(Chapter 3 is here)
The very next morning, all participants for the Chunin Exams showed up at a training ground that was rather odd looking to the others. There were no training dummies or posts. In fact the grounds around the area looked as if it had been forgotten about years ago. The genin gazed in awe at the large wired and chained fence that held a giant forest with in it.
"Whoa, this place gives me the creeps." Sakura said as she gazed at it.
"Well that's why it's called the Forest of Death." Anko answered.
Naruto looked around and gazed amongst the competition seeing all the rookies from the academy, Lee's team, the guests from Suna, the sound genin from before, Kabuto and his team, and several others.
'So many competitors this will prove to be very entertaining.' Naruto thought until he heard Catastrophe.
'Naruto turn your gaze to your left.'
Naruto doing so looked at his left and saw a team from Grass but he felt a strange vibe coming from a woman who appeared to be the head of the other two, 'What about her?' Naruto thought back to Catastrophe.
'We sense a very disturbing signature from that one, we are not quite sure what it is, but if it happens be careful with that one.'
'Very well.' Naruto agreed as he listened to Anko continue.
"Ok, ok let me explain the lay about of the forest," Anko began, "It is bordered by a perimeter, interrupted at forty-four locked gates. Inside of that is a series of forests, a river and about ten kilometers out from that is a tower," Anko continued. "During the test, you may use any skills or tools available to you. In a sense, it's kind of a fight-to-the-death version of capture the flag, or in this case capture the scroll." Anko said.
"Capture the scroll?" Sakura asked.
"Yes," Anko pulled out two scrolls, a black one and a white one. The black one had the kanji for earth written on it, and the white one had the kanji for heaven on it. She held them both up for the genin to see.
"There is a scroll for earth and a scroll for heaven. It's your job to get them both in order to pass. You'll have to hold onto the scroll you're given at the start while managing to get a hold of the other scroll you need to pass the exam with, and then bring them to the tower in the center," Anko explained. "Not only that, but you have a time limit. You will have five days to get both scrolls and make it to the tower." Anko said.
"Five days out there?" Shikamaru groaned.
"Yes and remember there are many dangers in that forest ranging from ferocious beasts, deadly insects and poisonous snakes. However those are the least of your worries, because once in there you all become enemies." Anko paused as she let it all sink into their skulls. There were questionable looks on all of the faces of the genin.
"Now that we have the basic rules out of the way, let's talk about the rules that pertain to being disqualified. Rule number one, if you fail to reach the tower before time expires, as a three-member squad, or with both scrolls in your possession, then you are out. Second, if you leave the forest for any reason during the test, you're out. Lastly, you are forbidden to look at the contents of the scrolls until you reach the inside of the tower."
"What happens if we look at them?" a waterfall ninja asked.
"If I told you then it would ruin the surprise," Anko said with a grin. A slight chill filled the air as they took that in. "One last piece of advice… Stay alive." Anko said.
The teams were dispersed and began to read over and sign the consent forms they were given beforehand as insurance of Konoha not being held for any ninjas death. They took their forms to a hut and traded them for a scroll. A black curtain was attached to the front of the booth. Naruto was watching from the side as Sasuke was getting the scroll and thought, 'So that's how they intend to trick us by concealing which scroll we have that way no other team knows who to go after.'
'Naruto we feel in that forest you will be forced to reveal our power.' Catastrophe thought.
"We know, but worry not we could care less what anyone thinks of us. Right now the object at hand is to get through this exam.' Naruto thought back.
Soon after a few minutes the genin squads were stationed outside separate gates to head into the forest. Squad seven was ready to enter theirs.
"Ok this is it." Naruto said as Sasuke and Sakura nodded ready to take off.
With the genin from the Sound stood the one bandaged up looks to his team, "You remember who we're going after, right?" Dosu asked.
"Yeah…" the girl named Kin asked.
"I can't wait to show him." the second boy named Zaku said.
