Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. It belongs to Kishimoto. If it did belong to me Naruto wouldn't have sucked throughout most of the series.

Speech: "Hello"

Thought: "Hello"

Other beings talking: "Hello"


The Life and Legend of Naruto Uzumaki

There could only be one work to describe how Naruto Uzumaki felt at this time.

PISSED!

Nothing had gone right since coming into the Forest of Death. He had been caught while taking a piss by a mask wearing freak from the Rain village who then had tried to transform into himself and attack his two team mates Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno. Of course Sasuke has known the difference and sorted the whole situation out himself, which of course he kept reminding him about, Sakura also joined in telling how useless he was and how great HER Sasuke was. There was once a time when he had a crush on her maybe he had even loved her but since being on team 7 that had withered into nothing fairly quick.

Also on his "Bad shit that happens to me" list was being eaten by a giant snake. This was one experience he would never want to happen again. Although the way he got out was pretty awesome he thought, come on how many people can say they made a giant snake blow up from the inside with the Shadow clone Jutsu.

And last of all the freaky fucking grass ninja did something to his seal and now he felt as weak as a new born kitten. When he asked his two 'team mates' about it they both got quite and ignored him. All he could remember was using some of the OTHER chakra in his body attacking another giant snake with the grass ninja on top, saving Sasuke from getting eaten, getting caught in the freaks tongue and intense pain and then nothing until he wake up about an hour ago. The fact that both the other members of his team wouldn't tell him shit was pissing him more as time went by.

So far since he had woken up to find Sakura bruised and Ino, Shikamaru and Choji as well as lee and his two team standing around no one had said anything and they had been traveling for an hour towards the tower at the centre of the forest in complete silence. They were lucky enough that they had run into a team that were weak and all asleep that they had managed to steal the other scroll that they needed to get into the next part of the test.

It was during this silence that he had started to hear the voice in his head. Now normal people would start thinking that they were crazy if they started hearing voices but Naruto wasn't normal. He just happened to have the nine tailed demon fox sealed within him. He remembered the third Hokage who was the leader of Konoha the leaf village (or in his mind the Old man) telling the story about how the Fourth Hokage had died sealing the Nine tailed fox which was called the Kyuubi into him when he was just born. He remembered being told that the Kyuubi was just a VERY large construct of chakra that had taken shape and form, unfortunately this specific chakra source was very angry and had attacked Konoha and the Fourth Hokage had had to seal it to save the village. Why it had to be Naruto he didn't know and could never get a straight answer from the Old man.

In his head all he could hear at the moment was something calling to him:

"Naruto"….."Naruto"

Over and over that all he could hear and it was pissing him off. He had tried telling the fox to shut up but he never got a reply. As such he decided to ignore it for now until he could speak to someone else about it.

"We can stop here to take a break" The voice of Sasuke came breaking him out of his own thoughts, He looked around and saw a small clearing with a river going through it. It wasn't really a good place to stop as it provided no cover, but he knew that if he decided to voice his opinion that Sasuke would ignore him and Sakura would just shout at him and rant about Sasuke's greatness. So he landed, got a small drink of water and went over to a large rock to sit behind it to provide him with some cover. While he did this Sasuke was by the lake washing his face and Sakura the same while also getting a drink.

Suddenly Naruto tensed up "Someone's here" Naruto said quietly to himself. From a young age he has been able to tell when he was being watched and feel people's emotions on a small level. It was the only way he was able to tell the difference between people that meant him harm because of the Kyuubi or were lying to him which ended up being about the Kyuubi also.

Out of the woods walked the tall silver haired boy that they met before the written test part of the exam if it wasn't the hair colour it was the ground glasses and the way he had pushed them up in the middle with the tips of his middle fingers that told Naruto that this WAS Kabuto.

"Hay guys" Kabuto called out to Sasuke and Sakura who jumped as they had been facing away from him as he walked out of the forest and into the small clearing.

"BE CARFULL!"

Naruto jumped at the load voice in his head that had shouted out as soon as he had laid eyes on Kabuto. As first he was just going to shout at the fox, however his gut was telling him the same thing. To be wary around this guy, this was the same feeling he got when some drunk was trying to be nice to him to get him to lower his guard when they wanted to hurt him over the Kyuubi crap. So Naruto sat and watched Kabuto walk over and talk to his team, he could just make out what they were saying as they didn't want to talk to load encase there were others nearby.

