The Hunter in the Leaves
Hey guys! Amaterasu_Blazing here with the next chapter of The Hunter.
Zero fullbuster, jablanco, thank you for the comments you left. So I only had 2 votes on the decision on whether Fu and Naruto are Neji, Rock lee and Tenten's age or cannon age. So leviathen, longbowchris50 it seems like you're getting what you want, cannon age it is.
So normal disclaimer. I own NOTHING! Enjoy the chapter.
Talking: "Hello."
Thinking: 'I wonder…'
Flashback: "Hello"
Jutsu/techniques: Transformation Jutsu/8 centred whirlpool
Bijuu: "Stupid human."
multiple personality (e.g. Inner Sakura): "Eliminate him."
Point of view/ location switch: Naruto point of view
Reading: (Zabuza Momochi)
Chapter 3: The Genin Exam
Naruto sighed as he woke up, his body stiff as he sat up, rolling out of his bed and walking towards the bathroom. The blond looked at himself in the mirror, his main like hair going every which way. Once the 12-year-old academy student had finished his morning rituals, he left the bath room and stripped, cringing as he grabbed one of his orange jump suits.
'This will be the last time I have to wear this horrendous thing. Time for us to drop the masks.' Thought Naruto, glancing longingly at his black and burnt orange hunter uniform. He sighed as he grabbed his kunai and shuriken pouch. He walked out the door, not bothering to lock it behind him as anyone wanting to get in would just break the door down.
He again sighed as he stared at the graffiti across the walls of his apartment, the words demon, monster, murderer and others inscribed on the walls. He smiled as he met up with Fu at the entrance to the building, her face split from ear to ear in a massive grin as she again began to speak.
"Looking forward to dropping the act, Hoshoku?" Questioned the grinning greenet, pushing off the wall she had been leaning against. Naruto nodded, shaking his head at the nickname, Fu had taken to calling him Hoshoku, predator, at times about a year ago. Her reasoning being that he was a hunter and that when he smiled, he looked like a fox.
"I can't wait; we no longer have to act like idiotic pranksters who don't listen. I'm sure that Iruka is going to be very happy that he no longer has to experience your string pranks." Commented Naruto as he shot off, taking to the rooftops so as to reach the academy in time for the start of class.
Fu rolled her eyes, laughing loudly as she followed closely behind her friend, shouting out after him as the leapt across the roof tops. "Yeah right, Naruto! He hates your paint pranks way more than my little strings!" Called out the amber eyed 12-year-old, a grin plastered on her face.
Naruto laughed at the absurdity of the comment, an occasion coming to mind where Fu had used her 'little strings' as she called them, to suspend tables, desks and chairs in the classroom from the roof while at the same time cocooning both Mizuki and Iruka and sticking them to a wall upside down.
The prank had been so bad that they had got the rest of that week of school because it had genuinely taken that long to remove everything from the walls. The duo soon reached the academy, entering via the windows by the back of their class, settling into their usual seats. The other genin seemed not to acknowledge their presence as Iruka and Mizuki entered the room.
"Okay class, this is your last day, so we're going to start off with a written test. Let's see how much you actually paid attention." Explained Iruka, glancing slightly at Shikamaru and the two Jinchurikis' sitting at the back. Mizuki began to hand out the tests, smirking slightly as he gave Naruto and Fu their tests.
The duo looked down at their tests, their eyes narrowing in synchrony as they read over their questions, noting that they were far harder than something anyone in the class, other than their Nara classmate if he actually tried, could answer. The two flashed their chakra, whispering kai as they broke the genjutsu.
Time passed quickly as they worked through the paper, writing down the answers that, if they had really been like their fake personas, they wouldn't be able to answer. Naruto finished quickly, soon followed by Fu as the placed their tests face down, waiting for the tests to be collected.
Once the papers were collected Iruka stood up, beginning to speak as Mizuki handed him the exams. "Okay, while we mark the tests, we will also be conducting the accuracy and combat sections before coming back inside for the ninjutsu section." Instructed the chunin as he lead the genin outside.
Naruto and Fu smirked, following slowly behind the rest of the genin hopefuls as they walked towards the accuracy test. The academy stood in a group in front of their teachers, waiting for the explanation. "Okay, we will be testing your accuracy out of ten with kunai and shuriken, we will be going in alphabetical order. Shino Aburame!" Instructed Iruka before calling out.
