Here is the next chapter of Kitsune Brothers

"Speech"

'Thought'

"Demon/summon/demon influenced speech"

'Demon/summon thought'

Jutsu

(A/N)

Nicknames

I don't own Naruto period end of story

Current results for the poll on my FF13 idea (Where Naruto should meet the gang):

Somewhere on pulse – 5

Somewhere on Cocoon – 2

In the fifth ark – 2

The second exam

The assembled gennin trembled in fear as Kaoru slowly made his way towards them the kunai attached to the cuffs around his wrists dragging along the ground adding to the tension felt by all. Kaoru's eyes were harsh, promising death to those who stood in his way as he glared at the world. "Anko…give me the fucking keys." He said in a dark voice.

Nervously the snake mistress did as told as she pulled out the keys from between her breasts and handed them to Kaoru who removed the cuffs from his wrists. "Anou…are you by any chance…mad Kaoru-kun?" she asked nervously as she rubbed his shoulders hoping to please him.

Tsuki who happened to be near the area heard the commotion and walked over to see what was going on, only to pause when she saw Kaoru's face. "Anko…you left him tied up in the room didn't you?" she asked as she quickly wrapped herself around his form effectively restraining him.

Anko blushed in realization as she started to chuckle in a nervous fashion. "Well…uh…yeah. Heh, heh, oops…" The gennin all fell flat on their faces.

Tsuki sighed as Kaoru began to struggle "You might want to finish your explanations and then run for it you know…" she trailed off as she used her head to gesture to Kaoru who was trying to shake Tsuki off of his back.

Anko gulped but nodded nonetheless. "Right…alright you brats listen up, and listen well. For my own safety I only have time to say this once." Someone snickered and Anko threw a Kunai at the impudent gennin's face. "As I was saying your team will be receiving either an Earth Scroll…" she pulled out a bluish scroll "or a Heaven Scroll" she pulled out a white scroll "your objective is to retrieve the scroll you don't get and bring both to the tower in the middle of the forest within five days. If you lose a member of your team for any reason you fail, also if you look into the scrolls you will fail." Pausing she pulled out a stack of papers and started passing them around "These are death waivers, they state that if you die Konoha can't be held responsible, and trust me there will be deaths in there. If you don't want to sign the form you and your team can leave now."

Naruto scratched his cheek slowly as a sweat drop rolled down the back of his head "Somehow…I knew this would happen." He mumbled as he placed his arm around Hinata's shoulders.

Hinata merely smiled and leaned into her lover "I think it's funny." She stated with a giggle.

Shino as usual said nothing though the glint in his sunglasses hinted that he was indeed amused by Anko's plight.

When team 8 went up to collect their scroll the two chuunin nodded to them "Well here you go, good luck in the exams." They both said in a cheery manner. Glancing down at the scroll in his hands Naruto calmly slipped it into his coat pocket.

"Earth huh?" he muttered to himself as he patted his pockets. Hinata and Shino both did a quick inventory check as they stood in front of the gate. "You two ready for this?" they nodded as Anko's voice sounded through the intercom.

"Alright brats the second exam is about to start." Everyone prepared themselves "Just a bit of advice…DON'T DIE!" suddenly all of the gates burst open and the teams rushed in.

Anko smirked as she watched them enter the forest. "Heh, brats will never know what hit them." She mumbled audibly as she crossed her arms. Suddenly someone tapped her on the shoulder "What is it?" she asked irritably as she turned around only to freeze when Tsuki waved to her a good ten meters away Kaoru free of her grasp. "Shit…" she mumbled as she bolted into the forest Kaoru hot on her trail. "I'M SORRY!"

Naruto glanced around from his spot behind his teammates. "Strange…we haven't bumped into anyone yet."

Hinata nodded her head as she scanned the area with her Byakugan. "There's a team twenty meters to our left." She said as she pointed in the direction. "They have an earth scroll, exactly what we need."

Naruto nodded as he glanced at Shino. "What do you think?" he asked noticing that Shino hadn't really got a chance to shine in a while.

