Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. A guy called Kishimoto does. I don't own Bleach either Some lucky chap called Tite owns that.

The Eighth Swordsman

Chapter 4

Once Naruto was outside the door of his classroom in the academy he dispelled the henge and grinned, he had really been looking forward to dropping this mask of his. A mask created on the recommendation of the Sandaime once he was informed of the truth surrounding the events that took place on the night Naruto was born and the training he was to receive from Kyuubi and Zangetsu so he would be safe from the elders and civilian council who would no doubt call for his death if word reached their ears of the "Demon" growing stronger. A mask that depicted him as a happy, go lucky idiot in an orange monstrosity of a jumpsuit who had a crush on a pink-haired banshee. Ugh, every time he said "Sakura-chan" he threw up a little bit in his mouth and every time she hit him it took all of his considerable will power not to all out Kyuubi on her ass. He was looking forward to being able to put her bitch ass back in place. He thought for a second on how to make an entrance before giving a feral grin and deciding on a classic.

Inside the classroom the young aspiring shinobi were talking excitedly about possible missions they would have once they graduated, and who would be on their teams. Some were under the idiotic illusion of saving princesses and defeating evil tyrants right off the bat once out of the academy and the weak and useless who would most likely die on their first C-Rank (A/N: Fangirls, scourge of the shinobi world) had actually managed to delude themselves that their precious "Sasuke-sama" would save them. It would be funny if it wasn't so pathetic. Fuck it, it was still funny. And then there were the clan heirs who had an inkling of what the shinobi lifestyle was actually like from their parents and were passing the time as they usually did in class. Kiba bragging with Akamaru barking in agreement, Shikamaru sleeping, Choji eating, Hinata worrying, Shino doing whatever Shino actually does, and then there was Sakura and Ino, fawning over the Uchiha who was brooding by the window as he often did.

Everyone was disturbed from their activities by a loud bang caused by the door being kicked open and smoke moving in, obscuring, the man standing in the doorway, before he walked in. The class took in his appearance, he was tall, about 5ft 10 with wild shoulder length black hair and red slitted eyes wearing black combats with red flames along the sides, black combat boots, a red t-shirt decorated with black flames licking the bottom and sleeves, a black pauldron and a black gauntlet on his left shoulder and forearm, a kunai and shuriken pouch on his left thigh, a black combat knife sheathed on his right shoulder and a black daito strapped to his left hip using as simple black sash. The pauldron, gauntlet, knife and sword were engraved with red seals. They then noticed his most important feature, three whisker marks on each cheek and gasped, except for one who merely smirked.

"Looking good Naruto-kun" Yoruichi Shihouin remarked with a light blush on her face after taking stock of his appearance. "Nice entrance too, a bit cliché but the smoke was a nice touch".

"Thanks Yoruichi-chan, you're not looking too bad yourself and it isn't a cliché, it's a classic" Naruto replied.

"Thanks and fair point" she said, blushing from the complement. Yoruichi was a dark skinned girl of average height and slender build with long purple hair she usually kept in a ponytail and bright golden eyes. She had nice and perky C-cup breasts, a full and firm ass with long, toned legs that seemed to go on forever. She was wearing a black, backless, sleeveless under-shirt, an orange over-shirt with two white straps on each shoulder, a large beige sash around her waist, black stretch pants and a pair of lightweight brown shoes. She had a kunai pouch strapped to her left thigh. She was Naruto's best friend and heir of the near extinct Shihouin clan. The Shihouin clan was famous in Konoha for their taijutsu skills, speed and strength. They were heavily hit during the Third Shinobi World War with only Yoruichi's mother and father surviving. Her father died on a mission when she was three and her mother fell to illness when she was five, leaving her as a ward of the Hokage just like Naruto. Naruto met her when the Sandime decided to take them both to the park one day. They became fast friends and always hung out and trained with each other. When they were twelve Naruto decided to tell her about the Kyuubi and Zangetsu.

Flashback

"Hey Naru-kun what's wrong?" she asked as the both lay on the Yondaime's head looking at the stars. She worried about her unusually quiet blond friend. Naruto sighed and figured now was as good a time as any to tell her the truth about him.

"Yoru-chan, have you ever noticed the way the villagers look at me" he asked in a serious tone as he sat up and looked at her.

"Yeah" she replied nervously as she sat up as well and met his gaze with her own, she always wanted to ask him why they looked at him with such hatred but could never build up enough courage to ask him.

"Tell me, what you know about the night the Kyuubi attacked" he asked her.

