Mistakeful Is Flawless

Chapter 1

"Talking"
'Thinking'
Kyubii talking
'Kyubii thinking'
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《12 years old Naruto》

"So Naruto can you do a shadow clone justu? Actually, I want you to make three clones of me, " Iruka asked with hope in his eyes. He really hopped that Naruto may just pass that ninja test. It really saddned him that he failed whole 3 times.

"Of course I can, Iruka-sensie, dattebayo." Stated the loud blond. He also wished that he could pass. He knew how to make a shadow clone but every year the villagers beat him the day before the exam really badly. They beat him till they leave him on death's door. But, thanks to kyuubi, his wounds are healed, but still, his chakra runs out, so, he won't be able to do even just the simplest of jutsus.

Naruto tried to do it. Every hand sign was painful as hell. Iruka immediatly noticed the look of pain in Naruto's eyes, but Naruto quickly changed it into that look of idiotness.

After a three minutes or so of trying, a half dead, black and white Iruka clone appeared. "YOU FAIL!" Iruka yelled.

Naruto could feel his heart break. Iruka felt sad too. He really wanted the blond to pass, yet he couldn't bring himself to let him just pass like that. He wanted the blond to be strong, he wanted the blond to be stronger than himself. Said blond ran out of the academy. He ran to the only place he could think of, the Hokage mountaine.

He sat on the fourth Hokage's head and dozed off. He didn't know there was someone behined him. He felt a tap on his shoulder. Naruto flinched slightly and the one behined him knew why.

Usually, the touches that Naruto felt was either at the biggening of a beating or the beating itself. He turned around and relaxed, it was no one other than him, Itachi.

"Why so sad?" Itachi asked playfully.
Naruto just sighed, "Nothing..."
"Come on, spit it out." Itachi insisted.
"It's just that... Iruka sensie doesn't want to let me pass... I think he hates me, he hates me like the rest of the villagers." Naruto stated sadly.

"Nah, you're wrong."

"What?"

Itachi smirked. "You're a real idiot."

"I know."

The raven sighed. Naruto was really getting down with his self-esteem.

"I mean, Naruto... He doesn't hate you. He just wants you to be strong."

"Yeah, right."

"Naruto, if I remember well, and I do, Iruka has never insulted you or mocked you. He didn't even participate in the beatings in the past. Besides, I don't get why you fail every time. We practiced the clone jutsu last week and you did it successfully." Itachi said confused at the last part.

When Naruto was ten, he told Itachi that the villagers had stopped beating him. Naruto was lying because he didn't want Itachi to worry about him anymore. He thought that he was a burden on him.

Itachi believed him. He couldn't investigate behind Naruto's words since he was a missing nin.

"You don't understand Itachi." The sad blond said but soon realized his mistake.

Itachi's eyes narrowed in suspicion. Naruto was hiding something and he knew it. "I won't understand unless you tell me." He stated, smirking.

Naruto flinched. He didn't really want to tell Itachi anything. He thought that Itachi had enough on his plate. "Nothing. Nothing to understand." Naruto waved his hands off and grinned sheepishly, assuring that he's not hiding anything.

"Naruto, what are you hiding?" Itachi demanded. He activated his Sharingan. "I will not hesitate to use my Sharingan!"

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Sheesh! It's been awhile. I know I've been slacking off (for an entire year) but just to let you know this story is not dis continued and I'm currently working on chapter 2. See ya!

Word count excluding the a/n : 600