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Kenji gave a battle cry as he launched himself at Naruto. Naruto easily dodged the attack and before Kenji could move to attack again; his gaze was filled with the sight of a black, clad foot. The force of the kick sent him flying back. Naruto could feel the nose of his opponent break when he sent him flying. Turning to Iruka he asked,

"How long do we spar for? First blood?"

Iruka looked at the once weak child and answered sadly

"Until you're proctor decides whether or not you are able to pass or you fail." Iruka hated Kenji. He always failed his examinees. Never gave them a chance to fight back, before he beat them to a bloody pulp. And there was nothing he could do about. The rest of the class must have known this, because Naruto could hear murmurs of sympathy and the distinct sound of people betting on how bad his injuries will be. He smirked. They had no idea...

A kunai broke his through his thoughts. Naruto grabbed the projectile in mid air and threw it back at his enemy, just scraping his cheek to leave a line of blood there. Kenji looked furious, his face a bloody mess. Never before had some student ever been able to hit him. He was going to make this brat pay.

"I here-by merge Naruto's two practical exams into one sparring demonstration. The kenjutsu and taijutsu exam will now commence." Stated Kenji with an evil smirk. Gasps were heard around the classroom; Kenji had basically given himself the right to torture this boy under the impression of an exam. Even Kiba had lost his smirk and felt sorry for the guy. Sasuke showed no expression on his face and just raised an eyebrow at the situation. But on the inside he was secretly dying with anticipation for what was going to happen. He had no doubt in his mind that Naruto could beat Kenji. The question was just how bad. Iruka was gripping the desk so hard his knuckles had turned white. He remembered when Naruto was a boy and he used to take him out for ramen when he after one of his daily punishments. The child had just smiled and laughed as though nothing was wrong, he felt the urge to protect him, but was powerless to do so. And here he was again in a situation where he could do absolutely nothing to help. Naruto turned and saw the distress of his sensei and smiled at him. That smile completely threw Iruka off. It was full of confidence and mischief.

Naruto turned his attention once again to Kenji.

"Kenji-sensei," he asked in a mocking tone. "Because I am new here, what weapons are we allowed to use? Because I'm not sure if the ones I have are legible."

Iruka butted in before Kenji could make up anymore rules that would put the boy at a disadvantage.

"Kunais, shurikens, katanas, swords, senbon needles, axes, maces ... anything that has a blade or can be used to hurt your openest basically." Listed Iruka, glaring at Kenji as he stated the weapons.

"Oh sweet. Fang!" Naruto called to his fox that ran up to him upon his call. Iruka was about to say that animals can't be counted as weapons when the fox seemed to catch fire and disappear. "Show off," he heard Naruto mutter. Before Iruka could say anything more, Kenji had decided to attack.

Pulling out numerous kunai knives he threw them all at Naruto with deadly precision. Naruto smirked at his attempt to injure him before moving. To all but the chuunin level of ninja, he seemed to disappear. The students cast confused looks around, searching for the blonde haired boy. Naruto reappeared holding a wire and a bunch of kunai. He was leaning casually against a desk. Sasuke followed the wire and his eyes widened in surprise. A senbon needle was stuck through the wall on the opposite side of the classroom, and it had passed through the hole at the end of every kunai Kenji had thrown at him. The kunai knives he was currently holding were proof of this, as they had Kenji's clan symbol engraved on them. As the class grasped what has happened, many stares of disbelief fell onto the new boy.

"Just how did he throw that needle with enough force to pierce the wall?!" was the only thing running through Sasuke's mind. The entire class seemed to freeze as all eyes fell on boy out front.

Iruka cleared his throat, "Kenjutsu accuracy: Pass"

Kenji growled with hatred at the boy. How dare he make a fool of him?! He would put this brat in his place if it was the last thing he would do. Waves of killing intent hit the classroom like a tsunami. Those who weren't strong enough to withstand it, collapsed from the mental strain. The only students who stayed conscious were the ones that had caught Naruto's eye earlier. Naruto felt the bloodlust coming from Kenji and quirked an eyebrow at the man.

"Wow, you really hate to lose, don't you?" he asked the man, with his head tilted to one side, giving him the look of innocent curiosity. Kenji growled again and made quickly made a seal with his hands.

"NO Kenji! Ninjutsu is not permitted!" Iruka yelled, hoping the man would stop. But once again, the universe is a bitch, and Kenji completely ignored Iruka and completed his jutsu.

"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" he yelled, and the classroom was filled with copies of Kenji. Naruto looked around, mentally counting the clones of his adversary. Iruka growled in frustration. Turning to one of the on-looking shinobi he barked, "Go get the Hokage NOW! Tell him that Kenji is abusing the new student!" nodding the ninja vanished to report to the Hokage.

Naruto was thinking, "There's about 60 of them, hmm could be trouble. Where the hell is Kyuubi?!" just as he was contemplating the whereabouts of the fox, a ball of fire appeared by Naruto's side, the kitsune in the centre of it. Naruto's large blade was strapped to his back.

"Well it's about time," grinned the blonde, retrieving his weapon from the animal's back. Kyuubi gave a happy yip before running back to Naruto's seat. Changing his mind, Kyuubi decided to jump onto Sasuke and make himself comfortable. Sasuke raised an eyebrow at the fox, but allowed him to settle before turning his attention back to the fight.

Naruto wielded his sword with ease, and got into a fighting position. Kenji smirked at the boy's confidence. His clones surrounded him.

