an:/ Wow, a lot of people either want kabuto to die later or die now. Of course, the chapters are getting shorter and taking longer to update but of course that will change when winter break comes out. Alright. I don't have much to say other than some responses to reviews:
The Lynx Wearing Eyeliner: Seems like a solid idea...I'll see what I can do... ;)
ero-sennin56: I hope you're reading this response because it is so important. Alright. Now that I have a few people's attention:
NAMIKAZE LEGEND-VERSE HISTORY! if you want, tune in.
Alright, today, we will be covering the Kirigakure no Sato's civil wars. So let's start with the Yondaime Mizukage, Yagura, jinchuuriki of the sanbi, who was in charge of the bloody mist, a society where children learned to slaughter their classmates to promote themselves. Under the this "bloody mist" society, Kiri was well known for violence and gore. Amidst the violence and constant fighting among random citizens and ninjas, those with Kekkei genkai started to stand out as superiors to everyone else in Kiri. Out of fear, the Yondaime Mizukage started the Kekkei genkai purge, killing off a majority of the bloodlines in Kiri, leaving a few to seek refuge in other countries and go under. Then suddenly, right towards the end of the purge, the Yondaime disappeared. After rising through the ranks, Terumi Mei has assumed the position of Godaime Mizukage. Under the new Mizukage, the bloody mist was ended. Or so they thought. Because the Godaime had radical views compared to the previous mizukage, mostly supporting peace and treaty versus violence and independence, many of the bloody mist supporters rebelled. Kiri split into two factions, one that supported the Godaime and one that supported the Yondaime. The two new factions started civil wars, competing to see which faction is better. Violent as they were, the Yondaime's supporting faction was starting to win based off of battle experience. However, one day, a masked shinobi appeared out of nowhere. This shinobi changed the tides of the battle, supporting the Godaime and wiping out chunks of the Yondaime supporting faction. The shinobi was well known for his red hilted sword, red bib, and fox mask. He was known as Shinobi no Inari. Shinobi no Inari was a one man army, defeating bases by himself and wiping the floor with the enemy's face. After the civil war was ended and the rebelling faction was put down, Shinobi no Inari met up with the Mizukage. The Mizukage offered a place in Kiri but was shot down after revealing that Shinobi no Inari was actually from Konoha. The Mizukage offered treaties to Konoha, securing an alliance.
All in all, to answer your question, ero-sennin56, If i have my history down correctly, the new mizukage was nothing like Hitler. Naruto was not supporting a Hitler at all. And if Hitler were to be brought to this for comparison, The Yondaime Mizukage would be closest, starting a purge, and creating a violent faction with radical views. As a matter of fact, scratch that. The two situations cannot be compared because though they may share the same root, they're not the same flower. Point is, the situation is nothing like WWII.
ALrighty then, History class is over. Now on to the real story.
As each genin entered the testing room, they received number tags to place on their shirt. Yoki entered last, receiving the number tag 150. Yoki eyed the room for a place to sit, spotting a teenager in the center. He chewed on a senbon and his eyes were darting around, like he was nervous or agitated. Yoki smirked under his mask but quickly stopped as he felt someone put their hand on his shoulder. He turned to see Konohamaru.
"Better not drop out, Yoki! Team 7 relies on you!"
"A-Ah, K-Konohamaru-san. O-of course."
"Haha, I'll see ya after the test!"
Konohamaru left and headed towards the back of the class, taking a seat next to the sand shinobi. Yoki headed to the center, sitting next to the senbon teen. As Yoki sat down, he looked at the teen and introduced himself.
"Y-Yo, I'm Aoba Yoki!"
"Akaraiji G-Ryuujin"
"I wish you luck then, Akaraiji-san"
"You too."
Yoki's eyes narrowed at the stutter. Who forgets their own name? How many suspicious people are there in this exam? Naruto's eyes darted around the room widened his eyes at his observation. A majority of the chuunin were stealing glances towards them. Did they know who he was? No. They weren't looking at him specifically. This Ryuujin character was the subject to their scrutiny. Odd. Yoki bit back a grin and but could help but have a mischievous glint in his eyes.
"Alright, maggots! Listen up! I'm Morino Ibiki and I am your test proctor for this portion of the test. You have received a number tag which you are to place on your shirt so that it is visible to everyone."
The crowd started to shift about as some of the participants corrected their tags.
