An unfortunate event on his fifth birthday forces Naruto to meet the Kyuubi. After making a pact with the demon lord Naruto releases the seal holding the kitsune in place. But something goes wrong that forces Naruto to leave the village. Now, Naruto returns to Konoha to finish what he started, and become the Hokage.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Inuyasha, Yu Yu Hakusho or any other anime's, manga's, or game's I may incorporate into this story.

"Talking"

'Thinking'

"Demon/Summon Talking"

'Demon/Summon Thinking'

Jutsu Names

Author's note: I am sorry it took me so long to get this chapter out. All I'm going to say is that school is a bitch, and I hate midterm finals. Now, I would just like to say that I am slightly disappointed in my readers. In my story summary I put that Sasuke would be paired with Haku and you guys still asked to put her in the Harem. So, I would just like to say that Haku is going to be with Sasuke, not Naruto. Sorry to all those who wanted Haku to be with Naruto. However, I came up with another idea that I think you guys will like. So, without further ado, I bring you the next installment of Kitsune Legends.

Kitsune Legends: The Thief's Second Apprentice

Hi no Kuni

Konohagakure

Sandaime Hokage's Office

Sarutobi was rushing to finish his morning paperwork. Today was the ninja academy's Genin graduation test, and he wanted to be there with Kurama when Naruto graduated. Not to mention the fact that he had woken up early to greet the envoy for Gekkougakure, who had yet to arrive.

About six months after Naruto had returned to Konoha, Sarutobi had received a request from Gekkougakure for a meeting with the Hokage to discuss establishing an alliance treaty. When the old man had met Gekkougakure's peace ambassador, who was the same one he was to meet with today, he had also been introduced to the person Naruto had nick-named 'Jigoku-sensei'. That man, whose true name was Nokemono Hiei (outcast fire demon), was the first person in 40 years to ever send a shiver down Sarutobi's back by just looking into his eyes, even if the man was a bit short. Now, after about a year and a half of meetings and treaty talks, the alliance between Moonlight and Leaf was finally going to come to a close.

His pen clattered on the desk as Sarutobi set down his writing instrument, finally finished with his paperwork. The Hokage lifted his head as his assistant knocked on the door before entering. 'Not a moment too soon!' The old man mused to himself.

"Kodaitsumi Yokubou and Kodaitsumi Kinzoku are here to see you Hokage-sama (ancient sin of lust/metal)." The woman said in the sickly sweet tone that she used to hide the eternal, emotional scars that came from losing loved ones in a war. Her three siblings had been a part of the last Great War between Konoha and Iwa. Every one of them had died on the front lines while she remained safe within Konoha's walls.

Sarutobi nodded to the girl before answering the hidden question in her words. "I just finished my paperwork so you may send them in Engisha-san (Actor)." The woman nodded her head in acknowledgement. After she exited the room a tall black-haired man opened the door she had left through. This man was none other than Kodaitsumi Yokubou, Gekkougakure's best negotiator and envoy for the treaty between his village and Sarutobi's.

"It's good to see you again Sarutobi-san." Yokubou said in a friendly manner. After a little over a year of conversing and celebrating successful council meetings with the Hokage the two had become close friends.

Sarutobi smiled at the man he had shared many sake bottles with. "It's good to see you too Kodai-san (Mr. Ancient)." The old man snickered as the envoy's face shifted into a scowl.

"Don't tempt me to start another drinking contest Saosaru (pole monkey)." The man retorted. This was an ongoing game between the two elder men. It had all started during a drinking challenge that was issued by Sarutobi. After the first ten cups of sake they had both become very drunk, and Sarutobi had accidentally called Yokubou, Yoku-san (Mr. Greedy). The envoy had retaliated by calling the Hokage a name that neither of them could recall to that day. The man's retort had caused a flurry of curses from the old man and in turn the ambassador. After they had passed out and woken up again they laughed long and hard about the whole thing, continually calling each other harmless and silly nicknames.

"We can do that later as a celebration after all the papers are signed." Sarutobi said with a grin.

"Actually, that's why my nephew Kinzoku-kun is here with me today." The man said, stepping to the side so the Hokage could see the boy. "He had some things he wanted to run by you."

Sarutobi, finally able to get a look at him, was shocked at what the envoy's nephew had on. He was wearing a pair of black combat shoes and loose black pants with a strangely curved kunai pouch on each thigh, and a long-sleeved black shirt, but that wasn't what shocked the Hokage. The boy wore a set of large wrist weights that had a very interesting set of seals on them. From what Sarutobi could figure out from his limited seal knowledge, and the distance between them, those bands were restricting a large amount of the boy's chakra. The other thing that shocked the old man was the mask the boy wore. It was an all-metal bite mask that came together in the front and had four horizontal breathing slits, that looked to be the only openings in the mask, on both sides. The mask came all the way around the boy's head and covered the entire lower half of his face, including his nose and ears. The boy also had navy-blue hair that was complemented by the dark blue hitai-ate on his forehead that established him as a Moonlight shinobi. The only part of his face that was completely open was his eyes, which were closed at the moment.

"Hokage-sama, I understand that today is your academy's graduation exam." The boy stated with no emotion in his voice. Sarutobi nodded his head in recognition of the boy's statement. "My Genin team wants to enter the Chuunin exams that are coming up in six months, but we are each going off to different villages to train so that if we have to face each other in the exams it will make it more challenging."

The aged Hokage thought about that for a moment before asking the boy. "What does that have to do with the graduation of our academy students?"

Kinzoku's facial expression didn't change, and he had yet to open his eyes. "It just so happens that one of the kids that is taking the exam is an old friend of mine."

