Along Came a Symbiote

Author's Note: Glad that there were so many that enjoyed the first chapter. There had been 45 favorites and 85 alerts . I feared that due to all the explaining that several would be put off from it. Now I want to reply to a few reviews before I start the chapter.

Artanis Rose: Good to see you again, glad your enjoying another one of my fanfics. As far as your question goes, I like writing a Naruto that doesn't follow canon fighting style. There are enough stories where Naruto is pretty much the same except for his love interest.

Alchemists19: The Nine Tails Fox's situation will be explained in this chapter.

Bloxham: Happy to hear that you enjoy the look I gave Naruto. Sorry about the mask and the bandana but I wanted to give Naruto a more intimidating look that resembled the classic venom without just turning him into venom. As it is, venom doesn't truly exist in this story. The mask Naruto wears is similar to the one Kakashi wears except the obvious add on and color. I might later get rid of the bandana.

Shi T3nshi: Well if you like Naruto doing that, then you'll love what I have him do in the future. The symbiote takes away many of Naruto's inhibitions.

Chapter 2:One Foot in the Door


Ten minutes after Iruka had finished explaining who was in what team, Naruto decided to find out what happened concerning his other sensei. It wasn't hard to see that Iruka didn't want to tell everyone what had happened, but Naruto was curious. Getting up from his seat and walking towards Iruka, Naruto briefly saw the disappointed look on Hinata's face.

'Maybe she doesn't like one of her teammates, or she didn't get put on the team along with someone she wanted'

Iruka took notice of Naruto's presence. "Now Naruto I know you're not happy about your team but,"

"Ooooohhh noooo sensei. We are rather happy about our team!" Naruto spoke in a near sing song fashion.

Iruka couldn't help but feel bad for Sasuke, but then again Naruto would be watched by a Jonin.

"We are just curious about Mizuki. What happened?" Naruto asked.

"Look Naruto I don't really want to tal….. On second thought I guess I can tell you, just not right now. How about you come by tomorrow after you and your team gets associated."

Naruto narrowed his eyes at how Iruka said associated; he could just smell a hidden meaning behind it. Satisfied with Iruka's promise, Naruto began heading back to his seat just in time for the Jonin instructors to arrive and begin collecting their teams.

It wasn't long before the only remaining people in the class were Naruto, Iruka, Sakura and Sasuke. Iruka, who had just finished collecting his things, headed for the door to leave before sending team seven an apologetic look.

"I guess your Jonin instructor is running late, again. Just wait here, I'm sure he'll get here, eventually." said Iruka before leaving them alone.

Naruto shook his head as he was now alone with the two people he hated most. Sakura wasn't as much hated as she was disliked. Naruto had liked her at first thanks to the bright color of her hair, but just as the symbiote got rid of Naruto's goofy attitude, so too did his crush disappeared. Sakura's infatuation with Sasuke did make him dislike her.

Now Sasuke on the other hand was a different story. Hate was the right word for what Naruto felt towards him. Sasuke had everything Naruto could want, but didn't care as he ignored the people that cared and respected him so he could stay in his world of self pity and loathing. Despite this he still acted as if he was above everyone and insulted all those who didn't agree with him.

"Sasuke how about after we meet our new sensei, you and I go out to dinner?" Sakura asked in hope of accomplishing what all other girls had failed to do.

Naruto rolled his eyes as he predicted what would happen next and even mouthed the reply.

"No."

"Oh come one Sasuke it will be fun." Sakura stated, undismayed by Sasuke's blatant dismissal.

Sasuke didn't even give a response.

Things went like this for another two hours before Naruto lost his patients. Getting up and heading towards the door, He planned on kicking down the door. He stopped when he thought of the consequences of doing such a thing.

A fine for destruction of property, a scolding from Iruka, and in the end he'd solve nothing as the person he was angry at could probably care less about the wooden door. So instead, he lightly slammed the door open, lightly in the fact that the door only cracked instead of shattering, before leaving.

Sakura and Sasuke stared at the exit for a few seconds as they both thought along the same lines.

'Freak'

'Loser'


The Hokage was bored beyond what he thought was possible as he was once again signing papers.

TAP TAP TAP TAP

Some would wonder how such a sound could seem like wonderful music to the Hokage, but it was. The sound was Naruto using his index finger to tap onto the window behind the old Kage.

Hiruzen gave a small signal to Naruto giving him the go ahead to come him.

