Gomen, Gomen-nasai I haven't updated this story nearly enough I think I've been slacking off with this so I'll put more effort into this, News I've got two new swords that I bought the first is a replica of the double blade used in Final fantasy advent children and the second is a massive o-dachi based on Sephiroth's sword from ff7

seventh chapter hmm so whats it like, not many people reviewed my last chapter or is it just my amazing writing abilities that have left you typeless (as in speechless but with a key board)

You know what I hate, generation fics it seems that all of them follow the standard pairings like naruhina, sasusaku shikatem or shikaino, nejiten I want to see something different unique if you find them let me know please

on another note thank you reviewers who sent in their favorite stories it was rather interesting

hmm I recently watched the full series of gundam seed and I can say how cool, too cool I live in Australia so I'm not going to be able to get the next gundam series for a bloody long time Damn You America, one day we will surpass you in anime and our force of Otaku will overrun you, one day I swear it

ahem anyway what else hmm I thank anyone who actually reviews the story instead of just putting me into a favorite, c2 or alert list your oppinions are welcomed even if you want to critizize and come after me with pitch forks

disclaimer- for rent

warnning- violent killings and possible 'adult themes' in this chapter but if you've read this far you know the drill

someone asked what everyone looked like and what Anko was wanting from Naruto last chapter so I'm putting in a description of the three main characters so be thankful and Anko was after his jacket

Naruto- thigh high leather boots with side straps the front of them is covered in small metal plates for defense, brown heavy leather pants with metal plates on the front for protection

a slightly tattered greenknee length jacket that clings to his top half due to multiple straps and belts that keep it in place, the belts and straps are there so they don't get in the way when he uses the bow (and anyone thats used a bow will know how annoying and short lived loose clothing becomes when firing a bow), one belt goes horizontally just above the waist line another parallel just on the dip in the ribcage over the pectoral muscle (chest muscle), under that belt on the right side a belt curves over the left shoulder the back being a sheath for his bow, on the right arm just above the elbow is a belt also on the left arm is three belts just under the armpit, below the elbow and on the wrist

his hair is in a loose pony tail a small amount falling in front of his ears he wears a forehead guard colored dark blue but with still present blood sploches

on his back he carries four throwing blades detailed in earlier chapters and a shoulder strap for his bow, on the small of his back just above the hip is a sheath of arrows circular in design he carries 4 kunai and eight shuriken

Shino- he wears a battle kimono much the same design as the Hyuuga or what Kimmimaro wears except full length, the length and height of the colar means most of his face is still obscured, and still wears sunglasses, he wears dark pants and ninja foot pads as well as a fishnet shirt, his sword on the right hip and drawn with the left hand

Ino- full length leather and metal sleeves and leggings as well as a corset made of dull steel ninja, equpment on the right thigh and ninja pouch on left hip she wears the konoha headband around her neck

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Naruto looked at the chunin standing infront of the gate to the forest of death, the guard turned around after unlocking the gate after a few minutes of scanning his watch he swung the gate open and the three gennin spirnted off into the forest and not looking back.

With her hands by her sides hanging loosly Ino decide to speak first "Whats our plan" twisting her head right to look at Naruto

Naruto jumped upwards onto a branch and leaping before answering "We don't have to think much, We move until we catch a team, pick who want and have our fun till they beg for death" Ino grinned and Shino smirked under his battle kimono both speeding past Naruto to take point

Shino slowed slightly going back to almost level with Naruto before voicing his thoughts "your expression, its as if there is someone specifically you are out to find" Shino's voice was level the whole time not looking directly at Naruto

"there is" pausing to grin ferally eyes glinting in the shade provided by the canopy "that grass nin with the long hair, the way he moves is exactly like Orochimaru and I couldn't get a clear signiture on him or his team

bringing a hant to his neck he begun to trace the cursed seal with a single finger as it pulsed in time with his heart beat "and whenever I looked at him I could feel this power reacting, drawing me to him"

they lapsed back into silence the steady dull thump, thump, thump as the each landed on new branchs until Naruto caught sight of a team of gennin wearing hidden falls headbands, not bothering to draw a weapon he sped past Ino and moved right next to a teenage boy wearing a red jacket and brown pants

twisting Naruto gripped the man by the face and flung him staight at Ino who caught him by the neck and leapt off the branch, the nameless falls nin too surprised to act, which led to him breaking his neck as Ino used him to cushion her landing

the sickening crunch resounded and reverbarated thoughout the quiet forest the other two falls ninja appeared shacken and visably ill from just having teammate killed so calously

"Wha what do you want." the leader of the group stuttered out almost to the point of pissing himself.