The Aburame heir stepped forward, drawing his kunai first and letting them fly, managing to hit the bulls eye with 6 of the knives, next drawing his shuriken and achieving the same result. And so it continued, the clan heirs getting good results whilst the civilians, more specifically the fan girls, got barely passable or absolutely deplorable scores, Iuka recoding all of this.
"Fu!" Announce the chunin, Naruto's greenet companion stepping forward and drawing her weapons as she stood in front of her target. The amber eyed girl let out a slow breath as she prepared to launch her weapons, and then it was over in a flash.
The chunin teachers stared on in shock, seeing that Fu had launched all ten of her shuriken and kunai at once faster than either of them could see. The jinchuriki had gotten a set of nines' as she stepped back, a smirk on her face as she walked back towards her friend. "Show off." Muttered Naruto as she again stood next to him, a smile on his face.
Fu chuckled lowly as they continued to watch the other students complete the task, pausing before answering. "Oh really? That's quite hypocritical coming from you. Who was it that became an Anbu training obstacle because he was so good at stealth that even an Inuzuka would struggle to sniff him out?" Questioned Fu in an innocent tone, shutting up the feral looking blond instantly.
"Sasuke Uchia!" Called out Iruka, the 'last loyal Uchia' stepping forward as his fan girls, and few fan boys, began to cheer, shouting about how their 'Sasuke-kun' was the best and would do the best. The Uchia rapidly threw his weapons, managing to land ten bulls eyes' with his shuriken and nine with his kunai. The Uchia just grunted as his obsessive stalkers continued to cheer in the background, seeing as he had gotten the highest score yet.
"Naruto Uzumaki!" Called Iruka, a small smile on his face as he looked down at the 5'4" jinchuriki as he stepped forward. Naruto went through the same process as Fu, taking a deep breath before moving, his arms seeming to be both at his sides and outstretched in front of him at the same time.
The chunin teachers and academy students, minus Shikamaru, Shino and Fu, stared on in shock at the shear speed of his movements. They turned their heads to look at the target, their jaws dropping and eyes widening to the size of dinner plates at the score, a perfect set of tens'.
The Sasuke supporters began to scream out, claiming that the blond had obviously cheated because no one could do better than their precious Sasuke-kun. Naruto ignored them, walking back over to his friend. Iruka shock himself out his shock after a moment, again beginning to call out names.
Once the Yamanaka heiress, Ino Yamanaka, was finished, getting only a barely passable score, unsurprising since she was the tied biggest Sasuke fan girl, along with the pink haired banshee, Sakura Haruno. "Okay now that we are finished we are moving onto the combat section! We will be putting you in pairs to test how much you've improved."
The group nodded as they moved over to the sparring ring, Iruka again beginning to speak. "Okay, the rules are a little different from normal! This is a combined taijutsu and practical ninjutsu test! This means that you'll be allowed to enhance your hand to hand with chakra or use ninjutsu!" Instructed Iruka, the academy student nodding in understanding.
Iruka began calling pairs of civilian to fight, all of them being very much the same with no use of ninjutsu and sloppy academy style taijutsu. The winners usually were made so because of being able to push their opponent out of the ring. Naruto was not watching though, thinking to himself as he ignored these pathetic shows of skill.
'So that's why they are still having a ninjutsu portion, the civilians wouldn't actually use any techniques and so they would still need to be tested, although the same can't be said for the clan heirs, Fu or myself.' Thought the blond as his attention snapped back to the fight in front of him.
Kiba stood across from Shino, Akamaru growling on the floor next to him. The Inuzuka dropped to all fours as he shouted out, Akamaru being surrounded by a puff of smoke as he did, "Beat Human Clone!" Shouted the Inuzuka as a second, feral looking Kiba burst from the smoke as the duo charged forward.
Shino sighed as a large cloud of black kikaichu bugs emerged from his body, forming a wall of insects, blocking the charging duo in their tracks. Kiba and the transformed Akamaru jumped back. They hit the ground heavily as they began to spin, forming a duo of tornados as they shot forward, Kiba again calling out. "Fang Passing Fang!" Shouted the Inuzuka.
The two tornados easily broke through the wall, impacting the Aburame and throwing him out of the ring harshly. Iruka strode forward, helping Shino to his feet as he called out the next pair. "Shikamaru Nara and Choji Akimichi!" Called Iruka as said genin entered the ring.
