I don't own Naruto or any of its characters, I'm just a fan I enjoyed the anime but I love the fanfics even more, they made me fall for the whole franchise.

Chapter 47

In the break of midnight on the first day of the Chunin exams a shadowy figure was seen jumping through the rooftops of Konoha making its way to an unknown location. The figure who could have been as tall as an average 13-year-old jumped on top of a platform and did a front flip landing in a crouch that quickly turned into a roll into the shadows. He peered his head over his hiding place and scanned the rooftop he found himself on.

There were 3 Chunins stationed around on the rooftops standing rigid and at attention heads occasionally turning to scan the perimeter before they would look forward. The figure took a breath and waited out a one-hour mark before dashing forward, using the cloak he was draped in to conceal his presence just as the chunin swapped out for new ones.

The figure found himself against another wall in the shadows taking a calming breath and peeking his head out once more to spy on the Chunins watching the perimeter taking the same position as their previous colleagues.

'I don't have much chakra so I will have to do this the most boring way.' The figure thought. He wasn't about to throw something and make them look somewhere else because that would just be indicating there was someone in the proximity then a Chunin would be sent out to report suspicious activities, and call backup if the need came.

The figure draped in black pressed himself on a Wall not even able to mold chakra due to there being at least one Chunin sensitive to chakra use in ninjutsu in a squad of guard details for a hotel hosting rich individuals. The figure instead took out a scroll and placed a palm on it and a barrier seal came out in a green color under him.

The figure proceeded to go through a simple Tiger seal before the barrier took the form of a cylinder, then he did the snake seal, and the barrier's light green color darkened. The figure dropped its hands and the Barrier fell revealing there to be a perfectly cut slab from the rooftops. Placing his hands on the cut-out slab of concrete it almost fell but stuck to the hands through the use of chakra.

Heaving in effort the figure lifted his arms and in the process removed the section of the rooftop cut out. It was at least 2 and a half feet deep with a circumference of 35 centimeters. It was quite the feat of strength. The figure took out a blanket and jumped down into the hole leaving the blanket to cover his entrance.

'Phase one complete: entrance.' The figure thought dropping down into the empty hallways. He proceeded to walk down the hallway wondering how he would find his target. He was quite surprised to find out he was in Konoha. That was bad for both of them in the close run.

The hotel only had 4 floors. It was small but also one of the most expensive ones around because of its modern architecture and collection of artworks and sculptures. The figure walked past a sculpture of a naked Shinobi wearing the headband of a clan he didn't recognize. His right arm was in the motion of throwing something and by how the hand was positioned the figure would guess it was a Kunai.

The sculpture's manly parts were concealed by a leaf, as he stood tall with a smirk on his face. The figure draped in black thought he understood the message the creator of the sculpture was trying to deliver. 'Suck my dick, leaf ninja'.

'I might come back and offer them a price for this because damn that is something I can relate to there……. suck my dick third and fourth Hokage.' The figure thought with a smirk on his hidden face letting loose a little chuckle as he made his way down the hallway. Knowing his target he would have at least two guards in front of his door.

'Knowing him he probably has those fools protecting him just so he feels powerful now that he knows what us ninjas are capable of……..the Chunin exam tournament stage would make him fear us even more, tststststs, I bet he will pee his pants.!' The figure had to place his hand in front of his mouth to stop the laugh about to escape.

The figure was not bothered inside the lavish hotel, but at the same time, rich man paranoia was a thing. A simple laugh in the hands of someone else's imagination could be a code for a man slaughter to another. Rich people have this paranoia that everyone is after their money.

"Stupids, they should know only I want their money." The clone stated evilly with a big wide smile and greedy eyes snickering to himself.

It wasn't long until he saw Danko and his partner standing guard while sneaking in some alcohol in between.

"Found you." The figure smiled under his hooded features looking ready to confront his target who could be sleeping at those late hours or not.

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Team 7 decided they were not meant for the comforts of modern life, deciding instead to camp out on a giant tree 60 feet from the tower to spy on prospective teams for at least a day. They made a little tree house that was draped under Camouflage sheets and slapped with Naruto's now you see me now you can't tags.

