Hey-o! Second chapter, hope you like it :)

Chapter Two: Told

XXX Time Skip XXX

Naruto sat in his usual spot in his classroom. It was in the back to the far right next to the window. He usually sat alone but occasionally a few of his friends would sit with him.

Naruto didn't wear his jumpsuit anymore but a black long-sleeve shirt and grey loose-fitting combat pants. He woke up one day to go to school and he had found all of his jumpsuits missing and were replaced with what he was wearing now. He didn't know when he did it, and he didn't care. He was just glad to have been able to get out of the orange jumpsuit.

Then again, he couldn't remember getting the many scrolls over time. He had gone through at least twelve over the time and had expanded his knowledge. He learned how to use a special kind of clone since he couldn't do the illusion. It helped him greatly since he had so much chakra to create hundreds, even thousands of solid clones.

"Okay, class, we are going to now have the graduation exam so please quiet down." Iruka said as he walked into the room with Mizuki next to him. Once everyone was quiet and he was sitting in his chair with Mizuki to his left he continued. "First, we are to do the Replacement Jutsu with a chair right here."

A lone chair was set in front of Iruka and Mizuki. Everyone lined up and switched with the chair. Naruto was last and ignored the look Mizuki was giving him. He replaced himself with the chair but when he was standing, he almost lost his balance. He regained his balance and paid attention to Iruka.

The man smiled and put a check mark on the clipboard. It had everyone's name and six smaller squares next to it. Each meant pass or fail for each of the three parts to the graduation exam. The first part was the Replacement and Clones, the second was a multiple-choice test, and the third was taijutsu.

"Good job." Iruka spoke with a smile and motioned for everyone to get into another line. "Now I want you to make three clones with the Bunshin."

Again, everybody tried to make three illusionary clones. Naruto once again moved up and smirked. He held up a single hand sign before six clouds of smoke exploded around him. When the smoke cleared, six exact clones stood in place and grinned. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"

"Kage Bunshin?" Someone repeated in confusion. "What's a 'Kage Bunshin'?"

"It's more advanced and more chakra-consuming." Iruka answered despite his shock. "They need an insane amount of chakra which is why only Jonin and Kage level ninja use it. But what I want to know is how you know it, Naruto."

Naruto rubbed the back and looked away. "Well, I saw a Jonin using it and just copied the hand sign." He lied, "I figured out how much chakra and what control to use on my own. At first, I created at least a couple dozens of these clones. I learned how to narrow it down after a little over a month."

Iruka nodded and could only smile. 'He is on his way to be a strong ninja if he could do this at his age. He might be as strong as the Yondaime one day.'

Mizuki grimaced, though, and glared at the blonde. This was messing with his plan too much! He wanted to get the Forbidden Scroll and sell it, but also blame it on the Kyuubi brat by tricking him into thinking that it was a makeup challenge to graduate.

Iruka cleared his throat into his hand to gain the classes attention. "Anyway, next is the second test. You will be doing a written test about choices you'll most likely make as a ninja, and strategic tactics. Sit down in your seat and wait to get your test; once you have it you may start."

Naruto looked at the first question that he was handed. 'You're to capture a building that would gain a strategic advantage, but a teammate has been captured after an ambush on the way there. What do you do? A, you leave your teammate to their fate and you complete the mission. B, you save your teammate and fail the mission. Or C, you split up but you will most likely fail at both.'

Naruto circled the second and went on.

XXX Time Skip - One hour XXX

Naruto rubbed his eyes. The test was hard! He had never expected to have fought a mutated rat in his life let alone Sewer Country. He thought this test was a joke by then, but he got it done.

"Okay, everyone, drop your pencils and follow me. We are going to do the last test as your papers are graded." Iruka said before leaving.

Naruto followed the group outside to the training fields that the school used to teach basic taijutsu. He never paid attention, if anything he would just brawl with someone. It would be unpredictable and hard to follow. But it didn't hurt to know something.

Naruto stopped when everyone reached the sparring fields. Iruka sat in a chair behind a wooden table and looked at the clipboard. "Alrighty then, let's get the test started."

Fights went by with few shocking wins and other ones that were expected. They were measured by everyone's overall scores through the years, but it was same-sex fights. Girls fought girls, boys fought boys.

Naruto looked into the distant as a spar went on. He stared at the newly blooming blossom growing on a tree but was snapped to attention when he heard his name called.

"Naruto Uzumaki and…Sasuke Uchiha." Iruka spoke Naruto's name with a smile but it diminished once he saw Sasuke's.

Sasuke's fan-girls cheered for the boy when he stood up and walked over to the sparring field. Naruto walked to the other side silently and stared at Sasuke. He smirked. "I won't hold back Sasuke!"

"Make it easier on yourself and quit right now." Sasuke said, though he knew Naruto wouldn't quit.

Naruto grinned and waited until Iruka started the fight. He then ran at Sasuke and sent a punch at his stomach but it was blocked. He went to send his other fist but was pulled to the ground before being hit in the back. He gritted his teeth before getting up.

Naruto looked at Sasuke before running at him. The two went into a frenzy of punching and kicking each other, but some of the students couldn't follow. They were trying to keep up but they could only see them when they stopped in a stalemate.

Suddenly, Sasuke was blown backwards out of the ring and into a nearby tree. He laid upside down with his legs hanging in front of him. Naruto stood on one side of the ring while holding onto his stomach. He was breathing hard and seemed very weak.

"What the hell was that?!" Someone yelled.

"It was like Sasuke-kun was hit by a train!" Ino yelled as she and the other fan-girls ran to the boy.

