Hello everyone, I have a new fanfic for you. This is about Orochimaru marking Naruto with the cursed mark and the Kyuubi changing it. The Kyuubi also decides to help Naruto as he despises weakness. Constructive criticism only, everything else will be ignored unless I find something hilarious in your flame.
"Talking" 'Thinking' "Summon/Demon Talking" 'Summon/Demon thinking'
Ch. 1
"AHHHH" Naruto yelled out as he was blown away from his teammates by a gust of wind. Ever since the start of the Chunin Exams things seemed to go from bad to worse. First he had to deal with a sadist of a instructor for the first test, then another sadist instructor for the second who seemed to like drinking blood. No he is being blown away after his team was attacked by a group of Ame ninja.
Naruto eventually hit a tree to stop his movement only to be swallowed whole by a gigantic snake.
'OHH no, I am not dying like this. I will not become snake food!' Naruto thought as he continued traveling down the snake's throat and landed in the stomach. This was the time where Naruto summon as many clones as he could and caused the snake to explode from the inside as its body could not contain that much mass all at once.
"Ugh" Naruto groaned out as he fell out of the massive cavity that used to be the snakes stomach. Only to be surprised as the snake disappeared in a puff of smoke. At this moment, Naruto remembered one of Iruka's lessons that he did not skip or sleep through. The lesson was about the three sannin and there summons. Specifically about Orochimaru who defected from the village. With this revelation on who attacked his team, Naruto sprinted as fast as he could to reach his team in time before they were killed or something worse.
Five minutes have passed and Naruto finally found his team fighting Orochimaru and losing badly. Sakura was frozen in fear, while Sasuke was being bittern in the neck by Orochimaru.
"NOO!" Naruto yelled out as he watched his teammate fall to the forest floor with a seal on his neck. To Naruto, this was too much as all of the events that happened so far caught up with him. He then called upon the Kyuubi's Youkai without him realizing it and attacked the Sannin.
Orochimaru meanwhile was grinning as soon he would have the power of the Sharingan. Though his happiness was cut short as a red chakra covered first slammed into his face and sent him skidding back. With a growl; he looked up to see his attacker and smirked as it was only the Kyuubi brat who will only cause some trouble.
'Though, he seems to have a lot of anger stored in him which could call out more of the Kyuubi's power. Even I don't want to be on the receiving end of that' Orochimaru thought as Naruto seemed to groan out as a tail appeared behind him and the chakra cloak intensified. Naruto even seemed to grow fox like ears as well.
'Fascinating, he can control this much of Kyuubi's chakra even without realizing it.' Orochimaru continued to think as Naruto bent his knees to attack once more.
Naruto let out another roar and charged the snake sannin much faster than before. With this newfound speed and power, Orochimaru was hard pressed to keep up with the brat as Naruto can extend those chakra arms to prevent himself from being launched too far away.
Another punch from Naruto landed and the chakra burnt through the sannin's clothes and some of his skin. That was when Orochimaru had enough of the brat and tried to seal the demons youkai away.
"Five Elements Seal" Orochimaru called out as his hand gained a type of purple fire. With his technique prepared, the snake sannin thrust his hand at Naruto.
Naruto as if sensing the danger dodged the attack and grabbed the wrist of his enemy and started to burn it with the demons youkai. Orochimaru trying to get out used his other hand to punch Naruto in the face. Before he could though, Naruto's other arm shot up and grabbed that wrist. Now, both enemies are at a stalemate.
'I don't have much time; the ANBU must have already felt the Kyuubi and are on their way.' Orochimaru thought to himself. 'Well, it would be good for experimental purposes.' Orochimaru thought of a solution to break off from the boy in front of him. Naruto didn't know what happened next, one second he and the snake bastered were in a stalemate, the next that snake bit him in the neck and injected something as he did with Sasuke.
"AHHH!" Naruto screamed pout as his body locked up from the pain of the curse seal making its way through his chakra network. The Kyuubi's cloak disappeared and Orochimaru turned to a fainted Sakura and then regurgitated the scroll of heaven by her body.
'Can't have my two test subjects not make it to then next round.' Orochimaru thought as he melded with a tree and disappeared.
A few hours Sakura woke up and looked around in search for the Snake Sannin. Not finding him anywhere she let out a relieved sigh and began to drag her two teammates away from the attack zone. After picking up the scroll of heaven of course.
Sakura only made it a few miles before she gave out to exhaustion and fill a final pull. Dragged he team into a hallow tree that would offer them shelter for the night. Though she did manage to set up a few trapped before she too was asleep
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Morning finally arrived when Sakura woke up from yesterday. She still couldn't believe someone like Orochimaru attacked a simple Genin team. Though she then banished those thoughts away as a twig snapped and the Oto team from the first exam walked in from of the hallow tree.
