Chapter 4
"We're here!" Naruto yelled gleefully as he entered the gates of Kohana. Following him was a group of three that attracted way too much attention.
Everyone knew the white haired pervert to be Jiraiya, but the fact that his two companions were never seen before plus they were wearing black wool clocks in the hot weather of August strikes many people as odd.
Then there was Naruto himself. Just being himself attracts way too much attention so all in all their trip toward Hokage's tower was full of glares, looks of curiosity as well as some dreamy stares at Itachi.
"Hi old man, long time no see," Naruto greeted as he entered the Third's office.
"It's nice to have you back Naruto," Saindaime smiled as he looked up from all his paperwork, "Naruto there's something I think you should know," his voice suddenly turned serious as Jiraiya pushed Itachi and Dareada out of the room.
"What is it?" Naruto asked curiously as the Third took out a box from under his desk.
"It's about you father," the third paused "he left this box to you,"
"So who was my father?" Naruto asked impatiently as he reached out for his heirloom.
"Yondaime," it was Jiraiya who replied this time.
"What? You're telling me that my dad was the famous fourth Hokage?" Naruto exclaimed unbelievingly as he stumbled back a few steps.
"Yes, that is why Kyubi is sealed inside you, because your dad did not want to sacrifice someone else's baby," Saindaime explained.
"Well that explains why so many people say I look like him," Naruto laughed weakly at his joke as he tried digest this information.
"So what's in the box?" Naruto asked trying to break the heavy silence in the air.
"I believe there are a few justu's that your father wanted you to learn in there. You might even be able to learn them before the exam," Jiraiya joked.
"Now go home. I have things to discuss with the Hokage," he ordered as Naruto dazedly walked out the door.
Unfortunately he was too busy thinking about the new information he had just obtained that he didn't notice where he was going and ran into Itachi and Dareada.
"So what was the talk about?" Dareada asked as he helped Naruto up.
"You won't believe this but my Dad's the great fourth Hokage," Naruto grinned.
"What?" Dareada shouted as Itachi grunted in surprise.
"Yep and he left me some of his justus too," Naruto exclaimed as he held up the box that Saindaime had given him, "Will you help me learn them?"
"Um... Naruto I don't think your dad would want outsiders learning your families secret attacks," Dareada sweat dropped at Naruto's stupidity.
"Oh yeah," Naruto muttered as he scratched the back of his head sheepishly, "I'll just go train on my own! Bye!" he waved as he bounded off.
"Hmm let's see," Naruto muttered to himself as he studied the justu list that he father had left him.
"So you do the ox, sheep, tiger... now do the seals for any bloodline technique," Naruto read.
"Wait I don't now the hand seals for any bloodline techniques."
Oh well, I'll go ask Itachi about the Sharigan sometime. "The next one okay so I do this and this," he mumbled as he started the seals, "Web no justu," he yelled but nothing happened, "What?"
"Idiot, you have to form your chakra into strings to be able to use them in this technique,"
'Thanks foxy for the advice,' Naruto growled he his mind as Kyubi snickered at him.
Deciding to follow Kyubi's advice Naruto formed his chakra into strings and then wove them around a bunny that happened to hop by.
"Cool!" Naruto yelled as the bunny stopped in its tracks. After a little more practice Naruto was able to use his chakra strings like Gaara's sand and could even kill an opponent by tightening the strings.
Naruto also learned a genjustu that made him invisible to even the Byakugan.
By the end of the week he had mastered all the techniques on the scroll and he couldn't help but gloat a little to Dareada, which received him a bump on the head for being too noisy.
The day of the chunnin exams was finally here and Naruto couldn't help but feel excited. He had been learning the techniques on his father's scroll for the whole week and hadn't even got a chance to say hi to his friends yet.
He Itachi and Dareada made their way toward the third floor only to find a commotion on the second. They stopped to observe only to immediately notice a genjustu around them making it seem like the third floor.
'Couldn't these gennin's count?' was the thought that went through their heads as countless teams tried to enter the fake room only to be thrown out again by a two chunnins.
"Would you please let as in?" a purple haired girl pleaded to the chunnins. She was about to go on when a yell interrupted her.
"Hey Hinata! How have you been?" a blond boy jumped into the middle of the crowd.
"N... Naruto-kun," Hinata stuttered, as she blushed crimson.
"Hi, Neji, Lee, Tenten, Shino, and Kiba," He greeted in one breath as everyone turned their attention on him.
