God dammit, I swear to god this chapter is fucking cursed. I write this up three god damn times and it randomly deleats itself, probably my fault and I apologise in advance for how late this fucking thing was and there is without a doubt a few errors here and there but regardless here it is, in all its...shining...glory...I promise the next chapter will be uploaded faster but without future or do, here you go.
Chapter 21 - Moving up in the world
Today's the day, the day when ninja all over the world come to one place to move up as a ninja. And where is our hero you ask?
"Give me fifty more!" Riza shouted as she was sitting on Naruto's back while he was doing push ups. Ker and Kyuubi were just watching because they had nothing better to do.
"You said that one hundred push ups ago!" Naruto said in pain as he was starting to break down.
"No excuses! You won't stop until you bleed sweat"
"I am bleeding sweat!"
"Riza I think your killing him"
"Nonsense, this warm up will make sure he's ready for all the bullshit later"
"These...warm ups are destroying him"
"Hay I could do a thousand of these things without even feeling tired"
"No you can't, you can't even do ten without getting bored"
"Well yeah it is fucking boring"
"Then why are you making Naruto do it?"
"Because its fun watching some one else do it for once"
"Enough, Naruto you can stop now" Kyuubi said as Naruto just dropped dead on the floor from exhaustion, it didn't help that Riza was still on top of him.
"Hay you can't interrupt my personal training, we weren't even half way done. Get back to work " Riza said poking Naruto.
"He's my slave not yours and I want him in his best condition, do you think that is the best state he can be in right now?" Riza looked over at the exhausted Naruto and started thinking.
"Maybe we could move on to weight lifting" Kyuubi slapped Riza on the back of the head. "What was that for?"
"Making sure your not completely brain dead. Ker get him back on his feet"
"Don't you think he needs a break or something"
"He can rest when the exam is over and just to make sure we're clear...it's not over. Riza get off him"
"But I'm comfortable"
"I said get off him"
"Your so mean" Riza pouted as she and Kyuubi walked in the living room.
"Err are you okay"
"My arms feel like they've been ripped off then put back on then ripped off again"
"Could be worse, your arm could actually be torn off. Then again they probably will later on"
"Thanks for making me feel better"
"Don't mention it" Ker turned to flames and covered Naruto body and became the hoody. 'I'll try and get your muscles back to normal'
"Don't, I don't want to get back up"
"Don't be a bitch, as soon as we get this done the better"
"The exam starts today and I'm already in pain before the damn thing starts. What a great way to start the whole bijuu hunt"
"You make it sound like we're going fishing or something. I hope you realise the bijuu we're after is the size of a damn mountain"
"Perfect..."
"But Kyuubi wouldn't have dragged you into this unless you were ready to at least put up a fight so lighten up"
"Your not the one in pain right now"
"No but I'm the one sleeping with a damn psychopath at night so I know what pain actually is"
"That doesn't make sense"
"You have no idea of the pain vixen can cause you at night"
"I don't want to know"
"Well regardless your body should be atleast able to move so get your ass in gear and get moving"
"Alright I'm moving" Naruto struggled but managed to get back on his feet and made his way to the living room.
"Finally decided to join us?" Riza said as she was sitting on the chair backwards for whatever reason.
"I feel like crap" Naruto said as he sat down and slammed his head on the table.
"Well that's a sign of progress where I come from"
"There's a good reason that place doesn't exist any more"
"Hay that's not cool"
"Anyway we need to discuss this exam"
"Oh yeah this exam thing, I forgot about that. Way to ruin the planes for the day Kyuubi"
"How did you forget you were just training Naruto and what plans?"
"I was going to see if anyone could beat me in a game of chicken. The idea is I point the katana at someone and slowly get closer until someone admits defeat"
"But you could just cover yourself with steel so the katana can't hurt you" Naruto said.
"And that's how I always win, don't tell anyone my secret"
"Moving on, what's the plan for the exam?" Naruto said giving up on Riza.
"I'll explain it all but first...can you do something about her?" Kyuubi pointed to her left, Naruto looked in the direction to see Yuri and Naoki staring at each other while growling.
"Oh yeah she came along" When they were leaving the tiger's domain Yuri insisted that she wanted to know more about Naruto as he was now her new master so Naruto let her come with them back to the village.
"I forgot why I even allowed her to come with us"
"Because you said we needed a new guard dog since Ker wasn't pulling his weight" Riza said.
'Bitch what you say?' Ker said forgetting he was still in Naruto's mind.
"Yeah that's right"
'Damn vixens' Ker detached from Naruto's body finally.
"Hay Ker we were just talking about you" Riza said sarcastically
"Kiss my ass"
"What are you guys doing?" Naruto asked to the animals.
"Attack!" Lyon shouted as he threw a carrot at Yuri which hit her on the head, surprisingly it...was ineffective. "Run away!" Lyon ran backwards without looking and hit the wall.
"Worthless" Kyuubi said cracking a smile.
"You must be proud to call him your son" Riza patted Naruto on the shoulder.
"Shut up"
"Someone just tell the idiots to come over here. My heads starting to hurt"
"Alright everyone settle down" Naruto said as Yuri walked over to the table and rested her head on Naruto's shoulder while Naoki picked Lyon up with her tail and walked to the table.
"Good. Now-" Everyone was waiting for Kyuubi's speech but she didn't say anything...at all.
"Well?"
"I forgot what I was about to say"
"I like this plan, nice simple and straight to the point" Riza said nodding her head to the so called plan.
"Are you serious? You forgot the plan?" Naruto said in confusion.
"I was up all night thinking how we could kill Shukaku in the most effective way possible so sorry if my head my be hurting more than usual!" Kyuubi growled and looked pissed off.
"Okay I'm sorry" Naruto held up his hands in defence.
"See this is why you do your homework before hand and not on the last day" Riza said.
"Planning to take out a bijuu isn't as easy as homework"
"That's what they all say then on the last day BAM, we all end up dead" Kyuubi grunted as another spike of pain shot in her head.
"Are you okay?" Naruto said quite worried.
"I'm fine, it's just a headache. Anyway I have a plan to kill Shukaku now that I remembered"
"Alright lets hear it"
"First I need to talk about a few things regarding how a bijuu is sealed inside the host"
"Why?"
"Because it may be useful in the long run"
"If you say so"
"As you all know or should know. A seal must be imprinted on the host for a bijuu to be sealed inside the body right?" Everyone nodded. "If my theory is right which they always are, it could be possible that Shukaku can bypass the seal"
"Like you?"
"Not exactly but your thinking on the right lines. I bypassed the seal because since I was sealed inside of Naruto I constantly leaked my chakra in portions which caused the seal to slowly crack and weaken. It got to a point where I could send a large portion of my chakra out of the seal. That being this body"
"Wait hold on, so my seal has started to release?"
"I didn't say release, I said bypassed. I can't leave the seal completely because it's just impossible. No matter how weak the seal is, as long as its form remains on your body, I'm trapped"
"Oh so that's how you escaped the seal" Riza said thinking she understood the whole seal thing.
"I haven't left the seal, I'm still inside of Naruto"
"Yeah but your here as well"
"No I'm not, what you see here is just my chakra. My real body is still in Naruto, I wouldn't even consider this body a real thing. It's just chakra"
"Well yeah but your...you know...here...standing right next to us"
"Yes in Naruto's body"
"Lyon confuzed"
"Forget it. It might be possible that Shukaku to also leave the seal as well, technically speaking anyway"
"So your saying Shukaku did the same thing you've done to my seal?"
"I'm not sure but there's more to it. With all jinjurikis, if their emotions raise to a certain extend then the bijuu's chakra leaks freely from the seal. This happened a couple of times with you Naruto. That also helped leaking some of my chakra out the time you and I met"
"Okay but so what? You didn't take over my body when it happened, well atleast I don't think you did"
"That's because I choose not to, a bijuu can control the host when this happens and if the host is emotionally unstable. The bijuu can completely engulf the host and that's just the start. A host of a bijuu may not know it but they do start to gain traits or some characteristics of the bijuu so keeping that in mind. What do you think happens to the host when they completely lose they're grip on their own sanity?"
