The Dragon's Gem
By: Sapphire Orchid
Chapter 10: Graduation
Normal talking
Normal thoughts/ Emphasis/Writing
Demon/summoning/Full Dragon speech
Demon/summoning/Full Dragon thinking
Jutsus/Weapon abilities
(AN: Authors Notes.)
Disclaimer: I own nothing except for the some of the oc's
(AN: Hey guys, Sapphire Orchid here, I just wanted to thank you all for reading this and I also wanted to thank Zeti for letting me use Zircon Lune, Nimbro for Obsidian Guerriero, KKVantas69 for Emerald Dragnell, and Benjamin Enderborn for Crystal Enderborn. Also, if you are going to send in an OC, then please send a girl since I have the amount of guys I need now, I just need more girls. That's really all I have to say this time so, on with the next chapter. THIS CHAPTER HAS BEEN REVISED.
Story start chapter 10: Graduation
*** Konoha academy Sapphire POV ***
It has been 4 years since Sapphire started the academy. Since then, he has gotten stronger and is now tied with Sasuke and Naruto for rookie of the year. He is also 5ft8' and is starting to get rid of his malnourished look. He has also gotten better at his Sapphire style to where he is able to create a weapon to aid him in battle in less than 5 seconds. He has also learned more about his heritage. But, none of that matters right now because today he will be graduating and placed on a team of Genin. As he walks through the academy and enters his classroom, he notices that he is the only one there.
"Well shit, looks like I got here early, damn it," he said to himself.
"Well, no use just standing here," he says as he walks to the front of the class room and starts to prank the teacher's chair. He places clear, glue- like substance on the seat and the bottom of the legs to make it stick to the floor. It only reacts and sticks when chakra is either applied to it or if there is a chakra seal on it that activates when someone touches it, namely Iruka.
"Heh sorry Iruka-sensei but at least it'll be the last time I prank you… ah memories," he said before walking to his usual spot and sitting in the middle of the row that's next to the window.
A few minutes later, the door opens up with Sasuke and Naruto walking in, "hey guys what's up?"
"Huh, oh hey Saff how's it going?" Naruto said.
Naruto, since he started the academy, has grown to be 5ft5' and has become stronger under the tutelage of Jiraya. He is now a Carbon copy of his father Minato and hates it.
"Pretty good, how about you Sasuke?" the blue haired boy asked.
"Hm I'm doing better," Sasuke said.
"That's good man," Sapphire said.
3 months ago, something terrible happened. That something was the Uchiha massacre. What happened was the clan head, Fugaku Uchiha, killed everyone in the clan except Sasuke, Itachi, and Mikoto Uchiha. Fugaku was able to escape and was made a missing-nin. Since then, Sasuke has been depressed and only Sapphire, Naruto and family have been able to get him to open up. Since he joined the academy, he has become stronger, thanks to his brother's tutelage, with the help of his mother at times. He now stands at 5ft6', which makes Naruto mad every time they bring it up, since he is the shortest.
"So, who do you think will make rookie of the year?" the blue haired boy asked.
"Hm, me of course," Sasuke said.
"Ha, you wish teme. I'm going to be the rookie of the year," Naruto said.
"Oh yeah? You're going down fishcake," Sasuke said.
"Hey, it's not fishcake it's Maelstrom, Tomato boy," Fishcake said.
"Hey, both of you stop fighting, it's childish," Sapphire said, making the two other boys bow their heads in shame before saying, "Besides I think we all know that I'm going to be rookie of the year, especially since I have a secret weapon, unlike you two."
"Huh, what secret weapon?" Naruto asked.
"Oh you two want to know? Well, come closer," he said, making the other two walk towards him and then says, "It's a… secret."
At this, the other boys face fault before leaping up and yelling in unison, "WHAT, YOU BASTARD, TELL US!"
"Well, it is a secret. I'm sure you two have aces up your sleeves too," Sapphire said, grinning at his friends, "And besides, you know I can't resist a prank, it's just like my final prank on Iruka-sensei."
"Ooh what's the prank?" Sasuke asked.
"Oh, you know, I just put that special glue I invented onto his chair. I've been saving it for today actually, so this will be my first field test," the blue haired boy said.
"Ah, that'll be funny," Naruto said.
"Hey I think someone's coming, let's sit down now," Sasuke said before taking his seat next to the window with Naruto sitting next to Sapphire on the outside of the row.
A few seconds later, Hinata, Kiba, and Shino come through the door.
Over the years the three have grown to be stronger than they were. Hinata now stands at 5ft4' and has become strong enough to be tied with Mito as the Kunoichi of the year. Kiba now stands at 5ft6' and is now one of the strongest in the year, except for Naruto, Sapphire, and Sasuke. Shino now stands at 5ft7' and ties with Kiba for second place.
"Hey you three, how's it going?" Sapphire asked, looking at his three friends.
"Pretty good man," Kiba said, walking to the back of the room and sitting behind Sapphire.
"It is fine Sapphire-san," Shino says, sitting beside Kiba and behind Naruto.
"Hello Sapphire-Kun, Naruto-Kun, and Sasuke-Kun, I am doing well. So, who do you think will be the rookie of the year?" Hinata said before taking a seat behind Sasuke and beside Kiba.
"I'm going to be rookie," was the response of the three boys at the same time.
"No, I am!" they said together again.
"Hey, stop copying me!"
"Ugh, Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers!" they said before widening their eyes since they keep copying each other.
"Sasuke's a teme," again they copy each other.
"What the hell? Why did I say that?" Sasuke says, glaring at his two friends.
"Ha, oh my god that was hilarious!" Kiba said, falling out of his chair from laughing so hard.
Every one stops though when they hear a sound that no one had ever heard before, Shino Aburame laughing!
"Holy shit Sasuke; you did it! You made the impossible happen, dude! You made an Aburame laugh, you're a god!" and then everyone stood in front of Sasuke and started bowing to him as if he was a god, and that was the image that Shikamaru and Choji walked in on. Shikamaru now stands at 5ft6' and is the dead last of the class; mainly because of him being too lazy to do something. Choji is now 5ft6' and is only just higher than Shikamaru in the class.
"Troublesome, what's going on here?" Shikamaru said.
"Shika it's amazing! Sasuke made Shino laugh, see look at him," Naruto said, pointing at Shino who was still laughing a little.
"Munch' that's amazing 'munch'!" Choji said, eating his chips.
"Hm troublesome, what did he do?" Shika asked.
"Well what happened was..." he starts to say but is stopped by the classroom door being slammed opened, and the three nightmares came in, Mito Uzumaki Namikaze, who has grown in the four years they have been in the academy and is now a carbon copy of her mother. She now stands at 5ft7' and is also tied with Hinata for Kunoichi of the year, though she says that it's because Hinata cheats. She is also the spoiled brat that she was before, though worse. The next one is Ino Yamanaka; over the past four years she started to be nicer to Sapphire, but is still a useless fangirl that fawns over Sasuke. The last and certainly least, is Sakura Haruno, in the past years she now stands at 5ft4' and is even worse than Ino, and bullies Sapphire and his friends. She also keeps saying that Sasuke should come with her so that he would be with his future wife, as if, and is second in the academy, but only because of her book smarts.
"Well, well, well, it's the losers and friends, how's it going? You guys ready to fail?" she said, smirking at the group of friends.
"Shut it Mito, why can't you just be quiet? I mean it's obvious that we're stronger than you," Naruto said, glaring at his sister.
"Why don't you shut up Naruto-Baka? Oh, Sasuke, why don't you stop hanging out with those two idiots and come with me?" Sakura said.
"Leave me alone Haruno, why can't you get it through that big forehead of yours that I don't and never will like you!" Sasuke said.
"Ha, take that bill board brow, Sasuke likes me, not you," Ino said.
"I don't like you either Ino," the boy says.
They were about to start arguing again when Iruka and Mezuki walked into the class, followed by the rest of the students who seem to have been outside, waiting for the academy to actually start.
"Hey Iruka-sensei, how's it going?" Sapphire said.
"Hm, oh I'm doing good Sapphire. Now, since everyone is here, I think that it's time to start with the graduation test," Iruka said, getting cheers from the rest of the students.
"Now then, let's go outside to the target area," he said, walking out of the class with the other students following.
"Damn it, he didn't sit in the chair," Sapphire said.
