Thank you, all of you for all your praise for this story. And I don't know if I'm going to be doing any parings for this story, if for no other reason I wouldn't really know how to get them in there.
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Shinobi Warrior N-Naruto
The Chunin Exams
A week later, 5 incomplete teams stood waiting for their third and final members.
"Where the hell is Naruto?" Sakura practically screamed to the heavens. She was apparently the only person amongst the group that was that annoyed. Sasuke and Neji Hyuga were annoyed by the lack of their teammate's arrival, but they just scowled and did nothing. Shikamaru was sitting down and leaning against a tree.
"Please shut up Sakura, all that screaming is just troublesome." The Nara heir grumbled.
"Aren't you worried about Choji Shikamaru?" Ino asked a little concerned about her big-boned teammate.
"Choji will be fine." Shikamaru said with a yawn. "Worrying about it would just be too troublesome."
"Th-They'll be ok," Hinata said, looking down nervously "won't they Shino."
"Naruto, Kiba, and Choji will definitely be fine." Shino said. "I can't say anything about the other two though because I don't know them."
"Lee'll be fine, he's the kind of guy who's got more energy than he needs and even more determination." Tenten said. Back when her team had first come together she use to be annoyed by him to no end, but after about 6 months, she now thought of him as her little brother. Kankuro and Temari however were both nervous. They hadn't seen their little brother since his hand had started bugging him a week ago. The only good news they had was that there hadn't been any sand related deaths reported.
"They're here." Shikamaru said standing up and glancing down the road. Everyone followed their gaze and most of their eyes widened. 5 people were walking down the road and they were recognized as Naruto Uzumaki, Kiba Inuzuka, Garra of the Desert, Rock Lee, and Choji Akimichi, but at the same time, it didn't look a think like them.
Choji was now sporting a green vest, black pants and undershirt and had large black cuffs. Lee was wearing yellow pants and a traditional Chinese shirt. Garra was wearing what looked like some kind of white suite and had a blue cape over his right arm. Kiba was decked out in blue jeans and a blue jeans jacket with a red shirt that had a yellow star on it, Akamaru was on his traditional spot on Kiba's head. Naruto had maybe the most shocking wardrobe change, wearing black pants, a white jacket, green undershirt, brown fingerless gloves, and a red cape. All and all, they were not the people their teammates recognized.
"Do you have any idea how late you are?" Sakura screamed at them, Naruto in particular.
"Why don't you try screaming a little louder Haruno?" Naruto groaned, digging his finger in his ear. "I don't think my eardrums have shattered just yet." Everyone who knew Naruto went wide eyed, they'd never heard Naruto talk like that to anyone, much lest Sakura Haruno, the girl he'd been pinning after for years.
"Sorry to keep you all waiting, we just need to get some new cloths." Kiba said smiling.
"You'd be surprised on how hard it is to find a place that would even sell cloths to Naruto." Choji said.
"Well Lee, it looks like you've made some interesting new friends." Tenten said with a smile.
"Yeah, they're pretty good people." Lee said. Meanwhile, Garra was standing in front of his siblings with a smile on his face. This was making the two of them nervous; they hadn't seen him smile like that since he was a kid.
"I'm sorry for everything I did in the past." He said. "You know the whole trying to kill you on an almost regular basis and everything." Kankuro was completely thrown off guard by his little brother's actions but Temari just smiled and hugged him, tears threatening to fall from her eyes.
"I don't know what happened, but I'm just glad to have my baby brother back." She said, holding her baby brother tight.
"You can thank Naruto; he's the one to took me to the Hokage and fixed my seal." Garra said. Temari turned her eyes to the blond and smiled at him, with Naruto giving her a gentle smile in return.
"Come one guys." Naruto said, turning towards the doors. "Let's get going." Swishing his cape and walking forward, his cape billowing out behind him.
"All that dramatic shit is going to become a pain in the ass, I can just feel it." Kiba said with a smirk, as the Queen of Spades followed the King of Hearts, slowly followed by the rest of the Shuffle Alliance and their teams.
"You've gotten stronger." Sasuke muttered as Naruto walked past him. "Tell me how." Naruto stopped and glanced at the Uchiha with bored eyes.
"The power we've got isn't the kind of power you can learn Sasuke." Naruto said. "And I'd bet everything I've got that you're Sharingan would be useless against us. Our powers are the kind that only a chosen few can posses." And with that he started walking again.
"Yeah, it probably will be a pain." Lee agreed with Kiba, smiling as they followed their leader. The 15 ninjas paused at the room marked 302, but Naruto just shook his head.
"Just keep walking and keep your mouths shut." He muttered glancing at his team and the Alliance. "The less people who know that's genjutsu the better." Sasuke however, just ignored the blond's instructions.
"Why don't you drop the genjutsu, it's obvious we're still on the 2nd floor." He said with an arrogant smirk.
"He doesn't know how to keep his moth shut, does he?" Garra asked.
"Nope," Naruto groaned, "the village spoiled him and inflated his ego."
