Kapitel 9: Chapter eight- Part two
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It was four hours later as the streets were getting dark, inside of one of the largest BBQ restaurants in town where the group of newly graduated Genin sat around the table grill as the smell of succulent juicy meats filled the air as they sizzled on the grill, as the group chatted amongst themselves.
"Man I can't believe we finally graduated, fucking A." Kiba cheered in celebration with Akamaru barking in agreement.
"Yeah, four years in a classroom makes you want to go nuts." Chōji agreed as he put some more meat on the grill.
"Eh it wasn't that bad." Shikamaru rolled his eyes as he took a drink.
"Yeah says the guy who spent about eighty percent of class time sleeping and the other twenty playing shogi with Kenta." Kiba joked as that got the group laughing in agreement as Shikamaru sighed "Troublesome."
Sayaka giggled at the joking and banter among the group and looked to see if Kenta was enjoying himself but instead he had a far off look in his eyes as he glanced out the window for a moment, Sayaka frowned, "Kenta-Kun, what's wrong?" she voiced as the others looked seeing Kenta's gaze as well.
Her voice snapped Kenta out of his distant trance and back to reality, "Hm, what... Oh sorry guys, I just have some things on my mind is all, sorry if I'm ruining the celebration."
Sayaka frowned, "You're still worried about Naruto-Nii aren't you?"
Kenta frowned and nodded, "Yeah, I just can't shake the feeling that something isn't right, and the more I think about it the more it just doesn't add up."
Shikamaru raised an eyebrow, "What do you mean Kenta, what's not adding up for you?"
Kenta crossed his arms and leaned back in his seat, "It's just how he failed, it doesn't add up. Even if he screwed up the last Jutsu that shouldn't have failed him, never mind the fact I've seen him do it before a hundred times over, but it's the numbers that aren't doing it. Even with that last Jutsu failing he should have had more than enough of a percentage of a pass to get through the exams, I've drilled him into the ground in Taijutsu, Kenjutsu and Shuriken and kunai throwing, we all saw him pass the second test with ease, and In the past year we've used Kage Bunshin to help his class work and stay up late at night revising our notes and learning more. So there's no way he flunked the written test, so with all that there's no way that flunking a single Jutsu would have failed him."
Shikamaru frowned, "You're right it's not adding up."
Kiba crossed his arms, "I saw his match with Iruka. He lasted the full three minutes like the rest of us except for Kenta."
Shikamaru sighed, "Troublesome, even if he flunked the written test, which is highly unlikely, it's only thirty percent of our marks. The other seventy is made up in the other three, twenty in the throwing test, another twenty-five in the Taijutsu spar and then twenty-five more in the Jutsu test, even if he failed one Jutsu he would have still gotten marks for the others, so unless he completely failed every question in the written exam he would still have gotten above the fifty-five percent passing mark for the exam, something's not right."
Kenta nodded, "Exactly, now you see why something's not adding up."
Sayaka frowned "Maybe Iruka and Mizuki made a mistake in the exam marking?" she suggested.
Kenta blinked hearing that as the word's "Mizuki" and "marking" ran through his head and he frowned, 'No he wouldn't have done something like that would he… he already tried to sabotage us both with a Genjutsu, so screwing with the results isn't that big a stretch, but surely Iruka would have caught him marking right exam questions wrong….' Kenta thought to himself before he stood up, "Sorry guy's I gotta go and check something." he said as he went to move out of the booth, "I'll see you all at the team placements."
Sayaka stood up, "Hold on Kenta-Kun, I'm coming too." she said as she moved out of the booth and went to him, "I'm worried about Naruto-Nii too."
Kenta nodded, "Ok, come on." he said as he, Sayaka, and Midnight took off out of the restaurant heading for the Uzumaki's apartment.
Time skip
It was only another ten minutes before the trio found themselves coming around the side of the apartment block, Kenta still deep in thought as they walked. Sayaka looked to him concerned.
"Kenta-Kun, what are you planning to do anyway?" She asked with a small frown not sure of what they could do to help Naruto become a shinobi.
Kenta frowned, "I'm not sure Sayaka-chan, but I'm my guess is right, then Mizuki sabotaged Otōto's written exam in the marking process so that he'd fail. Even after both Otōto and I noticed the Genjutsu on our papers."
Sayaka blinked at that, "Genjutsu on the papers, what are you talking about?"
Kenta sighed, "Both mine and Otōto's exam papers had a subtle Genjutsu on the, changing key aspects of the questions so that we'd put in the wrong answers and fail the exam, I felt the chakra over the paper and so did Otōto be both dispelled the Genjutsu after feeling it. I was planning to report it to Hokage-Sama the next time I see him, but now I'm thinking that Mizuki tried something else after his first attempt failed, but he only did so to Otōto and not me for some reason."
Sayaka clenched her fists, "That Teme, he sabotaged Naruto-Nii's exam," she growled out, "When I see him I'm going to roast him with my Katon Jutsu."
Kenta smirked, "Get in line, I've got first swings on the Teme. But for now I need to talk to Otōto find out what he plans on doing or if he's fixed this on his own before I do anything." Kenta said as they approached the corner of the apartment block.
But as they did the three of them looked up as the window of Naruto's apartment opened and a translucent blur shot out of it with speed, Kenta squinted his eyes as the blur shot from the window to the rooftop across the street and then continued onward, Kenta's eye's focussed on it as he reached out with his senses feeling the chakra signature and his eyes widened.
"Otōto?" Kenta said in confusion
"Was that Naruto-Nii?" Sayaka asked in confusion
Kenta nodded, "Yeah, with his Tōton Jutsu (Transparency Jutsu) up, I wonder where he's going at this time of night?"
"Should we follow? He might need our help?" Sayaka asked as they watched the Naruto Blur shoot from rooftop to rooftop heading for the Hokage tower.
Kenta nodded, "Yeah, something doesn't feel right, let's move." Kenta said as his mood and tone turned serious and the three of them jumped from the street to the rooftops and took off after Naruto a few minutes behind him.
Stopping just outside the Hokage tower Kenta used his sensory ability to watch Naruto as he scaled the outside of the Hokage tower with chakra on his feet and made his way up to a higher level of the building before sneaking in through one of the windows.
Kenta frowned, 'What are you doing Otōto, why are you sneaking around like this?' Kenta thought to himself before he looked to Sayaka and started to run through a series of silent hand signs which she recognised as the ANBU hand signs that her mother had taught them in their second year at the academy, Kenta was signing, "Follow my lead, silent and quick", Sayaka nodded in response as they both ran through a series of hand signs and disappeared from sight in a shimmer of air followed by Midnight a second after.
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Naruto moved silently under the cover of his Tōton Jutsu as he moved through the shadows heading to a door deep in the middle of the building, slipping inside as he left the door open behind him for a quick exit, his goal ahead of him sitting on a platform at the far side of the room, a large scroll with a red sash around its middle.
