Journey to lordship
Chapter 7 – Found my sword! Now let the Chuunin exam begin, part 1
The next morning, Naruto got up and began to prepare for the day. Last night Kyuubi had taught him the hand signs for the Jutsu he needed. When performed correctly, it would split the sea, creating a pathway to the sword.
Walking out of his room, he saw Anko leaning against the wall. Kissing her cheek in greeting, he said, "Good morning." Anko looked excited as she replied with her own good morning. "What's gotten you so excited this morning?" She calmed down for a second before she answered.
"We're going to explore the middle of the ocean to retrieve the most powerful sword in existence, and you're not excited?" Naruto shrugged, "Well, when you put it that way… I'm very excited!" They jumped around for a few moments before calming down, and going for breakfast.
After joining the family for breakfast, Tazuna asked a question. "When are you going to the ocean?" Turning to look at him, Naruto replied, "Soon Tazuna, very soon. Before we go though, I'll need a few torches. Do you know where I can get them?" Tazuna thought for a second before answering, "There's a shop where you can get them in town. But why do you need torches?"
Naruto was puzzled for a second before remembering what he neglected to tell them. "Not only is my heirloom in the middle of the sea, it's at the very bottom as well. There's no light down there, so we'll need the torches to see." The family was too shocked to even respond. The bottom of the ocean? The only thing that was certain was that today was going to be a very shocking day; they had no idea how shocking.
After acquiring a few torches from a small shop about a ten minute walk away from Tazuna's house, Naruto, Anko, and Tazuna's family stood at the edge of the water. Naruto began the seals. By the time he was finished, a small crowd had gathered around them. Slapping his hand down on the surface of the water, he shouted, "SEA-SPLITTING TECHNIQUE!" A great line of energy made its' way into the water from Naruto's hand. Slowly, the sea began to move apart until a pathway, ten feet across had formed. Not minding their shocked expressions, Naruto grabbed Anko's hand, and dragged her down the path. Shouting a quick goodbye to Tazuna, the ninja began to sprint down the seemingly never-ending path, into the sea.
As they walked down the path that looks like it was something from the bible. Anko and Naruto though their minds set on the goal, retrieving the legendary demon sword, the monstrous display of power of the split sea, and the aquatic life that passed by them, seemingly interested how two mere humans could penetrate so deep into their underwater world.
After a while, Anko was unable to see so they lit the torches with a quick Katon Jutsu. According to Kyuubi, they were about four hours away from the temple. Continuing at their pace was tiring, but walking would be too slow.
They noticed that as soon as they were deep enough, the sea began to close behind them. Finding a solution to this problem could prove troublesome, but they put that out of their minds. Through the sides of the path, all manner of large sea-creatures were visible to them. From schools of fish, to monstrous sharks, they saw what looked to be them all.
Four hours later, a giant temple came into view. The monstrous door was all that was visible through the darkness, but just from that they could say that it was gigantic. The door was around a hundred feet tall, and ten feet wide. As per Kyuubi's instruction, Naruto cut his palm, and smeared it on the door. The blood was absorbed before a great rumbling was heard. A split appeared in the door, before it slowly opened.
Shining their torches in the great hall, they saw the insides of a castle. Great beams lined the walls, and the ceiling was shrouded in darkness. Their steps echoed as they stepped in. The floor rumbled once again, before the door closed once more. He felt Anko grab his hand, before they began to move further. For some reason, Naruto felt completely at home here. He put it up to the fact that he was merging with Kyuubi, and this used to be one of Kyuubi's homes.
When they came to the great staircases, they began to trek even further into the earth. Down and down they went, until the stairs finally ended. There in front of them, was a door of almost the same size as the entrance. Carved onto it was a picture of Kyuubi, with two glowing rubies as the eyes. Once again Naruto smeared his blood, and the door opened.
There, on the raised platform in the center of the room, was So'unga. It was a double-edged straight sword, with a hilt made of bone. At the hilt's end, was a purple jewel. The jewel was a perfect sphere, and glowed with an inner power. The aura of power it radiated only grew larger with each step they took towards it. Motioning for Anko to stay back, Naruto approached alone.
Stepping up next to the blade, he placed his hand on the hilt. Naruto felt a small sting on his palm, before the jewel on the end began to glow. He felt his hand pull the blade from the stone, before he regained control of himself.
