Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, that honor belongs to Masashi Kishimoto.
''People Talking/Demons Talking''
'People Thinking/Demons Thinking'
'People Mentally Talking/Demons Mentally Talking'
Jutsu/Techniques
This has been Pyroserr, See you at the Bottom
Chapter Two:
Konohagakure no Sato, Year 156 AGF (After the Great Founding):
Naruto's eyes snapped open as he jolted up with a start. He looked around with analytical eyes and took everything in; the lumpy bed, the dirty walls, messy floor and the Ramen poster above his head. He breathing grow shaky as he looked out of the window to his left above his bed and what he saw made his eyes water with joy.
The village, his village, his home in one piece. People went about their business while greeting the others as they passed. Everything seemed so peaceful, such a vast contrast to the burning crater full of bodies of the villagers and Shinobi when he had last seen it.
Naruto fell back against his pillow with a happy and cheerful smile. I had worked! He really was back! He would change everything and make sure that this time his world would not fall into such disarray as his last one. He could finally see his Himes again.
'Wait,' Naruto thought as he sat up stiffly. 'They don't love me yet and the village hates me again' He hung his head, his eyes shadowed by his usual spiky golden mess of hair. 'And I'm six years old again. I'm going to have to train my body to the extreme to get back to where I was before' He clenched his hand and unclenched it rhythmically. 'Well, at least I still have all of my Chakra and Ten-Tails Yokai along with everything I have learnt so that's a bonus.' His head raised slowly his normally blue eyes glowing red underneath his blond bags as they spun hypothetically, a foxy grin on his lips. Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze, The Ten-Tailed Wolf and Rokudamie Hokage was back and ready to smash everything Madara had set up and planed to pieces. But first, He had to gain the respect of his village again.
How hard could that be?
Kage Mountain, Six Years Later:
The Hokage Mountain overlooked the whole of the village. It was a towering monument to all of the leaders on the village. Naruto often liked to come here and stand on the rock head of Yondaime Hokage, Minato Namikaze and his father, to just think or stand in the silence. The soft wind that seemed to always blow up there making his cloak flutter in the wind. With his hair style and clothing most would mistake him for a small Minato. Which is where we find him now, reflecting on how his trip to the past had been so far, shining his sword, Zengetsu, with a delicate and caring hand.
The past six years had surprisingly be good to Naruto, while not up to full physical power, he estimated that he could at least go toe to toe with Might Guy in a Taijutsu match so long as he didn't open up too man of the 8-gates that increase both speed and power to a frightening level. There was no real way of knowing with actually trying, something Naruto was actually giddy about. The main cause of his growth was because of Weight, Gravity and Resistance seals he had placed on his limbs and back, along with his incredible recovery rate, allowing him to just train for hours on end. He was also able adapt his body to handle at least six tails, unless he went into his Juubi form, were he could use all ten, which was a giant silver Wolf but was to big to be practical in most situations, his Yokai Shrouded form looked a lot like when he went Kyuubi's Chakra mode but was coloured silver and looked overall more wolf like then anything else. On a side note, Six tails of his Yokai was the equivalent to twenty-seven tails of power from Kurama, The Kyuubi.
Speaking of the Nine-Tailed Fox, when Naruto went into his Mindscape he found, to his surprise and sadness, that the great fox demon was not there. Which begs the question of where the great demon was, he had the idea that he had absorbed Kurama when he had returned but he was sure he would've felt such a power boost, Maybe not but still. Not knowing was unsettling.
Despite coming back to the past at an age where most of the village either hated or despised him. Naruto was able to change their views one by one by helping around the village and being generally nice to the villager, This, whoever did almost nothing for the Shinobi portion by hey, it was a start. While a large potion of the village still held him at arms length, the glares and whispers lessen. He was still 'Dead last' at the academy, mainly because he wanted to show off when the Genin test came, boy he couldn't wait for the look on their faces when the 'Dead-Last' beat the 'Last-Loyal-Uchiha' HA.
That was another thing that he was a bit sore on. Naruto had never known when the destruction of the Uchiha Clan or the dubbed 'Uchiha Incident' took place exactly and when he was made aware of the rapidly decreasing Chakra signatures, it was already to late. To this day. He was still disappointed with himself and it pushed him harder then ever. The only thing he was able to change about that horrible night was that he allowed himself to be closer to Sasuke, to try and not let him fall to darkness. Not matter how much he wanted to hate the Uchiha that had killed many of his wives in his past life, he had yet to actually do anything bad in this time-line. If he did hate him, then he would be no better then the villagers that hated him when he was a child. He would never allow himself to ever stoop that low. He was still an arrogant and pretentious spoilt brat that got everything handed to him because of his last name.
Naruto sighed as the cloth his was using and sword cleaning kit vanished with a puff of smoke, sealing them into his own pocket dimension located on his right hand. Standing up to his full height of 5'6'', Tall for his age, Naruto let the wind brush against he face, making his hair sway in the wind along with his cloak. He closed his eyes with a soft smile. His himes were alive; Hinata had more confidence in herself and both Ino and Sakura had taken their training seriously after a lot of probing from him after he became friends with them at a younger age the he did last time. They didn't even have a crush on the 'Handsome' Sasuke! Thank god or is it Kami? Or even Emiko? Eah who cares, Thank whoever it is.
'Today is the day where I can finally show off' Naruto thought to himself with giddy excitement although he was calm and collected on the outside. 'I'm gonna miss that old jumpsuit I don't care what anyone said. I looked awesome in that plus. I rocked that Orange!' True, when he came back to the past, he took the first chance he could to find his old and beloved Orange and blue jumpsuit.
However, ever since his became friends with Sakura and Ino they had been trying to make him change out of is for a while and when they said 'People will looked down on your awesome Ninja skills, plus if you could pull off all of this pranks in bright 'Kill-me-Orange' then your stealth skills will be amazing in black or a darker colour.' So here he was wearing the same clothing he had made when he was training with Emiko for the first time in six years, per his Himes' request. That was another thing he couldn't wait for, the look on their faces when he appears at the academy today will be Priceless. The academy that he was…. Late…. for.
'Oh crap' Thought Naruto as his eyes snapped open in alarm, panic all over his face. 'Academy starts at 9:30 AM. The time right now is 9:26 and I have to cross a 2 km gap in four minutes. Easy' Naruto smirked as he stepped closer to the edge of the cliff while sticking Zengetsu with chakra, the hilt peaking over his right shoulder. Taking a deep breath, Naruto took a calm and casual step forward.
Right off the edge of Hokage mountain and to the streets below.
The people that saw the young Juubi plummet to the ground gasped, easily recognizing his golden hair, despite the distance. Even the people that hated him, couldn't help but shout their shook. While they may resent him, or the monster they think he still contains, they never wanted the boy to kill himself! Mothers wrapped their children in a hug, telling them to look away while most just watched in horror as the village ball of sunshine seemingly gave into the pressure.
Naruto fell with his arms and legs spread, slowing his descent with a foxy grin on his face. He narrowed his eyes playfully as he put his arms to his sides and angled himself downward, shooting down like a rocket. He became nothing but a blur to the onlooking villagers, making their eyes wide with wonder and confusion. Just as he was about to crash into the ground and make the village square a bloody mess, he flipped in mid-air. Slowing his fall as he landed on his feet with a not a sound, kicking up dust and dirt with his knees bent and head downward, hair covering his eyes.
The square was silent as the men and women looked at him with shook. The children however, almost yelled out in awe and wonder at the 'super cool ninja stuff' completely amazed at Naruto's seemingly death defying move that most full grown Shinobi wouldn't dare try.
