Ch 13
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Special thanks to Princess-Serenity-Serena for helping me by being the beta for this story and possibly others.
Previously on NotS:
In a secret place…
"Are the preparations complete?" a sinister voice asked from the darkness.
"Yes my lord! Our new allies have been most cooperative," the subordinate answered.
"Gooood!" the man's voice echoed in the halls of the complex, "Soon I will crush them and my victory will be complete Ku-ku-ku-ku! You may leave now… Kabuto!"
"Yes lord Orochimaru!" Kabuto bowed deeply before sinking into the shadows.
"Soon sensei…" Orochimaru hissed before mimicking his second in command.
Main Story:
Naruto was inside his compound relaxing after his usual day: teaching at the academy for an hour before tagging out with a clone, doing a daily dose of D-ranks, spending a little time with the newly formed Konohamaru corps and a healthy meal together with his two resident Hyuugas. Right now he was sorting through scrolls when he found the summoning scroll recovered from Kiri. 'Forgot about this thing, better get it to its rightful owners…'. Before that though he began reading a freshly bought Kirigakure bingo-book when he came upon an entry that made him tremble slightly while sweating profusely "Oh man, Jijii's going to flip when he reads this ehehe…"
No sooner had he finished saying this that a voice rocked the village "NARUTOOOOO!"
"Looks like he just did." the blond sighed.
"No, ya' think?" said our local friendly Bijuu.
Naruto just laughed mentally before putting on his trench coat while channeling chakra to it to change its color theme. It was now striped by burnt orange and black uneven lines giving it the look of a tiger's skin. He checked himself two times in a mirror before nodding and Hiraishining to the roof of the Hokage tower.
He made his way to the doors of the office and unceremoniously entered after knocking once "Yeah Jijii?"
The man looked at the blond for a few seconds before sighing "Naruto…" he let it hang in the air "I don't suppose you read the latest Kiri bingo-book have you?"
Naruto's shoulders dropped and that was all that the Hokage needed for an answer. The man shook his head from side to side before calming down realizing that it was not really the blond's fault "Then you know that Konoha now has the first B-rank Gennin team in history."
The ANBU guards almost tripped while standing still at hearing the information. One of them couldn't keep his composure any longer and took the bingo-book that stood on the corner of the Kage's desk. He flashed through pages until he was met with a sight that nearly blew his mask off.
'Special entry: Konohagakure Gennin Team Seven
First Gennin
'Name: Sasuke Uchiha
Age: Unknown 12-14
Gender: Male
Known Alias: Last Uchiha, Gennin of the Year
Nickname: None
Rank:High- B
Position: Gennin
Known Associates: Naruto Uzumaki, Hyuuga Hinata, Kakashi Hatake, Konohagakure
Bounty: 0 Ryu
History: Unknown
Taijutsu: Jounin level
Genjutsu: Unknown
Ninjutsu: Jounin or Elite Jounin
Affinities Known: Fire
Special Characteristics: Sharingan, higher than standard chakra capacity
Important information: Together with Naruto Uzumaki and Hinata Hyuuga, incapaciatated Zabuza Momochi's unknown aprentice who was by estimates a low A-rank
Second Gennin
'Name: Naruto Uzumaki
Age: 12-14
Gender: Male
Known Alias: None
Nickname: None
Rank: High-B
Position: Gennin
Known Associates: Sasuke Uchiha, Hyuuga Hinata, Kakashi Hatake, Konohagakure
Bounty: 0 Ryu
History: Unknown
Taijutsu: Unknown
Genjutsu: Unknown
Ninjutsu: Unknown, Presumed Jounin
Affinities Known: Wind
Special Characteristics: Fuinjutsu expert, outstanding speed, special senses enhancing jutsu
Kenjutsu Expert/Master (No accurate data) - Defeated and captured former Mist Swordsman Raiga Kurosuki although it is to be noted that the Kiri swordsman had been in a lengthy battle with Kurenai Yuhi before he was confronted by the Gennin. Also killed aproximately 300 armed bandits in a single strike. His sword appears to posess special abilities.
