Chapter 3: Tests and Teams

6 years have passed since Naruto's accident, yet no one in the academy had a clue on what had become of the orphan blond. Except one Hinata Hyuuga who had witnessed the mob attack that took his eyes and voice. She hoped she would get a chance to see him again and thank him for rescuing her when Kumo almost abducted her.

Mizuki sensei was arrested when he tried to steal the Forbidden Scroll of Sealings from the Hokage's vault. Leaving only Iruka to test these brats. Half of which were Uchiha fangirls after the now rogue Anbu Itachi had killed his clan. Only Sasuke was spared Itachi's slaughter, turning the boy into a bloodthirsty avenger. Not that the fangirls cared, they were only hoping to catch the Last Uchiha's eye and be chosen as a future bearer of the Uchiha legacy and fortune(…cough…Civilian Council…cough).

After using his signature Big Head Jutsu to shut them up, Iruka announced the start of the Graduation Exam as well as the incoming student that was coming to take the exam as well. When asked who this latecomer was, the doors opened and an orange blindfold wearing Naruto entered the classroom. The 12-year-old Uzumaki now sported a sleeveless black mesh shirt under a green trench coat with silver snakes decorating it, baggy black pants with orange stripes on the sides, black sandals on his feet, and a signature green scarf wrapped around his neck to hide his neck scar. A blue snake with a white underbelly and red eyeshadow was wrapped around Naruto's scarf as she guided Naruto to the open seat next to Hinata. This was Ichiki(A:N Ichikishimahime) in her snake form. Not wanting Kendra to cause a panic should the human children do something foolish to their summoner.

"Greetings, sensei. I hope my summoner are not too late when we arrived." Said Ichiki.

"Not at all. In fact I was just about to explain why Naruto wasn't in the academy when the rest of the class started. Class, this is Naruto Uzumaki. Due to an accident that damaged his eyes and voice, Naruto has been in the care of one of Konoha's legendary Summons since he his previous residence was condemned. But I'm sure he has been taught well under your care hebi-sama." Iruka-sensei complimented to Ichiki.

Ichiki brought her tail to her snout and playfully giggled at that. "Oh, you flatterer. Our new upcoming protégé's been a godsend to us. It's nice to be a recognized Summoning Contract again in Konoha. Now that we ended our contract with that bleached scientist." The class not knowing who she was talking about except Iruka.

The brooding Sasuke decided to make himself known more as he walked up to Naruto and staring him in the face. "Hey loser. Give me your summoning contract and your jutsu. They would be better used by an elite like me. A clannless orphan is not worthy of having such powerful summons."

Naruto hissed in anger at that insult, but Ichiki ignored the jab and hissed back at Naruto, much to the confusion of the other students. Sasuke scowled at being ignored and grabbed Naruto by the scarf to put the freak in his place.

"What's wrong? Can't talk? If you don't give me what I want, then I will have the Council seize all your possessions and give them to the last member of the mighty Uchiha Clan."

"Yeah! Sasuke-kun deserves it!" Sakura shrieked along with the other fangirls.

"B-But Sasuke-san, y-you are not the last m-member of your clan. And the C-Civilian Counsel has no right to st-step into shinobi affairs. Right Iruka-sensei?" Hinata stuttered. Trying to defend Naruto.

"Shut up, Hyuuga whore! You are a disgrace to your clan by thinking you can use your dojutsu in other ways than just to attack your enemies. And don't even think of mentioning that 'traitor' in front of me!" Sasuke jabbed back. About to slap the Hyuuga heiress away when his hand was caught by Naruto in a strong grip.

"That's enough, Sasuke! Hinata is correct that the Civilian Council does not have the authority it once had. The Third Hokage made it so that the civilians no longer had say in shinobi and clan affairs. Naruto is from a clan, the Uzumaki Clan. Therefore you cannot demand to take any of his clan's secrets." Iruka rebuked Sasuke.

"Then how come we never heard of the Uzumaki Clan during our history lessons, Iruka-sensei?" asked Kiba Inuzuka. Only for the lazy Nara in the class to answer that.

"Troublesome. The Council felt that the Uchiha and Senju were more important since they founded the village. However, the First Hokage had help founding Konoha when he married a member of the Uzumaki Clan. Their sealing jutsus made them a force to be reckoned with. Their spiral symbol can be found on our village mark to signify our shared alliance with them. Before the clan and their country were ransacked and scattered during the Second Ninja War."

Everyone stood silent while Sasuke simply huffed arrogantly and sat back down in his seat and went back to daydreaming on how to kill Itachi. Thinking that Naruto's clan was still not as great as the Uchiha Clan. Sakura, Ino, and the other fangirls squealed at seeing his cool behavior. Oh bother.

