Chapter 4
Two Weeks Later
Naruto could only sigh as he watched his clones finish more senbon and kunai around the circle of the forge. "Daishyn-sensei?" he began. "I've already made over a couple hundred senbon and kunai with my clones making the necessary shuriken." He sighed, watching another clone standing beside Daishyn as the man inspected the weapon. "When can I make a sword?" he asked frustratingly.
"Naruto-kun." Chelsea called from the doorway into the rest of the shop. "The three of us need to have a talk." She began, calling both him and her husband into the shops office.
Sighing, Naruto grudgingly made his way after his sensei's while his clones continued their forging. After entering the main office, Naruto looked around to once again find that there weren't any customers once again. "I think, Naruto," Chelsea began as they all sat down. "All of the basic training we had planned to teach you has completed." She explained, causing Naruto to growl at her.
"You told me that I would learn a lot of things from you, not just the simple shit!" he shouted, causing both Chelsea and Daishyn to wince at the volume of his voice. But as he looked at them, he frowned. "I'm sorry for yelling." He said, giving them an ashamed frown and headshake.
"Naruto." Daishyn began. "Just because the basics are done, doesn't mean that we're finished teaching you things." He explained. "We just can't teach you anything really other than what we have already taught you." He sighed, watching the blondes face fall further. "Your able to do more stuff than most shinobi already."
"Not to mention, nobody really knows about your bloodline except that you can see chakra and have really good night vision." Chelsea cut in, looking at his visor that he had yet to take off for a long while. "We know that you have some kind of warning system with your chakra, or so it seems. But I think we should take some time to train you in your bloodline." She smiled as she saw his face light up. "Besides, we need to know if there was anything that you actually wanted to learn other than the basics. After all, no shinobi can stay a basic shinobi and hope to survive." She explained.
"But," Naruto began, looking at her face now. "Your already teaching me sealing." He frowned. "How much more advanced can I get?" he asked, looking between the two. "And Daishyn-sensei," he began as he looked at the man that had quickly became like a father. "You yourself said that you would take me on as an apprentice blacksmith in my spare time." He frowned.
"Naruto." Chelsea said, effectively catching his attention once again. She quickly held up a piece of paper. "This is chakra affinity paper." She explained. "Use some chakra and we can find out what you would be good at." She smiled. She handed him the piece of stiff paper before telling him more about it. "Now listen to me. After channeling chakra to the paper, the paper will either get soaked (water), burn (fire), turns to dust (earth), crumble (lightning) or split in half (wind)." She explained, causing Naruto to smile.
Channeling some chakra into the paper, the paper promptly exploded! "Oops," he began. "Too much chakra."
While he looked at the little remains of the paper, Chelsea and Daishyn looked from the boy then to each other. Taking out a weird block, Chelsea handed it to Naruto. "Okay, now that that wasn't weird in itself." She chuckled dryly. "I want you to channel different amounts of chakra to each of your fingers and press them into the grooves on the block." She explained, causing Naruto to smile as he examined the block.
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Three Hours Later ~ Hokage's Office
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Sarutobi was looking out at the village as he smoked on his pipe absently. I'm glad things are so quiet. He sighed to himself. But as he turned around, Sarutobi had to brace himself in shock at seeing two animals on his desk. One of them was what looked like a decently sized ferret, while the other was a slightly smaller… and slightly worried looking blue and green skinned snake as it looked at the ferret, the other animal ignoring the animal next to him. Both of the animals held a scroll in some way or another.
"Hokage-sama." The ferret sighed, holding up a scroll. "Chelsea and Daishyn-sama send word."
Sarutobi was on the ferret almost instantly. "What is the good word, Ferret-san?" he asked, slowly taking the scroll.
"Read for yourself." The Ferret growled. "I'm out of here." The animal sighed before puffing out of existence.
Taking a quick look at the frightened snake, Sarutobi opened the scroll.
Sarutobi-sama,
This is to notify you that Naruto has far exceeded our original expectations. He is learning a small amount of sealing and is eager to learn more. I am stunting the growth in that regard for various reasons. He is also looking into forging as he says that he already talked with you about it. He is right now pestering my husband to teach him how to forge swords. Something that I am curious about, since he should be more concerned with learning the art of other things. As such, I have asked him what else he would like to learn. He has yet to answer my question but we have proceeded to test his affinities.
Main: Wind
Secondary: Water
And another thing that is curious. He has shown the makings of a small affinity for Lightning. I don't know if that shows a cause for concern but it is something that would be needed I think.
Chelsea.
Now, after reading this, Sarutobi was officially worried. If Naruto develops those affinities, he would be truly powerful. He thought as he looked at the pictures on the wall. What should I do! He shouted to the former Hokage's. Now I have to worry that he'll turn into Itachi or even worse, since he has that bitch of a fox. He thought as he massaged his temples, completely forgetting the now absent snake.
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Next Morning
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Naruto smiled at the shocked expressions on Chelsea and Daishyn's faces. "Are you sure about this?" Daishyn asked. "I mean, we can't really teach you anything that would help you." He explained.
Chelsea could only smile. Taking out a small piece of paper, she quickly created a clone and sent it out of the store. "I think we may have something to help with that kiddo." She smiled before tossing him several scrolls. "I know we taught you a lot of theory about jutsu, but these are gonna be interesting." She laughed at the look of awe now adorning Naruto's face. "Those scrolls have almost every kind of elemental chakra that you could imagine." She explained, only to be tackled to the ground by Naruto rather quickly.
Naruto could barely contain his glee. He continued to hug her with as much of his strength as he could manage. Finally being able to control his emotions, Naruto stood up only to smile at Daishyn in which he tackled the blacksmith as well.
"Naruto." Daishyn began again as he pulled the blonde away from him. "Once again, are you sure you know what you are doing by asking to be taught this, even though we really can't do much in the way of teaching you?" he asked.
"Yes I am." Naruto smiled before running out of the office to where he was temporarily stationed for his book training.
"Is everything alright, Daishyn-kun?" Chelsea asked, standing beside her husband as she massaged his shoulder.
"I just never thought that Naruto would want to learn THAT of all things." Daishyn sighed. "He's learning to work the forge, and he's learning sealing."
"But your concerned that he wants to learn to do poison?" she asked.
"Its not that." Daishyn sighed. "Its that he wants to find a way to turn his chakra into poison, as if he was wanting to create his own bloodline."
Chelsea simply continued to massage her husbands shoulders and smiled absently, hoping that their student would do okay.
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Graduation Day
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Naruto had woken up early that day and polished off a cup of ramen before Daishyn and Chelsea even woke up. Looking around the shop, Naruto smiled as he looked at the shelves that he had helped stock. Numerous amounts of his high quality shuriken were standing proudly before him.
Looking back at the last four months, Naruto could only smile as he realized that he had in fact, learned a great deal. Even now, after the last month, he had come to realize some things that would really be impossible: One of the things was that he was in his own mind, an at least somewhat decent blacksmith. The second thing is that he loved the art of sealing. Everything about it seemed wicked and cool, even if the beginnings of it was slightly more than boring. But the third thing that seemed to both scare and surprise everyone that he had shown, was that Naruto had somehow become highly adaptive toward poisons!
But as he looked around the shop that he had been living in, he could only smile at the bare look of the place. Nothing seemed to matter to him, not even the exam that was going to take place today. All he could think about as he looked around the room… was the last four months of his life and how he had grown.
