Warning: This chapter contains citrus flavored elements. If that offends you, skip the first section of the chapter.
Naruto sighed as he looked at the black hakama and hi that lay set out for him to wear. He hadn't really understood the idea behind the traditional visit to the shrine on New Year's day, but he accepted that Haku knew what she was talking about. She had, after all, been the one reading up on clan etiquette and forcing it into his thick skull with the patience of a saint. But why did the clothes have to be black, he thought mournfully.
"I'll look as emo as Sasuke-teme," the blonde grumbled as he dressed carefully, making sure that everything hung straight along the seams. He didn't really care how he looked, but anytime he neglected to take care of his appearance Haku pulled out her puppy dog eyes and Naruto found himself willing to do anything she wanted him to.
"Are you ready, Naruto-sama," Haku called out as she opened the door of his room, making the blonde jump nervously. Ever since they'd had the housewarming party three months before, the blonde had found that he no longer had any privacy at all. Haku came into the room whether he was dressing, undressing or even bathing. Naruto found himself blushing as he remembered all the times recently when she had walked into the bathroom while he was cleaning up and offered to scrub his back for him. It hadn't helped that she'd only been wearing a very thin, sheer robe that left little to the imagination.
"Yeah, I guess so," Naruto grumbled. "I just feel like I'm going to a funeral in all this black." He noticed that Haku was wearing a black kimono for a change, with an orange hibiscus pattern that repeated across the fabric in a way Naruto found rather appealing.
"In a sense, you are going to a funeral, Naruto-sama," the kunoichi replied as she stepped forward and twitched his collar straight, brushing some dust off his shoulder as her hands moved down. "The New Year's ceremony is a way of laying the previous year to rest before celebrating the advent of the new. Now, we should go before the crowds at the shrine become unmanageable. I've already prepared some mochi for afterwards."
"Mm, Okay," Naruto said as he offered Haku his arm and led her outside. They paused long enough to put on the geta that Haku insisted they wear and the blonde felt slightly uncomfortable as he tried to keep hi balance on the platform sandals. Thankfully, they slowed the two of them down enough that he was able to keep from falling over and embarrassing the both of them. Haku was, as always, the picture of grace and poise as she walked along besides him.
The shrine was located at the base of the Hokage Mountain that loomed over Konoha and was rumored to have been built by the Shodaime Hokage as an appeasement to the spirits of the land for building the village there. A small crowd had already gathered by the time Naruto and Haku arrived, although few of them were wearing finery like the two of them. It only took ten minutes to make their offerings and prayers, so Naruto pulled Haku along to collect their fortunes for the coming year.
"Hmm, I got good fortune," Naruto said as he read the little slip of paper. "My luck will turn for the better and…my love life will prosper! Ack, what does it mean by that?"
"It's nothing but superstition, Naruto-sama," Haku said cheerfully, tucking her fortune up her sleeve. It had great fortune written on it and said that all obstacles will be removed, leading to your ultimate goal. "Oh, there's a stand selling sweet sake over there, Naruto-sama. We should have some to celebrate."
"But we're too young to drink," Naruto protested as the kunoichi pulled him over to where girls dressed as mikos were ladling the sake into cups.
"Nonsense, Naruto-sama, sweet sake has very little alcohol and is allowed to be served to minors," Haku corrected as she claimed two of the cups. "Besides, when you became a genin you became an adult in the eyes of the law, so you could drink if you wanted to."
"Well, I guess it's all right then." Naruto gave in and took one of the cups from Haku and sipped it before commenting, "Hey, this is sweet."
"They make it every year especially for the New Year's festival," Haku explained. "Or at least that was what I was told about it." Naruto nodded as he finished the rest of his cup and went back for another with a slight flush on his cheeks. After his third cup, the blonde hiccupped and began to sway in place a little. "Naruto-sama, are you all right? You seem to be…Naruto-sama, are you drunk?"
