AN: Thanks for the great ideas about naming Naruto's new ability. I've decided on the name I'm gonna use. It'll pop up on the update after this.

Chapter 2:

Life sucked!

Naruto thought his new magnetic ability had been awesome. But now… it just sucked.

Who the hell carries scissors around with them?

Grumbling, the twelve year old struggled to pull the pair of blades off his arm. He would have been skewered if it weren't for his sharp reflexes. Finally tearing the sharp object away from his limb, he threw it as far as he could, resuming his desperate run for the Ninja Academy. The only way to avoid the flying metal objects that were attracted to his magnet body was by making an all out sprint for safety. Who knew civilians had so many pointy, and in Naruto's case, potentially lethal stuff? Before the scissors, a dozen metal pens had come flying for his face. His flexibility and reflexes had been put to the test. He'd barely escaped with his life.

Naruto saw the Academy in the distance and cheered mentally. Yes!! He thought in delight. Iruka-sensei will know what to do! Besides a classroom couldn't have too many metal pointy objects, could it? Shouts from people who had lost their things to Naruto's "attractiveness" followed him as he sprinted for the safe haven.

The blonde soon figured out there was no safe haven. Just as he had opened Iruka's classroom door, all hell had broken loose. "Iruka-sensei, you gotta help me!!," was all Naruto got to say before several metal classroom objects did the magnet tango. A set of a dozen kunai, a nun chuck, two small wakizashi's, and a nodachi went flying towards Naruto. With a yelp, he quickly closed the door in front of him. The weapons stabbed the door, a symphony of thuds and thumps. Naruto had forgotten that although it was just a classroom, it was a ninja classroom. He sighed in relief. That was close.

Uchiha Sasuke had a favorite spot in Iruka's classroom. It was at the top left corner. Most kids in school hated being in the front, it meant you were directly in the teacher's view. The closer you were to the front of the class, the more you were called on. As a result kids would sit near the end of the room. It was for this reason that Sasuke sat in the front. First of all, he wasn't like most kids. Any similarity he had with his peers died five year's ago. Second, Sasuke sat in the front because he wanted to be apart from the other wanna-be ninjas in his class. He didn't have the time or the patience to form friendships with them. They would only drag him down.

The front had other merits too, but before he could start thinking about that, the class room door opened with a bang.

His position gave him the perfect view. Naruto stood panting in the doorway yelling when suddenly the various weapons placed around the classroom started to wobble, as if a force was pulling on them. In no time at all, the weapons had sprung up and went soaring for Naruto. Funnily enough the points of all the weapons were facing in Naruto's direction. He saw the blonde yelp and close the door before he could get hit.

Everyone the classroom was silent, staring at each other in confusion.

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!" Ino yelled.

Their thoughts exactly

Naruto stood at the door sighing, he heard Ino yell and chuckled. Why does weird stuff always happen around me? First itwas Mizuki, now this... He sat up when he heard Iruka open the door. The teacher looked incredulous. "Naruto what did you do now? Naruto just grinned, rubbing the back of his head in apology. "I really need your help sensei, the metal things, they're all after me!" Iruka just sighed. Only Naruto...

Many ninja thought the Commanding Officer of the Torture & Interrogations Department of the ANBU was Satan in disguise. Most people wouldn't like that but Morino Ibiki was flattered by the sentiment; it just meant he was doing his job right. He was a man hardened by the cruel forge of war. The scars on his body proved it; his bald head was covered in burn marks, punctures from where screws were used, and long slash marks from physical torture. Survivor of the Second Ninja War, he had seen things that would have made lesser men commit suicide. Countless women raped, scores of children murdered and enough blood to soak a field the size of Konoha in red. But that's why he took pride in his job. As a torturer he stopped those wars from ever touching Konoha's border. He was the guy who pried priceless info from enemies, through any means necessary. Described as a sadist by some, he had the ability to subject people to great suffering without ever using physical torture. He took pride in the fact that his skill as a psychological torturer prevented war.

