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Five Years Later-Naruto POV

I was sprinting like a mad man throughout the deserted streets of Konoha. The moon overhead was an eerie blood red instead of its normal milky white. It painted the streets an ominous faded red. The villagers were chasing me again. I turned around a corner only to find the Ichiraku ramen stand owner and his daughter, dead in a pool of their blood. I froze seeing their mangled bodies in a heap. I heard the villagers turn the corner and I broke out of my stupor and darted off again. After I put some distance between the villagers and myself again, I ducked behind into an alley behind a building. I waited until I heard them pass before I went back out onto the streets again. I was about to dart off towards the gates when I heard someone pleading with what sounded like the mob. I peeked around the corner, careful as to not be seen. What I saw made me drop to my knees. Iruka-sensei was on the ground with kunai and shuriken embedded in him all over his body.

" I-I won't tell you anything" he said as he spat blood in one of their faces.

" Anyone who helps that demon will be beaten along with it. Now tell me where he is" said the retired ninja who stabbed me in the shoulder with a kunai before I defected.

" I don't know where he is and even if I did wouldn't tell you, and he is not a demon, his name is NARUTO UZUMAKI!" roared Iruka.

The man then slit Iruka's throat with a kunai. I gasped a bit too loudly and they all turned to see me on my knees crying softly. I quickly took off again and headed straight to the gates. As I turned around the last corner leading to the gates I poured on an extra boost of speed by adding chakra to my legs just like Bee-sensei taught me and Yugito-chan. As I was crossing out of the gates I saw the glint of the trip wire too late as I tumbled to the floor. While I was rolling on the ground I heard one of the villagers yell

" It fell for it hurry before it gets away!" he called to the others.

I tried to get up and run, but I must've twisted my ankle when I tripped. With the villagers and retired ninja closing in fast all I could do was make a futile attempt at crawling away. I closed my eyes and awaited the beating as they closed in on me. However it never came as an all too familiar voice filled the night.

" Raiton: Shichu Shibari!" yelled Yugito as four pillars of lightning rose out the ground and trapped the mob.

Both of us failed to notice the ninja that killed Iruka slowly creeping up behind her, as she helped me up.

" Come on Naruto-kun lets get out of here before we-aghh!"

" Yugito-chan!" I roared.

She looked down to see a sword protruding out from her stomach. She looked back up with tears in her eyes and whispered something to me.

" N-Naruto run" she said with her last breath as the sword was forcefully yanked from her body and she fell face first to the floor.

I didn't even move as the man slowly walked up to me and started talking.

" And now demon you die!" he roared as the blade came down in a horizontal slash as.

" NOOOOO!" I yelled as I woke up with a start, sitting upright in my bed with my face drenched in sweat. I looked around my room and out of the window seeing the sun starting to rise in the sky. I flinched as I heard someone banging on my door.

" Naruto, you okay in there open the door" said the all too familiar voice of one Yugito Nii.

I got out of bed, took off my nightcap, and walked over to the door and opened it. Her yes went wide as she saw me.

" Naruto you look awful, what happened?" she asked.

" It's nothing I just had a bad dream" I said dismissively, not wanting to go into details.

" Naruto you've been having this dream for the past week, you need to talk to Bee-sensei" she said in an authorative tone.

" I will I promise, now go and get ready, we have to meet Bee-sensei in an hour for training" I said ending the conversation.

" Fine" she said a little annoyed and walked off to her room.

I closed the door and walked into the bathroom a cut on the shower. I waited until the water was hot and then I took my clothes of and stepped in. I stood there just enjoying the warmth of the water. Then I remembered that I couldn't be late again not after what Bee-sensei did to me last time. Last time I was late he used me as a practice dummy for his sword training. I quickly cleaned myself and stepped out of my shower and walked out of the bathroom. Then I walked across the room over to my bed and got dressed. The color orange no longer dominated my attire. It was still there of course, just more subtle. I now wore a sleeveless black zip-up, hooded jacket with an orange spiral on the back. On my hands I now had black fingerless gloves with the same orange spiral on them. My pants were standard black ninja pants with extra pockets for carrying more supplies. And my shoes were just the standard black ninja shoes. Finally the most important piece of my outfit, my Kumogakure hitai-ate. I had gotten it a couple of weeks ago after graduating from the academy.

The graduation exam was simple enough, it consisted of two parts. For the first part I was required to show proficiency in three ninjutsu that Kumo deemed basic. The first of which being the Kawarimi no Jutsu or Substitution Jutsu, which allows a person to replace themselves with another object. This was fairly easy for me since I already knew the jutsu required to graduate thanks to Bee-sensei. The second of the three jutsu was called Raiton: Raikou Oonami. This jutsu required the user to gather their chakra into their hand and then slam their hand onto to the ground and releasing it. This would cause lightning to travel along the ground and shock the enemy's feet. The last of the required jutsu was a jutsu called Raiton no Jutsu. This jutsu required the user to build up their lightning chakra, and release it in concentrated bursts, which can be used to shock your opponent or deflect objects. Yugito-chan and I passed with flying colors thanks to Bee-sensei.

The second part of the exam required us to win in a game of hide and seek. It was by no means an ordinary game of hide and seek though. We were required to stay hidden from a jonin from the village for a minimum of three minutes and forty five seconds. Me being the awesome prankster that I am stayed hidden for a full hour before I decided that was long enough. It was simple enough, I simply henged into a woman and hid in the women's side of the hot springs. Yugito-chan got by with a ten minutes, taking a simpler approach and henging into the raikage. She was only caught when the she bumped into the real raikage.

