Well I really should be doing my homework… but oh well. Here's chapter ten, wow ten already, and I hope you enjoy!
"Talking"
'Thinking'
"Bijuu speaking"
'Bijuu thinking'
Past
'Voice Naruto hears.'
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles.
"Tenmari what are we doing here?" I asked as my elder sister dragged me around Konoha.
"Why are you even asking Gaara? You're the one who told us that we needed to go to Konoha as soon as possible." Tenmari asked and I sighed.
"Indeed I did, but why are you dragging me all over Konoha instead of heading towards the Hokage's tower like I said we would?" I asked letting some of my frustration color my voice.
Tenmari simply rolled her eyes at me and Kankuro snorted, whatever happened to them whimpering in fear if I ever so much as lifted a finger around them? Oh that's right; I met Naruto, my idiotic and inspiring best friend who told me that my family fearing me was not the same as them loving me. With a sigh I let myself me dragged around by Temari and smirked when Kankuro got stuck carrying her shopping bags. I still didn't see why she had to get five of the same shirt, even if they were in different colors. Or why Kankuro insisted on buying that stupid make-up that Kankuro still insisted was 'face paint.' I wasn't really paying attention to where we were going and found myself blinking in surprise as we passed down a familiar ally way.
Apparently Kankuro and Tenmari had gotten a lot better at reading my emotions and where smirking at my surprise. I shot them a quick glare, which used to send them running in fear, and they both burst out laughing.
"Aw, come one Gaara. Ever since the whole Akatsuki incident you haven't let yourself relax at all. You don't even sleep now that you can." Tenmari stated and I felt myself tense.
"I won't let Naruto experience what I did. I'm not going to let the Akatsuki get anywhere near him." I stated, trying to keep my voice calm but they heard my anger anyway.
"We know Gaara, but the Shukaku was taken out of you and it can't support you like it did before. Your body needs to rest on its own now and how can you help Naruto if you're too tired to do anything?" Kankuro asked and I said nothing.
As we passed the tree where we first met the strange enigma called Uzumaki Naruto, I felt myself stiffen as a strange power rushed over me. Kankuro and Tenmari both tensed and we glanced at each other. BY some unseen signal, Kankuro pulled out his puppets and Tenmari unfolded one of her smaller fans. Sand pooled around my feet and stirred in agitation, with a mental command the sand shot out from me and with a few minutes it returned bearing a strange golden feather. Kankuro and Tenmari looked at it in confusion and I couldn't help the shiver that ran down my spine. Why did this feather feel so much like Naruto?
"Just a feather? What kind of feather can give off power like this?" Kankuro asked and Tenmari hummed in thought.
"The better question would be where did this feather come from?" Tenmari asked and I didn't bother to look at them before answering.
"Naruto, this feather came from Naruto." I stated simply and felt their stares on me.
"How do you know that?" Kankuro asked and I inclined my head to the side.
"I just do." As close as I've gotten with my family, there was just something they will never understand, Naruto was the only one who could.
Now sure that this feather was somehow connected to Naruto, I didn't feel the least bit afraid as I snatched the feather out of the sand. I saw my siblings try to stop me and blinked in surprise as the feather burst into white light and everything faded away.
A beat-up younger looking Naruto and young boy were lying on the street while an angry pink haired girl stalked away from them. Another young boy, with glasses, walked over to the two and stared at them in concern.
"Konohamaru are you ok?" The young boy asked and the boy on the ground got up with a groan.
"Damn it… that ugly, huge fore-headed… Is that really a girl? Seriously Bro?" Konohamaru asked and Naruto eyes nearly popped out of his head.
Sakura had stopped in her track and slowly turned to look at them. A few seconds passed in silence and Naruto and the children ran screaming as Sakura chased them down with a vengeance. The chase didn't last for very long. Konohamaru had run around a corner and was forced to stop as he bumped into a black clad figure. Konohamaru bounced off the young man and fell to the ground with a small yelp.
