Thanks for the reviews, here are some replies to some of them.

Midnight's Requiem : You know, sometimes I feel writing the title is harder than the story...

Madnarutofan : The Hokage wouldn't want to tell the village their strongest missing nin has ran off with the demon. People would start to really doubt the Hokage, but at the same time, they would be glad that a psycho took care of their demon problem.

Chichi : Akatsuki are misunderstood - according to me. Itachi made a promise to train Naruto, and he's not backing down.

The Chunnin Exam is coming up. And it's going to be special. Competing this time around isTeam 7 with their new team member, Sand Siblings, the Sound Team and my special mist team with Haku. And there is still the mystery of what team Naruto will be on... And also, last chapter Hiryuu Asuka was mentioned... (This starts off while Naruto is 13...)


Chapter Four : Make Your Move

Hokage's Office...

Sarutobi, or as people called him Sandaime, the Third Hokage, stared blankly at the letter he recieved five years earlier.He hadread the letter many times throughout the five years he had held it,hepractically remembered it off by heart.He could recognize that neat handwriting anywhere, the handwriting of someone whom he personally saw to become ANBU Captain, and who he saw leave, to become a missing nin. The letter was from none other than Uchiha Itachi.

Dear Hokage-sama,

Through the mission you gave me to spy on my own clan,I have found that our suspicions were correct. The Uchiha's were planning a full scale take over of Konoha, as I have written in full detail on the back of this letter. They have been keeping secrets from Konoha, specifically at a shrine hidden, the location is also on the back of the letter.

I am also writing to apologize for what I have done. For as soon as you have read this, the Uchiha clan will be gone, save the one survivor I left - my brother. I felt it would be easier if the burden of the bloodshed was my fault, not yours or the villages, and I also wanted to see what kind of a monster the Uchiha bloodline had made of me. In the envelope I have left some money, to continue my brother's education in the academy, in the hopes he might become strong enough to rebuild our forsaken clan.

Lastly, there comes the topic of Uzumaki Naruto. Naruto is persecuted by the people of the village, and I feel that while he is here, he will always feel sadness. He is coming with me, for training to become strong enough for himself, but do not worry - he will return to the village. I kept a promise with you to protect him and that promise will not change. What I am asking for thoughis five years, when he will return to you, to compete in the Chunin Exam. The circumstances under which he will compete are still unknown to even me, but you have my word that he will be there.

From Uchiha Itachi.

Sandaime paced around his office, before stopping at his window. This was one of his favorite spots in all of Konoha, not because it was his office, but because of the fact that through the window of the Hokage's tower, you could see over all of Konoha. It was almost time for him to call a meeting for all of the Jounins with teams. The Chunin Exam was about to begin.


Team 7 training ground...

"What's today's missions Kakashi-sensei?" A young, raven-haired boy asked.

"It better not be farm duty! I hate farm duty!" The pink kunoichi standing next to the raven haired boy said.

"A mission is a mission, deal with it." A white haired boy, with his Konoha headband covering his eyes replied.

"For the so called 'genius team' you are pretty whiny." Kakashi smiled under his mask, turning around to face his students. The 'genius team', comprising of the'avenger' Uchiha Sasuke, the intelligent Haruno Sakura, and thecunning Hiryuu Kira, was possibly one of the best rookie teams to come out of the academy in a while. One of the main reasons for this was the fact that they ignored the Genius-Female-Dropout formula, and instead came up with the Genius-Intelligent-Genius team. Though they were great, they were full of tragic stories.

Uchiha Sasuke, the last survivor of the Uchiha clan, save his brother Itachi who murdered the clan, has his mind set on vengeance and revenge. The thirst for vengeance is one of the reasons why he trains every day with his rival and friend, Hiryuu Kira who is also afterUchiha Itachi, who crippled his sister Asuka. The two boys have both been competing furiously, much supported by Kakashi, for the title of the one to take vengeance on Itachi.

Hiryuu Kira wasn't supposed to be a nin in the first place. His parents had refused to put him in the academy, after hearing that the demon which had destroyed half their clan was going to be sitting in the same classroom as their "special little boy". But when word got around that he left - presumed dead -they jumped for joy and sent their precious son to the academy. His specialitywastheHiryuu clan's cursed eyes, so traumatic to the mind of the user that they have to keep them closed for safety, relying on their clan trait chakra bouncing - the ability to bounce chakra off objects to detect where they are.

