Hiraishin and Shunshin
"Speech"
"Thought"
"Demon speech"
"Demon thought"
Chapter 2 Academy and Graduation
Naruto woke up. He saw white all over the place. "Hospital. Definitely." He looked around and saw Sasuke beside him. He was still unconscious. So he decided to walk around the room to kill some time.
A few minutes later, Sasuke woke up.
"Ugh.." "Hey. You're awake." said Naruto. "You don't need to state the obvious." Naruto just puffed his cheeks.
Then the doctor came with some ANBU. "You both are fine. You can go with the ANBU to be questioned." the doctor said.
"You mean interrogated." corrected Naruto.
"You could say it like that. Now come."
"Oh, it's you catty-chan and doggy-san." said Naruto.
The other just sweatdropped. "It's Neko and Inu." said the doggy.
"So, Naruto. You know these ANBU members?" asked Sasuke. Naruto nodded. "How did you know them?"
"Well, sometimes they saved me when I was tortured by the villagers."
The air suddenly got cold. "Tortured by the villagers?" asked Sasuke. "Yeah. Torture is normal to me. I'm used to pain and agony. It got worse when it came to my birthday. Plus, they always called me a demon."
"You were treated like that, EVERYDAY?!" shouted Sasuke, a look of disbelief in his face.
"Yeah..." Naruto shrugged his shoulders, as if it was normal.
"I always thought that he was a dobe in the academy. But he's been through all that, and is still sane? You're a tough son of a bitch."
"You weren't kidding when you said you were treated like dirt." said Sasuke.
"Can we just go to the hokage's office now?" Neko/catty asked. She grabbed Naruto while Inu/doggy grabbed Sasuke. They shunshined to hokage's office
Hokage's Office
"Woah, that jutsu was awesome. Oh hey, Jiji."
"Sasuke, can you tell me what happened last night? And Naruto, what were you doing in the Uchiha compound?" The hokage asked, glaring at Naruto.
Naruto started to scratch the back of his head while grinning sheepishly. "Well, umm... you see, jiji. I was planning to prank the Uchiha after what they did to me."
"What did my clan did to you?" asked Sasuke.
"They, uh...tortured me?" said Naruto with an unsure tone.
Sasuke widened his eyes. "That morning they were talking about torturing the fox. They were talking about you."
"Now Sasuke, answer my question." The hokage ordered.
"Yes. I was returning home from training. When I entered the compound I saw dead bodies. Images of my family dying flashed in my mind , so I ran into my house. I looked for my family. I found mom and dad's dead bodies in his feet. He used Tsukuyomi on me. When I entered the world, I saw Naruto was also there." explained Sasuke with venom when he said 'he'.
"He? Who is he?" asked the elderly Hokage. "My brother." The elderly hokage nodded. "Then Itachi Uchiha will be marked as a missing ninja. He will be put in the bingo book." Sasuke twitched a bit when his brother's name was mentioned.
"That's all, Sasuke, Naruto. You may go." said the third. Naruto and Sasuke nodded and left the room.
After they got out of the room, Naruto whispered at Sasuke. "Hey, Sasuke. Something is off about this Uchiha massacre." "Hmm? What is it?" he asked.
"I mean, would your brother massacre your clan just to test his power? And did you notice that single tear in his right cheek when he talked to you?" "You mean he was crying?" Naruto nodded, and continued. "And when we talked with jiji. He seemed so calm about it."
"A hokage has to be calm, right?"
"But jiji was too calm. It's like, he knew that this would happen."
"You're right. Somethin's off. So... what should we do about this fishy thing?" asked Sasuke.
"Maybe your brother didn't kill your clan only to test power, or maybe he even didn't kill anyone."
"So?"
"We should get answers."
"Where?"
"If not jiji, we should ask Itachi himself. So don't plan on killing him yet."
"Naruto, why would you go this far to help me?" asked Sasuke while looking at the floor.
"Cause we're friends, remember?"
"Naruto, would you mind if we train together today? I'll help you."
"Okay. Where and when?"
"My training ground. It's near the Uchiha compound, at 12."
"Got it. See you in the training ground Sasuke."
