Tokiko stood, still in a defensive position, looking at the rather large demon in front of her. She had expected more rotting flesh and disgusting yellow foam or something, not a 6-foot tall demon wearing a suit. His features, though quite human-looking, had a touch of demonic beauty that definitely cast him as a demon. A regal demon that is.

"What do you want... demon?" Tokiko said, cautious and careful in the presence of such a demon.

The demon all but raised an eyebrow in amusement and then smirked. Smirked, as if he were mocking the girl.

"I mean no harm angel. I have to come to deliver a message, nothing more, nothing less..." The demon inspected his nails as he spoke nonchalantly to the girl.

Now it was Tokiko's turn to raise an eyebrow, not out of amusement but of confusion.

"What message do you speak of..." Tokiko said, still not trusting the demon, therefore she was still watching the demon carefully.

The demon smiled, then laughed. That's right, laughed.

'Is he mocking me!'

"What are you laughing at demon..." Tokiko snarled the last word and gritted her teeth, her eyes set on a glare.

"Oh, sorry, sorry... You angels are truly amusing..." The demon shook his head, still letting out a quiet chuckle. Then he composed himself and looked at the angel with a serious expression, despite just laughing earlier himself.

"As I have said, I have come to deliver a message..."

Tokiko paused for a second, slowly contemplating, then spoke, "What is this message you speak of..."

The demon looked to her face, his dark blue eyes complimenting his quite pale skin. He still had that serious expression on his face, while his eyes held none of the playful emotions it had earlier and instead indifference.

"I have a message..."

Then he paused to look up at the darkening sky before turning his gaze back to Tokiko.

"... for the last celestial."

Chapter XIV: The Trials, Part 1.

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"Words"

'Thoughts'

"Kyuubi/Kazuki speaking"

"Hinako speaking"

"THE JUDGE SPEAKING"

Naruto grunted as he parried scythes with his mother, who he had to fight and then defeat for his second test.

At first they had spoken softly with each other, but Naruto knew that his mother was really serious about the test and when she surprise attacked him with a quick punch, he instinctively blocked it but cringed in pain at the force and sheer power of the single punch.

'It is my mom.'

Then both mother and son exchanged punches and kicks, Kushina's being very strong and almost overpowering Naruto due to his small state, while Naruto's punches and kicks were faster and aimed efficiently. Because of this, they reached a stalemate and decided to test each other in armed combat. So Kushina brought forth her original scythe, Falx de Nex Angelus (Scythe of the Death Angel), which left Naruto confused since he thought that he was in possession of said scythe.

'Don't I have that with me...'

Then Naruto opened a storage seal, which was inscribed at the palm of his hand and there appeared on his hand the same scythe. Falx de Nex Angelus (Scythe of the Death Angel).

He looked at the scythe in his hand first, then turned to look at the one in his mother's hand. He kept alternating between the two, confusing himself even more.

Kushina sighed and shook her head as she saw her son's face contort into one of confusion, then into more confusion, and even more confusion...

"NARUTO!" That got Naruto's attention though he still looked to be confused.

His mother sighed as she held her scythe with both hands, "You're having your Awakening Ritual now so don't be so confused. Anything can happen here..." Then Kushina shook her head as she remembered her Awakening Ritual (It was different from Naruto's one of course) and her own bewildered face at seeing two identical scythes during her fight.

'I guess it's true then; Like mother, like son.'

Kushina then adopted a serious expression on her face and slowly spoke, "Now we continue the Test..." And with a burst of unnatural speed, attacked Naruto with a downwards strike. Naruto quickly blocked, but just like in the earlier hand-to-hand battle, his mother was very strong and almost overpowering. Almost.

Using every ounce of willpower, he returned the attack and both figures began their deadly dances. Naruto used his created style of Donum de Luna (Gift of the Moon), while his mother used her own style that surprisingly, was very similar to Naruto's own.

