Ok, second chapter. Not much will be happening, not to the scale of chapter one. Things'll pick up at about Chapter 4.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or The Darkness.
Naruto Estacado, A Fox in the Shadows
Chapter 2, Son of the Flash
"Naruto, I realise that you probably want to murder most of the village-" Sarutobi started.
"OH HELL YEAH!" Naruto roared, his eyes flickering from his usual ocean blue to a blood red glow.
"-But I'm afraid I can't let you, no matter how much I want to."
"Give me their blood, child…" the voice chimed in.
"That reminds me, do you have any idea what happened to me last night? Something took over me, and I wanna know what." Naruto questioned, the massacre in the graveyard still fresh in his mind.
"Hmm…ah yes, that is a special ability, almost a bloodline, which has been in your family since your great grandfather, Anthony Estacado."
Naruto put a hand to his chin, stroking an imaginary beard. "So what exactly is it? I mean, it's not just some ordinary power. It keeps talking to me."
"Well, all we know is that it's called the Darkness, and it's actually a sentient being like the Kyuubi. Being that it's only been used by three people, nobody really knows anything," Kakashi explained, a nervous smile on his covered face. Naruto sweat dropped, before clutching his head in pain as two voices roared in his mind.
"You want to know what I can do? I can teach you, make you strong. All you have to do is let me teach of my power!"
"STUPID BRAT! YOU ARE NOT WORTHY TO BE MY VESSEL! IF I WERE YOU, I'D TAKE THAT PARASITE UP ON HIS OFFER, YOU NEED ALL THE HELP YOU CAN GET!"the Kyuubi roared with a patronizing laugh.
"Naruto, are you alright?"
The blonde jinchuuriki looked up to see the worried face of the elderly Hokage. He lowered his hands and stood up, shaking his head violently from side to side.
"Yeah, I'm find Ji-san. But I think I need some time to learn how to use the Darkness."
"Hmm, seclusion for training…that sounds like a fine idea, any clue of how long you'll need?"
"I want to be able to control it by the time I become a Genin, so a few years I think."
"Very well, I shall speak to Iruka Umino to have you enter the academy for the final exam."
"Thank you, Ji-san. If that's all, I'll be leaving now." Naruto said with a bow before leaving the room. 'So, I have a few years in order to get stronger enough to waste this village. Plenty of time.'
5 years later, Konoha Academy
"Welcome , students, to your final exam. You must pass a written test, a taijutsu test, a shuriken and kunai throwing test and a ninjutsu test. But first, we have a new students," Iruka said with a smirk as he saw the annoyed looks on the students' faces. His smirk vanished, however, when a certain pink haired banshee piped up.
"HUUUH?! BUT IRUKA-SENSEI, HOW IS THAT FAIR?! WE WORKED HARD TO GET HERE, AND SOME LOSER HAS THE NERVE TO ENTER JUST FOR THE EXAM?!"
"Who gave you the right to question the Hokage's ruling, Sakura-chan?"Came a voice from the doorway.
Everyone turned so fast you could hear their necks cracking. Their eyes rested upon a boy of about thirteen, with slightly long, blonde hair and deep blue eyes, almost black. He wore a black short-sleeved shirt with an orange stripe over each shoulder which converged and ran down the length of the orange zipper. Half of the boy's face was hidden by the shirt's high collar. He wore plain black pants with a shuriken holster taped to his right leg and an orange belt hung loosely on his waist. He wore black shoes instead of sandals which also had an orange stripe on them. An ornately engraved silver handgun rested in a holster on his belt, a carving of thorns running down the side of the barrel, along with the word 'Pestilence'. It was pretty easy to figure out what people were thinking.
'Hn, someone to test my power against.' A boy with blue hair in the style of a duck's rear end.
'No matter how cool he looks, he's not as good as Sasuke-kun!' Sakura.
'Damn, another troublesome blonde.' A boy with dark hair pulled into a spiky ponytail.
'Omnomnomnom…' A large boy with brown spiky hair.
Shino didn't think anything, but his eyes widened. Not that you could tell.
'Heh, another chump to beat.' A boy with a dog on his head.
'Th-that looks like N-Naruto-kun…' A girl with dark blue hair and pale eyes.
"Ah, you must be the boy Hokage-sama mentioned."
The boy nodded, then turned to the class. "Hi, my name is Naruto Uzumaki Estacado. Your new classmate."
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"YOURE NARUTO?!" screamed the entire class.
