Birth of a Legend

by straros

A new beginning, an earlier meeting, a new team, a new destiny as the leaf begins to burn under the eyes of the snake. A legend will be born wrapped in winds of flame, as he stands beside the shadow and the dove it will be uncovered under the fox's watch.

5. Chapter 5 graduation of the fox part 2

Last chapter

"Soon it will be time to show this village what we are capable of, and when we do we will let nothing stop our goal."

"You're talking to yourself again kit, that's the first sign of insanity you know." Kyuubi mentioned innocently.

"Ahh but you love me anyway." Naruto replied sarcastically.

"Like the brother I never had." Kyuubi replied grinning in his cell.

Naruto decided then was the perfect time to get going towards the academy for his second to last day there. For Graduation exams are tomorrow as well as the next step towards his goal of being Hokage.

Chapter 5, Graduation of the fox, the shadow, and the dove part 2

Naruto was running along the roofs of the city at top speed going right for the academy. He had slept in late again this morning leaving a quite annoyed and bitchy Kyuubi to deal with waking him up. Needless to say this happened almost every other morning, so it was pretty much routine for them now.

Naruto sighed while running along the roof tops. "Iruka-sensei is going to kill me, I just know it. I probably should come up with a good excuse for being late again; crap I almost forgot he still has those photos that Kurenai-san gave him. Oh boy, now I really need to move it because if I'm too late he may just decide to show it to the class, then me and Hinata-chan will never hear the end of it."

"Well, that's just what you get for waking up late, AGAIN!" Kyuubi yelled in his head.

"Oh shut up fox! It's your fault for not waking me up earlier, you know that right?" Naruto asked.

"I HAD BEEN YELLING AT YOU FOR 2 AND A HALF HOUR'S YOU BAKA! Now get your ass in gear." Kyuubi yelled back.

"Yes mom," Naruto replied sarcastically.

"Today is going to be one long day." He thought.

After running for another 5 minutes Naruto makes it to the academy, runs down multiple hallways and 2 sets of stairs, finally making it to his classroom. The first thing that can be heard and seen as soon as the door is opened is a very pissed off Iruka.

"YOUR LATE NARUTO, AGAIN!"

Yep, today was going to be a very long day for Naruto.

Naruto gave him a half shrug and strolled over to his seat. "Naruto what's your excuse today!" Iruka said dangerously.

"I crossed paths with a black cat." Naruto stated seriously. "They're bad luck, you know. I had to convince it to retrace its steps."

"And how long did that take you?" Iruka growled, his eyebrow twitching.

"Twenty minutes."

"So what delayed you for the rest of two hours you where late?!"

"I was asleep." Naruto replied sheepishly while scratching the back of his head.

At this everyone besides Hinata, Shikamaru, Choji, Shino and Iruka face vaulted at this, mostly because they already guessed he would say something like this so they just sighed.

"Alright Naruto, you and me are going to have a talk after class." Iruka then grinned at him mischievously. "I mean there just has to be some way to motivate you to be in class on time tomorrow it's just a matter of finding out what, maybe a picture perfect moment will do it." He continued with mock ignorance.

This caused both Naruto and Hinata to blanch, both with the same thoughts going through their heads. "He isn't going to do what I think he is, oh please Kami don't let it be that."

"Umm, it's okay Iruka-sensei! I promise I'll be on time tomorrow. there is absolutely no need for that." Naruto replied quickly with fear evident in his voice.

"Good." Iruka replied cheerfully, which scared everyone even more. "Now Naruto, you are going to be here on time tomorrow or else I show everyone what I mean by motivation."

This simply caused both Naruto and Hinata to swallow hard.

"Now that the interruption has been dealt with, lets get back to the previous topic everyone. Now then, as I'm sure you are aware, today is the day of your final exam. If you pass this, you will be on your way to a successful career as a Konoha shinobi."

'Yeah yeah, get to the part where I have to do something.' As Iruka droned on at what he thought was a highly motivational speech, Naruto tapped his fingers against his desk in a steady beat.

"Now onto what I'm guessing most of you want to really hear. The test is split into four parts that are each graded independently. The parts are a written exam on Shinobi laws and rules of conduct, a tai-jutsu portion with a 1 on 1 fight's between the students, a nin-jutsu portion to demonstrate you can perform certain academy jutsu, and lastly a gen-jutsu portion where you must be able to detect a gen-jutsu and break it. Once you are tested in these four areas we will present the graduating students with their leaf village forehead protector. After which you will have the rest of the weekend off before you are divided into your genin cells each with your own jounin sensei. Now any questions?" Iruka asked.

Surprisingly for everyone, it was Naruto who raised his hand but when he asked his question it fell on death ears.

"…………. Fine then, don't answer my question." He pouted which caused everyone to snap back to reality realizing that this really is Naruto and not some imposter.

"Okay…. Now what was your question again Naruto?" Iruka asked sheepishly in an almost Naruto way.

"Jeez, now you listen to me. Well anyways, I was wondering how the selection process for the teams worked. I mean is it decided upon our statistics in the class or our skills in our particular fields."

"Hmm, that's a very good question Naruto and one that I would be happy to answer for you. The way we decide upon the teams is simple in a way, yet quite difficult for the same reason. You see each team is made to balance each other with their own personal skills so that together could in theory defeat a stronger, more experienced ninja. The other part we check for the teams is the possibility that the members can work together so we check first if friends have the abilities to balance each other. The jounin instructor you would get is also supposed to aid in the growth of his subordinates so they are also checked if they are compatible with the squad. That Naruto, is the premise to how we decided the genin squads." Iruka answered.

"Good to know." Naruto replied back.

"You were up training late again weren't you Naruto?" Choji asked him from a row behind him.

Naruto simply raised an eyebrow. "Do you really have to ask that Choji? I mean, has their ever been a day when I skipped out on my training?"

"Well, you should at least cut back enough on it so that you can make it to class tomorrow so that Iruka doesn't have to use what ever black mail he has over you. Though, I do have to say your training does get results. God I would hate to fight you. I mean, I haven't even seen you go all out for almost two and a half years now.

Flash back

Naruto was not in a good mood right now. He had just planned on talking with the few friends he had during this break, when some upperclassmen decided to come in and mess with him. The first thing they did was shove Hinata out of the way, and made her fall and hit her head against the wall. They then shoved Choji out of the way next, telling him to, "Move his fat ass", which was a taboo phrase around Choji. The final thing they did was shove Naruto against the desk, causing him to scribble across his scroll on that held the Kata for him and Kyuubi's new tai-jutsu form. To make things worse, they decided to insult him.

"Ah, what's wrong, baby have a problem? Not going to speak up for what we did to your buddies? Some friends they are. One is a shy girl who would die on her first mission, the other would be lucky to out run a snail. Then we have a freak that doesn't even deserve to be a Ninja, let alone be in this academy."

Another kid spoke up next. "Yeah, I mean what were your parents thinking when they put you in here? OH yeah, that's right, you have no parents. They probably dumped you off on some old orphanage or on the street."

Naruto had had enough by this time their was only three things that set him off now a days, the first was someone hurting his friends, the second was insulting his dream, and the last one was never insult his family. These fools had done two of the three. He rolled up his scroll, and put it in one of his pockets before turning to the 3 upper classmen behind him.

He looked over to Choji, who looked sad, and pissed. He was shaking, and Naruto knew it was from him trying to hold back his anger, and keep from crying at the way they were acting as well as trying not to go berserk on them.

He next looked at Hinata, who had tears forming in her pale white eyes. She was holding the back of her head where she had hit the wall, and didn't look to be all that well, she was bleeding. This was bad. He realized she had hit her head pretty hard and from what Naruto remembered of his human anatomy lessons with Kyuubi, that meant either a blood vessel ruptured or she had a concussion. Neither were good options. She was crying as well from the pain or from sadness at the way they were talking about her, Choji, or Naruto he didn't know, she always seemed to care about how others were treated more then herself.

What he did know was that he could stand people insulting him, but when they made his friends cry, or insulted his friends, he couldn't take it. So waving his hands he got Choji's and Hinata's attention. He told them to move and try to get a teacher.

Choji nodded, and went to help up Hinata. Hinata wasn't to sure about letting Naruto stay on his own to fight these thugs. The people doing all this were two years older then them, and ready to take the Genin Exam. She didn't want to leave Naruto there alone, but she also thought she would only get in his way. So she followed Choji as he helped her up, and they left to get a teacher.

"Haha, your friends have even left you. I guess they see how worthless you really are. So maybe we will do them a favor, and just beat the crap out of you, that way they wouldn't have to see you for a few weeks."

Naruto nodded his head before he slipped into a defensive stance. Once in the stance, he raised his left hand in front of him, and flipped all three of the boys off.