"Eh? I'm fine, jusht fine, Haku-chan," Naruto slurred in a singsong voice as he continued to sway in place. "Thish shtuff ish really good. Maybe you should try shome, Haku-chan."
"I think that you have had enough for now, Naruto-sama," Haku said with a worried look marring her pretty face. "We should head home now, so that we're not caught in the crowd later."
"Aww, but I wash jusht starting to have fun," Naruto whined. He hiccupped violently and looked incredibly surprised, while Haku took hi arm with a sight and started to lead him home.
The trip back to the compound was fortunately uneventful, but the blonde couldn't understand why the world wouldn't stay still. It was like he was in a boat like in Nami no Kuni where the waves kept bouncing the boat up and down. Only he was on dry land right now and the ground was still moving up and down. It must be some kind of conspiracy, the blonde thought fuzzily. There's no way the ground would move like that unless someone was making it move!
Haku's firm grip on his arm kept the blonde on course as the two of them approached the house. When Haku had to let go of his arm to unlock the doors, Naruto staggered to the side and reached for one of the swords he normally wore strapped to the small of his back only to find empty air. Damn, I forgot that I wasn't armed, the blonde castigated himself.
"Naruto-sama, what are you doing," Haku asked curiously from where she stood by the now open gates. Naruto turned quickly to look at her, but moved a little too quickly as his vision started getting blurry and there was a definite sense of vertigo.
"It'sh a conshpiracy," Naruto slurred as he put a hand to his head to try and make the world stop spinning. "They waited until I wash unarmed and…they musht have poishoned me!"
"Naruto-sama," Haku said soothingly as she approached and took the hand on hi head in both of hers. "N one has poisoned you. Apparently, your system is very weak against even the small amount of alcohol contained in the sweet sake."
"You mean that I'm drunk," a surprised Naruto asked as he blinked at the kunoichi. Wow, her hands feel so nice, he thought fuzzily.
"I'm afraid so, Naruto-sama," she answered regretfully. "No one is currently out to get you and the odd effects are the result of your inebriation. We should get you inside and into the bath as soon as possible. The alcohol will dehydrate you badly and water can be absorbed through the skin while the heat will force you to sweat out the alcohol that's in your system."
"Wow, Haku-chan," Naruto slurred with an awed tone, "you're sho shmart!"
"Come along, Naruto-sama." The blonde found himself led into the house and directly into the bathroom, where Haku leaned him against the wall while she turned on the little furnace that would heat the soaking pool. He didn't resist as she started undressing him, but was very startled when she untied his hakama pants and left him standing there in only a pair of orange boxers with little green frogs on them. Haku tried to remove those as well, but Naruto grabbed the waistband and held them up while blushing fiercely.
"I can do thish myshelf, Haku-chan," the blonde insisted while swaying back on his feet slightly. Haku frowned at him, then smiled with a gleam in her eyes Naruto had never remembered seeing before. She reached back and untied the bow on her obi, causing it to loosen and spill to the ground around her. Her kimono gaped open over the inner wrap she wore underneath and the blonde felt his jaw drop as the kunoichi opened the garments and shrugged her shoulders, causing them to slide off her and onto the floor in a whisper of silk over flesh.
And there was a lot of it. Flesh that is, as Naruto saw Haku fully nude for the first time. Oh, he'd caught glimpses of flesh before and he'd looked at porn magazines to get things right for his Oiroke no jutsu, but he'd never seen a woman completely bare like this. I didn't know that Haku-chan wasn't wearing underwear, he thought numbly. His eyes traveled over the pale, smooth skin, rising up the trim legs and noting the small patch of dark hair between her legs as his attention was drawn upward. Her taut stomach gave rise to a pair of small, if perky and firm breasts, but Naruto found his gaze fixating on the large scar in the valley between them.
"Godsh, Haku-chan, ish that what I did to you," the blonde asked in a voice choked by sorrow. He started to reach out and touch it, but stopped when he realized he would be touching the chest of a very naked girl.
