And here's chapter ten, the start of the chuunin exams! WOOHOO!!!
Well…enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, but I do own the demon village. The Kitsune-Hi clan also doesn't belong to me as it was developed by my older sis for my story.
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Chapter ten:
The remaining time leading up to the chuunin exams went rather quickly and it was now two weeks until they started. Naruto, as he had finished his clan training, spent his free time learning the jutsus that he had received for his birthday. He also signed the summoning scroll so he was able to summon tailed foxes that ranged in sizes and colours. They were pretty cool, thought the boss summon was a bit full of himself.
He had started on the Rasengan, but hadn't finished that one yet since he was only on the second stage at the moment. He also didn't even have the chance of starting on the invisibility jutsu that Toshiro had given him. This was mainly because he was trying to figure out how to use the gem that Arata gave him. From what he was able to figure out from it was that he was able to see events in the surrounding area with it and was even able to, somehow, hack into the crystal balls that the Kobayashi clan had.
He had even met Yoko's clan. They were very nice in his view, but there were loads of them. It was a large minor clan. He had asked Kuro about it and the boy went slightly pink and replied that the Kitsune-Hi clan were very…fertile. So much so, that they had to put birth restrictions on the women to prevent them from overcrowding the village, since the woman could be very…ah…energetic in that area to put it delicately.
He had also learned some other things about his family. Like whom his father was; The Yondaime. At first he didn't believe it, but after being talked to by the clan heads, he accepted it. It hurt though, the fact that Konoha never told him these things. He had a right to know about his family and they never told him a single thing! He then also learned that the Yondaime had a sister, who married into the Hyuuga clan. But she had died giving birth. Her husband, a branch clan member of the Hyuuga's, had also died a few years after that. They had a son though, by the name of Neji, whom was also taking the chuunin exams this time round. He was very talented with his bloodline; the reason being was that he was so closely related to the original eyes. It was not pure though, so even if he managed to activate it, it would be far weaker then Naruto's since Naruto was a pure blood Uzumaki.
Naruto sighed as he got up. It was pretty early, but Kameto wanted to move out so that they could get to Konoha a couple of days before the exams were to start. It was a good way of looking at the opposition before hand. Naruto washed quickly and donned his clothing and packing everything he needed, going into the kitchen, finding that Naomi was already up, as well as Keiko. He sat down and ate the breakfast given to him by Naomi.
When he had finished, they wished him good luck before he left to meet up with his team. Kameto was already there waiting for them. She turned to him and said,
"You're early."
Naruto shrugged and replied,
"I woke up early and got ready quick. There was no point in hanging around about home, so I came straight here."
"Ah."
They fell silent again and soon, Kichiro and then Kuro arrived.
"Okay? Ready to go?" Kameto asked, receiving three nods in return.
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They arrived at Konoha with three days to spare. They were immediately let in by the gate guards after they had shown their passes.
"Right, we need to go and see the Hokage." Kameto said. She looked back at Naruto, who had been unusually quiet and said firmly,
"Behave yourself Naruto. I don't want you getting into any unnecessary fights. Understand?"
Naruto looked at her and blinked before nodding. She gave him a firm look before moving off again. Naruto looked about as he walked along, noticing that they were getting stares from the villagers as they walked past. They didn't seem to notice Naruto, but rather the fact that they were Chaldea. They were scared.
He chuckled, but decided not to do anything. They arrived at the tower and entered it. Naruto thought that it didn't look as nice as the Akkikage tower. They only had to wait for a small amount of time before they were allowed to have an audience with the old man.
Kameto stood in front of the ageing Hokage and said,
"I am Dakini Kameto. This is my team, Taraka Kichiro, Asura Kuro and Uzumaki Naruto…"
"N-Naruto!?" The old man exclaimed, looking at the said boy. Naruto turned calmly to regard the old man,
"Hello…" he said, not really interested in talking. The Sandaime eyes trailed to the Chaldea badge that Naruto was wearing, as well as his headband around his neck. He gave a sigh and asked wearily,
"So… you're a demon nin are you? Are you staying that way?"
