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"Speech"

Thought

Jutsu

Naruto and the Tornado of Konoha

By: Sealed-Dragon

Naruto had a hard time sleeping. Who could after seeing a person they thought to be nice turn against them. But then, he'd never had a good feeling about him anyway.

His thoughts went back to his words. Was he the Kyuubi? Was the only way for him to be destroyed was to make him have a human body? He shook his head. Even if he was the Kyuubi, he would still become Hokage, just to prove that he was not some demon.

Suddenly, he felt a pull on his conscience. Before he could put up any barrier, he felt himself being whisked away.

When he finally landed, he looked around. He was in some sort of sewer. He felt another pull on him, pulling him to his feet. Curiosity got the better of him, as he let himself be 'pulled' thru the sewer. Eventually, he found himself before a giant gate. It was mountainous, with a small slip of paper with the word seal in the center of it.

"So you've decided to heed my call, have you."

Naruto felt like he should've jumped at the sound. Instead, he smirked towards the gate. "Well, it wasn't like I had much of a choice."

"Quiet human, you're beginning to bore me. Now, come closer so I can get a better look at you."

After a moment, Naruto decided that there wasn't any harm in getting a little bit closer. He quickly regretted this, as a large claw shot out and tried to squish him. Jumping back, he turned back to the gate. "You just wanted to get a better look at me?"

"Of course, otherwise I wouldn't be able to see the look on your face. Now that was priceless."

"I see, you know, you're really starting to bug me. Do you know which way the exit is?"

"Brat! Do you know who I am? I am the all powerful Kyuubi! I am the Lord of Demons, the Nine-Tailed Fox! Bow before me and beg for mercy!"

Naruto looked at him, he looked amused by the Kyuubi's antics. "I don't really feel like it, now which way did you say the exit was?"

The Kyuubi's killer intent nearly made him shudder. It was worse than rotten ramen and spoiled milk! "You brat, do you realize that you should be serving me and my every need? I could crush you easily, were it not for this seal. I command you to take it off!"

"Make me." Naruto decided that he'd had enough and turned away. As he left, he could feel the malice that was radiating from the Kyuubi. For some reason, this made Naruto happy. Maybe I should do this more often. He thought as he finally figured out how to get out.

xX Next Day: at the academy Xx

Ryuu was getting anxious. He was sure that Iruka would listen to him, but it was the third member who was bugging him. He saw plenty of different people who could fill the spot, but he already understood that the teams needed to be balanced, and that required a girl.

Sakura, to much of a Sasuke fan girl. Ino, far to loud. Hinata, was shy around Naruto. Ha…wait a second. His mind did a double take. Hinata wasn't a fan girl of Sasuke, was shy around Naruto, usually blushing. He'd hit a gold mine! Plus she had the Byakugan, a valuable asset to the group.

He looked up as he heard several, startled cry's. Naruto had just entered the building. Apparently it wasn't going to well for those who knew that he'd failed. He decided to quickly move him away from those who were pestering him.

"Hey Naruto, you passed!" all the attention was directed at him. Wow, so this is the center of attention, how interesting. "Why don't you come sit by me?"

Naruto was next to him rather quickly. After his late night visitor, he was beginning to doubt that anyone would want to be his friend. But Ryuu was still there, calling for him. He decided to let it happen now, question motives, later.

In front of them, a boy turned around. "So the dead last managed to pass eh?" Ryuu looked him over. Finally, after a long silence he remembered the fools name. And he was going to make poor Kiba suffer.

"Kiba, what are you saying?" Ryuu leaned forward so that he was in his face. Kiba leaned back, slightly disturbed. "Are you saying that you actually did better than him at everything?"

"Hell yah!" Kiba yelled, falling right into Ryuu's well laid trap.

"Really, have you ever tried to test your chakra capacity against his?" Ryuu need only one look to tell that he used a word that was to big for his brain to compute.

