Well this is just excellent. I've finally put in time for this story again. Its only because I got a few more reviews for it, the people telling me they really wanted the update. Well, I made you wait long enough, so here it is.
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Naruto The Swift Ninja Chapter Two
{Training Ground}
Naruto sat in front of the Forbidden Scroll of Sealing. The first technique he saw, that interested him, was Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Shadow Clone Technique). It was the answer to his prayers, giving him a clone specifically for scouting, plus it had loads of other benefits.
He broke down the mechanics of the technique quickly and learned it even faster. He unfurled the scroll further for more techniques.
He found another technique that was similar to his bloodline. It allowed the user to move faster than the speed it took for a bolt of lightning to reach the ground. The drawback was the sheer speed at which you were moving could easily tear your muscles apart. Though, that could easily be overcame with intense physical training.
'If it's an attempt to mimic my bloodline, then I should be able to easily achieve it.' Naruto thought, knowing his body was naturally used to moving at extreme speeds.
Again the blonde broke down the mechanics and begun learning, Kosoku (Lightspeed). Naruto wasn't surprised to find his idol, Minato Namikaze, had created the technique. It was easy to deduce that he only used it in emergencies, when he couldn't use his Hirashin no Jutsu (Flying Thunder God Technique) for some reason.
Half an hour passed and Naruto finally completed the technique. He moved around the clearing, using the technique, a few times. It was just a little bit faster than his Swift Release. It was akin to the speed of someone who had released five of the Gates of Sealing, while Swift was four released gates.
Naruto was a little peeved that there was a way for people to go faster than him. He quickly disregarded it when he thought about just who in the village might even be capable of such a feat. Only three names really came to mind.
It was then that a thought came to mind. "Just where the hell is Mizuki at? I've been here for a good hour now." Naruto said stretching his arms a bit.
After a few more minutes of waiting, the blonde shrugged his shoulders. The longer it took for Mizuki to get here, the more time he had with the scroll. "He'll get here, when he gets here." he thought returning his attention back to the scroll. 'If he's not here in the next five minutes, I don't think I'll be able to keep him alive.' Naruto added in thought.
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It was fifteen minutes later when Naruto sensed people landing ten yards in front of him.
Directly in front of him was Mizuki, along with four other, nameless, Chunin. "What took you so long?" Naruto questioned with a tick mark on his forehead. Because of his abilities, he didn't like waiting.
The silver haired Chunin flashed a sinister smirk at the blonde Genin. "You didn't think I was going to come alone did you. I had to gather the others." he said sweeping his hand around to prove his point.
Naruto rose an eyebrow at the other smirking Chunins. "Now give us the scroll and we'll give you your reward." Mizuki added as the others started chuckling darkly.
Naruto blinked a few times at the man. Did he really think he was just going to hand him the Forbidden Scroll? "You had me waiting for two hours, and you only brought four others to help you?" the whiskered Genin asked as he rolled up the scroll and tied it around his hip. It hung loosely before the blonde tightened it securely.
The air around them seemed to thicken and Mizuki began to sweat. He remembered seeing the blonde fight briefly against Iruka and Sasuke, and the single technique they tried to sabotage. So, of course, he felt that a five on one fight against the boy would easily overwhelm him. At that thought, his will increased. "They're all the help I'll need."
Naruto slowly begun walking towards them, putting them on guard. His head was down as he walked, his blonde bangs overshadowing his eyes. All that was visible was his lips, and said lips were slightly raised in a smirk. He rose his head, his cerulean eyes beaming with joy. "You should have brought more." he spoke vanishing from his position.
Naruto promptly appeared in front of one of the unnamed Chunins. It happened so fast, no one saw the punches impacting. Only the fact that the man was grunting and quickly lifting off the ground, told the others that he was being hit. Naruto smirked before he spun and kicked the man in the gut, sending him through the nearest tree.
The others unconsciously took a step back in pure shock. Naruto turned his head and his smirk widened as he pointed his index finger at the group. "Raiton: Shiroi Senko." (White Flash) he whispered as a bright flash filled the area, blinding them.
Mizuki opened his eyes to see, that two of the others were hit by the attack. The trench in the ground was the only remainder of the used technique. "What are you doing, find him." Mizuki ordered to the last man.
The man shakily nodded before he took to the trees, searching for the blonde who seemed to vanish along with the fading light.
"You think I'm scared of you brat? I'm one of the strongest Chunins this village has." the silver haired Chunin yelled to the trees.
"That's a nice bluff Mizuki-teme." a voice spoke behind the man.
The Chunin turned and found only air. "You don't scare me!" he yelled, taking both of his large Fuma Shurikens off his back. The man heard the blonde release a chuckle and he promptly threw one of them in that direction.
He was surprised to see Naruto was impaled through the stomach, the large shuriken, holding him against the large maple tree. The sight pleased him, that is until the image of the blonde started becoming transparent.
"The Afterimage technique." a voice said when the blonde against the tree completely vanished. "One of my most useful of support techniques." Naruto continued to speak, walking from behind the same tree the shuriken was piercing through. He looked at it and whistled in slight surprise. "Wow it went pretty deep, surely I would be dead if it hit." he said.
