Naruto: Rise of The Namikaze.

Chapter 9: Chunin exams part 1. (Edited 6/25/18)

Note: I have decided to include the chunin exams, but because it's so long, I have to break it down into sections so this chapter will cover the opening tests, and the next chapter will cover the matches from start to finish, so lets get this show on the road.

After 2 days of intense training Naruto and Hinata were ready for the chunin exams, so Kushina kissed her son and wished him and Hinata good luck, then she left for the training grounds to do some exercise then meet her son at the academy, so the two friends made their way to the academy to meet up with their sensie's and their teammates.

Kurenai, Kakashi and Asuma all volunteered for their teams to take part in the exams.

As the Rookie 9 of Konoha waited in the room for their first test, Kiba and Shikimaru walked over to Naruto and asked, "Naruto, who was that with you the other day?"

Naruto answered, "What are you talking about Kiba?"

Shikamaru replied, "Don't play dumb with us Naruto, we saw you in the shopping district the other day holding hands with a red-haired woman, who was she?"

Upon hearing that everyone in the room turned and looked at Naruto who smiled and replied happily, "Well Shikamaru, that was my mother you saw me with."

The reaction was unexpected as almost everyone in the room gasped, then Sakura spoke up, "Naruto, I don't know what you're talking about. After all, your parents are dead, the Third himself said so."

Kakashi replied flatly, "She's right Naruto, as far as I'm concerned you're just pulling another prank as usual."

Then a voice said, "And your still as late as ever from what I hear Kakashi."

Kakashi and all the others turned around and came face to face with Naruto's mother Kushina Uzumaki who was dressed in her old jonin attire with her red katana at her waist.

Naruto ran to her shouting, "Mom!" and hugged her causing her to smile saying, "I wish you the best of luck in the exams my son, you too Hinata."

Hinata blushed and said, "Thank you Kushina." while Naruto replied, "I'll pass the exam mom, believe it!"

Then he turned around and said aloud, "Everyone, this is my mother Kushina Uzumaki."

Kushina smiled and waved at everyone, then Kakashi spoke up, "After all these years, to think that we would cross paths again. I had no idea you were still alive Kushina. Where have you been?"

Kushina narrowed her eyes at him, then went on to explain to Kakashi what happened, where she had been the whole time, and how she was finally reunited with her son.

Kakashi scoffed, "Hmph! Well, you should teach him a lesson. He never respects me as his sensei and he's always criticizing my leadership as a jonin."

Kushina stared blankly for a moment then turned around and started thinking, at first she was going to chastise her son, but she remembered what Naruto had told her that Kakashi was always late, that he was never on time for the missions, the fact that every time Naruto and his team tried to ask him to train them, all he did was read an orange book and ignore them, as well as the fact that all he really taught them were minor exercises.

As quickly as she turned around, she unsheathed her sword and pointed it right at Kakashi with a sadistic look on her face!

The reaction was considerably strong earning shocks from everyone except Naruto who smirked, he knew exactly what his mother intended.

Kakashi was shocked as he said, "Crazy! You're crazy!"

Kushina retorted, "The only reason he criticized your leadership is because it was incompetent from the start."

The lazy jonin said in fear, "No one, no matter what rank, jonin or ANBU, no one threatens their fellow shinobi!"

The rage in Kushina's voice got more and more intense as she retorted, "You show up late to every single mission with your team causing them to not get the job done on time resulting in a failure to perform your duty! You insult my son! you drag him into a lethal death trap without proper training or preparation! Oh I've chosen my words carefully Kakashi. Perhaps you should have done the same!"

Kakashi shouted, "You are psychotic! You're mental!"

As Kushina lowered her sword, she got a look on her face that was like, "What the hell?"

She looked at Kakashi who was shaken up, then she turned and looked at Naruto as if to say, "What do you think sweetheart?"

Naruto grinned sadistically and nodded.

Kushina turned back to Kakashi and replied, "Mental? I'M HIS MOTHER!" then she swung her leg up and nailed Kakashi in the abdomen causing him to howl in pain as he fell to the ground.

Everyone laughed at the site as Kushina walked up to the whimpering Kakashi, snatched up his orange book and said with venom in her voice, "I'm warning you now Kakashi, if I hear from my son that you showed up late for a mission or neglected to properly train him just one more time, I will have you stripped of your jonin status and your "Favorite Book" will be burned."

That got Kakashi pleading, "No no no! Don't do that, I'll keep it under control, I swear."

After giving Kakashi his book back, Kushina grabbed him by his collar causing him to whimper as she said, "You better."

Then she turned to Naruto and replied, "Have fun Naruto."

Naruto answered, "I sure will." then Kushina left as the exams began.

Along the way, Naruto and Hinata met three genin from Sunagakure named Garra, Kankuro, and Temari, and learned they were in Konoha to take part in the chunin exams.

When Naruto turned away, Kurama informed him that he could sense Gaara was the Jinchuriki of Shukaku, the One-Tailed Racoon, and that he was the most blood thirsty of the Bijuu, not to mention that the seal on Gaara was extremely flawed leaving him vulnerable to Shukaku's influence.

