Alright everyone finally got the chapter out to you guys! Took a lot longer than I wanted to but between changing semesters and traveling around for the christmas break it threw me off balance. Well on the plus side since it took me so long this chapter is the longest for this story and one of my longest chapters in general.
- Chapter 10 - Cursed -
- Previously -
The aftermath of the battle was heavy. Trees were toppled over and scorch marks littered the area. There was a small area of turned up rocks in the ground as if a person were crushed into it. Sure enough an unconscious and bloody Naruto laid on his back in in the body sized crater, stuck and unmoving. Every bone in his body took a hit. Steam continued to lightly go off his body in wisps and the X shaped wound on his torso started to heal over and turn black.
He may have survived but when he woke up he was not going to be in a good mood at all.
- Flashback 7 years ago -
Living as a scapegoat is never easy. Naruto at the age of 7 found himself in a hard situation as he once again had to deal with a horde of angry civilians. Usually he was able to avoid them pretty easily but this time was different. There was more, there were a scatter of half baked shinobi mixed in, and his luck seemed to of ran out that day.
"Let go of me! I didn't do anything!" Naruto squirmed on the ground ashis arms were tied behind his back and his legs were bound. A non-descriptive man kicked the boy hard enough in his chest to break a rib as he coughed out in pain.
"Shut up you filthy demon! Don't act innocent when you are the one who has ruined this village."
"The only things wrong with this village is what I'm looking at right now..." That got the boy kicked hard again for his mouth as he groaned in crowd cheered as Naruto was beaten down.
"If the demon can still talk back then maybe we should carve in some discipline." He was roughly hoisted up as they dragged him on the ground. His eyes dialated when one of the shinobi, probably an aged genin, held a kunai up to his face.
"W-What are you doing?!"
The man gave a dark grin to the small boy.
"Oh are you finally feeling fear fox? I'm going to mark you for every life you took from us!"
"What are you- ahh!"" Naruto cried out as the kunai was slashed across his chest. The crowd started to brandish their own edged objects as they closed in on the boy. Another stab was made at the lower part of his stomach where his seal would be as he let out air. Beads of sweat from the torturous anticipation ran down his forehead as he grit his teeth and glared defiantly at his persecutors. This only served to anger some of them as the genin came back at him and this time with a reverse grip gave a wicked slash to match the first one on the other side of his chest.
He tried to stop himself but couldn't stop his whimpers from being heard as he bite back tears.
"W-Why?" Naruto didn't understand why his question seemed to infuriate them more. as the genin this time just ran the kunai into his chest stabbing his lung as he coughed up blood.
"Don't you dare try to fake an innocent voice!" As if he was faking it.
Naruto wasn't able to say anything as his mouth was agape, quivering from the pain. After that it was a blur for him.
They kept slashing him with blades as he tried not to cry. His gums were bleeding from the effort of him clenching his teeth to bare it. It went on for a good half hour. The fact the boy kept healing just gave them a self repairing meat canvas to keep working on. His head hung back limp after a while as his eyes shown with a certain face was wet with both tears and blood. He didn't cry out but that didn't stop the torrent of tears from running down his face. Another half hour passed and blood marked the ground beneath him.
The civilians started to finally get bored of him at this time. One of the brash genins stabbed a kunai into the boy's shoulder and twisted it around to try and get out a response.
"Wake up demon brat! You don't have a right to rest!"
"Hehehe..."
They felt a chill down their spine from the small but eerie giggle the kid let out. Naruto's held lolled up so he could look right at his assailants showing paling slitted eyes, the light having abandoned them as a disturbed smile slowly spread over his face.
"I waited but I wasn't allowed to die." Audible cracks started to be heard around Naruto's body like the crackling of embers in a fireplace.
"I waited for Jiji to stop the pain but he never came." A visible translucent energy started to grow from his body.
""Does Kami hate me just like this village?" There was the snapping of bindings from behind him before Naruto's arm broke free and reached around to choke the genin before they could react. The man let go of his weapon as he scrambled for his neck. Naruto squeezed harder on the man's neck as he choked, One of his friends rushed to his aid and threw a handful of shrunken at Naruto. They all hit him right in his torso only adding to his injuries. They thought it would work but Naruto's grip only tightened as he laughed out insanely.
"Hahaha!"
He brought his other hand and placed it on the forehead of the man he held in his grip. A surge of chakra ran down his arm shaking it before it got to his palm and went into the man's head. He didn't even have a chance to scream as a ripple went through his head before blood shot out of the genin's temples and every orifice on his head. The grip loosened and Naruto let go of the man as his arms fell limp watching the man's body crumple to the ground twitching for a few moments before going still.
The crowd fearfully moved back as Naruto looked at his hand confused. As if it were as simple as breathing he collected his chakra in his hand again as cracks formed in the air around it. Anyone could feel the danger and threat of the energy.
"T-The demon's showing its true colors! Quick let's end it while we still have the chance!" They were unsure of themselves but seeing one of their shinobi gather his nerve spurred the crowd again
"Yeah he's right lets get revenge for the fox's crimes!"
One of them threw a stone at Naruto's head. It struck dead on causing blood to start to run down Naruto's head.
They cheered only to feel their blood ice over when Naruto gave a simple glance over in their direction as if it were nothing.
"It hurts...What?" He was talking about his hand but saw the crowd's current reactions. He touched his head and felt it bleeding. He looked at the fresh blood on his hand in a morbid fascination as he realized the cause of their reaction. He grinned in a crazed manner as his face shadowed. He turned to walk towards them walking on and over the body of the genin he just killed.
"Are you surprised? After what you did to me what could you possibly do now?" He stopped when a shinobi suddenly appeared behind him with their blade stabbing down at his neck. He didn't know how but somehow he felt their precense and turned around just in time to see their kunai inches away from his face.
*Boom*
Blood flew through the air and before they knew it a body hit the side of a house in a mangled mess. Naruto was still looking in the former shinobi's direction surprised by what he just did. His chest started to shake from laughter as he slowly turned his head back to the crowd.
"I'd say kill me but you guys seem to do a shitty job at that."
He gave off a dark presences as with the moon at his back now all they saw was glowing white eyes and a satanic grin threatening to split his face in half. "Tell me is Kami smiling down on me now? Or would it be the Shinigami now smiling down on me like I'm smiling at you?"
It would be around 10 minutes later that Danzo would finally show up and collect him for the first time. Whenever he used his chakra in it's pure form it hurt his body but as time went on that pain both became lessened and easier to tolerate. He suffered scars from that incidence. From what Danzo had told himsome of the weapons used to harm him weren't exactly clean and some had odd poisonous cocktails on them. While he idd heal up fine it was enough to at least confuse his body a little even with his Uzumaki and Jinchurriki status so that it left a few scars. The scars would fade with time but some would say that sometimes the scars of important events are not just connected to the body but also scars of the mind and heart. They had faded and so that meant he was getting over it but he would never forget.
He rubbed his nose before standing up in the grass. He was greeted with the familiar scene of the forested area of his mindscape though it was much darker and quiet than usual. Where there was lush green was now just a simple monochromatic scale. He made his way to a little pin that was Kuromi's home at found it odd how it had shrunk. With some struggle he slipped inside and got a headache as it was bigger on the inside than what made sense. He looked down and saw a small fox girl tied up in chains like a sausage and deadpanned.
