Disclaimor: Don't own Naruto
A/N: Gonna try something new and reply to reviews personally...
QundraDraconum: I'm glad you enjoy the fic...my only problem with Naru/Hina...is that Hinata fell for Naruto because he was loud and never gave up...Naruto in this story is NOT loud...he doesn't really care...and though he does always smile...it's the type of smile that will scare the shit out of Hinata...If I can find a way beyond that...mayb I can make it work...BTW...I appreciate the compliments...
korrd: The thing you said about Rin...is pretty much what i knew unfortunately...doesn't directly say...hmmm...maybe i'll say what the hell and add her in...
M.A.T898: Thanks for the compliment
Coheed 16 Glad you like that.
silberstreif: I've been wanting to say this to you since I read your review...you don't know how on the money you are...except for ONE THING...about Naruto's sister being weak...remember that she will be under PRIVATE tutors...(she won't be uber strong either)...as for the girl in the flash back...she's not Naruto's sister, she's the OC (actually...Naruto's sister is an OC...she's the one I was saying about a possible romantic interest...) ...I think that's all i wanted to say...
jaden Thanks for the compliment
Shinobi's Fire: Thanks for the compliment...the fic won't center around Romance...but it won't be devoid of it either...
NotImportant: I apologize for confusing you...After the fight with Mizuki...Iruka never promoted Naruto (Like he does in the show) The ANBU came in before anything could happen...The Hokage was Promoting Naruto to GENIN NOT CHUNIN. sorry for the confusion.
H3AvY D33: I was going to reply to you...but I couldn't find anything to say to you...I don't know pairing yet...I know the other question you asked...but telling you will be spoiling the story...and i'm to much of an ass to do that...
Shun One: Thanks for the compliment... as for Rin...yea that's pretty much what i knew about her...which is why i'm thinking of adding her into the story...
Xurtan Thanks for the info...i hope your enjoying the story...
cbsnes:
I thought the same thing about the last chapter...(not alot of
development...) I'm afraid to say it's not much different in this
chapter...(One of the reasons for the fast update...) I hope to change
that in the next chapter... As for why he would be interested in
knowing where she is...call it...foxy curiousity...sorrow and
loneliness...homocidal intentions...i'll let you imagine what he was
thinking at the time.
teen13 Thanks
: I agree.
packjack: Thanks for the compliment
Don't expect anything.Then you are never disappointed.: Once again...pretty much what I knew about her...thanks for the review...
I only answered reviews for chapter 2...I appreciate every review i got...and i hope i answered you questions...
Warning: This chapter isn't as dark as I hoped it would be...so I added some of my twisted humor...You've been warned...
Chapter 3: Genin Exams and more Dreams
All was deafly quiet in the large battlefield. A full moon was the only source of light in the whole twilight. Dismembered body parts and blood lay everywhere. In the middle of the chaos was a boy. He was on a large wooden pole…chained down, the tight metal cutting into his body. His blonde hair matted down with sweat, his blue eyes constantly crying.
Beside him stood a man. White robes with a flame like design, marking him as the Hokage of Konahagakure. He possessed blonde hair and blue eyes similar to the boy on the stake. He was holding the chains with one hand, every now and then yanking on them, causing the metal to tighten around the boy and causing the youth to yell out in pain.
The boy looked behind him to see the shadows of multiple people. Their red eyes were glaring holes into his face, and there maniacally laughing faces were starting to scare him.
"It is time Naruto…", said the Blonde man beside him, Naruto snapping his head towards him, wincing from the pain.
In the distance the boy saw what it was time for. A giant creature was running towards him. This creature had red fur, red slit-like eyes, and nine long tails…it was in the shape of a fox. 'The Kyuubi!', the boy realized to his horror.
He saw the man gesture to something over at his other side. The boy turned to see what it was. He saw a lovely woman, with beautiful platinum blonde hair and green eyes, holding an infant. Somehow…Naruto could tell that the baby was a girl. She could see the woman mouthing something… "Goodbye…Naruto…"
Naruto's eyes widened. He turned back to the beast before him. It was no more than a few meters away from him. Naruto turned back towards the man. The man looked at the boy with sympathy, "I'm sorry Naruto…"
Naruto's eyes widened in shock when he heard the beast roar. He turned just in time to see himself devoured by the large maw of the monster.
"AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Naruto threw himself out of his bed…He was panting and covered with sweat…
He took a few minutes to steady himself before reaching down and fingering his naval…the place where the beast was sealed…
He sighed and looked at the clock, it was almost time to go.
He got up and got dressed. As he was doing so, he nearly hurled at the sight of his orange jackets…unfortunately he couldn't buy anything else…no one would sell to him. He decided that cutting off the sleeves and the white collar would make the jacket look a little bit better…so that's what he did about a year ago.
Once dressed…he picked up the same wakizashi and Hiaete…putting both on…and left.
---Training field 19---
Naruto arrived, wearing the same eerie smile, which was easily fueled by pissed of villagers, at the training field. He noticed Sasuke was already there. Neither really acknowledged the other.
Naruto went to sit by a tree. Sasuke was leaning against another one.
About ten minutes later, right on time, Sakura showed up.
"HEY SASUKE! After training…would you like to go eat with me somewhere?"
"No…"
Sakura, defeated, went to go sit down next to her own tree.
The trio waited three hours before Kakashi decided to 'grace them with his presence'.
"YO!" Ignoring the scream from Sakura, and avoiding the kunai thrown by the 'Mental One-', the one with the eerie smile… "I'm glad your enthusiastic to begin Naruto…but please wait till I explain the rules", he said with a careless smile.
The blonde however, had a smile on his face that would make most well trained ninjas want to wet themselves…but not Kakashi.
"Ok…" He said as he placed a timer on a stump and pulled out two bells, "You have until noon to get a bell from me. Those who get a bell will be the ones who stay…anyone who doesn't receive a bell will be sent back to the academy…Oh! And if you don't come at me with the intent to kill…you won't get the bell." He said in a nonchalant manner.
The trio tensed at this revelation. Sakura was the one that spoke… "Wait! So only two of us will pass?"
Kakashi smiled, "Of course not…Only two of you has the chance to pass…if none of you get a bell from me by the time the alarm rings…all of you go back to the academy…"
"I might get separated from Sasuke-kun!" Thought a distressed Sakura…
"What the hell is the point of putting us in three man teams then! If they're just going to separate us! Damn it…I can't be sent back to the Academy…Not if I'm ever going to kill THAT man!" Thought an irritated Sasuke.
Sakura's eyes widened at this. Naruto looked odd… "Wait…so this test is pretty much only weeding out the weaklings…" Kakashi nodded, Naruto was stunned, "Then…why…", Naruto started to say…but voiced out his question in his head, 'Why the hell did they put us into teams…they could've just done this at the academy…why would they waste the time in putting us in balanced teams…"
Kakashi noticed the blonde's confusion and grinned inside, 'Is he figuring it out?' He decided to have some fun though, "The clock is ticking."
Naruto snapped out of his thoughts when Kakashi said this. The teens quickly jumped from the field, and into the trees. Naruto noticed, from his hiding spot up in the trees, that Kakashi hadn't moved an inch. He decided to make the first move.
Naruto jumped out of his hiding spot and into the field. Kakashi noticed him, "You know…you're a little bit…weird…"
Naruto smirked, "You can't stop me! I'm going to become Hokage!"
Kakashi smiled and reached into his pockets, he pulled out his orange book and started reading. "Go ahead…"
Naruto ran at the Kakashi, screaming his head off, fist raised ready to punch.
Kakashi was only half watching Naruto for about a second when he noticed something odd…he looked up to see the blonde still running at him, 'Minus one point for not jumping closer…' He tried to figure out what was wrong, whilst drowning out the blondes yells, Kakashi's eyes suddenly widened, 'Footsteps! He doesn't have any footsteps! Bunshin no Jutsu?" 'Naruto' jumped at Kakashi, the boys body fading through the adults. Kakashi then saw what was behind the boy, a large root, coming straight at him.
The large root slammed into Kakashi's chest and slammed him into a tree. Naruto smirked from his hiding place. However when he saw Kakashi turn into a log, he seethed on the inside, didn't let it show in his face.