Medic-nin: First-class
Important information: Together with Sasuke Uchiha and Hinata Hyuuga, he incapaciatated Zabuza Momochi's unknown aprentice who was by estimates a low A-rank.
Third Gennin
'Name: Hinata Hyuuga
Age: 12-14
Gender: Female
Known Alias: Konoha's Princess, Hyuuga Heir, Kunoichi of the Year
Nickname: None
Rank: B
Position: Gennin
Known Associates: Naruto Uzumaki, Hyuuga Hinata, Kakashi Hatake, Hyuuga Clan, Konohagakure
Bounty: 0 Ryu
History: Unknown
Taijutsu: Jounin to Elite Jounin
Genjutsu: Unknown
Ninjutsu: Unknown, Presumed Jounin (Juken Jutsu)
Affinities Known: None
Special Characteristics: Byakugan, higher than standard chakra capacity, Juken Taijutsu
Important information: Together with Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki, she incapaciatated Zabuza Momochi's unknown aprentice who was by estimates a low A-rank'
The ANBU nearly fainted but quickly composed himself and reassumed his duties.
Naruto was deep in thought, something just didn't add up. He clearly fought during the encounter but not so much that it would give that much info. His highly educated mind and snap-quick thinking he came up with just one conclusion "We have a mole." he whispered.
Hiruzen did a deep intake of smoke from his pipe before blowing it out. "Indeed although this information could have been a spy from Kiri who happened to look at your fight."
"No, our info is too detailed. Our full names, our age and our positions are not something that should be that obvious as we didn't just yell them out to everyone we met." Naruto countered and the old man nodded "Also, my medic-nin skill level and rank was only mentioned once during the trip and the only reference to my Fuuinjutsu capabilities were my clothes when the shield activated blocking Raiga's attack. Also the 'special senses jutsu' is no doubt referring to my Shinsougan. This is information that only a select few had access to."
"That is disturbing but not unexpected…" Hiruzen continued "But we will look into it later, right now I have something to talk to you but before that could you go fetch Hinata, Sasuke and Kakashi and be here in exactly ten minutes?"
"Let me check, wouldn't want to flash to Hinata while she's bathing now… that's something to save for after the wedding!" Naruto answered like it was to be expected but then realized something "I don't want to call you a pedo but if you get one mental image of her in the birthday suit I will make Gai run around naked in your office for a week, got that?" Naruto pointed at the Hokage who paled and raised his left arm while touching his heart with his right as he nodded furiously.
Naruto then focused on his comm-seal. After five seconds he got the all clear. "Be right back Jijii!" and he was gone in an orange flash.
Hiruzen sighed before another person entered his office. The old Kage then told that person "You know what to do. Wait for me to finish with his team before you make your entrance! And by Kami if you do that stupid dance-introduction of yours I will make you take on D-ranks for a week!"
The person nodded before exiting again.
In exactly ten minutes team seven entered the office and bowed. Hiruzen nodded and then motioned to his guard to leave to which they complied. Naruto then activated the privacy seals since it was obvious that the Kage had some private news to give them.
"Ah Team Seven, good to see you, or should I call you team 'Yurei'?" the Kage chuckled. "Anyway I'll get straight to the point. Although the success of the ANBU project I had you on would contradict this I am officially withdrawing you from active force and moving your team to the A.S.T.B-Ssection." the Hokage said taking another intake from his pipe.
They exchanged looks between themselves before turning to the Kage. It was Kakashi who spoke first "Not that I'm questioning your decision Hokage-sama but why are we moved to the Sleeper Reserves?" he asked. The A.S.T.B-S or Ansatsu Senjutsu Tokushu Butai Special Agents, more commonly known as Sleeper Agents or Sleeper Reserves were agents who had (or were) retired from ANBU active duty but still retained the right to resume duty with full authority if the need became critical.