"What are you doing here" Sasuke asked suspiciously, after what had happened so far he couldn't blame the Uchiha considering what had happened over the past five days.

"Well, my team and I split up so that we could cover some more ground. We were supposed to meat up again a couple of hours ago but I got held up. As such they have ether gone to look for me, or just gone to the tower to wait for me. I was passing by and saw you guys, thinking we could team up for the final trek to the tower. What do you say?" He had said this as calmly as possible while giving of a slightly embarrassed tone. However something didn't sit quite right with Naruto, so he decided to give things a little prod and see what happened.

"Sounds like you need us more than we need you, right Kabuto" Naruto said with a smirk "On your own what chance would you have against a full team?"

For the briefest of seconds Naruto saw that Kabuto's eyes had changed from happy and bright to hard and cold, and instantly back again with a smile laughing at the blonds joke. For that second Naruto new that his gut and the Voice in his head were right, there was something strange about Kabuto. He filed that info away from later and just smiled one of his big grins making the others believe he was in fact joking.

"It is true that you guys out number me however I know this area more and compared to me you all look like you have gone through hell." Kabuto commented still with that innocent smile on his face. "Also we are all Leaf Ninja and Leaf Ninja stick together"

"He's lying!" That single comment had done it. All the trust that Naruto could have had for Kabuto went out the window, he knew a fake face and smile with ease. He had been doing it all of his life so that people wouldn't know how hurt he rely was by their actions and being alone.

"We go together it will be faster and safer with another person who isn't as worn out as we all are." Sasuke said in an authoritative tone glaring at Naruto to make him stop any argument that he might have made.

"Sounds good to me" Naruto said with his normal cheer getting up and giving his cloths a dust of.

Sasuke looked momentarily shocked that he had done as he was "TOLD" without any complaint but he just walked over to the lake and had another drink before stretching himself out, getting ready for the rest of the journey that they were amount to make.

"Well then, I would suggest that we follow this lake north it passes right by the tower and the rest of the trail is surrounded by large trees so there is plenty of cover." Kabuto suggested. With nodes from the others they jumped into the trees and started their way to the tower once again.

After three Hours they had made it and landed in front of the entrances to the tower. When they landed they saw two others leaning against the wall. They both looked similar the first had black Sunglasses and a black face mask, his headband was in the style of a bandanna around his head. The second 1 had the same style of headgear except he had normal round glasses not sunglasses.

"Your late Kabuto" The one with sunglasses said an annoyed tone.

"Sorry Yoroi I got held up and this team here helped me out" Kabuto said with a grim with rubbing the back of his head.

"Whatever, just get over here." the other said already entering the door to the right.

"I'm coming Misumi" Kabuto said walking a few steps ahead before he stopped and turned around to look at team seven. "Thank guys, it was fun I'll see you all in the next round" he gave them a thumbs up and walked away with his team.

"Let's go" Sasuke said and entered the left hand side door with Naruto and Sakura following close behind.

About thirty minutes later all of which had been taken by Iruka who had been summon out of the two scrolls they had, he then gave them a lecture on what the motto of a chunin was. To be honest with himself no matter how much he likes Iruka he was tired, hungry and just wanted to sleep. They walked into a room that was reserved for teams that had passed the Forest of Death. They had been told that they had about six hours left before the end of the exam. As soon as they walked in Naruto Fell face first on a bed and was asleep in seconds. Both Sasuke and Sakura sweet dropped at how quickly he could fall asleep. Five hours later there was a knock at the door and in walked a man with gravity defying silver hair and mask covering his face from the nose down and his headband was on his head slanted to cover his left eye.

Kakashi looked into the room and saw his three students asleep. Naruto was face down on a bed Sasuke was asleep sitting up and Sakura was asleep kneeling on the floor with her am on the bed and her head on her arms. He gave a small chuckle at seeing them. From the reports he had gotten they had all gone head to head with none other than Orichimaru the Snake Sannin, he could see the curse mark on Sasuke's neck from the door and the way the boys head was leading forward and to the side in his sleep. The fact that they had gone head on with the Sannin and lived was a miracle even if he knew that he wanted Sasuke alive and he guessed that Naruto and Sakura were alive so that he didn't fail in the exam.