Despite his small physique and young age (9 years old), Naruto excelled faster than anyone in his age group and even those above his age group. It was due to his genes of an angel, which usually guaranteed a faster learning and understanding of things, and Kyuubi's own demonic chakra, which changed his whole body by enhancing it. From muscles to bones, to his senses, to his own brain activity, everything had improved. This was why Naruto could withstand such difficult training routines and rituals since usually someone of his age could not even awaken their own chakra yet themselves. So Naruto could eligibly be a 'prodigy' as one called it.

His abilities now were all because of training, not power boosts since what happened to his body happened to him as a baby not when he was growing. Therefore, each thing that distinguished him from the normal 9-year-old child was either in his blood or in the effects of demonic chakra being forcibly sealed into his body as a baby.

So as Naruto parried strikes with his mother, his strikes being faster and much more swift than his mother due to his small physique and training, Naruto thought of the hard work and training he'd done.

'I won't let all of that hard work be in vain!'

And with one final downward strike from Naruto, he leaped back and with an outstretched hand, he uttered, "Wind Blade."

And with that, wind began to gather around him and as he finished uttering the two words, blades of pure wind began to shoot from his hand and then he sprung back to Kushina's position and with his scythe, he struck downwards, uttering, "Wind Aura."

This gave his strikes even more power and edge since the wind reformed around his scythe and spread over the blade of the scythe, like a whitish aura.

Surprisingly, Kushina was able to block it, after blocking and dodging the other wind blades that Naruto had sent from the palm of his hand. She was able to block due to her strength and power though without that, she would surely fall due to the added speed and power the wind granted to her son's scythe.

Then they exchanged strikes again, this time Kushina was on the defensive, continuously blocking and dodging since the aura of wind granted Naruto more speed and strength.

Naruto's scythe glowed white as Naruto leaped back once again and the sky around Naruto and Kushina also changed into a dark night sky with a crescent moon illuminating the sky along with some stars.

Naruto closed his eyes, sighed softly, then opened his eyes and began his deadly combo, after uttering, "Tripudio de Luna : Primoris Crescent." (Dance of the Moon: First Crescent)

And with that, he leaped over to Kushina and swung sideways again and again... and again. Kushina had managed to dodge, but after the first 5 strikes, it became faster and faster until she couldn't keep up and was instead hit repeatedly.

Then Naruto crouched and used the non-sharp end of his scythe to hit his mother on the chin, which caused her to be lifted in the air. Naruto stepped back as Kushina was lifted in the air and with his palm outstretched yet again, he uttered, "Valde Effregoper : Anhelo de Ondine." (Great Breakthrough: Breathe of the Ondine)

Kushina was engulfed in wind that swirled around her and kept her immobile and floating, while whips and blades made of wind appeared around her also and began to strike mercilessly at Kushina, who still clutched at her scythe.

Then Naruto held his scythe firmly with both his hands and delivered with his scythe, a silver crescent-shaped attack that seemingly shot out from Naruto's scythe itself and hit Kushina. The sharp blade hit Kushina's side and gave to her a long wound that was shaped as a crescent across her stomach.

Kushina screamed in pain as the blade tore through her stomach, leaving behind a crescent-shaped wound that could have tore through her and cut her in half if she didn't possess a healing factor as a death angel.

After the initial blade attack, the wind around her suddenly pushed her back and sent her flying. She would have fell off of the stone circle had she not used her scythe. She used her scythe's blade to strike the ground and to keep her from going back any further.

Naruto panted and watched his mother as she prevented herself from falling. She then stood up and Naruto widened his eyes and watched in amazement as the crescent-shaped wound on her mother's stomach slowly disappeared, but left behind a crescent-shaped scar as evidence of Naruto's attack hitting her.

Kushina was also panting albeit more than Naruto since she had been the unfortunate victim of Naruto's combo. Then focusing her energy, she healed herself. First the various cuts on her body and then the main wound on her stomach, which eventually faded away. However, there was a crescent-shaped scar across her stomach.

She didn't mind since the scars of battle reminded her that she herself had survived. She had other scars of course, but that was currently irrelevant.

Naruto gaped openly at his mother as she healed every scratch, cut, and wound that he himself had earlier inflicted on her.

