"I see you dropped out of the exam," said Kagome as Naruto walked into their room.
"Even though it would be incredibly fun to kick a bunch of kid's butts, I think I'll pass to see my lovely wife," said Naruto as he gave his wife a passionate kiss. When they broke apart both of them were breathing heavily.
"I see you have missed me," said Kagome with a smirk.
"Yes I have, but now isn't the time for that, where is Kimimaro and Naraku-kun?" asked Naruto with a smile.
"Kimimaro-kun told me to tell you that he is carrying out the mission you gave him and Naraku-kun is playing with Aiko-chan in the garden," said Kagome before leading the way to Naraku.
"I take it you have been spending most of your time in the garden haven't you?" asked Naruto with a knowing look.
"I need to do something to keep my mind off missing you," said Kagome as she intertwined her fingers with his.
"I would have left a Kage Bunshin with you if I knew you were that lonely," said Naruto with a wink.
"Something tells me that Aiko-chan and I shouldn't hear anymore about what you and Kaa-san does with Kage Bunshin," said Naraku as he walked up to them with Aiko at his side.
"I want to know what Tou-san and Kaa-san do with Kage Bunshin," said Aiko innocently.
"Well you see," started Naruto before Kagome knocked him to the ground.
"Don't you even dare Naruto-kun or I will make you it so you can't walk properly," said Kagome glaring at her husband.
"It doesn't matter if she knows or not because no boy will ever lay a finger on her so long as I live," said Naruto as he got up.
"You will not stop our daughter from growing up," said Kagome.
"I won't, I'll just stop her from dating until she is around 50 or 60," said Naruto seriously.
"What are they talking about nii-chan?" asked Aiko to Naraku.
"Just a bunch of nonsense," replied Naraku with a sweat drop.
"Tou-san, Kaa-san can we go get something to eat please?" asked Aiko interrupting their fight.
"Kagome-chan we will discuss this later, but right now I need to talk to Naraku-kun," said Naruto seriously. Kagome instantly recognized his tone and realized she would have to finish the discussion later.
"Ok Naruto-kun, Aiko-chan come with me I'll take us into the village to get some food," said Kagome grabbing her daughter's hand before leading her away.
"Bye Tou-san and nii-chan," yelled Aiko as she skipped besides her Kaa-san. Naruto and Naraku watched them both go before they turned to face each other.
"Come, I'll take us somewhere safer," said Naruto before placing a hand on Naraku's shoulder and making them both disappear in a flash of yellow.
Break
"Where are we?" asked Naraku.
"In the Forest of Death, no one will bother us here," replied Naruto.
"Isn't the second part of the exam still going on?" asked Naraku.
"They are just having the preliminary matches, they'll be over soon," said Naruto.
"I see," said Naraku before he stopped interrupting his tou-san.
"Listen, when the invasion starts instead of protecting your mother or acting as my guard I want you to deal with the snake summons," said Naruto to the shock of Naraku.
"Why not make that Toad hermit who is in the village deal with the snake summons. Who will protect Kaa-san?" asked Naraku defiantly.
"Jiraiya can't deal with them all and besides your insects tend to actually be able to kill summons permanently. The less snakes have to deal with in the future the better," said Naruto.
"Who will protect Kaa-san?" asked Naraku.
"Yugito-chan will protect your Kaa-san," replied Naruto.
"I don't like it," said Naraku looking around the area.
"Yes well you will just have to have some faith in Yugito-chan," said Naruto giving Naraku a small signal.
"Got her," said Naraku before he blurred from existence. Naruto just smirked before following after his son. They didn't have to go far before they found the second examiner Anko fighting off a horde of demonic insects.
"Having fun spying?" asked Naraku with a smirk. Anko looked at the man she was just spying on and couldn't help but admire how handsome he was.
'He looks just as dangerous and sadistic even when he isn't wearing that Baboon outfit of his,' thought Anko with a lustful look.
"Recall your bugs Naraku-kun," said Naruto as he landed on the branch in front of the woman. Naraku just smirked before he sent a mental message to his bugs and they flew from the area to go hunt somewhere in the forest.
"Now Anko-chan, why were you spying on us?" asked Naruto causing the woman to glare at him for the chan part in her name.
