The poison nin chapter 3
Hello! Curry-llama here! I just noticed that I hadn't put in any disclaimers in the last few chapters and it was needed so here.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto because it is owned by a human I respect called Masashi Kishimoto and I am a llama.
Well that was a new experience… well back to the story.
Naruto had been practising hard for the last week. The exercises started off with tree walking then it went to water walking, all while drinking the disgusting sludge that the Kyuubi had told him to make . It had been a hard and tiering week but Naruto could feel the growth in his chakra coils. He could see changes in his own physique, as well as the way he lived. His hair had grown to his shoulders and they started to glow their best golden hue. His body was not malnourished anymore and he could imagine what it would look like with months of hard training. With all the hard work he put in and buying new weapons with his henge on, it felt like he had the right kind of equipment. Overall he felt like it was a fruitful week.
'Kitsune-san, you there?' asked the tired Naruto.
"Well hello there kit. What is it that you want to address me with?"
'Nah. It's nothing.'
"Kit you don't need to speak up I can feel your gratitude. But even though you are one of my most amusing hosts I wanted to say that you shouldn't trust me."
'You can say whatever the hell you want Kitsune-san but I will consider you a friend. My genuine wish is to protect my friends and you are included.'
"Well I am honoured but you still haven't gained anything from your embarrassing speech. And as much as I'd love to stay and chat, you better wake up kit considering I feel hostile emotions coming to you in the real world."
Naruto woke up to find his arm pinned down and his apartment broken into. He was shocked but not scared. The ninja's eyes showed deep hatred as he took out his kunai to stab him. Naruto's eyes filled up with understanding as he relaxed and let the man stab him. He knew the man was probably one of the ninja that survived after the Kyuubi had attacked. 'He must have had loved ones die in the battle' thought Naruto to himself.
"Kit what are you doing? Fight back will ya',"
'Sorry. I-I just don't know why but I don't feel like that would be right.'
"Fine if you won't do anything I will." Said the Kyuubi as he took control of Naruto's arm and pushed the man back. His whiskers and his claws grew prominent. The ninja stood in fear as he looked into the young blonds deep, almost vast crimson eyes. Naruto jumped at the man and ripped out his heart in a heartbeat (pun intended). As the man dropped the Kyuubi's red chakra resided, fading away the feral features he possessed.
It took a whole minute for Naruto to recall what had happened. He had killed. He tried to dismiss it as a dream but his hands soaked in the man's blood, was proof that he had killed.
Naruto just sat in the corner of his broken down apartment as he stared at the dead body in his room. He couldn't cry nor could he bring himself to dismiss this as just self-defence. He had killed, and whether or not it was the Kyuubi's fault didn't show up his broken mind. He noticed a faint trace of chakra as the ANBU sent to protect him had finally decided to show up. It of course faded away as the ANBU noticed the dead body in the room then went to report it to the Hokage.
Five minutes later the Hokage had shown up in the room to find the once cheerful boy in his new diminished state. To the Hokage, Naruto had always been the child he had never had and to see him like this made him feel down. However he was Hokage and as much as he wanted to shed tears with the boy he just didn't have the time. He kneeled next to the blond. Naruto had looked up showing the pain in his eyes. Sarutobi just returned that face with a warm hug. There was a bond between the two that had been forged through countless childish bickering.
The end of the year…
"Iruka sensei-! I did the kawarimi and the henge why can't you just figure out I can't do the shadow clone?!" Naruto whined as he failed the shadow clone yet again.
"It doesn't matter if you can do the other jutsu Naruto, but if you can't do the shadow clone you will be in a lot of trouble in a real mission. Therefore you will stay in the academy another half a year until you get it right."
Naruto pouted as he went back to his seat. He had passed the rest of the tests while breaking most of the records, hell he even beat the stuck up Uchiha! Why he couldn't pass just because of a stupid shadow clone was beyond him.
The day had ended while Naruto watched all the other children boasting to their proud parents. He wished from the bottom of his heart that he had someone to tell him to work harder and encourage him. 'Reality hits hard,' thought Naruto to himself as he smirked with sadness. Tears were threatening to spill out until Mizaki appeared. Instantly Naruto put on his fake yet believable smile.
