I don't own Naruto or any of its characters.
Pairings: Naruto x Sakura and others
Info: This story follows after Sasuke left leaf to join Orochimaru. Naruto and gang manage to get him back and I'm taking it from there.
English is not my first language; please inform me if there are any mistakes I'll correct them.
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Itachi, Gaara and Naruto were sitting around a campfire eating their dinner; it had already been almost 6 months since Naruto had left Konoha. If someone were to look at Naruto's work sheet they would be surprised as most of the missions listed there were either A or B class missions. He had already completed 7 A class and 10 B class missions. Why this was surprising was because he was still a genin and genins usually did D or C class missions, but for the new Naruto that was a thing of the past. However that did not change Naruto, he was still the no.1 hyperactive, loudmouth ninja everyone knows him as, but he was now filled with wisdom and infinite experience. The experience of being a shinobi.
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Iruka sat at the ichiraku ramen stand eating a bowl of ramen. He did not particularly fancy the food but it reminded him of his favorite student.Naruto. He was extremely depressed when he found out Naruto had left with Jiraiya to train without telling him, but the hokage had assured him she sent Naruto in a hurry and that he had no time for farewells. Even though she had told him that he was still sad and came here everyday hoping to see Naruto here waiting for him. But inside he was proud, as he knew Naruto was growing and he was one step closer to achieving his dream of becoming hokage.
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The whole village was bustling with preparation for the upcoming chunnin exam. Everyone was busy with decorations and the setting up of the exam sites for the exam. Candidates from other villages were already arriving and the shinobi's from Konoha were not taking any chances of repeating what happened the last exam. Anbu teams were patrolling the village, and other ninja checked incoming tourist for their papers thoroughly. This time more genins were nominated by their teachers to sit for the test. Most of them were from Naruto's class from the institute. Other than the rookie 9 plus Gai and Gaara's team there were 6 other teams nominated for the test. The regular jounins knew that these new teams were not ready to take the test as it would prove to be too tough for them to handle, but since their instructor's said they were ready there was nothing they could do. All the instructors for the new teams were fairly new jounins themselves, just like Kurenai, Hinata''s teacher so they did not know what was waiting for them at the test. On the other hand the regular genins were busy training for the upcoming test, as they knew the level of the test was not at chunnin level but more of an upper chunnin level touching the border of jounins.
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"So are you 2 ready for the exams?" questioned Itachi
"Hell yeah. I'm so ready to kick some ass." Jumped Naruto
"The test this time should be interesting," added Gaara
"Good, because Konoha needs you to be ready for anything. Orochimaru or the Akatsuki might take a chance and try to attack Konoha or capture the both of you during the exams." Exclaimed Itachi.
"Hah don't worry about it, if they were to try they would get a royal ass beating from me. Actually I wish they would try, and then they'll know not to mess with the great Uzumaki Naruto. Said a hyper Naruto.
Itachi and Gaara just smirked at the blond's remark. Before Itachi continued speaking.
"You 2 will leave for Konoha in 2 days, that will give you more than a week to prepare for the exams." Said Itachi
"What do you mean the 2 of us? Are you not coming with us?" Asked Gaara
"No I won't return now as I have to go back to my undercover mission. There is only so much kisame can do to find excuses to hide my disappearance. But don't worry I will come back when the time is right. But before all that we need to got you both some new clothes" Said Itachi while looking at Naruto's and Gaara's ripped clothes.
With that said the 3 shinobi's went to the nearest town to get some new clothes. But the only thing on their mind was returning to Konoha in another 2 days.
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2 DAYS LATER
At the entrance of Konoha's gate an Anbu team stopped 2 figures hidden by a cloak.
"State you name, village and purpose of being here." Said an Anbu to the 2 figures.
"Uzumaki Naruto of the leaf, returning to take part in the chunnin exam." Said Naruto while removing his cloak.
"Gaara of the desert representing the leaf here to take part in the chunnin exam." Said Gaara while following Naruto by removing his cloak.
"Very well you may pass." Said the Anbu while handing back their travel documents to the pair.
"So Gaara you ready to kick ass?" asked Naruto
All he got for a reply was a nod of Gaara's head. With that the 2 shinobi's entered Konoha village.
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"I see you both are looking well." Said Tsunade while eying Gaara and Naruto.
