Hello everyone. How are we doing? I know I know I owe everyone an explanation about my update. My bad. I was a tad under the weather again but everything is alrite now. I will also try to get this out before Thanksgiving and maybe one before or on the day as well as the normal two updates during the weekend. Are we happy? I hope so =)
Anyways, Some people were asking why I was making Sasuke a bit too evil right now and well……………..cmon…….the dude is a fucking douche I hate him, in the Anime I hate him, and I especially hate him in the Manga. They just need to kill him off and be done with things. BUT anyways I have special plans for him in the future and I think its going to be quite well.
Also, I had a few requests for Naruto to gain some 'foxy' features however, I am not. Unfortunately, I don't feel as though this is right. Never really did like the Furry thing. Anyways, there was also the event that involved Naruto and the Fox go Six tails. I got 1 review and 4 mail letters concerning this and let me just say this. The price that has to be paid is extremely large for Naruto to gain said power. Both the fox and Naruto need to be literally one of mind whole heartedly. There will always be a part of the fox that does not want to give Naruto all that power, however, when it came to Tenten, Naruto's future mate thus making this kinda like the Foxes mate, well he finally agreed. From now on though, it will be extremely rare instances that Naruto gains that kind of power again.
Finally……………………..I'm going to make another story. This one will be slightly less worded but will be a bit funny. Will post the details in my profile about what it will be but pretty much to sum it up and I know this will sound a bit………….weird…………but the story will involve myself somehow some way being transported to Naruto's world with all my current knowledge of his world. Should be kinda fun to write.
Anyways, Like always We all know the disclaimer is not necessary and we all should know the speech thing already. So here it is. The next chappy!
Chapter 10 Second Test: Finales, Information, Fathers?
"Next Match - Yamanaka Ino of Leaf vs. Akane of Kumo" Yelled Hayate.
Ino immediately looked at her team with a bright smile that could have blinded even Gai himself. Naruto came over and gave her a hug and wished her luck and told her not to use any jutsu while Sasuke was watching. Hinata reminded her to use the mist technique since she was used to that technique already although she hated it.
On the other side of the balcony, a tall rugged looking man that seemed to be late in his 20's with plenty of battle scars on his arms and face stopped Akane before she went down.
"Akane-san, I know that your last teammate failed in his job to advance to chuunin, however, don't take it to heart. You are strong in your own right. You are one of the most strongest genin kunoichi that kumo has seen in 5 years. Make us proud." Her jounin sensei said.
"Hai sensei."
Both combatants entered the ring and bowed to each other. As Hayate explained the rules just in case they were forgotten, both combatants nodded in agreement. Hayate then jumped back and yelled "Begin!".
Ino and Akane just stood there and sized each other up. Everyone was a bit intense waiting for the first person to make a move. After 3 minutes of sizing each other up, both fighters charged at each other.
Akane was proficient in the Lightning Fist of taijutsu. Although she wasn't that great, it was still a painful form to come against. It specialized in fast strikes with a bit of strength behind it but instead had lightning chakra used.
Ino was using her snake style against Akane. Like the lightning fist, it specialized in speed but didn't use chakra in its strikes. There were a lot of fluidic movements involved along with moving the body agile in many twists and turns.
Both were engaged heavily in the taijutsu battle both parrying and dodging each strike. Akane swung hard with a cross at Ino's ribs. Ino twisted her body so the punch missed while she with a strong leg sweep to drop the girl. Akane jumped in the air and back flipped to put some distance in-between the two. Both weren't winded but had a look of determination in their eyes.
"I will not lose to a spoiled blonde wanna be kunoichi!" Akane yelled.
"Ha! That's rich! Like you will even have a chance in beating me." Ino retorted.
Naruto was laughing at the bickering that both girls were having while Hinata was at his side. She was letting out small giggles.
"Fine, then I guess I can't hold back anymore!" Akane yelled and went through some hand signs. "Raiton: Raikyuu (Lightning Ball)!"
Akane watched as a lightning ball swiftly formed and was thrown hard at Ino. Ino dodged the first strike with a roll to her left. As soon as she rose, Akane already had two more balls formed and threw them at Ino.
This wasn't that hard for Ino but she didn't want to use her jutsu while Sasuke was watching so that he can copy them. Ino had to come up with a plan.
"Ha! Is that all you can do little girl!? You truly are weak you know that?" Akane yelled out taunting trying to force Ino into a false move.
Ino was getting a bit impatient with this girl and decided to end this. "Fine, lets have some fun then." Ino said and opened up her pouch and threw a smoke pellet at the ground. Finally under cover, Ino yelled "Kirigakure No Jutsu."
Everyone was actually a bit shocked. It was a bit surprising that Hinata had known that technique but for Ino to know it as well was a bit more shocking.
With all the water on the ground from Hinata's match from before and just before it all dried up, there was enough to densely cover the arena floor.
"C'mon you little Kumo nin. Try using your lightning in here. You will be shocked the second you use it as well as everything else in this mist. The water here conduct's chakra very nicely." Ino yelled. If she could see the look on Sasuke's face, it would be priceless.
"For fuck sake! Does everyone have to use that fucking ninjutsu!" Sasuke yelled earning him some looks from the participants as well as some Jounin's . Sasuke seen this and just quieted down and continued to watch the match.
"Psh! Like I need my lightning chakra to beat a weak girl like you!" Akane yelled. In her mind however, she was a bit unnerved at how she couldn't use her lightning based attacks now. She couldn't risk herself being hurt and missing her target.
"Well, here we go!" Ino yelled that sounded like it came from all directions.
Akane was wondering where the attack would come from. Before she can do anything, a small sharp jab came at the bottom of her leg. When she looked there was nothing there. Then there was another jab on her shoulder but quickly countered into nothing. Finally, nothing happened anymore. Then, the mist started to recede.
Everyone was wondering what was going on including Akane. That is, until she started to form a heavy sweat. Akane was starting to see double and was wondering what was going on. Ino was just standing there smiling.
"What the hell did you do to me you bitch?"