Naruto frowned…what kind of stupid question was that?
"Of course. It's much better in Akkigakure then it was here. That's my home now, and I have no intention of leaving. They're not afraid of me, they respect me! And I found out about my clan. How come you never told me about my father? Or my cousin?"
"Because, you weren't ready for it yet."
"Not ready my ass. You just didn't want me to know, did you? Everyone was afraid of what I could do."
There was a tense silence in the room, broken by Kameto,
"I think we should go and get somewhere to stay. It's been a long journey and we're tired. If you will excuse us."
Without waiting for an answer, she herded the three out of the room. In silence, they went to town and found themselves a reasonable hotel. It was going to be a long three days…
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Naruto sighed, bored. He was sat on the balcony of his hotel room, looking out over the village. It felt strange to be here after spending all that time in Akkigakure. He missed the friendliness of the villagers, who always went out of their way to say hello to each other. Though they were weary of outsiders as they would properly attack the village for its beliefs.
The others were out at the moment, leaving him alone. So he decided to go and have a little walk about. No harm in that, is there?
As he walked along, people stared fearfully at him and moved out of his way quickly. Some even whispered,
"Isn't that the demon brat?"
Naruto ignored these. Though, if they even tried to do anything to him, he'll make sure these villagers knew his rank as head clan member.
After a while of this, he heard a commotion.
"Put him down!"
He frowned. That sounded like…Sakura?
He peeked around the corner and smirked. In front of his stood two Suna nins, one female and one male. The female was blonde and had a large fan while the male wore black clothing with a large parcel on his back.
The Suna male was holding a small brown haired boy of about eight years of age, who was struggling to free himself. Naruto spotted two other figures and snorted. Sakura and Ryo. They were demanding the Suna nin to let the boy down. Fat chance. Naruto considered interfering and beating the crap out of the male nin, but decided to see what would happen since he could feel a chakra signature in the trees nearby.
He watched as the owner of that signature, none other then Uchiha Sasuke, threw a stone at the males hand. Such childishness, he thought. But it did the job as the male let go of the small boy to turn and glare at Sasuke.
The male was about to attack, when another joined, demanding that the male let them be and stop being such a humiliation.
Naruto looked at the small male. He was about Naruto's age with blood red hair and turquoise eyes, lined with black. Naruto thought he resembled a panda somewhat. He could feel hate radiating from this boy.
Shukaku Kyuubi hissed and Naruto could feel the demons irritation.
Shukaku…who's that?
Another Bijuu.
Another Bijuu… Kameto-sensei would want to know of this.
He watched as the san nins retreated from the scene in Naruto direction. The Uchiha and the demon host, exchanged names. Gaara was the host's name.
They walked past the corner that Naruto had been watching the scene from. As they walked past, Gaara turned his head and stared at Naruto. He blonde smirked at him and asked,
"Find something interesting, do you?"
Gaara stopped and narrowed his eyes at the blonde, who chuckled at this. The host's two siblings stopped as well, eyeing the small blonde.
Naruto stood up straight from where he had been leaning against the wall and approached the three, standing in front of Gaara. The two stared at each other for a while and then Naruto grinned.
"Heh…Gaara… If I were you, I wouldn't bother with the likes of someone like Uchiha Sasuke. He's weak. You can beat him easily, especially if you have certain advantages" Naruto said before brushing past, his Gure-Metsuki flashing unconsciously at the sand nin before he walked off.
We need to go back to Kameto sensei.
If you want…
Why are you being like this? Do you have a grudge against the Shukaku?
YES! That racoon is a bastard! When we were young…
Wow, I'm getting an ancient history lesson here…
Shut up gaki! As I was saying, when we were younger, that bastard destroyed a village that I was going to and he knew about it! Grr…
Why did you want to destroy a village?
Because they made a religion of killing off demons, that's why. I had to protect myself and other demons somehow.
Okay…why did you attack Konoha?
There was silence between the two and Kyuubi asked quietly,
Do you really want to know?
Yes.