"Fu fu fu fu, I want the same as any bakemono -monster- would want, I want to brutally kill othersand bathe in their blood." Naruto's eyes spun a gleam of Insanity playing just behind the sharingan.

Not waiting to continue any pointless discussion or listen to their pleas Naruto moved right and kicked a pale boy with a goatee in a short sleeved hoodie at Shino before pouncing at the last boy.

The boy in question put his hands infront of him in a warding gesture, to no avail Naruto broke each finger placed in front ofd him then started choking the life out of the hapless child the face turning red before he slumped dead away.

looking over to Shino after he made sure the boy was good and dead he saw what Shino had done to his, he was killed with a simple disecting slice, severing him in two from the waist.

the psychotic boy glanced lazily over to Ino who had jumped back to their position still holding her corpse "my toy broke." her statement emphasised by shaking the limp bleeding body.

"they were just appitizers Ino-chan the next should be a succulent main course, but." sitting on the corpse of the poor boy he killed and going through the cadavers backpack and withdrawing his provissions.

"first we eat, drink and be mary fu fu fu." the cold laugh strangly contagious as they all sat around eating the food of the recently dead, each relaxing but anxious for the next encounter.

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As the three gennin were packing up their macarbe camp another group was watching them from a nearby tree line their fixed gaze only broken periodicly to check their surondings "disguisting." the first said appearing more appaled then actually sickened by the display.

"Don't get ahead of yourself Yoko-chan." the third figure in the shadows whispered in a voice that sounded both femanine and masucline "I'm fine you idiot, and I don't need you reminding me." the first voice now clearly femine spoke again.

"he's moving lets trail him, but wait until later to attack got that." the first voice only waited long enough to hear his teammates agree before tailing team Naruto.

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The team of three moved about the forest scouring resources for camp but none of them leaving sight of each other the day had been long and tiring for them as they set up for the night each on guard, Naruto twitched occasionly the need for something to read, watch and absorb its entirity coupled with the subdued bloodlust he felt left him uneasy which made the other two follow his sentiments slightly.

"Naruto somethings been worrying me." Ino said voice low and her eyes not meeting his gaze, looking at the blonde girl he stared at her waiting for her to continue "Its just that you never talk about your past or family or what happened in your gennin exam" her voice shook as she continued along with the rest of her lithe frame

silent for a minute Naruto answered simply "I killed them." Ino and Shino faced him slightly puzzled so he elaborated "when I was young I was told that I was the cause of both my parents deaths, I never knew them or even told what they were like just that I became spoiled soon after I was born, that I became a demon, a monster fueled by hate then at the accadamy exam two years ago I killed everyone, students, teachers everyone I drenched the walls with their blood because of how they treated me."

pausing for a breath he let it sink in before continuing "I took one of the forehead guards from the teacher and left, there really isn't much else and not worthwhile remembering." Shino and Ino stared at Naruto slightly shocked but with a level of respect, it would take alot of confidence in them for Naruto to trust them with such a secret

Shino watched slightly as Naruto rumaged through his bag and looked over a set of papers he had pocketed from the hidden falls ninja, unsure how he'd react he voiced his question wearilyhis eyes followed Ino who had started to partol the area "Those papers... what are they for"

"Hmm nothing really, well nothing at the moment anyway" putting the paper back he thought for a moment before lying down to sleep ignoring the dull throb at the back of his eyelids "I'll tell you later Shino-kun"