After Naruto finished talking, a Chunin fell above him with a sword in his hands, preparing to vertically bisect the blonde. Again the blonde became transparent as the sword passed through him.
"What's wrong with you two, how come you cant touch me?" the whiskered boy mocked walking into the clearing again.
Both of them growled and threw a volley of shurikens, one of them very large. Instead of using the afterimage again, Naruto simply substituted to safety.
Mizuki widened his eyes when he realized that the other man was impaled by a half a dozen shurikens. He turned to see Naruto there waving at him, with a smile on his face. "You didn't expect that, did you?" he asked widening his grin.
The last Chunin growled in anger and swiped his hand, in an attempt at striking the blonde. A destroyed log was the boy's answer to that problem. Innocent laughter filled the area, only causing the man to grow angrier. "I'll get you DEMON!" Mizuki yelled as he began to retreat, realizing the blonde was too strong for him.
Mizuki only ran for a total of five seconds, a hundred yards, before Naruto appeared out of nowhere and kicked him in the side. "That reminds me of a question I've had." Naruto said watching the man struggle against the tree. "Why am I called a demon?" Naruto said, confusion marking his face.
Mizuki widened his eyes as a plan quickly came to mind. "I'll tell you what you need to know, just don't kill me." he pleaded dropping to his knees, wincing loudly as a sharp pain erupted in his side.
Naruto stood over the man, keeping a ten foot distance. "I'll think about it." he said crossing his arms, but keeping his guard up for any unwanted surprises. There was no doubt that a dying man would sprout a silver tongue to continue living. It was obvious this was such a case, though whether he would tell lies was the question in his mind.
The man nodded lowering his head. "The attack of a demon also marked the birth of one. Said demon was the absolute strongest mankind has ever encountered. There was no way humans could kill it, as it was made of pure, demonic, chakra." Mizuki started keeping his eyes on the blonde, through his bangs. "Surprisingly the demon was defeated by our Fourth Hokage, sealing it in a child. But the sealing didn't kill the demon, it only seemed to reincarnate it. You, Naruto Uzumaki, was that child. YOU ARE THE NINE TAILED FOX!" he yelled raising his head to see the shock all over the boy's face. It was absolutely priceless.
Naruto was genuinely shocked at the news. It would explain a lot, most especially his whisker marks. It was plain as day, and yet it escaped his knowledge. There was no doubt the man was speaking the truth.
Surprise struck him right in the face, both figuratively and literally. It was mostly the fact that his idol was the one that caused his condition. The blonde flew through the air, pain racking his nose.
The pain seemed to bring him to reality and he was instantly angered at being hit. 'Nobody hits me!' he thought righting himself in the air and skidding along the ground. Mizuki was already in front of him preparing a wide kick.
The blonde acted fast and struck the leg three times, twice around the knee and the third directly on the knee. Said knee was promptly broken because of the acts, Naruto's supreme speed allowing such a thing to happen.
Mizuki yelled, clutching at his knee in pain, dropping to the floor in the process. The blonde chose this moment to return to the offensive. He repeatedly stomped on the man's torso, knowing after the first five times a few ribs were broken. "Nobody strikes me! Nobody! Nobody! Nobody!" Naruto continued to rant.
Luckily, before Mizuki died from such an assault, ANBU appeared around the blonde. The Sandaime along with them, he was the one that grabbed the blonde and picked him up and took a few steps back. "NO Naruto-kun, calm down." Hiruzen spoke fiercely.
Naruto continued to release killer intent, directed straight at the silver haired Chunin on the ground, lying in a small crater. "ANBU, take the man to Ibiki. Don't have him treated, It'll make Ibiki's job all the more easier." Hiruzen said as the team left, one staying behind.
Naruto calmed down just enough that he was no longer yelling. The ANBU cut the cord that kept the scroll tied around him. After that he took said scroll back to where the blonde found it. Naruto was still mad, but it wasn't about Mizuki hitting him anymore.
The blonde turned and punched Hiruzen in the face. "WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU KEEP THAT FROM ME?!" he yelled completely angry. He clutched at his head as pain struck through it, though it wasn't regular pain. It was like he was forcibly getting stronger, he knew then that it was the fox's doing, acting on his enraged psyche.
Hiruzen knew he deserved the hit. He grew worried when the blonde grabbed at his head, tightly shutting his eyes. "I'm sorry Naruto-kun, I had too. Otherwise, the entire village, old and new generation, would know your secret. I thought, if they didn't know, you could gain some friends and be happy." Hiruzen spoke soothingly as he crouched beside the blonde, holding him affectionately hoping he'll calm down.
"A lot of fucking help that did! Everyone still hates me, I'm a fucking demon! Really!" Naruto yelled thrashing around in the Hokage's arms, trying to get free. "To make things worse, the Fourth was the one to do it." Naruto spoke through his clenched teeth, tears rolling down his cheeks at the apparent betrayal.
