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Some reviewers complained about my first few chapters and I fixed that issue. I hope they are now readable. And thanks for the advice.
Anyway let's get going with the show.
Chapter 21
Previously
The proctor then asked if there were those who wanted to forfeit before the matches started. Kabuto raised his hand stating that he was out of chakra which was a blatant lie. The Hokage and Ibiki narrowed their eyes at this when Kabuto walked out. If anyone noticed there were a few shadows that followed Kabuto. Also Naruto could feel a certain snake among the Jounin senseis which made him wonder what he was doing here since he had already done what he wanted.
After Kabuto left the proctor announced the first match which was Sasuke vs Yoroi Akado. Mmmh something fishy is going on here Naruto thought. His suspicions were further increased when the so called Leaf genin looked in the direction of his sensei who felt like the pedo. What the hell? How is the pedo walking in broad daylight and no one noticed that? It seems the pedo is up to something. Whatever it is there was one thing to say.
Poor Sasuke it seems the pedo is very much invested in your ass.
Now
Everyone left the arena except for Sasuke and his opponent and headed for the contestants' stands were they can view the matches. Kakashi decided to tell Sasuke not to use his sharingan lest the cursed seal act up and he be taken out of the match. Seems that when it comes to Sasuke Kakashi is very concerned but to the other members of the team not so much.
'Now that's just blatant favouritism. Sasuke gets a hicky and Kakashi is all over him. I have the freaking 9 tails and he acts like it's no big deal. This has got to be the worst sensei in the history of senseis!' ranted Naruto in his head. He is about to reach his limit with this guy. He claims to want a genin team but what he wanted was the Uchiha all along. After the exams he is going to give Sakura some advice before she gets herself killed.
In the contestants' stands
All genin teams met up with their senseis and were waiting to watch the match. Hinata when she saw Naruto brightened up before she went to him leaving her team. Kiba wanted to protest but his sensei send him a glare shutting him up. The horny dog still hasn't given up on her it seems even if she was taken.
"Hey Naruto how are you?" she asked as she hugged him and gave him a peck on the cheek eliciting jealous feelings from some of the genin. Naruto ignored this instead he focused on his girl. He hadn't had time to meet with her when they arrived at the tower because of those Orochimaru shenanigans. So the two began to talk for a while entering into their own little world.
The senseis were also discussing about various things but Kakashi for once was invested in the match. He was worried that Sasuke might succumb to his inner demons and use the curse seal there by disqualifying him or worse.
[Please note all fights except for two follow the canon so I am not going to get into that just the results and comments]
Sasuke vs Yoroi Akado winner Sasuke
The fight was impressive to say the least. Sasuke was handicapped from the very beginning and coupled with the chakra draining technique his opponent used made things worse for him. The finisher, a move copied from Lee and then modified was also impressive even though some would think it wasn't far. That's the life of a shinobi for you although he has to come up with a counter for that.
What impressed Naruto more was Sasuke's will power when the seal tried to take over. Being able to halt its progress and force it back was a fit very few would accomplish. This surprised everyone including Orochimaru who was looking forward to seeing his baby used in action.
"Impressive fight for a handicap wouldn't you say" Naruto commended to his companion who was looking at the fight with narrowed eyes.
"Yes it was. Although his opponent seemed to be holding back otherwise the fight would have been over" Hinata commented back although her voice was lowered so only the two of them could hear.
"Yah I noticed. That's one of Orochimaru's goons. The whole fight was a farce from the beginning. The match making was bogus and it seemed that the opponent wanted to force Sasuke to use the seal which didn't work and he ended up with his face in the dirt."
They watched as Kakashi entered the arena and let Sasuke lean on him so he wouldn't fall. Probably trying to portray that the Uchiha never fall in a fight. Ha everyone can see he is on his last leg. Also it shows the typical Hatake favouritism. Ever so concerned about one student while the others are inconsequential. Kakashi then took Sasuke away and at that moment Naruto felt Orochimaru follow probably to check in on his investment.
Next fight Shikamaru vs Kin winner Shikamaru
The fight was impressive to some who were mesmerised by the genius tactics of the Nara. The girl had the advantage but her cockiness caused her ultimate defeat.
"Seriously she could have won the match but she let her opponent study her. And what's worse she monologue about her technique. What's with people and explaining their techniques to their opponents and a Nara at that? That's some next level stupidity if you ask me" Naruto commented out loud with Hinata nodding in agreement.