"It's ok. We have the rest of the class for him to sit down, now come on I want to become a ninja," Naruto said, dragging Sapphire outside to the targets.
"Now the maximum you can get is a 20, so each one is worth 5 points, ok," Iruka said, looking around for questions and after finding none, "ok then Mezuki start."
"Ok then let's see… Mito Namikaze, your first," Mezuki said.
"Hm this'll be easy," she said, walking over to stand in front of the targets. When she got there, she pulled out twenty kunai and set them next to her. She then proceeded to throw them the academy way, from the hip. When she was done, she had scored 14 out of 20. After this, she moved and stood next to Ino and Sakura.
"Very good! That will be a tough one to beat, next is Hinata Hyuuga," when Mezuki said this, Hinata walked out and stood where Mito had and pulled out 20 kunai. She then threw them in the academy style and scored 16 out of 20, before walking over to retrieve them and then went to stand by Naruto, who gave her a high five along with praises from the others.
"Hm very good you beat Mito by 2 points! Now, next is Kiba Inuzuka," and so it went from there, with Kiba getting 17, Shino getting 17, Shikamaru getting 14, Choji getting 13, Sakura getting 9 and Ino getting 12, then came.
"Sasuke Uchiha," when Sasuke heard his name being called, he immediately jumped up.
"Hm, wish me luck, though I don't think I'll need it," he said before walking and standing in front of the targets. When he got there, he pulled out 20 kunai and threw them the way Itachi taught him 4 years ago. When he finished, he got 20 out of 20. He then retrieved them and moved away.
"Ha beat that!" he said, walking back to his friends, getting cheers from his fan girls, but ignored them and instead, focused on his friends.
"Man Sasuke, that was pretty good, but I think that I'll get better than that," Sapphire said.
"Ok next is… hmph Sapphire Orchid," Mezuki said with a sneer. When he said this, Sapphire immediately walked towards the throwing spot. When he got there, he pulled out his new kunai that he made with is ability and then put them through a session at the forge so that they were the best kunai he ever made. After that, he started throwing them in the way Itachi taught him but added the spin, which made them bury themselves all the way to the end of them. As he did that, he repeatedly switched from one arm to the other so that he never had a kunai not in his hand.
"Ha you can't beat that Naruto!" Sapphire said after seeing that he hit all the bull eyes, making him get a perfect score.
"Sapphire you will have points deducted from your score for not using the right style," Mezuki said, glaring at the boy, who glared right back.
"Excuse me but you can't do that. Sasuke did the same thing and he didn't get points deducted," Naruto said from the side lines.
When Mezuki was about to retort, Iruka interrupted him, "Mezuki, Sapphire will not have points deducted. He got a perfect score and he deserves it."
"Hm fine, next one is Naruto Namikaze," Mezuki said angrily.
"Ha, look, the loser's going up. Try to at least hit the outside ring," Mito called out. Naruto ignored her and went to stand in front of the targets. When he got there, he pulled out 20 kunai that he made with a little help from Jiraya who, with Masamune in a favor, taught him how to forge. He wasn't as good as Sapphire since he had a year's more training, but is starting to catch up. When he pulled them, out he got into the same stance as Sasuke's but with his own twist. When he threw them, he switched between that style and the academy's style that he modified, and soon finished with a score of 19.
"What? The dobe obviously cheated, there's no way he could beat me, and the rest of his friends did the same!" Mito exclaimed, glaring at the instructor.
"Good job Naruto! And Mito if they did cheat, it would have been easy to spot. Now class, the next is the written portion, so let's go back inside and take the test," Iruka said, heading back into the academy.
"Damn it, you two beat me," Naruto said, looking at his two friends.
"Well don't worry Naruto, I'm sure that you'll beat me in the written exam," Sapphire said, since he may be the same strength as Naruto, but he wasn't as smart as him.
When they finally got back to the classroom, everyone took their usual seat with Iruka sitting in his own, not suspecting a thing.
"Ok class, the test is the second part of the graduation exam, since knowledge is power," when the scarred man said this, he tried to stand up again. He heard a ripping noise and looked down to see his pants stuck to his chair and no longer covering his boxers. Immediately, he picked up his chair to put it in front of him, told the class to wait and then ran out of the classroom. When this happened, everyone burst out laughing with Sapphire, Naruto, and Sasuke laughing the hardest. A few minutes later, after everyone calmed down, Iruka walked back in with new pants. He then took the test and started passing them out. When he finally got to Sapphire's table, he glared at the three boys, trying to find out which one did it, but none of them would look him in the eye, so with a sigh he gave them the test and continued passing it out.
After he was finished, he looked at the class and said, "You have 30 minutes to complete the test, and each test has a different orders of questions. Your time starts now."
With that, everyone started. After the first 10 minutes, Sasuke finished his test with Hinata, Sakura and Shino following right behind him. After the next 10, Naruto finished with the rest not far behind. Then when time was almost up, Sapphire finished and turned his in, making him the last one done.
"Ok then, now that that's over, I'll grade them," and with that, Iruka graded the tests, in his new chair, and when he finished, he stood up and walked in front of the class.
"Ok then, I'll read off the scores, since there were 50 questions, each one is worth 2 points. Now, Mito Namikaze scored a 46, Hinata Hyuuga a 46, Kiba Inuzuka 41, Shino Aburame 48, Shikamaru Nara a 50, Sakura Haruno a 48, Ino Yamanaka 46, Choji Akimichi 39, Sasuke Uchiha 50, Naruto Namikaze 50, and Sapphire Orchid 49, now good job all of you, the next test is a Taijutsu battle, follow me," he said, walking out of the classroom and being followed by the students, except a few.
"Hey loser, how did you get a higher score than me? I know that you cheated," Mito said, glaring at Naruto.
"Mito I didn't cheat now why don't you just leave me alone?" he said, pushing past her and walking out the door.
When they finally reached the training area, Sapphire, Sasuke and Naruto started talking while waiting.
"Damn it; see I told you I'm not as smart as you and Naruto," Sapphire said, "I mean I guessed on a lot of them."
"Yeah well, we still have two more tests- the Taijutsu one and the ninjutsu test," Naruto replied.
"Yeah I guess you're right, so Sasuke who do you think you're going to fight first?" Sapphire asked.
"Hm I don't know, but I think we're about to find out," he said, pointing out that Iruka was about to talk.
(AN: I will not do the civilians, they already went and lost the fights.)
"Okay everyone the fights will be judged by me and will be based on your strength, agility, and your battle intelligence. Also, if you go outside of the circle then you lose! Now, ladies first, Hinata Hyuuga VS. Ino Yamanaka," he said before moving out of the way for the two girls to fight.
"Ha ready to lose Hinata?" Ino said, walking into the ring. She gets into a weak version of the academy style.
"Hm I'll do my best to win," Hinata said before getting into a different version of the Gentle fist style that complimented her fighting style better.
As the two looked at each other, Iruka started the fight. Immediately, Ino rushed in for a punch but was stopped by Hinata slapping the hand away and hitting her in the chest, effectively knocking her out.
"Wow, that was easier than I expected," Hinata said before moving out of the ring.
"Hm well then, I guess the next fight will be Mito Namikaze VS. Sakura Haruno," Iruka said after getting Ino off the field.
"Sorry Mito, but I'm going to have to beat you so that I can show Sasuke-kun that I'm the perfect girl for him," the pink haired girl said before getting into the academy fighting style.
"Hm like you could beat me Sakura," Mito said, getting into her father's fighting stance.
As Iruka started the match, Mito immediately rushed forward towards Sakura, who could only stare in surprise before having a fist connect with her stomach, sending her flying out of the ring and making her skid across the ground. Then Iruka walked into the ring.
"Ok now then Mezuki check Sakura, the next fight is Mito VS. Hinata," he said before walking out of the ring to let the two girls enter.
"Hm ready to lose Hinata? You might want to just give up now and save a beating," Mito said, getting into Minato's fighting style again.
"You wish, Mito. I plan on kicking your butt," Hinata said, getting into her style again.
When Iruka started the fight, neither girl moved from their spot untill Mito got impatient of waiting for Hinata and rushed forward, hoping that she would end the fight quickly. When she reached her opponent, she sent a right hook at Hinata, who dodged and sent a quick jab at her arm, only for Mito to dodge.
"Ha, loser, you missed," Mito said before going for a left hook only to miss as Hinata slapped it away.
