Here it is! I am going to remove the flame response from before, mostly because if it happens again I'm just going to ignore it. My family, I have two younger cousins that both write for this site, one who writes Naruto related fanfiction and the other writes Harry Potter related fanfiction, and both of them have received similar flames. This is ridiculous.

Anyhoo, I finally got this finished, it was more difficult than I thought it would be, and I'm not as happy with it as I could be, but I got it out, and I might re-read and rewrite it if I find a bunch of glaring errors. One problem I've run into is that I keep losing documents, and I lose them after I've written most of the chapter, so I'm really behind with my other works.

Now that the serious stuff is over, please enjoy the latest chapter of Draconic Skies!


It didn't take long for Team Dragoon to prepare for the exams. Mostly it was preparing to have a good time. They knew that they were strong enough to do well, it was mostly they expected to fight strong opponents. Naruto informed Ohen that he wouldn't be needed for the first two rounds, and explained that he wanted the companion to be a surprise. It was then that the four genin, Naruto's team and Aikiko, walked to the gates of the Academy. Many of the villagers marveled at how both of the twins looked like two of the ninja from the last generation that they lost in the Kyuubi attack. It wasn't until they noticed the whisker marks on the taller boy's cheeks that they realized that the pariah of the village and widely proclaimed demon.

"Why are they staring at you Naruto-onii-san?" Aikiko asked him, having thought that he would be the village hero.

"Because people haven't pulled their heads out of their asses my dear imouto-chan." He smirked at her, no longer bothered by the looks they gave him. It was normal, and he grew up not being able to show that it bothered him, to the point that it stopped bothering him at all. Once they reached the Academy, it was obvious that the day was going to go downhill from there for Naruto. Almost immediately Sasuke spotted him.

"YOU! DOBE! How is it that you are the guy who beat me yesterday?! Its official, you are teaching me everything you know in this instant!" The boy demanded, having just realized that his former teammate was now taller than he was by a good half a foot.

"How about...no. I won't teach you. Also here is your new teammate. My sister Aikiko Uzumaki Namikaze." Naruto said and was quick to be ready to defend her.

"Don't slow us down." Sakura snapped at the girl, obviously mad that her new teammate was related to the person who she thought was the bane of her existence.

"I promise you I won't be the one to slow us down." Aikiko muttered back, her eyes turning ice cold as she glared at Sakura. The pink haired girl took a step back, noticing how the twins had the exact same glare, however she felt somewhere inside her that Naruto's was way worse that his sisters.

"Whatever. I say we go into the building rather than miss the exam because we stood outside the whole time." Hinata spoke, and grabbed both her teammates by the ear. Aikiko chuckled and followed, not bothering to wait for her supposed team. Naruto extracted himself from her grasp, knowing that she could have held him harder than she did, and walked with his hands in his pockets, a bored expression on his face as he walked passed the crowd of people and up the stairs.

"Stupid dobe, doesn't even know what floor he's on." Sasuke smirked about to walk into a classroom when two other genin stopped him.

"Are you sure he's wrong? You with the special genjutsu eyes." One of the genin spoke up. Naruto smiled to himself, and found the room they were looking for. Andreas stood outside, and nodded to each of his kids as they walked up to him.

"I'm proud of all three of you, now lets see you kick some ass." He smiled, giving them a pat on the back. Lee, feeling slightly brave, kicked the door in with his hands in his pockets much like Naruto did. The doors slammed open, making a good portion of the occupants of the room jump because of the sudden loud noise.

"Nice one Katsu." Naruto used his code name, not revealing their actual names just yet, however realizing that once Sasuke was there it would be letting the cat out of the bag.

"Thank you very much Arashi." Lee smiled and continued into the room. It didn't take long for the rookie nine to fill the room, and when they did only a few of them realized that Naruto and his gang had returned. Shikamaru was one of these people, and he kept quiet, knowing that it would get troublesome really fast should he say something. Another person who noticed, surprisingly, was Ino. She noticed Hinata first, admittedly, and marveled at how the once shy girl had changed so much over the trip. Hinata wore an outfit similar to the one she wore coming home, however her tank top was black, and she wore a leather jacket that had sleeves down to her elbows and was cut to stop right below her ribs. She wore her usual combat boots and black tactical pants with pouches. It was then that she took notice of the taller boys on either side of Hinata.

