(Zabuza'sandHaku'sgrave)
Two figures clad in khaki body armor and masks that had thin slitted eye-holes and a wavy design were the mouth was suppose to be and the symbol of Kirigakure on their foreheads were standing near the grave of the two recently buried ninjas. They were two actual hunter-nins from Kirigakure that had heard a rumor that the missing-nin Zabuza had been killed.
"The rumors were true," said one hunter-nin, "Zabuza, The Famous Demon of the Mist, has been killed, I wonder who killed him?" "I could care less, but his accomplice supposedly belonged to the Yuki clan, so we need to dispose of that body," the other hunter-nin said, picking up Kubikiribocho with great difficulty, "Yagura-sama will be delighted to know Zabuza is dead and the sword had be returned." The first hunter-nin was preparing an earth jutsu to remove the bodies from their graves, but his partner stopped him.
"Four unknowns approaching quickly," the hunter-nin alerted his partner and putting down the giant butcher knife, "Be on guard." "Don't worry, we'll be done before they get here," he said while finishing his jutsu. The two wooden coffins popped out the ground and the first hunter-nin opened them up to see the bodies of Zabuza and Haku. "Finally Zabuza, we will remove the blemish you are from Kirigakure," the hunter-nin said while preparing to cut off their heads.
He was stopped when his partner had usedSuition:Suiben(Waterstyle:WaterWhip) to hold him in place. "What the hell are you doing?" he asked his partner, who gave him no reply. He then saw two Anbu appear and pulled out tantos. "Why the hell is Leaf Anbu doing here?" he asked.
He felt his partner jutsu fade before he was pierced in the heart from opposite sides from the two Anbu. The hunter-nin fell to the ground as the two Anbu pulled out their tantos. He looked in the direction of his partner to see him lying dead on the ground with a kunai in the back of his head and another Anbu behind him before the hunter-nin died.
A man with auburn colored hair and amber eyes wearing a short black jacket that had red straps on the shoulders with red short kimono, black sash, and black pants approached the three Anbu. "Get those two bodies and that sword," he commanded. "What about these two?" One of the Anbu asked. "Take the one without the head injuries," he replied as he went to grab Kubikiribocho. 'Damn, this thing is heavy,' he thought as he struggled to pick up the blade, 'If only these damn swords could be sealed in a sealing scroll.' The auburn haired leader jumped into the trees as the Anbu finished sealing the bodies and shortly followed him.
(Twodayslater;UnknownUndergroundBunker)
Inside of a white room, Danzo sat a throne while listening to his auburn haired subordinate's report of his mission. "Fu, tell me why it took you so long to get back," Danzo said. "The Kubikiribocho was extremely heavy and I had to take many rest stops to gather the necessary strength to carry it," Fu answered.
"You are dismissed Fu," Danzo said, getting a bow of the man as he left. Soon, a bald headed man wearing a lab coat entered. "Danzo-sama, we found a breakthrough with our project," the man said, "Only one with immense chakra reserves is applicable for the process necessary for Chimera Technique." "It will require body modifications since the absorbed bodies will space while being integrated into the user body, mostly likely leaving easily visible scars on the body."
"Damn! That technique will be useless to any of you," Danzo said. The Chimera Technique was developed by one of Konoha's own ninja, Hiruko. The boy had been friends with Jiraya and was always jealous of the abilities granted by the Kekkei Genkai users. He started research on a way to meld the abilities of many animals together to make an abnormally powerful summon for himself, hence the name of the technique. Nevertheless, after seeing Kakashi with one of Obito's sharingan, he then perverted his already slightly twisted research for him to find a way to put Kekkei Genkais within himself. That is when he started using humans for experiments.
The Third Hokage, who ordered the Sannin to kill Hiruko, soon discovered his project. While Hiruko fought the Sannin, Danzo used the distraction to all of Hiruko's research notes. The Sannin never went into Hiruko's base, instead burnt the whole place to the ground and not even searching the insides.