"So you want to fight with us? You are going to wish you ran you bastard!" When the boy shouted this, everything seemed to stop. People stopped talking, and playing games. All heads turned to where the fight was about to break out.

The first boy, who had black hair charged at Naruto, fist raised, ready to hit him with everything he had. When the boy swung his fist at Naruto, he side stepped the punch, and grabbed the boy's wrist. The boy was stunned and didn't know what had happened as Naruto used the boys own momentum to flip him over onto his back. From there Naruto placed his right foot on the boy's chest and pulled his arm as hard as he could and quickly dislocated the shoulder, causing the boy to scream out in pain. By this time, the other two had begun to move towards Naruto.

The brown haired boy jumped into the air and spun around intent on sending a kick to Naruto's head. The other boy was right behind the first one but moving slowly to the side as the distance closed.

They were trying to surround him he realized quickly which in turn simply caused him to sigh, might as well do some practice on live enemies with the first form. So at this point he dropped low to the ground but not onto all fours like an Inazuka would. Most people present thought that their would be no way Naruto could fight in a stance like that, they were proven wrong real fast.

Naruto had moved faster then most people here thought possible, almost everyone lost track of him. Suddenly, appearing from almost nowhere Naruto was under the guard of the thug running at him from the front and had done a double palm strike with the fingers curled inwards making them like claws, he drove them right into the thugs solar plexus sending him flying backwards into a wall. Thinking to strike while Naruto was distracted, the other boy aimed a roundhouse kick for Naruto's legs attempting to sweep them out. Naruto swung himself right into the kick catching it in between his elbow and knee, breaking the thug's ankle.

"Damn you, you got lucky by taking them out. I'm not going to go easy on you. I was one of the best at Tai-jutsu in our class, so I hope you are ready to get your ass kicked." The one who got sent into the wall said.

The boy followed his remark with a straight Punch to Naruto's head. Naruto went to duck, only to see the punch as a feint, as the boy brought his knee up and hit Naruto in the face. From there he brought his elbow down, and into the back of Naruto's head. Naruto was stunned by the force of both hits, and was trying to regain his thoughts and think of something to do. Before he could do anything, the boy once again grabbed Naruto's head, and went to ram it into his fast rising knee. Naruto had had enough. He grabbed the boy's arms, and channeled chakra into his feet, and jumped. His jump quickly took him above the knee, and over the boy's head. The entire time, Naruto had the boy's arms firmly in his hands, and brought them over with him. Once over the boy's head, and both feet planted, he locked the arms up, and put the boy into a sleeper hold.

"Damn you, let me go!"

The boy kept hollering, and struggling, until he slowly started to black out, and his body went limp. Naruto placed him down on the floor, and was about to turn around. That was when a chair hit him in the back, and sent him towards the window he was in front of. Before Naruto could stop himself, he was already going through the window of their third story classroom. The only thing he heard aside from the gasp of some of the students in the room, and the glass shattering was four voices.

"NARUTO-KUN!"

"Naruto!"

He knew who they were, Hinata, Iruka-sensei, Shikamaru, and Choji. Had just come rushing into the room in time to see the thug swing a chair and hit Naruto out of the window.

It was official. Naruto was PISSED! He had just took a fucking chair to the back and now he was falling of a three story building. This just wasn't his day. While he was falling he had managed to right himself so that when he landed he was on all fours to absorb the impact, plus he pumped a ton of chakra to his legs and arms to strengthen them. This had managed to protect him from a good amount of the impact and pain he would have had that would have crippled him.

Slowly he stood back up against what most people thought should be possible. He then jumped towards a nearby tree landing on one of the branches were, jumping from that he managed to grab the window sill on the second floor, he then swung himself from a hanging position into the air and making it to the window he had been previously been knocked out of. As soon as he landed on the window sill of the third floor he noticed the bastard who had hit him with the chair had just turned his back to him, this presented many ways for payback. Naruto decided on something in the testing still, the full version of his style, the Arashi Kitsune style (the storm fox).

The Arashi Kitsune had been built upon the tactics and styles of three other tai-jutsu forms, the Ryugakure Tsume (dragons hidden claws) the same style he used in the beginning of the fight. This style serves as solely an offensive. It uses heavy blows along the center line to damage the many vital points in the body. The user may also focus chakra into their nails creating piercing claws. The results of fighting this style is very bad for only someone faster then the user rarely has a chance against it. And even then, a single hit has the chance to cripple the opponent. The style had been derived from one of the many legends of the great dragon's strength and speed using its talons and fangs to defeat its enemies.

The second style is the defensive abilities of the Arashi Kitsune, the Oni Tate (demons shield). The Oni Tate style is pure defense. The user only strikes as a counter attack using the least amount of energy while also reinforcing their body to incredible levels the moment before they get hit. The reason for this style was during the great shinobi war every country had been afraid of the legendary strength of Tsunade the slug queen of the Sannin. Her strength had been known to demolish castles and mountainsides with a single punch. Eventually, the Village of Stone had eventually managed to develop the Oni Tate, the only style that allowed a man to take the full power of Tsunade's strength for 1 hour in a pure tai-jutsu battle. Most believed the style wiped out now, but some how Kyuubi knew it; Naruto had not gotten around to asking how he knew it.

And the final part that made up the Arashi Kitsune style was a variation of the Inazuka's fighting style when they are in their Shikyaku form, it's called the Rei Ookami (Ghost wolf). The difference between this style and the Shikyaku form is that instead of the user simply barreling through all opposition it is used for hit and run tactics. The user runs silently on his hands and feet only moving in when an opening presents itself in the enemy's defense. When the opening is seen the user puts the full speed of the form into effect then attacking the enemy at specific points on the body to cripple them to allow the user to move in for the kill, much like how an actual wolf stalks and kills its prey.

And so Naruto dropped into the Arashi Kitsune, he began by forming the chakra blades on his fingers and then put his fingers together effectively making them blades on their own. He dropped low to the ground again but used his left hand to balance himself. Then he moved pushing off his right foot while coating the balls of his feet in chakra meant to repel him slightly from the ground increasing his speed. When he moved, the style lived up to it's name. It was like a watching a fierce storm as he moved with the grace of water and had the strength of a tidal wave coupled with the speed and power of the winds. He spun around towards his right, bringing his hands up towards the back of the thugs legs severing the hamstrings causing his legs to buckle. It didn't end there, though. Naruto then brought his hands upwards in an X fashion slicing the biceps and triceps in each of the arms rendering them useless for weeks. And even then, they would have atrophied; that is, if he didn't die of blood loss before then. The final bit to Naruto's assault was dropping the chakra blades while doing a single palm heel strike to the thug's kidney dropping him like out like a light.

When he fell forward the first thing Naruto saw was a room full of shocked faces. He guessed it was reasonable, he had just been bashed with a chair through a pane of glass and there was not even a scratch on him, he had Kyuubi to thank for that. Worse yet, he was dropped out of three story building and survived then bounced back right away. No one his age should be able to do that and still be able to fight like he did. It probably didn't help at all that he had completely crushed a kid a year and a half his senior, AGAIN. He sighed to himself. Yes, this was turning into a very long day. Then he heard the whispers.

"What the hell is he?"

"Is he a monster?"

"Remind me never to pick a fight with him, ok?"

"I'll admit he's good, but Sasuke-Kun could still beat him easily!" At that Naruto just snorted, probably Sakura or Ino.

Now what happened next made almost everyone in the room jump, Hinata ran at him and wrapped her arms around him protectively and started crying in his chest. "YOU CRAZY BAKA! What were you thinking? You could have been killed! I thought I lost you." She said as she broke down. Naruto simply returned the embrace stroking the back of her head trying to calm her down.

"Hey, I'm fine Hinata-Chan, I'm not dead and I'm not about to leave you any time soon." He then smiled at her while lifting her chin up to look her in the eyes. "Besides, even if I did die I'm 100 percent sure that you would some how find some way to bring me back and kill me once again for leaving you. Then probably bring me back again to stay this time." He said while wiping the tears from her eyes. "If it makes you feel any better, I'll make it up to you somehow for putting you through all this worry. Now how is your head, it doesn't look to be bleeding anymore." He asked.

Hinata managed a bit of a smile at Naruto's words. "It turns out Iruka-sensei is quite talented at medical jutsu. Now about how you are going to pay me back, let's just grab some lunch. That, and promise me you won't go and do something stupid like that on your own ever again." She said with emphasis on 'own'.

"Oh, so I can do something stupid like that again if I have you with me right?" He asked innocently, which caused Hinata to shove him a bit.

"Don't think you two can get away with something stupid without me along for the ride. It seems I can't leave you guys alone for a second before you get yourselves into something troublesome." Shikamaru called out while walking towards them.