Sasuke just nodded. Naruto went to his only food source, Ichiraku ramen, while Sasuke went to the Uchiha compound.
Sasuke's Training ground. 12.00
"So, what are we training today?" asked Naruto.
"We should work on your basic academy jutsus first."
"Oh. Well, I always had a problem with the bunshin no jutsu. No matter how much chakra I put into it, it still wouldn't work."
"Then we have to look for the problem." said Sasuke.
Naruto nodded and then performed the jutsu. A sickly Naruto clone appeared, begging them to end his life.
"Naruto, I think you're using too much chakra. I could feel your chakra blow out. Try using as little as you can." said Sasuke.
Naruto tried once again. This time the bunshin looked better, but not good enough.
"See?" said Sasuke.
"You're right. I'll try to use less chakra again." said Naruto.
"I'll do my own training."
"What's your training?"
"Shunshin and shurikenjutsu."
"Oh man, why did you get the cool things?" Naruto pouted.
Sasuke shrugged his shoulders. "Maybe you'll get your cool jutsus someday."
They trained together. Naruto is getting better. His bunshin looked more normal. While Sasuke improved his shunshin speed, range and combined them with shurikenjutsu and katon jutsus. They trained until sunset.
"Argh! Bunshins are hard but useless!" shouted Naruto.
"Yeah, you're right. I don't know why the academy taught us that jutsu." said Sasuke
"Well, see you in the academy, Sasuke." said Naruto while waving his hand.
Next day, academy
Naruto opened the door to the academy. He wasn't early but also not late. He saw Sasuke sitting in the middle chair with Sakura standing beside him. And there's Ino too, standing beside Sakura.
"I came here first you pig! I should be the one who sit beside him!" the pinkie shouted.
"No, you wide forehead! Sasuke-kun wouldn't like to sit beside a girl with too wide forehead!" the blond shouted back.
"Say that again, Pig!"
"He won't like you forehead!"
And the screeching battle began. Sasuke just sat there, hands intertwined. Naruto walked to Sasuke.
"Hey Sasuke. Do you mind if I sit beside you?" asked Naruto.
"Sur-"
"No! You baka! You are not worthy enough to sit there!" Ino and Sakura screeched in unison.
"I'm not asking you." said Naruto.
"You can sit beside me Naruto." said Sasuke.
Sakura's and Ino's jaw dropped. Naruto put his bag beside his chair and then sat down.
"What? Sasuke-kun and Naruto baka are friends?" said Sakura after she recovered.
"But Sasuke-kun, you shouldn't be friends with him. You should've been friends with me." said Ino.
"Ugh, Sakura, Ino can't you just let it be? Sasuke's family was... gone." said Naruto.
"Gone?" asked Ino.
"You don't know, Ino? I thought you are a master gossipper." Ino shook her head.
"Then I guess the others don't know as well?" The rest of the class who were listening to the conversation shook their heads. Naruto sighed.
"Should I tell them, Sasuke?"
"It's up to you."
"Well, the Uchiha clan was massacred by Sasuke's brother two days ago. The only survivors were Sasuke and his brother who massacred the clan." The entire class gasped.
"How did you know, Naruto?" asked Kiba.
"Cuz' I was there."
"What were you doing there?" asked Sakura, her eyes narrowed. Naruto sighed. "Everyone kept asking the same question."
"Answer me Naruto. Or else." said Sakura while showing her fist.
"Um, I was planning to prank the Uchiha." confessed Naruto. The class laughed at that.
"So the one who put the Uchiha's underwears around Konoha was you?" Kiba asked. Naruto grinned sheepishly while scratching the back of his head. "Man, you're awesome!" shouted Kiba. "Thank god I have another underwear under my pillow." thought Sasuke.
The mood in the class were breaked by Iruka who entered the class and used his demon art: giant demonic head jutsu.
The class were reviewing the basic techniques to prepare for the graduation. Naruto was praised by Iruka for the progress in the bunshin no jutsu. Naruto asked Iruka to help him in the bunshin no jutsu.
"Iruka-sensei. Can you give me a tip for the bunshin no jutsu?" asked Naruto.
"Hmm, you should use more chakra so it would make a perfect clone."
