A/N I know that many of you may not like the events of the last chapter. I know the Leaf and Iwa don't really like each other. But in this one they try to make amends for their past. I know many people hate the idea of arranged marriages but still this story is more intricate than just the two getting married growing up Naruto winning every battle and everything being hunky doory…No Naruto wont be an all powerfull god or extremely strong as itachi as a kid. He's gonna be just a regular ninja that has had the aid of a dark spirit. Naruto will be friends with the Kyuubi though im not making one where all the Kyuubi does is yelling and roaring and destroy things for the hell of being an evil being.
"Normal speech"
'Normal thought'
"Kyuubi talking"
'Kyuubi thinking'
"Kuro talking"
'Kuro thinking
Naruto sits upright on his bed with a Wakizashi drawn from its sheath in the reverse grip. Naruto wipes the sweat from his head and gets up to get dressed yawning and he stretches. He smells his self and smells like old blue cheese. Naruto starts up the shower and bathes. When he gets out he smiles to himself and agrees that this was going to be a good day. Naruto being guided by Kuro in what to eat and how to act has become a liked figure in his class room. He was still dead last but it was a rouse to get anyone thinking he was the Kyuubi off his tail. As soon as he puts on a black long-sleeved shirt he puts on some baggy dark blue pants with orange trim and a long orange strip down each side of the legs. He smiles as a small bit of darkness forms over his eyes to form some sunglasses.(Think of the sunglasses from Deus Ex human Revolution)Naruto was already in his desk thirty minutes later and curses that he forgot his keys on the table and he locked the door.
'Hey Kuro do you think you can send one of your pets to get my keys for me?' Naruto heard the laughing from the spirit.
'Of course Naruto but it will cost you 30 push-ups for practice.' The spirit heard Naruto chuckle.
'Now you know you dumb spirit I can do better than that I can do about 50.' Naruto was brought back to attention when the teacher Iruka Umino yelled out his name.
"NARUTO would you mind explaining the theory of the First Hokage's Tree's of Protection?" Naruto just smiled remembering what Kuro had once told him to confuse him.
"I know that I know nothing at all." Iruka just looked at him confused and just gave up.
"Alright than how about you Sakura would you like to explain the Hokage's Tree's?" Sakura stood up looking at Naruto smirking knowing that she was about to embarrass him.
"The First Hokage grew the tree's around the village for protection. The village was once in a vally that had no tree's for over a hundred mile's. The Hokage believed as long as someone was able to use the Mokuton ability that the village would always be protected. The Mokuton user could than use his ability to grab and crush all the enemies of the approaching force. But as of to date there is no record of any descendents past Lady Tsunade of the Sannin. That is what it is you dumbass." Naruto just smiled at her and waved.
"I love you to hunny I will see you at home later." Sakura gritted her teeth at him at his teasing everyone thought that he was in love with her but it was farther from the truth.
"Shut the hell up Naruto and what would you know about any of this? Huh?" Naruto just smiled thinking of the Mokuton user he saw practicing in the third training ground.
"Oh nothing you are right im sorry." Sakura just turned around and plopped into her chair with a oomph.
"Alright class now onto the next subje" Iruka looked at the bell that rang and intreupted him which meant it was time to start the Genin exams. Naruto took out a stack of folders and laid them out and grabbed the one labled group seven.
"Alright everyone come forward and grab a single document this is to be the first part of the genin exam." Naruto smirked as he went forward first and grabbed the one off the top. He walkjed back and read the questions. He decided he would barely pass this and the other two while he would excel and completely destroy the shuriken and kunai throwing test.
"Alright the final results are in." Iruka started calling up names to get headbands but Naruto was never called and he figured out it was Mizuki's doing. He just grinned and looked as everyone was wondering why he didn't pass the performance was adequate enough to pass to be a Genin. As the final bell rung after everything was done Mizuki stopped Naruto before he could leave.
"Hey Naruto im sorry man I tried to get Iruka to pass you but he believed that you didn't do well enough to pass the exam," At this Naruto faked a sad face and Mizuki layed his hand on Naruto's shoulder. "But I know of another exam that you can do to pass as a Genin." Naruto was listening and looked at Mizuki.
"You have to go and retrieve the Forbidden Scroll from the Hokage's office and rendezvous with me in the outer portion of training ground ten, alright" Naruto picked his head up and smiled putting his mask up saying yes sir and his I'm going to be Hokage one day speech.
