I put the huge weight from behind me to the ground, sitting and sighing.
I am sighing a lot, especially today.
I look at the scroll of Seals, knowing that there is no going back from here. After all, I "tricked" the third Hokage to get this, the same Third Hokage who is currently spying on me with an item that was never really properly explained in the story.
I put my hand in my jacket, taking out scrolls and ink in order to write all the Jutsu's I can get my hand on, and while I open the Scroll of seals, I think about the feeling of me using Chakra for the first time.
When my name was called into the exam Room, I was revising on how to use Chakra through Naruto's Memory, who actually somewhat had the knowledge of how Chakra is used. I used my own knowledge of it to fix some of the gaps in Naruto's Memory, and I used it for the first time in front of Iruka and Mizuki.
By mixing Physical Energy and Spiritual Energy, each being generated in the body whenever someone does a physical activity or thinks, an energy known as Chakra is formed. Chakra is formed in the gut and Through the Tenketsu Points, Chakra travels through the body towards the hands, where Hand signs guide the chakra into making a Jutsu.
As I did the Hand signs for Clone Jutsu, Chakra erupted from my body, copying my physical Body and creating an illusion, which came out horrifying. It's wobbly, smokey and bursts within a couple of seconds, leading to Iruka declaring that I have failed. Mizuki later on approached me when I was sitting on the-
"The Swing"-
And gave me an alternative way of "passing" the exam. I accepted that and went home, using Transformation Jutsu just to make sure I can do it, gathering the necessary materials I need and then rushing towards the Hokage's office. There, I transformed into a sexy version of me, but this time with no smoke covering me, so Hiruzen saw EVERYTHING.
Damn Pedophilic behaviours.
Now that I am in the forest where I am supposed to meet Mizuki, I open the Scroll to search for my first Jutsu, Shadow Clone Jutsu. I have a plan, and that plan requires the Shadow Clone Jutsu. I see so many Jutsu's, many of which I recognise.
'Eight Gates, Flying Raijin, Edo Tensei, Reaper Death Seal, Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu, Clone Great explosion, spirit transformation techniques? So many Jutsu's??' my eyes widen at the amount of Jutsu's there are in this scroll. Not all of the Jutsu's are kenjutsu, but there are variations of Jutsu's as well.
Like, Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu, Front lotus, Reverse Lotus etc. all of these Jutsu's are so powerful, and so overwhelming that it takes me a minute to get my bearings together. My eyes go over all of the jutsu, and for a second, I forget that I am in a race against time, but the second my eyes land on multi-shadow Clone Jutsu, I snap out of my daze.
Remembering my plan, I read the instructions and realise something very interesting.
To use Shadow Clones, you have to expel chakra out of your body, making it mirror your body as the chakra becomes you. To that, you need to use the plus sign by using two hands, you can manipulate the chakra being created in your body into multiplying yourself.
I put my hands in the necessary hand sign, before manipulating my chakra into my hands, releasing it as the instructions explain. A puff of smoke appears, as another Naruto appears in front of me, looking identical to me.
'A perfect clone!' I am surprised by this, as I didn't expect to do it on the first try. The clone looks at me, before-
Flipping me off. The clone turns and walks behind a tree as it pulls its pants down, showing its weiner. Holding the weiner, he spins it a little before-
Thrusting his hips towards the tree with full force-
*POOF*
I blink, as the memories of the clone thrusting his penis into the tree comes into my brain, making me chuckle. The test is complete, and I can retain information from my clones just as Kakashi explained in canon. It's weird that a set of memories randomly appears in my brain, but I can differentiate it similarly to Naruto's Memory.
The reason The clone flipped me off was because it was a sign that it had inherited MY memories-
Not Naruto's, But Rex's-
Memories, as I thought of flipping myself off if I was able to successfully produce a shadow clone. With the confirmation of my success, I create another clone just to re-check if the first time wasn't a fluke, and it wasn't, as the second clone pops up from a cloud of smoke and-
Flips me off with both of his hands.
I nod, before standing up properly and sucker-punching the damn clone, taking it by surprise. The memory of the Clone enters my brain, as well as the chakra that was used to create the clone. Since the clone hasn't used the chakra it was created with, all the chakra used to create the clone comes back to me.
I look back at the scroll of seals, knowing what to learn next. With Shadow Clone learnt, I can now learn Multi-shadow Clone Jutsu.
And many more.
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(Iruka Umino's POV)
I rush through the trees as I curse Naruto's stupidity. What processed him to steal the scroll of seals of all things? Hell, how did he even know about that in the first place? Only Chunin or higher know about its existence, not Genin, especially A academy Student that Failed all of his exams.
Remembering that, I think about the conversation me and Naruto had yesterday while eating Ramen, how he wanted to be Hokage. Did Naruto really want Acknowledgement so bad that he decided to betray the village?
Was he THAT lonely? I remember how I used to act just like Naruto for attention after the death of my parents, but I HAD friends, people whom I trusted. Naruto..
Naruto never had anyone like that.
