Naruto: Konoha's King
Here comes the 4th chapter, heh, am I updating too fast for you guys, well I'm actually continuing typing my fanfic when I'm at school and no one else is looking, shhhh don't tell my teachers that I'll get in trouble for it. Aahh, who cares no one knows my true identity anyway
Phase 4: Graduation
It is time! Today is the day! It is the day of the graduation exams! Hitomi was really excited that she barely sleeps. Naruto? He slept like a log, it almost as if that day is the same as any other day, he just prepare everything he needed, have breakfast, go to the academy, greet his friends and do anything that Iruka sensei asked them to do. Speaking of friends he got more friends after that incident with Kiba, he manage to befriend Choji because they both like to eat and through Choji he befriend Shikamaru and if that isn't enough he somehow manage to befriend Shino Aburame of the Aburame clan, now that was something
He usually hangs out with Inori, Kiba or Choji most of the time, Shikamaru? He just sleeps, he's really lazy just like any Nara, if they did hang out it was usually just to take a nap under the great blue sky. Now if there was someone he hated then it would be…no one, sure the Uchiha makes him mad sometimes but he doesn't hate him for it, not sure why he just do
"Hey Naruto" Naruto turned to see Shikamaru and Choji walking over to him
"Hey there guys" Naruto smiled, "you ready for the exams?"
"Uh, it'll be troublesome I just know it" Shikamaru sigh
"Don't say that Shika, maybe a chip will get you motivated" Choji offers a chip
"No thanks" Shikamaru just wave the chip away, "so where's Inori? She's usually here by now"
"I don't know where she is, the last time I saw her was yesterday night" Naruto said
"Oooh, do you mind sharing us what happen last night?" Kiba made his way to the group
"Well, I needed help with history and Inori offer me her help" Naruto said
"What? That's it?" Kiba look confuse
"Was there suppose to be something else?" Naruto question
"Just ignore him Naruto, oh speak of the devil, there she is" Shikamaru pointed at Inori who was once again being asked out on a date by multiple boys
"Should we help her?" Choji ask worried for the safety of his friend
"Just leave her be Choji, she can handle it I'm sure of it" Shikamaru said to his friend
"So, after we pass the exam who do you think we'll be teamed up with?" Kiba asked his friends opinions
"I just hope I don't get paired with anyone too troublesome" Shikamaru answered
"Me? I want to be with Shikamaru" Choji answered
"How about you Naruto?" Kiba ask the blond for his opinion
"Well, what I'm sure of is if everyone in this class pass then we'll have an extra 2 people in which there will be 2 teams with 4 members excluding our new sensei's of course" Naruto told them
"Heh, being the son of the Hokage I'm not surprise you know all that" Kiba snickered
"If that's the case then all four of us can be in one team" Choji said
"Very unlikely, from what I know is that every team must have a kunoichi with them" Naruto said to Choji
"Great, being teamed up with a girl, that's such a drag" Shikamaru was about to sleep but then Inori finally came and sit next to Naruto
"Hey there Inori" Naruto greeted
"Hello" Inori smiled
"Inori, you're melting me away with that smile" Inori's smile is now one of Kiba's weakness, there was just too much cuteness in it
"I'm not" Inori just state the obvious
"Ignore that drama queen Inori, that's just how Kiba acts" Shikamaru said
"Who did you call a drama queen you lazy sorry excuse of a ninja?!" Kiba yelled at Shikamaru and getting a bark of Akamaru, Kiba's puppy
"All right everyone, settle down" Iruka entered but no one listened to him, "SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP!"