"Hm it seems that you missed too," Hinata said, going in for a hit to Mito's left arm again, trying to take it out, only to have Mito dodge again.
"You're not going to win loser, so just give up now," Mito says, aiming a kick at Hinata who blocks it.
"I'm not going to give up Mito," Hinata says.
"Yeah come on Hinata you can do it!" Naruto called out from the side lines.
"Seems like the dobe is cheering for you loser," the redhead says before being forced to dodge a hit to the chest.
"Don't talk about my friend like that," Hinata growled out before going on the offensive, forcing Mito to dodge going backwards, before finally reaching the edge of the ring, where Hinata hit her as hard as she could in the chest, making the red head fly backwards in the same fashion as Sakura did, effectively knocking her out.
"Yeah Hinata you did it!" Sapphire called out, running over to her with the others following right behind him.
"Thanks Sapphire-kun," Hinata said.
"You were awesome Hinata!" Naruto said.
"Hm thanks," she replied.
"Now that that's been taken care of, I wanted to announce that Hinata is the Kunoichi of the year," Iruka said.
"Damn, she's gonna be pissed when she wakes up," Naruto says to Hinata.
"Yeah no doubt about it," she said back.
"Ok Mezuki, take Mito off the field, The boy's fights are next," Iruka said.
"Now the first fight is Shikamaru VS. Naruto Namikaze," he said, moving off the field only for Shikamaru to say.
"Sensei I forfeit," he says before leaning against a tree and taking a nap.
"Um ok then, Naruto wins! Now onto the next fight, Sasuke vs Kiba," he says before walking off the field.
"Sweet, you ready Sasuke? Cause I'm not gonna hold back," Kiba said, getting into his family's fighting stance.
"Hm I won't hold back either Kiba," Sasuke says, getting into his family stance.
"Good lets go this," Kiba says as Iruka starts the match, making him rush forward in an attempt to catch Sasuke off guard, which didn't work out as Sasuke dodged him and aimed a kick towards his head only for his foot to meet empty air as Kiba ducked down. He kicked his foot out to try and trip Sasuke, only to have him jump over it and land on the other side of Kiba and say.
"Nice try buddy, but you're going to have to do better than that," he says as he goes to punch Kiba in the face with a swift right hook and smirks when he feels his fist hit its target. When he hit Kiba, he went tumbling backwards from the force of the blow. Kiba then jumps back up and says.
"Hm, that was a pretty good punch, let's keep going," he says before running at Sasuke again. When he reaches him, he throws a left hook at him, only to have it blocked by Sasuke and then gets kicked in the stomach, making him skid backwards, almost stepping out of the ring. But when he looks up, he sees a fist heading towards his face and is too late to dodge. With that, the battle ends with Kiba being sent out of the ring, making Sasuke the victor.
"Nice job Sasuke, that was an awesome fight!" Sapphire said, running over to his friend.
"Hm thanks man," he says.
"Good job Sasuke!" Naruto said.
"Thanks Naruto! Hey, he's about to call the next match," Sasuke said.
"Ok, since there are an odd number of you, Choji will be sent to the next round automatically and the next fight will be Sapphire vs Shino," Iruka said.
"Hm let's go Shino, let's make this fight worth it!" Sapphire said, getting into his mother's fighting style that Leviathan taught him a few years ago.
"Hm I concur that we should make this fight worthwhile," Shino said, getting tin to his family's fighting style.
As Iruka started the match, Sapphire immediately ran forward, knowing that the Aburame would not make the first move. When he got close enough, he threw a right hook but then brought it up into a guard and threw out his left arm, grabbing Shino's right one. He then spun around and flipped Shino onto his back before jumping away to allow the Aburame to get up. Once he does, Shino throws a punch at Sapphire's head but is blocked and then Sapphire grabs it and pulls him towards him. When he does, he sidesteps Shino and close lines him, making him fall down again. Instead of letting him get back up again, Sapphire picks him up and throws him out of the ring, ending the fight. After Iruka calls the match, Sapphire walks over and helps Shino up.
"Hey man, that was an awesome fight, though you need to work on your Taijutsu. I think you rely on your bugs to much in combat," Sapphire says, pulling Shino up.
"Hm yes I think that you are right. If I was in battle against a close range user, then I might have a disadvantage," Shino says, walking with Sapphire back to their friends.
"Yo guys that was an awesome fight!" Kiba says.
"Yeah that was cool," Sasuke says.
"Hm thanks guys," Sapphire says sheepishly.
"Ok then Sapphire wins that round, now the next fight is Naruto vs Choji," Iruka said.
"Damn, looks like me and you are gonna fight after them Sasuke," Sapphire says.
"Yeah, I guess you're right," Sasuke said.
"Well Choji, you ready for this fight?" Naruto says, getting in to the stance that Jiraya taught him.
"Hm it's time to party," Choji says, putting his signature bag of chips away and gets into his families fighting stance.
When Iruka starts the fight, Choji immediately goes in for a right jab to Naruto's stomach only to have it blocked. He then takes a round house kick to the face, sending him skidding backwards a little.
"Hm that was a good kick Naruto, but I'm not done yet!" Choji says before rushing forward again with another punch, only to have Naruto jump over him and spin kick him in the back, causing him to go outside the ring. Once Iruka called the match with Naruto as the winner, he went and helped Choji up.
"Hey that was a good fight Choji," Naruto says.
"Hm 'munch' it was 'munch'," Choji says, eating chips again.
"Naruto that was a pretty good fight, but now it's our turn to show you what a good fight looks like," Sasuke says, walking into the ring.
"Damn it! How are you doing better than me, you loser," Mito said but everyone just ignored her.
"Yeah that was a good fight and I look forward to fighting you once I wipe the floor with Sasuke," Sapphire says, walking past him.
"Hm good luck you two," he called back to his two friends.
"Hm so Saff, ready to lose?" Sasuke says, getting into his fighting stance.
"Nope, but are you ready to feel the pain?" Sapphire says, getting into his stance.
Once Iruka started the fight, the two friends ran at each other, both sending out a right hook only to meet each other's fists half way.
"Hm it seems that we're evenly matched," Sasuke says.
"Yeah I guess you're right," Sapphire says before moving his hand and ducking under Sasuke's fist to aim a punch at his stomach, which Sasuke dodges. Sasuke then spins around and aims a kick at Sapphire's head, which he blocks before grabbing his leg and flipping him over his shoulder before leaping away.
"Hm you're gonna have to do better than that if you want to beat me Sasuke," Sapphire says, letting him get up.
When he does, Sasuke rushes in with a low kick which forces Sapphire to jump back to dodge it. When he does, Sasuke goes on the offensive, trying to either hit Sapphire or force him out of the ring, which looks like the second one will happen.
"Shit I gotta think of something or else I'll lose," Sapphire thought, trying to find a way out, and then spots it. Once Sasuke throws the next punch, Sapphire catches it and then spins him around, putting him in a chokehold.
"Hm you gonna give up now Sasuke?" Sapphire says.
"Ugh damn it, sensei I forfeit," Sasuke says before falling when Sapphire releases him.
"Hm that was a good match Sasuke," Sapphire says while helping him up.
"Hm I almost had you Saff," Sasuke says.
When Iruka called the match and named Sapphire the victor, all of Sasuke's fangirls started screeching and yelling, saying that Sapphire cheated.
"Everyone, Sapphire won this fight fair and square. He didn't cheat," Sasuke says, glaring at the fans.
"But Sasuke-kun, you're the strongest! There's no way that you could lose to that idiot!" Sakura yelled out.
"Haruno, I've already told you before, don't call my friends losers," Sasuke says, glaring at the girl.
"Ha, look, the loser is trying to defend his kind," Mito said, causing some of the other civilians to laugh.
"Hm why don't you shut up Mito, you're the one that lost didn't you, while we're still in the competition!" Naruto said, glaring at her.
"Okay that's enough everyone. The next match is about to start, Sapphire Orchid VS. Naruto Namikaze, this match will also determine the rookie of the year," Iruka said, quieting the kids.
"So Naruto you ready to bring the heat?" Sapphire said, getting ready.
"Yeah I am, believe it!" Naruto says.
Once Iruka starts the match, Naruto rushed forward and dropped to the ground with a leg sweep, trying to trip him. Sapphire jumped over him and sent his own kick a his head, which Naruto blocks with his arm just in time, making Sapphire jump away from him.