"How do you know I was spying on you?" asked Anko as she looked for a way to escape.
"You are not going to escape so stop looking around, besides I think I can have some fun with you if you decide to stay," said Naraku appearing behind Anko with a perverse smirk on his face. Uses his demon sense, he could easily pick up that Anko was attracted to him from the look in her eyes and scent.
"I'll leave you two alone, Naraku you have your orders," said Naruto before disappearing in a swirl of leaves. Right after Naruto disappeared, Anko turned around so fast that Naraku didn't have time to respond as he found himself bound to the tree from some snakes that came out of her sleeves. Anko just smirked before she calmly walked up to Naraku and traced her kunai down his cheek and drawing blood. She then calmly licked the blood coming from the cut on his cheek, but it didn't taste right.
"I see you have noticed that I am not the real Naraku, I am just a puppet," smirked Naraku before many vines burst from him and wrapped around Anko making her lose her balance and fall off the branch. Right before she hit the ground Naraku caught her bridal style and then pinned her to the ground.
"You're better then I thought," said Anko with a crazed smirk.
"I'll take that as a compliment," replied Naraku before kissing Anko hard on the lips, which she greedily returned. He was going to continue further, but felt something off her that made his demon blood scream in anger. Anko wondered why he stopped, but soon found out when he tilted her head so that her curse seal mark was in sight.
"You have already been claimed by someone else," said Naraku getting off Anko and releasing her from the vines that held her. Anko just growled at him for dismissing her like that and forcing her to remember things she didn't want, but Naraku easily broke through her guard and pinned her to the nearest tree.
"You are strong woman, and my blood recognizes you as a potential mate, but you carry the mark of another man. If you survive the upcoming invasion and are willing to release yourself from your current master, come see me and I will make you mine," said Naraku before kissing Anko hard one last time then disappearing.
'I'll survive, just so that I can have my revenge against you for thinking you own me,' thought Anko ignoring the point that she was completely turned on by how he easily overpowered her.
'Kaa-san is going to have a fit when she meets Anko-chan,' thought Naraku with a smirk.
Break
"I see you two have made it to the finals, congratulations," said Naruto as Arashi and Gaara came to see their tou-san.
"It was uneventful except for Gaara-nii-chan's fight where he fought someone that might have actually proved a challenge if he could use jutsu," said Arashi before taking a seat next to his tou-san.
"Yes, it is unfortunate that Lee has a disease that doesn't allow him to use chakra like others," said Naruto.
"They also greatly underestimated us because of how you quit at the beginning," said Gaara.
"I knew they would, but now they know better I hope. Who did you end up fighting Arashi-kun?" said Naruto.
"I fought the third member of the sand team and enjoyed wiping that arrogant smirk off his face," replied Arashi with a smirk.
"I don't know where you got your love of fighting from," said Naruto with a smirk.
"He gets it from me," laughed Kagome as she and Aiko joined them.
"Arashi and Gaara-nii-chan," yelled Aiko happily before hugging Gaara and then climbing onto his lap.
"What no hug for me?" said Arashi in mock hurt.
"Maybe later," said Aiko with a smile. Naruto and Kagome just laughed at how Aiko treated Arashi. Aiko for some reason got along better with Kimimaro and Gaara better then her other siblings, which confused Naruto and Kagome to no end because she was so loud and full of energy where Gaara and Kimimaro were so stoic.
"No respect," mumbled Arashi with a small smile.
"For the next month I will be having Yugito-chan running you both into the ground so be prepared starting tomorrow," said Naruto with a smirk. Arashi just groaned while Gaara was too busy listening to Aiko talk about her day. Kagome just smiled as she watched her family interact before leaning her head on Naruto's shoulder.
Author's note: I apologize to all of you who might have wanted to do the preliminary matches, but we just didn't feel like repeating something that didn't really change at all from the original story line. We will be writing about the final matches so hope that makes up for the lose of the preliminary matches. Thanks for the reviews and take care.
The final match set up
Arashi vs. Dosu
Naruto vs. Neji
Gaara vs. Sasuke
Temari vs. Shikamaru
Shino vs. Kankuro
Aizen (Cloud genin) vs. winner of 5th match