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Naruto, Shino and Ino trekked through the trees with a steady thump thump as they landed on the branch and leapt off hours had past after they had broken campand none of them had encountered another team, something was amiss but Naruto for the life of him couldn't put his finger on it slightly on edge Naruto countinued taking place slightly behind his other two teammates

abruptly he felt a leg impact with his side the damage was minimal but he was falling out of the air a boy in a full length purple body suit folling him as he flipped mid-air and landed on another branch a good 15 feet below where he started, the boy landed a few feet away from him a cloth mask hiding his face but Naruto could see a glare present

he briefly noted that two others of the mans team were dressed the same as him in those jumpsuits with their faces covered and were busy engaging Shino and Ino with tactics that were moving them away from him,'divide and conquer' letting out a snort of contempt he dropped into a stance

the boy had risen from a crouch where he landed and drew a kunai in a reverse grip, the looked better made then most a wave like pattern along the edge, the man wasn't looking him in the eyes but rather just below "For what reason do you live for, who is so precious to you that you would corupt your body so." the boy spoke voice soft

"he he,... ...ha ha, who..., who do I live for, what worthless talk." shaking slightly Naruto looked at him sharingan glaring "Utsuro Shimo. -hollow frost-" Hundreds of sharp needles made of ice shot out of the sharingan towards the position where the masked boy had just been moments before shattering along the tree trunk and melting

the masked boy leapt to the left before moving around Naruto and launching three shuriken then with nimble hands he ran through seals almost too fast for Naruto to follow "Kage Shuriken no jutsu. -shadow shuriken technique-" the shuriken multiplied multipled until there were dozens coming at him.

stepping back Naruto dropped off the branch and fell five feet and landed on a lower branch of the same tree 'Damn him what was that he meant and why did it piss me off so much' trying not to dwell on what the effiminate boy said he moved to another branch further back to think of a statergy

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Shino blocked a kunai strike to the temple with his blade and forced the offending arm back kicking forward as he did so the person he was fighting move away swiftly sheathing his kunai and running through seals the masked girl Shino was fighting called out "Katon: Housenka no Jutsu -fire element mythical fire flower technique-" and three basket ball sized fireballs launched out from the girl .

Abandoning his branch Shino leapt higher and ran through his own seals which were missed by the girl, replaced himself with a bug clone and moved behind the girl hoping to catch her off guard he drew his blade and only managed to nick her on the stomach the shallow wound bearly drawing blood "You'll have to do better then that scum" the girl called tossing a shuriken and moving further away.

Shino blocked the shuriken with ease and charged forward attempting to go for a stab to the girls chest surprised that the girl didn't block the sword cut cleanly through the ribs before she dissapeared with a puff of smoke 'Kage bunshin when did she have time to do that' Shino thought turning in time to duck under a stab to his head from a kunai and get kicked when he dodged.

Rolling as he landed Shino got up from the branch he was kicked to and dodged four fire flowers that streaked towards him 'her tactics remind me of Naruto somewhat except that Naruto is much better and more violent' steeling himself Shino sheathed his blade and drew three kunai with his left hand and four shuriken with the right, letting go of two of the shuriken that wizzed towards the girl.

The girl dodged to the left and shino threw one of the kunai a bearly visable wire attached the girl dodged again this time to the right, Shino let loose the two weapons in each hand one of the kunai rebounding off a shuriken and spinning behind the tree the other two lancing upwards and downwards, The girl tried to dodge the wires that were surounding her only to be caught by a look alike of Shino that quickly disolved into bugs and constricted her movement greatly.

Taking the oppertunity when he saw it Shino said something as he ran through eight seals ending in the tiger seal "Naruto taught me that all power has its sacrifice, a small portion of easily renewable bugs is a easy price to get rid off those after Naruto-sama" breathing deep Shino leaned back and called out in a loud booming voice "Katon: Ryuuka no Jutsu -Flame Type: Dragon Fire Technique-"

A large dragon made entirly out of flame sped out of Shino's mouth at a frightning speed straight towards the struggling woman whose eyes widened in fear at the oncoming fire blast.

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Ino dropped into a crouch and sprung forward ignoring the shuriken impacting and rebounding off her arms, her left arm moved forward swiftly and conected with the chest of larger boy and he let out a grunt of pain as he shifted his footing, catching the extended arm he shoulder tossed Ino and moved away slightly to catch his breath as they had been fighting for a good ten minutes trading blows, his left eye had swolen shut and he limped slightly as he was pretty sure the blonde girl had broken his toes

'whats going on, the intel told us that Yamanaka's specialized in ninjutsu but she seems more taijutsu, and what the hells with her moaning every time I hit her its like she's, no that would be silly especially for a girl her age' the masked boy avoided a right hook and lashed out with a kunai the girl effectivly blocking the strike with her forearm, Moving forward again Ino got below the boy's guard and caught the front of his clothes and gave him a vicious headbutt to the nose

flinging him back Ino smirked and watched him speak "you're fun to play with, But I think its time to step it up a notch" the boy raised himself and nodded cracking the broken nose back into place with his thumb as he did so " know that you choose an excrutinising death over a painless one" the boy reached behind his back and produced a small scroll black in colour.