"And me!" Choji said following Shikamaru.

"Thanks guys, I really mean it". Naruto said sincerely, then looked at them in amusement. "You know it would probably be a good idea if we stopped standing on the bleeding kid and got Iruka-sensei to patch him up before the baka dies of blood loss."

This caused Hinata, Shikamaru and Choji to look down at the same time and realize they were indeed standing on the kid who attacked Naruto. They all got off him right away except for Choji who jumped on the kids back once before he got off. He was the one who called Choji a fat ass so he got a little revenge.

"Alright, alright. I can take a hint you know, Naruto." Iruka said, sending a glare at him. "Though, since he started the fight against you, I have no intentions of taking the pain away from him, I'm just going to stop the bleeding and allow a medical team to deal with him. As for the rest of you, how about you guys take what's left of the day off and have some fun." Iruka said while patching up the injured boy and leaving to call a med team.

"Well guys, how about we all just go and get something to eat?" Hinata asked. Then she looked mischievously at Naruto. "Naruto is paying for being a complete Baka and almost getting killed."

"I'm in if he's paying." Both Choji and Shikamaru said at the same time.

"GOOD! I know the perfect spot to go grab eat a good meal." Hinata said dragging the other three along behind her towards the richer end of Konoha.

Thankfully for Naruto's little Gama-chan, it was only a tea and dango shop.

End Flashback

You know Choji, I would hate to fight you as well. Do you know why?" Naruto asked.

"Because were friends, right?" He replied.

"Well there is that, but the truth is that I doubt even I could take more then five hits from your war hammer, not counting when you use your clan's jutsu to cause even more damage." He then cringed a bit. "Actually, I doubt anyone can take a hit from your hammer when you use the Baika no jutsu on it, considering the fact that it gets to the size of a tree when you do use it. But the main reason is you have gotten stronger Choji. A lot stronger. Just ask Shikamaru." Naruto said.

They both turned at the same time to look at Shikamaru only to notice that he had fallen asleep once again. This caused the both of them to sweat drop and twitch slightly.

"Damn he's one lazy bastard, I hope he finds someone one day who beats him every time he says the word troublesome or falls asleep. That will definitely teach him to slack off more than me." Naruto said while shaking with fury at the thought of Shikamaru being able to take things so easy.

Choji just laughed. "He already does. He has his mom for that job; she also gets his dad as well. Ah, but thanks Naruto. I wouldn't have gotten like this if it wasn't for your help."

Naruto just shrugged. "Hey, what are friends for? Besides, it was fun having someone to join me in my nightly torture runs. I still can't believe having you doing it convinced the others to join in, especially Shikamaru. I'm still curious about that, you know. Did you happen to have anything to do with it?" He asked slyly.

"Why, of course not Naruto! I mean, me and Shikamaru have been friends for years. I would never do anything that would go against him on purpose." Choji said, trying his best to sound innocent.

Naruto just glared at him. "Alright Choji what do you have on him that could possibly motivate his lazy ass?"

"Well you see..."

Flash back

It was only a few weeks to the summer off from the academy on the second to last year. Choji had been looking around for Shikamaru in the building because he wanted to have his lunch with him again as usual. Eventually Choji had drifted down towards the changing room areas looking for him when he heard a shriek from the girl's area.

It definitely sounded loud enough to be Ino so Choji sped on down the hall trying to find her and whatever had scared her. That was when he noticed Shikamaru, who happened to have a nose bleed, breathing heavily up against the wall……right by the girls change room. Now close enough Choji could make out what was being said.

"BLOODY PERVERT!!!!" Ino yelled.

"Shikamaru, what just happened here?" Choji asked.

Shikamaru, finally managing to get his nose bleed to stop, turned and looked at Choji. "Well, you see, I wasn't looking where I was going and I sort of walked right into the girl's change room. I don't think anyone realized who it was, though they probably think it was Kiba trying to get a look at Hinata again." He said with a sigh. "Please Choji, I don't normally ask you for favors, but can you keep this a secret? I saw what happened to Kiba the last time he tried peeking on her and Naruto found out and believe me, it wasn't pretty. So for the sake of me not being in the hospital for 3 weeks, please don't tell."

Choji simply sighed. "Alright fine, I won't tell a soul but you owe me one day no matter what it is."

"Fine."

End Flashback

When Choji finished his tale, all that happened was an eerie silence as Naruto turned his head to look at Shikamaru with a murderous glare. "Choji did he happen to tell you who he saw?"

"Ya, he said it was Ino and Hinata but Hinata was thankfully still clothed, Ino on the other hand, well, Shikamaru kept muttering about black lace."

Naruto simply sighed and the killer intent he was sending at Shikamaru suddenly stopped. This simply caused Shikamaru to lazily wake up to see what's going on.

"What I miss?" He asked groggily at them.

"Ohh, not much. Choji just decided to tell me how he convinced you to join on our torture runs." Naruto replied causing Shikamaru to go a ghostly white. "Relax man, I'm not about to butcher you or anything like I would any other punk, thankfully for your own safety, you didn't see anything when she changed. Though, I still expect you to join us for the training." Naruto said with calmly with a hint of steel.

Shikamaru gulped. "Alright, you have yourself a deal. I might as well keep you guys graced with my charming company." He said sarcastically.

"Good. We'd miss that oh so lazy sarcastic attitude of yours after being made to work." Shino said from two rows ahead of them. This caused Naruto, Shikamaru and Choji to all jump in shock. Shino's eyebrow at this point was twitching madly. "You forgot I sat this close to you guys AGAIN, didn't you?" He said, his voice making his irritation perfectly clear.

Naruto, at least, had the decency to look sheepish at this. "Umm, sorry Shino."

Shino just grunted in annoyance.

RING, RING, RING

"Alright class, that's it for today. Remember to prepare for tomorrow because some of you will need it. Also, don't be late, or else…" Iruka simply left it hanging.

And so everybody started leaving the class to go home to prepare for the upcoming exam tomorrow while Naruto and his friends started heading to get something to eat. Naruto, Hinata, Shikamaru, Choji, and Shino all started heading to a tea shop again much to Naruto's annoyance. They were there instead of Ichiraku ramen because: One, Hinata had gotten fed up of having Naruto simply eat ramen all the time, and the second reason is that Shino loves, for some reason, to see Naruto complain about not getting his ramen, so he chose this place to eat this time.

By the time the group had made it to the tea shop, gotten a table, and ordered, Naruto had stopped openly whining and resorted to simply pouting. This of course made Shino happy for some reason and also made Hinata laugh slightly at seeing Naruto pouting.

"Naruto-Kun are you nervous about tomorrow?" Hinata asked him nervously while waiting for their orders to arrive.

"The practical work I have probably the best chance in the class to pass if I actually tried at it. The written exam …. Well, I'm completely screwed there, except for the basics." He replied.

"Naruto, what the hell have you been doing instead of studying the stuff we need to learn, and it's not like you hand in any of the homework we have to do. In other words, you could be very hard pressed to pass, so you're going to need to impress the examiners." Shikamaru said in his usual bored way.

"I'm curious as well, Naruto, about why I see you either reading scrolls or writing in a fairly large scroll in class…. That is only when you aren't asleep trying to drown yourself in your own saliva." Shino said with sarcasm at the end. His little joke did it again, though. Every head in the shop turned in shock to look at the young Aburame.

"It's okay everyone, the end of the world is not about to happen." Hinata said quickly, reassuring the people in the room while Shino's eyebrow was twitching and there was a vein throbbing on his forehead.

At this Naruto simply sighed while reaching for one of the many pouches and pulled out a scroll. The scroll was fairly large it was about as long as some ones forearm and it was as large as Naruto's hand. It was completely white except for what drew everyone's attention, the kanji's for seal in black running down part of the scroll. Naruto simply bit his thumb drawing a bit of blood and ran it along the kanji's causing the scroll to open revealing plans and observations with multiple drawings and instructions.

"To answer the first question about what I do instead of studying what the academy tells me, I decided to gain an interest in something more useful, namely the art of seals." Naruto said with calmly shocking everyone at the implications at what he was learning.

Hinata was the first to recover. "Naruto-Kun, just what have you been working on and what is all this". She asked while pointing at a diagram on the scroll. "I don't think I have ever seen a seal like this and my family has a huge repository of scrolls and knowledge on seals. Second, do you even have any idea what some of the consequences working with seals are, you could be killed!" She said sounding very concerned.

Naruto simply put his arm around her with a smile on his face. "Now Hinata, you need to have some more faith in me. Besides, do you really think I would die that easy?" He said reassuring her slightly. "Alright, now I'm assuming that you guys want to know what I can now do using seals after practicing for 2 years." Was all he could get out before being interrupted by Hinata.