"But I don't think so Iruka sensei. I tried to use less chakra and it got better than more chakra."
"Then that means you have too much chakra. You only need a small amount of chakra to perform the bunshin no jutsu. Most academy students don't have that much chakra. In your case, you should try to use less chakra and train in chakra control. Also, if you have excellent chakra control, you can use less chakra to perform a jutsu. It would be useful in a battle."
"How do I train chakra control?"
"You remember the leaf sticking exercise?"
"You mean sticking leaf to your forehead?"
"Yup, that one."
"Is there another?"
"Yes, but I can't teach it to you. You will practice it when you are genin." "Okay then. Thanks Iruka sensei!" "You're welcome Naruto."
Naruto left the academy and headed to training ground Sasuke. Sasuke was already there, improving his shunshin. "Someday, I will beat both Itachi and Shisui. I'll be Sasuke of the Shunshin." thought Sasuke with a determined face.
"Hey, Sasuke!" shouted Naruto.
"Naruto." greeted Sasuke.
"Sasuke I got this from Iruka sensei." said Naruto while showing his hand.
"A leaf?" Sasuke asked.
"Yep. We can improve our chakra control with leaf sticking exercise. Iruka sensei said we can use less chakra for the same jutsu if we have better chakra control." explained Naruto. Sasuke thought about it.
"That's a good thing. I can use more shunshin and katon with this."
Naruto and Sasuke spent the day to improve their chakra control. Before they went home Naruto tested his bunshin. Almost perfect. Just with bags in their eyes and the skin is still pale.
This is a routine for Naruto and Sasuke.
Timeskip genin exams
It's the genin exam day. Academy students will be genins after this day. Naruto woke up, ate a small (for Naruto) cup of instant ramen, took a bath, put on his clothes, and went to the academy.
He was prepared for the exam, except for the bunshin no jutsu. He was almost there, the clone is just a bit pale. This worried him to no end. You must perform the three basic academy jutsus. If you can't do one of them, you fail. That's the rule.
Naruto arrived at the academy. He was the last to come. Sasuke was waiting for him.
"Naruto, have you perfected the bunshin?" he asked.
"It's not perfect yet. It's still a bit pale." answered Naruto. A look of worry appeared in Sasuke's face.
"I hope you can make it Naruto. If you don't, no one is going to help me solve Itachi." Naruto just nodded hesitantly.
The exam started. One by one the academy students were called. Aburame Shino, Akimichi Chouji, Haruno Sakura, Higurashi Tenten, Hyuuga Hinata, Hyuuga Neji, Inuzuka Kiba, Nara Shikamaru, Rock Lee, Uchiha Sasuke...
Uzumaki Naruto. Naruto entered the room.
"Perform the three academy jutsus." said Mizuki, a chuunin instructor. Naruto henged into Iruka. The henge was perfect, even the scar on Iruka's face. Next, Naruto kawarimied with a chair. Last, bunshin no jutsu. Naruto performed the hand seals. Smoke covered the room. After the smoke cleared, you could see there is another Naruto, but a bit paler than the original.
"I'm sorry, Naruto. If only you figured that you should use less chakra earlier, maybe you would've graduated." said Iruka. Naruto froze there. This is the third time. The fucking third time he failed to graduate. He felt sad and angry. He unconsciously made a blow of chakra that threw the chairs away, blew the door off its hinges and knocked back the chuunins. He left the room crying.
Sasuke saw the door to the exam room flying. Then he saw Naruto running from the room, crying. Sasuke's face turned sad. "He failed. I have to try to comfort him, just like what he did back then." thought Sasuke. He shunshined into the place where Naruto could be found.
Hokage monuments
Sasuke arrived on top of the Yondaime's head. Not his real head, but his stone head. He waited there. A few minutes later, Naruto arrived. "Sasuke?" he said.
"Naruto, I'm sorry."
"It's not your fault I didn't graduate." "Still, I'm sorry I couldn't help you with the bunshin."
"Thanks, Sasuke for trying to help me." Naruto smiled.
"Heh, it looks like our roles have been reversed."
"Yeah, we even said the same words we said that night." said Naruto.
