Whazzuuup?! Williamgbirkin here, to bring you the latest chapter of Black Blood! This is the first, and a little bit of the second stage of the Chunin Selection Exams!
You guys seemed to really like Chapter six man. I don't understand, but thanks!
Chapter five's quote was Calculon by the way...just a umm...FYI...yeah.
Once again, this chapter is over ten thousand words!
To those who were (rudely) wondering why I had Naruto sign the toad scroll and not the wolf or the tiger, it was a whim, end of story, get over it.
To those who asked nicely why I had Naruto sign the toad scroll and not the wolf or the tiger, it was just a whim.
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chm01: Thank you for explaining that for me. I was wondering if there was a weird episode that I needed to watch or something.
Divebomb Crow: I never thought about it, if you wanted a profile on Haku, it would probably say something like "Low self worth, sadism, gender confusion" or something like that. I'm going to take that as a complement, so thank you, and last time I checked I wasn't, but that was a few years ago, so that may no longer be the case.
evil-pain: Dude! Thank you, but calm down!
roboguy45: She'll actually be more of a grandmother/mother mix, and she won't actually be staying in the same house as them. I may not have made it clear, but she moved into the district, not the Clan Head's house.
Macilnar: Holy shit! I never thought of that. That could probably level a village or something!
Btigeriz: It's actually "2001: A space odyssey" but close enough.
Digitize27: While the elemental variants he first saw may have been water, the dragon jutsu also has fire and earth variants, and the clone jutsu has earth and lightning variants, so the only one that's actually specifically for the water element, is the mist jutsu. I may not have given him the ideas in the best way, but what's done is done. I also did consider giving him a water affinity, but I didn't want to make him too overpowered with three affinities, and that narrowed my combinations. I also didn't remember that there was a difference between physical and chakra kekkei genkai. I had also based the affinities for the Kokketsu on the chart that is the picture for this story.
shadeirion: Honestly, I just haven't thought about it.
Cumbersomeconnexion: No.
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"Hello": Human Speech
'Hello': Human Thought
"Hello": Demon/Summon Speech
'Hello': Demon/Summon Thought
"Jutsu": Jutsu
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Konoha
"YOU BRAT!" screamed Sakura.
At this, the 'Konohamaru Ninja Squad' ran away screaming, followed by a furious Sakura.
"Lets go make sure Sakura doesn't kill them." sighed Naruto, prompting the other three to follow him.
As they neared the corner, they heard a voice say, "Hey you little shit, that hurt!"
This voice, was honestly of no concern to the three Uzumaki's and Haku. That is until they heard Moegi scream "Hey you big jerk! Let him go!" causing them to rush even more to make sure that they weren't hurt.
As they turned the corner, they saw a group of six people in the alley, the Konohamaru ninja squad, Sakura, and two strangers, one of whom was holding Konohamaru into the air, with Sakura begging the boy to leave him alone.
"Hey, What are you doing?" asked Haku, making the boy, who was wearing a full black body suit with a suna hitai-ate on his head, purple war paint, and a wrapped package on his back, look at her for a moment, before a lecherous grin appeared on his face.
"Well hello there beautiful, how 'bout you and me have a little fun sometime?" he asked.
"Hell no you teme! Aniki, get-em!" shouted Keihi, turning to Naruto, only to realize that he was no longer there.
"Well, it looks like 'aniki' abandoned you." Chuckled the black clad boy, still holding a struggling Konohamaru.
"Come on Kankuro, if HE finds out about this, he's going to get angry." Said the boys companion, a young blonde girl, with a white battle kimono, a giant fan on her back, and her hitai-ate around her neck, symbolizing her suna shinobi status.
"Oh lighten up Temari, he's probably finding his latest 'prey'. He won't bother us for a while, and I've been bored for a while. And besides, impolite brats need to be taught manners." he reasoned, before turning back to Haku, "So how 'bout it? You up for a date with an awesome ninja like me?"
"Sorry, I don't go out with guys who wear more make-up than I do." she said, condesedndingly, but before he could make a scathing comment, an arm wrapped around his and the Temari girl's necks like a friendly hug, except that each hand had a sword at one of the two suna-nin's throats, making the black-clad boy flinch and drop his prisoner.
"It's not nice to deny a lady her right to choose, is it?" asked a voice in between the two terrified foreign ninjas. When the two looked in between them, it was revealed to be a blonde boy around their age, wearing a green green haori, two hitai-ates, his left arm around Kankuro's neck, holding the sword to Temari's, and his right arm around Temari's neck, holding the blade to Kankuro's.
"Thank you Naruto-kun." Replied the ice wielding kunoichi with a giggle.
"You bitch, it's war paint!" shouted Naruto's male captive, before immediately shutting up as the blade pressed harder against his throat.
"Now, what would two Suna-nins be doing here?" asked their captor, prompting the girl to explain.
"We are here for the Chunin Exams, and we decided to walk around to relieve the boredom, when that kid bumped into my brother."
Naruto then looked at Kankuro, taking in his appearance, before turning back to Temari.
"Isn't Suna in the middle of the desert?" He asked her, getting a nod, "And does he wear this frequently?" he continued, getting another nod. Turning back to Kankuro, he asked, rather incredulously, "So, you wear a full black body suit in the middle of the desert?" getting a giggle from his right and the people in front of him and a glare from his left.
Naruto then let them go, sheathing his blades, he then walked to his friends, turning his back to his one-time captives, making Kankuro fume at his attitude, and take the wrapped bundle off his back.
"I'll teach you to disrespect me, you bastard!" he shouted, getting a panicked look from his sister.
"Are you seriously going to use that here?" she asked, but before he could reply, a stone came flying out of nowhere and hit him on the hand, making him release the bundle.
"Careful kit, there's one of my kind in that tree."
'That's just Sasuke, I know he's evil, but he's not a biju.'
"Wrong branch, kit."
"You can both come down now." Shouted Naruto, interrupting Sasuke, making him scoff at Naruto's stupidity.
"What are you talking about dobe? I'm the only-"
"Kankuro, what are you doing, you're an embarrassment to our village." came a monotonous voice fro the opposite side of the tree from Sasuke.
'What? I didn't sense him at all, but the dobe could?'
