A/N Here's Chapter Two of Mirror Image!

So I get the feeling my story is travelling too fast, but I'm new to the whole FanFiction thing, so please say if It's travelling to quickly. Also, if anyone knows any ideas as to where I can look for/create a picture for the cover of story, PM me. Anyway, without any more boring author notes, here is the chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not, nor will I ever, own Naruto

Chapter 2: Winds of Change

Naruto had finally arrived in the forest he was scheduled to meet Mizuki in later that evening for his 'extra exam'. Naruto smirked at this, what type of an idiot would ever fall for a stupid ploy?

After unravelling the scroll the boy quickly scanned through everything within. Hmmm, 3 hours, that's perfect, the boy thought before making a familiar handsign and calling out, "Shadow clone jutsu!"

12 clones appeared around Naruto in a puff of smoke and they all split up to learn the assorted kinjutsu stored in the scroll. Naruto settled down with a technique that looked extremely interesting called Wind release: Whispering Winds. Perfect, after all, his element was wind.

The Shodaime Hokage had acquired the jutsu after defeating the only man who had mastered it from Wind Country, his notes read, "After the Five Great Ninja Villages had all been founded, I decided to visit Wind Country to discuss my proposal of splitting the nine Bijuu between the Ninja Villages. However, two days away from Sunagakure I ran into my first Suna nin and, unfortunately, he was hostile. After trying, and failing, to make peace with him, I was forced to fight. However, every time I attempted to attack he seemed to blur out of vision and I was assaulted at all sides by wind, but this wind had the force of Tobi's punches when I forget to do my paperwork…"

Naruto sweatdropped as he noticed the squiggles of writing which looked like someone had interrupted Hashirama Senju as he was writing. Smirking as he imagined the stoic Tobirama whacking the most feared ninja that the Five Elemental Nations had ever produced over the head.

"Ok, sorry, Tobi is a great guy, honestly...Anyway it seemed the man was actually transforming into the wind itself, so I timed an enclosed wood wall to surround him and slowly made it shrink until he became deprived of air. He was unable to fight after I released the jutsu. He begged me to kill him, saying now that he had been trapped like that the jutsu was impossible for him to use. How strange. His final wish was that I gave the jutsu to someone who was "as free as the wind" but warned me that those unworthy would be lost forever, their body scattered to the winds. It would have been fun to try, but Tobi said it was too dangerous to be left around, so I sealed it here."

After he had finished reading this, Naruto memorised the hand signs and prepared himself to begin the jutsu. Weaving through the signs, he shouted, "Wind Release: Whispering Winds!"

Channeling his chakra into the technique, Naruto expected something to happen. After a few seconds standing there with no reaction, he was about to try again, when suddenly he felt a tugging sensation in his gut.

Almost instantly, he channeled more chakra, and the tugging began to turn into ripping. Suddenly, he felt an explosion of pain throughout the middle of his body as he felt himself literally separating.

Beginning to panic, Naruto tried to end the jutsu, however he had lost control over his limbs. Wind was swirling around his body, which felt like it was ripping apart. Knowing he couldn't go back, Naruto chose the only direction he could go, forward, and thus closed his eyes and began to accept the separation and focussed on the wind around him.

As if he had begun to fly, he felt himself be picked up by the wind, then integrating with it and slowly becoming it.

It was possibly the best feeling he had ever experienced, as if his body had been a prison his whole life and he was finally free.

He could literally be anywhere he wanted, it wasn't like teleporting, he knew that much. It was as if he was completely linked with everywhere the air encompassed, like he wasn't anywhere, but everywhere at the same time.

There was a mouse searching for berries in a bush; 300 metres away from there was an owl nestling in the tree where it had made its home. He could even feel Izumo and Kotetsu, the eternal Chuunin, both struggling to stay awake for the last hour before they closed the gates. He could even shape the wind to his will if he focused hard enough.

After some experimentation, Naruto visualised a picture of his body where he had left it and suddenly his eyes were opening and he was back in the clearing where he had been 2 hours ago. He could sense Mizuki was close by due to his newly acquired jutsu. Quickly he dispelled his clones and a tidal wave of knowledge suddenly flooded his mind.

They were mostly wood style jutsu, which were useless to him at the moment, but he stored them in the back of his mind for future reference anyway. One jutsu that caught his attention was one created by the Nidaime Hokage called the Edo Tensei. That could be fun, he smirked to himself.

His attention jerked towards the bushes which rustled for a while before revealing a figure. Naruto was about to speak when the faint moonlight revealed brown hair and a face with two scars rather than the silver haired individual he had been expecting.