Tears also rolled down the old man's cheeks because this was absolutely nerve wrecking. It almost made him glad the boy didn't know the entire truth. 'Curse that Mizuki for revealing such a secret.' Hiruzen thought hating that he didn't appear in time to stop the man. "Not everyone hates you my boy, you know I love you as if you were my own. Not to mention the Ichiraku family, who love you with all of their heart. And Anko-san. If she saw you right now, you know she would be sad." Hiruzen said slowly rocking the boy, trying with all his might to reassure the boy that not everyone hated him. "Plus there are some good people in the village, who wouldn't like seeing you sad." he added.
Silence was the man's response. Hiruzen had been looking into the trees in front of him, he didn't notice the boy spacing out. 'What happened?' he questioned himself.
{Naruto's Mindscape}
Naruto found himself in an empty space. Though he knew that there was grass underneath his feet, because he was barefoot. Naruto knew that he was in his mindscape, because that's what he liked to do, meditate in the grass and just fell the artificial wind breeze around him.
Though there was something different about his space, that he hadn't noticed at all. A large rock was about half a mile away, but the blonde saw it clear as day.
It didn't take him long to arrive at the location and he noticed that it was at least the same size as the Hokage mountain. 'Clearly still a large rock.' Naruto droned in his mind, noticing there was an opening that was leaking reddish air. The air had darkened the grass, turning it red.
"This must be where the Kyuubi is housed?" Naruto thought out loud.
"You would be right to assume that." a malevolent voice spoke, shaking the entire mountain with its voice.
"HOLY!" Naruto couldn't help but jump slightly at the vibrations the voice made.
"Finally the brat hears me. I've been waiting for this day." the voice spoke again, although this time, not shaking the mountain.
Naruto narrowed his eyes, no longer surprised at the voice. "What is it you wanted to talk to me about?" the blonde asked.
"TO LET ME OUT!" The Kyuubi roared, shaking the entire area violently. The vibrations even caused tremors below Naruto's feet.
The blonde wobbled as he tried to find his footing and prevent himself from falling. He found it seconds after as the tremors came to a stop. He glared at the mountain with distain. "I'll never release you from your prison. Find another container to be stupid enough to follow with that request." Naruto spoke harshly.
"Not from the entire seal ningen. (Human) Just from this infernal mountain. Its cramped in here." The Kyuubi spoke with hatred dripping from his voice.
Naruto rose an eyebrow at the response. 'He doesn't want to escape escape?' he thought in confusion. "Uhh, what do I get if I follow through with your request?" he spoke, clasping his hands over his mouth as soon as the words were spoken. He sighed, knowing he couldn't take them back.
"I promise I will not eat you."
'That's oddly specific.' Naruto thought narrowing his eyes again. "How do I know that if releasing you from this mountain, wont entirely release you from the seal?" Naruto questioned scratching his cheek.
Loud growling shook the mountain a bit, signally the Kyuubi was getting annoyed. "That's because that seal is around my neck!" the kitsune growled out.
Naruto shrugged his shoulders. "How come you cant free yourself? Aren't you the strongest Tailed Beast ever? Capable of causing earthquakes, tsunamis and destroying mountains with a swish of your tail." Naruto said, going back to what he knew about the Kyuubi from a book about tailed beast and their mythical summaries.
"…Yes I can. Except, I'm also being constricted with chains that prevent me from moving either of my limbs, including my tails." The Kyuubi explained truthfully.
Naruto stared at the mountain with a quizzical gaze and a raised eyebrow again. "I…" he started to say, almost not believing the story. He shrugged his shoulders. "Worth a shot." he said walking closer to the mountain. "Are you sure you're not going to eat me?"
"I WILL IF YOU DON'T HURRY UP!" the Kyuubi yelled in anger, making the blonde chuckled mirthfully.
"Alright alright. Calm down, don't get your panties in a bunch." Naruto said looking at the mountain. He scratched the side of his head in thought, standing there for a minute or two. "How do I free you?" he asked before leaning against the mountain, before it brightened up and shimmered out of sight.
Naruto's eyes widened as he finally gazed upon the Kyuubi no Kitsune. It was sprawled out on its stomach, his head closest to the blonde. Behind him were each of its nine tails, also splayed out, along with each of its limbs. All around it were chains with spikes sticking out of them, keeping the Kyuubi where it was, going around him dozens of times, and going right through the ground.
Just as the kitsune said, a black collar was around its neck, with a seal tag stitched into it. "Well are you just going to stand there and gape, or are you going to get rid of these infernal chains?" the Kyuubi spoke, its voice no longer muffled by the mountain.
Naruto blinked a bit and chuckled to himself. "My bad, heh heh heh." he chuckled walking to the nearest chain.
As soon as he touched it, all the chains around the fox ripped out from around him and sped towards the blonde. They began being sucked into him, causing the blonde to scream in slight pain. After it was finished the blonde was left, panting heavily on his knees in utter exhaustion.
"Finally I'm free of those constricting chains. Now I can sleep peacefully." it spoke laying down properly and wrapping its tails around his body.
Naruto sweat dropped at the act. "That's all you wanted?" he asked softly in disbelief.
