Chapter 4

Team and Weird People

Beta: Old man of the mountain/Darklord331

Naruto arrived at the training field and saw his teammates were already there. From what he could tell, they were busy talking strategy while glaring at him.

He wondered over to a nearby tree and sat down underneath before closing his eyes. Given that their teacher was late the day prior, he was not going to waste energy dealing with useless thoughts or feelings.

Personally, he found that the teacher being late is a shitty excuse for one. While it is good that you keep them guessing when exactly you'll show up this was just an abuse of that thought and showing you're not taking your students as seriously as they want you to.

After about an hour, the jounin showed up and smiled at the students.

"Alright my little Genin it is time for the test." He pulled out two bells, "As you can guess the only goal of this test is to get the bells. You can use any method you view as necessary and you can even come at me with the intent to kill if you so desire. You have until lunch time to try and get the bells which means about 4 hours. That should be enough time."

"Wait Obito-sensei, there is only two bells."

"Very perceptive Tara, that is right. There is only two bells so one of you will be sent back to the academy if you fail to retrieve a bell."
Naruto opened one of his eyes and saw the gleam in his teammates eyes and sighed.

'Idiots the meaning of this test is for us to work together to get the bells. But since both of them pretty much hate my guts and won't listen to a word I have to say, there is no point. Even if they manage to get close he is a jounin for a reason. Meaning we can't possibly win or at least at face value we can't.'

The others frowned,

'If I can get those bells that mean that asshole goes back to the academy it will serve him right for standing against the Uchiha clan.'

'I have to get those bells and make sure Tara gets the other one. If I don't, there is a chance that I could die in the field with someone as unreliable as Naruto.'

Obito put down a timer and pushed the button.

"BEGIN!"

The two girls took off in mad dash into the forest and began performing stealth.

Obito could see them but he noticed that Naruto had remained sitting against the tree. He sighed,

'Not off to a great start.'

He proceeded to leave the clearing and head into the forest looking for his other students. Hopefully, they could prove a challenge and worthy of being genin.

Naruto opened one of his eyes and sighed,

"Come on out little buddy."

Out of the shadow came a Kobold, the Kure family summons, but this one was different with white and gray fur, a small crossbow on its back, and it had a scarf around its neck marked with some kind of symbol. From what he can gather, it was meant to be a clan symbol among their kind but he was not sure what clan exactly.

"Mind helping me out little guy?"

The Kobold saluted him and he smiled,

"Alright here is the plan."

While Naruto was strategizing with the Kobold, Obito was in the forest. He was looking around and sensing the others in the forest.

'Okay they seem to have a good amount of stealth and seem to be waiting for me to make a move to one of them or even Naruto.' He smiled, 'They are showing great promise.'

He soon felt something off and quickly activated his eyes and removed the sensation.

'Genjutsu, looks like Kurama tried to cast an illusion on me. Too bad for her, illusions happen to be my specialty when it comes to dispelling.'

He sensed a set of shuriken flying at him and he quickly swapped places with a log and appeared near Tara.

However, she predicted this and quickly ran through the hand signs and his eyes widened.

'No way, she improved on her speed with this jutsu!?'

She held her hand in front of her,

Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!

The ball of flame exploded out of her mouth and went straight for Obito. But sadly, the attack missed its mark.

He appeared below her and quickly dragged her into the earth.

"Nice try, I give you a B for the display and A for the jutsu when we begin training together I'll show you some other stuff that you should know as an Uchiha." He smiled before walking away.

Tara growled at being humiliated but sighed.

'I was too arrogant, of course he would have the upper hand he is a Jounin after all and while he was the runt of the clan at a time he is still a talented warrior in his own way. Meaning that this is completely on me.'

She sighed and waited until someone could come and dig her up.

"Well, this reminds me of that game whack-a-mole that came to the village about two years ago."

Out of the shadows came Naruto who was walking up to her with his hands in his pocket.

