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CHAPTER 4

Holy Metal Pole Batman!(bad joke but it was necessary... I think... Do you get it? Is me continuing on like this ruining what little humor the joke had? Yes? GOOD)

Time skip it is then... also, it will NOT be a harem, but the question you have to ask yourself is... What constitutes as a 'Harem'? There will be 2 girls, Ayame obviously, and one that shall be my secret for now... I'll tell you now, it won't be Sakura or Hinata... my reasons for the extra addition? I like the girl. Yeah, that's my reason... and its not cause she's attractive, its cause I can understand the method to her madness... shit, I just gave you a hint.

Unfortunately I kinda lost my muse for a bit so this chapter is not all that great, at least I don't think so, but hopefully the fact that its twice as long as my other chapters makes up for it.

A young man was traveling on an old dusty road, he carried nothing with him except for the odd creature that clung to his shoulder, the cloths on his back, and the six foot metal pole he was currently using as a walking stick.

He had blond hair and eyes covered by a blank hitai-ate, and was wearing a white jacket made of a light material, the sleeves went just passed his hands and had zippers from end to shoulders, his pants were of the same white material with built in kunai pouches on each leg, on his feet he wore nothing but had medical tape wrapped around his ankles and heels.

The pole he was carrying was made of a black metal that seemed to both shine and absorb light, the ends were odd and held a number of holes.(1)

and the odd creature... was talking.

"You ready kit? We're almost there, you think you can handle it?" Spoke the now revealed flying fox from his back.

"your concern is appreciated Kurama, but it's also unneeded, the question you should be asking is ' What are you planning for your big entrance'."

"you have a plan already? I wanted to help."

"And you will help, the plan I have involves you as an integral piece, trust me."

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It was a calm and peaceful day in Konoha, a rare kind of peaceful where even the Gods seemed to smile. Of course this rare calm is rare for a reason for it can only last for so long before it comes crashing down.

It was noon when the first clouds started rolling in, it was an hour later that people began to realize that something was wrong. The wind began to pick up at a rapid pace, the sky darkened, the shinobi could feel chakra in the air, something big was on the way.

Shadows shot from the sky, collecting into a mass of living night.

The shadows changed, taking form, wings shot from the body, fingers covered in a black, lifeless, skin. Soon a bat-like beast flew through the sky at speeds most shinobi found difficult to track, it swept low, brushing the buildings as it passed. Then it was gone, the clouds disappeared, and the wind stopped. The only sound that remained was the howling of the various dogs around the village.

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Hokage Tower

"You caused quite a stir with that little performance of yours boy. So, who are you?"

"Hm hm, honestly I had something much bigger planned but my partner wasn't comfortable with henging into a thrown for me to sit on"

"Answer my question child, my patience wheres thin"

Despite his calm voice you could see by the tensing in his body that he was ready to strike at a moments notice.

"Calm down, I'm not here to fight, though I am quite sad that you haven't realized who I am yet"

"I don't know you, now answer my question"

"I'm here to join Konoha"

… "What?"

" It's as I said, I'm here to join Konoha"

"I'm confused"

"And you still can't tell who I am"

"It may help if you just told me your name"

"Perhaps but it wouldn't be as fun for me, now would it Jiji"

" What did you just call me?"

" What I always call you"

" Naruto?"

" In a sense"

" How so?"

" The Naruto you knew is long gone, or rather he never existed, I am still him and I still live, but I am more, and less, at the same time"

*sigh* " I'm getting to old for this shit"

"Then I better hurry to take that hat of yours"

"Yes... I suppose you should"

A smile graced his lips at the boys hidden proclamation, despite all that had happened, he still wished for the title Hokage.

"We have much to discus Naruto"

"Yes we do, but I would much like to secure my position as a shinobi of Konoha before we get to my story"

"That may not be possible"

"Why, pray tell, is that?"

" As much as I want to trust you, you've been gone from the village for a good number of years, I haven't a clue as to your loyalties"

" Very well, a compromise then, you allow me to be tested to determine my possible rank, afterward I will tell you of my time out of the village, that way I know that if my story checks out I will have a place in your forces secured, and if it does not, then I should be to tired to escape"

" Seems fair enough, give me thirty minutes to call the ninja I have in mind"

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"This is Umino Iruka, a specialist of the basics, I'm sure you can tell what he'll be testing you in"

" A pleasure to meet you Naruto-San"

"Likewise, will we be expecting anyone else?"

"Yes, unfortunately he tends to be late quite often"

"I see, shall we start without him?"