Before he had time to ask the fox about what happened, he felt something guiding his hand. Letting himself give in, he was led through an intricate pattern of slashes and thrusts. Each strike grew in speed and complexity before it stopped, leaving two breathless humans.
"Fox, what the hell was that?" The fox responded with traces of amazement in his voice. "It seems the blade has bonded to you." That was a little confusing. "Bonded? What do you mean bonded?" The fox seemed a little bit irritated when it answered.
"I mean that its' consciousness has been bound to yours. When you fight, it can guide your hand." "You mean it control my actions?" "Partially, but it also obeys your commands. Think of it like this. You pick the target, and what to do to them, such as disarm, knock out, or kill. Then the blade will take control, and fight the battle for you."
Naruto was both shocked, and impressed. This would have come in handy when he was fighting Zabuza. His musing was broken by Anko's voice.
"Naruto, what the hell just happened?" Looking over at her, he explained everything about the blade's bonding. When he had finished, she shared the same reactions that he had. "That's incredible." Naruto nodded at her. "That it is. But now we have a problem. How in the hell do we get out of here?" Anko looked sheepish, and scratched the back of her head. Before she could say anything, the fox spoke up. "Kit, use the bubble."
"Bubble? What the hell are you talking about?" "It's a protective bubble that brought whatever humans met with me here, back to the surface. It was one of my more brilliant ideas. And, no, I will not tell you how it works. It is located in the entrance hall."
Grumbling a little, Naruto relayed the fox's message to Anko, and they made their way to the entrance hall. So'unga rested on Naruto's back in the sheath that had been found on the far wall.
Once they stepped into the circle that was painted on the floor of the hall, Naruto said, "I wish to be returned to shore." After that, a bubble with a gold tint rose up, and closed around them. Once the door opened, it began to float out into the sea quickly to prevent the flooding of the hall. Going in the bubble was slow, and Anko curled up in Naruto's arms before she fell asleep.
Once they had reached the beach, the bubble popped. Carrying Anko bridal style past whoever had stayed up this late, he went to Tazuna's. Looking at the moon in the sky, he deduced that it was around two in the morning.
Opening the door of their temporary home, Naruto laid Anko down on her bed. Before he left however, she had latched onto his right arm. After deducing that her grip was inhumanly strong, he placed his blade next to the bed, and curled up next to her. Feeling her snuggle into him, he closed his eyes and drifted into unconsciousness.
The next morning, Naruto had his arm around Anko, who was now draped over him. Marvelling at how well they fit together, he felt her snuggle further into him. With her head under his chin, he was content to lie there and inhale her scent. It was another hour before she fully awoke.
When she did, she just laid there for a few minutes before she looked up at him. Closing the distance between them, she locked her lips with his before she pulled back. Naruto had his eyes closed as he marvelled at the feeling of her lips on his. They were silky smooth and slightly moist with a hint of dango on them. A small giggle broke him from his musing.
"Was it really that good?" Naruto just smirked at her before he answered, "I think I'll need another before I decide." Mimicking his smirk, she did just that. This one lasted longer than the previous one, and was filled with more passion. After they pulled apart, Naruto said, "I have to say that it was definitely 'that good'."
Once again she snuggled down into him before saying, "That's good, because we'll be doing that more often. We're taking today off so we can stay like this for a few hours." Naruto had no objections to either of her statements, and they stayed there for two hours before the family knocked on the door.
Yelling for them to come in, they watched as they blushed after they saw them in bed together. Tazuna was the least affected so he told them to meet downstairs. After they did so, they proceeded to walk down to the living room. Throwing out a greeting, they waited for the family to speak. Tazuna spoke first.
"When did you two get back? We tried waiting for you, but it got too late for us." Naruto waved him off. "It's alright old man. We didn't get back until early in the morning, and before you ask, the mission was a success. However I cannot allow you to look at my heirloom." They seemed disappointed, but they let it pass. It was Tsunami who spoke up now. "How long will you be staying Naruto-kun?" Looking over at his sensei, they exchanged a look before he answered.
"We'll stay for today, but we're going to leave tomorrow, and take our time getting back to the village." They seemed to accept this, and their day of relaxing went by without a hitch.
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The next morning was filled with goodbyes, teary in Inari's case, before they set out. Walking hand in hand, they chatted about insignificant things, content to simply be together. The rest of the week passed in similar fashion, before they saw the gate of Konoha in the distance. After passing the guards, they made their way to the Hokage's office while people stopped and stared as they passed.
