Yo, CaptainPrice here with the newest chapter of Shinobi of the Ebon Blade! This chapter focuses on Naruto's return and the genin exam. It will also go to flashbacks and what not. Now I decided to answer some questions from some reviewers. But in order to do that, I decided to invite Naruto and Grimes to help me. I do NOT own Naruto or WoW, I only own my Death Knight, Grimes. A/N: I was pretty surprised on the amount of reviews for the first chapter, thanks for posting and enjoy!
Naruto: Okay, so how is this going to go?
CaptainPrice: We're going to answer some reviews.
Grimes: Okay here's one. (Pulls out review letter)
CaptainPrice: From, Kyuubi16. (Good... Could you put Yugito in Naruto's harem for the hell of it?) Now, I will think about it, but I'm not so sure Kyuubi16. It's a possibility, but don't get your hopes up, I know you love the NaruxYugi pair a lot. Thanks for the review.
Naruto: Hmmm, might not be such a bad idea. She's got a nice rack.
Grimes/CaptainPrice: (Sweatdrop) ookay....
CaptainPrice: Okay this'n is from Cheese lover Tobi: (I LOVE IT! Sep that last part, where grims says COME AND IGVE YA BRO A HUG!
That whole part just seemed to fast. I mean just said ill adopt ya and now call me big bro and hug and all that. Just seem to quick and rushed like ya just wanted it done with. Anyway love the rest of the story im a big wow fan so i cant wait to read more!) I see what you meen, but that was all I could think of to end the chapter, besides, Naruto had a shitty day. One can only take so much. Thank you for the review, I'll try not to disappoint ya'.
Grimes: ....How can someone spell my name wrong? I find that offensive!
CaptainPrice: Shut up and pull out another review.
Grimes: Prick... (Opens review and hands it to CaptainPrice)
CaptainPrice: Thank you, I do my best! Okay this one is from 4ndyM3: (Just a small question, however... Is Naruto going to have to die to become a death knight? I'm not sure Kyuubi is going to like that, seeing as if the host dies, so does the tenant. If Naruto dies to become a death knight, then you just killed off a very powerful being.) No, Naruto did not die to become a Death Knight, and Kyuubi wasn't sacrificed either. Read this chapter to see how it happens.
Naruto: Wow, that would've sucked, I was startin to like Fuzz Ball.
CaptainPrice: Whatever, now for the next and last reply for a viewer: Bleedndreamz, to sum it up for ya' I know you mean well, but it's my story. I don't consider it a flame, but from your review but from what you're suggesting is that Naruto should be a cold asshole and not have love for anyone. Now Grimes being SSS-Ranked, don't get me started on that, reason is because he's Darion's right hand man basically, so he's very powerful. Naruto's not Godly Powered in the Fic, not yet, but his power is around low Jounin. Now, I don't really care if you quit reading after this, but the things you stated will be in the story, minus Naruto having a deep hatred of Arthas. However he will be cold towards team 7 when it's formed. And lastly I personally don't think a harem will kill the fic, it will hopefully make it better. And just for a heads up HELL no Sakura is not in the Harem, she is gonna get bashed pretty damn hard. Thanks for the review, I'll take some of what your saying to mind, minus some of the other things.
Grimes/Naruto: well... come on. It's not like we'd be killing everyone and bent on revenge.
CaptainPrice: It's alright, it's just a story and it won't make everyone too happy, so just get use to it.
Grimes/Naruto/CaptainPrice: Now on with the chapter!
Bold- Inner Sakura/Kyuubi/Death Knight abilities.
Italics- Thoughts/Letters/Flashbacks
Bold Italic- Kyuubi thinking
"Quotes"-someone speaking
Opening for: Shinobi of the Ebon Blade Season 1 (chapters 1-10)
Breath-Breaking Benjamin
Outro for: Shinobi of the Ebon Blade season 1: My Spirit Will Go On-Dragonforce
The sun shone brightly in the early morning sky. Today marked the day that Naruto left the village with his adoptive brother to become a Death Knight. It was also the day he was to return and take the Genin Exam. Although Naruto hadn't been taught the proper exercises of using chakra, the Hokage managed to hide some basic and advanced scrolls inside his bag before he left.
