I've decided it'll interrupt the story WAAAY too much if I pause to explain every single new ability that either Naruto or Anko use. So if one that hasn't been used before pops up and I don't really explain it. Just roll with it. I will still explain most of the major abilities/ weapons that show up in the story though. As a side note, they weren't completely honest when they gave a rundown of their skills to Kakashi (I'll explain which parts were lies as they show up...Don't worry, I won't give him random power ups at every single strong enemy. This was partly just to show how deeply ingrained his ability hiding habit was)
Other than that, I feel I should address the matter of capitalization a lot of reviewers have brought up. Once I had gotten sufficiently far into the story I was hoping to read over it as if I wasn't the one who wrote it...as a way to increase the sense of 'newness' about the story, I kept trying to read this in sections when proof reading so that way while still knowing about the events themselves. The proper order of events would be forgotten and I could still read it as a third party later on when the memory faded a bit... rest assured that dream has been crushed. Partially due to the fact that my memory is good enough to recite this story from chapter one.
Anyway, I have now went over each chapter as one whole while focusing entirely on capitalization so most of this should be fixed and hopefully it will no longer happen in later chapters.
Other than that, some are saying that it is an old cliché to have him on a team, doing missions way below his skill level.(note: I've already edited in the explanation for this into earlier chapters, so feel free to skip this… I was mostly planning on letting people draw their own conclusions as to why he stay hidden since I REALLY hate when other stories over-explain things but too many people were complaining about this, so skip to the first not bold paragraph if you don't want to read a long ass explanation that is really just common freaking sense.) If he were to skip the academy then it would raise a large amount of suspicion among other villages where they will attempt to look into his background. then all it takes is one 'genius' on their side to point out the obvious resemblance and all hell breaks loose, the truth comes out, potential war with the fourths' old enemies and assassination attempts towards Naruto, if that fails then they go for his loved one(s). So he needs time to become strong enough to protect them. Then there was his desire to become Hokage back when he was told to conceal his strength (he has a new dream now and it will be explained later) which is a lot easier (both his old and new dreams) if he works his way up and make a name for himself. Do I even need to explain why you can't make a name for yourself by STAYING in a COVERT organisation? As for the theory of simply revealing who his parents were to get acceptance from the village. Is Naruto really the type of person that would simply rely on who his family were to get recognition?
Lastly, I DID NOT FORGET ABOUT DANZO, ROOT is officially disbanded so while it is obvious that he did it they can't prove it since he can then claim it's a setup, false evidence, or any other bullshit excuse he can think of and the general populace will believe it. Also, he obviously can't make a move to take Naruto in the street since he knows that Naruto is hiding his strength and any fights will most likely be drawn out in public, where people will see the ROOT shinobi for themselves that will leave him open for public prosecution...with no believable way to deny it if the men are caught and/ or recognized as ROOT shinobi
OK, end of long ass rant. Sorry about all that, but felt I needed to explain this to some people before continuing on with the story. Now on to the story!
Naruto stood in front of the trail of destruction that seemed to have cleared away everything ahead of him for well over 300 metres. But that is only to be expected of the Fire Release: Majestic Destroyer Flame…good thing he angled the attack upwards and he couldn't even begin to say how lucky he was that Anko told him to make a few dozen clones to reduce the damage with as many water jutsu as possible… Ahh, the extremes he went to in his attempt to master the technique, if only as a new thing to mock any Uchiha he finds by mastering the technique to the same extent as their legendary patriarch: Madara Uchiha. So far he could only do it with a single two handed seal, or multiple one handed seals. But he was very close.
"If you're done, then we should probably get going for the team training." announced Anko
"Yeah, let's get going then. But first...Wood Release: Deep forest emergence!" he yelled and immediately, trees began forming in the area, quickly growing to match all the other trees in the area leaving it looking no different than when they had arrived for their morning training. Though at this stage he could probably do this in his sleep, since he had more or less recreated the entire forest at one time or another.
Quickly dispelling the clones holding up the sensory barrier, the two made their way over to the teams' training ground, talking on the way.
"So, whatd'ya wanna do to mess with them this time?" asked Anko
Naruto quickly developed a fox-like grin that that threatened to split his face "Well I'm glad you asked my hebi-hime. (Snake princess)" he replied as he pulled her close into a searing kiss, before enacting his plan.