Those two simple combinations of tag and ninja tools were the foundation of most of Naruto's achievements, sneaking into the ninja archives was something only people like him could boast about. Stealing from banks hundreds of millions of Ryos, the young Uzumaki thought he had the privilege of being the first in the world to do it. Being a successful loanshark meant you had to be able to do things efficiently and on the down low, that was him.

When Naruto Uzumaki called himself a seal master it was not just in the sense that he could understand the language of sealing symbols to a tee but because of his efficiency in the sealing art in application as well. In the hands of an Uzumaki seals were a very deadly weapon in all forms of applications in the Shinobi art, and Naruto Uzumaki was no different.

Naruto was growing up, he felt like he was on a road to not just success but tranquility, he always saw himself as someone who might end up alone and truthfully it never bothered him much, maybe because he was younger and the thought of love and affections was as disgusting to him as mud was to girls.

He liked Ino for her character that seemed so much like his own. Outgoing, funny, a leader, and her sweetness whenever they interacted. She was the first person to ever apologize when they heard he was an orphan. It was a very welcomed pace from those who ignored the fact or even indulged in it.

Naruto found love in the most unlikely of places. In the heart of his best friend a blind girl, he always thought would learn to hate him as everybody else did, but that wait was a wasted effort. Naruto grew tired of it on the first day when he sat there in wave county for a week at Hinata's bedside as she lay unconscious. Her words that confessed her feelings for him replayed in his head.

She was in love with him, If she had never woken up Naruto would have done everything in his power to burn the world to a crisp for taking her away from him. That was when he realized he loved her too, the fact his dreams of taking over the world would become of destroying it and hoping he would die in the process to see her once more and hug her. He was in a dark place in that week-long haze before Tsunami helped him out of it.

Naruto Uzumaki felt he had found the formula for a happy life because since realizing his feelings and then telling them to his best friend turned love interest he was the happiest. It felt like that dark veil Hinata was always able to peak at and see something bright in him was finally lifted for him to see what lay behind too. Unlike Ino who he felt he had much in common Hinata felt like someone he had nothing in common with and yet could understand him like a book and he could do the same.

For the longest time, she showed him her love from a distance asking for nothing in return always just content with being happy next to him and Naruto realized he too was content with her next to him but better yet close to him. She was more important to him than anything in the world and in his eyes she more than deserved the title of his most prestigious treasure, his precious person. He wished he could introduce her to his mother, he was sure she would love the Hyūga heiress.

"What are you doing dope." Sasuke Uchiha asked walking up to Naruto who had his back against the tree they found themselves on that was about 20 times bigger than the blonde with the branch he sat on maybe being 15 times his width. The blonde Jinchuriki had in his hands a piece of paper with a rough-assed drawing of some Kanji that he had away from his face and occasionally rotated to see the symbol from different angles.

"What does It look like I'm doing Sasuke?" Sasuke's eyes widened at that and he looked at Naruto in shock at him using his first name.

"It looks like you are doing nothing." Sasuke observed hiding his shock well and replacing it with a cool frown. Naruto sighed and placed the paper face down, it might have just been Scribbles but it was a copy of the seal on Gara's forehead with a few notes already made…. He didn't want Duncan Mac Duckass getting his hands on it.

"What do you want?" Naruto asked knowing the Uchiha wouldn't come around to start a conversation with him unless he wanted something or he was looking for a fight.

"Look dobe, you are playing a dangerous game and even I know that. Why are you leading Hinata-Chan on when you are dating Ino." This time it was Naruto's turn to look at Sasuke in shock that he quickly hid by turning a raised eyebrow.

"I'm not leading Hinata-Hime on teme." Naruto stated you could hear in his tone that he didn't quite like the accusation especially when he was just thinking about how much the blind Hyūga has brightened his once shallow, friendless life so much he would do anything to keep that light shining bright.

"I heard what she told you in wave country before she went into a coma." Sasuke revealed which had Naruto narrowing his eyes at the Uchiha at the prospect of him spying on them in a moment that was meant to be private.

