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"Sire, I'm scared."
"What done is done. There is no changing it anymore."
"...I understand, Sire...What do you think they will think of about Naruto-San?
"...I don't know. But, I am sure of one thing. They will believe in Uzumaki-San."
"Chapter One..." Obito started feeling excitement bubbling deep within his stomach. While he may not like reading, he had to admit, knowing about the future was going to be so cool.
"Wait!" Rin interrupted.
Obito looked over at the young girl, a curious expression on his face. He wondered why she had suddenly interrupted.
Seeing she was the soul focus of everyone's attention, made Rin's cheeks heat up. Yet, she quickly reached out towards the notebook and pen in front of Kakashi. She flipped to the first page and quickly scribbled something down.
"I'm just organizing what we should write about. First page would be about things that we need to remember that are important. Second page should be about all the people who are good in the future. And, third page will be about all the people who are 'evil' or in other words cause the destruction in the future." Rin explained, as she finished off writing on the third page.
"Good idea, Rin. We need to make sure we don't miss anything we want to change in the future or anything important." Minato agreed.
Once Obito was sure Rin was finished and everyone was ready he began again,
"Chapter One," Obito repeated "Uzumaki Naruto arrives."
Kushina automatically leaned forward in anticipation. This could be her son, more likely was. She wanted to know about him even if she was already with him in the future. Minato glanced at Kushina, a small smile, grazing his face. Despite his worries, he was happy to see that Kushina would have a family in the future.
A small boy ran through Konoha, laughter escaping his lips, and a bucket in his hands. Close behind him, yet too far to reach was two chunin racing after the boy.
"So, it's set in Konoha?" Jiraiya asked the rhetorical question.
"And, the little boy must be Naruto then." Minato agreed.
"Hey Naruto, what have you done?!"
"Why is Naruto being chased by Chunin? Is he in trouble?" Rin asked, a bit of worry in her voice.
"I don't think so. It says he's laughing. That doesn't mean he could be in a lot of trouble right? But he must be in trouble. What did he do?" Tsunade asked curiously.
No one could answer. Obito read on.
"You're not going to get away with it anymore!" cried out one of the Chunin.
Naruto bounced on top of the buildings, still laughing out loud. Now, at this top height he could see his work in his greatest glory.
The Hokage mountain had been defiled. Each face on the momentum had drawings all over it, making each face look ridiculous. Some past Hokage faces, had white tears streaming from their noses and eyes.
Obito could barely read the last few lines without laughing. Kushina was along with him just imaging that picture in her mind. Kakashi did not seem to be amused and Rin let out a few giggles.
"So, I'm guessing, he drew on the Hokage faces?" Jiraiya replied with a small grin "How the hell could he do that without getting caught?"
"He must have good stealth, I guess." Tsunade said as she couldn't imagine anyone doing it without being caught.
"Shut up!" Naruto yelled "None of you can do that, can you? But I can! I'm great!"
"It seemed like your son has quite an ego, huh?" Jiraiya said looking over Kushina who just humphed.
"I wouldn't condone his behavior...Even if the prank is hilarious."
"Third, We have a problem."
"Hokage-Sama!"
"Wait...Third?"
In his room, an old man was currently drawing something on a blank page. He had grey white hair up in spikes and a grey goatee. He had lines running from the bottom of his eyes to his cheeks and a smoking pipe in his mouth.
"That's Sensei," Tsunade started "but, they just called him the Hokage, didn't they? Does that mean this is going to be in the near future."
"But, it seems like third Hokage is described as an old man in the book. That means it must be happen in the far future, right?" Minato asked back curiously.
"Maybe, he didn't pick a successor and stayed as the Hokage." Tsunade suggested.
"Could be...But, I always heard him complaining about paper work. I was sure he was going to pick a successor for that reason alone." Jiraiya joked out. But, in his mind things didn't make sense. He was sure logically that Sarutobi would anoint his successor as time passed by.
"What? Did Naruto do something again?" the Hokage asked.
Jiraiya, Tsunade and Minato caught on quick. This was a direct answer. The third was still the current Hokage. But, why?
"Yes, he did something to the stone faces of the Hokage."
"He vandalized them!" a chunin told the Hokage.
Sarutobi let out a tired sigh.
"Your son seems to be a troublemaker. This probably isn't the first time Naruto did something like this." Jiraiya said to Kushina.
Back to Naruto, who was still being chased by chunin,
"They still haven't caught him, yet?" Kakashi asked ludicrously, speaking up for the first time.
They passed a brown fence. The chunin went by and didn't notice at all. Once they were clear gone, Naruto dropped down a sheet of material with the fence pattern on it, he had been obviously hiding behind, laughing out loud.
"How the hell could they not have noticed him?" Kakashi asked, one eye twitching in annoyance.
"My son's good." Kushina replied, nodding her head approvingly.
"Too easy." Naruto commented as he rubbed the back of his head not noticing someone popping up behind him.
Everyone tensed.
"Hey Naruto!" a man shouted out loud behind him.
Naruto jumped a few feet into the air, screaming. The man just stared, seeming satisfied. He had brown hair up in a spiky ponytail and a scar across the bridge of his nose. He was wearing a normal, shinobi outfit. Naruto landed on his backside and looked accusingly at the man who had scared him.
"Oh, poor Naruto." Rin said as some people chuckled at the scene around her.
"What are you doing here all of a sudden, Iruka-Sensei?" Naruto asked
"What are you doing during class?" Iruka, the brown-haired man, asked back, pointing a finger at Naruto.
'So, that's his academy teacher, then?" Minato thought.