Fine, if you wish. To really understand, you need to know that I have two daughters; Kitsune-Hi and Nyoko. Kitsune-Hi was sealed inside a host, which is where the Kitsune-Hi clan come from as they are descendants of that Chaldea and have inherited the ice and healing affinities of her. She is now gone. My other daughter Nyoko is somewhere, but I don't know since I haven't seen her since I was sealed. The Konoha council, without the permission of the Fourth, tried to seal her inside a baby which they would then raise to be a weapon for Konoha. They failed. When I heard of this, I went into a rage and attacked Konoha to kill those council members… I failed and got sealed inside of you. I have a suspicion that they tried to get their hands on you instead. There, you now know the reason…just don't hate the village as much as you do now, I don't want you to turn into a monster.
Naruto had stopped while the fox was talking to him and he frowned, looking back at the Hokage tower.
The council members are to blame. He said firmly and he could feel the demon's relief at those words. He sighed and carried on, not really looking where he was going, and because of that, he walked into someone. He blinked and looked at the person he had walked into. It was a burly man that had been particularly nasty to Naruto when he was younger. The man looked down at him and sneered,
"Oh, come have a look at this, guys! The demon gaki has come back!"
The man's two friends, who were at a nearby stall turned around to glare at the small blonde. The street around them went silent as they looked at the Chaldea in the middle of the street. Naruto sighed; he didn't want to deal with this…
"What are you doing here? You should have died, no one would miss you, you useless piece of shit." He growled, grabbing the front of Naruto's leather jacket.
The blonde growled a warning, but the man did not notice.
"Let's teach this junk a lesson!" He cried, moving off, his hand still holding onto the coat, obviously wanting to drag Naruto off to beat him up. But, to the man's anger, Naruto didn't budge no matter how much he pulled.
"What the fuck!? Move you dick!"
Naruto glared at him, his Gure-Metsuki activating.
"Get off me." He said quietly. The man sneered at him,
"Ohh!! I'm so scared!"
The blonde smirked and grabbed onto the man's wrist, squeezing slowly. The man cried out in pain as his wrist broke with a snap. Naruto let go and the man dropped to his knees, clutching at his wrist. Casually, Naruto kicked the man in the chest, feeling some of his ribs crack as he went flying backwards and landing in a crumple on the floor.
He was aware of movements behind him and he turned just in time to catch the wrist of the fist that had been aimed at him head. He twisted his body, lifting the man up and throwing him into a nearby food stall. He spun and punched the other man in the jaw, sending him down the street with a scream.
When that was done, he stood, looking at his work. They didn't get up, but there were muffled moans of pain coming from all three of them. The other onlookers stared at him with fear.
"Who else wants a piece?" He asked. They shook their heads, still staring at him. Suddenly, he was aware of Kameto appear on the scene. She took one look and said,
"Naruto, I thought I told you not to get into any trouble."
"They started it!"
Kameto sighed and shook her head. She turned to the villagers and said venomously,
"Whoever else tries to attack Uzumaki-sama will have to answer to me! This is a disgrace! Are you trying to humiliate your village by attacking a foreign Head Clan member? Get out of here! NOW!"
The street emptied in seconds. She gave another sigh and turned back to the blonde.
"Where were you going before you were attacked?"
"I was looking for you…I have to tell you something."
She raised an eyebrow.
"Did you do something else?"
"NO! No, I wanted to tell you about a Suna nin!"
"What about them."
"This guy, Gaara, is host of Shukaku!"
She blinked and then smiled,
"Ah, I see. I saw something unusual about him, but I know now. I'll have a look at him later."
He nodded and went up to her, letting her lead him back to the hotel.
"What happened at the street?" She asked.
"I was walking along talking to Kyuubi when I walked into someone. It was a guy that had been really nasty to me when I was younger. He started calling me names and then tried to attack me…I beat them up…"
"Ah… nice job."
"I know."
"You're full of yourself, you now that?"
"Yeah… Hiraku told me that regularly."
"I'm not surprised."
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OMG! I deserve cookies for that fast update! Are you proud of me? Nyah! Hehe! Am hyper at the moment… :P
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