What If Naruto Had The Power Of Spiderman And Unlock The Ninja Ability

hello everyone and welcome to proxima's Ani wh ifs what ifs so we are back with an interesting movie on what if Naruto had the power of Spider-Man and unlock the ninja ability but before we start I just want to remind you to please subscribe to my channel and hit the like button if you enjoy my content let's start the story the night in kenoa had been calm quiet and peaceful young nuto a six-year-old spiky-haired blonde boy slept peacefully in his apartment his pajamas and night cap as his choice of clothing his Slumber had been uninterrupted that was till a foreign object slammed through his roof destroying the floor below his bed and killing his neighbors below during the chaos of the whole event Naruto had fallen to the first floor and practically kissed the uninviting ground groggy looking around Naruto couldn't believe the destruction surrounding him as his bed room no longer existed and the debris from his room mostly covering the current room he was in Du days to truly be aware of his surrounding Naruto did not see the black slime crawling out of a crater and continuing towards him the parasite no the symbiot it could no longer be called such a thing as it had made the decision to help its host instead of slowly feeding off them only to throw them away for another odd how its Noble believe had angered its race to the point that they had imprisoned it and sent it off in the hopes it would not spread its Bel the symbiot knew not what deity it should thank as it could only be by the hand of some God that its prison had not only been thrown off course from the barren planet that was its original destination but broken upon impact the black life form didn't want to think of the hell it could have spent in for the next several Millennia if not for its new predicament as happy as it was to be free it was faced with a problem it had already been some time since it had been attached to a host and without one it would surely die unfortunately the closest living being was the small child a few feet away and experience had shown the symbiot that most kids were either too curious for their own good or easily scared right now it did not want to take any chances so instead of rushing and scaring the child away the symbia chose to silently crawl towards the small boy and attach itself to him but it had made contact a thought of success and much more course through it as it began to sense the strong emotions inside of the kid it hadn't long to delve on this new sensation as it had begun to sense several life forms converging on its and the kids position hovering the pajama pants of its new host it Blended itself so to not be seen unaware of his new passenger Naruto had begun trying to find a way out of the wreckage that surrounded him luckily several U along with the Hokage had arrived and helped him out the white robed old man carefully studied nuto Naruto are you heard anywhere do you remember anything he asked with genuine concern lacing his old voice the young blonde simply smiled yeah I'm okay old man um what did happen Pion left his shoulders as the Hokage verified that nuto was fine I'm not sure stated the Aged cage nuto looked over the remains of his apartment I'm going to need a new place to live in the Hokage chuckled well nuto that can be easily fixed in the meantime you can stay with me till I find you another apartment the young boy jumped for Joy at the idea of living at the hokage's house for a short time unknown to either individual the symbiot was beginning a long and slow process of bonding with nuto six years later narudo laughed as he bounc off yet another wall as he ran from the several Kohan inss why was he being chazzed well that had something to do with a few buckets of paints and a few statues nuto let loose another laugh at the thought of his prank some would think that Nar you'll never catch us alive howled Naruto as he ran across the side of a yellow building the odd way Naro referred to himself as being more than one person didn't anyone as it had been a habit he picked up long ago it had worried the Hokage at first but after a while he simply accepted it as a strange tick but unknown to all but nuto it was thanks to the symbiot that shared his body after nearly a year of bonding with nuto the symbiot had decided to make its presence known to its host at first it had provided Naruto had taken the news better than most would and was actually excited about the idea of being bonded with the alien life form he even welcomed the side effects that came along with it referring to himself as we and us had only been the beginning Naruto had learned that he would no longer tolerate being treated less than any normal person would a nasty temper and a smart mouth seemed to be the only bad side effect so far and were easy to ignore over the positive effects the symbiot had gifted Naruto with a new sense of awareness and had given his body a whole new sense of balance and superiority now Naro could flip through the air with such ease that some would wonder how he had gained his acrobatic skills along with how he never seemed to trip or slip increased strength along with what Naro claimed to be perfect chakra was an bonus it had been a simple task for the symbiot to give its host the chakra control he desired once it had learned enough about the new energy that was chakra as cool as all these things were Naruto's favorite ability was his symbiotes ability to transform into any clothing needed and even blend into his surroundings when used right speaking of clothes nuto had his symbia take on the form of a full black wardrobe midnight black boots helped Propel him forward and loose leather pants gave off a small dark blue sheen off its black surface and a tight Turtle framed his body well enough as to allow his muscles to show while a leather jacket matched his pants was worn unzipped a pair of black gloves and a mask that covered his mouth was the last piece of clothing on him there were only two places on his clothing that held any other color than black the first spot was his mask where a set of razor sharp teeth crisscrossed over his mouth as if it had been painted there and the second was a large white spider emblem that took up much of his chest and torso as its large head and body had been centered on his torso well its eight legs curved under and around his armpits only to C Cy the spider onto his back as well oddly enough it had been one of his classmates that had given him his fondness to the spider symbol he wore flashback one year ago Nudo had been running late to class again instead of walking in admitting he woke up late and take a scolding from his teacher aruka he opted to sneak into the class crawling up the wall of the school on all four Naruto used his chakra control to climb towards a window quickly and silently the quick look inside showed that aruka was busy riding on the board while his other sensei mizuk in the class had their attention on him opening the window quickly Naruto used the same skill crawling up the building to crawl along the wall and ceiling on noticed an empty seat next to his fellow classmate Shino was his destination the poor abam nearly had a heart attack when Naruto had simply dropped down next to him and had visibly flinched the few seconds was all it took for him to regain his composure I swear nuto you remind me far too much of one of my insects most hated enemies said Shino in his usual stoic voice Nudo blinked a few times before giving Shino a questioning look oh and what would that be arachnids was sho's simple answer a quick ha was nark reply Sho let out a sigh before pointing to a corner in the room spiders following the direction Sho pointed to Naruto spotted a web in the corner of the room and sure enough in the middle of the web was a large spider why do we remind you of spiders Naruto asked being sincerely curious you crawl along walls with all your limbs and by the time anyone notices you it's too late said Shino a slight shudder running through his body Aro pondered on what Sho told him before a fural grin crossed his face maybe you're right hey seeing as you're the bug Enthusiast how about you tell us more about spiders before Shino could answer a chalkboard eraser bounced off Naruto's head which lead to Naruto turning towards his asent aruka and begin a heated argument on whether he was truly late or not and a flashback having grown tired of his game of cat and mouse Naruto decided to pick things up ricocheting often nearby wall Naruto let out a small thread of his symbiot from his glove to latch onto another wall and swing around to the other side of the building an idea he had come up with when Shino had begun explaining the anatomy of a spider and their many abilities the two tunin following behind him had jumped around the corner only to be greeted by Naruto's once again miraculous disappearance as soon as the tunin left a small section of the side of a building began to Shimmer before Naruto appeared as plain as day works every time he stated proudly before making his way towards his class the class buzzed with gossip anks to the absence of both of their senses so much that few even realized that Naruto had opened a window and entered the class it wasn't until Naruto landed harshly on a desk in front of Kiba in a squat that the whole class knew he was there we win our little bet Kiba Tiba for his part had only jumped a little while the dog on his head akamaru gave an angry bark from being awakened ah as if you actually outran all of them you're probably just getting back from the hokage's office nuto used his eyes to give Kiba a threatening near one that kber returned instantly the fact that neither aruka nor Mizuki is here proves that they still haven't caught us once finished with his sentence Naruto held out his hand Palm up kib allowed a defiant look to stay on his face for a few seconds more before letting out a huff and slipping his hands into his pocket to retrieve a roll of money giba slapped the money into nar's hand before sitting done while mumbling curses Naruto didn't even bother counting it before heading to his preferred seat next to Shino kibba was loyal and honest to a fault he may not have liked losing a bed and he and nuto had gotten into several fist fights over the role of alpha male but that didn't mean he would cheat nuto anata gave Naruto a shy smile before looking away her Crush had become rather frightening but his confidence had still drawn her towards him her seat next to Shino was her way of trying to get to know him but her shyness prevented her from talking to him instead she had only been able to give him helpful glances every now and then what have you done Sho accused Naruto as he took his seat the teeth on nut's mask seemed to groan into a menacing smile oh nothing much just redecorating the four cage faces anata openly gasped while Sho slowly turned to Naruto sho's voice had been unusually loud and held the annoyance that few doubted Shino could feel you did what before Naruto could reply the classroom door burst open to reveal aruka among several other kohin all of which were leveling a collective glare towards Naruto Naruto you're to come to the huage office now said blonde began snickering uncontrollably we guess we have no choice the patient chunin gave a Quick Command before launching himself at Naruto get him Naruto laughed as he simply jumped over the lone chunin and then out the still open window once outside he made a beine for the Hokage Tower scrubbing off the paint he put on the four cage faces was nk's punishment thank God we had the foresight to use watercolors regular paint would have taken hours to remove aruka had been the one to watch over Naruto as he cleaned the faces nuto why do you pull these pranks you have the potential to be at the top of your class in fact the only thing stopping you is your lazy attitude when it comes to studying Naruto who had just finished wiping off the last face dropped his sponge into a bucket before giving aruka a board look what good are those grades you write down in that booklet today we've proven that we can outrun and even hide from chunin the only reason we haven't proven that we can't outfight a chunin is the fact that an assault charge could actually land Us in jail especially since that would be assaulting a ninja baruka shook his head before responding well that may be true you should apply yourself a little too late for that don't you think the graduation test is tomorrow and we've proven to you time and time again that we can perform any and all of the necessary Ninjutsu and we now just enough to pass the written portion Naruto stated confidently at least give it your all during the tests heruka said with a little hope in his voice the chuckle nuto let out bothered him but aruk it was no secret to aruka that nuto despised Sask it all started when nuto and Sask had a spar together at school Sask not only beat nuto in one swift move move but insulted him as well a few months later Naruto had started going through his changes and the two were once again selected to spar with one another saso still thought nuto was nothing to worry about and had turned his back on him at the start of the match to anger Naruto and make him rush in like a fool the angered him all right but things went completely South for Sask the second nuto destroyed the gap between them within a blink of the eye and proceeded to beat on him like a drum much to the horrors of sasukes fan club by the time aruka had been able to restrain Naruto SAS had a broken nose several bruises and five broken ribs from that day forward aruka had to be ready to interfere in a moment's notice whenever Naruto and sasu were pitted against one another as narudo made it a hobby to tear the self-righteous AA apart whenever he could get away with it that was another thing that bothered aruka narudo knew how to dance on the fine line that bordered on the difference of him being arrested or just given some small chore likee punishment we're dun aruka stated nuto before proceeding to climb done the mountain on all fours and head home aruka said a goodbye to Naruto before heading to his own home a week later as nuto had promised he passed the test easily though he didn't give it as all as aruka had hoped still a koha headband was wrapped around his head in the form of a bandana that covered the top portion of his head giving his mask an even more terrifying look as his eyes were now the only visible feature of his face he sheo think we'll be on the same team or will we be your Predator Naruto asked a small shudder went through