"Tenten-chan, I think I've figured a way to increase my training a lot, I absorb information from what a kage bunshin learns right?" Naruto asked "Well I'll just have them work in all the areas I need work in. I'll have them each read books from the library and then release them! Then I'll be super smart"

"I don't know Naruto, this sounds too easy, I mean if training can be bypassed so easily, then why don't more people use this method?" Tenten asked, sharpening her kunai "After all, there are no shortcuts in life."

"Ah what do you know, I'll show you how effective it is, Kage Bunshin!" Naruto pouted. A thousand clones poofed into existance.

"Alright now group one, you work on kenjutsu, group two works on ninjutsu, three on taijutsu, four on chakra control, and the rest will read books in the library, got it?" Naruto asked his clones.

"Hai" they answered, each running off to their assigned task.

Five hours later

" Alright that should be enough" Naruto said "Kai!(release)"

and all the kage bunshins poofed out of existance.

"Now all I have to do is wait and-" Naruto said, until he began to shake. The blond ninja grabbed his aching head as it pounded away until he finally fell unconcious.

Jiraiya smiled and laughed "Good work gaki, you found the downside to the kage bunshin effect, information overload!"

"Lets see" he continued, pulling out a notepad "four hundred kage bunshin fell asleep, two hundred slacked off, three hundred stuffed themselves with ramen,

ninety-three played pranks on innocent people, three played 'ninja' with the Konohamaru corps, and one peeped with me at the Konoha woman's onsen(hotsprings), personally, my favorite.

Ten years later--

"Tenten-chan, I know a way to get rid of this paperwork, I'll just use the kage bunshin!" Naruto exclaimed to a pregnant Tenten, "Then I can spend more time with you and our baby."

"I don't know Naruto-kun, remember what happened last time?" Tenten asked.

"Nope" Naruto said, giving his best fox grin "Kage bunshin!"

Three Naruto clones poofed into existance, each wearing the hokage robes.

"Alright get to it guys" Naruto said "I'm going home for the rest of the day"

--Five Hours Later--

"So there I was, in the finals of the ramen eating contest. It was down to just me and Choji, the lights were on bright, the chopsticks were blazing, just when I thought I had won..." Naruto told to Tenten, sitting together on their couch.

"You know Naruto-kun, I've heard this story a million times right?" Tenten asked sarcastically, smiling at her lovable husband.

"Hokage-sama, I've got terrible news. Due to the paperwork you're bunshin have done, the village is in chaos" a chunin reported to Naruto "It seems one of your clones has outlawed all foods other than red bean soup and ramen, another assignined all the S rank missions to the current genin, one designated Inuzuka Kiba and Nara Shikamaru to dig under the Hokage monument for gold, one is sailing on a boat to find the new world and the last is currently stealing a little boy's candy and plotting to take over the leaf village."

Tenten stared at her husband at a way that said 'I told you so'

"Get off your butt and fix everything Naruto."

Naruto's shoulders sank in defeat "Yes mam..."

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Author's Note:Happy New Years Everyone! I'm so happy that I finished before the day was over. I'd like to thank everyone who's read this story and everyone who's reviewed. In particular I'd like to thank ZaBucher, who reviewed almost every chapter I've posted, even though he didn't particularly like them.

I'm still looking for a beta, if anyone is interested.

Also, I asked you guys and girls last chapter, for a suggestion for an OC sensei for me to give Naruto, but I didn't get many contributions or ideas, so I'll ask again, should I give Naruto an OC sensei? The upside is that it would definately increase his abilities, making much stronger than canon Naruto and he'll have someone to guide him, but the downside is that it might make him a little overpowered when you consider that he already has both the Kyuubi and Clare already. Sure, the Kyuubi and Clare both don't know any jutsu, or many training methods, and Clare's not too patient for a teacher, but they still do give him an arm and a leg up in this story. I really think I should, but at the same time, don't want too... I'm confused, please help.

