First of all, I would like to thank everyone who read my first story. And if you haven't, go and check it out. But not until you read this chapter though.

Second, I do not own any of the Naruto characters, or story. If I did, I would be rich. But I'm not.

The story itself will probably be epic in length. Just a fair warning. As of right now, this story is going to be rated T. But it might change to M somewhere down the line.

This story does follow the Cannon but with some differences. However, after the Wave Mission it will go into its own story.

I will also try to update every Saturday morning. The reason for this is because I have college during the week.

So readers of Fan Fiction please Read/Review, Criticize if you find something wrong, and most of all Enjoy the story.

NOW LET US BEGIN

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A long time ago, a powerful demon fox appeared with nine tails. With its powerful tails, it could smash mountains and create tidal waves. A band of ninjas rose to defend their village from the raging demon.

"We have to wait until the Fourth Hokage gets here!" A ninja yelled.

"We can't let it get any closer to our village!" another ninja yelled.

The Nine Tailed Fox was walking towards the village like nothing was happening. All of the attacks the ninja were using did not faze him. He took all of the attacks, only for them to fail.

It was then a giant toad leaped in front of the Nine Tails. Blocking its way to the village. On top of the giant toad stood a man about in his early twenties. He was wearing Standard ninja gear, which included a green vest, that can hold various scrolls and weapons. Under that he had on a matching blue shirt and pants. Last he was wearing a long white jacket. At the bottom rim of said jacket was red flames. However the thing that is most notable on the jacket is what is written on the back. On the back of the jacket was kanji letters that said, 'Fourth Hokage'.

It was this great ninja, who was finally able to imprison the monster. He sacrificed his life to capture the great demon, and seal in into a human body.

The human body that the Fourth Hokage sealed the demon fox into was a little baby boy. The boy had just been born right before the attack.

The name of this boy is. . .

Naruto Uzumaki.

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TWELVE YEARS LATER

A boy, with paint all over his body, is running through the village laughing like a maniac, with two jonin ninja after him. The young boy just finished painting the Hokage mountain. On the mountain was the four faces of the previous hokages. Which all of them now are covered in paint.

"Naruto! Get back here! Why did you do such a thing like this.?!" one of the jonin yelled while chasing the now identified Naruto.

"Naruto! You are in so much trouble when we get out hands on you! No one disgraces the Hokages like this!" the second ninja yelled, trying to catch up to him.

The two jonin have been chasing Naruto for about half an hour. Yet both of them were not even close to catching him. This was mostly because, Naruto has more stamina than the average jonin level ninja. Which in cases like these, will turn into a long and drawn out chase all around the village.

"Ha-Ha. I don't care! Besides do you know what you problem is? The only reason you are getting pissed at me is because, you don't have the balls to do the things that I do. Do ya?! Only I am able to do this and not be afraid of what will happen! So that makes me better than any of you ninja! Believe it!" Naruto saying all of this while he kept running from them. The one thing Naruto loves to do is prank people. And what better way than to paint the Hokage Mountain. In daylight, which of course, no one noticed him. Even though he is wearing a orange jumpsuit.

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Hokage Tower

Up in the Hokage Tower, the Third Hokage is sitting behind his desk doing the worst task that man has ever known. The dreaded PAPER WORK! It was then his secretary burst into the room.

" Hokage-sama, I am sorry to interrupted but there is a major problem." his secretary said while catching his breath. He had to run from the bottom of the Tower all the way up to the top. Which can take a while, especially since there is no elevator.

"What is it that you want? Can't you see that I am in the middle of signing these papers?" The Third then looked at his secretary. The look on his face is the same expression he always wears when certain events takes place in the village. "Seeing that look on your face let me guess. I take it that Naruto did something again?"

"Of course he did something again! He climbed onto the Mountainside images and covered them in paint! He put graffiti all over them!" A man from the Council said.

The old hokage just let out a sigh of frustration. He did not know what he was going to do with Naruto. Each time he would pull a prank, he would get into trouble.

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Back in the streets

The two jonin kept chasing Naruto for what seemed like forever. Every time they were about to grab him, he would start getting distance between them.

