Training ground, five days later
During these five day's Naruto had managed to undo the seal and modify it, allowing for Kurama to move outside the host in a little version of themself, but Kurama still stayed inside him.
"NAAAARRRUUUUTTTTOOO!" Yelled a girl in the training ground on her complex. "I'm going to kill you!" The girl's name was Tenten, who had been on many missions thanks to her sensei's desire for them to be prepared. As she ran forward, she threw three kunai while unsheathing her sword.
Naruto quickly dodged them and blocked with his sword. "And why would you do that, Panda-chan?" he asked with a smile, looking at Tenten. Who attempted to do a low kick, but Naruto jumped out of the way. "You still dare?" asked Tenten, looking at Naruto angrily. "After our date, I thought I made my feelings towards you clear back then. I like you no matter your background, or that you carry the nine-tailed fox," said Tenten as she swung her sword towards Naruto, who blocked it while keeping his shock from showing.
"Don't think I'm a fool? Did you think that, being the host of the Nine-tailed fox, my feelings for you would change? They haven't!" She said as her attack became more ferocious. "But what hurts the most is that even when you knew, you still haven't asked me out! " she said, stopping as she let out tears. "
You asked everyone except me. Why? Anko and Yugao, I can accept that they were there before I met you; the same can be said of Izumi and Suki. But you added Sakura and Hana people you knew less time than I, yet you chose them over me," she asked as tears ran down her cheeks, her sword falling to the ground when she suddenly felt a warmth she only felt when she hugged Naruto.
Looking up, she saw Naruto hugging her with nothing but affection in his eyes. "Maybe it was because I was scared that I didn't make my move even though I knew you. Or because the scars the villagers left me when I was a kid were never healed, even when I had people who cared about me," said Naruto in a soft voice. "The people I love have become my family. You were there, yet I was always cautious in my heart, never to fully open to you," said Naruto as the girl hugged him.
"Maybe I should trust my instincts and finally accept you into this family." Said Naruto as he leaned down, Tenten's eyes widened just a smidge with a sparkle. As Naruto tenderly kissed her. In the far two figures watched the scene, the headbands in their arms shone with the symbols for Rain.
"That's him," said one. "He doesn't seem like much," said the other. "He's got the blood of those fucking senju, and from the reports we got from Hanzo-sama corrupt councilor. He's the only known son of the Fourth Hokage, and Red Death has a bloodline and is part Senju. Do you think he is not to be taken seriously?" said the other in a harsh but quiet tone.
*Whistle* "With that kind of Background, any fucking bitch would get turned on with the kind of Power he holds," said the second one. "The curious thing is, he doesn't want anyone to know that's the kind of man I can go after," said the first. "Wait, I thought our mission was to kill him if he proved too much of a danger to our village," asked the second.
"And if he beats us?'' asked the first one, getting the answer when the other person's eyes widened. "You don't mean," asked the other, just to be caught off guard. "It seems like we have more than one rat in our council," both figures turned to see Naruto standing in front of them, his eyes smiling with a slight smile on his lips, making them think they were looking at Kakashi. As his eyes opened, they turned cold. "It seems like you are here for far more than just the chunin exams."
"Yes, that's true, but we won't act before then," said the figure of the older one. "I see," said Naruto. "Either way, be ready, there is one or two outcomes that will come," said the second figure. "I agree," said Naruto, "But that's the battlefield, outside we are simple people and can interact like it."
"Don't think just because you got the best of us, we won't try to kill you right here," said the second figure. "Are you sure?" Naruto asked as two figures rose from the shadows with their kunai and swords to their necks. "W-what is this?" asked one looking at Naruto in surprise, never knowing a jutsu like this.
"You think I'll let you know, this is just a part of my bloodline," were the only words Naruto said as he disappeared. Their eyes narrowed as they tried to piece together what his bloodline was giving them as a great advantage. For now, their identities weren't compromised, but now he was on alert and wouldn't let them spy or be near anyone close to him without protection.
While Naruto disappeared into smoke, revealing he was a clone, the real one received the information. The newly formed couple walked through the streets with Naruto walking her home. After a bit, he left to prepare something for the beginning of the exams.
The next day
While he was walking through the streets, he met with Sakura, who showed up five days ago and told him what her mother was thinking and that she might have had something to due with Ayame's kidnapping. This had shattered the girl; it was only Naruto keeping her together like all the other times.
This time, he hadn't let her go home, thinking she might do something. He stayed in her room, hugging her and listening to all her fears and doubts that had crept back up; even her inner self had been quiet all this time, making her even more depressed.
But Naruto managed to push through the distances she had been trying to put, saying how could she be worthy of him when her mother tried to hurt him more than once. For Naruto's answer, being I'm not dating her, I'm dating you, who showed me that she loved me despite everything we went through, even going further more trying to distance yourself from her.
Now, as they walked through the streets, hugging his arms until Naruto stopped, which caused Sakura to do the same, who was about to ask, and then looked out of the corner of her eye, which confused her a little by what she saw, but when she turned around, she only saw one.
Square stone with two holes in the front.
"You know that square stones don't exist, right, Konohamaru?" Naruto asked, but before Sakura could ask, she saw the stone explode and release a lot of white dust.
"COF*COF*COF, I told you we used too much," a girl's voice was heard. "It was a COF*COF*COF* miscalculation," came the voice of a child, who continued coughing.
