A/N: OK! Time for an extra long chapter. Sorry for all you people who wanted this to be NaruKure specifically. Please read on I will not just have the girls fade into the background. This is the reason I limited the girls to a set number a large harem breeds for girls just being lost to the folds. I have decided on a 4 person harem. Bet you can't guess who won! If you do... cookie for you. If not, well it should be pretty clear after this chapter. Naruto will have time with each individual and will treat them all the same. Please give me a chance to write the romance in. If you still don't like it then I will be putting up a few more stories since this seemed very popular I will eventually make a strictly NaruKure story since it is my favorite and very few seem to actually be complete. For all you Hana fans out there, and judging by the poll I would say a few like her. She unfortunately lost out but check out Twin Silver Dragon's Dragon Soul: Ryu Senko seems to be one getting off the ground pretty well. I apologize for making it a harem but 80% of my voters called for it. Please read on.
Now, if you want some more explanations or you are confused on something feel free to PM, I usually do somethine for a reason so if you are confused about a characters actions please do not go ranting in a review just send me a PM, I do read my reviews and am proud to say flames have not been made. Poor Naruto and Choji!
For flashy techniques. The Benikaze (Crimson Wind) attack makes no noise, has a red tinge to the wind that is flying towards its target. It is not overly flashy Kurenai simply noticed it from how it cut through the fireball and followed the path noticing the red. Naruto's attacks are made from wind that in itself makes it stealthy because the only thing changing is the air density to denote the attack. As for Kyuubi's chakra... you will have to read and find out why Naruto's attack was crimson.
Saying this now, Naruto holds back in the practices at school in his second class to not draw attention to himself, will explain more later. The other class sees him as dead last because he failed the previous year not because his grades are dead last. That is Kiba. Naruto can not use his sword or speed within the classes because of fear of the council he is wise enough to notice that.
For what they are wearing look them up in their normal clothes unless I specify otherwise.
"Give thanks for what you are now, and keep fighting for what you want to be tomorrow." -Fernanda Miramontes-Landeros
Chapter 3- Training and Academy Times.
Timeskip- 5 years
Naruto cracked his eyes open and beheld his apartment. 5 years it had been since he acquired Kamikaze and he began his training under the sword master. "Good Morning Kamikaze."
"Good Morning Naruto-sama. How are you feeling after last night?" Kamikaze replied
Last night he had stepped up his training to figure out why he could not do that blasted Bunshin no jutsu. Kamikaze had said that it was because he held too much chakra and could not fine tune it enough yet to make the clones. It was like putting your finger in front of a fire hose. "I am fine thank you Kamikaze." Naruto responded as he reviewed his training exercises. He knew the leaf floating, tree climbing, and water walking exercises and could do them all while combing the leaf floating with the other two but just could not seem to control his vast chakra reserves enough. Deciding to ponder it later Naruto got up, stretched and made his way to the kitchen to eat breakfast before going out in the dark, since it was only 5 o'clock, and running his usual laps around Konoha before the populous gets up and sneers at him.
He had used the same morning routine after getting settled within his new apartment. He would wake up each morning around 5 o'clock. Do physical training, running, push ups, sit ups, and stretching while winding down. He had learned the exercises from Kurisu. Kamikaze had been right Kurisu was a retired S-rank ANBU. He was feared in many small countries but kept a low profile so as not to attract attention. Kurisu gave him the control exercises stating that "With your chakra reserves you are going to need them." Naruto was a little surprised but accepted Kurisu's help yet again. He had bought all his clothes and supplies from Kurisu and was surprised when the ANBU just accepted that he was a fixture there when one customer sneered at him Kurisu threw him out and told him to inform the rest of the ANBU to stay away if they can not act civil. Needless to say, because Kurisu's store was the best rivaled only by the Higurashi's none of the ANBU complained and some actually came to like the blond when he wasn't pranking.
After training himself into the ground for about 5 hours, he would sit down and review some of the chakra theories and history taught in the Academy until lunchtime around noon. He would eat lunch made by himself, after learning how to cook again from Kurisu, although Kurisu's foods would always be spicy. He would train with Kamikaze in the Wind Style. The style was not so much a style as it was a way of moving. Being one with the wind was the theme of the style. A few set stances but it was a style meant to be flowing and erratic. You would react to your enemies' moves and expound upon the basic stances. It required a heavily agile body, unmatched reflexes and speed. Power was not necessary but the training Naruto went through increased his strength to a respectable level for his age. Naruto's creative mind would as Kamikaze put it "Within battle cause a strategist to cream his pants with one glimpse of his thoughts." After training with Kamikaze he would wind down with a look through the book of seals he had "borrowed" from the Hokage whom had not seemed to notice the book was gone. The most ingenious seal that Naruto thought had ever been created the resistance seal.