"Sure, I'm not such a bad demon fox. Well I promised I wouldn't eat you and I like to keep my promises. So, go away, before I gnaw on your body." he said knowing full well that gnawing wasn't the same was eating.
Naruto blinked a few times again in disbelief. He slowly turned and began walking away. As he was fading from sight he muttered something. "Why do I feel so used?"
{Reality - Morning}
Naruto looked at the time to realize it was an hour before eight. Already this new information seemed to be hampering with his everyday routines. "At least I know why I heal so quickly. So having the Kyuubi cant be so bad." the blonde tried to reason with himself.
Plus its not like anything will change. Everyone still hated him, not because of the Kyuubi, but because of his general behavior. Naruto got dressed in his usual black muscle shirt with green cargo pants. He looked at the stolen Chunin vest and nearly sneered at he condition it was in. 'Damn clones, going overboard.' he was going to have to repair it, in the near future.
He looked at the clock again and saw that ten minutes had passed. He still couldn't believe the Hokage had pushed up the schedule for the team selection. He probably wanted the blonde on a team as quick as possible, in order for him to get his mind off of recent discoveries.
"Well, there's no time like the present." Naruto muttered slapping himself a bit. He cracked a smile, feeling a bit of himself returning to reality. He went and grabbed his ninja-to and headed out the door. He hung the weapon horizontally across his back, just like he had the scroll the previous night, and took to the rooftops towards the academy.
It took a few minutes to get there, but Naruto wasn't using any chakra to quicken his travels.
The blonde landed on the rooftop of the building and released a sigh. He widened his senses, checking who was already in the class, it seemed everyone but the Uchiha was there. He smirked a bit when he thought about the fight with the boy and Iruka. 'Those two should be alright by now. I only knocked them unconscious.' Naruto thought with a yawn, he was still a bit sleepy.
Not wasting anymore time, the blonde made his way into the academy and then to his classroom. He ignored the annoyed glances he received from teachers and some older students. He received some from some younger ones as well, but it was probably from contained jealousy. Though he did see some blushes on the cheeks of some girls and that made him smile.
When he entered the classroom, nobody looked at him, not until he sat down in the back. Everyone stopped and glanced his way. The blonde saw the surprise in their eyes at seeing him before eight. He blushed and slowly waved at them. "Yo, what's up?" he asked with a chuckle before putting his head down, while everyone returned to what they were doing before.
While his head was down he could clearly sense some negative emotions emitting from one Inuzuka male in the room. He cracked his eye open and looked at the boy, 'I feel like I should apologize or something. I don't hate the boy, he just drew the short straw a week ago.
Kiba continued to glare at Naruto, but that was the only thing he could do. Usually he would have tried at least one thing during the past week, but he never found him before or after school. This was technically his only chance, but he was a little terrified of what the blonde was capable of.
Naturally his brash attitude would overlook this, but the fight or flight receptors in his brain was choosing flight. He visibly flinched when he noticed the blonde look straight at him. He heard Akamaru whine a bit, before he noticed the blonde looked at the clock at the front of the class before looking back at him.
Naruto blinked before standing up. "Kiba follow me for a moment, I need to talk to you." Naruto said gaining everyone's attention, especially Kiba's.
They both heard some gasps in surprise and a 'troublesome' from Shikamaru. The blonde walked out the door and Kiba remained in his seat. He shakily got up before following the blonde.
Naruto waited a full minute before Kiba entered his line of sight. "I realized what I did a week ago was embarrassing for you and upsetting, no?" he asked getting a slow nod of the head in return. "Well I would just like to apologize for that. I was bored and you just seemed like a good target, again I'm sorry." Naruto said with a genuine tone, if he was going to get everyone to stop hating him, he really should not do things to make them hate him.
Kiba's jaw dropped in surprise, he couldn't believe what was happening. The blonde enigma, the boy everyone was cautious of was apologizing. Nobody in the class thought it would happened, but now he was witnessing it first hand.
He must have been silent for a long time, because the blonde was tapping his foot impatiently waiting for a reply. "Oh, uhh, apology accepted." the brown haired preteen slowly said.
Naruto smiled wide. "Good, thank you. So truce?" he said extending a hand.
Kiba looked at the hand cautiously and Akamaru shared the same feelings. He barked a bit and growled at the blonde from inside of the Inuzuka's jacket. "Huh Akamaru…" he said as the little white pup continued to yip away.
Naruto stood silently, looking at his wrist, wondering what time it was. 'I really need to buy a watch… or steal one. Whichever one happens first.' Naruto thought.
This morning was slow for the blonde and he didn't like it. He would rather be training somewhere, why did he come to this place so early. "Alright, how about I give you a freebie." Naruto said getting an idea.
The Inuzuka's talk with his partner was halted by Naruto. "What do you mean?" he asked, nearly forgetting why he was here.
"I'll let you hit me, one time of course, as payback for last week. Then we can bury the hatchet and become friends." Naruto propositioned with a disarming smile.
Again Kiba's jaw dropped, he couldn't believe the opportunity that just fell into his lap. It was only a bit of the payback he had in store, but he knew none of that was going to happen. 'Well, I'm not going to look a gift horse in the mouth.' the boy thought clenching his fist.