"They lose control?"
"They snap and the bijuu takes control of them, their body's and mind become nothing but a black void and the bijuu devours the host. Even if they don't the host will think exactly like the bijuu, their will be no difference between the two except the fact one is human and one is bijuu"
"So...you mean Shukaku can actually take control of his host"
"Exactly"
"That's...not good"
"Wait so you know all this, yet you haven't tried to take over Naruto's body?"
"I have my reasons why I haven't...devoured Naruto, one of them being because I can't be bothered"
"Hum..." Naruto scratched the back of his head rather uncomfortably.
"As I said its only when the host becomes emotionally unstable, I can't just take over you when I want...kind of"
"What?"
"Nothing"
"So what's the plan to actually kill Shukaku then?"
"Well taking all that into account we have a very simple solution. Kill the host before Shukaku takes over his host's body"
"Now that's a plan I can follow" Riza said happily.
"That's going to be hard with all of his sand blocking the attacks"
"Just who do you think I am Naruto? If there is one think in live I am good at, that's beating my brothers and sisters...to death. Tell me what happens to sand when gets very hot?"
"I don't know"
"Neither do I" Riza said after making Kyuubi just sign and face palm.
"Its turns to glass"
"Really? That's some magic bullshit"
"It's not magic you fool, when sand is heated to such a degree it turns to glass. Since me and Naruto use fire that means all we have to do is constantly attack with fire and his sand become almost worthless. But there is a problem"
"Lets hear it"
"Shukaku can summon sand from the earth below him, giving him an endless supply of sand. But as I just said as long as you use fire then you should be fine"
"That means me fighting him is out of a question, what the hell do I do then?"
"I don't want you to have anything to do with Shukaku, you can deal with his partners and anyone else who gets in the way"
"Fair enough"
"Is it really that easy? Just turn his sand to glass?"
"Shukaku's body is completely made of sand so he doesn't exactly feel pain as his body isn't even organic. He has no weaknesses, this is the only things that we can use to defeat him"
"In other words, we're fucked unless we do what you say"
"I didn't want to ruin your confidence"
"As long as you think its winnable then we will too"
"Hold on wouldn't Shakaku's sense that you're the Kyuubi? I mean you are related"
"Shukaku is a lazy sack of shit when it comes to the day time, he's most likely be sleeping the day away until his host starts to get excited. I should be fine until the fighting starts"
"Oh good'
"Now we just need to wait for the exam to start"
"So..." Everyone just stood there in silence.
"Anyone do anything other than fighting recently?" Naruto said hoping to start a conversation.
"Nope"
"Is it sad that we only fight and kill things?" Riza said.
"Well what else can we do?"
"Hum I didn't really think about it"
"Are you sure its a good idea to have her here?" Ker pointed to Yuri.
"She won't leave me alone" Naruto said stroking Yuri's head.
"Wasn't she one of the packleaders from that dump?"
"That's right"
"Well what can she do?"
"No idea, Naruto and Miya were the only ones to fight her"
"Who's Miya?"
"A female packleader like Yuri"
"Oh another female? Fuck that, wait you fought her? Why is she even here then?"
"Long story shot, her pack was breaking some of the laws and the punishment is death, Yuri was the one who reported it. Since she didn't break any of the rules she was safe from the punishment and since she has nothing better to do, she's here with us, although I'm still trying to figure out this whole ordeal" Riza pointed to Yuri who was rubbing her head against Naruto's.
"It's an animal thing"
"Well how do I make her stop?"
"You don't"
"Amazing, you spend years trying to make one friend in this village who is a human yet when you meet something what's not even human they get attached to you like this. So cute yet so strange" Riza said with a smile on her face.
"Naruto's into the kinky shit"
"No I'm not!"
"Oh yes you are"
"When have I ever did something what makes me...kinky?"
"You have a tail dude"
"I didn't ask for this"
"Yes you did"
"No I didn't!"
"I believe you agreed to me asking you if you wanted to have some fun. You said yes and don't act like you didn't enjoy it"
"You bit me"
"And you didn't try to stop me"
"It's alright Naruto. It's in a humans nature to have weird fetishes now and then, its part of growing up"
"I don't recall people having these types of fetishes"
"Your not denying it"
"Well I'm not admitting it either"
"But you are applying it"
"Well you're the one who suggesting it"
"Lyon's head hurtz" Lyon held his head.
"I like normal...humans alright"
"Sure you do, that bite mark on your neck would prove otherwise"
"I DIDN'T ASK FOR THIS!"
"Aww you look so cute when your embarrassed"
"Shut up!"
"Its okay, I mean I would kill for an attractive yet deadly chick with nine tails to dominate me" Everyone including Yuri just froze and started at Riza. "What?"
"Thanks for that Riza..." Kyuubi said looking away.
"Riza if you can get in a relationship with a human other than Naruto, I'll gladly say I'm wrong about females"
"No you won't" Naruto said calling Ker's bluff.
"I know, Riza will never get a relationship going. I always win"
"Who cares about the species? As long as they know how to scream, male or female I'm completely satisfied" Everyone's eyes widened.
"What the fuck..."
"Riza stop"
"What I'm just being honest"
"Well stop it"
"Just out of curiosity are you a screamer?"
"What the fuck Kyuubi..."
"I should have every right to know"
"Why would you want to know this?"
"Because if I hear someone screaming at night then I have a good idea who it is"
"Lyon can scream!" Lyon screamed out randomly.
"Lyon shut up"
"Lyon zad" Lyon lowered his head.
"So, are you?"
"I don't know I haven't done it yet"
"I wonder shy"Ker said sarcastically.
"I don't really care, my goal is to serve Naruto until death. Anything and anyone who comes between that will burn, even you little Lyon" Lyon just tilted his head in confusion.
"Scary"
"Okay my turn, Kyuubi are you a screamer?" Riza asked out of the blue causing Kyuubi to raise an eyebrow and everyone just had the shock face written all over it.
"RIZA! ENOUGH!" Naruto shouted out.
"It's a valid question"
"How is this a valid question?"
"I'm interested so I'm feeding my curiosity"
"Why are you even curious about this?"
"Aren't you? You're the one who's going to be pounding her into oblivion" Naruto turned red with crimson just hearing that comment.
"Am not!"
"Sure your not, It only takes five seconds to realise you and a girl are in a room with only one bed then nature runs its course. You can deny it all you want but one of these days, your going to fill her with your-" Kyuubi smacked Riza on the back of the head stopping her from finishing.
"Guys the kids are listening to see this" Ker pointed to Lyon who was...confused to say the least.
"Oh yeah, I'll tell you the rest later if your interested"
"No thanks"
"Speaking of which, what are these guys going to do while we are doing this exam thing?"
"They can stay here ready for anything what happens"
"Lyon wantz to help"
"You can if we need, but like usually just stay here. Its safer"
"It's okay Lyon, I'll call for you at one point"
"Yay!" Lyon jumped into Riza arms. Yuri just looked at Naruto.
"I'll call you too" Yuri smiled and rubbed her head against Naruto's cheek.
"So Kyuubi, are you?" Riza said still wanting an answer.
"Oh for fuck sake" Ker said not wanting to hear any of this.
"I don't know, I haven't done it yet"
"Okay we're ending this conversation" Naruto said walking away with Yuri following him.
"Trust me Naruto if Kyuubi is a screamer, you would be the first to know! " Riza said shouting so he could hear.
"I'M IGNORING YOU FOR A REASON!" Naruto shouted through the house.
"He's so easy to tease" Riza chuckled.
"Well stop"
"Aww you're so protective its adorable"
"If someone is going to break his innocence its going to be me...alone"
"On the battlefield or in bed?" Ker said as he started to laugh before Kyuubi started to strangle him with her tails. "AHH I'M JOKING" Kyuubi didn't stop.
"Riza" Lyon jumped infront of Riza.
"Yes Lyon" Riza picked Lyon up.
"What iz daddy going to fill mummy with?"
"The essence of life"
"Doez it tazte good?" Riza put her hand under her chin and started to think of a good answer. But this is Riza we're talking about here...
"That's a very good question" Kyuubi heard what Riza just said and threw Ker at her.