Both ninja see that Naruto turned into an ally. Thinking that they now have him cornered, the two ninjas run into the ally. However when the two looked in the ally, there was no one there. After about a minute of searching, and concluding that Naruto must have ran some where else, they exit the ally and head off to find him.

If the two of them would have looked a little bit closer, they would have noticed the camouflage that he was hiding under. The camouflage itself can take any color of the thing that the person chooses. You only have to put chakra into it while thinking of the color you want it to be. Which in this case, the color of the wall.

Naruto drops the cloth that was hiding him and laughs. "Ha Ha. That was the easiest thing ever. I can't believe that they did not see me. They must be stupid or something."

However his celebration is short lived as a man appears behind him. Which he then screams into Naruto's ear. "Hey Naruto!"

This scared the living daylights out of him. He jumps into the air and falls on his butt. Naruto was not expecting any one to be able to find him. "Hey! How did you suddenly get behind me Iruka Sensei? And what are you doing here?!

The man now identified as Iruka stares down at Naruto. Iruka is also Naruto's Academy teacher. When Iruka found out that his student was causing trouble again, he let his assistant teacher, Mizuki, teach the class while he went to look for him.

"The question is, what are you doing here Naruto? You are supposed to be in class right now!"

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Academy

Back inside of the classroom, Iruka has Naruto sitting on the floor tied up to were he is not able to move. This is the same thing that happens at least once a week. Naruto would pull a prank during class hours and he would have to go out and find him. And most of the cases ended up being Naruto tied up.

"Now listen, and listen well Naruto. You failed the last graduation test and the one before that. Tomorrow is the final test and you are spending your time goofing off rather than studying." Iruka trying to get him to understand that he needs to pass this class so that he will be a ninja. Other wise he will fail and have to take to whole year over again.

However Naruto, being the stubborn kid that he is, is looking away from Iruka, completely ignoring him.

Seeing this a tick mark appears on the side of his head. "Fine, since you missed the test from this morning Naruto, we will have a re-test on the Transformation Jutsu! Even those who passed it will take it again!"

Every one in the class room started complaining after hearing this. But Iruka would not listen. He told all of the kids to line up and do the test over again. Even though all of the kids complained about it, they still had to do it. Each person was called to do the test. After a few minutes it was finally Naruto's turn. But before he went up he was stopped by one of his classmates.

"This is really troublesome Naruto. Why do you always have to get the whole class in trouble?" said a boy with a pineapple hear cut. This boy is probably the laziest kid in the world.

Naruto looked at the boy with a scowl on his face. "Like I care what any of you think about me." He then walked in front of the class and stood in front of Iruka. He made the specific hand seals and said "Transform!"

There was a puff of smoke that covered the entire room. When the smoke cleared, every one was a bit shocked. There, standing in front of them, was the Fourth Hokage in all of his glory. But then the Hokage then exploded into a puff of smoke, revealing Naruto once again.

Iruka coming out of his shocked looked at Naruto. "Naruto, to be completely honest, I thought you was going to pull one of your pranks just then." However what shocked him a little bit more was the next thing Naruto said.

"Iruka Sensei, just because I act stupid, for example, like this morning. Does not mean that I actually am." Naruto had a serious face while saying this. He then walked back to his seat.

But the thing is, the only reason that Naruto is so smart, is that when he was younger he would go around the village and collect all of the scrolls that people would throw away. It is quite surprising how many scrolls were being thrown out by some of the major clans in the village. Epically since they like to keep all clan related thing inside of the clan.

Iruka was quite surprised when he saw the look on Naruto's face. To him it seemed so out of character for him."W-Well Naruto, it looks like you pass the Transformation test." This was the only thing he could say at the moment. He was just to surprised at the moment.

It was then Iruka remembered something. "Naruto Uzumaki." Getting Naruto's attention he continued. "Since you have vandalized the Hokage Mountain, you are to go and clean off all of the paint after class."

"Aaawww, Iruka sensei?" Back to his fake mask self, Naruto complained.

"No buts Naruto. You got yourself into this mess and now you are cleaning it up."

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Hokage Mountain

"This completely sucks. Looser." Naruto is now on the side of the mountain, while complaining, wiping off all of the paint that he put on it.

