Chapter 3 – D.A.T. (Devils Aptitude Test)

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It was early in the mourning and Naruto was still in bed. He then heard his alarm go off, but the second it started, Naruto destroyed it with Angel. Naruto sighed before he got up and walked over to take a shower in his new apartment that he bought a month ago. Sarutobi told him that they would have to hold back his inheritance until he was the proper age of eighteen but he would have access to his clan accounts. He also told Naruto that his clan home needed to be refurbished and cleaned, since the house cleaners he hired stopped going there years ago.

Therefore, in the meantime this was home for Naruto. It was a nice two bedroom, one bath apartment with a living room and an open kitchen. The living room only held two couches and a reclining chair along with a large television. His kitchen contained an electric stove and oven as well as one of those ice-dispensing refrigerators. On the side of the sink was a water dispenser but this one was a newer type. Instead of using a bottle, like most would think, this one was hooked into the pipes, and purified the water that went through it. The best part all of it worked perfectly.

Of the two rooms, one of them acted as a bedroom and the other was a study. The study contained a desk and a very relaxing chair. Bookshelves lined the walls filled with books provided by the Sandaime. His bedroom however held a nice king sized bed and some new wardrobe's in his closets. All of it provided by the Sandaime, due to him wanting to repay Naruto for the mistake of not telling him of his heritage. Naruto liked his new apartment and was glad that nobody knew he lived there since he wanted to keep this place nice and clean.

He walked out of his shower with a towel wrapped around his waist and looked at the full body mirror he had next to the door of said bathroom. Naruto looked himself over and couldn't help but smile at his new appearance. If it was not for the whisker like marks on his cheeks, he was sure that he would not be recognizable one bit, which wasn't bad either. He saw that his body changed greatly with Kyuubi burning all of the left over baby fat and turning it to straight muscle. But what Naruto liked the most were his tattoos.

He was sure that they made him look unique and exotic in the eyes of women around the village, and they gave him a more badass kinda look. He was sure that if he never met his ancestors or the fox for that matter, he would still look like that pathetic child wearing that 'kill me' orange jumpsuit and would be acting like a total idiot.

But today he didn't feel like dressing up, so he just put on some black pants, ninja sandals, and a black mesh shirt with his headband tied around his waist like a belt. He looked over to his drawer and saw the case for his guns, so he wrapped that around himself and secured it and just put a black trench coat, with the sleeves ripped out, over it. He wanted to take it a little easy today

Before he left his house, he looked at his kitchen and heard his stomach growl loudly. He looked towards the refrigerator and once again heard his stomach growl "You know what? Fuck it. If I throw up then that all there is to it but I'm hungry right now." Naruto said before running back to the kitchen and pulling the door open. It then revealed some left over pizza boxes, bottles of Sake, and an energy drink called Gatorade that originated in Mizu no Kuni.

Naruto grabbed one of the boxes and began to eat the cold pizza. Once that box was done, he pulled the next one out and devoured that one, it would take a while for him to be done

(Later On)

During Naruto's walk, he noticed the hungry looks on the face of the female portion of the village, and was sure that had it not been for public laws on sexually explicit conduct, said women would ravish him. Anko told him that women always crave good-looking guys but they would never truly be with one. The female mind is very complex and confusing unlike guys, who just far to simple to get.

The white haired boy feared that the day would come when he would let his guard down and boom, he would be in a large sex orgy, with him being the only male among them. He continued walking until he saw that he was in his team training grounds and that said teammates were already there. He looked around and saw that he teacher wasn't there which told him he was going to be late again.

'I think sensei does this all the time, as he was late yesterday. Well I guess I don't have to wake up this early anymore but I don't feel like talking to these two so I think I'll just chill for abit.' He thought before changing his direction to the forest next to him and laid down in a tree and allowed his eyes to rest. He needed the extra sleep for today

It was several hours before the arrival of Hatake Kakashi. He walked casually towards the two and raised his hands saying "Yo" to both of the two gennin, who got pissed immediately. Well Sakura did, Sasuke was more on glaring at the masked man

"Both you and Naruto are LATE!" she yelled with Kakashi looking confused before he laughed at her words

"Please Sakura; I'm not some low rank academy student." He said looking behind his back at the trees "Naruto, why don't you grace us all with your presence." He said. The two gennin's all turned their head to the location Kakashi was looking at but found no trace of their white haired teammate. Sakura then looked at Kakashi in confusion

"Umm Kakashi-sensei I don't think Naruto is here. Sasuke-kun and I have been here since 7 and neither one of us has seen him." She said, wondering how her sensei could make such a mistake in perception with him being a jounin and all.