"It seems that would be best, if you would Iruka"

"Hai, Hokage-sama. Now Naruto-San, as said, I specialize in the shinobi basics, we will be having a bit of a spar, the only jutsu allowed are the bunshin, kawarimi, and henge, you are also allowed kunai and shuriken as well as other such basic tools, unfortunately I doubt that I know your taijutsu style so we will have to stick with what has been explained"

" Can I use variations of the basic techniques? Due to my abnormal chakra reserves bunshin is impossible no matter how good my control is"

" I'll allow it as long as the variations have the same function as the original"

" Very well, shall we begin?"

"When your ready"

Naruto moved fast, easily low jounin speed, and struck with a kunai at the chunin's head.

Iruka dodged easily enough, but noticed with some confusion that the blond had dropped the kunai and drew another, this continued for a good while, strike, dodge, drop, draw, strike, dodge, throw. By the end the field was covered in kunai.

"This makes no sense, he's only wasting kunai... And how the hell was he carrying this many?"

Finally the blond seemed to run out of knives and held still.

"Done already? I honestly was expecting a bit... More"

" I'm not done yet Iruka-San, I'm just about to begin"

And then he was gone.

"Kage bunshin?"

" And that's not all"

"Where is he? His voice is everywhere"

"I'd like to point out that by doing this with my voice that I'm not cheating, it is, after all, a BASIC technique of Kiri."

"Tricky little bastard"

"I am a shinobi"

"I take it you have a plan?"

" Yes, and being as this is not but a friendly spar, I'll give a clue"

"Much appreciated"

"Some of the kunai around you are kunai, the others are me, aside from that, you shouldn't have given me liberal use of the kawarimi."

"The kunai I get, but somehow the other part gives me a bad feeling"

He felt a hit from behind and recovered quickly.

As he turned he found nothing but another strike to the back.

'OK, kunai, clones, kawarimi, releasing a henge would make a telltale sound, so that's out, he wasn't this fast before but he could have held back... No it must be-'

"Kawarimi! You're using kawarimi to change place with the kunai!"

" Yes, but can you stop me?"

"No, even if I could, I'm surrounded by clones that I can't see, you've won this, I hate to say it but I underestimated you, I'm a master of basics, and this tactic is one I've used myself, I just never thought you would, or could, think of it, not many do"

"I may not be a master of basics, but I work hard to perfect every technique I have"

"Smart man, it seems you pass, you can come out now"

"I already am"

Iruka spun to look at the Hokage and face faults at seeing the blond on the branch above said old man.

"How?"

"Trade secret"

*POOF*

"YO, sorry I'm late, on the way here I came across a monkey stuck in a tree and thought it might be one of your summons so I helped it climb down"

Deadpan stare...

"I miss something?"

"Yes Kakashi you did"

"So... Umm... Should I start my test? That would be for the best"

" Right, let us begin... Who am I testing?"

"Me you fool"

"Oh, well then, shall we?"

"I suppose so, what are the rules for this test?"

"Simple, just hit me"

"Is that... All?"

"Yep!"

"Very well"

Naruto summoned his pole from a seal on his arm while moving into a lose stance.

He struck fast, moving at speeds he had not displayed in his previous fight. He was quickly upon Kakashi, swinging his weapon down in attempt to gauge his opponents speed and was not disappointed when Kakashi jumped back barely dodging.

His weapon sang as he moved it through the air, strike after strike blocked by Kakashi, but with great difficulty.

'Damn, I thought I would be testing a no name gennin not a jounin'

As he jumped back from a strike to his left hip, he lifted his headband, revealing a red eye with three black marks circling the pupil.

"Getting serious Kakashi-San? I suppose I should as well"

He spun his pole again and it sang as it always did before Kakashi fell to his knee in obvious pain.

'Dammit! He uses the sound that thing makes to attack my head and ears!'

The singing stopped.

"Do you wish to know the name of my weapon? It may help you counter me, and I would very much like to continue this fight awhile longer"

Hokage and Iruka

"Why does he keep helping his opponent?"

"It's because it's a test, Iruka, I can see it in his eyes, he wants to show us everything he has, and he can't do that if his tester can't fight back."

The fight

"I would appreciate the help if your willing to give it"

"Her name is Kaze no uta(melody of the wind)"

'The sound part I get, but is he saying he can use it with a wind affinity? If he does have an affinity for wind this just got harder'

"Ready to continue Kakashi-San?"

"Yes"

Kakashi struck first, ears glowing blue, chakra dampening the sound based attacks.

The fight continued, neither opponent managing a hit. Kakashi seemed confused however, as Naruto had yet to use his wind affinity to his advantage. Seeing this he decided to end it. He jumped back, throwing Naruto off balance.

He went threw the seals in the blink of an eye.

Lightning began to form over his hand.

He charged with a roar of "RAIKIRI".