Looking at a shelf, he smiled as he saw that the swords in the section were not from him. But he didn't mind it. Daishyn and Chelsea-sensei had told him that he would only learn more AFTER he had graduated from the academy and became a shinobi of the village. Now, thanks to his shadow clones, Naruto had already learned to do many of the things that he had wanted to ever learn. He had learned every kind of Shadow clone technique (Kunai, Senbon, and Shuriken) in secret away from his sensei's-turned-parents. But he only knew how the theory behind a lot of other things, things that both Chelsea and Daishyn had made him promise that he would not attempt without them present. Large weapon forging was one of them.
He could only smile as he looked at his wrists and armbands. His bloodline he had soon discovered, was exactly like Chelsea-sensei had told him… nobody knew anything about it. He had dubbed it the Darkness Eye, mainly because of what his bloodline seemed to thrive in. But he soon found out, that like Minezia had said, he could push the range but found it would narrow his vision, and since it was constantly active, he would always have a problem with the control over his chakra. He found out quite by accident that he was able to actually see the chakra that was being forced into a jutsu and how it was being manipulated. Something that had led to him and his clones picking up the Water Walking and the Tree Walking exercises very easily.
Wrestling his large belt around his waist, Naruto smiled when he felt the seals activating to his chakra. He held a small arsenal amongst his entire body. Senbon, Shuriken, and Kunai were sealed into the spots on his waist. All of them made from the black metal that he himself had asked Daishyn and the Hokage for. Placing his newest combat boots, the ones that had lifting seals and sound seals emblazoned on the heel of each of them.
Taking one last look at the shop and the adjourning rooms, he smiled a foxy grin once again and closed the door behind him. Naruto took one last look around and sighed. When is he gonna learn! He shouted. "Aren't you gonna stop trying to kill me, Inu!" he shouted, looking directly up at the one person who had become like a plaque to him. Shaking his head, Naruto turned back to the alley in front of him. "I don't care who you think you are, but your sensei, the Fourth, would be ashamed of you!" he shouted, causing Inu to look at him with rage.
"Go to hell, Demon!" the ANBU shouted. "If I had my way about it, Uzumaki Naruto and his bitch of a mother would never have been born!" he shouted loud enough just for the two of them to hear.
Naruto looked up at the ANBU once again. "I don't care what you think, ya over-grown stain on the wall." He growled. "But you should think more clearly after a night of drinking, don't you think?" he said, turning his head down to start walking only to dash to the side to avoid a rather weird feeling blur contact with the earth where he had been. Looking back the way he came, Naruto saw that it was in fact Inu who had crashed into the ground, a fist stuck in the ground. "Oh now isn't THIS priceless?" he shouted at the ANBU.
"I will kill you, boy!" the Dog-masked ANBU spat. "I will gladly kill you for the sake of fixing my sensei's mistake!"
"You know what, you should give yourself the ax, especially since you have so much hate for a little kid." A deeper voice called out. Naruto looked to the source to see Daishyn and Chelsea standing there. "Go on kiddo. Come see us after you get your headband." The man smiled. "We'll deal with Inu over here."
"Umm, okay." Naruto smiled, giving his surrogate family a genuine smile before leaping into the air and taking off as soon as his boots touched the roof.
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"Now that the kid is gone," Chelsea chuckled absently. "You can tell us why the hell you have come back here after you were told to never show yourself again!" she growled, popping her knuckles.
"I don't care who you think you are, woman." Inu growled. "But that boy of a demon should have been killed at birth!" he shouted. "And I have already made plans to deal with this blight on my beautiful village!" he laughed maniacally.
"Your own sensei would be ashamed of you." Daishyn sighed. "You have been attacking his own son and you think that you can get away with it!" he growled.
"The Fourth Hokage was never married!" the ANBU panted, looking around behind his mask. "If he had a son I would have known about it!" he grunted, finally being able to pull his hand free. "I would have been told." He whispered. "He would have been bragging about it to the entire village!"
His only response to what he was saying was that the two in front of him disappeared into the shop. "Your gonna regret it!" Inu shouted. "Just you wait and see!" he growled. "In the middle of the night, when your both asleep, that demon will kill you! Then he will burn your pathetic store to the ground."
"ANBU-san." Chelsea growled, turning around to face him once again, her face as passive as she could make it. "You should be killed."
Inu was visibly shocked at what she had said. "What are you talking about?" he ranted. "The Kyuubi is a menace!"
"Oh I agree that the Kyuubi's a menace of a bitch." Chelsea frowned as she walked closer to the ANBU. "But the Kyuubi is sealed inside a very powerful seal." She began. "And if I ever hear about you threatening my store again, even in the most basic of ways," she explained. "You will not be around long enough to scream much less anything else."
"How DARE you threaten me! I'm ANBU! I have every right to do what must be done to protect this village! Even if that means protecting this pathetic store!" Inu shouted, gesturing to the building in front of him. But as he began trying to say something else, his face was shoved upward by Chelsea's knee connecting with his chin.
"I don't care if you're the fucking Easter bunny!" Chelsea growled. "You wanna fight someone, then fine. I can kick your ass three ways from sundown!" she spat on his mask before he looked back down. "You weren't the only one who was trained by Minato-sensei!" she shouted. Holding out her right hand, a perfect sphere appeared in her hand, much to the shock of Inu. "So you think you can take on someone who helped him perfect his own Rasengen?" she asked.
"You WHORE!" Inu yelled, his eyes bloodshot behind his mask as he lunged for her, only to meet face first with the woman's bare foot.
"Come near my store again, little Inu…" Chelsea growled, dissipating the Rasengen. "And I will personally rearrange every little thing on that face that isn't even covered. DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR!" she shouted, making both Daishyn and Inu sweat before Inu was kicked out of the alley.
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Academy
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Naruto smiled as he adjusted his belt. He was now outside of the Academy, looking at the building that had been his sanctuary for so long. Looking around for the kids, Naruto could only frown as he saw no one. But as he thought about it, he could only conclude that they were already in their classes, waiting for school to begin. As he walked inside, Naruto sighed as he breathed in the lovely scent of books and scrolls that he had almost forgotten. Taking a glance behind him, Naruto smiled as he reached a light and with a click, the light was gone. Naruto quickly removed his visor and looked around in the dark. Everything seemed to be in place from where he remembered. But as he looked around, he noticed that his eyes were not detecting any kind of chakra from what looked like inside the entire building. Sighing angrily, Naruto placed his visor back over his eyes and smiled. How he loved his bloodline.
Walking along the halls, Naruto could only think about what would happen on the graduation exam. But as he looked around, Naruto's mind seemed to be playing all kinds of scenarios. I just hope it's not a book exam! He thought.
Realizing quickly that he was indeed at his former classroom, Naruto opened the door only to be greeted with silence. Not that there weren't people IN the classroom, but that nobody was in fact AWAKE. Shikamaru Nara and Chouji Akimichi were sleeping at their desks, with Chouji slightly drooling on the desk. But as he looked at the two Sensei's that were standing behind the front desk, he could only frown. Mizuki looked about ready to kill, while Iruka was practically gapping wide-eyed at him. But any further conversation that was even close to ensue was quickly ended when Naruto jumped to the side, miraculously avoiding another oh-so forgetful thing from the class… Sasuke Uchiha. The black haired brooder immediately looked at him before sneering in his direction.
Naruto, however, had to hide what he was feeling. Kyuubi-chan? He began, hoping he was wrong. Is it me, or does Sasuke-teme have what looks like two sets of chakra? He asked, looking the boy up and down behind his visor. And why the HELL would the second one be moving? Not even yours moves like that.
