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Naruto had been knocked out by the snake freak he was fighting while trying to protect his team in the god-forsaken Forest of Death. As he wandered about his mind he came upon the Kyuubi's cage and watched as the beast silently raged behind the new addition to the seal. It seemed to cut off all chakra and communication with the beast. Naruto was personally fine with that and decided to leave towards another part of his mind.
As he continued down the corridors and tunnels light continued to recede and tendrils of black ink seemed to emerge and caress his skin. As he proceeded further into the inky darkness a soothing voice was heard coming from within.
"And why have you come? I do not complain but I did not think you would come so early after you hid me back here."
"I have come to finally embrace you like I now realize I should have long ago. I am sorry for ignoring you and I hope this does not affect our relationship," Naruto replied.
"Tell me, what will you do with my power and why and what our relationship will be?"
"I will use you to bring down my enemies to ensure our survival and show our power and our relationship is one of love despite the confines of this place."
"Good answers to all," came the voice which seemed to be coming from a mass of black ink in the form of a woman. "I shall be out there waiting for you and when you need more of my person just call the name that you have known since age five and show them our power."
"Yes, my Corrupting Queen," replied Naruto as he walked away.
"I'll see you soon my Plague Lord," was his only response before he faded from view.
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Naruto awoke inside a cave under a tree. He heard fighting going on outside. He grabbed the blade that had appeared beside him. He walked out in time to some Sound genin flee the area while leaving their scroll behind. He saw two members of an older Konoha team drop down to retrieve their teammate who was clad in a green leotard. He noticed a kunoichi look at him and then his sword.
"Hey kid, let me see that sword there," she said to him.
Naruto raised the sword that was in his left hand up to eye level. It looked like a slightly broad katana covered in a sheath that was red and black with the colors mixing and swirling together. The handle was a deep green that faded to black near the hand guard. The hand guard itself was an intricately carved rendition of the kanji of death in rust red.
"Here you can see, but with your eyes and not your hands," replied Naruto. This got the girl annoyed but her functional teammate stated they needed to leave and so she stopped herself from retorting.
Everybody else was looking at him a little weirdly but he ignored them and picked up the dropped scroll from the Sound genin.
"We shall need to find another team so let us be off," he stated.
"Wait, we should come up with a plan," said Sakura.
"Not where others can listen in or will be drawn to," he replied.
"And what makes you the expert, dobe," said Sasuke.
"Nothing, but can you refute my logic," was the reply he got. The other two looked down and began to follow him.
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Naruto stood with all the other people who passed the second stage. He ignored everything that was going on around him, but he was aware that the sword he had in his hand was getting some scrutiny from several parties and that made him unconsciously tighten his grip upon it. He went up to the balcony with everybody else when he was told to.
"So, Naruto, where did you get the sword," asked his teacher.
"I recently rediscovered it among everything," was his reply.
"And where did you get it before that?"
"I would rather not say."
"Fine, your life is you own," replied Kakashi although his eye kept wandering back to the sword.
(All the fights, up to the seventh, happen the same except Temari fights Kiba and wins)
"Seventh match will between Tenten and Naruto Uzumaki, will both come down," yelled the sickly proctor.
"Now I'll get to see that sword when I pry it from your unconscious fingers," said Tenten as Naruto slowly walked down.
"Seventh match is to begin, now."
Tenten quickly flung several kunai at Naruto who lazily blocked them all. She then pulled out a sealing scroll and brought out a katana of her own and charged him. Naruto continued to parry her strikes with his sheathed sword, not even moving his hand to the handle and using it more as small staff weapon. Everyone watching the match could see that both had skill but Tenten was loosing patience with someone she perceived as not taking her serious. Finally after Naruto blocked on strike and used it to spin around behind her she lost her cool.
"Why aren't you taking me seriously or is it you just can't use that blade and so you haven't drawn it," she yelled at the blonde boy.
"If you wanted me to draw my blade all you had to do was ask," Naruto said in a calm voice. "But I am not responsible for anything that may happen."
Naruto quickly used a black and red cord from the sheath to strap the sword to his waste. He then got into a standard drawing stance and proceeded to unsheathe his blade. The crowd fell hushed when they saw the intricate design of the blade. The blade was a dull gray with red etchings that glowed running all around. The serrated edge was a dark void. Naruto held it in a one handed grip as he looked at Tenten.
"You have now seen my blade, do you wish to still fight?" he asked.
"Of course," she smirked at thinking of using that sword in the future. "But I do want to know how you came about such a masterfully crafted blade?"
"It was always with me and just needed to be called out," was his reply and it confused everybody.
"What do you mean?"