'Only one person meets the criteria for the use of the Chimera Technique,' Danzo thought to himself, 'Naruto Uzumaki, somehow I will obtain you.'
(TrainingGround7;1monthlater)
Kakashi sighed as he watched the two male genin of Team 7 bicker over some pointless subject until Sakura joined in. They would do fine on missions and team training, but leave them alone with nothing to do; Sasuke and Naruto would start an idiotic argument. Then Sakura would join Sasuke's side and Naruto would start berate her for being a fan girl, which was just about to happen.
"Sakura, why do you always butt in when Sasuke and I are arguing?" Naruto asked. "Because Sasuke-kun is always right!" Sakura said. "Just because he's Sasuke, right?" Naruto asked. "No, because I'm better than you," Sasuke said. "In some things, but not everything!" Naruto argued.
"What can you do better than Sasuke-kun, Naruto-baka?" Sakura asked. "I've have more physical power, stamina, endurance, and chakra than him, I know for sure," Naruto answered. "I highly doubt that, dope," Sasuke said. "The clone jutsu I use all the time can only used by people with jonin-chakra reserves or higher," Naruto explained, "Even then they tend to be exhausted after making five or more clones because the jutsu divides half of your chakra into the clones."
"So you're telling me you have higher chakra reserves than most jonin, baka?" Sakura asked. "I'm near the top for the people with the most chakra," Naruto said, "Right Kakashi-sensei?" "Yes, you do Naruto," Kakashi answered. 'How does he get that much chakra and I don't?" Sasuke asked himself. "Still, once a dope, always a dope."
"Teme! I'm not a dope anymore," Naruto said heatedly, "I know some things now, as you can see." "I barely think a month is enough time for you to learn anything," Sakura said. "Oh, what have you been doing this month to improve yourself?" Naruto asked. Sakura was about to say something, but she thought about what she actually did. 'I've been doing aerobic exercises, that counts for something right?'
"That's what I thought," Naruto said after a moments of silence. "What's that suppose to mean?" Sakura asked. "While I was working my ass off, and probably Sasuke too, you were most likely thinking of ways to get Sasuke's attention and did nothing to improve yourself," Naruto said coldly, causing Sakura to wince from the unfamiliar tone from Naruto.
"I have to agree with Naruto since you haven't showed any improvement during the last training sessions," Sasuke said, "before you know it, Naruto will have passed you." Sakura was now sitting on the ground, grasping her knees, with a storm cloud raining over her head. 'Even Sasuke-kun thinks I'm weak,' Sakura thought sadly.
"But I have already passed her! She barely passed did anything on the Wave mission," Naruto argued, "During our whole first fight with Zabuza, she stood there in shaking in fear while we were fighting!" "She stopped training during the tree climbing exercise, which would have increased her chakra reserves that already very low." By now Sakura's cloud have transformed into a thundercloud shooting lightning bolts, blowing heavy winds, and pouring down a flood.
"You make a good point Naruto," Kakashi said, seemingly amused by Naruto's tirade, "But enough of picking on Sakura, I want you and Sasuke to spare before training for today is over."
(Afewminuteslater)
Naruto and Sasuke were facing each other, both in their stances with bodies tensed to attack or defend for the moment Kakashi started their spar. "Beat up that baka, Sasuke-kun!" Sakura shouted, annoying both of the boys. "Remember no weapons or jutsus! Hajime!" Kakashi shouted. The two boys stared at each other, waiting for the other to move. 'I'm surprised Naruto didn't try to attack Sasuke as soon as I said start,' Kakashi thought.
Naruto was the first to move, rushing at Sasuke and preparing a haymaker. Sasuke tried to counter Naruto's attack, but Naruto's new found speed didn't allow that. 'When did Naruto get so fast?' Sasuke asked himself as he was sent stumbling back from the punch, which Naruto immediately capitalized on by kneeing Sasuke in the gut.