Shino I don't know nuto although I'm in favor of being on your team said Shino Whispering the last part Shino didn't know why but he felt some kind of connection to Naruto as if he were kin hanada who was listening to the two let out a small giggle as she heard shino's whisper the classroom door opened and aruka entered the class alone causing many of the students to give questioning looks all right class as you know this will be our last day together so quiet down one student raised a hand and aruka nodded to him aruka Sensei where's Mizuki Sensei a disappointed look on ARA's face wasn't missed by Naruto and and a few others something came up and Mizuki couldn't be here if there aren't any more questions I'd like to start the day off by telling you how proud I am of you and Nudo had stopped paying attention after that as he was sure he knew that aruka was going to tell them what was expected of them and how they were being given an honor and blah blah blah after his speech Uka pull out a piece of paper and began informing the students of which team they would be a part of once again nuto didn't pay much attention till he heard his name nuto yamaki Sakura Haruno and Hero's face bailed slightly before stating the last part sasuka will be team seven looking up towards Naruto heruka couldn't help but sweat when Naruto's mask looked as if it were smiling and nuto let out a bone chilling laughter Oh this is going to be lots of fun 10 minutes after aruka had finished explaining who was in what team Naruto decided to find out what happened concerning his other Sensei it wasn't hard to see that aruka didn't want to tell everyone what had happened but Naruto was curious getting up from his seat and walking towards aruka Naruto briefly saw the disappointed look on Hinata's face maybe she doesn't like one of her teammates or she didn't get put on the team along with someone she wanted baruka took notice of Naruto's presence now Naruto I know you're not happy about your team but Buu Sensei we are rather happy about our team nuto spoke in a near sing song fashion aruka couldn't help but feel bad for Sask but then again Naruto would be watched by a jonan we are just curious about Mizuki what happened nuto asked look nuto I don't really want to T on second thought I guess I can tell you just not right now how about you come by tomorrow after you and your team gets Associated Naruto narrowed his eyes at how aruka said Associated he could just smell a hidden meaning behind it satisfied with aruka promise Naruto began heading back to his seat just in time for the Jon and instructors to arrive and begin collecting their teams it wasn't long before the only remaining people in the class were Naruto aruka Sakura and sasuka who had just finished collecting his things headed for the door to leave before sending team 7 an apologetic look I guess your jonan instructor is running late again just wait here I'm sure he'll get here eventually said aruka before leaving them alone Naruto shook his head as he was now alone with the two people he hated most Sakura wasn't as much hated as she was disliked nuto had liked her at first anst to the bright color of her hair but just as the symbiot got rid of Naruto's goofy attitude so tuted his Crush disappeared Sakura's infatuation with sasu did make him dislike her now SAS suuk on the other hand was a different story hate was the right word for what nuto felt towards him Sask had everything nuto could want but didn't care as he ignored the people that cared and respected him so he could stain his world of self-pity and Loathing despite this he still acted as if he was above everyone and insulted all those who didn't agree with him sasu howow about after we meet our new Sensei you and I go out to dinner Sakura asked in Hope of accomplishing what all other girls had failed to do Nudo rolled his eyes as he predicted what would happen next and even mouthed the reply no oh come one Sask it will be fun Sakura stated undismayed by sas's blatant dismissal SAS didn't even give a response things went like this for another two hours before nuto lost his patience getting up and heading towards the door he planned on kicking down the door he stopped when he thought of the consequences of doing such a thing a fine for destruction of property a scolding for maruka and in the end he'd solv nothing as the person he was angry at could probably care less about the wooden door so instead he lightly slammed the door open lightly in the fact that the door only cracked instead of shattering before leaving zakura and sasuko stared at the exit for a few seconds as they both thought along the same lines freak loser the Hokage was bored beyond what he thought was possible as he was once again signing papers tap tap tap tap some would wonder how such a sound could seem like wonderful music to the Hokage but it was the sound was Naruto using his index finger to tap onto the window behind the old cage gisen gave a small signal to Naruto giving him the go-ahead to come him using his hand to stick to the window Naruto lifted it open just enough for him to slip in oh how he loved his chakra control and his many uses for it there wasn't so much as a crack on the window and thanks to his gloves a print neither nuto what brings you here the Hokage asked nuto let out a chuckle oh nothing much just bored gisen let out a chuckle a I see how do you like your team ha was nk's response how many laws have we been accused of breaking concerning the the Hokage couldn't help but shake his head as he reached into his desk and brought out a stack of papers nearly 30 pages in total five charges of attempted murder 10 charges of assault nine charges of battery with three charges being both assault and battery at the same time aruto smiled as if remembering fond memories yeah we thought as much oddly enough Sask wasn't the one to press charges against us they just lucky that he didn't press charges or you would be in serious trouble nuto stated the Hokage nuto simply shook his head said luck had nothing to do with it if Sask did press charges he would have to admit that we were strong enough to commit such crimes one of the invisible amboo snickered in the corner of the room ruining his sense of invisibility hereis in sent a raised eyebrow towards his ambo silencing him though he had to admit that using someone's pride to get away with beating the [ __ ] out of him was indeed funny that may be so nuto but now that you are an ninj you can't go around doing such things anymore if I were to be shown one of these the Hokage said as he picked up one of the many papers then I would have no choice but to give you the appropriate punishment aruto let a huff fine we guess would we be able to beat him within an inch of his life and spars no and besides it's still not determined whether team seven is official arunk reply was instant what do you mean our team may not be official yet nut's words caused herzen to Blink at him a few times didn't Kakashi tell you do the Hokage placed his fingers onto his temples and began rubbing your jonan instructor never came did he nuto shook his head the Hokage let out a deep sigh before mumbling I told him about you and he still decided to arrive late once as little rant to himself was over hin gave nuto his attention again Naruto I need you to go and find one of your teammates and ask them what Kakashi has told them all right we guess Naruto said before leaving exiting through the very window he entered through as we go find Sakura at least she won't piss us off too badly after Naruto left hin looked over to the same Corner that was occupied by the snickering amboo let me hadock apparently I need to remind him that orders are orders All Good Humor left the amboo as he let go of his illusion and gave a quick bow before disappearing nuto opened his bathroom door entering as he planed to start a bath turning the knob for the hot water all the way while he only turned the cold water a quarter of the way created the perfect mixture of hot and cold for his body while he waited for the tub to fill up he thought about what Sakura had told him great just great all those years spent we spent in that school and still haven't become ninja and what was that about 66% something about that just doesn't sit right with us is seeing as the tube had filled up enough for Naro to enjoy himself he gave the command for his symbia to withdraw into him leaving him naked except for the headband on his head which he simply threw onto the counter before settling into the water no point in US worrying over tomorrow we'll just have to take things one step at a time thought Naruto before scrubbing himself down with a soaked rag the next day just as Sakura told him to narut arrived at training ground 7 at around 8 near the three erect training post sat Sakura and Sask both of whom looked miserable thanks to a mixture of hunger and lack of sleep Nudo simply shook his head before leaping onto a nearby tree branch he had tried to give her fair warning that not eating was a mistake and that their new sensei's threat was Ill found as if they did work so hard that they could puke that they would whether there was substance in their stomach or none the only difference food would make is the difference between a dry heave and a hurl we give him 30 more minutes before we have nice chat with the Hokage said Naruto as he began mentally counting the minutes away the two on the ground didn't say anything but were in full agreement with him doing so the 30 minutes had quickly come and gone and just as Naruto was getting ready to leave Kakashi appeared in the middle of the training ground via Leaf body flicker all right that was far too convenient hack Naruto thought the cashi wore the standard Jon in uniform which consisted of dark blue shirt and pants with a green Jon and vest zipped up over it his headband was worn in a fashion that covered one of his eyes eyes and probably assisted his gray hair in its gravity defying stance before we begin the test I would like for everyone to say a little about themselves seeing as we couldn't do so yesterday thanks to a missing teammate said Kakashi while looking at nuto zakura looked confused I'm like what Sensei likes dislikes hobbies and goals of the such Kakashi stated in a bored tone Oh how about you go first Sensei Sakura asked 30 seconds later Sakura was annoyed while Naruto and sasu could have cared less about the lazy in and his evasive answers Bashi pointed towards nuto all right how about we start off with you nuto chuckled what's the point you already know about us as I'm sure the Hokage told you many things about us and these two have been our classmates for several years true but I'm sure that there are things that me and them don't know about you was Kakashi's reply yes and if we haven't told them as classmates then why would we want to tell them now Naruto said Bashi let out a sigh as a team we should attempt to form a bond between one another and the best way to start is by getting to know one another but it's not definite that we are a team yet his hand slapping his own forehead was all Kakashi could do in response dear God I can't wait to fail this team fine we'll do the test first said Kakashi as he pulled out two bells and began explaining the rules of the test after explaining the rules Kakashi rang the proverbial starting Bell and all three Jen and wanbs leap into the trees well at least they're hiding well I can still sense Sakura and Sask but where is nuto Kakashi asked himself that's what the Hokage said about n's ability to completely hide his presence is true it had been 20 minutes into the test and nothing had happened Sakura was getting antsy as she was waiting for a chance to help sasuko would get a hold of one of the two Bells leaving her alone as she doubted that Sask would be unable to attain his own Bell suddenly a hand covered her mouth and pulled her back she'd have screamed if not for the obvious futility nuto then turned her towards him and put a finger to his lips s s h h h h h h we want to tell you something will you be quiet and listen to us Sakura disliked nuto and would probably tell anyone else to go screw themselves but at the same times she feared him even more so instead of providing resistance she simply nodded her head dumbly before speaking Naruto decided to remove his hand from Sakura's mouth only two of us can pass this test and to be truthful we don't like this team all that much so here is what we propose we will remove ourselves from this test so that you and sasu can team up together without worry that we will jump in and take a bell Sask is over there in one of the trees we advise you to inform him of our decision Sakura nodded her head fast before a smile crossed her face and she left to find Sask just as Naruto promised he left and began heading towards the academy he had questions and aruka had promised him answers it didn't take long for Sakura to find sasu cuz Naruto had been right about his location SAS for his part had sensed Sakura coming and had sent her an R glare what are you doing here you've most likely alerted Kakashi to our location Sakura looked down in disappointment before reminding herself as to why she was there to begin with wait I have to tell you something it can wait till after the test now go said sassu cutting her off zakura shook her head no it concerns the test Naruto told me he doesn't want to be a part of the team and has left now it's only the two of us and we can focus on getting the bells without worrying about being dropped from the program why should I believe you for all I know he lied to you was sas's reply Sakura's face now sported a dead Pann look Sask this is Naruto we're talking about he doesn't lie if he says he going to do something he typically does it Sask shook his head at this she was right about that Naruto didn't lie about what he planned to do saso knew that all too well though he loathed the very thought of admitting it a thought crossed his mind at the moment and an angry growl escaped his throat damn it I've been waiting for him to attack Kashi all this time for nothing as much as sasu ha to he turned to Sakura when I go to attack Kakashi can you give me some support sasu knew better to try and attack Kakashi without some support or at the very least a distraction something he was hoping nuto would have provided Sakura nearly squealed from the question given to her of course but that said the two prepared to confront Kakashi Kakashi flipped yet another page of his orange book he had been surprised by how patient the three had been normally there was at least one Jen and would charge and head first he