Chapter 5: Road to Chunin
Naruto was bored.
Ibiki earlier that day, gave him a slip of paper signing him into the chunin exams. That got him like really excited.
Then Ibiki told him that he can't train him, because he will be one of the proctors this year. That was fine. Kakuzu can train him.
But no! Kakuzu said that he was too busy to train his ass! Busy doing what!? Sewing?!
Between his frustration he bumped into a guy wearing a black cat jump-suit and some makeup. Naruto glared at him "Watch the way, idiot!"
The makeup guy glared back "That's my line! Give me a reason why I shouldn't make you swallow your teeth!" Makeup guy threatened and the blond chick next to him sighed.
"Kankuro, don't make a scene."
Kankuro smirked "Relax Temari, this will be short." Naruto smirked glad of finally getting some action.
He was about to take his scythe out when another voice interrupted making Kankuro freeze in fright "Kankuro. You're embarrassing our village."
Naruto saw to a branch a short red head kid with the kanji of love on his forehead looking with tired eyes at them. Naruto raised his eyebrow and looked at him, confused that this brat made makeup guy lose his will to fight.
"Oi. The hell are you?" Naruto asked and the kid shunshined in front of him, leaving a trail of sand behind him.
"My name is Gaara of the Desert. And you are?"
"Naruto Namikaze." Naruto answered analyzing this guy. Kakuzu taught him that, to analyze his threats before attacking.
Gaara nodded "Naruto Namikaze. Mother wants your blood." He said and turned to leave, but Naruto took his words as a challenge.
Grinning and with a glint in his eye Naruto chuckled "I have bled before Gaara." He said and Gaara looked at him stopping. "And I enjoy it."
Gaara look remained impassive as he nodded and left with the other two following him. Now he is excited again.
Thank you Gaara and Makeup.
*Academy, Room 301*
"Naruto! Are you listening!?" Ino screamed into her friend's ear and Naruto, who was too busy staring at Gaara, that stared back, shook his head.
"Not at all. What where you saying?"
Ino sighed "I was saying how are you going to do this? After all, you have no team to back you up. My team isn't the best, but at least it works. And why are you starring at that red head kid so much?"
Naruto grinned "Don't worry 'bout me. I can handle well alone. And for your other question, that guy made a promise to me."
Kiba raised an eye "A promise?"
Naruto nodded, licking his lips "He will make me bleed..."
A silence fell on the rookies as no one said nothing and Naruto not noticing, to focus on his stare war with Gaara.
"Naruto!" A new voice came and Naruto head snapped to it and he grinned at the person who came.
"Heya Ten-Ten! How ya doing?" He asked and Ten-Ten smiled at him.
"Fine. Ready to become chunin. And where's your team?" She asked and Naruto grinned.
"I don't have one! I'm one-man army!" Ten-Ten sweat dropped at the comment.
"That isn't good..."
"Why you say that?" Naruto asked confused and she sighed.
"Naruto; if you look around you, what do you see everyone has in common?"
"Ehm... kunais?"
"They are all in a team!" Ten-Ten exclaimed "For real, I thought that by now you knew more about strategy."
"I know a lot about strategy! I know where to cut to kill quickly or slowly!"
"You sure know how to make a scene." Naruto glared at the silver haired teen. "Now everybody knows that you are alone and they will target you."
Naruto hummed "Huh... and you are?"
"Right! My name is Kabuto Yakushi. A pleasure meeting you."
Naruto nodded "Whatever. What you want? Also tell me how I will fail?"
Kabuto chuckled nervously "N-No. I will never do that. I just wanted to offer you some help, tell me, is there anyone you have an eye on the exams?"
Naruto eyed Gaara and smirked "Yeah... Gaara of the Desert."
Kabuto smiled "Very well." He took out a card and channeled it with chakra and gave him a resume of Gaara making Naruto grin.
"So, he never bled before... how nice." He giggled and Kabuto smirked. Lord Orochimaru was right. He was unstable like no one he ever saw before.
"Say Naruto, what you say if I go with you during the exams? I have done the exam 9 times before so-"
"Wow you suck." Kabuto chuckled nervously at the remark.
"Well... I am not the best shinobi out there so-"
He yelped when Naruto slapped his back "Don't worry! I'll make sure you make it to the very end! We have Lord Jashin with us after all!"
