Kat: Hello there! Welcome to my wonderful fanfiction! Sakura bashing and Sasuke torture galore!

Sasuke/Sakura: HEY!!!!!

Kat: -kicks them out of the conversation- Get out! You're not welcome here! Hmph, stupid brats. I hate them! IHATETHEMIHATETHEMIHATETHEM!!!!!

Naruto: -whistles- Wow, nice toss. Wait, you're not going to kick me out, too, are you?

Kat: No way! -glomps- I love you! Well, I love Shikamaru more, but I love you too!

Naruto: -sighs- Well, this is strange. Girls usually hit me, not hang on me. Oh well. -ahem- Kat does not own any of the characters displayed in this story in any way, shape, or form. She wants to, but, if she did, then...well, I would feel very sorry for Sakura-chan and Sasuke-teme.

Kat: I wouldn't.

Naruto: Of course not.

Warnings: Kat despises Sakura, Sasuke, Kakashi, and the villagers, meaning that they're going to suffer. Any fans better turn tail and depart, because, although flames amuse me, I don't want too many. Constructive crit. I can live with.

Naruto was annoyed.

He was annoyed with this village, he was annoyed with his teammates, he was annoyed with his favoritist of a sensei, and did he already mention that he was annoyed with his teammates?

Let's start at the beginning. The villagers were all total and complete morons. They hated him for something that he never did. Hell, he was probably no more than a few minutes old when the Yondaime sealed the Kyuubi no Kitsune within his body. Still, did they care? Nope. Not at all. Sometimes, he hears them wish he were never born. Pfft, if he wasn't born, then it would be another child with the fox sealed inside of them. If they couldn't find one young enough, then, well, there wouldn't be any Konoha, now would there?

Still, let them glare. Let them hate. Let them take out their frustrations on him. If he fought back, then the council would say the demon was resurfacing and he would most likely be killed. That would not do. There were still so many things that he had to do.

Now, on to his teammates. The useless avenger who knows nothing but following the orders his elder brother left him with, and a weak little girl whose sole purpose for being a ninja was to get close to the Uchiha, and possibly get them all killed in the process. She was smart, he would giver her that, at the very least, plus she had good chakra control. Still, she was weak. If she got her head out of the clouds and keep her hands from trying to wander into her crush's pants, then he had little doubt that she could grow into a great konouchi.

Then there was Uchiha Sasuke. He was strong, talented, and completely, utterly, stupid. Naruto didn't give a flying fuck that he was the 'Rookie of the Year', that bastard was either going to get himself, or the entire village killed with his damnable lust for revenge! If he was so damn smart, shouldn't he know very well that his impatience to get stronger would only cause him to get weaker! Between overworking and overestimating himself, Naruto would be completely surprised if he even slightly manages to get as strong as Iruka!

Well, then there was Kakashi. He internally refused to acknowledge that hypocritical waste of flesh as his sensei. "Those who abandon their comrades are lower than trash." "Look underneath the underneath", wow did he have a lot of quotes that he himself refuses to follow. Like a parent who tells their kids not to smoke, and then lights a cigarette five seconds later. Kakashi didn't care about his team as a whole. Just Sasuke. It's always been, and has always been about Sasuke. Why else was Kakashi assigned to Team Seven? Sasuke. Naruto knew very well that Kakashi requested not to have him on the team. After all, who would want to have to teach the dead last?

Well, Naruto was very glad he wasn't really the dead last, otherwise Kakashi's negligence would have really pulled him down. You see, since he would rather not be killed because of the assumption that the Kyuubi was resurfacing, he had held himself back. He knew if he tried, he could probably beat that pathetic Uchiha with his eyes closed and his hands tied behind his back. Naruto had trained himself. He got scrolls and books that listed various training techniques. Because he had to do it by himself, and not with the help of a sensei, it took a lot longer and it wasn't perfect, but he did it. He even trained when no one was watching. Hell, the Kyuubi himself even helped him train, in exchange for a better-looking cage. In his mindscape, the Kyuubi no had a field to do whatever in, but there was a door to his sewer-like mind and a bracelet around Kyuubi's wrist with the kanji for 'Seal'. All in all, Naruto's jutsu arsenal and strength in each area of Jutsu was pretty impressive for a meatsack, according to Kyuubi.

