Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto, It would have never reached that kind of recognition, because frankly I suck at writing! Anyway, I don't own Naruto.
Alright this fic will have a lot of gore and blood at later chapters, so I advise you not to read if you don't like that kind of stuff, or prepare yourselves for what is to come.

Naruto Uzumaki was not in a good mood. He was late for his academy exams, that would finally promote him to gennin rank, and he could finally start his journey to complete his life-long dream of becoming Hokage. Only then could he gain the recognition and respect he wanted, and he would no longer be subject to the harsh and uncaring looks of the villagers. To make matters worse he had just run out of instant ramen today and he hadn't had any money to get ramen from Ichiraku's or get some overpriced instant ramen from the only groceries store that would sell anything to him.

He was lost in his train of thought when he noticed he had been running in the wrong street all along. He started cursing at his bad luck and started running high speed towards the Academy.

Iruka Umino was currently watching over his students, waiting for his last student to arrive. Naruto was late, like every day for the 2 years he had him as a student. Iruka sighed; he would just have to start the day without Naruto.

At that moment the whole class heard a loud crash just outside the class door.

"YOU BRAT"

"Sorry!"

The class door opened and Naruto poked his head through.

"Sorry I'm late Iruka-sensei, but I kind of overslept" said Naruto, with a sheepish look on his face.

"Ugh..Fine, this is the last time I will tolerate this" Iruka sighed

"Of course it's the last time Iruka-sensei, after all today is the day I get promoted to gennin, finally!"

At that moment the class woke from their shocked state and started laughing.

"You'll never become a ninja, you dead last!" Kiba shouted while hitting his hand on the table.

"I'll show you all!" said Naruto.

"Alright class settle down, you all have no right to put any student down. We are ninjas; you never know who might surprise you!"Iruka said "Now let's get these tests over with already, I have the third graders tests to go through by tonight..."

All other tests were finished, and it was all down to the ninjutsu test. Naruto had flunked some of the tests, specifically the anatomy, written, and genjutsu tests but had passed with medium to good grades on the taijutsu and survival tests. For Naruto to pass he had to successfully pass the ninjutsu test.

Student by student, everyone's names were called out, until Naruto's name was called.

Naruto entered the room, looking nervous. He looked at Mizuki and Iruka and nodded at them, saying that he was ready.

"Ok Naruto, all I need you to perform the 3 basic academy jutsus, which we've been going through all of this year. Let's start off with the kawarimi no jutsu. Can you please substitute yourself with any object in this room?"

"Alright" Naruto said while snickering.

He performed the necessary handseals and then stated the jutsus name.

A large crash followed and after the smoke cleared, they saw that Naruto had replaced himself with Mizuki's chair. Mizuki was on the floor, trying to figure out what had happened, while Naruto was snickering in the back.

"Very funny Naruto, now can you please give Mizuki his chair back and carry on with your exam?"

"Ugh..fine!"

Once Mizuki was settled back in his seat, Iruka motioned for Naruto to continue.

"Now I want you to perform the henge no jutsu. No naked girls this time."

"Alright"

Naruto then henged into a regular old lady, complete with a bag of groceries.

"Very good Naruto, I'm almost ready to walk you across the street" Iruka laughed while Naruto had a grin plastered on his face at the praise.

"On to the last jutsu, could you please perform the Bunshin no Jutsu? It also is a requirement to have 2 or more normal looking clones as a result." said Iruka, while giving Naruto a concerned look.

Naruto had gone white from Shock. 'The clone jutsu? SHIT, that's my worst jutsu. I will have to try though, it's just an obstacle on my way to becoming Hokage."

Naruto started charging chakra, the chakra quickly becoming visible while it was spinning around him. The Hokage paintings on the back of the room started swaying back and forth, showing the blowing force of Naruto's chakra

"Bunshin no jutsu!"

Smoke gathered around Naruto, and when it cleared it revealed Naruto standing amongst a normal looking clone, and one that looked quite dead, sitting on the floor.

Iruka face faulted at that.

"I'm sorry Naruto, but it looks like I'll have to fail you. Maybe if you would practice your chakra control more, you could try again next year?" Iruka said with a sad look.