"Is that….Naruto?" She said to herself, however gaining the attention of everyone else as well. Kiba, who had always been a friend to Naruto, and self proclaimed rival, was astonished by him. He had shot up in height, and looked as though he could kill anyone in the room with ease. He wore a black tank top, free of his usual leather jacket because he didn't want to ruin it, while still wearing his black cargo pants with multiple pockets and seals. His belt was open for the other genin to see, as well as part of his tattoo. His hair was pulled back at the base of his neck.

"And…who are you?" Ino turned to Lee and quirked her head to the side. Two of the three in the group she could recognize from Konoha, however the third she couldn't put her finger on.

"Yamanaka-san, I'm hurt." Lee sighed. After having been raised by someone other than an orphanage and Might Guy, Lee had changed not only his style but also most of his looks. He no longer went towards having the large eyebrows, and he didn't force his eyes open as far as he did before. He realized that he didn't need to look like a deer in camp-light anymore.

"Lee?!" Ino shouted in surprise. The guy in front of her was tall dark and just as interesting as Sasuke had been before he went a little power hungry. He wore a tan hooded shirt that revealed his collar bones enough to show his tattoo, as well as a black leather style coat over that. His pants were black and were tucked into black boots. With an appraising last look at the new Lee, she glanced back at Naruto.

Ino was mad at Sakura for what she had done to Naruto, who Ino noted here looked twice as attractive as he had before he'd left. He'd always had an attractive face but his personality didn't match. He was all over the place and stood out from everyone else. He was a troublemaker and an idiot, but the person in front of her was none of those. Another person was interested in Naruto's crew, and he cleared his throat and walked up the group of genin.

"Hey, its not a good idea to attract so much attention so early. Many of the people here are from new villages, and they are on edge already." He spoke, his glasses shielding his eyes from being seen.

"Isn't it rude to not introduce yourself Creepy onii-san." Hinata said, shocking everyone at the lack of a stutter.

"It is indeed. I am Kabuto. I have taken this exam 7 times. So you could say I've been around the block a few times." He spoke, pulling the cards he had out of his pouch.

"Alrighty then. And do you want to play poker with us or something? Because you could say I have the devils luck." Naruto smirked, gaining a mischievous look on his face. Hinata then remembered the time that Andreas decided to take a then 8 year old Naruto into a Casino. The whole place went bankrupt after Naruto was done, and he was banned from most of the Casino's in the world, holding the name of Devil.

"These are info cards, where if I put chakra into them I can get info on any country and any person, so long as they have a name." Kabuto smirked in response.

"I want information on Hinata Hyuuga, Rock Lee, Naruto Uzumaki, and Sabaku no Gaara." Sasuke stepped in and immediately demanded info.

"Those people huh? Lets start with Hinata Hyuuga. First daughter of the Clan Head Hiashi Hyuuga and heiress to the clan. She has been on 50 D rank missions, and 1 B-rank. It is said that the training trip she went on for a month was paid as a B-rank. Her abilities are listed only as The Gentle Fist. Next we have Rock Lee who has been on the same amount of missions, and has no ninjutsu or genjutsu abilities. It is said that his taijutsu is unrivalled, except by Might Guy. No further information. Nartuo Uzumaki, who has been on…what? 50 D rank, 1-A rank and 1-B rank. He has subpar abilities. Lastly is Gaara, son of the Kazekage of the Sand, he has been on 50 D-rank, 3-C rank, and 1-A rank. It's said that he's never once been injured on a mission." Kabuto finished.

"Do you have any info on the village of Otogakura?" Naruto asked, hoping to learn more about the new village.

"It says that they were recently established, and as such I would assume they are nothing to worry about." Kabuto said nonchalantly, brushing aside the request.

"Did you hear that Zaku? They are saying we are weak because we are new." The female of the group, a girl by the name of Kin, commented with a glare. "Maybe we should give them a little Oto greeting." Dosu a male on the team, who had bandages over his face spoke. It was then that he went charging forward in order to attack the group of Konoha genin that had gathered to one side of the room. Lee, who had caught sight of this early, phased out of sight and appeared behind Dosu who had stopped suddenly. A moment went by where no one other than Naruto and Hinata could figure out what had happened, when finally Dosu collapsed to the ground unconscious.

"You should take better control of your teammates Oto-san." Lee said, grabbing the unconscious genin by the back of his shirt and tossing him at his teammates as if he were light as a feather.