"Ha, I couldn't expect anything less from you, boss!!" said another child's voice, as the ball of smoke cleared, three children, no older than about 10 to 12 years old, were seen.
Sakura is speechless at such a situation. "Eto, Naruto-kun, who are they?" she asked, still a little stupefied seeing the peculiar scene. The blonde simply sighed. "Well, they are-" but he was interrupted by the group of children.
"I am Moegi Kazamatsuri, and I will be the most beautiful Kunoichi in the whole world" said a girl with orange hair and dark blue eyes, she was wearing brown ninja sandals that reached her knees, she had khaki shorts with a sleeveless violet jacket and underneath she had a t-shirt that was a mix between pink and purple.
"I'm Udon Ise, I like numbers," said a black-haired boy with black eyes wearing glasses. The boy was wearing blue ninja sandals, grayish-blue pants with a dark blue camera, the boy had a slight snot escaping from his nose.
"And I am Konohamaru Sarutobi, the next Hokage and the one who will be the greatest of all," said a boy who was at the front of the group. The boy had brown hair, dark blue eyes had a green jacket with brown pants, and blue ninja sandals.
"And together we are Team Konohamaru," said the three children, making some poses. Naruto sighed as he looked at the group of children.
"Okay, guys, I'll give you a 4 out of 10" said the Hanyou making the kids just complain and say 'because', but Naruto looked back at the group "Leaving that aside, Konohamaru, Moegi, Udon shouldn't be in classes at the academy or with a jonin as their instructor" asked Naruto.
"The academy is being occupied for the chunin exams, Naruto-Nii," said the now identified Konohamaru. "Besides, Ebiso-sensei is only teaching us history, plus we wanted to play ninjas with you," said Konohamaru with his two friends nodding, which Naruto denied with a smile.
"You completed the challenges I gave you," said Naruto to see how the children simply laughed nervously while rubbing the back of their necks, which answered the blonde, who sighed, "Well, until you have finished that task, I can't play ninjas with you," said Naruto.
Making the kids just complain. "B-But Naruto-nii, those exercises are about chakra control, we want you to teach us super incredible jutsus," said Konohamaru for the jinchuriki to simply sigh and become serious.
"Well, Konohamaru, since I don't see you motivated, then I'll give you a little motivation," said Naruto, attracting the children's attention. "Do you know how your grandfather or most of the jonins manage to do each of those jutsus more easily?" He asked, watching as the group of children thought for a moment and then shook their heads.
"It's because he has good chakra control," said the Hanyou, surprising the group. "You see, as long as you have better control of your chakra, you will be able to perform jutsus more easily without having to get as tired, and that can also allow you to perform more powerful jutsus," said the Hanyou. The 3 children had little stars in their eyes.
"Seriously, Naruto-Nii, are you serious?" said Konohamaru, watching as the Naruto nodded with a smile. "Then let's go to Udon Moegi," he said, looking at his friends and then looking at his brother figure. "You'll see, Naruto-Nii, we'll master those exercises and then you'll have to teach us one of your jutsus," said Konohamaru.
"I'll be waiting, Konohamaru, Udon, Moegi," said the blonde to see how the group of children began to run through a shortcut on the street.
"Naruto-kun," the blonde looks at his mate, "What's this about playing at being ninjas, don't you think it's a little immature?" asked/teased the Haruno. "They call it playing ninja, I would say they are extra classes," said Naruto with a smile.
"Extra classes," Sakura said with a smile, a bit surprised. "Wait, you teach them and didn't tell me?" said the pink-haired Kunoichi, only to see the blonde nod with a smile. "What exactly do you teach them?" Sakura asked, a dark cloud already forming around her.
"Well, they are still kids, so just the basics, how to throw kunai, help them out with taijutsu, and chakra control. It's not like when we train-" stopped the jinchuriki midsentence as Sakura's head turned to a spot. There were no words needed; they both moved, jumping from rooftop to rooftop.
"damn brat," said Naruto, sighing, managing to hear a voice coming from the alley. As they stood on the roof, looking at the scene.
"That hurt me looks like I'll have to teach you some manners" said a teenager wearing a black hooded jacket that almost looked like a cat's, he was wearing black pants along with sandals of the same color, he also had black eyes and had purple marks, he also had something wrapped and hanging on his back.
Konohamaru held his jacket and looked at him with a sour face while the rest of Team Konohamaru were scared and didn't know what to do.
"Kankuro let him go, we're not supposed to get into trouble" said a blonde girl who had her hair tied in four pigtails, who had a giant fan on her back, the girl was wearing a half white outfit that reached her shoulders along with a red ribbon that was tied around her waist, she had black ninja sandals along with a mesh net that covered the girl's shoulders.
"Calm down, Temari, he's not here, and this won't take long," said the now-identified Kankuro to the girl called Temari. "So, where was-" Kankuro stopped dead in his tracks when he saw Konohamaru disappear from his grasp.
"You know there's a promotion at a makeup store in the shopping area," said a voice behind him, while Temari stepped back a little. The Suna girl saw how a blonde in a gray jacket was behind her brother, and with the boy from before at his side.
"I'm sure that would help you get a little more out of your makeup, although I find it strange that a shinobi uses so much makeup," said the blonde in a mocking tone. " Either what drag night is on Tuesday evenings at the Rusty Kunai Bar, but for crying out loud, man, not in front of the children," asked Naruto.