Shino adjusted his glasses "we'll use my Kikaichuu beetles to drain them of their chakra and take what we need." He said in monotone. Naruto and Hinata nodded their heads as Shino took point.

The three of them silently tailed the group they found to be Ame Nin. It took a while but the Ame Nin eventually stopped to make a camp. Shino didn't waste anytime as he ordered his bugs to silently creep up on the unsuspecting gennin and drain them of chakra.

The team watched impassively as all three gennin fell unconscious as they jumped into the clearing. "Alright let's see if you guys got anything useful for us." Naruto muttered as he began to dig around in their packs as Hinata collected the scroll they needed. "What a bunch of nobodies all they had of use were rations and extra kunai and shuriken."

Hinata and Shino shrugged their shoulders as the three of them jumped away leaving the Ame Nin to their fates. "We should head to the tower." Shino suggested.

Naruto nodded his head as he checked to make sure his team actually had enough to get there. "Yeah we're all fresh we can make it."

"GYAAA~!" Naruto stopped and stuck his hand up catching Kiba who had been about to fly past him. Glancing to his left he noted that Hinata had caught Akamaru who was licking her cheek affectionately. "What…oh it's you guys. Thanks for catching me man some freaky Kusa Nin who smelled of snakes suddenly came out of nowhere and blasted my team apart." Kiba nodded in thanks as he jumped back the way he came.

Naruto, Hinata, and Shino glanced at each other and then at Akamaru who was whining. "Sounds like this Kusa Nin really freaked Akamaru out; he doesn't even want to follow Kiba." Naruto muttered as he pat the puppy on the head.

Shino glanced at the direction Kiba had jumped towards. "We should help him; it sounds like something bigger than the exams is going on over here." His two teammates nodded as they followed the trail Kiba had left behind.

When they arrived they saw a strange looking man reaching out towards Sasuke with his neck extended. Naruto didn't waste anytime as he pulled a katana out of a seal on his arm and launched himself at the man forcing him to back off or lose his head. "Sasuke, Sakura, Kiba are you guys okay?" Hinata called out as she landed on the ground near Naruto and immediately began tending to injuries.

Sasuke looked away but otherwise said nothing silently thankful for the aid. Sakura sighed in relief "Oh thank god you guys are here. That man…he's Orochimaru one of the Sannin!" Shino's glasses fell off of his face displaying his shock to the world as Hinata froze.

"Kukukukuku… so my little secret is out is it?" he asked in a mocking voice. "Well it's not like it matters, Kyuubi boy here won't be able to stop me from obtaining my prize." He suddenly brought up his arm to block the vicious axe kick Naruto had sent at his head. "Impatient aren't we Kyuubi-kun?" he asked casually the kick having not affected him all that much.

"Shut up and die!" Naruto screamed as he launched a vicious assault on the snake man forcing him onto the defensive. "It's your fault my parents are dead! You're responsible for the countless deaths of that night. Now it's time to pay for your crimes in full! Ookami no Kiba!" Naruto launched himself forward and thrust his Katana towards Orochimaru's midsection. The wind sounding like a wolf's howl as the sword missed it's mark.

"Kukukukuku…very interesting Kyuubi-kun." He said softly as he pulled a blade out his throat. "But how well do you fare against the Kusanagi?" he asked as he clashed swords with the angry blonde.

Shino who was in the background silently let out the Kikaichuu and had them surround Orochimaru while he was distracted. 'This has to work…it has to.' He thought desperately.

Naruto growled as he began to put his tails into play a well forcing Orochimaru to dodge and weave more keeping him from counter attacking. "Your time is numbered Orochimaru…it's only a matter of time until you slip up and I kill you!"

Orochimaru scowled "Cheeky brat, do you really think you could defeat me one of the Sannin?" he roared in rage as he sped up his movements.

Naruto smirked as he cut Orochimaru's cheek "I don't think I can…I know I can! Kageken no koutei!" the shadows around the blade formed a crescent moon as Naruto launched it at the surprised Sannin cutting him in half before he could react. "It's over." Naruto muttered as he slid his sword back into its seal.

