Edited 6/21/11. (Yo I'm back with one more edit. Just to let you all know all my chapters go through Tigee86 once they are edited to get his ok)

Chapter 6: Arc's End: Welcome to the Black Exam

Nanashi: Happy New Year people! I hope everyone had a great New Year and Holiday! I am happy to say that this story is going quite well. I already have it planned out kinda like story board style. Haha weird huh but hey it must be done to get the ball rolling. All other fics are still being worked on. Kohuki I hope you ok bro! Anyways let's go!

Intro Music Turn ON: STFU by Girugamesh

Cover: Naruto, Suki, and Sakura standing in front a number of people. The people behind Team 7 are shadowed but each have a defining feature like pineapple shaped hair or a dog on their head. Suki is smirking crossing her arms staring forward; Sakura has a kunai in her mouth and is winking forward while Naruto is giving the peace sign while fanning out some shuriken forward.

Disclaimer: Own not Naruto or any other references to anything else.

The ice prison glowed red as chakra swirled around Naruto's body. With his hands like claws, fangs bared, and red eyes staring forward the crazed Naruto roared with all his fury prepared for a new fight. "GRAAAGHHH!"

"Fuck my life…"

Naruto stared into the unseen face of his attacker while covering the body of Suki protectively. The crimson chakra swirled about him menacingly as it seemed to twirl in a strange double helix form rising well above the blonde boy's head. Haku's fear grew even more when she saw the crimson chakra form a fox head before roaring and the chakra dissipating.

Naruto raised his head upwards to where Haku was and suddenly his form blurred out of sight. Haku looked around wildly before watching the rising form of the feral boy fly towards her. Confident in the strength of the ice, Haku waited for Naruto to bounce off the mirror. The ice wielding ninja's eyes widened in surprise as the boy's fist started to crack the mirror and her form flew out of it before Naruto smashed completely through. Haku sprang into another mirror and her image reflected all around Naruto.

"I cannot take any more chances. Forgive me." Each image of Haku readied their senbon before unleashing a wave of needles at the crouching boy. Naruto watched as the needles came closer but did nothing to stop them. As the weapons pierced into him, Naruto hunched over before throwing out his arms and roaring. A pulse of chakra sprang out and the senbon were thrown from Naruto's form. Haku started going for another mirror but was surprised when Naruto sped to follow her. Spinning around Haku threw another torrent of weapons but was frightened beyond belief when the boy roared again sending a wave of chakra-laced sound and air barreling into the weapons, rendering them useless. As Naruto neared the girl, he swiped with his claws trying to open her neck for the world to see. Luckily, Haku made it into a mirror before that happened and watched Naruto land on the ground. Spotting a mirror above the blonde she started rush to that one.

"GRAGHHH!" Naruto roared again catching the attention of Haku and suddenly the boy did something that made her blood run cold. Naruto, while watching the girl fly to the mirror, raised his left arm before throwing it out. When the arm reached the apex of its swing a cloud of smoke obscured it from view for just a moment and suddenly the boy's arm stretched forward. The clawed hand rose as the arm stretched upwards and grasped the surprised girl's neck. With an animalistic snarl Naruto retracted the rubber-like arm, pulling Haku closer while red chakra swirled into Naruto's free arm. When Haku was right in front of Naruto he gave one last growl before slamming the crimson chakra-infused fist right into Haku's face.

Haku flew through a mirror as if it was tissue paper and rolled on the ground before coming to a stop outside of the ice dome. Struggling to stand up she watched in awe as her mirrors shattered and collapsed around the boy like falling snow while smoke drifted from the once again normal arm. Standing upright she waited for her death when she saw Naruto rush to her, his claws ready to pierce through her. 'Forgive me Zabuza-sama. He is too strong for me.' the mask upon her face cracked and fell away starting to show her face to the world. When the last shard of the mask fell Naruto's hand was inches from stabbing into the face it had covered.

"You... I know you. Why? Why did you do it?" Naruto rasped out, the claws that were about to sink into Haku receding.

"I am but a tool for Zabuza. Without him I am nothing. He saved me from loneliness." Haku replied.

"But he's just using you!"

"That does not matter to me. If he asks it then I will do it, even if it is to kill. But killing is what we as ninja must do, even if it is for avenging a fallen comrade." Haku paused to look over Naruto's shoulder. "She gave her life to save you. Do you feel nothing after I have killed her?" Naruto closed his eyes tight till they hurt. With a loud yell he lashed out and punched Haku. Spitting out some blood she turned her head back to Naruto. "What happened to that anger you had before? You won't be able to kill me like that."

"I don't want to kill you! But you, you killed Sasuke, no Suki…I don't know what to think! I don't believe my life should be deemed as someone's tool. I am not something to be used then thrown away like an object!" Naruto screamed out. His hands were clenched as he stared at the ground in anger. He wanted to be a shinobi for as long as he could remember. But did becoming a ninja mean that he was just someone else's blind tool? Naruto couldn't accept that.

"Naruto…" Haku said cutting Naruto off from his thoughts "I can no longer serve Zabuza like this. I am but a broken tool so I ask you, please kill me." Haku opened her arms wide pleading for the boy in front of her to end her. "My life has been nothing but sorrow till I met my master..."

