Scroll Fiasco
*Hokage monument.*dusk, 8:00 pm*
A young boy was sitting on a spike of the yondaime's stone hair. If one were to see the boy's gaze they would think that he was staring at the horizon, thinking some deep thoughts, and, in a way, they would be right.
But the thing they would most likely notice would be his appearance, he had a black shirt that covered his chest and upper arms, over the shirt he had a dark red vest, left open, with two pockets on each side, and an orange fox curled on itself on the back, his pants were a dark blue, with a pouch on each tight, tattoos covered his hands and forearms, along with his stomach, his face a bit feral, which, combined with the three, whisker-like marks on his cheeks made him look like a fox, his hair, however, was his most noteworthy, Being a vibrant yellow at the roots and a deep red at the tips, the colors made an orange fringe right where they touched.
The boy was named Uzumaki Naruto, and he was meditating under the morning sun, trying to improve the control he had over the energies raging inside him, but he couldn't concentrate on his life force, for on but one hour, he would be assigned to a team, he would be assigned to a formal teacher, rather than his mother, sealed inside him, he was nervous, it was the first day in four years that he would show his true self.
Checking his watch, the young Uzumaki threw himself from the spike he was on, to the small lake behind the Hokage tower. Twenty minutes later, he was back at the top of the mountain, walking to the forest with big scroll
*Konoha's forest.*night, 10:30 pm*
Naruto was sitting on a forest clearing, hunched over the scroll, reading the jutsus that were on it. He was trying to find a way to break the seal on his stomach, but try as he might, the only thing he saw were either suicidal techniques, incredibly chakra exhausting jutsus or things that could kill you if done wrong.
With a sigh, the tattooed boy copied three clone techniques, four fuuton jutus, five suiton and his idol's rasengan. (He would have copied the hiranshin too, had it been on the scroll)
*Hours later*around midnight*
The blond-red haired boy was panting, he was sure that he would fall asleep as soon as he laid down on his bed, but in his mind, it was worth it, he had managed to learn one of the Justus he copied from the scroll, the kage bunshin no jutsu, that let the user create solid but fragile copies of himself, granted, it wouldn't be of much use in battle, but if what he had read was true, he could make his training go faster, oh he wouldn't abuse the shadow clones for the memory feedback, his healing was fast, but he doubted he could survive suddenly experiencing hundreds of things at the same time, but using up to ten clones a time would definitely speed up the process.
He was about to open the scroll again when he heard leaves rustling nearby, he gathered his remaining energy and stood still, tensed, waiting for anything. Thirty seconds later Umino Iruka appeared on the clearing and Naruto relax, "he, I should have known you would find me, Iruka-nii." He said
"Seriously, seriously, you steal the forbidden scroll of seals, and the only thing you say when you see me is that" Iruka sighed "whatever, come, I'll take to the Hokage tower"
As he was making his way to Naruto, A giant shuriken embed itself on the ground between them, they turned their heads towards the source of the weapon.
"I knew it was a good idea following Iruka, after all, you are always the one that finds the demon after his pranks" A white-haired man was standing on a branch, arms crossed and an arrogant smirk on his face. "Now Naruto, why don't you give me the scroll so I can give you your hitai-ate"
"Naruto, run, take the scroll and run" Iruka had all his attention on Mizuki, and he knew that he could only win if he fought all out and playing tricks.
"Now why would he do that, I'm pretty sure he would like to know about Why the villagers hate him" that caught Naruto's attention, he would break that law? "Oh he does want to know, so I guess I will tell you. You see, remember the classes about the kyuubi atack?" Naruto was pretty sure he was going to insult his mother, that did not prepare him for what Iruka said
"Naruto don't listen to him, I know you, and whatever Mizuki is gonna say is a lie" that made Naruto really surprised, his eyes and mouth wide open, Irula knew his secret? Then why hadn't he acted like the other villagers? Yes he knew he was hated, and even then, the day he met the man, the only thing he saw in his eyes was mirth, like if he was only regarding any other orphan wanting to become a ninja
"Oh I wouldn't be so sure, after all, you see the…" He was interrupted by Iruka returning the shuriken back at Mizuki, he blocked it with a pair of kunai, when the weapon fell to the floor he saw Iruka leaping at him, an angry expression on his face, kunai held in his hand on a reverse grip, ready to strike.
Mizuki simply scoffed, guarded and blocked the strike, leaving him and Iruka on a stalemate, but eventually he managed to overpower the chunnin teacher, throwing him to the ground below.
Iruka gasped, the air leaving his lungs, but managed to roll away and stand before a drop kick from his opponent was driven to the spot where he was but seconds ago.
Iruka saw Mizuki move, and raised his arms to block a kick to his chest, before grabbing the leg and throwing Mizuki to a tree close by.
Mizuki flipped mid-air, landing with his feet on the tree-trunk, he bent his knees, using the momentum gained to launch himself at Iruka, fist raised, aiming to the centrum.
The brown-haired man dodged to the right, managing to get out of the flying man's path. He turned around and threw a handful of shuriken at Mizui, who had just landed, and they connected.
Only for the traitor to turn into The Log, and appear behind Iruka, driving a kunai into his back.