or she thinking that they could actually take Kakashi 20 more minutes and he had begun to wonder if they had any intention of trying to pass the test at all two shurikens flew towards him and he simply tilted his head as the projectiles passed by but it's about time something happened said Kakashi as he looked towards his yet to be students nuto used his favorite window to get into the classroom heruka saw this and shook his head you're never going to use the door are you arudo laughed at ARA's expression that's not true Sensei just yesterday y we Ed the door to leave class well that explains the cracks heruka mumbled aruto walked over to the first row desks and sat down so aruka what happened to Mizuki aruka let out a sigh Mizuki had been caught trying to steal the Forbidden Scroll of jutsus from the hokage's office and leave the village beruto scratched his head so he tried to go traitorous you mentioned that we deserve to know why is that baruka walked over to the door and ensured that it was locked before approaching nuto and joining him on the desk but Mizuki was interrogated he tried to name you as his accomplice the growl reverberated through nutk throat and his eyes narrowed we take it that they didn't believe him seeing as we not behind bars baruka nodded enoi yanaka delved into mizuki's mind and discovered that it was a lie though he discovered that Mizuki had thought about tricking you into stealing it for him but you had become too self-reliant and Mizuki figured that you wouldn't fall for his trick and decided to steal it himself why would he pick us nuto asked ARA's face darkened I don't know despite aruka line nuto understood instantly why thanks to the look on his face Mizuki had been hoping to prey on the feelings of ainu Riki it was wise that Mizuki didn't try to trick him as he would have come to a disturbing surprise one that would make his imprisonment seem small Nudo knew about his status or to be more correct his previous status flashback it had been nearly a year since the symbiot had inhabited nuto and it had come to a shocking Discovery it wasn't alone for some time it had decided to to study its neighbor with enough time the symbi had learned enough to categorize its neighbor and discovered it was some kind of large Fox by something like this inhabited nuto the symbiot didn't know but it would find out if the fox could prove useful or at the very least find out if it was harmful months went by and the symbiot discovered many things about the fox both good and bad if its host could ever learn how to wield the power of the fox then they would be nearly Invincible but that was highly unlikely as the fox wasn't like the symbi the fox had no intentions of helping Naruto and would kill him if ever given the chance luckily the seon Naruto's abdomen prevented the fox from doing so and ultimately made the fox harmless in the end the symbiot decided that the fox had to go it came to this decision not because it viewed the Fox as a threat or hindrance to Naro but because it felt that the fox was nothing but a waste of space as long as Naruto had the symbiot why would he need the fox especially when the fox would rebel against nuto at every given chance instead of having a battle of the wills inside of nuto mind the s decided to Simply crush the fox at the source ironic how the all powerful Fox was unable to even defend itself so long as it was sealed in Nudo while the symbiot was capable of so much more while in nuto the fox did attempt to fight back but ultimately failed as the symbiot took no form and simply smothered the soul that emitted the mental image of the fox till death to hold of it flash back end it's a good thing that Mizuki didn't go through with his plan to use us cause we would have ripped his skull and spine from his body Naruto stated baruka shuddered as he knew full well that nuto would do so letun put this behind us nuto what's done is done so how are things going with your team nuto let out a chuckle not sure we left Sakura and sasu to complete the test aruka had to ask himself if he heard nuto right yeah nuto had done many unbelievable things but never something like this then Nudo why did you do such a thing heruka yelled because Kakashi attempted to pit us against each other Naruto simply stated as if it was such an easy concept aruka gave rudo a questioning look what do you mean they gave us a test that required us to get two Bells from him the person that didn't get a bell would be dropped from the ninja program so we decided to remove ourselves so that the others could pass without worrying about our interference aruka nodded at this line of thought though he knew it was [ __ ] that nuto would be removed from the program he decided to ask his question so what about you you just going to give up on being a ninja the hearty laugh came out of nar's mouth no I know there's no way the old man would prevent me from becoming a ninja just because of a silly test like this dudo paused before continuing especially with my status as a ginu rii he lied ARA's eyes widened so you know Nito nodded his head for a while now jumping off the desk he was sitting on and making his way towards the window Naruto stopped only to look at aruka for a brief second our Chad has been fun aruka maybe we'll be seeing you soon aruka sent a sad smile towards Naruto though he was hopeful that Naro wouldn't be attending the academy for another year after leaving the academy Naro decided to get a bite to eat before heading home he was simply jumping from roof to roof minding his own business as he made his way through the village when three kunai embedded themselves in his path sensing a presence a few feet behind him Naruto turned his head to find Kakashi glaring at him with his lone eye so tell me Naruto what made you think that leaving in the middle of the test was a good idea Naruto simply Shrugged his shoulder in an I don't care fashion it was for the good of the team Bashi looked like he didn't believe nuto at least it was the emotion his lone eye revealed well just so you know your absence has caused your team to fail I hope you're happy with a civilian life said Kakashi ha as if you would simply track me down to tell me this you lazy bastard don't try to rile us up just because we refuse to play your game Naruto said before jumping off the side of the roof and disappearing from Kakashi's sight Naruto was right Kakashi had come for more he had hoped that if he confronted Naruto he could get a response from nuto that would help him figure him out butar UD was unfazed from Kakashi's words and had simply laughed them off looking at the time Kakashi decided that he better head to the Hokage Tower and give his verdict on team seven the hokage's office was filled with several jonen as each one began giving their verdict on whether their team passed or failed this went until there were only three teams left and two of the jonan of the team approached the hokage's desk team a has passed their test and are prepared to be administrated into service said women that could be described as a supermodel her long black hair was filled with waves and curls Brad eyes filled with respect gazed at the old man and her choice of clothes was a battle dress compassed of several bandages that had been sewn together in a spiraling pattern that stopped mid thigh and only had one red long sleeve same goes for team nine said the second jonan who wore a similar jonan outfit that Kakashi wor a lit cigarette bobbed up and down from his mouth as he talked his other defining feature was his tan skin spiky hair and beard that made him look like a younger heres in Cobi now only one of the teams was remaining and it's Joon and had yet not truly surprising all who knew of his habit the Hokage was just about to signal for an amboo when Kakashi appeared in a swirl of leaves sorry for being late I had to deal P Kakashi what is your verdict the Hokage interrupted Kakashi's reply was instant team seven failed the cashi before your decision is final I would like to inform you that I watched over your test and the actions your students took please explain in detail why you feel that your team failed the Hokage asked a slight widening of Kakashi's eye was the only indication that Kakashi was surprised I gave my usual test of teamwork and being able to see past life many of the jonan began murmuring to one another about Naruto's action well the others didn't seem all that surprised especially when one considered that Sask was his teammate the Hokage gave a few seconds for the jonan to quiet down before raising his hand for silence thehi are you basing your decision on nutk action alone because as I saw both Sask and Sakura had fulfilled the part of working as a team the Hokage stated Bashi thought for a second before responding no well Sakura and sasu did work together they didn't do so until nuto left well they show that they are capable of working together they also showed that they are incapable of working with Naruto the Hokage nodded as that may be they can learn to I'm going to be honest with you Kakashi whether you fail team seven or not Naruto will still go on to be a koha ninja the room once again filled with murmurs as they couldn't believe what their Hokage had said Bashi was the first to recover from his shock and decided to ask the question everyone was wondering why would nuto still be a genine if team 7 is failed there is a reason I put nuto into team 7 and not because of his grades I wanted to test nuto and he passed Naro hates asuk this is no secret he could have chosen to sabotage sasu can ensure that he couldn't become a genin instead narudo chose to remove himself so that the team would be able to operate effectively I wanted to see if nuto would put the mission before his feelings and he proved he could several of the jonan nodded as they had heard of the several times Naruto had put Sask into a hospital during what was supposed to be a friendly Spar oage does Naruto's status as a giki have anything to do with this exception you're making for Naruto Kakashi asked out of curiosity the Hokage shook his head not entirely if Naruto was ineffective as a ninja I wouldn't allow him to pass Kakashi some would refer to yourself Sask and I as prodigies due to our ability to learn almost anything but people like the First Hokage Hanzo the salamander and nuto fall into a category I like to call naturally skilled ninja no one truly taught them yet they are powerful Ninja for one unknown reason or another despite nutk massive chakra stores his chakra control Rivals that of edic nin on top of that his natural athleticism has been the bane of most of my Ambu and neither I nor Kur and I have been able to find a single jinjutsu that he couldn't break out of in a matter of seconds many of the jonan look towards the jinjutsu mistress only to receive a notd in affirmation nuto is too gifted to Simply live a civilian life and I won't let his talent go to w when he wants to pursue a career as a ninja so I'll ask you again what is your verdict for team s Bashi closed his lone eye as he thought over all he had been told sir you do realize that if I did pass my students that they wouldn't work together gisin shook his head the question isn't whether nuto will work with sasu and Sakura he proved that he could set aside his feelings today the real question is if sasu and Sakura will work with Naruto Bashi let out of sigh as he agreed that was the situation maybe if I have them work on a lot of team building exercise as they will get along team seven passes that's good to hear Kakashi everyone is now dismissed the Hokage said as he planed to get to work on finishing the paperwork he was falling behind on every jonan except Kakashi left seeing this the Hokage gave Kakashi a questioning look is there anything else I can help you with Bashi nodded his head has nuto always been so talented and if so why hadn't he graduated earlier like Itachi the Hokage pulled out a pipe and lit it before answering Naruto's life life has been hard enough with his burden I wanted him to enjoy his childhood we all know the various Horrors that ninja risk facing no reason to throw him into that life so soon satisfied with the answer he was given Kakashi left Nudo opened his door and immediately headed for his fridge once open he pulled out a carrot before his mask receded and he chomped down on the orange vegetable as much as he loved Raymond Naruto didn't get his muscular and healthy body from just eating Mass amounts of noodles and broth the only thing that the SYM had ever did that bothered n was to alter his taste buds and give him cravings for other Foods when the Symbiotes saw that Naruto wasn't getting enough of one protein or vitamin then it would give nuto a craving for something that held what he lacked one time nuto found himself drawn to the amanaka flower shop by some scent that it made unconsciously lick his lips and ended up buying a dozen flowers he never had of only to go home and eat the petals the knock at his door alerted Naruto to a possible visitor or someone too dumb for their own good silently making his way to the door Naruto ignored the second set of of knocks as he wanted to ensure that the person on the other side of the door couldn't detect him it wouldn't be the first time someone had tried to attack him at home his door didn't have a peephole so instead he sent small thread of his symbiot to squeeze in between the keyhole of his door while he readied his fist to punch through the door and knock out the possible fool without leaving the shadow of the keyhole the symbiot saw everything that existed on the other side of the door once his symbiot confirmed that the person was in ambo nuto retracted his thread of symbiot and have it Rea fix his mask before opening the door sorry for the wait we were busy Naruto said Banu gave a nod it's okay the Hokage just wanted you to be informed that you and your team are now officially jenin of koha he would also like for you to stop by his office tomorrow so that you can have your picture taken for your license thank you and tell the Hokage that we will see him tomorrow said Naruto you should be proud you Zaki the Hokage thinks very highly of you theut smiled before closing the door nuto let out a sigh as he and his team walked dogs through the street for a rich El women this was his so-called Mission this wasn't the only Mission he and his team completed as they had also pulled weeds clean up trash and Chase a cat that had every right to run from its owner among various other chores how these things actually took military man power nuto nor his symbiot would never know but they were sure of