sorry guys! this is the real chapter 15, thanks to storyteller1333 and slatedfox for telling me about the boo boo :D enjoy!

The sun peaked over the trees, shining through the thick branches to rest on the figure of a blonde haired teen that was leaning against the solid trunk of an oak. Naruto sighed, he felt rather lonely as his usual fluffy companion was absent. He raised his gaze towards the other side of the field where his two other 'team-mates' approach training ground 7. One immediately rushed over to the other, smothering him in complements and praise over just how fantastic he was to walk from that particular direction. He snorted as he watched the other male's face turned from indifference to disgust at the screeching pink haired female's antics. He sighed again as he remembered how he'd failed on trying to get a new team.

Flashback

Homura and Koharu laughed outright at Naruto's demand. The blonde turned to glare at them, but it went unnoticed as they continued to laugh down at him. Getting control of himself, Homura turned and looked at the boy who was still glaring at them.

"You think you have the right to come in here and demand things from us?" he asked incredulously, Koharu still having trouble controlling her giggles. Danzo smirked from his position.

"The teams have been chosen and have been introduced to each other. There is no changing them now, you have no choice in the matter, demon." He said smugly. At the familiar name he was often given, all emotion was wiped from Naruto's face. Turning to the Third he raised an eye-brow, asking in silence for confirmation of this fact. The Sandaime sighed and nodded sadly. Annoyance flitted across the blonde's face before being replaced by a cold mask. Kyuubi growled menacingly at the Third, knowing he could do something, he was just too weak to do it. At the sound of the growl, Danzo brought his attention to the fox and frowned. How could the child have the audacity to bring of those foul beasts within the villages walls? Noticing the numerous tails his face scrunched in disgust.

"If I were you, demon, I would kill that thing quick or at least take it back where it came from. It taints our village by its presence." He sneered. Naruto's brow furrowed in confusion and anger.

"Where it came from?" he asked.

"The forest, you stupid brat. The Demon Fox must have mated with other foxes before coming to destroy our humble village because his spawn are running rampant throughout the forests. We know that they're it's because they all have numerous tails, like the cur beside you. I suggest you take it back or some of the villager's might take it as incentive to start or yearly celebrations early" he said with a sadistic smirk. Naruto's blood chilled at the smugness of Danzo's voice. He could also feel Kyuubi's growing happiness over their link at information he had children, but that was also stopped by the dark humour he saw in Danzo's eyes. Knowing he would regret it, Naruto asked anyway.

"What yearly celebrations?" his voice wavering slightly with dread. Danzo's smirk widened at the obvious discomfort on the demon host's face.

"Why you don't know?" he asked innocently, "Well as you know, the 10th of October is the date our village triumphed over the demon fox." Naruto's hands curled into fists.

'The village, my ass! It was the Fourth who stopped him!' he thought furiously, but stayed silent.

"Every year on that date, we celebrate our village's victory but indulging in a little sport" He continued, oblivious to Naruto's anger. "Hunting has always been a noble sport and every year we gather together to celebrate that fact. We gather on the edges of the forest and hunt down the demon's spawn" His eyes had taken a glazed, faraway look, as if he was there killing the creatures right now.

Naruto's eyes widened in horror. Slowly he turned towards the Third, eyes begging him to tell him it wasn't true. The Sandaime wouldn't meet his eyes; his head was hung in shame. As much as he liked the man for his kindness when he was younger, all respect Naruto had for the old man, little as it was, was now a long forgotten memory. Naruto had barely strung two words together in his head when an ear splitting roar filled the small room. Everyone but Naruto winced. Naruto turned towards his companion with sympathy in his eyes, able to feel the torrent of emotions going through the fox over their link. Any happiness that Kyuubi had felt over discovering he had heirs, was lost within the depth of his pain, anger, sadness and guilt. If he was there he could have protected them! His blood red eyes turned onto Danzo who had been torn from his pleasant memory by the pain filled roar. He eyes the fox warily before turning towards the boy.

"Control the beast or he will be dealt with," he said coldly, part of him hoping the boy would ignore him so he would have the pleasure of personally dealing with the creature. The hate and contempt he held for the village was now ten-fold as he eyed the people who controlled it. Bowing stiffly and muttering a 'thank-you for your time' he turned towards Kyuubi and placed a finger between his brows. A soft glow emanated from the point of contact that slowly engulfed the fox's entire body. Pulsing slightly it disappeared along with the fox. Naruto then turned on his heel and left without another word. The council stared after him. Watching from the corners of the room, long forgotten, Iruka and Kakashi witnessed all that had happened.

...

Sasuke looked up from Sakura's annoying yapping and saw Naruto smirking in his direction. He frowned as he realised the blonde knew of his discomfort and was enjoying it, immensely. His frown was replaced by curiosity however when the blonde lost his smirk and his face fell in defeat, his eyes blank as they were lost in memory. He saw the boy sigh again, as if the whole world were out to get him. Remembering the look he had in his eyes on the day of the exam after defeating Kenji, Sasuke didn't doubt that it actually might. Pushing the image of Naruto's pain filled eyes out of his head, he looked around realising it was well past dawn and their new sensei was very much extremely late. Raising his head to the sky and observing the sun he estimated the time being about an hour before midday. His stomach was protesting its empty state by making him feel like it was going to crawl up his mouth and run away to find food on its own. He could hear the extremely demands of 'feed me!' the pink haired kunoichi hanging off his arm, obviously it takes after its owner, he thought dryly. His thoughts were interrupted however by the arrival of their silver haired jounin.

"Sorry I'm late guys, I was lost on the path of life..."