Even if it's an exam a shinobi must finish his or her opponent as fast as possible to prevent something like this from happening. What was that girl thinking? Did she try to earn marks by revealing the inner workings of her technique to the judges?
"Even if she didn't Shikamaru would have figured it out in a matter of minutes. He is a genius strategist after all" boasted a certain tobacco addict with his cancer stick in his mouth.
"Oh hey Death Stick sensei how are you" asked a cheeky Naruto. Asuma popped a vein at this.
"My name is Asuma not Death Stick."
"Oh really because from what I heard you and your clan can't part from those things even if it's to save your life. Don't you know those things can kill you? I mean we are shinobi destined to die in glorious combat and not by tobacco. That would be embarrassing" replied Naruto with lots of people nodding in agreement mainly a certain red eyed beauty.
"And while we are at it have you ever heard of second hand smoking? You might be a walking chimney wannabe but please don't pass your habits to your genin. We have a mini-Gai here we don't need a mini-chimney and a mini-porn addict now do we? Give it a few years and one of you students will be a chimney just like you" All this was done to embarrass the smoker. Konoha seriously needs to make sure that all senseis are not quirky like the current ones.
A few years into the future a certain Nara sneezed while bringing out a cigarette pack before he stared at it. "Damn it he was right! Troublesome"
Next fight Shino vs Zaku winner Shino
"Ouch that looks painful. All those bugs in all the wrong holes" shivered Naruto before getting whacked in the head by Hinata for insinuating something very creepy. The rest of the genin shivered at the thought. Shino also showed to be a genius like Shikamaru but Naruto was beginning to see a trend that he didn't like at all. He would have to wait to see a few more matches before he has a few words with the Konoha senseis.
Next match Kankuro vs Misumi winner Kankuro
Now the use of puppetry was something that Naruto hasn't seen before. It is a good skill but to someone like him or those with doujutsu it's useless. Anyway he learnt something about Orochimaru's selection. It seems he targets those with rare abilities as seen by the first two. It also makes sense why he targeted Sasuke. Does that also mean that Kabuto has a rare ability as well? If so how dangerous is it?
It also begged the question. If he knew that Naruto is an Uzumaki and that Uzumaki possess different abilities does that mean he will come for him as well? Certainly. The guy tried to mark him. Too bad he sank his fangs into an explosive clone.
Next fight Chouji vs Dosu winner Dosu
Naruto didn't comment on this one. All he thought was Chouji needs to change his mindset if he is to survive as a shinobi. Kindness is a good thing but it only works in the right situations. And also his anger will be his downfall. And what the hell was his sensei doing. If Chouji had this mindset it was better to take him off the team or hold the team off the exams. It was just luck that they made it otherwise they would have been killed even with the genius with them. This now solidified his thoughts of having a talk with the rookie senseis before disaster strikes.
Next fight Ino vs Sakura winner Double KO
To say this was a pitiful display of ninja skills was an understatement. This was embarrassing to watch and he was sure as hell that if there were more villages represented Konoha would be a laughing stock. Ino a girl from a well know clan should have done better than what she did. Sakura had little training and yet she managed to get a draw against Ino. He was impressed by Sakura's will power to shake off the Yamanaka's technique but that's the only good thing and it didn't outweigh the embarrassing.
Kakashi and Asuma just went to collect their respective students but you could see the shame in their eyes. The rest of Konoha shook their heads in shame while some of the other village representatives throw jabs at what a poor job Konoha did with their kunoichi. Naruto hearing this decided to pass on his remarks as well.
"Is it me or are Konoha senseis just this lazy"
Kakashi hearing this decided to admonish his student. "Naruto that was uncalled for. They both did their best with what they had. They just need a little more training that's all" Kakashi finished the last part unsure and embarrassed.
"If this is the best then I would hate to see the rest. It's a miracle those two survived this exam when they shouldn't be here in the first place. If you analysed the fights so far like I did then you would clearly see that something is very wrong. On that note after the exams I would like to talk to all of you about my analysis" Naruto finished. He might not like being in Konoha and most of the people in it but that doesn't mean that he wanted to see them get killed because of their senseies' mistakes.
Hinata just looked at Naruto with a small smile. It seems that Naruto is now rising above the hatred that had been growing under his mask. Had it been anyone else they would have let these genin get killed without giving a second thought. It seems that Naruto is different from most people. Too bad Konoha didn't see this or he would have been a valuable asset. Everyone went back to watching the next fights but the senseis were thinking on what Naruto said and the upcoming talk.