"Why? Are we feeling a bit weak right now? A bit dizzy, hot, and tired? Well, lets just say you should fall over riiiiiiight about …………………………….now." As soon as Ino said it Akane was on the ground knocked out.
"Winner. Ino Yamanaka of Leaf." Said Hayate.
"Tell the medic team to treat her for poison. it's a rather weak amount but its still potent." Ino said before walking away while Hayate nodded and told the medic team.
When Ino went to the top of the stairs, she was greeted by a big hug from Naruto and a few good jobs from the others that were there.
"Next Match: Sabaku no Gaara of Sand vs. Zaku of Sound."
Everyone wanted to watch this next match only to see what this Gaara kid can do.
As Hayate begun the match, Zaku was quick to attack Gaara. Gaara on the other hand just stood still.
"Well if you want to get hurt fine by me! Zankuuha (Decapitating Air Waves)!" He yelled sending was seemed like wave's of sound but pressurized and condensed toward Gaara.
As soon as the attack reached Gaara………………..nothing.
Absolutely nothing happened. Gaara's sand had prevented all the damage to be done to him. Zaku was shocked that some silly sand had stopped his attack.
"What?! How did you stop my attack!?" Zaku yelled.
"Mother wishes for your blood to be spill………." Gaara was saying before a wave of killer intent hit him hard. Gaara kept a straight neutral face on the outside but the inside was scared to shit. Naruto had just reminded him not to do any kind of killing here.
"Although your blood won't be spilled, I will beat you still." Gaara said still in his neutral tone.
"HA! I have to see this for myself! Lets end this now! Zankyokukuuha (Extreme Decapitating Air Wave)!" Zaku yelled.
Luckily Gaara had his back to the south wall where nobody was there. What came at him was what seemed like the ultimate version of the technique. A very large gust came then it turned into a hurricane type with that was very sharp. Gaara was actually being pushed back with this technique.
After Zaku dumped all his chakra into the attack a large explosion occurred. Everyone was looking around and after the smoke cleared, Gaara was no where to be found. Everyone was shocked not to find him but Zaku was smiling.
"Ha! That will teach the kid to m……….." Zaku was gloating before he felt something on his legs.
He looked down and saw sand creeping up his legs. He tried to get away but couldn't. Gaara then appeared from a small amount of sand behind Zaku. Zaku tried to turn around but found he couldn't since his legs had been trapped up to the mid thigh. Gaara then brought up his arm and had his hands opened. He looked at Naruto who didn't do anything so he took this as it was okay.
"Sabaku Kyuu (Sand Coffin). Now submit." Gaara said.
"Like hell I will. I'm going to destroy you!
"Fine. Sabaku Sousou (Sand Funeral)." Gaara said.
All of a sudden, his sand hardened at an incredibly high rate and crushed everything inside the sand brutally. Gaara looked up to Naruto again to see his reaction but it was neutral. Gaara then just went back to his balcony after the match was called and he was declared the winner.
"Man, I hope I don't go up against that guy. Look at what he did to that sound nin." Chouji said with a bit of worry. Naruto was standing next to him and patted his shoulder.
"Don't worry man. If you do just go all out and do your best. That sound nin had a chance to submit and he didn't. If that happens to you and you can't get out of the sand just submit. No point trying to act all brave when it can kill your ninja career." Naruto comforted Chouji.
"Next Match - Uchiha Sasuke of Leaf vs. Yukari Tenten of Leaf."
Tenten looked at her team and they just nodded while Naruto and the others were a bit worried. They knew Tenten was going to have a rough time with Sasuke but hoped she had enough training to beat him.
Both fighters proceeded to the middle area of the arena and Hayate yelled begin.
Sasuke was the first one to act and was going through several hand signs. "Katon: Endan (Fireball)!" He yelled at Tenten sending her a medium size fireball. Tenten easily dodged it and threw some kunai dead on at Sasuke's chest.
Too bad for her Sasuke had his Sharingan activated and blocked each strike. Tenten was a bit disappointed and figured this was going to be harder then she thought.
"Ha! You think your weak weapons are going to hit me? Please, you are too weak to beat me. You should just give up now." Sasuke taunted dodging and blocking each kunai, senbon, and shuriken thrown at him.
"I will never give up! Naruto believes in me and I won't let him down!" Tenten yelled back. Everyone just looked at Naruto and he just shrugged his shoulders.
"Pfft. The dobe has nothing on me. He is weaker and an idiot. You should forget him and come with me. Heh, you seem pretty strong and I do need women to rebuild my clan." Sasuke said with a lecherous grin on his face.
Tenten heard and saw it and was almost gagging. Naruto was a bit miffed at this but didn't react. That's what Sasuke would have wanted.
Tenten unsealed a wakizashi and started to attack Sasuke head on. Each strike was either missed, dodged, or parried with Sasuke's own kunai since he was predicting all her movements. Tenten wasn't getting worn down since she went through the endurance part of Yakama's training but she was losing her cool.
"Awwww, what's this? Can't get a single hit on me? Too bad!" Sasuke said and dodged another stroke to his arm and countered with a strong kick to her ribs sending her a good distance between them.
Tenten stood up holding her side. She though he might have bruised a few ribs with such a vicious kick. After calming down she had to think. So far all her main strikes have not been working since he was predicting her movements. "If there was only a way to block those eyes……..or maybe….fake my movements!"
Tenten charged at him again with his short sword and went back to work. This time she tried a hard slash at his chest but feinted the move which Sasuke took the bait. She then grabbed a kunai out of her pouch and tried to slash at Sasuke's eyes. She missed but one wouldn't believe it until you saw it. She had missed but the tip of the kunai drew some blood from Sasuke's eye lids. If he didn't see the sudden movement in her arm at the last second and tried to dodge, he would have lost his eyes.
"You bitch! You tried to take out my eyes! You worthless fucking whore! I'll kill you!" Sasuke roared in a blinded rage. Luckily, the seal placed on his cursed seal was keeping it in check but they didn't know how long till it reacts.
Sasuke was dodging all the strikes being thrown at him while countering with very vicious strikes of his own. Tenten was completely on the defensive trying to stave off this attack and trying to counter with her own but couldn't.
