Chapter 10 - Life in Konoha

A week later, Uzumaki-Namikaze household

"Please don't let this be the end of me." Minato prayed.

"So you left my husband to take an exam where death is not recommended however allowed if it can't be stopped?" Semiramis asked.

"Seeing that now, maybe it was the worst mistake I can make seeing as there are a lot of people he dislikes and a lot of people who dislike him. Let's not even think about the Iwa teams. They're pretty arrogant like our genin and thinking they can defeat who they assume to be a pampered man child." Minato explained.

"Who is actually in fact a legendary demigod who is only known for destruction in every path. Especially if he claims that his victims deserve it." Saber spoke up.

"At least now, my training can be less painful. Ms. Kushina, you're tough and all, but uncle is a lot more excessive." Shirou added.

"You said he went toe to toe with someone who makes Tsunade look like an actual slug right?" Minato asked Saber.

"Yes, Berserker, from what Naruto has guessed, is Heracles. A demigod and one of the many children of the lightning god Zeus. Someone who was blessed with the ability to resurrect several times after a very brutal death. However, most techniques seem to faze him and Naruto has proven to have an even greater healing factor." Saber explained.

"I remember Saber and Arthur both used their noble phantasms on him. Only uncle just stood back up and started to put himself back together like nothing happened." Shirou added.

"At least, I won't have to worry about his health." Kushina said happily.

Albedo soon came in with her slaves, "Hello everyone, grandfather you said there will be a tournament at the end correct?" she asked.

"That's right, there's a written test which is actually a psych test. A hunt in the forest of death. A preliminary fight if necessary and a month later will be tournament for the village and VIPs from around the nations to watch." Minato answered.

"Good, because I'm hoping to arrive in style when I make these build a palanquin for me." Albedo said making the two groan.

"What do you need a palanquin for Albedo?" Semiramis asked with an eyeroll.

"Why do you need a giant rock to fly in the sky mother?" Albedo asked.

"Because it's my noble phantasm only now I have to wait seeing as your father is busy and he's the best carpenter here." Semiramis answered.

"What is your noble phantasm aunt?" Shirou asked.

"The hanging gardens. Once completed and in working condition. My power is amplified ten fold and I am nearly impossible to reach while in there." Semiramis answered with a smirk.

"Mother never saw it finished before she passed away. So it seems natural that she would want to see it." Albedo mentioned. "I wonder if it would work if I used it as well." she muttered.

"Well anyways..." Semiramis stopped herself as she took in a deep breath of the air around her.

Albedo did the same thing before sulking, "Stupid little brother." she said.

"What happened?" Saber asked.

"I sense him, no doubt he is too far from Naruto." Semiramis said getting up from her seat.

"Who do you sense?" Kushina asked.

"My son/brother." Semiramis and Albedo answered

With Naruto

Naruto was adjusting his outfit (Cloud, Advent Children suit) before strolling into the academy to make his way to the third floor. All the while he noticed a poorly made illusion around room number. He could see Neji dragging his teammates away for reasons even a non Hyuga could point out. The blond decided to quickly make his way to them and see what was going on.

"Neji what are you doing? We need to get into the room." said the bun haired girl.

"Yes Neji! Otherwise we won't pass the test with youthful colors!" the bowl cut haired boy exclaimed.

"Hey Neji, is this your team?" Naruto spoke up.

"Hello Naruto, I'm assuming your father put you back on team 7?" Neji asked.

"Nah, he thought for safety reasons I should be on my own." Naruto said which only Neji understood.

"I see, meet TenTen and Rock Lee. I am sadly stuck with these two." Neji said coldly.

"Why are you so unyouthful Neji?" Lee asked as tears came out of his eyes yet he had the face of determination.

"Yeah Neji, that classroom looked legitimate. It was "definitely" on the third floor. Those two genin were "definitely" not the gate guards. Unless I'm mistaken, you "definitely" can't see past illusions or lies with some kind of special eye powers." Naruto explained in a sarcastic tone making the two genin look sheepish.

"And you two doubted me." Neji said as they stopped and bowed their heads in apology.

"So you have the daughter of a weapon's store owner and Might Guy's secret child." Naruto pointed out.

"I am not his son, but I do see him as my father!" Lee said.

"Weren't you at my dad's store the other day?" TenTen asked.

"Yes, now I'm here to take the exams." Naruto answered as they continued on forward.

"Naruto-san! I would like to challenge you to a fight!" Lee exclaimed.

"Why? You're going to waste your energy on the way there." Naruto pointed out.

"Because I want to prove hard work dominates talent!" Lee answered.

Suddenly they all stopped in silence, "Lee you do realize Naruto cannot use chakra right? He relies on another source of energy." Neji pointed out.

"Even better!" Lee said.

"Sure, but even I have to learn my limit. I almost blew myself up a couple times since my body can only handle the energy for so long. Also, you still have like a couple hundred of competitors to get to. So taking on the challenging opponents will restrict you from blossoming your flames Lee." Naruto explained making Lee nod in understanding much to TenTen's shock.

"Understood, I will challenge you when the time comes! I expect you to not hold back!" Lee said.

Meeting hall

Naruto separated himself from Team Guy to wander about. He turned his head to see the current graduating class of genin being loud and obnoxious. Mostly his siblings arguing with Kiba about who's the strongest. Which was annoying until some silver haired boy told them to be quiet since they were getting too much attention. The boy only peaked Naruto's attention as he mentioned that he had cards on everyone competing in the current exam.

There were some random ones like Gaara of the sand and Rock Lee, who is best known for only using taijutsu. Then it landed on his name which caught the attention of many ninja from Kumo, Iwa, several from Konoha and a couple from Kiri. Naturally Naruto wasn't going to let even the littlest things such as his name being exposed to the public.

"How about Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze?" Sasuke asked in hopes of stealing his secrets.

"The yondaime's eldest? Ok, I'm sure there's a lot on him." the silver haired boy said as he started spinning the card on the floor. "Here it is Naruto... SQUELCH!" the teen soon found a large and strange insect coming from the card and into his mouth.

Everyone was immediately terrified as to where the insect came from. To add more mystery, boy's eyes were rolled into the back of his head as he took all the cards including Naruto's and started ripping them to shreds. Leaving everyone with only a mystery and strange theories. Which ended after the teen's eyes reverted to normal and he made an impassive face.

"Wow that was an interesting experience." the teen said.

"Kabuto are you ok?" Ino asked.

"Never better blonde lady." Kabuto said as he started walking away like he just defecated inside of his pants.

"Hey you never told us about the dobe!" Kiba yelled only to be interrupted by Ibiki Morino who arrived in a poof of smoke.

"Alright everyone take a number and sit there! I don't have the patience to put up with little kids! So sit down and shut up!" Ibiki yelled as everyone rushed in to take their seats.

(A/N: Not really that interested in this part. Let's skip to part 2!)

Forest of Death

Anko Mitarashi explained the basic rules and whatnot. Minato had offered Naruto a free pass, but the latter had argued that it would count as favoritism and look bad on him. Which didn't help since Minato was doing it to prevent the spread of death in the forest of death. So here Naruto was, ready to enact some of those fantasies from those movies of those VHS tapes that Shirou had of old horror movies. Which Naruto and Semiramis found entertaining to watch late at night while Shirou would be kept up at night hearing, but surprisingly his infant counterpart was asleep during the whole time.

Even Anko could see the blood lust in Naruto's eyes as his grin reached inhuman levels. She knew better than to act as if the superior animal was her prey. Snakes should know better than to pray on larger beasts, but sadly the older snake among the genin didn't feel the same way.

"On your mark. Get set. GO!" Anko yelled as Naruto was the first one to burn through the grass that he stood on leaving a few startled genin.

Inside Naruto started jumping high into the trees and tried to seek out any signs of life he could detect. Leaving him to play the waiting game until the next unlucky soul passed by.

'I wonder how dad or the Tsuchikage would react to all the Iwa genin returning in body bags. Especially if they're found missing their skin. Wait, do we have the tech to identify a body without flesh? Hopefully dental records are as good here as they are in Shirou's time.' Naruto thought.

All the while, a hooded figure watched Naruto from a far distance.

"Hey what do you think the Tsuchikage will reward us with when we find the Namikaze brat?" asked an Iwa genin.

"I don't know, but we have to keep our guard up. I heard he has the kyuubi's chakra." said another.