She could feel a very strong aura surrounding the 2 of them, this was not normal aura, this was the aura of confidence and power. Naruto had grown in these past 6 months. His hair was still the same but his facial features showed he had matured quite nicely. His physical features were nothing short of incredible. His height had increased a bit but his body was toned and filled with lean mussels. Gaara on the other hand looked the same except for his height, which had increased. His face was still those of a killer but by the way he interacted with Naruto it showed otherwise.
"So how did you training go? I assume it went well seeing that all the A and B class missions I gave you were completed with success." She said
"Oh yeah the training went well. I'm really strong now." Said Naruto egoistically
"Hah I seriously doubt that you have improved much." Said the 5th hokage jokingly
"Oh yeah. Why don't we go outside and I'll show you what I can do you old hag."
"Ok ok I was just joking. I guess you both have some catching up to do. Just don't forget the exam is starting next week. So don't get lazy.'
"Yeah, I want to see Iruka sensei, Kakashi sensei, sakura chan and even that bastard Sasuke." Said Naruto
"Ah Kakashi and Sasuke are out training. I don't know where they are. Iruka is teaching while sakura is busy training with Kurenai's team.
"Ah then I guess I'll go and see Iruka sensei first." Said Naruto before he left with Gaara.
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"Ok class today we are going to learn how to do Bunshin no jutsu. Everyone go outside and line up. Said Iruka to his class.
Once they were outside the students lined up and started to follow Iruka's instructions on how to perform the clones. He was busy teaching a student when someone tapped his shoulder. When he turned around to see who it was, he was shocked to find it was Naruto.
"Na..Naruto ." gasped Iruka
"I see your still teaching the same old boring class like you always do." Said the blue-eyed shinobi.
"Baka!! Where have you been all this while!! I was worried sick about you." yelled Iruka
"Ah I was training with the pervert sennin."
"Why did you not tell me when you were leaving? Am I not important to you?"
"Come on sensei don't way that. It was a last minute decision, I did not have time to say goodbye to anyone. Ok to make it up to you how about I but you some ramen?" said Naruto
with that Iruka dismissed his class and the 2 of them left for the ichiraku.
Pairings: Naruto x Sakura and others
Info: This story follows after Sasuke left leaf to join Orochimaru. Naruto and gang manage to get him back and I'm taking it from there.
English is not my first language; please inform me if there are any mistakes I'll correct them.
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Itachi, Gaara and Naruto were sitting around a campfire eating their dinner; it had already been almost 6 months since Naruto had left Konoha. If someone were to look at Naruto's work sheet they would be surprised as most of the missions listed there were either A or B class missions. He had already completed 7 A class and 10 B class missions. Why this was surprising was because he was still a genin and genins usually did D or C class missions, but for the new Naruto that was a thing of the past. However that did not change Naruto, he was still the no.1 hyperactive, loudmouth ninja everyone knows him as, but he was now filled with wisdom and infinite experience. The experience of being a shinobi.
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Iruka sat at the ichiraku ramen stand eating a bowl of ramen. He did not particularly fancy the food but it reminded him of his favorite student.Naruto. He was extremely depressed when he found out Naruto had left with Jiraiya to train without telling him, but the hokage had assured him she sent Naruto in a hurry and that he had no time for farewells. Even though she had told him that he was still sad and came here everyday hoping to see Naruto here waiting for him. But inside he was proud, as he knew Naruto was growing and he was one step closer to achieving his dream of becoming hokage.
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The whole village was bustling with preparation for the upcoming chunnin exam. Everyone was busy with decorations and the setting up of the exam sites for the exam. Candidates from other villages were already arriving and the shinobi's from Konoha were not taking any chances of repeating what happened the last exam. Anbu teams were patrolling the village, and other ninja checked incoming tourist for their papers thoroughly. This time more genins were nominated by their teachers to sit for the test. Most of them were from Naruto's class from the institute. Other than the rookie 9 plus Gai and Gaara's team there were 6 other teams nominated for the test. The regular jounins knew that these new teams were not ready to take the test as it would prove to be too tough for them to handle, but since their instructor's said they were ready there was nothing they could do. All the instructors for the new teams were fairly new jounins themselves, just like Kurenai, Hinata''s teacher so they did not know what was waiting for them at the test. On the other hand the regular genins were busy training for the upcoming test, as they knew the level of the test was not at chunnin level but more of an upper chunnin level touching the border of jounins.
