A/N I think I should make it abundantly clear that Naruto does NOT know the Hiraishin. He only had about a week and a half before the Chuunin exams. While my Naruto is fast in learning techniques, he will not be able to take something the Yondaime took all his skill and knowledge to make and learn it within a week.
Poll up on my page. Please go vote! It is about the lemon and what should happen if there is one. Choose a choice and the highest will win. If yes it will be done after the Chuunin Exams but I am not exactly sure if it will be before or after Tsunade comes back.
I have something planned with the old house don't worry! It was not a waste.
"Never explain. Your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe it anyway." -Elbert Hubbard.
Chapter 9 Chuunin Exams Prelims
Team 8 walked through the doors to see Team 10 already here in a corner along with those sand guys from earlier off in their own corner. Naruto took this chance to look around the room. There were quite a few Konoha teams here. "To be expected they are on home turf." Kyuubi said. There were a few people Naruto recognized like the Kiri headbands and the Sand headbands. There were a few he didn't though. Particularly, the one with only one genin team here, the team had two guys and a girl. One looked like a hunchback with his fur on the back. Another had these strange metallic gauntlets with holes on them. The girl was nondescript probably a genjutsu user judging from the bells. Oddly enough the symbol on the headbands was a musical note. Ony one other team stood out and that was the rain ninja standing closer than the others glaring at everyone.
Naruto turned his attention to Team 10 and he and his team walked over to greet them. "Hi guys." Naruto said.
"Hey Naruto, I see you guys are here too huh?" Ino said trying to be polite to the boy she had heard staked an ANBU outside his house.
"Troublesome, Naruto." Shikamaru said as he shook Naruto's hand.
"*Munch* Heya, *Munch Munch* Naruto." Choji said as he continued eating.
Hinata and Shino simply allowed Naruto to do the talking. They had decided Naruto would talk since he seemed the more charismatic of the three and Hinata and Shino would back him up. Hinata would have done it but she was a little nervous and some shy habits had resurfaced. So she let Naruto do it.
The two teams continued creating small talk until Team Gai walked in. Naruto knew Tenten from her store. He had passed it a lot. He had heard of Neji and his grudge against Hinata even if she had shown much progress in the last 6 months she was still a bit weaker than Neji in overall skill. The other guy was a bit of a lost cause for Naruto he had a bowl cut hair and a green jumpsuit with orange leg warmers. Obviously a taijutsu specialist from the wrappings on his hands. He raised an eyebrow as Team 7 walked in with a throughly beaten Sasuke.
Ino immediately jumped on Sasuke. "Oh Sasuke-kun I missed you so much! I know you missed me right?" she asked as she hung on.
Sasuke simply Hn'ed as he shook her off. Sakura spoke up though, "Ino-pig get your hands of Sasuke-kun!"
Ino retorted. "Whatcha gonna do about it forehead girl?"
"Ino-pig"
"Forehead girl."
"Pig"
"Forehead"
Naruto was covering his sensitive ears from the beating they were getting. "God Kit make them stop!" He finally had enough of the fangirl screeches as Shino and Hinata looked at him with pity while Akamaru was whimpering in Hinata's hands. "ENOUGH! Your insulting all pigs and foreheads everywhere with you screaming." Naruto finally shouted.
Ino and Sakura immediately flushed and turned their gazes to Naruto who looked at them with cold eyes. "You are drawing more attention than needs to be here. SHUT. UP!" He whispered.
Just then a silver haired person walked up. "He smells like snakes!" Kyuubi growled. "Mah mah you shouldn't make so much noise. Those rain ninja over there are more than happy to tear a few new gennin apart." he said. The rookie nine (sans Naruto Sasuke and Shino) all shivered as they felt the KI of everyone else in the room. Naruto saw the powerplay and took it.
"Oi! unless you have some decent KI you shits need to learn to keep your heads bowed when others are speaking! The only one in here who is decent enough to even speak is Gaara over there." Naruto shouted out as he pointed to Gaara. Gaara smirked he was amused by such an action and it brought more blood for Mother. "This is how KI is done." Naruto said as he unleashed some of his own KI. Almost everyone flinched back and stopped their KI. Once Naruto was satisfied the room had gotten it he turned back to the silver haired man.
"And who the hell are you?" he said. More a statement than a question.
"Ah sorry my name is Kabuto Yakushi. I have quite the information regarding these exams." he said as he held out a deck of cards.
"Do you have individuals?" Sasuke finally spoke. Many raised their eyebrows but remained silent.
"Of course who would you like to know about?" Kabuto asked.
"Sabaku no Gaara, Rock Lee, and ... Naruto Uzumaki." he said. Many would have questioned why Naruto but after that display everyone was interested.
Kabuto pouted almost. "You know their names thats no fun. Well lets see... Sabaku no Gaara. Teammates Temari and Kankuro his siblings. His team has done 8 C-rank missions and 1 B-rank mission. Thats impressive for a genin. Since he is foreign I do not have much on him but it is rumored he returned without a scratch on him."
"Ok Rock Lee. A year older than you guys. Teammates are Tenten Higurashi and Neji Hyuuga. His team has done 20 D-ranks and 12 C-ranks. Specializes in Taijutsu. Sensei is Maito Gai leading Taijutsu expert in Konoha."
"And Naruto Uzumaki.." he began before the card was ripped from his hand. Naruto looked over the information. "Seems I was right to hide my true skills. He has me down as a low chuunin from the fact I killed a Jounin." Naruto swiped the info about him being a Jinshuuriki off before returning the card.
"You know more than you should Kabuto-san some of my information is Hokage eyes information." Kabuto's eyes widened fearing he would get caught but he kept a cool stance. "But I think my fellow Konoha nins should have a bit of an edge go ahead and tell them. I will still surprise you." Naruto said with a glint in his eye. "Gotta tell jiji he has a spy."
