The Son of Two Heroes

Chapter 1

"Naruto!"

"Heh, found you Iruka-Sensei!" A Nine year old Naruto said to the scarred chunin.

With a swift firm smack to the back of the head, Iruka shouted back, "I found you, you idiot!"

"..." eyes to the ground Naruto didn't say a word.

"Naruto...when are you going to take your studies seriously?" Frowning, Iruka continued, "At this rate you'll fail the academy, Naruto."

With a faint mumble Naruto responded, "...it's not like they listen to me."

"Say again?"

"They don't listen to me! They look down on me and ignore me and go out of their way to make my life hard...I've tried Sensei, I really have!" Naruto frowned and sighed, "I can't learn when they won't teach me."

"Naruto..." Iruka sighed.

Flashback

"Iruka..."

"Yes Lord Third?"

"Naruto.. is a very special boy, a boy who I have no doubt has the potential to be the most gifted Shinobi ever produced by the hidden leaf. However talent, like using water for power, must be tapped and cultivated to be molded into something greater."

"T-the... most gifted Lord Third?" Iruka replied, eyes wide.

"Iruka, what I'm about to tell you is an S class secret, known only to six people in this village. I tell you because you have shown to me you care for the boy."

"..L-lord Hokage are yo-"

With a stern tone, Hiruzen cut him off.
"Iruka. Please just listen; many mistakes have been made by this old man, many I very much regret." Sarutobi said in an almost weak voice. He suddenly regained the tone of a battle hardened Hokage and continued on, "However, Uzumaki Naruto will not be one of these many mistakes. For Naruto is not only the hero of the Hidden Leaf for jailing the Nine Tails, but he is the son of our very own Fourth Hokage."

Iruka's eyes shot wide and his mouth would have dropped open, were it not for his restraint as a Shinobi. "The son of Lord Fourth...and all this time we've..."

"Indeed it was Minato's wish for Naruto to be seen as a hero..." Hiruzen sighed, "I may have failed Minato, but I will not fail young Naruto. Please Iruka instruct him to the greatest of your ability and lay the foundation for him to become a splendid Shinobi."

Flashback end

"Alright then!" Iruka suddenly shouted.

"Uh Sensei?"

"Naruto do you wish to learn, and become a splendid Shinobi?"

"Of course! I really do wanna learn, Sensei! But do you... do you really think I can be a good ninja?"

Iruka smiled down at the boy, ruffled his hair, and replied, "Naruto, I believe you have what it takes to not only become a wonderful Shinobi, but also the greatest Hokage."

Naruto's eyes widened at that statement, and for the first time, he felt the determination and resolve in him harden into something he knew that was completely unbreakable. Little did Iruka know, he had just placed Uzumaki Naruto on a path that would later become one of legend.

"Alright Naruto, meet me outside the academy an hour after classes are out every day. Got it?"

"Yes, Sensei!"

Three year time skip...

Over the next three years, Iruka gave extra training and lessons to Naruto to help him catch up on what he had been missing because of the bias academy teachers. Iruka taught the basics of Shinobi to Naruto: Tai, Nin, and Genjutsu. Although, as it turns out, Naruto is terrible at Genjutsu, and it seems he may actually be incapable of it.