This comment made Temari barely able to hold back her laughter, as did Team Konohamaru. "It's war paint," Kankuro said, a flush of anger welling up in his face. "I don't know, but suit yourself, like Naruto-kun said, drag night is on Tuesdays at the Rusty Kunai, enjoy yourself," said Sakura.
"Yes, yes, as you say," said the blonde reluctantly, which made him angry. "Aren't we supposed to be allies and all that, Suna shinobi?" said Naruto, recognizing the symbol they wore on their bandanas.
"But I would appreciate it if you didn't hit the third Hokage's grandson," said the Uzumaki, surprising the two brothers and scaring Kankuro a little because of what that implied. "Well, unless you want to get into trouble," said the blonde in a cold voice.
"Ha, and what are you planning to do?" said Kankuro, trying to look tough and move his hand towards the object on his back, but he stopped when he felt something against his neck. Moving only his eyes, he saw how a black sword was against his throat.
Kankuro looked slightly to the left and saw how the sword was in an inverted grip, then he was surprised to see that the same blonde was standing back to back. This simply made him lower his hands.
"Good, that's much better," said the blonde, as he withdrew his blade and sheathed it.
' How fast,' thought Temari, and then saw the marks on the blonde's cheek. ' Those are real, maybe I can,' she thought, and unconsciously moved her hands to the blonde's cheeks to try to caress them.
But she was held by the blonde's hand, although not roughly. "I'm sorry, but they are sensitive, and I only let people I care about touch them," said Naruto, making Temari pout slightly for not being able to pet them.
"How about we start over? My name is Naruto Uzumaki from Konoha, nice to meet you, miss," said the Hanyou politely."Sabaku no Temari," Temari said, smiling at the boy's attitude, while resting one of her hands on her hips.
"MMM desert flower, a beautiful name for a beautiful lady," said the Hanyou as he took her hand and kissed it in a chivalrous gesture. Temari smiled at the blonde, a slight blush on her cheeks.
"Thank you, gentleman, and allow me to introduce you to the fool who always steals my makeup, my brother Kankuro," Temari said, causing the aforementioned to simply look at his sister. "Hey, it's war paint!!" Kankuro shouted to his sister, causing both the jinchuriki and the Kunoichi of Suna to laugh.
"Well, now he knows where I can get more of his war 'Paint' for next time," said the blonde, while this time, Temari couldn't hold back her laughter and started laughing.
Before Kankuro could claim anything. "Don't you think it's rude to look at us and not introduce yourself?" Naruto said with his eyes closed while the whole group looked at him strangely, until he looked towards a tree.
"It took you a while to notice me, Dobe," said Sasuke, standing on a branch. "It seems you're not so-."
"I wasn't talking to you, Ducky-chan," Naruto interrupted the Uchiha, who, before he could say anything about his nickname "I was talking to the one attached to that branch," he said so that the entire group including the raven-haired boy looked down and saw a red-haired boy with a huge gourd on his back.
' But when he stood next to me, I couldn't feel him ' was Sasuke's thought, watching as the second blonde disappeared into his sand tornado and appeared in the middle of his brothers. "GG-Gaara, this n-is not what it looks like," said a nervous Kankuro, receiving an icy glare from Gaara.
"Kankuro, shut up, don't make things worse," Gaara said in a hollow, almost dead voice. "B-But they started it," Kankuro defended himself, while both Sakura and Sasuke were next to Naruto, who was in the center.
' Seriously, that's his excuse,' Naruto thought as he stood in front of the group, feeling something familiar when he saw the third Suna ninja, both their eyes narrowed. 'Kurama, do you sense it?' thought Naruto. "Yes, kit seems like one of my brothers,' communicated with the fox. "Make sure to teach him a good reason when you face him, maybe give him a beating for coming into my territory,' Kurama said through their mental link while they chuckled at the end.
"Shut up or I'll kill you," said Gaara, silencing Kankuro and making him sweat cold. Meanwhile, in Kirigakure, an auburn-haired beauty sneezed, interrupting her thoughts of a certain blonde hanyou, causing her to scowl. 'Either someone is thinking about me or someone stole my line,' She mentally pondered. 'Well, if it were Naruto-kun, then I would allow him to fantasize about me. But if it were anyone else, and I found out that someone stole my line, I would melt their balls off.'
Back in Konoha, Gaara felt a foreign sensation as a slight shiver traveled up his spine, prompting him to discreetly create a sand barrier around his crotch area, unnoticed by those around him. Mentally shaking off the strange experience, the raccoon-eyed boy turned his attention towards his fellow Suna shinobi with a glare.
Naruto saw how Temari also got nervous. "Sorry for the inconvenience my brothers gave you," said Gaara with a small bow towards Team 7 as well as Team Konohamaru. "We retreat now," said the Suna jinchuriki without waiting for a word from the other two Suna-Nin, who followed him. But Gaara was stopped by something that placed itself on his shoulder and stopped him.
"I heard wait," said a voice that made the entire Suna team look back. Gaara looked back and could only open his eyes.
"But what?" both Kankuro and Temari said as they saw Naruto holding his brother by the shoulder, who was equally surprised. "You can't just appear out of nowhere and mark yourself," Gaara looked at how the Hanyou was looking him in the eyes. "You should at least introduce yourself, don't you think?" asked Naruto in an almost mocking tone.