The resistance seal when applied correctly would make it seem as if walking through air was as if walking through water. It would apply resistance opposite from the way your were moving to build up muscles and reflexes making it the perfect seal to use for Naruto's styles. Naruto made sure not to over make muscles so that he could remain agile and fast not being weighed down by bulky muscles. The seal seemed to almost know this and Naruto's body was streamlined like a runner. Not bulky but hard muscles lying underneath the skin. Recently he had realized he was probably the fastest person within the village when he removed the levels of his resistance seal. This seal surpassed the gravity seal because it did not weight down on the body thus it did not prevent growth which Naruto had already been lacking.
Naruto now stood at a proud 4'10" one of the tallest of his age group. Even within his current class he was taller than almost everyone else. In his class few had what it took to be ninja and even of those only 3 stood out as actually making it. Tenten Higurashi one of the only non-fangirls within the Academy. She could hit a moving target from across the training field. It was easy to see she would become a weapons mistress. Naruto took an interest in her for her love of sharp pointy things but she had never seen his sword. He was not allowed to bring it to school. Rock Lee although being dead last definitely had the guts and determination to be the taijutsu specialist he was training to become. Just looking at his hands proved his dedication. Finally, Rookie of the year, or as Naruto called it Stick up my Ass, Neji Hyuuga a claimed prodigy that was able to master the Jyuuken the Hyuuga's fighting style Naruto had stumbled across the modified caged bird seal that the Yondaime had been trying to make and after gathering some materials started to expand upon it. Once he became a genin he was rather sure it would only take a few months to make a seal that would allow that rift to be bridged.
Naruto made his way to school for the genin test that he was to take today. It was finally the day he would be able to make genin and get further training in the ninja arts. Kurisu had given him some low level jutsus to learn but nothing with kick enough to do anything besides causing some minor discomfort to other shinobi. He had mastered many of the wind jutsus fast just as Kamikaze said he would and could not seem to get really anything above a d-rank fire jutsu. Fire seemed to be out of his grasp though wind and surprisingly lightning seemed rather fond of him. Unfortunately for him both of those types of jutsus were in short supply in the Land of fire and he wound up with only 3 C-rank jutsus and nothing above it. Although two of the jutsu could be upgraded to a B-rank if he pumped more chakra into them though he wasted a lot of chakra doing so.
Naruto arrived at the academy and took his normal seat as the rest of his class filed in. He ignored the opening speech from the teacher and took his test when it was handed to him. He scoffed at the questions they were asking "Honestly, could anyone really fail this test?" Turning his test over and closing his eyes he took a nap while waiting the 45 minutes for the test to end. After that he went to the target practice and waited in line to be called up. He reached for his kunai and shuriken and flung them all one by one towards the targets hitting the targets each time. Next he went to the taijutsu sparring mats and stood in front of a chuunin that scowled at him.
Naruto smirked in his head "If only I could show my actual taijutsu." Yes Naruto had come up with a bastardized version of the Hummingbird Style used by the Yondaime in conjunction with the Hiraishin. The book he stole seemed almost like a journal of Yondaime's it had clues to the actual katas but not a comprehensible amount of data so Naruto used what he could. His mind came up with a style based upon it and it was as deadly as the Hummingbird style if he did say so himself. Although every time he would try to use it in his spars the teachers would beat him and tell him that he was using the wrong style and make him use the academy style. So he gave up trying to use his own style and decided to hide it along with some of his other abilities. After all, deception is a ninja's best weapon right?
After losing to the chuunin, who had not been holding back, he made his way to the ninjutsu portion of the test. Hoping that he would not have to do the clone jutsu. He walked in and saw a chuunin with a large scar across his face. He recalled this was Iruka-sensei he was a nice person who only disliked Naruto when he pranked and not that seemingly blind hatred the rest of the village held. "Ok Naruto I need you to do the Kawarimi, Henge, and Bunshin no Jutsus."
"Crap. so much for not having to do the clone. Aw well might as well give it a shot." Naruto had been able to do the clone jutsu once every 100 times or so and not come out with a totally dead clone but one that could pass for a few seconds. He just had to hope he could pull it off this time. He did a sealless replacement and finished the Henge beautifully. He concentrated his chakra and put as little as possible into it and with a muttered "Bunshin no jutsu" the smoke revealed 2 dead looking clones. Naruto hung his head and walked out of the door. "I am sorry Naruto but there is always next year." Iruka said as he left. Naruto left the academy seeing no reason now that he had failed and had to wait another year to try the test. He headed to the Hokage monument to think he was always calmest there.