The two figures just entered the village and were walking to the Hokage's tower. One had shoulder length brown hair with a brown beard. The other had spiky blond hair with three whisker marks on each cheek. As they walked through the village, many villagers and shinobi looked at the two of them questioningly.
"Now I can see why the villagers look confused," the blond spoke. "But the Shinobi? That's just a fucking joke. Either they haven't been training these past years or they're just incredibly stupid,"
The brown haired man gave a hearty chuckle and ruffled the blonds head.
"True as it is, Naruto, they haven't seen you in six years." the brown haired man replied.
"Good thing they don't know it's me just yet. If so, I'd probably be fighting them right now,"
"Grimes, can I try to use the Shunshin?" Naruto asked.
"Yeah, we should give that a test to see if you truly mastered it," Grimes noted.
Naruto put a hand on Grimes' shoulder and focused his chakra. There was a gust of wind and the two of them vanished.
Naruto and Grimes felt their feet touch the ground and opened their eyes. They stood inside the Hokage's office and saw the Hokage doing paper work. Grimes cleared his throat to gain the Hokage's attention. The Hokage looked up and blinked before giving a grin.
"It's been awhile, Naruto, Grimes," Sarutobi greeted.
"It has been a little while, eh, Hokage-sama?" Grimes replied, with a grin.
The two of them took a seat in front of Sarutobi's desk and lounged back. Sarutobi lit his pipe and exhaled some smoke.
"So, I trust the training went well?" Sarutobi asked, folding his hands under his chin.
"Yes, Naruto is now one of the strongest Death Knight's of his group," Grimes said with pride.
"I think you're giving me a little too much credit, Grimes," Naruto informed.
"No, I'm not, Darion even said you were one of the best he'd seen in a long time," Grimes defended, crossing his arms.
"Now you're just spreading a load of bollocks, Darion is very rarely impressed,"
"I don't mean to interrupt this conversation, but we should discuss the success and defects Naruto had in his training," Sarutobi interjected.
"Right, sorry about that," Grimes said sheepishly.
Grimes and Naruto then explained to Sarutobi about what Naruto had learned during his training. Naruto had mastered the Frost abilities as well as little of the Unholy and Blood abilities. As for his success in his Shinobi abilities, he had learned the Kage-Bunshin, Kawarimi, Shunshin, a couple of fire and water jutsu. He had very high kenjutsu from his sparring with Grimes during their training. Naruto's taijutsu was average and his genjutsu level was low. If anything, Naruto was currently high Chuunin or low Jounin level at the most.
"Naruto, let me ask you something," Sarutobi requested.
"Go ahead," Naruto answered.
"How is it you can use the Kage-Bunshin but not the regular Bunshin?"
"The reason to why I can't is because I have extreme difficulty controlling small amounts of chakra." Naruto began. "Turns out I can only use high leveled techniques that require a lot of chakra and perform them without much difficulty because of the Kyuubi,"
"So, Grimes told you that you contained the, Kyuubi?"
"Yeah, but he assured me that I wasn't a demon,"
"Good, because you're not a demon, you're just its Vessel to keep it at bay," Sarutobi said, sending a small glare at Grimes.
"Well I thought he had the right to know that bit of information," Grimes said defensively.
"That aside, Naruto, I think you should head to the academy, the Genin Test is about to start," Sarutobi informed.
The Hokage pulled out a piece of paper and scribbled a quick note. He handed it to Naruto, who vanished upon retrieving it. Grimes sat there with Sarutobi in silence.
"So, now what?" Grimes asked.
"Why don't we watch his performance?" Sarutobi asked with a grin.
"With what?"