"Do not concern yourself over the scar, Haku said soothingly as she moved forward and took his hand, placing it over the scar. "While it looks quite fearsome, all the damage behind it has been healed. Now, let me get these off you and we can get you cleaned up."
"I can myshelf clean," Naruto declared, his face falling apart in confusion as he tried to figure out what he'd just said.
"I'm afraid that you cannot, Naruto-sama," Haku replied as her nimble fingers slipped the boxers over his hips, letting gravity take them the rest of the way. "Now please have a seat."
Naruto felt himself tip over as Haku gave him a slight push. He would have fallen had his legs not given out first and he would up on the floor with a slightly stinging rear while the kunoichi stood over him with her hands on her hips. She glared at him sternly while he dragged his eyes off her nudity and levered himself up onto the small stool in front of the faucet and showerhead. He heard Haku slide the clothes away and was reaching for the soap when a smaller hand grabbed it before he could and whisked it out of sight.
"Just try to relax, Naruto-sama," Haku said, her breath tickling the hairs on the back of the blonde's neck, "and let me do all of the work." Naruto almost leaped to his feet in shock as Haku's soft hands began soaping up his back, but soon settled down as he realized there was nothing he could do. Haku ruled the house after all, despite the face that Naruto was the official head of the clan.
The blonde felt his mind drift away as he lost himself in the pleasant motions of the kunoichi's hands across his back. He didn't notice the change until he realized that he could feel her hands washing his chest and something warm and firm was pressing against his back and rubbing in a very pleasant manner. He opened his mouth to protest, but it was cut off with a squeak as Haku's hands slipped south of the equator and began massaging parts no one other than Naruto had ever touched before.
"Haku-chan, wh-what are you doing," Naruto stammered as the last shreds of the alcoholic fog he'd been drifting in were blown away. Not that the sensations her actions were causing were unpleasant, but Naruto had spent a great deal of effort over the last couple of years trying to keep that sort of feeling under as much control as possible.
"Just relax, Naruto-sama, and enjoy this," Haku purred into his ear, her chest rubbing against his back even more and eliciting a whole new set of delightful feelings as her hands worked on him. "You're very tense tight now, so let me take care of it for you."
"Haku-chan," Naruto groaned, "you don't have to do this." The blonde felt his breathing grow faster as the kunoichi massaged him, sending jolts of pleasure running through him.
"So you want me to stop," she asked in a teasing voice as she paused in her ministrations, eliciting a frustrated groan from Naruto. "I'm not doing this out of obligation, Naruto-sama. When I told you that I belonged to you, there was more than one layer of meaning in my promise. Didn't Kakashi-san teach you to look underneath the underneath?" Haku's hands became busy again and he let out a groan of pleasure as he climaxed and his body went limp in her arms. "Now, let's get you rinsed off and into the furo, ne?"
Winter in Konoha was not a very severe time, thought the temperature did drop low enough to require most people to wear a coat and the fallen leaves became packed and slippery with the winter rains that came with regular frequency. Naruto found himself confined to the house for most of the time during the winter months, as Kakashi seemed reluctant to even try training sessions for fear the foul weather would destroy his precious books. The jounin did give them a lot of scrolls to read through, though, and this did help pass some of the time. Naruto was still felling restless, however, and could often be found sting on the veranda with a scroll on his lap, watching the late winter rain.
The blonde had been somewhat upset after the events of New Years, but he'd been dressed down by Haku for not considering her feelings. For someone who presented the perfect picture of a demure and submissive woman, the kunoichi could be downright fierce when she felt someone was either trying to get her not to do something she felt was necessary or when they interfered with what she felt was her duty. Naruto had been terribly embarrassed by what had happened, but Haku had been very firm in telling him that her oath of fealty made it both her duty and privilege to ensure his health and well-being in all ways. Then she gave him a saucy smile and asked if he was upset because he hadn't enjoyed it or if it was because he hadn't gotten the opportunity to return the favor.