"That hurt." The black clad figure stated before bending down and picking Konohamaru up by the front of his scarf.
"Konohamaru!" Naruto yelled as he rounded the corner, the two children standing behind him. The young blond girl with the black clad figure tsked.
"Don't, we'll get yelled at later." She warned but the boy in black didn't seem to hear her.
"I'm sorry, I was messing around…" Sakura apologized looking nervous and Naruto snapped.
"Let me go." Konohamaru gasped out and Naruto growled in anger.
"Hey you fat pig! If you don't let him go I'll make you pay! Fat ass! Idiot!" Naruto snapped in a demanding sort of way, which lost its entire (rather small) amount of intimidation when Sakura put him in a head lock.
"Hey you're annoying." The boy in black stated causing everyone to freeze.
"Basically I hate midgets. Especially younger ones that are rude… makes me want to kill them." The boy stated and Naruto eyes widen in surprise.
"Wha..?" Naruto looked confused for a second but then it was gone, replaced by anger.
"Oh well. I'm not involved." The blond haired girl stated and the boy in black smirked.
"You bastard!" Naruto yelled and the boy lifted his fist up.
"Well, after this one I'll take care of that other annoying midget." The boy stated as he swung his fist at Konohamaru while Naruto charged him. Before Naruto could reach them, the boy dropped Konohamaru and gripped his wrist in pain. A small pebble clattered to the floor and the boy whirled around to face Sasuke in the tree behind him.
"What are you bastards doing in our village?" Sasuke asked as he tossed another pebble in his hand.
"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura squealed and Naruto glared at him. The two foreign ninjas stared at Sasuke in silence.
"Ah, another guy who pisses me off." The boy in black said while still gripping his trembling hand.
"Get lost." Sasuke demanded.
"Kyaa! So cool! Get him Sasuke-kun!" Sakura squealed and Konohamaru sniffed before looking at Naruto.
"Naruto bro… you suck… I believed in you…" Konohamaru stated while jabbing his finger at Naruto in an accusatory manner. Naruto knelt down to Konohamaru and offered a nervous smile.
"No dummy! I could have easily defeated that guy!" Naruto stated but Konohamaru huffed and turned away from him, missing the brief look of hurt that flashed across Naruto face.
"Hey punk get down here! I hate show-offs like you the most." The boy in black said before reaching across his back and grabbing the strangely wrapped thing and placing it in front of him.
"Hey, you're even going to use Karasu?!" The blond hair girl asked, reaching out to stop him, she didn't need to.
"Kankuro, stop it." a dry voice said from behind Sasuke and everybody stared in shock at the figure hanging upside down behind Sasuke.
"You're an embarrassment to our village." The red hair boy stated.
"Ga…Gaara." The boy in black answered.
"Losing yourself in a fight, how pathetic… why do you think we came to Konoha?" The boy asked and Kankuro visibly paled.
"Listen Gaara, they started it and…" Kankuro said, looking terrified of the boy before him.
"Shut up or I'll kill you." The red hair boy stated and Kankuro promptly shut up.
"Ok, I'm sorry. I'm really sorry." Kankuro said desperately and the red hair boy turned his gaze to Sasuke.
"Sorry to you guys." He said before suddenly warping to Kankuro side in a rush of sand.
"It looks like we got here to early but we didn't come here to play around." The boy stated and Kankuro looked away guilty.
"I know." Kankuro stated and the red haired boy turned around.
"Let's go." The red haired boy said as he started walking and surprisingly Sakura was the one to stop them.
"Hey wait!" Sakura yelled.
"Judging from your head protectors, you guys are ninjas from the hidden sand village right? You may be allies with Konoha but it is forbidden for shinobis' to enter each other villages without permission. State your purpose. Depending on what it is, we may not be able to let you go." Sakura demanded and the blond hair girl snorted.
"Ha! Talk about clueless… don't you know anything?" The blond hair girl asked as she reached into her pocket and pulled out a small pass port and flipped it open.