"I am going to be straight with you Naruto Uzumaki, I don't like you very much, or perhaps not at all only time will tell." Sasuke paused looking Naruto in the eyes. "You are Hinata-Chan's best friend and that means a lot to her, in wave country I saw that loud and clear." Naruto listened closely keeping his mouth shut to see where the Uchiha was going with this.

"The fact she loves you in a romantic sense was shocking at first but I can see why that would be the case now." Sasuke said looking at Naruto and placing a smirk on his features making the blonde sitting down frown up at him.

"What are you getting at?" Naruto stood up and was surprised by Sasuke raising his hands in a none threatening manner.

"In her fight against Neji, I noticed that the feelings she has for you that she confuses as love is simply admiration. This is how it's going to work." Sasuke became threatening in the blink of an eye and moved forward to stand in Naruto's personal space finding that he and the blonde were now the same height when the dope stood up.

"In these exams, if we ever come into a fistfight, I will break you, grind your face through the dirt and make you beg for it to stop so Hinata-Chan can hear you giving up, that little illusion she has of you will break and she will see the reality of the world and that your little talks are nothing but that talks." Sasuke finished not bothering to activate his Sharingan to make himself more threatening to the blonde not that it would work with the conceited blonde who feared no one. Naruto being the only person eager to meet the nine tails was a testament to that.

"Is that your declaration of a love rivalry? I didn't think the great Uchiha clan dabbled in the world of feelings and affections." Naruto taunted and only received a grunt from the young Uchiha heir, making the blonde frown at the seriousness in Sasuke's posture.

"I like Hinata-Chan a lot." Sasuke began shocking Naruto at the fact he could say that to his face, it shocked even Sasuke since he couldn't even say those words to his brother Itachi. "She's a special girl with many redeeming qualities she is resilient, proficient, strong, and skilled. Hinata deserves a strong person in her life to protect and care for her, not a clown who hurts her feelings every time he loses a spar." Sasuke wasn't pulling punches with his words and Naruto listened to him without placing a word in even though he was willing to do so.

"You know Sasuke, everything you just mentioned involved Hinata's abilities, and although you are right about all those qualities I will add to that." Naruto glared at Sasuke showing the Uchiha he wasn't about to back away.

"She is the best friend an orphan like me could ever ask for, she is sweet, caring, loving, beautiful, a worrywart and her most precious quality are that she is loyal to her friends." Naruto said taking a step and bringing his face very close to Sasuke's. "I love that girl, and she loves me, the day you take her away from me is the day I die." Sasuke smirked eyes looking like he was taking those last words as a challenge.

"Don't blame me if your words come true, just know from now on we both know where we stand dobe." Sasuke said turning around and walking away having said his piece.

"I don't like you either duckass." Sasuke stopped in his tracks and listened to the 'dope' not facing him. "I hate your attitude, you have it all like Neji said and yet you act like those connections don't matter to you, a brother like Itachi is something I craved when I was younger, a family as close-knit as the Uchiha is something Hime can't fathom. Sakura loves you and yet you won't give the poor girl a chance instead you want to take away the one person I cherish most in the world my only family." Naruto glared at Sasuke's back letting his conviction rise in the face of a challenge

"You have a problem Uchiha, and honestly I don't give a shit about it, but just know if you ever step between mine I will end you, my shit is above your pay grade you don't want to be my enemy." Naruto proceeded to walk up to Sasuke and stand next to him, shoulder to shoulder as he whispered to him. "Don't let my happiness when I'm with Hinata fool you, I can be evil too." Naruto hit Sasuke with killing intent so fierce and potent it had him seeing the death of the whole Uchiha clan with only him left to wallow in sorrow.

"I don't have a clan Sasuke, I don't know what attachments you have with them. So it wouldn't hurt me to remove it from your existence. Isn't that what happened to Mizuke little Uchiha murderer." Sasuke's eyes widened at the words to leave Naruto's mouth. The blonde knew!

Naruto walked passed him knocking into his shoulders and physically able to make him budge but Sasuke was ready and an application of some tree walking exercise left him not budging.

