I want to give a shout out to Elredar Skylance and his story Naruto the Angel of Death for inspiring me to write this story.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, no matter how much I want. It belongs to Kishimoto, who for some reason is making Madara stronger every week, not weaker. I swear, that man does not know how to kill that demon/man.
Chapter 4: Genin Test
Naruto sat on a tree and observed Kakashi's position. Naruto opened up his ninja pouch and took out his seal paper holder attached to sash. Naruto, opened up the holder and took out five tags. Naruto jumped down and created a clone.
"So, the smart one makes his appearance," said Kakashi. "Now what are you going to do? Attack me head on?"
"Actually, yes," replied Naruto. "Now, Water style: quick stream jutsu!" Naruto started spewing water out his mouth and it went right at Kakashi, who didn't even bother to dodge. He just stood there, letting the stream go by his feet while he read his book.
"That's it?" asked Kakashi, "Is that all you can do?"
"No, that's not it, Lightning style: Lightning Arc!" yelled Naruto's clone as he placed his hand in the water, and sent lightning through, electrocuting Kakashi. Kakashi's eyes widened as lightning began to run up his body, shocking him and his internal organs. Kakashi slowly reached inside his ninja pouch and dropped a bomb, which let out an explosion, sending Naruto away from the stream of water.
Kakashi breathed a sigh of relief and was about to take out his book when he felt something touch his neck. Kakashi ducked down, and rolled away before turning around and yelling, "Fire style: Fire stream jutsu!" Naruto realized how dangerous the flames were and jumped away, disappearing into the trees and away from Kakashi's sight.
|With Naruto|
Naruto glanced at the tags that he held in his hand. These tags were essential to making his very best defensive barrier. Naruto leaped away and began his search for Sasuke and Sakura. It was time they learned the true meaning of this test. As he ran through the forest, Naruto could see a huge ball of fire appear to the west.
"Probably Sasuke," muttered Naruto, "And since that is where Kakashi is, I should probably look elsewhere for Sakura. How do I find her?"
Flashback
"Now, Naruto," said Iruka, "I want to teach you a very useful technique. This technique is mainly used by sensors, but anyone can use it. It is called the chakra pulse."
"How do you do it?" asked Naruto as he watched Iruka closely. "If only sensors use it, then why would I use it?"
"Because, there will come a time where you need to find someone, and this will allow you to find anyone. Now, the first step is to compress your chakra in your body. Then, after you have let it build up, you let it out in one big wave. Anything that the wave touches will be transmitted to your brain, and you will immediately know where a person is. Try it." Naruto nodded and began channeling his chakra. Soon his body had begun to glow blue with chakra. Naruto then released his hold on his chakra and it exploded outwards. Naruto was dazzled by what he could see. He could see the birds in the tree behind him, the students in the academy, and the one kid who was flipping off his parent from behind the parent's back.
"Iruka-sensei, this is incredible!
"It is, now you will always be able to find your team if you get lost," said Iruka
End Flashback
Naruto began to charge up his chakra within his body for a few seconds before he let it out in a wave. Naruto was able to see that Sakura was heading towards where the fire was. She probably thought that Sasuke was there, and she wasn't wrong. He was indeed in that direction, but Sasuke wasn't moving at all. Naruto began laughing at Sasuke's situation. He was stuck in the ground from Kakashi's jutsu. Naruto began leaping though the trees to intercept Sakura. However, when he heard a scream, he knew something was up. Altering his course, Naruto angled towards where the scream had originated. Naruto began laughing when he saw Sakura. Apparently, Kakashi had put her in a genjutsu, and was showing her the worst possible dream that she could have.
"…Sasuke-kun! Let me pull out the kunai for you!" screamed Sasuke. Naruto shook his head in disgust and slapped his hand onto Sakura's back before channeling his chakra through her to disrupt the illusion. Suddenly, Sakura's eyes snapped wide open and she saw Naruto had his hand on her back. "NARUTO-BAKA!" yelled Sakura as she tried to punch Naruto, but Naruto was able to deflect her fist and move out of the way.
"Whoa, whoa, clam down, Sakura. I was just disrupting the genjutsu that had been placed on you by Kakashi-sensei."
"Very good, very good," said a voice. Naruto and Sakura leaped back as Kakashi dropped down from the trees. "You are very smart, figuring that out based on guessing. Well, it's not like anything bad would have happened to Sakura if you had done that while she wasn't in a genjutsu. But enough chit-chat, fire style: fire ball jutsu!" A gigantic ball of fire began racing at Naruto and Sakura. Naruto widened his eyes and pulled Sakura behind and threw five tags into the air, which were floating in the air by the chakra that was in the tags. As soon as they took their proper places, Naruto began running through hand seals before landing on the rat seal.
