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  The smile on Naruto's face vanished as he saw his teacher's vicious and hateful expression. He certainly didn't expect Mizuki to attack him right out of the blue. The blond boy stood frozen in fear as the kunais were ing straight at him.

  Sasuke, Shikamaru and the rest of the new graduates also didn't anticipate Mizuki to try and ht kill Narutht then and there. Their eyes widened and they stood still in shock as well. But Sasuke was the only one who quickly snapped out of it and took a. He held several shurikeween his fingers and was about to throw them from his location but someo him to it. The Uchiha heard the distinct whistle of shurikens flying at a fast rate and his eyes moved in that dire. In moments he saw them and realized they were accurately going to intercept Mizuki's kunai.

  A few feet in front of Naruto, Mizuki's kunai were hit by several shuriken that came from the darkness of the forest and they successfully deflected the ons aimed to kill the boy.

  "What the? Where did those e from?" Mizuki wondered seeing his attack fail.

  A sed ter Iruka appeared and stood several feet in front of Naruto, looking at his colleague with narrowed eyes.

  Shikamaru and the rest of the rookies let out relieved breaths as they saw their friend unharmed. 'Iruka sensei. He's here. Oh thank god.'

  "That was too close. If Iruka sensei hadn't shown up or was even a sed te, Naruto would have been a goner now." Kiba said in a low tone.

  "No kidding…" Ino said and Sakura and Hinata nodded. Hinata's hands tightened and ched into fists. She looked at Mizuki and for the first time the emotion of hatred appeared in her ki.

  The rest of the rookies paid close attention to the iion going oweehree and were getting ready to intervene.

  Iruka gred at Mizuki silently for a few seds before speaking. "What's the meaning of this Mizuki? Lord Hokage asked us t Naruto in unharmed for questioning. So why did you attack him with such lethal force?"

  Mizuki gritted his teeth looking at the man. 'I wao make you suffer o time by telling you what that brat did but I didn't expect you to actually find this pce. I guess that's an ht on my part.'

  "I see you found my location. I have to admit. I didn't expect that." Mizuki looked down at Iruka and crossed his arms.

  "Wha-what's going on? Why did you attack me? Is- is this part of the test?" Naruto asked, slightly stuttering from the shock of the sudden attaaruto looked at the two in fusion as he didn't know what was going on.

  Iruka g the boy behind him and erplexed. "Test? What test? What are you talking about Naruto?"

  —-

  Couple dozeers away from them Shikamaru and his group stood, ready to help out their friend and Iruka sensei. "Shikamaru, now that Iruka sensei is here we go help out. There is no point in hiding here anymore." Ino said in a low voice looking at the friend.

  The Nara shook his head side to side. "If we go out there I'm sure we'll be able to capture Mizuki with Iruka sensei's help. But if Mizuki has anyone helping him then we lose the element of surprise. In a straight fight we might be in trouble."

  "Why are you so sure Mizuki has someoo help him?" Sakura asked.

  "Because it's what I'd do if I was in his shoes. Mizuki has been pnning this for a long time. I'm sure of it. He'd be dumb to betray the vilge and expect to safely leave on his own. The odds of him seeking out someoo help him is high and if anyone has agreed then they'd no doubt be a strong in or possibly even Jonin. So we o be careful."

  "Is that why you asked me, Kiba and Hinata to keep a lookout even now? Are you anticipating the possibility of someone finding us here?" Shino Aburame slightly turned his head in the young Nara's dire.

  "Yes. If Mizuki has someone helping him, I 't avoid the possibility that they might have some sensing abilities. If they get the drop on us, we'd bee a liability. I don't want that to happen. So the sed someoers our viity I want to know."

  Hearing Shikamaru's reasoning everyone nodded and turheir attention back to Naruto and the two teachers.

  —-

  "Test? What test? What are you talking about Naruto?" Iruka uzzled and looked at the boy from the er of his eyes.

  "You know, the super secret special exam to bee… real… Genin…" Naruto trailed off seeing Iruka sensei's fused expression. "Mizuki seold me about it. He told me where to get the scroll and everything…"

  "Naruto, give me the scroll now!" Mizuki spoke in a menag tone looking at the boy.