"What he asked is if you have more chakra than me." Naruto stepped in, allowing Kiba's poor mind to reboot.

"I knew that! Wait, what?" This made both of them face-vault. Here he was, saying he was better than Naruto, yet even Naruto had understood what was going on.

"Quiet down everyone." Iruka walked into the room. Most of the kids noticed that he seemed to limp a little, but brushed it off. "All right, it's time to pick your teams."

"We get to pick our teams? Sweet!" Kiba yelled, making most of the class sweat drop.

"No Kiba, what I meant was I'll be telling you which team you'll be on." Iruka waved his hand as Kiba went into a pout mode. "All right, team one…"

The attention was almost immediately lost on those who's names weren't being called. Once he got to team 7 Ryuu started to pay attention. He hadn't heard his name or Naruto's name called yet, but it was to soon.

"Team 7, Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, and Hiro. Your sensei is Kakashi Hayate"

"Team 8, Shino Aburame, Momiji, and Kiba Inuzuka. Your sensei is Kurenai Yuri"

"Team 9, Naruto Uzumaki, Hinata Hyuuga, and Ryuu Fuuin. Your sensei is…"

Both Naruto and Ryuu were practically jumping up in the air. Hinata was blushing, and trying not to faint at the thought of being on the same team as Naruto. They were so caught up, they didn't realize that for a moment, they didn't realize Iruka hadn't said their sensei's name.

"Iruka-sensei, who's our new sensei?" Naruto asked, finally figuring out what he'd missed.

Iruka sighed. He was the only one on active duty who would give Naruto a run for his money. But he was also harder to please than Kakashi.

"Your sensei is…Kurogane Kamikaze." Iruka said.

"I've never heard of him, is he any good?" Ryuu said, leaning back in his chair.

Iruka tried to choose his next words carefully. "I guess so, he's a hard man to please though…"

"Of course I am, but then you haven't met me have you?" Iruka froze. He was here, right on time too.

All eyes turned towards the door. Several girls nearly fainted, while the boys thought he looked a little tacky. He was wearing a black shirt, black pants, with a sword tied to his back. His forehead protector was like ran down the sides of his face, like the Second Hokage's did. Other than that there was just a dead air around him, a very creepy air.

"You three, training ground one now." He walked out without another word. Ryuu and Naruto looked at each other, sending worried glances as they left for the training area.

xX At training ground 1 Xx

They all sat in a semicircle around him. None of them had any idea of what to do. He sat there, eating some Pocky, waiting for one of them to begin.

Finally, their sensei straitened up. "My name is Kurogane, you will address me as sensei. Is that clear?" They all nodded. He slowly looked them over. Great, I always am left with the short end of the stick. He though to himself, mentally shaking his head. "You all have to answer this next question very seriously. Why are you a shinobi?"

Naruto looked up. It was a simple question, but for some reason, he could feel that there was something behind it. He couldn't place his finger on it, but it was like some sort of test. "My Naruto Uzumaki, and my purpose of becoming a shinobi, is to let everyone see that their view of me is wrong. That I'm a ninja and will protect them with my life if needs be."

Kurogane nodded, pointing to Ryuu. He sat up straight. "My name is Ryuu Fuuin. I don't have a purpose for becoming a shinobi." Kurogane lifted an eyebrow. This is new. "I am trying to renew what was lost, to make things right again, and to help my team rise to reach their goal."

Kurogane was more than a little confused, but he decided to move on. Hinata squeaked when he looked at her. Not that much self-confidence apperently. He thought as he motioned for her to speak. "My name is H-Hinata Hyuuga. M-my purpose i-is to p-please m-my f-f-father. I n-need to be s-strong s-so that h-h-he will recognize m-me for m-me."

Her stuttering was not lost on him, he noticed the two words that she stuttered heaviest on. He might just have to have a talk with Hiashi. After all, he did have some things on him that no one else would dream of.

