A/N: I know some of yall wanted this, so I wrote this chapter and posted it. If I could I wood is going to get the next update.
Hiruzen smirked as he entered a clearing and stopped. He had already given his own ANBU protectors the slip. He wasn't the God of Shinobi for no reason, he was the strongest in the world for a reason. He was the golden standard, and for him to get caught in a Genjutsu for any period of time, was impressive. He allowed the fool to think that he was under his control all of the time, but no. He had slipped out of his control months ago, he pretended to have it reapplied whenever the man came by, but now was the time to rid himself and the village of this pest.
Just like normal, there was a swirl in the air and suddenly, the man with the orange mask stood before him.
"Hiruzen, you make quite the puppet, it is a shame that Orochimaru wants to kill you so soon." snickered the masked man.
Hiruzen kept a blank face and allowed the masked man to walk right up to him. As the masked man moved to tilt Hiruzen's head down to make eye contact, in a blur Hiruzen grasped the man's forearm and made a single hand sign and a chakra barrier surrounded the clearing.
The masked man gasped and Hiruzen smirked.
"You really think that I would just allow someone to come and go from my village without issue? If there is any threat to my village, I know about it and I handle it." said Hiruzen
The Masked man's shoulders started to shake and suddenly he exploded into laughs
"Ah, you are a funny old man." he said between laughs with a cheery voice, before he just instantly quit laughing and his voice took on a darker and serious tone. "You think you know anything about the threats outside this village walls? Hell, you don't even know the threat that you're standing on with that mummy walking in the roots of the hidden leaf village."
Hiruzen frowned that the obvious jab at Danzo and was forced to jump back at the sensing of a massive amount of chakra that poured through the masked man's hand in his grasp.
A single tree ripped the ground open and Hiruzen snarled at the thought of this being another Orochimaru experiment made from his sensei's DNA.
"Wood release? I guess, I should bring out the big guns as well" hissed the old Kage as he disregarded his robes to reveal his black battle armor set.
The masked man phased through the tree and Hiruzen made sure to avoid his Sharingan eye and instead flashed through hand signs.
"You'll never touch me with a fire jutsu" taunted the masked man
Hiruzen smirked as he released a series of wind bullets, shocking the man with the mask.
'How the hell did he use wind release, I saw him start a fire jutsu with my Sharingan' thought the man with the mask. He was very shocked then without hand signs, Hiruzen unleashed a massive wave of fire that followed the countless wind bullets that he had released prior.
Phasing into his pocket dimension, the masked man grit his teeth as he allowed the flames to wash over him.
'So he did create a fire jutsu in his body, paused it. Unleashed a wind bullet jutsu and used it as a tagger for his fire jutsu. He used a combination jutsu all by him, he truly is a titan in the Shinobi world.' thought the masked man as the seconds passed and turned into minutes.
'OKAY SERIOUSLY WHAT THE ACTUAL FUXK. HOW IS HE DOING THIS? HE SHOULD BE NOTHING MORE THAN AN OLD FOSSIL'thought the masked man as Hiruzen's flames continued on and on to the point that it was approaching his 5 minute mark.
Snarling, the Masked man throw out several bombs that created a small window for him to slip through. Hissing his teeth as his phasing period ended and the flames licked at his figure. Hiruzen appeared in front of him and the masked man was quick to phase again.
Hiruzen rolled through him and flared his chakra making the flames around him die out. 'Hmm, he was quick to phase again, it seems that he has a timer that he has on that particular Jutsu'
Hiruzen made a pair of shadow clones and they fanned out to around the masked man.
The masked man was hissing in pain as his chakra was ripping apart his body, faster than he could regenerate from the chakra tearing him apart.
'The old man is smart and fast, I can't afford to underestimate him again. He pumped out 5 minutes of fire, and immediately tried to attack me when he sensed me trying to clear out the flames and leave.' thought the masked man.
One of the Hiruzen clones attacked him from the left with pure TaiJutsu, forcing the masked man to block what he could and allow whatever he couldn't to phase through him. Gritting his teeth, he tried to grab the clone, only for a wave of water to slam in to his back.
