11. Chunin Exams: An Aide To International Relations Or A Chance For War?

1 Akunta- Made up word that basically means that the person it is describing has no respect from the person who said it.

Note: it has been roughly two and a half months since Team 8's bandit raid mission.

Story Start: Hidden Stone Village: Two Weeks Before Bi-Annual Chunin Exams

Onoki of the twin scales looked up from the report he just finished reading and said "Is this report accurate?"

His granddaughter nodded and said "I just came back with my team from the town Lord Tsuchikage. It's accurate. There is a child of an Uzumaki survivor serving as a Jounin for the Leaf village. And as you can see, he looks like the Yondaime Hokage. Not only that, rumor around the village we were in says that he's able to disappear in one spot and reappear in another instantly."Onoki frowned in thought before he looked back down at the report and said "This could be very bad if the wrong people find out about it. We may even go to war if this Uzumaki is in fact a descendant of Namikaze. And it would be one hell of a scandal if this turns out to be some Yamanaka that was banished from his clan."

Kurotsuchi frowned as she considered everything her grandfather said and the consequences they could bring. Looking her grandfather in the eye, she said "Sir, permission to lead a Genin team to the Leaf village and conduct a fact finding mission under the cover of my team taking the exams."

Onoki studied his granddaughter for a minute before he looked back down at the report which showed a whiskered blond holding a kunai in a reverse grip with the kunai inside some rough looking guy while another boy used a senbon needle to block the sword of another bandit.

"What do we have on this other boy?" Onoki asked, changing the topic.

Kurotsuchi shrugged and said "Not much. We know that he is capable of using Ice style jutsu with an ease that suggests that he has a bloodline. We also know that he became Uzumaki's partner after he found him in the Land of Waves. I'm afraid that's it though."

Onoki frowned again before he sighed and said "This will require more than one team to be sent." Looking up, he said "I'm sending three teams. You are to be in overall charge of all three. Find out everything you possibly can about this Uzumaki kid. Secondary importance is his partner. I don't believe I have to tell you to take note of everything you can while you're in the village. I'll send you the team files tonight for you to choose which teams will be going."

Kurotsuchi nodded and bowed before she walked out and closed the door behind her.

Scene Change: Hidden Leaf Village: Hokage's Office: One Week And Three Days Until Chunin Exams

"You needed to see us sir?"

Sarutobi looked up from the scroll he was reading at the sound of Haku's voice and gave a tired smile at the Jounin/Chunin team that was suddenly in front of him and said "Yes Haku I did. I'm afraid that I have some bad news. Fortunately, I also have some unexpected good news for you as well Naruto. Please you two, have a seat."

The two boys took a seat as Sarutobi pulled a file towards him and opened it as he said "Four days ago, one of Jiraiya's multiple village information gathering agency (MVIGA) contacts sent us a message that he had given some Intel to Stone nin that we should really know about."

Haku frowned and said "Excuse me Lord Hokage, for interrupting, but what is a multiple village information gathering agency?"

"Well, to put it simply, it's a loose group of people who gather information about all of the villages and sells that information to whoever pays for their services."

Haku frowned and said "Why would a village allow something like that, never mind pay for it?"

"Because these people usually have the best intelligence and they act as an equalizer. If one village has a piece of extremely important information that was sold to them by these people, you can always assume that the village it concerns well know about it sooner rather than later. The group prevents wars from breaking out by mainly telling their clients about coup attempts and alliances that are made. Now, as I was saying, one of the agents sold information to Stone that I think you two should know about. Primarily you Naruto. Take a look at this picture and tell me if you recognize it." Sarutobi picked up a picture from the file and tossed it like a shuriken to Naruto who caught it and looked at it while Haku leaned over and looked as well.

The picture showed Naruto with a kunai in a reverse grip stabbed into the chest of a guy who could pass for a bouncer while Haku was behind him with his back to the blond as he held back a sword with one of his senbon needles. Naruto frowned as he said "This looks like it was taken during that mission we had last month to clear out that mafia group."