The air shimmered and the Jutsu faded to reveal Naruto standing in front of the Scroll with a frown as he looked the scroll over, before he reached out taking it and securing it to his back.
Little did he know about in the rafters he was being watched by Kenta, Sayaka and Midnight who were concerned with what they were seeing?
"Otōto what are you doing?" Kenta voiced quietly
"It looks like he's stealing that scroll, whatever it is?" Sayaka voiced, "But I don't understand why?"
Kenta shook his head, "Neither do I, this just doesn't add up, and neither does the security here, this was way too easy for us to sneak in here. Where are all the ANBU?"
Before Sayaka could respond, everything went silent as the sound of footsteps were heard, everyone looked to the door to see a lone shadow approaching the door as the Hokage stepped into the doorway looking around in confusion as to why the door was open, only for his eyes to fall on Naruto.
"Naruto…" Hiruzen started to speak only for Naruto to react and turned around forming a hand sign, and he went up in a puff of smoke.
Kenta blinked realising what the Jutsu his Otōto was about to use and pinched the bridge of his nose in embarrassment as the smoke cleared revealing Naruto's altered Henge transformation.
In his place stood a beautiful blond girl with wisps of smoke all around her, her blond hair tied back in two ponytails, she had a slender figure with a generous bust and gentle features, her eyes were baby blue and she had Naruto's trademark whisker birthmarks on her cheeks.
Seeing the sudden transformation the entire room was silent for several seconds before Hiruzen's eyes bulged at the sight in front of him and he shot back on as a torrent of blood shot out of his nose with force propelling him back as he crashed to the floor out cold and twitching.
Up in the rafters Kenta was still rubbing the bridge of his nose in utter disbelief and embarrassment, 'He actually used that Jutsu, and Sarutobi-sensei fell victim to it… I have a hentai as a sensei; the Sandaime Hokage is a hentai. He should be called Taoretakage (Perverted shadow).'
Sayaka, on the other hand, looked down in utter disbelief and confusion at what had just happened before her sense caught up with her and she looked to Kenta, "W-W-What the hell was that?" Sayaka spluttered.
Kenta sighed, "That was the Jutsu Otōto's been working on for the past few months, he calls it the Oiroke no Jutsu (Sexy technique) a modified Henge technique. He created it to subdue perverts and creeps who piss him off. Seeing as most of those guys don't have good self-restraint and thus what just happened happens to them." 'Although I never though Sarutobi-sensei would fall victim to it.'
Sayaka's eyebrow twitched slightly hearing that explanation, "I'll have to have a word with Naruto-Nii about the uses of such a… crude Jutsu, when I get the chance." she said with slight anger before looking to Kenta with a narrow glare that screamed danger, "You better not have anything like that in your Jutsu arsenal that you have kept from me."
Kenta scoffed, "Of course not. We both know I prefer to knock my enemies out with a strong right hook over perverted blood loss. If I recall that's your preferred method as well."
Sayaka smirked, "Guilty." she said in amusement as they watch Naruto slip past the passed out old pervert before using his Tōton Jutsu again and making for the nearest exit for his escape with Kenta, Sayaka and Midnight in pursuit.
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After half an hour of running through the trees north of the Hokage monument, Naruto stopped in a small clearing with a small shed that looked to be abandoned.
Naruto stopped and looked around frowning not seeing anyone about only to turn when he hears a sound and looked around to see Kenta, Sayaka and Midnight land in the clearing just a few feet behind him and sighs a breath of relief, "Phew, it's just you guys. What are you doing-" Naruto started to ask but stopped when he saw the look in his brother's eye.
"I could ask you the same thing, Otōto." Kenta said his tone serious, "Cause it looks to me that you've just done something monumentally stupid, like stealing the Fūin no Sho (Scroll of Seals) from the Hokage tower."
Sayaka moved and put her hand on Kenta's shoulder, "Hold on a minute Kenta-Kun, let him explain himself first before we jump to conclusions. What is that scroll anyway?"
Kenta frowned, "it's the Fūin no Sho (Scroll of Seals), one of Konoha's most dangerous items. It contains a list of all of Konoha's Kinjutsu (Forbidden techniques) as well as its post powerful and dangerous Fūinjutsu; it was created and sealed away by the Shodaime Hokage Hashirama Senju. It is law that no one may look at its contents unless given permission by the Hokage, it is never allowed to leave the Hokage tower and it was meant to be guarded by ANBU when it is taken from its stand. Naruto has essentially committed treason for taking the scroll and broken three village laws in the process." he stated in a hardened tone his eyes set on Naruto, "So I ask, what the hell do you think you're doing Naruto?"
Naruto's eye widened before he held up his hands, "It's not what it looks like Nii-chan honest. This was all Mizuki's plan."
Both Sayaka and Kenta's eyes widened hearing that and Sayaka spoke first, "Naruto-Nii, I think you'd better start explaining and quickly. What exactly you mean by Mizuki's plan?"
Naruto nodded, "It all happened after I left the academy…"
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Naruto was frowning as he looked out over the village from the top of the Hokage monument, it had been half an hour since he flunked the exam and was trying to think of some way to fix this, 'What do I do now? Do I go to Jiji and ask him if he can fix this? That's what Nii-chan was planning to do wasn't it? Maybe I can just go to Iruka-sensei and ask to retake the last part of the exam again, would that even be possible?' Naruto thought to himself.
But before Naruto could make his decision he felt a chakra source behind him and he jumped to his feet his hand on his Ninjatō and the first inch of the blade gleamed as Naruto started to pull it from its sheath ready at a moment's notice only to stop when Mizuki came through the bushes, "Easy there Naruto it's only me."
Seeing Mizuki Naruto's eyes narrowed on him, he had never liked Mizuki and the feeling was mutual, so the question was, "What do you want?" Naruto asked as Mizuki came out towards him.
Mizuki half smiled, half sneered cockily at Naruto, "I just wanted to come and tell you that there's is a way for you to become a Genin if you're interested. A second exam that you can take which is optional for you as your marks were so close to the passing limit."
Naruto's eyes narrowed, 'A second exam?' "What kind of test?"
Mizuki's smirk grew, "Oh a very special test that tests your espionage capabilities. The objective is to sneak into a heavily guarded facility and steal "important documents" and make it to the extraction point."
Naruto gritted his teeth hiding his anger, 'This Teme is trying to set me up as a traitor, tricky son of a…' "And what documents would I be stealing, and where would I be stealing them from?" Naruto asked wanting more information.
Mizuki shrugged, "Oh nothing really, it's just a Document storage scroll from the Hokage tower. Sneak in there later tonight, take it, and wait for me in a little clearing north of the Hokage monument. Once I verify it's the correct scroll then you pass. It's that simple."