The scene changed. It now showed an academy with a Konoha symbol above the door. In one specific class, Naruto was currently tied up with rope on the class floor, staring at Iruka, as all the other students stared at them.
"That seems kind of harsh, doesn't it?" Rin asked.
"Well, he did just vandalize the Hokage mountain didn't he? He was going to have to be punished some how." Kakashi replied with a roll of his eyes.
Jiraiya on the other hand frowned. If Naruto was caught doing such a prank shouldn't Kushina be told if she was his mother? And, knowing Kushina, she would be blazing in any moment. Yet, the book hasn't even mentioned her. He wondered why.
"Listen, Naruto. You failed the last final exam and the exam before that. You shouldn't be fooling around like that." Iruka said.
Naruto just turned his head to the side pissing off Iruka.
"We're going to have to review test for the transformation technique. Those who already passed will have to line up as well!"
"What?" the class groaned.
"Wait...So, Naruto failed the exam twice?" Rin asked.
"Yeah...it looks like he is a failure like Obito." Kakashi spoke.
"Hey!" Obito shouted out feeling like he wanted to punch Kakashi across the face.
But, before he could, Kushina spoke up,
"Don't you dare call my son a failure, ttebane!" Kushina threatened, waving a fist.
Kakashi gulped and nodded his head slowly. Kushina was one of the few people who could scare the stoic kid. He made a mental note in his head to remember Naruto was Kushina's son and she wouldn't like it if anyone spoke ill of him.
"I'm looking forward to seeing how the class does though," Minato commented, hoping to diffuse some of the tension.
The whole class lined up at the front and the review began. A girl with long pink hair and bright emerald color eyes stepped forward and took position.
Obito couldn't help but interrupted himself.
"Pink hair? Who the hell has pink hair?"
No one could answer since it seemed strange to them as well.
"Haruno, Sakura going! Transform!" the pink haired girl, Sakura shouted.
She transformed into a good version of Iruka.
"Okay." Iruka spoke.
Sakura released the jutsu.
"I did it!" the girl squealed, and then in her mind, a black more proud version of herself spoke out,
"All right!"
Obito paused.
"That didn't make sense at all." Tsunade said with a sweat dropped and everyone agreed.
"Did you see that Sasuke-Kun?" Sakura asked a dark-haired boy.
Before, Obito could continue Kakashi suddenly groaned. He looked at his team-mate a bit surprised by that vocal out expression.
"What?"
"The girl is a fan girl." Kakashi repeated dead panned.
"How do you know that?"
"...I've been stalked by a...few. You know how to spot one after a while."
For once Obito felt it was best not to say anything about that.
"Next: Uchiha Sasuke." Iruka shouted out.
Automatically, Obito stopped. He unwillingly clenched the book tighter as he read out the word Uchiha. He didn't actually think that he could learn about future people in his clan. The clan that looked down upon him.
"Uchiha? He must be one of your cousins then?" Rin asked Obito.
"Probably...There's no one called that yet. He must be born later." Obito replied with gritted teeth.
Minato looked worriedly at his student. He knew somewhat about his Genin student problem within his own clan. He wasn't seen as a genius so his clan almost shut Obito out. Obito was the odd sheep in his family. And, for that he payed with loneliness.
Despite his feelings, Obito carried on,
The dark-haired boy with equally black eyes stepped forwards. He preformed the jutsu without a flaw.
Obito paused to grimace. It seemed his clan had another prodigy.
"Next, Uzumaki Naruto." Iruka called out.
Everyone grinned at hearing Naruto's name called out. Kushina, especially, could not wait to see what her son could do. If he was to cause something big in the future, then he must be really good.
"This sucks." a boy whispered to Naruto.
His hair was up in a spiky ponytail, and he had black eyes. He was weaning a grey sweater type thing, and his hands were deep in his pockets and he seemed to slouch.
"That description..." Minato mumbled "Do you think that could be Shikaku son?"
"It could be...I forgot we could learn about our old classmates children as well." Kushina replied back.
"This is your fault." a girl whispered after to Naruto.
She looked annoyed, as she was wearing a purple outfit. Her hair was blonde and in a long ponytail with a side fringe. Her eyes a light blue.
"Now I know that's Inoichi son!" Minato declared, knowing her description sounded just like that Yamanaka.
"How dare that girl say that to Naruto!?" Kushina shouted out angrily, not liking the way the book had described her saying it.
Kakashi decided it was best for his health and well-being not to mention that it was kinda Naruto's fault in the first place.
"Like I care." Naruto replied defiantly.
"Just like his mother." Jiraiya scoffed.
"What's that suppose to mean, ttebane?!"
Unknown to him, a girl with blue hair looked at Naruto with a small blush on her cheeks. She had white almost lavender pupil-less eyes and was wearing a full-length coat. She was poking her fingers together, nervously.
'Naruto-Kun, do your best.' the girl thought in her mind.
Everyone knew what that sounded like but Kushina was the first to voice it out,
"Someone has a crush on my son!"
She had no idea what to think about that. She had no idea who this girl was or if she was good for her son or not. But, from the description she seemed to be very shy.
"A Hyuga, no less." Jiraiya spoke out loud remembering the description of her eyes.
"Do you think she is from the main or branch family?" Minato asked to no one "Then, we would know if she is Hiashi or Hizashi daugther."
"At least be glad she doesn't seem to have a stick up her ass like all Hyuga act like." Tsunade said commenting on the girls apparent personality.
Naruto assumes the position and shouts out "Transform!"
Instantly, he gets clouded in a poof of smoke, but when it clears instead of their being Iruka sensei, there was a very feminine girl, completely naked and only very limited smoke to cover her...intimate places.