"Only that the Yondaime killed it at the cost of his own life" she said, unsure of where this was going.

"Yoru-chan, you can't kill a biju, they are immortal masses of sentient chakra. The Yondaime defeated the Kyuubi by sealing it into his son at the cost of his soul, making him a jinchuuriki(power of human sacrifice). A son who was spited for his sacrifice by the villagers who thought he was just some clanless orphan. They saw him not as the container but the contained" he said bitterly.

"How do you know about all this Naru-kun?" she asked.

"Yoru-chan, take away my whisker marks and who do I look like?" he asked. She gasped as it hit her. Naruto was the spitting image of a chibi-Yondaime.

"You're his son aren't you" she said quietly.

"Yeah" he replied quietly as his heart hammered in his chest waiting for her reaction. If she treated like the rest of the villagers he didn't know what he'd do, he'd probably break. She was his closest friend, closer than the Ichirakus or even the old man.

"Well that's bullshit" she said simply.

"What?" he asked, startled.

"It's bullshit that they treat you like that when it's obvious that you're not the kunai but the scrolls that holds it" she elaborated.

"So you don't think I'm a demon?" he asked her in obvious disbelief.

"Of course not" she chirped happily. "You're my Naru-kun, your sweet and kind and determined and besides you're too cute to be a demon" she said with a light blush that was matched by Naruto's own.

He then told her the truth about Kyuubi's attack and about Kyuubi and Zangetsu.

"Take that you sexist assholes" she whooped when she found out that Kyuubi, the most powerful being in existence, was a girl as was Zangetsu. Naruto merely sweat dropped at that while Kyuubi and Zangetsu held up their hands up in victory. She also winced as she heard about the stuff they both made him do as training though, even Guy would think it was a bit much.

And of course, once she learned about the henge she demanded that he show her what he actually looked like with those damnable puppy dog eyes that Naruto never was able to resist. She blushed as she saw his red slitted eyes and wild black hair. It suited him a lot more than the blond hair and blue eyes that she already thought were pretty cute.

Flashback end

Naturally and unfortunately for those who liked to keep their ear drums intact Sakura was the first to recover from the shock.

"Naruto-baka, stop trying to look cool and show up Sasuke-kun so go back to normal" she screeched at him using that lovely voice the Haruno clan known for.

"This is normal, the blond idiot you all knew and tolerated was a mere mask created on the Hokage's orders and who the fuck do you think you are ordering me around?" he said.

Everyone gasped at this, Sakura included, wasn't Naruto head over heels in love with her? Yourichi smirked, she had been looking forward to this for years. She always got pissed when she saw that pink bitch hit her man. Well he wasn't her man yet but he would be soon enough if she had anything to say about the matter.

Now Sakura, being the dumbass that she is decided to try and put him back in his place as she thought she did so many times before by charging towards him with her fist cocked back so she could put as much non-existent power in her punch as possible. Keep in mind that I did say try. Naruto saw it coming from a mile away, it was like she was moving in slow motion. He caught her punch easily before twisting her arm and holding it behind her back with his combat knife pressed to her throat.

"Haruno, I'm going to say this one time and one time only so listen carefully lest I carve this message into your worthless flesh. If you attempt to lay a hand on me again I will remove the offending limb and turn it into a suppository. Am I understood?" he said in a venomous tone. Sakura was shaking, too afraid of him to answer, hell she was even too scared to piss herself.

"Am. I. Understood?" he asked once again, impatience creeping into his voice. She merely nodded, still not able too speak.

"Good" he said happily with an eyesmile. "Now, get out of my sight" he said as he pushed away from her and she fell. She scrambled to her feet and ran from him, hiding behind Sasuke, much to the emo's displeasure. Naruto simply continued up towards up towards his usual seat by the window next to Yoruichi, whistling happily as he ignored the stares and joined her. She smirked as she saw the grin threatening to split his face in half.

"Enjoy it that much?" she asked, already knowing the answer.

"Even more so" he said, still grinning. "It's kind of like an itch, the longer you leave it the more satisfying it is to scratch".

After a couple of minutes the atmosphere of the class went back to normal bar the looks being sent to Naruto every five minutes as he chatted with Yoruichi. Eventually Iruka and Mizuki showed up and the class began settle. Iruka took attendance with each student answering "Here" except for the emo who answered with his trademark "Hn".

"Naruto Uzumaki" Iruka called out, looking up from the scroll.

