Naruto and Karui huffed as they hit the floor. It was unfair. It was insane. It was...it was...exactly what they needed and wanted. Asuma and Jiraiya were no pushovers. Karui and Naruto got the training that they really wanted. At the end of the day, Naruto was cutting leaves with his chakra because Asuma said it was the first step to mastering Fuuton techniques. The blond also worked with his sword skills a bit for the day along with Karui. Jiraiya had draw gravity seals on the two genin for their training. He also monitored them so the weight of the seals wouldn't be harmful to their bodies. By the end of the day Asuma and Jiraiya were right about one thing. Naruto and Karui had to hate them.
"Well you guys lasted longer than I thought you would," Jiraiya said grinning like mad despite the glare he got from Karui. Naruto was too tired to glare and just settled for frowning. Sure they were really grateful for and wanted the training, but they still hated it.
"Just you wait till I get my energy back. I'll show you how terrifying I am with this sword," Karui said between breathes. Jiraiya chuckled at her expense while Asuma blew another cigarette in his mouth.
"I guess that was a good first day. Naruto managed to do the leaf exercise in no time with his Kage Bunshin. Although Naruto, the Kage Bunshin is known only to Konoha, how do you know it?" Asuma asked and the blonde felt some of the stares on him.
"Okay, so I tell them about Kyuubi-chan and they panic or they think I stole it and I get treated like a spy. Great choices I've got for myself," Naruto thought and in the back of his head he heard Kyuubi giggle. It made the blonde a little irritated that she could be laughing at him.
"Don't laugh Kyuubi-chan. If they find out about you then Jiraiya-ojisan might tighten that seal around you," Naruto thought and immediately Kyuubi stopped laughing.
"You think that's funny?" Kyuubi asked and Naruto giggled.
"Yes I think that's funny. It's about time I got you back for all those other times," Naruto told her. Kyuubi simply nodded her head and immediately she walked up to a black chalkboard that was laying against a tree. She wrote and it and smiled.
"Alright then, Kyuubi: 123 Naruto: 1. That's really good for you Naruto-kun," Kyuubi said laughing and Naruto sighed. He decided to lay up and rubbed the back of his head. He lost that portion of the fight so he might as well answer.
"Well Asuma-san, I learned it from Kyuubi-chan. She taught it to me a few years ago," Naruto said and Karui relaxed, but Asuma and Jiraiya tensed. Did the Kyuubi have that much freedom with Naruto that it was able to teach him things? Kyuubi was female?
"Naruto, how much freedom does Kyuubi have? Is the seal deteriorating?" Jiraiya asked. Naruto looked at Jiraiya with a skeptical look on his face, but it vanished and he shrugged his shoulders.
"Well she has access to my chakra, my senses and my memories. That's about it. Nothing else though Yugi-him and Bee-sensei said that when we get back to Kumo their gonna help me and Kyuubi get what they have with their bijuu," Naruto said to them. Now instead of being tensed, Jiraiya and Asuma were confused. They wondered if their was something special the other two had with their own bijuu.
"And what is that Naruto?" Jiraiya asked wondering if he should talk to Yugito and Bee about their methods for their Bijuu.
"Well Yugi-hime said that it was a partner thing between me and Kyuubi. Kind of like her and Nibi-chan. It's the same thing for Bee-sensei and Hachibi," Naruto said and instantly Jiraiya wanted to talk with Yugito and Bee about the topic. He had never heard about jinchuuriki that had partnerships with their bijuu. Maybe it wasn't mentioned much or it was the first time it happened, but he really wanted to know.
"Besides Jiraiya-ojisan over the years that you let me study fuinjutsu I think I found the way to release the bijuu from their containers," Naruto uttered and immediately Jiraiya's eyes showed shock. Asuma's cigarette dropped from his mouth making the blonde chuckle along with his redhead sister. It was then that Naruto was instantly grabbed by Jiraiya and the man shook his godson making the blonde even more dizzy.
"How Naruto? Tell me how you did it. It should be impossible," Jiraiya told him. Naruto sheepishly grinned and rubbed the back of his head.
"Well it's more of a theory I got from Mabui-oneechan. It's a risky process at best. I don't wanna say until it's worked out," Naruto told him. Jiraiya's eyebrow twitched before the sage sighed. He let Naruto down and walked away.