As the wind was knocked out of Sasuke, Naruto planted his foot and sent Sasuke rolling with another haymaker. "Kakashi-sensei, don't you think Naruto is being too rough with Sasuke-kun?" Sakura asked worriedly form the sidelines. "Don't worry Sakura, Sasuke can take it," Kakashi assured the pink haired girl. 'Naruto is actually getting some hits on Sasuke now.
Sasuke stopped rolling as his back hit a tree's trunk. 'Naruto is throwing me around like a rag doll!' Sasuke thought as he activated his sharingan. Sasuke dodged another haymaker from Naruto that left an indentation of his fist in the trunk of the tree. 'And he's apparently got much stronger too,' Sasuke thought as he sent an uppercut towards Naruto's jaw. He then landed a combo of a hook into Naruto's rib, another hook to the face, and a roundhouse kick to the side, putting distance between him and Naruto.
Naruto sped towards Sasuke, cocking his left fist back for a haymaker. Sasuke dodged the attack by slightly moving his head to his right. Naruto did a one-eighty turn to back fist Sasuke, who blocked with an x-block and winced from the power of the attack.
Sasuke front kicked Naruto in the ribs to distance himself from his blonde teammate once again. The raven haired boy did a superman punch that Naruto easily blocked. Sasuke then did a rear roundhouse kick that hit Naruto dead in the chin and quickly landed to sweep kick Naruto off his feet.
Naruto did an aerial recovery to land on his feet and did a flying sidekick towards Sasuke. Sasuke jumped away from Naruto's intended landing zone and watched Naruto carefully to counter any incoming attacks.
Meanwhile, Kakashi was analyzing Naruto's fighting capabilities while Sakura was too busy worrying over her precious 'Sasuke-kun' getting hurt. 'Naruto is much effective in battle now,' Kakashi thought as Naruto head butted Sasuke, 'And also much more brutal.' 'Oh no! Naruto just made Sasuke's nose bleed with that thick skull of his!' Sakura thought worriedly.
Sasuke was on the ground, clutching his bloody nose. 'I shouldn't be losing to the dope, haven't I gotten weaker?' Sasuke thought, 'Where did Naruto go anyway?' Sasuke looked up to see Naruto in the air about to do a falling axe kick on him making Sasuke eyes widen. In a panic, Sasuke sloppy went through the hand seals for the fireball jutsu.
'What the hell is Sasuke thinking?' Kakashi thought as Sasuke prepared his jutsu by sucking in air into his lungs. "Katon:GokakyunoJutsu(FireStyle:GreatfireballTechnique)," Sasuke yelled as an orb of fire came out of his mouth. This fireball paled in size and power compared to Sasuke's usual fireballs.
As the fireball approached, Naruto was barely able to use the substitution jutsu with a log to escape. Even though much of the log was burnt to ash, a part of it fell to the ground that made Kakashi breathe a sigh of relief. 'Thank Kami for the almighty log, savior of leaf ninjas for centuries,' Kakashi thought.
'Never knew Naruto could pull off a substitution so fast,' Sasuke thought before he had to dodge a blow to his back. When Sasuke turned around, he saw Naruto covered in an aura of chakra. 'What jutsu is this?' said Sasuke and Kakashi simultaneously; one scanning the jutsu with his already activated sharingan and the other preparing to the do the same. The aura of chakra surrounded every inch of Naruto's body and clothing.
'The amount of chakra needed for this jutsu is staggering!' Kakashi thought, 'I could barely use this jutsu myself!' 'How much chakra does Naruto really have?' Sasuke asked himself as he finished scanning the jutsu.
Naruto jumped at Sasuke at an even greater speed than before, cocking his fist back with Sasuke copying him. When their fist collided, Sasuke felt a sharp pain run through his arm that was easily being pushed back. Sasuke then sent a punch with the opposite fist towards Naruto's face, who easily swatted the offending appendage away. Naruto sent an uppercut towards Sasuke's chin; the raven-haired boy was unable to dodge and was lifted into the air and sent flying towards Kakashi and Sakura.