"Kukukukuku…you may have beaten me today Kyuubi-kun…but you are far too inexperienced to kill me…just wait someday, I'll have my prize." With that the voice disappeared, leaving a fuming Naruto and five worried gennin alone in the clearing.

Naruto tilted his head back and roared to the heavens, nine years worth of anger surfacing in that one instant. "I've failed…Kaa-san, Tou-san, Aniki…forgive me." He mumbled softly as he pounded the ground tears of sorrow flowing freely down his face. Hinata silently wrapped her arms around him and let him cry into her jacket whispering words of comfort into his ears.

Team seven and Shino looked down at the ground letting him have his moment. Each lost in their own thoughts. 'To be so young and to feel this burden…Naruto, what have you gone through?' Shino questioned silently as he watched his two teammates.

Sakura gently rubbed her eyes finding them moist 'Tears? I'm crying?' suddenly a second voice answered her 'Oh yes you are, it would take an incredible amount of effort not to cry at such a sad scene!' Sakura shook her head as she wiped her tears. 'Now's not the time, we need to get to shelter.' And so she began to look around trying to find the best place to form a camp.

Kiba looked away his fists clenching and unclenching 'I can't even begin to imagine what he feels like. To confront his parents' killer and be unable to kill him. Just the thought is unbearable.' Idly he pet Akamaru's head as the dog whined in sympathy with the blonde fox.

Sasuke watched his bitter rival with understanding eyes. 'I…I never knew we were so similar. You act so cheerful as if you don't have a care in the world, but it was all an act wasn't it Naruto? The need to avenge your parents is as strong in you as it is in me…what I don't understand is…how can you be so cheerful even if it was an act?' silently he walked up to the two and placed a hand on Naruto's shoulder. "Come on Naruto…I'm sure your parents would hate to see this."

Naruto managed to bring a stop to his tears and smiled a small sad smile towards Hinata then to Sasuke. "You're right…we should get moving."

Sakura waved them over from her spot near a large tree "Over here! We can set up a camp over here!" she called as both teams jogged over and began preparing.

Hinata aided Sakura in setting up traps while Shino and Kiba were tasked with getting the food. Naruto and Sasuke went out to find firewood and to have a small chat.

"Naruto…what happened, between you and Orochimaru I mean." Sasuke asked as he picked up a pile of sticks. "I mean, you completely lost control and went ballistic when you saw him."

Naruto sighed as he ran a hand through his hair. "He…he caused the Kyuubi attack twelve years ago." He said after a while "He managed to use a genjutsu on her and tricked her into attacking the village. Tou-san couldn't think up a better plan in time and used to self-sacrificing technique to seal her away into me. Unfortunately Kaa-san didn't live through child birth leaving me and Aniki in the care of our tou-san's clan in Makai." He growled a bit as the memories came back to him. "Aniki made me promise I wouldn't seek revenge…but I couldn't hold myself back…I hate that man with every fiber of my being and I want nothing more than to see his head on a pike." Unconsciously letting out a small amount of killing intent Naruto forcefully calmed himself down.

Sasuke checked his pile and deemed it big enough top be used and noted that Naruto had picked up a large number of usable sticks with his tails. "Come on let's head back." Naruto nodded as the two walked back towards camp. Halfway there Sasuke decided to ask another question. "Naruto…why does Kaoru want you to give up on revenge?" the idea of letting it all go was foreign to him as he held onto his anger as a source of power.

Naruto looked skyward and sighed audibly. "He said it would cloud my judgment, that it would dull my blade, that it would hinder me." He chuckled mirthlessly. "Today was proof of his words. I should've been able to fare better against Orochimaru, as weak as he's become. Nothing like the man he had been when he was still a part of Konoha."

Sasuke shot him an incredulous glance "You call that weak, he held me and Sakura down with nothing but killing intent."

