Disclaimer:

The following is a Fan-Fiction. I do NOT own Naruto or anything to do with it. Naruto is owned by Masashi Kishimoto and TV Tokyo. If I did own Naruto I would put more Kiba scenes in it. I only own all of my OC's that I have made up. Please don't sue me…

Is This Real?

Melody's POV:

I flicked through the pages of a book that I am forced to read for some stupid test that I am supposed to study for. I have been doing this for the past five minutes and already I am bored.

"Man, this is such a drag…" I say to myself, I chuckled trying to count all the times I've heard that line.

I throw the book down on the ground and turn on the T.V. and luckily my favourite anime is on. Naruto. I lay on my bed so relaxed. EW! I just saw Naruto use the Sexy Jutsu. This is the one thing I dislike about some anime. Yuck! I cover my eyes to shield them from the torment. Thank you sweet hands, what would I do without you.

My name is Melody Yakamashi (1). I am your average girl. Except I am the only girl I know beside my sister Gracie who likes anime. Everyone else says 'You're such a boy!' and 'how could you watch it? It's stupid!' But I don't mind. My sister Gracie used to be as interested in Naruto as I am now, but she doesn't enjoy it anymore. She says 'We all have to grow out of it sometime.' And whenever her friends come over she tells me not to embarrass her by talking about it around her friends. Personally, I think that she needs a better choice of friends. In my opinion, they're pretty snobby.

I have light brown hair that goes down to my upper back with streaks of blond hair running down the back. I have calm dark green eyes. I wear a sleeveless blue top and a pair of jeans followed by black leather boots.

My sister is the one who takes care of me. Our parents died in a car crash. Well that's what Grace told me. I'm not sure if that's true or not, oh well. So Grace is a bit of a nagger. Nag, nag, nag, that's all she does.

Suddenly I hear… Nothing. I take my hands off of my face and it turns out that my sister has turned off my T.V. while my favourite show is on.

"Grace! What'd you do that for?" I yelled at her. This made me mad.

Grace has short blond hair that only just reaches her shoulders. She has blue eyes and has slightly tanned skin. She wore a white top with a black cardigan. She wore black shorts with black high tops.

She looked at me with a frown.

"Listen, you can't just drop all of the work that you are doing and go watch cartoons-"

"Anime." I corrected her.

"Look, my point is that you need to study and to make sure that happens…" Grace took out the batteries out of my remote. "I'll be taking these…" And with that she walked out while closing the door behind her.

Now I know what you're thinking 'Just go up to your T.V. and operate it manually.' Pft… Well I would… If I could… But I cannot…

…

…

…

Okay you got me. I can't be bothered, it's too much work. So instead I take out my portable DVD player and-

"And don't even think about watching it on your DVD player!" My sister called out to me from the hall.

"This is such a drag…" I repeated. I chuckled once more. That never gets old.

~Is this for real?~

I tossed and turned in my bed but I couldn't fall asleep tonight. I didn't study for my test all that much because I was a little disappointed that I couldn't watch much Naruto today thanks to my sister of course. I looked at the time on my wall clock and it was close to midnight. I sat up and sighed.

'I am so going to fail that test.' I thought to myself.

The time ticked to one minute to midnight.

I stared at my teddy bear… Don't judge me! We've all had them! I cuddled him. Once again, don't give me that look!

I ripped the blankets off of me and hopped out of the bed. I walked up to my bedroom window and looked out to the starry night.

"I wish I didn't have to take that dumb test…" I mumbled to myself.

The clock ticked to midnight.

"I wish I could be on amazing ninja missions like the characters in Naruto do… I wish I could tag along with them." I continued.

I continued to silently watch out the window when I saw the reflection of my sister in it. I turned to her.

"Oh yes, I'm sure that we'd all like to go to that world and do that sort of stuff." My sister told me sarcastically.

Curses! She was listening to my private 'Me Time' conversation.

The clocked ticked. One past twelve.

"Now go back into bed. You need to get up early tomorrow for school… And you've also got to get up for that test, even if you like it or not." She finished. I climbed into bed and rolled onto my side.

"Once you get up in the morning, you should probably be a little quicker so then you can study for it longer." She said before she shut my door behind her when she left.

I guess I was starting to get a little sleepy. So I shut my eyes and tried to rest in the darkness. I suddenly got a very troublesome headache, so that stopped me from sleeping for a little while, but I managed to finally fall asleep, even with my headache and with my nervousness. I did it.

