Hello everyone! Sorry for the delay in this update, new chapters will probably be posted every other week now instead of every week.
Before this chapter starts I thought I should answer some questions you guys have been asking. So the most asked question is about Kushina, where is she and is she alive? Well the answer is no, right now she is dead. That will change in the future, after the Wave arc. I won't say how, to avoid spoilers but I hope it will be worth the wait.
Second, why didn't Kurama tell Naruto about Minato? Well at first he wasn't sure, after that he just didn't want Minato to replace him. Kurama also doesn't see Minato as worthy of his Kit.
Finally, will Naruto become a half-demon? Sort of. Kurama isn't a demon, he's sentient chakra, but his chakra is different than human chakra and it wants to be fox like so Naruto will have some physical changes. The severity of those changes I am not sure of so feel free to give your opinion. Should he stay mostly human just gaining more feral features and maybe pointed ears? Or should he grow a tail and be covered in fur? Somewhere in between?
Anymore questions, I will be happy to answer as long as it doesn't spoil anything. So without further delay let's begin chapter four!
Since the encounter with Anko in the Forest of Death Naruto had continued to practice using Kurama's chakra. With Anko supervising him he made good progress, now at age fourteen he is capable of calling on the chakra cloak within seconds and can enter one-tail mode in a similar amount of time. From this training he has also improved his taijutsu thanks to Anko. One other change this training has brought is that his hair has streaks of red and his fingernails have become more like claws. These changes haven't endeared him to the villagers but the more feral appearance was appreciated by Anko, who quite happily admitted to liking the changes, and Hinata, not that she has told him that due to her shyness.
Outside of training with Anko Naruto began studying fuinjutsu from his mom's books and is at the level he can make explosive tags, storage scrolls, and restriction seals. He is currently working on making barrier seals. From Yugao he has improved his kenjutsu, according to her he is at a low-chunin level. His chakra control has begun to improve, thanks to his mom's books which told him about tree walking.
At the academy his grades remained average at best, only a few teachers actually taught him. Those teachers were Iruka, who he saw as an older brother of sorts, Kurenai, who taught genjutsu and who quit the year before, and finally there is Rukia Haruno, who teaches science and one of the kunoichi classes that Naruto doesn't attend.
Naruto's ninjutsu has improved. He invented what he would call the most powerful jutsu ever, the sexy jutsu. Its power is so great even the Hokage has been defeated by it. Yet despite the power of the sexy jutsu and his skill in kenjutsu and his chakra cloak he still failed the graduation exam.
It was this failure that led to the Hokage feeling the power of the sexy jutsu as Naruto snuck into his office to steal a scroll for the make up exam. That same scroll he now has to learn a jutsu from. A jutsu that just so happens to be shadow clones, oh how he loves the clone jutsu. But Naruto is nothing if not persistent. So he practices.
Two hours later Naruto successfully summons a shadow clone, to his surprise it isn't just an illusion. This prompted him to look at the description of the jutsu in the scroll, the revelation of just what this jutsu could do floored Naruto. "Holy crap! I'm graduating for sure with this and then I'll be Hokage in no time, believe it!" Naruto declared to noone in particular.
As Naruto was celebrating Iruka landed in the clearing he had been practicing in. "NARUTO WHY DID YOU STEAL THE SCROLL OF SEALS" Iruka bellowed out.
"What do you mean sensei? I am doing the make up test and I am going to ace it for sure, believe it!" Naruto once again declared.
"Make up test? What are you talking about, who said there was a make up test?" Iruka asked, clearly confused.
"Mizuki sensei, he said I just needed to get the scroll, learn a jutsu, and boom I pass. I learned a jutsu too." Naruto said as dread started to creep in. "There isn't a make up test is there?"
"Well, I wasn't expecting you here Iruka." Came Mizuki's voice from behind Iruka causing both student and teacher to jump a little. "Good job Naruto, now hand me the scroll and you pass."
"Don't give him the scroll Naruto. There isn't a make up test, take the scroll and run to the Hokage tower, I'll hold him off." Iruka said, getting in between Naruto and Mizuki.
"Don't listen to Iruka, he is lying to you just like everyone else. Tell me, do you want to know why everyone hates you?" Mizuki asked, an evil grin on his face.
