Welcome to the first chapter of Destined Legacy. Man I really don't know how to begin an introduction this is my first time even considering writing a fan-fictionbased story so DO NOT JUDGE ME. Well I have been reading a ton of Naruto fanfics over the past year because frankly I hate how the canon ended so I amused myself into reading the alternate endings of stories on the web. Ehhhhhh some were good, some were awful but hey who's to say you will like mine am I RIGHT *awkward chuckle. So hey enough of the chit-chat just seat back, relax and get to reading.

Oh and sadly I do not own Naruto that honor belongs to one Masashi Kishimoto.

Chapter 1: Beginnings

It was early morning in Konoha, the village hidden in the leaves. The sun was just beginning to rise as people were just now starting to wake up and going about their daily routine. As the sun shone into his apartment, one Uzumaki Naruto mumbled incoherently in his sleep dreaming of being fed ramen by his crush Sakura as he was being named Hokage. Rays of sunshine blinded him in his sleep as he slowly open his eyelids, looking over to his bed stand he lazily glimpsed at his alarm clock.

"GAH! I am going to be late, Iruka-sensei is soo going to kill me if I miss today of all days." Naruto shouted as he jumped out of his bed to get ready. Normally Naruto would not have cared if he was late or not he was known for his rather rebellious nature but today was a special day he was finally going to become a NINJA! Naruto rushed to the bathroom, turning on the shower he was sprayed with cold water, it was always like this the landlord seemed to had it out for him or something then again the entire village shared his mindset.

After a quick shower, Naruto hurriedly wore his orange jumpsuit and made his way to the kitchen. Opening one of the cupboards Naruto grabbed one of his many cups of ramen and heated it in the microwave. After eating his non-nutritional breakfast he closed the door of his tiny apartment and made his way straight to the academy.

On the road to his destination he couldn't help but notice the glares of the civilians as they all kept their distance and whispered amongst themselves.

"Demon."

"Devil."

"I hear he is taking the shinobi exam with the rest of this year's class."

" WHAT! How could Hokage-sama even let that demon graduate!"

" I thought the council made it clear not allow him to become a ninja."

Those were just a few of the many conversations that were being held behind his back. He never understood why the village hated him so much, sure he pranked them and all but that was in response to their actions towards him in the first place. Naruto shook his head he wasn't going to let these people get in his head especially when he would be taking his first step to becoming Hokage today.

After reaching the shinobi academy Naruto rushed through the halls and into his classroom he finally made it and just in time to, grinning to himself he entered the class where Iruka-sensei was instructing the class of the objectives of the test. "Oh Naruto glad your on time for once take a seat, I was just telling the class of what your final exam would be covered on." said Iruka while smiling happy that Naruto came on time.

Naruto scanned through the classroom for an available seat and scowled when he realized he would be sitting next to Uchiha Sasuke, his ultimate rival.

Naruto had never really understood the emo king. Everybody loved Sasuke, the girls in his class, the teachers in the academy, the civilians and other shinobi of the village, everyone. He was Konoha's golden child but yet he remained cold and indifferent. Ungrateful bastard, it irked Naruto to no end, how he would give to lavish in such love and attention the raven haired boy had.

Knowing there wasn't any other place to go, Naruto made his way over to sit next to the Uchiha.

"Teme." Naruto muttered.

"Hn."

Naruto merely rolled his eyes, what can he say it was a typical response you would get from the brooder, that and "dope" of course. Naruto looked further ahead of Sasuke and seen Sakura sitting next to Sasuke's left giving glances to the last Uchiha.

" Hey Sakura-chan!" Naruto shouted enthusiastically as he waved at the pink haired girl. "How about after our exams you and I-"

"SHUT UP Naruto-baka!" Sakura shouted as she smashed her fist into Naruto's face sending him flying away from the table."What did I say about not insulting Sasuke huh, and also why would I even date a loser like you!". All of the students roared in laughter as they witnessed the dope yet again get rejected for the hundredth time, Naruto merely sank back in his seat in depression when Iruka called out to the class.