"You idiot! No wonder you were almost the dead last! Everyone knows that the eldest can't use chakra. He's like that freak in the green jumpsuit." said the third member.

"Even better! He's probably some wannabe carrying a sword like the bitch that spread her legs to make him." said the first one.

Naruto snarled before making a sound similar to the predator, "What the hell was that?" asked the apparent idiot of the group.

"Probably one of the animals in the forest. That snake lady did say people often die here." the leader said.

"And we'll be dead too if we screw up now." the third member said.

"No, you'll be dead before I let you out of my sight." whispered a voice behind him.

The third Iwa genin turned only to have a pair of black talons pierce his eyes making him scream. His teammates turned and started throwing kunai and shuriken only to pierce his body and finally killing him. Naruto then noticed one of the kunai had an explosive seal that didn't go off properly. Naruto caressed the tag before ripping out the kunai and disappearing among the shadows.

"Where did that bastard go?" one of them asked.

Suddenly, he turned to see his teammate on the ground with the explosive kunai on his head ready to blow up. Leaving the final team member alone before stumbling backwards into a tree. The boy was panting and sweating and screaming into the air.

"Where the hell are you!? Is this some kind of sick game to you!?" he yelled.

"Why wouldn't it be?" a voice asked before he found a razor glove impaling his head. "Aw you ruined the good glove. You better have the scroll I need." Naruto said before finding the wrong scroll. "Crap, a heaven scroll. What a waste of time." he said.

In the distance, the figure watched Naruto's actions, 'Perhaps I should leave him an earth scroll before he decreases the human population.' he thought before taking off.

Sadly for the stranger, it would only be a matter of time before Naruto does come across and earth scroll. Those who had them, would go as far to destroy them just to keep them out of his reach. So many highly trained sensors would be shaking as they sense the drop in population as they sense fear and terror from several chakra signatures before they all disappear completely.

Uzumaki-Namikaze residence, later

In the mansion, things were normal as some people would consider it to be. With the boys training, the children (Naruto still considers himself 13 in this timeline) have their exams and Minato off with his duties as hokage. Things were relatively peaceful... until there was a lot of gagging and choking in one of the bathrooms.

"Mom are you ok?" little Gil asked as he knocked on the bathroom door.

"No Gil, I think I'm coming down with something." Semiramis said as the child could hear her vomit.

"Is something wrong Gil?" Kushina asked.

"Mom feels really sick." Gil answered.

"I can ask Tsunade to come if she has time. For now I can cook something up for her belly." Kushina said.

"Thank you Kushina." Semiramis said from the bathroom.

"Don't worry about it Semi. Gil stay by your mother if she doesn't come out within the next few minutes." Kushina told him as she left to work on a remedy for her daughter in law.

Meanwhile the boys were sparring. Once again, Shirou found himself landing on his back. With Saber sighing and Arthur having to stretch from all the swinging.

"Shirou maybe you should take a break. I think you'll do worse than hurt yourself at this point." Saber said.

"No, just one more time. I think I nailed down on a style." Shirou said trying to sound optimistic.

"Your turn Saber." Arthur said as they traded places.

"Once more Shirou." Saber said as the red head got up and prepared himself.

To the normal eye, Shirou looked like he had improved dramatically and was likely at a D+ or C- agility and speed in terms of a heroic spirit. It would rise to C when using his mana to amplify his body to handle a fight. So at least he was much more focused and strong enough to handle a sword fight and a fight in general. Sadly, Saber was much more skilled even if her parameter was very low due to Shirou's status with his weak knowledge in the use of his mana and magical circuits.

"I'm sorry Shirou, but this is the end." Saber said as she tripped Shirou and elbowed his gut, causing him to fall on his back again.

"Better luck next time." Arthur said feeling sorry for him.

Shirou groaned loudly, "I'm not getting anywhere this way!" he said before tossing his sword in frustration and leaving.

"Shirou there's nothing wrong with failure. I'm sure you'll improve with more hard work next time." Saber called out as the frustrated teen left to take a walk.

As Shirou left the residence, he looked around watching teens up to adults preparing themselves for missions, training and any other activity related to being a shinobi. It made him feel a bit stressed, sure things are pretty backwards here in terms of development, but he couldn't help feel weak. With the whole grail war going on back home, he couldn't feel like he was contributing much other than letting other fight his battles for him.

Even with him slowly awakening to his powers and Naruto's willingness to help. Shirou just felt like he was a slug, slow and in the way. It was kind of a sad truth he had to deal with and he just can't help but to sulk. Shirou dreamt about being a hero of justice and he can't do something as simple as winning a spar against someone who always goes easy on him. It was frustrating, annoying and it almost felt pointless at this stage.

A village and heritage of warriors and he can't even win one sword fight.

Shirou knew that even with his godlike power, Naruto didn't become strong just by tapping into those abilities. Naruto showed that he was still closer to being human when having been awakened shortly after being released from his seal. Combating Berserker looked like a great feet, but even then Naruto struggled just by using his own strength which led to a near standstill that could have been extended for a long time.

Even in Naruto's second life, he didn't have any connection to his old self or his powers. He was just an ordinary man who fought and died like anyone else. Then there was this lifetime, he was forced to teach himself everything again only after discovering his new abilities.

"No, I can't keep comparing myself to everyone all the time. I'm not Naruto, I'm not Kiritsugu, I'm not Saber or Arthur. I'm just... Shirou Emiya. The kid with no power of his own." Shirou said to himself in a depressing tone.

All the while he didn't notice Albedo watching him from the distance as he continued sulking. The pale golden eyed girl placed a finger on her cheek before coming up with what she assumed to be a great idea.

"Come with me slaves. We have a boy to help." Albedo said as she dragged her two boys.

Back with Naruto, at night

"And there we go." Naruto said as he found an earth scroll. "Seriously, who would just leave this here?" he asked himself as he couldn't detect any influence or signs of life within a mile radius.

With the fact that there are no animals nearby or signs of traps. Naruto would assume it to be a trick, but it's almost as if someone knows he's a threat. Thus used this tactic to prevent anymore massacres. Then again, he did massacre some poor team from ame along with one from kusa a while ago. It would make sense if Chaos itself was preventing him from causing more needless destruction.

Sadly, not even something divine could stop his need to fight. With that said, Naruto grinned at the sight of what he felt to be immense power compared to most of the competitors. Prompting him to run towards whatever sign of danger he could sense. A few minutes later, he saw his idiot siblings get their asses handed to them by some kusa kunoichi while Sasuke was literally running on fumes. Or maybe he was fuming at the realization that someone was much stronger than him.

'Maybe I should test out the experimental treatment on aunt Mikoto.' Naruto thought as he theorized that reuniting the idiot with his mother would melt his cold heart.

Naruto decided to step in after watching Nori get hit by a five pronged seal while Menma was already falling. Using his skillful accuracy, Naruto threw a couple of kunai at them and making them hang onto the trees. Meanwhile he could see Sakura wounded and lying against a tree branch. Having finished his examination of the battlefield, Naruto jumped in at the moment the kusa kunoichi extended her neck. Naruto summoned a giant sword that had a green crystal attached to the middle.

At that moment, the kunoichi retracted her neck narrowly avoiding the blade from cutting off the flesh from her face. Sasuke noticed Naruto and was ready to berate him, but was introduced with a bonk on the head knocking him out.

"Wow he just likes to hear himself talk." Naruto said as he watched the kunoichi better adjust herself. "Hey creep, I can tell you're no ordinary genin. No village is that desperate to send in someone who's at least jounin in terms of strength." he said while lifting his sword over his shoulder.

"Kukukuku, you are very precise Naruto-kun." the woman said before peeling off his skin revealing a pale man with long black hair.

"And the pedophile is back to rape more children." Naruto mocked.

"Such a level of maturity is expected from someone your age." Orochimaru said sarcastically.

"I wouldn't play that game snake skin. Age is pretty much a statistic at my point in existence." Naruto says making the sannin raise a brow.

Orochimaru may be one of the greatest minds Konoha had ever produced, but he had yet to hear the rumors of Naruto's return or the information of his true power. Let alone the fact that Orochimaru isn't that desperate or naive enough to believe someone who should be 13 years old could contain godlike power within himself. Of course, that can be ignored should the snake sannin see the power for himself.