"LIAR" screeched Sakura at his pathetic excuse. Kakashi had the dignity to look bashful. Scratching the back of his head he apologized, though Sasuke and Naruto could tell he didn't mean it, Sakura drank in his apology with an air of smugness.

"Anyway, today we will be doing some survival exercises. If you pass, you become gennin." Kakashi grinned evilly. "If you fail, you go back to the academy."

Sasuke's eyes bulged, Sakura, for once, was speechless, Naruto just looked bored. Nodding with satisfaction over their reactions, except Naruto's, he continued on with his explanation.

"The aim of the game is to try and get these...," he held up two bells and jingled them slightly, "...You have until noon to try. You can use anything you have in your arsenal to assist you. Kunai, shuriken, jutsu...," He looked at Naruto, "...and any summons you have. If you fail to collect a bell before noon you will be tied up to one of these...," he pointed to three study wooden stumps that stood just behind him, "...and you will be forced to watch me eat my lunch." He eyes held an evil glint to them, he wasn't joking. Naruto snorted silently with amusement. He had breakfast this morning. He doubted very much that anything Kakashi did would make him vomit nowadays, he had seen too much. Banishing morbid thoughts from his mind Naruto returned his attention to Kakashi, only to find the test had started and his other two teammates had disappeared. Kakashi was looking at him strangely.

"You know, compared to the others, you're a little bit weird..." he commented dryly. Naruto chuckled, stomping down hard on the fear that rose at the sound of Kakashi's voice.

"Sorry, I was lost in thought. So the aim is to get the bell right?" he asked nonchalantly, concentrating hard on not making his voice waver. Kakashi seemed to see through his valiant attempt of indifference and felt a wave of sadness and guilt overwhelm him. It was his fault the boy was like this...

"Pretty much. No bell, no lunch, no pass," he said listing the points by ticking off his fingers. Naruto shrugged, his hands blurred for a moment before returning to their previous position in his pockets. He pushed himself off the tree he was leaning against and walked towards Kakashi. He stopped a few feet away and faced his new sensei, giving himself enough room to manoeuvre about if Kakashi decided to attack.

"I've eaten already this morning so the 'no lunch' doesn't bother me," he said flippantly. Kakashi raised his brows at this but allowed him to continue, "But I need to pass this to be a gennin so I suppose I have to participate in this game of yours." Naruto sighed for the umpteenth time that morning. Kakashi's brows raised higher, enough so that they were in danger of disappearing into his hair.

"Game?" he repeated incredulously. Naruto just looked bored.

"Hm? Oh, well there is an ulterior point to this activity, that I know mind you, but since I guess you don't want me yelling it out when the other two are still within hearing distance, they can figure it out for themselves. The whole ninja must see the underneath the underneath, the hidden meanings within the hidden meanings, Ninja must see through all deception." He sounded like he was reciting a mantra that was pounded into his head repeatedly. Naruto rubbed his head absently; he could still feel the lump from Tsunade when she beat that lesson into him. Kakashi was impressed; he had the test figured out.

"Well then that should make this a lot easier, off you go then." He said, giving Naruto a shooing motion with his hands. Naruto shrugged again.

"Nah, I'm good," He said, pulling one of his hands from his pockets. A small tinkling sound drew attention to the bell he was holding in his hand, a very fox-like grin was plastered onto his face.

"What-?" exclaimed the silver-haired jounin, twisting to look down at his waist where sure enough, only one more bell remained. Kakashi turned towards Naruto, "When? How?" he demanded. Naruto chuckled.

"Well when I first got off the tree I had already performed the jutsu I needed to get the bell." He explained, sounding really, really bored. Kakashi remembered his hands blurring for a split second and marvelled at his speed before returning his attention back to what Naruto was saying. "As for the how..." Naruto trailed off and made a whistling sound. Rustling could be heard from Kakashi's left. A blur of red streaked from the bushes and rushed to its master's side. Naruto crouched and gladly welcomed the fox that jumped up into his arms. Scratching the animal behind his ears affectionately he continued. "Fang here got it when I was distracting you with the questions and small talk," he said smugly.

Kakashi was speechless. This brat showed enough skill to make sure he get at least chuunin level, if not higher. His deception skills were astounding, he didn't even sense an increase or flicker in his chakra when he performed his jutsu. Wait..., the fear. What he thought was fear was actually the activation of the jutsu! This kid used his own fear to his advantage! He marvelled at the level of control the child had over his emotions; he could be a force unknown since him. Storing this new information away to report to the Hokage he addressed his new pupil.

"Well I suppose you pass then," he said "although you totally missed the point of the test," he frowned. Naruto smiled at him, very sarcastically mind you.

"What the whole teamwork thing? The fact is that if we were all normal gennin, we would have no chance against you separately, so this test was designed to force us to work together. Either way, at least one person would be tied to the log and we would have an epiphany of self sacrificing nobleness where we would probably try to feed the one tied to the stump, thus proving we would rather help each other than pass this test and then pass this test." He theorized. Kakashi's mouth had dropped at the start of the explanation. Closing it quickly he searched around for the other's chakra signatures. "Don't worry, they left when I revealed the bell." Naruto laughed. "They don't know the true purpose of this test." Kakashi sighed, and dropped his head in defeat. Looks like this year he'll actually have to teach.

"Ok, ok. I get it. You pass. You and Fang can leave; meet me at the bridge on the east-side of town tomorrow morning at 7 for our first mission. If the other two pass they'll meet you there.

Naruto smirked. Without saying anything, he turned and walked out the clearing, Fang at his heels.