"Iruka Sensei?" He asked, grimacing inwardly as he realised he had to once again adopt the idiotic mask he had despised for years, despite it getting him out of many tight situations with the Hokage, after all, who would expect such a dumb little orphan to commit half of the devious acts he had.

The brown haired chuunin fixed Naruto with a stern glare before saying, "Naruto what are you doing? The whole village is in uproar after your little...stunt." Naruto put on a clueless expression and said, "But Mizuki-sensei said I needed to take it to pass the extra genin test. Did I pass sensei?" In the most innocent voice he could muster without being visibly sick with himself.

As if on cue, the silver haired chuunin appeared and proceeded to chuckle evilly, "You both fell into my trap, thanks to the little demon child's idiocy," he began, smirking in Naruto's direction, "Don't you ever wonder why you are shunned in the village? Why people call you demon child?"

Before he could say any more, Iruka interrupted, "Don't listen to him Naruto!" But Mizuki wouldn't be stopped and his face twisted into a demented sneer, shrieking, "It's because you are the demon! The Nine-Tailed Fox didn't die that night twelve years ago, it was sealed into you! Now, I will do everyone a favour and finish what the Yondaime began!"

Realising what Mizuki would do, Iruka threw himself in front Naruto, hoping to protect the boy from the massive windmill shuriken heading in his direction. However, before he was hit the blond suddenly appeared in front of him, catching the shuriken in his bare hands.

Both chuunin froze in terror as their gazes were forced upon the blond who was emitting more KI than they had ever experienced. Black chakra swirled around his body.

They could only stand and watch as Naruto began to convulse with maniacal laughter. He turned to face Mizuki, and the man swore that the dark blue eyes were creating holes in his face their stare was so intense. "I have known what I contained for years...do not worry, however, I will not allow that...man's name mentioned in MY PRESENCE!" Suddenly, a tentacle of the malignant chakra shot out and wrapped itself around Mizuki's neck.

As the man was lowered towards the twelve year old, the oxygen being systematically denied from his body, he managed to splutter out, "...d-demon…" The boy smiled an extremely evil and malicious smile that froze the circulatory systems' of both experienced chuunin's bodies. "Oh no, this power is actually solely mine, no thanks to my...tenant. It is, however, extremely... useful."

At that point, Naruto began to pull of each of Mizuki's limbs, much to their spectator's horror, and savoured each scream that forced itself out of the mutilated body.

When he had extracted all the amusement out of his first victim, Naruto tossed away the broken toy and advanced upon Iruka. "Oh dear, you were an unexpected variable, but you know to much for my liking, so I must dispose of you. It's nothing personal, I assure, just that you were in the wrong place at the wrong time."

A tentacle reached out and crushed the man's windpipe, killing him instantly. Naruto couldn't risk anybody knowing about his true nature. That could ruin everything. Deciding that playing the persecuted young child who had been manipulated into stealing the scroll of sealing. So he sat down and meditated, reaching out with his new-found wind jutsu.

Hiruzen looked up from his crystal ball with a grim expression. He couldn't believe he had let this happen. Not only had he allowed Naruto to take the scroll of sealing and be manipulated into almost giving it up to Mizuki.

He hadn't heard what had been said, and, despite knowing that Naruto had outright killed the two men, he knew it had to be something to do with the Kyuubi. After all, Naruto would tell him if he had discovered a power like that, wouldn't he?

Picturing the bright blond haired boy smiling his megawatt smile, he shook off the notion that the boy was in his right mind and that Mizuki had to have revealed the truth about the Kyuubi sealed inside of him.

The boy would need to be comforted and he would make sure the news of the two mens' death kept under wraps. He couldn't let more hate be directed onto Minato's son, it was the least he could do. Yes, the boy had never had a mother ever since that...woman had left.

Snapping his fingers, Hiruzen summoned a squad of ANBU to assist him and swore each of them to silence about what they were about to say. With that, he lead them to Naruto.

Naruto looked up to see the Third Hokage along with three ANBU arrive in front of him. The boy remained silent, knowing it would take more than just childish acting to fool the 'Professor' of shinobi. However, he had learnt in the harshest way possible to create his mask and no one could see through this construction that hid his true nature.

"...jiji am I a demon?"

At this, Hiruzen's face instantly softened at this, that idiot chuunin must have revealed the truth to the boy. Instantly, Hiruzen hugged the boy and replied with, "Of course not Naruto, that man was a fool to think so and I know better than that."

