Alright! 15th Chapter!
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Yeah...Sorry for being a whiny bitch last chapter. I'm not holding my story hostage anymore. In exchange, I give you Kakashi- U\ . I also want to say that The Rogue Stallion has my express permission to use Pyron. YAY!
Disclaimer! I don't own Naruto, Elric, or other people's property. I do, however, own any original characters I might create, and give them out like candy. This does not mean you can just take my candy. Ask for it instead...ON WITH THE SHOW!
"Blah"-person speaking...'Blah'-person thinking..."Blah"-Demon speaking...'Blah'-Demon thinking..."Blah"-Memory speaking(they don't think)...'Blah'-Pyron speaking through mental pathways.
Leaves of Steel, Chapter 15
Training Ground 16: 9:30PM (dudes, read the last recorded time, then draw your own conclusions)
Tenten got off of Naruto, and brushed off her clothing, "Umm, Naruto-kun? Are you alright?" she asked the fazed boy.
"Most definitely." the blond genin said, attempting to get up after his limbs had fallen numb, "Tenten, I think we've been kissing for too long, I can't feel my extremities."
Tenten giggled, and pulled Naruto up, "It DOES look that way, doesn't it?"
Naruto was pulled to his feet, but fell down again, "Just give me a minute."
Pyron trotted in, dragging a gigantic centipede behind him. He stared at the two kids, their hair in disarray. Tenten's buns had come undone long ago, and Naruto's hair looked to be separated by individual strands. Both were flushed, and looking at each other passionately.
"Tenten-chan, will you be my...this?" Naruto asked, to embarrassed to say girlfriend, so he raised a pinky.
Tenten blushed furiously, then ran up to Naruto, pressing her lips again against his, "Of course, Naruto-kun!" she then made her exit through the trees.
The boy slumped against the tree, drawing out a metal spike, and writing, "Tenten" into the tree, with a heart around it.
Pyron held up his centipede to the boy, 'Want some?'
"Nah, thanks, I'm good." Naruto said, putting his hands in his pockets, walking away.
Pyron increased his size to full, ate the centipede in one bite, then quickly ran after Naruto in his chibi form, "Naruto-sama, hold up!"
Hyuuga Estate: 10:07PM
"Is Hinata-sama alright, Hanabi-sama?" inquired Neji of the little sister of heiress.
"Well, she appears to be distressed over something only she can sense. Here's an idea: Why don't you ask her yourself?" Hanabi said rudely, walking off with a flip of her hand.
'What a jerk...' thought Neji, before knocking on Hinata's door, "Hinata-sama, you should go to sleep, the Chunin Exams start tomorrow."
Suddenly, the door flew open, almost shattering, causing a large rip in the paper. Neji could feel a massive killing intent emanate from the girl as she looked at the floor. The girl looked up, her byakugan already active. She stared into Neji's eyes, causing him to back up, and fall to the ground.
"Neji..." Hinata said in a dark tone, "I order you to help me see the tenketsu. I WILL have my vengeance."
"Hinata-sama, I can help, but why do you want the sudden cha-" Neji was interrupted by Hinata lifting him up by the collar and pressing him against a tree.
"You will not question my actions! I can already see a few of the points, but I need to see more! I will destroy her!" Hinata yelled, causing several members of the clan look out their windows to see the prodigy being yelled at by the shy heiress.
"W-who do you want v-vengeance against, H-hinata-sama? Does it have something to do with Naruto?" stuttered Neji, as he found it hard to breath with Hinata pressing his airways shut with a tree.
"You know her well, the girl on your team. I saw her...KISSING MY NARUTO-KUN!" Hinata screamed, chakra roaring out of her body.
"T-tenten? K-kissing Naruto?" Neji asked in unbelieving.
"YES! SHE STOLE MY NARUTO-KUN!" shouted Hinata, before letting the chakra dissapate to say in a dark voice, "I have no time for this, teach me now!" and with that, she threw Neji to the ground.
Naruto's Apartment: 10:07PM
Naruto was lying on his bed smiling and playing with Pyron. He was holding a steak on steel wire, to play cat and mouse with the dragon.
'STEAK!' thought Pyron, jumping off of the furniture.
The door opened, and Elric stepped in to witness Naruto acting like a fisherman. The albino sighed, and sat down on a stool.