Naruto raised his head, showing his eyes practically glowing with amusement and challenge, his leg muscles coiled like a spring. He chuckled at the looks sent his way by the nearby villagers, having a small flash back of his life before this one and the looks kids would send him then. He shot forward at High-Jounin-level speeds, becoming a blur of black, silver and orange to even most Jounin but vanishing from sight for anyone below.
The villagers didn't know what happened. One moment they were looking at a crouched new and improved Naruto then suddenly, he disappeared. There was a gust of wind that passed them, almost knocking them off their feet. Laughter dancing on the wind that passed them.
Naruto took to the roofs, hopping from building to building, his black and sliver cloak billowing behind him. He grabbed a low hanging metal bar and swung himself up higher, sticking his feet to a nearby wall, the academy in sight. He couched down low, preparing for a mighty leap. He fling himself high into the air, aiming for a conveniently open window. Naruto plunged forward, taking a dive down for his goal.
Just as Naruto passed the thresh hold, he curled himself into a ball and rolled of a few seconds before standing to his full height, showing his new look off. His cloak and sash flapped in the non-existent wind, along with his golden and silver tipped hair, creating quite the awe inspiring scene.
Naruto looked to the front class to see his teacher for the past three years, Iruka Umino, a Chunin of seven years, himself being twenty-three years old. Standing with a clip board, his mouth agape like he was about to talk and eyes wide with surprise when he looked at the intruder of his class.
Naruto sent his Sensei a foxy grin that made the girls of the class swoon as he rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. ''Hey Iruka-Sensei'' He spoke in the silent room, his voice laced with a barely hidden amusement, making the aforementioned sensei snap out of his shock induced daze. ''I'm not late am I?'' He asked with his foxy grin growing in size when he saw Iruka's face flush red with rage as he grew a tick mark on his forehead. Naruto had the sudden impulse to cover his ears, like a lot of students did, when Iruka opened his mouth and took a deep breath.
The following shout of, ''YOU BAKA!'' shaking the very foundations of the building, almost blowing Naruto away with the force.
Naruto looked at the over head clock, seeing if he made it or not. '9:31' He thought to himself in false despair, something that quick turned into determination 'Just means I have more training to do' He declared mentally, proud of himself, while he could've just taken off his Seals and gotten here with time to spare, where was the fun in that. His thoughts were interrupted when a fist came crashing down onto the top of his head, sending him to the floor with a crash and a giant steaming lump where he was hit. 'Classic Iruka-Sensei' He managed to slip out before his head fell limp to the wooden floor of his class for the past six years.
In The Class a Few Minutes Before:
Iruka Umino sat at his desk with a smile on his face 'Today's the day' He thought as while watched the last few of his students to come in and take a seat, ready for the Genin exam, ready to become full fledged Shinobi and Kunoichi, ready to take on the Konohagakure forehead protector and protect their village and homes. 'I am blessed with the honor of teaching a class so full of potential, even Naruto Uzumaki' He thoughts turned affectionate as his mind drifted to the blond aspiring Hokage. 'Where is Naruto anyway, he better not be late or else' He threaten as a dark feeling oozed out of him, making a few students shudder at the feeling.
Hinata Hyuga sat at the back of the class near the a window, looking out at the happy families at they dropped off their kids. She was rather beautiful for her age, with long oxford blue hime-style hair cut that went down to her waist at the back along with two strands that framed her flawless face, breathtaking pupil-less lavender eyes and lovely snow white skin complexion. Her shy and lack of self-confidence had been nipped at the bud, leaving a strong and firm but still caring and polite young woman behind.
She used to wear clothes that would cover her rapidly developing body to hide from stares, but ever since Naruto had told her to believe in herself and in her looks, she wore clothes that complemented her body perfectly. Her normal outfit was a grey sleeveless shirt that looked a lot like a series of wrappings. The whole shirt clung to her body, showing her amazing curves and developing C-Cup breast, big for her age and black skin tight pants that hugged her long slender legs perfectly. Unlike most ninja who wore open toed shoes, she wore a light grey armored boots that went up to her knees. (Think Mei's boots) Overall, she looked just as deadly as she did beautiful.
With the title and position of Hyuga Heiress and her beauty she could get anyone she wanted, but her mind was solely dedicated to the one person that never looked down on her and was there for her when no-one else was. He was the person she adored more then anyone else, his golden hair, his foxy grin just everything about him was perfect to her. 'Where are you Naruto-Kun' Hinata thought in worry as she looked out the window hoping to catch a glimpse of his bright blond hair azure blue eyes that pulled her in and made her feel warm, loved and appreciate- Wow! she has it bad.
She wasn't the only one that had it bad for the blond primordial though because two of her class mates and best female friends felt more or less the same as she did when it came to the devilishly handsome future Hokage. The two young girls, one with platinum blond hair 'Ino' and the other pink 'Sakura', burst through the door loudly, attracting the attention of everyone in the room, they dropped to the ground with a startled cry. They jumped up, both looking at the other triumphantly.
After Sakura got over her insecurity about her forehead with the help of Naruto, she grew into a truly breathtaking young woman with long pink waist length hair that went over her right eye, though the left one was left out showing a lovely emerald green. Her hair was braided around the back from temple to temple, long bags framing her pretty face with a cute button nose, full eyelashes and pink lips, her skin a lovely creamy colour.
Her attire was of strange style that she personally wanted. She had a fish-net shirt that, just like Hinata, stopped just above her navel and went to her elbows along with a red top above her fishnet armor that went around her left shoulder. She had red gloves in the style of hand wraps, leaving her fingers and knuckles bare. A pair of fishnet shorts that ended just before her knees with a red sash that hung between her legs to her shins. Her outfit was topped off with knee length red high heel boots with grey shin and knee plates. She was the second member of the 'New Princesses of Konoha'
(For a look on what she is based on I will give a link at the bottom in the AN)
She gave Ino a victories smirk as she pumped her fist. ''Take that Ino-Pig!'' She yelled out with a playfully mocking, joyful and soft voice, ''I get to sit next to Naruto-Kun today!'' She stuck her tongue out at her friend in an attempt to get a rise out of the gossip queen of Konoha.
Ino Yamanaka had always been a confident and out going girl, part of her charm in Naruto's opinion, who took great pride when it came to her body and hair. With long platinum blond locks worn in a ponytail that went down to her knees along with a large chin length bag that had a tendency to cover her right eye and a purple clip on the left of her head keeping most of the bags out of her face. Peach and cream fair skin, light mint green eyes are her most alluring features.
Just like Sakura, her clothing wasn't the most normally seen style but they suited her perfectly, in Her friends, Naruto's and her own opinion. Ino wore a dark purple armor plated chest-piece that stopped just below her developing breasts and a cloth of the same colour wrapping around her back and covering her neck. Fishnet sleeves that go from her wrist to juts above her elbow on both arms along with a fingerless glove on her right hand for grip on her Kunai or weapon of choice.
She wore a grey battle skirt underneath a purple two tailed piece cape that started on her waist. It was connected to her chest piece with a series of steel hopes on her sides. Ino wrapped medical tape around her thigh and fishnet wraps that started just above her knees and stopped somewhere in the middle of her shins. To finish off her seductive and alluring, despite her age, look, she had purple raised high heels which was normally a stupid idea when most ninja climb trees and such but she made it work some how. She was the third and final member of the 'New Princesses of Konoha' which was rapidly changing to the 'Three Ice Princesses' because just like the four 'Ice queens,' they would reject any and all males that asked them out and tended to only hang out with each other or Naruto.
(Just like with Sakura, if you want a better look on what I based her clothes on, I will leave a link in the AN at the bottom)
Ino narrowed her left uncovered eye at Sakura with playful anger as she shook her fist at the pink haired girl. ''That's what you think Billboard-brow'' Her voice was a playful and seductive purr as she crossed her arms while flicking her hair over her shoulder with slightly fake cockiness. ''I had at least a whole toe ahead of you so I get to sit next to Naru-Kun today'' She stuck her tongue out while pulling down her eyelid in a childish display. Both ignored the numerous date requests sent their way by the male student body as they bickered between each other.