one thing this team was doomed after team seven became official Kakashi went back to running 3 hours late and the animosity between the Jen and hadn't changed Naro still hated Sask Sask still had the delusion that Naro was weaker than him and would only slow him down and Sakura still made feudal attempts to date Sask Bashi had given them many team building exercises but this had solved nothing except giving each member a good understanding on how the others fought well Naruto would admit that it did help to know a little more about Sakura's habits when she fought he had already known plenty about how Sask fought Sask was the type of fighting that made others dance to his tune if sassu took a step forward then he expected you to step back if he took a step back then you took a step forward n shook his head it's a dog Kakashi show it who boss and it will obey let it do as it please and well Kakashi followed Naruto's line of sight to find Sakura having trouble with her dogs as they tried to split of into different directions still your dog made an awfully loud Yelp I would prefer it if the owner doesn't find out Kakashi stated in a bored tone one of sasukes dogs attempted to split off from the group and saso tried to mimic nut's action or at least he tried saso did succeed in keeping his dog from leading the Packa but lacked the strength to yank it back into the group instead his dog stood on his hind legs as its body weight leaned forward while it let out a troubled breathe thanks to the collar digging into its throat Naruto didn't miss the look of anger on sasukes face and didn't even bother hiding his awareness as he let out the laugh students please don't manhandle the client's dogs Kakashi said in a board yet ordering manner saso simply grunted and response and nuto ignored Kakashi as he slowed his Pace in order for him to fall back with Sakura with one hand he took hold of her leashes and with the other gave her the leashes to his now obedient dogs Sakura nodded as they traded off dogs thanks Naruto she said as Naruto began getting the dogs under control much to the dismay of Kakashi as several Yelps could be heard over the last few weeks Sakura discovered that Naruto wasn't such a bad guy as he would offer her help whenever she needed and usually didn't act like an ass if she didn't do something to upset him first she still thought that he could be scary and didn't approve when he badmouthed sasuka worse the despite seeing nuto in a new color Sakura still saw Sask as a diamond compared to all other boys their age there had been several times that she had tried to defend sasu by implying that Naruto was just jealous of sasuka trying to act cool something that Naruto just laughed off which had slowly caused Sakura to decrease the number of rants she made burning one last corner and walking an additional block the three jenin and their Sensei stopped in front of a gated yard that surrounded a luxurious two-story house walking through the gate each Jen and unclipped their leashes for each dog's collar before dropping off the leashes and heading back to the Hokage Tower nuto along with his fellow Jen and and Sensei stood in front of the Hook's desk giving their reports as if walking dogs requires a report Naruto thought and preparing to get another mission chore well Kakashi it seems your team has done well to finish their previous Mission any chance they are up for another tank Mission today verse second the Hokage and Kakashi look towards Naro both wondering if he would object to yet another durank mission Naro for his part was thinking about doing such a thing only thing that stopped him from making their thoughts reality was a question he asked himself even if we bug him for a SE rank will we get something exciting or boring nuto thought back and forth between the possibilities and the differences sure it would be nice to get out of koha for a c rank Mission but what if all he ended up doing was escorting some paranoid Merchant that would be four or five days of him just walking on civilian roads how we could do that here despite his inner thoughts Naruto still wondered about the possibility of going on on a nice action pack trip hey old man got any c ranks lying around the old Hokage smiled while a few others gave him glares for his lack of respect Naruto I'm sorry to tell you but your team isn't ready for a SE rank the razor sharp teeth on Naruto mask seemed to form into a fural grin as Naruto caught the fact that the Hokage told him that his team wasn't ready instead of saying that he wasn't ready we know we're just curious of if there are any available and what their objectives are Bashi gave Nudo a questioning look why do you want to see them if you know we can't take the mission nuto Shrugged his shoulders before replying we just want to see what's in store for us when we are allowed to take such missions the Hokage chuckled as he knew there was more to it than what Naruto said picking up a scroll that he had yet to file the Hokage handed it to nuto Naruto opened it scanning through the mission objectives and locations involved seems like an escort Mission bridge builder from wave looks like an old drunk ha if he traveled all the way here in one piece then he can travel all the way back just as well just as we thought paranoid old fool ores Lee no no we're overthinking things rolling up the scroll and handing it back Naruto took his place next to his team both the Hokage and Kakashi stared at nuto a second waiting to see if he would make any demands to their surprise he stayed silent so Kakashi do you think your team is able to take on another mission the Hokage asked Kakashi Shrugged his shoulders and was given another tank for his team to complete a week later Nudo dashed through the village and towards the Hokage Tower leaping and bouncing from building to building why was he in such a hurry well that was thanks to an ambo informing him that his presence was immediately required in the Hokage office B narudo acted out a lot and didn't play by others rules he knew that when an Ambu was sent to retrieve you fun time was over he respected the old cage too much to gripe about being woken up so early and was truly interested in what was so urgent arriving at the tower Naruto choose to climb up the wall and use his usual exit instead of Simply walking through the front door as far as he was concerned Leed it was faster and less of a hassle breaching the window he opened it with his usual trick and flipped himself in once inside he saw that his other two teammates were already there and much to his surprise his Sensei as well theah guess he knows not to rock the boat when it comes to the old man the Kashi merely gave nuto a puzzled look as he watched him enter via window though Kakashi wanted to comment on it he knew that the Hokage was in no mood as the hokage's favorites are allowed to enter through the window once Naruto was standing next to his team the Hokage spoke I'm sorry for waking you up at this time but I'm in need of Team S Services 3 days ago I sent team 10 out on a c rank Mission because I believe that they have built a reasonable amount of teamwork I got a letter today informing me that their client lied when he filled out his request forms and that team 10 had been ambushed by two missing nins the demon Brothers the client is currently being hunted by a man known as g a man who has a large wealth and is hiring missing nin to kill our client this Mission has been increased to an air rank now and team 10 needs reinforcements which is why I've called you here before Kakashi could even add in his two cents nuto jumped in wek accept he stated excited now hold on Naruto Kakashi ordered before turning to the Hokage I don't mean to question your thoughts but why not order team 10 back and send more qualified ninja to complete this Mission the Hokage nodded at this question I understand your concerns Kakashi but I believe that team 10 and team seven combined will be enough to complete this Mission I also believe that this will act as a good experience for both both teams besides it's not like I'm only sending the jenin out you and assuma will be with them as well once again nuto decided to speak for his team like we said earlier we accept the Hokage looked towards Kakashi and the rest of Team seven Sask looked slightly happy or was he smug the Hokage couldn't tell Sakura looked unsure and unhappy from the reactions of her two teammates the cashi just shook his head I guess team seven will head out and assist team 10 all right everyone meet at the gates in 2 hours be sure to pack supplies but answer Cyclops we'd have made your life miserable if you denied us this chance Naruto said before leaping out the window he came in the Hokage couldn't help but chuckle at Kakashi's expense as said Joan inside before leaving the alaf body flicker while his other two students took the door 3 Days Later upon arriving in wave team seven could just smell the despair that emanated from the water surrounded Village but for Naruto none of this mattered as he was bothered by the fact that the mission he discarded turned out to be the adventure he wanted making their way though Town it didn't take them long to arrive at the client's house once there they met their client tuna just as Naruto believed the man was an alcoholic as his breathe wre of sake Naruto easily ignored this while his team made their way to a guest room only to discover that Asuma was bedridden both Eno and choji immediately seemed relieved when they saw their much needed support surprisingly Eno didn't pounce on sasu CU she normally would and instead stayed by her Sensei side seeing as the original leader was down Kakashi decided to take charge and investigate what happened to Asuma and where's your third member Eno decided to be the one that explained for her team well choji didn't seemed to have the confidence to talk at the moment Shikamaru is outside keeping watch and assuma she paused for a moment assuma got injured when fighting a missing men I don't remember his name assuma Sensei kind of mumbled it toi decided to put his two cents in assuma Sensei said his name was Zabuza the cashi loan I widened you mean Zabuza mamachi DOI merely nodded head in response looking over Asuma Kakashi didn't doubt Eno and joi's claim Asuma had many blood soaked bandages wrapped around what Kakashi could only guess were lacerations know I need you to give me a detailed report of the fight said Kakashi giving an affirmative nod Eno began explaining how they crossed over by boat and were attacked by Zabuza shortly afterwards the fight had gone good for Asuma at the beginning but as slip up landed him trapped in a water prison luckily team 10 had been able to free Asuma unfortunately Z usza had been able to land a few slashes and assuma had started to lose thanks to a mixture of fatigue and blood lost at the end assuma had been able to turn things around using one of his wind Jutsu and had slammed Zabuza across a few trees knocking him out but before Asuma could give Zabuza the finishing blow air Hunter nin beat him to the punch with a few senin needles to the neck and afterwards carried zabuza's body away Naruto couldn't help but get excited at the tale yet sad at the thought that most likely there wouldn't be any more missing mens to take on after zusa once Eno finished telling him what he needed to know Kakashi decided to speak again thank you Eno I have a feeling that things won't settle down yet but I want to talk to Asuma before I start jumping to conclusions Naruto I want you to go and keep watch with Shikamaru in a couple of hours I'll send two others to replace you Nudo simply nodded before exiting the house two days later all members of Team 10 and seven were crowded in one of the spare bedroom of tuna's house Asuma had just woken up and Kakashi was confirming what he already thought so you also believe that Hunter nin was just abuser's partner said Kakashi assuma nodded before putting a cigarette in his mouth and lighting it unfortunately that not only means that zbus is alive but that he has backup and unknown Naruto who was using his chakra to stick his feet against the wall while leaning his back against it as well in some strange form of sitting couldn't help but smile we may have our chance yet toi chewed on chips as he responded munch munch I don't see what the problem is Munch Munch now that that Kakashi is here Munch there are two jonan here Munch Asuma shook his head we only have one jonan capable of fighting I'm not sure if my wounds will heal before abuser reappears and we don't know how strong this unknown partner is for all we know he could be as powerful as Zabuza Eno was the first to ask the well-known question then what are we going to do it's not like we can actually fight someone of zabuza's level Bashi chose now to intervene well first we're going to start you off with some training you might not be able to take on a Jonah at least not alone but with a little training and if the six of you work together you should be able to at least fend off one half of the jenin seemed worried while the other half held different emotions nuto and Sask were excited Sask was looking forward to proving himself while Naruto simply looked forward to the challenge shikimaru was among those that weren't nervous though his emotion was simply a lack of care Bashi looked at Naruto and how he was sticking to the wall well Naruto seeing as you such a master of what I want the others to train on why don't you explain how it's done Nudo gave a confused look towards Kakashi what do you want us to explain Cyclops how do you expect us to explain something when you don't tell us what you want us to explain thehi let out a sigh before giving the jenin a sign to follow he took them outside of the house and a few feet into the forest before stopping okay nuto what I want you to explain is how to do the tree walking exercise once again nuto gave a confused look the what Bashi wanted to slap his own face before he responded resped the way you cling to surfaces that is typically known as chakra clinging or thanks to the fact that most start off by climbing up trees the tree climbing exercise oo was nark response well he laughed internally he understood full well what Kakashi was asking him earlier but Kakashi seemed to have a liking towards being cryptic Naro enjoyed frustrating the jonen by acting naive thus forcing the jonen to explain in detail what he was telling or asking them walking towards the tree nuto easily walked up the tree at a slow pace then in order for you to cling to surfaces you need to focus a certain amount of chakra to your feet to ensure