Sayuri's POV
Team 7 were currently making their way to the academy.
"Finally let's get this thing done" Sayuri said ready for action.
"You seem ready" Sakura said.
"You bet I am, I've been waiting for this"
"Just don't do anything stupid" Sasuke said keeping his cool guy act.
"Same goes for you, no more team killing"
"It was an accident"
"Bullshit"
"It was an accident and that's all I'll say"
"Good, you won't give me a reason to team kill you"
"It's the third floor right?" Sakura said confirming the information.
"Yeah, we'll just take the stairs" Team 7 made their way up the stairs to the exam floor. When they arrived they saw a group of genin crowding around one room. "What's going on here?"
"Looks like a fight or something" Team 7 approached the scene. There were two kids who were blocking the door so no one could get in, specifically three genin known as Lee, Tenten and Neji.
"Ha you think you have what it takes? Your out of your league kid" One of the kids punched Lee back.
"What's your problem? We're just here for the exam the same as everybody else" Tenten said.
"You should be thanking us if anything, we're here to show how weak everyone actually is so none of you will get hurt. If you know what's best for you turn back now to saw yourself from the humiliation"
"That's not your place to decided" Sayuri said stepping forward.
'Oh no she's at it again' Sakura face palmed.
"You think you have what it takes?"
"We wouldn't be here if I didn't. Anyway can you remove that genjutsu"
"Genjutsu?" Everyone thought in confusion.
"This is the second floor, not the third floor. You changed the signs around the building to confuse everyone and mislead them. Kind of a bitch move if you ask me"
"Impressive" The kid removed the genjutsu. "But lets see you handle this! The kid tired to kick Riza in the head but she caught in mind attack and elbowed him, causing him to fall to his knees and catch his breath.
"Wow your on a whole new level of weak weakling" Sayuri said kind of surprised how easy that was.
"Wow" All the surrounding genin all thought.
"So that's the Uchiha"
"Great now we made ourselves stand out"
"I don't know, I kind of like the attention" Sayuri said feeling quite proud of herself right now.
"Your Sayuri Uchiha right?" Lee stepped forwards towards Sayuri.
"Err yeah"
"My name is Rock Lee, let's go out together"
"W-what?"
"I will protect you until the day I die"
"You like the attention right?" Sakura said trying to hold in her laughter.
"No...just...no"
"W-what?"
"Sorry Its just...your not my type"
"Dammit where did I go wrong!" Lee said as he started to slam his head on the wall.
"Lets go before it gets awkward" Sayuri grabbed Sasuke and Sakura and walked off.
'I know! I'll just prove my strength, the only way I know how!' Lee though as fire lit up in his eyes. "I'll meet up with you guys later. There's something I need to make sure of" Lee said to Neji and Tenten before walking off.
"What's with him?" Tenten asked Neji who was doing the cool guy act.
"Ask him yourself" Neji walked off.
"That was fucked" Sayuri said as they entered of the halls in the building.
"I kind of feel bad for him. He seemed really nice" Sakura said.
"Don't say that your just asking for trouble"
"Wait a second!"
"You see what I mean?" Sayuri said cursing under her voice.
"I understand that you're not impressed by my words or looks, however I am willing to show you how far I'm willing to go to win your heart"
"Someone anyone please stop him" Sayuri said putting her hands over her ears but it didn't help.
"Because I love you"
"Okay that's it, suicide is my only option now" Sayuri pulled out a kunai put Sakura stopped her from doing anything stupid.
"She said no so get lost" Sasuke said getting annoyed.
"I know you too Sasuke Uchiha, you two are siblings right"
"So what if we are?"
"You two are one of the strongest who passed from the academy right?
"Yes"
"So I challenge you to test my abilities with one the best"
"What do you mean one of the best?"
"I heard Sayuri was beaten by a girl with red eyes as sharp as the fires of hell, that's what I was told anyway"
"Who the fuck said that!?" Sayuri shouted in a outrage.
"Ino"
"I'll fucking kill that bimbo!"
"So I want to fight you Sasuke not only to test my strength, but to also prove I am worth of Sayuri's love"
"Will you shut up!"
"You want to fight? Right here right now?"
"Yes, unless your afraid"
"I don't have time to fight people like you, I need a challenge"
"I understand, afraid of losing as always. Not that I expect much from a boy of wasted talents"
"What was that?"
"You heard what I said and I don't plan on taking the words back, Unless you make me of course"
"Fine, don't blame me if you get hurt in the progress!" Sasuke charged and threw a punch which would have connected but he vanished. 'He's fast!' Sasuke looked in all direction to see where he would appear from, he spotted him in the air who was trying to land a kick on Sasuke. He dodged but then Lee followed up by a sweep which took Sasuke off his feet. Lee used the opportunity to quickly kicked Sasuke again in the chest which knocked him a few feet away.
"Wow" Sakura said speechless.
"He's actually good, this is the worst" Sayuri looked away in shame.
'What was that? He's way faster and stronger than he looks. I only dodged one of his attacks out of the three. Alright then, let's make things interesting' Sasuke activated his sharingan.
'There it is, the Uchiha trump card' Lee smiled feeling the fight was about to get serious.
'No matter how fast he is, these eyes see all' Sasuke charged. Lee smiled ready to back any attack the Uchiha was planning. Sasuke fired a barrage of punches which Lee masterfully countered. 'What the-' Lee counted Sasuke and caught one of his arms and elbowed him in the gut and kicked in the face.
"Kami why must you do this to me?"
"Is Sasuke sick or something?"
"No, it's far worse than that by the looks of it"
"What is it?"
"Sasuke's thinking that because he has the sharingan that he can dodge and read all of Lee's moves, It does make sense as the sharingan can read just about everything in the book. But how you react to them is a completely different matter, now Sasuke isn't even close to matching Lee's speed so despite the fact he can read all of his moves, he's in no position to counter them. Hell if anything right now the sharingan is a disadvantage, all he's seeing is a quick glance of his own ass kicking"
"Oh no Sasuke"
"To be honest he had this coming, about time something kicked his smart ass" Lee kicked Sasuke in the chin which sent him in the air, he then quickly jumped under him.
"What is he doing?"
"Winning" Sayuri said as Lee's bandages on his arms started to unwrap.
"It's over, with this I'll-" Before Lee could finish the job a kunai just shot out of no where and impaled one of Lee's bandages to the wall stopping what ever attack he was setting up. Everyone turned in the direction it came from to see a large red turtle with yellow markings.
"The hell is that thing?"
"Hold it right there Lee!" The turtle shouted out, Lee fell in front of the turtle while Saskue on the other hand was going to land face first if it wasn't for Sakura grabbing him at the last second.
"It talks...you know the day is going downhill if a talking turtle comes out of nowhere" Sayuri facepalmed.
"What were you thinking? That move is forbidden!"
"Well...you see"
"The worst mistake a ninja can make is reviling his moves to the opponent so blindly. You should know this"
'How could I lose so easily, to these creeps?' Sasuke thought to himself.
"Are you prepared to take the consequences?" The turtle spoke to Lee.
"Yes sir"
"I'll leave the rest to you then, Guy" Suddenly smoke exploded on top of the turtle and a jounin appeared, he seemed to be wearing the same outfit as Lee and for whatever reason was performing some sort of dance move.
"Okay seriously, what the fuck is going on here?"
"They both look so identical"
"Lee" Guy said.
"Sensei"
"YOU FOOL!" Guy punched Lee which sent him flying in the air.
"Why is this happening?...My brain..." Sayuri held her head in pain as she tried to make sense of what she was seeing...it wasn't going well.
"Forgive me Lee, I had to. For the sake of your youth"
"Sensei"
"Lee!"
"Sensei!" As Lee ran into Guy's arms and had their moment, Sayuri for some reason pictured a sunset with waves of the ocean hitting the shore with these two idiots on it.
"IT BURNS!" Sayuri put her hands over her eyes trying to forget what the hell she just saw.
"It's alright Lee, I remembered when I was young. The mistakes I made, you can set things right by doing one hundred laps around the training grounds for the power of your youth!"
