Summary: (AU) What if Naruto had the power to back up that mouth of his. This fanfic explores this possibility. Soon after the sealing of Kyuubi to give Naruto a good life free from the hate and prejudice of being a Jinchuuriki the 4th Hokage gives Jiraiya Naruto so he can raise him to be powerful enough to take care of himself.
I do not own Naruto.
Senpai or Sempai is a Japanese term for a person in a club or organization who is a senior.
Kouhai or Kohai is a Japanese term for a person in a club or organization who is a junior.
The reason for why Sasuke and Naruto call each other these terms is in Chapter three in case you guys forget. That chapter was created to help explain more about the changed relationship with Sasuke and Naruto and to give more dynamics about Naruto's changed personality. You should reread the chapter if you skimmed it because of the lack of action as if you haven't caught on yet I plan to foreshadow allot in my writing.
It was ten o'clock in the morning and Kakashi had still not shown up at training camp 7. Naruto had given up after the first hour and gone to sleep, opting not to create any Kage Bunshins and instead try to regain some lost sleep. After the second hour, Sakura had gone to sleep as well, although she chose a spot as far away from Naruto as possible.
Sasuke had opted to stay awake. Since the massacre of his clan he slept less than normal and he used this time to instead check the surroundings. Training camp 7 amounted to a large clearing which was surrounded by trees at all sides. There was a small path that led back to the village but none of the young Genin had used that path at all to reach the camp. It was one of the first lessons that was taught in the Academy classes; whenever possible never take established routes as the enemy would undoubtedly be guarding these first.
As he looked down at the sleeping forms of Naruto and Sakura he wondered how they could sleep so easily. Survival training was always hard and tested all of a shinobi's skills and he had no doubt that the silver haired Jounin would not be lenient. "Oh well" he thought as another hour passed by "at least today I will get a chance to see Naruto's skills. I know he's more powerful than he's letting on but everyone actually buys that idiotic and perverted routine of his."
Sasuke frowned for a second at that thought "Well he may be perverted, there is no doubt about that but I know he's not a complete idiot, the things he knows about jutsus and his ability to do them without seals are not the trademarks of a fool."
"If he has any interesting jutsu I will now be able to copy them thanks to my Sharingan so I need to keep a close eye on him today. Also I will get a chance to see more powerful I have become." Sasuke thought as a sly smile replaced the frown on his face.
It was 12 noon exactly when Kakashi appeared, slowly strolling into camp 7 using the small path that led to the camp. He walked up nonchalantly to the Team 7 and waved.
"Yo" he said as he looking well rested and full.
Sasuke ignored the Jounin altogether but immediately tensed up getting ready for the survival training. Naruto yawned nosily and slowly got up flexing his muscles after such a long nap. Sakura was the only one who was angry at her new sensei and her inner self silently raged and urged her to give him a piece of her mind. But since neither Sasuke nor Naruto seemed angry with the Jounin, she thought it best to keep quiet.
Kakashi was surprised that neither of Genin complained he was sure that given their personalities, this tactic would infuriate them, as it had so many other Genin Squads that he had failed. "Well" he thought "this is turning out to be very interesting. I wonder how much more they will surprise me before the day is over. Well time to get started then".
"I see you that you guys are ready for the training that's good. You should know that your Academy Genin exam is not over yet. Today's survival training will be the final test that will decide if you become Genins. You should know that out of the 27 graduates, only nine of you will gain the rank of Genin. The other 18 will be sent back to the academy. In other words, the test has a 66 drop out rate."
Naruto continued yawning loudly while Sasuke simply stared at the Jounin with a penetrating stare. Once again Sakura felt left out of the loop, she knew Sasuke was a tensai and could easily pass any exam but Naruto at least, should have been worried about this drop out rate. Didn't he return to the village to get properly get ranked? Why was she the only one who was worried about Kakashi-sensei's words? Inner Sakura swore and raged while her public persona remained clam and her heart started beating faster.
"What need do I have of shinobi rank in this village" Sasuke thought, "Naruto was able to get so strong simply by training outside the village. If nothing else in this world my brother has left me with my skills intact, I will survive and surpass anything that is thrown at me." Sasuke thought even as he stood staring intently at Kakashi.
