Author's Note; I know it's been waaaay too long since I've updated here! I apologize immensely for that! I just couldn't get the fighting scene you'll read later on to come out right, but now that it's getting updated, it means that it's been a success! Bwahahaha! Anyway, I hope everyone enjoys the chapter, and I'm starting the next chapter right now but I don't know exactly when it'll be updated. I have so many different stories I want to share with everyone that I keep forgetting to work on some of them. I promise I'm going to prioritize my stories more than I am currently.
Chapter 3
The True Exam; Naruto's Trust
By the time morning came, team seven … by team, it was only Sasuke and Sakura that showed up at exactly six, despite what Naruto told them. But, they did listen to him and eat breakfast at least, though it was small, just to make sure they didn't get sick in the middle of the test.
"Naruto said that they'd be on time … it's six now so where do you think they could be?" Sakura asked as she shifted her weight between her feet. Nervous because she was a little frightened about what Naruto could do and really didn't want to see him mad because he arrived and Kakashi was late.
"Naruto doesn't seem like someone that likes to be kept waiting for very long. They'll be here shortly." Sasuke sighed as he leaned against the middle post in the training grounds and slid to the ground. He was trying to keep his nerves under control since he, too, was nervous about being around Naruto, though it was because he wanted to see what the idiot looking blonde could do.
But, knowing that if the Hokage himself had chosen this child to become a ninja without the need of going to the academy, it meant that this kid was special.
After about five minutes of waiting, the wind picked up slightly and right in front of Sasuke and Sakura, stood Naruto in a blink of an eye with Kakashi right behind him, looking like he got beat up by someone. It took all of the two gennin's will power to keep from laughing at their teachers' suffering.
"I found him staring at these posters for this goddamn God forsaken book some pervert wrote." Naruto explained with a grin plastered on his face, and this is when his two fellow gennin noticed his outfit changed.
Naruto was still wearing his orange and black straight jacket, he wore bandages around his ankles and up his calves but he still wore no sandals, and around the blonde's eyes were bandages that seemed to reach underneath his headband that he had tied at an angle around his forehead and on his back he sported a new weapon that the two gennin couldn't make out to be as.
"And about having my eyes covered, it's part of my training." The blonde said, making Sasuke and Sakura blink at him.
"What kind of training is that?" Sakura asked, not knowing about any kind of training this could be.
"I'm training to see with my feet." Naruto explained, but didn't say much else on the matter which left Sakura fuming at him.
"You could explain yourself better next time when we ask you something." She growled and crossed her arms in a pout.
"But that would ruin the surprise that I have for everyone." Naruto chuckled, which sent a shudder down both Sasuke and Sakura's spines.
"Alright, now it's my turn to talk so go stand with your teammates Naruto and I'll get started." Kakashi sighed heavily, not wanting the blonde's blood to start boiling anytime soon.
"Yes sir … pervert." Naruto mumbled and jumped up only to flip in the air and land on the middle post facing Kakashi.
"Show off." Sasuke scoffed quietly, but Naruto let it slide for now.
"Okay, now here's your test, you're all three going to get these two bells from me." Kakashi said with a small smile as he reached into his pocket and pulled out two small bells that hung from red strings.
"Wait, there's two bells, and there's three of us …" Sakura stated, and Naruto scoffed.
"He's obviously trying to pit us against each other, teamwork is the answer." Naruto smirked, getting the attention of their sensei and both of his teammates. "Isn't that right, Kaka-sensei?"
"Stop calling me that." Kakashi scoffed quietly, he had always hated that nickname. "But yes, Naruto's right. Now, you all have until noon to get these bells from me. You can use any weapon, and if you don't come at me with killing intent … and I mean intent only … Naruto … or you won't get these bells from me."
"Only intent? You're no fun Kaka-sensei." Naruto pouted as he now sat on the post, crossing his arms as he did so.
"This is only an exercise, a test, so only intent, you understand me Naruto?" Kakashi said, and he spoke with such authority and seriousness that it made Naruto's teammates back up a step.
"I was only kidding with you Kakashi." Naruto chuckled. "I promised jiji that I wouldn't hurt anyone that's a citizen or ninja of the village. I don't go back on my word, 'ttebayo."
"Alright." Kakashi nodded, reaching into his pack and pulled out a timer. "The timer is set to go off at noon, now lets begin."