Kakashi jumped away from another sword strike from the mist that would have most definitely taken his arm off. 'It seems that that chakra is gone. I hope Naruto is ok. I need to end this quickly.' Swinging his leg around, Kakashi kicked Zabuza across the floor giving the Sharingan wielder some breathing room. "Forgive me Zabuza but I believe the time for messing around is over. I need to get back to my students." Kakashi said while pulling out a scroll from one of the pouches on his vest. Running his thumb over a wound from the swordsman's weapon, Kakashi swiped the bloody thumb over the scroll and rolling it up flew through a few handsigns. "Kuchiyose: Doton: Tsuiga no jutsu!" Kakashi slammed his hands and scroll to the ground where an array of seals burst out around the scroll.

"Foolish, Kakashi, what kind of attack could you possibly do if you can't see me?" Zabuza said from the mist.

"Who says that I need to see you..." Suddenly, around Zabuza dogs burst from the ground and gripped onto his appendages restricting him completely. "Be thankful Zabuza. You get to see my one original jutsu." A chorus of chirping filled the air as the mist slowly drifted away.

"Your life was hard..." Naruto's words seemed to state the obvious but it still was nice to hear the boy's sincere voice say it. Haku was just happy he listened to her tale before she was ready to leave the living world.

"Everybody has problems Naruto-kun. Some are just able to deal with them better than others. I don't know if my way was the best choice but I stuck with it." Haku replied.

"I know everyone has issues. You don't have to tell ME that. But to me, I always believed that if you can persevere through the bullshit that life can throw at you then someday you'll gain something important worth all of that trouble." Haku chuckled at that. "You know, we could have been friends if we met in different circumstances."

"Yes. Yes we could have." and with that Haku watched as Naruto grabbed a kunai from his weapon holster and ran towards her. 'You will be a fine man someday Naruto.' As Naruto neared closer the mist started to lift allowing him to see his surroundings better. Haku seemed clearer but not only that he was able to make out the forms of Kakashi and Zabuza a few yards away. He was yanked from his observations when he felt Haku grab his arm and knock it away making him throw away his weapon.

"I'm sorry Naruto. It looks like I can't just die here." Haku suddenly blurred away. Naruto watched in surprise as Haku's form sped towards where he saw his sensei and Zabuza, finally noticing the situation that the swordsman was in. Haku was going to sacrifice herself.

"Wait Haku! Stop!" Naruto screamed out, reaching for where the girl was no doubt heading. His cries were for naught as he knew there was nothing he could do and that is when his emotions started to grow into turmoil.

The world around Naruto slowed down. He could see Haku running towards her trapped master. He could see the sparks coming off of his sensei's hand as chakra covered it in a cold blue fury. He knew when the three were to meet. He knew how long it would take till the meeting was to come. He could see it, but it wasn't because of a new power. It was not because he gained a new ability, a sudden bloodline, or the Kyuubi helping him. No, Naruto knew all this for one sole reason. His brain gave him this knowledge knowing he could do nothing but watch. Even now as he reached out towards them screaming for Haku to stop, his mind gave the poor boy a sick but oddly accurate countdown till his sensei reached Zabuza and Haku intervened. As Naruto yelled out he unconsciously started sending chakra towards his outstretched arm and that is when the count started.

5 seconds...

The chakra started to gather at an immense rate into Naruto's arm.

4 seconds...

Haku was almost to her master, ready to die to protect the man who saved her.

3 seconds...

Zabuza watched as his opponent came closer, his muscles relaxing as he resigned himself to his fate.

2 seconds...

Kakashi held his hand high, ready to plunge the Raikiri into the man before him.

1 second...

Naruto's arm started to hurt and burn. The chakra output so great it caused a pale blue glow.

0 seconds...

The pain was too great. The energy needed to be released. It was too much pain...too much...too much...

"STOPPPP!"

The cry echoed across the bridge for all to hear. A resounding boom followed the yell, causing Kakashi to stop his advance and Haku to stop parallel to silver haired man. Both were only a few feet from Zabuza, Kakashi in front ready to pierce with his jutsu and Haku to side ready to jump in front of Zabuza. Suddenly an image came from the dissipating mist that caused the three ninja to reel back, in Zabuza's case as far back as he could, for a ball of chakra almost as big as a man came careening down the line where no doubt all three of them would have intersected. The chakra ball zoomed by paving a nice grove in the cement before flying off to the side of the bridge and slowly dispersing.

"What the hell?" Kakashi looked back where the source of the chakra had come from. His question was answered when he saw Naruto come stumbling out from the shroud. The entire upper right part of his jacket looked to be burned off, though oddly his skin looked fine enough. When Naruto reached his sensei he looked up into his teacher's mismatched eyes, a look of complete despair on his face.

"Please sensei. No more death. No more killing. Suki is gone already, why must we add more blood?" Naruto's words shocked Kakashi and he looked to where his now second female student lay.

"Naruto what happened? Why is Sasuke now Su-" Kakashi was cut off as he heard clapping and spun around to see the source of the trouble in wave. Gatou stood at the end of the bridge surrounded by mercenaries, his hands clapping in a condescending manner.

"Well, well. Looks like the fabled demon of the mist isn't as all mighty as I thought." Gatou said with a malevolent sneer on his face.