After that instead of being placed on a regular four man cell, the raikage let us form a three man cell. For the past couple of months our teams had just been doing three D-rank missions a day, with the occasional C-rank. After checking to make I had all of my equipment, I hurried out of the room to have a quick breakfast. As I came into the kitchen I found an irritated looking Yugito already dressed and eating. She hated getting up to what she considered early, which was only eight in the morning.

" Morning sunshine" I quipped and was forced to duck as she threw her mug at me.

I laughed and went over to the cabinet were my ramen was stored. I opened it and found that I only I one pack of instant ramen left. I made a mental note to stock up later.

As I waited for the water to broil I struck up a conversation with Yugito.

" So Yugi-chan what do you think Bee-sensei will have us do today?" I asked

" I hope it just isn't another D-rank, I'm tired of being stuck in this village" she said.

" I know I really want to get out there and prove myself" I said as my water finished broiling.

" You know I don't see why you want to become raikage. You have respect from the people here in Kumo" she said.

" That's because it's not about respect or acknowledgement. I want to show Konoha what they lost when they forced my defection. I want them to regret every punch, kick, and stab so much that I cant stand it" I said finishing my food and walking over towards the trash can.

"I suppose so" she said taking a bite of her Uiro.

" Come on lets go, I don't want to be late again" I said as I walked over towards a kitchen window.

I started to look over my shoulder and say race you there but it was to late and she blurred past me.

" Cheater!" I yelled after her as I took off after her.

I soon caught up to just as she made to the market district of the village. There weren't any people there this early in the morning except for the shop owners getting ready for the day. As I made it to her side I saw an opening for a little payback for her false start. We were coming up on a shop owner who was carrying boxes into his store. He couldn't see us coming because the boxes blocked his vision. As we were about three feet away I tripped her so that she would go falling straight into the man.

What happened next I did not expect. Instead of tumbling into the man, she used the momentum from her fall to land in a perfect handstand. Then she crouched on her hands, and propelled her self up onto the box the man was holding, and from there she kicked off ahead all in about he time it took for me to blink. I ran on after her and she started to run backwards.

" Don't you know all cats land on their feet Naruto-kun" she said knowingly.

I could only growl and push on as I struggled to catch back up. We exited the market district and too to the roof tops. We were about half way there when she turned around again. This time however she threw two kunai in opposite diagonal directions. I started to tell her that her aim was horrible, but I saw the glint of the wire too late and tumbled forward. Taking one out of her book, I use the momentum from the fall to perform a perfect handstand and then propelled myself forward. However when I came out of my flip I came face to face with a net. I was effectively trapped on the floor struggling to get out.

"Tch Yugito let me out you cheater!" I yelled after her.

" Sorry Naruto that's what you get for being a copycat!" she yelled back.

I quickly pulled out a kunai and cut through the net and poured chakra into my legs, rocketing off. I came up to the side of the mountain where we trained, only to find Yugito half way there. I poured as much chakra as I dared into my legs and jumped up. At the peak of my jump which was about a quarter length of the way up, I used Raiton: Kage Bunshin which created a clone of myself. I then used the clone as a platform and jumped another quarter length up, so that I was just a little bit in front of Yugito when I landed.

" Catch you later!" I yelled over my shoulder as I sailed past her.

She poured on extra speed and then we were neck and neck, as we came up towards the edge of the cliff. My legs felt like jelly, but I dint want to lose so I fought through it. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Yugito take out two more kunai as we hopped up on to horizontal ground again. With the training ground in sight I pushed on with renewed vigor. That was when she decided to throw her kunai. Sensing the tripwire I jumped over it with victory in sight. That however is what she wanted as she jumped onto my head and pushed off effectively accomplishing three thing at once. The first being, she used my head for a platform. Second she won the race, and third she sent me tumbling face first into the ground.

I got up with a groan to see a smirking Yugito and a serious Bee-sensei.

" Hurry up and get up, I have something important to discuss with the both of you." he said as I hurriedly got up to join them.

"So what's up sensei are we finally getting an A-rank mission!" I asked excitedly.

" Close, I wanted to tell you that I have gotten both of you approved to participate in the upcoming Chunin exams" he said as both of our eyes went wide.

" Are you sure were read for this sensei?" asked Yugito.

" Yeah and don't we have to have a team of three to enter?" I added.

" Yes to both of your questions. You guys are not ordinary genin, and I don't mean that just because your jinchuuriki. Aside from that you two need only the title to make it official in my opinion. As for your other teammate, I am working on that" he said turning to look at me only now.

A chill ran down my spine making me shudder, the only time he looked at me like that was when I was in trouble.

" Now that that's out of the way Yugito you may start going through warm-ups." he said turning to her as she gave a soft "hai".

" Now as for you Naruto, I do believe that you were late today so you know what that means" he said as he reached up for one of his swords.

I only had time to whimper as he charged.

Thanks to all who reviewed, I know this chapter is earlier than expected. This is largely due to the fact that I am currently sick and haven't gone to school for the past week. So starting now you can expect slower updates. Also I noticed that nobody really criticized that chapter, so I want you all to know that I want you to do it. It only serves to make the story better for you guys.

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