  Iruka turned baizuki and his brain quickly figured out what was going on. "You! Now it makes sense. You're behind this whole thing."

  "Wh-What's going on sensei? Why is Mizuki sensei ag like that?"

  The Grey haired in couldn't help chuckle hearing that question. "You really are an utter idiot aren't you Naruto."

  The blonde boy ched his hands hearing that insult.

  "Naruto, listen carefully. That scroll you have tai and forbidden jutsus created by the First and Sed Hokages. If it got out, it could bring great dao our vilge. There is . Mizuki used you to steal the scroll for himself. For his own selfish goals."

  Hearing Iruka's words Naruto was immediately on guard against the grey haired enemy ninja up oree.

  Iruka took a kunai from his leg poud held it in reverse grip. His eyes squarely fixed on his former friend. "Naruto. No matter what happens, don't let Mizuki have that scroll. Get out of here. Take it straight to Lord Hokage."

  "Right!" Naruto nodded his head with determination and strapped the scroll to his back. He was about to jump and escape the pce but several shuriken from Mizuki nded near him stopping him in his tracks.

  "You two aren't going anywhere. That scroll is mine."

  —-

  "Looks like they're about to fight."

  "You're pnning on having Iruka sensei battle Mizuki and all of us unch a surprise attack if any other enemies show up. Its not a bad pn but still… Are you sure about this?" Ino had her doubts as she looked at her friend.

  At that moment Shino spoke up. "Your pn has a few fws, Shikamaru. What if there is no one helping Mizuki? What if he's alone? And look… It doesn't seem like Mizuki intends to let them leave here. Iruka sensei will not be able to fight effectively if he has to protearuto at the same time."

  Shikamaru ily gazed at the two ins. "I know. I thought about that. Look. If it looks like Iruka sensei and Naruto are in trouble then we'll intervene. But let's wait a couple more minutes. I just want to make sure that Mizuki is the only threat."

  Shikamaru was on one knee and brought his hands together with his fiips toug. He thought of the possibilities in front of him as he looked at the fight that's about to start betweewo Leaf ninjas.

  'We could all attack Mizuki right now and take him down with minimal injuries to ourselves. But if he has anyone helping him, they might not reveal themselves and then we might not be able to find that traitor. Or we could be ambushed. But with Hinata, Shino and Kiba that possibility is low. Still it doesn't solve our problem. I don't know the enemy strength to make a solid strategy or if there is more than one enemy we have to deal with… I just hope Lord Hokage sends some back up.'

  —-

  Seeing Mizuki ing towards him, Iruka urged Naruto to leave. But the rogue ninja had other pns. He wao make sure Naruto stayed. Mizuki had been training the st several months in preparation for this day and thus he was a lot stronger and faster than Iruka anticipated.

  Naruto tried to get away from there but the rogue in threw a Windmill shuriken in his path stopping the boy even as he engaged in a fight with Iruka. Mizuki easily parried a fist and side stepped Iruka's kunai swipe. Seeing an opening he tered with a cross to the man's left cheek making the scarred in take a few steps back.

  "Do you really want to run away, Naruto? Especially before you know the truth about yourself?" Mizuki had a malicious grin as he looked at Iruka.

  "Truth? What truth?"

  "Don't listen to him Naruto! He's lying. Get out of here!" The in yelled as he tried to keep his former friend at bay.

  "That's rich Iruka. The whole vilge knows the truth except for him. It's the w after all. That we shouldn't tell Naruto." Even as Mizuki was fighting he gnced from the er of his eyes and saw that he had Naruto's attention. 'Excellent. That fool is far more ed with himself to make any sensible decision.'

  "What truth? What are you hiding from me?" Naruto saw Iruka's tense fad he immediately khat his teacher was hiding something. "What don't you wao know, Iruka sensei?"

  Naruto's vulnerable expression made Iruka lose focus mid fight and Mizuki immediately capitalized on it. He punched Iruka in the fad kicked him hard, sending him crashing into a nearby tree. Several kunais instantly fleierced Iruka's arms and legs. "Aaarhhh!" The scarred in gritted his teeth and tried to hold in his pain.