"Naruto," he began, "I have learned that you and that Tenten girl are...an item?"
The blond nodded while blushing. he let the string go, and soon Pyron had the steak in his hands, gnawing on the juicy meat.
"Be careful, Stormbringer has a tendency to steal the ones you love." Elric stated from experience, "Are you ready for the Chunin Exams tomorrow?"
"Yeah, I'll meet up with team seven at the bridge." The blond remembered.
"Fine, but I want to teach you some runes before you go to sleep." Elric said, pulling out a tome from his pack.
He laid it open with a thud, and flipped to the front. Pictured was the same rune he had cast on Naruto before he went to Wave.
"This is a fireball rune, good for one fireball. These runes are easily created, but I have to teach you how to use magic before you can use it." Elric stated, pulling out a wooden block.
The albino grabbed Naruto's hands, and placed them on the sides. Naruto felt a pull on his chakra system. The pull got stronger, before Naruto was in extreme pain. After a minute of yelling, Naruto fell off the bed, his hands leaving the block, which Elric put away.
"I just forcibly changed your chakra to access magic. Now we start." Elric stated, lifting Naruto from the ground.
Naruto got back onto the bed, his chakra system repairing almost instantly, 'Being metal has its benefits' he thought, before asking, "How do I use Magic?"
"Just channel your chakra, you'll notice the difference." Elric stated, shifting in his chair.
Naruto brought energy to his hands, which shot out a bright white glow.
"Draw the symbol while you continue to channel chakra. Then, drag the image onto whatever you want, close your hand when you are done. When it is hit, the fireball will launch at the direction it was hit from. The closer your hand is, the more powerful the rune will be, the further away your hand is, the weaker. Touch the object or person for maximum power." Elric instructed.
Naruto drew the symbol, and saw it appear in his vision, on top of anything he was pointing at. He pulled his hand back as far as he could, and saw the image grow faint. Placing it on a pencil, Naruto closed his hand and the image disappeared.
"I put it on the pencil. How can I get it off?" Naruto asked, as he might want to use that pencil.
"You can get it off by placing a nullifying rune on top," Elric said, indicating an X-shaped rune in the book, "or it will go away in one day."
Naruto tried the nullifying rune with great success, "Are there other runes for me to learn? I want to learn a healing rune, in case someone gets hurt." he asked.
Elric passed the tome to Naruto, "Feel free to read the runes, but don't touch them, runes drawn in blood last until they are destroyed. The only reason the runes don't all go off when you close the book is that the paper is made of pure magic. The further you go in the book the more powerful the runes become."
"Do you know all of these, Elric?" Naruto asked, wondering how strong he was.
"Of course I know all of them! These are all the runes I know!" Elric laughed, before stating, "These are all of the runes IN EXISTENCE, including the ones Ninja use."
Naruto squealed like a giddy school-girl, before opening the book and practicing the symbols. Elric left to boy to his studies, and silently cast a energy rune on him.
Konoha's Central bridge: 7:45AM
Naruto and Pyron walked up to Sasuke and Sakura, waving hello, "Hey guys! Are you ready for the exams?" he asked, yawning, for he had stayed up studying the book the entire time.
"IDIOT!" screamed Sakura, bonking him on the head, "WHY ARE YOU TIRED? WE WON'T PASS WITH YOU ALL TIRED LIKE THAT! Aww...what a cute dragon! DID YOU STEAL HIM OR SOMETHING? What is your name little guy?"
Naruto rubbed the area, and even though he didn't feel any pain, he lied, "Ouch! I'm sorry!"
Pyron jumped up and smacked Sakura on the head, 'Don't hit my master! My name is Pyron!'
Suddenly, Kakashi jumped down from the top of the bridge, "Now that you all are here, go to Academy room 313. That is where the first test is. I'm glad you all came!" Kakashi vanished in a puff of smoke.
Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura were walking to the academy, when Sakura asked Naruto, "So...You and Tenten, huh?" with a coy smile on her lips.
Naruto blushed, but Sakura kept the attack going, "Ino happened upon you two in the forest. She says you were kissing on the ground. She was there for a while, but you two didn't stop."
"Well...I'm her boyfriend now..." Naruto said slowly, to which Sakura squealed.