It carried only inches before he allowed the water to phase through him, but that was more than enough information for Hiruzen to use to his advantage.
The clone immediately jumped back into attack mode, striking hard and fast. The masked man tried to keep up, redirecting several attacks while phasing through more. But as the masked man managed to grab the clone's wrist, a kunai skimmed his side and drew blood.
"Your technique is quite the interesting one. But it seems that there Is a time limit to it, about 5 minutes. You can't be intangible and grab something at the same time. There is a weakness to this Jutsu, one that I plan to exploit." said Hiruzen as he and his clones regrouped.
The masked man nodded as the old Hokage had managed to figure him out fairly easily. But he did have an ace in the hole, making a hand sign, the masked man revealed that he had planted explosive notes all over the ground inside the chakra barrier.
"Looks like we both will flame out then"
"BOOOOM!"
Naruto rubbed his arm, it had since healed from being broken by Orochimaru. Sasuke was rubbing his neck where Orochimaru had placed the curse mark on him. Sakura was rubbing her hangs together nervously. Kakashi was still just reading his porn, but still mindful of his team.
"Well, you three managed to make it to the Chunnin exams finals, congrats. However, the real training begins now. Naruto, you're Godfather is in town. I believe that he should be able to help you out with that. Sakura, I managed to call in a favor from Anko, she's going to help you to with some gender specific training for 2 weeks before I will take over said training. Sasuke, for the first two weeks, I will handle your training before an Anbu friend of mine will take it over from there."
The three Genin nodded before they looked at each other for the last time for a month. Sakura and Naruto walked off and Kakashi placed his hand on Sasuke's shoulder and the Sharingan wielding duo disappeared in an explosion of leaves.
With Naruto:
Naruto wasn't really all that excited to head home. The Chunnin Exams Finals were a month away and he was stuck facing him. He was sure that he could take the angry Genin, but he also didn't want to underestimate him.
Opening his door, Naruto was not surprised to see the white hair of his Godfather coming from the inside of his refrigerator.
"Jiraiya, what are you doing inside my house?" asked Naruto
"Ah, the prodigal asshole has returned" replied Jiraiya as he shut the door to the fridge. He came and threw himself backward onto the comfy couch of Naruto's.
"Not that I am not happy to see you, but I don't really get why you are here. You never really cared to be around before' stated Naruto with narrowed eyes
"I am here for a number of reasons, Naruto. First, my sensei magically ends up in the hospital and refuses to tell anyone how that ended. Second, I was told that you were given the scroll, I am here to help you crack it. Third, my Godson needs training for an entire month, this is the perfect chance to make sure that you get the training that you actually need."
Naruto blinked and looked at his silver haired Godfather with disbelief "What kind of training could you give me that Lord Old Ass Hokage couldn't give me? Isn't he still stronger than you?"
Jiraiya pouted at that line of questioning and replied with "Please, can he teach you how to summon Toads? No. Can he teach you Sage Mode? No. He can only teach you the basic shinobi skill kid, I can take you to another level. Besides, you already know of the threat that is out there, you've met the Red Clouds, you know the level of their members."
Naruto flashed back to meeting Itachi and Kisame on the bridge back in waves, and nodded. They were S ranked Shinobi, the strongest in the world.
"So don't you worry your blond little head, we just have to get you to Kage level as soon as possible" said Jiraiya
"And how do you plan on doing that?" asked Naruto
"Well, once you are a Chunnin, I don't have to get the Hokage's permission for you to formally become my pupil, we would be able to sign the paperwork ourselves and I could take you from the village to train, what I wanted to do originally." said Jiraiya as he gauged Naruto's reactions
"You make it sound so clear cut, I could always lose and not become a Chunnin." said Naruto with a serious look on his face.
After a brief moment, both men burst out laughing.
"Ah … I almost … had you with … that … one" said Naruto between laughs.