"Oh man they're taking all the fun out of this" Kakashi thought. "The only thing that would be worse is if they actually passed the exam, which would make all this hard work I put into scaring them all for nothing. Oh well let's see how good Team 7 is."
Kakashi held up two shinobi bells "Your first task is to take one of these two bells. Those who get the bells will be able to eat the lunch that I have prepared for you." He said as he pointed at two box lunches that lay on a sawed of tree at the edge of the clearing. "The person, who does not get the bells from me, will not be able to eat lunch. Oh and to get the bells from me, you will have to attack me with the intent to kill not to spar."
With that said Kakashi vanished from the clearing and all three Genin stood amazed at the speed which their new sensei had left. Naruto, however, was more curious how Kakashi pulled of such a feat without the use of chakra. It seemed that Kakashi had left the clearing not using any jutsu but his body's own natural speed. "Interesting" he thought "training under Kakashi would definitely allow me to learn what I need to master that jutsu. Sandaime has come thru it seems, Kakashi is worthy of being my third sensei."
With that thought Naruto extended the range of his chakra sense as far as it could go. His overdeveloped chakra sense was all thanks to the training that he received and was an extension of his five primary senses. This new sense drained no chakra whatsoever from him and was always in effect, allowing him to sense chakra usage both internal and external.
This new sense gave Naruto three abilities that were not common to most shinobi. First, he had the ability to guess how the chakra was being molded if hand seals were used. Second, his new sense was an extension of his primary senses and as such it had a 360 degree range. The third ability to Naruto by far, was the one which he was most pleased with, it allowed him to mold chakra anywhere with his sensory range without the use of hand seals.
"Shit he's not anywhere in near the training ground he must be hiding somewhere in the forest. Damn that means if the group splits up to track him he can easily use diversionary tactics and mind games to divide the team. What the hell do we do now" Naruto thought as he contemplated using his Kage Bunshin's for scouts.
"We have to work as a team and try to retrieve those two bells." Sasuke stated decisively as he watched Naruto look on at him with shock. He paused for a second enjoying the sensation of the blond boy being caught off guard by his choice. "Kakashi is a Jounin and we are just Genin there is no way that we can simply expect to easily take those two bells.'
"But Sasuke-sama, there are only two bells; if that's the case it means one of us won't eat lunch."
"Why are you so worried Sakura, one of the first rules of survival training is to make your first meal count, as you are never sure when you may get a next one. I had a hearty meal this morning as I am sure Naruto had as well."
Sakura groaned as she had forgotten about that and she had not eaten anything this morning fearing what Kakashi had told them. "Why does it seem like both Naruto and Sasuke are operating on a level totally above my own. Sasuke I understand, he's a tensai but Naruto is nothing but a lecherous pervert who needs to be constantly watched."
Once again Naruto was shocked by the insight that the raven haired boy possessed. He had been able to come up with the same conclusion, only this had been from painful memories of his first sensei, who loved to eat his lunch in front of Naruto, after he had failed in a training session. He had eventually given up and took to eating enough prior to those training sessions, so that the hunger he felt if he failed was not as bad.
"Since awakening his Sharingan Sasuke has become more adept at looking beneath the surface of things. Impressive I wonder if he can think of a plan that will allow us to gain the bells from Kakashi." Naruto thought, as he used his chakra senses to create a silent Kage Bunshins at the perimeter of his sensory range.
"First, I need you guys to tell me some of your abilities so that I can come up with a better plan of action" Sasuke said staring intently at Naruto.
Naruto sighed as he realized that the real reason that Sasuke wanted to work as a team. "Oh well they would learn some of this soon anyway, may as well tell them the important things.
"Well you see I can …………………."
Kakashi crouched in the forest quietly using all of his senses to monitor his surroundings. He had really wanted to finish reading his latest copy of Icha Icha Paradise but he knew that Naruto would not allow him to do that during this test. The Hokage had told him as much about Naruto's skills that he knew and from what he had heard Kakashi was surprised.
Naruto had completed B rank shinobi missions for Jiraiya and had managed to complete all these missions without a scratch. The majority of these missions were mainly covert infiltration and information gathering but the places he had been asked to infiltrate, often included well placed positions in some powerful shinobi villages. Not even the Hokage was able to find out how Naruto, had been able to successfully obtain so much information, about the varying shinobi villages.