So he was confused when the Hokage told him to actually interrogate somebody, not torture. He wasn't allowed to physically or emotionally harm the target, just examine them. That was strange, usually regular interrogation would be left to his subordinates. All the important targets were left to him. When he found out he would be interrogating a genin, he was surprised.

"May I ask who and why?" Morina questioned as he stood in the Hokage's office.

The Sandaime looked at Ibiki levelly.

"What if I told you Konoha had a new blood line limit join its ranks?" Ibiki raised his right eyebrow. A new bloodline limit? It was widely accepted that there would never be any new limits to be found.T he last time Konoha had gained a new limit was since the founding.

"I'll see about that." He answered.

Sarutobi nodded sagely. "That's what I thought…

Naruto looked at his surroundings. He was in a giant room filled with rubber padding. There were several weapons lying randomly on the floor around him.

Once he had explained the fact that he was now a human magnet, Iruka sensei had brought him to ANBU headquarters. There he had met this intimidating guy that looked like an ex-convict. The guy had said something to Iruka and then his teacher had left him telling him not to worry, he was in good hands. That was when he started to grow nervous.

After his sensei had left, Convict-san, which was the only thing Naruto could call the guy, had told him to follow. He found himself walking further inside the headquarters, passing bleak gray doors and white halls. At the end of the hall he was escorted into a room filled with rubber padding. Convict-san told him that the reason he was here was because of his new abilities. They were going to test them out.

Against Iruka's advice, the blonde grew increasingly worried.

The stark whiteness was starting to creep him out. Why was he in a padded room? They couldn't test him somewhere else? Besides the only people who were in padded white rooms were crazy people. He wasn't crazy was he? He occasionally talked to himself, but everyone does that sometimes. Right? Right?

Ibiki stared at Naruto through a one-way window. His interrogation skills relied solely on his ability to torture the mind. As a torturer, he knew a little about human psychology and spirit; if one could control the mind, one could gain control over the spirit. But Morino wasn't trying to control Naruto's spirit; He just wanted to see how Naruto's abilities manifested. That's why he had Yuuhi Kurenai in the room with Naruto. On his signal, the Ice Queen of Konoha was going to use genjutsu on Naruto. At first, the illusions mistress had had misgivings on using genjutsu on a little kid, but he had convinced her to do it, giving her total control of what she wanted to show Naruto. She could also stop at any time. Ibiki had other ninja stationed around him to take observations. He gave the signal for Kurenai to start.

Still invisible to the blond in front of her, Kurenai made sure she had every set before she started the illusion. The weapons lying around on the floor. She would have to use real ones. If Naruto was struck by fake swords and didn't get hurt, the genjutsu would be broken. But before she did that she would first knock him out.

Naruto had been to the point of yelling to get some attention when this pretty red headed lady had appeared from out of nowhere. Eyes wide, he started "Who the-"

He was out before he could finish the sentence.

When Naruto woke up, he was in the woods. His eyes twitched and he felt the grass prickle his neck as he gained consciousness. Groaning he sat up and stared at his surroundings. What the fuck is going on? His earlier anxiety was giving way to annoyance. Where there hell am I? He stared up at the treetops trying to gauge his location with the sun, but it soon became obvious to Naruto how useless that would be. The trees were huge, tall enough to block the sunlight.

Damn trees. Grumbling, Naruto sat up and brushed loose grass and sticks from his pants. What do I do now? He thought. There was a sudden scream in the distance. Naruto jerked his head in the direction of the sound. That answers my question.

Following the ensuing calls for help he came up on a clearing in the woods.

There were bandits, ten of them, surrounding a group of travelers. There was an old man, a woman of about thirty, and a little girl of about eight years old. It was she who had been screaming for help. The old man was on the ground, lying wounded on his side. Five of the bandits had started ransacking the family's wagon, the supplies tossed around carelessly. The other five bandits were circling the woman; Naruto didn't like the look on their faces. He'd seen older guys harmlessly stare at women, but the outlaw's leers were different, more predatory and menacing. If he didn't do something soon, things would get ugly for the lady. The girl screamed again.