"ALRIGHT MAGGOTS! Anymore fighting without permission will get you disqualified! Now, I am the proctor of the first part of the Chuunin Exams, Ibiki Morino. You will listen to me. If you fail this exam, you will be barred from taking the exam again." Ibiki shouted to be heard over the roar of genin. Naruto took one last glance back at Kabuto, not trusting him at all, mostly because of his lack of skill to pass a test. After 7 tries one would think that they would be able to figure out what they were doing wrong the first few times. Naruto followed Ibiki's instructions and took his seat, next to Hinata. He glanced around him, taking note of where everyone was, and where the Chuunin were. Scattered throughout the room were Chuunin of various age and disguises, some played civilian looking genin, while most just held good henges up. Satisfied with the rooms new layout he focused on the Bandana wearing shinobi.

"This is the first part of the exam. You have an hour to complete it, and after that time, if you are still here, you get the 10th question. There will be no cheating on this test. If I catch you cheating, your entire team will lose 2 points, and if it keeps up and you lose 10 points total you are disqualified. Now, after you receive your paper you may begin." Ibiki instructed, taking a seat at the desk at the front of the room and slamming his boots on the counter. Hinata figured out right away what the point was, along with Naruto and Lee and all three of them sent their eyes into dragon form. It picked up on hand movement, as well as had almost a 360 degree sight range, due to where a dragons eyes would be on their heads. The only problem is a dragons sight is made for night, and stalking prey, so the sight they were getting was only within a few people around them. It was more than enough however, and each had time to spare once they had answers down.

Soon it was obvious that people were getting desperate for answers. Many had been disqualified, however none of the rookie nine had, none of the Otokagure team and none of the Suna teams had either. Naruto had completed his test, and had even left a note on the back of it for Ibiki to find. He'd used a mental connection he had to Ohen to ask the dragon to find where Oto was, and to ask Andreas to do some research on Kabuto. In doing so, he discovered that Kabuto was more likely than not a spy for the new village, who had infiltrated under the guise of a leaf shinobi. It was then that the test was announced over, and everyone focused back on Ibiki.

"Now, I'm going to give you the 10th question, and if you don't think you can handle it, you will back out now. Know that if you answer it wrong, you will never be able to take the Chuunin exams again." Ibiki said ominously. Many teams were outraged by this. Naruto scoffed and put his feet up on his desk, much like Ibiki did at the beginning of the test. After a few teams raised their hands and were escorted out Naruto had had enough.

"Do you really think that some measly life changing question is going to change my answer? You have the wrong idea of leaf shinobi. Just give us the last question so that we can pass and become Chuunin." He called to the front. The T and I unit shinobi smirked and removed his bandana. Littering his face and head were scars from torture.

"Chuunin are known to have to carry and deliver secure documents to other countries, and being able to withstand torture, mental or physical, is part of the job. So either this young man has a mind a solid as stone, or he's a complete idiot." Ibiki explained to the group. Naruto pouted as Hinata giggled next to him and elbowed him in the side.

Many tried to argue the point to the last question, and the rest were more focused on the small spot that appeared in the sky and was getting closer and closer to the window. Naruto noticed it and moved slightly forward in his chair, protecting Hinata from the spray of glass that occurred when the object, now identified as a person wrapped in a banner, crashed through the window.

"I am Anko Mitarashi! Your proctor for the second part of the exam! Man Ibiki! Are you slacking this year? How could you let so much fresh prey into my exam!" The woman called to Ibiki, who had been pinned behind the banner. Anko wore a very revealing outfit, consisting of a trench coat over a fishnet body suit, that did nothing to cover the essentials, a mini skirt and shin guards. Her hair was pulled up while some of it hung down over her forehead protector.

"There are some impressive kids this year Anko." Ibiki could be heard from where he was hidden. Anko nodded glancing around the room. Some of the kids she knew from seeing them around the village, a few had been missing for a little while and those three she wanted to keep her eye on. As a proctor she couldn't actively say that she was placing her money on that newer team, Team Dragoon, because she needed to stay neutral to the other opponents. However, because of the rumor about them she wanted to see all that they were capable of.

"Now is time for the second part of the exam! Ain't no rest for the wicked! Follow me!" Anko called, leaping out the window that she'd shattered. Naruto got up from his seat and followed her immediately, along with Lee and Hinata. Many of the other participants were hesitant, however at seeing the confidence that the other group had they followed suit. Ibiki was cleaning up the room when he found the note that Naruto had left on the back of his test.

