Naruto arrived at Ichiraku Ramen to find all of the genins that he knew were there. They immediately ordered ramen while Naruto told them of his training. Everyone seemed to be interested in Naruto's story.
"After my training with Genkai-sensei Ero-sennin came back with two of my relatives. We traveled to the Kingdom of Kuruda south of the Shinobi countries." Naruto explained while slurping ramen. The genins were listening to his every word , trying to imagine what Naruto had to go thru.
FLASHBACK
Naruto stood in the middle of a stadium in ruins. He wore only a pair of pants that seem to be too tight for him. Across him stood Ella who only wore a slightly loose tank top and panties. Both their arms were bound together by a piece of cloth.
"Are you ready Naruto" Ella asked while sliding into the traditional fighting stance. Naruto just nodded and assumed the same stance as Ella.
Both of them instantly charge at each other running at full speed. Naruto then leaped at Ella aiming a roundhouse kick to her gut. Ella countered this with a kick of her own to Naruto's stomach. The blow sent Naruto rolling backwards stopping only when he crashed in one of the pillars.
'Get up Naruto...Get up..' Ella thought to herself, her gaze not leaving the blonde boy. From the rubble a bloody Naruto got up , his sapphire orbs glaring at Ella with feiry determination.
'Thats it Naruto. Don't rely on your strength..Don't rely on your arms.' Ella thought as Naruto ran at her quickly attacking with kicks and energy attacks using his feet.
"Heh Ella-niisan I'm gonna beat you today!" Naruto exclaimed as he wrapped his thighs around Ella's head and flung her towards the bleachers as he flipped forward. Without waiting for Ella to get up Naruto quickly threw energy attack after energy attack.
END OF FLASHBACK
"So you finally found your family eh Naruto" Kiba said after listening to his friends story. Naruto just nodded with a small smile.
Meanwhile Sasuke had arrived at the Ichiraku Ramen seeing the other genins there. 'This is good Now I can show them that I'm stronger than that Dobe' Sasuke thought as he entered the stand. Everyone was silent when theonyx eyed shinobi entered.
"So the dobe is back...." Sasuke sneered , quickly sitting next to his ex-teammate. Naruto just gruned in reply and continued to eat his 15th bowl of Ramen.
"Hey Sasuke" Naruto greeted his voice void of any emotion. The tension between the two could be seen by the other genins.
Sasuke just smirked and replied "Where've you been these four years dobe?"
"Training" Naruto replied pulling out money form his pockets and placing it on the counter. Naruto then turned and left the stand "Later gus..I got to go and start training for the finals."
"Don't you turn your back on me Dobe!!" Sasuke yelled , anger in his voice at the way his ex-teammate just completely ignored him. Sasuke reached out and pulled Naruto back , twisting him around to face him. Sasuke's fist came flying at Naruto's face knocking him backwards a few meters from Sasuke. The other genins watched in a tense atmosphere their breathes held for Naruto's reaction.
Sasuke started laughing at Naruto, then quickly turned to the others and said "This is what your so excited about?? He can't even take a punch from me!!"
Rock Lee got ready to launch himself towards the Uchiha survivor, Kiba and Shino prepared to launch their companions towards Sasuke.
Naruto slowly stood up dusting himself off, after doing this he nodded to the rest of the genins and started walking away , waving a bye to Sasuke.
'Ok That's it I've had enough of his attitude' Sasuke thought as he quickly ran towards Naruto , his hands flying as he did the hand seals for the Chidori.
Naruto heard Sasuke coming towards at a fast pace , the sound of the chirping getting louder and louder. 'Chidori?' Naruto thought as he quickly pivoted to the right and rammed his knee into Sasuke's stomach. Naruto quickly grabbed Sasuke's arm which held the Chidori and threw him into an alleyway.
"Hehehe Might have gone overboard on that one" Naruto grinned a foxy grin earning him laughs from the others.
'Still the same Naruto' Shikamaru thought as he started to walk away followed closely by Ino. Rock Lee went with Ten-Ten to start training for the Finals.
'Naruto' Sakura thought as she watch her ex-teammate deal with her precious Sasuke-kun like he was nothing. 'Why are so cold to us?' She thought as she dropped to her knees and started crying. A green blur immediately found appeared before her and started to ask her if she was alright.
"Sob No Lee-san! I'm not alright! Sasuke ignores me and now Naruto doesn't even talk to me! sob" Sakura wailed while holding on to Lee's neck.
"Well Sakura-chan..You did punched him when he kept his promise to you..and you help in driving him out of the village" Lee said a matter of factly while carressing Sakura's hair trying to calm her down.