"TWO YEARS! YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING ON YOUR OWN WITH SEALS FOR TWO BLOODY YEARS! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY TIMES AND HOW MANY WAYS YOU COULD HAVE DIED MESSING WITH THOSE!" She yelled at him causing Naruto to clamp his hands over his ears.

"Oh Hinata, I think you burst one of my ear drums there." Naruto said, rubbing his ears causing Hinata to squeak.

"Sorry." She said starting to blush. The waitress at this time came over and dropped off their orders of dango and tea.

"Well I better answer all your questions before I lose my other ear drum. Ok, the seals I can create are blood seals for protection of basically anything I want, for instance this scroll as you saw." He said while pointing at the scroll. "I can also do suppression and purification seals, forming them just with my chakra. Lastly, I can create sealing scrolls for anything from food to weapons." This shocked Hinata at what he knew.

"Hey Narut,o they all sound great and all, but what do the suppression and purification seals do?" Choji asked speaking both Shino's and Shikamaru's thoughts.

"I'll explain that." Hinata said. "Well, suppression and purification seals are seals that, when applied to someone, affect their chakra. Suppression seals are used to seal away a person's max amount of chakra by half for each one they have on them. They also restrict the movements of people due to the lack of chakra circulating through their bodies. Purification seals, on the other hand, are the complete opposite. They don't give you more chakra or increase your reserves at all, but what they do is even more deadly. They increase the rate at which a person would be able to recover their chakra and with each on them, it increases the rate. The second function is that they increase the raw strength of a person's chakra, making any Nin-Jutsu used by the person with the seal take far less chakra to get the same result or with the same chakra increase how powerful it is. Now, Naruto, what is this seal on the scroll? I have never seen one like this before." She said causing Naruto to grin.

"That Hinata, is a seal of my own design; the Seishin Soutei Tanrei,and before you even say it I know already how dangerous it is to tamper with seals." He said pointing at the seal. The seal was intricate to say the least. The seal's outer edge was a simple circle that acted as a guide for the rest. Inside the circle was a square with each of its four points connected to the circle, inside that was another circle touching the insides of the square. The final piece was inside the circle, it was an eight pointed star that radiated out from the center of the seal past both circles and out of the array.

"As Hinata has already so kindly mentioned, there is no other seal like this anywhere mainly because I created the seal from scratch. The seal's purpose, if I can complete it and test it fully, could literally revolutionize the team based functions of any mission ranging from an assassination job to an under cover Intel gathering job. You see, the seal is used on multiple people creating a link between their brains. The link can, at the will of the receiver, allow the two to converse using their minds only. The link as I found during my quick tests with Iruka-sensei, remains inactive until the receivers add a little chakra to the seal, causing the link to open as a one way transmitter between the two, but if the two both put chakra into the seal it could be possible to hold an entire conversation as long as they have chakra running to the seal. When they no longer want to talk they simply cease the chakra flowing to the seal and the link drops, continue without the chakra to the seal for a week and the seal dissipates." He paused for a moment to let what he just said sink in.

"The way the seal actually does this was annoyingly complex for me to figure out. Basically, what the seal does is it translates the thoughts into chakra pulses that are then sent to the others in the link where the receiving seal changes the pulses back into understandable thoughts sending them directly into the brain. To forge the link, though, is a thorough bitch, it requires a blood sacrifice from any and all of the people receiving the seal. The blood is then mixed with a steady flow of chakra to allow the blood to become ready to merge with the mind. When the blood is ready, the seal you see here would be drawn on the back of all the receiver's necks, creating the bond." Naruto finished, leaving everyone to pick up their jaws.

"Naruto t-this is just incredible! You're right when you said it could revolutionize the teams. You have to take this to the Hokage. This is just amazing." Shino said almost speechless again….almost.

"No guys, as I said before, I'm still testing it. So until I'm finished, I will not give this to the old man." Naruto replied with conviction.

Suddenly, realization dawned on Hinata. "You're going to test it on your squad members, aren't you Naruto?"

Naruto grinned. "Guilty as charged." Then he finished the last of his tea while rolling the scroll back up. "Any way guys, it's been a long day and we have an even longer one tomorrow, so I'm going to turn in. Besides, I want work out the last of the kinks on it tonight that means I have to start soon or else I'll end up being late again tomorrow."

Hinata simply sighed. "Yes, you better not be late again if Iruka was blackmailing you with what I think he was. Do you just want me to come over tomorrow morning and wake you up?" She asked.

"If you would, thank you Hinata-Chan." He said while hugging her. "Alright, see you guys tomorrow and I hope we're all on the same teams, then I can really test this thing." He said walking off holding up his scroll.

"Oh ya, Hinata were still on for tomorrow night, right? I have everything all planned, I hope you like it." Naruto asked her.

Suddenly blushing red as a tomato all she could do was squeak out a quick "Yes."

"Cool. I'll pick you up around 7 okay?" He asked while walking off again towards the monument.

"See ya." Almost everybody chimed in except for Hinata who had, by this time, simply fainted.

"So he finally asked her out." Shikamaru said.

"Seems like it." Shino said then sighed. "I really am going to have my hands full keeping Kiba's leash on tomorrow if he gets a whiff of this."

"Eh, I'll help you. Kami only knows how much Hinata deserves him and now he has finally asked her, I hope he doesn't screw things up and end up hurting her." Choji said.

"This is Naruto we are talking about guys. He would rather cut off both his arms with a rusty kunai then hurt her." Shino stated with conviction.

"Ya, I guess you're right. Well, we might as well start preparing as well after we wake Hinata up." Shikamaru finished.

And so they waited and waited.

Late that night, Naruto woke to find himself inside the new and improved Kyuubi seal area without the Gen-jutsu on. Three years ago Naruto had gotten around to remodeling the seal area because of how often he started arriving there, to say the least, the two were happy with the changes. They were no longer inside a large sewer with the cage. In fact, the cage was almost none-existent now; instead, they were in an artificial outside world. The area was a large forest inside a giant mountain range. Surrounding the mountain range were all different kinds of environments, ranging from deserts to oceans, canyons to mountains, all this and more was inside the seal now where the Kyuubi could relax anywhere of it's choosing, it just chose today to go hunting for rabbits. (Yes the Kyuubi is still a fox so it likes rabbits. DEAL WITH IT just figured I should point that out.) And so Naruto sets out using the best of his tracking skills to find the oversized fur ball so he could go to sleep, well more so then he is now.

"AHH! Damn it! Why the hell is it so bloody hard to find a fox that is a part of my mind inside something I made for him? YO KYUUBI! WHERE ARE YOU?!" He yelled out.

"I'm over here kit, and be quiet. Haven't I ever told you that you don't have to yell for me in here, just call out with your mind?" Kyuubi asked, sounding annoyed.

It had been when Naruto created this new mindscape for the Kyuubi that the fox had toned down a bit. He now wasn't the towering monstrosity that he was in the cell, he simply shrank a bit. He was still taller then Naruto, not counting the tails, and he still carried that aura of command and respect that he had when Naruto first met him.

"Sorry." Naruto replied sheepishly.

Sighing, the Kyuubi continued. "Anyway, I called you here to give you a bit of a gift. How much do you know about summoning contracts?" He asked.

Naruto shrugged. "Not much other then it's a contract between the boss of a species and the scroll holder. The scroll holder can then get the ability to call upon the servants of the boss to aid him in battle. That's pretty much all I know."

"Ok that's pretty much all you need to know for now about regular summons, but I'll get into the difference between the regular summons like snakes, toads, slugs, monkeys and the like from my kinds later. Now catch." Kyuubi said throwing a large scroll at him with one of its tails which Naruto deftly caught.

The scroll was a fiery red just like the kyuubi's fur. At the ends of the scroll were obsidian fox heads with their mouths open showing their fangs. As Naruto opened the scroll he noticed something.

"Its completely empty you know that right." Naruto asked.

"Of course its empty. Do you think I would just let any odd human sign a contract like mine. Well whatever, I want you to draw some blood on your hand then write your name in one of the slots, any one will do after which get some blood on the rest of your fingers then place your hand onto the scroll underneath your name, then add some chakra."

And so Naruto did as he was told, biting his write hand and writing out the kanji for his name inside the fox contract. When he finished, he rolled up the scroll and looked at the Kyuubi.

