Chapter 3: The demons return
I do not own Naruto or this idea. The idea belongs to kagedoragon
(Timeskip)
(Forest of Death)
"Argh! Where the hell is that baka! We can't pass without that idiot!" Sakura and Sasuke were outside of the tower waiting for Naruto, despite the fact that he could be dead for all they knew.
"Grrrr, we only have one day left, and that loser is making us wait!" Yes, Sakura completely ignored the fact that Naruto could be seriously hurt or even dead.
"Don't worry; even the dobe wouldn't dare to be late for this. After all, I'm an Uchiha, and we can't fail." Sasuke stated, with Sakura's eyes turning into stars when she looked at him.
After being attacked by Orochimaru, Sakura had somehow managed to get Sasuke to the ground and hidden under a series of roots. After setting up some traps, Sakura had stood watch, waiting for her precious Sasuke to wake up. A few hours after preventing a squirrel from revealing her traps, a trio of Sound ninjas appeared and proceeded to demand she wake up Sasuke. Sakura demanded answers about Orochimaru from the ninjas, only for the Kunoichi to Shunshin behind her and grab her, taunting her about her skills as a Kunoichi. Freeing herself by cutting her hair with a kunai, Sakura started using Kawarimi no Jutsu to fight the spiky-haired boy with the Kanji for "Death" on the front of his shirt. After getting a few bruises from him, Sakura was about to be finished when Rock Lee appeared and began fighting to protect her. Soon, the battle was joined by Team Ten and the rest of Lee's team, only for Sasuke to finally wake up and send the enemies running after breaking Death-boy's arms.
Having been given the Sound team's scroll, Sasuke and Sakura began trekking through the forest to get to tower. They soon joined up with Gennin with the nin-info cards, Kabuto, and managed to defeat a team from Amegakure and gain their final scroll. They quickly arrived at the tower, only for Kabuto to remind them that they need all three teammates to enter the tower and pass the Second Exam. They had already been waiting for Naruto to arrive for two days, not even thinking of looking for him.
"WRRRRAAAA"
(CRASH)
"Damn Chi." Spinning around to look towards the trees, Sasuke and Sakura saw Naruto on top a large cat with purple fur. But he was a little different from when they last saw him. Naruto was missing his orange jacket, and his pants and black shirt were shredded almost beyond recognition. His weapon pouches were missing and his clothes were covered in dirt and blood. What could be seen of his skin was covered in cuts and bruises.
"N-Naruto! Where the hell have you been, baka!" glaring at Sakura, Naruto walked up to the door and opened it, obviously not wanting to talk. Pausing, Naruto looked at the cat demon before walking inside with it following shortly behind. Looking at each other, Sasuke and Sakura soon followed, curious as to why Naruto did what he did. As soon as the two got inside, they went over to Naruto and pulled out the two scrolls, wondering what to do next.
"Maybe we should try opening them now. What do you think Sasuke-kun?"
"Let's do it." Sasuke and Sakura unrolled the scrolls. "Throw them down, now!" Hearing Sasuke's exclamation, Naruto turned and saw that the scrolls were smoking, and when they hit the floor and overlapped each other, a large puff of smoke appeared from them. As the smoke cleared, the three Gennin saw, to their surprise, Umino Iruka.
"Iruka-sensei!"
"Hey guys, how are… what the hell is that!" turning pale, Iruka pointed at the demon.
"Oh, that's just a demon."Naruto stated as if talking about the weather. The other three just stared at him with a dead-pan look on their faces.
"Naruto, how the hell could you beat a demon?"
Looking at Sakura, Naruto stated, " So Iruka-sensei what are you doing here?"
Iruka blinked and coughed into his hand. "Well, I'm here to congratulate you three on passing the second part of the exam, and to explain the meaning of the phrase on the wall."
(Don't want to write this part, so I'll skip it.)
"Well, now that that's done, Naruto why did you bring a demon in here?"
"Well, apparently I have a Kekkei Genkai, and I think I should wait to explain it till I can tell the Hokage."
The others all stared at Naruto in shock at this news. Ignoring this, Naruto turned to demon, which was still knocked out. Sasuke glared at Naruto as he and the cat demon walked out of the room, while Sakura tried to convince herself that Naruto's Kekkei Genkai would never stand up to the Sharingan. Iruka shook his head and used Shunshin to find the Hokage and inform of the news.
(short timeskip)
After dropping off Chi in the room he claimed, Naruto decided to explore the tower and see who else was there. He quickly found a room full of tables with food on them, and looking around he saw some familiar faces.