Choji looked uncomfortable, not wanting to fight his friend. The young Nara heir just yawned, looking bored as he gazed at his friend before beginning to speak. "Don't worry Choji, it's to troublesome to fight." Stated the Nara, walking out of the ring and lying down under a tree. Choji sighed, relieved that he didn't need to fight his friend.
Iruka groaned at this, nearly face palming at what had just happened. Of course Shikamaru would find it too 'troublesome', in his own words, to fight the Akimichi heir. He moved on, calling the next two students, Hyuuga Hinata and Ame Uzuki. The fight was over very quickly though, with the young Hyuuga quickly taking down the purple haired girl.
Iruka sighed, looking down and calling out the next group. "Ino Yamanaka, Sakura Haruno and Fu!" Shouted the scared teacher, the three called giving him a strange look as the chunin began to explain. "You three are the last kunoichi so we having a three-way fight instead." Explained Iruka as the three nodded in understanding.
The girls entered the ring quickly, preparing to charge as Iruka began the fight. Sakura and Ino screamed as they charged forward, cocking their arms back in preparation to throw a sloppy punch. As the two let their fists' fly they were pulled towards Fu, threads emerging from her hands as she whipped her arms behind her, pulling them forward.
Fu whipped her fists forward, impacting both of the fan girls in the chest, sending them into the air. The green haired girl again whipped her arms downwards and bringing the two girls into the ground, knocking them out. Iruka and Mizuki again looked on in shock at the sudden increase in skill.
They shook themselves back to awareness as they looked down at the sheet, the last two names on the list clearly evident. 'This isn't going to end well.' Thought Iruka as they called out the last two names. "Sasuke Uchia and Naruto Uzumaki!" Shouted the chunin as said shinobi entered the circle.
Sasuke smirked at Naruto as he spoke. "You should just give up dobe! You could never beat me, an Uchia!" Shouted Sasuke, a superior smirk on his face as he spoke. Naruto just sighed as he sunk into a stance. Sasuke just continued to smirk, shifting his body so that he stood in the Uchia interceptor stance.
"Begin!" Shouted Iruka as Naruto disappeared forward, Sasuke barely manging to dodge out of the way of Naruto's fist. The blond spun around, sending a kick into Sasukes' side, sending him flying to the side. Sasuke rolled to his feet, shooting forward and attempting to strike the hunter.
Naruto easily deflected the Uchias' attacks using his left palm before again striking the genin hopeful in the chest, sending him again flying back. Sasuke got up quickly, his eyed filled with rage and rushing through a seal chain, ending on a tiger seal, causing Irukas' eyes to widen as he shouted. "Fire release: Great Fireball Technique"
Sasuke spewed a giant fire ball from his mouth, causing his fans' to cheer as the blaze rushed forward, about to swallow Naruto as he whispered. "Time to take this up a level. Sound release: Dispersion Resonance." Naruto opened his mouth and began to scream, emitting a high pitched noise, causing shock wave to blast forward and disperse the fire.
Sasuke stood shocked, not believing that the dobe had just done that, this left him open to attack. Naruto blasted forward, kicking him out of the ring. Everyone, again minus Shino Shikamaru and Fu, stared on in shock at what the classes dead last had just done. Sasukes' fans began to shout, claiming that Naruto had cheated, again.
They prepared to attack Naruto to get him to admit he had been cheating and apologise to their 'Sasuke-kun'. Naruto sighed as he opened his mouth, whispering as he did. "Sound release: Frequency" Said the blond as he began to release a series of high pitched sounds, causing the students to become disorientated and drop to their knees.
He walked over to Fu, continuing to release the sound waves as strode forward. Fu just smirked, seemingly undisturbed by the sound waves, beginning to speak as he stopped next to her. "I thinking you can stop Hoshoku." Stated Fu as she looked over the kneeling students.
Naruto shut his mouth, closing with a click as the sound stopped, allowing them to get back to their feet, looking at the two in slight fear and awe. Iruka shook himself back to reality, noting that he was having to do that a lot today. "Okay, let's go back and finish the test." Instructed Iruka, turning and striding towards the academy, followed closely by Mizuki.
As the academy students returned to the class, retaking their seats as they each waited their turn to take their test. Most came back with a lead head band somewhere on their body. Fu disappeared soon after, coming back quickly, a leaf headband tied to the bicep of her right arm.
As they continued to wait, Fu and Naruto began to play cards, waiting for Narutos' turn. "Naruto Uzumaki!" Called Iruka as said blond placed his cards down on the table, getting up and entering the room in which the test was being held. "Okay, preform the transformation, replacement and clone jutsu." Instructed Iruka as Naruto nodded, asking a question.