"Just hold onto it for now. It should appear in the real world when you first try summoning it. Now before anything else, remember how I said my kinds summons are different?" He asked Naruto who nodded. "Good. Well, basically all the regular summons function along the lines of a clan, meaning you would only get to summon one or two of their kind at a time, in other words it limits you. What differs with my kind is we act as an army being divided into different squads, platoons and regiments. In other words, we don't have that limitation. We can be summoned individually or as our squads, making it possible for you to create an army to fight by your side in short order. As each regiment is different from the next you need to learn of the squad's abilities to make use of them. For example, you would never have a group of trackers guard a gate would you? No, you would probably send in a group with their skills more centered on the protection of targets. Also, since they are an army, they will need specific commands ranging from whom to attack, defend or track, your will is their command. Any questions so far kit?"

"Ya, just one though; you mentioned learning about the squads and what each of their abilities are, so just how am I going to learn that? Am I just going to have to summon them and learn or are you teaching me?"

"Already taken care of kit. You see when you summon the contract the first time I will also send you the kitsune archive scroll. The scroll will contain all the information you need about the abilities, squads and ranks of the army, plus it will contain the kitsune jutsu that you will also be able to use because you are a kitsune hanyou. In other words, they will only be able to be used by you and your children later in your life. Before you even ask, it's because my blood in your veins will not dissipate from generation to generation making your children hanyou as well."

Naruto at this point was just about jumping for joy. Why? Because he is and always will be a sucker for new jutsu. And better yet, jutsu that only he could use. This caused something that many people would have thought impossible; Kyuubi was smiling genuinely at the boy. Also at this point Sasuke accepted a date, Tsunade won a game of poker, and Jiraya found himself a willing women who fell for his charms instead of money.

Eventually calming down enough to form coherent sentences, Naruto thanked the Kyuubi and actually showed some respect while doing it. Well people its official Makai (hell) has frozen over.

"Alright kit, I've taken up enough of your time for one night so let's make this last bit fast. Now, the signs are Boar, Dog, Bird, Monkey, Ram in that order. Remember the hand signs when you wake up and practice them as soon as you can. My kind lust for battle and I think you will be just the person to give them their fair share. Alright, time for you to leave. Well, what are you waiting for? Get going and be very quiet, I'm hunting rabbits." Kyuubi said waving him off with one of its paws.

Naruto simply rolled his eyes at the fox while walking off into the forest of his mind. "See ya Kyuubi, and thanks for the present. Any changes you want done to the place in return?"

"More rabbits!" Kyuubi replied eagerly.

This caused Naruto to sweat drop. "I will never understand him; he could have anything he wanted in his cage from people to torture or another fox to be with. Instead he asks for more rabbits, RABBITS of all things." "Alright rabbits it is." Naruto said. And with that Naruto leaves his mindscape and the fox to his rabbits.

Kyuubi smiled again before saying. "No matter what any one says kit, you are strong now and I can easily say I'm proud that you're my vessel." "I refuse to ever say that to his face, I still have some pride left." And with that Kyuubi started bounding into the forest hunting for rabbits.

The next day.

Hinata was running along the rooftops of Konoha towards the Hokage monument at top speed. She let out a sigh. She knew that even with Naruto saying he would try to wake up on his own, he would still be late. Worse yet, today is exam day and if they aren't there they will fail, not to mention the black mail Iruka-sensei has on them. So being the good friend she is, she decided to go and wake Naruto up and drag him to the academy on time.

A few minutes later she arrives at the summit of the monument. Going in through the eye of the mountain, like Naruto showed her how to. When she was inside the first thing she saw surprised her, Naruto was awake and dressed, much to Hinata's disappointment.

"Morning Tenshi." Naruto called out cheerfully when he saw Hinata.

Hinata blushed at the nickname he gave her when they were alone. "Morning Naruto-kun."

"Surprised?"

"Yes actually. I figured I would have to wake your lazy butt up, but I guess I was wrong."

"Ya, the idea of Iruka-sensei showing the class those pictures is a major bit of motivation to be there on time. Speaking of time, how much do we still have?" He asked.

She shrugged. "About an hour until we need to be there. So you ready for the exam?"

Naruto raised an eyebrow at this. "Come now Tenshi, this is me we're talking about. I'm always ready! Besides, I figure that today I'm going to bring 'it' to class." He said motioning to the sword in the bracket on the wall.

"Well, I can tell today is going to be a very interesting one, eh Naruto-kun?"

"I can't wait to see how the Uchiha will react to seeing me with a sword." He paused to think for a minute. "Even better, I wonder what Kiba will do when I walk in today with one; he might just think I was planning his execution or something and go hide in a corner." He said with a laugh.

Hinata also giggled at this. "Oh come on, be nice to Kiba from time to time. Like when he isn't trying to be a pervert. On second thought, you might want to be nice a bit more often then that or there wont be any difference at all." She then looked at the two scrolls that are in front of Naruto on the table. "Please tell me you haven't started making more seals again Naruto. Wasn't my warning yesterday enough for you?" She asked sounding worried.

"Its okay Hinata, they aren't seal scrolls. They are just two scrolls that have come into my possession. One is a scroll with information and some Nin-jutsu in it and the other happens to be a contract." He said.

Hinata seemed to calm down a bit at this before she arched an eyebrow. "A contract? Naruto just what have you gotten yourself into this time?"

"Hey, its okay. I didn't do anything bad, plus its not some legal contract so I think I'm safe from any major harm. Anyway, it's a contract for summoning which I already signed." He then looked at her with a mischievous grin. "And no, I don't intend to tell you what the contract is because it is a secret."

This caused Hinata to pout. "Oh that's not fair! You shouldn't be so mean to me. Pleeaassssee tell me Naruto." She said in a sweet voice while giving him the puppy dog eyes.

"How about this, if we get on the same team, I will show you instead of just telling you. Besides, we need to get going if we want to be there on time." He said trying his best not to crack under that look.

With this, Hinata dropped the puppy dog look and sighed. "Fine, but even then I will find out some how what they are."

Naruto laughed. "I'm sure you will. Anyway, meet me outside. I have to finish packing the rest of the stuff; don't worry I'll only be a minute."

"Okay, remember we don't have that much time left." And with that she left.

And so Naruto set out to get the rest of his stuff together, which included quite a bit, but first he sealed away his new scrolls with a blood seal then placed them in another sealed room. He first had to go and grab twenty shuriken and throwing kunai to place in his pouches. Then he had to go and find his pair of striking talon knives which he strapped on each thigh (for those who don't know what a striking talon knife is I'll explain. It's a curved knife that's about twelve inches in overall length; the blade is double edged with the outer part closer to the handle being serrated. They have a thick black grip that provides maximum grip to it, the final piece on them is a tactical ring on the end of the handle like that of a kunai). And last but definitely not least was his sword 'Kyuubi' which he slung across his back over his left shoulder for easy access as well as displaying the kanji that run along the sheath. With all this finished, Naruto left his home out the window to join Hinata.

"Took you long enough, though we still have time just means we are going to need to go full speed." She said when he got out.

"Sure let's got going." Naruto replied, and with that they sped off.

At the academy several minutes later

"Made it and with time to spare." Hinata said breathing hard.

"Ya, seems we did it. Now let's grab our seats and get ready, we don't have that much time left to prepare." Naruto said back.

"See you after the exam." She replied.

When the pair entered the room they could see that a good amount of people were there early as well. The first people they noticed were Shikamaru who shocked them all by actually reading instead of sleeping, Choji who was polishing his hammer, and Shino who was talking to one of his bugs near the window. They all waved a quick greeting at the pair then went back to what they were doing. Hinata soon split off from him to go to her desk. The group of friends weren't the only ones who noticed them. A certain arrogant Uchiha was openly eyeing Naruto's sword.

"Dobe, where did you get the sword?" Sasuke said demandingly pointing at Kyuubi.

"Simple Uchiha, I made it many years ago and decided that today would be the first time I brought it in." Naruto replied calmly tapping his fingers along Kyuubi's handle.

"Whatever dob,e you probably stole it from the Uchiha district because it's not like you or any other sword smith could, or would, make a weapon like that unless it was an Uchiha. So hand it over to your betters' loser."

"Hey kit, toss him the sword." Kyuubi said inside his head.

"Are you nuts? Just handing it over to this stuck up bastard?"

"Don't worry kit, the sword was made with our chakra infused in it so it won't work for him. Besides if I'm right, the blade has youki infused in it so it should burn him if he tried to pick it up."

"Oh good, so I can knock this arrogant prick down a peg or two without lifting a finger, good plan."

"Whatever Uchiha, catch." Naruto said while pulling Kyuubi out of its sheath and tossing it to Sasuke.

The result was better then Naruto could have hoped for. As soon as Sasuke caught the handle he let out a scream of pain dropping the blade. When he looked at his hand that he caught it with he saw they had third degree burns along the entire area, most of the skin was blackened.

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!" Sasuke said clutching his right hand catching everyone's attention. Naruto casually walked over to where his blade had sunk into the wood blade first and pulled it out.

