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Results on voting so far:
Both KG's - 14
Uzumaki KG - 1
Namikaze KG- 0
Neither KG - 0
Well that was won in a land slide, I'll explain both KG's at the end of this chapter.
Chapter 5 – Fall of the Uchiha
Before he got in the sparring ring he was given a nod of confidence from Shikamaru and a pat on the back with a hearty , "Kick his ASS!" From Kiba. Chouji was sitting to one side eating his chips. He turned to them and gave them a nod and a grin
He turned back to Sasuke with a serious look on his face. Sasuke just smirked at this and said, "You may as well give up now Dobe. I'm not gonna go easy on you! Having the pineapple-head-nerd and mutt-boy backing your corner isn't gonna help you one little bit." Sasuke's fan-girls started giggling all around them.
That was all the motivation Naruto needed. 'Nobody gets away with insulting my friends!' Naruto thought fiercely, getting into the academy taijutsu stance. He would never use the taijutsu Kyuubi taught him against Sasuke, partly because he wanted to keep his cover, partly because wanted to embarrass Sasuke by only using basic taijutsu.
Sasuke slid down into an advanced taijutsu stance. A moment passed until Sasuke charged at Naruto jabbing at his face. Naruto on the other hand had not moved an inch and just blocked everything thrown at him with his left arm. Eventually Naruto started using both arms to block and showed Sasuke's weak defenses to everyone. Kiba shouted, "Stop showing off and just finish him Naruto!"
Naruto was all too happy to oblige. He blocked another hit aimed at his head but instead of knocking Sasuke's arm away he grabbed it. He pulled Sasuke in close and landed a swift right knee to Sasuke's gut, Naruto then let go of Sasuke as he staggered backwards holding his stomach. After a second of heavy breathing from the Uchiha he stood up straight and charged Naruto again. Naruto still in his academy taijutsu stance simply brushed off the attack and punched Sasuke in the gut again, not letting up he quickly spinned on his right heel and landed a mule kick right in Sasuke's chest. The last attack from Naruto had caused the Uchiha prodigy to fly a good few feet, out of the sparring ring and into a tree, meaning that Naruto had won the spar.
Naruto walked past Sasuke's fan-girls, looking the Uchiha right in the eye, he snarled, "Never insult my friends! Ya got that Uchiha-BAKA!" Emphasizing the word baka.
Having made his point Naruto turned to leave when he felt a surge of chakra behind him, he then heard Sasuke say "Katon". As soon as Naruto heard that word he sped through a set of hand seals faster than the other students could blink and before the giant fireball could hit him or any of the other students a wall of earth erupted from the ground directly behind him blocking the fire ball as he said quietly, "Doton: Daichi Hei no Jutsu."(Earth Wall)
Once Sasuke's fireball died down he looked at the wall in front of him and his jaw dropped, 'When the hell did the Dobe tearn THAT!' He thought to himself. He didn't have much time to think because Naruto then dropped the wall and ran for him. When he got to Sasuke he grabbed the scruff of his shirt, lifted him in the air and started shouting.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING TEME!? YOU COULD'VE SERIOUSLY HURT EVERYONE HERE WITH THAT STUNT!"
"Put him down Naruto!" Came a firm but understanding voice from behind him. He looked around to see Iruka-sensei glaring at Sasuke, having finally gotten over the shock of seeing Naruto's fight. Naruto lowered Sasuke gently onto the ground in front of him then turned around and addressed Iruka.
"Sorry Iruka-sensei. I'm willing to accept my punishment for my outburst towards Sasuke-san." He said all this while bowing to Iruka.
'That's weird Naruto runs away whenever he pulls a prank but now he's owing up to his mistake! Guess the pranks are just for some attention and he realizes what he did could mean expulsion if he had gone farther. He even used the -san suffix for Sasuke after all he did.' Iruka thought while softening his look on Naruto. "It's okay Naruto I can excuse your action towards Sasuke since you saved everyone from some nasty burns. I want to talk to you later about that jutsu you used though, meet me at Ichiraku's in an hour." Naruto resisted the urge to smile at Iruka's words. "Sasuke though , I want you to come with me to see the Hokage about this. I could expel you for that stunt just now but I'll let the Hokage choose your punishment. Come with me now! As for the rest of you, you're excused for the rest of the day." At that he started towards the Hokage tower, Sasuke in tow. Sasuke of course didn't leave without first giving Naruto a quick glare.