'How'd she do that! It's even more grand than my healing factor...'

As if reading his mind, Kushina spoke, "Us death angels have a very strong healing factor, if not the strongest... and only the most serious of wounds will be very difficult to heal."

Naruto nodded his head in understanding, then prepared himself for her as she was not yet defeated.

Kushina saw her son get into a battle stance and as she flexed her arms, she said, "Well, time for the big guns... ready Naruto..."

Naruto looked at her confused. 'What did she mean by that... OH!' He watched as she bowed her head and then black wings emerged from her back. However, as she slowly lifted her head, she had looked different.

Her red hair now had several black strands that collaborated with each other perfectly and her eyes were now dark red. Instead of looking very demonic, she looked more as an angel since her eyes did not look demonic or hold any ill feelings.

Her wings, dark black in color, slowly woke to life and Kushina flapped them as if stretching.

She then looked at Naruto in expectancy and Naruto eventually realized what she wanted (after 15 seconds of silence and staring) and he too brought out his wings.

Since he had yet to awaken, Naruto's eyes did not change either or his bright blonde hair. The only evidence of his transition from normal human-looking boy to yet-to-awaken celestial were his pure white wings, which he too flapped.

Then both figures held their respective scythes (both identical) and charged at each other, their wings flapping and lifting them from the ground.

As they both clashed with their scythes, a shockwave of energy erupted from their scythes but did not harm them. After clashing, both would retreat back and then disappear after a step and would once again appear at the center, clashing swords. It continued on like this, only blurs and bursts of energy seen from the fearsome battle between mother and son.

It eventually ended as both Kushina and Naruto grinned, focusing their energy on their scythes, making their scythes glow. Then they leaped over to each other again as blurs and clashed.

Kushina pushed her scythe forward and kept doing so slowly, due to her overpowering strength. However, Naruto gritted his teeth and also pushed forward, causing both scythes to slowly move away and then move toward Naruto.

Naruto was slowly losing energy and due to his mother's strength, he was failing and the scythe continued its slow journey towards Naruto's neck.

'No...I can't, c-cant lose... ' Naruto thought and images of his precious people appeared before him giving him their own word of encouragement, 'Papa, Mama, Sarutobi-jiji, Danzo-oji, Ayame nee-chan, Teuchi oji-san, Hinako nee-san, Kazuki nii-san, Custos sensei...'

'... I CAN'T AND WON'T LOSE !'

Then with new energy, Naruto pushed back and Kushina's eyes slowly widened and she pressed even harder. However, Naruto's new strength was much too overpowering and with renewed vigor, Naruto completely pushed back at his mother's scythe and caused her to be pushed back and she fell to the ground.

Kushina opened her eyes and then widened them as she saw the blade at her throat.

And with a smile on his face, Naruto said, "Yield."

Hinata was still tending to Naruto. However, his condition seemed to worsen and she looked as his face displayed different emotions. Pain. Nervousness. Happiness. Pain. More Pain. Determination. Then finally Happiness.

Naruto was of course smiling due to his victory against his mother, but Hinata didn't know that.

'Naruto nii-san needs help... but I can't leave him...'

She continued to look at her options in her mind and in the end, she decided. She couldn't leave Naruto alone so she had to somehow alert someone without leaving Naruto's side.

'I-I don't know if I can do it though...'

However, as she looked at Naruto, whose face was now set in an pain-filled expression, she decided she had to do it.

So putting her hands in the correct hand seal, she burst her chakra, which she hoped would alert someone.

'Someone... please come...'

Kushina smiled back to her son and said, "I yield."

Naruto then offered her his hand, which she gratefully took, and he lifted her back up.

"You have passed this Test. I am proud of you." Kushina then disappeared from sight, her final words echoing in Naruto's mind.

'She is proud of me...'

"WELL DONE CELESTIAL, YOU HAVE PASSED THE FIRST TEST. YOU ARE WILLING TO FIGHT YOUR MOTHER, IF YOU HAD TO. NOW THIS IS THE NEXT TEST. A TEST OF EMOTIONS."