"Well this must be pretty humiliating huh?"

The girl frowned,

"Are you here to gloat or start a fight? Because you should know that neither one is possible. Your so lazy that Sensei didn't bother with you and on top of that, you're the asshole that disrespected my family."

Naruto shrugged,

"First again, your brother started it I finished it. Second, if Sensei was smart he would have tied me up instead of leaving alone. He has no idea what I can do or what plans I have so it is on him for failing at that aspect." Naruto rolled his shoulder, "Want me to dig you out?"

"Piss off! I don't need your help!"

Naruto shrugged. He proceeded to walk past her and thought,

'Geez and I thought I was arrogant.'

Naruto sighed and proceeded to watch his sensei mercilessly defeat Kurama without trying and stating what she needed work on. Naruto just rolled his eyes and decided to disappear into the tree line and wait until the time was up.

Four hours passed and Obito ended the test.

From his evaluation of his three students he could say that two had potential while the other was just a waste of space. It was true that teams need three people to work but he was sure that with him there he could pick up the slack as necessary.

"Okay, as of now I have to say you three didn't do so well. In fact I would downright say this is embarrassing. The three of you failed to get a single bell from me let alone work together to actually give me a challenge. One of you didn't even try at all."

The two girls glared at Naruto who was looking straight at his teacher before he held something up.

The girls were shocked to see two silver balls on strings in his hand.

He was carrying the bells.

"Huh?"

Obito looked down and saw that the bells that he thought he had disappeared and Naruto was holding the real ones.

"When-,"

"While you were hunting the others. I made a strategy to get the bells with the least amount of resistance and it was quite easy." Naruto shrugged his shoulders, "But that is beside the point. Now, we have the bells meaning we pass this teamwork test right?"

The girls looked confused,

'Teamwork?'

Naruto tossed Obito the bells and turned on his heel.

"Yeah we are supposed to work together to get the bells but it looks like we all failed at that." Naruto waved his hand and walked back to town leaving two growling girls while also leaving behind a distraught teacher.

"Well," he rubbed the back of his head, "You guys passed I guess, talk tomorrow at 9."

Obito shushin away and the girls quickly started talking about the situation and how much they dislike Naruto and how they needed to be ready in the future.

In the Hokage's office the others have arrived and Obito was the last one to show up.

"Alright everyone tell me how the teams went."

"Team 1 failed."

"Team 2 passed."

"Team 3 passed."

"Team 4 failed."
"Team 5 failed."

Team 6 passed."

Kakashi and Kushina puffed out their chests,

"Team 7 passed. But to be expected of your two children Sensei."

Minato smiled,

"Good to hear; Menma and Kyoa both are expected but what about their teammate?"

Kushina smiled,

"Sai needs a little more work but he has shown great talent and skill so I think he will catch up to them in time. Might make Chunin as soon as his second year."

Minato nodded before turning to Kurenai, red eye, black hair jounin wearing bandage wraps around her luscious body.

"Team 8 passed. Kiba needs a little more work in managing his interactions with his teammates and not trying to assert his dominance like the rest of his family. Shino is socially awkward but he has the most developed mind and skill among his teammates so he should be fine, communication is going to be key for him. Finally Hinata while shy has shown tremendous talent and skill so I think she will be fine once we build her confidence."

"Good." Minato turned to a man with black hair in a bowl shape, large black eyebrows, and wearing a green jumpsuit with leg warmers under his jounin outfit.

"My team is doing well! Their youthful energy is still exploding even now I'm sure they are going to excel this year in the exams!"

Minato nodded before turning to Asuma who sighed,

"My team passed. While Shikamaru is intelligent he is lazy just like his father if not more so. Got to work on getting Ino out of her fangirl state for your son and Sasuke. Finally Chouji just needs proper motivation and taming for his emotions when called fat."