Using his hand to stick to the window, Naruto lifted it open just enough for him to slip in. Oh how he loved his chakra control and his many uses for it. There wasn't so much as a crack on the window and thanks to his gloves, a print neither.

"Naruto what brings you here?" the Hokage asked.

Naruto let out a chuckle. "Oh nothing much, just bored."

Hiruzen let out a chuckle. "Ah I see, how do you like your team?"

"HAH!" was Naruto's response. "How many laws have we been accused of breaking concerning the Uchiha?"

The Hokage couldn't help but shake his head as he reached into his desk and brought out a stack of papers nearly thirty pages in total.

"Five charges of attempted murder, ten charges of assault, nine charges of battery, with three charges being both assault and battery at the same time."

Naruto smiled as if remembering fond memories. "Yeah we thought as much. Oddly enough Sasuke wasn't the one to press charges against us."

"You're just lucky that he didn't press charges or you would be in serious trouble Naruto." stated the Hokage.

Naruto simply shook his head. "Luck had nothing to do with it. If Sasuke did press charges he would have to admit that we were strong enough to commit such crimes."

One of the invisible Anbu snickered in the corner of the room, ruining his sense of invisibility.

Hiruzen sent a raised eyebrow towards his Anbu, silencing him. Though he had to admit that using someones pride to get away with beating the shit out of him was indeed funny.

"That may be so Naruto, but now that you are a ninja you can't go around doing such things anymore. If I were to be shown one of these..." The Hokage said as he picked up one of the many papers.

"Then I would have no choice but to give you the appropriate punishment."

Naruto let a huff. "Fine we guess. Would we be able to beat him within an inch of his life in spars?"

"No, and besides it's still not determined whether team seven is official."

Naruto's reply was instant. "What do you mean our team may not be official yet?"

Naruto's words caused Hiruzen to blink at him a few times.

"Didn't Kakashi tell you?"

"Who?"

The Hokage placed his fingers onto his temples and began rubbing. "Your Jonin instructor never came, did he?"

Naruto shook his head

The Hokage let out a deep sigh before mumbling. "I told him about you and he still decided to arrive late."

Once his little rant to himself was over, Hiruzen gave Naruto his attention again.

"Naruto I need you to go and find one of your teammates, and ask them what Kakashi has told them."

"All right, we guess." Naruto said before leaving exiting through the very window he entered through.

'Guess we'll go find Sakura, at least she won't piss us off too badly.'

After Naruto left, Hiruzen looked over to the same corner that was occupied by the snickering Anbu.

"Get me Hatake. Apparently I need to remind him that orders are orders."

All good humor left the Anbu as he let go of his illusion and gave a quick bow before disappearing.


Naruto opened his bathroom door, entering as he planned to start a bath. Turning the knob for the hot water all the way while he only turned the cold water a quarter of the way created the perfect mixture of hot and cold for his body.

While he waited for the tub to fill up he thought about what Sakura had told him.

'Great, just great. All those years spent we spent in that school and we still haven't become ninja. And what was that about sixty six percent, something about that just doesn't sit right with us.'

Seeing as the tube had filled up enough for Naruto to enjoy himself, he gave the command for his symbiote to withdraw into him, leaving him naked except for the head band on his head, which he simply threw onto the counter before settling into the water.

'No point in us worrying over tomorrow. We'll just have to take things one step at a time.'

Thought Naruto before scrubbing himself down with a soaped rag.


The Next Day

Just as Sakura told him to, Naruto arrived at training ground seven at around eight. Near the three erect training post sat Sakura and Sasuke. Both of whom looked miserable thanks to a mixture of hunger and lack of sleep.

Naruto simply shook his head before leaping onto a nearby tree branch. He had tried to give her fair warning that not eating was a mistake and that their new sensei's threat was ill found as if they did work so hard that they could puke, that they would whether there was substance in their stomach or none. The only difference food would make is the difference between a dry heave and a hurl.

"We give him thirty more minutes before we have a nice chat with the Hokage." said Naruto as he began mentally counting the minutes away.

The two on the ground didn't say anything, but were in full agreement with him doing so.

The thirty minutes had quickly come and gone, and just as Naruto was getting ready to leave Kakashi appeared in the middle of the training ground via leaf body flicker.

'Alright that was far too convenient Hatake.' Naruto thought

Kakashi wore the standard Jonin uniform which consisted of dark blue shirt and pants with a green Jonin vest zipped up over it. His head band was worn in a fashion that covered one of his eyes and probably assisted his grey hair in its gravity defying stance.

