"Come on Sasuke! I know you can do better than that! "

Naruto easily dodged the incoming fireball. It has been two years since Aegis paid Naruto a visit. During this time, Naruto has grown. He about five feet tall. His hard work started to pay off as his muscles came in nicely. His hair grew a few more spikes. His clothing was a darker orange shirt with black pants. Naruto smirked as he dodged another one of the fireballs. He threw a kunai at Sasuke.

Sasuke grunted as he dodged the kunai. Sasuke was similar height as Naruto. He was lanky but had muscles developing. His face was becoming sharper. His jet black hair grew a bit as he pulled it back. He wore a white shirt with the Uchiha Clan insignia. He had grew up to be a bit more introverted. Unlike his best friend, he wasn't outspoken as he preferred his actions to do the talking. Since his brother did the unexplainable, he has been on a mission. That mission was to have Itachi gravel at his feet and tell him why he did the unthinkable. He shook his head from those thoughts as another kunai came at his torso.

He deflected the attack rather easily. At this point, Sasuke was close to giving his blond haired counterpart a run for his money but Naruto most assuredly had the upper hand. Sasuke knew Naruto trained just as hard or even harder than he himself hissed as one if the kunais grazed top part of his arm. He could see the disappointed look on Naruto's face. Naruto was right however; he should have been more focused. Naruto dropped down from the tree that blocked Sasuke from him and vice-versa.

"My, my Sasuke-chan, is that all you can do. I guess its my turn." Naruto gained a sadistic smile on his face. Sasuke knew that face as his eyes went wide. Naruto came at Sasuke with a kunai in hand. Sasuke simply got into his defensive stance as he watched the boy. In a blink of an eye, Naruto swung with enough force to force Sasuke to move all the back. Before Sasuke could plant his back foot on the ground, Naruto yelled, "Suiton: Hari (Water Technique: Needle)."

A few water shaped senbons came at Sasuke. Sasuke was able to get out the way from about ten of the senbon needles before getting struck in both of his legs. He hissed slightly as he pulled one out of his right leg and threw it to the other side. He tried to get up but met a fist knocking him back a few meters. Naruto simply smirked as he picked up the senbon off the floor. He said, "Oh come on Sasuke! This was too easy. You have to be much quicker than that."

Sasuke merely seethed as he pulled out the other senbon. Sasuke tried to get up but felt a huge drainage in his body. He saw the blonde haired boy pick up the blood coated senbon. Naruto merely chuckled as he put into his pocket. Naruto had been working on creating a new technique in that the victim that gets their blood syphoned and gets inflicted with a painful strike to a person's arteries and veins. If possible, he would like to be able to make a person drop dead without any pain or notice. The plan is to have it done remotely up to about a hundred feet. From what he could tell, he would need the blood that was taken less than a week old.

His thoughts went back to the task at hand. He was supposed to be sparring with his best friend. He came at Sasuke who had gotten up albeit slowly. THe Uchiha didn't have time to dodge a wind enhanced fist. He quickly did a few hands signs and yelled, "Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu (Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu)!"

Boom!

The explosion of wind and fire caused enough force to cause the boys to be thrown opposite directions. Naruto landed on his butt up against the wall. Sasuke on the other hand slid down the wall almost like goo. Naruto was able to get up relatively quickly. His hand was smoking, but surprisingly had not burns or anything like that. Naruto blinked before he went back at his opponent.

'I guess Fuuton can beat Katon!' Naruto walked up to the young Uchiha. The Uchiha was worse for wear as the fireball knocked him back as it exploded. Luckily Sasuke was able to survive such a blast. Then again he was training with the devil, himself. So for all intents and purposes he should not have been surprised. Naruto had been one of the most dangerous people to train with.

Naruto extended his hand and helped the poor Uchiha off the ground. He dusted the boy off and said, "It looks like you have gotten much slower than the last time we faced off, Sasuke. What have you been doing?" Sasuke glared at the boy with massive amount of hatred. Not everyone is able to train like a mad demon. That was one of Naruto's biggest weaknesses. He was so reckless and didn't care about consequences. Maybe it was his quirk, Sasuke honestly didn't know. He took a deep breath as his body felt like it had been racked. He said with a raspy voice, "Yeah, yeah. Whatever. You got more reckless. You keep taking suicidal hits. You can brush them off for so long until you lose your life. Or worse you could lose an arm or leg."

Naruto chuckled as he replied, "Since when was losing an arm was worse than death?"

"That is what I'm talking about, Naruto! You are thinking with tunnel vision! If you would have lived you would have to live with the consequence of your actions. You would have to live with the fact that you fucked yourself and potential friends over. When you are dead, you're done! Finished! Kaput! You won't be able to think about your mistakes much less anything at all."

Naruto rolled his eyes. He knew Sasuke was right after all. "I know, I know. I got to work on that in the near future. "

Sasuke merely glared as he knew Naruto wasn't listening. "Anyway, are you ready for the Genin testing tomorrow? What do you think is going to be the test on?" Naruto shrugged. To be honest, he was mostly excited. This was his final step to becoming a shinobi. From what he could tell by the likes of Hayate, the test will be broken up into three parts ninjutsu, genjutsu and taijutsu. He was pretty sure this test was going to be interesting.