" Ok class settle down the test will begin shortly, what you will be tested on is simple. First you will perform the substitution jutsu, followed by the henge transformation jutsu, and lastly the clone jutsu. You all will remain here Mizuki-sensei and I will be in the other room calling at one student at a time to begin their final exam. Good luck." said Iruka as he and Mizuki made there way to the testing room calling forth names of the students.

Forty-five minutes later Naruto was now the only one left to be tested, after practically storming in the test room, Naruto stood in front of his examiners.

"Ok Naruto perform the substitution technique while I throw this rubber kunai at you." Iruka said politely. Naruto prepared himself and substituted with a nearby chair to dodge the rubber kunai.

"Good, Now perform the transformation technique." immediately Iruka regretted what he had said when Naruto transformed. There in front of him was a fully naked blond haired girl, blond hair tied in twin tails reaching the small of her back, an hourglass figure that would put most girls in her age group to shame, and full plump lips the glistened in a pout. Iruka was blasted from his chair due to an immense nosebleed and fell onto the floor. After regaining his bearing when Naruto canceled the jutsu he made his way back his chair and saw Mizuki disapproving stare. He chuckled awkwardly and motion for Naruto to continue.

" This is the last test Naruto pass it and you will receive your headband." said Iruka hoping Naruto would finally get the clone technique down.

"Dont worry Iruka-sensei I promised myself that I would become a ninja and no one will get in my way, dattebayo!" Naruto loudly exclaimed as he positioned the right hand seal and molded his chakra, he was going to get his headband no matter what.

"Bunshin no Jutsu!" said Naruto as there was a burst of smoke, after the smoke cleared Naruto looked towards his left expecting a fully formed clone but what revealed was a sadly deformed one instead. Looking towards his sensei he was met with a disappointing stare.

"YOU FAIL!"

The sun had begun to set in Konoha and one Naruto was now lying on his bed in his small apartment with a sense of utter failure and discomfort. "I failed, today was supposed to be a memorable one for me. I was going to take my first step in becoming Hokage and have these villagers accept me and acknowledge me. I had to witness my other classmates all wearing headbands and starting their career as ninja, while I was left to the dirt laid forgotten." Naruto bitterly thought to himself, sulking into his bed further. Suddenly he heard a tap on his bedroom window and noticed Mizuki-sensei on the other side. Confused, Naruto got out of his bed and open the window.

"Hey Naruto, I just came to check on how your doing. You looked very depressed when Iruka yelled at you like that." Mizuki said with a look of sympathy on his face.

"What can I say I failed and Iruka-sensei was only doing the right thing." said Naruto in a gloomy tone. "Well I think I know a way you can pass and become a ninja Naruto." said Mizuki in a sweet tone.

" What! How is that possible, I thought you couldn't re-do the test!" shouted Naruto. Seeing his excitement Mizuki smirked knowing this would be even easier than he thought.

"Well I just might know away you can pass, they dont give this test to anyone you know." Mizuki said as he motioned for Naruto to come closer to give him the details of his plan.

"Wow this really was easy." Naruto thought as he just now entered the forest with a large scroll tied onto his back looking for closure to study away from prying eyes. The plan was really simple go in Jiji's office find the scroll Mizuki described, master the clone jutsu and done he would go on to become a ninja.

Stopping on a large tree Naruto took the the scroll of his back and sat down. He unrolled the scroll carefully and found the jutsu he was looking for, Kage Bunshin. "Oh well might as well get to work then." said Naruto.

He looked over the contents written on the scroll and decided it may be a good idea to read the description of the jutsu.

Kage Bunshin No Jutsu- a B rank Kinjutsu (Forbidden Jutsu) that can only be used by one with large chakra to the basic Clone Technique, this technique creates copies of the user, however, these clones are corporeal instead of illusions. The user's chakra is evenly distributed among every clone, giving each clone an equal fraction of the user's overall power.