Naruto nodded "In his prime…Orochimaru…could've gone toe to toe with a C-ranked youkai in terms of raw power. Add that to his brilliant mind…he could get into a fight with an S-ranked Youkai with a sixty-five percent chance of survival. He was that good." Naruto shook his head in distaste. "But his thirst for power soon changed all that. He began searching for a way to make himself immortal, he settled for body switching like a snake sheds its skin." Sasuke shivered in disgust at the thought. "But there was a drawback he didn't foresee…it made him slightly weaker after each switch, that's why he searches for exceptionally strong hosts, they make up for the slight drop in power he suffers. In all honesty his only advantage now is his mind which unfortunately for us is even sharper than it used to be."

Sasuke quietly contemplated the information Naruto had just told him. "Then…what does he want with me?" he asked recalling that Orochimaru had called him a 'prize'

Naruto glanced at Sasuke "Your Sharingan." He stated as they arrived. "However, that is a discussion for a different day, for now let's not worry our teams." He said as he slapped on a grin and announced their presence loudly. "Hey guys!"

Sasuke said nothing as he set the wood down in a pile. 'There's so much I still don't understand…but I know one thing…I can't let him tempt me with his power. I need to find someone who can teach me…someone here in Konoha who ca rival that man.' He paused as a thought crossed his mind. 'Someone like a certain blond Chuunin.' He smiled to himself as he decided on the course of action 'But how do I convince him to train me?'

Naruto saw Sasuke's inner debate and smiled 'so there's hope for you yet, eh Sasuke?' he mused quietly to himself as he helped Kiba prepare the fish that Shino and Kiba had caught.

Kiba licked his lips as he smelled the fish "Oh man that smells good!" he declared as Naruto pulled the fish off the fire and passed everyone a stick with a fish impaled on it. "I didn't know you knew how to roast a fish Naruto." He said as he happily bit into his piece. Akamaru barking in agreement as he accepted a cut up piece clean of bones.

Shino nodded in agreement as he bit into his fish. "Quite good." He stated in monotone.

Meanwhile

Kaoru and Anko snarled as the news of Orochimaru's appearance reached their ears in the center tower. "That bastard…" Kaoru growled as the Hokage addressed the assembled Shinobi in the room.

"We can not stop the exams as that would show weakness to the world, no I'm afraid the exams must continue." There was a bunch of murmuring as the assembled Shinobi looked uneasily at each other.

Kaoru turned on his heels and left the hall knowing that the Hokage was just giving out orders at this point and he knew where he had to be. "I'm going to start my patrol now Anko-chan I'll be back in time for the third stage." He kissed her cheek and jumped off into the forest. 'First off patrol the forest interior for any signs of the snake and then patrol the village like any other patrol shift.' He thought to himself as he jumped from branch to branch.

With Naruto

Naruto yawned as he sat up from his short nap. "Ah that felt good!" he exclaimed as he stood up. Noticing that the others were all asleep he chuckled. "I guess the excitement got to them." He mused as he stretched. "Now then…what should I do with you?" he asked loudly as he stared at a bush.

Suddenly the three Oto-genin stood in front of him scowling. "How did you find us?" the bandaged one demanded.

Naruto shrugged "The nose knows." He said jokingly as he tapped his nose. Laughing at their disbelieving faces he continued "So…what the hell do you three want?" he asked in a cold voice.

The one wearing earmuffs smirked "We're here to kill the Uchiha, so move out of the way Blondie, or I'll blast your ass!" he shouted as he pointed what looked like holes at Naruto.

Naruto tilted his head to the side as he blurred out of sight. "Really now? What can you do with these arms if you can't even get the time to point at me?" he asked as two of his tails held onto the boy's arms and pointed them to the sides. "Cause right now…you don't have a chance."

The girl clenched her teeth and threw a few senbon at him. "Eat this you bastard!" she cried out as four senbon multiplied into forty. "Kage Senbon!"

Naruto chuckled and put the boy in his grasp in front of the onslaught. "Oh my, you turned your teammate into a pincushion…well he's still alive so that counts for something I guess." He muttered as he threw the boy's unconscious form to the side.