Suddenly he waved toward the stairs as team seven dropped in, "Hey Sasuke, Sakura Haku! Long time no see!"
"Naruto," Haku gasped as he made his way toward his friend, embracing him in a hug.
Sasuke just grunted as Sakura pulled him into the mob
Suddenly a swarm of questions were thrown at Naruto as he tried to answer all of them.
"So how was Jiraiya?" Kiba asked.
Naruto was just about to answer when Dareada tugged at his shirt, "Come on we don't want to be late for the first test,"
This brought everyone back to their senses. "Oh yeah," Naruto muttered as he made his way toward the stairs. "Oi if you guys haven't noticed yet this is the second floor," Naruto yelled back as he disappeared from view.
He entered the testing room only to find Shikomaru's team already there along with a team form the sound, sand and rain.
A few moments later entered Neji's Sasuke's and Kiba's team. The room then became havoc as all the girls latched themselves onto Sasuke.
"You should be more quiet," a black haired guy with glasses scolded, "Acting like school girls. This test is not easy you know."
"And who are you?" Neji asked suspiciously.
"Oh I'm Kabuto," he replied.
"Ano...is this your second time Kabuto-kun?" Hinata asked timidly as she pushed her two index fingers together nervously.
"No it's my sixth," Kabuto replied without a trace of embarrassment.
Everyone seemed to accept the answer but to Naruto he was just a lying snake.
"Anyways I'll show you my ninja info cards," Kabuto said as if it was the best treat in the world.
"Do you have information on certain people in the exam?" Neji asked interested for the first time.
"Of course," Kabuto smirked, "Who do you want to know about?"
"Naruto and his team and that read head over there,"
"That red head is Garra of the sand. He has completed 1 A rank mission and 10 B ranked ones. That's all I have on him. Those two on the blonde's team are called Itachi and Dareada. That's all I have on them. And Naruto is your age. He was missing from age 8 to 12. He was sighted all over the world completing high ranked missions and is-" Kabuto was cut off as he felt a cold blade against his neck.
"Another word and your dead. Now give me the card!" Naruto threatened.
Kabuto wordlessly gave the twelve year old the card he was holding as Naruto pocketed it.
There was an awkward silence as Naruto returned to his previous seat.
Taking advantage while everyone's attention was on Naruto the sound team decided to show off a little by attacking Kabuto.
Sasuke being the show-off he is decided to help and managed to stop one sound gennin.
Kiba stopped the second sound ninja but the last was a little smarter than the rest and actually managed to reach Kabuto.
Kabuto avoided the punch with ease but surprisingly he started to vomit.
Luckily the first examiner Ibiki rushed in interrupting the fight.
"Okay gennins the first test is a paper test. You are not allowed to cheat. If you are caught you and your team automatically fail," Ibiki explained the rules as another examiner handed out the tests.
'There is no way a gennin could answer these questions. I guess I'd have to cheat' Naruto thought as he secretly did some hand seals under his desk. Suddenly his eyes became black as red pupils stared out toward the chunnins.
After Naruto got the answers he quickly dispelled the justu as he looked around at his teammates. Itachi was using the Sharigan under his henge while Dareada was using his Byakugan, as were Neji and Hinata.
Haku was using his ice mirrors while Sakura was able to answer all the questions on her own.
"All right now for the tenth question." Ibiki announced forty-five minutes later, "There is a special rule for this question. If you answer it wrong you give up the right to ever take the exam again,"
At this several teams decided to quit much to Naruto's surprise.
"It seems like no one else will leave so I congratulate all of you. You pass!"
"What?" everyone screamed in confusion.
Ibiki went on to explain something about confidence and information gathering when a window on the right of the room shattered revealing an middle aged examiner, Anko.
"Everyone follow me to the Forest of Death for the second test!" she exclaimed as everyone followed her out.
When they arrived Anko forced them to sign a paper explaining that if you die the blame wouldn't be on the Leaf. A couple of people gulped at the idea of dieing and decided to quit.
"Now let me explain the rules," Anko exclaimed in an obnoxious tone similar to that of Naruto's, "each of you will be given a scroll. You have to fight another team to get the opposite scroll and make it to the tower within five days,"
"That's no that hard," Kiba gloated as everyone lined up in front of their gates.