Tenten thought she saw an opening and took it but it proved fatal. Sasuke lured her in and once again sent a vicious kick straight at her unprotected stomach and launched her against the wall with a sickening crack.
"And now this you stupid bitch is what you get for trying to ruin my eyes!" Sasuke roared and picked Tenten up when she was trying her self and threw her back in the middle of the ring.
Tenten tried to get up again in a defensive stance but was caught when Sasuke grabbed her by her throat and pulled out a kunai. "Next time, don't fucking with an Uchiha's eyes!" Sasuke said and cranked his arm back with the kunai in hand seeming about to plunge it into her chest.
Tenten was once again looking at death in her face and she was crying. She could only hope that some miracle can happen and save her. Hayate was trying to charge at Sasuke and grab the kunai and call the match but wouldn't get there in time. As Sasuke's hand moved forward everything seemed to slow down.
Her Team was shouting to fight back. Tenten's female friends were telling her to not give up. Hayate was trying to stop the match. But oddly enough there was no yelling from Naruto. Tenten just closed her eyes and took one last deep breathe.
Nothing.
Tenten opened her eyes and saw the kunai point atleast one inch away from her chest. She couldn't believe it. Someone stopped the fight. But who. She looked at the hand gripping the wrist with the kunai in it and followed it to a face.
It was Naruto.
Naruto had jumped down and stopped the strike with such speed that everyone didn't even see him go and do it. Not even the Jounin's there. The only one that saw it was the Hokage and he was quite proud at the moment.
"Don't worry Tenten. I'm here now." Naruto said in a sweet voice before staring into the eyes of the Uchiha. Naruto made is grip even tighter. It was like being locked into a vicegrip and it was only getting tighter. Soon, a sickening crack was heard and Sasuke's wrist was broke.
Sasuke dropped the kunai and Tenten and was then met with nasty punch that sent him flying into the wall. Another sick crack was heard that made everyone wince. Naruto then with nothing but speed appeared right in front of Sasuke and grabber him by his throat and lifted him up.
Sasuke was struggling to get free but couldn't. He then looked into the eyes of Naruto. "You think you can change your eyes too? Watch mine!" Naruto said in a very cold whisper. Naruto's eyes changed from the deep sea blue into blood red eyes with black slits in the middle. These eyes were the same eyes that seemed they have caused and seen years upon years of death. For the first time since the incident that one fateful night, Sasuke was scared. No, he was terrified.
"Next time you try to hurt one of my girlfriends like that again, and I will rip your eyes out and sell them to the highest bidder!" Naruto now roared. He then dropped Sasuke to the ground and went to grab Tenten.
"Is she going to be okay?" Naruto asked one of the medics.
"Hai, it looks like she has some cracked ribs, a few cuts, and a nasty slash on her arm as well as a lot of bruises but she will be okay." The medics said before carrying Tenten to the infirmary.
Hayate came over to Naruto and placed a hand on his shoulder. "As bad as this sounds, Naruto for your interference in the match, I hereby disqualify Tenten and name Uchiha Sasuke of Leaf the victor." Hayate said with a bit of distaste in his mouth. He then bent over and told Naruto, "Hey kid, she did pretty good with that sword, send her my way and I can help her. Also, thanks for stopping the match." Hayate said in a soft whisper.
Naruto nodded and proceeded back up to the balcony while he watch Sasuke get taken away by the medics to get looked at.
"Naruto, thank you for saving her. Your youthfulness knows no bounds!" Lee came over and hugged him in a grip like Naruto had on Sasuke. Naruto just laughed and nodded.
"But in all honesty Naruto, thank you for saving her from the unyouthful Uchiha. Should you need anything, just ask." said a solemn Gai. Naruto was surprised by the reaction her got from Gai but only shook his hand and told him he might have an idea or two.
"Next Match - Sabaku no Temari of the Sand vs. Aburame Shino from the Leaf."
Temari jumped down and waited from Shino. The group looked at him and for once, they were worried about what he was doing. Shino had a look of seriousness on his face before he jumped down and stood in front of her.
"Proctor, as unfortunate as this is, I will have to forfeit this match. By the way she carries that fan on her back, one has to assume she is a wind user. And by its weight that I can see, she is quite a powerful wind user at that. Logic dictates that the match heavily favors her against my bugs." Shino said.
Everyone was shocked at this but slowly started to think. That was very true. Shino decided to save his bug colony from any destruction by making a tactical retreat. The Hokage would have to keep an eye on the boy for the future.
"Okay. Then the winner by forfeit, Sabaku no Temari of Sand."
Temari was a bit miffed that she didn't fight but only thought that the boy was right. He was quite smart and she wouldn't have to show her abilities off here.
"Next match - Horui of Kumo vs. Tsurugi Misumi of the Leaf"
Naruto and his team didn't bother to watch the match and went to talk to Lee. Lee was a bit bummed since he didn't have a match yet and was wondering if there were anyone left.
"I don't know Lee. Atleast you know that if you don't get a match there's a possibility of you getting a bye into the next round right?" Ino said.
"Ah that is very true my youthful friend! But I wanted to show the Fire of my Youth towards the beautiful Sakura-chan! She has to see that I am the one for her!" Lee said in his over eagerness. Ino was shocked that Lee liked Sakura and so was Hinata. Naruto already knew but still acted a bit shocked.
"Well, I can try to help you Lee but you will have to tone things down a bit." Ino said.
"What do you mean tone things down? My youthfulness can never be toned down!" Lee said.
"That's what I mean. You can't yell like that all the time. Women don't like it."
"Then what should I do? Please help me claim the heart of the beautiful blossom tree!"
"Then first thing is first, your kami awful green outfit has to go. Then, me and Hinata will redo your hairstyle, next, your youthfulness crap has to go. Sure its okay to say it everyone once in a while but for kami sake man not all the damn time!" Ino said with Hinata behind giggling.
"But, Gai-Sensei says"
"Look, do you want to get Sakura or not!"
"Hai." Lee said defeated.
