Of Trees and Frost
By
Ragnorokrising
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Chapter Seven: Cheating for the Forest (Still need profiles for OCs for the Rock ninja)
The team walked into the training ground. Zabuza was sitting with Naruto's former senseis. "Hey brats, come over here." yelled Anko, being the first to notice them. The four Jounin stood up and smiled evilly at each other. "Good news kitties."
"We signed you up for the Chuunin Exams." Zabuza handed all of them a piece of paper for them to sign, which they did quickly. "Meet in room three-o-one by noon tomorrow at the academy."
"Is that it?" asked Haku. Hayate laughed as Zabuza shook his head.
"We have no doubt you three will become Chuunin and possibly Special Jounin. So, we will begin doing something very special." said Anko evilly.
"Quit scaring them Anko." Anko pouted at Hayate. "What we need you to do is create your own move. First decide what kind of move you want it to be. We'll walk you through it from there." the field descended into silence as the three contemplated their new jutsu.
'Let's see, I am mostly a mid range specialist with close range capabilities. I think I'll make a Wind jutsu and a Water jutsu. The Wind jutsu can be a close range while the Water jutsu is the mid range move, but what would they do…I got it!' Naruto smiled as his ideas came together.
'Naruto is our close ranger specialist with his Shadow Clones, Deidara has long range, and I am a mid range specialist, but Naruto has that down as well. I know I have an affinity to water, so I think the jutsu I was asking father about before we attacked could work.' Haku put the final spin on her jutsu as Deidara paced back and forth.
'I'm a long range specialist but I'll need some close range abilities as well. If my clay is used up and I'm not able to get some earth to move, I could use a Water or Wind jutsu. But if I'm trapped under water that could be a problem. However, a Lightning jutsu would work well to. Fire could be of use but a Water or Earth user could easily defeat it. I guess I'll go with my favorite choice.' Deidara worked out what kind of jutsu he wanted and when all three had finished, they explained their diagrams to their teachers.
"Hayate, you work with Naruto while Anko works with Haku and Yamato you take Deidara."
"And you Father?"
"I'll work with all of you at different times." Zabuza said while pulling out an orange book. Anko blew it up in a second as Naruto slapped his face.
"She hates it when guys read 'Icha Icha Paradise' in front of her but she reads porn all the time." Anko bonked Naruto on his head and started to pout.
"I do not Uzimaki."
"Anko, there's an entire room in your apartment filled with nothing but book shelves stocked with those porn books you read."
"Hey, don't disrespect the 'Boys are Toys' series blondie!" she poked him in the chest while Zabuza tried not to heave. Haku squealed like a little girl and ran up to Anko.
"I love that series. The position the hero in book Eight was put into by the evil toad man is genius."
"And she escapes by punching him in the face and out the castle walls."
"And he lands in a hole filled with gay snakes."
"And the way she did it with the man with the huge sword." Haku blinked at her, stared at Zabuza then turned back.
"Who is the author of that series again?"
"Some woman named Rin, an ex-Konoha medic ninja under Naruto's father." Zabuza burst out laughing while Haku started to claw her eyes out. "What, what's wrong with you two?"
"I can't believe this! That is so gross!" Haku kept yelling.
"WHAT!?" yelled Anko as loud as she could. It was Zabuza who answered that one.
"When we were missing-nin, we met Rin and she turned Haku onto her books. I forbid Haku from reading the volume that came out after that because she put a very…………detailed, retelling of what happened that night."
"YOU MEAN THAT WAS YOU THAT SHOVED THE SWORD HANDLE INTO HER-" Zabuza put his hand over Anko's mouth and rubbed his head sheepishly with the other hand.
"Let's start shall we."
(Next Day)
Naruto kept his hands in his pockets as he and his team mates walked into the academy. As they reached the top of the first flight of stairs, two Genin were blocking the door to a room with the sign saying three-o-one on it. The problem was the door next to it said two-o-three. They walked past the large group and met up with Sasuke and his team. Sai was decked out in multiple scrolls and brushes while Aio had large umbrellas strapped to his back and a sword at his side. "Ready to lose Uchiha?"
"We'll see Uzimaki, we'll see." they all walked into the large stone room where a kid in green spandex jump suit with a bowl cut hair style, really bushy eye brows and bandages wrapped around his arms.
"Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzimaki, I challenge both of you to a fight."
"No." they said together.
"Why is it you refuse my challenge?"
"Well for one we don't know who you are." said Aio out of the blue. The kid looked at him strangely then bowed to them.
"My apologies, I am Rock Lee. If I am not mistaken, Sakura Haruno was supposed to be on your team Sasuke Uchiha."
"She was but when we went out on our first C-rank mission she wasn't ready and was forced to stay, but she followed us any ways, and she died in an attack."
"Oh, I am sorry."
"Don't be, no one ever liked her really." said Naruto. "Now, move aside already." before Lee knew what happened, he was sent flying backwards into a wall and a dome of ice formed in front of him. He easily broke the ice but the group was gone by then.
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Naruto and his friends approached the door. "Time for a spectacular entrance." Naruto slid into a stance and started to glow an ice white as his Koorihaboushi activated. He slammed a palm thrust into the door and it flew off his hinges and into the room, spinning like a buzz saw. As it flew towards the group of ninja, a yellow flash appeared on it and it dissolved into frost particles as Naruto landed and spun the kunai on his hand. "Alright you bastards and bitches, the name's Naruto Uzimaki-Namikaze, and I plan on winning this thing so watch your step around me."
"You're all talk and no action!" yelled some one from the back of the room. A large vine snatched him up and turned him into a popsicle. Naruto walked over to him and placed his hand by the ice statue as a red aura surrounded it, melting the ice. With a flash of light, the ice exploded as Naruto slipped his swords back into his jacket. The group marveled at him as he joined Haku. Sasuke and Deidara were shaking their heads, Haku was laughing, Sai had a creepy smile on his face and Aio was…picking his nose? (Aio: YOU FREAKING SUCK)
"You guy made it? So troublesome." Shikamaru Nara and his team mates, Ino Yamanaka and Choji Akimichi, entered the room. Ino jumped for Sasuke but he stuck his hand out and she fell flat on the floor.
"Hey, where's forehead girl?"
"In one word, dead." answered Aio, flicking a booger in her directions.
"She…she died?"
"Yeah, because she acted like a fan girl and followed Sasuke on a mission." all eyes turned to Naruto who was making different shapes with a piece of wood he brought with him.
"Looks like the gangs all here." the eyes of the rookies returned to the door way as Kiba Inuzuka, Hinata Hyuuga and Shino Aburame entered the room. "Who are the new kids Uchiha?"
"Ask Naruto, he's the one that turned them back over from Missing-nin."
"You really expect me to believe that?"
"It's true dog breath." Haku barked at him. "Deidara, the blonde here, Aio, the green haired one, and my Father Zabuza Momochi where missing-nin until Naruto asked us to return to Konoha." Kiba's gaze as well as the other Genin's was on Naruto as he made the stick into a rectangle and froze it then tossed it into the air and cut it up with a kunai.
"What, I got bored with it." he said.
"Where did you get those abilities?"
"Kekkai Genkai dobe. Apparently, Tsunade was my grand mother and the Fourth was my father." he shrugged off their glances and pulled out his sanjiegun and started to polish it.
"You know you should be quiet over here." Naruto noticed the person first. He wore purple clothes, had silver hair and silver wire rimmed glasses. "I'm Kabuto, a veteran of the exams." Naruto rolled his eyes and ignored the kid. He replaced the weapon and listened in on the conversation. "These are my ninja info cards. They respond to my chakra only. Any one you want to know about?"
"Yeah, Gaara of the Desert." said Naruto.
"Look up Naruto Uzimaki, Haku Momochi and Deidara." added Kiba.
"Ah, you know their names. That's no fun." he said jokingly. He pulled four cards out of his deck and placed the first one on the ground. It spun as he placed his fingers on it and pumped chakra inside it. "Let's see here, Gaara of the Desert. Thirty four D-ranks, sixteen C-ranks, and, wow, one A-rank. The most interesting thing about him is that he has gone through these without getting a scratch and is the Jinchuuriki of the Shukaku no Ichibi."
"I already knew about the Jinchuuriki thing." said Naruto off-handedly.
"You did? How?"
"Check my card if your information is accurate but don't read it aloud." Kabuto returned Gaara's card to the deck and drew out a second card. Hs chakra flashed as he read it.