Deciding that they had bickered enough Hinata, the head princess of the three, spoke up. ''Ino-Chan, Sakura-Chan,'' Everyone stopped talking as the soft but strong voice of the Hyuga princess spoke up without looking at them. ''Naruto-Kun isn't even here yet. Just sit down before Iruka-Sensei yells at you'' She spoke with a soft smile that caused many of the guys to gain hearts for eyes and blushes on their faces.
Ino and Sakura both looked around the room for the flash of gold and orange that was Naruto Uzumaki. They were, however, disappointed when it failed to appearer. ''Is Naruto-Kun late?'' Sakura thought out loud in worry as she and Ino made their way up the stairs to Hinata.
Ino crossed her arms as she walked beside Sakura. ''That Baka better not be!'' She huffed while turning her head to the side ''He said that he's gonna stop holding back today and show everyone who exactly helped us train to become the strongest females of our year.'' He anger at the blond quickly melted into excitement at the aspect of hopefully seeing Naruto actually get serious. Both her and Sakura sighed dreamily when they thought about the amazing blond that showed them the value of training and not dieting and the result clearly showed with their toned stomach and arms. To their parents, they looked like full fledged Kunoichi without the headband, even Hinata's dad couldn't help but admit that she was worthy of the title of the Hyuga clan Heiress.
One of the more braver fan-boys with brown hair, dark slitted eyes, red fang marks, a grey hoodie and brown pants along with an average face and white puppy sat on his head, stood up, having enough of their talk about Naruto. ''Why do you even care about the dead-last anyway? There are so many other boys who actually deserve to have your attention'' He thumbed his chest with a cocky and arrogant smile completely oblivious to the dark and threatening aura that surrounded the three girls that heard him. ''Like me I'm much better the that lose-'' He yelped out in pain as he was sent flying into a wall by female fury, making spider web cracks where he impacted across the room, by a wicked left hook from a furious Sakura, who stood there cover in a shroud of fire and flames for eyes, Ino next to her in the same shape as Sakura.
Sakura narrowed her eyes at the dazed boy as he slowly gathered himself. ''How dare you!'' She growled out with gritted teeth, her eyes alight with flames of anger. ''Naruto-Kun is not a dead-last!'' She humped with annoyance as she crossed her arms in front of her and jerked her head to the side in disgust, sending her pink waterfall of her whirling around. Making her way up the stairs in silence as Ino glared at the down boy with rage.
She was just about to turn away but not before getting in her own little word in. ''And besides'' She turned her back to Kiba as if washing her hand of him. She looked back at him with a condescending smile, ''Naru-Kun is so much better then a lousy mutt like you Kiba, he could beat you and anyone in here any day of the week. Remember that'' She snapped warningly as she to walked up to sit next to Sakura, who had placed herself next to Hinata at the top. Ino sat down with a huff next to her childhood friend. ''Can you believe that Teme!'' She almost yelled out while cracking her knuckles menacingly, to her friends who giggled at her actions.
''Calm down Ino-Chan'' Giggled Hinata as she covered her mouth with her hand like noble would, looking at her fuming friend. ''Naruto-Kun will be flattered that you think so highly of him though'' She took on a mock thinking pose with her finger on her chin as she tapped rhythmically. She looked at Sakura, seemingly ignoring Ino's rosy face but both she and Sakura could see the mirth in Hinata's whitey lavender eyes. ''Should we tell him Sakura-Chan?, he would be soooo happy to know his 'Ino-Hime' defended him'' She leaned into the pink haired girl as she struggling to keep her laughter in, and whispered loud enough for the now scarlet Ino to hear. ''Maybe he will give her a big kiss, like a prince would a princess'' She and Sakura broke out into loud laughter as steam poured out of Ino's ears, images of hot kissing action filling her head, blood trickling out her nose.
All noise was stopped as a black and silver blur shot through the open window and came to a stop at the front of the class. Iruka was quick to stand up and grab a Kunai, ready to defend the class or hold off an enemy. Almost everyone gasped when they noticed the signature gold and silver hair of one Naruto Uzumaki in the style of the Namikaze Hokage. Naruto stood to his true height of 5'6'', his hair and new black with silver flames cloak, reminiscent of the forth Hokage's, swayed softly in the non-existent wind.
Iruka put away his Kunai but held onto his clip-board, having been getting ready to call the register. He however, could keep his jaw open or his eyes normal when he figured out who it was and who he looked like. ''Hey Iruka-Sensei'' His voice was more mature and charming, it's childlike allure gone. ''I'm not late am I?'' Naruto sent Iruka a foxy grin as he rubbed the back of his head, Iruka absent-mindedly took note of a few girls squealing and the far of sounds of three different giggles followed by thuds.
Iruka's hand started to shake as he looked down, his hair covering his eyes fro view. His face turned red as a vein pulsed on his face in rage. His head expanded a few times in his infamous Big Head Jutsu as he shouted ''YOU BAKA!'' and brought his fist down on his more or less little brothers head.
Now:
The whole class just watched the byplay with shock and stunned faces. Most admiring his new look, it was defiantly better then that stupid orange 'Kill-me-now' Jump suit. Some were wondering where he got his sword from and if he could use it. A few select girls passed out from blood loss when they saw just how handsome he looked now, along with how his shirt clung to his upper body, showing his compact and tight muscles. His looks even outclassed Sasuke's!
The main three that passed out were; Ino Yamanaka, Sakura Haruno and Hinata Hyuga, Naruto's closest friends. Each with their own little perverse thoughts at seeing Naruto's 'transformation' Naruto laughed when he saw them laid out on the floor with blood running down their noses and happy smiles on their faces, letting out an occasional perverted giggle. Just like he thought they would react because all his Himes had reacted the same way in his past life, it was always comforting to have this affect on his himes. It told him that they were at least attracted to him physically.
Naruto walked up the stairs towards the three, passing the glaring Sasuke and sent him a glare back. ''Hey Dead-last'' Called out the arrogant voice of Kiba Inuzuka, wanting to gain some of the pride he had lost from the brutal punch Sakura had dealt him earlier. ''Just because you look like a shinobi now doesn't mean you are one'' He crossed his arms while sending Naruto a fanged grin, his elongated fangs appearing over his bottom lip, waiting for the response he knew was coming from the easily tempered Naruto.
Kiba was surprised, as was most of the class, when the blond Juubi chuckled merrily at the Inuzuka clan Hair. ''No it doesn't, but power and skill does.'' He sent Kiba a foxy grin of his own as his eyes shone with amusement ''both of which I have in spades, this sword aren't for show y'know'' He laughed at the stunned looks that were sent his way by everyone bar Hinata as Ino and Sakura were still a bit out of it. The Hyuga Princess sent him a warm and happy smile, one he returned to her, making pretty pink appear on her moon white skin.
Naruto sat down next to a sleeping student 'Shikamaru Nara' clarified Naruto as he looked at one of his closet male friends, right after Rock Lee and Right before, believe it or not, Neji Hyuga after he was able to get him out of his 'Fate and destiny' Crap. Ino and Sakura snapped out of their own little world as Naruto sat down and started to listen to Iruka as he called out names from his broad. Naruto had told them that he was getting a wardrobe change finally but kept it a secret from them as a surprise. All three of the Ice Princesses would agree that it was well worth the wait, mainly because of the way it would cling to his muscular torso and hinted at his godly and drool worthy, for his age, physique.