"I've been here since eight pinky. You might have noticed if you weren't so concerned about Uchiha." Naruto said with both of his teammates looking at his direction and saw leaning against a tree. "Yo" was all he said with a wave of his hands. Sasuke just looked shocked beyond words at seeing his teammate stand there as if he was a ghost 'I didn't even see him appear? What type of power are you hiding Naruto?' He thought.

Sakura however was quick to get over her shock, as said shock turned to anger as she spoke "Naruto, why are you late?" she yelled, only to see Naruto picking his ears before he responded in a cool, calm tone.

"You'll wake the dead with your voice pinky (Sakura growls). Anyway I didn't wake up early enough to come here, so I slept in and woke up at 9." He said with Sakura growling but Kakashi intervened

"Anyway, now that we're here, let's start this test." Kakashi walked over to a tree stump and put down a timer. He held out two silver bells before tying it to his waist. "It is 10:30 right now. You guys have until 12:00 to get the bells from me. Come at me with the intention of killing me."

"Are you sure about that sensei?" Sakura had a little concern in her voice. She did not want to see her sensei badly beaten by her Sasuke-kun.

Kakashi wonders if she was showing concern for him or concern that Sasuke was going to beat him badly. "Don't worry about me Sakura, just worry about yourselves. After all, you guys won't land a single scratch on me. I'm not a jounin for nothing you know."

Naruto let out a little laugh. Kakashi glanced at Naruto before flicking the bells. Sakura looked at the bells and saw only two. "Kakashi-sensei, why are there only two bells when there are three of us?"

"I'm glad you asked Sakura. You see in this exam only two of you will pass and the ones that don't will go right back to the academy." He said with an eye smile. Sasuke and Sakura immediately held looks of determination on their face that said that they would get the bells, while Naruto simply yawned into his hand, thus catching the attention of everyone

"Can we hurry this along? I don't want to waste another second here." Naruto said with Sasuke and Sakura giving him looks of confusion

"Okay then everyone ready, set, BEGIN." He said with everyone vanishing. Kakashi surveyed the area and was impressed with the way the gennin hid themselves. 'Hmm not bad for some beginners, as they are doing quite a good job of hiding. Wait I only sense two, where's the other one?' Kakashi asked in his head only to feel a presence behind him.

"You know sensei; it's not a good idea to let your guard down, not even for gennin." Said Naruto. He then raised his arm, which held a kunai, and sent it towards Kakashi's spine. Kakashi took the shot and was shocked that Naruto appeared behind him without any form of hint or sound to indicate his presence 'It's as if he knows the silent kill technique from Kiri. I thought that this kid was the class dobe. What's going on here?' Kakashi asked himself before he turned into a log and reappeared on the other side of the clearing.

'What the hell is that idiot doing?' Sasuke thought, though he was curious about how Naruto was able to appear behind the man without even hinting his presence. Sakura however was more concerned with finding Sasuke then watching her idiot teammate get his ass kicked right now. Of course, she would watch that but only with Sasuke

Kakashi was about to reach into his pouch to pull out something but Naruto spoke getting his attention

"Kakashi, I'm afraid I can't allow you to take out that book." He said closing his eyes and stood still for a moment. Kakashi however was surprised that Naruto knew of his book, but didn't heed his warning as he pulled said book out.

"Oh and why's that?" he asked only to see it burst into flames. He looked up to see Naruto's left index and middle fingers were extended with smoke coming off them. Naruto then brought up his right arm to his back, and in a swirl of flames appeared the Kyuubi sword in his hand, making Kakashi's eyes widened. He then saw Naruto's eyes open to reveal full blood red silted eyes as he removed the sword and stabbed the blade into the ground before flames surrounded the sword that told Kakashi that he would be at deaths door for dinner tonight. If he didn't take this seriously that is

"Because, I'm going to make sure that your attention is focused on nothing but me, NOW LETS GO!" Naruto said charging forward and extended the Nodaichi class sword in a wide slash. Kakashi jumped over the slash and landed behind the white haired boy only to see said boy strike the ground he once stood on and made his eyes widened once more. When the blade touched the ground, it burst right into flames but these flames weren't your regular orange but that of pure pitch black. But Naruto took advantage of this and vanished from sight and reappeared behind Kakashi, getting ready to stab him through his chest.

Kakashi quickly rolled to the side, dodging the stab, and chucked a Kunai at Naruto's head, only to see said boy cut through it. Naruto then raised his sword high and sent it towards a down Kakashi, who took out more kunais and blocked the sword by crossing his arms and held it. Naruto pushed till the tip of his sword was touching the ground. Naruto then pulled back hard and sliced through the Kunai's with ease before trying to stab Kakashi through his stomach, only to see said man back flip himself off the ground making Naruto's sword stab the earth. Kakashi was about to follow his attack, only to see Naruto grasp hard on his sword before twisting the handle, causing it to ignite in flames and break the rock under it.