"Naruto I really wish Iruka would pass you so I came to make an offer," said Mizaki with a forced grin. Naruto knew better than to trust the dishonest ninja but something in the back of his head told him to listen (and no it wasn't the Kyuubi). As Naruto's head perked up Mizaki continued.
"All you have to do is to sneak into the Hokage's office and steal the forbidden scroll. After that meet me at a certain spot with the scroll… but don't be too late." Mizaki lent him a paper that told him the time and location to meet him. Mizaki gave him another smile and left. Naruto knew that something was amiss and so did the Kyuubi.
"Kit, I recommend you to not listen to that sneaky sensei of yours."
'I agree but for some reason I feel like I need to go.'
"I know kit, I know."
That night Naruto went to the Hokage's office unnoticed and stole the scroll. He opened it to find the jutsu he needed. A smile crossed his face as he started putting his heart and soul into practising the move. It had been hard but for some reason this version of the shadow clone was so much easier to him. He fell down exhausted to the core as he used up all his chakra only to wake up to Iruka yelling at him.
"Naruto what are you doing with the scroll?" Iruka spoke with obvious concern as he confirmed that Naruto did indeed have the scroll.
"Mizaki sensei told me that if I got this for him I could pass, but I found a cool jutsu on it that helped me shadow clone" Naruto replied with honesty.
The conversation was stopped when Mizaki superficially came out of nowhere.
"You actually believed those lies I told you. You really are a stupid child. Well it doesn't matter anyways since you and Iruka are going to die right here so do you want me to tell you a secret?"
Naruto looked at him like it was expected but it still hurt that his sensei was doing this. His thoughts were interrupted as Iruka yelled out. "You wouldn't dare. Don't do it Mizaki."
"Shut up Iruka!" said Mizaki as he threw kunai at him. "Naruto, have you ever wondered why everyone hates you? Why they always look at you like you're a demon."
"Well yeah, I guess I actually thought about it a few times but it doesn't matter." Naruto almost looked too calm and that unnerved Mizaki. He continued anyway in hopes to get some emotion from the damn demon brat.
"It's because you are a demon. The day you were born the Kyuubi was sealed in you. You caused all those peoples deaths." Mizaki started laughing and preparing to see the boy's expression when nothing happened. Naruto sat there calm and collective as he stared at Mizaki with annoyance.
"And I was sitting here hoping to hear something interesting. You disappoint me Mizaki. Your build up was pretty good though, it even got my blood pumping a bit… though I guess it was a bit to dramatic for my tastes," said Naruto with malice and mock written all over his tone of voice.
Mizaki was beyond annoyed right now. Not only did the demon brat stay calm but he also insulted him. 'He is so dead' thought Mizaki as he threw his windmill shuriken at Naruto only for it to be blocked by Iruka.
"Don't listen to him Naruto. You are not a demon you are my priced student" whispered Iruka looking at Naruto with a genuine smile. Naruto's eyes started to tear up. His thoughts were broken as Iruka started spitting out blood. Now he was angry, Calm but very, very angry.
'Kitsune-san, please lend me a hand here and tell me what to do.'
"Sure kit. First of all I'll lend you some of my chakra and you can project that to your kunai. Make sure to use your kage bunshin."
Naruto nodded to himself as he took out kunai whilst creating 3 kage bunshins. One of them went out of sight and henged into Iruka while holding a fake copy of the scroll. The other acted as Naruto and his friend took the real Iruka out of sight. The real Naruto waited in the shadows with a poisoned kunai. As expected Mizaki ran after Iruka and killed the clone only to be stabbed by a kunai through his heart. The distractions proved useful as one man can only keep note of so much of his surroundings.
"Well does this mean that I pass?" asked Naruto sheepishly. Iruka just looked shocked for a second before smiling at his priced student. He took his head band of and chucked it at the grinning Naruto.
