The Forest
Hello everyone I usually put this at the end however I wanted to thank Greveosiris for the thought provoking review that Greveosiris ( Sorry I am unsure of your gender ) left behind in chapter 9. If anyone has any similar questions feel free to ask them and I will do my best to answer.
Unfortunately I don't own Naruto but I do own the new jutsu's that he uses (although most are cannon).
Kurama talking/ other bijū
sounds
'thoughts'
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Naruto and Anko stood before the high chain fence that surrounded training ground forty four. The pair glanced at each other before laughing.
"Do you remember when I threw you in there for a month and wouldn't let you leave?" Anko asked in between laughs.
"Yeah I do..me and Kurama got real close during that time after all I was FIVE when you done it you crazy boot!" Naruto replied loudly. Anko giggled as she walked over to him and placed herself mere centimetres from Naruto's body.
"Yeah? But I think you like crazy." Anko whispered seductively into Naruto's ear and he blushed slightly in response to her statement. Anko backed away from the blushing boy as everyone else turned up.
Anko's mood instantly switched "All right Gaki's (brats) take one form and fill it out!" Anko barked shocking some of the Genin. One spoke up asking "What are the form's for?"
"It's so that if any of you die, I can see at least five that will, your villages cant sue us as you signed the form, preventing that from happening if you do die." Anko answered. A cackle was heard from the side and everyone's head turned to see who it was.
Naruto was laughing manically and his entire aura changed from a calm demeanour to that of pure evil. Naruto turned his head towards everyone and they were shocked at how his features were changing. His eye was slowly turning red and his smile was that of a feral beast that was itching for blood. He eyed some Genin and his smile widened "You are my prey and YOU WON'T ESCAPE ME!" Naruto announced as his voice became deeper and far more feral. Gaara even backed up at the KI he was feeling it was like he was a child again and how all the villagers treated him.
"Gaara stay away from him!" A voice rang inside his head.
'Of course mother!' Gaara replied. A sigh was heard by Gaara from his "Mother" but he dismissed it.
Six teams ran from the training ground fearing for their lives after Naruto pointed them out directly and almost made them pass out from his KI.
Naruto turned back to his form and filled it out but allowed his KI to affect everyone in the vicinity of him bar his Two team mates who he gradually made get used to it before now.
When everyone had filled out their form's they gave them back to Anko who directed them to a tent that was set up near by. "Inside each team will be given one scroll your objective is to acquire your opposite scroll for example if you have the Heaven scroll you will need the Earth scroll to enter the tower in the centre of the forest and that is where you will be at the end of four days to be able to pass this exam. If you are still inside the forest by day five you will have failed and you will need to find your own way out!" Anko yelled everyone replied with "Hai!".
Naruto's team got their scroll which was Heaven.
"I recommend that Naruto carry the scroll." Ino said quickly and Sakura instantly agreed. Naruto shook his head and grumbled something about 'Carrying'.
They walked to their designated gate which was, funnily enough, number ten. "Ino as soon as we get in I want to know where the nearby teams are headed. Sakura conceal us under a Genjutsu when we get in there. Make it a strong one the animals in here might fear me but they don't anyone else." Naruto commanded both girls complied before they noticed what Naruto had said about the animals fearing him.
The gates opened and the trio burst through them Ino directed the trio away from any teams that were approaching them and Sakura was having trouble hiding three humans who were running through foliage hidden.
"Okay we are heading for a waterfall there is a small cave behind it I've used it in the past it will block all smells from us making it harder to track us, good thing it's nearby." Naruto said as he took the lead and ran to the left. The girls didn't argue they just followed Naruto's directions however they noted that they would asking him more later.
The group arrived at the waterfall in good time only half an hour had pasted from when they started. They quickly jumped through the water and entered the cave. Naruto got down on all fours and shook himself like a dog spraying water everywhere including on the girls. Naruto soon got a punch to the head for soaking the girls further.
"I'm going to recon the area to see what animals are nearby as well as teams." Naruto said quietly and a clone popped into existence and sat in between the now shuddering girls and covered it's self in a flame cloak, The girls quickly sat nearer the clone and nodded over to Naruto.
Ino Spoke up "I felt Sasuke's teams presence nearby so watch out Naruto-kun." Worry was written on her face but Naruto could tell it wasn't worry for him it was for the Uchiha.
"Come on I've been through a lot worse." Naruto said jokingly as he jumped out of the cave.
"That's what worries me." Ino said aloud Sakura turned to Ino she felt the same ever since Naruto came back from the bridge in Wave he felt different she couldn't place it but she knew he changed.
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Naruto swung from tree to tree using two of his tails as he inspected the ground below. Most of the forest animals feared him due to their last in counter.
-Flashback-
Naruto had just turned Five the month before and Anko had set up a special training exercise for him. Little to his knowledge he was about to be thrown into the worst place imaginable for a child.
Naruto awoke at the sounds of a hiss. Kurama had taken control of Naruto's body while he slept to keep him alive because if Naruto died he died.
