I finished it pretty fast so I had time to think about my break and how I should move the story along but I'll put more of this at the end.

I like how this one came along so I hope you enjoy it

But anyways . . .

I don't own Naruto


REDEMPTION

Feeling defeated, Naruto was approached by Mizuki-sensei, a crafty and manipulative ninja. Mizuki-sensei told Naruto that there was a secret part to the Genin exams, and if Naruto wanted to pass, he needed to obtain a forbidden scroll known as the Scroll of Sealings. Believing Mizuki-sensei's words, Naruto decided to take the scroll to gain the knowledge he lacked.

Filled with anxiety and guilt, Naruto sneaked into the Hokages office, where the Scroll of Sealings was kept. He took the scroll, intending to learn from it but unsure about the consequences of his actions.

Before leaving, Haruto told Naruto to at least write a note so he did. Naruto left a note for Hiruzen explaining that he had taken the scroll and why he did it. He expressed his regrets and promised to return once he had learned the necessary jutsu.

Over the next hour, Naruto secluded himself in a hidden training spot, determined to master the forbidden techniques from the scroll.

As Naruto studied the Scroll of Sealings, he discovered the Shadow Clone Jutsu. He found hope in the technique, realizing that mastering it could help him pass the Genin exams. However, Naruto couldn't shake off the feeling that he was doing something wrong by learning forbidden jutsu.

While Naruto was practicing the Shadow Clone Jutsu, Hiruzen had discovered the note and realized what had happened. Fearing for Naruto's safety, he sent shinobi to find him and bring him back to his office.

Just as Naruto mastered the Shadow Clone Jutsu, Iruka-sensei suddenly appeared, "Found you! What do you think you're doing with that scroll?!" Iruka shouted at Naruto.

Naruto only gave a grin and a thumbs up; his clothes were dirty and he had a few scratches, but he was happy. Haruto was seen sleeping behind a tree curled up in a ball.

"Iruka-sensei! I did it! I get to pass the exam now right? I mastered the Shadow Clones Jutsu!" Naruto shouted as he looked up at Iruka with hope beaming in his eyes.

'He trained so hard his clothes were damaged? This boy. . .' Iruka thought as he looked at Naruto with surprise.

As Naruto was about to speak, a herd of shurikens started flying towards him and Iruka.

"Get down!"

Naruto obeyed the order and then there was a cutting sound.

When Naruto opened his eyes, he saw Iruka sensei guarding him; then his attention was drawn to a pool of blood forming on the ground.

"I-Iruka-sensei . . ."

Naruto was at a loss of words, Iruka-sensei was guarding him and got hurt because of it.

"Iruka . . . why are you guarding that demon?" A sly yet familiar voice called.

Naruto and Iruka recognized the voice and looked back, it was Mizuki.

"M-Mizuki! What are you doing?!" Iruka shouted as he looked at Mizuki who was standing on a tree.

Mizuki jumped down from the tree he was on and landed at the floor with a grin on his face. "Naruto, give me the scroll" Mizuki demanded.

"Don't! Don't give Mizuki the scroll, even if it kills you!" Iruka shouted as he pulled out some shurikens.

"Wait! What's going on here?!" Naruto shouted while looking at both his sensei's.

Haruto then woke up and ran to Naruto, "What's going on?" Haruto asked as he took in the situation.

"Naruto, listen up! That scroll is very dangerous; it contains powerful jutsu that have been deemed forbidden. If Mizuki gets hold of it . . ." Iruka's voice trailed off as his expression darkened.

"If that's the case then . . ." Haruto started.

"Mizuki-sensei used me!" Naruto shouted with anger.

"Well I guess there's no point in not telling you this now" Mizuki started.

"Mizuki! Don't!" Iruka shouted, hoping that Mizuki wasn't planning on telling Naruto about the secret.

"The truth about why everyone hates you!" Mizuki shouted, looking more and more crazy.

'The reason everyone hates me . . .' Naruto thought.

"It's because . . . You!" Mizuki continued "Are the-" he was then cut short because he had to dodge a kunai from impaling his head.

"We can't . . . Talk about that!" Iruka shouted as he stood up, "Naruto . . . I'll tell you the reason myself but not right now, right now we have to deal with Mizuki" Iruka said as he grabbed another kunai.