Summary:In the last chapter, Naruto faced off against Gaara, where he unleashed his initial release against Gaara, but ended with the injuring of Naruto's arm. In the meantime Lee faced off against the sound ninja. Tenten soon arrived to rescue him, but was unable to defeat their combined teamwork. Just when it looked like they were about to be killed, Sasuke woke up and proceeded to waste the oto ninja. Just as he was about to turn on Tenten, Naruto arrived. After receiving an earth scroll, Naruto promised Sasuke to a fight. An Anbu arrives to retreive Team 10.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto

Onto the next exciting chapter of Descending Heaven

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The chunin exam preliminary

"(cough cough)Because we have too many contestants, we will be holding a preliminary exam before the actual tournament. Contestants will be randomly assigned an opponent and matches will be posted on the monitor. The prelimaries will begin right now." Gecko Hayate announced to the genin.

"I wonder if I'll get picked?" Naruto mused.

"There is a chance..." A rather short Anbu with a familiar mask said, appearing right next to the blond genin, startling him.

"Whoa! Who are you?" Naruto asked, startled.

"Then again, perhaps not... Naruto-sama"

"Haku! Is that you?" Naruto asked.

The dark haired Anbu laughed and took off her mask, revealing a pale face and a beautiful smile "Hai, Naruto-sama! The hokage was kind, kind enough to let me meet you here at the end of the second exam and also kind enough to grant me full rights as a shinobi of Konoha, despite my past..." she let her words hang in the air, unsaid, but incrediably clear.

Naruto nodded, as if he had known all along "Yah that old geezer sure is something, its only fitting that I surpass him as the next Hokage"

Seeing, the hokage blow smoke from his pipe, Naruto remarked "Cant you see me wearing that hat?" and Naruti henged into an old version of himself, wearing the hokage robes and hat with an outrageously ugly nose (think Jiraiya's hermit mode nose).

Haku hid a laugh at her master's antics, "Naruto-sama, it is good to see that your condition remain unchanged... I had worried about you, that is until I happened to come across, that kind scarfaced teacher you introduced to me. He convinced me that there was no way you could fail something as idiotically simple as the chunin exams..."

Naruto blushed, not used to compliments, even backwards ones "Uh its no big deal, after all I've had the rest of the guys with me..."

Deciding to change the topic Naruto asked "So whats with the Anbu outfit, are you going to be instated as part of the black ops?"

"No, though hokage-dono offered position as an Anbu after testing my abilities, I declined so that I could see see to your safety personally...after all a good servant is her master's shadow." Haku explained.

"Oh I see, well that's cool too arigato Haku-chan -ttebayo" Naruto exclaimed giving the nice guy pose until he remembered his arm was broken, resulting in a large number of curse words spilling from the blond shinobi's mouth.

Calming her master down, Haku applied her Chiyute no Jutsu (Healing hands technique) to the energetic fox container, to numb his arm.

First Match

Akimichi Choji the screen displayed

"Alright! Go choji, kick some ass" Ino cheered.

"Yah, Choji, if you win, I'll treat you to all you can eat barbeque" Asuma agreed.

vs. Sabaku no Gaara

"I quit, no amount of barbeque is worth being killed over" Choji said, cowering behind his team.

"Winner Sabaku no Gaara" Hayate announced.

"I agree with you Choji, that Gaara is too troublesome" Shikamaru nodded.

Second Match

Ino Yamanaka

"Ah, you people have no motivation. I'll show you lame guys how a real shinobi fights" Ino yelled.

vs Haruno Sakura

"Yatta, my chance to finally kick forehead girl in the ass" Ino exclaimed.

"Bring it on Ino-pig" Sakura responded, tieing her forhead protector onto her forehead.

The two ran at each other exchanging punches and jutsu. Sakura and Ino were very evenly matched in terms of physical power, weapon ability, and chakra control. However Ino used her mind transfer technique, after trapping Sakura with her hair. Unfortunately, Sakuzilla is able to break free using Inner Sakura. Both kunoichi's energy drained, they each threw a punch, putting all their strength into their fists. As the attacks hit home, the two collapsed from mutual exhaustion, ending in a double knockout.

