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Well here is another chapter. I hope you'll like it as much as the rest so far. So let me answer your Reviews before I get on with the story.
NaruinoFTW – Thanks and Shikamarus behavior will be explained after the Chunin Exam. Ino and Naruto will probably get together one or two chapters after that.
shadowrgj – Tank you. Well Kurami had obligations with her Clan so I had to make them part ways for now and the girls moment when I remembered a Inuyasha story I read some time ago, though I can't remember the name of it.
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Alcoholic (Guest) – First of all you're right. I made him a non alcoholic and made the mistake with him making his own mead. But his mood swing is simple to explain. Like I explained in the 2nd chapter he gains aspects of the persons he drinks blood from so he might have drunken blood from a good nature person and I simply didn't mention it.
RandomWriter21 – Thanks. I laughed my ass off when I wrote this.
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The Uzu group made their way to the Namikaze compound once again seeing the glares their real Kage was getting and growled at the civilians they passed. Naruto noticed how tensed his people were and sighed. He knew thing would get itchy soon if the civilians didn't let up on their hatred. Mikado like all Uzumaki had a strong urge to protect his family members from everyone that threatened them. Ayuna was in the same boat because she idolized the vampire Kitsune and Tobimaru simply itched for a reason to use his explosive tags. Tayuya openly growled at everyone showing them who he belonged to not that he cared and Hirano didn't care at all since Naruto told them to ignore it. The compound doors opened themselves as the group came closer on for something unexpected to happen. A egg flew through the air and missed Naruto by miles. Instead it hit Tayuya who was now boiling with anger.
"WHO THE FUCK DARES TO THROW A EGG AT ME? WHO IS THE FUCKER WITH A DEATHWISH!", she screamed and her hair moved under her Kage hat like it had a live of its own.
A elderly man began to shrink back into himself as the other people pointed at him because of the fear they were experiencing in front of a Kages KI.
"YOU LITTLE SHIT ARE DEAD!", the read head yelled and jumped at him with a Kunai in each hand.
A sudden hand on the back of her collar made her stop in mid air and hang there like a limp sack of potatoes. It took the girl a moment to realize what happened before she struggled against the death grip on her collar.
"LET ME GO NARUTO! THIS FUCKER WILL PAY FOR THROWING STUFF AT ME! I WILL MAKE HIM BLEED FOR THAT!", she yelled and kicked and hit around herself in blind rage but to no avail.
"I'll let you down once you have cooled down Uzukage-sama. It would not be very diplomatic if you maimed or killed a villager of your hosting village.", the vampire explained coolly.
"NO! HE WILL SUFFER!", she yelled making the civilians shiver in fear as she released some of her KI.
Naruto simply ignored her and carried her through the gate and it slammed shut behind the group. The people only stared at the closed gate in shock, awe and disgust. The teen most them hated had saved them from the fury of a Kage with ease. They didn't really know what to think about this sudden development.
"Guess the boy is more then he seems to be on the outside.", a Shinobi laughed with his friends and continued to drink their sake.
"Naruto simply dropped his cousin on her ass as he walked into the living room and continued towards the kitchen. In that moment the girl saw her chance to slip out and kick some civilian ass but a sudden pressure on her head made her stop.
"You won't be going anywhere or I'll tell Naruto-sama.", a voice squeaked from the top of her head.
"But Kaki-chan.", Tayuya wined like a little child.
The others simply ignored her behavior and placed themselves all around the living room. Hirano placed himself near the window to enjoy a calming cigarette. Tobimaru walked over to a shelf and found himself something to read before he sat on the floor and leaned against the shelf. Mikado took it upon himself to help his Clan head in the kitchen while Ayuna looked at the little fox with sparkling eyes. It took Naruto and Mikado a few minutes but they returned with six cups of steaming tea. They placed them by each person before they themselves took a seat. Kaki only looked at the men she was supposed to to supervise and leaped from Tayuyas head into his lap and rolled herself together to rest.
"So will you still go after the civilians Ta-chan?", the vampire asked as he looked at her over the edge of his cup.
The girl looked up to his narrowed eyes and shivered. She knew that Naruto wouldn't allow her to harm a villager no matter how much they deserved it and if she did he would rip her a new one. She wanted him to rip her something but not like that.
"No...", she sighed in defeat.
"Good. Now on to business.", The vampire stated stern gaining their attention.
"As you all know Orochimaru plans to attack Konoha during the final part of the Chunin exam. Most likely will he be after the old man Hokage to finally get his revenge.", Naruto explained as he sipped his tea.
"So what are we gonna do about it?", Sakumo asked after he took a drag of his cigarette.
"You will protect Tayuya with your life if you have to. She may only be the Uzukage for now but she is still your Kage.", Naruto narrowed his eyes at the Jonin.
Sakumo only nodded knowing not to mess with his real Kage. He had done it once and got his ass handed to him without much of a fight. Naruto's abilities were devastating.
