A.N/: Naruto belongs to Kishimoto Masashi, while Harry Potter belongs to J.K Rowling.

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Chapter four: The Exam

After the mandatory introductions in a more informal setting, Iruka-sensei guided them towards the so famed Ichikaru's Ramen Stand. Naruto had been babbling in excitement dragging an amused Ai-chan towards his own form of sacred place. He had been beyond happy to see his own technique performed by someone else and given the recognition it deserved. Ai-chan had complimented him on the changes he had made to the henge and his own observational prowess, which had been odd but in a nice way. To be recognized for his own accomplishments.

They had finally settled in a light banter waiting for the ramen to be served, when Iruka-sensei finally interrupted with the scolding he had been holding.

"Honestly Naruto, why were you doing that to the Hokage Monument? Don't you know who the Hokages are?" He asked receiving his ramen from Teuchi-jiji.

"Of course!" Naruto nodded "Basically, those that receive the Hokage name are the strongest ninja in the village, right?" He added, waiting for Ai-chan's first taste of ramen, and smiling at her delight "And among them is the Yondaime. A hero, who saved the village from the demon fox" He replied after slurping his noodles.

"Then why?" asked Iruka-sensei.

"Because one day, I AM GONNA BE THE HOKAGE AND THEN SURPASS ALL THE PREVIOUS HOKAGES!" Naruto shouted pumping a hand in excitement, hoping to make it believable for his sensei. He had done it several times before and none had paid it a second glance "And then, I'LL MAKE THE VILLAGE RECOGNIZE MY STRENGTH!"

Ai-chan winced at that, before leveling him with an unimpressed face "Inside voice, Naruto-chan" she scolded frowning her eyebrows.

"Sorry, Ai-chan!" Naruto cringed, but she only smiled before digging back into her ramen "By the way sensei, can I ask for a favor?" He asked turning big puppy eyes towards said chunin.

"What? You want seconds?" Answered Iruka-sensei with a grin.

"No, Can I borrow you leaf head protector?" Naruto asked with a squinty smile.

"Sorry, can't do that. This is a symbol that you've come of age. Maybe you'll get one after tomorrow" He grinned.

"Stingy!" whined Naruto before finishing his ramen "Well thanks for the meal, sensei. Come on Ai-chan I'll accompany you home. Can't let a cute girl walk home alone late, we've already found Konoha has too many perverts to be safe" He flapped indignantly directing a suspicious look at Iruka-sensei, while Ai-chan received her take-out ramen.

"Sure" She nodded, before bowing shortly towards Iruka-sensei, to which he waved in good humor. Naruto grabbed Ai-chan's free hand so that they could hurry before Iruka-sensei noted how much they had both eaten.

"NARUTO!" it could be heard at the distance the wounded voice of their sensei, making them break in laughter.

***after the graduation exam***

"I am sorry Naruto-chan" Ai-chan fiddled with her own head protector, trying to turn out the muttering of the parents close by.

"Nah…It's ok" He answered trying to muster the strength to smile, while sitting on his swing in front the academy "About those fuinjutsu classes…"

"Only, if you pass. It's a really powerful but difficult art. My own master insisted on only allowing my teaching you if you became Genin" She grimaced trying to come up with any other solutions, before reaffirming her resolve "My offer still stands, WHEN you become Genin come find me for those lessons. Until then, you will have to practice your calligraphy; your chicken scrawl will get you killed otherwise" She mustered a bitter smile. She had really become taken with the brat in their short time together "That doesn't mean we can't hang out together right?" she asked shyly.

"Right, WHEN I become Genin!" Naruto nodded a bit more relieved "And you can bet, we will still hang out together, `Dattebayo!" He grinned a bit more honestly.

"Right, need to head back home" She smiled "See ya later, alligator".

"After a while, crocodile" He answered waving her away.

"Naruto!" Called the voice of Mizuki-sensei.

To which, Naruto cocked his head questioningly.

"Ai-chan?" Asked Jiraiya while studying his scrolls when he saw his only daughter hurry in her owl chicks pijamas to the door.

"Going out, dad! A little birdy told me something, and need to check it out!" She shouted.

"But at least take your weapon-pouch! It's late!" He scrambled, taking a weapon pouch hidden near him from its dresser to give her at the door.

"Thanks, daddy!" She smiled all teeth in a frightening way, before taking said pouch and kissing his cheek "Love you!"

"Youngsters these days" He grumbled, before actually paying attention to his words "No, I am still in the peak of my youth! Bad thoughts…bye bye" He forced himself to laugh, before becoming interested in what might have caught the interest of his daughter's birds to demand her attention in the middle of the night. He secured his house before hurrying towards the Hokage tower.

Ai was hurrying her pace through the forest with her owl summon in her shoulder when she heard voices.

"Mizuki-sensei, told me about it. And this place too" Ai heard Naruto's voice reply in a clear further up from her position in the trees "He said if I showed you this skill. You'd allow me to graduate" He continued.

Suddenly the clangs of kunai's reverberated and Mizuki's voice replied "Nice job of finding him".

"I see, so that's what's going on" replied the pained voice of Iruka-sensei. Ai felt dread built in her stomach having formed a better picture of what was going on.

Earlier in the night, one of her owl summouns that she had left close to the Hokage Tower had informed her how several shinobis had been deployed to find Naruto, who had been accused by Mizuki-sensei of stealing the Scroll Of The Forbidden Seals; to which she had summoned several more of her summons to help her search for Naruto.

She kept hidden from a better position among the trees carefully suppressing her chakra and dismissing all her summouns, but one to let her father what was going on and her general direction. She had finally reached her destination and had a good view on what was going on in the clearing.

Iruka-sensei was hurt next to a rundown shed, while Mizuki-teme rose from his crouching position.