Then again, he was aware of his so called "magic" from his childhood and learned about his use of it to make up for no chakra. Medical techniques that have helped Tsunade's research, a new definition of shadow manipulation for the Nara clan, a rumored dream or inner reality that would make the Kurama clan drool as well as the Yamanaka clan as it can enter the minds of others without leaving their bodies. So many delicacies that Naruto had created in order to prove that he is as useful without the use of chakra especially as the son of the hokage and sibling to the village's jinchuriki.

"A strange thing for you to say. Although, you should consider turning away now. Regardless of your power, you can never hope to match a sannin." Orochimaru said arrogantly.

"Sure, the pile of dog intestines is tastier than the cooked steak or whatever. How about I shove Strom'kar down your throat and end the day?" Naruto asked as he gestured to the giant sword.

"How arrogant." Orochimaru said before summoning a giant snake. "I will..."

"Arc." Naruto said casually as he blew up the snake's head.

"Something tells me that won't work if I try it a second time." Orochimaru said as he quickly changed his strategy.

Naruto proceeded to dash at him and managed to destroy the tree where he once stood, "I forgot someone is slippery, like oil." he said as he continued to chase after the snake sannin. "Now hold still before you give someone an STD or at the very least pubic lice!" he demanded as he smashed through a tree.

"Ara ara, someone is a little energetic." Orochimaru said with some glee as Naruto started chopping everything in his path to get the snake sannin.

Sakura watched from afar as she tried to help Nori and Menma, 'Hopefully you're as tough as you say you are Naruto. I'll get your siblings out of here while you hold him off and maybe Sasuke too if I have time. Then again three is the necessary requirement for a team so hopefully we get a pass if we leave him behind.' she thought.

(A/N: Fun fact, Sakura is not a fangirl and thinks Sasuke is annoying in this timeline.)

Naruto ended up destroying another tree with Strom'kar and made a strange war cry as he continued chasing Orochimaru. The snake sannin sweat dropped as the blonde man's attire suddenly changed to a kilt with his chest being bare and his face covered in tribal face paint. All the while he was making a strange sound involving his tongue.

"Every man dies, but not everyone truly lives! Die wicked pedophile!" Naruto yelled as he exchanged his sword for a giant battle axe.

Orochimaru narrowly avoided the hit, "That almost hit me. You are very good Naruto-kun." he said with a laugh.

"Almost is not good enough!" yelled a voice behind him as an axe landed on his back.

"What the hell!?" Orochimaru yelled as he landed hard on the ground.

"LULULULULULULULULULULULU!" Naruto screamed as he landed on Orochimaru's back and proceeded to pull the man's arms back.

"What kind of childhood did you have?" Orochimaru asked as he questioned Naruto's psychology.

Instead Naruto continued to scream at the top of his lungs as he pulled out another and stabbed the sannin in the shoulder. Orochimaru proceeded to use shunshin accidentally taking Naruto with him, but managed to kick him away. Feeling the need to be more serious, he pulled out the axe from his back and pulled out the kusanagi from his throat.

"Oh so now you want to fight me like a man." Naruto said sarcastically as his attire somehow returned to normal.

"Yes, your skills are rather out of the untraditional. Let me gouge your more traditional skills." Orochimaru said before blinking and finding Naruto only a meter away with a bow and arrow aimed right at his face.

Orochimaru quickly dodged it only to feel the arrow's tip narrowly cut his shoulder, "Damn, would have been better if I had a wind element. Especially since Thas'dorah was an heirloom of the Windrunner family." Naruto said as he continued to fire at Orochimaru who blocked or dodged every attack.

"Pesky little creature, using weapons of an old age." Orochimaru said as he started launching snakes from his sleeves.

"Hellblaze!" Naruto called out scorching the snakes.

"Interesting, it's similar to Itachi-kun's flames." Orochimaru said as he studied the fire.

"Let me guess, he kicked your ass." Naruto said only to be met with a sword. Naruto blocked it with his bow as the sannin applied pressure to the attack, "Your silence answers everything." he taunted.

"Annoying brat." Orochimaru said with a snarl as he continued to bash against the bow.

"And your a pedo so get over it!" Naruto said as he used Hellblaze again only for the sannin to turn into mud. "Oh my god that pisses me off." he said before firing several arrows behind him and killing a couple of more mud clones.

"Earth Style: Mud Dragon Jutsu!" Orochimaru called out.

"Full Counter!" Naruto called out dissipating the dragon.

'Another interesting technique, first his flames are like Itachi-kun's and now he can completely block projectiles from jutsus.' Orochimaru thought as he plotted getting Naruto's body. 'It also helps that the brat doesn't have the kyuubi's chakra as so many villages believe he does.

Orochimaru proceeded to create a couple of shadow clones and had them create more mud dragons. To which Naruto blocked with his full counter and made them return back to their users. Orochimaru used this as a chance to launch more snakes and use the diversion to get close. Sadly he couldn't use his elemental pronged seal to disable him since Naruto can't use chakra and couldn't risk wasting his energy hoping that it blocks out his other source of energy.

"You're power will be mine Naruto-kun! Shadow Shuriken Jutsu!" Orochimaru yelled as the projectiles went directly at Naruto who deflected them.

Only for Orochimaru to stab Naruto in the abdomen with the kusanagi. Before the blond knew it, Orochimaru bit down on his shoulder making him yell in pain. Just as the snake was about to laugh victoriously, Naruto made an animalistic sound as his head contorted in odd directions before appearing more reptilian. One moment later, Naruto's jaw extended and he bit down on the snake sannin's arm and proceeded to rip out like a rabid dog.

Orochimaru screamed in pain as felt his hamstrings ripped apart in a mere moment. He already placed the mark and didn't care about whether it worked or failed. He needed to escape and had to plan out another time to give Sasuke his own curse seal of heaven. Right now, it appears that he triggered Naruto's more animalistic state. With that, Orochimaru ran faster than Jiraiya when he peeped on Tsunade for the very first time.

"The sacrifices I must make for the sake of my ambitions! I should have had Kabuto lead them to me instead!" Orochimaru yelled as was nearly hit with more black flames and proceeded to make it higher up the trees. "This is goodbye Naruto-kun. Seek me out should- AUGH!" Orochimaru yelled in pain as firey arrow pierced his shoulder as he sank into a tree.

Naruto landed where the man disappeared and looked at his shoulder where the mark appeared. Channeling a mix of his goddess and demon bloodlines, he proceeded to begin purging. Not realizing that Anko had arrived do to evidence suggesting that Orochimaru was in the forest, Naruto proceeded to forcefully remove the mark from his shoulder making him scream like a wild animal. The mark itself sprouted tendrils as if it were a sentient as well only for Naruto shoot it with a beam coming from his mouth.

"Woah brat." Anko said jumping across from him. Sadly Naruto was in a state of frenzy and roared at the woman as his dragon transformation continued, "Hey calm down, I was just looking for Orochimaru. I heard that he's in the forest and saw him escape." she said sounding dejected. Naruto tilted his head, "Also, was that a curse mark you just destroyed?" she asked nervously to which he nodded. "How do you... get rid of it?" she asked slowly.

Naruto proceeded to pounce her and bit on the side of her shoulder where the mark was. The snake woman proceeded to yell in pain and regret asking as she felt as if ice and fire were penetrating her body. Only to feel like something disgusting was being forcefully removed. Naruto slowly reverted back to his human form and revealed the disgusting mark trying to escape his grasp. Only for the blond to destroy it in his palm using Hellblaze.

"Well that was fun, I'll see you later." Naruto said as he was ready to leave.

Only for Anko to jump on his back and hug him, "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" she said only for Naruto to shove her off. "Brat, whatever it is you want just name!" she said.

Naruto shivered knowing she would offer her body to either him or one of his boys. Only he just had a random idea that popped in his head. It was revenge and he knew the most ironic way he could have it done.

"Hey Anko-chan, do you remember that time Hayate thought he was sterile and contemplated having kids with Yugao in the future?" Naruto asked making the woman think for a minute.

"Yeah, one of your secret failed experiments that you destroyed." Anko said remembering that Yugao looked like she came out of a coma that day.

"Can I borrow some of your blood?" Naruto asked getting a raised brow.

Later with Sakura

Having a brief change of heart, Sakura also managed to get Sasuke to safety and lied him beside the Uzumaki Namikaze twins. Why you might ask? Because she and her own father would be destroyed by the civilian council if something happens to the precious Uchiha. To make matters worse, Sasuke gave Orochimaru the scroll which he destroyed and she was the only one conscious to defend them.

