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"Speech"

Thought

Jutsu

Naruto and the Tornado of Konoha

By: Sealed-Dragon

Naruto walked happily down the street, ignoring the angry glares that he got from the citizens around him. There wasn't anything that they could really do to him, now that he was officially a genin. He smiled at that thought.

He was so caught up in his thoughts, he nearly missed Sasuke, battered and bruised. It was a sight to see, and Naruto couldn't help but laugh a little. "Hey, Sasuke-teme! What happened to you?"

Sasuke looked up, growling at Naruto. "Me and my team got went through survival training so we could pass as genin."

Naruto scratched his head. "You guys had survival training? I guess we got off easy."

Curiosity suddenly overcame Sasuke's desire to punch the dobe in the jaw. "What do you mean by that?"

"Well, all we had to do was answer a couple of questions." Naruto scratched the back of his head, looking a little embarrassed. Sasuke on the other hand, was furious.

"You mean to tell me, that you only had to answer a few questions!" he could feel his blood begin to boil as he though dangerous thoughts at his sensei.

Naruto didn't notice the sudden change in mood, to him it was just, 'normal' Sasuke. "Uh, ya. What's your point?"

Sasuke looked at him, dumbfounded. "Didn't your sensei tell you about the 66 failure rate? How all the sensei's give their own tests to see if their squad will pass?"

"No, is that what your sensei told you?" Sasuke nodded. "Well then what the…"

"Naruto," a calming voice from behind him said. He whirled around to see Ryuu. "If you continue your confrontation with Sasuke, it will make you late for his first training session. And if you don't train, you'll never become Hokage."

Naruto was gone in a flash, yelling about how missing one practice would be the difference in him becoming Hokage. Sasuke turned back to Ryuu. "Why did you send the dobe off? If he'd continued to talk, all I would've done would be hit him."

Ryuu turned to Sasuke, sending him an icy glare. "Did your sensei really tell you that?"

"Ya, what's your point?" Sasuke was felling more and more confused. The dobe not remembering was one thing, but their sensei actually not telling them was another all together.

"No he didn't tell us. Thank you for telling me this. I will make sure to ask him why during our training." Ryuu gave Sasuke a short nod, before jumping onto a house.

Sasuke stared after him. After a moment, he shrugged and walked off. It wasn't his problem.

xX At training ground one Xx

Kurogane had a lovely training program laid out for his pupils. 50 laps around Konoha, 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 25 pull-ups, and a bunch of other exercises. And if one of them couldn't complete them, they could start all over again. He grinned evilly. This would be so much fun!

He then sighed as he leaned against a tree and pulled out a picture. He looked it over for a moment before putting it away. He remembered the bell test, and how he'd been tied to the log screaming bloody murder at his sensei. Of course, when they got their second chance, he was humbled to see just how great his teammates were and how powerful his sensei was.

"S-sensei?" He slowly looked up. Hinata was standing in front of him, ten minutes earlier than she needed to be. He was both pleased and disappointed. Pleased, because he wouldn't have to really worry about her being late. Disappointed, because if he wanted to have any, 'me' time, he would have to come earlier.

A moment later, an orange blur flew onto the training grounds. Gasping for a little bit of air, Naruto grinned at them. Kurogane tried not to sigh when he saw Hinata's blush. He could probably utilize this later.

"Your late Naruto." Kurogane said, looking up at the sun.

Naruto looked up too. "Eh, but sensei, we still have three minutes left!"

"What I meant was that you are late when compared to the other two." He said thumbing towards Hinata.

Naruto looked a little ashamed that he was the last one there. Then he remembered something. He had two teammates. "Sensei, where's Ryuu?"

"I'm right here." Everyone looked into the tree. Ryuu was sitting there, looking casual and lazy. "I've been waiting for you guys to notice me, but it took you long enough."

Kurogane was going into shock. He hadn't felt even a small trace of his chakra when he approached. It was almost like…nah he couldn't have learned that technique, could he?

"If you hadn't have called out to us, we would've found you really quickly, right sensei?" Naruto looked desperately at his sensei.

Kurogane sighed. "Yes Naruto, we would've found him. Mostly because Hinata's byakugan could've found him if he was a mile away."

Naruto looked at Hinata in shock. "Hinata, can you really do that?" unable to form a reply, she simply nodded. "Wow, remind me not to try to run away from you! You'll find me like that!" he accentuated his statement with a snap.

Ryuu sighed. "Yes Naruto, she could've found you in a second, but she could not have caught you in a second." As he said that, a frown crossed his face. He turned to Kurogane. "And speaking of being caught, why didn't you tell us about the 66 failure rate and give us a test any competent shinobi could answer?

He was ready for this, he just hadn't figured they'd found out so soon. "Well, if you think about it, my test is actually more competent and difficult than the bell test."

Ryuu was confused. "What do you mean sensei?"