"Naruto Uzumaki. Teammates are Hinata Hyuuga and Shino Aburame. His team has done 80 D-ranks, 15 C-ranks and 2 A-ranks? How the hell does a greenhorn genin team have 2 A-ranks? It also says you never got hurt on either of the A-ranks and you killed a Jounin on your gennin exam. Some missing nin seeking revenge on your sensei!" Now everyone who was not team 8 was gaping at Naruto. Naruto merely shrugged before tuning out what Kabuto was now saying about sound before he saw them start moving.
The sound nins dashed across the place intent on showing the Konoha Nins how strong they were. The guy with the hunchback thrust his hand towards Kabuto as Kabuto jumped back. All of a sudden Naruto was 5 steps away from the guy with the huchback and had Kabuto behind him with his sword drawn. "You might want to rethink your fighting options. That sound attack won't work on me. And attack someone while they are talking to me again. I will kill you." his eyes a icy blue. The guy with the hunchback looked around noticing how Naruto's team had his teammates incapacitated. He backed away and Hinata and Shino let go of their hostages.
All of the rookie nine and the gennin were amazed at the speed and proficiency of this team. That was flawless teamwork. A true Konoha team. Neji was grinding his teeth watching his cousin.
Smoke appeared in the front of the room. "Alright you maggots! listen up. Theres no fighting in this exam so take your number sit down and shut up." the man bellowed. "Tch Heya scarface!" Naruto yelled.
Ibiki looked up. "Naruto Uzumaki why am I not surprised you started a fight?"
Naruto chuckled before saying, "Because I know Anko?"
Ibiki roared with laughter before saying, "Ain't that the truth?" All of the genning were staring at this point. "GET A MOVE ON MAGGOTS! Whatcha lookin at?" All of genning began running for their seats.
Naruto picked his number and sat down. He had that Temari girl right next to him. With some random Mist nin to his left.
"Alright you maggots listen up...(go look up the exam rules if you don't know them cause I sure as in the hell don't)... Any questions? Good. Begin!" The whole room flipped their tests over. Naruto thought about the test but felt like he was missing something.
"Naruto-sama if you cheat you only lose 2 points normally wouldn't they just fail you?" Kamikaze said.
"Yeah kit think Underneath the Underneath!" Kyuubi yawned.
"Ah! its to cheat. Bet the last question isn't even a real question. Aw well time to have some fun!" Naruto thought.
Ibiki was enjoying the test. There were people being thrown out. There were people cheating expertly. There was a guy playing poker with foxes... wait what? "Oi! What the hell are you doing?" he said to Naruto.
Naruto sweatdropped. "Uh playing poker. I need that corner in the forest for my new training technique." he said as if it were obvious and turned back to his game of talking to the foxes with yips.
"Why the hell aren't you doing the test?" Ibiki asked.
"Oh that I decided I had another way of winning so I decided to play for a hour." Naruto said
Ibiki shook his head, "Damn Anko." he sat down. "Deal me in."
An hour later Naruto had his corner and every ryu out of Ibiki's wallet. "Damn kid remind me not to play against you again."
Naruto chuckled before saying. "Yeah I'll remember that AFTER I clean you out."
Ibiki chuckled before looking at the time. "2 minutes left."
Naruto blinked before dismissing his summons. "Ah well better put my plan into action then." Naruto made a Kage Bunshin which grabbed his blank paper. It stood up and began walking around the room. He grabbed one of the fake gennin's tests handed him Naruto's blank test then gave the filled out test to Naruto. "And that my friend's is called tactics." Naruto leaned back and waited for the shouting.
Ibiki looked at him and laughed again. "Holy crap gaki I never woulda thought of that."
Naruto cracked an eye open. "That is because... Your not me!" he closed his eye.
Kyuubi was rolling in her plain, "That was fucking devious Kit I can see how you pranked this village all day when you were younger if you pull something like that."
Naruto smirked. "Thanks Kuubi-chan."
"Alright thats it everyone put your pencils down and prepare for the final question." Ibiki explained the rules and people started to drop like flies. Until Hinata went to raise her hand. Her confidence was higher but she was doubting herself. Naruto slammed his hand down on his desk. "Give us the final question No one else is quitting."
Ibiki looked at their determined eyes again. "Dammit Gaki 76 genin is not good for Anko she is gonna skin me alive." "You... Pass!" Ibiki explains the role of a chuunin and how precious information is. Just as he was finishing up a black ball flew threw the window. "She's early" Ibiki thought as he coughed.
"Yes! Anko. God she is fun as shit." Naruto thought as he saw the banner unrolling from the ball which read, "The Sexy Mitarashi Anko!"
"Jeez 'biki you left 78 gennin? Gettin' soft in your old age." Anko taunted while the gennin stared at this crazy woman who was almost flashing everyone as she moved.
"Naw they just had a good commander." he replied jerking his tumb a Naruto who waved cheekily. Anko's eyes lit up.
"O Shit!" Ibiki thought.
"Yo Anko-chan. How is Kurisu and you doing?" Naruto asked with a smile while half the group of gennins turned to him with wide-eyed stares. They all thought the same thing. "Who the hell is this kid?"
Anko chuckled seeing as she had basically been forced into that first date but she had enjoyed it so much she practically dragged Kurisu to the dango shop for another one. They had been seeing each other pretty regularly after that. He treated her like a princess just like Naruto had said he would. He would spoil her and give her little gifts being the peerfect boyfriend. She was not a slut and despite her reputation she could count on one hand how many lovers she had had. He had quickly made it onto the list of potential boyfriends and progressed to the Lovers list shortly thereafter. He made her safe and protected her from any angry stares or mutterings as vehemently as he had been known to do for Naruto when he was younger. She had regretted this took time out from seeing Kurenai and Yugao but seeing as they had been preoccupied as well the last 6 months had seen little of the Ice trio as they were called within Konoha.