"Naruto-sama you mustn't let this get you down. There are other types of Bunshin are there not?" Kamikaze questioned once he had arrived in his usual spot on the Yondaime's head.
"Hai Kamikaze. But I can not gain access to the jutsu library because of the librarians. Ji-san said he could not help because he can not show favoritism and Kurisu has helped so much I do not want to rely on him." Naruto thought back.
"How about those ANBU who always chase you after a prank. Wouldn't they know the techniques?" questioned Kamikaze pulling Naruto out of his depression. Ah. The pranks he had kept doing them to test his stealth and speed. He could honestly say he was nigh undetectable when he wanted to be. Only 4 ANBU seemed capable of catching him. One was a dolphin mask that he could swear seemed familiar. He still couldn't figure out how they did it. Indeed they would know the techniques. In fact they would know the strongest of them.
"Kamikaze my dear sword, what do you say we plan two more pranks. One for the ANBU and one for my graduation in a year." Naruto chuckled evilly as he gained that mysterious glint in his eye that made everyone in the village shiver from the wrath of the prankster king. Naruto had already infiltrated the ANBU headquarters when he was younger just to see if he could do it. He had played pranks on everyone in the village to point out weak spots in the village's defense. He had a folder for the Hokage to use as leverage should he ever need it to keep himself safe and be viewed as worthy to the village. When he makes genin he plans on giving it to the old man to improve the village. He came up with this plan about a year ago after he had infiltrated the Hyuugas and one of them threatened him afterwards but they couldn't prove it was him. He decided to be cautious after all he had not gotten this far being careless. Right now he needed to survive the village itself.
After planning and acquiring his supplies, Naruto stole from the stores for what he needed. It helped his stealth and he could not eat if he did not. However, he would only steal from the stores that threw him out. The ones that even overcharged him he would leave alone in respect for them. With this policy he had plenty of money for his shinobi equipment. He had already replaced his original outfit many times when he hit his growth spurt. Even with this spending Naruto had about 12,000 ryu saved up from what he originally got and his monthly stipend. He was also in the process of making an anti-rape seal, after hearing Kurenai's account he had immediately decided if he could he would stop rape. He was curious on why his henges were real he had wondered about it but once he realized it he found this would be the best way to save Kunoichi from their fate worse than death. He had two problems with it currently. Where to get the chakra for the technique for and how to make his process into the seal. he almost had the seal done but the chakra was proving a hard thing to find. He figured once he could figure this out he could market it and gain money in a honest and very good way.
Naruto snuck along the rooftops in his "prankster" outfit. He wore his usual ANBU attire but he had a few additions and a better mask. The mask covered most of his face and changed his hair back to the black color. He carried his kunai and shuriken, blunted just to make the chasers, if there were any, try to dodge and if they failed it did nothing more than bruise. Naruto never threw it at a person's face so the only danger was a male. He never had to use these unless those 4 ANBU found him. He also carried Kamikaze with him strapped across his back with his left hand being the one to pull the blade because he added another sensor on top of Naruto's already enhanced senses. He had been tested by the Hokage for enhanced senses and had found out he owned senses rivaling the nin dogs of the Inuzukas (thats better than the Inuzukas themselves). He was about a block from the ANBU headquarters when Kamikaze spoke up. "Naruto-sama there is a team returning to your left." Naruto nodded having sensed them almost the moment Kamikaze spoke up. He hid in the shadows and watched as they entered the compound. Naruto had stumbled across this place a year ago and had located the two guards always posted there rather easily. One guard was across the street drinking from a bottle of whiskey that was expired about 10 years ago. The other was always sitting in the all night cafe eating the same dango and reading the book that went out of style about 3 years ago. Naruto snuck past the guards watchful eyes and reached the roof of the compound. Naruto had managed to steal some basic blueprints from the records office while he had been visiting the old man. So he knew the library with the jutsu was located somewhere near the baths oddly enough. The exhaust system to keep the scrolls fresh and the baths were connected.