"Team 11 passed barely." Hayato sighed, "Honestly the team is rough around the edges. Sasuke is a loner with an inferiority complex and seems to have it out for Naruto due to what happened. Sakura is kinda, well there is no other world, she is weak outside the basics. Her basics are only average and needs the most work to get out of her fangirl state, Ami is the same."

Minato nodded and turned to Obito.

He rubbed the back of his head,

"My team passed but don't know how."

The room raised an eyebrow,

"Look I tested Tara and Yakumo and both are talented and skilled. They both came at me with everything they had and while I was able to handle them they have great potential. But," he rubbed his face, "It is Naruto that I don't get. One minute the kid is sleeping against a tree through the entire exam and when it is over he reveals he had the bells in the first place and reveals his knowledge of the exam." He looked at his teacher, "To be honest I don't think I should pass them but he completed the goal so I have to."

Minato sighed,

"That is indeed frustrating just watch Naruto while training and in the field understood? We need to know if he is doing anything to help improve himself or doing something we need to know about."

Obito nodded but Gai frowned,

"Hokage, are you sure this is wise? Lady Kure will most likely hear of this and word has already spread of your disowning of him and how the court is protecting him. If you instigate anything else with her she might just-,"

"Gai while I understand your fear it is unfounded." He smiled, "She wouldn't dare raise a hand to the greatest Hokage since the first."

The room nodded and whispered nothing but good thing about him but Gai sighed,

'I don't know if that is entirely true. But everyone seems gone in their own delusions and there is no point in me raising opposition.'

The room soon went over some more paperwork information before dispersing to prepare training their teams.

Minato sighed and sat back in his chair before looking at the corner and Jiraiya appeared with Tsunade.

"Did you two find out anything?"

"Yeah we did." Jiraiya rubbed his face and groaned, "Looks like our lord is not happy. Apparently he got word from the Kure clan and others about Naruto's treatment and he is now taking a more active look into our activities and more importantly he is investigating any claims against Naruto. Meaning that if we so much as agitate the kid or Lady Kure thinks we are trying anything, this could bring the lord to our doorstep."

Minato groaned; why was this so complicated? All he was asking is for Naruto to share his knowledge with the others? Is that so wrong? It was meant to be shared and if it helped the future then he would get credit for it.

But no, he decided that being selfish is more important and thanks to Lady Kure influencing his behavior he is sure that is where his lazy attitude and his blunt personality came from.

'The Prophecy must be made a reality, no more wars, just peace.'

He smiled at the thought and frowned how Naruto was acting and his own perception of the world.

'I fear you won't make it to see the end Naruto but that will be your own doing. For peace, this is the path that must be taken.'

Three weeks later

Naruto and his team were in the Hokage's office and he had to admit the boredom was getting to him.

During the three weeks as a team the only thing he was told to do was chakra control exercises and doing basic exercises to help 'keep pace with the others.'

Apparently he didn't get the idea that after obliterating Sasuke he is stronger than he looks and it was kinda annoying people aren't picking up on that just yet. To him, it is just flat out annoying but sometimes people are in such denial about things until it finally becomes so overwhelming and he was fine with that as he had nothing to prove to everyone. The only person he wanted to prove himself to is the hag.

To prove he could beat her ass no matter where or how they fought.

"So team 12," Minato looked at the group seeing the girls focused and earnest, Obito standing there with a smile on his face, and Naruto?

He was staring off into space with a blank expression.

"Since Obito is vouching for you three I think it is a good idea to give you three a C-rank mission."

"yes Hokage-sama!"

The girls had grins on their face, finally something other than the manual labor jobs. Something they hated doing and something that Naruto barely participated in thus not getting paid much as the others.

Naturally this is own fault due to the fact he refused to do some of them due to the fact they literally had people for those jobs.

Painting fences? Carrying someone's groceries? Cleaning someone's house? What the fuck did he look like; a handyman? They literally have one of those living in each district of the village so why the fuck are genin forced to do this?

