Summary: Naruto was born an Uchiha descendant as well as Uzumaki; however, that doesn’t change his personality, or make him hugely talented immediately. Unfortunately for him, things are made harder rather than easier. More alert enemies, a hateful fox; even Konoha is more wary. Sharingan-Naruto.
Rated T (13+) for Naruto’s occasional potty mouth, as well as some violence.
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“Yosh!” Naruto said to himself, “let’s get started!” And unrolled the Forbidden Scroll of Seals carefully, noting that it looked rather strange; a bit too clear, really, like he had put on glasses for near-sightedness or maybe asti-whatever. 'Can’t be,' he reasoned, 'my eyesight is twenty-twenty, maybe better.' So he just chalked it up to the Scroll being special, and proceeded.
He looked at the first jutsu on the scroll, called the Shadow Clone. Seeing that it was B-ranked, he skipped to the next one… which was a bigger version of the same, the Mass Shadow Clone. Clone Great Explosion; needs the Shadow Clone, and A-ranked.
Object Shadow Clone, Shuriken Shadow Clone… Karyuu Endan (Fire Dragon Flare Bullet); B-ranked, and needs months or years of training in Fire Release; Gouka Mekkyaku (Great Fire Annihilation) and Gouka Messhitsu (Great Fire Destruction), the same. Kokuangyo no jutsu (Bringer of Darkness technique); an A-ranked genjutsu.
Kuchiyose: Rashomon; a defensive jutsu -enough said- and B-rank too; the Eight Gates: the Scroll said it would take months to unlock those Chakra points in the way shown. Tips on using Katon and Fuuton for Intermediate and Advanced Users, by Uchiha Madara; nice, but not what Naruto was looking for.
A Treatise on Tridimensional Sealing and Seals based on N-dimensional Coordinate Systems, by Senju Mito; Edo Tensei: brings back the dead by sacrificing living people….
Naruto looked at the scroll, then at the sky, then back again. He lifted his hands, and shouted, “what the FUCK is this SHIT!”
The young boy lied down on the dirt, frustrated. There was nothing he could use in the stupid scroll; it was supposed to have jutsu a Genin could learn, but he found nothing below B-rank; as in Jounin-level. Some of the contents were horribly complicated, too, or just plain HORRIBLE; like the B-rank and A-rank techniques weren’t enough! Was Mizuki-sensei playing a mean trick on him? Or was it something more serious?
Still, Naruto decided to start over; he lifted the Scroll again and looked at the Shadow Clone's instructions, this time willing to risk his life to learn it-
Someone landed inside the clearing. Naruto tensed, expecting Mizuki and being suspicious of the man.
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Kurama opened his eyes. That was a surprise, and definitely not a pleasant one. As soon as he allowed his Chakra to mix with his container’s more actively than before, the boy awakened the last bloodline he expected his host to have. 'And I was glad for a second that I had a container who actually is willing to do what he needs to to get stronger. Of course he's like that; he's a member of that clan....'
Still, the situation wasn’t completely unsalvageable. While he didn’t have the influence on the brat’s system needed to permanently seal away his Sharingan, and even if he got more influence, it would be too late to manage anything… well, Kurama could stop those accursed eyes from working for the time being, and the brat would need to get them again, the hard way. Hopefully, by the time the Sharingan had the chance to awaken anew, his current container would have gotten himself killed.
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Mizuki landed inside the clearing the idiot fox boy was supposed to be in. 'Thank the gods', he thought, 'for a moment, I thought he would be stupid or lucky enough to get lost, and delay my plans.'
“There you are, Naruto,” Mizuki said, pretending at joviality. ‘I’m really looking forward to the damned monster’s look of despair,’ he thought.
The little monster greeted Mizuki warily, making him think, ‘so the little shit isn’t as stupid as it pretends to be. Yet another point to my belief he is the actual fox.’ Out loud, the man said, “so, you did realize the other point of the test was about not trying any of the fake jutsu? I don’t see you out with Chakra exhaustion, after all.”