Hiruzen nodded "As I'm sure you know, the Chuunin Exams are coming up in two weeks' time." he paused and they nodded "I also know that you are way beyond Chuunin in strength but your official rank is still Gennin. Also, while the main reason we host these exams is to promote Gennin, the principal reason is because it is a replacement for…"
"War…" interrupted Naruto.
"Exactly!" puffed Hiruzen "Also these exams are meant to attract clients for missions." the aged Kage paused again before resting his pipe and looking straight at them with a serious expression "For that reason I want to show them all the strength of Konoha's Gennin. That's why I am suspending your ANBU activity for now. So you can devote yourselves fully to making the village proud."
"Hai!" they answered as one.
"Good, if that's all everyone but Naruto can leave because I still have something to discuss with him."
Team seven minus Naruto bowed and left in Shunshins. After that Hiruzen pressed a buzzer on the intercom.
Naruto was about to ask what's up when someone entered the office. That same someone had long spiky white hair tied in a loose ponytail. He was dressed in dark green clothes over which rested a red… ah fuck it… its Jiraya the Toad Sannin.
"You!" pointed a surprised Naruto while just managing to retain his anger and the volume of his voice.
"Hey gaki!" Jiraya began with a smirk but flinched when red chakra began seeping out of Naruto. "Whoa kid, calm down! I just want to talk okay?"
"Careful Naruto, my chakra is reacting to your anger. Keep cool!" Kurama began and the chakra receded from the blond although the anger was still visible in his eyes.
"And pray tell me, why should I listen to you?" Naruto asked Jiraya like he was having a conversation with a roach.
Jiraya got a small tick-mark "How about the man who wrote the book you've been named after by your father: your godfather an-". The man didn't get to finish as he had to block a backhand thrown by the blond however there was enough force behind it to make him skid on his feet all the way to the back of the room.
"Don't you dare use that word you old fart! I don't care if you were dad's sensei, I don't acknowledge you as my family!" Naruto retorted back.
"Naruto please calm down!" Hiruzen stated trying to quell the boy's temper "I don't want two of my best shinobi starting a war in my office!"
The blond teen just blinked in confusion before smirking "Oh, you mean the blow! Sorry, that was an allergic reaction."
Hiruzen looked at his 'grandson' and frowned a bit "Allergic reaction?"
"Yeah, I'm allergic to bullshit!" Naruto blinked innocently "I mean it sure is easy to say that you are my godfather when it suits you isn't it?" the blond sighed before waving his hand in submission. "Like leaving me alone was…" the blond whispered but it was still loud enough for it to be heard.
"Look Naruto, you know that I had to…" Jiraya began but was instantly silenced by the look on the blond's face, a look that promised pain if he continued that sentence.
"If you try that bullshit about protecting me from outside sources I will castrate you with a rusty senbon!" Naruto growled "Do you think that Iwa or any other god forsaken place would try to kill me inside Konoha with you around? It would have been easier to just attack en masse since the shinobi forces inside the village would have been crippled by the Bijuu's attack and every elemental village would have known that there would have been a fledgling Jinchuriki that could not control the power and let's not forget that the Yondaime died and that would have been headline news. That's when Konoha was at its weakest and it would have been a perfect time for an outside attack but why didn't it happen hmm?" Naruto continued pushing the white haired man into a mental corner
"I'll tell you why! It was because they were just as weak from the Third Shinobi World War. Iwa had lost a lot of lives in their kamikaze attacks, Kiri was in a terrible state as it still is, Kumo was having Jinchuriki troubles of their own and Suna was in a state of financial collapse. Do you think that they would have risked another war with a major village by attacking A FUCKING SANNIN'S PROTÉGÉ?" yelled the boy, finally losing his temper. "That's bullshit and you know it, the same kind of bullshit that my old man fed to everyone when he cursed me with this life!"
"Naruto, I thought that you didn't hate the Yondaime." Hiruzen began gravely, worried where this was going.
