A/N Hello! Hello! AND WELCOME BACK TO "Naruto The Emperor" just gotta say... I'm sad about the results of last chapter... While I am grateful for you guys just reading the chapter... One review? Only one... Well that's ok... I'm not secretly crying at all... SO this is the end of the childhood arc, what did you think about it? Did I take too long? Or was it just right? Either way the final members of the harem are still open so yeah. Without further ado

Disclaimer: Derin Leviathan does not own Naruto. Or any other series that may or may not show up in this story.

"If you don't like the hand that fate dealt you, Fight for a new one!"~Naruto Uzumaki

The smoke from the stick of incense filled the air, along with its pleasant smell. Naruto sat in front of a small shrine. The shrine didn't have a picture of a singular person, but rather the Uchiha symbol a way to symbolize that the entire clan was his family. His hands rested against each other in prayer. six years since the massacre and it still hurt to think about it. However with all of the time that had passed Naruto didn't have any reason to change his outfit too much... He was short, and there wasn't a problem with that, not at all, he just had yet to hit his growth spurt, he was sure that he would be even taller than all of his friends. With that thought in mind, Naruto stepped out from his apartment and locked the door before going on his way.

Now while he did basically lived with the Uchiha, he still owned his apartment, and seeing it as a waste of space to not use it he made it into his storage, there he held a map of the elemental nations with pictures of the current Kage pinned to it, the current black book, and a lot of books and scrolls. Six years since Itachi did what he did to the clan. Six years since Sasuki had vowed to kill the man she once called Brother. Naruto understood how she felt... So in order to ensure that she didn't get herself killed Naruto had thrown himself into training. Sasuki was stronger than him by a fair bit and he wanted to walk in front of her, not because he wanted to be better than her, but because he wanted to be able to shield her from the world. Selfish he knew but he allowed himself this small selfishness. So Naruto came up with an even crazier training style, which involved him calling in Anko to be his mentor. Anko wholeheartedly agreed and they both took it to the Hokage who allowed them to do something that hasn't been done since Minato Namikaze, they allowed Naruto to become Anko's apprentice. Usually, one would have to be jounin in order to apply for an apprentice, however with the apprenticeship, Anko was granted the rank of Tokubetsu Jonin.

So with the paperwork finished Anko took Naruto to her home away from home The Forest of Death. With the tower in the middle being their main campsite Anko lived up to her promise of training and Naruto thought, more than once- that Anko was going to kill him, however whenever he stated he only got that innocent demon smile that caused Naruto's to blush up a storm. Remembering his time in the forest caused Naruto to blush deeply. The forest was deadly for sure, however, Anko was a different kind of beast, in the beginning when she took him out for survival training the only way to bathe was in the stream, and it was much too deadly for him to be alone when he washed due to his young age. This resulted in Anko bathing with him. Just the memory caused his nose to bleed, how a woman could have a body that perfect Naruto did not know Shaking those thoughts out of his head Naruto slapped his face lightly before looking up and noticing that he was already at the academy. Walking in Naruto took a final breath to calm himself. Walking into his class he took his seat stretching out he let a groaning sound from his lips as he as he felt all the bones along his spine crack in a melody of relief with a bit of pain thrown in there. Sasuki settled down in the seat next to him, but he didn't open his eyes to greet her merely letting out a grunt to acknowledge the fact that she was there, getting a similar grunt in return.

You see him and Sasuki while they were on good terms they had stopped really talking to each other not due to any grievances about the other mind you, but due to the simple unsaid agreement,

"we have no words to say, we already know, so let's settle this the good old fashioned way."

And so that's what they did, whenever they met, as long as they could stand and move they would spar. And their spars were intense. No words were said, none needed to be just the calming melody of violence that took place. And Naruto had to admit that Sasuki had earned her title as a prodigy, she was strong, unnaturally so, and if he didn't have Anko teaching him everything she knew then he might have fallen behind. But that's not the case, they were rivals, equals who knew each other better than anyone else. And honestly, Anko is the only other person in the world who he would trust to watch his back. So with those thoughts in mind Naruto relaxed into his chair and put his head down to take a nap, training for the last week had been specially... Intense. However now was the time to reap the rewards. Hearing the door open he heard Iruka's customary greeting

"Morning class, how was your night?" Which got a resounding

"Good Iruka-sensei" Which would get a content smile and a nod from the man.