While Iruka sat on top of the head Naruto was cleaning. "I won't let you go home until you have cleaned every single drop of paint off."

"So, why should I care about what time I go home. Its not like I have any parents, or any one for that matter waiting for me there!" Out of all the things that his sensei had to say, that was the worst one. Naruto did not like to be reminded that he is an orphan. He hated going back to his apartment and walking in to find nothing. No parents, no siblings. The only thing that he had of any value to him, was his little stuffed fox toy that was given to him when he was six. One of the Anbu gave it to him after he rescued Naruto from a drunken mob.

Feeling sympathy for him, Iruka looks down and asks, "Naruto?

"What do you want this time sensei?" He was still feeling a bit mad at his sensei at the moment.

"Well I was just thinking. If you clean up the rest of the mess that you created, I will take you out for some ramen. What do you say?" Trying his best to get his student out of the mood that he put him in.

"Sorry sensei. I would rather go back to my lonely apartment than to eat some ramen." Naruto did not really care for ramen that much. Every now and then he would eat some, but it was not his daily eatery.

"Oh. Well never mind I guess." Iruka was a little let down at that answer. He was trying to make it up to Naruto. But it seems that he made a not too good of a comment earlier.

So for the rest of the day, almost until midnight, Naruto cleaned the Hokage Mountain. Once he finished he was finally able to go home. Arriving back at his apartment, he takes out his key and unlocks the door. He walks inside and shuts it behind him. He looks around the small room with a sad look on his face. "I'm home."

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Next day. Academy Classroom

Today is the day for the final exam to be taken place. And all of the students were sitting in there seats awaiting for there names to be called. Once there names were called, the student would go into a room and preform the necessary tests to pass.

Iruka walked into his classroom addressed his students. "Alright sit down and shut up!" Every one in the room shut their mouths at this point. "We are now going to begin the graduation test. When your name is called, you will proceed into the next classroom, where you will be given the test. Also the final test will be on the Clone Jutsu."

Every one in the room seemed calm. All except Naruto who was screaming inside of his head. "No, no, no, no! Why does it have to be the Clone Jutsu! That is my worst jutsu! Now I know that I am not going to pass the exam!"

The reason Naruto is not able to do the Clone Jutsu is because he has too much chakra. The Clone Jutsu requires so little chakra that Naruto is not able to use such a small amount. Which renders the jutsu completely useless.

One by one each student is called into the next classroom to take the exam. Until it was finally Naruto's turn. In the roster of the classroom, his name is last. So he has to wait until last to take the exam.

Naruto walked into the classroom and sees his sensei, and his assistant Mizuki, sitting behind the desk with clipboards in their hands.

"Alright Naruto, all you have to do to pass is perform the Clone Jutsu. So just try as hard as you can okay." Iruka knew that the Clone Jutsu is Naruto's weakness. But he could not change the way the test is taken. So he just wished Naruto luck and hoped he passes.

'Okay, no matter what, I am not backing down from this. Even though this is my worst jutsu, I am going to prove to all of them that I am not as stupid as I make myself out to be.' Naruto then brings his hands into the hand seals that requires the Clone Jutsu. He then yells. "Clone Jutsu!"

After the smoke cleared, every one saw the clone Naruto made. It was completely disfigured. Naruto looked down at his clone. He was deeply disappointed that it did not work.

Iruka looked at the clone with sad eyes. He looks back at Naruto and says, "I am sorry Naruto. I'm afraid that you failed once again."

Naruto was trying to hold his tears back. He was so sure that it would work this time. After all the scrolls that he has read, the endless training he put into his chakra control. He is even able to walk up a tree and run on water, but he still could not perform a simple Clone Jutsu. But he was surprised at what he is about to hear.

"Iruka Senei. His physical coordination and stamina are excellent. He also managed to make at least one clone of himself. Is that not enough for him to pass this time around?" said Mizuki, who was trying help Naruto, put his two scents in.

"Mizuki, all of the other students created at least three or more clones. However, Naruto was only able to create one. Even though his other grades are some what decent, he still has to make a certain amount of clones to be able to pass. I'm sorry but since he was not able too, I simply can not pass him. It would be unfair for the rest of the students." Iruka trying to explain why he was not able to pass Naruto. Even though he really wanted him to graduate.