By the end of the description, Obito's face was bright red. Tsunade and Kushina both seemed gobsmacked and Rin was as bright as a tomato. Kakashi seemed uncomfortable at the description and the image it provided and Minato couldn't help but sweat dropped. Jiraiya was drooling.
No one predicted that to happen and no one could react. Obito cleared his throat and began saying,
"Shall I just go on?"
"Yeah, do that." Minato agreed hoping to get off the subject as he could see the two rowdiest women becoming angry after their shock.
Iruka Sensei flew backwards as blood squirted out of his nose.
"Great, Iruka might actually be perverted...and I was really liking him!" Obito complained.
"Read on you idiot!"
"Okay!"
Naruto laughed out loud as he transformed back into his original 'boy' self and said out loud,
"How was that? I call it seduction jutsu!"
"It's dangerous to use that technique, Naruto." Minato said slowly as he thought about all the smacks the young boy could get by women if he did the jutsu.
"Minato, what are you talking about? The kid is a genius for coming up with that kind of technique!" Jiraiya announced.
Maybe he shouldn't have have. Tsunade punched him so hard on his head, if she could use her original jutsu with it, the Sannin would have been out cold.
Iruka head seemed to grow twice it's size as he shouted out to Naruto,
"You idiot! Don't invent such a dumb technique!"
The scene changed. Naruto was else where. He was wiping off-color from one of the faces on the Hokage mountain. Iruka was above the head looking down at Naruto cleaning.
"I guess that's an okay punishment." Minato said slowly, thinking if it was him, he would do the same.
"You're not going home until you clean it up good." Iruka called out.
Naruto stopped wiping and looked up at Iruka calling out,
"I don't care. No one's waiting for me at home anyway."
Obito stopped. There was silence. Then... chaos.
"What? What does Naruto mean by that?! I should be at home waiting for him...right!? Right?!" Kushina yelled out worriedly.
She could almost see things add up. Did something happen to her? Was that why she wasn't mentioned at all? What did he mean by that?
Seeing Kushina panicked, Minato maneuvered quickly so he was behind Kushina and wrapped his arms comfortably around her. Kushina could almost feel herself calm down. Minato's arm felt so safe, so warm.
"I don't know what Naruto mean's by that. But, I know your okay in the future. You have to be. It's okay, Kushina. Everything fine." Minato said, trying to comfort her the best he can. It was hard since Naruto's words implied so many bad things.
"Minato's right, Kushina. Everything's fine. If it's something bad then we can change it. Let's read on." Tsunade added on, looking at the poor girl.
Everyone agreed. The only answers they had, were in the book.
Naruto went on wiping. Iruka looked down on him. No real expression on his face.
"Naruto."
The boy in question looked up.
"What is it now?"
"Well, if you clean all that up. I'll treat you to some ramen tonight."
"Ramen." Kushina repeated with a smile though her mind had not really let go of what Naruto had said before.
Naruto looked ecstatic at the comment.
"All right! I'll do my best, then!" Naruto screamed out.
Everyone laughed a little.
"Another thing Naruto seems to inherit from you Kushina despite your personality. Your love for Ramen." Jiraiya snickered.
"It's good! My son has good tastes!" Kushina replied back.
Later on, more into the night, at a simple stand with white curtains, sat Naruto and Iruka, the former's bright orange jumpsuit sticking out in the dark blackness.
"Wait a minute." Tsunade interrupted.
Everyone looked at the women curiously.
"Have you noticed that everyone that's been introduced looks have been described but not Naruto's. We have no idea what the boy looks like or what he even wore until now. Why is that?"
"Maybe that Angel girl wanted to keep that secret?" Obito suggested.
Everyone looked at him.
"What?"
"Nothing, idiot. All though, back to this kid, why would he wear bright orange? Isn't that a dead giveaway?" Kakashi drawled.
No one could answer the reason why.
Naruto inhaled the noodles, completely engrossed in the taste before suddenly, Iruka interrupted,
"Naruto..."
"Huh?"
"Why did you vandalize such a place? You know who the Hokages are right?
"Of course I do."
Naruto paused to drink the rest of his Ramen, before replying,
"In other words, those who carried the name of Hokage were the number one ninja's in the village, right?"
"That's part of it." Minato agreed, happy to know Naruto at least had the bases of the Hokage. But, did he know the full meaning it entitled?
"And, I hear the Fourth one is a hero who protected the village from a monster fox." Naruto said.
...
"WHAT?!" Everyone shouted out, flabbergasted.
"Wait, wait, wait!" Jiraiya started waving his hands "There is a fourth Hokage...?! What the hell?! How come the book is just mentioning this now? Why not before? Here we were thinking that it was still on the third."
Minato agreed with what Jiraiya had said before adding on,
"If there's a fourth...then why is it that Sarutobi-Sama seems to be the Hokage still? What happened to the fourth?"
He wondered slightly, could he have ever...No, if he was going to be Hokage the book would have mentioned it...So, was this dream not going to happen?
"Don't forget the monster fox ttebane! There's only one monster fox I know off and that's the Kyuubi that's inside of me. Did it get out? I didn't even know that someone could actually defeat bijuu. I thought it was impossible."
"I can only think of two logical outcomes to why the fourth isn't present...One: They have gone missing or Two: Their dead." Tsunade said blatantly.
"I bet there will be more surprises like this!" Obito declared "That's how this Angel girl wants it to be and wrote the book like this."
"I think this deserves to be written." Rin said as she quickly flipped to the front page and wrote down 'Forth Hokage: Where and who are they?'
"Carry on Obito."
"Yes Sensei."
"Then why did you...?"
"I'm going to receive the name of Hokage one day and become greater than any of the Hokages." Naruto declared.
