Ok guys, this story is incredible. The support and tips I've been given has been immense. I thank you all for it. So, here's a few things about my writing. 1: I do most of it on my IPod, when I'm at school, out and about, or just board. 2: this is going to be the first story where I don't put myself into it, cause I want to see how it goes. I'm usually the voice of reason, and I think it will be interesting to see if I just let the characters get on with it, without me as the bloodshedsman .3: I don't need any more reviews on such trivial things like Hinata's favourite ramen, Naruto's birthday, and how strict and motives behind Hiashi. It IS a fanfic after all. The comments were great at first, but now, my inbox has, like, 25 messages reminding me Naruto's birthday is the 10th, not the 11th. I thank you for the reviews, but I got that, so , if we could find some more things that need to be improved, that would be great. You support is appreciated, and I hope for continued support. I hope I'm not coming across as rude, and if I am, I apologise. Now, lets have some fun ^_^ things will be less canon from this point (even more then they were before) so brace yourself for that. ENJOYYYY!
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"Shadow clone Jutsu!"
A poof of smoke covered Naruto, as he performed the Jutsu. 4 clones appeared out of the smoke, representing four perfect clones of Naruto.
"Excellent." Hiashi said calmly. "Now use your transformation jutsu to do four clones of me."
Hiashi had been teaching Naruto the shadow clone Jutsu for 2 weeks. Tomorrow was the academy graduation day. Usually, to pass, you would have to create four clones of yourself. Only Naruto, however, was the only one that was being taught the solid form of shadow clones. Hinata didn't have enough chakra to perform it, so she instead simply watched.
Naruto performed his handsigns necessary to perform the shadow clone Jutsu, which worked perfectly, and then for the transformation, focused on a mental image of Hiashi, then applied it to his clones. He got every detail correct, even the Byakugan symbol on his right arm . Hiashi was impressed.
In Naruto's six months under Hiashi's training, Naruto's skills had become greater than it had been before. Naruto's instincts, stances and performances were above Hyuga standards, and he wasn't even a Genin yet! Hiashi's training had often involved life-or-Death situations, which Naruto had perfected without much difficulty. It was designed to teach that a ninja would have to kill or be killed, and Naruto had picked up that lesson very quickly.
"Well done." Hiashi said " dismiss the clones."
Naruto did as instructed, and although he looked fit to drop, he grinned and said " what's next?"
Hiashi had never seen a person like him. He had just trained for 10 hours , with only a 10 minute break for lunch, and he was still on his feet. It never ceased to amaze Hiashi, though he never showed it.
"Nothing. Your finished for the day." Hiashi said
"That's it?" Naruto sounded disappointed.
"Ive taught you more than I agreed to train you. And your graduation is tomorrow. Without proper rest, you won't regain the Chakra necessary to perform your techniques tomorrow." Hiashi explained " I do think you both will pass. With what I have seen from both of you, I do believe you will become great Ninja.
Ve had my doubts about you both, especially you, Hinata, but the things I've seen from you over the past few months, I think you will become incredible ninja, that the village can be proud of."
Hinata wasn't certain she had heard her father correctly, but Naruto defiantly had " ill show everyone what I learned from you!"
Hiashi smiled, for the first time in the whole six months " a word before you go, Naruto."
Naruto nodded, and walked over to Hiashi.
"Naruto, seeing you these past few months has made me realise, that though at one time I thought of you as the demon of this village, you are truly a great citizen of the village. With your skills and abilities, there isn't a doubt in my mind that You truly are the Fourths son. I wish you good luck in the future." Hiashi said
Naruto grinned " thank you , sir."
"Also." Hiashi added " My daughter was seen as the shame of our clan before she met you. Now, I think I may have been to hasty in my decision to stop my training with her. She sees you as an inspiration, and that has improved her skills dramatically. but that doesn't mean she's immune to death. Look after her."
"You got it." Naruto said " I won't let anything bad happen to her."
"Good luck tomorrow." Hiashi said again, with a smile.
"Thanks!" Naruto said, making his way towards the exit of the Hyuga compound.
"B-Bye N-Naruto." Hinata said
"See ya tomorrow, Hinata!" Naruto grinned
Tomorrow. Naruto had failed it twice before. He was gunna impress them to no end tomorrow.
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The academy was hustling and bustling with excitement of what was to come. Who would be on who's team, would they pass? For many, it was their first try. It was Naruto's Third.
"We'll pass for sure!" Naruto said, sounding quite , he was still quite nervous.
"Y-Yes!"Hinata agreed.
They had no Idea if they would pass. Once one of them had gone, the other would have no idea if they had passed or not.
"Hinata Hyuga."
Hinata's name had been called up. She was nervous. She had no idea if she would pass. Would her nerves get the best of her? She was beginning to panic. She was-
"Don't worry Hinata." Naruto said " you just do your best, and you'll pass no problem."
Hinata regained her composure. He was right. If she didn't pass, all she would loose is time. She could try again another time. Her father and Naruto believed in her. That would see her through.
"T-Thank you N-Naruto." Hinata said. She walked down the steps, and went into the testing room.
Naruto was left alone. He had done this twice now, and he was still nervous. He didn't want to fail, but he had been trained by Hiashi. He couldn't fail.
But would he? He was the fourth Hokages son.
That didn't mean he was immune to failing.
But his skills were sharp as ever now.
But what if he screwed up?
Naruto asked himself these questions again and again, until " Naruto Uzumaki."
Naruto walked down the steps and went into the room. Inside were Iruka Sensei, and Mizuke Sensei.
Naruto calmed himself. If he panicked, he would fail, no question.
