A/N: Yo. Sorry that I'm late! A black cat crossed my path so I had to take another one, THEN an old lady spilled her bag of groceries so I had to help her pick them up and bag them. After that, I saw my friend Bob and talked to him for a while then all of a sudden a giant shrimp fell from the sky and landed on him, SO I had to take him to the hospital! And then, when I was walking to my computer again, what happens but the computer turning alive and sending mutant bunnies after me? *shakes head* It's a sad, sad story. But hey, here I am! :D
And on with the story. ^-^ ***Blame Kaka-sensei for my craziness above***
::Chapter Two-The Team::
Kyuu-sensei, Naruto called mentally. A snore answered him. Naruto sweat-dropped and shook his head. Baka-kitsune.
"Hey, Naruto," a sleepy voice greeted. Shikamaru Nara, the laziest Genin, Naruto thought before he looked to his right. Shikamaru had fallen asleep with his head resting on his arms. He was currently snoring quietly. Naruto sweat-dropped again.
"Konnichiwa, Naruto-kun." Ne no Sai, the ex-ROOT member who has recently became a Genin, Naruto thought as he nodded in greeting to the pale artist.
"Quiet down!" Iruka told the class. . . .they didn't appear to hear him. He sighed and his head became enlarged. "I SAID SHUT UP!!" he yelled. They were finally quiet, with the exception of Sai, Shikamaru, and Naruto (who had been silent that whole time). "Good. Now, the team announcements." Iruka called out the teams, stopping and looking like he was about to have a mental breakdown as he called out Team Seven. "Team Seven will consist of Sasuke Uchiha-" The boy in question just grunted, looking as brooding as ever. "-Sakura Haruno-" Sakura cheered while inwardly she was moping. Why does it have to be the emo-ass avenger!? she wailed. "-and Haruka Rimasaya." The red-haired, red-eyed female tsked and flipped off the fangirls that glared at her. Iruka sighed. "Your sensei is Kakashi Hatake." Naruto snorted. I feel sorry for them, he thought.
True. They have the perverted, 'sorry-I'm-late-blahblahblah' sensei, Kyuubi agreed.
"Team Eight will consist of Kiba Inuzuka-" the male grinned while his dog, Akamaru, barked from on top of his head. "-Hinata Hyuuga-" the Hyuuga heiress smirked and gave a V-for-victory to Kiba as he grinned at her. "-and Shino Aburame." The silent boy tilted his head forward in acknowledgement. "Your sensei is Kurenai Yuuhi."
"Team Nine is still in rotation from last year, so that leaves us to Team Ten which will consist of Ino Yamanaka-" Ino was ranting about how she wouldn't be on the same team as her 'Sasuke-kun'. "-Chouji Akamichi-" The boy continued munching on his chips while Ino was wailing in the background. "-and Shikamaru Nara." Shikamaru (who had recently woken up) visibly slumped in depression, mumbling 'troublesome women' over and over while he let his head hit the desk again. Naruto and Sai sweat-dropped. "Your sensei is Asuma Sarutobi." Naruto's eyebrows rose slightly. Jiji's son? he inquired mentally. Kyuubi (who was in human form at the moment) put a hand to his chin in a thoughtful manner.
I think so, he replied.
"Team Eleven will consist of Sai-" The artist gave a fake smile. "-Kabuto Yakushi-" The silver-haired male nodded and adjusted his glasses, smiling. "-and Naruto Namikaze." Naruto smiled in a fox-like way. A/N: Think Gin Ichimaru from BLEACH. :3 "Your sensei is Hayate Gekkou."
-One hour later-
A sickly-looking man came through the doors to the classroom, looking at the six children there. Three were looking at him in a hopeful way (as if wishing that he were their sensei so they wouldn't have to wait any longer) while the other three were . . . playing Go?
Naruto cheered as he collected the last of Sai's black stones from the board. "I win!" he said in victory. Sai sighed. Kabuto was watching them and he rolled his eyes as Naruto continued cheering.