"Oh I don't hate him Jijii! I loathe him and resent him for what he did to me, only for that. I follow my own mottos, one being forgive but never forget. You should know that better than anyone." Naruto answered and got an expected reaction from the old monkey. "I was a five-year old back then and was just happy to get some people who didn't look at me like I was made of glass and who didn't try to set me on fire! But as I grew and got smarter I saw what that bastard did to me!" Naruto began anew.
"How dare you call Minato a bastard, brat! He was five times more of a man then you are!" Jiraya began coldly but was blasted into the couch by a very weak Boido Nami.
"How dare you question me coward! I dare to call him that because that's what he was! For crying out loud I don't hate him and I understood why he did it! I still fucking love him for Kami's sake but I hate his hypocrisy even if he believed in me with all his heart!" Naruto cringed hard to keep the tears from spilling out.
"Hypocrisy?" asked a confused Hiruzen.
Naruto nodded "Yes. You know that bedtime story a Bijuu can only be sealed inside a newborn. That's a big bullshit and you should know of it old man, both of you! Take Kurama's previous Jinchurikis. Mito Uzumaki for example was a full grown woman when she sealed him inside herself. Mom was already in her early teens when the duty transferred to her. So it would only be logical that it didn't have to be child to be a container but what? I dug into it some more. Why didn't dad choose another? Why didn't he give the choice to somebody who could actually make that choice? I pieced together the history and finally figured it out: it wasn't a newborn that was needed for the sealing but an Uzumaki since only we have the chakra and will to hold something so powerful back. Why? Because we are distantly related to the Senju who believe it or not, together with the Uchiha are descended from the Sage of Six Paths. Dad didn't choose me because I was a newborn but because I was my mother's son and the son of the Kage! He decided my life before I could say yes or no! He treated me like a slave, like a Kami-damn piece of rare material for a prison! He may or may not have done it in ill will but it all comes down to the bottom line: I never had a choice and for that part I will forever loathe him as he spit on my life because he allegedly 'never had a choice'! News flash people: there is always a choice even if you don't like the options, which brings us to the second part of Minato: The shitty father drama, he could have taken all of Kurama with him into the Shinigami but like a 'good' Hokage, he chose the many over his son so that the village Bijuu balance would still be kept. I don't care if he loved me, he did the one thing that will never raise him in my view: he willingly sacrificed my childhood for the greater good! Damn it I hate those words more than anything! Saying 'for the greater good' is a coward's way out of the remorse from a morally bad decision. There is no 'greater good', there is only sacrifice, and the only sacrifice that counts is the selfless one! I didn't make that sacrifice, somebody else did it for me!" Naruto finished clenching his hands so hard that his nails drew blood before relaxing his fists and teleporting away.
Hiruzen then sighed "Well at least he didn't try to tear you apart like last time." he said and the Sannin shivered. That kid had too much power for his own good he thought as he nursed his black and blue forearms. Damn that kid can throw a backhand.
After that we find Naruto sitting on the Yondaime's head on top of the Kage Mountain. In his hands was a roughly used but still well kept 'Tale of a Gutsy Ninja'. It was this sight that came into Jiraya's view when he shunshined there. But before the man could speak Naruto beat him to it.
"This is a good book. I always tried to be what the character is described as: to be the one who ended the curse of hatred, the everlasting cycle of pain that rocks this world. I've kept this book since Haruko-kaa-san gave it to me for my eight birthday. The same day that three assassins tried to eliminate me…" the blond continued making the man loose light in his eyes "They were not foreign shinobi but three dead-drunk Chuunin. They were absolutely pathetic and were quickly sent beddy-bye but one of them got to say something. Want to know what he said?" Naruto asked without looking at Jiraya "He said that I was 'the bastard demon of a filthy whore and her mongrel of a fuck-buddy'." The Sannin then had a couple of murderous thought going through his mind.
"I nearly tore his throat out with my bare hands all the while thinking not of making him suffer but simply: 'why'? Why did I have to face the wrath for something neither me nor Kurama had any blame for. Why did dad abandon me like this? And most importantly: why did my only family leave me to face it all? I asked myself this even more after Jijii told me that he stood up for me in the council, saving me from execution.
