A strange blonde twist

by jackshadowbeamx

Naruto's friends, comrades, and lover are killed by the new akatsuki agents, killing them all without mercy, after destroying Madara's plan by having the 9 beasts sealed into himself, he runs, they find him, a mysterious lady does something sending him back in time and across dimensions, find out how Naruto helps out Naruko with her problems while keeping his identity a secret

5. Chapter 5! love and chunin exams!

A strange blonde twist.
Me: AND WE ARE BACK! So about the little heart ache, someone told me to back the relationship off for a few chapters so whats the best way to do that? A little heart ache, so here are the reviews I liked the most for last chapter.

Awesome! Please update soon? I'm anxious to see what comes of their relationship and Kyuubi's involvement. ~ Acrnavy

Thanks, heres the update you wanted! And your anxiousness is over... for now MWAHAHAHAHA! * Cough * Er no spoilers there... moving on

Its pretty good but Naruto should be more ...powered because of his Nine Tails Chakra Mode and the Tailed Beast Mode not to mention Sage Mode...why can't Naruto throw awesome jutsus around like he normally does? ~ Red888

Because He wants to keep a low profile at the moment, plus nine tailed fox cloak is a little... off when another kyuubi jinnchuriki is near by, but don't worry! He will start using them when he gets to mist! Cause we all know we love that big all shiny Naruto making king sized craters for fun.

Love the relationship development between Naruto and Naruko plz finish this story im hooked on it ~ Blink182rlz

Thanks, glad your enjoying it, and this story is far from over

SO WITH THAT DONE LETS CONTINUE!

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Previously on A strange blonde twist
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He walked over to a different part of the room and leaned up against the wall. The aching in his heart increased more as his words echoed in his head. As much as he wanted to talk to her, it was hard not to, harder than even his battle with Obito. But he was doing as she wished. Even though it hurt him, he had long since known to do that, put others wishes before his own.

"ALRIGHT LISTEN UP MAGGOTS!"

Naruto turned to look at Ibiki as he walked into the room. He watched the teams start to tremble a bit as the killing intent washed over the them.

"THIS IS THE FIRST PART OF THE EXAMS! EVERYONE MOVE TO THE NEXT ROOM AND TAKE A SEAT!"

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Chapter 5: Chunin exams
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Naruto yawned a bit as he looked down at his paper. Not a single thing written on it, he could answer all the questions but he wanted to keep his dumber than life approach. He pretended to struggle and glanced at Naruko who was actually struggling. His heart did a flop and he turned away and cursed Kakashi for putting him in this situation. He bit his lip as he went over strategies in his mind for the next round, trying to keep his mind away from the other blonde. He could secretly send out clones and gather most of the scrolls, maybe he could get Naruko to h-

'Damn it, can't keep my head off of her.' He growled to himself and hit his head on the desk, making it seem he was struggling even more. But currently he was struggling with his heart. He sighed and looked up, his eyes locked with Naruko's she herself was having the same struggle he was and when she heard the growl and thump she turned like a few of the class to look. Their eyes locked and her heart seemed to stop. An electricity passed between them as their eyes snared the others, unable to leave the others stare.

Naruto finally broke the stare and turned away, finding the ground incredibly interesting. Naruko turned away after him, crestfallen as her eyes lowered to the paper infront of her. The minutes ticked by and people were being called out. No one aware of the tension that was slowly growing between the two blondes. The only one aware was Sasuke, who being on their team for so long, did not like how this was going. He was getting tired of Kaze's so called 'nobility' all he was really doing was feeling sorry for himself. And Naruko wouldn't talk to him because she felt the need to guard herself. He sighed and shook his head before finishing his test and turning it over. He needed to find a way to fix this.

"ALRIGHT THATS IT! PENCILS DOWN AND GET READY FOR THE FINAL QUESTION!"

Naruto yawned as the speech went, yadda yadda, no chunin rank for them if they got it wrong. He snored rather loudly making many in the room laugh.

"Something you would like to say shrimp?"

"Yesssiirrrr, you see even if we did get in wrong, which we won't because the tenth question isn't even a question at all, its just a test to see if you stay here, we can still reach chunin in another villages chunin exam, then again its not even your place to stop us, its the council and Hokage's choice to promote us. So all of you here who are scared you might fail, nothing to be really worried about." Naruto said casually, smirking at the annoyed and pissed off Ibiki. Many of the kids saw the logic and relax considerably. And some even burst out laughing as they cleared their nervousness.

