Naruto's POV

The exam had started. Naruto could see people littered around the room panicking.

'Ha what are they panicking about this exam is a fake. You can tell for one he wants you to cheat also we all know the question don't need to be answered.' Naruto groaned mentally and banged her head on the table.

Ha kit you know you are the only one that knows that and the way you keep acting people are going to think you are struggling. Kumara let out a low laugh.

'Well they should know. I am bored what can I play with?' She wined and hit her head again.

I don't know play with Ibiki or something. Kurama rested his head in his crossed arms. Closing his eyes showing he didn't want disturbed.

'Fine' Naruto sighed. Naruto blew out some air fusing her chakra into the air. This caused a gust of wind sending all the test papers flying.

Nobody's POV

"Ok everyone stay in your seats the testers will put the papers back on your desk." Ibiki's strong voice rang throughout the hall.

Naruto used the chance to swap places with a shadow clone. She changed her self to look like an instructor. Slipping out from under the table she looked like she had been there the whole time.

"Just who do you think I am? I did spy with you for a year and you think that I wouldn't be able to gather information for an exam paper!?" Naruto whispered into the bald mans ear sarcasm ringing in her voice.

"Ha so you still have it in you little fox. Still as sly as ever." He turned around to face the tall brow haired male with a female voice.

The male slipped into the swirly chair legs crossed on top of the table. He smirked the only tell-tale sign that it was Naruto was the pair of icy blue eyes looking up at him.

"You look like you own the place also this exam wasn't designed for people like you." He leaned over the table knocking Naruto's legs off.

"Ha are you trying to make this exam more interesting cause I would be happy to oblige, torturer." The male Naruto stood up sending the chair off to hit the wall with a bang. Once everyone was watching them the brown-haired Naruto grabbed Ibiki's jacket.

Suddenly there was a bubbly laugh from across the room. The shadow clone Naruto laughed loud banging her hand off the table. "Ha Ibiki-sensei was caught sleeping with someone again. Aww I kid but," her voice turned icy,"watch who you piss off."

Ibiki let loose a small smile. " I like this torture fox. You don't know who your fighting because you confuse their senses. Now if only you hadn't made it so obvious who you were." His whisper only reached the brown-haired Naruto's ears.

"Aww but that is the point I am playing with you in a different way." Naruto let go her face forming a somewhat innocent look. "Now you know there are two of me to play with. Which just makes your part more interesting in my game."

"Well lets see this game fox." He stepped closer accepting her challenge. Then there was a loud bang from across the room.

As an instructor called out a team and asked them to leave an ANBU appeared in the testing room.

Naruto's POV

The ANBU skimmed her eyes across the class room and when they landed on the real Naruto she knelt, handed over a letter and disappeared.

Ibiki raised an eyebrow at her/him in question, Naruto just waved him off and read the letter.

Kit sorry for doing this in the middle of the exam but I am sure you are bored anyway so please find a way to sneak out and not make it obvious to the other students that you are gone. I have given your ANBU team a mission to assassinate someone outside the village. I would have sent another team but we are a bit backed up just now. So please meet your team at the village gates, oh and if all goes as planed you will be back by tonight. I will inform Kakashi and sorry again for the suddenness.
Love Hokage xxx

Naruto sighed. "Guess we will have to leave our little game until later Ibiki, turns out I have another mission."

Ain't this just what you wanted Kit. It will relieve your boredom. Kumara raised the fur where his eyebrow would be.

'Yeah you are right Kumara let's go kill this bored mood.' Naruto's mind self pumped a fist in the air. "I suppose I don't need to tell you my answer to the last question. So do me a favour watch for my group because I really don't want to be knocked out the exams this early."

"Sorry can't promise anything fox, I will examine the rest of the group like any other one but if everything goes well with them you pass now get out of my sight." Ibiki smiled at him/her. Then out of habit and respect she knelt on one knee head bowed, the normal ANBU position, and then disappeared.


She ran towards the gate. Her pigtail slapped against the thin cloth on her back causing a small sting she was used to. The closer she got the easier it became to make out the three black clothed figures watching her approach them. Each of their coats blew up and down with the breeze causing the horizon to light up with red, green and yellow.

A small smile crossed under Naruto's mask as she could see the normal antics happening within her team. To anyone who hadn't known the group they would have just thought they were standing waiting but to Naruto she could see the silent war going on between the one in red and the one in yellow. She could also feel the death glares the one in green was sending them.

"Hey guys. Long time no see." Naruto raised her voice using the same emotionless tone she was used to. She was happy that for at least the rest of the day she wouldn't need to act like some stupid teenage girl.

"Kumara I expect you know the brief of the mission now if only Flame and Soul would stop bickering." The man in green sent the pair another death glare.