''Wow'' Breathed Ino as she looked at the back of Naruto's head ''What an improvement'' She whispered to an equally stunned Sakura, both missing Naruto's shoulders shake with suppressed laughter. Hinata, however, didn't as she too had to cover her mouth and turn her head to the side to hid her amusement.
Sakura nodded in agreement, also staring at Naruto's golden locks. ''Yeah, Naruto-Kun looks so handsome now much better the his stupid orange jumpsuit'' Naruto's shoulders suddenly stopped shaking as Hinata and Ino looked at Sakura with shock and horror. Naruto slowly raised from his seat and turned to look at the wide eyed Sakura, his face blank.
''How dare you,'' He whispered in a quiet voice that made most near him shiver ''Insult the godly colour of orange!'' Naruto lean over so he was almost face to face with the sweating form of Sakura but she sat their unmoving while looking Naruto in the eye with a firm resolve, strong in her opinion. Both stared at the other in a tense silence suddenly, Naruto broke out in a happy smile, making everyone breath a sigh of relief as the feeling in the air was lifted. ''it's nice to hear that I look handsome to you though.'' He whispered to her, his hot breath brushing across her face, making her blush a lovely shade of red.
Naruto chuckled at the look on her face, taking great joy in his effect on her. Just as he was about to sit back down, the person in front of him stood up, telling a story to his friends, knocking into Naruto. Time froze when Naruto realized what was happening and there was nothing that he could really do to stop the motion without grabbing a hand full of Sakura's body, she seemed to realize this to as her eyes widened with a multitude of emotions.
Ino and Hinata watched as Naruto slowly fell towards the frozen in place Sakura. Ino's eyes narrowed at the hidden look of happiness on Sakura's face, Hinata just shook her head with a soft smile, this all seemed terribly set up to her. Almost like their was someone setting these things up.
Sakura couldn't help but look into Naruto's eyes at his face closed the distance. 'Move' she yelled to herself, willing her body to follow her orders. 'You want this, don't kid yourself' She heard her inner voice, 'But Naruto-Kun will think that this was only an accident and brush it off, I wanted to give it to him on a date or something. Not like this!' She mentally panicked as the space between Naruto and herself decreased down to mere inches. 'Too Late' Replied inner-Sakura in a sing song voice as Naruto connected with Sakura.
Right on the lips.
Both Naruto and Sakura froze up as the class watched on in shook and horror as the 'Dead-last' locked lips with the 'Pink Princess' of the 'ice princesses'. Sakura's mind shut down as Naruto natural musk and unique scent of forest pine and mint flooded her body, his sot but firm lips covering her own. Her eyes slowly closed on their own accord as she unconsciously leaned into the kiss, burring her hands in his surprisingly soft gold and sliver locks, deepening the unintentional embrace of lips.
Naruto moaned out in surprise as a pair of arms dragged his head down into the kiss, he didn't fight as their lips moved in perfect sync. The smell of Sakura's cherry, just like her namesake, shampoo filled Naruto's nose he ran his hands through her long, silky and soft hair, hearing her moan out at the affectionate act. The sweet taste of honey and strawberries, one of her favorite treats, assaulted Naruto's senses, threatening to overwhelm him. He loved to feel her soft skin in his hands again, greatly missing it for the past over one-hundred since she was taken from him. Kami, how he missed this!
Before they could get any further lost in each other, a nearby cough made them break apart with a speed that would've made the forth Hokage's famous Hiraishin jealous, something Naruto could attest to. A red faced Sakura and a slightly pink Naruto refused to look at the other as they found the origin of the cough was from one red face Iruka Umino. ''Now that you to are no longer… lost in the other, shall we continue?''Iruka question in annoyance without making eye contact with the two, deeply embarrassed by witnessing their shockingly hot and steamy kiss for their age.
Ino ignored Iruka as she glared at a volcano red Sakura who tried to sinking into her chair to avoid the looks other seething jealousy and rage. Hinata just shook her head in exasperation while thinking about the fact she had to talk to both Ino and Sakura about a law she had found for clans with one remaining member, what joy that would be, especially if the felt the same way as she did about the blond baka.
Iruka coughed again to compose himself before speaking to the entire class. ''Today marks the day where you could take on the Konoha forehead protector and become Shinobi. I have the utmost confidence that most, if not all of you will pass the test and become Genin. Whatever the outcome, I just want you to know that it has been a pleasure to teach each and everyone of you.'' The whole class listen with rapt attention, quite the contrast to how they would normally respond to one of his lectures. ''Now'' He said as he walked towards the door and held it open. ''The first portion of the exam is Taijutsu, follow me to the field. Mizuki is already out there waiting'' The class were quick to fall in after their sensei, blood pumping and ready for anything.
Training Ground Behind the Academy:
The class walked to the back of the academy talking among one another excitedly, the intimate moment shared between Sakura and Naruto all but forgotten by most of the students. Except a select few. Ino walked close to Sakura firing a multitude of questions like 'How did it feel?' and 'What did it taste like?' even the 'Will he do that to me if it ask?' at such a rapid rate it was hard to answer before the next one came. Hinata, who was walking with the pair while looking at the back of Naruto as he walked and talked with Shikamaru and Choji, his best friends, just shook her head at the pair.
Soon, Iruka came to a stop and turned to face the class, promoting them to to do the same. The class soon crowed around their Sensei for the last three years, all of them taking notice of the other figure that walked up to stand next to Iruka.
Naruto narrowed his eyes as his right hand twitched so slightly that even a Sharingan would have trouble picking up the movement. 'Mizuki' He growled in his mind as the silver haired shinobi came to a stop while flashing the class a 'warm' and 'friendly' smile but Naruto could see the sick gleam in his eyes, especially when they locked gazes. No matter what Naruto did, Mizuki was always against him for what he used to hold in his gut, he was one of the more vocal 'Fox-Demon-Brat' haters, no matter what he tried.
''Alright'' Called out Iruka, gathering the attention of his chatting students. ''As you all know, today is the day of the Genin exams. The first test is a Taijutsu test, as I said in the class room. In this test you will have to go up against Mizuki-Senpai...'' He indicated to the silver haired man beside him, who waved at the class. ''and last for a minimum of three minutes. We will be judging you on your stance and any opening you may have.'' He looked down to the clip board in his hand before clearing his throat and looking back up at his excited class. ''We will be starting in alphabetical order, so with that said lets start with: Aburame, Shino''
A brown spiky haired boy walked forward from the back. He was wearing a beige coat with pockets that he liked to rest his hands in almost all the time and black glasses covering his eyes normally emotionless eyes. Grey pants and black shinobi sandals. The student body parted like the red sea as the class-creep walked to the ring, Naruto gave the Aburame clan hair a pat on the shoulder as he pass him, giving his silent support to his friend. Shino looked at Naruto out of the corner of his eyes and gave him a nod of thanks.
Naruto chuckled as he retreaded back to stand by Shikamaru's side, nudging the lazy boy every now and then to keep his friend awake. He sat back to observe the oncoming matches with a keen eye. 'I wonder if Sakura, Ino and Hinata are gonna beat the crap out of Mizuki-Teme' He thought eagerly as he pictured the broken and beaten form of the blinded by hate Chunin. 'Whatever happens' He thought as Shino landed a solid kick into side of Mizuki, sending the man stumbling before he corrected himself. ''This is gonna be fun'' He said out loud, making a few people near him shake their head at his child like behavior. One of which was Sasuke Uchiha, though if one were to look close enough, they would've seen a slight smile on his normally dark and moody face.
Dear Kami, I can already imagine the Fan-girls screams.
Fifty-Six Minutes later:
'Well' Thought Naruto as he sighed to himself after watching one of Sasuke's Fan-girls get beaten after just a few hits, not wanting to get her hair messed up anymore. 'At least my himes put up a good fight' And they truly did.
