A/N: Hey I'm back from my (short) abscence. Sorry for that, but I was having some problems that I wil explain on the notes at the bottom. Also I managed to make this chapter larger than normal since I got so hooked up writting it (When everything just comes so naturally that when you notice, you've already hit the 3000 word counter)

Anyways

ENJOY!

Naruto Uzumaki, ninja-in training, self-taught swordsman, prankster of Konoha and Jinchuriki of the Kyubi no Kitsune that attacked his village on October 10 twelve years ago was jumping from tree to tree with a huge scroll on his back. Naruto was doing a 'secret test' that Mizuki had told him about. The silver-haired teacher had told him that if he 'retrieved' the forbidden scroll from the Hokage's Office and learned a jutsu from it, then he would automatically become a ninja.

Needless to say Naruto was really happy of the existence of that 'test', the blonde wondered why nobody ever mentioned the test. Then again, Mizuki HAD said that the test was a secret, so it would be expected that nobody ever talked about. For all Naruto knew the teachers could actively seek candidates for the tests and then if the student failed, he would be told no to tell anybody

While this logic had a lot of… loopholes, it made complete sense to the blonde.

The blond increased his speed as he tried to think what kind of jutsu he would learn from the scroll

Iruka was at a bed in his apartment, the scarred ninja really had a rough day. The day of the exam had been a really exhausting one but what made it rougher was the fact that Naruto failed. Iruka knew that Naruto really wanted to pass, he knew that Naruto was strong enough to become a ninja. Unfortunately even Iruka couldn't pass Naruto without the blond passing at least four of the six tests, even if the blonde had a promising amount of skill in kenjutsu it didn't mean that he could neglect the main tree types of jutsu.

Iruka was snapped out of his trance when he heard somebody knocking at his door. The scarred ninja got out of bed and walked out of his room, once he arrived at the entrance of his apartment, he opened the door to see Mizuki with a serious expression on his face. Iruka was pretty surprised by his silver-haired friend's presence

''Mizuki, what is it?'' asked Iruka with curiosity

''It's Naruto!'' said Mizuki ''He stole the forbidden scroll!'' Iruka's eyes widened in alarm. The forbidden scroll was one of the most important objects in the village. It contained forbidden jutsus dating back all the way to the reign of the First Hokage.

''How did Naruto even know where scroll was?'' asked Iruka. The location of the scroll was a secret that was only told to chunin-level ninja, there was no way Naruto would even know where the scroll was unless somebody told him.

''Nobody knows! He just sneaked inside the Hokage tower and took it!'' replied Mizuki ''Hokage-sama has called us to the tower'' Iruka nodded. He wanted answers, and he would not give up until he found them.

'Naruto… why are you doing this?'

Meanwhile, Naruto was in the forest around Konoha, the blond was sitting on the ground next to a cabin (not Melchior's). The young ninja-in-training was reading through the first jutsu on the scroll. The moment the blond read the first words, he groaned and screamed in frustration to sky

''WHY DOES IT ALWAYS HAVE TO BE FREAKING CLONES?!''

It was a miracle that nobody had found Naruto yet, either the ninja were getting lazy or Naruto was too far away from the village to be heard by anyone.

When the blonde finished reading, he actually looked forward to learning the jutsu, it seemed perfect to him. A jutsu that didn't require any control and only huge amounts of chakra. It was almost like the jutsu was made just so he could use it. Naruto looked at the hand seals for the jutsu and was surprised to see that it required only one.

The blonde positioned his fingers in such a way like he would do when doing the 'Ram' hand seal only that instead of putting his hands together like normal, Naruto made a cross shape with the hand seal, the scroll referred to this hand seal as the 'Clone Seal'. The blonde then focused his chakra, he felt how his chakra seemed to be splitting, once he focused enough chakra, Naruto initiated the technique

''Shadow Clone Jutsu!''a few puffs of smoke later and there was no longer a single Naruto. Instead, there were around ten Narutos around the area, each Naruto looked just like the original, they looked completely healthy, unlike the clone that Naruto had attempted to make at the exam in the academy.

''YEAH! I DID IT DATTEBAYO!'' said Naruto as he jumped in joy, the other clones, being a complete copy of the blonde, emulated Naruto's actions. If the ninja hadn't heard Naruto scream before, then at least ONE person would hear over ten whiskered demon containers yelling in complete and utter joy

Iruka was on the woods outside of Konoha, the Hokage had ordered every single ninja chunin and jounin level ninja along with the ANBU to search for Naruto without causing him harm. It seemed the Hokage was just as confused as Iruka as to why Naruto would steal the forbidden scroll since they knew that the blond would never steal to get more jutsu.