The gates to the forest suddenly flew open. Immediately, all the various genin squads took to the forest, bouncing along the various trees and branches that lined the area. Anko smiled as she watched them take off. "And off they go."
While inside the forest, squad seven was making their way around hoping to find a targeted team to get a scroll. Soon they stopped on the ground to go over their plan.
"Ok first things first, which scroll do we have?" Naruto asked.
Sasuke pulled out the scroll revealing to be an earth scroll, "An earth scroll."
"This means we'll have to find a heaven scroll," Sakura noticed. "But first how do we hide our scroll?"
"We'll handle that." Naruto said as he went to take the scroll but Sasuke held it back.
"Why should we leave the fate of our team in your hands?" Sasuke asked and Naruto frowned.
"Do you honestly think so little of us teme? Because unless you trust us none of us will ever make Chunin!" Naruto said firmly.
Sakura who didn't like the look in Naruto's eyes spoke, "Sasuke just give it to him."
Sasuke looked confused knowing this isn't like Sakura but hadn't noticed Naruto snatched the scroll already putting it inside his jacket, "Arigato."
"Hey why'd you just!" Sasuke was ready to argue until Naruto's spider sense went off.
"DOWN!" Naruto shouted pushing both of them to the ground before they almost became impaled with multiple shuriken.
"Whoa!" Sasuke and Sakura gasped knowing they would've almost gotten hit.
"What was that?" Sakura asked.
They saw landing before them was the team from the Grass with the woman Naruto was warned to be careful of.
"Very quick and here I thought we were quiet enough to be undetected." The woman said.
"Did you three come here to take our scroll?" Sasuke asked.
"Actually young Uchiha, I have something better in mind," The woman answered and turned to the other two, "Keep the others distracted." She went at it with Sasuke as they fought.
"Sasuke!" Sakura called but was so caught up in watching Sasuke be led off she didn't see the two other Grass ninjas closing in on her forcing Naruto to launch his webbing at them pinning them to a tree.
"What is this stuff?" one of the ninja asked trying to cut himself out.
Sakura saw the webbing came from Naruto was confused, "Naruto how did you?"
Naruto turned to her, "It was a matter of time before you found out the secret behind the new us Sakura. So prepare yourself for what you're about to see!" Naruto said as his clothes morph into his Catastrophe form and his head was covered by the symbiote.
Sakura's eyes widened with fright as she backed away, "N-Naruto is that you?"
Catastrophe turned to her making her shake even more looking into the scary face of the creature as the guy himself answered her, "We are more than just Naruto Sakura, call us Catastrophe!" he cackled which scared Sakura.
'This is not the Naruto I knew form before, he's become scary!' she thought in fear.
"You go on ahead and help Sasuke; we got to deal with these insects!" Catastrophe ordered but saw she was too scared to move, "Now!"
Sakura jumped and hurried off to find Sasuke while Catastrophe approached the two webbed up Grass ninja, "What what're you going to do to us?" one asked in fear from looking at the scary look on Catastrophe's face.
Catastrophe smirked, "We're going to fulfill the real requirements for being ninja!" he said as his right hand turned into an axe and the ninjas screamed as he swung it at them silencing them and their heads fell to the ground still with shocked expressions, "Now to find the others!" he said as he web slinged off in the direction his team and the other grass ninja headed off to.
He slinged through the forest until his spider sense went off and he saw Sasuke trying to take on the Grass ninja as best as he could but was proving much of a fight.
"Senei Jashu!" The grass ninja called as multiple snakes emerged from her sleeves and went to attack Sasuke who couldn't move fast enough until he saw Catastrophe swing in using his bladed claws to cut the snakes.
"What the?" Sasuke was freaked out but the strange monstrous looking creature that suddenly saved his hide, "What're you?"
"Hang tight Sasuke, we'll handle this." Catastrophe said as Sasuke backed into a tree but he recognized the voice.
"Na-Naruto?" he gasped with wide eyes.
Catastrophe smirked, "In the symbiotic flesh." He chuckled and looked toward the grass ninja.