The monster was hiding behind the Scroll, nearly making Mizuki scoff. It threw the Scroll at Mizuki, which the man’s arms reflexively tried to catch, only for his feet to launch him away and down with an accompanying burst of Chakra, something that saved him from the two explosive tags attached to the Kunai Naruto threw. So, the monster hid its hand seals behind the Scroll.
“Nice- nice False Surroundings genjutsu, fox,” an only somewhat injured Mizuki said, “it’s too bad for you that your Control sucks in this form, otherwise, I wouldn’t have been any the wiser; your attention to detail is, indeed, worthy of a Youko (Demon Fox).”
“I can’t understand; how come I fell for your act? Well, I was going to ask you why you are doing this, but it’s obvious you’re just a crazy bastard, Mizuki-sensei- I mean, Mizuki,” the monster in human form said cheekily, “so why wouldn’t you try to get your hands on a Scroll with high-level kinjutsu…?”
Mizuki sneered at the brat that had the audacity to call him a crazy bastard; he, the Demon Fox itself! He said, “You were desperate to become a ninja, to manage your plans of revenge, obviously. Heh, but what are you going to do now, fox?” Twirling a Fuuma shuriken, “I’m not going to fall for another genjutsu, and even injured as I am, you are no match for me currently-”
Before Mizuki had even started saying the final word, he threw the shuriken he was holding, then threw another behind it in the ‘shadow shuriken’ maneuver, hiding it in the shadow of the first one.
The brat managed to avoid the first fuuma shuriken; barely. The second one neared it while completely off-balance, set to behead the filthy creature. Mizuki smiled in glee- CLANG! The weapon was deflected... by the Sandaime. Oh shit. Time to bullshit like mad and hope for the best.
“Hokage-sama!” Mizuki said, “I was about to apprehend the- brat, but he tried to kill me. My apologies for using lethal force-”
The killing intent coming from that short frame was nothing short of paralyzing. Mizuki had been a Chuunin for years, and even had the Chakra reserves of a Jounin. All of that, though, paled before the older-looking monster in human form. ‘Is that what the power of an S-rank ninja feels like? What a monster….’
“No, Mizuki,” the Sandaime said, “this is what the power of my Shadow Clone feels like; the real Sarutobi Hiruzen is elsewhere,” all the while tying him up with Chakra-resistant wire.
“Hokage-sama and I heard everything, Mizuki. Why? Why would you betray the village?” Iruka, who had also shown up but barely registered in Mizuki’s perception due to the sheer overwhelming presence of the fucking old monster said.
Mizuki sneered in disgust. He just about had it with the self-righteous bastard. He said, “are you serious, Iruka? Do you really believe all that crap you often spout about the ‘Will of Fire’? My uncle -Hatake Sakumo- was driven to suicide, and even Kakashi was being persecuted; for what? For Uncle following the philosophy of this backstabbing village?
>> For being the son of a shinobi who served the village faithfully for three decades? We were both left with no family at nine for idiotic reasons -my mother was on her last legs then already-, but that little shit Kakashi was still more loyal than the damned Hokage! Then, when I followed the REAL philosophy of this hellhole, I was barred from promotion; ha! What hypocrisy. I could have been a Tokubetsu Jounin, or even a full-fledged one by now!
>> But the cherry on top was the survival of this creature. Minato-sama was the only one I looked up to, and-”
Mizuki barely managed to realize he had been struck on the head. He didn’t even see it coming, everything simply went dark.
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“I need to debrief you, Naruto,” the Old Man said, something Naruto had dreaded. “Now, now,” he added, “there’s no need to be alarmed, it’s just Iruka and I here. It’s not an interrogation,” smiling benevolently.
“Okay,” Naruto said, nodding in relief. He described what happened from the moment Mizuki tricked him, to the Sexy Jutsu he used on the Old Man (something which made Iruka look at the old Hokage in astonishment, and the latter blush, though his sensei did mention that directly assaulting the Hokage was a treasonous action; not that his ‘assault’ counted as direct).