Everyone couldn't help but smile at this, even Kakashi let out a small, barely there, grin. Minato and Kushina were the happiest though. Kushina was proud that her son had such a big, noble dream and she knew she would support it all the way. She too had the dream of becoming Hokage. Likewise, Minato still had that dream of being a Hokage also and he didn't want to let it go. The words that Naruto said sounded so strong, so sure, he could almost imaging him saying it.
"Then, I'm going to make everyone in the village recognize my powers." Naruto carried on.
Obito paused then, his mind lingering on the words.
"What does my son mean by that?" Kushina cried out again "I don't understand. Shouldn't I be given attention to my son? Where am I? Why does he want the villagers to recognize him?"
"I don't know." Minato whispered back, tightening his arms around her. Something uncomfortable settled in his stomach. No, he didn't want to think something bad could happen to Kushina. He wouldn't think that.
"This book seems to be doing that a lot. Revealing half-truths instead of the thing. Almost like it's giving us a puzzle to solve. It's weird." Kakashi spoke up.
Obito decided to read on but before he did, he couldn't help but wonder, that single line that Naruto said...it made Obito think for a second that Naruto was like him.
"By the way, Sensei, I have a favor to ask," Naruto started.
"You want another bowl?"
"No, can I put on that Konoha forehead protector?" Naruto asked while clasping his hands.
"Oh this?" Iruka sensei said as he touched his protector "No. This is proof that you graduated school and that you're a real ninja. You'll get your's tomorrow."
"Meanie!" Naruto shouted back.
Obito had to pause and laugh at that along with Kushina and Rin. But, suddenly stopped when he pre-read the next sentence knowing what was going to be said.
"What is it, idiot?" Kakashi asked.
"Not your business." Obito snapped back.
"Is that why you took your goggles off?" Iruka asked.
Obito could feel all the gazes on his goggles that was placed over his Konoha forehead protector.
"So, it seems Naruto and this idiot are more alike then it seems?" Kakashi smirked.
"Hey! Goggles are cool! At least people know how I look like. I bet your hiding fat lips under that mask of yours!" Obito shouted back.
"Humph." Kakashi said as he looked away from Obito who growled.
Everyone else had to sweat dropped at the two. Their fighting something got really weird. Obito looked down at the book again still annoyed at Kakashi.
"I want another bowl!" Naruto shouted and Iruka let out a dismayed yell.
"I have a feeling that this poor bloke is going to go bankrupt." Jiraiya laughed.
The next day was the day all students had feared and anticipating. Exam day.
"We will now begin the final exam," Iruka started "If your named is called, come to the classroom next door. The subject will be replication technique."
Naruto at once let out a depressed face as soon as he heard those words.
'It's the one thing I'm not very good at...' Naruto thought.
Kushina frowned when she heard that.
"That's strange...Uzumaki's tend to have large chakra reserves which makes it harder for us to do chakra control. I'm sure I would have taught Naruto how to control and ways around that."
The same unsettling feeling hit her stomach. Why didn't she teach him that? She knew she would have. Then, why? Minato could see the struggle, the tension in Kushina's body and he felt helpless. He could do nothing about it. And, he hated that.
Naruto was in the middle of the exam room a determined look on his face. Iruka and another teacher Mizuki were at the front, sitting in front of a table full of Konoha forehead protectors. Mizuki had white hair with a hint of blue that was till his shoulders and green eyes as well as wearing a bandanna.
'But, but I have to do it!' Naruto thought as he completed his last thought before
Taking the stance, hands together, Naruto began. He gathered Chakra, and shouted out,
"The Replication No Jutsu'
"Come on, Naru!" Kushina started as she didn't even realize she had given Naruto a short nickname "You can do it!"
"Yeah, come on!" Rin cheered as well.
Kakashi rolled his eyes. They were cheering at a book.
A poof happened and once the smoke cleared, Naruto looked beside him. Only to his dismay, to find a pale chalk, lying on the ground, barely alive clone.
"Naru..." Kushina said as she could already know how he was feeling.
It looked like he tried so hard. She just wished, wished with all her might, that she could change it.
Iruka eye brow twitched as he looked at the pitiful clone.
"You fail!"
"That's really harsh," Rin said feeling sorry for Naruto. Anyone could tell he wanted it.
"I agree." Obito said as well.
"While, I don't think it's right, it's what the academy is. If you don't pass the jutsu and do it right, then you fail. It's strict and fair." Tsunade said somberly.
Naruto looked shattered.
Everyone grimaced at that one line.
"Iruka-Sensei, his movements and stamina are good, and he did replicate. Maybe we can pass him..." Mizuki suggested. Naruto looked ecstatic.
"Yeah, pass him!" Kushina cheered.
Minato smiled at her but couldn't help but wonder why a teacher would say that. While, he really liked Naruto so far, he would also fail Naruto if he was a teacher and saw that at the exam. It may be harsh, but he had a feeling Naruto had a lot of potential. For his Genin for example, he wanted to see them achieve greatness, and they wouldn't if he let them the easy way out.
"Mizuki Sensei, everyone is able to produce at least three replicates. But Naruto only produce one that will merely be a bother. I cannot pass him."
Naruto looked furious and upset.
Obito paused to reminiscence with Naruto. He knew what it felt like to fail. He had yet to get the Sharingan. He felt and was looked at as a failure because of that. He hated it.
Outside of the academy, children gathered with parents, all smiling with their proudly achieved forehead. Naruto sat alone under a dark shade of a tree, on top of a swing hanging from it. Sad. Depressed.
Kushina's gut twisted. She should be there with her son. Comforting him. Why wasn't she there?