"Aw man, I was looking forward to the grand reveal" Haruto barked lowly.

"I think we have bigger problems right now" Naruto said as he looked at Mizuki who was spinning a large shuriken, which made a deep humming noise.

"Naruto, everyone hates you! Even your dear sensei, Iruka! You don't belong here! You never did!" Mizuki shouted.

"Mizuki!" Iruka shouted angrily.

"You killed them all! You even killed Iruka's parents! No doubt that he hates you!" Mizuki shouted.

Naruto was stunned, he was confused but he was being told that he killed people.

"Stop it!" Iruka shouted.

'He has never known a parents love, he's been all alone! He weeks acknowledgment by doing crazy pranks but it's in order to prove his existence. He's truly hurting!' Iruka thought as he remembered all the times Naruto did pranks.

"Damn it! Just shut up!" Naruto shouted as he let out a wave of chakra.

Mizuki took the opportunity and threw the large shuriken towards Naruto.

"Naruto!" Haruto barked, trying to warn his best friend.

Then there was a splash of blood.

When Naruto opened his eyes he saw that Iruka took the large shuriken to the back, protecting Naruto.

"I-Iruka-sensei . . . Why?" Naruto asked as he looked at Iruka's wounds from before.

'he took the blow again! Why would he do that?!'

'He's just like me, after my parents died I seemed acknowledgment by being the class clown, I acted stupid for laughs. It was so painful' Iruka thought as he remembered his childhood.

"Naruto . . . I'm sorry. You must have been in a lot of pain too" Iruka said as tears rolled down his eyes and dropped onto Naruto's face. "If I would have done a better job . . ." Iruka continued.

Naruto ran, he didn't want to finish hearing it, he was confused so he ran, Haruto following close behind with Iruka's blood on his fur.

"Look at that, he ran away, I bet he's going to take his revenge on the village with tha-"

"Shut up!" Iruka shouted with his teeth gritted, "Naruto isn't like that, he's not the demon, he's my student and I'll make sure he knows that!"

"Well that doesn't matter, I'll kill him and take the scroll and you can let him know in the after life!" Mizuki shouted at Iruka with a sly grin, "However, I need that's scroll first so I'll deal with you later!"

Mizuki then puffed into smoke.

'A body flicker!'

Naruto was running, his head was empty of thoughts.

The situation seemed so unreal, a sensei that he had been with for years betrayed him.

There was then the sound of footsteps approaching.

"Naruto! Quick give me the scroll! We can't let Mizuki take it!" Iruka shouted as he looked at Naruto with the scroll on his back.

In a sudden movement, Naruto lunged at Iruka and knocked him on the floor.

'Impossible!'

"Naruto . . . How did you know" Iruka said. He was then covered in smoke, "that I wasn't Iruka!" Mizuki shouted.

"Because. . ." Naruto started. He was then also covered in smoke, "I'm Iruka!"

Mizuki had to give Iruka credit, transforming into the brat was a good idea in order to lure him out.

"Going that far out of your way for that de-" Mizuki started but was interrupted by a punch to his left cheek.

When Mizuki looked over he saw another Iruka standing over him with hate in his eyes.

"You shut up about Naruto" Iruka said in a quiet yet terrifying tone.

Naruto, who was hiding behind a tree nearby, was watching.

'out if everywhere . . . WHY DID THEY END UP HERE?!'

Naruto then noticed a hint of red coming off Iruka.

'that's . . .'

"Naruto, do you think . . ." Haruto started but never got to finish.

"A shadow clone huh. You really are tricky, Iruka" Mizuki said with a smirk while wiping off blood that was drooling off his lip.

"Naruto . . . I won't let you near him, at any cost!" Iruka shouted as he threw a kunai towards Mizuki.

Mizuki only smirked.

As the kunai drew closer, Naruto and Haruto both covered their eyes and ears as they hid deep into the tree.

After 3 seconds they slowly opened their eyes and looked back at where Iruka and Mizuki were fighting but were shocked by what they saw.

"Iruka . . . sensei" Naruto mumbled as his eyes grew.

Iruka had a kunai stabbed into his stomach and it seemed he was at his last breath.

"Any last words? Iruka" Mizuki asked.

Iruka didn't answer for the first three seconds but then took a deep breath.

