Here's Chapter 5. Enjoy!


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Chapter 5:

Ibiki started collecting the papers from the examinees. Despite the fact that he already passed the 27 teams that Anko was now herding to the second phase of the exam, he wanted to read the answers to see how good these participants were. He took the paper belonging to the famous White Shinigami of Konoha and frowned. There was a trace of chakra on the paper that shouldn't be there. He was surprised when the chakra materialized in front of him, forming a message.

Ibiki, I left a chakra message on my test paper that can only be triggered by your chakra signature. There is a Konoha Genin in the exam by the name of Yakushi Kabuto. He has Jounin-level chakra reserves that I was able to sense despite how he tried to suppress it. He smells strongly of snakes and it's not from Anko. Also, Suna sent a jinchuuriki since his chakra signature is almost similar to mine. He should contain the Ichibi no Shukaku. Please inform Hokage-sama of this development. I will trail Kabuto in the second phase.

Ibiki was surprised when the floating message dissipated into nothing. He chuckled.

"Trust the Chakra Sage to do the impossible." the scarred Tokubetsu Jounin smirked before frowning. "I better inform Hokage-sama."

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Naruto casually walked the undergrowth of Training Ground 44, fearfully named the Forest of Death by the local shinobi, not caring of the dangers the forest was rumored to contain. He wasn't afraid since he practically grew up here thanks to Anko's training and their many spars. For him and the Snake Mistress, this was their private grounds, their home away from home. He was lucky that the second part was in a familiar terrain, making it infinitely easy for him to navigate through the undergrowth as he made his way to the tower.

The second part of the Chuunin Selection Exams involved two parts. The first was to acquire one of the two scrolls – Heaven and Earth Scroll – completing the set. The second part was survival. They need to make it to the tower at the center of the forest within five days with both scrolls in order to pass.

It was a difficult test for the Genins.

For Naruto, this was literally a walk in the park.

He was already two hours into the exam without meeting any Genins that would be aiming for his Earth Scroll. In terms of numbers, he was at a disadvantage. In terms of prowess, the Genins were sitting ducks.

Whistling a merry tune while enjoying a smoke from the stack he stole from Asuma (the man had the best tobacco in this side of the Elemental Nations and he didn't tell Naruto where to buy them. Stingy Jounin), he was about to start on a second stick when a barrage of kunais rained down from above. Naruto jumped back to escape the barrage before raising an eyebrow when he saw two teams of Kumo Genins appear in front of him.

"It is a good strategy to team up for this part of the exam." Naruto calmly told his ambushers, sensing another a chakra source behind him but he ignored it. "However, don't you think it is unfair to team up against a single Genin?"

"We heard all about you White Shinigami." A Kumo Genin carrying a katana on his back growled. "The Raikage gave us strict orders to kill you when we get the chance."

"Eh? The Raikage wants to capture little old me?" Naruto asked in amusement and curiosity. "What did I ever do to your Raikage? As far as I know, I have no beef with Kumo."

"Shut up, tree hugger. You killed a lot of our Jounins. He wants you put down like the rabid dog you are." growled another Kumo Genin, this one slapping a large mace on his palm.

"Well, it's not my fault that my mission conflicts with theirs. I aim to incapacitate but since they aimed to kill me, I returned the favor." said Naruto as he lit another cigarette while dodging a shuriken and flipped back to evade a swing from a katana. He kicked the katana-wielding Genin on the head strong enough to knock him out before materializing a chakra-made kunai and throwing it in one smooth motion at another Genin approaching him from the back, blowing the Genin's head off since he created the kunai as a bludgeon instead of piercing. It would seem that the two teams in front of him were decoys while another one was hiding to ambush him. Not on his watch. "Two down, seven more to go."

"Get him!" growled the apparent leader as he flipped through hand seals. "Raiton: Thunder Ball."

A head-size ball of condensed lightning shot out of the Genin's outstretched palm, barreling towards Naruto at great speeds. However, Naruto was ready as he fired off a counter.

"Fuuton: Drilling Air Bullet." The wind bullet overpowered the ball of lightning, easily destroying it and almost hitting another Genin who barely dodged it.

"He can do techniques without hand seals? That wasn't in the Bingo Book." the mace-wielding Genin exclaimed in shock. He was further shocked when Naruto appeared in a white blur with a solid grip on his head. "Shit!"

"Shit indeed." said Naruto before blowing the Genin's head off with a burst of chakra. "Three down. Six to go."