"Go Naruto, hurry to the Hokage's tower!" Iruka said desperately.
"He hates you like all the others and he won't even tell you why! Don't you want to know?" Mizuki yelled, hoping desperately for his gamble to pay off.
"Mizuki, shut up!" Iruka yelled, as he did Mizuki launched a vaully of kunai at him. He couldn't move because Naruto was behind him so he did his best to block the incoming projectiles. He managed to stop all but two, which hit him in the shoulder and lower leg.
"Iruka-nii!" Naruto yelped. He noticed Mizuki ready to launch one of his fuma shurikens at the injured Iruka. As Mizuki ready his weapon Naruto called out his cloak, when Mizuki launched the large shuriken at Iruka (Mizuki shouting about his genius plan all the while) Naruto launched himself over Iruka and in front of him.
In the blink of an eye Naruto was standing, cloaked in orange chakra with one tail billowing out behind him, holding the fuma shuriken. He tightened his grip and the weapon shattered. "If you ever hurt my sensei again, I'll kill you!" Naruto declared, his voice warped by the cloak.
Iruka was stunned in front of him stood Naruto, his favorite trouble making student, with a fox tail and a cloak of orange chakra. When Naruto looked back at him he gasped, Naruto's eyes were slitted, his whiskers more pronounced, and his ears were pointed. "Don't worry Iruka-nii, I'll protect you from here on out, believe it!" Naruto stated with a smile.
Naruto turned back to Mizuki without another word and brought his hands up in a cross shape. The forest exploded in smoke and suddenly it was filled with a hundred cloaked Narutos. Even with Mizuki's greater skill the Narutos had every other advantage, they were faster, stronger, and there was just so many of them. Within moments Mizuki was overwhelmed and soon was nothing other than a mess of broken bones and regret.
Once the clones were done pummelling Mizuki they dispelled along with the chakra cloak. Iruka limped towards the panting Naruto. "Here close your eyes for a second Naruto." Naruto compiled and soon felt a weight on his forehead. He opened his eyes to see Iruka without his forehead protector. "Congratulations Naruto, you pass!"
It took a moment for Naruto to process those words but once he did he enveloped Iruka in a bone crushing hug. "Thank you Iruka!" Naruto cried.
"Your welcome but please you're crushing my spine!" Iruka weezed out. Naruto let go with a bashful sorry and without further delay the two decided to go to the Hokage tower. Naruto carried Mizuki while Iruka carried the scroll, since he was injured.
The trip to the Hokage was quicker than expected since before Naruto and his injured sensei made it out of the clearing a group of ANBU arrived. The ANBU quickly shunshined them to the Hokage's office. With a nod from the Hokage the ANBU left as quickly as they appeared.
"Naruto, care to fill me in with what happened?" The Hokage asked in his Stern Grandfather Voice(™). Naruto gulped and told him what had happened starting from Mizuki offering a makeup Genin test to the arrival of the ANBU.
"I see." The Hokage said thoughtfully. "Do you have anything to add Iruka?"
"N-no Hokage-sama. Naruto summed it up very well." Iruka managed, trying not show how much pain he was currently in.
"Right. Bear, take Iruka to the hospital and Cat take the traitor to Ibuki." The Hokage ordered. Two ANBU appeared to comply with his orders, disappearing with their respective charges in a puff of smoke. "You did very good tonight Naruto! I will have a B-rank mission pay delivered to your account."
"Alright!" Naruto yelled, "That's gonna get me so much ramen!"
'Now don't spend all your money on ramen, you need some better equipment and a sword. Not much point in all that kenjutsu training without one Kit.' Kurama spoke up through the seal.
'Oh yeah, haha. And I can get some good ink for seals, good idea Dad!' Naruto thought back happily.
"Um, Naruto?" The Hokage asked seeing the far away look that passed Naruto's face.
"Huh? Oh, sorry Jiji I was talking to Dad. He said I should get a sword and other stuff instead of ramen." Naruto explained.
"Well that is a good idea! Now I think you should go home and get some sleep, no doubt today has been rather draining." The Hokage suggested with his concerned grandfather voice.
"Yeah, I guess. See you Jiji!" Naruto agreed, waving goodbye he quickly jumped out the window.
"Why, why do they always use the window?" The aged Hokage asked himself tiredly.