The Pink princess Sakura's match didn't last too long as she used her own self made, with the help of Naruto, Taijutsu style called; Dancing Deadly Cherry Blossom. Not very creative in it's name but correct in its description. The style relied on the user dancing around the attacks of their opponents and delivering strong and precise blows to the body, breaking bones and shattering bodies. Mizuki charged at Sakura with Genin level speeds, becoming a blur to most of the untrained students their but not the pink haired girl. All she did was cock her fist while unconsciously channeling Chakra into her fist, like she had to do to make Naruto feel anything at all. She dodged the strike to her face by twisting her head to the side and slammed her fist into the stomach of the off balanced Mizuki, making him spit up blood and saliva while flying to the far wall, cracking the solid concrete of the building.
So a shocked Iruka called match, and a medic, as Sakura walked toward a cheering Naruto and Ino while Hinata just clapped in happily with a smile on her face because of her friends victory. She walked up to Naruto with looking in his eyes, playing with the dirt on the ground, timidly asking whether or not she did good. Naruto just smiled his foxy smile and wrapped her up in a warm hug, whispering a loving 'congratulations' in her ear. Sakura, despite being a lovely shade of red in the face, just placed her head on his chest as flashes of what occurred between them earlier in the classroom filled her mind. Ino just glared at the pair in jealousy and she clenched and unclenched her hand, trying to calm herself. Hinata just patted the girls shoulder, making Ino release a sigh of defeat.
Next was the Hyuga Princess, Hinata made good use of her clan Taijutsu style, Gentle Fist, a style that makes use of the users Chakra by forcing it into their opponents Chakra path ways, targeting one or two of their Tenketsu points with a series of blows. Inflicting extreme internal damage to the body and potentially destroying the nearby organs, all done with only a single tap of a users finger. Quite the formidable and deadly style of Taijutsu, gives meaning to the saying 'Fighting Hyuga hand to hand is just a death wish' Something that's made most of the Hyuga clan quite arrogant, thinking they were unbeatable.
Hinata's fight only lasted one minute thirty seconds because Hinata closed a few Tenketsu points in both Mizuki's arms and legs, rendering him a motionless sack of potatoes on the floor. Hinata had walked away from that fight with her head held high and a smile on he lips as Mizuki laid groaning and moaning on the floor. Naruto made sure to give her an extra big hug for that, something she was vocally happy about. The last one remaining to fight was Ino because her name started with a Y meaning she would be one of the last to step up.
Naruto was broken out of his thoughts when the voice of Iruka called out ''Next up; Uchiha, Sasuke'' And had to cover his ears as squeals and giggles assaulted his hyper powered senses. He huffed as Sakura giggled by his side at his misfortune. The 'Last-Loyal-Uchiha' brushed off the screams of affection and requests of dates as he walked up with his hands in his pockets and a scowl on his face, He stopped just opposite to the grinning Mizuki. His stance soon shifted into the classic Interceptor Fist style of the Uchiha clan that relies on predicting the enemies movements and countering them. The style could only be used to it's full potential when used in conjunction with the Uchiha Bloodline; The Sharingan. Something Sasuke was not in possession of yet.
The two looked at each other, studying their opponents form. Sasuke noticed a series of obvious openings in Mizuki's stance, probably to give students a chance but their far to many to actually seem to present any type of challenge what so ever. Mizuki struck first, like he did with every student so far, Running up to Sasuke with his Genin speed. Sasuke tensed his muscles, ready to act as soon as Mizuki was close enough.
Time tick as Mizuki approached the still Sasuke, just as the silver head Chunin was about to lash out with a right hook. The dark haired Uchiha stuck out his foot, tripping the charging Sensei like an adult would a child. Sasuke reached into his pouch with shocking speed and pulled out a Kunai, the metal shining as the sun hit the steel. He followed down after Mizuki and held the Kunai at his throat, while narrowing his dark eyes at the squirming form of his sensei.
Sasuke let out the signature 'hn' of the Uchiha clan as Iruka called the match in his favor. He sheathed his Kunai in his pouch again and out his hands in his pockets while slowly walking away from the ring to stand on his own. The screams and squeals of the fan-girls grew in volume as the 'cool' and 'hot' Sasuke walked away while Mizuki pulled himself up with a hidden scowl.
Shikamaru raised his head, rubbing his eyes with the back of his hands while yawning. ''Troublesome females'' He complained, blinking the remaining sleep out of his eyes while stretching. He suddenly froze as a frightening feeling washed all over him, his head slowly to look over his shoulder with a squeak. His face broke out in a nervous sweat as the darkly grinning forms of Ino and Sakura stood above him, both having that look in the eye while cracking their knuckles menacingly. ''Wait a minute'' He threw his hands up to hopefully defuse the situation ''I'm saying that fan-girls are troublesome not all girl, even if they are'' He bit back the wince at his poor choice of words and the sound of grinding teeth ''Um, ah, well that's not what I meant. Um, you see'' Shikamaru's eyes darted all over the place to try and see anyway out of his tense predicament.
His eyes' soon lock with the positively glowing blue of Naruto's as he looked at him in amusement. ''Naruto!'' He yelled out in mock friendliness as he let out a nervous chuckle while the two continued to stalk towards the lazy Nara while he called out to one of his childhood friends as he knew Choji was going to next to no help here, said friend was just sat their happily munching on his bag of chips. ''Naruto, you gotta help me man. Get your crazy chicks in line or something man!'' He could see the look of laughter die in Naruto eyes and all the remained was fear and pity.
Naruto shook his head in despair as he looked at Shikamaru in pity, he slowly raised his hand to the shaking Nara. He showed three fingers to the lazy Shinobi-in-training ''That makes three Shika. I'm afraid I can't do anything for you now, you have been a good friend and it has been a pleasure knowing you'' He and Choji closed their eyes and put their hand over their heart in a mock sort of send off for a dead comrade. The girls smirked as they advanced towards the shaking form Shikamaru, ignoring his cries of 'traitors' and 'what happened to leave no man behind'.
''Uzumaki, Naruto'' Called Iruka as he sent his little brother a supportive smile, completely missing the sick and twisted look in Mizuki's eyes as Naruto made his way to the ring. But not before Hinata dragged him to her by the arm.
''Good luck Naruto-Kun'' Hinata whispered in his ear, just as Naruto was about to pull away, Hinata kiss him on the cheek with pink on her own. Naruto stood there with wide eyes as Hinata pulled away and turned to sit down to watch his match. Before she did, however, she sent the shocked but happy Naruto a slightly flirtatious smile as her eyes twinkled in amusement at his reaction.
Naruto snapped out of his daze and shook his head slowly, a fond smile on his face as he made his way to stand across from the battle ready Mizuki. 'That's my Hime' He thought to himself as he got into his own loose stance, ready to lay the smack down on the anger blind teacher. 'Even now I can see the rage and hate in his eyes' Naruto sighed as he looked at Mizuki, seeing the crazed look on his face.
Iruka looked from one to the other as they glared at each other, he shock his head as he raised his arm high into the air. Naruto just looked ahead with a lazy stance and look, as if this would be no trouble to stomp out the more experienced Chunin. who they think is more experienced.
Mizuki almost growled out in rage as he looked at Naruto, was this kid really that cocky? Just because he was the Kyuubi reincarnated doesn't mean he was strong enough to not take him seriously. He would beat that brat into submission and show him who was boss. Mizuki mind was so deluded that it actually seemed plausible to him, just like the idea of Naruto actually being the Kyuubi.
Iruka brought his hand down, calling the beginning of the match. ''You may start'' He sent Naruto a nod of good luck, something the blond boy smiled his thanks to.
