Summary: During his stay on a hidden continent to the rest of the world as a part of his preparation to take the throne, the All-Father-in-training falls for a red-headed beauty with a feisty temper. A few months later, she is preparing to give birth when Loki sends a beast with nine-tails after them. Thor, utilizing his disguise as a random shinobi named, Namikaze Minato, sacrifices his own son and his physical form in this realm (again) to seal the demon within his son. Twelve years pass, and the son of the God of Thunder and King of Asgard, does something to unleash his hidden potential, and now he will have to prove why he is...
SON OF THOR
4: A New Challenge; Begin the Chunin Exams!
"This is nice," Naruto said as he walked Haku to his apartment complex. The Hokage had given her an apartment in it and asked Naruto, via messenger bird, to take her to the village and then show her around. Naruto used his Hirashin to reappear in the Hokage's office, nearly giving the man a heart attack, before he escorted Haku out of the building.
"It is," Haku agreed with a nod, "Your hospital is quite nice as are the people working there."
"Uh-huh," the blonde agreed with a grunt. His attention had drifted back to the small box following him. It looked to be designed with the intention to be a rock...only it had two eyeholes in it. The God of Thunder arched his brow in amusement when he suddenly stopped and turned around. Haku paused and followed her guide, wondering what he was doing, when the blonde detached his hammer from his waist and lazily spun it by the strap of leather at the edge.
"Hmm...a wonderful day, is it not, Haku?" Naruto asked her winking at her as he slowly inched towards the 'rock'. Haku, instantly understood him, nodded.
"You're absolutely right, Naruto-kun," Haku said with a smile. Naruto waited until his was right beside the rock.
"It would be better if there was somewhere I could mount my hammer...Ah! This rock should do nicely," Naruto said, switching his hammer around and bringing his hammer down in a full swing, slashing the rock in half before he leapt away. A smoke bomb went off and three cries accompanied with coughing were heard within it.
"Too much powder, Konohamaru-kun!" a girlish voice cried.
Naruto chuckled and holstered Hi-ishi again, "I should have known. Konohamaru, you little brat, what are you doing?"
"Aw, boss, we had an awesome intro thing we were going to do..." the young Sarutobi whined before his eye landed on Naruto's hammer, "Oh cool! What is that?"
"What?" Naruto asked before following his gaze and grabbing Hi-ishi, "This?"
"Yeah!" Konohamaru said, a girl his age with her orange hair done up in two braids and a boy wearing glasses walking up behind him. The three of them all wore goggles on their foreheads, similar to how he used to wear his.
"This is Hi-ishi," Naruto said, lightly tossing it into the air so the hammer could flip before he caught it simply in his hand, "What I'd like to know is who your two friends are?"
"I'm Moegi!" the orange haired girl said, "The Sassiest Kunoichi!"
"Udon!" the boy with glasses said before he sniffed up a drip of something from his nose, "I like Math!"
"Uh-huh," Naruto deadpanned, Hi-ishi dangling by its leather strap in his hand, "And you three are...?"
"The Konohamaru Secret Corps!" the three chimed. Naruto chuckled and Haku giggled, both teens amused with the children's antics. It was then Konohamaru noticed Haku and a blush covered his face.
"Wow...Boss, who's she?" he asked, pointing at Haku, "Is she your...yanno?"
Naruto was confused by what he meant, but fully understood when the young Sarutobi flicked his pinky finger out. Haku turned a healthy rosy shade of red and Naruto scratched the back of his head embarrassedly, his own face turning a slight shade of pink.
"N-No," the blonde got out with a grin, "She's just a friend, yanno? This is Momochi Haku, a medic-nin in training."
"Cool!" the three children chorused. Konohamaru looked back at Naruto and asked, "Boss, will you play ninja with us?"
"Yeah!" Moegi chimed in before the three of them adopted the classic Puppy Pout of Doom and fell before Naruto on their knees. Naruto laughed nervously while Haku simply giggled at the scene. Haku stepped forward and nudged Naruto in the side, earning the blonde's attention.
"Play ninja with them, Naruto-kun," Haku said with a smile, "I've gotta go to the hospital anyway before we go back to the apartment. I'll catch up with you later."
"Alright then," Naruto said with a smile, "Until later."