Kyuubi however, was not really even thinking about what could have caused it, more concerned about something else altogether. That fool! She shouted, turning around in the field that now represented her cage. This is not going to end well! She growled under her breathe. The last time that that technique was used was ages ago!
Naruto, blessedly unaffected by Kyuubi's whispering, looked around at the other students that were now filing into the classroom. He watched as Hinata came in however, with a different set of views. Why does she have some kind of chakra at her neck? He thought to himself, looking at the side of Hinata's neck as she passed him, bandages around her neck.
Umm, kit! Kyuubi shouted. That girl, from the smell of it, has been married off into some other clan in Konoha. She began. It sometimes happens for political marriages. She explained as Naruto's eyes narrowed.
So, he frowned. You're saying that not only is she married before she is even an adult, but that she is in fact married for political reasons? He asked worriedly. Oh this is not going to be good.
I actually think that this might help her.Kyuubi smiled in her cage. After all, Minezia can be yours now. WITHOUT Hinata being upset and using that stupid seal on her.
Kyuubi-chan Naruto frowned. I know that nobody but me can hear you, he began. But can you please not try to get my hopes up? He sighed, continuing to lean into the corner he had chosen. Hiashi would never allow the 'DEMON' of Konoha to marry into even the branch family.
This has nothing to do with that stupid fucking blowhard. Kyuubi growled, slamming her tails into the ground, causing Naruto to wince.
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Mizuki and Iruka had talked early in the day, wanting to find out about what the Hokage had meant by 'having their work cut out for them' today. But when a certain blonde 'demon' (Mizuki's term) walked into the room, after being absent for four months, as well as being expelled because of the actions that had 'supposedly' happened that day, Iruka was shocked only to see Naruto looking extremely different than he did the last time he had seen him.
The outfit that the blond was wearing was just the beginning. Instead of the jumpsuit, Naruto was instead wearing a pair of long baggy black and red camouflage colored cargo pants, taped off at his feet with some kind of black cloth Are those restriction seals? Iruka asked. The blondes shirt was a simple loose fitting white vest shirt with long sleeved fishnet covering his arms, with what looked like black spandex underneath. Fingerless gloves only revealed the same spandex-like material. And the visor over his eyes made Iruka wonder what had happened to the blond during his time away from the academy. Silently watching the blond as the other students came in, he was shocked to see that Naruto had not only become calmer, but that he was literally just standing there, not even complaining once! Is it me, or has he grown taller? He asked himself, looking to his fellow teacher as he addressed the students.
"All right you maggots!" Mizuki growled. "Today, you all are going to take your Genin exams. You either pass, or you fail." He grunted, sitting down behind the desk and a large stack of papers. "When I call your names up here, come down and get your test." He grunted. Note to self, four bottles of sake the night before an exam, not good. he thought, rubbing his temples in pain.
"Excuse me, Mizuki-sensei?" Sakura piped up, causing Mizuki to wince in pain. After getting a nod from the teacher, she continued. "I thought that new students weren't supposed to be coming into a graduates class." She began before pointing toward Naruto in the corner. "So what is that dropout doing here!" she shrieked, causing Iruka to fall over in his chair and Mizuki to grown out in pain.
"For your information, Haruna-san." The blond piped up, causing everyone to look at him in surprise.
His voice sounds so… cold. Hinata thought, looking at her former crush. She had only noticed him when she had finally sat down. He seemed to exude an aura of severe confidence. Something that she had never seen in him. Looking at everyone else's reactions, Hinata could only sigh as she looked at her once unknown crush. But as she thought of him, she remembered the night so many months ago when her father had taken her from the Elder Hyuuga's meeting area.
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Hinata walked into her fathers office, her face down-cast yet knowledgeable about what was about to take place. Only two options… she thought. Caged Bird and Banishment from the clan, she sighed. Or Marriage, seal and all. (The Marriage Seal would be the original idea behind the Caged Bird Seal.) Taking in how Hiashi was looking at her, she could only frown in worry. Her father had always been someone for tradition.
"Hinata." Hiashi began. "You and I both know that for some reason you don't show how strong you are." He frowned as Hinata seemed to jump. "I don't know what it is about you actually afraid to harm someone or something in that nature, but the only way for me to really save you from any kind of negative fate, would be to make a political marriage to someone outside the clan." He explained, holding up several forms from the stack. "The Elders do not know that I have several men that are able to take care of you and actually show you what you are really lacking in the shinobi arts." He replied, stopping any kind of retort from his daughter. "Now hold on." He smiled, shocking Hinata slightly. "I know that you think no one knows why you don't fight or anything. Many of the Hyuuga know that you hate the Caged Bird seal and wish for it to be banished from us." He explained. "So, effectively barring your own death, the Marriage seal is to be finally used after a very long time." He smiled, grabbing a bottle of ink from his desk.
"But, tou-san…" Hinata coughed, looking around. "W…Who am I to marry?" she stammered hesitantly. "I think it is at least proper to know who I am to marry."
"Oh that is in fact the case. In fact, me and his mother have talked about the possibility of a union between his and our clans for quite a few months." Hiashi chuckled before sliding a small folder across to her.
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Even now she could not help but twitch at the very idea of being married to THAT person. But as she looked from Naruto to him, she really couldn't imagine a better choice than her for him. It was with a heavy shoulder that she had to leave her Naruto-kun alone. Its for the betterment of the clan. She thought sadly.
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Uchiha Sasuke looked at Naruto as the entire class gasped at the way he looked and sounded. But as Sasuke looked at him, some weird voice in the back of his head was making noises that he could not control nor understand. It sounded happy, but yet angry. Sasuke quickly pushed it to the darker recesses of his mind. Now if only I could get rid of whatever the hell is wrong with my stomach! He growled to himself as he looked at the class again, forcefully removing Naruto from his gaze, only to have his head virtually pushed to look back at the blonde. What is wrong with me? He shouted to himself, only to be swamped away from the pain in his abdomen and a resounding pain in the back of his head. Why can't I look away!
Because I don't want you to look away. A feminine voice called from the back of his mind, causing him to smack himself in the face in exasperation.
What is wrong with me! He asked himself again.
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Sakura looked at the blonde in front of her, only to shy away from his gaze. Mommy told me he was gone! She thought in worry. Now he's gonna eat me! She shrieked.
He's not a demon! Inner Sakura shouted at her, causing her to gulp. If he was a demon, you would have already been dead from all the pain you've given him! Inner Sakura reasoned.
Sakura 'humphed' before going right back to staring at her 'Sasuke-kun'.
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Naruto could only sigh as he looked everyone in the eye who was watching him, including Sasuke and Mizuki. I know that damn Uchiha is going to be pissed about how strong I am. He thought as he looked the black haired emo down. Then again, the one who EXPELLED me should have something to say about it as well. He sighed, looking the man in the eye when he saw the mad zeal on the man's eyes. "So." Naruto frowned. "Are we going to get the exams on the way here or should I call out that someone is disrupting the exams?" he asked, looking at the sensei's.
"The only one who is disrupting this class, is YOU, ya lowlife DEMON!" Sakura yelled. "Why don't you go away into your cave like you're supposed to!" she yelled, pointing out toward the windows of the classroom.
