A/n: ok here is chapter three hope you like it I know its different but bear with me I know it will be odd and im sorry if I seem to be bashing different characters but its just how they seemed to be in cannon to me for this particular part of the anime.
On a side note I know you who read my story want updates as fast as possible but im not exactly a fast writer so I have to say that I will have a new shapter (yes I said shapter not chapter) within 30 days of the previous one that way I minimize typos and grammar errors as well as making sure the chapters flow well and the story is consistent( I really don't want Naruto to be a super powerful one chapter and then have him get his ass handed to him in the next by someone that should be weaker than him.
Edit: i had been forgetting to thank my all powerful editor and beta Leaf Ranger, with out him my story would be a big jumble of words
That being said… enjoy
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto…. but if I did he wouldn't be so weak in the anime…seriously…the way it the anime goes it should be called "Sasuke" and not "Naruto" but hey … that's just my opinion…
Naruto found himself in the main room of his mind again. It had changed since his last visit and he almost didn't recognize it. There were still thousands of pipes like last time but now there were thousands more and each of them, massive bigger around then he was. The golden pillars with the depictions of foxes on them were larger as well and behind them, it was shrouded in pitch-black shadows, as if all light was being sucked into the area just behind them. Unlike last time there was no man standing in front of the pillars, no one to tell him why he was back here, at least until the eyes opened. Two massive red fox-like eyes opened just behind the pillars dwarfing them and him.
"So you decided to come back after all…?" the being that the eyes belonged to had a voice that was animalistic and deep. It echoed off the walls and pipes, making the entire place quake as if the complex would suddenly collapse at any point.
"To what do I owe the honor of a visit from my most glorious and esteemed jailor?" it said, voice brimming with sarcasm. Naruto stood there wondering what it was when he remembered what the man said.
"…Kyuubi…"he said his voice barely above a whisper.
"Well, well," the Kyuubi said in mock astonishment "you already know who I am? Good. That will make things much less stressful for the rest of the conversation." The Kyuubi said in a bored tone, but its eyes never once blinked or even twitched. The sight was definitely starting to unnerve Naruto.
"Why am I here?" asked Naruto. The eyes of the Kyuubi widened slightly but Naruto couldn't tell for sure.
"Why do you not cower in fear human, you stand before the greatest of the tailed demons, the lord of foxes, the most powerful demon to ever walk the face of the planet?" The Kyuubi asked, in a semi curious tone. Naruto stood there for a moment, thinking over his response, looking at the murky water that now was up to his knees.
"Should I?" he asked, "I don't see why; I'm here and you're behind the pillars. Why should I fear you, you are no more a threat to me then a baby in a crib." He finished looking the giant fox directly into the eyes, his own blue defiantly looking into the Kyuubi's massive red.
The Kyuubi laughed…or at least did what seemed to be a giant fox's equivalent of laughing. "That is the reason for your confidence?" it asked and Naruto nodded.
" I see, well then…we will have to remedy that." As it finished its sentence, the darkness that engulfed the Kyuubi dissipated and Naruto saw for the first time just how big the fox really was.
It was…for lack of a better word… huge. Naruto was sure if the Kyuubi wanted to, it could have seen over the wall of Konoha with the ease of himself looking over Kiba's dog Akamaru. Muscles and tendons flexed and tensed menacingly underneath blood red fur, and the Kyuubi stood. Were as it towered over Naruto before; it, now standing, made him feel very much like an ant. But nothing could have prepared him for what the Kyuubi did next…it walked forward to Naruto…through the pillars to be precise. And this fact scared Naruto more than anything had ever in his entire life…
He would have taken a step back if it wasn't for the fact that it looked like the closer Kyuubi got to him the smaller he got…or at least that was what it looked like…then Naruto noticed something strange that he hadn't before… as the Kyuubi walked, it's body seemed to flicker and disappear briefly every step or so. Finally as a horse sized Kyuubi stood in front of him…it…disappeared… and in its place stood the man that had explained his mindscape years before. Except this time the hood was down and Naruto could finally see the face of the man. If it could be called human, Naruto was the daimyo. The person in front of him wearing a solid white cloak looked like a combination of a fox and a man. It stood like a man walked like one and yet the head was that of a fox with silver and white fur, the eyes were still blood red but the overall look seemed no more malevolent then looking at the hokage.