"Are you allowed to do any type of clone jutsu?" Questioned the blond as Iruka pondered the question, nodding in response as Naruto began his task. "Transformation Jutsu!" Exclaimed Naruto as he was obscured in a puff of smoke. As the cloud dispersed it revealed a perfect copy of Sarutobi Hiruzen.
The third Hokage clone continued the exam, replacing himself with a log in the corner of the room, reversing it directly afterwards. Still transformed as the third he formed the iconic cross seal as he whispered the name of his final technique. "Shadow Clone Jutsu" Muttered the blond as two solid clones appeared, also transformed as the old fire shadow.
Narutos' clones popped as the original undid the transformation, leaving a smirking 5'3" blond standing in front of the, again, shocked chunin examiners. Iruka spoke first, his tone conveying a cocktail of surprise, respect and happiness. "Well done Naruto! You were able to do a solid clone jutsu and did everything whilst transformed, take your headband."
Naruto smiled, grabbing a head band with a long red cloth, tying it around his forehead as he left. Once everyone had finished the exam they were allowed to leave, many of the new genin rushing out of the academy doors and into the arms of their parents. Fu and Naruto left slowly, walking through the front doors as they did. They scowled as they overheard some of the parents, their words all going along the lines off how the Hokage could let the demon become a ninja, or why the green haired b**** was still hanging around near him.
They ignored them, walking towards the forest as they did. Even though they had just graduated, it didn't mean their senseis would let up on their mandatory training session. They took to the treetops, first going to their apartment and grabbing their clothes before heading towards training ground 2.
Iruka point of view
4 hours later
Iruka raced through the treetops, closely following behind Mizuki as they raced through the tree tops. The chunin crashed through the trees into a clearing, standing across from the silver haired traitor. "Why are you doing this Mizuki? Betraying the village and stealing the forbidden scroll?" Questioned Iruka as he faced off with his friend.
Mizuki smiled, a cold smirk on his face as he began to respond to the other chunin. "Because this village is holding me back! I got a far better offer from Orochimaru-sama! When I bring him this scroll he'll give me more power than you can even imagine!" Shouted the deranged Mizuki as he took the fuma shuriken from his back.
Iruka released a volley of kunai at the traitor, Mizuki easily avoiding the knives as he threw the giant shuriken at the scarred chunin. Iruka threw himself backwards, receiving a large cut across his chest. Iruka attempted to push himself up, bleeding heavily from the wound across his abdomen as he stared up at the grinning traitor.
"Well this the end for you Iruka!" Shouted Mizuki as he drew his second shuricken, beginning to throw it. A long, bladed whip emerged from the shadows, slashing at Mizuki from the darkness. The chunin barely dodged, the razor blades scaring the trees behind him. The whip continued to flash out of the shadows, continuing to barely miss the chunin as he frantically dodged out of the way.
A figure emerged from the shadows behind Mizuki, their 4'11" form seemingly phasing directly out of the tree. They wore a long white coat with a black, ivy designs covering most of its' surface. The figure stepped forward from behind Mizuki, pressing a knife against his neck, the silver haired chunin freezing as he felt the cold steel press into his skin.
A second figure strode out of the forest, his long black cloak flowing behind him as he strode forward, grasping a cane tightly in his left hand. The mans' coat had a high collar, his lapels being a burnt orange. Down his back were two stripes of the same colour, ending just before the middle point of his three tails. He also wore a pointed cap that sent shadows over his face.
"Well this is interesting, isn't it sensei?" Questioned the black clad figure in a familiar voice that was unmistakable. The now revealed Naruto crouched down, grabbing the scroll from Mizuki and placing it on his own back. Mizuki stared on in shock, unbelieving that a newly graduated genin had beaten him.
Naruto turned to the white clad figure behind Mizuki, about to speak before the man's chakra spiked, throwing the two backwards as the chunin began to transform. He began to grow taller, throwing off his flak jacket and shirt, a tail breaking through his pants as tiger-like fur began to sprout all over his body.
Mizuki growled, an evil smirk on his face as he shot forward, his fist destroying the ground where the duo just stood. "Look upon the power Orochimaru-sama has given me!" Shouted Mizuki as he again shot forward. Naruto formed a dragon seal as he spoke. "Sound release: Beast Roar!" roared the blond.
