Hey everyone, back with chapter 9. Before we get into the chapter, just want to address a few reviews.
Darkwarp- yes Igneel will be the boss summons for the dragon contract. He is my favorite dragon from the fairy tail series.
Mr. 666- if you don't like my story because Hinata is in the pairing then that's fine. A lot of people don't like Naruhina. I however am a big supporter of this pair and it is my favorite. If you don't want anything to do with my story then don't bother reviewing because all you are doing is adding to my review count.
Bankai777- yes Naruto and Itachi will have one or two fights in the story but I have plans for Itachi later on.
Now on with the story.
Fu and her two teammates were tree hopping through the forest when a loud roar was heard. The three ninja stopped and listened for a few minutes trying to figure out if it was coming closer or not. Kegon and Yoro were talking to each other as Fu was talking to Chomei.
"What the hell was that?" Kegon asked.
"A bear or something maybe? The proctor did say there were large beasts in here." Yoro replied.
"Chomei, do you know what that was?" Fu asked the large beetle.
"That was Kurama-nii and his jinchuriki. That was quite a bit of demonic chakra that filled the air when we heard the roar. They may be in trouble Fu." Chomei replied as Fu nodded and a set of orange wings appeared on her back.
Kegon and Yoro noticed this and grabbed her wrists. "Where are you going Fu?" Kegon asked.
"That wasn't one of the beasts from this forest. That was a friend of mine and I am going to help him." Fu replied as she tried to pull her wrist free.
"We can't let you do that. This is a survival exercise and it is every team for themselves." Yoro spoke up this time getting a growl and a glare from the mint haired girl.
"Both of you are my friends and have treated me better than most of the others even after finding out about Chomei. Right now my other friend may need help and I am going to help him. If you try and stop me, you will not like the outcome." Fu growled out at her teammates. The two looked at each other before releasing their hold on Fu. Fu started to fly off in the direction that Chomei led her with her teammates right behind her.
(With Naruto and Orochimaru)
Orochimaru stared at the chakra cloaked Naruto in surprise. It wasn't surprise because he could use a small portion of the kyuubi's chakra. No, it was surprise at the legendary eyes he was staring at. "That's the rinnengan. The only person I have ever seen with those eyes was Pain. I lost my chance at getting his eyes but I will make up for it by getting these ones." Orochimaru thought with a smirk.
He was brought out of his thoughts when he heard Naruto let out a loud roar before he rushed forward. Naruto appeared in front of Orochimaru in a burst of speed and swiped his claws at Orochimaru's face. Orochimaru quickly drew a kunai and blocked the claws before kicking the blond away. Naruto flipped through the air before pushing off of a tree and flying back towards Orochimaru with his fist pulled back. Naruto swung his fist as Orochimaru brought his arms up in a cross block but was still pushed back a few feet.
"Naruto, I have faith in your ability as a ninja. But this is a sannin your fighting, I don't think you can win against him." the fox stated.
"I know I can't win. But that isn't going to stop me from buying Shino and Hinata-chan time to get away." Naruto replied.
Naruto was brought out of the conversation when he had to dodge one of Orochimaru's earth dragons. Naruto flipped backwards to try and put some distance between him and the sannin. "Striking shadow snakes." Orochimaru called out while pushing his hand forward as snakes flew from his sleeves. Naruto quickly unsealed his mother's blade from a seal on his wrist and began slicing through the snakes.
Naruto jumped up to a tree branch to get away from the snakes. "Shadow clone jutsu!" Naruto called out as the area was surrounded by his clones. Some of the clones jumped at the sannin as the others started going through hand signs. Orochimaru destroyed the clones as he looked back at the original and saw him and his clones each with a different elemental dragon. They sent their attacks at Orochimaru hoping to at least damage him a little.
As the dust settled, Orochimaru came flying at the blond aiming to cut him in half with the Kusanagi. Naruto brought up his katana and blocked the strike before he engaged the snake in a kenjutsu battle. Naruto blocked all of Orochimaru's attacks, but he knew that Orochimaru was holding back. Orochimaru made a shadow clone before they jumped away from Naruto as they made a set of hand signs.
"Fire style: fireball jutsu." Orochimaru called out as he shot a large fireball from his mouth. "Wind style: great breakthrough." Orochimaru's clone shot a large blast of wind from his hands as the wind made the fireball increase in power as it flew at Naruto.
"Susanoo!" Naruto called as once again as the yellow skeletal form of the ribcage and arms appeared around Naruto with the large shield. The attack hit the shield and pushed Naruto back a few feet before the flames died out. Naruto looked around for the sannin and was unable to find him.
"Below you Naruto." Kurama said causing Naruto to jump away just in time. Naruto jumped away to a nearby branch and made a few shadow clones. The clones rushed forward and as they got within a few feet of Orochimaru, Naruto called out his next jutsu. "Shadow clone explosion." Naruto waited to see if his attack had done any damage as the dust began to settle.
Naruto watched as the dust settled as Orochimaru came up from the ground with only a few scratches. Naruto grit his teeth and started to prepare another jutsu before his saw a vision of sorts of an attack he had never heard of before. Naruto jumped into the air and started falling straight for the sannin. He was right over Orochimaru as the sannin started to swing his blade into the air to impale the blond. However, Naruto thrust his arm forward and shouted his attack. "Almighty Push!"