'Somebody must have tricked him' thought Iruka to himself 'There is no way Naruto would steal the forbidden scroll unless somebody tricked him to take it' the question now to Iruka was 'But, who was the one who tricked?'

Iruka changed direction suddenly as he heard a yell that sounded faintly like 'DATTEBAYO!'. The scarred ninja increased his speed to where the sound came from

''Naruto… who tricked you''

There was no way that Naruto had done this by his own will.

In another part of the woods, Iruka was jumping from tree to tree as well, but he seemed… different. He had a malevolent smirk on his face and a two giant shuriken strapped on his back. The gentle look he once had on his eyes was gone, replaced with a look that gave off pure thirst for power and hatred.

'Now that everyone knows what happened, they will blame Naruto and I will end up getting the scroll for myself' thought Mizuki to himself 'And if I kill him then I may even be known as a hero' Mizuki laughed as he headed to where he had told Naruto to meet him.

Naruto had no idea he was in for…

By now Naruto had dispelled the clones he had made and had found when his clones dispelled, their chakra came back to Naruto, and since the clones didn't do anything, the blond regained every single drop of chakra that was used to create the clones, making it seem like he had never even attempted the technique in the first place.

''Naruto!'' a voice shouted

Naruto looked at where the voice came from and just barely turned around in time to see Iruka land in front of him with a disapproving expression on his face. Naruto for some reason started to feel slightly nervous, Iruka had been mad with him before, but now he seemed disappointed

''What is it Iruka-sensei?'' asked the blond with curiosity

''What were you thinking?!'' Iruka asked back ''Do you know what you've done?!''

''Yeah! I retrieved the forbidden scroll and then learned a jutsu from it'' Naruto suddenly seemed excited ''Mizuki-sensei told me that if I retrieved it, learned a jutsu from him and then gave it to him, then I would automatically pass and become a genin'' Iruka's eyes widened as he heard Naruto's explanation

'Mizuki? But… why?' Iruka could not think about Mizuki for a second more as he heard something moving in the air, it was the sound of kunai and shuriken as they moved through the air. Iruka's instincts, while a little rusty from spending so much time teaching, were still sharp enough to detect where the kunai and shuriken where headed ''NARUTO!''

Iruka pushed Naruto out of the way and was immediately bombarded with kunai and shuriken to the arms and legs, Iruka fell to his knees, gasping in pain.

''It seems that you found our secret spot'' said a familiar voice from a tree above, Iruka looked up and saw that it was Mizuki standing on the tree branch

''You…'' Iruka gasped for a second before finishing his sentence ''…bastard'' Iruka was angry, and rightfully so. He knew now that it was Mizuki who had tricked Naruto into stealing the forbidden scroll. Mizuki seemed to be showing his true colors now, the look on the silver-haired man's eyes was a look of thirst for power, that look and the smirk that Mizuki had on his face told him all he needed to know.

''Wait… what's happening here?'' Naruto was completely confused about the situation

''Naruto… give me the scroll'' said person looked at Mizuki and immediately his eyes widened in alarm, there was something about Mizuki that made him not want to trust him

''Don't give it to him! That scroll contains forbidden jutsu that could put in danger the village. Mizuki used you for his own selfish gains'' said Iruka, Naruto then glared at the silver-haired man

''Naruto… don't you realize that Iruka hates you like everyone else?'' asked Mizuki and Naruto stiffened ''I guess you wouldn't realize. After all, you don't know about the secret law'' Iruka's eyes widened, he knew what Mizuki was about to talk about

''Don't you dare talk about that!''

''What law?'' asked Naruto ''What are you talking about?''

''The law states that nobody is allowed to tell of the Kyubi no Kitsune that was sealed inside of you. YOU ARE THE KYUBI NO KITSUNE!'' Naruto's face was filled with shock ''Haven't you ever wondered why people treated you like scum? Like trash? Like your mere existence was a sin in itself?'' Naruto looked down with his eyes clenched shut

'Is… it… true?' wondered Naruto 'Am I… the Kyubi?... Am I… the demon fox?...' Naruto started clenching his fists in denial, there was no way he was a demon but… all of a sudden every single word that was uttered to him by the villagers started to make sense 'No… I'm not a demon' the blonde's internal scream started to become desperate 'No… NO!' Naruto's chakra started to leak violently around him, it was so much that it was practically visible to the naked eye.

Until it suddenly stopped…

It wasn't that Naruto's chakra had depleted… the blonde just stopped…

Naruto fell to his knees and was looking at the ground with a look of horror and realization. The blonde seemed to have given up, he seemed to have lost all that drive that he once had, it looked like he was giving himself up for death. To Iruka, the sight of Naruto just giving himself up was unbearable.

