(A/N): Hello! Got another one for you guys! Don't own Naruto or anything else 'borrowed' from other sources.

"Normal Speech"

'Normal thought'

"'Handsigns'"

"Jutsu(translation)"

"Demonic Speech"

'Demonic Thought'

"Ethereal or differing Speech"

'Ethereal or differing thoughts'

"GOD(Powerful Individual) SPEECH"

Last time on Naruto: Sage of Amaterasu...

Smiling, the two then got up and went to go outside, yet as they did so Sasuke called out,"Oi, Hyuga."

Both turned and answered,"Hai? Uchiha-san?"

"Not you blondie, the girl."

"Next time, do try to remember her name. She won't respond if you don't call her by it."

-Outside-

"Hey! I was talking to you!"

The bell rang, and everybody started to go back inside. Sasuke stood there before the two as his fan-club told him,"Come on Sasuke-kun, we'll deal with them later."

"No. I'll deal with them now!"

Naruto moved with a speed far beyond genin, and slung Sasuke down by the arm that he went to punch his friend with. This resulted in Sasuke hitting the ground hard with a 'pop' as he had dislocated his shoulder.

"Aarrgh!"

"Listen and listen well Uchiha, if you ever, and I mean ever attempt to hurt my friend again. I'll do more than just dislocate your shoulder next time."

"Naruto, you've been asked to stay after school in regards to this incident."

"Then, listen here...boy. You may be established as a student of this academy...but should you ever get into an altercation with the Uchiha,of any kind, I promise you that I will have you removed. Is that clear?"

"...crystal."

CH.9 School Days End

~4 years Later~

The sun shone brightly as Naruto sat on the porch of his home near a koi pond full of fish, as he polished the edge of a Katana. It had a double-edged golden blade, with a pitch black dragon and phoenix yin yang tsuba(guard), a blood groove near the base of the tsuba for drawing his own blood, and a brass circular tsuka(hilt) resembling a small ring where the tsuka typically is, with a white shark skin handle wrapped in black silk. It had white tassels on its hilt and had a series of kanji written upon the base of the blade. It had a solid black saya, with a trail of red tribal fire spiraling into a violet phoenix further down it. The same features were on the wakizashi on his right side.

He also had another sword laying on the wood flooring next to himself. It had the exact opposite design of the first (A/N:Only telling differences. Otherwise it has the same kanji seals on it as Naruto's); in that its segmented reverse blade edge was a near white shade of silver, a double dragon yin yang on its brass tsuba, and black shark skin wrapped in white silk. The saya also was snow white, and had a sky blue tribal dragon on the length of the scabbard along with an elegant piece of blue metal that had a ripple-like design etched in it. Admiring the sheer craftsmanship of the blade with a small smile on his face, Naruto thought, 'Finally, it's done! Now, I can't wait to see how Hinata uses it. Today's the day of the Genin Exam..maybe now I can actually cut loose a bit.'

"Naruto-kun!"

Gazing towards the edge of his walkway as the bluenette, said while waving,"Ohayo."

"Ohayo, Hinata-chan."

Approaching the blond, she stood before him glancing at the sword in his hand."So, giving Shitsunen(Oblivion) a cleaning huh? "

Nodding, the blond simply said,"Hai."

"I still don't know why you gave it such a dark name."

"And, let's hope you never have to find out."

Observing the second blade at his side, Hinata gasped at the fine detailing while having a look of absolute fandom on her face. Noticing, the boy thought,'She hasn't even seen the blade yet, and she's already mentally fainting. Haha this is gonna be good!'

The girl slowly asked,"Eto...Naru-kun?"

Smirking, the boy said ,"Hai?"

"Who gave you that other sword?"

"Nobody, I made it myself."

The girl was astonished by the elegance of the blade, but verbalized a thought she had,"I thought you were only an apprentice? What style is it, Masamune or Muramasa?" the reply she got was,"Nope. I've been forging blades for a little while now; learned pretty quickly under Masamune and Muramasa-sensei, and it's a Masamune. Shitsunen is the only Muramasa I'd ever make."

"May I ask who this is for? It's stunning!"

"Yeah. You."

Then Naruto extended the entire weapon to Hinata, who, upon unsheathing the sword, swooned in anime fashion right then on the spot.'I...I'm in heaven!'

Coming back to the real world, she promptly asked,"What's its name?"

"You've gotta come up with it."