"Hm nice one Naruto," he said before rushing at the blonde boy, trying to catch him off guard. When he reached him, he threw a left hook followed by a right, which Naruto blocks. He then does a backwards somersault and kicks Naruto in the chin, sending him stumbling backwards.
"Hm that actually kind of hurt Saff," he said before going in for his counter. When he got within Sapphire's range, they started trading blows, trying to dispatch the other. With one last punch each, they swing as hard as they can and connect which each other's faces, causing them to stumble back and making Sapphire trip on a loose rock and fall backwards, out of the ring.
"Congratulations Naruto, you are this year's rookie of the year!" Iruka said, smiling at the boy.
"Now everyone, back inside for the ninjutsu test," the man said, going back into the academy.
"Thanks sensei," Naruto says before walking over and helping Sapphire up.
"That was a good fight Saff," he said.
"Yeah it was! I can't wait till we fight again," Sapphire said, standing up and dusting himself off, but then notices something evil walking towards them.
"Shit, Naruto, it's coming! I'll distract it, you run," Sapphire said before grabbing Sasuke, who walked over to congratulate Naruto, and threw him at Mito before grabbing Naruto and running into the academy.
"Dude!" Naruto said when they got back inside, "I can't believe we just left Sasuke to that beast! Maybe we should go back and check to make sure he's alive."
"Hm he'll be fine," was the only reply before the classroom door was slammed open and in walked a very pissed off Sasuke, "See I told you he would be fine, over here Sasuke!"
When he said that, Sasuke immediately whipped his head towards him, ran over, and proceeded to try and choke him to death.
"Shit Sasuke stop! You can't kill him, at least not yet," Naruto said, trying to get Sasuke off of his friend.
"You bastards left me out there alone with Mito and then the fangirls showed up! I almost didn't make it!" he said, still trying to choke Sapphire, whose face was turning the same color as his name.
"But- you- did- survive…" Sapphire said, trying to get out of Sasuke's grip.
"Screw you Orchid!" was the only reply.
As this was happening, the door was slammed open again as Mito came in and glared at the three boys before walking towards them.
"Shit Sapphire you're the distraction this time!" Sasuke says before preparing to throw Sapphire at the mad redhead before…
"Oh Sasuke-kun, I can't believe you lost to that idiot," Sakura says, running over to the now very scared Sasuke.
"Um Sakura, please leave me alone, I'm not interested in you or Ino or any fangirl at this academy," Sasuke said while trying to find a way to get away.
"NARUTO YOU BASTARD! HOW DID YOU DO IT!?" Mito screamed, "What? Did you bribe everyone to lose for you or something?"
"Damn it Mito! I didn't cheat, I won those fights fair and square," he said, glaring back at her.
"Sure, just wait till I tell mom and dad about this. You'll be grounded for the rest of your life!" Mito said before turning around and walking to her seat.
"Ugh, great. Now I'm probably going to get yelled at again since I showed up Mito," Naruto said, since every time he's done better than her, his parents would scold him or even yell at him sometimes.
"Well if you get grounded again then you are welcome to stay with me or Saff again," Sasuke said, finally letting go of Sapphire.
"Wait, am I not able to decide for myself if he can stay or not?" Sapphire said, rubbing his throat.
"So you're saying that Naruto can't stay at your house?" Sasuke said.
"No, I'm just saying that I don't like having things decided for me," Sapphire said.
"Ok class, calm down, the ninjutsu test is going to start now. When we call your name, please come into the back room," Iruka said, walking into the room. A few seconds later, "Mito Namikaze."
"Hm this'll be a piece of cake," she said, walking away but not before sneering at Naruto who just flips her off.
A few minutes later she came back with a headband wrapped around her head, "Ha I did it, and I bet you three won't be able to!"
"Hm she's an idiot," Naruto said.
"Yep, she is" was the reply.
After everyone else went, it finally came to the last three, "Sasuke Uchiha."
"Hm wish me luck," was all he said.
A few minutes later he came out without a headband, eliciting gasps of surprise from the rest of the students who passed.
"No Sasuke-Kun don't worry! I'll go back to the academy to be with you," Sakura said.
"Ha loser I told you that you wouldn't make it," Mito called out.
Ignoring them, Sasuke went and sat by Naruto and Sapphire who patted him on the back and said, "Nice prank man."
"What how'd you know?" Sasuke said, pulling out his head band and putting it on.
"Hm I am the king of pranks did you really think that you could prank me?" he said.
"I guess you're right," Sasuke said.
"Naruto Namikaze," Iruka called from the room.
"Ha! I'll pass this, no sweat," Naruto said.
*** Academy test room Naruto POV ***
"Ok Naruto, I need you to perform the henge Jutsu," Iruka said.
"Got it sensei, Sexy Jutsu," he called out and in a puff of smoke there stood a girl version of Naruto… that was naked.
"Is this ok sensei?" Naruto said in a feminine voice.
When he looked at his sensei, Mezuki was knocked out and Iruka was trying to stop a bloody nose.
"Naruto, you pass the henge test now please stop the Jutsu!" Iruka exclaimed.
"Ok sensei," the boy said, transforming back.
"Ok then Naruto, please performs the Kawarimi," Iruka said.
"Got it sensei," Naruto said before disappearing in a puff of smoke and having Sapphire appear.
"Huh, ugh damn it Naruto! Oh hey sensei, is it my turn?" Sapphire asked.
"No Sapphire, please tell Naruto to come back in here."
"Oh ok," Sapphire then disappeared in a puff of smoke and instead of Naruto, Mito was in his place, and then.
"HEY NARUTO, IRUKA-SENSEI WANTS YOU BACK IN THERE RIGH T NOW!" Sapphire exclaimed.
"What the hell just happened?" Mito said, looking around before seeing Iruka, "UGH NARUTO YOU ARE DEAD!"
Before she could do anything else, she disappeared in a puff of smoke and Naruto appeared and said, "So sensei do I pass?"
"Ugh just do the clone Jutsu and you pass," Iruka said.
"Um Iruka-sensei we can use any type of clone Jutsu, right?" Naruto asked.
"Huh, um yes I believe so, but why?" Iruka asked.
"Well, you see… I can't do the clone Jutsu."
"What? Naruto, if you can't make a simple clone, then I can't pass you," Iruka said.
"Wait sensei, the reason I can't is because of my chakra! You see I have a lot of it, so I can't really do the clone Jutsu, but I can make Shadow clones," he said.
"Really? Go ahead then."
"Really? Thanks sensei! Ok here we go Shadow Clone Jutsu," Naruto called out and in a puff of smoke there were 10 Narutos standing on the room, "So do I pass?"
"U-um yes Naruto you pass. Choose a head band," Iruka says.
"Thanks sensei," Naruto says, picking up a head band and running outside.
*** Sapphire POV ***
"Hey Naruto, so you passed?" Sapphire asked
"Yep, was there any doubt?" Naruto asked.
"Hm, I wouldn't answer that question Saff," Sasuke said.
"Hey that was just mean," Naruto said with a pout.
"Ha now that was funny Sasuke," Sapphire laughed.
"Sapphire Orchid," Iruka called out room the testing room.
"Hm well it's my time to shine! Wish me luck guys, oh and Naruto, you're on your own with this one," Sapphire said, getting up and leaving.
"Huh what did he mean by that?" Naruto though before feeling an eerie presence behind him. When he turned around to look, he saw Mito there and she was pissed.
"Oh shit, Sasuke help me," he said only to find that Sasuke was gone, "NNNOOO!"
"Ok sensei, what do I have to do to finally become a ninja?" Sapphire asked as he walked into the testing room before seeing Mezuki knocked out on the floor, "Um Iruka-sensei what happened to him?"
"Nothing Sapphire, just do the henge," Iruka said.
"Ok sensei," Sapphire said before performing the henge, turning into Minato, "So do I pass?"
"Hm yes Sapphire, now please perform the Kawarimi," Iruka said.
"Got it sensei, Kawarimi," Sapphire said, still transformed and then in a puff of smoke, he was still standing there but with a little orange book in hand.
"DAMN IT, I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU TO KAWARIMI, NOT PULL OUT THAT PERVERTED BOOK!" Iruka yelled.
"What, were the heck am I? And who you are you to yell at me like that?," the man said, looking at Iruka and putting the book away.