Naruto walked away leaving Sasuke angry at feeling like he lost this argument with him. The Uchiha and Uzumaki had a bond that was purely menacing. The first day Naruto saw Sasuke, he had it out for him, to belittle the Uchiha and make him look like a fool because of his past with the clan.

When Sasuke first saw Naruto's abilities he felt challenged, he was from the great Uchiha clan, His father was the clan heir, and his brother was considered a prodigy as famed as Kakashi Hatake's equal. Sasuke had the dream of being greater than them all, but the stupid Uzumaki wanted to be greater, and it angered him.

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Itachi unaware of the happenings of his genin team's two hotheaded male members walked down the streets of Konoha with Izumi hanging off him like clothing. They were taking a walk along the streets of the village they both treasured most. It was now the second day of the Chunin exams and Konoha was still as busy as the first day.

Izumi was happily munching on a dango stick humming a tune to herself looking like the happiest girl in the world and let it be known she was. Yes, Izumi was a fan girl to the Uchiha hot throb who put other hot throbs to shame especially now that he was a young man about to turn twenty.

Itachi though able to control his face as he ate the delicacy called dango wondered about his team and Sasuke's well-being. He had faith his team would make it far, they were all talented and exceptional. What Worried Itachi was how they would behave without his guidance, Naruto and Sasuke behaved like your stereotypical bitter enemies, and Itachi was not blind to that.

'Foolish little brother.' Itachi thought thinking of all the times he tried to show Sasuke that communication was the best way to get things off your chest. Itachi for all his anti-social behavior had a girl he loved, and a best friend he adored. Itachi smiled and he laughed, he got embarrassed and sometimes got angry, he could also get bored and do something fun, his life wasn't surrounded by training.

"Your worrying about Sasuke-Kun aren't you?" Itachi looked down at Izumi who was shorter than him by quite a margin. Izumi asked because he had a worried look on his face, which for Itachi Uchiha was a little glare he does in the distance.

Izumi wrapped her arms around Itachi's free arm bringing him closer to her and looking him in the eyes placing her feeling out there for him to catch with his sharp eyes. Itachi's eyes softened at the look and seemed willing to talk to his girlfriend about what was bothering him.

The Uchiha prodigy sighed and looked around the streets seeing that years could not change some people. His fan girls never gave up and the bitter eyes they gave Izumi who snapped her hands at them in an 'S' motion before slapping her thigh was only the icing to turn the glares murderess.

"Let's go somewhere a little more private Hope of the Uchiha clan, my future 5th Hokage of the leaf village," Izumi told the young Uchiha sensually making him lose his earlier thoughts as she pressed his arm into her breasts. Itachi looked at her with a raised eyebrow in actuality finding himself embarrassed and a little happy she was so possessive of him.

"Please don't do such things in public Izumi-Chan." Itachi spoke voice deep yet soft to Izumi's ears, she smiled and tried to kiss I'm on the cheeks because she liked a challenge and she knew in these sorts of situations she would never lose to the man she loved.

Itachi being the very skilled and fast shinobi that he was saw the kiss coming a mile away So the Young Uchiha prodigy did what he would do in a tussle, and he dodged. Leaving Izumi to kiss nothing but air and embarrass herself making the girls following the young couple laugh at her in hysteria knowing the news would spread like spilled water.

"Itachi-Kuuuuuunnnnn how could you, Now Mikoto-Sama will hear rumors that you mistreat women." Izumi the very strange Uchiha that Itachi couldn't get rid of for a time before she couldn't get rid of him for a time when he found out she had the Sharingan until they couldn't get rid of each other whined and cried fox tears, unembarrassed to do so in public.

"Mother." Itachi shivered knowing his words would be next to the ground they stood on before they reached the Uchiha maître's ears if it ever was contradictory to her 'daughter-in-law' who she loved more than her sons. Mikoto Uchiha was bitter about not having a daughter and Itachi was the one that caught that anger full force because he was so cute as a baby they thought he was a girl and that happiness was something Itachi ruined by revealing he had man parts.

"Kiss." Izumi took Itachi's moment of weakness and fear as an opportunity to attack landing a kiss that was wet making the famed Uchiha blush in public. The fan girls gapped while some people sent out catcalls at the couple.