"Kurama-kun where are we?" Naruto asked as he looked behind himself to see an enormous spider looming over him it's fangs ready to pierce him. Just then something red exited Naruto's body and rose very quickly and forced it's self through the spider's body. The sound of bones could be heard for miles as the chest cavity of the spider was forcibly opened.
"I don't know but if I were to guess it would be Anko who put us here." Kurama replied as he gave Naruto his body back.
"Kurama-kun how are we meant to survive?" Naruto asked again as he walked through the forest.
"You will need to listen to me and trust your instincts more than your own mind. Do you understand?" Kurama replied and he saw through Naruto's eyes that he nodded.
"I'm going to pump your senses full of chakra so you can hear, smell and see your surroundings better."
"Okay I trust you Kurama-kun. Just tell me what to do." Naruto said with a sigh.
Kurama then filled Naruto's system with chakra. Naruto's world changed drastically he could smell that he was in a spider's nest, he could hear that spiders were coming, See them quickly scuttling over the branches towards him. These were no ordinary spiders they were Hunter spiders the largest and most deadly of their kind.
"Naruto I'm going to take control!" Kurama shouted inside Naruto's mind. The boy didn't fight it instead he welcomed it. Kurama grew more tails out of Naruto's lower back and started to escape only lashing out and killing any spiders that came close.
"I hate spiders now." Naruto said aloud as Kurama used Naruto's body to fight of the surrounding Hunters.
-Flashback finished-
"I still hate those fucking spiders." Naruto said to himself after slaughtering a nest of Hunters that tried to attack him. "The other animals are smart but no these have to go and try to kill me every time they see me."
Naruto had finished his recon when the Hunters attacked him. As much as Naruto hated the spiders he had to give their persistence credit.
Naruto's ears and nose twitched, he jumped back just in time before a giant head smashed into the ground where he was once standing. "What the fuck?" Naruto shouted as the dust settled to reveal a giant snake that stood before him. Naruto sniffed the air as he recognised something.
"What are you doing with Orochimaru?" Naruto yelled as the snake began to strike again but it stopped half way and stared at the boy.
"What do you know of him?" the snake asked while getting ready to strike again.
"I know he gave you Hebi (Snake) summons a bad name because of what he done!" Naruto yelled back at the snake. It nodded. "I'm Naruto Uzumaki, you are?"
Hiss "I am Aona (Pronounced O-Na) and yesss It's true that he gave usss a bad name." the snake replied still eyeing up the boy.
"Well if you don't mind Aona we could change that." Naruto replied staring straight into the snakes eye's. "Well it's that or you try and kill me, which you wont."
"I like you. Your brave with a bit of sstupid mixed in." Naruto glared at Aona "But I can sssmell greatness in you. Not like Orochimaru." Aona informed Naruto. "You wissh to sign my contract?" Naruto nodded. "Very well then." Aona then coughed up a scroll onto Naruto's feet. It was slimy but Naruto opened it all the same. It was blank. Naruto looked up to Aona with a questioning look on his face.
"Why's this blank?" Naruto asked the glare returning to his now red eye.
"That's my Personal summon. You should feel privileged because I'm one of two female Hebi summons. Neither of us have masters so you will be the first." Aona told Naruto. Naruto glanced at Aona's body dark green before returning to her amber eyes. Naruto then cut his finger off of a kunai then signed his name in the scroll. "You are now my Master. Summon me when in a fight and I will slaughter your enemies like you did those spiders." and with that Aona vanished from existence in a puff of smoke.
A cry was heard by Naruto and it was close, the voice was familiar so he ran to the sight of where it came from.
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Naruto ran towards the sound and jumped to the tree lines and extended his tails in order to move faster. The cry came from their base camp. He needed to get there. Fast.
Naruto swung up high and crashed down into the ground leaving a creator where he landed.
Naruto's eye snapped open as the dust settled his red slitted eye stared at the three unknown Genin. Their Hitai-ate showed that they were from Takigakure. They looked at the boy that crashed into the ground. Naruto glanced to the side to see a panting Sakura and Ino who were standing on the water.
Naruto vanished and appeared behind the trio of Taki ninja. The largest one who looked like the leader was forced into the ground head first and he was instantly knocked out. Naruto's tails wrapped around the other two Genin's necks before slowly descending and wrapping around their bodies. One tried to substitute away but only got squeezed tighter by the respective tail.
Ino and Sakura slowly walked towards Naruto their breath still heavy. "Are you both okay?" Naruto asked as his eye slowly became the calm, endless blue that they were used to. Both girls nodded and fell to the ground panting. Naruto began searching the pockets of the Taki ninja that he had captured.
"Hey girls looks like we are in luck." Naruto said cheerfully as he brought out an Earth scroll. "Oh and we might as well take their supplies as well." Naruto said as he began rummaging through their pouches.
"Just kill us demon!" One Taki kunoichi shouted. Both girls instantly shot up and began trying to signal to the ninja not to call Naruto a 'Demon'. But to no avail.
"Demon?" Naruto started to say as he threw the kunoichi's team mate away into the distance. "Yes I am one I've killed since the age of five and nothing will change that not you, not the Hokage, not anyone!" Naruto shouted as his voice and features became feral like they did two hours before they entered the forest.