"Oh really?" Sarutobi questioned. "Who would that be?"

"Uzumaki Naruto!" Sarutobi mentally hit himself in the head for his absentmindedness. Naruto was the only child in all of Konoha that had been, and could go, to Gekkougakure at the moment. How could it be anyone else?

The Hokage snapped out of his thoughts as Kinzoku started speaking again. "I trained with Naruto for a couple of years before we both went with Youko-sensei to visit a few of his friends who lived in Kiri and Kumo. Then, when they headed to Suna I split from them to go to Iwa (Mist, Cloud, Sand, and Stone; respectively)."

"So you and Naruto were pretty tight knit friends, huh?" The old man asked.

"I guess you could say that, but I'd consider us to be more like partners. Now, so we can get this over with, I'll just cut to the chase." Kinzoku took a deep breath that came out of his mask as steam when he exhaled. "I want to join a Genin squad made of my choosing from the graduates of this years class. Obviously Naruto is going to be one of my picks for the team, since I've worked with him before, but I'll have to watch the other academy students in action to see which ones would be useful to us. Also, I'd like to see the credentials of all your Jounin and Tokubetsu Jounin so I can help pick the teachers that would train the teams the hardest."

"I thought you said your teammates and you went to different villages to train for the Chuunin exams. How will you find time to train your own skills when you're helping a new Genin team with missions? Besides, don't you think it would be unfair to the other squads if your team got the best teachers and they were left with what was left?" Sarutobi said, questioning the logic in the boy's ideas.

"That's why I said I wanted to help pick the teachers for the teams. Also, I know you only use Jounin for training Genin teams. Which is why I wanted to see the credentials for the Tokubetsu Jounin as well. That way my team could have one Jounin and one Tokubetsu Jounin so the teacher set-ups would still be fair. As for my training, I can do that while the team is working on new jutsu and exercises I've already done." Kinzoku said, supporting his reasoning. "Besides, the real reason my team in Gekkougakure wanted to do individual training for the exams was because I was already way ahead of them and they wanted a way to catch up. So we agreed that I would be doing my training here with Naruto while they got full time training from teachers in other nations."

Sarutobi sighed in defeat, unable to argue with his ideas. The old man knew Kinzoku wasn't going to give up on this matter, so he folded to the child's desire. "Fine! I'll send a message to Umino Iruka. He's the teacher that's running the Genin exit exams this year."

"That's perfect! Also, could you add in the letter that I'll be participating in the taijutsu portion of the exams? I'll want to test some of the students personally." The blue-haired ninja inquired.

"Fine, the academy starts in 40 minutes, so you have some time before you need to head over there." Sarutobi informed the boy.

"Thank you Hokage-sama. Well, now that my business here is concluded I'll leave you two to yours'. See you at the Hotel later, uncle." With that the boy left.

"So, what's left for us to do?" Yokubou inquired, turning back to face the old man. 'That was very good Kinzoku. He didn't even notice that you manipulated his choice with your Ryuugan (Dragon eye. It's not a bloodline. You'll find out about it later).' The envoy thought in appraisal.

The Hokage had a smile on his face when he answered. "We have to meet the council in ten minutes for the final signatures and seals of approval."

"How about a small toast before the meeting?" The Gekkou shinobi suggested. Sarutobi smiled before he pulled out a small bottle of sake, not even taking notice to the small wrapped present on his desk. On the card attached to the box was written 'a thank you gift from the dragon to the monkey king'.

Hi no Kuni

Konohagakure

Training Ground 45

Naruto stood in a dimly lit room with his eyes closed and the usual black band tied around his forehead. He wore a tight, long-sleeve black shirt that showed off his well-toned body, and a pair of black ninja sandals and loose, black pants. The pants were held up by a dark-red sash and were tied down at his ankles by black wrappings. The blonde held a sword in a reverse grip, in his right hand, positioned behind his back. Stationed at odd places in the room were four training posts. One was on the ceiling; another one was eight feet up the wall on the ten-foot long surface; and the last two were twelve feet apart from each other on the floor. Naruto lowered his stance slightly before he disappeared, seemingly from time and space. When he reappeared, only a little over a second later, across the room, the boy had sheathed his sword at his hip and stood perfectly straight with his eyes still closed, panting heavily, with a thin layer of sweat covering his body. Suddenly, all four training posts split into about 40 total pieces before the pieces lit on fire.

"Damn it!" Naruto stated in a monotone voice. "I didn't do it within the time limit." As the blonde finished speaking the room was lit up by a large array of seals on the four walls. The activation of the seals caused the burning pieces to return to their original post before they mended themselves back together, and the fires were extinguished.

"Still doing Hiei's training for 10 strikes on four targets in under one second I see." A voice echoed behind the boy. Naruto turned to face the man he had come to view as an older brother. Youko Kurama, also known as the Kyuubi no Kitsune, stood at the entrance to the training room. He wore his usual white pants and shirt with a Konoha hitai-ate attached to the white sash around his waist (Think of the outfit Youko usually wears except with a Konoha head band attached at his waist). "Shouldn't you be heading to the academy for your graduation exam. You only have 20 minutes before class starts."

"You know for a fact that I can get there in under a minute now that you've taught me Shuushin no jutsu. Besides, I don't want to have to deal with my fan girls." Naruto shuddered as he said the last two words. Ever since his first fight with Sasuke, when he had taken of his metal blindfold and shown his eyes, the boy had been gathering a fan club. It wasn't just the girls at the academy either. Naruto had forgotten his visor at school on one of the days he had decided to walk home and earned himself another group of fan girls consisting of the village girls.