"Kaito!" screamed a Genin before lunging at Naruto with his tanto in the lead, the length of the blade was covered in lightning. "I'll kill you."

"Not if I kill you first." murmured Naruto as he dodged the thrust by swerving to the side, destroyed his opponent's elbow with a punch, before ending the teen's pain with a quick jab to the throat, destroying the boy's ability to breathe. "Five to go."

The remaining Kumo Genins surrounded him, flipping through hand seals for a combined attack.

"Raiton: Lightning Cage!" they shouted in unison as a five-point cage of pure Raiton chakra surrounded Naruto.

"Useless." whispered Naruto as he channeled large amounts of Wind chakra all over his body. "Fuuton: Kamikaze."

A powerful tornado erupted around Naruto before expanding, easily destroying the lightning cage and slicing the remaining Kumo Genins to bits as they were thrown into the air. He ended the technique causing blood, bone, and human meat to fall to the forest floor.

"Kumo must have been desperate to send Genins after me. I'm insulted." Naruto mused as he summoned three chakra threads and flung them out. They attached to something before retracting them. He caught the scrolls he sensed from the corpses. He knew that the items were charged with chakra when he received his. Sensing them out was quite easy, as well as picking them out from the remains of Kumo delegates. "Hm, two Heaven and one Earth, so that makes two of each for me. Lucky day."

"You should have brought me out for some fun." Kurama grumbled in his mind.

"You know what jiji said." Naruto retorted.

"Crazy old coot. He's getting senile I tell you."

"I'll be sure to tell him that."

"Please do."

He sealed the scrolls into his storage tattoo before going on his merry way. It was still early to head to the tower so he decided to search for Kabuto.

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Naruto didn't know if he was lucky or suffering from a severe case of bad luck. He was using his considerable tracking ability to look for Kabuto but he ended up finding Orochimaru instead. However, the moment he stumbled upon the Snake Sannin, he saw red. There, in the middle of a clearing was Orochimaru grinning like the sadistic schmuck with a somewhat battered Anko lying unconscious on the ground in front of him.

"Get away from her!" shouted Naruto as he descended on the startled rogue-nin with a Rasengan forming on his hands. However, Orochimaru wasn't a Sannin for nothing; he quickly dodged the attack before gulping when the ground he was standing on a few seconds ago was turned into a crater with a very protective and angry blonde scowling at him.

"White Shinigami." Orochimaru said with a smirk though he was inwardly tensing for a battle. Here in front of him was an enigma, a prodigy of prodigies. His spy informed him of everything about this boy and he grudgingly admitted that Naruto was more talented than him. After all, the boy has unparalleled control over chakra that he didn't achieve. It was unacceptable in his book. "Fancy meeting you here."

"I have no time for idle banter." whispered Naruto as he spread his arms to his side and channeling his chakra causing green threads to materialize from each of his fingers. "You hurt one of my precious people. You are going to pay."

With that, Naruto lunged forward at insane speeds that caught Orochimaru off guard. He used everything he had in his arsenal to dodge the boy's dangerous threads with the blonde doing everything in his power to slice the snake to bits. Orochimaru heard of them from Kabuto and Naruto's mastery over it. These threads were dangerous. He hastily replaced himself with a log when two threads wrapped around his torso. It was suffice to say that the log didn't stand a chance.

"I have no quarrels with you, boy!" growled Orochimaru as he sped through hand seals. "But if you want to fight then I will gladly show you why you are outmatched. Doton: Mud Bullets!"

Orochimaru spat out a dozen mud balls laced with chakra, speeding towards Naruto who looked at them calmly before raising a hand with a glowing sphere that was clearly not a Rasengan.

"Don't underestimate me, Orochi-teme." said Naruto as he let go of the glowing orb before kicking it towards the Sannin who was surprised when the ball disassembled into multiple small projectiles as it sped towards him. Some of the chakra marbles hit his mud bullets, destroying them easily. He sped through another set of hand seals before spitting out a glob of mud.

"Doton: Mud Wall!"

A dense wall of mud appeared in front of Orochimaru that stopped the barrage but it ended up destroyed when the last bullet hit. With his hastily raised wall destroyed, he had a clear view of Naruto in front of him but was suddenly gripped in both awe and fear at what he was seeing.

In front of him was Naruto holding one of his hands aloft. What scared him however was the 60-foot long and 2-foot thick glowing sword.

