The Uchiha Blood Line
Madara sat by the window of the hotel room she had rented for her time in Konaha. Tomorrow was the day of the Chunin exams began and she needed to conserve her strength. As it was, she was happy to have some time to relax and not have to keep that ridiculous Transformation Justu up all the time.
She looked out the window at the full moon. It's been a long time since I've been in the Hidden Leaf Village. Almost 16 years. It appears that in that time, the Uchiha clan was all but destroyed except for Sasuke and Itachi. She thought.
He mind wandered back to when she was in the Hidden Sound Village, just as she was getting ready to leave and Orochimaru, Kabuto, and Sasuke were leaving for a new hidden base. They moved to a new hidden base about once every week.
Sasuke had come in to find her. "Yes, little cousin, what is it?" She asked.
"Who are you really? And don't play games with me!" He shouted. "I know you can't be and Uchiha."
"And why not?" She asked.
"Because the Uchiha are all dead!" Sasuke said. "Only I and my brother are left. And soon, he won't be around anymore."
"Yes, I heard about what Itachi did to our clan, but I assure you, I am full blooded Uchiha." She closed her eyes, and then reopened them slowly. Her eyes now red with three throngs around the pupil. "Is the Uchiha Kakki Genkai proof enough for you?"
Sasuke sneered. "Fine, you might be Uchiha, but then why didn't Itachi kill you?"
"Simple, I'm more powerful. In your last encounter with Naruto you showed that you have a unique skill among the Uchiha Clan, the ability to suppress the Chakra of Tailed-Beasts. This ability is even more rare than the Sharingan. But where as you have just discovered this skill, I have perfected it. I cannot only suppress a Tailed-Beast's Chakra, but also gain complete control of its mind, but only for about one hour. To do this requires skill and power greater than that of any kage. In fact, I believe the only kage that ever existed that was more powerful than myself was none other than the 4th Hokage." She said.
"You sure do speak highly of yourself." Sasuke remarked.
"Perhaps, but the truth is that if I went in a one-on-one fight against the Kyuubi without that technique, I'd easily be crushed."
"So you're not invincible," Sasuke said.
"Far from it. Although he acts like it, even Orochimaru is not invincible. I should ask, why are you here?" She asked. "Why did you join Orochimaru?"
"To become strong enough to kill Itachi."
"Is that all, sounds like a really stupid reason." Madara replied. "And the fact that he intends to use you as a vessel for his soul means nothing to you?"
"No, it doesn't."
"Why don't you find another way to kill Itachi?"
"There is no other way."
"How about if I where to help you find and destroy Itachi? Would that work for you? I can tell you bear no allegiance to the Hidden Sound Village." She said. "And I know you don't care how it happens, just that Itachi dies. Besides, wouldn't you want to fight along side a fellow Uchiha?"
"What are you sudjesting?" Sasuke asked, "That I simply deflect from yet another village?"
"It's your choice." She said.
Madara came out of her flash back. Strange, a person so obsessed with revenge that they don't care about their own well being or about the people who care about them. This is what the Uchiha clan had been reduced to. Once the most powerful clan ever now lost to little more than nothing.
A smile came across her face. To be truthful, the Uchiha Clan wasn't the strongest ever. The strongest was the one that she had destroyed 16 years ago today. She turned her head and looked out the window. The silver light of the moon fell in. The Clan that was guarded by Kyuubi. She would always remember the way she killed them, using their own Guardian Animal against them.
Naruto tossed and turned in bed. The dream was back and more vivid then ever. He struggled and gasped until he jumped out of bed drenched in his own sweat. He pushed the blankets off and looked up at the same moon.
The dream was different in several particulars this time. The person standing on the Fox's head wasn't a man, but a woman this time. A woman with the Hidden Sound Headband.
Also the woman running from the fox holding something in her arms was more detailed. The symbol of her clan on the back of her kimono was easily recognizable. It was a red paw print. The paw print of a fox, and the same color as Kyuubi's Chakra.
Naruto walked over to the wall and started banging his head on the wall. "Get out of there!" He said.
The dream had also changed in another particular. At one point in the dream, the woman being chased by the fox stopped and hid behind a thick grove of trees. While hiding, she pulled the blankets away from the top of the bundle. Underneath the blankets was the face of a tiny baby with light blonde hair. The child was asleep.
The mother's face softened when she looked on the face of her sleeping baby. She covered it back up and held the child close to her body. "The only place you'll be safe now is with your father." She said. To Naruto, her voice was among the most beautiful things he'd ever heard, and it sounded familiar somehow.
"I've never had that part of the dream before." Naruto said. "Huh, tomorrow is October 10, after that the dreams will finally end. They never go on past my birthday."
The next day, Naruto walked with Sai and Suki into the room where the first exam was to take place. Sai's eyes scanned over the room filled with ninja from all over the allied nations. "You realize I don't know anything about these exams." He said.
"Don't worry. I've taken these exams before. I know just how to get by them." Naruto said.
"Hey, boss!" A voice rang out above the crowd.
Naruto looked and saw Konahamaru waving his arm frantically at them. "Hey, Konahamaru! You're taken these exams too?"