''Naruto…'' whispered Iruka in such a low tone that nobody else heard

''That's why you will never be accepted here'' yelled Mizuki and Naruto grinded his teeth, the silver-haired shinobi grabbed one the giant shuriken from his back and then he threw it at Naruto while yelling ''DIE DEMON BRAT!'' the spinning shuriken came closer to Naruto and for a second it seemed like time was slowing down.

Naruto expected pain to follow from the shuriken but much to his surprise, he felt somebody tackling him and then there was the sound of metal piercing flesh.

''Are you okay… Naruto?'' Naruto opened his eyes and was surprised to see Iruka with a pained expression on his face. On the scarred teacher's back was Mizuki's giant shuriken

''W-Why? W-Why did you save me?'' asked Naruto

''B-Because were the same…'' started Iruka ''When my parents died… nobody bothered to take care of me… nobody gave me any attention… so I started p-pulling pranks and making a full of myself… and then I had to pay for those pranks…'' by now Iruka had started to cry a little ''I know what it feels like Naruto… nobody deserves something like that…''

Mizuki jumped down from a tree and laughed at Iruka's speech ''Ah come on!'' Mizuki said mockingly ''He's an orphan because the Kyubi killed his parents, and now that beast lives inside your body, I'm sure he hates you more than anybody on the village'' Mizuki started to laugh again

Naruto looked between Mizuki and Iruka, everything was now starting to become too much to him, Naruto then got up, grabbed the forbidden scroll and ran off. Iruka's eyes widened and he shouted ''NARUTO!'' Mizuki laughed at Iruka's pathetic attempt to call the blonde demon container

''It seems he's going to keep the scroll to himself'' Mizuki grinned ''Did you see that? Those were the eyes of the beast!'' Iruka growled under his breath as he stood up and pulled the giant shuriken from his back. Iruka looked back at Mizuki with a look that was filled with anger. This wasn't like when he was angry with a student. This anger burned a desire to capture Mizuki (if he was luckly enough to ONLY be captured and not killed)

''Naruto isn't like that!'' Iruka yelled as he threw the giant shuriken back at Mizuki who only sidestepped lazily

''You're a joke'' said Mizuki ''I was going to end you first but I need the scroll. Now if you excuse me, if have a fox to catch'' Mizuki jumped away while Iruka was barely managing to stand

''I've got to get to Naruto first'' the scarred teacher said

Naruto kept jumping from tree to tree with the forbidden scroll on his back, the blonde then increased his speed as he heard someone catching up. Naruto looked to his side to see Iruka who had somehow managed to catch up

''Naruto, everything Mizuki said was a lie, give me the scro-'' Iruka was surprised when Naruto suddenly tackled him, causing both to fall to the ground.

Iruka rolled away from Naruto, who had landed and was now sitting against a tree, breathing heavily

''I can't believe it'' said Iruka in sudden rage ''How did you know?'' Iruka turned around to look at Naruto and his form disappeared in a puff of smoke and was replaced by Mizuki ''How did you know it was me and not Iruka?'' Naruto smirked and his form also disappeared in a puff of smoke, revealing Iruka who was carrying a log

''Because I'm Iruka'' the scarred teacher said with a smirk

''Why do you protect that monster?'' asked Mizuki in disbelief ''He's the one that murdered your parents''

''Because he's my student, and I won't let you get to him or the scroll'' said Iruka

''Don't you get it? Naruto Is just like me'' said Mizuki

''What do you mean?'' Iruka looked at Mizuki with no emotion on his face

''Naruto is going to use the power of the scroll for his own gain and revenge, that's how beasts are'' said Mizuki, Iruka closed his eyes and nodded

''You're right''

Those word sent a shock to Naruto, who was hiding behind a nearby tree, the blonde had heard every single word clearly. Naruto looked down as he absorbed what Iruka had just said

'So that's it… Iruka-sensei never believed in me… He thinks I'm a beast…' before Naruto could continue on this train of thought, he heard Iruka speak again

''That's how beasts are… But that's not how Naruto is. Naruto is my student, he's the one who is always willing to learn. Sure there are times where he makes mistakes and he's a little stubborn sometimes, but those 'flaws' only make him stronger. His name is Naruto Uzumaki shinobi of Konohagakure no Sato!''

By now the blonde was crying tears of joy, he was happy that Iruka looked at him like a fellow shinobi, like a student and more importantly like a person.

''How sweet…'' mocked Mizuki with a smirk ''I think you wouldn't think the same when I send you to the afterlife'' Mizuki said as he charged at Iruka with a giant shuriken in hand. Iruka only looked down and smiled.