"Sasuke-kun, are you alright?" Sakura yelled when the raven haired boy landed beside her. Sakura shook the boy's body a few times to find out he had been knocked out. "Naruto-baka, you knocked out Sasuke-kun!" she yelled. "Sakura, things like this always happen during spars and if I remember correctly, Sasuke knocked out Naruto a few times," Kakashi said, "It's unfair you get on Naruto's case because he finally knocked out Sasuke."
Sakura mumbled something and pulled out a first aid box to patch up Sasuke. "Good job Naruto, you become much better at taijutsu," Kakashi praised, "You also did a great job of avoiding Sasuke's fireball, even thought this was a taijutsu only spar."
Naruto beamed at the praise he had received. "Naruto, I would like what is that jutsu you used?" Kakashi asked. "It's a jutsu I created myself!" Naruto said. "Liar! There's no way some idiot like you could make a jutsu!" Sakura yelled from where she was patching up Sasuke, who had just woken up, "Don't you agree Sasuke-kun?" "Agree with what?" Sasuke asked as he rubbed his bruise chin.
"Naruto said he created his own jutsu!" Sakura said. Sasuke looked at Naruto for a second before saying, "Yeah right." "Why don't you two believe me?" Naruto asked childishly. "Well Naruto, most people who make their own jutsu are usually at least jonin rank," Kakashi said, "So it's really hard to believe a genin made his own jutsu." 'Much less one that burns through that much chakra in so little time, I better show the Hokage this.'
"Alright, training is over, you can all leave," Kakashi said, "But not you Naruto, I need you to come with me." "Huh, why?" Naruto asked. "The Hokage would probably want to see your jutsu," Kakashi said. "OK, I bet that Jiji will believe I made my own jutsu!" Naruto yelled as he ran towards the Hokage Tower with Kakashi following him.
"So Sasuke-kun, want to go on a date?" Sakura asked hopefully. "No," Sasuke said. "Why not?" Sakura whined. "I need to train," Sasuke said. "But you're already really strong," Sakura argued, "One day without training won't hurt, will it?" "Naruto just beat me, I think that calls for me train till my body burns itself out," Sasuke answered, walking away. 'Dammit Naruto! You always ruin my chances with Sasuke-kun!' Sakura thought angrily, stomping away from the training ground.
(HokageTower)
"Has Kakashi given his opinion on the boy yet?" Danzo asked Hiruzen. "Not yet, but he should be coming shortly," Hiruzen answered. "Jiji, I can't wait to show you my awesome new jutsu!" Naruto yelled as he burst through the door. "Seems the boy needs to be trained in manners too," Danzo said eying Naruto with Kakashi appearing behind him. Normally Naruto would have shouted something along the lines "Who you think you are?" But to the surprise of the more experienced ninjas, Naruto offered a quick apology.
"Kakashi, have you reached decision yet?" the aging Hokage asked. "Yes, I believe my team are applicable for the chunin exams," Kakashi said. "That's good to hear," Danzo commented. "Naruto, do you know what the chunin exams are?" Sarutobi asked. "Yeah, it's a big test where genin from almost every hidden village comes to participate in to try to become chunin," Naruto answered, surprising everyone with his knowledge.
'No boy isn't ignorant like he used to be,' Danzo thought, 'I won't have waste so much time trying to explain some things to him.' "I'm glad that you have become more knowledgeable, Naruto," Sarutobi said, "But what is this new jutsu you speak of?" "I use my deep reserves of chakra to form a barrier of chakra around myself to protect myself from minor damage," Naruto explained, "Plus it increases my physical strength and speed!"
"And where did you get this idea from?" asked Sarutobi, catching Naruto off guard. 'Kyuubi, what do I say?' Naruto asked in a frantic tone from his mental link. 'Zzzzzz,' was Kyuubi's reply. 'You god damn fur ball! Wake your lazy ass up!' Naruto commanded, getting a tick mark on his forehead.