I opened my eyes. It was cold and I was outside. I heard yelling and laughing. It sounded like a kid. I shoved it off and rolled over onto my back.

"Naruto! Come back here! When I get my hands on you!" One of the people yelling growled.

What? Naruto? Did I hear this right?

"You've really crossed the line Naruto!" Another yelling person yelled.

Damn it, stop your yelling!

I quickly sat up and it turns out that I was on the mountain with all of the Hokage's faces on them. And I saw Naruto… With a paint bucket.

This is such a realistic dream. I may not have been able to watch it on television but at least my dreams will still understand me.

The ninja did the same thing as they did in the episode. They were bouncing ninja's and somehow Naruto managed to paint the faces just by jumping around carelessly. Wait a minute… How in the world did he paint so many colours on their faces with a bucket with just yellow paint in it? Oh well. And I felt a splash of paint go onto my face. It felt so real. I ignored it. Less thinking, more stalking… In other words I somehow managed to climb off of the giant rock and I followed them all… Like a ninja would…

"Give it up!" Naruto called out laughing. "You're just bent because you don't have the guts to do what I do! Do you? Losers! Wannabes! You'll never catch me!" Naruto laughed again.

They were jumping around and this confused me. Naruto and the other ninja jumped away and it turns out that Naruto was behind a camouflage sheet. He pulled it off and by some miracle I managed to catch up.

He laughed. "That was too easy!" He said rubbing the back of his head.

"You know that you're going to get caught any second now, right?" I say to him.

He looked confused, but smiled again. "No way! Why would you think that?" He asked.

"That's why." I say pointing at Iruka Sensei.

Naruto looked at the sensei behind him and screamed while he jumped forward.

"Where'd you come from Iruka Sensei?" Naruto yelled. "What are you doing here?"

I watched this argument. Man, I must've watched this over nine thousand times. This was extremely accurate.

"No what are you doing here? You're supposed to be in class." Iruka said while he pointed at the blonde haired boy.

"Um…" I said softly. They both looked at me. "May I come too please?" I asked. I motioned for Iruka to lower his head down and covered my mouth as I whispered into his ear.

"I'll keep Naruto under control." I promise. He looked at me and I looked back with a sincere look. He nodded slowly. I smiled on the outside, but it took all my will-power to not fist-pump the air. This is the best day ever!

~Is this for real?~

And now we are at the academy for ninja training. Naruto was tied up and I watched as Iruka lectured him.

"I'm at the end of my rope, Naruto…" Ha! Get the joke there? "You've failed the graduation test last time and the time before that. Tomorrow, you've got another chance and you're messing up again."

Iruka, give the guy a break… I felt like punching him but not in front of this entire class with a lot of cool characters in it.

Naruto huffed and looked away from Iruka. Oh boy now everyone's in for it…

I couldn't find out what to think of Iruka's face expression. He was smiling weirdly and on top of that, veins were popping out of his head. He points to the class.

"Fine! Because you missed it Naruto, everyone will review the Transformation-Jutsu!"

Everyone starts complaining. Personally, I would feel excited to show-off around Naruto, but I guess everyone has their opinions.

Everyone lines up, except for me. I think I might show-off a bit and surprise everyone. I am so diabolical it hurts!

Sakura goes first. Damn her, that show-off. Eh, I guess it's natural.

"Okay, Sakura here," Yes, yes, we all know your name! You don't need to announce it every episode that you live, just hurry up before I die of boredom. "Let's do it, Transform!" Eh, I guess she did okay… So what if she turned herself into Iruka perfectly, not scared… I can do that too!

"You transformed into me, good…" Iruka had a checklist. I like it.

Sakura transformed back into herself. "Yes I did it!" She kept on repeating that for a while. I guess Inner Sakura is blabbering on again. "Sasuke, did you see that?" It took all of the will-power I had in my entire body not to face-palm at the sight. Naturally Sasuke ignored her and remained unimpressed. Good job Sasuke!

"Next Sasuke Uchiha!" Sakura moved away to make room for Sasuke. I've never noticed this before, but he looks a lot younger than he is without his headband. CUE SCREAMING FANGIRLS!

Iruka scribbled something on the list of awesomeness while Sasuke transformed silently.

"Ah, good…" Iruka commented.

Sasuke quickly changed back into himself, personally I would've done it sooner because you know, I'm a girl… And that would be… Weird.

"Naruto Uzumaki!" Iruka called out as Sasuke walked off. I could barely hear Shikamaru and Ino talking to Naruto.

"This is a total waste of time, Naruto" Shikamaru commented.