The fox before him then smiled…at least he hoped it was a smile and spoke and the same deep bass that reverberated and echoed off the walls loudly, and yet at the same time was nothing more than a whisper on the wind, returned from years before. "What did you think of my illusion?" he asked
A dumbstruck Naruto replied with the first thing that came to his young mind… "Huh?"
The fox-like man in front of him rolled his eyes and said "The whole gigantic fox thing…you know the one that was behind the bars," Naruto nodded "was an illusion, a genjutsu of a sort…very powerful, very convincing" he said with an air of smugness. Naruto slowly got over the fact that the giant nine-tailed beast wasn't real.
"I'm still the Kyuubi, but im not huge like you humans think," the man said, guessing at Naruto's train of thought. To emphasize his point nine silver and white tails uncoiled themselves from around his waist and chest and waved slowly back and forth behind him from underneath the cloak.
"Wait isn't the Kyuubi supposed to be a huge fox demon, that's evil?" Naruto asked confused at this new development. The man before him chuckled for a moment then sighed before answering
"What is it with humans and labeling everything that's either more powerful than them or they don't understand?" he said to no one in particular
"Naruto do I look evil to you?" Naruto looked at the being in front of him… He stared long and hard at every feature of the man in front of him the teeth, the fur, the cloak, the clothing beneath it, the tails, his personality, the only thing that even hinted at being evil was his blood red eyes that seemed to have an eerie glow.
"No," he said after a few minutes of thinking "you don't look evil." The fox-like man smiled
"Did you know, there are two very interesting things that can be done while in your mindscape?" The Kyuubi's smile got wider as Naruto shook his head. "One of them is chakra training. Time has no meaning here, therefore one could train a thousand years here," He swung his arms wide, gesturing at the large room they stood in "and it would still only be one night's sleep in the real world." Naruto looked as though he want to ask something but before he could get it out Kyuubi continued, "The other is whatever skill you learn while here, you can perform at will there." He finished, and his smile widened again as Naruto opened his mouth.
"Uhm, ok? What does that mean? And what does it have to do with me?" He said with a confused look while scratching the back of his head.
The fox man chuckled and if it was possible his smile got even wider. "I'm glad you asked, Naruto, I'm glad you asked…"
For what felt like hundreds of years the fox made him run chakra drills. Forcing Naruto to control his chakra in ways he never thought possible: controlling elements, strengthening his muscles and skin, doing different jutsu at will with out saying the name or making hand signs, making weapons out of chakra, enlarging his reserves, all of it and more and Naruto was getting sick of it. He could do everything the fox had taught him and more, but he still couldn't find a way out of his own mind. He was busy working on perfecting his already perfect control (not that he wanted to do it, it was just that Kyuubi would always figure out a way to talk him into it) when Kyuubi walked over to him.
"Ok you can stop now, its time for you to go back," he said with a close eyed smile
"'Bout time I'm sick of doing these exercises, you've already told me my control is almost as good as yours. I was wondering when I would be able to leave…"
Kyuubi just smiled and said "You could have left at any point in your training you just subconsciously didn't want too therefore you couldn't."
Naruto stood there completely still for a several seconds, staring at the humanoid fox in front of him before sighing heavily. At the beginning of his training, Naruto would probably have blown up in the Kyuubi's face, screaming about how 'he could have said something' but after spending so much time with the fox he already knew the reply… 'You didn't ask'. Naruto looked at the fox before asking,
"Exactly how do I come and go as I please?" he asked getting slightly annoyed
Laughing, the fox said "Simple. Just think about leaving and there you have it."
A tick mark appeared above Naruto's right eye before he just sighed and nodded. Before the Kyuubi's eyes for the second time the boy's form wavered and faded out of existence. He stood there thinking about what the future would hold for his container and what that meant for him. 'I wonder how long it will take him to figure it out' he thought as he walked toward the pillars and disappeared into the darkness just beyond them.