Sasuke was surprised… 'When did that Dobe get that move?'
Kakashi stood somewhere in the trees. 'So I guess the rumors are true…he can use Mokuton jutsu…' He turned towards the log that got slammed by the root. That could've been painful…good thing I used Kawarimi in time…good distraction though…perfect execution…I'll give him back his point'
Kakashi looked down and saw Sakura hiding in the bushes. Lets see just how good she is.
Sakura was a little on edge. She just saw a giant root almost impale her sensei…and Naruto preformed a Bunshin. 'How could he have learned that technique…he just failed doing it a few days ago!'
"Sakura…", said a wounded voice…
'Sasuke-kun!' Sakura quickly started crawling towards the voice. After she exited the bushes…she saw something that made her heart stop. Sasuke was there, impaled with kunai and shurikan. He was bleeding.
"Sakura-chan…"
"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!", screamed the girl before passing out.
Up in the trees, "Hmmm…maybe that was a little to far…Oh well…can't do anything about it now." He jumped back into the clearing; book in hand. Suddenly he heard something coming from behind him. Shurikans. Kakashi quickly sidestepped them. However…the shurikan cut a string that was behind Kakashi, triggering a trap. A giant log was launched from the trees, going straight at the jounin. He quickly sidestepped it as well. He turned around just in time to see Sasuke throw a punch, which was blocked. Sasuke then did a backflip, kicking Kakashi at the same time, which was also block. Using this opportunity, Sasuke made a grab for the bells, Kakashi quickly jumped back though. 'He's stronger than the others…if I try reading Icha Icha Paradise…he may actually get a bell.'
"Damn it! So close!" Sasuke started doing handseals. "Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu (Fire Release: Grand Fireball Technique)" Sasuke breathed out a fireball, scorching the area that Kakashi was in. When he was finished…he noticed that where the jounin stood…was a burnt log. "Damn it."
Suddenly a hand grabbed on of Sasuke's legs and pulled him under. He was pulled until he was buried up to his neck.
Kakashi appeared before him.
Naruto watched this from his hiding spot… 'Hmm…I wonder…'
Kakashi walked away from Sasuke and jumped into the trees. The Uchiha seething. Suddenly Sakura ran into the training field. She immediately noticed Sasuke…or 'Sasuke's dismembered head'. 'The head' blinked a few times at the girl. "AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
From his spot in the forest, 'What the hell is she screaming about this time?'
About thirty minutes later Sasuke managed to dig himself out. Just in time for Sakura to wake up. "Sasuke-kun! Your alright!"
"I'm far from alright…I was so close to getting a bell…damn it…" Sasuke said as he jumped into the trees.
"Wait! Sasuke-kun!" She was about to jump after him…when she spotted something shining in the corner. "Is that a bell? He must've dropped it!" Sakura ran to get the bell. However she was suddenly raised high into the air, when her foot was caught in a rope. "AAAAAHHHHHH!"
"Sakura…if it's obviously a trap…don't pick anything up…" Kakashi said with a bored expression, as he picked up the bell. He looked back up at Sakura, "You must look underneath the underneath…" He said…unfortunately he didn't notice what was underneath HIM. A sapling was making itself out of the ground from underneath him…it quickly started wrapping itself around his legs and pulled the jounin under…
"How's that for looking underneath the underneath…" Kakashi heard a certain fox boy say from the forest…
"Ok…it's all fun and games until someone starts RIPPING OFF MY TECHNIQUES!" With that Kakashi puffed away in smoke.
'A clone?' Thought a discouraged blonde.
Suddenly the alarm rang. 'Damn it!'
The trio ran off, after Kakashi used a kunai to release Sakura from the trap.
He quickly tied Sakura to a poll, ignoring Naruto muttering something about S&M pervert.