The deep booming voice disappeared and Naruto immediately fell on his knees, holding onto his head and closing his eyes.

'Demon!'

'Monster!'

'Go and Die!'

'We hate you!'

'Demon!'

'WE HATE YOU!'

Then Naruto screamed in pain.

Hinako looked sadly at Naruto's hunched figure and a tear fell from her eye and down her cheek.

"The next trial... to be forced to endure all the pain you had felt before... but this time..."

"... all together."

Naruto screamed again.

And that's it... not. Sorry, I was about to stop here, but decided not to... Was deciding for a long while too... Well, sorry for doing this again, but like I said, I was simply debating... Oh! Please continue the rest of the chapter, it's not exactly over yet... I wonder how many of you people can figure out exactly what trial Naruto's in...

... sorry, I was babbling. Well, anyway like I said, please continue with the rest of the story (Sorry for the inconvenience =/)

Naruto screamed and writhed in pain as each memory, each repressed memory made itself known once again, and what Naruto thought he would never ever feel again, well, he was wrong...

Each lie, betrayal, backstab, beating, abuse, and all things negative weighed down inside Naruto's head. He continued to scream and cry, asking for the pain to go away, but alas, it would not.

'Demon brat!'

'Murderer!'

'Monster!'

'Evil Demon!'

'We hate you!'

'No one cares about you!'

'GO AND DIE!'

Then Naruto fainted after screaming in pain at the sudden memory, his mindscape changing from a beautiful meadow, back to a wet, vile sewer.

"W-where am I-I...?" Naruto looked around and looked at his hands and feet.

'What's going on...?'

Fortunately, the pain had gone from Naruto's head. However, he had no idea where he was...

'Wasn't this th-'

"Kit! Are you alright?"

Naruto immediately widened his eyes and looked around for the owner of the voice, but found no one.

"KAZU-NII!" Naruto exclaimed, deciding on just shouting as loud as he could, mindscape or not.

"Kit! I'm here don't worry... Unfortunately, I'm unable to be there with you, but I can at least talk to you for now..."

"F-for now! What'd you mean!"

"This is still part of the test so I'm guessing you'll have to do that..."

"That? What do you mean by 'that'?"

"Earlier, you were in pain because all of your repressed memories suddenly broke out of your mind block and well, engulfed you at once..."

"B-but why? Don't I block certain memories subconsciously...?"

"Yes, but something caused all those memories to suddenly be un-blocked!"

"I'm guessing it's part of the whole Test thing..."

"Yes, and because of the influx of repressed memories, your mindscape changed into what it was in the beginning...a sewer."

"But didn't I get rid of that!"

"You didn't exactly get rid of it..." Then Naruto had a look that just said 'Spill.' And so he did.

"You only repressed it and along with your deepest fears and dark memories, buried them deep in the depths of your mind..."

"So right now, I'm in the deepest darkest part of my mind..."

"Yes. You can probably really get rid of this place if you manage to defeat the guardian..."

"Guardian?"

"Yes, guardian. Since these are your repressed memories, your mind subconsciously created a guardian to protect those certain memories..."

"So all I have to do is defeat this 'guardian' then I get rid of this place?"

"Yes, but it's not exactly easy to defeat the guardian..."

"... since he's possibly your dark side..."

"WHAT?"

"Did you think your mind would create some old man or something! Your mind just created a personification of the darkness that dwells within you..."

"So I have to face 'me' again?"

"This won't be the same as earlier, but it will be much more difficult... You see, since he is dark and everyone's got their dark side, he won't just be some mindless robot who looks like you, but he really will be you. Figuratively of course."

"What? So what do I have to do to defeat him then...?"

"Well, can't help ya there kit, but I'm sure you'll think something up. Well, I have to go now..."

"WAIT! Kazu-nii-"

"... I believe in you."

Then with that, the voice disappeared and Naruto was once again left alone.

"Thanks a lot for the advice Kazu-nii..." Naruto muttered, shaking his head as he paced around the large sewer he called his mindscape.

Then out from the shadows emerged a dark figure.