Dear Ibiki-san,

I am leaving this note to warn you that Kabuto, a listed genin in Konoha, is in league with traitor Orochimaru. I did research on him when I found out about his constant failure of the exam, 7 times to be exact, and found that he is part of a planned invasion.

Arashi.

"Well I'll be damned." Ibiki muttered, taking the paper to the office where the rest of the sensei's were waiting.

"Guys, we have a big problem." He said to all of them.

Naruto and the rest of the gang followed Anko peacefully through the village, in the direction of their home, and towards what seemed to be the Forest of Death. Naruto had his hands tucked into his pockets and was just chatting with Hinata when they arrived at the fence that surrounded training ground 44.

"Alright gather round gather round. This training ground, for those not from Konoha, is called the Forest of Death." Anko smirked at everyone, hoping to see some impressed faced, and for the most part, foreign ninja seemed slightly intimidated. Naruto whistled sarcastically, and caught the kunai that Anko threw at him.

"We seem to have an excited group this year, but you need to stay on your guard." Anko spoke, strutting her way over to Naruto to retrieve her weapon. Naruto smirked in response and gestured to either side of Anko, where both Lee and Hinata had their claws at her neck. The woman had attacked the leader of their squad, and Naruto knew that they would respond in kind.

"Alright you two, all in good faith." Naruto called them off, and they stepped back to stand on either side of him.

"I'd do the same for them, before you make a rude comment." He put his arms around his teammates shoulders. Anko sighed, wishing she didn't have to proctor for this group. She wanted so badly to be able to bet on that team.

"This is where the second part of your exam will take place. You will be given one of two scrolls, heaven or earth. You must retrieve a scroll from another team that has the opposite scroll. So if you have heaven, you need earth. So on and so forth. You have five days to do so, and you are not permitted to leave the grounds. In the center of the training grounds is a tower, which is where you have to go. Now I need you all to sign this waiver to agree that if you die in this round Konoha is not responsible for your death." Anko finished and passed out a bunch of papers. Naruto and his team signed theirs immediately, knowing that if they didn't they couldn't take the test. Naruto had been glancing around and realized that a lot of glares were going his way. He glared back at all of these people, who shuttered at the coldness of his eyes.

"I will pass the scrolls out now, and you will go to the nearest gate that isn't occupied. You have ten minutes to make sure you are prepared." Anko finished.

"Naruto-onii-san, are you excited?!" Aikiko asked, leaving Sakura and Sasuke to their own thoughts and devices. Aikiko lived on the road for long enough that she lived out of storage scrolls, so everything she would need she had on her.

"I am my cute Imouto-chan. I always liked more practical stuff than mind stuff anyway." Naruto smiled. Hinata had wandered over to Ino, who had stopped fangirling over Sasuke at some point in the month that they had been gone, and had even started to warm up to the now outgoing blue haired girl. Lee was getting angry glances from Neji, who still thought that Lee getting a special training trip was against fate.

"ALRIGHT! You will move out now, the Scroll is at the gate. Good luck." Anko said, leaping off into the forest. Hinata lead her team over to the first unoccupied gate, and discreetly checked what kind of scroll they had, before sealing it into a small storage seal on her wrist.

"We need an earth scroll." She told her teammates, who nodded and stood before the gate. A loud alarm went off, and the gates all opened at once. Team Dragoon shot off like rockets, using their better vision, considering how dark the forest was, to track down the nearest team. Naruto made a mental point to avoid Aikiko's team, because he didn't want to have to deal with his former teammates, but he also didn't want the off chance that they had the scroll that Naruto's needed. Hinata's Byakugan was activated, and when she stopped suddenly Naruto and Lee stopped next to her.

"There is a team up ahead, they are fighting another team though. Should we advance in their direction or continue to find another team?" She asked, glanced at Lee and Naruto waiting to hear their decision.

"Lets see how their fight plays out. Head over there but keep your presence hidden." Naruto instructed and proceeded reign in his killing intent and his chakra signature. His teammates followed suit and took to the treetops, which also helped them to locate the tower across the forest. When they arrived they found the Suna team, and discovered that the team they had run into had been killed via sand. Naruto was impressed, to say the least, however from his vantage point, as well as how he'd hidden his presence he couldn't express it. He signed a few words to Hinata and Lee, then proceeded to jump down from the top of the tree. As he fell he decided to have a chat with his tenant.

Oi, Kyuubi. Oi. KURAMA! Naruto shouted internally.