Naruto smirked inwardly at this, You don't know a thing about me it seems, jiji, as he watched the Third Hokage fall hook, line and sinker for his little act, "However, it is true that you have the Kyuubi sealed within you, but that does not make you a demon, but a hero, chosen by the Fourth Hokage to save us all."

Naruto stiffened at the sound of that name, but recovered quickly enough to avoid notice. Hero? What a joke, that man destroyed my whole life and why would I save any of these beasts that claim to be the most intelligent species in the world.

The boy looked up at Hiruzen and choked out, "I...understand jiji. Can I go home now? I need to be alone to...think about this." Hiruzen smiled once again at the boy and nodded his head, knowing the boy had a lot to contemplate.

After all, things could get even worse now that Kushina and her daughter would be returning for the graduation of the academy.

Flashback-1 week ago

Hiruzen sat at his desk, groaning as he contemplated the huge amount of paperwork he would have to get through before he could go home. Things can't possibly get any worse, the old man thought.

However, fate had other plans for the man.

Suddenly, the window was thrown open and Hiruzen's less wayward, yet still strange, male student appeared in a swish of white hair. "What's up sensei?" He said, immediately getting himself comfy on the sofa with an idiotic smile on his face, much to the older man's chagrin.

"Ahhh Jiraiya-kun, a rare pleasure and, nothing good, I fear," the old Hokage replied. "Well I have some great news to cheer you up then!" The Sarutobi looked up at this, hoping to finally find something to smile about, "Kushi-chan and Naru-chan are gonna be back for the graduation next week and little Naru-chan is going to join the ninja corps! I can tell she will be just as good as her dad, especially with all the training we have been giving her."

He really was getting too old for this shit. He instantly wanted to burn Jiraiya on the spot he was standing, but managed to refrain, after all, no one else, including Jiraiya, knew the truth about Kushina's other child.

"Yes, very good, thank you Jiraiya, but I think I need to be alone for that," Hiruzen replied, offering a weak smile to hide his anger at that woman's name. Jiraiya became disheartened at this weak response, unable to figure out why Hiruzen wasn't happy at this, after all, Minato's child would be returning to them.

After the Toad Sage had left, Hiruzen muttered, "Naruto...what will I do with you?"

Flashback end

Hiruzen was so absorbed in his thoughts that he didn't notice how Naruto disappeared in a swirl of wind that was definitely not the shunshin and, even if it was, there was no way an average student like him would know how to perform that.

Neither did he notice the sinister look on the boy's face that showed darkness that shouldn't be possible for a child at the mere age of 12.

One week later

Finally having gained permission from the Kyuubi to ditch the orange jumpsuit he had been forced to wear during his academy in favour of a more...sensible outfit, Naruto headed over to the academy building to be assigned to a genin team.

However, both he and the Kyuubi knew that, after that night a week ago, he would become stronger than the beast within him extremely soon, to the bijuu's slight worry.

He now wore a form fitting mesh shirt that showed off his extremely developed abdominal muscles, more so than a child of such an age should have, underneath a black jacket with the zip undone, exposing his very good looking physique to the world, not that many of the teenage girls of the village were complaining, as, due to the change in wardrobe and that he had tied his long blond hair into a ponytail, he was completely unrecognisable.

By the time he reached the academy many people were giving him strange looks, surprised by how good he looked. Entering his classroom, he ignored everyone, as per usual, and went to go sit in his seat next to the window.

An unrecognisable chuunin entered the room and explained that, due to unforeseen difficulties Iruka and Mizuki couldn't attend. Naruto caught himself before he could let out a laugh at this, it seemed that the old fool really had kept everything under wraps, thinking that he was just a precious child. It seemed that his idiotic alter-ego really did have uses.

Naruto tuned out as the man read out the teams and who their members would be, keeping his ears slightly open for anything interesting.

Suddenly, he heard a name that he had never expected to hear in this context. "Team Seven will be Sasuke Uchiha, Naruko Namikaze…" Namikaze? Instantly, Naruto thought back to the man that that name conjured up.

Minato Namikaze. Those two words were all it took to completely destroy all of his inhibitions. The man who had completely destroyed his life multiple times over, as if once wasn't enough. However, the next name that was called out truly brought a smile to the boy's face. "And Naruto Uzumaki, your Jonin sensei will be Kakashi Hatake."

He couldn't help letting out a small snigger before quickly covering it up. However, none of the other students noticed as they all broke out into excited chatter at this.

"Who's she, she isn't in the academy?"