"Time to get up" Kakashi said in a load voice which woke Sasuke and Sakura instantly, Naruto however just grunted and carried on snoring, Causing Kakashi to sweat drop. "Fine if you're not up in three seconds I'll have to eat this bowl of Raman myself" Faster than He could see the bowl was gone and Naruto was sitting up on his bed and eating the Raman with a goofy look on his face. Kakashi blinked twice and shrugged and threw some food at his other two students, who started eating like they hadn't eaten for a month, even Sakura didn't care what she ate.

"Exam finishes in an hour you all need to be in the main hall then or you fail" Kakashi informed them turning to leave

"WAIT!" Sakura shouted. Kakashi looked back with wide eyes at her sudden outburst. "What about what happened in the forest? I mean I don't think we sho-"Sakura trailed off when she looked towards Sasuke who was giving her a death glare. Not wanting her to tell people about what Orochimaru had done to him by giving him a curse mark.

"Don't worry about it, it will get sorted but it will have to wait until after the second part of the exam has finished." Kakashi said seeing the look Sasuke was giving his female team mate and understanding what was going on in an instant.

"Kakashi-sensie there is something wrong with me that I need to talk to you about in private" Naruto said before anyone else could say more he got of the bed and walked out the door.

Kakashi blinked again and walked out after his blond student who was waiting for him in the hall. He was looking around making sure no one else was in the area, now Kakashi was confused.

"What's wrong Naruto? I already told you that any problems will have to wait until after this part of the exam. I'm sure Sasu-"

"This has nothing to do with Sasuke" Naruto spat out getting pissed off that his supposed teacher. He was sick and tired of everything revolving around Sasuke and himself and even Sakura being pushed aside when it came to Kakashi.

"Ok calm down Naruto. Tell me what could be so bad you needed to could talk in private." Kakashi said with a sigh.

"You know what? You don't care so I'll go speak to the Old man instead" Naruto said walking away

"Wait Naruto!" Kakashi called for him wondering who this Old man was and went off after him

Hiruzen Sarutobi sat at a desk in one of the many offices that the Tower of Death had waiting for the last 30 minuet of the exam to finish. As he was taking a puff of his pipe there was a bang at his door and it suddenly opened to reveal Naruto and Kakashi there. Kakashi was grabbing onto Naruto trying to pull him backwards but Naruto being at stubborn as he was refusing and grabbing onto the door frame.

"GET THE HELL OF ME KAKASHI!" Naruto shouted at his teacher

"Naruto calm down you can't just barge in and demand to speak to the Hokage!" Kakashi countered "I'm sorry sir I didn't get to him in time to stop in from charging in" Kakashi said trying to apologize to the Hokage "I'll just ta-" and just like that Kakashi Hatake someone who was considered one of the top Jonin in the Leaf village was on the floor holing his balls after Naruto had back kicked him with his heal.

Hiruzen couldn't take it anymore and started to laugh. "It's ok Kakashi Naruto is welcome to come and see me whenever he likes."

"Thanks Old Man" Naruto said with a grin. Kakashi was just getting up slowly after the shot to the balls he had just gotten curtsy on Nartuo, and after hearing what Naruto referred the Hokage suddenly realized he might be in a bit of trouble as Naruto was here to speak to the leader of the village and his boss after Kakashi had tried to brush Naruto's problem off whatever it might have been.

"Now Naruto before I even speak to you, there is something you have to say to Kakashi" Hiruzen said with a serious look at Naruto that made the blond gulp and laugh while putting his hand on the back of his head.

"I'm sorry for kicking you in the balls Kakashi" Naruto said seriously as he knew that any jokes that he might have done wouldn't have been well received by the old Hokage when we was serious.

"That's better. Now what did you need to see me about that you couldn't speak to your teacher about?" He was confused at the blond's behaviour as has never been one to act out ….in this way anyway.

"I tried to talk to him but he didn't want to listen and instead thought all I wanted to talk about was Sasuke but I have something VERY important that needed to be told to someone about what happened in the forest." He really wanted to import how important the situation was.

Before Hiruzen could speak Kakashi beat him to it. "Naruto I have already told you we are fully aware about what happened in the Forest of death between your team and Orochimaru and we will sort out the seal that was placed on Sas-"

"Kakashi enough!" The old Hokage interrupted while looking at Naruto seeing how upset the boy was getting. "Naruto what's wrong?"