Then, the boy recounted everything he saw in the Forbidden Scroll (none of which he read closely enough to remember, though he did skim through them). Finally, he told them how he realized that Mizuki had tricked him.
“Hmm. So, you went for two genjutsu-covered explosive tags from the beginning? What made you go for the kill - were you that certain of Mizuki’s guilt?” The Old Man asked.
Naruto shook his head in denial. He said, “no, I wasn’t going for the kill. I knew Mizuki is a strong Chuunin and was hoping that the explosion would both injure him enough that I could get away, and attract the attention of the ANBU. I was at a disadvantage, so I couldn’t afford to hold back.”
The Old Man slowly nodded. He said, “yes, I can understand that; in this case, you acted correctly. On the other hand, you should strive not to end up alone with a near-Jounin-level ninja who might be a traitor again. Not to mention avoid such dangerous maneuvers as using two explosive tags when you aren’t certain the one you’re attacking is an enemy or an ally except in the direst of circumstances.”
Naruto felt ashamed he had been tricked so easily, so he promised not to act so naively again.
"With that said, I've decided: despite your careless mistake -which you compensated for, fully-, for exemplary performance on the field of duty, as well as apprehending a traitor of at least Chuunin level and being skilled enough in Genjutsu to make a Chuunin proud, I hereby promote you, Academy Student Uzumaki Naruto, to Genin," The Old Man- no, the Hokage, said, authority heavy in his voice.
Naruto stood frozen for a few moments, then he cheered when what the Hokage said sank in, but he controlled himself and stopped immediately. He said, bowing deep, "thank you, Hokage-sama. I humbly accept the promotion. I won't disappoint you."
Iruka broke the ensuing silence, saying, "so you can be polite when you want to! You little brat!" His eyebrows twitching in irritation.
The laughter the other two let out further incensed the Academy teacher, but he let it go.
“So, do you have any questions, Naruto?” The Old Man asked in a serious tone, and the atmosphere in his office suddenly became heavy once more - but somehow even worse than before.
Rated T (13+) for Naruto’s occasional potty mouth, as well as some violence.
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“Yosh!” Naruto said to himself, “let’s get started!” And unrolled the Forbidden Scroll of Seals carefully, noting that it looked rather strange; a bit too clear, really, like he had put on glasses for near-sightedness or maybe asti-whatever. 'Can’t be,' he reasoned, 'my eyesight is twenty-twenty, maybe better.' So he just chalked it up to the Scroll being special, and proceeded.
He looked at the first jutsu on the scroll, called the Shadow Clone. Seeing that it was B-ranked, he skipped to the next one… which was a bigger version of the same, the Mass Shadow Clone. Clone Great Explosion; needs the Shadow Clone, and A-ranked.
Object Shadow Clone, Shuriken Shadow Clone… Karyuu Endan (Fire Dragon Flare Bullet); B-ranked, and needs months or years of training in Fire Release; Gouka Mekkyaku (Great Fire Annihilation) and Gouka Messhitsu (Great Fire Destruction), the same. Kokuangyo no jutsu (Bringer of Darkness technique); an A-ranked genjutsu.
Kuchiyose: Rashomon; a defensive jutsu -enough said- and B-rank too; the Eight Gates: the Scroll said it would take months to unlock those Chakra points in the way shown. Tips on using Katon and Fuuton for Intermediate and Advanced Users, by Uchiha Madara; nice, but not what Naruto was looking for.
A Treatise on Tridimensional Sealing and Seals based on N-dimensional Coordinate Systems, by Senju Mito; Edo Tensei: brings back the dead by sacrificing living people….
Naruto looked at the scroll, then at the sky, then back again. He lifted his hands, and shouted, “what the FUCK is this SHIT!”