"Hey for once Light, Soul caused it." The man in red wined in a defensive tone. Naruto watched as each bright flame got into an argument with the other. Naruto was happy to be back with people she knew well and didn't expect her to be happy all the time.

"Ok you asses let's get to work and no I haven't been briefed on the mission because I didn't get a chance to meet with the Hokage so would someone like to explain while we head there." She turned and started to head out the village even though she had no clue where the mission was. After a few seconds she could hear the patter of the others following her. She knew that if anyone walked by the village gates now they would see a row of a strangely coloured flames merging from blue to green to yellow and then finally red.

"Yeah why weren't you at the meeting with the Hokage Kumara? How did you even find out about the mission if you haven't seen the Hokage for that matter." Soul asked leaning forward to look at the fox masked girl.

"He sent me a message telling me to meet you three at the village gates. Also I wasn't at the meeting because I am on a full-time mission, under cover." Naruto stretched it felt good to only have her coat covering her arm instead of warm bandages or a stuffy training jacket.

"Ok. So today we are to assassinate a guy from the bingo book called Hanji. He is a s-class criminal so be careful when you encounter him. We will be traveling to the border of the land of fire. He specialises in lightning techniques so watch out." Light explained with his pressing information tone he loved to use.

"Yosh. Now who's turn is it to do the actual killing this time or are we going for a team effort?" Flame's body radiated with excitement.

"No I am sure one of us in enough to take this guy out. However he has been reported to have been see with a group of bandits so one will kill Hanji and the others will take out the bandits." Light answered.

"Well who is killing this Hanji dude then?" Soul was also raring to go as he walked in a-tiptoe fashion he did when excited about a kill.

"I think it is my turn to kill the target this time. Plus I haven't had a chance for a mission like this in a while so I would love the chance to do it." Naruto's tone was demanding. She held a laugh when she heard the rest of the group groan.

"What was the next excuse in line there Kumara? Ladies first?" Flame laughed and Soul joined in. But it stopped suddenly when a Kunai went flying passed their masked faces. "Ok shutting up now."

"Hn. Kumara you seem very patient today usually you would have tried to slit their throats by now or something like that." The green flamed man snorted. He looked down to see if there was any visible reaction from the blond but when there was none he went back to looking ahead.

"Believe me they two are less annoying and childish than what I have had to put up with the past few months this is a well wanted brake." Naruto looked up at the taller man his green eyes studied her looking for any sign of what had gone on lately, but gave up after a second of realising this was Kumara he was trying to get a reaction out of.

"Hey!" The other two shouted. Naruto could feel the sets of yellow and red eyes on her. She smiled a small smile. She loved the fact that as soon as they were out of sight of the village they would loosen up, instead of being silent they would shout at each other with or without their mask on.

"Kumara, Soul, Light? Have you ever thought we were a bit distinctive? Most people have heard of us because we are the best ANBU assassin team any village has produced, apparently. Also each of our coats have flames that match our eyes, which are also odd coloured. If that wasn't enough Kumara is the only one in the village with a fox mask." Flame pondered on the thought, mostly he was just thinking aloud.

Naruto bust out laughing. They all looked at her shocked at the pleasuring sound coming from the usually silent deadly blond. "Oh my I never realised how much I would miss you guys and the oddly stupidly serious talks we got into." She slipped a hand under her mask to wipe away a happy tear that was trailing down her cheek. "And who cares if we are distinctive if we do our job right there will be no one to tell the tale of the 'best assassin group of the leaf' we are just a myth to everyone that isn't our target so to be honest we shouldn't care how flashy we are. Just never show your face and were all good." Naruto turned round to look at her team who still stared at her in shock. Fondness flashed through her eyes for a brief second. The rest of the trip consisted of a comfortable silence.

Nobody's POV

When they reached the hideout they could see four guards posted outside the small building.

"This is defiantly the right place. There are nine others inside plus the target. Ok the plan is we will take out a guard each at the same time then Kumara will find the target and take him out while we take out the others. Any questions?" Light explained the strategy and when they all nodded in agreement the plan was set in motion.

The guards out front were killed within the next few seconds, not even a sound managed to escape as their necks were broken. The killer team moved within the building splitting into two groups. Light and Soul went in the opposite direction from Flame and Kumara. Kumara stopped and closed her eyes, she stood still for a minute focusing in on their targets chakra. Light was better at these things but the rest of the group could do it if needed. When she found him she could sense three other people in the same direction of him.

Kumara turned to Flame and signalled that they were heading in the right direction. He nodded showing her he understood.

As they came across the other three Kumara had sensed they split off and she kept going towards the target. With her sensitive hearing she could hear the small sounds of a fight but she knew to anyone else there was no sound in the building.