"Interesting, in all my years I've never seen such a creature like you. What do they call you?" the ninja asked.
"We are Catastrophe!" the symbiote ninja called, "And we don't believe you are a grass ninja for real."
"What?" Sakura and Sasuke gasped in confusion.
"And how would someone like you know about that?" the ninja asked in interest.
"Because we know one in Konoha that has that snake smell on them, and she told us she was taught everything she knew by a traitor who used her. We can only deduce that traitor is you!" Catastrophe accused.
Squad seven gasped thinking if someone taught one of their own ninja everything they knew then that meant the ninja they were facing was one of their own or was. They then and heard the ninja snicker and spoke in a male voice, a very scary male voice, "So you figured it out, I guess my dear Anko couldn't resist telling the tale about our master and student lives."
"So you are a rogue ninja from our village!" Catastrophe called.
The ninja snickered again before pulling on its face and ripped it off revealing a male face with pale bleach white skin, beady yellow eyes, and a mop of black hair on his head, "I guess even the darkest of reputations can't remain secret. Well then let me properly introduce myself. I am Orochimaru." He said licking his lips with a long tongue.
"I don't care who you are, because you're going to die!" Sasuke shouted lunging at
Orochimaru throwing a punch only to see he really hit a mud clone that melted. "It was a fake!" Sasuke gasped.
They looked up seeing Orochimaru on a higher branch, "I've been waiting for you Sasuke Uchiha." He said while making a few hand signs, and he stretched his neck forward past them and bit Sasuke in the neck. The Uchiha screamed in agonizing pain, and when Orochimaru let go Sasuke fell to the ground and three comma markings appeared on his neck.
"What'd you do to him?" Sakura gasped.
"Just a simple token of my appreciation, he will eventually seek me out for power." Orochimaru answered.
"You teme!" Catastrophe growled.
"Well children I'd love to stick around but I have other engagements so catch you later!" Orochimaru attempts to flee, but Catastrophe jumped him.
"You're dead!" he called as he tackled Orochimaru to another tree and the two were locked in combat as they started going further and further away from Sakura and Sasuke who was still screaming in pain.
"Naruto come back!" Sakura cried.
Catastrophe and Orochimaru continued fighting with the symbiote ninja not showing any mercy, "Naruto is it, the only one with that name is the Kyubi Jinchuriki."
"That's right, but we're more than a Jinchuriki thanks to our other!" Catastrophe called as he was launching webbing at the snake who was avoiding as much as he could.
"Well I don't know who this other is, but it won't matter," Orochimaru continued, "Because even if you are stronger than any genin I've ever known, you're still out of your league. The only one capable of giving me a challenge these days would be the old Sandaime himself, but I highly doubt even he has the guts to kill me. I mean if he had the guts for that he would've done it to me years ago." He mocked.
Catastrophe frowned as he started channeling Kyubi's chakra mixing with his symbiote strength and started fighting back even harder, "Two things you should remember. One, do not underestimate us, and two, never diss the old man!" he roared as he tackled Orochimaru to a tree but melted into another mud clone and he growled.
He spun seeing Orochimaru behind him, "Well Catastrophe it's been fun, but like I said, I have matters elsewhere." He said until he almost got a kunai into his back, but he jumped away onto another branch, seeing it came from Anko which surprised Catastrophe.
"It's been a long time, sensei." Anko frowned.
"Indeed it has my dear, Anko." Orochimaru licked his lips.
"Naruto, stay back leave him to me!" Anko commanded.
Catastrophe nodded as Anko and Orochimaru go at it in an art of snakes. "Why have you decided to come back here to Konoha after so long?" Anko asked her former sensei.
"Well if you must know I came back in hopes of obtaining a certain Kekkei Genkai to help fulfill my life's ambition." Orochimaru explained.
"You're not talking about the Sharingan are you?" Anko gasped recalling her sensei's old ambition.