One of the things he disagreed with and when Obito told him to do it, he just did the bare minimum and got paid diddly shit for it. He didn't mind as Lady Kure was financially supporting him and she was rich as fuck and agreed with his sentiment. But still, he wasn't off to a great start.

Four reports during the three weeks and all of them complaints by people who filed for jobs with them.

Naruto could only moan mentally at how annoying it was to stand there and get lectured while the hag was bored out of her mind and complaining about how stupid this is.

What can he say, he took after her more than anyone.

"What is the mission sensei?"

"We have word that some bandits have been seen entering the border recently, so I want all of you to head out there and check out the validation of the report. If there is a bandit situation then exercise caution Obito."

The Jounin nodded and turned to his genin.

'I think the girls will be fine and Naruto seems fine with killing so I don't think it will be a problem but we should be careful never the less.'

"Meet at the gate in 30 or we leave without you." He shushined away while the girls walked out of the room and Naruto strolled out of the room.

"Naruto wait a minute."

Turning his head,

"Is this important?"

Minato narrowed his eyes,

"Take this seriously you do know that your going to be possibly fighting people are trying to kill you."

"Yeah so?"

"So, you need to take this seriously and stay near Obito."

Naruto sighed,

"Sure, sure, later." Naruto walked out of the room without a second.

Minato sighed and prayed that the kid came back alive, the last thing he needed was this to weigh on his conscious and Lady Kure to blame them for his death.

After waiting at the gate for a while the team made a dash through the forest. They quickly were maneuvering through and making it to the border without any stress.

The group of four arrived at the designated spot and saw bandits were definitely there and they were gathered in quite the small force. Obito watched as they moved and scanned for high potential targets but smiled,

'Good there is no shinobi among them meaning they are all basic civilians so this should be easy.'

"Alright." Turning to his team. "Tara, Yakumo follow my lead we are going to go around the side of the camp and start cutting our way through."

Both girls slightly pale, nodded their head.

"So what about me?" Naruto pointed to himself in confusion.

"Naruto, I think it is best you sit this one out. You're not ready for this?"

"How do you figure considering you don't bother to actually see what I'm capable of?"

"When have you bothered to try?"

"Fair point but still, this is stupid you're leaving me all alone wouldn't it-"

"Naruto I'm not arguing you will stay here understood?"

Naruto sighed,

"Whatever."

His team took off and Naruto sighed while hopping down out of the tree and leaning against it.

"So, you going to come out or not?"

Naruto turned his head slightly and saw a person emerge from the tree line to the right.

"Well that is impressive. Not even your stupid teacher sensed me."

Naruto looked at him,

"Well, unfortunately he didn't try to sense for someone closer to him. He was spreading his senses out further to gauge everyone in the camp. So ultimately, you got the best spot when he started looking thus you were missed. But that also helps you were suppressing your chakra to the point that you could have been mistaken for an animal."

The man laughed,

"Good analysis, but then again I don't know why I should be surprised." He smirked, "Anyone trained by that old lady Kure has to be talented since she is a monster."

Naruto rubbed the back of his head while stretching out his arms and legs and cracking his fingers,

"Yeah I think we can agree on that so want to start this shit show or what?"

The man smirked,

"Oh this is going to be fun."

Naruto took in the frame of the man; he was skinny, long black hair, light oliver skin, and black eyes. The man is wearing what he could guess is a business suit for some reason, yeah he was more confused about the clothes.

"So, why the suit?"

He had to ask.

"Easier to blend in and plus I don't look like some bandit who hasn't seen a shower in months and smells like urine and shit."

Naruto's eyes narrow,

'So he is not with those bandits, meaning he is out here on his own accord? But why, was he waiting for someone or someone in particular? I mean he mentioned the hag, so that means maybe he was just waiting for me?' Naruto shook the thought, 'Doesn't matter got to settle this quickly.'

Naruto rushed forward with a straight punch but the man ducked under the punch and saw it shatter a hole in the tree.

"Impressive strength you got there. So that is why you have to hold back right?"