Now, needless to say that you could hear a pin drop in the room would be an understatement. But when the person she was targeting looked her in the eye, Sakura immediately faltered when saw that no one would come to her defense. "Haruna-san." Naruto began coldly. "Maybe you should explain to everyone here what you are reffering to when you call me a demon? Since I am as you can see… NOT a demon. I mean, where is the tail and fur?" he asked, holding his hands out to show them he had none of the said items.
"My mommy told me…" she began, only to stop as she felt the glare coming at her from somewhere in the room. Looking around the room, she literally saw everyone's eyes on her. But as she returned her gaze to Naruto. I can't tell them about the Kyuubi. Mommy told me that it's a secret from the Hokage saying that anyone telling them of this gets killed. She thought. "I… I heard it around the Village that you were a demon!" she shrieked, knowing that she already caught herself in a lie.
Naruto simply looked at her. Moving around the desk to look her in the eye, he could only smile. "So, Sakura Haruna." He smiled. "I wonder who I should turn in for breaking any kinds of law?" he sighed, causing Sakura's eyes to widen in fear. "Eh. Oh well. Doesn't have anything to do with me." Naruto laughed, causing Sakura to slightly chuckle with him. "Now, Mizuki-sensai, Iruka-sensei? Can we PLEASE get this shit over with?" he shouted.
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Hokage's Office
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Sarutobi could only sigh as he looked at the paperwork in front of him. Its going to be worse tomorrow. He thought as he signed another piece of useless paperwork, something that was talking about the council members demanding better protection from the shinobi of Chuunin and below. Sighing, Sarutobi simply slammed his 'Denied' seal on the paperwork. Especially with the Genin tests today. He sighed, hoping whatever training Naruto had received would help him complete the tests. He deserves to at least have SOMETHING for himself. He chuckled. Taking a few seconds to look at the available Jounin for the teams, he could only sigh. Unfortunately I have none who would even TRY to teach him, much LESS have him for a team.
His thoughts were interrupted as his door swung open, revealing Chelsea walking in, with her husband behind her. "Sarutobi-sama, we need to talk." She began, bowing as soon as she came near his desk.
"Well," Sarutobi frowned, wondering what had happened now with Naruto. "Did something happen?" he asked, looking between the two.
"Naruto-kun is fine." Daishyn smiled as he looked into the Hokage's eyes. "But we had a little altercation with one of your ANBU earlier this morning." He explained, causing Sarutobi's eyes to widen.
"Tell me." He ordered, knowing something important must have happened for the two of them to be looking as they were.
"Inu tried to kill Naruto as he was going to the exam this morning. When it didn't work, he started talking crazy about Minato-sensei and acting like something was wrong." Chelsea began, holding up a rather bent up piece of metal. "He said that I was a whore and that I should be killed." She growled.
Daishyn was there in a second, holding her hands in front of her. "Calm down love." He whispered. "You know that you're not. Unless its with me." He smiled, causing the both of them to blush.
"Okay," Sarutobi coughed, drawing their attention back to him. "Well all I can really do is find out why all this is happening." He explained. "I will make sure that Inu knows his place. Very VERY soon." He sighed. "Now, is there anything else that I can help you with?" he asked.
"Actually," Chelsea smiled, nodding to Daishyn. Her husband gave a chuckle before he looked away. "There is something I felt that we should talk about." She said, her grin making Sarutobi think of a certain blond haired Jinchuuriku.
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Academy
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"Uzumaki Naruto, Iruka-sempai." A voice called out behind the door, alerting everyone to the voices presence. Naruto simply smiled before he looked around at everyone, giving nods to everyone important (meaning Sakura and Sasuke got ignored totally) before he looked Iruka in the eye. He smiled at his sensei before standing up and walking out the door, only to see the appearance of an ANBU member wearing a Cat mask, purple hair cascading down her back as she knelt beside the door. Two swords sat strapped to her back even as she sat there. Naruto frowned as he felt Iruka standing behind him. "Uzumaki Naruto," the ANBU began. "Are you ready for your exams?" she asked.
"More than ready." Naruto chuckled silently, hoping Iruka wouldn't be mad. After all, he always said that he wanted to give me my tests separately. He thought, inwardly crawling on the ground laughing as he saw the Old Man's humor even now.
"ANBU-san," Iruka interrupted, looking between the two of them. "I was under the impression that Uzumaki-san here would be taking his tests with the rest of the class." He explained, gesturing to the classroom.
"The Hokage feels that Uzumaki Naruto has been plagued by people with prejudice to his occupant so as to hinder his progress." The ANBU said, nodding to the class. "The Hokage has thus made an entirely different test to give the boy." It explained.
"Thank you for explaining this to him, Ma'am." Naruto smiled, inwardly sighing as the ANBU's arms turned red in embarrassment. Damn glad that Chelsea-sensei taught me manners. He thought, looking forward to his test.
Are you sure its not because of how pretty that ANBU looks when she blushes? The fox asked, her voice sounding slightly jealous.
Hush you. Naruto chuckled.
"Now, if you are ready, Uzumaki-san." The ANBU replied, pointing down the hall. "Follow me please." She said before turning around and walking away.
Halfway to what he had assumed would be the room for the test, the ANBU turned around quickly, causing Naruto to jump back thanks to his instincts. His instincts saved him as the female ANBU held a long-bladed dagger right at where he had been standing. "WHAT THE HELL!" he shouted, looking at where the dagger would have landed… it would have most likely stopped right at his throat!
"Umm, Naruto?" Iruka asked, looking back at the way Naruto was standing…
Unbeknownst to Naruto, he had jumped back so fast he had clung to the ceiling, his feet braced at a beam. Looking now at the up-side down pair, Naruto's eyes narrowed. "So, your one of those ANBU that want to kill me because of the fox huh?" he asked, anger clear in his voice.
"I apologize, Uzumaki-san." The ANBU said, embarrassment now evident. "I tend to over-react when I feel someone looking at my ass." She explained, motioning for him to come down as she put away the dagger.
Naruto sighed as he did a back-flip and landed on his feet.
But before he could do or say anything, he was embraced in a hug by the ANBU. Shock could only be seen on his face, even through his visor. "I know what you are." The ANBU began before pulling back to knell in front of him, her hand on his shoulder. "I know who you are. I also know much more." She said, tilting her head to the side. "But I also know that that you are NOT what you contain." She said before removing the bottom part of her mask and kissing him on the forehead.
Now, Naruto is usually not someone to be embarrassed about something. But being hugged by a really strong kinouichi and then kissed on the forehead by that same one, would make anyone really embarrassed. "O… Okay." Naruto stammered, making Iruka think that Naruto resembled a certain Hyuuga clan member.
"The kiss was just for luck." The ANBU chuckled. "Besides, you're a little young for me." She said with a smile before placing the bottom of her mask back on.
The three quickly found the room and entered it.
Naruto's Genin exam was going to begin.
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Classroom
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Mizuki frowned as he looked around the room at the students in front of him. I hope that they kill that damn demon. He growled to himself. He doesn't even deserve to be alive! He thought before his mind started to wander. I wonder what that bitch of a girlfriend of mine is doing. He thought, imagining what he would be doing most of the night after he got done with the stupid class. He mentally did a checklist.
Inform the Hokage of Sasuke placing as Rookie of the Year.
Steal the Forbidden Scroll, blaming it on the Demon Brat.
Kill said demon.
Fuck girlfriend til next Tuesday.