Seeing how Suna's brothers said nothing and looked at him in disbelief. "Hey," Naruto said, bringing the entire Suna team out of their trance. Gaara simply returned to his emotionless gaze. "I am Sabaku no Gaara," said the Ichibi jinchuriki.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Uzumaki Naruto," he said, offering his hand while Gaara simply looked at him. Gaara simply narrowed his eyes and turned away.
"See you at the chunin exam, Uzumaki Naruto," he said, taking a few steps forward and looking back at the blonde. "With you, I will prove my existence," he said to look back at the front, and the entire Suna team left.
"That was weird," Sakura said, making Naruto nod. "HMP, it seems there are some opponents who are worth my time," Sasuke said while crossing his arms.
"Yes, but if we don't hurry, I'm sure we won't be able to get into the exam," said Naruto, reminding his team members of the existence of the exam ."Take care, Konohamaru, Moegi, Udon," said Naruto as he and his team left the place.
"Sugoi, Naruto-nii is incredible, he was able to defeat that guy without breaking a sweat," said Konohamaru with stars in his eyes while both Udon and Moegi nodded at their friend's words. "Alright, let's go, we have to work hard to catch up with Naruto-nii so he can teach us some incredible Jutsus," said Konohamaru as he and his group headed to a training field.
Konoha Academy
After a while of running through the streets of the town, Team 7 arrived at the academy, where they presented the forms. They were told to go to room 307.
The entire team 7 was going through the corridors until they saw a large group of genin standing in front of a door where two genins were preventing them from passing, while one of them was pushing a boy with green expands and a bowl hairstyle.
"Let us pass, don't you see we're trying to take the Chunin Exams," said one of the participating genins. "As if you could take them, the Chunin Exams are no joke, you'd better get lost, idiots!" said one of the gate guards.
Sakura, who was looking closely at the sign, blinked twice, then opened her eyes and looked at Naruto, who gave her a nod. "Let's move quickly, it's a test, for"
"Get out of my way, scum, and take off that pathetic excuse for Genjutsus!" Sasuke said, making Naruto pat his head with his hand.
"Forget it," Naruto said to Sakura, watching as several genins broke the illusion and began to head towards the next floor. Naruto just sighed, "Good job, Ducky-chan, now there's more competition," said the Uzumaki with annoyance in his voice.
"Ha, that doesn't matter, in the end I'll defeat every one of those teams," said Sasuke while Naruto simply sighed, giving up on trying to get his teammate to act up. Team 7 was heading towards the stairs.
"Wait!!" Someone shouted from behind the group, "DYNAMIC ENTRANCE!!" At that, Team 7, like someone or something, did a jump with several pirouettes and landed on their feet in front of the entire group.
Team 7 looked at the boy, seeing that he had a green expander with his ninja sash on as a belt, a pair of orange legwarmers on his thighs, along with blue ninja sandals. He also had bandages covering his arms. The boy had black hair and enormous eyes.
' Are those her eyebrows? ' Naruto wondered. "Ahhhhhh! My eyes hurt. Show me something else, please. This is inhumanity," screamed Kurama. "I'm going blind, the horror," still said Kurama.
"Excuse me, who are you?" Sakura said as the boy struck a pose. "Greetings, I am the epitome of youth and apprentice of the great green beast of Konoha, and the person who makes the flames of youth grow and never go out. I am Rock Lee," said Lee, giving Team 7 a dazzling smile with a thumbs up.
This made the entire team 7 have a blank look as they looked at the peculiar shinobi. "Haruno Sakura," Lee said, making Sakura look at him. "Please go out with me, I promise I will protect you," he said while bowing in front of the girl.
"Wha!?" The pinkette exclaimed in confusion, as the boy's proposal had come out of nowhere. "I am going to have to respectfully decline, Lee-san, as I'm already seeing someone."
Hearing this, the green-clad boy looked to the blonde who stood next to her before allowing his eyes to travel down, seeing the two holding hands. Seeing this, a fire of determination roared to life in the boy's eyes as he turned fully towards Naruto.
"I challenge you for Sakura's hand!" Rock Lee exclaimed exuberantly, flashing his sensei's trademark smile
"I decline." Naruto simply stated, though there was an undertone of irritation in his voice at the unintentional insinuation that his mate was a mere prize to be won. "Because Sakura-chan is not some prize to be won, like a trinket at a street festival. But a strong-willed kunoichi with her own free will."
At this, Lee realized how his words sounded and began to profusely apologize to the pinkette and the blonde before him. Both of them shrugged it off with a light warning to think before speaking in the future. Of course, this earned the duo a spiel of various challenges the green-clad genin would do to atone for his mistake.
"By any chance, might your teacher be Might Guy, the Green Beast of Konoha, and the best Taijutsu specialist?" asked Naruto, surprising his urge to act like Kakashi and ignore him, but also knowing what that would entail.
"Gai-sensei being recognized is such a youthful thing. I'll have to get people to recognize me, too, or else I'll do a thousand one-handed push-ups," he said, before wiping her tears with her bandages. Meanwhile, the whole group had faces, wondering what the hell was wrong with them.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Lee-san," Naruto said with a smile as he offered her a greeting. "Likewise, Naruto-kun, I can see your flames of youth are quite bright," Lee said, wiping a drop of sweat from Naruto as they both shook hands.