Once Iruka had gone round the corner and out of sight everything went to hell. Sasuke's fan-girls started shouting and hurling abuse at Naruto, things like, "That was MEAN of you Naruto!" and "You were lucky that time, my Sasuke-kun is way better than YOU!" The Ino and Sakura girls were the ones at the front of the group glaring at him. Although none of them dared try an attack him after they had seen what he could do. After a few seconds of this he just turned to his friends and decided to spend some time with them seeing as the academy finished early, before walking away completely though he turned back to them and said, "I can't believe you guys are still fawning over that Teme! If I hadn't used that jutsu at the last second, it would've been me and most of you girls that would've been burnt the worst. Something tells me that shows you how much he thinks of you girls! Think about that the next time you try and get his attention!"
The fan-girls went quiet after hearing this and simply walked away in their separate directions, some looked like they were deep in thought. Seeing that his words had, had the desired effect he turned back to his friends. When he turned around though he had a small shock to see that Hinata was there bowing in front of him. "Th-Thank you, N-N-Naruto-k-kun for b-blocking the f-fireball." She said while hiding the blush on her face with the bow.
"Uh... No problem Hinata. From where you were standing though I don't think you would have been burnt that much but hey at least there's one girl appreciating my help. I'm glad to see you're not part of those stupid fan-girls either. You know I think you may be the only girl that I actually respect, for the simple fact that you're not going after that Uchiha-baka. With that fact alone it also means you have more brains than everyone of those fan-girls!" Naruto said with a wide grin on his face.
Hinata had listened intently on what Naruto had said and had turned several shades of red by the time he had finished his speech. She couldn't bear look up incase Naruto saw her face from all the blushing she had done, she quickly stood up, turned around and started walking home while saying, "ThankyouNaruto-kunbutImustgohomenow!" quickly over her shoulder. After walking several steps she broke into a run.
"Huh? Weird girl but at least she isn't always fawning over Sasuke." Naruto said to no one in particular. He then carried on walking to his friends. "So guys want to go do something until I have to go see Iruka-sensei?" He asked them all while wearing his usual grin and scratching the back of his head.
"Sure! How 'bout we have a race?" Suggested Kiba.
"Meh. To troublesome." Said Shikamaru in a bored voice. "I'd rather just stay here and watch the clouds."
"Sounds good to me." Chouji said putting in his two cents and lying next to Shikamaru.
"Same here." Said Naruto dropping down next to two of his friends.
"Damn you guys are lazy!" Exclaimed Kiba. Grudgingly lying next to Naruto, Akamaru jumping onto his stomach.
A fair amount of time passed in total silence until Shikamaru broke it. "So what was up with the Hyuuga girl Naruto? I saw you talking to her."
"Oh? She just wanted to thank me for stopping the Teme's fireball. Guess there's finally a girl with enough sense to not fawn over him!" Explained Naruto.
"Really? What did you say to her?" Asked Shikamaru still staring at the clouds almost letting himself grin from what he knew.
"Huh? Well I just said I respected her because she didn't fawn over him and she had more brains than all those fan-girls. Why da'ya ask?" Questioned Naruto looking over at Shikamaru confused.
"Because from the look of her face when she left it looked like she was really embarrassed from what you said! I think she may be sweet on you!" Exclaimed Shikamaru grinning mischievously.
"WHAT!! No way! She's a Hyuuga. There's no way she could have something for me!" Exclaimed Naruto sitting up quickly and staring at Shikamaru.
"Heh-heh. Think what you want Naruto. Oh! You better get going by the way, otherwise your gonna be late for your meeting with Iruka-sensei." Shikamaru said turning his eyes back skywards to watch the clouds again.
"Damn! You're right! See you guys tomorrow!" At that Naruto took off toward Ichiraku's.
Kiba looked up to watch him leave muttering, "Damn! I wanted to ask him about that Doton jutsu he used. Ah well some other time." He lay back down.
Naruto was walking down the street towards Ichiraku's, hands in his pockets and deep in thought. 'How could Hinata have feelings for me? I mean she's cute and all... wait CUTE! Where'd that come from? AAArgh! I'm gonna have to think about this later.' He quickly brought his thoughts back to the real world and noticed that he had already sat down and Ayame was asking for his order. "I'll have just one Miso Ramen for now Ayame-nee-chan, thanks!" Ayame turned around and started on his order. By the time his order was done Iruka had arrived.
"Naruto the reason I wanted to talk to you was to find out where you learned that jutsu you used today. If it's a secret I won't press the matter further but I would like to know if your deliberately holding back in the academy." Said Iruka with an understanding look in his eye.