"Hey, that kid is the kid right? He was the only one who failed." said a women looking at Naruto.
"Serves him right." the women she was talking too replied back.
"What?! Why that no good-" Kushina growled looking ready to lunge at the book.
It took a lot of Minato to hold her back. But, even he felt anger raising in him. Why would anyone say that? Naruto was just a kid.
"The way those women are talking...their probably villagers. Is this what Naruto meant with that he said about villagers before?" Tsunade questioned.
"If he becomes a ninja, it's only going to cause trouble," the first women spoke "Because he's really a..."
"Hey, it's forbidden to say anything more than that." her companion interrupted.
Tsunade blinked.
"What do they mean by that? What's forbidden?"
Obito read on.
Naruto was about to leave the swing when he heard a sound beside him. He looked up to see Mizuki looking down on him.
Minato frowned. Why would Mizuki go to Naruto? It seemed a bit strange. Were they close? The book never mentioned that.
Also at this time, near the wall of the school building, stood Iruka and the Hokage.
"Iruka," Sarutobi started "I need to talk to you."
"Yes sir."
"Oooh, looks like someone's in trouble." Obito mused.
"Obito!" Rin scolded.
Obito quickly read on.
On top of a balcony building sat Naruto and Mizuki who were looking at the setting sun.
"Iruka-Sensei wasn't being mean." Mizuki started.
"Then why does he pick on me the most...?" Naruto asked.
"Oh, Naru, it's because he cares." Kushina mumbled.
"He wants you to become truly strong, Naruto-Kun, " Pause "Since you two have no parents."
Silence. Nobody spoke a word. Kushina looked like she was going to burst into tears.
"What does he mean...?" she whispered "I...Where am I? Am I...dead?"
No one could say anything to her. No words they could have have said could have comfort her. That sentence didn't say Naruto parent's were dead but it's what it implied heavily. Minato's heart wretched. Was his love dead in the future? Could her son be left alone?
Obito didn't want to read on. He didn't want to know anymore. He didn't want to see everyone so upset. He didn't want Naruto to have such a hard life. Rin slowly grabbed the notebook and on the first page she wrote 'What happened to Naruto's parents?'
Clearing his throat, Obito began to read,
Naruto didn't say anything and all that could be heard was the wind whistling. Finally he spoke,
"But...I wanted to graduate."
"Fine." Mizuki started
"Wait...What? What's happening?" Rin asked.
"What?" Naruto asked.
"I'll tell you a big secret."
Jiraiya's eyes narrowed. He didn't like where this was going.
Iruka lay on his bed looking up at the full moon. Words about the previous conversation filled his mind.
"Iruka."
"What is it, Hokage-Sama?"
"I understand how you feel, but Naruto grew up without knowing the love of a parent, like you."
Obito stopped as Kushina let out a small uncharacteristic whimper. It seemed things were clearing up. Kushina...was most likely dead. In the future. His throat closed up. He knew the person it would hit hard the most was his Sensei. Minato loved Kushina to bits. He was looking down at Kushina, just staring.
"I can read on, if you want?" Rin asked quietly knowing how hard this could be.
"No, I'll read on. I want to finish this chapter."
A memory filled Iruka's mind. He was a kid. On the battlefield. A ninja had grabbed him and was running with him as far away as possible.
"Let go! My dad and mom are still fighting!"
The last thing he could see was the dark red eyes, of the nine tailed fox.
That line caused Kushina to sit up, out of Minato's arms. A hand placed delicately on her stomach.
"So it did get out!" Kushina almost yelled "How? When?"
"We'll find out." Jiraiya told her as he looked at Obito.
"Iruka-Sensei, wake up!" someone shouted causing the sleeping man to wake from the memory.
He quickly rushed to his door and opened it. A shinobi was outside. Mizuki
"What is he doing there?" Kakashi asked, narrowing his eyes at the book.
"What is it?" Iruka asked.
"Please come to Hokage-Sama's place. It seems that Naruto-Kun carried the scroll of sealing out."
"What? The scroll of sealing!" Iruka shouted back.
"What!?" Minato, Tsunade, Kushina and Jiraiya shouted out at the same time creepily.
"What's the scroll of sealing, Sensei?" Rin asked.
"It's a forbidden scroll that contains numerous dangerous jutsu's. It's usually kept locked up in the Hokage's tower. It would be really bad if it falls into the wrong hands," Minato answered "I'm actually surprised he managed to get it."
"Must be all that training he unwillingly gained to pull pranks. He needed stealth to pull them so he just applied it to getting the scroll." Jiraiya said.
"Then why would Naruto take it?" Obito asked.
"I don't know...But, it has to do something with Mizuki. He was the last person to talk to Naruto." Tsunade said.
In the middle of a forest, Naruto sat on the ground floor.
"At least we know the kids safe." Jiraiya spoke.
The scroll was open and he was looking through it.
"Let's see, the first technique is...Multiple Shadow Replication. What I'm no good at that!"
Minato let out a small sigh before speaking,
"It's an A-rank Jutsu that is to let the user create actual clones. While, it's not so dangerous than other Jutsu's. The complication is that it uses a lot of Chakra since that gets spread out between the clones. It could cause Chakra exhaustion which could lead to death."
"But, doesn't Naruto have large Chakra reserves...Wouldn't this be a useful technique for him?" Rin asked putting two together.
Nobody really replied to her. They all just grinned.
At another large area, a group of shinobi was gathered around Sarutobi.
"Hokage-Sama, we cannot let this prank slide!" one Chunin shouted
"The Scroll of sealing is something dangerous that the first Hokage sealed. If it is used a bad way..." Another shinobi carried on.