"As long as you tell me, I'll wait for now, but the matter of letting your bijuu go free is another story," Jiraiya said walking off. Naruto and Karui looked at each other impassively then at Asuma who was lighting another cigarette. Sheesh, it was like that damn things were the guy's favorite candy or something.
"I really had to pick the most troublesome people. Oh well. Naruto, Karui we'll continue this tomorrow so rest up 'cause Jiraiya and I are just getting started with you," Asuma said walking off. Karui and Naruto turned to each other again and smiled.
"So can we go home now?" Karui asked and Naruto picked her up then flung his sister's arm over his shoulder.
"Yeah let's go. And how about a nice, hot bath Karui-oneechan. Would you like that?" Naruto asked and Karui grinned as the two trudged back to their dwelling.
"Your damn right I'd like one," Karui said and Naruto nodded in agreement with her.
"Alright let's get you home to the hot shower," Naruto told her and Karui could only nod her head while her little brother guided his sister back to their house. Little did the two know that their training was just getting started.
Next Day
"Come on Karui, your moving too fast. Keep the movements solid and swift," Asuma yelled making Karui go through another set of katas. The redhead was getting a damn arm ache from this whole thing. First Asuma arrives late again and now he turns into a damn taskmaster when it's convenient. Karui huffed and dropped her sword before glaring at Asuma.
"Can I have a break? We've been going for 3 hours," Karui said slumping to the ground. Asuma chuckled at her and took his cigarette from his mouth.
"What's wrong? I thought you and Naruto were gonna leave us stunned. Maybe you were all talk," Asuma said and Karui smiled. The air became cold and she gripped her sword. It was then that Asuma backed away as he watched Karui's hair rise in a strange way. It was like the hair was alive for some reason.
"Wrong thing to say," Asuma thought and Karui stood to her feet then charged at Asuma.
"Maybe I'll get it down if I fight an experienced jonin!" Karui yelled and Asuma sighed. This wasn't a good day for him and now he was cursing that he forgot that Karui was a real case sometimes. He wondered why he wasn't training Naruto right now. The blonde was a lot easier to handle. He had gotten the leaf exercise down after a few faints like yesterday, but he got in nonetheless. Asuma also gave Naruto another exercise, which was to then cut a rock in half perfectly with his chakra. Asuma told Naruto that fuuton chakra should be sharp enough to cut through almost anything so cutting through stone would refine the blonde chakra control.
"Jiraiya-sama's lucky that he gets Naruto today," Asuma thought with a sigh as he blocked Karui's attack with his trench knives.
With Naruto and Jiraiya
The godfather and godson duo were currently a little further off. Naruto had about twenty clones working on cutting the rocks in perfect slice like Asuma wanted while the real Naruto was holding a scroll that explained the process for the Hiraishin. Jiraiya was going over it with him before the blonde displayed his frustration by throwing the scroll on the ground.
"This is impossible. We've been trying to get these order of these seals down and we can't. This is insane!" Naruto yelled before Jiraiya smacked the back of his head.
"Come down brat. This is an S-rank technique after all. Don't think your gonna get it so easily," Jiraiya said as he took out some fuinjutsu books. Naruto narrowed his eyes and sighed. He had known that Jiraiya was right. It was just so damn frustrating. How his father came up with something like this was beyond the blonde, but Jiraiya said it was astounding that Naruto was able to understand most of it. The blonde really was an Uzumaki after all. He came from a long line of Fuinjutsu masters so it was in his blood. Jiraiya knew Naruto would get it. He really would become the fastest person in Kumo. Raikage was gonna be so mad and surprised.
"Sorry Jiraiya-ojisan. So how many times have we arranged the seals?" Naruto asked looking back at the scroll. Jiraiya nodded and took a look at one of Minato's kunai. He looked at the seals, but they seemed to have their own pattern. Minato had told Jiraiya that he sometimes mixed in fake kunai with the real ones in the case of losing some of them so that no one would know about them. It even made Jiraiya question Minato's methods, but it didn't matter anymore.
"Let's see, we've arranged them 12 times. It seems that Minato made a seal lock so that it would be a beacon of sorts for his chakra. Take a look at this," Jiraiya said holding up and book. Naruto looked at it and Jiraiya then pointed to the kunai.