"Gatou. What is the meaning of this?" Zabuza growled out, the ninken now dispersing after Kakashi released both of his jutsu.

"Well I was hoping that you ninja would go ahead and kill each other thus giving me the chance to keep all that money I was going to pay you. Plus, I could get to that town that those ninja wanted to protect!" Gatou started laughing. "It was the perfect win-win for me!" The greedy little man spotted Haku off to the side, her body starting to show the strain it was in. Gatou smirked evilly. "Well if it isn't the bitch that busted my arm. I think a little present is in order." Picking up a small piece of concrete, the little man used all his strength to throw it at the tired girl.

Haku watched the piece of rock fly lazily towards her knowing she could do nothing about it. The only reprieve she found was that a throw from that weak little man probably wouldn't knock her out. She closed her eyes waiting for the pain when she heard a dull 'thunk'. Opening her eyes she was shocked to find Naruto standing in front of her, the bare arm of his in front of her face. The rock fell to the ground with a clatter and Naruto looked behind him to see Haku staring at him in shock. "Heh, protecting a precious person makes one strong right? I think I'll make that my purpose."

As the words left Naruto's lips his arm suddenly exploded in a fountain of blood. Small rips and cuts appeared all over his arm, the rock being the catalyst for the blood now spraying all over Haku's face like red fireworks. Kakashi was next to his student in an instant, grasping him before he could hit the ground. "Naruto! Naruto speak to me!"

"Look at that boys. I'm stronger than I thought!"

"Yeah, boss is awesome!"

"Not only rich but powerful, that's Gatou!"

Kakashi held Naruto close not caring as blood stained his clothes. "Kakashi-sensei."

"Yes Naruto?"

"I did a good job right?" Naruto asked as consciousness started to fade from him.

"Yes. Yes you did Naruto. Now sleep, you deserve it." Kakashi laid the boy down slowly making sure to raise his bleeding arm up so he could wrap it in some medical tape from his pouch. Once he made sure his unconscious student was taken care of he slowly stood up keeping his head down. The man's eyes were shadowed by his silver hair, a testament to how angry he must be considering that the hair was up most of the time. "Zabuza?"

Said man grunted in response, already feeling the killing intent starting to flow from the Sharingan wielder. Then again he would probably be just as upset if someone was laughing at the pain of his own student.

"You will watch over my student. You will make sure no harm befalls him. You will stay after so that we may discuss things. If said requests are not met I will do to you what I am about to do to these men." Kakashi whispered. Zabuza raised his nonexistent eyebrows in question but conceded in the end.

"Whatever, my arms hurt from those dogs of yours." Zabuza stated as he kneeled down next to Naruto plunging his sword behind him. Leaning against the massive blade he watched as Kakashi stepped forward towards the crowd. From the amount of chakra leaking out of the silver haired man, the swordsman believed this would be entertaining to watch. Haku slowly limped towards where her master and Naruto lay hoping to make sure the blonde haired boy was ok. After a quick diagnostic, she concluded he would be alright. With a sigh of relief she settled down next to the boy as exhaustion took over her body.

Kakashi walked forward slowly, both of his eyes shaded with his hair hiding his unbridled fury. He would enjoy doing this. As he heard the small insect of a man belittle him, telling him that not even he could stand up to that many men, that was when he raised his head. The man's mismatched eyes bore into Gatou with an eruption of anger causing said man to flinch away. With that, the greedy little man raised his voice ordering his mercenaries to attack. Raising his arms Kakashi looked to be calmly holding both above his head in a surrender, causing the mercenaries to laugh in glee. Suddenly both hands burst into a chorus of chirping as chakra surrounded both hands in a mass of lightning chakra. Taking that as a signal to fight the horde of pathetic swordsman and rogues rushed at him. In an instant, Kakashi flickered out of their vision. A mess of screams was heard the next second.

Zabuza watched in awe at what was happening, even going so far to stand up and use his sword as a sort of step ladder to see above the mercenaries. What he saw was amazing. Apparently line after line of blue crackling lightning appeared, cris-crossing to and fro amongst the men. Where ever the line appeared a spray of blood would follow. He watched until the line crossed so much that it almost resembled a pattern. The streaks of lightning stopped quickly as many of the mercenaries were cut down leaving a very big gap straight towards Gatou. What happened once that trail to the man was formed took the Kiri swordsman's breathe away.

Gatou watched in fear as his men died in front of him until a pathway was cut, allowing him to see Zabuza. Suddenly Kakashi appeared in front of him, both hands crackling in glory, and plunged his left hand into Gatou's shoulder. The man cried out, but Kakashi made sure to not hit a vital spot, no his final move would make his justice all the sweeter. "You, Gatou, have broken one of the greatest rules that my sensei had taught to me. Never, EVER, harm my students." Kakashi whispered as he lifted the man high into the air with the hand plunged into him. "Your punishment…Death."

"Wait! I can pay you whatever you want! I'll give you anything I have just don't kill me!" Gatou pleaded.

Kakashi lowered his head and Gatou, through the pain started to feel hope. That is until the ninja before him raised his head showing the spinning Sharingan. "Now you die." And with that said Kakashi plunged his right hand into Gatou's other shoulder. Gatou screamed in agony but his screams only escalated as Kakashi dragged his hands towards each other in Gatou's body, easily slicing through his insides. When his hands were close together near the middle of Gatou's chest, Kakashi clasped them together letting the two chakra encased hands join. Lightning arced out and around the small man's body as it started to glow. Suddenly the man that tried to destroy Wave country exploded as a lightning bolt shot out and his blood showered around Kakashi and the men around him.

