Naruto the Beast Within
Naruto arrived at the Academy for the 1st part of the Chuunin Exams along with Hinata by his side making Sasuke and Sakura groan because again, he was late. Upon taking a closer look at them they noticed that they were sweating, their hair was disheveled, their clothes were wrinkled, and they seemed to be panting.
"NARUTO-BAKA, WHAT DID YOU DO TO POOR HINATA?!" Sakura yelled.
"Nothing, you moron… we just got some last minute training in. We just came back from it really." Naruto said truthfully.
Sakura looked like she didn't believe him, but let it drop. Sasuke sighed, opened the door and said," Guys don't take what you see the wrong way, but Hinata's here."
Kiba and his ninja hound Akamaru bounded out the door with Shino following behind calmly before they took in Naruto's and Hinata's appearance and immediately reached the same conclusion as Sakura.
The resulting explanation from Naruto cleared the air of the wrong conclusion that they had reached.
They entered the Academy and went to the 2nd floor where they saw that almost everyone was in front of a room with 301 on it, but that didn't make any sense and so they decided to leave everyone well alone and make their way up to the 3rd floor when a guy in green spandex stopped them and challenged Sasuke to a fight.
Sasuke smirked arrogantly and began the attack on the green spandex wearing teen, named Rock Lee. Rock Lee easily dispatched Sasuke and declared his undying love for Sakura making Naruto gag and walk up to him and say," Dude, honestly, she's not worth it. She's a horrible kunoichi, she's a horrible teammate, she can't throw a shuriken straight, AND she's a fan girl for Sasuke."
Rock Lee wouldn't hear any of it and ended up challenging Naruto to a fight in her honor. Naruto sighed and said," No. I won't fight you Lee… sorry, but I don't believe she has any honor to uphold anyway. Don't get me wrong, if my teammates are in danger, I will do everything I can to protect them, but outside of that, they're on their own."
Lee nodded in understanding after a while and they entered the real room 301 together and noticed that everyone was there and that there was even a few ninja that they didn't know and even a dozen or more from different villages.
Naruto noticed that one of them, the ones with a musical note on their headband along with a team from Konoha, or what seemed like it for he had his Rinnegan on under a Genjutsu, had the same smell. They then heard a girlish squeal of," SASUKE-KUN!"
Naruto groaned and turned to face Ino Yamanaka on Sasuke's back and Sakura telling Ino to get off of Sasuke that he didn't like fat girls like her on him. Ino immediately took offense to that and called her bill-board brow. The argument continued for a while whilst the rest of Team 10 arrived and then one of the members of the Konoha team that smelled similar to the musical note team, came forward and told them that they shouldn't be so loud.
"Oh yeah? And who are you?" Kiba asked.
"I am Kabuto Yakushi; this is the 7th time in the past few years I have taken the Chuunin Exams. They are quite hard. Now to do you guys a favor seeing as we are from the same village and all, how about I share some information that I have gathered over the years?" a grey haired teen asked.
"Alright… Show me Gaara of the Sand, Rock Lee, Naruto Uzumaki, Hinata Hyuga, and… Ah what the hell, Neji Hyuga." Sasuke said.
"Ah… you know their names! That's going to make it too easy. I'll start off with Gaara first. Hmmm… Let's see here… It says here that his Ninjutsu skills are phenomenal whilst his Taijutsu and Genjutsu skills are practically non-existent. He's completed 7 D-Ranks, 16 C-Ranks, and 3 B-Ranks and it says here that he has returned from each mission without a scratch on him. Next is Rock Lee… It says here that his Ninjutsu and Genjutsu are non-existent due to a birth defect, but he is a prodigy of Taijutsu. He has completed 7 D-Ranks, 32 C-Ranks, and 6 B-Ranks. Next is Neji Hyuga. He is the prodigy of the Hyuga Clan having mastered their Taijutsu Style, the Gentle Fist Style, to such extremes that even the Head of the Clan, Hiashi Hyuga, recognizes his talent, even though he is of the Branch House. Next is Hinata Hyuga… It says that her Ninjutsu and Genjutsu are non-existent due to the fact that the Hyuga Clan won't let her learn anything except the Gentle Fist Style Taijutsu. Her Taijutsu is about low average and she has completed 7 D-Ranks, 2 C-Ranks, and an A-Rank? How-"Kabuto began until Sasuke told him to continue.