"You know the orders, kill Sasuke Uchiha." The mummified one stated as they continued walking, only to stop short of a simple snare trap.
"Pathetic." The other make member sneered as he went around the trap.
"Well, it looks like you are all alone girly." The mummified one stated as he and his team walking in front of the team and cutting Sakura from escape.
'I'm doomed' Sakura though as she shakily raised a kunai to try and fend off the attacks that were no doubt about to be launch.
"She is not alone." Rock Lee stated as he dropped from the trees and attacked the other team.
"Ahh, so you do have some back up." The mummified continued to Sakura as if Rock Lee' help wouldn't matter.
"It is still not enough." The only girl in the team stated as she pulled out some senbon with bells while he two teammates lifted their arms for their respected weapons.
The mummy charged Rock Lee with a strait punch only for Rock Lee to dodge. However, the same thing happened with Kabuto. Rock Lee held his ears and fell to the ground.
"You cannot avoid sound." Mummy gloated as he kicked Lee away from Sakura.
The only girl grabbed Sakura by the hair and held her up. "You are a disgrace to Kunoichi around the world." The girl sneered as she continued to hold Sakura up.
Sakura seeing no other choice pulled out a kunai and cut her own hair, freeing her from the other Kunoichi's grip.
The other boy feeling tired of waiting raised his arms towards Sasuke and Naruto and called out his technique. "Decapitating Airwaves!" The boy called out only to freeze in mid cast as he lost the ability to move.
"Shadow Possession Jutsu achieved." Shikamaru stated from the canopy above them and jumped down, along with Ino.
While everyone was distracted from their sudden appearance, Ino cast her Mind Transfer jutsu on the enemy Kunoichi.
"Leave us alone and your teammate lives." Ino called out from the Kunoichi's body to the two shinobi.
"Ha, if she was weak enough to get caught, then she deserves to die." The boy under the shadow possession said as his partner ran towards the possessed girl raising his arm in the proses.
Ino with a surprised shout switched back to her body as the mummy unleased another blast of sound at his teammate. This this one was weaker than the one he used on Rock Lee.
'He would attack his own teammate?' All of the Genin present thought as one. To them, that was horrid as Konoha promoted teamwork above all else.
Thankfully, everyone stopped moving as a foul and evil chakra filled the air. Everyone in the clearing turned and saw Sasuke walking out of the hallow tree surrounded in a dark purple chakra.
Everyone held their breath as he continued walking towards the downed Sakura.
When he reached her, he bent down and asked," Sakura, who did this to you?" with a raspy voice as if he hadn't anything to drink for days, which was true. Sakura still feeling the effects of the foul chakra pointed a shaky figure to the Oto team.
"Yeah, we did it; do you have a problem with that freak?" The one who was shadow possessed stated arrogantly as he could finally move his body once more.
"Yell you did hurt my teammate and my comrades so I will have to get payment." Sasuke stated with a dull tone as he disappeared only to reappear behind the arrogant boy.
"You seem to be proud of these arms I think I will take them." Sasuke stated with a hint of sadism in his voice. With that he started to pull. It only took a few moments for the arms to be popped out of their sockets.
"AHHH!" The boy screamed in pain and fell on the floor Sasuke turned to the other two nin and repeated the same thing towards the mummy. He then started to walk towards the girl when another chakra filled the clearing.
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"Stupid Nigen, calling on my power without my consent, although he didn't relies that he was." The Kyuubi grumbled to its self as he watched some of his chakra be absorbed by the seal and sent strait to the brat's chakra network. What the brat was doing he didn't know and didn't care. All he cared was that the brat was using IT'S power and he could do nothing about it.
"What the?" The Kyuubi asked out loud as another seal appeared in the mindscape, along with a pale man.
"So, this must be the brat's mindscape." Orochimaru's soul stated as it looked around.
"What are you doing here?" the Kyuubi asked warily to the stranger before him.
"I am Orochimaru, well part of him and I will be taking over the brat's body." The soul stated as he started to emit purple chakra that spread around the mindscape.
"If anyone is going to control this body, it will be me or the Nigen!" Kyuubi roared as he too sent his chakra in the mindscape. Thought the Reaper Death Seal blocked most of it more than enough passed through and combined with the Youkai already in Naruto's system. What followed was a short, but none the less brutal battle between the two energies. Thought the Kyuubi won since his Youkai has the acidic properties and burned away most of the energy. Once that battle was finished; Kyuubi used his chakra and destroyed the soul fragment. Though he did absorb the knowledge that Orochimaru had collected over the years, after all, a soul is the combination of ones choices, ideas and experiences. He then collected everything and created a snake statue right outside of the cadge, the Reaper Death Seal prevented him from accessing any part of Naruto's mind or body to prevent Kyuubi's escape, or to possess his container. With that finally done, the nine tails turned his attention to the seal that appeared with the soul fragment. With Orochimaru's knowledge, Kyuubi knew that the seal contained a strand of DNA that absorbed natural energy and then corrupted it somehow. This is the energy that the seal gives to its user. The only drawback is, eventually the user will become addicted to the power and then keep using it. This will draw them to Orochimaru as he can give them more power to satisfy their thirst. Using the remaining youkai that was in Naruto's system, Kyuubi altered the seal to fit his needs and to give the brat a power boost. He tweaked it so that the seal will no longer cause the addiction, and it will absorb some youkai and some chakra every so often and combine with the corrupted energy to create something new.