"The first portion of the test, is the written test. You will be receiving a written test with nine questions on them. You are to answer all nine of them and then wait for the tenth question which I will give separately at the end. You have one hour to complete these nine questions. Attempt the highest score possible because your scores will be part of the team score which is all your teammate's scores combined. There are chuunin stationed around the room to catch any cheating. If you are caught cheating, two points will be subtracted from your team score. If you are caught cheating a second time, three points will be subtracted. If you are caught a third time, you and your teammates will be kicked out."
Yoki made eye contact which Sasuke who glared at him. His glare practically screamed Don't screw up. Yoki smiled meekly and looked back down. Yoki looked to his sides. Ryuujin was on his right and a Hyuuga was on his left. Yoki looked back up to meet Ibiki's stare.
"Alright, maggots. Begin!"
Yoki began to look through the questions. He almost scoffed out loud when he saw how difficult these questions were. These were probably questions for Jounin for crying out loud. Yoki continued to scan through the questions. As difficult as they were, Namikaze Naruto could solve them easily, but not Aoba Yoki. He was suppose to be below average in terms of intelligence. I guess I'll just have to cheat. He looked around to see several genin sweating like madmen and then smiled to himself. Yoki fell asleep, shocking several chuunin and causing Ibiki to sweatdrop. I know he's the hokage's kid, but sleeping? Really?
The hour went by slowly. Sasuke realized what the test was about as soon as he saw several genin trying to cheat. The half way through, the chuunin started calling out names. Some genins, not knowing how to solve these problems, desperately tried to cheat. Their sloppy acts of desperation were caught immediately. A few genin however, caught on to something else.
Sakura solved all the question solely based off of her own intelligence. Sakura knew she was smart, she wasn't too worried about herself. She was more worried about this Yoki guy. If Kabuto's cards were correct, this guy should have been called out by now. She took a peek at him. Sakura's jaw slacked and her eyes grew to dinner plates.
HE'S SLEEPING?
Sakura almost wanted to jump out of her seat and sock the kid in the nuts, downsize them so he won't pull this kind of stunt again. Was he that confident in his intelligence, which are supposedly below average? She looked back at Konohamaru who was also sleeping.
She glanced at the clock and saw they had 15 minutes left. She noticed the two people next to Konohamaru and the two next to Yoki were asleep as well. Ridiculous. Who do these people think they are? They are in the middle of a test!
Konohamaru caught the glance of Sakura underneath his elbow and smirked a bit. He was pretending to be asleep while he waited for his summon. He felt a shake on his leg and looked down to see his summon. The small monkey was going around, collecting answers for Konohamaru. As if these people would make him do a written test! Cheating penalties be damned, he is not going to think during this test. Konohamaru took in the information his summon collected and let it poof out of existence.
Konohamaru had spent a majority of the test time watching the sand shinobi next to him for information. The three siblings that he encountered earlier had intriguing ways of cheating. The Temari girl summoned a ferret as well, following the same strategy. The make up boy, Kankuro, connected his hand with another participant's hand with a chakra string, like a puppet. Now, the sandboy, Gaara. Ah, the sandboy, he had a peculiar way of cheating. He had created an eyeball out of sand and levitated it above the room. The boy covered one of his eyes and then began copying. It was as if the sand eye was connected to his real one. Konohamaru finished writing down his answers and then let himself fall back to sleep.
Yoki, on the other hand, had woken up from his 50 minutes slumber. He peered at the clock and sighed. He looked to Ryuujin next to him who was, unfortunately for him, fast asleep. Yoki slipped a senbon under the desk and shot it at the teen. The teen woke up with a start, darting his eyes about, but his eyelids began to weigh down and the boy collapsed again to the side, revealing his answers to the test. But Yoki wasn't going to take the time to copy, no way! Yoki knocked over his waterbottle on the floor, spilling some water. The chuunins looked at him and Yoki gave them an apologetic look. The chuunin shrugged it off and looked at the other genin, calling out more numbers. Yoki quickly formed a hand seal under the table and whispered.
Suiton: Suiko no jutsu
A small fox began to form from the water, solidifying into a small hand sized white fox with a red bib. It tilted its heads for instructions. Yoki started weaving hand signs like ANBU, giving the instructions silently. The fox nodded and disappeared between the legs of the genin. Yoki tilted back on his seat and waited.
