Chapter 8 Exams and Snakes
It had been about a few weeks after they had returned from Wave, and life had not showed any I will yet. The debrief had been smooth sailing, the payment for a A-class mission lay in the future, to not also count on the mark in their journals over completed missions. Well the first for team 7. Naruto, being the Sandaims apprentice had been out on every rank of mission already and a large number of these as well, excluding S-rank, and SS-rank or 'suicide missions' as some call them.
Zabuza and haku had been allowed to join the village as shinobi. Zabuza had been enlisted as a Jonin at the get go, for his skills and reputation. Haku had not had such a promising fate, she was, after much deliberation sent to the academy, though she only would be their for a month or so, then she would be able to do a personal exam.
The thing with this was that, while they had gotten a good start as shinobi, no pun intended, they lacked normal necessitates, like a roof over the head, as there was a sudden lack of housing, or as most people that rented out the houses at least said. A good guess is that they didn't want foreign nin's in their apartments, though this was solved pretty quickly.
The second day that they had returned Naruto had offered the nins a room at his estate, to the wide eye and fallen jaw of an expression. They accepted of course, who wouldn't. So the group of three had walked through the forest to the estate, arrived and entered. Throughout the entire trek, both Zabuza and Haku had fallen jaws at his explanation and tour of the house, though he had forbidden them to enter specified clan-rooms. (He didn't tell them about the library, why should he, no reason to brag about it)
After this, the weeks went steady, but slow. He did more D-rank missions with his clones, 'trained' or 'spared' with the team 7,8,10 and also with team Gai, which was mostly consisting of loud shouts of youth followed by an agonizing scene that put all his effort to not fall for insanity.
Team 10 was mostly a lot of noise from Ino, about how she , munching from Choji, and a steady stream of the constantly irritating pinappleheads complaints about how 'troublesome' everything was, as he watched the clouds or played shogi with either Asuma or the blond
Team 8...well one thing is sure, its the most interesting group, and the most weirdest. Take for example Shino, quiet, reserved and full of bugs, if you get my drift, and as quiet as a mime. Kiba was the opposite, at least when it came to his vocabulary, screaming about how great he was, and running around with his dog. Though Hinata was the most 'interesting' character of the team. As a hyuga heiress you would expect a 'high-nose' snob, but she was anything but that. Shy, timid, and of some stupid reason, every time he was close to her she went red in the face, and fainted, for what he could collect no reason.
'Man, i've been with her team for the past three missions, trained with her for the past week, and still she falls over like house of cards at the proximity of me, damn its troublesome...ah no not again' the blond thought as he caught his last thought, with snickers from the foxy miss. 'weeelll naruto-koi...' she said. She had started to use that suffix for a while now. 'it would seem like she isn't able to get around the problem, so I suggest I talk to her about 'it' and maybe she will get over it' she stated, while giggling inside his head.
'Well I guess you could but not now, I will see when we can do it though, cause this is just ridicules' he thought as she once again, fell like a red apple from the tree.
But the worst team must be number 7, and its not a lucky number, no matter who said it. We got an a pink banshee, who could cause a deaf to hold his ears in pain, an emotionless painter, who has serious issues with language and social skills, and to top it of, an arrogant emo, who thinks everyone will just bow down and kiss his feet, just because hes an Uchiha, who constantly demanded that Naruto would fight him, even if he would lose every single time. Though the possibility was that he was trying to copy every move and Jutsu from him. Of course it never worked, as he found out at the first spar after he had gained the Sharingan.
Flashback no Jutsu
After all four of team 7 had reported their success to the Sandaim, Naruto had started to walk home, as he was going to train for the rest of the day. Of course a certain emo suddenly stood in his way.
"Fight me, dobe" he said, or more like demanded. Naruto just looked at him indifferently, and shook his head, and sighed.
"Sasuke, no matter how much you taunt me, I will neither spar or fight you. I only was on your team as a backup, there for I have no obligation to listen to you, Uchiha-brat" he deadpanned as he walked past the Uchiha. Of course, everyone knows that the Emo-king always gets what he wants, so he didn't care about what the blond said.