Naruto narrowed his eyes redirecting his strike with a downward elbow strike to the back of his head.

The man rolled out of the way of the elbow and saw him hit nothing but air. Naruto turned to him and glared,

"How do you know about me holding back? Your not from our-,"

"Oh, I know a lot about you and so do others." He smiled, "But that is not relevant at this point. Time for me to show you what I can do."

Naruto narrowed his eyes and saw the man take a formal fighting stance.

'His power hand is his right hand, he is flat footed meaning he is favoring power and speed over foot work and maneuverability.'

The man rushed and threw a right fist at his head but Naruto rolled his head to the side.

Only to see the punch never come.

He ate a brutal elbow across the jaw sending his head backwards.

'Feint damn it!'

Naruto soon found a brutal straight side kick to his sternum sending him flying backwards.

'Fuck he's got a lot of power.' Naruto planted his feet in the ground causing the ground to skid from the strike. 'Got careless, made the wrong call on the feint and now I'm paying for it.'

The man smiled,

"Well, I guess you're still a runt after all, why they think so highly of you just because of the hag I'll never know."

"Who are you talking about?"

He smiled darkly,

"No one you need to know, as I'm going to kill you now."

He rushed at Naruto and this time, he picked up one of his legs and bent it. Before sending it soaring through the air with a crescent like move aimed for his head.

Naruto saw the kick, but this time he was ready.

Pushing off his back heel he closed the distance on the man and slammed his fist into his chest making him cough from the pain.

Then in a single flowing motion, he brought the same fist upwards into an uppercut.

He leaned back and dodged the punch but Naruto quickly shifted it slightly landing an upward elbow strike to his jaw.

The man's chin flew up and he was off balance, leading to Naruto sweeping his foot. From this point, he then grabbed him by the neck with his opposite arm and quickly rolled him over his shoulder and threw him to the ground.

Naruto quickly positioned himself to throw a downward strike but he pushed away seeing him already swinging his legs in an upward double straight kick to his jaw. Backing away the man was standing there on his hands while his feet were straight in the air.

The man suddenly brought his feet down allowing him to stand on his feet and turn to face Naruto with a smile on his face and some blood coming out his mouth. He spat the blood on the ground,

"Amazing I guess I was wrong in my initial assessment your stronger than I thought." He smirked harder, "But this is where the kid gloves come off."

He quickly started making a mad dash at Naruto who crossed his arms across his chest but felt himself lifted off the ground by the man.

Because instead of a punch or kick, he threw his entire body into him sending him flying backwards due to the momentum and the raw power he was displaying.

Naruto crashed through a tree and coughed up some blood.

'Shit, that was like getting hit by a boulder.' He grunted before hopping back to his feet and seeing him grinning.

Next, he rushed at him and when Naruto threw a straight punch, he quickly grabbed his wrist and sent him flying with a simple roll of his wrist.

Naruto saw himself flying but quickly redirected himself to land on his feet but found he was in front of him again. This time he slammed his fist into his chest sending him flying again.

'Damn it, this guy is tougher than expected. But I don't get it he can't be any bigger than me and yet he hits harder than anyone so far.'

Naruto frowned, 'No not harder, but more condensed at a fine point.' Naruto's eyes widened. 'That's it! He is using the tightening of his muscles at the exact moment of impact and thus doubling up on the damage the minute he hits rather than keeping his muscles tightened throughout the strike.' Naruto landed on his feet while feeling the numbness in his arms and chest.

Naruto smirked,

"Nice trick." Naruto spit, "Now it is my turn."

"Sure it is kid."

He rushes him again and this time he threw another punch and Naruto watched for the strike to get closer.

'Wait, wait for the moment.'

The punch was inches from his chest and then he saw it.

'Bingo.'

Naruto rotated around the punch, he stood to the side of his extended arm and brought down his elbow. Striking at the man's wrist.

A cracking sound was heard and the man jumped back.