"Hey, freak," said Sasuke, getting Lee's attention. "Move out of the way or suffer the consequences," said the Uchiha with an arrogant smile. Lee looked at him for a moment.
"Face me, Sasuke Uchiha!!!" Lee said, then took a fighting stance with one hand extended and the other behind his back. Sasuke looked at the boy with annoyance. "Why should I waste my time with someone like you? You don't seem to be on my level," said the Uchiha.
"I want to experience firsthand if what people are praising so much is the power of the last Uchiha," Lee said with a serious look on his face.
Sasuke sighed and looked at Lee. "This is a waste of time, but hey, I'll use you as a warm-up," Sasuke said as he took a few steps forward, still smiling. "Then come with everything you've got," Lee said.
"This will be over in 30 seconds," Sasuke said and started running towards where Lee was to punch him in the face, but Sasuke was surprised when Lee managed to dodge his blow and passed by him.
Sasuke began to throw several punches while Lee simply dodged them all. When Sasuke wants to throw a hook at Lee, He would disappear from Sasuke's sight. The next second, the Uchiha felt a strong blow to the left side of his face. What sent him back, both Sakura and Naruto were shocked by what had just happened.
" Was that a jutsu?" Sakura wondered. "No, Sakura-chan, that was pure speed he worked hard to attain. He's probably training more than any of us. Just pay attention, " said Naruto, surprising Sakura. Then Naruto looked at his hand.' I wonder how much strength you have, Lee,' he thought, and then looked at how Sasuke got up from the ground and rubbed the place of the blow.
"Tsk, I didn't expect to have to use this on you, but it seems you're no ordinary opponent," said Sasuke as he activated his Sharingan with two tomoes. "Let's see how you do with these eyes," said the dark-haired man as he exchanged blows with Lee again.
"So that's the Sharingan, let's see if you can keep up," Lee said, making Sasuke curse inwardly. Sasuke continued throwing punch after punch without being able to land any on Lee, which began to piss off the Uchiha, since, although he could see the expander boy's movements, he couldn't avoid his blows.
While Lee dodges the blows he looks at Sasuke with a look full of determination "You know something Sasuke Uchiha, without a doubt those eyes are powerful since they can see and predict the movements that your opponent can make even before he knows it" said Lee and then threw a punch to the Uchiha's chest which made him grimace in pain from the force of the blow.
"But if your body can't keep up with them, they become useless," said the peculiar Shinobi, pissing off the Uchiha even more. "Damn son of a-!!" Sasuke couldn't finish when he felt another pair of blows being delivered to him, silencing him dead.
"You know, I believe there are two types of Shinobi in the world" said Lee while dodging another blow from the dark-haired Uchiha "Those like you were born with a talent and don't have to work for it and those like me who have to work every day of our lives" said Lee before sending a kick to Sasuke that sent him flying, while Lee's bandages began to unwrap from his arms
Sasuke was watching as Lee once again disappeared from the scene and appeared behind him."Hard work beats natural talent," Lee said firmly, making Sasuke's mind try to find a way out of all this.
But before Lee could do anything else, both shinobi were held with several chains that were stuck in the walls and trapping them both in the air. Both Lee and Sasuke saw where the chains were coming from and saw the jinchuriki with his arms crossed.
"Okay, I think that's enough," Naruto said as he lowered the two fighters, while Sasuke had a sour look on his face. "Naruto-kun, it was very unjuvenile of you to interrupt our fight," Lee said, complaining to the blonde, who simply shook his head.
"Lee, I think you have other matters to discuss," Naruto said, confusing Lii. Then, he looked as Naruto pointed behind them, and they all looked back.
Everyone saw a man who was an older version of Lee, but with a jonin vest on, while standing on a turtle.
"Blade Strike!" the man shouted as he disappeared and hit Lee on the head. "What were you thinking using a technique like that, Lee!!" Gai shouted, looking at the aforementioned.
"But Gai-sensei, I just-" he didn't finish when Gai hit him again on the head, quite hard, sending him back a little.
"You know that technique is forbidden" said Gai then sighed and looked at his student, so that both of them hugged each other "LISTEN LEE, THE TIME FOR YOU TO SHOW YOUR WORTH WILL COME, BUT UNTIL THEN YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT, DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME" said Gai, in that the whole background turned into a sunset at sea with a vara music playing in the background.
"GAI-SENSEI"
"LEE"
"GAI-SENSEI"
"LEE"
"GAI-SENSEI"
"LEE"
Both hugged each other while crying, leaving Team 7 petrified in that same place before such a vision. Sasuke cursed because he had activated his Sharingan, so that image was burned into his eyes. Sakura at first tried to dispel what she believed was a Genjutsu, but when she tried, the vision became a little more exposed. Until Naruto blocked her vision with her hand.
Naruto had to force himself to enter his mindscape and, with that, scream at the top of his lungs while Kurama and he bleached their eyes. Something to note was that a little camera was recording everything.
When all that ended, Gai looked at Team 7. "You are Kakashi's team," he said, bringing out the three genins, so that the entire group nodded. "I hope to see you in the finals so that my team can defeat you," said Gai, making Team 7 look at him with doubt.
"Please don't take this as a threat, just as a challenge," said the Taijutsu master. "Since I expect my eternal rival's team and mine to have a great fight to see who is better," said the self-proclaimed eternal rival of Kakashi, causing the group of three genins to relax a little.