you stick too much and you repel yourself from the surface too little and you won't stick at least not very long Bashi nodded at nutk explanation very good also as you begin you might want to get a running start but that said Kakashi threw a kunai in front of five trees Mark the tree at each attempt this way you can keep track on how far you've reached Naruto I'll go watch over tuna today watch over their progress and help them if they need it nuto gave a mock salute as Kakashi left looking back at the others Naruto gave a questioning look so what are you guys waiting on a starting Bell as if he actually rung it the five began running up the tree well four ran up their tree while Shikamaru decided to take it slow oddly enough it was Sakura who made it the farthest with Eno only a few steps behind her choji and Sask had gone up a tenth of their tree before having to jump off due to lack of control while Shikamaru had yet to leap off his tree he was going at a snail's pace looks like shikamaru's got the right mind set Naruto whispered to himself redirecting his attention to the two girls Naruto saw that they had yet to retry zakura Eno what are you doing sitting around we've already proven we have great chakra control we don't have to do this training said Sakura with Eno giving a supporting ya Theo shook his head at this keep repeating the exercise it'll be good for you Eno looked unconvinced how many times do we have to do it over and over and over again till we say stop sasu who was trying to focus on climbing his tree decided to put in his two cents and what are you going to do while we're doing this idiot nk's chuckle caused Sakura to freeze as she feared the worst for Sask she let out a breathe she didn't know she was holding when Naruto spoke instead of beginning to tear into sasuko oh it's not what we're going to do that should be the question Naruto said as he reached for his back pocket the real question is what's Kakashi Sensei going to do both SAS and Sakura immediately stopped as Naruto held the all familiar book that Kakashi was constantly reading nuto you didn't Sakura yelled heo joji and Shikamaru all gave confused looks to each other before dismissing the occurrence and decided to go back to their training nuto opened the book and began reading I've always wondered what these little orange books hold I mean even the old man has a few of them stashed away Sask returned to his training with renewed Vigor the thought of Naruto actually being able to pickpocket a Jon and infuriated him Sakura just shook her head as the action was only typical of Naruto nearly 30 minutes later Naruto took his attention off the book and checked how the five were doing while they all were beginning to sweat Naruto was sure there was another way to make things interesting looking between the current page he was on and his teammates a wicked grin spread across his face tor's Hands glided Across kar's naked flesh brushing across her wrecked pink tit and giving her breast a firm squeeze a honey-filled moan was released as a reward from Kari as she enjoyed the feel of his rough calloused hands the effect was immediate know who was taking a break turned beat red while Sakura nearly fell off the limb she was standing on shikima was forced to finally fall from his tree and nose bleed as his undoing Sask slipped and ended up slamming his face into the dirt and choji who was running towards his tree ended up fumbling forward till he slammed his face into his tree once they all recovered they looked towards nuto shikimaru Eno and Sakura were too shocked and embarrassed to do more than gawk sasu and choji on the other hand had enough pain on their face to allow them to send heated toward Naruto nuto for his part was too caught up laughing his ass off to care azuna entered his house with Kakashi following him the second Kakashi entered the dining area he felt two sets of eyes giving him all the female Fury they could Kakashi gave a dull look in return gate first I've lost my book and now I have to deal with two teenage girls what else can go wrong taking his place at the table Kakashi looked around to notice that aside from tazuna his daughter tsunami and her son that Asuma had joined them as well with the aid of some crutches another thing he noticed was that nuto seemed to be in a rather good mood so nuto how did their training go the seemingly innocent question seemed to cause a mixture of reactions from the jenin though embarrassment seemed to be the more common feeling Theo's chuckle didn't bode well to Kakashi okay nuto what did you do don't worry Sensei we believe they did well though I'd have to say I'm more proud of our team bonding than anything else bash's lone eyebrow Rose team bonding nut's chuckle began turning into a Snick yeah we decided to read them a story to help us Bond oh a story that's not so oh dear God that's my book arudo pulled out the orange book and brandished it in front of Kakashi we decided to read them a story from your book hope you don't mind Asuma fell back laughing oh God I knew something was up I just cowl he stopped laughing and wrapped his arm around his torso in a pained expression ow my stitches he said between logs three days later Bashi and assuma watched over the students except for nuto who was sent to guard tuna as he worked on building his bridge at the moment the two were discussing their teams Asuma had just finished talking about his team and the plans he had for them so Kakashi how do you believe your team is doing Kakashi gave a sigh my team is doing okay I guess I just have concerns over Naruto and Sask Asuma pulled a cigarette and led well you knew those two didn't get along well yeah but not to this extent I tried forming a rivalry between them once and and let me guess Naruto blew that plan up assuma interrupted Bashi nodded yeah how did you know gur andai told me a bit of what she learned about Naruto from when she was experimenting jinjutsu on him Naruto doesn't believe in rivalries the person before you is either a friend or Foe no inet so what do I do the team suffers so long as sasu and nuto hate each other I've tried several team workor exercises tried rivalries and have even tried getting them to understand each other Kakashi stated as rolled the cigarette in his mouth maybe you're just approaching things wrong you've been trying to get both to get along maybe you just need to have one of them understood the other or something nuto isn't really an ass he just doesn't let anyone push him around or get away with insulting him Asuma took a drag off his cigarette before continuing SAS believes that being in AA makes him Superior if you can get him to realize that at the very least Naruto is his equal maybe he will stop trying to treat nuto like dirt and then maybe Naruto won't treat him like a punching bag Kashi took a moment to think over what he'd been told you really think that'll work nope was assuma simple reply Kashi giving an annoyed look in response well thanks for the help Kakashi said sarcastically theuma shook his head your best bad is that nuto gets bumped up to tunin that won't stop them from being on the same team Kakashi stated no but it will get nuto away from the team or at least sasu every now and then the nod from Kakashi shy agreed well Kakashi and assuma continued their conversation zakura and Eno began conversing about the Blane as well G zakura Naruto hasn't changed it all since the academy he's either being an ass or annoying Eno stated Sakura shook her head and she began running up her tree again he can be annoying every now and then but he usually isn't an ass you kind of got to provoke it from him I mean when has he snapped at us or been mean to us during our entire trip Eno Shrugged her shoulders well he hasn't been an ass but I still can't believe he read that book out loud while we were training zakura blushed as she remembered the occasion well luckily he's guarding tuna today so we won't have to worry thank God for that Eno thought it could have been a lot worse Shikamaru added deciding against his nature to get involved in the conversation how so Eno asked zakura and choji decided to listen in as well he could have replaced the character's name and description with ours truth be told I'm surprised he didn't both Eno and Sakura paled at the thought though Eno SP Ed a slight blush as she thought of her name replacing Karis and sasukes replacing Satur each Jen and got the thought out of their minds and went back to their training soon afterwards Kakashi began approaching them all right I think that's enough for today Naruto and tazuna should be returning to the house any second 3 Days Later Nudo slept on a Black Hammock out in the woods as his light breathes were the only real sound his hammock took on a spider webik pattern and if one were to look close enough they would see that nut's sleeping Arrangement was slightly melted to his back why was he sleeping out in the woods there was a rather simple answer for that he didn't want to commit murder tsunami son had one day criticized the ninjas at the table telling them how stupid they are for going up against G and how they were going to die he further went on to say how none of them knew anything about suffering and pain when sasu boasted on how G's men had never fought ninja before nuto had been livid upon hearing the boy's pessimistic whining and ended up leaving an order to vent his rage despite having a bad temper Naruto knew that ripping the boy in half wouldn't solve anything and instead chose to take his anger out on a few trees but ever since then nuto chose to only be around the house for food or seeing what the jonin had planned and nothing else his eyes fluttered open as he began to stretch and wake sitting up he rubbed his eyes before standing as he stood the hammock slowly began to meld into his clothes till they were back to their original state as I should head back to tuna's house and find out what we're doing today were nito's thoughts before making his way back as he walked he began to pick up weird signs through the woods at first he ignored the slash marks on the trees but when he noticed how numerous they were he began to grow curious a close look at the ground showed two sets of tracks and he couldn't help but dislike the fact that they were going in the same direction he intended it was when the smell of blood hit his nose that he began running forward before long his run turned into a Sprint and then into leaps jumping off one tree he looked down at the carcass of a boar open wounds riddled the animal's body and a touch of it told nuto it hadn't died long ago looking forward Naruto saw on more tracks and decided to follow them just because he found one source of blood didn't mean he wouldn't find another and if he could help it he would prevent the spilling of innocent blood assuma serat toi had heard the Ruckus downstairs almost immediately the sudden rise of his body caused pain to shot through him and remind him of his condition despite that he tried to get up and make his way downstairs making his way around the hall he began to hear voices as whoever was invading the house felt confident that they would succeed in whatever they were doing suddenly Asuma was reminded of the owners of the house as he heard tsunami beg whoever was intruding he quickened his Pace hoping to protect both tsunami and her son unfortunately his haste had caused him to trip the sound he made alerted the two goons and assuma cursed as he heard one of them making their way towards him maybe this is for the best assuma thought as he grabbed one of his trench knives he prepared himself as the footsteps got louder and readied his hand to strike his opportunity never came as the two Intruders turned their attention to something else a fight broke out between a newcomer and thugs whoever the person was he took out the two brutally but quick the sounds of hard powerful hits echoed towards Asuma and the obvious sound of a neck snapping was the last he heard before silence filled the house it almost seemed that the fight was over as quick as it started and Asuma decided to make his way to the living room once there he saw two dead bodies near the center while tsunami and her son were huddled in a corner what happened Asuma asked after giving her son an assuring whisper she turned to Asuma those guys came hired thugs of G and Naruto killed them theuma thanked her before going over and checking the two corpses just as he thought one of them had been killed via broken neck but the other had died from internal bleeding further study revealed an already showing bruise over the man's Temple and a sideways footprint sunk into the man's chest if Asuma had to guess he'd say that Naruto had punched the man over the head to stun him before kicking the man's chest in crushing his rib cage well simultaneously causing the new broken bones to rip and tear the flesh around them a little brutal for a ninja but if none the least tuna's unfinished Bridge was covered in a thick fog and the sound of fighting could be heard zakura stood in front of tuna as his only guard while the rest of her team and partners fought Zabuza who was wearing a sleeveless blue shirt along with Urban K pants fought with a giant sword that stood nearly as tall as himself against Kakashi the masked Kohan in had raised his headband to reveal a healthy mature Sharingan ey B Kakashi and Zabuza fought team 10 stood outside of an ice Dome the trio watched as sasu tried to fight Zabuza partner only to be pelted by senman entering the Dome was suicide while nothing they did on the outside seemed to harm the Dome it was this scene that nuto arrived to as he flipped over the railing of the bridge the three standing on the outside jumped back and only let go of their tension when they recognized Naruto what's going on here nuto asked Shikamaru decided to speak for his group Troublesome blonde sasu got himself trapped in there we've tried to help him but there doesn't seem to be anything we can do breaking this ice seems near possible and the enemy is too fast for us to do anything nuto looked inside the Dome just in time to see a flurry of blurs Rush from one mirror to the next while sasu received a few more senon into his skin a fact that caused Eno to gasp walking over to the ice Dome Naruto punched one of the many ice mirrors that acted as its wall yeah things solid as they come Naruto said as he pulled his hand back only to reveal a few small cracks repairing themselves if we can get sasuka out of there can you get a medical attention Naruto asked ch mer Shrugged his shoulders we can at least pull the needles out but how are you going