AN* Hey there! For those of you who do know me and read my work, welcome to my latest work. As said in the discription this a challenge fanfiction by MrWriterWriter, so look up his profile to see the challenge and take part if interested.

The Scroll

The dark. That was the boy's element as he jumped through the trees of the forest. The boy carried a large scroll and normally his bright orange jumpsuit would give him away in a crowd, but somehow he managed to stay hidden. The boy was none other then Naruto Uzumaki, and the scroll he was carrying was the Forbidden Scroll that had once belonged to the Fourth Hokage. Landing in the clearing he opened the scroll and looked at the first jutsu.

"Ugh, Kage Bushin... I can't even do a regular Bushin." he grumbled as he passed it, deciding to come back to it later. Continuing on he read over a few more.

"Shuriken Kage Bushin, Mizu Bushin, Tsuchi Bushin, Kaze Bushin. WHAT IS WITH ALL THE GOD DAMN BUSHIN!" the hyper active blond yelled. Moving to the end of the scroll he found a jutsu that wasn't a bushin but it was also blurred.

"Well it's better then nothing, and if I can learn it then I can finally get to be a shinobi." he grinned as he started memorizing the hand signs, then practicing them without channeling chakra. Once he was satisfied he had learned it he went back and groaned, looking at the Bushin jutsu.

"Well maybe I'll get extra credit if I learn more." he sighed as he started practicing the Kage Bushin. It was several hours later that he finished practicing, having learned a few more techniques out of the scroll, that Iruka showed up.

"NARUTO! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" he shouted.

"Passing the make up test?" the blond asked confused "Mizuki-sensei told me that if I could steal the forbidden scroll and learn one jutsu out of it that I would be allowed to become a genin."

Iruka sighed at this, knowing that Naruto hadn't done this to be mean.

"Listen Naruto, Mizuki lied to you."

"That I did." the chunin laughed from the branch he was standing on.

"Why?" Naruto asked, confused and hurt that the sensei that he trusted had lied to him.

"Because I wanted the scroll. And as a reward for you doing such a good job, how about I tell you a secret!"

"MIZUKI DON'T! IT'S FORBIDDEN!" Iruka shouted.

"What do you mean?" Naruto asked.

"It's a secret relating to you. The reason that the village hates you. You see on the day you were born the Kyubi attacked, so when the fourth killed it, he locked it away inside a newborn baby. That baby was you! You are the KYUBI!" Mizuki laughed as the blond stood there shocked.

"It can't be!" he mentally screamed.

"You're right on that part." a rough voice growled.

"WHO!"

"The Kyubi. Trust me kit, you aren't me. You are just the jailor, the warden."

"Then I'm not a monster."

"Kit if you're a monster then the Nibi is a prude, the Ichibi isn't obsessed with killing, and I'm just a bid cuddly plushie." the fox growled.

"Then..."

"Go ahead and kick that betrayers ass. We demon lords value honor above everything else, so use that new technique of yours and kick some major ass!"

Nodding Naruto looked up at Mizuki who was laughing.

"You're wrong." he grinned "I'm not the Kyubi, I'm simply the one keeping it from killing everyone."

"WHAT?" Mizuki shouted.

"And now let me show you what I learned from the scroll." Naruto grinned as he started the fifty hand signs. Once finished everyone stopped for a moment, expecting a massive attack or something, but instead nothing happened for a few moments.

"OH THIS IS RICH!" Mizuki laughed "YOU ARE A FAILURE!"

Before anything else could be said static shone through the air behind Naruto. Suddenly a massive portal opened up and he was pulled inside before either of the two chunin knew what happened.