Mizuki wasted no time in rushing at the bored looking boy at High-Genin to Low-Chunin speeds, making him seemingly disappear to most of the class. Only the heirs, heiresses, Iruka and of course Naruto could keep up.
Naruto just looked at the 'rapidly, pfft, yeah right' approaching Mizuki, Naruto could see the dark and slightly insane look in his eyes. He shook his head in defeat, there really was no changing people like this. Too blind in their hate to really see what was right in front of them. 'Though' Mused Naruto as he dodge Mizuki's sloppy rage filled strike and grabbed his wrist in a steel like grip, feeling the bones in his grasp groan, just like the person they were in. 'those type of people are the most fun to prank' He gave the arm in his hold a vicious tug and let go, making he silver haired Chunin stumble forwards.
Right into Naruto brutal spinning heel kick, the force shattering Mizuki's jaw into hundreds of bone fragments. His neck snapped to the side and his body soon followed afterwards, sending him flying back at a startling speed, faster then when he rushed at Naruto. The crowd didn't know what happened, one moment Mizuki was rushing Naruto then the next he was fly the opposite direction as Naruto stood in the same place only with his right leg raised as if he get kick something.
Naruto took a deep breath as he lowered his leg slowly and looked at the stunned speechless Iruka, who stood there mouth open wide just like he was a when Naruto showed off his new look. The blond took a side glance to the rest of the class to see them in the same state as Iruka was, is it really that shocking to see the dead last knock out a Chunin with one kick at speeds faster then they could follow? After all deception is a ninja's bread and butter. Naruto cleared his throat while looking at his older brother expectingly, waiting for him to do his job.
Iruka blinked owlishly, trying to comprehend what he had just seen. ''Um.. Well, Naruto Uzumaki, you passed the Taijutsu test with flying colours'' He looked towards the twitching form of Mizuki as blood dripped down out of his mouth at an alarming rate. ''It's seems that because of you I now have be the one to test the skills of the remaining students.'' He sighed as he rubbed his temples when he saw Naruto sheepish face as he rubbed the back of his head. ''Just, go sit back down'' Iruka sighed again as he looked at who was next on his board, absent-mindedly taking note of Ino as she rushed Naruto to hug the boy. He shook his head with a fond smile, Naruto was a natural when it came to talking to ladies, or anyone really. At his young age, he already had three stunningly beautiful girls all pining for his affections, it made him wonder just how many would fall to the boyish charm that Naruto just seemed to ooze.
He buried his thought as he called out one of the last seven names ''Wakata, Haruo. You're up next'' Whatever happens with Naruto, he was grateful, no blessed was the right word, that the Hokage convinced him to become the teacher to Naruto. He blocked a punch aimed at his face with little to no effort on his part, and sent one of his own to his student. He was proud of what his student had become and what he would no doubt be. He saw the way the villagers looked at him now-a-days and it brought him great joy to see their hate turn to acceptance one face at a time.
Naruto Uzumaki was truly one of a kind.
Few Minutes Later:
Naruto, Sakura and Hinata all nodded and clapped with proud smiles as Ino lasted the full three minutes against Iruka, landing a few hits on the skilled academy teacher despite taking a few herself. Taijutsu was never really her strong point but she was doing a lot better then she did in the last Genin Exams, having forfeited to keep her looks to impress 'Sasuke-Kun'. God was she a fan girl if Naruto ever saw one, he couldn't even begin to describe his happiness at her kicking her tendencies. To de honest, that was one of the reasons Inoichi, Ino's father, probably liked him. Along with Sakura's dad, despite his wife's obvious detain to the blond Juubi.
Iruka just watched in silence as the class talked and congratulate each other with a fond smile. After a few minutes he brought his fist up to his mouth and coughed loudly to get everyone's attention, his smile soon dropped as the class ignored him and continued to talk amongst themselves. His left eye twitched dangerously as a tick mark appeared on his forehead, his face coloring a rageful red.
His head suddenly grew to an epic size as he roared out, ''SHUT UP, YOU BAKAS!'' The force of his voice made his students grab onto anything near them to stop them from being blown away, though it did blow away their will to speak as the irate Iruka calmed himself down. ''Now'' He said with a soft and warm smile on his face again, ''Seeing as Mizuki is still in the nurses room from that blow to the jaw'' He glared at a nervous Naruto who scratched the back of his head in embarrassment and shame that only grew when Hinata and Sakura shook their heads at him. ''Lets go to the ShrunkenJutsu part of the Exam'' Iruka turned and walked away, not waiting for any type of answer as the class fell into step again.
After a few minutes of walking, he came to a stopped just in front of three pillars of wood with targets on them along with a large amount of crack and indentations. Like someone had thrown something at them repeatedly, which would be a correct assumption. ''Now, you know what to do but in case you have forgotten. You will be throwing ten Kunai and five Shrunken at the targets at the end of the field, making the total you can hit being fifteen. The lowest you can score is eight, anything lower then I am afraid you will fail and have to stay back another year.'' He sent the class a sickening smirk that spoke of pain a misery as he finished his speech. ''Like last time we will be doing this in alphabetical order. Aburame Shino, you're up first.''
Naruto smirked as the silent boy walked to the front like last time, a plan already forming in his mind. He could already imagine the heat he was going to get from doing what he was about to do but it was going to be worth it. Because, no matter how old he will become, he was a prankster at both heart and soul. Beside, you know what they say, 'once a prankster, always a prankster' Naruto lived by that saying.
He blocked out most of the civilian students he did, however, take note of the fact that at least seven pass will the rest failed almost spectacularly, except Sakura, who pass with a decent twelve. But just like he expected, all of the clan kids got the average minimum of ten; only Hinata, Ino, Sasuke and Naruto got fifteen.
Sasuke's turn shock a lot of people watching as he threw all ten Kunai at once followed by the five shrunken in the same fashion. He had brushed off all the praise sent his way with a cocky but cold smile but only Naruto could see the challenge in the dark haired boy's eyes'. Let it be known that Naruto Uzumaki never backs down from a fight, so with squared shoulders and a ram-rod back, he channeled his Wind-Style Chakra, a hard feat to do seeing as the equipment provided weren't made for element manipulation. The weapons glowed a bright blue, making the students who didn't know confused while the people that did just looked on in shook and surprise.
Naruto hid his foxy smile from everyone as he threw the weapons just like Sasuke without even grunting. The Kunai cut throw the air at blurring speeds, leaving a blue trail in their wake. The entire class just looked on with wide eyes as the Kunai impacted the wooden pillars on the bullseye…
And tore right through the sturdy post, sending splinters everywhere but the Kunai didn't stop. They continued on until they were buried up to the hilt in the stone six meters behind the three now shattered targets. Everyone just stared with eyes wide as Naruto stood their with a smug grin and his hands on his hips.
The three Ice Princesses were the first to get over the shock, having gotten used to these things after knowing Naruto for the past six years. Even if seeing him control his element at such a young was astounding, it was becoming the norm of seeing him do things that shouldn't be possible. Beside, what's next? Him being able to take on a tailed beast one-on-one? Yeah right, that sounded completely asinine and it wasn't possible for one person to fight one of the nine Bijuu anyway.
After the whole class had their turn at showing their skills at Shrunken Jutsu, Iruka had led them inside for the finale stretch of the Exam. He could almost see the nerves building up in some of the more unprepared students, the ones that never bothered to actually train. Once everyone was sat back down in their class room seats, Iruka got to work on quickly marking down everything that had happened in the last hour, especially Naruto sudden burst in skill and shocking display of Chakra control and manipulation when he fed it through normal metal weapons. Most full grown Ninja would have trouble doing what he did with weapons designed for that type of use.