The silver haired man was left standing there with his arms in the air and hands clasped, chakra starting to fade away. "Raikiri Ranmyaku…" Kakashi whispered slowly turning around. A crossbow bolt flew out of the air and Kakashi smiled. It seems Inari had grown up a bit.

Naruto's eyes slowly opened as he regained consciousness. Looking around he noticed that he was lying in a small room most likely back at Tazuna's house. Trying to raise himself up he suddenly had to bite back a shout of pain. Looking to his right he saw his whole entire arm, including fingers, was wrapped to the shoulder in medical tape. The reason for his pain was the red stain that slowly started to blossom on the white background. Scowling, Naruto raised himself up making sure to not reopen all of the wounds on his arm.

Naruto slowly walked around the house noticing how quiet it seemed to be. His quiet peace was cut short as he heard yelling from the outside. Frowning once again, the injured boy walked towards the noise.

"But you don't understand! He was my dream, the reason I became kunoichi! Why did it have to turn out like this?" Naruto heard Sakura wail. Hmmm, apparently she found out about Suki. Looks like things were going to get complicated.

"Sakura it is you who doesn't understand. Do you think she wanted to stay like that for most of her life? Do you think that was fun for her? That wasn't a happy life at all! You are a ninja of Konoha. This is not a game Sakura! Did you even realize you can die out on the field? And you did this for what, a boy you think you love? Grow up girl!" Well looks like Kakashi was trying to give Sakura a pep talk. Naruto decided he might need to intervene before his sensei got really mad.

"You're wrong. You're so wrong! You don't know about true love! You don't know what I did this for!" Just as Kakashi was about to blow up at the crying, pink haired girl, a voice interrupted them.

"So what about your family?"

Kakashi whirled around and spotted Naruto leaning a wall. He instantly noted the red spots that were visible on Naruto's arm and started for the boy. Naruto held up his non injured arm to stop his sensei. "Well Sakura? What about your family? Don't you care about them?"

"Of course I care about my family you Baka, why would you think I don't?" Sakura asked looking insulted.

Naruto walked towards his pink haired teammate and stared at her causing her to look clearly uncomfortable. Just as she was about to smack him for freaking her out, he spoke. "Did you know that in the eyes of many we have been trained as killers? We have the ability to blend into our surroundings so we can kill without being noticed, the knowledge of where the vital points of person's body are, the ability to throw sharpened pieces of metal at an insane speed so that it can kill as quick as possible." Naruto said almost whispering as he looked towards the sky. Sakura was left speechless, amazed at how profound her blonde teammate sounded. Well considering the fact that Naruto was a bit stupid sometimes this was pretty amazing. Naruto noticed her look and laughed.

"I guess having my arm explode has given me a little bit of maturity. But Sakura I want you to know that I don't think that I was trained as a killer. I was trained as a protector, and with the skills that I have learned and my nindo I will protect those precious to me." Naruto said as he started to walk back inside. "You're smart. I'm sure you can figure out what you want to do eh Sakura-chan."

Sakura watched Naruto head back into the house, her mind reeling from what the boy said to her. Beside her Kakashi sighed and rubbed his forehead. "I hate this job." he muttered. Sakura raised her eyebrow but said nothing. Suddenly she remembered what she was arguing with her sensei about and decided they needed to finish their conversation.

"Sensei…I'm sorry. I just don't know how to deal with all this. It's too much right now and my inner self is screaming for me let out all my frustration." Sakura mumbled. "Shanaro! Hell yeah I am. Your brain is already fucked up as it is!" Inner Sakura yelled out. 'Shut up. This is not the time.' Sakura thought back.

"Inner self? Ah the Haruno bloodline runs strong through you I suppose." Kakashi said. "It does flow stronger in women. Did you know that some of your family were shinobi? I don't know much about your kekkei genkai but from what I have seen in the males, the Haruno bloodline gives them increased perception and faster reflexes because of a voice inside their head, well at least that's what I have heard. Women have a slower perception but instead they have a whole different persona inside their mind. I've heard they are very hard to put under a genjutsu." Sakura blinked owlishly at the explanation of her family the only thing she could say was a 'huh'.

Shaking her head she started to speak. "Wait, you know of my family? Wait, I have a bloodline?" Kakashi sighed again and cursed whatever deity gave him such a complicated team.

Naruto found himself inside the room Suki was lying in and sat down. His mind was still hazy from all the excitement that went on but it seemed that Sasuke's change to Suki wasn't a dream. Groaning to himself, he decided to let the girl rest before he asked any questions. As he went to leave he heard a noise.

"Naruto…" said boy turned around and saw the black haired girl sitting up, watching him with curious eyes. "What are you doing here?"

"Uh um, I was just checking to see how you were doing? I wanted to see how you were," Naruto said. Suki raised an eyebrow to that before her face settled into an impassive mask.

"Hn, well I seem to be alive but now I am like this. I'll always be like this from now on. What you see in front of you is the real me." Suki said.