Naruto threw the kunoichi away in the same direction as her team mate. "Come on let's go to the tower." Naruto said flatly. The group began walking towards the centre of the forest where the tower resided.
"Naruto there are a lot of teams up ahead how will we get in?" Ino asked as she looked from side to side obviously trying to keep track of where all the teams where.
"Sakura can you do anything?" Naruto asked cautiously he knew that the Genjutsu at the start took it out of her and then she had to fight not long ago so he had a hard time gauging where her chakra level was about now.
"I think I could get us half way with a basic Genjutsu before I tire out so one of you will need to carry me or..." Sakura started before cutting herself off. She turned to face the others as an evil grin came across her face.
Ino didn't like the look her childhood friend had on her face but Naruto gave the same look back. He already liked this plan and she hadn't said it yet.
"Naruto how many Shadow Clones can you make?" Sakura asked. Naruto's grin widened. He knew where this was going.
"I can make over a million basic Shadow Clones now but I think you are wanting the Heavies aren't you?" Naruto questioned Sakura who nodded. Ino clocked onto the plan that was being made and honestly she liked it as well. "I can make about One hundred thousand of them and less if I need to Henge them. How many are you wanting?"
"I want as many as you can make." Sakura said with a massive grin.
Naruto nodded and closed his eye and concentrated heavily. After a few minutes ten thousand already Henged Heavy Shadow Clones surrounded the area where they sat.
"Okay when I give the signal we all go." Sakura whispered.
"What's the signal?" Naruto asked with a raised eyebrow.
"A smoke bomb." Sakura replied as she took one out of her pouch.
"Cool I can't wait for the mayhem to begin!" Naruto said loudly. Sakura then threw the smoke bomb into the centre of the open area around the tower.
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Everyone who was hiding rushed down to where the smoke bomb landed.
"What's going on?" Asked one boy.
"How am I meant to know idiot." A girl said as she hit her friend over his head.
More ninja showed up and began fighting. Kunai and shuriken flew through the air, some deflected by swords and others by kunai. The odd ninja was using Taijutsu where as the majority were using Ninjutsu. There was a loud noise and all the gathered ninja stopped and stared into the forest.
"Yeah!" Came a very loud male voice. All Genin stared harder into the forest peering through the trees to see who was coming.
Then it happened. An army of people appeared and burst through the tree line. Everyone noticed that they were the same three people but lots of them and they were all grinning wildly. Everyone noticed the boy and they remembered what he said. The Genin turned to each other some ran and cried out in fear. Others who were more brave stayed to face the onslaught of the three Genin and their army of copies. The ones that stayed soon left after the hail of kunai were thrown or shot at them from the blondes fingertips.
"Wow that worked really well." Naruto said aloud as team ten walked straight through the doors of the tower.
"Of course it would it was my plan after all." Sakura said smugly.
"Sakura the last plan you had would have gotten us killed if Asuma-sensei was being serious." Ino chipped in breaking Sakura's smugness.
"What was that Ino-pig?"
"Got a problem billboard-brow?"
Ino and Sakura then began to get really close to fighting but Naruto punched both of them, lightly, in their heads.
"Do that shit again and I will hit you harder!" Naruto yelled as both girls parted and hung their heads in shame.
As they entered the room after doing their shenanigans they noticed a large inscription on the wall.
"If heaven is what you desire then it is wisdom that must be acquired. If Earth is what you lack. Train hard to beat that...What the fuck does that mean?" Ino said with fury in her voice.
"That's an easy one." Naruto stated looking straight at Ino. "Heaven means brains and Earth is your physical skill."
"Oh that makes sense if you put it like that." Ino said as she bobbed her head.
Naruto then placed both scrolls on the ground and opened them quickly before the girls could protest.
Smoke filled the room and the trio coughed heavily as they could tell that they're were two types of smoke in the room now.
"Well done on passing guy's I never had any doubts." Asuma said cheerfully as he laughed. "Come on I'll treat you to some food you must be starved." The trio of Genin looked at each other then shook their heads.
"We were only in the forest for two hours we're not hungry." Ino said as she looked from her team mates to her sensei.
"Wait two hours ahhh damn it." Asuma said as he kicked the ground.
"Who'd you lose to?" Naruto asked as the girls looked from him to their sensei.
"Anko bet that you would make it in two hours and you'd be the first here, which you all are." Asuma said with a pout.
Naruto walked over to the Jōnin and motioned for him to lean down so he did. Naruto whispered into Asuma's ear "That's what you get when you bet against someone who has stayed with me." before walking through the doors at the end of the room.
Asuma slowly began to cry as he fell to his knee's. "What's wrong sensei?" Ino asked.
"I lost my 5,000 ryō to Anko and Naruto." He said in between tears. Sakura and Ino looked at each other then followed their team mate through the doors at the other side of the room.
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Sorry for the shorter chapter but I hope you like it. Anyway onto the new arrivals for the story and they are oakphoenix, Rayven Nightshade and the unregistered wolf animagus who also added it to their favourites the story. Please Review it really helps me out and I get to talk with all of you guys and girls who read my stories, or just this story.