It tore my mind to pieces asking myself why. I tried to view the fact that you had a spy network to run and had to protect me from outside influence but it was too convenient of an answer, too many unknowns. I rattled my brain searching for the truth and then it hit me: you hated me!" Naruto answered looking over his shoulder at the flinching man.
"No, hatred is too much of a word. It was more like you didn't want to be around me. You stood up for me to fulfill your duty as godfather but that was all, after that you left right away. You blamed me for dad's death. For that damn you, damn you to hell! I didn't want that you bastard!" Naruto words were heavy but they sounded like whispers. "And then when your pain passed you returned, ten fucking years later, not even sparing a glance sooner, all the time traveling the world, getting drunk and having fun with women while the village had its 'fun' with me." the blond trembled in a surge of emotion "I sound like a conceited, selfish brat right now don't I? Well screw you, I think I deserve a little selfishness!" the boy swayed his head from side to side. "And you know what? I will be even more selfish! I want to bring peace to this world so no one has to go through this pain! I will break this accursed cycle of hatred that rips the world apart even if I have to take on all the malice in existence! And I think that I'll start with you!" he said standing up and looked at the man with a frown of conviction. Jiraya was taken aback by his words so he could only stay silent. "If you can forgive my outbursts I will forgive you but don't be fooled pervert! I will never forget myself and my past but I will grow from it and one day I make you see your own wrongs! And then I'll be right there next to you helping to mend the mistakes of the past and bring forth an era of love, and I will be Hokage! That's my dream, no, a promise!" Naruto declared with a cocky smirk plastered on his face and his hand extended for a shake.
Jiraya also smirked grabbing the blond's hand "Outbursts? You were like a damn typhoon!"
The man remembered the first time they met each other. Let's just say that it ended with the man's clothing shredded from countless narrow misses of the blond's sword after two days of chasing. Dammit, the gaki just had to be a teleportation AND clone specialist and have near godly levels of stamina and all-seeing eye-enhancing jutsu.
The blond just put on his best goofy expression while scratching the back of his head.
"Now that we made peace I have to tell you that unofficially I want to ask you to train under me before and after the exams. I know that we don't have that many styles in common but we are both chakra freaks and I am also a seal master that I hear you strive for. Also I'll have you know that I am the man with the record for the most missions in Konoha and probably the Elemental Nations so I want to share some of my experience with you just like I did with your old man when he was a Gennin. Plus unlike my former teammate, I know I'm getting old and want to leave my skills and summons with you. So what do you say?"
"What do you mean unofficially?" Naruto asked "And what about Kakashi-sensei? I mean if it's only up to me I accept since Kakashi-sensei would then get to train more with Sasuke considering the Sharingan and all, and Hinata has her family to help her."
"First off about Kakashi… do you honestly think that any level headed sensei would refuse one of their students the right to be apprenticed to a Sannin?" the man asked extending his chest like a peacock making Naruto snicker.
'A Sannin who nearly got his balls sliced off by a ten year old academy student.' Kurama completed being the source of the blond's good time.
"And as for your other question, Hiruzen-Sensei actually orders you to be my apprentice but I wanted this to be first and foremost your choice."
Naruto then smiled and nodded earning a smirk from the old Sannin who then began "I'm guessing that sensei already knows about this from his Crystal Ball Jutsu so what do you say we get some ramen and then we start our first training session."
Naruto smiled even more as he heard the magic word and quicker than you can say Orange Flash they were already on the rooftop overlooking Ichiraku's.
Jiraya took a second to shake-off the dizziness. He had experience with the technique from his student but it had been so long since it was used with him.
Time skip and nine ramen bowls later (out of which two were Jiraya's) they were in a beautiful clearing further west of the 44th training ground (Forest of Death).