"That's right, in fact moments ago I placed the same little gift I gave you on the youngest Uchiha that's alive." Orochimaru replied.
"You'll be dead before he comes to you." Anko threatened him.
"So sure of yourself aren't you?" Orochimaru asked with a sick smirk.
"I am because I'll take us both out if I have to!" she pinned him to a tree, "Souja Sousai no Jutsu!" she shouted as snakes bounded Orochimaru's wrists, "I might die but I'll take you with me!" Anko shouted.
"Good form Anko, but not enough." Orochimaru said as he melted into mud revealing to have been a mud clone substitute. Anko gasped and quickly ended the jutsu so it didn't take just her life.
Catastrophe and Anko saw Orochimaru was on another tree branch but closer to the both of them. "I'll leave you both with this, feel free to tell people I'm about, however Anko do not let them cancel the Chunin Exams or I will unleash my power on the village. That's a promise." Orochimaru said before fading into the tree.
"Oh man." Catastrophe groaned as his head opened up leaving Naruto's head uncovered.
"He got away." Anko growled.
They sighed knowing there was nothing else to do, "Anko how'd you know to come here?" Naruto asked.
"Some of the Chunin found the Grass genin killed and their faces were stolen." Anko explained.
"So what happens now?" Naruto asked.
"You continue with the Chunin Exams. I'm going to the Hokage to tell him of these events." Anko replied and she shunshined away.
"Of course, we must get back to our team," Naruto said as he was about to take off but dropped to his knee, "Fighting that teme took a lot out of us. We can't continue for the day. We need rest." He said as he took shelter inside a tree trunk to keep hidden from other enemies.
He slept the whole night until morning came and he woke up, "Ah yes refreshed and ready to go. We just hope the others are all right." He said and summoned Kage Bunshins, "Split up and dispel if you've found them." He ordered the clones as they took off to find Sakura and Sasuke while he searched as well.
Naruto was web slinging around the forest still in Catastrophe form with his head exposed having no need to be in full symbiote form for the moment. He soon felt one of his clones dispel and the memory of where his team was came to him and he headed off in a direction.
Naruto finally made it to the location but surveyed the scene noticing Sasuke was lying under a tree unconscious, Kiba, Hinata, Shino, and Chouji were defending Sakura who's hair was cut shortened very badly and a knocked out Rock Lee being supported by his teammates Neji and Tenten, Ino was being taken care of by Shikamaru because she used her mind transfer Jutsu to possess the Sound girl named Kin, "Looks like they'll need help." Naruto said ready to jump in but felt a surge of heavy chakra in the air, and saw it radiating from Sasuke who shot up and seemed to be covered in black flame markings on his body like tattoos, 'Is that the power of the mark put on him?" Naruto thought.
Kyubi thought, 'Might be, I've never felt such a strong chakra signature it seems almost non human like mine.'
'Yes, we feel it's dangerous vibes.' Catastrophe thought.
Naruto watched the scene as Sasuke started attacking Zaku and soon the Uchiha started fighting dirty with sound ninja, he got behind the Sound genin pulling his arms backwards, "You must really be attached to these arms!" Sasuke told Zaku and he pulled on them. Everyone watched as Sasuke pulled so hard the bones in Zaku's arms broke.
Naruto despite having part of Carnage's lust for seeing violence such as that still looked shocked by this never seeing his own teammate fight dirty, 'Sasuke just broke that guys arms,' Naruto thought. 'That's it we're stepping in and taking him out!' Naruto thought ready to move but froze seeing Sakura run to Sasuke and holds his back pleading for him to stop.
Naruto thought Sakura was done for, but stood corrected seeing the tattooed flames on Sasuke's body sink back into the seal on his neck. Ino returned to her body and Kin and Dosu collect the injured Zaku and offered team Seven their Heaven Scroll. But before they could escape they were shot by webbing and were bounded up like trapped flies, this got more shocks out of the rookies.
"Where'd that come from?" Kiba gasped.