"Here Iruka-sensei" Nruto answered still grinning. Mizuki caught sight of him and glared at him as he took in his new appearance and was about to say something before Iruka interrupted him.

"So, you finally decided to drop that mask of yours" Iruka said with a grin.

"You knew?" Naruto asked, surprised.

"Yep, Hokage-sama told me a few years ago" he said.

"Fair enough" Naruto said though everyone could hear him mutter about "crafty old man".

"Anyway now that everyone is present we can begin the written stage of the graduation exam" he said. Mizuki handed out the papers and Naruto noticed the malicious grin on his face as he got one. He looked at his paper and sighed at the genjutsu cast on it. He didn't know whether to be angry at the bastard for setting him up or insulted at the fact that it was done so shitly, maybe his mask had been too effective. He quickly dispelled the genjutsu and got on with the test. Forty-five minutes later he finished, sighing at how easy it was and laying down his head on the desk and talking with his two tenants. Forty-five minutes later Iruka collected the papers.

"Alright next up are accuracy tests, everyone head out to the kunai and shuriken range and line up" he said and the class headed out. "You have ten kunai and ten shuriken each and must aim for vital points. You will be scored out of ten in each weapon giving you an overall score out of twenty. You need twelve to pass. The class took their shots, civilian children averaging around twelve and the clan heirs around fifteen. Sasuke scored eighteen much to the delight of his fangirls, whose cheers further inflated his already oversized ego. Which then took a well deserved hit as Yourichi went after him and scored nineteen shutting up his fangirls much to the delight of everyone else.

"I love you, you know that" Naruto said to her afterwards as she sat down beside him under the shade of an oak tree causing a blush to spread across her face.

"Naruto Uzumaki, your up" Iruka called out. Naruto nodded as he got up and went over to the range. He took a deep breath, chose his targets and launched five shuriken from each hand. He repeated the process with the kunai and sat back down next to Yoruichi who rested her head on his shoulder. Some of the class started laughing as they saw none of his targets had kunai or shuriken in them.

"Nice job dobe" Sasuke said with a smirk, feeling better after seeing the dobe fail.

"Yeah, good job Naruto-kun, you're the first to get twenty out of twenty since Itachi Uchiha" Iruka complemented. Sakura decided now would be a good time to open that huge mouth of hers.

"What do you mean Iruka-sensei, none of Naruto-baka's kunai or shuriken are in the targets" she asked.

"You're right Sakura, though that's because they went straight through the targets and hit the wall" he answered her. The class looked and saw that he was right as they saw small holes in each of his targets of vital points and the kunai and shuriken that made them were deeply embedded into the wall.

"You know for a member of clan that prided themselves on their eyes you're not that observant now are you Sasuke-chan?" Naruto said with a smirk while Yoruichi laughed at him, soon joined by the other clan heirs. Sasuke seethed at this but decided he'd get the dobe back later. Yeah, right.

"Next up is taijutsu. Everyone will spar with Mizuki and I for five minutes and try to either land a solid hit or last the full five minutes. No ninjutsu or genjutsu are allowed" Iruka announced. The civilian children were barely able to last the full five minutes and not a single one of them landed a hit on their senseis. The clan heirs faired much better, each of them landing a hit within three minutes apart Sakura who just collapsed after the five minutes having not even come close to hitting Iruka who just shook his head as he looked at her. Sasuke manage to land a hit on Mizuki at one minute twenty-seven seconds as Mizuki "accidentally" left his guard wide open giving Sasuke an easy chance to slip in with a right hook. Yoruichi was at fifty-nine seconds when she caught Iruka off guard with a leg sweep that knocked him flat on his ass.

"Naruto, it's your turn. You'll be sparring against Mizuki" Iruka told him after Yourichi helped him back up. Naruto nodded as he stood and faced Mizuki. looking forward to kicking his ass. Mizuki smirked as he ran at Naruto at mid chunin speeds without signaling the start of the match. Naruto gave a feral grin that unnerved Mizuki slightly as he watched his idiotic charge, he was far too slow, while to the rest of the class save a few he became a blur. "Looks like someone is eager for an ass kicking" he thought to himself with a smirk. He easily batted Mizuki's right hook away with his left forearm before his right hand shot up like a rocket, nailing the chunin on the chin with a solid uppercut that lifted him up off the ground. Naruto then jumped up and snapped out his right leg as he roundhouse kicked the chunin in the stomach while he was still airborne, sending him flying until he got nice and acquainted with the wall, spider web cracks spreading from where he hit it.