"What happened?" Naruto sat back down to listen to the girl in front of him, watching her to see if she decided to talk.

"When I was young the doctor made a misdiagnosis and labeled me as a boy. The Uchiha council was thrilled with the chance of not having one but two prominent male figures that were the sons of the Uchiha clan head. When I was born, problems arose. I was a girl. The council could not know about this. If that were to happen then I would be married off to someone that would make our clan more powerful. I would be the breeding tool of the Uchiha." Suki stated, spitting out 'tool' in disgust. "My father would have nothing like that happen to me. With the help of a seal and the collective chakra of my mother and father I was changed to look like a boy, and not just my looks, my anatomy, my genetics everything changed. The ritual took a lot out of my father and mother so for years they weren't strong enough to train me. The job fell upon my older brother, Itachi."

"Wait, isn't that the person you want to kill?" Naruto cut in.

"Yeah that is him."

"But if he protected you why would you want to kill him?"

"Because he betrayed us! He betrayed me... The Uchiha massacre was caused by him. He killed everyone, including Father and Mother, but for some reason he spared me. I want to understand why he did that and I want to avenge my clan by taking his life." Suki said. Her fists tightened in anger while her eyes were shut tight trying to hold in the tears that threatened to spill. Naruto gained a thoughtful look on his face as he thought about the girl's situation.

"Well if that's the case I could always help you." Naruto told her. Suki's head snapped up in shock and Naruto continued. "Yeah cause, well, we are teammates and I guess we'll be on this team for a long time. Why not help each other out?" Naruto said scratching the back of his head. Suki looked shocked for a second before schooling her features and smirking.

"Hn, just don't drag me down idiot."

"OI!"

"Sooooo, uh I'm not too sure how to say this but what are you guys going to do now?" Team 7 stood in front of the now finished bridge all packed up and ready to go. Suki had another pair of clothes but seeing as she was now significantly smaller in body mass she had to use the wraps and belts from Sakura's bag to keep her shorts from falling down. It didn't make her feel any better that she had to use the pink haired girl's undergarments either. Naruto's right arm was still bandaged completely though it was more as a precaution for them than for his injury, being that it had healed already. He still wore his jacket with the sleeve burnt off but he didn't really care. What was more important was the people he just asked a question to.

"We're free lancers kid so we just go where the wind takes us. Thankfully your sensei has agreed to let us go which I'm thankful for so we will probably be around. I'd like to say we won't be in contact but I believe you're a bit too interesting not to keep in touch with." Zabuza stated. The two missing nin stood in front of a the town of Wave as the ninja prepared to leave. The swordsman gave a nod to Haku and she walked forward pulling something from her pouch. Opening Naruto's hand she placed what Naruto believed was a small phone. Naruto poked at it for a second before looking up with questioning look.

"That is a mobile communicator; it is like a phone but can be carried around and used in different places. Zabuza-sama and I each have one in case we need to contact each other. His number should already be in there. Just press one and call." Haku said as she opened the cover to show a number pad and speaker on the top.

"Wait, what? You mean I can talk to anyone from a long distance away! I've seen these on TV shows." Naruto said holding the device to the light. "I always thought they were just made up, fictional devices."

Kakashi took the phone from Naruto's hand. "Actually Naruto these are quite real. It's a great use of the mixing of fuinjutsu and technology. It is mostly used by civilians who have a stash of extra money, being that these aren't very cheap. It sends out signals from the device that connect to the electrical poles that are around areas. It's actually quite a complicated piece of work, but all you need to know is that all in all it is basically an extremely long distance walkie talkie." Kakashi said as he handed Naruto back the phone.

"Oh, well, ok but if it's so long distance how come we still have courier ninja and aviary messaging?"

"The phones may work long distance but aren't truly reliable due to the fact that the longer the distance the more likely the chance you won't connect." Sakura said. "My mother has one, but most people buy them just to make sure that if they are in trouble in the village they have someone to call."

"Well I still don't really understand but ok." Naruto said scratching the back of his head. Putting the device into his hip pouch, Naruto looked back towards Haku and Zabuza. "Well I guess this is it." Naruto walked up to Zabuza and held out his hand. The man looked down surprised before smirking under the bandages and grasping the boy's hand.

"Do well out there kid." Haku came up to Naruto and gave him a brief hug once the two were done.

"Good luck Naruto-kun." And with that, the two missing-nin were off. Naruto smiled sadly as he watched them go and then walked back towards his team. After a heartfelt farewell to the people of wave Team 7 was on the road towards Konoha.

"I truly hate my job."

The Sandaime rubbed his forehead as he received the report for team 7's mission and so far his migraine was only getting bigger. "So let me get this straight. The bridge builder lied about the ranking but will still pay us the proper amount once the country has it. You encountered an A-rank missing nin and survived, Sasuke has now become Suki, the village of Wave is now free, and Naruto is able to be in constant contact with this Zabuza and Haku; am I right so far?" Sarutobi received a nod from the four people in front of him confirming his words. "Grand fucking dandy, I hate this job." The Hokage groaned out.

"Well Jii-San, it isn't all that bad right?" Naruto asked. Receiving a smack to his head from Sakura and whisper to show respect, Naruto continued. "Zabuza and Haku aren't bad, they're just trying to survive and with the phone I guess they trust me enough to say they are on our side. At least my side I guess." Naruto finished rubbing his head.