"This blade is literally a piece of my soul that I have manifested. I tore it from my person when I was five. I then reintegrated it into myself until I was knocked out in the second phase of these exams. As it is part of me no one else can use it and since I am now working with it I am now at my full potential," he stated calmly.
"How could you split your soul like that? Didn't it hurt?" Tenten yelled as everybody else stared at him.
"It was extremely painful, but it was the only ways to keep what little sanity I had left."
"What does that mean?'
"I am sorry but I believe we have a fight to continue," was all Naruto said before walking towards her.
Tenten prepared her strike and charged her opponent. Naruto caught her blade in his hand and with a quick swipe left a gash on her abdomen which made her let go of her sword and drop down. Naruto just turned his back to her and flung her sword away from him.
"Forfeit and you may live," he said.
"Fuck that," Tenten said before preparing two scrolls. And began her Twin Rising Dragons technique, which shocked many people with how many weapons were being thrown. The only thing more surprising was that Naruto seemed totally unaffected by the steel flying at him.
"How did I miss?" was the last thing Tenten said before she collapsed.
"Winner is Naruto Uzumaki," the proctor yelled before medics went to check on the downed girl.
"What is this, why is her wound festering already," several of the medics wondered out loud.
"It is festering because that is what my sword does when it cuts," Naruto told them.
"Do you have a cure?" one asked.
"No, I never tried to make one because I am never cut by it," he said as he walked away.
"Hey, help them out. You're the one that caused this," Yelled her green clad teammate.
"I cannot help and it is her fault for continuing when she should have forfeited," replied Naruto before he ducked the kick that was sent his way. Several of the jonins held back the irate boy before he got disqualified. When everything was settled and Tenten was taken to the hospital the next match was held.
Naruto watched as one Hyuga berated the other for being weak and the weak one pondered whether to give up or not. As he was doing this one jonin came a little closer to him than anyone else did.
"So, how did all those blades miss you?" asked Asuma.
"Why don't you tell me what you think and I may confirm if it is true?" replied Naruto.
Asuma narrowed his eyes a little before saying, "I believe you used some sort of wind shield that you erected with no hand seals. That points to a lot of experience with wind chakra and a large affinity for wind, which is rare in Fire country."
"True on all accounts and I would like to keep some of my secrets so please pry no further," Naruto said and Asuma nodded and left just as the girl down below decided to forfeit.
The last two matches were interesting but Naruto waited to see who he would fight in the finals.
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It turns out that he picked to go against the male Hyuga. He decided to go to Kakashi and confirm his suspicions concerning what he would be doing for the month long break. He found the man in the Hospital.
"Kakashi-sensei, I wanted to talk to you," Naruto began before he was cut off.
"I am sorry Naruto but I can't train you for the exams as I need to help Sasuke," Kakashi said.
"I understand that I was just wondering if you could help with a seal problem, seeing as you helped Sasuke apparently."
Kakashi looked at him with a serious expression, "What is your problem?"
"While fighting Orochimaru he hit me right over my other seal with some technique that has cut off Kyuubi, not that I mind, but in doing so has messed with my control and available chakra. I believe it is a seal as his has not gone away, even several days later," Naruto continued.
"Let me see," Kakashi said. When he saw the addition to the seal he sighed.
"I am sorry Naruto but that is one technique that though I recognize I do not know how to undo but I believe the Hokage could either do it or find some who could. After that report to the hot springs to meet your temporary sensei for the month," said Kakashi.
"I will see the Hokage but I will be training myself, so do not worry," Naruto said before he left to the tower.
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The Hokage was looking over several things when he heard a knock at his door. When he gave permission to enter he was greeted by a very respectful Naruto, something he never thought he would see but the Hokage realized that if Naruto had hid the sword and everything that went along with it from him he probably had other secrets as well. This was not a good thing as having a possibly powerful, insane (by his own admission) and possibly vengeful demon container in the village.
"What can I do for you Naruto-kun?" he asked.
"Hokage-sama, I have come to ask that the seal placed upon my other seal by Orochimaru be removed. Kakashi-sensei said that he personally did not know how but that you either could or knew someone who could," Naruto replied.
Sarutobi asked to examine it and as he looked at it he saw that he could easily remove it but remembered that one of his students was in the village and it probably for the best that he not only undo this but meet his godson and check and make sure the Yondaime's seal had not been damaged.
"I am sorry but I cannot do this but my old student, who is a seal master, is in town. Give him this note and look for him at the hot springs, he'll have long white hair and be past middle age," the Hokage said as he scribbled a letter to Jiraiya.
"Ok, I will do so Hokage-sama," Naruto bowed before leaving.
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AN: What do you think?