Starstruck, she thought,'Oh my goodness!' and said, "I know just the name for it...Gyousei(Morning Star). Come on! We have GOT to go to tell Yugao-sensei about this!"

Dragging the blond just as he put away his katana and placed it on his right hip. He sweat-dropped as he thought,'Something tells me this is gonna be...Troublesome.'

-Hokage's Office-

The hokage sat at his desk reading over documents that he had received earlier that morning as he sat facing the hokage monument. Sensing a presence in the room, the old man said,"Status report."

"Hai. The children aren't doing as well as planned, their skills are limited only to several ninjutsu, an academy based taijutsu that's weak at best, and they have extremely limited genjutsu experience. All other forms are omitted completely excluding a few kenjutsu practices in Iruka's class, to be honest sir, it's an embarrassment to our shinobi skills."

"I see. Arigatou. You're dismissed, you can continue to evaluate, your choice."

"Sir."

The shinobi then vanished in the blur of a shunshin. Looking out his window with a sigh, the old man closed his eyes as he said,"You got all that Jiraiya?" Jumping in from the window, a man with white hair, a kabuki-style wardrobe with a headdress with the kanji for oil on it, and a giant scroll on his back said,"Yeah, so what do you plan to do about it?"

Opening his eyes, the elderly kage said,"I plan to give them a crash course in true shinobi skill. Their test is going to be changed from now on...Rest assured of that."

Raising a brow, the kabuki warrior asked,"What do you have in mind?"

Smirking, the god of shinobi said,"They're going to be fighting each other...and us."

The sennin was shocked at this statement, he questioned,'What is he thinking? He knows that wouldn't be fair to genins...Unless there were just that many of those obviously holding back.'

"So, you have anybody in mind for me to be going up against?"

Smirking, the kage said,"As a matter of fact, I do...ANBU!"

In a flash of shunshin, several shinobi appeared saying,"Hai Lord Hokage-sama."

"Send a message to the village that there is to be a shinobi tournament held out in the stadium at the end of the week. It is to be called, Konoha no Toppū Tōnamento(Flurry of the Leaves Tournament)."

"Hai!"

That said, they all disappeared in a wide range of shunshin in order to quickly pass the word.

"Well, this is certainly gonna be one hell of a spectacle if you and I are taking part in it."

"That's the plan. Every shinobi will come here to take part in the contest to show off what they know, and every genin will see what it takes to be true shinobi here in the village. Those that wish to continue to be a part will do so, those that don't will leave. Consider it my...weeding routine if you will."

"That's some real diabolical thinking you have...you know that sensei?"

"I'm not known as The Professor for nothing."

"Quite true. Well, I've got to go prepare. See you at the stadium."

Then, he vanished as well to go get set up. Rising, the hokage thought,'This is the best way I can see what strength you truly have...Naruto and Hinata. Let's see how far you've come in the last four years.'

-With Naruto and Hinata-

The two children had ran all the way to where they believed their "sensei" Yugao to be. On the more secluded part of town, yet still inside the shopping district, they came to an old two-story building with a board that read,'Tamashii no Tabi'(Soul Journey) on the front. Going inside, Naruto asked as they gazed at the deceptively enormous room,"Oi, Hinata-hime, you remember when we first came here?"

She laughed as she replied,"I remember when we first came here, haha we thought the room was a genjutsu and tried to dispel it!"

Naruto then called out,"Masamune-sensei! Oi, you here?" and had a distant voice respond,"In the back. Yugao's here too!"

Walking to the back, the two came into the blacksmith portion of the building; it held an enormous furnace and two giant tables, there were windows at various locations, so as to provide light to the smiths as they worked on their swords. Naruto smirked as he looked at the tables saying,"Good for any kind of blade, eh sensei?"

A man with blond-white hair down to his spine smiled in kind and answered,"That was the idea Naru-kun, so, what brings all you people into my humble shop this day? I was surprised to see Yugao stopping by so early."

Yugao, a woman with long wine red hair, and in an ANBU outfit equipped with a katana on her back spoke first,"I came here hoping to get my katana repaired, my last mission ended up giving it a scratch that I can't polish out."

The master smith said with a gleam in his eye,"Well, why don't you pull it out and let Naru do it for you! After all, he's been patching up swords a majority of his blacksmith's career here."

Huffing, the blond said,"Only because you made me you evil old man!" Laughing, Masamune replied,"Oh, please, it was for your own good. You actually were an excellent repairman, and to think it was only two years ago that you came into this shop begging me and Muramasa to instruct you on how to use a sword."

