Moon of the Leaf

In this story The Leaf 11 and Sasuke (Leaf 12) are all of the same year so there will be 4 graduating teams instead of 3. They will be known as the Rookie 12. Slight AU.

Pairings: NaruHina, SasuSaku, NejiTen, ShikaTema, and ChouIno, as well as OC pairings.

A/N: on a side note, I am a very big follower of the American dub, so I will be using terms and jutsu names in their English dub versions unless it hasn't been translated in the dub or was never translated. If that's the case, I'll use the literal translation of the jutsu. If it's a made up jutsu it will be in English too.

There are things that will not be translated, instead their Japanese names will be used, but I can't tell you what they are because I don't want to spoil future chapters. I didn't mention this before, but I will not be using honorifics on people's names.

A/N: thanks to all those that reviewed. I really appreciate it. Somebody thought I was making a god Naruto. It's only going to be that way for the first five chapters, maybe. I don't remember it really. But it will change with time and I will put more emphasis on other characters as well as OCs. My future chapters won't be as short as these first two, unless I change my mind and cut each chapter in half. I don't know. It doesn't matter, on to the story.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any other subject matter that is already owned by someone else

CHAPTER 2

Naruto had walked into the other room to take his exam and after five minutes everyone heard a scream. Not a scream of anger or despair but one of happiness. It was soon followed by a loud "I passed! YES!" Everyone sweat dropped at that. Naruto walked out of the other room with a brand new Leaf headband on his forehead and a grin on his face. As he walked back to his seat, he walked by Neji, who scoffed and got Naruto's attention.

"There a problem?" Naruto asked trying to keep his temper in check.

"Don't get full of yourself, you're still a loser," Neji said with an arrogant smile on his face.

Every one in the room got quiet, they expected a fight. Some of the girls, even Hinata, were glaring at Neji while everyone else was tense waiting for what would come next. It never did.

Naruto wanted to punch that smile off his face, but decided not to. He didn't want to get in trouble after just becoming a genin.

He simply walked back to his friends and sat down.

Everyone else calmed down after that.

His friends looked at him with worried expressions, except Shikamaru who was smirking.

"I'm okay guys, really," Naruto said with a grin on his face. They just nodded and congratulated Naruto on passing.

After two or more kids who took their exams, it was over and Iruka and Mizuki walked out of the other room. For the record, even Kiba passed.

"Alright guys settle down," Iruka said to the class before him. Everyone listened.



"Congratulations to everyone on passing the exams….." Iruka had said but Naruto decided not to listen to Iruka's "You're a Ninja now" speech. He was thinking about his training with his other teacher.

As soon as they were allowed to leave class, Naruto said goodbye to his friends and sped off towards the forest.

He ran into Konohamaru, the Third's grandson, on the way.

Earlier that year, Naruto helped the little boy realize that there are no shortcuts in life and if he ever wanted to be noticed for who he is instead of for being the Hokage's grandson, he had to work hard. Really hard. Naruto even used a jutsu that he had created to "tame" his other sensei, in order to 'beat' Konohamaru's teacher, Ebisu. He promptly taught it to the boy so that he could 'control' his own teacher. Said jutsu was the Sexy Jutsu, wherein the user turns into a very beautiful and very naked woman. It works mostly on perverts and Naruto's friends don't even know that Naruto has such a technique at his disposal.

"Hey Naruto!" Konohamaru said trying to get the blondes attention.

"Hey Konohamaru! I can't play with you today, I gotta go somewhere fast," and with that he was out of sight.

Later that afternoon

A loud thud came from within the forest. Deep within the trees, a young blonde boy, Naruto, was training with his sensei.

"Ouch," Naruto said as he rose back up from the floor after he collided with a tree, "I thought I had it that time," he said.

"Your eyes are adjusting to the speed of the Body Flicker (Shunshin) even more every time you use it, you'll get it eventually," a white haired man said as he was getting up from the rock he was sitting on. He wore sage clothing and had a huge scroll strapped to his back. His hair style appeared similar to Naruto's but it was longer and was in a ponytail. He appeared to be in his fifty's and had red lines going down his cheeks from his eyes. On his fore head he had a metal plate that had a kanji that said 'oil.' His name was Jiraiya and he is one of the Sannin. (A/N: Well no shit!)

