Naruto and his "Teammates" Were waiting for the signal to enter the Forest of Death. He was mulling over the first Exam. It was rather interesting what he accomplished, how different and improved the others were due to his actions. Some of them at least.
Flashback
The moment they entered the room Ino launched her self at Sasuke which brought to the surface Sakura's lingering fangirl. This led to a series of bitching, Which he Promptly ignored. He was too busy looking at the students he graduated with. He was saddened a bit to see that only Hinata, who he aided, had gotten stronger by any real leap. She was massively stronger. At least High Chunin at this point. She had been low chunin-ish before. It was quite the development. But what really stuck out was her massively higher sense of self, her previous lack of it was what made her a lot weaker then she could have been. It seems that he was right about Anko.
Hinata even looked different. She was wearing a black, tight outfit. With a tight black and grey hoodie. It should have looked bland but for some reason she looked gorgeous. But what struck him most was her eyes. They no longer held fear and self loathing. But strength and fierce determination. She was a changed women. He could not wait to actually watch her fight. It was the reason he had not spied on her since he gave his suggestion. Though as her chakra was a lot richer in feeling he knew she was a medic now. Or on her way to one. Either way he was extremely excited to watch her fight.
Naruto was forced to pay attention to everyone else when Sasuke Began to ask Kabuto for Information. Naruto was shocked to Hear that Sasuke did not ask about him. Well it probably helped that Naruto snuck an Bingo Book open to his page in Sasuke's bedroom.
Naruto was interested as he Heard all about Gaara never getting a scratch on any mission and Lee's massive taijutsu skills. All stuff he new, after all he gathered the knowledge.
Not a Second later a huge puff emanated from the front of the Room, from that cloud was a group of several Chunin and Ibiki Morino, the mind Rapist. Naruto liked this guy, he did not have an ounce of trust for Naruto. That is why he liked him. The guy was smart.
The Test itself was a Simple matter. It was based of a combination of Interrogation resistance and intelligence gathering. It was fun but Naruto was not swayed at all. In fact no one he graduated were all that effected, a true surprise if there ever was one. So Naruto Took advantage.
Sending gust of wind that knocked papers away, putting people under genjutsu to make them see no answers on their papers, and even set a few papers ablaze. It was fun and thinned the competition a bit. After all you cant take a test with no paper.
Once they passed Anko Mitarashi burst through the window and led them to the Second test.
Now Here they were waiting to go into the Forest. Naruto was forced out of his daydreaming when Anko chucked a Kunai at him. He let it hit him in the chest. He fell to the ground bleeding. Everyone looked at him in fear as he bleed out. Hinata, Lee and Anko just rolled their eyes.
"You can get up now kid." Anko said, rolling her eyes. Everyone looked at her as if she was insane, when Naruto's body burst into black rose petals. He Appeared behind the snake using jonin with a pout on his face.
"But Anko, I was having fun. Why did you hit me with that kunai anyway?" Everyone then looked at him instead.
ANko just rolled her eyes" Well kid if you actually got hit with that then you would be totally undeserving of your reputation. Now get into your teams!" This last part was said with a yell.
Everyone got into their teams as they were given the Go. Team 7 launched into the Forest.
Naruto turned to his "team" and said " Listen, I am going to go and search for a Scroll. I will meet yup with you later. Don't worry about not being hard to find you. I am a sensor, you guys are hard to miss."
With that Naruto left his team, Leaving a Seal powered water clone in the shape of Kit to protect them. After all, it would not do if his investment died with Sasuke. And Sakura could end up to be a challenge to fight if she gets her act together, so he needed her alive.
With Naruto
Naruto wanted to Mess with Orochimaru so he needed to meet up with a few people. The first person on his list was Karin Uzumaki. Her Chakra was extremely easy to find as she was an Uzumaki.
From what he could tell she had been abandoned by her teammates. Perfect, he gets some one to kill and some to manipulate. What a beautiful day.
Naruto set a course to the teammates. Once he got into range he saw that they were two boys. Both wearing a grass headband and an arrogant look on their face. This made Naruto scoff, their chakra screamed at how weak they were. He did not even give them a chance. He sent a single pulse of homicidal rage. He sat back to watch them as they began to fight each other. It started with Jutsu and taijutsu but quickly degraded into a bitch fest. They ended up stabbing each other to death with Kunai. It was sad really.
Wow, they were weak. Even Sakura would have been able to resist that power of his. Shaking his head he went to find Karin. When he did he saw her cornered by a large bear. This presented a large opportunity.