"Yes Sensei!" Guy pointed in a random direction but for Sayuri's vision, it was towards the sunset.
"I CAN'T TAKE IT ANY MORE!" Sayuri pulled out a kunai and was about to do something really stupid but Sakura held her back from doing so.
"Hay hold on, you can't just walk away. We're still fighting and you've wasted time for the exam to start"
"What? Oh that's right the exam..." Guy cleaned his throat. "Lee I'll give you the suitable punishment for breaking our promise after all this is over okay?"
"Yes!"
"So get to and give me five hundred laps!"
"Yes Sensei!" Team 7 just looked at Lee and Guy like they were maniacs and to some extent they are.
"This is the worst...nothing even compares" Sayuri facepalmed.
'Hummm so these are my rivals new recruits' Guy thought as he looked at team 7.
"Oh no he's looking at us" Sakura said.
"Hay you three, how is Kakashi? Hope he's doing well"
"You know Kakashi?"
"Do I know him? In this village people calls us eternal rivals"
"I refuse to believe this"
"How could you say that to guy sensei!? He really is-"
"Calm down Lee. Its better said when you use your actions and not your words" Guy vanished from sight for a spit second and appeared behind team 7. "But this is not the time or place"
"When did he..." Sayuri said witnessing Guy's quick movements.
'This guy's no pushover, he really is...fast' Sasuke thought.
"You there" Guy pointed at Sasuke. "I want you to look into my eye and accept my deepest apology"
'He's defiantly faster than Kakashi or anyone else I've seen. Is he even human?'
"Lee and the three of you should head to the classroom as fast as possible" Guy threw a kunai to the kunai holding Lee's bandage against the wall. Lee was about to wrap his hands back up but Sayuri managed to get a good glance of his bare hands. "Give it your best Lee!"
"Yes Sensei!" With that Guy vanished in smoke and so did the turtle. "Sasuke before I go I just want you to know this. My reason for fighting you wasn't only to win Sayuri's heart but to also test my skills. But there are others who are stronger than me and my goal is to beat them people. You have just been added to the list, so get ready" Lee jumped to the staircase and exited the room.
"Dammit"
"You okay Sasuke?" Sakura said helping Sasuke up.
"Wow you're a disgrace you know that?" Sayuri said causing Sasuke to give her a death glare.
"Sayuri!"
"Shut up, next time it will be different"
"Yeah, maybe next time no one will stop him from finishing the job"
"Sayuri we're all on the same team here"
"Did you see his hands when the bandages were removed?" Sasuke eyes widened as he remembered. "He probably trained until his hands started bleeding, then still strained. He's allot more determined than you are and that's not up for debate" Sasuke was deep in thought.
"In that case I'll just get stronger, we'll get stronger" Team 7 continued to head to the exam room and when they arrived they found Kakashi waiting for them at the door.
"Hi guys"
"Kakashi what are you doing here?" Sakura asked.
"Came to wish you all good luck of course"
"We won't need it" Sayuri said just full of confidence.
"Don't be too sure of your self Sayuri. Everyone needs a little luck in their lives or bad things would constantly happen. Besides your going to need all the luck you can get to come out of this with no more than a scratch"
"Don't worry we've got this"
"I know, your my team after all. Just try not to over do it"
"Can't make any promises there" Sayuri said as Sakura lightly punched her in the arm.
"We'll make you proud" Sakura said happily.
"Don't worry, you already have" Kakashi eye smiled and walked out of the way for team 7. "Its all on you now, I hope your ready for this"
"We are" Team 7 opened the door and walked into the exam room. When they walked in hey saw huge crowd of ninja from different parts of the world. Most were from the leaf, sand, sound, mist and waterfall villages. Despite the region they were all different from, they all had one thing in common. They did not look friendly.
"Geez talk about a bad first impression" Sayuri said feeling quite awkward with all the yes on her.
"How many people joined this exam?" Sakura asked.
"Well look who decided to finally arrive" Sayuri turned around to see Shikamaru, Choji and Ino. Aka team .
"Shikamaru, hows it going?" Sayuri asked.
"How do you think? I'm tired, my back hurts and I have to go through all this. It's a drag if anything else"
"I'm guessing Choji is thinking the same"
"To be honest Ino is the only one excited about any of this"
"Damn right I am" Ino said punching the air.
"See what I mean?"
"Ha, have you seen any of the others" Sakura asked.
"Yeah they're around here somewhere"
"Look who it is" Kiba and his team Hinata and Shino arrived. Aka team 8.
"Kiba" Sasuke said still keeping his cool guy act.
"About time you three arrived, this place was getting too dull for its own good"
"Good to see you Hinata" Sayuri waved to Hinata.
"N-nice to see you too S-Sayuri"
"How are you after the...accident?" Sayuri narrowed her eyes at Sasuke who just looked away.
"I-I wasn't injured or anything. Well I would have been if it wasn't for R-Riza"
"Have you seen Naruto and his friends?"
"We were one of the people who got here first and he wasn't around so he hasn't arrived here yet" Kiba said.
"Dammit he better show up"
"Why?"
"Because I've been worried sick about him for too damn long"
"Yeah best not to talk about him around her" Sakura wispeared to Kiba.
"Well...if he's entering this exam he should be here...eventually"
"Yeah your right"
"Although I don't think he'll last that long without those girls around him" Shikamaru said.
"Yeah the one who control steel is ridiculously strong, I wonder how strong the other one is" Ino said.
"I'll still kick her ass" Sayuri said cracking her knuckles.
"Yeah like the last time" Sasuke said under his breath but Sayuri still heard him.
"Say that again?"
"Don't get distracted from the real reason we're here"
"Okay tell you what why don't I kick your ass right here right now"
"Your not strong enough"
"Now your asking for it"
"Hay guys, would you mind keeping it down a little" A white haired man stepped towards the genin. "Your making a big target for yourselves just talking like normal"
"And you are?"
"I'm Kabuto Yakushi and do your selves a favour and take a quick look around you" The genin looked around to see all the other ninja were looking at their direction. "You've name quite the names for yourselves already, although I can't really blame you. You guys remind me the first time I was here"
"This is your second time in the exam?"
"Well actually...this is my seventh time. The exam takes place only twice a year so this would be my fourth year"
"Are you serious"
"You must be some pro at this"
"Some pro failing six times, that's lower than pathetic"
"Hay take it easy, sure I'm not perfect but when it comes to experience. You won't find anyone else more qualified than me"
"That's nothing to be proud of"
"This chunin exam must be harder than I thought then. Dammit no rest for me any time soon"
"I wouldn't say that, as long as you know your place and know what you're doing. You should be fine...but saying that you guys have already made yourself known from the crowed"
"Like it means anything, we're all going to be fighting each other anyway"
"That's true but it's always better to know something bout your opponent. Tell you what since your new here I'll give you a little information. Using these" Kabuto pulled out a pack of cards.
"What are those?"
"I call them recognition cards, these cards have information burned into them by using my chakra" Kabuto sat down and put the cards in front of him. "I've been collecting data on pretty much everything from the exam its self and the people who have participated. All of that information are in these cards" Kabuto flipped one card over. "They are completely blank for other people but when I add my chakra" Kabuto put him finger on the card and sent his chakra to it. The card then stared spinning. "The secrets will be reviled" The card exploded in smoke and now had a map made of the various nations and showed the number of ninja entering the exam from each nation.
"What is this" Sakura asked.
"The exam number of examiners entering the exam from each nation. Of course I have more information than this but it's always good to have a number of people entering the exam"
"Why are only three people entering from the land of sound?"
"Good question, I heard they are pretty strong but they can't be that good if only three of them are entering"
"Wait hold on so you have information on the exam as well as people?"
"That's right, why do you have someone on your mind?"
"Maybe"
"Well I can't guarantee that I know everything about a person but what I know is on these cards. So who do you have in mind?"
"Three people. First a guy called Lee from Konoha"
"That's no fun you already know the names, oh well that makes is easier to find. Kabuto picked up the first card on the deck and reviled its information and put it on the ground. "Rock Lee, he's one year older than all of you guys. He's completed twenty D rank missions and eleven C rank mission. His skill is all based in his taijutsu with no ninjutsu to speak of. In fact other than his hand to hand combat he's pretty much worthless"
"Explains why you got your ass kicked then" Sayuri said patting Sasuke on the head.