Naruto stood waiting for the inevitable. His eyes glanced up a bit and saw hair peeking from around the corner. He knew the class was watching them, so this was to also show them that he was a good guy inside. He clenched his own fist, already feeling a little bit of anger boiling up. He really didn't like being hit, being faster than everyone always prevented that. It was why he left the underground association, the old man didn't know about his Kekkei Genkai, he just thought he was naturally faster and had above amazing reflexes.
Another minute of preparing passed before Kiba swung his fist and struck Naruto right in the jaw. Audible gasps were clearly heard in that otherwise, silent, moment.
The whiskered blonde's hands continued to clench and unclench and his brow continued to twitch. He was trying very hard not to lash out. He head was still turned sideways as he continued to try and calm himself down. He straightened his head and felt rage bubbling to the surface.
He opened his eyes and suppressed the erratic emotion before smirking at the Inuzuka. "Truce?" he spoke wiping a bit of blood from his lip with his thumb.
Kiba smirked and shook the blonde's hand. "Truce. For anyone to willingly take a punch like that, that took heart. Consider the hatchet buried and forgotten." he said succeeding in speaking professionally.
Naruto grinned while nodding. "Good. Now lets get back to class." he said just loud enough for the others to hear and quickly run back to class. He watched Kiba walk away with a slight smirk on his face. 'There, that should help my credibility with the others. Now to deal with the other one.' Naruto thought turning to the other entrance of the room. "That apology goes to you too Sasuke-san." Naruto said with a smirk.
Only a few seconds passed before both Sasuke and Iruka appeared in the doorway. Both had witnessed the scene and both had the same feelings. Hate. Complete hatred for the blonde. They both knew he was lying. He wasn't sorry. He was a monster.
Sasuke walked past him, "I don't need your apology. Just watch your back." he said walking towards their classroom.
"Then I have nothing to worry about." Naruto quipped at the retreating Uchiha. Naruto returned his eyes to the Chunin and frowned a bit. "Its been fun Iruka… I don't know when I'll see you after today. Just know, when that day comes, you have better increased your skills, because we will be having a rematch." Naruto said before body flickering out of sight.
The Chunin sensei smirked at the challenge, "Don't worry demon brat, I will have my revenge." he spoke glaring at the blonde's previous spot.
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Naruto sat in his seat, as Iruka droned on about being proud of them for reaching this far. And passing their exams. He didn't really have a lot of time to grade anyone, so he had no idea where Mizuki was and that confused him. He was always here, to help him cope with being in the same room as the demon.
Naruto yawned into his hand while looking around. 'I'm bored again.' he thought noticing the Hyuga looking at him. She eeped and looked back towards Iruka, causing him to shake his head. 'So sweet and innocent… and super shy.' Naruto thought before continuing to looked around. He noticed other's eyes on him, before they too looked straight ahead. Once or twice, he also noticed, Sasuke's fan girls eyes on him, glaring hatefully at him.
He had to remember that they didn't see him apologizing to Sasuke. 'Too bad. I'm not doing it again.' he thought, before he heard Iruka began telling the students their teams.
Naruto knew how the system was. So, since he was rookie of the year, and Kiba was dead last, they were likely to be paired together. He wasn't disappointed. "Team Seven will be, Naruto Uzumaki, Kiba Inuzuka and Sakura Haruno. Your sensei will be Kurenai Yuhi." Iruka spoke hearing the groaning from one pink haired individual.
"Sensei, why do I have to be on the team with those two?!" she questioned loudly.
Iruka let out a sigh, "Because Sakura, the dead last goes with the rookie of the year, along with the leading kunoichi. Its to balance out the teams. Trust me, I feel the same way you do. Now, Team Eight will be, Sasuke Uchiha, Hinata Hyuuga, and Shino Aburame. Your sensei will be Kakashi Hatake. Team Nine is currently active. So, Team Ten will be Shikamaru Nara, Choji Akimichi, and Ino Yamanaka. Your sensei will be Asuma Sarutobi." Iruka finalized putting down the clipboard he was carrying. "Now wait for your individual teachers to come pick you up." Iruka said before leaving, most likely on his way to train somewhere.
A few teams were picked up nearly immediately after the Chunin left. After thirty minutes passed Asuma and Kurenai walked through the door. "Team Ten/Seven?" they asked respectively.
Naruto blushed upon seeing their sensei. 'Am I lucky or what?' he thought quickly appearing in front of the woman. "Lets go guys, we don't want to leave the beautiful woman waiting." Naruto said flashing the woman a grin.
The two adults chuckled, the woman blushing. "You heard him, lets go you two." she said before turning with Naruto right beside her.
{Training Ground Seven}
The newly formed team arrived at their new training ground. Kurenai leaned against a tree while the others stood in the sun. "Okay team, introduce yourself to me. I want to know each of you personally before we start."