Naruto awoke in his apartment and looked around at the mess that it was. Ramen cups and dirty clothes everywhere. He told himself he would clean it later, then got out of bed and walked over to his closet where his clean cloths were, and sweat dropped… 'Damn fox was right, I don't have anything but orange…'he made another mental note to get something of a different color before school grabbed a set of his orange clothing.
He left his apartment and walked to the nearest clothing store that wouldn't throw him out at the check out line. As he entered the small building the cashier greeted him like most of the stores did.
"Welco- oh…its you…well hurry up get what you want and leave…" she said, and proceeded to ignore him in favor of a magazine that she was reading before he walked in.
Naruto didn't even bother saying anything, as this was how he was treated almost everywhere else that even let him in the building. He walked over to the clothes, and started sifting through them, looking for anything that seemed to stick out and catch his attention.
It wasn't until he was about to give up and head to the academy that he found exactly what he was looking for. Something that stuck out just as bad as orange but different from orange, that fit his new style of chakra usage. In the far corner of the room, where the clothing looked old and slightly dusty, he found white…white shirts, white pants, white everything…which surprisingly wasn't very much as the whole section took up maybe two feet of the entire building. He quickly found himself a few sets of solid white clothing including a cloak that had a white outer layer with a black inner layer. The outer layer had red spirals stitched into it in random places at the bottom. He changed in the changing room and started heading to the cashier when he found a pair of solid black ninja boots with shin guards built into them. He stared at them for a few moments before grabbing them with the thought 'it's not like I need to be fast anymore'.
He paid for the clothes and boots, and then body flickered to his apartment, then to the academy. He walked to his classroom and sat down in his normal seat and waited for the rest of his friends to arrive and notice him being there.
Slowly all of his friends arrived. None of them noticed him because he had worn orange every day for the last three years. Hinata walked in froze 'why is there someone sitting in Naruto-kun's seat' she thought before regaining control of her body and went to sit down next to the boy that was now occupying the seat of her long time crush.
"Who are you?" she asked not looking in his direction
"Awe Hinata-chan I'm hurt…you don't recognize me?" the voice of her crush said. She looked at the boy's face and nearly fainted because it was Naruto.
"S-sorry Naruto-kun," she apologized as Shikamaru walked up and sat down on the other side of Naruto and muttered "Troublesome."
"Naruto, why are you here I don't remember seeing you pass," Naruto smiled and pointed to the clasp of his cloak which turned out to be his modified headband
"Troublesome" he sighed as Iruka walked in
"Good everyone is here," he said as he walked to the center of the room.
"As of today you are all ninja of the village hidden in the leaves. Now you are genin, first level ninjas, as such you will all be grouped into three man squads with an elite Jounin-sensei," as Iruka continued his speech all the students there had thoughts going through their heads of whom they would like to be paired with. For most of the girls in the class it was Sasuke, while for the guys it was with whom they had made friends with. Naruto was sitting there hoping his team would at least have Hinata on it 'she at least is a good kunoichi' he thought
"Each squad was created to have a balance of strength and abilities, that's how you will be grouped." Iruka said finishing off his speech, "now to announce the squads."
This was when Naruto tuned him out in favor of trying to contact the fox 'hey fox, you there?' He thought
He heard a groan in the back of his mind as someone was waking up "what is it kid I was busy having a nice nap"
'You said a long time ago that anything I learned in my mind scape I could do in the real world, right?'
"Yeah, so?"
'Well that includes all the jutsu I learned from you right?'
"Yeah, that includes the jutsu. Just be careful when you use it, you're not supposed to be kage level yet, remember? So unless you absolutely have to, don't do anything jutsu wise other than what's genin and Chuunin level. You can use your clones though almost everyone that's Jounin and higher knows you can do it now."
'What about using just chakra?'
"go ahead use all the chakra you want it doesn't stick out as much as high level jutsu, at least in my opinion."
before Naruto could ask another question he heard a yawn and was cut off by kyuubi "now if there is nothing more, I'm going back to sleep."