"He is fine Naruto but he wishes you would come around more often. I will have to thank you for introducing us. He treated me just like you said he would." She said with a small smile.
Naruto nodded and said, "Perhaps we should switch dates one night. You take the girls and I take Kurisu that way we get our friendly night out."
Anko chuckled at the bewildered expressions on the genins faces. "This is better than the intimidation I had planned." "Yeah maybe. Anyway Meet me tomorrow at Training Ground 44 for those of you who don't know where that is ask your Jounin sensei. Ja ne!" she poofed back out of the room as the gennins filed out.
Ibiki checked his pocket for that note Naruto had handed to him during the poker game. "Dear scarhead, I believe Kabuto Yakushi is a spy he is smelly, the snake kind, and informed with the forbidden kind of info. Yours Truly, The Prankster King." He headed off to the Hokage tower.
Naruto shunshined to outside the Academy. He hoped that the note would make it to the Hokage. He was sure Ibiki wouldn't take it lightly. He was walking along the road to his old home. He had seals set up so he could transport the home to wherever he wanted. He could seal it up in a scroll and send it elsewhere to be replaced. He had thought ahead should he ever need to leave in a hurry he could seal the house with some chakra and it would be in a medium sized scroll until he reclaimed it. He also set up communication seals within the main seal of the house. There was a room where you could speak and the sound would travel to a special annex Naruto had set up in the Namikaze estate. He had a plan to use this house if things went the way he thought they would.
As he was lost in thought he bumped into someone, He dusted himself off as he said, "I'm Sorry. I wasn't watching where I was going."
"I can see that Naruto-kun." a melodius voice answered him. Naruto felt a shiver run down his spine. He looked up to confirm his thoughts.
"Mei-chan I was not expecting you until the finals of the chuunin exams!" he said in surprise.
Mei chuckled. "It seems fate had a better idea. I am only in town for today to discuss something with the Hokage about the treaty." she said as she motioned her guard to cut off any overly close civilians.
Naruto responded. "Well are you coming from or going to the Hokage tower Mei-chan?"
"Coming from. I really must be heading back. I wanted to watch the second part of the exam but it seems a Kage's duty is never done." she sighed as she folded her arms over her chest drawing a few male eyes while Naruto was trying not to think of what happened a week ago.
"Do you think you have time for a short date then? Nothing fancy just a tea shop with a drink and some snacks?" Naruto said stunning the Mizukage.
"Ummm." she said as she looked at the time. "Yes but I got the feeling your current loves did not like me very much."
"I spoke with them and they only really act like that to keep the posers away. They respect you as a fellow kunoichi and as a strong woman. They said they wanted to get to know you a little more but I can not deny my attraction as well. I feel it would be prudent to get to know you more with what little time you have. Perhaps while you are in town for the third phase of the exam we can go on a longer date." Naruto responded.
Mei was happy she was given a shot. She promptly scooped up Naruto's arm and pressed it into her bosom as she cooed. "Where to Na-Ru-To-kun?"
Naruto blushed and headed to one of his favorite tea shops right down the road. He drew many glances. Some hateful, others jealous. Mei noticed the hateful stares but could see something else there besides the jealousy. She wondered for a minute before deciding she would ask Naruto later and not ruin the mood.
Naruto walked into one of the few restuarants that would not outrightly throw him out. Once the waiter took sight of the girl on his arm he was led to a secluded table. This served two reasons. 1) the owner of the shop did not mind Naruto but he was bad for business as such he was always given a secluded booth. This suited Naruto just fine and he paid a little extra for the service. 2) the waiters and waitresses who worked there were carefully chosen to serve that table to avoid any unpleasant accidents.
Once they were seated Mei looked over the menu and decided she wanted her favorite, Sushi. She loved it and it was easy to get in Kiri. Naruto chose some dango and they placed their order getting green tea for the both of them to drink.
"So, lets jump right to it shall we? I don't want to waste what little time you have." Naruto said. "What is your favorite color?"
"Blue." Mei said. "Coincidentally your eyes are the most brilliant shade I have ever seen."
Naruto blushed at the praise and continued. "Anything you like to collect? any hobbies you like to do?"
Mei thought for a bit before answering. "Hmmm I like to collect rare flowers. Hobbies? I have always been training but I was always fascinated with gardening. I hoped to bring life instead of death in the world." she said with a hint of a blush. "I have never been so open with someone Why is he so calming!"
Naruto smiled. "Seems she would fit in well." "Ok that is a wonderful hobby I have a bit of a green thumb as does Kurenai-chan and Yugao-chan. Any specific type of jewelry you like? Any activity you like to do?"
Mei responded almost immediately this time. "Necklaces always intrigued me. As for activities I love to soak in a hot spring after a hard day at work." she blushed at the last few questions.
Naruto chuckled. Their food had arrived and they were taking small bites when one of Mei's guards mentioned the time.
Naruto finished his food and said, "Well just so you know a little about me. I like foxes, Kenjutsu, I like to collect seals and rare gems. Activities? I love to snuggle and cuddle with my loves. Please have a good day Mei-chan I will see you in a month." Mei nodded and they left the tea shop after paying the bill. Naruto walked her to the gates.
"Don't be a stranger now Naruto-kun. I think we will se be seeing alot more of each other after these exams." Mei said suggestively as she kissed him on the lips then turned around and walked out of the village her guards in tow.
Naruto stood there in a bit of a daze before turning around and heading home.
Naruto woke up to Kurenai's soft arms wrapped around his torso. He looked around for Yugao but she had been asked to patrol to increase security for the second part of the exam to happen today. Naruto decided to go visit Kyuubi and talk to her.