Naruto perked up, "I'm first. My name is Naruto Uzumaki. All my life I've been pursued hatefully, for some reason, but that hasn't let me down. I like training, eating, and then training some more. I dislike those that judge me before knowing me. Lastly I would like to tell you about my dream. My dream is to, one day, earn everyone's respect and become the Hokage so I can properly protect each of its citizens with all my power. I know I may act like it, but I'm not really a bad guy. I just like to be left alone." the blonde spoke with mixed emotions in the right spots.
Kurenai nodded at the boy, already knowing, from his file, all of these things. It even said something about him training in the art of swordplay, she knew a few people who could help him with that subject. She also knew that he was very adept at Genjutsu, so she was going to have a blast with that. "Alright, thank you for that Naruto-kun. Now how about you next Kiba-kun?" she said looking at the Inuzuka.
The boy released a grin. "My name is Kiba Inuzuka. I'm a simple person, a boy who knows about the importance of loyalty to friends. Something happened today that changed my outlook on life. Though I still like playing and training with Akamaru, annoying my sister and now building up the rivalry I have with Naruto." Kiba said smirking at the blonde. "Naturally I dislike felines, loud noises, and strong revolting smells. My dream is to get stronger to increase my skills to become the Alpha in my clan. An Alpha no one will challenge, just like my mother before me." Kiba said puffing out his chest proudly as he spoke.
Kurenai nodded again. She too knew about the encounter with the blonde earlier in the morning. Originally she was against having the boy on her team because he was always after Hinata, who she loved as if she were her own. Now she was alright, because he seemed to be changing. Thanks to the blonde. It was a good thing too, an Alpha needed to be levelheaded and knows how to think. Although they do tend to be overly brash, just like his mother was. She turned her head towards the last one, who seemed to be moping. "Alright your turn Sakura-chan."
Sakura stayed silent for a second before sighing slowly, as if finally accepting her fate. "My name is Sakura Haruno. I like somebody, who's not here, and I dislike somebody who is here. My goal is to one day marry somebody and revive his clan." she said with hearts in her eyes.
Kurenai softly nodded, again knowing that piece of information. She absolutely hated fan girls, they single-handedly make Kunoichis less feared then Shinobis. Tsunade helped a lot to dissuade that notion, but this generation was definitely going to crush all that progress. 'Not if I have anything to do with it. Time to nip this in the bud, before I progresses any further.' Kurenai thought, though wondering if it had already reached its peak. "Okay good, those were some great introductions. Now I'm a little dejected to tell you that, you have to pass my test before becoming real Genins." she told the trio, who groaned loudly, except for Naruto who kept staring at Kurenai's moving lips.
"Are you serious sensei, we have to do another test?" Kiba complained clearly depressed, as was Sakura, who surprisingly didn't voice her complaints.
"So what's the test?" Naruto asked cutting the woman off from answering Kiba.
Kurenai turned her attention to the blonde and smiled at his positive attitude. "It's a search and retrieve mission." she said pulling a picture from her pouch. "You three have an hour to find these three items. A watch, a rose, and a kunai. You're going to have to use every bit of your senses to find these items. I want you each to bring back one item. Whoever doesn't bring back one of these items, by the end of the hour, will be sent back to the Academy." she said with a smile.
That gave the desired effect she was going for, though she hated herself for it. She knew it was necessary in order to get them to complete the task, by any means necessary.
"What you cant send one of use back, Genins operate in three man cells along with their Jonin sensei. The balance will be off, if there's only two Genin and a sensei." Sakura proved once again why she was this generation's bookworm.
"My team, my rules." Kurenai spoke, smirking at the girl's shocked face. "Come pick your targets and start the test." she said holding out the three pictures.
"I call the rose." Naruto said snatching the rose before running into the woods.
Kiba went and picked the watch, knowing his acute hearing will be able to pick up the ticking in the watch.
Sakura was left with the kunai. She walked into the woods with a dejected sigh.
{With Naruto}
Naruto held up the picture and studied it. It was a rendition of a very unique rose. It was fully bloomed with the inside being white and then as it traveled into the outside petals, it grew darker into a deep red. On the stem was a single thorn. It truly was a beautiful flower, 'And matches Kurenai's outfit perfectly.' the blonde thought noticing there was a hint of its scent coming off of the picture.
He really couldn't explain it, maybe it was supposed to be Kiba's objective, with him being a Inuzuka. Naruto took another sniff and sighed. He created a crossed seal and created two clones. "I want one of you to go help Sakura find her kunai and the other to help Kiba find the watch." Naruto said as the two clones vanished from sight.
'It really shouldn't be hard to find a ticking clock in the middle of a forest.' Naruto thought as the scent got stronger. 'Well, found my target.' Naruto added looking down.
Twelve yards away was a cluster of flowers, mainly roses and daisies. Somewhere near the middle was the unique rose. Naruto maneuvered carefully through the cluster until he reached the flower. He picked it and made his way back to Kurenai, filling good about his accomplishment.
{With Kiba}
The brown haired boy was jogging through the forest, keeping his footsteps silent. Akamaru was running beside him, also searching for the ticking watch. They've been searching for a good ten minutes before he saw Naruto standing by a tree, his hands in his pockets.
"Naruto what the hell are you doing just standing there, go find your rose." Kiba said, clearly aggravated.