He watched her walk away before rounding on the three in front of him, electricity crackling in his eyes once again. He whipped Hi-ishi out and spun it slowly. The three all exchanged worried looks before looking back at Naruto, who simply smiled and said, "Lesson one: A ninja needs to be fast."
The children didn't move, confusion written on all of their faces. Naruto elaborated with a smile on his face, "This is the part where you run away."
"Thanks," Udon whispered before they all turned around and high tailed it away from the blonde. Naruto released a hearty laugh and jogged after them in a relaxed manner. He saw them turn around the corner and prepared to follow them, but stopping when he heard a teenage boy's voice speak up.
"Gah, damned Konoha brat!" he said. Naruto narrowed his eyes and started to twirl Hi-ishi lightly in his hand. He glanced around the corner of the alley, his eyes narrowing even further upon what he saw. A teen wearing a black suit with a hat making him look like a cat and a bundle on his back was holding Konohamaru by his scarf. The other two were scared and holding each other while Konohamaru openly struggled and cried in the stranger's grip.
"Kankuro just drop him!" a blonde girl with four ponytails in her hair scolded. She was wearing a periwinkle outfit with fishnet attire underneath it and a large black board was on her back. The boy, Kankuro, turned to face her.
"Aw, c'mon Temari," he said, "I'm just going to teach the brat some manners."
"I don't think Konohamaru asked you to teach him anything," Naruto said as he walked into the alleyway, Hi-ishi spinning slowly, but almost impossible for someone to determine what it was. The three children all cried his name in relief, but the two strangers simply locked their eyes on him.
"Why don't you just butt out, punk?" Kankuro asked him. Temari eyed the blonde in front of her hungrily, like a predator stalking its' prey.
He's hot! Temari thought with a grin. Naruto looked between the two before sighing and continued to spin Hi-ishi.
"I will only ask you once again, please put the boy down," the blonde said, his electric blue eyes narrowing into a glare. Kankuro didn't miss a beat.
"What are you going to do if I don't-oof!" Kankuro grunted out as Naruto suddenly released Hi-ishi and it flew directly into the black clad teen's stomach, freeing Konohamaru from his grasp as he sailed ten feet down the alleyway. Konohamaru and the others ran to Naruto's side, cowering behind his legs while Temari looked horrified at Kankuro's winded position.
Naruto held his hand out and instantly Hi-ishi was in his hold once again. Kankuro hacked up blood, wincing with each cough, and Naruto instantly felt guilty. Hi-ishi was designed to fight beings that would rival Asgardians, not humans with elemental abilities. Temari was kneeling at the boy's side as he started to stand, keeping her eyes and senses open to prepare to defend him.
"Gah! T-That's *cough* it! Y-You're dead!" Kankuro grunted out. He reached for his bandaged pack and Temari gasped.
"You're going to try and use Crow? You're barely breathing as it is!" she exclaimed. Before Kankuro could even reply, a hand appeared under his arm and he was hoisted to his feet by the blonde that had attacked him.
"The girl is right," Naruto said, pulling Kankuro's arm over his shoulders and keeping him upright, "You need medical attention. I apologize for my attack. I forget Hi-ishi is made of materials Midgard-Uh, I mean, Earth doesn't, no wait. Ugh, let's just go..."
"W-Why are you *cough* helping me?" Kankuro asked in confusion. Temari put Kankuro's other arm over her shoulder and helped take his weight. Before Naruto could answer, a red haired boy appeared in swirling sands in front of them. On the left side of his head was a red tattoo of the kanji for Love. His eyes had what was either black make-up or severe insomnia, making the boy look like a raccoon. He wore a giant gourd on his back and was dressed in brown shinobi clothes, a white sash draped over him diagonally. The two on his left froze, while Naruto simply placed his free hand over Hi-ishi's handle, just in case.
"Kankuro...you are a disgrace to our village," the boy with red hair said. His green eyes showed madness within them and Naruto tensed, his hand gripping firmly around the handle of his hammer. Naruto nearly attacked him when he said, "I should just kill you."
"S-S-Sorry G-Gaara *cough*," Kankuro managed to get out, "J-Just meeting the locals..."