"I think that's enough for today," Jiraiya said as he smiled at Naruto.

The two of them started to walk back to the village.

"Tomorrow I'm goin' to get it on my first try," Naruto said as he looked up to Jiraiya, a grin on his face. His sensei, on the other hand, had a serious look on his face.

"What is it?" Naruto asked stopping in his tracks.

Jiraiya stopped and looked down at Naruto.

"This is my last day training you, for now," he said. Naruto had a blank expression on his face.

"You just graduated from the academy and today," Jiraiya started, "you will be getting a new sensei tomorrow and I can't train you like before."

Jiraiya had met Naruto after the Naruto's first year in the academy and offered to train Naruto. It was because of the old man that Naruto had improved and changed at the academy.

There was an uncomfortable silence between them that lasted until Naruto spoke again.

"Pervy Sage, why did you start training me anyway?" Naruto asked. It was a question that Naruto always wanted to ask the man. Jiraiya ignored the very annoying nickname his pupil gave him and answered.



"Because you're very special," Jiraiya said as they started walking again, "and I trained you because I thought I could help you out," he finished while looking at the blonde. Jiraiya had another reason for training Naruto, but he wasn't going to tell him, at least not yet.

Naruto thought about what he said and that got him thinking about the rest of the villagers. Almost everyone disliked. Only his peers, Jiraiya, the Third Hokage, Iruka, the workers at Ichiraku's ramen shop, and maybe Mizuki didn't treat him badly. He was one of the three best students in his class, but most of the adults still looked at him with hate as he passed by. He hardly felt special.

"What's so special about me," he asked Jiraiya.

Jiraiya looked at him, and for a second, he thought about telling Naruto the truth. He decided not to.

"You'll find out when you're ready," he said, leaving the conversation at that and annoying Naruto.

With that, they walked back to the village in silence after a hard day's work.

When Naruto got home he laid in his bed thinking about the day. All of a sudden a thought came to his mind.

"If I could master the body flicker in the dark, it would be easier to master when I use it in the daytime."

With that idea, he hopped out of bed and out of the house and he ran back to the area where he was training earlier.

He was almost there when he heard a sound coming from nearby. He ran and hid behind a tree and listened. He began to hear a familiar voice.

"Why did you do this?" the voice said, "to commit a crime and blame a genin is below a ninja of your status."

"Iruka-sensei," Naruto thought as he peeked from behind the tree.

Iruka was standing there facing another figure. Naruto looked over to the other figure and saw….himself. The other Naruto was holding a rather large scroll.

The other Naruto laughed and became engulfed in a cloud of smoke as a loud 'pop' was heard. When it cleared, Naruto's other sensei, Mizuki, was standing there.

"How did you know it was me?" he asked in a casual tone.

"Because Naruto wouldn't steal the forbidden scroll," Iruka answered, "Now you answer my question," Iruka said reminding Mizuki of his previous question. Mizuki's facial expression became serious.

"I hate the boy and I love power," he started, "Why not kill two birds with one stone?" he finished as he started laughing again.

"I don't follow," Iruka said with a confused look on his face.

Mizuki's smile widened.

"It's genius!" he started, his shoulders slightly more relaxed, "The boy has that demon inside him, you know that!"

Iruka looked as if he wanted to disagree, but he stayed quiet.

"I really couldn't have done it without you," Mizuki continued with a crazy look on his face, "By letting the boy become genin today, you made it easier for me to trick the guards into thinking that he was hungry for more power, and stole the scroll."

Mizuki was now laughing like a maniac.

Naruto who was listening from behind the tree was shocked.

"Demon?" he thought, "What demon?"



So I get away with the scroll," Mizuki continued, "and the village will finally be rid of the Nine-Tailed Fox!"

Naruto looked down at himself in shock.

"I'm the Fox Demon!" he thought to himself, remembering the stories he had heard about the beast and remembering how the villagers looked at him. It finally made sense to him.

"You're wrong!" Iruka exclaimed, snapping Naruto back to reality, "Naruto might have the demon sealed in his body but that doesn't make him the demon!"