Kurama laughed at the boy's misfortunate, or in everyone else's opinion, fortunate, situation. "I guess that's a good enough reason not to go to school early. By the way, this was delivered to our mailbox in the Hokage tower this morning." Kurama held up a small, wrapped rectangular gift. The gift paper was a very plain gold color with the kanji for dragon on it.

"Who's it from?" Naruto inquired as he took it from the significantly taller man. Even after all these years of living with Kurama it still amazed the boy at his height. Kurama stood at an impressive 7 feet tall, and even though Naruto had grown to be about 5 foot 3 inches he was still extremely short compared to the man.

Kurama smiled as the boy started to open it. "The letter that came with it said it was 'from one apprentice to another'." Kurama's smile only widened when the boy froze in place after the package was completely open and he had finished speaking. In the boy's hand laid a little gold book titled 'Yorokobi no Yume' (Pleasure's Dream).

"So, he finally finished his first book." Naruto said in a monotone voice. He kept staring at the books cover, seemingly lost in his memories of the past. Then, very slowly, he opened the book to the first page and started reading. "How long did you say I have until class starts?" Naruto finally said after 5 minutes of silently reading.

"About twelve minutes now, why?" Kurama answered in confusion.

"Cause I think I'm going to walk to school today." Naruto said as he started to leave the room, grabbing his hooded cloak on the way out (Think Hiei's cloak without the white part and with a hood).

Kurama shrugged his shoulders as the boy left before he reached into the opening of his haori and pulled out his own copy of the same book Naruto just left with. "Thank you, Kinzoku!" The red-haired man said before he too left the room.

Hi no Kuni

Konohagakure

Ninja Academy, Outside

Naruto walked along calmly as he was being followed by a group of not so subtle fan girls. Internally, the boy was thanking that today they were being more curious than active. The girls had been about to glomp him earlier but became confused when he hadn't tried to run. He was so absorbed in the book he was reading that it seemed as if he hadn't even taken notice of them. 'I should have done this ages ago. Come on, just a few more feet and I'll be safe inside the school.' Naruto mused to himself. If he had known that ignoring them would keep his fan girls from attacking him then he would have done this long ago.

'Fan girls giving you as much trouble as they're giving me back home, Naruto?' Naruto paused right in front of the door to the academy, causing his followers to stop too.

The boy was physically shaking. Then, as if his life was in danger, Naruto began to quickly look everywhere around him. 'It can't be! He can't be here now!' The blonde thought in disbelief. After a couple more minutes of looking for whatever it was that scared him, Naruto relaxed and went inside the academy. 'It was probably just my imagination.' Naruto thought, trying to convince himself.

Meanwhile, a lone figure stood atop the streetlight across the street from Konoha's ninja academy. 'It is not your imagination, Naruto. The treaty discussions finished a lot faster than we thought they would. Now, it is the time for the dragon and fox to reunite.' With that fleeting thought, the figure jumped off the pole and started walking towards the academy. His dark-blue hair was now visible in the sunlight he walked into.

Hi no Kuni

Konohagakure

Umino Iruka's Classroom

Naruto stood in the doorway of his class, looking around the room over the top of his book, when he spotted a seat next to Sasuke. Deciding to have a little fun with the Uchiha, Naruto walked over to the seat. Sasuke became immediately interested in the book the blonde seemed entranced in.

"Is that the newest book in the series?" The curious Uchiha asked with a neutral tone.

Naruto smiled as he sat down next to the raven-haired emo. "Are you kidding? The Icha Icha series isn't anywhere near as graphic as this book. And before you even ask, no! I'm not going to let you read it until I finish it first." With that Sasuke leaned back in his chair and sighed in annoyance.

In the past two years, since Naruto's return to Konoha, the blonde had become well known by Iruka, and whoever he sat next to, for his reading habits. Sasuke had been the first person to find out, when Naruto had started reading 'Icha Icha Paradise, volume 2', right next to him in class. Needless to say, when the blonde made the emo boy read a couple of sentences, the reaction had been priceless.

(Flashback)

Iruka's lessons had been particularly boring that day. They had been reviewing the Bunshin no Jutsu's use in combat, which Naruto had already perfected, memorized, and improved during his training with Kurama. The blonde, not wanting to fall asleep and have Iruka throw a chalk eraser at him, like he did to Shikamaru every day, reached into his inner jacket pocket and pulled out a little orange book (He left his metal blindfold at home that day, so he couldn't have hid the fact that he was asleep). Quietly, Naruto opened the book to a marked page and started reading. Sasuke, who was sitting next to him, looked over at the book with barely contained curiosity. Sasuke wasn't sure why Naruto chose to sit next to him that day, but he guessed it had something to do with the looks he was getting from Hinata.

"Hey, dobe, what are you reading?" Sasuke whispered to the blonde (Note, Sasuke is not calling Naruto 'dobe' because he has the lowest scores in class, but because he was the last person to join their class). Sasuke was extremely curious as to what kind of book could catch the blonde's interest.

The smirk that appeared on Naruto's face, however, made Sasuke partially wish he hadn't asked. "I think it would be easier to understand this book if you read it yourself, rather than having me explain it to you." The blonde whispered back, handing the book to the Uchiha. Sasuke snatched the book out of the blonde's hand and opened it to the page Naruto was on.

"Shunfu couldn't help but moan into her lover's mouth as his hand traveled down her stomach and under the waistline of her pants. Suddenly, she gripped both of her hands on to his one to keep it from going any lower.

'We can't do it here,' She moaned, still caught in the ecstasy of their kiss. 'Someone might see.'