Then there was an eruption of sand in front of Kankuro, making the black clad boy splutter a half assed excuse before the person in front of him said, "Shut up or I'll kill you." he then turned to Naruto, ignoring the muttered apologies, revealing himself to be a red-headed boy, with brown and black clothes, and a large gourd on his back, and told the blonde boy, "I apologise for my squad mates behavior, and I guarantee it won't happen again. My name is Subaku No Gaara, may I ask yours."
"I am Uzumaki Naruto." He replied simply, making the girl widen her eyes a little before walking away with her team (1).
"My name is-" Started Sasuke, before once again being interrupted, this time by Gaara.
"I don't care what your name is weakling." he stated before walking off, making Sasuke fume, and Sakura screech about how Sasuke was better than the red-head.
"Come on, we need to meet with Kakashi-sensei." sighed Naruto, walking off in the opposite direction of the Suna team, ignoring Sasuke's glare and Sakura's yell about how he couldn't order them around because he was the deadlast.
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Jounin Meeting
Same Time
Hiruzen Sarutobi stood before various jonin, special jonin, and chunin in a large meeting room.
Clearing his throat, he said, "I am sure that the reason for which you have been called here is obvious, given the time of the year."
Realization seemed to dawn among many of the men and women present at that moment, making it clear that they had forgotten anything at all was happening at that time of the year.
"It is time for the Chunin Selection Exams, and we will be hosting them," Hiruzen said as he looked amongst the crowd.
"The Sunagakure has submitted applications for ten teams, Amegakure has done so for eight teams, Kusagakure has done so for five teams, Takigakure has done so for four teams, Kirigakure has done so for two teams, and the newly established Otogakure has done so for a single team. This brings the total number of foreign genin competing to ninety," Hiruzen said with a puff of his pipe. "All ninety of these genin and their jonin-sensei will be arriving within the next week. You're being informed of this now because some of them will be arriving as early as today."
Quite a few people were stunned by the suddenness.
"When does it begin?" Kakashi asked, remaining calm as expected.
"The Chunin Exams will begin on the first day of July," Hiruzen answered. "Now, I would like Hatake Kakashi, Yuhi Kurenai, and Sarutobi Asuma to step forward. As you are the three jonin in charge of the teams of rookie genin, I give you the choice of whether or not you would like to nominate any of your genin first. Keep in mind that the only requirement to nominating them is that they have completed at least eight missions. It is generally recommended that they have done twice that."
Kakashi Hatake stepped forward, appearing to form the Seal of Confrontation as he spoke. "I, Hatake Kakashi, am the jonin in charge of Team Seven, composed of Uchiha Sasuke, Haruno Sakura, and Uzumaki Naruto. I nominate all three of my students for the Chunin Selection Exams."
Naturally, his words shocked nearly everyone as he took a step back, returning to the line that he formed with the other jonin-sensei.
Then, Kurenai stepped forward and formed the Seal of Confrontation before she spoke. "I, Yuhi Kurenai, am the jonin in charge of Team Eight, composed of Aburame Shino, Hyuga Hinata, and Inuzuka Kiba. I nominate all three of my students for the Chunin Selection Exams."
Even more people were shocked by her nominations than Kakashi. After all, they had mostly been surprised by Kakashi's nomination because Naruto Uzumaki was on his team. They expected the Last Uchiha to be very skilled, after all.
And then, Asuma stepped forward and formed the Seal of Confrontation before he spoke. "I, Sarutobi Asuma, am the jonin in charge of Team Ten, composed of Yamanaka Ino, Nara Shikamaru, and Akimichi Choji. I nominate all three of my students for the Chunin Selection Exams."
The nomination of three rookie genin teams back to back had everyone present shocked. Even the Hokage was a little surprised.
"Hold on a second!" Umino Iruka said.
"Yes Iruka?" Hiruzen asked calmly.
"I was the sensei of all nine of those genin four months ago," Iruka said, trying to remain calm. "I will agree that they are all skilled shinobi, but they're not ready. They've only been genin for a little bit. No matter how far they've come, there is no way that they are ready for this. The Chunin Exams can be deadly. I cannot understand what these three jonin are thinking."
"I was a chunin when I was less than half as old as Naruto," Kakashi said with a shake of his head. "And I was not a genin for too much longer than Naruto has been either. He'll be fine."
"Naruto isn't like you," Iruka said, nearly yelling. "None of them are like you. They are not ready for this."
"We'll be the judge of that," Kakashi said sternly. "Naruto and the others are not your students any longer. They are soldiers under our command. It is not your place to question our decisions."
"Perhaps you should listen to him, my Eternal Rival," Guy said as he walked up and placed a hand on Iruka's shoulder. "I can understand the youthful drive to have your genin compete with my own, but maybe it would be for the best if you had them wait a year like I did."
"Hmm? Did you say something?" Kakashi asked as he looked at Guy as though he had just seen him.
Before Guy could rant about Kakashi being cool, Hiruzen cleared his throat. "That is enough. I will let the nominations stand. As jonin, I trust their word. I will now begin taking nominations for the older teams of genin."
Iruka grimaced at that, but he could not say anything. The Hokage had spoken, after all.
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Team Seven
Three Hours Later
"Yo!" said a jovial Kakashi from his place from the top of a pole.
"YOU'RE LATE!" Screeched Sakura, making Naruto and Sasuke wince.
"Sorry about that, I was almost here before I had to go back to my house to make sure my stove wasn't on." He explained.
"Of course Kakashi-sensei, it wouldn't be very good if your home burned down, the fire might have spread to the rest of the village." Said Naruto, nodding, making his comrades face-fault, including Kakashi, who had never actually had someone agree with one of his excuses.
"Anyways, I signed you guys up for the Chunin Selection Exams, along with the other two rookie teams. It will happen on the first of July in the academy in room 301 by one o'clock." It was at that point that he disappeared in a puff of smoke, and another person appeared, revealed to be the Anbu Neko.
"Oh, hello, Neko-san." said Naruto, startling his squad-mates who were wondering how he was so familiar with an Anbu member.
"Hello Uzumaki-san, the hokage requests your presence as soon as possible." She said before vanishing in a puff of smoke.