"You're right, we are genin from Sunagakure. We have come to your village to take the chunin selection exam." The blond girl stated and Naruto looked at her in confusion.
"The chunin selection exam?" Naruto asked and the blond girl rolled her eyes in exasperation. After giving them a quick review Naruto let out a large grin and turned to Konohamaru.
"Hey Konohamaru! Think I should enter this chunin exam thing?" Naruto asked before the girl could finish her explanation and the girl snarled at him.
"You bastard! You asked the question! Listen until the end!" The girl snapped and Sasuke suddenly appeared next to Naruto.
"Hey, what's your name?" Sasuke asked and the blond girl blushed.
"Huh? You mean me?" The blond girl asked looking slightly surprised.
"No, you with the gourd." Sasuke said and the girl looked slightly pissed off.
"… Subaku no Gaara." The red haired boy answered.
"I'm also interested in you, your name?" Gaara asked and Sasuke smirked.
"It's Uchiha Sasuke." Sasuke stated at the two stared at each other, tensions rising. Suddenly Naruto jumped between the two.
"Hey! What about me huh!? Don't you want to know my name as well?!" Naruto yelled and Gaara turned around.
"Not interested. Let's go." Gaara said before suddenly disappearing with his teammates. Meanwhile Naruto was crouching down next to Konohamaru.
"Hey Konohamaru do I look weak to you?" Naruto asked.
"Weaker to Sasuke? Yes." Konohamaru stated bluntly and Naruto let out a yell of agitation.
"Sasuke I won't lose to you!" Naruto yelled and Sasuke glared at Naruto.
"What's your problem!?" Sasuke snapped, neither of them noticed the trio standing in the tree not too far from them. With a snort, Sasuke left and Sakura followed him. Konohamaru turned back to Naruto and stared at him for a bit before smiling.
"Hey boss are you still up to playing ninja?" Konohamaru asked and Naruto gave him a guilty smile.
"I'm sorry Konohamaru, but I really had something important to do today. Why don't you guys head over to the academy training grounds and I'll meet you there in two hours?" Naruto asked while glancing at a tree nearby.
"Fine, but you better come or else I won't stop pranking you for an entire month!" Konohamaru declared and Naruto cheerfully waved his the trio of children good bye as they raced towards the academy. As soon as Konohamaru was out of sight, Naruto smile disappeared and he turned to look directly at the trio still hiding in the tree.
"Hey! Whoever you are I'm guessing that you're here to take the chunin exam as well. I don't mind that you are, but if you plan to hurt me or my team before the exam starts then I will hunt you down and I will kill you." Naruto said, his voice going icy cold and his eyes turning into two flinty pieces of ice. The trio in the tree jerked in surprise before Naruto scowled at them.
"Now get out of here before I make you." Naruto said and the three left with Naruto cold eyes following their every movements. A few minutes passed in silence before another figure suddenly appeared by Naruto side and gave a small chuckle.
"I didn't know you could be so threatening Naruto-sama." Haku said softly and Naruto frowned at him.
"I don't like to do it, and I told you to stop calling me sama, I haven't done anything to earn that title yet." Naruto stated and Haku just smiled.
"Whatever you say Naruto-sama." Haku said and Naruto glared at him.
"He's not going to stop and you know it Gaki." Zabuza said as he strolled out from behind a tree like it was nothing.
"So how long have you guys been there?" Naruto asked and Zabuza shot Naruto a look.
"From the beginning gaki, we were tailing you to find the perfect time to report in since this morning." Zabuza stated before glaring at Naruto who chuckled nervously.
"That long huh? So what do you have to report?" Naruto asked and Zabuza shrugged.
"Nothing you don't already know. Suna, Kiri, and a few other villages have sent a few of their genin here to Konoha for the chunin exam. We detected a lot of movement from Suna and some new village called Otogakure, not sure yet as to what they're planning though." Zabuza said and Naruto nodded his head and hummed thoughtfully.