"If he carries it outside the village, it will become a major problem!"
Hokage paused. Iruka and Mizuki arrived at this moment just in time to hear the Hokage command.
"Bring Naruto here."
"Yes sir!"
"Naru..." Kushina trailed off getting really worried for Naruto.
Why would he steal the scroll?
Iruka was breathing hard as he was searching. He paused for a second, to catch his breath.
"Where are you, Naruto?" Iruka thought.
"I really like Iruka! He seems to care for Naruto a lot!" Obito grinned out.
Suddenly, Rin realized something.
"I should add Iruka on the list!"
She quickly went to the second paged of the notebook and wrote down 'Iruka'
On another part of the city, Mizuki ran through the empty street a huge grin on his face.
"I'm going to spread the word throughout the village and kill Naruto. Then, the scroll of sealing will be mine!" Mizuki thought.
This caused an uproar.
"Why that traitorous bastard!" Kushina growled out furiously and if she could have felt the Kyuubi chakra, it would have flown all over the place.
"If I ever meet him, I'll pummel him." Tsunade swore as she punched a fist hand onto her other hand's palm.
"This guy should be beaten up!" Obito yelled out loud as he looked at the book.
"Badly." Rin agreed.
No one argued. Each in their own thoughts on how to deal with the traitor. Rin had flipped the notebook to the third page and wrote Mizuki's name down with the word destroy in brackets next to it.
Sill in the forest, Naruto was breathing heavily on the ground.
"He's not injured is he?" Kushina asked out worriedly.
A shadow loomed over him.
Everyone tensed.
"Hey Naruto." Iruka said angrily as he looked down at the boy.
Everyone let out a sign on released, even Kakashi. It seemed throughout this chapter, everyone had grown accosted to the boy. They wanted him to get stronger. Better. They wanted him to be safe and not just because he was Kushina's son.
Naruto laughed sheepishly. Iruka looked confuse.
"Right...because Iruka believes Naruto did something really bad which Naruto doesn't know anything." Rin said.
"Oh man, I got caught. I only learned one technique." Naruto snickered.
'He practiced here...until he was all worn-out?' Iruka thought.
"This reminds me...I wonder what that traitor Mizuki said to trick Naruto in getting the scroll."
"Hey, I'm going to show you a great technique, so let me graduate if I can do it! If I show you a technique from this scroll I can graduate, right?" Naruto asked.
"So that's what Mizuki told the boy..." Kakashi repeated.
Iruka looked beyond shock.
"Who said that?"
"Mizuki-Sensie," Naruto answered, still unaware of anything "He told me about this place and this scroll."
Iruka looked shocked and scared at the same time as all the decides fitted together.
'Mizuki did?!' Iruka thought.
Suddenly, Iruka turned around when he heard something.
"What?! What did he hear?!" Kushina asked out loud.
"Let me read it!"
Kunai flew their way towards Naruto at incredible speed.
"Shit!"
Iruka pushed Naruto out-of-the-way who fell on the floor. The kunai hit Iruka, causing him to get caught on a shed wall behind him. Some Kunai had managed to hit flesh like his right leg.
"No, not Iruka!" Rin spoke, really liking the kind-hearted man.
"I see, so that's how it is." Iruka said through pain.
Mizuki was on top of a tree branch, looking down at the pair with a grin.
"Naruto, hand over the scroll!"
"Like hell you will get your traitorous hands on the scroll!" Kushina yelled.
"Kushina," Minato said with a sweat drop.
"Hey...What's going on here?" Naruto asked.
"Naruto, don't let him get that scroll no matter what." Iruka said as he pulled a kunai from his leg.
"That's a dangerous scroll that has forbidden techniques. Mizuki used you so that he could get an old of it!"
"This isn't looking good." Tsunade commented.
"Naruto, Iruka is afraid of you possessing that."
"What?"
"Don't believe him, Naru!" Kushina said.
"You do know you're talking to a book, right?" Kakashi asked with a sweat dropped.
Kushina glared at him.
"...Never mind. Carry on."
"What are you saying, Mizuki?! Don't believe him, Naruto."
"I'll tell you the truth," Mizuki started
"Don't" Iruka yelled.
"The truth? About the villager's thing right?" Obito said interrupting himself.
"Yeah, looks like it. The forbidden thing their not allowed to talk about." Tsunade repeated wondering what it could be about.
"A rule was created after the incident that occurred twelve years ago."
Silence.
"Twelve?" Kakashi repeated and blinked "That's how long it must be in the future. Twelve years or more in the future this is where it's set in. The minimum has to be twelve years."
"That's over a decade." Rin said.
"A rule?" Naruto asked.
"It's a rule that only, you, Naruto cannot find out about find out about."
"Only me? What's the rule?"
"Stop Mizuki!" yelled Iruka
"It's the rule not to say that Naruto is a monster fox."
What happened next was just silence. Kushina looked like a broken doll. A hand gripped her stomach as a barely formed sentence escaped her lips,
"N-No...I would never...I never wanted...N-No."
This was something Kushina never wanted to happen. She never, ever wanted anyone, especially her children, to carry the burden of being a jinchuuriken. It was a harsh burden, one she would not wish on her most hated anymore. She now knew why the villagers were said to hate Naruto. Because of the demon inside of him. It also made another thing clear. The most likely way she could have died was because of this 'incident' that happened twelve years ago.
Minato looked sadly at Kushina as well as the others. They could only imagine the roller coaster ride of emotions she was going through.
Obito decided to read on.
"In other words, you are the nine tailed fox who killed Iruka's parents and destroyed our village." Mizuki announced.