"Until then, I HOPE YOUR FLAMES OF YOUTH KEEP BURNING!!!" said Gai while making a slightly ridiculous pose, as Lee and Gai left the place.
"Let's go before something else comes out of nowhere," Naruto said without any objection from the other members of Team 7. The group headed towards the place where the tests would be.
Team 7
The trio that made up Team 7 proceeded to make their way along the hallway towards the real room where the tests were to begin. To their surprise, they saw Kakashi leaning against the wall, reading the next volume of Demon Heart, and by the looks of it, he was almost finished with it. This, of course, prompted both Naruto and Sakura to smirk knowingly.
"Good to see you all made it." He lazily commented, not looking up from his book a slightly disappointed when he noticed Sasuke's condition. "It would have been a shame if one of you decided not to come, or attempted to do this on your own and What happened to Sasuke?"
"We run into Beast Junior and his teacher," said Naruto as Sakura and Kakashi shuddered at the memory. "What do you mean?" Sasuke asked. "It's rather simple." The silver-haired jonin stated as he closed the book, looking over his team. "This exam is designed for three-man teams. As such, if a full team is not present, they would not be allowed to partake in the exams."
At this, both Sakura and Naruto couldn't help but smile. Both had a suspicion that something like this would be involved with the exams. Why else would entry into the exams require not only the team's sensei to sponsor them, but also require all three team members to submit their forms?
"Anyways, I wish you three the best of luck." Kakashi gave his trademark eye smile. "And look out for one another."
"Always," said Sakura. "We got this," Naruto stated. Sasuke merely gave his typical grunt in response as he set off towards the exam room, with the other two following behind him.
Examination Room
When Team 7 entered the classroom, they could feel everyone in the room sending them killing intent, but none of Team 7 was affected, since, compared to Zabuza's, they were worse according to Sasuke and Sakura.
Naruto saw how Gaara's team was sitting in the middle of the room, while there were other teams from Suna, Kumo, Taki, a few from Iwa, where he could see Kurotsuchi, or as he knew her as Kuro-chan, then he saw how there were some teams from Amegakure with the two hooden figures watching him, and others from smaller villages.
He also saw how there were some teams from Konoha, where he saw Lee along with his team, Tenten, whom he had already marked and started to date her and a Hyuga that Naruto recognized as Hinata, Neji Hyuga's cousin, who gave him a cold look when he saw him.
Then he saw that there was also a team from Grass, Otogakure, and some others, but he didn't see any from Kirigakure. The blonde didn't even feel the gaze of the rest of the participants.
"So you guys are here too, how troublesome," said a voice at the door, revealing Shikamaru next to Choji, who was munching on some chips, and Ino behind Shikamaru.
"Hello, Shika, Choji, Ino-chan," Naruto said, greeting the group. "Hey Naruto," said Shikamaru and Chouji, the latter while chewing a few potatoes. "Hey Naruto-kun, are you ready for this?" Ino said.
"Of course," said the Hanyou, so that they could both start talking a little. "You know, Kit," said Kurama, using their mental link. "I know Kurama, but you think they are," Naruto thought as he continued talking to Ino, while Sakura also joined in to greet the Yamanaka, and Ino interrogated Sakura about Naruto.
"I'm not saying they are not, but there might be a possibility," thought Kurama, making Naruto look towards where the rest of the participants were and see two girls with red hair who were looking at him too. The blonde noticed that one had the Kusagakure symbol on her ninja headband, while the other had the Kumogakure symbol.
"We'll see, this exam already carries enough danger," said Naruto, his eyes flickering to the Iwa team, who were looking at him with hatred: the Kumo team and the most obvious, the Amegakure team, with the hooded people.
As he watched the door open again, revealing Team 8 with a quivering Hinata eyebrow as Kiba entered with a pair of arrows in his butt and Akamaru standing next to his master.
"Seriously, Kiba-san, you haven't learn anything from our bet," said Shino, appearing from behind Kiba, scaring him a bit. "Damn it, Shino, how many times have I told you not to appear like that out of nowhere?" said Kiba, looking embarrassed. "How was I supposed to know you'd dare me to do something to Kurenai-sensei?" exclaimed a tired Kiba.
Shino shook his head as he took out a notebook titled 'Kiba's rejections.' "You had such a bad time, didn't you, Hinata-chan?" asked the jinchuriki.
"You can't imagine," Hinata said, her eyes closed to continue enjoying the warmth of the blonde, who then went on to caress the Hyuga heiress.
"Looks like we're all back together," Kiba said, hoping to put that moment behind them. "By the way, what's with the fox, Naruto?" asked Kiba, looking at a red fox on Naruto's shoulder. "He's my new Partner, Kurama," said Naruto while the fox lazily opened his eyes with a cute and confused look. He rubbed them with his paw.
"Kawai," said Hinata and Sakura as they took Kurama to pet him. "Kami, his fur is so soft and his tail is so fluffy," Ino said, combing Kurama's tail with her hands, while he purred at the attention of both heiresses. Shikamaru was the first to ask, "Where did you find her?" said the Naara.
"It was on one of my days off, I found him being chased by some hunters as they started beating her, so I rescued him. And took care of his injuries, when I was going to free him, he simply wouldn't leave, so now he's my partner," said Naruto while Kiba growled at the parts with hunters beating up animals.
