Author Notes:

Dark and Alive Minato, Minato fans beware.

Alive Kushina.

Darker Naruto.

Original Characters x Established Characters

Not sure what everyone's big beef is with a background coupling but it's not going to change, might as well stop reading now. Same goes with the OC's, they are not going anywhere so if that is really such an issue for you then just stop reading here, it doesn't bother me.

Chapter 15: A Different Type of Test

The team stood there in front of white doors. On the other side of these doors were different things. For Naruko it was a way to prove herself to multiple people. Her father, her lover and her sensei being the top three she wanted to impress. For Shikamaru it was just irritations. He would have to put forth effort and try, and it just seemed so... troublesome. As for Naruto it was just a stepping stone.

He had it all planned out, he knew when he would reveal everything. First things first though, he had to get through the starting tests, getting to the finals, then he would make his first real move against Minato. Naruto put his hands on the doors and pushed them open. Looking around he saw multiple people all staring at them making him smirk. As he scanned the room he saw few people that even peaked his interest a little bit. He also noted that the rest of his graduating class appeared to be here.

With a long sigh he looked to see the other members of what had been dubbed 'The Rookie Nine' coming towards them, much to his annoyance. With an annoyed look he glanced at Sasuke, Sakura, Kiba, Ino, Shino and lastly Hinata. The blue haired girl made Naruko move closer to Naruto with feelings of jealousy and envy starting to swirl inside of her, Naruto was hers! She had gotten the information from Naruto one night after some time together. He had told her about how Hinata and him had the brief interaction with one another.

Right after the Academy Graduation Exam...

Naruto had been one of the last ones to test and as he expected he passed easily. The only other person that he knew of that needed to test was Ino. She had been annoying in Naruto's opinion throughout the Academy. The first couple years she tried to basically force herself upon him, when she figured out that was going to get her no where she moved on to Sasuke. Since Sasuke viewed himself as Naruto's rival, which he found very debatable, she now instead publicly criticized him.

It had gotten on his nerves since he was being demeaned by someone so inferior to him. As he exited the Academy he stopped when he heard a loud slapping noise. He followed the noise then came around to corner to see two Inuzuka boys had hit the Hyuga heiress. Hinata didn't bother him too much, she didn't talk basically at all, so that worked out well for him. The only thing that bothered him with her was that her lack of confidence affected her abilities as a kunoichi.

The blond teen rounded the corner and looked at the two Inuzukas, "It takes two of you to beat up a girl? That's honestly just truly so... pathetic."

One of the Inuzuka growled as the other spoke up, "Why don't you go home bastard? Or is mommy too busy with her legs spread?"

There was the sound of a fist being clenched then, in a flash, he was gone and delivered a hard punch to the teens nose. With one quick fluid motion he rotated and connected to the other Inuzuka's cheek sending him flying after his friend. Naruto stood up straight with an irritated posture as he looked over at Hinata, "You could have dealt with them yourself Hinata. I know you are stronger then you let on to be."

The Hyuga heiress stood and gave him a small smile, "Naruto... I am surprised that you would step in to help anyone."

The Uzumaki stared at her with apathetic eyes, "It didn't matter who was involved, only that he insulted my mother. If he had not said that comment I probably would have left."

Staring at him, Hinata then gave a sly smile, "I should thank you."

He shook his head no and went to speak but she smashed her lips onto his. They went stumbling into the bushed as he rolled her onto the bottom and broke the kiss. He stared at her, "What do you think you are doing Hinata?"

Said girl smiled, "I am going to thank you by giving you my virginity, as well as taking yours."

The blonds eyebrow rose slightly, "You want to fuck?"

She nodded her head then started to lightly grind into his pelvis. He stared at her then he nodded and smashed his lips back upon hers. He had never seen such confidence from the Hyuga girl. He was also stressed, annoyed and she was developing well, he could really enjoy this.

Back in the Testing Room...

That was all that Naruko knew, all that he was willing to tell her. She had asked him who was better and he had said that she was. The problem with his answer was that she just didn't know if he said that just to keep her calm or because it was true. Either way, the one thing that she knew for sure was that she was the one who was with him, even if it was a secret for the time being. Though, she hoped that when they both became chunin, it could come to light and they could be a public couple. Since they would both be not only adults in the eyes of the village, but no longer genin, no one could object to their relationship.

Looking to her right she saw that Naruto was looking at her with a small, knowing, smirk. A small blush appeared for a second but then she looked ahead at the other six members of the Rookie Nine. That was when she noticed Hinata give him a smile, there was that feeling of possession and jealousy again. Naruko just started to stare intensely at Hinata, something that the Hyuga took notice of. Hinata looked at her then moved her eyes to the side and stepped away, followed quickly by Naruko. As the two genin kunoichi were off in their own corner Naruko got straight to the point, "He is MINE, keep your eyes to yourself. I swear to Kami, if I so much as hear about you touching him you will lose a hand."