"But..but I didn't really mean to do that I was just pissed off because Sasuke was hurt." Sakura said while trying to recollect her thought on what to do now.
"Well you could try and apologise to Naruto-kun. I'm sure he would forgive you." Lee said while giving Sakura his Nice Guy pose.
"I'll try that Lee-san..Thanks" Sakura said as she got up and left for her house.
Meanwhile Sasuke was still in the alleyway pounding on the brick wall. 'Why? why why must that dobe be stronger than me!!' Sasuke thoughtas he slammed his hand into the wall creating small tremors wit each hit.
'I need to get stronger...to surpass him and maybe the things that once were would return.' Sasuke thought as he made his way back to the Uchiha Manor.
'There should be some more techniques to the uchiha clan' was his last thought as he disappeared in the corner.
Back to Naruto
Naruto had arrived in his new house and had began to rummage thru the library of scrolls and the armory. He found some old scrolls containing techniques that had to do with the Gates. Naruto smiled as he unrolled the scroll and began to read its content.
'Hhhmm...It says here that the Yondaime's name is Shinigami Shin [ God of Death's Heart]' Naruto thought as he scanned some more information about his father.
Somewhere in an unknown location.
Itachi kneeled down , his sharingan eyes looking directly into the ground.
"Was your mission a successful one Itachi?" A voice came from the darkness sending a chill thru Itachi's spine.
"No Sir..The boy seems to have been trained well and is able to use the Shinigami Clans Bloodline :Gate" Itachi reported keeping his head lowered.
"I see so the young Naruto has awakened his inner power..Well no matter as long as the Kyuubi hasn't been absorbed yet we can still go ahead as planned" the voice said while dismissing the Uchiha prodigy.
From the darkness black rings of light were spinning in the man's eyes ."So my young grandson can use the gates..No matter I will gain the Kyuubi's power and have the boy join me" Shinigami Ryu said , a bony hand reaching out to grab his cane from under him.
Back to Konoha
Naruto stood in the dojo practicing a few of the skills he learned in his training.
Konohamaru suddenly came form outside yelling " Naruto-Niisan Train me!!" This earned him a laugh from Naruto who had started kicking an imaginary opponent.
"Okay Konohamaru I'll help you train" Naruto replied after doing a spinning kick executing it perfectly.
"Teach me Kage Bunshin ..and Summoning no Jutsu!" Konohamaru said giving Naruto a scroll which was well worn out.
"What's this Konohamaru?" Naruto saked scratching his head in confusion.
"It's the contract of the apes" Konohamaru beamed proudly at his idol.
"Eerr Okay Konohamaru" Naruto said giving the boy a smile.
"Yosh!" Konohamaru yelled while dancing around happily about being taught by Naruto. Naruto sweat dropped at the way Konohamaru was dancing around. He quickly knocked Konohamaru in the back of his head.
"Let's start" Naruto said motioning for Konohamaru to listen on how to execute the technique. Naruto showed Konohamaru the handseal for the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu.
In the Uchiha Manor....
Sasuke stood outside a small shrine with the Uchiha Clan symbol in the middle of the shrine. On both sides the Mangekyou Sharingan was displayed with the Uchiha Symbol. He closed his eyes accumulating chakra into it. Sasuke then opened his eyes revealing his Mangekyou Sharingan.
The Sharingan started to spin which caused the Sharingan on the shrine to spin as well. The shrine then moved aside to reveal a hidden stairway. Sasuke smiled as he went down the stairs to a hidden room.
'Tsukiyomi[Moon Reader] Amaterasu[Light of the Heavens]' Sasuke thought about the techniques that the Mangekyou Sharingan offered. 'There has to be more techniques' The Uchiha survivor thought as he reached a room filled with scrolls. In the center of the room on a pedestal was a well worn out scroll which seemed to have a lot of blood marks on it.
"Hell's Wrath?? Nani?" Sasuke thought as he read the scroll carefully.
Hell's Wrath - Genjutsu - A jutsu that brings out the victims worse nightmare and attack him/her mentally. this jutsu may also cause the user to hallucinate about it's own death.
"Heh" Sasuke said as he brought the scroll out of the room and went inside the dojo to start training for the jutsu. 'This should help me show everyone what that dobe really is' Sasuke thought as he closed the dojo doors and walked over to the center where he started meditating.
Hyuuga Clan Manor
Hiashi watched proudly as his first born daughter train for the Final Matches. Hinata stood in the middle of a huge crater which was caused by her Hakkeshou Kaiten.
"Otou-san Shino knows my fighting style so I need something new for an edge in battle" Hinata said her voice with abit of nervousness hoping Hiashi would teach her something new..