Naruto nodded while inwardly scowling, 'Breaking into the Hokage tower that's one law. Stealing important documents that is another law. Two laws in one go and then taking off with them makes me a Nuke-nin, I'd be hunted like a dog if I was caught and likely executed for being a traitor. But I don't exactly have a lot of options here if I do go through with this Jiji would know I'd never betray the village, he'd never brand me a nuke-nin and chances are I'd never be able to get past the ANBU guarding the tower…. But it would be fun to test my skills, I'll just have to see where this goes.'
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"And that's how it all went down, I assume you know the rest?" Naruto said as he finished explaining.
Kenta sighed, "So that's it, you've been made into a patsy for this and it looks like Mizuki-Teme is a total traitor to Konoha. Well it's a rather big jump from just a Teme to a traitorous Teme but I can't say I never put it past him. This is worse than what I had expected though."
Naruto nodded, "Yeah I know, I had actually never thought I'd make it this far even with my Tōton Jutsu and stealth. I was going to stop when Jiji caught me, but my instincts took over. I can't believe Jiji actually fell for my Oiroke no Jutsu (Sexy technique), guess Jiji's a closet hentai." Naruto said as he started to chuckle only to be cut short when a fist impacted the top of his head and he hit the ground with a groan with Sayaka standing over him.
Naruto looked up and gulped seeing her with a sweet smile on her face, "Naruto-Nii, you are never to use that Jutsu when you are in my presence again. Do. You. Understand. Me?" Sayaka spoke in a sweet tone that promised pain, Naruto nodded rapidly.
Sayaka turned to a sweat dropping Kenta pulling a one-eighty in personality going from scary to serious, "What do you want to do now Kenta-Kun? We should probably take the scroll back to Hokage-Sama and get that traitorous Teme arrested."
Kenta nodded, "It's an idea… or~" Kenta said as a smirk came to him, "We could do our duty as Genin of Konoha and apprehend the Teme red handed when he comes for the scroll and expose him for the traitor he is. When we drag his sorry ass back to the village and drop him at Hokage-Sama's feet."
Naruto grinned, "Oh I like that plan, it will give us plenty of payback on the shitty Teme for using me as his scapegoat and all the other stuff he's done over the past four years."
Kenta nodded, "Agreed, but first things first." he said as he walked over to Naruto and took out one of the scrolls from his sash and unfurled it, "We need to swap the Fūin no Sho (Scroll of Seals) for a fake. No way we're using the real deal in a sting like this, it's too valuable and dangerous to risk." he said as he opened up one of the empty storage seals and gestured for Naruto to bring him the scroll.
Naruto set the scroll down on the seal as Kenta channelled his chakra as the seal activated and the scroll went up in smoke sealing the larger scroll within it. Kenta nodded and rolled the scroll up replacing it back in its slot and taking another scroll out and opening it to a second seal before releasing its contents as a scroll the size of the Fūin no Sho (Scroll of Seals) came out.
"We can use a Henge on this scroll to make it look like the Fūin no Sho (Scroll of Seals), it will be enough to fool the Teme till we can take him in." Kenta explained as he closed up the second scroll
Sayaka nodded, "Ok we have a plan, now let's make a plan B, never can be too careful in situations like these."
Kenta nodded in agreement as they quickly started planning their plan B.
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It was another hour and a half later and their trap had yet to be sprung, Naruto was sitting in the middle of the area board out of his mind while hidden in the tree line, Kenta, Sayaka and Midnight were waiting patiently for the traitor to show himself.
Kenta was sitting on a branch with his eyes closed as he reached out with his sensory abilities feeling for any approaching chakra sources, they were far enough away from the village so as not to be detected by standard patrols. Something that Kenta found odd that there hadn't been any patrols coming out their way, 'Something's not right, Sarutobi-sensei should have woken up ages ago and raised the alarm after he discovered what Otōto took. So why are the patrols scattering in search for him and the scroll? Unless they are and just not in the right direction, but why would that be?' Kenta thought to himself before his eyes opened as he felt a chakra signature approaching their position, Kenta looked to Sayaka and started signing to tell her what was going on.
Down on the ground, Naruto sighed once more as he waited for the traitor to show up already so they could beat his sorry ass for this, he was starting to actually fall asleep it was taking so long. When suddenly his eye's widened as he heard someone burst from the tree line and land a few meters in front of him, Naruto looked up to see Iruka coming towards him not looking happy.
"Finally I've found you." Iruka said as he walked towards Naruto, "Do you have any idea what you've done you idiot."
Naruto frowned, "Yeah I know, played right into that traitor, Mizuki's, plan to use me as a patsy."
Iruka stopped on the spot hearing that, "What do you mean patsy?"
Naruto sighed, "Mizuki-Teme approached me after I failed the exam. He said there was another exam I could take to become Genin and all I had to do was take this scroll and bring it here and wait for him to arrive. I realised what was going on while I was waiting and trying to figure out what to do next."
Iruka's eyes went wide hearing that as he processed the information he had just been given, it was in this moment that he was distracted, and when multiple shuriken and kunai came out of the shadows.
Iruka didn't see them, but Naruto did and he reacted as he pulled his Ninjatō and moved to behind Iruka and deflected each one with speed, skill, and precision.
Up in the treeline Kenta smiled as he saw his brother take action, 'And he thought I was wasting time teaching him how to do that, looks like it's paying off now isn't it.' he mentally chuckled as he watched.
After the last shuriken had hit the ground Mizuki landed on one of the lower tree branches with a sneer plastered across his face, "So you discovered my little plan. Your more intelligent than I gave you credit for, but then that wasn't every much to begin with."
With the confirmation from Mizuki, Iruka turned pulling his own Kunai, "So that's the way it is huh? I should have known!"
Mizuki scoffed at Iruka before narrowing his gaze on Naruto, "Hand over the scroll you little bastard and I might just let you live."
Naruto held up his Ninjatō glaring at Mizuki, "Never going to happen traitor! You're going to pay for your crimes." Naruto yelled.
Mizuki growled at the statement, but before he could comment again two figures burst from the treeline from above Mizuki who looked up to see both Kenta and Sayaka flashing through hand signs before calling out their attack.
"Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu (Fire Style: Grand Fireball Technique)." Sayaka called as she spewed a large fireball from her mouth.
"Fūton: Renkūdan (Wind Style: Drilling Air Bullet)." Kenta yelled as he shot a high-powered blast of air at Mizuki.
The two attack shot at Mizuki as their paths connected and the new air source caused the fireball to grow in size tenfold, Mizuki's eyes widened as it came at him, barely able to move out of the way in time to avoid the hit and narrowly dodge the flames from the impact as he dropped to a lower branch avoiding the flames but no sooner had he landed a twisting form of claws and teeth shot at him from below severing the branch from the tree taking away Mizuki's foothold making him fall to the ground flat on his face.