"W-wait h-hokage-sama," Iruka said, pale as a ghost.
"Yes who else would I be? Now, where am I?" he asked.
"Oh my god, I'm gonna kill you Sapphire! Hokage-sama, you are at the graduation ceremony for the students, and one of them Henged into you then Kawarimi with you," Iruka said.
"WHAT!" Minato yelled, "Hm then that student should definitely pass! Who was it? No, wait, let me guess… Mito."
"Um no, sir. It was Sapphire Orchid, and I fear that he is playing a prank at the hokages office," Iruka said.
"WHAT? NO!" he yelled out, but before he could continue, he disappeared in a puff of smoke and Sapphire was standing there.
"Hey sensei, did I pass?" He asked.
"Sapphire, what did you do?" Iruka said.
"Oh well here's what happened…"
*** Flashback a minute ago ***
"Got it sensei, Kawarimi," Sapphire said and appeared in the hokage's office.
"Hm let's see… I don't really like the colors in here. Paint bomb!" Sapphire said before pulling out a ball- like object and throwing it into the middle of the room before switching with Minato again.
*** Flashback end ***
"Ah memories," Sapphire said, wiping away a fake tear.
"Sapphire, you know that you can be arrested for doing things like that," Iruka said.
"Psh, they wouldn't be able to find me," he said, waving him off.
"Uh, fine. Just do the clone Jutsu," Iruka said.
"Ok then! Naruto told me I could use any type of clone so, Sapphire style: Sapphire Clone Jutsu," Sapphire said.
"Um Sapphire… nothing's happened," Iruka said, but spoke too soon, because as soon as he said that, blue dust started swirling around and started to create two clones of Sapphire.
"What was that Iruka-sensei? These babies are one of my greatest creations, they are extremely durable, they can get their head cut off and still move around as long as the head isn't crushed or cut, and they also have the ability to send back any info that they have found out once they dispel. Now, do I pass or what?" Sapphire said, grinning.
"Well Sapphire, I can honestly say that you have passed! Grab a headband and go back to the classroom," Iruka said, smiling at the boy.
"Thanks Iruka-sensei!" the boy says before turning around and leaving the room.
When he gets back to the classroom, he ties the headband around his arm and sits with Naruto and Sasuke.
"Hey Saff what was all that yelling earlier?" Naruto asked.
"Oh, I just played a prank on Minato," was the reply.
"Wait what? Was he in the room?" Naruto asked.
"For a little bit he was," Sapphire said, and at seeing the questioning looks he explained.
"Oh now that was funny dude, how long does the paint last?" Sasuke asked.
"Only 2 hours, I was going to make it longer but then I thought that would just be mean," Sapphire said, grinning like a mad man.
But then Iruka walked back into the room with a now conscious Mezuki, who was glaring at Naruto, who had an innocent expression on his face.
"Ok everyone, you are now Genin from this day on. If you come back tomorrow, then you will find out what team you will be placed on. Now, I just want to say how proud I am of all of you, I hope that all of you become legends of the ninja world," Iruka said, happily making the children jump around screaming about finally graduating, while Sapphire, Naruto and Sasuke were planning on how to celebrate.
"So you guys want to go to Ichiraku's?" Sapphire said, walking out of the class room.
"Yeah, why not!" Naruto said.
"I might, though my mom's having a celebration for me for graduating, so I won't be there long" Sasuke said.
"Wait how did she know that you would graduate?" Sapphire asked.
"How the hell am I supposed to know?" Sasuke replied.
When they got to the gates they heard someone calling to them, "Hey, you three wait."
When they turned to see who it, they saw Mezuki walking towards them.
"Mezuki-sensei what do need?" Sasuke asked.
"I just wanted to tell you three something. You see, you three are very strong, maybe even Chunin level, so I wanted to tell you about a secret test that not many people know about that lets you skip ahead to Chunin," Mezuki said.
"Wait really?" Sapphire said.
"Yep! All you have to do is steal the forbidden scroll from the hokage tower and bring it to this location, then learn a Jutsu from it before I get there at midnight," Mezuki says before showing them where to go.
"Hm this is awesome isn't it Sasuke?!" Naruto said.
"Yeah it is, we'll do it sensei," Sasuke says.
"Good, don't forget, be there by midnight or you fail," Mezuki says, turning and leaving.
"Ok we won't forget," Naruto called after him.
When he was gone, Sapphire started laughing, "Ha does that idiot really think that we'll fall for that, it's hilarious."
"Yeah it is, so what are we going to do about it?" Sasuke says.
"Hm I think that I should tell Jiraya. Sapphire, you tell Levi, and Sasuke tell your mom, we can meet up at Ichiraku's then I'll go and grab the scroll while Sapphire and Sasuke cause as much havoc as they can with pranks. Then, we meet up at the meeting point, and when Mezuki-teme gets there, he'll tell us what it's really for. Then, we capture him and bring him to the hokage. We might even be allowed to get on the same team," Naruto said.
"Hm yeah that's a pretty good plan, let's do this! Meet up at Ichiraku's in 30 minutes," Sapphire said.
"Hm got it, lets go," Sasuke says, turning around and running back home with Naruto and Sapphire doing the same thing.
*** Ten minutes later, Sapphire's apartment ***
"Hey Leviathan-sensei, I need your help," Sapphire called out as he entered his home.
"Huh, what do need Saff?" Leviathan says, walking out of his room.
When Sapphire saw him, he ran up to him and told him about what happened, and after a few minutes Leviathan said, "Hm I think that you should go with that plan. I'll make sure that you don't get hurt, but I won't interfere if I can't help it, ok?"
"Great! I just need my pranking supplies and then I'll go," Sapphire said, running into his room for his supplies. A few seconds later he came out with a few bags filled with different items and made seven clones.
"Ok guys, here's the plan. You two head to the civilian district and cause mayhem, you two go prank the Yamanaka's and finally you three go do whatever you want, just stay away from the hokage tower. Once you get the signal, cause destruction. Now go!" he said, throwing the bags of supplies at the clones, which they then turn and leave the apartment.
"Hm, you know Sapphire, you'll make a great leader one day," Leviathan says.
"Hm, well I don't plan on being the leader of anything," Sapphire said, looking down.
"Hey are you going to take your new gear for a field test?" Leviathan says, pointing at a table in the middle of the room which had a rectangle shaped item, and a duffel bag on it.
The rectangle item is Orchid's Thorn, which is Sapphire's pride and joy; he finally finished making the parts and assembling it three days ago. In the duffel bag was a set of highly durable clothes in it, one of which was a black trench coat that goes all the way down to his ankles. It was made out of a highly durable material that is able to stop a kunai being thrown at Chunin level speed at the least, which was very coincidental. There is also a pair of black jeans made out of the same material, a dark blue t-shirt made out of the material, black and blue steel toed combat boots, and then a pair of fingerless fighting gloves with steel tips on the knuckles, there were also two sheathes on the inside of the trench coat for his two Katana. All of which has yet to be field tested.
"Hm well, it would be a great field test," he said, picking up the items and walking into his room. A few minutes later he walks out of the room with the clothes on and Orchid's Thorn and his Katana in their holsters, with his coat covering them and only showing the very tips of the sword holders.
"Wow, even if that stuff isn't as good as they say it is, it's still stylish. Oh, by the way, Saff, when you get back I have a present for you, since you're now a ninja," Leviathan says before pushing Sapphire out the door while shutting it.
"Damn it! Well, time to get to Ichiraku's I guess," he said, walking to Ichiraku's and getting many looks along the way.
*** Namikaze residence, same time, Naruto POV ***
"Jiraya!" Naruto called out as he entered the house and saw him with Tsunade and Shizune sitting in the living room, talking.
"Huh what do you want gaki?" he said before looking and seeing the headband around his head, which didn't go unnoticed by Tsunade.
"Oh Naruto I see you finally graduated!" she said, smiling at her godson.
"Oh I'm so happy for you Naruto-Kun!" Shizune said, getting up and hugging him, before sitting back down.
"Thanks Obaa-san, Shizune-Chan," Naruto said. Over the past years, Tsunade tried to make it up to Naruto and get back into his life and after 3 ½ years, she was finally able to finally get Naruto to let her back into his life.
"But I'm not here about that. I needed to talk to Jiraya, you see…" he then started to explain what happened and what their plan was.