It's not like Sakura was at one hundred percent either. Orochimaru ended up getting a few good hits on her and nearly pierced her with some kunai a few times. So she's almost two days in, no scrolls and the only one capable of fighting. So yes, she is having a really bad day.

"Hey Sakura." the cherry blossom jumped and screamed in terror. "Sorry, I guess I should announced myself sooner." Naruto said as he revealed himself beside the little tree cave.

"Damn right! Anyways why are you here?" Sakura asked.

"I wanted to check on the group and make sure no one died. Those two may be idiots and bastards, but they're still my siblings. Also you might get politically destroyed if something happened to the Uchiha so I wanted to help you out." Naruto offered.

Sakura sighed in relief, "Can you really?" he nodded. "Good, I don't want to sound like a charity case or anything Naruto, but that kusa ninja was pretty tough." she added.

"Yeah, that was actually Orochimaru and I had to go psycho on him just to make him run." Naruto said shocking her. "We also might need to let my dad know that there's a dangerous missing nin with a plan that I should have beaten out of him." he said feeling embarrassed.

"Well whatever it is, if you can watch us while we rest. I would greatly appreciate it." Sakura said.

"Sure, I have a spare heaven scroll if you need it. I'm not really in a rush since I'm stuck here for five days. Anyways, I'll just guard the tree." Naruto said as he sat down in front of it.

Sakura decided to trust her old classmate knowing he was a powerhouse. It was thanks to him she was at least high genin level by the time she graduated. That and with his help, she might gain an apprenticeship with Tsunade should she make chunin. Sakura already had some basic skills in medicine and it saved this team more than once.

Meanwhile Naruto sat in a sheiza position and began to meditate in hopes of passing the time. It was also when he was the most sensitive to anything within at least a hundred meter radius. Making it more sensitive and difficult to maintain focus, but that was the trick about his mediation style. It helps him understand how to balance peace and chaos.

Naruto's mindscape

As the son of Chaos attempted to find balance within himself. Several other sentients within him had sensed his presence and in return, they tried to to use their influence to catch his attention. Naruto opened his eyes within his mindscape to find himself in a cave being overlooked by four pairs of eyes.

"He has returned after being dormant for so long." one of them said.

"Indeed, to have knowledge of some of his powers, yet ignorant of their use." another said.

"To have your memory erased and lost. Then reborn and missing the origin of your abilities is no better either." a third voice said.

"Is the maelstrom willing to train again in order to return what is lost?" the last voice asked.

"Who are you?" Naruto asked the voices.

"The four winged beasts who deemed you worthy progeny of Chaos. When you left your family to seek adventure. You came across one of our own and when we met..." one cut himself off.

"...the rest of us deemed you worthy of becoming our student." another finished for him.

"For one believed to create destruction. Celestial beasts such as ourselves saw much more potential." the third voice said.

"Do you wish to learn our ways once more Maelstrom?" the last voice asked.

Naruto took the time to think over what was going on before nodding, "Yes, I wish to refresh my memory." he said.

"Very well, we the four dimension dragons will train you once more!" one of them said as the four beasts stepped out of the darkness and revealed themselves.

The next morning, Uzumaki Namikaze residence

Shirou opened his eyes and found himself staring at a rather terrifying smile. He immediately yelled in fear and fell off of his bed before adjusting his vision. Upon fixing his vision, he realized it was Albedo who was watching him while he slept.

"Aunt Albedo?" Shirou asked.

"Shirou-kun don't call me that. It makes me sound old and don't challenge me on that." Albedo said turning serious.

"So what are you doing in my room?" Shirou asked feeling nervous.

"Are beautiful women not allowed to see you my dear nephew?" Albedo asked in a teasing tone.

"I thought you didn't want me to refer to you as my aunt." Shirou said.

"I meant that you don't call me aunt, but I can call you nephew. I still have my doubts that you are from my side of the family." Albedo said.

"That still didn't answer my question." Shirou said as he picked himself up.

"You could ask Saber-chan the same thing. She was sleeping with you the whole night." Albedo said as Shirou noticed a large lump under his covers.

The lump started moving before Albedo ripped the sheet covers off revealing a long blonde haired woman in her nightgown. Saber was holding her knees and had face color to match Kushina's hair.

"S-S-Saber?" Shirou asked with a large blush.

"Care to explain why you were so close Shirou last night?" Albedo asked ready to tease the girl further.

"I needed the mana." Saber squeaked.

"You know Saber-chan, papa and I could have loaned you some if you really needed it." Albedo said as she stoked the woman's long hair.

"Albedo you still haven't mentioned why you're in my room." Shirou said hoping to defend his servant.

"Oh yeah, basically I saw your little issue with training yesterday. So I thought you might need a small boost to help you get stronger." Albedo said.

"I think I'll take the day off from training." Shirou said dejectedly.

Saber looked a bit sad and understood her master's frustration. However before Albedo spoke her opinion before Saber could say anything comforting.

"Meh I felt the same way when Zeref started beating my ass in our spars. That's when I had slowly awakened to father's other side and got the boost I needed." Albedo said as her curse mark appeared and her eyes turned completely black.

"The demon side? But uncle said that was too unstable and would likely kill me and Gil in our current forms." Shirou said as he feared that side and remembered Meliodas telling stories about how he lost his mind just to save Elizabeth.

Albedo started to contemplate it, "Ok maybe you might be a bit violent, but it's not like my father isn't either. Also its said that the males get more sexually active, but that's just a rumor considering my little brat was still the same when he awakened to it." she explained.

As much as Shirou and Saber wanted to point out the most concerning part of the transformation should Shirou choose to take it. However there were likely much more concerning things than Shirou suddenly finding women much more attractive.

'Wait, there is no way that Meliodas went insane because of sexual tension!' Shirou thought.

"Well what do you think Shirou-kun? Do you want your other bloodline activated?" Albedo asked as she reverted to her previous form.

"Then I would just be cheating by taking the easy way! There's no point in trying at all if I do that!" Shirou said as it sounded frustrating.

"Oh I get what you mean, but that's the best part. Sure you'll be an overpowered, but once you're powered down. It just helps with conditioning. Think of it as losing weight after exercising and eating a healthy diet. Does that make sense?" Albedo asked.

Saber broke the silence, "So Shirou will temporarily be stronger than ever, but when he's not using his power. He'll just be better conditioned?" she asked hoping she understood it.

"That's right my cute swordswoman." Albedo said as she quickly went beside the servant's ear. "And potential niece if things don't go right with that Sakura girl or if you're the type of girl who wants to share." she whispered making Saber turn red.

"Albedo don't say such things!" Saber said.

The technical granddaughter of Chaos laughed at Saber's expense, "Anyways, what do you say Shirou-kun? Trust me it will be just like drinking a hundred protein shakes." she said.

Shirou took his time to think it over. Leaving Saber and Albedo to only wonder what went on in the mind of the Emiya boy. Shirou took a deep breath before answering.

"Ok, I'll do it, but uncle will approve of this right?" Shirou asked.

Albedo had that bright smile of hers on while internally sweating as she imagined what Naruto would do if he found out. Then again she could always lie and say that he awakened to it on accident or through some mutation. Hopefully she got better at lying after all these years.

"I'm sure father will believe anything I tell him." Albedo said as her face started making strange contortions.

"O...kay, when do we start?" Shirou asked.

"We can start now. BOY TOYS! YOU BETTER GET READY TO BE HUMAN PUNCHING BAGS!" Albedo yelled at the top of her lungs.

Robin and Achilles were eating breakfast courtesy of Kushina when they were ready to shit themselves when they heard their lover threaten them.

"That's what you two get for breaking an Uzumaki woman's heart." Kushina said with a sadistic grin scaring them further.

Back in Shirou's guest room, Saber only watched with sad eyes as Shirou left with Albedo to get his enhancements. It was actually now that she thought about it. If it was day 1 when he summoned her, Saber would have heavily encouraged Shirou to get stronger through any means in order to win the grail war. But things feel different, she's felt closer to Shirou more than just master and servant. Just training and hanging out with him lately as made her feel close to the red head.

'Did I fail you Shirou?' Saber wondered as she couldn't explain why she felt so sad.

Back with Naruto

Hearing a few leaves ruffle, Naruto's eyes opened revealing two golden eyes with black slits. Looking to where the bush was, he could sense three signatures with very hostile intentions. Naruto stood up and snapped several parts of his body to the point he woke up Sakura. To the girl's horror, Naruto contorted his body in several directions making her feel very sick.