Being an inuzuka, he loved animals, his bond with Akamaru was proof of that, but also competitive. "I bet he won't be any competition for me and Akamaru, right, Akamaru?" Kiba said, receiving a bark from the pup. "You never learn not to make bets against him, do you, Kiba?" asked Shino, shaking his head until Kiba started sweating. "W-well, we didn't bet anything, so I'm good," he said, trying to look unaffected when.
"You should be less conspicuous," said a voice to look behind and see a man with glasses and white hair. "Because if not, you could die in the next tests," he said, attracting the attention of the entire group.
"And who are you?" Kiba asked, adjusting Akamaru inside his jacket. "Hello, I'm Kabuto Yakushi, and the reason I'm telling you is that this year several genins from other villages are participating, and one or another might have a problem with Konoha," Kabuto said, attracting the attention of the entire group.
Naruto just looked at the supposed genin of Konoha with suspicion. 'Their Chakra levels don't match, and he also smells like Mizuki-teme,' thought the blonde. Making a clone, he secretly substituted and went towards the place where the redhead of Kusagakure was.
Which was separated from her companions, both looked at each other for a few moments, seeing that the girl was wearing black glasses, also had red eyes, and was wearing a mesh net under her clothes, which was a sandy green jacket and a dark purple miniskirt.
The girl seemed to be a little shy as she glanced at the blonde for a moment and then looked away again and again. "Excuse me," said the girl, drawing the redhead's attention. "But why does your chakra look like-" She was stopped when Naruto put a finger in front of her lips.
"There are a lot of ears around here…" said the Hanyou indirectly, asking his name, but also looking at how some genins were looking at them. Karin caught this.
"Karin, just Karin," the girl said. Naruto felt like the girl was a little melancholic when she only said her name; it seemed as if she was reluctant to mention her last name. "Well, excuse this," said the Hanyou, then touched the girl's forehead with two of his fingers.
Naruto's mind escapes.
The next thing Karin knew was that she was in a green meadow with quite a bit of vegetation, which surprised and confused her quite a bit; even the air felt so real, it seriously seemed like she had been taken somewhere else.
"Welcome to my mindscape," Naruto said behind the girl, who was quite surprised while admiring the landscape.
"Kya," the girl squealed upon seeing the boy from a while ago. "Don't do that," Karin said in disgust as she watched the jinchuriki apologize to her. "And why did you bring me here?" the girl asked doubtfully, tensing her body in case the blonde attacked her.
"Well you wanted to know why our chakras are similar right" said Naruto making the girl nod her head "Well" he said extending his hand to take hers "Send some Chakra" said Naruto so the girl would make some chakra, after a few seconds she could only open her eyes and look at the blonde who was smiling at her "Because we are family" said the redhead.
To then be hugged by the girl who was on the verge of tears.
"I-it's true, I-I'm not dreaming, right?" said Karin, who felt the blonde caress her hair. The grass redhead was stunned, ' I'm not alone anymore, Oka-san, Oto-san, ' Karin thought to herself.
"B-but why isn't your hair red like mine?" she asked with tears. "I got my father's hair color," Naruto said, hiding his anger. "But what's more Important, you're not alone anymore, Karin-chan," he said, so that the girl only rubbed her face on the jinchuriki's chest. They stayed on that for what seemed like hours while Karin let out her frustration.
But then Karin started rubbing like a cat while in the hold. "MMM, Your chakra is warm," said Karin, and then began to caress the blonde's body, which went from simple caresses to trying to explore more private parts.
"Mmm, Karin-chan," said Naruto, making the redhead look at him. "It's not that it bothers me or anything, but I think you shouldn't go that way," said Naruto so that Karin would realize what he was doing, and then quickly pretended with a strong blush on his face.
While the Hanyou just laughed a little. "I see that you are someone very affectionate, right Karin-chan," the jinchuriki joked a little, making Karin's blush simply increase.
"You should be grateful since I don't do that to just anyone, MMMHHH," Karin said, crossing her arms and pouting with the blush still present.
"Oh, then I'm someone special," said Naruto, making Karin blush more. "Then you will also be someone special to me, Ka-rin-chan," said Naruto, stroking the head of the grass Kunoichi who tried to hide her blush, while both began to fade from the mental landscape and return to the exam room.
Karin saw that only a few seconds had passed in the real world. "We'll see each other soon, Karin-chan, oh, and if you need help," he said so that when he put his hand on his palm, a seal appeared that then disappeared. "Just put a little chakra and we'll see each other again," said Naruto with a smile.
"T-Thank you, Naruto-kun," said Karin, blushing at the suffix she just used and caressing the place of the seal while she saw how the blonde returned to his original place, to where the white-haired man was from before, who had taken out a couple of cards.
"If you want to know something about someone, just describe it to me and I'll give you some information," Kabuto said as he shuffled the cards he had.
"Sabaku no Gaara, Rock Lee and Naruto Uzumaki," Sasuke said, causing the rookie challenge to look at the Uchiha with doubtful faces for asking about his teammate.
"You already know the names, huh?" Kabuto said, adjusting his glasses, "That makes it less fun, but here they are," he said, taking out a card that, when applying chakra and, revealed Gaara's information.