"I have no idea Ducky. I'm hoping its an easy test. But you never know. All I do know is that we have to pass. So I guess we have to keep going. Now get up. I'm not done with you!"


After his scuffle with Sasuke, Naruto felt great, unusually great in fact. It was odd as Naruto felt as if he could take on gods not saying Sasuke was one. 'Hmmm something isn't right. I haven't something like this since my last Kekkei Genkai.' Naruto was right about that. He hadn't released another Kekkei Genkai in about a year. During that time his body had become stronger than ever. The kekkei genkai itself wasn't the cause of this phenomena. No, Orenji deduced that the Kyuubi's chakra was probably fusing with his cells and bloodstream. As a result, the mixture of the bloodline and chakra makes his body a lot stronger.

Naruto shook his head of his thoughts. After all an idle mind means death. He started to look around for kunais. As he looked,, his chakra started to pump out about twice the density of his normal chakra. With the sudden stroke of breath, Naruto fell to the floor. He gritted his teeth, as he held tightly onto the kunai lying on the ground. He never felt such a sensation before! This time his whole body became the equivalent of at least thousand pounds.

Naruto gritted his teeth in pain as he got up. It took a few moments to collect himself. He was forced to lean on the outer part of the training area. 'This is absurd! I've never felt so much pain like this.' His eyes wandered to the depths of the area hoping and praying that the kekkei genkai was ocular. But it was to no avail. However, it caught Naruto off guard when he saw the grass and trees that were around him start to grow back. Even after years of working on his Mokuton with Yamato, he was still in awe of its power. 'Well at least my Mokuton is still working'.

He looked at his extremes to see if they changed any. 'Nope! How about my arms?' He rolled up his sleeves. 'Damn! Nothing! How about legs? Nope nothing once again. Where the hell is the bloodline? Maybe it's a chakra based bloodline.' Naruto closed his eyes and concentrated his chakra to each part of his tenketsu points. He gritted his teeth as it was indeed a chakra based bloodline. There is a big difference between a body based kekkei genkai and a chakra based kekkei genkai. When it comes to chakra based bloodline, the chakra is bunched up together in a dormant state and needs an outside force to activate it. A body based bloodline is different as the body's cells become bunched together and needs a certain amount of stress and chakra to activate it.

As such, when it comes to chakra based kekkei genkai and it being initialized, the user has to find where this anomaly is occurring and activate it and pour as much chakra to fully use it. Naruto started to hear sparks. They were small pings and cracks. The winds picked up as an aura started to form around Naruto. Before naruto knew what happened, the ground started to shake. It undoubtedly caused a huge tremor alerting the ANBU. Electricity started to fly everywhere. Naruto was consumed in a few layers of lightning chakra. He felt amazing; better than when first felt its presence. His mind was moving a 15 miles a minutes as the electricity stimulated his nervous system. He felt like he could outrun anyone or anything.

'Amazing! This power feels so good. It's as if nothing can touched me! I feel fast. faster than I ever been!' Naruto could only marvel at his newly found power. He stretched out his limbs. THey were surprisingly relaxed and loose. He was like a rubber band and his movability perfectly showed it. Yes, Naruto was feeling good! However it didn't last long. In fact, as Naruto saw ANBU coming down, his lightning chakra dispersed leaving his body heavily taxing. Naruto could barely move.

His eyes went wide as he knew that this was not going to be good. But what can he do. He could barely move and even if he could move where would he go? ANBU will find you and take care of you swiftly. There is a reason why they are the black ops after all. He could feel them ready to come down on him and strike. He closed his and beg whatever higher power that will listen to help. Someone had answered his prayer. With the little bit of chakra his feet, his body started to to merge into the ground. Naruto's eyes went wide as he started to panic. By the time the ANBU came down, Naruto had completely been submerged into the ground.

The ANBU Commander hit the ground with anger. He put his hand on the ground hoping he could at least sense the suspect. Nothing. No sign, no trace. Nothing. The ANBU member knew he was going to get a lot of flak for this but he had to warn the Hokage. This isn't normal. No this was something out of a nightmare.

The successor of the Raikage has come to Konoha.


Naruto was scared to death! How could he not! He was sucked into the dirt and no idea where he was going or how to get out. Naruto unconsciously used the underground network of organic matter consisting of things like plant roots and water veins and made his way to a very special place.

Steam!

He could feel the heat of the vaporized water. He was visibly relaxed as the world around him was a foggy haze. His eyes wandered as he heard murmurs about different boys such as this 'Kakashi' fellow and who has the bigger boobs. From what he can hear, Anko had the bigger boobs while Kurenai had the bigger ass. Naruto was of course not listening to those things. Although Naruto's mind did start to wander into some things. Wait a minute…

"Pervert!"

Naruto's eyes went wide as a punch and a couple of boobs flashed before his very eyes.