The young boy lied down on the dirt, frustrated. There was nothing he could use in the stupid scroll; it was supposed to have jutsu a Genin could learn, but he found nothing below B-rank; as in Jounin-level. Some of the contents were horribly complicated, too, or just plain HORRIBLE; like the B-rank and A-rank techniques weren’t enough! Was Mizuki-sensei playing a mean trick on him? Or was it something more serious?
Still, Naruto decided to start over; he lifted the Scroll again and looked at the Shadow Clone's instructions, this time willing to risk his life to learn it-
Someone landed inside the clearing. Naruto tensed, expecting Mizuki and being suspicious of the man.
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Kurama opened his eyes. That was a surprise, and definitely not a pleasant one. As soon as he allowed his Chakra to mix with his container’s more actively than before, the boy awakened the last bloodline he expected his host to have. 'And I was glad for a second that I had a container who actually is willing to do what he needs to to get stronger. Of course he's like that; he's a member of that clan....'
Still, the situation wasn’t completely unsalvageable. While he didn’t have the influence on the brat’s system needed to permanently seal away his Sharingan, and even if he got more influence, it would be too late to manage anything… well, Kurama could stop those accursed eyes from working for the time being, and the brat would need to get them again, the hard way. Hopefully, by the time the Sharingan had the chance to awaken anew, his current container would have gotten himself killed.
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Mizuki landed inside the clearing the idiot fox boy was supposed to be in. 'Thank the gods', he thought, 'for a moment, I thought he would be stupid or lucky enough to get lost, and delay my plans.'
“There you are, Naruto,” Mizuki said, pretending at joviality. ‘I’m really looking forward to the damned monster’s look of despair,’ he thought.
The little monster greeted Mizuki warily, making him think, ‘so the little shit isn’t as stupid as it pretends to be. Yet another point to my belief he is the actual fox.’ Out loud, the man said, “so, you did realize the other point of the test was about not trying any of the fake jutsu? I don’t see you out with Chakra exhaustion, after all.”
The monster was hiding behind the Scroll, nearly making Mizuki scoff. It threw the Scroll at Mizuki, which the man’s arms reflexively tried to catch, only for his feet to launch him away and down with an accompanying burst of Chakra, something that saved him from the two explosive tags attached to the Kunai Naruto threw. So, the monster hid its hand seals behind the Scroll.
“Nice- nice False Surroundings genjutsu, fox,” an only somewhat injured Mizuki said, “it’s too bad for you that your Control sucks in this form, otherwise, I wouldn’t have been any the wiser; your attention to detail is, indeed, worthy of a Youko (Demon Fox).”
“I can’t understand; how come I fell for your act? Well, I was going to ask you why you are doing this, but it’s obvious you’re just a crazy bastard, Mizuki-sensei- I mean, Mizuki,” the monster in human form said cheekily, “so why wouldn’t you try to get your hands on a Scroll with high-level kinjutsu…?”
Mizuki sneered at the brat that had the audacity to call him a crazy bastard; he, the Demon Fox itself! He said, “You were desperate to become a ninja, to manage your plans of revenge, obviously. Heh, but what are you going to do now, fox?” Twirling a Fuuma shuriken, “I’m not going to fall for another genjutsu, and even injured as I am, you are no match for me currently-”
Before Mizuki had even started saying the final word, he threw the shuriken he was holding, then threw another behind it in the ‘shadow shuriken’ maneuver, hiding it in the shadow of the first one.
The brat managed to avoid the first fuuma shuriken; barely. The second one neared it while completely off-balance, set to behead the filthy creature. Mizuki smiled in glee- CLANG! The weapon was deflected... by the Sandaime. Oh shit. Time to bullshit like mad and hope for the best.
“Hokage-sama!” Mizuki said, “I was about to apprehend the- brat, but he tried to kill me. My apologies for using lethal force-”
The killing intent coming from that short frame was nothing short of paralyzing. Mizuki had been a Chuunin for years, and even had the Chakra reserves of a Jounin. All of that, though, paled before the older-looking monster in human form. ‘Is that what the power of an S-rank ninja feels like? What a monster….’