Mindscape
Naruto walked into the clearing he had found Kyuubi in last time to find a canopy bed with the drapes drawn shut to keep the light out. He smiled at Kyuubi's choice of a bed. He had assumed she would just sleep in fox form but she had been appearing in human form more and more since the mission to Kiri. He walked up to the bed and looked around finding the crack in the drapes.
He cracked it open and slid into the bed to look at Kyuubi. She was sleeping curled into a ball. She had her tails laying out and her fox ears twitched at every sound made. Her chest rising and falling softly to her breathing. She was wearing a short kimono as always. All in all the sight was really cute. He could see pretty well despite the darkness.
He slowly crawled along the bed but he stopped when he heard "Naruto-kun." murmered by the sleeping demoness. He stared at her. He had never heard her call him that before. He liked her. She had been around when no one else had. Even if she helped in her own interests she still helped no matter what. He knew almost nothing about her but her character, which he was more concerned with, was nothing like it was portrayed. She was helpful and even courteous sometimes. He loved her character and wished to get to know her more but with her claiming him like some item he dare not try to start anything she would take the wrong way. He would not be someone's toy or tool unless by his own choosing.
He started his slow trek again finally reaching her head. He picked it up just like last time and set it in his lap and stroked her hair. She commenced purring. How long he sat there he did not know but he was enjoying it. Almost as much as Kyuubi was with all her purring.
Kyuubi started to stir and she could feel herself waking up. But why did it feel so good? Ah there it was that spark that went from the top of her spine down to her toes! It was being made by Naruto! O she had been dreaming about him before she woke up she hoped she didn't say anything. Afterall how could he love a demon?
Oh she loved him. After everything he had done and everything she had seen. She could not deny that. But she was a demon, they mated with the strongest. She did not lie when she said Naruto had the potential to surpass her but she wanted him whether he was strong or not because his soul was strong. She wondered if he would hate her when the seal broke. She had tried to claim him through the strongest title but she had already seen that as a lost cause. She would break this seal then figure out what to do to get him.
"Hello Naruto-kun what are you doing here?" she asked enjoying his ministrations.
Naruto quirked an eyebrow and continuing his hand motions said, "Need I a reason to visit my mind? I simply wished for some of your company."
Kyuubi blushed while she kept her head down on his lap purring. She suddenly remembered she wanted to give him something. She got out of his hand range and stretched. She peeked out at the hill and crawled out of bed motioning Naruto to follow her.
She stopped on the knoll and said, "I want to give you something Naruto. Something no one has ever had before. I was going to offer it to your Mother but you have proven yourself worthy." She did a few handseals then one of her tails came around and out popped a huge scroll. She unrolled it and showed it to Naruto.
"With your Mother's status you can summon any of the Foxes within your compound. With this you may summon demonic foxes. The stronger the fox the more specialized. I am the boss as such no one has ever been seen as worthy. The 1-3 tails are kits and only really worth messengers. They are extremely fast and will deliver a message faster than most. The 4-6 Tails are general fighters. They use their Hanyou form to fight Humans usually as their youki does not heal them fast enough to use their demon forms. They will have anything from a Ninjutsu user to a Fuinjutsu user. The 7 and 8 tails are specializers they will be the masters of their chosen arts. I am the only 9 tails. To summon me though you would have to use almost all of your chakra so no summoning me any time soon." she explained.
Naruto was gaping at her explanation. This was one hell of a summoning contract. "Umm Kyuubi-chan why me?"
Kyuubi blushed slightly but responded. "You must ask? Throughout your life you have lived through things no child should see. You have been oppressed as long as you can remember and still you treat the animals within your lands with compassion and understanding. Such a person would be awarded high honors and praised within the animal realms. No higher honor could I bestow to you beyond becoming your mate. DO NOT TURN THIS DOWN!" She was a little perturbed that he would ask such a thing. He led a horrible life this was one way to pay him back for a rampage she can not remember.
Naruto gulped and said, "I would be honored to sign this contract." He bit his thumb and made his handprints and signed his name. The scroll immediately sealed up and went back into its pocket dimension.
"Foxes love to cause mischief so if you call out some of them for fun and use them with your pranks you will gain a greater reputation among them. The 7-8 tails do not like this very much but some of them are as playful as the 1-3 tails so experiment and see who you like. Please bring us back to the good light. After my rampage many see us as evil." Kyuubi said downtrodden.
Kyuubi suddenly had a warm feeling surrounding her. She stiffened until she realized it was Naruto's arms around her. She relaxed into his embrace and after a few moments said, "Thank you Naruto-kun."
Naruto merely smiled before saying, "Anytime Kyuubi-chan but I think I need to head back I will use this contract carefully." he faded back to the real world.
Naruto woke up and realized he had been in his mindscape about an hour and he had about 2 hours to get to the test. He kissed Kurenai awake. As she awoke and opened her mouth he slipped his tongue in and massaged her tongue she moaned into his mouth and he groped her butt making her shriek in surprise. He chuckled at her pouting expression. He kissed her chastely and said, "I need to get to the Forest of Death Megami."
Kurenai immediately jumped out of bed and went to make some breakfast while Naruto cleaned up. Kage bunshins would do alot of the cooking but Kurenai and Yugao enjoyed cooking on occasion.
Naruto finished his morning cleaning and dressed in his ninja attire complete with his haori. He headed downstairs looking forward to Kurenai's cooking. He got downstairs and entered the kitchen sitting at the little bar in there to eat. He ate his meal making some small talk with Kurenai informing her of his small date with Mei.
Kurenai giggled as she heard what Mei had said and his responses. Naruto certainly knew how to charm a lady. Or maybe it was that ever present aura of calm and serenity surrounding him when he was not in a fight. It would change to vicious and bloodthirsty should someone really piss him off.
Naruto kissed Kurenai one last time before heading off to the Training Grounds. He had to meet up with Shino and Hinata first so he headed to the clan district.
