The Son of Two Heroes

Chapter 2

This was it. He was ready. It was time to become a genin and he could finally learn about his mother. Naruto was positively ecstatic and ready to go. Sliding on his black t-shirt, he strapped on his metal arm protectors, and donned his black pants. Closing the door with a thud, he took off for the academy.

Having finished the written portion, and completed the demonstrations of ninjutsu, the genin hopefuls found themselves outside for a taijutsu test.

"Alright class listen up!" The white haired chunin instructor called out. "Each of you will spar with me, and Iruka will assess your skill got it?"

A chorus of "yes" came from the class and the matches started. Most had quite a bit of trouble with Mizuki but still managed to pass, the clan kids however did fairly well against the hardened chunin. Kiba giving him a considerable amount of trouble.

"Inuzuka Kiba, pass" Iruka announced "Hinata Hyūga please come up." Hinata then began her match doing well and subsequently passing as many others did. The students one by one were called up and tested.

"Uchiha Sasuke" as his name was called the stoic and bored looking last survivor walked up to the mat and took his stance, preparing for Mizuki's inevitable assault. Mizuki dashed at the confident Uchiha, they quickly engaged in a fierce taijutsu bout. Sasuke threw himself into a heel drop on the chunin but his superior speed allowed him a quick dodge. When the Uchiha's foot impacted the ground however he quickly adjusted into a spin kick catching Mizuki in the back. At that point Iruka called the match, and Sasuke casually strolled off of the mat causing his fangirls to ooh and ahh about how cool he was.

"Alright, Uzumaki Naruto" hearing Iruka call his name the boy made his way to the mat. Mizuki smiled at him and wished him luck telling him to do his best, but something seemed off to Naruto. In the chunin's mind he intended to rough up the Jinchuuriki something fierce.

Naruto meanwhile sensed something was off but pushed the thought to the back of his mind as he knew he had to pass this test so he could learn of his mother and start his path to Hokage. Naruto settled into his stance and readied himself. The chunin immediately kicked off at speeds higher than that he had used on the other students. Naruto's eyes widened slightly in surprise at this but once again, he pushed it to the back of his mind and engaged. The blond slid under a hard spin kick, pouncing on one hand and slamming his foot into Mizuki's hip. "This damn brat hits hard." Mizuki thought with a snarl. He twisted around and caught the boy in the ribs with his fist launching the boy backwards. However Naruto caught himself in a handstand and spun around onto his feet facing his opponent. With a chakra enhanced sprint he cleared the space between them in what almost seemed like an instant.

He found himself wishing in the back of his mind he could have used his kunai substitution. Just as he reached the chunin he did the unexpected and slid onto the ground catching Mizuki by the ankles and pulling his feet out from under him slamming him face first into the ground. A slightly stunned Iruka starred for a moment before regaining his composure clearing his throat and announcing "Uzumaki Naruto, pass."

Naruto stood beside a still downed Mizuki and smiled at the scarred chunin. The other instructor got up and dusted himself off and made his way to Iruka's side muttering about brats and demons. "You'll pay for this you damn demon brat." Mizuki thought to himself as tried to hide his humiliation and shame by putting up a fake smile and told the boy well done. The class all then filed back into the academy and took seats.

"Alright everyone, on Monday be here at eight am sharp for team assignments. Enjoy your down time because life's about to get a lot more interesting!" Iruka finished off with a smile. "Everyone head home." He said with a wave as he and Mizuki left the room to go write reports on all of the soon to be genin.