"Maybe.." drawled Naruto while walking with his head down ,going for the exit.

"Come on Iruka, we have to finish these exams soon."

"YAMANAKA, please step forward into the room!"..

Naruto was sitting on his regular spot on a swing under a tree, facing the academy. He was watching all his classmates being congratulated by their parents for passing the exams. He was about to jump of the swing and run away when a shadow covered his view. Naruto looked up and said:

"Oh, it's you."

Hiruzen Sarutobi, The Third Hokage, was finishing up his last paperwork for the day. His everyday demon continued to plague him, even into the night. He was about to stamp the last paper, and finally be over with it, when one of his ANBU barged in to his office breaking his door.

"Hokage-sama, Naruto has stolen the Forbidden scroll!"

"WHAT?" 'Oh.. Naruto, this time you've gone too far, I don't know how I will be able to get you out of this one.' "Dispatch all available chuunin and above. Tell them to bring Naruto to me UNHARMED."

"Hai!"

Hiruzen went to his office and picked up his crystal ball. He then synchronized his chakra with the chakra machines in the ball and set on to find Naruto with his mind.

Naruto was currently jumping top speed on the branches in a forest just close to Konoha's borders. Mizuki-sensei had said that he would find him in a small cottage by a river close to the village wall in that part of the forest.

He found the cottage and sat down in front of it, opening the scroll and looking at the first jutsu in the list.

'Hm..Kage Bunshin no Jutsu, says here that this creates solid clones, and something that I can't understand. I'll have to ask Mizuki-sensei about that when he comes'

Naruto got to work on learning the new jutsu.

Iruka was heading towards where he sensed Naruto's chakra trail to have gone. That was how he always found Naruto when he went on his prank sprees. He landed in a clearing and saw Naruto looking at him with a shocked look, scratches adorning his face and hands, as he seemed to have been training.

'This isn't just some prank, he has been training. That could mean either good or bad, depending on which jutsu he decided to train, from the FORBIDDEN SCROLL of all things.'

"Alright Naruto, you're coming with me, the Hokage has sent out specific orders that you answer to him once you are found."

"What do you mean Iruka-sensei; don't you first have to check to see if I learned the jutsu I was supposed to? Isn't that how the secret test works?"

"What are you talking about Naruto, what secret test; have you been drinking expired milk again?" Iruka said with a certain look "I told you a million times to check the expiration date before buying something."

"Look, that was a onetime thing ok? I told you it won't happen again. Anyway, Mizuki-sensei told me about the secret test, you know, where I have to stealth through the Hokage building, get the Forbidden scroll then meet you guys here to deliver the scroll, after I had learned one of the techniques in the scroll"

"Naruto, there is no such thing as a…"
Iruka was interrupted when he heard the sound of something slicing through the air. Using his trained reflexes, he grabbed the object, which turned out to be a giant shuriken. Then using the shuriken's momentum he span and threw the shuriken back to the direction it came from with increased speed.

He heard the sound of metal hitting wood, and then he saw a log falling on the ground.

'Substitution!' he thought.

"What do we have here? Iruka! What are you doing with the class's dead last?

"Mizuki! Just what the hell is going on?" Iruka yelled.

"This was all part of my genius plan to frame that little demon over there, while also getting the extremely powerful techniques inside the forbidden scroll. Then, I could finally be able to defeat any one in my path and I will no longer be some unrecognizable chuunin. I will be feared in all of the elemental countries."

"But Mizuki; what happened to our friendship, what happened to loyalty to the village and its laws?" Iruka said in shock.

"To hell with them all! In the end, power is the only thing that matters!"Mizuki laughed "So tell me Naruto, have you ever wondered why everyone hates you? Why everyone looked at you with hate filled eyes while they ignored your miserable existence? Why all the teachers at the academy, minus Iruka, went out of their way to stunt your growth, so you would get killed on your first dangerous mission as a ninja?"

Naruto nodded fearfully, that question always floating around his mind, but at the same time being too afraid of the answer.