"NARUTO!" Iruka shouted. "YOU ARE MY PRECIOUS STUDENT SO DON'T YOU EVER FORGET IT! YOU HAVE THE GREATEST POTENTIAL! BELIEVE IT!" Iruka shouted with tears rolling down his eyes and dripping onto the kunai. His whole body covered in a deep blue aura.

"Pathetic, calling out just to get your little message through" Mizuki said as he raised his arm with a kunai, ready to finish off Iruka.

"I won't let you kill my sensei" A deep, raspy voice said.

The voice alone sent shivers down Mizuki's spine because of the pure anger it held.

When he looked back to where the voice originated from he saw Naruto.

"So it's just Naruto. You're just in time to see your sensei die right in front of your eyes!" Mizuki shouted as his grin grew wide.

Naruto and Naruto then started to deep chakra. Naruto seeped a deep red chakra that bubbled all around while Haruto's, although having the same texture, had a pink color to it. Both of their features slowly growing growing more beast-like.

"So this is your true power, you dem-" Mizuki was saying but was once again interrupted by the feeling of death washing over him.

As Mizuki looked at Naruto, he saw a bright light coming from Naruto's eye. As he looked closer, he saw the blood red color of the Sharingan along with a single tomoe in it.

'T-Thats the Sharingan. . .'

Naruto and Naruto then disappeared in a blur of red and pink, appearing in front of the traitor and swatting him to a tree.

As Mizuki got back up he looked at the pair of beasts.

'This'll be tougher than I thought' Mizuki thought as he stared into the spinning Sharingan.

Mizuki then substituted with a log with a puff of smoke.

Naruto looked around frantically however he soon had to dodge a large shuriken coming toward him.

Naruto was relying on pure instinct from that point on, he couldn't think straight and only wanted to kill Mizuki.

Haruto then rushed at a tree and head butted Mizuki off the tree.

"Stupid fox!" Mizuki shouted as he landed on his feet and dusted himself off.

"It's time I show you what I learned, SENSEI!" Naruto shouted as he put his hands in a cross hand sign.

"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Naruto shouted as he created hundreds of shadow clones all around the surroundings, each with their own red chakra and Sharingan.

Back in the village, the Shinobi were frantically looking for Naruto and the scroll.

"Well kill that demon once we find him! This time we won't fail!" A civilian shouted, which got the cheers of a crowd.

"Hokage-sama, we are waiting for orders" an ANBU said as he appeared behind the old Hokage.

"We won't do anything" Hiruzen said which got a state from the ANBU, waiting for an explanation. "Naruto is currently fighting an obstacle that reflects his life, this is his battle" The Hokage said, revealing his wise side for once.

The ANBU gave a nod and disappeared in a body flicker.

When everyone was still in a panic, they heard the scream of Mizuki followed by a large smoke cloud.

As the Shinobi went over to investigate with Hiruzen, they saw Naruto carrying Iruka and Mizuki, along with the scroll.

"You bitch!" A chunin shouted as he drew a kunai.

"Stand down!" Hiruzen shouted. Everyone was looking at the Hokage, waiting for an order. "Mizuki has turned traitor, I witnessed it through my Crystal Ball Jutsu, Naruto here saved the village" Hiruzen explained.

"But Hokage-sama! He took the scroll!" A civilian said from behind the Shinobi group.

"Naruto was only following orders, if a student cannot trust his teacher then who can he trust" Hiruzen said in a wise way while putting up a subtle genjutsu to show the will of fire behind him.

Everyone who saw it had a sweat drip form on them.

"But Hokage-sama, taking the scroll is still a serious offence, he should face dea-" A familiar voice said but was cut off.

"Enough! Everyone here is excused, and while you're at it take Iruka to the hospital and Mizuki to Ibiki" Hiruzen demanded.

The crowd then went away.

"Sorry Gramps, I took the scroll and got Iruka-sensei hurt" Naruto said as he looked down with tears starting to roll down his eyes again.

Haruto was on top of Naruto's head asleep.

"It's alright, I'm glad you're safe but please do one thing for me' Hiruzen said, which got Naruto's attention, "vow to me that you will follow the right path of the shinobi, then I will feel much more comfortable" Hiruzen said with a smirk.