He landed on the other side of Konoha. He finally reached another Training Ground that was surprisingly empty. Usually the training grounds were always booked. He shook himself out of his thoughts as he looked at sunset. He felt an icy cold wind blow through him. The mist was stronger than the ordinary fog. He closed his eyes as he clenched his fists. On his arms, a glowing blue mark started to pulsate. It was him. It was the man who haunted him over the last two years. He was close by. Naruto opened his illuminated blue eyes and said barely above a whisper,

"Aegis"

With said word, a strong, icy wind blew through the tops of the roofs. The cold wind cut through the skin of anyone who ho happened to be outside. It caused the other wind to howl.

Then nothing. Naruto took a deep breath. Aegis has been making his presence known. Yet, everytime he came around the mark on Naruto's arm glowed and pulsated. He didn't know what this 'Aegis' wanted but he had a feeling it was not good.

He decided it was best to leave before anything bad happened. After all he did have to study and prepare for this Genin Test. Naruto grabbed his gear and left with much haste. What Naruto could not see was the glaring red eyes that watched him.

"S-Sooon"


Naruto got home a little bit later in the day. He was exhausted but the smile on his marked face told the whole story. He was excited and couldn't wait for tomorrow. Neither was his chakra fox Zoruamaru. The chakra fox jumped on the boy knocking him down.

He has grown exponentially physically and intellectually. He was about three feet tall. His fur was a charcoal grey with a few red tips. His main was fluffed and majestic. He was no doubt well taken care of. Orenji had taken great care of his intelligence. He had picked up concepts that would take people years to figure out within weeks time. He was able to learn how to use different jutsus. Many were at least C-ranked. Some were a combination with Naruto. Oh Zoruamaru couldn't wait till he was able to work with his master in the open!

Speaking of shadowed ones, Orenji had slithered his way to the boy. Orenji had watched the scene intently. Zoruamaru and Naruto rolling on the floor like children. It warmed his heart see these two grow up. It reminded him of when he grew up with the bastard Orochimaru. Back when they used to work together as younglings. What a world it was. He shook his head from his nostalgic stupor. His resolve had become stronger as his thoughts started to tread into dangerous waters. 'Naruto will not become another Orochimaru! I'll guarantee that with my body and soul!'

Orenji had made it a point to train the two into the arts of battle. Naruto was a damn near genius in ninjutsu, taijutsu, fuinjutsu and supposedly kenjutsu. However he was terrible in genjutsu. He was able to dispel genjutsu with his massive chakra reserve. Yet even with his chakra control it was difficult for Naruto to recognize if he was in one. With his chakra reserves and chakra control he could conceivably become a med nin. As far as Orenji was concerned if he could get him to be prepared for the war.

The signs grew stronger. The smell of foulness and snakes have impregnated the air. To be truthful, he wants Naruto to have nothing to do with the war. However, he suspects Manda will find Naruto and use him as a bargaining piece. The mere thought made his cold blooded body boil. He shook out of his thoughts and started to watch Naruto and Zoruamaru. playing on the floor laughing. 'I hope to Kami above you are ready for what is coming next in life.'

Orenji slithered to the boy with conviction. "Naruto-kun, its time to start working on harnessing your next Kekkei Genkai. I know I told you that to hide them. But now it is extremely important that we harness at least one more before we become a genin."

Naruto nodded at Orenji's request. He took off a few of the paper seals on his body. With each seal taken off, Naruto's chakra started to flow a lot better. Naruto's arm began to show its immensive scales. They easily went back into place. Orenji nodded in praise. He then asked about his Mokuton. Naruto showed that it worked easily.

Naruto said, "Orenji-sensei, I think we have a problem." Orenji's eyes opened slowly in surprise. NAruto continued, "I activated another bloodline. Two to be exact." Orenji's eyes went wider than ever. 'Two more? How many more can Naruto develop. He already activated 7 or 8 of them. His body can't possibly take anymore. We have to do it. He's developed a few of them but soon he won't be able to control himself.'

"Naruto-chan, as you know the Shinobi exam is tomorrow. Do you think you can control all of these bloodlines?" Orenji always had a back up plan. He had created some Kekkei Genkai seals. The seals were made for a temporary use. Better yet it was used as an alpha test of what Naruto could use in the near future. The Kekkei Genkai seal was an one of a kind type of seal. This seal was a way for Naruto to control his emerging bloodlines while also regulating his massive chakra reserve.

When they tried it a year ago, it had been a moderate success. For the most part he was able to filter out most of the bloodlines. However, there were two kekkei genkais that had other ideas. They were the scales and Mokuton. They were the first bloodlines to break through and it was not going to be stopped by some measly paper he is not able to keep it going as it is paper. In addition, if he is forced to use an excess amount of chakra, it will burn it to a crisp.

Another possibility was to tattoo the seal on his arm. The problem was that the seal could potentially burn off his skin. He hated the thought of Naruto's skin peeling off like acid. Mind you, Naruto does have fuin tattoos, the mere thought that it could backfire scared the hell out of Orenji. He had to be smart about this. He definitely need to work on this soon before Naruto is forced to release too much information to his sensei, Iruka. Iruka was one of those teachers who were a bit nosey. Orenji sighed as he said, "Naru-chan, for now we must put the bloodline seals on."