"Well that was fast... The preliminaries are over!" Hayate announced "The chunin finals tournament will be held two months from now in the Konoha Stadium

Here are the list of matches in order:

Uzumaki Naruto vs Zaku

Shikamaru vs Kin

Sabaku no Temari vs Ame Tenten

Uchiha Sasuke vs Sabaku no Kankurou

Rock Lee vs Hyuuga Neji

Sabaku no Gaara vs Dosu"

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The third hokage once again stood before the crowd of genin and inhaled from his pipe before speaking

"You all have made great strides in the last few days. I ask you all to train hard in preperation for the tournament so as to not dishonor your village. While you are undergoing this ordeal, keep this foremost in your mind! You do not have to be the winner of the tournament, all you must do is show your village that you will make an excellent squad leader in order to become a chunin. You must show your prowess in the ninja arts, but also in tactics, planning ahead, as well as the ability to think on your feet. It is all these traits that make for an excellent chunin... That is all, dismissed."

As the names were listed on the screen, the tension rose dramatically. Hopeful contestant locked eyes with their next opponents. On the other side of the room, team Gai was arguing.

"Hmph, my next match will be an easy one..." Neji sneered.

"Argh! Neji, this time I will show you how hard work can overcome even a great genius shinobi like yourself!" Lee practically screamed at the pale eyed Hyuuga.

Mockingly, Neji smiled at his spandex clad teammate "As if a weakling like you could ever defeat these eyes of mine," pointing to his Byakugan.

Lee stared at Neji, a look of frustration on his face. Just as the fuzzy browed ninja was about to tell Neji off, Tenten intervened.

"Alright you two, save the fighting for your match in the finals." Tenten demanded.

"But this really is a dilemna, a match between my two youthful students... How can I pick and train one of you?" Gai asked, tears pouring down the sides of his face.

"Yah, with Neji facing Lee, it really isn't fair, Gai-sensei can't train either of you..." Tenten added.

"I couldn't care less what you do, train that excuse for a shinobi for all I care." Neji folded his arms "either way it won't matter, it is destiny that I win, and a loser like you fail"

"Well I-" Gai started to say.

"Never, Gai-sensei, if Neji is not going to undergo your youthful training regime then neither will I! I will train by myself in order to defeat Neji! I will get started right away" Lee stated, running at full speed out of the arena.

"Lee..." Gai whispered Your finally walking down your own path, I'm so proud of you... The spandex clad jonin gave the thumbs up sign. Then after pondering for a moment

"What am I going to do for the next two months if I'm not going to train Neji or Lee?" The bushy browed jonin thought out loud.

"You could train me Gai-sensei!" Tenten answered.

"How will I fill my time?" he asked to no one.

"I could use some help Gai-sensei!" Tenten responded.

"I really shouldn't be wasting the free time that Hokage-sama gave off to the jonin instructors, but I can't think of anything I really need to do" Gai said, exasperated.

"Actually, Gai-sensei, I have this new jutsu I was working on, I could really use some help finishing it" Tenten yelled at her sensei.

"I wonder if Kakashi's got some free time?" he continued.

"Dammit listen to me, Gai-sensei!" Tenten shouted.

Gai clapped his hands together, as if inspiration had just come to him "I've got it, I could train you, my youthful student Tenten."

"Nah, I'll pass" Tenten said, walking away cooly.

Neji and Lee sweatdropped.

--Ten Feet Later--

"What am I going to do?" Tenten asked herself, anime style sweat running down her back "I acted so cool, but now I don't know what to do in order to prepare for the finals"

And to top it off... Tenten clutched the broken handle of her parent's katana What am I going to do about a sword?

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An hour or so after the preliminary, Naruto and Haku sat down at Ichiraku's for some lunch.

"Back again with that cute girl, eh Naruto-kun?" Old man Teuchi asked.

"And what about Tenten-chan?" Ayame asked, chuckling evilly "quite the player aren't we Naruto-kun..."

Naruto blushed "Ayame-neechan, this is just Haku, my uhh err servent, or something like that..."

"So... A servant, like a french maid? Naruto-kun, I never knew you were into perverted things like that" Ayame taunted playfully.

As she said that, an image of Haku appeared in Naruto's mind wearing a rather revealing french maid outfit, bending over slightly, giving Naruto a good view of her full round breasts, the maid said in a rather seductive voice "How may I serve you, master?"

"No, thats not what I meant! Its nothing like that really" Naruto waved his hands in front of his face as if to wipe away the slightly perverted image of Haku from his mind "We're just living together..."

