A/N: I got plans for the story. Huge plans. ENJOY
CHAPTER THREE
Kakashi disappeared briefly then reappeared immediately after. The Bushin could handle the others. If anything he knew about Jinchuuriki, they always had some sort of trick up their sleeve. Both participants stood calmly staring at each other, waiting for who to make the first move. Naruto did.
Kakashi visibly stiffen expecting Naruto to teleport to him. Instead, Naruto turned his gaze to his side, a thin Black wall rising to meet his eyesight. He dipped his hand in it, his hand blending with the dark substance.
Kakashi stood calmly watching Naruto pull out a perfectly moulded Kunai from within the substance.
"Switch" Kakashi heard Naruto say, then immediately had to dodge the Kunai that was in Naruto's hand milliseconds ago. The Kunai came dangerous close to the direction of his heart.
Kakashi Quickly whipped out his Kunai, 'what the hell!' thought a surprised Kakashi. He was thinking what he did not have against the Jinchuuriki in chakra he would make up for it in experience. He was seriously reconsidering that line of thought right now.
Naruto took a walking start, gradually increasing it to a running pace, the thin black wall still right beside him, another and mysteriously materialized by his left. He dipped both his hands in black wall once again, and Kakashi was forced to start blocking because dodging was out the window as Naruto started raining torrents of kunai on him.
His hands practically became a blur as he moved them back and forth in rapid successions. Kakashi had long removed his headband to reveal his Sharingan; it was only because of this that he noticed the two thin wall turning a darker shade of black. Naruto's uninterrupted flow suddenly got too fast for him to follow. But he did catch a last glimpse of different type of kunai. The first of the Kunai that he would block quickly broke his own weaker Kunai to splinters. Before he could think to dodge, the Kunai was already lodged deeply into his shoulder, three more followed on different part of his body, one directly over his heart.
Naruto came to calm stop, his neutral expression still in place. The two walls sinking back into the ground.
"Sensei!" Sakura exclaimed from her hiding spot.
"Hn" Sasuke grunted. What kind of weak Sensei gets killed by his student. Even though he could not see most of the fight, he quickly deduced that he couldn't possibly gain anything from such a weak Ninja.
"All it took was thirty seconds," Kurenai said surprised.
"He's quite proficient with those Kunai. None of them were off course," Asuma said, his attention completely zoomed on the fight.
Another Kakashi suddenly appear behind Naruto who still had his attention on the skewered Kakashi that broke to splinters opposite of him. "You should pay attention to your surro…" Kakashi said going to press his Kunai to Naruto's neck. But before he could finish his little lecture, a wall blocked his path, the same wall he saw few minutes earlier. This time it came in different form, almost pitch black. He caught a glimpse of movement beneath him, which he made to quickly jump away, but found himself unable to, the shadow had paralysed any form of movement. Just as quick, a rib cracking punch was nested in his stomach that sent him plummeting backwards.
Naruto turned his attention to the new Kakashi, his face not expressing the least surprise.
Kakashi stumbled back to his feet. That punch brought him a sense of despair as he remembered Tsunade and her notorious punch. He needed to get Naruto talking, at least to get him to boast about the operational details of his technique.
"A very nice technique you have there," Kakashi said, watching for any form of Body language. The black substance strangely bears a resemblance to Kagemane technique. "if I may ask, how does it work?"
"That sounds very Un-Kakashi like" Gai said from the trees
"Switch" Naruto repeated. Barely a second later, Naruto was in Kakashi nose, "allow me to pleasure of explaining" Naruto said gaining a new composure.
Before Kakashi could respond, another blow launched him into the trees. He couldn't even figure the spot where he was punched, the searing pain was running all through his body. Walking in the direction Kakashi was in; Naruto registered all the traps lacing all the spots surrounding him, which he did nicely in ignoring.
Kakashi was thanking his god Naruto could not detect his traps. Even though they were minor ones his clone set for the other two Genins, they would be put to much better use.
Anywhere Naruto looked, there were multitudes of kunai coming at him at high velocity.
"Isn't he going to dodge?" Even this trap was a little too much for a genin. Granted he's above genin, but still.
The several whistling noise of kunai in the air was broken by endless clangs of metal.
"Is that all you got?" Naruto said, the black wall that had sprung out of nowhere now withdrawing back into the ground, explosive-tagged weapons littering the spots around him. Naruto ignored them as if they weren't even there. Expectantly, a loud, long string of explosion rocked training ground seven, with Naruto at the very middle of it.
"It goes like this, I fight you and you will figure out what you can about it." Kakashi heard Naruto say, his voice somehow carrying over the loud explosion. He didn't sound like he was shouting. The smoke cleared to reveal an unharmed Naruto, several arcs o shadow hanging around him like protective guards.
"While we are at it, why don't you return the favor by telling tell me what your sharingan can do." This was not his first encounter with the sharingan, it must possess some kind of special ability like the other advanced ones. Or it wouldn't have been in Kakashi's possession.