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Outside of the Academy

The day at the Academy was finally over. Every one in Naruto's class passed the exam except him. After the class was over, he decided to go and sit on the swing that was hung in front of the Academy. This is the place were he was most of the time, even during the lunch hour, during the academy.

Naruto could not help but watch as all of the parents came to pick their kids up. Each congratulating their son/daughter for becoming a ninja. All of the adults were happy, until they saw Naruto.

"Over there, do you see him?" said lady parent number 1 that was there.

"Yea, its that boy. I heard that he was the only one who failed." said lady parent number 2.

"Serves that boy right." said lady parent number 1. Who has a scowl on her face while looking at Naruto.

"Imagine what would actually happen to the village if he was even allowed to be a ninja." said lady parent number 2. "Also, isn't that the boy who is actually the. . ."

"Hey! We are not allowed to talk about that. Are you wanting to get arrested? Said lady parent number 1.

However, Naruto heard every single word that the two ladies said. Even though it made him a bit sad that they was talking about him like that. He already knew what was inside of him. Naruto knew that the Nine Tailed Fox is sealed inside of him. He actually me the fox one time after almost dieing from a mob who was trying to kill him. But that happened when he was six, and he has not talked to the fox since then. Naruto was then interrupted from his thought when Mizuki walked up to him. He then asked Naruto to follow him.

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Mizuki's House. Outside on the ledge.

"Listen Naruto. Iruka isn't trying to be mean to you in any way, shape, or form." Mizuki tells Naruto.

"Buy why? Why only me?" Naruto still upset that he was not able to pass again.

"He wants you to be strong with all of this heart. However that will not happen if he goes easy on you." said Mizuki.

"But this time I really wanted to graduate. If it wasn't for the stupid Clone Jutsu, I would have." Naruto is starting to get aggravated.

Seeing Naruto get aggravated, Mizuki chuckles. Of course this does not go unnoticed by Naruto. "What is so funny sensei." Getting more aggravated, thinking that his sensei is making fun of him.

"Heh. . . Well I guess I am going to have to tell you. Its a big secret, so you can't tell no body about it, got it." Mizuki said, catching Naruto attention.

"What secret?" Naruto asks.

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Iruka's Apartment

Iruka is laying in his bed thinking about his past when his door is suddenly banged on. He gets up and walks to the door and opens it."Mizuki what are you doing here at this hour?"

"You need to come to the Hokage Tower right away! Its Naruto, he stole the Scroll of Sealing." Mizuki urgently said.

"Naruto stole the Scroll of Sealing? Iruka asked. Mizuki confirmed what he said was true. "Alright, I will get changed and meet you and the Tower."

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Woods Outside of Konoha

Naruto in sitting on the ground with a huge scroll in his lap. "I can not believe that Mizuki Sensei actually bought that I was stupid. Stealing the Forbidden Scroll to pass, what a load of crap. But since I needed to get the scroll and prove Mizuki is a traitor, I might as well learn a jutsu or two from it." Naruto then opens the scroll. " Lets see what we have here. So the first jutsu on this scroll is the Multi-Shodow Clone Jutsu? AWW man, why does it have to be another stinking clo-."

Naruto stopped his ranting when he sees something written on the scroll. "Wait, this jutsu uses more chakra than the regular Clone Jutsu. Which means this should be easy to do." He then made the hand seals and 'poof' fifty clones appeared. "Yup that is way to easy. Hmm, I wonder what jutsu is at the back of this thing." He then let all of his clones poof away.

Naruto then unrolls the entire thing. After all said and done, he looked at the last jutsu on the scroll. "I wonder what this jutsu is. It says that it is called the Rasengan, but that does not really explain what it is. The only thing it says on here is that it is a spinning ball of chakra that you form on you hand. Well I guess the only way to find out is to try it."

Naruto then uses his chakra an starts to spin it in his hand. He then makes it into a ball about the size of his palm. "Wow that was surprisingly easy. You would think that a super S Rank Jutsu might just be a little bit harder than this to create." Naruto is really surprised that this so called S Rank Jutsu would be a little bit hard to master. "Well I guess now would be a good time to see why its ranked the way it is."