"I'm proud to say that none of you will be going back to the academy…" the youngsters smiled at this, "…instead your going to be dropped from the ninja program…"
"WHAT!", screamed Sakura. The other two looked about ready to scream, though you couldn't really tell with Naruto…
"You don't have what it takes to become ninja…Tell me…what is the point of being put in a three man squad…"
Naruto answered, "Team work…"
Sasuke's eyes widened, "The bells were meant to throw us off…"
"Exactly! Sasuke…you think the other two will hold you back…so you don't bother working with them; Sakura…your to busy worrying about Sasuke to think about anything else; and Naruto…you don't even care enough to ask your teammates to help" "In the ninja world…those who break the rules are scum…but those who abandon their teammates are worse and scum…" He went to a slab of stone on the ground. "This stone contains the names of the ninja of Konahagakure…the ones that fell in battle…" Kakashi lowered his head for a moment… "I'm going to give you one last shot…You two can eat the lunches I brought", pointing to Sasuke and Naruto, "But Sakura doesn't get any…if either of you feed her…you fail. I make the rules…remember that…" With that Kakashi disappeared.
Naruto and Sasuke each opened a bento…they paused when they heard Sakura's stomach growl…they both sighed and held up the bento for her… "What?" She asked…
"Just eat something…we're going t need you to help…and your going to need to be at full strength…", Sasuke…
"Just need you to be at full strength…until we pass this exam…", Naruto…
Sakura started tearing up… "Sasuke-kun…Naruto…"
Suddenly the three heard an explosion appear in front of them, "WHAT DID I TELL YOU! I TOLD YOU NOT TO FEED HER!"
Sasuke's eyes widened a bit but he spoke first, with a smirk, "Since we disobeyed your rules…it means that we are scum…"
Naruto spoke next…with his perpetual smile, "…But those who abandon their teammates…are worse than scum…"
Sakura, still teary, found courage as her teammates spoke… "…We're a team! We help each other out…"
Lightning start flashing across the sky, and dark clouds started spreading…but just as quickly they all disappeared to reveal the sunny sky, "You all pass…"
The boys smirked…Sakura was on the brink of tears…
"Team 7 begins its first mission tomorrow…"
---Naruto's apartment---
Naruto arrived home and quickly went to bed…it was a long day…after the genin exam…they were forced into so many things, via Kakashi…
In his dreams…
Naruto found himself in a damp sewer…walking…just walking…This sewer was like a labyrinth…it seems like he'd been walking for hours. He eventually came upon a giant door. They opened for him, as if they were waiting for him, and he made his way through…
He found a gigantic jail cell, with a paper with the kanji for 'seal' on it.
"Come closer child…" Naruto did as commanded…he saw through the bars and pair of red slit-like eyes…and sharp pointy teeth…Suddenly a clawed paw went through the bars, stopping only an inch from the boys face, Naruto didn't move an inch. "I like you brat…" said the beast with a…foxy smile…
Naruto smiled back at him, "I wish I could say the feeling was reciprocated…where the hell's the exit?"
"Wait! Don't you want to know who I am?"
Naruto for the first time in a while, wasn't smiling, instead he had a look of pure uninterest and boredom. "Duhhh…how many other Evil Demons are living, for free, in my stomach…"
"Evil! I resent that!"
"…You killed hundreds of people…"
"…thousands…" muttered the demon.
"Huh?"
"Nothing! You humans…everything is black and white to you…you never bother to get MY opinion…My side of the story!"
"Where's the exit…"
"Don't you even care? This involves you, just as much as it involves me!"
"Your not going to tell me how to get out of here until I hear your story…are you?"
"No…"
"Then speak…"
"Better…I'll show you…" He said gesturing the wall on Naruto's right…It started to flash a bit then showed a picture, like a movie theatre screen.
It was a bright sunny day…birds were chirping…deer were playing…but who cares…In a wide open field lied the Kyuubi…The Fox was on his back…being fed grapes, which proportion-wise…were way to small to be of any use, by a few beautiful woman wearing Kimonos…There were a lot more woman on his chest, nuzzling and cuddling up to the Demon King. Some of the woman were only in their underwear, whislt pressing up against the demon. They were muttering stuff like, "Oh Kyuubi-sama…I want to have your children…" And a variety of other related topics.
The scene went on for a while long when suddenly a man walked up to Kyuubi, and the woman… "Oh Great Kyuubi no Kitsune…Please sacrifice me in your honor…" He started bowing.
"Yes…if it is your wish I will sacrifice you…" said the Kyuubi…the man started dancing in happiness…Kyuubi raised one of his tails, touch the man with it…the man burst into flames.