And Haruno Sakura, though intelligent, had also become quite masterful at earth jutsus. Besides that, there wasn't much left.

"Shouldn't you be training?" Kakashi asked, telling his students.

"What no jobs today?" Sasuke asked.

"No, since I have to go now, the Hokage called a meeting for all Jounins - and that means me." Kakashi said, before poofing away.

"What a lazy teacher..." Kira muttered under his breath. "I guess we should be training anyway." And with that, a fight broke out in the middle of the street. The chaos of the day was just beginning - not only in the Leaf, but in other villages as well.


Meanwhile, in the Village of Sand...

"Do we have a deal then, Kazekage?" The pale, snake like man grinned towards the man sitting behind the desk infront of him.

"I guess we do, Otokage, is that what I call you?" The Kazekage replied, with a smile on his face. If the plan went his way, and not to the snake demon's favour, this could prove very helpful for the Sand Village.

"Otokage... I guess it would be safe to call me that." The snake man said. "I better be off then, my new village is still preparing, I'd rather be there watching over."

"See you later, Orochimaru." The Kazekage waved, as Orochimaru walked out of the Kazekage's room. Outside in the hallwaywere three of the weirdest dressed teenagers Orochimaru had ever seen. The first one had his face painted and carried a large, hairy thing on his back. The second one was a girl, and had a giant fan strapped to her back and the third one, the boy, stared at him with emotionless eyes, and carried a large gourd on his back.

"Excuse me." Orochimaru said, as the the boy just stared at him. "Could you please move?" Orochimaru asked. By this time Orochimaru clearly was disappointed with the fact that he wasn't getting any respect, he was afterall - a kage. "Move it kid!" Orochimaru yelled, and with a slight movement, sand came from the boy's gourd and crushed Orochimaru's body.

"You didn't have to do that Gaara..." Temari said quietly, half hoping her brother heard her, half hoping he didn't. Instead of blood spilling from the crushed body, snakes just dropped to the ground, and behind Gaara, Orochimaru was walking away.

"You should be more polite when people tell you to move!" Orochimaru called, as he left to his village.


In the Village of Mist...

'How could he have been so careless!' Was all that Zabuza was thinking of, as he sat on a rock, watching his student train in the nearby lake. They were not alone though, there were two ANBU guards standing on either side of Zabuza. While his student Haku was using his bloodline to manipulate all the water in the lake, Zabuza couldn't help but think over the mistakes he made, resulting to his capture, and the uncomfortable position him and his student were in.

Flashback

Zabuza was chained to the chair, and his sword sat on the other side of the room. He was facing the man he had tried so hard to overthrow, defeat and kill, but of course the roles were reversed, and the man had captured him and was preparing to kill him. Not without a proposition first though.

"Momochi Zabuza!" The man smiled, leaning over to face him. "How happy am I to finally meet you again!"

"Mizukage." Zabuza spat out with hatred.

"That boy of yours is surely interesting!" The Mizukage smiled, pressing all of Zabuza's wrong buttons.

"If you lay your filthy hands on Haku then I'll -"

"You'll what Momochi?" The Mizukage asked. "Yell at me a bit more? As I was saying before, that boy is interesting. Killed two guards, injured three others, and now we have to have ANBU's guarding him around the clock! So, now for what I want from you. And the boy."

"His name is Haku." Zabuza said.

"Pardon?" The Mizukage raised an eyebrow.

"His name is Haku. And I'll do anything, just let the boy go. He's already lived a tough life, don't torture him further." Zabuza said.

"I was thinking the exact opposite actually." The Mizuage said, though Zabuza didn't trust him at all. "The fact is, I just want him to compete in a little thing called the Chunin exam. You'll be the Jounin captain of the team of course. And then once we're done with that, you can come back, live a normal life as a nin in the village, considering the fact that you won't cause anymore problems."

"What's the catch, and why?" Zabuza asked, it sounded too easy, anda bit strange for the decietful Mizukage.

"Sometimes you're too smart for your own good Zabuza." The Mizukage said. "But as you said, there are some 'extras'. I'll answer your first question. The reason is, our Genin haven't been doing well in the exams, and a genin as tallented as Haku, who has his own bloodline is just what the village needs to prove itself.This is our way of testing Haku."