Sayaka and Kenta landed on the ground in front of Naruto and Iruka both dropping into a stance ready to act the twisting form swirled in the air before slowing down and turning again as it stopped in between Sayaka and Kenta revealing Midnight growling angrily in Mizuki's direction, as the Chūnin got to his feet.
Iruka looked shocked seeing them come out of the tree line and then even more so at the Katon and Fūton combo Jutsu, the result of which was currently burning the tree line. Snapping back to the situation Iruka looked to them in shock, "What are you three doing out here?" he asked wanting answers.
Kenta kept his eye's forward not taking his gaze off Mizuki, "We found Otōto an hour and a half ago and put together what was going on and decided to put together a little trap for this Teme to walk into so we could take him in. So far things are going as planned."
Mizuki scoffed at Kenta's statement, "I see, I should have guessed the Demon brat's protective big brother and his Uchiha whore would be close by, oh well it doesn't matter now, just hand over the scroll and I'll be on my way. I might even let you all live."
Iruka raised his kunai before speaking, "No matter what we can't let Mizuki get the scroll! It contains forbidden Jutsu that can put this village in grave danger!" Iruka started explaining
Kenta lowered his hand to his belt ready to pull his sword, "We know what the Fūin no Sho (Scroll of Seals) contains Iruka." Kenta spoke as his gaze hardened on Mizuki, 'What I'm not getting is what a weakling like him wants with it. Half the Jutsu and techniques in there are way out of his league and the other half require expertise and/or chakra reserves that only a Kage level shinobi would possess. So either he's completely stupid and doesn't know this or he's working for someone to retrieve the scroll and wants to take it to them.'
Mizuki started to chuckle at the sight before him before turning his gaze to Naruto, "You shouldn't listen to them Naruto, they just don't want you to have the scroll. Just hand it over to me."
Iruka scowled, "Stop lying Mizuki! Don't let him trick you Naruto!" Iruka said over his shoulder to Naruto.
Naruto smirked, "Don't worry about me Iruka-sensei, I'm not buying a single word out of this lying Teme's mouth"
Mizuki started chuckling to himself, "Hahahahaha! Oh, I'll tell you who's really lying." He spoke with a hidden meaning, confusing the teens as to what he mean.
Iruka's eye widened in realisation of what he was about to do "No Mizuki!"
Both Kenta and Sayaka glanced to each other confused, both with no clue as to what was going on, but neither let their guard down as Mizuki continued. "They have been lying to you your whole life Naruto. Since the decree by the Hokage sixteen years ago."
Naruto narrowed his eyes as he gripped his Ninjatō harder "What decree?" he asked with a hard tone.
Mizuki smirked, "Every adult in the village knows about it. Iruka is trying to hide it from you even now." Mizuki said as he pointed at Iruka, "He'd do anything to shut me up!"
Kenta shifted the angle of his stance so both Iruka and Mizuki were in his line of sight before he spoke, "What's he talking about Iruka-san? What's this decree that lord Hokage made, and what's it got to do with Naruto?" Kenta asked his worry evident in his tone.
Iruka shook his head, "I can't say. Lord Hokage forbid everyone from evening mentioning it, it's punishable by death for any to speak about It." he explained with a frown.
Naruto hardened his features hearing that and looked from Iruka to Mizuki, "What is this decree? Why does everyone else know about it?" he asked voice hardened
Iruka's eyes widened hearing Naruto's question, "Don't tell him it's forbidden!!!"
But Mizuki just ignored him, "The decree is no one can tell you the Kyūbi no Yōko is inside you!!"
The clearing was silent as everyone's eyes widened hearing what Mizuki had said. The air tensed as the secret was revealed before Mizuki continued, "The fox spirit that killed Iruka's parents and destroyed our village has taken over your body! You are the Kyūbi no Yōko!"
"STOOOP IT!!!"Iruka yelled seeing the look on his former student's faces.
But Mizuki didn't stop, "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! Like they hated you for just being alive!"
Kenta's mind was spinning hearing that as his thoughts ran a mile a minute, 'It all makes sense now. All the times we were attack when we were younger, the overcharging by the shops, the hateful glares from the adults, why they treated Naruto, us, like that. But why didn't Sarutobi-sensei tell me? Why is it taught that the Kyūbi no Yōko was killed by the… Wait the books didn't say killed they said… Defeated' "So that's what it meant." Kenta said out loud as his thought finally started to make sense, "That's why the textbooks read that the Kyūbi no Yōko was "Defeated" by the Yondaime, not killed but defeated. He was a high-level Fūinjutsu practitioner, he didn't kill it and he defeated it by sealed it inside of…" Kenta said in a low voice.
"Inside of me." Naruto finished his eyes wide and his breathing short and shallow in fear.
Both Kenta and Sayaka looked back and saw it, the pure terror and fear etched across Naruto's face, at the realisation of what Mizuki had said being the truth, but before they could even say a word he reacted and took off at high speed jumping to the tree tops and going as fast as he could away from the place in fear.
"Naruto!!" Iruka called only for his cry to be cut short when he leaped to the side to dodge a large Fūma Shuriken thrown by Mizuki who took advantage of the distracted Iruka, but Mizuki smirked seeing him move before he pulled back his hand through the air and Kenta caught sight of the shimmering line of Ninja wire leading to the throw Fūma Shuriken.
Kenta reacted pulling his sword and in an upward slash cut the wire but a second too late as the sharp tug had pulled the Fūma Shuriken in a different direction as it pulled a wide birth and came right at Iruka who didn't have time to react before it hit him dead in the centre of the red spiral on the back of his Chūnin flak jacket.
With a snarl Midnight leaped into the air and started spinning heading right at Mizuki who only just got out of the way of the Tsūga attack, but no sooner had Mizuki dodged, Midnight stopped spinning and landed on the spot that he attacked and pushed off his hind legs following Mizuki with his fangs bared as it went for the Chūnin's throat.
Mizuki snarled pulling a kunai as he re positioned himself in the air to dodge the bite and went to slash at the wolf-like dog, but before his blade made contact, the pointed end of Kenta's whip sword swung with speed blocking the kunai and knocking it off course before Mizuki and Midnight landed, Midnight immediately leaping backwards and landing beside Kenta who pulled the handle of his sword as the whip retracted forming a solid blade once again.
Behind them, Sayaka knelt by Iruka's side and sighed in relief, "You're lucky Mizuki's a crap shot and the Chūnin flak jackets are so thick. The blade missed your spine by a couple of centimetres."
Iruka winced in pain, "Don't worry about me, you two need to go after Naruto and protect the scroll. It's more important, Naruto's scared and he need's you more than I do. GO."
Sayaka looked to Kenta and Kenta looked over his shoulder with a hardened glare before nodding, "Ok, Sayaka, Midnight, let's move." he ordered as they all took off heading up into the trees and started branch hopping in the direction Naruto went.