Naruto found the vent leading into the compound and slid himself into the tight space. He had henged himself smaller than normal so he would not make that much noise. It was risky to use even this little amount but he would make way too much noise if he was his usual size. He managed to crawl all the way to the hallway leading to the library. He avoided a few traps but did not want to risk going in through the ducts to the library for fear of advanced traps he might not be ready for. So after checking that the coast was clear he dropped down and released his henge to stop his chakra output. He made his way to the library and opened the door. "Wow not much security eh?" What Naruto didn't know was that the ANBU were getting a new commander tonight and most were at the naming of said commander. He quickly located the bunshin section of the jutsu. "Ah here we are." Naruto looked at the collection and wondered why he hadn't thought of this earlier. Quickly grabbing the last scroll titled Kage bunshin no Jutsu he copied it down with a jutsu he had learned from Kurisu. Kurisu did this for any popular scroll it copied the scroll from your original to the blank scroll.
Rolling the scroll back up Naruto decided to take a few seconds to check the lightning section and the wind section if he could. He found a few B-ranked lightning and 2 B-ranked wind. Deciding he had overstayed his rather generous welcome he snuck back to the hallway and made his way to the changing rooms. He put sneezing powder in all of the masks there first the males then the females and turned to leave when the door opened to the shower. Heat rolled into the changing room as Naruto turned around to face the person who had caught him. His breath caught in his throat as he beheld the beauty standing in front of him. She had purple hair down to her mid-back. Her D-cup breasts sticking out from the cold compared to her shower. Her chest and groin were covered by a single towel. Her thighs and legs well toned as all ANBU were. Stopping his ogling he finally looked into the woman's eyes and noticing her amber eyes narrowing in anger decided to beat a hasty retreat. He quickly said "Kai" and disappeared in a flash. "Gomen na Murasaki-hime.(Purple Princess)" He hit her in the back of the neck with the butt of his sword and knocked her out. As she fell the towel she had been holding fell loose and Naruto was treated to her flashing him. Quickly bashing down his forming inner pervert he covered the beauty again and henged himself back into his smaller form and reentered the air ducts. He climbed his way out and headed home for a good night's rest.
Timeskip Next Morning
Yugao woke up with a headache. She quickly put her guard up when she then realized she was in the ANBU infirmary. She started to wonder why she was here before she realized what had happened. She shot up and checked for her clothes. She noticed she was garbed in the regular infirmary gown and looked around for her clothes. Noticing them on the chair next to her bed she put them on and walked off to find her captain to report the disturbance. As much as she wanted to keep the embarrassment hidden if an unknown managed to infiltrate the headquarters it needed to be known.
Finding her captain and quickly explaining the situation she was taken to the commander's office. Standing in front of the commander she was confused as to why she would be taken to the commander for this. Sure it was important but something else must have gone down for her to be involved. "So Miss Uzuki you had a run in with the unknown assailant last night within the ANBU changing rooms and were knocked out almost as soon as you noticed he was there?"
"Hai. The assailant had black hair, blue eyes, was about 13-15 years of age. carried a shuriken and kunai pouch on his left leg and had a sword resting along his back." Yugao answered swiftly and respectfully.
"Interesting. I assume he is the one for all the ruckus this morning. Hehe a worthy prank if I do say so myself." The commander mused.
"Prank sir?" Yugao asked.
"Yes prank. You see after my inauguration last night every ANBU who put their masks back on immediately started a sneezing fit that would not let up for several hours. It seems this assailant only knocked you out because you caught him in the act so to speak." the commander replied. "You are dismissed but if you ever catch this young man please give him my thanks for brightening up the ANBU's days. It has been many a year since I have had such a good laugh."
Yugao saluted and left the room getting her cleaned mask back and was wondering how she could catch such a worthy person. That sword was no toy it was radiating power and he radiated skill that should not be found in one so young. She was excited in finding this guy. Now that she thought about it that sword seemed familiar for some reason. After pondering it for a bit as she walked back to her apartment she came across the hilt of the blade. "Wait a minute, black hair, a sword with a swirl on the hilt." This was Kurenai's swordsman! But why would he be pranking the ANBU he was supposed to be a wandering swordsman. Putting that out of her mind now that she thought about it his eyes did flash red when he disappeared. She was sure this was that boy. Now she had to tell Kurenai that he lived here now and that he had gotten better. She was to meet Kurenai and Anko tonight anyways. Perhaps she could spar with him.
Timeskip That Night
Kurenai was in good spirits. She was due to take the Jounin exams in 2 months and her Genjutsu had never been better. She kept finding these random notes that would give her good ideas to come up with good genjutsus. She was now ranked a high B-ranked ninja. Her body had filled out and she could tell she still had some more growing to do. Her breasts were C-cup bordering D-cup. She had grown taller but only really in the legs so her breasts seemed a bit bigger than they actually were. She was still the Ice Queen of Konoha. Only one person had she found decent enough to date and that had been Asuma Sarutobi. She was still seeing him on and off but she could not see doing anything past being friends at this point.