"Didn't you know, that's the Yondaime's daughter…

"Yeah she's nicknamed the golden princess of Konoha…"

"I bet she's really cool and strong…"

Naruto ignored the chattering of the lesser beings in front of him. There was only one thing on his mind right now. Yes, this would be the perfect revenge against his greatest enemy. He would completely destroy the Yondaime's legacy. There were already so many ideas bouncing around the twisted jinchuuriki's about how to ruin this girl and, by association, her bastard father.

"Quiet down class, she will be joining her team later," shouted the chuunin over the excitable children, "and wait here now until your jonin sensei come to pick you up."

Naruto immediately blocked out the droning voice of the man after this, who was currently attempting to explain to the class about the importance of the Will Of Fire, one of the many lies and hypocrisies that this godforsaken was built on.

Naruto's Mindscape

The Kyuubi chuckled inwardly at the boy's plans to ruin the Namikaze child. The look that would inevitably appear on the boy's face when he realised who, or what, the girl actually was. However, he would not voice these thoughts to Naruto, worrying that the boy had gained enough power to actually pose a threat to the Bijuu's safety.

The Kyuubi, was, in reality, extremely worried. He hadn't realised until the day Naruto had released that black chakra for the first time that there was something dark, darker even than himself in the child.

Sighing, the Kyuubi thought of his father, wondering what the old man would think of the monster he had created. "I've failed you...old man…" the Kyuubi muttered miserably.

Browsing through Naruto's memories, he came upon the image he was searching for. That golden blond hair and those cerulean blue eyes. The light in that child would be Naruto's last chance of salvation before falling completely into the depths of darkness.

Even that man whom the Kyuubi hated so much, with those blood red eyes, couldn't match this boy's potential for darkness and hatred. Yes, the Kyuubi would have to keep that memory right at the surface of Naruto's mind. That girl...she had to be the to save him and, consequently, the world.

After all, he had the power to destroy the strongest bijuu at such a young age and the world wasn't much of a leap from there.

Back in the classroom, Naruto observed as the jonin came one by one to pick up their teams. First came a black haired woman with strange crimson eyes. Her team consisted of the Hyuuga heir, a soft girl whom Naruto predicted was probably going to die in the first few years of becoming a ninja, along with the idiotic Inuzuka boy. It seemed the only dog-like traits he had inherited was their inferior intelligence. Perhaps the intelligence was split evenly between man and dog, mused the Uzumaki. Finally, the stoic little Aburame with his revolting insects, however, the boy would be crushed as easily as his tenants if he ever annoyed Naruto.

Then came Sarutobi Asuma, the Third's estranged son. His team really was an amusing bunch. A blond haired banshee girl who made the worst covered up looks of disgust at the rest of her circus of a team. These two were the human meatball that was the Akimichi heir and the pineapple headed Nara boy.

To be honest, he found the Nara to be the only person of any interest in this class of incompetents. He had successfully identified what made each and every person tick and their weaknesses. However, that boy was a mildly interesting boy. He seemed entirely unmotivated, yet there was something else under the surface. Naruto would eventually figure it out, but for now he would keep himself amused through observation from afar.

Eventually, it was only himself and the resident emo left. They remained in complete utter silence for over an hour. Every now and again the Uchiha would glance over at him when he believed Naruto wasn't watching, however he was always aware. After all, since mastering the wind jutsu he had found in the scroll of sealing a week ago thanks to mass shadow clone, the wind whispered all of its secrets to him. Extremely useful.

Finally he was alerted to a presence rocketing towards them at worryingly increasing speeds. This would be, of course, the golden girl of Konoha. Naruto couldn't wait to break her. A smirk began to twitch on his face as the girl approached. Revenge was finally within his reach.

A flash of golden hair dropped in through the window and, before Naruto could reign in his emotions, he let out a gasp.

No, it couldn't be her. Suddenly, an image flashed in his mind, the one that had haunted his dreams for six years. Yes...it was.

The girl stood up, her frame glowing under the bright summer sun, the beautiful hair curling down parallel to her back. He traced his eyes up her perfectly slender legs and frame, despite only just progressing into her teenage years, her curves were already starting to develop. Her skin was perfectly tanned from her collar bones up to her neck. He imagined running his hand along that jawline, then over the faint whisker marks on her cheeks.

Finally, their eyes met.

Dark, stormy, powerful, deep blue eyes met beautiful, sparkling cerulean eyes that mirrored the sky on a perfect day. Suddenly, goosebumps jumped up all around his body as a jolt ran through his body. After seemingly ages, Naruto let out the breath he had been holding since he first laid eyes on her.