"The communication device you can keep and you can keep it out of the report unless you wish for it to be taken away. I would prefer that this link to a potential ally to not be taken away due to the council wanting to track them. That can be covered up. However, Suki we need to consider what to do with you." The girl in question nodded her head to the Hokage's words.

"If I may suggest something Hokage-Sama. It may be in my best interest to let me explain it to whom ever asks on my own terms and in my own way. That way we can deal with questions being asked to the council or you." Suki stated. The Sandaime leaned back with a thoughtful expression on his face before nodding.

"That may be the best way to approach this issue for the time being. Till then Team 7 under Hatake Kakashi, you are dismissed." The four ninja bowed low before walking out of the room to leave the Hokage to his work. 'This is going to be a lot of work.' the old man thought with a sigh.

The three genin plus sensei walked out of the building. "Well my little kiddies, I'm giving you the next three days off. I've got a meeting to go to so do what you must. See ya!" and with that Kakashi was gone in a burst of smoke. With a silent and mutual understanding all three genin left to their own devices each with the thought of getting some well-deserved rest after their ordeal.

Kakashi appeared back in the room he was in not only five minutes ago only this time he was joined by many jounin whom all stood in front of the Hokage. The aged leader gave a nod to Kakashi before straightening and stating "So now that we are all here, I would like to hear which teams will be nominated to participate in the Chunin exams."

It had been three days and Team 7 was back at their traditional meeting point at the bridge and each one felt a little better after their rest. Sakura was able to convince her mother to explain what the Haruno bloodline could do, but seeing as her mother was a civilian and her father was a merchant, her family didn't have a lot of knowledge about it except for a few journals and scrolls from other family members.

Suki's three days were filled with going to stores to obtain new clothes. Considering that her clan was very wealthy she had no trouble getting some new clothes that fit. She now sported white shorts that stopped mid-thigh but weren't too tight or loose, a black shirt with a high collar like her old shirt except the collar was folded down and the shirt stopped at her stomach showing some of her skin and a little of the chain mesh armor. Her long hair was tied in a ponytail that reached the middle of her back. The new look was complete with the ninja hip pouch and kunai holster attached and a pair of dark blue ninja sandals. All in all it was much the same as her old outfit but fitted for the girl's new form and curves.

Naruto watched his two female teammates as they thought quietly to themselves. It was a change to see Sakura not try and get the attention of Sasuke but seeing as 'he' was now 'she' there was no boy to ask out. Unless she wanted to date Suki anyways causing an image in the young boy's mind that he couldn't help but blush at. Yawning out loud Naruto leaned against the bridge as the wind blew his open jacket back letting him enjoy the warmth of the sun on his mesh armor shirt. Just as he was about to relax he heard the sound of smoke billowing out and turned around to see his sensei.

"Good morning my wonderful students! Today I have a surprise for you. Meet me at our training ground and be ready!" Kakashi said before he was gone again.

"He had us wait just for that?" Sakura dead panned.

"Hn, what a lazy man." Suki said before walking off. Naruto could only agree as they headed towards their training ground. As they walked down the street the three ninja ran into Konohamaru and his little band of friends. The kids spotted the team of genin and immediately rushed towards them.

"Boss, you're back from your mission! Can you play ninja with us now?" the kids asked. Naruto laughed and scratched his head. He wanted to play but he needed to rush to meet with Kakashi. Before he could say anything Sakura cut in.

"A ninja playing ninja? That sounds extremely sad."

"Hey, don't knock it till you try it! I like to help them get better at their ninja skills while they are still in the academy." Naruto shot back. Suki just raised her eyebrow at the exchange but decided to say nothing.

"Hey boss is she your girlfriend?" Konohamaru asked with a smirk, raising his pinky. Naruto chuckled nervously and blushed at the thought before laughing.

"Nah Konohamaru she's just my teammate."

"Of course boss. Cause there is no way you'd go out with this girl with her huge head! The black-haired one must be your girlfriend; she's cute and obviously matches with you!" Naruto's face was a mix of extremely pale and pink from both fear and embarrassment while Suki also went pale though if you looked closely you could see the small blush at being called cute. However both Naruto and Suki slowly turned towards their pink-haired teammate and watched in horror as a dark aura surrounded her.

"Konohamaru, take Moegi and Udon and run."

"Wait wha-?"

"Just run!" With that said, Naruto along with the kids ran for their lives while Sakura screamed in righteous fury and chased after them. Suki just blinked slowly trying to grasp what just happened then sighed and followed along.

"Idiots."

Naruto thought that he and the kids could escape but that was until Konohamaru ran into a boy older then Naruto in what looked like a cat suit and wearing make-up. "Oi kid watch where you're going!" the boy grunted. Sakura caught up to them but stopped her rampage as the older boy grabbed Konohamaru by the scruff of his neck.

"Kankurou just let the kid go. You don't want him to get impatient do you?" A girl to the boy's side asked. She was wearing a purple and white battle dress that cut off at her thighs and her hair was in what looked like four pony tails. She was also older than him Naruto noted as he noticed the large item behind her back. All in all she looked pretty but the scowl on her face was a bit intimidating Naruto thought.

