Time moved on after that and as the sun began it's daily journey over the horizon Naruto finally showed up.

  "Don't keep us in suspense , how'd it go?" I asked eagerly and Teuchi was also listening.

  "I passed all of the normal tests, even the writte I still have to plete one more to officially prove my worthio being a ninja!" Naruto said with a wide smile.

  Teuchi who wasn't familiar with the process of graduating merely gratuted Naruto proudly but I frowned as what he said was wrong. I knew for a fact that there was ra test beyond what was standard. My sensei even expio me that if anything the only "test" left was to see if the students were a match for the sensei's themselves. Evehose tests were not something that truly effected whether or not one became a ninja, only whether or not your first assigned sensei was willing to teach your assigned squad. If you failed those tests then you'd simply get a different sensei based on the feedback of the first that should be a better fit.-

  "Naruto who told you that you'd have aest to pass and what exactly was this test?" I asked seriously and but my blonde friend and Teuchi looked at me fused.

  "Eh? It was Mizuki sensei. He said I o infiltrate the Hokage building and bring him a scroll of some sort to pass the test. Is something wrong?" Naruto asked fused.

  'Mizuki? He hates Naruto though and barely kept up the fa?ade of civility around him a he told Naruto something like this? I smell foul py. But what scroll could he possibly want that he couldn't find himself?' I pondered for a moment before one came to mind and the pn of Mizuki all made sense now.

  He was sabotaging Naruto before taking the forbidden scroll araying Konoha. The moment i figured this out I grew angry and had to stop myself from snarling at Naruto in the process but my facial muscles twitched.

  "Naruto I need you to listen very closely to me, regardless of what Mizuki said DON'T steal that scroll. I 't expin it right now but I o report this to the Hokage immediately, stay here until I get back." I said sternly and but Naruto and Teuchi realized that something was wrong but chose to listen to what I said.

  I flickered away and cloaked myself in natural energy while moving through the shadows using my cats ability to prevent aig my approach to the Hokage building. The old man was sitting behind his desk and tensed when I stepped out of the shadows of his offid four Anbu in animal masks had kunai to my throat in the blink of an eye. I ighat though and made eye tact with the old man.

  "Release him, he seems to have an urge given his expression." he said and the kunai at my throat were withdrawn.

  "I have solid reason to believe that academy instruizuki has chosen to betray Konoha." I said seriously and the old man had a stern expression.

  "That is a serious accusation so I hope you have some form of evideo back it up for your sake." he said seriously and I nodded before expining what Naruto told me and what I figured out on my own.

  "If what you have said is true theruly is a high ce that he has indeed chosen to betray Konoha. But in order to be absolutely certain we will have Naruto gh with the theft though obviously with a fake scroll of course and if Mizuki truly is a traitor i trust that you are capable of detaining him?" the Hokage said seriously and I fred my chakra causing the room to shake.

  "He won't even be able to resist." I said firmly.

  "Very well, Owl, Fox shadow Naruto to ensure his safety while Kenzo handles Mizuki." the old man anded.

  ""Yes lord Hokage!"" two of the anbu that had masks matg their chosen animal names said simultaneously.

  The old man then me firmly and all three of us slipped into the shadows of the room and snuck out of the building. I separated from the other two and snug bato Ichiraku where Naruto and Teuchi were waiting nervously.

  "Naruto, I have spoken with Lord Hokage and it has been decided that you will move to take the scroll as instructed before meeting up with Mizuki. It was just a false arm on my part sorry about that." I said with a fake smile sihis pn likely wouldn't work if Naruto acted suspiciously.

  They both sighed in relief "That's a relief, you had us worried sick this whole time." Teuchi said relieved.

  "Yeah sorry about that, I just thought it was suspicious since I myself didn't have a simir to this but the Lord Hokage assured me to I was just the exception rather than the rule." I lied with a heavy heart and they both bought it easily.

  "In that case lets celebrate Narutos success early with ramen on the house!" Teuchi said with a wide smile and Naruto fist puhe air excitedly.

  Despite how much it pained me to have to lie to Naruto like this aray his trust in me I khat this was for his own good in the end. If I had to carry this sin to remove this threat to him I'd gdly do so. I'd of course apologize profusely afterwards but I would also uand if Naruto wanted nothing to do with me after this betrayal. With this on my mind I feigned enjoyment as I celebrated with these two but it was hollow and even the usually spectacur ramen had no taste to me.-

  Finally the time came and Naruto left on his "mission" and the game was afoot. I and the two Anbu shadowed him secretly as he made his way to the Hokage building and Naruto stole a rge scroll without a hitch. I felt the Hokages gaze o ig as it was to be expected giveure of the situation. Mizuki had apparently set the meeting pce for Naruto to drop off the scroll as one of the empty forest styled training grounds known as training ground thirteen. It was located he edge of the vilge which made sense sidering Mizuki was likely pnning to flee with the scroll.-

  My heart ached as Naruto naively strolled right into the training ground and waited for Mizuki to show up while mischievously taking a peek of the tents of the scroll. To my surprise it appeared to actually house the multishadow e jutsu at the start whiaruto eagerly went to try and learn. When Mizuki showed up and arrogantly began his monologue I started making my way to him stealthily while suppressing my shock at the revetions he ewing to moaruto as a fool.