'She's a loli again?' He kept his thoughts to himself when he saw tears staining her face though she was unconscious. Looking back on it in the future he would suppose that his actions wouldn't make much sense but he wasn't sure what to even do so he just went on instinct. He went down to pick her up bridal carry, He carried her out of the pen with some difficulty. It was as if such an action was being rejected by the seal at that moment but with a little effort he was able to bypass it.
Sighing he made his way to a tree and sat down against it as he held Kuromi against him. She didn't wake up but she slept much more soundly as she subconciously snuggled into him. Just the reaction to his presence alone was enough to ease his worrying and make him feel better after the memories he just relived. But to see Kuromi reduced to such a state anyway against her will rubbed him the wrong way.
The woods were quiet as the aftermath of a battle was met with peace. Naruto laid crushed into a body sized crater on the ground alone and left for dead. His eyes snapped open as he took a deep breath before he choked. He rolled over on his side and vomited hard. Out came out a large black mass of some sticky substance. He shivered a bit from the sensation as he stared at it.
"Well that doesn't look healthy." He pushed himself out of the crater with some strain as his body still felt sensitive as if it had been on fire. His clothes were in shreds though his torso had healed up showing no new marks other than a very faint X slash marring the length of his off the remnants of his shirt he decided to just zip up his jacket afterwards. It was still in relatively good shape anyway and because it was form fitting it looked great on he would leave the jacket open outside of special situations regardless but right now the air was irritating his skin and making him uncomfortable so the jacket was helping.
"Now where are those teammates of mine?" He was so irritated this time that he didn't even notice that despite the seals placed on him his chakra was still creating sparks around his head in response to his emotional state and he was starting to steam.
"Don't you dare touch him!" Sakura screamed only for her hair to be roughly tugged on by a sound kunoichi behind her by the name of Kin.
"Will you shut up!? The powerless don't have a right to make demands."
She was looking beat up as she had been forced to defend an unconscious Sasuke against the sound genin team from before. It was by shear luck that the Lee person from team 9 had come to her aid but even with all his strength he seemed to be ill equip to go up against their sonic assault once his balance was destroyed.
"Zaku go on and get rid of that Sasuke brat. But be careful just in case the girl decides to throw another tree at us." The bandaged man Dosu glanced over at the other male teammate who scoffed in amusement before heading towards the tree where Sasuke slept. Ino and her team who were watching from the bushes were on edge as they were seriously contemplating jumping in and helping their fellow rookies.
Sakura looked like she was about to cry as she felt like a walking waste of time, which she was.
'Damn it. Sasuke-kun isn't here to help me and neither is Naruto and all I can do is stall terribly. I'm always getting protected by them and bring nothing to the table. I just took it half seriously like it was some kind of game!'
She pulled out a kunai which Kin noticed. "What are you going to do now? Gonna kill yourself. If touching your yogurt hair did all this then we should have killed yourself from the started and not have wasted our time."
Without responding Sakura brought the kunai to her head and sliced off what was grabbed swiftly. Everyone's eyes widened in surprise as that was one of the last things you expected a young girl to do, especially if that girl was a fangirl like Sakura.
"No you don't!" Kin saw Sakura quickly start forming hand seals so ran her through the back with a kunai. There was a poof of smoke as her body was replaced with a log. Kin looked around to see Sakura running towards Zaku throwing a volley of Kunai to get him away from Sasuke. Zaku however wasn't deterred at all as he turned around with his arms pointed at her.
"As if that would work on me!" A blast of wind shot forth from his palms hitting the kunai and sending them back at Sakura but she was replaced with a log again. Zaku looked up to see Sakura descending down towards him and laughed.
"Haha is that the best you can do? Have you learned nothing else since becoming a genin?" He threw his own kunais at her expecting her to substitute again.
"No I haven't!"
"W-What?" He turned back to her confused at her honest response only to remember that she hadn't substituted and appeared somewhere else evident by the stab wounds she now had from the kunai. She tackled Zaku with a grunt as she stabbed her own kunai into his arm while biting down on his other arm.
"Ahh! What the hell is wrong with you?!" Zaku started to punch her head repeatedly in anger in an effort to get her off of him but she stayed defiantly. They stopped when everyone started to hear echoing footseps approaching through the woods which pretty soon was accompanied by the sound of a voice to go along with it.
"Pissed, pissed pissed, pissed..."
A hand emerged from the brush and gripped a tree before pushing it back with shear force and Naruto's head came into view as he leaned forward. "I am fucking pissed!"
They gasped at the sight of Naruto.
"N-Naruto." Sakura looked at him relieved only to get punched away by Zaku now that he was free.
"Naruto?! I thought Yamata-sama killed him?" Naruto glanced down at Sakura before his eyes slowly shifted towards Zaku.
"Ah so you are connected to that snake bitch. Well this makes things better for me. I'm sure if I kill you all that no one will care." Naruto threw caution to the windas he walked towards Zaku without a second thought.
"Hah kill me? I'd like to see you try!" Zaku put his wrists together as he pointed both palms at Naruto who simply tilted his head curious. "Zankūha (Decapitating Airwaves)."
Unseen funnels of pressurized wind traveled at Naruto with slicing force. Naruto steppd forward and turned to the side before spinning around and moving back into the space he was before and continued to walk forward completely avoiding the slicing wind.
Zaku was shaken by the display. "Th-That must have been a fluke! My attacks can hardly be seen let alone dodged!"
"I can see and feel sound." Naruto continued to walk forward until a wave of sickness overcame him and he fell forward to vomit. His fellow Konoha genin felt concerned when out poured some strange viscous black fluid from his mouth. Zaku used that moment to shoot him again with a blast of wind. He wasn't able to dodge it this time as it hit him dead on.
It exploded on contact sending dirt a good bit aways. Ino cursed as she got up ready to help them before her team could stop her.
"Damnit! There won't be any of team 7 left at this rate!" Shikamaru try to grab her to hold her back but she ended up stopping on her own at Naruto's voice. The silhouette of his body could be seen through the dust as he stood up. They could see him putting his hand to his head before the smoke suddenly blew away from him.
"Yare... Not in the best mood right now." A small amount of blood was running down his head but other than that he was fine."
"He tanked my blast?!"
"Yes." Naruto put his hand to his neck as he cracked it. Zaku blinked and just that fast they lost track of Naruto. He doubled over as a foot sunk into his stomach and he flew back into a tree hard. Lee looked on amazed from his spot on the ground, impressed with Naruto's speed.
Naruto spun on his hand before transitioning back to his feet. A chime went off in his head as his eyes shifted in the general direction behind him. He held up his arm to block a high strike from Dosu as a ringing noise met the clash of their arms. Naruto's eyes shifted to the man's metal gauntlet before remembering what it was. A wave washed over him as he could feel veins popping inside his head and tears of blood started to bleed down from his right eye. Dosu gave a snister grin behind his bandages.
"Oh? Looks like you couldn't protect yourself so well this time huh? Wonder what happened." Kin took the initiative to strike Naruto from the front with a kunai held in both her hands. Zaku had also managed to get back up and had his palms angled at him pissed off.
Naruto's ears were ringing and his head felt like it was repeatedly getting bashed in with a hammer. It didn't help that his chest was also burning from whatever that snake woman had infected him with and a seal didn't help either.