Naruto then walked up to a tree and thrusts the rasengan into it. The effects was instantaneous. The ball of chakra kept digging into the tree with complete ease. To Naruto, it felt like he was cutting butter with a very hot knife. He didn't feel any resistance what so ever.

It was just a second later that Naruto found his arm completely through the tree. "Oh. So that is why it is a S Ranked Jutsu." He laughed nervously.

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The Hokage Tower

"Lord Hokage! We can not forgive him for what he has done!" one of the many ninja yelled. All of the ninja force was outside in the Towers courtyard. Of course every other ninja agreed with the ninja as well.

"It will be a major disaster if the Scroll of Sealing is taken out of the village. If some one was to see it, they could take it from him with relative ease." another ninja said.

"Alright. You are to bring Naruto Uzumaki back here at once." said the old Hokage.

"Yes sir!" all said. Then disappeared.

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With Mizuki

Mizuki is running straight for the woods Naruto is at. He had an evil smile on his face. "Now that I have told every one what Naruto did, I will be able to kill him. Every one in the village will be glad he is gone. And once I kill him, I will take the scroll for myself."

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Woods Outside of Konoha

After mastering the rasengan, Naruto decided that he might as well take a small nap. Since he already learned two jutsus from the scroll. So Naruto just laid the scroll on the ground and put his head on it like a pillow. Now all he had to do is wait.

It is this scene Iruka walks into. He sees Naruto laying on the ground sleeping. Acting as if he has done nothing wrong. So he decided to wake him up. "Naruto Uzumaki, what do you think you are doing?"

Naruto slowly opened his eyes and sees his sensei. He then lets out a yawn and sits up. "Hey there Iruka Sensei. What are you doing here? Oh wait, I guess you are here to see if I learned a jutsu from this scroll or not right?" Naruto had a smile on his face.

"Hold on a minute Naruto. Who told you that you had to learn a jutsu from the Scroll of Sealing?" Wondering why on earth Naruto would think that.

"Mizuki Sensei did. Why?" Not really sure why his teacher is acting the way he is. (He's acting.)

"Becau-." Iruka was not able to finish what he was about to say, because of the kunai that is headed at them. However before Iruka could react, Naruto pushes him out of the way. Iruka watched, as he fell to the ground, as Naruto was pelted with kunai. He was about to run to him when all of a sudden 'poof', Naruto was gone.

"Well Iruka, it seem that the demon ran away with the scroll." Mizuki said from behind Iruka. "I Guess Iruka, I am going to have to kill you first. Once I'm done with you, I will hunt down that demon and kill him, so I will have to scroll for my self." Mizuki said while razing a kunai above Iruka's head.

It was then that Iruka heard a famous word. A word he had not heard in a long time.

"RASENGAN!" Naruto with all of his strength push the ball of energy into the back of Mizuki. But he finally had to stop when he noticed that his hand was already though Mizuki's chest. Naruto pulls his hand back out and looks at the chakra ball. "Now I really see why this is a S Rank Jutsu." He then lets the chakra ball evaporate into the air.

Naruto watches as Mizuki falls to the ground dead. He then walks in front of Iruka and bends down. "Are you alright Iruka Sensei?"

Iruka who was stunned beyond belief. Only thing he could do is look at his student with wide eyes. "Naruto. Where did you learn that jutsu from?

"It was the very last jutsu in the Scroll of Sealing. So once I saw it, I just decided to try and see if I could do it. And I was actually surprised when I got it right on the first try. But I have to say, it was pretty easy to master, for it to be a S Rank Jutsu.

"Well I guess we will figure more of this out later. But for now (He grabs Mizuki's body) lets head back to the village." They both start to walk forward, but then Iruka stops. He then drops Mizuki's body. He turn around and looks at Naruto. "Naruto close your eyes for a minute." Which he does. After about and minute Iruka says "Alright, open them."

Naruto looks at his sensei and sees that he is not wearing his head band. It is at this moment that he feels something around his head. He reaches up and touches it. And was surprised that it is his sensei's headband.

"Congratulations Naruto. You graduate!"