"One of yous shut that brat up!" A bandit had gotten sick of the girl's squealing. One of them stalked menacingly at the girl. She cringed back in fear.

That's my cue.

With nothing but the clothes on his back Naruto leaped into the clearing, the bandits jerking their heads in surprise. "The hell'd you come from!? Naruto said nothing. The bandits looked at each other in confusion. What was this pipsqeak doing?One of them looked to his right and spoke up. "Er, what do we do boss? The man he spoke to was a giant covered in samurai armor. Naruto didn't know much about samurai, but he did know about the way of Bushido. He knew true samurai hated bandits. They went against everything Bushido stood for. Probably stole it somehow, he thought. With more examination of the boss bandit Naruto saw a huge zanbato strapped to his back.

Note to self, avoid man cleaver.

The boss was a brute, Naruto saw. Probably all muscle and no brains. The jinchuriki looked at the ten outlaws, he noticed all of them looked like mindless beasts. As long as I don't get careless, I should be good. Assured of that reasoning, Naruto made the hand seal for Kage Bunshin, a cruciform made with two fingers of each hand.

From her perch on the ceiling, Kurenai watched in surprise as Naruto made twenty clones. How does he know that jutsu? She thought. Ibiki had said he was at the bottom of his class! This would complicate things. She'd thought ten bandits would be enough to overwhelm Naruto and force him to use his kekkei genkai. It seemed she would have to up the ante.

The bandits gawked with surprise when the little kid in orange suddenly did a hand seal and summoned more little kids in orange. Shit, they thought. Ninja! They knew even the prepubescent ninja, the genin, were deadly to normal humans. As the smoke from Naruto's Kage Bunshin cleared, the hunters suddenly became the hunted. Twenty clones surrounded the bandits; each of them had a cocky smirk on their face. In unison, they cracked their knuckles in anticipation.

"Let's get started shall we?"

At once, each of the Naruto clones chose a bandit and attacked. Two clones per criminal allowed the clones to easily dispatch their foes. By double-teaming the clones made short work of the bandits and they were done in five minutes. Naruto smiled at how easy it had been.

When the boss screamed that he had the girl hostage Naruto was caught off guard. He saw the little girl grasped in the giants grip, whimpering in fear. Naruto swallowed and silently berated himself mentally, remembering Iruka's lesson on hostage situations. In such a situation the hostages always came first. You only fought when you knew the victims were safe. Now a little girl was about to die for his stupidity.

Not if I have anything to say about. Naruto grit his teeth in determination.

There was only one ability he had that could save that girl. It was only if he could find it within himself to pull it out and use it. Naruto struggled to center him self, trying to recall the last time he had teleported. How had he done it? All he remembered was an all-encompassing fear, then poof he was safe. Damn it why can't I do it? Naruto's chakra levels began to rise, as he grew more distressed at his own powerlessness. A visible aura of crackling electricity surrounded the blond as he used more and more of his reserves. His hair began to wave wildly as wind started to whirlpool around his body.

Kurenai gazed in curiosity at the blond under her. What was he doing? His chakra levels were climbing at an astronomical rate, but he wasn't doing anything. He was just standing there with a look of intense focus on his face, as if he was struggling to remember something. She snapped to attention when Naruto opened his eyes, a victorious grin on his face.

The determined blond had remembered. With a confidant smirk, he opened his eyes. They felt itchy, but he ignored that. He didn't know that his eyes had turned into glowing orbs of electricity. The iris, pupils and cornea were completely engulfed in small yellow bolts of electrical energy. With eyes of lightning he stared the bandit boss. With a thunderclap he disappeared.

Maybe life wasn't so bad...

AN: Good? Bad? Makes you want to hurl? R&R and let me know!