"Tobimaru, Ayuna and Mikado will follow the orders of the superiors they are under at the time but make sure you are not captured by any village. Konoha might try to kidnap you for breeding reasons or information gathering purposes. As might the others. That's why you all will wear emergency seals to inform me of your status at all times. Understood?", Naruto explained and passed each Genin a seal tag that they were to apply to a place not visible from outside.
"Hai.", they nodded.
"And you Tayuya will help the old man as good as you can. But be careful we don't know what he is capable of. That's why I'll give you one of the Hirashin Kunai. Use it the moment you realize that you can't win.", he explained and passed his cousin a three pronged kunai.
Tayuya nodded and put it in her robe.
"Now let's make lunch and prepare you three for tomorrow.", the unofficial Kage smiled.
Kaki wined not being able to rest on her charge anymore and jumped to Ayuna to get petted by her. Naruto only grinned and went to the kitchen. The other only smiled at their host and returned to what they were doing. Ayuna offered the little fox a sip from her tea and Kaki accepted it grateful. The little fox enjoyed drink and purred as she rolled herself up again and took a little nap. Half an hour later they all sat around the table and enjoyed a simple lunch. While the others enjoyed their Sushi, Naruto was reduced to his liquid lunch.
"So what's the first exam Onii-sama?", Mikado asked respectful.
"Well the first test will be a written test. More I won't tell you or there would be no meaning to the test.", Naruto shrugged and took a sip of blood.
No one was bothered by his special needs and continued their lunch till Ayuna looked up from her lap where she was secretly feeding Kaki.
"Will you also be a proctor in the exam, Naruto-sama?", she asked as everyone looked at the vampire Jonin.
"Yes. I'll be the proctor of the 2nd part along with our snake mistress Mitarashi Anko.", Naruto nodded and took another sip.
"Is she cool?", Tobimaru asked with a grin.
"She's a good friend of mine because she took care of me before I left the village back then. She along with the Uchiha were my family.", the teen explained and tried to get the tension out of his back.
"Excuse me for a second. I need to release my Henge. My back is killing me with my tails all cramped up.", the vampire excused himself and walked out of the room.
In a puff of smoke his fox appendages appeared and he stretched his tails out. With a groan he enjoyed the release of the tension in his body. He walked back in the kitchen and sat down with a gentle smile.
"Okay you three after lunch we will give you a short training session and then you have the rest of the day off.", he explained and emptied his glass.
"What do you have in mind Naruto-sama?", Hirano asked a bit confused.
"I think we should test their ability to sense their surrounding.", the teen explained with a grin.
A grin both Tayuya and Hirano caught up on. They also smiled and nodded.
"That's a good idea. A Shinobi should always be sure of its surrounding.", Tayuya nodded in a sage like tone only to get deadpan looks from everyone.
"Says the woman who nearly jumped out of her skin when a Genin team came to ask for a mission.", Mikado snickered at her.
Tayuya blushed red like her hair and looked at her lap. Everyone laughed making her feel even more embarrassed.
"Come now Ta-chan. I'm sure you were just busy with all the paperwork at the time.", Naruto soothed her blush.
"Well eat up team. You have a training session to complete before you can fool around for the day.", Hirano clapped his hands to get their attention.
"That reminds me...", Naruto mumbled and grabbed in his jacket.
He pulled three black seal tags with a red seal out and placed them on the table.
"These are very special emergency combat seals called the Blood Fang Seal. You may have heard of them before.", he explained and got three very wary nods from the Genin.
They heard about that seal back in the academy. It was what Tayuya used to drive off a invading force of Kiri. Yagura had send them because he feared the rumors about the new Uzu. This one seal made Tayuya in a war machine. Though due to the side effects she was out like a light for two weeks. After that Naruto had forbidden the use of the seal unless it was a life and death situation.
"Each one of you three will get one. Since we know that Orochimaru will attack Konoha during the last part of the exam he will most likely be already place his pawns during the first rounds. Should either of you encounter him you will use the seal and get your team to safety and call for help from the proctor or ANBU watching the exam. Do you understand?", the vampire asked serious and they nodded knowing how dangerous the Sannin was.
"Good. You'll place the tag over your heart. The moment you place it there the seal will crawl on your skin. Once applied it will hold for seven days before it fades away on it's own. Should you activate it you will have a set amount of time to use it depending on the strength of the seal. These seals will stay active for the maximum amount of 20 hours. Though you can deactivate it to save the power for a later time you'll still feel the side effects. Never forget that. You'll place the seals on yourself the tomorrow before the exam begins.", Naruto explained serious and they put the seals in their pockets.
"So let's go training.", Hirano said and moved to the training field in the back of the house.
The Genin nodded and followed him. Naruto stared at his clawed hand with a worried look. Tayuya watched him in worry. She knew what he was thinking about.
"Don't worry Na-chan. I'm sure everything will work our just fine.", she gave him a gentle smile and patted his hand.
