"I just wanted to tell you guys that I am proud of you seeing how far you've come since we first met. Remember not to abandon each other and good luck" said Kakashi. All of them took their slips and made their way to the academy. It was where their journey began and it is where another chapter in their life was going to end.

(I'm gonna skip the first part of the Chuunin exams because frankly they are boring to write)As team seven entered the forest of death they began searching for scrolls. Naruto had sent out a clone to scout the area and take a scroll if it found one. Suddenly Naruto felt a large amount of chakra coming towards him.

'Orochimaru has made his move, tch he is being to hasty. I can't beat him without raising much suspicion' Naruto thought. Orochimaru wasn't fitting into the scene Naruto had set. Nobody messes with Naruto's scenes.

Sasuke feeling the large amount of chakra began to run towards it throwing caution to the wind. If there was a strong opponent he was going to fight him, his Uchiha blood demanded it.

Soon the duo had gone to Orochimaru leaving the useless one behind. "Kukukuku it seems I don't have to go hunting my prey has come to me on a silver platter" Orochimaru said while freezing Sasuke with his KI. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Naruto and widened his eyes

"Yo- Your the one who defeated Kabuto" Orochimaru said. He didn't need to keep his spy a secret since he had probably already fled the scene but to think someone so young could defeat Kabuto while still holding back was something that required commendation.

He released the full amount of his KI and expected Naruto to have been frozen in fear.

Oh boy was he wrong.

He took a moment to blink and when he saw Naruto was in front of him and he released a killer right hook at Orochimau's face. Orochimaru's face would have been liquidised if not for his uncanny ability to stretch his neck to inhuman proportions.

He quickly jumped back and began facing off against Naruto in a Taijutsu battle for the ages. Naruto went for a jab at his chest but he jumped back and went for a leg sweep, Naruto jumped up and sent a kick at his head which Orochimaru leaned back to avoid Naruto jumped back he quickly ran towards Orochimaru before sending a kick to his chest and a jab at his throat at the same time it seemed stretching your neck had it's downsides he then jumped back gaining sufficient space before flashing through hand seals faster than the eye could see "Katon: Gouka Mekkyaku" whispered Naruto as he sent a wave of flames towards his foe.

"How strong is he" thought Sasuke bitterly he seemed to be falling behind his comrade more and more as time went on.

"Suiton: Suijinheki" roared Orochimaru. He had to expend most of his chakra to block Naruto's flames and the injuries that he had sustained from the breif and brutal Taijutsu bout they had before had taken its toll on him. The blows to his chest were designed to trick his lung into thinking he had gone to sleep before making his breathing more relaxed and sending his brain into sleep mode. It was a technique used by anbu to incapacitate victims and bring them back to the village. How did Naruto know these.

Orochimaru then began to run away marking the Uchiha didn't mean lose his life. He could always come back some other time. He could smell the lust for power radiating off him. He would seek him out wether he liked it or not.

"Sasuke you aren't Sakura I didn't expect you to just sit around while I did all the work" Naruto taunted seeing it as payback for the verbal abuse he suffered at the hands of Sasuke in the academy.

Sasuke gritted his teeth finally released from the effect of Orochimaru's KI. They rushed back to Sakura only to see her being held by her hair. Normally Naruto would have been outraged at the fact that someone was hurting a woman but it was Sakura so it was fine. This time he was going to let Sasuke hold the reins on this one. He would remain hidden and see if Sasuke was really worthy of being the brother of the Uchiha Prodigy.

Sasuke jumped down and quickly separated the girl from Sakura. He stared at his three foes and without a second thought rushed at them without evaluating their abilities. It was two boys and one girl. Sasuke should be fine. Right.

"Sasuke Uchiha we are he-" he didn't get to finish his sentence as Sasuke had already ran towards him and delivered a massive punch to his stomach. "Did you honestly think I was going to let you fucking speak" sneered Sasuke. Seeing Naruto outclass an opponent who he was too scared to even face had filed him up and he wanted to take out his anger at something. It just so happened these human punching bad made themselves readily available. The punch was so hard that the boy had arched forward and spittle flew out of his moth.

The other ones though weren't about to let themselves be beaten down one by one. "Zankuuha" the boy yells. "I'm Zaku and I'm going to be the one to take you out on orders of Lord Oro-" Zaku didn't get to finish his statement as a kick to the side of his skull quickly shut him up. He wasn't going to be getting up soon after that. The original boy seemed to have recovered from Sasuke's blows. "I'm Dosu leader of this group and on orders of the great" he too didn't get to finish as Sasuke engaged him in a feirce Taijutsu battle. A high kick from Dosu forced him to duck and that incessant ringing was making him see double. He activated his Sharingan and quickly saw through the genjutsu they had put on him, not that he would let them know that though. He sent a punch towards Dosu's chin and sent him flying backwards. He recovered mid air and ran back at him sending a kick to his side which Sasuke blocked. Sasuke getting frustrated punched him in his kidney which made him scream and begin to roll in the ground in pain. Sakura continued to watch in silent amazement and her crush on Sasuke grew as he 'Came to her rescue' soon he turned to the girl. He was about to take her out too till Naruto jumped in and stopped him. "Uchiha. You will not harm this girl" he said in a cold voice. While she was the enemy and her master was Orochimaru he didn't like killing women if he didn't have to. "But she hit me and held me by my hair and was about to kill me" Sakura cried pathetically. If she could take care if herself none of this would have happened. "I do not see how this affects me" Naruto said. He grabbed the girl by the hand and teleported to his apartment. "Stay here" was all he said as he left. His security seals would keep her inside anyway but be just wanted to keep her from snooping around. He then teleported back to team seven as they made their war wordlessly to the top of the mountain.