"Eat this!" shouted Naruto as he slashed downward along with the overly large chakra sword. However, he was shocked when Orochimaru's mouth opened wide for a small snake to come out and regurgitate the famed Kusanagi. In one flawless move, Orochimaru grabbed the sword and jumped towards the descending chakra weapon and easily sliced half of it to escape the attack.

"So that's the famed Kusanagi." Naruto said casually as he let the rest of the sword dissipate. "I didn't expect it to slice through my chakra blade easily even when I pumped it full of chakra."

"You clearly underestimate me, Naruto-kun. The Kusanagi can slice through anything!" mocked Orochimaru but raised an eyebrow when Naruto created two smaller blades with his hands but these ones were a curious mix of blue, brown, and green. "Now what is he doing?"

"Let's put that to the test shall we?" Naruto said casually as he charged at Orochimaru with one of his swords held forward in a thrust. Orochimaru growled as he attempted to slice the blade off before it could reach him but was quite surprised when he heard the distinct clang of metal when his Kusanagi met it, instead of cutting, parrying it to the side. He deftly raised his blade again when he saw the other blade about to slice his stomach open. This led to a furious dance of swords as Naruto flawlessly used his dual blades against Orochimaru's Kusanagi. Despite having double the firepower, Naruto was hard pressed in landing a clean blow on the Snake Sannin since the rogue expertly dodge his attacks with unnatural grace, speed, and flexibility.

Orochimaru growled as he ducked to avoid a slice that would have severed his head before lashing out with a kick that connected to Naruto's sternum. The blonde grunted before jumping back to regain his bearings since the hit was laced with chakra so it hurt a bit. He felt Kurama healing the bruise and the crack on his ribs.

"Why can't my Kusanagi cut your ridiculous chakra construct?" growled Orochimaru. This was the first time his Kusanagi failed him. "What did the boy do?" he thought angrily.

"And you call yourself a scientist." mocked Naruto as he raised one of his blades. "But I am more than happy to answer your question. The Kusanagi can definitely cut anything but I reinforced my charka construct with the solidity of neutral chakra, the hardness of earth chakra, and the cutting power of wind chakra and kept the energy moving at high speed so any damaged made by your sword is repaired at a fast rate. Add these factors together and you have a powerful blade that can match your stolen blade."

"I will not let a young upstart mock me!" snarled Orochimaru as he slammed his hands on the ground causing a large smoke to materialize to clear a few seconds later to reveal a large snake with the Snake Summoner standing on top of its head. The sight of the snake made Naruto smirk.

"My turn, teme." Doing the exact same gesture as the Sannin, Naruto slammed his hand on the ground to summon his partner – Kurama – that easily matched the snake's size.

"Finally you brought me out, brat." said Kurama before seeing the suddenly fearful snake summon in front of him. He licked his chops before letting out a seductive purr. "Hello…lunch."

The Snake Sannin and his summon gulped when he saw the Kyuubi with all of his nine-tails looking at them as if they were the main course in a buffet.

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After bringing out Kurama, Orochimaru bolted and left his summon to deal with Naruto and a rather hungry bijuu. It was safe to say that Manda has one less snake in his army and Kurama enjoying a thoroughly barbecued meal ala snake.

After sending out chakra flare to alert the ANBU to Anko's location, he set off to resume his search of Kabuto. He didn't find the elusive 'Genin' but he did sense the Suna jinchuuriki's chakra but ignored it since he wasn't the target of his suspicions. It was two days later that he stumbled upon Team 7 and Lee facing off against the Oto Genins though he hid himself and observed the fight to see what Team 7 was capable off after their training.

The fight dragged on with Lee saving the day but was incapacitated by the one with bandages. Sakura was currently healing an unconscious Sai while Sasuke was pummeling a spiky-haired teen who brought ink-using Genin down. He wouldn't have minded the scene but the flame-like tattoos covering Sasuke concerned him. It definitely concerned him when Sasuke easily dislocated the Genin's arms with a sadistic smirk on his face. Naruto noticed the unconscious female that served as the third Genin from the Oto delegate.

"What in Kami's sagging bits is happening here?" shouted Naruto as he entered the clearing. He raised an eyebrow when Sasuke turned on him, the sadistic smirk turning into an evil grin that reminded him of Anko during one of her interrogation stint.

"Finally! A worthy challenger for my newfound power." crowed Sasuke before disappearing from his spot and appearing in front of Naruto in a burst of unholy speed, a punch already aiming to knock a few teeth out of the blonde's jaw.