At training ground seven
Sasuke was leaning against the training post, looking like his usual brooding self and waiting for his two team mates and his sensei when his sensei still appeared in a puff of smoke, nose still in his porn uhhh...romance novel (one of the few that survived 'the tale of the lost jonin')
"Yo." he said to his only present student. Not at all surprised at the absence of his other students, they always waited till everyone else was here before making a grand entrance often setting off a prank that never failed to catch both of them off guard, occasionally they would simply walk over to them, or sometimes just... appear no smoke, no leaves, no nothing. Today it seemed, that he would not be disappointed as they both arrived. Perched on the back of a giant spider that was around 5 meters tall and seemed to be made of...CHAINS? And they were STILL KISSING. They only seemed to break apart when the chains retracted back into Narutos' body.
So Kakashi-sensei, what will you teaching us today?" Naruto asked, knowing full well it would be more tedious teamwork exercises and simply wanting to get on with it so they could get back to their REAL training...of course, they would have to wait until after Anko got her breath back from their make-out session before they could start. As it turned out, he was quite the natural. Well, that and the fact that he had been getting copious amounts of practice.
Naruto stood across from Sasuke in preparation for their spar. Well, it was really more of a nuisance that came about from him not leaving the area fast enough to avoid Sasuke's inevitable challenge to a fight and knowing that he would never get any peace if he refused, as previously proven from the multiple times Sasuke tried knocking down their door at 3:00 in the morning, keyword: tried, while his attempts to break through seals which could keep a Kage at bay were funny at first, at some point you just want to go to sleep (the seals automatically wake up all occupants of the house if there is an attempted break-in) and then there was the calming an irate Anko who simply wanted to go out there and castrate him for interrupting her post-coital spooning with Naruto. So he just sat there, in a relaxed stance, waiting for his opponents opening move.
Sasuke charged in, aiming an axe kick at Naruto's head, but was distracted by the split second that he saw a fully matured sharingan spinning in the blondes' eyes before flashing back to their natural cerulean blue, the image disturbed him so much that he immediately disengaged and backed off a good bit to 'assess the situation' (read: panic, followed by typical Uchiha elite bullshit monologue"
'How the hell does he have the sharingan?! He isn't an Uchiha! It must be a trick! I'm the only true Uchiha left in Konoha, an elite!' he ranted inside his head. Quickly shaking off his trepidation he launched forward again, this time going for a punch to the side and intending to follow up with a combo, but again hesitated when he saw the sharingan flash in Naruto's eyes. Except this time the blond took full advantage of this and grabbed his wrist, he then used Sasuke's shoulder as a pivot to jump over him while still holding his arm and then used that momentum to perform a full body slam which left an Uchiha sized crater in the ground. (Think will-e coyote after Road Runner tricks him into falling off a cliff, complete with the cartoon birds circling overhead.)
Moving away from his unconscious team mate and back to where Anko was watching.
"Well that was brutal...I liked it!" she exclaimed happily.
"Yeah, hopefully he won't be feeling up to another challenge for a while now after that." he replied
"But still, did you HAVE to show him the sharingan." she asked
"Yes." He replied simply, clearly struggling, and failing to hold back his laughter "That look on his face was priceless! What's more, he probably won't even remember it after he wakes up...or at the very least he'll think he imagined It." chuckled Naruto
"You're gonna keep doing this to mess with him aren't you?" she asked
"Every chance I get." confirmed Naruto"
Anko simply shrugged "Meh. Could be worth a few laughs... And if you do this right then you may actually make people think he finally snapped when he starts raving about you having the sharingan, not as if we need to hide it now anyway" she had a slight shudder thinking of what people would do if the fact that Naruto had the sharingan AND could regrow lost eyes was made public before he reached the level where he could fend them off. (They probably would have taken the eyes immediately and then considered the regeneration a bonus.) (1)
The next day, Hokages' office
"C'mon jiji, give us a C-rank mission already! These D-ranks are just a waste of time" yelled Naruto, in his defence though, he was one more D-rank away from snapping and killing the clients who post these glorified chores in the first place. And his teammates weren't much better.