Naruto turned to Iruka without touching the ramen. "I'm afraid it is a secret Iruka-sensei but you're right, I am holding back at the academy."
"Why though Naruto! From what I saw today you would have better grades than Sasuke if you wouldn't hold back." Asked Iruka, a slightly angry look in his eye, since finding out his favourite student was holding back.
"Because Iruka-sensei, grades aren't everything. Besides could you imagine someone's surprise when they found out I was stronger than my grades at the academy would lead them to believe? I'm holding back so people underestimate me that gives me an advantage. Plus I don't wanna turn into Sasuke, thinking I'm better than everyone because my grades are the best."Answered Naruto, feeling guilty over the deceit he had used on his sensei and friend.
Iruka, noticing his guilt, smiled and ruffled his hair. "Don't worry Naruto. I forgive your lying to me. I'm glad to hear your actually looking to future battles. To be honest with you though I'm just glad I won't have to fail you in the genin exams! Could I get Miso Ramen please? Thanks!"
"What are talking about Iruka-sensei?" Asked Naruto, slightly confused.
"If you can perform that Doton jutsu I saw you use today I'm sure you can find a way to pass the test next week!" Replied Iruka smiling while grabbing some chopstick's for him and Naruto.
Naruto gave off his foxy grin to his sensei, then turned to his ramen. He clapped his hands together like Iruka and they both said, "ITADAKIMASU!" Before they both dug in to their ramen.
Naruto was walking back to the apartment. He had stayed with Iruka and talked about some other things while also eating lots of ramen of course. By the time he had finally decided to get home it had started getting dark. 'Guess I should skip training at the compound tonight. It's getting to late.'
'Oooooh no you don't Kit! As soon as you get over to the apartment I want you to get your ass over here with that transport seal! I saw what you did today!' Kyuubi barked in Naruto's mind.
Narut started sweating profusely and stammering back a reply, 'Ah! Uh-um. Kyu-sensei! I-I was going to tell you about today! H-honest!'
'I bet.' Replied Kyuubi.
Naruto started running to the apartment, once there he went straight for the transport seal. Once he arrived at the compound he noticed Kyuubi was already next to the seal with his arms crossed. "Well? I'll excuse the use of the Doton jutsu since it was life and death. Also, you're lucky that your Iruka-sensei is very understanding. I was also glad to see that you trust him enough to tell him you're deliberately holding back and he has faith in you! But you were foolish to show your skill against the Uchiha in the first place!"
"I was defending my friends Kyu-sensei! I couldn't stand by and let Sasuke-teme insult them!" Replied Naruto.
Kyuubi sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose, "Goddamn. I guess I can't blame you Kit, I would have probably done the same. Still you could've handled the situation better. I have to admit though I enjoyed the look on the Uchiha's face when you lifted him into the air!" Kyuubi laughed a bit at this as did Naruto. "Alright since I would have done the same I'll go easy on you, only 500 laps around the taijutsu training area and I want you to do 500 sit-ups and press-ups. If you still have enough time you can go to the hot springs near the kitchen after your done."
"Thanks Kyu-sensei!" Naruto shouted as he ran towards the afore mentioned training area.
Naruto had gotten back to the apartment with a slight bit of pain in his body from the punishment Kyuubi gave him. By the time he finished his shower and got to bed though all the pain was gone. The last thing to go through his mind though was, ' I hope Hinata passes the genin exams...' He then fell into a dreamless sleep.
Through out the last few days before the exam everything went as usual. Naruto kept up his training and his facade in the academy even though everyone that had seen the fight between him and Sasuke knew he was holding back in terms of skill and strength, his friends didn't treat him any differently because of this. There were a few differences though, Sasuke would glare daggers at Naruto every time he thought the knucklehead wasn't looking. Sasukle also had a lot less fan-girls following him around now, even the Ino girl had stopped going after him. Naruto, though, was sure he had seen a few girls following him and he could have sworn he heard a group talking about him but once he got close enough to hear more thay suddenly went quiet. After a while he decided to ignore it and carry on.
It was the day before the exams and Naruto was jumping from rooftop to rooftop trying to get away from the ANBU chasing him for his latest prank. Obviously he could easily hide from them or just create some bunshin of some sort to distract them. But of course he thought, 'Where's the fun in that?'. That and the fact he had raised the level of his weight seal again that morning so he needed some way of getting used to it without having to just run laps.