He knew that Kakashi, anybody, really, would see that he had a mask if they really tried to see. If they tried to see Naruto. Not that bastard fox, not just as the vessel of it, and definitely not as the dead last.

Well, that was enough thinking for now. Naruto may not be stupid, but he didn't like thinking too much unless he absolutely had to. He sighed and stretched. Tomorrow, they would be entering the Chunin exams. He knew that the only way his team could participate was if all three of them agreed to. Kakashi mostly told us that we could refuse if we wanted to for Sakura's sake, but there was no way she was going to miss a chance to 'prove' herself. Hopefully she could at least keep herself alive for the first two parts, those were the team-based exams. After that, she could die for all he cared.

We may as well begin your training while your body rests for the exams.

Right. I have a bad feeling in the pit of my gut that something bad is going to happen. I may need your help if it is true, Kyuubi-sensei.

I see that your senses are beginning to advance. That's good. I will help you, but if, and only if, the situation calls for it. The most I can do to help you with your exams is heal you. That is all.

I understand, sensei. If I can't pass this exam on my own strength, then I would not be able to accept the title of Chunin with pride.

That's my kit. Now, return to your apartment and we will begin your training. Since you mastered the controlling of Foxfire, I believe that I can teach you a technique that will greatly benefit you in your exams.

At the thought of a new jutsu, Naruto jumped to his feet and ran as fast as he could, without raising suspicion from wandering eyes, to his apartment. There he went into bed and his body slept.

Naruto opened his eyes and saw himself in the middle of a green field. Trees scattered the area and a large lake added to the near-perfect scenery. He looked around and then wandered to a tree that was by the lake. He looked up, and saw a man.

This man was lying lazily on a branch. His long, crimson hair flowed over his shoulders and orange eyes looked down at the blond, who was nearly pouting with impatience.

"Sensei! What about my new technique?" The demon smirked before jumping down from the branch.

"Who do you think you're talking to, kit?" He demanded, glaring. However, Naruto didn't back down. He glared back up at the demon lord, not affected by the death-glare being given.

"I think I'm talking to a lazy demon who did nothing but complain about cramped lodgings, so I give him a field and he refuses to do anything but sleep on that same branch!" The glaring match continued, with neither backing down. That wasn't until the Kyuubi smirked again and flicked Naruto's forehead.

"You're getting better, brat. Pretty soon, no amount of killing intent will freeze you up. Now, it's time to get started. Come on now." He began walking to a large area in the field that had seals surrounding it. It was Kyuubi's idea to make it so that there wasn't too much damage on the scenery. There were probably certain parts leading to Naruto's very mind, meaning that any damage to it could cause major damage. After they had scouted the area a million times, he determined that area to be safe and created a barrier to prevent chakra from leaving it, meaning any attacks with chakra didn't escape either.

"Well then, shall we?" The demon asked, getting into a stance only known to the users of Foxfire, a lost element that vanished after demons and humans were separated. The two were just going to spar first, to get the chakra flowing for whatever technique Kyuubi was going to teach him.

"I'm ready, sensei." With a smirk, they began.

Kat: Well, there you have it. This isn't going to follow the storyline to the dot, but I was wondering if you want to keep the fighting the same? I want Naruto and Lee to battle in the finals, so I was planning on changing things around a bit.

And I will open up pairings poll in the third chapter, after I get all the potential candidates sorted through and expose you to it. I don't want you to vote on the pairing because you think it's cute, I want you to vote because it fits with the story. Give some suggestions. I don't care what the pairing is, as long as it isn't SasuNaru, and it's not MxF, got it?

Ideas are appreciated, compliments gets cookies, crit. gets my eternal gratitude, flames will be laughed at and used to roast marshmellows.

Next chapter:

Naruto: Looks like the start of the Chunin exams. Great, just what I need. A bunch of superficial morons who come here with their ego completely inflated. No wonder why it's so crowded in here. Wait...what's that guy staring at?

Neji: I can see your mask. I just can't see what's under it.

Naruto: Whoa! Weird. Well, may as well just play my part. Hmm, well he looks strange. And he smells like a snake. I think I have to watch out, that bad feeling is back again.

Kyuubi: Talk to him, Kit.

Naruto: Ugh, fine. Well, let's see what's going on, next time on Look Underneath the Underneath