Naruto wiped the sweat that formed at his forehead. He was more confused than anyone there. One second he was sparring with his friend and next Sasuke was blown back. He missed something but couldn't tell.

'Naruto wins that spar.' Iruka though with a slight smile and marked the point sheet.

XXX Time skip - twenty minutes XXX

Naruto sat in his seat as Iruka and Mizuki walked into the room. They sat down in their chairs and Iruka held the clipboard. "When we call your name, please come up and grab a headband."

Naruto listened as people were called on and moved to a different room. 'Please, please, please, please…'

"Uzumaki Naruto." Iruka said with a smile. Mizuki scowled but smirked in the end.

Naruto grinned and took a headband with a black cloth. He tied it on his head as he headed out. He exited the building and passed the large group of villagers. He didn't care about the glares, he was finally going to become a ninja!

Naruto walked down the deserted street and walked a few feet before blacking out. In a few minutes, he woke up to the sound of dripping water. He clenched his eyes shut when he felt the water fall on his face. He opened his eyes to look at the ceiling and wondered where he was.

"Are you awake?" He heard a voice asked.

Naruto sat up and looked in shock and fear. Shock was to the kid that looked exactly like him! All that was different was that he had black hair. He was at least half a foot taller and a bit more built. Fear was to the fox sitting next to him. It was the Kyuubi, its nine tails swinging around behind it.

"Who are you?" Naruto asked, glancing at his clone.

"I'm Menma." He answered and held up a hand to the fox. "And this furball is Kyuubi."

"Why do you look like me?" Naruto asked in confusion.

Menma resisted the urge to slap himself in the face. "That's a long story. First of all, I look like you because I am you, figuratively speaking anyway. I am made of your negative emotions as to protect your mental condition so you don't turn out like a psycho or the Uchiha ass outside. I fill that role."

"He is not an ass! He just can't forget about Itachi-neesan slaughtering his clan!" Naruto yelled.

"Alright, sorry, but he is an ass. But tell me this, who do you think would order Itachi to kill his clan?" Menma asked Naruto in all seriousness.

"W-what?" Naruto asked and blinked his eyes a few times.

"Who do you think would order Itachi to kill his own clan?" Menma repeated. "Think about it, Itachi loved his brother and family but he'd suddenly go and kill all of them? Highly unlikely."

"You're lying!" Naruto shouted in anger.

"He's right." Kyuubi spoke out of the blue. "I have been here for too long and learned the workings of the human emotion. No one would just kill their clan like that, especially if he wasn't insane."

Naruto looked down to the ground in confusion. "But…who would order such a thing."

"I don't know." Menma spoke half-truthfully. He had an idea but wasn't sure since he knew only what he heard from in Naruto's mind or the short six hours that he was awake on the outside.

"Why did you really want to talk to me?" Naruto asked impatiently.

"You now know that you have the Kyuubi, but what you don't know is that people will be coming for you in either vengeance or for the biju. What I want is for you to train with every scroll and technique I give you and get a group of allies together. More is to this than you think."

"What do you mean?" Naruto looked at his darker self.

"I mean that people are coming for you for more than just Kyuubi. There's something that they want that's connected to Kyuubi, or as it tells me."

They was silent until Naruto asked, "Was it you that has killed all of those people?"

Menma was unshaken and nodded. "Yes. And know this, I will kill all of the civilians in this village and the world to make sure you live. It's not that it would protect me, but that it is what I am imagined for; to protect you. I will do everything in my power but I will also leave alone those you don't want dead, such as potential allies. Anyone else I'll kill."

Naruto nodded but Menma spoke again. "There's one more thing. You have awakened one Kekkei Genkai, and partially awoken the other." Naruto looked in confusion. "You have the Sharingan, three whole tomoes so far, since they activated the time I awoke. The reason you have it is because of yours and Kyuubi's descent from the Rikudou Sennin."

"Who?"

"The Sage of Six Paths, thought as myth and held as legend. He was the start of chakra, and the original holder of the nine Biju." Menma said. "Anyway, the other Kekkei Genkai is unknown as of now, but I have an idea what it is."

"What?"

"That's for another time, right now I want you to always allow me to take over our body whenever something is wrong and will happen."

Naruto thought about it before nodding. "Okay."

Menma smiled before fading from view. "Have fun talking to Kyuubi."

Menma opened his eyes to look at the dark sky. His black hair came to view again and he smirked. 'Alright, time to change.'

Menma ran off to the house in a blur and stopped inside. He ran to the closet where he grabbed his outfit from under the floorboard. It was a blue-grey robe with grey lining and a fur collar, and a tattered grey-blue cape. He also had a white kitsune mask to where he could mask his identity.

Menma put on the mask and ran out the door. He made his way to Mizuki's house and saw the man packing shuriken, fuuma shuriken, and kunai. It was like he was going to be going into battle. He had a cocky grin on and started to laugh to himself. "Oh, how I'm going to enjoy killing that little civilian girl. She is so stupid to think that stealing the Forbidden Scroll would be an extra chance to become a ninja. I guess I never needed that Kyuubi brat."

Menma growled before turning and raced through the trees. He snuck into the Hokage Mansion without pause and looked around. He ran around until he had finally found the Vault Room that held all of Konoha's strong and forbidden jutsu. He walked in and looked around for the scroll.

It took Menma twenty minutes until he realized that the Forbidden Scroll wasn't there. It was already taken by the girl. He fumed that he wasn't able to stop the girl from taking the scroll. Just before he could leave, an alarm sounded everywhere in the Mansion.

Menma looked out the door to the vault and crept back into the shadows. 'This is just great.'

There you go, the second chapter. R&R