"As I said before, Uchiha, I made the blade infusing it with my own chakra. In other words, only I or a person with enough raw chakra to force the power of the blade down, will not be burned. And I would get someone to look at your hand it would make doing the exam much more difficult if you can't write or form hand signs. Unless, of course, your annoying Uchiha pride won't allow you to ask someone for help." Naruto said while sheathing his blade.

"WHAT HAPPENED!" Yelled a worried Iruka who just burst into the classroom.

Naruto shrugged. "It's okay Iruka-sensei, the Teme here decided to try using my sword and hurt himself in the process. He probably should get a medic to look at that hand of his."

"Oh is that it, Naruto. You should have warned him because it's not likely any genin will have the chakra necessary to suppress the blade. And you shouldn't curse your class mates Naruto, you could end up working together after the exam so you don't want to be at each others throats." Iruka said.

"Well, I did tell him I made the sword so he should have realized that there would be some safe guards in the blade. And no, I have absolutely no intentions of stopping calling the teme here a teme. Besides you managed to use the sword without burning yourself so I figured the great Uchiha prodigy could have as well." Naruto replied,

"Naruto, you know as well as I do that I'm a teacher by choice not because of a lack of experience. Now, can you send Sasuke over here so I can get a medic looking at his hand?" Iruka asked.

"Alright sensei, he's all yours." Naruto said while picking up the still subdued Uchiha and throwing him across the room towards Iruka.

"I didn't say throw him Naruto!" Iruka yelled while catching a flying Sasuke.

"But it was the quickest way to get him to you." Naruto said innocently.

Iruka sighed heavily. "Alright class, we have five more minutes until the exam starts so just wait until then. When the five minutes are up, Mizuki will pass out your tests. When you receive them, you will have one hour to finish. After the hour, Mizuki will split you into two groups that will be rotated between the tai-jutsu, and gen-jutsu portions of the exam. After that you will all be brought into the classroom again for the nin-jutsu portion where if you have been deemed skilled enough you will be given your hitaite. Now I have to go get Sasuke to a medic-Nin so I will be back later; everyone good luck." Iruka said then disappeared in a puff of smoke.

"I really need to learn how to do that shunshin jutsu." Naruto thought.

One hour and five minutes later

"It's official, Shikamaru. If someone ever comes up with a time traveling jutsu I'm going to use it to go back in time and butcher the sadistic bastard who came up with a paper test." Naruto said seriously to Shikamaru.

"It wasn't that bad Naruto. I wish some of the others were in our group though, it would be interesting to see just how far we have all come since we started heading out with you for that torture run of yours every night. Plus these weights have actually helped quite a bit." Shikamaru replied.

"Ya, we have come quite a ways, though I just want to get this tai-jutsu exam over with. I wonder who I'm fighting." Naruto said.

"Okay everyone, listen up! We have only one hour to get the exam done so lets make it count. I will be calling out the fighters names in groups of two. You are only allowed to use tai-jutsu. If any nin-jutsu or gen-jutsu is used, you will automatically be disqualified. Also, you have access to single kunai or knife which ever you choose. Now are there any questions?" Mizuki paused. "No? Alright, let's get started."

After several fights, Shikamaru was called up against Mitsumi Sano. The fight was over fairly quickly with Shikamaru not even breathing hard. He simply dodged all of Sano's attacks, reading him like a book until he ran out of steam, where Shikamaru lazily walked up and chopped Sano directly on the carotid artery knocking him unconscious, making him the victor.

Eventually, Naruto's fight came around fighting Higiyu Saotomi. This was a fight that most people wanted to see just to see what Naruto was really capable of. What most people saw stunned them. Naruto didn't drop into any fighting stance. Instead, he closed his eyes and put his hands in his pockets. This quite easily pissed of Saotomi making him act rash and run at Naruto, kunai in hand. "Open your eyes and take me seriously damn it!" He yelled at Naruto. It was just then everyone started to worry Saotomi's kunai was inches from Naruto's face, Naruto still hadn't opened his eyes. It looked like it was over until in the blink of an eye Naruto had one of his striking talon knives out of its sheath and blocked the Kunai without even looking. Naruto looked up and opened his eyes looking straight at Saotomi.

"How? Your eyes were closed the entire time." Saotomi asked shakily.

"Simple, your loud enough in your movements that I didn't need my eyes to tell where you came from or to tell what angle and where you were attacking with your kunai. Also, screaming at me didn't really help you any besides annoying me, now are you going to surrender or what?" Naruto asked calmly.

"NEVER!" Saotomi yelled back.

Naruto simply sighed before he pulled his free hand out of his pocket and used a palm strike on Saotomi's chest pushing him back. Continuing on the attack before Saotomi can protect himself; Naruto does a low sweep kick which Saotomi jumps only to realize it was a trap when Naruto flips back around to face him using his momentum from the spin to land a drop kick on his head.

"Arashi setsudanki" Naruto called out when the kick landed knocking Saotomi face first into the ground leaving him unconscious.

"Winner, Uzumaki Naruto!" Mizuki called out.

Naruto simply walked over towards Shikamaru to finish watching the rest of the matches. "So that was the Arashi setsudanki you have been working on Naruto? It looked like it hurt like hell when it hit." Shikamaru said.

Naruto shrugged. "Actually, that attack is only an opener for my other move which is safe to say could kill someone instead of just hurt someone. Anyway, let's watch the rest of these matches so we can get going."

Several matches later the two groups rotated meeting quickly in the main area.

"So Hinata-Chan, how did it go?" Naruto asked quickly.

"Dispelling the gen-jutsu was easy to do for me, even without my Byakugan, so I passed with flying colors." Hinata responded.

"That's great Hinata-Chan! I bet you will also beat anyone in the tai-jutsu exam." Naruto said while hugging her.

Hinata had started to blush again because of the hug. "So how did the tai-jutsu exam go?"

Naruto shrugged. "Plain and simple, I got a chump who was awful noisy when attacking. I didn't even need to open my eyes but I did to let the guy keep some pride before I dropped him with a well placed Arashi setsudanki." Naruto said.

"Naruto, you need to stop taking people lightly. Its going to cost you one day, and please will you tell me now what animal the contract was for?" Hinata asked using the puppy dog look again.

"Damn it! She's using that look again. If I just don't look her in the eyes I should be fine, though I don't know how much longer I'll hold out." Naruto thought worriedly.

"ALRIGHT! EVERYONE SWITCH!" Mizuki yelled.

"Oh well, don't worry Naruto. You will get another chance to tell me, I will make sure of that." Hinata said darkly causing Naruto to gulp. "Bye Naruto." She said with fake innocence.

"Bye Hinata-Chan." Naruto said shakily while waving to her.

"Ha, Ha, Ha! Kit, she has you whipped! This is just too funny." Kyuubi said inside Naruto.

"Shut up baka-kitsune!"

"Troublesome… I never realized how scary Hinata could be and I doubt you did either, right Naruto?" Shikamaru called to him.

"You have no idea Shikamaru. Now let's get moving before she finds a way to sneak after us".

OK everyone I'm going to skip what happened in the gen-jutsu exam and go strait to everyone being back in the classroom for the nin-jutsu exam and I am only going to show the rookie nine's step in the exam. NOW ENJOY

Chouyaku no jutsu (Skip technique)

"Okay everyone, now that I'm back we can start the Nin-jutsu portion. I will be calling you up one at a time where you must perform the kawarimi no jutsu, henge, and the bunshin no jutsu to pass. This is the case unless there is a valid reason that you cannot perform the jutsu where then you must show sufficient skill in another area to pass. Any questions". Iruka called out. "No questions, good. Now first up is Aburame Shino."

Shino calmly walked down the steps towards the front of the class. He first performed his family's version of the Bunshin no jutsu, the Kekkai Konchuu Bunshin no Jutsu. Next he turns into a perfect copy of the Sandaime.He then easily uses the Kawarimi no jutsu with the near by chair. Iruka nods and hands Shino his head band and says he passed and could leave or return to his seat.

"Next, Akamichi Choji." Iruka called.

Choji walked down the stairs, passing Shino and congratulating him on passing. Choji managed to easily create a bunshin and perform a henge but he had a bit of trouble finding doing the kawarimi. That was until he decided to use it on a person in the room mainly a sleeping Shikamaru. The result was quite funny for Iruka who got to watch Shikamaru fall face first into the ground out of the puff of smoke while Choji was sitting comfortably in Shikamaru's chair. Iruka passed him while Shikamaru was walking back up the stairs grumbling about how troublesome Choji is under his breath.

"Haruno Sakura." Iruka called out.

Sakura easily performed the bunshin no jutsu, henge, and the kawarimi. Sadly enough she was out of breath by the end of it though she still passed. She went back up the steps and started trying to flirt with Sasuke, safe to say she failed at that miserably.