"Oh my, Naruto, so soon? You must be only 14... Far too young for that..." Teuchi asked "If it were Ayame, I would go over there and ring your neck."

"Dad!" Ayame protested.

"No its just, Haku needed a place to stay after her, err father died, and I offered to let her live with me." Naruto explained.

"I see... Does Tenten-chan know this?" asked Ayame.

"Uhh yah, of course..." Naruto said "although she does get annoyed about it for some reason..."

"I see Naruto-kun... well then were is she now?" Ayame asked.

Naruto scratched his head "Tenten-chan wanted to be left alone, she said she had some stuff to take care of... Come to think about it, she's been acting a little weird ever since the fight with the sound ninja"

"Souka... Well then, just let her be for now, Naruto-kun." Ayame said in a big sister sort of way "She probably needs some time alone to think.."

"You got it, now lets eat!" Naruto exclaimed. He raised his right hand again, to grab his chopsticks, only to remember his arm was, in fact broken again. The blond boy screamed out in pain.

"Naruto-sama! How can you keep forgetting that your arm is broken?" Haku asked.

"Well, to be honest, the Kyuubi always healed my injuries so fast, I could just ignore them, but now..." Naruto explained.

"Thats ok Naruto-kun, just stop moving it around and it will get better eventually." Haku reassured the blonde genin.

Holding up her chopsticks, she said "Now open up Naruto-kun, I'll feed you till your arm gets better..."

--eighteen bowls of ramen later--

"Ah, that was some good ramen, so what do you think we should do now. I've got two months with no missions" Naruto asked, putting down his eighteenth bowl of ramen.

"Well... Naruto-sama I think that we should spend the next month training..." Haku answered, while massaging her own now aching arm. When she had said she would feed Naruto-kun, she didn't know he was going to eat nearly 20 bowls of it, and now her arm was sore from all the noodle lifting.

"Hmmm... Yah I suppose, but what should I train on..." Naruto asked "My chakra control, taijutsu, and kenjutsu all need work..."

"Yes, Naruto-sama, but there is another, better way to train, besides working on only one aspect of your skills..." Haku said, leaving her words hanging in the air.

"Hmm" Naruto said, deep in thought, then a lightbulb appeared "Ooh I get it Haku, wow thats pretty devious of you."

"Yes, very good Naruto-sama. It should be obvious to most of the others by now too... Two months is too long a time to be spent mindlessly training. Under normal circumstances it would be different, but given we know who our opponents are, we can devise a way to defeat them in two months time." Haku stated, her voice foreboding.

"Well my first opponent is some guy named Zaku... All I know is he can shoot waves of sound out of his arm like a cannon..." Naruto explained.

"Hey do you mind!" the man sitting next to Naruto yelled "I'm trying to eat some ramen here!"

Naruto scratched the back of his head "Gomen, I didn't mean to-"

"You!" They both said at the same time.

"I've never seen you around here before" Naruto said in an offhanded fashion "Are you a traveling ramen salesman checking out the competition?"

"You blond idiot, how can you not remember me! You know, your next opponent in the chunin exam, Zaku!" he said, showing the blond genin his headband "How can you not remember me?"

"Oh so you're Zaku. Well, it was pretty dark, and I'm not too good with names and faces" Naruto said, shrugging his shoulders.

"Damn you, you arrogent leaf bastard." Zaku yelled again raising his fist, "I'll wipe that fox grin right off your face."

"Hey just because we're mortal enemies, doesn't mean we can't be freinds" Naruto said, holding out his hand to the sound ninja.

Haku and Zaku sweatdropped.

"Especially if you like ramen, I don't see how anyone who enjoys ramen could possibly be evil" the blond ninja continued.

"I do enjoy ramen..." Zaku shrugged. "well, I guess it couldn't hurt"

"Naruto, this might be your chance to learn about this ninja's fighting technique," Clare said.

Clare!" Naruto said, indignant.

We should be focusing on him. Ask him about his jutsu, but remember, be descrete. Just mention it casually, so as to not arouse suspicion...

Understood!