"If people keep using it, eventually a family will explain it to their kids and will get them all to pass. And if incompetent shinobi are in the field, we could lose wars over that. We make sure that they are all differently attributed kids on the team, so that it balances out.

"Your team for instance. It balances out pretty well. We have the expert, Ryuu. Your skills in taijutsu are textbook perfect, and your control is pretty good to, although I don't know if you know any ninjutsu or genjutsu. We have the middle-man, or rather middle-woman, Hinata. Your taijutsu is derived from your families traits but is still at least in the middle stages, and you have superb control over your chakra. And then we have the unlearned, Naruto. Being unlearned simply means that you had no one who was willing to help you to get further. Your control is in the toilet, and your taijutsu is sloppy."

"Hey, what's that supposed to mean?" Naruto yelled, looking at his sensei in rage.

Kurogane waved his hand at him. "I don't mean that you are a lost cause, just that you will be the hardest to teach. A challenge if you will. But then again, you are a one trick pony, only using your Shadow Clone Jutsu. No one would teach you before, heck some tried to lessen it. But I'm going to teach you, and you will become better. That being said, you two shouldn't get comfortable. Just because Naruto is getting, Remedial Lessons, doesn't mean your training is going to end."

"Thank you sensei. But when you spoke of the bell test, you were talking about the ninja as well as the concept." Ryuu was tilting his head from side to side, as thought he were trying to get some thought unlocked from his brain.

"Well think about it. Most of the kids today aren't trying to become shinobi for the right reasons. Like those Sasuke fan girls." He shuddered. Fan girls gave him the creeps. "They got into being shinobi because they wanted his affection. Where as Sasuke went down that path so that he could kill someone."

"Who does he want to kill sensei?" Naruto asked, feeling more confused at where this discussion was going.

"He wants to kill he older brother, Itachi Uchiha. He killed his entire clan in one night, left Konoha, and became a missing-nin. Now, only him and Itachi hold that bloodline." He could almost feel a soberness in the air. Naruto hadn't thought of that when he looked at Sasuke. He'd just thought that he was a broody and stupid kid who wanted to make everyone else look stupid. Then again, that was probably just one of the upsides to it.

Ryuu decided to break the silence. "It isn't any way to live, the life of an avenger. They will always find themselves feeling emptier than when they started. And all the power that they built up to kill that person will be for naught, because he will have that power, but he won't have a purpose anymore."

Hinata looked over at him. "Y-you s-sound l-like your s-speaking from p-personal e-experience R-Ryuu-san"

Ryuu looked at her, as if she'd brought him out of his thoughts. "No, it was my uncle. He was after Orochimaru, the snake Sannin because he used his son in an experiment."

"That's just sick and wrong!" Naruto shouted. Kurogane put his pinky into his ear. The kid could yell loud, although, it was the soft side that could scare people who thought of him as a demon.

Kurogane got a sudden thought. "Before we begin our exercise, I have a few more things to cover. First, family matters are team matters. As a team we are as tight as any family could ever be." He noticed that they all seemed to flinch at that. Hm, interesting. "And second, because we are a team, we cannot have any secrets from each other. If one of us has a secret, it will tear us apart."

Naruto raised his hand. "Sensei, what if we are supposed to keep a S-ranked secret?"

"I really don't care how they classify their ranking of secrets, if it involves you, you need to tell the rest of us." Kurogane was suddenly feeling a sinking feeling in his stomach. He understood what was going to be said, but he wasn't sure how the other two would react to it.

"Well, I'll tell the first one. Now this secret is beyond S-ranked, so you can't tell anyone else." Everyone nodded as Naruto continued. "My secret, is that…"

He was suddenly cut off as several ANBU appeared in the clearing. The leader quickly walked forward. "Naruto-san, the Hokage requests your presence immediately."

Naruto scowled at them. They had arrived at just the right second to stop him from spilling his secret. While his anger flared, he slowly nodded, following after the ANBU. Kurogane suddenly looked worried.

"Guy's we're going to cancel training today and we're going to follow after Naruto. Something about this whole situation isn't right." He looked after Naruto for a moment, then he turned back to Ryuu and Hinata. "Well come on, let's go!"

They all jumped off, hoping that whatever happened, Naruto would be alright.

xX The Hokage's office Xx

"For the last time, no!" The Third was getting frustrated. First Danzo and now his own teammates.

"Look all we're doing is giving you a choice, you can make Naruto Konoha's weapon, or you can kill that demon spawn." Koharu said, giving him the hardest glare she possibly could. She'd listened to his first decision, but now she seemed to be all for the council's decision.

"No, you're giving me an ultimatum, one that could come back and get you killed." Koharu didn't even flinch at hearing this. She'd seen death many times, why should she be any more scared now?