What, you insufferable lizard worshiper,the deep voiced demon murmured in response. He hated to be woken up in such a manner.

Think you can give the red haired boy a blast of chakra? Naruto asked, already knowing who the boy was, and what he carried.

To that lazy raccoon? Fuck yeah,Kurama smirked. He enjoyed scaring his brothers once in a while, and he hadn't done it in quite some time. Naruto felt the chakra swelling inside him, and he sent a solid but pinpoint blast of it towards Gaara. Upon being hit by the chakra the red headed genin jumped back with his eyes as wide as they could possibly grow. Whatever calm he had was broken by the pure concentrated Biju chakra.

"Gaara…whats wrong?" Temari asked, not having seen Naruto yet. Kankuro had the right idea and looked to the sky. Seeing the long haired blonde fall as if it were nothing caused him to take a step back, into Temari who stumbled to the ground. Naruto had told Hinata and Lee to stay in the tree as backup, however he doubted he would need it.

"You! What do you want?" Temari demanded, however she was ignored as Naruto walked closer to Gaara.

"Your seal is faulty. And there's another two seals placed on it. An insomnia seal and a berserker seal. Fucking idiots. That's the worst way to handle a jinchuuriki." Naruto sighed, shaking his head. In that second he had weapons place on his neck.

"Who told you?" Kankuro demanded.

"My tenant. You'll recognize the name of Kyuubi correct?" Naruto smirked at the siblings as they stepped back in fear. Gaara could hear his "mother" screaming in his head to kill the bastard who acted like someone named "Kurama" and while normally Gaara would comply something told him to ignore the voice.

"I can fix that. Give you sleep, let you feel moderately human again. Even fix that stupid berserker seal so your tenant wouldn't be driving you mad." Naruto spoke, getting all three foreign genin to stare at him.

"You don't believe me." He pointed out, stating what was obvious.

"Why should we trust an enemy genin?" Kankuro challeneged,

"Because I'm the best seal master around. Unless you'd like to ask Jiraiya, who is a pervert." Naruto raised his eyebrow at Temari who blushed and glared at him.

"But that doesn't answer my question. Why should we trust you?" Kankuro stepped in front of his sister.

"Because I already know about your little invasion plan with Orochimaru, and I've taken measures to stop it. Also, I know the problem of living with another being in my mind. I want to help a brother." Naruto answered. Temari cursed and stepped away as they stopped to think.

"I know you already have your second scroll, so I'll meet your team at the tower after we get ours. Be ready for the adjusted sealing, it will take some time to do, and I'll be having my partner, who is also a sealing master, help out. Your siblings aren't allowed in the sealing chamber because of how dangerous it could be if they were to interfere halfway through. You have my word as a shinobi, as a Draconic Warrior, and as a jinchuuriki that I wish you no harm. Other than to harm the plans to attack this village." Naruto chuckled. Gaara nodded, ignoring his tenant and only felt a small swell of excitement for the idea of being able to sleep peacefully. Kankuro and Temari were still skeptical, however the boy seemed to know more than anyone else did. A moment had passed when a surge of very evil feeling chakra resounded through the forest. Naruto's head shot up, and he jumped back into the trees following the chakra immediately. Hinata and Lee followed, and not long after they came to an area that had been destroyed by what looked like a wind jutsu. Naruto put his guard up immediately, and found that while Sakura and Sasuke were struggling against the Kiri ninja they had seen before, his sister was nowhere to be found.

"Shit…she must have been blown back by the wind…Katsu, go find her. Hikari you are with me. We are going to stop this." Lee nodded and ran in the opposite direction, searching for Aikiko as he went. Naruto stepped in front of Sasuke and blew him back with a wind technique before stopping the foreign ninja, who had extended her neck to an abnormal place.

"Another group of interesting ninja. You're power is not because of chakra? I must study that." The voice the left her throat was deeper, and creepier than Naruto had expected, and in that moment he knew he was dealing with Orochimaru. The snakes head darted behind Naruto before he could really react, and bit Sasuke on the neck. The black haired genin screamed for all it was worth and then passed out.

"I left him a little gift, it'll help him achieve his goals, I can hope the same for you two." Orochimaru hissed and struck at Naruto. A moment passed before a chuckle escaped out of Naruto's mouth.

"As if. Our skin can't be penetrated by anything weaker than it is. That's the thing about us foreign warriors, chakra isn't our only trump card." Orochimaru pulled back suddenly and put his hand to his mouth. The fangs he'd used to bite Sasuke had broken, and were now useless to him.