"Don't talk about Sasuke like that." Sakura snapped and went to punch Naruto. She froze when she found her fist caught in Naruto's hand.
"Do me a favor Sakura," Naruto muttered throwing her hand away, "and shut up." He glanced over as Sasuke was about to throw down with a chunin that had disguised himself but Lee appeared to block their kicks with his hands.
"Lets go, we're wasting time." He said walking away with his team. Sasuke grumbled as he followed the group. When they reached the door, they found themselves standing before their senseis. They were all a little surprised by the changes in dress from some of their students.
"I see you've decided to start making your own path Lee," said the sensei that no one recognized with giant eyebrows with a prideful smile.
"Yes Gai-sensei." Lee said. "I have found my own path, and good friends to walk along the path as well." He clutched his right fist, which glowed red for a minute before fading. Gai smiled and nodded to his student proudly.
"No matter what happens Lee, I am proud to call you my student." Gai said.
"Thank you Gai-sensei." Lee said bowing to the older version of his former self. The other each stood before their own senseis.
"Have you lost weight Choji?" Asked the ninja with a cigarette in his mouth.
"Aww come on Asuma-sensei, don't say that." Choji said, rubbing the back of his head. Garra was standing in front of his sensei, his brother and sister at his side.
"I'm not going to go through with the invasion Baki-sensei." He said. "I've already spoken with the Hokage after he fixed my seal." Baki paled as he looked at Garra.
"Garra, do you know what you're father is going to do when he hears this?" He asked.
"Tell the old man he can shove it up his ass." Kankuro said, placing his hand on his little brother's shoulder.
"And if he decides to banish us, I think we've got a place here." Temari said looking over at Naruto and the others, where Kiba gave them thumb up and a smile. Baki looked at his students and smiled.
"All right then, who knows, maybe I'll even join you here if they'll have me." He said. Naruto nodded and turned to look at his own master.
"Interesting choice in style Naruto." Kakashi commented.
"It's to honor a great warrior from the past." Naruto stated simply.
"A ninja?" The female, red-eyed ninja asked.
"No, but he was a great warrior, we all wear our new uniforms to honor those warriors and their fights." Kiba said.
"All right well you had better get in there or they'll start without you." Kakashi said. Everyone stepped aside. As soon as they crossed the threshold, every eye in the place turned to them.
"Th-There's so many of them." Sakura said nervously. Naruto and the others however, stepped up to the front of the group.
"Can we help any of you?" he asked as he and the others flared up their chakra. Neji, Hinata, and Sasuke were stunned to see the outlines of 5 different warriors standing beside them with their Byakugans and Sharingan. Everyone else, though some could see the warriors and some couldn't, they all could still feel the power and were flinching away from them.
"Guess not." Kiba said with a smirk. Naruto and Garra meanwhile were scanning the crowd.
"You sense them too Naruto?" Garra asked.
"Yeah," Naruto said, "how many do you think are here?"
"Including us, I'd say we're all here." Garra said. "It's amazing that at the same time the new Shuffle Alliance is born that all 9 of the Jinjeriku gather together."
"You say amazing; I say a pretty bad sign." Naruto said his eyes narrowing. "I mean were we assembled because the jinjeriku have gathered or is it just a coincidence?"
"Don't think about it too much bro." Lee said clapping Naruto on the shoulder. "What happened, happened, just let it go for now."
"He's right Naruto," Kiba said, "just let things work themselves out, stressing about them will just give you a headache." Naruto scoffed and glanced at his team, his real team.
"Yeah I guess so." He said with a smile.
"If you guys are done being all touchy feely," said a young man with glasses and white hair.
"And you are?" Choji asked cracking his knuckles.
"The name's Kabuto, and you might want to calm down, those ninja from the Village Hidden in the Rain have got pretty short fuses." He said. Naruto glanced over his shoulder and saw the ninja. Naruto just snorted at the sight and turned back.
"If those guys want a fight they're more than welcome, I could use a warm up before the real fighting starts." Kiba said with a cocky smirk while Akamaru yipped on his head. The Shuffle Alliance all leaned back and waited for the exam to start. They completely ignored Sasuke wanting information on about half their team. Although they did pay some attention as the Sound Ninja took a shot at Kabuto.
"Like the name of their village, they fight using the power of sound." Garra observed.
"Should defiantly make for an interesting fight." Kiba said slamming his fist into his other hand.
"Holster it Kiba." Naruto ordered. "For now at least."
"Why should I?" Kiba demanded.
"Because no one ever got punished for playing defense," Naruto said with a smile. "Let them throw the first punch and then let them know who they're dealing with."
"Were you always this smart or did getting that crest jumpstart your brain?" Choji asked. Before Naruto could answer there was a giant puff of smoke and a large group of Konoha ninja appeared in the front of the room.
"Let's get things started boys." Naruto said.
And I'm gonna wrap it up there. Sorry for the long update but I've only got so much time and brain power. Not to mention attention span. Anyway, just so you all know, I'm going to go ahead and skip the first exam, let's just say its cannon more or less so I'm going to skip strait into the Forest of Death next time.
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