"Yeah, Ebisu-sensei let us participate." Standing next to Konahamaru was Moegi and Udon.
"Who are these two?" Sai asked.
"This it Konahamaru, Moegi, and Udon. My own personal fan club." Naruto said.
"The only members in your fan club." Sai muttered. Suki giggled.
"What does that mean?!" Naruto shouted.
Another squad of ninja walked into the exam room. The first was a girl with long blond hair put up in pigtails with whisker marks on her cheeks wearing the same orange blazer as Naruto. The other two looked pretty much like random ninja. Sai saw them, and shot a stupid look at Naruto. "Naruto, no one but an idiot would be fooled by that." Sai said.
"Hey, who's that girl?" Suki asked.
Sai's shoulders slumped and his head fell. "Naruto, why did you make that?"
"You'll see." Naruto said.
The door flew open and several higher-ranking ninja entered the room. Some carried small pieces of paper with numbers on them, while another held a stack of papers and a handful of pencils.
The ninja standing in front of them wore a tan-green coat over a black button up shirt. The collar of the shirt covered the lower half of his face. He wore black sunglasses that obscured his eyes. "Alright, children, no more talking." He said.
Naruto raised his arm and started waving at the lead ninja. "Hey, Shino! What's up?"
Shino pulled a kunai out of the holster on his leg and threw it at Naruto. The knife sped through the air, and almost hit Naruto except Suki caught the kunai by the handle before it could hit its mark. "I said shut up. And hello, Naruto." Shino replied. "Okay, listen up. I am Shino Aburame, your proctor."
"Friend of yours?" Suki asked.
"Oh, yeah. Well, kind of." Naruto said. "I never really got to know him too well, but he's one of the original 15 genin."
"All of you need to get in a single file line and stand by the front desk. You will each be given a number and that number will tell you were to sit. We will begin the written exam momentarily." Shino said.
"WRITEN EXAM!" Konahamaru screamed. "I can't take a written exam!"
"Don't be so worried, Konahamaru." Udon said. "Written exams are no problem for me."
"That's because you're weird." Konahamaru stated.
They each were given their number and took their seats. Konahamaru was seated right next to Naruto. As Shino began to explain the rules, Naruto simply placed his head on his hand and stared blankly into space. He'd already heard all this; he didn't need to hear it again. And of course Shino told them about the cheating thing, two points deducted for every time caught cheating and if caught five times they'd get thrown out, literally.
"And for those of you who will try anyway, just remember. I have all these eagle eyed sentinels stationed throughout the room, watching you every move. Plus," Shino held up his hand and a small beetle descended out of the air and landed on his finger, "I have plenty of my own spies watching you. Begin the test."
Suddenly the room was filled with the sound of rustling papers and pencils scribbling. Sweat practically poured down Konahamaru's face. Naruto merely turned the paper over and sat back in his chair, relaxing.
Suki/Madara saw Naruto just sitting there; she wondered What are you up to, boy? She closed her eyes slowly, then flashed them open again. Sharingan! With her enhanced eyes she took a close look at the blond girl with pig-tails. He suspitions were confirmed. Clever, Naruto. A clone. Wait a minute, that's a Shadow Clone! How interesting. Now, who's got the answers?
Sai pulled out his own personal paint brush and some of his ink. He took it and began to paint the picture of a small insect on his test document. Once the picture was complete, he put his brush away and placed his hands under the table. After making a few choice hand signs he whispered, "Super Beast Imitation Picture Justu." The insect peeled off the page and flew up into the air. It flew over to the paper of another test taker and looked down on their answers. Shino suddenly looked up, noticing there was an insect in this room very different than any of the others.
The girl with the pig-tails, along with her two team mates, simply stood up and looked over the shoulders of the ninjas in front of them. Each got a different answer then sat back down to write it up. They each did this five times a piece. On the fifth time, Shino threw a kunai at the girls paper, pinning it to the table. The action attracted the attention of every person in the room. "Number 23 fails." He said.
"Numbers 78 and 54 fail." The sentinels said afterwards. The girl and her two teammates both got up and silently walked out of the room.
Once the three of them were far enough away, they each put their hands together to form a hand sign and a puff of smoke surrounded each of them. As the smoke dissipated, they were revealed to be none other than three shadow clones of Naruto. Another puff of smoke surrounded them and they disappeared.
Back inside, Naruto smiled as he felt his clones disappear. All the knowlage they had aquiered about the answers to the test had been relayed back to him. He now knew all the answers, although he knew it didn't really matter if he did or not. He still wrote them down.
Next to him, Konahamaru paniced. He was practaically pulling his hair out. Naruto saw this and smiled. "Don't worry, Konahamaru." He whispered. "I know a super cool justu that will easily get you to pass."
"Really?" konahamaru's voice craked with excitement.
"Yeah, watch." Naruto closed his eyes and placed his hands on both his and Konahamaru's test. Suddenly, naruto pulled Konahamaru's test over to him and replaced Konahamaru's test with his own. "Cheating Style: Test Switch Justu!"