Ibiki walked around, looking at the genin. He was most amused by the fact that the Yondaime's son had been sleeping for the past fifty minutes and only decided to wake up now with ten minutes left. He inwardly chuckled but tensed up immediately. He felt a presence behind him so he whipped around only to see nothing. He heard a sound of a bell and looked to his right shoulder. There stood a small white fox, tilting his head letting out a small squeak. Ibiki went to grab the fox only to grab air. The sudden movement caught the attention of all the chuunin as they watched the jounin interrogator struggle to catch a fox running all over him. Yoki smirked and took this opportunity as his opening.
The senbon on Ryuujin's leg suddenly sported a Hiraishin seal. Yoki quickly flashed to the teen, grabbed his test, switched it with his own, then returned to his seat. The only person that noticed this was one green clad genin behind him who looked in shock at the sheer speed. Yoki erased the name at the top, and changed it for his own. The fox on Ibiki's head dispelled, splashing water all over Ibiki.
Ibiki recognized the jutsu when it was too late. His drenched bandana weighed his head down as he looked at the disguised blonde. The blonde smiled and waved, chuckling a bit. That damned blondie. Ibiki inwardly cursed as he left the room to change bandanas. Naruto pulled out the senbon and went back to sleeping, having an extra nine minutes to spare.
"Alright, maggots! Time's up!...Quit yer yappin'"
The ephemeral chaos of murmuring genins stopped and looked back up to Ibiki.
"Alright. As promised, the tenth question will now be given out. But there's a catch. If you don't answer the question properly, you and your team will be kicked out-"
The murmurs started again.
"-And you won't be able to take the test ever again."
At that point, genin's were outraged.
"What?"
"That can't be!"
"What am I gonna do!"
The room was out yelled by the Inuzuka kid, Kiba.
"I'm pretty sure there are people who have taken this test several times!"
The room quieted down to several whispers in agreement. Ibiki scoffed, catching them off guard.
"That's because they were tested by a bunch of pansies. This is my test, my rules. You don't get it right, I'll personally make sure you don't ever take a genin test, ever. Period. Now make up your damn mind."
Yoki smirked and leaned back into his chair. He stretched a little and yawned, watching a few genin file out of the classroom. Yoki watched as Sakura started to panic.
Sakura started panicking the moment Ibiki said a team who failed the question couldn't take the test again. Strategically, dropping out would be most advised. They could try again next year, when the proctor was different, thus assuring success in passing whatever test they give. But then again, the Uchiha were behind this team, ready to strike down any who oppose. Taking the chance for the heir to become chuunin away was signing a death wish.
Sakura gulped and looked around. She made eye contact with Yoki. She tried to swallow but her throat was too dry. Yoki only smiled and shook his head. He raised his fist in enthusiasm and tried to motivate her then gave her the thumbs up. She chuckled a bit. The antics reminded her of what Naruto would have done. Her sensei had been trying to assure and motivate her. He would always smile a megawatt grin and give her the thumbs up. Suddenly she felt her panic and reluctance ebb away. She turned back to the front, more confident than before.
Several genin continued to leave the room. Naruto eyed the remaining ones, all the clan heirs were present, his team was still there, and those pestering suna shinobi were still there. How annoying.
Ibiki eyed the rest of the genin who were still seated. Some of the genins were shaking in their seat, their resolve, slowly but surely, crumbling. Ibiki smirked.
"Come on, ya shitless chickens! Take your pick! Wanna remain genin for the rest of your life?"
Several genin let out a squeak and then jumped from their seats, running to the door. Ibiki put his hands on his hips and smirked at his work. He was enjoying this way too much. But he could tell there this batch was strong. Only 78 genin left, out of the 150, leaving 72, which was still a lot.
"Is this your final decision? You all ready for the question that determines your fate?"
No one moved from their seats, their eyes darting around to see if anyone had the nerve to leave.
"Alright, maggots, You pass."
The Inuzuka guy raised from his seat at the same time as Konohamaru. The two shouted in unison.
"WHAT~?"
"You heard me, you all pass."
"But, how?"
The sand kunoichi, Temari, spoke up.
"The final question wasn't really a question, was it. It was just to test if we had the will to take chances. Same with the test. It wasn't really a written test to see how much we knew, but ..."
"...It was to see if we could cheat."
Everyone was shocked to see Yoki speak up. Yoki quickly covered his mouth and muttered sorry. He was really sorry, just not to the genin. He just put his cover in jeopardy and now his father is going to get his skin. Ibiki just smirked, realizing the kid's mistake.
"The kid is correct. As you can see, it only takes a retard to get it."