Both girls were now giving tips and advice as well as going to help him while Naruto was just leaning back next to Yakama and both were laughing. Gai looked over at the scene and wondered what is going on. He listened and was shocked at what they were trying to do for his student.
Naruto saw this and went over to Gai.
"Hey, Gai-sensei. Look. He can still be himself when he's training with you and on missions and what not. But this is a girl we are talking about. They can help him with that. Don't worry too much, he will still be himself after all this is over." Naruto said.
Gai was feeling better now and just went back over to watch the fight.
Both combatant's were finishing the fight. After one last attack, both seemed to be knocked out.
"Both fighters cannot continue. Match is a Draw."
"There will be no more matches at this time. Rock Lee of Leaf will receive a Bye into the Final round."
The Hokage then stepped up in front of the entire audience and spoke.
"Well fought my fellow Chuunin hopefuls. Your matches were quite exhilarating. Now before we start, will all the winners please come down." The Hokage said.
All the winners came down and stood in front of the Hokage and another jounin holding a box. Hayate came up and told them, "Please, starting from left to right, will each one of you come forward and pick a number from out of the box. Show it to us and go back to your spot. Those number will be the person who you fight in the finals."
Shikamaru came up and drew a number. "I got number 1."
He went back and Naruto came up. "Number 10."
Then Hinata. "Number 4."
Chouji. "Number 5."
Temari. "Number 2."
Kakashi came up and drew for Sasuke since he was in the infirmary still. "Sasuke draws number 9." Everyone was looking at Naruto who had a cold look on his face. They then felt sorry for Sasuke when he was made aware of who he was fighting. "Kakashi-sensei. Train Sasuke hard. Teach him everything he wants and don't let up. I want him to be at his best when I take him down to the ground. Hard." Naruto said in a neutral voice. Kakashi was a bit shocked at this but only nodded his head. When he had seen Naruto jump down to stop the match, he had to have his hi-taite up to even see the movement.
"Anyways, next person come up and choose a number."
Neji. "Number 3."
Neji looked at his cousin and only had a smirk on his face. Hinata only returned it with a small smile herself.
Gorou. "I got number 6."
Gaara. "Number 8."
Lee. "I picked number 7."
"Thank you all. Now here are the matches. First. Nara Shikamaru of Leaf vs. Sabaku no Temari of Sand. Second, Hyuuga Neji vs. Hyuuga Hinata. Third, Akamichi Chouji of Leaf vs. Gorou of Kumo. Fourth, Rock Lee of Leaf vs. Sabaku no Gaara of Sand. Fifth and final, Uchiha Sasuke of Leaf vs. Uzumaki Naruto of Leaf. Yamanaka Ino, please come up and chose a number from this box." The Hokage said.
Ino came over and chose a number. "It's number two."
"Good, You will face the winner of the second match."
Ino looked at Hinata with a sad look but perked up so know that she might face a strong opponent in the end.
The Hokage then went on with his speech and told them about the importance of the final exams and its relations with the other villages. The Hokage then told them that they all would have a month to train before the final exams started and that it would give enough time to prepare the invitations to send out to the major villages. As soon as he was finished, he once again congratulated all the contestants and walked away with his bodyguards.
Everyone then went their separate directions. Naruto and his friends all went to the infirmary and went to visit their comrades with the exception of Sasuke. Kiba was up and feeling a bit better and Tenten was feeling alright. Sakura was up and walking but was limping a bit with a lot of bruises on her. They all congratulated each other and they said who they were facing in the finals.
Everyone was now laughing at how Sasuke was going to be destroyed by Naruto in the finals. Ino, Tenten, Hinata were all thinking romantic thoughts at how Naruto was fighting for the honor of his girls.
Soon, they all left the infirmary with Kiba in a wheel chair and Tenten being carried by Naruto. She was blushing but didn't mind it.
They all went their separate directions except for Naruto, his girls, and surprisingly Gaara. Naruto had told him before the perlims to come with him to his house so that he can see if Jiraiya could fix the seal on him. The girls were made aware of Gaara being a Jinchuuriki and they didn't mind as long as he behaved. They all walked to Naruto's compound at a speedy rate. As soon as they got there, Naruto was a bit worried. His compound door………………………was open.
(Namikaze Compound)
"Tsunade, Shizune-chan………….we have company." Minato said while sitting in the living room where the three were talking.
"Are you sure? I didn't feel their chakra signatures." Tsunade said.
"Hai. They just showed up at the gates. I'm going to hide while you to stay here. I wish to surprise my boy." Minato said in his mischievous nature way.
Back at the entrance, Naruto was scared. He didn't know who could break in but knew something was wrong. He quickly sent two shadow clones to get Fuu who was with the Aburame's at the instant and one to the Hokage asking for back-up.
After waiting twenty minutes, Fuu showed up ready for battle and the Hokage showed up with four of his best ANBU agents.
"Naruto, what the hell is going on here. Who is in your estate!?" The Hokage yelled. He then turned his head to notice Gaara standing there acting neutral and was wondering what was going on.
"I don't know Ojii-san. I came here hoping to find Jiraiya so he can fix Gaara's seal and the gate was wide open. I know Fuu didn't leave it open since it is impossible and you know it only opens from fresh Namikaze blood!" Naruto said quickly.
"Hai. Boar, Rat, Dragon, go ahead and scout the perimeter. Pig, stay here with me. Naruto, I know you and your girls are strong but whoever did this is incredibly stronger. These security seals were done by seal masters and now they broke through stay close!" the Hokage commanded.
They all went in quietly and on edge. They noticed that none of the property was ruined or destroyed. The forge and the guest area was relatively fine with nothing out of the ordinary. Naruto then saw that his door was open to the main house. He quickly unseal his staff while Ino had her tonfas out and Hinata put her gloves on that had metal fingertips to make her jyuuken strikes even more painful. Gaara had his sand ready and Tenten was limping slowly but still had her wakizashi out. They all were now on edge as they went to the front door.
Quickly they all jumped in ready for battle. What surprised the hell out of them was that there were no intruders…………..but two young women sitting on the couch.