Kin got right up on them and was inches away when they all heard an audible growl echo out from Naruto's throat as he bared his fangs. He actually gave out a bone shaking growl that they didn't even have a chance to flinch towards before he moved faster than their reaction speed. His irises shrunk and turned red in a heated anger.
Before she knew it Kin was stopped in midair by a quick knee in her core that stunned her and bruised her insides. Naruto manuavered his blocking arm to grab Dosu's arm brace and gripped it hard, breaking it into pieces. In a display of physical strength he held Dosu up above him simply by holding his arm with one arm and slammed him down on Kin before she could even hit the ground. The crumpled into the ground as it cracked beneath them.
""Zankūha!"
Naruto's head snapped right in the direction of Zaku completely ignoring the waves of decisive air heading towards him. Zaku recoiled on himself at the shear intensity of the bloodlust in his gaze. As if all color faded from the spectrum, everything for a moment went monochromatic as one moment Naruto was standing above the two sound genin. The next second he moved forward at an extreme speed like a spinning drill, burrowing right through the pressurized wind and ripping it apart like it was paper. A split second he was standing in front of Zaku. He jumped back in fright hitting his back against the tree behind him as he wet his pants from Naruto's killing intent. How they weren't dead yet baffled him. Naruto glared down his nose at Zaku as he shook for a few more seconds before he sighed letting out a breath as his eyes turned back to blues. He ran a hand through his hair disappointed.
:I'm bored with this already. I'm injured and handicapped so I expected a decent fight but you guys are one trick ponies." He held his own palm to Zaku's face.
"W-What are you."
*VRRM*
A concussive force emanated out of Naruto's palm hitting Zaku square on and breaking the tree behind him in half with his body as he fell over in the wreckage of wood unconscious and broken.
"And one trick ponies are even worth imitating, but perfecting? Now that's a different matter all together.
Dosu and Kin along with the others were shocked by what they just saw.
"Did he just...?"
"Dosu we need to leave Zaku and get out of here while we still-." Kin stood up but stopped talking when she felt a pinch in her chest. She looked down to see two senbon needles in her chest. She saw wires at the ends of them similar to her style and followed them up to see them being held by Naruto's fist.
He rose an eyebrow and waggled his finger as if admonishing a small dog. Electricity built in his hand before traveling along the wire into her body. She let out a silent scream before she was basically tasered painfully into submission. Seeing that he was the only one left Dosu scrambled up to run but fell over as a body hit him from behind. Naruto had at some point grabbed Zaku and chucked him through the air to hit Dosu.
Naruto walked towards him with slow, purposeful steps.
"You and your team are pathetic. So quick to cast each other aside. You aren't that talented either. All I see is a few average genin with toys given to them that are a far cry from truly applying the applications of sound. I'm going to let you live but only so that you can crawl back to that snake bitch of yours and let her know how disappointed the real deal is with her shitty take at creativity."
Dosu was unsure of himself not sure what to do. Naruto stood in front of him and held up his hand as cracks formed in the air around it.
"Or would you rather I show you my version of your attack. Since it was actually my first technique I can promise you I've had a lot more time to develop it. I can make it kill you slower than it normally would if you don't move your ass now and get the fuck out with your team. Now!"
He barked his order and Dosu's body complied on its own as he quickly grabbed his two team members and ran off as fast as he could.
Sakura let out a sigh of relief as the danger had finally passed. Now they could get out of here and take care of Sasuke. Naruto's nose twitched in disgust from picking up the scent of foul chakra before the others felt the dark chakra. Sasuke seemed to of awoken as a vortex of purple chakra erupted around him. Dark markings resembling the shapes of flames started to break out over his body as he stood up. He stared down at his hand lost in thought clenching it into a fist.
"What is this power. With this I can kill him!"
"Oh look princess finally woke up!" Sasuke looked over at Naruto who waved stupidly before dismissing him. "Shut up and learn when to speak idiot."
Naruto's hand fell slowly as his goofy expression faded and was replaced with narrowing eyes. Sasuke looked over at Sakura who flinched under his gaze. Seeing the state she was in but with no one unfamiliar around he was confused.
"Sakura who did this to you." She replied a bit too quickly to the attention partially out of her own nervousness at the situation as she held her hands up in a placating manner.
"O-Oh it's nothing! We just ran into those sound genin but Naruto took care of them easy!"
"Tch shame. Who am I going to use this new power of mine on then. Well since the dobe is still standing I'll test myself against him!"
In a gust of wind he moved as Naruto's eye managed to follow him and was startled. 'He's gotten a lot faster!'
In impressive speed that they had only seen in similar feats from him and Lee, Sasuke was already behind him. "What's wrong can't keep up?"
He spun around and sent a heel kick at the back of Naruto's head. Naruto scoffed as his eyes shadowed. "I'm not in the mood for this."
Sasuke struck him only for his body to explode showing it was a pulsation chakra clone. He pulled back his leg a little as his body was hit by the discharge and he grimaced from the shock.
A hand grabbed his head from behind as he was slammed face first into the ground crushing into it. Naruto had to give him credit, Sasuke did try to struggle to push up against his grip as his hands dug into the ground but Naruto wasn't having that. He sent a higher voltage from his body along his arm, to his hand, and into Sasuke's skull electrocuting him till he passed out after a few seconds.
"You've gotten fast but not fast enough."
He moved away from the unconcious Uchiha as he looked at his twitching hand for a moment. 'If it wasn't for the fact that I can outskill these other genin the fact that my chakra is suppressed even this much might be a problem. Though killing them would make this easier.'
He sucked his teeth before throwing his head back. "If you're gonna stare that long you might as well come out now!"
Team 10 looked at each other in the bushes not sure what to do.
"The longer you take the more likely I'm going to get pissed off." They quickly emerged from the bushes at that as they held their hands up in surrender.
"Alright you got us just stop being so troublesome." Shikamaru whined as Ino went to help Sakura. Naruto looked at them for a moment before ignoring them.
"You two up in the tree! Get out here!"
"What do you mean in the tree-?"
Shikamaru and the others were lost before both Neji and Tenten jumped down. Neji eyed the blond in a new light as if re-evalutating his threat level. 'He doesn't even have a dojutsu yet he was able to detect everyone in the area flawlessly. Does he really have sensor abilities? And what was that Uchiha's power?!'
Naruto let them do what they wanted until Sakura was ready to go again. Ignoring the other genin Naruto threw Sasuke over his shoulder as he called out to Sakura. "Come on Sakura the sooner we get to the tower the sooner we can get this done with."
"W-Wait but what about collecting the two scrolls?"
Naruto dug in the collar of his jacket and pulled out the two necessary scrolls. "We've already met our quota." 'I running on empty I have to reach that end before I pass out. That fight with the sound ninja helped me break two more points on that seal the snake bitch put on me but the overall strain of this outing is getting to me.'
If her head were made out of wood it would feel like someone was hitting nails into it right now. Yamata had thin beads of sweat running down her forehead as she made it through an isolated section of the the forest. She landed on a particularly large branch and placed her palm against the tree as she let out a low breath.