"Well, I guess since the runt explained it you all pass." He grumbled out and Naruto nodded before holding up his fingers. Ibiki watched as he counted down from three, two, one. Then a crash resounded and Anko came flying into the room with a banner hanging on the walls. Naruto yawned a bit at the entrance and smirked at Anko's twitching eye. He heard a sound like angels ringing bells and turned to see Naruko giggling.

He turned away soon after and waited for Anko to make her speech. His mind wandering as he watched the whole in the wall, anything really except for the girl in the other row. He felt her eyes on him and he bit his lip. Naruko herself was beating herself up for what she had said to Naruto and watched him carefully, judging when, where and how to apologize. She shouldn't have snapped like that but it was a natural defense her body had set up so she wouldn't get hurt. It happened so suddenly and Naruto took off so fast she couldn't say anything about it.

'I'm so sorry...'

Her mind raced, barely keeping track of what the instructor was saying.

"-nd you better hurry up!" Anko suddenly bounded out the window. Naruto sighed and stood up. He walked calmly down the stairs like the rest of the people, standing ahead of Sasuke and Naruko. He was thinking over a plan to get through the Chunin second exam, distracted from the whispering between Sasuke and Naruko.

"This is getting out of hand, we all know you both like each other, its plain as the noses on your faces, whatever happened between you two get over it. If you don't it will hamper our teamwork. Plus I really hate being stuck in the middle of things."

"I want to talk to him but he keeps me at arms length."

"Its because you told him to stay away, he respects your wishes to the extreme, I bet its because he loves you."

"But h-"

"No buts, fix the relationship, distractions get ninja killed."

"I KNOW! Its hard, its very hard. I... I want to try but I'm just afraid..."

"Why? Theres nothing to be afraid of."

"I'm afraid hes going to ask why I told him to stay away... because that talk... I'm afraid of how he will treat me after ward."

"I don't quite understand but if he truly cares for you it wouldn't matter." They walked in silence for a few moments before Sasuke cleared his throat in a uncomfortable manner.

"So... is the reason like... your pregnant or something...?"

"WHAT THE HELL!"

"Hey hey I'm fine with it..."

"NO I AM NOT!"

"Then you are actually a dude?" With a punch Sasuke was sent into the wall with a crack and Naruko huffed and crossed her arms under her chest. Naruto put his fist in his hand and turned around with a grin but then blinked seeing only a furious Naruko behind him.

"Wheres..."

"Sasuke is in a wall three blocks back."

"Oh..." They stood together awkwardly. Silence reigned between them.

"So... do you have a plan."

"Ya..."

"Want to tell me about it?"

"No." Naruko blinked and seemed a little downtrodden to Naruto and he shook his head and waved his hands infront of him.

"I meant I would prefer talking about it with you and Sasuke, easier to get both inputs, no?" Naruko nodded and turned back to the street behind them, wondering when Sasuke was going to get back.

"Kaze I... where did he go?" When she turned around and Naruto was gone. She heard a yelp from a near by tree and saw Sasuke fall out of it followed by Naruto.

"PILE DRIVER!" Another yelp escaped Sasuke's lips as Naruto bashed into him with his elbow. He dusted himself off and started dragging Sasuke behind him.

"Alright guys, I researched the Chunin exams and for the last few years its been the same thing. Travel in the forest of death and get the other teams scrolls. Before we start they are going to make us sign death wavers so if any of us die, which is totally legal to kill, the leaf won't be held accountable. After that we all get one scroll for each team, a heaven scroll and a earth scroll. Then when the gates open we dash through into the forest. Thats when the fun begins, animals, insects, shinobi, all these traps are waiting for us." Naruto said as he jumped along the roof tops, finally stopped dragging Sasuke.

"Heres the plan, not very tactical but it gets the job done. Naruko and I will create as many clones as we can WITHOUT getting exhausted. They will scatter as a team and take as many scrolls as they can, every five minutes I will make a clone and dispel it so the clones will know where we are. The more scrolls we get the less teams that make it through."

"Sounds simple enough, but what about me?" Sasuke muttered and Naruto grinned.