"We always pay for your screw-ups." Ino complained. She's a screw-up.

"Like I care…" Naruto replied.

I saw Hinata blushing a little at Naruto. I feel sorry for her to be honest

Uh-oh. I knew what was going to happen next. The worst part. I'm using the ancient ninja art of covering my eyes so then they don't bleed.

"Transform!" He called out.

Thank goodness I didn't see that! I heard Iruka screaming and then Naruto starting to laugh frantically.

"Got you! That was my Sexy-Jutsu." Yeah I could tell. Well no not really. That's gross, yuck! That is an embarrassment to women everywhere!

"Cut the stupid tricks!" Iruka yelled. Naruto stopped laughing. "This is your last warning!" Wait a minute, did his head grow three times the size of his own head? What is the deal with that? I have to admit that Iruka is starting to scare me now.

"Hey Iruka Sensei…" I said. "Do you mind if I tried the transformation-Jutsu?" I asked.

"Sure…"

"Melody. Melody Yakamashi." I say.

"Yes Melody you can. Have you tried it before?" He asked me as I walked up in front of him.

"No, but I think I can give it a shot." I answer. I turned to Naruto and I gave him a sympathetic look, but instead he walked away… Jerk.

I get the hand sign ready and I remembered what Sakura said about controlling Chakra. Thank you for once Sakura.

"Transform!" I call out and a cloud of smoke surrounds me, but soon enough it clears.

"That's pretty good for a first try." Iruka said.

I transformed back into myself. Uh, that was weird.

"You actually transformed better than Naruto!" Ino commented.

I was actually compelled to make a peace sign, but that would probably upset Naruto, even if it is just a dream.

"Eh, its beginners luck." I say trying to make Naruto at least look at me. I frown. Well it's time to go climb a giant rock. Damn it! After I just got down from there too!

~Is this for real?~

I was "Invited" by Iruka to come with both him and Naruto to the giant rock. I was sitting up with Iruka while Naruto wiped the faces back to normal with a wet cloth.

"This sucks…" Naruto complained. I felt a little sorry for him, but hey, he did the crime so he's doing the time, or something around those lines…

"You're not going home until you've cleaned off every single drop of paint, Naruto." Iruka called out to him.

Naruto looked up at his sensei and he looked a little mad. "So? It's not like I have anyone waiting at home for me or something!" He called. I know what he means in a way. Instead of coming home to a loving family, I come back home to Grace. And that's like having Orochimaru living with you. Naruto continued to wipe up the paint.

"You know he does love ramen. Maybe it'll make him happier if we went to the ramen shop." I looked at Iruka and he looked at me. "I sure would like some ramen." I say annoyingly. "I've never tasted ramen before… It sure would be nice to have some ramen…" I wink at him. I wink again. It's like he's still not getting me. "Dude I want some ramen! Just take the both of us there, oh and feel free to treat us to it too." I say.

"Fine…"

"Naruto we're going out for ramen soon, you can come with us too if you want. But you've got to work fast." I say looking at my watch. "You've got five minutes."

Naruto's face lit up and he worked like he had just taken steroids or something. Don't do it!

"Now that's some serious motivation! I'll have it cleaned up in no time!" Naruto called out while he was working.

Now I believe this is the part where the title starts. Believe it! That is fun!

Episode one:

Enter Naruto Uzumaki

~Is this for real?~

We all sat at the ramen shop. Man, Naruto was right! This stuff is amazing! I thought he was just being annoying by talking about ramen, but no, apparently he wasn't. Naruto and I were enjoying stuffing our faces, that is until Iruka budded in. Curse you Iruka, I will get you back for this!

"Naruto…" He started.

"Mmm?" Naruto said while eating the ramen.

"Why would you do that to the Hokage faces? I mean you do know who the Hokage are don't you?" Iruka asked.

"Of course he does." I say as politely as possible, and then I continue to stuff my face. 'Man this is good…' I thought.

Naruto stopped eating and looked up to Iruka. "Yeah, it's true I do!" Naruto agreed, and then he started stuffing his face again. He picked up the bowl and slurped up the remaining bits of ramen and set the bowl back down.

"Everybody knows, they were the greatest Shinobi of their time right? The best of the best, undefeated ninja champs." Naruto answered. "And the forth Hokage is the one who saved the village from the Nine Tailed Fox, he was the most amazing."

Iruka obviously doesn't know how to understand us kids today. He had a confused look on his face.

"Then why did you-" He got cut off by Naruto. Hooray!