"That boy's development will be one to watch out for. That was like nothing I had ever experienced." Yamata was outwardly unscathed. Surprisingly enough Naruto had managed to land a number of strikes against her when he went berserk but she healed those back over completely. Internally however just being near him in that state it felt like her senses were being overwritten. As if she was being forced to fear the boy. A low buzzing filled her ears echoing in her mind heavily when she was within range of him. Screaming at her to yield or run yet she was stronger than him. The confusion she faced made it harder for her to concentrate and made her involuntarily flinch at times when he attacked which hurt her pride to admit. She only entertained that battle for a minute before she lost both her nerve and patience and went full force on him. She may not be as attack heavy as her brash teammate Tsunade but she still had a great deal of physical strength to crush someone into the ground with a strike if she tried to. In hindsight she should have checked to see if the boy survived but her instincts screamed in spite of the situation to run so she did after she finished him. Even the exact moment she made contact with Naruto's body it seemed to have rebounded on her as a quake was sent through her body disturbing her organs as she almost vomited on the spot.
She didn't worry about it however as she had a feeling the boy wasn't dead. She nursed a stomache ache and squinted from her developing migraine as she managed to grow a smirk on her face.
"I may have interest in the Sharingan but the fox container is already showing promise to be powerful even without his beast. That curse mark should warp his mind and have him come to me just like young Sasuke in seek of power and then both of their bodies will be mine!" The woman said the last part a little too loudly.
"You're an S ranked criminal and yet you still find time to be a cradle robber!?"
Yamata's eyebrow twitched in irritation as she lazily turned her head to see Anko appear from the trees on a branch up above her.
"Tsk why am I always so misunderstood..." The snake sannin turned to the voice to see Anko as her eyebrow rose and smiled. "Ah Anko-tan! You see to be doing fine. Are you eating well? Made any good friends yet?"
Anko snarled at Yamata's misplaced friendly tone.
"You know damn well neither of us are her for such stupid chatter. You're a traitor to the village and now you are doing as you please violating the sanctity of the exams. You will be brought down and then I'm going to get to the bottom of just why you are even here and expose your secrets?"
Anko whipped her arm out at Yamata as a cluster of snakes shot out of her sleeve. They struck at her former sensei wrapping around her. Despite being restrained Yamata appeared unconcerned as s blinked looking down at the snake before turning her eyes back on Anko.
"Well it's no big deal now if others were to know of my objective for being here. Of course I'm after the sharingan."
"What but the Uchiha are all... You mean the Sasuke kid?"
"What do you think? Last I checked Sasuke-kun was the last loyal Uchiha the village had. If you know of another please tell me otherwise don't ask idiotic question. I thought I trained an intelligent pupil."
Anko growled as the snakes constricted tighter on Yamata squeezing her but she remained unperturbed.
"But his teammate is an interesting one as well. I believe you've already met him. The fox holder."
"Naruto? What could you possibly want with him?!"
"Ah a better question. Well other than him being an Uzumaki and so a great candidate for genetic experimentation the boy is a prodigy beyond Sasuke-kun. Such a strong body that goes far beyond what a genin should have and a unique but potentially extremely versatile and deadly bloodline that I have never seen before and makes my own attempts with my Oto nin look like failed art might be greedy but if I can have him as well then all the better. He's also a nice one to look at."
"Wow you really are a cradle robber. Even if you didn't betray the village you probably would have still been arrested by now for being a pedophile." Yamata narrowed her eyes not in the mood for this with her body aching. She got a sly grin that spread wide across her face,
"And I might as well have never found you because based on your state of dress you'd have far more talent as a hooker than a ninja, Tokubetsu Jōnin." Anko's eye twitche vein popped on her forehead. Before she could make a comeback Yamata cut her short as she continued to speak.
"I don't get why it matters to you anyway. I mean once they become shinobi even the children are considered adults and as you said I'm an S class criminal so really I'm going to do what I want regardless. Now then."
*Crnch*
Anko's eyes widened in shock as suddenly she found snakes wrapping around her crushing her hold on Yamata as the snakes holding the sannin dissolved into the struggled in the hold only to cry out in pain as the snake tightened to bone creaking levels. Yamata walked forward slowly with a regality to her long legs as her hips gave off an intimidating sashay. She made her way to Anko and cupped her chin as she squinted in both defiance and pain at her former sensei.
"Now then Anko-chan didn't you say you would take me down? How arrogant it seems you've forgotten who your teacher is, or have you just gotten use to soaking your abilities in your own arrogance? Can't have that. Allow me to correct your judgement." Her yellow eyes glowed dangerously as the snakelike pupils cut into Anko's mind.
"Fufufu~."
"Arrgggg!" The sound of fabric and material being ripped filled the room. Naruto screamed in pain as he clawed at his own chest tearing at the remains of his clothes. Covered in sweat and now blood from his own self inflicted wounds he convulsed on the floor. After he had helped his team reach their destination at the center of the forrest he unlocked the scrolls. That helped them gain entrance into the tower and after that he quickly left his team to their own device before he killed them. The moment he closed the door he broke down as he couldn't hold back anymore. Whatever poison that snake woman had injected into him his body was not having an easy time getting rid of it.
"Hnggggh!"
He tore at his jacket ripping it to shreds as the X-shaped scar on his chest became inflamed.
'Come on boy. Accept me and the power I can give you.~"
He heard the deceptively seductive voice of the woman in his head. Her voice laced with both honey and venom as if giving in would both addict and kill him. Blood flew in the air as he hugged himself holding his head. His jaw clenched asit felt as if his body was painfully twisting in on itself. It took all his tolerance not to continuously scream out loud. He started to snarl as his jaw started to grow more pronounced and his teeth grew longer and sharper like that of a predator in the wild. His eyes snapped open showing that one of his eyes had had the whites of it turn black. Odd ripples started to go through his body as black crossed markings started to grow along the right side of his body and slowly spread. His skin started to become course and darken. His body was going through some kind of forced change and felt like it was tearing itself apart.
"No!" He punched the ground suddenly sending cracks across the floor. Chains shot out of his chest from the wound and wrapped around his body. It completely restrained him before shattering after a few seconds showing that his body was back to normal and whatever the cause of it was was not currently present.
Gasping as he caught his breath he looked around the room with a tired gaze idly noting the damage he caused. He managed to push himself up with one arm as the other hung limp. Half of his body he couldn't even feel and bleeding right now.
He dragged himself to the bed and with noticeable effort he got on top of the mattress and signed. "The only power I'll use is my own..."
Despite the situation he smiled at still being able to keep to that as he passed out. As he drifted off succumbing to his fatigue he absently was glad that he still had 2 days to rest until the second part of the exam was over.
It was the next day and he had yet to leave his room not that his teammates really cared enough to bother him over it. He leaned against the wall while sitting on his bed. He had definitely recovered a lot more from his injuries but he still felt out of it. In his arms he held Kuromi. She was in in the form of a small girl and had yet to wake up. He had gotten a good enough grasp of his chakra again to be able to summon her out of him on his own but the seal that woman put on them was still in affect and his fatigue and Kuromi's mini state was a testament of that for now.
"Mmm." She shifted in her sleep leaning into him. Her nose twitched as she got a clear reading of his scent. Kuromi mumbled cutely as her eyes slowly opened. Naruto smiled and greeted her with a kiss to her forehead.
"Naruto? What are you-." Her crimson eyes widened in shock as she saw the state her container was in. His torso, left arm, and left side of his face were covered in bandages. In certain areas they were stained red showing how strong the wounds were at different points on his body. She was about to question what happened when a pain when through her head. She put a palm to her head as her memory caught up with her and she recalled what happened in the forest.