And with that his mind was silent once more. It was just in time for him to hear his name called.
"Team seven: Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura, and Uchiha Sasuke. Your Jonin-sensei will be Hatake Kakashi"
'Great' Naruto thought 'I'm stuck with banshee number one and the emo king himself' Sakura was busy doing a victory dance while Sasuke was still staring a hole through the window.
Hinata was sad that her crush was now on another team and she wouldn't be able to see him as much as she did in the academy. Shikamaru's thoughts were along the line of 'sucks to be him, im glad I don't have to be on a team with a banshee…'
"Team eight: Hyuuga Hinata, Inuzuka Kiba, and Aburame Shino. Your Jonin-sensei will be Yuhi Kurenai" Iruka paused to looked at them and made sure they heard then continued
"Team nine is still in circulation so ill got strait to team ten: Yamanaka Ino, Nara Shikamaru, and Choji Akimichi. Your Jounin-sensei will be Sarutobi Asuma"
Shikamaru was now thinking 'I just had to think it' as he sighed, while Ino was busy complaining at why she wasn't on Sasuke's team.
"Your sensei will pick you up shortly, until then please wait patiently" Iruka then left the room. Slowly Jounin started to appear and take the different teams with them.
Hour's later team seven was still sitting, still waiting for their sensei to arrive. Sasuke was still glaring out the window, Sakura was staring at Sasuke with hearts in her eyes, and Naruto was doing a chakra meditation that Kyuubi taught him to focus his chakra. When they heard footsteps and the door opened, and a head with silver hair appeared. Naruto opened an eye and looked at his new sensei and closed it again not caring that his sensei was late. Sakura didn't even notice because she was still staring at Sasuke with hearts in her eyes, while Sasuke just glared at their sensei for interrupting his three-hour glare off with the window.
"How can I put this…my first impression of this team is…you're boring." The silver haired man said
"Meet me in the rooftop in five minutes."
With that, he disappeared in a puff of smoke. Sasuke stood and walked out the door and Sakura followed. When they had left Naruto body flickered to reach the top, several minutes later after the rest of his team arrived so did their sensei. He appeared in a puff of smoke, leaning on the balcony railing as he put away an orange book back in his pocket. Each of them sat on a step in front of their sensei. The silver haired Jounin wasted no time and started to speak.
"Alright…why don't you introduce yourselves?"
"What are we supposed to say?" Sakura asked.
"That's easy, just tell me the things you like, things you hate, your hobbies, plans for the future, things like that." Kakashi replied in a lazy tone.
"Why don't you start sensei, that way we have an example?" she asked again
"Me? I'm Hatake Kakashi. Things I like and things I hate... I don't feel like telling you that. My dreams for the future... never really thought about it. As for my hobbies... I have lots of hobbies."
'So all we found out was his name.' They all thought
"Since your so eager why don't you go first?" He said looking at Sakura.
Sakura nodded and took a deep breath as she shyly then complied.
"I'm Haruno Sakura and I like…"She momentarily glances at the brooding raven haired boy next to her and starts giggling.
"And my hobby is…" more giggling wile glancing at Sasuke
"…Well, my dream is to…"She then squeals in delight. Kakashi sweat dropped.
'Great. A fangirl. Why do they always give me a fangirl?'
"And what do you hate?" Kakashi said. Sakura thought about it,
"Ino-pig!!" she screamed, face scrunched up in anger (A/n: she doesn't hate Naruto 'cause he never tried to get her to be his girlfriend)
"Okay, next. The one in white" he said pointing at Naruto.
"I'm Uzumaki Naruto. My likes are training, learning new things, my close friends, and ramen. My dislikes are people who don't believe I can make my dream come true. My hobbies are sparring, mastering ninjutsu, and perfecting my chakra control. My dream is to one day become the greatest Hokage in all of Konoha!"
Even though he finished quietly the young blonde's dark azure eyes burned brightly.
Hmm…interesting.'