But Naruto didn't release his pursuit but found himself flying through the air after he just pushed against his face carrying him through his own momentum

'Damn it! I forgot about this one!' Naruto gritted his teeth, 'This is more about riding out your opponents momentum and controlling the flow. In a sense, you can send larger enemies flying thanks to this move even if you are not physically stronger than them but there is a limit from the looks of the movement. If it is someone that much bigger than you or in certain parameters it won't work.'

Naruto quickly landed on his feet and with two hand signs slammed his hands on the ground.

Earth spikes appeared in front of the man.

He jumped back to avoid impalement.

But Naruto rushed around the spikes and managed to get behind him in the midst of his backstep. He threw a straight kick to his back, aiming for a particular spot on his spine.

'That should end this.'

But his eyes widened when he saw the man standing still but he was breathing heavily.

'What the hell? That was directly on the central line of his spine. Meaning he can't stop me from breaking that.' He narrowed his eyes, 'Unless he used the same principle that he did for his strikes but for hardening his body to the point that it stopped the blow of my strike. Not entirely but just enough to prevent me from shattering his spine. Looks like it is physical so chakra based moves can still get through.'

Naruto growled, he was hurting right now but he knew that if his teammates saw this guy he might just run or he might use them against him. While he might not like them he didn't want people thinking he would let his teammates die just out of annoyance or being a dick.

He didn't care for them but he just didn't want them to die.

"Little shit." He turned to him and his eyes glowed, "DON'T GET FULL OF YOURSELF!"

He was then covered in dust from an explosion and Naruto saw that his body was now red, veins popping everywhere and he was glaring at him.

"DIE!"

Naruto frowned,

'Shit, this guy is using something like the Release.'

He felt his jaw shatter with a brutal kick, his head sent flying backwards thanks to his opponent throwing a roundhouse. No time to process as he grabbed him with his one good hand and brought him flying back to him and with a dark grin threw a downward strike at his stomach making him crash into the ground.

Naruto gasped but he quickly held his hands up to try and stop the onslaught of attack.

Or at least long enough, that when he aimed for a raised axe kick to his chest, he pushed off with his heels and right hand and dashed away.

But he appeared in front of him and threw a brutal knee to his face sending his head backwards.

'Fuck he is stronger now, but how? I didn't think anyone outside me and the clans can do this.'

Naruto felt him grabbing his wrist and flipping him through the air and slamming him to the ground with a brutal stomp on his face and chest following.

Blood seeped out of his mouth and his body was starting to hurt.

'This is getting bad. He is really trying to kill me.' Naruto sighed mentally, 'Fuck I have to do this quick.'

As he brought his foot up again Naruto's body was covered in a purple explosion of smoke sending the man backwards.

He glared,

"Nice try brat you can't-,"

Something tore through his side and blood exploded out of his body. Looking down he saw he was bleeding profusely from an now open wound on his side, one that was formed by what looks like something that just tore through him with a sharp edge.

Looking down he held onto the wound with his one good arm, felt his arm hit by a powerful kick right at the elbow.

The arm hanged limply at his side, leaving him looking down at it in shock.

Turning his head around he saw the teen in question covered in purple skin, veins popping out, and his eyes glowing.

"R-Re-Re-Real-,"

Naruto rushed him and slammed his fist straight into his chest causing his mouth to erupt with blood and blood to start seeping out his eyes.

"You'll take this with you to the grave."

Naruto quickly hardened his two fingers and dug them into the guy's neck and ripped them through.

Blood exploded everywhere in the clearing and his head hung off to the side.

Naruto sighed and saw his blood pouring all over the ground with his body hitting the ground in a thud.

Turning off his Release he sat down on the ground. Moaning at the sensation of his bones and body so bruised and damaged. His face swollen and blood lingering in his mouth.