Yugao giggled a bit as she said,"I remember that too! The kid walked in here, saw all the swords, and dropped onto his knees and begged like I was the master smith! It was so adorable, I said yes even though I wasn't the master here."

Blushing a bit, the blonde said,"Thanks guys. You're a real big help."

Hinata spoke up at that time saying,"Yugao-sensei! Naruto actually made me a sword! Look!"

Handing the blade to Yugao, she inspected it, as did Masamune from where he stood. Handling the blade carefully, she said,"This is extraordinary! The color,the design, I can feel power emanating from this blade. It's the not the same power as that sword you made the first time Naruto, this one has a calmer, gentler feel to it. I love it!"

Taking a hold of it, Masamune held it for a sec before nodding and saying,"This blade is in true harmony Naruto...Excellent job. If I didn't know any better, I'd say your were gunnin' for my spot haha!"

"No, after Muramasa-sensei had me create one of his...I felt...I felt like I had to do something to balance that out."

Frowning at seeing his student think about dark times again, the old sword maker said,"I understand, but, you did an excellent job with this sword here and you've mastered your own Muramasa. So, I'd say you did the old boy very proud Naruto. Now, don't you all have a Genin Exam to be taking part of today?"

"Hai."

"Oh, that reminds me! The hokage sent a message out today stating that everyone is to report to the stadium of the exams in a week's time for a tournament he's created for all the shinobi of the village. Even he and Jiraiya of the Sannin is partaking of this contest! I can't wait!"

Naruto smirked with a thought,'So, he's planning on testing Hinata and I hmm? This oughta be fun...'

Taking back her sword, Hinata smiled as she said,"Well, I just wanted to show you the sword and see if you'd like to go out to dinner later. But, with all the training we're now gonna have to do to be ready, I think we'll have to make a rain check."

Nodding, Yugao said,"Okay. I understand that one. We'll do it after, how about that!"

Running out of the shop, she said,"That's great! See you then!"

Once outside the shop, the two smirked before forming a handseal, and vanishing in a flurry of flames and water.

-Class-

The two entered the class the usual way, which Naruto disagreed saying, they should've reminded them of the first day they came.

However, Hinata then said,"No. We can't have Sasuke trying to get you into any more trouble by asking for the technique and you confronting him to say no. It may be the last day for us, but you can still be pulled before the tests get processed."

Walking into class, they walked up to see Sasuke in his typical window seat with a smug look on his face as he said,"Hey dobe, you gonna demonstrate your death clones to us again?"

Ignoring him, Naruto walked right by him as Hinata took a more..agile approach, simply leaping up to their usual seat. Today, however, before Naruto could get there, Kiba made a mad dash for the spot next to her, and actually sat next to her. He had a lustful look in his when he said,"Hey, Hinata-chan. You're looking great as usual, mind if I ask you out on a date?"

Rolling her eyes, she said,"Yes, Kiba, as a matter fact I do."

Naruto stood before Kiba with his arms folded over his chest as he said,"Move it mut, you're in my seat."

Kiba grinned as he said,"Ha! Looks like you're sitting elsewhere today Uzumaki!"

Hinata said,"Kiba, please get up. I'm not in the mood to be pestered by you for dates today."

Kiba said with a devious smile on his face,"Only if you give me a kiss!"

Leaning forward, Kiba got close to Hinata, who was a second away from drawing her blade to threaten Kiba, but then they both stopped as a metal edge seemed to materialize between them.

"Kiba, I don't have time for games, Hinata doesn't want to sit with you, my patience is wearing thin, and if you don't move in the next 3 seconds I am going to nuder you. Okay?"

Growling, the bestial boy obeyed the instructions of his blond classmate. As he passed, he whispered,"You don't stand up to Sasuke like that."

And Naruto responded in the same tone,"Stay out of it, I'll deal with him soon enough."

Pulling back his wakizashi and sheathing it, Naruto sat down just as his two senseis came through the door.

"Alright class, we're beginning your exam. You are to demonstrate a henge, a substitution, a bunshin(clone), and a jutsu of your choice for extra credit. Please get in line outside, we'll call you in one at a time."

(A/N:Time frame like Canon except with Naruto excelling in everything but the clone; yes, I'm being a bit lazy...so sue me!)

Naruto stood by Hinata as they were greeted by her father."Hello children, how'd you do?"

"We did great father, I came out as number 1 kunoichi!"

"I came as number two male, but I need to be going, there's something I think I need to take care of later. So, I'll see you both for later training, Lord Hiashi."