"I love you too Itachi-Kun." Itachi blushed even more than possible making some fan girls lose hope of ever winning the young Jonin's heart because that reaction coming from the controlled Uchiha prodigy could only mean he was in love with the girl too. Itachi smiled at Izumi and poked her forehead protector with his index and middle finger responding to her words the only way Itachi Uchiha knew how.

"Not so worried anymore are you?" Izumi asked blushing so red her lips quivered and her eyes had hearts in them feeling so on top of the world because she knew the significance of the gesture., only one thing could make her day even better. Izumi shook her head and killed the daydreams about to commence about Itachi proposing to her.

"No." Itachi replied as they walked on with most Shinobi passing by giving Itachi Uchiha a kind of distance meant only for superiors and those in charge.

"You know Naruto-Kun and Sasuke-Kun are mature enough to not let their rivalry for the Hyūga heiress come above their success as a team." Izumi continued after calming down and becoming all smiles unable to let go of the tall Uchiha's arm while having a bounce in her steps.

"Sasuke behaves like an older brother that's being outdone at home by his little brother when dealing with Naruto and Naruto behaves like he has better things to do but still will always find the time to poke fun at Sasuke but put them against a common enemy and they can fight like brothers of blood with a chemistry between them that makes me feel like they were actual brothers sometimes." Itachi began before taking a leap and found himself on top of a rooftop looking down at Izumi who only grumbled and lifted her hands at him like a baby with a pout on her face. Itachi sighed but what could he do, though it wasn't like him to do such acts in public his girlfriend was a fan of it. She likes all those princess gale movies.

Itachi descended and gave Izumi his back bending down for her to climb on. Izumi being a very teasing individual stretched her legs and placed them on Itachi's shoulders who was facing forward unable to face anyone. This woman would send him to an early grave before he found himself in hiding.

"Don't mind me, babe." There came the name-calling, she was very possessive indeed because some fan girls were still following them she wanted to set the nail on their coffins of affection because Itachi could see some of them dying inside. "Let's go horsy to the UNKNOWN!!!" Izumi screamed out giggling like a schoolgirl when she sat comfortably on Itachi's shoulders her legs dangling on either side of his neck. Itachi still wondered why he put himself through all of her antics.

The Uchiha stood up easily looking anywhere but at the public that openly gapped at them. "Woah easy there stallion." Izumi said taking a hold of Itachi's hair when he stood up and without a word, they took off like a speeding bullet in a fast dash that could make even Might Guy see it was full of youth and charisma.

In their mad dash, Izumi apologized to Itachi profoundly, revealing it was Mikoto Uchiha who told her it would be a good idea to show more affection in public and that being more possessive would chase homewreckers away.

The two Uchiha clan members found themselves on top of the Hokage monument a minute later sitting on the head of the first Hokage. Every ninja worth their pay knew the scenery from above was one to behold, it was like their own little make-out spot, so the comfort Izumi got into was not one Itachi could say he didn't see coming.

Itachi sat down on the first Hokage's hair legs open so Izumi could sit between his legs and lean against his chest taking one of his hands and placing it on her stomach with hers on top rubbing his soothingly, Itachi loved this side of her it was so unUchiha like.

"So Sasuke-Kun feels challenged by Naruto-Kun but at the same time he doesn't realize he does the same to you." Izumi stated starting to understand the dilemma of the situation. She loved her boyfriend but sometimes she felt like he was as dense as the rest of the Jonins roaming the hidden leaf village.

Izumi thought Itachi could relate to how his little brother felt about Naruto since the genin Uchiha wanted to be greater than him and broadcast it to the world in the form of something as grand as a match between Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha. When Sasuke was younger he spoke in his sleep as he dreamt.

Itachi's dream is to be Hokage and the first job requirement is to be the strongest person in the village. Having his little brother try to outdo him Instead of looking to work beside him. Sasuke could be hurting him deeply as he marches on and seems stuck in the past during times of warfare only looking for strength in life.