"There is something wrong with the seal. I think the fox is trying to break out, or trying to get to me!" Naruto said in distress

Both the older men stood in shocked silence. Kakashi looked down in shame that he was ignoring his student when he wanted to talk about something serious. Hiruzen was more controlled but on the inside he was worried. He was good at seals but nothing compared to the Forth or even his own student, who wasn't yet in the village.

"What do you mean Naruto" he asked the boy. Naruto then took of his jacket and shirt and showed them the seal which was normal except it now had an outta layer to it. "What happened Naruto?" he asked trying to sound as calm as possible.

"That snake basterd hit me in the stomach then all I remember was pain and darkness" He replied. Hiruzen got Naruto to lift up his top so that he could inspect the seal. "Well I have good and bad news." The blond looked up with a bright real smile for the old man "The good is that I can remove it with no problem, it will hurt as before but it will be sorted".

"Ok and what's the bad news?" Naruto asked

"The bad news is that it will do that same as in the forest and knock you out for some time. So if I did it now you would miss the rest of the second part of the exam." Hiruzen replied

"Well fuck!" Naruto cursed "well what should I do? Its voice is driving me crazy now. It was quiet before but it keeps calling to me?" He shouted at the two men

"What do you mean voice" Hiruzen said all calm slipping of his face. If the demon fox was talking to Naruto and tried to persuade him to remove the seal then he could get free killing the blond and the village in the process.

"It's been calling to me since I woke up. Again and again, it's like a whisper in my ear and while it has gotten less frequent it's still there."

Hiruzen sat a thought for a couple of minutes he looked at the clock on the wall and realized they had less than ten minutes before the exam was due to finish. "Well you have two choices Naruto. You can ether get this sorted now or you can wait till after this part of the exam was finished" He watched the boy's face to see what his reaction would be. He wasn't disappointed.

"I'll stay. I have been through too much crap to give up now. If the fox wants to whisper to me I'll tell it to go chock on one of its tails" Naruto said looking the Old man straight in the eyes. Hiruzen had been a ninja for all of his life and in those eyes was something that always made smile in excitement. No matter if it was from an ally or enemy seeing that fire in someone's eyes told him that they were going to be spectacular in life. Hiruzen wasn't someone who loved fighting or going out and fighting for the sake of fighting but when you have been alive as long as he had you come across people that were as strong or even stronger then you, you can't but help but want to prove that you are ether as strong or stronger than your opponent that meant double for Ninja. Right Now the fire and determination that was shining out of the blonds eyes was like looking into the sun, Hiruzen was excited to see how the boy grew.

"OK Naruto, keep this to yourself of course and come see me as soon as everything is finished."

"Ok old man laters." Naruto said with a wave and a grin and ran out to the main hall.

"Kakashi we will talk later" Hiruzen said after Naruto and ran out of the room.

Kakashi gulped slowly, clearly worried about what the Hokage was going to say when he told him that he had only really taught his team the tree walking. With a quick "Yes sir" he turned and left after his blond student.


All the exam matches have the same result up until now.


Naruto looked down from the balcony watching the current match going on. Shikamaru was fighting the girl from the Sound Ninja that had attacked them. While he was paying watching he wasn't really paying attention. He was getting more annoyed at the fox whispering in his head.

"Naruto…..Naruto"

"WILL YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU STUPID FOX!" Naruto mentally shouted back at the voice. He had done that many times before but nothing had changed until now when he got a reply.

"What makes you think I am the Kyuubi?" The strange voice asked

This made Naruto pause he had been sure since first hearing it that it was the demon fox trying to get to him in some way. "Well what else is going to be talking to me in my head?" he did feel kind of stupid thinking that he could have convocation's with the voice in his head. He only got a two word reply that confused the hell out of him.

"Your Soul" And for the first time in hours his head was suddenly clear. There was no voice, nothing calling his name. Before he could bask in the joy of his peace of mind he got a nudge from Sakura

"Naruto wake up and look" She said pointing to the computer board that they were using to pick people at random for the preliminary fights that had to take place for the exam could finish, cause to many teams had finished the second task and they couldn't have the third round go on for as long as it would have if they let everyone participate.

Naruto looked up and saw what she was talking about. It was time.

Naruto Uzamaki VS Kiba Inuzuka


Chapter 1 Done.

Thank you for reading and look forward to any comments I might get.

Internet Cookie if anyone can guess who/what the voice is going to be.

Will be found out next chapter which is about half way done.