"I can only hope so.", he sighed and gave her a peck on the cheek before he stood up and left the room.
Tayuya only sat there stunned with a bright red blush.
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Naruto stepped out of the shadow of a building, his henge back in place and walked towards the flower shop on the other side of the street. There before it stood Ino looking through the assortment of flowers to see if there were any wilted ones she had to dispose of.
"Hey Ino-chan.", he greeted the blond.
Ino turned towards the voice and smiled. She out down the bag of withered flowers and hugged him.
"Hey Naruto-kun.", she gave him a sweet smile.
"So you ready for the exam?", he asked as he broke the hug.
"Of course. My team and I will kick massive ass. Though I don't think we can win against Sasuke and Sakura.", she cheered at first before she sighed and looked away.
"Why do you say that?", he asked as he put a finger under her chin and made her look at him.
"Well I saw some of the progress Sasuke made in the three months and Sakura was trained by you. It's hardly fair.", she sighed a bit depressed.
"Don't worry about it. If Asuma did even half of the training schedule I gave him then you might give Sakura a run for her money. I don't know about Sasuke but I'm sure you'll do just fine. Sakuras real training will start after the Chunin exam.", he explained.
"What do you mean her real training?", Ino asked surprised.
"Well Sakura has a amazing but raw potential for Medic Jutsu. That's why I'll ask Senju Tsunade to come back to the village after the exam.", he explained calm but also thought how he could help Ino to get stronger.
"But that''s unfair. Why is Sakura being trained by a Sannin?", Ino whined and stomped her foot on the floor.
"Don't worry. Once you make Chunin you'll do more missions with me and I'll teach you a few things to keep up with her.", he grinned and stroked her cheek with his thumb.
Ino blushed like mad at his touch. It felt so hot that she feared that she would catch fire any second. Naruto picked another Blood Fang Seal from his inner pocket and put it in her hand. She looked at the seal and then at him in confusion.
"This is a Blood Fang Seal. It's use is limited to life and death situations only. I'm giving you this in case your team runs into some serious trouble.", he explained as she put it in her pocket.
"What does it do?", she asked confused.
"For the amount of 20 hours it enables you to use some of my vampire powers like my enhanced senses and physique. But be warned should you use the seal for to long you'll fall into a coma for a certain amount of time. That's why I've decreased the seals effective time of action to minimize the side effects of the seal.", Naruto explained with a worried look knowing what the seal could do to a human body.
Ino looked at him stunned for a moment. Such a seal could give her team the needed advantage but she knew that if Naruto said that it was dangerous then it was just that.
"And... how do I use it?", she asked a bit timid not knowing if the seal was such a good idea to use now.
"You'll place the tag over your heart and the seal will crawl on your skin. Once placed it will stay there for seven days before it vanishes again. You can activate and deactivate the seal at will but it's limited to the usage of 20 hours at max.", Naruto explained the usage of the seal.
"But you're not the only one who has this seal. Sakura and the Uzu team have them too.", he stated calm and she gave him a questioning look.
"I can understand why Sakura has one, you trained her after all but why the Uzu team?", Ino asked confused.
"They have them because they have faced things Konoha's Genins didn't so far. So I trust them with the usage of the seal. But like you they are instructed to only use it in a life and death situation.", he explained.
"Will you also give Sasuke one?", she asked hoping he wouldn't.
"No I won't. When Sakura uses the seal she's more then capable of getting him and herself out of a dangerous situation. I made sure of that.", the vampire sighed as he remembered how he drilled the poor girl into the ground.
After his training she could hide from the young members of the Kitsune Clan despite their good noses. She was of course no match for the trained noses of the older ones or against a skilled sensor but her stealth was above that of a Genin for sure.
"How about a coffee?", the vampire smiled and pointed to the nearby coffee shop.
"I would like that.", she smiled and told her parents where she was going.
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The Chunin exam had just begun and Naruto felt the presences of five Blood Fang Seals ready for use. That meant that all five of them had placed them on themselves just like he told them to. Right now the vampire Kitsune said vertical on the wall outside the exam room and extended his senses to see what was going on inside the class. Many teams were there and just like he predicted a Oto team was there. This was another proof that the pedophile snake would make his move during the exam. He frowned as he felt a Jinchuuriki in there. This one wasn't part of his calculation and he had to warn Hiruzen as soon as possible about it. A clone popped into existence without his Chakra spiking and vanished to inform his leader. The sudden yelling of Ibiki made him focus again and he smiled.
'Now let's see if Hiranos lesson yesterday helps them to realize the real purpose of the test. Sakura will ace it even if she doesn't figure it out and Sasuke has been drilled by Kakashi so there is no need to worry. Asuma also pushed his team to where they will figure out the purpose of the test without a problem. Kurenais team will be the same. Though I'm a bit worried about Gais team.', he wondered to himself and observed the Genins.