Itachi for all his bravado is a soft-spoken and honest person, he lacks the hardness to carry heavy burdens on his shoulders, he hates fighting but knows before a man can follow words they must see actions, what Itachi Uchiha 'Hope of the Uchiha clan' doesn't lack is will power. Something the hidden leaf village has dubbed 'THE WILL OF FIRE!'

"You should talk to him about how you feel." Izumi said raising her free hand and placing it on Itachi's cheek while the Uchiha simply looked up at the afternoon sky.

"I try to talk to him but Sasuke-Kun only seems able to Open up and drop his guard when around Naruto. My foolish little brother shows the most emotions only when the blonde is involved." Itachi frowned wondering what it was about the blonde Jinchuriki that drove his little brother so much.

"I think it is a budding bromance that both of them don't want to accept due to pride and stubbornness." Izumi deduced dropping her hand from the Uchiha's cheek. Itachi discreetly took said hand in his free one looking away from Izumi who smiled at the shy Uchiha's endearing act.

"For what it is worth I think you are a very good sensei." Izumi proclaimed loudly to the man she loved and felt him relax a little more at her words.

"Hey, Izumi-Chan." Itachi called out to his girlfriend who bent her head back to look up at him and she was shocked to see a smile on his face that was bigger than any he has given her before. It looked like one of Naruto's grins and it had Izumi blushing at the look alone. She felt Itachi bring her closer to him pressing their bodies together.

"Y-yes." Izumi stuttered out feeling like something important was about to be said and she became a ball of nerves and anticipation.

"Will you stay with me forever like this?" Itachi asked and Izumi smiled a million-watt smile nodding up at him with a tear running down the side of her right eye, she was so happy to hear that.

AN

After some action people need to relax their minds and catch up to some fillers that are still important to the story whether in a good way or a bad way. Who was the mysterious person infiltrating the hotel and what does he want with Gato?...

Sasuke has straight up told Naruto he likes Hinata and plans on making him beg for mercy in the exams and humiliate him. Naruto isn't taking that sitting down unlike Sasuke who has a family to call his own Naruto only has two people he considers family. His mother and Hinata one being dead and the other gaining the attention of someone who wants to break their bond and make it their own.

Itachi suffered a lot in canon, he has to kill his clan, family and the girl he loved. He had to turn his younger brother against him and become a missing nin of a village he once dreamt of leading. I won't make one of my favorite Natuto characters suffer that fate here, I hope ...,this story is still weird to me. So I give you some more Itachi Izumi interaction and again humanize one of the most humane character in the series.

This confusion of Sskura's ability is kind of silly I remember saying she had to train to become proficient at the 'elemental' bloodlines she gained knowledge of, so for her to gain Hyoton she will have to first learn and master water and wind release but once she has those two elements in her disposal learning hyoton will be as easy to her as it would be for a person born with the ability like Haku but it doesn't mean she will be as proficient in the art as the ice user who has trained in the art for years.

The command "This is real" was like the activation word to trigger the Kurama bloodline limit at her disposal, the Prodigy of the Kurama clans abilities with genjutsu that hurt people physical is due to the fact she subconsciously believes that the illusions she cast can cause damage. That is why Orochimaru had her saying that phrase to test a theory on her chakra control which is perfect but she still cannot perform things like the mind transfer Jutsu, shadow possession or even awaken a Sharingan because those traits come with conditions she hasn't met like knowledge on their jutsus inner workings or has any training with them.

The genjutsu worked because Sakura is a student of Kurenai and she excels at the art due to her control. She met two conditions. One, she had a jutsu she mastered at her disposal which just so happened to be a genjutsu . two, she told her chakra the illusion was real so it became real like the prodigy of the Kurama clan who subconsciously believes her illusions to be.

I won't give anyone unwarranted power ups here. Sasuke with his Sharingan and fire release is already a powerful genin. Naruto with his large chakra reserves and fuinjutsu as well is already a powerful genin. Hinata with her kenjutsu and Byakugan is also a powerful genin. Sakura with the guidance of the snake Sanin has the potential to be a powerful genin too if they can fully understand her abilities that come from Origins unknown to y'all i know everything mwahahahahaha.