They arrived at the tower with no problems, and they made their way to his office. Opening the door, they saw the old man with his nose buried in an 'Icha Icha' book. When he looked up and saw them he tried to hide the book from Anko, but he didn't succeed. A few seconds later, the Hokage was crying over the shreds of his beloved book. Wiping away his tears, greetings were exchanged.
Dropping the bag of money on his desk, Naruto said, "Mission accomplished." At the old man's look he added, "Both of them." Sarutobi nodded at him, and asked if he could see it. After Naruto released the invisibility Jutsu that concealed the blade, he laid it on the desk.
When Sarutobi reached out for it Naruto slapped his hand away. Explaining about the spirit within, and why no one but he could wield it, a silence came over the room while the Hokage processed the information.
Once he had regained his bearings, Sarutobi congratulated them on their success, and warned Naruto against misusing his new powers. Not affected in the least, Naruto replied, "Don't worry old man. I've got four anchors to keep me grounded."
The older man raised an eyebrow at that, before asking who they were. "Well there are you, Iruka-sensei, Kyuubi, and Anko-Chan here." At the last he had wrapped his arms around Anko, and held her close. The man had paled at the thought of Kyuubi teaching this child, but then he smiled at the last name and at Anko's blush when he held her. Seeing his reaction to Kyuubi, Naruto began to explain about why Kyuubi had attacked Konoha.
After that, the old man seemed to age before their eyes as he let out a deep sigh. He truly had made a mistake in training Orochimaru. Sarutobi blamed himself for everything that his former pupil had done. He believed that he should have been able to see, and stop Orochimaru before he gained the power he now held.
And all those people that he killed or tortured, the woman in front of him especially, was his fault. Naruto's question about his health broke him from his brooding. After assuring them that he was fine, he dismissed them.
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Walking out of the tower, the two decided to relax with some dango. However, any plans to relax were ruined as they ran into the now split, team 7. Schooling his face into a neutral mask, he watched them with a wary eye. Sasuke was glaring at him, and after she had looked at the Uchiha, Sakura glared too. After seeing Anko pat her knee, Kakashi paled and backed away a little. Apparently the Uchiha was angry about something, and whatever it was Naruto didn't care. Musing, he thought that the little bitch was angry that he got special training and he didn't. Mentally shaking his head, he waited for the Uchiha to make the first move.
"Why do you get special training dobe?" His question was structured more as a demand, but that didn't matter. Coolly, he raised an eyebrow at the now short boy, while Kyuubi and his mental self congratulated him on not blowing up. "You say that I'm the dobe, and you can't even see through a mask.
Either I'm a very good actor, or you're just an idiot. I've never been a dobe." Sasuke growled at him, and was visibly restraining himself from charging at Naruto. Let him come, Naruto thought. "Aww." He said, in a very mocking voice. "Is little Sasu-gay upset?"
It would appear that was the last straw. Sasuke charged at him with his fist cocked back. Naruto smirked as the punch was directed at his face. Very calmly, Naruto diverted the punch off track with a swift snap with the back of his hand, and over to the right. He followed up with a quick stabbing motion with his outstretched hand into Sasuke's throat. Sasuke stumbled back into Sakura who helped keep him steady as he tried to get a breath in. After a few moments of violent sputtering, he regained his ability to breathe. Seeing that her crush was alright, she almost charged at Naruto. The glare infused with killing intent from Anko stopped the pink haired fangirl dead in her tracks.
A few moments later, Sasuke charged at him again. Naruto drawing back a clenched fist, drove the offending appendage into the Uchiha's solar plexus this time, Sasuke had the breath knocked out of him as he flew back several feet and fell back in rather in a rather undignified manner. His face flushing in anger he leapt to his feet and charged again, as he did so Naruto apparently ignoring him turned to the purple haired Jounin still sitting at the Dango stand and asked Anko to grab him a stick of dango from the store twenty feet away from him. Knocking Sasuke back again, he began to taunt him as a small crowd gathered. "You're pathetic Sasuke, and I can't believe I ever considered you a rival.
All of that training with Kakashi obviously hasn't done you any good." The now completely enraged boy tried again and again to hit him, but he could never manage it. He was completely lost in his rage as Naruto began munching on some dango as they fought.