"The seals here are arranged in this order so you should try it this way for now and if that doesn't work then you should go another route, but for now try it this way," Jiraiya said and Naruto nodded. The blonde took a kunai in his hands. He twirled it for a bit and then threw it at a tree. The kunai embedded itself in the tree and the blonde stood a few feet from the tree.
"Alright here I go," Naruto said and Jiraiya nodded. The blonde locked his chakra to the kunai and closed his eyes. Naruto quickly vanished in yellow lightning, but then slammed his body into a tree leaving a mark across his face.
"Dammit that hurt!" Naruto yelled and to his embarrassment, he saw his godfather laughing at him while holding his stomach. Naruto gritted his teeth and fumed, but then he sighed and looked up at the sky.
"Tou-san, Kaa-san if your there please help me with my sad excuse for a godfather," Naruto said and Jiraiya continued to laugh, but it was then that the blonde and the sage noticed a sword flying towards them. Jiraiya paled and quickly dodged the blade that positioned itself mere inches from his manhood. Naruto widened his eyes before he saw Karui running.
"Asuma-sensei, knocking people's weapons out of their hands isn't fair. I demand a rematch! Karui yelled and ran off. Naruto turned to his godfather. The blonde proceeded to laugh while Jiraiya stumbled to his feet.
"I thought I was gonna lose it for a minute," Jiraiya said while Naruto rolled on the ground. He even heard Kyuubi chuckling at Jiraiya's sad display and nearly losing the thing that mad him a man.
"Thanks Tou-san, Kaa-san," Naruto said in thought and when Jiraiya looked at the blonde he could have sworn that he saw Minato and Kushina next to Naruto and they were smiling at their son.
"Must be out in the sun too long," Jiraiya wondered, but then let it go and walked over to Naruto. The sage patted the blonde's shoulder.
"That wasn't a bad try Naruto. Your on the right track so let's keep at it. If we keep at it then you'll be able to do it by the chunin exams. I can't wait to see the look on everyone's face," Jiraiya said and Naruto nodded. It was then that the blonde had an idea and turned to Jiraiya.
"Hey Jiraiya-ojisan do you know if Tou-san only used those seals on kunai or did he use it on anything else?" Naruto asked and Jiraiya pondered his question for a second. Jiraiya grinned then nodded in an affirmative.
"Yeah kid. I remember he could use it on people, objects and just about anything else. It isn't limited to kunai just so you know," Jiraiya said and Naruto got a grin on his face. The same grin that meant a prank was coming. It made Jiraiya mentally gulp at what his devious godson was thinking or rather planning.
Naruto stopped grinning and grabbed a kunai. He then walked to tree and got into a meditative pose. Jiraiya watched him and then sat on the ground with a book in his hand. He turned a small gaze to the clones who were sweating beads of sweat trying to cut through the rocks with their chakra. He saw one gave a smile as it looked at the clean cut it made.
"Looks like he's getting the hang of that exercise," Jiraiya thought and continued to read his book.
Naruto's Mindscape
"So Kyuubi-chan, do you think you can do it?" Naruto asked her giving the red-haired bijuu his father's kunai with the seals on it. Kyuubi glanced at the kunai and more specifically the seals. She really did remember them from her fight with Minato. Granted he only used it once, but she still remembered it.
"I suppose I could, but Naruto-kun what your asking from me is to turn the seals on this kunai to a transparent form of chakra. It would occupy a select portion of your chakra to automatic create those seals for the Hiraishin. That's a portion of your chakra that will never be used for anything other than the creation of those seals. Are you sure about that?" Kyuubi asked and Naruto shrugged his shoulders.
"With you and my reserves as big as they are Kyuubi-chan, I probably won't feel any different," Naruto replied. Kyuubi chuckled at that and simply shrugged her shoulders. She memorized the seals and before she began Naruto stopped her.
"Hey Kyuubi-chan, do you know if that's a fake seal or the real one?" Naruto asked her. Kyuubi looked at the seals on the scroll and rubbed the back of her head. Naruto knew the seals quite well, but there was such a way of arranging them that the blonde could only use his father's kunai as an example.
"It might be the real one, but I have no real idea around it. Maybe your father had more fake ones than real ones so the probability is low or maybe it's the other way around. Im not sure, but the odds of you having the real one specifically are half at best," Kyuubi told him. Naruto narrowed his eyes and sighed. Half a best huh?