"He's telling Naruto lies," Tsunade yelled out angrily "Theirs a difference between the demon and it's jailer is completely different. It's like saying that when there is a kunai sealed inside of a scroll and the scroll is the Kunai. Naruto is not the demon!"
"But, that's what the villagers think," Minato said somberly "They are so scared of what is inside of Naruto they fail to see the real him. It's horrible but it's the way some people are. People are scared of what they do not know."
"Stop!" Iruka screamed.
Naruto was lost in his own mind. All he could hear was Mizuki.
"You've been deceived by the village people all this time. Didn't you think it was weird for everyone to hate you so much?
"Damn it," Naruto thought "Damn it!"
"No one is ever going to recognize you! Even Iruka hates you!"
"Don't listen to him Naru. Your not a demon. Iruka cares about you. I care about you!" Kushina yelled out.
Minato smiled. Kushina had a heart of gold. Even though she barely knows her son, she still loved him to bits. It was so obvious to tell.
"I think by now everyone here cares about you." Minato spoke up to no one.
Suddenly, Mizuki threw a giant shuriken towards Naruto. Naruto still in a daze, couldn't move.
"Naruto! Duck!" Iruka yelled
"Naruto!"
Naruto covered himself. But, the shuriken didn't reach him. When he opened his eyes, he saw Iruka on top of him, the shuriken embedded in his back.
"Now, that is what I call a brave man," Jiraiya started "to take a hit regardless of himself takes a lot of courage."
Everyone instantly put Iruka on a very special place in their minds. He protected Naruto. He didn't have too yet he did. Rin couldn't help it, she put a star, next to Iruka's name and giant cross next to Mizuki. He was going to pay.
Iruka's blood splattered on Naruto's face.
Everyone grimaced at that image.
"Please don't let him die." Obito said out loud, voicing everyone's thoughts.
"W-Why..?" Naruto asked.
"Because you're the same as me. After my parents died, no one ever complimented me or recognized me. Being the bad student I was, I screwed up a lot in class...because I wanted everyone's attention. I couldn't get anyone's attention when I was a good student. So, I acted like an idiot. It was tough..."
"That's so sad..." Rin said. No one disagreed with her.
"Right, Naruto? You were lonely right?" Iruka was crying "It was tough right? I'm sorry Naruto. You didn't have to feel that way if I was more aware."
"It's hard to find a man who kind-hearted in this kind of world. Naruto is very lucky..." Minato trailed off as he looked own at Kushina. She looked up at him and she let out a small smile.
To have someone care for her child, even when she wasn't there, lessened the sting, even if it was only by the slightest amount.
Mizuki burst out laughing.
Nearly everyone growled.
"Don't make me laugh! Iruka has hated you since you killed his parents! He just wants to get the scroll back."
"Someone needs to kill this bastard!" Kakashi spoke out loud.
Everyone turned to him, a bit surprised.
"What?"
"You just shouted. You showed emotion. I never thought that was possible!" Obito yelled out loud.
"Shut up dobe, and read on!"
Naruto suddenly ran off.
"Naruto!" Iruka screamed after him.
"I can see why he ran. His world has just been turned upside down. A big secret was revealed. He's not so sure anymore of anything." Minato commented.
"Naruto isn't the type to who will change his mind!" Mizuki said as he jumped off the branch and landed on the floor.
"He's going to take revenge on this village with that scroll. You saw his eyes didn't you? It was the eye a monster fox."
Iruka ripped the large shuriken out of his back.
Rin flinched, "That cannot be good."
"Naruto won't do that!" Iruka yelled as he threw the shuriken at Mizuki who easily dodged it.
"As long as I kill Naruto and get that scroll, I'm okay. I'll take care of you later." Mizuki replied as he suddenly sprinted off into the forest.
"I won't let you..."
"Go Iruka! Get Mizuki!"
In a large room, overlooking a crystal ball, was the Hokage.
"Wait...Sensei's doing what?"
"This isn't good. Mizuki told him the secret. Naruto is more unstable than ever. He might release the power that has been sealed. He also has the scroll of sealing. The possibility that he will unseal himself and turn into a nine tailed fox is also possible. If that happens..." the Hokage thoughts as he looked at the imagine of Naruto running in the crystal ball.,
"Wait...When does the Hokage have a crystal ball? Is he seeing things that is happening now? What?" Obito asked genuinely confused.
"It's a thing that my sensei does to keep track of things. He uses a crystal ball that can see things that are happening at the same time in a difference place." Jiraiya explained.
"Then, why isn't he helping Naruto and Iruka out?" Rin asked.
"Naruto is very unstable now. Maybe sending more shinobi now isn't the best option. It can cause things to get complicated. He has to clue in the fox factor..." Minato trailed off.
Back in the forest, Iruka was running,
"I found him!" Iruka thought as he saw Naruto running just ahead.
"Naruto!" he shouted out loud "What Mizuki said back there was all a lie! Hand over the scroll to me! Mizuki is after it!"
Naruto ran backwards and suddenly punched Iruka in the stomach.
"What?!" Obito suddenly shouted as soon as he read that "Why would Naruto do that? It's Iruka! Don't tell me he believe Mizuki!?"
"I doubt it's that, idiot!"
Iruka crashed to the ground and Naruto skidded on the ground, a span of land between them.
"W-What..." Iruka started
Naruto collapsed against a tree, gasping.
"How...Naruto...How..." Iruka suddenly proofed in smoke to reveal Mizuki in place "Did you know that I'm not Iruka?!"
"What?! Oh, I get it!" Obito interrupted himself.
"Stop interrupting yourself, dobe!"
Naruto grinned and he too exploded into smoke revealing Iruka in his place.
"I'm Iruka."