Kabuto chuckled nervously as Ibuki entered the room "Alright Maggots! Get to your seats!"
The first part of the exam resumed normally, with more and more genins getting out due to cheating. Naruto didn't notice or care, due to him sleeping on the test. Ibiki decided to test his apprentice.
"Time! Wake up brat!" He said smacking his hand on the desk waking Naruto.
"What the fuck Ibiki!? I was sleeping!"
Ibiki nodded "I noticed. Did you finish your test?"
"Nah."
Ibiki blinked "Nah? What the fuck you mean by 'Nah'!?"
Naruto shrugged "I stole your papers before the exam. You always said to have the edge on every mission after all."
Ibiki grinned "Well, then let me ask the last question. If you fail it, you will not be allowed to take the chunin exams again!" He announced and Naruto grinned. "You can leave now if you want to try next year!"
As some started to leave Naruto scoffed "As if! I will never back down! I will never give up and I am not scared of anything!"
The genins, motivated stayed and Ibiki laughed "You just had to ruin my fun brat. You pass."
*Sunagakure*
Kakuzu threw a suna shinobi to the floor and lifted him by the neck. "Start talking if you don't want to end like your friends." He warned, as the Suna shinobi stared at the corpses of his bodyguards behind Kakuzu.
"I-I... Suna will attack Konoha with Oto... the Kazekage decided that... I don't know the details..." He confessed and Kakuzu nodded, breaking his neck.
Time to go to Oto.
*Back in Konoha*
Naruto was alone in the forest of death, and sat on a tree branch. He looked at the heaven scroll and started to toss it on his hand. "Fuck! Why the fuck I am alone!"
He grabbed his Jashin necklace and starred at it "Don't worry Lord Jashin, your servant will give you some sacrifices soon."
Three amegakure genins jumped from behind him and Naruto grinned. He turned around and threw his scythe at one, stabbing his head. He pulled the rope and jumped to them while taking out his pike and stabbing in the heart another one. The last one, with intents of avenging his teammates, took out a kunai and rushed to Naruto who smirked. But he fell dead with 4 shurikens on his back.
Naruto blinked "Eh?"
"Sorry, I thought you were in trouble." Kabuto said jumping in front of him.
Naruto growled at him "Well four eyes; I had it. Now I have to find more sacrifices!"
Kabuto smirked "Well, like I said earlier, I want to help you. So as an apology... what you say if I give you some 'sacrifices'?" he said pointing behind him as his team arrived. Naruto smirked and jumped towards them.
*Konoha Gates*
Kakuzu enter Konoha with a lot of information. The attack of Suna and Oto, and the intention of taking Naruto with them. Why? He has no idea.
"Hello, Kakuzu right?" Kakuzu glared at the blonde man who tapped his shoulder.
"Who asks?"
The blonde man smiled at him "Inoichi Yamananka. We need to talk."
*Tower*
"Brat, why are you bleeding so much?" Ibiki asked Naruto who had a glazed look over his eyes, his white shirt covered in blood.
"Hehehe... no reason. Maybe I got attacked and I had to defend myself..." Ibiki grolwed at his answer.
"Try to keep your murder low. You are lucky that it is allowed inside the forest, but outside it, it might cause trouble." He warned and Naruto nodded.
"Fine."
He made his way to the cafeteria where he bumped into Kabuto "Hello Naruto. Say, want to join me for lunch?"
Naruto smirked "Sure."
They were the first to arrive so the cafeteria was abandoned "Naruto, may I make you an offer?"
Naruto slurped his ramen and nodded "First off, what you know about Orochimaru?"
*Yamananka Flower Shop*
"Stay away from Naruto." Inoichi threatened and Kakuzu glared at him "The boy had suffered long enough, only for you to come and make him suffer more. I will not allow it."
"Or what?" Kakuzu challenged "I am only making sure the brat gets what he wants while helping me. I don't care what his wanna be dad or whatever you are says."
Inoichi glare intensified "You are just a mercenary. If it wasn't if the village payed you, you would already had left."
"And the brat will come with me."
"Aren't you confident?"
Kakuzu scoffed "Of course I am."
"Because he and me are the same."
Next Chapter: Blood Lust