The blond ninja cleared his throat, put on a pair of square office-type glasses, and pulled out a notebook and pen "So, Zaku, buddy, if you were to, say, I don't know, describe your particular brand of ninja whoopass in maybe, one hundred words or less, what would it be?"

Haku sweatdropped Smooth Naruto-kun... What sort of shinobi could possibly fall for that

"Idiot" Clare thought to herself.

"Well first, I would try to get my opponent in a headlock or maybe catch him off guard, then I wou-" Zaku started "Hey wait, what do you want to know for?"

"We've been found out, run Haku," Naruto said, finishing his last bowl of noodles, "Grab the ramen!"

Naruto knocked down the stools and chairs in front of him taking a passing by merchant cart and knocking it over, blocking Zaku's path with the wooden wreckage.

"I'm not going to chase you, baka." Zaku said, sitting down to eat his ramen again.

"No you're not, not unless you can jump through fire!" Naruto yelled, holding up a lit match and throwing it onto the wooden obstacle course he'd had just made.

Haku froze the match before it touched the wood.

"Awh, Haku-chan..." Naruto whined.

"Come on Naruto-sama lets go already" Haku ordered, leading the blond genin out of the ramen stand.

"Soo..." Old man Ichiraku and the traveling merchant said, after the two had left "Who's going to pay for all these broken chairs and bowls of ramen, eh new guy?"

"Kukukukukuku, new guy I think you owe us some money," Ayame laughed evily.

Zaku's eyes widened as he realized what the two ramen stand workers meant "Curse you Narutoooooooo!"

"Naruto-sama?" Haku asked, now that they were safly away from the sound ninja.

"Sorry about that Haku-chan, sometimes I get a little carried away..."

Suddenly running from the opposite way that Naruto and Haku had came, was a winded Tenten.

"Ooh, Tenten-chan, hey!" said Naruto, crossing his arms over his head "What's up?"

"Naruto-kun, I need you to come with me" Tenten asked in a ragged voice, breathing shallowly.

"Um... er Haku-chan, that is..." Naruto began.

"Hmph" Tenten said, slightly annoyed Naruto was asking Haku for permission.

"Of course Naruto-sama, there is plenty of time to spy and train, please just do not do anything to strain your arm. I will have dinner prepared for you when you arrive back home."

"Alright then, I'm off" Naruto said.

"Take care, Naruto-sama" Haku said, waving casually as Tenten dragged the blond genin through the streets at top speed.

"So what is it you wanted to show me, Tenten-chan?" Naruto asked, as the bunhaired girl dragged the blonde ninja along into the deep woods surrounding konoha. The two ran through the thick forest until they came to a huge valley, where not a single tree grew. The clearing was barren and huge gashes scarred the ground, clear evidence of an epic battle.

Naruto stood in awe, his mouth agape "Whoaa, this must be where the Kyuubi and the Yondaime..."

Tenten nodded.

"How did you know about this place" Naruto asked, his voice serious.

Tenten took the blond's hand in her own once again "Because... The kyuubi is speaking to me..."

--

How can a regular shinobilike me, defeat a genius like Neji, Lee grunted, doing one handed pushups, while pondering the Hyuuga's most revered taijutsu style, the jyuuken "One hundred and one, one hundred and three, one hundred and four... two-hundred and six-"

Lee collapsed to the ground, exhausted from his training. He had been training in the mountains since the end of the chunin exams trying to figure out a way of defeating Neji's jyuuken. The taijutsu specialist knew that doing punches, kicks and other training exercises like that would not help him defeat Neji, but since he knew no other way of training, he did it anyway.

His speed and strength already far surpassed Neji's especially with his weights off, but that wasn't the problem. As Lee had learned over the many matches the two had, even glancing blows were deadly when Neji used his jyuuken. On top of that the Byakugan gave him full 360 degree vision so Lee could not fully take advantage of his speed by attacking at unconventional angles. Even when he did seem to catch the Hyuuga genius off guard, Neji could always resort to his powerful Kaiten(heavenly spin), which could easily repel any taijutsu attack, nomatter how unconventional. It seemed the Hyuuga genius was near invincable against a genius of hard work like Lee.

"Gai-sensei, you have defeated a genius many times before," Lee thought out loud "What would you do in my situation..."