"Oh, I see now."
"May I see my card please?" Kabuto handed Naruto the card. He scanned it quickly. All it said was his mission reports, his team mates, his skills…and that he was a Jinchuuriki, who his parent's where, who his grand parents were, who… 'Hold on one damn second.' He returned to his grand parents and widened his eyes slightly. Next to a picture of Tsunade was a picture of a pale skinned man with golden eyes. Under the picture was the words 'Orochimaru of the Sannin, current leader of the Hidden Sound village, holder of the Snake contract and wielder of the Kusanagi blade.' he handed Kabuto his card back with a shaky hand.
"Is something wrong?" asked Kabuto.
"I just didn't know who my grand father was, but you did." Kabuto looked at the card in shock then back at Naruto. He took the card and tore it in half then burned it.
"He sends his regards Naruto." he got up and left, leaving all of them in confusion.
"Hey, I never got to see what made Naruto so special!" hollered Kiba. Naruto held him against the wall, a white blue creeping through his eyes.
"What makes me special is that my full name is Naruto Miso Uzimaki-Namikaze, son of the Fourth Hokage and Kushina Uzimaki the Bloody Blade of Konoha. I'm the Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi no Kitsune and a level three blade master. I have mastered the Flying Thunder God and Rasengan and I'm working on my own jutsu and I have the Raijin Ken and a sword four times strong. I can summon snakes and hawks, and I'm the team mate of Deidara, the Jinchuuriki of the Kaku no Shichibi and last user of the Kekkai Genkai of the third Tsuchikage, and Haku, the Jinchuuriki of the Hyoryu no Shichibi and last user of the Hyouton Creation Kekkai Genkai." he threw Kiba onto the floor and pulled his fist back, but a hand laid itself softly on his shoulder.
"Naruto, please calm down. He's not worth it." his blood shot gaze landed on Haku and he calmed down. She gave him a hug to help calm him and he uncertainly returned it. He didn't notice a tear falling from Hinata's eye. They had to move as a third of the contestants left to the room for fear of going against Naruto. Naruto spied Kabuto talking to a female grass ninja, which made Rochi tell him something shockingly happy, that tried to approach him but a blast of smoke covered the room as Ibiki Morino, the man who had taught him interrogation, and several Chuunin appeared in the room.
"Alright you maggots listen up." he looked round in confusion and started to count people up. Then he sighed and turned to Naruto. "What did you say?"
"I told them my full name, my parentage, who my first tenant is, my blade master level, what the most powerful techniques I know are, what weapons I have, what I summon and my team mate's skills."
"Well you sure as hell made my job easier. And I don't have to put up with Anko's shit in a little while either." Naruto perked up at Anko's name but he noticed the Grass-nin got a smile like the one Anko got when she told him about her teacher Orochimaru, like a person filled to the brim with happiness. It made him rather suspicious.
"Ibiki, we need to start now." whispered one of the Chuunin.
"Right, all of you take a slip of paper and go to that seat." he produced a hat filled with paper strips and allowed them to choose. Naruto ended up in the third row next to the Grass-nin. He stole a blank piece of paper from the front of the room without Ibiki noticing on his way to his set. He spun a pencil in his hand and quickly wrote on the blank sheet 'You take the snake in the grass reference to far, you know that?' and pushed it over to her. She looked at him in confusion until Rochi crawled down his arm so the girl could see him. She scribbled something and passed it back.
'You saw through it did you? I didn't think any one would have.' he turned to her as a pale white skinned snake slithered from her sleeve. He wrote his reply quickly.
'My snake told me who you are. Apparently they can sense those who have signed the contract. Why are you here Grand Father?'
'I came to complete a job. Have you awakened the First and Second?'
'Yes, when I was tricked into stealing the Forbidden Scroll by a Chuunin academy instructor who told me about the Kyuubi. He was placed in the jail after that.'
'Was his name Mizuki?' Naruto didn't waste the paper and just nodded. 'He is a subject of mine. I didn't think he would attack you though.'