They decided to go back to the academy to play swings. While they played Naruto saw the other academy student showed their headbands to their parents. "Now is different. I'm not alone anymore. Sasuke is here for me." He looked at Sasuke and smiled. "Thank you, Sasuke."
The sky was getting dark. Sasuke decided to go home, leaving Naruto alone in the swing. When Naruto got ready to go home, he saw Mizuki heading his way.
"Mizuki-sensei, what are you doing here?" asked Naruto. "I'm sorry Naruto, but Iruka wants the best for you. He didn't want you to be a weak ninja. That's why he failed you." the white haired chuunin said.
"But, there is another way to prove that you are strong enough to be a genin." "Hrm? What is it?"
"You have to steal the forbidden scroll from the hokage tower, head to the forest, and learn at least one jutsu from it in one hour. After that, I will take the scroll and return it." explained Mizuki.
"There's something wrong about this. Why would a genin exam use a FORBIDDEN scroll as a test? Are you pranking me, Mizuki-sensei? You shouldn't prank Konoha's number one prankster. For now I'll play along."
"Hell yeah! I'll be a genin!" Mizuki smiled at his response.
Nighttime
Naruto headed to Sasuke's home. He opened the window and entered Sasuke's room.
"Hey! Sasuke! Wake up." whispered Naruto.
"Naruto? Are you trying to fuck me? I never thought that you are a pedo." said Sasuke. Naruto sweatdropped. "Must have been corrupted by that icha-icha book."
"Of course not you bastard!"
"Then why are you here?"
"Mizuki is trying to prank me."
"Did you wake me up just because you were pranked?" Sasuke asked with an uninterested face.
"Well, you could say it like that. Let me explain. Mizuki is trying to manipulate me into stealing the forbidden scroll." "So why did you wake me up?"
"I'll play it his way. I'm going to steal the scroll. Maybe we can learn something from it. Wanna come?"
"Sounds good."
"Great. Just wait here. I'll pick you up."
A few minutes later
"Let's go Sasuke." Naruto said from the window. He carried a big scroll in his back.
"How did you steal it?" asked Sasuke with wonder.
"Heh. Of course with my signature jutsu."
"You mean..." Sasuke pointed his finger at Naruto, horror in his face.
"Yep. A variant of it. The Harem no Jutsu. Jiji didn't stand a chance."
"That technique.. there's this trend that the stronger the opponent the greater the effect." said Sasuke.
They went to the forest. Naruto opened the scroll. He readed the first jutsu's name.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu. Hmm, it's like the bunshin, but this one is solid, and it splits your chakra by the number of the kage bunshins. And it transfers the memories of the bunshin back to the original. I'll learn this one. What about you, Sasuke?"
"I'll look for variants of the Shunshin." "You're obsessed with that jutsu."
"Tell something I don't know." Naruto just rolled his eyes.
Naruto learned the kage bunshin in the first try. He made around 100 of them. "You really are a chakra monster, Naruto."
"Tell something I don't know." This time it's Sasuke who rolled his eyes.
"Gotta look for another jutsu. What's this? Bunshin Daibakuha? Clone explosion, eh? If I combine it with the amount of bunshins I could summon.. A hundred clones that could explode..." A wide grin appeared in Naruto's face.
"Now this is the Shunshin I looked for. Sealless Shunshin. I don't need to use hand seals for Shunshin in combat. But I need better chakra control to perform sealless jutsus. I'll just write it down in another scroll so I could learn it later. And what's this? Flame Shunshin and Lightning Shunshin. It creates a burst of fire or a spark of lightning in the place where you would appear. Pretty useful. I can easily create openings with this. I'll write this down too." Sasuke said to himself
"There you are, Naruto! What were you thinking? Stealing the forbidden scroll?" Iruka said in big head mode.
"So it's true. Mizuki was tricking me." said Naruto.
"But we can learn some useful jutsus because of him." The raven haired boy said from behind Naruto.
"Sasuke? You're here too?" asked the chuunin.
"Yeah. Naruto asked me to come along."
A fuma shuriken flew to Naruto's direction. Sasuke saw this and Shunshined to the shuriken then he blocked it with a kunai.
"Well, looks like the demon brat brought a friend with him." Mizuki said from above a tree.