After finishing his dango, Naruto began to get bored. It would appear that the changes Kyuubi had made had made him much faster. And why was it that on the battlefield, Sasuke dropped his emotionless mask and gave in to his anger? In a fight was the one place you needed to be cool and collective the most! He really needed to thank Anko for those lessons. Taking a look at the now exhausted and thoroughly embarrassed Uchiha, he watched as he tried to get up again. The boy had tried so hard to hurt Naruto; he had exhausted all of his reserves. Motioning to Anko that he was done, they began to walk away. But before they got too far, Naruto shouted, "Bye-bye Sasu-gay."
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Chuckling as Anko led them into her apartment, Naruto began to look around. Everything was neither overly orderly nor chaotic, but a fine line between the two. Everything was of greater quality than in his apartment, he observed as he moved through it. But there was something puzzling him.
"Why are we here?" His answer came in a completely casual tone. "You're moving in with me. Welcome to your new home." That was a big shock. "You want me to move in with you?" Anko nodded at him. "Why not? The place you call a home is disgusting, although it's not your fault. And we're together now aren't we?"
The last part was said with a cute pouty voice, and a woman's ultimate technique. The puppy eyes no Jutsu. Naruto struggled to resist, but as all men did, he crumbled under the might of the puppy eyes Jutsu.
"Alright. But I'm going to pay for all of my stuff and half of the rent too." Anko nodded at him. "Of course you can. But that 'fight' with the Uchiha took longer than I would have liked. I mean, it's already late, and I want to go to bed." She grabbed his hand as he said that he'd take the couch. "Nonsense! The bed is big enough for both of us, and we've already slept together." Nodding at her statement, he allowed himself to be led into Anko's pitch-black room. After he asked why it was so dark, Anko said,
"I covered the windows in case I got back from a mission during the day and I wanted to sleep." After getting into her bed, they snuggled into each other, and drifted off.
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The week passed by with no real trouble. Anko had signed him up for the Chuunin exams, where he would be forced to team up with them. There was only three weeks before the exams began, and Naruto was going to be ready. Naruto had not seen either of his former teammates since he had beaten Sasuke into the ground, and Naruto was very content with that. Their schedule was broken by a Chuunin summoning them to the Hokage's office.
Once they had arrived, Sarutobi began to speak. "I'm sorry to interrupt your training, but there is a mission that requires your special services Anko-Chan." Taking the folder, the pair looked at the picture of a fat man dressed in expensive clothing. "That is Denzuru Haru, a Daimyo of rice country.
He has been overly taxing the people of the rice, and those people have requested that we take him out. I've called you Anko, because this is your specialty, and it wouldn't hurt for Naruto-kun to get some more field experience. According to our information, he has hired guards. There are ten in all. Some of them are Chuunin and perhaps even Jounin level.
This is a B or possibly A-rank mission." Anko went into mission mode, and said, "When do we leave?" After telling them to leave as soon as possible, Sarutobi let them leave.
Once they were outside, Anko turned to her apprentice. "We're going to grab supplies now. We'll need a few extra kunai, and some special pills just in case. While we're there, we'll grab a few ration bars for the journey." Proceeding to the store, they did just that. After getting supplies, Naruto checked his equipment. Kunai, shuriken, explosive tags, soldier pills, blood pills, all check. After making sure that So'unga was well wrapped and secure, they set out.
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The journey to rice was swift and silent, and four hours later, they came upon the daimyo's mansion. Compared to the villages they had seen on their way there it was gigantic. The poverty these people were experiencing reminded him of wave before Gatou had been eliminated. Inwardly chuckling at the parallels of him restoring two countries to their former prosperity, he focused on the mansion.
Two of the guards were at the gate, And the rest were in the house. They were most likely split between the mansions two floors.
Walking up to the gates, a quick Seneijashu silenced both of the guards. Their assumptions were proven correct as they encountered four guards on the first floor. Each was dispatched quickly as they were all Gennin level. Proceeding to the second floor, they saw the remaining four guards.
These were obviously more experienced if the scars and their way of moving were any indication. Anko signalled Naruto to take the two on the right, while she would take the left, which held a Jounin, if his chakra levels were correct.