"Let's see Sabaku no Gaara, oh wow," said Kabuto, while the whole room was attentive to what Kabuto said. No D-ranked missions, eight C-ranked missions, and one B-ranked mission. Not many rookies get B-ranked assignments. Sadly, since he is from another country, I know less about him, but I do have one very interesting thing about him. He's come back from every mission completely unscratched."
"Next is Rock Lee of Konoha." Kabuto read off. "He's a year older than most of you, aside from Naruto. To date, his team has completed twenty D-ranked missions and eleven C-ranked missions. His team's sensei is Might Guy, and his taijutsu physical skills have grown exponentially over the past year. Though he has no other talents worth mentioning."
"Lastly, we have Naruto Uzumaki," Kabuto said as he flipped over the last card. " Member of the illustrious Team 7, under Kakashi Hataki. Currently, 15-year-old old also known as the prankster from hell due to his ability to prank anyone. Their team has completed twelve D-rank missions, one B-rank mission, and two A-rank missions. And rumor has it he was chosen for a secret A-rank Mission, but it's off record."
Silence and shock echoed throughout the group at the revelation of the team's mission accomplishments. While it was extremely rare to get a B-rank mission as a genin, it was nearly unheard of to receive an A-rank mission, let alone two, and then receive an off-the-books mission. What could he have done? And to have completed them.
Wow." Kabuto commented, clearly impressed and secretly worried. "Anyways, during the Academy, he was considered the dead last of his class; however, field reports completely contradict that assessment. Furthermore, he seems to have a unique bloodline, but he hasn't used it in battle. Lastly, he is the last of three clans, the Uzumaki and Senju clans being two, while the last one is still unknown. Also seems like he has already got a jump start on rebuilding his clans, with his fiances being…."
Kabuto was cut off as the card he was reading disappeared from his hands. "Looking for these," Naruto said, attracting the attention of several of those present, who saw how the bonde held all the cards in his hand.
"Dobe, give me those cards," said Sasuke, only to see Naruto, with a movement of his hands, burn the cards in front of everyone. The only one who had suspicions was Shikamaru, who had been communicating secretly with Naruto and had an idea.
"Hey, what's wrong with you? Do you have any idea how much it cost me to get that information?" Kabuto said angrily. "Well then I think I did you a favor" said Naruto missing everyone "The information you have is quite classified, information that only the Kages of the villages should have, not to mention that you also have information about the Shinobis of Konoha as well as other villages" said Naruto staring at the white-haired man, who swallowed some saliva.
"And seeing how you're handing it out is so suspicious that you could be considered a traitor, which is punishable by death or even become a target for the rest of the villages to be killed or even captured and tortured," Naruto said, silencing Kabuto and making him sweat slightly.
"Oh, from that point of view, I think I should thank you," said the bistecaled man. "But I still think you went too far since I think those letters would have helped a little, since this year almost all the big villages are participating, and even some less recognized villages like Otogakure," said Kabuto.
But the next moment, Kabuto had to dodge a punch and a kick that sent him tumbling backwards. "Can you repeat that, Konoha scum?" said a boy whose face was covered in bandages. While another boy with black hair stood crossed his arms crossed behind him and a girl with straight black hair just sighed, the three genin had the Otogakure headband.
"Dosu, that's enough, you'll get us into trouble," the girl said to her partner. "Shut up, Kin," said the bandaged boy now identified as Dosu, causing the now identified Kin to just look at him in annoyance and let out a sigh.
"Now, how about I show you the difference between us two?" Dosu said as he leaped forward and attacked Kabuto. "Kami, that's how the walking mummy always is?" asked Naruto, who was next to the sound group, watching as the girl tried to contain a laugh, as did the other guy. " These guys also smell like snakes," thought Naruto.
Then he saw how Dosu sent some blows to Kabuto, who dodged them with ease, but acted as if he was trying hard, but the moment he did so, his glasses broke and he began to bleed from his nose, and then he fell to the ground. Noticing how Shikamaru's eyes were already scanning the battle and ready to act if he needed to.
"It seems that those of Konoha are just words," said Dosu. Who was getting ready to give Kabuto another blow, but the door of the classroom opens, revealing Ibiki. "ALRIGHT YOU TWO, THAT'S ENOUGH!!" yelled the interrogator, making everyone stop. "WHOEVER STARTS A FIGHT WITHOUT OUR APPROVAL WILL BE DISQUALIFIED FROM THE EXAM. NOW GET OFF YOUR PITYFUL BUTTS," yelled Ibiki.
"Each one will be given a number where they will be placed," said Ibiki, while some jonins gave each of the genins a number and placed them in different places. Naruto was next to one of the figures from Ame and next to Hinata.
"Good luck, Hinata-chan," said Naruto, quickly giving a kiss to the indigo-haired Hyuga, who blushed slightly.
"Same to you, Naruto-kun," said Hinata as Ibiki continued explaining the rules of the exam.
"Anyone caught cheating more than 5 times, he and his team will be disqualified and expelled." Any questions?" Ibiki said, causing some to raise their hands. "Okay, no questions, let's begin," he said, causing her to sit at a desk in front of the entire class.
"Ready, Kurama," asked Naruto, looking at his companion. "Who do you think you are talking to kit I'm the great Nine-tailed Demon Fox. I'm afraid of nothing life can throw at me! And for doubting it you'll owe me three cooked Rabbits," said Kurama. "Alright great fox here we go," said Naruto mentally.