Naruto had a distinct feeling that this was going to be the case. He simply went to his drawer and took out four pieces of paper and said, "Let's do this."


Naruto had looked at the class around him. Today was the day of the Shinobi exam. This was supposed to be the day he qualified for the Shinobi corps. His shinobi class were given a few months off so they could train and study for the exam. This was after their academic finals. At first Naruto didn't understand the concept of having two separate finals. It wasn't until Orenji explained to him that the majority of his class will fail to make it as shinobi that it made sense. it was a way for Konoha to use its talents in other fields such as medicine, black smithing and the like. Naruto thought it was a good idea but at this moment this was the final he had been waiting for his whole life.

It had been a few months since Naruto had seen his classmates together. It was normal for him to see Sasuke and Hinata as Hinata had been training with him while Sasuke did full on sparring. It was quite interesting how much those two had grow as Naruto smiled softly. His other classmates were nervous as they psyched themselves out as to what the test was going to be about. It was interesting to say the least. His eyes wandered to see a particular person.

"Woohooo! Time to finally to take this test and finally become a top shinobi!"

Of all the classmates, Kiba was still the loudest and brashest individual. He had grown to about a five feet tall. His hair was shaggy with the marks on his face finally going down his cheeks. in addition, his canine teeth grew past his lower lip. His overall appearance was that of hybrid of a wolf and a dog. Much to Naruto's surprise Akamaru hasn't grown all that much. While his white, fur coat was in great condition, his size was that of a small dog. From what Naruto had read about the development of ninken or ninja dogs, they are able to grow and develop with the mixture of proper food and a healthy amount of chakra from their master. This meant that while Kiba's physical strength had grown, his chakra levels were, at the moment, small and underdeveloped.

As Kiba, tried to flirt with one of the girl classmates, Iruka and Mizuki walked through the door. Iruka for the first time in a long time looked nervous. This was his first ever class. While he had taught other classes in specific fields such as weaponry, this was the class he generally taught for over 7 years. He had grown attached to each and every student. In essence, he worried about them going in the field. He fought back the nostalgia that threatened to come back.

He said, "Good Morning class!" The class stood up promptly with their hands to their sides. "As you know, today is the day that you had been preparing for about 7 years. Today is the day that you take your Shinobi Exams! This exam will decide if you are capable of after all the training you have been through was not in vain. Many of you will not make it to become ninjas. As a result, you have two choices if you fail. The first is that you will take this year over again and will take the test over again. You can take this test up to three times. The second choice is to become a trader. You will be evaluated in your other talents and skills to make you an apprentice to different traders."

As the students took a moment to digest, what was told to them, Shino took this time to ask the question that was on their minds. Shino was easily the tallest kid in the class. He hid his face more than ever as the collar of his shirt covered his mouth and the jacket covered everything but his eyes. His eyes were covered by his dark sunglasses. Naruto eyed him slightly as it was definitely out of the norm for Shino to speak. This test must have gotten everyone on edge. He asked, "Iruka-sensei, what will this test be made up of?"

"Good question, Shino. The test will be separated into three parts. The first is your taijutsu test. This test will see how far you had progressed in your hand to hand combat. The second is the genjutsu test. This test will show us your proficiency in the illusion arts and how well you break them. The next is the ninjutsu test. This test will show us how far you have come in the usage of ninjutsu. Each test equivalates to 10 points. To pass, you must get a 70% or 21 total points. Each test will be individualized and most tedious.

Each test will be random for each student. This means that you won't know what type of test you will have for that moment, These test will also test your mental capability on the field. In addition, each test will be fixed in that the ones who have Kekkei Genkais." As the students started to murmur, a dark smirk grew on both Iruka and Mizuki's face, Iruka said in a dark tone, "Your test starts...NOW!"

In a fraction of a second the classroom went dark.


As the students were taking their tests, a few Jonin were called into the Hokage's office. The Jonin were murmuring to themselves as they knew what today was. Today was the day they must observe and watch members of their new team. After the students passed their other finals, the Hokage informed these Jounins of who they will be training. The point of today was to see the students who would pass and see who would best fit with their particular skillset. This process was what the civilian would equate closely to as jury duty. A handful of the elite Jounin were randomly selected to be the sensei of the younger generation. However, unlike jury duty, there is one Jounin that has been selected almost every time. He was a special case as he had not accepted any team. The Hokage simply puffed his pipe as he hoped to see the particular Jonin.

After a few moments passed, Hiruzen started to speak. "Well its that time again. The students have are taking their test and are getting ready to get out into the field. You have been informed of who will be your students. i hope over the last few months you have watched them from afar. This should give you the chance to become a leader of the team while seeing where they need the most improvement. As you know, or if this is your first time, their ranks in class mean absolutely nothing in the selection process. The point of the ranking system has been and always will be a way to motivate each other. This means that after they pass their Shinobi Final, they will be blank slates." Hiruzen pulled out an orb from his desk. It shot out a chakra string and it connected it to all the Jounin. He said, "This orb allows you to see your specific students as they take their finals. They should be starting now"


For what felt like an hour, Naruto had finally woken up. Everything was a dark void. Nothing. Naruto simply floated in the darkness. It felt as if it was a dark puddle. His eyes were closed. or open? He didn't know. He tried to move but it was to no avail. He still cannot see anything. He did not know what left, right, up or down is. His natural reaction was to be afraid. A booming voice came out of nowhere, causing Naruto to start gasping.