Kakashi placed his chin on his right hand as he began making an assessment of the first two students. He frowned as he mentally said,
'Girls at her age must be more interested in love than shinobi training. And he's hiding something about his chakra…'
Kakashi then said as he looked over the brooding Uchiha,
"Last guy."
Sasuke didn't perk up as he continued brooding but complied anyway.
"My name is Sasuke Uchiha. I hate a lot of things, and I don't particularly like anything. What I have is not a dream, because I will make it a reality. I'm going to restore my clan, and kill a certain someone."
'Just as I thought.' Kakashi thought
Though the air tensed when the raven-haired boy spoke, Naruto knew he had his work cut out for him since Sasuke was just as likely to attack his own team as to work with them.
Kakashi decided to get to the point and have the day over with.
"Alright, you three all have unique personalities. I like that. Starting tomorrow we're going to have a test. Something that we four can do…survival training."
Sakura being the 'smartest' of the group then replied,
"Why are we going to train? We had plenty of training in the academy."
"Well, if I tell you, you're not going to like it. This is no ordinary training I'm giving you…" He said starting to laugh. She nodded and he suddenly got serious before saying.
"Out of the twenty-seven graduates, only nine are going to become genin. The other eighteen will be sent back to the academy. In other words, this is a test with a failure rate of sixty-six percent."
Naruto sharpened his gaze as Sasuke's eyes widened a little. Sakura frowned at what kind of hell they're going to go through.
"See? I told you, you wouldn't like it." Kakashi said as his scare tactic managed to work. Kakashi attempted another scare tactic as he said,
"Anyway, I'm going to determine whether you pass or fail tomorrow at the training grounds. Bring your equipment and meet at five a.m.! Now then, meeting over. Oh, yeah and don't eat breakfast if you do, you'll throw up."
Naruto then smiled as Kakashi body flickered away. He knew Kakashi had something up his sleeve and he knew just who to ask advice from…
A few hours later on the Nara estate Naruto was talking to Shikamaru about what his sensei had said.
"…And he then he said if we eat anything, we would throw up." Naruto stated as he finished his recap to his friend.
"Troublesome" Shikamaru muttered under his breath. After a few minuets he spoke again "It will most likely be a test of your teamwork, he he'll probably have some way to pit you against yourselves as well as him, which he will use to pick you off one by one until he can fail all of you."
"What do you suggest I do, Shika?" Naruto asked
"Honestly I don't know Naruto, your team mates aren't the types to help one another out so I suggest you do the opposite of what he tells you to. Sleep in, eat a good breakfast. Other then that, think of a way to tell him that you know that it's a test of teamwork and that you know your teammates won't help much. Personally I'd tell him that I wasn't doing his test because it's too troublesome." He finished with a sigh
"Thanks Shika, you've confirmed my thoughts." Naruto said as he got up to leave
"What are you going to do Naruto?" Shikamaru asked as Naruto neared the door.
"Im going to do exactly what you suggested, tell him I know what he wants and that I can't get my teammates to help out." With that he walked out and closed the door
At ten the next morning Kakashi arrived with his book in hand. His three students were patiently waiting under a tree's shade. "Sorry I'm late, I'm afraid I got lost on the path of life."
"Your late!!!" screamed Sakura as she pointed at where Kakashi had just appeared.
Instead of answering her though, which only made her madder, he raised his hand in his typical greeting as he jumped down from a tree branch. He smiled slightly at the looks his would be students were giving him. Snapping his book closed and placing it into his hip pouch he motioned for them to follow him. The three Genin hopefuls followed the Jounin down a path into the woods.
Several minutes later they had all arrived at a clearing with three logs embedded in the ground lined up in the middle of it, and behind them in a small clearing of its own, was a large ornate rock sitting atop of a dais. Looking at the obsidian rock, you could see several names written across the many different facets. Instead of the typical weather damage you would expect to see on such an exposed object, it continued to shine in the mid-morning light.
"Now lets get started." He said as he put a clock on top of the center post.
"The objective of this little exercise is to see who can get a bell from me," here Kakashi pulled two small silver bells from his pocket and tied them to his belt after holding them up for the three.