"Sarutobi, you really need to listen to us. We are just acting in the best interests of the village." Homura said, trying to placate the fuming Hokage. However, his efforts were in vain.

"We will let Naruto and his sensei settle this. I will not let the council do such an act with out his consent. That is my decision, understood?"

"Who is his sensei? You have yet to tell us, and we've been asking you for quite a while now." Koharu said, making sure to look him in the eye. She knew that the only way to get him, would be to convince his sensei, which shouldn't be a problem considering their status.

More like badgering me if that's what you mean. Sarutobi though, trying to restrain his killing intent from them.

There was a sudden knock at the door. "Come in."

Naruto walked in, trailed by a small squad of ANBU, his teammates, and his sensei. The moment Homura and Koharu saw him, all their hopes rose and fell. They knew who he was, and how strongly he could stand by a decision, it just depended where he stood.

"Hello Hokage-sama, if you don't mind, will you send my team and the ANBU out?" Kurogane said making sure that he got his point. He did, waving them off with a wave of his hand. Even as they left, he could hear Naruto cursing up a storm about how they stopped his training for this. Sarutobi sighed, he was the same old Naruto all right.

"What do you wish to speak with us about?" Koharu said, getting strait to the point. She felt that if they beat around the bush, she would lose the foothold she had.

Kurogane glared at her. "I am here for Naruto, I already know what you're going to do and I refuse."

Homura looked confused. "This is unlike you, you would normally listen to both sides of the story before making any decision. What could possibly make you act out like this?"

Kurogane glared at him, not even trying to hold in his killing intent. He was mad at them, and he wasn't going to hide that.

Instead of answering, he reached into a pocket and pulled out a letter. He waved it at them, before placing it almost gingerly on the Hokage's desk. Sarutobi leaned forward, picking up the letter and opening it. The contents both shocked and pleased him. He should've known better than to have any doubts.

He let his former teammates have a quick look at it before handing it back. However, one quick look was all it took.

"How dare you! You've kept valuable infromation from us!" Koharu screached at him.

Kurogane put a pinky in his ear. "You realize that I didn't even read that letter until yesterday, don't you?" he pulled out his finger and smiled in a completely evil way. "You didn't think I would keep such valuable infromation from the, honerable, councel. I simply didn't understand the importance of the letter until I actually opened it and read it."

"To even have infromation of this nature could be considered treason, you do realize that don't you?" Homaru said, layering his voice with malice.

Kurogane turned back to them, radiating with killer intent. "Now, let me see, I have to upstanding adults who are acting like spoiled kids who, just want that new toy. They want it so bad they've shoved a stick so far up their-"

"Kurogane, that's enough." He turned to the Hokage, still radiating his intent. After a wordless chat, he sighed. Sarutobi turned to his former teammates. "We must honor his final wish to Kurogane. Now Kurogane, please take Naruto and move him into your home. He will be safer there."

Although they were grumbling, both Koharu and Homura nodded. Kurogane smiled, bowing to the Hokage, while sending a death glare at the other two, then he walked out the door. As he went back to his work, Sarutobi couldn't help but smile.

xX Outside the office Xx

Naruto was getting impatient. Waiting had never been his main game. Just as he was about to turn to converse with his team, the door opened. "Kurogane-sensei! What happened? I swear I haven't don't anything wrong since the scroll stealing incident."

"Naruto calm down, you're not in any trouble."

"Oh, well then, what happened in there?"

Kurogane sighed. He really didn't want to lie to him, but he would have to wait a little longer before he could tell him. "Naruto, the man you pay rent to, just kicked you out of the complex."

"What! Why that no good…" he went off into a long stream of curse words, leaving Hinata with a small blush, and Ryuu listening intently. I haven't hear those before. He said, tucking it into a mental file labeled, 'insults for later use'.

Kurogane decided he really didn't need Naruto to continue. He slapped his hand over his mouth. "Naruto, all the complexes have refused you service." Naruto froze. If he was telling the truth, then…he didn't have anywhere to live! Kurogane quickly took his hand off of his mouth.

"Wh-what am I going to do sensei? I don't want to live on the streets." He was shaking, he remembered the short time when he lived off the streets. It wasn't something that he planned on reliving.

"Well, I do have a couple of rooms I could spare." Kurogane looked thoughtful, as though he was considering it. "And with my library of jutsu's, nah you wouldn't want to live with me."

Naruto fell for the ploy hook, line, and sinker. "Sensei! Please let me stay with you! Oh please Oh please Oh please Oh please Oh please Oh please Oh please Oh please…"

"All right Naruto! Jeez, you really are loud aren't you?" Kurogane looked at him. He decided to seal the deal. "Let's go home, I may even make some ramen."

Naruto was following him like a mad puppy, leaving Ryuu and Hinata standing there with the anime sweatdrop.

Authors Note:

I would like to thank those of you who have read and reviewed my story. Now for a quick update.

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