Girls are crazy, the blonde though as he watched the rain fall for a few minutes before returning his attention to the scroll Kakashi had given him on elemental manipulation. The jounin had said that he normally wouldn't have given a genin information like this, but he'd already learned how to do it so he should have access to all the knowledge he could get his hands on.
Let's see, Naruto thought as his eyes skimmed through the scroll. That's kind of weird. It says that wind is one of the most difficult elements to successfully manipulate, followed by lightning and fire, due to its lack of substance. Man, I never had any trouble making my chakra wind-natured. Let's see if there's anything about that…
Naruto read for another hour before his eyes started to ache with strain. The scroll was obviously intended to help shinobi convert their normal neutral chakra into an elementally aligned one and that didn't help him out one bit. A slight sound of the shoji being opened warned the blonde that Haku was stepping out onto the veranda. He turned to see her holding a tray with a teapot and some taiyaki that she'd bought the day before at the market.
"I thought you might be ready for a break around now, Naruto-sama," the kunoichi said as she set the tray down and knelt beside it to pour the tea. Naruto accepted the proffered drink with a sigh as he picked dup one of the fish shaped pastries and bit into it, enjoying the sweet taste of the bean paste in the center.
"Ne, Haku-chan," the blonde asked when he'd swallowed his first mouthful, "do you have any trouble with the elemental manipulation used when you use your Hyouton jutsu?"
Haku sipped her tea as she considered the question for a moment before giving her answer. "No, Naruto-sama, I don't have any trouble with using my Hyouton's ice affinity," she replied. "When I use the wind or water affinities it's more difficult, but not as difficult as I am told learning an affinity from the beginning can be. That is because my bloodline gives me the power to control these elements naturally."
"That's what I thought," Naruto sighed. "Kakashi-sensei gave me this scroll on elemental affinities to read, but it's been pretty useless for me since all the chakra I produce is wind natured and not neutral like a normal person's."
"Most unusual, Naruto-sama," Haku said, staring at the blonde intently. "Even my bloodline does not make all of my chakra elementally natures. The conversion process is much simpler because of it, but my chakra has the same neutral base that all shinobi…no, all people have. I've never hears of anything that would make someone's chakra change completely like that before, save that it might be a side effect of the burden you bear."
"Kyuubi," Naruto asked in surprise. "Nah, that's not too likely. Jiji said that the fox was aligned towards fire, although it was able to affect all the elements. That was because it was the strongest of the bijuu, though, not because of any affinity it had."
"Hmm, no bloodline that I have ever heard of has managed to create the effects that you have described," Haku mused. "But…Naruto-sama, how much do you know about the origins of the bloodlines in the ninja clans?"
"Not much," the blonde admitted, "and it's not cause I never paid attention neither. The Academy teachers didn't talk about it much, except to say that the clans developed them over several generations of careful breeding."
"That is correct…in a sense," Haku sighed. "Bloodlines have their origins ins one of four things. The first is summoning a minor youkai and sealing it into a man or woman and then undergoing an extensive breeding program. This is how the vast majority of clans got their bloodlines…"
"What! You mean that all of those stuck up Hyuugas and Uchihas," Naruto snarled angrily, "have always treated me like shit and they got their damn eyes by making someone like me?"
"That is most likely, Naruto-sama," Haku agreed. "That is how the most powerful bloodlines were generated. The second way is by using seals to manipulate specific attributes and then try and breed them true. This is where the second tier of clans like Konoha's Akimichis and Naras most likely came from. The third type of genesis is by experimenting directly with people and turning them into monsters. The Sannin Orochimaru is said to have practiced such things and that was what lead to his banishment from Konoha. The final type of creation is more of a legend than an accepted fact. It is achieved by making a pact with the king of a type of elemental spirits. These people were said to be immensely powerful and capable of feats that are normally the realms fantasy, even for those of us in the ninja world with our abilities it is considered a fairy tale.