'Don't worry,' Damasu said while he kissed and sucked on her neck. 'No one is going to find us here. You can relax.' She knew he was lying. He didn't know any more than her whether someone was going to find them or not, but she was too entranced by her own desires to care.

Shunfu let go of Damasu's hand and relaxed her body into his chest. As Damasu's hand slowly traveled lower, Shunfu whimpered, as if begging him to go faster. When his hand finally reached the top of her womanhood she was literally trusting her hips up to get his hand to move lower to touch her dripping core. Suddenly, she turned around, while his hand was still underneath the waistline of her pajama pants, and held his arm in place.

'Please, haven't you teased me enough tonight?' Shunfu begged. 'Bite me, play with me, WHIP me for all I care. Just please stop TEASING ME!'

Damasu smiled, but the sincerity of it never reached his eyes. 'Whatever you say my dear.' The next move he made with his body was anything but slow. His hand that was still beneath her waistline came up a little bit before it grabbed the side of her pajama pants and pulled them down. He then moved his hand back up and caressed her in ways that it was as if he had always known where her body needed to be touched. The moans and cries that came from her mouth this time were ones of pure pleasure and satisfaction, and were absolute bliss to Damasu's ears.

'Oh, Dama-kun, YES! That feels so good! Don't stop! Please don't stop!' Shunfu cried out as Damasu stuck one finger inside her and rubbed her most sensitive spot. The woman pulled the man's head down for a deep kiss to keep her moans from being heard. However, in there interactions with each other, the two people failed to notice that they were being watched by another."

Even though he was interested in what was going to happen next, Sasuke had to stop reading the book to keep him self from having a nosebleed. The Uchiha gave the book back to the blonde while holding his nose. He had never read anything with so much sexual context and they weren't supposed to learn sex-ed until next semester. Naruto smiled as he opened the book and continued reading from where he had left off when Sasuke had interrupted him before.

(End Flashback)

Naruto was brought out of his trip down memory lane by a knock at the classroom door. Apparently the blonde had missed something, because Iruka was already in the room and heading for the door.

"That must be him now." Iruka exclaimed.

Now Naruto knew he had missed something. Who was this 'him' that Iruka was talking about? It didn't matter anyway. He would find out as soon as Iruka opened the door…

Suddenly, time seemed to slow down for Naruto. The Chuunin teacher had only opened the door about half way and the person behind couldn't even be seen yet, but Naruto didn't need to see the person anymore to know who it was. There was no way he could have forgotten that scent. Time returned to normal and the door swung all the way open, and standing there in the doorway, with his signature navy-blue, spiked-back hair and the bite mask he had picked up in Kumo, was Kinzoku Kodaitsumi. The shinobi from Gekkougakure walked into the room and stood at the front of the classroom with his eyes closed.

"Now that you are here Kinzoku-san, is it okay with you if we proceed with the exam, or is there something you would like to say first?" Iruka asked the Genin.

"Did you already tell them about my participation in the exam's Taijutsu portion?" The Chuunin nodded in answer to Kinzoku's question. "Then I just have one thing to say." The ninja turned his head towards the right side of the room with his eyes still closed. A genuine smile appeared on his face before he spoke. "Hey, Naruto! How's Youko-sensei?"

Every student turned their heads towards the blonde and saw him shaking. Sasuke, who had noticed Naruto's shaking since it had started, when Kinzoku entered the room, was the most curious out of all the students. As far as the Uchiha knew the blonde wasn't afraid of anybody or anything. How strong was this guy to make…Naruto… 'Wait a minute. Is he trying… to hold back a smile?' The Uchiha thought to himself. Then, Sasuke realized something. 'He's not shaking in fear. He's shaking in excitement.' Now the thought of Naruto being afraid of the guy didn't seem so bad. Sasuke turned his head back towards the newcomer. 'Who is this guy?'

Finally, the blonde couldn't stop himself anymore. The grin that grew on his face looked like it could split his cheeks open. "It's good to see you too, Kinzoku." That's when everyone else finally understood how the new guy knew Naruto. They had been told that someone had traveled to Gekkougakure a couple of years ago, and convinced their leader to extend an alliance proposal to Konoha. That person was Naruto! With that information now in their minds, the classroom became a collection of incoherent voices as the students, more specifically the opposing fan girls (Naruto's' versus Sasuke's'), argued over the subject.

"Shut up and sit back down, everyone!" Iruka yelled out using his Big Head no Jutsu. The students complied. "Good! Now if there are no other interruptions we can begin your Genin exams." The Chuunin opened one of the big drawers on his desk and pulled out a large stack of papers. "The first part of your graduation exam is a written test. Everyone come down here and grab a test." Everyone did as they were told, grunting and moaning the whole way, and went back to their seats. "You have one hour. Begin!" As soon as the last word left his mouth the students began writing.

An hour later, after Iruka had gathered the remaining tests that were out, the student were eagerly waiting for their teacher to tell them what the next part of the exam was. "Now that, that is over with we will move on to the accuracy and Taijutsu portions of the test. Everyone go outside. The instructor will meet you out there." Once again, all but four of the students rushed out of the class. Hinata, Naruto, and Sasuke slowly walked out of the room with Kinzoku right behind them, while Shikamaru moved towards the door at a snails pace.

"You didn't answer the question I asked earlier, Naruto." Kinzoku said as they walked through the halls of the academy. Sasuke listened intently, trying to get any information he could on the blonde or his friend.

"Kurama is doing fine. He has a mission for me tomorrow. Do you want to come and help out?" Naruto replied as they kept walking.

"Sure, it sounds like fun. Just like the old days, huh?" The blue-haired shinobi said as they walked through the doors to the academy's training ground.