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Naruto stepped back again attemping to make room to set up a trap, he had managed to buy some time with a minor diversion but he lacked both time to plan it out and a way to lure his target in, placing several small grenades under some folage near a branch he traced wires around several trunks.

His mind was on edge never before had he encountered someone like that boy and he found himself unnerved by what he said 'What does he mean by who is precious to me, I don't have need for such things even when I was being trained I never found anyone but myself important.' Scowling in anger Naruto moved away slightly and drew his bow confident that he had set everything up.

Drawing back a broad head arrow Naruto took aim watching until the masked boy turned away he unleashed string the usual 'twang' of the bow silenced by plastic mufflers along the string, the arrow sailed qilently towards the unsuspecting gennin who much to Naruto's ire moved to the left and evaded the arrow almost instantly.

'What. How, It matters not how he dodged I will rend his flesh and break his bones' calming himself down Naruto took several deep breaths 'he hasn't noticed me yet, I need something to draw him out, but theres no one around but me, wait a minute thats it I can use myself as the bait the bastard won't expect that and if I didn't know better I would say all their actions thus far are based off mission report and personality profiles'

creating a bunshin he started using his sharingan to change the bunshin and make it more realistic the use of chakra noticable to his opponent, Naruto tore off forward as his clone set up a sniper position 'pure genius the fool won't expect the role reversal even if the arrows he fires are fake mine arn't'

circling around the nameless target Naruto loaded another two arrows each with a wire conecting from the head of the arrow and let them fly towards their target at the same time his clone let off an arrow to distract the boy

the boy dodged to the side but tripped as the wire took his legs from under him, turning the boy went through a set of seals just as a third arrow shot towards him

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Ino looked at the scroll that the boy had taken out and watched as he bit his thumb and summoned what looked to be a knife, the knife a single edged tanto coloured an oily black was grasped firmly in the masked boys hands, black vaines began to sprout and throb covering most of the arm and moving up past his neck

"ThIs wIlL BE yoUR DEmise SCUM" Ino's eyes widened as the boy spoke his voice changing in pitch and tone 'what did that blade do, is it some kind of monster' she watched horified slightly as the boys body buffed muscles growing and expanding at a phenominal rate

'I have to attack before he gets any stronger' Ino thought rushing at the masked boy and dodged the knife which glowed an vibrated as it moved through the air, she kicked at his left shin and then pushed with her shoulder elicting a howl of pain from the boy as he tripped and fell from his branch and landed solidly onto the hard ground

the boy dragged himself up and glared at the girl before letting out a bellowing warcry his eyes had gained an unfocused distant look, Ino jumped up and away as the black vained behemoth crashed past the branch and through the trunk howling as he soared before landing and turning to 'face' Ino with by now milky white eyes

'what is he, can I really hope to beat this abomonation' looking at the cloth covering the boys mouth she noticed large red splochesas he heaved in and out heavily 'that knife whatever it is must be damaging him so if I can only hold out he should eventually collapse' with her determination renewed Ino took a relaxed position and smiled at the attacker

"heh you have no chance to to beat me, weakling" the insult was enough to make the boy charge, the speed he moved at surprised Ino slightly as she moved to duck under the knife, as the blade sailed above her she caught sight of his other hand formed Into a fist and rolled away bearly moving in time

"I'LL KIll yoU, kiLL YOu dEAd" the masked boy charged again in a blind rage his body becoming further empowered the longer he fought, unluckily for Ino she caught a solid kick to the stomach and launched into a tree and broke past it hitting another before she slumped and fell to the hard dirt ground