"Hello there."

Fortunately, Hinata was able to create a big enough burst of chakra that alerted some of the ninja around her.

When they went to investigate, Hinata told them to alert the Hokage, to which they did.

The Hokage then alerted his old team-mate Danzo, who went to wait for the three (Hinata, Naruto, and Sarutobi) in the Hokage's office, while the Hokage himself went to Naruto's house and with Hinata, brought Naruto to the Hokage's office.

After arriving shortly, the Hokage activated the security and privacy seals around the room, while Danzo closed the blinds and windows, and Hinata took the still unconscious form of Naruto and laid him down on the floor. All in 5 seconds.

"D-do you k-know w-what's wrong w-with Naruto-nii?" Hinata asked, still gazing at her beloved brother's pain-stricken face.

The Hokage placed his hand on Hinata's shoulder and smiled reassuringly, "Don't worry Hinata. He'll be fine."

Hinata nodded and smiled back at the Hokage, then went back to gazing at her nii-chan.

Danzo spoke next, explaining, "This is caused by his bloodline, the Heavenly Gift of the Angels."

"A-angels?" Hinata spoke, wide-eyed as she turned to look at the old war hawk.

"Yes, Naruto's clan descended from angels and at some point in their life will be tested if they are worthy of their ability..." The Hokage spoke, continuing on from what Danzo explained.

"S-so Naruto-nii will b-be fine...?"

"I'm not really sure..." Sarutobi replied, a sad tone in his voice.

"... but all we can do is hope..." Danzo continued, with words that no one would've ever thought he would say.

And Hinata smiled, gazing at Naruto's face.

Yami Naruto (Dark Naruto) looked at his counter-part and then smiled widely, unknowingly scaring (real) Naruto.

"So you must be my darkness right...?" Naruto said questioningly, still keeping his gaze at his counter-part.

"Wrong..." Then Yami Naruto paused, closing his black orbs, then reopening them, just as he continued.

"... I'm the real you. The true self that lies at the bottom of your heart."

(Real) Naruto's eyes widened and he replied, "No! You're not! I'm the real me. You're nothing but-"

"I'm the truth inside you. The real you." Yami Naruto interrupted.

"T-the real me... N-no, it's-"

Then Yami Naruto interrupted once again, "I'm the hatred you hold dear. I'm your darkness!"

(Real) Naruto narrowed his eyes, "Is that what you think...?"

"It's not what I think! It's what I know! I'm the real you! You can't get rid of me, imposter!"

(Real) Naruto spluttered, "I-imposter! I'm no imposter! IT'S YOU!" Then (real) Naruto pointed at Yami Naruto accusingly.

Then Yami Naruto smiled, and set into a run. In (real) Naruto's direction.

As Yami Naruto ran in a burst of speed, his fist was pulled back and ready to strike, and when he reached (real) Naruto's position, he punched down with his left hand, which (real) Naruto blocked.

Then both Yami Naruto and (Real) Naruto engaged in a purely Taijutsu match. And as (real) Naruto blocked a punch from Yami Naruto, he exclaimed, "You're the IMPOSTER!"

Hinata looked, still staring at the still face of her nii-chan. Naruto nii-chan.

The Third and Danzo were still there, discussing several, political, things. Hinata just sat there, carefully watching over the face of her nii-chan.

Then suddenly, his still face contorted into that of a pain-filled expression, then determination.

'What's going on...?' Hinata thought quietly.

In Naruto's mindscape, both (real) Naruto and Yami Naruto were on the ground, huffing and panting.

(Real) Naruto swore, then thought, 'He really is just as strong as me... If we keep fighting, we'll go on forever.'

As both Narutos slowly got up, Yami Naruto smirked, then said, "You can't take me down... It's impossible..."

Naruto spoke, "Then I'll beat you with numbers!" Then (real) Naruto created clones and they appeared by the hundreds behind him.

However, Yami Naruto just smirked, and then did the same, which left the (real) Naruto surprised.

"W-wha!"

'When Kazu-nii said that he was me, he wasn't kidding!'