"From us!" Naruto called as he walked out into the open leaving the group surprised and shocked at Naruto body covered by a black and red substance along with the spider symbols on him they recognized from his clothes.
"Naruto?" Hinata gasped.
"Yes Hinata it is us, but a much more bad ass us," Naruto said and turned to the three sound ninja, "Now then, these three have answers we seek!" he used his left hand to hoist the three bound together ninja above him, "Talk, what does your master Orochimaru want?"
The three sound genin were feared for their lives, "We don't know anything!" Zaku cried still feeling the pain from his broken arms.
"You're lying!" Naruto called as his head became Catastrophe's which put a fright on everyone around him, "We know you are!" he bellowed as the symbiotic substance from his arm holding them up covered their heads and the symbiote probed their minds and fed some juicy info to Naruto.
Flashback
From the viewpoints of the three sound genin they were amongst other ninja of their own village where Orochimaru stood before them with Kabuto at his side, "Listen up my ninja. The Chunin exams are only a month away, it's the perfect opportunity to stage an all out attack on Konoha and take it for our own!"
'All out attack on Konoha?' Naruto thought.
One Sound ninja spoke, "But Lord Orochimaru, their forces are strong and we do not as much followers so far."
"Ah yes, but that's only part one of my plan," Orochimaru continued, "For you see I managed to manipulate the village of Suna in the Land of Wind to turn on their allied nation by posing as their Kazekage."
Naruto was shocked to have heard this seeing he got all the info he would need.
Flashback ends
Naruto called back the symbiote to his body as the three Sound genin were scared out of their wits, "Arigato for this lovely info, and don't worry we'll spare you three the pain of having to return to your master in failure." He said turning his right hand into an axe like before he swung it at their screaming bodies and their heads fell down and their lifeless bodies were dropped.
All the rookies were already in utter shock having just seen what Sasuke did to the one genin were even more shocked at what Naruto just did to all three of them which was just as worse. Naruto powered down Catastrophe's head and turned to them, "What?" he asked.
"Naruto did you just?" Chouji asked feeling like he could throw up.
"Kill them? Yes Chouji we did," Naruto answered, "Surprised? That's shocking, because that's one of the many jobs we are required to do as ninja, if you cannot handle it then maybe you're not qualified for it. Of course there are those who look capable of the job," He said making Tenten blush as he turned to others like Hinata and Ino, "And those who are capable of, if they were steered into the right direction."
That got Ino and Hinata blushing just like Tenten from that compliment
Kiba finally called out, "Naruto, just what the hell are you?"
Naruto turned to him, "We're afraid that information must be kept in secluded areas. Telling you out here just isn't safe. If you or anyone else wishes to know how we got this new form make it to the tower with both scrolls and we may explain ourselves," Naruto said and turned to Sakura and Sasuke, "Can you two walk?"
"We think so." Sakura said but before any of them could move they were hoisted onto Naruto's back with their arms draped down him.
"It'll take too long if you walked and we don't wanna wait, so hold on tight." He called as he started web slinging off with his team leaving all the other rookies.
"He's like a spider." Shino gasped seeing him use webbing to sling off.
Shikamaru watched, "I'll tell you one thing guys. I'm glad we didn't have to fight him or who knows what he could've done with us." He looked back at the corpses of the three sound genin.
"Let's get going we wasted enough time." Neji told Lee and Tenten who watched as Naruto continued on into the forest before going out of sight.
'I wonder if he'd let me ride on him like that.' Tenten thought.
"Tenten!" Neji called as she snapped out of it and followed her team.
"Uh coming." Tenten said as she followed them.
"Come on Ino let's get out of here." Shikamaru said as he and Chouji started leaving while Ino looked where Naruto left.
'Wow I guess I can't say Naruto's a dead last anymore.' She thought still in shock from what he just did but snapped out of her thoughts to follow her team leaving squad eight.
Kiba huffed, "He thinks he's so cool just because he can fire webs, he's probably still the same as before even if he did kill those three. Come on guys." Kiba said as his team followed him.