"Show some respect to the Hokage you brat!" yelled some random 'demon hating' chunin who then went into some crappy speech about how they should feel 'honoured' to carry out what ever mission they were given before he was cut off by the Hokage, who was currently deliberating on whether the broody member of the team had gotten enough experience since he left the academy to handle himself on a real mission.
'If he gets into trouble, then his teammates should be able to help him out of it' He finally decided.
"Alright then, Naruto-kun I'll give you a C-rank. We've recently been contracted to clear out a bandit camp in the north-east edge of fire country, there are unconfirmed reports of several missing-nin there but their skill is unknown, but the camp itself is believed to be around 200 bandits. Kakashi, does your team accept the mission?"
"Yes, Hokage-sama we accept." Kakashi confirmed
"Good, be ready at the front gate to leave in 2 hours."
Hidden ROOT Headquarters
Deep under the hidden leaf, a certain old war hawk was plotting his way to power (although, if history is any indicator, he isn't very good at it)
'So, the Kyuubi Jinchuriki is finally leaving the village again. Hmmm... In a way it is lucky that ROOT was officially disbanded, that way he couldn't act on me without proof without fear of the political backlash. However I doubt even he will remain complacent if I continue to make obvious attempts to take him. However, that talent will be wasted if I cannot turn him into my weapon. I'll need to tread carefully, and move in such a way that this cannot be traced back to Me.' as he finished his thought processes he quickly drafted a letter and pointed to one of the many ROOT shinobi in the base.
"You, send this to Orochimaru at once" he commanded as he handed the man the letter.
Otogakure Base
And yet another creepy bastard who keeps plotting (and is equally unsuccessful in it) is found in a dark room, barely lit by the few torches hanging on the walls and reading the latest message from one of his allies in the leaf.
'Hmmmm. So the old fool Danzo is willing to give up the last Uchiha if I can capture and bring the Kyuubi brat to him. He must be skilled, for Danzo to be willing to give THAT much in exchange for making him into a new tool. Strange, all the reports I've gotten from the hidden leaf state that he was the dead-last of the graduating class right up until the graduation day, where the Uchiha boy came last and he was rookie of the year. Then again, he's been living with my former student for some time; most likely he hid his strength to avoid drawing more 'attention' from the council than necessary. Smart boy.' he thought to himself before setting about preparing for his quickly forming plan.
Outside the bandit camp
"Okay team, we'll split up and go to cover each of the c-"
"Ehhh...Kakashi sensei, mind if I try something first, I'm pretty sure it'll make this a lot easier" asked Naruto
"What could a dope like you possibly do that would be any help?" asked Sasuke in 'the tone of the emo king' (A/N: I gotta ease up on the random Sasuke insults, seriously, I'm almost getting bored with them. AND I WRITE IT!)
"Well aside from covering your mouth with duct tape, and possible pulling that stick out of your ass. He's a lot more use than you, duck butt." yelled Anko
"Hnn! as if that clan-less idiot orphan could beat me, an Uchiha elite!" refuted Sasuke
"I'm sorry, I forget. Which one of you was dead-last again?" taunted Anko, who quickly went on to ignore the broody bastard, who went on to start muttering about rigged tests.
"Not to mention that I do have a clan, they were just wiped out before you were born. Oh and one thing you should know, Sasuke. Your clan took one person to kill them all. Mine took the combined might of three of the great nations, and even then, it took their village 3 days to fall, with no reinforcements from Konoha AND they killed 10 of the attackers for every Uzumaki that died. So remind me again which one of us is from the better clan!" Naruto yelled, he was clearly angry by the end of his rant, but the Uchihas' arrogant attitude was REALLY starting to get on his nerves. It was time someone kicked him off the 'Uchiha pedestal' that the villagers had placed him on...And maybe add in a few curb stomps while he is on the ground for good measure.
The Uchiha just grunted and went back to ignoring them all, but inside, his mind was racing with this new information and trying to reaffirm his sense of 'Uchiha pride.'
A/N: Yeeeeeeaaaaahhhhhh. I lied about getting bored insulting him, that'll never get old...but I will hold back a little, if only so I don't run out of stuff later...I'll most likely forget to hold back at all)
Near The Camp
"So what was it you think will make this easier anyway?"