"I'm guessing the number of clones are the same..." (Real) Naruto said.

Yami Naruto smirked yet again, then replied, "You catch on quick..."

A few hours later, both Narutos were once again sprawled at the floor panting. Panting hard.

Yami Naruto stood up once again just as (Real) Naruto did too. Then he smirked, "Nothing's gonna change. You can't beat me."

(Real) Naruto was still catching his breath, but he had gone through every strategy he knew, but none seemed to work. Yami Naruto was his equal. He wasn't any better than the real Naruto, but he wasn't weaker than Naruto at the same time.

As (real) Naruto was brainstorming, he finally realized it.

'There's no way to overpower him. He has all the same moves as me! But then-'

"Since I can't beat you... you must already know right...?"

"W-what?" Yami Naruto said, actually confused for once.

"Oh, I'll bring up a mental image..." Then Naruto closed his eyes and opened them, just as a huge screen appeared. Of the Hidden Leaf Village.

"I want to protect this village."

Yami Naruto snarled, then began shouting, "WHO GIVES A SHIT ABOUT THEM! THEY ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE BEEN ABUSING US AND BETRAYING US! IT WAS THEIR RULES THAT MADE US A PARIAH! AN OUTCAST!"

Yami Naruto then placed his hands above his heart, and continued his tirade, "IT HURT RIGHT! IT WAS TORTURE RIGHT? I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO REALLY UNDERSTANDS! YOU CAN'T TRUST THEM!"

(Real) Naruto replied, "Well, ... The villagers are important, but first there's someone else I need to believe in..."

Yami Naruto looked in confusion and shock, "?"

"I need to believe in myself... I need to show the people that I'm someone they can be proud of."

Yami Naruto stood there silent, wide-eyed.

Then after a moment of silence, Yami Naruto fell on his knees, back still straight, but head bowed down, then he laughed. Laughed.

"Hu- Huahahahaha..."

Yami Naruto then shook his head, muttering, "Nnh-"

"They... they hurt us so much... Why...?" Yami Naruto continued.

(Real) Naruto then spoke, "It was the Third Hokage... and all the other Hokages..."

"... they all possess the Will of Fire. The burning desire to protect those precious to them. A-and all those Hokage..."

"... they all had complete faith in themselves, they never sulked or whined about their responsibilities, they're proud of who they are!"

"SO WHAT! WHAT AM I TO YOU THEN! AM I JUST AN OBSTACLE TO YOU!" Yami Naruto shouted out.

(Real) Naruto replied, "Thanks to what you've made me realize, you've made me stronger..."

"THEN WHAT! WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO NOW?" Yami Naruto had already broke into a run, fist pulled back and ready to punch his counter-part.

However, (real) Naruto stayed still, unmoving, and just replied, "What do you think?"

And as Yami Naruto was about to punch (real) Naruto, (real) Naruto simply swerved a bit to the side and caught his counter-part in a hug, the punch forgotten.

Answering the unanswered question from earlier, (real) Naruto spoke, "You be like me... because you are me."

Yami Naruto simply stayed silent, in shock of what (real) Naruto had just said and done.

"Thank you... for showing me the light."

Then Yami Naruto's eyes brightened and turned to white and slowly, he faded. And in a few seconds, Yami Naruto had faded away...

Hinata smiled as she saw her nii-chan's face light up and smile. However, she wasn't the only one.

Hinako looked in happiness as she watched Naruto pass the test.

'You actually did it...'

'... amazing.'

Naruto watched as both Yami Naruto and the sewer-like background disappeared and faded back to what it was before. A beautiful meadow.

There, he saw a quick image of his mother, father, and Kazu-nii. Each smiling.

'Well done son. You managed to defeat me.'

'I am so proud to be your daddy... We believe in you.'

'I knew you could do it kit...'

And as the image faded away, Naruto couldn't help but smile and let a lone tear fall down his cheek.

"WELL DONE. YOU HAVE FINISHED THIS TEST. NOW YOUR FINAL TEST..."