Naruto and his team arrived at the gate to the Forest of Death about 20 minutes early. It had taken some talking to get Naruto past the Hyuuga guards once he had gotten Shino from his girlfriend's hands. Haku had been reluctant to let Shino go. She was working as a medic within the Konoha Hospital. Once Naruto had gotten past the guards he quickly found Hinata's room and they set off to the Training Grounds making strategies for the various things contained within the monstrous forest.
Once they had arrived they quickly set themselves away from the huge pack and observed their opponents. None of them seemed overly strong but appearances can be decieving. Naruto took the biggest role within the team but his teammates could take out any gennin just as well as he could. As such he drew attention to himself because he knew he could take the most punishment should a team actually attack them. Naruto was only really worried about Gaara the rest of the ninja did not have anything worth really remembering for him.
Just as that thought crossed his mind Anko appeared in front of the group. "Alright you gennin listen up! This here is Training Ground 44 also known as The Forest of Death! The second exam will take place within here and will be a protection, search, destroy, recover and deliver mission. Each team will hold one scroll. Some will have Earth others will have Heaven. You need both an Earth scroll and a Heaven scroll to pass the exams. You have five days to make it to the tower with both scrolls. Please sign these waivers." Anko explained.
"So killing is allowed?" a random ninja asked.
"Yep thats what the waivers are for." Anko responded.
Once Team 8 had gotten their Earth scroll and put it in Shino's coat Naruto walked out while tucking a scroll with the Kanji for Earth in his shirt pocket. Many of the Gennin grinned.
Anko chuckled and said "The Exam will begin when I say Go."
She stood there a few seconds before asking the chuunins around her. "What are you waiting for I said Go didn't I?" she asked with a smirk
Naruto laughed as he and his team entered the forest.
Naruto immediately changed to mission mode. "Shino anyone in the immediate area?" a shake of the head confirmed Naruto's senses. "Hinata anyone within range of your eyes?" again a shake of the head. "Ok then lets head to the tower top speed. The closer we are the more time we have to set a trap. With that they set off into the trees remaining on high alert.
Timeskip 2 days
Naruto and his team had traps set for anyone who would come within range. They had found a nicely sheltered cave but no one had been by. Naruto, Hinata, and Shino were sitting around a campfire about 2 minutes from the cave in a small clearing with a stream running through it. All of a sudden, Kunai came in and struck Naruto. He quickly stumbled to the ground bleeding profusely as the Rain nin from the room jumped down to take their hostage. Once they appeared though Naruto said, "Gotcha." The rain nin were quickly flattened to the ground by a "Fuuton: Daitoppa" from Naruto. Directly after they were surrrounded by Shino's "Hijutsu: Mushidama (Secret Technique:Insect Sphere)" and drained of their chakra.
Naruto jumped down and relieved them of their Heaven scroll. "Well seems we are done." As soon as he said that a huge snake crashed through the clearing carrying Kiba. Naruto blinked and looked at the smashed corpses of the nins he had just incapacitated that could not leap out of the way. He grew angry at the needless bloodshed. Especially because Kyuubi was roaring to kill the thing. "Hinata, Shino I am going to go after that snake. Pack up and be ready to move. I will return shortly." His eyes bleeding to his battle state.
Hinata and Shino nodded. They were hesitant to let him go alone but they needed to pack up and one summon would not kill Naruto.
Naruto made his way following the destructive path the snake had carved. He came upon it as its throat bulged and it swallowed something. Quickly deducing Kiba was no longer nearby he made his way to kill the snake and drag Kiba out of its stomach. Naruto was about to launch his wind technique when the snake started thrashing in pain. A bulge formed on its stomach which quickly tore apart to reveal a very sticky Kiba with Akamaru.
Naruto watched as the snake poofed away signifying its summon state. "Only two people hold the snake summoning contract to date. Anko... and Orochimaru! Shit what the fuck is he doing here? He apparently attacked Kiba's team." Naruto started to go over the possibilities and finally brought himself back as Kiba was about to jump away.
"Kiba-san wait!" Naruto yelled. Kiba turned around to finally notice Naruto.
"Naruto what are you doing here?" Kiba asked
Naruto looked at Kiba and said, "I was going to help you but you killed it no problem but we have a bigger one. Orochimaru is probably attacking your teammates. I am going to engage him in battle and I need you to take Sasuke and Sakura and make a run to the tower. Once you get there I want you to alert the ANBU that Orochimaru has been spotted within the forest. Can you do that please Kiba I don't need any of that dobe bullshit right now."
Kiba nodded he had recognized Naruto as a "Alpha" and would follow his orders as pack law dictated. Naruto obviously held the most power of his generation and he would follow him until he proved himself unworthy of leadership.
"Thank you Kiba." Naruto said and He and Kiba jumped off to grab Hinata and Shino and head back to Sasuke and Sakura.
Naruto his team and Kiba arrived to see Orochimaru sink his fangs into Sasuke's neck leaving some kind of mark. Naruto quickly whispered to the others as Orochimaru said something to Sakura. "Ok we are all sure of the plan?"
Three nods were all he got and he turned back to the fight where Orochimaru was still talking. "Now!" he whispered and the 4 went their seperate ways.
Naruto jumped down and muttered "Kai" as he dropped. The counter on his seals dropped down to 0. He knew he was going to be way outclassed. Orochimaru was fighting hard battles before he was thought of. He pulled Kamikaze and asked him. "You ready to try that new form of yours?" Naruto asked
"You have but to ask and I will make it so Naruto-sama. That spar with Zabuza-san to let Haku-san come to Konoha was exciting. I can not wait to fight another strong wielder." Kamikaze thought back
"This is for you also Kyuubi-chan I think this is the guy with the snake smell you came across when heading to Konoha. He is our most dangerous criminal along with Itachi." Naruto thought.