"Simple, you stand back, I deal with them" he replied with a smirk
"Naruto, I don't think that's a...very...good..." he trailed off as he saw that Naruto wasn't standing next to him anymore. It took him a few seconds for him to figure out where he was before seeing him on the edge of the cliffs overlooking the bandit camp, hands already locked in the tiger seal.
"Fire style: Majestic Destroyer Flame!" He yelled out sending a jet of fire almost four times the size of the ones that he fired off during training, almost the same size as the bandit camp itself.
Kakashi could do nothing but stare at what used to be a bandit camp but which now looked like one of the circles of hell. Even some of the trees a few hundred meters from the camp were burning after that and what's more, the fires seemed to be spreading.
"Well shit...I'll fix it" he sighed and quickly went about gathering as much water as he could both from the air and a large underground water source He yelled out "Water release: Great Waterfall"
looking around after most of the fires had been put out he noticed one thing...the place was a wreck, and one downside to the high affinity to nature was that he hated to see the land completely devoid of life so, kissing yet another secret goodbye he formed the snake seal and prepared to deal with the onslaught of questions from both his teacher and Sasuke, who had joined Kakashi at the edge of the cliff, gaping like a fish. Anko was torn between laughing at them, and enjoying the show.
'They'd probably be less annoying if I just revealed the Sharingan instead' He thought sardonically 'Ah well, not as if I wanted to keep it secret for much longer anyway'
"Wood release: Deep forest emergence!" he yelled once more. Anko, noticing both her teammate and sensei were slumped forward from their shock, dangerously close to falling over the edge, grabbed both of them by their shirts and threw them a good 10 metres back. They looked as if they were about to protest before going back to stare, transfixed by the sight of the previously barren clearing in the forest sprouted hundreds of small saplings, which soon grew to equal the size of all the other trees within the area...if slightly more vibrant.
After a few minutes of silence Kakashi spoke up "Naruto. You have a lot of explaining to do."
(A/N: Before the explanation, please enjoy the insanity that I've dubbed 'The Thoughts of the Emo-King')
'How could that Dobe (he's still too stubborn to stop calling him this most of the time, just not so often to his face anymore because of the constant blows to his pride when he is reminded that he came last) be so powerful, that power should belong to me! An Uchiha elite! I'll find out how to take this power for myself even if I have to beat it out of him! With this power, Itachi *Insert 5 minutes of nonsensical thought about killing his brother* Yes, when my sharingan awakens, I'll be able to take this power from him *Insert another ten minutes of him ranting about the all powerful sharingan, during which he misses Naruto explain his abilities...Irony!*'
(A/N: On to the explanation Naruto gave to Kakashi, which Sasuke missed due to his brooding about figuring out how to obtain Naruto's power... was laughing for like 5 minutes when I wrote this)
"The short explanation as to why I have wood release is..."he paused dramatically to his audience of one "Because, fuck you, that's how!" Kakashi face faulted. Anko laughed
"Naruto" he began dangerously
"Fine, fine. It happened when Kurama awakened my dormant DNA, something relating to the Uzumaki being blood-cousins to the Senju."
"Kurama?"
Naruto tapped his stomach "That's the foxes real name...don't tell anyone though, he doesn't really like too many people knowing it..." Naruto seemed to go pale for a moment "In fact, he may be pissed that I told you at all."
There was silence for a few moment for all but Naruto, who was currently shivering in terror at the dark chuckle emanating from within the seal. It appeared Kurama woke from his nap at the worst possible time.
"Training session?" asked Anko after he finished his internal conversation.
"Training session." he confirmed
The resulting wince was exceedingly obvious, indicating she knew full well how that 'training' would go, having been the one to pry him off the ceiling the first few times he came out of the session. Shortly after the fifth time she began receiving training from Kura in torture and interrogation methods, this choice of course being made based on the rather small logical leap that if his idea of training produced that kind of effect...
Naruto just nodded "fifteen hours..." he whispered forlornly, barley even noticing Anko wince. Kakashi just decided to ignore all of this and get back on topic.
"So, basically, he awakened a dormant bloodline within you?" asked Kakashi, looking down to Naruto, who was curled up in a ball with a rain cloud over his head.
He quickly snapped out of his depression and got back to his normal cheery self, something Kakashi noticed and couldn't help but draw parallels between his student, and the way people used to describe the Shodai Hokage 'Maybe it comes with the bloodline' he mused to himself before returning to listening to his students' explanation.