Naruto frowned as he effortlessly batted the punch away and landed a chakra-enhanced punch to Sasuke's stomach that knocked the wind out of the possessed boy. He stepped to the side before rendering the teen unconscious with a chop to the back of the head.

"What happened to Sasuke?" Naruto asked Sakura as he laid Sasuke on the ground, noting the flame-like tattoos receding to the back of the boy's neck. His breath hitched when he recognized the tattoo. "No way! A Cursed Seal! How did he get it? Wait, now I know why the pedo is in the forest. Damn it!" he cursed.

"Orochimaru masquerading as a Kusa Genin attacked us. Sai was easily overpowered and Sasuke took him on. While I was tending to Sai, I saw Orochimaru bite Sasuke-kun's neck. He fell unconscious and just woke up a few minutes ago when we were attacked by the three from Oto." reported Sakura before moving to Lee and started healing him. "They said that they were targeting Sasuke for reasons I don't know and I don't know why Sasuke-kun is acting that way."

"I see." said Naruto before flinging his hand to the side, chakra threads flying out of his fingers at blinding speed. Someone cursed before that certain someone was yanked back, bound tightly. "It would seem that we have a survivor."

Dosu didn't know what happened. When Kin was knocked out by the pink-haired bitch, he immediately hid when he saw the Uchiha destroying Zaku. He planned to stay in hiding until they left to retrieve his teammates but was surprised when he felt something bind him and yanked out of his hiding spot. He grunted when he landed on the ground with a loud thud. He looked up to see someone that made him pale in fear.

"Shit!" Dosu cursed that amused his captor.

"Hello there." Naruto said cheerfully, twitching his finger causing the threads binding Dosu to tighten. Dosu screamed in pain when he felt two of his ribs crack. Naruto let the scream die down before asking his question. "What is your name?"

"I-I'm not telling you anything." growled Dosu, trying his hardest to ignore the pain his ribs were causing him.

"Wrong answer." said Naruto. He channeled a bit of Raiton chakra to the threads that electrocuted his captive. He didn't have enough control over his Raiton chakra but he had enough for interrogation. He ignored the screams before changing the threads' element back neutral. "Let me ask you again. Who are you?"

Dosu stayed silent but screamed his throat hoarse when Naruto channeled more Raiton chakra into the thread. He was about to pass out when the torture stopped.

"I merely asked for your name, Genin-kun. If you don't tell me then I will be torturing you for hours. Trust me, I can keep you conscious throughout our…session." Naruto warned. He made a mental note to thank Anko for the lessons in torture and interrogation.

"DOSU! MY NAME IS DOSU!" screamed the incapacitated Genin, hoping that he won't be tortured again.

"See? That's wasn't so bad." Naruto said cheerfully. "Now, why did you specifically attack Sasuke?"

Naruto electrocuted the boy again when he didn't answer, this time, spacing it out to avoid destroying the boy's mind. He was still in the middle of interrogation after all. It won't do for the…patient to die without telling him what he wanted.

"IT WAS OROCHIMARU-SAMA. HE TASKED US TO KILL THE UCHIHA!"

Naruto's face took on an icy mask as he channeled enough Raiton chakra into the thread to render the boy unconscious. He dispelled his chakra thread and turned to the trees.

"Neji, Tenten, you can come out now. Same goes for you Team 10."

Neji and Tenten jumped down beside Lee and Sakura as Team 10 composed of Yamanaka Ino, Nara Shikamaru, and Akimichi Chouji stepped out of the bushes.

"Thank you for saving Lee, Naruto-sama." said Neji.

"I didn't save Lee, Sakura did." said Naruto before turning his attention to everyone. "What scrolls do you have?"

"Why?" Ino asked suspiciously.

Naruto smiled to dispel the girl's worry.

"Worry not, Yamanaka-san. I already have the scrolls to pass this portion of the exam." As proof, Naruto unsealed his four scrolls for everyone to see. "As you can see, I have an extra set. It is dangerous here in the forest with Orochimaru prowling about. If you still lack a scroll then I will be more than happy to give you one of my own."

"We have an Earth Scroll." said Shikamaru, trusting Naruto immediately since he heard a lot about the teen from his father.

"We already have a complete set, Naruto." said Tenten, showing Naruto their scrolls

"Good." said Naruto as he tossed a Heaven Scroll to Shikamaru who caught it.

"Thanks."

"Don't mention it." said Naruto with a nod. "Sakura, what scroll do you need?"