"Naruto could you stop?" Sakura asked with a yawn.

Naruto turned his head 180 degrees like an owl freaking her out further, "This is part of my morning ritual my dear friend." he said before turning his head back. "Also there's three people in those bushes hoping to hurt someone." he said getting Sakura on edge.

"Crap." she said as she nursed her arm.

"Can you fight?" Naruto asked.

"I'm sorry, but I need time to heal. Do you think you can cover me?" Sakura asked.

"Sure thing, they're much weaker than the Iwa nin I fought during the first day." Naruto said as the three shinobi revealed themselves.

"Give us Sasuke Uchiha." the one covered in bandages demanded.

"I would but then Sakura and myself would be dealing with the council and we prefer to avoid that. So no, please walk away." Naruto said as he prepared to summon a weapon.

"Then we'll make you give him up! Decapitating Airwaves!" said a spiky haired genin as he fired a soundwave at Naruto.

Naruto refused to back down and countered with a sonic shriek that sent the spiky haired boy flying back into the bushes. The female proceeded to run in throwing her senbon at Naruto only for the blond to use his sonic shriek to deflect them along with the girl as she pulled out some bells. The bandaged leader of the group ran in with his gauntlet aimed at Naruto.

"Resonating Echo Drill!" he said aiming for Naruto who dashed out of the way.

In a matter of seconds, Naruto summoned his dread blades and slashed them at the gauntlet. However he felt his entire body vibrate from hitting the weapon causing the two to be sent flying back. Naruto shook his head and quickly recovered and ran towards the bandaged boy. Only for the spiky haired one to get in the way with his gauntlet attack.

"Extreme Decapitating Airwaves!" he said quick enough that Naruto got hit.

Instead of using the force to send him flying, Naruto instead lost his sight for a moment causing him to crash into the two boys. At this point it was safe to say that sound and vibrations weren't enough to hurt Naruto. Rather, it was the best way to make him hurt you instead.

Sakura giggled at the sight, but then found herself having to quickly get up. Using her great reflexes, she found herself having to avoid several kunai and senbon strikes from the female of the team. Sighing and still feeling some pain, the cherry blossom overcame it and went directly towards the sound kunoichi who kept trying to keep her distance. The arrogant sound ninja quickly pulled out her bells and used some strange genjutsu hoping to confuse Sakura and likely give her vertigo.

Sadly she didn't take in the fact that the pinkette wasn't a fangirl like Ino and had amazing chakra control with reserves to back it up. Using a small technique Naruto showed her, Sakura snapped her fingers and broke out of the genjutsu before smashing her fist into the girl's face. Causing a six inch crator the moment her enemy's head had made contact with the ground.

Meanwhile Naruto was finishing off his opponents and decided to humiliate them with hand to hand combat. From the looks of it, these boys weren't prepared with a full on frontal assault in terms of not using tools or weapons. So it was also very painful for the spiky haired boy when Naruto proceeded to punch the sides of his face before upper cutting him into the air before jumping and kicking him midair.

The bandaged sound ninja pulled out his kunai trying to slash at Naruto. The latter was quick on his toes and proceeded to take caution before grabbing the arm and lifting his younger opponent over his shoulder and tossed him down onto the ground. Naruto finished him off by twisting his arm behind his back grabbing his neck in a choke hold with his other arm until his enemy lost consciousness.

"Wooh! That was as almost as good as stretching." Naruto said as he scratched his back.

"Hey Naruto, do you think you can help me search them for an earth scroll?" Sakura asked.

"Sure thing." Naruto said as he searched both boys and ended up finding one. "Found it, just don't give it bastard... or my idiot siblings. Promise me that much?" he asked.

Sakura smiled, "Sure thing, I'll see you at the tower when these three wake up." she said.

"You can handle things from here?" Naruto asked.

"Of course, I think I can numb the pain and we should be good and ready to make it there by tonight." Sakura said giving him some confidence.

"Good, because I can only carry two lightweights at a time." Naruto said before sprouting his wings and taking off.

Sakura shook her head, "Always showing off." she said.

Later, at the tower

Naruto quickly arrived at the tower within a mere few minutes thanks to his speed and flight capabilities. Having made it inside, he studied the mural and proceeded to open both scrolls and tossed them into the center. The next thing Naruto knows, Iruka arrived with a prideful smile on his face.

"Hey Iruka sensei! What are you doing here?" Naruto asked although happy to see his favorite teacher.

"I'm here to congratulate you on making it this far and also explain the mural if you haven't already figured it out." Iruka answered.

"Oh yeah, all there is to understand is that you need to have a balance. While you can never be the strongest and smartest at the same time. You need to have intelligence and a good understanding of your situation. While having that, you need to muster up some strength in order to put your plans in action. So overall, you can't just have one over the other. It's like the Ino-Shika-Cho formation if you think about it." Naruto explained impressing his teacher yet again.

"Care to explain how one of our greatest teams fits that description?" Iruka asked.

"Certainly, the Akimichi are soft hearted yet very strong, however they aren't the most intelligent and will think with their fists should you anger them. Moving on the Nara are the opposite, they're lazy and not always motivated, but even then they're the greatest minds and can figure out how to get out of a situation. Finally the Yamanaka are kind of a mix, but they're more of the leader who try to listen to both sides before narrowing down a plan and making sure it succeeds or find a way to come out successful should plan A fail." Naruto explained before taking a long deep breath from that wordy explanation.

"Amazing, you and Sakura were always rivals for the top spot in book smarts." Iruka complimented.

"Yeah, you know I may seem like an idiot with an immature attitude, but there are times when you gotta be serious. Whether it's to provide for your family or teach the next generation. So you pretty much have to pick this stuff and in order to prepare for the future." Naruto said with a foxy grin.

"I was honestly shocked to see the little goofball that graduated from the academy just a couple of months ago turn into a man with a family." Iruka said.

"That's the thing sensei, you can never be sure when or what will happen in the future. So it's best you prepare and live your life to the best. While the past teaches you many things, you can't pretend that you can live in it or lie down every night wishing you could change it. In other words, you gotta run out there and enjoy life. Don't be scared and everything will turn out just fine." Naruto explained.

"I'm glad to hear that. Because now it's my turn to prepare for the future!" Iruka said as he ran out of the room vigorously.

"Oh shit, I didn't ask him about what I should do next. Oh well, I'll send dad a little shadow messenger. Maybe Shikamaru's team is here and he'll be open for a game of shogi or something." Naruto said to himself before he went out to explore.

Preliminaries

After a few days of waiting, the hokage called for some preliminaries. Apparently there were way too many people that passed the second portion of the exam. From the looks of it, it was six teams from konoha, one being Team Guy and three others being the rookie 10 plus Naruto who was solo. Kabuto's team made it along with a random konoha team lead by some Hyuga main house member.

Outside of Konoha was a team from Iwa, Suna and that Oto team Naruto beat up earlier. However Naruto looked around as he sensed a strange presence. That's when he noticed the strange hooded man from the Higurashi weapons shop, Mystogan was his name. Something felt very off when Naruto stared at the strangely dressed shinobi.

After Minato gave his long winded speech about how these exams, which were about survival and tactics which meant a great chance of death, were made as a sign of war and friendship. People started to question the need to sacrifice yourself, but sadly that was the truth. Naruto could confirm this since he's been through multiple timelines which seemed better but had their own organizations or military where people had to sacrifice themselves for the greater good.

Thinking about it now, Naruto felt as if he was in the middle of Ishval all over again. The blond shivered as he remembered the deaths of many good men and women along with a lot dead civilians who weren't even fighting back. He was even there to see Alex have his mental breakdown and Riza begging for Roy to end her life. War is always the same no matter how you look at it, the only difference is who's pulling the strings and the cause of it.

Shaking it off, Naruto watched as a screen came out of the walls to announce the fighters. Only for Kabuto to quickly pull out and walked away looking like an amnesiac zombie. Naruto smirked as Kabuto followed the plan that he was given.

-CANON FIGHTS-

Sasuke vs Yoroi = Sasuke wins

Zaku vs Shino = Shino wins

Misume vs Kankuro = Kankuro wins

Temari vs TenTen = Temari wins

Kin vs Shikamaru = Shikamaru wins

Rock Lee vs Gaara = Gaara wins

Choji vs Dosu = Dosu wins

Neji vs Hinata = Neji wins

-End of Canon-

Neji grunted as his arm really hurt, "Sorry Hinata-sama, you cut it close but I guess it wasn't your day." he said congratulating her.