Nodding, the Hyuga elder watched his honorary member walk off a ways and sit by the swing. Only for him to see a teacher walk up to him, and talk for a second before the two walked off somewhere else. Now, before he could do anything, Hinata said,"Let him be father, he wouold have been number 1 had that sensei not ruined his clone jutsu. So, Naruto is handling this on his own and in his own way. The hokage will be made aware of what is going on whenever Naruto gets a chance to tell him. That's the message he told me, and now, I'm relaying it to you."

Brow furrowing, he nodded as he walked with his daughter home, his mind on the blond who he had started to see as family.

-Later-

Naruto and Mizuki were both in the shadows of the hokage office as the silver haired chunin said,"So, you ready Naruto? All you gotta do is-"

"Get in and out of the building with the secret scroll and all without being seen, I understand my role Mizuki-sensei. I'll meet you out in the forest whenever the alarm is sounded for the scroll being missing."

"Right, now, you must make sure not to be seen. If you are, the test is mute alright?"

"Hai."

"Then, get going."

Naruto moved inside the building with the grace of a cat as he scale up the wall into a window by the ground level. Mizuki watched as he thought,'Soon, the scroll of secrets will be mine! Once I have it, I'll learn a jutsu...or five from it as my payment, and then I''ll give it to Orochimaru-sensei for that ultimate power he told me about!'

-Later still, In Konoha forest-

Naruto had found a nice spot in the forest pretty deep, yet close to the town as he studied the scroll for useful jutsu for later on in the week.

"Hmm, I want something that I can really use."

Scrolling down from the top, Naruto read,'Kage Bunshin-Clone tech. that enables user to create clones that divide the chakra evenly amongst themselves and their clones. Also, any experience felt by clones is then absorbed by user upon dispelling of said clones. Warning: Due to mental backlash, this jutsu is advised to dispel only a certain amount to safely execute the technique. Also, it is not advised for those without at least jounin level reserves to use.'

"Okay, that's one..."

Going down a ways Naruto found another,'Karyudan no jutsu-User breathes out a dragon of flame. Strength of jutsu is dependent upon strength of user affinity with fire. Used in conjunction with the jutsu 'Doryu taiga' and 'Doryudan', user can execute a high level katon(fire release) while trapping or unbalancing his opponents.'

"Those sound promising! Let's see what else there is."

'Doryuheki-mid-level doton(earth release) that brings forth a wall of earth for defensive purposes. Warning:Enforcing it with a lot of chakra will strengthen the wall, but it is weak against lightning and wind jutsu. Use against them at own risk.'

"Well, can never go wrong with a defensive jutsu every once in awhile-what's this?"

Going down a ways, the blond read,'Uzumaki.' and looking below that was another section that read,'Naruto.'

Taking his blood once again, the boy worked it like a blood seal, and withdrew the scrolls from within it. Stashing them away into a sealing kanji inside his sword's saya(Scabbard).

Setting the scroll aside, and memorizing the handseals for the jutsu, Naruto spoke to himself,"Well, let's get to work on these jutsu."

-Hours Later-

Alarms went off in the distance as the security must've been notified of the missing scroll. Getting up from his nap, the blond rolled up the scroll and put his clothing back on that he had removed for training. As he did so he thought,'Man, that's one heck of a workout I did. I mastered all of 'em, thanks to a clone technique...of all the ironic things to happen to me.'

Iruka arrived moments later in a panic yelling,"Naruto! What in Kami's name are you doing with the scroll?"

"Learning a technique from the scroll so I could graduate like Mizuki-sensei said! I did it! I learned a jutsu from the scroll, and it was really helpful!"

Catching his implied meaning, Iruka turned as he heard the sound of flying metal and tackled Naruto saying,"Get down!"

Missing, the shuriken slammed into a tree and remained there after a second or two more of spinning."Huh, should've aimed lower. Oh well, can't always get it on the first try right?"

Turning, the two looked up to see Mizuki standing on a tree limb above them. With a faked smile the chunin said,"Now, Naruto. Be a good kid and hand me the scroll."

"No thanks. I'm really not in the mood for dealing with you right now...sensei, so pardon me if I make this quick."

Mizuki jumped away as he glanced to see a second Naruto where he had been just a second ago.'Clone? Wait, then what's-'

Glancing down, Mizuki saw that Iruka was standing by the scroll with another Naruto. In his shock, he exclaimed,"Shadow Clones?"