"Yeah, just like the old days. So how is Jigoku-sensei? Is he still training you on top of the training your getting with your Genin squad?" The blonde asked as they neared the rest of the students.

"Actually, he's the Jounin sensei for my squad." Kinzoku kept walking forward as Naruto nearly fell on his face with how fast he stopped.

"You're kidding, right Kinzoku? This is just some cruel joke that you thought of with your uncle as you were traveling here, right? You can't be serious!" Naruto all but yelled at his friend. The Gekkougakure shinobi turned around, still refusing to open his eyes, and gave the blonde what amounted to a stern look. "Kami! You are serious. How far have you gotten with…" But he never got to finish, as Kinzoku already knew what he was going to ask.

"Seeing as there's no bandages on your hands either, I guess I'm about as far as you are. What's your time on the four targets?"

"Only 1.25 seconds so far."

"Then I guess I'm a little ahead of you. My record's 1.18 seconds, three times in a row."

"Damn it! I guess I haven't been working as hard as I thought I have."

"Actually, I spied on Hiei and found out the secret to doing it."

Naruto was frantic. "How the hell are you still alive? Cause I know there's no way he didn't catch you."

"Let's just say that teammates are extremely good at what they do. Anyway, the teacher is here now and he's about to start the examinations." Naruto nodded his head to his friend before he went off to complete the accuracy portion of the test. After that was over, they started the taijutsu test. The first match was Shikamaru vs. Ino, but, surprisingly, Shikamaru didn't give up immediately. The pineapple-haired boy put in just enough effort into the match to get the required amount of credit for it and then he gave up. The matches went on until there were only four people left. Hinata was fighting Shino and Naruto was facing Sasuke again. Then, just as Naruto and Sasuke's match was about to begin, Kinzoku ordered a challenge.

"Challenge? What do you mean a challenge?" The ever-confident Uchiha demanded.

"Do you remember that your teacher said I would be participating in the taijutsu part of your exam?" The Uchiha nodded his affirmative answer. "Well, this is what he meant. I find your fighting style to be very intriguing, and I wish to test it myself for reasons that do not concern you at the moment."

"Fine, I do not have a problem with it." Said the arrogant Uchiha. Sasuke knew when Kinzoku said it didn't concern him at the moment that it meant whatever happened during the fight would decide weather it would concern him or not. "Do you have a problem with postponing your loss at my hands, Naruto?"

Naruto was probably the only one who could tell that Kinzoku was frowning under that mask. "I don't mind, but I should warn you not to take him lightly Teme. If you had paid attention to our conversation earlier you would have heard that Kinzoku is ahead of me in the training my past Sensei gave us."

"I was paying attention. I also heard that he spied on his Sensei to obtain the knowledge he needed to be ahead of you." The Uchiha said, confidently.

'It's too bad then. That you didn't hear the entire conversation that passed between us.' Naruto thought while feeling pity for what was about to happen.

(Flashback, walking towards the other students)

"Seeing as there's no bandages on your hands either, I guess I'm about as far as you are. What's your time on the four targets?" Kinzoku turned around to talk to Naruto.

"Only 1.25 seconds so far."

"Then I guess I'm a little ahead of you. My record's 1.18 seconds, three times in a row."

"Damn it! I guess I haven't been working as hard as I thought I have."

"Actually, I spied on Hiei and found out the secret to doing it."

Naruto was frantic. "How the hell are you still alive? Cause I know there's no way he didn't catch you."

However, while everyone else was listening to Kinzoku explain that it was only by his teammates' brilliance that he was able to escape the grip of his psychotic Sensei; the blue haired shinobi was telling Naruto the truth, through their minds.

'Oh he did catch me, but there's nothing he can about it until he comes here for the Chuunin exams.' Kinzoku told Naruto through the link between their minds. (Okay, if you guys haven't figured it out yet, the underline means Kinzoku is telepathically talking to someone. You'll find out how later. And for all those that already figured this out, I am sorry for wasting your time)

'So the real reason you're not dead is because you left right after you spied on him training. You do realize that the second he gets here you are so going to be fried on a skillet.' Naruto answered back to his comrade in arms.

'Actually, when my uncle and me were about half way here we received a message from Hiei-sensei. Apparently, the only way I'm not going to be forced to do his MPW (Maximum Punishment Workout) is to at least obtain the first level on my right or left arm.' The blue haired shinobi replied as Naruto walked off to do the accuracy portion of his exam.

'In other words, you have to risk having a handicap during the Chuunin exams, or you have to get to the second level on one of your arms by the time they come around.' Naruto said, telepathically, to his friend as he walked forward in the fast moving line.

'Precisely! I have six months to complete the technique we are working on now, and the two parts of the technique Hiei-sensei said he was only able to master because of some accident.' Kinzoku explained to the blonde.

'That's right, I forgot about that! Did you ask Gekkoukage-sama before you left?' Naruto asked as he once again moved up the line.

'No, I didn't get the chance. I kind of had to run for the safety of my nuts. We can ask Youko when we go back to your place tonight. Oh, your up for the accuracy test.' The Genin quickly told the 'Genin-to-be'.

Naruto, without even thinking about it, grabbed a handful of shuriken from the pouch in his coat, and threw them at the targets. The other kids stood slack-jawed as every one of the blonde's weapons hit the seven targets directly in their center. The only other people that had hit all of the targets like that were Hinata and Sasuke.

"Well done, Naruto." Ubu (naive), the teacher running that part of the exam, said. "That places you in second place, right behind Sasuke." The blonde could tell that the man was only doing it out of pure spite towards him, but the way he was feeding the Uchiha's pride was just proving Naruto's point about the village weakening Sasuke.