"Now, now Naruto-kun! You must be smarter than that." Naruto's eyes started to narrow as fist clenched. This was the voice of Mizuki. Mizuki had become an antagonizing figure in Naruto's life over the last few years. It was around the time after he and Sasuke humiliated poor Mizuki. That poor boy was the laughing stock of all the Chunnin in Konoha. Now Mizuki is out to get him even though anyone either are oblivious or cheering him on.

Naruto knew he had to do something quickly or he might just die. 'Ok, how do you break a genjutsu? What did Iruka say?' As Naruto tried to figure it out, he was engulfed into darkness. His body started to feel an immense pain. He did his best to hold in the pain. it was if a trillion pins hit each and every part of his body. each cell gained the sensation of burning, itching, unbearable pain. Naruto closed his eyes as he could hear the maniacal laughing of Mizuki.

With all his might he tried to remember what Iruka taught him about genjutus. 'Come on! Remember! Wait! Iruka said that a ninja needs to stop the flow of chakra in their body, and then apply an even stronger power to disrupt the flow of the caster's chakra. I have to try to disrupt his flow!' As he squeezed his eyes, he started to concentrate all of his chakra for to cause a huge explosion. He mustered as much chakra as he could and said, "Here it comes!"

...Nothing.

Naruto's eyes went wide as nothing happened. He head a dark chuckle echoing around the room. "Now, now Naruto-kun! we are not going to have any of that! We all know you have way too much chakra to disrupt a genjutsu technique. The problem is that I won't let you use that. You better figure out out how to break it within two minutes or less or you will fail!" The laugh once again filled the room.

He struggled as the burning and itching started to spread everywhere, 'Ok, Naruto just calm down for a moment. You know this pain is starting to get on your nerves but how? How is he able to maintain such a jutsu? He said that he won't let me break it with my chakra disruption. There is no way for a genjutsu technique to be able to hold an illusion while stopping a person from using their chakra. It takes too much concentration for both while also depleting the users own chakra.

That could mean only one thing. This has Fuinjutsu all over it! OK good thats a start!" Naruto felt a shock go through his body. 'Damn, time is against me! The good part is that I know its Fuinjutsu meaning there are ways to break it. Bad news is that they are a `thousand ways to break it and I have about the probability of getting it right once. Let's see we are talking about a genjutsu that is able to stop you from using a chakra disruptive technique. That means the Fuinjutsu is working as a parasite. That means that he has to have a secondary source. Wait a minute thats it! He using a syphoning seal with a control seal! That means he using my chakra to keep the genjutsu rolling without sapping any of his. Clever!

Now I know I have to destroy the genjutsu first then the seal. What was the other way to defeat a genjutsu? Wait a minute Iruka said that through intense pain not caused by the genjutsu, the user could utilized the resulting pain to bring their senses back in order. So I need to get control of my body outside. That's going to be tough as I have to cause some immense pain without him suspecting. '

Only 30 seconds had passed but time was running out. Mizuki merely smirked as the boy was in trouble. He particularly loved the utter failings of the boy. He was the one who had humiliated him. He more than anything wanted the boy to be a fluke. After all what better way to get revenge than not allowing the person succeed in their one, true goal. The more he thought about it, the more giddy he got. Unfortunately for Mizuki, he did not see the small movements in the boy's right hand.

The blond haired boy had started to gain control of his body once again. It was minimal control at this point but it was something. He stretched out his fingers with immense stiffness. 'Ok good! I gained some control. Now Orenji and I rigged something nasty if worse comes to worse. At this moment, it has gotten to worse.' Naruto started to use his fingers to feel around his palm. He grew a grimace on his face as he felt the seemingly normal palm line. With a small bit of pressure, he swiped his thumb over it. 'This is going to hurt. '

BOOM!

"Cough, cough! Damn that hurt!" Naruto looked around him. He had noticed the dust and debris that had surrounded the place. He clutched onto his injured arm. To be honest, Naruto was extremely surprised that explosion wasn't bigger and that he had an arm. He did wince as he looked over to see the now unconscious Mizuki with his head through the wall.

Naruto chuckled slightly as he came to help his poor instructor. With some effort he was able to get his head out of the wall and woke him up. Mizuki looked worse for wear. He could barely move. As far as Naruto could tell, the man had at least a small concussion. He lifted him up and put him on a nearby desk. With his good arm he did a quick scan that Orenji taught him on Mizuki. It was a bastardized version of the medical ninjutsu technique but at this moment, but it would do for now. From what Naruto could tell he has a concussion, some chakra exhaustion and a few burns and lacerations. He'll live but Naruto needed to know where his next destination.