"Team Eleven?" Hayate asked, coughing again. Team Eleven froze (well, Naruto did) and turned to look at him. They hadn't even noticed that I was there, Hayate thought, sweat-dropping. Kabuto nodded for Naruto and Sai (Naruto = still froze, Sai = painting) and Hayate motioned for them to follow him. When they was at the doorway, Hayate vanished in a swirl of leaves. But not before saying, "Meet me at Training Ground 44." Naruto blinked.
"Isn't that the Forest of Death?" he questioned. Kabuto nodded (having taken the Chuunin Exams there once before), as did Sai (having trained there once in ROOT). Naruto sighed. "Well, we better get going." Naruto vanished in a haze of heat A/N: You know when there's a fire, and you look right above the flames? Imagine that as the "haze". At least, that's what I'm imagining. Sai disappeared in a whirl of leaves that fluttered to the floor afterwards. Kabuto sighed and shook his head before disappearing in a swirl of greenish-blue chakra.
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Hayate blinked when his students appeared before him with different varieties of Shunshin no Jutsu. He coughed and shook his head. Why am I surprised? he thought wryly. Hokage-sama warned me that this bunch of kids weren't normal Genin. "Okay... Well, the test -cough- that you three will be taking will be a survival test," he said. Coughing, he gestured to the Forest of Death. "You will begin in go. . . .yon. . . .san. . . .ni. . . .ichi!" Hayate swung his arm down as the gate opened, allowing them inside the training grounds.
Glancing at each other, they took off into the forest. After around three minutes, they met up in a small clearing. "Okay, so what's the plan?" Kabuto asked. Naruto was silent, thinking, as was Sai and Kabuto as they thought, also.
Do you, by any chance, know any ways out of this place? Naruto asked Kyuubi, mentally gesturing to the Forest of Death.
Kyuubi sighed and plopped down on a chair in his cage (still in human form). His eyes narrowed as he thought. I...don't know very much about it; however, I do know some things about it, he responded. I would be careful of the poisonous, huge snakes in the forest, and the man-eating animals. Also, watch out for the man-eating plants, Kyuubi grinned fox-like.
Gee, thanks, Naruto said dryly at the fox's last comment. He then relayed the information to his teammates, who nodded. "I should probably tell you something, Kabuto--" The silver-haired Genin interrupted him, however.
"I already know about the Kyuubi, Naruto-kun," Kabuto smiled. "It's okay, I don't judge you."
Naruto nodded and grinned back. Sai had already known, so I hadn't needed to tell him. Kabuto, however, I thought had not known though apparently he did. But how...? Before they could speak again, however, a loud hissing noise was heard. They froze and turned, slowly, towards a hugesnake.
Stop freezing up! Do some alchemy, quick! Kyuubi shouted at him as the snake lunged towards them. Naruto unfroze at his words and hurriedly slammed his hands together in a clapping motion before he slammed his palms on the ground. Bloody-red flames from hell rose from a zigzag crack in the ground, protecting them from the snake. It surrounded them, the flames illuminating their faces in a red glow. The snake melted slowly as the flames came in contact with it.
"What the hell was that?" Kabuto asked in shock. Sai was also looking at him in something akin to shock and surprise.
"That, my dear teammate, is called my little secret," Naruto grinned fox-like. "When I come to trust you better, maybe I will teach you two the fine art of it someday." The flames receded back into the crack in the ground, which closed up as if the ground had never been split before. Ah, the wonders of alchemy, Naruto thought in glee.
Kyuubi sweat-dropped. Eh. . . .kit? Naruto ignored him, continuing his mental cackling. Kyuubi shook his head. Never mind, then...
-Later-
"DAMN IT!" Naruto shouted as the three boys ran from a gigantic snow-tiger. "WHAT THE HELL IS A SNOW-TIGER DOING HERE IN KONOHA ANYWAY!?" he roared, pushing his legs faster whilst adding chakra to them. The other two followed his example.
"Like hell I know!" Kabuto yelled, yelping as the tiger swiped a five-foot wide, six-foot long paw towards them. "Gah! Don't you have any odd jutsu to get us away from this damn thing!?" he shouted to Naruto and Sai.