'Hey Kuro you think we should tell the old man?'
'Yes Naruto we should. Ive grown to like this village even though it was a living hell for me in the lab I have grown fond of you, the old men, and Iruka' Naruto smiled and made his way to the Hokage's tower. When Naruto arrived in the office Iruka was leaving but gave Naruto a hug and said he was sorry he couldn't stop Mizuki from failing him. Naruto just replied with "I know Iruka-sensei." As Naruto walked into the office he saw the old man and he sat in the seat infront of him.
"Why hello Naruto how have you been?" Naruto just smiled
"Im doing fin Jiji have you got a message from Kurotsuchi-chan in lately?" The Hokage handed Naruto a letter and Naruto's eyes softend as he looked at the letter and pocketed it.
"Jiji Mizuki asked me to take the Forbidden Scroll and take it to Training ground Ten. What should I do?" The Hokage smiled.
"I have expected him to be of treachery, I have had him watched for the last few weeks and have concluded he is working with my ex-student Orochimaru." Naruto's eyes widened as he heard this new revelation.
"Take the scroll and hold Mizuki off for as long as you can if you cant take him down. If you can do it take. him. out." Naruto nodded as the Hokage tossed him the scroll and a headband. It was the leaf insignia with a long black band (Think the one from Shippuden). Naruto grinned as he took off to Training Ground Ten.
When Naruto arrived late after nightfall he had learned the shadow clone jutsu from the scroll. Naruto arrived in the clearing and saw Mizuki come out of the tree's.
"Hey Naruto good job now will you give me the scroll now?"
"No, no I don't think I will." Mizuki looked on with confusion as Naruto put on his headband and rushed foreward at mizuki with is Wakizashi unsheathed and poised in a reverse grip. Mizuki ducked under the strike only for Naruto to brin the Wakizashi into the back of his theigh tearing a gash into his leg. Naruto turns around into a hammer arm strike on his shoulder as they continue to trade blows. Mizuki than slipped up as Naruto grabbed the wakizashi off the ground and turned a three sixty swinging his arm around as a whip swinging the short sword faster than a regular strike would. The sword sliced through the mans neck and stopped at the spinal column as Naruto jerked the blade back and continued his whiplike motions. In the time it took Mizuki to fall over from the first leathal strike Naruto slit open every artery and major vessel in the body. As Mizuki layed on the ground Naruto grabbed his shoulder and collar bone knowing the few strikes Mizuki got in on the blondes shoulder broke his Collar Bone. As Naruto wipped his blade off and sheathed behind him he saw the ANBU approaching the dead body. The man with the Sparrow mask picked Naruto up and brought him to the hospital.
Naruto sat up in the bed with his arm in a sling and shoulder in a brace. He looked in the hospital room and saw all of his items on the chair next to his bed. Naruto fished the letter out of his pocket and smiled as he read it.
Dear Naruto,
My grandfather is getting antsy about the situation surrounding us currently. He and the Hokage have decided I am to go to the Leaf and stay there as an Envoy and Advisor to our own village. I am very happy to be moving into your village and to be with you. I know we have not had much time together but I hope to have some fun living in the village. I will see you before the Chunin exams and about a month after the exams we are to be wed. I am so excited I don't know about you.
From,
Kurotsuchi.
Naruto smiled at the letter. Even though the two didn't hang out, to much when she was here they felt a connection. Naruto got out of bed and put his clothes on, and sheathed his Wakizashi behind his back his Katana to his back and his Tanto on his ankle. Naruto started out the door and ran into the Hokage.
"Naruto where are you going your hurt."
"I have to go meet my team Jiji otherwise I wont have one."
"Its okay Naruto your team is coming here to meet you. I recommend you get back into the garb that the hospital gave you and you put your weapons in the storage seal I gave you." Naruto smiled and did as the Hokage said but kept his boxers on under the small gown.
"Good be ready because in an hour your team will be here."
"Umm Jiji why do I have to stay here if I only have a broken collar bone?" The Hokage smiled at him as he sadi.
"You also have a punctured lung due to a broken rib, you have three broken fingers, a fractured humerous in your left leg and heavy bruising over your chest. So you have to stay here till you punctured rib is better." Naruto only mouthed "Oh". The Hokage smiled at Naruto as he walked out the door. A few minutes later a gray haired man with a mask, Sasuke, and Sakura walked in and The gray haired man pulled up a chair as the other two protested that Naruto had failed the exam and wasn't allowed to be a Genin.