"Who ever can get one of these bells will pass the test and continue on to become a Genin. Now, if you don't get a bell then you will be sent back to the Academy or if I feel your progress isn't sufficient or you're not cut out for being a Shinobi, removed from the Shinobi ranks of Konohagakure no Sato," added Kakashi once he was done stringing the bells onto his belt.
"Of course there is a chance that none of you will get a bell and thus must all be sent back or never allowed to be a Shinobi. That seems to be rather easy to understand, right?" asked Kakashi once again as he looked at his students.
Sasuke had narrowed his eyes as Kakashi finished his little speech about the bells. There was no way he would fail this test. He would pass and show Kakashi, and all of the others just how great the Uchiha clan was. He was an Uchiha and Uchiha never failed at anything. He would pass the stupid test regardless of what Kakashi said. (His ego knows no bounds)
Naruto just looked on unsurprised as he flexed his hands underneath his cloak and started to think through what he would have to do for this test. Sakura was surprised at his words and couldn't help but wonder if she was actually ready for this kind of test. She didn't doubt that Sasuke and Naruto were ready, but would she be able to keep up with them? The pink-haired girl looked at the people around her and new that each of them, at least Sasuke and Naruto, would be giving it their all. It wasn't until she looked at Kakashi and noticed the light bouncing off the bells that something occurred to her.
"Kakashi-Sensei why are their only two bells," questioned the girl as it came to her. She was confused when she noticed the man smile through his mask and raised his hand up into the air as if he was going to say something important.
"That, Sakura, is the catch. You see regardless of what happens only two of you will be eligible to become Genin. That means at least ONE of you is assured to be sent back to the Academy for another year," answered Kakashi with an eye smile.
Once again Sasuke narrowed his eyes and Sakura gasped slightly. It was unexpected and added more pressure on them. Not only that but now they would have to compete for the bells and hope to beat out the other two members of the team for one.
"Of course it won't be that simple. When you come at me, you must come at me with the intent to kill. If you don't then you will never be able to get one of the bells. Now I think that is all I need to explain so," trailed off Kakashi as he walked to the training post in the center of the field and reached into his pouch once again.
"It is now ten o'clock. You will have until noon to get a bell from me. There is also the fact that only those who get a bell will be able to eat the lunches that I've brought along," stated Kakashi again. This time though he frowned slightly as he only heard two stomachs grumble at the mention of food. His frown only deepened though when he noticed the smile on the face of Naruto.
"I guess it's a good thing that I ate this morning," stated Naruto as he smiled and scratched the back of his head. Sasuke was scowling at Kakashi's words as he tried to quiet down the sounds being made by his stomach. He skipped breakfast that morning and he was starting to regret those actions as his anger at Kakashi was increasing as the seconds ticked by. Sakura was complaining to herself in her mind about starting on a diet last night and thus not eating dinner or breakfast.
"If there are no other questions, are you ready?"
Sasuke's muscles tensed as he anticipated the words of his Sensei.
Sakura tensed as well as she prepared to hide.
Naruto stood there uncaring at what his sensei was saying.
"Begin," drawled Kakashi as two of the Genin jumped away and into the trees as they moved away from the Jounin in hopes of concealing themselves. Kakashi watched on as they vanished in a small blur and moved to the trees with mild interest. He could sense both of them when they first jumped away but he soon returned his attention to Naruto who stood in front of him staring at him.
Sakura he could still barely sense to his left. He figured it was because she had very small reserves. He could feel Sasuke to his right in the trees watching from a distance
'Well it seems that two of them know how to hide. They still need to learn to suppress their chakra for stealth, but they are still technically Genin,' mused Kakashi as he eyed where Sasuke was hiding with the edge of his vision.
"Why didn't you hide like the others?" he asked after a few seconds of Naruto staring at him
"No point," he stated " Its not like I have to take the bells from you to pass and my teammates aren't the types to help me. Besides to pass I already know that I need teamwork to do it. Unfortunately for me, my teammates don't understand the concept of team work." He said in a bored tone as Kakashi's eye widened.