"Oh, is that so, so that just means your a big chicken, a coward, a loser. No wonder no one ever is around you, or even know you. I mean who would want to be with a orphan, I bet your parent were nothing but trash, losers just like their son, a 'son of a ' (sorry but I don't write such words, you get the idea), at these words the blond stopped dead in his tracks as the temperature fell below zero. Oh he's done it now.
A few things you never should joke or squander around Naruto are the things he holds dearly. Ramen, even if its just a minor obsession, his precious people, like Iruka or the Sandaime, and the heavy hitters, his parents.
"Sasuke, you have crossed the line this time. Meet me at training ground ten. If your one second later then 4 pm, ill make you eat your own intestines as I dig them out of you with a rusty blunt kunai" he coldly said, releasing enough KI to floor Sakura that stood next to Sasuke, who was in no better shape, but conscious.
A few minutes before 4 pm, the Uchiha arrived at training ground ten. As he searched for the blond, he noticed that he hadn't arrived yet.
"Pathetic dobe and his threats, I guess he had second thoughts an ran away like the coward he is" he said to himself as he started to laugh manically.
"I don't think you should let yourself relax so easily, Uchiha-garbage" a cold voice rang throughout the training ground, catching the Uchiha of guard. As he threw his head around in every direction to find the source, he froze as it came again.
"Pathetic, truly pathetic, I cant believe you're even related to Itachi-senpai" the voice rang out again. Now when ever you say Itachi to sasuke, he goes into blind rage. As such he started to throw katon Jutsu's all over the field. As he at last had burned the entire place to a crisp, he snickered over his handywork, but of course it was short lived, as he was punched in the stomach by a powerful invisible force, throwing him through 3 trees and crashing into a large boulder. As he looked at were he stood a few seconds ago, he saw a black trenchcoat appearing from nowhere.
In the nearby trees that had been beyond the range of the katon Jutsu's, most of the rookie nine stared in awe at the blond boys power. Well almost everyone. Sakura was about to run up and hit the blond-idiot for hurting her Sasuke-kun, but was stopped by Shikamaru. "Sakura, if you have a deathwish, then go ahead and try, but I would advise to not interfere, cause he is pissed, from what you told us". Of course Sakura couldn't keep her mouth shut about the fight, running about to everyone of the rookie nine.
"I agree with Shika on this one, Sakura. I don't think its wise to even get close to him right now" Ino said as she stared at the blond. She had always though he was weak, at least at the few times she had meet him, but she understood now how much he had been holding back. Hinata had her eyes on the blond, but for a different reason. 'Naruto-kun'
Kiba only grunted something about showoffs, akamaru hid in his jacket, choji had stopped eating but resumed but at slower pace. Shika was just sighing a lot of "troublesome"'s, and shino was still as silent as always, but everyones faces was the same 'holy shit' expression.
"This is who you are sasuke, a pathetic loser, a lone wolf, a worthless warrior" he said as he realeased the genjutsu that he had on him, raised his full length, a now full 6 foot 8 inches causing him to tower over the now puny Uchiha much to the hidden crowds disbelief.
The Namikaze's always were very long people at early age. Because he stopped eating just unhealthy food, he had a humongous growth spur, making him the longest genin since his father, but he had been hiding it from everyone with a very powerful genjutsu. I mean what is the use with fangirls chasing you all the time at school. Now that he no longer was in the academy he didn't need to hide it, but he had been keeping it on just to feel safe from fangirls. But this would change now that he had a crowd that wouldn't shut up. Well I guess a little intimidation would be in order after this' he thought as he shifted his attention towards the almost crippled Uchiha, as he tried to stand, barley.
"Oh, I thought you would be in need for a medic after that, well you do, but your an idiot, so I understand" he said as he looked coldly mocked him. This of course caused Sasuke to activate the Sharingan. "Oh, you're gonna use that, well then try to copy this, Sasu-gay Uchiha-bimbo" he said as he made the signs for a specific Jutsu. Of course sasuke stared intently, in an attempt to copy it. But as he tried, he was struck by a weak lightning Jutsu. It was just a clean bolt, weak, but accurate, and not very hard to do. But he couldnt.
"Why..." he now said getting angry, while gritting his teeth. "Why couldnt I copy that technique, the sharingan should be able to copy anything" he roared, hoarsely, as he didn't have enough strength left for movement. The blond simply chuckled.