"Hey, Chouji, Shikamaru, Ino what's up?"
"Naruto! You're alive!"
"Troublesome. It's kinda obvious he's alive, Ino. He's standing right in front of us." Ino blushed after her lazy teammate said this. Turning back to Naruto, Ino looked him over, noticing how torn up his clothes were.
"What the hell happened to you Naruto? You look like you went a blender or something."
"Well, I was attacked by a bunch of low-level demons." This statement quickly caught the attention of Team 10. Ino gaped, Shikamaru stared with an incredulous look on his face, and Chouji dropped his chopsticks into his lap. "What? I said 'low-level'. They weren't all that strong for the most part."
The other three just continued to stare. Before they could recover from their shock, the four Gennin heard a familiar voice call out.
"Heh, I guess we're all here then, since if Naruto's here his team should be here to, right Shino?"
"That appears to be the case, Kiba, though I do wonder why you are not with your teammates, Naruto-san."
"Well, I just felt exploring the tower, besides I didn't really feel like being near them right now, 'specially since they seem to have been waiting outside of the tower instead of trying to find me after we were separated." At this the others looked confused, though nobody could tell with Shino.
"What do ya mean separated? What, did you annoy your team so much they left while you slept? Heh he." Kiba laughed as he taunted Naruto. Though he thought it was funny, everyone else was just annoyed by Kiba's antics.
"We were separated when we were attacked by some freak named Orochimaru. Though I'm pretty sure he was just toying with us." The others were stunned at hearing that he was attacked by a man who was considered for the title of Hokage and managed to survive.
A-are you all r-right, N-Naruto-kun?" Hinata was clearly the most worried about him, which even Naruto noticed. Naruto began explaining what happened during the fight with Orochimaru and being attacked by the demons, though he kept quiet about his new Kekkei Genkai and the powers it gave him. After he finished, the others had various reactions: Hinata gazed at him, admiration in her eyes, Shikamaru and Chouji just looked at Naruto, impressed, Shino contemplated on how strong Naruto really was, Ino was confused at how Naruto's actions went against the beliefs about him she had, and Kiba just laughed at what he thought were lies to make Naruto look better than he was.
"Hahahaha, there's no way any of that happened. I bet you just got knocked out and dreamed all that."
"Then how do you explain the state of his clothes, huh Kiba?" Shikamaru smirked as Kiba's mouth moved up and down.
"Um, uh, whatever man! Hey, Hinata how 'bout we go on a date after we get out of here, huh?" Kiba quickly attempted to change the subject by trying to get what he's been after since he peeked on Hinata during her time at the local hot springs.
"A-ano, I don't t-think so. S-sorry."
"Ah c'mon Hinata, I mean it's not like anybody wants to date you. After all, I'm the only one who's ever asked you out."
"What are you talking about mutt? Someone as nice as Hinata must have lots of people wanting to be with her." Needless to say, Naruto was quite confused that Hinata had never been asked by anybody other than Kiba.
"The reason for that, Naruto-san, is that most people know that she already likes someone who is rather oblivious to her affections. Kiba-san is aware of this as well, but he seems to think he would be a better partner for her, despite the fact that the reason he wants her is because he spied on her while she was at the hot springs. In other words, he only wants her for her body."
"What? Kiba, is that true?" Needless to say, Naruto was pissed that Kiba, someone he saw as a friend, would be so shallow.
"So what? Geesh, it's like I said, nobody else wants her, so I might as well take her for my own. At least that way that she can actually have kids, right? Not like girls like her are good for anything else." At this point everyone was glaring at him, especially Ino, while Hinata looked worried.
"Kiba, I think you should shut up right now, before you get hurt." Naruto clenched his teeth, now beyond pissed at what he was hearing. A little known fact about Naruto is that he hates rapists more than anything; the only people aware of Naruto's hatred were the Hokage, the Ichiraku family, and a couple Anbu members. From his point of view, Kiba's words were the type of crap he'd expect from scum like that Gatou bastard from the mission in Nami.
"Heh, what are you going to do to make me, huh?"
"It's not what Naruto alone would do, it's what all of us would do to you Kiba." Kiba glanced over at Chouji, startled that the usually kind boy would threaten anybody. Looking around, the dog boy saw that he was out-numbered.
"Tch, fine, whatever. I'm out of here. Let's go Akamaru." Turning around, the boy and his dog walked off. Once they were gone, Team 10 went back to their food, and Naruto turned towards the remaining members of Team 8.
"Well, now that that's done with, I'm gonna get some food. What about you Hinata, Shino?"