Betrayal

Chapter II

A certain white haired chūnin was stalking Naruto's house. He hated that "demon brat", so he decided to use him for his plans; they involved Mizuki getting more power, and Naruto getting arrested; a win-win for him.

Mizuki quietly removed one of the windows from Naruto's house and then entered. Everyone is asleep, hehehe. He thought as he moved through the shadows to go up the stairs. Once he saw a room with the light on, he walked to the room and looked within. Naruto was still up in his own room.

Once Naruto saw Mizuki, he was about to greet him, but he was interrupted by Mizuki covering his mouth.

"Now now Naruto, I need to talk to you about something." Mizuki said.

"What is it, Mizuki?"

"Do you want to graduate early?"

Naruto was conflicted. His mother said to not do well in the Academy, but if he graduated early maybe he would impress her. On the other hand, maybe she wouldn't be impressed, and just punish him even more. Decisions, decisions...

"Yeah!" Naruto was excited, he would be able to impress his mother. His eyes gleamed. If I graduate early, I can become the Hokage'ttebayo!

"Okay then, you have to do a very special mission, do you want to know what it is?" Mizuki asked.

Naruto shook his head, and then Mizuki whispered into his ear. He had to get the forbidden scroll of sealing so that he would graduate early. It was a mission that focused on "infiltration and stealth", as Mizuki said.

Two hours later, Naruto was running towards a clearing with an abandoned shack so that he could meet up with Mizuki.

Since Mizuki isn't here yet, maybe I can just take a peek.. Naruto opened the scroll and saw a multitude of jutsu, from the shadow clone jutsu to impure world reincarnation. "The first one here is the shadow clone jutsu.. and I suck at clones." Naruto frowned when he said that, but tried to learn it anyways.

An hour later, Naruto successfully made a shadow clone. The next jutsu he saw was clone great explosion; it made your shadow clone explode. When he was done learning that, Mizuki arrived at the scene.

"I got the scroll, Mizuki!" Naruto exclaimed with pride. Mizuki snatched the scroll from him and said, "You fell for it, you stupid demon brat!" as he ran away. A group of jōnin and chūnin rushed to capture Mizuki, and one told Naruto to come with him.

As he walked through the streets with the ninja, people began to mutter things about him.

"What did the demon do now?"

"I don't know why Lord Hokage lets him just walk around the village."

"Why did Niko adopt that child?"

Naruto walked to the Hokage's office. "Damnit Naruto, you are getting into too much trouble.." Naruto heard the muffled voice from inside of the door. The chūnin that escorted him opened the door and walked into the office of Hiruzen.

Hiruzen, or the Third Hokage, was an old man. He had a slightly gaunt face, with slightly tanned skin. Since he was old, he had liver spots and a wrinkled face. He wasn't very tall, either, and wore the usual Hokage attire.

Hiruzen put on a serious face as he looked at Naruto. "Naruto, do you know what you have done?"

Naruto shook his head no, not wanting to talk; he feared he would spill tears on the floor.

"You've given the forbidden scroll of sealing to a rogue ninja. That scroll held many of our village's secret jutsu. This puts our village in great danger." Hiruzen explained.

Hearing those words ripped Naruto's dreams asunder. He would never become Hokage if he just leaked confidential information about his village. No way, no how. He was done for. Those words brought Naruto to the breaking point; would he keep wanting to become Hokage, or would he just give up on that dream? What would his adoptive family think of him? Would they shun him?

"Since you've seen the scroll, and possibly some information, we cannot exile you. You will be imprisoned." Hiruzen continued. As much as it pained him to see Naruto like that, he had to be the Hokage and protect his village; even if it meant sacrificing someone he loved.

"Ibiki, take him away." Hiruzen said. A tall man with a muscular frame walked into the room. He had two scars; one lead from his outer left eye to the bottom of his chin, and another one lead from the corner of his right eye to the right side of his neck. He wore a black trench coat and a bandanna which held the Konoha crest.

Ibiki grabbed Naruto by the wrist and had some of his assistants place chakra restraining seals on him. They led him to the prison, wrapped him in a straitjacket, and put him in a cell. Naruto was left to his own thoughts as he drifted off into sleep, ready for the rest of his boring and depressing life.