"Hmm, I wonder what Jiji wants. Later teme, Sakura." Said Naruto, before he placed his hands in the ram sign before he too vanished.
'How did the dobe do that? I have to make his other sensei teach me, I bet they would be ecstatic to teach me, the last Uchiha'
'He-he didn't call me Sakura-chan. What happened to him? And why do I care so much?'
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Hokage's Office
When the smoke cleared, Naruto saw that he was one of only three people in the room, with the other two being the hokage and a young girl with a Kusagakure hitai-ate and...crimson hair?
"Oh, welcome Naruto-kun. Sit down, sit down, I'd like you to meet Karin." Said the Hokage jovially.
"Hello Karin-chan, I'm guessing from your red hair that you're an Uzumaki." He said, making the girl blush at the suffix and nod.
"Karin here has asked to be transferred here so that she could be part of the Uzumaki clan. We have already done the tests, and now I'd like you to take her to the Uzumaki district to get her settled in. After the chunin exams are finished, she will be a full Konoha shinobi, and a member of your clan. That is, if, as head of your clan, you allow it."
"Of course I'd allow it, Jiji. Come on Karin-chan, let's get you home." Stated the boy, grabbing her by the hand and leading her out of the office.
As they walked, Karin used her sensor abilities to find out what she could about the boy.
'His chakra, it's so...so warm and bright, it's like the sun.' She thought, before noticing something else, 'Wh-what's this? He has another chakra, but, it's so dark, so...evil. I'm starting to panic just thinking about it.'
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Shinobi Academy
Day Of Chunin Exams Noon
Naruto and his team-mates were walking through the halls of the academy when the sounds of a scuffle greeted them. They looked to see a group of people surrounding a doorway with two people guarding it, one with a backpack and one with a pair of giant kunai, with a familiar bun-haired brunet in front of it.
"Please, just let us in!" Shouted the girl, who was holding on to a boy with a bowl cut, perfectly round eyes, huge...eyebrows(?), and was wearing mostly green, they'd just knocked down.
"Whatever little girl. Brats shouldn't be here, if you can't even pass us then you'll be destroyed in the chunin exams."
"How horrible." said one of the bystanders, making the 'guard' with the kunai laugh.
"Horrible? This is our kindness. The Chunin Exams aren't easy, even we failed three straight times. We've seen it all, teams that quit as shinobi, teams that die during the exams. Not to mention chunins often become squad captains. The failure of the mission can mean the death of a comrade or themselves, and it would be all your fault. And you still think you can pass. Don't make me laugh. We're just thinning out the heard, those who will fail anyways, is that so wrong? Now go and play with your dolls little girl, and don't ever waste my time again."
"I may agree with you, but...I'm taking the exams. Oh and while you're at it, take down this pathetic genjutsu, I'm going to the third floor." Said Sasuke, when 'Kunai' had finished.
"What's he talking about?"
"I don't know."
"This is the third floor isn't it?"
"So you noticed?" asked 'Backpack'.
"Of course," Responded the Uchiha, before turning to Sakura, "You must have noticed it first right?"
'Sasuke-kun...'
"Of course, I noticed a while ago." She said, before Naruto said.
"We've only gone up one set of stairs after all, it'd be impossible for us to be at the third floor, unless we started at the second floor." Finished Naruto, as the sign above the door turned from 201 to 301.
"Hmm...not bad...but all you did was...SEE THROUGH IT!" Shouted 'Kunai' as he rushed Sasuke, making to kick the boy while 'backpack' did the same for Naruto.
As Sasuke went to kick 'Kunai' both were stopped by the boy wearing green, his bruises somehow completely gone.
'He's fast...he was able to see both kicks and slide himself in between? Amazing. he's completely different from that weakling that was getting knocked around earlier!' Thought Sakura, who was amazed at the boy's strength.
'Catching my kick with his hand...what kind of training lets him do something like that?' Mentally wondered Sasuke, before a frantic shout made him look at Naruto and 'Backpack'.
"Arggh, let go, let go! You're gonna break it!" shouted the other genin, as Naruto held on to his shin, squeezing tighter and tigher.
"Naruto, what the hell are you doing? Let him go!" screeched Sakura, making Naruto, as well as everyone else there hold their ears from the volume.
"Hey, what happened to the plan? You're the one who said we shouldn't draw attention to ourselves." said another person, with straight black hair and pale white eyes, to the green clad nin, who simply shook his head and walked towards Sakura.
"So you are Haruno Sakura? My name is Rock Lee, let's go out together! I'll protect you till I die!" he said, giving her a sparkly smile and a thumbs up.
"No way...you're weird..." Deadpanned the pink haired kunoichi, making Lee slump to the ground with a thundercloud above him.
'She said I'm weird.'
As this was happening, the white-eyed boy walked up to Sasuke, and their female team mate started talking to Naruto.
"Hey you! What is your name?" questioned the genin.
"When you want to learn someone's name, it's polite to give yours first." Replied Sasuke smugly as he started walking away.
"Hello Naruto, how are you?" asked the girl, revealed to be Tenten.
"Not bad Tenten-chan, how is the store doing?"
"We've actually doubled our profits thanks to your seals, they're the cheapest in town thanks to you being our supplier, and that makes everybody want to visit our store. Apparently seals are very popular, it's just that no one wants to pay such high prices for them, and the art is too complicated to do it themselves." She stated, making Naruto gape a little before replying.
"That's wonderful news. Well, we should be going now Tenten-chan, I'll catch you later." Said the blonde, leading his companions off to the second story.
'Tenten-chan? Why does he call her that? Why not me? What does that bitch have that I don't?'
It was as team Seven entered a large foyer with a balcony, that a now familiar voice rang out.
"Hey you! With the attitude! I wish to fight you." stated the voice, revealed to be Lee.
"You want to fight right now?" asked Sasuke with a disgusted expression on his face.
"Yes I do." said the boy, jumping down to their level (2), "My name is Rock Lee. When you want to learn a person's name, you introduce yourself first, right? Uchiha Sasuke."
"So you do know who I am?" asked the scowling brooder.
"I want to fight you," stated Lee, as he got into a combat stance, "I want to test my abilities against the offspring of the genius ninja clan. Plus..." He finished, before winking at Sakura.