Next fight TenTen vs Temari winner Temari
This is one of the most one sided fights Naruto had ever seen. That Temari girl had the fight in the bag before they even started and she dominated TenTen throughout the match. Temari had her weaknesses such as fire jutsu, speed and hand to hand combat but her opponent failed to capitalise because she wanted to prove that her path would see her through. If this was a real battle she would have been killed. But had to give her props for the seals that she created.
This is starting to show a trend in Konoha shinobi that no shinobi should have and that is specialisation or being one trick ponies. This is why the Uchiha were so strong they didn't specialise they had diversity. This girl just showed the dangers of specialisation. Temari was her weakness and she still kept using her weapons against a wide range wind user. He could see that TenTen was out of ideas and she didn't have a fall back plan.
Said girl was carried back to the stand by her team mate who saved her from a crippling injury. She looked defeated and lost so Naruto decided to help her out.
"Hey did you make those scrolls yourself?" Naruto asked and he got a nod from the poor girl.
"Sealing is an art of limitless possibilities and that's the best you can come up with?" yah it came out as insensitive but he had to make the girl see that she was limiting herself.
Tenten turn toward Naruto glaring at him with so much hatred (note she just lost so it's common to react like this). The other Konoha genin and their senseis just looked at Naruto with disappointment.
"Oh yah and what do you know about Sealing huh. It took me years to make those scrolls and a fresh genin like you acts like he is a know it all" the girl shouted attracting an audience. Okay maybe Naruto didn't use the right approach since he didn't want an audience.
Naruto simply swiped a scroll from her focused chakra in his fingers then started to edit the seals she made. Tenten wanted to shout at the boy but she saw him do something not even Jiraiya, Konoha's seal master, couldn't do. He was making seals without a brush and paint. That was impossible for anyone to do. Well except the 4Th
Naruto finished making the seal before he took a kunai and sealed it back into the seal. The others just blinked as the seal did as the previous seal could do. Naruto then unsealed the kunai pointing to the wall but nothing happened. Well something happened because the jounin and a select few genin were gapping like fish.
"Holy…."
"Shit…"
"That was fast!"
These were the comments that came from the jounin. The Kunai Naruto unsealed moved so fast that normal genin couldn't see it. And worse it was buried deep inside the wall were Naruto aimed the kunai. It was like Gai threw the kunai at half strength (not using the Inner Gates).
Hearing what the jounin were saying and looking to where they were looking most genin didn't see anything but the most missed the small hole made in the wall but a certain weapons mistress saw it.
"What did you do to my seal!"
"Oh I upgraded it. The way you made it was good but you set the speed of launching your weapons to the default speed. I twitched it a little by setting the speed to the max then I added a function seal that adds wind chakra to boost the speed and sharpness of your weapons" Naruto explained.
It was a simple thing to alter the seal and adding a few basic functions. It he wanted he could have made it even faster and more deadly. He could use those himself but it wasn't his style but that's not to say he doesn't have them in case he is in a pinch.
"You know about sealing?" Tenten asked the genin who she considered her junior.
"Yah i do I mean I am an Uzumaki after all it's in my blood. Anyway my advice to you is that you are limiting yourself to what you love only. Mastering weapons is good I am also into that but you need to broaden you horizon. There are many other cool things you can do with your current seals and many upgrades you can make. Once this is over come look for me and I will give you a few lessons" and with that Naruto waited for the next match to begin leaving Tenten to think on what he said. It wasn't bad to get a few lessons and a couple of ideas from him. She really needed to improve or what happened during her match would repeat itself.
The senseis were also having their own talk.
"Kakashi what did you teach you genin. I didn't know you taught sealing. I thought you focused on ninjutsu and taijutsu" asked Asuma as he took another cigarette when the one he had fell down during Naruto's display.
"I didn't teach him that. You Know Who taught him" Kakashi replied with the Konoha senseis getting what he meant leaving the foreign senseis out of the loop. Although Orochimaru got who was referred to, he decided to come back and watch what his other investment can do and he was impressed with the little display.
"No matter it was youthful what Naruto-kun did and I approve that my genin can go for some extra lessons" Gai said. He had been ashamed that the power youth didn't push his student through the battle and he felt that he failed as a sensei. He focused too much on taijutsu because that's what he is good at and neglected to find someone to help Tenten in her art.