"Not that we don't appreciate getting gifts, we'd rather not get them from a pedophile who likes to bite little boys." Hinata sneered. This outraged Orochimaru, and he peeled away the false face, showing his true eyes, and opened his mouth as wide as it would go. His tongue snaked out of his mouth and a sword appeared.

"I shall enlighten you as to what this is. My precious-"

"Chit chat. That's all this is. You're stalling." Naruto called, interrupting the Snake Sannin.

"As I was saying…my precious sword can-"

"UGH! Chit chat! If you want to fight lets fight, if you want to chat, write a fucking book and I'll read it later." Naruto whistled, however it wasn't the whistle for Ohen, it was a high pitched whistle that caught the attention of one Special Jounin who was running through the forest searching for her former sensei.

"Whatever you called here, I can handle it." The man spoke in response, however the whistle did work to slightly disorient him.

"Oh I didn't call a something. But I'm sure you'll see." Naruto said, waiting for Lee to get back with his sister. A moment later the black haired boy appeared, carrying Aikiko princess style, while it appeared that she was holding on for dear life.

"Lee…did you traumatize my sister?" Naruto turned, ignoring the danger in front of him.

"I sure hope not. All I did was find her and carry her here." Lee stated.

"Did you drop your weights to do it?" Naruto continued asking. Hinata was keeping an eye on Orochimaru, who was getting increasingly frustrated that not only were these brats not taking him seriously, they were ignoring him. Finally he threw a few kunai towards the chatting group, however they were caught by Hinata and Lee.

"Can't you see we are having a conversation?" Lee turned, giving Orochimaru a look, before summoning tree roots from the ground to suspend the man into the air by his limbs.

"Now hush. No, I didn't drop my weights. I wanted to retrieve your sister, not kill her. No offense Aikiko, I'd imagine you are a very strong girl but the speeds I can move at are not suitable for those who have never reached them." Lee spoke, looking between the siblings. Aikiko had started to struggle, because she was still being held in his arms, and while she didn't really mind, mostly because he was attractive to her, she would rather keep some of her dignity in front of her brother.

"You…insufferable children!" The sannin roared. Hinata knew that this was all a ploy to not only distract the sannin so that reinforcements could arrive, but also to piss him off. Sakura stood to one side, finally realizing that all her efforts to fight back were in vain, and that the group that stood before her were on a whole other level. Sasuke was still passed out, and Sakura darted forward and dragged him into a cave not far away. Hinata nodded, seeing Sakura do the smartest thing yet, and turned back towards where she'd felt a new chakra signature. She jumped off to find Anko, who had heard the whistle and knew now which direction to go in.

"Yes, that's exactly what we are. But you know what that makes you?" Naruto asked, knowing that Anko was almost there, and that Hinata was intercepting her to make sure everything worked out.

"What, you bumbling buffoon!" Orochimaru shouted, having shed the skin of the person he'd used to get into the exams and escaping the roots that held him.

"An idiot!" Anko shouted, raining down a hailstorm of kunai and shurikens, effectively taking her former sensei by surprise, however not for long.

"Ah yes, my little student. How is village life treating you?" The snake sannin asked, knowing already how the village treated her.

"I can say they hate you more than they hate me, and that in and of itself is a compliment!" Anko state, going into the jutsu's she'd learned after being left by the man. She never let him get her down, and she never showed the village that they got to her, as such she had a lot of pent up frustration, and was currently taking it out on the source. Naruto and Lee were employing guerilla warfare, in jumping in landing hits and running out before eventually the Sannin realized he was being pressed back.

"I shall retreat for now, but know, this is not the end! I will be back to finish what was started, to get what I deserve." The man shouted, and ran off with Anko following close behind.

"Well. That went well. Now, Sakura, I'm gong to do something here that might hurt." Hinata said, with a startled pink haired girl moving away from her. A swift hit to the back of the neck and the girl was out cold.

"Naruto-kun, you need to see this. Both of these." Hinata spoke. Naruto walked over to where both Sasuke and Sakura lay prone on the ground. Sakura was first, and on the back of her neck was a seal.

"I noticed it the other day, however now I can do something about it. I want your help in breaking this seal. It shouldn't be too difficult, however I'm not sure what it will do to her mental status. We will deal with Sasuke when that time comes." Hinata spoke, pulling out her ink and brush. Naruto nodded and Lee stood outside the cave, keeping guard.