"That wasn't a bad strategy." Jiraiya praised.
Mizuki stood up, "I see."
Naruto was hiding behind a tree close to the pair, the scroll hold tightly in his grasp.
"What good is there in protecting the one who killed your parents?" Mizuki asked.
"He didn't kill Iruka's parents Bastard, ttebane!"
"I'm not going to let an idiot like you get the scroll." Iruka said.
"You're the idiot. Naruto is the same as me!"
"In your dreams he is, ttebane!"
"Same as you?"
"Anything is possible with that scroll. There's no way that Naruto, the monster fox, won't use that powers."
"Yeah, your right." Iruka said suddenly.
Naruto looked shocked at first before disappointed.
"I knew it. Iruka-Sensei doesn't recognize me inside!"
"If he was a monster..." Iruka carried on suddenly, shocking Naruto again, "But Naruto is different. He's...He's an excellent student that I recognize. He's a hard-working, earnest, clumsy and no one recognizes him. He knows the pain of others. He's not a monster fox. He's Uzumaki Naruto of Konoha!"
"Go Iruka!" Rin couldn't help but cheer along with Tsunade and Kushina both really amazed by Iruka's belief in Naruto.
"Why do I have a feeling that Iruka is going to have a lot of lady attention in the future?" Jiraiya mumbled out loud, depressed.
Naruto was crying behind the tree by Iruka's emotional speech. Mizuki on the other hand looked pissed. He took out the big shuriken that was strapped on his back.
"What an idiot! Iruka, I said I would kill you later, but I take that back. Die now!"
Mizuki charged at the collapsed Iruka, shuriken spinning but before he could reached Naruto suddenly appeared and kicked him in the face causing the shuriken to fly in a random direction.
"Yes! Kick his ass, Naru!"
"Damn you..." Mizuki said as he managed to get off the floor.
Naruto looked on at him, a dark look on his face.
"Don't lay a finger on Iruka-Sensei. I'll kill you if you do!"
"The kid is tough when he's angry," Jiraiya thought.
"Talk while you can. I'll finish a kid like you in a flash."
"Try, jerk. I'll do a thousand times more damage back to you."
"Why don't you try it if you can, you monster fox!"
"Shadow replication!"
"That's the jutsu, he learnt from the scroll, right?" Kakashi said.
"Yeah, I want to see how he does in it." Minato said curiously.
More than hundreds, more than anyone could count, Naruto's filled the forest, surrounding Mizuki. There were countless of them, grinning at Mizuki.
Minato looked shocked by the description.
"Really? Shadow Clone Jutsu is really hard to use...to create that many...He must have really high chakra reserves" Minato spoke out loud.
"He is a Uzumaki. We have high reserves." Kushina said with a shrug but was really proud of her son.
"What?" Mizuki said in a shock as he stumbled back.
"You're in for it now!"
"What's the matter? Come and get me! If you're not coming...Then We're coming!" all the clones said at the same time.
Mizuki screamed in horror. In no time he was a bloody, bruised mess on the floor. Naruto rubbed his head sheepishly.
"Maybe I hurt him too much."
"No way kid. I would have hurt him much more!" Tsunade yelled as she cracked her fingers.
"Iruka-Sensei, are you okay?"
"Yes..."
"Naruto, come over here for a second. I want to give you something."
Obito paused and frowned.
"What do you think he wants to give Naruto?"
"We won't know until you read on, dobe."
"Why you-!?" tick marks appeared on Obito's head and if it wasn't for the face he was reading he would have lunged at Kakashi.
Naruto's eyes were closed at Iruka's command. He was waiting impatiently for Iruka to be done.
"Sensei, are you done?" Naruto asked beginning to open his eyes.
"All right! Open your eyes!" Iruka said.
Naruto did as he was told and came face with Iruka. But something was different. Iruka's forehead protector was missing.
Obito didn't need to read on. Everyone already knew what had happened. Yet, he couldn't help but smile as he read over the sentimental part.
"Congratulation, you graduate." Iruka said with a smile as sun beamed down on both him and Naruto.
Naruto was shock into happiness. A Konoha forehead protector replacing the place where he used to wear his goggles. He gaped at Iruka like a fish out of water.
"I would love to see that expression!" Jiraiya laughed.
"All right, let's celebrate. I'll treat you to Ramen.
"Now, ending with eating Ramen...Now that's what I call a happy ending." Kushina said smiling.
Naruto couldn't help it. He lunged at Iruka and hugged him hard and they both collapsed on the ground.
"Ouch! That hurts!" Iruka yelled.
Everyone sweat dropped.
"He's injured..." Tsunade trailed off.
"That's the end of the chapter!" Obito announces "I thought it was really good!"
"It was. But, I think there are many things to discuss before going on to the next chapter." Minato announced.
Everyone nodded their heads.
"Although, lets take a minute to silently congratulate Naruto." Minato said with a smile, extremely happy for the boy.
"I wonder...Sire..."
"Wonder about what?"
"Will they be inspired by Naruto-San's bravery and determination like us, Sire?"
"It is something to be awed by. If it wasn't for seeing Uzumaki-San's determination, we would never have done anything like this."
And it's done! Man, a very long chapter! You should be glad I closed myself off of society to write this! But, it's finished. What do you guys think? Have I got the reactions right? No one has guessed right what Angel and Shini are yet. But, can anyone? I decided not put the Japanese name for jutsu's (although the important ones will be) as it might get confusing. Though, if you feel like I should, just tell me.
I hope I get a lot of reviews! To be honest the more reviews, the faster I update because of the love (does that not sound cheesy to you?) Anyway, please read and review.
And till next time...See yh!