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A/N: This song is one of my favorites. Honestly, every song in this story is my favorites. Aaliyah: Are You That Somebody

Atsuko got up, right when her alarm clock went off.

Not too early and not too late.

She got out of bed and turned her alarm clock off.

Let me tell you this, she is not a morning person.

Like, there's a couple of things you shouldn't mess with when it comes to Atsuko.

Mess with her food, friends, or if it's morning, make sure to stay back unless you want to be six feet under.

So basically, she broke the alarm clock.

Atsuko got out of bed and started to put on her clothes.

You know, she just did the regular everyday morning routine.

...

Atsuko made it to class and sat down in her spot.

Iruka came in and started the class.

"We will now start the final exam. When your name is called you may progress to the testing room.

We will be testing on the Clone Jutsu."

Naruto groaned and put his hands on his head.

'Clone Jutsu!? That's my worst Jutsu! I'm never gonna pass!'

It was almost as if Atsuko could read his mind and looked at him.

"Naruto, to be a great ninja you have to believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are."

He looked at her and blushed while smiling.

"You really think so, Suko-Chan?"

She looked at him and nodded.

"I know so, even if you don't pass. But when you believe in yourself, anything is possible. Now go, it's your turn."

He hugged her and then got up to go to the testing room.

Then all of a sudden, someone came up to her.

It was Sawaii Hitomi, also known as Atsuko's somehow rival.

"Wow, why do you even talk to that loser? I mean, you're also a loser, so I guess you two make the perfect pair."

She said while she leaned on Atsuko's desk.

The black-haired girl would've just ignored her, but no one gets to talk about Naruto like that. Especially if they're in front of Atsuko.

"If I'm such a loser why are you talking to me? And if Naruto's such a loser why do you talk about him non-stop? I'm pretty sure that also makes you a loser. I guess you can be a loser with us."

Atsuko said with her eyes closed and her arms crossed.

The orange-haired girl was speechless.

And everyone else in the room had the 'Oh snap' look on their face.

"Ok, not gonna lie, that was pretty good," Sawaii said while nodding.

You see, they had this weird rivalry.

Sawaii would say something mean, and Atsuko would always have a comeback for everything she said.

But they also had this weird friendship. Kinda like Ino and Sakura, but cooler.

I guess you could say it's like Naruto and Sasuke too.

Atsuko gave her a quick nod.

"By the way, it's your turn. I hope you fail."

The black-haired girl looked behind her and waved.

"I can gladly say the same about you." She said and then walked to the testing room.

...

"Oh, hello Atsuko!" Iruka greeted her happily as she walked into the room.

He would never tell anyone this, but Atsuko and Naruto were his favorite students.

There was just something that made him happy, and something about Atsuko made him remember...never mind.

"To pass the test, you need to make at least four clones."

"Hai, Iruka-Sensei."

She focused her chakra and easily made four clones.

They all looked perfect, from head to toe looked like Iruka.

Iruka and Mizuki smiled at her.

"You really do have a great student, Iruka. You may pick a headband, Atsuko."

She took a blue headband and gave one last look to Mizuki.

Something wasn't right about him.

And everyone except Mizuki knew that the black-haired girl hated him.

...

Atsuko saw Sawaii and glanced at her.

'All she needed was the little push to get her through.' The golden yellow-eyed thought.

"It looks like you passed, Miyazuki." Sawaii started while walking up to her.

"And it seems like you also passed, Hitomi. I guess you got lucky."

The orange-haired girl stuck her tongue out at Atsuko.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Then she walked away.

The black-haired girl was about to talk to Naruto until she heard a conversation.

"There. You see him?" A woman asked.

"It's that boy. I heard he's the only one who failed."

"Hmph, well it serves him right."

"Just imagine what would happen if he became a ninja." The woman told her.

(A/N: Lol, I was about to write 'Just imagine what would happen if he became a woman' XD I need help)

Atsuko walked up to them and slightly glared.

Both of them gasped and took 10 steps back.

"You know, you always sound better with your mouth closed. You should keep it that way."

They both nodded their head frightfully and started to run away.

She had heard them calling her a freak, but she didn't care.

The golden yellow-eyed girl was about to talk to Naruto until she saw that he wasn't there anymore.

'Mizuki.' Was the first thought that popped up in her mind.

...

Atsuko had heard all the ninja from outside even though they were far away from her house.

She quickly got out of bed and put her clothes on.

The Miyazuki then tied her hair up and pulled her gloves down.

...

Atsuko was jumping in the trees making sure to hide her chakra so then no one would notice her.

She looked down and saw Naruto looking at a scroll.

'Just what is he doing?'

She looked even closer and grunted.

'He's trying to learn the Shadow Clone Jutsu. Took me some time to learn that. But then again, Naruto's different than me.' The black-haired girl thought to herself.