Swooping down he grabbed his sword and with a single flourish sent a blast of wind energy. Slicing the Bear in half, right down the middle. Landing in front of the girl he sent her a large smile and as soon as he felt her beginning infatuation her used his empathy to enhance it many time. He almost giggled at the look of her large blush and the sent of her arousal.
Extending a Hand to her he said " Hello little Uzumaki, are you alright?"
She nodded as she blushed even further. Naruto bent down to her and placed his hand over a small gash on her Stomach and began to heal it. She blushed even further.
When he was finished he said " Well, all done. Now why don't you head to your team. I am sure they are worried."
She frowned but said nothing. So he sent a tiny burst of compulsion to persuade her to talk.
" I hate them. They treat me like garbage, just because I am not a front line fighter." Shocked by her admittance she stopped talking.
Naruto took advantage of that. " Well then they are fools. I can tell you are a sensor from you chakra. That is a very useful tool. They clearly cant appreacutate a women of talents."
At this she nearly fainted, but gave him a grin and got up to go to her team.
" I don't sense them. I think they are dead. I guess I don't need this." She handed him her scroll, it was an Earth scroll. She then turned around and ZGave him a swift kiss to the cheek before launching off.
Naruto grinned an Anko grin. The girl had a major obsession growing in her now. It was only a matter of time.
Done with that he leapt to his next target. Hinata. He stopped for a second , it seems Team 7 had company.
As Naruto was leaping through the forest, killing any team he saw along the way, The Rest of Team 7 was now fighting a Strange women from grass. She started the fight by blasting them with a massive wind attack. Then she paralyzed them with Fear inducing Killer intent.
After that Sasuke had been forced to stab himself in the leg before grabbing Sakura and Running away. As they hid Sasuke had his hand over Sakura's mouth to keep her quiet. She started to struggle, but his massive fear prevented him from noticing.
Eventually she grabbed his hand off and screamed " SNAKE" Sasuke turned around to see a Huge Snake sneaking up behind him.
His only thoughts were " How the hell did I not notice this." The Snake then Stuck at him as Sakura Screamed.
Naruto Found himself sighing as he killed his 7th team. Seriously he was in the Bing book as a low S rank ninja. You would think that these weaklings would at least know what they were dealing with. But no, they just had to attack him. And now Hinata was in the Tower.
Oh well, he could deal with that later. But it seemed that Kit was about to Intervene and Protect his teammates. After all with all the Chakra that Orochimaru was leaking it was a Miracle that No one in the Village sensed him.
So he turned a Headed over to his team. It was really a miracle the idiots were still alive.
Orochimaru Grabbed Sasuke by his throat and chuckled at the boy. He was truly disappointed. It was true the boy was skilled, but he was so stunted that is was sickening. Shruggin mentally he Bit the boy on the throat. As he did he tossed his future vessel at the Screaming pink thing.
Just as he was going to say something witty he was forced to dodge a Huge Ray of Purple Lighting.
"Oh that's how it was" A false look of fear on his face as Kit Uchiha came into the scene.
Without looking back to the Kids Kit said " Girl, take the brat and go and hide. Naruto will be there shortly." Said Banshee just nodded and Leapt away to protect her precious Sasuke.
"Well, well Kit it seems we must fight for the sake of our agreement."
Kit chuckled. " Yes we must. It will give this shithole of a village a good scare at the massive chakras battling."
The snake Sanin grinned at that and launched forth a huge wave of Snakes. Kit responded with a Wave of lighting energy from a sword swing. Orochimaru leapt at him, sword drawn. Kit met him blow for blow, both releasing high amounts of Chakra and killer intent.
Orochimaru summoned a huge snake and sent it after Kit. Kit just rolled his eyes and sent a huge wave of Black flames at the Snake. The creature writhed for a moment before poofing away.
After a few minutes they ceased fire grinned at each other and left to go do what they pleased.
While that battle was going on Sakura was leaping through the trees. Trying to get Sasuke to safety. After she landed and put the Uchiha on the ground she was met with the sound of someone landing behind her. She quickly drew a Kuani and turned around and was shocked to see Naruto. He was holding her Kunai back with a finger, one eyebrow raised.
"Sakura what happened? I sensed a massive and foul chakra near you before Sasuke's signature became muddled."
The girl looked ready to burst into tears but answered firmly " We were attacked by Orochimaru. He kicked the shit out of us before biting Sasuke on the Neck. There is a strange mark there."