'Time to bring the brat here and tell him of the situation, and maybe strike a deal' The Kyuubi thought to himself as he pulled Naruto's spirit to the seal.
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"Where am I?" Naruto asked as he looked around the strange sewer he woke up in. All he remembered was fighting the snake and then getting bitten in the neck, after that nothing.
"You are in your mind Nigen." A powerful voice boomed out behind the boy.
Naruto slightly freak out turned and came face to face with the demon that made his life hell.
"Kyuubi" Naruto stated as he looked upon the massive Nine-Tailed Fox that sat behind a cage held together by a piece of paper.
"What do you want fur ball?" Naruto asked as he continued watching the demon before him.
"Well, I hope we could come to an arrangement as we are both stuck together for eternity, due to the fact that this accursed seal bound our souls together." The demon said as if he was talking about the weather.
"What sort of Deal?" Naruto questioned warily, after all this could be the fox trying to use him to escape. Although, the soul bound part was new.
"The gist of it is that if you die, I will die along with you and I rather not die at this moment. The only way for use to extend both of our lives is if you get stronger, which I can help with." The Kitsune stated as he put his head on his paws.
"What do you want in return for this?" Naruto questioned after all, nothing is ever for free.
"Good, you are actually using that brain of yours." Kyuubi stated while Naruto grumbled under his breathe. "If I help you, I want four things in return. The first is access to your senses; being cut off from the world for twelve years makes you extremely bored. The second thing is that you change your mindscape, this cadge may look giant to you, but I can barely move. The third is a mind link to be set up. Having no one to talk to for twelve years causes extreme boredom as well. The last thing is personally for me, but also to you." The Kyuubi stated as Naruto nodded to his points so far, after all they were seemingly easy to be fixed.
"I want you to kill someone." The Kyuubi stated in all seriousness.
"You want me to do what!" Naruto yelled out load in front of the demon lord.
"Believe me, this person deserves to die. After all he is the whole reason why I attacked Konoha in the first place." The Kyuubi stated while grinning at Naruto's surprised look
"What, you think I wanted to attack your pit full village in the first place?" Kyuubi sneered as if the very idea sickened him.
"Yes, he approached my previous container and ripped me out of her seal, before I could escape he trapped me under an extremely powerful Genjutsu with his Sharigan that caused the victim to lose control of their anger and attack anything. He then summoned me to your village and you know the rest." Kyuubi explained to his host who seemed to be overwhelmed with all of the information.
"I wasn't your first container?" Naruto questioned to the beast.
"No, I had three including you; ironically they all were an Uzumaki."
"I have a clan?" Naruto nearly yelled out in surprise, after all he always thought he was some no name orphan.
"Had a clan, they were wiped out, though I don't know the cause. Ask your so called Jiji, he would know about your parentage." The Kyuubi explained to the boy with a hint of regret. He too knew what it was s like to be all alone in the world. The other Tailed Beasts kept their distance due to Kyuubi's power. So Kyuubi also grew up alone though, without the hatred of an entire village focused on you.
"Anyway, you are not strong enough to face him yet, but you will be in time. You will know him when you see him as he wore an orange swirl mask with a cloak with red clouds.' Kyuubi stated finishing his story and what he wants from the deal.
"If I agree with this deal, what will I receive in turn?" Naruto questions as he looked at the demon warily.
"I will give you five things in return; the first is Orochimaru's knowledge of Justus and other things. I received them from that curse mark he gave you when he bit you neck. What it does is giving you a curse seal and places a piece of his soul in your body so he can live for eternity. I have already destroyed his soul and altered the seal which is the second gift to you. I changed it so that it will produce a new type of energy that is part Youkai, part human chakra and part whatever was in it the first time before I changed it. I myself do not know what it will be capable of as this is the first time it has ever been created. The third is the fact that you can use my chakra whenever you wish; though keep it in moderation as your body is not strong enough to handle more than two tails. The next gift is my knowledge of jutsu. Now before you go off and celebrate." Cutting Naruto from jumping around and screaming like a loon." My jutsu requires no hand signs as I do not have hands to make hand signs, But they are very powerful when master so be careful and TELL NO ONE WERE YOU LEARNED THEM! That will cause too much attention for our own good. Lastly, if you agree with our deal I will give you a minor affinity with fire, water and lightning, except wind which is your primary affinity. This will allow you to use all basic jutsu with relative easy, though wind will always be stronger. In time, you could increase the strength of another affinity to match wind; however that will take months full on elemental exercises. Now, do we have a deal?" Kyuubi asked to the shell shocked boy in front of him. After all, if he agrees he will get a serious upgrade.