Moaning in pain Ino attempted to get but failed miserably as her limbs gave under her and flailed uselessly 'its like all my chakra has been drained from that one hit, what is he no weapon could do that' Ino manage to roll herself over as she watched morbidly the masked terror decend from the branch and stalk towards her "KU KU KU, Gah... HAH... HAH... WAS FUN, BUT NOW... YOU DIE" the boys voice had changed fully taking on a malevolent gasping tone darker then even Naruto's, the voice made her shiver in fear of an approaching death 'Naruto-sama even with your help I wasn't strong enough to be of use, I'm sorry'

just as Ino was resigning herself to fate and had begun to close her eyes a green blur shot of the trees and with a deafening scream called out a signiture move "KONOHA SENPUU"

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Shino watched with no small amount of satisfaction as the kunoichi burned and writhed in the flames she had been annoying to fight and he very much detested her for wanting to kill the one who gave him purpose, looking around he just noticed that he was all alone as he couldn't feel the presence of Naruto or Ino anywhere 'I will have to search for them, I believe Ino is this way' turning Shino leapt off in search of his wayward teammates not bothering to search the smoldering corpse he left behind

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Naruto stabbed forward then slashed in a low arc forcing the effeminate boy back slightly, he had been forced into close combat after his failed long range attack but had managed to damage the boy as his arm hung loosly at his side, Naruto was currently weilding two of his throwing blades and was on even terms in the fight.

"Why must you fight, is it so you may achieve something of worth" the masked boy asked as they locked blades "my dream, my truest dream is to be powerful, until then I do not know what I will achieve but I am sure it will be great and ever wonderful" breaking through the boy's guard Naruto shulder charged him moving him back further.

"Then if you do not know what you will do why do you bring such pain and melancholy to those around you" pausing in his movement Naruto held his held low 'why, why is it I bring such suffering, why must I seek satisfaction from the misfortune of others' (Because you are a demon and as a demon all you achieve is Hate, Hate for others and others to Hate you) Naruto shuddered and clutched the side of his head that voice in his mind was back it had been months since he heard it last 'I, I don't care about a useless voice you're not even real'

"I know not the reason or why I should care either way, those around me mean little to nothing" raising his head Naruto brought his blades to bear and cut forward again intent on harm, the boy blocked expertly with his single kunai and catching Naruto with a spinning kick that knocked Naruto away.

"Then what of your teammates who so readily defends you and sees in you what others fail to notice" this coment made Naruto stop for a moment "heh until I can stand by my own I need others to lend me strength and in turn I show them growth, strength and the flow of change no longer stagnent in their own decadance" sharingan wirling quickly Naruto moved "I have adapted to your every movement and your future spells only death"

attacking swiftly Naruto went under the boy's guard and first stabbed into the thigh, second blade moving into the shoulder before dancing behind him and drawing a third blade and raising it into a head slicing motion "but know that you have awakened in me something I had yet to feel... and I will remember you for it" finishing the movement Naruto took the head clean off and spun sheathing the blade in the same motion.

'I will have to find both my team and make sure they are all right' taking the blades from the body he allowed the headless boy to decend before leaping off.

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Omake

Shi walked down the hallway of the deserted medical area it was after closing hours and she had managed to get inside as a medical personal.

She replayed the order Naruto gave her days before 'I need you to do something for me while the chunin exams are in their second stage,' the memory of Naruto paused for a second as Shi slinked into a room and crouched low.

'because tension is high due to the exam most of Konoha's ninja are either going to be shifted to diferent guard areas and moved away from inside partroling, due to this I need you to get for me some medical files that may be useful to me' Shi nodded mentally as she opened a draw containing reports and files of different practices, Shi stuffed them into her coat but took one last look at the draw seeing a small manual that was at the bottom titled Kinjutsu training and underneath the first text Combat drugs.

Taking the manual and pocketing it Shi made her wayout of the facility unwatched and with a small smile on her face 'these will surely help Naruto-sama' her long silky black hair obscured her face slightly hiding the insane gleam in her dilated eyes.