And with that, the three gennin disappeared in a blink of an eye. And it made him proud that they learned a ninja needs to hide in a situation to learn about their target … but he felt that something wasn't right. And when he turned around, he was face to face with Naruto.
"You're not hiding?" Kakashi asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Nah, figured I'd let them know what I can do before hand. We have five and a half hours." Naruto said, and the grin went wider on his face. "And to let them know exactly what kind of talent I have, I'll be saying my abilities out loud, unless I use my weapons on my back."
Kakashi only nodded. He knew exactly what Naruto's talents were, and knew exactly what he needed to prepare himself for.
"Chakra no Yousa Sousa; Katon manipulation." Naruto said, and all of a sudden, he charged at Kakashi, jumped into the air and spun as he went to kick Kakashi in the face. But there was one problem; Naruto was several yards away from Kakashi when he did this.
'What does that idiot think he's doing?' Sasuke asked himself from the tree he was hiding in, only to find himself wide eyed as fire erupted from the blonde's kick, and the fire was aiming right at Kakashi. 'What the fuck is that?'
"Chakra no Yousa Sousa; Doton manipulation." The blonde suddenly said just before he landed on the ground, and when he landed, a massive amount of earth suddenly jumped up out of the ground where Kakashi used to stand, because he had jumped out of the way of the fire attack Naruto sent to him.
Then Naruto thrust his fists in front of him and earth from the pillar he made moved forward to land a hit on Kakashi sensei, but as soon as the rocks made contact, Kakashi disappeared in a puff of smoke and a log appeared in his place.
"You chicken." Naruto spat, then made a fist with his right hand and punched at the ground, which made it split and created a massive hole in the earth before he jumped up and, when he landed on the ground, earth refilled the hole, only to push Kakashi out of it. "Found you Kaka-sensei."
"I know." Kakashi huffed, and pulled out a pair of kunai from his pouch as Naruto pulled the weapons off of his back, to reveal that they're twin broad swords, but the didn't look like normal twin broad swords. They were black and covered in red markings that Kakashi couldn't make out.
"Hey, when did you learn to use those?" Kakashi asked, shocked that Naruto even had learned how to use them in such a short amount of time.
"I asked jiji to get someone to make me a pair, and since your sharingan isn't activated, I'm telling you that I have seals on these blades to help me channel chakra through them. But I can only use my fire nature through them for some reason. Wind works a little bit, but not like how I'd want it to." Naruto explained, totally going around Kakashi's question on purpose.
With another smirk from the blonde, he charged at Kakashi, the tips of his broad swords grazing the ground behind him until he was a few feet away from his sensei and started slashing his broad swords at vital areas.
"Naruto's not half fucking bad." Sasuke thought as he continued to watch Naruto's and Kakashi's fight.
"I'm on a team with a fucking perverted Jounin and an insane nutcase." Sakura thought as she watched her sensei and Naruto fight. "My mother wasn't too happy that I'm on the same team with him anyway, but … with how long I've known him he doesn't seem to be that bad, I'll just keep thinking he's a genius like me. Yea, that's it, that's the only way I can keep my own sanity if I think of Naruto that way."
It took two hours just for Naruto to get Kakashi panting and wishing this was already over, though all through those two hours, Naruto's only shown his Katon, Daton, Fuuton and broad swordsmanship abilities, and this was driving Kakashi off the walls.
"Why aren't you using your other abilities?" The Jounin asked.
"One, I need to be near water to use my Suiton and Hyoton abilities and I'm too bored when using Raiton." Naruto answered truthfully, not even breathing heavily from the two hour long spar, as he's calling it.
"Then lets head over to the pond?" Kakashi suggested, and Naruto only smirked wider.
With that, Naruto and Kakashi headed over to the pond, with Sakura and Sasuke tailing along in the shadows to keep hidden.
"It looks like the dobe can't use normal jutsu." Sasuke thought to himself as Naruto suddenly attacked Kakashi from behind, sending a foot to the middle of the Jounin's back and sending him into the pond.
"Chakra no Yousa Sousa; Suiton to Hyoton Manipulation." The blonde said as he took the bandages off his eyes and threw on a pair of sandals before jumping onto the pond, the surface immediately freezing as he landed and put his broad swords away.