Getting up again, Lee began walking on his hands around the clearing.

--

Elsewhere, as the rest of Konoha was sleeping peacfully in their futons, Sabaku no Gaara was up and about. When the smoke cleared, the number of chunin exam contestants was one less.

--

"Talking to fuzzball! How is that possible" Naruto asked Tenten.

Tenten folded her hands behind her "Well, it all began when..."

Flashback no jutsu

Tenten lay in her comfy fluffy bed, under her favorite pink comfertor. The lonely bunhaired stared at it her mind as blank as her eyes. As she did, she thought about her mysterious parents, she'd never known.The bunhaired girl had looked up the name Ame in the Konoha history archives but she couldn't find one hint of her parents, let alone a clan. Closing her eyes she tried to imagine the kind of people they were. How did they meet? Were they good people? How would they feel if they knew they were destined to be killed by the Kyuubi and leave their only child with only a last name and a rusty old sword... Getting up, she picked up the broken sword hilt, fingering the worn cloth wrapping on the hilt. The blade was completely gone except for a few bits and peices she had saved, but Tenten knew it was irreparable. The strongest katana are created by taking a single bar of metal and folding it over and over on itself to strengthen the blade. If part of it were shattered, even if it could be repaired, it would soon shatter once again. Sighing, she plopped back down on her bed, her arms spreadeagled.

Hey, you, ningen, pay attention when I'm speaking to you... a deep foreboding voice called out from the back of Tenten's mind.

"Who's there?" the bunhaired girl asked, her voice echoing in her empty room.

Vixen do you really not remember? I'll give you a hint the ruler of hell, the king of all demons. No? How about the great Kyuubi-sama! Muhahahahaha..." The thousand year old fox demon laughed maniacally.

"The Kyuubi? Wha-What are you doing in my head?" Tenten asked the nine tailed biju,"Why aren't you with Naruto, wait what the-!"

The brown haired kunoichi pulled up the oversized orange t-shirt she slept to just above her stomach, to find a smaller version of the seal she had seen on Naruto's stomach before.

The nine tail fox continued his maniacal laughter "I was just admiring the view..."

"Eh? The view? You spyed on me while I changed?" Tenten asked, holding the sheet against her body as if to sheild herself from the nine tailed fozes eyes..

No... the Kyuubi denied Well yes... Anyway I got to say, I don't usually go for the human type, but you've got a nice figure ningen."

Tenten blushed furiously "Dammit, stop spying on me, you perverted fox!"

Well either way, that kit is lucky to have such a sexy vixen like you... The Kyuubi said, enjoying the weapon mistress squirming.

Tenten blushed, quickly changing the subject she asked "S-So what are you doing here in my body anyway?"

Well, actually its because I can't talk to the kit directly, I traded my soul for yours, so my presence and the seal inside Naruto is gone. The kyuubi explained in a matter of fact tone I knew I'd be gone for good, so I planted a little piece of myself inside you when you hugged the kit and I've been till the time I was needed and that is now.

"I see" Tenten said "so it was after the fight with the demon brothers, but what do you need me for?"

Orochimaru, he was in the forest of death, and he almost killed the kit...

"The Sannin, Orochimaru!" Tenten asked, shocked "Wait how do you know him?"

Orochimaru was the reason I came to Konoha, many years ago, on a day like any other, while I was out hunting for food for my wife and my new born kits, he murdered them, my wife and kits... Ever since that day, I've vowed revenge on him and the leaf.

"Kits... Orochmaru... Konoha..." Tenten repeated, in a daze "Oh that's right, you were the one who attacked the Kyuubi 14 years ago..."

Yes, it really was a poor tactical plan at first, them attacking me head-on, honestly as if those mere ningen could stand up against the king of the Biju! The Kyuubi laughed.

Then the Kyuubi's voice lost all its humour, instead becoming bitter Until that blonde pipsqueak and his oversized frog came and ruined it for me. The next thing I knew, I was in the kit's navel.

"My parents" Tenten screamed, tears flowing once more down her cheeks.

The kyuubi stopped laughing "Oh so you're the kit of one of those ninja..."

"Damn right, you insensitive fox. They were two of the greatest ninja in the history of Konoha!" Tenten yelled.