"These Contractors, as they were called, passed their abilities down through their bloodlines and were people of astonishing power," Haku informed the blonde. "While it sounds far-fetched, this is the only way that I can explain your powers and the way they work."
"And jiji's never been willing to tell me who my parents were," the blonde muttered. He put up a hand to forestall Haku's indignation as he continued, "I'm sure that he has what he considers very good reasons for keeping things secret, but I'm worried that if it is true that it will hinder my chance to learn how to really control the power that I have."
"Well," Haku started hesitantly, "the stories say that the Contractor's powers came directly from the spirits of the element they wielded. It may just be a waste of time, but why don't you try and contact those spirits…"
"Haku-chan, that's the best idea I've heard all day," the blonde said cheerfully.
The rain had stopped for the day and Naruto had perched himself on top of a flat rock that sat a short way from the house in the middle of what Haku was converting into a meditative rock garden. She'd wanted to move the stone to a more aesthetically pleasing position, but Naruto had managed to hold his ground for once, so the rock stayed where it was. The blonde liked the rock because it was a lot like him. It stuck out in a unique way among the carefully cultivated garden like a seed of chaos in the middle of perfect order and that appealed to his sense of irony.
Naruto had positioned himself in the traditional lotus position they had taught him in the Academy for meditation, but did not seek inward like he'd been told. No, if Haku was right, the blonde had to stretch outside of himself and try to touch the nature spirits that the priests often referred to as existing in all things. It didn't help that he had never been particularly successful at meditating before. They always said to picture yourself in a peaceful meadow or by a babbling brook, but Naruto always found himself ankle deep in the water of a sewer before waking up.
The blonde slowed his breathing, letting the tension flow from his body and reached out on the wind with his senses. This was something new that Naruto had discovered recently while practicing privately with his wind chakra. He'd been using it to cause the air to gel and stop senbon that Haku had been throwing at him, trying to lessen the concentration the maneuver took. That's when he'd noticed it. He was suddenly able to tell where the leaves were falling, where the squirrels and rabbits were moving through the underbrush and where Haku was by the displacement they created in the air around them.
A sudden movement made Naruto open his eyes to see what looked like little balls of blue light darting around. They were everywhere he looked moving along the breezes, but seemed to be especially thick around him. The blonde carefully lifted one hand up and extended a finger towards one of the lights, feeling a jolt of energy run through him as one of them came to rest on his finger. The glow dimmed and his eyes widened as a little winged girl was revealed where the blue ball of light had been. She looked perfectly ordinary, if you overlooked the wings, the fact that she was only about two inches long from head to toe and that she obviously chose not to wear clothes.
"Hello," Naruto said softly, worried that he might scare her off. She cocked her head and looked up at him, her mouth opening and closing but making no noise that the blonde could hear.
"I'm sorry, but I can't hear you," he told her. The tiny girl crossed her arms over her chest and pouted for a minute before perking up and taking flight. She hovered in place, taking Naruto's finger in her arms and tugging insistently. Looks like she wants me to go somewhere with her, the blonde thought as he rose to his feet and got down off the rock. The miniature girl darted forward at a remarkable speed, forcing him to run in order to keep up.
He raced across town, unheeding of the stares he drew as he dashed through the streets staring up at the sky. The flying fairy, since Naruto couldn't think of another term that really suited the tiny girl, led him up to the top of Mount Hokage and kept going past the heads. The blonde had never ventured into the areas on the other side of the mountain, although he knew that ANBU's prison was supposed to be out there somewhere, and almost lost sight of his guide several times before she stopped. The fairy hovered over the edge of a cliff as she beckoned him forward, all the way to the edge before indicating that he should stop.