"I'll take what I can get then Kyuubi-chan. See if you can make it work for me," Naruto said to her and Kyuubi nodded.
"Alright I'll see what I can do. In the meantime, when are you going to tell me about the way you found to release us from our seals?" Kyuubi asked and Naruto's face lit up in glee. He turned to his female bijuu who was curious to his smile.
"No way am I telling anything just yet Kyuubi-chan," Naruto said and Kyuubi let her mouth hang slightly.
"Why not?" Kyuubi asked and Naruto got an even better smile on his face
"Just can't spoil it. Well, you could beg me to tell you. Maybe a simple pose will be alright dattebayo," Naruto said and Kyuubi's eyebrow twitched and her jaw dropped even more. Her beg? She was the most powerful bijuu in the world and she was told that she would have to beg in a sexy pose?
Kyuubi was about to reply before Naruto laughed and watched the blush over her face. He didn't mean it, but man Kyuubi was really thinking hard about it too.
"You think that's funny?" Kyuubi asked and Naruto just settled for smiling. He walked up to the black board near the tree and smiled as he held up his chalk.
"That's 2 more me. I'm on a roll today," Naruto said and walked away. Kyuubi narrowed her red, slitted eyes at her container and got a grin of her own. It was time to show the blonde why she wasn't to be trifled with. Kyuubi got on all fours and flung her red hair around her back. She gave a sultry smile and slowly crawled towards Naruto.
"Please Naruto-sama, tell me the secret. I want to know it Naruto-sama," Kyuubi said as she crawled to Naruto. The blonde blushed and backed away from his bijuu while he stuttered. Soon enough, he backed up into a tree and watched as Kyuubi crawled up to him and looked him deep in his eyes. She rubbed his shoulders and leaned her head to his ear.
"Won't you tell me Naruto-sama?" Kyuubi asked and Naruto gulped. Kyuubi smiled and then laughed as she pinched the blonde's cheeks. Naruto yelped while Kyuubi giggled.
"Now who's red? You really think I'd beg?" Kyuubi asked and Naruto narrowed his eyes.
"That was a joke?" Naruto asked. Kyuubi merely nodded while Naruto dropped to the floor.
"Now that 124 for me. Two steps forward, one step back Naruto," Kyuubi said and the blonde huffed. Other than with Yugito, Naruto had never been so turned on in his life. The blonde stood to his feet and walked away.
"I'm gonna go now," Naruto said vanishing from the seal. Kyuubi stopped laughing and sat in the field. Okay, maybe she went too far with that one. She really didn't have that many limits when it came to her prankster side.
Outside the Mindscape
Naruto opened his eyes and instantly the blonde was tired as hell. He forgot he had his clones training and found that they all could cut the stone perfectly. He saw Jiraiya reading and the blonde stumbled to his feet. Jiraiya watched his godson get up and walked over to him.
"Want a break?" Jiraiya asked. Naruto chuckled and nodded. He saw Karui on the ground panting and Asuma with a smile on his face. It was then that the bearded jonin came over to Naruto and patted him on the shoulder.
"So Naruto, how did the rock exercise come?" Asuma asked and Naruto gave a tired chuckle.
"It's came fine. I got it down. So what's next?" Naruto asked him. Asuma grinned and walked the blonde over to a waterfall. Naruto looked at the waterfall and while Karui leaned herself up to a tree and watched the interaction between her brother and their senseis.
"For the next part, your going to be learning to cut this waterfall in half. After you master that, then we will teach you some real fuuton jutus," Asuma said and Naruto's face gleamed. He quickly nodded and wondered how he was supposed to 'cut' the waterfall from this height. Asuma said the problem and sighed.
"Ah that's right. One of our Anbu is a wood user, but he's on a mission right now. Well Naruto, why don't you go home and work on the rock exercise some more along with Karui. You've both worked hard and I think you deserve the rest of the day off for now, but tomorrow will be hell for you," Asuma said making Naruto and Karui groan. The blonde helped his sister to her feet and the two walked off.
"So what are you going to do?" Asuma asked and Jiraiya narrowed his eyes before walking off.
"I'm gonna go see Naruto's friends about this whole bijuu thing. Something like that might warrant my attention," Jiraiya said and Asuma looked at the sky.
"You think?" Asuma asked and Jiraiya turned back to him confused. Asuma sighed and knew that Jiraiya cared for Naruto a lot, but he wanted Jiraiya to understand just how serious he might make this.