"Kid … you're going … to … stomp … a mudhole … in every … one" wheezed Jiraiya
1 Month Later (A/N: Honestly, I don't feel like describing the training in great detail. Naruto gets toads, Sakura got a jolt of Anko, Sasuke got Sharingan cheating tips, everyone is stronger)
The Chunnin Exams finals had arrived and all 12 finalist were in the arena. Naruto towered above both Sasuke and Sakura that stood on either side of him. Sasuke looked the same but wore a black version of his standard Uchiha uniform, bandages covered his lift arm and leg.
Sakura had cut her hair to shoulder length, and that was the simplest change. She wore finger-less brown combat gloves, instead of her normal red dress, she wore a form fitting red shirt, where the left sleeve went down to her wrist and there was no right sleeve. Her shirt was tucked into a pair of black combat shorts, they came down past her knee for the extra pockets. Her right wrist hand a black band around it. All in all, she looked like she was ready to take this seriously.
Naruto had simply taken off his jacket and chain mesh shirt, leaving him in a plain black shirt with an orange Uzumaki spiral swirl on the front, while the back read "Riding the Toad Wave" in white across the back, not that Naruto knew that.
Naruto glanced over and saw Gaara and his siblings had arrived without issue. Hinata looked nervous being in front of so many people, while her cousin Neji was hissing for her to look more confident. Shikamaru looked annoyed to have to be here but was standing next to the silent Shino, who was slowly preparing his chakra with his bugs.. Rock Lee was basically vibrating in place due to how excited he was.
The only one that Naruto couldn't get a really good read on was the girl around his age from the Hidden Cloud Village, Yugito was her name if he was correct. If Naruto was being honest, she was probably the second most dangerous, because despite her control of the bijuu inside of her, Naruto could feel the power calling out to him.
The Proctor cleared his throat and suddenly his voice was all over the arena.
"Hello, thank you for coming to the Summer Chunnin Exam finals hosted in Konoha this year. We have some of the best and brightest young shinobi in the world about to prove themselves for you. To the contestants, I wish you the best of luck. We've already gone over the rules, so will everyone not named Sakura and Hinata please leave the testing ground."
Naruto and Sasuke both gave Sakura a short nod, one that she ignored. She stood as still as a statue as she looked that the Hyuga Clan Heiress with intensity. The rest of the finalist left the arena and went to the contestant waiting arena.
In the Kage Box:
Hiruzen looked at the Kazekage and the Raikage who was attending because of the fact that one of his "Genin" had made it.
"I must say, this will be a very interesting match" commented the Raikage as his eyes were trained on the form of Hinata.
"I agree, that is the clan heiress down there. Isn't that the one that your village tried to kidnap Raikage-Dono" jabbed the Kazekage in his flat tone
A grit his teeth, but didn't say anything.
With the Jonin:
Kakashi didn't have his book out, he was giving the match his full attention, something rare.
Kurenai smirked and teased him "Nervous?"
Kakashi gave her a side glance and replied "No, she is well prepared for this fight. And if she isn't, this will be a learning experience"
In the Arena:
"Begin" said the Proctor before jumping back expecting one of the girls to rush forward. Instead, he and the crowd were greeted to the sight of them standing completely still. Neither girl had so much as moved yet, the only sign that they were alive was the slow moving of their chest.
There was a set of twin spikes in chakra and both of the girls smiled at each other.
"I hope that Genjutsu isn't your only plan of attack, with my eyes and the greatest Genjutsu user in the world as a sensei, you couldn't hope to trap me in one." said Hinata as she channeled chakra in her eyes activating her eyes.
Sakura didn't say anything but rush forward. Hinata shook her head in disappointment, as the direct attack was not the way to win this fight for Sakura.
Sakura was about two thirds of the way to Hinata when she channeled chakra through her wrist band and a blinding light exploded from it. Hinata gasped in pain as her extra sensitive eyes were blinded by the massive flare in front of her.
She again gasped in pain when a fist slammed into her face, sending her skidding backward. Gritting her teeth, the clan heiress climbed back to her feet. She cut the chakra flowing to her eyes and narrowed the pale orbs at Sakura.