"Oh I wouldn't be so sure," Anko smirked a wicked smile gracing her features, "You'll soon know why it's called the Forest of death,"
"We're here!" Naruto yelled gleefully as he entered the gates of Kohana. Following him was a group of three that attracted way too much attention.
Everyone knew the white haired pervert to be Jiraiya, but the fact that his two companions were never seen before plus they were wearing black wool clocks in the hot weather of August strikes many people as odd.
Then there was Naruto himself. Just being himself attracts way too much attention so all in all their trip toward Hokage's tower was full of glares, looks of curiosity as well as some dreamy stares at Itachi.
"Hi old man, long time no see," Naruto greeted as he entered the Third's office.
"It's nice to have you back Naruto," Saindaime smiled as he looked up from all his paperwork, "Naruto there's something I think you should know," his voice suddenly turned serious as Jiraiya pushed Itachi and Dareada out of the room.
"What is it?" Naruto asked curiously as the Third took out a box from under his desk.
"It's about you father," the third paused "he left this box to you,"
"So who was my father?" Naruto asked impatiently as he reached out for his heirloom.
"Yondaime," it was Jiraiya who replied this time.
"What? You're telling me that my dad was the famous fourth Hokage?" Naruto exclaimed unbelievingly as he stumbled back a few steps.
"Yes, that is why Kyubi is sealed inside you, because your dad did not want to sacrifice someone else's baby," Saindaime explained.
"Well that explains why so many people say I look like him," Naruto laughed weakly at his joke as he tried digest this information.
"So what's in the box?" Naruto asked trying to break the heavy silence in the air.
"I believe there are a few justu's that your father wanted you to learn in there. You might even be able to learn them before the exam," Jiraiya joked.
"Now go home. I have things to discuss with the Hokage," he ordered as Naruto dazedly walked out the door.
Unfortunately he was too busy thinking about the new information he had just obtained that he didn't notice where he was going and ran into Itachi and Dareada.
"So what was the talk about?" Dareada asked as he helped Naruto up.
"You won't believe this but my Dad's the great fourth Hokage," Naruto grinned.
"What?" Dareada shouted as Itachi grunted in surprise.
"Yep and he left me some of his justus too," Naruto exclaimed as he held up the box that Saindaime had given him, "Will you help me learn them?"
"Um... Naruto I don't think your dad would want outsiders learning your families secret attacks," Dareada sweat dropped at Naruto's stupidity.
"Oh yeah," Naruto muttered as he scratched the back of his head sheepishly, "I'll just go train on my own! Bye!" he waved as he bounded off.
"Hmm let's see," Naruto muttered to himself as he studied the justu list that he father had left him.
"So you do the ox, sheep, tiger... now do the seals for any bloodline technique," Naruto read.
"Wait I don't now the hand seals for any bloodline techniques."
Oh well, I'll go ask Itachi about the Sharigan sometime. "The next one okay so I do this and this," he mumbled as he started the seals, "Web no justu," he yelled but nothing happened, "What?"
"Idiot, you have to form your chakra into strings to be able to use them in this technique,"
'Thanks foxy for the advice,' Naruto growled he his mind as Kyubi snickered at him.
Deciding to follow Kyubi's advice Naruto formed his chakra into strings and then wove them around a bunny that happened to hop by.
"Cool!" Naruto yelled as the bunny stopped in its tracks. After a little more practice Naruto was able to use his chakra strings like Gaara's sand and could even kill an opponent by tightening the strings.
Naruto also learned a genjustu that made him invisible to even the Byakugan.
By the end of the week he had mastered all the techniques on the scroll and he couldn't help but gloat a little to Dareada, which received him a bump on the head for being too noisy.
The day of the chunnin exams was finally here and Naruto couldn't help but feel excited. He had been learning the techniques on his father's scroll for the whole week and hadn't even got a chance to say hi to his friends yet.
He Itachi and Dareada made their way toward the third floor only to find a commotion on the second. They stopped to observe only to immediately notice a genjustu around them making it seem like the third floor.
'Couldn't these gennin's count?' was the thought that went through their heads as countless teams tried to enter the fake room only to be thrown out again by a two chunnins.
"Would you please let as in?" a purple haired girl pleaded to the chunnins. She was about to go on when a yell interrupted her.
"Hey Hinata! How have you been?" a blond boy jumped into the middle of the crowd.
"N... Naruto-kun," Hinata stuttered, as she blushed crimson.
"Hi, Neji, Lee, Tenten, Shino, and Kiba," He greeted in one breath as everyone turned their attention on him.