"Ok class as you know, today is the day you take your genin examinations. Not only that but we are welcoming back a student who left earlier in the year, you might have forgotten about him. Come on in!" Iruka said the last part directed towards the door. Naruto actually lifted his head for this, if it has who he thought it was... Naruto's eyes narrowed, and his glare darkened, however, a smirk slipped it's way onto his lips, of course, he would be back today, part of Naruto wanted to thank the boy, but a larger part wanted to know if he had got any stronger since the last time they fought.

Yes, Naruto Uzumaki was interested in the return of Kiba Inuzuka. The boy had not changed that much over the years only getting a bit taller and his face thinning out a bit. However if one were to notice his aura, it was no beta aura... Not anymore, no, no, no this was the aura of a man who has had faced challenges day in and day out and came out stronger, this was the aura of an Alpha. And oh how Naruto wanted to break that aura. To break Kiba's confidence and show the boy who was a truly top dog. But that would have to wait, wouldn't do to attack the boy when the teachers would just stop it.

Iruka quickly ushered Kiba into and open seat and opened a book, the attendance call sheet however Naruto wasn't willing to wait that long

"Iruka-sensei" the boy called out getting the teacher's attention

"why don't we just start the exams and you let that be our role call," he said getting a thoughtful look from Iruka before he shrugged

"I don't see why not, alright class everyone to the sparring ring, we are going to do taijutsu first," he said getting a small groan from a bunch of the kids who came from civilian families, and Shikamaru. However, they all stood up and walked over to the training fields Naruto leading the pack, Kiba, however, noticed this and walked up next to him. An obvious challenge and one that Naruto would return in full, so they walked side by side. Almost in sync. Reaching the field Kiba and Naruto walked straight into the ring almost ignoring Iruka who merely shook his head and marked Naruto and Kiba there. Standing across from each other Naruto shot a grin a Kiba

"me and you again huh mutt?" A grin that Kiba was happy to return

"Yeah but things aren't going to go the same as they did last time, Dobe"

That actually caused Naruto to lose his smile allowing it to fall into a scowl before his smile actually returned "shows what you know mutt, I'm the top of the class now" However Kiba was ready for this, settling into his stance he shot one last remark

"you may have proven to be better than all the guys in the class, but you still have to prove your better than me... Dobe"

Naruto narrowed his eyes at the taunt, however, he didn't allow himself to see red and settled into his stance, a ring glowing around the center of his eyes

"Alright," Iruka cut in before the boys charged each other, "as you know this is until one of you is knocked out, or unable to continue fighting, no permanent harm, or killing allowed, finally you may use any ninja tools, or ninjutsu you know." Lifting his hand he looked at the boys "Ready?" He asked getting a nod from both of them "Ok then... HAJIME!" And with that, he dropped his hand while jumping back.

Naruto and Kiba didn't even hesitate, they shot at each other at speeds that surprised everyone teachers included. There arms smashing into the others causing a small ring of dust to rise from the force of their impact. Moving first Kiba grabbed onto Naruto's arm before spinning trying to pull the boy off balance however Naruto went with it and jumped up and over Kiba using his grabbed arm to pull and spin into a dropkick. Kiba let go of Naruto before jumping back. Sliding across the floor Kiba was given no time to rest as Naruto was already in front of him fist staring at the boy, Kiba lifted his arm to block when suddenly Naruto decided to show off a technique that he had been perfecting.

Right before his fist made contact, he pulled back, using the momentum to spin around, his elbow came out and crashed into Kiba's head knocking the boy off of his feet. However the boy wouldn't allow this to stop him as his hand slapped onto the floor he curled his arm to absorb the force of the impact, before putting his other hand down, he suddenly extended both arms both of his feet into Naruto's chin sending both boys into the air. However, Naruto flipped and raised his leg high in the air before slamming it Kiba's stomach getting a grunt and sending the dog boy to the floor while Naruto used the momentum from kicking off of him to flip another time and land on his feet.