"No way! He can use kekkei genkai abilities!?" Sasuke said loudly, completely forgetting he's supposed to be in hiding, but everything he's seeing now has him baffled.
Just as Kakashi surfaced from the pond and stood on the water, Naruto was already on him, but just as Naruto was about to send a wall of water towards Kakashi, who had managed to get himself to stand on the waters' surface, Naruto suddenly stopped his attack and he didn't look too happy.
"What's wrong Naruto?" Kakashi asked quietly when Naruto came to a complete stop on top of some ice he formed under his feet.
"Who else is here?" Naruto asked, his focus clearly on something else as he looked around to see if he could sense another person besides Kakashi and his two teammates.
"I'm sure no one else is out here Naruto. But, we aren't too far away from another training ground, so that might be what you're sensing." Kakashi said with a small shrug. "And is there anything else you'd like to demonstrate to your teammates that you can do?"
"No, I haven't perfected those other abilities yet and it's going to be quite a bit before I can … and they're Youton and Futton." Naruto said, then turned to look at Kakashi for a moment. "Lets get the rest of the test underway, I need to talk to jiji."
"Sure." Kakashi said and Naruto jumped towards shore and took his shoes off before rewrapping the tape around his eyes and stretched before he sent out a couple waves of chakra into the ground to locate his teammates.
"Alright … go for Sakura first, she needs to work on her genjutsu, she has excellent chakra control and will be great for that. Then go for the bastard, he has potential for taijutsu, ninjutsu and genjutsu, because of his blood trait. I'd go easy on them, they need major training." Naruto suggested. "Also, I think Sakura, when we get her taijutsu up and her chakra control even better, she needs to go for medical ninjutsu."
"That's very thoughtful of you Naruto." Kakashi smiled.
"No … I don't want to be responsible for their deaths if we go on a dangerous mission. They need to learn how to take care of themselves. Now, if you don't mind, I'm going to go talk to jiji since I know all about your test and I've done my side of the teamwork." Naruto sighed, and it was only then that Kakashi noticed that Naruto's grin was barely even there.
"Alright, just try to be back soon so they won't know that you left." Kakashi said.
"Will do." Naruto replied and disappeared in a blink of an eye and Kakashi went to work after waiting a few minutes to decide on what he'd do from here.
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Hiruzen frowned when he gazed through his crystal and saw that Naruto left his gennin test and appeared in his office where not only he was sitting, but several other Jounin sensei were standing, watching his exam to get to know his abilities and lets just say, Naruto looked livid when he set a death glare through the tape over his eyes towards the third Hokage.
"What, were you thinking?" Naruto asked as the Jounin sensei -which included; Gai-sensei, Kurenai-sensei, Ebisu-sensei, Ibiki of Interrogations, Asuma-sensei and Iruka-sensei- backed away from the blonde.
"Of what, Naruto?" Hiruzen asked as he leaned back in his chair, staring at Naruto intensely and hoping that he'd calm down in a few minutes.
"Of what? He says." Naruto muttered angrily. "Of this you damn moron! Who gave you the right to supervise my test with Kaka-sensei and showcase it all to these losers?" He added with a yell as he stomped on the floor in the office, breaking one of the floorboards under his feet.
"And tell your ANBU brats to leave me alone too, they were at the damn training grounds and I thought you were going to trust me enough to not have them tailing me all the time!" Naruto continued to yell, and this time his fists which were clenched so tight his knuckles were white that flames erupted around his hands.
"Naruto, calm down, I assure you that I don't have any of my ANBU trailing you, but, I had to show these fellow sensei your abilities so that, if it were to happen, that you were to team up with other teams, the teachers would know your abilities and know what to expect so they can relay to their students." Hiruzen explained calmly, knowing that if he kept a calm demeanor, Naruto would start calming down soon too. "And besides, they'd also learn what might make you upset and set you off so that their students wouldn't do those things either."
"Next time tell me." Naruto scoffed angrily as he crossed his arms. "Now … I'm sure everyone wants an explanation?"
"I most certainly do." A raven haired sensei with red eyes asked as she stepped forward. "I'm Kurenai-sensei and I'm in charge of Hinata Hyuuga, Kiba Inuzuka and Shino Aburame. Now, may I ask you how you can use kekkei genkai abilities when it should be impossible?"