"Fuck that hurt." Turning to the man he narrowed his eyes at him. "You were strong, knowing there are more people out there like the Old Hag and you, it gives me new meaning to continue with my training. Thanks to you, I now know there is another level to my fighting ability and that means if I train more and gain more experience there is no doubt I'll become even more fearsome with new techniques in the mix." He groaned feeling his ribs pop, "Thanks again for your techniques they'll be useful to me in the future." Then his eyes widened, "Oh shit I forgot to get a name." Naruto sighed, "Fuck I really am dumb."

After about an hour recovering from his injuries and using a seal to help accelerate the healing process, thanks to the Hag, he retreated back to his original spot. He was going to bring the body but it soon erupted into flames leaving nothing but ashes. Knowing that no one would believe him or his story, he decided to keep this to himself until he saw the old woman and ask her thoughts on the matter and what he saw. Plus he was curious about the tattoo the guy had on his right hand that was in the form of some kind of centipede.

He wasn't sure what it meant but he just wrote it off as a weird tattoo.

In the Land of Snow; a single man is standing in the midst's of a bloody battlefield in which he just finished slaughtering more of the kingdoms soldiers but he sighed.

"How weak. Your all so weak."

"Master."

The man turned his head and frowned,

"What is it?"

Standing there he saw a man in a cloak bowing before him.

"I'm afraid to report that Suzu was killed."

"Is that all?" He turned his head, "Nothing lost really. Suzu was always weak he only ever could master Iron and Wind. With those; he never mastered the rest. Worse, he only learned two specific moves from both styles." He looked at one of the bodies and spat on it. "When he ran off I was glad one less failure to monitor."

"That is not completely true sir."

The man looked at the cloaked person,

"What?"

"I have word that our leader is responsible for his disappearance and sudden departure. Apparently, he was being used as a measuring tool of some kind and someone to start thinning out the weak. But apparently he ran into the target that the Wu Clan was monitoring."

"Ah the one from Konoha that can use the Release right?"

"Yes." He looked up, "From what I gathered; he was able to injure the boy but he not only used the Release he managed to defeat him while breaking down his two main forms in our style."

"I see, so the kid is sharp." He smirked, "Interesting even that snake failed to realize that when I pulverized him."

The cloaked man continued,

"Suzu somehow unlocked Ashura and while using it failed to defeat him while the boy was using his-,"

"Wait hold on." The man turned to the cloaked figure, "Are you telling me that failure of a student not only unlocked one of the forbidden techniques but he was defeated by someone younger and less experienced than him on the first encounter?"

"Yes and the child broke down the Iron Moment: Iron breaker technique and the Whispering Willow technique."

The man smiled,

"Interesting. How very interesting." He jumped off the bodies, "Might want to finish this job up quickly, want to see this kid for myself. Anything else to report?"

"Yes the boy in question I found out that his name is Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze and he is the son of Minato-,"

"Wait he is the son of the Yellow flash?" He narrowed his eyes, "Estimating him, what is his potential compared to him?"

The cloaked figured remained silent for a minute before he lifted his head slightly.

"With all due respect; his talent is far greater than his. I believe in a few years and more experience this boy will surpass his father in all ways."

He raised an eyebrow,

"Because he learned my techniques and learned the fighting style of the Kure?"

"No because he has access to Earth manipulation, something none in the village has had access to, he seems to be able to use the moves without any trouble. Also; he seems to adapt and grow quickly meaning that his potential could be limitless."

"I see." The man smiled, "So, you think he could be even stronger than us in time?"

The cloaked figure remained silent and just stared down.

"Maybe. But that will be determined by his experience." He looked up, "But in term of potential yes."

The man laughed,

"How interesting. If he were to learn the Niko Style, maybe he could help me evolve it even further than it is now."

The man's face turned to the cloaked one's hidden face. He smiled and his eyes glowed gold,

"I want you to send someone to find him and measure him. Someone who is preferably stronger than that piss ant."

The man looked at his master and frowned,

"If I might make a suggestion; how about her?"

The man smiled,

"Excellent idea."