"That... sick skinned snake woman!"
She got up to hunt her down even in her mini little girl state and would have if Naruto didn't just tighten his hold on her as he hugged her. She blushed at the action.
"I'm glad you're finally awake. I didn't hear anything out of you for almost 2 days and that honesty worried me. Don't worry about me I'm okay now. I haven't healed as fast because my chakra is being suppressed to a degree though I was able to get by most of it."
She squirmed out of his gripp and stood up on the bed as she point at him and though she towered over him now it wasn't by much because of her reduced height.
"It's great that you think you're okay but look at you now. I had to wake up to find out that not only did you lose again but you're in an even worse state this time! I told you not to lose!"
Naruto blinked. "What? When did I actually lose?"
"You lost to Zabuza."
"What?! No I didn't"
"You lost your nerve and were heavily injured and Zabuza was able to walk away from the first fight alive. Losing your nerve counts in my book."
He broke eye contact as he looked away from her. "Yeah well you got one shotted by the snake woman so I don't think you're in a real position to talk this time miss almighty bijuu queen."
She sputtered in embarrassment. "W-What? She cheated! I'm a beast of chakra given form. What did you think would happen when I'm hit with a high level seal?! I was sealed in you after all."
"Sounds like an excuse to me. Why couldn't you just avoid her strike then?"
"I... Wait this isn't about me you didn't-."
"You didn't even think about dodging did you."
Him leering at her suspiciously didn't help things as she felt smaller than she already appeared.
"Alright fine! I won't count this fight against you."
"Good." He grabbed her arm and pulled her back into him surprising her as he squeezed her in an affectionate matter. A dusting of pink showed on her cheeks as she looked up at him confused.
"Naruto-kun?"
"You had me worried. You've always been there even when I didn't know you were there so when I wasn't able to feel you initially when that Sannin blocked us I might of panicked a little."
She looked him in the eye feeling his emotions. The strength of the raw feelings directed at her at that moment washed over her. She pushed back in his embrace a little and went up to cup his face.
"I already belong to you. I don't really plan on going anywhere." They smiled at each other sharing in the moment for a good minute as they sat there. It was Naruto who broke the silence.
"So... How long do you think you will be stuck with the appearance of a child?" She blinked as she looked down at herself.
"Oh I thought everthing had seemed bigger. My chakra is still partially blocked but I should have more than enough to turn back to my older body."
"No it's fine!" She jumped a bit at the loudness of his voice. Naruto coughed into his hand as he recollected himself. "I mean it's fine. There isn't a real reason for you to waste your energy after all since you just woke up."
She nodded her head at that but then looked right at him again and narrowed her eyes when she noted that at some point without her noticing his hands had moved down to her rear.
"You... Are you serious?"
"You may look young but you still have a great ass." She palmed his face and scrambled away.
"We are not doing this!" She should have considered that exposing her backside to him wouldn't be the best idea since all she was wearing was a shirt several sizes too big for her as it only served to spur him on. His eyes slitted and widened in an excited manner as he grabbed her leg and pulled her back to pin her.
"Struggling makes it worse!"
"P-Please at least let me grow."
"Just the tip! It'll only be just the tip!" He started breathing hard scaring her though she couldn't stop herself from getting aroused as she sported a heavy blush.
"Calm down at least a little!"
"Hahahaha- hrupr-!?" He stopped mid laugh as blood and a black substance vomited out of his mouth into the air like a geyser.
"Naruto!"
He fell back on the bed as he moaned in pain.
She quickly got up and tried to stretch her shirt down over her legs as she grew her body back to her teenage form. Her eyes were misty as she glared at him.
"Now look what you did. That's what you get for trying to rape me!"
"Can't rape the willing... Only makes really hot roleplaying..." His retort only earned him a hard kick in his chest hitting where his main wound had been.
"Gah! Why would you kick me?! I'm injuried!"
"Ah gomen I forgot!" She cowed and sat down next to him as her ears went down.
"How could you forget?! You just saw me vomit blood 30 seconds ago how could you forget?!
"Well you're still alive!"
He stared hard at her seeing the corner of her mouth twitch up before she looked away. She was enjoying this.
"You're making me seriously consider dragging you through the mud by your tail and then tying it to a lightning rod." She paled at the threat coupled with the fact the chain around her neck reappeared bit by bit slowly showing he was recovering. She held her tail protectively as she spoke in a nervous voice.
"I-If I heal you'll forgive me r-right?"
Naruto was still only able to look out of one eye as his body remained bandaged. 'Hnn I thought you said you were going to heal me?'
'Gomen I tried but it's already hard enough with the remains of the seal from that woman being present. Whatever substance she put in your blood also made things difficult. With not enough chakra to safely access for me to just flood your system with and heal you I have to be more conscious on what I'm doing and well... Eyes are hard.'
'It's fine don't worry about it.'
They were standing in an indoor arena with a giant statue of two hands in a ram seal. Naruto looked around to see all the other genin teams who made it his eyes stopping on the sound team who flinched upon gaining his eyes or rather "eye". His lone visible eye narrowed at them before sighing and looking forward again.
"Damn if I knew this many would pass I would have just gone on and killed that sound trash."
"Wow looks like you had a hard time!"
He sweated lightly as Fuu approached him from behind with Yugito.
Yugito eyed him as she smelt the faint scent of blood still lingering to him, his blood.
"With all that talking at the beginning I thought you would be one of the ones to have the easiest time in the forest yet you seemed to of done the worst of the ones who still passed. Your Uchiha teammate doesn't look too good either."
"Maybe the number of tails is the only thing he has on us and everything else about him is lacking?" Fuu put a finger to her chin as she shrugged at Yugito. The fact that her question was innocent made it worse as Naruto's mood darkened.
"First off the exam was a waste of time. Within the first hour I had already scouted out the scroll my team needed. Secondly these injuries I have half of them I caused to myself, the other half... Well I'd like to see you fight a sannin, and without your partners." He chose the word partner carefully as there was still the fact that other teams were nearby and some were listening to the conversation.
Yugito's eyebrows rose in disbelief.
"You fought a sannin?! Which one?"
"The only one aligned against the village."
"Yamata the Snake Princess? Forgive me if I don't believe you. No way a genin could survive going up against her. Even if said genin is one of us I just don't see how you could last more than 2 minutes without your partner."
Instead of getting angry at Yugito accusing him of lying he gave his own antagonistic response as he narrowed his eye and smirked.
"Heh if that's what you think then you guys really are weaker than me." Her eyes turned a brighter green with catlike pupils as she glared at him. The figuratively lightning between them might as well of been visible as their standoff made the other teams nervous from the tension. Fuu on quickly moved in front of Yugito cutting off her line of sight as she clasped Naruto's hand. He blinked at the sudden quick movement as she flashed him a cheery smile.
"That's great! Now I want to fight you even more if you really are strong!"
The girl had an inviting, friendly aura about her which contrasted brightly with the general stern slate of kumo nin, at least from what he had read. But the girl moved fast, faster than he had been expecting and the acceleration was high so it had caught him off guard. And because he was caught off guard he would take her a bit more seriously from now on.
'Well she does have more tails than the other one...'
'Just because one has more tails doesn't mean they are stronger my container.'