"It's because you're the demon!" he laughed "You're the demon that attacked the village 12 years ago! Your true name is Kyuubi; you're just a demon in disguise!"

Naruto's eyes widened at that. He was about to run away when he heard.

"He's not the demon! He is Naruto Uzumaki, a proud ninja of Konohagakure no Sato. Jinchuuriki like him are always feared throughout the elemental countries, not for what they hold, but for their own immense power and smarts. Naruto is destined to become great, even Hokage, and he will be able to overcome peoples mistrust, fear and hate, with his deeds towards the village."

"You're just a fool Iruka, like that precious Hokage of yours!" Mizuki grinned evilly. "NOW DIE!" he shouted while he threw his second giant shuriken.

Iruka knew he would be able to catch the shuriken and was about to when an orange mass covered his view from the shuriken
"Iruka-sensei!" Naruto shouted.

The shuriken hit Naruto dead on the chest. Mizuki's eyes widened for a moment before he started laughing at Naruto's foolish move.

"Naruto! No!" All of Iruka's feelings about the blonde troublemaker started surfacing as tears streamed down his face.

Just then Naruto's body poofed out of existence and white smoke rose from the spot he was on.

'What! A clone? When did Naruto learn to do that?' Iruka thought.

Naruto came to stand in front of Iruka, blocking him from Mizuki's point of view. He laughed and pointed towards Mizuki.

"Did you think that I had not learned anything from the scroll? Kage bunshin no jutsu was the first jutsu in the list so I naturally picked that first. Now come Mizuki-teme. Throw everything you want at me. I will throw it back a thousand fold." Said Naruto, with a determined look. He then put his hands on a cross shaped hand sign, and started charging his chakra, until a cocoon of chakra formed around him, the chakra spinning wildly around him.

"KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU" he shouted, releasing all his chakra in one shot.

Clone after clone, the large clearing was filled to the brim with Naruto's clones. Mizuki was eyeing them all with fear clear in his eyes.

"Now, Mizuki-teme. Why don't you go ahead and attack my sensei again? Only then will you feel my true rage!" Naruto said with a serious look "Clones, Attack!"

The clones all pulled out a kunai from their kunai pouch and threw them at Mizuki. Now a couple of kunai wouldn't have Mizuki worried. But when a thousand kunai where coming at him fast, he was worried.

He was saved when a seal was thrown between him and suddenly he heard a jutsu being called by many people at once.

"Impenetrable Barrier" An orange shield rose around him, deflecting all kunai and making them fall on the ground, harmless. Just as he was about to comment on that, he was surrounded by ten Anbu and he saw the Sandaime standing next to Iruka and Naruto.

"I'm sorry about the interruption but I couldn't let young Naruto get his hands dirty so young, with blood so foul. Anbu take him away!"

Now Iruka, Naruto how about we go into my office. We have some things to discuss."

"Hai, sir." Saluted Iruka. "Oh by the way, Naruto. Why don't you close your eyes for a moment"

"What for Iruka-sensei?"

"Just do it, baka!"

Naruto's world got dark for a few moments, as he felt Iruka pushing something soft on his forehead.

"You can open your eyes now, Naruto"

Naruto opened his eyes, and found himself looking at a smiling Iruka and a grinning Sandaime. Then he noticed that Iruka was missing his forehead Protector. He gently touched his forehead, and felt the cold feeling of the metal against his hand. He traced the Konoha symbol on the middle of the metal plate while tears started to glister at the corner of his eyes

"Iruka-sensei!" He shouted while giving the man a bear hug. Iruka fell down from the shock and his lack of strength from having a long day, giving the impression that Naruto was glomping him.

"Naruto! You're suffocating me!" He laughed, with a little seriousness in his voice.

'It looks like Naruto is finally being accepted, even with a small band of friends, consisting of Teuchi, Ayame and Iruka. Slowly but surely, you will be accepted as a hero, my boy' The Sandaime smiled at his own thoughts.

So this is the first chapter. I thought it was appropriate to end the chapter at this part since its only an introduction, and it was the best part to end his.

Stay tuned for more!
~6Vor6kas6