The Hyuga Heiress smirked, showing a confidence that Naruko had never seen from her, "You're awfully possessive of someone who isn't even really yours Naruko. Did you honestly think that there wouldn't be competition for him? I am not the only one who has my sights set on him. Ino has always been infatuated with him and the foreign kunoichi are always drawn to power. Something that he seems to just ooze and radiate off of his body."

There was a growling sound from the young Namikaze teen directed at the Hyuga as Hinata gave her a confident smile, "I don't need to do anything Naruko, we have done something that you two haven't."

Now it was Naruko who had the confident smirk, "I wouldn't be to sure of that if I were you."

The Hyuga squinted her eyes at Naruko, "You wouldn't... he wouldn't. That was suppose to be something special between us."

Seeing the opening Naruko continued to press her assault on her romantic rival, "Oh it wasn't as special as you thought. Personally I love it, whether he lets me ride or is dominating me. The feeling of completion that I get, the feeling of love. It's worth killing for, I would do anything to keep it, and I mean ANYTHING."

Hinata stared at her as Naruko seemed to have gone off into her own fantasizing about being with the other blond. The Hyuga looked over at Naruto then gave a small sniffle. She was about to go confront him, do something rare for her but that was when a group of people appeared in the front of the room. The apparent leader of them spoke, "ALL OF YOU SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP!"

The room fell silent as everyone looked over at the man. He was glaring at them, "Usually for this test we do a written test, seeing how well you all can do at gathering information. This time though the Yondaime has asked me to do a more... intense... testing process this time around."

The news made it so that the blond jinchuriki narrowed his eyes, whether it was from experience or paranoia he assumed it had something to do with him. Ibiki smiled at them, "I am what is called a tokubetsu jonin, does anyone know what that means?"

Everyone was silent until Naruto spoke up, "You're a shinobi who shows jonin or higher level skills in a particular area. The thing is you don't have the skill all around so you aren't given the jonin rank. There is a specific tokubetsu who is stronger then a majority of jonin in this village but not given the full rank for... lets just call it personality issues."

Ibiki stared at Naruto then smirked, "Smart boy. It is also true in many cases that a tokubetsu jonin will choose to stay that rank just because of the intimidation factor it introduces. For example, I am one for my skills in interrogation and torture."

A majority of the room seemed to get nervous, a couple audible gulps being heard, while Naruto continued to stare, 'So I was right, he wants to try to break me before I have a chance to inflict damage to him or his image.'

The scared interrogator looked around the room with a smile, "So, does anyone want to volunteer to be first?"

No one was raising their hand then Naruto put his up. Ibiki looked at him, "So the bravest of them all is one of the youngest? Interesting, alright Naruto Uzumaki, follow me."

The blond followed after him down the hall to where the man was leading him. As his form went down the hall the other blond on his team was staring at him with concern. She couldn't say for sure what the test was but she had a good idea what it was that her father was up to. Everyone else looked at one another then sat down to wait their turn.

With Naruto...

As the blond sat down in the chair Ibiki smiled, "For some reason the Yondaime told me not to hold back on you, do you know why?"

The cocky smile on his face as he responded was evident even in the darker atmosphere of the room, "Because he is pissed off my mom moved onto someone better."

That made it so that after a second or two the scarred man started to laugh, "I like that reply, you got fire kid. Now, let us get to the point of this whole thing yes? My comrade here will give you a code word, something that if you tell me within the span of ten minutes you will fail. Do you understand?"

Nodding his head that he understood Naruto turned his head as the man whispered the word 'Owl' into his ear. Naruto stared at Ibiki as the man proceeded then went to cast a genjutsu on him. As he cast it he noticed that it didn't have an effect, something that he wasn't expecting in the slightest, though he once again noticed the cocky smirk on Narutos face, "Genjutsu doesn't work on me, sorry."

Narrowing his eyes, he stared at the young genin, trying to analyze him, "I guess your not as important to the Yondaime as you should be, you know since you're his leading interrogator and all that. I'll let you in on the secret though. You see, my mother gave me a gift, something that makes me immune to genjutsu."

The smile on Naruto's face made Ibiki quickly piece it all together. He drew a kunai and cut Naruto along the cheek then watched as it healed, "So she made you the new Kyuubi Jinchuriki."

The teen just stared at him then wiped the blood away, "Yes, which makes me immune to genjutsu based attacks."

Naruto knew that wasn't technically true, it was due to his partnership with Kurama, but that wasn't information he planned to reveal. Ibiki smiled then punched Naruto in the jaw, "Just means I have nine more minutes to get the information from you another way."

Spitting out the blood that was now in his mouth, Naruto looked back at Ibiki then smiled, "Going to have to hit harder than that, you're not even hitting as hard as my mother does."