Back with team seven Naruto continued slinging his way through the forest with his team on his back, "How're you holding up Sasuke?" Naruto asked.
"Fine, but my heads still spinning." Sasuke said.
"Not surprising after what you went through," Naruto replied until he spotted the tower ahead. "There's our stop." He said as he landed on the ground.
His two teammates got off his back as his body transformed back into his regular clothes, "Let's go in." he said before his spider sense went off and he spun seeing Kabuto and his team.
"Hey guys you made it!" Kabuto waved.
"Hey Kabuto, good to see you did to." Sakura waved.
Naruto's eyes tightened and he thought, 'Kabuto, he was in the sound genin's memories, he's an ally of Orochimaru. We should interrogate him now, but with what the info we have already should be enough… for now.'
"Come on let's go." Sasuke said as they entered the building.
They walked through a hallway until they reached the center, "You still have the Heaven scroll, Naruto?" Sakura asked.
"Of course we still do." Naruto said pulling it out of his jacket.
Sasuke pulled out the earth scroll and they opened both before dropping them on the ground and in a poof of smoke there stood Iruka Umino their academy instructor.
"Hey guys glad to see you made it."
"Iruka-sensei?" Naruto asked.
"Where'd you come from?" Sakura asked.
"Those scrolls you were assigned to obtain was actually a summoning scroll. When you obtained both and opened them together you were able to summon me here," Iruka explains, "And I'm here to congratulate you for passing the second part of the Chunin exams."
"Well arigato." Naruto said.
"Since you have three days to spare before the five days are up you're free to wait around here until then, Rooms and beds are top level on the right, and a cafeteria on the left." Iruka explains the layout of the tower.
"Thanks, by the way has anybody else made it here yet?" Naruto asked.
"Well this team from Suna, a red head, a blonde, and a guy in a black outfit," Iruka explained and the three genin were surprised, "And I should warn you the red head didn't have a scratch on him when he got here." Iruka warned them.
"We know that much." Naruto replied.
'Just like Kabuto's card said.' Sasuke thought.
"Well until then try to relax a little." Iruka said.
"Will do, sensei." Naruto replied.
"Although Naruto the Sandaime wishes to talk to you soon so don't wander far." Iruka added.
"Hai sensei," Naruto replied as he turned to his team, "Let's get our room and we'll talk."
Soon the three chose their selected room until the Chunin Exams continued and Sakura and Sasuke were sitting while Naruto explained everything to them leaving them in utter shock.
"So all this time when you've been saying 'we'?" Sakura asked in surprise.
"We mean both of us." Naruto answered.
"No way." Sasuke gasped.
"But the question is, what are we to you now? Do you still think of us as your comrade or do you only see us as a monster now?" Naruto asked.
"Are you kidding me?" Sasuke asked, "I now wanna fight you more than ever in this event."
"Sasuke?" Naruto asked in surprise and turned to his other teammate, "And you?"
Sakura stammered, "Well I am still in complete shock having never though you of all ninja would be like this, but so long as you don't come after me then I guess I won't have a problem either."
"Good, and rest assured we don't go after fellow comrades unless it's necessary, but we know you wouldn't do anything that far." Naruto said.
Suddenly Naruto's spider sense went off as he flung to the door, opening it revealing the old man that was startled.
"Naruto, I wish you would stop scaring me like that." Sarutobi said trying to regain his composure.
"Nothing escapes our senses, Jiji." Naruto chuckled.
Sarutobi cleared his throat, "Anyway Naruto I trust Iruka noted I would be coming to talk to you?"
"Of course sir." He nodded.
"Good, then come with me." Sarutobi escorted Naruto out leaving his team.
In another room Naruto was talking with Sarutobi about the actions that transpired back in the forest. "And that's what happened." Naruto finished.
Sarutobi pondered all this and thought, 'Just as Anko said Orochimaru is still after the Sharingan.'
"Jiji we want to know just what is Orochimaru?" Naruto asked.