Mizuki could only chuckle as he looked at his meal ticket out of the Academy. Being the one to teach the last Uchiha would cause the entire council to rise above the Hokage and promote him to Jounin for sure! He smiled sinisterly as he looked at the boy. He just needs to answer the questions and he should be fine. He smiled. After all, I don't think that anyone can beat him in Taijutsu, and with the kunai and shuriken I have with him, he should get a hundred percent out of the accuracy, not that he would have any trouble.
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Sakura could barely contain her glee as she looked at the questions in her paper. I'm gonna graduate! She shouted to herself, looking over at Sasuke as he took his test. Making sure she didn't become obvious, she looked at his paper. Even Sasuke is finished with his test! That must mean we're destined to be together! She sighed happily. Take that Ino-pig!
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Naruto's Exam – Iruka
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Iruka frowned at the room they were in. Naruto would undoubtedly feel comfortable however, and that was what he guessed the Hokage would have been going for. The ANBU had taken a station inside the room as they entered it. But when Naruto saw where they were, he had laughed uncontrollably. I guess it would only be natural. He thought. I mean, a prankster like him would already know everything about the Detention Room in the Academy. He sighed.
But now, as Naruto wrote furiously on his test, Iruka was worried. Whatever the Hokage had wanted for Naruto to be tested, Iruka could only hope that both the Hokage knew what he was doing, and if Naruto was sure he knew the answers.
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Naruto had been happy when he had entered the room. Oji-san sure knows how to be nostalgic. He laughed. But as he looked through the small booklet in front of him, Naruto could barely contain his whistle. He was already through most of it, but Naruto could barely contain his happiness in the way that the questions were asked.
What would you need to break into a level three building being continuously patrolled by squads of ANBU level Shinobi?
And that had been the first question! As Naruto had progressed through the test, he realized that some of the questions in the exam had rung more than a few bells for the young blond. Smiling, he looked around the room before nodding to both Iruka and the ANBU before going through the rest of his test.
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Iruka looked through the answer sheet one last time before giving Naruto's small booklet another glance. I can't believe it! He thought absently. Some of these questions are way above Genin level. He frowned as he looked at one in particular.
Which would be better in a shinobi, strength or agility? The question asked. Now, Iruka knew that most people, himself included, would say that strength was more important in any kind of shinobi. But Naruto surprised him once again by saying that Agility was more important. And he actually gave an explanation for the answer! He sighed, handing the booklet to the ANBU. "Please take this to the Hokage." He said, rubbing his temples. "I can't properly correct it." He explained, causing Naruto to worry about his test.
"Is there a problem, Iruka-sensei?" he asked, looking to the walking ANBU's back, before dropping his gaze absently to her ass. She does have a nice ass though. He thought as he looked back to his sensei.
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Sasuke had to hold himself in a crouched position as he finished looking over his test. Damn this pain! He shouted to whatever was inside his head. What the hell is causing me so much pain! He shouted again. The presence in the back of his head was silent, but whatever was going on, seemed to be getting stronger! It was in his shoulder now. Luckily, as he shunted more and more of his attention to it, he realized that it was in his weaker right arm. It wouldn't affect his aim or anything like that so he would have no hindrance to his tests.
As he looked around the room, he could only frown as he saw that Sakura was already done with her test, and was staring at him with what looked like stars in her eyes. Kami must want to curse me! He shouted to the heavens.
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Naruto
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Naruto frowned as he and Iruka walked out of the room they were in. "So, when are we doing the rest of the test?" he asked, looking at a clock in the wall. "The rest of the class shouldn't be done for another hour." He explained.
"Naruto, your getting everything pretty fast, since I want you done before the rest of the class is there." Iruka said as the two walked outside the building. They stopped at the target range. "Your getting everything now." He explained, holding up a tray of what looked to Naruto's now somewhat trained eyes as piss poor quality weaponry.
Naruto hesitated before cutting some of the chakra to his eyes. I can't go blind when I throw these. He frowned. "Iruka-sensei, can I use my own weapons?" he asked, inching toward a seal on his arm.
"No, Naruto." Iruka frowned, looking at the seals decorating Naruto's arms. "Umm, just curious, Naruto… how many weapons do you have on you?" he asked, his eyes wandering over the rest of his students arms and legs.
"Oh I would have to say about over a thousand kunai, shuriken and senbon." Naruto blushed. Taking a curious look, Naruto frowned. "Is that not enough?" he asked.
Iruka looked at the blond like he had grown a second head or something. "Umm, okay." Iruka frowned. "I don't know how you got so many of them, but oh well." He sighed. "No, Naruto. You can't use your own equipment." He began. "All students are supposed to use Academy forged weapons." He explained hesitantly.
"But, Iruka-sensei." he frowned. "These are so… well I guess you can say whoever made these made them shitty as hell." He said, holding one up. "I mean, look what happens when I…" he began, but shut his mouth, scratching the back of his head. "Sorry, Iruka-sensei. I didn't mean to insult the Academies Forge contractors." He sighed, holding up each of them. Without Iruka even realizing what had happened, the throwing stars and kunai were embedded in the targets.
Iruka looked at the targets in fright. Sometimes, Iruka's thoughts intruded again. This kid really scares me. He sighed. "Umm, Naruto." He began. "I know you haven't been use to our new targets." He said, causing Naruto's grin to faulter. "But your supposed to aim for the critical areas, clearly marked." He explained, pointing to the targeted areas on each of the newly shaped targets.
"Umm, Iruka-sensei, I know my Anatomy now." Naruto began, pointing to each of the areas he hit, Naruto began to explain what he had been aiming for.
Iruka began to sweat as he looked at the areas as the blond explained everything. Who could have taught him this shit! He thought as he realized that the blond was in fact right. "Umm, okay." Iruka coughed, causing Naruto to look at him with concern, which actually surprised Iruka slightly. He just explained that the human body could be killed by a shuriken to the armpit and he STILL worries about someone else? He thought to himself, patting the boy on his head. Taking one last look at the ten targets shaped like humans of varying gender, Iruka marked down on small pictures on the clip board beside him. Making a side note on the side, Iruka made a nod only for the same Cat masked ANBU to appear. She took the small scroll from Iruka before whispering in his ears, causing Iruka's eyes to widen.
Naruto was now sick and tired of everyone keeping secrets from him. "What is it, Iruka-sensei?" he asked. "Did I do something bad?" he asked worriedly.
"Naruto," Iruka laughed. "I don't know how you keep doing it." He said absently as he turned to him. "Come on." He smiled, looking toward the sparring ring a few yards away. "Its time for your Taijutsu test." He explained, causing Naruto to yell out in happiness.
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Two hours later
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Mizuki sternly walked out of the classroom, a class of bored students behind him. Damn that Nara! He shouted to himself as he looked back at the lazy pineapple-headed student. Saving the last two questions for right at the end of the limit? He growled silently. I should flunk his ass if he wasn't so fucking much of a genius. He threatened absently.
Reaching the targets, Mizuki noticed that a set off of the trays had already been used, but as he looked at the targets, he could only growl as he saw that nothing was different about the targets. Damn repairing seals! He growled absently.
"Wow, look at that!" Sakura shouted. "That baka Naruto didn't hit anything!" she shrieked, causing everyone to clench their fists in pain.
"Shut UP!" Shikamaru growled, holding his ears in pain. "Its even too troublesome to explain!" he growled, walking under the tree.
"Forehead," Ino piped in. "The Academy is using a new type of target starting this year." She explained. "So, whatever Naruto-san hit, we won't know unless he tells us." She sighed.