"He, he, Sasu-gay, you cant copy my moves because the sharingan is dependent on the chakra that moves on and around the target body. This suit nullifies any chakra that exits my body, making me a black hole for the Sharingan and Byakugan" he stated, high enough for 'anyone' around to hear. Sasuke was fumingly angry, the rookie nine was of course shocked at this as well, and Hinata confirmed it with her eyes. "As such, your eyes are of no use against me. Face it, Uchiha Sasuke, you are not a god, your just trash. Wait, that would be an insult against all the trash, your even lower then that, your just a cockroach" he stated as he appeared in front of sasuke with a one of the black guns pointing at his head.
The Jackel's, 13 mm anti-freak handgun's, or as Naruto would call each of them,'The Life' and 'The Death'. "I should erase your very existents from this world. You're future will only bring suffering, and as such I should erase you before anyone suffers" he calmly said as he stood there, in his black trenchcoat, with his shades on, as his arm still held the gun against the Uchihas forehead as he looked down on him. The only reaction was a scowl from him, at which he only sighed and shook his head.
"Sasuke, let go of it and live like you should, with friends, or die alone failing everyone and everything" he finished as he hit Sasuke in the back head, knocking him out. As he started to walk away, he stopped.
"Naruto, do you feel them" Rikka asked inside his head. He just mentally nodded, as he holstered the gun, then turned towards the forest behind him.
"everyone can come out now, even Kakashi, Kurenai, Asuma, and the old geezer." he said loudly, giving a shocked reaction from everyone.
A few moments later said people landed in front of Naruto. Kurenai went to undo a nonexistent genjutsu after she gave a weird look at Naruto. Asuma just seemed confused, and Kakashi just stood there reading. The old geezer just smiled. As the rookie nine landed near Naruto, the first thing most noticed was a high screech and a fist heading towards Naruto, who rather easily caught it before it hit, as he turned his head to her.
"Haruno Sakura" he stated coldly "if you cant take that Sasuke lost because of his arrogance, you have no right to act on any ground against me, unless you wish to be accused for treason for assault on a fellow shinobi" he said as he pushed her backwards onto her butt, making her wince because of the pain. He then turned towards the others, making them flinch by the cold look he sported.
"I hope your not like her when it comes to the truth, cause I don't want to harm anyone because of arrogance" he said as he looked at everyone coldly, but he then smiled warmly. "I hope that you guys work hard from now on, cause I want to know that I don't have to be there for you guys every time when your in danger, so don't let me down guys" he grinned as he crumbled into dust that blew with the wind, scaring everyone, as they never had seen such a technique.
"An earth shushin" the scarecrow said, with his eye ( O\ ) wide open.
Flashback no Jutsu, KAI!!
Naruto had a very calm world right now, easy missions, chance to work with the other teams, and to add he also had the training sessions with Sarutobi-sensei. So his life was good in many aspects, cause he never cared about the cons, he only looked at the pro's, a real happy-go-luck lifestyle.
A few weeks later he sat at Ichirakus, talking with Ayame and her dad, when a Anbu landed next to him scaring the stand owner and Ayame. Of course Naruto had noticed the Anbu long before he landed, so he wasn't surprised. Swallowing his food, he turned towards the Anbu a second before he appeared.
"Yes, what is it bear" he asked plainly, though he smiled as he said it. The Anbu only knelled as he pulled out a scroll.
"Hokage-sama has requested your presence, Naruto-sama" he said as he bowed. Naruto just shook his head as he took the scroll, read it, and sighed. He then turned to the Anbu. "Very well, inform the old man that I will come in about 20 minutes" he said. Bear only bowed again and disappeared.
"What was that about, Naruto-kun" Ayame asked. He just smiled. "It would seem like the Hokage wants me to be promoted" he said as he finished the bowl he was eating. Ayame was shocked but brightened up like a sun, at which she suddenly was hugging him. "Congratulation, Naruto-kun" he cheered.
"Well I haven't passed yet so you will have to wait" he said gently as she blushed, and released him from her hug. "but thanks anyway" he said as he placed money on the counter, and disappeared.