Naruto reported in with the details. Sarutobi was proud of him although it just didn't feel right when he saw that Naruto had willingly killed the man himself. The once kind hearted Naruto he knew was slowly changing and he soon found out that Naruto already knew the Kyuubi was in him. Naruto still smiled but there was an air of danger around him. His once bright and bubbly self was replaced with the calm of a raging storm. It was almost like he was becoming poison himself. Naruto however knew this to be true because he was currently in the middle of doing just that. He was injecting himself with poisons slowly as he started getting immune to them. The second stage needed him to be able to immune enough to overdose his blood stream. With all that poison in his body he just needed to keep it in there. He got up and walked out of the Hokage's office wondering what his team assignments would be like.
It was already morning as Naruto got up to go to shinobi academy for the last day. He was so happy in fact, that he wore his red jacket instead of his black one. Every-one glared at him when he walked in.
"Hey you aren't supposed to be here if you didn't graduate," said Shikamaru in his usual lazy voice. Naruto just pointed at his headband before sitting down. No one argued because as much as a Dobe he was before, now he had beaten their Sasuke-kun in almost everything.
Naruto sat down next to Hinata as he looked at Sakura across the room who was bickering with Ino. It was amusing but it was more amusing making fun of his precious Hinata. He then stopped to give Hinata a foxy grin that nearly melted her to her bone. "Hello Hinata-chan. How was your week?" Naruto asked with his grin still imprinted on his face. Hinata's face went bright red as she looked at Naruto. He was of course so much better looking now. He wasn't the scrawny thin boy she knew before. He was still really short but that just made him look cuter. The visible difference was that his body was tanner, his complexion was healthier and his hair was longer. Why Sasuke was considered hotter than Naruto was a question indeed. "I-it was g-good N-Naruto-kun," She finally managed to say in a stammer "w-what about y-you?"
"Well let's see… I learnt how to shadow clone like a pro and I killed somebody." Hinata was pulled back by the last comment but decided Naruto was just joking around with her like he usually was. Once he even told her that he talks to someone in his head. He didn't seem like he was lying which had chilled her to the bone, but he said it without any negative emotions so she just dismissed it.
"SHUT UP BRATS!" Iruka yelled at the top of his lungs. Knowing that he had everyone's attention he went on with his speech about being a shinobi. Naruto nearly fell asleep until he started listening to the team selections.
"Team seven consists of Sasuke Uchiha, Hyuuga Hinata and Nara Shikamaru. Your sensei will be Hatake Kakashi."
Many of the 'Sasuke fan club' members were now glaring at the Nara and the Hyuuga for their luck. Iruka just coughed to get everyone's attention and continued.
"Team eight consists of Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura and Inuzuka Kiba. Your team leader will be Yuhi Kurenai. "
Sakura glared at Kiba who then glared at Naruto. Right then Naruto knew that life in this team was going to be hard.
"Team ten will consist of Akimich Choji, Yamanaka Ino and Aburame Shino. Your sensei will be Sarutobi Asuma"
Everyone in team ten let out a sigh except for Shino who was as unreceptive as ever. Iruka then finished it off and told everybody to wait for their selected team leaders.
Naruto sat next to Sakura and try to get to know her but she was completely against it.
"Why won't you talk to me like anybody else?" he said finally snapping.
"It's obvious since my heart is set only on my Sasuke-kun."
"I don't like you anymore O.K! I just want everybody in our team to get along."
"And how do I know for sure that you don't like me anymore, eh?" stated Sakura still being stubborn.
"IT'S BECAUSE I LIKE HINATA!" yelled Naruto before realising his mistake.
Hinata was turning into a red balloon and he was sure that was what his face looked like as well. Sakura smirked showing that she had planned for this to happen. Naruto was just about to punch her to 'la la land' when his sensei had walked in to hear the whole conversation.
Kurenai cleared her throat before proceeding. "Team 8 will you please meet me on the roof by five minutes." She then hurried out quickly. Everyone in the room started cracking up at Naruto's predicament except of Sasuke and Shino. Knowing that the secret was already out he decided to mark his girl. He definitely didn't want her falling for Sasuke.