"How is that possible!" Sakura shouted. "That's not fair, making it so nobody can see Sasuke-kun's hits!" she shouted in outrage.
"They have repairing seals placed on them." Hinata sighed as she looked at the pink haired bitch. "Now shut up." She growled. "Some of us have important things in our lives that this means the beginning of."
"Shut UP!" Sakura shouted. "Just because your own fucking clan doesn't want anything to do with you, doesn't mean the rest of us have to listen to you bitch." She squealed, thinking that Sasuke was looking at her, which he was off to the side, studying the targets.
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Hokage's Office – One Hour ago
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Sarutobi laughed as he looked through everything that had happened during Naruto's test. Both the test itself and from the ANBU Cat as she gave him an explanation for everything. "Cat." He called out, causing her to stiffen slightly. "I know that you have something to say regarding this. Please, speak your mind."
"Hokage-sama. Uzumaki-san already knows the wall-climbing exercise. He has proven that he has exceptional reflexes." She said with a blush. "I thought that he was being a pervert, staring at my ass if I am correct. But when I pulled my dull dagger, I thought that Naruto would take it or something, he was six feet away on the ceiling, glaring at me like I betrayed him." She explained when the Hokage looked at her. "I wasn't even going to hurt him, much less cut him, but he had that much foresight and reflexes." She explained again.
"Okay." Sarutobi frowned. "I can see where that would be important." He smiled. Holding up the paper with Naruto's accuracy test, he sighed. "Did you notice him doing anything during this?" he asked, looking at the pictures of the targets. "I mean, he made more accurate kills than Itachi for crying out loud." He chuckled, examining the pictures again. Three kills by jugular piercing. He sighed. I mean, out of the twenty allowed weapons, all of them missed the targets themselves and focused on actual kill shots. He thought, realizing as he looked through them.
Kunai: Shuriken:
3 in Jugular 2 in crotch (this one made Sarutobi wince)
3 through both inner thighs 2 in each eye
3 through armpits 2 through the armpit
1 through forehead 1 through where each wrist would be
Sarutobi whistled as he calculated what would happen if all went to where they seemed to be going. Torture and Interrogation would love to teach him more than this. He sighed, imagining Anko and Ibiki getting their hands on Naruto.
"Sarutobi-sama." Cat began. "Uzumaki threw those weapons so fast I could barely see him through them." She explained. "In less than a second, he had them already thrown." She explained, causing Sarutobi's eyes to widen. "Is there a problem with the test, Hokage-sama?" she asked hesitantly.
"Cat, if there was a reason for concern, it would be with the way Naruto, according to Iruka mind you, 'tore him apart' during the Taijutsu test." Sarutobi frowned as he looked over Iruka's report. "Get me Gai." He sighed.
"Umm, Hokage-sama? I am not trying to disrespect you," Cat sweat dropped. "But are you sure that Gai should be involved?" she asked.
"I have to be able to know if Naruto is as good as this report says." Sarutobi sighed. "At the very least tell him that he is needed to test someones," he took a deep breath.
"No need to say it, Hokage-sama." Cat groaned. "I understand." She sighed before disappearing.
"Now," Sarutobi began as he stood up. Seeing a small indent on his desk, he could only frown as he picked up a mask in front of him.
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Sarutobi looked at the ANBU in front of him, looking Inu up and down as the man stood at a relaxed attention, something that really caused Sarutobi to look at him strangely. "Now, Inu." He began. "I have it on good authority that you have been doing back-alley schemes lately, specifically towards numerous individuals in the Village. Care to explain that?" he asked.
"I have done nothing outside of my orders, Hokage-san." The man in front of him began. "Every single point of my mission parameters are being followed as instructed."
Sarutobi could barely contain any kind of aggravation in his face as he looked to the shadows. His own ANBU were looking at Inu like he was crazy. But once they looked back at him, they shook their heads. "And what mission is it that you are on that allows you to terrorize shops that have been declared off-limits by many of the populace?" he asked. "Ichiruka Ramen Stand has been prospering of late, thanks to many different things, but still you have tried to set the place on fire, using street thugs that think that they are under orders from me to attack different civilians!" he shouted. "Tell me, Inu, WHO THE HELL HAS GIVEN YOU SUCH AN ORDER!" he shouted at the top of his lungs, causing him to lose his breathe.
"I am under orders from you, Hokage-san." Inu said flatly.
"So," Sarutobi frowned. "Refresh my memory as to WHAT this mission is?" he asked, looking at the four guards in the office.
"Your mission parameters said to restrict several key members from seeking help in any regard from you. As such those members of the village are to be beaten repeatedly as the situation allows it." The ANBU began. "Your orders also state that I am able to requisition any member of the village for such a task and pay them for said activities." He continued. "And the last of your orders dictated that I am to kill the original members after making their lives miserable and alone, all before they attempt to graduate from the academy."
Sarutobi was flabbergasted as he looked at his former ANBU Captain. He was already hating where this was going. "And who were these members that were to be killed after being beaten repeatedly and ostracized. All before graduating the academy." He groaned silently, feeling his age.
"Uzumaki Naruto, Hyuuga Hinata as well as Hyuuga Neji, the Ichiruka family, and members of the Inuzuka clan." Inu grumbled angrily, his hands clenching in some kind of pain while his entire body broke out in sweat. After he said the names he broke down in agony, literally screaming what he could out of his mouth as smoke began to rise up from the mask. But before Sarutobi could have any of his own ANBU restrain him, Inu was on his feet, his father's remade sword in his hand as he rushed Sarutobi's desk. "And YOU, Sarutobi Hiruzen! Third Hokage Of Konohagakure, and demon lover!" he shouted, raising his weapon to attack.
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Even as Sarutobi thought about it, he could not have imagined what could have happened to cause Kakashi Hatake, one of the finest Jounin in the village, to go so far as to actually try to kill him. The man had been forcefully restrained and hauled over to the hospital after having his mask removed. Sarutobi did not envy the nurse who would be looking after him. Standing again, Sarutobi walked out of his office after locking it.
He had a Jounin to see. And maybe, if luck was with him, a friend to save from some sick fate.
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Targeting Range – Present time
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Naruto could only sigh as he sat atop the tree in the yard, watching his classmates try to kill their targets, Iruka sitting in a branch next to him. "Are you even sure you should be doing this?" Iruka asked.
"Iruka-sensei, something has been bugging me all day, especially about Sasuke-teme." Naruto explained, causing Iruka to look at him questionably. "I can see Chakra." He began. "But when I look at that Emo, I am seeing TWO types of chakra!" he whispered loudly, listening to the clunk and twang of impacting weapons.
"What do you mean?" the Chuunin asked, looking down at the boy in question. "Not even your second chakra is detectable without you using a shitload of chakra." He explained.
"Iruka-sensei," Naruto sighed. "When today is done, take me out to ramen, and I'll explain everything okay?" he asked, looking to his teacher in worry. "Please, not here." He pleaded.
"Okay. Tonight." Iruka smiled fondly.
"Thank you." Naruto smiled, before a thought crossed him mind. "Umm, Iruka-sensei?" he asked hesitantly, catching the mans attention. "Do you know if they'll let me be a shinobi yet?" he asked. "I mean, I passed everything you gave me. In your own words."
"Naruto," a feminine voice called out above them. "You'll get that answer later." The voice called out, causing Naruto to look up to see Cat had once again returned, her legs spread in meditation on a much higher branch.