"Now back to the task at hand. It's time for the Genin graduation exam to begin. To start, you all need to complete this written test. After that you all must perform a Henge, Substitution, and finally the Clone Jutsu. Good luck to all of you." Iruka wished his students after passing out the papers to each row.

Hinata worried that Naruto couldn't see the paper and was about to help him when he picked up his pencil and began writing down on the test. Hinata got curious and used her Byakugan to peek at what was under his blindfold. When she saw the green slit eyes she bristled in fright at her Naruto-kun no longer having his blue eyes. Ichiki silently brought her back before she could look further and cause herself major damage to her life.

"Curious, aren't we? Be thankful I pulled you out before you could get yourself killed. Naruto has been given a special gift that is rarely given to humans." Whispered Ichiki to Hinata.

"What d-did you do to Naruto-kun?" Hinata whispered angrily at the snake while Iruka wasn't looking.

"We did nothing to him. It is what your village did that made him this way. Why, does his new features offend you?" whispered Ichiki.

"Naruto-kun's eyes were n-never like that. Change them back to the kind sky blue that they were." She demanded quietly to the snake.

"I can't. And even if my clan or I could, it wouldn't work. The change is permanent. Does this mean that this is not the same Naruto that saved you from that Kumo abduction?" the quiet words from the summon shocked the young Hyuuga heiress. Not knowing what to say, she returned to work on her paper while Naruto silently sighed. Having heard what Hinata said at thinking his new eyes were not to her liking.

30 minutes later, Iruka called time and picked up everyone's papers. He then role called the students in alphabetical order to perform the three jutsus and earn their Konoha plate headband. (Since I don't want to take too much of everyone's time, I'm just going to talk about Naruto's and be done with it.)

When Naruto's name was called, he walked up to the center of the room and turned into a perfect copy of Anko Mitarashi giving a sexy pose. Causing blood to drip from Iruka-sensei's nose.

"Impressive. N-Not bad looking, and it looks just like Anko… Hm-Hm, next the Substitution." Naruto, still under his Anko Henge, went up in a puff of smoke when the real Anko was eating a stick of dango until she looked around to see where she was and grabbed Iruka by his shirt.

"Iruka! You better have a good explanation on how I got pulled from my dango break! Or I'll have my snakes put something in your coffee!" Iruka knew now that this was the real Anko.

"Calm down Anko-san! Naruto just pulled a long-distance Substitution while still under a Henge that looked just like you. A good quality of a ninja to pull a switch that fast while still disguised." Anko's eyes widened that her little blondie pulled a fast one on her.

"Oh, just you wait, gaki! I'm coming for you, once I get you as my future student! I'll—" That was as far as Anko got before Naruto reappeared back in the classroom in his true form.

"Now, Naruto. Perform the Clone Jutsu and you will be a certified Genin of the Leaf village." Iruka looking relieved that Anko did not get to finish her rant and scare the rest of the students that had finished their exam.

Naruto just stood there for a few seconds, until Iruka looked confused. "Is something wrong?"

Naruto shook his head before speaking in a hissing voice that made some of the classmates shiver at the supposed monster their parents told them to avoid. Ichiki woke up from her little nap on his scark and went to explain things for Iruka.

"Naruto-kun can't speak the normal way he used to. Thankfully, we Snake Summons can understand and translate for him. Until our scouts can get a message to the Slug Summons at Shikkotsu Forest. Their summoner can fix his voice so he can speak to both his human companions and still speak our noble tongue." Iruka now understands why Naruto made those sounds. Hopefully Tsunade Senju can help the boy.

"He said that because he has so much chakra in his body, he wondered if it was okay to use another form of Clone Jutsu that is more advanced that can work with Naruto's chakra reserves."

Iruka's eyes widened at this new information. And smiled before nodding his head to the young boy. "I don't see why not. A clone is a clone. Plus there are many forms of the Clone Jutsu used throughout the other Hidden Villages that using an alternative form shouldn't make a difference. So long as it can be done. Show me what you can do, Naruto."

Naruto smiled before making a cross handsign with his fingers and did the Shadow Clone Jutsu. Making sure to limit it down to 10 without freaking the rest of the class on how many more he could create. The shocked sensei regained his bearings and inspected the clones that Naruto had made before giving his final verdict.

"Amazing! The Shadow Clone Jutsu is not an easy jutsu to master. But considering your…condition Naruto, it suits you just fine. Congratulations! You have passed the Genin Exams, Naruto!" Iruka proudly declared and was about to hand Naruto his headband when Naruto raised his hand to stop him.