''Right!'' Called Iruka as he looked up from his board, having put down the latest results for each student. ''The last portion of this Exam is all about Ninjutsu. Just like last time, I will call your name and you will follow me into this room were you will show me the three academy Jutsu; The Kawarimi no Jutsu or Substitution Jutsu, The Bunshin no Jutsu or Clone Jutsu and the Henge no Jutsu or Transformation Jutsu.'' He walked over to the door, holding it open as he called out the first students name. ''Once again Aburame Shino, would you please join me in the next room.'' Iruka waited patiently as the heavily covered boy strolled out of the open door. Just as Iruka was about to follow him, he turned towards the remaining students and sent them a glare, ''Everyone will stay in this room until their name is called.'' His glare intensified as he spotted the innocently whistling Naruto. ''Is that understood?'' He asked in a stiff and firm tone, leaving no room for disagreement.
Naruto just continued to try and look innocent but the look was whipped of his face as a hand struck the back of his head with a decent amount of force, sending his face into the desk with a crash. He didn't even have to look for him to know who's hand it was as he groan out a weak. ''Was that really necessary Ino-Chan?'' His only response was a low growling noise as his head was pushed farther down into the wood of the desk. ''Ok-Ok, get off me you crazy women, fine!'' He looked up at the smug looking Iruka as he bit out a reluctant ''Yes Iruka-Sensei'' like the rest of the class.
The scarred Chunin just nodded with a smug smile as he shut the door, leaving the class to wait for the last test. The one that tended to make it or break it. Most were calm and cool, talking to their friends as if this was just another day while other seemed to be shaking in either fear and nervousness or in giddiness and excitement. Naruto was of the first category, while his Chakra control was no where near perfect enough form delicate work like Medical Ninjutsu, it was still amazing for someone with the amount of Chakra he had inside of him.
Patience was never really his strong suit though, what could he do while he waited? Suddenly an idea popped into his head, making him giggle mischievously and move to get up. He was stopped by a firm and strong yet gentle grip on his arm. He looked over to see a far too sweetly smiling Hinata with her eyes closed. He started to sweat, he never liked that look on his Hyuga Hime (Princess) it normally meant pain if he didn't comply. So without her even have to say a word, Naruto was quick to take his seat again as sweat dripped off his face like a waterfall. He was relived when Hinata gave him a nod of acceptance and turn to talk to Ino and Sakura again.
Naruto sighed in frustration but his face had a fond and happy smile. 'Just like when we were married. Hinata always was the dominate on in the little 'Collective' we had going on' Naruto chuckled to himself as a past memory came up. 'Even if she wasn't the oldest, she could tame most anyone with that smile of hers' He shivered remembrance, fearing the man times he had seen that smile.
Hinata suddenly felt a smug pride enter her body, like she had thoroughly told off someone from doing something incredibly stupid, she just shrugged it off however and contained to listen as Ino told her and Sakura about a recurring dream she had been having about a metal cord, a piece of glass and a rubber duck of all things.
Naruto sighed in boredom as he sunk back into his seat and closed his eyes. What was he gonna do for the next untold amount of time. He was the great Naruto Uzumaki Naruto and he would figure something out.
One Hour and Twenty-Seven Minutes Later:
A Nap. A nap was what the great Naruto Uzumaki came up with, resting the eyes, slowing the brain or have some beauty sleep. Whatever you want to call it. Ino just watched with a small smile as the blond Juubi snoozed in his seat, drool dripping down his chin to the hard wooden desk. After Hinata and Sakura had been called, the two had decided to go and train, their new forehead protectors displayed proudly on their neck and right thigh respectively, leaving the two blonds alone with a few others in the class. Though Naruto was fast asleep, leaving her alone with know one she liked to talk to.
She sighed to herself as she looked at he object of her affections, his blond and silver hair almost shining as the light it it, her fingers twitched with want. 'Devilishly handsome when he is awake flashing his foxy grin, unbelievingly cute when his is asleep' She sighed to herself again, eyes shining with adoration as Naruto seemed to burrow farther into his crossed arms where he had laid his head.
Ino was awoken from her day dreaming while Naruto jolt up from his actual dreaming when the door slammed open with a loud bang as a smiling Iruka walked in. ''Naruto! You up next!'' He called as he looked at the blond and silver haired boy, who hastily wiped the drool of his with a sheepish smile. Iruka just shook his head in exasperation, holding the door open as he motion for Naruto to go through.
Ino watched as Naruto stood up with a conflicted look in her eyes, she took a deep breath as she came to a decision. Before Naruto rushed off to Iruka, Ino pulled him to her with a strong tug. Naruto yelped out in shook and before he knew it, a pair of soft lips were planted on his cheek. Naruto turned a lovely shade of red, a colour Ino seemed to match. It wasn't a second later that Ino pulled away whispering a small but happy ''Good Luck'' as she sat down, refusing to look at the stock-still Naruto. She turned her head to the side to look out the window with her arms crossed under her chest, painfully aware of the looks she was getting from the remaining people in the class.
Naruto walked away in a daze, his hand raised to his cheek. He fingers traced the pink lipstick mark on his cheek, the pink blending well with the scarlet of his face. He passed Iruka, absent-mindedly picking up on the barely suppressed laughter from the scared teacher. Before Iruka closed the door, Naruto looked over his shoulder at Ino. The two locked eyes for a slit second before the two looked away again, their faces alight more then before.
'Well then,' Thought Naruto as he shock his head side to side a smile slowly forming on his face. 'Ain't that something' long ago memories flashed in his head, thinking on his past life before everything was taken from him. 'Ino did that before we got together last time as well' He brought a finger to his chin as he fell into step with Iruka, ignoring the teasing aimed his way by the Chunin. 'Wonder if this could mean the same in this time around' He chuckled at the thought, after having that kiss with Sakura he knew the talk was coming soon. Last time he had that talk with the girls their were a lot of sharp objects that wanted to take away his ability to carry on his clan.
Not a pleasant experience that he was looking forward to going through again.
The two of them walked to the room were the final part of the Exam was meant to take place, one trying to ignore the other continuous prodding and poking to get a reaction. Soon the pair came to a stop in a lightly coloured wooden room with a single table littered with dozens of blue clothed Konoha forehead protectors and a lone chair to the left of said table.
Iruka walked over to the table then turned to talk to the only other person in the room. ''This test would normally be done with two overseers but seeing as Mizuki is still unconscious from that kick to the jaw earlier. That was a very strong and well place kick by the way, well done. Anyway, I will be doing this test on my own.'' Naruto gave a nod of conformation at the information given to him, hiding the satisfaction from the damage he had done to the Silver haired Teme. ''Okay, First you will show me the Kawarimi no Jutsu'' Iruka looked over his board with a pen in his hand, ready to mark down Naruto's scores.
Naruto nodded again, as his Chakra reached out to the nearest object he was able to switch with. In this case it was the lone chair in the room, probably there of this reason. Suddenly, Naruto and the chair had switched places, without any handsigns, smoke or even a noise. Iruka started to write quickly as Naruto appeared back to the place he was before, like he hadn't even moved at all.
'Jutsu One: The Kawarimi no Jutsu. Quickly used. No smoke. No Handsigns. Didn't have to call the name of the Jutsu as he preformed it. Result: Mastered it to a level far beyond the requirement need' Iruka wrote down as fast as he could, astounded by his, secretly, favourite students display. After a few seconds, Iruka looked up at the stoic Naruto who stood their with his arms crossed, waiting for the next part.
''Okay, the next one is the Bunshin no Jutsu,'' He sent Naruto a worried and comforting look at the same time, a weird combo really. ''Don't worry if you can't do this one, Okay Naruto? With your results from the rest of the exam, you will pass with flying colours.'' Iruka reached out to pat Naruto shoulder, like a supportive big brother would.