"Alright. Last is Naruto Uzumaki… It says here that his Ninjutsu is extraordinary due to his use of the Shadow Clone Jutsu. His Genjutsu is non-existent due to his enormous chakra reserves and poor chakra control, and his Taijutsu is about low average due to his brawler style of fighting. He has completed 7 D-Ranks, a B-Rank, and an A-Rank? Alright, now I'm curious." Kabuto stated only for Naruto to chuckle and say," Shut up. Truth be told, you smell of snakes."
Kabuto laughed good naturedly and said," Wow that's a good nose you have there. I have a pet snake at home you see. I use it's venom to make medicinal cures."
Naruto could easily tell that the guy was lying due to his chakra signature momentarily fluxing, but decided not to comment on it.
"Anyway… there a many ninja here that have taken these exams before. There are teams from Suna, Kiri, Taki, Kumo, and Iwa. There is even a team from the recently built Otogakure, but that is a new village so they shouldn't be too much of a threat." Kabuto stated and the musical note team took offense to that and attacked Kabuto and Lee commented that it was more to that punch than they thought and Shikamaru displayed his intelligence and said," It is that device on his hand. He probably send chakra into it to cause it to vibrate and then uses that chakra to guide it where he wants it to go and how powerful he wants it to be."
"ALRIIGHT MAGGOTS GET TO YOUR ASSIGNED SEATS! AND OTO, IF I SEE YOU ATTACK ANOTHER NINJA WITHOUT PERMISSION YOU ARE DISQUALIFIED." A large man yelled out at them.
Naruto and the others quickly got to their assigned seats and the large man, who was called Ibiki, was passing out test sheets meaning that this was to be a written exam. Naruto began freaking out a little bit. Then he reread the rules that Ibiki had generously written on the chalk board and grinned when he came to the conclusion that they were supposed to cheat due to the fact that they were ninjas and were supposed to gather information. He activated his Byakugan and copied the answers from Shikamaru and then finally turned his paper over and took a nap for the next half hour.
Half hour later
Naruto awoke when Ibiki began to explain the rules for the 10th question and Naruto easily deduced that the point behind the question was to not give up. When Ibiki had almost half of the Chuunin hopefuls eliminated, Sakura began to raise her hand when Naruto, having seen her shakily begin to raise her hand, shot his hand into the air and then he slammed it down onto the desk and proudly proclaimed that he would take the 10th question and even if he got it wrong he would still become Hokage. That seemed to give everyone enough confidence to take the question and Ibiki smiled and said that they passed and no sooner had those words left his mouth did a purple, tan, and orange ball crash through the window and there stood a very attractive female.
"Hello my name is Anko Matarashi. And from here on in it will be the 2nd part of the Chuunin Exams. Follow me to the Training Ground of Rainbows and Kittens." Anko said sadistically.
Naruto looked questioningly at Ibiki whom said," She means the Forest of Death."
"Exactly!" Anko said with an even more sadistic grin on her face.
Naruto looked at Hinata who nodded and they disappeared in a swirl of flames and water respectively.
Everyone just looked at the spot they were just in and wandered how they learned the Shunshin no Jutsu. They arrived right outside the Forest of Death and waited on everyone to arrive. When they did Naruto simply began talking to Hinata when Anko, whom was miffed that Naruto wasn't paying attention, threw a kunai at him, only for him to simply catch it in between his index and middle fingers, spin it around, infuse Wind Nature Chakra into it, and throw it back at her on seemingly pure instinct alone. Anko barely dodged it in time and it went through the electric fence, 5 trees and a boulder before implanting itself a few feet into the ground. Anko was surprised at the skill shown by Naruto because he was over 100 yards away. He still talked to Hinata as if she hadn't done anything at all or as if what he had done was no big deal what so ever. Anko then began to explain the point of this part of the Chuunin Exams and had them all sign waivers and gave them a different scroll of a set of 2. 1 Earth and 1 Heaven Scrolls. Team 7 got an Earth Scroll and Team 8 got a Heaven Scroll. Anko then told them to go to a different gate per team and said that the rules were simple, kill the team to get a scroll, when they had both an Earth Scroll and a Heaven scroll go to the tower in the middle of the forest, and then she told them not to die. Then the gates opened and everyone rushed into the forest.