"Before we begin the test I would like for everyone to say a little about themselves seeing as we couldn't do so yesterday thanks to a missing teammate." said Kakashi while looking at Naruto.

Sakura looked confused. "Um like what sensei."

"Likes, dislikes, hobbies, and goals of the such" Kakashi stated in a bored tone.

"Oh, how about you go first sensei." Sakura asked.

Thirty seconds later Sakura was annoyed while Naruto and Sasuke could have cared less about the lazy nin and his evasive answers.

Kakashi pointed towards Naruto. "Alright how about we start off with you?"

Naruto chuckled. "What's the point? You already know about us, as I'm sure the Hokage told you many things about us, and these two have been our classmates for several years."

"True, but I'm sure that there are things that me and them don't know about you." was Kakashi's reply.

"Yes, and if we haven't told them as classmates then why would we want to tell them now?" Naruto said.

Kakashi let out a sigh. "As a team we should attempt to form a bond between one another and the best way to start is by getting to know one another."

"But it's not definite that we are a team yet."

His hand slapping his own forehead was all Kakashi could do in response.

'Dear god I can't wait to fail this team'

"Fine, we'll do the test first!" said Kakashi as he pulled out two bells and began explaining the rules of the test.

After explaining the rules Kakashi rung the proverbial starting bell and all three Genin wannabes leapt into the trees.

"Well at least they're hiding well. I can still sense Sakura and Sasuke, but where is Naruto?" Kakashi asked himself.

'Guess what the Hokage said about Naruto's ability to completely hide his presence is true.'


It had been twenty minutes into the test and nothing had happened. Sakura was getting antsy as she was waiting for a chance to help Sasuke. Her only concern was that Naruto would get ahold of one of the two bells, leaving her alone as she doubted that Sasuke would be unable to attain his own bell.

Suddenly a hand covered her mouth and pulled her back. She'd have screamed if not for the obvious futility. Naruto then turned her towards him and put a finger to his lips.

"Ssshhhhhh. We want to tell you something. Will you be quiet and listen to us?"

Sakura disliked Naruto and would probably tell anyone else to go screw themselves, but at the same times she feared him even more. So instead of providing resistance, she simply nodded her head dumbly.

Before speaking Naruto decided to remove his hand from Sakura's mouth.

"Only two of us can pass this test and to be truthful we don't like this team all that much. So here is what we propose. We will remove ourselves from this test so that you and Sasuke can team up together without worry that we will jump in and take a bell. Sasuke is over there in one of the trees, we advise you to inform him of our decision."

Sakura nodded her head fast before a smile crossed her face and she left to find Sasuke.

Just as Naruto promised, he left and began heading towards the academy, he had questions and Iruka had promised him answers.


It didn't take long for Sakura to find Sasuke as Naruto had been right about his location.

Sasuke for his part had sensed Sakura coming and had sent her an angry glare.

"What are you doing here? You've most likely alerted Kakashi to our location."

Sakura looked down in disappointment before reminding herself as to why she was there to begin with.

"Wait I have to tell you something."

"It can wait till after the test, now go!" said Sasuke cutting her off.

Sakura shook her head. "No it concerns the test. Naruto told me he doesn't want to be a part of the team and has left; now it's only the two of us and we can focus on getting the bells without worrying about being dropped from the program."

"Why should I believe you, for all I know he lied to you." was Sasuke's reply.

Sakura's face now sported a dead panned look. "Sasuke, this is Naruto we're talking about. He doesn't lie, if he says he going to do something he typically does it."

Sasuke shook his head at this. She was right about that, Naruto didn't lie about what he planned to do. Sasuke knew that all to well, though he loathed the very thought of admitting it. A thought crossed his mind at the moment and an angry growl escaped his throat.

'Dammit! I've been waiting for him to attack Kakashi all this time for nothing!"

As much as Sasuke hate to, he turned to Sakura. "When I go to attack Kakashi….. Can you give me some support?"

Sasuke knew better to try and attack Kakashi without some support or at the very least a distraction, something he was hoping Naruto would have provided.

Sakura nearly squealed from the question given to her. "Of course!"

With that said the two prepared to confront Kakashi.


Kakashi flipped yet another page of his orange book. He had been surprised by how patient the three had been. Normally there was at least one Genin would charge in head first, he or she thinking that they could actually take Kakashi. Twenty more minutes and he had begun to wonder if they had any intention of trying to pass the test at all.

Two shurikens flew towards him and he simply tilted his head as the projectiles passed by.