'What so the Nanabi isn't deserving of it's rank?'
He saw the image of her shaking her head in his mindscape. He also noted that she was in some kind of humanoid fox form curled up in the grass but decided to save commenting on that for later.
'She is strong definitely. Even if as a bijuu she may not have the greatest body for combat she has what none of us have which is natural flight and she's deceptively fast at it. Also she is naturally armored. Bijuu are already very durable but to add armor on top of that is quite annoying to go up against. She is modeled after insects so any defenses she has you can assume are of an extreme level. Her armor is thinner than the Sanbi's shell but is almost as durable and also covers nearly her entire body. My fur is extremely durable along with my hide, way more than you would think but she still has an edge on me in that regard. With defense, speed, and agility she more than earns her spot as 7. Actually if she went up against the 8, in a raw fight she would probably win. Their hosts nowadays might change that however.'
He scratched his cheek ignoring his surroundings as Fuu just tilted her head at him confused at his silence. Yugito however figured he was probably having a conversation with his inner beast so choose to use her time to scout out the remaining genin who passed the second test.
'Well damn so if I do manage to catch her she would be like a kevlar punching bag? She's a girl so not sure how I feel about that.'
'I don't know what that is but it sounds interesting.'
'Kevlar is a rare, light, yet very durable material being tested by the Root that... Nevermind it's not important. So I figured you had another reason for countering me on the issue of tails right?'
'Well yes. Afterall the Nibi is also here. She her claws are just as effective as mine in my bijuu form only hers are far more retractable than my own and so can be several times longer than my own and so the increased range can make up for her smaller size. Her host may also have this benefit.'
'Though she's not exactly small...' Naruto smirked to himself as he discretely looked Yugito up and down as she had her back to him now as his eyes ran along her long long legs. Fuu started to pout now as she noticed his change of focus along with the fact he was still ignoring her.
'Focus.'
'Oh I am...'
'Naruto.'
'Okay sorry continue please.'
She huffed in discontent but continued none the less.
'While Nibi is lacking in physical strength and she isn't the fastest as a cat she is still faster than most of us and is very agile. Her body is also covered in flames and so that girls her a type advantage over the Nanabi despite the vast difference in tails. If her host gained any of these things then she can be dangerous.'
'They both sound fun to fight actually. What about Gaara? I mean I saw him use sand.'
He felt her shrug as she thought about it for a moment.
'Well the idiot is made of sand and so his host can use sand. Nothing really to explain here.'
Naruto sweatdropped at her dismissive tone as it was clear she didn't like the One Tail for whatever reason.
'That's it? There isn't anything else you want to say on that?'
'Mmm well he's kind of disappointing in terms of power compared to the rest of us. I mean his body is unstable, he's not physically as strong as the rest of us despite his size because of his unstable body, has a terrible disposition, and he's slow. He takes a while to fight however because he is sand and uses sand. His defense and regeneration is very high and in his element is where he's most dangerous... but he's still slow. Also because he is sand he's weak against water. Though neither of us use water or liquids that makes him even weaker towards the tails of 3,5,6, and 8. While sand would normally have an advantage over fire because of the potential of us bijuu the Nibi and Yonbi can produce flames high enough to melt him. And those of us with high physical prowess can tear him apart such as the Yonbi, Gobi, Nanabi, Hachibi, and of course me.'
'Wow... He's kind of shit.'
'Yes. However human's aren't bijuu by a long shot and so if his host can use sand just like him then as a Jinchurriki that boy is extremely dangerous and probably a smarter fighter too since he's small.'
'So another one who will be fun to fight? Great!' He paused as a thought that had been nagging at him ever since she started talking came up.
'Wait so all of these Jinchurriki you said likely inherited from their bijuu. Well then what did I get from you?'
'Healing?'
'Do all jinchurikki not have an innate healing factor? Plus I'm also an Uzumaki.'
'Well what about your instincts?'
'I wouldn't put it past the Nibi with her being a cat to have given her host similar senses. Is there really nothing different you've given me?'
'M-My l-l-love?'
She blushed as her words came out awkwardly. Naruto stopped to think about it for a few seconds which was probably longer than he should have.
"Hnn fine..."
'Don't groan at that! You should feel honored to be the first one to have such a relationship with a bijuu!'
'If you say so...'
'Is my b-body not good enough?!'
He sweated as he mentally held up his hands to placate her as she teared up.
'K-Kuromi-chan I was just teasing you. You're perfect and I don't mind not having any special skills from you.'
'If you actually used my power then maybe you would have something else!'
'F-Fair enough.'
She shifted into her youkai form and held her knees to her chest as a raincloud gathered above her, a petulant expression on her face.
'It's not like I don't have anything super unique compared to my siblings. I mean I've always been able to sense and find my prey without being able to see them. That's something right?'
He winced at her defeated tone. It took a few moments before her words about clicked in his head.
"Wait what?"
He wasn't allowed to think about it anymore as he felt a sharp pain in his leg. He held the stinging leg as he looked for the offender only to see a pair of irritated orange eyes glaring at him. Apparently Fuu had gotten fed up with being ignored and so kicked him hard in his shin.
During that time the other genin and shinobi had gathered. Anko appeared in front of them demanding attention and quiet as all conversations stopped. As she started to explain the next phase of the test and how it would consist of preliminaries because of the high number of those who passed his nose twitched. He felt his body pulse as he gripped at his chest in pain. The scent he picked up was that of the snake woman and it was coming from Anko. Some noticed him in pained and looked at him in concern.
The hokage caught it as well as he decided to not make his concern vocally known as he stepped forward to vocally explain the meaning of the exams.
"Alright you sorry maggots! You guys were lucky enough to get past the forrest so now I think it's time to get the 3rd part on the road. Or rather that's what I would say but unfortunately too many of you guys passed so we will start with the aforementioned preliminaries! Everyone needs to move outside the floor to the balcony above. Only the contestants called on the screen will come down to the floor an other than the referee or an official of equal level in this setting can be down here as well. While our official statement is that we don't encourage killing really anything goes. We have an uneven number this time so one of you will end up fighting one of the winners of the previous matches if there are any still able to fight at top condition. If not then they will be passed on with the rest of the winners to the Finals."
Everyone split up to go meet with their respective senseis and stand up on the balconies around the central arena.
Kakashi was honestly surprised to see the state Naruto was in. Frankly all of his genin received varying degrees of damage from the test. It was like the stronger they were the more they were injuried and with Naruto looking like he came back from being half dead. Getting the info from Anko that they had had an encounter with the Snake Queen herself he supposed he should be thankful that none of them were outright killed.
"I guess it goes without saying that you have no intention of stopping from finishing the exams now do you?" Naruto's only uncovered eye shifted to look at his now fellow cyclops before he started laughing.
"Haha yeah I'm not stopping that easily."
"You were lucky that you and Sasuke had a couple days to rest. Gave you time to recover with your tenant and gave me time to seal that nasty mark Sasuke recieved. Though I am surprised that all things considered you haven't healed over good as new by now."
"Oh that's because I got sealed as well!"
"...What?!"
"Yeah I guess I got in the way enough that she took an interest in me." He shivered a moment despite him wearing an eye smile which just made Kakashi go blue in the face a little as he somewhat over interpreted Naruto's reaction. "So she poisoned me, put her mark on me too, and surpression sealed me... twice."