"Heh, why hello there old man. How's my old sensei doing?" Tsunade asked looking at the confused group.
"Tsunade! What the hell are you doing here and how the hell did you get in!?" the Sandaime roared pissed that it was her.
"Well, it's a long story and I wish for everyone to get well adjusted." Tsunade said.
Naruto then stepped forward and yelled at the sannin. "That still doesn't matter! How the fuck did you get into my house!?"
"Your house? I thought this was my house? I did buy it and put the seals all over the place." A voice said from the upstairs.
The Hokage stiffened when he heard that. Naruto was wondering what the hell is going on same with the girls. "No………..it can't be………..you're supposed to be dead!" the Hokage said.
"Heh, then I guess I have to present myself now don't I?" Said Minato slowly walking down the stairs.
The Hokage was completely flabbergasted. Naruto was staring and complete and utter shock. The girls were all wondering what the hell was going on. The ANBU units had now been kneeling on the floor. Tsunade and Shizune was laughing. And Gaara was just confused.
"Hello Hiruzen. How are things?" Minato said.
"F-father?" Naruto said softly.
"Yes son. It's me."
Naruto then shook off his shock and it soon turned to rage. Everyone was surprised to see this. They were even more surprised to see him charge his father and started fighting with him.
Naruto was throwing punch after punch and led Minato outside. Minato was kinda confused at the moment and wondered why his son was attacking him.
"You're alive!? Where the hell have you been all my life?! Do you not know the pain I have been through without a father figure!? BEING THE JINCHUURIKI OF THE KYUUBI?! THE PAIN THIS VILLAGE PUT ME THROUGH BECAUSE OF THAT?!" Naruto yelled at Minato.
Minato was now completely confused at this. He believed his anger at him not being here or not having a father figure. What he was now confused and angry was the last two statements. Minato then decided to use his speed and strength to stop the fighting…………if he could get a counter in.
Naruto was fighting extremely hard and was throwing strong kicks and punches all over the place then decided to use his weapon. Minato was surprised to see how strong his son was but he needed answers. The only words that were said were, "Hiraishin no Jutsu!"
Minato was now immediately behind Naruto and tied Naruto's hands in a strong grip. "Naruto, you have to listen to me, I only been back for a few years now. Ever since then, Tsunade and Shizune-chan have been taking care of me and training me back to my peak. You know I have a lot of enemies out there including in Konoha. Please, calm down and let me explain what's been going on then you explain to me what happened in your life." Minato said hoping to calm Naruto down.
It seemed to work and Naruto had no doubts this was his dad. He knew only one person ever in the history of Konoha could use that jutsu and that was his dad. Everyone was outside looking on. Aside from Tsunade and Shizune, everyone else's doubts were no subsided as to him being a fake.
Naruto then calmed completely down and started to cry. "Daddy!!!!!" Naruto yelled and tackled Minato and cried into his chest. "Shhhhh. Its okay son. Its okay. I'm here now." Minato said.
After several minutes, Naruto and Minato stood up and everyone walked into the house. "Hey everyone! My dad's back!" Naruto yelled when they entered.
"Minato, how is this possible? I know your body was never recovered but we both knew the outcome if the sealing was successful."
"Honestly, I don't know what happened. First thing I remembered after I blacked out was waking up in the care of Tsunade here and Shizune-chan." Minato said.
"Shizune-chan?" Sarutobi said with a evil smile forming.
"Heh, ya, Shizune-chan. Naruto, I know that she can never be a replacement for your mother but I hope that Shizune can atleast fill that void when you are ready. We have been having a light relationship a week since I woke up from my blackout." Minato said with a blush forming with Shizune stepping next to him having a blush herself.
"Minato, you still haven't answered my question." the Sandaime said.
"Ah, I think I can answer that." A voice said out of nothing.
Everyone in the room jumped at the voice and was wondering where it was coming from. The ANBU guards surrounded both Minato and their Hokage while Tsunade guarded the genins.
"Whose there?! Reveal yourself!" Minato yelled ready for battle.
"Is that the way you treat the being that saved your life Namikaze Minato, Father of Namikaze Naruto, Husband to Uzumaki Kushina. Also, she is a hell of a little fire cracker. How you survived is even beyond my comprehension." The voice said trying to crack a joke to lighten the mood.
It failed.
"*sigh* I will reveal myself. Do not be frightened. I am going to take the form of the First Hokage for now." The voice said. Then in front of everyone saw a figure form out of pure air and appeared the First Hokage.
"First off, understand that I am a being far beyond any of you mortal's comprehension. Secondly, I only saved you Minato to give your son something great. He is going to be needed in the future for help. One such task is you and your son have a specific mission. We Beings of greater power cannot interfere in the world of you mortals. Some kind of bullshit reason set by our predecessors long before us. So that means, that you, Minato Namikaze and Naruto Namikaze are being given life long missions. It does not have to be completed now nor soon but by the end of your lives it needs to be done. You must kill Orochimaru." The first Hokage said.
Everyone was shocked at this. Especially Naruto and Minato. Sarutobi just flinched that a being of immense power just gave Naruto and his successor to Hokage a mission to kill his former pupil.
"Orochimaru cannot nor ever receive immortality or even a bastardized form of it. We can see into the distant future and we can say that he will achieve it if not stopped. As soon as he does, what is going to stop him from trying to gain divine status. This can not happen. Hiruzen, you had your chance years ago but you failed. You knew what he was doing but the love of your pupil and seeing him fall from grace caused you to flinch when you needed to get the job done."
Everyone looked at the Third and was shocked to hear that he had a chance to end this threat but faltered.
"He's right. I failed in killing my student. I know I have failed but I will not again. Should he and I ever meet in battle again, he will die." the Third said with much conviction.