"Because I'm going to be greater than any of them…" Oh great here it comes… "Me. Naruto. The next Hokage, a ninja legend!" He pointed at his terrified sensei who looked like he was going to do a spit take, and he had a noodle hanging out of his mouth. "Then everyone will have to stop disrespecting me and look up to me," Oh here is the best part. "Believe it!" Iruka slurped the noodle in his mouth, like a boss.

"Yeah, right on!" I say. We fist-pump each-other. Well that felt real enough… Weird. Oh well.

"Uh, by the way sensei, can I ask you a favour?" Naruto asked.

"What? Do you want another bowl?" Clueless…

Naruto shook his head. "I want to try on your headband, come on. Please?" He begged clapping his hands together.

"This?" Iruka asked. Nah, the headband that says 'please kill me now' on it, of course it's that headband! "No way. You can only wear the leaf headband when you finally graduate from the academy and become a ninja." Iruka explained. "You've got to pass the test tomorrow." He added.

"That is so uncool!" Naruto pouted.

"Hey, is that why you took off your goggles?" Iruka joked. Nah. It's to go off to Jupiter and fly with magical flying ponies!

Naruto growled. "I want another bowl!" Iruka and I laughed.

Uh oh. I forgot something, I must be able to stay somewhere. I know.

"Naruto, speaking of favours. Can I ask you one?" I asked. He looked at me. "Well you see, I'm not exactly from here and I have no money, so is it okay if I stay with you?"

"Well…" He sounded quite unsure.

"Come on, I'll pay rent by helping you learn how to do the Transformation-Jutsu, not that your Sexy-Jutsu isn't effective, please I'm desperate. You're my friend Naruto, please!" I say as I get on my hands and knees.

I see his face light up.

"Okay, but this better not be a trick or something." He says cautiously.

I leap at him and give him the biggest hug that I have ever given anyone.

"Thank you Naruto! You are the best! And I mean that! Thank you so much!" I squeal.

"Okay, I get it Melody, you are thanking me but you are also choking me!" He calls out. I loosened my grip but I didn't let go. I say this again. This is the best day ever!

~Is this for real?~

We were back at the Ninja Academy for ninja's now, the night went so fast. And now it was time for the graduation exam. Ha! I've only been there for a day and now I get to graduate. Isn't it weird how life turns out that way?

"We will now start the final exam. When your name is called, please proceed to the testing room." Iruka explained. "The final test will be on the Clone-Jutsu." He added.

It was at that moment that Naruto looked like he was going to have a heart attack. I put a hand on his shoulder.

"Don't worry, you'll do fine Naruto. You are a great ninja after all." I say trying to calm him down. He smiled nervously at me and it was like he was trying to say 'I'm going to fail!' poor Naruto. "Hey, if you want me to, I can come in with you. You know for support." I added. He nodded.

"Thanks, Melody." He said with a small smile. I smiled back at him.

"Naruto Uzumaki." It's his turn. Hopefully Naruto doesn't have a heart attack. Well at least things will get interesting.

We entered the room and I told Naruto that I would try it out first, that way he could feel more confident. I did the hand sign and I managed to make three clones of myself. Eh, it's better than none. No offence Naruto. I then undid the Jutsu so now there is just one of me.

I walked over to Naruto and gave him a high five.

"Don't worry, stay calm, and you'll do fine Naruto." I say and he nodded.

Naruto did the hand sign and I could see the Chakra flowing around him.

"Clone-Jutsu!" He called out and a puff of smoke surrounded him. He did make a clone, but it looked lifeless, like as in dead. It was as pale as a ghost, and it lay flat on the ground.

Naruto covered his mouth with one hand. He knew that he just screwed up.

Iruka didn't look much better. He looked like he had just came out of an oven. He was looking quite sweaty as one of his eye's started to twitch.

"You fail!" He called out. Naruto looked scared and shocked of his sensei.

"Iruka Sensei." Mizuki started off. "He is off but his moves weren't bad and he did hang in there and replicate. This is his first try so you know that he really wants to become a ninja. We could cut him a break and pass him." Mizuki explained. This made Naruto's pout turn into a big smile. Seriously, a hundred flies could've easily flown their way in there.

"Mizuki Sensei…" Iruka started. "The other students created at least three effective replications. But Naruto could only create one, and look at it… It's pitiful." Iruka explained as he looked at the lifeless clone. "I can't pass him." This made Naruto's smile turn into an angry frown as he gritted his teeth.

I looked at his sadly. "Come on, Naruto," I say sympathetically. "Let's go." He makes a small nod and we both walk out of the testing room.