to after Naro heard what he needed to he jumped in between two of the mirrors the emergence of the new prison shocked the enemy nin and Sask this shock was all nuto needed in order to land next to sasu can throw him unceremoniously out of the ice dome in one fluid motion that was very Noble of you but now you're trapped in here arudo looked at the enemy nin or at least one of the many reflections of him his enemy wore his black hair and a white bun except for two bangs that framed his face and wore a brown turtleneck under a short green kimono with white trimming tied off with a greenish Brown Obie a pair of loose pants that matched the color of his turtleneck along with a pair of sandals made up the lower portion of his body the only other features that nuto took note of was the green fingernail polish and the hunter nin mask his enemy wor Noble anything we do concerning sassu can be considered Noble to him a saving his life is nothing but a spit on his face as far as being trapped is concerned we don't believe in such a thing Naro didn't see the raised eyebrow on his enemy's face we it's how we refer to ourselves now how should we refer to you the enemy nin stayed silent for a moment before replying call me Haku and how should I refer to you all arudo chuckled at how Haku asked his question we Naruto as soon as that was said Naruto jumped to the side and immediately flipped forward senin embedded the ground where Naruto once was as he flipped from one spot to the next team 10 watched nuto as he used his acrobatic skills to dodge the projectile they couldn't help but be amazed by the sight Eno who was pulling the senon from sas's body nearly froze in her work from the sight sasu only glared as once again he gave witness to being outdone by the blonde suddenly The Barrage of needles stopped and nuto stood in the center impressive you're certainly quick on your feet I wonder how long your fancy flips will save you before I hit my Mark said Haku the same can be said for this Jutsu of yours Naruto stated what no one knew was that nuto had been Tred to hit Haku using his leg like an axxe kicked during his flips unfortunately he had yet to land a hit once again blurs filled the Dome and Hales of senon rained down forcing nuto to stay moving nut's fighter instincts kicked in and he began to notice certain things that people outside of the Dome might not take notice of like how despite the constant rain of senon only a handful was thrown at a time or how haku's blurred movements never crossed the center of the Dome and instead went from one mirror to the diagonally closest the thought hit nuto as he continued studying his opponent he's not as fast as everyone thinks he is he only appears that way with how fast he's moving another thing nuto began to notice was the slight bits of water dripping down the mirrors just as he was beginning to question this Haku stopped once again tell me what do you fight for Haku asked why give us these breaks nuto thought an odd question I guess we fight for what we believe is right why do you fight Haku shook his head you're in the wrong business then as for your question I fight for the one person who has given my life meaning Nudo could care less about haku's reason to fight his question was merely a means to buy time that's it these breaks and small conversations he starts with us are merely to buy time but for what Naruto thought his mind went back to the small drops of water forming on the ice mirrors and he looked at them now only to see Frost upon the mirrors his mind began filling in the spots and soon after he finally understood Haku Jutsu Aku leapt from his mirror once again and nuto went on the move once more except at a slower pace he wanted his opponent to think he was beginning to slow down and allowing a few sandmen to pierce him was an added bonus to Aid in his deceit nuto used his lesser speed to allow him to monitor haku's movements more closely and waited for the perfect time to strike the blur clearer than usual of Haku came into his vision and nuto didn't waste any time in throwing his fist forward while unleashing a small tendril of his simbi Haku had been struck by the sticky substance and in turn retaliated with a hand full of senmen Naruto didn't even attempt to dodge them and instead used haku's momentum against him and swung his tendril sideways guiding Haku straight into the ground before Haku could even react he felt himself sent Airborne towards narudo thanks to the still connected tendril and set back towards the ground from a strong right hook Haku didn't allow himself to stay days for long and tried to get into one of his mirrors when he discovered that nk's black tendril was no longer attached to himself unfortunately for him Naruto attached yet another tendril and yanked up on it to send him Airborne well his opponent was no longer touching the ground Naruto pulled his tendril over his shoulder and down this act sent Haku crashing into the ground once more and before he could even get to his feet an upper cut from Nudo sent him flying once more the quick turn from Haku revealed that he was heading towards one of his mirror a little hope filled him as he prepared to sink back into his protective eyes but things didn't turn out as Haku wanted for as soon as he entered his mirror Naruto's fist crashed through one end and sent hacku out the other hu rolled several times against the harsh ground and his mask broke apart from the abuse nuto put upon it Nudo stopped in front of haku's L Body how did you break through my ice mirror Haku asked in a defeated tone Nudo allowed a smile of Pride to Grace his face though his mask blocked most of it you have to be inside your mirrors in order to pump chakra into them so they are sustained it was the reason you would take breaks in between volleys you would talk to us in order to distract us from the water that was formed from your ice melting after discovering this it was rather easy to find out that your Jutsu would weaken if you had been forced away from them long enough just as Naruto finished talking haku's other ice mirrors broke apart and fell to the ground and melted I see Haku said then I've become a useless tool nuto used both of his hands to grab haku's collar and pulled him up so that they were looking each other in the eyes duel what do you mean Naruto questioned Aku didn't seem bothered by nutk action I am Zeus's tool for he gave me purpose and a tool that does not serve its purpose becomes useless Naruto's look told Haku that he still didn't understand so he decided to tell nuto his tale Haku told nuto how he defended himself from his father and how the results turned him into his father's murder how Zabuza found him a year or so later when he was homeless and how the man took him in and gave him a purpose baruto stood and allowed Haku to tell his tale listening to every detail and so forth he understood how it felt to be feared for something you have no control of the feeling of being alone and having defend for yourself had the symbiot not bonded to him Naruto couldn't help but realize that hakuun life could have been his own some powerful ninja finding him and deciding to manipulate him for his or her own agenda it would have been far too easy despite all this narudo understood another fact that he and Haku were enemies at the moment and no amount of pity would change that but it did change how Nudo would handle the situation you've had a tough life we can sympathize with you we can't just let you go but we won't kill you with that said Nudo reared his head back and slammed it onto hakus the impact caused haku's eyes to roll back into his head successfully knocking him out afterwards Nudo wrapped a tendril of his symbiot around Haku multiple times until he was sure he couldn't break out of it as a Finishing Touch he sent two more pieces of his symbia to Splatter around haku's hands to ensure he couldn't cast a Jutsu so long as Naro kept contact with the bindings they wouldn't disintegrate it was at this time that the fog lifted and revealed a Victorious Kakashi standing over at dead Zabuza team 10 and Sakura Spirits Rose as they could clearly see Kakashi and nuto but they weren't allowed much rest when a short man accompanied by nearly a 100 hired thugs showed up Nudo and the others began packing their stuff as they prepared to leave also making sure that his prisoner guest was still tied up Haku simply fixed nuto with a Blank Stare while this was happening the man that showed up after the fight on the bridge was none other than G feeling confident that Zabuza and Haku had weakened the Kohan in enough so that lowly mercenaries could kill them G decided to appear in person and watch a fatal mistake especially when he tried to make an exchange to Naro for Haku nut's only resp response was to tell the man to come over here and try you little bastard followed by flipping him off afterwards G ordered his thugs to kill them only to find that while the Kohan inss were outnumbered they were not outclassed the Kashi well tired had still been able to fight and Sask had recovered enough to help team 10 had yet to see any realaction and had also joined the fight in a fresh state nuto would admit that his fight against Haku had not been easy but wouldn't say he was anywhere near being tired surprisingly despite the number of men it hadn't taken long for the nin to take out over half of them and scaring away the rest before G could attempt to leave Naruto had cut the man off while still holding on to Haku the small man had whimpered and begged for mercy only to receive nutk Twisted form of it setting Haku aside Naruto easily picked up the small man and El so that one of his knees faced towards the sky before slamming the man down onto it GK back connected with nut's knee and a multitude of sickening cracks rang out much to many of the jenin horror and slight nausea the cashi walked upstairs in order to check on the RO opening the door Kakashi instantly felt the glare Haku gave him but ignored it Naro had told Haku all about what happened after his defeat well Haku showed no emotion most of the time Kakashi presence evoked such hate that it almost rivaled nutk hate for Sask you about ready narudo Nudo nodded before picking up his travel pack and hoisting haku's still bonded body over his shoulder once that was done he joined his fellow ninja outside the house before they left towards koha Asuma was still reliant on a crutch to walk around though that would change once they returned to koha and had a good medic heal him up properly while they walked Nudo felt some of his team members staring at him he turned his head to find that it was Sask Kakashi and shikimaru who were looking at him what sasu turned his head away and grunted while Kakashi decided to ask a question what do you plan to do with your prisoner and what is that stuff you've restrained him with Nudo nodded his head as he thought these were legitimate questions we plan to get him help and the stuff around him is something we created Bashi waited for Naruto to add on and gave him a boarded look when Naruto didn't instead of pressing on he dropped the subject his past incidents revealed to him that nuto wouldn't reveal what he didn't want to nuto gave Shikamaru a questioning look and the lazy nin looked away after saying Troublesome once nuto no longer felt the stairs he concentrated on moving forward and questioning himself of how he was going to make his request to the Hokage it had been nearly a month since the events of wave and Naruto made his way to the psychiatric ward of the hospital Haku was in room 142 and n was making his weekly visit when team seven and team 10 returned after their a rank Mission nuto waited till only he and the Hokage were the ones in the room when he made his request it was a simple request give Haku therapy so that hopefully he would one day be able to move on with his life the Hokage only asked for one thing in return and that was for nuto to visit haku's room at least once a week a request that Naro easily accepted signing in at the front desk Naruto made his way down the hall before opening a door on his right Haku registered the door opening and watched as Naruto came in taking a seat on a chair nearby hey Haku how they treating you Naruto asked Haku looked out of the window ignoring Naruto's question the feminine male's lack of attention didn't discourage Naruto as this had been how Haku had become ever since abuser's death only one person could get any emotion out of hacku and that was hate hate for murdering the one he called Master the Scarecrow gave us forms to sign up for the tune and exams this morning Naruto said well smiling as he saw the angry look on haku's face form at Naro knew new nickname for Kakashi ever since he learned that Kakashi had two healthy eyes he changed his nickname for the man to something that would fit in the end he took the meaning of his sensei's name to create his new nickname much to Kakashi's dismay the fall goes well we'll be tuning soon Aku still didn't respond though here removed the snarl from his face Naruto got up and walked over to haku's chart patient refuses to cooperate We Believe yamanaka would be more effective at helping Naruto read off the chart Naruto shook his head Haku you don't want yamanaka searching through your mind once they find out that you killed your parents they will want to discuss it with you a frown appeared on hakuun face why did you bring me here why did you ask your cage to put me here to help me we were hoping to give you a new start possibly a new life what would you do without Zabuza Haku didn't hesitate with his reply what I want to do now die arudo let out a sigh before exiting the room he had tried time and time again to help Haku only to receive either silence or a talk similar to the one he just had once outside nuto leapt onto the nearest building before making his way through koha after swinging and leaping 2 miles nuto spotted team 10 heading towards a barbecue restaurant seeing them nuto jumped to a building in front of them before using one of his tendrils to lower himself deam 10 spotted Naruto and waved towards him this had been another change in his life after the Wave Mission Shikamaru had taken an odd interest in Naruto and Eno had begun to see what Sakura saw Choi took a bit longer to warm up to Naro as he was still sore over Kakashi's copy of make out paradise being read out loud during their training hey Naruto what are you doing here Shikamaru asked Naruto Shrugged his shoulder nothing much we just got back from visiting Haku heo perked up hearing about the young man so any changes in his mood a shake of nutk head