"EWW! THOSE LOWERE EYELASHES ARE SO EWW! Hair is lame...eyebrows." she stated, starting out at volume 'ear rape' and finishing at a mumble.
"You are an angel!" Shouted Lee, blowing a heart that came out of nowhere at the pinkette.
"KYAA" screeched Sakura, dodging the heart (slamming the back of her head into the ground by bending backwards), making it hit a pillar behind her with a squishing noise.
'That was too close.' she thought from her place on the ground, before popping up and yelling at Lee. "Hey, don't throw weird things! I barely escaped with my life!"
"You don't have to be so that mean." said the emotionally hurt boy.
"Challenging me knowing the Uchiha name. Frankly you're a fool. You're about to learn...what this name means, Thick Brows." stated Sasuke with a dark look in his eyes.
"Please." stated the confident boy.
'I'm lucky to already get to face the number one rookie, and I'll prove myself to you, Gai-sensei.'
"Doesn't Uchiha mean 'fan'?" asked Naruto, making everyone face-fault.
"I'll say this now." started Lee, ignoring what just happened, "You cannot defeat me. Because I am the strongest genin in Konoha."
'He stopped my kick with his hand. That wasn't something a human could do, I don't know what kind of jutsu he used but...' started Sasuke in his head, before finishing out loud.
"...Sounds fun, I'll do it."
"Oh!" gasped Sakura, looking at the clock, "Sasuke, don't! We only have thirty minutes to the meeting."
"I'll be done in five." stated the Uchiha genin, rushing Lee, prompting Sakura to scream his name.
'He's coming. I'm sorry Gai-sensei...I may need to break your rules. I may need to use that move!' thought the boy with the massive eyebrows as he blurred out of existence, only to appear above Sasuke in the middle of a kick.
Sasuke dodged it, and then immediately had to dodge several more attacks.
'Damn, I can't dodge it, I'll have to block.' thought the Uchiha, before he was kicked in the face, getting another scream from Sakura.
'What? What's going on? He slipped through my guard...was that ninjutsu or genjutsu? Heh, whatever, this gives me a chance to practiceIT' he thought before closing his eyes for a second, and then opening them.
'Sasuke-kun...what? That's...the Sharingan! Heh, Sasuke-kun is incredible. If he can do with that eye half of what Kakashi-sensei can do, this guy is going down.' She thought, before watching as Sasuke rushed Lee again, before he was kicked into the air by his opponent (3).
'What? My Sharingan couldn't read that! This can't be.'
"Yes, my techniques are neither ninjutsu or genjutsu!" started the boy, jumping up behind Sasuke and continuing, "Yes, my techniques are simple TAIjutus, Sasuke-kun. You may not believe it to be something so basic, but they say the Sharingan has the ability to reveal and copy nin, gen, and taijutsu. While it may be true that reading the hand-seals needed for nin- and genjutsu, which need chakra to be performed, will give you an advantage in battle, but taijutsu is a little bit different."
'Hey Kyuubi, how do you think they've stayed in the air so long?'
"I have no idea kit. You think they're filled with helium or something?"
"What do you mean?" asked the Uchiha, unable to move.
"Even if you can read my movements with your eyes, it doesn't mean anything unless you have the speed and strength to counter me. Basically, even if you can see it, if your body can't move, then it's useless." Explained Lee as he undid the bandages around his wrists.
"Do you know this? Amog strong people, exists genius types and hardworking types. If your Sharingan makes you a genius type from the Uchiha blood, I am simply a hardworking type who has only mastered taijutsu. You could say that I am the worst possible opponent for you, and I'll prove with this technique that hard work surpasses genius."
"Holy crap, are they still up there?"
But before Lee could do whatever it was that he was going to do, a pinwheel flew out like a kunai, and pinned the bandage to a wall.
"That's enough Lee!" shouted a voice, making everybody turn to look as Lee landed on his feet, and Sasuke simply fell, revealing a...a turtle?
"Lee! That technique is forbidden!" shouted the turtle. making Lee mumble ineligible apologies, "YOU FOOL! You think you can get away with a half-assed apology like that? You know what it means for a shinobi to reveal his abilities! Are you prepared to take your punishment?"
"Yes"
"Then here comes Gai-sensei!" shouted a voice as a burst of smoke appeared on the turtles back, revealing a man who looked like a large version of Lee, in a disturbing pose.
"How are you kids doing in your springtime of YOUTH?!" screamed the large man, getting horrified faces from team seven. "Now Lee, it is time for your punishment." stated the man, but before Lee could responde, he was punched in the face.
"I'm sorry sensei," shouted Lee from his place on the ground, "I won't ever do that without permission ever again! And if I do, I'll run from here to Suna and back in less than a day! And if I can't do that, I'll do five thousand push-ups underwater! And if I can't do that, I'll climb the hokage mountain with only my teeth. YOSH!" screamed the boy, standing up with a salute.
"Lee."
"Gai-sensei."
"Lee."
"Gai-sensei."
"LEE!"
"GAI-SENSEI!"
It was at that point that the two identical males hugged and suddenly, the scenery changed to a sunset beach.
'Horror overload...brain shutting down...brain rebooting...memory repressed...brain working at full capacity.'
'I lost to THAT? I'm going to have to kill everyone in the bingo-book to regain my family's honor.'
'AAHHH! Kyuubi, wipe the memory! Get rid of it, get rid of it!'
"I'm trying kit, I'm trying!"
"Now Lee, say goodbye to your friends and head to the examination room." said Gai, getting a nod from the green genin, before the man vanished once more.
"Good-bye Sakura-chan, Sasuke-kun, Naruto-kun!" Shouted the mini-me, as he jumped back up to the balcony and disappeared down the hallway.
"Let's go, Naruto, Sakura." said Sasuke, as he started walking to the exam room.
When they got there, they were surprised to see Kakashi standing there.
"Oh, so Sakura, came here too, eh? Now you can properly take the exam." He said, getting a confused expression from Sakura.
"What do you mean Kakashi-sensei?"
"The truth is that this test can only be taken by teams of three. If I had told the truth, one of the boys might have pressured you to take the exam, but now they can take it. Now, no matter what happens, know that I'm proud of you, now go!" he said, before vanishing in a swirl of leaves, prompting his team to open the doors to the room and begin their exam.