"There is one more question that you must answer before I can accept you." Kurogane paused, allowing them to drink in the silence. "The final question, is do you know what it really means to be a ninja?"

Naruto spoke up quickly. "A ninja is a person who is willing to put his all to protect those who are precious to them. if they don't do that, they are not worthy of being called scum."

Ryuu looked at Naruto, he hadn't quite expected that answer, but glancing at Kurogane, he could see that it had some affect on him. Well, if it worked once, maybe it would help convince him. "A ninja who is devoid of all emotion is not a ninja, they are simply a corpse. But a ninja has moments where if they didn't turn off their emotion, they would succumb to insanity, or would become bloodthirsty."

Kurogane looked them over. "Well, I guess I have no choice now."

"What do you mean sensei?" Hinata asked. She was confused, what choice did he have in the first place?

"What I mean is that I have the option of passing you or failing you. And based on your answers, I can come to only one conclusion." He looked at them darkly, making each of them think over what they had said, to see if what they said was wrong. "My choice, is that you all pass." Their reaction was exactly as he expected it to be.

Naruto and Ryuu face-vaulted, while Hinata blushed when Naruto's face-vault brought him closer to her. Once the boy's recovered, they started yelling at their sensei, about how cruel he was to torture them. Once they calmed down, Ryuu had a sudden thought. If it was as fun as their sensei made it seem, he could have laughs for life! He would have to test this on Naruto.

Kurogane laughed heartily. I haven't laughed since my old genin team. He stopped, his face constricting in a painful look. Those thoughts were likely to kill him one day. He turned his attention back to his team. "You all have become shinobi for selfless reasons. One, is to protect his precious people. This is one of the best aspirations that anyone could have. Another, is to get their father, and others, to see them. Not always the best, but it means you must carry a lot of determination to get it done. And finally, we have the boy with a clan's weight on his shoulders. All of you are selfless in your own way. That is why you've become genin."

"Really? So we're officially genin?" Naruto had heard of a second test, but this was to easy.

"Yep, I don't care about what skills you have, but what I do care about, is weither you got into this for the right reasons. Since you passed, I'll be able to examine your skills for a while." He looked at the boy's eager faces. "Unless you want to have a training sesion right now?"

"Yes sensei!" Ryuu yelled, pumping his fist into the air.

xX Nearly five hours later Xx

They were all exausted. They had only used taijutsu, but they got worn out really quickly. Hinata was the first to fall over, or faint. Next was Ryuu, followed shortly by Naruto. Honestly, Kurogane didn't think that Naruto would have a chance against Ryuu, his taijutsu simply sucked horribly. But he quickly proved that he shouldn't underestimate a pure amount of grit and determination.

Kurogane looked them over. They were all panting and trying to get a second wind. He sighed, stamina, their form, and overall power would have to come sooner or later. His training would have to be harsh if they wanted to get anywhere. He looked up at the sky for a moment before looking back to them. "You know, I know this great place called Itchiraku, I'll pay for whoever wants to come with me."

He would later realize what a mistake he made. Naruto jumped up, fully revived and bolted for the Itchiraku stand. He looked at Ryuu who just waved him off. He didn't bother with Hinata, mostly because two branch members were on either side of her, lifting her to take her to the Hyuuga compound.

Later that night, when Kurogane finally checked how much he'd put on his tab, he sweat dropped. "YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!! 200 RYU FOR THIS KID!!!" he sighed, and made a mental tab to never, ever, invite Naruto for ramen in his lifetime. But then, Naruto lived off ramen.

He looked over at his nightstand. There were several pictures on it, each in turn making him a little sadder. "Did I do the right thing guys?" they didn't answer. He sighed, hoping that for once, he could protect all those who were truly precious to him, and make the sacrific for them.

He chuckled for a moment, then he turned over and went to sleep.

Author's Note:

Hello everyone! This is my second chapter! I send my thanks to ChosenOne23, and Seimika for sending in reviews.

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