"Give me the scroll, Naruto" He demanded.

"Hey, hey, what's going on?" Questioned Naruto. Trying to drag himself out of the line of fire.

"Naruto, don't give him the scroll even if you die!" Exclaimed Iruka-sensei.

Had she been so dramatic in her previous life as a male?

"That's the Scroll Of The Forbidden Seals, where every dangerous, but powerful technique has been recorded in the Village History. Mizuki used you in order to get his hands on it!" Iruka-sensei explained.

"Naruto, there's no point in you having it and I'll tell you why" Mizuki-teme started his doom speech. Why villains thought it was smart to do that?

"No! Don't Mizuki!" shouted Iruka-sensei "It's treason!" Maybe the blood loss has started to affect Iruka-sensei, Ai wondered considering the circumstances.

"12 years ago, the demon fox was sealed in an infant and a rule was made" Started Mizuki-teme.

"What kind of rule?" Asked a bit naively Naruto, Ai was wondering how she would break him of that habit; you just never believe in anything that a Traitor tells you, unless maybe it is revealed under duress and confirmed with other sources.

"The rule that nobody should tell you that the demon fox is you" He stated viciously.

This was getting ridiculous, where were the fucking ANBU?

"What does that mean?!" Kept asking Naruto.

"It means that you are the nine tailed demon that killed Iruka's parents and destroyed the village!" He shouted.

Seriously, and they were called the best of the best and they still hadn't reached them? She had even sent an owl to let her father know a while back.

"You were sealed by the Hokage that you admire so much, and were lied by everyone!" He continued shouting over Iruka's objections "Didn't you find it odd how everyone hated you, even Iruka hates you!" He continued telling to a shocked Naruto, before throwing a large shuriken fast enough that Ai couldn't react on time and was intercepted by Iruka-sensei with his body as a meat-shield, who started to say quietly some words to Naruto.

Things were going south too fast for Ai's peace of mind so she readied her poisoned senbons and took aim towards Mizuki sensei.

Naruto stood up carefully and exclaimed.

"You are going to pay for that!" He shouted angrily, putting the scroll in his back to free his hands "DON'T TOUCH IRUKA-SENSEI! I will return to you the pain you've cause a thousand time fold. KAGE NO BUNSHIN!" He intoned crossing his fingers, before thousands of clones appeared.

Everyone in the clear became surprised at the sea of orange surrounding, few were cheeky enough to wink at Ai from her hiding spot, to which she raised a finger to her lips asking silence.

"Attack!" Commandeered Naruto.

Enough said that Mizuki-teme didn't last.

"Hehe, I might have went too far…" Grinned Naruto.

"Naruto, come here" Motioned Iruka-sensei " There is something I want to give you, close your eyes" Naruto complied.

Then before Ai's eyes, Iruka-sensei took off his own head band and tied it securely into Naruto's own forehead. It was a great deal, more than what Iruka was making it out to be. It was a declaration of trust in a society where one could find so little of it.

"Can I open them now?" Naruto whined.

"Congratulations on graduating Naruto" Ai stepped out and said with Iruka; surprising them both.

"Ai-chan! Since when have you been here?" Naruto asked touching a bit amazed Iruka's forehead protector.

"Enough to know some things, don't worry. I have an excellent taste in people and I doubt Mizuki-baka" She said kicking said traitor in the balls for the scare he had caused "Understands half of the shit he was spouting. You know I actually have a good grasp in fuinjutsu, and the crap" She kicked again in the same with certain glee "He was trying to sell, just made me a bit mad. I was going to interfere before, but you idiots rushed before I could poison this idiot safely" She continued showing them the senbon in case, before stabbing viciously Mizuki-teme's arm and making sure he wouldn't react and just cause she could she applied a seal made to incapacitate enemies nervous system, making it them unable to move nor channel chakra.

"So?" Naruto asked shyly.

"Are you telling me you actually believed half the shit he was spewing? Naruto-chan?" She said motioning him closer, to which Naruto complied. "Come, help me search for any scroll that feels funny to you" She continued revising Mizuki-teme under the surprised eyes of Iruka-sensei "See, the bijuu are huge masses of chakra that gain conscience. So, saying that the Yondaime defeated it, is stretching the truth. More so if we are talking about the Kyuubi, he was said to be the strongest of the bijuu. There is little that is known across the nations about the bijuu, but I do know from my perspective as a fuinjutsu expert is that you becoming the Kyuubi is as possible as me crapping gold. Impossible. If anything the only alternative viable, would be to seal the Kyuubi in a babe, the younger the better. These individuals are called Jinchuriki" She nodded, when she found what she had been searching, before standing up with Naruto, and kicking Mizuki-teme's balls just because she could "Now, the really interesting part is that this piece of shit can't tell apart a Kunai from being sealed in a Scroll, more than the rest of the civilians a quite a few Shinobi. I've told you already how difficult is to master fuinjutsu, not everyone can get it due its requirement of brain wiring. You get it or you don't" She added, studying the scroll in her hand, brightening.

"Now see this Naruto?" She said showing the scroll "This is the sparrow summoning contract, the dumbass was running away today so it lent credence that he would be taking this with him. Take a Kunai, and cut your left finger" She taught, before accommodating the scroll in the floor "Cross Mizuki's name, that's right. Sign your name, Full name" She explained "I'll explain later, just hide it in your jumpsuit. Ok?" Feeling Iruka's glare in the back of my head, I shrugged unapologetic.

"To the winner the spoils, you know that's a pretty tacit rule. It can only help Naruto in the long run now that he is a Shinobi" She grinned.

Finally, the fucking ANBU decided to drop in the clearing.

"Uhm…It was him" Naruto-chan kicked Mizuki's balls following my example, to which I beamed in pride not paying attention how the ANBU winced.