"You have special eyes don't you? You will keep point to be look out, I will bring up the rear. You can see traps, genjutsu and people easier than I can with the sharingan." Sasuke nodded at the advice and soon they skidded to a halt in front of the forest of death. Course it was a lie, he could see better than those cursed sharingan but he decided to rub Sasuke's ego a bit since he was in between him and Naruko, and that was not the prettiest thing. Well, Naruko was but he couldn't really say that. He bit his lip as he got into line. He was the team leader of the group, so right now he was standing in line to get the papers. He was suddenly hit but a strong sense of nostalgia and he closed his eyes. With all the activity, he hadn't had much time to think about his past and that was a good thing in his opinion with all that had happened, but sometimes, with good moments like these, they dragged up memories.

'Good memories mixed with bad memories, bad with good,' He smiled a bit as he thought about his match with Neji, how he defied everything and beat him in the ground. His smile wavered as he remembered how Neji had taken that blast to save hundreds of civilians. Till the very end Neji had been on his side. He grimaced as he pushed back the memories. When he opened his eyes he saw no one infront of him and someone pushing him forward. He blushed and rubbed the back of his head before grabbing his papers and gave two to his teammates. They looked at him strangely but he shrugged and leveled his gaze on them.

"What?"

"You just... froze up, I have never seen that happen." Naruto sighed and shrugged again.

"Just a bit of memories." Naruto murmured before taking their signed papers and handing them back to take the earth scroll. Of course he flaunted it around, making sure to make it look like he wasn't doing it on purpose. He had no doubt people with heaven scrolls would take after him, they wouldn't last very long. They would have a heaven scroll before the day is over. He whispered the plan into the others ears and they nodded their approval, all confident in their skills.

All the teams linked up at their own separate gates, Naruto and his teammates glanced at the competition. It wasn't much to look at, the only one he ever had trouble with was the rain group with their genjutsu. A very troublesome fight, that one, but it was good in the end, easy enough. There was a boom and the gates flashed open, his memories stopped as he jumped through the gates, the whir of adrenaline pumping through his system.

He zipped through the trees with his team right behind. The other two had been put on weight training and had increased in speed and strength. It wasn't allot but it was enough to keep ahead of the competition. They jumped from tree to tree, Sasuke keeping ahead and keeping them covered from traps and enemies. They made mistakes on purpose, making dents, breaks, and cuts in the trees, wanting to lure the teams to them. The more their was the more scrolls they would get and wipe out most of the competition.

"I think we should stop here for lunch." Naruto said, the secret meaning behind it was one of his shadow clones puffed and there was a team with a heaven scroll. Naruto created two clones, one disguised as Sasuke and Naruko created her own and they jumped down, creating a small camp. Soon they jumped into the trees and waited, they didn't have to wait long as a Kumo team suddenly sent out a wave of lightning destroying the clones Naruto made.

"Looks like we caught ourselves a snack." Two boys leered, the third team mate, probably female, stood away from them in disgust as the two approached Naruko. Naruto's rage was slowly building as they stalked towards the other blonde. He knew that patience was the key, but it was starting to get him... irritated. Irritated was a very WEAK word for how... irritated... he was in a fit of rage perhaps but he had to keep a level head. Timing was everything.

Suddenly one of them lashed out and cut part of Naruko's shirt with a kunai, revealing quite a bit of skin, and then the world exploded. He was sent back with a shockwave and Naruto stood dangerously calm between the clone and leveled a glare on the Kumo ninja. They were very surprised to see him... alive after that lightning blast. He raised up his fist and suddenly a ball formed around them and he smirked and it started to shrink around them. They shot jutsu after jutsu to destroy the bubble like ball but it kept shrinking, slowly packing him in.

"Kaze, don't" Naruto glanced at the Naruko clone who was staring at him in dismay. Naruto sighed and yanked his hand, the bubble started to spin before smashing into a tree and the ninja's were stuck to the tree. Naruto walked up to the struggling Genin and took the scroll from them. He nodded at his team mates who looked a little pale and they were off, trying to get to the tower in as little time as possible.

"What was that technique?"

"Well I learned it from a friend, he was dead but we had a special link, along with a few others I made friends with. He taught me his bubble techniques. Not very useful to most but they have great possibilities." Suddenly he was pushed up against a near by tree and Naruko was pressing a knife to his neck, Sasuke standing by on guard but also just as surprised as Naruto was.

"You know an awfully lot of things for a kid, the same age as us. Now tell me who you are." Naruko snarled and Naruto... began to chuckle. He smiled at her making her start a bit then lifted up his sleeve to his shoulder to show an Anbu tattoo.

"After fox died I was assigned to help protect you, you and your tenant." Naruto said, thinking on his feet, all of it was true, just a little bent out of shape with the 'death' part. He saw Sasuke watching him with a sharingan eye and realized they had been planning this intervention for a couple of days, maybe even weeks. The sudden realization hit him so hard his mouth dropped then his eyes narrowed.