“No, Mizuki,” the Sandaime said, “this is what the power of my Shadow Clone feels like; the real Sarutobi Hiruzen is elsewhere,” all the while tying him up with Chakra-resistant wire.
“Hokage-sama and I heard everything, Mizuki. Why? Why would you betray the village?” Iruka, who had also shown up but barely registered in Mizuki’s perception due to the sheer overwhelming presence of the fucking old monster said.
Mizuki sneered in disgust. He just about had it with the self-righteous bastard. He said, “are you serious, Iruka? Do you really believe all that crap you often spout about the ‘Will of Fire’? My uncle -Hatake Sakumo- was driven to suicide, and even Kakashi was being persecuted; for what? For Uncle following the philosophy of this backstabbing village?
>> For being the son of a shinobi who served the village faithfully for three decades? We were both left with no family at nine for idiotic reasons -my mother was on her last legs then already-, but that little shit Kakashi was still more loyal than the damned Hokage! Then, when I followed the REAL philosophy of this hellhole, I was barred from promotion; ha! What hypocrisy. I could have been a Tokubetsu Jounin, or even a full-fledged one by now!
>> But the cherry on top was the survival of this creature. Minato-sama was the only one I looked up to, and-”
Mizuki barely managed to realize he had been struck on the head. He didn’t even see it coming, everything simply went dark.
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“I need to debrief you, Naruto,” the Old Man said, something Naruto had dreaded. “Now, now,” he added, “there’s no need to be alarmed, it’s just Iruka and I here. It’s not an interrogation,” smiling benevolently.
“Okay,” Naruto said, nodding in relief. He described what happened from the moment Mizuki tricked him, to the Sexy Jutsu he used on the Old Man (something which made Iruka look at the old Hokage in astonishment, and the latter blush, though his sensei did mention that directly assaulting the Hokage was a treasonous action; not that his ‘assault’ counted as direct).
Then, the boy recounted everything he saw in the Forbidden Scroll (none of which he read closely enough to remember, though he did skim through them). Finally, he told them how he realized that Mizuki had tricked him.
“Hmm. So, you went for two genjutsu-covered explosive tags from the beginning? What made you go for the kill - were you that certain of Mizuki’s guilt?” The Old Man asked.
Naruto shook his head in denial. He said, “no, I wasn’t going for the kill. I knew Mizuki is a strong Chuunin and was hoping that the explosion would both injure him enough that I could get away, and attract the attention of the ANBU. I was at a disadvantage, so I couldn’t afford to hold back.”
The Old Man slowly nodded. He said, “yes, I can understand that; in this case, you acted correctly. On the other hand, you should strive not to end up alone with a near-Jounin-level ninja who might be a traitor again. Not to mention avoid such dangerous maneuvers as using two explosive tags when you aren’t certain the one you’re attacking is an enemy or an ally except in the direst of circumstances.”
Naruto felt ashamed he had been tricked so easily, so he promised not to act so naively again.
"With that said, I've decided: despite your careless mistake -which you compensated for, fully-, for exemplary performance on the field of duty, as well as apprehending a traitor of at least Chuunin level and being skilled enough in Genjutsu to make a Chuunin proud, I hereby promote you, Academy Student Uzumaki Naruto, to Genin," The Old Man- no, the Hokage, said, authority heavy in his voice.
Naruto stood frozen for a few moments, then he cheered when what the Hokage said sank in, but he controlled himself and stopped immediately. He said, bowing deep, "thank you, Hokage-sama. I humbly accept the promotion. I won't disappoint you."
Iruka broke the ensuing silence, saying, "so you can be polite when you want to! You little brat!" His eyebrows twitching in irritation.
The laughter the other two let out further incensed the Academy teacher, but he let it go.
“So, do you have any questions, Naruto?” The Old Man asked in a serious tone, and the atmosphere in his office suddenly became heavy once more - but somehow even worse than before.