"It's also his first time entering this exam the same as you guys. His team composes of Tenten and Neji Hyuuga"
"Neji Hyuuga? The same as Hinata?" Sayuri looked over to Hinata who just looked at the ground.
"Who's next?"
"A guy called Gaara"
"Lets see, eight C rank and amazingly one B rank just as a genin. Its his first time taking the exam as well and since he's not from this village I don't really have any more information about him. Although I do know that he's completed every mission without a scratch"
"Your kidding me" Kiba said.
'His sand did block the attack when I first saw him, maybe that has something to do with it' Sayuri thought.
"Who's the last one you want to know about?"
"...Naruto Uzamaki" Everyone just looked at Sayuri.
"Isn't he with you guys?"
"Lets just say I don't know him as well as I should do"
"Well I hate to break it to you but I don't really have anything you guys probably don't know about"
"Dammit, what about two girls called Kimi and Riza?"
"Hum those names don't sound very familiar, sorry I don't think I have anything on them either"
"Seriously? Why is it that them two seem to have appeared from thin air?"
"Who knows" Kabuto put his cards away. "Still its all the same, you guys better stay low for now on. The ninja here aren't very friendly especially the sound ones" Unknown to them the sound ninja's Dosu, Kin and Zaku overheard the conversation.
"Did you hear that? They said we're not friendly" Kin said.
"I'm hurt" Dosu said sarcastically.
"I think we should show them just how cruel we really are" Zaku said clenching his fists.
"I think your on to something, lets add little more detail to his data" Dosu said.
"Shall we?" The sound ninja ran across the room at amazing speed and Kabuto saw it, as soon as the sound ninja came close and was about to attack...the door to the room was exploded.
Naruto's POV - 30 minutes ago
Naruto, Kyuubi and Riza were walking to the academy.
"This is going to be great" Riza said shouting to the sky lets it's the best thing possible.
"No it's not, we're on a mission to track down a sand monster"
"How can you not be excited for that?"
"I want to live a little longer"
"Have a little faith, don't you trust my plans?"
"Since when do our plans work?"
'What are you trying to say ass hole! My plans are flawless'
'You're the reason I think our plans won't work'
'Kiss my ass'
"Just do what I say and everything should be fine"
"Hows the headache?"
"Its better, I don't feel any more pain"
"Glad to hear it"
"Aww that's so sweet" Riza said enjoying the sight of the host looking after his bijuu.
"I'm only worried because she's my friend"
"By friend you mean fuck buddy right"
"Yes. I MEAN NO!" Riza burst out in laughter while Kyuubi didn't seem to even acknowledge the conversation.
"I'll take the first answer"
"Just shut up" Naruto's team finally reached the academy. "Well here it is"
"Who wants the honours"
"ME!"
"Except for Riza"
"Hay!"
"Lets get this done-"
"Wait"
"What is it"
"Give Ker to Riza"
"Why?"
"As soon as we enter that building the exam starts, if Ker is linked to Riza then we are all connected at all times. So being separated shouldn't be a problem"
"How are we all connected?"
"I can talk in your mind at any time, I can talk to Ker in his mind because he is a small part of me and Ker can talk to Riza. So technically speaking we are all connected"
"That's creepy" Naruto said as he felt a cold chill down his spine.
"I like it" Riza on the other hand loved the idea.
'NARUTO DON'T HAND ME OVER TO THEM! I WANT TO LIVE!'
"Hand over Ker to Riza"
"But he says he doesn't want to"
"He has no choice in the matter"
'Sorry Ker'
'YOU SON OF A BITCH! I HAVE RIGHTS THE SAME AS YOU DAMMIT!'
"Yay! I'm all warm" Riza said hugging herself.
'STOP TOUCHING ME DAMN VIXEN!'
'Don't act like that's a bad thing' Riza smirked.
"Alright we should be ready for whatever is inside. Remember to keep your guard up"
"Sorry what are we doing here again?" Kyuubi hit Riza over the head. "OW! You bitch what was that for?"
"Not keeping your guard up"
"Oh"
"Lets go" They made their way to the floor which was holding the start of the exam and was standing in front of the door.
"I'm guessing this is the door"
"Well its most important looking door so Its got to be"
"Ladies first"
"But you're a lady yourself"
"Oh yeah...I forgot"
"Just open the door"
"That's too easy"
"What?"
"Naruto we're all about style, we can't just walk in that's too basic"
"Okay so what do you have in mind"
"Just open the damn door"
"Hold on Kyuubi we need to think about this"
"THERE'S NOTHING TO THINK ABOUT JUST OPEN THE DAMN DOOR!"
"Kyuubi we can't rush these things, use bad asses must role in style"
"Riza..." Naruto face palmed.
"How about we-"
"Fuck this" Kyuubi breathed a fire ball at Riza which pushed her through the door. Everyone in the exam jumped from the sound and the leaf genin jumped away from the door.
"The hell is going on?" Kiba said in panic. Everyone looked at the fire and saw someone slowly get up, it was Riza. She had fire all over her but the steel style stopped her from burning. Since she had Ker protecting her clothes were safe as well.
"What the hell is that thing!?"
"Fuck me..." Riza said as she puts the flames out on her body. When she was done she deactivated her steel.
"Hows that for a damn entrance?"
"Ah it was better than what I had in mind" Riza looked all around her to see everyone was quite scared. I mean this was a girl with steel skin who was also on fire after all. "WHAT'S UP BITCHES!"
"RIZA!"
"What I was being friendly?"
"You call this friendly?"
"Hay I'm too excited to know what's going on here. Wait why am I here again?"
"The exam"
"Oh that's right. BRING IT ON!" Riza said about to charge into the crowed but Naruto got a hold on her.
"Not now you baka"
"Why not?"
"Because now is not the time!"
"Says who?"
"Says me!"
"Oh...okay" Riza said happily.
"Damn you!" The sound Ninja Dosu throw a punch and hit Riza in the face. Everyone in the room was shocked by the sudden action but what was even more surprising was that Naruto and Kyuubi didn't even bother to help her.
"Did it hurt?" Riza smiled as Dosu fist felt like it was broken. Riza activated her steel style before his fist made contact. Riza didn't feel a thing. "My turn" Riza enchanted her fist with steel and punched Dosu with sent him flying into the crowd. "Don't pick a fight your bound to lose" Riza laughed.
"What just happened?" Kiba asked.
"Naruto and his group turned up, that's what happened" Sayuri was about to talk to Naruto but...
"What's going on here!" Smoke exploded on the other side of the room. As it slowly vanished the first examiner Ibiki Morino appeared. Ibiki saw that the front door was smashed along with Naruto's group and the sound ninja. "Well?"
"Those three blasted through the door"
"Really"
"See this is the reason you don't stand yourself out from the crowd"
"Hell no, our style points just increased and is still rising"
"That's not the point"
"Hay! I'm doing all the talking here!" Ibiki shouted out demanding everyone's full attention. But...it wasn't working.
"Oh yes it is, without style then...we have no style"
"Who cares about style when it's costing you all this crap?"
"You have allot to learn" Riza patted Naruto on the head.
'Interesting, their not even aware I'm here' Ibiki just smiled. "Since this is your first time here I'll let you off with a warning, but if you ever do something like this again then I'll make sure you never take this test again"
"I'm thirsty" Riza said.
"That's what you get for drinking all the damn sake"
"It's not like you were going to drink any of it"
"Unbelievable..." Sayuri said finding it really hard to believe that this is how Riza acted on a normal day to day basis.
"Now listen up, I am Ibiki Morino the first examiner but you can call me your worst nightmare" Everyone felt tense expect for Naruto's group, Riza eyes started twitching a little.
'I'm the only nightmare here' Riza thought to herself.
"I'll go into details later but all of you need to take on of these" Ibiki help up a piece of paper with the number seven on it. "When you have one go sit in the seat with the number on the sheet on. Then we'll start the written test"
"Written?"
"Oh no" Naruto face palmed.