The first thing the trio noticed was the sheer number of people there. The second thing they noticed was the killer intent that was being leveled at them. Now, while Sakura, and to an extent Sasuke were scared, Naruto, was actually laughing on the inside, due to his tenant having blasted easily over a hundred times that in his sleep.
"What do you say we show them how it's really done?" Asked the fox, getting a sadistic grin from Naruto, making the people in the room a little wary of him.
"How cute! This is how you do it!" said Naruto in a rather loud and condescending tone, before blasting the room in a five second burst of a watered down version of the Kyuubi's killer intent, actually making three teams leave, a couple people vomit, and one team from Kiri actually applaud him (4).
'H-how did the dobe do that? That was worse than what came from Itachi on that night.'
'H-how d-did N-Naruto d-do that? That w-was worse than Z-Zabuza.'
"Sasuke-kun!" came a screeching voice from behind Sasuke, before a purple blur tackled Sasuke from behind, getting a screech from Sakura.
"You're troublesome as always," Shikamaru Nara said as he walked up to them alongside Choji Akimichi, who was eating a bag of chips as always.
"And you're lazy as always," Naruto said with a light smile. "I figured your lazy ass would be sleeping or watching the clouds. What brings you here?"
"Troublesome women," Shikamaru muttered under his breath.
"Ino and his mom," Choji clarified, getting a glare from Ino at that.
"I guess everyone made it," a rather loud voice said.
Naruto's attention turned to an approaching Kiba Inuzuka, who was grinning. His teammates, Shino Aburame and Hinata Hyuga were close behind.
"Wow, they let you in?" Naruto asked with a grin. "I guess anyone can get in here."
Kiba grinned back at Naruto. "I was thinking the same thing when I saw you here."
"Don't make me kick your ass," Naruto said as he jabbed his chest with his thumb.
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"Maybe you guys should keep it down," a white haired Leaf genin with glasses and a set of purple clothes on said as he approached them. "I suppose you are the nine rookies that the village has been talking about. I guess I can't blame rookies for being ignorant of the situation."
Naruto frowned as he looked at the genin. He knew that all of his comrades were looking at him too.
"This guy smell like snakes...I don't like snakes, they take way too much energy to catch, and the venom is annoying"
'I can't smell anything.'
"Really? Oh man, I'm going to have to start upgrading those senses of yours. I never did understand why you humans depend on your eyes, when the nose and ears are so much better."
"This isn't a picnic. The Chunin Exams are a dangerous event, and you're not helping matters by talking loudly amongst yourselves. Many of the other contestants are tense enough as it is, especially with that little display of yours," Kabuto said with a sigh. "Since you guys are new, maybe I can help you out a bit. My name's Yakushi Kabuto, and I guess you could call me a veteran at this."
"You've taken the Chunin Exams before?" Choji asked.
Kabuto rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "This is my seventh attempt."
"Wow, they must be tough," Sakura said, seeing that Kiba was about to insult him. "I bet you've learned plenty of things in your time in the exams."
"Indeed, I have," Kabuto said as he removed a deck of cards from his hip pouch. "I've obtained a great deal of information through the Chunin Exams. To better keep the information sorted, I've imprinted them on these… my ninja info cards. They appear blank at a first glance, but my chakra reveals the information hidden on them."
"What kind of information do you have on them?" Sakura asked.
"Oh, I have plenty," Kabuto replied. "For instance, did you know that there are twenty-four teams from the Konoha, ten teams from Suna, eight teams from Ame, five teams from Kusa, four teams from the Take, two teams from Kiri, and one team from Oto here? I have information on all one hundred fifty-nine contestants, though my information on the Oto ninja isn't very good. Their village is new and small, after all."
"And if we wanted information on a specific ninja, could we get it from you?" Sasuke asked.
Kabuto grinned at that. "If you have a name, I'll look the person up. It's easier if you have the name, at least."
"What do you have on Gaara of Suna, Rock Lee of Konoha, And Uzumaki Naruto of Konoha?" Sasuke immediately asked, making Naruto scowl, and the other seven to wonder why he would want information on his own team-mate.
"That won't be a problem," Kabuto said as he channeled chakra into four of the cards and the information showed up on them. "First off, you have Rock Lee. He graduated a year before you guys. He's done twenty D-rank missions and eleven C-rank missions. His sensei is Might Guy, and his teammates are Tenten and Hyuga Neji. His taijutsu skills have increased dramatically over the past year to low jounin, but his other skills are virtually non-existent. Like you guys, this is his first attempt at the Chunin Exams."
As everyone processed that information, Kabuto readied the next card.
"Because Gaara is a foreign ninja, my information on him isn't great, but I do have some interesting information on him. To begin with, he has completed eight C-rank missions and one B-rank mission. What's truly impressive, however, is that he has returned from all of his missions unharmed. His sensei is Baki, and his teammates are Kankuro and Temari. Wow, this is interesting. Apparently, he and his teammates are the children of the Fourth Kazekage. This is also his first time taking the Chunin Exams," Kabuto explained.
That had the attention of all nine rookies. It was unheard of for a genin to go on a B-rank mission and come out unharmed.
"And finally we have Uzumaki Naruto. He has completed seven D-ranked missions, f-four B-rank missions, a-and o-one C-rank t-turned A-rank." He said, startling everyone in the room, as it had gone deathly silent when Kabuto had started talking. "His sensei is Hatake Kakashi, and his teammates are Haruno Sakura, and Uchiha Sasuke. He is also getting private tutoring from Jiraiya of the Densetsu No Sannin. He is the Heir to the Uzumaki clan, and as soon as he becomes a chunin, he will become the head of the clan. He killed Yoshida Nobo, a high B-rank missing nin from Iwa, on a mission with Jiraiya to bring Senju Tsunade, who is now residing in the new Uzumaki clan district, back to the village. He has high-chunin, low jounin level Ninjutsu, mid chunin level taijutsu, civilian level genjutsu, low chunin level kenjutsu, Kage level chakra reserves, knows the shadow clone jutsu, as well as its variants, several earth and wind jutsu, and he is one of the best fuinjutsu experts in the village behind only the Hokage, Jiraiya, and his own sensei, though that might be due to the fact that fuinjutsu isn't very popular to use other than sealing scrolls and explosive tags. He also has a kekkei genkai called Kokketsu that allows him to freely control his blood. This is his first time taking the Chunin exams."