"What I mean is that Naruto is a Kumo shinobi. He's not with us. You don't really have a say in what can and can't do. If Naruto wanted to release Kyuubi, then that's Kumo's problem not ours. I just want you to know that," Asuma said before vanishing in a shunshin. Jiraiya narrowed his eyes and looked at the ground with a slight frown on his face. It didn't take long for the sage to shunshin out also. No one knew about the sinister plans the were brewing in Konoha at the moment
Underground Organization
Danzo was grinning like mad. It was oddly strange to see him happy about anything, but then again one would guess that he had reason to be. The Kyuubi jinchuuriki was back in Konoha and Danzo was going to make sure that the blonde stayed there. No treaty was going to stop Danzo from controlling the Kyuubi and using it's power to make Konoha the most powerful nation in the world.
"Hawk, how are the preparations coming?" Danzo asked and soon a teenager around fifteen appeared behind then bowed.
"All preparations are in order Danzo-sama. The capture of the Kyuubi jinchuuriki will commence after the Chunin exams," Hawk said and Danzo nodded. After Sai was failed to be obtained at the young age like Naruto, Danzo made it his priority to step up his training regime for his shinobi. He never wanted a failure ever again from his shinobi.
"Good, how is the brat looking?" Danzo asked and another one of his shinobi came out.
"Well Danzo-sama, we're not sure. We know he's being trained by Jiraiya-sama and the jonin, Asuma Sarutobi along with his teammate Karui of Kumo.
"I don't care about who he trains with! Why can't you watch him like I told you?" Danzo yelled making the Root shinobi gulp from his presence.
"Well Danzo-sama if we get too close, then Jiraiya will know that we're watching the blonde and he'll report it to Hokage-sama. We're just barely getting by with covering with him about our opera-,"
"I don't care! If your cover is blown then so be it! Data on the Kyuubi jinchuuriki will pass each day you don't observe him," Danzo yelled slamming his fist on his desk.
"Our apologies Danzo-sama, we'll get right on it," Hawk said and shunshined out of sight. Danzo sighed and sat back in his chair.
"The Kyuubi must be in Konoha's possession. Without a jinchuuriki in their possession and with Kumo having three which were the Hachibi, Nibi, and Kyuubi then Konoha was off of the world's most powerful nation chart. Danzo didn't want that. Treaty or not, the Kyuubi wasn't in Konoha's possession and he wanted to change that even if...he had to destroy a treaty.
With Yugito and Bee, nighttime
The two Kumo shinobi were on their way home towards their hotel. They had been training hard with Omoi and Samui and the two were beat.
"I'm so tired," Yugito said while she and Bee walked back to their hotel. Bee nodded and tiredly held up his notebook and pen.
"Dey is gettin' better 'n better, but now I think I'm about to drop so let's get home before we both pop," Bee said and Yugito ignored it that time.
"I'm to tired to correct you," Yugito said and after a bit of walking the two came up to see Jiraiya leaning on the outside posts of the hotel. He turned his gaze toward them and both Kumo shinobi sighed. So they weren't going to get any rest for a little bit more. Oh well, that's the life of a shinobi they figured.
"Jiraiya-san, can we help you with something?" Yugito asked. Jiraiya stood to his feet and walked over to the duo. He could see that they were tired, but the information he wanted couldn't wait so he wanted to take his chances.
"Mind coming with me for a drink?" He asked them. Yugito narrowed her eyes and Bee pondered his request. It seemed a little odd, but they didn't bother with it much and walked off with the sage of Konoha.
They entered a small stand that sold good drinks and sat on the seats in front of them. The three ordered a few drinks and simply enjoyed the silence, but that silence didn't last long before Jiraiya broke it.
"So Naruto's been doing good in Kumo?" Jiraiya asked wanting to start the conversation. Bee looked at his saucer and placed his elbow on the table while his other hand flailed around.
"Da boy is so good there. He's so much more than we can even bear. Yeah!" Bee said in a slightly tired tone. Yugito and Jiraiya chuckled at him.
"We guess. Naruto-kun's well-liked in Kumo. You should see him. He's quite the ladies man," Yugito said in slightly irritated tone that Jiraiya didn't miss. The white-haired man chuckled and took another sip of his liquor. It really was bitter, but it didn't matter at the moment.