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"So are you 2 ready for the exams?" questioned Itachi
"Hell yeah. I'm so ready to kick some ass." Jumped Naruto
"The test this time should be interesting," added Gaara
"Good, because Konoha needs you to be ready for anything. Orochimaru or the Akatsuki might take a chance and try to attack Konoha or capture the both of you during the exams." Exclaimed Itachi.
"Hah don't worry about it, if they were to try they would get a royal ass beating from me. Actually I wish they would try, and then they'll know not to mess with the great Uzumaki Naruto. Said a hyper Naruto.
Itachi and Gaara just smirked at the blond's remark. Before Itachi continued speaking.
"You 2 will leave for Konoha in 2 days, that will give you more than a week to prepare for the exams." Said Itachi
"What do you mean the 2 of us? Are you not coming with us?" Asked Gaara
"No I won't return now as I have to go back to my undercover mission. There is only so much kisame can do to find excuses to hide my disappearance. But don't worry I will come back when the time is right. But before all that we need to got you both some new clothes" Said Itachi while looking at Naruto's and Gaara's ripped clothes.
With that said the 3 shinobi's went to the nearest town to get some new clothes. But the only thing on their mind was returning to Konoha in another 2 days.
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2 DAYS LATER
At the entrance of Konoha's gate an Anbu team stopped 2 figures hidden by a cloak.
"State you name, village and purpose of being here." Said an Anbu to the 2 figures.
"Uzumaki Naruto of the leaf, returning to take part in the chunnin exam." Said Naruto while removing his cloak.
"Gaara of the desert representing the leaf here to take part in the chunnin exam." Said Gaara while following Naruto by removing his cloak.
"Very well you may pass." Said the Anbu while handing back their travel documents to the pair.
"So Gaara you ready to kick ass?" asked Naruto
All he got for a reply was a nod of Gaara's head. With that the 2 shinobi's entered Konoha village.
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"I see you both are looking well." Said Tsunade while eying Gaara and Naruto.
She could feel a very strong aura surrounding the 2 of them, this was not normal aura, this was the aura of confidence and power. Naruto had grown in these past 6 months. His hair was still the same but his facial features showed he had matured quite nicely. His physical features were nothing short of incredible. His height had increased a bit but his body was toned and filled with lean mussels. Gaara on the other hand looked the same except for his height, which had increased. His face was still those of a killer but by the way he interacted with Naruto it showed otherwise.
"So how did you training go? I assume it went well seeing that all the A and B class missions I gave you were completed with success." She said
"Oh yeah the training went well. I'm really strong now." Said Naruto egoistically
"Hah I seriously doubt that you have improved much." Said the 5th hokage jokingly
"Oh yeah. Why don't we go outside and I'll show you what I can do you old hag."
"Ok ok I was just joking. I guess you both have some catching up to do. Just don't forget the exam is starting next week. So don't get lazy.'
"Yeah, I want to see Iruka sensei, Kakashi sensei, sakura chan and even that bastard Sasuke." Said Naruto
"Ah Kakashi and Sasuke are out training. I don't know where they are. Iruka is teaching while sakura is busy training with Kurenai's team.
"Ah then I guess I'll go and see Iruka sensei first." Said Naruto before he left with Gaara.
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"Ok class today we are going to learn how to do Bunshin no jutsu. Everyone go outside and line up. Said Iruka to his class.
Once they were outside the students lined up and started to follow Iruka's instructions on how to perform the clones. He was busy teaching a student when someone tapped his shoulder. When he turned around to see who it was, he was shocked to find it was Naruto.
"Na..Naruto ." gasped Iruka
"I see your still teaching the same old boring class like you always do." Said the blue-eyed shinobi.
"Baka!! Where have you been all this while!! I was worried sick about you." yelled Iruka
"Ah I was training with the pervert sennin."
"Why did you not tell me when you were leaving? Am I not important to you?"
"Come on sensei don't way that. It was a last minute decision, I did not have time to say goodbye to anyone. Ok to make it up to you how about I but you some ramen?" said Naruto
with that Iruka dismissed his class and the 2 of them left for the ichiraku.