"Naruto! I knew you weren't a complete loser!" Sakura said triumphantly.
Sasuke smirked, "Good job, idiot."
"Sasuke-kun! Will you go out with me now?" Sakura asked with stars in her eyes.
"No." Sasuke said plainly.
Konoha Academy: 7:54AM
The group entered, and went up only to the second floor, where a massive cluster were standing in front of two kids, guarding a door that said '313' where all of the other doors had '2XX' on them. Naruto and his group paled at the sheer amount of people that had fallen for it.
Lee walked up to the door, only to be hit away by one of the kids guarding it, "You shouldn't bother trying to go in! You'll fail and never be allowed to become a Chunin!" the kid said.
Tenten walked up to retrieve Lee, and Naruto saw the kid who had just hit Lee prepare another strike.
In an instant, Naruto was between the two, gripping the kid's hand. He threw the boy over the heads of the crowd, through the window. He then delivered an incredibly strong punch to the other one's stomach.
"Don't you dare lay a hand on her!" Naruto yelled at the kid doubled over in pain on the ground, "Tell your friend to think before hitting people!"
Tenten helped Lee, who didn't seem to have any damage on him off of the ground, "Thank you Naruto-kun!" she said coyly, before kissing him deeply.
After breaking the kiss, Tenten led both teams upstairs to the real room, "The only reason we were there is because Lee can't figure out genjutsu. Neji and I saw through it easily." finishing her statement, Tenten grabbed Naruto's hand, and pushed the door open.
The room was full of hopeful Genin, all staring at the newcomers, Hinata especially.
'THERE SHE IS! Is she..holding my Naruto-kun's hand!? I'LL KILL HER!' Hinata thought, visible hatred in her eyes.
'I hope Tenten can fend for herself against Hinata-sama...I can't even warn Tenten, or Hinata-sama will use the caged bird seal on me!' Neji thought, sweating at the sight of Hinata, who had really done a number on him the last night, refusing him sleep until she mastered the tenketsu, 'Also, Hinata-sama can see the Tenketsu! I fear for Tenten's life...'
"Sit down ingrates!" shouted a man in the front, "My name is Morino Idate, and I will be your examiner today! Take a card and sit the hell down!"
Naruto paled, 'This man is related to Ibiki! I'll have to talk to him.' he thought, before taking a card, number 28.
Naruto sat down right next to Hinata, who blushed. Pyron climbed onto his head, copying Akamaru, who jumped onto Kiba's.
'Pyron,' called Naruto in his mind, 'can you hear me?'
'Yes, Naruto-sama, I can hear you loud and clear' responded the sky-blue dragon, 'What do you wish for me to do?'
'I know all of the answers to the test, I want you to communicate them to Sasuke, Sakura, Tenten, and her team.' ordered Naruto.
Pyron nodded, and Idate began to speak, "The rules are simple; Answer the 9 questions to the best of your ability. If you are caught cheating by either me or the proctors, you will lose 2 points. If, at any time, you run out of points, you and your team will fail. The tenth question will be given at the end of the test. NO TALKING!" he shouted, "You may start now."
Naruto wrote down the memorized answers within minutes, and communicated them to Pyron. The dragon then informed the others, also telling Lee and Neji who he was. Because of the way he did it, none of the proctors found out.
Hinata used her Byakugan to peek at Naruto's hastily written answers, and after checking them ,found them to all be correct, 'Naruto-kun, how did you know all of these? I thought you slept during class!' It doesn't matter, I will proceed to the final stage, and take Tenten-teme out!' the pale-eyed girl thought in an angry tone.
Naruto fell asleep, and woke up when Idate shouted, "Time's up bitches! Tenth question time! I will now explain the rules of the tenth question! If you don't want to take the tenth question, you and your team fail! If you choose to take it and get it wrong, not only do you fail, but you and your team can never become Chunin!" having said this, Idate smirked as many kids held up their hands and submitted to his icy rein.
'Pyron, make sure to tell the group I told you of not to quit, this is just another of the tests! If you accept, you automatically pass!' Naruto ordered Pyron in his mind.
Pyron nodded in affirmation, and relayed the instruction to Naruto and Tenten's teams, 'They all understand. YAY!' the dragon yelled happily.