Kakashi wanted to test out the team 7's skills equally and the best way to do that would be try to separate and isolate them. That way he would get a chance to assess their individual skills as shinobi and see if they matched the ideal of a true shinobi that Kakashi believed in. With that thought Kakashi placed his hand over his left eye, which he was still covered with his leaf bandanna.
He had used every tactic, which he typically used on Genin teams, to isolate them and cause them to work by themselves. That way he could assess their skills and still give them a second chance later, to see if they valued team work and their team members. Yet today for some reason he felt that it would be different, than all the other teams he had been forced to fail. Now he had hidden in the forest to further encourage Team 7, to separate from each other.
Suddenly three kunai flew towards his position and Kakashi knew that he had been found. One thought entered his mind; Naruto. With him on this survival training hiding might not be an option. Kakashi created a Bunshin and raced to find a better position only to see several Naruto Kage Bunshin's pop out from the bushes, each armed with several shurikens.
The Kage Bunshin's grinned and then yelled out "Naruto Ninpocho, Shihou Hapou Shuriken no Maki (All Direction, High Volume (many) Shuriken Firing)."
There was a blizzard of shuriken and when the cloud and dust settled there was small clearing of branches and bramble. In the center of that clearing was a log pin cushioned with varying kunai. "Damn" Naruto thought "missed him. Oh well by job wasn't to catch him anyway but simply to drive him back to the clearing where Sasuke is." With that thought Naruto raced to where he sensed Kakashi-sensei retreating to.
Kakashi swore silently as he raced through the forest. Somehow, no matter where he tried to hide within the forest Naruto was able to find him. The young Genin had been using constant Taju Kage Bunshin no Jutsu's to push him to the clearing he had left. He paused on a tree branch considering his options, he knew that he was being herded to the clearing and that his best option was to find Naruto amongst his mass of Kage Bunshin's and disable him.
However Kakashi also knew that if Naruto was herding him then that meant that the Naruto Sasuke and Sakura were acting as a team. Given the fact that the first test on the surface had only two winners, it would be interesting to see what solution they had come up with. "Well may as well go with the flow of things and see what they came up with."
Kakashi hurried to the clearing only to find it deserted with none of the other team member there. "Are they hiding somewhere waiting to ambush me" he thought as he quickly began to asses his surroundings. Before he could finish that thought Naruto bounded out of the forests and landed a few feet away from Kakashi.
"Hi Kakashi-sensei sorry to ruin your hiding spots in the forest" Naruto said smiling.
"Oh no problem Naruto, I wanted to get some sun anyway. Are Sasuke and Sakura hiding somewhere nearby?" Kakashi asked as he continued to scan his surroundings.
"Maybe sensei I actually don't know. I'm going to get one of those bells from you now Kakashi-sensei. "
"Sure Naruto, if you want to come and get one, you can try to anytime you feel ready." Kakashi said as he focused onto Naruto feeling the boy increase his chakra.
"Going to try the Kage Bunshin on me Naruto and try to steal one in the confusion."
"Not yet Kakashi-sensei I want to test out something first" And with that thought Naruto appeared behind Kakashi and kicked fiercely at the Jounin.
Kakashi was startled by the speed Naruto displayed, and narrowly deflected Naruto's kick with one of his hands. The kick was strong but the amount of power in the move was weak compared to its speed. Still the kick had almost broken through his guard and Kakashi knew that he should not take Naruto's speed lightly. The young boy was fast, faster than any Genin or Chunin that he had seen. Naruto began a high speed kick and punch combo and Kakashi narrowly avoided the flurry of punches and blows aimed at his neck and chest area before he had to jump to avoid a wide sweep to his legs.
As soon as Kakashi jumped Naruto used a hand spring to land a cycling kick combo at Kakashi while he was still in mid air. The combo was supposed to gain in strength as Naruto sprang upwards but Naruto never got to land the first kick on Kakashi, as the Jounin swiftly sped up and used Naruto's own legs to spring back and land away from the Genin.
Startled by the fact that his move had failed him for the first time, Naruto landed awkwardly on the ground unable to recover from his surprise. "Damn it to hell just how fast is he? I knew he was fast but none of my combo's after my first initial kick are getting through. We have about the same chakra level I know but how the hell is he faster than me."
"You're probably wondering right now just how come I am faster than you Naruto." Kakashi said quietly taking a moment to gather his breath.