"He is his father's son after all," Jiraiya said making Yugito and Bee look at their drinks strangely. Jiraiya noticed that and sighed. He placed his drink on the table and turned to the two. The moon was high in the sky and it's presence was reflected in their drinks.
"So Jiraiya-san, why did you call us out here? I don't think it was for a simple or casual conversation," Yugito said and Bee nodded in agreement with her. Jiraiya nodded and twirled his saucer a bit more.
"Your right. I want you both to tell me about this partner training that you want Naruto to do with Kyuubi," Jiraiya said and Yugito narrowed her eyes. Of course it would be about something like that.
"So Lil Nine told you huh?" Bee asked and Jiraiya looked at them.
"Well he didn't tell me much. He just said that you'd be teaching him something when you got back to Kumo," Jiraiya said and Yugito sighed.
"It's nothing we haven't already done. We're just going to help Naruto and Kyuubi work better together. It will help them achieve all that a jinchuuriki should be able to do," Yugito said and Jiraiya nodded with that understanding. If jinchuuriki learned to get along better with their bijuu, then they would really be a force to reckoned with.
"Naruto also told me that he found a way to release the bijuu," Jiraiya said expecting a reaction from the two jinchuuriki, but all he got was two impassive faces that seemed to be smiling slightly.
"That's right. He told us that too. Our bijuu have been hectic about knowing his method. Frankly we're kind of excited also," Yugito said and Jiraiya stiffened.
"I don't think you should have Naruto go through with it," Jiraiya said and immediately Yugito along with Bee frowned and narrowed their eyes.
"What'cha talkin' about ya fool?" Bee asked and Yugito turned to the Toad Sage also for an explanation. They were starting to get a little irritated with what Jiraiya was saying and add to the fact that they were still tired, it wasn't helping at all.
"What I mean is that I don't want Kyuubi to be out of that seal. Naruto's parents gave their lives to keep everyone safe and if Naruto lets Kyuubi go then that would mean that their deaths were for nothing," Jiraiya said to them. Bee and Yugito understood that perspective of Jiraiya, but their bijuu were rather hostile.
"Hmph it's not our fault you humans sealed us inside you. Man that guy is starting to piss me off," Nib said to herself. Yugito gave a small smile that Jiraiya was able to get a rise out of Nibi which wasn't very hard to do, but it was still interesting.
"Well we believe in Naruto-kun and if he thinks it might do well for him then we're all for it. Granted, there will be precautions just in case of anything, but we trust him. Besides Jiraiya-san if you have concerns about it then you should talk to Naruto-kun, not us," Yugito said and on that note the two jinchuuriki excused themselves and left the table. Jiraiya sighed and looked at his cup. He knew Yugito was right, but something like that seemed impossible. He knew it was wrong for Minato to seal the Kyuubi inside Naruto and didn't consider how the blonde would feel, but would Naruto release the one thing that made his parents give up their lives?
"Hehe I guess I'm becoming old," Jiraiya said to himself and left the stand. He paid for his drink then made his presence disappear. He wasn't totally sure about this, but he would come to that bridge when it was time to cross it. Right now was the time for giving Naruto and Karui hell for the chunin exams.
One month later
The entire Konoha village was in an uproar and they had reason to be. It was the Chunin exam finals and it was time to showcase the finalists and represent their villages. There were countless people entering the village and even more walking towards a large dome in the village.
The entire stadium was packed with people. At the top of the stadium was Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Sandaime Hokage. Mann Konoha civilians and shinobi marveled at their leader and whispered wonderful comments about him. Next to him was the Kazekage of Suna. He was here to watch his own shinobi take part in the tournament. No one knew about the plan he had set in motion at the second, but it was amazing to see his face of shock when he saw who was next to him. It was Kumo's Raikage, A. He had come also to foster the good relationship that Konoha and Kumo had going. It was more political, but he also came since he received word from Yugito and Bee that the others would be worth watching. Right next to him were his two guard who were called C and Darui.
"Well Raikage-dono, Kazekage-dono it looks like we will have another exciting Chunin exam this year," Sarutobi said as they all took their seats. A grinned with a nod and folded his arms.
"I'm sure it will be Hokage-dono, but Kumo won't be easy to beat," A said to them with a confident grin never leaving his face. Sarutobi chuckled also and looked at the stadium.