"Why didn't you say anything?!"
"To be fair Kakashi if you were as concerned for the rest of us as you were for Sasuke then you would have at least checked up on me after us having a run in with a Sannin. Hell if you paid attention more then maybe Sakura wouldn't have been so useless and we would have came out the forrest in better shape?" While they had tried to keep their volume down because of the nature of the conversation but right then Naruto' voice became that of a harsh whisper that Sakura flinched at being called out while Kakashi hid most of his guilt.
Sasuke on the other hand didn't react but he wouldn't lie if he was asked if he wanted a more effective teammate than the pink siren on his team.
"Inuzuka Kiba vs Uzumaki Naruto"
Naruto looked to the screen and smirked. "Oh? I get to fight right off the back?"
"Woohoo! We get to fight the deadlast? Talk about an easy win eh Akamaru!" The small pup barked from its spot in his jacket. Kiba jumped over the railing to the floor below. After he landed he stood back up and pointed up at Naruto.
"Uzumaki get your ass down here! I want to get this match over with!"
Naruto smiled at him but as he looked at Kiba his smile spread before his teeth showed and his fangs gleamed in the light. There was a small poof of smoke as a small fox appeared on his head. He looked up and saw Kuromi looking upside down at him winking.
'Kuromi-chan so you can still appear even in spite me being suppressed?'
'Yes though I will admit it took a noticeable bigger degree of concentration.'
He nodded lightly as that was good to know. 'So what is the state of my body in terms of combat?'
'Well from what I can tell other than the obvious complications you should be fine. Your physical performance is back to around 100%, your chakra capacity however is around 70% and your general control of it is at around 50% give or take.'
He smirked as he too jumped over the railing in a spinning backflip. The rookies all were startled as he almost touched the ceiling with his feet as he looked straight down at Kiba from high up. Those that grew up with him in the academy didn't think he was capable of such graceful displays of showing off.
He landed on the ground the necessary distance away from Kiba kicking up only a little dust but otherwise having a fairly quiet landing surprisingly. Kuromi's claws were digging into his scalp somewhat painfully as she had been forced to hold on for dear life during his unexpected stunt.
He reacted up with his unbandaged arm to pet her in a calming matter.
The sickly looking special jonin Hayate walked up between the two somewhat wild looking genin. He coughed into his hand before speaking.
"Alright now for the first match we will have Inuzuka Kiba versus Uzumaki Naruto."
The red eyed beauty that was Kiba's sensei, Kurenai looked over at Kakashi from her spot with the rest of her genin. She wore a stern expression in anticipation of the match.
"Sorry Kakashi but it looks like your team will be having the first loss of the preliminaries."
Sasuke scoffed as if she had just said the dumbest thing he ever heard. Well not the dumbest as Sakura has said worst... Kurenai looked like she was about to address Sasuke's response before Kakashi spoke up.
"I wouldn't be too sure Kurenai. That genin of mine is a self proclaimed "Ultimate Weapon."
"This isn't a joke Kakashi."
Kiba put down Akamaru at his side as they got ready to fight. Naruto stared at the puppy for a second before shifting to his master.
"Kiba I really don't want to kill your dog."
The Inuzuka jerked at his words before quickly recovering.
"As if you could even bite at my mine or Akamaru's heels you deadbeat trash!"
"But I was being serious Kiba?"
"What do you mea-?"
"I tend to favor animals, specifically those that are felines or canines, and especially those that have traits of both." Kuromi bit down on his ear playfully before jumping off him and walking away with her tail waving about. Naruto's eyes lightened from their deep blues to near white like the moon as his pupils slitted.
"I don't want to kill the pup but a runt like you? Konoha nin or not in this court where I am allowed to kill I can care less about you living."
The dark presence around him made Kiba sweat lightly as some of them gasped. To threaten one of your own even in the face of your kage was a bold move and a serious one.
"Yo, so this is the kid in line with the nine, covered in bandages but acts like he's fine?!" Yugito groaned as she had to listen to one of her sensei who had the annoying habit of trying to rap everything he said.
"Yes Bee he looked to be pretty strong. Hopefully he really is."
"He may look weakened but I wouldn't right him off yet. He's still got a few tricks up his sleeves I bet!"
Yugito looked bewildered for a moment. "That... Actually wasn't as bad..." Fuu giggled at the exchange but didn't say anything.
Gaara meanwhile just narrowed his eyes at Naruto in anticipation.
"Well if there is nothing else then you two may begin!" Hayate swung his hand down starting the match. Naruto didn't move from his spot as Kiba formed a handsign before dropping to all fours.
"All fours! Let's go!"
Kiba's appearance became more feral as he expelled chakra. Quicker than many of the genin he burst forward at a great speed. Moments later he hit Naruto's abdominals with his elbow using his momentum to increase the impact. There was the heavy thump as a small amount of dust was blown away.
"Heh you couldn't even dodge...?" Kiba's smirk died as Naruto had not reacted, standing there with his hands still in his pockets. Kiba jumped back to get space as he held his arm to stop it's shaking as it stung a little.
"Damn what is your body made of?!"
"You know I'm not exactly sure at this point." The seasoned ninja in the room were a little more attentive now as you didn't usually see a genin purposefully tank a blow and then not react at all to it.
"Are you done 'cuz you hit like a bitch?" Kiba's pupils narrowed at that as he growled loudly.
"Grr how about I skin you alive!?" Kiba ran back at him with a furious rage. He dragged his clawlike nails through the air to swipe at Naruto. Naruto simply took his unbandaged arm out of his pocket and batted it away. Kiba swung back again in the other direction only for his hand to be smacked away again. Kiba kept striking Naruto up close at a speed that most genin would have to avoid but Naruto calmly batted away all the strikes with just his one hand.
The fact that he couldn't land a single hit on Naruto was pissing him off.
"Stop playing around bastard!" Naruto gave a tired expression before putting his hand to Kiba's chest and pushing him away in a gust of wind. Kiba went further back then he was expecting as he landed on his feet 10 meters away. A moment later his legs buckled before he fell forward and vomited his breakfast onto the dirt.
Some of the genin gasped as they recognized that to a similar technique they witnessed. Shikamaru was the first to be vocal about it.
"Isn't that very similar to that move used by one of the Oto genin?!" Dosu himself scowled in murder at Naruto. First he stole his pride, then he stole his look, now he's stealing his moves."
"Is this brat trying to replace me?! I will not have him erase my existence." Gaara for some reason sneezed which was odd for him.
"I simply disturbed your organs and stomach with that impact. If I had actually used chakra you'd probably be hemorrhaging right now."
Naruto rolled his wrist in a lackadaisical manner as Kiba managed to pick himself up. Naruto was treating Kiba like a jonin or chunin playing around with a fresh genin. His posturing and everything reminded the other sensei of Kakashi in his younger days, though much less of a hardass.
"The physical strength to push him back that easily, the ease at which he finded Kiba off. Even his disposition itself is nothing like what you would expect from someone described as a hyperactive near dropout genin. How did you get him to make such a dramatic turn around in such a short time Kakashi?"
Kurenai was genuinely curious as while they were the same rank Kakashi was differently the more experienced and dare she say skilled ninja. If she could learn what his method for his students were then maybe she could apply that to Hinata's meekness to help get her out of her shell.