Many of the genin who didn't know Naruto had one thought. 'Just what can this kid do if he can make a simple kunai do that'? Hinata just simply smiled at what Naruto did. Seems that he wanted to at least pay back the village for staying in it. too bad they were about to leave soon. At least he still has an actual caring heart not that fake mask he used.
Next fight Naruto vs Kiba
Now that's the match he has been waiting for and so was Orochimaru who was now paying more attention. Kiba was celebrating that he has this in the bag and that Hinata will love him when he beats Naruto (poor delusional mutt). Kakashi didn't even give him a pep talk he was nose deep in his porn. Kurenai on the other hand cautioned Kiba not to take his opponent lightly. Once upon a time before Naruto's display she would have thought that Kiba will win this but after Naruto's little display and Hinata's growth she was starting to fear that Kiba might run head first into a superfast kunai.
Naruto just sighed at Kakashi's actions but he did get a good luck peck from Hinata. With that he calmly went to the arena hand in his pocket. Kiba followed a while later ever so jolly with his pet in tow. Naruto could also feel that Gaara was paying attention to his fight. The guy is still eager to look for strong opponents just his luck.
When he left some attendants started serving refreshment to which all genin bought some including Hinata. Naruto pouted he wanted some.
'So what to do and what to show. I can't reveal too much in this match so any ideas' Naruto asked his partner.
"There are many choices you can go with but prankster would do the trick. Humiliate the mutt for looking down on you and for trying to take your mate. And make it fun while you are at it I wanna enjoy the show" the 9 tails replied. The beast was bored after all, a little wouldn't hurt.
Kiba looked at Naruto with a smug cocky attitude. His dog was telling him how to take down Naruto which was totally stupid. Shouldn't it be the other way around?
"You do know I can hear you right Akamaru?" Naruto asked with a bored look.
"Yah right like you can talk to dogs" Kiba fired back.
"I can talk to just about any animal there is. And for calling me an Ape I won't go easy on you Akamaru!" Naruto shouted then created three clones.
"Alright you guys fire up the grill we are going to barbeque us that dog" Naruto ordered his clone which did as he instructed getting sweat drops from everyone and a gulp from Akamaru. Naruto then faced Kiba and unsealed something. There was a poof of smoke (for dramatic effect) and from the smoke came, a bone? What the hell.
"Here Kiba Kiba Kiba, come on boy come and get it" Naruto started waving the bone around like a person would do to his dog. It was insulting Kiba big time.
The whole arena even Orochimaru, because he is not on the receiving end, started to snicker. This infuriated Kiba and he blindly attacked utilising an unstable form of his family style. He had speed but to Naruto he moved like a snail. Kiba started swinging his claw like hands with Naruto dodging easily.
"Yes that's a good boy come and get it boy. Come and get this juicy bone" Naruto baited Kiba making him even more angry.
"Stay still so I can kill you!" Kiba said as he started to increase his temp not noticing the smirk on Naruto's face. This was all according to plan.
In the stands
Confused was the state all the viewers were in even the Hokage but only for a short while.
"Kakashi sensei what is going on" Sakura asked as she looked on at what was going on. Kakashi for once had put away his book and started to analyse the situation. He contemplated on lifting his headband to see what was going on.
"Genjutsu. He is caught in a genjutsu" stated Neji as he had his doujutsu activated after he saw what was happening.
"What, genjutsu, that's impossible. Naruto failed at making a simple Bushin. How is he able to perform a genjutsu? And when did he cast it?" shouted Ino. What they were seeing was a high level genjutsu and there is no way Naruto can do that.
"He cast it when he summoned the bone. He used the smoke to cover his hand when he performed the hand seals. From what I can tell he used one handed seals" Gai explained what he saw although he only noticed it when Naruto was ending the seals.
Sakura went on to rant that only one person they met was able to do that was Haku bla bla bla we are not interested in that. What we want to know is what was going on. Okay so the fight started with Kiba trying to fight Naruto but as time went on they ended up playing fetch.
Yes I said it they were playing fetch. Naruto was throwing the bone and Kiba would run like a dog to fetch it and bring it back. He would get a compliment and a pat on the head before doing the same thing over and over again. And Kiba was acting all dog like barking and rolling over it was hilarious to some and embarrassing to some (cough Kurenai cough).
Back to the fight?
"That's a good Kiba now who is a good boy yes you are" Naruto said as he scratched Kiba behind the ear and Kiba seemed to be enjoying it with how his leg was occasionally twitching. Well this was easier than Naruto thought it would be.