I speed up, trying to find Naruto and make sure he doesn't make a mistake. As I pass by another tree, I notice scorch marks on that tree, which confuses me. Another tree has some of its parts blown out-
And I stop, as I see a tree blown to bits, making me confused. I remember the Hokage explaining how the scroll of seals contains dangerous Jutsu's, and that makes me panic. Did Naruto learn one of the jutsu from the scroll?
As I pass by many more trees which are destroyed, I finally see a handful hair of blonde, making me call out-
"NARUTO!" The blond-
No, Blonds, Plural. More than one Naruto turn, not just one-
But around 10 Naruto's Turn all at the same time.
""Oh, Iruka Sensei, You are here!"" all the Naruto's speak up at the same time, making me confused. I notice all of them are…
Annoyed at seeing me? One of them turns to the others, and nods. All of them drop whatever they are doing and-
*POOF*
They disappear in a puff of smoke, leaving only one Naruto, all alone. My eyes widen in shock as i realise what Naruto did just now-
"S-shadow Clone Jutsu?" I stutter, not believing what I saw. Naruto bends down and picks up small scrolls and puts them in his pocket before turning towards a much bigger scroll. Even in shock, I can realise what that is even though I have never seen it before.
'The Scroll of Seals.' Naruto closes the scroll with a sigh, before putting it behind his back, letting it hang there. I finally snap out of my shock, jumping to the ground as Naruto turns to me with a grin-
A grin that is…odd.
"Yeah, It's the Shadow Clone Jutsu. Do you like Sensei?" For some odd reason, Naruto's tone feels..forced. at least a little bit. This makes me suspicious, why is he acting like this?
Is there more to him stealing the scroll of seals than I thought?
"What are you doing Naruto?" I don't voice my suspicion right away, wanting more information. Naruto learnt Shadow Clone Jutsu when he couldn't do a basic clone Jutsu? That's way too suspicious, and that's not even considering him stealing the scroll of seals.
"I am Training Sensei. After failing, Mizuki Sensei approached me and told me that there was a secret Test, how I can pass it if I take the Scroll of Seals from the Hokage tower and learn a Jutsu from it." Naruto brings the scroll forward, pointing it towards me.
But I narrow my eyes, my understanding of Naruto makes me realise something.
Naruto is acting right now. Naruto is hiding his true emotions and words, even information that he is privy to, but I am not. I have spent years with Naruto as he is my student, and never has Naruto talked to me without His eyes wide with energy.
This..Naruto is trying to act like the Naruto I know, but there is no spark. And the annoyance from before, that adds fuel to my suspicion. Add that with him saying Mizuki was giving out Secret tests which contain someone stealing the scroll of seals?
Yeah-
This Naruto is a Fake. Someone is framing Naruto, and using Mizuki as an excuse to deceive me.
"Oh yeah?" I raise my eyebrows, making Naruto nod at me. I notice the way Naruto is standing, in a relaxed position, like I can't harm him. Or, he believes I have accepted his lie.
Is this calmness due to him accepting that I have believed his lie, or is it because he thinks I am not a threat to him? Is this fake that confident in himself?
That would mean that this fake should be around Chunin level, or even more, as I have yet to see any abnormalities in the fake's disguise. If the fake is in a transformation Jutsu, then the level of the skill should be to the point to even deceive me, a Chunin.
I just need one last confirmation though. I turn my body a little as I look up, making my expression into one of surprise.
"Mizuki?" while I look up, my eyes land on Naruto whose face changes from a grin into one of confusion, even surprise. As if he didn't expect Mizuki to arrive here.
Yeah, all the confirmation I need.
As Naruto turns his head back, i immediately gather Chakra in my feet as I throw a kick at Naruto's exposed body, hitting him in the ribs-
Making his eyes go wide in both shock and pain as he sent back towards a tree. I take out a Kunai from my pouch and throw it at Naruto's back, cutting the sling that is holding the Scroll of Seals. I use a wire to wrap the scroll of seals and yank it towards me, grabbing it tightly as Naruto crashes into the Tree with a yell of pain.
"Now, who are you?" with the scroll of seals in my hands, I question Naruto. I take another Kunai from my pocket, holding it as I think about what I did. The fake was caught off guard, as if he didn't expect that. If the fake was a Jonin, or even a Tobektsu Jonin, he would have reacted quicker.
But not this Fake, so he must be either Chunin, or even Lower.
"Ugrh, My Back-" the Fake tries to grab onto the tree with one hand while his other hand holds his back. The fake tries to pull himself up, but he flinches in pain as-
"Ugh, My back!"
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THE END
AN:- THE END OF CHAPTER 3 IS A KICK FROM NARUTO'S FATHER FIGURE. HOW WILL THE STORY GO FROM HERE? WITH THE CAUSE AND EFFECT STARTING TO HAPPEN, HOW WILL NARUTO DEAL WITH IT??
FIND THAT OUT IN THE NEXT EPISODE OF NARUTO-BALL Z, UNTIL THEN!
JAA-NE!