"Well Naruto eventually you and every other genin will have to know about all past ninjas be they heroes or rogues, but Orochimaru was the traitorous of almost any nuke-nin from our village. Orochimaru was in fact once my student."
"Student?" Naruto asked.
"Yes, many years ago during my earlier years as Hokage I trained three students as any other sensei did in the past. One of them was Jiraiya the master of toad like jutsu, and he was in fact the sensei to your father."
"Interesting." Naruto pondered.
"Although he has always had habits similar to you before your change Naruto."
"You don't say?"
"Yes. The second of my former students was Tsunade the slug Queen, she was in fact the one who founded our medical facilities during the time of war, she is in fact the best medical ninja you'll ever hear about. And Orochimaru was the master in the art of snake like jutsu. Together the three became known as the Legendary Sannin." The Sandaime explained.
"All right but what about Orochimaru?" Naruto asked.
"Orochimaru was a complicated one, he was an orphan just like you, but like other gifted ninja he showed skill beyond that an ordinary genin…"
"Don't exaggerate on that." Naruto said not wanting to hear about gifted ninja at a young age having heard enough of that about Sasuke in the past.
"Yes. Well I once had high hopes for him thinking he may have been perfect as my successor, but all that changed that day. We discovered he started learning forbidden jutsu as well as experimenting on human lives to further his research for he had two ambitions, and one was to help the other."
"What ambitions?" Naruto asked.
"His first one was to develop techniques to make himself eternal."
"He wanted to cheat death?" Naruto asked.
"Yes for his biggest goal would take years to accomplish years that no ordinary human could last. That bigger ambition was to learn all the worlds' jutsu."
"All jutsu?" Naruto gasped.
"Yes he felt by mastering all jutsu he would become the ultimate ninja." Sarutobi explained.
"Sick twisted mad man." Naruto frowned.
"After discovering this horrifying secret he defected from Konoha and we've been trying to find him ever since." Sarutobi finished.
"Well he found our squad and slapped a mark on Sasuke."
"Yes, just as I feared," Sarutobi said, "That mark was originally placed on Anko who Orochimaru had hoped it would make her worthy enough but it didn't so he abandoned her. But now he's put it on Sasuke because he has the one thing that could help him fulfill his ambition."
"His Sharingan." Naruto said.
"Precisely."
"Well, nothing much to do about that now, but we still have more to say that we found out from his lackeys." Naruto said.
"And what's that?"
"Orochimaru plans to invade the village, and he's going to use Suna to do it." Naruto explained.
"Suna?"
"Yes he's posing as their Kazekage to turn their village against us."
"That fool." Sarutobi firmed his eyes.
"Yes and he's already got a spy under our noses, Kabuto Yakushi." Naruto added.
Sarutobi thought back at that name, "Yes I remember that name from past Chunin exam contestant lists, but he always seems to drop out in the middle of them. I think I understand why now."
"We would suggest having him followed and monitored since he's working with Orochimaru." Naruto suggested.
"And he shall, arigato for this information Naruto. However if there truly is going to be an attack we'll need help, and I know just who to send for… Jiraiya."
"So where is he anyway?" Naruto asked not knowing the whereabouts of the other two Sannin.
"Jiraiya's been out of the village on official spy work monitoring the lands for enemy ninja activity that could pose a threat to us," Sarutobi explained and thought, 'Among other activities.'
"Well for our sakes he better come, now then if you don't mind we'd like to head back now and get some rest."
"Of course Naruto." Sarutobi said sending him off.
Naruto was walking through the halls of the building thinking to his partners, 'Kyubi Catastrophe, from here on out the dangers are only going to be getting worse, we trust you'll be there to back us up?'
"Of course Naruto." Kyubi agreed.
"For another chance to spill more enemies blood is something we can't pass up." Catastrophe chuckled.
"Yes and there's only one person's blood we're more than anxious to spill." Naruto said as Orochimaru flashed in his mind.
(And that's the chapter friends.)