The over the next couple of weeks, Naruto would train with Kakashi and do missions with Team 7 and then after, he would go into the forest for additional training. His Ketsueki Sattou has now reached a level where it is permanently active at a low level. Without having to use the jutsu or the Kyuubi's help, his blood flowed at double speed and was replenished at double speed as well. His reaction speed was doubled and so was his alertness. Whenever he used the jutsu, he would have double the effects of his permanent version. He can now do his Ketsueki Ijutsu: Iyasu technique on himself quicker than before and he can now create 2 Ketsueki Bunshins and still fight off the wave of nausea. He started to learn taijutsu from Kyuubi in small skirmishes with his clones. He learned to form weapons with his blood which he could use with increasing efficiency. At the end of every training session with Kyuubi, he would give Kyuubi a blood clone body to roam the forest with and feel like his foxy self again on the condition that he remain in the guise of a normal fox and not attack any villager.

One day, Naruto was waiting at the bridge for the tardy teacher of Team 7 as he would on any other day. Sasuke was brooding as usual and Sakura was staring at Sasuke. Naruto, however, was being very different that morning. He didn't shout his loud greeting to Sakura nor did he insult Sasuke. He was quietly sitting on the railing having a mental conversation with his prisoner, Kyuubi.

'When will we be getting to more jutsu training? Huh? Huh?' asked the blonde.

'You are done with the basic blood jutsus and I will teach no more until all your basics are done well. Now stop bothering me with this senseless babbling!' replied the Youkai.

'Awwww, common! I'm bored with the Taijutsu stuff!' complained Naruto.

'No. ' Answered Kyuubi.

'But-' started Naruto.

'No buts! You will do as I say and that's final! Or else!' threatened Kyuubi.

At this time, Kakashi decided to show up with the excuse of the day. Greeted with only Sakura's yell of "LIAR!" Kakashi eyed his foxy pupil. 'It may be worse than I thought…The Kyuubi is starting to affect his behavior!'

Making a mental note to tell the Sandaime, he went on with his announcement. "The chuunin selection exams are coming up and I volunteered you three to participate!"

This information snapped Naruto back to reality. "REALLY! Yay! Kakashi-sensei you're the best!"

"I know. Here are your entrance notes. Fill it out and go to the academy tomorrow. Whether you take it or not is up to you, this is just a nomination." Said Kakashi. With that, he left in a poof.

Immediately, Naruto dashed off to train. Once he was far enough from the villagers, he yelled in jubilation as he dashed to his training spot. Nearby, Hyuuga Hinata, who had just been dismissed after being told that she too had been nominated, smiled and whispered to herself, "I'm glad you made it too, Naruto-kun." She had not seen Naruto lately so she decided to follow him. Activating the Byakugan, she saw Naruto dash into a clearing. He wasn't even panting from the exertion to dash to the clearing from the bridge. She quickly followed through the treetops to a tree 40 metres from Naruto's clearing. There, he saw that Naruto had stopped and seemed to be talking to himself. Creeping closer so she could hear, she heard "…But I wanna learn more new jutsus! This taijutsu stuff is boring…" Intrigued by Naruto, who appeared to be talking to himself, she leaned forward and she was so distracted she almost fell out of the tree. Knowing she made a lot of noise, she mentally berated herself as she jumped off the tree and approached Naruto.

"Ano…Ohayo Naruto-kun…" She said.

Naruto, who had dismissed the noise as a squirrel or something did not expect company. "Eh? Hinata-chan? What are you doing here?"

"Umm… I-I heard you got into the Chuunin Selection Exam and I thought I-I'd come and congratulate you, Naruto-kun." Mumbled Hinata.

"Oh! Thanks Hinata-chan!" yelled Naruto, "did you get in?"

"Yeah."

"Congratulations to you too! Are you going to go?"

"I don't know… I-I'm not very strong…"

"No way Hinata-chan! You're strong too! Come to the Chuunin Exam! You can do it. I believe in you."

She blushed really red like a tomato and stared at her toes like she often did when Naruto noticed her. She quickly made an excuse about having to get back to the Hyuuga Manor and ran off. 'What a strange girl. Kinda cute when she goes all red hehe.' Thought Naruto, not aware that his mental roommate, the Kyuubi, heard all his thoughts.

'If you're done daydreaming about that Hyuuga girl, would you hurry up with the blood clone? I need a body to teach you taijutsu.'

Absorbed in his thoughts, Naruto didn't even complain about doing more taijutsu and simply did the hand seals and called, "Ketsueki Bunshin no Jutsu." Activating his Ketsueki Sattou as well as the clone's, he formed a blood staff while his clone surrendered control to Kyuubi. The Kyuubi/clone said, "We're doing a different idea today, so you don't have to bother with the blood staff. I will teach you the Ketsueki Hiodoshi. All I want you to do is gather your blood and use it to create body armor. Under all your clothing, create a thin layer of blood and allow it to stay there. Whenever I attack with a blood kunai or shuriken, make the blood solidify where it would have hit. Now I'll start off with non-vitals."

Naruto groaned and did as he was told. He knew that starting off with non-vitals meant that Kyuubi would have no reason to hold back his force and he's supposed to defend from it! As the training exercise commenced, he was quickly hit by several kunai through the arms and a leg. Holding back a yell of pain, he quickly went through the seals for Ketsueki Ijutsu: Iyasu. This was repeated five times before he could form the thoughts to direct the blood in time and even after that, he was still being hit by more than half of the projectiles. By night fall, Naruto had been pierced through the arms and legs several hundred times. As in every other night, Kyuubi morphed into a fox and slunk off into the growing darkness. Naruto just got up and trudged off to Ikeraku Ramen.