After they had split apart, Naruto watched his opponents as he unsheathed So'unga. The younger one charged at him, and was quickly decapitated. The older one, who obviously had more experience, calmly unsheathed his own sword. Staring each other down, Naruto's enemy's patience ran out first, and he charged.
The first strike was blocked, before Naruto pushed his blade away. Giving the blade more control, Naruto entered a trance like state. Each strike was parried in an intricate dance of death. Before long, it was obvious that the other man was tiring.
His movements became slower, and when Naruto spotted an opening, he shoved his blade into the man's kidneys. The man was dead within a few moments.
Turning around, Naruto saw Anko standing over the bodies of her opponents with a small smile on her face. Adopting a smirk, Naruto said, "I know I'm amazing, you don't need to say it." Smirking in return, Anko replied, "I wasn't going to say it, but right now we've got a mission to finish." Nodding at her, they entered the daimyo's bedroom.
Looking at the fat piece of shit, which was now trembling on the floor, Naruto summoned fire snakes with the Seneijashu. A few minutes of agony later, the Daimyo was dead, and the assassins were on their way home.
Once they were a good distance away, they set up camp for the night. The next afternoon they were back at the village. Reporting the mission success to the Hokage, the pair began to train once more. Naruto had been a little shaken up by the killing, but a few comfort sessions with Anko cleared that up nicely.
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The month passed quickly, with no other distractions. Naruto was now a calm, collected man. He radiated an aura of confidence mixed with power.
He no longer wore weights, as he had made it to a thousand pounds. Their relationship was now out in the open, and those who found out about it were disgusted that the 'demon' had a girlfriend. The rest, (meaning the Hokage) were ecstatic about them. The now official couple simply brushed off the remarks, and carried on.
Finally, it was the morning of the Chuunin exams. Anko had told him about the true purpose of the exam that morning as they lay in bed. She said that it was against the rules to tell him, but she didn't really care. Arriving at the entrance of the building where the first exam was taking place, he passed by his teammates without a second glance.
Once they were on the second floor, he noticed a small crowd. Apparently they did not notice the Genjutsu on the sign. If they could not tell that then they really didn't deserve to be shinobi.
Walking past them he heard Sasuke's smug voice ring out. "Remove the Genjutsu over the door, and let us through." The idiot obviously didn't know anything about this test or the set of stairs located down the hall. He sighed as the Chuunin charged at Sasuke before both were stopped by a kid in a green leotard? He was so disgusted by the kid's outfit that he took no notice of the conversation and fight that followed.
After Sasuke had rejoined him, Naruto began to speak. "You really are an idiot you know that?" The boy had a look of anger and slight confusion on his face, so Naruto decided to explain. "This test was to get rid of the hopeless cases. If you didn't have to always be the center of attention, then we would have had fewer enemies to contend with. And they call me the dobe?" Shock and embarrassment were covered up by Sasuke's scowl, before they arrived at the waiting room.
Leaning up against the wall, Naruto began to scope out the competition. None of the teams were of any interest until he saw the sand team. A small redhead radiated killing intent and… demonic chakra? "Kyuubi do you recognize this guy's scent?" He took a big whiff and waited for the fox's answer.
"That is definitely the Ichibi, Shukaku." Naruto thought upon this most unusual development. "It would seem that this exam has just gotten more interesting." If the fox could have nodded it would have. "Yes it has. You'd better watch your back."
Their talk was interrupted by a white-haired boy with glasses coming over. He introduced himself as Kabuto, and began to talk about the exam and his Nin cards. Not really focusing on the requests of the other Gennin, Naruto focused in on this guys scent. He literally reeked of snake, and that was not a comforting thought. The information he had gathered, and the way he had failed the exam seven times made him suspicious in Naruto's book. He would take care to warn the Hokage about this boy.
"His almost one of Orochimaru's"
Thoughts about his warnings were interrupted as a sound Gennin tried to punch Kabuto for saying that their village was weak. At first glance it would seem that the punch missed, but Naruto's ears picked up the sound waves that came from the boy's arm. His suspicions were confirmed when Kabuto fell down on one knee.
"Showing off huh? His words were not suffient to typically get that response that means this is a set up then" were Naruto's thoughts as he processed the information available to him
"So this new village is associated with the snake Sannin..."
The door suddenly slammed open as a man in a leather coat similar to Naruto's own barged in and yelled at the sound Nins. After telling them to pick a number and sit where the number stated, he swept up to the front of the room. When they sat, Naruto noticed that he was behind both Sasuke and Sakura. Only listening with half an ear as Ibiki explained the rules.