He had only felt this way once. This could become...problematic. It seemed his ultimate source of revenge, the daughter of the man who destroyed his chance at a life and forced him to become a true monster to survive was...his angel. His plans, for the first time ever, were shattered instantly. He had been utterly checkmated. However, now there would be a new game. Yes, his ultimate goal.

He would take what was rightfully his. He would make her his. Everything about her. He would run his hands through that beautiful hair. He would kiss those lips until they were swollen and then make her moan out of them.

He absentmindedly trailed his sight towards Sasuke, contemplating how he would utterly destroy the little boy if he even glanced in the girl's direction. Yes, he would claim her as his own. Naruko Namikaze, you will be mine, he thought, smirking inwardly, Anyone who even looks at you in the wrong way will be utterly destroyed.

Unknown to Naruto, The Kyuubi watched on as he manipulated Naruto's mind to recognise the girl. He had to be sure, after all, she was the only one who could save the boy who held the fate of the world in his palm.

Hopefully this possessive streak wouldn't cause too many problems for either of them. Any of the male humans foolish enough to cross Naruto in this way deserved to die, not that the Kyuubi cared either way for that, however, if either of them were to suffer due to that things wouldn't go well.

However, he couldn't, at any costs, reveal to Naruto the truth. If the boy found out the one he was completely smitten with was his twin sister, well, he might truly break. If this happened...Kami help Konoha.

Naruko had planned a complete routine on what she would do when she met her team. First she would land in front of them and both would say she looked like the coolest person ever. Then she would pose and shout out, "Namikaze Naruko, future hokage, is in the house Dattebane!" And then they would beg for her autograph.

However, fate seemed to have other ideas. The dynamic entry was completely on point, however the reactions were muted, to say the least. There was the broody black haired boy who had the stupidest hairstyle ever. You could tell from a look he had a pole shoved up his arse. She heard a small sound from across the room. Turning to locate the source of the only reaction she gained, the words she was about to shout out died in her throat.

There, with his head on the table, was the most delicious looking guy in the world and she had seen a lot after picking up the habit from ero-sennin. If she wasn't in complete shock, she would have observed the fact that he was basically a male version of her with much...nicer looking muscles. She could literally feel his eyes stripping her where she stood. Resisting the urge to blush, she met the boy's gaze.

It probably wasn't the cleverest thing to do standing up.

Those eyes were such a deep blue she felt herself drowning. It was extremely scary, her heart was having a seizure in her chest, yet she felt drawn to him like a moth to a flame. It felt as if she should do everything he asked her, without question. She definitely would do whatever he asked at that moment. However, this sudden influx of emotion was causing her legs to become dangerously weak.

Naruto watched the girl become extremely flustered as he stared at her. Good, she already seemed attracted to him, that would make things much easier. However, instead of going towards her, he contented himself with watching from his seat. She seemed so...pure and he didn't want the touch of a monster taking that away.

Naruto had no illusions of what he was. A monster, through and through. He was undeserving of any attachments, that much had been driven into him after the years of torture and neglect of the citizens by day to the nightmares of the Kyuubi by night. However, maybe she could make him into a human again.

"Why don't you have a seat, you seem to be struggling to stand there," Naruto said, smirking at the girl. Oh God, his voice, and that smile, I think I'm gonna faint, Naruko thought to herself. She quickly sat herself down, attempting to hide her blush as she slowly nodded her thanks towards the blond.

She had been known for many things. Being an obnoxious, loud girl who had no respect for authority and a tendency towards executing the most elaborate pranks known to man. But going all fangirl over a boy was definitely NOT her thing. Taking a deep breath she forced out, "I-I'm Naruko Namikaze, Dattebane!" Not exactly what she planned, but it got the job done.

This was the scene that greeted the silver haired man with a facemask as he appeared in a puff of smoke in the middle of the classroom.

"Yo, I'm Kakashi. Save the introductions for the roof, sunshine," addressing the last part to the flustered Namikaze.

Sasuke was the first to leave, grunting in acknowledgement of the jonin. Naruto merely walked up to Naruko, his warm breath caressing the side of her face leaned toward the girl, brushed one of her golden locks of hair out of the way and whispered in her ear, "Dattebane?" before promptly disappearing in a swirl of wind. That left a wide eyed, surprised Kakashi and the blushing mess that was the Fourth Hokage's legacy.

This will be...much more interesting than I first anticipated. Ugh, why did I sign up for this... contemplated Kakashi before poking the girl to make sure she was still alive.