A blast wave shot forth from the blond, cracking the ground in front of the genin and throwing the transformed Mizuki into the trees behind him. Narutos' partner also shot forward, her hood flying off, revealing it to be Fu. "Ninja art: Blast Powder!" Shouted Fu, releasing a red powder from her mouth.
The powder seemed to be attracted to the ex-leaf nin, gathering around him before making contact with his fur. On contact the red powder exploded, blocking Mizuki from view in a blaze of fire. The chunin rocketed out of the fire, his fur singed, and still burning in some areas, as he charged forward.
Naruto swung his cane, the shaft breaking apart and lengthening into the whip from earlier. The whip wrapped around Mizuki, digging into the man, beast, things' body. Naruto pulled on the whip, pulling Mizuki forward and directly into the genin's fist, sending him straight into the ground. "Blood release: Crimson Binding" whispered the blond
Blood flowed around Mizuki, forming ropes and shackles that stopped him from moving. Naruto stood, preparing to walk towards his friend before halting as Mizuki called out. "Naruto, do you want to know why everyone hates you?" Called the restrained monster, smiling maliciously as he attempted to preform one more attack.
Irukas' eyes widened, struggling to move as he called out, attempting to force his old friend to see reason. "Mizuki don't, its forbidden!" Shouted the bleeding chunin, coughing as he rasped out his words, his throat dry and scratchy. Naruto turned to his white clad companion, tearing the whip from the beasts' skin as it reformed into his cane.
"Fu, take Iruka-sensei to the hospital, I will deal with the traitor." Instructed the blond. The greenet nodded, walking over to the downed chunin as said man attempted to protest. The amber eyed girl ignored him, choosing instead to pick up the scarred man and disappearing in a storm of dust.
Naruto walked forward, looking down at the grinning monster and beginning to speak, his words causing Mizuki to lose his grin, being replaced by a shocked look. "Of course I know, I'm the kyuubi jinchuriki. Contrary to popular belief, I am not stupid, and it's not hard to figure out when people call you 'fox brat' or demon'. Spoke Naruto, a calm tone in his voice.
Naruto removed his hat, revealing his face to the chunin before bringing the handle of his cane down on his head. The last thing that chunin saw was Narutos' face covered by a black anbu mask shaped like a fox, crimson flame designs decorating it. He turned to the side, re-sealing the cane as he spoke, the blood restraints dispersing.
"There you go Hokage-jiji, one traitor served cold." Said Naruto, chuckling at his own joke as the old Sarutobi appeared, joined momentarily after by a dog masked Anbu. Naruto replaced his cap as he waited for a response, once more sending his face into shadows. He handed the scroll on his back to the Anbu as Hiruzen spoke.
"Well done Naruto, the fee for a B rank mission will be transferred to your account as well as Fus'. Don't forget that ninja registration photos are tomorrow morning. Oh and Naruto drop the hat, it doesn't suit you anymore." Reminded the old Kage, chuckling at the last point. Naruto glared in return, but nodded in agreement as he disappeared.
Jutsu list:
Sound release
Dispersion Resonance: The user releases a high pitched sound that can be used to weaken high ranking, above C rank, or disperse low ranking, C rank and below, jutsu depending on the amount of chakra used. B rank
Frequency: The user emits multiple high pitched sounds in a short time, causing anyone who listens to it to begin to experience vertigo. C rank
Beast Roar: The user releases a shock wave like roar from their mouth, this shockwave functioning as a physical force, the strength and range depends on the amount of chakra used. B rank
Ninja art:
Blast Powder: The user releases a red dust from their mouth, this dust is then attracted towards the targets chakra signature. On contact with the targets chakra the dust will rapidly combust and explode, beginning a chain reaction. The amount of dust released is dependent on chakra used. A rank
Blood release:
Crimson Binding: The user utilizes blood to form ropes around the target and cuffs round their limbs, neck and waist to restrain their movement. Strength depends on amount of chakra used. C rank
And that is finished! I'm happy that all of you enjoy this story! Just a note, Fu and Naruto's suits are the assassin's creed syndicate Nightshade Cloak and Maximum Dracula respectively, just mentally add the changes I've added. So t I'm going to again ask you readers three questions, should I use Bloodborne style guns, or just keep it to normal weapons, meaning the trick weapons, what should Fus' elemental affinity be, and should Fu and Naruto be on team 7 or in their own team with an existing or OC jonin, my own vote goes toward team 7 and using the Bloodborne guns. Goodbye guys!