was all that was needed in response deciding to change the subject Shikamaru spoke once more Troublesome so his team seven signing up for the tuning exams Theo nodded as far as we know then and Sakura could decide she isn't ready want me to go goer into participating Eno asked thanks but no if Sakura decides she isn't ready to participate then we won't push it Eno Shrugged her shoulders it's your call well we were about to eat feel like joining us nuto gave a nod and followed them in once done eating nuto began heading home as he saw nothing else to do as usual a meal with Team 10 involved fighting over food portions as the akamichi had begun shoveling the food into his mouth the second he thought it was was done Naruto and Choi had almost gotten into a fist fight over the last piece of grilled beef just as the thought of slamming the large kid's face into the grill occurred Eno intervened and ate the last piece the fact that she had taken the last piece had shocked both teens to the point that they hadn't been able to react in time before she swallowed it taking his mind off the meal he just had a fence surrounded Street caught Naruto's attention there he saw two sunin nins and his teammate Sakura with a few kids one of the sunanin a 15-year-old male wore what appeared to be a black one piece ninja suit with a cat-like cowl over his head while purple War pain criss-crossed over his face on his back is a bandage Contraption and he held one of the kids off the ground by the Scruff of his shirt the second sun andin was a female around the same age as the first that wore a light purple off the shoulder garment that went down to her knees while what appeared like a full body mesh covered her exposed shoulders and stopped at her thighs with one of the legs going a bit further than the other a red sash wrapped around her waist and a large folded fan was wedged between her back and her sash her hair was a sandy blonde and was put in an interesting style of four bushy ponytails in the back while two bushy bangs stopped at her teal eyes you have to admire a deadly woman with style thought Naruto as Naruto watched what happened from his comfy spot on the roof his only real question was how he was going to intervene sneak up behind the pair and scare the hell out of them or jump down in front of them and scare them nonetheless a look at their headbands helped Naruto's decision must be here for the tuning exams better not show anything I don't want them to know huro let go we're going to be late said the blonde sunanin huro just waved her off just a second to Mari I want to teach this kid a lesson zakura was going to make another attempt to defuse the situation when the little kid began yelling do you know who I am I'm the grandson of the Hokage I don't care who your kid you don't go around bumping into others without apologizing K Kuro replied no one saw the slowly growing shadow that appeared in front of kanguro Naruto didn't even try to make his Landing soft and instead purposely hit the ground as hard as he could a spider web of cracks appeared beneath his boots and kanguro fell on his ass from the surprise Naruto ignored the makeup wearing Nim and looked at the small boy the noeru what have we told you about abusing your status as the Hook's grandson the now free boy began cowering that if you ever see CC caught me doing it again why why you wouldn't just dangle me over the inuzuka hounds pen as you did the last time and would TT throw me in CC covered in bacon good now why shouldn't we keep our promise narudo asked at this point kanguro had gotten back and his feet and pointed at nuto hey [ __ ] what's the big deal Nudo turned his attention on kanguro shut it makeup boy we'll deal with you in a sec huro gave a growl as he prepared to reach for the bandage Contraption on his back only for a rock to smash into his knuckle without look Naruto point a bald up first towards one of the trees and shot a ball of his symbiot from the back of his hand All Eyes turned towards the tree narudo pointed at only to find sasu on one of its limbs struggling to get the black goop off of his mouth sasuka men are talking right now please don't button again Naruto said followed by some laughter saso for his part simply glared at nuto unable to shout his Rage with a black substance covering his mouth while Sakura attempted to scold Naruto Nudo why did you do that Sask was only trying to help yeah help his ego if he hadn't decided to act cool we could have seen what makeup boy had hidden away there thought narudo a new presence appeared in the tree Sask was in and only Naruto seemed to sense him sasu get out of that tree now despite his ego sasu obeyed and jumped over to where Sakura was everyone gave Naruto a weird look while he simply glared at the tree his glare suddenly shifted from the tree to the spot behind tamari and kanguro where a cloud of sand dispersed to reveal a short red-headed teen following his gaze both Sun andin seemed to freeze in fear jigar said toari ARA carried a large gourd on his back and wore a full bodysuit like canos except short sleeved and brown a large leather strap that held the gourd up wrapped around his body diagonally well white cloth wrapped around the other side of his body intersecting with a leather strap his green eyes had raccoon-like rings around them and a symbol for love seemed to have been tattooed in red ink on the left side of his forehead nuto didn't let his guard down one bit and was ready to defend himself and his team at a second's notice he might not have been the ninet tales shinui anymore but his symbiot had spent enough time studying the tailed beast to recognize the foul chakra of it and its fellow demons Mar and gar stood and stared at each other for a good two minutes before gar turned to kanguro theor pathetic kanguro before turning around and walking away gar looked towards the Kohan in I'm sorry for my brother's stupidity tamari kanguro we're leaving kanguro began sputtering and response B but gar than Kuro shut up or I'll kill you this had succeeded in quieting the makeup wearing boy and gar turned to the koha group once more as if forgetting something pointing towards Naruto gar asked a simple question what's your name we are nuto and we will be seeing you soon he said making sure to put emphasis on WE a manic grin appeared on gark face we yes we will be seeing each other soon but that the Sun and nins walked off and disappeared from sight Sakura looked towards Naruto confused she had never seen him this hostile except for Sask and even then he never showed this level of seriousness nuto reached over to sasu and ripped off the small piece of symbia before leaving sasu had managed to hide the pain that was caused from the symbiot being ripped off so abruptly and was wondering the same thing Sakura was wondering what got nuto so concerned the next day suuk floated in the air for a few seconds before gravity seemed to return to normal and he plummeted to the wooden floor at the last second Sakura appeared beneath him and broke his fall on the wall across from them Naruto sat stuck to the wall and focused on the one responsible for sasukes fall a teenage boy only a year older than nuto stood in a green skin type bodysuit with orange leg warmers and bandages wrapped from his Les up to his forearm his black hair was in a bll cut while his eyes took on a circular fashion and his thick eyebrows hovered above them his name was Rock Lee and he had just beat Sask in three moves the only thing that had stopped him from knocking saso out and truly claiming victory was a pin wheel that had been thrown at one of the loose bandages and pegged it to the wall they had been heading to the room where the first part of the tune and exams would be held when Rock Le had stopped them and challenged SAS to a fight Sakura had been worried about the time they had to arrive and sasu had con confidently said that the fight would only Take 5 minutes yeah 5 minutes to get your ass handed to you the turtle suddenly appeared next to Lee and soon a bizarre scene began as an older carbon copy of him appeared on top of the turtle at first Lee was punished and then the two began some weird hug we get that it's weird but why do Sakura and Sask seem so Disturbed thought nuto as he was oblivious to the jinjutsu behind Lee and the new man after that Fiasco they arrived in front of the designated room and found their Sensei waiting for them only to be told that if Sakura hadn't decided to join then they wouldn't have been allowed to continue which Naruto thought was hilarious by the fact that if she didn't sasu could have gotten his ass kicked for nothing once their talk with Kakashi was over they entered the exam room instantly everyone in the room turned their gazes towards them Naro simply brushed off the stairs and instead watched how Eno leapt onto sasukes back much to his and Sakura's displeasure how can he not like the feel of a woman pressing onto him nuto asked out loud because it's Troublesome Shikamaru stated turning around nuto saw choji and shikim standing nearby Naruto let out a chuckle before waving them over glad to see that it wasn't too Troublesome for you to come chikera shook his head oh it's Troublesome all right it's just more Troublesome to deal with the repercussions of not coming Naruto let out a laugh typical three new presences approached the group and Naruto smiled as he saw Shino hanada and Kiba well sheo it's been a long time since we've seen you how have things been Sho fixed his sunglasses before for answering depends on how you look at it peaceful would be a word to describe it yet dull fits just as well the NAT blushed as she began to speak HH how ha have you been and nuto nuto Shrugged his shoulders things could be worse got to say life's been good for us the other rookie Jen and began to be drawn towards Naruto conversation Kiba saw all the other rookie jenin and decided to boast well looks like we're all here too bad for you guys we're going to win this Sask let out hn before making his reply like we lose to you while the rookies were conversing Naruto was looking around the room and noticing all the other participants were beginning to stare at them one guy wearing purple pants and a matching sleeveless shirt over a white short sleeve shirt he wore round circular glasses and his hair was gray with two bangs hanging over his Leaf head and the rest pulled into a low ponytail you guys should quiet down you're bringing too much attention to yourself and that's not good especially for rookies fresh out of the academy like yourselves said the glasses wearing jenin the are you asked Sask the glasses wearing Jen and chuckled I Kabuto but that's not what you should be worrying about take a look behind you the Jen and stopped talking and turned their attention to the rest of the room and saw what Naruto saw the attention seemed to unnerve them while Naruto didn't even seem affected almost everyone here is nervous about the exams so quiet down then again I can't blame you clueless rookies you Kinder remind me of how I used to be um Kabuto is this your second try at the Gen and exams the nervous scratch of his head was his first response actually this is my seventh there are two exams every year so this is my fourth year trying aruto raised an eyebrow at this but decided not to comment wow then you know a lot about these exams Sakura stated Theo nodded that's right here take a look at these he said as he pulled out a deck of cards pulling one of the cards out he placed it on the ground before rotating it with his finger and pumping chakra into it these are my ninja info cards I have over 200 cards cards with info on every ninja four years of data he stopped spinning his card and a puff of smoke appeared and dispersed to reveal a card showing a chart of ninja Villages and their statistics Kabuto then began to talk about the different Villages and mentioned a recently started Village known as the sound and stated that not much was known saso decided to step forward do you have any info on GAR of the sand and rockle of the leaf seeing as you know their names it shouldn't be too hard to find them though I should warn you that not all the data will be perfect pulling out the two cards Kabuto proceeded to pump chakra into them till their data was visible and explained their info Naruto gave Kabuto an odd look something isn't right we understand why he would have information on Old participants but why does he have information on participants that have never taken the exams nuto decided to test something we'd like to see the information on nuto uzamaki of the leaf everyone gave nuto an odd look and Kabuto was beginning his procedure when the card let off a little smoke nut's hand snatched it off the ground before anyone could could see it what the hell there's no way he should know this this information shouldn't be this accurate the data on the card displayed Naruto immunity to jinjutsu and listed his camouflage as a Jutsu Naruto's many escapes from U and other official ninja was stated as well various other pieces of information was on the card that well true Naruto never openly showed it or even revealed it except to the Hokage the Hokage most likely made a report of his skills and hid it in his desk so how did Kabuto get a hold of it everyone waited for nuto to reveal his card but instead he pocketed it in his jacket and walked away I guess I won't be getting that card back Kabuto stated Naruto suddenly sens three people quickly pass by him and head straight towards kabudo he did nothing and watched as the sound n attack one boy threw two kunai a Kabuto's feet an obvious distraction as another teenage boy with bandages dashed forward and swung his fist in a hook Kabuto dodged this only to fall over and puke luckily everyone was too focused on Kabuto to notice the Grimace that formed on nutk face when the sound nin swung his arm and the contraption let off a high-pitched whistle Naruto felt his skin crawl or to be more specific his symbiot the sound wasn't strong enough to really hurt him just sting Naruto knew he had two weaknesses that revolved around his symbi fire which was his lesser weakness and high frequency sounds his larger weakness shortly after the attack a loud voice boomed over the room and several Kohan inss appeared in front of the room quiet down you bastards I'm Marino biki The Examiner for the first part of the exams said a black trench coat wearing nin the Jenine had been randomly placed at desks in the room and each handed a written test icki explained the rules before giving them the go- ahead to begin 10 minutes into the test nuto had already discovered the