"So the village is crap, boo hoo." Zabuza said, only to be punched in the face by the Mizukage. "Why are you testing Haku?" Zabuza said, sitting straight up again from the punch.

"We have acquired, let us say, a certain 'powerup' for a nin. It is very dangerous, but if we apply it to someone right then it will all work out."

"Why not give it to one of your lackeys standing at the door?" Zabuza replied, referring to the ANBU's guarding him and Haku.

"Because of two reasons. Firstly, Haku is still young, making him still have a lot of potential to become a powerful force for the village. And secondly, he has a bloodline, and a bloodline combined with the devestating force of a dem-" The Mizukage said, before catching himself. "I almost revealed it. But anyway, if Haku passes the Chunnin exam, then he will become one of the most poewrful Shinobi's to ever come from the Hidden Mist."

'Don't worry Haku,' Zabuza thought, 'I won't let them get to you, I'll find us a way to escape...'

"And your part in this Zabuza." The Mizukage said. "Is to find two other teammates for Haku." The Mizukage smiled, before leaving the room and giving the ANBU's the signal to drag off Zabuza to his jail.


Somewhere in the forests of the Village of Cloud

"KAZEKEN! (Wind Fist)" Naruto called, punching with all his force. What he was punching at were five wooden poles, about half a metre apart. His punch contacted with the first wooden pole, creating a hole in it. Using his chakra he projected the punch, which then created a hole in the second, third, forth and fifth poles. This was not a test of strength, which was not needed much, but a test of his chakra control and ability to use his wind techniques. "Banzai!" Naruto cheered, as he finally completed his technique. "Itachi-nii-san I did it!"

"So that's your Taijutsu and Ninjutsu skills dones, where's the genjutsu?" Itachi asked. They had set a task for Naruto, since Naruto was wind type, he was told by Kazuma to make at least one Taijutsu, one Ninjutsu and one Genjutsu skill to do with wind.

"Genjutsu is hard! So I'm working on my second ninjutsu!" Naruto said, giving Itachi the thumbs up.

"I guess it would be okay to skip genjutsu with you, your not really a genjutsu specialist anyway." Itachi replied. "See if your jutsu could get through that tree over there." Itachi pointed to the nearby tree, as Naruto withdrew his sword.

"Futon : Kazedan No Jutsu!" Naruto called, making handseals on the hilt of the sword, and then swinging it, releasing three wind "bullets" that pierced three holes right through the tree. Staring at the holes he was aware of the effects of it on a real human being, after all he had experienced it first hand.

Flashback - 2 Months Ago

As a present to Naruto for completing his jutsu, Kazuma gave him some money to buy whatever he wanted from the nearby market. As happy as ever to get some new clothes, Naruto ran through the forest. Unknown to him, following close behind was Kazuma, who was always watching Naruto whenever he went out by himself. It was either Kazuma or Itachi that followed him, and being the stealthy individuals they were, they were undetectable to Naruto.

Being a market located on the border of Lightning Country, the shop owners made themselves the law, and did not care for whoever passed by their shops - whether they be a Shinobi, Missing-nin or normal traveller, as long as they just bought something. None of them bothered to stop the hyperactive blonde boy who was running threw the narkets cheering loudly, after all, he was buying their stuff. After spending hours at the market, almost too long for Kazuma, Naruto left happily with his bag of "goodies" mostly the useless junk that he just hadto get no matter what the price was.

As he walked through the forest he was being followed, not only by Kazuma, but someone else. Naruto whistled his favorite song as he cheerfully skipped his way back to the Akatsuki hideout. And then Naruto heard the whiz of a kunai being thrown. Reacting quickly, Naruto dropped the shopping bags, and blocked the kunai with a quick whip of his sword. Facing infront of him was a long, brunette person, who's face was concealed by a ANBU mask. Looking on was Kazuma, who was observing what Naruto would do next.

"Where is the Akatsuki, and what do you know about Tsunami Ayame?" The ANBU nin asked, the voice confirmed Naruto's suspicions that it was a female.