"Fuinjutsu: Kekkai Jutsu: Barrier of the four sea gods: Five Star Barrier!" yelled as he created a barrier in the shape of the stars, with a circle connecting all the points. The fire hit the barrier, and flew out to the sides of the barrier, but Naruto kept up his chakra and concentration to keep the barrier intact. "Sakura, can you grab two of the tags from my tag carrier?" asked Naruto. Sakura nodded and grabbed two of them.
"Got them, now what?"
"Throw them in the air. I'll take care of the rest." Sakura nodded and threw the two slips into the air. Naruto let go of the seal, keeping only one hand in a half-tiger seal to keep up the chakra flow before pointing at the two slips of paper. "Fuinjutsu: swallow whips!" The two pieces of paper began to glow before taking the forms of small birds and flew right at Kakashi and slashed him on the cheeks. The sudden momentary disruption of concentration made the fireball disintegrate. As Kakashi began to gather his bearings, Naruto grabbed Sakura and jumped into the trees while dropping a smoke bomb to obscure their escape.
Naruto flared his chakra again to get a sense of where Kakashi was. At the moment, he had not left his location, and was just casually reading again.
"What was that, Naruto?" asked Sakura.
"What was what?"
"You know, that barrier and the swallow whips. I've never heard of those jutsu before."
"That's because they are my clan's barrier jutsu. Well, the swallow whips really isn't a barrier, but my clan didn't know what to classify it under so they just classed it as a kekkai jutsu. But anyways, we need to get to Sasuke if we're going to stand a chance of getting those bells. Now come on!" Naruto started jumping through the trees towards Sasuke's postion, who was still stuck in the ground. After travelling for a few minutes, Naruto found Sasuke, with only his head above ground.
"Sasuke-kun!" yelled Sakura as she ran over to her crush and began to start chipping away at the ground with her kunai.
"Sakura, you're not going to make any significant process if you do that. Stand back. Now, this may hurt a little, Sasuke, but please bear with me. Earth Style: breaking earth!" Naruto punched the ground, and the ground around Sasuke began to crack and fall away. Naruto grabbed Sasuke by the hair and pulled him out of the hole, and threw him over to where Sakura was waiting.
"Naruto!" yelled Sakura, "You didn't have to be so rough!"
"Yeah, well he's a big boy, he can handle it. Now, we need to talk about how we're going to pass this exam."
"What are you talking about? All we have to do is take the bells away from him."
"And how do you propose we do that, huh? Just march over there and he'll let us take the bells? No, you smartass, he won't let us do that. We have to distract him while one of us steals the bells. Sakura, since you have the least fighting ability you will be the one to steal the bells."
"What do you mean I have the least fighting ability?" growled Sakura.
"Sakura, you fell to a low level genjutsu," deadpanned Naruto. "I don't want a chance of that happening again. Sasuke, can you do the fire jutsu that created that big fire earlier again? And how many more times can you do it?"
"I can probably do it two more times if I only put half my remaining chakra into each try. But they will only be about three quarters the size of the one you saw earlier."
"That is fine. I will power it up with my wind jutsu. But us two are going to attack last. My clones will be the primary distraction," said Naruto as he summoned three clones, two of which were henged into Sasuke and Sakura. Naruto threw Frostmourne, who could not be replicated to the clone and nodded. "Clones, you will go attack Kakashi as a united team. Sasuke and Sakura clones, no jutsu unless you know a jutsu that the person you are henged into knows. So basically, for Sasuke, it's the grand fireball jutsu, while Sakura has none. Now go!" The three clones leaped away. Naruto then created another clone. "Sakura, you will follow this clone. He will lead you towards Kakashi, behind him and a place where he will not be able to sense you while he is fighting my clones. Come, Sasuke, we have a jounin to distract." The three genin leaped away, each knowing what their specific job was.
"Naruto, why are you working with us? We hate your guts, and you hate ours. How can you work so well with us when you know that?" Naruto remained silent for a few seconds and took a deep breath before he opened his mouth to answer.
"The answer is simple. I do hate your guts, but passing this exam is a higher priority than making you feel like crap. Even if I want to do that, I want to pass this exam more, so obviously I will help us pass the exam."
"But why do you need us? From what I've seen of your new power, you're much more powerful than us. Surely you can do it on your own."
"It is a possibility, yes, but that is not the true purpose of this exam, Sasuke. The true purpose of this exam is not test how powerful we are, but whether we can work together as a team. That is the true test."