The fairy turned back into the glowing ball of light and Naruto suddenly noticed that the air was practically swarming with similar lights. They began to move in a predictable pattern in the air and the blonde nearly yelped in surprise as an ornate pair of very tall doors appeared in the air. The doors cracked open and a blue light leaked out, growing brighter and brighter until Naruto was forced to shield his eyes with his arm. There was a sudden flash and implosion of air, and when he dared peek out from behind his arm he realized that he was now somewhere completely different.
Naruto no longer stood on the cliff edge, instead he was now on a disk of blue light in the middle of a black void. "Is anyone out there," he called out, a little startled that there wasn't even an echo from the dark. A glow began to form in the distance, moving closer until it resolved into the pair of doors that he had seen before ending up here. They came to a stop right next to the edge of the platform he stood on, so Naruto shrugged and gave one of the doors an experimental push with one hand. The doors swung open easily at his touch, revealing a columned hall that extended up to a set of stairs that led up to a dais with a throne on it.
"Enter, young one," a deep resonant voice said, making the blonde jump. He shrugged again and stepped inside, noting that the doors swung closed slowly behind him as he passed through.
"Who are you," Naruto asked. It was weird here, but the blonde felt strangely comfortable even though he should probably be nervous and apprehensive. It was kind of like coming home after a very long time away.
I am the Kaze no Seirei no Ou, the king of the wind spirits," the voice answered. Naruto continued to move forward, seeing a shape shimmering hazily on the throne at the end of the hall. As he reached the base of the stairs, Naruto looked up to see a vaguely translucent shape of a man sitting on the throne like a still fog sitting over water.
"Why did you bring me here," the blonde asked, a creeper of worry beginning to worm itself through the wall of his confidence.
"My daughter brought you here because you have been yearning to return," the figure replied.
"But I've never been anywhere like this in my life," Naruto protested.
"Not physically," the figure replied calmly. "Your spirit visited us before you were born into your world, as have the spirits of your ancestors ever since Kazuma made the Contract with me. You spirit was imbued like your mother's with a fraction of the power of the wind, but the share has been growing less and less over the centuries."
"Really," Naruto asked excitedly as he'd never heard anyone actually talk about his parents.
"Yes, Kushina returned her share of the power with her death shortly after your birth," the figure said, "which led me to check on you. You are the last of your line to have received the power of the wind and I am not sure if it will continue to be passed down now that you have the beast sealed inside of you."
"You know about the Kyuubi," Naruto stated with a sinking feeling of dread.
"Indeed I do," the enthroned figure replied. "The beast is one of the rogue elemental incarnations that once laid waste to your world. A group of several powerful men summoned them into the world and sought to bind their powers for their own purposes, but it was a futile effort. No mortal can command the power of and unconstrained bijuu. Only through sealing them into jinchuuriki can the power be drawn upon and even then it is not safe. The bijuu's chakra will slowly poison its host and over time the seal will begin to degrade from having the power drawn through it."
"You mean that if I used the Kyuubi's chakra, he'll break free," Naruto asked, terror growing in the pit of his stomach.
"Not immediately," the figure reassured the blonde. "The more of its power that you pull, the weaker the seal becomes. The slight amount that the seal channels into your body to augment it is safe enough, but trying to pull so much as a single tail's worth is a risky proposition. That is why most of your wind power has been consumed by countering the beast's attempts to influence you."
"My power's been protecting me," the blonde asked in surprise, "but I can do so much stuff with my wind!"
"What you have been able to do is nothing compared to what your potential would have been," the figure explained. "Your mother was the only survivor of the massacre of her clan and country, but she'd already been gifted her power. You were the one who inherited the bulk of it, but it has never fully manifested due to the need to keep you out of the clutches of the bijuu. That is why I had you brought here."
"It is," Naruto asked, confused.
"Yes, I wish to renew the Contract with you family, Naruto," the figure said, it's eyes blazing blue. "As the Contractor of the Kaze no Seirei, the bijuu will no longer have its hold on you and you will have access to the full breadth of your power. Regretfully, I cannot remove the beast from you, as any attempt to do so would kill you, but if you accept…well, my Contractor has often been referred to as the Irresistible Force."