Kakashi was considering his option, the shade of the tree was not in his favor. He was not sure those blonde locks would be enough to disclose his location, Naruto's black attire could easily blend with his Shadows. Kakashi quickly used a shushin to get back to the clearing, his hands already speeding through a sequence of seals. "Katon:Gokakyu no jutsu" Kakashi blew out a large fireball the instant he saw a silhouette of black and blonde enter the clearing.
A huge black hand burst out of the ground that continued to gracefully bat the fireball away like an annoying fly. "Really?" Naruto said, coming out from behind the hand that stood with the palm facing the sky.
"Since it seems like you are unwilling to cooperate, I better keep my own end" Naruto kept talking not looking at Kakashi in particular." The shadow beside him shriveled then morphed into a thin rod. Naruto grabbed it out of the air before channeling a bit of his chakra in turning it instantly to pure iron that shun lightly. Naruto took a running start towards Kakashi who must have foresaw the danger behind the rod, because he started preventing Naruto from moving further with his timely thrown Kunai.
"Well" Naruto said stopping his onward movement.
"I never knew he was a cocky one," said Gai sounding a bit disappointed.
"I think he has a great sense of humor" Asuma supplied.
"He kind of reminds me of that Hyuuga kid"
"That's not Naruto" The hokage spoke for the first time
"What do you mean Hokage-sama?"
"I know Naruto, he never talks that much"
"Then who is he?"
"I don't know"
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Kakashi was about to boast his advantage in speed when he suddenly had to dodge an overhead strike from Naruto. Quickly jumping away, Kakashi looked for any trace of ripple but he found none. 'That wasn't his teleportation' thought a confused Kakashi. He really needed to see the Hokage after this; they had greatly underestimate Naruto.
Kakashi would have continued thinking had Naruto not been in front of him the moment he landed. He brought up his kunai to block a strike, but it shattered on contact with the rod. Kakashi winced when the rod connected with his chest. His pride was crushed when the rod hit him on his right knee, probably dislocating the bone. He let out a silent pained scream but Naruto did not relent in his attack as he continued to hit Kakashi in various place detrimental to his health. Quickly replacing himself with a clone to avoid a strike that would have broke his neck permanently, the clone was created just for situations like this. It wasn't even a second after he received the memory of his dispelled clone that Naruto appeared in front of him, again no trace of ripple. It was like Naruto could trace his chakra residue in his last Kawarimi.
"Raikiri" Kakashi shouted coating his hands up to the elbow with lightning, this gave him slight advantage in blocking the strikes. However, the power behind the strikes was still there, if only a bit reduced.
Naruto didn't even winced when the lightning from Kakashi's technique spreaded throughout his body. His unique chakra was the perfect counter measure for any type of technique. His chakra could practically neutralize any form of danger.
Kakashi could feel his hands getting numb with each strike he blocked. Naruto abruptly stopped striking, before muttering another "switch". Kakashi watched Naruto's composure changed back to the super neutral one as he walked away from the match, his wobbly knees barely keeping him upright. Everybody watched Naruto go to where the watch sat undisturbed, before he hit the button on it, the familiar buzz of the alarm cutting through the silence.
"What are you doing? It's not yet noon. Do you want us to fail?" Sakura shouted coming out of hiding place. Hiding was no use at this point.
Naruto just continued walking out of the training ground, the word "disappointing" hanging in his wake.
"Well you all fail."
"But sensei, you don't have the bells also"
"What do you mean? I have it here," Kakashi said going for a feel of the bells on his waist. Right at that moment, they heard the clink of the bells, but not from Kakashi's waist. One from Sakura and the other from Sasuke who had also left his hiding spot.
Up in the trees the Hokage and Danzo shared look. They really need to involve Shikaku really soon.
'That damned Naruto. Where the hell did he get so much power' Sasuke thought bitterly as he stomped through the library, heading straight for the Chunin section.
"Hey! Show me your chuni…" the lady librarian tried to say but was shut up by a glare sent her way from the last loyal Uchiha. Sasuke just continued on his way, he really needed to up his arsenal.
"Hey did you hear?"
'What?"
"The Kyuubi brat is back as the Yondaime, and he is stronger than before"
"Really?" the second person asked sarcastically before he ruptured with laughter.
Sasuke's already burning anger turned into rage as he heard them. Somehow, rumors already started spreading. 'Now they were even comparing Naruto to the Kyuubi and the Yondaime' thought Sasuke as he continued to furiously pull different scrolls from the shelves.
"So Sakura, how did you manage to pass Kakashi's test?" asked Mrs. Haruno ¿sitting across the dining table.
"Huh? Oh, it was…. Sasuke, yes Sasuke" she looked to be trying to convince herself as she stares directly into her food.
"Really?" her mother didn't seem really convinced.
"Yes"
"So why is your body tense?" she had stopped eating by now opting to focus her attention on her only child.
"Huh? My body! What body?"
Her mother decided to drop it for now. "So who is your third teammate?" she asked hoping a change in topic would allow her to relax. However, it only succeeded in making Sakura more nervous.