Anko whom was enjoying her dango was notified that the Kusa team was found with their faces burnt off. Upon being given a description upon the Jutsu she decided that Orochimaru was there in the Chuunin Exams. The question was, what was he after in these Exams? Then her eyes widened as she realized what the Sannin wanted and had 2 teams of ANBU follow her into the Forest of Death and had Kotetsu head to the Hokage Tower to tell the Hokage that Orochimaru was in the Chuunin Exams.
Inside the Forest of Death Team 7 was racing through the forest, unaware that 5 teams were headed towards them for different reasons. The first was Anko and her teams of ANBU (which is being counted as a single team), Orochimaru, the Suna Team, the Ame Team, and Team 8. Anko was headed to where she sensed Orochimaru, Orochimaru was headed towards where he sensed Sasuke was, the Ame Team was headed for Team 7 for their scroll, Team 8 was headed towards Team 7 because Hinata wanted to help her fiancé and her teammates followed to keep her safe, The Suna Team was headed towards Team 7 to kill Naruto. The rest though didn't want anything to do with the Last Uchiha's Team. Naruto went into the bush and when Sakura asked him what he was doing Naruto simply looked at her in a disgusted manner and said," Ummm… going to the bathroom? Why does is matter to you? The only thing you care about is your 'precious Sasuke-kun' you fucking banshee." when Naruto said this Sasuke visibly shivered in disgust himself.
Naruto then went into the bushes and where he took care of business and there he allowed the Ame Nin to capture him and when the Ame Nin came out of the bushes, Sasuke looked at him and then chunked a kunai at him with almost deadly accuracy because the Ame Nin, who was transformed into Naruto, dodged the kunai and yelled," Hey What the hell Sasuke?"
"Your Transformation Jutsu skills are more horrible than Sakura's. You got the kunai holdster on the wrong leg, you have his hair color wrong, it's blonde not green, you have his eye color wrong, which are blue not brown, and you have the wrong color scheme to his clothes. That and the real Naruto is right behind you." Sasuke stated.
The Ame Nin, upon hearing this saw Naruto standing there with his Sharingan activated then Naruto simply dashed in front of him before he could blink let alone think, and poked him in the forehead and put him under a Genjutsu. Then he deactivated his Sharingan and then he simply nodded to his teammates and searched the Ame Nin for a Scroll. When he didn't find it he knew that one of his teammates had it so he sealed him up into a scroll and then they hopped into the trees. Soon they were bombarded with a blast of wind that knocked Sasuke and Sakura down out of the canopy and blew Naruto away into a giant snake.
"Ah… Sasuke-kun. How are you?" the Kusa Nin said and sent Killing Intent at them to freeze them in their tracks.
Naruto whom was fed up with the snake trying to digest him made a cross shaped seal and said," Shadow Clone Jutsu."
The snake then proceeded to explode and disappear in a puff of smoke indicating that it was a summon. Naruto then hopped into the trees with his Byakugan active and raced towards his teammates.
Sasuke was fighting the Kusa Nin with an injured leg due to the fact that he pulled out a kunai and stabbed himself to focus on something else other than the killing intent for a moment. He proceeded to engage him in Taijutsu, but quickly realized that the Kusa Nin was toying with him. He then proceeded to jump back and try his hand at Ninjutsu.
Tiger → Monkey → Snake → Boa r→ Horse → Tiger.
"Fire Style: Fire Ball Jutsu!" Sasuke shouted as he exhaled a giant fire ball at the Kusa Nin and the Kusa Nin dodged to the left which is what Sasuke wanted because he was already there with his hands in the Tiger hand sign.
"Fire Style: Great Dragon Fire Jutsu!" Sasuke called out before sending out his most devastating Jutsu out at the Kusa Nin.