"Hello again Naruto. Third time lucky?" Iruka smiled encouragingly
"You know it!" Naruto grinned
"Okay, this year, you have a few Jutsu to show us. Best of luck" Mizuke said. 'Ha! With these Jutsu's, he'll never pass. Stage 1 of my plan, complete.' Mizuke thought to himself.
"First up, the substitution Jutsu. Switch places with that log over there." Iruka instructed
Naruto looked to where Iruka was looking and saw the log. It looked pretty badly beat up. Probably used a lot today. Without moving, a puff of smoke surrounded Naruto and the log, and when the smoke cleared, Naruto had switched places with the log.
'Amazing!' Iruka thought ' no handsigns! A skill like that would be valuable in the field!"
Mizuke shrugged. He had expected that much. Naruto had passed the substitution Jutsu on his last two tries. Nothing Naruto did needed changing, so Mizuke had left that one on there, as to not arouse suspicion.
"Next, the transformation Jutsu. Create an exact duplicate of one of us. " Mizuke instructed.
Naruto looked between them. Iruka had a scar, which would make him a harder target to mimic, whereas Mizuke's headband was scratched and battered, making that part incredibly hard. But then again Iruka's headband was pretty beat up as well.
Naruto decided on Iruka Sensei, as since he knew him, he would be easier to mimic, and, performing the necessary handsign, Naruto had produced a perfect copy of Iruka, complete with every , including Iruka's Shuriken pouch on the left hand sign, every scratch in his headband, and even the scar across his eye.
Mizuke's right eye seemed to twitch at this. Naruto had never been a great transformationist. In fact, he was a terrible one. He had failed on multiple occasions with the Jutsu. While he had the basics down, he had never actually shown any talent in the art of transformation Jutsu. Still, no matter. The foxes chakra prevented him for creating shadow clones. Here he would fail.
"And finally, the Shadow clone Jutsu. Good luck. Pass this, and you've become a ninja." Iruka said
Naruto breathed. He performed his handsign, and...
POOF!POOF! POOF
Three shadow clones, all perfect matches to Naruto, from the whiskers on his cheeks, to the small cut in his clothes around the collar.
Both Iruka and Mizuke's jaws dropped. FOUR PERFECT CLONES! FOUR! Naruto couldn't even make one before. But it was more than that...
"All of these are solid... Each one of them has density..." Iruka gasped. "That's beyond any Genin level...that's Jonin level ..."
Naruto dismissed the clones, with a hopeful look on his face " so, how'd I do?"
"Naruto, that was...incredible. In six months, you have grown your levels to an exceptional level." Iruka held up a headband."you've earned this."
Naruto almost jumped for joy, and cheered. Three year! Three years had FINALLY paid off! Naruto ran to collet his headband, when he noticed something. He was right up next to the table when he noticed. The headband he was going to be given was slightly rustier and had a few light scratches, whereas the ones on the table were clearly brand new.
"What gives? Why am I getting a damaged one?" He asked
Iruka smiled " observant. This was used a long time ago. By your father. We figured you'd want it."
Naruto's eyes widened slightly"My dads..." Naruto took the headband, and looked at it. He smiled. A quick polish, and it would be good as new. He couldn't be happier. A Genin, proudly wearing his fathers headband, reliving the life his father chose.
Mizuke, however, was much less happy 'Son of a bitch! He couldn't even make ONE clone before... Damnit... No choice...'
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Hinata looked At her headband. She couldn't explain it, but she found herself remembering the incident with the Yuki clan. There she had been 5 metres away, unable to move, at the mercy of an enemy. Why had she not moved? Well, the Kunai had moved at such a speed, she couldn't have gotten far. She could only attempt to defend her vital organs... Only Naruto had taken the strike for her.
She decided at that moment. She would never just stand by and let Naruto take the hit for her again. She would fight for not just herself, but for him as well.
She took her headband, and wrapped it Around her neck.
Just as she had finished doing that, Naruto came out , literally jumping for Joy, cheering and waving his headband around in the air. He had passed.
"I passed! WOO!" Naruto cheered, unable to contain his excitement.
"C-Congratulations N-Naruto!" Hinata cheered. Then we noticed the headband was a bit damaged.
"This headband..." Naruto said, showing Hinata" was my dads."
Hinata noticed that the headband was a but damaged, so it was believable.
"Well, I'm gunna polish when I get home, make it look good as new." Naruto said " gotta take good care of this."
Unaware to them, a ninja had been listening in on them, plotting his next move.
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Naruto had joined Hinata during the celebration for all the new ninja. There were lots of Hyuga clan members there, by far the highest amount of clansmen at the celebration. Naruto had been asked to join the Hyuga clan for their own personal celebrations at their compound. Naruto had instantly accepted, and tagged along with them. It had been quite a formal celebration, basicaly everyone in the room went around and congratulated Hinata and wished her luck in the future.
Aside from Naruto and Hinata, there was one other kid there. He sat well away from any other Hyuga. He already had a headband, so he had obviously graduated before Naruto had.
"Thank you, clansmen Tyuki. Neji, do you have anything to say to your cousin? " Some one said. It sounded more like an order than a request.
He held up his right hand as to block his visible eye" I'll pass."
The Hyuga was clearly about to say something back to Neji, but Hiashi shook his head. "Let him be. He has his reasons."
Naruto wondered why this Neji kid didn't seem too bothered about the Hyuga celebrations. Maybe something happened to him in the past?
Naruto had been polishing his headband non-Stop, until it gleamed under the light. It looked brand new. Naruto grinned at it. His fathers headband... He was so proud to wear it.
He took the headband and put it around his forehead. He couldn't help grinning while he was doing it.
Finally, he was a Ninja.