"How did you figure out the point of the test so quickly?" he asked
"Last night I asked one of my friends for advice about what you had said yesterday and he confirmed what I had thought to be true. Now if you'll excuse me, I think I'll wait till you've finished with them," Naruto said as he walked off to stand in the shade of a nearby tree.
"Oookay?" Kakashi said surprised that one of his students had already passed at least in some sense
"Well then, I think its time to see what the other two can do," he said as he pulled out his orange book and walked off into the forest and out of sight.
Naruto decided to sit down under the tree and watch his sensei. Using his chakra he grabbed some water from the nearby river and molded it into two orbs one larger than the other then larger orb floated off in the direction that Kakashi went while the smaller flattened out into an oval shape and hardened into a sheet of ice which then started displaying what the 'eye' was seeing…
Kakashi was walking through the forest when he felt something following him. Turning around he found a ball of water the size of a baseball floating in the air. Curious about it, he walked up to and leaned close to it, looking at it he could see that it was being controlled solely by chakra. 'but who has this amount of control?' he thought 'Naruto?' he paused while poking it 'nah' that was when it bit him….
"Hahaha!!!" Naruto laughed as his orb bit his sensei, sure it was childish to make the orb bite his sensei but it was still funny to watch an elite Jounin jump around howling in pain from being bitten by a small ball of water.
"Stupid orb!" Kakashi moaned while cradling his swelling finger. The orb, being nothing but water, thankfully had no teeth… but it could still put a surprising amount of pressure into its 'bite'.
Giving up on trying to find out about the orb, he body flickered away from the orb to a spot near Sakura only to see her freaking out because she couldn't find Sasuke.
'Is she really that dependant on him?' He thought and started the hand signs for a genjutsu to see if she really was…
Sakura was standing in a small clearing trying to find Sasuke's trail ' where is he! I know he was just here,' she thought
"Sakura…" she knew that voice it was Sasuke's and it was in pain… turning to the direction that it came from she froze…
"…Help…me…" Sasuke said. From where she was standing Sasuke was collapsed on the ground, bleeding from numerous wounds that had kunai lodged in them. To her, he was dieing and that thought, she couldn't take…
Naruto sat underneath the tree, stunned… he couldn't believe he was on a team that had someone that couldn't see through a genjutsu that was weak enough that even someone with out chakra could break out of. Not for the first time, Naruto thought about asking the old man to put him on a different team…
Kakashi sweat dropped as Sakura screamed and fainted 'Wow…I thought for sure she would have been able so see through that…oh well one left,' he thought as he body flickered to Sasuke's position.
Sasuke was still brooding about the test when he felt someone behind him. He turned around and froze before sweatdropping …there stood Kakashi…with what looked to be a mini Kakashi made out of water floating just behind his right shoulder mimicking his exact movements…
"Uhm sensei…why is that there?" Sasuke asked pointing at the mini water clone that was mimicking everything Kakashi did.
"Hmm?" Kakashi said as he glanced over his shoulder to see his 'mini me' copying his movements
"When did that get there?" he turned to face it and Sasuke attacked, throwing several kunai which struck his sensei whom disappeared in a puff of smoke that revealed a log with kunai implanted in it.
"Kawarimi!!" said Sasuke as he tensed and sunk into a taijutsu stance and watched for any movement around him… it was then that the mini Kakashi floating in the air where the original had been previously caught his attention…it was pointing down…Sasuke's face paled as he quickly looked down only to hear.
"Too late!! Earth Release: Head Hunter Technique!!" his sensei yelled pulling him down until nothing but his head was left above ground.
"Well that didn't take too long… better luck next time Sasuke," he said with an eye smile then with a wave he disappeared in a puff of smoke…
As soon as Kakashi was gone Sakura stumbled into the clearing and looked around… upon seeing 'Sasuke-kun's head' she screamed and fainted again.
'Why is it the one that finds me has to be the one that faints?' Sasuke thought
Kakashi appeared next to Naruto as he canceled his viewing technique, as the sheet of ice melted into water and soaked the ground Naruto stood up and face his sensei, who was surprised at the control Naruto had over water.