She walked into the bar she and her friends always met at. She was looking forward to seeing Yugao she had been so busy with ANBU lately they had rarely any time to hang out. Anko was still her exuberant self and had managed to get into the T&I division of the ANBU. She was a Tokubetsu Jounin(1). She had taken to wearing a mesh shirt with a tan overcoat that did little to hide her body. She flaunted it to say "Fuck You" to all the villagers that scorned her. Kurenai was sad for her friend but Anko would never want pity. so she was the best friend Anko could want.
She was hoping to become a Jounin-sensei for Hinata Hyuuga's sake. She had met her when she was still a chuunin and knew she had confidence issues. She also wished to impart her knowledge onto the younger generation to get some genjutsu into their heads. If she passed the Jounin exams in two months, she was going to request a team.
Turning her attention back to the present she noticed her two friends waiting in the same booth they always had and made her way over. "Good Evening, Yugao-chan Anko-chan." "Good evening Nai-chan!" Anko responded as exuberant as ever. "Good Evening Kurenai" Yugao said with a smile.
They were all wearing civies, drawing the attention of almost every male within the bar. Kurenai sat down and ordered her food along with Yugao and Anko. All ordered sake, Kurenai got some Yakitori, Yugao some Tempura, and Anko some dango. After their food had been delivered they sipped their sake making some small talk until Yugao spoke up. "I believe I have something that might interest you Kurenai." Kurenai's eyebrow rose as a signal to show she was interested and Yugao complied
"Last night I was taking a shower after returning from my most recent mission. I finished my shower and walked into the changing room. The rest of the ANBU were welcoming our new Commander." Pausing to take a sip of sake she saw she had their full attention and continued "I opened the door and I see a boy about 13-15 years of age snooping around within the changing rooms." At this their visages go to hatred they do not like perverts as all women have a normal radar against them. "I observed him for a second before he turned around. He had a sword strapped to his back with a swirl for the tsuba." This had Kurenai's full attention. "He had black hair that fell to his mid back tied together to form a kind of mane. When he turned around I caught a flash of his eyes that were blue." Kurenai's eyes fell. Another dead end. She had looked for years. She no longer looked actively but still occasionally asked around. As did her friends. "However upon noticing me he said 'Kai" and his eyes flashed red before he disappeared and knocked me out."
At this their eyes widened. The swordsman seemed to be back within Konoha. But what would he be doing within ANBU headquarters? Was he a pervert?
Yugao saw their thought process and said "I do not think he is a pervert. When I awoke this morning I heard of a prank that had been played upon all the ANBU operatives that all of them had sneezing powder put within their masks." At this Kurenai's face turned to mirth and started to chuckle at Anko's face. She had been caught by the prank and swore whoever it was would pay. Yugao chuckled as well at her friend's face. "So Kurenai it seems your swordsman is no longer wandering. If you manage to find him, I would like a match. He came across as one with skills far beyond his years." Kurenai nodded and the night continued.
Kurenai went to bed that night thinking of the noble boy who had rescued her so many years ago.
Timeskip 2 weeks
Naruto had been trying to find some time to train in the last two weeks. He had always hidden his jutsu training from the old man. Deception. It hurt but Naruto knew if something happened and he was alone he would need people to either underestimate him or not have the correct information. In the past 2 weeks the old man had been here almost daily and if not him Kurisu would stop by. He finally allayed their fears he was depressed and assured them that he was going to graduate the next time.
"Finally! A day to myself. Now let's check out that bunshin jutsu." "You know they only do it because they care." Kamikaze said. So Naruto unsealed the Kage bunshin and began reading the jutsu.
Kage Bunshin
A-ranked Kinjutsu
This jutsu was deemed forbidden by the Nidaime Hokage for the extensive use of chakra it uses. This clone takes half of the originals chakra and makes a solid clone that can fight and recon in place of the original. However, the clone is very fragile requiring very little actual force to dispel unlike the water or earth clones. Everything learned within the "life" of the clone is transmitted back to the original and all remaining chakra is returned. Then it listed the single handsign need for the Jutsu.
Naruto was stunned. This was the perfect jutsu for him! He had extra reserves according to Chris and Kamikaze. This would also help on his control. He could study at the library at the same time. Amazing the possibilities were endless. He quickly got to work on using the jutsu.