"Alright! I, Naruto Uzumaki, vow to follow the way of the shinobi correctly and become Hokage the right way. All in order to make my village recognize me as the strongest of them all!" Naruto said with a smile while hitting his chest with his fist.

Haruto seemed to wake up from the vow and yawned.

"Me too" Haruto barked as he went back to sleep almost immediately.

'. . . He's on par with the Naras' both Naruto and Hiruzen thought after seeing Haruto go to sleep.

"Thank you my boy, now go get rest, especially if you are going to get your headband" hiruzen said as he started to walk away.

"Headband?" Naruto asked as he stood still.

"Of course, I'm not going to pass you up after seeing you defeat a chunin with ease" Hiruzen stated, 'even though you used the kyuubi's power for it' Hiruzen thought.

"Wait what do you mean rest up?" Naruto asked.

"Well you still have to retake the genin exams of course, even if it is just a front for you to pass" Hiruzen said with a sly smirk.

The next day, Naruto went back to the academy and retook the exam, this time he only had to do the Jutsu portion seeing as he did the Taijutsu and knowledge portion slightly above average.

"Ready when you are" Hiruzen said.

Hiruzen wanted to do Naruto's exam in order to prevent a tampering in the exam that would make Naruto fail. According to his reports, Naruto did well in the past 3 years but was held back from graduating because of "poor chakra control" which was to be expected from an Uzumaki because of their large chakra pools. On top of that he was the Jinchuriki of the most powerful bijuu so of course he wouldn't be able to do the clone Jutsu, that's why he was pardoned from the clone jutsu but they still forced him to do it.

Hiruzen took no chances of Naruto not passing so he decided to do it himself.

"Alright! Transformation Jutsu!" Naruto said as he turned into Haruto.

"Very well" Hiruzen said as he compared the transformation to the real Haruto.

Naruto then went back to normal and got ready.

"Next jutsu" Hiruzen said as he looked at the file of Naruto's test scores and practices.

"Alright! Substitution Jutsu!" Naruto shouted as he substituted with a chair.

"Very well" Hiruzen said as he kept looking at the file.

'Cant you at least put a bit of variety into your words'

"Next jutsu" Hiruzen said as he noticed something off with the file.

"Alright . . . Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Naruto shouted as a shadow clone proofed into existence.

"Now Naruto, it says here that you failed all your tests in class but you have an above average score in multiply genin exams? Why is that?" Hiruzen asked.

"How am I supposed to know! Those tests were way too hard, how am I supposed to know K from X cubed Y cubed Z cubed?!" Naruto shouted.

Hiruzen stared blankly to Naruto.

'Even I don't know that'

"Well then, come here and get your headband, you've earned it" Hiruzen said with a comforting smile.

Naruto quickly put his headband on and looked at his reflection.

"I finally did it" Naruto thought out loud.

"It looks good on you! Ask if I can get one too!" Haruto barked.

"Gramps, can Haruto also get a headband?" Naruto asked with puppy eyes.

"Sure, why not" Hiruzen said as he stood up.

There was then a pop coming from his back.

"just how ol-"Naruto was starting.

"Don't even ask" Hiruzen said as he rubbed his back.

Naruto looked back at the door and realized something important.

'It's all thanks to Hitomi, I really have to thank her' Naruto thought as he opened the door.

When he walked out he was met with his friends there waiting for him.

"Congratulations!" Everyone shouted, well almost everyone. Hinata said it quietly.

"Haha, thanks guys, oh and thanks Hitomi, if it wasn't for you I don't think I could've done this" Naruto said.

Hitomi seemed shocked by hearing Naruto say that.

'I literally did nothing to help him though...'

Hitomi then gave him a hug, "you idiot."

Naruto blushed a bit but then was overcrowded as everyone joined in the hug; Hinata fainted at the thought of hugging Naruto.

_End Of Chapter_


and that is the end

now it is time for the parts in between the exam and the team meetings!

yay more filler! it's just to tie up loose ends so yeah, sorry.

but the break that I will be taking is so then I can read more fanfics and see how I should be writing.

I don't like my writing style, it feels so weird when I read it so I hope I pick up some knowledge about how to write better.

I still have three chapters to write until I take my break, although I don't know how long it will be.

I don't own Naruto