"Konoha is no slouch either Raikage-dono. I'd keep that in mind," Hiruzen replied to him. A chuckled and sat back into his seat.
"Don't underestimate my kids. Their not so weak either," The Kazekage said, but no one was aware that it was Orochimaru in disguise. The damn snake bastard was still up to no good as usual.
"Looks like we'll just have to wait and see," Hokage said to them. Kazekage and Raikage nodded in agreement while Hiruzen stood to his feet and walked to where everyone could hear him.
"Dammit this isn't good. No only is that fool Jiraiya here, but even the Raikage. I can't fight the both of them. I'll have to call this invasion off," Orochimaru thought, but then turned back to listen to Sarutobi's words.
"For centuries the Chunin exams have been a place of great competition. A time to showcase skills and a time to promote the competitors villages. Let us all enjoy this show that they have for us," Hiruzen announced and cheering rang throughout the village. He sat back down in his seat and then a jonin appeared with a senbon in his mouth and flicked it inside his teeth.
"We will now present the competitors from the villages. From Kumogakure, Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze, Karui, Omoi, and Samui," the jonin said and immediately some people's expressions changed. There was confusion about the name Namikaze since people were wondering about their Yondaime. Others seethed when they heard Naruto's name and even began to hope that the blonde would lose or rather die, but it was different for some people. Specifically people from Kumo who cheered for the blonde and his teammates while holding no shame for it at all.
Immediately Naruto, Samui, Karui, and Omoi appeared from an entrance and stood in single file. They all looked taller than they did at the start of the month. Naruto's bangs were longer and his whiskers were oddly more defined if only slightly.
"Hokage-dono, that jonin just said Namikaze. By any chance is that child-," Kazekage began, but Sarutobi chuckled and turned to Raikage.
"It's not my place to say. Naruto-kun is Kumo's shinobi," Hiruzen said and A beamed with a sense of pride, but he did scowl when he managed to catch some of the whispered insults at the blonde.
"He takes after his father doesn't he?" Raikage asked making Sarutobi nod with a small smile.
"I hope your watching Minato, Kushina. Naruto's gonna surprise the two of you," Sarutobi thought and the jonin continued.
"From Sunagakure, Sabaku no Gaara, Sabaku no Temari," he said and the two Suna siblings came out with the younger having the same creepy glare as the first time Naruto had met him.
"And from Otogakure, it's Kin Tsuchi," He said and the Otogakure female came out with her head held high and proud.
"And from Konoha, Neji Hyuuga, Tenten Higurashi, Sai and Shino Aburame," he said and people cheered for the Konoha shinobi as they made their appearance. As they strolled out, Neji sent a spiteful glare at Naruto, but then his glare intensified when he laid his eyes on the Raikage and that look wasn't missed by the Raikage either. He simply narrowed his eyes and stared the Hyuuga down, but that glare fight didn't last long.
"Alright all of you. I'm Genma and I'll be your proctor. Try to make things interesting. First up is a double match up between Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze and Karui of Kumo against Neji Hyuuga and Sai," Genma announced people cheered loudly and their voices rang through the stadium.
"Yeah Neji, Sai kick that brat's ass!" A random civilian said making some people agree with him. Neji grinned while Sai gave a small fake smile.
"So who do you guys think will win?" Kiba asked sitting on his rump in the seats.
"That guy's got no chance against Neji and Sai. I don't know how good he is, but Neji's better," Ino said to them. Shikamaru rolled his eyes and sighed.
"Don't take them lightly. Remember that chick with the blonde hair slammed Sasuke into the ground almost like it was nothing," the Nara genius said making Ino and Sakura scowl at him.
"Troublesome women," Shikamaru thought with a groan. Sasuke glared at the blonde genin on the field and wondered how he was so much stronger than him, an upper-class shinobi.
Naruto and Karui stood together against Neji and Sai. The four took to the field and Neji grinned making Naruto narrowed his eyes at him.
"Give up now Kumo. You can't beat me. Fate has decreed that I will win," Neji said with his own prideful smirk, but it disappeared when he saw Naruto and Karui talking to each other.
"Hmm did you say something?" Karui asked and immediately a shout came from the audience about a hip attitude of some kind, but that didn't matter.
"Hmph I'll show you how weak you are, but before we do. You with the blonde hair, your last name, what's up with it?" Neji asked. Naruto raised an eyebrow, but then it suddenly hit him.