Mizuki chuckled watching them go, "Do you really think those three brats and that flea bag can keep me from that scroll? Their deaths are on you." Mizuki said as he walking leisurely towards the trees.
Iruka forced himself up with a smirk, "You're forgetting those three were in the top portion of their class, and one of them has constantly gotten the better of your for the past four years if you think it's going to be easy you'd best think again."
Mizuki sneered at the comment before he jumped up to a branch and took off in the direction they went, as Iruka groaned in pain with the Fūma shuriken still in his back, only for his head to jerk when he hears movement and looks to the other side of the clearing as both Sayaka and Kenta came out from behind the shed walking over to them and Iruka's eyes widened.
"What do you two think you're doing? You were meant to be going to help Naruto." Iruka strained a yell seeing them still there.
Kenta narrowed a glare on the Chūnin, "Relax Iruka, we're just Kage Bunshins that the originals left behind. The plan B, we were meant to cage Mizuki in as a backup plan but then things changed when you got here. So shut it and let us patch you up."
Iruka winced at the tone Kenta was using only to grit his teeth in pain as the Sayaka Bunshin pulled the shuriken out of his back and started to heal the injury with a medical Jutsu, as it was happening Iruka watched Kenta keep a scowl narrowed on him the entire time a guessed what it was about.
"I'm sorry for not telling you about the decree. You have to understand it's the law that no one can…" Iruka started to explain before the Kenta clone held up his hand.
"Save it Iruka, now is not the time nor the place for that. Right now we're going to patch you up and send you on your way to help our originals. Once you're gone we'll dispel and let them know you're on the move." Kenta said his gaze turning away from Iruka who frowned but understood the mission and objectives comes first.
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Naruto was moving with speed through the tree branches and had already covered three kilometres before he finally came to a stop on a large tree branch to catch his breath, his mind was racing and he was still holding the fake scroll as what he'd been told raced through his mind, the terror of it all so real and daunting he couldn't think straight.
But before he could start running again, Sayaka landed on one side of him a few feet away on the same branch and Kenta and Midnight landed on the other side crouched down.
"Otōto, it's alright. Everything's going to be ok." Kenta started to say trying to calm Naruto down as he approached him.
Naruto's head turned to him, worry and terror-stricken across his face, "Stay back. I-I I don't want to hurt you two, I-I don't know what's going on anymore, I-I…."
Kenta frowned, "Otōto!" he said making Naruto stiffen and look to his brother who's frown turned into a small smile, "You're not going to hurt us, no matter what Mizuki-Teme said, you aren't the Kyūbi no Yōko."
Sayaka nodded her head in agreement, "He's right Naruto-Nii, that Teme was probably just lying trying to mess with your head."
Naruto shook his head, "N-No he wasn't lying." Naruto said as his hand went to his stomach, "I can feel it now and everything fits, the reason why Nii-chan and I are treated like we are, our birthdays lying right on the anniversary of the Kyūbi no Yōko's attack on the village, I…. I am the…"
"No you aren't you Baka." Kenta growled/yelled, "Don't you remembered anything I said? The Yondaime was a high-level practitioner of Fūinjutsu the sealing arts. Naruto, remember what I taught you about sealing. The Kyūbi no Yōko is sealed inside of you like a kunai is sealed inside a scroll for travel or storage. Just because the kunai is in the scroll doesn't make the scroll the kunai, it's the same with the Kyūbi and you. Just because the Kyūbi is inside of you doesn't make you it, you are Naruto Uzumaki the prankster king of Konoha, and my Otōto you are not the Kyūbi Naruto."
Hearing his brother Naruto's fists clenched and his eyes started to tear up as he realised it was true and he'd been so worried for nothing, and the realisation and the relief hit him hard as he started to cry. Both Sayaka and Kenta saw this and move on him taking him into an embrace holding him as he let his pain out, giving him comfort after such an ordeal.
It was a few minutes before they broke the hug Naruto looking a little better if his eyes a little puffy from the tears.
"Thanks, Nii-chan, Sayaka-nee." Naruto said with a small smile.
They both nodded, "Any time Naruto-Nii." Sayaka said with a smile, "Now we have to focus, Mizuki is coming after us, and Iruka's following trying to cut him off, we need to come up with a plan"
Kenta nodded, "Agreed, I can feel their chakra signatures approaching fast, but it's strange, Mizuki is chasing Iruka."
Naruto looked at him confused, "Shouldn't it be the other way around?"
Kenta shrugged, "Should be, but something's up, let's go check it out." he said as they all turned and started heading towards the chakra signatures with Kenta in the lead.
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Backtracking their previous route but taking a higher path, the four of them came across a very strange sight of Naruto running through the trees with Iruka following him. Sayaka and Naruto looked to Kenta who used hand signs to tell them what was going on and what the plan was as they nodded in turn and followed the pair through the tree's but keeping far enough back to be out of sensory range.
As the pair approached a clearing, the Naruto below pushed back on the last branch and thrust himself into the Iruka mid jump with force sending them both into the tree before both fell and crashed to the ground, before the Naruto rolled off the Iruka and started to limp away as the Iruka coughed slightly in pain.
"How did you know" the Iruka started to say before being covered in smoke revealing it really being Mizuki, "that I wasn't Iruka?"
The Naruto smirked as he slumped against a tree, "Because I'm" he started to say before the same smoke covered him revealing Iruka, "Iruka."
The trio and hound in the trees above slipped down and landed silently in the bushes to the right of the clearing keeping them hidden as they watched the exchange take place.
Mizuki half growled half groaned as he got up shooting Iruka a sneer, "You're a fool. Why are you protecting that freak? He's the one who wiped out your family."
Iruka groaned as he held his shoulder that had been dislocated from the impact, "I don't care what you say because you're not getting your hands on that scroll."
Mizuki scoffed, "As if you could stop me." He said as a smirk came to his face, "Don't you get it? Naruto is just like me."
Iruka groaned as he leant forwards slightly before bringing his shoulder back against the tree as a loud pop echoed out as he popped his shoulder back in, "How's that?" Iruka groaned as he flexed his shoulder and started to stand up.
Mizuki smirked, "He wants the scroll for his own power and his own vengeance. That's how beasts are." Mizuki said holding his hands out, "He'll pour all his rage into the scroll and destroy everything. Hell now that the secrets out I bet that his brother will help him and they probably took that Uchiha slut with them for their toy, you're a fool Iruka."
Iruka looked down as he leant against the tree still winded as he sighed, "You're right..."
The three in the bushes glared at Iruka for that little comment before he continued speaking
"…That is how beasts are. But that's not who Naruto is." Iruka said as he glared at Mizuki with anger, "It might have been if he was alone in all of this but he isn't. He has friends who help him, a brother who loves and cares for him, he has people who look out for him, so regardless of what you say I know Naruto is nothing like you, and he isn't the Kyūbi."