"Earth." answered Sakura, catching said scroll when Naruto tossed it to her.

"Now that we all have our respective scrolls, let's proceed to the tower." Naruto told the three teams as he easily carried Sasuke and placed him on his shoulder.

"Is that allowed?" Chouji asked nervously.

"The only rule is that we acquire the needed scrolls and reach the tower before the time limit. Nothing was said about teaming up." Naruto told the chubby teen in amusement. "I suggest that you keep up." he instructed before running at Chuunin level speeds towards the tower with the rest following him.

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Naruto's hands were in constant motions as he created various symbols in the air using nothing but his chakra. The Hokage, Kakashi, Anko, and Iruka were watching him as he created the fuuinjutsu formula he used to permanent seal off Anko's Cursed Seal. Naruto designed the fuuinjutsu matrix when Anko informed him of her burden, the Cursed Seal given to her by Orochimaru before he went rogue and escape the village. It took four months and thousands of clones to finally make one and it worked since Anko could no longer use the Cursed Seal no matter how much she tried. If it can't be activated then there was no way for its corruptive chakra to influence its wearer.

When the last seal was in place, Naruto placed a hand over Sasuke's Cursed Seal.

"Uzumaki Fuuinjutsu: Pillars of the Four Saint Beasts!" shouted Naruto as the floating seals flew towards Orochimaru's hickey. Despite being unconscious, Sasuke screamed himself hoarse as the advanced sealing matrix grafted itself onto his skin surrounding the seal and anchoring to his chakra coil. It took a minute for the seal to run its course before dying down with the Uchiha slumping to the ground, twitching from the pain he was subjected to. "It is done."

"What was that seal, Naruto? I don't recognize the matrix." asked Kakashi as he moved to inspect his Genin. He learned a bit of fuuinjutsu from his sensei, the Yondaime, but he read on anything about Uzumaki Seals. The blonde kept surprising as more of his abilities were revealed.

"I'll be surprised if you did since I created it. I came up with this when Anko-sensei told me of her Cursed Seal. The Pillars of the Four Saint Beasts is an advanced sealing array that uses my chakra to form a permanent bind around a target seal, rending it dormant. Since I used my chakra, only a counter seal created using my chakra can unlock it. This matrix is also attached to Sasuke's chakra coils so no matter how much the snake pedo tries, there is no way for him to remove the locking seal without killing Sasuke." Naruto explained as he unsealed a bottle of water from his storage tattoo before taking a long drink. "There is no way for Sasuke to access the seal's corruptive power with the lock in place. Orochimaru's influence is negated as well so he's out of the snake's grip before it could even get a hold on his psyche."

"Are you sure it works?" asked Iruka, eyeing the intricate tattoo on Sasuke's neck.

"It does." Anko answered with a smirk. "I tried using the seal but I can't get it to activate. With Naruto-kun's seal, the Cursed Seal is nothing more than a decorative tattoo."

"More like a hickey if nothing else." Naruto deadpanned before taking another drink.

"Wonderfully done as always, Naruto-kun. You definitely surpassed your parents in the sealing arts." the Sandaime praised the blonde who smirked.

"Thanks, jiji. I suggest that you let a medic look at Sasuke. He should be fully healed by the time the second phase ends." advised Naruto as he made his way out of the impromptu sealing chamber.

"Where are you going?" asked Kakashi after picking Sasuke off the cold floor.

"I'm going back home for a good long soak." said Naruto before remembering something. He turned to the Sandaime who looked at him questioningly. "I killed three Kumo teams back in the forest. It would seem that the Raikage ordered them to join the exam to kill me if I attended. Suffice to say, that muscle-bound moron just lost a part of his forces."

"He was always an idiot. A powerful shinobi but an idiot nonetheless." the Sandaime said with a sigh, massaging his temples as a headache was forming. This would result in more paperwork for him. Good thing that the Genins signed the waiver so there weren't any repercussions to their deaths – part of the exam and all that jazz. "I'll take care of it."

"Thanks, jiji." said Naruto before disappearing from the room in a fountain of blue light.

"Did Naruto just…" Iruka started, staring disbelievingly at the dissipating blue pillar in front of him.

"That's Naruto's Chakra Shunshin. He didn't like the smoke and leaves of the traditional Shunshin so he created a new one from scratch." the Sandaime said with a chuckle as he led the group out of the chamber.

"He definitely came a long way, huh?"

"He certainly did and he has no plans of stopping anytime soon."


End of Chapter 5.

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