After satisfying his stomach, he walked off to his apartment to sleep. On the way there, however, a kunai was thrown at his face. He just ducked his head and looked in the direction it came from. A rain nin stared back at him with cold eyes from the roof before launching a fuuma shuriken at him. Naruto immediately heard something wrong with the sound of it. He jumped to the side and ducked to dodge the one in the shadow of the first. 'Kage Shuriken' he thought, as he silently thanked Kyuubi for his training. 'Should I use blood jutsus? Nah. He's too easy.' Thought Naruto. Hand seals flashing, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" he yelled. Instantaneously, 40 more Naruto's appeared behind the original. The 40 clones jumped up onto the wall and started to run up towards the rain nin, who prepared himself to jump. As he made the leap, the 40 Narutos immediately exploded off the wall and upwards following the opponent. 'What! When did Naruto learn to plan ahead and even use tactics?' thought the nin just as he was tackled by the 40 clones.

Once the rain nin was properly captured, the original Naruto, who hid in the shadows as the clones attacked, ripped off the mask gaped at the face staring back at him. "IRUKA!"

"Hai… Sorry Naruto. I just had to test you to be sure you are ready for the Chuunin Exam. Don't worry, I've been doing it to all the rookie nine today. Now, if you'd let me go, I have to go speak with Kakashi-san."

"Alright sensei. But you owe me ramen! Hehehe"

"Ok, Naruto. Tomorrow, after the first exam."

After that little skirmish, Naruto walked the rest of the way home, feeling anxious about the exam on the following day. However, he couldn't sleep in all his anxiety so he went out for a midnight jog, which turned out to be more of a midnight jump over people's roofs. On his third lap through Konoha, he heard an anguished scream and he made a sharp turn to head in that direction.

When he got to the roof of a hotel, he saw a kid with short red and a kanji for love on his forehead. He wore a gourd on his back and he was clutching his head while sand swirled around him. Naruto approached and, being the helpful self he is, he asked, "are you ok?"

At this, the kid snapped his head and looked at him with blood shot eyes, startling Naruto. The blonde stumbled back a step and asked again, "are you ok?"

"Why do you care? They all want me dead. They all fear me and hate me. But I won't die. No… I'll make them all suffer!" ranted the red head, as the sand swirled more violently around him.

Shocked, Naruto froze and stared at the kid. His words reflected his childhood almost exactly. They all feared him, hated him and wanted him dead because he was the host of the Kyuubi no Youkai. He swallowed hard and spoke again. "why do they fear and hate you?"

"You… Why aren't you running away! Do you not fear the Shukaku of the Sand!"

At this, Naruto suddenly remembered the Kyuubi's words from when he was inside Haku.

Flashback

"Shukaku of the Sand is the Youkai of the Earth." Kyuubi had said

End Flashback

"You are Shukaku of the Sand? The Youkai of the Earth?" Questioned Naruto.

The sands immediately went into a frenzy at the invocation of its true master's name. "I am Gaara of the Desert. I have the Shukaku within me." Here, he broke off with an agonizing scream. When he stopped, one of his eyes were diamond shaped. In a strange voice he spoke, "Who are you who invokes my true title?"

"I am Uzumaki Naruto! Kyuubi chose me to be the next Chosen of the Blood."

"He is tired of life already? He's rather young compared to the rest of us! But last I heard he was defeated by a mortal man…much like my defeat… sealed within a brat. These mortals will pay. Bring me Kyuubi and let us rain havoc upon the mortals. The sanity of this host is weakening. I can almost force myself into control. Together we will have our revenge!"

Naruto's eyes widened at his proposal. "I thought… that the Youkai were good…"

"The Youkai's duty is to keep the mortal world from crumbling in on itself and to uphold honor. Those who would do me wrong I will smite! These mortals have imprisoned me in this brat and I will have his body if only to wreck havoc on them!"


Jutsu:

Ketsueki Sattou Blood Rush

An original jutsu I created specifically for the Chosen of the Blood. It allows the user to increase the rate of blood creation in the body. Basic for the blood jutsus, since they all use blood. Once a chosen has enough practice, the Ketsueki Sattou jutsu effect will be permanently at triple speed. It can still be further increased though.

Ketsueki ijutsu: iyasu Blood Healing Arts: Heal

Original jutsu created for the chosen of the blood. All that is necessary is to cover the wound in Naruto's blood and the blood will mend the wounds as long as it isn't too serious. It can be used on the user or some one else. If it is used on Naruto, it can be powerful enough to reattach a limb! On anyone else though, it will only stop the wound from getting worse. It can heal burns and other physical wounds.

Ketsueki Bunshin no Jutsu Blood Replication Skill

Original jutsu for the chosen of the blood. It can make up to 3 clones max. Each clone takes a minimum of a quarter of Naruto's blood. They can all do only blood jutsus, no normal ones. Then can morph into any shape. Its healing capabilities surpass even Naruto's real body. It's really weak against chakra attacks and takes five times the chakra to maintain one as it does to maintain a Kage Bunshin.

Kage Shuriken Shadow Shuriken

A shuriken thrown in the shadow of the first so that it's hidden. (Not shuriken Kage Bunshin)

Kage Bunshin no Jutsu Shadow Replication Skill

Recreates the user as many times as he wants, provided he uses the needed amount of chakra. The chakra in the body is divided equally so it is a very tiring skill but it is good enough to fool advanced eyes like the Byakugan. These clones can use the chakra in them to use jutsus (I think they should be able to so I will make them so)

Ketsueki Hiodoshi Blood Armor

Blood armor. Simple as that.