Hello everyone. Welcome back to Rikudou Sennin Reborn. Before I start this chapter, I just wanted to clear up some confusion you guys might have had. In chapter 1, I said the Kyuubi attack was 10 years ago, when I meant to say 6. So for those of you that thought Naruto was 10, I apologize. Naruto is 6 in chapter 1 and is currently , I want to thank those who reviewed and your advice greatly appreciated. So with that cleared up, let's review chapter 6. Team 7 had completed the first C-Rank mission. Now Naruto has agreed to train Sakura and Sasuke. We seem them now a week before the Chunin Exams.
Chapter 7
Team 7 was casually walking down the street to meet with Kakashi at their usual meeting place. The three had become close friends during their training sessions. Sasuke learned a lot of Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, and Genjutsu from Naruto. Thanks to Naruto helping Sasuke awaken his Sharingan, teaching him new jutsu was a breeze. Of course, Naruto only taught him C to B-Rank jutsu that required moderate amounts of chakra. Naruto felt that Sasuke wasn't ready for A to S-Rank jutsu, since he didn't have as much chakra as Naruto.
Sakura had improved the most out of the three. Naruto helped her with her taijutsu , ninjutsu and her medical ninjutsu. She had given up her crush on Sasuke, to the relief of Sasuke. She gave up on her diet when Naruto said that she would lose weight when they trained anyway. When they reached the meeting place, they weren't surprised that Kakashi wasn't there yet. They all decided to take a nap while waiting for their sensei. When Kakashi finally arrived, he saw his three students sleeping under a tree.
Kakashi sweat dropped when he approached his team. He woke them up and gave them all consent forms. "What are these for, sensei?" Sakura asked. "These are consent forms for the Chunin Exams that I have signed you up for." Kakashi answered with an eye-smile. "The Chunin Exams require three Genin per team." If one of you doesn't show up, the other two won't be able to take the exam." Kakashi explained. "Well we're definitely going to pass these Exams, because we're all going, right guys?" Naruto asked his teammates. They both nodded in response.
Team 7 continued to train until the day before the exam to rest. As they were walking to the building were the first part o the exam was to be held, Naruto sensed a faint chakra signature behind him. Three to be exact.
When he turned around to see what it was, he sweat dropped. "Konohamaru, rocks aren't shaped like rectangles!" Naruto shouted. Lo and behold, Konohamaru Sarutobi was disguised as a rectangular shaped rock. "Of course, only my rival would be able to figure out my master disguise!" Konohamaru stated. (AN: I forgot to add him in after Naruto became a Genin. Sorry)
Konohamaru came out of his disguise with two of his friends. Konohamaru introduced them as Udon and Moegi. "So boss, is this your girlfriend?" Konohamaru asked looking at Sakura. Naruto chuckled, "Nope, I'm afraid she's not!"
"I knew it! I don't know why boss would go out with her!" Konohamaru said. "What's that suppose to mean?!" Sakura asked. Naruto gulped. "Run Konohamaru!' Naruto shouted.
Sakura was chasing Konohamaru at near Jonin speeds, before Konohamaru crashed into a man wearing a black body suit and wearing purple makeup. "Hey brat, that hurt!" the man said as he picked up Konohamaru by his shirt. "Someone needs to teach you a lesson!" the man stated. "Kankuro, stop messing around, he's just a kid." A blonde girl wearing an off-purple shirt with leggings and her hair gathered into four pigtails.
"No way Temari, this kid needs to learn some manners." Kankuro replied while grabbing a package wrapped in bandages from his back. "I recommend that you put him down. Wouldn't want to cause an international incident by hurting the Hokage's grandson, now would we?" Naruto asked.
At the mention of "Hokage's grandson", Kankuro dropped Konohamaru immediately. "You there in the tree, come down here." Naruto called. Instantly a boy with pale skin and red hair wearing a brown outfit with a gourd strapped to his back, appeared in a swirl of sand.
"G-Gaara!" Kankuro stuttered clearly afraid of the boy. "Kankuro, you are a disgrace to our village." Gaara said harshly. "B-but they started it first!" Kankuro protested. "Shut up or I'll kill you." Gaara said with a cold tone. Kankuro gulped and quickly nodded. "What is your name?" Gaara asked, looking towards Naruto.
"Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto replied. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Ichibi no Jinjuriki. " Naruto greeted. The three Sand ninja's eyes went wide.
'How does he know about that?' Temari thought. "KILL HIM! HE IS A DANGEROUS ADVERSARY!" a voice screamed in Gaara's head. This forced the redhead to clutch his head in pain. "Mother…wants your blood." Gaara said, his voice filled with bloodlust.
"Shukaku giving you problems, eh? Pretending to be your mother? He is one creepy bastard!" Naruto stated with a chuckle. He leaned in to whisper to the redhead. "Mind if we take this somewhere more…private?" Naruto asked.
"Very well, nut I won't hesitate to kill you if you do anything funny." Gaara answered. Naruto grabbed Gaara's arm, and they both disappeared in a swirl of leaves.
Naruto took them to Team 7's training ground which was obviously empty. "Now that we have some privacy established, here it goes." Before Gaara could question him, Naruto put his hand on his forehead and they were instantly inside Gaara's mindscape.