Flashback: One Month Ago: Border Village Between Land Of Fire And Land Of Vegetables

Their mission was simple. A mafia gang had set up shop in the town and had been 'receiving international taxes' from anyone who was using the village to make the crossing over from one country to another. They were to go in, find the base, take all the gang members out of commission, and leave their unconscious bodies in the hands of the joint police force for some well deserved one on one interrogation on other criminal groups in the area.

There was just one slight hitch in the plan. The day Naruto and Haku had reached the village, the whole mafia gang had for some reason decided to have some fun at the police station and a massive fight currently made walking around in that area of the village a hazard to a normal person's health.

When they reached the police station, Naruto and Haku took five seconds to figure out what was going on and to run a quick IFF. After that, the fight turned into true organized chaos as Naruto slipped into the slipstream and began knocking people out by putting burns over the parts of the body that were the most sensitive to pain or just chopping the back of their necks while Haku made a bunch of ice senbon needles and began putting everyone in range in deathlike states as he began wading his way towards the police officers.

The fight was pretty much over the minute the two Leaf shinobi showed up. But as Haku blocked an overhead slash from a sword wielding thug with a senbon needle, Naruto saw one of his victims regain consciousness and narrow his eyes at Haku before he sprung up to his feet with a switchblade flicking open. Naruto's own eyes narrowed before he disappeared and reappeared with a kunai already in the man's chest.

"Should of stayed down." Naruto growled out as the man gurgled and fell to the floor. Naruto took his kunai out and called one of the policemen over. As the man rushed over to him and his victim, he said "If you get him some first aid as soon as possible, he'll survive."

The officer nodded and called over one of the rapid response officers who quickly got to work on the thug. Naruto turned around and looked back to where Haku had been and saw his opponent currently on the ground whimpering while he held one of his more fragile body parts while Haku stood over him. Naruto shook his head and thought 'I keep forgetting how harsh Haku can be when he's not forced to kill someone.'

Haku sensed Naruto's gaze and turned around and gave a smile at Naruto causing the Jounin to sweat drop at how sweet the smile looked.

End Flashback

"Unfortunately, the agency took that picture and sold a copy of it and information that was fortunately just rumor to Stone. The agent who gave us that picture says that they didn't tell them about who they thought your parents were since they knew that would definitely start a war. Still, it's not hard to guess that Stone will work it out. In fact, we believe that at least someone already has. I've just received a message from the Tsuchikage. For the first time since the Chunin exams first came into existence, Stone is sending teams to the Hidden Leaf Village for the exams. Three of them in fact."

Naruto frowned and said "Isn't there some treaty or something that prevents them from coming?"

Sarutobi shook his head and said "There was never actually anything legal preventing enemy villages from coming to one another's exams. It was just simply one of those things that villages don't do because of the relationship they have with each other. Stone is simply taking advantage of that fact in an effort to get information. Most likely so that they can either confirm or dismiss their theory on who Naruto's father is."

Naruto's frown grew as he said "In that case, me and Haku should probably take a long term mission and stay out of the village until the exams are over. Sorry Old Man, but it looks like you'll have to find someone else to proctor the third exam."

"Actually Naruto, I still want you to proctor the exam. If we try to hide you and Haku until the exams are over, that just shows Stone how much we want to keep you out of their sights and they would be all that more determined to find out the truth. No, as much as I don't want to, we have to act like we don't know why Stone is suddenly sending teams to the exams."

Naruto sighed before he looked up and said "You said you had some good news Old Man?"

Sarutobi nodded as he allowed a smile to form on his face and pressed the button on his intercom. Leaning in slightly towards it, he said "Mrs. Reinas, could you please send our guests back in?"

His secretary's voice came through the speaker in its gentle tone. "At once Lord Hokage. Fair warning sir, one of them has been getting restless out here."