"That's no fun" Riza said dropping her arms.
"Naruto"
"Yeah"
"Where is Shukaku?" Naruto looked around the room to spot Gaara.
"That guy over there" He pointed to Gaara when he spotted him.
"I see..."
"What are you going to do?"
"Nothing yet, too many witnesses. Just continue with the exam but keep your guard up" Everyone sat in their seats and was separate from their teams.
'Dammit I can't see the others. Oh man this sucks, I suck as written stuff. I hope the others are alright' Naruto thought pretty much in the panic state, anything written related was bound to go down hill.
'Where am I and why do I care at this point?' Riza thought to herself.
'We're in the middle of the damn exam. Get your shit together vixen'
'Stop yelling at me...' Riza started crying randomly.
'Stop crying and pull your self together dammit. Anyway this is bad, Naruto's got no chance at anything written related and I'm not there to support him either'
'It shouldn't be too bad. Its them two I'm worried about' Riza looked to her left to see two rows ahead. Kyuubi and Sayuri were on the same row...sitting together.
'Oh no, them two are going to rip each others teeth out' Sakura said in worry.
'Dammit Kyuubi don't you dare pick a fight now of all times' Naruto said in worry.
'Funny. Why do I feel like I want to kill somebody right now?' Kyuubi looked to her right to see Sayuri giving her the death glare. 'Oh that's why'
"Me and you are going to have a little talk at the end of this" Sayuri whispered to Kyuubi.
"Yes we will"
'Fuck' Naruto slammed his head on the desk.
"Alright listen up, this test has a few rules to it and I'll only go other them one so pay attention, no questions allowed"
"Why?" Riza said out load.
"I said no questions!"
"Asshole..."
"The first rule is that you are all given a total of ten points to begin with. This test consists of ten questions which are worth one point each. How the score works is decided on how many points you have at the end, since one question is worth one point that means if you get one wrong you lose a point"
'So if I get ten questions wrong my score will be zero. No pressure' Naruto swallowed.
"The second rule is the decision if you either pass or fail. All your points are calculated by your team's total points" Everyone in the room was surprised by this. "As you all should have realised by now there are a few examiners around the room"
'How could you not tell, these guys are asking to get their asses kicked' Riza said smirking to herself.
"The reason is that they are here for the sole purpose of detecting cheaters. Each time they spot you cheating it will cost you two points"
'So they plan on reducing the number of points every way possible. Cheap trick'
'Could work though, if I had a choice between working out the answer or just cheat. I would do neither and just fall asleep' Riza thought.
'Your not proving anything here'
"Another thing, if anyone on the team gets a score of zero then the entire team fails"
'Shit..' Naruto continued to slam his head on the desk.
"The last question will be given at the last thirty minutes of the exam. You can start...now!" Everyone got their pencils and made a start, except for a few individuals.
'This exam should be a cake walk for us. Sakura is the smartest genin here and Sasuke and I are no pushovers either, no problem for us. But what about Naruto? He wouldn't be able to do this if his life depended on it'
'Well fuck this got complicated fast. Okay all we need to do is-' Riza put her hands on the desk and rested her head on top of them. 'Riza? RIZA!' Riza fell asleep. 'OH FUCK YOU BITCH!'
'Amazing, even in these conditions I can't be bothered to even attempt this shit. Besides...' Kyuubi looked at her hands. 'I don't know how to write or read in a humans language' Kyuubi chuckled a bit to herself. 'Guess we're not passing this exam, sorry Naruto'
'Dammit this isn't good. What are my options here?' Naruto searched the room to see Riza sleeping and Kyuubi just doing nothing. 'I'm fucked' Naruto slammed his head on the desk.
'Between all of us there is no chance in hell we're failing this test. Sayuri better not get distracted' Sasuke thought.
'These questions are insane, no genin or even a well trained ninja will know the exact details of this shit. Naruto's got no chance' Sayuri looked in the corner of her eyes to see Kyuubi hadn't even picked up her pencil. 'She's not even attempting'
'Hum for an exam that goes against cheating their doing everything in their power to make us cheat. Guess that's the whole point in this exam, if it make people cheat then the questions must be difficult and why are they giving out the last question during the ending phase of this test? It doesn't make sense unless the test revolves solely around that one question, if that's not the case then there would be no point hiding it since all the questions are worth one point' Kyuubi smiled. 'This is a game of patience if anything, to see if people have what it takes to gather the information they need while not getting caught. A well thought out test for a waste of fucking time. Has Naruto found it out I wonder?' Kyuubi heard someone slam their head on the desk and she had a pretty good idea who it was. 'guess not'
'This is bullshit! I need to get at least one of them right but I don't know what the damn answer is. No choice I have to cheat!' As soon as Naruto had that train of thought a kunai flew past his face and his the desk next to him.
"W-What the hell is this?" The candidate said as he got out of his seat.
"Five time, get out"
"W-what?"
"You and your team mates fail so go"
'That didn't take long'
'Okay...cheating is out of the fucking question. It's not like I have any way of doing it other than looking at the person's sheet next to me. But one of them is already gone'
'Hum this is too easy' Sayuri smiled as she used her sharingan to copy the answers of the person in front of her. Sasuke did the same and Sakura is too damn smart for her own good so she was just using her intellect, this test wasn't a challenge for them. As the time went by more and more people were being lead out the room for cheating and as they did, Naruto's fear rose. However there were a few individuals who knew how to cheat right. Gaara used his sand, Lee gathered information from his team as they cheated. All of them had their unique option, except for Naruto's team...they did nothing but wait.
'I can't even decide what them three are trying to do here, my first thought would be their panicking and one of them still is. But the other one is sleeping and this one...just doesn't care' Ibiki said as he looked at Kyuubi who just had her eyes closed, doing nothing. 'In any case, its time' Ibiki smiled. "Alright I will now give out the final question"
'About time'
'Bring it on' Sayuri said ready for action.
'Fuck fuck fuck fuck' Naruto kept repeating in his mind.
"But before I do, you must first make a choice if you want to take this question or not"
"What?" Naruto said to himself in confusion.
"What's the catch if we don't take the final question?" Sakura said.
"Your score will be reduced to zero despite your answers and you will fail the test, along with your team mates"
"Well of course we'll answer the question then"
"Who would say no?" Everyone was saying these things they didn't see the point of not answering the last question.
"There is also another rule"
"Another one? Give me a break" Naruto said.
"Those who take the last question and answer it wrong, will not only fail but they will lose the chance to take the chunin exam ever again" Everyone suddenly froze in shock but for Naruto it felt like everything just shattered. None of his team had answered a single question and even if they answer this question their score would be three. What test passes a score of three out of thirty with three members marked together?
"To hell with that!" Sayuri shouted as she got up. "There are others here who have taken this test more than once so how is that a rule? Your talking shit"
"Then consider yourself doomed because this is also my first year taking control of this test. How unfortunate for you"
'Naruto...'
"For those who won't be taking this question raise your hands, we'll collect your numbers then you can leave"
'What's the question going to be about? If I fail then I'm taking Kyuubi and Riza with me...not like we've passed anyway with the way things are going but still I'd like to think I gave it a damn tried'
'Humm' Kyuubi was deep in thought. 'This exam doesn't mean shit to me and I know the test is relaying on this one question' Kyuubi started biting her finger. 'Yet why do I feel somewhat afraid if I'm wrong? Is it because I failed? Or because Naruto fails too?' Kyuubi's finger started to bleed as she bit down on it too hard. 'Naruto deserves better than failure, he deserves it. If it is true and he fails. He won't get this chance again'
'Put your hand up Naruto, you want to be a ninja don't you? Don't ruin this for yourself''
'I'd rather fail you than you let you fail yourself, you can hate me or not. I don't care' Kyuubi slowly started to raise her hand up her right hand.
'She's going to do' Sayuri said as she watched Kyuubi from the corner of her eye.
"Enough..." Everyone in the room stopped whatever it is they were doing and looked at the one who spoke, it was Riza. "Enough with your mind games. The only thing your testing here is my patience!" Riza stood up and for some reason her eyes were bright red, not the sharingan but something more...animal like. "Your not scaring us with your shit! Go ahead and talk big all you want you not changing shit! We've all came to damn far for a piece of paper to stop us! Bring on your fucking question, we'll gladly accepted it despite the price we might pay! That's the type of people we are, as NINJA!"