About 4 hours later, at about 5 in the afternoon. "I got it!" Naruto shouted as he looked at his fully formed clone. "Congratulations Naruto-sama now we can definitely pass next year." Kamikaze stated. Naruto gave a mental nod and decided to train until sundown. He was in the forests behind the Hokage Monument. No one ever came near here. So with a cry of "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu" 150 Narutos appeared. "Ok I want group 1 of 50 working on tree climbing while combining the leaf floating exercise. Group 2 of 50 working on water walking while combining with the leaf floating. Group 3 of 20 working with cutting those leaves for wind chakra. Group 4 of 20 work on lighting these light bulbs I had. Group 5 of 10 take Kamikaze 5 using your left hand, 5 using your right give me stances, thrusts and slashes upward and downward." Muscle memory worked with the clones also.
Naruto summoned 5 more clones. "Henge into someone else and go read in the library. One take anatomy we need to finish that seal. One find cookbooks. Another elemental theory. Another look up clan laws. Another read the most current laws to date." The 5 clones dispersed and Naruto began physical conditioning after upping his resistance seal to level 4. The Yondaime had been on level 8 when his body could handle the Hiraishin. With Naruto's hyper recovery his body was fixing itself faster and thus his progress with the seal surpassed the Yondaime's.
A few Hours later Naruto had decided to head in for the night with all of these clones training. He told them to dispel and unfortunately for him he had not specified to dispel themselves in groups and they all dispelled at once. Naruto was immediately knocked unconscious.
Mindscape
Naruto opened his eyes to a sewer. The water was only about ankle level. There were three types of pipes along the walls. One was glowing bluish white this was the smallest. The largest was reddish-orange. Finally, one that was slightly larger than the bluish white glowed a healthy crimson with streaks of gold. Confused as to where he was he spoke out.
"Hello?" "Naruto-sama! You are alright!" Kamikaze responded. Naruto felt his back for his sword and felt him there as a comforting presence. "Where are we Kamikaze?" Naruto asked
"We are in your mind Naruto-sama. I occupy a space within your mind as the wind free and flowing upon a meadow of grass stretching as far as the eye can see but there is this corner of your mind that I dare not venture there is an ancient entity that I can not face without you." Kamikaze replied.
Naruto was officially spooked already. If Kamikaze was unsure of himself then this entity was powerful. "Well," Naruto said, "Might as well find out what that seal on my stomach holds eh Kamikaze?" Thats right Naruto was almost a seals master himself. He knew that the seal held something but the only clue he had to go on was Demon. He had his theories but Naruto was never one to make wild guesses so he kept it to himself and figured the old man would tell him when he thought he was ready. However, if he had made genin and not been told Naruto might have demanded the answer. Naruto started his trek towards the Ancient entity. As he continued he noticed a heavy air. It swirled around with a maliciousness Naruto had not ever felt. The KI was getting insufferable yet Naruto went on and finally came to a room with no ceiling in sight and huge bars kept shut with what appeared to be a single piece of paper with the kanji for "Seal" on it.
"So my container has finally decided to visit me after all these years." a malicious chuckle filled the air.
Naruto asked "Who are you?"
"Who am I? Surely they have told you who you carry worthless ningen!" The voice bellowed. KI choking Naruto before he regained his senses. Without showing it the Kyuubi was impressed. Not many could withstand its KI without debilitating consequences.
"If I knew who you were I would have called you your name. Do not insult me. It seems we are stuck together let us act civil for now until we can resolve whether we will be friends or not." Naruto responded.
"Friends?" The Kyuubi scoffed "Who would makes friends with a demon?" Naruto flinched memories from his childhood flashing before his eyes. "Peace Naruto I am here, I am your friend."
"A sentient sword and a powerful one at that very impressive Ningen. Very well Naruto Uzumaki My name is the Demon Lord of the Foxes the Kyuubi no Kitsune."
Naruto nodded his suspicions confirmed before asking "Is there a reason for attacking my village?"
"Need a demon a reason to cause death and destruction?" the Kyuubi said a grin hanging on its lips as it revealed itself in all its glory, its Nine Tails swinging wildly with its reddish-orange fur.
"No. But I can see through your mask. I wore one for most of my life before making my few friends. Please tell me the real reason." Naruto said immediately knowing a fake answer from a lie told to prevent pain.
The Kyuubi's eyes narrowed "Very good ningen but you have not earned the right to know of the truth. But I would ask a boon of you if you will. Put your hand upon the cage I wish to see the life my pampered container has lived."
Naruto's eyes narrowed. "Why would you think I led a pampered life?"
The Kyuubi responded "That was the last thing your Yondaime, I believe it was, said before he sealed me. 'See him as the hero he is.'"
Naruto's eyes widened before going to their usual apathetic state. "Very Well Kyuubi but know this: Try Anything and I will lock you up in a tighter cage than this and you will never see the light of day again." Kyuubi was impressed he had the BALLS to threaten it. Kyuubi chuckled.