Everyone just stared at him as he landed back on the ground. He grinned sheepishly and scratched the back of his head.

"Sorry about that, I guess I got a little bit too excited" he said while everyone else just sweat dropped.

"W-well done Naruto, you knocked Mizuki out in ten seconds" Iruka said in disbelief. "I know Hokage-sama said he was holding back but damn, didn't think it was this much" he thought to himself before shaking his head and deciding to get on with the next test.

"Okay next up is the ninjutsu portion of the exam. Everyone must be able to perform a henge of the Sandaime, a kawarimi and at least three bushin. If you have another justu you wish to use, you may do so at the end of the test for extra credit" he said.

The students all went through the assorted jutsus without much trouble with some making more bushin than necessary like Sasuke with making five and yoruichi with seven.

Once again it was Naruto's turn and he preformed well with the first two jutsu, turning into the Sandaime easily and then substituting with Yoruichi who bowed to the class with a grin before he kawarimi'd back to the front of the class, returning her to her seat.

"Iruka-sensei, can I use a kage bushin instead of a regular bushin" he asked and sighed with relief when Iruka nodded.

"Why can Naruto to perform a different jutsu from the rest of us Iruka-sensei?" Sakura asked not adding the baka that she so wanted to as she still terrified of his threat.

"It's simply because he has to much chakra to use a regular bushin. He would need chakra control on par with Tsunade herself to perform that jutsu. Without it, it would like trying to fill a thimble with a fire hose. The kage bushin is a more chakra intensive version of the basic bushin and therefore Naruto is able to perform it" Iruka explained and gave Naruto the go ahead upon seeing the class nod their heads in understanding.

"Kage bushin no justsu" he shouted and a large cloud of smoke appeared obscuring Naruto and whatever clones he had made.

The smoke soon cleared leaving forty-one Narutos standing there including the original, matching grins on each face.

"W-well done Naruto" he said a little surprised that he was able to make that many without breaking sweat, Iruka would be on his last legs after making that many clones but figured it was because Naruto was a jinchuuriki.

"Thanks Iruka-sensei" he said with a grin as he dispelled his clones and went back up to his seat.

"All right, those of you who have other jutsu, you may demonstrate them now" he said.

Unsurprisingly the clan heirs were the only ones with other jutsu, mainly clan techniques.

Sasuke used Katon: Goukakyuu (Fire Style: Grand Fireball), launching a human sized fireball at the academy dummy, burning it severely.

Naruto was the last one up and he could feel everyone staring at him, expecting him to do something amazing yet again. They weren't disappointed.

Naruto decided to use one of his favourite Katon jutsu. He raised up his left arm and an orb of red fire gathered in his palm. Some of the fangirls laughed, seeing how small it was compared to Sauke's fireball, to which Sasuke smirked.

"Katon: Shakkaho (Fire Style: Red Flame Cannon)" he called out and the orb flew from his hand to the target, exploding on contact and leaving nothing but ash behind, silencing all laughter.

Surprisingly enough, Shikamaru was the first to speak, what he said however, was not so surprising.

"Why must you be so damn troublesome Naruto?" he asked him.

"Why not? It amuses me and that's as good a reason as any" he said with a foxy grin. "And why didn't you complain earlier?" he asked, curious.

"Because I wanted to make sure you had no more surprises. It would've been too much effort to complain twice" he said.

"Lazy bastard" Naruto muttered with a smirk. "And what makes you think that was the last surprise I have" he asked with a grin.

"Troublesome bastard' Shikamaru muttered.

"Everone back inside" Iruka said and the class followed him inside the classroom. "Alright everyone, I'm about to announce the Rookie and Kunoichi of the Year" Iruka said.

This caught everyone's attention. It even stopped Sasuke's brooding as sat forward in his seat to hear his name called out (AN: We all know that that's not gonna happen).

"First of all the Kunoichi of the Year is Yoruichi Shihouin" Iruka said. Nobody was surprised at that as she had consistently been at top in the academy in everything, especially taijutsu.

"I wouldn't expect anything less" Naruto said with a proud smile on his face as he looked at her.

"Thanks Naruto-kun" she said with a smile.

"Rookie of the Year is…" Iruka paused for dramatic effect "Naruto Uzumaki".

Immediately there was an uproar from the Sasuke fangirls about how their Sasuke-sama couldn't lose to the dobe.

"It seems like he just did though, doesn't it" Yoruichi said with a smirk.

"Iruka, I demand you name me Rookie of the Year. I deserve it, not the dobe" Sasuke said in that arrogant tone of his.

