Disclaimer: This is a parody inspired by the works of Masashi Kishimoto and Phil and Kaja Foglio. All characters that I have not created or borrowed from other sources are theirs. This is a Fan fiction and not meant to violate the rights of those who own the rights to the Naruto or Girl Genius Series. I have no money and therefore not a good suing target. Thank you very much.

Spark of Fire

Part One

The Hokage looked at the visitors that were looking across his desk towards the baby in the cradle on the other side. The baby which had saved their village from the nine tailed fox by being the prison for the demonic beast. The baby they said was the heir to the bloodline of their masters, the Uzumaki, holders of the bloodline commonly called the spark. The clan that created his vistors, the Ikerushikabane, the living corpses so called due to the power of the sparks to create life in unliving flesh.

"I believe, Lord Hokage, that young Naruto is the heir of the Uzumaki. Do not try to deny it, since the masters left devices that could detect their kin in special cases such as this. We know that the people of the village do not see him as the hero the Yondaime wanted him to be seen as, instead seeing him as the monster that he holds for the safety of the village." Spoke the lone female of the group of odd humanoids that made up the Ikerushikabane. While there were ones that looked stronger then she was, she still had the aura of being the most dangerous one of the group.

"We would just like to have the chance to protect the young master and allow him to grow with his inheritance within the Uzumaki home. We have had experience dealing with those with the gift. We can keep him safe when he starts to experiment, which he will since he is a spark." The woman said, bring up the memories of the sparks and their experiments. Sparks were known for their unusual experiments which tended to have unknown explosive side effects.

'I know that if Naruto was to grow up without the influence of his clan's creation he would have a rough life. But if he starts to experiment given his bloodline... The reason the Uzumaki home was so far away from the village was so they could keep a safe distance from the village in case their studies blew up in their faces. Also the Ikerushikabane are genetically programmed to obey all commands from an Uzumaki except where their safety is in question. So Naruto would be more protected in their care then in an orphanage.' The Hokage listened as he weighed the effects of each decision before he made the final judgement.

"I will allow Naruto to be kept in your care, but he must be allowed to train as a ninja. It was his parents wishes that he would learn to become part of the village, to learn to love and protect this village." The Hokage said as he looked into the female's eyes.

"That is agreed, he will be trained as a ninja as some of the old masters have been in the past. Just be adviced that some of the equipment that he will use will be quite unusual given his own nature. Expect the unexpected with his ninja way." Said the female as she moved to collect the child so they could head to the lands of the Uzumaki. The Hokage would only have visits with the boy before he headed to the academy.

Twelve Years Later...

Four stone faces stared out of the mountain that stood over the village hidden in the leaves. Normally these were revered, respectful images that filled the people of the village with pride. Today was different, as each face were covered with scribblings of different coloured paints that made the old stone faces look like clowns. Which explained the horde of ninjas looking for the culprit, each with a good idea who was behind this outrage.

A lone figure in an orange sweatsuit tried to hold back the laughter as he hid in plan sight as his cloaking device was working as he expected. It rendered him complete unseen as he used his infrared goggles to be able to see while the light refracted away from his body. It was his latest design and didn't have the battery problems that the previous version had.

'Ha, I know that I was on track in perfecting the Naruto Cloaker. It's so much cooler then the old sheet trick, since you can move around while the device is active. This is a perfect test, pulling a little prank with my Naruto Painter Mark Four to liven up those old stone faces. Then I hid with the Cloak until all of the ninjas give up on me, making them look like idiots.' Naruto held back his giggles as he stood in the school ground.

It was then that he heard a coughing noise behind him and he turned around to see Iruka-sensei staring at him. On his face were a pair of infrared goggles, similiar to the pair that the young ninja student wore. Goggles likely given to him by the Hokage or his 'Mother' Dosei, to keep him out of trouble.

'Damn, the cloak doesn't hide me from the infrared spectrum. I designed it this way so that I can see my body and not trip or hit myself.' Naruto thought as he tried to think up an excuse for his action.

"Naruto, you're in so much trouble right now. Now march! " spoke the sensei as they moved towards the academy. Naruto knew that this wasn't good and wonder if it would help if he shut down the Cloaker system. He was guessing that it wouldn't help.

Later in the Classroom...

Iruka took the centre of the front of the classroom, preparing to teach the class. He begins to speak, "Now class, thanks to a certain prankster we will be looking over the transformation jutsu. Alright, lets start off with Sakura."

Naruto sat in the middle of the rows of seats, doddling a new design on a piece of paper for another invention. He was constantly gaining ideas for different invention, this time it was a formula for a paralyzing agent that would free a person within seconds and would work faster if that person was running. Great for his get aways. It was minutes later that he noticed that Iruka had called his name for test of the transformation jutsu.

'I have the perfect new jutsu to test out on Iruka-sensei, a perfect reward for finding me with the infrared goggles.' Naruto thought as he rose and headed to the front.