Mizuki scowls, "I've had enough of your babbling, I was going to leave you alive back there, but now, I'm just going to kill you and then I'm going to find and kill that demon brat and his pain of a brother before I take the scroll and maybe even that Uchiha whore too."
Kenta clenched his fists hearing that as he gripped the handle of his sword his knuckles going white from the pressure as he restrained himself from busting out of the bushes and cutting Mizuki from ear to ear for that comment about Sayaka.
Mizuki smirked, "I'm sure Orochimaru-sama would welcome me with open arms with such gifts, both the scroll and a pure blooded Uchiha for his pleasure."
Kenta's eyes widened hearing that comment and he growled slightly, 'So that's it, now it's all making sense. He doesn't want the scroll for himself he wants it for Orochimaru. It would figure he's one of the few with the skills and reserves to actually understand the working of the Jutsus and techniques within the scroll and use them.' Kenta looked to Naruto and Sayaka and ran through a series of hand signs before they nodded and disappeared into shunshins taking up positions, the time to act was now.
Mizuki smirked as he reached behind him, "So sorry but I'm afraid you won't be around to see my plan come to fruition." he said as he detached the final Fūma shuriken from his back, "Now die!" he yelled as he threw it with force at Iruka.
It was at this point that the three who'd been watching events unfold acted as the oversized shuriken raced horizontally at Iruka, Naruto who'd taken position above the pair in the tree tops dropped down from above his Ninjatō drawn as he speared it through the middle of the shuriken nailing it to the ground with his sword.
Mizuki's eyes widened at the sudden appearance of the blond but his attention was quickly drawn by another as Sayaka leaped from a tree branch from his upper left as she ran through a series of hand signs as she called out her attack
"Katon: Hōsenka no Jutsu (Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique)." Sayaka called out as she brought her hand to her mouth and started rapidly shooting out a volley of fireballs on one side of Mizuki.
Mizuki quickly leapt left and right avoiding the volley of flames as they came at him, before another flurry of movement caught his eye, as well as the call of "Gatsūga" was heard and this time two twisting forms came at him from his right and left that shot towards him with speed.
Mizuki had to jump back several times as the twisting forms that carved deep gashes into the ground each time they made contact, after the seventh dodge Mizuki skidded to a halt while the twisting forms pulled back and slowed as the forms of Kenta and Midnight landed on all fours in formation with Sayaka and Naruto.
Kenta snarled as he stood up from his Inuzuka style stance. His clawed finger nails receding as he pointed his finger at Mizuki, "Give up, we have you out numbered and out classed, it's over Mizuki." as Midnight growled at his side.
Mizuki scowled at the statement, "Like hell it is, I will have that scroll."
"Not going to happen." Kenta declared as Midnight barked beside him and Naruto stepped up as well.
"You're finished Mizuki-Teme." Naruto yelled.
Mizuki laughed at the statement, "What are you going to do? I outrank you both and now that I don't have to hold back anymore I'll easily be able to kill you both and that flea bag."
Naruto scowled "It doesn't matter whatever you tried to do to us, we'll return a thousand fold."
Kenta growled " It's time you learned once and for all, that you don't mess with the Uzumaki Brothers and get away with it, this is for the past four years of your rubbish and bullshit" Kenta declared as both he and Naruto made a single hand sign as they called out "Tajū Kage Bunshin no Jutsu."
The next second the entire clearing was filled with smoke from the Jutsu, clearing with a burst of wind revealing an army of red heads and blonds each glaring at the single silver-haired Chūnin in the centre of the clearing, who at this very moment looked like he was about to wet himself at the sight surrounding him as both originals of Naruto and Kenta raised their hands and yelled out, "Attack!!!" before each and every Bunshin raced at Mizuki fists ready as Mizuki cried out in fright.
Both Sayaka and Iruka watched wide-eyed as the Bunshin's and original pounded on the traitorous Chūnin with force to spare until he was left a pummelled mess in the middle of the clearing, twitching and out cold from the beating the two brothers put on him.
With nods of approval from all the Bunshin, they all went up in smoke as the mass Jutsu dispelled leaving only the two originals standing a few feet away from the battered Chūnin, who looked to each other and nodded to each other on a job well done.
But before anyone could make another move Shinobi wearing all black attire and wearing assorted white animal masks dropped down from the tree line all around the clearing, Kenta recognised them as the Village ANBU, the village shinobi elite.
The next moment the Hokage appeared in a shunshin, several feet from on the other side of the battered Mizuki, flanked by both Anko and Mikoto who looked at the scene both with neutral expressions.
Hiruzen looked from Mizuki to Kenta and Naruto with a neutral gaze of his own, "Would one of you please tell me what is going on here?" he asked looking between them.
Kenta's gaze settled on his sensei as he spoke, "We've apprehended a traitor who has been plotting against Konoha for multiple years, who manipulated Naruto into stealing the Fūin no Sho (Scroll of seals), the true reason behind which I suggest we leave until we are behind closed doors for the full explanation." Kenta said as his gaze hardened, "Also because you seem to have some explaining to do yourself about a certain law you passed sixteen years ago that involves my Otōto which you didn't see fit to tell me about, Saratobi-sensei." Kenta finished his voice hard, his tone hardly restraining his irritation on the matter.
Both Mikoto and Anko's eyes widened realising what he was referring to and mentally cursed to themselves realising that Kenta knew. While both Iruka and Sayaka looked on wide-eyed as well as they caught what Kenta had called the Hokage at the end and they had to keep their jaws from dropping at what it meant.
Hiruzen at that moment sighed tiredly, before nodding, "Yes, it would appear that now is the time for such a discussion, that should have been had years ago."
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Arrival in the Hokage's office was meet with a rather hard silence as the doors closed and Hiruzen ran through a series of hand signs before the room was sealed off from the outside world so no one could see or listen in.
With a weary sigh Hiruzen took his seat behind the Hokage desk and held his head in disappointment of his actions as he spoke, "I take it that Mizuki was the one who revealed the secret."
Kenta only nodded as he kept a hardened glare on his Sensei. Iruka was the one who spoke, "Hai Hokage-Sama, he revealed the fact I think as a last ditch option to hurt Naruto, although I don't know what he hoped to achieve by this."
Hiruzen nodded with a frown, "I see." he said as he looked to Kenta, "To begin with I'd like to apologise for not telling both of you about this years ago, I understand if you both feel I have betrayed you in some way. But please try to understand, I only did what I thought was necessary to protect the both of you."
Kenta's fists clenched, "Protect us." Kenta spat, "How is that protecting us? Growing up with a secret that we never knew about, that was the whole reason why the other villagers treated us lower than dirt. And what's worse every time I came to you and asked about it, you always said you didn't know why. So tell me Saratobi-sensei how is blatantly lying to us and keeping the truth from us, protecting us?"