"That is fine. So long as Orochimaru is killed, the better the world will be off. Secondly, there is a group called Akatsuki. They are a group of S-Class criminals that are seeking to gain the power of the 9 Jinchuuriki into one statue and then release the 10 Tailed beast the Juubi. Should this beast ever be released, this world will cease to exist. We empowered the man named Rikudou Sennin. With a bit of our power. However, there was a side effect. We cannot empower anyone else with our power due to his blood being in some form and some way in most of the ninja's of the world today. He was the founding father of every shinobi in the world. How do you think everyone has the ability to become shinobi. Its due to us. We are the ones that blessed this world with Chakra and Chakra Coils. That was the only way the Juubi can be contained within a human being."
Everyone was completely shocked. They all couldn't believe that every ninja in the world is related to the Rikudou Sennin. They then listened more to this stranger.
"What you don't realize is that once you are imbued with our chakra, descendents and their descendents and going and going cannot receive our power again. So in short, you're fucked if the Juubi gets out."
Everyone sweat dropped at how this person just simplified what would happen if this thing gets released.
"Now, I expect that these two missions be dealt with while you're alive. Should an unfortunate event happen that costs your lives Naruto and Minato, it is necessary that you appoint a successor to the mission. This group must not be allowed to release the Juubi. As guardian of this place, I cannot allow it. If I can, I would stop them myself, but the rules are rules. Now that everything had been said, are there any questions?"
"Hai. Why us?" Naruto asked.
"Well, for Minato there, he is one of the strongest ninja that has ever came around. As for you, you hold the strongest KG with your blood from the Uzumaki side of your family as well as the Kyuubi jailor. Know that the Kyuubi is truly sorry for ever attacking your village Naruto if he has not said it before although I suspect he has. Anything else?"
"Hai. Why couldn't you restore my chakra when you saved me?" Minato asked.
"Well, like I said. My power is divine and we cannot give any descendent of the Rikudou Sennin any of our power without them being killed. It needed the help of a medic and I figured I would find the best one. That is where Tsunade came in."
"So then you were the reason as to all the feelings I received during my time before I was with her that were calming and comforting?" Minato asked.
"Hai. However, I did leave out every major thing that happened to the boy that were bad. I leave that for him and your Hokage to tell you. Trust me, it was hard keeping a stasis over your body that long. It would only work if you were calm and collective and not frantic and angered at the way the village has treated your son."
"What do you mean?" Minato said in a very serious voice.
"Well, like I said. I will let those two explain it to you. Is there any other questions?"
"Well, its not much as a question but more like a request." Minato said feeling a bit sad.
"Go ahead and I will see if its within my power."
"Can you tell Kushina that I love her? And tell her thank you for accepting Shizune-chan?" Minato said earning a small smile from Shizune.
"Urgh! Really? You want me to do that? Geez, you're a bit troublesome. Ya I can do that. But shes been all over my ass due to all the things that she has seen happen to her son. Trust me, she wants blood. Anyways, ya I will tell her that. She is thankful that you are not in a depressed state and moping around like a sad puppy."
"Naruto, Hiruzen we are going to talk after this." Minato said seriously.
They both nodded their heads.
"Anything else? Well, seeing there is no more questions, then I leave you all to your lives. Remember your missions you two. Once that happen and you complete it, we Guardians will come back and offer your village a gift or the village that kills them. Till then, farewell!" The Figure said and disappeared in the air.
"Wow, well that was very enlightening." the Third said before being greeted by Minato with a serious glare.
"Speak now!" Minato said.
Sarutobi sighed and asked Naruto to come sit next to him probably to use him as a shield from his dad. They both explained how Naruto had been treated over the years. Both the good and the bad as well as the worst. Sarutobi explained how they called for Naruto's death after he was sealed, how they wanted him to be trained as a mindless killing weapon in Danzo's ROOT program, how Naruto saved Hinata, Tenten, Ino and Hinata's mom from the Kumo nin, the seals that were placed on Naruto at a young age that stunted his growth, how they didn't want Naruto to even graduate from the Academy even going out of their way to sabotage his learning, all the beatings he took from childhood and then they explained who put the seals on Naruto.
To say that Minato was fuming was a mild understatement. He was livid. If steam was able to come out of human ears then it would be happening with Minato. He couldn't believe that the village treated his son this way. If it wasn't for Naruto and Shizune calming him down, he would have gone out and killed the suspected parties right at that very moment.
Naruto then told his dad about his girlfriends. He had hoped this would work to calm him down and it did. Minato was surprised that a Hyuuga, Yamanaka, and a civilian were all dating his son. He then asked a simple question that only had three letters in it. "CRA?"
Sarutobi nodded and Naruto and the girls blushed.
"Naruto, do you plan on taking them in marriage?" Minato asked slightly serious.
"Daaaaadddddd!!!!! I'm too young for this………….besides……………I wanted to wait till we all are at the very least chuunin before I gave it any thoughts." Naruto smiled and knew that it was supposed to mean that he would probably ask after the exams.
Sarutobi was the only one to catch this and just smiled. "Are you sure Naruto?" He asked.
Naruto was happy that atleast Sarutobi caught it. "Hai. I'm sure."
"Now that all this is out the way, Naruto why is Gaara here? You know with everything that he knows, we can have him killed." Sarutobi said.
Gaara tensed up extremely quick but Naruto stood next to him with a strong glare at the Hokage.
"Touch him and you will have to go through me. He had the same childhood as me and I want to be his first friend. And my first job as a friend was wanting to find Jiraiya-oji and have him fix Gaara's seal. He seems to have the Ichibi roar and twist Gaara's mind to its will. If someone can fix the seal then it should stop." Naruto said.
The Hokage was surprised that Naruto was defending Gaara so passionately and understood why. He could see that Gaara probably had an extremely harder childhood and Naruto wanted to help Gaara in some way.
"Naruto, I can fix his seal. I am a better seal master than Jiraiya-sensei was since he's always doing his damned researched." Minato said.
Tsunade just laughed. "Ya, that figures. That pervert of a teammate did always want to research more than do his training."
"Gaara come here." Minato said.
Gaara came over like he was told and stood at attention. Minato could already tell how the ichibi was affecting the child and hoped he would be mentally okay later. He told Gaara to lift his shirt and channel some chakra to his seal. When Gaara did, Minato and even Sarutobi was shocked all to be damned to see how messed up the seal was.
