's and Hinata's head they heard a voice which said "I've had enough of that wimp's pathetic laughter. Destroy him but keep him alive, I'm sure your Hokage will want to have a few words with him. You shouldn't need my help."
They both replied in their heads "Hai, sensei."
The killing intent coming off Naruto suddenly doubled in amount, and added on top of it Hinata started pouring out her own, matching the level of Naruto's.
Mizuki started to really sweat as he felt their combined killing intents bury him. "How is this possible? The demon I can imagine but this little girl is matching his killing intent with no effort. Wasn't this girl the shy little Hyuuga brat who refused to hurt a fly? What the hell is going on?"
The killing intent suddenly stopped and Mizuki breathed in a huge gulp of air. He had been unconsciously holding his breath.
"You know, you really should keep your mouth shut you idiot. I can take whatever insults or hatred people have towards me. I'm used to that. However, the moment you insult my friends, that is the moment that you've signed your own death warrant. And you didn't just insult one of my friends. You insulted and threatened my Hinata-chan. Normally that alone is warrant enough for your instant death, but I have a better idea. Hinata-chan and I are going to destroy your body but we will keep you alive. Then we will let the interrogation and torture department destroy your mind. Ironically me and Ibiki are actually pretty close after I helped him with a prisoner that he couldn't crack. So I'm sure he will be extra nice to you after he hears what you have done to me." Said Naruto in a pitiless voice.
"AS IF TWO ACADEMY STUDENTS COULD POSSIBLY BEAT ME!" screamed Mizuki.
Hinata finally spoke up and grimly said "Underestimating us will be one of the last things you will ever do."
With that Hinata and Naruto stood side by side and made a familiar hand sign.
"TAJUU KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU!"
Smoke filled the forest and when it cleared there stood 500 copies of Naruto and 500 copies of Hinata. Mizuki fell over in fear. The clones pounced. Mizuki's screams could be heard throughout the forest.
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That's chapter 1 done. Hope everybody likes it. Next chapter will be filled with answers to questions like "How the hell does little miss Hinata have enough chakra to make 500 shadow clones?" It will also have the flashback to the event that happened when Naruto and Hinata were 5. I also assume that most people figured out who their sensei was. It's pretty obvious. But how did Hinata hear him in her head? Find out next time in tossing away the masks.
Also please note that daily devotion to the Holy Log is required if you want to ever be a successful ninja. If you do not know where to attend devotion, please contact The Order of the Sacred Log grandmaster Yamato. He will direct you to a suitable place, or create one if you aren't near one. (Mokuton powers activate!) He is the second person to ever be named grandmaster of The Order of the Sacred Log. Does anybody care to guess who the first grandmaster was?
Slice N Dicer out…