"Wow this jutsu is intense, but it's nothing Uzumaki Naruto can't handle! I am going to master if its the last thing I do!" said Naruto with renewed and set himself to work.

Less than an hour later Naruto found himself staring at ten more copies himself. Out of curiosity he raised his hand and poked one of his clones. "Hey! Cut that out."shouted the clone.

"YATTA I DID IT!" Naruto shouted as he pumped his fist in the air.

"YATTA!" all of his clones shouted in unison.

Naruto dispelled his clones since he had no use for them and sat back down to master the next jutsu on the scroll. As soon as unrolled the scroll once more he heard a familiar yell.

"There you are Naruto!"

Naruto turned around and sure enough standing before him was Iruka-sensei and from the look on his not to pleased also. "Hey Iruka-sensei what are you doing here?" asked Naruto.

"What I am doing here! What are you doing carrying that scroll, Lord Third had requested immediate retrieval for it!." said Iruka

Naruto jumped on the balls of his feet as spoke to his sensei in an excited manner. " Hey, but sensei isn't that how the test is suppose to be. Find the scroll, master a jutsu and show you. Then I will pass right, right!"

" Uhh Naruto who told you that exactly?" asked Iruka in a curious tone.

Naruto merely tilted his head to the side. " Mizuki-sensei did. He told me where exactly the scroll was located and how to retrieve it.

Iruka widened his eyes and started to realize what exactly was going on when he heard a whooshing sound coming towards them. "GET DOWN NARUTO!"

Several kunai implanted itself in Iruka's legs and back, grunting in pain he looked back and scowled. "So it really was you."

"I have got to had it to you Iruka, you came here pretty fast. I hoped the planed would be simple enough take the scroll and flee, but you had to get in my way." said Mizuki emerging from the shadows a smirk on his lips. "Give me the scroll Naruto." said Mizuki camly.

"No! Naruto don't give him the scroll!" Iruka shouted. Naruto looked unsure of himself and took a few steps back the scroll firmly grasped in his hands. "Wh-what's going on."

"He is lying to you Naruto! He used you to get to the scroll. The scroll you are holding contains forbidden arts and secrets of Konoha!" explained Iruka. Mizuki merely scoffed and looked towards Naruto. "You accuse me of lying well then Naruto how about I tell you a little secret. The secret to why you are shunned and hated amongst the people of Konoha."

"MIZUKI! You wouldn't dare, you know it's forbidden!" said Iruka.

Naruto looked back and forth between the two. "What are you talking about, who is lying?"

"They have been lying to you your whole life, and all because of what happen twelve years ago." Mizuki looked at Naruto with an insane grin.

"Twelve years?" Naruto shook his head. "I don't understand?"

"Mizuki don't!"

"Haven't you wondered why people looked at you with such hate?!" Mizuki sneered at Naruto. " Why everyone would keep their distance from you, why you were isolated all this time? I will tell you why Naruto, you see when the great Yondaime sacrificed himself for this village, he didn't actually kill the Kyuubi, he sealed it into a new born baby."

That was all Naruto had to hear, contrary to popular belief he wasn't stupid. Living on your own from the age of four required one to learn faster than most, so he didn't have to hear the rest of Mizuki's rant to understand where he was getting to.

Mizuki only confirmed his thoughts moments after. "Its you! The Fourth sealed the Kyuubi inside of you!"

Naruto was now trembling, he slumped to his knees. It all made sense now the way they treated him all of this time, The glares, the hatred, the whisperings behind his back. How could he have been more stupid, he should have realized how his birthday was on the same day as the Kyuubi festival. People hated him with a passion, the one time he came to the festival he was driven out and beaten by drunken villagers when he was younger.

I am a demon aren't I….?

Mizuki took the opportunity of Naruto's turmoil and threw his Fuuma Shuriken at the boy.