"Thank you." Sarutobi said before a moment later the door to his office opened and the two boys in front of him turned around in their seats to see the new arrivals. As soon as they did, Naruto stiffened in shock.

There were four of them, obviously a Genin team and their Jounin sensei. Two girls, one boy, and their female teacher. Each of them had some kind of bladed weapon on them even if a couple of them seemed strange to the two boys. They would seem like an average team, if you eliminated the fact that three out of four of them had red hair and blue eyes. The other member had blond hair that was surprisingly almost the exact same shade of Naruto's hair and had storm grey eyes. But what really caught Naruto's attention were the headbands. They had a swirl on them that looked like a whirlpool.

"No way." Naruto whispered before he whipped around and gave his village leader a look that begged for this not to be a prank. Sarutobi smiled at him and shook his head. Naruto's face instantly relaxed into a look of relief before they heard a voice behind him.

"Finally, why did we have to wait outside so long you old geezer? And who the hell are these two? Ow!"

Naruto turned back around and saw the boy clutching his head while the blond held a fist over his head showing that she was the one to 'discipline' her teammate. The other females on the team were chuckling at the boy's misfortune.

"Rico! Show the village leader the proper respect!"

"Ow, Rachel, what the hell?" The boy, now identified as Rico asked the blond haired girl.

'Rachel? That's an odd name.' Haku and Naruto thought almost simultaneously.

"It's your own fault you know. If you just talked to everyone with the respect they deserve, you wouldn't be constantly having a headache all the time."

Rico turned to his red haired teammate and said "Shut it Reina! Just because you're older than me by six minutes doesn't mean you can criticize me all the time!"

Reina's cheeks puffed out and she looked like she was just about ready to really rip into her younger brother when the oldest redhead cut in.

"Alright you two, no more fighting in front of the Hokage. You can continue this once we're back at our hotel." She got a muttered "Yes Tsunami-sensei" before she turned back to the Hokage and said "My apologies Lord Hokage. If I may ask, who are these young men?"

Sarutobi chuckled as he waved the apology away and said "Apology accepted Tsunami. As for these two splendid shinobi of mine, allow me to introduce to you Naruto Uzumaki, clan heir of the Uzumaki clan for any who reside in this village, and his partner, Haku Momochi."

All four Whirlpool nins' eyes widened before Rico pointed at Naruto and said "No way this guy's our clan heir! I mean look at him, he doesn't even have our red hair! How can he even be an Uzumaki?"

Tsunami looked about ready to scold her student again but never got the chance as Naruto released the full scope of his intent. Naruto's hair began flying all over the place with his clothes flapping around like they were in Category 5 Hurricane force winds. Everyone in the room shuddered as they felt like they were in that storm with waves over seventy five feet tall surrounding them. And then Naruto took it one step further.

After his battle against Kuroda, Naruto realized that he needed to learn how to control the different chakras inside of him. He started with the one that came from his mother since doing anything with demonic chakra without knowing just what you're doing can be hazardous to your health. As Naruto's hair and clothes flapped around, he showed just what all the hours of working with his clones on the chakra were for.

Naruto's special chakra erupted out of his body forming a bonfire of multicolored light before part of it rose higher than the others and shifted into the form of a fox with nine tails. Everyone was shaking from the feeling that Naruto was giving off with only Sarutobi seeming to be unaffected. Then the fox roared at Rico and the boy suddenly found himself on his knees with no recollection of falling.

Then, as soon as it came, everything just vanished and Naruto's clothes stopped flapping and his hair fell back into place. Everyone but Sarutobi finally took a much needed breath. As they did so, Naruto found the Whirlpool nins' reactions to his little display were quite interesting. Rachel seemed to be stunned by the display of power while Rico seemed to be terrified of him now. Reina was looking at him with awed respect while Tsunami seemed to be somehow proud of him.