"Sasuke, if you even think of touching her I will find you and kill you. Got that" Naruto threatened. The class was silenced because an angry Naruto meant sleepless nights in fear of his next horrendous prank.
"Shut up Dobe. I could care less about a weak girl like her," Stated Sasuke in a firm manner. Naruto however was pissed off by this comment on the person he loves. He decided to let it go considering he was late already. He got up, gave him a piercing glare and walked out.
It had annoyed him to think of everyone's opinion of Hinata. She was an amazing girl… well if you actually bothered looking beneath the shyness. Sadly the one thing he knew about the village was it only saw things as it was. They never considered looking into something before they judged it. He sat down on a log brooding about the events that had just occurred. Sakura in truth was actually eying Naruto; after all if you skip the fact that everybody had hated him he was actually pretty hot.
"Okay. I would like to know the three of you. Your name, likes, dislikes, dreams and hobbies," Said Kurenai in her usual tone.
"Sensei, why don't you go first? Show us how it's done" said Sakura.
"Okay. My name is Yuhi Kurenai. I like evening drinks and… cake. My hobby is to train my Genjutsu. I dislike perverts and people who say Genjutsu users are week. My dream is to make you all the strongest I can. Well that basically sums it. Well then you next" she said pointing at Kiba.
"My name is Kiba and this here is Akamaru. My hobby is playing with Akamaru. My likes are training with Akamaru and eating beef steak jerkies. I dislike cats and people who hurt dogs. My dream is to have a rematch with Naruto and win the title of the god of pranksters"
Kiba yelled as he pointed to a sighing Naruto.
"I guess that leaves me" Naruto continued. "Well my Name is Uzumaki Naruto. I like ramen and my friends. I dislike people who only see me as what I have in me" said Naruto. Kurenai was secretly dotting that Naruto is actually a good and a very serious kid unlike what the files said. "And I also dislike the amount of time it takes to cook ramen" Naruto added. Everyone's sweat dropped at this. 'I was wrong about him being serious' thought Kurenai to herself before she signalled for him to continue.
"Right as I was saying… my hobbies are to prank people and learn about different kinds of plants. My dream for the future is to…" Naruto just sat there wondering what his dream was now. He had given up on the villagers, and the amount of paper work needed to be filled by the Hokage was unspeakable. "Well I guess I don't have a dream right now. Sorry."
Kurenai nodded and continued. "Meet me at training ground six by 7 tomorrow. You will be tested to see if you're ready to be Genin yet."
"WAIT WE HAVE TO TAKE ANOTHER TEST," yelled Sakura and Kiba in unison, while Naruto just flinched.
"The academy test is just there to take out the ninja incapable of doing the smallest of things this is the real test to see if you have what it takes." With this Kurenai just got up and left. Naruto sat there and contemplated whether it was a dreaded written test or a physical one.
'Kitsune-san, do you know what this test is going to be about?' asked Naruto in his head.
"I do kit, but that doesn't mean I'm going to tell you. Well I guess I could give you a hint. Teamwork is the key. Woops I told you the whole point. Oh well it doesn't matter anyways."
'Thanks. Pointers are always a big help but I just wish you were this useful in written tests.'
"Hmph. Don't get your hopes up to high kit."
'Well thanks anyways.'
Naruto got up and went home with a big smile across his face. He knew what was going to happen and he planned on telling his team. Well he planned on telling them after a dozen or so bowels of ramen.
Hello curry llama here! Well I hope to like this chapter after all I made it extra-long just for you. I'm still going with the NaruHina pairing, although they will be in different teams. I also decided to pair Choji and Ino together. The one thing I would like to change in Naruto would have been Hayate's death. If you don't know the guy he was the one in the chunnin exams that was always sick. I don't know why but I always loved that character even when I was 10 so I guess it annoyed me that they killed him off after the small amount of screenings he had.
I will be updating more often since it's the holidays and I am sorry if I didn't update as fast as you thought I would before. This is mainly because I'm a junior high student who is bombarded with assignments. So please pity me.
Llama out!