And end! Yes! I finally finished this chapter! Sorry for taking so long to update, but unfortunately I was busy and unable to have access to a computer... It was my birthday too!

Well, the tests aren't done yet, but they will be soon! And and! I want to see if any of you guys understand what's going on and what the heck the tests are! I wonder if you guys can answer these questions then and figure it out...

- What tests were those?

-First Test?

-Second Test?

-Third Test?

- and maybe more Tests?

If you guys can answer that, THAT'LL BE AWESOME! It means you guys actually read this!

OH AND IMPORTANT AUTHOR'S NOTE: I HAVE JUST RECEIVED MY FIRST FLAME AND AM NOT HAPPY... AT ALL. YOU GUYS MAY HAVE A LOOK AT IT IF YOU WISH. IT IS A REVIEW FOR CHAPTER 13. WELL, THIS IS A MESSAGE TO ALL WHO WISH TO FLAME THIS STORY.

If you don't like the story, then just shut up and leave. I mean, when I didn't like a certain fanfic story, I don't go flaming them! I JUST LEAVE AND MOVE ON TO ANOTHER STORY, NOT WHINE ABOUT IT! And besides, what gives you the right to judge! This is MY STORY not yours! So I can do whatever the hell I want to do to it! Like I said, I only accept constructive criticism. Constructive, not destructive. Also, how can you judge AN INCOMPLETE STORY.. INCOMPLETE MEANS INCOMPLETE, MEANING 'NOT YET FINISHED' SO YOU CAN'T REVIEW AND FLAME AS IF YOU'VE READ THE WHOLE STORY, WHICH YOU HAVEN'T SINCE THIS IS INCOMPLETE! REVIEWS ARE SUPPOSED TO HELP THE AUTHOR IMPROVE!

And if you don't like the fact that this story is too 'cliched' or has too many 'power boosts for Naruto', then just STFU and leave. I mean seriously, I got more than 80 people reading this, and possibly more, and each of them has expressed their like to this story as seen by them adding me as: Favourite Author, or on Author Alert. Or by adding this story as: Favourite Story, or on Story Alert. Not to mention the fact that PEOPLE HAVE REVIEWED THIS. And I can't really accept a FLAME FROM SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T EVEN WRITE FANFICTION HIMSELF. I MEAN, SERIOUSLY, IF IT WERE FROM SOME HOT-SHOT AUTHOR, THEN I WOULD ACTUALLY MAYBE HEED THEIR ADVICE (NO MATTER HOW UNREASONABLE). HOWEVER, I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS SO DUMB AND SO JUDGEMENTAL ON A STORY THAT IS INCOMPLETE.

HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE I'LL DO TO THE STORY IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE WHOLE THING YOURSELF! And I gave Naruto power boosts on purpose, OBVIOUSLY (DUH), I mean, why would I write that meaninglessly... (I got plans for it...)

Well, to all flamers, just STFU and leave. Please, you'll do the world a favour. Just go flame someone else or just KEEP YOUR OPINIONS TO YOURSELF. 1 out of 80 people doesn't really count.

*phew* Rant done... Seriously, the stupid flame just annoyed and irritated me and if he wanted to leave, he didn't have to announce it to everyone in a review! But anyway, some good actually came to me from that flame (my first flame) and that good was that I got some more inspiration for this story! And no, Naruto will not be too strong or anything... you'll definitely see in the next chapter! Hehehe, I was going to write it in this chapter (the rest of the test), but I decided not to. You know, hide the surprise...

Well, time for the poll once again. This will be the last time anyone can vote, so whether you have voted in the previous chapters or not, you can vote in this chapter! Here are the results:

Sasuke Bad - 6 votes

Sasuke Bad then Good - 10 Votes (Now, I wonder why?)

Unfortunately, I might not be able to update very often, but when I can, I will, I PROMISE! Since I got school next week that's why! Well, I hope you guys review!

I LOVE YOUR REVIEWS! PLEASE GIVE ME MORE!

(Updates will be far quicker...)

I love ya my reviewers and readers! I will never abandon you guys! NEVER EVER!

-The Silent Peacemaker