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"Well what is this about being promoted, old man" the blond asked as he stood in front of the geezer, who was only smiling. "well Naruto you are more then qualified to become Jonin already. I mean your now stronger then Jiraya, your on par with me, and your able to give a Nara a headache in intelligence" he said, getting a goofy grin from the blond as he scratched his back head,
"So I believe that you have gained the privilege to become a Jonin, if not even a Sannin" he continued. "What, a Sannin, but there can only be three, and that is Jiraya, Tsunade, and... Orochimaru" he finished with distaste. The Hokage looked sad at the last name, but smiled.
"Correct but still incorrect" he said, getting a unusual look on Naruto's face, confusion. Sarutobi Chuckled now. "well that was unusual, don't you have over 300 in IQ, Naruto. You should understand what I mean." he smirked as he puffed on his pipe. Naruto went into thinking mode.
A few minuets later with some consoling with Rikka, it dawned for him. "Orochimaru is no longer a Sannin, as the title only can be held by a Konoha-nin" Sarutobi nodded "As he now is a Nuke-nin, he lost his title from day one" Yet another nod. "But to be a Sannin you must exceed beyond the normal in all areas of skill. It is also to ones advantage as a Sannin to also have a summoning contract as well, correct" he asked.
Sarutobi just sat back in his chair, taking a deep breath, then smiled. "Well, understand that having a summoning contract is very useful in tight situations. But you are not required to have one" he said as he put his elbows on the desk, with his hands together in front of his face. "But if you would like to, I have some summoning scrolls in the library. But they haven't been used since the first war, as no one has been willing to try using them" getting a eyebrow from the blond.
"Well what do you have for kind of summoning scrolls then" he asked. The old man smiled as he stood up, and waved him to follow. He just shrugged and followed to the private Hokage library.
"Here they are" the old geezer said a few minutes of searching later. He put 4, larger than normal, scrolls on the table in front of the whisker-blond. "Okay, each of these gives you ability to summon a set type of summon. This one..." he said pointing at the right one "summons the wolf clan, very territorial, but very good fighters, this" he pointed on the left "Summons the Ravens. Some say that anyone that signs the contract, will die a painful way, cause the ravens are the death-god's messengers" this caught the blonds attention. "And lastly these one's" he pointed at the middle one "will summon the most unusual ones, the phoenixes and dragons" Now this caught the young boys interest.
"How did you get the contract for the phoenix and dragon, aren't these said to be a myth" he asked looking for some sort of foul play, but he knew the Hokage never lied about something important like this, because he chuckled now.
"Naruto, not even I know how the scroll's ended up in my possession, but I know that they haven't had a summoner for several centuries. But back to reality, which one do you what." he asked calmly. Naruto looked at each of the scrolls, back and forth, then consulted with Rikka.
'What do you think" he asked her as he appeared in front of her in the mindscape. He was taken aback at what she was doing. She was smiling with the 'I-have-the-greatest-idea' smile, creepy.
As he returned to the real world, he turned his head at the old man. "Can you sign multiple contracts, Hokage-sama" he asked. Now, Naruto never use any sort of respecteble words, unless hes completely serious. This the Hokage knew all to well, as he frowned thinking about it.
"Well its possible, but you would have to have a summoning tattoo for every one of them, so that you summon the right animal when you want" he said. He then noticed the gigantic smile on the blonds face. "Wait, your not going to..." but he was interrupted by a chuckling blond. Naruto just look down at his left hand as he took of the glove, and raised it to face-level.
On the back of the hand was a sort of ring. The edge was rounded with 4 dots at 12, 3, 6 and nine that seemed like it could turn counter- or -clockwise. In the middle was a green screen, showing signs at the edge of the screen, that enlarged the closer to the bottom it was, were in the middle was the largest sign of what was shown. (Sorry for the bad description) The Hokage just raised an eyebrown and confusion visible.
"This is a special storage seal. It is designed so that I can store anything in it, and have access to it without using blood" he said, getting a shocked look from the man "it is capable to hold unlimited amounts of things. As such it is very useful" getting a nod. "It can also work as a chakra gathering point, and also as a element compositor, making me able to use any element chakra"
Now the old man was stunned. His own student had created a seal that not even the Yondaime at his best could have created, that had multiple uses, including storage, and chakra manipulation. To say he was impressed was an understatement. "Also to note is that if I put the summoning seal in this" he said as he tapped the screen "I can choose which summon I want, and also summon without blood, as the seal is created by with my blood." he finished as he put on his glove.