"True, you know about chakra control and can apply that to your speed. And I admit that your chakra level is as high as mine, possibly higher. But sometimes it's not only about speed but style. Your TaiJutsu moves lack style, there are tons of wasted movements that you have in your combos"
"What do you mean I don't just randomly aim my punches & kicks you know?" Naruto shot back angrily.
"True but at the same time the flow between each movement is not fast enough and without accurately considering what is the next best option; you launch moves that might be countered. You rely on your speed too much and utilize moves that are power based not speed based."
"Not only that Naruto even though you have a massive amount of chakra within you, have you ever thought about the fact that until your body fully matures you will not be able to utilize all of that chakra in TaiJutsu. A TaiJutsu user's movements are dependant heavily on the user's body strength and speed." Kakashi lectured on even as he prepared to start his assault on Naruto.
"Damn" Naruto thought "he might be right. Jiraiya always told me that I relied on the Kyuubi's sword to power up my speed to much. But he still didn't forbid me from using it on missions. Shit if want to master that jutsu I will have to level up my TaiJutsu and gain the speed that I need naturally." Naruto thought momentarily ignoring Kakashi for a second.
"Shinobi lesson number 1 TaiJutsu" Kakashi said as he vanished for a second only to reappear in front of Naruto. Kakashi launched a kick at Naruto which he easily avoided even as Kakashi swung a backhand at Naruto. Naruto watched the backhand coming at him, surprised at the low level combo, only to find that Kakashi's initial kick had arched back at him and knocked him to the ground.
"You extend your kicks and punches to much Naruto." Kakashi said smiling through his face protector.
He fully expected the young by to charge angrily at him but instead Naruto simply got up and dusted himself off. "Oh well that was fun I guess I can't match up to you yet in speed Kakashi-sensei. I guess I still have to grow some more. Oh well may as well get serious and do it"
"Taju Kage Bunshin no Jutsu" Naruto yelled as a mass of clones appeared ready to face off with Kakashi.
Kakashi sighed the only way to fight of this many clones was to create a few of his own clones. Naruto's clones would be slower for sure but they would make for that in sheer numbers, as Naruto had spread the chakra he could not pump into one body around.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu" Kakashi said as he performed the hand seals. As his clones appeared Naruto's clones attacked them with a ten to one advantage.
Naruto watched as his clones were slowly dispatched by Kakashi. He wanted to join in on the fun but that was not part of the plan. He waited for a second until he was down to a twenty clones until he yelled out "Now Sasuke".
Sasuke jumped out from a tree top and quickly performed the hand seals "Katon Goukakyuu no Jutsu" (Fire Element; Grand Fireball)
A large fireball grew from the young boy's mouth and added with the force of gravity slammed down hard onto the area. Sasuke maintained the Ninjutsu for a few seconds, before dispelling the jutsu and landing safely next to Naruto. His fireball scorched the area where Naruto and Kakashi sensei's clones were and left nothing but a charred area. The fact that there was nothing at all in the charred area made the boys very suspicious.
"He shouldn't have been able to dodge that but he should have also been able, to shield himself partly as well." Naruto said as he scanned the area.
"I know where the hell can he be my Sharingan cannot pick him up any where"
Naruto concentrated heavily for a second and suddenly felt a jutsu being performed underground and he yelled at Sasuke. "Sasuke he's performing a jutsu underground but I don't have any move that can touch him there."
"Interesting something you cannot do huh Naruto-kouhai" Sasuke taunted as he began to perform a new set of hand seals. "Then watch and learn the benefits of being a true tensai" he said as he completed the hand movements.
"Doton, Doryuu Taiga (Earth Element; Moving Land River) Sasuke shouted as a tem meter wide mudslide appeared on the clearing and proceeded to scour the field.
Suddenly a voice spoke out ominously "Shinobi lesson number 2 NinJutsu"
"Doton Shinjuu Zanshuu no Jutsu (Inner Decapitation Skill)" and Sasuke was pulled under ground with only his head sticking up from the ground. Naruto jumped back several meters to avoid being caught underground as well by another pair of Kakashi's hands.
"(Katon, Karyuu Endan)Fire Element; Fire Dragon Flame Blast" Kakashi said as he suddenly appeared through a hole in the ground a few meters away from Naruto.