He tapped Mizuki waking him up slightly. He said, "Mizuki-sensei, where is my next destination?" Mizuki blinked with a blank stare. The seal that he put on Naruto had backfired causing him to lose a bit of thought. He could only say in a few distinct words, "N-North Hallway" He then went back to unconsciousness. Naruto gently put him down on the desk and gave him a chakra pill and a blood thinner. He closed the door as he ran towards the north hallway.


Naruto limped his way through the dimly lit hallway in the academy. As a student who uses the facilities at night, it was not uncommon for the lights to be dimmed. He shook off his thoughts as his arm was dangling a bit as he pushed it back in. From what he could get from Mizuki his next destination for his next test is a meters away. The problem was her just didn't know where. As he walked, he applied a medical trick that Orenji had taught him. He knew when he got home, his ass was going to be grass for using that Fuinjutsu technique. 'Oh well! I guess I passed the genjutsu exam. Right?', the young blond thought as he searched for the room.

As he walked through the hallways, he heard some of his former classmates screaming. It was alarming to say the least as it appeared he reached the devil's den. As he walked the sounds got louder and louder. Naruto's ear twitched as he heard Ino's voice. She squealed in what sounded well like a pig. A PIg that was being brutally murdered. He stopped to look at his surroundings. He squinted his eyes to look at the door numbers. They were off somehow. He couldn't put his finger on it! Frustration started to kick in as the voices got louder and louder. He clutched his head and fell on his knees as the voices got louder.

His chakra started to seep out as his bloodline seals were starting to corrode. His bloodlines had grown exponentially. It had come to the point that Naruto had lost control over what would pop of his body. It was as if he was in a lottery of bones or shells. His whole body was in disarray. Luckily, with the help of his trusty snake, he was able to seal up most of his bloodlines with the idea of him activating them one by one.

For the moment , the bloodlines were in check. However he didn't know how long it was going to hold until it deteriorated. At this point, his senses were on hyper alert and the noise of the screams grew seven-fold then tenfold. The pain intensified exponentially. The pain was as if each and every cell screamed for release. The chakra that was being poured out mixed with what could be described as a destructive pressure started to condense itself. It was ticking time bomb. Naruto couldn't hold it any longer.

Tick.

Tick.

Boom!

A powerful blue chakra bomb illuminated the hallway. The bluish hue caused a surge throughout the whole hallway causing a flickering shockwave, almost a disillusion. Immediately afterwards, Naruto heard a thuds all around. He opened his blue iris eyes to see the doors were back to normal. He, absently put his injured arm up against the wall in hopes of standing. He winced in pain as he heard the rumblings and slightly panicked voices coming out of the rooms. Naruto decided it was high time for him to haul ass. With all of the strength he could muster, he ran through the hallway.


"How the hell was he was able to do that?!"

As spectators to such a spectacular event, the future senseis were in awe. What Naruto had done is unprecedented for an Academy Student. Not even Itachi was able to do such a thing. Naruto had stumbled upon the advanced side of the genjutsu sect of testing. Although Naruto's genjutsu test was special in that it was a mixture of genjutsu and fuinjutsu, this was a vastly different use of genjutsu. These particular genjutsu tests are for those like the Hyugas and Uchihas that were highly proficient in dispelling or creating genjutsu. As a result, the Hokage had deployed some of the best genjutsu users to test these students. Naruto, unfortunately, had been inflicted with what could be considered a crossfire of at least 15 different high leveled genjutsu techniques.

However Naruto was able to dispel every single one of the genjutsu techniques with a burst of chakra. Just to be able to dispel one would take the chakra of at least a high chunin. in essence, his chakra was potent enough to dispel genjutsus that need at least high chunnin chakra levels to dispel. THis definitely was an eye opening and impressive especially for someone that has been reported to have been bad at genjutsu.

Sarutobi took a deep smoke of his pipe as he heard the mutterings of the senseis. 'Naruto is more powerful than we thought. His chakra levels are off the charts! Yet something isn't right. He had a small white strain along the expulsion. To have that white strain means that the person has a kekkei genkai that is ready to burst. I only saw this phenomena only a few times in all my years as Kage. It doesn't look like its coming from Kyuubi's chakra which is good. Meaning that the seal is still holding up but for how long? From what I can see Naruto unleashed more than he bargained for.' Hiruzen just smoked his pipe as the boy just gave him the headache of this century.


Naruto ran. He looked back to see a cloudy haze cover the field. No doubt, whatever was put into place before was put back on. After gaining his senses, he realized it was a mixture of genjutsus. He was normally ok with dispelling his genjutsus but this was a flurry of disillusions and couldn't break them. As he ran away from what would be considered his weakest of the main techniques, he kept running.

Thud!

Oof!

Naruto's butt had made its acquaintance with the floor. He rubbed his head as he got up. He surveyed his surroundings to see a tall person standing right in front of him. He surveyed this man up and down. He was about 6 feet three inches tall. He wore a black T-shirt with white stripes in the middle of the sleeves. On his arms he wears black sleeves with metal arm protectors over them. He also has leather straps around his back and chest. What caught Naruto was the hair that defied gravity and a certain orange book.