"Although my summoner is happy that he passed Iruka-sensei, Naruto wishes to wear a headband that was once worn by his late mother. The Third Hokage had given him a memento of his Uzumaki mother in order to remember her by and show that he would become a great ninja when he passed the tests." Ichiki then went under Naruto's scarf and pulled out a refurbished Uzumaki headband plate attached to a red ribbon, as red as an Uzumaki's red hair.

Iruka frowned, knowing that Naruto may still have some mixed feelings on wearing the symbol of the village that tormented his early life. But he accepted Naruto that he was not the Kyuubi that he kept sealed in his body. Iruka smiled and allowed Naruto to use Kushina's home headband.

Naruto pulled off his orange blindfold, while keeping his eyes closed so no one could see, and replaced it with his newly designated eye cover that now showed that Naruto was a ninja for his village, and for his family. He had help from the snakes in creating a seal that allowed Naruto to see through the metal plate while continue using his eye's unique abilities.

After grading the written tests and letting class exit the classroom, Iruka watched as Naruto and the rest of his students that graduated leave to come back next week for team placements. Iruka hoped that for Naruto's sake and for Konoha as a whole, they move past their misgivings for the young Uzumaki and see him for the good person and hero he really is.

Scene Change 1 Week Later

"Team 7, Led by Kakashi Hatake will be…Sakura Haruna, Sasuke Uchiha, and Ami." Iruka announces to the class. Sasuke simply huffs while Sakura and Ami are having a stare off who is the better kunoichi on the team.

"Team 8, Led by Kurenai Yuhi will be…Kiba Inuzuka, Hinata Hyuuga, and Shino Aburame." Kiba and his puppy companion howl in joy as they are now sticking with Hinata. Hinata was silent as Shino when their female kunoichi Jounin leader had them leave the classroom.

After the newly formed Team 8 left, Iruka was about to announce Team 9 when something crashed through the window and landed in front of sensei's desk. The smoke cleared to show a promoted Jounin Anko in all her sexy glory with a banner that said, 'The Incredible Sexy and not so Single anymore. ANKO MITARASHI!'

"Alright, where is my brat!? It's time to begin Anko Boot Camp!" announced Anko. Naruto simply smiled and had a score board with an 7.9 score. Anko stumbled at seeing that, having a depressing cloud over head which she shook off and glared at her student. "I worked really hard on that intro! How could it have been better?"

"Anko-san, your early. I was just about to announce your Team 9 consisting so far only Naruto Uzumaki." Said Iruka-sensei.

"Not now, Iruka! Answer me, Naruto!" which to the surprise of everyone, Naruto did answer. His Fuinjutsu has been improving that he now wears a paper seal on his neck which acts like a speaker. Still waiting for the Slug Sage to answer her summons and fix Naruto's voice if possible.

"Your intro could have been better if you had summoned a giant snake in front of the rest of the class. And then doing a cool sexy pose." His voice sounded like a recording. But still loud enough to be heard, even from under his scarf.

However, Sasuke picked the time now to through a fit that a sensei get's to only teach the loser, and not him. "I am an elite! I demand you train me instead of the loser, wench!"

His reply was Anko throwing a kunai that scraped Sasuke's cheek and her appearing behind in a headlock. "Listen well, monkey see monkey do. You already have a sensei that knows how to get you to activate your eye powers. I don't, so I am teaching Naruto. So why don't you be a good boy and sit your quacking butt down." Anko then appeared next to Naruto and Body Flickered away in a swirl of fire. Her banner going up in a puff of smoke and vanishing. Leaving Iruka to continue announcing the other teams while Team 7 waited for their sensei to show up.

Scene Change…Forest of Death Tower(Anko's home)

Anko and Naruto were now in her bedroom where she tackled him with a hug as they fell onto Anko's bed. "Hooray, Naruto-kun! We are now an official Team!" Naruto's face was blushing at the closeness Anko was giving him, but he liked it. After hugging her back and staying that way for several minutes, Naruto got up and had Anko let him go so they could talk and learn more about each other, as Teacher and student, of course.

"But we are not a full team, Anko. We need two more ninja's to complete our team so I can pass the Chunin Exams. Those old councilmen are not going to make it easy for the both of us. Even with Jiji's help. Do you know of anyone that could be a potential addition to Team 9?" asked Naruto.

"Hmm…I may know one kunoichi in mind that my friend Kurenai tried to teach but had chickened out. We'll head to the Kurama Clan's compound tomorrow to see if she is a good candidate."

'Hear that, Kurama. There's a ninja clan that has your name too.' Naruto mentally commented to the Kyuubi. His answer was a snort to being compared to a single clan.