'Wait that's...'
'Ker...' Kyuubi put her hand back down and smiled. Naruto held his head up high and everyone in the room felt confident, ready to take on the challenge. Riza on the other hand...fell asleep again. Ker could only control her body for so long.
"I see" Ibiki tried his best but he couldn't hold back the smile on his face. 'Amazing more than half of the candidates are still here. Quite the impressive numbers, this generation is looking lively' Everyone in the room prepared themselves for the last and final question "In that case I have one thing to say to you all. YOU'VE ALL PASSED!" The room went silent for a good ten seconds until...
"WHAT!? What's going on here? What about the last question?" Sayuri said jumping out of her seat.
"There is no tenth question, well I guess you could count the choice you just made as the tenth question"
"W-what?"
"Wait so what the hell was the point in all this then? It was just a waste!"
"Not at all. The question had a purpose and it was to test you all individually in the skill of gathering information"
'In that case then we still failed'
"Information gathering?"
"Allow to go in more depth. The test's purpose was even admitted in the first rule, your result of either passing or failing relied on the score of your team's total points. Keeping that in mind you all had the same idea at the time, I must not let the team down. However the question given to you put an unprecedented amount of pressure on you so that made things even harder"
"Yeah"
"I take it all of you realised that these question were almost impossible to solve by just a genin. So all of you came to the same conclusion"
"Cheating"
"Exactly, this test is all about cheating, you had no other choice. Knowing this we hid two of our chunins who had all the answers to be targets for cheating"
'For fuck sake! The answers were right in front of me. I need Kyuubi to give me a jutsu for this kind of work' Naruto thought in annoyance.
"For those who cheated like a fool were kicked out, that's why the examiners were here watching over you" Ibiki started to undo has headband covering his head. "This is why its important"
"Oh man..." Ibiki's head was covered in burns, cuts and bruises.
"Those scars, a sign of torture"
"If you are to succeed in various mission, information is a must. In order to achieve victory you must have knowledge of what your target is and how to achieve it. Every mission is a fight for survival but that does not come first. All there is and forever will be, is the mission at hand. No matter the cost, victory must be won"
"Hum"
"Despite all of that, the tenth question was all about you and your team. You had to think about your chances and that of your team mates, you are all going to make tough decisions that will affect those around you. The choices are your to take"
"Its over...finally" Naruto sat back and relaxed.
'Amazing, that girl went back to sleep like this was nothing' Ibiki turned to his right to see a project approach the window. It soon smashed through the window and two kunai pierced the ceiling putting up a banner. "Hum...she's..."
"Everyone, this is not the time or place to be happy. For I am the second examiner Anko Mitarashi so get your things and lets head to the second exam!" Anko put her fist in the air expecting a reaction. She got absolutely noting.
"What the hell is this?" Sayuri said.
"Grasp the atmosphere" Ibiki said causing Anko to glow red in embarrassment.
'She reminds me of someone'
"Wow there's quite a lot of them left. Ibiki you must be getting soft, your age must be getting to you"
"That or these candidates are allot more promising than the last"
"Hum could be. No matter, by the time I'm done with them. There will hardly be any left to tell the tale" Everyone tensed up...except for Kyuubi and Riza of course. "I'm looking forward to this, I will explain the details tomorrow. When you leave make sure you ask your jounin for instructions on where the next location is. Other than that have a nice day!" Anko vanished in smoke.
"Just like Anko said, you are all dismissed"
"Well that's that" Everyone started leaving the room.
"Sayuri we have to leave, we'll wait for Naruto outside" Sakura said to Sayuri.
"Fine"
"Riza wake up" Naruto shook Riza.
"Wha? Is it over already?"
"Yep, we passed?"
"What? It was that easy?"
"Kind of, I'll explain later"
"Come on, we're leaving" Kyuubi said entering the scene.
"Hold up I need to do something really important" Riza said.
"What?"
"I need to take a shit"
"Riza..." Naruto lead Riza to the restroom but it was taking...a while. "How long does it take for her to...finish?"
"Why don't you go in there and find out"
"I'd rather not" Kyuubi narrowed her eyes at Naruto.
"I'm surprised"
"About what?"
"The fact you haven't run after the Uchiha girl"
"Sayuri?"
"Must you really say her name?"
"I haven't said hi to her because you would go insane"
"Your right about that, but I've made it clear already. Right now my targets Shukaku, not the Uchiha"
"But if you had the chance you would take then both out right now"
"Not necessarily. If I killed them both now then I wouldn't have anything to do later on, better have something to hunt than not at all"
"Still the fact you want to kill then put me a bit off"
"Relax, if I wanted to kill the Uchiha now. I would have taken her head off during the test and believe me it was very...very tempting"
"Maybe, I'm just glad the whole thing is over"
"Yeah...me too"
"Did you find it easy?"
"I didn't answer a single question"
"You too?"
"In fact if it wasn't for Ker...we would have failed the test"
"What?" Naruto thought for a couple of seconds. "You were going to put your hand up"
"Yes I was"
"Why? You weren't worried about me were you?"
"Does the idea sicken you?"
"It surprises me I'll tell you that much"
"Looking at what we're doing now, the only one who gains anything out of this is me, so if you pass this exam to then at least you gain something as well. That's how I looked at it"
"Since when were you so generous?"
"I'm living with a sexist, a psychopath, a fool, a silent caretaker and a food machine who can somehow read the caretakers mind"
"Wait who is who?"
"You're the fool"
"Give me some credit here"
"I would but I'm not that generous"
"Very funny"
"I don't like to see you suffer depending on the circumstances"
"What does that mean?"
"Only I am allowed to cause you pain and suffering, no one else"
"Thank you for worrying about me"
"Shut up"
"Wow that burnt" Riza said rubbing her ass.
"Riza what the hell were you doing in there?"
"Taking a shit"
"Lovely"
"Although I feel sorry for the other person in there, probably scarred them for life after what she just heard" Naruto was about to say something but decided against it, some things are better left unsaid.
"Lets get going" Naruto and the other turned around the corner to see a group of ninja standing on the other side of the hallway. It was Gaara and his team. "Or not"
"Is that the guy Gaara?" Temari asked Gaara.
"Yes..."
"Hay wait a minute, he was that guy we saw when we just got into the village, and that girl" Kankuro said
"How unlucky can we get" Naruto said as he facepalmed.
"Pull your cards right Naruto and we could save a hell of a lot of trouble if we wipe the floor with then here and now" Riza said feeling her excitement rise.
"I guess"
"You..." Gaara stared directly at Naruto. "Its you isn't it?"
"Kyuubi?" Naruto whispered. "When you said the bijuu could take control of its host depending on their emotional state. Is this one of those times?"
"Your guess is as good as mine"
"I can smell it on you...it gave you those eyes...and that tail"
"Tail?" Temari said in confusion.
"I'm going to take a guess and say you're talking about the...monster inside of me" Kyuubi's eyes twitch with Naruto's choice of words.
"Maybe...do you have it as well?"
"Have what?"
"The noises...do they speak to you?"
"Yeah he's fucked up" Riza said.
"I can tell just by his eyes that he doesn't get much sleep, he's unstable or slowly reaching breaking point"
"There needs to be more..." Gaara slowly started to rise his hands.
"Fight or don't fight?" Naruto asked to Kyuubi who was thinking what the best course of action was.
"Blood" Gaara's aimed point to Naruto.
"Fight" Gaara's sand shot out and aimed for Naruto's group. Naruto jumped into the classroom next to him while Kyuubi latched to the ceiling and Riza on the other hand turned her body to steel and took the attack head on.
"Gaara we can't fight here" Temari said as she grabbed one of Gaara's arms.
