Ibiki stared down at the some seventy genin left in the classroom, all smirking triumphantly at him. The reason a bunch of genin were so undisturbed by the glare he was attempting to turn them to ash with was the overly hyper blonde abomination. Now don't get him wrong, Ibiki didn't care that he was the jailor for the nine-tailed fox, he thought all people under five feet tall were abominations. Naruto Uzumaki was a one a kind of ninja, his academy scores were the butt of many jokes amongst the chunin of the village. But the jonin, especially those in ANBU and the interrogation and torture division knew how sneaky and clever the little brat was. He had absolutely no aptitude for written tests, but not even the Hokage would be able to deface the Great Stone Faces in a bright orange jumpsuit, how Uzumaki managed that with elite ANBU guards was still a mystery.
And now Ibiki turned a glare he saved for interrogations only on the little blonde abomination, he could see every damn tooth in that kids mouth with that infernal smile of his. This brat had been the bane of his existence for the last five years, heaven help him if Uzumaki actually managed to become the Hokage.
Only after Anko decided to make her grand entrance and comment on how easy his test was, did he dismiss the remaining genin. He rolled his eyes as Uzumaki boasted loudly to his two teammates about how he knew it all along, Ibiki had watched the brat sweat bullets during the entire exam. He did give the little blonde brat some credit, he had watched fascinated, when he explained the final question, as the wheels turned in Uzumaki's head. Before even the first genin raised his hand to leave, he could see that the little blonde abomination had caught on and was giving him the same toothy smile he had the time he had been hauled in for questioning for breaking into ANBU Headquarters.
When the last genin left and a few of the chunin began to clean up, he started to collect the test papers. He snorted at a few of the answers the desperate genin had put down before time was up. He finally got to Uzumaki's seat and picked up his test paper, he couldn't stop the chuckle as he looked over the answers, or lack thereof.
"Naruto Uzumaki sure is a one of a kind ninja." He said earning a few odd glances from the remaining chunin.
XxX
Minato waited patiently for Naruto to return from the first test. He had spent all morning preparing a surprise for Naruto, whether he made chunin or not he was going to start teaching his son some sealing. He figured it was only right since he and Kushina had been seal masters, hell Kushina's clan had practically invented it. After much exploring of the Hokage Tower, he had discovered that the Third had placed all his and Kushina's processions in an underground vault that would be given to Naruto when he was twenty. Minato decided that was too long to wait so after nearly using all his chakra he had snuck some beginner sealing supplies out and brought them to Naruto's apartment.
Just when he was about to poke his head through the door, Naruto burst in with a triumphant look on his face. "I passed!" he declared at the top of his lungs. "I get to go on to the second test!"
"Congratulations, Naruto." Minato said, his smile matching that of his son's.
"And you know what? I tricked Ibiki into passing me without answering a single question; I wished I could have seen his face when he saw my test paper!" Naruto was jumping up and down; you couldn't even tell he was wearing nearly three hundred pounds of weights under his clothes. Minato fought passed the moment of shock at how sneaky Naruto was and congratulated him again for outsmarting the head of torture and interrogation.
"Hey what's that stuff?" Naruto asked pointing to the sealing supplies on the tale.
"Hm? Oh right," Minato said having temporarily forgotten about it. "Since you're going to e a chunin now, I decided it's time you learn about sealing." He said.
"Sealing?" he asked a bit thickly.
"Yes sealing. Seals can be used for many things, from the paper bombs you carry on missions to the seal I used to imprison the Nine-Tailed Fox and everything in between." He explained. "In fact for my Flying Thunder God Technique I used seals to transport myself to wherever the seal was, that's why people called me the Konoha's Yellow Flash."
Naruto looked awed as he listened to Minato. "And you're gonna teach me to do seals?" he asked.
"Yes I am. But you need to know that sealing is very difficult and time consuming, in fact, right now the only person in this village that is a seal master is the Third Hokage."
Naruto looked back at the sealing supplies. "Do you think I can do it?" he asked skeptically.
Minato smiled down at him. "I know you can, sealing is in your blood." Naruto's head turned so fast toward Minato that it snapped. "Which brings me to my next gift for you." He pointed down to a book on the table beside the sealing supplies.
Naruto reached out and picked it up. "Uzushiogakure?" Naruto read the title out loud. "What's that?"
"The Village Hidden in the Whirlpools, was the home of the Uzumaki Clan." He watched as Naruto's eyes grew to the size of dinner plates. "It's said that the Uzumaki Clan were the first to discover the art of sealing and that they are especially known for their longativity." He said, wishing he could tell Naruto about the Namikaze side, not that he'd have much to tell. He'd been raised by his only relative, a distant aunt, who had died while on mission when he was ten.
"But, if I have a clan, then why am I here in Konoha instead of Uzu?" he asked.
"Uzu was destroyed in the last ninja war." he said, remembering how devastated Kushina had been. "In fact I believe you're the last Uzumaki."
Naruto frowned and looked back down at the book in his hands. "Well, I have to make my clan proud and learn all the sealing I can, so let's get started." He said a blinding smile replacing the frown.
XxX
Naruto's head was spinning when Minato finally decided to break so that he could eat dinner. He had started out learning how to make his own paper bombes and how to add to the tag so that there was a bigger explosion, that hadn't been too hard. Next he learned how to seal weapons and rations into scrolls for missions, which was a lot more difficult because if he mixed the seal up for storing weapons with the one he was supposed to use on food then when he summoned the food forth it would be rotten.
"My head hurts." He said as he laid it on the table while he waited for his instant ramen to finish. He sent a glare to the Fourth Hokage when he chuckled at his plight.
"Don't worry Naruto, you'll get the hang of it soon enough." He assured him.
"Yeah, yeah." Naruto said as he pulled his four cups of ramen forward, ready to devour it all. "So do you know what the second part of the exam is, because I don't think I can do another written test."
"I doubt it would be another written test." He said. "I don't know if they've changed the exam but when I took it and my genin team took them it was basically the same. The first test was information gathering, the second was about completing a mission with your team and whatever you were transporting or had to collect intact, and then the third test was a tournament where you prove that you're ready to lead missions."
Naruto nodded thoughtfully as he slowed down eating on his final cup of ramen. "So if this next test is a mission, I should bring seals with rations and camping stuff, right?"
He watched as Minato smiled at him from across the table. "I can't help you there, but I don't think it would hurt to come prepared just in case."
Naruto gulped down the rest of his cup ramen and cleared the table. "Will you make sure that I'm doing the seals right while I prepare for tomorrow?" he asked as he put all his sealing things back on the table.
"Sure thing, just remember to seal foods you don't need a kitchen for, like fruits vegetables and meats. Ramen is not something you can cook on a fire." He reminded as Naruto made a bee line for his stockpile of ramen he kept over the sink.
A/N
Sorry for the long wait but the vacation is over now and its back to writing! Please review and I hope you enjoy!