"Zaku!" the bandaged boy shouted out in concern. "Damn it Kin be careful!" he shouted at the girl in anger as he revealed his arm to be covered by a weird device. "How about a taste of my Melody arm?" he shouted as he charged at Naruto.

Naruto wasted no time as he used his tails and grabbed the boy's arms in a vice grip "Useless…everything you do will be useless…" he muttered as he broke the device off of the boy's arm and tossed him aside.

"Dosu are you alright?" Kin yelled out as she jumped to his side. "Kyaa~!" she screamed as Naruto appeared behind her and grabbed her hair roughly. "Let me go you bastard!" she screamed as she tried to turn around to launch some sort of attack on him.

"Hand over all of your scrolls if you want to survive." Naruto ordered coldly as he pulled out a kunai and held it to Kin's throat. "If you don't…she dies."

Dosu raised his uninjured arm in surrender "Alright I'm pulling it out now…" he said slowly as he pulled out an earth scroll and set it down on the ground. "I did as you asked, release my teammate."

Naruto released her and spanked her ass as she stumbled forward. Chuckling at her indignant yelp of surprise he spoke softly "Tell Orochimaru that his days are numbered." He called out as Kin grabbed Zaku and the Oto team jumped away. Expanding his senses to see if they were really gone he grabbed the scroll and walked over to where his team slept unaware that there had ever been a fight.

Shaking his team awake he nodded towards the tower. "Let's go, I've left them a present." He said motioning to the scroll lying next to Akamaru who barked softly thanks. Waving team 8 leapt away towards the tower.

When they arrived at the tower, they glanced at the wall which said something about needing both earth and heaven to succeed or something like that. Nodding Hinata and Shino opened the scrolls and tossed them to the ground when they began to smoke. "Congratulations you guys pass!" Iruka called out as the smoke disappeared.

"Sensei?" Hinata asked questioningly. "Why were you summoned from a scroll?"

Iruka chuckled as he rubbed the back of his head. "We're supposed to knock contestants out who open the scroll in the forest. We're also here to explain the text on the wall." He motioned to the plaque. "I could give you a long winded speech but I'm sure none of you would want that so I'll keep it simple. If earth represents the body, and Heaven represents the mind then as a Chuunin you need a balance of both in order to prosper." He smiled as he patted everyone on the shoulder. "Good job on passing the second exam you still have three days to relax so make the most of them."

End

Ookami no Kiba – Wolf's fang

Kageken no koutei – shadow sword's flight

Kage Senbon – shadow senbon

Yes I decided to give Sasuke a chance don't complain. I only said I'd be mean to him in the beginning so I don't see any problems making him a good guy.

I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter. There is a poll on my profile to help me decide on what to write for a FF13/Naruto crossover I had been thinking about. There are three options and I have a story idea for all three so feel free to pick the one that interests you the most thanks.

Anyways here's the list of future ideas and challenges as usual.

Flee to Shinjuku – a Ranma/Get Backers crossover sequel to 'Tendo's New Neighbor'. After fleeing Nerima after certain events Senshi and Ranma befriend the Get Backers and form an agency of their own, the T.R.A.P corps, the Transportation, Retrieval, Assassination, and Protection Corporation.

Note: if anyone has a better idea for a title I'm all ears. Also if you want a different name for the corporation Ranma and Senshi create the restrictions are that it has to be an acronym; meaning that it has to form a word using the initials of the actual title like my T.R.A.P corps. And the words used should be job types that they can do like transporter, retriever and the like.

Challenge: Ranma/Get backers crossover where Ranma and an OC form their own agency and the major arcs should deal with both Ranma's and the OC's past. Non-Yaoi The name is up to you. OC should be laid back and fun loving.

Summons one half – Naruto/Ranma multi crossover featuring the Naruto personality from my story Kitsune brothers. Happosai tries to summon a demon to put Ranma in his place; however he gets more than he bargained for when the demon he summons takes Ranma's side. It only gets weirder, when the Sailor Senshi get involved.