A few minutes passed with Naruto mulling the offer over and over, trying to see if there was any loophole the Kyuubi could exploit. After all the Kyuubi is a Kitsune, who are notorious tricksters. Seeing none, he made his choice.
"I accept you deal." Naruto stated confidently ad he looked at his partner.
"Good, now rip about one fourth of the seal off, and I will take care of the rest." The Kyuubi grinned as he watched his jailer float up and rip the requested amount off. "This is going to hurt brat!" Kyuubi yelled out a burst if crimson energy erupted from the demon and impacted Naruto's stomach.
Naruto lasted a second before he was overcome with mind numbing pain. It was as if liquid metal was poured in is blood stream and chakra network, hardened and grew spikes then the steel remealted and repeated the process. Thankfully Naruto was unconscious to escape the pain and Kyuubi could work in peace.
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"UGH." Naruto groaned as he lay in the grass, he could still feel the phantom pains from the procedure. Looking around he was in a large clearing full of wildlife like dear and rabbits. Looking at the sky, there were no clouds in sight with a soft breeze.
"Ahh, you are awake." A small voice said behind hi9m.
When he returned around he came face to face with a fox the size of a human only with nine tails.
"Kyuubi?" Naruto question as he looked at the fox before him with surprise. After all, he was used to seeing a fox the size of the Hokage Mountain.
"The one and only, thanks to our deal, I changed you mindscape into something more comfortable. Don't worry the seal his still active, I am just able to move around now. I still can't access your body or mind, except for the senses. Other than that I can't do anything." Kyuubi explained as he laid down in front of his container, allowing Naruto to see a collar around Kyuubi's neck with the kanji for seal.
"Ok then, how did everything go?" Naruto asked as he calmed down from seeing Kyuubi roaming his new mindscape.
"Everything went according to our agreement, you have a minor affinity for fire, water, and lightning, and the new curse seal is active. However, when you wake up in the real world, the seal will give you some energy upon waking so your body can adapt to it. Orochimaru's knowledge is slowly feeding into your memory. I did it this way so you won't die from memory overload. I will begin teaching you my techniques when you are finished with this task. Lastly, you can call upon my chakra whenever." Kyuubi stated as he stood back up. "You are about to wake up soon and I sense four hostiles in your area along with some friendlies." Kyuubi finished speaking before Naruto grew transparent and then disappeared altogether. "Give them hell kid" Kyuubi said to himself as he walked off and disappeared in the trees.
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Everyone in the clearing froze as another powerful chakra filled the area. However, unlike Sasuke's, this one not only had an aura of evil, but also emitted a feeling of death and decay. As if the Shinigami himself was in the clearing. They all looked at the tree with the last member of team 7; though they could not see inside as black chakra obscured their view. Only Shikamaru, Neji who was in the trees with his other teammate Tenten, and the mummy, noticed that where ever the black chakra touched, that area instantly started to decay and die.
'Note to self, DO NOT GET TOUCHED BY THAT.' Shikamaru, Neji and the mummy thought together as Naruto started to walk out of the now decayed tree.
He made an imposing sight to everyone present, his orange outfit ripped to shreds after the battle with Orochimaru, and the black chakra that surrounded him like a flame over his entire body. His hair changed as well, before it was a bright golden blonde that stuck up in all directions, now his hair was as white as snow and didn't spike up anymore. What freaked everyone out though were his eyes, they were pitch black an endless void that if you stared to long into it, you will lose yourself for eternity.
Naruto meanwhile was taking everything that was before him. Lee was lying on the ground and shaking, Ino and Sakura seemed to be terrified, Shikamaru had his usual bored look, but with wider eyes than normal. Naruto finally noticed Sasuke and the enemy Genin team, the genin team were frozen in shock, while Sasuke stared at his 'Useless' teammate.
Finally after a few minutes, everyone snapped out of their shock as Sasuke decided to attack Naruto.
"Sasuke!" Both Ino and Sakura yelled out as Sasuke fought with the now white haired boy. Sasuke didn't say anything as he tried to punch Naruto, only to miss as the white haired boy tilted to the side and retaliate with a punch to the gut. Forcing the air out of Sasuke's lungs. Thankfully, the strange black chakra didn't begin to decay Sasuke's body; it only seemed to burn him like acid.
Meanwhile in the Seal
While the battle was going on, Kyuubi was watching the fight to see what the new chakra could do.