"H-Hey!"
Yoki puffed his cheek out and crossed his arms. Inside, he was kind of thankful because Ibiki might've helped him, a bit.
"As I was saying, both genin were correct. The test was to see if you could cheat, or, in more formal terms, gather information without people knowing. The test was composed of questions only jounin could answer. There were several jounins positioned around the room for you to cheat off of."
Ryuujin and two other supposed genin stood up waving. Ryuujin shot a glare at Yoki who only returned an innocent but mischievous smile. Ibiki coughed and continued.
"The tenth question was also a test to see if you had the balls to put all your chances on the line to succeed. You're all still here so therefore, you all-"
"-AND HELLO, LITTLE SHITS~!"
The window crashed as something shot through it, successfully interrupting the interrogator. The bundle shot out, pinning a banner with four kunai, reading, SECOND TEST PROCTOR, THE SEXY SINGLE MITARASHI ANKO! Yoki rolled his eyes and Ibiki facepalmed himself. Anko stood up straight, giving people a thumbs up.
"Hello maggots, I'm your second test proctor, Mitarashi Anko. Follow me to the Forest of Death for your next Exam!"
"Dammit, Anko! You ruined my ending!"
"Sucks for you, baldy!"
"Get back here, ANKO!"
Anko shot out of the room, leaving the genin bewildered. Ibiki coughed again.
"W-well you heard her, get going."
The genin filed out of the room and Yoki stayed behind again.
"How's your head, Ibiki? Didn't catch a cold did you?"
"Damn you, you little blond fuc-"
"Jaa-nee!"
Yoki flashed out, leaving Ibiki furious among shocked chuunins. They didn't know Yoki was actually Naruto so they thought a genin just insulted the tokubetsu jounin and got away with it.
"Damn that little dumb shit."
The genin gathered at the entrance of training grounds 44. Anko shunshined in front of the group suprising them.
"Welcome to my domain, o' wretched souls. This here-"
Anko pointed behind her with a smirk.
"-is known as the forest of death. Filled with vile creatures, carnivorous beasts that love to feast of fresh lil' genins."
Yoki scoffed. Well, 'Naruto' scoffed. Being a jounin, you get to learn a lot of the village secrets. For example, that damned cat, Tora, is actually a ninneko, training the little genin's how to use teamwork. As for the forest of death, most jounin have to go through cleaning duty, scavenging and scouting the damn forest for intruders and abandoned weapons from exams like this. 'Naruto' knew the forest like the back of his hand. Anko caught the scoff and sent a kunai at Yoki. Yoki saw it coming but wasn't suppose to have the reflexes to dodge it, so he dodged, smiled at Anko, the went back to his original position and got cut on his cheek. Even though she saw the whole thing, Anko shunshined behind Yoki and licked the blood off his cheek.
"Hm...Your blood and chakra tastes familiar..."
She smirked as Yoki smirked behind his mask. He whispered back.
"Mind not blowing whole damn operation?"
"Well excuse me, blondie. Better not fuck up my test."
She went back to her original position, leaving behind mouth gaping genin. Apparently to them, she was fast. But to Yoki, she was slow as shit. Anko continued.
"It's little genin's like you, underestimating the forest, that get eaten first."
Yoki smiled again and tilted his head to the side, feigning innocence. Anko shaked her head.
"Alright, let's explain the rules for your second test."
an:/hai hai, wait a moment before telling me, "IT'S THE SAME AS THE SERIES! 0 points for originality!" Well hold your horses. I'm gonna add my own elements later!. This ain't Naruto or Naruto shippuden, this is Namikaze Legend! Alright. It's short again, but it seems I'm going through this thing going around among writers called writer's block. I don't know if it's contagious or if there's a vaccine, but it seems I have caught it. It's dreadful. But I don't want to disappoint my readers, so I've wracked at my brains so hard and this is what I came up with. Anyways, I've been listening to Pokapoka over and over again, watching Sasuke hit Itachi adorably (so damn cute). If you've watched that video, I'm sure you would agree. That and fukkireta, two very catchy songs. Alright. Tomorrow the poll will be over so vote fast. POLL IS IN PREVIOUS CHAPTER! Keep'em coming! You can always PM me if you don't want your vote in the reviews. No hateful review, okay? I feel like a bit of me dies on the inside every time someone's being a total prick on my reviews and giving RUDE comments. So helpful constructive reviews please. Alright, MATTA ASHITA!