"Sasuke, Naruto beat you so try to accept it graciously" Iruka said trying to shut the him up.

"Sasuke, if you want it so bad you can fight me for it" Naruto told him with a feral grin.

"You're on dobe" Sasuke replied arrogantly, sure he couldn't lose to the dobe, irregardless of the fact that said dobe just dropped a chunin in ten seconds with two hits. They both walked out into the sparring ground and faced each other, the class forming a ring around them.

Sasuke started the fight, launching a kunai at Naruto who easily dodged before closing the distance between them and slamming his fist into the emo's stomach. Sasuke gasped as the air left before trying to slam his closed fist onto Naruto's back but was too slow as Naruto caught his wrist and swung him by it into a nearby tree. Sasuke groaned as he got up and charged at Naruto, aiming for his stomach with a kick. Naruto easily sidestepped before thrusting his palm into Sasuke's chest with devastating power. Sasuke was launched backwards and hit the wall. He tried to get back up, but stopped when he felt sharp, cold steel pressed against his neck.

"This little spar of ours is over Sasuke-chan. I win, you lose" Naruto said dismissively as he re-sheathed his knife and walked away from him.

Sasuke seethed at how easily Naruto kicked his ass and dismissed him. Just like him. Sasuke saw red at this as he flew threw the handsigns needed to show the dobe his power. The power of the Uchiha.

"Katon: Goukakyuu (Fire Style: Grand Fireball)" he called out with a manic glint in his eye as he sent the fireball towards Naruto.

"NARUTO LOOK OUT" Yoruichi screamed at him but it was too late. Her warning only gave him enough time to turn around and widen his eyes before the flames consumed him.

Chapter End.

Nah, I'm just fucking with ya.

Back to the story.

Sasuke laughed as he saw his attack hit the dobe, only to stop when he heard a voice join his in laughter. He quickly looked for the source and found it, much to his horror. It was coming from the raging fire that he killed the dobe with.

Or so he thought.

The fire shot outwards as it was hit by a pulse of chakra, leaving an unharmed Naruto behind. Naruto then disappeared, and Sasuke felt something hit the back of his neck before the darkness claimed him.

Naruto regarded the Uchiha before him for a moment before throwing him to his fangirls, and action he felt bad about despite the fact that the fucker just tried to kill him.

He started towards the class before he was glomped by a purple blur. He looked down to see Yoruichi hugging him.

"You finally got shunpo down" she congratulated him, trying to blink away the unshed tears she had when she thought that the flames had killed him so Naruto wouldn't notice.

"Yep" he said happily, deciding to ignore the tears for now as he let go of her , missing the look of disappointment that flew across her face for a moment.

"So, how was it?" she asked him.

"How was what?" he asked back.

"Putting Sakura in her place and kicking both Mizuki's and Sasuke's asses" she said.

"In-fucking-credible. I haven't had so much fun since we pranked the Hyuugas last year" he said with a shit eating grin on his face.

"Naruto are you alright" Iruka asked, concerned.

"Yeah, I'm alright" he answered. "Can't say the same for the teme though".

"Don't worry about that, I'll report it to the Hokage" Iruka said.

"Thanks Iruka-sensei" he said.

"Alright this spar has proven Naruto is the Rookie of the Year. Now everyone please grab your hitai-ate from the desk on your way out. Team placements will be in a week" he said.

Naruto grabbed a black one and tied it around his waist, as did Yoruichi on their way out. Once he was outside he reluctantly reapplied his henge.

"Hey Naruto-kun want to head to Ichiraku's for lun…" Yoruichi's sentence was interuptered be the arrival of an Anbu.

"Nauto-san, Hokage-sama would like to speak with you about something" the Anbu said.

Naruto sighed and nodded.

"I'n sorry Yoruichi-chan but I'll have to take a rain check" he said to her.

"It's ok, just tell me about the meeting later" she said to him.

"No problem" he replied before the Anbu grabbed him and they both disappeared in a swirls of leaves,

AN: Chapter Four done. Sorry for the delay but I've been busy and will continue to be busy. The next update will probably be in mid February. Anyway for the harem the last two members have been decided. It's gonna be Rangiku and Samui. Also please let me know in reviews how the fight scenes were, small I know but I'll work on it. Also about the bloodline, it was never said if it was an actual bloodline in Naruto and not just a unique ability and wasn't inherited by the user's children which is complete bullshit in my opinion because it's cool as hell. See ya.

Edited: 13 June 2013