By the time Kabuto was finished, another team had left, and the rest were simply staring at the blonde in awe and fear (and in the case of a few of his fellow rookies disbelief).
'So that's how the dobe got so strong, he had one of the sannin teaching him. Well, if that man would be willing to teach the dead last, he'd probably be ecstatic to teach a true elite like me.'
"Why would Tsunade-sama live in the same district as you Naruto?" asked Sakura.
"She has her reasons." Stated the shrugging blonde.
"You do realize that with pretty much every word said in this conversation, the target on your back keeps getting bigger and bigger, right?"
'It's more fun that way.'
"Hmm, maybe we should teach the pedigree and the silver one not to disrespect Oto?" said one of the genin in the room who was wrapped in bandages, had his hands hidden in his sleeves, and a bale of hay on his back.
"Sounds fun." said one of his companions, a boy with spikey brown hair, strange headgear, and the kanji for death on his shirt three times.
"Can I teach the beauty queens a lesson?" asked their final member, a girl with straight black hair, and camouflage.
They then streaked across the room towards the group. When they got there, the bandaged one went after Kabuto, but stopped after one swing. Death-shirt went after Naruto, but was stopped as the blonde disappeared and the boy's swords wrapped around D.S.'s neck. The female went after Sakura, and succeeded in punching her in the stomach, before whirling around and kicking Ino in the solar plexus.
"Hm, two out of three ain't bad." stated the bandaged boy, who had an Oto hitai-ate on his forehead.
"What do you mean two, you only-" started Kabuto, before he fell to his knees and vomited.
But before anyone could say anything, a hugeburst of smoke appeared at the front of the room, revealing several people, the foremost one a scarred man in a black trench coat and with his hitai-ate worn as a bandana around his head.
"All right you little shits, settle down or you'll be disqualified before the test even begins. I am Morino Ibiki, in this room, I am your examiner, your judge, your jury, your executioner, and your god." shouted the man, prompting an obviously fake apology from the genin. "Now it's time for you to be subjected to the most evil thing in all of existence." He said, grinning.
"Y-you don't mean?" asked Naruto with wide eyes.
"That's right brats! A written test!"
"Nooooooo!"
After explaining all the rules (6), Naruto found himself sitting in the front row on the far right side with one of the Kiri genin who had applauded him on his left.
"Well kit, you can't answer any of these questions, so what are you going to do?"
'To hell with it then, I'm going to do something constructive with my time!' Naruto mentally shouted, as he pulled out a deck of cards and made that oh so classic hand-sign.
"Kage bunshin no jutsu (Shadow clone jutsu)" He said, making three copies of himself appear, prompting a scandalized look from the proctor.
"Uzumaki, what the hell are you doing?" He shouted, getting a shrug from Naruto.
"Five card draw. You want in?" asked the boy, getting a shrug and a nod from Ibiki and, surprisingly, the Kiri genin next to him, making him dispel two of his clones.
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Fifty Minutes Later
Everybody in the room but a select few were sweating at the massive killer intent being exuded from Morino Ibiki and the Kiri genin, who were now sweating, since Naruto had taken everything but their pants, shirts, hitai-ate's, and Ibiki's gloves.
"U-um, Morino-san-" Started one of the Chunin before getting interrupted by an Irate Ibiki.
"WHAT?! I'm busy here!" He shouted, prompting the chunin to babble about the time and the tenth question.
"Hm, all right you worthless brats, it's time for the tenth question! This one, however, has a twist to it! You are allowed to choose whether or not you want to take it!"
"What do you mean choose?" asked a now standing Sakura, "What happens if we choose no to take the question?"
"Then both you and your team FAIL!" Shouted the jounin, making a few of the participants shout about how it was obvious as to what the right decision was in that case. "And now, the other rule," Ibiki said ominously, making several people swallow a lump that had suddenly appeared in their throats, "If you choose to take the test, and fail the question, you loose the right to take the Chunin Exams EVER AGAIN!"
"That's bullshit man, there's lots of people here who've taken the test before now!" Shouted an irate Kiba, making Ibiki chuckle before responding.
"Perhaps, but I've never been the proctor before. But since I'm such a nice guy, I'm giving you a way out. If you don't feel confident, you can simply choose not to take the test and try again next year. Now, those who don't want to take the question, raise your hand now. Your number will be noted, and you and your team may leave."
"I-I won't take it!" Shouted a random Konoha genin, who looked to be about twenty. "I'm so sorry, Gennai, Inoho..."
After that, the floodgates opened, as team after team quit.
After about five minutes, the room was substantially emptied.
"Is that it? Does anyone else want to quit?" Asked Ibiki, who then looked at Naruto. "What about you brat? Do you think just because of your connections, I'll pass you if you get it wrong? Or do you think that luck of yours makes you invincible?"
"Neither. I can't shy away from danger if I'm a shinobi. I have to do my duty and shut the hell up. And If I do fail I can just get a field promotion, or go straight to jounin. You think this will stop me? HELL NO! I'm the future Hokage, and I say do your worst!" Shouted the blonde, standing and slamming his hands down on the desk in front of him.
'Hmm, it looks like that little speech has given the rest of them some guts. Damn brat, he's got some charisma.'
"All right then, if you're all sure about this," the proctor said, looking around to make sure, "Then...congratulations on passing the first test!" He finished, the killer intent disappearing, making all the genin look at him like he was insane.
"What do you mean, 'we passed the test'? What about the tenth question?" Asked an incredulous Sakura.
"There was no tenth question. Or rather the option to take it was the tenth question." Answered man.
"Then what the hell was the purpose of the first nine questions? Were they pointless?" Asked an irate Temari.