"There for, I want to sign all four of them" Shocks seems to come in quantity's, not quality's. Now the old man was close to a heart attack. "Naruto, you do know that you would have to complete all four boss-summons tests" he said trying to regain his thoughts. But after he composed himself at the fox grin the blond gave him he just smiled. He knew that Naruto know would become even greater than before now, if that was even possible.
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As he walked down the street of konoha, he started to think about what he should do now. He had clearance to leave the village at any time, on undefined time, as long as he reported back to the Hokage. But he figured that he could stay, at least for a while before he left. But he didn't want anyone to know about his promotion yet, cause it would make his life a lot harder than it needed to be right now. He had made the Hokage promise that he wouldn't announce his promotion until after the chunnin exams, that would begin in a few days. Well life was pretty good so far, with one exception.
"Sigh, Konohamaru corps, unless you want to be blown to the moon or all the way to Sunagakure, I suggest u take of that worthless disguise of a rock. You could at least choose something that doesn't look like a box at least" he said monotonously, as he stopped outside the ramenstand, just as a bang was heard behind him. "Eh, about 2 pounds of excess gunpowder, Konohamaru, you should be careful with that stuff, or you might lose an arm or a leg" he said chuckled at the little ones situation. Why well the group of kids were covered in black charcoal dust, with the goggles over their eyes. As they coughed, the blond blew away the dust with a weak wind justsu, as he shook his head.
"What am I gonna do with you guys. So are you up for a 'match of ninja'" he asked smiling as a clone appeared next to him. The kid just cheered. But it was soon busted.
"What are you doing 'playing ninja', don't you have anything better to do" a depressed Sakura asked. The blond just smiled. "Let me guess, Sasuke turned you down because he had to train, and Sai said a taboo, right" he asked as he sat down to eat. She just scoffed and turned her head with a 'hmph'. "Hey boss, is she your girlfriend, cause I hope not, cause shes got a huge forehead, shes no good for you" O f course Konohamaru was stupid enough to say a taboo word in front of the one it had the most effect on. 'Hell has no fury like a woman's scorn', well it would be an understatement when judging Sakura now.
Lets just say a lot of screams were heard as the corps were chased by 'pinky', which lasted until Konohamaru bumped into a black clad person, with cat ears and a bandaged package on his back. "Hey that hurt you little shithead" he said as he held up the boy around the collar. "Kankuro, put him down, we don't need more trouble than we already have" a blond pony-tailed girl with a huge fan said. "Don't worry ill make this quick, ill be over in a few seconds" he said as he cocked his arm back, ready to strike. But thats when a blade appeared on his neck.
"Excuse me, dear shinobi emissary of the sand, but could you put down the grandson of the Sandaime Hokage" the tall blond, with one blade at Kankuro's neck, and the other on his wrist. The blond girl was stunned, along with pinky and the Konohamaru corps. 'How, or more like when did he get here' the blond Suna girl thought, stunned at his speed and stealth. Kankuro just scowled as he put down konohamaru as he ran over to the rest of the group.
"when I get loose your so dead" Kankuro scowled. Naruto just smiled. "Really, and how would you do that when I have disabled you puppet karasu already" earning a scared stare from both shinobi. "how do you..." "that you have a puppet called karasu. Easy, I read special reports about you guys, and anyone else for that matter, that will take the exam" the blond interrupted as he retracted his blade and let go of the wrist.
"Team Suna, from Sunagakure, Consist of Jonin Baki, specialty wind. Sabaku no Kankuro, specialty, puppets. Sabaku no Temari" he turned to the blond girl "Specialty, tactics and windbased attacks" he said as if reading from a sheet of paper. "final member is Sabaku no Garra" he said as he turned towards the three to his left, which everyone else did. On one branch stood Sasuke, scowling over that the blond idiot had stolen his spotlight, but was confused about what everyone was looking at as he turned his head to his right. What shocked him was that their was a guy standing there upside down on a branch.