"It is okay you two Naruto passed a test that the Hokage specifically gave him and to boot it was an A-rank mission due to the Information he had in his position. By the way my names Kakashi, so how about we do some introductions. You first pinky." Sakura scowled at her nickname as Naruto laughed about but soon cried as his lung was hurt.
"Can you give us an example Sensei?"
"Sure, my nam is Kakashi Hatake, I am a Jonin of Konohagakure, I like some stuff, I dislike some stuff, I don't think I will tell you my hobbies. I don't really feel like sharing my dream," Sakura looked annoyed. The only thing they learned was his name. "You next Pinky."
"My NAME is Sakura Haruno, I like," She looks at Sasuke and blushes, "I dislike Ino-pig and Naruto," She was about to continue when Naruto said "I love you to hunny."
"IM NOT YOU'RE HUNNY!" She grumbled about dumb blondes and continued.
"My hobbies are," again she looked at Sasuke and blushes, "my dreams are to," she looked at Sasuke and squealed.
"Alright you next Emo." The said emu glared at the teacher and grumbled about something but no one could tell what.
"My name is Sasduk Uchiha, I like very few things, but I dislike everything. My dream, no, my ambition is to kill a certain someone and to resurrect my clan." Naruto interrupted him.
"I hope not in that order." Kakashi just smiled at this and waved for Sasuke to continue.
"That's it sensei."
"Alright your turn blonde." Naruto smiled and just sighed.
"My name is Naruto Uzumaki, I like to train and I like my precious people, I dislike traitorous scum and people with an avengers complex," he said that looking at Sasuke, "I have only one hobby and that is meditation and studying the art of Iaido. I have no dreams not anymore." Sasuke smirked and decided to tease him.
"So you finally given up on that hopeless dream?" Naruto shook his head.
"I only realized that shouting on how Im going to become one without doing anything to prove it was foolish. I am going to earn that title or anything I can. I do have a dream and its to have a family with my fiancé but youl wouldn't know her." The other Genin looked shocked to here Naruto was engaged and Kakashi eye smiled at him and patted his shoulder only to rear back after hearing some very choice words.
"Im sorry Naruto. Any way you all have a test to do in a couple of days. With your healing factor Naruto that shouldn't be a problem, no?" Naruto only nodded as he took the casts off of his arm and leg as he stood up and moved his hand.
"Im good right now just my lung and collar bone haven't fully healed. I should be good in a couple of days anyway Jiji will be upset but im leaving." Naruto got dressed and strapped his weapons on and followed Kakashi out of the window.
After a few minutes Naruto made it to his apartment and smiled as he went to fixing a sandwich when he went into his room he smiled at the figure before him as he tossed him a raw rib-eye steak. The figure smiled and sat down with Naruto.
"So how was the team meeting." The figure stated with a full mouth.
"It went very well. I think I could have had worse but its all good now." The figure made a Katana appear out of its hand as it was blocked by Naruto's tanto.
"Nice try Kuro better than the last two I managed to block and attack." Naruto took another chunk out of the sandwich as he sheathed the tanto. Kuro was absorbed into Naruto's body as he heard a knock on his door. He flexed his shoulder and only felt a slight tightness so he removed the brace and smiled as it was Sparrow who answered the door.
"Hey Sparrow how ya been."
"I am well Naruto-san but I have to ask you to accompany me to the hokage's office ther is a visitor for you and the hokage said you would be happy to see them." Naruto smiled and the two started walking to the Hokage's office.
When Naruto walked into the office he took the last bite of his sandwich but only realized that he bit into nothing as he saw his fiancé chewing on what seemed to be the last of his sandwich. Kurotsuchi smiled and hugged him into which he responded by picking her up and spinning her around. The two shared a small peck on the lips and looked at the Hokage.
"Nice of you to join us Naruto, as you can tell Kurotsuchi is here and will be staying with you in your complex." Naruto smiled as Kurotsuchis eyes lit up.
"You have your own complex?" Naruto nodded as she smiled and stood infront of him as he wrapped his arms around her waist.
"So we will have some Genin transfer all of her luggage to your complex today in which you both will decide what to do with the said items." Naruto and Kurotsuchi smiled as they shook their heads and turned to leave. Naruto thought he got out of trouble from leaving the Hospital but he shouldn't have sighed in releaf.