Everybody else wore their ninja headbands and they started chatting away about how happy they were to pass. I kept my headband in my bag. I didn't want to upset Naruto even more. This just isn't his day today. I mean come on! Everybody's parents came. They kept on saying stuff like 'Congratulations for your graduation' and 'I'm real proud of you son' also 'let's celebrate. I'll cook something good tonight' you know all of the things that any loving person would say.

Naruto just hung out on the swing sadly. He stared down at the ground. Poor guy. I overheard some girls talking about Naruto. I looked at them angrily.

"There. You see him?" Female number one said as she looked over at Naruto.

"It's that boy. I heard that he's the only one who failed." Number two replied in a whisper.

Number one huffed. "Well it serves him right."

"Just imagine what would happen if he became a ninja." Number two started. "I mean he's the one who-"

"Shh… We're not allowed to talk about it." Number one interrupted.

"Don't be so hard on him." I say to the two females. "It's not his fault. He is still a human being. Don't ever let me catch you talking about him that way again, or else!" I say raising a fist up at them. I ignored the looks that they gave me and I turned away from them and walked over to the lonely blonde.

"Hey Naruto, are you alright?" I ask him.

He didn't bother looking at me. "What do you think?" He mumbled. "I'm the only one in the entire academy who failed. I can't even do a Clone-Jutsu." He added.

I was stuck for words. I didn't know how to solve this problem. It was then when we both heard Mizuki landed on the ground. We both turned to face the smiling man. He made me sick! Naruto looked at him with a mixture of shock and confusion on his face.

"Naruto, would you like to come talk with me for a moment? I have something that I would like to talk to you about." He then looked at me. "You may come too if you want." He added. Naruto and I looked at each other. We nodded slowly and we rushed off with him.

~Is this for real?~

We were on what I guessed to be Mizuki's balcony for his home. I just listened to the two talking. I didn't want to bud in. Maybe I could learn a Jutsu on the Sacred Scroll of Sealing too. Mizuki's voice was pretty calming, I can't lie to anyone about that. If only he wasn't so cruel.

"Iruka Sensei is tough, but he's definitely not against you." Mizuki explained calmly.

"Then why?" Naruto asked. "Why only me?"

"He wants you to become strong with all of his heart," He explained. "But that will never happen if he goes easy on you. He's like you, you know, no parents, no family…"

"But this time… This time I really wanted to graduate…" Naruto said sadly.

Mizuki laughed a little. "Then I guess I have to tell you…" At this point I really felt invisible, but I watched.

"Huh?" Naruto looked at Mizuki confused.

"It's a secret, but I'm going to let you in on it…" He looked at me as if he was telling me to go away and leave them. I nodded.

"I'll let you two be then…" I say as I leave balcony, I wave to Naruto goodbye and he waves back. Now I know what you're thinking… Am I going to go with Naruto? Of course I am! So instead of leaving, I do what I do best. Eavesdropping skillfully. I pretend to talk to some random guy while I listen on their conversation.

You know they talked about the Sacred Scroll of Sealing, the usual stuff.

"And you cannot take anyone with you. Even that girl that you're friends with. She might just try to tell somebody…" Mizuki finished.

Oh that is it. That guy is going to go down tonight! Mark my words… Mark them!

~Is this for real?~

I search around the biggest forest in the world to find Naruto, and I did find him. And he found the Scroll of Sealing. I couldn't help but spy on him. I walk up behind him super quietly so then I could read what was on the scroll. It's a good thing that I can read Japanese. For once studying helps.

"Let's see… The first one is… Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu?" He mumbles to himself.

I searched through the scroll and found one that I might like. It's called the Ice Fist Jutsu… Cool! This is just my style. I guess that they just randomly added that so then the scroll could have an interesting look to it.

He freaked out… Again. "Not this again, it's my worst Jutsu!" He yells.

"Quiet Naruto. We're going to get caught out here if we're not careful." I whispered to him.

"How'd you find me, Melody?" Naruto asked.

I smiled. "A little birdy told me." He didn't look convinced. "Okay, I may have eavesdropped on you guys while you were talking." I admit.

"But why?" Naruto asked.

"I just don't trust that Mizuki guy okay? Something's off about him." I explain. "Now come on, Naruto. Show me the Shadow Clone Jutsu." I say excitedly. Mizuki and Iruka will be coming after us any second so he needs to practice otherwise we are so doomed.