The Kusa Nin then substituted with a random log on the ground and Sasuke, out of chakra, knew that it would be hopeless. He preceded to hand the scroll over to the Kusa Nin in return, the Kusa Nin would spare their lives. Then an orange blur grabbed the scroll and tossed it back to Sasuke and said," Let me handle this Sasuke… I have a score to settle with this one for hitting me with a Jutsu." Naruto said as he looked at him with his Rinnegan active and then they changed back into his regular blue eyes. Indicating that he had put a Genjutsu over them.
"Ah the Kyuubi brat. How's your folks? Oh wait! They're dead! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!" the Kusa Nin laughed.
Naruto was not only peeved that the Kusa Nin brought up that subject, but also was curious that this person knew his parents until he noticed the scent on him.
"Orochimaru eh? Never mind Sasuke… I might need your help with this one. He's an S-Rank missing ninja from here. It is our job as Konohagakure no Sato ninjas to defeat and capture this traitor." Naruto stated as he weaved hand signs.
Horse →Tiger
"Fire Style: Great Fire Destruction!" Naruto shouted as he breathed out a large sea of white hot flames at Orochimaru whom was surrounded by trees everywhere.
Orochimaru seeing this Gennin use a Jutsu like this was surprised to say the least until he heard from behind him," Fire Style: Great Dragon Fire Jutsu!"
Orochimaru barely got out of there by substituting with a mud clone and reappeared and summoned another giant snake to attack Naruto.
'Damn it. I don't want to use my Rinnegan here.' Naruto thought as he ran through some hand signs.
"Wind Style: Drilling Air Bullet!" Naruto said before breathing out multiple giant spheres of highly compressed air.
Sasuke then followed up with using a Fire Style: Great Dragon Fire Jutsu upon the Drilling Air Bullets and thus increased the level of fire to an extreme level and Orochimaru had only one thought in his head.
'Oh fuck.' Was his thought before he vanished by substituting with another mud clone and reappeared behind Sasuke and bit him on the neck and vanished into the ground after having punched Naruto in the face and then preforming the Five Elements Seal on him thus disrupting his chakra and negating his ability to draw upon the Kyuubi's chakra.
Naruto and Sasuke passed out due to the pain of being Sealed, Sasuke with the Curse Seal of Heaven, and Naruto with the Five Elements Seal. Sakura then groaned at what she thought was Naruto's uselessness that had gotten Sasuke hurt and made a Shadow Clone and carried them to a hollowed out tree. (A/N: I know you all hate Sakura, I do too, but I couldn't think of another way for her to carry both Sasuke and Naruto.)
When Sakura was about to fall asleep she heard a rustling in the bushes and drew a kunai and looked that way when a squirrel came out with an explosive note on it. Sakura immediately tossed a kunai at it to scare it away and drew another 2 because the explosive note meant that there was Shinobi nearby.
Just then the 3 Sound Shinobi appeared and gloated at Sakura at how she looked harmless. Sakura tossed a kunai which missed them and hit a trip wire, not realizing it until they felt the ground to begin to give way, they jumped off at the last minute only to find themselves surrounded by logs poised to hit them. The one with spiky dark hair, poised his arms out and shouted," Zankuha!" and then spun around making the powerful airwaves slice through the logs.
Sakura upon seeing this was petrified.
Team 8
Hinata was leading her team with her Byakugan and then happened upon Lee using his Primary Lotus technique to defeat one of the Sound Ninjas only for him to get back up thanks to his teammate using his Zankuha to create a hill of soft dirt for him to land on. They then saw said sound nin discombobulate Lee with a blast of concentrated sound waves to the right ear drum causing him to be off balance and nauseous. They then saw his team appear in the trees and Sasuke awoke with purple chakra swirling around him that had an evil tinge to it and began to rip Zaku's arms out of their sockets. When Sakura began to hug him asking him to stop, he backhanded her away and she landed on Naruto which awoke him and he then released the Five Elements Seal and then knocked Sasuke out with a simple triple layered Genjutsu. He then picked Sasuke up and carried him off towards the tower after the mummified Sound ninja had given them their scroll and when they laid them out a red spiky haired Leaf Ninja that stood at 5' 11" and carried a katana with him stood before them.