"Oh and Naruto tomarrow we will expect you to be back in your hospital bed to do an examination of your lung to see if the puncture has fully healed." Naruto just sweat dropped as Kurotsuchi got a dark look over her eyes.
"What did he say Naruto-kun?" Naruto looked worried and shot a glare at his grandfather.
"Nothing Kuro-hime its nothing." The said girl grabbed his ear and dragged him to the hospital in which she checked him back in and made him get back into bed.
"I cant believe you did that Naruto you were supposed to be her in the first place why did you leave?" She sounded hurt, "If you got hurt or anything bad happened I would bring you back to life and woop your ass myself. Now be a good fiancé and stay here for two days than if I remember right you have a test. When you pass it I expect you to behave and be a good little Genin." She ranted but Naruto soaked in every word because she meant what she said.
"yes Kuro-chan I will, and don't worry I will be fine." She smiled and sat beside him as the two exchanged tales of what happened when she was in Iwa and the meeting of the Tsuchi and Rai kage's.
After two day's time Naruto had been healed up and was brand new. Naruto was getting his final physical check-up(not a physical exam but just to see if his bones and lung had healed correctly). Naruto smiled at his fiancé who was blushing at his clothes, or more of the lack of. Naruto smiled and she smiled back.
"Alright Uzumaki-san we have gone over and we suggest taking it easy as the new tissue in your muscles have not fully healed and reconnected all the major tissues so you will be sore and I personally suggest no training or anything to physical for the next day." Naruto only smiled and nodded. Kakashi walks in with a eyes smile.
"Umm doctor-san we need you to speed up his recovery because eif I don't have his documents into the Hokage's office by the end of the day that he will go back to the academy for two years." The doctor frowned but nodded his head as he started to use healing jutsu to heal the torn muscles under his ribs and on his left arm. After two hours Naruto stretches his arm and feels no soreness.
"alright Uzumaki-san you should be alright to take your exam now but remember that even thought it is new muscle tissue it could still re-tear." Naruto smiled and thanked the man as he and Kakashi started walking to the seventh training ground.
When Naruto and Kakashi arrived Naruto and Kakashi greeted the team but were responded to with a yell from Sakura about being late. Naruto smiles and waves his hand to Sakura and Kakashi just eye-smiles at her.
"Alright team I guess I should tell you, the test, is a bell test." Sakura raised her hand up high. "Yes Sakura?"
"Umm Kakashi-sensei what is a bell test?" Kakashi looked disappointed.
"Well Sakura if you give me a second I will explain it to you," She nodded as the three Genin looked forward and were listening.
"The bell test was designed by one of the founding Kage. It has always been apart of Team 7. The point of the test is to retrieve these bells from my waist. Now there has been a Sixty-six point six percent fail rate with this test. All my last teams have failed this test and were sent back to the academy. Whoever gets a bell will move on to be Genin, however the one that doesn't goes back to the academy. Just remember Look underneath the underneath. Now on my count of three we will begin. 1," The Genin tensed Sasuke to go forward, Sakura and Naruto to go backward, "2," Sakura looked to Sasuke and looked to Naruto, "3 BEGIN." With that Sasuke rushed at Kakashi only to get a foot in his face and to fly back several yards. Naruto and Sakura had run into the woods. When Sakura saw what Kakashi did to Sasuke she tried to run to him but Naruto grabbed her arm.
"Naruto let me go Sasuke-kun needs me."
"No Sakura what he is doing is what Kakashi doesn't want us to do. He wants us to show teamwork and examine the situation properly to execute a well based plan to retrieve the bells." Sakura nodded and settled down.
"Now Sakura I want you to stay here. I'm going to test his skills so you can make a proper plan to take the bells, kay?" Sakura nodded her head. Naruto took off and summoned three clones. Naruto launched a low, middle, high, combo with the three clones. Kakashi saw this and jumped up and slammed down on clone one sent a foot into clone two and punched clone three. This all happened in a moment and it was clear to Sakura to even stand a chance they would have to work as a team. The real Naruto charged and Sasuke was on his left and Sakura to his right. Naruto grabbed their hands and they propelled him foreward moving extremely fast as he pushed off with chakra. Kakashi raised an arm only to be knocked over by Naruto's movement. Sasuke slammed a fist into Kakashi's side. Kakashi poofed out of existence. Kakashi stepped out of the woods and had his book out reading. The three Genin growled at him and charged. Sasuke took the left flank, Sakura the right, and Naruto made ten clones and went into a charge at Kakashi with his tanto drawn. Kakashi smiled pulled out a kunai and as Naruto reached him blocked everyone of the ten strikes. He carved into the Naruto force and in the blink of the eye took all the clones down without taking his eyes off hiss book. Naruto jumped and dove forward planning to tackle him. Kakashi jumped and Sasuke took him down in a tackle and Sakura grabbed the bells. Kakashi eye-smiled and clapped his hands.