Hiruzen inwardly winced at the tone Kenta spoke with, he understood Kenta felt hurt and betrayed by him and bit his tongue so as not to speak back. Had it been anyone else that had spoken to him that way he'd have had them thrown into a Cell with a couple of weeks scheduled with Ibiki to adjust their attitude and remind them who ran this village, but Kenta was both his student and had a right to be angry with him.
Anko spoke in Hiruzen's defence, "Kenta just take a step back. I'm sure Hokage-Sama had a reason for doing what he did otherwise he wouldn���t have done it. You have a right to be angry but…" she started to say only to be cut off by Kenta.
"You're damn right I have a right to be angry. This whole time there was a reason for why Naruto and I were treated like crap by the majority of this village, and he kept it from us. If anyone can even fathom my anger right now it would be you Anko." Kenta said as he fixed her with a glare that made her stiffen at both it and his words.
She knew he was right after she had left the village with Orochimaru all those years ago, she hadn't known about him being a traitor and how she was unknowingly betraying the village by just going with him. And then to make it worse at the very end of it all he took all her memories of those years she'd been with him on the road. She could understand all to well, she couldn't even remember being out of the village and yet she was viewed by the majority of shinobi as a traitor for that fact and being his student. She could only imagine what she would be feeling if Orochimaru had taken more than just the memories of those years and instead have taken all of her memories involving him and then not being told upon return to the village and being treated like she had been. She would have been just as pissed off if not more so.
Hiruzen frowned, "Kenta I understand your anger, but at the time it was the only option that was viable, and that would give you both the best lives possible as well as keeping you both together."
Kenta frowned at that statement, "Is that supposed to be some sort of statement aimed at me, do you think I'd abandon Naruto, I'd never do that."
Mikoto stepped forward, "We know that Kenta and we know that you think that now, but at the time there were more angles in play. And still are, you were only one of them if Naruto's secret had been outed more so than it already was then he would have been in more danger than he already was, you both would have been. Hokage-Sama was only trying to contain the damage and protect you both."
Kenta's glare softened, "What do you mean?" he asked fearing what Mikoto was hinting at.
Hiruzen sighed, "In the wake of the Kyūbi attack the village was in chaos and people needed assurances that the Kyūbi wouldn't attack again. It was through my naivety that I believed the council should be told the truth; the Yondaime believes this as well and wanted Naruto to be treated as a hero for holding the Kyūbi and protecting the village from its wrath. But things didn't go as we had hoped, events unfurled that left me with no choice but to declare Naruto's status as an S-rank secret and pass a law forbidding anyone from mentioning it, but word spread before I could contain the information. It was all I could do to assure that both you and Naruto had as normal a childhood as possible, and not let Naruto grow up with the fear of what he contained until you both were old enough, and educated enough, to understand and not be swayed by your fears."
Kenta clenched his fists, "I would never have abandoned Naruto. I would never abandon my Otōto, not for any reason!" he said firmly as his fists shook from his grip.
Hiruzen nodded his head, "I know you wouldn't now Kenta and while it's still a nobel thing for you to say I fear that you only say that now because you yourself know the intricate workings of Fūinjutsu and sealing. Ask yourself would your younger self at age five or six see it the way you do now, if you were raised being told the boy you've grown up with has a the Kyūbi no Yoko sealed inside of him, fear will make us do a great many things we never think we'd do."
Kenta's head hung at that statement and he looked down, he knew the answer to that question, part of him wanted to say it, to scream it to the heavens that he'd never leave his only family no matter what anyone said about him. But there was the smallest whisper in him that said that he would have done what all the others had done, turning on his own brother and seeing him like they all had and he hated himself for that thought alone.
Naruto saw his brother's reaction and moved to his side putting his hand on his older brother's shoulder not saying a word as both brothers eyes met for a second, no words were said but the look in Naruto's eyes said it all, "It was ok" before Kenta turned away in shame of his own thoughts.
Pushing his shame to the side after several silent moments Kenta looked back to Hiruzen the anger lessened slightly as he spoke, "Why him? Why was it Naruto that the Yondaime sealed the Kyūbi inside? Why not me? We were only born five minutes apart, so why Naruto"
Hiruzen shook his head, "To that I can't honestly say, I wasn't there when the sealing took place and I don't know why he chose Naruto and not you Kenta. Perhaps it was the five minutes between you that was the difference but I can't honestly say."
Kenta looked down in thought, 'There has to be more to it than that. Things just aren't adding up here, why were Naruto and I even brought to the place of the sealing in the first place? Why was I brought if I wasn't even going to be used? Unless we were both already there… But why would two new-born-babies be anywhere but a hospital? It just doesn't make any sense.'
In Kenta's silence Sayaka curiosity got the better of her as she spoke, "Hokage-Sama, you said that events unfurled that left you with no choice but to declare Naruto's status as an S-rank secret. What events are you referring to? Surely they weren't so serious that you couldn't have revoked your laws about Naruto's status earlier and told them the secret, or was it left in place to simply keep them from finding out."
Hiruzen sighed, "That was part of it, but there were far many more reasons for the law remaining in place that simply that, it was to protect the fact that Naruto held the kyūbi from spreading. Such a secret is a valuable one and had the word spread beyond the village I feared that other shinobi villages might attempt to kidnap Naruto in order to take the power of the Kyūbi for their own village." Hiruzen frowned leaning back in his chair, "But the main reason was to keep Naruto safe within the village walls after the civilian side of the council took a less than high approval of his status as container of the Kyūbi."
It was then that Kenta snapped out of his thoughts, "What do you mean by that?"
Hiruzen shook his head, "You have to understand, many people had just lost their loved ones, so many were dead and the Kyūbi was still a raw nerve, the council were asking what happened to the Kyūbi and in my hope that they would listen to the Yondaime's last wish I told them that the Kyūbi was sealed inside of Naruto, the Yondaime wanted him to be seen as a hero to this village for holding back the Kyūbi. But instead they let fear control them, in their eye's Naruto was the Kyūbi in a weakened state, they were angry, hurt and in morning, they did what most would do."
Mikoto frowned from beside the Hokage, "They called for Naruto's immediate execution, believing that his death would mean the death of the Kyūbi who'd killed so many of their loved ones."
Sayaka gasped hearing that, Naruto felt his heart drop hearing that the civilian side of the council had tried to have him killed less than a day after he was born. Kenta on the other hand clenched his fists as he growled out, "People are fucking idiots." Kenta said with a scowled look.