Orochimaru was caught off guard as an invisible force exploded from Naruto's hand and drove the sannin into the ground. Naruto kept pushing chakra into the attack in hopes of doing some damage to Orochimaru. After a few seconds of using the attack, the power died down until the attack had ended. Naruto looked at Orochimaru's body as his chakra cloak disappeared.
"Kit, behind you!" Kurama shouted but was too late as Orochimaru bit down on Naruto's neck living his curse mark. Orochimaru was sent flying when out of nowhere, Fu came flying in and kicked him off of Naruto.
"Get away from Naruto-kun." Fu growled out.
"I was just leaving anyways." Orochimaru chuckled as he sunk into the ground.
Fu turned and knelt down beside Naruto just as her teammates and Niji appeared. "What happened to Naruto-kun?" Niji asked.
"I'm not sure. He was attacked by someone before I could get here to help." Fu replied.
"Fu, grab his hand and channel my chakra into it. I will see if I can contact Kurama and find out what happened." Chomei said as Fu did as she was told. Everything went black for the large beetle before she found herself beside her older brother.
"So it seems that technique still works even after we have all been apart for so long. "Kurama said.
"Kurama-nii, what happened?" Chomei asked worried about her brother and his jinchuriki.
"We were attacked by the snake sannin Orochimaru. The female of his team got hurt by the snake's attack and he tried to hold him off long enough for them to get away. Right before you all showed up, Orochimaru bit him and placed a curse mark on him which I am working on getting rid of right now. Have the dragon take you back with his teammates and I will continue working on healing the kit." Kurama explained as he got a nod from his sister.
Chomei relayed everything she was told to Fu. Yoro and Kegon got Naruto onto the back of Niji as they all headed back towards Shino and Hinata.
(2 days later)
Naruto was woken up by the sun rays that were shining in his eyes. He rolled his head to the side to avoid the light as he slowly opened them to adjust to the bright light. He tried to move but noticed a weight on each side of his chest. Looking down he saw Hinata's dark blue hair and Fu's mint green. He didn't want to disturb them but they needed to finish this part of the exam and make it to the tower.
"Hinata-chan, Fu-chan time to wake up." Naruto said as he gently shook the two girls. After a few minutes of shaking them, the two slowly sat up and started to stretch. Naruto couldn't help but admire how beautiful the two looked in the sunlight.
After realizing who woke them up, they both wrapped Naruto in a hug. "Are you ok Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked as the two females looked at him worriedly.
"I am fine Hinata-chan, I promise." Naruto said with a smile getting a blush from both girls. "Did Haku already return to Zabuza?"
"Yeah, after she healed my wounds the best she could, she checked over you before Akane took her back to Zabuza and Ichigo." Hinata replied.
Just then Shino, Kegon, and Yoro walked over to where the three were. "It is good to see you are awake Naruto-san." Shino said getting nods of agreement from the other two.
"I explained what all happened to them with the help of Chomei, but I wouldn't tell them who that was. I didn't know if you wanted them to know yet or not." Fu said getting a nod from Naruto.
Naruto looked at Shino and Hinata before he let out a sigh. "I guess it's time I tell you all my biggest secret."
Before Naruto could start his explanation, team ten landed in the clearing the others were in. Team ten looked at everyone for a moment before Shikamaru noticed Naruto looked like he was about to say something. "Sorry, didn't mean to interrupt anything." The Nara said.
"It's fine actually. Makes this a lot better since I won't have to explain it a bunch of different times." Naruto said as he made a shadow clone.
"What's with the clone Naruto-kun?" Ino asked her fellow blond.
Before Naruto answered, the clone's eyes turned a deep crimson and the whisker mark seemed to thicken. "What you all know about the kyuubi being killed by the fourth hokage is a lie. The tailed beasts cannot be killed, they are beings of chakra and can only be sealed away. I am the one the kyuubi was sealed inside of." Naruto explained.
"Hello children, my name is Kurama and I am the kyuubi no kitsune." Kurama introduced himself getting shocked looks from the other ninja minus Fu. Naruto and Kurama spent the next hour or so explaining the events that had happened and how Kurama came to be sealed in the young blond. At the end of everything there were different reactions. The girls each gave Naruto a hug as they did Fu as well after she explained her life too and each of them now held some dislike for the villagers who treated the jinchuriki badly.
"That's enough time of sitting around." Naruto said as he stood up. "We still need to get our scroll and make it to the tower."
"That has already been taking care of Naruto-san. While you were resting, Hinata-san and I along with Fu-san's team collected the scrolls we needed. We were just waiting on you to recover before we head to the tower." Shino explained in his monotone voice.
"What about you three?" Naruto asked as he looked at team ten.
"We were on our way to the tower when we stopped to take a break and found you all. We got our scroll earlier today and wanted to get to the tower as soon as possible." Shikamaru explained.
"Alright, might as well head out together then. It will give us a better chance if we run into anyone else so we don't lose a scroll." Naruto said getting nods from the other genin before they all took to the trees and headed for the tower.
I hope you all enjoyed the chapter. I figured stopping here was best since next chapter will start the preliminaries. I am planning on doing things a bit different and I really hope you all enjoy the fights. Now like I said last time, I already have the fights figured out thanks to some help from DominoNamikaze2010 and I won't be writing out all the fights. If there is someone you want to see a fight wrote out for, leave it in the reviews and I will see what I can do. Anyway, let me know how I did and I will see you all next time.