"Shit, he was using Kage Bunshin's underground the whole time and he was performing the hand seals underground as well. Somehow he figured out that I can't sense chakra underground well. He's good, no very good in the space of just a few minutes he was able to figure out some of my limitations." Naruto thought as he eyed the fire blast heading slowly towards him.
I didn't want to use this here but I guess I have no choice. "Rasengan First Principle Rasentoku (Spiral Shield). And with that, a huge whirlwind erupted from Naruto's hand and encircled around him deflecting the fire blast.
"Hmmm, a shield of air interesting Naruto" Kakashi said as he looked on. "But you know a powerful jutsu like Katon, Karyuu Endan cannot be dispelled by so easily by a wind Ninjutsu technique."
"I know, I know, damn it" Naruto said as he pumped more chakra into the jutsu and slowly dispelled the fire element. "But the cool thing about this jutsu is that I can control all the stages of it, as I see fit and I can pump more chakra in it when I need to. Also after being formed it can stay active without additional chakra from me" Naruto said even as he dispelled the jutsu himself.
'But there's no need to continue with that jutsu now as most of my chakra is gone so is Sasuke's.
"Exactly no matter how powerful you are at this time your body still needs more time to acquire and grow chakra. " Kakashi lectured on.
Sasuke concentrated some of his remaining chakra to his legs and arms and jumped up explosively from the ground. As he was dusting himself of when he felt a slight tug on his arm and he realized that the third portion of his plan would have to start now. "Naruto it's about time we show sensei that we aren't ordinary Genins" Sasuke yelled.
"Oh so you're ready to show off your skills to your beloved sempai Sasuke"
"No, but I though that I would give my Kuhai, some tips on TaiJutsu since he seems to be struggling in that area." Sasuke called back.
Naruto slightly winced as he knew that the next part of the plan called for him refraining from engaging Kakashi in a TaiJutsu battle. "Crap I really wanted to see how far I could go with Kakashi in a pure TaiJutsu battle but the mission comes before my personal feelings. Oh well there would be plenty of time to train with Kakashi in TaiJutsu" he thought.
"One more time Kakashi-sensei, Kage Bunshin no Jutsu." Naruto yelled out as ten Kage Bunshin appeared beside him.
"Sharingan" Sasuke said softly as he eyes took on the dark red color of his blood line limit.
Kakashi stared at his two opponents happily surprised that they had been able to pull out their trump cards, even though the moves he had unleashed on them had severely drained them. "So Sasuke was able to unlock the first level of his Sharingan, Must be Naruto's doing somehow. But Naruto constantly surprises me from that jutsu he used to block my Katon, Karyuu Endan; to his astonishing chakra stamina he is proving to be a powerful shinobi."
"Well since you are both set on going all out I guess I should humor you two a bit more, Kage Bunshin no Jutsu. Kakashi said softly as an additional copy of him appeared.
"Your choice Sasuke, it's the job of a sempai to be gracious to his kouhai after all."
"Why thank you kouhai, it's nice to know that you are showing me the proper respect, as benefits someone who is senior to you." With that Sasuke launched a kick at the clone nearest to Naruto and engaged him in battle.
"Always taking away from your poor sempai Sasuke, you'll starve me pretty soon you know." Naruto said as he and his clones raced to the Kakashi that was left.
Naruto and Sasuke engaged their Kakashi's in battle with Sasuke relying heavily on his Sharingan to catch up to his sensei's speed and follow his movements. Naruto on the other hand relied on his clones to constantly distract Kakashi with simple combos while he relied on more advanced moves. He knew that he would be caught soon with this combination of his clones but for the next part of their plan to work Kakashi had to be distracted. Thanks to Sasuke, they knew which Kakashi he was fighting and that was important for them to retrieve the bells.
Naruto risked five of his clones and had then he suddenly attacked Kakashi all at once. Kakashi began to block each clone's movements smoothly as they came at him, when a shadow winked in and of existence briefly as they came at him. "Hmm so that's what their plan was ingenious, I will give them that. I am very proud of them to have thought this far. But still that does mean that I will let them do it." Kakashi increased his speed again and as he ducked a kick from Naruto's first clone and even as he fought the other clones he put his plan into action.