Kyuubi was touched. "Thank you Kit."
"Once I transform you will gain a bit more speed and some power but I will not be able to revert to this form. Are you sure you wish to do this?" Kamikaze asked.
"Hai" Naruto said.
"Then call out your chant. I will only transform this once. Do not mess up Naruto-sama or you will lose access to my higher powers forever." Kamikaze warned.
Naruto said as he finished his fall and slashed at Orochimaru. "Furō o hogo suru: Kamikaze (Flow to protect:Kamikaze)"
As Naruto landed with Orochimaru landing a bit away from Naruto. "Ah the Kyuubi container. I had heard you were quite skilled as well."
Naruto simply turned to Orochimaru with his battle eyes activated. All of a sudden Kamikaze glowed. It grew and grew until no one could look at it.
Teams 8 & 7 were running as Naruto had told them this was going to happen. He asked them to run to the tower and get some ANBU.
The glow dimmed behind them and Shino thought, "You better live Naruto or Kurenai-sensei and Yugao-sensei will resurrect you just to kill you for this stunt."
The glow dimmed and Naruto felt a weight in both his hands. He looked down to see his new... swords? "Kamikaze you split?" Naruto thought
Kamikaze chuckled but said, "Naruto-sama I have said this before but I must say this again. Only you are worthy of truly wielding me. You have managed to unlock the ultimate form my creators stored within me. If your intentions were not pure you would have wound up with a substandard weapon but you manage to pull this out. I am amazed and yes only someone who can dual wield can truly pull my potential out."
Naruto reeled but was brought back to the present. "Kukuku seems you have acquired a new sword eh Naruto-kun?"
Naruto scowled at him. "Stop playing Orochimaru."
Orochimaru seemed a little surprised he was found out. "Good job Naruto-kun how did you figure it out?"
Naruto smirked. "Wasn't that hard only Anko-chan and you own the contract."
Orochimaru nodded his head. "Seems my information on you was pretty good. But lets get this show on the road. The ANBU should be here shortly and I want to test if you are worthy of my seal as well." with that Orochimaru drew Kusanagi from his belly and shot forward.
Naruto managed to counter Orochimarus thrust. He put his right blade to knock Kusanagi away and swung with his left aiming for a decapitating shot. Orochimaru ducked under it as he shot snakes from his sleeves. "Sen'eijashu(Hidden Shadow Snake hands)"
"Quick Naruto-sama swing your right hand blade." Kamikaze said. Naruto followed his sword's advice and swung his blade. Blades of wind shot from the edge of the blade and cut the snakes to ribbons.
Orochimaru liked his lips. "Seems you are full of surprises. You have managed to block me for 2 strikes lets see if you can keep up." with that he disappeared but Naruto was ready for him.
Naruto used his right hand blade to block and swung his left blade. He managed to nick Orochimaru but he twitched as the blade left his body. All of a sudden Orochimaru screamed and he started to twitch uncontrollably. It subsided after a few seconds and Orochimaru looked at Naruto with clear undisguised want.
"It seems your blades are special. I wonder how your ninjutsu is." He was cut off by a cry of "Kazekiri(Wind Cutter)" but as the wind cut his body to ribbons Orochimaru melted into the branch as mud.
"kukuku very good Naruto-kun you most definitely are worthy but I wonder what the Kyuubi would think of a fellow inside you."
"I would eat your digusting soul for dinner before allowing anything to happen to Kit!" Kyuubi roared from Naruto's seal.
Orochimaru turned to where the ANBU seemed to be rushing. "It seems we have some company soon so I must end this." Orochimaru rushed forward and with another mud clone said "Take these two presents from me." His mud clone bit him as the original's fingertips glowed with purple fire. "Gogyo Fuin! (Five Points Seal)" Naruto grunted as he fell onto the ground.
Naruto fell as he felt his consciousness leaving him. He looked up as he saw Purple hair and a Neko mask. He noticed red eyes in the corner of his eyesight. He whispered. "Gomen Megami-chan, Murasaki-hime." with that he fell into his mindscape.
Kurenai and Yugao had been running ever since the teams had made it to the Tower. Sasuke had been taken to have the seal sealed away but the rest were just resting in their rooms. However, as soon as they gasped out where Naruto was Kurenai and Yugao with her team rushed to the scene. They arrived as Orochimaru melted into the ground.
They heard him whisper his apology. They checked him over with tears in their eyes. He still had a pulse but he had a curse seal like Sasuke. Also that seal on top of Kyuubi's was weird. They decided to rush him to the infirmary and inform the Hokage.
They were both wondering what the hell he was thinking attacking a Sannin of all people. But they both knew he could not leave his comrades to fight such a monster by themselves. They just hoped nothing else happened. The trip back to the Tower was made in silence and just as quickly as they had left they got back. There was still 2 and a half days until the end of the second exam.
Kurenai stayed within Naruto's infirmary room while Yugao and her team reported. About 15 minutes later the Hokage and Yugao shunshined into the infirmary room. The Hokage looked over Naruto and all his seals. He recognized the Gogyo Fuin. He could get rid of that one. The curse seal was still activating so they couldn't do anything yet. The Hokage looked to the women hanging around his grandson's bed. He smiled slightly. He would pull through if only for those two. and maybe a certain Amber haired goddess.
"OK Kurenai-chan, Neko-chan, I am going to remove the Gogyo Fuin and hope that Kyuubi does not take nicely to Orochimaru's seal and destroy it."
Kurenai and Yugao nodded hopefully and the Hokage's fingertips glowed with fire again. "Gogyo Kain (Five Points Release)"
They waited as Naruto grunted and hoped for the best.