"He cares for his friends and would give his life to protect them!"

Mizuki frowned at this.

"He wants to become Hokage one day," Iruka continued, "and I for one think he will be a great leader!"

Naruto had to hold back tears at hearing those words.

"That's why Iruka-sensei was always there for me," he thought, "He actually believes I can do it."

Mizuki looked at Iruka with dislike.

"I'm rather surprised by you Iruka considering the demon killed your parents," he said.

"I don't care," Iruka answered, "Naruto wasn't responsible for that!"

"Whatever, the boy won't even meet his team tomorrow," he said calmly, "After I kill you no one else will believe him!"

Mizuki grabbed a huge shuriken that was strapped to his back. He was about to throw it at Iruka when Naruto came out of his hiding spot and kicked Mizuki off his feet causing Mizuki to drop the scroll, which Naruto picked up.

"Naruto! What are you doing here?!" Iruka yelled.

"Let's kick this guy's ass sensei!" Naruto yelled back angrily.

"I can take him! Run!" Iruka yelled again.

Mizuki stood back up and smiled.

"I'll just kill the both of them, then," Mizuki thought as he picked up the shuriken and threw it at Naruto who wasn't looking.

"Jackpot!" he exclaimed as the shuriken made it's way towards Naruto.

Naruto heard and turned around, but the shuriken was coming at him too fast for him to do anything so he closed his eyes and brought his hands up in defense.

But after a few seconds he noticed that nothing hit him. Naruto opened his eyes to see Iruka standing in front of him with the shuriken sticking out of his back. He was shocked.

"Run…Naruto," Iruka said in a weak voice.

For a second, Naruto thought about running away but he remembered what Iruka had said about him.

"I'll give my life to protect my friends," he thought as he walked around Iruka and faced Mizuki, "and Iruka-sensei is definitely my friend."

He faced Mizuki with a dark look on his face.

"You hurt Iruka-sensei," he said in a low voice, "Now you'll pay!"

Mizuki laughed at him and laughed.

"Come on squirt," he said, grabbing the other shuriken that was on his back.

Naruto disappeared in a flash.

Mizuki tensed up, not knowing what would happen next. Naruto suddenly reappeared in front of him and kicked Mizuki into the air.



On the way down, his foot got stuck in between to tree branches so he was dangling upside down from the trees.

Naruto saw him and got an idea. He threw his hands into the cross-shaped hand sign and with a yell of, "Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu!" a thousand solid Naruto clones appeared around the area.

"Whoa," Iruka said amazed by how many clones appeared.

The original Naruto picked up a stick and yelled, "Look boys it's a piñata!" all of the clones smirked.

Mizuki struggled to get free as the Naruto clones closed in on him.

"Let's see if we can get any candy out of him," one of the clones said.

The clones attacked and had the party of their lives.

Later on, when Mizuki looked half-dead, Naruto walked over to Iruka who was now sitting by a tree. With a satisfied look on his face, Naruto handed the scroll to Iruka, who was smiling.

"Are you okay?" Naruto asked sitting beside Iruka.

"It's nothing, just a scratch," Iruka answered.

"A bigass scratch you mean," Naruto thought, looking at Iruka with a skeptical look.

Naruto got up and helped Iruka get up and they both started walking back to the village while five Naruto clones were dragging Mizuki's tied up body. You could hardly recognize his face.

They walked in silence until Iruka spoke.

"Thank you Naruto," he said with a smile, "You're a very talented shinobi."

Naruto grinned at his sensei.

"It was nothing," he said in a modest tone, "all I did was beat a chunin to an inch of his life."

Iruka looked at Naruto's confident face.

"Show off," he said while laughing at his now former student.

"Hey!" Naruto shouted in a playful tone, "I deserve praise for what I did."

"I suppose you do," Iruka said, "Three cheers for the future Hokage," he yelled in the loudest voice he could muster at the moment.

Naruto laughed and they walked away.

WOW!

I got chapter 2 up quick!

Body flicker is the literal translation of Shunshin.

I hope you all liked this chapter.

Thanks for reading please review.

Next time: Genin teams