'That was really smart of her, to make sure that I can't use my Byakugan. But I am far from a one trick pony' thought Hinata
With the Kage:
"Such a simple yet effective tactic, she clearly was prepared for this young Hyuga." commented the Kazekage
A looked at the fight and was almost bored. This wasn't the high level fight that he was hoping for. The only thing interesting was that the Hyuga heiress seemed to be weaker than he thought to fall for such a trick. One that he would definitely be bring back to his village.
With the Jonin:
Kakashi smirked under his mask as he saw Sakura start to dictate the terms of the battle, forcing Hinata to handicap herself.
"Hinata was sure that someone would try that, so she was prepared for that" said Kurenai to Kakashi
Back with the fight:
Sakura was slower than Hinata, which is what she learned from that last volley of trading blows. Her elbow hurt from a blow that Hinata had managed to catch her with. It stung but her long sleeve managed to protect her from getting the chakra point closed there,
"You've come more prepared than anyone would give you credit for" panted Hinata and she had received her fair share of licks in the trading of blows.
"I can't afford to just let you run over me, not when I've worked so hard to get here" replied the panting Sakura.
Dropping a smoke bomb, Sakura jumped high in the air and channeled chakra into her fist and tried to blast Hinata.
She was almost successful until she realized that Hinata had her Byakugan activated and was spinning.
"Rotation" said Hinata as she used the Hyuga clan jutsu to blast Sakura away. Upon her finishing the spinning required for the jutsu, she was met with 3 Sakuras running at her. Ignoring the urge to attack as one of the Sakuras approached her, Hinata noticed that Sakura in the back was charging up her wrist seal again, the one that would release the chakra flare again.
Smirking, Hinata made a single ram hand sign and said "Hyuga Art: Shadow Vision Jutsu" and proceeded to rush Sakura.
The Kage Box:
"I have never heard of this Jutsu before" commented the Kazekage
"Neither have I" added the Raikage
"Well, the next generations is always set to surpass the current one. You haven't heard of it, because she created it herself." replied Hiruzen with a big smile on his face, one that shone with pride.
With the Hyuga in the stands:
Hiashi gasped in shock at the Jutsu that his daughter used, it was not one that he thought was possible. Hanabi picked up on that and looked questioning at her father.
"Hanabi, watch carefully. This is a Jutsu that was only a theory before today." said Hiashi as he activated his Byakugan.
"What is so special Father?" asked the young girl
"This is a jutsu that is supposed to cover all of our weaknesses of our eyes to surprise attacks. It inverts any flashes of light like that chakra flare down there without changing anything else."
Back in the Arena
Sakura was shocked in more ways than one, Hinata should be crying in pain. But she wasn't. Sakura was supposed to be the one to push the attack and be hitting Hinata. But she wasn't. Sakura was the one who was supposed to win, but she didn't.
Hinata had struck hard and fast, all 64 palms had hit and Sakura didn't really have any strength left in her body. Her chakra sealed off, her plan was solid but failed.
"Winner, Hinata Hyuga" exclaimed the judge, before he said "The next fight will begin in 5 minutes. Will Sasuke Uchiha and Rock Lee both make their ways down here."
With the Kage:
"I believe that she should get promoted, she lost but her plan was solid." said the Raikage
"Hmm, I think she should be given a trial period first before any formal promotion is given. She performed fairly well, but the fight was barely 3 minutes long. She was prepared but she didn't believe that her opponent would make any adjustments to the handicap that she created with the flare. She didn't have the chance to go to her back up plan, if she had one" added the Kazekage
Hiruzen looked at Sakura get carried of the arena and said, "This will definitely be hard to judge, but that is to be decided later. My council and I will be sure to go over this fight very carefully."
Back in the Arena:
Sasuke stood across from Rock Lee, his face emotionless.
"Begin"
There was no delay in the fight this time, Rock Lee rushed Sasuke. Sasuke ducked under a punch and was forced to block a knee to the stomach. He didn't avoided the elbow to the shoulder, but managed to get his hands up in time to contest the kick to the face.