  Iruka was bleeding from his nose and had multiple other flesh wounds. None of them were lethal and the loyal Leaf ninja was slowly removing the ons that struck his body and was trying to stand back up.

  "IRUKA SENSEI!" Naruto rushed to the wounded in.

  "How toug. You still care. But I doubt that'd be the case when you realize that deep dowes you. That you're the reason his parents are dead." Mizuki's words halted Naruto's steps.

  "What…? What are you talking about?" The boy turo the traitorous ninja.

  "Mi-Mizuki. Stop. Don't." Iruka took in a few deep breaths of air through his mouth and pleaded with the man.

  —-

  It wasn't just Naruto who aying close attention to Mizuki but the raduates as well. Shikamaru's eyes widened as he knew what Mizuki was going on about. 'Don't tell me he's going to say what I think he's going to say.'

  "Wait. Are they talking about the reason why people seem to hate him?"

  Kiba nodded. "I think so, Ino. And did you hear what Mizuki said? There's some kind of w to stop Naruto from knowing the reason."

  As his friends were having a quieted discussion, Shikamaru had several thoughts running through his mind. 'I know Naruto has some e to the ailed beast. But that's it. I couldn't get much more info on the subject after I asked my father about it… Do I want to know the truth? If there is a w preventing Naruto from learning the truth then should I allow it to break? How would he eve if he finds out?'

  The Nara cautiously and discreetly g everyone present near him. 'How would they react? Damn it. What should I do? Do I stop Mizuki or do I just stay here? What's the best decision I could make?'

  "I… I think we should stop Mizuki." Shikamaru made his choice.

  Ino uzzled. "Weren't you the one who just told us to stay here till anyone else shows up."

  Shino and Kiba narrowed their eyes and looked at their friend. They could see the worry on their friend's face. "You suddenly ged your decision and want us to attack. Why? Is it because of Iruka sensei's injuries or because of what Mizuki is saying?"

  "Shikamaru, what's going on?... The secret. You know it, don't you? What is it?" Kiba asked.

  At that time, as if to answer his question, Mizuki spoke revealing the lo ope.

  —-

  In all the otion and the revetion of Mizuki's betrayal Iruka pletely fot about Naruto's cssmates. He had sensed Naruto's chakra when he came he yons and became solely focused on it. At that moment he didn't realize that it wouldn't just be Naruto learning the terrible secret the vilge hid for so long.

  Mizuki looked at the boy's scared fad chuckled. "The whole vilge has been lying to you since you were born. Because of the decree made 12 years ago. Everyone knows about it. Everyone except you and those born around your time and since."

  "STOP MIZUKI. THAT'S FORBIDDEN!"

  Iruka's desperate shout only made Naruto want to know more.

  Mizuki looked at Naruto with a gleeful expression before he spoke. "The decree is… no one tell you the ailed fox is inside you."

  Naruto stood still with widened eyes. His hands shook as he heard that. "What?"

  "The fox spirit that destroyed the vilge and killed Iruka's parents twelve years ago. It's you. You are the ails."

  Iruka looked at the shocked Naruto and he gritted his teeth. "That's enough Mizuki. Stop it." He yelled at Mizuki but it was for naught.

  "They've been hiding this secret from you your whole life. e on. Haven't you ever wondered why they hated you so much? Treated you like dirt your whole life. Like they hate you for just existing. Well now you know." The rogue ninja couldn't help but ugh seeing the distraught look on Naruto.

  All the hidden Genins stood still as they too were shocked by this revetion. All except Shikamaru. 'Damn it. Now Naruto knows. How's he going to react?'

  "No. You're lying. NO!" The more Naruto heard Mizuki speak the angrier he got. Blue chakra whisps began to appear in a whirl all around him.

  Iruka sehe chakra rising in his former student. 'Naruto. Don't lose trol.'

  "Do you uand now, demon! You will never be accepted in this vilge. Even your precious Iruka hates you." Mizuki looked at the traumatized boy and reached for the rge windmill shurikeo his back. He unstrapped it and spun it in his hands.