~Is this for real?~

Naruto has tried to do the Shadow Clone Jutsu for a while now and he looks exhausted. He was panting like he was trying to run a marathon. It must take up a lot of Chakra. While he was doing that, I was studying the Ice Fist Jutsu. It's sort of a mixture of TaiJutsu and NinJutsu. Interesting… At that moment Iruka comes up behind us and he definitely scared the living daylights out of me.

"It's all over." Iruka said grinning and laughing. Naruto looked up at him. He rubbed the back of his head, laughing. Wait, why are we laughing? That Mizuki guy could be here any second now. Naruto stood up. Iruka looked confused.

"You got us already, not bad." He said as he was still laughing. "You're quick sensei; I only had time to learn one technique." Naruto explained. Iruka was thinking about something and then Naruto got all excited. "Listen Iruka Sensei, I'm going to show you this amazing Jutsu and you're going to let me graduate, and then everything will be okay! That's the way it works right? Anyone who learns a Jutsu from this scroll passes!" Naruto finished. Iruka looked shocked. Oh boy here we go!

"Huh? Where'd you get that idea from?" Iruka asked. I face-palmed. It was Pinkie Pie… Who do you really think it was!? I felt like saying that but they wouldn't know about that.

"Mizuki Sensei told me about it! Believe it! He told me how to find this place and…" He trailed off. Damn it why is Mizuki so convincing?

Shuriken and kunai started raining down on us. He we go.

"Look out!" Iruka screamed as he pushed the both of us away and he took the blow from most of the ninja weapons.

"I see that you have found our little hideaway." Mizuki said from up in the tree.

"So that's the way it is, huh?" Iruka said as blood was dripping from where the kunai hit him. That blood. I'm okay when it's just on the television, but this blood looks real enough and I think I'm going to faint. "I should've known…" Iruka finished.

"Naruto, give me the scroll now!" Mizuki called out.

I stood up and walked towards him. "No we won't, but hey, instead I'll hand over this." I poked my tongue out at him and he looked quite insulted.

"W-Wait a minute… What's going on here?" Naruto asked shakily.

Iruka pulled out a kunai that was jabbed into his leg and dropped it onto the ground. "Naruto, Melody, don't let Mizuki get his hands on that scroll. It contains forbidden Jutsu that could put the entire village in grave danger; Mizuki used you to get the scroll for himself, for his own power!" Iruka explained. Once again Iruka, no duh!

"W-What?" Naruto looked at Mizuki angrily.

"Naruto, Iruka is just trying to scare you because he doesn't want you to have the scroll." Mizuki said. Man! This guy is good!

"Huh?" Naruto is very confused now. Oh gosh. This is such a long dream. Naruto looked over at Iruka.

"Stop lying Mizuki!" Iruka yelled. He looked over and me and Naruto. "Don't let him trick you, both of you."

Mizuki laughed. "Oh I'll tell you who's really lying." He said. Well it might be for the best if I let this happen, but just in case, I'm preparing my hand signs for the Ice Fist Jutsu.

"No Mizuki! Don't!" Iruka yelled.

"They've been lying to you your whole life, Naruto, since the decree twelve years ago." Mizuki explained.

"What decree?" Naruto asked.

"Everyone knows except for you, Iruka's trying to hide it from you, even now, he'd do anything to shut me up." Mizuki grinned. Oh I'll shut him up alright!

"What is this decree? Why does everyone else know about it?" Naruto asked.

"Don't tell him Mizuki, it's forbidden!" Iruka yelled.

"The decree is that no one can tell you that the Nine Tailed Fox is inside you, Naruto!" Mizuki called.

Naruto's eyes widened.

"The fox spirit that killed Iruka's parents and destroyed our village has taken over your body, you are the Nine Tailed fox!" Mizuki yelled.

"Stop it!" Iruka and I yelled.

"They've all been sneaking around, hiding things from you your whole life. Didn't you think it was strange how they treated you like dirt? They hated you for just being alive!"

"No! No! No! No! No!" Naruto yelled out as Chakra began to flow around him.

"Naruto…" Iruka said.

"Naruto…!" I called out.

"That's right, you'll never be accepted in this village, even you beloved sensei and friend over there hates your guts!" Mizuki yelled. Okay, now I have changed my mind, this guy can't convince anyone with that tone of voice.

And this is what confuses me, he explains this story to him that could've convinced him to give up the scroll, and he does this…

"Die, Naruto!" He yells and throws this gigantic shuriken at him. Naruto falls backwards and tries crawl away but it's a bit too slow. Now!