Naruto just smirked at the scarred chunin, his hand flying into a cross sign in front of his, his middle and index fingers on both hands pointing out. He called out one of his more favourite and useful out of his massive arsenal of Jutsus. ''Kage Bunshin no Jutsu'' Naruto carefully moulded the required amount of Chakra to only produce his minimum at the moment of five clones. He didn't really need the handsign to do the Jutsu but he always felt slightly badass while doing it. The room was filled with smoke as five identical Naruto, all wearing the same grin, popped into existence besides the original.
Iruka looked on with wide eyes, his mind slowly trying to comprehend what had just happened. Finally his mouth started working along with his brain as he sputtered out a stunned, ''Naruto, That's an A-Rank Forbidden Jutsu. How do you even know about that Jutsu, let alone be able to use it..'' He was truly stunned. That was a dangerous jutsu that most full grown Shinobi could use and yet, here was a twelve year old boy, not even out of the academy yet, using it like it was nothing. He wasn't even sweating nor did his breathing pattern change in the slightest. He used it like he been using it since he was a child.
The main reason it was an A-Rank Forbidden Jutsu was because of the absolutely massive amount of Chakra required to even make one clone, let alone five. Plus, the hidden feature of the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu was the memory feed back once a clone's 'life' was used up. Most would use this as a way of boosting training time up exponentially, making a days worth of training into a years worth if enough clones were used. Not a bad idea at all, until you count in the dangerously high chance of brain damage from having so many memories rammed into your head. So seeing a child preform this type of Jutsu like it was nothing was quite the startling experience.
All six of the Narutos just chuckled as they rubbed the back of their heads in-sync before five vanished in another puff of smoke, leaving the original standing there on his own, his grin still plastered on his face. ''Inu-Onii-san showed it to me when he saw that I couldn't do the normal Bunshin no Jutsu because of my giant Chakra reserves'' Not a lie but not the truth, seeing as Inu did indeed show him the jutsu, Naruto did however, know it before it was show to him so. Kakashi seemed to take a bigger role in his life this time around for some reason, becoming something of an older brother to the secretly over century old Uzumaki.
Iruka just shook his head at the information, of course it was Kakashi, the two were seen around the other so often and acted just like a family. Just like before, Iruka started to write down the necessary things need to pass the blond. 'Okay then. Jutsu Two: The Bunshin no Jutsu. Naruto Uzumaki was unable to preform the standard clone jutsu but was able to use the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu with little to know effort. Able to produce an astounding five clones much better then the required two. Overall results, Much better then predicted, Pass.' Iruka concluded with a giant smile on his face, proud of the skills Naruto was suddenly displaying.
''Okay, so Finally we have the Henge no Jutsu. Transform into anything you can, ok Naruto. Start when ever you are ready.'' Naruto nodded as he was covered by a plume of smoke, Iruka braced himself for anymore surprises from the blond and silver boy, expecting the theme of today to carry on even now. He however was not ready for what he saw when the smoke cleared. ''Yondamie-Sama!'' He almost shouted in shock, his eyes wide at the 'Ghost' of Minato Namikaze' the forth Hokage, in front of him.
Because stood there was the spitting image of the face on the mountain. Long shoulder length spiky golden hair, much like Naruto's new style but without the silver highlights, check. Calm and cool azure blue eyes that could turn even more icy then a glacier in the winter, again just like Naruto's, cheek. Angular face that attracted a lot of female attention when the man was younger, one more just like Naruto's own face despite the lack of whiskers, cheek. Everything was spot on, the white cloak with red flames, the green jounin flak-jacket over a full blue body suit.
''Iruka-san'' Even the voice was spot on, having heard it a few times when he was a child. Iruka snapped to attention, the voice was so full of strength, authority and the ever-present kindness that it almost made him think that the forth Hokage never did that night twelve years ago. ''I believe that if one does not understand what it feels like to fight, not for themselves but to fight for their loved ones and family, then they do not posses the 'will of fire'. As Hokage, I have the whole village to protect, they are my family. We must do our best to protect the future of this village, the children. We must nurture them and to help them grow into great people to lead when he pass on, you have do a great job as a teacher Iruka-san. Please, never lose your own personal 'Will of fire' and continue to teach the next generation of Ninja. you are a true shinobi'' His word brought a great joy to the scared chunin, as he nodded a firm yes.
Iruka was knocked out of his stiff, ram-rod stance when the softly smiling form of the blond Yondamie was covered from view by a cloud of fluffy grey. Soon the smoke cleared to show Naruto from before. Iruka blinked, his mind slowly taking in the change. He couldn't, however, knock the painfully obvious similarities between his favourite student and the 'Yellow Flash' of Konoha. An idea was quick to pop into his mind, one he shook off as soon as it appeared.
'No' He thought with a small scoff. 'Naruto couldn't be related to the Yondaime, the third Hokage would've told the entire village if that was the case' He concluded with a firm nod, completely sure with his thoughts outcome. But no matter how hard he tried, he could almost feel the niggling feeling at the back of his mind, what if that wasn't the case?
Naruto chuckled to himself as he watched the sea of emotions cross Iruka's eyes, he was well aware of what his sensei was thinking about. After a few minutes of silently watching, Naruto saw Iruka nod to himself slightly, seemingly coming to a conclusion. ''So Iruka-Sensei,'' He gave the chunin a foxy grin, his eyes positively sparkling with mirth. ''Do I pass?'' He asked as innocently as he could, but the entire image was ruined by the grin still stuck on his face.
Iruka coughed to himself as he reached out to the table next to him, his fingers wrapping around the cold metal of Naruto's achievement. He looked at the leaf insignia engraved into the metal with a fond smile. He turned to Naruto, his smile still on his face as he geld the forehead protector close to his chest. ''It gives me great joy to hand one of these out to a student that I have taught from the past few years.'' he looked down at the universal sign of a Ninja's willingness to serve his or her village. ''But with you, it feels different. it's like seeing you little brother finally over come something and becoming a man'' Iruka looked up at the stunned Naruto, with a happy smile and watery eyes. He held out the protector to the blond, who grabbed it with robotic movement and shaky fingers. ''It is my greatest pleasure to present to you, Uzumaki Naruto, the Konohagakure Hitai-ate. You are a full fledged shinobi now. Protect our village and it's people with your life.'' He brought the newly minted, again, Ninja into a brotherly hug as he whispered into his ear. ''I'm proud of you Naruto. If you ask Kakashi, he probably will be to.'' Iruka pulled back and patted the blond and silver haired boy on the shoulder, a warm smile clear for anyone to see.
Naruto raised the hitai-ate to his forehead, his sliver tinted gold bags being pushed away from his face. He tied the cloth together behind his head, taking great joy in the familiar feeling. The light reflected off of the cool and untouched metal as Naruto wiped the tears from Iruka's speech away. He sent the chunin a nod of both respect and gratitude, one which the teacher sent back happily.
'Now' thought Naruto as he walked out of the room, a small scheming grin making it's way across his face. 'Time to set my plans into motion' He brought a finger to his chin in a mock thinking pose, his eyes dancing with excitement.
''I hear Kirigakure is nice this time of year, I wonder how Mei-chan is now-a-days''
A/N: So this is Chapter two of 'The Primordial Uzumaki' I hope you people liked it and it was worth the wait.
SO, I left a absolutely massive hint on the plot of the next Chapter and I do hope you guys like where this story is going.
Anyway here are the Pictures of both Ino and Sakura:
Ino: Search 'Ino' by Harpiya deviant Art also.
Sakura: search sword wielding cherry bloom from the Artist x dangoloverx on Deviant art (Without the sword)
I do not own either of these picture because I am no where near as talented as the two who made them. please go and check them out.
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