"Nothing up with it. If you know your history then you'll find that my Father was Konoha's Yondaime," Naruto said making Genma raise an eyebrow. He knew it, but he didn't know what Naruto looked like until now. Neji widened his eyes as did everyone else in the stadium who didn't know it. Sai's smiled lessened to an extent, but soon a minority of the crowd in the stadiums erupted in a roar and not the good kind.
"Lies! There is no way that demon brat is the son of our Yondaime! He never had a child," Someone yelled and Naruto narrowed his eyes. Sarutobi, Kakashi, Jiraiya, Asuma, and Shikamaru held their heads down in shame of their village.
"Naruto's the son of the Yondaime! B-But how?" Tenten wondered and Shino adjusted his glasses.
"So that's where I know him from," Shino said to himself. Meanwhile the others in the stands were saying things also.
"Your kidding. Naruto is our Yondaime's son!" Ino yelled while Choji dropped his bag of chips. Sasuke gritted his teeth at the blonde.
"I-It's a lie right? Naruto's from Kumo. Our Yondaime is from Konoha. Maybe they just have the same name," Sakura said to them.
"Please the odds of finding anyone with the name 'Namikaze' is less than slim. It's nearly impossible," Shikamaru told her.
"Why? Why is the Kumo genin the son of this village's hero? I'm an Uchiha, he's nothing," Sasuke said to himself.
"Well that Namikaze kid is quite the man. To be the son of the Yondaime," Temari uttered, but then she saw Gaara with an insane grin across his face.
"Don't slander our Yondaime's name!" Someone said as they threw a bottle at him. Naruto sighed and with his sword made a swift cut of the glass sending it to the floor startling people when they saw his eyes turn to slits.
"I don't care what the hell you all think. I know that truth myself and that's enough for me. If you don't like it, then you can all just shove it!" Naruto said making more Konoha people boo at him, but the blonde didn't know how good his actions were.
"Demon brat why don't you just fuckin' die?" a Konoha shinobi asked and immediately a Kumo jonin stood to his feet.
"Don't take to Naruto like that! Apologize right now!" the Kumo jonin said to the Konoha shinobi. The to glared at each other while the Konoha shinobi huffed.
"Why should I? He's the cause of all our damn suffering! You jinchuuriki lovers make me sick," the shinobi said and the Kumo jonin was losing it badly.
"Take it back!" He yelled sending a punch at the man. The Konoha shinobi struck back and the fight took over. Naruto sighed took out a kunai. He threw the kunai at the two making them separate. The blonde appeared between them in yellow lightning making everyone gasp like they felt a shock from the past. Sarutobi widened his eyes, A dropped his jaw at what Naruto just did and Orochimaru was speechless as was the rest of the stadium.
"T-T-That was the-," the Konoha jonin started in awe, but Naruto didn't let him finish his statement.
"Look I don't have time for this so fight it out on your own time. Like I said, I don't care what you all think. I'm the son of the Yondaime and it's going to stay that way. Get over it!" Naruto said as he appeared back into the field. It was then that he saw Neji with his eyes wide open and even the emotionless Sai was shocked. Karui chuckled and patted her brother's shoulder.
"That's tellin' them Otouto," Karui said and immediately Genma snapped out of his stupor and raised his hand. Neji and Sai snapped out of it also while Neji only got madder at the blonde.
"Alright we'll begin these Chunin Exams. Is everyone ready?" Genma asked. Karui gripped her sword while Naruto gripped his swords also. Neji took his family's Jyuuken stance while Sai took out an ink brush. Genma looked them over and sighed.
"Give us a good show Naruto-kun," Yugito thought. Nibi even voiced her opinion.
"Did you see that gaze in his eyes? I think I might just love him even more," Nibi said making Yugito sigh with a blush on her face.
Bee was grinning like mad while he gave his own thought.
"Show dem what Kumo is about. Yeah!" Bee thought also. Samui and Omoi gave two small smiles as they watched their best friends and little brother start.
"Great Naruto just got everyone's attention. Man what's gonna happen now that he knows an S-rank technique? Are we all going to lose here? Is Naruto now the fastest man alive?" Omoi wondered while he gulped.
"Looks like Naruto-kun knows his stuff. Very cool little brother," Samui thought and Genma lowered his hand.
"Begin,"