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Melon-Normal speaking

Noodle-Normal thought

Denukata-Chaos/Zanpaktou from mindscape to real world, summon/Bijuu speak

Denukataran-summon/bijuu thought

Chapter III

Alliance

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Teams 7 and 10 lay in wait in some trees about twenty feet off the ground near a clearing. After Naruto had taken charge of the situation, they had more or less accepted him as the leader of their group, with Shikamaru acting as a second in command. With Sakura pretty intimidated by the way he brutally cut down those sound-nins and emo-boy still unconscious, nobody really opposed him taking command. Said Junchrikki looked back towards the clearing. In the center were three Kage Bunshin all henged to look like himself, Sasuke and Sakura sitting around a fire. If his and Shikamaru's hunch was right, than that fire should draw other teams like moths to a flame. And right into their ambush. Right now it was Naruto's and Shikamaru's turn at watch while Ino, Sakura and Chouji were asleep with the emo still unconscious. In reality Naruto had been on watch the entire time. With his incredible stamina and the rest he had gotten while unconscious, he probably wouldn't need sleep until the end of the test. He had also been experimenting with his new Sharingan. He had found that, when he activated it normally, as opposed to in his "Chaos form", it looked like the regular Sharingan except for the fourth tomoe in each eye. Its abilities, he discovered, were pretty cool. Like the regular Sharingan, it could predict movement, but it could also see what Naruto guessed was the residue of chakra left behind after a jutsu was cast. He was also able to magnify his field of vision to see something in greater detail or something that was far away. That and his extremely sensitive nose (a by-product of the Kyuubi), made him an excellent sentry.

He was broken from his musings as he heard Chaos's voice inside his head.

"You know, there is a way for you to come in here and train and still keep watch"

"Alright," Naruto, suddenly very interested, replied. "How?"

"Just concentrate on coming to your mindscape. Once you're in here, I can teach some of my techniques, and don't worry about getting surprised by the enemy. While you're in here, only your sight will be fully impeded. You'll still hear everything, though it'll be slightly obstructed by what you're doing in here and your other senses, like smell and chakra sensing won't be affected at all"

Nodding, Naruto closed his eyes and began to concentrate on his mindscape. The outcropping, the mountains and the sky.

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Naruto than opened his eyes and found himself in the same place he appeared before. Well, almost. Looking down, he found he was at the same spot on the ledge, just about 200 feet above it.

"Crap, AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" WHAM. Naruto hit the ground, HARD.

"Ow" Naruto groaned as he heard someone chuckling and looked up to see the demon angel standing next to him.

"Little bit of advice, try imagining yourself ON the ledge next time"

Naruto got up, dusting himself off and realized that Chaos was right about his senses.

He could still smell the forest and his teammates around him and could hear them as well. The low controlled breathing that he assumed was Shikamaru, the soft breathing of Ino and Sakura, Chouji's low snore and a soft, almost nonexistent whisper that sounded like; "Must Kill Itachi. Must Kill Itachi. Must Kill Itachi. Must Kill Itachi."

At this Naruto sweatdropped. Chaos, apparently able to hear everything he heard, did the same.

"Wow. He REALLY needs to seek therapy"

"Tell me about it. So, what exactly were you going to teach me anyway?"

"Alright" Chaos began. "First, I want you to concentrate chakra to your left arm. More specifically the gauntlet on it. As your gathering chakra, you need to picture a spear or an arrow"

Naruto closed his eyes and did just that. After a few seconds, he could feel something on his arm. Almost like armor. He opened his eyes and gaped at what he saw.

The gauntlet had enlarged to an extreme level. It now covered his entire arm, ending at the shoulder joint. It also formed something that looked like a delta shaped shield on his upper arm (think Chad's gauntlet from Bleach combined with Vincent's gauntlet). In the center of the shield was an odd crest. It was a vertical line with two other hook-like lines going out and down from about the midpoint and had two other lines going out and up from the top (I can't describe it very well so I'll just say it. It's the Los Illuminados symbol from R.E.4., which I also don't own, damn)). It also had extremely large and sharp claws as fingers. Overall, it looked kick-ass

"Cool" was all Naruto could say.

"What you're looking at is the true form of that gauntlet. I had several powerful weapons, all of which you'll get eventually, but this is the only one you have access too currently. The Aegis Gauntlet as it's called is made out of hardened adamintium meaning it will not break, ever. The claws are also razor sharp and will never dull or break"

"Nice" Naruto replied.