Naruto was confused by this until Tsunami said with a light tone in her voice "Well now, it's been a while since I've seen someone able to manifest the Uzumaki presence so well. In fact, the last one was Master Umi. Rico, I hope that shows you that he is in fact an Uzumaki, because I don't think that anything else says it louder than that."

Rico gave a slow nod as he continued to stare at Naruto with wide eyes. Tsunami then continued with the light tone still in her voice "Now then, Naruto. I'm sure you have some questions about where me and my team have been since from what little I've gathered with my brief talk with your leader Whirlpool village is no longer around and there weren't many survivors. However, let me explain about just what happened first before I answer any questions."

Naruto nodded and Tsunami seemed to gather herself as she remembered events decades past.

"We knew for a while that the Hidden Stone village would someday make a direct attack against our village. Since we were not arrogant enough to assume that we could repel whatever army they sent our way without massive damage done to our village, we decided to evacuate a large number of our civilians with fifty teams to protect them. But instead of sending them to the Leaf village where they could have been intercepted, we loaded them onto ships and headed east, where we knew that there was at least one other continent. After two months at sea, we reached the next continent. A team of shinobi was supposed to come after us once the war was over. We ended up spending the next several years there, mixing in with the populations there. Said populations are actually much more technologically advanced than us although none of them knew how to use their chakra before we came. We began taking jobs there while at the same time teaching parts of the populations how to use their chakra. One of these people was Rachel here."

Said blond gave a small wave as Tsunami continued "After ten years went by, we had to admit that Whirlpool was almost certainly destroyed and that the Leaf village had lost the war. But then, seven years ago, another Uzumaki came across the sea and found one of our 'mini villages' that we had set up in the coastal town of Bangal. His name was Kiba, and he told us that the Leaf had won the war two months after our village destruction and that he had been looking for survivors ever since. He had eventually returned to where Whirlpool village used to be and found the scroll that contained the orders to send a team out to us. And so, he came for us."

Tsunami's eyes closed briefly before she said "But by that time, many of us didn't want to go back. We were comfortable in a place where they had technology unlike anything we had here, why should they have to go back? Still, a number of the older generations wanted to return. Whirlpool was our home, and it was our duty to return to that home, even if it was just to help let old ghosts finally rest in peace. Kiba wanted to stay since he had finally found the rest of his people. Me and my team volunteered to be the ones to head back to this continent and do a reconnaissance of the village to determine if it should be rebuilt as it was or a completely new one should be made since I have a contract for the Sea Kings that would help make communication faster. Our ship landed at port in the Land of Fire so we came here first hoping to hire a team to help us. But when we got here, your leader said that there was a child of a survivor that he wanted us to meet. And the rest you know."

Naruto stared as the shock of what Tsunami said began to pierce his brain. There were even more survivors of the Whirlpool village. Survivors numbering hundreds, possibly even a thousand more than the most hopeful estimate that any village previously had.

"I'm not the only one who can walk in the sunlight.' It was an amazing thought. That there were others who were living comfortable lives and weren't obsessed with revenge like Kuroda had been.

He was brought out of his thoughts by Sarutobi who coughed to gain all of their attention. Once he had it, he said "Naruto, there is one other thing that Tsunami has forgotten to mention. Since the Chunin exams are so close, she wants to enter her team in it so that they can test themselves against the ninja on this continent. That means that they'll be here for at least another month."

Naruto frowned and said "Hm, that could be a problem. I'm pretty sure that Haku took the only apartment that was empty that Mr. Adregas owned. And I am not going to let them suffer by staying in a hotel for a whole month."

"H-hey! How come where we stay is decided by this akunta?"1 Rico asked pointing his finger at Naruto who looked back over his shoulder with a raised eyebrow. Rachel bashed him on his skull again and said "Show your clan heir proper respect Rico-baka!"