Naruto then called out "Exceed" and charged at Kakashi, but this time the speed and power was far stronger then before. Kakashi brought up his Kunai's, thinking that they block the hit. He was soon rudely awakened when the hit came and tore through the kunais and Kakashi himself, only to reveal that he was an actually shadow clone. Naruto still tore through it, before twisting himself on the heel of his right foot and coming to an abrupt stop, and pushed himself up to his feet, thanks to his sword

He was not the only one marveled by the attack, as Sasuke and Sakura could not believe their eyes. They always thought that Naruto was the weakest member of the team, so he would be taken out first, and then they would get their chance and pass the test. However seeing the way the white haired boy was fighting their sensei and was keeping him on his feet told them otherwise.

They then saw Kakashi sneak up behind Naruto and chopped the back of the neck seemingly knocking him out "Well done Naruto, but as you said, never let your guard down to your opponent." He said seeing the boy fall forward, only to be shocked when he saw the boy turn into black dust and vanished from into the ground

"What the hell?" He questioned only to hear claps from behind his back. When he turned he saw Naruto clapping his hands, with his sword sticking on his back firmly and didn't look like it would fall any time soon, which made him wonder one thing…how the hell did he get his sword to stick on his back like that? Was he using Chakra? Did he apply glue to his back? What did he do?

His thoughts were broken when Naruto spoke "You know what Kakashi, that was very impressive, but I think I've had enough fun for one day, and simply pass the test." Naruto said as he held up the two silver bells. Bells that made Kakashi go wide-eyed and look to his waist and saw said bells were gone. He looked at Naruto for an answer, but was greeted to the he already knew to his question and answered for him

"If you're wondering how I got the bells, well I simply got them when I appeared behind you. It only took one full second for me to take the bells from you, while you were distracted." Naruto simply said as he jingled the bells and allowed their sound to be heard throughout the area. Sasuke and Sakura just looked on in disbelief at what they just saw, but before they could question it, they felt a pair of hands on their shoulders. They were soon tied to the posts with Naruto leaning on his in the center, a big smirk on his face evident of his accomplishment.

"Well I think I would be correct when I say that Naruto is the only one that has to remain a shinobi, he doesn't need the academy." Kakashi said with Naruto's smirk getting bigger "But you two, Sasuke and Sakura, should quit being shinobi's all together." He stated with both gennin's eyes widening

"WHAT WHY SHOULD WE QUIT?" Sakura yelled, the ropes holding her holding her down which helped insure that Kakashi's would live another day

"Because you're both a bunch of wannabe's, while Naruto here is the only one that is true shinobi material." He said with Naruto's smirk getting bigger, while Sasuke and Sakura looked beyond pissed

"What? I'm an Uchiha, yet this Three time, Orphan, Academy, Dropout Loser is better then me?" He yelled only to be hit on his neck by an angry Naruto.

"YOU CAN'T DO THAT TO SASUKE-KU…"

"Shut up." Naruto said giving her an icy glare. A glare that made her shut her ass up in an instant

"You two are underestimating what it means to be a ninja. Tell me why do you think you were divided into teams and are doing this training. Have you even grasped the answer to this test?" Kakashi asked, with Sakura and Sasuke trying to think of the answer but only Naruto knew the answer.

"Teamwork." Naruto said, as he leaned against his training post bringing all attention to himself.

"The purpose of this test was to see if we could exhibit the teamwork necessary to become gennin." Sakura scoffed at the words only for her eyes to widen at Kakashi's answer.

"Correct. How did you figure it out?" said Kakashi as he released Sasuke who moved back to his post to brood.

"There were a few points in your briefing that made no since. The first was your suggestion of not eating breakfast under the guise of loosing it. However yesterday you arrived three hours late and if your reputation is anything to go by you are always at least three hours late for anything unless it is a meeting with the Hokage. This means that you told us that with the intention of weakening us to the point that we allowed our hunger to affect our thinking." Stated the white haired boy, causing the eyes of his fellow students to widen while Kakashi's narrowed.

"Secondly was your statement that regardless one person would fail this test. This contradicts everything we have already been taught in the academy however as since the founding of this village no gennin squad has had less than four members, the gennin and their jounin instructor. Once again, this was done purposely most likely so that you could see if we had what it took to complete the mission regardless of the circumstances. In this case that would mean one of us returning to the academy." Finished the boy with a sigh.

"Are you sure you are Uzumaki Naruto, according to the file I have Uzumaki Naruto would have never thought this out so thoroughly." Stated Kakashi with narrowed eyes.