When Gaara opened his eyes, he saw Naruto with a tall man that was wearing the same attire as Naruto. Both men looked towards the cage that held Shukaku. Then the older of the two looked towards Gaara. "Why hello there, Gaara how have you been?" Gaara was taken aback by the man's laid back attitude. Usually people ran away in fear of what he contained, or if they had the guts, insult him.
"I am the Rikudou Sennin, the creator of Shukaku and the other tailed beasts." Rikudou introduced. "By the looks of it, Shukaku has been keeping you up all the time, huh?" Rikudou questioned. Gaara slowly nodded his head, still unsure of the man.
Rikudou took look at the seal that was holding Shukaku. Rikudou clucked his tongue in disappointment. "No wonder you haven't been able to sleep. This seal was poorly made!" the Rikudou exclaimed. "Shukaku how have you been?" Rikudou asked the one-tailed tanuki who was observing the conversation quietly. "Not very well, Jiji. It's been boring not being to kill anyone." Shukaku replied in a surprisingly calm voice. Not know to anyone else, Shukaku was scared of his father's sudden appearance.
Rikudou shook his head in disapproval. "That doesn't mean you can torture Gaara like that. Now apologize." Rikudou commanded like a mother would scold her children. Shukaku turned his golden eyes toward Gaara. "Sorry Gaara." Shukaku boomed. "I-it's okay." Gaara stuttered. He was shocked by the fact that the demon that made his life a living hell was apologizing for doing so.
"Now that that's taken care of, just let me fix this poorly made seal so you can sleep Gaara." Rikudou said. Gaara nodded politely and looked towards Naruto. While Rikudou was fixing the seal, Gaara decided to make small talk.
"So you have a tailed beast sealed in you as well?" Gaara asked. Naruto gave him a wide grin and replied, "Yup! I have the Kyuubi sealed within me."
"How did you do it?" Gaara asked after a moment of silence.
"How did I do what?" Naruto asked in confusion.
"How did you live with all the hate in your life? How did you stay sane?" Gaara said with a shaky voice.
Naruto gave him a real smile. "Cause I have people to protect!" "People to protect?" Gaara repeated. "If you protect those you care about, they'll care for you!" "But I don't have anyone to protect. I don't have anyone." Gaara replied. "Your brother and sister seem to care about you." Gaara looked up in shock.
"How could you know that?" Gaara asked. "Cause I can sense their love for you, Gaara. They want to protect you from yourself."Naruto stated. Gaara's look of shock remained for a few more minutes before it morphed into a smile. "Thank you for telling me this, Naruto." Naruto returned the smile, "We Jinjuriki have to stick up for each other, no?" Naruto said with a grin.
"Now that that's over, we can now return to reality." Rikudou said. The two Jinjuriki nodded as they returned to the training ground. "Let's head back to your siblings." Gaara nodded as they were swept up by leaves.
Team 7 and the Sand Siblings were still in the same spot, waiting for their respectful teammates to return. "Gaara, where have you been?" Temari asked while glancing towards Naruto.
"We had a talk." Gaara simply replied while giving Naruto a smile. Kankuro and Temari were awestruck that their younger brother was smiling. Smiling! Gaara never smiled! When they were about to leave, Naruto called out to Gaara. "Hey Gaara, I have something to give you!" he said while catching up to the siblings. "What is it, Naruto?" Gaara asked calmly. "I wanted you to have this." Naruto replied before handing him a gold ring engraved with the kanji for 'One'. "What is it?" Gaara asked skeptically. "It's a means of communicating. Just channel chakra to the ring and speak into it. Everyone with the eight other rings will be able to hear you." Naruto held up his hand to reveal an orange ring with the kanji for 'Nine' on it.
"I plan to give these to all the Jinjuriki to communicate with each other." Gaara nodded in response as they continued on their way to the hotel. Naruto ran back to his teammates to find confused expressions on their faces. "What was all that about?" Sasuke asked. "I was just making a new friend." Naruto replied with a grin. Sakura and Sasuke just shook their heads. There was no point in trying to understand Naruto.
Day after…
Team 7 made their way to the Chunin Exam building. When they entered the building, they were met with a bunch of other Genin crowded around a door with two Genin blocking their way. "It's a Genjutsu." Naruto told his teammates. "They're weeding out the weaklings." Sakura and Sasuke nodded as they went up the stairs to the upper level. Seeing this, another team followed them to the next floor.
Team 7 waited near the door for any other teams that might have gotten through the genjutsu. When they arrived, they saw at least eighty more Genin already in their seats. Naruto looked around for any potential enemies. He looked at a team from the Hidden Cloud with two blonde females and a dark skinned boy with white hair sucking on a lollipop with a sword strapped to his back. (AN: This is Yugito's team. Sorry Karui fans.) Naruto could sense the Nibi inside the blonde girl with the ponytail. 'Matatabi's host.' Naruto thought. 'A potential threat.'
He shifted his glance to a team from the Hidden Waterfall village. They looked pretty ordinary except for one member. There was a girl with orange eyes and mint green hair, wearing a white midriff- shirt with fishnet leggings. He sensed the Nanabi within her. 'Chomei's host.' Another potential threat.'
'Four Jinjuriki at one place. I wouldn't be surprised if the Hachibi's host was here.' Naruto thought sarcastically.
Sorry for the short chapter. I'll make the next one longer. For those you who like Karui, sorry but she won't be in this fic, so please don't flame about it. That's all for now. See you next time. Review , Follow, Fave ^_^