"Ow! Where in the world did you come from?" Naruto shouted at the man. The man meanwhile didn't move the book from his face. While he was aloof for the most part, he could feel the massive chakra level from the boy. OH he was the boy he was looking for after all. 'So this is what he grew up to be, eh. Not bad, his chakra levels are off the charts! It can't be helped after all. Having the Kyuubi's chakra and the Uzumaki blood flowing through his veins, he was bound to have copious amount of chakra. It was strong enough that he was able to dispel those genjutsu techniques. FRom what i have heard he has a huge repertoire of ninjutsu techniques. Hmmm, maybe I could get a little taste of his taijutsu. The Hokage did say to test the students and Iruka-san and Mizuki-san do have their hands full. Let me take this one off their hands.'

With a smirk on his hidden face, he said, "Sorry! I guess i got lost, you know with the bi g Academy and all. Aren't you supposed to be taking a test or something?" Naruto's body went into high alert. From his posture and dress attire, he was at least a Jonin. The Academy was a place that all Konoha shinobi knew. So either this man is on something or he was a terrible liar and a missing nin. At this moment, Naruto saw him as the latter much more than the former. He pulled out a kunai from his jacket in a defensive position.

"Who are you and what is it that you want?"

It came out more of a snarl than a question. The tall man was of course thrilled that the boy was on alert. He pushed the book down to see the boy's face and stance. 'Nice defensive stance, although his legs could be closer together. He's holding the blade right way. However, he is too tense causing him to lock up in certain areas. Well let's test his abilities.'

"My, my you are smarter than a popsicle. Aren't you treehugger? Since you can't stop me, I might as well take you out and take you to Kumo." With a burst of speed, the man came at the blond boy. The man threw a punch with a force that was at least three times stronger than any opponent Naruto had faced. He was able to block it only to see a kick coming for his head. With a stroke of luck he was able to dodge the kick.

Bam!

Naruto could see the indentation on the locker. This man was strong and dangerous! He smiled inwardly. 'Finally a chance to prove my skill! Lets just hope my arm holds up!' WIth a burst of adrenaline, Naruto came at the Jonin. It caught the Jonin by surprise as the speed was unnatural for a child like him. Naruto through a punch at the man who easily dodged the attack. Naruto was able to contort his body and follow up with a powerful kick to the side. The Jonin winced as he was able to block about 80% of the strike. THe rest hit right at the ribs. He had to recover quickly when a punch was about to connect to his face. He was able to block it.

Pow!

It blew the man back a few feet. He winced as he no doubt had a fracture on his right forearm. 'Forget the fucking ninjutsu. He is a monster in taijutsu. How did they miss this gem of a taijutsu user. He is able to contort his body whole being limber enough to be able to move left and right. He is quicker than most Chunnin and could hit for power. I better watch it or he might just kill me. Of course that would be highly negligent of me. Then again it has given me a better appreciation of him.'

"Well kid. I have to issue you an apology. I thought I was going to fighting someone worthwhile. Obviously, you are not that person." With a flick of a wrist, not one but two kunai came at the blond. The blond taijutsu user was able to easily dodge the kunai. His eyes were able to see a thin piece of blue chakra thread. With the speed faster than the untrained eye, Naruto ducked and struck two humanoid beings.

Cough!

"Clones! Clones! Gah, I hate clones!" Naruto was covered in a grey smoke allowing the enemy to at least catch his breath. Naruto was not stupid. He was a sitting duck as the man poured more chakra into the smoke. Yet at this point, it might just be a better solution for him. If you can't see the enemy then he can't see you. This logic did not last as another kunai came his way. By the skin of his hide, he was able to get out of the way. He took a deep breath and decide it was high time to break the veil over his eyes. He exhaled blowing a semi powerful wind. It was more than enough to blow the wind away while giving him room to operate.

His eyes surveyed the area looking for this traitor. 'I got to stop him from taking and killing anymore of the students! I could use a chakra burst to alert the Hokage but it would also leave me in the open for any other enemies that might be helping this bastard. Usually, Kumo and Iwa nin never work alone. At this moment, the best course of action is to-'

What sounded like a sonic crack, Naruto was flown through the air. He knocked back at least ten feet. "Now, now, treehuggers. Your senseis must be disappointed in you. You let your guard down and allowed the enemy to hit you in the mouth. Literally. Maybe next time, you won't be so luck-"

Squelch!

The Jonin's eyes went wide. His mouth was agape as he couldn't register what just happened. All he could think about was he was bested by an Academy student with one of his kunai. The boy was able to get behind him and stab him in one his kidneys. 'How?' He fell to his knees as the boy pulled out his kunai from the man's kidney. He tied the man up and left him there. He said with a blank stare, "Never underestimate your opponent."


Hours had went by as the Jonin senseis watched their future students. For a few, they believe that the students would not even last a day on the field. Others were thinking on how they can train a team that was dysfunctional when it came to their emerging personalities. Then there were the senseis that can't wait to get that one student. These were the ones that would fail the others and take the ones that were the best in the group and make them apprentices.

