Okay, since I'm way too lazy there wont be a flashback on the conversation between Shishi and Sakura. In truth, I myself aren't sure how it went. All you have to know is that they talked about making Sakura into a Shadow-Wielder.

Again, me no own Naru. Heck, I don't even own this laptop!

After speaking with Sakura, Naruto and Akyo were off, leaving Sakura to have her own paper signed after Naruto explained that the chunin exams would begin. On his way home, Naruto looked to his left to find yet another crow perched on a tree. He grabbed the letter on its beak and read it, slightly surprised by the contents.

Dear Naruto,

I know this is sudden, and for that I apologize. But it seems that one of my 'colleagues' has found out about our letters.

I have no choice but to bring him with me, as that is the only way he'll shut the hell up.

Sincerely, Crow

Naruto sighed and quickly disposed of the letter. He didn't want anyone knowing about him just yet.

(Namikaze Compound)

Naruto sighed as he looked up at the ceiling, waking up to yet another day. Tomorrow, the chunin exams would begin, and he still didn't know what type his youki was. He could manipulate the shadows much faster, but that seemed to be the only thing so far. Shishi had yet to find out what type of youki he possessed, only that it was very ancient and powerful.

Getting up, he got dressed, walked downstairs and once again found his good friends there. After some time, Sakura began to visit the compound more frequently to learn more jutsu from Shishi. They quickly found out she was a natural at Shadow wielding. She promised to not tell anyone about Naruto's heritage until he wanted to. Not only that, Shishi and Naruto made a small seal next to her ear that would translate the canine-language. Meanwhile, he made two seals on all his gloves to seal his swords.

He walked outside, where he found Shishi in his fox-form swimming in a small pond. "Morning fishcakes! How ya doin'?" asked the large fox, crawling out of the pond and shaking the water off.

"Morning Shishi. So are we continuing on the kenjutsu lessons?" asked Naruto. Shishi nodded and transformed into his human form. Naruto noticed that he no longer wore the large cloak that covered all his body.

Instead, he was now wearing black pants with a metal guard on the right thigh, a black long-sleeved hooded coat with a the white Leaf symbol on the back, black metal-toed boots, bandages covering his elbows down, chains making an 'X' on the front of his chest, and was holding a large blade in his hands (Think of Cloud's blade from Advent Children. Why? 'Cuz it's freakin' AWESOME!).

He got into a stance, Naruto summoning Red Queen and mimicking him. "Tell me why we're not practicing on a fighting style again?" Naruto complained.

"Because, you idiot, I don't know a specific style. It's been thousands of years since last us shadow demons and you humans have met. Last we helped were those Nara people, and they were too damn lazy to learn much besides how to control the actions of their enemies. Of course, they got creative enough to do more, but not much." mumbled Shishi.

"Wait wait wait wait wait! You're telling me you're a few thousand-years-old and you haven't ever used a style?"

"I don't need one. All styles focus on one thing while I get creative with the basics and stay original. So all I'm showing you is the basic katas and then it's all you. You want a style, sucks to be you then." With that, Shishi once again began to beat Naruto into the ground. Well to be fair, it seemed pretty even.

Most of the day continued on, before they decided to end it for now and Sakura and Naruto went to the team meeting.

On their way there, Sakura noticed how much people seemed to hate Naruto. They were glaring/sneering at him, but they also had a look that almost said, 'It's true.' She shook it off and continued, not wanting to bring it up to Naruto. She knew Naruto was aware of them.

As they neared the training ground, Sasuke was already there brooding his ass off. He noticed Sakura and Naruto walking up to him, Akyo on Naruto's head while Shishi was walking next to Sakura. He tried to keep stoic, but was still interested in those two foxes. Shishi apparently noticed, because he growled at the Uchiha, forcing him to back away... for now. After another hour or so, Kakashi appeared with the same entrance and greeting as always.

He noticed Sakura was laying on the ground with one leg over the other, her hands folded on her stomach and her head on Shishi, using him as a pillow. Not that he minded of course, since he liked how she smelled. Sasuke was leaning against a tree, his arms crossed. Naruto was on a tree branch, Akyo around his neck, and had his left leg on the branch, near his body. All-in-all, it made them look cool.

They gave Kakashi their signed flyers before Naruto raised his hand. Well, just the elbow and down were raised. "Sorry Kakashi-sensei, but I have to teach Sakura some more stuff. You can stick with Sasuke for now." He didn't even wait for Kakashi to say anything, just appeared next to Sakura and grabbed her arm before the four of them disappeared in a flash. Sasuke scoffed but turned to Kakashi.

'Why did they leave me alone?" Kakashi demanded in his head. In his head, a chibi-Kakashi was crying and in the fetal position.

(Back At The Compound)

Naruto and Sakura appeared back at the Namikaze estate, both still in the position from when they left. "So what now?" she asked, not getting up. Like Naruto, she learned to be calm and collected, though she was still loud sometimes. She also learned to stop hitting Naruto, and the fact that he'd sometimes whack her on the head helped the progress of stopping. Things were looking up for the Shadow-wielders.