"He is telling the truth."

"That moment... was a lie." He gritted his teeth and clenched his fist and Naruko realized what he meant. She was about to deny it, say it was a moment that she enjoyed even with how short it was but Naruto disappeared in a burst of speed, keeping a clone to watch the two from a distance, a very long distance. Naruto himself felt that he was betrayed, while he also didn't tell the truth about himself it didn't mean to fake something so powerful as... he didn't know how to categorize it.

It wasn't love on her part, but he had watched her for years, it could have easily been love. He grit his teeth and went off hunting for new scrolls, battle would help calm his nerves, for a bit. As night came around Naruto had already taken most of the scrolls, several teams taken down and then frantically searching other teams to get scrolls. His clone dispelled making him know where the team was and he disappeared in a explosion of red appearing on the edge of the woods.

"-e's not here, we can't go on without him, it has to be a whole team."

"Just put the scrolls down and he can come when-" Naruto walked straight past them, yanking the scrolls from their hands making the both surprised. He opened the scrolls, criss-crossed them and threw them on the floor. Smoke erupted from it and a random chunin appeared and Naruto walked out of the outer room into the tower itself. He didn't need to hear anyone speak, he just needed to sleep, needing to forget everything. He grit his teeth and clenched his fists as he felt his two 'teamamtes' run up behind him, everything he had done for them, saved Sasuke's family, taken care of Naruko from a baby. He absentmindedly made a rasengan and had it orbit one of his fingers as he slunk down from a wall, eyes dull as he watched the blue orb.

"Kaze we have to talk about this." His eyes stayed on the orb, blocking out everything that the others said.

'I'm acting like a kid, how old am I like 22? Ugh.' he glanced up at them to see their lips still moving. He stood up and started walking, he needed to clear his head, he needed to think, he needed to act rational, not like he was. But he needed some space as well.

"Give me a couple of minutes." He mumbled as he slipped around the corner. His mind racing but also acting like molasses in January. He couldn't think straight, to many loops and spins, too many back alleys. He realized he hadn't slept in days either. A demon in your gut could do allot but you needed sleep, he never knew how Gaara was able to go so long without sleep. He went around the corner back to his room, slipped past the two arguing teens and collapsed on his bed, falling asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.

He felt movement. He didn't know how long he was asleep but he felt movement next to his bed. He looked at a glass of water near his bed and saw Naruko wiping her eyes as she sat on the edge of his bed. He let go of the Kunai that was in his palm but kept it close, precaution from the war. He calmed his breathing and slowed his heart, making it seem like he woke up then went back to sleep. She noticed and she began sniffling, wiping her eyes, obviously the movement that she did to make him wake up. He then noticed he had a cover over him, he never remembered to cover up.

He looked out the window and saw it was close to midnight from the stars positions. She was mumbling as she held herself, something about sorry and apologies. He rolled his eyes and turned over, startling her quite a bit and making her fall over. He gave her a half hearted smile and pulled the covers back and scooted over. He knew that she had a bad dream or felt guilty for something, or both. She slept with people when that happened, like teddy bears. That was one more difference between the two. She hiccuped and climbed into the bed before turning her back to him. He was fine with that as he turned over himself and fell asleep, knowing full well his body would turn over by itself and wrap its arms around her the next morning.

Sure enough when day break came through the window the two blondes were tangled up with each other. Naruto woke to stare into the open eyes of Naruko. His pulse quickened a bit, he blushed as he stared than turned over, biting his lip. He felt a tap on his shoulder and he ignored it for a few minutes before sighing and turning over... right into the lips of the woman he loved. His surprised was replaced by embarrassment then want as he forcefully pressed his mouth to hers, the kiss became hungrier, more needy, letting there bodies and animal instincts take over.

As time passed their need grew weak, their hunger subsiding. Gentle pecks were exchanged now as they lay tangled up with each other, fully enjoying the others presence.

"Kaze, since you are my protector of sorts and already know about furball you should know about a problem, one we almost... kissed back then I meant it, I really liked you but people tend to hurt me because of furball, so as a self-"

"I understand Naruko, theres no need to explain further."

"But I hurt you, I-"

"-t doesn't matter, Its over now, and your in my arms right now, so why should I care?" He grinned and she blushed before snuggling closer to Naruto. He felt calm, felt complete with her, maybe this was his destiny from the beginning. Naruko looked up at him and looked into his eyes.