"I don't know anything about this Akatsuki you're talking about, or whoever you're talking about!"Naruto replied, as the ANBU threw a kunai with her free hand, catching Naruto by surprise. Naruto's sword was made to be perfect for Naruto, made of a special metal that could absorb his large amounts of chakra - making it almost impenetrable. His sword sliced threw the kunai, but the ANBU tripped him up, and now was on top of him with a kunai to his neck.

"You're a bad liar." The ANBU replied, as her knee stabbed into his chest. Naruto deduced that this female was at least Chunin level, and was probably no older than 15.

"Or I could just make you believe I'm a bad liar so that you associate me with a cool group like the Akatsuki." Naruto gave his standard fox like grin.

"So you're lying about being a bad liar? And your bad lying is also another lie?" The ANBU replied, this boy had already begun to get her tongue tied, she was definetly not going to let him get away.

"If I'm lying about being a liar, while my bad lying is another lie - doesn't that mean I'm telling the truth?" Naruto smiled. He could practically feel the confusion coming from the ANBU. Itachi had taught him how to play mind-games, except Naruto's were a bit more 'fun'.Using her confusion as time Naruto managed to push her off his body, and they both resumed the standing position.

"No matter, there is confirmation that you are associated with Akatsuki." The female said.

"You seem pretty sure of yourself." Naruto said, raising his sword.

"You have moves of a Shinobi - a very bad one - yet you have no headband. You have great chakra control, yet no Shinobi clothes to classify rank. And of course, the rumours of a blonde boy from 11 to 13 years, accompanying the Akatsuki." The female was smiling under her mask. "There is also the file that identifies these charecteristics."

"I have a file?" Naruto grinned. "That is so cool. What else does it say? I'm extremely cool, powerful, superhumanly fast and others?"

"Your overconfident, weak, and the Akatsuki's main weakness." The female replied. "It doesn't really say that, but it will be added after I defeat you." It was one thing to call Naruto a bad liar, but he didnot want to be called the weak point of Akatsuki.

'Control yourself, kid." The Kyuubi said within Naruto. 'Actually I don't know why I'm stopping you from such a good fight. Go kick her ass, and tell me when you need me.'

'Whatever." Naruto replied, charging at the ANBU. She easily dodged his attacks, and managed to catch him off guard many times. His sword chopping managed to deplete her of most of her kunai and shuriken, and she started to move into a strange fighting stance. Her first punch was barely dodged by Naruto, as Naruto went for a slash to her chest. She ducked under his sword and smashed her foot into his chest, making him take a few paces back. Naruto knew all about female taijutsu users, overconfident, slightly psychotic, but still very powerful. He was going to use the over confidence to his advantage.

She did not pause for a second, and managed to strike a flurry of punches into Naruto, who was barely given time to dodge. With one last kick, he was sent to the ground.

"I guess he was as weak as I thought." The ANBU muttered to herself as she moved towards Naruto. She took out a kunai and went to walk over to him. Unknown to her, Naruto had begun on his handseals. When she was only a couple of metres away from Naruto, Naruto jumped up to deploy his jutsu.

"Katon : Gokakyuu No Jutsu!" Naruto called, sending a large fireball in her direction. She barely dodged it, her clothes and right arm were burned. What she didn't dodge, and couldn't see was the kunai whizzing threw the grass in her direction. But even though she didn't see it, she felt it stab into her leg. "You're too careless for an ANBU nin, who are you?"

"Suzuka Kyome." The female spat out, lying on the ground clutching her ankle. She would've thrown her kunai and shuriken at him but he had shattered them all with his sword. She ripped off her mask to reveal a pretty, brunette girl, with adisappointed expression on her face. "You are right, I am not an ANBU. I barely made it as a Chunin. I heard of an ANBU mission to hunt after Akatsuki, and since my brother was injured, I took his spot."

"You idiot!" Naruto yelled. "You would've died if you met the real Akatsuki! What made you think you could take them on?"

"It doesn't matter!" Kyome replied with a grin on her face. She held a small blackdevice in her hand that had a small red button on it. "If I press this button, the ANBU squads will come in to take you. Then they will kill the Akatsuki, and the traitor Ayame!"

Kazuma saw the button and new she was not joking, he didn't want to take over Naruto's fight, that would be just stomping on his pride. Naruto's only option to ensure his safety was to get the device from the girl, and kill her before she even got close to it. Destroying the device could probably set it off as well, so he had to also make sure the device didn't break. "Naruto! Finish her!" Kazuma called from the trees, distracting both the girl and Naruto.