"But first, we need to introduce ourselves. I rarely got to see you during your stay with the snakes in Ryuchi Cave. So I'll go first. My name is Anko Mitarashi. My likes are Naruto-kun, Dango, and the Snake Summons… My dislikes are a certain White Snake, curse marks, spoiled brats, and egotistical politicians… My skills are in Snake Jutsu, Interrogation, Fire Ninjutsu, Snake Taijutsu, and soon Sage Arts … My dreams are to become a true snake Sage like you are also training to be, and to have a big family with you, Naruto-kun." Naruto's lower face was as red as his mom's headband. Anko snickered as she finally got him back twice now, for his Genin tests and his not high enough score pranks.

"Well, I am Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze. But we won't tell anyone my father's name until I become a Chunin. My likes are Anko-chan, Kendra-chan, Kurama-san, the Snake Summons, Ramen, the Ichiraku family, and Hokage Jiji… My dislikes are Uchiha's, except for Weasel and Mikoto before she died, Konoha villagers that see me as the Kyuubi and not myself and those who see Anko-chan as a slut and a bad apple like Pedo-Sage, Toads and the Toad Sage, and hypocrites… My skills are in Fuinjutsu, Kenjutsu, Snake Jutsu, Wind and Water Ninjutsu, and finally Snake and Fox Taijutsu. I still have some ways to go before I can learn Sage Arts… My dream is to become a worthy sage for the Snake Summons and Kendra-chan, and have a big family with you Anko-chan and others who'll like me for who I am." Anko was happy for Naruto's thoughts on her, while somewhat miffed that he'd get more girls to love him.

"Aww. Does Naruto think I am not enough women for him to handle?" Anko pulled his arm into her bountiful bosom with Naruto thinking quickly on how to explain.

"N-no, Anko-chan! Its just that since I am the last of two clans, I will be required to have more women in our lives. But you are my number 1 sexy snake. And no one is going to take that spot from you. Or take you away from me." His answer had Anko smile in victory at that remark and hugged him again.

"Thank you, Naruto-kun. It's nice to know that you are one of the few people that see me more than what others see me as. Are you still planning on figuring a way to remove my Curse Mark?" she shivers in anticipation of Naruto's answer.

"Yes. Kendra-chan has helped me create a jutsu where I will purify someone with demonic/cursed taint inside them. It's a venom that doesn't poison but purifies the body. But I need to test it on someone before I can be assured that I can remove the Curse Mark off you without debilitating you in any way." Anko was happy to learn that there was a chance for her to be washed of Orochimaru's taint. Maybe with the rumors of the Kurama Clan heiress having demonic taint in her, they can know for certain if the jutsu works or not.

"Well, in celebration of our newly formed Team 9, we are going to have a date together!" Anko smiled before going into her wardrobe to see what outfit Naruto would enjoy the most. Naruto simply stayed on Anko's bed and smiled that life was going to get better. He just hoped that his cousin, Tsunade, will come and try fixing what the villagers broke. He still loved speaking parseltongue, but he missed using his other native tongue.

Scene Change…Some Hotel Room

Lady Tsunade was getting annoyed at these attempts Orochimaru was sending his snakes to send her a message. Only this time, the snakes went to Shizune without her looking. When she read the note, Shizune had her mentor sit on the sofa and try to explain some new developments.

"Lady Tsunade, the Snake Summons are no longer contracted with your teammate, Orochimaru. The note explains that they are now the summons of Anko Mitarashi and one Naruto Uzumaki." Tsunade was up and alert when that name was said.

"What are you talking about, Shizune? Naruto is dead. Jiraiya showed me his burnt body when the sealing of the Kyuubi failed." Tsunade reminded Shizune when she remembered running to Konoha when she heard the Kyuubi somehow escaped Kushina.

"According to this note, Naruto is alive and houses the Kyuubi inside of him while also being bonded to a powerful snake. It says that he has been abused and tortured since he was 6, until he was kept hidden from Konoha for 6 years. His eyes have changed, and his vocal cords were badly damaged that he can no longer speak normally." Said Shizune.

That got Tsunade angry. How dare her toad of a teammate lie to her and make her leave in such a depressed state. Leaving her godchild against a pack of wolves. She would beat the answers out of Jiraiya, next time she saw him. But Kushina's son needed help. Perhaps now she can get over her fear of blood and make up for her lost time with her Godson.

"Shizune! Pack up! We are heading back to Konoha!" Tsunade commanded as the two got work.

Another great chapter. I thought of Naruto still having to put up with Kakashi's Team, but its been done. So Now Anko and Naruto are on the search for two ninjas to join their team, so that they can compete in the Chunin Exams. So Yakumo is one, but she will not be in Naruto's harem. I'm thinking of having her be with a ninja with 'stronger bones':). But who should the other teammate be? Should I do Haku if he were to survive Team 7's Wave Mission, or have Anko and Team 9 head to Sea Country and get Isaribi? LEt me knw in the reviews.

Stay Healthy and Safe!