"Hyuuga Hinata you're next." Iruka eventually called out.

"Good luck Hinata-Chan." Naruto said.

Hinata calmly made her way down the steps towards the center. She was easily able to create the largest amount of clones so far at 10 clones. Once again there was an Iruka clone in the room, though when she did kawarimi she certainly made Naruto jump. She ended up switching with Shikamaru like Choji only difference is that before the smoke cleared she had given Naruto a quick kiss on the cheek making Naruto blush a deep red, until she told him that if he doesn't tell her what the contract was for by the end of today the date was cancelled. Needless to say, Naruto caved, saying he would after they had finished with this. Iruka passed her while Shikamaru was once again rubbing his backside muttering about troublesome women.

"Inuzuka Kiba." When Kiba didn't come down Iruka looked at Naruto. "Naruto what did you do to Kiba this time?"

"I didn't do anything, honest."

Iruka then walked towards where Kiba should have been sitting and found him curled up asleep under the desk. "KIBA!" Iruka yelled right into his ears causing him to wake up quickly and bash his head against the desk. "Get down there now!" Eventually, Kiba made his way down the steps and performed the jutsu allowing him to pass.

"Shikamaru, wake your lazy ass up and get down here!" Iruka yells waking Shikamaru up.

"Troublesome… sensei do you have to be so loud?" He asked while walking down the steps causing Iruka to sigh. Shikamaru being the lazy genius he is only did the minimum necessary to pass. In other words a half decent henge, two bunshin's and a kawarimi. He passed though just barely.

Some time later Iruka called out "Uchiha Sasuke."

Sasuke calmly walked down the steps and performed the hand signs for the bunshin no jutsu which he easily does with his healed hand. Next he performs a henge of Iruka perfectly, and lastly uses Kawarimi with a near by potted plant. Iruka passed him with top grades so far.

"Uzumaki Naruto." Iruka called.

"Finally! It took you long enough." Naruto replied.

Naruto easily performed kawarimi to get down to the center area by switching with Sasuke who had just got to the stairs. Next he performed a henge turning into someone the class had only heard of in the history books, a tall sun kissed blonde with bright blue eyes and wearing a white cape with flames across the base of it with the words 'Yondaime Hokage' (fourth generation fire shadow).

"Well Naruto, that was an interesting choice to turn into. Now let's have the bunshin no jutsu." Iruka said.

"Sorry Iruka-sensei, I cant perform the bunshin no jutsu." Naruto said back causing several people laugh at him.

"Oh and why is that Naruto, you know if you don't have a good reason I can fail you here and now." Iruka replied arching an eyebrow.

Naruto simply shrugged. "Simple. I have too much chakra at my disposal for me to do the jutsu; I would probably need the chakra control of a high chuunin to jounin to pull it off. Besides, you already know what my other talents are but do I have to show them to the class?"

"Yes Naruto, you do. Now what's it going to be? Your sealing work or ken-jutsu?" Iruka said. At hearing this many people started whispering to each other.

"Come on Iruka-sensei, there is no way this loser can perform sealing jutsu." Sasuke called out with Sakura and Ino agreeing with him.

"Alright then teme, come down here and prove me wrong. I would just love to show what I can do." Naruto said darkly.

"Bring it on dobe." Sasuke replied walking down the steps and stopping in front of Naruto who was smirking.

Naruto had at this point pulled back his right hand spreading his fingers apart. "I think that a five pronged one will work for what I have in mind. Oh this arrogant bastard won't know what hit him." Now, what made most people start to believe Naruto was the faint purple glow that looked sort of like a fire sprouting at the tips of each finger. Starting to smirk, he called out "Goten Inpei fuuin (five-point suppression seal)" and thrust his hand out lightning quick into Sasuke's shoulder, burning five holes in it. When Naruto pulled his hand away, a black pentagon with a line reaching into the middle from each point appeared on his shoulder. Sasuke soon collapsed breathing hard.

"What the hell? I can't move! What the hell did you do to me dobe?" Sasuke asked the still smirking Naruto.

"Simple teme, I placed a suppression seal on you, locking away a good portion of your chakra and restricting your movements. Now, if you want me to take it off you, you're going to have to admit that your superior Uchiha blood doesn't make you the best. So do we have a deal?" Naruto said emphasizing on the superior part.

"NEVER! Dobe I command you to get this off me NOW!" Sasuke yelled still trying to get up.

"Suit yourself Uchiha. I'm sure someone will eventually decide to take it off youm because I won't." Naruto said seriously before turning to look at Iruka. "Sensei, do you still want me to show what I can do with my blade?"

"Actually yes, though you may want to move Sasuke out of the way so that he doesn't accidentally get cut when you draw your sword." Iruka responded trying to hold back a laugh at Sasuke's predicament.

"Sensei, aren't you going to punish Naruto for hurting Sasuke-Kun like that? Or at least take off the seal?" Sakura called out.

"Sorry Sakura, I can't punish Naruto for something that Sasuke told him to do. Second, even if I really wanted to take the seal off him, I couldn't. Only Naruto here can." Iruka replied.

"And I'll be damned if I do before he says it." Naruto butted in while dragging Sasuke up the stairs by his leg letting him hit his head on each step.

"NEVER!" Sasuke yelled before hitting his head on another step.

"Okay, now that the teme is out of the way, the best way for me to show this would be for someone to throw some kunai or shuriken at me." He paused for a moment before asking "Any volunteers?"

Suddenly Ino, Sakura, and several other students stood up with shuriken and kunai in hand. Naruto simply raised an eyebrow. "Never knew I managed to piss so many people off. Oh well, just throw them already and Iruka-sensei you might want to put your head down." He said while placing his hand on Kyuubi's handle, letting his chakra flow through it, preparing it to block.

Suddenly, all hell broke loose when every one of the people standing started throwing weapons at Naruto. Many thought he would be dead after seeing the amount thrown, until they heard a sound of metal on metal signaling that Naruto drew his sword. The next thing they heard though wasn't the sound of kunai striking flesh but the words "Taka no Mai" which brought a breeze with it. Eventually the rain of weapons was done showing what happened to Naruto, he was simply standing there with his sword being held in his right hand facing towards the class without even a scratch on him. Most of the kunai and shuriken that would have hit him looked like they had been sliced clean through making them miss; others looked like they had simply been diverted to his sides letting them hit the wall.

"Any one else?" Naruto asked archly.

"Actually Naruto, I think that's enough of a demonstration. I don't think our wall can take much more abuse. I think it's safe to say you pass." Iruka said after poking his head out from behind his desk and tossing Naruto a hitaite which Naruto tied around his forehead. "And Naruto, can you please take off the seal on Sasuke I doubt the council will appreciate having him pass but not have him in the field until we can call back a seal user."

Naruto sighed. "FINE!" He said while rolling his eyes.

Naruto walked over to Sasuke and positioned his hand in the same way as before also making the purple flames on the tips of his fingers. He then rammed his fingers into the seal with a shout of "Goten Inpei Kai (Five-point suppression counter)" when he pulled his fingers away the seals disappeared. "He's going to be out for a little while sensei, so just continue on."

Iruka sighed before he straightened in his seat. "Well, there is no reason for us to keep putting things off any longer so let's continue."

Eventually the final name was called. "Yamanaka Ino."

All Naruto could do at this point was wait and see if another Sasuke fan girl passes. "That was weird when I passed. I knew I could feel a large amount of anger directed at me from Mizuki. Something has been up with him lately. He has been more edgy around everyone especially Iruka and the Hokage when he decides to drop in, I guess I'll have to keep an eye on him. On a lighter subject I hope Choji eventually gets through to Ino that there are better guys out there then a stuck up emo. If he doesn't, then Choji might be a bit sad for awhile but he should get over it…I hope. Hinata-Chan and Shikamaru would be the best to help him if she doesn't. Great, I just remembered that I have to tell Hinata-Chan about the damn contract or she's going to skip out on our date tonight. Sometimes, I wish she was the old Hinata so she wouldn't press stuff like this. Oh well, no use trying to turn back time to change her because if she wasn't like she is today, she probably wouldn't have been able to stay conscious if I asked her." Naruto was broken out of his musings by Iruka's voice.

"Yamanaka Ino you pass. Alright everyone who passed, I congratulate you all, now the hard part starts for you all. You have officially graduated from the academy and will start your assignments as genin on Monday as well as get your team placement. You have the entire weekend off to prepare for that day so make use of it wisely. Now what are you waiting for, OUT!" Iruka said.

No one needed any more encouragement to leave. Everyone started out the doors of the academy going to meet their parents. Shikamaru, Choji, and Shino all went to their parents while Hinata moved towards Kurenai.