(End Flashback)

Kinzoku walked into the ring, where Sasuke and Naruto were standing, and stopped right in front of the blonde.

"Don't worry, Naruto. I only want to test him. I promise I'll only use the first level." The blue haired Nin said to the blonde. Naruto looked at Sasuke again before he nodded his approval, and walked into the crowd. Kinzoku turned the last couple of degrees needed to face his opponent before he raised both his arms, which were still attached by the chain between the wristbands. Each band was about two inches wide and three inches thick, and must have weighed at least 60 pounds each. "Before we start this party I want to give you my own little test, separate from our spar."

"What do you want me to do?" Sasuke asked, cautious of Kinzoku's intentions.

The blue haired shinobi opened his hands so that his palms faced the Uchiha. "Aim an attack at the palms of my hands so I can see how far you can push me back. You can use any strike you deem necessary to try and move me. My only restriction is that you cannot use chakra to increase your strength."

'It's not like you would be able to tell if I was using chakra anyway.' The Uchiha mused to himself. 'That is where you are wrong Uchiha!' 'What? How are you…?' 'Everything will be explained in due time Uchiha. Now, come at me with everything you've got.'

Sasuke growled at the ninja before he charged in as fast as he could.

-5 Meters

He reeled back his fist to punch the Genin.

-4 Meters

Sasuke quickened his pace to increase the force of his punch.

-2 Meters

The Uchiha dashed forward in an attempt to close the distance between the two, making him disappear.

-1/2 Meter

Sasuke reappeared with his fist already traveling towards Kinzoku's hands. However, before the fist struck, Sasuke planted his forward foot on the ground and pushed off, adding even more extra force into his punch. The Uchiha's fist connected and everything was suddenly silent. Nobody moved. To someone walking by it would seem as time was standing still in that one location. Then…

"AAAAAHHHH!" Cried out the Uchiha. Sasuke pulled his arm that he used to punch Kinzoku back into his body and cradled his hand.

'It's a good thing he saw the loophole in the condition I set for him, otherwise he wouldn't have cushioned the blow at the last moment with his chakra.' Kinzoku thought to himself. Then, the Gekkou Nin rubbed his foot over the grooves in the ground to calculate how far Sasuke had pushed him back. 'Two inches! That's not as good as Naruto, but then again, most humans wouldn't even be able to push me back at all, unless they used chakra.'

Sasuke picked himself up off the ground and stood facing the other boy as if nothing had happened. "I don't know what kind of jutsu you did, but now I know to dodge instead of block your attacks during our spar."

Kinzoku turned to face the boy. "Yes, I guess that little bit of information would be useful to you. Seeing as it's the only bit of information you have about me. After what you just experienced, do you still think you can win this fight?"

"I never expected to win the fight, Kodaitsumi-san. It's like somebody told me once. 'You never learn from a victory. Only through our failure and our mistakes do we gain the knowledge needed to become stronger'. It is a lesson that I have truly taken to heart over the past 5 months." The raven-haired boy spoke with nothing but confidence in his voice.

Back in the crowd, Naruto's eyes widened in surprise. 5 months ago was when Ubu, the taijutsu and weapons teacher, had started working at the Academy. After seeing one match between Sasuke and Naruto he had decided to keep the Uchiha from fighting the blonde. He had even gone so far as to try and keep the two from speaking to each other in class as much as he could. Apparently, this man's decision had caused the ever-arrogant Uchiha to have an epiphany.

"So, what kind of knowledge do you think you will gain from this fight, Uchiha-san?" Kinzoku asked. 'Damn it! Why can't I read him completely? It's like something is keeping me out.'

A grin quickly spread across Sasuke's face. "Information." The Uchiha stated. "I want to find the reason why you and Naruto are so strong. Maybe, I could take a technique or something from one of you that I could use myself."

"And how do you hope to gain something like that from us. Are you going to steal it with those precious Sharingan eyes of yours." Kinzoku said in an uncaring tone.

Sasuke growled in anger. "Unfortunately, I have not acquired my Sharingan yet, but yes. That is what I planned to do. We are ninja's. Our life is filled with treachery, thievery and death. If you cannot learn to destroy some of your ambitions, and take what you need to survive, then you should not be a shinobi."

"Well said, Sasuke. I guess these last five months have turned you into a much better shinobi than Naruto described you as in his letters. The arrogance I was told you possessed is almost nonexistent. All I see within you is confidence." Kinzoku said in an appreciative manner. 'The block on his mind seems to be surrounding his Sharingan and his brother. What did you do to him Itachi-san?' The blue-haired shinobi lifted his arms towards the Uchiha. "Nanten Kaiin, Zero (Drawback release, zero)." The seals on his wristbands began to glow before the chain that linked them clicked open and dropped to the ground.

"What the hell was that?" The Uchiha asked, frantically. Even though he didn't know how to use them Sasuke could easily recognize an advanced sealing jutsu when he saw one. He didn't know what it did, but he guessed it wouldn't be good news for him.

Kinzoku, slowly and meticulously, cracked each side of his neck before doing the same to his knuckles. "I just gave myself more maneuverability. Don't worry, that part of the seal only gives me free motion of my hands." Then, finally ready to start their match, the Genin called over the instructor. "Are you ready, Sasuke?"

The Uchiha smiled. "Unless you're willing to give me a month to come up with a way to beat whatever jutsu you used earlier, then I'm ready."

The instructor looked back and forth between the two before he called out, "Hajime!"

Sasuke rushed forward in an attempt to put Kinzoku on the defensive, since he still had his eyes closed. The blue-haired shinobi disappeared from sight then reappeared far away behind the Uchiha.