"Very well ningen I will not try anything on word of my demon self. That is something no demon is willing to lose." Naruto nodded satisfied with the Kyuubi before starting toward the bars. Kamikaze spoke up "Be careful Naruto-sama what Kyuubi may not consider harmful could actually be harmful to you." Naruto continued his trek confident and sure. He laid his hand on the bars and said "Come Kyuubi see the life I have lived and see if you respect me after this." Kyuubi laid its paw along the bars and viewed Naruto's life.
When the transfer was finished, Kyuubi roared its nine tails lashing the bars trying to get out the cage. "LET ME OUT! Those child beaters! They will pay! What rubbish humans can be more demonic than the worst demon!" The kyuubi continued on its tirade of the villagers before Naruto spoke. "Stop please."
The Kyuubi's eyes softened and spoke "Nin- no Kit, calling you a part of the human race is too high an honor for them, your life has been the worst I have ever seen, within Makai it is considered taboo to harm a child and these villagers have deliberately harmed you. State one request and I will grant it if it is within my power." Naruto thought long and hard for a request and decided "Kyuubi could I hold onto the request for a later date I am content within my life right now." The Kyuubi was a little surprised but nodded.
"Very well Kyuubi I have seen what I had hoped. Most stories do not show you as overly blood thirsty and your yokai has healed me many times when I was young." With that being said Naruto closed his eyes and concentrated. The seal flashed causing the Kyuubi to cover its eyes and when It opened them it saw a beautiful meadow with oversized game for it to hunt and a miniature Konoha for it to destroy.
"The Konoha has a one time only policy once it is destroyed it will stay for a little bit but will disappear. Your one chance on revenge because I doubt I will let you out." Kyuubi was overjoyed it would finally get some sunshine and it was not stuck within sewage water. "Also, I have given you access to my senses. So you can feel the outside world again. When you are ready please tell me what really happened the night of your attack." The kyuubi noticed that trees now represented the seal and they acted as bars to separate it from him. The kyuubi nodded and Naruto sat down to wait until he woke up. As Naruto faded away some time later Kamikaze returned to the wind and spoke to kyuubi without Naruto hearing. "We have an amazing master do we not, Kyuubi-sama?" Kyuubi simply looked at the wind before curling up and catching the first sunshine it could in 12 years.
Timeskip 1 year
Naruto thought about all that had happened in the past year. He had mastered the Kage Bunshin and used it to increase his control. He had learned about weapon balancing and was currently in the process of learning to use Kunai after which the final was Senbon balancing. His chakra control was still shot which he learned that was due to Kyuubi's chakra being inserted into him. Kyuubi could do nothing about this but in return for this knowledge of why the Kyuubi was feeling a bit weaker it taught Naruto a small Demonic genjutsu which hid Kamikaze's notable feature and kept it so that not many villagers would look twice at Naruto making it seem as if Naruto was unimportant. Naruto had been relieved when it worked because he was scared that the ANBU operative might be friends with Kurenai(if only you knew) and wind up putting Naruto in a mess. Naruto was a little suspicious at first because of the Kyuubi actually offering to help but kyuubi had made it a point to say not to expect this often and that having access to his sense more than made up for it. Naruto also noticed a sharpening of his senses even further than before and when questioning Kyuubi it simply replied "It must be a side effect of me having access to yours."
He had gotten put into Iruka-sensei's class. It was filled with clan heirs. He had read all the most recent laws of Konoha so he could not be blinded sided by the council for their blind hatred. Kyuubi had asked if Naruto held any resentment at all and he replied. "A bit I am not sure how to completely forgive them for being simply idiots but that is also why I can almost not blame them they are simply to ignorant to see past their hurt." Naruto was mainly angry at the villagers for denying the last wish of a Hokage. Such a thing would be disgraceful to any of the past Hokage's but these people hailed the Yondaime as a hero but did not take his last words to heart. The clan heirs were actually a good batch of shinobi with a couple of regulars that could make the cut unlike his last class.
First was Choji Akimichi, the clan he had always scrounged his treats from, he found out later, He was a jovial soul who would always be seen with a bag of chips within his hands. He was a laid back fellow who would only really get going if someone called him a fatass.
Next was Shikamaru Nara, the clan of geniuses, He was the epitomy of lazy genius with an IQ over 200 and the only one within the class to have seen Naruto as something beyond dead last. He was a formidable opponent and the only one who could play Naruto to a standstill or beat him in shogi. Something Chris had taught him the basics of.