"I don't!" Sai yelled. A/N: OOC much? Well, they are getting chased by a huge snow-tiger that is dead-set on devouring them. -sweatdrop- "Naruto?! Don't you!?"
Naruto yelled out as the tiger tore the cloak he had covering his right arm, the tiger's long claws making a screeching sound as they scraped against the arm. The other two nearly stopped running as they saw his right arm. It was made of metal. "Keep running!" Naruto roared at them as they slowed down. They complied, seeing as the tiger was somehow becoming faster. Naruto was drawing a symbol on one of the white gloves he wore. When he was done, he did a back-flip and snapped his fingers towards the tiger. Surprisingly, a whip of fire sparked from his fingers and shot towards the tiger. Said tiger, sensing danger, dodged. Naruto cursed. He started snapping his fingers quickly, whips of fire sparking from his fingers and heading towards the tiger again. Kabuto threw kunai and shuriken towards it, the weapons burying themselves in the (now) bloody fur of the animal. Sai painted several lions on a blank scroll before he said, "Ninpou: Chōjū Giga." The lions on the scroll came to life and dashed towards the huge snow-tiger. While they were distracting it, Naruto had been preparing an attack of his own.
"Tajū Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" he yelled. Around two hundred clones of Naruto poofed into existence near him, all glaring at the tiger. They then smirked (same as the original) and raised their hand with the glove that had a blood-symbol written on it. "Hope you like fire, kitty!" they chorused before snapping their fingers.
BOOM! The tiger ran in the opposite direction (away from them) while his fur was on fire. Naruto smirked and panted in exhaustion. Didn't know that technique used that much energy, Naruto thought to himself.
Kyuubi was silent, lost in his own thoughts. Where did he even learn that technique? I didn't teach it to him, and he didn't read it in that scroll! It wasn't a part of his heritage, either, so how could he have learned a technique that was used by the Flame Alchemist!? Kyuubi sighed, dragging a hand through his rusty-red hair. He closed his eyes in annoyance. The only thing I can think of is that he would have gotten it by that. But that would be impossible, seeing as he's their brother! Kyuubi growled in frustration. Why does the kit have to be so confusing sometimes?!
"Naruto-kun, are you alright?" Sai asked his long-time friend. Naruto nodded and grinned slightly.
"Just fine!" he said. "I just used up my energy with that technique you saw, the one where I snap my fingers," he finished, still eye-smiling and grinning.
"We really should get to the tower," Kabuto said as he looked slightly nervously at a Venus Flytrap that was inching towards them. The others noted this nervously and hastily agreed. They ran off to the tower. A/N: No, the Venus Flytrap was NOT Zetsu-senpai!
-Tower-
"Glad to see that you three are still alive," Hayate dryly commented as they entered through the doors of the tower. He then noticed Naruto's right arm but decided to not comment on it. "I was watching you through this here-" He gestured to a crystal ball on a table in the corner and Naruto's eyebrow twitched. "-and I have to say, your teamwork was great but it could use some work." He paused and looked them over, coughing in the meanwhile. "So, I guess the final thing I have to say would be, you...pass!" The boys looked at each other, then Hayate, then each other, then Hayate (who sweatdropped), then each other and grinned simultaneously.
"Sweet," they chorused.
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Author's note:
Disclaimer I: Naruto (c) Masashi Kishimoto
Disclaimer II: Fullmetal Alchemist (c) Hiromu Arakawa
Yosh! So, there's chapter two of Naruto Namikaze: Part I! Hope you liked it :3 I forced myself to write it.
You see, here's a funny story:
One day, an author had an awesome idea to write a six/seven-part series that was about Naruto being an Alchemist. So, she wrote Chapter One (aka the prologue-chapter-thing) and then she remembered that she has forgotten most things from the manga/anime. Sooooo, she has to re-read/re-watch ALL the chapters/episodes of the series! HOW EXCITING!
*sobs* I'm going to die from this story~!
Okay, my emo-moment is over :D