Suddenly he waved toward the stairs as team seven dropped in, "Hey Sasuke, Sakura Haku! Long time no see!"
"Naruto," Haku gasped as he made his way toward his friend, embracing him in a hug.
Sasuke just grunted as Sakura pulled him into the mob
Suddenly a swarm of questions were thrown at Naruto as he tried to answer all of them.
"So how was Jiraiya?" Kiba asked.
Naruto was just about to answer when Dareada tugged at his shirt, "Come on we don't want to be late for the first test,"
This brought everyone back to their senses. "Oh yeah," Naruto muttered as he made his way toward the stairs. "Oi if you guys haven't noticed yet this is the second floor," Naruto yelled back as he disappeared from view.
He entered the testing room only to find Shikomaru's team already there along with a team form the sound, sand and rain.
A few moments later entered Neji's Sasuke's and Kiba's team. The room then became havoc as all the girls latched themselves onto Sasuke.
"You should be more quiet," a black haired guy with glasses scolded, "Acting like school girls. This test is not easy you know."
"And who are you?" Neji asked suspiciously.
"Oh I'm Kabuto," he replied.
"Ano...is this your second time Kabuto-kun?" Hinata asked timidly as she pushed her two index fingers together nervously.
"No it's my sixth," Kabuto replied without a trace of embarrassment.
Everyone seemed to accept the answer but to Naruto he was just a lying snake.
"Anyways I'll show you my ninja info cards," Kabuto said as if it was the best treat in the world.
"Do you have information on certain people in the exam?" Neji asked interested for the first time.
"Of course," Kabuto smirked, "Who do you want to know about?"
"Naruto and his team and that read head over there,"
"That red head is Garra of the sand. He has completed 1 A rank mission and 10 B ranked ones. That's all I have on him. Those two on the blonde's team are called Itachi and Dareada. That's all I have on them. And Naruto is your age. He was missing from age 8 to 12. He was sighted all over the world completing high ranked missions and is-" Kabuto was cut off as he felt a cold blade against his neck.
"Another word and your dead. Now give me the card!" Naruto threatened.
Kabuto wordlessly gave the twelve year old the card he was holding as Naruto pocketed it.
There was an awkward silence as Naruto returned to his previous seat.
Taking advantage while everyone's attention was on Naruto the sound team decided to show off a little by attacking Kabuto.
Sasuke being the show-off he is decided to help and managed to stop one sound gennin.
Kiba stopped the second sound ninja but the last was a little smarter than the rest and actually managed to reach Kabuto.
Kabuto avoided the punch with ease but surprisingly he started to vomit.
Luckily the first examiner Ibiki rushed in interrupting the fight.
"Okay gennins the first test is a paper test. You are not allowed to cheat. If you are caught you and your team automatically fail," Ibiki explained the rules as another examiner handed out the tests.
'There is no way a gennin could answer these questions. I guess I'd have to cheat' Naruto thought as he secretly did some hand seals under his desk. Suddenly his eyes became black as red pupils stared out toward the chunnins.
After Naruto got the answers he quickly dispelled the justu as he looked around at his teammates. Itachi was using the Sharigan under his henge while Dareada was using his Byakugan, as were Neji and Hinata.
Haku was using his ice mirrors while Sakura was able to answer all the questions on her own.
"All right now for the tenth question." Ibiki announced forty-five minutes later, "There is a special rule for this question. If you answer it wrong you give up the right to ever take the exam again,"
At this several teams decided to quit much to Naruto's surprise.
"It seems like no one else will leave so I congratulate all of you. You pass!"
"What?" everyone screamed in confusion.
Ibiki went on to explain something about confidence and information gathering when a window on the right of the room shattered revealing an middle aged examiner, Anko.
"Everyone follow me to the Forest of Death for the second test!" she exclaimed as everyone followed her out.
When they arrived Anko forced them to sign a paper explaining that if you die the blame wouldn't be on the Leaf. A couple of people gulped at the idea of dieing and decided to quit.
"Now let me explain the rules," Anko exclaimed in an obnoxious tone similar to that of Naruto's, "each of you will be given a scroll. You have to fight another team to get the opposite scroll and make it to the tower within five days,"
"That's no that hard," Kiba gloated as everyone lined up in front of their gates.
"Oh I wouldn't be so sure," Anko smirked a wicked smile gracing her features, "You'll soon know why it's called the Forest of death,"