Landing on another branch, another Naruto spoke from behind him saying,"Yep! Man, you're smart Mizuki-sensei. How do you do it!"

Grabbing his second shuriken, he cut down the clone nearest him and then threw the projectile through the smoke screen that the clone produced from dispelling. "Shinei!"

As the shuriken sped forward, the Naruto by Iruka drew it's wakizashi and said,"Iruka-sensei, get down!"

Doing as he was told, The scarred chunin watched his student held against the chainsaw-like weapon as sparks flew everywhere and he slid back just a little from the force of the blow. After the momentum died down a bit, Naruto righted himself as he swing the weapon of to the side saying,"Oi, Mizuki-sensei. How well of a fighter are without your oh so wonderful tools!"

Dropping down to the floor, Mizuki landed by his shuriken, and drawing it from the tree he stalked forward saying you think I'm no good as a shinobi! I'll show you how much better I am than you demon brat! Wanna know why everyone in the village hates you?"

Iruka shouted,"No, Mizuki that's forbidden!"

"It's okay Iruka-sensei. I know."

Both men paused,"What?"

Naruto stared straight at Mizuki as he said,"I know. I'm not an orphan...my father was Minato Namikaze; Yondaime of Konohagakure. He sealed, within me, the Nine-tailed Fox Kyubi no Yoko. I am hated because of his sacrifice, and I will protect this country in spite of it. Why? Because traitors like you make me sick!"

Mizuki growled as Naruto sheathed his wakizashi, and placed his hand on his nodachi saying,"You wanna know something Mizuki-sensei? There's a reason why I never draw this sword in any normal fight, do know why that is?"

"Why, you damned beast!"

"Simple, because this sword is a Muramasa blade."

The silver-haired chunin visibly flinched,"Y-you're lying! There's no way a demon like you could find such a rare weapon! No one would even sell you such a dark weapon for fear of you going on killing spree!"

"Normally, that would be true. However, you see, I've met Muramasa. I trained under him for two whole years in the art of the sword, and in the art of the forge. You see, this is no ordinary Muramasa. No,no this is one that I made from the very darkness within my heart! This is the blade that took Muramasa-sensei's life Mizuki! Do you know what they say about a Muramasa and its sheathe?"

Both men said it at the same time,"Never draw a Muramasa unless blood is to be spilled, and never sheathe a Muramasa without first drawing blood."

"Exactly, so guess what Mizuki?"

Holding the blade horizontally before his face, so the blade would cover his eyes, Naruto continued on to say,"You're the second person that will have the honor of tasting my blade. Akai Shinkirou(Red Mirage)."

Suddenly, the entire area was cover in red mist as everything seemed to fade from view. Naruto's voice echoed out from everywhere at once as he spoke,"Death is the least of your worries Mizuki...I'll tell you a little secret about my Muramasa versus the rest of them."

Mizuki frantically looked around as he shouted out,"Show yourself you damn demon!"

Slick.

Mizuki gasped as he looked down to see Naruto before him, head down, and sword in his gut."One of the special properties about my blade, is that it has the ability to take someone's very soul from their bodies and transfer all of their knowledge into me. You see, I've mastered Kenjutsu Fuin(Sword Technique Sealing)all because of that little trick. Now, you are going to pay for you treason Mizuki. You're going to pay with your life!"

Looking up, Naruto met the chunin's gaze with glowing golden orbs with slits in the pupil. The site of such a vicious eye along with the killing intent coming from both him and the weapon was enough for the traitor to promptly scream out as his soul was swallowed by the sword. When the mirage faded, Mizuki was still there with a sword in his abdomen, but his eyes were hollow and empty. Gazing upon his co-instructor, Iruka nervously asked,"N-Naruto, did you-"

"Treason is punishable by death. This is the law, if he did not pay, there would have been more dangerous crimes of the like caused by him. I saw into his mind Iruka, I've seen what he has planned to do from the very start. I know full well what his plans are, and everything he knows about one sannin named Orochiamaru."

Pulling out his sword and slinging the blood off his blade, Naruto sheathed it and turned to Iruka with a grave expression on his face as his eyes were their natural oceanic blue by that point."We've got bigger problem than Mizuki's betrayal sensei...much bigger."

(A/N): Hey! This felt really good to write...I think that you guys enjoyed it as well! If you did, ADD ME! If you've already done that, REVIEW! LOL This was an absolute beauty to write! ^^ Anyway, Hope you enjoyed it. And I'll update ASAP.