One Week Before Exams
Naruto woke up early today. Today was the day he would learn some new kenjutsus. Hayate had said he was going to teach him the Mikazuki no mai(1). But today was also the day that Kyuubi would teach Naruto one of his favorite jutsu. It would required precise chakra control, a high amount of chakra, and also demon chakra. If the jutsu was performed correctly, the user's right hand would be covered in black energy. It then starts to give a howling sound. The good thing about it, is it dosen't require high speeds to be performed. Naruto then started to go to team 7' training ground, to wait for his sensei.
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At The Grounds
When Naruto arrived, he saw that both Kizu and Hayate were both waiting for him. Kizu greeted Naruto and asked, " Naruto, what are you going to learn from the fox today? It is the beginning of a new week." Since the start of the month, Kyuubi had made a deal with Naruto, every week, Kyuubi would teach Naruto a new jutsu, while Kyuubi would be able to get out, once in a while. Naruto told them what he would try to master this week.
" The jutsu that the fur ball is teaching me is called Houkou Anei(2). It's just like Kakashi-sensei's Chidori, except, I need demon chakra to perform it. Watch." he then took off his gauntlet, and let it drop to the ground. He started to perform two hand seals, a horse seal, and a demon seal. He then held his right arm in front of him and gathered chakra into his hand. His hand started to glow an eerie black, after it was done the black started to form the shape of a claw and started to howl. He then ran up to a rock and yelled, " Houkou Anei!" and rammed his hand into the rock. What happened next, none of the three would forget.
The rock that was stabbed by Naruto's jutsu melted the rock, when the rock was finally cooled down, Naruto found a glint of light in the rock. He grabbed it and pulled out a crystal, the crystal was a clear blue with a shard of silver inside it. Naruto wondered what it was when Kyuubi answered.
' This is a Suishou crystal. It looks like there was some of Suishou ore in the rack and you welted it enough for it to form. Kit, that is a rare crystal. Put some demon chakra in it and see what happens.' Naruto was a little confused but did what he was told to do. He then poured some of his demon chakra into the crystal. It started to glow a bright red, the shard of silver, started to glow white, it then stopped. Naruto put the stone down and when he did, the ground where he out the glowing stone, burned to ashes.He quickly picked up the crystal and put in some of his regular chakra. He then dropped it and had to jump, when the crystal landed, the ground it landed on turned to ice instantly. He picked it up again and put it in a scroll and sealed it away into his hidden pocket for later. He then started to perform his routine as usual.
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Two Days Later
It had taken Naruto two days to master Kyuubi's move and now he was practicing Hayate's Mikazuki no mai, and Kizu's Buyou no Mangetsu(3) which is almost the opposite of the Mikazuki no mai. In the Mizuki no mai, the sword goes upward, in Buyou no Mangestu, the blade goes into a circle and goes downward. Kizu and Hayate had found out that Naruto would never give up until he learned to master the jutsu he was taught. He mastered the both of them two days before the finals. The three went to celecrate for his accomplishment. Unfortunately for Kizu and Naruto, Hayate never showed up. They both got really worried and set out to find him.
It was about midnight when Naruto had found Kizu, carrying a body, and crying. Naruto noticed it was Hayate and was deeply saddened. He had just lost a friend. Someone who didn't see him as the fox, but its container. Naruto quickly grew angry. Whoever did this was going to pay. Big time. He and Kizu then took Hayate to the morgue and left after saying their good-byes. Kizu then noticed the look on Naruto's face, he quickly grabbed the boy's shoulder and and looked him in the eye.
" Naruto, listen, I need you to promise me that you will not try to attack whoever attacked Hayate. No matter what you do, he will not come back. Just fight in the exam like he wanted you to. Don't be sad, he wouldn't want you to." Naruto nodded when his sensei was done. He then ran to his house and tried to go to sleep.
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Exam Finals
Naruto woke up early today not for training, but to go to the arena. As he walked, the stares of hatred and fear were again on him. Others thought he just wanted to look cool in front of every one. He just ignored them and enetered the arena and sat in his seat, with his eyes closed.
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The other contestants entered the arena and saw that Naruto was already there. They were kind of intimidated by his new look. He had on dark green cargo pants, a dark green sleeve-less shirt, a black fingerless glove on his left hand, and a green and white vest that had the Uzumaki symbol, a red spiral, on the left front side, and the words Demon of the Swirling Leaves on the back. On his right arm was a black claw gauntlet with a reddish tint that looked dangerous, and on his back, was a giant sword. The blade had to be atleast five feet long. It was a dark grey with a red Nine-tailed fox on the blade. It looked like it was grinningat them.
Naruto sensed people were looking at him and opened his eyes to see Shikamaru, Shino, Neji, Temari, her brother with the face paint, nad Gaara, looking at him. He heard Kyuubi say something to him to say and he said it confused, " Shukaku?" At this, Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro looked a little started, but regained their composure. Gaara then spoke in his monotone, " what did you say?" Naruto just smirked and disappeared.
" I didn't say anything, Ichibi." Gaara heard a voice next to his right and turned to see Naruto, standing next to him with his eyes staring into Gaara's. He then grinned to Gaara and said, " Why don't we speak later, Ichibi? Oh, and Shukaku, let him sleep." he said sternly his eyes glowing red. He then went to his seat and then sat down, leaving a startled Sand Siblings standing where they were.
' Who is he, he got Shukaku to stop and let me sleep. He must be very strong.' Gaara thought. Both Temari and Kankuro werre thinking the same thing, ' this boy is crazy'. Naruto just smirked when he saw that the three were still standing there. He then heard the Announcer call his name and Neji's. He walked down toe the ground thinking, ' I will win this, for your memory Hayate-sensei. As The Demon of the Swirling Leaves!'
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Here's my next chapter for Power of Foxes
1: Dance of the Cresent Moon
2: Howling Shadow
3: Dance of the Full Moon