With that shout everyone directly went to their seat, Iruka just kept on babbling about ninjas and responsibility which everyone ignore except Inori, and gave everyone their test, the first test was a written test Naruto had problems on this one since he was not that good with anything that had papers involved, except for making paper crane, he can do those
The second test was throwing kunais and shurikens Naruto got an 8 out of 10 points for both kunai and shuriken, he was not as good as Hitomi but hey 8 was good right? Inori scored 15 out of 10 points, how that happen you ask? Well simple really, she throws all 10 kunais and shurikens at the same time while spinning around, everyone was dumbstruck at what they were seeing and to make it sounded more unbelievable is that all kunais and shurikens hit their target, right in the center
The final test was doing all three basic ninjutsus: the henge, substitution and the bunshin no jutsu. Right now it was Hitomi's turn, he expects her to pass of course, there is no way someone who was trained by their parents fail at these kind of test and he was right when he sees she came out with a headband on her head
"Nii-san, it's your turn" Hitomi smiles, "Good luck"
When Naruto walk in he saw Iruka with a clipboard right next to Mizuki, his assistant and yet he felt something wrong with Mizuki
"Alright Naruto, first do the henge" Naruto performed the henge by changing into Iruka, "Very good, now the substitution"
Naruto change back before performing substitution on a nearby log
"Very good, now make at least 3 bunshins" Naruto did the hand sign and 3 bunshins came to life with a poof of smoke, "congratulations Naruto you pass, here's your headband now get out of here and call in Inori"
Naruto nodded and head out and call Inori for her to begin her test, Hitomi, Kushina and Minato then greeted him
"Nii-san! You pass!" Hitomi said with a large smile on her face
"Good job Naruto" Kushina was also happy for her son
"You really did a good job there son" Minato felt proud, although it pains him to know they never trained him before even though it was Naruto who declined it, it makes him proud for him to pass without anyone's guidance, how he knew this was because Hitomi kept saying that he just sleep through his class without a care in the world
"It's nothing really" Naruto's relationship increased ever since he declined their training, they would spend more time as a family, heck Minato even left early to be with his family
"We should celebrate! What do you think?" Kushina suggested
"That seems like a great idea" Minato agreed
"Nii-san, where would you like to go?" Hitomi ask Naruto
"Why me?" Naruto pointed at himself
"Because you never really choose somewhere we should go so now it's your turn" Hitomi answered
"Well, no where really…"Naruto said
"Isn't there a place you would like to go?" Kushina ask
"No, not really" Naruto just shrug
"Yo! Naruto!" Kiba rushed towards the blonde
"Kiba! You pass too huh?" That seems to be a statement rather than a question since he could see Kiba's headband
"Of course I pass! Someone as awesome like me is just too awesome to fail, right Akamaru?" Akamaru bark at Kiba's declaration
"You know I think I'll get some training done so you'll never beat me" Naruto said
"Well if you're gonna train then so am I!" Kushina and Minato were happy seeing Naruto happy while Hitomi pouted that someone disrupt their family bonding…again
"Well see you again Kiba" Naruto started to head out to the forest to get some training done while leaving his smiling parents and pouting sister
Naruto was lying on the ground exhausted, it's already nighttime and man was he hungry, maybe he should have returned for dinner. He was too tired to move, how was he suppose to get out of this mess
"Are you hungry?" Naruto has enough strength to turn his head to find Inori sitting on a flat rock with…a bento on her hand! Naruto started to drool at the sight of the bento and Inori couldn't help but giggle
"Here, I'll feed you" Inori came closer and feed Naruto the sandwiches she made, Naruto didn't care if they were in an awkward position or not, he just focus on the sandwiches
Naruto ate Inori sandwiches happily, he really liked it although he could go without the lettuce, he will be happier if there weren't any vegetables in the sandwiches, he hates vegetables
"Thanks Inori" Naruto smiled as he got back up
"Aww what a happy little scene" Naruto and Inori turn to see Mizuki with a scroll on his back
"Mizuki-sensei? What are you doing here?" Inori asked, Naruto narrowed his eyes, he recognize that scroll on Mizuki's back
"Mizuki-sensei, what are you doing with the forbidden scroll?!" Naruto yelled
"Heh, I was found out eh, oh well then it's time to kill you!" Mizuki throw his multiple shurikens, which hit Naruto on his shoulders and legs before he could even react
"Darn it!" Naruto couldn't move much with the shurikens on his shoulders, Inori quickly move to his side
"Are you ready to die?!" Mizuki yelled out, Inori was taking out the shurikens on Naruto's shoulder so he could move his arm since Inori had a feeling on what he would do
"Inori, will you believe in me?" Naruto stared at Inori, when he saw Inori nodded he use his right hand to pull Inori's void out surprising Mizuki. When Inori's void finally formed a giant light blasted to the sky
Meanwhile with Naruto's family they were worried about Naruto, he didn't came to dinner and somehow they a bad feeling in their gut saying that something was wrong