Reina chuckled again at her brother. But before Rico could launch another argument with his sister, Sarutobi coughed drawing everyone's attention again as he said "Since Naruto is technically your clan leader while you're in the village, it falls up to him where you stay. On that note, Naruto, you could move into your parents' house. That should give you plenty of room. Or, if you so desire, you could theoretically take over the Senju clan compound since your great grandaunt was married to the First. There's also the fact that Tsunade has made it quite clear that she doesn't want to return to the village making it even easier."

Naruto cocked his head to the side in thought before he shook his head and said "I think I'll stick with mom and dad's house. Too much trouble with the civilian council if we moved into the Senju compound."

Sarutobi nodded and got up gesturing for Naruto to follow him over to where the picture of his father was. When the old man took the picture down, Naruto saw the seal that he now recognized as a blood recognition seal. He had used them often on scrolls that contained things that not everyone should have access to when he did missions between the village and the capital. Knowing what to do from when Sarutobi had taken a small amount of his blood seven years ago, Naruto bit into his thumb until it began to bleed. Pressing his now bleeding thumb on the wall, Naruto flashed it down the seal and watched as it glowed before glowing blue lines formed along the wall blocking in the seal before the section sunk into the wall and dropped down revealing a small safe.

Inside the safe was a small scroll that was labeled "Hirashin: the real reason it works. Do not give to Naruto until he is sixteen or unlocks his bloodline." Naruto ignored the scroll since he had already read it before and reached behind it where he saw a small key. Naruto took out the key and noticed a stylized whirlpool on the side of the key that he could see. Out of curiosity, he flipped the key over and saw on the other side a symbol that looked like a swirling wind blowing what he assumed to be small leaves around.

As Naruto looked down at the key with a hundred thoughts running through his head, he was brought out of his thoughts by Sarutobi who said "Don't worry about the council Naruto. With a blood seal on the gate, there's no way they can claim that the house doesn't belong to you. Now, why don't you go check out your new house."

Naruto nodded before he and Haku disappeared.

"What the?" Rachel asked with wide eyes before she and Tsunami disappeared as well.

"What the hell?" Rico was able to get out one word more than his teammate who he had unconsciously spoken with at the same time before he and Reina also disappeared.

Scene Change: Namikaze Household

Naruto and Haku reappeared next to a three story house that was surrounded by a seven foot iron wrought fence. The house was roughly five miles north by northeast of the Kage tower and was surrounded by a thin, but thick ring of small trees that ensured privacy. Knowing that both of his parents were far ahead of others when it came to seals, Naruto was willing to bet that each and everyone of those trees had some kind of seal that would alert the owner of the house if there was someone in them, if not a seal that would make the intruder very sorry indeed to be in one.

Naruto shot a quick look at the house that really seemed normal besides it's size before he disappeared and reappeared with Tsunami and Rachel. He disappeared again and reappeared a third time with Rico and Reina.

The rest of Rachel's 'quiet' shout had been rudely cut off as she and the others tried to get over the sensation of their surroundings suddenly changing with no warning what so ever. As the four shook their heads, Haku said "Don't worry, you'll get used to it eventually."

Rico didn't seem to be listening as he took one look around and brought his hand up into the release sign and shouted "Release!"

When nothing happened besides Rico's chakra flaring, Naruto smirked and said "You finished yet?" Rico scowled at the blond who paid absolutely no attention to that fact as he walked up to the gate which had the same two symbols as the key did. The wind design was on the left gate while the right held the whirlpool design. The middle of the gate had a lock with a slot where the key was obviously supposed to go and another blood recognition seal surrounding it.

Naruto rebit his thumb and swiped the once again bleeding appendage across the seal which glowed blue before disappearing. Naruto then inserted the key and turned it unlocking the gate. Pushing the now unlocked gate open, Naruto walked in quickly and closed the gate behind the others after they had followed him. Turning back around, Naruto retook his position in front of the group and headed towards the house.