"Ice style! Ice Fist Jutsu!" I call out. Man that is cool. You see according to my research in ten seconds, I found out while this Jutsu is in effect, I can freeze anything if it touches my fist, but the down side is how much Chakra it uses up, but it's worth it.

I get in front of Naruto and froze the huge shuriken, but it also hit my fists pretty badly, blood was starting to dribble out in between for fingers. I looked at Naruto as the shuriken hit the ground.

"Are you okay Naruto?" I asked. "It didn't get you, did it?" I smiled at him to reassure him that I was alright. I mean I feel absolutely drained and my hands were bleeding like crazy, but other than that, I was just peachy. Naruto stared at me, he was really shocked. I'm beginning to think that this in fact isn't a dream. But my wish came true. I got to meet someone who I could call my friend, so that's pretty cool.

It wasn't just Naruto who looked shocked, it was Iruka and Mizuki too.

"Why did you… Save me, Melody?" Naruto asked, his eyes never once left my face. I continued smiling at him.

"Because you are my friend, Naruto." I explained. "You're my best friend. In fact you're the only kid my age who would actually talk to me. People thought that I was a freak, some sort of weird person, a clown, but not you Naruto. You actually talked to me and you let me stay with you. To be honest, I thought that this was a dream, but apparently it isn't. Thanks Naruto. Now you better run. Run as fast as you can. Take the scroll and don't look back." I explained.

Naruto still didn't seem to get what I was telling him.

Mizuki laughed. "How touching. Don't you see, she hates you as much as everybody else does? She-"

"Be quiet!" I yell. "Naruto RUN! GO NOW!" I yell. He nods and speeds off with the scroll. Where was Iruka, you ask? Well he was hit with a lot more kunai then he was in the show, so he was having trouble taking the kunai out.

Eventually, I lost my balance and I fell flat on the ground, but I didn't lose consciousness.

Mizuki growled. "I'll deal with you two later." He grumbled and jumped off.

Be careful Naruto…

Naruto's POV:

I did exactly what Melody told me to do. I ran. I ran as fast as I could, away from Mizuki. I was running through the trees when I saw… Iruka?

"Naruto!" He called out to me, but how? "Everything Mizuki said was a lie! Give me the scroll, hurry, he's coming after you to take it!" He called out to me, but I saw right through his plan. I leaped right at him and the scroll managed to crash right into his neck. He screamed in pain, but I didn't care. He landed hard on the ground while I was able to slide across the ground. I started panting again.

"It can't be…" 'Iruka' said. He tried to get up. He was struggling. "How did you know, Naruto?" He asked me. "How did you know…" A cloud of smoke appeared around him and he turned back into himself. "That it was me and not Iruka?"

I was hiding behind a tree and I had the scroll with me. I ran like Melody told me to and I heard some people talking. So I start

"It can't be…" 'Iruka' said. He tried to get up. He was struggling. "How did you know, Naruto?" He asked me. "How did you know…" A cloud of smoke appeared around him and he turned back into himself. "That it was me and not Iruka?"

"Because… I'm Iruka." Iruka Sensei replied. And I continued to listen to their conversation.

"You're a fool." Mizuki said. "Why are you protecting that freak? He's the one who wiped out your family."

"I don't care what you say. You're not getting your hands on that scroll." Iruka replied.

"As if you can stop me. Don't you get it? Naruto is just like me."

"How's that?"

"He wants the scroll for his own power and his own vengeance. That's how beasts are. He'll pour all of his rage into the scroll and destroy everything."

"You're right."

I gasped. Did Iruka just say what I think he just said? I buried my face into the scroll.

"So it's true then… Iruka Sensei never believed in me. He thinks that I'm some… Beast… Some kind of freak…" I mumbled to myself.

"That is how beasts are. But that's not who Naruto is. He's nothing like that, Naruto's one of a kind, works hard, puts his whole heart into it. Sure he messes up sometimes and everyone jumps on him. But his suffering only makes him stronger. That is what separates him from being a beast, so you're wrong. He's nothing like the Nine Tailed Fox. He's Naruto Uzumaki of the village hidden in the leaves." Iruka explained. It was at this moment that I started crying. I didn't think that Iruka thought about me like that.

"You really believe that drivel?" I heard a shuriken being pulled out by Mizuki. "Iruka, I was going to save you for later, but I've changed my mind. You're finished!" He was just about to kill Iruka, but I ended up kneeing him in the gut, making him fall backwards and his shuriken flew off somewhere else. Mizuki landed hard on the ground and I was sliding across the grass smoothly. I stood up and I planted my hand on the scroll.

