The plan Naruto had to reveal his boredom while at the same time get into Sakura's class was in his mind as flawless as it could get.
'You know you could have avoided all this and the damage you did to your reputation by just becoming a Jonin. Then becoming her instructor from there' Kyubi said.
'Too much of a hassle and a possible danger. I might stand out too much and that could draw attention to her as well. Her grades are amongst the best for the written and knowledge portions of being a ninja yet her practical skills are just average' he said
'Minus her charka control which has a natural proficiency that other ninjas would kill for. She just has not found the proper way to utilize that ability yet' the nine tailed fox said
'Could probably introduce her Tsunade at some point. Maybe even have her look her over to see why she is such an abnormal torch' Naruto said.
'Wonder how she going to take seeing what you managed to get yourself into though. While pissing off Jiraiya at the same time' Kyubi laughed.
Just as Naruto was about to reply.
"Rival, stop talking and pay attention," Hinata told him as she poked him
"Pay attention, baka," Sakura said hitting him.
"Did you saying I was talking just now?" Naruto said
"Huh" Hinata replied seemingly not aware of what she had previously said.
This was class they were in not that he cared much himself cause he basically knew everything up to Jonin level and even beyond already for countless years now. He was a unique flame haze that could grow older as the time when by. It was unknown currently just how old he would grow before it stopped. Naruto was immortal after all as he could not die at least not from old age. That kind of immortality was one of the major features of a flame haze after all. The question was merely how old would he grow before he stopped aging though. It was rare for flame hazes to be able to grow older in this world. Every flame haze here that did age differently and chose how they dealt with the matter differently as well.
Anyway, the class he was currently in was actually the final one as he just had to create a clone to pass, and then that was it. Simple really as he had already mastered the superior shadow clone version as one of the very first things he had done learned. So he could easily create a clone no problem but just failing to do so on purpose as means to prevent himself from passing in the previous years. Planned on doing so as well this year cause he had a target in mind but something causes his mind to slip as he was set up by something so quickly that...
"Naruto you pass" he heard which left him in shock
He normally stuck to shadow clone cause it was just easier for him. Since creating a normal clone was not hard but just annoying so he normally avoids doing it as he could create as many and as different shadow clones as he wanted after all.
'Someone purposefully distracted you but I managed to keep the clone as mere clone' Kyubi said.
Sighing Naruto just took his headband as if needed he merely have things altered so that he was put on Sakura's team. It kind of defeats the purpose as he could not waste all this time in the academy if that was just how things were going to end. Using his sway as a flame haze to merely get his way in the end. That was until he heard what happened next
"Ninja 012601. You have failed"
"Huh...what are you talking about...oh I see. Guess I have then" Sakura said
She looked to see that she had indeed failed to create a proper clone. It collapsed to the ground from just the words spoke alone
'Seems that we were wrong as the one they were after was never us but Sakura instead' Kyubi said.
'That certainly does seem to be the case but did you notice what happened there' Naruto asked
'Someone rapidly drained her power of existence seemingly trying to make her disappeared but they could not do it' the fox replied.
That is why she was referred to as merely her ninja number instead of her name as she should have been on the verge of burning out yet came roaring back immediately after the feeding stopped.
Sakura walked back home she felt dejected as she was so sure that she could handle that task as she even tried to ask for a second chance yet she somehow had failed at that as well. Though once she was alone after even Naruto had left her behind, Sakura found she could perfectly create a clone with no problem.
'Just what happened back there then' Sakura asked herself
She walked towards her house where she felt even worse as that of feeling she always gets came again in full force. Like she had let someone down but no one lived in her home. She was an orphan that just got lucky to have an entire house to herself after all.
"Greeting Ms. Haruno" Mizuki said.
"Hello instructor Mizuki," she said
"You are going to help me with something understood," he said
"I do not know what you are...yes I understand and obey," Sakura said as her eyes went vacant as she followed behind Mizuki at this point
Later...
Hiruzen arrived at where the Sealed Scroll was kept. The First Hokage left many things within that scroll hidden away. Amongst them was where they claimed that Kyubi was truly stored away. This was merely a lie that they were told to avoid people from outside the village realizing that Naruto was flame haze himself. Sure everyone within the village was aware of the existence of flame haze and Crismon World knew this. However, they kept it hidden from the outside world just making people think that Kyubi was sealed away within the scroll instead. Hiruzen went with this plan rather than just claim that Naruto was a Jinchūriki because of who those people actually were at the end of the day. Of course, there were those within the village that still thought what he originally said about Naruto before taking it back yet they were the minority in the village now.
Upon arriving at the storage area he was shocked to see Sakura stealing the scroll herself. What shocked him, even more, was that she was using the power of existence...her own in fact to produce things she should normally be capable of. It all made sense when he looked at her eyes as she was not in control of herself at the moment. Someone was playing a dangerous game that had no idea just how bad things would turn out from this action.