Hearing a painful grunt, Naruto looked up and saw Iruka's tear streaked face with the large shuriken sticking out of his back. "Sensei why?" his voice cracked with emotion. His sensei merely smiled sadly back at him. "Because Naruto we are the same. Back when I was in the academy I was lonely and I know what it is like to feel that pain. I am so sorry Naruto I should have been there for you when you were clearly hurting inside." said Iruka his words laced with guilt.

"Hahahah! Iruka who are you lying to, you were one of the people that hated the demon the most, or have you forgotten."

That was all it took Naruto to take the scroll and run ignoring his sensei's shouts calling after him. He just wanted to get far away from here, it was all just too much.

Naruto was now laying his back on a tree breathing heavily, feeling he had run far enough and was now contemplating his thoughts of the news he received. Iruka-sensei as well huh? Figures if the entire village shares the same perspective of me, then would Iruka-sensei be any different? Suddenly he heard voices behind him and looked over his shoulder where Mizuki had now pinned Iruka and had raised a kunai in his hand.

"I don't know why you would sacrifice yourself for the demon he killed your parents didn't he?" Mizuki questioned.

"Your right. Yes the demon did kill my parents and caused me pain and suffering." said Iruka surprising Mizuki.

Naruto was only a mere distance away from them as listened in. So he does hate me after all he thought sadly.

"But that's not who Naruto is!" His words causing Naruto and Mizuki to snap their attention back to him. "Naruto is my student. A proud shinobi of Konoha, he is clumsy at times and makes mistakes but he never gives up and strives to accomplish his dreams. And I believe in him!"

Naruto went from depressed to elated. Iruka-sensei believed in him, he truly saw Naruto as who he was and didn't judge him like the others. It made him feel extreme joy after hearing those words.

"I am done here, I will kill you here right now Iruka!" Mizuki shouted as he began sprinting towards Iruka and was ready to launch his kunai when suddenly, a streak of orange and blonde smashed a foot into his face sending him flying to the opposite direction.

"N-naruto?"said Iruka. Naruto was standing back-faced towards him glaring at Mizuki. "If you so much as touch my sensei, I will kill you!" growled Naruto

"Hn, I'd like to see you try demon!" Mizuki shouted.

Naruto put his hands in a ram seal and began molding and raising his chakra. "Tajuu Kage Bunshin No Jutsu!"

An enormous burst of smoke blinded them, when it cleared to Mizuki's horror hundreds if not thousands of clones were everywhere.

"Whats wrong, I thought you were gonna kick our ass?" spoke one of the clones cracking his knuckles.

Mizuki didn't have a chance to respond as the clones came charging towards him.

Naruto rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly as he looked down upon the bloodied body that was once Mizuki. He turned towards Iruka. "I might have gone too far huh."

"Come here Naruto." said Iruka. When he was close enough he asked Naruto to close his eyes, Naruto merely did so. Then he felt a metal plate touching his forehead, no it couldn't be Naruto thought excitedly. And sure enough when he open his eyes he saw Iruka merely smiling at him.

"You did it Naruto. You're a ninja of the Leaf, wear that headband with honor."

"YATTA! I did Iruka-sensei. I finally did it."

"Thank you for your report Iruka you are now dismissed, Naruto you stay." said the Hokage as Iruka had just finished giving his report on the incident.

"Thank you Hokage-sama and Naruto I will see on team placements in two weeks." said Iruka as he walked out of the Hokage's office, closing the door knowing he would want to have a word with Naruto in private. Naruto looked towards the old man who simply gestured for Naruto to take a seat.

"Naruto I know you must have a lot of questions regarding of what you may have learned through Mizuki, am I correct?" asked Hiruzen a looked at the young boy.

"Why did he do it? Why did he ruin my LIFE? I looked up to him you know, everyday I would promise myself that I would be as great as a shinobi as the Yondaime was. He was my inspiration and now I learned that he was the cause of all my SUFFERING" Naruto demanded with tears in his eyes.