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end chapter-

phew, finished thought you all lost me hmm what did you think of it review me even if it is only to reassure me how great I am (I'm too perfect to contain hubris)

also tell me what grammer errors I make, without your imput I'll never get better

I apologize again for the late update stuff happens and my next chapter will most likely be just as long as this was so be patient, It (the chapter) also didn't turn out how I wanted I always hated the forest of death episodes as they were so annoying as the script simply underpowered Naruto and Sasuke the whole time to make it both take longer and be somehow dramatic, same with the cannon fight with Kiba

omake stuff-

so who figured I'd make Shi a nurse, who remembers Shi at all, more to do with her and other characters in the next three chapters

Weapon info

Arrows- arrows are made up primarily of three focuses the first and most important (1) the shaft- the shaft is most often made of wood some nearly four feet in length they form the basis for arrows.

Second (2) is the head, heads are made in many different forms and styles but the most promenent and important part of the head is weight as weight can make either the tip too light or heavy throwing off aim.

Third (3) is fletching- fletching is the feather at the but of the arrow, it used to control flight and let the arrow rotate when fired much like a modern gun, this makes sure the arrow stays on course and also meanthe the arrow can travel longer and with more force.

Despite what many may think having a larger weapon or bigger muscles does not mean more damage the reason is this, if you have 60 pounds of force traveling at the speed of sound the force behind the impact increases or multiplies by metres per second (M/second) thus creating instead of 60 pounds of push it creates 20,100 pounds of force (60 x 335m/second 20,100).

Also in addition to that is the dispertion rate of the force gathered if you have that 60 pounds transfered over a large surface area the damage inflicted decreases but on the other hand if you have a weapon such as a kunai or arrow that 60 pounds is dispersersed over a smaller surface area causing more damage, what that means is that unless you can make up for lost speed with more force or a different way of causing damage (Kisame's Samheeda for example) you will be at a disadvantage that will both tire you more quickly and limit the action you can take with such a weapon.

Spears- Most overlook the importance of the spear, the spear was an all purpose weapon that could be fashioned out of almost anything and easily fixable and replacable, the spears first advantage over the sword is its simple design, it could be modified in both shaft length and blade type, It had reach and could effectivly been thown long distances, many types of spears were created to hone and develop martial arts while also giving the weilder an advantage over the sword.

The spear was commonly used by lower class pesants and milita mostly conscripted in their service, a spear could be used in tight formation and was extremly effective against mounted cavalry.

Shuriken- they were originally designed as ornaments or jewelery, much like most japanese weapons came about from farming tools, the typical shuriken was two or three points as they caused the most damage, anything else meant they wouldn't penetrate deep enough, shuriken were often laced with poison for kidnappings and assassinations

A two point shuriken looks exactly like a dart 4-5 inches long, thick and rectangluar they could be thrown with enough force to bury them up to the full length into wood, as the more points were added the less effective they become to causing damage what you see in things like Naruto is a poor mocory of the real weapon for its effectivness it could be classified a toy

Kunai- the kunai is pretty much just a wide blade throwing knife, the heavy head would allow it to travel smoothly and cause deep wounds much like a broad head arrow, in the anime you see many of the ninja use them in close range combat in a reverse grip which anyone whos had any practice or field experience with a knife will tell you that grip is utterly useless, much of the momentum and cutting power is lost along with most of the wrist power to cause cuts.

The forwards grip means that you not only have it in a perfect position to throw (the weapons intended use) but it also allows you to flick you wrist as you strike causing deeper and more severe wounds, it is also the best grip for stabbing someone as the best way to get the most control and power is to start low and stab high as humans are naturally more resistant to downward stabs while an upward stab is both harder to block and more likely to be fatal when it connects.

Armor-

Armor is quite important because no matter how skilled or cool your ninjutsu is sometimes an attack will get through and the human body while amazing at times is quite easily damaged, I have noticed what I see as possible armor being worn by several people throughout the series

netting- the netting in naruto while looking like normal cloth or fishnet seems too flimsy to be worn by Ninja so my conclusion is that it is made from a flexible metal to deflect or minimize damage from cuts and slashes

kiba's armor- during the fight with sakon and Ukon kiba takes off his jacket and shows what looks to be a heavy plate vest

Anbu armor- the Anbu of the leaf are dressed in harded leather and steel armguards, their mask is thick enough to withstand kunai or shuriken

chakra- its hinted in the cannon that chakra can be used to dampen the impact of lesser blows which explains how Sasuke can survive being pounded with a half tonne kick from Lee

shields- even though a shield is of yet unseen in Naruto it would not be unheard of or unthinkable for a Ninja to use such equipment to complement their style