He stood were everyone could see him and made with his hand signs, trying to hide his foxy grin at the trick that he would be playing. He said the single word, "Transform! " In a burst of smoke, a new naruto took form. A beautiful teenaged female Naruto stood nude in the smoke of the jutsu, pigtails flowing down her back.

The payment was classic as Iruka's head grew while it flew back in shock and his nose exploded with so much blood it was a wonder that he was alive. It was made even funnier when Iruka was frozen for a few second before reacting. While the teacher was distracted, Naruto transformed back into his male and clothed form. He turned back and saw a few of the students with their own trickles of blood on their upper lips.

'Naruto one, perverts zero. I wonder if I can use this trick for one of my inventions. Perhaps a clank or a construct. A perfect seduction soldier than can infultrate enemy lines. I have to work on that when I have time. Perhaps a series of inventions that can enhance a woman's sexuality and...' Naruto was just getting lost in his brainstorm, when he heard his teacher calling him.

Later that day...

Naruto was using the device he had just invented to clean the faces of the hokages on the monument, the Naruto Scrubber Mark Twelve. Extending arms with round spinning cleaning cloths works all over the faces of the hokages. The Mark Twelve was the perfected version of the device as it didn't cause the massive of the previous eleven devices. It wasn't too much longer before all four faces would be clean.

"Naruto, why did you have to go and deface the Hokage Monument like this? Don't you know they were the best ninjas the village had ever had?" asked Iruka as he looked down on his student.

"Which is why I did it, since I'm going to become the greatest hokage the village has ever seen. With my ninja skills and my inventions, I should be able to make this village one without match. Then they will see how strong and smart I am, I'll make them proud to have me as their leader. I've already improved some of the village with the device I make for the ninja to use, you have to admit they come in handy." he told his sensei as brought up things like the tracer bomb and stunner shuriken.

"I know Naruto, but you have to respect the ninjas of the past if you are to become a ninja of the future. Tell you what, I'll take you out for a ramen dinner after you get the Hokage's face's nice and clean." Iruka said, which cause Naruto to smile as he used the mechanical device to clean off the mess he had made.

'It would be nice to have a really food dinner instead of the nutrient packs Dosei cooks for meals. I know it has all of the nutrients that a ninja needs to be at full strength and grow up strong, yet my ancestors have yet to perfect the taste of those packs. It has the taste of bad medince, not the perfect taste of ramen. No matter how many times I try to perfect the recipe.' Naruto's mind when to the complete calculations he needed to perform his experiments in cook.

The next day...

Naruto had enjoyed his time with Iruka and the meal of ramen he had instead of the gross stuff he usually had for food. Which made this morning more loathesome as it was the graduation exam again and he had to perform a bunshin jutsu. The cloning jutsu had to be one of his worse jutsu as he could tell he was putting too much chakra into the ninja art. Yet no matter how much he tried, he could not control his chakra levels with this single skill.

He heard his name being called out with dread as Iruka called him up to the front. Taking a deep breath, he marching up to the teacher's desk with the emotion of being sent to the hang man. He formed the signs and spoke the jutsu out loud, "Bunshin no Jutsu."

He could feel it going wrong as he could only form one clone instead of three and the formation of the clone was being warped by the massive energy. He new from experience the clone was paper, both in it's pale white colour and the face that it had no width. As he expected, his main sensei spoke, "Naruto, you fail!"

Naruto was surprised by the words of the other sensei, Mizuki, "Iruka, why not let him pass with the other students. He managed to create a clone, and he has a high athletic ability with great stamina. He should make a fine ninja."

"Mizuki, the others in the class managed to create three clones as is expected of a graduating student. Yet Naruto created only one poor clone, one which couldn't be useful for a ninja of any skill. He's just not ready to be a ninja yet, so he fails." Iruka said as he looked at Naruto.

The boy in question was quickly thinking of one of his invention, one that could create duplicate holographic images. It would have the same effect as the Bunshin Jutsu, yet be mechanical in nature. Plus since most of his techological inventions were chakra powered, he should have an advantage using it.

'I just wish there was another way to graduate.' Naruto thought to himself, before he noticed class had ended while he was doing formulating. Or the fact Mizuki-sensei was calling over to him.

Later that night...

Naruto was just finsihing up with his training, trying to master the Kage Bunshin Justu. Studying the make up of the justu he knew that it would require more chakra to power the clones then the Bunshin Jutsu, something he could provide. It didn't take him long to learn the jutsu or to discover it's other bonuses of advance learning.

'One clone learns something and when it disappears, I learn it too. The more clones you have, the faster one can learn. With my mass of chakra, it can be a massive surge in education.' It was then he noticed Iruka-sensei running up to him.

"Naruto, what do you think you are doing?" was the question the sensei asked when he came up to the tree the blond boy was leaning against.

"I took the scroll and learned a jutsu on it, so I graduate like Mizuki-sensei said." Naruto said, still not sure why Iruka was upset about this secret way of becoming a ninja.