"Give me the scroll, Naruto."
"No! Don't Naruto! He's a traitor!" Iruka shouted.
"Naruto... do you know why everyone hate you?" asked Mizuki, an evil grin in his face.
"No! Don't! It's an S-class secret!" Iruka shouted again.
"You know why?" asked Naruto, curiosity in his eyes.
"Everyone knows this. Everyone except you."
"Sasuke, do you know what is he talking about?" Sasuke shook his head. "Sasuke doesn't know." said Naruto. "It's not everyone, okay. I forgot to mention the younger generations. You are hated because you are the Kyuubi that attacked this village! The Yondaime sealed the Kyuubi inside a baby. And that baby is you!" Mizuki said. He laughed maniacally.
"So that's why.." Tears started to form in his eyes.
"Naruto don't listen to him! You are not Kyuubi! You are it's jailor, the one who kept it at bay! You should've seen as a hero!" Iruka shouted desperately. Mizuki laughed again.
"That's why you were tortured. How did you stay sane after all this?" thought Sasuke. His eyes were wide.
Naruto felt angry. He didn't know who he was angry at. He unconsciously flared his chakra. The blue chakra that was released from him sent nearby trees uproot and the others flying. Then he ran.
"Naruto! Give me the scroll!" shouted Iruka. Naruto bashed Iruka with his shoulder. Iruka poofed into Mizuki. "How did you know?"
"Because I'm Iruka." Naruto poofed into Iruka.
"Heh. Just give me the scroll. Or I'll have to kill you." threatened Mizuki. Iruka just standed there, glaring at Mizuki.
"I should've brought weapons." thought Iruka.
"You're unarmed. You won't stand a chance. And why would you protect it anyway? That demon is going to stab you in the back."
"Well, maybe you're right. The Kyuubi would do that." Iruka said.
Unknown to both of them, Naruto and Sasuke were hiding behind a nearby tree.
"It was just an act. Iruka sensei was acting."
"But the Naruto I knew wouldn't do that. He is one of my favorite students. He may be slow and clumsy, but he knows what pain is. He is Naruto Uzumaki, a shinobi of konoha!" said Iruka. Naruto was crying tears of joy. He gained another precious people.
"Whatever. I'll just kill you." said Mizuki. He threw his fuma shuriken at Iruka. Iruka closed his eyes, waiting for the pain. But it never came. When he opened his eyes he saw the fuma shuriken flying another direction, and Naruto and Sasuke. Sasuke was holding Naruto's shoulder to Shunshin him, while Naruto flared his chakra to the fuma shuriken to blow it away.
"Hmph. Are you challenging me? Two genins against a chuunin. Of course you would lose." taunted Mizuki.
"Then what about 101 genins? Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" The entire area was covered by smoke. After it cleared you can see a sea of orange. Mizuki was pissing in his pants. "Blow him up boys!"
The 99 Narutos humiliated Mizuki and ended it with Bunshin Daibakuha. All ninety nine of them.
BOOM!
The explosion woke the entire Konoha villagers. The forest is now only a huge crater. Sasuke Shunshined Naruto and Iruka to Ichiraku ramen before they were caught in the blast.
"Looks like I overdid it." said Narutoblue with a sheepish grin.
"Mizuki's nothing more than ash now." said Sasuke.
"Naruto, come here. I have a gift for you. Close your eyes." Naruto felt something new in his forehead. When he opened his eyes he saw Iruka without the headband. Naruto cried and hugged Iruka.
"Guess he made it genin." thought Sasuke.
"Sasuke? You heard everything he said, right?" Naruto asked with fear in his voice.
"Yeah. Why?" said Sasuke.
"Do you still see me as a friend after you heard him?" Naruto asked again, with more fear of losing a precious people.
"Of course. Did you think I would hate you because you are the Kyuubi's jailor?" Sasuke said. Naruto nodded.
"I'll always be your friend till the end of the line, Naruto." said Sasuke. Naruto smiled happily.
And then it hit him. He just made his first kill. He took someone else's life. The happines he felt started to fade away. Iruka and Sasuke noticed this. They knew why he didn't look happy. So they comforted him
End chapter 2