"Specialty, sandbased attack, also known as an ultimate defence. Related to Sabaku no Temari and Kankuro, where all three are children of the current Kazekage. Insomniac since birth, and has the mark of a tanuki" he finished smiling, getting scared looks from Temari and Kankuro, but a shocked face from Garra. 'he know, shit he know, but how' was the thoughts in the two suna shinobis standing next to Naruto as they stood in defensive stances. Garra just disappeared, and reappeared next to Naruto. "how do you know" he asked looking up to the blonds face, while leaking KI. "Well lets just say someone knows the smell of a 'tanuki' all to well" he said smiling looking down on Garra's frowning face unaffected by the KI, as he started to walk away.
"Tell me your name" Garra 'demanded' Naruto just turned around, still smiling. "Why do you want to know, i am no one special" he said while putting on his shades, then smiled a foxy grin. "I want to know your name so I can kill you under the exam" he said manically. Naruto just grinned on one side of his face, while scrathing his backhead. "Sorry but I wont take the exam, I don't belong to a three man team" he said as he turned around and walked away smiling, not noticing the scowl on either Sasuke or Garra, cause he inside his mind talking with Rikka.
"Well, what do you think, problems" he asked as he sat down at the table inside the mindscape house, while his body was on auto, walking towards the Hokage tower. Rikka just sighed "Well it was some time since I met Ichibi, but what I remember, was that he was just about a total lunatic, well one hell of a party thrower but thats beside the point" she said, getting a raised eyebrown from Naruto. "I was looking on his seal through the mental link, and I noticed that its just a three pronged seal, or berserker seal, as some call it". "That... isn't good, correct, cause what I know about the berserker seal is that as soon as the container falls asleep, the bijuu takes over. This makes it extremely hard to stop them, if you don't want to kill him" the blond asked, as she nodded.
"That means that he hasn't slept since birth, and has possibly lived a similar life to mine. But he took a different path to mine." he said as he started to get into a thinking pose. After a while he opened his eyes. "Rikka, can you alter a seal so it works better at its created purpose"
"Well yeah I guess, what are you thinking about now Naruto-kun" she asked as she stood behind him and put her arms around his neck, then rested her head on his. "Ah its nothing, its just about how close sometimes I was to become something like Garra. I saw the fear in his siblings. He believes he is all alone, there for he created a wall of fear, to shield him from others" he sighed. He just realized one thing. His life would never be boring, but it would never be easy either.
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"What do you mean, 'I want you to take the chunnin exams'" the tall blond asked confused over his sensei's request. The old man just puffed his pipe, and looked at Naruto. "Naruto, I know that you must have a three man team to take the exam, but im going to make an exception this time, as we need someone to keep an eye out after any sort of 'unusual' things, on the exam. Because you have not been given the officially title of a Sannin, see this as a last test to achieve that" the blond just sighed as he put his hand on his face and shook his head in disbelief, but then straightend himself.
"I, Naruto Uzumaki Kazama Namikaze, accept the trial you have given me. I will not fail you, nor this village, Hokage-sama" he said as he bowed and disappeared. The old man just sighed himself. "Why does everything seem so futile sometimes. Ah well at least we now know about Garra being a 'Host'. But I wonder why he was sent here. Ah ill think about it later" he said to no one particular as he pulled out the orange-covered book. 'All work and no play makes Sarutobi a dull boy' he thought as he started his giggling frenzies.
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As the day for the exam came he prepared for any sort of situation, ranging from simple survival to full out battle, as he carried enough material, weapons, scrolls and food for a small private army. Ah well better safe then sorry.
As he entered and walked up the stairs, he noticed the crowd that had been gathering outside a room. One thing did just not add up, he was on the second floor if he counted, but the sign said room 301. 'Genjutsu, just to save lifes from being wasted. Good, this should at least take away the ones without any chance's of surviving the real deal.' he thought as he started to walk past the group. "Where are you going" a voice asked, as he was stopped by a guy with raven hair with white eyes, the mark of a Hyuga, his Hi-ate on his forehead which he guessed was to cover a 'cursed bird seal', and a grey jacket with a large collar. "Me, im heading to the toilet, and you should stop mister Fuzzy eyebrown over their from getting himself into trouble."