"I have a trusty little friend here,"
Sarutobi pulled out a crystal ball and the image came into focus. The two of them were now looking in an exam room. Multiple kids were sitting down getting ready to take the test. Two Chuunin entered the room and closed the door. One had silver hair while the other had brown hair tied into a pony tail. The kids kept bickering until the brown haired man did something unusual. His head grew twice the size of a normal one.
"Shut your fucking mouths!" he bellowed.
Grimes sweat dropped at the scene below him. He glanced at the Hokage then back at the orb.
"Does that happen daily?" Grimes asked, jerking his thumb at the orb.
"Only on, Wednesdays," Sarutobi replied.
Back in the exam room, the kids instantly quieted. If there was one thing that made them scared it was that big headed jutsu. Iruka sighed and read a piece of paper in front of him.
"Okay I'm going to take attendance," Iruka announced.
Before Iruka could continue, the temperature dropped significantly. Everyone shivered and chattered. Suddenly, there was a crack, and a blue flame spawned before Iruka. A figure stepped out of it and the fire vanished. The temperature warmed up again and everyone looked at the newcomer.
Almost all the girls blushed as they looked at the boy. He was wearing black combat boots, dark blue cargo pants, a grey linen t-shirt, a sleeveless black vest and brown fingerless leather gloves. He had a belt with side pouches going around his waist. His hair was blond and spiky, three whisker marks on each cheek and deep blue eyes. Many of the girls had various thoughts.
"Wow! This guy is sexy!" thought Ino
"He seems familiar," thought Hinata
"Who does he think he is!?" Sakura thought callously.
"Hah, just another loser I can beat," thought Kiba and Sasuke.
"Troublesome," thought Shikamaru.
"Hmm, new guy," thought Choji.
"My bugs fear him, I should stay sharp," thought Shino.
"Is this room, 205?" the boy asked.
"Yes it is, who are you?" Iruka replied.
"Iruka, you didn't forget me too, did you?"
"Let me see that note quick,"
The boy handed Iruka the note. As Iruka read the note, his eyes widened.
"N-Naruto?" Iruka sputtered.
"Well at least you remember me," Naruto said with a small smile.
"Good to see you again. Why don't you take a seat in one of the empty spots?"
Naruto nodded and walked up towards, Hinata. He sat down and smiled at her.
"Hey, I'm Naruto, what's your name?" Naruto asked politely.
"M-my name is, H-Hinata," Hinata stuttered with a blush.
"That's a nice name for a pretty girl,"
Hinata blushed harder and pressed her index fingers together. She thanked Naruto quietly and turned to Iruka.
"Hey! Iruka-sensei! Why does that loser get to just enter when we've been here for years!?" Sakura shrieked.
"Wow, you don't even know me and you call me a loser?" Naruto asked. "Talk about shallow,"
"What did you say, baka!?" Sakura screamed.
Naruto turned to face her and sent a glare at her. Sakura glared back at him and was about to speak.
"I strongly advise you close your mouth or I'll do it for you," Naruto hissed.
"Ha! Yeah right you, baka…" Sakura began but suddenly clutched at her throat. Naruto lowered his hand and turned to face Iruka.
"Sorry about that, her voice was getting on my nerves," Naruto
"What did you do, Naruto?" Iruka asked, now interested.
"I used a technique called, Strangulate. It silences the person for a short period of time,"
Iruka was shocked but he nodded all the same. He began to pass out the written tests one by one. After the last one was out on the desk, Iruka walked back to his desk and sat down. During the test, Naruto answered the questions at random. He set his pencil down and leaned back in his chair. He closed his eyes and relaxed his mind.
"So, kit, how you doing?" a voice asked.
"I'm doin okay, Kyuubi. You?" Naruto spoke.
"Fine, just been bored and I wanted some company,"
"That's understandable,"
"So are you ready to show these wimpy Genin what you're made of?"
"You have no idea, Kyuubi,"
Naruto opened his eyes and noticed Iruka picking up his paper. He looked at Naruto and gave a grin, which Naruto returned. Shortly after, Iruka walked up to the group of students, and cleared his throat.