"Humph," Gaara replied, not entirely impressed with his excuse. His eyes drifted to Naruto and he suddenly gripped his head.
Run away! Run away now! I don't like him! We have to leave now! A voice cried out in his mind as Gaara kept his eyes on the blonde to his brother's right. He remained silent for a moment before speaking quietly, "Get him fixed. Then get back to the Hotel."
"Y-Yes Gaara," Temari stuttered out. Naruto held his glare on Gaara, making the boy flinch again before he vanished in a Sand Shunshin. Naruto looked questioningly at the two with him, but dropped his question when Kankuro suddenly began hacking blood up again. The two blondes supporting the make-up wearing boy looked at each other and nodded, rushing to the hospital as quick as they could.
"Your brother should be fine within a day," the nurse outside Kankuro's room said to Temari. The Suna kunoichi sighed in relief and thanked her, walking back to sit next to the blonde that was idly polishing his hammer.
"I'm sorry about your brother," he said to her, breaking the uneasy silence going between them, "I was more concerned about our Hokage's grandson at the moment. The boy he threatened."
"Oh that figures...dammit Kankuro!" Temari swore under her breath as she crossed her arms and sat back in her chair. Her eyes drifted to the blonde that was idly cleaning his hammer, and she blushed as her eyes went from his hands to his toned biceps. They were almost mouthwateringly perfect it wasn't even funny! She itched to touch them, massage them and feel them hold her.
"So why are you in Konoha?" his voice asked, breaking the girl from her previous thoughts and her blush darkening as she realized she was thinking about a complete stranger. She looked up at his electric blue eyes, seeing the question continue to echo through his eyes.
"Chunin exams," she answered as she got lost in his eyes. A small musing sound came from the blonde next to her and she continued to examine him. His attire was strange, but then again he was a Konoha shinobi. His headband was visible around his right thigh, where most would keep their kunai holsters, a strange choice for someone not of her gender.
"Good luck to you then!" Naruto said with a smile before he realized something, "Oh, I'm Naruto Thor'sson."
"Thor'sson?" she repeated, earning a nod. Shrugging the name aside because he was, once again, a Konoha shinobi, she introduced herself, "Sabaku no Temari...just out of curiosity, how old are you?"
"Twelve or thirteen, not really sure," Naruto replied with a shrug as he examined his hammer, "Why?"
"Oh, no reason!" Temari said, while internally she was doing a happy dance in her head. Yes! He's not too old or too young! Now to see if he's single...
Before the Suna girl could ask the question fresh in her mind, the young God of Thunder stood and stretched, unknowingly giving Temari a very nice view of his backside. The blonde scratched his head and holstered his hammer before turning and taking Temari's hand in his own.
"As always, it was a pleasure meeting a lovely maiden such as yourself," Naruto said, his charming words making the Suna girl flush bright red, which only increased when he lightly pecked the back of her hand. The blonde demigod released her hand and left, leaving a very aroused Temari behind.
A week passed before Naruto found himself standing outside of the academy that hardly taught him anything with his two teammates flanking him. He stood tall and strong, excitement dancing across his face.
"Let's get it over with then," Sasuke grunted, walking into the academy. They walked up to the second floor, only to be confused when they noticed the many threes starting the room numbers. Two genin were blocking the room they were supposed to enter, and just as Sasuke started towards them, Naruto's hand shot out and grabbed his shoulder.
"Hold, friend," Naruto whispered, having a strange feeling come over him, "This doesn't feel right...it feels as though...it is an illusion..."
Furrowing his brows, Sasuke looked at the room number with his Sharingan. His eyes widened when he realized Naruto was right! It was a genjutsu cast over the whole floor. The Uchiha heir glanced over at the unnerved demigod and thought, But how did he notice the genjutsu before me? Did he really get that much stronger?
"He's right!" Sakura whispered, having performed a small release of the genjutsu, "What do we do now?"
"We go up the stairs," Sasuke said in response, moving past a girl with buns in her hair and nearly knocking her over. Naruto diverted his movements to catch her and steady her on her feet. Giving the girl a friendly smile, Naruto noticed the green clad boy with large eyebrows and a bowl hairstyle stopping a dark skinned redheaded Kumo genin from attacking one of the boys standing in the doorway.