  Naruto, seeing the rge on, stumbled in fear and fell on his back.

  "DIE YOU BEAST!" Mizuki threw the rge shuriken at Naruto and the boy desperately scrambled to all fours and tried to escape.

  "GET DOWN NARUTO!"

  Iruka sensei's shout made Naruto duck down with his head between his arms. He closed his eyes in fear and waited for the pain but it never came. Instead he heard the sounds of metal g against metal.

  When Naruto opened his eyes a couple seds ter he saw Iruka sensei shielding him with his own body. He looked up at his teacher and saw that the man was looking around in shock.

  Several Seds Before Mizuki threw the Shuriken.

  Kiba and Choji were the ones in front of the group and the two ched their fists in anger as they looked at the grey haired ninja. The hateful words the man spoke made them furious.

  "Fuck this shit! I'm not gonna just stay here and listen to this crap anymore. I'm going to help Naruto and Iruka sensei." "Arf." "You in' Choji?"

  "Hell yeah!" The Akimiodded with fire in his eyes.

  "What about you guys?" Kiba turo the others.

  The rest of the team were angry as well and now with Kiba and Choji deg to stealth they made that choice as well.

  "For once I'm looking forward to starting a fight. Let's go kick that traitor's ass." Ino spoke for them all and the 7 rookies rushed from their spot just as Mizuki threw the on.

  The Genins saw Iruka rushing over to Naruto and trying to shield him with his own body.

  The 7 new Genins immediately took their ons and threw them at the rge fged spinning bde with as much force as they could muster. Their pn was to deflect the on off its path. Just then they also saw several small shuriken ing from the other side aimed for the on. They immediately saw Sasuke's figure appear and all the small ons collided with Mizuki's bde.

  Shikamaru and his group's ons slowed the bde down. Sasuke's shuriken had ninja wire tied to them and the Uchiha maniputed his small ons to grab the rge Windmill Shuriken and force it off course. Mizuki's on hit a nearby tree trunk and was embedded all the way through.

  Present time.

  Iruka willed his body to move and made it just in time to shield Naruto's body with his own. He braced for the lethal impact but instead of pain he sensed several familiar presening towards them and then heard the sound of the rge shuriken hitting a nearby tree.

  Iruka looked up and saw his students appear nearby and walking towards them. It was then that he recalled the strange behaviors of some of them earlier and the clusioer came to.

  "I 't believe you were dumb enough to think there was a test to steal an important scroll like that from the Hokage tower. You really are a dope."

  Naruto couldn't see who but he instantly reized that voibsp;'Sasuke.'

  "Oi oi. That's a bit too harsh, Sasuke." The zy voice of Shikamaru Nara was heard .

  "But Sasuke is kinda right Shikamaru… But then again I 't exactly bme Naruto on this one. We're supposed to trust our teachers afterall." Sakura said as she looked at Mizuki with a frown on her face.

  Kiba snorted. He gred at the in. "Some teacher. Never did like him anyways. Iruka sensei was far better." "Arf arf." "See. Akamaru agrees."

  "Yeah. We're gonna kick your ass for the stunt you just pulled." Ino tied a rubber band around her hair and gred at the enemy ninja.

  Choji came near Iruka and stood with his arms crossed while Hinata stood ready with her Taijutsu Gentle Fist stahey didn't say anything as they looked at Mizuki but their stern expression was more than enough to vey their feelings.

  "Surrender Mizuki sensei. No. You do not deserve that title anymore. Surrender Mizuki. Why? Because you are outnumbered." The is buzzing could be heard throughout the area as Shino looked at the in with a calm face.

  The rookies have ehe se and all of them are ready for battle.

  Author's Note.

  Did you guys enjoy it? I had fun writing it. I hope I was able to capture the rookies' personalities accurately.

  For some reason at the end of this chapter I envisiowo soundtracks pying in my mind. One piece's Overtaken and Shokugeki no soma's Isshiki's theme. What do you guys think?

  The chapter will be a battle.