The clone waved it off. "Nah, I'll find it later. I'll just help you find that watch of yours." he said with a grin.
Kiba groaned. "Alright fine, lets go." he said before running off.
They were running for a good five minutes before Naruto spoke up. "Hey Kiba, I think you need to clean out your ears." the clone said.
"What the hell do you mean by that?" Kiba asked gaining more annoyed. "I don't see you helping in finding this damn watch."
Again the clone brushed the boy's annoyance off with a shrug. "Clearly because you couldn't hear the ticking of a watch, even if it was right beside your ear." the clone said digging the watch out of his pocket. It was an old fashioned pocket watch, and it looked absolutely perfect. It was dark gold with a brighter gold chain. The ticking was faint, even for those with sensitive ears.
"You had it this entire time?!" Kiba yelled in anger.
"Well yeah. I found it, where I was standing when you found me. It was just hanging on a tree branch in plain day, though it was bathed in a streak of sunlight, that nearly camouflaged it. Obviously it was also masked with a Genjutsu, pretty impressive if you ask me."
Kiba growled at the blonde and swung his fist in said anger. The blonde easily sidestepped it and took a step back. "You already used up your freebie dog breath. Plus I was trying to help you. There's no way you could have found it, since it was covered with a Genjutsu." Naruto said tossing the boy his objective.
The watch nearly flew over the Inuzuka's head, he had to reach for it. When he turned his attention back to the blonde, to find him gone. "Where'd he go?" he asked Akamaru, who whined, not knowing at all.
Kiba shrugged before twirling the watch by the chain as he and Akamaru walked back to Kurenai.
{With Sakura}
Sakura slowly walked through the forest, wondering if she could just use any ordinary kunai. She had already found three, but they looked nothing like the one in the picture. The kunai in the photo had a white tape wrapped around it, while regular kunais had gray tape.
After thirty minutes of walking she entered a field where she saw Naruto throwing a kunai at a bull's-eye target, which was twenty feet above ground level. The tree it was on, was thick and looked very difficult to manually. He was clearly sixty feet away from it and when he threw it, it struck right in the middle of the target. She knew the blonde was skilled, but the class had only threw weapons at a maximum of thirty feet.
She stared at the kunai and was surprised that it was wrapped in white tape. "What the hell baka!? This was my job!" she yelled stomping over at the blonde.
Naruto chuckled sheepishly while watching her approach him. She swung at him, and the blonde easily dodged. "Why are you trying to hit me so fervently?" the blonde questioned as he continued to dodge her inexperienced assault.
Sakura just continued to scream the word 'idiot' with every swing. "Is it because I'm not Sasuke?" the clone questioned with a chuckle, blocking her next two punches, holding her little fists. "Why do you like that asshole, when there's a sexier blonde Adonis near you?" the clone said turning her around and slapping her in the ass.
Sakura shrieked with a bright blush on her face. She turned around but didn't find any blonde there. "AHH! WHEN I SEE THAT HENTAI, I'M GOING TO SHOVE MY FOOT UP HIS ASS!" she yelled while stomping off. She remembered about the kunai and ran to it, before running towards where Kurenai was waiting.
{Training Ground Eight - Main Clearing}
Kurenai was standing in the middle of the clearing. Waiting for the others to find their targets. The first to return was Naruto, who presented her the unique rose with a blush on his cheeks. "Here you go, a beautiful rose for a beautiful woman." Naruto said reaching up to put the rose in her hair. "See, it matches your beautiful eyes." Naruto added.
Kurenai blushed lightly, while straightening up. "Oh what a charmer." she said with a smile.
The blonde chortled with a large blush on his cheeks. He didn't know what was wrong with him, but something was telling him to seduce the raven haired beauty. He never felt this way, well there was the one time he saw Anko, but he was only nine years old. Though they quickly became pseudo siblings, and she was very protective of him. Except he hasn't seen her in some time, like three days.
"Yeah that's totally me." a demonic voice echoed in his head.
'What the hell? Kyuubi, I thought you were still sleep?' Naruto thought while walking to a tree to feign sleep.
"Nope I'm very much awake. Saw the whole thing this morning. Good plan, trying to earn the other humans trust. Though if you ask me, I'll simply eat them all and use their bones to pick my teeth afterwards." the Biju spoke making Naruto a little uneasy.
'I don't see myself committing any cannibalism any time… ever.' Naruto thought before the memories of his first clone came to mind. 'Wow, that clone was a little off. Though I guess I cant complain, I would have called him dog breath too.'
A few minutes later the Inuzuka entered the clearing and handed the Jonin the nice watch. "Say sensei, can I have that watch?" the blonde yelled at the Jonin.
"What this old thing? I would give it to you, since it's just been collecting dust inside of a box. But it means too much to me, I got from my father, who got it from his father and so on and so forth." she explained while looking lovingly at the watch.
"Family heirloom huh?" Naruto muttered with a sigh. "I need a watch." he added with a dejected sigh, while closing his eyes.
More minutes passed by before Naruto snapped his eyes opened. 'What the fuck!?' he yelled in his mind after receiving the memories of the last clone. 'I hate these clones.' he added with distain.