"Well. Yes and no... The wood release isn't really a bloodline in the traditional sense. The only thing people need is a high amount of life force and a bit of natural energy running through them constantly which normally comes from an affinity to nature. The reason why it was considered a bloodline was because almost no one outside the Senju clan, including sages had high enough life force to actually breathe life into something else."
'Well, guess they were right when people said he was always 'full of life' (1)I just figured they meant he never shut up...probably both true, especially given the way he acted to throw people off.' wondered Kakashi.
A few hours later, while team seven is on their way back to Konoha
"So who's the unlucky bastard that caused Orochimaru-sama to bring all five of us with him anyway?!" yelled Tayuya, by far the loudest member of the sound five, which was currently on its way, along with Orochimaru to try and capture the genin team.
"Ladies shouldn't talk li-" Jirobo was cut off as Tayuya buried her foot in his gut. (You'd think he'd learn by now.)
"Can it, fatso!" she yelled before resuming her position in the group a few dozen metres behind the snake sannin, shortly followed by Jirobo, who returned to his point at the back.
"It matters not." declared Kimimaro in his usual monotone voice "Our duty is simply to follow lord Orochimaru's orders and destroy all who oppose him."
Omake-Bell Test
"Sooooooo... Basically we need to get the bells before the alarm goes off?" drawled Naruto lazily
"Yes Naruto, but don't think that it will be that easy, I am a jonin after all." Kakashi eye smiled. Though it faltered when he saw what looked like a baseball bat form from the ground and rise up toward Naruto's waiting hand.
"Batter up!" yelled Anko exuberantly
Taking a few practice swings first before a blue glow formed around the bat, he picked up the timer and threw it up into the air and quickly sent it flying into the Hokage monument, shattering on impact with the seconds' face.
"Well, guess we pass. See ya sensei!" he yelled happily, before turning to Anko "Wanna go get some Ramen?"
"Sure!" she said happily
"Wait! This doesn't mean you passed!" shouted Kakashi
"What! Why!" Yelled Naruto in an overly childish voice
"Yeah! Sensei, you said that we fail the test if the timer goes off before we get the bells. Since it CAN'T go off now doesn't that mean we pass?" asked Anko in an equally childish tone of voice, adding in a very cute pout for good measure. Getting bored and impatient to get to the ramen stand, Naruto picked Anko up bridal style and disappeared in a earth, wind and fire Body flicker.
It was a few minutes of Kakashi staring dumbstruck at the spot where his two Students had just left before he thought to look down...and realized that the bells were now missing from his waist.
'How the hell did they get them?' he thought to himself before shrugging and setting out for the Hokages' office to update him on the team...but not before tying Sasuke to the post since he failed to get the bells, or help in any way. (Deciding the heat he would inevitably get from the council to be worth it after seeing the look on his face)
'Now, to think of a believable story for whatever the hell just happened...one that won't make me the laughing stock of the jonin lounge.' he thought, no matter how skilled there was no way that he would ever live it down if it was known that a genin did...whatever the hell they did to get the bells from him...though he'll definitely have the same problem popping up soon, when people notice the drawing of a kitty on his back. 'Why a kitty?' You might ask, well...so will they.
And that's the end of that chapter...Congratulations to all who get this reference.
Was planning to have the confrontation done in this chapter but figured I should just release what I got so far since I'm most likely STILL gonna get caught up in even more stuff that will slow down writing, Sorry to all those who are being kept waiting.
As for the kitty thing at the end of the Omake...I still have no clue where that idea came from.
About for the lemons...I actually wasn't planning on writing any until after the time skip, then it occurred to me that Anko isn't really the type to wait... I won't do them that often but I will reference it occasionally. Plus the comedic potential of some situations they may get into is funny as hell.
(1) Felt I needed to explain how his regeneration works. Kuramas' chakra just gives the cells around the eye the energy and 'motivation' to actually replicate and eventually reform the eye. As stated before this would take about six hours with optimum condition...Think of it as Hasiramas' seal-less healing technique on low power constantly.
(2) Dear God that was a horrible pun. I'm actually a little amazed no one has made a comment on it yet.
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Also, if anyone has any questions that aren't directly plot related, feel free to ask
-War out