"Kaze what do you know about fox?"

"I... know a few things."

"His true identity?"

"He had a true identity?"

"His real name was Naruto... he was like me in another dimension..."

"So... you know about that..."

"Is what he said true?"

"Probably, he told very few people, and he seemed sincere, even had pictures of things from the future."

"Hm..."

"What?"

"You seem allot like him."

"He helped train me, he rubbed off on me I guess." They stayed quite for what seemed like hours and seconds mixed together, time seemed endlessly looped, their heart beats beat in time, they had the same small smile on their faces and were pressed as tightly together as they could. Love bloomed through their bodies as their hands were clasped together, Naruto chuckled a little and Naruko blinked.

"Whats so funny?"

"I was just thinking its good I was so tired, or I would be sleeping in the nude." He burst out laughing as her face made a good try at becoming part tomato then he leaned in to whisper in her ear.

"Might not be too late to be, and you could join me." He chuckled and slipped out of the bed after a quick kiss and left the room. He saw a few new people and guessed they either arrived through the night or he slept for a few days. He yawned and stretched a bit before walking towards the bathroom.

"Glad to see your up sleeping beauty." Naruto pretended to still be mad, ignoring Sasuke as he kept walking.

'Maybe guilt will get me a new jutsu that he knows? Always been wanting to learn the Chidori.'

"Come on Kaze… its not our fault you were so suspicious, you just seemed one step ahead of everyone with training, we can never catch up no matter how hard we try. Your always so calm when it comes to battles… we couldn't help think that you were different."

Naruto kept silent as he walked down the hall, chuckling on the inside as Sasuke walked beside him, giving off random reasons on how he can forgive them till he threw up his hands in exasperation.

"What can I do to make you forgive us."

"Well actually I forgave Naruko, anyways you can give me a cool jutsu that Kakashi teaches you."

"What kind?"

"It's a lightning jutsu, I've wanted it for a long time, if he teaches you a technique called 'chidori' than you tell me, only then will I forgive you" Naruto said calmly as he leveled his gaze on Sasuke, inside he was snickering at his friends blindness even with the ultimate 'eyes'.

"Alright I will see what I can do"

Naruto smiled before walking into the bathroom, silently cheering my ability to win the jutsu. He wouldn't use it to much, for an assassination technique it was very loud and flashy, but a very formidable technique, able to pierce the Raikage's armor. Naruto yawned a bit as he walked out of the bathroom and glanced around before walking off, something was bugging him allot lately. He never was one for secrets, so keeping his identity from Naruko wouldn't last long, and he had a feeling it wouldn't sit well with her once he told her who he was.

He shook his head a little to clear the thoughts and images in his head as he walked back to his room, noticing his clothes had holes in them, from the few jutsu the genin's threw at him. He smiled a little and closed his eyes as he thought of his old friends, it was less painful to remember them now that hes here, there memories live on but now in their younger versions, Though he still missed them dearly. Naruto sighed as he slipped into his room and cracked his neck as he walked over to the bathroom. He quickly got undressed and started to change, when he got his underwear on and was reaching for his pants the door opened to show Naruko standing there in a towel.

They stared at each other for a moment, Naruto with one foot inside the leg of his pants and Naruko with her wet hair clinging to her body. Their eyes trailed down the others body for a moment before Naruko shrieked and rushed towards Naruto.

"PERVERT!" She cried with a heavy knee to the face sending him out the door and into the wall, his nose bleeding but not from the attack.

'She shouldn't raise her leg up that high while in a towel...' He wiped his nose clean and shook his head before getting on his pants and standing by the door for the rest of his clothes.

'Honestly if she was done with a shower she shouldn't even go back into the bathroom' He sighed and tilted his head before trying to remember if anything was in there of hers. Suddenly his eyes widened as he remembered some clothes sitting near the counter and he remembered her carrying a brush into the bathroom.

'Oh... she must have just left to get her brush so when she came back...' He blushes heavily and shakes his head as she came out. She huffed after looking at him and walked away but he couldn't help himself.

"You look very nice under that towel!" He laughs heartily before dodging another knee and running the bathroom to get dressed.

'This is gonna be fun while it... lasts...'

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Me: AND WE ARE DONE! I hope you enjoyed the make up! It won't last long with both of the two blondes heading in different directions, one heading to mist and the other to drop off the map, UNTIL NEXT TIME!