"It's a trap! " was the last word the dark haired ninjas said as he was hit in the back by a giant shuriken. The boy in the orange jumpsuit looked up with shocked eyes at his other teacher.

"Naruto hand over the scroll to me, now! " said the light blue haired man as he stood in a tree above them with another giant shuriken on his back.

"Naruto, you must not give him the scroll." The dark haired ninja said with a groan of pain.

Naruto froze for a moment as he was shocked at what was happening, one of his teachers had just attacked the other. The former wanting the scroll he had taken from old man hokage. Appearantly not moving fast enough for Mizuki, the teacher began to speak up, "Naruto, did you know the hokage created a law about you twelve years ago?"

"You mean the law about the Kyuubi? How it was sealed in my body to save the village from it's destructive nature by the Fourth Hokage?" That caused the eyes of the older men to expand greatly at the idea that Naruto knew about the Kyuubi. Mizuki just smiled as he spoke directly to Naruto.

"So you know you're the Kyuubi reborn, a living monster! So you'll have no trouble giving me the scroll so we can get revenge against the village." Mizuki seemed to think he had the upper hand.

"Naruto, you are not the Kyuubi. You're Naruto Uzumaki of the hidden leaf village. You are not a monster, you are a brave and loyal member of our village and will make a great ninja one day." said Iruka as he looked into Naruto's eyes.

"You're wrong, Iruka. The Kyuubi is out for power, just like me! So he's going to hand the scroll over to me and then we can dispose of you. " Mizuki said as he began to laugh, only to be silenced by the words of the young teen.

"The name is Naruto Uzumaki and I have a question for you Mizuki," The forest suddenly exploded with Narutos as multiple duplicates came into being. The blond continued, "Would you rather have your ass kicked by my Kage Bunshins or would you like to be given over to the Ikerushikabane hiding in the shadows?"

All three of the villagers noticed glowing eyes appearing in the shadows of the woods. Most of them were a bright crimson that seemed to have building wraith within them, but there were a few other colours mixed in with those deadly eyes. Everyone knew the reborn corpses usually took the bodys of those who had died in battle against them and used them to create more of their kind. Or at least for spare parts in times of need. Either way it was a disturbing idea when encountering the warriors of the Uzumaki clan.

"I should have mention the fact they follow me everywhere, to protect me from any kind of violence which might befall me. Even when I pull my pranks, they work to keep me safe from harm. So you have to ask yourself, take my chances against hundreds of loyal leaf ninjas or just a few Ikerushikabanes?" Naruto asked as he expected a responce, what he got was an attack. Like one, a hundred Naruto struck and kicked the chunin's ass.

One the traitor was knocked unconcious, he turned to his sensei and pulled out the blade of the shuriken. The man with the bandage smiled at Naruto, "Looks like you were prepare for any trouble. I have to know how it is you know about the fox? The hokage made a rule preventing anyone from speaking about it to protect you from it's legacy."

"First, thanks for believing in me sensei. As for the Kyuubi, it was simple. I figure something like the Kyuubi couldn't be killed, so the next likely choice was for it to be sealed into something. The only thing strong enough to hold the greatest demon was a living vessel. Since I was born on the night the Kyuubi attacked the village and the Fourth died, it makes sense I was the one who had the demon sealed in them." Naruto told his sensei as he revealed the simple logic of the knowledge.

"Naruto, I want you to close your eyes for a minute." asked the dark eyed man as he waited for the blue eyed boy to close those eyes. Naruto looked at him for a minute, and then did what was asked of him. After the betrayal of one teacher one might not be willing to trust another one. Yet Iruka had come to his defense when Mizuki tried to make him think he was a monster, something Naruto knew was false.

Waiting for what his teacher was planning, he felt something being lifted from his head. The boy in orange thought, 'It's likely my goggles, since that's the only thing on my head. If it's true, I have a feeling what is going to happen next.'

Naruto was pleased to be proven right when he felt something replacing those goggles on his head. Opening his eyes after a short time, he saw his goggles in his sensei's hands and the same sensei's forehead bare. Naruto raised his hands to his head to feel the cloth and metal of the protector he know wore, a symbol of being a ninja.

"Naruto, for you work mastering the Kage Bunshin and for stopping Mizuki from stealing the forbidden scroll, I graduate you and make you a genin ninja. Congraduations! " Iruka said with a bright smile.

"I'm proud of you, Naruto. I had wished to pass you earlier today, but without mastering the Bunshin Jutsu you would have been left weak in a dangerous situation. The Kage Bunshin should make up for the weak point you had from before. In many ways, you remind me of me when I was a kid. That's why I tried to help you so much so you didn't have to go through what I had to at your age." Iruka said, as Naruto felt glum.

"It was because of the fox that you were an orphan, just like I would have been if it hadn't been for the Ikerushikabane. I want you to know we still have each other to help each other, sensei," Naruto brightened at those words, as they looked over to the beaten traitor. Naruto continued, "So what do we do with the loser now?"