"Kenta language." Sayaka berated him
Kenta just rolled his eyes, "What would you call them then? I know Fūinjutsu isn't that wide a practice as it was in the past but come on, I could understand some of the civilians being scared but the shinobi as well. They use sealing scrolls and explosive tags all the time, and they can't tell the difference between a kunai and the scroll they seal it in? I'll say it again people are fucking idiots."
That got a varied response through the room, both Naruto and Anko outright laughed at the comment, while both Sayaka and Mikoto giggled at Kenta's blatant comment, he was crude but right.
Hiruzen chuckled slightly, "Indeed people often can't look past their views and see that Naruto is Naruto and not the Kyūbi that he contains"
Naruto grinned, "Then I'll just have to make them see, that I'm me and not the Kyūbi in me, I'll make them all see and then I'll become Hokage and the whole world Knows I'm Naruto Uzumaki and not the Kyūbi, Believe it."
They all smiled hearing that from Naruto. Kenta smirked at his attitude mentally relieved that all this handed damped his spirits.
Hiruzen chuckled, "Indeed and to get you on that path, I think you'll be needing this." Hiruzen said as he reached into his drawer and pulled out a Konoha Hitai-ate and tossed it to Naruto who caught it and looked at it confused.
"But Jiji, I didn't pass the exam." Naruto stated as Hiruzen chuckled
Mikoto smiled, "Actually Naruto-Kun you did." she giggled seeing the shocked look on the blond's face.
Anko smirked, "After you three left the academy I went inside and did some snooping around and found a single short range chakra disruption seal under left side if the desk in the final exam room. Mizuki most likely used it when you were doing your Jutsu and messed up your chakra control so your Jutsu would fail."
Hiruzen nodded, "And when both Anko and Mikoto presented me with this evidence I sent an ANBU over the academy to retrieve your exam paper and other test results while I searched for you with my seeing glass, and we discovered you on top of the Hokage monument when Mizuki approached you. It was why you were able to sneak into here undiscovered, I planned to confront you and inform you of this but before I could you use that rather…. Interesting Jutsu on me and it was another fifteen minutes before I came around." Hiruzen finished getting a rather heated glare from the three Kunoichi in the room, as Naruto and Kenta sweat dropped while Iruka just looked confused, "Anyway, after checking over your exam, which Mizuki incorrectly marked. You got full marks in it, which puts you well above the graduating mark. Congratulations Naruto-Kun you're officially a Genin."
Naruto cheered as both Sayaka and Kenta patted him on the back in congratulations for passing.
Hiruzen smiled, "Now as a graduation gift for the three of you, I am rewarding each of you with B-Rank mission pay for apprehending the Nuke-nin Mizuki and retrieving the Fūin no Sho (scroll of seals), congratulations on your first successful mission." Hiruzen said as he took out a scroll and started to write down the mission report and assigning the pay.
Anko smirked, "Damn, you three got lucky. Not many Genin can pull a B-Rank their first day on the job, nice one."
Mikoto nodded in agreement, "Indeed, however it is troubling me, what did Mizuki intend for the scroll, surely he knew that the majority of the Jutsu in it would be of little use to him, perhaps he intended to sell it to another village."
Kenta sighed, "No that's not it?" he said as he rubbed his temple getting Mikoto, Anko and Hiruzen's attention, "The Baka let it slip in the forest what he intended to do with the scroll. His plan wasn't to learn its techniques himself or take it to a rival village; rather he planned to take it to a single intended individual who does have the means to use it. He intended to take it to Orochimaru."
At that Mikoto, Anko and Hiruzen looked at Kenta their eyes wide, Anko walked in front of him putting her hands on his shoulders and looked him straight in the eye, "You're sure he said that? He said that bastards name?"
Kenta nodded, "I wouldn't have said it if he hadn't, I believe his exact phrasing was "I'm sure Orochimaru-sama would welcome me with open arms with such gifts, both the scroll and a pure blooded Uchiha for his pleasure"".
Mikoto's eyes narrowed, "He intended to take Sayaka as well." she said her tone growing dangerous.
Kenta nodded, "He said some other choice words as well but I won't anger you further by repeating them."
Anko and Mikoto looked back to Hiruzen for a response, as the elderly Hokage sighed.
"I see, then this mission just jumped to A-Rank pay. Anko I assume you're wanting first crack at the traitor for whatever information he has?" Hiruzen asked getting a nod from the snake charmer, "And Mikoto I assume you want to get some retribution for his intent towards Sayaka here?"
Mikoto nodded, "Hai Hokage-Sama, but I believe just being present while Anko-chan interrogates him will be more than adequate. I'm sure she's more than skilled enough to deal out adequate punishment while probing for information."
Anko smirked, "Oh there will be plenty of probing alright, preferably with a red hot poker rammed right up his…." Anko started to say only for Mikoto to put her hand over her mouth.
"Please Anko-chan, there will be no talk of sodomising traitors with anything in the presence of minors." Mikoto sweat dropped as she took her hand away.
Anko chuckled, "He-he, I guess I got a little bit too excited there, but rest assured he will be singing like a cannery by the time I'm done with him. Not that it'll keep me from continuing though." she smirked, while everyone in the room sweatdropped at her sadistic attitude.
Hiruzen cleared his throat; "Right then." he said as he rolled up the mission scroll, "I believe that should do it, A-Rank mission pay for retrieving the Fūin no Sho and stopping the traitor."
Kenta blinked as he took out his own scroll and unfurled it, "You might actually want the scroll back then." he said as he came to storage seal, opening it in a puff of smoke revealing the Fūin no Sho, "It would have been a bit irresponsible to use the actual Fūin no Sho as bait, so we used a Henged scroll in its place to fool Mizuki, the real Fūin no Sho was never in any real danger."
Hiruzen chuckled as he took the scroll from Kenta and nodded, "A wise decision indeed, I have taught you well my young student."
Kenta smirked, "Indeed you have Sarutobi-sensei, so I think we'll all just forget about how Otōto was able to knock you out without even touching you with a simple specialised Henge, I think that would be best."
Hiruzen splutter in embarrassment before hanging his head as he handed over the mission scroll, "Yes, I believe that would be for the best, and that we not speak about it after this day."
The three Genin just chuckled as they walked out, with Midnight following, to celebrate now that Naruto was officially a Genin as well.
Anko smirked, "Ha, looks like that Gaki's plan is finally coming together, he and his brother are shinobi now. About damn time."
Mikoto smiled, "Indeed, they've worked hard to it all three of them have earned it."
Iruka nodded in agreement, "Yes but it's still a long road ahead of them, let's just hope they're strong enough for it."
Hiruzen sighed, "I don't think we have to worry about that Iruka. Kenta will always look out for Naruto and Sayaka, he'll never let either of them get hurt as long as he can help it. For now all we can do is wait and watch. Who knows what the future holds for those three, but one thing is for certain, it will be interesting."
The others nodded in agreement as they looked out the window and watched as the three Genin left the Hokage tower side by side.
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