"Well it's about time something happened." said Kakashi as he looked towards his yet to be students.


Naruto used his favorite window to get into the class room. Iruka saw this and shook his head.

"You're never going to use the door, are you?"

Naruto laughed at Iruka's expression. "That's not true sensei; just yesterday we used the door to leave class."

"Well that explains the cracks." Iruka mumbled.

Naruto walked over to the first row desks and sat down. "So Iruka, what happened to Mizuki?"

Iruka let out a sigh. "Mizuki had been caught trying to steal the forbiden scroll of jutsus from the Hokage's office and leave the village."

Naruto scratched his head. "So he tried to go traitorous. You mentioned that we deserved to know. Why is that?"

Iruka walked over to the door and insured that it was locked before approaching Naruto and joining him on the desk.

"When Mizuki was interrogated, he tried to name you as his accomplice."

A growl reverberated through Naruto's throat and his eyes narrowed.

"We take it that they didn't believe him, seeing as we're not behind bars."

Iruka nodded. "Inoichi Yamanaka delved into Mizuki's mind and discovered that it was a lie. Though he discovered that Mizuki had thought about tricking you into stealing it for him. But you had become too self reliant and Mizuki figured that you wouldn't fall for his trick and decided to steal it himself."

"Why would he pick us?" Naruto asked.

Iruka's face darkened. "I don't know."

Despite Iruka's lie Naruto understood instantly why thanks to the look on his face. Mizuki had been hoping to prey on the feelings of a jinchuuriki. It was wise that Mizuki didn't try to trick him as he would have come to a disturbing surprise, one that would make his imprisonment seem small.

Naruto knew about his status, or to be more correct….. his previous status.


Flashback

It had been nearly a year since the symbiote had inhabited Naruto and it had come to a shocking discovery. It wasn't alone? For some time it had decided to study its neighbor. With enough time the symbiote learned enough to categorize its neighbor and discovered it was some kind of large fox.

Why something like this inhabited Naruto, the symbiote didn't know, but it would find out if the fox could prove useful or at the very least find out if it was harmful.

Months went by and the symbiote discovered many things about the fox, both good and bad. If its host could ever learn how to wield the power of the fox then they would be nearly invincible, but that was highly unlikely as the fox wasn't like the symbiote. The fox had no intentions of helping Naruto and would kill him if ever given the chance. Luckily the seal on Naruto's abdomen prevented the fox from doing so and ultimately made the fox harmless.

In the end, the symbiote decided that the fox had to go. It came to this decision not because it viewed the fox as a threat or hindrance to Naruto, but because it felt that the fox was nothing but a waste of space. As long as Naruto had the symbiote, why would he need the fox, especially when the fox would rebel against Naruto at every given chance.

Instead of having a battle of the wills inside of Naruto mind, the symbiote decided to simply crush the fox at the source. Ironic how the all powerful fox was unable to even defend itself so long as it was sealed in Naruto, while the symbiote was capable of so much more while in Naruto. The fox did attempt to fight back but ultimately failed as the symbiote took no form and simply smothered the soul that emitted the mental image of the fox till death to hold of it.


Flashback end

"It's a good thing that Mizuki didn't go through with his plan to use us, cause we would have ripped his skull and spine from his body." Naruto stated.

Iruka shuddered as he knew full well that Naruto would do so.

"Let's put this behind us Naruto, what's done is done. So how are things going with your team?"

Naruto let out a chuckle. "Not sure, we left Sakura and Sasuke to complete the test."

Iruka had to ask himself if he heard Naruto right. Yeah Naruto had done many unbelievable things, but never something like this

"N-Naruto! Why did you do such a thing?" Iruka yelled.

"Because Kakashi attempted to pit us against each other." Naruto simply stated as if it was such an easy concept.

Iruka gave Naruto a questioning look. "What do you mean?"

"He gave us a test that required us to get two bells from him; the person that didn't get a bell would be dropped from the ninja program. So we decided to remove ourselves so that the others could pass without worrying about our interference."

Iruka nodded at this line of thought; though he knew it was bullshit that Naruto would be removed from the program he decided to ask his question.

"So what about you? You just going to give up on being a ninja?"

A hearty laugh came out of Naruto's mouth. "No. I know there's no way the old man would prevent me from becoming a ninja, just because of a silly test like this."

Naruto paused before continuing. "Especially with my status as a jinchuuriki." he lied.

Iruka's eyes widened. "So you know."

Naruto nodded his head. "For a while now."

