A/N: Hello and welcome back readers!!
Sorry about the long wait, my laptop got hit with a virus and had to be reformatted but don't worry I'm back and ready to burn my keyboard to shreds!! Finally getting FFXIII and playing with it for hours on end is not related to the long period of absence that has occurred… (smiles innocently)
P.S: Lightning is smoking hot (pun not intended)
P.P.S: Time-skip to the Chuunin exam, New skills will be explained
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Three Genin were standing in front of the testing site, a big building that was a few blocks away from the ninja academy.
Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura were looking at each other. The past month changed all of them from appearance to attitude.
Sakura changes focused more on her attitude. Kakashi brought her to the Shinobi ICU of the Hospital and showed her the different things that may happen to her if she doesn't "Man up and get her butt in gear" as Kakashi said that day.
She saw the kunoichi that were stuck in comatose states of varying strength, they were comatose just for the sole fact that they were overwhelmed by mere bandits and had their purity brutally taken away from them.
She saw the few shinobi that were on constant life support, their careers brought to a halt because of their weaknesses and their inability to overcome them.
That hospital visit set her priorities straight. She now knows the dangers of being a kunoichi and that it's not all rainbows and sunshine, she asked Kakashi on what to do to strengthen herself and after following his directions, she found herself facing a purple haired woman wearing an ANBU uniform with a Cat mask.
She learned the basics of Kenjutsu and after finding out she has a water affinity, a few C-B rank water techniques that were taught in training ground # 27 The Nidaime's Lake, a big lake with poles jutting out from the surface with varying lengths.
Her physical changes were few, a slight toning of her arm muscles, a short ninjato on her back, an additional equipment pouch and a ponytail hairstyle
Sasuke was kidnapped by Kakashi and thrown into training ground #35 The Creatures' Den, a part-forest, part-mountain training ground full of caves where many dangerous animals live such as insects the size of cement trucks, tigers smart enough that they can set traps and ambushes, and the rumored Crimson King, the beast ruler of the area, a normal wolf that was hit by the Kyuubi's chakra and was turned into a blood red killing machine.
Sasuke was given a bag that had a day's worth of food, a handful of explosion tags, a pouch full of shuriken and kunai, a case that contained 5 soldier pills and a note that said "Pick you up in 5 days, Good luck" with a chibi Kakashi holding his book, surrounded by his nin-dogs, and all of them giving him the peace sign.
3 Days later, Kakashi found Sasuke in a hole in a tree, his body shaking all over, all his supplies used up, with his shirt used as bandages to cover up most of his torso and arms.
Sasuke grabbed Kakashi and started babbling about being marked and red blurs.
While laying on a bed in the Hospital, Kakashi explained that this was to make Sasuke realize that he cannot do things alone. That this exercise was to teach him humility. Kakashi asked what he was talking about when he was being picked up and Sasuke explained that while he was running from a big-ass bear (Kakashi silently chuckled at this), he was saved by a red blur that massacred the bear. It was a wolf the color of blood that was as big as the bed he was lying in. Sasuke tried to sneak away when the wolf suddenly blurred up to Sasuke and bit him on the shoulder. The bite, while not exactly a superficial wound burned like hell and caused his eyes to burn and his whole body to ache. That was when Sasuke crawled to the hole in the tree and a few hours later Kakashi came.
After leaving the Hospital, Kakashi took Sasuke to a training ground and found out that his Sharingan was now in the Three Tomoe stage and his speed has grown exponentially, high enough that he can outrun Kakashi if both does not augment their speed with chakra.
A few more weeks of training and Sasuke also knows the basics of Kenjutsu, a few new fire jutsu and after Kakashi asked permission from Gai, the basics of the Goken.
Appearance-wise, he now wears shinobi pants with proper gear, a black, sleeve-less, shirt under his customary blue, high-collared, Uchiha-crested shirt, and to top it off, a daito with an ornate sheath hanging on his back from a harness wrapped around his body.
Naruto didn't need an attitude adjustment. He lacked the skills to reach Chuunin so Naruto was trained into the ground ruthlessly by his tutors. He stayed on training ground #7 The Crimson Bridge, Team 7's personal training ground, the one with a long red bridge, the three stumps, and near the Shinobi Memorial Stone.
He was trained extensively in many arts. Stealth and Speed from Rikimaru(1), Weapon Handling from Firion(2), numerous Taijutsu styles from the Tekken competitors and many more.
He asked Kakashi for some wind jutsu scrolls and asked Jin(3) to help him.
He was granted three more catalysts. Luffy's Hat was a catalyst he wouldn't use much because of the mere fact that it felt weird to use it. Vanille's(4) bead necklace is more of a healer's item rather than a fighter like him but he saw it's uses. Ban's(5) shades, now that's a catalyst he would use very frequently.