"Okay kiddo, let's start although I'm not sure if I should teach you the Rasengan or Summoning first…"
Naruto started chuckling nervously "Uh… yeah about those two…" he began before raising his right arm straight to the air, palm facing the sky. Half a second later and intricate, glowing seal composed primarily of seven swirls of similar sizes appeared on his hand and immediately after this you could see chakra being gathered in a ball. What was unusual though was that six different colored chakra started gathering from the seven swirls. The chakra started to react to one another merging and forming, the inside of the sphere was like a violent storm with red lightning and sand being violently mixed with the cloud like water by the incredibly sharp winds while the pure yin-yang chakra shell and inner parts condensed and compressed it until it finally reached a point where seven bright circles of seven colors were emitted from the pure white core and now circled the outer sphere: white, metallic gray, crimson red, aqua blue, pale cyan, dirt brown and electric silver.
This process took about three to four seconds from start to finish.
Jiraya looked incredulously at the blond who now held the finished product in one hand. It now looked like an atom with the nucleus containing a calm, misty substance that looked like powdered rainbow circling a pinhead sized white core like the branches of a galaxy. The most surprising thing was that no matter where what angle you looked at the core from, you would see the exact same picture of a slightly angled 'galaxy'.
"What the hell is that?" the Sannin asked no longer containing his thoughts.
"Konton: Rasenginga! (Chaos Element: Spiraling Galaxy!)"
"Wha…" stuttered Jiraya.
Naruto smirked "I did some research about the Rasengan and from stories mostly told by Jijii I found the basic principles about it. It seems that dad was inspired by the Bijuudama (Tailed Beast Bomb or TBB), the ultimate Bijuu chakra attack and luckily Nii-san is the strongest of them. So with his help, I worked for three months and finally got the basic Yin-Yang Rasengan down. After that I tried expanding it with elemental chakra but found that it's impossible to focus both Yin-Yang chakra necessary to compress the shape and supply elemental chakra to power it through the same chakra Tenketsu. So I did the next best thing and used a Kage Bunshin to supply the elemental part and the spin while I focused on maintaining the sphere but it was too costly even for me to split my chakra through the Bunshin AND to perform this jutsu. So I went back to the drawing board and used a different method: Seals. I developed a seal that would do the work of transforming chakra into all forms of elemental chakra and also do the spinning while I focused solely on compression and containment.
And it worked… partially. The concentration and control necessary to maintain it is astronomical! Luckily I tried this out in the middle of the desert on a mission to Wind Country with a Kage Bunshin. You have to understand that the seal seems to mix and fuse the elements together creating a tremendous amount of pressure. While it is superbly stable in this final form, if you slip just a little during its formation it could easily wipe you out and a town the size of Konoha clearly off the map. The place where I first tried it is now an attraction in Wind in the form of a 'bottomless' pit in which the surrounding sand slowly falls into called 'Stardust Sand Falls' since the official story is that a meteorite created the hole."
'Holy crap!' thought Jiraya.
"This finished product has three times that destructive potential since the fused elements form a new type of negative mater or dark-mater in its own contained 'miniverse' which is kept from the normal one by my chakra. Once something touches it, that something is lost form this world being mater or energy. Notice the rings around it? Well that is leftover energy from the air around us, as well as sunlight and heat, falling past the event horizon (the sphere edge) and taking the colors of the main sequence. I won't bore you with the translation of these words but I will tell you that this Rasenginga can be used while held in hand to create a virtual drain from which nothing can escape or…"
Naruto finished his words and then jumped high into the air (about twice the size of Gamabunta) and twisting his body once for momentum, chucked the Rasenginga further then they could see with normal eyes. Two seconds later a massive explosion was seen in the distance of the forest training ground and a light dome the size of Konoha expanded far off. All in all it looked like an angry Bijuu fired a huge-ass TBB.
"Thrown like a shuriken although what you see is the energy released by the positive mater and negative mater canceling each other out and escaping from the ruptured spherical containment field. I can fire about six of these in succession before I tire out."
Just then an ANBU team appeared but quickly left after Jiraya shooed them away.