"Oi, let him down!" Naruto yelled out, Moegi and Udon behind the blonde. Kankurou sneered at Naruto before lifting Konohamaru higher.

"Why should I? This little runt bumped into me." Naruto held his hand up and curled it into the gun position, pointing it at the older boy.

"I'll say it again, let him go or else."

"Oh yeah? Or else what?" The end of Naruto's finger started to glow blue as he focused his chakra. He heard Sakura trying to plead with the older ninja to let the kid down and as he watched his pointer finger become encased in small orb of blue, getting ready to fire. The girl with ponytails saw Naruto's hand and the chakra that surrounded his finger and jabbed Kankurou in the side.

"Ouch Temari what the hell?" Just as she was about to yell at her brother to let the boy down a pebble came flying and hit Kankurou's hand, forcing him to let Konohamaru down. The boy scrambled behind Naruto immediately and looked to where everyone saw the rock come from.

"I believe they asked you to put the boy down more than enough times." Suki stated, leaning against a tree branch.

"Suki-chan!" Sakura said excited to see someone do something. Naruto made 'tch'ing sound thinking, 'why does everyone steal my spotlight'.

Just as Kankurou was about to yell at Suki a voice pierced the area. "Kankurou, you are disgracing yourself." The sharp dry voice came from a red-haired boy in black and grey shinobi clothing with an enormous gourd on his back. Suki looked shocked at the voice, as it came from directly above her without warning, before jumping down next to her two teammates. The red haired boy appeared in a whirlwind of sand next to Kankurou and Temari, looking as calm as ever.

"Gaara! Look I'm sorry I just got angry and-."

"Shut up." Gaara said, cutting him off. The gourd-carrying boy stared at team 7 with hollow eyes, looking from Sakura to Suki then to Naruto who still had the Reigan ready and pointed at the three other ninja.

"Naruto, release your Reigan, Konohamaru and the others are safe." Sakura pleaded. Naruto made a thoughtful sound before relaxing his hand and allowing the chakra to dissipate. While Temari mouthed out Reigan in confusion Sakura continued. "Excuse me what are foreign ninja like you doing here?"

"We're here for the Chunin exams. Don't you guys know?" Temari scoffed.

"Enough. We are leaving." Gaara said. And with that he turned around and walked away leaving his siblings to run after him to get to his side.

"Chunin exams?" Naruto asked. Before he could think about it any farther he realized that they had been there for quite a while. Saying a hasty good bye to the three kids he rushed off with his teammates trailing behind him.

Naruto stood in front of the door to the exam building waiting for Sakura and Suki. Luckily, he didn't have to wait long because just when he thought of going in the two girls showed up, one clearly nervous.

"Don't worry Sakura-chan we'll be alright." Naruto told her. Sakura tried to smile confidently but still felt nervous. Suki took the initiative and opened the doors.

As team 7 walked up the stairs they found themselves in a hallway where it looked like two genin were blocking a door with the sign 301 over it. While Naruto looked out the window to see if they were on the third floor he heard Suki talk about some kind of genjutsu. Tuning it out, he stared out the window a little longer, deciding that they really were on the second floor.

As he turned around to tell his teammates he noticed that they were following another team walk away. Scratching his head he joined his team and they headed forward.

"So what happened?" Naruto asked.

"There was a genjutsu placed over the sign of the door and I called it out." Suki said.

"Then one of the guys attacked Suki and she went to attack back, but a guy we thought was weak stopped them. Then he...oh I don't want to remember it. The eyebrows, the eyebrows!" Sakura shivered. As Naruto raised his own eyebrow in confusion they were stopped by a loud voice.

"Uchiha Sasuke! I, Rock Lee, challenge you!" Naruto looked up and was blind-sided by the of a boy in a tight fitting green leotard, bowl cut, orange leg warmers, and the largest eyebrows he had ever seen.

"Good God..."

Suki looked at Naruto's astonished face before scowling and looking at the boy in front of her. "My name is actually Suki not Sasuke anymore."

Lee looked confused for a second before jumping down. "Hmmm, strange but that matters not! I wish to challenge you to see how the Uchiha genius can stand up to pure hard work!"

"Hn fine if that is what you wish. I will show you the might of the Uchiha." What happened next was a thorough beating at such speeds that Suki had to activate her Sharingan just to catch Lee's movements. Unfortunately she wasn't fast enough to counter any of the boy's moves and she was helplessly sent into the air via a kick to the chin. Reeling from the blow Suki found the boy behind her in the air. Naruto grit his teeth and readied himself to transform but his actions were unneeded as a pinwheel came flying in and pinned the bandages Lee was going to use to wrap up Suki. Running under Suki, Naruto caught the girl before she could smack into the ground, then turned and saw a strange sight. A talking turtle was berating Lee while said boy was apologizing profusely. An older, more mature copy of Lee appeared on top of the turtle in a puff of smoke. Team 7 didn't quite catch all of the following conversation but apparently Lee had done something wrong because the boy was getting scolded. What happened next made all of team 7 want to take a scalding hot shower.

"Sunset...how is there a sunset? It's not possible." Sakura mumbled rocking back and forth. Naruto's eyes were watering and Suki was lucky enough to turn off the Sharingan before that happened. Oh the torture that would have haunted her if that was engraved in her memory. Naruto grabbed his two teammates in a fireman carry and rushed out of there before the Lee and his Eyebrow-sensei noticed them. They were safe...for now.