"Naruto," said Sarutobi, getting Naruto's attention, "I'm waiting for the answer." Naruto's eyes nervously darted around the room, desperately trying to come up with an answer. "Hiruzen, I think it's obvious where the boy got the idea," Danzo said impatiently. "You think he received the idea from the Kyuubi?" Kakashi asked, 'If he did, this could make the council try to lock up Naruto.'
"The technique is based off the cloak most jinchuuriki make when they use their bijuu's chakra, so it's it is a possibility," Hiruzen said, "Is that where you got your idea Naruto?" "Yes," Naruto said nervously, "The Kyuubi isn't controlling me; he just talks to me and sometimes gives me advice."
"You're able to talk to the beast?" Danzo asked which made Naruto nod, "What does he usually talk to you about?" "Mostly he just berates my skills, clothing and food choices, and how trustful I can be," Naruto answered, "Overall just being a dick." "He doesn't tell you to release the seal?" asked Kakashi. "I asked him about that and he said I would receive the beat down of my life by two powerful people," Naruto said, "And he still wouldn't get released; so he says it's not worth trying." "Did he say who and how does he know that will happen?" Sarutobi asked curiously.
"One person was of the best ninjas ever to come from Konoha and the other he didn't really give any information on," Naruto said, "He said he knew this because he has immense knowledge in sealing from his two former hosts." 'Well that I can guess about three or four people for the people described,' Sarutobi thought.
"Hiruzen, I don't think this needed to be told to the council since from what Naruto said that the Kyuubi is actually helping him actively," Danzo said, earning him some points in Naruto's book. 'Finally, someone probably in a high position that doesn't think I'm a demon!' Naruto thought. 'What are you planning Danzo?' Kakashi thought, eying the bandaged man suspiciously.
"I agree with that Danzo," Hiruzen said, "Kakashi have you made your decision." "Decision for what?" Naruto asked curiously. "If you can compete in the chunin exams coming up," Kakashi answered. "Sasuke and I are totally ready; we just need to work on Sakura a little," Naruto said, 'More like a lot.' "I got the close-range power and endurance of the team, Sasuke has mid-range and finesse covered, while Sakura has the support and knowledge!" "Seems your student is enthusiastic, Kakashi," Hiruzen said. Kakashi sighed. "Yeah, they're ready."
"Good, now we can the boy started on his much needed training," Danzo said. "What do you mean by my much needed training?" Naruto asked. "You're a jinchuuriki, a very important part of a major village's power," Danzo explained, "I plan make sure your are clearly chunin rank, most likely higher that even, while Kakashi trains your teammates to make sure you can at least get to the part of the test where your team won't affect your chances on promoting."
"You plan on taking my student away from me?" Kakashi asked. "Kakashi, Naruto will still be able do missions and train with your team sometimes to keep up his teamwork, but he will mostly be trained by me," Danzo explained. "Do you think something is wrong with my teaching method?" Kakashi asked. "Unless you plan on training him like an ANBU recruit back in your ANBU days, I will do a better job of training him," Danzo said. "Do you agree to this Hokage-sama?" Kakashi asked. "Yes, I believe Danzo will do the better job," the aging Hokage said, "Naruto go with Danzo to start your training."
Naruto followed the old bandaged man, thinking about how awesome his training was going to be. "Hokage-sama, don't you expect Danzo to twist Naruto's perspective to his own liking?" Kakashi asked. "Yes I do, but when he's with you I expect you to fix what you think need to be fixed," Sarutobi said, "And if I was you, I would start training your other two genin to the ground so they can keep up with Naruto in the exam." "Yeah or I will have to listen to Sasuke's bitching about how much stronger Naruto than he is," Kakashi said as he began to leave.
AN: It's been forever since I updated this story, and I have no excuses for that. I hope this chapter pleases the few readers I probably have left.