In the terms of his appearance, Recca, Kurei, Iroh, Zuko, Vahn, Hiei, The whole Kannagi(6) clan and many other Fire-users burned all of his orange jumpsuits while Lightning, Nina, and Snake(7) bought new clothes for Naruto.
Naruto is now decked out in a sleeveless black shirt with a crimson hem, under a black jacket with a small orange spiral on the back(8), Ninja pants with midnight blue ankle-shin bandage wrapping, a shuriken pouch, and black sandals. He constantly wears Zidane's gloves and Ban's shades, has Kenpachi's bell as a pendant, and Vanille's bead necklace hanging from his belt loop.
Team 7 surveyed each other for the first time in weeks, their gazes not straying from each other until Naruto broke the silence.
"Long time, no see" Sasuke and Sakura looked at Naruto and sighed. The two thought in perfect synchrony "Still the same"
"What are we waiting around for? Let's go!" Naruto ran past the two towards the building before shouting out "First one there chooses lunch" the raven and the cherry blossom's stomachs twisted in fear before they ran after the blonde hoping to win this race.
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"I hate you guys" Naruto grumbled.
Sakura and Sasuke caught up with him and Sasuke, the speed demon he now is, grabbed Naruto making Sakura the one to choose what to eat for lunch.
"Well, I'd rather be hated than be filled with ramen to bursting" Sakura said. "Eating that much ramen can't be good for your health you know"
Naruto crossed his arms and pouted "Ramen rocks" he mumbled before Sasuke signaled them to stop.
Naruto and Sakura followed suit and watched the scene before them.
Two big genin were blocking the doorway to "Room 302"
"Hmph, you think you have the guts to participate in the Chuunin exam, you punks?" one of the "Genin" said
Sasuke wanted to retaliate, he really did, but he grinned and waited.
"You can see us right, wouldn't that mean we do have 'em?" a voice sounded from behind Sasuke.
Naruto looked at the pair and continued. "If you have problems with our enrollment then you can take it up with our Jounin-sensei who said that he will, and I quote, "shove a flagpole up the ass of anyone who bothers me today" end quote" the foxy nin grinned "shall I call him over?"
The two "Genin" were sweating heavily and deep inside, they were praying to every god they knew of.
"Don't worry, I'm just fucking with you, Izumo, Kotetsu" Naruto said.
"See you later then" as Team 7 climbed the stairs to the real Room 302, the two "Genin" looked at each other and Izumo asked his partner this "Is it me or that team knew the whole time?" Kotetsu looked at his partner. "We've been played Izumo, and we were played well" Kotetsu said with a sage-like voice(9).
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The team saw Kakashi waiting for them in front of 302.
"You guys are early, you know that right?" Kakashi stood straight and approached his students. "Your all here, good" Kakashi put his hands on Sakura and Sasuke's heads.
"You two, be sure to remember what I've taught you and never forget what you've learned"
Kakashi looked at Naruto and put a hand on his head.
"Don't know what your friends have been teaching you, so surprise me" Kakashi grinned under his mask "You'd better impress your teammates too, alright?" Kakashi dropped his hands and addressed his team.
"You will now enter the Chuunin exams and no matter what happens never forget the first thing I've taught you" Kakashi said
"Tree-walking?" Naruto asked with a grin
Sakura bopped Naruto in the head.
Kakashi relaxed and started "Those who abandon the mission are trash"
"But those who abandon their comrades, are worse than trash" the three genin finished.
Kakashi shunshin'd away and Team 7 opened the door to enter the first part of the Chuunin exam.
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A/N: yes, I am back and is now going to start forgotten winds chap 5, the currently biggest chap I will try to make.
It's currently 5 in the morning so night y'all
1. from Tenchu, do not own
2. Final Fantasy, do not own
3. the wind master from yuyu hakusho, do not own
4. FFXIII character, do not own, enables Naruto to cast cure and esuna, curaga when fully mastered
5. Ban Midou from Get Backers, do not own, casts Tsukiyomi like illusions, limit 3 illusions in 24 hours, limit 5 when fully mastered
is from Legend of Legaia, and Kannagi clan is a clan of flame-users from Kaze no stigma. Do not own
7. from FFXIII, Tekken and MGS respectively, do not own, and why them? They know much when it comes to gear
8. Naruto threatened with "no screen time" or something like that _
9. think Yoda
Kicking ass in SC4 rocks, Killing Chimeras in Resistance 2 rocks too and in FFXIII, Lightning is hot but Hope is gay. Really, if you guys watch how he summons Alexander in youtube, you would be convinced of what I'm talking about. And I don't care about what other people say, Sazh is awesome, Vanille is British and Fang is Austrailian, that's my opinion.