"Inuzuka … was that the kid I taught a lesson to in the classroom?" Naruto asked.
"Yes, but could you please answer my question?"
"Sure … I can use kekkei genkai abilities because of what my kekkei genkai is; the ability to control elemental chakra so, Kur-" Naruto started explaining, that is, until he suddenly stopped talking and grabbed his head like someone hit him with a mallet.
"Goddamn it you stupid fucking fox! You could have said it nicely you flea-bag!" Naruto yelled a moment later. "God, how can you get your fucking voice that damn loud anyway? … Fine, what the fuck ever you nut case … I know! Takes one to know one you mangy pup! … Don't give me that bullshit! Enough, piss me off anymore than I already am and I'll make sure you can't come back after I'm through with you!"
The force of Naruto's yelling, coupled with his building chakra making the air in the room even heavier than it was a moment ago, making it feel like you were choking on fire because of the heat radiating off of Naruto's body made everyone in the room start to panic, thinking that Kyuubi no Kitsune was trying to break the seal.
"Now, if you shut your damn snout I'm going to finish explaining to this beautiful woman what I was telling her earlier." Naruto said a moment later when no one else talked, though it was because they were afraid to even move just as the tension in the room started lightening considerably. "Now, I stopped at elemental chakra manipulation right?"
"Yes." Hiruzen said, though he was the only one willing to speak at the moment.
"Okay, I can use those abilities because of Kyuubi … you know what, fuck you fox I'm telling them you're name. They have a damn right to know it since I'm trying to get on everyone's good side to keep out of that damned place … Alright, rewind … I can use those abilities because of Kurama. But, the key to using the elemental chakra manipulation is using my chakra itself to control the elements. I use it to control the heat my body emits on its own to use fire, and the heat around when it's hot enough. I use my chakra to control water, wind, earth, lighting and in some cases, I'm able to combine some of these like ice, lava, blaze, boil, and I think gale, I'm not so sure though, for kekkei genkai. But, those take up a huge amount of my chakra so I can't use it very often or very long without tapping into Kurama's chakra to replace my own when it gets low." Naruto explained quickly, almost like he didn't want to talk about it.
"That's … I didn't expect it to be that long of an explanation." Kurenai-sensei mumbled, but she was able to understand what he was saying anyway.
"Lord Hokage, are you sure his mental stability is good enough to be put on a three manned squad?" Someone asked that Naruto didn't recognize, which peaked his interest to know who it was.
"Ebisu, I assure you, he's quite fine. He promised, and you know personally that he never goes back on his word." Hiruzen sighed heavily.
'Ebisu … where did I hear this name before?' Naruto thought to himself, but he let the though slip away as the people around him started talking more.
"What are the things that set your anger off, Naruto?" Another male's voice asked. "And I'm Asuma-sensei, by the way."
"I hate perverts, with a passion, I can't stand when people get in my face. If they attack me and it's not for the sake of training and for a mission, I will kill them, but … I made a promise to jiji … I won't attack anyone in this village but I will mentally scar them if I can because I do have some sort of genjutsu ability, but that's why I'm training to use it with my violin" Naruto said, "and I can't stand it when a man hits a woman … I will break their limbs off as slowly as I possibly can. I hate loud people, but I can tolerate it to a point and I dislike rapists, they deserve to be burned alive. Last, but not least, I will put an end to anyone who puts themselves ahead of others, especially in a team. Not only will it put others in danger, it's stupid and will get you killed if not by me, but by our enemy."
"Okay Naruto, thank you. And I think you can go back to Kakashi-sensei now, it looks like they're almost done." Hiruzen said when Naruto stopped speaking.
Naruto sighed before nodding and disappeared from the room only to return to the training grounds, sitting on one of the posts where they started and looking like he's bored out of his mind … the grin back in place on his face from what everyone could see.
"Be grateful … he would have never said anything if he didn't trust us … and not only that, he had refused to tell me before when I countlessly asked him about his abilities … I didn't think they were this powerful either." Hiruzen sighed, leaning back in his chair as he watched as Sasuke, Sakura and Kakashi left the woods to go back to the starting point. Both Sakura and Sasuke holding bells showing they passed with flying colors.