Sasuke and Naruto watched slack jawed as their respective opponent suddenly increased their speed and dispatched with all of Naruto's clones and also parried a kick combo from Sasuke and knocked him away easily. As soon as Sasuke got up he saw both Kakashi's disappear in a cloud of smoke. "Shit he used Kage Bunshin again and was able to slip away from us. Did Sakura get the job done or not Naruto?"
"I think so Sasuke I felt her use her Genjutsu to come to approach Kakashi and I also felt her run as she got the bells. But as soon as he pushed us back Kakashi increased his speed and disappeared."
"Damn, if he she got the bells that means we won, but if he is able to trick her before we can get to her then everything is lost. Let's hurry up and find her."
"Ok let's hurry up as well I don't want Kakashi to find my sweet Sakura-chan before I do."
Sasuke sighed for a moment, and reflected back on the battle that had just taken place. The battle with Kakashi had taken allot out of them and he knew that Naruto, had expended allot of chakra to flush Kakashi out of the forest. He still didn't know how the boy had so much chakra as much as Kakashi had according to the Jounin. Yet despite having so high of a chakra level compared to Sasuke, Naruto had very few offensive Ninjutsu and an only a decent amount of defensive Ninjutsu.
Yet despite that limitation Naruto was still a skilled shinobi and if Sasuke could believe what he said the boy had acquired allot of high level seals and summoning jutsus from his sensei. The boy refused to use this in battle as he firmly stated that they took a toll on him. Also he stated that some of these summons were used primarily for infiltration and intelligence gathering. The others he said would guarantee either the target would be consumed of the user would be and he adamantly refused to use any of these against Kakashi. "Well I knew staying close to him would pay of but I never knew Naruto knew such interesting things" Sasuke thought and evil grin appearing on his face.
"Sasuke let's get a move on we have to catch up."
"Sure Naruto" Sasuke said as he gathered the remains of his chakra and leapt after Naruto.
Sakura panted heavily as she raced thru the forest. She knew that someone was following her; the problem was that she suspected that it was Kakashi and not Naruto or Sasuke. She paused for a second only to hear her name being called out by Sasuke. "That's his voice I know it" Sakura thought even as the idea of Sasuke calling her name made her heart beat faster. "Sasuke is calling for me, beat that Ino."
"Sasuke-sama, I'm here" Sakura said as she stood up and looked in the direction his voice came from.
Sasuke appeared in the clearing and looked deeply at Sakura who promptly blushed. "Do you have the bells" he said as he slowly approached her.
"Yes Sasuke-sama they are right here"
A look of irritation crossed Sasuke's face as he disliked that suffix added to his name. "Show me"
Sakura opened her hands to show Sasuke how the bells that she had retrieved, using the Genjustu he had personally showed her. Sasuke snorted with disgust "What the hell is this all you have are two stones."
Sakura looked down to see sure enough two stones in her hand instead o the bells she had stolen from Kakashi. She gasped in shock as she was sure that she had taken the bells from Kakashi. "I don't know how this happened Sasuke-sama, I am sure that I took the bells."
"Whatever" Sasuke said distastefully "I knew that I should have tried to get them myself."
Sakura slumped down to the ground and started to cry. Sasuke hated her and he would probably never talk to her again if only she was a better shinobi. Even that Naruto had been able to perform his part without a problem but she had failed her small but vital part of the mission. "Sasuke-sama I am sorry I could not get the bells please forgive me, I'll do anything you want, to make it up for you." She sobbed.
"Shinobi lesson number 3 GenJutsu" Sasuke said as he was surrounded by a cloud of smoke to reveal Kakashi-sensei. "Look at what you have in your hands Sakura I think you will be surprised."
Sakura blinked away the tears to see that she indeed had the two bells in her hand. "You have great chakra control Sakura as the Genjustu you used to get the bells was perfect. But your mental strength is somewhat lacking though." Inside herself inner Sakura raged, "How dare he use my precious Sasuke-sama and then lecture me about mental strength."
"You were distracted by the fight with me and Sasuke and you allowed the Genjustu to slip momentarily. My Kage Bunshin saw you and I realized what your team's objective was. If you had not dropped the Genjustu the plan would have been perfect. But all in all the team did well; you should develop some Genjustu skills more and also pick up some medical skills as well."
"Why medical skills I don't want to be a medic Nin" Sakura said as she dried her eyes and stood up.