'I guess… this is where it all ends for me…' Iruka failed to see and orange streak emerge from the trees, he also failed to see a flash of blue that came before the sound of metal cutting flesh 'What?' Iruka opened his eyes and saw something unbelievable, he saw Mizuk a few feet away with deep cut on his shoulder, but what surprised Iruka most, was WHO had caused that damage in the first place

''Naruto…''

Naruto was standing in front of Iruka with one hand securing the scroll on the ground and the other wielding his blue katana named 'Swallow'. Iruka saw that the katana had a little blood on the tip. Iruka saw how the light of the moon reflected on the 'Swallow' making it reflect a dim blue light, it almost seemed like it was glowing

''If you dare put a hand on my sensei, you will get much more than a cut on your shoulder'' the look on Naruto's eyes said he was willing to go along with the threat and that it wasn't just all bark.

''Funny that you say that'' said Mizuki as he laughed and stood up ''I could defeat you with one hand'' Naruto left the forbidden scroll with Iruka and with his katana still in hand he got into a kenjutsu stance

''Don't underestimate me!'' said Naruto as he prepared to charged at Mizuki

''SHOW ME WHAT YOU'VE GOT KYUBI NO KITSUNE'' and then, Naruto charged at Mizuki at an almost blinding speed, Mizuki wasn't expected the sudden burst of speed and barely managed to dodge an upwards slash from the blond

Mizuki was about to hit Naruto but the blond just moved a few feet away in another burst of speed.

'When did he get so fast?!' Mizuki couldn't believe that he could barely keep up with the blond. He was a chunin for crying out loud and the blond was only an academy student, and a DEAD LAST at that.

Iruka was also impressed with Naruto's speed. He knew that Naruto was fast but this was completely new to him 'Naruto... when did you get this strong'

''Here I go'' Naruto with his katana still in hand made a 'Clone Seal' and shouted ''Shadow Clone Jutsu'' Immediately a copy of him puffed into existence to his side shocking both Iruka and Mizuki

''How did you do that?'' asked Mizuki in complete disbelief

''You told me to learn a jutsu from the scroll after all'' said Naruto as he and his clone took a stance with their katanas at their sides ''Here goes!'' both Naruto's charged at Mizuki, the clones left a red hue as they moved, Mizuki's eyes widened as he couldn't react fast enough to dodge the attack and screamed in pain as he received an 'X' shaped cut on his chest, both Naruto and his clone were standing victoriously behind Mizuki who just fell unconscious from the pain.

Iruka's jaw was on the floor

''I think I overdid it a little bit'' said Naruto as he saw Mizuki on the ground

''Nah, he deserved it'' said the Naruto clone as he dispelled. The original Naruto then sheathed his katana and looked at Iruka who was staring at him with an expression of awe

''What? Do I have something on my face?''

Whew. That chapter was a bit longer than the rest. 3245 words in total, and now we finally reach the part where Naruto becomes a ninja. Also sorry for delaying the update but I was having some problems when writting. My program Microsoft Word was having some errors and it constantly froze when I was writting the part where Mizuki told Naruto that he had Kyubi inside of him (I had to rewrite that part THREE TIMES!)

But now I changed to a different program so I hope that I won't be having any issues like that again. Also I threw in a pretty obvious reference in the chapter to two certain swordsmen from Chrono Trigger, I'm sure that if you've played the game, you know what I'm talking about *hint* *hint* It comes before the 'Y'

Here are the questions from the reviews. Ok let's see

Element-Over-Lord: Nice Chapter! So When Naruto Finds A Gate? Also For Pairing I Say Both Yakumo And Rin. Or At Least One Of Them. For Eras He Could Go To:
-Clan Wars (Before Konoha's Foundation)
-2nd Shinobi War
-3rd Shinobi War
-Alternate Future (One Where Jubi/Lavos Destroyed The World)
What You Think?

Response: The gates will appear later on. I think I have an Idea of how I'm going to introduce them, but you will have to wait a little for them. As for the eras you mentioned, well... it seems like great minds think alike since I you mentioned almost every single era I was considering (Except the 2nd Shinobi war and the Alternate Future, but they are both great suggestions). As for the Yakumo and Rin thing... well let's just say I'm a little conflicted. Rin, at least to me, seems like how Sakura would be if she didn't have that MASSIVE temper of hers (If I'm correct then I can't believe how close Sakura was to being more likeable to me in the start of the series) and Yakumo, I like her dark backstory and it gives her something in common with Naruto so I'm still not sure who to have of those two.

That was the only question so...

See ya.

Arashi Denkou