As the boy looked to his teammate, a guy with a bowlcut and green spandex who had stopped the Uchiha and the bully with his arms. He noticed that his other teammate, a bunhair girl with a pink shirt and had everything under control, so he turned back to the blond, but he was now gone, within the second the Hyuga had looked away. First he was shocked, as he believed him to be another loser, but was now impressed at the long blonds skills. 'Hm, seems like its going to be an interesting exam after all' he thought as he walked over to his spandex teammate that was flirting with a pink-haired girl, who was trying to get away from him.
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As he came in front of room 301, he was meet by a confused Kakashi. "What are you doing here, you do know you need to be in a 3 man team to..." he started but was 'rudely' interrupted "yeah, yeah, I know that, but the Hokage gave me permission to take the exam on my own. He says its a sort of test that he wants me to do" he half lied, half spoke truth, he just hoped he would fall for it, which he did.
"Oh, I see, then good luck" he said as he stepped aside. 'hook, line and sinker, how stupid' he smiled to himself behind the high collar, as he opened the door's.
As he entered the room he was getting a feeling that everyone was looking at him, and they did. As he looked around he watched for anything unusual. Though his thoughts were broken by a squeal behind him. "Naruto-kun, are you also taking the exam" it was Yamanaka Ino, of team 8. "Oh hi Ino-chan, how are you" he said as he patted her on her head, causing her to to pout. "hey lay of, im not a child" she said as she started to get angry at his actions. He just knelled down to her level, and smiled. "Oh, is that so, Ino-hime" she started to seriously blush now. "or is it Ino-chibi" he grinned, as he disappeared as she tried to hit him, now very angry about his ways.
As he looked around he saw Haku standing with her teammates. She had turned towards him when Ino had started to scream his name in anger. "Hi Haku-chan, you feeling good." a voice asked behind her. She just giggled. "Well if I wasn't, I wouldn't be here in the first place Naruto-kun.
"Hey dobe, why aren't you on a team" Kiba yelled, as his dog barked. "Hey Inuzuka, keep your pet on a short leash" he deadpanned as an answer. "Hey, ill let Akamaru do anything he wants and say, so shut up, dobe" he retorted. "Kiba, you shouldn't be so mean" hinata stuttered. The blond was just yawning. "I wasn't talking to you Kiba, I was actually talking to Akamaru". This of course caused the dogboy to try and hit the blond, which resulted in him pinned on the wall just as he leaped into the air. The rookie nine present just stood there in awe, as they saw kiba, then turned to the blond, who still was yawning, with his right arm pointing towards Kiba. He blinked a few times, then turned towards him, with a bored expression. "huh, did you say something Kiba, and why are you pinned to the wall" this cause a 'few' sweat drops on those who had even heard what was said.
Just then team 7 walked into the room, Sasuke, still the 'Emo-extraordinary', Sakura the pink banshee, and the silent painter Sai, though Naruto now knew he belonged to Root, or confirmed that position.
Things were really easy after that to understand. Ino just jumped onto sasuke, Sakura got mad, big 'catfight' almost occurred, stupid silverhaired gennin comes, stops fight then shows cards. Sasuke gets cocky and askes for names. Simple. (What, have you never seen Negs urban sports on youtube)
"Sabaku no Garra, Rock Lee, Neji Hyuga and Uzumaki Naruto" he said getting a few stairs on him now. Naruto just shrugged, and fazed out all others except his own. He just gained his first suspect of either treason and espionage, or just for being a spy, cause all information he was talking about was highclass security papers, meaning only Naruto, the Hokage or his handpicked individuals could read them without persecution.
"Naruto Uzumaki... I cant find anything about him, just that he has been working team 7, 8 and 9. There are no stats about him, or anything specific at all" he finished to the huffing coming from Sasuke as he walked away. Naruto stepped forward, with a frown on his face.
"Excuse me, but what is it the rules state about information gathering, Yakushi Kabuto" he asked coldly, as he saw the man flinch "Only 2 people are allowed permanent access to the archives about Konohas shinobi, and that is me and the old man or his personally picked people who are given a one time access that can only be renewed by the Hokage. You are not one of these, as such you have to either be a spy, or a traitor, and either is not favorable around here" he said as he pulled out his hands from his pockets. "You will stand down so the interrogation team can have a moment with you" he more like demanded, but saw that the silver haired guy wouldn't do as he asked, as he reached for a kunai. The blond just shook his head now.