"Where did you learn that?" he asked while putting away his book.
"I made it," he said 'it's not a total lie, with Kyuubi's help I did make it' he thought
"I see…"his sensei said 'he's definitely hiding his true potential but how much is really hiding' he thought. It was then that Kakashi decided to test Naruto, like he had the others.
"How about a sparing match? Just you and me," Kakashi asked eyeing his student warily.
"Sure sensei, but only if you go all out…" Naruto stated not in least bit worried about his two teammates that where hiding just beyond the edge of the clearing
"I don't think you would be able to handle me in a fight if I went all out" he said in a tone that you could hear the smirk on his face. And that was when Naruto's body blurred in movement and appeared less than a split second later, his fist connecting with his sensei's block that was raised just in time. The force of the blow created a gust of wind that raised a dust cloud that engulfed the two hiding them from the sight of Sakura and Sasuke.
'arrgggg!!' screamed Sasuke mentally ' how is the dobe so much stronger then me!! I must know!'
'When did Naruto get so fast?' Sakura thought as the cloud dissipated and revealed their sensei and Naruto locked in combat and trading blows faster than either of them could see. When Kakashi's face caught Sasuke's attention.
Something was different but he couldn't tell what and they were moving too fast for him to get a good look at him. They continued fighting, Naruto on the offensive, while Kakashi was barely keeping up his defense.
' His punches are killing me to block, but I can't seem to dodge them even with the Sharingan' he thought just before he had to use another Kawarimi to save himself from a particularly devastating blow from Naruto. Kakashi appeared behind Naruto about twenty yards away rapidly doing hand signs, which Sasuke recognized.
"A fire jutsu!!" he said a Kakashi took a deep breath and Naruto turned around to face him.
Breathing out Kakashi sent a massive fireball at Naruto hoping to incapacitate him; unfortunately for him he wasn't that lucky. As the giant fireball neared him Naruto lifted his left hand and spread his fingers as the inferno struck his hand and exploded around him, the flames spiraling around him burning everything on either side of him stopping at the river ten feet behind him.
Naruto smirked as he stared at his sensei past his steaming hand. 'Well at least what Kyuubi taught me about the elements was true' he thought as he lowered his hand.
"I think we should stop here sensei the bell is about to ring" he stated with the smirk still evident on his face as the buzzer on the alarm clock rang signaling the test was over.
His two teammates walked out of the clearing and stared at their 'nobody' third member with looks of shock and awe very visible on their faces. Kakashi was having trouble catching his breath and hiding his shock from what Naruto had just done 'he has kage level control over his chakra… using it to boost his speed, reaction time, strength, and even as protection from jutsu… the way he wields his chakra is almost magical…' he thought
"Times up," he said slowly regaining his breath "Now to decide if you pass or fail…"
A/n: and there's chapter 3 hoped you liked it and for those that noticed that his team doesn't have Hinata or Shikamaru in it, bear with me it will all make sense eventually
And NO Naruto is not all-powerful. He is not really super strong or super fast, he just knows how to control his chakra in ways that would drain anyone else MUCH faster then it drains him. I repeat he is NOT GOD-LIKE…besides if I made him that powerful I wouldn't have a story to write now would I?
I have some questions for the few reviewers that I get
Did you like the way I portrayed Kyuubi and his 'cage'?
Do you like Naruto's new look?
Was Naruto kick ass or over the top?
Is the chapter too long or too short?
What did you think of my version of the bell test?
Was the fight scene with Naruto and Kakashi good or too short?
Did at any point of this chapter laugh, giggle, or even smile?
And lastly
Is my cliffy EVIL (insert maniacal laughter) or is it just a 'cant wait to read the next chapter'?
(Note your answer will not affect my story, I just want to know if im doing good or if I need to make it more interesting)
Other then that, hoped you liked it and PLEASE REVIEW i want to know what you think. Tell me anything you want that includes the pyros out there that like to burn people, I want to know your opinion too… but only if it has to do with making my story better.