"It doesn't really matter to me, I hardly ever learn the names of a human. They're so insignificant, its like learning the names of all the ants you've ever stepped on" The kyuubi shrugged.

"You... You bastard... Even if you are a demon fox, how can you not care? You said you attacked Konoha because Orochimaru killed your children and wife. You must have felt some remorse at their deaths, its the same as I feel about my parents. How can you be so cruel?" The girl asked, near hysterics.

"You'd be suprised how cruel I can be little girl," the Kyuubi practically snarled, sending cold chills down the spine of the kunoichi "My little kits were slaughtered..."

"I won't apologize for any of my actions, I still believe I did what I beleived to be right" The Kyuubi said, all his rage leaving him, leaving only sadness "But..."

A single blue tear welled up in the corner of the Kyuubi's eye and flowed down the fox's cheek as he remembered his kits' lifeless bodies. Using one of his many tails, the Kyuubi whiped it off, looking at the tear as if seeing one for the first time..

"But, I can sympathize. A kit should never grow up without parents." The Kyuubi said, his voice betraying his sadness.

Blowing his nose in one of his tails, the Kyuubi continued "As I've said before I won't apologize, but I might be able to make it up to a good kit like you and then you could protect the kit from that Bastard Snake, cause I hate to say it, but without us, Naruto would be in a heap of trouble."

Flashback no jutsu Kai!

"And that's how I knew about this place." Tenten finished.

"But, why are we here?" Naruto asked, unseasy, the entire clearing gave off an evil feel.

"The Kyuubi told me to come here so he could give something especially for me," Tenten explained.

"And you accepted?" Naruto asked/yelled, a bit hysterical at Tenten's blind trust.

The two walked cautiously into the center of the clearing, Tenten could feel the seal appear on her stomach, as it leeked red chakra into the ground. The ground hissed and spat until it cracked apart, huge flames darted out from underneath, as if from the very depths of hell. Clouds gathered overhead and lightning danced in the sky. Thunder bellowed, and animals hid in their dens, stricken with fear, all too aware of the coming storm.

In front of Naruto and Tenten a deep fissure opened and split until it revealed a path of black, near molten stones going deep into the earth. On either side, lava lay, two rivers of rippling magma, held back by an enigmatical force.

"I think..." Tenten began "we're supposed to go down there"

At first, Naruto looked at her like she was crazy, but seeing the determination in her eyes, the fox container nodded his head and the two slowly headed towards the makeshift tunnel.

Awestruck, the two leaf genin walked, hand in hand, down the fiery path for a long time, until finally...

The passageway in front of them opened up, the two finding themselves in a gigantic circular cavern (about twice the height and width of Gamabunta), and facing them was a terrible, but nonetheless awe-inspiring site, blood matting its red fur, nine tails sprawled haphazardly in all directions, lay the body of Kyuubi...

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Well, what did you think? Lots of building up and training in this chapter, and probably some in the next chapter too.

As for the chunin prelims, I bet you readerr were thrown for a loop there. I made it a bit different than the origional storyline, as you can see it only contains two short battles. I didn't want to follow the whole formula for the whole chunin exams, so I decided to change it up. I origionally got this idea from an episode of Hayate no Gotoku. There was supposed to be this huge butler tournament. They built it up so much and I was expecting a huge Yu Yu Hakkesho type tournament lasting twenty episodes, but in the end only lasted one or two. At the conclusion, I was like WTF. So I tried to capture a bit of that here, but I'm not too sure it worked.

If anybody would like to contribute a jutsu, plot idea, zanpakuto, etc to this story I'd greatly appreciate it, and credit will be given to you. I'm especially having trouble with Lee and Neji. Thanks in advance.

I havn't had that much feedback or commentary on introducing an OC sensei except for gogeta408, kudos to him, so I decided to make this chapter a bit longer as a teaser/filler to give you guys some time to send me them. I'm still looking for a sensei for Naruto, but please no dojutsu, uzumakis, or dragons... Thanks.

Jutsu Corner

Chiyute no Jutsu (Healing hands technique)D: Create healing chakra in palms that can repair injuries, though not serious ones. Amount of chakra consumed based roughly on size of injury to be healed.