Many teams left, but Kakashi's team, along with Kurenai's, Gai's, and Asuma's all stayed in.
"All of you that are left! You all pass! It takes a real Chunin to accept any mission, no matter the consequences. Good job!" Idate congratulated the remaining ninja.
With a crash, a ball of fabric flew through the window, and a large banner was unfurled behind a purple-haired woman. The banner read: Anko Mitarashi, 2nd examiner.
"Follow me to the second area!" Anko shouted, and jumped out of the window.
Everyone followed, except for Naruto who walked up to Idate, "Are you Ibiki-sensei's brother?"
"Yeah, did you know him, kid?" Idate asked the blond-haired boy.
"He was my instructor, I miss him..." Naruto said sadly.
"Not as much as I do, kid. What is your name?" the man asked the genin as he was jumping out of the window.
"The name is Uzumaki Naruto! Bye!" and with that, Naruto left to join the group.
Konoha: Outside of the forest of Death: 9:00AM
Anko stood, briefing the genin on their test, "You have 5 days to get to the tower in the middle with both the Heaven and Earth scrolls. You may collect as many as you want, but they won't get you bonus points. You may not look at the contents of the scrolls until you have reached the inside of the tower. Each team is assigned a scroll and a gate. You may use any methods to capture other team's scrolls." Anko yelled.
"What about killing the other contestants?" asked a red-haired boy with a massive gourd strapped to his back.
Anko smiled, "That is what these slips are for. They state that Konoha is not responsible for your lives while participating in the second exam. Killing is allowed, but you must understand that you are ending the life of another." Anko stated sadly, before handing out the papers for the children to sign.
'Master, may I eat the other contestants?' asked Pyron.
'Only if they are not Konoha shinobi, and you have retrieved their scrolls." Naruto relented, a spark of cruelty showing.
Pyron nodded, and danced around, 'I get to eat people! YAY!' he shouted into the minds of anyone who was listening, which was everyone.
Tenten walked up to Naruto, and wrapped her arms around him, "Naruto-kun, stay safe for me." she said into his ear, before kissing him, "I want this kiss back at the end of this." She then left with her team towards the booth, paper of consent in her hand.
Naruto reached towards her while she walked away, "Tenten-chan, I want to give you something!" at this, Tenten turned around.
Naruto channeled chakra to his hands, and drew a shinning shield symbol, casting it on Tenten. He followed it with multiple damage-healing runes, and 4 second-level elemental attacks. Finally, he pulled the tome from his backpack, flipping towards the back of the book.
"Naruto-kun, what are you doing?" Tenten asked the boy as he studied one of the runes.
"I'm protecting my girlfriend, that's what. Hold still, I have to make these runes Elric taught me last the full 5 days." Naruto informed her, drawing an hour-glass rune, and casting it over the others.
Naruto casted the rune 3 more times, "There we go, All of the runes on you should last 5 days now." he stated, closing the tome slowly.
"Which runes did you place on me Naruto-kun?" Tenten asked curiously.
"The shield rune protects you from any genjutsu, the cross runes will heal you when you get hurt, and the others will launch powerful random elemental attacks in the direction you are hit from, every time you are hit. The elements I placed on you were fire, water, earth and air. Be careful, Tenten-chan." Naruto finished, embracing Tenten in a prolonged hug.
Tenten nodded, and ran off to join her group. Naruto watched lovingly as she left, unaware of the cold stare she was given.
'I will get you during the finals, so everyone will see that I am meant for Naruto-kun, not you! SWINE!' Hinata yelled in her mind.
Gate number 42: 9:30AM
Naruto stood with Sakura and Sasuke at the gate, staring into the forest. Their lock exploded like the ones they saw in the distance.
'Let's do this!' thought Naruto.
'Stay safe, Naruto-kun!' thought Tenten.
'I'll take you out, Tenten!' Hinata yelled in her mind.
'Mother wants all of your blood!' roared the red-haired boy subconsciously.
'I GET TO EAT HUMANS! HELL YEAH!' Pyron thought happily.
Naruto's Mindscape
"It is time to KILL!" yelled Stormbringer, as shadowed forces began to drill under the Cerebral castle, nearing the surface slowly.
End of Leaves of Steel, Chapter 15
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