"Why do they always do it the hard way" he asked, getting a few raised eyebrows now. Just as the silverhaired 'gennin' was about to run, he was struck on his neck with a karate chop. As the man lay there he twithed and turned. "Dont even try, I messed up your nervous-system, not just rearranging it, but completely destroying it until I deem fit" he smirked, as a large explosion was heard at the far edge of the room.
"Alright you maggots, no more fighting or you will get disqualified. Im Morino Ibiki and im your first examiner" Ibiki yelled over the buzzing crowd. "Ah Ibiki, just the 'man' I was looking for" Naruto said as he stood his full length with Kabuto in the air with on arm. "I would like you to put this guy on your 'treatment' tab. He has acquired information that shouldn't be available to an average genin" he stated as he held out Kabuto. Ibiki just nodded, as two Anbu agent's appeared, then took him and disappeared. "It is in the Hokage's and the villages interest that he is 'broken down' as quickly as possible to stop any 'problems' that might occur, don't you agree, Ibika-san" he only got a nod before he sat down.
The rest of the room were awestruck at how casually he had been talking with the examiner, and he saw that. He just grinned as he walked to his seat. 'One down, who know how many left to go'
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The first exam was a piece of cake. He knew all of the answers on the test, and even added a few notes that he came up with. He also noticed that a few tried to copy his paper, but as a person who knows the 'hide and seek' implement on shinobi life, he was the cause of a lot of disqualified team's. Well after the 'interesting' speech from Ibiki, a some what mad kunoichi had decided to crash through the window.
"Alright you maggots, im your second examiner, Mitarashi Anko" the purple pineapple-haired woman shouted, as most genin in the room stared at her clothing. A brow trench coat, over a fishnet-suit, and boot's. Of course, Naruto was familiar with her sense of style, so he was the only one not staring at her with either stupid eyes, or perverted ones, like a certain dog-boy, who was whistling at her, and was possibly about to say something very bad in her presents. But it never came, cause he suddenly felt cold steel against his troth, and his crouch.
"Kiba, if you ever say anything either perverted, or inappropriate to her, you will lose your family jewels so fast you wont notice until you look down. Maybe she will not do it personally, but you can be sure about one thing and that is that I will do it. Cause no one says such things to my friends, and gets away with it without punishment" Naruto finished as he disappeared in a dust cloud. Kiba was sweating bullets, as every male experienced ghost pain in the 'sacred spot'.
Of course a few people was actually smiling, and it wasn't mister Sunshine-Uchiha. No, it was Garra and his maniacal smile, as he scared the shit out of his siblings, Nej who was smiling for the possible competition, Ibiki as he was smiling over the effect the blond had on the genins and that he would have a 'talk' with a spy later thanks to said person, and lastly Haku and Anko, who both smiled for the blond who had a condition less friendship to both and everyone, and also cared so deeply about his friends happiness.
Naruto just sat outside the window, as he had been doing the entire time. You see he never was inside the room, cause he sent a Bunshin inside, so that he could monitor every genin that was taking the exam. He had noticed the sound nins, as they acted in a weird way, though hard to see. The spy Kabuto had been taken away by anbu's instructed on Naruto's orders. And lastly he had noticed the black ball that crashed into the window. He just rolled his eyes at the jonins antics.
'heh and they say im crazy, ah well were at least on even ground, so I understand her' he thought as the bushin dissipated, giving him knowledge about what kiba was about to do. "Asshole, you say im a dobe, well then your a hormone driven mutt, who has to have a dog pulling the leash." he said quietly. He at least knew now that the second exam would be at area 44, or as Anko's favorite name for it, as it had gained the name though a bloodstained history...
"The forest of death, a fitting name to the enemies of konoha, and also to those who don't respect nature" he mused to himself as he disappeared from the tree outside the classroom. This would be, as she would have called it, a 'fun' exam.
Next Chapter: Deadly Forestsnakes.
A/N.
God im sorry if you had to wait so long, but I have had the worst month of my life. My persocom (computer) stopped working, lost every chapter, almost, and I have had so many problems that I havent had time to write.
So im doing a butler's bow and saying 'please forgive me' (don't comment)
I started to look on a second story. I wont let it hinderer this one, but I will put out the first chapter in the coming week. Hopefully.
So to next time... See ya.