Here is one of my three top fics of all time. Disclammer: I don't not own Naruto or any of it's characters. I only own Takashi Corrine and my friends own Matt and Ryu, his teammates. So you can't sue me! HA!

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The Demons of Heaven and Hell

Prologue:

The village was set ablaze as the elders fought alongside the Jonin to stop the wolf demon that had stalked there village for many moons. The creature spat another set of flames at the nearest Jonin squad, snaring in anger at being attacked. "Does snaring at weaklings make you think your strong?" The voice came from a boy standing in them middle of the flames, two other figures along side him. "I'm embarrassed that the so called Jonin Elite can't even take down a worthless beast like you." The wolf turned on the boy, snaring with increased rage. "I'd watch your mouth foul creature, your lucky I'm not in the mood to rip your apart." He snapped his fingers, and the boy on his right hand side stepped forward. Flames roared around his whole body, and began to center themselves in his hands. In one hand formed a whip of fire, and in the other a flaming blade. The wolf leaped forward at the boy, fangs ready to sink into his body. With one snap of his left arm the whip severed the wolf's legs, at the same time the sword cut its head clean off. The boy combined the two weapons together into one giant blazing fireball, and threw it at the remaining part of the creature. Fur and flesh burning with heat that could only have come from the fires of hell itself. The head fell to the ground and rolled to the feet of one of the elders. The tallest boy snapped his fingers again, and the three of them set off, back into the burning village.

"Those were….." The Jonin couldn't get the words out, as he stood in fear.

The elder nodded his head, and turned toward the Jonin "Yes, those three are the ones I spoke of. The demons of heaven and hell."

Chapter 1: Enter the challengers.

Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke entered the exam room, and were taken aback by the number of people. "Are all these people here to apply?" thought Sakura. She was already sweating just by the look of them. "They all look so strong."

"SASUKE! WHERE'VE YOU BEEN CUTIE?" Yamanaka Ino came running up to her "boyfriend" and hugged him. Sakura looked as those she was about ready to explode.

"Ino, you pig! Get your hooves off Sasuke!" He yelled, pointing at him. It was common knowledge that Sakura liked Sasuke too, and that her and Ino had been rivals since they were young.

"Sakura, still hoping the big mutant forehead look is going to come back into fashion?" Ino asked. Naruto had to hold her back, as she began to charge at her rival. "NARUTO, LET ME GO!" Just as Naruto was about to respond, Ino's teammates Nara Shikamaru and Akimichi Choji walked up. "Why don't you three save yourselves the embarrassment of flunking this test? Go die okay?" Shikamaru said, looking annoyed as he always did.

"Well if it isn't the three stooges." Naruto taunted. He had been classmates with all three of them, and knew them well. Shikamaru could never not find anything to complain about, Choji was never seen without some kind of food in his hands, and Ino was another would-be Sasuke groupie.

"Looks like the gang's all here." They looked over and who had spoken to them. Another of this year's rookie cells, containing Inuzuka Kiba and his dog Akamaru, Nyuga Hinata, and Aburame Shino, walked up to them.

"Including you unfortunately." Shikamaru said, walking toward the wall.

"It looks like all three of this year's rookies decided to apply. Heh, wonder how far we'll get. What do you think Sasuke?" Kiba asked.

Sasuke smirked at this comment. "Trying to psyche us out by acting cool Kiba?" Kiba laughed, putting his hands into his pockets.

"Who's trying? There's no way you can beat us anyway!" Hinata looked at Naruto, blushing a little.

"I-I'm sorry Naruto…Kiba didn't mean that the way it sounded…" Naruto looked over at Hinata, who Immediately looked down at the ground. Naruto didn't understand why every time he looked at her, her eyes shot down to the ground.

"Would you guys just do us all a favor and shut up?" The group looked over at the one who spoke to them. "You three gangs of would-be hotshots are all Genin right? All wet-behind-the-ears and runny-nosed brats!"

Everyone this time, not just Shikamaru, looked annoyed. "Who the hell do you think you are?" Asked Ino. The ninja looked at the girl.

"Name's Kabuto. So what? You kids need to open your eyes. Everyone's on edge to take the exam. I wanted to give you a heads up before someone snaps and beats the hell out of you….but its probably unavoidable. Like all rookies you think you already know everything. Heh, I remember what it was like…" Sakura looked puzzled, and spoke up.

"Are you saying this is the second time you've applied?" Kabuto shook his head.

"Not second, seventh. Twice a year for…hm, going on four years now." Sakura looked amazed.

"You must have a lot of experience then." Kabuto nodded.

"All right! Kabuto, buddy…you are the man!" Naruto exclaimed. Kabuto grinned and took a set of cards out of his pocket.

"Cute. Okay….the least I can do is give you little babies some vital intelligence on what you're in for….with these Shinobi skill cards." He waited for a reply, but when none came, be continued. "Simply put, they contain information about the skills we use, transformed into symbols and burned into the cards using chakra." He set the cards on the ground and sat down. "It took me about four years to collect all the intelligence needed for this exam. In all, there are almost 200 cards." Kabuto flipped the top card and set it on the ground, placing his finger on top of it. "They look blank, and the only way you can read the data on the cards is by using my own personal chakra. Each set is linked to its possessor. For example, cards like this one." Chakra flowed from his hand into his finger, and finally into the card. The card was no longer blank, instead now a map graced its surface. "This map shows how many applicants each shinobi nation is sending to this session of the Chunin journeyman ninja exams."

"Do you have Dossier Cards for each individual applicant? Sasuke asked. The doors burst open, and three more ninja entered the room, each bearing the symbol of a halo and a flame divided by a line on their Hitai-Ate headbands. All eyes turned on them. The tallest boy in the middle, stepped forward, glaring at the people in the room. They closed the doors behind them and walked over to the far right wall and sat down.

"You think they've never seen ninja before." The shortest one said.

"Well it's the first time we've left the village Corrine, you can except weaklings to look at us." The tall boy said.

"Ryu, why are we even here anyway? No one here could possibly be in our league." Ryu turned his head.

"Because, we have a plan to carry out Matt, and there's someone here that Corrine wants to meet." Ryu said, putting his hands behind his head. Naruto turned to ask Kabuto a question.

"Who are they?" Sakura hit him over the head. "OW! What'd you do that for!"

"Naruto, don't tell me you havn't heard of them before." Sakura pointed to their headband's symbols. Naruto looked at them and shot up.

"You mean…their…" His voice was now filled with a fear that he rarely had ever shown. Sakura nodded her head, and began to explain to everyone else who hadn't heard of them before.

"Their from the Village Between Heaven and Hell, which is rumored to have been the ones who formed the world... along with the foundations of ninjittsu. Not much is known bout the village itself, though a report was leaked about 3 years ago. Three boys, who hadn't even passed the academy yet, slaughtered everyone from an attack on the village, and showed no signs of any true bloodlust. Then, news leaked from the village 4 weeks ago. A demon wolf broke the defenses of the village, and set it ablaze. The same three boys from before incinerated the creature that even the Jonin Elite couldn't kill." Everyone was scared by what they heard. Could those three be the same boys from the report leaks?

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Some of it was taken from the manga, though it was needed since this plot replaces the official one. Note that the Sound ninjas aren't here, which should give a hint for the future. Well enjoy.