Kakashi sighed as he realized that he would have to frame the observation in a different light. "Don't you want to be the one to take care of Sasuke if he gets hurt on a mission? Think about it Sakura you will be his personal nurse."
Sakura did and the thought made her smile as she imagined taking care of Sasuke in all sorts of ways. "Does that mean that we passed the Genin exam Kakashi-sensei?"
"Yes and I have to say I am very proud of you, despite my best efforts to spilt you up as a team, you guys came up with a pretty effective strategy to get the bells from me. Prolonging the test to the next level would make no sense, as you guys clearly know about teamwork. Come on let's go find the others and tell them"
It had been one day since the varying Genin teams had officially achieved the rank of Genin and Hyuuga Hinata found that she was extremely bored. Her team had become Genins largely because of Kiba's influence; the beast Nin had assumed leadership as soon as being placed within the group. Hinata was too shy to assume that role and Shino had not cared either way who was team leader, as long as they passed the final test to become Genins.
With Kiba as the leader and Shino acting as a balance to Kiba's beastly influences, they had easily passed the test. Hinata felt useless as they took the test that Kurenai-sensei had given them, as her teammates only relied on her for her Byakugan and did not trust her fighting skills at all. She knew that she was stronger as she had Naruto as her personal tutor and he had helped her significantly improve all aspects of her fighting skills. She wished that she was placed in the same team as him, as then she might have been able to use some of those skills but that was not the case.
She wanted to talk to him about becoming official Genins of Konoha, as she knew he would pass as well but she could not find Naruto anywhere. This puzzled her as Naruto was known to make several Kage Bunshins each day and he had even assigned a personal Kage Bunshin to her each day. She still could not understand why but the Kage Bunshin that was with her each day was softer, more caring and less rambunctious, than the other clones that gallivanted around the village.
She liked the original Naruto and loved spending time with him, but at times his courage and pride was so above her level, that she was more aware of her acute shyness. At those times the Kage Bunshin that typically accompanied her was more preferable. He seemed more quiet and shy like her and he liked to take things slow. Sometimes they would spend hours just quietly walking in the woods holding hands.
A shadow appeared behind her and Hinata instantly turned around and jumped into the shadow. "Where have you been Naruto it's been a whole day since we became Genins and you haven't come by to see me yet." Hinata said unashamed to show her feelings towards Naruto.
The Kage Bunshins looked at her his face wracked with sadness and pain "Hinata-chan you have to come with me please. He needs you."
Hinata knew exactly who the clone meant by he, and she nodded her head and followed the clone as he jumped up to the nearby building and ran. As she followed the clone, she wondered what had happened as he seemed to be in an extreme hurry but his speed was significantly less than what it used to be. "Naruto what's wrong, what's going on, why are you so slow today."
"I can't explain right now Hinata-chan; it's just that with every second I am loosing chakra. We have to hurry. He's at the funeral monument on the outskirts of town. Go there and you will find him." The Kage Bunshin said even as he stopped and removed a kunai from his leg holster.
"What are you doing" Hinata exclaimed in shock as she watched the clone lift the kunai to his chest.
"Don't worry Hinata-chan; I am just a simple Kage Bunshin. When he's better I will return but if you don't get to him soon I don't know what will happen to all of us and him. Right now I am slowing you down; get to him quickly Hinata-chan help him please." With those last words Naruto's Kage Bunshin thrust the kunai into his chest and disappeared into a puff of smoke.
Hinata paused for a second before she rushed to the monument. If it was that serious she had better hurry and she concentrated all her chakra to her legs and ran at a speed that even she did not know she had.
When she arrived at the monument, the scene there momentarily took her breath away and she did not know what to do or say. There were easily over 5000 Kage Bunshins of Naruto all around the monument and it seems like more were appearing as the time went by. "She's here" one of the Kage Bunshins said and she was guided by each Bunshin to the centre of the throng.
"You have to help him" one of them said "if he doesn't stop doing this then he might come out"
"Yes" another agreed "if he keeps on making more of us he will expend all his chakra and he might come out and nobody wants that"
"What's happening" Hinata said as she was confused as to what was going on. As she reached the center of the throng she saw Naruto curled up in a ball crying endlessly. She reached down to him and touched him lightly on his shoulders, afraid as she literally felt the massive amount of chakra that he was putting out.