Naruto made a mental note to inform his mother about that.

As the exams began, the first phase proctored by Ibiki was a test of information-gathering and willpower where there was a ten question test where the first nine questions had to be answered by cheating which both Naruto and Hinata understood due to their training and careful studying so they obtained the answers without getting caught.

The final question was a do-or-die question where if one didn't answer their whole team failed, but if one answered wrong they would remain a genin forever, but Naruto and Hinata's teamwork paid off as they found themselves among the genin who passed the test.

The second phase proctored by Anko was a survival test in 'The Forest Of Death' which almost failed because of an incident with a missing-nin from Konoha named Orochimaru who appeared out of nowhere and attacked Naruto and Sasuke.

Naruto fought hard but even with Sasuke's help, Orochimaru was too strong for them.

He knocked Sasuke unconscious and sent Naruto flying into a tree leaving him bruised, bleeding, and exhausted from using too much chakra.

Then Sasuke was branded with a 'Cursed Seal Of Heaven' to which Orochimaru said Sasuke would come to him for the power to defeat his brother Itachi.

Naruto, enraged by this attempted, to fight back but was too weak.

Orochimaru smirked and attempted to use the Five Elements Seal on Naruto who was exhausted from the fight.

Before the seal was activated the Kyuubi spoke to Naruto and warned him about what the seal would do if it hit them.

So Naruto mentally replied, "I'm counting on you buddy, don't let it hit me. Now let's do this!"

Then as Naruto focused his chakra, he shouted, "Arise Nine-Tails! I need your help!"

( Insert music from 'YUGIOH the movie' when he revives the Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon! )

Then within seconds, a two-story tall spiritual form of the Kyuubi appeared on the battlefield and jumped in the way of the seal shouting, "I'll protect you Naruto!"

Then as the seal collided with him, the Kyuubi used all his demonic power and rendered the seal useless, then lunged at Orochimaru wounding him.

As the rogue ninja retreated he sent his three genin, Team Dosu to go after Sasuke.

By this time, Sasuke was still unconscious while Naruto was still awake.

When Sakura arrived, she demanded to know what happened.

When Naruto explained how they were ambushed, she understood and attempted to help Sasuke.

Then suddenly Team dosu appeared out of nowhere and grabbed Sakura by her hair making her realize that Naruto was right when he said how weak she was.

So she pulled out a kunai and freed herself by cutting her own hair, then vowed to fight the Oto genin vowing that she would no longer be dependent on her teammates.

By then, Team 10 arrived on the scene and tried to resolve the situation.

Team Dosu was getting the best of them, but then they recognized Neji as a Hyuga who could see right through them with his Byakugan.

But before he could attack, an awakened Sasuke intervened.

By then, the cursed seal on Sasuke was starting to take effect putting him in a state of insanity where he began clobbering the team's leader in a sadistic manner.

But before he went overboard, Sakura hugged him begging him to stop which allowed Sasuke to regain control of himself, but still exhausted from his ordeal, he could barely move.

Team dosu then replied in unison, "Enough fooling around! Once Sasuke is out of the way, we will kill the blonde kid next."

Suddenly they all heard a loud ferocious voice yelling, "Never!"

Then as everyone looked on in utter shock, the mighty Kyuubi leaped out from the shadows and stood in front of Naruto ready to defend, he glared fiercely at the Oto genin and growled, "If you take one step towards Naruto, it will be your last!"

Team Dosu gave up and retreated, confused as to why their sensei wanted them to kill Sasuke.

Then Neji shouted, "It's the Nine-Tails! We have to do something!"

But Sakura grabbed his hand and shouted, "Neji wait! It's all right, he was protecting Naruto!"

The Kyuubi then said to Neji, "The girl speaks the truth young man. I an Naruto's guardian and so to atone for my mistakes in the past, I have sworn to protect the boy whose vessel I share. Anyone who dares to cause him pain and misery will suffer my wrath. So I would be very careful what comes out of your mouth next."

Neji nodded with understanding and raced off with his team to tell the Hokage what happened.

Meanwhile, across town...

In the food and dining district of Konoha, Kushina was at a tea shop enjoying a few refreshments and having funny conversations with Kurenai when she felt a sudden chill crawl up her spine.

Because of being the original jailer of the Kyuubi before her son, she felt the Nine-Tails aura spike and gasped.

"What's wrong Kushina?" Kurenai asked alarmed.

Kushina answered in a state of panic, "I think my son is in trouble!"

Then she raced off in the direction where she sensed the aura of the Kyuubi while Kurenai shouted, "Hurry!" then she sat down and hoped everything was all right.

As Kushina reached The Forest Of Death, she was starting to panic as tears of dread began to roll down her eyes when she saw smoke off in the distance.

Just beyond the clearing she started yelling frantically, "Naruto where are you?! Answer me!"

Then behind her she heard a voice yell, "Mom!"

Upon which she turned and looked, and there was Naruto resting against a tree with the Kyuubi standing over him.

Almost at once, the fox called out, "Kushina! Kushina, we're over here!"