"Get lost" Gaara used the sand to knock Temari and Kankuro away. "Stay out of this"
'Using anything fire related will burn down he building and bring unwanted attention, plus Naruto will complain' Kyuubi cursed. "Riza seal off the hall way"
"Err maybe you don't know how my steel stuff works. There is no steel ore in the building and maybe you don't know this but we're above ground not on it, I can't make the stuff out of the air. If I pull the steel out of the ground like this then I'll end up cutting the building in half and just so you know, we're in the middle of the building"
"Your worthless"
"But I can however-" Riza pulled out her katana. "Use anything what is made out of steel" Riza stared to send chakra into her blade. 'Thankfully this sword's metal can handle the chakra flow, so I can just reforged it with my steel style after wards. In the mean time I can do this!' Riza snapped the blade off from the hilt and the metal started to change form into a large harpoon. "A little help here" Kyuubi put her hand on the spear and it then set on fire. "Catch!" Riza threw the flaming spear at Gaara, aiming for the head. The sand caught the speak just inches before the spear impaled Gaara. "Okay...that's annoying"
"The sand will defend him automatically"
"I can see that" Gaara's sand threw the spear at Kyuubi and Riza but both of them just moved sideways missing the spear.
"What just-" As soon as Naruto walked out the class room the spear impaled Naruto's leg. "AHH! Fuck!"
"Okay now that's just bad timing" Riza laughed.
"Riza focus!"
"Oh shit" Riza dodged as Gaara shot a barrage of sand bullets at Kyuubi's and Riza.
'It just hit the leg so I should be fine but I can't pull the thing out" Naruto tried to pull the spear out but he had no luck. "I hate my life..." Naruto closed his eyes and brought out Kyuubi's chakra giving him the one tails cloak. Having the strength he then pulled out the spear, feeling like he just ripped his own leg off his wound then closed at a rapid rate thanks to Kyuubi's chakra. "Okay now I'm pissed" Naruto constantly sent chakra into the spear causing it to glow red with heat. He slowly walked forwards getting use to his leg as he dragged the spear across the floor causing it to leave a trail of fire. As soon as he felt like e could run again he charged forward.
"Might want to move" Riza said as Kyuubi and Riza both jumped over Naruto as he ran forward at a high speed and thrust the spear into Gaara's sand which was defending him, the sand then started to wrap around Naruto.
"Oh no you don't!" Riza turned her body to steel and ran at full force and slammed into Naruto causing him to break through the sand shield and Naruto tackled Gaara.
"Gaara!" Temari pulled out her fan and was about to attach Naruto but Riza quickly jumped in the way and kicked Temari back.
"You've still got me to deal with"
"Damn you" Kankuro grabbed one of the wraps on his back.
"No don't save it for later, I'll take her on"
"Now that's the type of attitude I want to see, bring it on"
"Get off..." Gaara said with a emotionless face as the sand wrapped around Naruto and started slamming him into the walls. Kyuubi's nails grew longer and slashed the sand which was on Naruto, freeing him.
"Thanks"
"It's not over yet and stop throwing yourself at him"
"I was in the moment"
"Now you should like Riza, how about we do this together?"
"What's the plan?"
"I'll deal with his sand, you can handle the rest"
"Fine by me"
"Surround yourself with lava"
"Why?"
"It going to get hot in here, your skin might melt"
"Oh..." Naruto covered his body in lava and Kyuubi clapped her hands together and three balls of radiated heat appeared in the air circled around Kyuubi. Gaara narrowed his eyes and Naruto just looked in awe. "W-what's that?"
"Shakuton kajosatsu"
"Teach me th-"
"No"
"So the voice were right...your Kyuubi" Gaara said as Kyuubi narrowed her eyes.
"Don't just stare at me, move it!"
"Sorry" Naruto charged at Gaara who used his sand to try to intercept him. The three scorch balls shot at the sand and radiated so much heat it turned the sand to glass.
"Nothing can stand my flames" Gaara continued to use the sand but Kyuubi kept stopping him, Naruto soon got close and threw the spear at Gaara who barely missed as is caught his sides. Riza caught the spear.
"Thanks!"
"You can't hold that its too hot"
"Haha maybe, I'm a little crazy to know that" Riza smiled as the spear started to burn her hands but she didn't care...at all. Naruto soon closed the gap between them and he sent a barrage of punches and kicks at Gaara who didn't block or even try to dodge. He then finished with a kick in the gut which knocked him against the wall.
"Weakling"
"What the hell" Naruto's eyes widened. 'My hands are covered in lava, why does it feel like I'm punching nothing and why is his skin not burning?'
"You can't hurt me"
"But I can" Kyuubi kicked Gaara's head into the wall and continued to do so. "Time to die" Kyuubi grabbed on of the scorch balls hovering around here.
"Yes it is" Gaara said.
"What?" The entire building started to shake causing everyone to lose balance. "What's going on?" Naruto looked out one of the windows and saw the building was slowly moving downwards. "What the fuck?"
"Don't tell me..." Kyuubi's Grew her nails and pierced Gaara's skull, only for his entire body to turn to sand. "That piece of shit" Kyuubi stopped her scorch style and Naruto stopped his lava and chakra cloak.
"Yeah these two are clones too" Riza said.
"Forget that what's going on with the building?"
"He's sinking us under the earth"
"How is that even possible?"
"He controls sand, the earth has sand in it"
"So what he can just sink everything on it?"
"Most likely"
"Quickly the window" Naruto and the other jumped out of the window before the entire building sank under the earth.
"That was close" Naruto said catching his breath.
"That asshole was waiting for everyone to leave the building until it was only us in it then start to sink the building?"
"I should have known, Shukaku is too much of a coward to fight on even terms. Then again I can't blame him, this is me he's dealing with"
"You give yourself too much credit"
"WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED?" Sayuri said as her and hundreds of people gathered around the collapsed building.
"The building...fell" Sakura said.
"I CAN SEE THAT, MY QUESTION IS HOW AND WHY" Sayuri said as she suddenly just froze. "Where is Naruto" Sayuri looked around to see Naruto and his group. "NARUTO!" Sayuri ran over to him.
"Oh no, bad timing"
"Or the best timing ever" Riza said sarcastically.
"Naruto what happened?"
"Well err..."
"That's my question?" A voice spoke behind Naruto, he turned around to see Kakashi.
"Kakashi" Sayuri said.
"You three were still reported to be inside the building then this happened, care to explain?" Kakashi said as Kyuubi and Riza just looked at Naruto.
"Hay I did't cause this"
"Then who did?" Sayuri asked.
"...A giant sand raccoon" Naruto felt like an idiot but he was half telling the truth. Everyone except for Riza and Kyuubi just started at him.
"That's the stupidest thing I've heard" one of the random genin said as he burst into laughter, causing Naruto to lowered his head hiding his anger. Riza saw this and decided to do what she does best.
"Yo asshole" Riza approached the genin and punched him straight in the face with her steel fist causing him to have a broken nose. She then punched him in the chest breaking some of his ribs and then sweep him off his feet and as he landed Riza stamped of him head, cracking his skull. Pretty much half killing him.
"Anyone else find something funny here?" Everyone back up away from Riza.
"You three report to the Hokage" Kakashi said.
"But we didn't do it!" Naruto shouted in his defence.
"No the sand raccoon did right? Report to the Hokage"
"But..."
"Lets go" Kyuubi grabbed Naruto's hand and walked off, Riza soon followed.
"Call a medical ninja, this man needs medical attention"
"Kakashi there's no way he could have done this" Sayuri said.
"You don't know that"
"No...I don't"
"I hate it when people blame me for something I didn't do, its exactly like when I was young all over again" Naruto said clenching his fist in anger.
"What do you expect? We were the only ones there so its normal for them to suspect that we did something and truth be told we did have some part in it"
"But Gaara and his team were in there"
"No they weren't, Gaara just made clones as he left the building. The only thing in that building was us and sand"
"Still..."
"Don't put too much thought into it, it's not like you care what they think"
"They are part of my village"
"And if they keep that up, they will be part of the after life too. The only thing you need to think about is getting back at Gaara"
"Your right about that"
"We going to get crazy then?"
"What do you think?"
"I like where all of this is going" Riza said with a demonic smile on her one of the roof tops of the buildings a small little fox was watching the whole scene and had red sparks sparking of his fur, his eyes narrowed on the humans before he vanished in a red light.