"I'll do it," Naruto exclaimed instantly. "Anything to keep that damn demon's paws off me. It's been hard enough having everyone know that it's there without knowing that someday it might break free of the seal."
"Truly, you have Kazuma's bravery and the same wounded soul," the figure murmured softly. In a louder voice, it continued, "Now, cut your hand and spread your blood upon my throne. Let the contract be made as it was long ago. Let the world tremble before the power of the Contractor of the Kaze no Seirei no Ou!"
"Naruto bit his thumb deeply and climbed the steps. He reached out, spreading his blood over the arm of the throne. Power burned through the blonde, making him scream in pain as blue energy began pouring out of him and the wind screamed into a gale around him.
When the pain receded and Naruto opened his eyes again, he found himself standing near the cliff edge where he'd first seen the doors appear. The blonde blinked when he realized that he was standing in empty air. Panic set I and Naruto thrashed about until he realized that he wasn't falling. "This is awesome," he exclaimed, pulling a little of the wind to him and shooting ff like a rocket.
It was hours later when Naruto reluctantly returned to the earth. He'd never imagined how wonderful it would feel to fly and he'd thoroughly enjoyed buzzing flights of birds and sending them scattering off in different directions. Eventually, he realized that Haku would start worrying about him as it began to get dark and brought himself down in the front of the compound.
"Naruto-sama," Haku called out as she rushed out of the house and embraced him. "I was so worried when you just disappeared without saying anything!" The normally serene girl looked frazzled and her eyes were a little red, possibly from crying.
"I'm sorry, Haku-chan," Naruto said contritely as he awkwardly patted the girl on the back. "I really wasn't thinking when I left, but I have to say it was worth it. Certain worries that I've always had are gone and I've actually learned something about my family."
"What happened, Naruto-sama," Haku asked. The blonde realized that he'd grown over the last few months as their heights almost matched now, whereas before he'd always been smothered in her bosom when she grew emotional.
"Well, it went like this," Naruto began.
"Maa, I'm glad you all showed up so promptly today," Kakashi said to the three genin who were staring at him like they'd seen a ghost. The jounin shifted uncomfortably under their eyes as they finally found their voices.
"You're on time," Sakura said in a terrified voice. "What happened? Did someone kill the Hokage? Did someone burn all of your disgusting books?"
"Maybe he's a fake, Sakura," Naruto offered, watching the jounin warily. "A spy wouldn't know that Kakashi-sensei always shows up late with his nose in his porn and a lame excuse…"
"If he's an imposter, then it's our duty to detain him," Sasuke said as a hand crept towards his kunai pouch.
"Very funny you three," Kakashi said irritably as the genin fell over in laughter. "I suppose you don't want to hear the good news I have for you then."
"Aww, come on, Kakashi-sensei," Naruto groaned. "You know we were just kidding…"
"Whatever," the jounin shrugged, although his eye curved up into a smile as he reached into one of his vest pockets and pulled out three pieces of paper. "I just thought you'd like to know that I've nominated you for the chuunin exam that starts next month."
"All right, Kakashi-sensei, you rock," Naruto exclaimed as the three genin ripped the papers out of the jounin's hands.
"Just fill out the papers and hold onto them until the exam," Kakashi told them. "You'll have to turn them in to me before the first exam starts. Now, onto the D-Rank missions!"
A/N:
Something I feel the need to explain to the general reading public, as I have already given the same information to a reviewer is that the name of the story, Kamikaze no Naruto does in no way refer to the bastardization of the term that occurred during World War 2 to refer to the suicide attacks via airplane. Kamikaze is a term from Japanese history and folklore that refers to a divine wind that protects the island of Japan from her enemies. It was given the credit for creating the Tsunami that wiped out the invading Korean fleet as well as other small incidents over the past two thousand years.
By the way, this is a bit of a crossover, although no characters from the other series will be showing up, just certain ideas.