"Did I... do good Neji-nii-san?" Hinata asked as she panted.

"Of course." Neji said before catching her. "Medic!" he called out.

Naruto nodded at the fight, "I think Hiashi really needs to find a better stance for Hinata. She's too flexible for a stiff fighting style." he said catching Kurenai's attention.

"Yakumo's been doing good too. Too bad neither of them could make it to the finals this year." Kurenai said.

"I could have volunteered to take her on you know." Naruto said.

"Thanks Naruto, but you're a little wild for Yakumo's health." Kurenai said.

"Why do I feel like something besides your motherly instinct is saying that?" Naruto asked earning a playful slap on the head.

Neji walked up to the catwalk holding his arm, "Naruto do you mind helping me with this?" he asked gesturing to his stiff arm.

"Yeah, give me a second. It's going to hurt when I start and after I'm done it's going to be numb. So you'll need to carry it for about a day." Naruto said.

"You know it's a good thing you and Hinata fought instead of that other Hyuga." Kiba said referring to the stoic looking Hyuga.

Neji sighed, "Hideki would have destroyed Hinata-sama if he managed to shatter her confidence and he would forced the caged bird seal on me." he said.

"Great and Hiashi-sama has just started figuring out a way to get rid of the seal." Naruto said as he kept healing Neji.

"How are those seals by the way?" Neji asked.

"I got a few redesigns and they're small depending where you want them. So unless you want to show off that five head of yours, I can place it anywhere." Naruto said.

"The Hyuga clan altogether feels no shame at the sheer size of our foreheads." Neji said proudly.

"Is Sakura a lost clan member then? Maybe her green eyes are secretly the Tenseigan." Naruto said jokingly.

Sakura didn't hear that joke but Neji started thinking as he studied her, 'I should ask Hiashi-sama.' he thought.

Thus the fights continued.

Iwa ninja 1 vs Konoha ninja 1 = Draw

Menma vs Kiba = Menma wins (with a fart)

"Who exactly is the disappointment in this fight?" Naruto asked.

"Well on one hand you have the guy who won with a fart and the guy who lost because of a fart." Shikamaru said.

"By logic they are both equally pathetic." Shino spoke up.

"I think there was something wrong with his chakra control. Even so that Rock Lee person was pretty tough and Guy sensei said he can't use ninjutsu or genjutsu. So I guess both really do suck." Naruto explained.

Neji stared at Menma with his Byakugan, "It appears something is blocking his pathways along with your sister. Also that Mystogan person is..." Neji stopped himself as he rubbed his eyes.

"What's wrong?" Naruto asked.

"Something is off about his chakra. As if it were a foreign energy that's blocking my vision." Neji answered.

"I wonder who's the sucker that will deal with that wild card." Shikamaru said knowing the mysterious guy was pretty troublesome.

Ino vs Sakura = Sakura wins

"Ok that was absolutely pathetic." Naruto said.

"Troublesome, to think Ino was so pumped about us taking the exams and she didn't even bother to train let alone win." Shikamaru said.

"Who's left anyways?" Naruto asked.

Shino adjusted his glasses as he studied the contestants, "That would be Hideki, you Naruto, your sister Nori, Mystogan, the two from Iwa and that Kumo team." he answered.

Konoha ninja 2 vs Karui = Karui wins

Iwa ninja 2 vs Samui = Samui wins

Kurotsuchi vs Omoi = Kurotsuchi wins

"Suna is the only one with a full team to make it to the finals." Shino stated.

"I know dad can't play favorites, but can I have my turn already?" Naruto asked as he was dying of boredom.

"Troublesome, of course you want to fight Naruto. You're already a powerhouse with your weird bloodlines, why do you need to fight all the time?" Shikamaru asked.

"For the glory! Also remind me to send you those notes for the shadow messengers. I know how to make them fight and they extend your shadows." Naruto said making the Nara nod.

"So Naruto who do you think your opponent will be?" Sakura asked.

"Let's see, my annoying little sister, a man with a pole shoved up his ass or what I really hope is actually a superhero with awesome powers." Naruto said.

"Be serious, that guy seems to actually be strong and has this weird aura about him." Sakura said as she felt uneasy due to the cloaked man's presence.

Naruto vs Nori

"Nevermind, do whatever you want." Sakura said knowing this was going to be a short match.

"100 ryo says no death!" Shikamaru called out.

"650 ryo, no blood spilled." Shino said.

Sakura contemplated it, "500 ryo, lots of crying!" she said.

The jounin looked gobsmacked that their genin started a betting pool, but they weren't sure who they were betting on. Suddenly a bookie appeared and started taking all that money and collecting their fees as he wrote in on his book. Neji was the last one to place his money in.

"900 ryo, no weaponry." Neji said as the bookie accepted the cash.

Then Menma came in looking smug with a large suitcase, "5000 ryo says that my sister will kick that idiot's ass and make him cry." he said.

The bookie looked confused and wrote it down as a bet against Naruto. Boy was he going to be rich when this was over.

Meanwhile on the arena floor, Nori grinned as she cracked her knuckles, "You read to feel pain loser?" she asked.

"You're the loser." Naruto said making Nori grow a tick mark.

"No you are!"

"Nope you are!"

"No you!"

"It's definitely you!"

"You're the loser the loser!"

"No I'm the loser!" Naruto said using reverse psychology.

"No way in hell are you the loser! Because I'm the loser!" Nori stated.

"Fine, you're the loser." Naruto said giving up.

"You're damn right I am." Nori said looking victorious before realizing her mistake. "Hey you tricked me! You are so dead!" she threatened.

"Are both fighters ready?" Hayate asked as they nodded. "Fight!" he said.

Nori immediately created several dozen clones and commanded them to charge Naruto. Naruto suddenly took his shirt off and took a strange pose similar to the goken. As what was estimated to be around a hundred clones ran to him. Naruto proceeded to make strange yipping noises as he took down each clone with ease and no sign of fatigue or sweat within a minute.

That's when he heard Nori running at him with a clone beside her, "Rasengan!" she said slamming the technique only for Naruto to raise his hand and contain the explosion with his arm.

"Small children shouldn't be handling such dangerous techniques." Naruto said.

"Baka I'm going to kick your ass! Multi Shadow Shuriken Jutsu!" she called out as Naruto avoided the blades and landed behind Nori.

The firey red head proceeded to kick and punch Naruto with great accuracy and speed only to be sent flying with a mana enhanced flick to the forehead. Naruto shook his head as Nori recovered and used a clone to create another rasengan. Naruto stepped to the side making her crash into the wall. As Nori created many more clones, she dashed at Naruto and threw several demon windmill shuriken. Which Naruto just caught before tossing them all at the clones making them dispel.

That left Nori alone with a tanto in hand and prepared to strike her brother. Only for the child of Chaos to block the blade by catching it with both hands and kicking his younger sister in the stomach. As she skid back, Naruto dropped the sword and proceed to slam his palm on the ground causing a stone golem to appear.

Nori saw the golem going at her and formed several hand seals, "Lightning Style: Lightning Dragon Jutsu!" she said as the dragon shaped technique hit the golem head on.

When the smoke cleared, the golem appeared to be repairing itself as it continued to run at her. Before Nori could attempt to use another jutsu, the golem grabbed and proceeded grab her by the legs and started spinning her in the air for a few minutes. Leaving the red head filled with motion sickness before being wrapped in vines coming from the golems arms.

"Hey what the hell is this?" Nori asked as the golem hanged her upside down. Then Nori's worst nightmare happened, the golem proceeded to lift her short revealing her panties which had a cute bear on the back. "PERVERT! WHY THE HELL IS IT SHOWING MY PANTIES TO THE WORLD!?" Nori yelled as her hair started to look like nine tails.

Naruto slowly approached Nori from behind. At that moment he pulled out a paddle from his jacket and tested. Naruto pulled on his weapon making the handle extend and made a few swinging motions. The next thing anyone knew, Naruto proceeded to spank his little sister making her yip loudly.

"Why the hell are you spanking me you pervert!?" Nori demanded.

Naruto ignored her and continued to spank her, "Bad little sisters need to learn discipline." he said in a monotone voice.

"What do I need discipline for?" Nori asked before being spanked harder.

"Because your spoiled." Naruto said before giving her a harder smack.

"Knock it the hell off!" Nori yelled.