"What is it with evil-doers and their compulsion to put seals on people. What good does it do?" Naruto muttered working along side Hinata who nodded in agreement. The seal wasn't complicated, as she'd said, but it was clinging pretty tight to the girl, and took a lot more out of Hinata to release it than she thought it would. Once it was done, Sakura's hair took a slightly darker tone, turning from cherry blossom pink to a warmer pink.

"Something tells me that was the work of Danzou. However we have no proof. When she wakes up, sit with her and talk with her. We need to see where she is." Naruto spoke, turning his attention to Sasuke, however he was interrupted by the sounds of fighting from outside the cave.

"Shit. They must have timed it to when we weren't paying attention." Hinata cursed, and darted out of the cave. Naruto followed to find the three Oto ninja from the beginning of the exam fighting against Lee and Aikiko. Both were having an easy time with the opponents they had, however the third of the group was sneaking attacks in every so often and landing some hits. Naruto charged in on her and subdued her peacefully while the other two were taken care of. A dark aura left the cave, and out walked Sasuke, covered in black markings.

"Let me test this new power on them. They'll be a great first trial." Sasuke spoke, his voice taking a lower tone.

"Lee, Hinata, get the genin away from here. I'll take him." Naruto called, having the rest of his team gather the others and run away.

"That's just fine. I can take you down now." Sasuke smirked, his eyes taking on an opposite look, where the whites of his eyes turned black and his pupils were red.

"Do you really think that he gave you that power for your benefit only? That pedophile?" Naruto asked, watching Sasuke falter slightly. It was true that there would be no reason to randomly give someone power and do nothing with it.

"I don't care. He hasn't used me yet, and I can still take my revenge!" Sasuke shouted lunging at Naruto. The power had made him faster, but it did not make him any better of a fighter, so Naruto still had the advantage. A few moments of brawling left Naruto thinking that he'd need to knock the other boy out in order to get to the seal, and so he did just that. Using his kenpo, he flash stepped behind the other boy and struck him on the back of the neck. Seizing the opportunity to keep him from attacking once he woke up, Naruto tied him face first to the tree. He then tore the other boys shirt away from the seal, only to find two more in addition to the new one.

"What the ever living fuck is wrong with this village. Seriously." Naruto curse, analyzing the other two. The one on the center of his back was an anger seal, partnered with a hatred seal. The other seal was a seal Naruto had never seen before, however he realized the components as he studied it. The first layer of the seal was to induce self imposed segregation. He would purposely separate himself from others. The second layer was jealousy upon improvement. The third layer was for vengeance. Naruto scoffed and worked fast to release Sasuke from all of the seals before he would be killed by them. That many on one person would inevitably lead to them counteracting each other and killing the bearer.

"First thing I do for this village after I come back is removing seals. What the fuck." Naruto muttered to himself. The seal Orochimaru left would be slightly more difficult to remove, because it contained samples of his own blood. It would take pure blood from a separate source to remove, and Naruto had just the source. A quick whistle on his part brought all of the genin back to him. Sakura had woken up and had yet to stop apologizing for all of her misdoings.

"Sakura, we forgive you. Now we need your help. I need to draw a sample of your blood and use it to counteract this seal. Can I do that?" Naruto asked. Sakura seemed surprised, however nodded adamantly and exposed her arm to Naruto. He used one of his nails to draw some blood, and quickly began to work is into the sealing ink, before smearing it over his teeth and biting Sasuke over the seal. Using his chakra he worked it into the blood stream using his will and eliminated the evil chakra and blood. Naruto pulled back and spat out the remaining blood a few times before taking a flask out and washing his mouth out with alcohol.

"Did it work?" Hinata asked.

"It should have. The seal hadn't taken to his chakra network yet, and so It was easy to eliminate before it had ingrained itself." Naruto sighed and sat down on the ground.

"I swear to god. If this village has sealed anymore of its genin for stupid shit like this we are defecting." Naruto ground out, smoke starting to escape his throat. Lee chuckled and dropped the ninja he was holding.

"Now then. Back to you three. You do realize that you were basically canon fodder for him right?" Lee asked, pointing at Sasuke, who'd been taken down from the tree.

"We serve only our master. It doesn't matter what he has us do." One of the team members spoke.

"Your choice, but we are still keeping you captive unless you give us info." Naruto spoke, grabbing the female member of the team and throwing her over his shoulder.