"I actually didn't do a whole lot to be honest. Naruto does take to the team exercises way more than the other two which is quite surprising when you consider what kind of childhood he might have had. I do teach Sasuke and at least try to instruct Sakura. But quite frankly Naruto is largely self taught and he's skilled in areas that he really shouldn't be when you consider the type of ninja he should be classified as so it's difficult to even know how to teach him along with the number of talents he has and so the only thing he gets from me is sparring matches, your general advice, and chakra exercises."
"Sparring with you? Don't you mean his teammates? Probably Sasuke right?" To his opposite side a bit away Asuma leaned in their direction with the same amount of curiousness as Kurenai. Sasuke had an idea what was coming but balled his fists in silence anyway.
"Sure he does spar with Sasuke but the kid likes a challenge so he fights me and I have to say its somewhat easy to beat him but not easy to beat him unscathed. He also has some code he lives by to not use his chakra unless he needs it... when his head is level at least."
Asuma nodded while Kurenai was more surprised than him. Asuma had read up a little on the boy so had an idea of the boy's deception on his abilities. Kurenai however being a new sensei still took things a little more at face value. Naruto would serve as the fastest way to help her correct that fault.
Back to the floor Akamaru had turned red after Kiba had fed him a pill growing large to that of a medium sized dog and jumped on Kiba before transforming into an identical clone of him.
"Beast Mimicry! Man Beast Clones! Gatsuga!"
Kiba through smoke bombs at Naruto before both Kiba's took off at him spinning wildly like drills and became airborne as they aimed at him.
Naruto was surprised by Kiba's cleverness figuring out what he was going to do so much so that he grew excited.
"Haha wow you do have a brain! Is this your best plan?! 'Cuz if it is then I'm impressed!"
He yelled through the smoke as the two drills entered into it.
"But at the same time to completely destroy the strategy that you probably spent days to create..."
*CRrK-*
There was a harsh contact that echoed out the smoke before a shockwave of wind went out and blew the smoke away. Right before the shockwave Naruto had turned a full 360 when Kiba was a meter away to swing around a high kick as quick as lightning right to the side of Kiba's head. It showcased his combat flexibility as Naruto's legs went a full vertical 180. Naruto grinned and got a little two into it losing his chakra a bit which emitted out of every pore in his body and tore apart all the bandages on his body making the material explode outward in shreds.
"To completely destroy a plan you had pride in is something I can take pride in!"
Kiba's eyes whited out from the impact before the delayed force finally met up a second later and Kiba when rocketing across the floor to hit the wall spiderwebbing it.
'He kicks as hard as Lee full force!'
Might Gai was pleased to see that there was a potential taijutsu rival here for his favorite pupil.
Kiba suffered shock from the force of the attack before passing out a few seconds later as his head slumped forward, blood dripping from his mouth though his body was still stuck in the wall.
Naruto heard growling behind him to see the other Kiba about to strike him. Naruto's near white irises glowed for a moment and for the first time in the entirety of the match Naruto actually move from his spot. He moved at such a speed that the Kiba saw him as if he were walking yet he himself was still moving in slow motion. In an instant Naruto was inches from him. He cocked his fist back making the Kiba flinched and fall over. Naruto let loose his punch hitting the ground right between the Kiba's legs. The fist sunk into the earth breaking it up. A strike like that might have ended up going through the Kiba's body if it had connected.
Naruto once again lost his chakra again simply from moving in an aggressive manner and his clothes were damaged even more. The burst of chakra just seamed to magnify his intent and what the beast man saw just seemed to further make him shake in fear as he wet himself before a puff of smoke erupted and Akamaru was seen whimpering.
"You can change your appearance and you can even have a similar smell to your master but there are other ways to sense people Akamaru."
There was a buzzing that filled the dogs ears as he was overcome with fear and actually ran away.
"And that's the match." Naruto stood back up noting it was oddly silent. He put his hands in his pockets only to end up touching his thigh.
"The fuck?" He looked down and saw around 85% of his body was now exposed as only a few bandages were hanging off his torso and his pants might as well of been a towel tied around his waist. He quickly covered his crotch to hide his secret weapon as a breeze went by. He looked up to see many staring at him with either a look of surprise or surprise and a blush. Sakura coughed into her hand and looked away as an awkward air blanketed the area.
Everyone took note of his body which was lean and was developing into a chiseled one showing that he definitely worked out and was built for speed but puberty was catching up with him showcased by his muscle definition with his abs being the most present.
'Damn it I really need to get my old clothes fixed. Before my chakra destroys more than my modesty.' Others noticed how he had some near unnoticeable scars from the distance they were at but where he was bandaged that the eye was cloudy and his body itself was covered in black cracklike markings that faded slowly appearing strongly when he used chakra.
Naruto felt a chill on his ass and realized his ass was exposed. He quickly formed a thick chain to cover his ass. It seemed that was the last straw as him using chakra again destroyed what remained of the fabric on his front. His eyes widened in disbelief at the situation as he saw it destroyed in slow motion. He quickly expanded his chain and had it wrap completely around his waist but the damage had been done as everyone saw what he was packing. His body was definitely more than enough but with the scene now being extremely lewd with his body also looking halfway like edge fuel because of that snake woman's curse and half like it was crafted by god because he's the main character it caused many of the girls to have nosebleeds with a few of them having more explosive ones than others such as Hinata and a few others. Actually Hinata outright fainted. Even Kurenai had a blush spread over her porcelain skin.
"Looks like I underestimated him greatly..."
The guys either laughed at him or cursed him.
Yugito rubbed her bloody nose with her arm but had too much of a focus expression as her arm hid a small smile and she almost drooled as she started at him.
'Well now I see what Kyuu-chan sees in her host...' The Nibi mused but was equally as focused on the scenes as he tenant she was inside.
"Imagine how fun it would be to fight someone with a body like that!"
Fuu exclaimed animatedly. Yugito's head now snapped to look at her in shock at what she so boldly said. Fuu looked at her confused before a few seconds later it clicked and she blushed furiously. "I d-didn't mean it l-like that-!" She meant an actual fight now lewd wrestling but it didn't matter because in the end she would still get more than she bargained for. Samui simply blinked with a small blush on her usual stoic face.
"Hot..." Atsui looked in disbelief at his sister stealing his catchphase and now he hated Naruto even more.
Hearing all the chatter while simultaneously hiding himself Naruto for one of the few rare times to count actually blushed in public. He turned his head to his only hope which was his partner who had been sitting up across from Yugito's team largely unnoticed in her fox form on the rail.
"Kuromi help!"
"This is fine." He could see her face in his head with a blush spreading over it and a sly grin.
"Create clothes for me before this becomes a problem!"
"I don't see a problem at all~."
"Kuromi!"
She would pay for this. If only his chain's use wasn't so selective right now.
AN: Finally. Well this was fun. Over the break I got a lot better with my drawing so thats cool. I also binge watched Rwby and I have to say... A NarutoxRwby fic will be the next story. I will do it simulatenous to this but expect to see it in around 1 week to 3 months from now. Not even going to give information on what I plan on doing in that fic.
Well anyway next chapter is the rest of the prelims.
Continue to rate and review and check out my deviantart guys. I think I'm starting to reach my stride so maybe I'll have a soon. I need more money though so I'm going to see what jobs or interns I can do related to art, or maybe voice overs.
Anyway see ya soon hopefully!
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