The girls started cheering, muttering phrases like, "Oh! How lucky…" and "Oh! Noble Lord Kyuubi…"
Seeing the Kyuubi's 'Noble' act…caused people to start flocking from the nearby village, Konahagakure…
Many people ask for the same thing the man asked of Kyuubi and many more people burst into flames. Their were still hundreds of people waiting for Kyuubi's 'blessing', when suddenly.
"THAT IS ENOUGH!" Everyone turned, in horror, to see 'him'… He had wild blonde hair…Evil blue eyes…was wearing a black robes. "THE SACRAFICES WILL STOP!" Said the man as he slammed his foot to the ground, creating a mild earth quake which knock some of the villagers down.
One, a woman waiting to be 'sacrificed', went up to the man… "But…Lord Hokage…please for once be reasonable…"
The Hokage was about to reply when he noticed something. A fly was buzzing around his head. He opened his mouth, and a tongue launched itself from the opening…grabbing the fly…then retreating back…the Hokage then chewed and swallowed, much to the peoples horror…he then looked at the woman and back-handed her… "THE SACRAFICES WILL STOP TODAY! MY WORD IS LAW! FOR I AM…" He got into a very silly stance "…THE FOURTH HOKAGE!" He pointed to the people waiting for be sacrificed. "RETURN HOME AND GET READY…TODAY IS THE DAY THAT THE KYUUBI DIES…" The people gasped…
The girls that were on top of the beast started crying, "Lord Hokage…please…"
"SHUT UP! GO HOME AND TELL YOUR FATHERS THAT YOU NEED TO BE BEATEN! AND THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NINJA, HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO BE BACK OUT HERE IN FULL UNIFORM!"
With that the girls got off of the monster and left…crying their eyes out…
"Arashi…I can understand why you would be upset…if it upsets you so much…I will happily leave Konahagakure…and never return…"
"ABSOLUTELY NOT! TODAY YOU WILL DIE" With that the Yellow Flash…umm…flashed away…yea…
"LORD KYUUBI" cried the remaining people as they jumped on the giant demon, hugging him. The Kyuubi returned the hug.
"This cannot be…I will allow myself to die…so you all may live."
"NO LORD KYUUBI." Chorused the crowd. "Please destroy our whole village in your name…"
"…As you wish…"
The battle raged on for hours…Kyuubi 'nobly' killing the people who came against it…No one could kill the Kyuubi…it was just to powerful…Until finally Arashi got an idea… "I'll use Shiki Fūin to seal the Kyuubi within a small child…Since I'm such an ass…I'll use my own little boy…" mused the kage…
Sarutobi looked worried, "But Arashi-kun…couldn't we just use Shiki Fūin…without the needless sacrifice?"
"Yes…but then it wouldn't be any fun…" He said as he grabbed his baby boy… "YOU!" pointing to all the people, "ARE TO HATE THIS BOY AND TREAT HIM LIKE CRAP! I will sacrifice myself nobly and forever remain cool…" The ninjas sadly nodded…
So it happened…the Kyuubi was sealed inside of the crying baby boy…the Yondaime died…
The screen faded… "And that's pretty much what happened…"Naruto turned to the Kyuubi, he still looked uninterested…now he had a raised eyebrow…
"What! That's what happened!"
"I'll find my own way out…maybe if I'm lucky I'll get lost and die…"
"Wait! Alright…Maybe I exaggerated a little…"
"A little…"
"Anyway…" Ignoring his accusation… "I brought you here to speak to you…I'm here to help you…"
"How could you possibly benefit me…""I have knowledge…I was originally just waiting around for you to die, so I can finally be free to go to the afterlife…but after you gained that wood trick…I figured this might be more fun…"
"Why should I trust you…"
"That's for you to figure out…now do you want to talk?"Naruto thought for a moment… "I'll listen…" 'With the exception of the third and Iruka…this guy is the only one who's every treated me nice…disregarding the fact that I've only known him for about five minutes…it still may be interesting to listen to him…"
"Well…"
A/N: I hope the next chapter will be better...it will most likely take me a while to get it up though...but i WILL update...
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