That seemed to irritate him more than anything which resulted in eight more minutes of Ibiki assaulting his face, clear blood marks staining his shirt. When Ibiki was down to one minute he pulled his kunai back out and put it to Naruto's neck, "You're a tough little bastard, aren't you?"

The blond teen smiled with a shrug then looked at him, "I am a complicated guy."

His interrogator smirked as he stared at Naruto, "Little shit, fine. You pass the damn test."

This made it so that the blond smiled as he stood up from his chair with the kunai still to his throat. Ibiki smiled, "So what was your code word?"

The cocky smirk on the teens face never wavered, looking up at the clock on the wall, "I am only at nine minutes. I was counting while you were giving me my love taps."

Ibiki smiled at Naruto for that, he was actually impressed with the boy. He took a full beating, not him holding back while never losing his nerves or cool. He had even managed to keep that cocky grin the whole damn time, "I think that you have shown enough abilities to become a chunin."

The blond jinchuriki smirked as the timer in his head hit the ten minute mark. Naruto looked at Ibiki, "Now that we are at ten minute, your time is up, my word was Owl since you wanted to know."

The scarred man rolled his eyes at him then motioned for the next person to come in. The rest of the testing went and narrowed the field by seventy five percent. All of the rookie nine passed which surprised Naruto. He was sure that either Ino or Sakura would snap under a genjutsu that showed them Sasuke die in an extremely gruesome death.

Something else was that Naruko came out looking pale then when no one was looking she grabbed his hand and got right up next to him. He wondered if perhaps the genjutsu used on her illustrated her team dying and when he died she didn't take it well. Naruko just closed her eyes as the memories of her interrogation came back.

Naruko's Interrogation...

She had survived seven minutes so far. She had been forced to witness harsh and cruel genjutsus. Ones where her mother was killed, her sensei was killed and even her father. The one that she was currently enduring would be her most trying one. She had just watched as Iwagakure ninja tied up her team, wanting to know her code word.

The unknown man just stared at her, "Alright bitch, tell me what I want to know or your sensei dies!"

The illusionary Asuma looked at the man then at Naruko, "Naruko... I have people I need to get back to. Kushina-chan and my father. Please, just tell them what it is! Please!"

Shaking her head no, the blond teen girl hardened her resolve, "I can't Sensei... this isn't real."

That was when the Iwagakure man stabbed Asuma in the head with a kunai, leaving it there as he let the body fall forward in front of her. She looked as the blood gushed out of his head then looked back at the man as he moved to Shikamaru, grabbing the Nara heir by his ponytail, "Let's try again Blondie, TELL ME WHAT I WANT TO KNOW!"

Her black haired teammate looked at her with pleading eyes, "Naruko, please. I have my mom and dad to get back to. Just give him the information so that I can go home."

Again she shook her head no, that was the end of the genjutsu version of Shikamaru. That was when the Iwagakure man got to Naruto and she started to get a bit more wide eyed. The man grabbed Naruto by his hair and put the kunai to the side of Naruto's head, "How about the other blond on the team?"

Panic started to take over her body a bit as she looked at Naruto. He looked at her with azure blue eyes as his head was raised back, "Naruko... help me."

Staying quiet for a moment then looked away, trying to keep from breaking, "I can't... you're not the real Naruto-kun..."

The torturer from Iwagakure smiled at the response, "Naruto-kun huh? So finally someone that really matters to you! Give me the information or else I start removing body parts, not a merciful death like the other ones."

Eyes wider at the threat she quickly snapped her head to him. As she looked at him, the fake Naruto once again spoke up, trying to plead with her again, "Naruko, if you save me I will give you whatever you want."

Looking at his pleading eyes she quickly closed her own eyes. Shaking her head she just kept on muttering, "You're not real..."

That was when Naruto lost an ear causing him to yell out in pain and her to wince. She started to tear up and shake, "It's not real... this is all a genjutsu..."

The Iwagakure man made an irritated sound then slowly dragged his kunai across Naruto's throat and pushed his body down in front of her to bleed out. The very audible sounds of the young blond boy choking on his own blood being vividly heard by the blond girl. With wide, tear filled eyes she stared at the teen boy as she heard the gurgling sounds of him gagging on his own blood finally coming to an end as the illusionary form of Naruto looked up at her with tear filled eyes. Not able to tear her eyes away from him, she just stared down at him then the genjutsu disappeared.

Ibiki stared at her, thinking that this had gone far but she was the other one the Yondaime said to push hard, "Ten minutes is up, you passed Naruko."

It took her a moment but she nodded her head and got up to go rejoin her team.

From the point that she entered back into the room she had stayed close to Naruto and didn't move no matter what. She didn't want to be away from her lover, not after what she had seen, not after what she had heard. She would not let him get away from her, she wouldn't let anyone hurt him. No matter what, she would do everything in her power, including her future power from training, to keep him safe and hers.