Naruto looked unfazed as he repeatedly hit her until Nori felt tears of pain, "I'll stop when you learn your lesson." he said.

"Put me down you pervert!" Nori ordered only to get a popsicle shoved into her mouth.

"No." Naruto said as he continued to smack her.

This went on for ten minutes as Nori started to cry tears. Only they could hear anything out of her since the popsicle must have been really frozen to be in her mouth for that long without melting. Even though she's been begging for her brother to for five minutes now.

"Do you want me to stop?" Naruto asked with Nori nodding as there were tears in her eyes.

Naruto removed the popsicle, "I surrender." Nori said in tears.

"Winner Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze!" Hayate said as Naruto carefully removed Nori and let the girl put her shorts back on before running away in embarrassment.

"He forgot Armstrong, but whatever." Naruto said as he made his way back up.

Minato made an indescribable face as he still processed the kind of fight his two children had. Strangely enough it was much more weird and disturbing to some extent compared to the fight his other son had with Kiba. Putting those thoughts aside, the final fight was announced.

Mystogan vs Hideki Hyuga

Hideki jumped down with a smug look on his face while Mystogan slowly made his way down to meet his opponent.

"You should give up now, fate has determined your defeat against me. Face it, you can defeat an elite from the might Hyuga clan." Hideki said.

"Kami, can you imagine if I spewed about fate like that?" Neji asked.

"I'd kick your ass if you started right now." Naruto answered.

"Yeah it would be way too troublesome." Shikamaru said.

Mystogan remained silent and merely sealed away the staffs on his back. Hideki glared at his opponent for not bothering to respond.

"Are both fighters ready? Fight!" Hayate announced.

Hideki smirked as he ran directly at Mystogan, "Air Palm!" the mysterious shinobi suddenly disappeared and reappeared in front of Hideki before kneeing him in the chest. "Lucky shot is all." Hideki said before trying to kick him.

Mystogan grabbed his leg and slammed him down onto the floor, "Trash that doesn't even know it's trash deserves to fall into the abyss." he said coldly. Mystogan proceeded to lift Hideki up and toss him into the wall, "Such arrogance makes you below me." he said.

Hideki snarled as he got up, "You are in range, 8 trigrams 32 palms!" he said as he aimed for Mystogan.

Before the Hyuga realized it, Mystogan disappeared from his sight and appeared behind him, "Piercing Bullet." he said.

"Kaiten!" Hideki said as he moved around creating a dome to block the attack only to fall down upon impact.

"You didn't take any damage, but still felt the after effect. Either you or the technique itself is weak." Mystogan said making him snarl.

"Trash like you would never understand what it means to be an elite. Of course someone pathetic like the boy in green or the hokage's failure of a son would never reach my level of greatness." Hideki said arrogantly.

"Then come at me elite. Show me your power." Mystogan challenged.

Hideki made a war cry as he went directly at Mystogan with his clan taijutsu. Of course, Mystogan surprised the crowd by easily deflecting each attack before lifting Hideki by his throat and slamming him into the ground. Hideki started to lose his cool and continued his assault before being kicked and sliding against the floor.

"Fire Magic: Cerberus." Mystogan said as a magic circle appeared and a three headed dog made of fire appeared.

Hideki prepared for the beast that charged him, "Kaiten!" he said as he barely managed to deflect the large beast. "As I said, your fate will be for you to fall beneath me. You are just as annoying as that Naruto man. I never understood why the hokage never kept chakra less trash like him around. With those pathetic abilities he claims to be magic." he said.

"I see so you are the apple of discord here. It's sad how you managed to anger me." Mystogan said as he summoned more magic circles. All around him several animals and different shaped beasts made of fire ran past him towards Hideki, "The more arrogant you are, the harder you fall." he said.

"Kaiten!" Hideki said hoping for his dome to block them all out.

"Death orb." Mystogan said as a ball of darkness appeared in his hand before tossing it at the dome making it explode with Hideki being caught.

Hideki never had the chance to avoid the beasts leaving him covered in burns and looking like a piece of toast. However before Hayate could call the match. Hideki stood up with a limp and charged Mystogan.

"Fate is absolute! No freak of nature can hope to escape fate's judgement!" Hideki yelled with madness in his eyes.

"Disgusting." Mystogan said as he pulled back his fist as it turned black and grew claws before it enlarged. "This is the end Hyuga." Mystogan said before smashing his giant dark fist into Hideki and making him crash into the wall.

"Winner Mystogan! That is now the end of the preliminaries!" Hayate announced.

As Hideki was pulled away and likely out of commision for several months. Minato had all the winners come up and receive a number in order to determine their opponents. However Minato felt a little nervous when he saw a disappointment in Naruto's before it turned to annoyance. All the other genin also noticed this felt a little on edge as Naruto made his way to Mystogan who nobody could read due to his covered face.

"You little creature, how dare you think you can hide from me with a disguise?" Naruto asked sounding annoyed.

"Did it really take you that long to recognize me?" Mystogan asked casually getting some raised brows.

"How would I not recognize my own child?" Naruto asked as he ripped off the mask. "Zeref." he said.

Everyone went wide eyed at the accusation. When the mask came off, it revealed a black haired teen with light skin and black eyes who was just smiling the whole time.

"Hello father." Zeref said with a closed eye smile.

"FATHER!?" everyone yelled in shock.

Minato of all people stood there as his entire body lost color with a shocked face. Kakashi was dropped his book in shock learning that his sensei's grandson and his technical nephew was standing here like it was no else's business.

"Since when do you have kids?" Shikamaru asked as he thought it was too troublesome to learn what Naruto has been up to since he disappeared.

"It's a long story and I expected everyone to get some grasp on it. So for anyone else wondering, yes this is my kid. The same little creature that made Semi scream into my ear before she threw me into a wall. WHILE SHE WAS LABOR!" Naruto yelled in frustration. "Seriously why do you women have super powers when your angry?" he asked.

"It's a trade secret Naruto and no amount of knowledge or power will help you know." Sakura whispered into his ear with an evil grin.

Zeref laughed at his father's antics, "Yes we can catch up after we announce the tournament. Right grandfather?" he asked making Minato shiver.

'Please don't let him be like his mother or sister... or grandmother... or Naruto to some extent.' Minato thought.

"I am my own person grandfather." Zeref said as if he read the hokage's thoughts.

Minato shook his head to clear his thoughts, "From your numbers, this how the matches will appear. Should anything happen, we will extend the exams to one more day if necessary." he said as the proctors behind him

Round 1

Menma Uzumaki Namikaze vs Neji Hyuga

Zeref (Mystogan) vs Samui

Sasuke Uchiha vs Gaara

Temari vs Shikamaru

Karui vs Naruto

Kurotsuchi vs Sakura Haruno

Shino Aburame vs Kankuro

Dosu vs winner of match 7

Minato then began to explain the concept of how the judgement for a promotion works. In a nutshell, bruteforce and thinking too hard won't be enough. It's a matter of skill and tactics on the battlefield. So the exams could end with only one person becoming chunin or nobody getting a promotion. Although it's discouraged on the battlefield, flashy moves do tend to move clients.

The yondaime proceeded to mention that the kages of the other villages and daimyo are going to attend the finals. So it's also a good chance for each village to show off their strength and gain favor with potential clients to gain more missions. With that out of the way, he gave them a farewell and wished them luck in their one month of training.

Everyone minus Naruto, Zeref and Minato left to their devices, "Well young man, where have you been? Better yet how did you reach this dimension?" Naruto asked.

"A colleague of yours decided to offer me a trip here. I haven't seen you in many years after all." Zeref said looking happy.

"Was this colleague an elderly vampiric man by any chance?" Zeref nodded. "Ok, maybe I'm taking creepy vampire man for granted." Naruto said earning a sweat drop from Minato who was beyond confused.

"Could you better explain this to me?" Minato asked.

"Better yet, maybe you can explain to me what you've been doing all this time. You know I've been having to raise my descendants from your side of the family right?" Naruto asked.

"Could you explain yourself better father?" Zeref asked.

"I mean to say, while you were doing whatever. I escaped my sealing prison and learned nearly three millennium had passed. Then all of a sudden I'm trapped in some godforsaken war where your poor mother's soul was trapped in the infinite loop. Bless her heart that I was able to break her from her chains and then I learn from Albedo that you were off exploring." Naruto explained.

"What does this have to do with me having descendants? I never bared children." Zeref claims.

"So what? Are you telling me Gilgamesh just existed on his own?" Naruto asked.