"It's the pact' one of the Kage Bunshin's said "he's grieving so much about his father's sacrifice that he's forgotten about the pact. He's using that to try and come out. He can't come out Hinata-chan no matter what he cannot come out. Talk to Naruto please."
"Naruto-kun what's wrong." She said even as Naruto curled tighter into ball on the ground.
"It's me Hinata please talk to me Naruto."
Naruto refused to answer her and more and more clones appeared around her. The clones became more and more agitated and it seemed that they were clearly scared of something. "You have to hurry Hinata if you don't stop him he might come out soon." They said in unison something Hinata had never seen them do.
"Uzumaki Naruto this your future wife Hinata and the future mother of your children. Talk to me right now." And with that statement she grabbed one of his arms and placed it on her left breast. "Naruto please wake up and talk to me."
Naruto's right hand stirred for a second and he started massaging Hinata's breast. She moaned loudly and her moan had the desired affect on Naruto as he slowly began to wake up. "Thank you Hinata-chan" the clones said as they puffed out of existence "We knew you were the one that could that could wake him up. Please take care of him"
Hinata watched as the clones disappeared and wondered what had just happened. She turned around to Naruto to find that he had removed his hand from her breast and was now sleeping peacefully like a baby in her arms. She held him tightly and spoke softly to him "It's okay now Naruto I'll take care of you now and forever."
CHAPTER 4 END
(Author's Note):- I am sorry once again that this chapter took so long to write but I had a family member come by to visit and I was extremely busy taking care of her. Actually, for a few weeks she will be staying over so for the next few weeks expect chapter updates on a weekly basis. On the plus side I am getting more and more comfortable writing this story and I am fleshing out this entire story daily in my mind. So when I do update the story it will be getting progressively longer with each chapter.
Yes Naruto will develop an early romance with Hinata and weirdly enough Sakura will play a part in that situation. Naruto will be helping her allot and she in turn will be helping him by being his mental support and stability as you have seen in this chapter. I like Hinata's character allot soft and beautiful but when angered I want to give that beautiful rose some deadly one hit thorns. I am not sure how yet but look to see a further upgrade of her abilities.
Some of you might wonder why I made Kakashi so powerful or how come Naruto did not totally own Kakashi in the fight. First off in case you forget that test was a test of acting as a team and not of power. Second Kakashi is a Jounin and has been one for some time I would hate to detract from Kakashi's skills by making him be easily owned by some Genin squad no matter how powerful. Remember in the Chunin test how easily he and the other Jounins were able to stop Gaara and Neji. I wanted to balance the story so you can properly see all the characters growth over time and also allow them to shine by themselves when necessary. Thirdly the sword Naruto is fond of using has a limitation. (Read spoilers)
Anyway I hope you guys liked what I wrote and if you see any errors or know of anyway I can improve it please say so. For those craving for more information read the minor spoilers below to see if that confirms some of your suspicions.
MINOR SPOILERS
The reason that Naruto said that his time was short was because of the pact that he made with the Kyuubi. As you have seen in this chapter the sword that we see Naruto using on his missions for Jiraiya is Kyuubi's sword. As to what the sword is and all the abilities that the sword has you'll have to wait for the other chapters to be written. The sword has specific abilities that are literally on the Hokage level and if you want to compare them to Jutsu's the offensive capabilities are all S rank. But……and this is important folks it also has one specific limitation that makes Naruto use the weapon sparingly. I'll tell you now that I have created all of Naruto's weapons and Jutsu's for a specific purpose that will culminate around the Chunin examination arc.
That doesn't mean that Naruto won't develop those moves and techniques then it just means that you will have to wait until that arc to see Naruto go full out against Orochimaru. Naruto has a special reason to hate Orochimaru and when faced with the chance to do away with the Snake Senin he will use every tool in his arsenal to get the job done.
For those who are curious the reason that Naruto says that his time is short and the reason that shadow flickered between Naruto and Mizuki relates again to Naruto's pact with the Kyuubi. I will not divulge that until the time is right. Like I said it will be revealed in the upcoming Chunin arc as I plan to write all the way to the end of the series. I can hint this to you guys, Yondaime made a perfect Jinchuuriki in Naruto but not an overly powerful one. Naruto's pact yielded benefits to him that he considered worth overriding the fourth's seal.
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