Besides the massive training area under the house that had seals to change the environment into anything Naruto or the others wanted, the house was fairly normal. The second and third floors were full of bedrooms with two bathrooms on each floor leading Naruto to believe that this was supposed to be for a growing clan or even for any Uzumaki survivors while the first floor had two bathrooms as well a large dining room, a good sized family room, and an impressive kitchen.

They'd have to get a new refrigerator though. All of the food inside had been left to rot, leaving one big blob of what looked like toxic sludge that smelled like something had been locked in the fridge and left to die for a good decade. Naruto made a few clones who had the unenviable job of dragging the biohazard out to the back yard where the clones roasted it with a combination wind and fire jutsu.

After that was done, Naruto and Haku took off to their apartments to inform Mr. Adregas that they had to move out due to Naruto's new circumstances before they went to buy a new refrigerator. The whirlpool team meanwhile began to unseal their belongings in their new rooms.

Scene Change: One Week Until Exams: Naruto's Training Ground 12:25

Naruto and Haku were currently back to back in the forest of the Hokage Monument with Haku holding one of his senbon needles while Naruto held a kunai in their respective left hands. Scattered around them were kunai and shuriken. All of a sudden, a small figure rushed Naruto with a training Bo staff spinning in their hands. When the figure reached him, Naruto deflected the staff with the flat of his kunai blade and then shoved his other hand out sending a massively underpowered seal less Great Breakthrough into his opponent's torso sending the figure skidding.

He jerked his hand to the side and shot another blast of wind out as another figure tried to get him from his right side with a pair of training Tonfa. Both figures slid along the ground before a tree stopped their skids. Naruto shook his head at the first figure and said "Come on Konohamaru, if you're going to make Chunin six months after you graduate, you're going to have to be able to come up with better strategies than just rushing your opponent when kunai and shuriken don't work. You as well Undon. Don't be reckless. Use your strengths to help you and your opponents weaknesses to bring them down."

"But boss, what if they don't have a weakness that you can actually use?" Konohamaru asked.

Naruto smirked and said "Hope you never have to actually fight that person Konohamaru. But if you ever do have to fight a person like that on a mission, then if possible retreat. If not, the world could always use a little more bang for its buck. A well placed short fuse explosion tag can kill almost anyone if you play your cards right. But even if you don't kill them, you can be sure that the explosion will make things difficult for that person. Just don't try that on an S-ranked nin or a Kage because those kind of guys always seem to have a way of avoiding them even if the fuse is one second long."

The two nodded before all three heard an "Oof!" Looking over his shoulder at Haku showed Moegi holding her stomach from where Haku had lightly punched her. On the ground next to her was her training ninjato.

"You should have listened to Naruto more Moegi. I know that the sword is more direct than a staff or Tonfa but that doesn't mean that you have to rush a person head on with one. Try to find a flow in your movements and attack without putting everything in one swing."

"Yes Haku-sensei." Moegi said as she grabbed her sword and quickly got back up. The three kids looked ready for round two but Naruto held up his free hand signaling a stop before he and Haku turned to a tree and Haku said "How long do you plan on hiding Sand nin?"

The three Academy students looked confused before a red head boy stepped out from behind the tree and looked at them coldly. Konohamaru and his friends looked stunned that a person had been hiding so close from them and yet they hadn't seen neither hide nor hair of the guy until Haku called him out. Said ice user just looked at the red head with his neutral smile on. Naruto had a cocked head look as he studied the fellow nin that he had sensed but hadn't felt deserved a chakra pulse while he helped Konohamaru and his friends train. But now that the boy was actually in his sight, he was beginning to question that thought.

The boy had eyes of a killer. And not just those of one who did it because they had to. No, these eyes said that this boy killed so often he no longer even gave the act more than a second's worth of recognition for said act. That kind of person was dangerous. And in Naruto's book, the earlier the age those eyes make an appearance, the more 'unhinged' the person tended to be.