Sakura was in the middle of making a knife out of shadows when Naruto's doorbell rang. He walked over and opened the door to see Hinata there, poking her fingers together and looking at the floor. "U-uh, h-hello Naruto-k-kun. I-I wanted t-t-to ask you i-if you would participate i-in t-the chunin e-exams."

Naruto took a step close and smiled, his slightly longer canines showing. Hinata finally looked up to find that Naruto looked slightly different. His hair was longer and had a few black highlights, canines were longer, so were his nails, and he was taller. Not to mention that his malnourished body was more fit now. Hinata kept ogling him, unable to look away nor stop the fantasies flooding her mind. Naruto leaned in, his lips close t her left ear. "I will. I hope to see you there as well, Hinata-chan." he whispered, making the girl shiver as his breath brushed against her ear.

"I-I-I-I w-w-w-will, Na-Narut-to-kun." she whispered back. Naruto leaned back, his usual smile making her blush.

That's when Sakura appeared, a black... thing in her hands.

It looked alot like a knife, but its blade was too curve, making it useless. "Oh, hello Hinata-chan. Come in, I'm sure Naruto wont mind." greeted the girl, already pulling the girl inside. "And don't worry, there's nothing going on between me and Naruto. He's the closest thing I have to a brother despite the things my mother usually says." added Sakura. Hinata wanted to know what she meant by her mother, but decided to ask later. Naruto simply let them inside while he went to eat some ramen. It had been some time since he had any, and he felt like he was dying.

In the house, she found two foxes. One was rather large while the other was almost the same size as Akamaru. The small one greeted her with a yip, the other was too busy eating a large chunk of meat. "I think you'e already met Akyo." Sakura said, gesturing to the small fox. "The other one is Shishi, Akyo's older sibling. He's nice, but..." she whispered in Hinata's ear the same thing Akyo told her. Hinata's eyes widened while Shishi groaned. It would be a long time before he could go berserk.

(Next Day)

Naruto was in bed, looked down at his arms. Akyo was clinging to his waist with a purr coming from her, and she didn't seem to want to wake up any time soon. He sighed and mumbled something about foxy-sleepy-heads. He got out of bed, making sure not to wake Akyo up, and got dressed, sealed his weapons before heading out to the academy. As he got there, he noticed that Shishi was next to Sakura in his fox-form. What seem he noticed about his pink-haired teammate was the large cylinder object behind her back.

It looked alot like one of those things you put coffee in, where you just twist off the cap and use said cap as a cup to pour your coffee in. Only difference was that the cap was made to open with a single movement of a finger, and it was four feet long and a foot and a half wide. He could only guess it was full of water for her water-jutsu. Shishi meantime was looking at a nearby shop, trying to restrain himself from stealing something... specific. He knew how dangerous he could become, but he frankly didn't care. He loved being in a state of utter destruction.

"Shall we go in?" Naruto said, earning nods from his teammates. They entered and were walking up the stairs to the second floor. Suddenly, Akyo appeared and leaped on Naruto's head, glaring at him.

"You could've awakened me, Naruto-kun!" she whined, waking her tail against his face. He just chuckled and petted her head.

"Sorry Akyo-chan, but you looked so cute and angelic that it seemed like a sin to wake you up just for some exams." Naruto said, telling the truth. Akyo just humphed and stayed quiet the rest of the stairs. Once at the top, they noticed a kid with a bowl-cut, giant eyebrows, and a green spandex jumpsuit was being thrown around in front of the room for the test. Naruto frowned and realized it was a genjutsu. Sakura noticed this as well and kept quiet hoping against hope that-

"Drop the genjutsu. We know it's the second floor, and the test will be on the third." said the oh-so-arrogant asshole with them, a smirk on his face as he thought he was sooooo cool.

-duck-ass wont say anything. Naruto slapped his forehead and Sakura groaned.

"You fool!" shouted Naruto to said duck-ass. "That was supposed to weed out the weaker ones! Now we have more competition because of you!" Sakura shook her head and walked ahead, Shishi not far behind her. Naruto just sighed and said, "See you around Kotetsu, Izumo." He waved goodbye to the two guarding the door, who waved back and walked off to return to their posts.

Sasuke just had his nose in the air, obviously too arrogant to care. Once they were in a different room, they all heard someone call, "Stop! You there, the one with black hair. Are you Sasuke Uchiha?" They turned to see the same guy from before, the one with the giant eyebrows.

Naruto and Sakura kept walking, then Sakura said, "I give him five minutes."

Naruto smirked. "I give him three."

As you can see, Sakura is changing alot. Not to mention that there'll be some action soon. Also, if you know who's sending the letters then I ask you not to say anything. And if everyone knows, then it means I suck at keeping the whole thing a secret.

Anyway, please review.