"Of course it says that. After all, I am the kid everybody loves to hate. Aside from that, I've had a full month to fix the problems caused by the teachers at the academy, a chakra reserve to put most jounin to shame and a weapon with power that is endless on certain terms. Don't think for one second that I would allow myself to remain the same pathetic boy you once knew." Finished Naruto with a smug smirk. The others were confused by what he meant when he said secret weapon, though Kakashi had a feeling that he knew just what he was talking about.

"Back to the subject at hand, Naruto is the only one who showed teamwork, as he made sure that all the attention was on him and him alone. He thought that you two would be smart enough to attack me while he had my attention. Since he had the bells, all he would have to do is keep you two safe and he himself would fight for his spot on this team." He said with Sasuke and Sakura's eyes widening. He was about to say more when their binds were broken and Naruto handed them his bells, thus confusing everyone

"However, the time has yet to expire and I just did what you said. I released their binds and gave them my bells. Therefore we all pass, though I'm the one that deserves the title of gennin." Naruto said as he began walking away

"But wait a minute, you cheated." Kakashi said. The confusion was so great that he even forgot that the clock had yet to ring, which it did just now.

"I'm a shinobi so deal with it." Naruto said as he continued walking forward. Sasuke however looked at the bell in his hands, as the memories of what Naruto just did played itself in his mind. He could not believe that a dobe like Naruto was able to beat a jounin and use some weird sword against him. He looked at Naruto's retreating form and spoke

"Dobe, tell me where you got that sword." He said with Naruto pausing for a moment and looked over his shoulders

"No" was his only reply as he continued walking forward, but this time Sasuke was hot on his trail. Sasuke wanted answers and he was going to make Naruto talk. Before he even knew what happened Naruto vanished from sight and reappeared behind him, Yamato drawn in his hand. "Foolish" Naruto said before sheathing the Yamato. It was then that Sasuke's chest exploded and blood flew out of the wound like a fountain, and covered the area, or so he thought

There was a small flash before Sasuke stood, the wound gone and he appeared to be fully healed. He looked up to be greeted by a hard glare from the former blonde, who did not look happy about that little stunt he tried to pull. "Know this Uchiha, there will ALWAYS be someone stronger, and today you found yours." Naruto said before disappearing in a quick flash.

(The next day)

Naruto now stood in his training ground, working with his newest creation, thanks to Nero's helpful directions. Naruto had just created his third gun called Blood fang. Its design was made after his Father's personal creation, that resembled Nero's Blue rose, which was a twin barrel 350, 4 caliber Magnum that was panted blood red and customized for quick release's, and better power.

He was trying to work out all the kinks in this baby, as he did not want this gun to be weak. He had an idea on using the Kyuubi's chakra in conjunction with the gun, to not only add in more power, but gave the bullets the power to explode and set its target on fire. With this added in effect, it would make its power and damage percentage much worse then before.

"Okay Naruto, aim at the tree and charge your chakra into the gun." Kyuubi said with Naruto nodding and began to do as he was told. He channeled Kyuubi's chakra into the gun, making it glow red, before he pulled hard on the trigger and felt himself being pushed back a bit due to the aftershock. Naruto watched the bullet streak through the air before hitting a tree, and watched the tree erupt in flames.

"Wow kit, you still need to work on your control of my chakra. But other then that good job." Kyuubi said with Naruto nodding. He was about to fire another round, until an ANBU appeared behind him.

"Excuse me, but Hokage-sama would like to see you Uzumaki Naruto." the ANBU said with Naruto nodding. The ANBU then grabbed the boy arms and soon they both appeared in the office of Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was currently having his clones work on the useless paperwork while he himself read through the important files. Sure he hated paperwork, but he could still file the important stuff incase its every discussed in a meeting.

"Ah Naruto-kun, just the person I wanted to see. There is something I wish to discuss with you." Sarutobi said. His voice not sounding like this was a joking matter

"What is it old man?" Naruto asked as he sat down in one of the chairs before the Hokage

"Recently, the princess of the land of hearts was on her way to visit fire countries capital, and discus future trading agreements with the fire daimyo. However it was said that on her way through the land of grass, she disappeared and hasn't been seen for the last three months, and her care takers are very worried about her safety." Hiruzen said with Naruto raising an eyebrow

"What exactly are you trying to say?" Naruto said as he saw the old man hand him a scroll

"Naruto, you have been assigned your first A-rank mission. I want you to go find the heart country princess, Nodoka."

AN: and break. Sorry for the short chapter, but I wanted to let you all know that for the next couple of chapters it will be an OC arc. Now I'm sure your wondering why I'm doing this early? Well I would have done this later on but something tells me that this will be the move I should take. I'll also be featuring some characters from DMC that I think you all know a little well, and I should let you know that there is that I have a little surprise planned for all of you

Also to Trinity the Kitsune Kunoichi, thanks for reading my stuff as I've been a fan of yours for a while

Until Next Time

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