"T-Thanks," the girl he still held by her shoulders whispered. Naruto looked back at her and smiled again.
"Anytime, good luck to you and your teammates," he said before releasing her and jogging up the steps after his team. The other two members of Team 7 waited with annoyance written on their faces at the top of the stairs for him. The girl he had left behind was shortly joined by the green clad genin and a boy with feminine features and pearl white eyes.
"TenTen? Is he a problem?" the pearly eyed boy asked his teammate. TenTen shook her head.
"No, Neji," she said, glancing back at the blonde that steadied her as he got scolded by a pink haired girl. She turned to face her teammates when she noticed her green clad friend had vanished. She whipped around looking for him, scowling when she saw him jogging up the steps that the blonde had vanished up to. With a groan, TenTen and Neji went after their eccentric teammate.
"Wait!" the green clad boy cried when he locked eyes on Team 7. They all turned, Naruto narrowing his electric blue eyes and his hand hovering over Hi-ishi's handle. The boy glanced at Naruto and Sasuke before turning to Sakura and grabbing her hands in his own.
"My name is Rock Lee," he greeted, a friendly smile on his face, "Will you please go out with me? I'll protect you with my life!"
Naruto allowed a smile to cover his face, glad that the boy didn't want to start a fight and only wished to ask his former crush out. Sasuke didn't seem to care, arrogantly keeping a bored look on his face, but Sakura looked flat out disgusted. She pulled her hands back and shuddered in disgust.
"No way! You're so...weird," she said, jumping behind her two stronger teammates as if they would shield her from Lee's weirdness.
Lee's head slumped in rejection before he snapped his head up and looked at the Uchiha heir. The large eyebrow boy looked him over once before pointing at him with suspicion, "You are Uchiha Sasuke, yes?"
"Yeah, why?" Sasuke asked with narrowed eyes. Lee nodded, his face going completely serious, before he walked about five feet away and settled in a stance so his right hand was behind him and his left was extended in a 'come hither' motion.
"I wish to prove my strength against the Rookie of the Year of the newest class," Lee said. Sasuke grunted, keeping his hands in his pockets.
"You have nothing interesting about you," he replied, "Why should I bother with a weakling such as yourself?"
"Sasuke, wait," Naruto tried to butt in and inform his teammate about the green clad boy's speed, only to be unheard as Lee went on, "My current teammate is the strongest genin in Konoha. I wish to see if your skills are on par with his as many in the village have said."
"Tch, your funeral," Sasuke said, settling into a fighting stance. He activated his Sharingan and smirked, "Ready whenever you are, freak."
Lee nodded and blurred out of sight, reappearing in front of a very shocked Sasuke. He leapt into the air and spun his leg out, exclaiming, "Leaf Whirlwind!"
Sasuke was kicked in the face and sent skidding backwards, almost knocking Lee's teammates over. He hopped back to his feet and prepared to rush Lee when Naruto stepped in his way. Upset that the blonde would interfere with his fight, Sasuke said, "Get out of my way, dobe!"
"Nay, Sasuke," Naruto replied with a shake of his head, his hand resting on the handle of his hammer, "This is a bad idea. We have little time until the first test begins and I doubt arriving beaten and bruised would strike fear into our future opponents."
"Get out of the way!" Sasuke said again, his hand moving to his kunai holster. Naruto's eyes narrowed and his hand gripped Hi-ishi's handle. The Uchiha noticed this and saw the electricity dance across Naruto's eyes.
"I have no qualms about dragging you there myself, teme," the blonde growled, "But if you insist on fighting someone, fight me. Fight me and Hi-ishi with your pitiful kunai."
Sasuke and Naruto held their glare before Sasuke put his kunai away and deactivated his Sharingan. He stood straight and crossed his arms, "Hn, you're right. I shouldn't waste time on a weakling like him."
"Cha! Go Sasuke-kun!" Sakura cheered, pumping her fist into the air. Naruto sighed and released his hammer's handle, turning and walking down the hallway towards the main testing room. The Uchiha and pinkette followed their teammate, the former convincing himself he quit the fight to keep his moves secret while the latter was curious about their blonde teammate's new intellect. Ever since Nami no Kuni, Naruto has seemed smarter and Sakura can't figure out how that is possible.