"Fascinating, it seems to have the acidic qualities that Youkai has, while have the controllability of regular chakra. It also seemed to have the potency of the corrupted energy and powers of Shinigami's energy" Kyuubi said to himself as he watched the fight play out.
"Strange, I know that some of Shinigami's power held the seal together, but I didn't think some of that energy combined with the cursed seal energy." Kyuubi continued to himself as Sasuke as finally knocked out and the enemy Genin squad gave up their Earth Scroll to his container
"The energy must have been release when Naruto ripped off some of the seal, and bonded with the cursed seal energy, looking for a host. It could not bond with me or the boy as the Death energy would have killed us." Kyuubi continued as he watched his container revert to his usual form and headed to the tower with his teammate slung over his soldier and Sakura following him.
Back Outside
After Sasuke was knocked out, Naruto and Sakura ran to the tower hoping to finally end this tasked as they now have both scrolls. In this time Naruto discovered when he deactivated the seal, then his hair and eyes would return back to , they did not encounter anymore enemies on their way. Once they reached their, Sakura quickly figured out the riddle and they opened the scrolls. Iruka appeared and the team debriefed their encounter to Orochimaru to the Hokage. Kakashi took Sasuke to bind the curse mark and Sakura left to go to sleep. Naruto mean while stayed behind.
"What is it that you need Naruto-Kun?" Sarutobi Hiruzen asked as he looked at his surrogate grandson.
"I didn't tell you this earlier in front of Sakura, but Orochimaru also gave me a cursed Mark." Naruto said figuring that his grandfather should know that info.
"WHAT?" Hiruzen yelled out as he watched Naruto lift his collar to show as seal. Unlike the regular cursed mark that has three tomoe marks. Naruto's seemed to have three scythes like marks circling a star.
"Don't worry, the Kyuubi seemed to hate the thing and destroyed the negative properties to it. Now I don't have to worry about getting addicted or the seal harming my body." Naruto quickly said hoping to calm down his grandfather figure before he went off on a rampage. Though he didn't explain the new energy that he gained or the deal with Kyuubi. After all, a ninja needed to keep a few trump cards, and that Sarutobi lied to him about not knowing his parents. Though, he will confront the Hokage after the second task is over about that little part.
Once finished with his conversation with the Hokage, Naruto returned to his room in the tower and fell asleep. Only to appear in his mindscape.
"What is it Kyuubi?" Naruto asked as he saw the nine tails walk up to him.
"During your fight with Sasuke, I choose to study the new energy and I have a few things to share with you. I noticed that the energy has gained the potency of the corrupted energy, the acidic qualities of demon chakra and the controllability of human chakra. However, a new factor played in that I haven't foreseen. When you ripped off some of the seal, a small amount of Shinigami's energy was released and absorbed in the new seal. This caused the energy to gain powers from the death god. What they are I do not know, all I know is that your new energy can cause death and decay wherever it touches. Or just burn it with the acidic qualities. "Kyuubi explained to the boy, after all, this was a huge advantage. The death god's energy is extremely powerful, even if a small fraction of power was absorbed.
"How could such a small amount of energy cause that much of a difference?" Naruto asked as he watched his personal demon.
"The power of a god easily trumps even my own power, they is no limit to how strong they are, or how much energy they have. A god's energy is not only vast, but extremely potent. I would say a hundred times more potent than mine. That is why it caused such a difference. Not only that, but Shinigami is one of the big three. The big three are the strongest of gods, they are Kami, the goddess of life and light, Yami the goddess of darkness and hell, and Shinigami, the god of death." Kyuubi explained to his container, "That is all I have for you so you can leave now." Kyuubi said as he banished Naruto from his own mindscape and force the blonde boy to wake up.
Naruto meanwhile shot up out of bed and landed right on his face. "Oww" Naruto groaned as he slowly got back up.
He then got dressed and out the door to get some breakfast and to do some light training in order to prepare for the next task.
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Three days have passed and the second tasks of the Chunin exams are finished. Every Chunin hopeful reported to a large arena that had a giant statue of the am seal. Along with a sickly looking Jonin.
What followed was a speech by the Hokage about what the Chunin exam is really for and the sick looking Jonin filled them in of the fact that there will be a preliminary round as too many people have passed.
[All fights are same as canon except Naruto's; I do not feel like changing them]
"Will, Naruto and Kiba please report to the arena." Hayate stated with coughs in between. Naruto walked calmly down the stairs while Kiba whooped in glee.
"Looks like we have and easy win Akamaru!" Kiba exclaimed as he jumped from the balcony down to the floor. Ignoring Shino's advice to not underestimate Naruto
Shino using his Kikaichu could feel an evil power surrounding Naruto, what it was he did not know, however his Kikaichu warning him about fighting the blonde.