It didn't even slow the kick down, it tore right through his guard and sledgehammered right into his face, sending him flying back. Landing on his feet again the wall, Sasuke activated his Sharingan and looked at Rock Lee.
Rushing at Rock Lee, the two met and began a purely Taijutsu display. There was slight difference now, Sasuke still wasn't able to land a blow on Lee, but Lee wasn't able to land any blows either. It was like a middle school dance, they were moving around each other but never touching.
Snarling, Sasuke allowed some chakra to flow through his arm and he released a small yapping bolt of lightning.
Lee yelped as he was forced to backpedal to avoid the electric based attack. Looking up in to the crowd, Lee got the go ahead from Gai to release the weights. Jumping back, Lee dug into his leg warmers and pulled out twin weights.
"Like losing a few pounds would give you any advantage" said Sasuke as Rock Lee let them drop to the ground.
BOOOOOM!
Sasuke watched in horror as Rock Lee was suddenly several hundreds of pounds lighter. Kakashi just signed in the stands as Gai gave him a cheery smile. Rock Lee smiled brightly as well before planting his fist into the soft tissue that was Sasuke's nose.
With a soft crack, Sasuke was sent flying backwards only for Rock Lee to race to the spot where Sasuke should have landed only to send the Uchiha heir skywards with another kick. Racing up the wall, Rock Lee was surprised to find that the Sasuke that he was about to strike simply faded from view.
Rock Lee landed and looked around, trapped in the Genjustu world that Sasuke had created. Sasuke stood on the arena wall, blood dripping down his face which was already swelling. He was panting heavily, Rock Lee was kicking the living shit out of him.
With the Kage:
"I like this kid, he's fast. Like really fast, can I buy him Hokage-Dono" said the Raikage with stars in his eyes
"Um, no" replied a confused Hiruzen
Back with the plot:
Sasuke pulled a roll of tags and attached them to Kunai and started tossing them around Rock Lee.
Rock Lee must have realized what was going on because he bit down on his lip hard enough to dawn blood and saw the mass of kunai around him. Sasuke made a hand sign and Rock Lee was forced to his knees.
The many tags attached to the many kunai were glowing a deep blow and Rock Lee was looking at the tags in shock.
"G Gravity s seals, w wh wher did you learn t this" gasped Rock Lee, every cell of his body being slowly forced towards the ground.
Sasuke didn't reply but throw more seals, hoping to force Rock Lee to give up.
"G g Gai s s sensei, p p p pl ease f forgive me" said Rock Lee as he focused said "Gate of Opening, OPEN!"
Rock Lee started to slowly get to his feet, causing Sasuke to groan.
"GATE OF R-" said Rock Lee before Sasuke slammed the hilt of a Kunai into the back of his head, unwilling to figure out what these gate could do.
"Sasuke wins"
With the Jonin:
Gai was on his knees crying greatly " don't understand" Which was a little sad but also very funny to see such an elite Jonin cry like a baby.
Kakashi patted him on the head and said "Gai, Sasuke just won the common sense battle. He could have let Rock Lee unleash 4 or 5 gates and win. Or he could do as I told him, let Rock Lee power up and I would show him my full power."
Kurenai snorted and Asuma laughed as Gai continued to cry that it was unfair.
Back on the Arena
"The next fight is Shino vs Kankuro"
"I quit" yelled Kankuro from the waiting area
"Fine, next fight is Temari vs Shikamaru"
(A/N: went like canon)
"Proctor I give up. I could continue this fight and move on, but I barely have the chakra needed to finish this fight and wouldn't have enough for the next fight." said Shikamaru as he raised his hand and surrendered.
"Next fight, Naruto Uzumaki vs Gaara of the Sand"
In a blink, both Naruto and Gaara were standing on the fighting grounds. Naruto standing tall and proud, his power flowing off his body in waves. Gaara stood calm and collected while screaming for blood on the inside.