"Hm that might work, I'll stay in the background and if anything happens, I'll step in," Jiraya said.
"Of course! I'll help Naruto-kun," Shizune said.
"Well, I'll stay with Jiraya and help if needed to Naruto," Tsunade said.
"Hm thanks guys!" the boy said before spinning around and whipping out a kunai. Then, the front door is slammed open to find Minato standing there.
"Tsunade, Jiraya I have bad news, Kushina and Mito were snuck up on and attacked, whoever did it took Mito and was a Konoha shinobi!" he exclaimed, looking at the 5 people in front of him.
"Hm well there's a wrench in our plans." Jiraya muttered.
"What did you say sensei?" Minato asked.
"Oh I uh said, uh, oh right what happened to Kushina?" Jiraya said finally.
"Smooth sensei," Naruto whispered, so that Minato couldn't hear, making the others laugh.
"Oh she's fine, but the person who attacked her knocked her out and she hasn't woken up yet," he said.
"Ok well you guys, be careful. I have to go celebrate me becoming the rookie of the year," Naruto said, getting up and heading for the door, but is stopped by Minato.
"Wait Naruto you made rookie of the year?" he asked.
"Yeah, at first it was a three way tie between me, Sapphire Orchid, and Sasuke Uchiha. In the end it was me vs. Saff I only just won, and even then it was luck with him tripping over that rock when I punched him out," Naruto said, glaring at his father who didn't even notice it.
"Oh well congratulations Musuko, I'm proud of you! And I'm sure that your mother will be too," Minato says, trying to hug him. He is ignored as Naruto roughly pushes past him and leaves.
"What did I do?" Minato asked, looking at the others for answers.
"Hm Minato it's not what you did, it's what you didn't do," Jiraya answered.
"What did I do?" was his reply.
After a few minutes of walking, Naruto finally made it to Ichiraku's where Sasuke was already waiting for him, "Hey Sasuke where's Sapphire?"
"I'm here," Sapphire said, jumping from the top of the roof, scaring Sasuke.
"Damn it dobe, don't do that!" he said, clutching his chest.
"Wow Saff what's with the getup?" Naruto asked, looking at Sapphire's new clothes.
"Hm like it? It's my new equipment! With it, I can protect myself better and hide my secrets," he said before moving the trench coat aside to show a strange weapon.
"Huh, Saff what is that weapon?" Sasuke asked, pointing at it.
"This baby is my pride and joy," Sapphire says, pulling out the rectangle, "Maybe, if you're lucky, you'll get to see what it can do."
"Aww, why can't you tell us?" Naruto whined.
"Because I don't want to. And besides, I'm probably going to show you two one of my secrets if we end up fighting," Sapphire said before continuing, "So are we sticking with the plan?"
"Sort of, Minato needed Jiraya and Tsunade because someone attacked Kushina and kidnapped Mito, but Shizune-Onii-Chan is following us just in case we need her help," Naruto said.
"Hm Levi is following us in case we need help too," Sapphire said.
"My mom is following us too. She may be retired but she hasn't let her skills drop," Sasuke says.
"Ok then, my clones are in position for when we start. This is gonna be fun!" Sapphire says while laughing like a maniac.
"Um Sapphire, what do you mean clones? Did Levi teach you a different kind?" Naruto questioned.
"Well he actually helped me invent one," Sapphire said with pride.
"Wait, you invented a Jutsu?" Naruto said in shock.
"Yep and I'm working on a new one too, but I just can't seem to get it down," Sapphire said, getting a thoughtful look.
"Ok guys, enough of this. We need to start the mission now, ok," Sasuke says.
"Hm got it," Sapphire said, getting serious, "Now me and Sasuke will be the distraction while you, Naruto, get the scroll. Thanks to us and Mito being kidnapped, security will be lower, and I'm willing to bet money that Mezuki was the one that kidnapped Mito too, just so he can have bargaining chip in case we either fail, or we try and trick him, which is why I have thought up so many back up plans. Now Naruto, these are plans to the hokage tower, and don't ask where I got them from, I don't like giving out my sources."
"Wow, Sapphire that was actually smart! Are you sure you're him?" Sasuke said before finding his face hitting the floor, courtesy of Sapphire punching him in the back of the head.
"Now I think it's time to begin the operation, any questions? And, Sasuke, if you even think about saying it again, I'll punch you again," he says, making Sasuke nod like his life depended on it.
"Nope, now let's kick it!" Naruto says, putting his fist out.
"Yeah it's time to bring the heat," Sapphire said, putting his fist out too.
"Hm let's rock this village," Sasuke says, putting his hand out finally and forms a triangle out of their fists before they all turn and head in different directions.
*** 15 minutes later, Naruto POV ***
"Hm that was easier than I thought! It was a good thing that Kakashi was the guard so that my sexy Jutsu worked," Naruto thought, dashing over the house tops towards the meeting spot. "Hm well I have time to spare I guess, hm let's see what Jutsu are good."
After searching through the scroll for a few minutes, he finally found a Jutsu that was awesome. It was called the Phoenix style: Burning winds Jutsu, the description was that it created a great burst of wind and fire in front of the user and then was sent forward to burn all in its path. One of the good and bad things about it though was that the things that were set on fire didn't stay on fire for long, so if a forest caught on fire it didn't last long, but if you were trying to use it to set something on fire, then it wouldn't be as good. The reason it was a forbidden Jutsu though was because of the huge amount of chakra it would take, which was over double what a shadow clone would take.
"Ok then, let's try this," Naruto said and started practicing the technique, not noticing the unknown man staring at him from the trees.
*** A few hours later, Sapphire POV ***
"HA, HA, HA YOU'LL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE!" Sapphire yelled out at the group of multi colored ANBU chasing after him.
"DAMN IT YOU PERVERTED BRAT GET BACK HERE! YOU'RE GOING TO CLEAN UP THE MESS YOU MADE IN THE HEADQUARTERS, AND THEN PAY FOR WHAT YOU DID IN BLOOD!" an ANBU member with a cat mask on yelled out in a feminine voice. The reason? Sapphire just did what was thought impossible, he broke into the ANBU headquarters, t-peed it, and then stole all of the women ANBU's bras and panties. He then lit it on fire and then threw over 50 of his special week long paint bombs and covered not only the building, but also anyone unlucky enough to not be hiding from the blue haired terror, who has never been caught. As he was running away, he spotted Sasuke being chased by a group of Hyuuga and decided to run with him.
"Hey Sasuke how's it going? And what did you do to make them so angry?" he said, landing next to Sasuke.
"Hm oh I snuck into the Hyuuga compound and stole all of their underwear, well except for the ones that were being worn," Sasuke says, looking back and saw the ANBU that were chasing Sapphire, "Um what you did to that ANBU Saff?"
"MUHA HAHAHAAHAHAH!" Sapphire laughed in a very evil laugh that made the ANBU even angrier.
"DAMN IT, HE IS JUST A KID, AND YET HE'S TAUNTING US AND STILL OUT RUNNUNG US, RUN FASTER!" the cat ANBU yelled out, making the group go faster.
"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO DOBE?!" Sasuke yelled at Sapphire.
"HA, I STOLE ALL OF THE WOMEN'S BRAS AND UNDERWEAR! EVEN THE ONES STILL WEARING THEM, AND THREW THEM IN A FIRE! SO YEAH, IF ANYONE IS UNDERNEATH THOS ANBU, THEY'RE GONNA GET A VIEW THAT JIRAYA WOULD KILL FOR, MUHA HAHAHAAHAHAH!" Sapphire yelled back at Sasuke but directed the last bit at the ANBU.
"WHAT, SHIT, STOP! HE'S RIGHT, ANYONE UNDERNEATH US CAN SEE UP OUR CLOAKS!" the cat masked ANBU yelled out before glaring at Sapphire and Sasuke and yells, "I WILL GET MY REVENGE ON YOU TWO BRATS ONE DAY, NEVER FORGET!"
After finally losing the Hyuuga that was still chasing them, they finally stopped running and started walking towards the meeting point.
"Ugh Sapphire, I swear if those ANBU ever find out where I am, I'm gonna sell you out faster than the speed of light," Sasuke said, trying to catch his breath.
"Hm it was funny though, and besides that's not all I did to the ANBU. I did a lot more and I also set up traps around the place, why do you think that they were different colors?" Sapphire said, laughing. He stops when they see smoke coming from up ahead.