Mindscape
His mindscape had reverted to the sewer but it was much cleaner. The pipes were still showing but the water was less and it was much brighter. Naruto started towards where Kyuubi's cage was. He eventually got to the huge place and saw little snakes in the water while Kyuubi thrashed around killing as many as she could reach. There were extra chains surrounding the gates. There was a sigil on the right side of the room. It looked like a snake and the snakes were pouring from it. Once Naruto walked into the room. The Sigil turned into a Orochimaru and started whispering promises of power and respect to Naruto.
Naruto scoffed. "Kyuubi-chan any idea why my mind is a sewer again?"
Kyuubi stopped swiping and said, "No but with that damn extra seal I can not do much."
Naruto thought for a second before saying. "What if I tear the seal so that the only thing left is the part about our souls?"
Kyuubi looked shocked. To do that would grant her infinitely more power within him. She could overpower him and take his body. She could roam his mind and change things. "It would work but do you really trust me do such a thing?" she asked grinning a evil grin.
Naruto looked straight into her eyes. "Hai" he walked up to the seal and tore everything but a small corner off. Just as he reached for the seal the chains disappeared. The gates swung open.
Naruto and Kyuubi looked at each other a few seconds before Kyuubi began swiping again. Naruto backed into the entrance to the Hallway. He killed any snake that tried to get past him. Kyuubi was enjoying killing these snakes but grew tired and finally impaled the Orochimaru look-alike with her claws and licked them clean. She grinned and said "Go finish your ridiculous exam we will talk after it." with that Naruto faded out of his mindscape.
Timeskip 2 days.
Naruto woke to a headache. He tried to sit up but noticed his hands were being held down. There was Kurenai on his right and Yugao with her ANBU mask on his left. He chuckled as said. "Megami-chan, Murasaki-hime. I am awake." he gently shook them. They both stirred then looked at him and jumped him.
"Naruto-kun!" they screamed happily into his chest as they cried.
He held them close knowing how he would feel if he lost them. Gently shushing them and whispering sweet nothings into their ears. Once they had calmed down he smiled down at them and asked, "Better?"
They both shook their heads and snuggled closer to him. "Megami-chan, Murasaki-hime as much as I love this I really think I need to get to the finals." They both blushed and let him up.
Naruto stretched and let his bones pop into place. He reset his resistance seal. He checked his neck for the curse seal and was relieved to notice it not there. He sighed and said, "I need a guide would you two take me?"
They both nodded and Yugao popped her ANBU mask into a scroll. "I have been given permission to attend as a sensei."
Ten minutes and a makeout session later... Naruto, Kurenai, and Yugao arrived at the room where the preliminaries were to take place. They walked in just as the Hokage finished his speech about how the Chuunin Exams stops wars from happening.
Hayate Gekko stepped forward and began explaining through coughs how the preliminaries are going to work. "You will be randomly selected by this board over here," pointing to a big board, "and you will come down here. You will fight one on one until I declare a winner or someone submits or dies. I reserve the right to stop the fight at any time. Now anyone who wants to quit may do so now without hurting their team." Kabuto quit. As well as two genin from Mist that were on one team leaving one Mist gennin.
(For time sake I am not going to type all of the preliminaries out. If you wish to know more detail go watch the anime or read the manga I will summarise anything not new.)
"Very well let's begin." with that the board began randomly spouting names but it stopped on Yoroi Akado vs. Sasuke Uchiha. Sasuke's curse mark had been sealed up. The match started fairly slow with Sasuke trying some taijutsu and Yoroi sucking some chakra through his bloodline. Sasuke fired a grand fireball but it missed and he used the Lion's combo to end it smashing his opponent on the floor. Winner: Sasuke
The next match was Shino Aburame vs. Zaku Abumi. Shino quickly let his bugs out at the beginning of the match. Blanketing the area. Zaku tried to use his "Zankuuha (Decapitating Airwaves)" But he could not cut the bugs down fast enough and he blew his arms chakra apart when he tried to push his attack past the bugs blocking the holes in his arms. Winner: Shino
Next up was Misumi Tsurugi vs. Kankuro. Kankuro almost immediately showed that the package on his back was a puppet. He began contorlling it and after a few minutes managed to snap Misumi's neck. Assuming that was the end. He went to go back to the stands but Misumi revealed his trump card. He could move his body almost like a snake and he did not die. Kankuro quickly poisoned him after dodging his surprise attack effectively ending the fight. Winner Kankuro
Next was Sakura vs. Ino. This lasted the longest but they used academy taijutsu eventually knocking each other out at the same time ending in a draw.
Next was Tenten vs. Temari. Naruto was interested in this one. Two true Kunoichi going at it. But it turned out to be a disappointment. Temari was the worst possible matchup for Tenten who used weapons was against a wind user. The match ended rather quickly but as Tenten was about to have her back almost broken from falling on Temari's fan. Naruto disappeared from in between Kurenai and Yugao and caught her. "She fought honorably to disgrace her by further injuring her after the fight has been called is unforgiveable go back to your village and do it but not here." he stared at Temari who glared at him. She eventually lost and flew back to her brothers. Naruto gave Tenten to the medics and walked back up the stairs to kisses from Kurenai and Yugao about how noble that was.
Next was Shikamaru Nara vs. Kin Tsuchi. A very intellectual battle as Naruto had predicted Kin was a genjutsu type. They fought for a little while back and forth with a little bit of Taijutsu until Shikamaru caught Kin in a "Kagemane no Jutsu (Shadow Imitation Technique)" and knocked her out by knocking her head along the wall.