"Well I will declare the scores for the test." Iruka began. "Top score with 100 was, Naruto. 99 with Sasuke, 98 for Sakura, 97 for Shino and Hinata, 90 for Ino, 83 for Kiba, 80 for Choji and 50 for Shikamaru,"
Naruto gave a brief shrug and turned his attention to Hinata. He gave the girl a grin and she blushed heavily.
"What!? That's impossible! Iruka-sensei, there must be a mistake, no one can beat, Sasuke-kun!" Sakura shrieked.
"I don't know how to burst your bubble there, but I didn't even try, I just speculated." Naruto informed.
"Enough! Sakura, Naruto did the test fair and square," Iruka said with authority.
Sakura just nodded and sat down in her seat again. Naruto turned around and gave her a small smirk.
"Now, the next portion of the test is outside." Iruka said walking to the door.
They all followed Iruka into the training fields. All of the students stood in a straight line and waited for further orders. Naruto turned his head after feeling the stares of two people. He saw both Kiba and Sasuke glaring at him. He gave them a bored look and faced the front.
"Okay, now I want one student at a time to head up to the line and throw your shuriken and kunai at the targets," Iruka stated.
Sasuke walked up to the line first and pulled out his throwing weapons. He threw the weapons and all of them hit the dummy. The fangirls cheered and gave praise to, Sasuke. The remaining students each went and hit their targets with hits and misses. Finally, it was Naruto's turn. He walked up to the line and pulled out his shuriken. Naruto took a deep breath and hurled his weapons at the dummy. He turned around and walked back towards the group, hands in his pockets.
"Ha! You missed, loser!" Sakura said with a smirk.
"And I care about this because?" Naruto asked, giving her a bored look.
"Because, Sasuke-kun, beat you!" Sakura yelled getting angry.
"I don't care if he beat me or if I beat him, I'm only good at close combat," Naruto said with a shrug.
"Naruto… you didn't miss the target," Iruka said with a smile.
"I didn't?" Naruto asked, somewhat perplexed.
He turned back to the target and noticed all of his shuriken were in vital and pressure spots of the dummy.
"Well, I'll be damned," Naruto muttered.
"I gotta' hand it to you, Naruto. You can put up quite a facade," Kyuubi commented.
"Thanks," Naruto thought with a smile.
Naruto was a little disappointed that the students didn't see through the mask. He would have thought Shino noticed, but the boy was just quiet. Naruto gave a satisfied grunt and walked back to, Hinata.
"He must have cheated! Sasuke-kun had the best…" Sakura began to yell, but began clutching her throat again.
"I can keep this up all day, but sadly we need to move on with the exam," Naruto said lowering his hand.
"Well, anyway, this year we have a bunshin and a sparring test." Iruka said sending Naruto a worried look. "Anyone want to go first?"
Just like before, Sasuke walked forward and made a perfect bunshin of Iruka. The other students went and did theirs just like Sasuke. Now, it was Naruto's turn. He walked up beside Iruka and cracked his knuckles.
"Okay, Naruto, you can do it. Make a standard bunshin," Iruka said with a smile.
"I can't," Naruto replied putting his hands behind his head.
"Ha! Loser!" Sakura yelled.
"Like I was saying… I can't because I have massive chakra reserves, I can't control little chakra but I can use techniques that require a lot of it," Naruto continued sending a glare at Sakura.
"Are any of them, clone jutsu?" Iruka questioned.
"Yeah, it's the Kage-bunshin," Naruto answered back.
"What!?" Iruka and Mizuki yelled.
"Is there a problem?" Naruto asked crossing his arms.
"No, just shocked." Iruka responded. "Go ahead and perform it,"
Naruto nodded and made a handsign. There were multiple cracks and smoke filled the training grounds. The smoke cleared and everyone's jaws dropped. In front of them stood around one hundred shadow clones.
"Too much?" Naruto asked innocently.