"You said you wanted to learn something from me through this match, right?" Sasuke turned around to face him before answering to the affirmative. "Then, I'll show you why you were able to hear my thoughts in your head earlier." There was a gasp from the crowd in front of Kinzoku when he, finally, opened his eyes. The Genin turned to face the Uchiha and what Sasuke saw sent shivers down his spine. The boy's eyes were a rich gold color that did not look natural to the raven-haired student.

"You have a kekkei genkai!" Sasuke announced in exasperation. "So that's how you were able to walk around casually without having to open your eyes. So, what does it do?"

"First of all, it is not a blood limit. It is what my clan calls a blood gift. When you come of age in my clan they send you to walk through the plain of the ancients as we call it. We are given gifts in the form of powers and skills. One of the gifts I was given was a set of doujutsu's (Eye techniques)." Kinzoku took a deep breath, which came out of his mask as smoke again. "All you need to know right now is that these eyes allow me to read your mind. That includes your conscious and subconscious thoughts. In other words…"

Sasuke's eyes widened. "You'll be able to know exactly how I'm going to attack you way before I even move!"

"You are correct, Sasuke. So, do you still wish to fight me or have you finally understood how hopeless you would be in a fight against me?" The Uchiha answered by going back into his fighting stance. "Are you really that much of a fool."

"In a real situation you would never allow your enemy to escape your grasp. Fighting is the only option in this situation." The raven-haired boy said determinedly. "Plus, ninja's travel in squads, so I'd only have to buy some time so they could help me escape. Teamwork is one of the essentials of a shinobi's life. That is another lesson I have taken to heart recently."

"So, you have figured out the real reason behind my taunting. Well then, Uchiha, there is no need for me to fight you anymore. You have proven to me that you have the will to live the life of a true shinobi. I have made my decision about you, and you should use your energy for fighting Naruto." The blue-haired shinobi stated.

"Actually, in honor of what I have just witnessed and heard, I forfeit my match to Sasuke." Naruto announced as he moved through the crowd. "Kinzoku has never forgone a fight against anyone. I'm sure whatever he learned from you is worth giving up my match." Sasuke nodded in acceptance before he and Kinzoku left the ring.

'Come to the academy tomorrow morning Sasuke. We will inform you of what you want to know then.' 'Fine, bring the other person you chose to join our squad too.' Sasuke replied to the Genin through his mind. 'You knew what my goal was from the beginning didn't you?' 'Actually, you just confirmed my suspicions about it. I thought you said you could read my mind.' 'I will explain that tomorrow too.'

The rest of the matches went as follows: Hinata won against Shino and then went on to forfeit her match to Sasuke. Just like Naruto did. While the Uchiha was angry that he had only become the rookie of the year because the two best fighters had given up their matches, he also realized that he was getting something more important out of it.

The class went back inside the classroom, where Iruka had already finished grading their papers. The students were then called one by one to perform a Henge and a Bunshin no Jutsu. Finally, as the last person on the class roster, it was Naruto's turn. The blonde-haired teen stood in front of the two teachers and performed a flawless Henge before he placed his fingers in a cross seal using his index and middle fingers.

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" The blonde cried out. Five puffs of smoke later and the two teachers were staring in awe of the six, solid Naruto's in front of them. Iruka was the first of the two to regain his voice.

"Naruto, where did you learn that jutsu?" The teacher asked his student.

The other Naruto's poofed out of existence before the original spoke. "Kurama taught it to me. He told me if I was able to hit him in one of our spars that he would teach it to me. I tricked him during the fight and won our bet." The blonde stated as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

Iruka accepted that explanation and reached down to pick up the last leaf headband that lay next to him. "Congratulations Naruto! You are now an honorary shinobi of the Leaf." Iruka tossed the headband to the blonde, who caught it.

"Thanks Iruka-sensei. Are you still coming to the celebrations at Ichiraku's tonight?" The kid asked the Chuunin. Iruka nodded his head in affirmation. "Alright, see you then Iruka-sensei." With that Naruto left the room and closed the door.

The hallways were empty, as the rest of the kids had gone outside to be greeted by there parents. Naruto walked across the hallway and down the flight of stairs. The new Genin heard footsteps quickly approaching behind him, but did not even attempt to turn around. He knew whom those steps belonged to. The person stopped at the top of the stairs while Naruto stood at the bottom.

"Was your father not out there, Hinata?" The blonde asked the girl who stood behind him. When she didn't answer right away Naruto turned to face the Hyuuga and was presented with the one thing he didn't want to see on her face present there. The smile on Hinata's face could only be described as one of a predator that had just cornered its prey. "Hinata, what are you…?" Naruto never got to finish his sentence because the girl had, somehow, pinned him to the wall by the time he had opened his mouth to say the next word.

The girl began to grind her body against his in ways that would have made any other person give in to her wishes immediately. However, Kurama had required the boy to go through all the Kitsune trainings, and that included seduction and seduction resistance training. Still, that didn't mean that what Hinata was doing wasn't affecting him. It just meant that Naruto could think with a clear head while every other guy would be thinking with his other head. Surprisingly, it was Hinata who spoke first.

"Did you forget your promise?"" The girl whispered in his ear before nibbling on it. Naruto shivered under her menstruations but did nothing more.

"I have not forgotten my promise to you Hina-hime, but you will have to let me off the wall if you want us to go outside so we can show everyone that we are a couple." Naruto said, a little breathy.