Eventually though he was caught, only after deciding to let them of course. He had once again painted the Hokage faces, this time making them look like kabuki actors. Once again his only punishment was washing all the paint off the monument. It didn't take him long to clean up, since he used a water soluble paint it was pretty easy getting it all off. The fact that it was Iruka watching him again only made it easier since he allowed him to use a Suiton jutsu to clean most of the paint off.
Afterwards they went to Ichiraku's and had a few bowls of ramen together. Before they both left for home though Iruka spoke up, "Naruto you do have a plan for the exam tomorrow don't you?"
"Yes. I do Iruka-sensei. If you want to find out what it is though you're gonna have to wait until tomorrow and if you could Iruka-sensei. Will you make it so I get to go last for the test?" Asked Naruto with a glint in his eye.
"I'll see what I can do Naruto. Now get home and get some rest, I don't want you showing up late for the academy." Answered Iruka.
At that Naruto started running home while shouting, "Thanks sensei! See ya tomorrow!", over his shoulder.
The next day Naruto made sure to wake up early, get washed and dressed, get breakfast from Ichiraku's and get to the academy before it even opened. He waited outside the gates for an hour while Shikamaru and the guys arrived and talked to them for a while, during this time he also realized that Sasuke was watching them from a tree with a swing on it across the road from the academy entrance. He wondered if he should confront the Uchiha about it but voted against it on the grounds it would be too much trouble.
Once the gates to the academy opened he went inside with everyone. Once in he went straight for the list that said when he would be tested, he was happy to see Iruka had managed to make his test last.
For most of the day he carried on talking to his friends and noticing the glances he got from some of the kunoichi in training. Everyone who went into the exam room came out with their own hitai-ite. Thing is he knew that most of them would be back in the academy in a few days if they didn't pass the exam the jounin instructor gave them. He knew all about the second exams and a lot of the techniques that were used to find out if the three man cell would have good teamwork.
Eventually his turn finally came, he walked into the room and was happy to see it was small enough for him to carry out his plan easily. He turned to the two instructors across the room and a grin spread across his face seeing that Iruka was one of them. After a second of getting warmed up he signalled he was ready to begin the exam.
Well this is the end of the chapter, Guess I should give you the stats for the Kekkei Genkai now. Please tell me what you think of them in the reviews.
Edit: Thanks to a review by the DragonBard I realised that the Uzumaki Kekkei Genkai is something that can be learnt by any ninja in way so I've added some extra info to turn it into a proper Kekkei Genkai.
Uzumaki Kekkei Genkai
Name: Rasen Kikou (Spiral Armor)
Ability: Because the tenketsu always release chakra in people with this Kekkei Genkai a layer of chakra surrounds the body and if trained the chakra can be made to spin and block attacks at where ever it is needed. This Kekkei Genkai also makes the chakra denser making it more useful in defense, it also means the chakra will dull an attack when not spinning so it is still useful. The armor requires a conscious influence to be used to the fullest extent which means unless the person is fast enough to react an attack may hit the unmoving wall of chakra if it fast enough. The armor though can become a form of attack by pushing the chakra out and spinning it making in effect a chakra drill which may tear through almost anything.
Namikazi Kekkei Genkai
Name: Kaiseki Boushi (Analysis Eye)
Ability: Like the Sharingan, except it copies seals instead of jutsu. There are three parts to the Kekkei Gekai;
1)When copying a seal the users pupils will flash red. From that point onward the seal is stored in the mind and can be found whenever it is needed.
2)The Eye can be used to analyze a seal as the name suggests. When analysing a seal each symbol is given it's meaning as to why it's there and how it helps. Using this ability a way to make the seal more effective can be found or a way to completely destroy the seal can be found depending what the KG weilder wants. When this ability is used the iris of the eye will have parts pointing into the pupil at the top, bottom and to either side creating a crosshair patter. Veins will also be drawn around the iris at right angles (they're supposed to look like the lines on a circuit board). While analyzing a seal the iris is known to turn clockwise and vice versa. (kinda like a robotic eye)
3)A temporary copy of any seal that has been seen can be printed on to any surface the weilder wishes. All that has to be done is: The user must think of the seal he/she wishes to use, collect chakra to their hand while thinking of the seal and their hand should glow with the symbols of the seal moving over their hand. the user then merely places their hand on what they wish to print the seal on, the seal can be made permanent by going over the symbols with the proper tools. The amount of chakra needed to print the seal depends on how complex the seal is and how long the user wishes the seal to last. A new seal thought up by the KG weilder cannot be created using this ability unless first copyed out and then copyed again using the first ability of the KG.