They all started with ten points, each wrong question lost them a point, each time they were caught cheating, and two points were deducted. Anyone caught five times was thrown out, along with his or her teammates. The tenth question would be given out after forty-five minutes had passed.
Naruto just got the answers from Kyuubi before deciding that a nap was in order. When he woke up, he noticed that Ibiki was just about to give the tenth question. The man explained that if you took the question and failed, you would never be able to take the exam again. After that, hands began to rise, and before he knew it, only seventy-two people were left.
Looking forward as Sakura began to slowly raise her hand; he pulled out his spare kunai and flung it at her. It went straight towards the girl's hand, scratching it slightly and drove deep into the desk. Everyone spun around to look at him after Sakura let out a scream. As she looked back at him, a terrified look on her face, Naruto decided to speak in a very cold voice – releasing about a Jounin's worth of killing intent with it. Everyone save Gaara and the instructor shuddered, and some of the weaker Gennins passed out.
"I will not be failed because of your weakness Haruno." She flinched at his tone before she tried to explain in a pain filled voice. "I-I don't want you to kill me if you get stuck as a Gennin forever." Naruto's tone took on a scathing quality. "If you would use whatever is behind that gigantic fore-head of yours you would see. This man holds no power over the other villages. He cannot prevent anyone from taking the test again. You're supposed to be the brainiac, why did I have to spell it out for you?"
The now humiliated girl tried to stutter an excuse before Ibiki said that the test was still going on. After no one else quit, he said that they all passed.
Sakura, in another moment of stupidity, asked why they had passed. Naruto once again explained in a very scathing voice. "If you knew anything about being a Chuunin, you would know the answer." When she still didn't understand, further humiliating her, Naruto went on.
"Being a Chuunin means making life or death choices on a day to day basis. If you are unable to make these decisions, you cannot be a Chuunin." Ibiki nodded at his explanation, and explained it in further detail to those who still didn't understand.
After all had been explained, Naruto felt Anko coming closer. A few seconds later, she burst through the window and hung up her sign as she said, "There's no time to celebrate maggots! I'm Mitarashi Anko, the proctor for the second exam. Meet tomorrow at nine a.m. sharp at training ground 44!"
After the others had left, Naruto walked up and gave Anko a kiss. "You're entrance wasn't what I thought it would be." She looked shocked at this as Naruto explained. "Well, I mean there were no explosions or other like things, and you didn't even use any killing intent!
What happened to the weeks of planning you put into this?" Anko looked sheepish as she answered. "Well this was all I could come up with." Naruto raised his hands in exasperation. "Next time, let me do the planning for entrances and the like. I was a master prankster after all." After nodding her agreement, they began to kiss again.
A slight cough broke them apart, and they saw Ibiki standing there. After that, Anko introduced Naruto, and the torture and interrogation specialist to each other. Both watched each other for a second, taking in the similarities in dress before they smiled and shook hands. Turning towards Anko, he spoke.
"So you finally got yourself a boyfriend huh?" He raised his eyes suggestively before he was smacked upside his head.
Recovering from her little embarrassment, Anko replied, "Yes I have, and he's perfect." Ibiki raised his eyebrows in shock. Anko nodded at the unspoken question. "Yes he's perfect, and we understand each other. But right now, I need to prepare my speech for tomorrow. You left far too many of them, and I want to try and scare a few into quitting before the second exam." Ibiki chuckled at that, and both parties began to leave.
Naruto however, remembered something, and went over to Ibiki. Pulling him aside, he spoke. "Please alert the Hokage to a possible spy. That Kabuto guy is very suspicious, and he reeks of a certain snake." Ibiki nodded in shocked understanding before they parted ways.
The second exam was tomorrow, and Naruto couldn't wait. He'd show everyone how powerful he truly was, and how weak the other Gennin in this exam were…except for a certain red haired container
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A/N: Well guys here's the next chapter, I hope you guys like it, next up is the Chuunin exam forest of death, and I'm intending to make the plot quite different from the original manga. But if anyone has any suggestions for this story please let me know. It makes it much easier for me to update quickly.
Oh and I know I should say this more often but thanks to everyone who has reviewed this story and of course special tanks to my beta, keep up the good work!