"Okay, I guess that means that I only have to teach you summoning today and then we will spar." Jiraya told the boy who was now two feet in front of him. The said boy then touched the ground and a seal array appeared. The next second they were several hundred feet off the ground.
The old man took a few moments to register the twenty foot gold feathered wings that were flapping on his left and right. He looked at who or what owned these wings and saw something that seemed to be a combination of a bird and a crocodile with the body of the reptile and the muscular legs of a panther but it's whole body was covered in hard feathers that looked more like scales of the same color as the wings.
"Kuchiyose: Kinryu!" Naruto spoke softly.
"Why have you summoned me Naruto-sama?" the dragon spoke with a very beautiful male voice.
"Greetings Kinryu! I was demonstrating my abilities to my new teacher, the Toad Sage, and I thought that it was the best to show the most majestic of all dragons. Please set us down and then return home." Naruto responded.
Kinryu smirked and did as he was told.
"Okayyy…" said Jiraya.
"As you can see I can summon dragons although I have permission to sign other contracts as long as they are not enemies of the Elder Summons, one of which is the snake summons. Kinryu though is the most majestic of them all with his golden feathered body but because of that he has one huge ego that must be stroked in each of my sentences when addressing him."
"How? And why not snakes?" Jiraya asked out of curiosity.
Naruto then told him about how he got Meian and a little more "You see, snake sages tend to think that when they master their abilities they ascend to dragonhood and thus present themselves as such. This and the fact that they are mostly bloodthirsty creatures that ask for live sentient sacrifices have angered the true dragons and have thus been declared as enemies."
"I see…" muttered Jiraya "Well, do you still want to sign the toad's contract?"
"Sure!" said Naruto with a smirk that hid his deeper intentions.
Jiraya then summoned a rhino-sized toad who presented the contract. Naruto did an once-over on it and saw the Sannin's signature and also his fathers as well as all the names of the toads he could summon. He hesitated a little but steeled himself and, drawing blood from his finger, he signed it.
"Try it out!" Jiraya motioned.
Naruto having read the contract for the toad names using Soujin Seishin knew exactly which toad he wanted to summon. So after redrawing blood from his finger he filled his hands with chakra and after the hand seals he touched the ground saying "Kuchiyose:…"
Jiraya who was watching from a little distance felt a discomfort in his gut because the toad that Naruto summoned…
"…no Jutsu!" and a puff of smoke later and a toad the size of an adult's arm appeared in the clearing. The toad had a black and burnt orange color scheme and appeared to be wearing an obi sash. It also appeared to be floating in midair.
"What the hell? Who the fuck are you?" the toad asked Naruto who in turn grew a tick mark from the toad's disrespectful voice. I mean the strongest of all summons ends your name with 'sama' and this little bastard didn't even know him and already started spewing out obscenities in front of him. He quickly got control of his annoyance though and did a light bow towards the toad
"Greetings toad-san! I am Naruto, your newest summoner!" the blond said with a smile.
"Huh? Well I guess that you randomly summoned me out of your first try otherwise…" the toad didn't get to finish as Naruto interrupted him.
"Oh on the contrary, I summoned you on purpose." said Naruto making the toad raise an eyebrow "You have something which belongs to me…"
Time skip…
It was early morning when team seven made entered the Academy building and headed to the examination room. On their way they stopped to see a large mass of Gennin standing in front of what they remembered was the broom closet. It wasn't their fault entirely as the closet had a genjutsu placed on it to make it seem like it was the examination room and had two boys standing guard which they immediately recognized as younger versions of the Eternal Chuunin, obviously henge'd.
'Idiots…' they thought and wanted to make their way to the third floor where the real exam was taking place when they heard a yell and then a whimper as none other than Sakura flew backwards into the air, thrown by Kotetsu after she tried to force an entry.
'What is she doing? Kurenai-sensei must have taught them to see through a genjutsu of this level for sure!' they thought "Oh I get it, she is trying to reduce the competition by playing dumb, though I'm not sure about the 'playing' part. Must have been Shino's idea."