With the Kage:
"Finally, the fight that I have been waiting for. The son of the 4th Hokage facing off against the son of the 4th Kazekage." said the Raikage
"Yes, this will be quite the showdown." commented the Kazekage as his eyes trained on the form of Naruto
"Is that why you came A? To see the son of the 4th? What about your Genin down there?" questioned Hiruzen with narrowed eyes.
"I have come to see the best fight and that blond brat down there is said to be a hidden gem" replied A carelessly.
With the Jonin:
"So does anyone want to place a bet?" asked Kakashi
"Yeah, give me 1000 on 7" said Anko pulling out a wad of cash.
"7? give me 800 on 13" replied a generic Jonin.
"I got 5000 on 3" said Kakashi as he pulled out some cash from his back pouch.
"wait a minute, what are we talking about?" asked Kurenai as she looked at another Jonin round up the money.
"We are betting on how long it is going to take Naruto to win. I got 3 minutes and under. Anko is saying that it is going to take 7 minutes, and Hyka is saying 13 minutes." answered Kakashi
"I got 10000 on Naruto losing in 12 minutes" said Asuma
Kakashi blinked while his head in confusion, "Umm, sure. I guess we can split this money evenly amound us guys" he finished to the people betting on Naruto.
"Um, I got 2500 on Naruto in exactly 8 minutes and 31 seconds" said Kurenai as she looked down at Naruto who was simply staring at Gaara.
Down at the fight:
"You know the rules, begin" said the proctor before he lept away.
The cork to his gourd popped out and shot itself at Naruto. Naruto caught it and smiled before supercharging his hand with fire chakra and turned the sand cork into a glass orb and launched it back at Gaara. As expected, the sand from the gourd jumped without prompting to protect Gaara.
"Mother and I can't wait to spill your blood" said Gaara as he made a face that looked like he needed to poop.
"I don't give a fuck what you or your mom wants" said Naruto as he dismissed the crazy rambling of Gaara
"You will not disrespect my mother like that Uzumaki" snarled Gaara as his chakra level exploded through the roof as his anger picked up.
Naruto made a face and said "What mother? You mean that stupid ass raccoon dog that was sealed so half assed into you that it has two paws in your body and two paws out of your body."
Gaara roared in anger and all of the sand around the arena began to shift, moving up and down and shaking side to side. Naruto flared his chakra and blew the sand away from his immediate body. Looking at Gaara as he slowly let more and more chakra from his Bijuu leak out from his body, Naruto wasn't worried.
Taking a deep breathe, Naruto unleashed his chakra, allowing his chakra level to match the level of chakra that the Bijuu inside of Gaara was putting out.
"Aye Naruto, it's already been like 25 seconds, get your head out of your ass and get a move on it, I put good money on you to get this done in 3 minutes." yelled Kakashi from the stands. Naruto nodded and then all hell broke loose.
A/N: What is up guys. I have returned like a bounced check refund. Taken way more time that said and not quite what you were expecting. I will be the first to admit, this chapter is very eh. Could it be better? Yes. Could it be worse? Not really it is pretty bland as is.
This is unseasoned chicken, very bland because I know this chapter lacks details. I skipped that round of fights in between the 2nd and the 3rd rounds. I changed who made it to the finals, because I have changed quite a bit actually. I have a confident Hinata who is lowkey bad ass, easily twice as good as the chunnin exam Hinata. Sakura is stronger than before, but she isn't the tank that she turns into later on in the series. She hasn't received the training from Tsunade to become that nearly Kage level that she ends up being.
Sasuke is smarter, there is a lack of Vegeta in him. He isn't going to let Rock Lee just unleash the gates, he had him under 5 times gravity and he was starting to beat it. Common mother fudging sense says knock him the fuxk out, don't let him get stronger.
The Raikage and Yugito are both here, they were not here last time. They could be important or just something to make you guys think that they are, whose to say. Oooh yeah, me.
So, if there is any questions that you have, feel free to slide in my PMs for them. If you are one of those asshole guest, I hope you wake up and stub your right pinky toe every day for the rest of your life. If you are the nice guests, I hope you get to watch the asshole guests stub their toes.
Until Next time, the Mars of Key Highness out, peace.