Stats-

I've developed a stat system that can explain the strengths and weaknesses of the characters without using words like upper chunin, lower jounin and so on because frankly noone could be described like that

what I've made is point based for example a civilan labourer someone who is fairly average and has no real training or education beyond thair choice of field (most likely constuction) will have a maximum of three to show their ineptidude at such things but because they would most likely be in good health they would have six or seven in strength and stamina

eg. strength 6-7 stamina 6-7 dexterity 4-5 (this conveys their physical but untrained nature)
inteligence 4-5 wits 4-5 perception 4-5
manipulation 2-3 appearance 2-3 charisma 2-3

now a accadamy trainee would likely be around a higher level

eg. strength 9-10 stamina 9-10 dexterity 9-10
inteligence 7-14 wits 7-14 perception 10-14 (ninja phyche is geared towards noticing stuff and each persons mind differers greatly)
manipulation 6-8 appearance 2-12 charisma 2-12 (ninja focus on using others and some worry more about their appearence then others)
Chakra 2-12 control 1-10 skill 1-10 (chakra shows how much they have, control how much chakra is used andskill is how well they are at using a particular skill)

element is the next part, someone may innitially have a greater skill level in a particular element but others can surpass it with practise and determination sasuke or any Uchiha for example have a great affinity for fire but after a while Sasuke learns Chidori a lightning based attack and later is able to make lightning course through his body

advanced bloodlines are created by focusing one or two elements and developing them through generations, wood from earth and water, metal from fire and earth, byukugan most likely from wind or water (as Hinata displayed impressive skill in water jutsu) and sharingan from fire (but it is also hinted that the Uchiha blood is inherintly cursed meaning that it may require something else as well)

A gennin from no noteworthy family will have an average skill of 1-10 in each element which can most likely be displayed through their emotions, an active personality wind, aggressive or serious fire, calm and direct stone, calm, soft spoken, sneaky or kind water, or quick witted and evasive lightning

50 would be around average for chunin and jounin slightly higher, age also determines how skillful someone is not just raw talent like a genius

Naruto strength 17 stamina 25 dexterity 30 while Naruto have naturally a great stamina he also fails to increase it and prefers not to get hit
inteligence 20 wits 18 perception 22(38) the increase in perception is due to the sharingan
manipulation 15 appearance 13 charisma 30 while naruto is cold and cruel he is also someone you 'have' to notice, while manipulative he is direct in his manipulations letting people know he is manipulating them

chakra 28 control 35 skill 25 naruto hates and detests the idea of losing control of himself so he trains regularly in that regard

another note is that Naruto has very little in the ways of realism not simply in the terms of magic and demons but also people like Lee, if anyone and I mean anyone were to put on his weights no matter how much hardcore training you'd done you would get a hernia before you moved an inch so if you feel any of what I've said is wrong in any way review and give me your opinion

more on elements-

using some info from japanese legends as well as Naruto fan sources I've created a list of likely bloodlines from each of the five elements

Fire, Wind, Earth, Water, Lightning

Fire + Water steam (fast, powerful but requiring massive amounts of chakra to both control and keep active)
Fire + earth metal (in legend and practise metal was formed from heating the earth with gods flames)
Fire + wind Siririco (a type of tornado that with the increase of heated air creates fast moving flaming winds)
Fire + lightning arc fire (lightning seeks out the closest conducter jumping from one source to another speading out and dispersing, fire on the other hand burns in a circular way consuming fuel and gaining life the more it burns)
Fire combustion or sharingan ( by itself fire is almost unstopable once started and things like water despite being the opposing element do little extinguish fires, sharingan and fire go respectfully together seeing as the Uchiha were famed for their abilty to produce flame)

Wind + Earth dust or sand (sand in legend was created from the struggle between the sky and ground, dust, grit and sand are most likely created from Wind and Earth)
Wind + Water Ice (Haku's bloodline was the unification of Water and wind, the water being cooled down by the wind and kept afloat at the same time, it also explains why Haku was able to channel water with one handed seals)
Wind + lightning thunder storms (large area electrical discharges coupled with wind to propel and deflect obects)

I haven't really figured out or have much conclusive proof so far for the bloodlines but I will most likely figure more out for next chapter