"How…"
"Well, that is logic. Kakashi said that one person will be sent back to the academy if they fail, but never in the history of Konoha has there been a three-man genin team with only two genin. No, every single genin team in history has always had three genin and one jounin sensei. Based on that reasoning, he developed this test to make us get mad at each other and try to ensure that we would not work together." After that, the two genin did not talk to each other. Soon, they landed in a tree, where there was an open clearing, in which Kakashi was just standing and reading his book. Discreetly, Naruto took out another four tags and threw them onto four different trees with Kakashi knowing. That was when the three clones made their appearance, landing in front of Kakashi.
"kekkai jutsu: barrier sphere!" yelled the Naruto clone. The four tags glowed golden, and encompassed the entire area. "Sasuke now!"
"Fire Style: grand fireball jutsu!" The Sasuke clone breathed in before letting out a gigantic ball of fire.
"Wind style: Great Breakthrough!" yelled the Naruto clone, increasing the firepower of Sasuke's attack, and also increasing the speed at which the fire flew at Kakashi. Kakashi widened in surprise and jumped out of the way, not noticing someone jump out from behind him, and then disappear. The clones then charged at Kakashi, and began attacking him with a unified force, one only seen in people who fully trusted each other, and Kakashi knew that Sasuke, Sakura and Naruto did not fully trust each other.
"Why don't you come on out, Naruto?" asked Kakashi. Naruto signaled for Sasuke to stay where they are and jumped down into the clearing. Naruto took Frostmourne from his clone and shouldered the blade.
"You figured it out, Kakashi-sensei. Is it because of the teamwork that was displayed by my clones?"
"Yes, their teamwork was too good. That can only be displayed after a person is willing to put his or her life in the hands of their ally, and I know that you, Sakura, and Sasuke have not reached that level of trust. Now, come, Naruto I wish to see what a whole two months' worth of training did for you. How much stronger have you become? I want to see it, Naruto!" yelled Kakashi.
"With pleasure," growled Naruto as he charged at Kakashi with Frostmourne in hand, reading to hack through Kakashi. Kakashi armed himself with two kunai and ran at Naruto. Two armored, but light gauntlets appeared on Naruto's arms as he swung the blade with all his might right at Kakashi and cleaved through the two kunai. Naruto jumped back, before he noticed the gauntlets. Naruto recognized them as being similar to the gauntlets that were worn by the Lich King. "Thanks, grandfather," said Naruto before he slammed the sword into the ground. "Soul Style: Icy tundra!" yelled Naruto. Ice spread from his sword and towards where Kakashi was standing.
"Fire style: Fire stream jutsu!" yelled Kakashi as he began spewing flames from his mouth towards the ice that was approaching him, but he could not stop the ice, so he leaped into the air.
"Kakashi-sensei, peek-a-boo," said Naruto from behind Kakashi as he swung the blade in an upwards diagonal arc. Blood squirted from the wounds that he had endured. "Soul style: Soul Slash!" yelled Naruto as he swung his sword, sending an arc of blue energy at Kakashi, knocking him down towards the ground. "NOW SASUKE!"
"Fire Style: Fireball jutsu!" yelled both Sasuke and the Sasuke clone.
"Wind style: Great breakthrough jutsu!" yelled both the Naruto and the Sakura clone, sending wind at both fire balls, increasing their speed and strength, engulfing Kakashi as he fell to the ground. Naruto approached the body of Kakashi before it disappeared in a cloud of smoke, revealing it to be a shadow clone.
*CLAP* *CLAP* *CLAP* Naruto and Sasuke turned to see where Kakashi was standing clapping.
"Very good, Naruto, Sasuke, and yes, even you Sakura, so you can come out." The pink head dropped down out of the trees, and landed next to Naruto and Sasuke. "You three have done exceptionally well, and displayed incredible teamwork. There is no reason to send any of you back to the academy. As of right now, you have all passed my exam. Congratulations." All three genin leaped in joy. "That being said, all of you could use some extra training, especially you, Sakura. So be ready for some harsh training in the days to come.'
"Yes sir!"
"You are dismissed. Naruto, I want a word with you," said Kakashi.
"Naruto, meet us at the Yakinu's grill. All of us who passed are celebrating our final test. Well, originally it was going to be all of us who finished the team bonding exercise, but since it was a genin test, it is all of us who passed."
"Okay," said Naruto, not sure if he would be join them based on how he had been treated for the past few years. He may be able to forgive, but he would never forget. Sasuke and Sakura left the area, intent on going to the celebration; well it was more like Sasuke being forced to go than wanting to go. Naruto stayed behind with Sasuke to discuss something else.
"Naruto, I assume that you know of your heritages since you have that sword, and that you know who I am," said Kakashi. Naruto slowly nodded. "Well, there is something else that I need to tell you. It is a secret that they entrusted to me. They did not know if their house would ever be breeched after they died, so they left one of the keys to your inheritance with me, not telling even the Hokage. The secret is your bloodline."