"Oh… Oh… Oh… Okay." Naruto blushed, accidentally looking up the ANBU's pants. "I'm sorry, ANBU-san, could you please come down here so that I do not look like I am looking at your panties or something?" he asked.
Looking down at him, Cat realized where she was positioned and jumped down to beside Iruka. "Sorry, Uzumaki-san." She replied, trying to be as unaffected as she could be while she could feel her entire face blushing a crimson red.
Naruto on the other hand, was looking at Mizuki as he graded Kiba. Kiba landed maybe seven hits in the red on the targets with the kunai, but when he launched his final barrage of shuriken, Naruto saw something in the targets as they all seemed to sway. Taking a second to calculate if what would have happened if the targets hadn't been moved, Naruto realized that the trajectory of the weapons would have landed them in the bullseye of the heads on each of them!
As Naruto turned to Iruka, he could see that the Chuunin must not have seen what had happened, he was giving a rundown of what had been a very boring exam since Naruto had finished his. "Everyone seems to be adequate so far, and I am sure that I am trying not to be biased." Iruka explained.
"Iruka-sempai." Cat began. "I'm sorry if I am interrupting anything, but I am afraid that there is soon to be an issue with young Uzumaki." She explained, looking around, not seeing the blond anywhere.
Iruka was on high alert as soon Cat said the blonde's name. But as he looked toward the rest of the class, he realized that Naruto had disappeared. But as he looked closer at the rest of the student, he frowned. "I found him." Cat began, pointing to the wall next to Mizuki. There, as Iruka looked at the wall, he could finally see what Cat was talking about. There, at the wall, crawled a shimmering image, and it was crawling toward MIZUKI!
"Oh no." Iruka groaned, holding his head in his hand. Just as he was about to jump out to stop whatever the boy was going to do, Cat's hand found itself on his shoulder.
"Please wait." She replied coldly, leaving no room for him to refuse. "I believe that young Uzumaki is about to help secure his friendships." She explained at his ear. "Especially since I believe a young Inuzuka is having his exam tampered with ever so slightly."
"But…" Iruka stuttered.
"Leave it to happen."
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Mizuki
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Mizuki frowned at the way the Inuzuka was shouting at him to try again. "Now, Kiba Inuzuka. If you want to embarrass yourself even further by trying to hit targets even in the wind, you should consider what you would be implying." He sighed. "Are you saying that I am being unjust?" he asked, getting a shocked negative from the boy and his dog, even though the dog walked off Kiba's head and ran off somewhere.
Watching the line, he sighed as he saw only three people left in the entire class: Sasuke Uchiha, Hinata Hyuuga, and Sakura Haruna. God I should just pass her and get her out of my class! He growled inside his head as Hinata came up. Throwing her weapons, Mizuki saw that she made everything but one shuriken into the dead center. Sighing, he muttered that she passed, only for her to bow in front of him before blushing and walking back with the rest of the class.
All of a sudden, Mizuki heard a tearing sound around him somewhere. But as he looked around, he saw most of the students looking at him wide-eyed. Feeling somewhat of a draft on his nether regions, Mizuki looked down to see that he was silently glad that he did not wear his usual uniform. Since as he looked down, he saw that his pants had been sliced down, and that his 'tiger'-faced boxers were showing. But what made him even more embarrassed –and furious – was that at that time Akamaru suddenly made himself known, running up next to him and promptly hiking his leg up and began pissing on Mizuki's pants! (AN: As you can tell from this and my other stories, I HATE MIZUKI-TEME!)
Naruto at that time was laying on the roof, laughing his ass off as he realized that what he had done was something that should go in the record-books as one of his best pranks EVER! I should have done that a HELL of a LOT sooner! He laughed to himself.
I think that you helped the matter with using that kunai that Doijumaru pissed on so long ago. Kyuubi laughed inside his mind.
Hey now, its not my fault that Akamaru has that beef with his cousin. He laughed, looking at the newly considered kunai next to him. Smiling, Naruto looked over the side of the building, hoping to see if anything else happened today that would be memorable. But as he looked, he saw that Mizuki had both Akamaru and Kiba tied to the trunk of the tree and was scolding them for doing something that they did not do. What do you think, Kyuubi, the honey-scented senbon this time? He asked, getting a slightly afraid look from the Kyuubi.
Now, Naruto-kun, you promised that you wouldn't use that senbon unless it was a necessary thing. Like life and death. The Fox groaned.
I'll wait til later then. Naruto laughed, causing the Kyuubi to face-fault.
And with that thought, Naruto used his own Shunshin to appear beside Iruka and the ANBU, who was by now visibly trying not to laugh herself crazy. Iruka on the other hand was using the 'you're in trouble and you know it' look on him again, which made Naruto feel kinda good, like he was home or something.
Just as Iruka was about to say something, Mizuki hobbled over to the targets again and sighed before he pulled his wet pants up again. "Now, lets continue!" he shouted.
Sasuke was of course the only one that was ready, so he walked calmly over, watching the targets for anything suspicious. But as he reached for the weapons on the tray, a loud noise was heard from behind them, towards the wall, causing everyone to look away for a brief amount of time. Looking back, Mizuki smiled before handing the weapons to Sasuke, who took them greedily.
"Did you see that?" Naruto asked, looking at Cat and Iruka.
"See what, Naruto?" Iruka asked. "Mizuki handed him some kunai and shuriken." He said flatly, shrugging his shoulders.
"Iruka-sensei," Naruto began futilely. "You told me that the Academy only used something from their own forges right?" he asked, looking as Sasuke threw the weapons at the targets, hitting every single one of them dead center in the center of each of the targets heads.
"That was a good set of shots." Cat smiled behind her mask, impressed with the way the Uchiha was able to throw them so easily.
"That's because those kunai aren't even heavy like normal kunai." Naruto growled, causing both Cat and Iruka to jolt in shock. "Those kunai are lighter, and the shuriken? Same, except their made to allow further rotation. Virtually no resistance no matter HOW far you throw them." Naruto explained, reaching behind him and activating one of the seals on his back. "Cat, do you think that you can get one of each? I need to explain it with visual aids." He asked, causing Iruka to frown at him and the ANBU to nod before disappearing.
Next thing Naruto knew, he was staring at a pair of weapons he had only made last month. "No." he muttered, falling back lightly.
"What is it, what's wrong?" Iruka asked worriedly, looking over Cat's shoulder to look at the weapons.
"Cat," Naruto whispered. "I know that I have asked a lot of you today." He began, holding out a small collection of kunai from his back. "But I must beg you, to please take those weapons away from here, and take them to the Hokage." He begged silently, handing her them. "Tell the Old Man the ones that you just retrieved from the tree came from Mizuki. He gave them to Sasuke to cheat at the targets. Please hurry. The ones I just gave you may be a little hot." He explained what he needed as quietly as he could. "I just forged them last night and I tend to not use water to cool them once finished."
With that, Cat was gone in a flash.
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Mizuki
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Mizuki smiled as Sasuke retrieved the weapons. Now that Sasuke has top marks, he thought as he watched him try to find one or two. It shouldn't be any kind of problem making him rookie of the year. he thought idly. Now, just to get my own shuriken back. He smiled as the boy brought him the weapons. "Now, lets all get to the Taijutsu test." He smiled, not noticing the number of pained groans coming from the crowd, most specifically, Sasuke.