After a while, Iruka had found Naruto and Mizuki was on trees.

Kunai's started to aim at Iruka and Naruto.

'It seems like I should come out now.'

The girl skillfully landed in front of Iruka and reflected all of the kunai and shuriken.

"Atsuko!" They both yelled in surprise.

"I see you both found our little hideaway." Mizuki started.

"So that's the way it is, huh? I should've known." Iruka asked.

"Naruto, give me the scroll, now!" Mizuki yelled to him.

"Wait a minute. What's going on here?"

Atsuko looked back at him and shook her head.

"Naruto, Mizuki lied to you. He's using you to get the scroll."

The Uzumaki gasped and looked at Mizuki.

"Is that true?"

He growled and looked at the Miyazuki.

"No, Naruto. She's lying. Besides, why would you trust someone like her when she's been keeping a secret from you?"

The boy looked at her in confusion.

"S-Suko-Chan, what secret?"

She raised her eyebrow at Mizuki.

"What are you talking about, Mizuki?"

He chuckled at her and Naruto.

"So I guess that's one thing you don't know."

"Mizuki, you're not supposed to tell them! It's forbidden."

"Everyone's been lying to you your whole life, Naruto. Since the decree 12 years ago."

"What decree?" Mizuki smirked.

"Everyone knows except you, and of course, Atsuko. Iruka's trying to hide it from you even now. He'd do anything to shut me up."

"What is this decree? Why does everyone else know about it?"

"Don't tell them! It's forbidden!" Iruka yelled.

He tried to run to Mizuki but he pinned Iruka with kunai and shuriken.

"The decree is no one can tell you the nine-tailed fox is inside you."

Naruto gasped and even Atsuko was surprised.

'Is that why...everyone hates Naruto? Why I was the only one who accepted him? That's...horrible and cruel.' She thought to herself.

"The fox spirit that killed Iruka's parents and lover destroyed our village and had taken over your body. You are the nine-tailed fox!"

"Stop it!"

...

*Sorry, I'm way too lazy to write everything. So I'm skipping to the part that I want*

Iruka thought he was about to die until Naruto came and kneed Mizuki in the face.

The big shuriken landed in the trees where Mizuki couldn't reach.

'Naruto!' Iruka yelled in his mind.

Atsuko looked at the Uzumaki and smirked.

'Tch, Mizuki has no chance of getting out of this.' She thought to herself.

"If you ever lay a hand on Atsuko or Iruka Sensei, I'll kill you!"

The girl looked at him in amazement.

"Such big words. I can completely destroy you with a single move." Mizuki taunted.

"Yeah, and he'll give it back a thousandfold,"

The Miyazuki spoke up.

They looked back at her.

"What makes you think I'm going to let you get away with this too?"

She got up from Iruka's side and stood beside Naruto.

"Let's see you guys try! Show me what you can do nine-tailed fox, freak!"

"Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

Thousands of Shadow Clones encircled Mizuki.

They started to beat him up until he was on the ground.

Naruto undid the jutsu and looked at Iruka.

"I guess I overdid it, huh?"

The boy looked back to see Atsuko in front of Mizuki.

"Suko-Chan, what are you-"

"He's trying to get up." She said.

"Is it okay if I take the last hit?" The golden yellow-eyed girl asked Naruto.

"Uh, sure."

Mizuki looked at her and chuckled. "Y-You're still a freak, Miyazuki."

Atsuko pulled down her gloves as her hair in her ponytail and bangs swayed with the wind.

"Great. I don't want to be ordinary. There's nothing worse than being basic,"

"FUNNURABA!" She yelled as her fist collided with Mizuki's body and made a crater in the ground.

Iruka and Naruto had the scared circle white anime eyes and looked at Atsuko.

"H-How did you do that, Suko-Chan?"

She looked back at him with her everyday unamused expression.

"Don't worry about it."

She walked over to Iruka and got on her knees.

"Just stay still, Iruka-Sensei."

The girl started to heal him with Medical Ninjutsu.

He looked at her in surprise and amazement.

'All that time Atsuko spent her time alone and in the library wasn't because she wanted to be lonely, but because she was studying! This is very advanced for someone her age. This is actually advanced for a lot of ninjas.'

...

Okay, peeps! I feel like this first chapter was a failure and was too overpowered. So in the other chapters, I'll make sure that she doesn't seem so powerful. She does have a Kekkei Genkai and other stuff coming in the future, but I promise you that her Kekkei Genkai will not be overpowered like 'I can see ghosts and I can summon other things. Oh! I also have the 20 tailed beast and superhuman strength.' No, her Kekkei Genkai will be helpful, yes, but not powerful. And 'Funnuraba' is kinda like 'Shannaro' but instead, it's Atsuko's verbal tic. Same with 'Degesu' that's like 'Cha' but Atsuko's verbal tic.

I love all of you Cringes!

~CringeMaster_5