Hiruzen simply looked at the boy in sympathy, he slowly stood up and made his way to his surrogate grandson and pulled him into a hug. The boy struggled to get out of his grasp but to no avail, Naruto brokedown as he wrapped his arms around the old man and cried. Hiruzen signalled a gesture to his anbu to leave which they nodded and dispersed.

After quite bit of time had passed, Hiruzen was still comforting the boy rubbing his back smoothly. "Naruto, when the Yondaime sealed the Kyuubi inside of you it wasn't to the intent that you would become a demon and shunned. No, the Fourth Hokage wanted the people of Konoha to see you as a hero." Naruto looked up at him in shock. "A hero. Me? Then I am not a demon?"

" Yes Naruto you are far from it. You are a hero one that is protecting our village on a daily basis. You keep the Kyuubi at bay and thus protecting me, the villagers, and all of Konoha." said Hiruzen

"Then how could I let them see me as a hero, how will I make them acknowledge me?" Naruto asked eager to get a response.

"You will have to grow strong Naruto prove to them that you love and will protect Konoha with the best of your ability. You still want to become Hokage correct?" asked Hiruzen.

"Of course! That is my dream." shouted Naruto.

"Then as you are now my boy you will not succeed." seeing Naruto hurtful expression he continued. "You didn't let me finish as you are right now Naruto your ninja aspects are severely lacking. Your physical strength and speed are below par, your taijutsu is non-existent and your chakra control is pitiful. Your ninjutsu needs work, and for the love of god Naruto get rid of that horrid jumpsuit!" The Hokage exclaimed.

Naruto appeared very embarrassed as the old man was listing his faults but didn't agree with the last. " Hey! What's wrong with what I have on now!" Gesturing towards his jumpsuit.

"Everything Naruto, you are a ninja meaning darker colour schemes would better suited in battle. As you are right now you will stick out like a sore thumb." replied Hiruzen. Naruto had to agree with that comment maybe he should look into changing his clothes.

"You can go ahead and figure out how you will change that but, I can give you some pointers to increase your training." said Hiruzen as made his way to a cabinet in his desk and brought out several books and handed them to Naruto seeing the boy's look "Those books will give you pointers on how to increase your chakra control remember having large chakra reserves is useless if you don't know how to mold it properly. To find information on the rest of the training go to the shinobi library and check out books of taijutsu and ninjutsu, they won't deny you seeing as though you are a shinobi.

Naruto looked excited he now had the tools to take his first step to becoming a great ninja, but he frowned after remembering something. "Jiji the team placements are in two weeks how will I even catch up with the rest of the class knowing I have such limited time?"

"Well your in luck the jutsu you mastered today will help you greatly. You see shadow clone are different from regular clones due to the fact that when using shadow clones the user will receive the thoughts of his clones once dispelled. Meaning, any training you commit with your clones your essentially gaining more knowledge at a high rate. And with your chakra reserves summoning 300 clones would be of no problem." explained Hiruzen and smiled seeing the sparkle in Naruto's eyes.

"That means I could easily catch up with the material I missed. Thank you Jiji I am thankful for what you are doing for me." Naruto said very grateful to his surrogate grandfather.

"Your very welcome Naruto, just remember a shinobi is calm, tactful and reserved. I am not asking you to turn into this emotionless drone, what I am saying is you must maintain a limit of some sort you understand me?" asked Hiruzen. " Of course Jiji I wasn't planning on becoming an emo like the teme, I have my standards you know."replied Naruto. Hiruzen simply chuckled and told him to be on his way.

"DON'T WORRY JIJI I WON'T FAIL YOU, I WILL BECOME THE GREATEST HOKAGE EVER!" shouted Naruto as ran out of the Hokage's office, the secretary there glared at him as he passed by her but he shrugged it off knowing that sooner or later he would gain everyone's acknowledgment at some point.

"Minato, Kushina, your son is on the path to greatness. You would be so proud of him." said Hiruzen as made his way back to his desk and on towards completing his duties of the day.

Chapter 1 completed:

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