None of that showed on Naruto's face though as he cocked his head further to the side and said "Judging by your age, I'd say either you're here with your team due to a mission and are just looking around, or your going to be in the Chunin exams a week from today. Either way, that doesn't explain why you seem to have so much interest in me and my partner giving the next generation extra training. Why are you here Sand nin?"

The red head stared into Naruto's eyes for a moment before he said "You're just like me."

Naruto snorted and said "I highly doubt that. Unlike you my troubled little friend, I don't have the eyes of a killer unless I'm actually planning to kill my opponent, which I might add is usually only when I'm taking down bandits who threaten nearby towns. You on the other hand just scream killer. I can even smell the blood that's in that gourd of yours. So what prey tell, makes you and I the same?"

The other boy just stared at Naruto for a moment not blinking. The next moment, a truly ungodly amount of killer intent that Naruto never had the displeasure of feeling before fell upon the clearing causing Konohamaru and his friends to instantly drop on their knees and throw up while Haku began to shake a little at the intent. Naruto was quite sure the reason that his partner wasn't on his knees was because he had experience dealing with other intents from his time with him and Zabuza.

Naruto meanwhile kept his eye lock with the kid unfazed a bit by the intent. He somehow knew that this was a demon's killer intent and now knew just what the kid was talking about. Naruto let the intent wash over him for ten seconds before he let loose with his Uzumaki chakra covering the entire field and negating the KI by sending a modified 'sense' through the chakra using a small amount of his own presence. For everyone else, they went from feeling like there was a viscous monster in front of them that was planning to completely destroy them to a slightly rough ocean with a strong wind blowing. A very big improvement in this case.

The red head meanwhile just kept his stare for a few more moments before he said "You will prove my existence. Until then, I can wait." He then disappeared in a whirlwind of sand.

As the three academy students shakily got to their knees, Haku said "That boy, he has completely killed his heart hasn't he?"

Naruto nodded and said "Not a pretty sight was he?" Turning to Konohamaru and his friends he said "Training's over for today guys. I need to tell the Old Man that we have a foreign jinchuriki in the village. Pick up your tools and then take the rest of the day off."

The three nodded knowing how serious this was since Naruto had informed them of his jinchuriki status and everything it implied when he taught them about all of the different kind of seals that were out there. Naruto and Haku then disappeared leaving the three to their own devices once they cleaned up the ritual circle they had made with how many kunai and shuriken the three had thrown.

Scene Change: One Hour Later

An hour later found Naruto, Haku, and the head of the I&T Department and his second in command standing in front of their village leader with said leader massaging his temples. Sarutobi had been rubbing his forehead for a good half hour as he processed everything Naruto told him and what it could mean for the village. Naruto knew that that had taken the first ten minutes. The last twenty had been about what to do with that information. On his right, Ibiki and Anko were going through the same process since they would have this kid in their exams. Even though he didn't show it, Naruto had been thinking the same thing. The only difference was that he could actually physically stop Gaara before he tried to start something while the other two would have to act quickly once Gaara started to do something.

Finally, Sarutobi sighed and said "I hate to say this, but we can't just deny this Sand nin entry simply for the fact that he's revealed himself to be a jinchuriki. That would raise a stink worse than one of my old student's abandoned labs. But I do not like having a foreign jinchuriki in the exams when Orochimaru is rumored to be the leader of the new Village Hidden in the Sound. Even if it is the Jinchuriki of an ally, the timing is just too convenient. Ibiki, Anko, I want you two to keep as much of an eye on him as possible. Naruto, from what you have told me, he is quite unstable. Jiraiya will be here for the finals of the exams, but I want you to head to Otafuku Gai where he should be right now. Once you find him, tell him that I want him to teach you the Five Pronged Seal and to be back here as soon as he can. Do you understand?"

Naruto nodded and the old leader dismissed them all. The instant he did, Naruto gave a quick salute before he and Haku vanished.