"How did you learn that, Naruto?" Iruka asked.
"I found it in a scroll, why?"
"No reason, just curious."
Naruto felt glares coming at him at noticed Kiba and Sasuke glaring at him. This time he glared back and felt like releasing some killing intent. As he was about to do it, Iruka spoke up again.
"Alright, now it's time for the sparring session of the exam," Iruka announced. Everyone sat down around the dirt arena.
"Now, for this part of the exam, the person will get a choice on who they want to fight," Iruka noted.
Naruto for his part was eager to really do some fighting. He hadn't fought anything since his Death Knight training. Although the training wasn't the real thing that Grimes had gone through, he went through a similar experience.
/Flashback/
Naruto stood beside Grimes in the chambers. In front of them stood a Death Knight with two blades strapped to his back. He nodded at Grime and Naruto and motioned for them to come forth. The pair of them kneeled before the man and waited for him to speak.
"I take it your mission was a success, Grimes?" the man inquired.
"Yes, Highlord Mograine, I have successfully given the alliance treaty to the Hokage," Grimes replied.
"Excellent work, then again, I had the feeling you wouldn't fail,"
"Thank you, sir," Grimes thanked.
"I'm your friend, Grimes. Just call me my first name,"
"Very well, Darion."
Darion pulled out one of his swords and tapped Grimes on each shoulder.
"Rise, Sergeant." Darion requested.
Grimes stood up and saluted Darion with respect. The two of them turned their attention to the blond boy beside them. Darion quirked an eyebrow and looked at Grimes through his helmet.
"Who's this?" Darion asked.
"That's my new little brother," Grimes replied.
"Wait, hold up a second," Darion said putting up a hand.
"You have a little brother or did you take him in as one?"
"We might as well sit down, this is going to take a while,"
Grimes told Darion everything about the boy beside him. Darion felt his eyes widen during the story and he grew angry. How could a village do something like that to a kid? Grimes then went on and told him the story of the, Kyuubi. Naruto's eyes widened and he became horrified at the information. Grimes calmed him by telling him he wasn't the Kyuubi, but more like its vessel.
"Okay Grimes, since I consider you one of my best friends, I'll help you train him." Darion voiced standing up.
"Thank you, Darion." Grimes replied. "But how are we going to train, Naruto? We can't have him do the same thing I did to prove myself a Death Knight,"
"Granted that he won't be able to do them now, but it turns out, Gothik left behind a secret room upstairs,"
"You mean that psycho that collects souls?"
"Yes, he left a secret room upstairs that allows a person to go through a simulation of the Death Knight training,"
"Is it the same thing I did?"
"Yes, but he wouldn't have really done it in reality."
Grimes then nodded in understanding and looked back at Naruto. Darion motioned for them to follow him to a small circle of pink light. The three of them stepped on the platform and vanished from the room below. They appeared in another room and noticed it was an old old arena with weird forges. Naruto observed the room in awe, only to be brought back by Darion's voice.
"You'll learn about this during the training simulation, Naruto,"
Naruto nodded and hurried after Grimes and Darion. The three of them turned a corner and came to a small room with wooden beds set at a slant. They walked to a bed and brushed off some dust.
"Okay, Naruto, hop onto the bed and relax." Darion instructed.
Naruto did as he was told and lied on the bed. It was extremely uncomfortable, but then again, he was familiar with it. He felt a helmet being placed on his head and opened his eyes. No sooner had he done that, he felt very drowsy.
"What's going on?" Naruto mumbled.
"Naruto, listen closely." Darion began. "When you enter the simulation I want you to talk with the man holding a glowing sword with runes on it. You'll know what to do from there,"
Naruto felt his vision go dark and he fell into slumber.
/Flashback End/
"Naruto? Naruto!" a voice called.
Naruto's eyes opened and he glanced towards Iruka.
"It's time for your match, Naruto."
"Who am I going against?" Naruto asked stretching.
"That would be me, dobe," voiced Sasuke.