"Of course not! They were to determine your ability to gather information in 'hostile' circumstances. Those were questions that even some jounin would have trouble answering. I'm pretty sure most of you figured that out within the first five minutes, and thought 'If I want to pass, I'll have to cheat'. Of course, if no one knew the answers, there would be no way to gain the information, so we planted two chunin in the ranks who already knew the answers to get that 'domino effect'. And those who couldn't cheat well, failed." He said, as he pulled off his hitai-ate, showing the gennin his scarred and mutilated scalp, " Because in times, information is more important than life. And on missions and the battlefiesld, people risk their lives to get their hands on it."
'Horrible...burns, screw holes, scars...the after-effects of torture.' Marveled Sasuke.
'heh heh, it must be even worse under those gloves of his. Of course, I wouldn't make the mistake of becoming a prisoner.' Thought the bandaged Oto genin.
"But, I don't understand the final question." stated a still confused Temari, getting a smile from Ibiki.
"Question ten, is the true purpose of this test. Let me explain...the tenth question, the 'take it' or 'not take it' decision. Obviously these were painfull choices. Those who choose the latter fail along with their teammates. those who choose to take it...could loose the chance to ever take the test again. A true leap of faith. Say you are chunin, and you have a mission to steal a secret document. The amount of opposition, their abilities, etc, is all unkown to you, and of course, there could be dozens of traps in the area, waiting for a poor unsuspecting idiot to trip them. Now, do you accept, or not accept? Because you don't want to die, because you don't want your comrades hurt, can you avoid the dangerous mission? NO! Like Blondie here said, you do your duty and you shut the hell up! There are some missions you can't avoid. The ability to be courageous, and to survive any hardship, this is the ability needed to become chunin. Those who cling to 'there's always next year' will forever walk away like the pathetic trash they are. Now, I'd like to wish you guys-"
SMASH
As Ibiki was talking, a large dark mass suddenly came through the window, interrupting the man. The mass then spread open to reveal that is was actually a banner that read 'the sexy and single Mitarashi Anko', and there was a woman inside.
"Alright you brats, no time for celebration! I am Mitarashi Anko, proctor of the second exam! Let's go, follow me!" She shouted, striking a pose, making everyone question her sanity.
"Great, more snakes!"
"You're early again, Anko." Stated Ibiki, making the woman sag a little before she got right back up.
"Never mind that! Follow me to training ground forty-four!" She shouted again, jumping out of one of the unbroken windows.
"Hell yeah, sounds like fun!" shouted Naruto, as he too jumped out an unbroken window, making everybody wonder what the hell just happened.
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Training Ground Forty-four Front Entrance
"Welcome to training ground forty-four, otherwise known as 'the forest of death', and my personal playground! This is also the sight of the second stage of the Exams." Stated the proctor, still shouting at the assembled crowd of genin. The forest in question being a giant monstrosity of disturbing noises and shadows.
"Heh, it doesn't look that tough!" boasted Kiba, before a kunai whizzed past his face, and Anko appeared behind him, licking the blood from the wound.
"It's loud brats like you who always die first, spilling all that crimson liquid I love so much." She said, making Naruto sigh, knowing he was safe from her (7).
"I'll make an exception for your though, man your blood tastes bad." But before he could respond the proctor quickly armed herself with another kunai, holding it to a Kusa-nin's stomach who was behind her with the kunai she threw in his (?) tongue.
"Are these people trying to piss me off? What the hell is with the snakes?"
"Here you go proctor-san, I thought you'd like this back."
"Thank you, but, for future reference, don't ever stand behind me if you want to live." She threatened.
"Sorry, I saw the blood and I got a little...excited." Stated the genin, making Anko nod.
"Now, in this test, I guarantee that at least half of you won't make it." She said with a grin, holding up two scrolls, one that was white with the kanji for heaven on it, and one that was black with the kanji for earth on it, "This test is a genin battle royal for these two scrolls. Half of you will get the heaven scroll and half of you will get the earth scroll. Your job is to make it to the tower in less than five days with both. Just so you know, there is no quitting in the middle, you are going to be in the forest for five days, no question about it. Now, in this test, everything is allowed, including killing, just try not to go on a murder spree. Now, you will each be given a form to sign in order to take this exam stating that you are doing this of your own free will and that I'm no longer responsible for you. You have to sign this in order to take the exam because if you don't and you die, I have to do paperwork and that'll make me very angry." She finished cheerfully, making everybody sweat-drop at her flippant attitude towards the potential deaths of the gennin.
"What will we do for food?" Whined Choji.
"This is a survival exercise. Find your own food, there's plenty of animals and plants in there. Just make sure to eat them before they eat you. Now, there are three basic rules. One, if you don't make it to the tower with both scrolls, you will be disqualified. Two, if one of your team dies, you will be disqualified. three, if you open the scroll before you reach the tower, you will be disqualified. Know that sometimes a chunin will be asked to guard classified information, in order to become one, you need to be deemed trustworthy. That's it for explanations. You have a half hour to hand in your forms and pick a gate. One last piece of advice? Try not to die." Said the proctor, prompting the group to disperse.
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Inside Forest
One Hour Later
It had been a half an hour since the start of the exams and with no sightings of enemies, team seven was getting bored.
"I still don't believe why you didn't want to give the scroll to Sasuke-kun, Naruto, no one can beat him, so the scroll will be safe with him." Commented Sakura to Naruto, who simply scowled at her attitude.
"I gotta take a leak." said Naruto as he walked away into the bushes.
Around five minutes later he came back with a rather smug smile, and the team continued on their way.
After fifteen minutes of traveling, Naruto suddenly stopped, and tilted his head to the left, like he was hearing something.
"What's wrong dobe? You scared?" Asked Sasuke, still pissed about what Kabuto's card had said about him.
But, instead of answering, Naruto took out his Kokketu scroll and opened it. He then went through several hand-signs and slammed his palms on the scroll, releasing a large amount, which then formed four clones that ran into the woods.
"What did you just do dobe?" asked Sasuke, wondering why he had such a stupid teammate.
"Well, teme, when I went to the bathroom earlier, I was attacked by one of the Ame genin. During that time I was 'knocked out' and 'our scroll' was taken from me. The scroll was actually a Kage bunshin disguised as a scroll, and when he met up with his team, the clone...how do I put this delicately...liberated theirs. I simply made those Kokketsu bunshin (Black blood clone) in order to retrieve it." He explained as he put the blood scroll back into his haori.