Scene Change: Five Minutes Later: Uzumaki Household

Naruto was standing in front of his house with each of his Jounin vest pockets filled with sealing scrolls that held everything he would need on a mission. In front of him was Haku and the Whirlpool team listening to him as he laid down some basic rules for while he was gone.

"Alright, while I'm gone, if you're in the house, you listen to Haku, no questions asked. Tsunami that includes you. No offense, but I trust Haku more than you right now when it comes to keeping parties out of the house." Tsunami gave a short nod and he continued "Next rule, you are for no reason whatsoever allowed to let anyone into the house. Meet them outside if you have to. But I don't care if it's the Hokage himself, no one steps foot into our yard. And finally, if I find out someone is able to duplicate one of those key copies I gave you then heaven help whoever let it happen because I will turn your life into hell for it. Understood?"

"Yeah, yeah. We get it. No wild parties and don't talk to strangers. We get it already!" Rico said and then muttered under his breath about how unfair it was having to do what an Akunta said.

This of course prompted Rachel to hit him on the head and the other two team members to sigh. Reina then stepped forward and gave Naruto a hug and said "Please stay safe Naruto-sama."

Reina quickly stepped back with a blush on her face. Naruto decidedly ignored the blush since Reina had been in some sort of awed stupor whenever she talked to him ever since he had let loose with his presence a few days ago. Thankfully it wasn't as bad as some fan girls he had seen so he just hoped it would blow over.

Giving one more nod to everyone, Naruto gave a quick two fingered salute as he said "Try not to burn down the house while I'm gone." Then he disappeared leaving absolutely no trace that he had been there besides the two shallow foot prints in the pathway where he had been standing.

Scene Change: Otafuku Gai: Thirty Minutes Later

Naruto was currently on the roof of a small casino in the red light zone with his eyes closed and his chakra field out to its full extent and lightly pulsing every minute. He had been there for roughly fifteen minutes and now had a VERY good idea of what the ENTIRE town looked like. He continued pulsing even as he saw a certain figure turned down a nearby street and headed towards the alley that was between the alley and the brothel next to it. Ten seconds later, the person was up on the roof sitting next to him.

Naruto let his chakra field drop down to just the building they were over and a small dome around the top of the buildings in the block they were currently in. Keeping his eyes closed in concentration that maintaining a slightly misshaped chakra field required, he said "The Old Man said he wants you to teach me the Five Pronged Seal. He also said he wants you back in the village as soon as possible."

Jiraiya looked confused for the first part but sighed at the last. Giving his godson a side glance, he said "The only reason why the Old Man would want me in the village as quick as possible when I'd already planned to be back within a month would be that he's worried about village security. But the only reason why you could possibly need that seal was if you had to seal off a jinchuriki access to their demon's chakra." His eyes narrowed as he asked "Which village?"

"Sand."

Jiraiya sighed again and said "Oh, this is going to be a right pain in the ass, I can tell. Alright kid, lets go. I can't show you that seal just anywhere you know."

Naruto nodded and the two disappeared.

Scene Change: Sarutobi's Office: 10:30

Sarutobi and his clone's head snapped up from his paper work as he felt two presences enter his office without seeming to use either door or window. Seeing the two newcomers he rose an eyebrow and said "That was fast. I wasn't expecting either of you to be back until tomorrow at least."

Jiraiya shrugged as he said "Kid got it in only a few hours. And I just had a few more things to discuss with one of my contacts. Now what's this I hear about a foreign jinchuriki in our village?"

Author's Notes: Next up are the Chunin Exams' first and second exams. Any of you have questions on anything dealing with this story feel free to send me a pm. But I'm getting tired of people using the review option of leaving questions. That is for review people, not to be used as a shortcut to leave a message because you are too lazy to go to my profile. To all of you who have actually used it for what it was for, thank you. For all you other people, I still look forward to your ideas. See you next chapter. (Proceeds to flash out.)