"Congratulations Team 7 for passing the 2nd part of the Chuunin Exams. Please pick a room and rest up for the next 3 days." The man stated.
Naruto and Sakura nodded and they all picked out separate rooms and rested for the rest of the 3 days that was left.
Then they found out that there was too many teams that had passed and that they had to do a preliminary round.
(A/N: All these fights are cannon except Naruto's and Hinata's so I'll just skip to their matches.)
Hinata's Match
Hinata was surprised that she would have to go against her cousin. She vanished in a swirl of water and reappeared in the arena whilst Neji simply walked to the arena. When Hayate called for them to begin, Neji began to use mind tactics on Hinata to get her to forfeit. Hinata simply began weaving hand signs without saying a word.
Tiger →Ox → Monkey → Rabbit → Ram → Boar → Ox → Horse → Monkey → Tiger → Dog → Tiger → Snake → Tiger → Ox → Monkey → Rabbit → Bird
"Water Style: Great Waterfall Jutsu!" Hinata called out using an A-Rank Ninjutsu without sweating making everyone look at her in surprise.
Neji upon seeing his cousin cast an A-Rank Water Style Ninjutsu immediately gulped in fear and dodged out of the way, only to see Hinata in his face in a familiar pose.
"Eight Trigrams: 64 Palms!" Hinata shouted and began her offensive to close 64 of the 361 Chakra Points in Neji's body.
In the stands
"Man, all I can see is Neji moving oddly. Where is Hinata?" Ino asked.
"You obviously didn't take your training seriously like the rest of us or else you never would have tied with banshee over there. Hinata has been taking her training seriously for longer than most. Before the Gennin Selection Exams even." Naruto explained.
In the Arena
Before Hinata could get past 8 palms Neji countered with a technique he didn't want to reveal until the finals.
"Rotation!" Neji yelled before spinning around and released his chakra out of all 361 tenketsus on his body thus creating the Hyuga's ultimate defensive technique.
Hinata was sent back flying before her eyes changed over to the Rinnegan and she put a Genjutsu over it to appear as if it was still the Byakugan and then she righted herself and muttered," Bansho Ten'in."
Neji didn't know what was going on, but he was being pulled towards Hinata who smirked and when he got close, she whispered," Shinra Tensei."
The resulting backlash of suddenly being sent flying caused a lot of damage to him and it only increased when he impacted with the wall.
Neji, however, was not one to go down so easily so he got out of the indention in the wall that he had created only to see Hinata there in the same pose as before when she muttered," Eight Trigrams: 64 Palms!"
Neji however was just moving about trying to dodge all of her strikes or knock them to the side only for her to close all 64 chakra points that the Jutsu allowed her to do. Hayate came up and almost declared Hinata the winner only for Neji to get back up and say," I don't know how you are winning, but this fight is far from over. Eight Trigrams: 128 Palms!"
The result was Hinata on the ground unconscious. Thus Hayate declared Neji the winner.
Naruto vanished in a blur of speed and appeared in front of Neji whom was about to deliver the killing blow and grabbed his hand in a burst of speed with his chakra skyrocketing in warning.
"You try and kill her and I will kill you." Naruto said with his Byakugan flaring to life in front of Neji's face.
"How do you have the all-seeing Byakugan?" Neji asked in anger.
"Heh Heh…. One of my ancestors was a Hyuuga. And you will not tell a soul about that being as it is an S-Rank secret." Naruto informed him before closing 3 vital chakra points in each arm that are needed for movement in the arms.
Gai having seen Neji get his chakra points closed by someone that is not known to be a Hyuga was confused as was everyone else who did not know about it, that is if they knew what had happened to Neji in the first place. This included Kurenai Yuhi, Asuma Sarutobi, Baki, Orochimaru, the 3 Ame nin Jounin senseis, and the single Iwa Jounin sensei there.