"Can you say that a little louder, I think there's one guy in Suna who didn't quite catch it."
"Okay, everyone sit down and SHUT UP!" Iruka shouted, making use of the 'giant-head-no-jutsu'.
Naruto walked leisurely to his seat, next to a girl with long, black hair pulled into a ponytail. Once he was sat down, he took a good look at the girl beside him. She wore a green T-shirt with some kind of writing on it, he couldn't quite make it out. She also wore blue ninja pants with matching sandals. Looking back up, he took in her figure, which girls (especially a certain Haruno) would die for and guys would stare at, usually with nosebleeds. Looking at her face, he saw that she had a hairstyle similar to Ino's, with one of her dark brown eyes covered by her hair. She had a silver lip piercing just above her mouth on the left side.
"Something on my face?" Came the voice of the girl, slightly uncomfortable under his gaze. Realising that he had been staring, Naruto looked away, but not before responding.
"Nope, you're perfect." Naruto replied, not realising what he said.
The girl blushed and looked away. The scene was viewed by a now-furious pale-eyed princess. 'How dare she try to steal my Naruto-kun!"
The girl turned back to Naruto once she had fought down her blush. "My name's Neru Romano, nice to meet ya."
"Likewise."
2 Hours Later…
Naruto had aced the written exam and the shuriken test, now was the taijutsu test.
"Okay, last match. Sasuke Uchiha vs Naruto Uzumaki." Iruka spoke formally.
"---Estacado."
"Hn, this'll be easy. Tough luck for you, dobe."
"Is that so…"
"Hajime!"
Sasuke rushed forwards, throwing a punch at Naruto's face. The Darkness wielder grabbed his fist and twisted it, the pain making Sasuke fall to his knees. Naruto kicked him in the chest, sending him back a few feet. Sasuke ran at Naruto again, aiming to kick him in the side. Naruto blocked it with his forearm and threw it back, knocking the avenger over. Sasuke's face screwed up in rage, as he ran through hand seals. 'I'm gonna destroy this dobe. Nobody messes with the Uchiha!' He finished with the tiger seal and blew a large fireball at Naruto, the flames engulfing him.
"Sasuke, this is a TAIJUTSU MATCH! Ninjutsu are forbidden!"
"Who cares, he's dead now anyway."
"Oh yeah?" Came a voice from nowhere and everywhere at the same time. "Doton: Shinjuu Zanshu no Jutsu."
A black tentacle erupted from the ground, wrapping around Sasuke's leg. He let out a girly scream as he was pulled under the ground. The tentacle vanished, leaving Sasuke with just his head sticking out of the ground. Naruto jumped out of the ground a few feet away and wiped off the dirt on his clothes.
"Winner, Naruto Uzumaki."
"ESTACADO, DAMMIT!" Naruto, annoyed with the fact that nobody can get his name right, strolled back inside for the ninjutsu exam.
"Okay, you need to perform the Henge, Kawarimi and Bunshin no Jutsu," Iruka said, expecting Naruto to break down at the mention of clones. But he didn't. Instead he kept a look of indifference on his face as he made a handsign A cloud of smoke appeared which quickly dissipated to reveal the Yondaime, who then swapped places with an empty chair, before turning back into Naruto. He then made a handsign Iruka didn't recognise.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu."
A large cloud of smoke appeared which disappeared to reveal 10 Naruto's. Iruka was speechless. "Well, congratulations! You pass!"
Naruto simply grinned as he received his hitai-ate and left the exam room to find everyone staring at him. "What?"
"I thought you couldn't do the clone jutsu!" Sakura screamed.
"God, I hate you already, don't make me kill you."
"Like you could."
"Wanna test that theory?"
"No thanks."
The next day…
"Okay, this is the last time I'll be teaching you, today you will meet your Jounin sensei and begin missions. Now, Squads 1 to 6 aren't important enough to be mentioned."
"My mom thinks I'm special."
"Well your mom's a skank."
"At least I have a mom."
"Ah, touché. Now, Squad 7 will be…
Aaaand END! I finally get to put the emo queen and the banshee in their place, what more can I ask for? Now, you probably think Squad 7 will be the usual Naruto Sakura Sasuke trio, and it will be, but I've given them an extra member. It's pretty obvious who it'll be. Oh, and those who have watched Naruto Abridged will understand the end of the chapter, those who are offended by it have no sense of humour. See ya next chapter!