Sasuke could barely keep it together as the pain over-road everything that he was trying to do. As he had been throwing the weapons, he had to slow down his throws. Every chance it got, that damned twice voice kept telling him to miss or some other form of discouragement. But now, as he looked at his fellow students, he had to hold back the groans of pain as his stomach felt like he was being tossed in turn with pain. Walking slowly, Sasuke finally made it to the testing area.
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Hospital
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Sarutobi frowned as he looked at Kakashi as he lay on the bed, most of his face covered in gauze. He could not even IMAGINE what had happened, but he knew that something had gone wrong with it. Even now, a nurse was going over Kakashi's body with a wet rag, making sure there were no more wounds on the man. But as he watched, Sarutobi looked once again at the mask they had had to tear off of Kakashi's face. Along every inch of the mask was covered in one seal or another. And only two of those seals Sarutobi could recognize: Every ANBU mask had them. The chakra seal that made every mask stick to their owners face with their chakra, and a seal that allowed the mask's to be see-through, even without eyelets. Putting the mask back into his robes, Sarutobi sighed as he looked at the former ANBU captain. What am I to do with you, Kakashi. He asked himself as he looked at the manacles on Kakashi's arms and ankles.
"Hokage-sama?" a shy voice groaned, making Sarutobi look up in shock as he looked at Kakashi to see him finally awake! The man was stubbornly trying to stand up, only to be forced back down by both the straps on his arms and thighs along with said manacles attached to him. The Nurse didn't help matters by trying to give the man a smack to the back of his head. "Whats going on?" he asked weakly as he looked from him to the nurse beside him.
"Hatake Kakashi," Sarutobi growled softly, shaking his head. "I don't even wanna try to understand why you would attack me along with helpless children, but you have no more chances." He sighed. "After you recover from your injuries, you are to be escorted to Ibiki and Anko and are pretty much going to be tortured extensively." He frowned as he began to pace. "Why did you attack me, Kakashi."
"Sarutobi-sama, you know I would never do that!" Kakashi shouted. "I mean, Sarutobi-sama it was just last week that you charged me to protect you as an ANBU captain!" he exclaimed, causing Sarutobi's eyes to widen in surprise.
"Kakashi, what is today's date?" the Hokage asked, causing Kakashi's eye to frown, but also causing him to clutch his other eye in pain.
"What has happened to my eye!" Kakashi shouted, looking around in fear as he felt the bandages on the rest of his face. "What's happened to me!" he shouted once again, looking feverishly for a mirror.
"Kakashi!" Sarutobi shouted, causing both Kakashi and the nurse to startle. "What is the days date!" he ordered sternly.
"Sarutobi-sama," Kakashi sighed angrily. "It's June 10th, I'd say about seven years after Kyuubi's attack." He frowned at the look that the Nurse and the Hokage were giving him. "I'm wrong, aren't I."
"You have no idea, Kakashi." Sarutobi groaned. This is not going to go over well. He thought as he grabbed a seat next to the bed.
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Everyone watched as the class went into combat against each other. Everyone had done admirably in the combat portion. But nobody had been allowed to do any kind of heavy damage to each other so they were only allowed one minute fights.
Sasuke was beside himself. Every move he made was something he felt all over his body due to the pain coursing through him. His left arm and leg were the only ones that were even close to not causing him pain. But as he watched all of his class fighting, he realized absently that someone would be getting a free pass. There were only nine male classmates in the class, so something would have to go out on that factor. But as his name was called, Sasuke felt a sense of dread coming through him. Please don't make me fight! He shouted to Mizuki in his own mind.
"His opponent will be Uzumaki Naruto." Another male voice called out from behind him. Looking back, Sasuke saw that both Iruka and Naruto were closing in on the class. "And since Naruto already has completed this test, he is offering to be part of Sasuke's test." The Chuunin explained.
"That cannot be allowed!" Mizuki shouted indignantly. "That boy did not complete the test with the rest of the class!" he shouted. "I will not allow this to occur!" he said snidely, spying an ANBU behind Naruto. "ANBU, arrest this boy for interfering with the work of REAL shinobi!" he ordered, only to hear laughing from the ANBU.
"Mizuki-san," Cat growled as she stood up from knelling. "You have no grounds to order me to do anything." She replied, looking at the silver haired Chuunin. "And as for your request?" she smiled behind the mask. "It's the Hokage's orders for these two to fight." She explained, causing both Mizuki and Sasuke to gulp.
Where does the Hokage get off, Mizuki growled. Getting into the affairs of the Academy! He thought agitatedly. "Whatever." Mizuki growled. "Uzumaki against Uchiha." He frowned. "Get in the ring!" he ordered.
Naruto could only smile as he looked at Sasuke as they walked into the ring. Sasuke on the other hand, was giving him a scowl that promised pain. But from what Naruto could see, most of Sasuke's own chakra was being consumed by this second network of his. "Are you feeling okay, Sasuke-teme?" he asked smartly.
Stupid dobe! Sasuke growled to himself as he got into his stance. "I'm fine." He growled. "I'm perfectly capable of kicking your ass to the ends of the earth." He growled, rushing forward.
Too soon, Junior. Naruto smirked as he side-stepped and lashed out with a kick to the emo king's stomach before delivering a double fisted slam to the back of the Uchiha's head.
The hits apparently did more than Naruto had planned. For as soon as Naruto made contact, Sasuke Uchiha was on the ground, barely moving. "Uzumaki!" Mizuki shouted. "You are to be arrested for assaulting a fellow classmate!" he shouted in annoyance.
"ANBU," Iruka growled. "Arrest Mizuki." He frowned, watching Mizuki's stare as it turned to confusion. "And then arrest one Sasuke Uchiha for attacking without provocation."
"Hai." Cat snapped before Mizuki instantly screamed out in pain as a pair of chakra draining cuffs were placed on his arms.
"Wait." Naruto called out, looking at Sasuke's now twitching form. "Something is going on here." He explained.
Just as everyone turned from Mizuki to stare at the fallen Uchiha, said Uchiha was now on his knees, coughing. But as he continued coughing, Naruto pulled out a canteen of water only to have it shoved it away from the boy. "Sasuke are you alright." Naruto called out, only for Sasuke to continue coughing, only increasing in volume and duration, like he was trying to hack something out of him.
Suddenly though, his efforts came through. For as he looked at Sasuke, the boy began to cough up obscene amounts of (to Naruto's vision) chakra infused green goo, said goop falling to the ground. This continued for several more minutes before Sasuke fell to the side of the now much larger pile of goop.
Naruto looked to Iruka and nodded, making Iruka disappear instantly. His destination? Hokage's location.
Minutes later, after Naruto told Cat to release Mizuki to help with Sasuke, Naruto watched as the green goop began to change into another form! Looking around, Naruto sighed as he was the only one to really realize what was happening. He watched and smiled as he looked at the goop as it transformed further, revealing bones, blood-vessels, muscles, and lastly skin.
He could barely contain the nosebleed as he saw the form in front of him became apparent to reveal a very attractive, and very NAKED young women!
AND CUT!
AN: Finally finished with this chapter. Longest chapter I do believe that I have ever written lol. Damn thing just wouldn't end.
Anyways, I just read the newest manga from last week. FINALLY we get to meet who Naruto's mom and know who the hell she is! I swear its been like eating at me ever since I started reading and watching it. I mean come ON people!
Okay, enough about my rant lol.
Another thing that I am including in the story is a second summoning contract. I need answers though people!
Spider Crab (Tecknoman Series)
Gargoyle's
Hydra
Or Phoenix
I would really like some information in like the next two weeks. Gives me enough time to finish the next chapter.