It had been two years ago when Hinata's father had officially disowned her from the Hyuuga clan. Apparently it was over the fact that Hinata could never beat her little sister in a sparring match, Hinata told Naruto the reason she never fought back against her was because of how much Hanabi looked like their mother. So eventually, Hiashi had grown tired of it and removed her, if it wasn't for Kurenai and Naruto finding her before the Hyuuga did after she ran crying from the compound, she would have the caged bird seal branded on her forehead. Since she had no other place to go afterwards, Kurenai had simply let Hinata move in with her becoming her new legal guardian. From Naruto's perspective, it was a change for the better, since at least Kurenai didn't beat on her like her bastard of a father did. Instead, she encourages her instead so she no longer doubted her abilities all the time.

"Hello there you two, how was the exam though I see you both passed." Kurenai said cheerfully when she saw Hinata and Naruto.

Hinata smiled and cast a glance at Naruto. "I thought it was easy, though Naruto keeps mumbling something about butchering the teacher who came up with paper tests. Knowing him he probably did great in the practical sections."

Naruto shrugged. "You still probably beat me in the gen-jutsu section, Hinata-Chan, because I know I still relatively stink at it. I just don't have the control necessary to form one like you do."

"Alright, alright you two. I get it. Now Naruto, let me get Hinata home so she can get ready, don't you two have a date later on tonight?" Kurenai said while noticing the pink haired lady striding angrily towards them.

"YOU DAMN BRAT! What the hell did you do to the last Uchiha? He's being dragged out of the academy unconscious by my daughter and the Yamanaka girl? You are to go over there and beg for forgiveness for what you did to him." The women said to Naruto.

Hinata was about to barge in and defend Naruto when Kurenai stopped her. "Naruto can take care of himself; he knows how do deal with fools like this." She said

"The so called 'last Uchiha' as you put him decided to doubt my seal work, so he had me try it on him. Safe to say, it worked and when I removed the seal, it knocked him out cold for the rest of the exam. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but before you go spouting babble about him being the 'last' Uchiha, remember that his older brother is still alive and easily the more powerful of the two. So stop inflating his already hokage monument sized ego. Now Haruno, I suggest that you leave now and go back to that pathetic excuse of a daughter and leave me the hell alone. Remember, we are not on the best of terms and I would not hesitate to pay you back in full for all the trouble you caused me in the past." Naruto said drumming his fingers along Kyuubi's hilt.

"Damn brat! The council will hear about this so you had better show me the proper respect." She said with her face red with anger.

Naruto simply gave her the finger. "Fuck off pinky." Which was the last straw for the elder Haruno who started storming off. Looking back at Hinata and Kurenai "Well, wasn't she a pleasant person. Now I know where Sakura gets her charm." He said sarcastically.

"Charming. Anyway Hinata, we should get going." Kurenai said.

"Alright. See you later Hinata-Chan." Naruto said while placing a gentle kiss on Hinata's hand causing her to blush.

"Bye Naruto-Kun." She replied as he turned around to head home.

After Naruto left Hinata noticed he had slipped something into her hand. Turning her palm over she found a single piece of folded paper. When she opened it there was only one word and the answer to her question from earlier. "Foxes".

Bloody hell that was a long chapter.

Anyway, I hope you guys like the description of Naruto's fighting style, though you have barely gotten a glimpse as to what I intend to do with it later on.

Next chapter is the introduction to Asuma and the beginning of Wave, which I am completely remaking.

Any one have any real problems with Naruto learning how to do seals and if not I could use some ideas for some seals with names and effects.

Oh and for those of you who don't know, tenshi means angel.

Next on the check list is a few new poles.

Should the now living Haku and Zabuza head with the group back to Konoha or should they stay away. If you choose not to have them follow I will have them meet up again later on for a different roll in the story.

Are Itachi and Kisame going to be good or evil, in other words are they missing-nin for good reasons.

Jutsu mentioned in story

Seishin Soutei Tanrei (mind binding grace) a seal Naruto created meant to link the minds of the receivers with chakra. Once the seal is applied the group can send telepathic messages to each other by sending chakra to the seal. When two users put chakra into the link aimed at each other they can carry out conversations without speaking a word.

Arashi Kitsune style (storm fox style): Naruto's signature tai-jutsu style that was created from a three other styles. The styles were the ryugakure Tsume (dragons hidden claws), the Oni Tate (Demons shield), and the Rei Ookami (Ghost wolf), Over the span of 5 years Naruto had finally completed it. Naruto first creates chakra blades surrounding his finger tips or forming along his entire hand increasing the damage of his attacks, he would then use a small amount of chakra to repel his body from the ground making him almost seem like he is gliding across water to increase his speed and the flexibility of his strikes. Naruto would then start attacking any opening seen on the enemy, with each strike Naruto would slowly cripple the enemy to the point where he can't fight back while he dies. For defense the style takes the body enhancement shield of the Oni Tate simply meant to have Naruto deflect the brunt of the attacks having the enemy simply waste his time and energy upon the shield and some times redirect the force of the attack back at the enemy. For anyone watching Naruto fight using this and living can easily say its like watching a storm come bearing down on its enemies, he moved as gracefully as water but with the strength of a tsunami, the speed of a gale and the power of a hurricane destroying everything in its path.

Arashi setsudanki (Storm Guillotine). A Tai jutsu technique used by Naruto in his Arashi Kitsune style. The attack starts as a low sweep which is meant to distract the enemy and cause him to jump up allowing the real hit. It is a high powered drop kick that uses the momentum from a spinning flip to come from above that is aimed directly at the neck and more specifically the head meant to paralyze the enemy for a few seconds allowing more attacks to be used.

Fuuton: Taka no Mai (wind release: dance of the falcon): Naruto charges his sword with his own wind element chakra. This causes the winds around his sword to move at incredibly high speeds, he then can use the winds as a short range projectile that is launched along the path of the blade in a wave style which can be used to cut the enemy.

Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Summoning Technique) This Jutsu, using a contract, Seal, and the user's blood, binds an animal to the user. The type of animal is determined by the contract and Seal performed. The blood is used as a signature to make the contract, which can be written on a scroll or tattoo, valid. Once bound, the animal can be summoned to perform a task or help the user in battle.

Shunshin no Jutsu (Body Flicker Technique) This jutsu allows the users to appear and disappear in an instant. This is very useful when trying to escape or attack suddenly. The users often uses nearby elements, like mist, sand or leaves, to mask their disappearance or appearance.
Uchiha Shisui, one of the most talented Uchiha, was feared as Shunshin no Shisui (Shisui of the Body Flicker). This is probably a reference to this jutsu.

Baika no Jutsu (Multi-size Technique) This NinJutsu is the most commonly used technique used by members of the Akimichi clan, because it uses their size to an advantage in battle. Although it does not do any damage on its own, Baika no Jutsu is the part of a type of combo, where it is followed by Meat Tank. Just by itself, Multisize does pretty much nothing more than its main function; to multiply the size of a part of the body, or , in some cases, the entire body. There are also a few classes of Baika, which include normal, super, and mega, the latter which has such a big effect , the shinobi will become a total giant.

Bunshin no Jutsu (Clone Technique) This technique must be mastered by any ninja who has graduated from the Academy at the Hidden Leaf Village. It's the most basic technique a Genin must know, since it can be a real lifesaver. This ninjutsu creates a shadow clone of the caster, but it can only serve as a decoy. Unlike Kage Bunshin no Jutsu, Bunshin no Jutsu created clones can't attack, since they don't have physical mass. As a result, if they are touched by the attacker they just disappear. Although this technique may seem useless, if used correctly it can create an almost flawless imitation of the ninja, while the real person hides in the environment waiting for a chance to strike.

Kawarimi no Jutsu (Body Switch Technique) The Body Substitute skill is a widely used and very famous skill among shinobis. Put simply, the user uses speed to his/her advantage, and grabs an item from the environment and places it on his/her current position while moving out of the way. This is clearly an evasion technique used to dodge attacks; however it can be linked with other attacks to create massive damage. For example, a simple combination here: The attacked ninja can use Kawarimi no Jutsu to evade, say, an incoming shuriken, and without waiting quickly move behind the opponent and attack with a kunai.

Kekkai Konchuu Bunshin no Jutsu (Destruction Bug Clone Technique) A Ninjutsu technique that requires the use of the destruction bugs, which are the parasites of the Aburame Clan, so this technique belongs solely to them. By commanding the bugs, the ninja demands that they assume the form of the ninja's body, changing their color to match the ninja's exact appearance. If this clone is attacked, the bugs scatter, ending the technique, but taking no real damage themselves. This technique is exclusive to the Aburame clan.