Then Naruto walked off with Hinata in his arms bridal style and Sakura and Ino had their fight, which in of itself was embarrassing to watch because they took more time worrying about their looks than their careers as Shinobi. They were slapping each other over who would marry Sasuke Uchiha, and Naruto could see him shivering in fright at the thought of him marrying either Sakura or Ino. When they decided that the winner there would marry Sasuke, Sasuke ran outside looking quite green and Naruto heard barfing noises coming from the direction that Sasuke had gone to. The match lasted forever with no winner. Then it was Choji's match against Dosu Kinta. Dosu just used his Melody Arm to knock Choji out with some minor and moderate injuries, the most severe being busted ear drums. Then Sasuke came back in time for his match against Yoroi. Sasuke simply began the match by trying to use chakra only for his Cursed Seal of Heaven start to react due to his use of chakra thus making Sasuke grunt in pain.
Tiger → Monkey→ Snake → Boar→ Horse→ Tiger.
"Fire Style: Fire Ball Jutsu!" Sasuke called out before breathing out a large stream of flames that hit Yoroi but didn't damage him and he explained that his Jutsu allowed him to absorb as much chakra as he wanted as long as he was touching them.
Sasuke after hearing this deduced that to win this he couldn't use chakra which was fine with him. He dashed forward, kicked Yoroi and jumped up and proceeded to do a series of kicks until finally Yoroi crashed into the ground where Sasuke delivered a chakra infused axe kick to the stomach causing Yoroi to not only pass out, but also lose control over his body functions. The medics came and swept Yoroi away with a broom stick because they didn't want to touch him. The next match was Kiba Inuzuka vs. Naruto.
"Yaaaaahooo! It's finally our turn Akamaru! And look! We have… Oh crap." Kiba stated after realizing just who it was he had to face off against.
Naruto seeing this smirked before vanishing in a swirl of wind the size of a miniature tornado that lifted all the girls shirts up with the gust of wind showing who had a bra on and who didn't, minus Hinata's due to the face that she expected it and had her hands holding her shirt down to begin with,
Kiba who saw everything promptly passed out with a nose bleed because he was a huge pervert thus ending the match in Naruto's favor whilst all the kunoichi in the room proceeded to beat some sense into Kiba via Righteous Female Fury Jutsu.
They then proceeded to draw their numbers for the finals.
"1. Because I am awesome." Naruto stated as he held up the word Ichi.
"2. Fate has decided that I face another weakling." Neji said in a monotone voice as he held up the word Nii.
"3… Troublesome." Shikamaru voiced his opinion as he turned the paper around to show the word San.
"4…So I have to face a Shadow User." Dosu stated as he showed Yon.
"5… Whoever I face I will kill." Gaara stated as he showed Go.
"6… Not good." Kakashi stated as he showed Roku for Sasuke.
"7… I sense a feast for my bugs." Shino stated as he buzzed with excitement showing the word Shishi.
"8… Crow is gonna have a blast." Kankuro stated as he showed the word Hachi.
"9… And I'm the last one? What the hell?" Temari stated as she showed the word Kyuu.
"As you have all guessed the match set up will be Naruto Uzumaki vs. Neji Hyuuga, Shikamaru Nara vs. Dosu Kinta, the winner of that match will fight Temari of the Sand, Gaara of the Sand vs. Sasuke Uchiha, and finally Shino Aburame vs. Kankuro of the Sand." Hiruzen stated as he glanced at Naruto silently telling him that Jiraiya was there to train him for the finals and to also train Hinata.
After Naruto nodded at him slightly the Hokage continued," Now then the Finals will begin in a month and you have until then to gather your resources and train your butts off for the Finals. That is all."
Naruto then left towards the hot springs because knowing his godfather, he was spying on the girls in the hot springs. It was the reason why Hinata never went to one anymore, because she found out that Jiraiya was a pervert who spied on girls at the Hot Springs and got away with it.
Naruto then proceeded to weave hand signs.
Horse→ Boar→ Dragon.
"Wind Style: Great Dragon of the North Wind!" Naruto whispered as he sent his Jutsu at Jiraiya and caught him unaware and somehow still remained stationary in the air enough to keep on spying on the girls in the Hot Springs. Jiraiya then landed on his head and he saw Naruto there and said that they were leaving the village for the month and that he could bring Hinata too.
When Hinata arrived Jiraiya told her and him to pack for the 1 month trip and that they would be traveling quickly.