Asuma and to a lower extent Kurenai were none of those types. Asuma was a tall man, with brown eyes, short, black spiky hair, and beard. He had lit up his cigarette like his father did with his pipe. Guess it runs in the family. He watched the other senseis with a bit of disgust. 'Taking these kids for granted because you want a higher position. Foolish! This is why Konohagakure is falling into a hell hole. Everyone is out for personal gain. They better hope to Kami that a war doesn't break out and you have to fall back on your "students". I'm making sure my students will be strong enough to not only help each other but stand alone. I don't trust the other students with my students' life.'

"Looks like we got a good crop this time, Asuma."

Asuma looked at Kurenai Yuhi. Kurenai is a fairly tall and light-skinned woman of slender build. She has long, black, shoulder-length untamed hair, and very unique eyes that are red in colour, with an additional ring in them. She knew a month before everyone else who one of her students was going to be. She must admit, hearing these other Jounin senseis speak, she was a bit pessimistic about the other squads. Her squad was not that bad she noted. A little rough around the edges but have the ability to be legendary. But they need some work and she will do her damnedest to make sure they will not die until later down the road.

Asuma nodded as he said, "Yeah, Iruka-san, was lucky enough to get a crop like this coming out of his class. As a rookie teacher, it is great to see his teachings haven't been wasted over the years. He was a great shinobi himself before the stress caught up to him. Pity really. He could have easily become an ANBU Commander a few years down the road. He has the talent to still come back and kick some serious ass."

"I didn't know he was a member of ANBU."

"Yeah, he is one of the most decorated ANBU Captains since Kakashi and Itachi. This is a shell of a man that could wipe out hundreds of people at a time. The only reason I even know about him is because of a mission where he damned near killed about 100 Chunin or higher in one setting. He lead over four hundred missions. He was one of the two choices for ANBU Commander to succeed that scarecrow. The other choice was that traitor. He was ruthless and a worthy successor of ANBU Commander. As a man who has served under him, I would never cross this man. I do not wish some of my enemies some of the tortuous ways he has killed people."

Asuma shuddered at the thought of Iruka's special moves. Kurenai eyes grew at the thought that this simple Chunin was once a feared member of ANBU. Looks definitely are deceiving. She had to give Iruka props because it is not easy leaving ANBU and adjusting to normal Shinobi Corps. She wondered how he was able to adjust. She was broken out of her musings by the Hokage.

"You have seen your teams in action as individuals. Some have passed while some have failed. As you can see, this is merely a test to see if they have the capability to be a shinobi of Konohagakure. It is your job to test to see if they are capable of working in a three man squad. If they fail, they still can become a shinobi, if someone decide to take them as an apprentice. Otherwise they are forced to come back to the Academy. You will pick your students at the end of the week. Test them to the best of your ability. I wish you the best of luck. Dismissed!"

In an instant, all of the future Jonin senseis disappeared from sight. After surveying the area around to make sure everyone left, HIruzen pressed a seal under his desk. Instantly, three ANBU Captains kneeled in front of him. Hiruzen's face was stoic as he spoke to his subordinates. "Good afternoon. I have a job for all three of you." Hiruzen pulled out three scrolls and gave it to the First ANBU Captain. he said, "You will give the three elders this report. Make haste!" He then gave the middle captain a scroll. He said, "You will give this to Shikaku Nara. Make sure this get into his hands directly. I don't care if you have to barge in while he doing his wife, which i doubt. You two are dismissed!" The two captains disappeared with haste.

That left the last captain. The way that his superior looked at him made him quake in his boots. He had only seen this a few times in his lifetime. Each time, someone was about to die. He gulped inwardly. Hiruzen said in a deep tone, "Find Kakashi Hatake!"

Hiruzen took a deep puff of his pipe. 'More shinobi, more problems' He thought. He was the supposed supreme leader of one of the oldest hidden villages but he felt more like a lap dog. NOt say lap dogs aren't useful but not here. As soon as he was ready to go into his musings, one of his newly made ANBU Commanders landed in front of him. With the tremor in his body, Hiruzen could tell that this was not a good report. Without saying anything hiruzen ushered the man to speak.

"Hokage-sama, we believe the Raiton no Yoroi has infiltrated Konoha!


A few hours had passed since Naruto had taken his test. He was 100% positive he passed his test but boy was he tired. That genjutsu and Taijutsu test wore him out especially genjutsu. He hoped that none of his enemies know that combo. Naruto involuntaliy shuddered at the thought. He started to mutter about the ninjutsu test and how bushins shouldn't be allowed in the exam. Unfortunately, Naruto was not paying attention to his surroundings. He opened his eyes to see a pair of ruby red eyes staring deep into his soul.

"SS I've been expecting youuuu Naruto-kunnnn."


Done. Ok i know it's not my best chapter and probably one of my worst. I have finally got out of my writers block. Hopefully the next chapter will be out in two months. This chapter sets up a few things especially at the end, The next chapter we'll see some fights along with a visit from a special somebody. Anyway, I need a beta at some point. So if interested contact me.

Lately, I've been seeing many great stories that are not getting reviewed. That is one of the worse things you can do as a reader. Just take a few moments of your time and review. This tells the writer what he/she needs to work on while giving them praise for his or her work. So please review and have a good one. JK10 is out.