He stood to his feet and jumped into the tree, hopping up at least to the third branch, knowing Sakura was beyond mad… judging by the faint scream.
Minutes later she returned to the clearing holding the kunai in a reverse grip. "Found the kunai sensei, now where's Naruto at?" she asked through clenched teeth.
Kurenai chuckled at her question, having a feeling just why she wanted to know where the blonde was. "He's over there in that tree." she said ratting him out.
"Really sensei, its like that!?" Naruto yelled from the tree.
Sakura yelled and threw the kunai with all her strength. Everyone knew she wasn't a good throw, compared to her teammates. So when the kunai impacted the tree, ten feet below the blonde everyone sweat dropped.
"You need help Sakura?" Naruto asked with a chuckle. He saw why his clone acted the way he did, Sakura looked adorable with her angry look. Though the hair was a little too long for his liking, it didn't look right on her.
"Alright you two be quiet and get over here. I have to give you your results." Kurenai spoke sternly.
Naruto quickly appeared before her in a split second, a small betrayed glare in his eyes. The others quickly joined him, with Sakura shooting him glares, her cheeks still heavily tinted red in embarrassment. And Kiba was between them, wondering what happened between the two.
"Alright I'm afraid to say, but you three barely passed." she said with a small smile. "The reason you barely passed was because of the blonde here. I'm sure he knew this exercise was about teamwork, judging by how he used clones to help you two and ultimately find all the items himself." Naruto smiled brightly feeling like the MVN, most valuable ninja.
"I was actually quite surprised at that, I knew he smelled different somehow." Kiba said knowing there was something off about the blonde.
"A clone is still a creation of you, and it felt very real." she said her blush growing darker at the memory. "Stupid perv." Sakura added turning her head.
Naruto chuckled a bit and held his hands up in surrender. "I'm sorry, I had no idea my clone was going to do that, I wouldn't do it personally." Naruto said using his fingers to rub his palm, somehow feeling the memory.
Sakura looked at him strangely. He couldn't understand it, because it only lasted a second before she grew angry. "IF YOU-" she yelled but was interrupted by Kurenai.
"Let me just stop you right there. You three are now officially team seven. Meet here tomorrow morning for your official start. Congratulations, I need a drink." she muttered the last part, before walking away.
The team watched her leave before she body flickered. Naruto yawned having the feeling it was around noon time. "Well I don't know about you two, but I could use some food right now." Naruto said with a grin.
Kiba agreed flashing a grin of his own, while Sakura glared at him and stomped away. "I'll pay." the whiskered Genin added.
The two males watched as she stopped, waiting for them. They laughed already having the feeling that they were going to be embarrassing the girl for a long time.
{Hokage Building - Empty Room}
The Hokage stood in a room by himself. It was nearing noon, about nearly the time for the second tests to reach their ends, if they hadn't already. Nearly instantaneously the room was filled with eight Jonin senseis. "Ahh, one of you are missing. No matter, he'll come eventually." the Sandaime said. "Tell me, how did your teams do?"
One by one, the Jonins announced the students fates. Each one of them were fails, that is until he got to Kurenai, who announced that her team passed, with a bit of a slur. "Kurenai-san, are you drunk?"
She positioned her fingers slightly apart, "Just a little bit." she said softly with a giggle.
Hiruzen chuckled already having a feeling. 'That blonde sure is crazy. I think he's got multiple personalities.' the old man thought knowing that Naruto never had a base personality. He always acted different on different days.
The old man then directed his attention at the last man, his son. Who was wearing a standard Jonin attire with the exception of an added accessory. A sash with the Kanji for Fire written on it. "And you son?"
"Pass. As expected of the next generation of Ino-Shika-Cho." Asuma spoke with his signature cigarette in his mouth, though it wasn't lit.
Hiruzen nodded and dismissed the group. He knew Kakashi liked to do this things privately, he didn't know why though. That was just one of the many mysteries concerning the masked Jonin. "You can appear now Kakashi-kun." Hiruzen told the hidden man. "How'd yours do?"
Kakashi appeared with a relaxed attitude, one hand in his pocket the other holding Icha Icha Paradise. "Ehh, I cant complain. I have two Genins that work well with each other and one brash Uchiha. They pass, so I feel I'm going to have an interesting experience with them."
Hiruzen nodded and dismissed him. He didn't feel like having any extended conversations. He really wanted to continue his paperwork before it got out of hand, as it always does. With that the Jonin meeting was done, in the span of minutes. Truly how every meeting should be handled.
A/N: I'm finished. It only took me two sittings to crank out this chapter. Three, if you count the one when I only wrote nine hundred words. But that's not important. The important thing is that I'm finished.
In this story I gave Naruto my set of mixed behaviors. It really helped speed up the chapter faster, having Naruto act the way I was currently thinking. Plus who wouldn't want to shower Kurenai with some compliments and put a rose in her hair, which she still hasn't taken out.
Alright that's enough, thank you for reading and I hope you review. Again sorry for the long wait, I really don't know why I didn't just update this story instead of making the others.