Naruto walked over with her. She showed him the mark.
" Ah, a Curse seal. It is one of the most amazing seals in the world. It actually contains a potion of Orochimaru's soul. It is a thing of beauty."
Sakura looked appalled but ignored that and asked " Can you get rid of it?"
Naruto shook his head " No, It is why it is so dangerous. It is still linked to the man. If I try it will kill him. Right now it is linking to his chakra network and spirit. The most I can do right now is heal his injuries and hope he lives." Naruto lifted his shirt and Placed a hand on the boy's stomach. A pulse of Chakra later and Sasuke was glowing green.
Sakura watched in awe as Sasuke's entire body healed at a rapid pace.
" How the hell did you do that? I thought that you had to heal one injury at a time. You healed his entire body and restored his chakra at the same time."
Naruto laughed at her " I sent my medical chakra into his Chakra Core Directly. It spread from his core and healed his entire body at the Network is intertwined with the entire body. He will be fine. Now lift your shirt"
Sakura nodded, then lifted her shirt to show her stomach. She may not like him very much but she still respected him as a ninja. She may be Sasuke obsessed but you had to be blind or stupid to not notice the skill.
Naruto placed a Hand on her belly and healed her as well. She was shocked to feel extremely tired all of a sudden. Naruto noticed this and explained.
" With the healing you stopped pumping adrenaline. You are crashing now so sleep. I will take watch. I'll wake you in four hours."
She did not even answer as she collapsed. Naruto chuckled and carried her over to Sasuke and just for fun, laid her on his chest.
He then placed a hand on her head and started to help her out. He took a dive into her mind.
Naruto was Astonished at the Sight of her mind. It was not right at all. She had a split persona. . He could see that the only thing that attack her sane was her obsession to Sasuke. It kept her from total mental collapse, yet distorted her views on reality. She actually was unable to see things clearly.
On One side was a Dolled up version of The Sakura he knew, the brains and socially right side, this area was the Color of Sakuras Hair. The other was foggy Dark blue side that seemed to be her Carnal side, the part of her which served as her animailistic side. Sakura was linked to a Large effigy of Sasuke in the middle by hundreds of thin black chains. While the Carnal side only had on thin black chain linking them together. He would have to fix that.
This made him shake his head. She should have been tested along time ago. This was extensive damage. But he could fix it.
The first thing he did was create more links between her Id and Ego, The professional names for the tow side s that were separated in this girl, by unlinking the chains and linking them to different ideals she had in her head.
Desire to Serve her village, to train, to better herself, to fulfill her goal to be an extremely powerful Kunoichi, Her massive thirst for knowledge, to feel useful, to beat Ino at more then Sasuke. These were the ideals of her that he used to link the two sides with the thin black chains. He actually took them from the surroundings of the Sakura he Knew and placed them in the middle to act as points of connection. He was amazed to see the two sides actually begin to bleed together. Just as it was supposed to be.
Just as he was about to implant several suggestions he was assaulted by a huge blue fist. He dodged it and was stunned to see a Huge Blue Version of Sakura with the Kanjis for Inner Sakura on her Forehead. It seems she was the Manifestation of what was left of her connection to her Ego, born from her Obsession with Sasuke.
She growled at him " Naruto get the hell out of my head before I pummel you!"
Naruto just rolled his eyes and with a squezzing of his fist caused Inner Sakura to burst into blue spirirtual energy. He condensed her energy into a ball and threw her back into the Blue misty side and watched as she reformed, drawing the mist back together into a much large version of her self. He Covered her in black chains that lead to the ideals in the middle. Just as the Sakura Side he Knew was covered in the same chains that linked to the Ideals.
He was shocked to see the chains begin to pull the two aspects of the girl closer and closer together. A Silvery avatar of the girl forming in the middle. It seemed that she was becoming whole for the first time in a long time.
He then started to place his suggestions. Basically they added up to growing the fuck up. When he killed off the village he wanted it to be fun. It would also help to prove that the clans were idiots and causing the stagnation of everyone.
Satisfied he left.
Looking around he was pleased to find that Sakura's chakra signature had already changed. It was much stronger, more self assured. Darker. Oh he could not wait till she snapped back at Sasuke now that he was not the only thing keeping her sane.
After a few hours Naruto woke Sakura up and took a nap, Never telling her about the Sound team coming after them, nor the Seals he placed on Sasuke while she slept.