Naruto finally reached the floor while Kiba impatiently waiting for the match to start.
"I will wipe the Floor with you dead last." Kiba taunted to the now white haired boy.
"In your dreams dog breathe." Naruto replied, not getting angry at the dog boy.
"Hajime" Hayate said, jumping out of the way as he did so. Avoiding and stray just or weapons that could have flown off course.
Wasting no time, Kiba threw a pill to Akamaru, who then grew bigger and gained red fur. They then joined and One Kiba became two Kiba's.
The two, then charged at Naruto, who stood motionless as they charged. As the two neared, he squared his shoulders and made a dozen shadow clones, who then charged to match the two Kiba's.
Kiba and Akamaru, using their increase of speed, destroyed the Clones, and continued on through the clouds of smoke toward Naruto himself.
Naruto meanwhile frowned and created more clones. As the clones charged, he stood back and observed his opponents fighting style.
"What is that Baka, doing, he is only wasting energy." Sakura said to herself as she watched he teammate fight Kiba. Make no mistake, she knew the he would not win anyway, but he would still tarnish the name of Sasuke, as he is on the same team. The least he could do was fight with dignity. [Will be Sakura, Sasuke, and civilian council bashing, just saying in case no-one knew. No Kakashi Bashing though.]
"Actually, Naruto is doing the smart thing." Kakashi, sensei of team even said, while standing beside Sakura. [I believe that everyone knows what each character looks like, if not google them.]
"He is figuring out his opponent's fighting style and then will react accordingly." Kakashi finished to his pink haired charge. Kakashi may be described as a lazy Cyclops, but he does care for his team. Naruto most of all, due to the fact that it was Naruto who made the team actually function. Unfortunately, the damned civilian council forced him to train the arrogant prick, and leave Naruto to rot. Kakashi did make up for it, with leaving hints and what not. Naruto is strong all on his own, and relies mostly on himself. This is something Kakashi respects.
"I believe that Kiba will win no matter what." Kurenai, sensei to Team Eight, said.
"If you are so confident, how bought a bet?" Kakashi replied, taking his eyes off of the fight, looking at his red eyed comrade.
"Fine, if Kiba does win, you will have to give up your entire perverted book forever." Kurenai said with a devious smile. Every Kunoichi wanted the change of destroying those blasted Icha Icha books. This was one of those rare chances.
"If Naruto wins, you will have to pay an all you can eat Ramen lunch for him." Kakashi replied, the council may prevent him from training the boy, but at least he found a way for the boy to celebrate his win. He might even gain a friend out of it Naruto does have an ability to draw people in.
"Doesn't sound too bad." Kurenai mutters, unaware of the sheer number of Bowls Naruto could eat.
The two sensei's nodded and shook hands, sealing the deal. As they finished their business with each other, they turned their attention back to the fight. Kakashi was smirking, imagining the look of Kurenai's face when she sees how much damage Naruto could do to a wallet.
Back in the Arena
"You know dead last, maybe I should run for Hokage. After all, no one in their right mind would allow you in office." Kiba taunted to the Blonde Haired boy. Everyone in the Arena winced at the dumb boy; even Gaara winced for reasons unknown to him, which did in fact scare him just a bit. Kakashi and the Hokage, knew what would happen if Naruto got to angry. The Reaper Death Seal will allow him to access Kyuubi's Chakra. Not a very good thing, hopefully the Dumb ass would stop, as they were forbidden from interfering.
"They wouldn't allow some no name orphan from Hokage either, your parents probably abandoned you. No one wants to associate with a failure." Kiba continued to taunt his opponent. Akamaru, still I Kiba form backed off from the Blonde. He could sense power emanating from him. Kiba meanwhile was caught up in his own little world, headless of the danger lurking within the Blonde.
Kakashi himself was about to kill the kid, he was one of the few who knew Naruto's parentage. Saying that they abandoned the boy was damn near blasphemous. The Hokage meanwhile was praying that the Brown Haired boy would stop, and maybe he would still live through the encounter. Everyone else in the Arena held their breath as Naruto started to shake in barely controlled rage. Having been listening to Kiba nearly caused his control to snap.
"Hey kid, do you want to put the fear of Kami into him?" Kyuubi asked from the seal. He heard what the Kiba kid said and was also pissed. Kyuubi may not have like Kushina and Minato, but to tell and Orphan that their parent's abandoned them was harsh even for him. Kyuubi may have been a demon, but he also respected Minato for defeating him. Kushina was also a pain, but she was also very kind hearted.
Yes I do." Naruto mentally growled his anger at the boiling point.
"Ok, channel my power, this will give you a bloodthirsty aura, and then channel some of that energy into your throat and roar. This is one of my just called the Sonic Roar and very powerful when mastered." Kyuubi explained, feeling some of his energy being absorbed by the boy.