Kiba didn't stay down for long, and rolled onto his feet, they bother stared at each other grins getting bloodthirsty. Running back at each other, a flurry of kicks and punches being thrown, whenever one boy would land a hit, the other would be sure to get him back for it. Landing a particularly nasty hard punch Naruto actually managed to stun Kiba. Spinning around Naruto kicked him right in the chin sending him flying backwards. Kiba went with the momentum flipping around dragging his claws along the ground. He landed with a smirk on his face with a feral smile on his face, suddenly Kiba's chakra condensed around himself, his eyes turning into slits. Raising his hands Naruto saw that they had become claws

"I think it's about time we stop playing around eh Naruto?" Kiba asked rhetorically, this caused Naruto to smirk before he dropped his head, hair covering his eyes however a wide smile was spread across his face.

"Well mutt... If you want to lose that much" Naruto raised his head, his eyes had arcs of lightning sparking off of them. "Let's get serious"

Suddenly the air around Naruto got heavy, as his chakra started forming around his body, dust on the ground began to rise in response, Kiba started to output more chakra in order to match Naruto's display. Everyone around them was also panicking

"Should we be stopping them Iruka?" Mizuki asked his friend however Iruka shook his head

"none of the conditions have been met, plus a little rivalry never hurt anybody"

"Hashirama and Madara..."

"...Yeah..."

However around Kiba and Naruto, the air was completely silent, neither one heard the discussion from the teachers both to wrapped up in the battle to really care. At the same time both boys took in a deep breath

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Exhale...

And they shot off, both of them breaking chunin speed and hitting mid-Jounin levels of speed. A blur to all other Genin hopeful, one of them in particular was shocked at the speed that was being shown

"where are you getting this strength Naruto! Why have you never fought me at this level!" Sasuki thought angrily her glare one that could burn the sun.

Naruto however paid the glare no mind, as he fought Kiba, stepping to the side he caught a kick sending him sliding to the side, he lifted Kiba into the air, spinning around he slammed the boy into the floor cratering it, however that didn't keep Kiba down as he launched his foot into Naruto's face sending the boy into the air, not letting it stop him Naruto flipped over sending six kunai flying at Kiba. Spinning up he slashed all of the Kunai out of the air, then he jumped after Naruto. Kiba slammed into Naruto his claw piercing Naruto's shoulder however Naruto grabbed onto the arm, spinning in the air, he became a blur to everyone else. Naruto held onto Kiba tightly as he spun, the was a dangerous move, however if he landed it, Kiba wouldn't be getting up.

Right before they hit the ground time slowed to a crawl for Naruto, he saw Kiba's head about to hit the floor, now ninja were tough however a blow at this speed would snap his neck, shatter his skull, turn his brain to goop and kill the young boy. However that wasn't what Naruto wanted, so right before Kiba his the floor Naruto shifted the boy so that his back would slam into the ground, this wouldn't kill him, and he should be able to heal from it. Both boy hit the ground with an explosive force, a large dust cloud coming up to cover both of them. When the could cleared Naruto sat on the ground panting from the exertion, one of his eyes closed as he tried to keep himself from shouting out in pain. A lot of his bones were probably fractured. Also looking at his right wrist, it was probably broken. Letting out a deep breath, Naruto started to stand wincing at the pain he felt in his knees. He could NOT handle bringing out that power for very long, even the short amount of time that the fight was it left his body heavily damaged. However he was getting better at using it seeing as how this time he probably only fractured most of his bones instead of breaking them. Looking at his wrist one more time, he let a smirk cross his features he reckoned two or three more years until he could use that power freely.

"Winner is NARUTO UZUMAKI!" Iruka declared loudly, looking at all of the shocked faces of his peers Naruto couldn't help but laugh nervously while looking at the crater he and Kiba were in...

Maybe he did go a bit overboard...

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Only a little bit...

A/N CUT THAT'S A WRAP. So please leave some reviews, and ill see you all in the next one TTFN ta ta for now