"Just 'coz you got yourself a big-ass sword doesn't mean you not gonna get whooped," he bragged. Naruto just smiled, showing all of his teeth, in a very fox-like grin, saying nothing. Kenji grunted in frustration at not being able to provoke his opponent. Grabbing a kunai from his pocket, his clones copying him, he attacked. Naruto surveyed the oncoming rush of Kenjis calmly before swinging his blade and decapitating 4 of them. The clones 'poofed' out of existence. Avoiding a kunai aiming at the back of his head, Naruto did a neat back-flip, his legs kicking out and destroying two more clones. He then couched, stuck out his sword and turned, making another ten clones disappear. The real Kenji was hanging back, out of danger, and watched as clone after clone was destroyed by the one-man whirlwind. Naruto started whistling a tune as he crushed the one man army.

"Go new kid!" the cheer made the clones stop and look at the boy who yelled it. Kiba was standing now, and blushed when the attention turned onto him. "It's about time someone kicked this jerk's ass!" he yelled. Akamaru barked in agreement. Naruto grinned.

"Shut up dog boy! You're distracting him!" the blonde haired kunoichi screamed. "Come on, Naruto!" she added, cheering him on also.

"Bite me bimbo. Yeah! Naruto!" retorted Kiba, adding another cheer on at the end.

"I've never been cheered before," thought Naruto, smiling at the new feeling. "Usually it's the complete opposite." His good feeling was cut short when he noticed Kenji decide to silence the dog boy, with a kunai knife. Blood splattered onto the desk as the kunai tore through fabric, flesh and muscle. Silence reigned supreme in the class, only broken by a grunt of pain and heavy panting.

Kiba's mouth hung open as he stared at the back of the blonde haired boy who had taken the kunai for him. Instead of it piercing his neck, like planned, it was now lodged in Naruto's shoulder, rendering his left arm useless as nerves and muscles were severed. Kenji grinned at the result. It wasn't what he aimed for, but it was still a very good outcome for him. His clones took advantage of the situation and punched Naruto in the jaw, sending him flying across the room. A loud crack was heard when his fist connected with his face. Kyuubi had been watching calmly so far but when the kunai had struck Naruto he had gotten up fur bristling. As Naruto was flying across the room, he roared. Sasuke looked at the fox in surprise. He thought nothing fazed this thing, obviously he was wrong. Kyuubi ran over to Naruto, stood over his bleeding body and growled at the approaching enemy.

"Tut tut, Animals are forbidden in this exam. If your fur-ball attacks me, that's an instant fail." Kenji scolded in a sing-song voice, mocking the downed student. Kyuubi growled again, each of his tails fanning out behind him, hiding Naruto from view.

"Fang, that's enough," a voice ordered. Kyuubi looked over to where his 'name' was called and narrowed his eyes. The Hokage had finally arrived. "I do not know what has happened so far but if you interfere with this sparring match then Naruto will be failed immediately. Stand down." The Hokage said, authority ringing in every word. Kyuubi just growled and did not move.

"Seriously Fang, I know I'm your favourite person and all, but you're over-reacting. Go back to Sasuke.' Kyuubi turned around to discover his face was mere inches from Naruto's. "Ouch, my head hurts," he stated rubbing his jaw. "That was a helluva punch. Must've been infused with chakra of something," he stated. Kyuubi stopped growling. Looking him once over, he licked his face and ran back over to Sasuke, where he sat, but this time more alert to the fight.

Getting to his feet, he pulled the kunai out of his shoulder. Blood started pumping down his now useless arm. "Hey old-man is it within the rules of this fight to disable your opponent?" he asked the Sandaime. Everyone gasped at the blatant disrespect toward the village's most renowned ninja. The Hokage just ignored it.

"Yes, if you use taijutsu or kenjutsu." He answered calmly before turning to Iruka. 'I feel like watching the end of the gennin exams. Fetch me a chair." Iruka nodded and hurried to do his bidding, "Now continue on with the match!"

"It won't last that much longer," Naruto muttered under his breath, his eyes narrowed as he gazed at Kenji. Kenji had paled when the Hokage had stepped into the room, but was once again full of confidence as no-one could prove he had done anything wrong. Smirking, he faced his injured opponent once more, only to find he wasn't there anymore. The agonizing pain he felt on the back of his head was the only warning he had of his adversary moving. He was blown forward but was stopped just before he hit the ground by a sharp yanking feeling on his wrists. He was unable to shake the stars from his vision before Naruto got to his legs with the wires. He was now suspended, face-down in mid-air, by thin wires attached to kunai knives which had been stabbed into the walls. Naruto calmly walked up to his helpless prey and stood behind him.

"This is for the attempt to harm the innocent bystanders," He stated. His tone would have made icicles jealous for how cold it was. Sasuke never thought that such a happy-go-lucky guy could have such a voice as emotionless as this. Kyuubi was grinning like the fox he was when Naruto lifted his leg and kicked Kenji.

As hard as he could.

Right in the crown jewels.

Every male in the room was wincing as a definite squishy sound could be heard. The kunoichis laughed and cheered at this, making Naruto smile weakly. Naruto turned to the line of shinobi proctors, who were staring at him open-mouthed. "So, do I pass?" he inquired. Seeing as how all of his proctors were in a state of shock, no-one had ever dream of the day when Kenji would have been not only defeated, but totally humiliated, the Hokage made the announcement.

"Naruto passes both the taijutsu and kenjutsu portion of the gennin exam." He said in a clear voice. "Please go see a nurse for your injuries." He added as Naruto walked past him on his way back to his seat.

'Nah, I'm good. Fang can heal me," he grinned at the shocked expressions of his fellow classmates as he stated this fact. When he returned to his seat Kyuubi placed his nose on his shoulder and closed his eyes. Red chakra covered his shoulder, giving off a faint glow. Everyone in the class was watching intently as the wound began to heal. When Kyuubi removed his head, the only trace of the injury left was the tear in his clothes. Naruto thanked the fox before turning to face the front of the class. "So, who's next?"