"Do you guys think I should enter the chunin exam? I heard that it's a real killer for first year genin." Naruto asked and Zabuza exchanged a glance with Haku before answering.
"With the current skill level that 'you' posses I wouldn't recommend it. But knowing you, you'll do it anyway just to see if you can. I'm only going to warn you now, if you enter the chunin exam, you're going to be forced to reveal yourself." Zabuza said and Haku's eyes narrowed as Naruto stared thoughtfully at the sky.
"I'm planning on it. I'm getting tired of being the 'dead-last' and this exam may be the perfect opportunity to show my real self to everybody." Naruto said with a small smile and Haku eyes widened in surprise.
"Really Naruto-sama?!" Haku asked sounding excited and Naruto smiled at him.
"Yeah. Besides, I don't want to pass up the chance to get to know another Jinchuuriki. He may be the only one to truly understand me." Naruto said; both Haku and Zabuza stared at Naruto in surprise.
"There was another Jinchuuriki?" Haku asked and Zabuza eyes suddenly widen in surprise.
"The red hair kid. How did you know?" Zabuza asked and Naruto looked away guilty.
"His scent, he smelled of blood and raccoons but his eyes also helped. They looked like my eyes from a long time ago." Naruto said and Zabuza nodded his head in understanding.
"So what do you want us to do?" Haku asked and Naruto frowned in thought.
"Stay here in Konoha under disguises but not in a henge. Everyone here is so focused on detecting chakra that you'll be found out right away. Just die your hair and get different clothes; you won't believe how much Konoha 'shinobi' miss the obvious." Naruto said and Haku nodded his head.
"Is there a reason as to why we're staying here?" Zabuza asked and Naruto sighed.
"I have a bad feeling about all of this. I think something bad is going to happen." Naruto said and Zabuza raised an eyebrow at him.
"You have any proof about that?" Zabuza asked and Naruto shook his head.
"Nope, it's just a gut feeling. Over the years I've learned to trust my gut, it saved me more times than I can count." Naruto said with a wide grin and Zabuza rolled his eyes.
"Whatever Gaki, we'll report back to you during the different stages of the test." Zabuza said and Naruto looked surprised.
"There are different stages?" Naruto asked and Zabuza nodded his head.
"What kind?" Naruto asked and Zabuza smirked.
"Not telling." Zabuza said and Naruto whined.
I blinked as everything came back into focus and I saw Tenmari and Kankuro look as confused as I felt.
"So that's why he bumped into me that day." Kankuro muttered and Tenmari scowled.
"He knew that you were a Jinchuuriki right from the beginning?! Why didn't he say anything sooner? It would have saved all of us soo much trouble." Tenmari muttered and I stared at her.
"He was afraid. I was everything he could have been and I struck him a little too close the to heart." I stated and my siblings looked at me confused. I didn't expect them to understand, after all there were only things me and Naruto could only ever understand and I knew exactly what Naruto had felt back then. After all, I had felt the same thing too.
"Tsunade-sama! Training area number forty-four has become over ridden with giant snakes and they're not listening to Anko!"
"Tsunade-sama! Everybody in the academy has been locked in time and anyone who approaches gets frozen as well!"
"Tsunade-sama! The arena has been overrun by these weird shadowy figures that attack each other and anyone close to them."
"Tsunade-sama! A giant nine tail fox has been spotted in the forest fighting what appears to be a giant sand raccoon!"
I banged my head as another report of some odd happening was shoved in my face. Besides me a smirking Jaraiya was leaning against the window and I felt the over whelming urge to smack him.
"Told you Tsu-hime. The next feather was going to show up here and it did. I think this would be the perfect opportunity to see it either one of us can awaken Naruto feather." Jaraiya said and I felt excitement flare up inside of me.
"Tsunade-sama! Several buildings have gone up in flames and no one can stop it!"
Until I heard that. Smacking my head loudly against the table, I very briefly hoped that it would knock me unconscious.
So here's the chapter and in the next few chapters I'll be going over the chunin exams and what happens in it.
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