"Good job so Sakura who gets the other bell?" Kakashi looked surprised as she tossed one to Naruto and the other to Sasuke. Kakashi's eye-smile widened as he looked on proud at Naruto glad at Sasuke, and surprised with Sakura. He was sure that she would keep one give the other to Sasuke and cut Naruto out.
"We are a team Kakashi-sensei and no matter what I want them to go on if I have anything to say about it." Kakashi eye-smiled and announced.
"You passed the Bell Test, im glad that you have seen the light. Abandoning the mission makes one scum, but abandoning ones friends and comrades makes them worse than scum. I hope you remember these words well. Meet up at the bridge outside the academy tomarrow at eight, don't be late, its our first mission together. Ja" Kakashi disappeared inn a swirl of wind and leaves. Sasuke turned to leave with Sakura on his trail. Naruto returned home knowing who was there when he returned.
It had been two weeks since the beginning of Team Seven. They had been on more than thirty D-rank missions and they were getting sick of it.
"Jiji we are getting tired of all the bullcrap D-rank's give us a good and challenging mission give us on that would give us a chance to show our potential." The other squadmates agreed.
"What about you Kakashi do you believe that they can handle it?" Kakashi only nodded.
"Alright team 7 you shall go on a C-rank mission, umm mister Tazuna would you mind coming in." The door opened and the smell of alcohol fell heavily into the room.
"What only these brats….I paid good money to get ninja not some snot nosed brats." Tazuna stated as he took a chug from the alcohol gourd.
"Alright team go pack for atleast four weeks and meet me by the Northern gate at eight in the morning." With that all of team seven went their separate ways.
When Naruto arrived home the smell of burnt hair filled his nose. Naruto deadpanned at the sight of his fiancé with once again a patch of burnt hair on her head.
"Not again Kuro-hime, I told you that you shouldn't use the hairdryer. It gets over heated fast and burns your hair." She smiled sheepishly and went over to him and hugged him. Hee warmly embrassed her and gave her a kiss.
"Mmm Naru-kun have you been eating ramen again?" Naruto only smiled at her and nodded.
"I knew it."
"You ate the grapefruit ive been saving for a week." She blushed.
"It was going to go bad soon anyway." He sighed and gave her another kiss.
"Don't worry I think I know how you can make it up to me." She raised an eyebrow but shrieked when he picked her up bridal style and put her in his chair. He took her shoes off and undid the first button on her shirt. Naruto made a clone and together they gave her a shoulder and foot rub. She sighed happily as her fiancé worked his magic; at least he was good with his hands. When she fell asleep he went and ate some dinner. He picked her up and changed her into her tanktop and shorts. Naruto placed her into their bed and climbed in behind her. She only turned around and put her head into his chest and he wrapped her in his arms holding her close. He kissed her ontop of her head and wished her goodnight as he drifted off to sleep.
Naruto and Kurotsuchi woke up with a start at the sound of his alarmclock going off. He hit the snooze button and relaxed back into bed. He looked at his beautiful fiancé and brushed some hair out of her eyes and kissed her. Naruto got up and went into the shower. When he got out he changed and packed his bags and sealed them into a scroll.
"Where are you going Naru-kun?" Kurotsuchi asked. He smiled at her and replied.
"I have a big mission, my first C-rank mission today we leave in about thirty minutes." He yawned and took a breakfast bar into his mouth and kurotsuchi wrapped her mouth around the half sticking out and bit it off. Naruto smiled and kissed her lightly.
"I'll be back in about four to five weeks. Don't worry Kuro-hime, we will be back." Naruto waved goodbye as he left the house leaving Kurotsuchi to her own museings.
A/N: I have to say I think that this is the longest chapter I have ever wrote. I hope you have enjoyed the story. As for Naruto Kuro has taught him sword skills and sufficient taijutsu form. As for all of you who want to know about Kuro some more, I am going to make a oneshot after the chunin exams about Kuro's past, and who he was before the experiments. Well I guess that's all for today Ja-ne!
This was written on 12/13/11.