"The king of Uruk? Your telling me that he's my son or something?" Zeref asked with a chuckle.

"I can't confirm anything since..." Naruto facepalmed. "Why didn't I do the DNA test myself?" he asked. "Zeref! You and I are getting a DNA test!" he said dragging his son away.

"Let us catch up some other time grandfather. I would like to learn what possessed you to allow my father to reincarnate into this world." Zeref said as he was dragged away.

At the mansion

Shirou was doing some breathing exercises along with a few stretches. Albedo helped him awaken to his demon bloodline and only needed to get some basic exercises done for now. However his serene environment was ruined by his uncle who was dragging a black haired teen by his collar.

"Uncle please don't tell me you killed someone." Shirou pleaded.

"I did, but this person is completely unrelated Shirou. I'll come back later and we can get some lunch. I have a new method of training to help you improve faster and I think you'll like it." Naruto said as he continued dragging Zeref across the ground.

"What the heck was that about?" Shirou asked before going back to his stretching.

Inside, Naruto saw his mother cooking with Albedo forcing her servants to help her. Just as he was about to announce himself, Albedo quickly got up and pounced him.

"Papa your back!" Albedo said before nuzzling her face into his chest.

Her little reunion was cut short when she turned to who she else she knocked down, "Hello elder sister." Zeref said with a smile.

"Stupid little brother where have you been?" Albedo asked while hitting his head.

"Travelling, the previous world was so much different from the time we were from after all. Is that a wrinkle I see?" Zeref teased.

Albedo puffed her cheeks as she kept hitting him, "Mean little brother!" she said.

"Albedo-chan is something wrong?" Kushina asked as she stepped out of the kitchen.

"My brother called me old!" Albedo said with anime tears.

"Naruto who is that boy?" Kushina asked as she noticed Zeref.

"This my dear mother is your grandson, Zeref." Naruto said as the boy waved.

Kushina immediately crushed him in a hug making the powerful mage shatter, "Father, is this where your power comes from?" Zeref asked in between gasps.

"He looks like Semi-chan, but he has your features!" Kushina said as she swinged him around. "That reminds me, Naruto Semi has been feeling really sick lately. Tsunade was here earlier and thinks she might... how do I put this? Might have a little bun in the oven." she said.

Naruto's face was stone cold and emotionless before he slowly made a shocked face which slowly turned into an open mouth smile, "I'm going to be a father again!?" he asked excitedly.

"Doesn't he already have a lot of adopted kids?" Robin asked.

"I don't think we should question it." Achilles said.

Naruto then proceeded to run up the stairs to his shared room, "Don't worry Semi! Your hubby is coming!" he yelled.

Little Gil came out of his room, "Dad what are you yelling about?" he asked.

"Someone might be joining the family Gil!" Naruto answered while ruffling the boy's hair.

Little Gil sighed as he watched his adoptive father run off his adoptive mother's room.

With Semiramis

The Assyrian queen was lying asleep in her bed hoping it could calm down the headache she got from her illness. On the side of her room, baby Shirou was sleeping in one of the cribs that Minato and Kushina kept years after the triplets were born. All was peaceful, luckily Naruto always practiced safety knowing that his wife would claw his face off if he interrupted situations like these.

"Semi?" Naruto whispered as he slowly made his way in. Naruto smiled at her peaceful form, "I love you." he whispered as he kissed her on the lips.

Semiramis started to open her eyes and saw her husband standing over her, "Naruto? Did you finish your exam?" she asked with a yawn.

"Yeah, anyways mom said that you might be expecting?" Naruto asked while being internally excited.

Semiramis sighed, "I doubt it, the last thing we need is more diapers to change. I think its nausea or maybe something I ate a while back." she said making him frown. "Do not give me that look. Lie down next to me, I don't like sleeping alone." she said as she gestured for the other side of the bed.

"Not yet Semi, I have a surprise for you. Let me go get him." Naruto said only to be stopped by the door opening.

"Am I interrupting something?" asked a voice that Semiramis had a good memory of.

Semiramis covered her mouth as the tears came out of her eyes, "Naruto, do my eyes deceive me?" she asked as the figure came in.

"Hello mother, I've missed you." Zeref said revealing himself.

Semiramis soon found the strength within herself to get up from bed and with Naruto's help she began to stumble towards her son. Zeref smiled as he opened his arms and caught his mother in a hug. Semiramis placed a hand behind his head as she stroked his back.

"Finally, my family is complete again. Oh Zeref how I missed you and your sister. I thought all I had was Naruto, even then a mother shouldn't be separated from her child." Semiramis said as she refused to let go.

"It's ok mother, I'm never leaving you, father or Albedo." Zeref said as he stroked his mother's long hair.

Naruto smiled at the two, maybe this was how Minato and Kushina felt when they learned he and the other two siblings were on their way.

'Maybe I should try fixing things with those two. I never did learn why they became stupid.' Naruto thought.

Meanwhile with Jiraiya

The great might toad sage was giggling with glee as he just got the prototype copy of his newest book. Right now, he was rooftop jumping as he was seeking out someone to help him with the next step of having his book published. When suddenly he noticed Kakashi reading his book right inside of a dango restaurant.

"Hello my favorite fan!" Jiraiya said jumping in through a window and taking a seat in his booth.

"My my, what brings you here Jiraiya-sama?" Kakashi asked with an eye smile.

"I need a test subject for my newest book. So who better than Minato's student?" Jiraiya asked making Kakashi go wide eyed.

"But it's been less than a year since the last release. Is this a short story?" Kakashi asked.

"Yes and no, first the story is long and my only concern is how much readers are willing to read, but who cares. You reread the same one all the time. The other thing is that this is just part of the full story." Jiraiya said while revealing a white book.

Kakashi gasped as he dropped his orange book, "Is that your new work? Is this Icha Icha Tactics?" he asked as he pointed at it with a shaky finger.

"Nope, I'm still working on this one. Naruto gave me the inspiration through a few stories and after studying the female anatomy (not by the use of medical books) I created this masterpiece in a few days. What do you say Kakashi? Do you want to try this work of literature?" Jiraiya asked with his signature grin.

"Let me see it!" Kakashi begged as he looked like a little begging for candy.

"Here you go." Jiraiya said.

3 hour later

Kakashi opened his eyes to find himself in a hospital room. That's when Jiraiya suddenly jumped into his room through the window.

"I think I might need to cut this one down or start a blood donation campaign." Jiraiya said as he pulled out the book.

"Jiraiya-sama what happened?" Kakashi asked.

"Apparently this book gave you the worst nosebleed. When the ANBU arrived, they assumed a missing nin or some other ninja attacked you. I explained what happened saying it was the book, but it was too late when the cat masked ANBU opened the first page and the same happened to her. I never expected my books to affect women." Jiraiya said pretending to sound concerned instead of victorious that it caught a woman's attention.

"Wow even Yugao got affected?" Kakashi asked with amazement.

"Yeah, along with a couple more ANBU read it before losing consciousness from their own nosebleeds." Jiraiya added. "Although can you imagine a book that can kill others? How ridiculous does that sound?" he asked.

Meanwhile in another dimension, Light Yagami and Ryuk sneezed and wondered who was mocking them.

"Can I continue your book?" Kakashi asked.

"I don't see why not." Jiraiya said.

Kakashi turned back to the page he was reading before flying out of his bed via a nose bleed. Tsunade came running in hearing the loud noises and glared at Jiraiya.

"What the hell did you do pervert!?" she yelled as she tried to slam her fist into his face. Jiraiya dodged the punch and turned to the page Kakashi was on before shoving it in her face, "What the hell are you...?" Tsunade didn't finish as she suddenly started flying from losing a lot of blood from her nose and hitting her head into a wall.

Ironically Minato came in with a "get well soon" basket in hand. When he arrived, he saw Kakashi all bloody and unconscious then went wide eyed when he saw Tsunade bloody as well with a book on her body.

Icha Icha Unlimited Blades

"Sensei, i never thought I would see the day where you would leave Tsunade a bloody mess for being a pervert." Minato said.

Jiraiya then wondered if he would lose his fanbase because of this book. Not because the plot was a change of pace and had a lot of action to even out the sex scenes, but because of the nose bleeds.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Hopefully you enjoyed this and are grateful enough to leave a comment. Because I have never written this much in a chapter. This is 14 thousand words! I never did this much for anything! So leave a comment! I need them to fuel me!