Naruto using his advice followed what the demon said. Calling on the demons power was slightly hard, but Naruto managed, and channeled that energy in his throat.
To the audience, Naruto was surrounded by a chilling red aura, similar to fire. A feeling of malice and rage permitted the room.
'Oh shit." Was the general thought from the crowd, feeling faint from the presence of the red energy. Those who were alive when the Kyuubi attacked were near hysterics, feeling that same energy from that Hellish night. The Hokage himself was getting ready to intervene, rule be damned.
Kiba, being nearest to the energy nearly fainted from the malice and rage Naruto excluded. He nearly pissed his paints when Naruto looked at him, the once cerulean blue eyes, where replaced with crimson orbs, a slit instead of a pupil. Naruto's famous whisker marks grew thicker and his teeth grew sharper. Despite the malice, his appearance cause most of the Female population to drool slightly. He looked feral and hot, this included Anko, Hinata and even Kurenai, the so called Ice Queen. Unknown to most, Naruto was also excluding some pheromones that caused the females reaction. Though this was unknown to everybody except Kyuubi himself.
Naruto then took a deep breath, and roared. The roar itself sent vibrations through the very air and cause people's teeth and bones to rattle. Kiba being sensitive to sound was clutching his ears in agony, while also being afraid. This was the roar of an Alpha, who was defending his territory, or gaining some revenge.
Only a select few, which include the Hokage, Kakashi, Kurenai and Shikamaru, where aware of Naruto's own shadow expanding, passed his real size. The shadow then took the form of a nine tailed fox, with a single glowing red eye.
Naruto meanwhile finishing his roar took off at a much faster speed than before, and close lined Kiba, sending the boy flying. Before Kiba could recover, Naruto appeared above him and punched him in the gut slamming him down in the process. Naruto, feeling that the fight was nearly over, fell right on Kiba's chest, driving the Dog boy even further into the ground.
"I may not know my parents, but never say that to me again." Naruto growled out to the boy, Kiba weakly nodded and fell unconscious, defeated by the "Dead-Last".
The Hokage then decided, Naruto was ready to lean of his Parentage, at least on his mother's side. Minato would come after the Chunin exams. If Naruto proved he was strong enough.
Hayate, coming out of his shock, announced Naruto the winner and told the remaining Genin to report in the actual Chunin area for the last test, after finding out their opponents of course.
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"Naruto-Kun, I believe it is time for me to reveal your mother." Hiruzen stated to Naruto after the preliminary round of the Chunin exam.
"Why not my father?" Naruto asked suspiciously.
"Your father had too many enemies, knowing your mother would be bad enough as she was an ANBU chaplain." Hiruzen replied, after all, he knew what to respond to. He spent many years preparing for this very conversation after all.
"I will reveal your father if you win the Chunin Exams." The Hokage replied in a voice that it was non-negotiable.
"Fine." Naruto responded.
"Anyway, your mother was Kushina Uzumaki, also known as the Red Hot Blooded Habanero. One of our best ANBU Captains, and the second Jinchūriki of the Kyuubi no Kitsune." The Hokage explained rising from his chair. Walking to his bookshelf, he pulled out a sealing scroll and unsealed the contents. There were three things inside, a headband, with a black cloth, a black metal plate, with a red leaf symbol. The other two was a small Journal, and a sheathed sword.
"These are your mothers, the headband was hers, specially crafted. Her personal journal that she started in her academy days filled with her just, ideas and thought. Lastly is he ANBU sword, something that every ANBU is given." Hiruzen said to the teary eyed boy.
Naruto was in a state of bliss, here are items that could bring him closer to the mother that he never knew. He did know how she died, thanks to Kyuubi, but he can finally learn about her character and what kind of Ninja she was.
"Her Katana was the reason why she was also called the red death." Hiruzen explained to the boy.
Naruto meanwhile was looking at the sword, it was a master piece, and the sheath was black polished wood. The blade itself was also black that reflected no light, and a single crimson red line went through the length of the blade, as if it was blood.
"Kushina was known not only for her Kenjutsu abilities, but also her abilities with Fuinjutsu and her Chakra Chains." The Hokage said, snapping Naruto out of musings.
"Chakra Chains?" Naruto asked, never hearing of the ability.
"Yes, Kushina had the ability to form chains from her chakra that was strong enough to hold down the Kyuubi." Hiruzen said thinking of the other uses Kushina used them for. Whipping Jiraiya when he peeped on her was by far the funniest.
"Thanks Jiji, this means more to me than you know." Naruto said, bowing to the Hokage for the first time in his life.
The Hokage and the hidden ANBU were shell shocked, after all, Naruto never bowed to anyone.