"I think I'm going to search for Naruto" Minato got up but before he was about to leave an ANBU appeared in front of him
"Hokage-sama! Mizuki stole the forbidden scroll!" the ANBU declared
"What?!" Minato was surprised to hear that one of the academy teacher was a traitor, but this cause him to be even more worried since Naruto was still out there, suddenly a bright tower of light appeared
"Send an ANBU squad to check that out!" Minato ordered to the ANBU who nodded and disappeared quickly, he turned to his wife and daughter, "stay here, I'll go fine Naruto and make sure he's safe"
'Naruto please be safe' all three of them thought before Minato left
Mizuki was surprise, he just can't believe it. One of his student just pulled out some sort of sword from another student but that didn't shatter his arrogance that's for sure
"If you think a giant sword will help you then think again!" Mizuki throws multiple shuriken, "Shuriken Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique)"
The shurikens just multiple in numbers but to Mizuki's shock, Naruto carried Inori with his left arm while his right arm holding the sword started slashing at the shurikens slicing them to pieces, and not just that he was also moving at a speed that he can barely even see, to Mizuki it was a big blur before the next thing he knew is that Naruto was in front of him after finishing cutting all the shurikens so Mizuki knows the differences in their power
"Boo" was all what Naruto said before slicing Mizuki in half with Inori's void and surprisingly, the blade doesn't have any bloodstains on it, it's still clean as if it was still as good as new. Naruto put Inori's void and wait for her to wake back up before letting go of Inori so she can walk again but right after that he did that, he fell unconscious, Inori wanted to catch him but he was too heavy and she also came crashing down
A few minutes later Minato and ANBUs arrived on the scene what they saw surprised them, they saw Mizuki's dead body cut in half, when they turn to see who did this they saw Naruto on top of a blushing Inori, when Minato got a good look at his son his blood boil, his son was injured from what seems to be shuriken injuries, he took his son to the hospital as fast as he can, he doesn't care if it was minor injury he was not going to lose his son when they were starting to look more like a family, while the ANBU guided Inori back to her home
When Naruto opened his eyes all he saw was white, there was nothing around except for the silver ribbons floating about. He knew where he was, he was at the same place when he first got his power
"How do you like it? Your power that is?" the voice from last time said
"Who are you?" Naruto ask, only for the voice to giggle
"I told you didn't I? I am power" the voice giggled before continuing, "The Guilty Crown formed from the links between people's hearts"
"What it this Guilty Crown?" Naruto asked, once again the voice giggled
"That is something you'll have to find out for your self" the voice starts to fade and Naruto suddenly have a headache
"It's time to go, don't worry we'll meet again"
Naruto woke up in a hospital bed his body was shoulder and legs were bandaged but he was sure they would heal in time, he felt there was something sleeping on him, he looked down to see his sister sleeping on his stomach with a frown…never thought Hitomi will ever frown. When Naruto stirs, he woke Hitomi up
"Nii-san!" Hitomi quickly clung to him like her life depended on it when she saw him awake
"Nii-san, nii-san" Hitomi sobbed as she still hugs Naruto, it seems she was really worried
"It's alright Hitomi, nii-san is fine" that doesn't calm Hitomi down in the slightest, she really didn't want to lose her brother especially when they were starting to reconnect as a family
"I t-thought *sob* I w-would *sob* l-lose y-you" Hitomi wouldn't stop crying and keep hold of Naruto as if he would disappear if she let go
"Come on, Hitomi let go I won't go anywhere" Naruto tried to soothe her
"Promise?" Hitomi is still holding on to Naruto
"Promise" patted her head to soothe her, there is no way Naruto is going to die! Well in the future yes he will die of course but he won't die young, he have his own dreams for goodness sake
'I'm more worried about this guilty crown and that voice, just what does it mean?' Naruto wondered, he was interrupted out of his thought when the door opened revealing his parents
"Naruto!" Kushina quickly rushes over to her son, "You're not hurt right? Are you still in pain? Here lye down, do you need anything?"
"I'm fine" Naruto is hoping he would leave the hospital soon, he just can't handle this and if Inori came to visit him then it would cause lots of question since Inori is usually very blunt
"Naruto, I think you should let your mother do her thing, she was once a medic Nin you know" Minato said as he glance at his wife
'No matter what this guilty crown is, I'll always protect those who are precious to me' Naruto thought before sigh mentally, 'Now, how do I handle this' Inori was at the door with a bouquet of flowers
"I'm sure he will be a good king" a figure said as he suddenly disappears into the darkness
That is the end of this chapter, hooray! Now we will probably see more action! But first things first, I'm already starting making the fifth chapter but I need ideas for different voids, Naruto can't use Inori's void forever and if I can't think of one or get one from you guys then I'm stuck on chapter 5 so if you want to hurry it up then please give me your ideas