Genjutsu: Sensory Hijack jutsu. It's a simple genjutsu (to him anyway) that he developed after getting the hang of what genjutsu is. He hijacks an opponent's senses for a time and twists the opponent's desires/personality in the opposite direction. If it's an Inuzuka like Kiba who like to play with their dogs, they take the place of the dog instead of the master. If it's a Nara well let's just say he will be hyper active as opposed to their lazy nature.
This technique for it to work needs the victim to drop his mental barriers for a bit for the technique to work. The user might cast the jutsu but unless the victim is still mentally prepared the technique won't work but it will still be active until cancelled or until the victim drops his guard. This is what happened to Kiba when he was baited with the bone. For now the technique only lasts a short while before it wears off.
Naruto was playing with Kiba for three minutes before the jutsu wore off. Kiba blinked then looked around and found that he was on all fours with a bone in his mouth. You can imagine how he reacted to that hehehe.
"What the hell did you do to me you bastard?" shouted the enraged Kiba.
"A simple C rank genjutsu. You know for a person who is trained by a genjutsu specialist you really suck at detecting one" 'Although it's quite difficult to detect this one' Naruto added in his mind.
'That's a C rank genjutsu' was the general thought of everyone. Kurenai was now interested in the jutsu and so was Orochimaru. Kakashi was thinking of ways to get Naruto to teach him or let him copy it and by proxy teach Sasuke the justu.
"I am going to kill you" shouted Kiba as he prepared to execute the famous Inuzuka Fang over Fang while he beckoned Akamaru to assist him. All he got was a whimper and when he looked to the direction where the whimper came from his eyes widened.
There in the arena was something even the proctor couldn't fathom. The three clones had somehow captured Akamaru while everyone was concentrating on dog Kiba. They had made a fire and placed a braai stand. Where they got it from nobody knows. One clone was holding down Akamaru while the other was seasoning (?) him. Now that's just sick. The other one was grinning like a mad man while sharpening some oversized kitchen knives.
Seeing his partner being held hostage and Naruto threatening to chop of Akamaru's nuts Kiba gave up to save his partner. The three clones pouted when they were ordered to let the puppy go. Said puppy when it was freed bolted out of the arena straight into Hinata's hands. Naruto just shrugged it off before he celebrated his victory while he passed by the proctor.
"You are one sick individual you know that?" said the proctor without even coughing. That just shows how shocked he was.
"We are shinobi we are all sick" replied the boy.
"Not to this extent"
"Kakashi reads porn in front of kids and Jiraiya peeks on women and Orochimaru loves to play with his snakes can I go on"
"…. Good point"
And with that left the arena until he was met with an angry glare from Hinata. Luckily the hannya did not make an appearance.
"That was very cruel Naruto-kun"
"Hey the mutt called me an Ape" Naruto tried to defend himself.
"He is a puppy he is still young"
"Hey I am you too" reasoned Naruto.
"You are a Shinobi you are an adult now. And don't say so is Akamaru because he didn't sign anywhere that he is a ninja hound"
"….. You win" Naruto sighed dejected.
"Good boy"
Next fight Rock Lee vs Gaara winner Gaara
Now that was a fight. He saw Gaara's jutsu and fighting style and was already preparing counters. He was impressed by Lee's skill and determination. He might have lost but he did put on a show. What he did warranted a promotion. Too bad these exams were too stupid to consider this. I mean this was chunin material and it all goes to waste. At least he got out with a few injuries. Gai intervened before things got crazy which got Lee disqualified. Now that's a sensei not the thing they got stuck with.
Next Fight Neji vs Hinata
Hinata already knew it was going to happen when Naruto fought Kiba. She was glad she didn't fight Lee or Gaara otherwise she was going to be forced to reveal things that could get her in trouble. She slowly strode into the arena and came face to face with her cousin Neji who was wearing a stoic face more than usual. She could detect a lot of anger and hate from him. Oh boy this was going to be a pain.
And that's a rap
Sorry not my best work it was kinda boring I know. I wasn't in the best moods when I wrote this one. Also I wanted to finish all the fights but it took too long.
Anyway next we will see Hinata vs Neji and then we will see Naruto confront the senseis plus we will also see various situations. And I haven't forgotten about our favourite family they will get some screen time.
Check out these new animes. They are new but for me they are good for Naruto crossovers. Megami-ryou no Ryoubo-kun and Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy (this one has an awesome plot).
See you later.