Naruto had regained his balance by this time and pulled back his Kaze no uta. As Kakashi came closer wind shot from the end of the pole and began to curve.

A blade of lightning and a scythe of wind met and fought for dominance, but in the end the scythe won.

Kakashi panted, his arm bleeding. Naruto stood breathing slightly harder than normal, a stoic expression on his face.

"You... *Pant*... won"

Kakashi fell forward, exhausted.

"You fought well, but you were too quick to assume what abilities I had"

"Congratulations Naruto-kun! You bested one of my best jounin, I must say, I'm amazed"

"Thank you, Hokage-sama."

"Now then, you two can head home to rest, I must speak to Naruto alone about his time out of the village. Give Kakashi a hand, would you Iruka?"

"HAI"

Hokage tower

"Tell me every"

"Hai Hokage-sama. After the... incident, with Ayame, I'm sure you know what I did to her father so I'll skip that, I went into a bout of depression and asked the only person I could for help."

"Kyuubi"

"Yes, I'd like to point out that he's not all that bad, just... angry at the world? Anyway, he told me how to find somewhere I belonged, somewhere I could grow to be something more. Being the Hokage you probably know what happens when a human uses the Kuchiose no jutsu without a contract, I did that, and while its rare for a human to survive such a thing, it is possible if they get lucky... or if they have a 900 year old spirit stuck in their gut. I then appeared in what is known as Eien no dōkutsu, the home of the bat tribes, they, after hearing my story, agreed to train me, along with Kyuubi's help, whose true name I should mention is Kurama. You saw some of my abilities during my test so I'll ask that you not make me tell you more for fear of revealing the tribes' secret methods. Anyway, after eight years of training they said I had mastered all that I could from them and I had to make a choice, find a new home, stay with the bats, or come to Konoha. I thought it best to give these fools one last chance, but mark my words, I will not suffer their hate anymore, if things don't change I will be gone before the bodies of whatever ignorant beast forced my hand."

"I understand, but I must ask Two things of you"

""Very well"

"I ask that you give them three strikes so to speak, you are obviously strong enough to take on any that come after you, and humans aren't the kind to accept change at the drop of a hat, we will need time to correct their misconceptions."

"Two, two strikes, I will give them the benefit of the doubt once, but if I am attacked or scorned again after that...well you get the point. I would also like the right to kill aforementioned first offenders"

"Fair enough, now my second question, how did you do that big bat thing when you first entered the village?"

"HAHAHA, wind manipulation and genjutsu!"

"How did you manage to catch the entire village in a genjutsu?"

"Sound, a high frequency sound wave undetectable by human ears, that's why the dogs continued to go off after it was over. Although the Inuzuka may have heard it with their senses and you'll most likely get a report about the sound from them"

"Yes, it will probably have a number of them in a hissy. Before I forget, you said you had a partner but he refused to finish your plan, something about a henge if I remember correctly"

"Kurama, he's around somewhere, probably causing a bit of trouble"

"HE'S FREE?"

"Yep"

"Naruto, do you know what you've done?"

"Yes, I freed an innocent spirit from its prison while stripping it of most of its power, if he were to attack, a jounin could take him on... well an EXPERIANCED jounin. I'm not a fool Hokage-sama, I wouldn't have freed him if I had thought that he were a threat."

"He's right, I'm a threat to no one the way I am, besides even if I were I wouldn't go against the kit here, or rather I can't."

The voice came from the ceiling where a bat like creature hung, a flying fox to be exact.

"Kyuubi?"

"Yep"

"Your small... I mean, what did you mean you couldn't go against Naruto?"

"He means that even though I got him out of mu stomach, the seal still holds him to my will, and even if it didn't, we're partners now, think of him as my familiar"

"... I need my pipe and some sake"

"I have sake, I"ll trade your for a place to sleep tonight"

Sure enough the boy did have sake, it seems that while the old man stared at the Flying Fox he had unsealed a bottle to enjoy the show.

"My boy, after today, if your willing to share your sake with me, you can stay with my family for as long as you want... in fact, lets celebrate your new jounin rank!"

"Jounin? I made jounin?"

"Yes, now lets drink"

Done! I'm gonna try to get you guys a pic of his weapon, Kaze no uta, but it may take some time... I hope no one will stop reading 'cause of the 2 girl thing but even if you do... TO DAMN BAD, I LIKE ********* SHE'S A NICE LADY!

1-its kinda... perforated? Honeycombed? Working on getting pic

2-I swear to god there was a fucking (2) but I cant find it! I hate when things that need explaining go unexplained!

GOODBYE... SEE YOU SOON(maybe)... REVIEW OR THE ALMIGHTY LOG WILL DAMN YOUR SOULS TOO THE EVERBURNING INFERNO!