'YOU MEAN YOU KNEW AND DIDN'T TELL ME YOU WERE MY GRAND FATHER! DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I WAS BEATEN GROWING UP!?' they abandoned the exchange as the test began. Naruto took one look at the questions and realized these questions couldn't be answered by an average Genin. He placed his hands under the desk and made a small set of hand signs. He brought them back up and covered his left eye. A small eye of ice, so clear it couldn't be seen, appeared on top of the head of the Genin in front of him. 'Ice Style: Eye of the Ice Beast!' He copied the answers, turned the paper over and started to polish his swords. The paper was soon returned to him.
'I am sorry I was never there for you but even I didn't know about it. Kabuto stole those cards from the Kage tower and didn't know that that particular information was on there.' Naruto began to return it until he felt some one try to enter his consciousness, so he contacted Kyuubi.
'Get rid of them.'
'Yeah, yeah, yeah. ROAR!' behind him, Ino screamed and fell backwards. He smiled as one of the prompters around the room marked her sheet.
'It's okay grand father. I can understand that. I really do wish you had been there for me growing up. It would have made being a Jinchuuriki a hell of a lot easier.'
'Naruto, you aren't old enough to be cursing.'
'Old enough to kill, old enough to curse.'
'I'm guessing you spent a lot of time with Anko?' Naruto's reply was a hushed laugh that only Orochimaru could catch. Before the conversation could go any further, Ibiki spoke up.
"Alright you twerps and twerpets, time for the tenth question. But first, I need to explain things to you. You can choose if you want to take the question. If you choose not to, you will be kicked out of this exam."
"Then why wouldn't we take it?" some one yelled out.
"I'm not done yet. If you choose to take the question and you get it wrong, you will never be allowed to take the Chuunin Exams again!" almost instantaneously, hands started to fly up. Team after team was eliminated until only about twenty two teams were left. 'Doesn't look like these ones will quit.' "Alright you maggots, you all…" he prepared to yell 'pass!' but never got the chance.
"Wait one god damn second scar top."
"I SAID NEVER CALL ME THAT!"
"You really expect us to believe some Jounin from the Hidden Leaf has control over all the Kages and village leaders? Or is this just another of your mind games?" Ibiki smiled.
"You got it kid. You want to explain or should I?"
"I think I got it." he stood up from his chair and increased his voice so all could hear. "The purpose of the final question was to test us. As Chuunin, we would have to make decisions that will end badly two out of three times. We had to be able to take risks or we wouldn't be equipped to be Chuunin. Am I right scratched dome?"
"Would you quit with the nick names!? But yes, you are right. You must be willing to put yourself on the line for the mission. This is what I have received for my own loyalty." he untied his bandana style head band to show burn marks, scars, and small holes. Even Naruto, who had never seen these, fought the urge to heave. "Now, the second prompters should be here in three…two...one…bang." he took a step back as a black ball flew through the window. Two arms flew out and tossed kunai into two corners, sticking the cloth to the ceiling. Then they did the same with the bottom. A person tumbled out and Anko smiled at the ground as she landed.
"I am Mitarashi Anko, second proctor of the Chuunin Exams!" Naruto smacked his face at his senseis antics. He shook his head as the banner fell on her, the small wooden hands that had dislodged the kunai returning to the ceiling. A ninja near the back of the room with a picture of a mountain on his head band raised an eyebrow.
'Looks like Hoshimaru wasn't the last with his ability. I will have to watch for this one.' he felt a second presence and knew his apprentice was about to speak to him.
'Master, is he the one Itachi is assigned to capture for the Akatsuki?'
'I think so, but I haven't seen any abilities with fire so we can not be certain.'
'Shall we ascertain him?'
'No, just warn your teammate to be on her guard. The way that Grass-nin is acting something is going on.'
'As you say Master.'
"Naruto, you bastard!" yelled Anko as the cloth was hurled at him. He snapped and it exploded into flames and sparks.
'Is that good enough for proof Master?'
'Yes, I believe you are right my student.'
"Anko, you came to early again."
"No, you just set your watch wrong!" she argued. Naruto sighed at his sensei's antics and dodged a kunai. "Meet me at Training Ground Forty-Four, as the more experienced ninja call it…" she, Naruto and Ibiki all finished the line at the same time. "The Forest of Death!"
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A/N: So Naruto's grand father is finally revealed to him. And who is this Genin with the Mountain head band? What plan could he possibly have in Konohagakure? And will Ino tell others about the Kyuubi? Find out in the next chapter of…
Of Trees and Frost
By
Ragnorokrising