Naruto turned to Sasuke who was smirking at him. Naruto rolled his eyes in annoyance and walked into the arena. Sasuke looked at him with a smirk, while Naruto looked bored.
"Alright, no using weapons or lethal jutsu, understand?" Iruka inquired.
The two boys grunted and Iruka hopped out of the arena. Sasuke immediately charged Naruto and through a punch at his face. Naruto swerved out of the way and jabbed a pressure point on Sasuke's shoulder. Sasuke growled and kicked at Naruto's stomach, only for it to be caught. Naruto slammed Sasuke into the ground and delivered a punch to the stomach. Sasuke coughed out blood and gasped for breath. Naruto let go of Sasuke and began to walk away but he heard a shout.
"Katon! Goukyakuu no jutsu!" cried Sasuke.
Naruto turned around and saw a massive wall of flame heading towards it. Having built up enough ruinic power, Naruto waited for a moment before releasing his attack.
"Hungering Cold!" Naruto called. He held both hands out and the oncoming flames were frozen in a wall of ice.
There were a few gasps from the students and shocked looks from Iruka and Mizuki. Naruto had stopped a fire attack with ice, which should have been impossible. Sasuke growled in anger at Naruto's power and ran at the barriers. Naruto shunshined in front of Sasuke and through a punch across his face.
Sasuke was sent into the air and landed on the ground from the attack. He quickly got up and began a barage of kicks and punches. Naruto dodged and parried each attack and weaved around Sasuke. He hopped away and held out his hand, a skull with green aura appeared in his hand.
"Death Coil!" Naruto hissed.
Sasuke turned around to see Naruto launch a skull with green fire around it at him. He tried to dodge but it was too late. The attack hit him in the stomach and blasted him off his feet. Sasuke crashed through the barriers of ice Naruto created earlier, knocked out. There was silence as everyone stood agape. The new kid just crushed the rookie of the year in less than three minutes. Iruka, for his part was proud and amazed at Naruto's improvement.
"Winner of the fight, Uzumaki Naruto." Iruka declared.
There were shouts of anger from Sasuke's fan club. Mainly lots of screams and shrieks from, Sakura.
"Iruka-sensei! Naruto-baka, cheated!" Sakura shrieked.
"He attacked me with a lethal attack, I had the right of way for self defense," Naruto stated, matter-of-factly.
"You are such an, asshole!" Sakura yelled.
"And you're a fugly bitch, anything else I'm missing?" Naruto asked.
Sakura's eyes widened and she felt tears of rage build up in her eyes. She didn't like being called ugly, but being called fugly really shut her up. She wasn't that horrid was she? The only thing that made her ugly was her forehead. Oh, how little did she know.
"Okay that's enough. Everyone has past the exam, come and get your, hitai-ate." Iruka interjected.
Everyone walked over and picked up a hitai-ate. Naruto saw Iruka holding his headband out for him. Naruto took it with a smile and tied it around his head.
"Congratulations, everyone! Come back here in two days for team formations!" Iruka called over the cheering students.
Naruto exited the building to see parents greeting their kids. He hung his head slightly at the thought of not having parents waiting for him. He heard praises coming from other parents.
"I'm so proud of you, son!" cheered a man.
"My little girl a kunoichi!" boasted a woman.
"I'll have mom cook your favorite dinner as a celebration!"
"Good for you, son!"
Naruto's shoulders slumped as each praise was said. He was about to walk away until he felt a hand on his shoulder. Naruto looked up to see, Grimes, beaming at him. Naruto grinned and his brother ruffled his hair.
"Nice job, Naruto." Grimes began. "You didn't take shit from that, Uchiha. Let's go get some ramen to celebrate,"
"Yeah," Naruto nodded.
The two of them walked away from the academy, unaware of the angry glares coming from, Sasuke.
Well, that's the chapter! Read and Review when done please, next chapter will come out as soon as I can finish it. Next chapter, Naruto confronts Mizuki.