"Not bad… For a little punk." Mizuki said as he stood up.

"If you ever lay a hand on my friends or on my sensei… I'll kill you!" I say to him angrily.

"Such big words. I can completely destroy you with a single move!"

I get my hand sign ready for the Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu ready. "Take your best shot, fool. I'll give them back to you a thousand fold!"

"Let's see you try! Show me what you can do Nine Tailed Fox!"

Melody's POV:

"Let's see you try! Show me what you can do Nine Tailed Fox!" I heard Mizuki's voice. This is it. When Naruto fights off Mizuki with his Shadow Clone Jutsu. I limp towards the fight and hide behind the trees so then I don't get in the way.

"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Naruto calls out and a whole lot of Naruto's appeared. And when I say a whole lot, I really mean a whole lot!

All of the Naruto's began to confuse Mizuki by saying stuff like 'over here' and 'I'm right here' and 'come at me'. Mizuki looked a little frightened by all of the Naruto's that appeared.

"W-What is this?" Mizuki stuttered.

"If you're not coming-" One of the Naruto's started.

"Then we're coming after you!" Another said.

Mizuki screamed as he got his butt handed to him by all of the Naruto.

~One butt kicking later~

Mizuki had blood vomiting out of his mouth and looked a little traumatized. Eh, he'll be dead soon. The blood looked very gross so I tried my best to ignore it.

I watched as Naruto rubbed the back of his head and started to laugh. "Sorry, I kind of got carried away… Are you okay Iruka Sensei?" Naruto asked as he faced his teacher.

"Yeah…" Iruka replied smiling. "Naruto, come over here for a minute. I've got something that I would like to give to you."

Naruto walked over to Iruka and looked at him confused.

"Close your eyes, Naruto" Iruka told Naruto.

Naruto did as he was instructed and closed his eyes. About twenty seconds later Naruto began to grow impatient.

"Sensei… How much longer?" He asked.

"Okay, you can open your eyes now." Naruto opened his eyes and saw his sensei smiling at him, and he wasn't wearing his headband.

The light just so happened to shine brightly upon this happy scene as Iruka spoke up.

"Congratulations… You graduate." He said.

Naruto looked at Iruka shocked as if he had just won the lottery or something.

"And to celebrate I have a surprise… We're going out for ramen tonight." He said happily.

Naruto's mouth slowly curved into a smile.

"Iruka Sensei!" Naruto leaped onto Iruka.

"umm… Not that this moment isn't touching or anything, but my hands are sort or bleeding, like a lot here and honestly, if I have to look at it anymore, than I think that I might just lose consciousness at any minute." I say interrupting the two. They looked at me and we all randomly started to crack up laughing. Wait… Why are we laughing? I continued to laugh and then a big pain stung my hands. "Oh, Ow, Ow, it hurts to laugh." I said gripping my bloody hand with the other.

Well it looks like this isn't a dream. This is real. And it looks like I am going to be staying here for a long time… I can't predict everything that is going to happen… But… I can predict something… I am going to make many friends and many enemies. Perhaps there are some things that I can change… But that also means that I can't change others… Hopefully… I can change Sasuke… The way he turns out… The way he changes… But for now… I can't change much more…

Closing:

Cultivate your hunger,

Before you idealize,

Motivate your anger,

To make them all realize,

Climbing the mountain,

Never coming down,

Break into the contents,

Never falling down.

My knee is still shakin'

Like I was twelve,

Sneaking out of the classroom,

By the back door,

A man railed at me twice though,

But I didn't care,

Waiting is wasting for people like me.

Don't try to live so wise,

Don't cry 'cause you're so right,

Don't dry with fakes or fears,

'Cause you will hate yourself in the end…

Don't try to live so wise,

Don't cry 'cause you're so right,

Don't dry with fakes and fears,

'Cause you will hate yourself in the end…

Don't try to live so wise,

Don't cry 'cause you're so right,

Don't dry with fakes and fears,

'Cause you will hate yourself in the end…

Naruto and Melody Voiceover:

(N) Why are you following us, kid?

(M) He wants to become the Fifth Hokage, Naruto.

(N) Oh, I knew that. Listen kid, I don't care if you are the Hokage's grandson, you can't just snap your fingers and become a top ninja.

(M) Look who's talking, Naruto. Be careful kid, it looks like Naruto is trying to get that title too…

(N) Next time…

(N/M) My name is Konohamaru!

Yakamashi (1)

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First episode complete…