As Kushina caught up to them, she dropped to her knees and hugged her son while saying, "Oh my god, are you okay?! Oh Naruto!"

The fox replied, "We were ambushed and attacked by a rouge ninja, but Naruto is fine. Aside from exhaustion, a few cuts, bruises and chakra depletion, he's all right. But his injuries might have been even worse if it wasn't for me."

"We were ambushed and attacked by a rogue ninja. But Naruto is fine. Aside from exhaustion, a few cuts, bruises, and chakra depletion, he's all right. But his injuries might have been even worse if it wasn't for me."

Naruto said in a tired voice, "It's true mom. They almost got me. But the Nine-Tails, he protected me." then hugged his mother back.

Kushina hugged her son tighter and replied with tears of joy, "Naruto, thank god! Oh thank god you're okay!"

Then she turned her head to her left and looked up at the Kyuubi with a tearful smile still holding her son and said, "Thank you so much Nine-Tails, for saving my little boy."

Kyuubi smiled and replied, "As I said before, it's my sworn duty to protect him whatever the cost. So your gratitude isn't really necessary. But it's great knowing he's okay."

Kushina shook her head and replied in the same happy and tearful voice, "You don't understand fox. Naruto is my only son, he's the only family I have left and today I would've lost him if it wasn't for you. I am indebted to you for saving my little boy. From now on you have my trust."

The Kyuubi smiled proudly and replied, "The only thing I want in return is for you to be there for Naruto when he needs you as a mother. Because nothing hurt me more on the inside than to see him suffer the blame for my mistakes all those years ago and how disgracefully those people treated him. Plus having no one to comfort him in times of despair, you have no idea how dreadful my demonic heart ached with sadness to see the boys pain. Knowing you were alive that night, all I could think was, 'Finally! After 12 years of suffering, the almighty hears the boy's cries and bestows him with a light of hope and the blessing of a family.' It is a great honor to have your trust, Lady Uzumaki. I will not let you down. You have my word. Until next time, farewell."

Before the fox disappeared into Naruto, the young Uzumaki said to him, "Partner, I'm tired of always calling you Fox, Nine-Tails, and Kyuubi. So I think it's time to give you your own name to use. And the way I see it, surely you have a name of you own, right?"

The fox grinned and answered, "Actually Naruto, I do. Kyuubi is only a title. My real name is Kurama. Be safe."

Then he returned to Naruto's mind smiling.

At the end of the day, Team 7 still managed to pass the test by defeating Team Oboro from Amegakure with a little help from Kabuto Yakushi, a fellow ninja from Konoha.

But Naruto wasn't present at the time because realizing he was too exhausted to continue fighting, Kushina rushed him to the hospital where he was visited by the Hokage.

After explaining what happened to the Third, Hiruzen explained that Orochimaru was one of his former pupils also known as the Sanin who went off the deep end sometime ago and then he said, "The fact that you survived an encounter with him is a miracle itself, and the fact that your team survived as well means that you have passed the test. The preliminaries will be held in one week which gives you and your team plenty of time to get prepared. Now get some rest Naruto."

Then Hiruzen exited the room leaving Naruto with his mother.

After two days in the hospital, Naruto finally recovered and returned home with Kushina who informed him that Hinata and her team had also made it to the next round of the Chunin exams.

After they got home, Naruto explained to Hinata what happened with his team two days ago.

When Naruto was finished, Hinata had tears in her eyes and replied, "Thank goodness you're alright Naruto! When I heard you were injured, I was so scared!"

Naruto smiled, gave Hinata a gentle hug causing her to blush and spoke some reassuring words, "Don't worry Hinata. With you, my mom, and the Nine-Tails by my side, no one will ever take me down. Believe it."

Hinata smiled with tears of joy and returned the hug.

Kushina watched from across the room smiling and thought, "Aww how sweet. I have no doubt those two will fall in love one day. I just hope my son isn't as dense as his father was."

That night as the group went to bed, Naruto and Hinata were determined not to let anything stop them from becoming chunin and decided to spend the week training and preparing for the next stage of the exams.

Kushina fell asleep with a smile on her face knowing the Kyuubi was serious about protecting Naruto.

The last thing she thought was, "Any doubt I had about the Nine-Tails is gone now because I know that with him, my son is in good hands when he goes into battle. I know that fox will protect my son no matter what." and with that, she fell asleep looking forward to the next day.

End of Chapter 9

Note: there you go my readers, a Naruhina moment, and there will be many more.

Also for those of you who are wondering, there will be some Sakura bashing at some point in the chunin exams.

I plan on giving her a punishing blow from one of my favorite movie scenes.

What kind of blow? Oh, I'm not going to spoil it, but for all you Sakura haters out there… Ha Ha Ha! You are in for a treat!

I would like to apologize for the slow update but I'm going through a rough time right now, my uncle was killed in a car accident on April 1st 2013.

Two weeks later my dog died of kidney failure, but my resolve still stands and will not break.

Note: I don't own Naruto, or Yugioh. This is just my imagination.

Until next time, have a nice day!