"You're welcome Naruto-Kun." Hiruzen smiled a true smile. The looked on Naruto's face reminded everyone on the room that Naruto was just a boy who wanted to know his parents and be accepted. Nothing else mattered to him. His expression with learning about his mother warmed the Hearts of not only the Hokage, but his ANBU guard. Any doubt the ANBU had about the boy being the demon in disguise were wiped out by his expression. The quickly decide to spread their thought with the rest of the Organization, leaving the kid alone. Maybe even helping him in his training, secretly of course, no reason to get caught.
Naruto left the office and went to the Hospital and looked for his sensei for training, he was going to fight Neji, and he will need to be prepared.
Naruto walking into the hospital, saw Kakashi just walking out of the Hallway, and ran up to the man.
Kakashi seeing the incoming missile, sighed, whishing that the blasted Civilian counsel died. They smuggled too much power from the Hokage after his sensei died. This was before Sarutobi retook the position and stopped them before they got too far.
"Hey Kakashi-Sensei, can you teach me for the month of training?" Naruto asked with big hopeful blue eyes, he was still only twelve years old.
Kakashi sighed and grabbed the blonde's hand, while disappearing in a swirl of leaves.
They reappeared on top of the Yondaime's Head; he then turned to his student and explained the situation.
"I can't train you due to the Civilian Counsel blocking me, they grabbed too much power after the Yondaime's death." Kakashi started to explain the situation to the boy, who was crushed at the news.
"That does not mean that I can't give you some tips and a Jutsu scroll or two to help." He replies with a twinkle in his eye.
"First, channel some chakra in this paper to see what affinities you have." Kakashi said, pulling out a small piece of paper out of one of his many pockets.
Naruto, jumping in excitement did what he was told, and the paper split into four pieces, one burst into flames, another was soaked, the third crumpled, while the last became black and started to decay.
'Damn, I didn't expect that.' Kakashi thought to himself as he started at the paper.
'I know Kushina had a water affinity, while sensei had the lightning affinity. Wind must be Naruto's, not sure about the others though.' He continued to stare shocked. Shaking out of his stupor, he pulled out a few scrolls and gave them to the grinning boy.
I have a few basic just for wind, fire, water and lightning, as well as the elemental exercise. I can't help you with the last one though." Kakashi said, still shocked at the revelation.
"I will also give you some advice." Kakashi said seriously to his student.
"One, eat right, the reason why you are short is that you eat far too much Ramen, eat other foods. The next, change your cloths to a more Ninja attire, no more orange. Lastly, the secret of the shadow clone ids their ability to transfer memories, thought don't use it too much as that will kill you due to memory overload." Kakashi said sternly, Naruto wanted to interrupt, but decided that it was time to become serious. He would make his family proud.
"However, it contradicts what I just said about Ramen, but Kurenai and I had a bet about who would win in your fight. I betted treating you to an all you can eat Ramen lunch in about ten minutes" Kakashi said sheepishly, watching Naruto's eye sparkle in pure joy. 'Heh, Kids and their one track mind.' Kakashi thought to himself as Naruto ran off to the Ramen stand.
Naruto made it to the Ramen stand just in the nick of time and walked in. Kurenai was seated in a boot, while Naruto sat next to her.
"Hello" Naruto waved to Team Eight's Sensei, as he sat beside her.
"Hello Naruto." Kurenai replied with a small feeling of dread. Similar when Anko convinces her to treat her to Dango.
"Why did you make this bet anyway?" Naruto asked the woman next to him as Ayame took their orders.
"I was a bit too confident about Kiba's winning, and I lost." The Red Eyed beauty replied to the boy.
"Ohh." Naruto said as their orders came.
What followed was Kurenai being introduced to the sheer amount of food Naruto could put into his stomach in one sitting. Thankfully he was eating like a regular person, if faster than normal, but he could still eat a lot. The two had a nice conversation, they talked about everyday topics with a few Ninja ones. Kurenai also gave Naruto some tips about his cloths, Chakra Control and Genjutsu. All in all, they enjoyed their conversation and their lunch, though Kurenai was slightly crying over the loss of some of her money.
After Lunch, they bid their farewells and a promise to meet again next week to continue were they left off.
Naruto then put on a Henge, and bought groceries and some new cloths. Thanks to his disguise, h now has healthy foods, and five sets of Black Cargo Pants, two silver T-Shirts, three crimson T-Shirts, and a black vest, similar to those used by Jonin's. To top everything off, he bought a ragged Black cloak with a hood.
Walking out of the small shop in his new attire, he set off for the training grounds to train for the fight with Neji, and those after him. Make no mistake; he will win, no matter the cost. It was time to show the Shinobi worlds the strength of the Uzumaki once more.
That's a wrap, hope you liked it and enjoyed. Please review, I would love to hear some feedback and maybe some story Ideas, like jutsu, pairings with other characters and anything else.
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