The three members of Team 7 left Lee to be scolded by TenTen and insulted by Neji. TenTen and Neji then inquired about the blonde member of the Uchiha's team, to which Lee replied that he believed the blonde was the 'dobe' of the year, Uzumaki Naruto. TenTen filed this information away while Neji merely scoffed and stated how sad it was the Hokage would allow the foolish prankster to take the exams.
Team 7 was stopped outside the hallway to the first exam by their sensei. Kakashi eye smiled at all of them and reminded them that the exams were a team's test of camaraderie in the first two parts. Sasuke ignored the reminder, Sakura absorbed every word her sensei said, and Naruto merely kept his face calm. Once he had finished warning and lecturing them (and subtly asking where Sasuke got a bruise from) Kakashi vanished in a puff of smoke. The three members of Team 7 braced themselves as they entered room 301 for their first exam, preparing for anything.
No sooner had they entered the room did they feel every eye of the many genin within fall on them. A strange feeling Sasuke recognized as killing intent came over all of them, only vanishing when Naruto pulled Hi-ishi out and destroying the desk at the front of the room with a single swing. The many people in the room glanced at the obliterated desk and looked back at the blonde, wondering what type of jutsu it was he used to do such a thing.
"Fools..." Naruto muttered, placing Hi-ishi back on his hip and turning back to his team.
A sudden purple blur rushed past him and latched onto Sasuke's back, revealing the body of one Yamanaka Ino, who then exclaimed, "My Sasuke-kun is here! Yay!"
"Ino-pig, get off Sasuke-kun!" Sakura shrieked. Naruto sighed and nervously kept his hand near Hi-ishi's handle, his attention going to the two approaching forms when a lazy voice spoke to him.
"Oh? Sasuke and Sakura are here, too?" Nara Shikamaru asked as he and Akimichi Choji walked up to the two members of Team 7, not recognizing Naruto at all, "Troublesome..."
"I knew I recognized that scent!" another brash male voice said as a feral looking boy with a white puppy in his jacket walked up with a pearl eyed girl wearing a beige coat and a boy with a high collared jacket and two black circular glasses hiding his features. The feral boy was Inuzuka Kiba, his pup being Akamaru, and his two teammates Hyuuga Hinata and Aburame Shino. Kiba continued, "So the gang's all here...wait, where's Naruto? Baka too scared to show up?"
"Yeah, come to think of it, I don't see him anywhere," Ino commented as she dropped off Sasuke's back. The blonde in question pushed off the wall he leaned against and stepped into the group.
"Aw, none of you recognize little ole me?" Naruto asked with a grin on his face, the smile widening as everyone turned and gaped at him, "I haven't changed that much, have I?"
"N-Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked, her face turning a bright red upon taking in Naruto's new features. Her not-so-secret crush had become much more attractive and it was all she could do to keep from passing out then and there.
The blonde demigod smiled at Hinata and nodded, "Ohayo Hinata-chan. I haven't seen any of you ever since Team Assignments."
"Geez dobe, drop the henge already!" Kiba scoffed, rolling his eyes. Before Naruto could assure he wasn't wearing a henge, Akamaru yipped several times and Kiba's eyes widened and his smirk dropped. The Inuzuka swallowed heavily as he took in his partner's words and stepped back next to the Aburame, who was trying to soothe his very excited hive. Shino's bugs have been acting up since Naruto approached them, as though he was the source of a pure power tastier than chakra.
"Naruto...Wow! You sure clean up nice!" Ino admitted with a small blush on her face, "What happened to you?"
"I took a stroll across the Rainbow Bridge, finding myself and my kin," Naruto said, reciting a small poem he had made up on the spot, "My father Thor granted me power, and with my hammer at my side, no longer shall I cower."
"Whoa, intense," Shikamaru muttered, Choji next to him stopped eating and stared with white on his face at the blonde with the hammer at his waist.
"You should all learn to be quiet," A silver haired teen said as he approached, "Rookies like yourselves don't want to draw attention."
"Oh, and who are you?" Naruto asked, his hand going to his hammer, "Friend or foe?"
"Friend, I assure you," the teen replied, "My name is Kabuto."