The girl was shocked at the appearance of an Akatsuki that she dropped the device. It was too far away to grab, and Naruto was already making his move, so she begun her handseals.

"Doton : Doryuu No Jutsu! (Earth Release : Earth Dragon Technique)" She called, as a dragon made of Earth came from the ground. Since her chakra was automatically relocating to her ankle to help heal her, she couldn't use much chakra to make the jutsu, so it was much weaker than it would've been hadshe not been wounded. Naruto charged his sword with chakra and sliced threw the earth dragon, after all it was merely dirt, wood, and rock. He used the momentum of the swing to his advantage, and what would come next would be burned into Naruto's memory forever. He didn't expect it to happen, he didn't even want it to happen. But it did, and it wasn't a sight for his sore eyes.

"Futon : Kazedan No Jutsu!" Naruto called, forming the handseals on the hilt of his sword as he swung. The three wind bullets shot from the sword and sliced through the air. It didn't pause with her body either, creating three cleanly cut holes, that spurted out blood, splashing over Naruto. But admist all the blood, tears ran down Naruto's face, he never expected killing to be so hard, he always thought of the simple good guy vs. bad guy fights, but in reality - was he really a good guy? She was a nin from a village, does that make her the good guy? Do the bad guys have to proclaim themselves as evil to be bad? These questions were interrupted as Kazuma dropped from the tress onto the ground. Naruto fell to his knees crying, as Kazuma spoke.

"Karashi Yoshi." Kazuma said, looking at the depressed Naruto. "The first person I ever killed. Every time you do though, remember this Naruto. The world of the Shinobi is not easily seperated bygood and bad. People become Shinobi, knowing they have to kill, knowing the most likely chances of being killed in battle."

"Why?" Naruto asked, clutching Kyome's mask in his hands, looking over her lifeless body. "Why do we kill, what is the real purpose of Akatsuki?"

And Kazuma explained it. Everything.

End Flashback

From that day, Naruto would train as much as he could, as Itachi watched over carefully. Kisame walked over to his partner and began whispering into his ears.

"The Chunin exam is beginning in a month." Kisame began. "Orochimaru will be making his move against Konoha, he has gathered mercenary nins and missing nins for his village."

"What does Kazuma say we do?" Itachi asked.

"Naruto has been talking about it for weeks. And we could always use a spy in Konoha and Orochimaru." Kisame replied.

"And it would be a perfect chance for Naruto to get back at Orochimaru, and we will get our chance as well." Itachi said. "So we're seriously going to send him over, I thought Kazuma was just joking."

"Apparently Kazuma has already found a team for him. But we'll have to actually travel to the village to let him join."

"Areyou crazy? How do you expecta village to let us through?"

"You probably haven't heard of this village, Itachi. But it is..." Kisame whispered the name of the village into Itachi's ear.

"Everything seems much clearer." Itachi nodded. "What about Naruto's appearance?"

"I'll handle that." Kisame smiled, walking over to Naruto. "Naruto! It's time for your haircut!"


Village of Sound, 1 week later.

"Bastards." Orochimaru growled from behind his office desk. For every kage Orochimaru had ever saw, they always had their own office desk, and Orochimaru wanted the same. Helooked at the three figures from behind his desk, a tall man, an avearge heighted teenager, and a young boy.

"So do we have a deal then?" The teenager asked.

"You guys are really assholes." Orochimaru said, slapping a Sound headband on the desk. "This is yours." And the two older men, who could not believe how easy it was to convince him disappeared. "So boy, what name are you using?" Orochimaru growled, filling out an application form.

"Na-" The boy caught himself, almost revealing his name. "Akuma."

"Nakuma?" Orochimaru asked, scribbling down the name. "And clan name?"

"Wait no!" The boy said.

"Just stick with the name! I only have a limited number of these forms. Clan name. Now!"

"Kazedan." The boy grumbled. "Kazedan Nakuma."


This chapter took ages. I truly can't wait to begin writing the Chunin exam arc. I have a good idea of what the pairing for Naruto is going to be, and I thought I'd make it rather unique. I've read nice little one shots of the pairing but have hardly seen many in stories like this, so be suprised it could be anything! - except yaoi.