When she spotted the target she hid in the rafters watching for a few seconds. Then when she saw an opportunity Kumara jumped down landing silently behind him. "Hanji say bye to this cruel world because the fox has found you." She whispered in his ear.

The middle-sized man turned around in shock just as Kumara stabbed a chakra infused blade through his chest. There was so much force behind it that the assassin was a bit surprised when it slid through like a warm knife in butter causing her ungloved hand to also slip through his chest.

As she pulled her arm and knife out his body Hanji reached up looking for anything to hold so he didn't fall. All he managed to do though was pull his killers mask off. When he lay on the floor struggling for breath all he could see was cold blue eyes staring down at him as a sinister smile crossed the young whiskered girls face. As she leaned down and picked up he mask a sweet sing-song voice tickled his ear bidding him a goodnight then everything went dark.

Kumara lay in the long grass watching the sky. The blood that reached her elbow was starting to dry causing small flakes to fall on the ground around her. The rest of the assassin team appeared in front of her, they looked down at the daydreaming blond.

"Think I was a little out of practice I used to much strength, if it ain't a problem I would like to stop somewhere to clean this before we get back to the village." Kumara held the bloody arm up the air, a small drop dripped off and landed on the cheek of her mask.

Soul was the first to respond with a loud hearty laugh. "Nice too see our K back I was starting to worry that the new mission had changed you, then it would be no fun fighting with this idiot here." His head cocked towards Flame who punched his arm in response.

"But seriously Kumara you had us scared we thought that you had hurt you brain or something we love you like this." Flame winked at her from under his mask.

Light sent them daggers. "Enough of the flirting you two. We love Kumara whither she is like her old self or over happy. Ok!" His voice never raised but you could hear the exaggeration.

"Look who's flirting now." Both Soul and Flame muttered and once again a fight broke out in the team. This time Kumara stood up a menacing aura enveloping her.

"You want the normal me? Well here she is and guess what if we don't head so I can clean this Bastards blood off me I will be adding all of yours to it." The three gulped and stepped back.

"Ok I take back what I said go back to happy-go-lucky K." Soul begged and invisible force. Then with that they started to head back in the direction of the village.


On the way they stopped at a stream so Kumara could clean her arm and mask. By the time they reach the village hidden in the leaves night had fallen and a full moon was casting shadows off all the buildings.

Suddenly as the team walked into the building the blond stopped in her tracks. Looking about for a few seconds she turned and started heading back out the door.

"Hey Kumara where do you think you are going?" Light shouted trying to catch the blue-eyed fox.

She turned to them for a few seconds as she slipped her mask off a small sad smile crossed her face but disappeared as fast as it had appeared. "Sorry but my clone that was filling in for me has been dispersed, so if you could tell the Hokage that I have went back to my other mission. Bye guys."

"Ehh ok bye Naruto." The three men told the empty air as the killer blond disappeared once again.

Sasuke's POV

Sasuke stared up at the snake man or women he couldn't really tell what it was. He was paralysed with fear. 'Give over the scroll and it will leave.' But Sasuke knew deep down that wouldn't happen no matter what he did.

He had been separated from Naruto a while ago and he also had Sakura to worry about.

That was it he saw the snake move to attack and he knew that he couldn't fight back. 'Fuck. Fuck. Fuck!' Sasuke screamed in his mind. He closed his eyes and waited for his death.

When no impact came he opened his eyes to see a red-eyed and thick whiskered Naruto staring at him.

"Emo!" She growled. "Get Fan girl and go as far away from here as you can." Naruto demanded a she gritted her teeth holding the massive snake back the Kunai.

"Oh look little miss Uzumaki has joined the fight. I haven't seen you in so long my dear how have you been." Fake affection was oozing from the persons voice.

"A lot better not having to see your ugly mush." Naruto spat. All Sasuke could do was stand and stare. Was this really the Naruto that had been on his team for the last few months? "Sasuke move your depressing ass and get pinky over there to safety. I can't hold this dick and his huge pet off for long."

Suddenly Sasuke started moving again. He ran towards the Pink haired girl as Naruto jumped away from the giant snake.

"Kumara!" The blond shouted. Then once a few seconds passed she shouted again like her first shout had been answered. "What the fuck do you mean you can't get by the restrictions! That old pervert of a Hokage had to put me out like this. Aww you are shitting me Baw bag!"

Sasuke turned and started to run with Sakura in tow. He didn't see what was happening to Naruto or the snake man until there was a loud bag. Naruto hit a tree just in front of them. Her body falling to hit the ground like a dead weight with another bang. Then there was a burning pain on his neck. As something bit down hard, when the teeth were finally removed Sasuke collapsed.

Everything went black.