"Naruto Thor'sson," Naruto greeted, holding his hand out. The others looked at him with confusion written on their faces and Kabuto even seemed to blink a few times as he shook Naruto's hand.
"Anyway," Kabuto continued, "I take it this is your first time at the Exams?"
"Yes it is," Sakura replied, "Is it your first time as well, Kabuto-san?"
Kabuto smiled sheepishly, "No, actually it's my seventh time."
Naruto's friendly smile faltered slightly. A lesson fresh from Hogun returned to the forefront of his mind: If someone seems extremely weak, it is probably a cover for their superior strength. The best asset one has in the shinobi line of work is deception. This lesson was further confirmed in the God of Thunder's mind as Kiba brashly said, "Damn man, you've gotta really suck then!"
"Or you have other motives..." Naruto mused quietly, loud enough however for Kabuto to catch it. The two held an unwavering stare for a moment before Kabuto scratched the back of his head.
"You've got me," Kabuto said, "I've actually been gathering data for the past seven years for a client. Hokage-sama has given me permission to do so, as he is the only one with the knowledge of the reasons to my client's wishes."
"I see..." Naruto replied, not fully believing him, but letting it drop for now, "How do you show this information."
"My Shinobi Info Cards," Kabuto said, pulling a deck of black slips of paper from his pocket, "All I have to do is channel my chakra into a specific card and I get info on all the shinobi in question. Want an example?"
"Show me a Suna genin named Gaara," Naruto instantly demanded. Ever since their little exchange, the blonde was very unnerved by the lack of emotion shown to the redheaded boy's teammate by him (Gaara).
"You know his name? That's no fun!" the silver haired teen playfully pouted, pulling a white slip of paper out, "Hmm...Sabaku no Gaara: Genin of Sunagakure no Sato. His teammates are his older siblings Sabaku no Kankuro and Sabaku no Temari; their team sensei is...Baki, that's all I've got on his team. He has done almost, wow, twenty B ranked and A ranked missions. Huh, he's never been injured on any of the missions. Not even a scratch!"
Naruto's eyes narrowed at this. How could someone go through all of those missions and not sustain a single injury? He was brought out of his musing when Sasuke's voice spoke up, "Give me the info you have on Rock Lee and Uzumaki Naruto of Konoha!"
Everyone looked at the boy, wondering why he would need information on his own teammate when Naruto growled, "It's Naruto Thor'sson now, Teme."
"Whatever, dobe," Sasuke replied, looking at Kabuto expectantly.
"Huh, Rock Lee," the teen said, holding the card up, "He's teamed with the previous year's Rookie of the Year Hyuuga Neji and the Kunoichi of the Year TenTen. Their sensei is Maito Gai. He's done about thirty C ranked missions, and fifteen B ranked missions. His genjutsu and ninjutsu skills are zip while his Taijutsu skills are off the charts! Damn."
Kabuto put the card away before pulling out another which produced the image of the blonde before him, "Uzu-err, I mean, Naruto Thor'sson. Teamed with Rookie of the Year Uchiha Sasuke and Kunoichi of the Year Haruno Sakura. He's done nothing too noticeable except for the C ranked mission turned A ranked to Nami no Kuni. All I know is he managed to learn the forbidden Shadow Clone technique, everything else about him is limited to his being the dobe of the year."
Sasuke's eyes narrowed in suspicion when Kabuto failed to mention anything concerning Naruto's hammer and asked, "What do you know about his weapons?"
"Like I said, not much is known cuz there's nothing too impressive," Kabuto said before glancing at the blonde, "But...I've been wrong before."
Before anymore could be said on the matter, a tall man decked out in all black kicked the door open and stepped in. He gave off the aura of superiority and experience as well as intimidation, many Genin already began trembling under his gaze. After he scanned the room, the man spoke in a drill sergeant like tone, "All right you maggots! My name is Morino Ibiki and I'm your proctor for the first exam! Everyone form a line, grab a number, and then sit your ass down! And WHO DESTROYED MY DESK?"
Naruto chuckled and crossed his arms. This was going to be fun.
AN: So begins the Chunin Exams. I didn't want to follow Cannon completely, but I did want to be sure I introduced everyone that would be necessary. Thanks for reading, EXCELSIOR!