Note: I may need help with Sailor Senshi names (who is who) and their attack names, both for the Senshi and their enemies

Challenge: Naruto/Ranma crossover where Naruto is a demon. Naruto should be somewhat playful with a love of pranks. No Yaoi

A dragon's Summon – Naruto/Ikki Tousen crossover. The Naruto personality from my story Kitsune brothers somehow gets teleported into the Ikki Tousen world where fighters are called 'Toushi' having nothing else to do he hangs around and watches. Too bad chaos loves him as much as he loves Ramen

Challenge: Naruto/Ikki Tousen crossover where Naruto is an observer not actually aligned to any school but still manages to get targeted, and he has a fetish for assertive girls. No Yaoi

The killer, the protector, the negotiator – Rosario/ multi cross. Meet Naruto a Shinobi banished from his home for succeeding in his mission, meet his best friend Ranma a teen looking for a better life, meet Tsukune the only thing keeping the other two from ripping each other's throats out.

Note: if anyone has a cool catch phrase the three of them can say together than I'm all ears.

Challenge: Rosario/Naruto/Ranma crossover, where Tsukune, Naruto, and Ranma are friends. Ranma and Naruto should have abilities where if they said they were human then no one would believe them. No Yaoi

Sensei's sensei – Negima/multi cross. To further Negi's training in the arts of combat. Konoemon Konoe asks two combat experts to come and teach at Mahora academy with Negi. Naruto, a millennia old demon, and Ranma a twenty-one year old martial arts instructor of the highest caliber.

Challenge: Negima/Naruto/Ranma crossover Naruto is a demon and Ranma is smarter than cannon storylines. Naruto and Ranma should be able to competently teach whatever subject they get assigned to if any at all. No Yaoi

Do I have to? – One Piece/Naruto cross. Kami-sama calls in a favor Kaoru owes her. The favor? Make sure Luffy becomes king of the pirates and kill certain people. Unfortunately for him she sets a lot of restrictions on what he can and can't do. Will start after meeting chopper but before Alabasta

Note: any one have a better idea for a title for this story? I couldn't think of one.

Challenge: Naruto/One piece crossover, Naruto has full range of his abilities from the Naruto universe (and any others you add on) and he's really lazy. (Lazier than Zoro)

Officer Kitsune – Sequel to No Need for Summons Naruto/Tenchi muyo GxP it will follow the anime series closely with the added interactions of Naruto with the cast.

Challenge: Naruto/Tenchi muyo GxP crossover. It's never been done before so I want to see what you guys might come up with. No Yaoi

The Artist - Naruto/Sumomomo momomo crossover Basically Naruto meets Inuzuka Koushi, becomes his friend gets a chance for a peaceful life as an artist, and then Momoko shows up ruining that opportunity as he once again has to step up and fight.

Challenge: Naruto/Sumomomo crossover. Like the Tenchi muyo GxP it's never been done before so why not?

Alright I have a challenge for any body willing to take it. It's a Warcraft/Naruto crossover featuring Naruto. However, I want to see if anyone can make a story where Naruto doesn't become one of the various classes in the game. I also want to see if you can make it work where he only uses skills he learned from his own world. Weapons are of your choice, but if possible make it more Ninja like, so try to avoid big and ranged weapons please. I've seen some really good stories for this type of crossover but they all have Naruto either learning skills from the game or they have him become one of the classes and I kind of want to see a story where neither of those happen thanks I hope someone makes a really good story.

Another challenge for those who care to try their hands. There were a couple of new manga that I thought were pretty good: Hidan no Aria (Aria the scarlet Ammo for onemanga users) and Lock On! I was hoping someone could do a crossover with one of these and either Naruto or Ranma (or both) on a side note Lock On! Can go well with the Mightiest Disciple Kenichi

The reason why I always put these ideas and Challenges in every chapter now is because hopefully it may inspire some authors out there and give them a basis for a real good story, and it will also help me remember my ideas for my future stories when I actually get there.

If anyone decides to do one of the challenges I listed above please tell me so I can read it later thank you