"Blood…line?" asked Naruto.
"Yes. You may not know it, but the Uzumaki clan had their own bloodline. While the Namikaze were called the reaper of souls, the Uzumaki were called the storm demons. At their peak, an Uzumaki fully trained in the use of their bloodline would be able to call up a storm on the sunniest of days. However…"
"However, what, Kakashi-sensei?" asked Naruto.
"There is only one way to unlock the bloodline, and that is through battle. I am not talking about sparring. I am talking about a battle for your life. And you will most likely, not be in one until you later genin or early chunin years. I'm sorry, but you will not be able to use your Uzumaki bloodline for some time."
"That is fine. I don't care, I'm just glad that I have one. It's nice to know that," said Naruto as he left the clear. Before he left, Naruto stabbed Frostmourne back into the ground, and absorbed the ice from the ground. Naruto then sheathed the sword and began to make his way back to his apartment. However, after arriving at his apartment, Naruto decided that he would go to that celebration. Naruto stabbed Frostmourne into the floor of his apartment, and then ice formed around Frostmourne so that no one could steal it. Naruto then placed his bokken next to his other bokken that he had bought and left after increasing his weights to 150 lbs on each limb.
Naruto smiled sadly as he entered the Yakinu's grill. As soon as he had entered, Naruto could see Sakura waving him over. Naruto walked over to the table that the others were sitting it. But because as he walked, he felt like everyone in the restaurant was watching him, the walk felt agonizingly slow. Naruto then sat down next to Sasuke, who had declared the seat to be reserved for Naruto.
"What is he doing here?" asked Kiba. "Why is he here? Who invited him?"
"I did, Kiba, got a problem with it?" asked Sakura as she began cracking her knuckles. "Naruto is the reason that we passed the exam of Kakashi's. Did you know that we are his first team to get passed…ever?"
"Wait, what? Your sensei had never passed a team before you, and the dobe is the one who gets you guys passed? How lame is that?"
"Well, it's not really that lame if you think about it," said Naruto. "The true purpose of our sensei's exam was not to test our strength, but our teamwork. Most genin would have thought that it was to test our strength. The test was also designed to make us work against each other."
"Well, when you put it that way…"
"By the way Naruto," said Shikamaru, "Where is that big sword you were carrying with you earlier? I don't see it."
"I left it in my apartment. It would have been a pain in the ass to bring it here. Besides, it's not like someone can steal it from me. No one other than me can pick it up."
"What do you mean?" asked Kiba.
"Why don't you tell them, Sasuke, what happened when you tried to pick Frostmourne up. How was the experience?"
"I got my entire hand frozen in ice that didn't crack even when I slammed it against a wall. It only shattered when Naruto willed it to shatter. I couldn't break it on my own."
"That's scary, bro," said Kiba. "How did you get a sword like that? Did you steal it?"
"It's mine, that's all you need to know," said Naruto. "Now, what is there to eat, I'm starving!" Choji laughed and informed Naruto that food was already on its way. They had ordered for two Choji's plus some for normal people. Soon, after all the food had been eaten, Naruto stood up and was about to leave when Sasuke stopped him, and asked to walk with him. Not really caring that much, Naruto complied and said yes.
"So, Naruto, I want to know. How are you so strong? I have festered my hate for so long, but I have not gotten me to the level of strength that you possess. What is it that drives you? What makes you so strong?"
"I fight…I fight for my loved ones, I fight for others. I do not fight for revenge. I know it may sound cheesy, but that is how I am. I fight for others, not myself. I can't think of any other way to describe myself."
"I see," said Sasuke. "Thank you for your time." Sasuke turned away from Naruto who walked back to his apartment and place his hand on Frostmourne, rubbing the hilt slightly before changing out of his clothes into his nightwear. Naruto climbed into bed, and fell asleep.
|Naruto's mindscape|
Naruto awoke and saw what could be described as the most beautiful woman Naruto had ever seen. Her black hair flowed down to her shoulders like a stream; her body was perfect, the curves being just right, not too much, but not too little either. In Naruto's opinion, she was a goddess.
"Who are you?" asked Naruto as he summoned Frostmourne. The woman giggled a bit before answering.
"I am your master, I am Kami, the one whom your clan has served for many generations."
A/N
So, I hope this chapter is slightly better than my last chapter. I want to give a shoutout to Okiro Benihime for helping give me some helpful ideas for improving my story. It really meant a lot to me. Next, I want to say thank you to all those who have reviewed my story. Those reviews makes it easier for me to continue writing and editing my chapters as fast as I have been doing.
-Airwatcher