"Sasuke look, what do you think is happening?" he said, getting serious again.
"Hm I don't know maybe Naruto is trying to learn a new Jutsu from the forbidden scroll," Sasuke said.
"Yeah I guess so, let's go and see," with that Sapphire and Sasuke took off in the direction of the smoke. When they were almost there, they were stopped by Leviathan.
"Huh, sensei what do you need?" Sapphire questioned.
"Hm I just wanted to tell you two to be careful, I sensed someone else over there that I've never seen in the village before, and the worse thing is, the man smells strongly of ash, and fire," Leviathan says, making Sapphire stiffen immediately.
"Wait, you don't mean…" Sapphire started.
"Yes that's exactly what I mean. Be careful Saff, if he attacks, then I will step in to fight him, just don't interfere. I don't want you to get killed," Leviathan says before turning and walking back into the forest, disappearing.
"Saff what did he mean, who is it?" Sasuke asked.
"Hm don't worry about it, they'll only attack me if they found out who my father is, which I doubt that they know. Let's just go," Sapphire said, starting to run towards the smoke again.
"Hm fine, but I will get you to stop keeping secrets from your friends Saff," Sasuke said to himself before following Sapphire.
After a couple more minutes of running, they found Naruto standing in a clearing with giant burn marks on the ground and ashes from where trees use to be.
"Damn Naruto what the hell happened here?" Sapphire asked, walking into the clearing.
"Oh hey guys took you long enough! I was able to learn a Jutsu from the scroll while waiting, and it's called Phoenix style: Burning Wind, it's pretty awesome," Naruto said.
"Wait did you say Phoenix style?" Sapphire asked.
"Yeah why?" Naruto said.
"Hm no reason, I was just wondering," Sapphire said out loud while on the inside he was thinking, "Damn it why the hell did those bastards choose Naruto to use the Phoenix style? Do they know who I am and are trying to turn Naruto against me?"
The reason he is thinking this is because of something that Leviathan told him a few months ago.
*** Flashback 3 months ago, Sapphire POV ***
"Hey sensei I was wondering if you could tell me more about the 3 Shōkanshin no ōkoku," Sapphire asked after they were done training.
"Hm what do you want to know about them for?" Leviathan said, looking quizzically at the boy.
"Well they are our friend's right? I just wanted to know more about them for when I meet the felines or the Phoenix's," Sapphire said.
"Ugh fine, I'll start with the Felines. They are mainly ruled by men, but about 1,000 years ago, a female white tiger named Lulu Pearlstar became the leader after a long and bloody civil war between her and the old leader, who was a monster and killed any kit that showed signs of being weak, Scar bloodstar, with Lulu killing him at the battle of claws peak. I was at that battle since Bahamut wanted Scar to be stopped. It was a very bloody battle, but at the end, Lulu ripped his throat out and threw his body to the jackals, which he forced to join him. After wards though, she and your dad worked out a peace treaty that basically said you don't mess with us we don't mess with you. Ever since then they have withdrawn from the summoning world, unless the lesser clans start fighting again.
"Now I'll do the Phoenix's we, the dragon's, and them don't get along at all. Every time we choose a fight in a battle, they choose the opposite, so as you could get from this, they were with Scar in the battle, fighting by his side. While Lulu fought him, Bahamut fought their leader Phyre, while I fought his second in command, Faullen, who has long since gained the nick name the fallen since he turned his back on the Phoenix clan and turned into a dark phoenix. The only way to do that is too kill another Phoenix. I believe the newest second's name is Fawkes, though I'm not quite sure. Any ways, we hate each other, though I don't really care one way or another. The reason though, is because when the first dragons were born, it was around the same time as the Phoenix's first birth, and when us dragons were born, we took the name of The Fire Children, which was the title that the Phoenix's had, and when we took it, they were extremely angry about it and attacked us. Then when that happened, our chosen war zone was the Felines territory, and that was the start of The First Great Summoning Wars. The Dragons came out on top at the time and have since then won every war the has happened, though some of those were just barely, and because of this we kept the name of Then Fire Children. I know now though, the leader Phyre wants peace with us, but the Phoenix council doesn't and has tried to instigate many battles, though they just do not work out as they plan."
"Now that you know all that, do you have any questions?" Leviathan asked.
"What should I do if I ever run into a Phoenix?" the boy asked.
"Hm well I suggest either running or finding me, because until you get strong enough, the ones that hate the Dragons will find you as easy pickings. If any of them find out who your Father is then you will most likely be taken back to the Phoenix realm and be tortured untill you finally die," he said grimly.
"Oh ok then. If I ever run into one and you don't think that I can take it, I'll run or leave it to you," the boy says.
"Hm that's right! Now, go to bed. It's almost 2 in the morning."
"What? Oh shit, good night Leviathan-sensei," he says, running to his room to get to sleep.
"Hm yeah, good night brat," Leviathan says before leaving to go to sleep also.
*** Flashback end ***
"NARUTO!" yelled voice from behind them, causing them to spin around and see Iruka standing there.
"Huh, sensei what are you doing here?" Naruto asked.
"I came here because you stole the forbidden scroll," the man said.
"Yeah Mezuki-sensei told us that if we steal the scroll and learn a technique from it then we would be made Chunin," Sasuke said, playing dumb.
"What that's not a real test! You need to take the scroll back, Mezuki's lying to you," Iruka says but is stopped by someone laughing.
"HAHAHAHAHA, Iruka can you believe these kids? They fall for the simplest things," Mezuki said, landing on a tree branch with a tied up Mito over his shoulder.
"Hm of course it was a trick, sensei I mean seriously did you think that three of the smartest kids in class would fall for something that ridiculous?" Sapphire said before pulling out Orchid's Thorn in its sniper form.
"Ha you three are idiots; I mean what can you three Genin do against me, a Chunin? And what kind of weapon is that, is it a club or something?" Mezuki said laughing, before he drops Mito onto the tree branch.
"Hm you know, you have no idea of our strength or of our ability to work as a team," Sapphire said before spinning his weapon in his hands. He hits a switch on it, which causes it to start unfold. He then starts spinning it around his body with one or both hands, and finishes by slamming it into the ground, revealing a 6ft6' Scythe with a very sharp blade.
"What the hell is that?" Mezuki exclaimed, moving backwards and forgetting he's standing on a branch, making him fall off of it, leaving Mito on the branch alone. A Naruto shadow clone appears and cuts her loose.
"You're welcome you know," Naruto said, jumping down with Mito in his arms.
"Screw you, asshole," she said before punching him in the stomach and leaping away, causing the other two boys to point their weapons at her.
"What are you working with Mezuki?" Sapphire said, slowly moving around to try and get to Naruto.
"What of course not you idiot. I just don't like being touched by losers like you," She said with a sneer.
"Hey we just saved your god damn life you bitch, and you attack us?" Sasuke says, glaring at the girl.
"Wow, why are you guys so dumb? Can't you hear? I don't like being..." she starts but can't finish as she is knocked out by Iruka.
"Nice one sensei," Sapphire said.
"Yeah well she was getting on my nerves. Now why don't we take care of Mezuki?" Iruka says before falling down after getting hit with a demon windmill shuriken in the back.
"No sensei!" Sasuke yells, staring at his teacher.
"Ha, Iruka you really were dumb! Now Sapphire, do you want to know why everyone hates you?" Mezuki said with a sneer.
"What you mean me having the Kyuubi's soul sealed inside me? I already know, and so do they," Saff says, pointing at Naruto and Sasuke who nodded their heads in agreement.
"What?" Mezuki said.
"Yeah I mean I found out when I was 7 and they found out not long after," the blue haired boy says.
"Now why don't you take a nap Mezuki-sensei? You look a little tired," Sasuke says from behind the man, after he snuck up behind him. He then kicks him as hard as he could in the head, causing the man to get knocked unconscious.
"Ok Leviathan-sensei, Mikoto-san, Shizune-Chan you can come out now I think Iruka needs medical help!" Sapphire said.
"I'll take him to the hospital, you three take Mito and Mezuki to the Hokage, along with the scroll. Mikoto you can come with me," Shizune says, walking out of the trees and picking up Iruka. She disappears in a Shushin with Mikoto right behind her, leaving the three children with the other two and Leviathan.