Jumping off the desk he was sitting on and making his way towards the window, Naruto stopped only to look at Iruka for a brief second.

"Our chat has been fun Iruka; maybe we'll be seeing you soon."

Iruka sent a sad smile towards Naruto, though he was hopeful that Naruto wouldn't be attending the academy for another year.


After leaving the academy, Naruto decided to get a bite to eat before heading home. He was simply jumping from roof to roof, minding his own business as he made his way through the village when three kunai imbedded themselves in his path. Sensing a presence a few feet behind him, Naruto turned his head to find Kakashi glaring at him with his lone eye.

"So tell me Naruto, what made you think that leaving in the middle of the test was a good idea."

Naruto simply shrugged his shoulder in an I don't care fashion. "It was for the good of the team."

Kakashi looked like he didn't believe Naruto, at least that was the emotion his lone eye revealed.

"Well just so you know, your absence has caused your team to fail. I hope you're happy with a civilian life." said Kakashi.

"Ha, as if you would simply track me down to tell me this you lazy bastard. Don't try to rile us up just because we refuse to play your game" Naruto said before jumping off the side of the roof and disappearing from Kakashi's sight.

Naruto was right, Kakashi had come for more. He had hoped that if he confronted Naruto, he could get a response from Naruto that would help him figure him out, but Naruto was unfazed from Kakashi's words and had simply laughed them off.

Looking at the time Kakashi decided that he better head to the Hokage tower and give his verdict on team seven.


The Hokage's office was filled with several Jonin, as each one began giving their verdict on whether their team passed or failed. This went on till there were only three teams left, and two of the Jonins of the team approached the Hokage's desk.

"Team 8 has passed their test and are prepared to be administrated into service." said women that could be described as a super model. Her long black hair was filled with waves and curls. Red eyes filled with respect gazed at the old man and her choice of clothes was a battle dress composed of several bandages that had been sown together in a spiraling pattern that stopped mid thigh and only had one red long sleeve.

"Same goes for team nine." said the second Jonin who wore a similar Jonin out fit that Kakashi wore. A lit cigarette bobbed up and down from his mouth as he talked. His other defining feature was his tan skin; spiky hair and beard that made him look like a younger Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Now only one of the teams was remaining and its Jonin had yet, not truly surprising all who new of his habit.

The Hokage was just about to signal for an Anbu when Kakashi appeared in a swirl of leaves.

"Sorry for being late, I had to deal."

"Can it Kakashi, what is your verdict." the Hokage interrupted

Kakashi's reply was instant. "Team seven failed."

"Kakashi before your decision is final I would like to inform you that I watched over your test and the actions your students took. Please explain in detail why you feel that your team failed?" the Hokage asked.

A slight widening of Kakashi's eye was the only indication that Kakashi was surprised.

"I gave my usual test of team work and being able to see past lies. Naruto left in the middle of the test, leaving his teammates to fend for themselves."

Many of the Jonins began murmuring to one another about Naruto's action while others didn't seem all that surprised, especially when one considered that Sasuke was his team mate.

The Hokage gave a few seconds for the Jonins to quiet down before raising his hand for silence.

"Kakashi are you basing your decision on Naruto's action alone? Because as I saw, both Sasuke and Sakura had fulfilled the part of working as a team." The Hokage stated.

Kakashi thought for a second before responding. "No. While Sakura and Sasuke did work together, they didn't do so until Naruto left. While they show that they are capable of working together, they also showed that they aren't capable of working with Naruto."

The Hokage nodded. "As that may be, they can learn to. I'm going to be honest with you Kakashi. Whether you fail team seven or not, Naruto will still go on to be a Konoha ninja."

The room once again filled with murmurs as they couldn't believe what their Hokage had said.

Kakashi was the first to recover from his shock and decided to ask the question everyone was wondering.

"Why would Naruto still be a Genin if team seven is failed?"

"There is a reason I put Naruto into team seven and not because of his grades. I wanted to test Naruto, and he passed. Naruto hates Sasuke, this is no secret. He could have chosen to sabotage Sasuke and insure that he couldn't become a Genin. Instead Naruto chose to remove himself so that the team would be able to operate effectively. I wanted to see if Naruto would put the mission before his feelings and he proved he could."

Several of the Jonins nodded as they had heard of the several times Naruto had put Sasuke into a hospital during what was supposed to be a friendly spar.

"Hokage, does Naruto's status as a jinchuuriki have anything to due with this exception you're making for Naruto." Kakashi asked out of curiosity.