"We can stay on the wall. I'm pretty sure our cries will reach their ears and then they'll come running to see who's making the noises." The Hyuuga said in a sultry sweet voice as she went to bite at the boy's neck. Before her teeth could reach their target Naruto had, in a feat of amazing speed, switched their positions so that Hinata was now pinned to the wall and they were face to face. The Hyuuga looked frightened for a moment before the look was replaced by one of pure glee. Naruto wrapped his arms around her waist and Hinata wrapped her arms around the boy's neck, and they kissed. Their kiss was rough and passionate, as if they had been without the others touch for years.

The two broke off their make out session when they heard clapping from the top of the stairs. Naruto and Hinata turned around to see the blonde's old friend coming down the stairs, still clapping. "You have chosen quite a mate for yourself Naruto." The blue-haired shinobi commented.

Naruto turned back to Hinata and held out his hand for her to take. The young Hyuuga took the boys hand and was guided by him towards Kinzoku. "Yes, she is perfect for me. I don't believe I have introduced you two yet. Kinzoku, this is my mate and partner in crime Hyuuga Hinata. Hinata, this is my old friend, my partner in arms, and Kurama's second apprentice Kodaitsumi Kinzoku." The blonde said as he presented his love to the other boy.

Kinzoku bowed to the lady as she bowed back. Hinata then held out her hand for the boy to kiss, which he took in a very traditional manner. When the boy stood up they both presented their necks to the other by turning their heads to the side. Hinata had to pull back her long hair so she could present her neck.

"I see Naruto has taught you the traditional introduction for demons of high stature. It is also apparent that you two have not married the marks. Many demons would take that as sign of hesitancy and weakness, and jump at the chance to take her from you Kitsune. Be careful." Kinzoku said in a very business like tone.

The blonde nodded his head in return. "I know how what it would look like to the other lords, Ryuu (Dragon). That's why Kurama has postponed all of the meetings until after my first C-rank mission."

"That gives you two some time to complete the marks before you have to introduce yourself and her to the other demon lords." Kinzoku's eyes hardened for a moment before he spoke again. "You must be careful when you meet the other lords, Naruto. There is plot to force you to mate with one of the daughters of the dog clan."

"I will take note of it. Thanks for the notice, Kinzoku." The blonde said to his friend.

"Think nothing of it. Oh, Hinata." Kinzoku said, getting the girl's attention. "Meet us in front of the school tomorrow morning. We will discuss what's going to happen with our team. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a meeting with the Hokage to get ready for." With that the blue-haired boy disappeared.

With Kinzoku gone Naruto turned towards his mate. "You ready to go Hina-chan?" The blonde asked his love.

The girl smiled. "I'm going to love watching the look on those fan girl's faces when we walk out there."

"So am I, Hinata. So am I!" Naruto said before they started walking, side by side, one hand on the others waist. Then, just before they reached the door that lead out of the school, Hinata groped Naruto's ass. The boy, however, gave no reaction and just kept walking.

Konohagakure

Sandaime Hokage's Office

Later That Night

"Here are the credentials you asked for Kinzoku." The aged Hokage said to the blue-haired Genin. Everything was going good in Sarutobi's life at the moment. Gekkougakure had just been accepted as Konoha's new ally, Naruto had graduated the academy and was about to become a shinobi, and he had just received a message from Jiraiya, saying that he was coming home soon. Yes, life was good at the moment.

Kinzoku was quietly going through the profiles, searching for the two people who would train Naruto's team the hardest. 'Hmm, he looks like a good candidate.' "This is the man I want for our squad leader." Kinzoku told the old man as he slid the paper across the desk.

Sarutobi took a quick look at who the person was and nodded his head. "I am surprised. He is the one I would have chosen as their Jounin sensei. He will definitely push your team to work its hardest."

'Well if he doesn't push my team hard enough then maybe this Tokubetsu Jounin will.' "And I want this one as our other teacher." Kinzoku said as he turned the paper he was looking at towards the village leader. Sarutobi took one look at the photograph on the résumé and fell out of his chair.

"You're kidding me, right? You can't possibly want her as one of the sensei's." The old man exasperated. The look that Kinzoku gave the Hokage showed that the person the boy had chosen was the one who was going to be their second sensei, end of story. The Hokage looked down at the paper that lay on his desk and shook his head. "Kami help you all survive her wrath." Kinzoku didn't think it was going to be that bad. After all, he had, had Hiei as a sensei. How much worse could this woman be?

There, on the Sandaime Hokage's desk laid the profile of…

Post: Again I would just like to say that I am sorry I didn't get this chapter out quicker. I have been dealing with a lot of stuff at school and at home. Anyway, I am back now, and more in the mood to write than ever. I will hopefully have the next chapter out within the next two weeks. However, the poll for when Sakura gets to die is closed. I have decided to kill her off before the Chuunin exams because it furthers part of my plan for one of the teams.

Naruto's Harem (So far):

Hinata

Larxene (from kingdom hearts)

Tayuya

Temari

These are only the people that I know for sure are in the harem.

Poll:

Who should be in Naruto's Harem? Remember that people from other anime's, manga's, and video game's are allowed if you give me 1 reason why they should be in the harem. Please you guys I need reviews for this poll.

Should I write more excerpts from the Icha Icha series and Kinzoku's books (They have similar content)? What I wrote in this chapter was just a fragment of a fragment of the kind of things that are in my mind. Trust me when I say that it gets a lot better.

Preview –

Iruka: Everyone wait here, your Jounin senseis will be here to pick you up shortly.

???: Get your slow ass into that classroom right now before I pin you up and use you as a practice dummy for weapons!

Naruto: Why do I recognize that voice?

Next time on Kitsune Legends – The teacher and the torturer!

Naruto: Your kidding me! She's the Tokubetsu Jounin you chose for our team?

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