"It's a drop-out boy that came back to graduate with us."
"What is his name?" she asked already suspecting someone, "is it Naruto?"
Sakura actually looked surprised, "Yes, do you know him?" she asked half hoping her mother would not question the success of the team any longer.
"Yes I do, now what did he do?" her voice suddenly turned stern. She may not hate the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki, but with his current state of mind, he didn't seem like someone who would protect her daughter on missions.
"I didn't say he did anything"
"Sakura, I'm not a fool, now what really happened?"
Seeing no to the way out, Sakura started speaking. "We passed because of him"
"Explain" her mother probed
"Well, he engaged Sensei alone and later left the clearing saying something like disappointing"
"How does that explain anything?" her mother asked.
"Look mom I can't explain it, we just saw the bells with us after he left." Sakura explained.
"So he somehow got the bells on both of you without your knowledge. Correct?"
"Yes, mom I'm sorry I lied" Sakura pleaded.
"Save it Sakura; just go to your room." She made a mental note to visit the Hokage tomorrow. Seems he had no problem in time of power, what was left was to get him dedicated in the team.
Knock! Knock! Kno…." The door creaked open.
"Hello! My name is….." Lee started to say but paused when he noticed Naruto was not even at the door yet, must be another thing only geniuses could do. No matter he was also going to achieve it with hard work.
"What is it?" Naruto asked approaching the doorway in only his singlet and his forest green Anbu pants, two thin white stripes running down both sides of his legs. He was not interested in knowing who the spandex wearing kid was.
Lee was bitter inside, why must all genius speak in that manner, but he quickly became organized, he was here for a reason.
"Hello! My name is Rock Lee and I'm here to challenge you to a fight" whatever Lee was expecting he was solely disappointed.
"Why?" Naruto asked simply. Yesterday's ordeal disrupted the calm pace he set for his upgrading. That should be the last time Konoha would see him in action, hopefully.
"Gai Sensei said you are a speed genius and I want to prove that hard work can beat genius". 'The inevitable' lee thought as he waited anxiously for the signature reply of a genius, the "Losers can never amount to anything" line. What reply he got infuriated him.
"Leave" said Naruto blankly, "and don't come back" Naruto added turning his back to Lee. Another tendril pushing the door close
Lee was fuming, this was the worst insult of it all. No one ever ignored him, Naruto thought him insignificant. He could handle degradation, but this, this was taking it to the next level. Before the door could close completely, lee moved to attack Naruto with the highest speed he could muster, easily bypassing the closing door. He went straight for a devastating punch. But before he could reach Naruto, Lee suddenly found himself a foot above the room floor, a hand grabbing him by the neck. Tracing the hand to the owner, he saw Naruto's ocean blue pupils spread outwards, the iris turning the same color. Different outlines in the background, they look to be faded. He also saw something that strangely resembles Neji's eyes in them, but he could not be sure.
"I told you to leave" Naruto said, his blank tone still somehow managed to sound deadly.
Lee almost shat himself when Naruto's voice reached his ear. He was never good with emotions, so he could not pin a needle on what laced Naruto's influence. He suddenly started having flashbacks of all his trainings, what if Naruto killed him, what about his dream of becoming the world greatest Taijutsu master. However before he could cough out a sorry, a punch stole his breath away. What he coughed instead was a gob of blood as he was launched violently backwards, and again, instead of hitting his back on the door, fresh forest air assaulted his nose. He didn't register that, he also didn't register the distant cry of "are you okay", the only thing he could think was 'I wasn't even wearing my weights' as darkness enveloped his vision.
Naruto blinked the strange eye away, only a matter of time before the impatient personality of Kisuke would wear away. Some meditation was in order, and he needed to redesign the limiter seal, as things were going too fast for his liking.
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"Mabui, is bee not back from training since yesterday that I called for him?" said the bulging figure of the Raikage. It was clear from his towering posture that he wasn't happy with his brother's tardiness. However, before Mabui could respond Bee barged in orchestrating one of his meaningless raps.
"Shut up Bee!" Ai shouted with such ferocity that the Kage office actually shook a little. "Where were you since you came back?" the Kage asked sitting back down.
Bee started another string of rhythm, explaining he was at the hot spring. "Mabui" said the Raikage not waiting for Bee to finish. Mabui understanding the silent message quietly excused herself.
"What is it brother?" Bee asked when Mabui completely exited the building
"Have you heard the rumor of the new Yondaime?"
"Yes I did, do you think Konoha could be making it up?" Bee asked finding himself a sit. "Maybe it's just a look alike that wants to imitate his hero"
"Whatever it is, I'm not taking chances. Have your team ready for the upcoming Chunin exams. You never know with that Yondaime."
"They will, but along the way… here is your pamphlet to my new Enka-rap," Bee said pulling out the ticket from apparently nowhere.
"You can leave Bee," Ai said not phrasing it as a question. Bee turned and walked out the door but not before letting off a few strings of successive raps.