"Wow, obviously this person that did the sealing was not a seal master at all. All the seals are wrong and the matrix is totally jumbled. I think I can fix this but it will take some time. Gaara come with me and I will get this all fixed up." Minato said and led the boy to a back room.
While everyone was still in the living room, they all began to talk about the events that just took place. Obviously, the Third said this was all a double S-class secret and no one is to speak of it. As to Minato, Naruto had the best idea out of all of them.
"Hey Ojii-san, instead of you announcing my fathers revival to the Village, or even at the exams, why don't you let him congratulate the winner on the finals. That would be a hell of a surprise right?" Naruto said.
"Ha. That's a grand idea Naruto. This village can use a pick me up and I think that's the best idea yet. Also, I have some great news for you Naruto, I didn't mention this before due to I didn't want your father to go out and do something insane. We found the paper trail leading back to the final culprits of your sealing. However, I'm going to wait to inform you of who it is come the start of the exams. That okay?" Sarutobi said.
"Really? How did you find out?" Naruto asked.
"Well, I had been doing extensive research and had Jiraiya follow certain individuals around town with his toad summons. Also, I included Shibi Aburame to help me. He felt sorry for you in his own way when I talked to him a week after your unsealing and he has been helping me all the way. Combined, we found the person that ordered the sealing on your chakra." Sarutobi explained.
"Wow, when did you find out?"
"We got all our information together and confirmed three days ago."
Everyone was dumbfounded when they heard this. If it took the Hokage, Jiraiya, and Shibi Aburame this long to find the culprits, that meant that the person was either out of village for this time or extremely careful.
After that was done, Tsunade began to tell them how Minato came into her possession. She relayed everything that happened over the course of the years while leaving out the more…….intimate moments she caught Minato and Shizune having in the winter a while back. She detailed his nursing schedule, then when he was strong enough, she told them about his training regiment and how he got some strong again.
Naruto was amazed at how awesome is father was. The girls on the other hand didn't care about Naruto's father like that. They wanted to get their hands on the legendary medic nin Tsunade. They were bombarding her with questions and begging her to teach them some medical jutsus.
Tsunade was surprised but when she looked into their eyes, there was no way she could mistake this for fangirlism just trying to get training so they can say they were trained by the legendary Sannin. No. They had the look of determination
"Heh, alright girls, I'll train you each in the medic field. Also, did both of you pass the second round?" Tsunade asked.
"Hai!" both shouted with much glee in their voice.
"Well, I was going to train both of you personally in both dodging and all my other skills but I don't want to do that now since both of you passed. After the exams though, it will be you two that I will train personally." Tsunade said.
Both girls looked at each other and hugged tightly. They couldn't believe it. But then, a shock came over them. "Uhm, Tsunade-sama, what about Tenten here? I think she would be a good…" Ino began to say before she was interrupted by Tenten.
"No thanks. I'm more of a frontline to Range fighter. Although I could use that dodging training you spoke of Tsunade-sama if you deem me worthy to be trained." Tenten said.
"Hmmm. You're the girlfriend too of Naruto right? Sure, but I am going to teach you atleast the diagnostic jutsu and a small chakra transfer jutsu. It will help immensely if your team are all front line fighters." Tsunade said.
"There is also one more person Tsunade-sama. There's this girl named Haruno Sakura. We befriended her during the exams. She was once infatuated with the Uchiha jerk but after his cold words and harsh treatment of her, she has come off that. She only wishes to get stronger. She also expressed some interest in the medical field so that she can help her team when needed. If it's okay, can you please take her as a trainee as well?" Hinata said.
The other two girls were shocked when they asked that but understood it. After his treatment towards the poor girl, she was in need of some direction. Maybe training under a Sannin was what she needed.
"I will have to think about it. I will test her when I meet her but only then will I make my decision. Anything else?" Tsunade said.
"No sensei!" The girls said.
"Good, the training will begin early tomorrow here. We will go over the basics and proceed from there." Tsunade said.
Naruto was extremely proud for his girls. They were about to be trained by a Sannin, they got their friend to be involved, and they would be that much better now. He couldn't be any more prouder.
(Few hours Later)
Minato cam back to the room to see that the Hokage, his ANBU units, and Tenten all left home. He imagined that they were tired and needed to head back home to sleep or do some paperwork.
The rest were relaxing on the couches in the front room trading funny stories and what not. As soon as Minato entered they all noticed that Gaara was sound asleep in his arms.
"So, did it work?" Naruto asked his dad.
"Yeah. It was a bitch to fix. Whoever did the seal sucked. I'm surprised that the Ichibi hasn't escaped yet. Anyways, I fixed the matrix on it so that the Ichibi doesn't bother the boys mind anymore. He can now sleep with no chance of the beast taking over his mind. Also, he can control the sand even greater now that before. And finally, he can call upon the ichibi's power much easier now after the fix. All and all, he's going to be fine." Minato asked.
"How long did the fix take Minato-kun?" Shizune asked.
"Well, it took mostly all my chakra to suppress the spirit so that he doesn't take over the boy's mind, but it took roughly two hours. After that, he passed out and so did I. I just woke up ten minutes ago." Minato said with a chuckle.
As he was chuckling, Gaara was stirring in his sleep and was beginning to wake up. He was extremely scared now. He had never been to sleep without the spirit taking over………..but……now.
"How did I fall asleep and the beast not take over." Gaara said a bit worriedly.
"I told you I would fix the seal. Try controlling the sand." Minato said.
Gaara tried it and was amazed at how easily it came to him. He also couldn't hear the voices in his head now. "H-how did you help? Why?" Gaara said a bit worriedly but also with a bit of anxiousness in there.
"Because my son asked me too. I haven't been there for him for a very long time. I'm going to make it up to him one day. This is just a start." Minato said earning a smile and hug from his son.
"I-I don't know what to say. You have my eternal thanks and gratitude…………..but I think I can help in the future. Please take me to your Hokage. I have important information to relay to him." Gaara said in a serious voice.