"hhmm...I might have something that would work" Hiashi said while stroking Hinata's hair with affection. He was proud of his daughter for getting in the finals. He also knew about her and Naruto , he was just waiting for the two to approach him for his blessing. "Follow me Hinata" Hiashi ordered as he strode into the house towards the attic. Hinata quietly followed Hiashi, her thoughts were on a certain Blonde Genin who held her heart. 'Naruto-kun'
Next Door in the Uzumaki/Shinigami House
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Konohamaru yelled as he created 5 clones of himself that stood proudly next to him.
"Yosh I did it!!" Konohamaru celebrated by jumping around along with his clones. The clones soon disperse due to exhaustion and Konohamaru just stood there waiting for the next training session.
"Good Job Konohamaru" Naruto said while thinking up of a way to teach Konohamaru to summon. 'Ah I know' Naruto thought as he looked around and saw a small pond and a large tree in the backyard. 'Perfect' He thought as he motioned for Konohamaru to follow him.
"Konohamaru have you done the tree climbing exercise??" Naruto asked, taking a seat on a small stool from the corner. Konohamaru nodded indicating that he had done the tree climbing exercise.
"Good..I guess we move to Water walking" Naruto asid as he demonstrated to Konohamaru on the training. "The purpose of this training is for you to know the exact amount of chakra your going to use." Naruto explained as he got back on the edge of the pond.
Konohamaru smiled and took step into the water and instantly falling face first into the water. "Cold!! Cold!!" Konohamaru yelled as he jumped out of the freezing water.
"Well you'll get it soon enough" Naruto said as he went inside to take a shower. "Yell for me once you get it I'll be in the dojo training." Naruto said as he disappeared inside the dojo.
Konohamaru just sighed and returned to the exercise so he can start training for the Summoning no Jutsu..
'I'll show them...I'll show them that I can summon Enma and continue grandpa's legacy!" Konohamaru thought as he concentrated his chakra to his feet.
From inside Naruto watched Konohamaru train..after a few seconds NAruto smiled and then turned around returning to his training. He still had a long way to go before he can trully call himself worthy of the Shinigami name.
A knock on the dojo door interrupted his thoughts, Naruto opened his eyes to find Kakashi standing there. "Hey Kakashi-sensei" Naruto greeted as he stood up and gave Kakashi a small bow.
Kakashi bowed back and entered the dojo. "So Naruto Want me to help you train??" Kakashi offered giving Naruto a lazy grin. Naruto just smiled and nodded his head.
"Sure Kakashi-sensei Help me train and teach me some of your cool jutsus...and uumm" Naruto said while having trouble saying about the last part..
"What is it Naruto?" The genius teacher asked already knowing the question.
"Could you tell me about my Father and his family?" Naruto asked , his eyes close in concentration.
"Okay Naruto I guess It's time you knew about him" Kakashi thought as he was reminded about his blonde haired sensei.
Meanwhile at the Sound village
Orochimaru glared at his right hand man Kabuto.
"So the Chuunin Exams is being held in Konoha again" The Snake Sannin said while trying to clench his useless arms.
"Hai Orochimaru-sama" Kabuto said , kneeling down infront of Orochimaru's throne.
"We must prepare Kabuto..We are going to attack Konohamaru and seize Sasuke-kun and make him join my side!" Orochimaru explaimed as he stood up and walked over to the table where a scroll was layed out.
Orochimaru read the scroll for a few minutes then went back to his throne.
"Just a little more time Kabuto and we will crush Konoha with my new Power" Orochimaru said while Kabuto cowered in fear as a pair of yellow eyes appeared above Orochimaru's throne.
A demonic presence loomed over Orochimaru as he started to meditate. 'Just a little more and I will be able to grasp the full power of the Demon Snake 'Serpentor'
'Soon i will have the power to rival that of the Kyuubi brat' Orochimaru smiled an evil smile as he gave Kabuto permission to leave.
"Gather the men and our allies Kabuto we head for Konoha in two weeks" Orochimaru ordered. He then returned to his meditation as he felt Kabuto leave his presence.
"Soon..Sasuke-kun I will have your body" Orochimaru said as he started to laugh like a maniac.
Back in Konoha at the uchiha Manor
Sasuke stood in the middle of the dojo his eyes closed deep in concentration.
'I have to master this move and prove to them that I am the strongest' Sasuke thought as he continued to concentrate on mastering the jutsu.
Behind him the scroll he brought still had about 2 more techniques that involved the Mangekyou Sharingan.
Next Chapter...The Final Matches .. Orochimaru's Invasion