Just as the henge'd Chuunin went in for the 'kill' a green blur appeared and stopped the hit.
"Hey Lee!" Naruto shouted and the boy turned and smiled.
"Greetings friends! Are you here to show your flames of youth in this challenging exam?" he shouted.
"Yes Lee-san!" answered Hinata.
"What about you? How is your new taijutsu coming into play?" asked Sasuke.
"Yosh! My new moves will light the youth in everybody that will blaze through the springtime which powers it! YOUTH!" answered Lee making everyone think 'Just what the fuck did he say?'
"Hn, just make sure you try and build up a resistance to blacking out when drinking and do it away from Konoha. Your … 'flames of youth' burn down houses when you get wasted." smirked Sasuke and after greeting Lee's teammates, he and his team made their way to the real exam hall.
They met their sensei just outside the room where he wished them good luck out of habit more than need.
Just as they stepped inside they felt the 'tickle' of the weakest KI they ever felt and raised an eyebrow when a small part of the examinees looked at them with murderous intent. They just brushed it off like an annoying insect (no offense to any Aburame) and they tried to make their way to a corner but before they made it there they were greeted by the rest of the rookie nine.
Naruto got to exchange some words with Chouji.
"Hey Chouji!" Naruto smiled.
*munch* "Hey *munch* Naruto!" said the plump boy as he was chomping on some chips.
"Did your dad get the Bear summoning contract?" asked the blond.
Chouji for his part stopped eating "How do you know about that? Wait, it was you who left it in our mailbox?"
"Guilty as charged." Naruto smirked "Got it in my first mission outside the village and knowing your clan's history, I knew it belonged to you guys."
"Well, thanks a bunch! It belonged to dad's grandfather and was lost when he died in battle. I want to thank you again and dad said that whoever was responsible for this will be a friend of the Akimichi's forever! He also said and I quote 'A lesser man would have kept it, ransomed it or sold it'. Not to look a gift horse in the mouth but why didn't you?"
"Like I said I knew it belonged to the Akimichis and keeping it for whatever reason was just wrong." Naruto answered swaying his head from side to side.
"Well know that you will always be welcomed in my home and you can always chow down with us. You are the only one outside the clan who can keep up with us anyway." the big boned boy smirked.
Naruto then bowed and returned to his team's side.
After 'greeting' everyone back, as well as breaking up the squabble between Sakura and Ino over Sasuke, they were approached by a Gennin called Kabuto.
"You should keep it down because you're attracting too much attention!" he told them and when they looked back to the hall they saw that everyone there was looking straight at them and leaking KI.
Naruto then sank his eyes behind his hair. He stood there for a second or two before his shoulders started moving up and down. This was accompanied by a sobbing kind of sound. It got louder and louder until they actually found out that he was chuckling which in turn got louder and louder until Naruto broke into a full blown crazy laugh, his face aimed at the ceiling (Death Note: Kira/Light Yagami final laugh when he got caught Japanese version) giving everyone there, besides shivers, WTF expressions.
Just as quickly as it began it stopped with a gasp. Naruto stood there looking at the ceiling for a couple of seconds before looking back at them, his eyes glowing crimson with slits.
"The fuck ya' lookin' at?" and finished with 15% of his KI.
Most of the Chuunin hopefuls immediately turned their heads. The remaining part were frozen stiff except a certain red-haired boy who had thin black rings around his eyes, a kanji for 'Love' tattooed on his forehead and a huge-ass gourd. The said boy smirked and nodded softly at Naruto although his two teammates, a beautiful blond girl with a huge fan on her back and a boy with too much make-up on his face ("It's war paint!") looked like they pissed themselves.
Naruto had an encounter or two with them earlier and, remembering it couldn't help but think:
'This is going to be interesting!'
*End Chapter*
Sorry for the short (for me – I usually try to make 10k+ words) chapter but my finals are coming up and I wanted to post this faster. Wish me luck!