"It gets better," the demon angel said as he snapped his fingers, creating a practice dummy about twenty feet away near the edge of the plateau. "Now, bring your arm back like you're going to throw a punch at the dummy" A bit puzzled, Naruto did just that.

"Good. Now concentrate chakra to the entire gauntlet like when you're performing a jutsu. Than throw the punch and release the chakra. Trust me; you'll like what you see"

Encouraged by his words, Naruto began to focus chakra to the gauntlet for few seconds, than, just as Chaos said, threw a punch and released the chakra. The results were impressive. A large dark, reddish beam of chakra-like energy shot from his fist and hit the dummy straight on, not only burning it, but also blasting it off the cliff entirely.

"COOL!!!!" was all Naruto could say.

"Yeah, that was my first reaction when Shinigami-sensei first showed me how to do that"

"Is there anything else I can do with this? Preferably something cool that blows stuff up." Naruto said, now even more eager to learn than before.

"I had a feeling you'd say that, alright then. There are actually multiple ways to shoot Ceros as they're called. The next way is…"

Chaos was cut off as they both noticed a new smell as the wind outside shifted.

"Well, guess I'll have to show you those ways later. Think of it this way; at least you'll have something to test this on"

"Good point" Naruto replied as he jumped into the exit pool.

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Naruto opened his eyes in the real world and checked his surroundings. Despite falling about 200 feet and then shooting a giant energy beam, his actual body hadn't moved an inch. He activated his Sharingan and scanned the area where the smell had originated. He immediately saw three Iwa-nins preparing to attack their decoys. Perfect.

Naruto tapped Shikamaru on the shoulder to get his attention. He pointed to where the enemies were and then to their sleeping friends. Shikamaru nodded, understanding and went to wake up the others while Naruto got into position. The ambush plan they had come up with consisted Naruto, Shikamaru and Chouji engaging the enemy while Ino and Sakura protected Sasuke as even if he was up, after being out that long, he'd be more of a hindrance then any help. Also, if the enemy nins were too strong, then Ino could possess one of them to tip the odds in their favor. As Naruto got into position on the edge of the clearing, Shikamaru and Chouji joined him.

Not five seconds later, the Iwa-nins flew out of the brush, destroying the three, to their surprise, clones. They were further shocked when they found they could no longer move.

"Heh, Kagemane no jutsu, success" they glanced (since that was really all they could do) toward the voice to see a smirking Shikamaru.

A loud battle-cry drew their attention skyward as a giant, bowling-ball like Chouji rained down on them. The unlucky one in the center was squashed like bug while another was strangled by Shikamaru's shadow. While trying to run, the third noticed a crimson and golden blur flying at him. That was the last thing he knew as his skull was smashed in by Naruto's gauntlet. This again kinda creeped out his companions.

"Uh, Naruto, are you sure you're okay?"

"Yeah, just releasing about 13 years of pent up anger"

"Ah"

After checking the Iwa nins, they found that they were actually carrying two heaven scrolls and an earth scroll. With that done, and with just under three days left until the end of the test, the five genin set off to the tower after almost 'forgetting' Sasuke.

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About halfway to the tower, Sasuke finally woke up to his very sore face banging repeatedly against Chouji's back.

"Wha…What the…?"

This alerted Chouji who glanced over his shoulder to check.

"Hey guys! Emo boy's finally awake!"

"About damn time!" Naruto shouted back.

Glancing around and seeing his teammates with Shikamaru's team, Sasuke figured out what had happened.

"Hey Chouji, put me down. I can run on my own!"

With that, Chouji promptly and unceremoniously dropped him, while leaping through the trees, about 50 feet off the ground.

"SASUKE-KUN!!!!!" (20 lashings and a cookie to one who figures out which two said that (not really))

The emo's fangirls leaped down to get that which was their entire existence.

"You think we should wait up for them?" Shikamaru asked.

"Nah. They'll catch up in a little bit. Sasuke because he'll want to beat up Chouji for doing that and his fangirls because they stick to him like muscles to a dock"

"Good point. You know, sometimes I think fangirls should be listed as a parasitic life form. They fit most of the requirements if you think about it"

"True"

About five minutes later, Naruto's prediction came true, except that Sasuke was to busy fighting his age-old battle against his rabid fangirls to try to beat up Chouji.

After a relatively uneventful trip, the two teams finally arrived at the tower with two days to spare.

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AN: thanks for the reviews. I am defiantly going to use most of those bloodline ideas. The next chapter will cover a reunion with Kyuubi, the prelims, and more new and awesome weapons from our favorite demon angel.