"Liberated?" Asked Sakura, who was still an idealist, and who's only response was a blank look.
"Wow dobe, you actually did something useful."
"Whatever teme, I-" Naruto began saying, before a massive gust of wind blew him away from the others.
When he finally stopped, he was upside-down against a tree with a massive and hungry looking snake staring at him.
"*sigh* I hate this place." He said as he did a Shunshin (Body flicker) to escape to a nearby branch, barely avoiding the snake's venomous bite, which instead hit the tree and began to dissolve it.
"I fucking hate snakes!"
"Kage bunshin no jutsu." Shouted Naruto making a single clone, that then leaped at the snake only to get eaten.
"Get ready for the worst heartburn you've ever felt you son of a whore!" shouted Naruto as he made half the ram sign, causing a white light to shine through the snake before it was torn in half by an explosion and disappeared into a puff of smoke.
"A summon? I don't know who summons snakes so that doesn't help, but I bet it was whoever made that gust of wind. I should go and help the others, but I'm sure they'll be fine for a minute or two, I can wait for my clones to come back with the scroll and then I'll go and help them." He said to himself as he sat down to wait.
About ten minutes later, he was rewarded with the sight of his clones coming back with a slightly bloody heaven scroll.
"What, you couldn't clean it?" Asked the original, getting a shrug from the lead clone.
"I'm made of blood, what the hell do I care?"
"He has a point. It's slightly disturbing, but still a point."
'True' Acquiesced the blonde as he dispelled the clones, and placed the blood back into the containment scroll, and placed the heaven scroll into one of the hidden pockets of his haori.
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Five Minutes Later
It was a rather disturbing sight that Naruto came across when he finally found his team. Sasuke and Sakura were beaten and bloodied on a branch, while the snake smelling Kusa genin stood about ten yards from them.
Sizing up the situation quickly, he made two clones, one of whom stayed with Naruto, the other got the Kokketsu scroll and sneaked off to the other side of the clearing.
When Naruto heard his clone shout "Kokketsu: chi ga kōchiku no jutsu: Kitsune (Black blood: blood construct jutsu: Fox)" the other two Narutos jumped to the branch that Sasuke and Sakura were on, making Sakura yell at him.
"Naruto, what are you doing? That's Orochimaru of the Sannin! He already beat Sasuke-kun! We have no hope of defeating him, we have to get out of here, we have to escape!"
As she was doing so, the original slammed his hands on the branch, and shouted "Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Summoning jutsu) getting a puff of smoke and a red toad the size of a horse, wearing samurai arm, leg, and shoulder guards as well as a pair of hakama pants, and a sash with a ninjato in it.
"Hello Naruto-kun, wha-"
"No time for conversation now Gamatsuba (8). This is kill or be killed, I'm fighting Orochimaru and I need some oil." Interrupted Naruto, getting a nod from the toad, as all three prepared their jutsu.
"Katon: Gamayu Endan (Fire style: Toad oil bomb)" Shouted the Naruto clone, as he started spewing fire.
"Gamayudan (Toad Oil bullet)" shouted Gamatsuba, spraying out a highly flammable oil.
"Fūton: Gamayu Endan (Wind style: Toad oil bomb)" shouted the original, as he breathed out a gust of wind.
When the three techniques met, they combined into a fiery inferno, turning everything for fifty yards in front of them into a burning hellscape.
"Did we get him?" asked Gamatsuba, when they ended the technique, before his left arm was cut off from behind by Orochimaru and he dispelled.
"Well, well, well, Naruto-kun. I'll admit that Jiraiya has done pretty well with you. Unfortunately, you have to survive in order for Sasuke-kun to advance, so I have to let you live. Now be a good boy and stop interfering." Said the sannin as he punched Naruto in the stomach, making the boy vomit blood and collapse on the branch trying to remain conscious.
He then turned to Sasuke, and told him while going through hand signs, "Now Sasuke-kun, I think it's time for me to give you a little gift."
Orochimaru's neck then elongated, shooting towards Sasuke and he sank his fangs into his neck.
Fate was not with Orochimaru however as Naruto's brief distracting of the sannin had allowed him to get his bearings enough to pull of a Kawarimi (Substitution) with the first thing he could in order to escape.
This circumstance led to Orochimaru realizing, as the smoke cleared, that he had not bitten Sasuke.
Instead, he had sunk his fangs...into Uzumaki Naruto.
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Cliffie bitches, Muahahahahahaha! I had honestly thought of this happening since before I finished my first chapter!
People did a lot of jutsu in this chapter huh? I think I said "went through hand-signs" like a dozen times. Oh well, I think I may have rushed a few parts, and gone too slow through a few more, but I don't really care.
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1: She had heard about the Uzumaki clan's resurrection, and was surprised that he was a member.
2: How the hell were they going to the third level if they went down one? I mean, in the manga, when he called out to them they were walking away from the stairs, he was on the level above them, when the chapter before they were on the same level, and he had to jump down to be on the same level as them! Where the hell were they going?
3: And by one of the most badass moves in the whole damn manga! right behind the Rasengan and its variants and the puppeteer jutsu.
4:These are GENIN! Children and adults who are so terrible at being ninja they might as well not be! The Kyuubi is a being of pure hate and malevolence that even jounin had trouble being in his presence. Also, it was a watered down version, which means that while it was higher than a jounin's K.I., it was lower than a Kage's, so I'm pretty sure it'd be unrealistic if this didn't happen, since Sasuke was contemplating suicide to escape from Zabuza's K.I.
5: I know that they seem to be completely oblivious to the killer intent Naruto just released, but Ino's reaction to seeing Sasuke kind of pushed it out of their minds for a little bit, and since it was Naruto, some of them just decided to ignore it as a fluke.
6: You start with ten points, cheat and you lose two, yada, yada, yada.
7: It's a joke because his blood is black not red.
8: Gama means toad, and tsuba is the guard of a Japanese blade and/or sword, so I guess his name means guard toad or something. I didn't really research that.
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Quote of the day (I'd honestly be happy if you could just tell me the year of this quote)
Mein Fuhrer...I can walk!
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Stay tuned for the next chapter of Black Blood: Race to the tower, and the elimination rounds
This concludes experiment log 0364