Near the Tower

Gaara stopped in mid-kill when he felt a strong force of chakra, but more potent, emitting from within the forest. He couldn't understand why, but his mother was screaming at him to not go near that power source.

In addition to feeling fear himself, Gaara was puzzled as to why that power made him feel so submissive. As if there was someone more powerful than anyone in the world.

"Gaara?" Temari brought his attention to her. She looked concerned.

"Let's go." he commanded and finished crushing his enemy before heading towards the tower. The two older siblings looked at each other in confusion before shrugging and following after their little brother.

Elsewhere

Two males paused in their conversation and shivered when they felt a strong surge of power. One had white hair and the other orange.

(Other men felt this power, and they all pondered on why it had such strong reactions in them. They would later wonder what it meant when they came in contact with the one possessing such power.)

At the Tower

The group of five plus two blood animals all arrived in front the tower in 10 minutes from their grouping points. They were all wearing battle kimonos that complimented their fighting style.

Kiba wore a dark gray kimono that has wolves imprinted on it and loose enough for him to use his family's jutsus. Shino got a royal blue kimono with small black stars which had small holes in them for his bugs to escape through. Chouji had a blue and green kimono that had a blue base with green swirls along the sleeves. The kimono could expand for Chouji's Body Expansion Jutsus. And Shikamaru got a black kimono with small gray circles.

Naruto, himself, was wearing a blood-red kimono with the Uzumaki swirls going along his sleeves and colored dark orange. He made all of those kimonos, along with collars for the pup and kit, from his own fur. How he changed the colors was a mystery.

Anyway, they all went into the building to see a quote about the mind and body, but they were quickly able to figure it out. By that time, Naruto brung the girls and Sasuke back before ushering the boys to open scrolls.

When they did, Iruka and two other males appeared to tell them meaning of the quote, but Shikamaru already told them that they figured it out already. The three men were blushing as they did so, but Iruka kept getting shivers down his spine every time he caught his favorite, young, blonde, former student looking upon him. He could feel the power radiating off of him.

"You should take these three to the medical wing for injuries. While we have the time, we should rest and recuperate. It won't be long until the finals start." Naruto informed them. Iruka stepped forward and questioned him.

"You will know in time, Iruka-sensei. Let's go, Kurama," the blonde said and the small kit bounded after him. The room was left in silence until Iruka faced the conscious boys.

"What happened to him?"

"Troublesome. We can't tell you without Naruto's permission, but since you're so close to him, he'll most-likely tell you later. Now, I don't know about you all, but I want to go to sleep," the Nara stated before he yawned. All the boys went their own ways (or in a group), leaving three perplexed shinobi.

"*sigh* Well, let's get these four to the checked out. We'll find out about Naruto's change in due time." Iruka said resigned.