"Hm I'll carry Mezuki until we reach the tower, then you can carry him. Naruto, carry Mito," Leviathan says, picking Mezuki up and walking away.
20 minutes later, they were finally at the tower where Leviathan hands Mezuki to Sapphire, "Now I think that you should head up to the hokage and explain the whole situation."
"Got it sensei," Sapphire said, watching as Leviathan disappears.
"Ok guys let's go," Sapphire said.
When they finally got to the top, they opened the doors and found a Jonin meeting going on. Every eye turns towards them and when Minato sees his daughter, he immediately jumps up and rushes over to the group, "You three what happened?"
And so the three boys had to explain everything again, but left out the part where they told Jiraya, Mikoto, and Shizune. They also said that Shizune and Mikoto arrived at the scene shortly after and took Iruka to the hospital.
"Hm well then as hokage and a father, I would like to thank you three, especially you Naruto, for saving Mito. As a reward, I will give you an A-ranks mission in your mission log, and also let you choose which team you can join tomorrow," Minato says.
Almost at once the three boys said in unison, "The same team as we are right now."
"Really are you sure?" Minato asked.
"Yep," they said.
"Ok then show up at the academy tomorrow to be placed on your team," Minato said before walking back to his desk.
At once the three bowed and said 'Thanks you Hokage-Sama' and then went their separate ways after saying good bye.
*** An hour later, Sapphire's apartment ***
"Ugh that was a tough day," Sapphire said, walking out of the shower and into his living room, only to see Leviathan with a grin on his face and a large scroll in front of him, so he just had to ask "Um what's going on?"
"Hm remember when I said that I had a surprise for when you came home? Well, this is it. You know what a summoning scroll is though right?" the man said.
"Wait do you mean…" Sapphire began.
"Yep I think it's time you learn to summon, though for the time being I will be the only summon that you will be able to summon."
"Thank you sensei! But what do you mean? I thought that there were tons of dragons."
"There are, but don't you remember? Bahamut sealed them all up."
"Wait then how will I be able to summon more?" Sapphire asked.
"Hm well Bahamut thinks that you're dead, but when you sign this, he will know that you are alive," Leviathan says.
"And because of that, he will start un sealing dragons to send after you, most likely with a promise that they, and their loved ones, will be released. If you are able to defeat them, then you are allowed to summon them, but you will need to send them somewhere safe until you gain control of the Dragon realm."
"Really? Well then, I guess I'm signing it," Sapphire said.
Hm good. Now cut your finger then write your name in blood on to the black part of the scroll," Leviathan says, unraveling the scroll.
"Got it sensei," Sapphire says, writing his name in blood. When he's done, he starts screaming and sees a tall man with spiky hair like his but purple instead of blue, in his head who them says.
"Well, well, what do we have here? My son is still alive, how pleasant that is," the man says.
"Ugh, you're Bahamut aren't you? My father!" Sapphire said, glaring at the now named Bahamut inside his mind.
"Yes 5 points too little Sapphire. Well I thought you were dead, hm this will set back some of my plans. I can't have you running around freely now can I? You pose a very large threat to me," Leviathan says.
"Hm well then that's good, I'll make sure that when we meet face to face, I will kick your ass for all the things you have done," Sapphire said, glaring at the man.
"Hm I don't think that will be happening any time soon boy. Now why don't you take a nap? Then I will kill you and that traitor Leviathan next time I see you," the man says before disappearing and reappearing in front of Saff, punching him in the stomach.
"Ugh, I won't you bastard!" Sapphire says before falling unconscious.
Back in the real world, Leviathan is standing over Sapphire, looking at him.
"Hm it looks like you met you Bahamut, I wasn't really expecting him to pass out, but it was pretty amusing. Well, off to bed Saff," Leviathan says, picking the boy up and walking to his room to put him to bed.
*** Namikaze residence, Naruto POV ***
"Ugh ramen, please don't leave," Naruto dreamt but was woken up to someone clearing their throat. He whips his head around and finds two men standing in front of him, the First man was very tall, probably 6ft or maybe 7ft, and had short red hair that looked as if it was on fire. The second man was shorter, probably in the high 5ft, and had hair like the first mans, but was much longer," Huh who are you?"
"Human, there is no reason to be scared, my name is Phyre, and this is my second in command, Fawkes," The tall man now known as Phyre said.
"What are you here for?" Naruto questioned.
"Actually, we came here to talk with you," Fawkes, the shorter one, said.
"Huh why me?" Naruto said.
"Well it's because you have such a pure heart and are able to use the Phoenix technique's abilities. No matter how much your parents neglect you, you're still willing to forgive them. Most people would just run away, but you won't," Fawkes says.
"Now are you willing to sign the summoning contract and make your way to become the strongest person in the world?" Phyre asked.
"Hm I don't want to be the strongest, that title is for Sapphire," Naruto said with a smile, "I promised him 4 years ago that if he helped me become the hokage, then I would help him become the strongest being in the world."
"Hm well then with the power you will get when we train you, then you will definitely be able to make hokage and help your friend," Phyre said in a respectful tone.
"But sir, he should not associate with that boy, you know what he is don't you," Fawkes said, since he was still a little bitter at being defeated at the hands of Leviathan at the battle of Claws Peak.
"Hey Saff is not a demon and if you say something like that again, I'll kick your ass," Naruto said, glaring at Fawkes
"Hm Naruto it is not what he meant, he is not talking about his status as the 9 tails Jinchuriki, he is speaking about something else, and before you ask me, I suggest you ask him, though he might think you will turn your back on him," Phyre said.
"Hm fine, but why are you trying to help me, and what power can you give me?" asked the boy, suspicious.
"Hm well boy, we are not human, we are actually Phoenixes," the taller man says, and to add emphasis he held his arm out and made it burst into flames, "I would show you more, but I don't think your father would like a giant Phoenix to appear in his home that can rival most of the Biju."
"Wow so you two are Phoenixes and you can rival the Biju? That's awesome," Naruto said, clearly amazed.
"Now to obtain this power, you need to sign our summoning contract," Fawkes said, amused at the boy's facial expression.
"Really you'll let me summon you guys?" Naruto said, shocked.
"Yes we will. We saw the time that your father forbid your sensei from allowing you to sign the toad's contract, and they are strong, but the Phoenixes are the strongest of all," Fawkes said.
"Hm don't let our strength go to your head. Unlike some of the other clan members, I do not think that we are the strongest. I believe that we are tied with the dragons and maybe the felines too," Phyre said.
"Tch, the dragons are bastards they think that they are better than everyone else," Fawkes said.
"Fawkes don't you remember the battle of claws peak? I was fully prepared to fight by the side of the dragons and the felines, so that we could stop Scar, but then the council forced me to side with that bastard Scar," Phyre said.
"Hm fine my lord, I do think that it was bad to side with that monster, but still they do think that they are better than us, and are monsters. Don't you know what that bastard Bahamut did to the other dragons? There are only three left now. We could easily attack them now and gain their territory," Fawkes says.
"Hm be that as it may, I will not. And I think that Naruto here will be able to help our relations with the dragons and finally have peace."
"Wait, what do you mean by that?" Naruto said, "How can I be the bridge between you two?"
"That will be for another time, now do you want to sign this contract?" Phyre said, unraveling the contract.
"Yes I want to, um wait how do I do sign it?" Naruto said.
"Ugh damn it! Look, all you have to do is sign the contract with your blood," Fawkes says.
"Oh then let's do this," Naruto said, biting his thumb. He started to sign his name in blood.
"Good go someplace tomorrow and then summon us, or one of my subordinates," Phyre said.
"Wait subordinates, what do you mean by that?" Naruto asked.
"Oh simple, I am the leader of the Phoenix clan, Phyre white flame," he said before disappearing in a flash of white fire.
"Hm show off," Fawkes said before leaving too.
"Wow! Saff and Sasuke will be so jealous," Naruto said before going back to sleep for the big day tomorrow.
(AN: hey guys, Sapphire Orchid. Now, I just wanted to thank everyone for reading this and I hope you liked it! It is definitely the longest chapter I have written, I mean this chapter is 13,328 words, and I hope to write long ones like it again. Also, I just wanted to say that I have all the boy OC's I need now. All I need are the girl ones, so if you have any girl OC that you can let me use, that would be great.)
I'm Sapphire Orchid signing out, Bye.