"What is the information that needs to be relayed?" Minato asked earning several curious looks from everyone there.
"The Sand and Sound are going to be attacking Konoha during the Chuunin Exams. They are led by Orochimaru."
(Following day)
After Gaara had told the group that bit of information, they were all shocked. To think that the Sand and Sound would attack a village during the exams is just deplorable.
Minato quickly took Gaara to the Hokage and had him explain everything to him. The Hokage was surprised but not shocked. He thought his former pupil would do something like this. Now that he had a sand genin tell him everything, he had to prepare for the future.
What then surprised him was the fact that Gaara gave up three undercover Sound nins that were roaming the village reporting to the leader about the locations and ninja movements. The ANBU squad actually caught the leader and had him interrogated. He revealed the location, troop movements, when they were to attack, and at what areas in which they were going to attack.
Now that Gaara had betrayed his village, he will still report to Baki and his team as if he was still the genocidal brother that they think he is. In the meantime, the Hokage would meet with the Council about this. But, before he sent out his messages, to the village council, he decided against letting his Advisors know as well as the civilian council know.
When he sent the summons, he had them meet him in his Clan compound in the big meeting hall. They were to be there as soon as possible.
(Sarutobi Compound)
"Welcome distinguished guests. I thank you for accepting my message to have this emergency ninja council meeting." Sarutobi said to the clan heads.
"What do we owe the honor Hokage-sama?" Hiashi said confused as to what is going on.
"We are going to be under attack during the chuunin exams." Sarutobi said.
There were now several mumbles going on throughout the council and some were worried.
"Should we not inform the entire council of this?" Shibi said in his neutral voice.
"No, unfortunately, we have more urgent business that is going to be taken care of during the exams. First off, the Sound and Sand are planning to attack us during the final portion of the exams. It is said that Orochimaru is leading this attack. Here are the attack plans that we got from some interrogations from some members of the sound." Sarutobi said having Yakama pass around the plans to each member of the ninja council.
Everyone looked at the plans and were shocked to see it so detailed.
"How did you come across this information Hokage-sama?" Tsume said.
"Gaara, a sand genin, revealed this information to us and the spies that were in the village in return to fixing his Jinchuuriki seal. He has vowed allegiance to the Leaf during the attack and will help where it is needed." the Hokage said.
Everyone was surprised that he did this but would not look a gift in such a way. If he can be trusted then it needs not be argued.
"Also, I want each one of you to train your kids and your members as much as possible. We are going to need every bit of help when the attack occurs. I already have a special team ready to attack the main lines of the army before they can get the signal to attack. They will take care of everything but the inside of the village will be up to us." Sarutobi explained.
"Well, I'm completely for this but if this is all that was needed to explain we could have brought it up with the entire council." Inoichi said.
"There is another matter I wished to discuss thus why I can't have the entire council here. This involves one Uzumaki Naruto." Sarutobi said.
Everyone were a bit shocked but wondered what this was about.
"Two years ago, the boy was being visited by Jiraiya and myself. We noticed something wrong with him when we saw a seal on the front of his head." Sarutobi explained. Hiashi knew where this was going and now knew why they were the only ones here.
"We then noticed that the boy had a seal placed on him. After a thorough examination, we found several seals that were placed on the boy before he was even in the academy. We found that the people involved were one Hiroto Hyuuga, for the two Hyuuga seals placed on him, Ichi Yamanaka son of Kaito Yamanaka for another seal placed on him, Fugaku Uchiha, and an unknown party." The Hokage said.
Everyone was shocked to hear this. None more so than Hiashi and Inoichi. They couldn't believe their own clans would do this to the boy! They voiced their anger and the Hokage was happy they didn't condone their actions and vowed to take action. The others we angry that the Uchiha Clan could do something this vile. They were lucky that they were dead or else there would be hell to pay. Finally they were worried about this unknown party.
"Hokage-sama, what are their punishments?" Hiashi said with a bit of anger at the people that did this.
"They are to be publicly executed at the beginning of the exams. Their executioner is to be…………..Naruto Uzumaki himself." Sarutobi said.
All members were shocked at this and wanted to protest but the Hokage stopped them.
"Listen, the boy is a lot stronger than any of you know. He has had private training by my nephew here since he was the age of 8. At the current moment, he is easily a strong special Jounin right now. The reason as to why I don't give him the respect as a full jounin is due to his experience. If he had more than I would consider him full jounin." The Hokage told the council.
Everyone was now shocked beyond belief. The boy was holding back so much and was waiting to unleash his full potential. Looks like the Exams would be the perfect place for the boy to excel at.
"Hokage-sama, shall we reveal the final culprit to the Council?" Shibi reminded the Hokage.
"Ah yes, Shibi, myself, and Jiraiya have been able to gather enough information on this person that he not only commanded the sealing of one Uzumaki Naruto's chakra but other crimes within the village. He shall be put to death by a special executioner whom which shall be revealed during the exams." The Hokage said.
"Who is it Lord Hokage?" Hiashi said with a grim smile hoping it was who he thinks it is.
"This person was the man I dueled many years ago for the title of Hokage, the former leader of ANBU, the current leader of the supposed abandoned ROOT ANBU, the Advisor to the Council ,one Danzo."
(Cut and Print A/N)
Hey yall, Happy early Thanksgiving. Heres the next chapter to the story. I don't think I'm going to be able to keep that promise but I will try to get the next two chapters out this weekend.
So tell me what yall think. I believe I did fairly well. I hope it has met everyones expectations. Anyways, I had the introduce the Juubi someway and I figured that was a good way to do it. Besides, everyone else's story has him in it and damn it it will be in mine as well.
Anyways, Hope everyone has a good Turkey Day and heres a Shoutout to another good author.
Anothvortex - Escape from the Hokage's Hat. Great story and very well detailed. Its not that action oriented as most stories but the plot is still very well played. Also, this is where I got the ideas for seals placed on Naruto. Its very cool.
Anyways everyone, Stay Fresh everyone and enjoy your turkey. Till next time.
Chapter 11: Final Exams: Training, Matches, Mayhem.
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