"Well I'm glad you all could make it." Kakashi eye smiled, a bit confused as to why Naruto was carrying both his teammates. As he heard him whisper eyebrows and sunsets over and over again he suddenly understood and rushed to his student's side. "Are you ok? Speak to me you three!" As he shook them all out of their stupor he sighed in relief. It looks like Gai hadn't mind raped them. "As much as I would like to give you all a pep talk I believe you should get inside and be ready. Just remember I'm proud of you guys." Kakashi said, making sure his team was ok. Receiving a nod from each of them he stepped to the side and let them in.

Once they entered the room, team 7 was hit with a collective tide of killer intent. Thanks to their run-in with Zabuza they weren't that affected by it. Suki however had a sudden feeling of doom and yelled out "Naruto fangirl alert!" Naruto immediately went through a few handseals and switched places with Suki using Kawarimi. Just in time too because once they switched they heard a loud voice scream, "Sasuke-kun!"

A blonde-haired girl wearing a purple skirt and matching shirt made a grab for the dark-haired figure that she suspected to be Sasuke as team 7 walked through the door. She coughed a bit as a small amount of ninja smoke appeared and she found herself grabbing none other than Naruto around the neck, their faces inches apart.

"Uh, hi?"

Ino screamed out and brought her righteous fist upon the boy she thought of as a pervert. Naruto was instantly knocked to the ground and laid there groaning in pain.

"Damn you Suki." Naruto's muffled voice called out.

"Well if that's not troublesome I don't know what is." Shikamaru said, scratching his hair that was done in his normal pineapple style. A larger boy with his hair split because of the way his headband was worn put away his chips and went to help Naruto up.

"You ok Naruto?" Chouji asked. Naruto groaned but thanked his former classmate and dusted himself off.

"Sorry Ino, but what you were about to do might have caused some issues."

"Shut up Naruto! Where's my Sasuke forehead?" Ino yelled at Sakura.

"Whatever Ino-pig! Like Sasuke would ever date you!" Sakura yelled back forgetting for a moment that Sasuke was no longer in the picture.

"Yahoo! Looks like the rookies are all here aye, Akamaru?" another voice cut in. Kiba walked out from the shadows in the corners of the waiting room, his red fang markings on his cheek stretching as he smirked. His grey jacket and hood covered his brown hair while a small white puppy barked, his head poking out from Kiba's jacket. Beside him was a girl with dark blue hair and pale shining eyes with no pupil. Her tan jacket made her frame look small as she shrunk down in embarrassment. Hinata poked her fingers together as Shino with his large over coat with a high collar and dark sunglasses walked up beside her, unflappably calm.

Naruto palmed his face, stress getting to him when he noticed Suki standing next to him. The look she gave him clearly stated 'are you going to take care of this or do I have to?'. The whiskered blonde waved his hand motioning that he'd take care of it.

"Sakura-chan are you done?" Sakura stopped yelling at Ino mid-insult and looked to Naruto who glanced over at Suki. Getting the hint she backed up towards her team leaving Ino to stare confused at Sakura, Naruto, and the mystery girl that the rest of the rookie genin had just really noticed. "Guys, I'd like you to reintroduce our teammate."

"Uchiha Suki." Suki interrupted. Team 8 and team 10 could only stare dumbly at the girl who looked like she could in fact be Sasuke's sister. Strangely enough it was Shino that broke the silence with the question that was on everyone's mind.

"What?"

Well there you guys have it. Episode 6 is out. Hope you enjoy it. Ok as for as that communication device is concerned I just want you guys to know that it is possible. We give the Naruto to little credit when it comes down to technology. They have short wave radios, movie theaters, hell if any of you guys have seen the movies then you must have seen the freaking ninja gliders that allowed them to fly. I mean if they have that what's to say they can't do anything else. So in short my story will have some tech.

Jutsu list:

Kuchiyose: Doton: Tsuiga no Jutsu - Summoning: Earth Style: Tracking Fang Justu.

A type of summoning technique in where the user uses a scroll with a specified purpose to direct his or her summons to a direct task without needing to order them in person. Earth based so animals travel underground.

Raikiri - Lightning Blade

An A rank jutsu created by Kakashi himself. Said to be his own created jutsu and was named due to the story of him cutting through real lightning with it. Basically a very high speed jab with a lightning encompassed fist. Due to the speed, tunnel vision is caused which makes the predicting qualities of the Sharingan essential.

Raikiri Ranmyaku - Lightning Blade Chaos

Original jutsu created by Kakashi due to his immense fury during the Wave bridge battle. Not only is one hand encased in lightning chakra but both hands hold the Raikiri. Classified as a now high A rank possible low S rank, Kakashi shows that once he penetrates the enemy's body with both hands he pulls them together inside said body, slicing through bone and organ due to the lightning chakra. When hands are close together Kakashi clasps them together letting the chakra from both Raikiri mix in a volatile way causing a dispersion of lightning chakra around the pierced body. Lightning chakra swirls around the body looking for an opening to escape until the strain is too much and the chakra leaves the body with explosive results.

(Btw if anyone can figure out where I the beginning of this move where the lines of lightning came from, cookies to you!)

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