The man gasped as the metal weapon pierced his flesh, and turned around to try to give the white-haired man a punch in the head, but it was blocked, and he has thrown to a tree, back first, to push the knife in deeper.
Only to be grabbed by a black and red blur, and left to lie down on the grass.
Naruto had watched the fight in fascination, the attacks he could barely follow, the force he knew could knock him out, it was the first time he had seen a battle without it being controlled by instructors, or not having to see the opponent hold back. He knew he could outwit both chunnin, but in a straight fight, he would be death.
But when he saw his onii-san get pierced and thrown, he didn't think, he just acted, grabbed him midair, and lied him face down on the ground.
"If you hurt him anymore" he growled, his head low and eyes covered by his spikes "I will return it, hundred fold" he raised his head, and Mizuki was surprised by the hatred on the boy's eyes, but he recovered and grinned.
"Yeah? And just how would you do that brat? After all, you are but a roach against me"
Naruto didn't rise to the taunt, instead, he moved his hands to the only seal of the jutsu he learned that night and said "tajuu kage bunshin no jutsu." And Mizuki fund himself surrounded by hundreds multicolored teens, the last thing he saw, were the copies jumping unto him.
Iruka could only look in awe at the horde of Narutos, impressed that an almost thirteen year old had that much chakra, 'no wonder he had a problem with the normal bunshin' he tought, and smiled as he looked at his surrogate otuoto.
Naruto chuckled sheepishly as he stared at Mizuki's bloodied form and scratched his head as he looked at his teacher, "I think I overdid it 'ttebayo" Iruka could only chuckle before wincing and getting help from the younger kid to go to the Hokage's office, where the red tipped boy would receive his forehead protector.
*Naruto's apartment*1:30am*
Naruto was asleep on his feet, but even then, the smile was fixed on his face, he had done it, he managed to become a gennin, even if it was with a unortodox method.
He walked from the door to his room, undressing as moved, trying to get to the bed before falling asleep. He put on his sleeping cap, and with a yawn, he fell face-first on the mattress.
*Mindscape*
Naruto's mind had changed a lot since his childhood, at first it had been a boiler room with leaks, but after eight years, it was no longer. Between his mother's affection, the people who liked him, and, to a lesser extent, the interactions with the Kurama, it became what most would call the most peaceful place they had ever seen.
It was an open space, with trees strewn about, a lake was of to the side, flower beds were abundant, bathing the place with a floral smell, the moon was high in the sky, lighting the place with an ethereal glow.
It was in the middle of his mind that a groggy Naruto found himself, wondering why had he gon there instead of the dream-land (He had wanted to visit the sea of ramen again, his las visit had been interrupted by the damn alarm clock), especially since he was still tired from the last day.
It was during his musings that he was tackled by nine-tailed, dog sized fox, who was grinning like a lunatic, this fox was dark orange, with shadows around his eyes, that were a deep red, shining with mirth.
"Kurama get of, I wanna sleep 'ttebayo." Naruto grumbled, but Kurama's grin only got bigger.
"Nah, I'll stay here" the fox said in amusement "You are particularly comfortable today" Naruto only managed a tired glare "Now don't give me that look, we called you here for a reason" It was then that Naruto heard a laugh from his right
"Kurama, let Naru-kun up, I want to talk with him" Uzumaki Kushina was a beautiful woman, with her fair skin, flaming red hair that matched her personality, slightly round face with noble features, amethyst eyes and hourglass figure, many would fight to be close to her.
She was wearing a blue kimono with several spirals on it, a purple obi around her waist, and an amused smile on her face.
"Hi, Kaa-chan, thank you" He was referring to the fact that he had had touble breathing with kurama on his chest.
Naruto had met his mother and the kyuubi when he was five years old, he had passed out from exhaustion after three days on the street with no place to sleep, since then most of his afternoons passed with him following his mother's regime or simply talking with them, either on his mindscape or loosing himself on the horizon.
"You're welcome sochi, but we do have to talk 'ttebane" One of the things that ran on the family was the verbal tick "Now that you are a shinobi, we'll have to up your training, especially with your clones on it"
"He'll have to wait for his team to be assigned," Kurama interrupted "your training will have to be scheduled to not interrupt his teacher's, and I plan to train him to"
The blond-rooted boy was shocked, it would be the first time the fox stepped in on his training, and he was already thinking of all the things he would learn, he imagined himself spouting fox-fire, and fighting along a summon.
But his fantasy was interrupted by a tail in the head, launching him away and making him face-plant close to a tree, "Damn it you fox, do don't do that you ogarida ze baka*" unfortunately for Naruto, it was the tree his mother was leaning against.
"Don't curse in front of me, aho*" and as such, he received a punch on the scalp, slamming him on the ground again, of cpurs, the teen didn't have the guts to point out the irony of the statement.
"As amusing it is to watch you two ningen, you should take the week off boy, no heavy training, if anything just continue your morning routine" Kurma told him "And your study with your mother, I want out of here already" he mumbled the last part.
"Hai, can I sleep now? I'm tired, and I wanna visit Iruka-nii"
Kushina smiled and sat with her back restion on the tree trunk, and put her son's head on her lap, making him yawn and cudle, Kurama saw this and shrank, so he could fit between the arms of the boy he was sealed inside, that nitght, both fox and kid fell asleep to a mother's lulaby