Next was Shino Aburame, clan of bugs, he was much like Naruto actually his clan was not well liked for something within his body so he quickly befriended the quiet logical child and built a comraderie. He had yet to tell him of his burden but he was sure Shino suspected something for his bugs would be wary of Naruto if he would be in a bad mood.
Next was Kiba Inuzuka, clan of nin dogs, trackers and all around decent shinobi. These led the Hunter-nin division in conjunction with the Aburames. Kiba was loud, brash, obnoxious, and ignorant to a fault. However, he was loyal and courageous everything a dog would be you could say he was the nin dog and Akamaru, his nin dog, was the human but he was a good person overall if a bit of a pervert.
Next was Sakura Haruno, no clan just a councilwoman on the civilian council, She was a fangirl through and through but had a smart head on her shoulders that would lead her far into the med-nin field if she put her mind to it. Naruto nicknamed her "Howler Monkey" whenever someone mentioned Sasuke she would go off on how great he is. Tch fangirls.
Another was Ino Yamanakas, clan of mindwalkers, another fangirl though not as bad as Sakura she was nowhere near where she could be within her own training.
Another was Hinata Hyuuga, clan of nobility and Byakuugan within Konoha, she was a weird one, she was shy, timid, and nice. Almost everything Hyuugas are not she was. She was the only one Naruto would not consider a fangirl but she was nowhere near her actual level of strength because of her kindness and crush on himself. She had only known him a year but Naruto knew if he was on her team he would have to break her heart so she could function properly.
Finally, the emo-king himself, the council's golden boy, Sasuke Uchiha, clan of the Sharingan, it allows the user to copy any Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, or Taijutsu it sees and use it as your own. When Sasuke was 5 his older brother had murdered the rest of his family except him and left him as a self acclaimed Avenger. Naruto felt sorry for the boy for losing his family but was pissed on how he ignored the adoration of his fangirls, expected everything to be handed to him on a silver platter, and was only gaining power to kill. All in all Naruto did not like Sasuke Uchiha one bit.
Iruka-sensei walked into class and after using his "Demon head no jutsu" got the class to quiet down. He passed out the written test and Naruto answered it as easily as he did the last year. Laying his paper face down he drifted off to sleep as he saw Shikamaru doing the same.
He woke up to Iruka's yelling and headed out to the target practice. He got in line for the practice and waited for his turn. When Sasuke's turn came up he grabbed all of them with his hands 5 shuriken in one and 5 kunai in the other and flung them all at the same time. He hit every bullseye. Naruto, sure he was going to pass, walked up right during the applause grabbed all of them with his hands and without looking at the targets flung them at the targets. "Ha! You can't even hit the bullseye." Sasuke smirked.
"Iruka-sensei could you check where the kunai and shuriken landed please?" Naruto said in a calm voice. Iruka rechecked the weapons and gasped "You were not aiming for the bullseye were you?" "No Iruka-sensei." "Naruto passes this with extra marks." After getting yelled at by fangirls Iruka explained. "Naruto did not hit the bullseye that is true however, each of his hits would be deadly to the enemy and your enemy will not always allow you a free shot." Sasuke ground his teeth. "Lucky shot."
Naruto failed the taijutsu yet again because of Mizuki-sensei, the same from last year not allowing his own personal style and not holding back. Naruto was nonplussed he was sure he was going to graduate. Naruto walked into the Ninjutsu portion of the test and listened to his instructions. "I need you to use Kawarimi, Henge, and Bunshin no jutsu. Naruto to pass you must show each." "Hai Iruka-sensei, Can it be any bunshin?" Naruto asked Iruka just nodded but narrowed his eyes at the question. Naruto replaced himself with Mizuki-sensei. He Henged himself into a perfect example of the Sandaime pipe and all. He henged into Sasuke brooder look and all. Finally with a soft cry of "Kage bunshin" 5 kage bunshin appeared next to Naruto. "You pass Naruto Congratulations!" Iruka said sincerely surprised about the Kage bunshins. Naruto placed his headband upon his head and walked back to sit in the classroom.
Iruka walked back into the room and said "Ok everyone please report back here in two days time for team placements and to find out who is rookie of the year. Dismissed" The young ninja dispersed into the crowds of waiting parents and Naruto went home with a smile on his face at finally being a ninja and take that first step to his dream.
A/N Tokubetsu Jounin-Jounin-Elite Jounin-ANBU That is the scale I use for the upper level.
Eh... the test seems a bit rushed but I was not going into detail when it is such an overused scene. Sorry.
Thanks for reading! Till next time! Ja ne!