The Hokage shook his head. "Not entirely. If Naruto was ineffective as a ninja I wouldn't allow him to pass. Kakashi some would refer to yourself, Sasuke, and I as prodigies due to our ability to learn almost anything. But people like the First Hokage, Hanzo the Salamander, and Naruto fall into a category I like to call naturally skilled ninja. No one truly taught them, yet they are powerful ninja for one unknown reason or another. Despite Naruto's massive chakra stores, his chakra control rivals that of a medic nin. On top of that his natural athleticism has been the bane of most of my Anbu and neither I nor Kurenai have been able to find a single genjutsu that he couldn't break out of in a matter of seconds."

Many of the Jonins looked towards the Genjutsu Mistress only to receive a nod in affirmation.

"Naruto is too gifted to simply live a civilian life, and I won't let his talent go to waste when he wants to pursue a career as a ninja. So I'll ask you again. What is your verdict for team seven?"

Kakashi closed his lone eye as he thought over all he had been told.

"Sir you do realize that if I did pass my students that they wouldn't work together."

Hiruzen shook his head. "The question isn't whether Naruto will work with Sasuke and Sakura; he proved that he could set aside his feelings today. The real question is if Sasuke and Sakura will work with Naruto."

Kakashi let out of sigh as he agreed that was the situation. "Maybe if I have them work on a lot of team building exercises they will get along. Team seven passes."

"That's good to hear Kakashi. Everyone is now dismissed." The Hokage said as he planned to get to work on finishing the paper work he was falling behind on.

Every Jonin except Kakashi left. Seeing this, the Hokage gave Kakashi a questioning look.

"Is there anything else I can help you with?"

Kakashi nodded his head. "Has Naruto always been so talented? And if so why hadn't he graduated earlier like Itachi."

The Hokage pulled out a pipe and lit it before answering. "Naruto's life has been hard enough with his burden. I wanted him to enjoy his childhood. We all know the various horrors that ninja risk facing, no reason to throw him into that life so soon."

Satisfied with the answer he was given, Kakashi left.


Naruto opened his door and immediately headed for his fridge. Once opened he pulled out a carrot before his mask receded and he chomped down on the orange vegetable. As much as he loved ramen, Naruto didn't get his muscular and healthy body from just eating mass amounts of noodles and broth.

The only thing that the symbiote ever did that bothered Naruto was to alter his taste buds and give him cravings for other foods. When the symbiote saw that Naruto wasn't getting enough of one protein or vitamin, then it would give Naruto a craving for something that held what he lacked.

One time Naruto found himself drawn to the Yamanaka's flower shop by some scent that him made unconsciously lick his lips and ended up buying a dozen flowers he never head of only to go home and eat the petals.

A knock at his door alerted Naruto to a possible visitor.

'Or someone too dumb for their own good.'

Silently making his way to the door, Naruto ignored the second set of knocks as he wanted to insure that the person on the other side of the door couldn't detect him. It wouldn't be the first time someone had tried to attack him at home, as his new attitude had garnered much negative attention.

His door didn't have a peep hole, so instead he sent small thread of his symbiote to squeeze in between the keyhole of his door while he readied his fist to punch through the door and knock out the possible fool.

Without leaving the shadow of the keyhole, the symbiote saw everything that existed on the other side of the door. Once his symbiote confirmed that the person was an Anbu, Naruto retracted his thread of symbiote and have it reaffix his mask before opening the door.

"Sorry for the wait, we were busy." Naruto said

The Anbu gave a nod. "It's ok. The Hokage just wanted you to be informed that you and your team are now officially Genin of Konoha. He would also like for you to stop by his office tomorrow so that you can have your picture taken for your license."

"Thank you and tell the Hokage that we will see him tomorrow." said Naruto.

"You should be proud Uzumaki. The Hokage thinks very highly of you."

Naruto smiled before closing the door.


Author's Note: I'm trying not to screw up this story, by making Naruto too powerful, but it's kind of hard not to make Naruto so with all the abilities that the symbiote provides. Those of you that hope Naruto becomes a sex fiend, I'll warn you ahead of time. There will be lemons, but it won't happen till much later.

I also plan for the other more popular symbiote like Carnage, (And possibly Toxin) to make an appearance. I already know who I plan to bond the Carnage symbiote to, so don't bother making suggestions, I don't mean to be rude, it's just that some people often say I should DO something in my fanfic.

But if you want to make suggestions for Toxin to bond with someone, I'd be happy to listen.