"I don't want to be killed for squealing on my country." The girl muttered. Naruto glanced at her before looking to both Hinata and Lee, who heard what she'd said.

"You won't be. You can take asylum in Konoha in exchange for info. We would protect you." Lee spoke.

"You can promise that?" The girl asked, hesitant to agree.

"We can. While we are strong we aren't really well liked, so more often than not we are left alone." Hinata shrugged.

"My name is Kin Tsuchi." She said her name, getting a polite smile from Hinata, who was walking next to Naruto. The boys from her team were silent, however similar thoughts were going through their heads. If they could get protection, they'd gladly leave. Having their lives be taken as a test for an enemy ninja, by order of their leader was bad. Sakura had calmed down significantly, and while she wasn't talking, everyone could tell that she felt guilty. No one spoke as everyone made their way towards the tower. Naruto had procured multiple scrolls by using clones, and had enough for both their team and Aikiko's team to pass. They put the scrolls together and both Iruka and Kurenai appeared in front of them. Without saying a word Iruka glanced at Naruto with a question in his eyes.

"We have caught and bound three foreign genin who were working in coordination with one Orochimaru. We wish to confine them to our home for protection from their former leader, as well as to employ Inoichi Yamanaka to question them on their actions prior to this exam." Naruto stated, placing Kin on her feet, but leaving the rope that bound her on.

"I understand, I'll bring them to your home. In the mean time you all must stay here. Sasuke is uninjured correct? I do not want to have to call a healer." Iruka sighed. Naruto smirked and shook his head. The black haired boy had yet to wake up, and was being supported by Aikiko. There was no way of knowing how he was going to act once he woke up, however there was hope that he would have changed at least slightly. Naruto and Hinata headed away from the group to seal the last, hopefully, of the genin, and then Naruto planned on taking a long nap. He was tired of the shit that the village, and its supposed allies, were pulling on the children they used as their army. All villages started their military training off early, some earlier than others, however most of the villages had children as the main force. Naruto had been taught by Andreas that while the strength of adults could be great, the strength of many was the deciding factor.

"Last one." Naruto muttered to himself, getting a small chuckle from Hinata. Naruto was exhausted, but he'd made a promise and he would keep it. When he found Gaara and his siblings, almost immediately they jumped up.

"Our room is right here. We will wait out here, but just know, if you hurt him in any way we will kill you, allies or not." Kankuro spoke, grinding his teeth. Gaara glanced at his brother and then his sister, before walking through the door. Naruto followed, along with Hinata, and they put silencing seals up around the room, along with defensive barriers.

"Mother is calling for me to kill you, but I know I can't." Gaara spoke, his voice hushed slightly.

"Yeah, well Kurama says that 'mother' should shut his mouth." Naruto responded, not looking at Gaara but feeling the biju's chakra slightly leaking out in anger.

"That berserker seal must have really messed up Shukaku, because according to Kurama, that brother of his was normally the calm one." Naruto glanced at Hinata. She nodded, laying down the groundwork for the ground seals. They would need to bind Gaara to the ground in order to keep his chakra and the biju's chakra from escaping into tower. Once that was done, Naruto began to draw the seal lines onto Gaara that would keep him still while Naruto worked with the different layers of it. It would be trickier than Sasuke's, which was done in an extreme situation, because of how much was at stake. Once everything was set Naruto began his work. The layers were tight, and took quite a bit to work through, however Naruto could see the relief on Gaara's face when the insomnia seal was lifted. The last seal to work with was the berserker seal, and that was the most difficult one. It clung to the first seal like glue, and it took some of Naruto's chakra mixed with Kurama's to break it. Finally they were down to the base seal, which held the Ichibi inside. Naruto began to restructure it, making it so that Gaara could use Shukaku's chakra without any influences from the biju, however he also made the seal slightly similar to his own, in that the boy would be healed whenever injured. It was a long process, and by the time they were done Gaara had fallen asleep, and Hinata was not far behind.

"I'm done. Take your brother, we will clean this up tomorrow, after we sleep." Naruto spoke, picking Hinata up and carrying her back to their room. Not bothering to put her in her own bed, he tucked them both into his and passed out.


I'm really happy with the length of this chapter, and the contents, I'm just unsure of how well I got it down. I hope people enjoyed some of the little twists I added in, and I do have some pretty major plans for it. Especially considering I've opened a lot of doors in my own head. I didn't really go through for grammar or spelling this time, mostly because I'm honestly too lazy to do it. Thanks for reading!