During this time Naruto had been admiring his new blades. They had been in their scabbards next to his bed when he woke and he had them as an X along his back. The one with the hilt to his right was just like kamikaze in abilities. It looked just like its new counterpart however, it was made of a silvery-grey metal that seemed to reflect and absorb all the light. the blade was one sided but it started thick at the hilt and thinned out in a wavy pattern all the way to the tip which was pointed. It had a handguard for his hands made of a blue metal like the swirl from Kamikaze but this extended along the side of the hilt which corresponded to the blunt side of the blade. He named it Suraisā (Slicer)
The second blade which was his left. was identical to the first. same wavey pattern. Same metal composition. The only difference was the handguard was a yellow color. The abilities this one had was slightly different apparently. It allowed him a certain control over lightning. Kamikaze had told him that if he mastered both blades he could create a swirling vortex of lightning by combining the two blades powers. He decided to name it Denki (Electricity)
The next fight was one all the genin wanted to see. Naruto Uzumaki vs. Kiba Inuzuka. Naruto had managed to impress them all back at the beginning and then turned himself into an enigma once the second exam began. Everyone wanted to see some real action. Kiba jumped down and Naruto followed shortly after. Hayate looked at both of them and said, "Hajime!"
Naruto simply stood there looking at Kiba. Kiba was sweating he knew he was outmatched. Kiba decided to start off strong and hoped to end it real quick. "Shikyaku no Jutsu (Four legs Technique)" he popped a pill to Akamaru who ate it and said "Jūjin Bunshin (Beast Human Clone)" Akamaru turned into a second Kiba as Naruto unsheathed Denki. The two Kiba's ran at Naruto and they both jumped in the air and started twirling before saying, "Gatsuuga (Dual Piercing Fang)" They continued on a course for Naruto who simply sidestepped their first attack still holding Denki in a downwards position. Naruto dodged about 3 more times before saying,
"Kiba do you have anymore?"
KIba and Akamaru headed for Naruto again. Naruto sighed. "I had hoped for more Kiba." Naruto then swung Denki at the whirlwinds when they passed as he sidestepped. Naruto sheathed his sword. "Proctor call the match. He is incapacitated."
Just as he said this Kiba and Akamaru crashed to the ground with electricity arcing all over them. "Their nervous systems are shot and with the way they were spinning they are not going to be gaining their senses anytime soon. I could kill them with a simple stroke but I have them defeated."
The Proctor looked at Naruto then back at Kiba and Akamaru who were staring in the opposite direction supposedly at Naruto. "Goddammit Naruto that hurt!" Kiba shouted. Yep definitely at Naruto.
"Shousha: Naruto Uzumaki." The proctor said and everyone else just stared as Naruto walked back up the stairs to his loves. He just beat them with one attack. Not even a jutsu.
The next match brought forth a rivalry apparently. Hinata Hyuuga vs. Neji Hyuuga. Naruto narrowed his eyes. He knew of the bad blood between the two of them. Hinata had grown substantially but Naruto was not sure how powerful Neji really was. The fight looked pathetic from a outsiders point of view but only a few could tell the internal damage these bodies were taking. Hinata was keeping up with Neji. Her slightly bigger chakra pool sustaining her longer. But Neji managed to get a heart shot in which severely hurt Hinata she kept getting up but she was obviously defeated after she had recieved her third strike making her fall down yet again. She struggled to stand. She said that she would not back down and not give up her Nindo. This enraged Neji and he rushed forward far faster than most of the Jounin expected intending to end Hinata's life. Hinata could do little but stare as her cousin beared down upon her. Neji felt himself being restrained from behind and he looked back. He saw his own sensei looking at him disapprovingly. Kakashi and the proctor held on to his arms. "Tch special protection for the main house. I see how it is."
Kakashi spoke up, "Look back."
Neji turned his head to Hinata expecting to see a broken girl. Instead he was looking at a sword point literally a noselength away from his right eye. Naruto was standing in front of him with Suraisā pointed directly at him. The only thing holding him back were two women who were glaring down at Neji. They simply had their hands on Naruto's arm telling him that Neji had been stopped.
Naruto looked directly into Neji's eyes and said, "You are a Fool! Hinata could have ended this fight in one handseal instead she fought you with honor and you disgrace her by trying to end her life. I swear that if we fight Neji Hyuuga you are going to wish Hinata would have used the Caged Bird seal on your forehead." with that he turned around and stalked off but not before everyone saw a crimson with gold streaks fox cloak make a shadow behind him.
The next fight was Rock Lee vs. Sabaku no Gaara. Before the match started Naruto shunshined down to Gaara and whispered in his ear. "Nine says to keep yourself in check. Do anything I don't approve of and I will have your head." before shunshining away. Gaara shivered and Shukaku roared to stay away from Naruto and listen to what he says. The fight was pretty boring with Lee being blocked until he lost his weights. He managed to hurt Gaara before Gaara turned around and almost crushed his leg and arm. A short burst of KI from Naruto and he simply wrapped him in sand keeping him from moving and being declared the winner.
The last match was to be a threeway. Chouji forfeited making it a regular match with Dosu vs. Bozu the mist genin. Dosu attempted to use his "Melody arm" to beat the mist genin but this guy had been trained in sword arts and the silent killing along with the hidden mist jutsu. Once Bozu had Dosu all mixed up he proceeded to knock him out with a hilt chop to the back of the head.
So the finals were drawn and the invitations sent out. They had a month to train and get ready for their impending fights and everyone filed out after checking the fights.
Match 1: Naruto Uzumaki vs. Neji Hyuuga
Match 2: Sasuke Uchiha vs. Sabaku no Gaara
Match 3: Shino Aburame vs. Kankuro
Match 4: Temari vs. Shikamaru Nara
Match 5: Winner of Match 4 vs. Bozu
Naruto was exhausted after such an ordeal. He made his way home with his loves. They all took time and soaked in the Hot Springs before climbing into bed and after a heated makeout session proceeded to fall asleep. Naruto was almost asleep when he heard.
"Time to talk Naruto-kun!"
End A/N: Well there ya go. A bit longer but the preliminaries had no real reason in my story so I kinda rushed them. Don't worry the finals will be better.