"If we have his trust, then that means we'll have ourselves a worthy shinobi." Ibiki said. "I'd like to watch him crack some of our hard cases … I know he's capable of interrogation."
"He is, but I don't want him there, not yet anyway." Hiruzen said, shaking his head a bit. "Now, get back to your posts, the exam is over."
"Hai, Lord Hokage." The room said and all the Jounin disappeared in puffs of smoke, leaving the Hokage alone in his office to think about the argument Naruto had with the Kyuubi …
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"And you call yourself a Jounin." Sasuke's voice ran out as him, Kakashi and Sakura walked out of the woods only to see that Naruto was sitting on one of the posts, lost in thought with that grin plastered on his face.
"I think we have Naruto to thank, Sasuke, he did wear Kakashi-sensei down considerably for us." Sakura said with a smile.
"Got that right." Sasuke nodded half in thought, half in replaying the fight between the blonde and their Jounin charge. It was interesting, which is all he could say for now.
"Kaka-sensei, I need to talk to you … alone." Naruto said after a moment, just when the grin from his face faltered a little bit.
"Sure," Kakashi nodded while Sakura and Sasuke took a place on either side of the blonde, speaking again only when they were facing him. "Okay, since you three passed with flying colors, you can go home and relax for your first mission that's tomorrow. And we'll be meeting at the Hokage tower at eight-thirty for our mission. You're all dismissed."
And with that, Sasuke and Sakura left the training field, both intent on getting home to take a shower and relax, though Sasuke has plans on talking with Itachi if he was home.
"What is it you'd like to talk about Naruto?" Kakashi asked when Sasuke and Sakura were well off the training field a few minutes later.
"I need help learning a bunshin jutsu jiji used when I was little … it helped him work and actually get things done while he played with me." Naruto said. "I want to learn the jutsu so I can change it up for my own uses."
"Hmmm." The Jounin hummed in thought, crossing his arms in front of himself as he stood silently. "Well, with your chakra reserves, it won't hurt you too much. And, it's got a name, Kage Bunshin no jutsu."
"I'll need to take the tape off of my eyes won't I?" Naruto asked.
"Yes, because you'll be using a hand sign and you need to get that right or you're in for a world of hurt." Kakashi nodded as Naruto jumped off the post and landed a couple feet away from his sensei while taking the tape off his eyes.
"Okay, lets do this!" Naruto smirked.
"I need to tell you a bit about this jutsu first." Kakashi chuckled lightly as Naruto's enthusiasm as he raised his hands a bit to calm the boy down. "First, this jutsu was created by the Nidaime Hokage for infiltration purposes. It takes your reserves and distributes your chakra evenly among the number of clones you summon, and when they dissipate, so does that bit of chakra you put into the clone. Also, you receive the fatigue, pain and memories the clone gathers when it dissipates so you have to pay close attention to what happens to your clones if they're near by.
"Now, this jutsu doesn't call for the normal hand signs you probably learned about from the Hokage when you got out of the institute. I'm sure you've seen this hand sign, right?"
"I think so …" Naruto nodded a bit before bringing his hands in front of him, two fingers pointing up in his left hand while two fingers pointing out from his right hand behind his left.
"That's the hand sign." Kakashi nodded with a smile.
"Let me guess Kakashi, this is a forbidden technique, isn't it?" Naruto asked a moment later when he let all the information Kakashi told him to sink in.
"Yes … and I take it you see the reason why?" His sensei nodded.
"I'll try it out first before I come up with that conclusion." Naruto said before making the hand sign and, without saying his jutsu, created a hundred clones to start off 'small' as he'd say it if he was asked.
"One hundred perfect shadow clones on the first try … you are a prodigy Naruto-kun." Kakashi smiled as his students' clones then dissipated.
"You said the creator of the clones retains the information the clones learn when they dissipate?" Naruto asked after thinking for a moment.
"Yes."
"Then … I can use this to quicken my training." Naruto said, grinning wider as many different thoughts of new training regimes were created in his mind.
"And … if I'm correct Naruto, you're the only one that could possibly do this jutsu too." Kakashi said, putting his two cents in Naruto's thoughts. "Okay, lets go get you some ramen before you go home."
"You sure know how to spoil someone Kaka-sensei." Naruto chuckled as he wrapped the tape back around his eyes before leaving with his sensei to Ichiraku Ramen.