hidden meaning in Niki's words and soon turned his test over the next second Naruto jumped from his desk to the desk in front of acki standing in a squat in front of said man so they were at eye level the tunin in the room all tried to move but ai's raised hand told them to do nothing all the jenin stopped working on their test and watched as the two in the front of the room simply stared at one another for what seemed like forever SAS and Sakura were too shocked at their teammates actions to even form thoughts he had done some Brazen acts before but never something like this after a while nunk mask seemed to grin does this count as an offense to your rules icki returned the grin well seeing as I don't have the answers I don't think so if you chose to waste your time that's your business it's a good thing we're done then isn't it Naruto stated how' you finish so quickly icki asked nuto snickered cheated a few jenin simply looked at Naruto dumbly especially his teammates did he just admit to cheating was the collective thoughts ignoring the stairs at his back Naruto continued you know the old man once threatened us with you theii raised an eyebrow old man the Hokage he promised that if we didn't calm down When We Were Young he'd set up a meeting between me and you de nuto uzamaki aren't you iiki asked a nod was his response well I've heard plenty about you have you heard that we don't play other people's games nuto asked his voice full of Mirth I've heard that you like to step on some toes Nito chuckled more like stomp some of the chunin began calling names and removing jenin from the room as they had been caught cheating five times Naro gave a brief glance behind him before continuing his talk with acki we've heard that you're an interrogator got any more Scare Tactics other than the ones you've presented so far icki just grinned sure me maybe you will get to experience some of them when you screw up in the future ah highly unlikely considering we've never been caught unless we've allowed ourselves to Naruto stated one of the tunin threw kunai at a Jen's test paper that's five times you and your team are disqualified what do you at least have proof that I cheated yelled the jenin suddenly the tunin appeared next to the jenin and slammed him against the wall while saying a few condescending words Nudo shook his head you know he has a point if you're going to accuse him of cheating you should at least have proof it would only be right that the chunin set an example for us jennin another chunin disappeared before everyone's eyes and appeared next to Naruto hoping to repeat the action of his colleague unfortunately as he made a grab for Naruto the blonde Jen and ducked at the last minute allowing the chunins grab to pass over him without missing a beat nutk hand grabbed the back of the chunin head and slammed it into the desk knocking him out cold speed doesn't mean anything if you are predictable so icki does that count as an offense icki chuckled I guess I should count that is strike one looking around the room iiki began noticing how several of the jenin were sending nuto cautious looks he began rubbing his chin as he thought over nar's actions I know enough about you Naruto to know you're not stupid so why have you been doing this a few more minutes of thinking and acki openly laughed confusing many in the room I can't believe what you did so simple yet effective you've manage to shift the fear I've created here onto yourself it's not like you won't see the other participants in the later parts of this exams by staring me down and challenging my authority you've shown that you have the guts to take on stronger older opponents I bet you even backed up at jenin protest in order to get one of the tunin to attack you teching the clock iiki realized that it was 45 minutes into the test B right it's time to answer the last question but before that we need to determine whether or not you'll take it deari stood up and asked the question everyone was wondering what happens if we don't take it then your points will be reduced to zero and you will be removed from the exam and of course we'll take it an evil grin appeared on ai's face hearing this but if you take the test and get it wrong then you will never be allowed to take the tunin exams again and will forever be a jenin there were several protests from random jenin theot got unlucky to have me as an examiner accepting their Fates some jenin began leaving Naruto simply let out a laugh icki turned his attention from the jenin still in their seat to Naruto who was still on his desk what so funny wek wait for a few more to leave before telling you more teams began to leave and iiki kept glancing at Naruto waiting for him to spill it it was only after 26 teams remained Naruto decided to talk I highly doubt any cage throughout the lands would follow your rule abcki several jenin eyes widened in realization a quick scan through the room showed acki that no one was leaving he smirked before shocking many by congratulating them Naruto ignored ai's explanation of the exam and the meaning behind it being told what he already knew was boring and pointless a sudden whizzing sound caught his ears and nuto leapt up and stuck himself to the ceiling in time to dodge a large black projectile that shot through the window the projectile unrolled into a large banner and kunai flew out to stab the corners in place nuto didn't pay attention to what was written on the banner and instead focused on the women standing before it the back of her medium purple hair was tied in a wild high ponytail and her eyes were light brown the tan trench coat failed at hiding her slender curves and her modest bust especially when the only thing hiding them from view was a short sleev body mesh similar to Tamar's and a short rust orange mint skirt a fural grin and seductive look in her eyes told Nudo she knew full well what her outfit did to the male population a few other accessories was present on her body such as gray shin guards on her legs a blue belt wrapped around her skirt and a peculiar necklace hung from her neck it looked like a Fang of some sort was the necklace' weight yet nuto couldn't tell what kind the Fang necklace brought Naruto's Focus back to her bust and he couldn't help but openly comment bam what of you he whispered despite his whisper the woman known as anko heard him and looked up to see nuto with his back towards the ceiling using his hands and feet to stick to the surface like what you see she asked in a slightly seductive tone Nudo only nodded before an alarm went off in his head and he proceeded to disappear from his spot as a fuk kunai took his place anko looked over to a corner of the room and gave Naruto a grin that promised pain here's a warning to any teenage boys with raging hormones I hate perverts the bicki watched with much Amusement as anko led the a group of jenin away walking around the room he began Gathering the tests picking up one of the tests he saw Naruto's name on it a blank look formed on his face that little bastard didn't even answer a single damn question after anko had given her warning and led the group out to a fenced area she began to explain the objectives and rules of her exam much like aii did turned out that it was a survival exercise along with another main objective that included the Gathering of two different Scrolls before the exams began anko began handing out for forms that alleviated Koh have being responsible for the deaths that could occur inside exam or to be more specific the training area 44 AKA The Forest of death nuto looked at the forest and gave a chuckle as he was more than pleased with the newest exam mistaking nutk chuckle is a mockery of the forest anko threw yet another kunai at him Naruto for his part didn't bother dodging and instead allowed the kunai to graze his cheek a small sliver of blood spilled from his slashed mask but was soon removed by anko it's Carefree guys like you that end up spilling that that delicious blood all over my Forest anko stated nuto felt a shiver crawl down his spine the shiver wasn't from Fear rather it was from excitement well he predicted that anko would appear behind him he never sensed her nor did he expect her to clean the blood off his cheek using her tongue wow that was rather hot he thought as he began to notice other things such as the closeness of her body and her breathe tickling his ear anko suddenly shifted her body so that she brandished a kunai towards a grass nin behind her the grass nin was an odd one odd because her tongue had stretched to unbelievable lengths which held anko's Throne kunai in it you shouldn't sneak up behind me stated anko in an overly friendly voice the grass nin chuckled sorry but I just wanted to give your kunai back it cut my hair and I love the sight of blood anko forced a friendly smile thank you quite a bloodthirsty Bunch we have this year afterwards anko left and Sakura walked over to Naruto geez she's such a weirdo you all right Naruto nuto was still watching anko Walk Away We like her zakura shook her head and only sighed it would only be natural for Naruto to like someone as odd as their present examiner once everyone had turned in their forms each team was guided behind a curtain before being given their scroll and guided to a gate while they waited saso decided to try and gain Authority all right I'll hold on to the scroll we should focus on at least reaching the halfway point first and then set up an ambush we have no problem with your plan but we'll hold on to the scroll said Naruto sasu held onto the scroll of Heaven tightly obviously not prepared to give it up I'm the strongest all around in this group Naruto you might have me beat at T Jutsu but you have no jinjutsu and your Ninjutsu is Academy basic if the enemy were to discover that I had the scroll I'd be able to defend it better nuto was about to argue but Sakura chose to step in we have to be able to trust each other how else are we going to get through this we trust sasu to save his own ass when the going gets tough and you to help him in his time of need said Naruto zakura flinched at the way n saw her when nuto saw that sasu didn't have any plans of giving up the scroll he dropped the subject the signal went off for them to begin and team seven began their Mad Dash for the halfway point the forest was like many that surrounded koha large trees plenty of Shadows only difference Naruto could find was the sound of abnormal animals and insects a few screams echoed through the area and Naruto snickered th there have been a few unlucky encounters the bid later team seven had their first encounter with a foreign team after Naruto went to relieve himself of his bodily fluids a fake came by and tried to attack the team Naruto returned in time to see sassu chase away the Imposter after this little event sasu had decided to come up with a password that Naro called asinine shortly after the creation of the password a torrent of wind blew across the area threatening to send all in its path flying with interest Naruto noticed that the wind was solely focused on him so when a piece of ground he glued himself to was beginning to give Naruto decided to humor whoever was so determined to split him from the group and see what was planned for him the powerful wind sent him soaring several miles away deciding he had enjoyed the Free Ride enough Naruto grabbed a passing branch and allowed his momentum to send him Somers salting to the ground once standing he allowed his awareness to spread through the forest the sound of kunai's whistling through the air was the greeting he got as soon as he leapt back to dodge the simple weapons an image of another person with his palms pointed forward entered his peripheral vision decapitating the teenage boy was cut off as Naro dashed from his current spot to in between his arms suddenly nuto wrapped his arms around his fellow teenagers preventing him from moving away nuto recognized the sound nin in front of him and quickly proceeded to lift his legs off the ground and plant them on the nin's chest allowing gravity to take effect Naruto fell on his back only to roll back and used his legs to send the nin flying towards the female of the group who was trying to sneak up behind him predicting the third member's attack approaching nuto wasted no time in flipping back on his feet sure enough a third member was dashing towards him Naruto back flipped just in time to kick the mummified nin in the jaw unfortunately the kick wasn't enough to stop the contraption on his opponent's arm from ringing and nuto landed on his knees with his symbat shaking the pain he felt this time was far worse and he had to shakily get up the three sound nins stood a few feet away from him and nuto instincts forced him to take in more details of them a sound ninja seemed to have a dress coat of sorts as all three wore Urban C scarves around their necks with matching baggy pants instead of just regular blue Shinobi sandals the group wore black ones that seemed to have Shinu guards attached to them and their sound headbands tied across their foreheads nuto listened carefully as they conversed and picked up on their names the one who stood in the middle was dosu the apparent leader his head was all wrapped in bandages except for the spot around his left eye a lavender shirt with overly long sleeves was his choice of upper wardrobe and for some unforeseen reason he wore a Shaggy fur on his back the second male of the team was zaku the one nuto had tossed his black hair resembled Kakashi and two metal plates bordered his jawline a beige short sleeve shirt with a cangi for death on it adorned his upper body while two black pieces of cloth covered his forearm tightly a closer look at his hands revealed two pipes sticking out of the middle of his palms the last member of the team was kin the female of the team her forehead protector kept her long black hair out of her face while it ran down her back unlike her male teammates she wore some armor in the form of a pale green Flack jacket just as zaku did she wore a similar pair of black cloths around her forearm finally the sound nin had decided to strike and nuto had been given enough time to recover kin started off by acting as support and began throwing senon she formed the perfect distraction especially with the bells tied to some of the senmen to make Naruto focus on them though these projectiles distracted him it didn't prevent Naruto from dodging zaku's decapitating Airwaves these two were not the ones Naruto was concerned with as he was waiting on dosu to strike the entire time finally dosu decided to make his move and appeared in nut's blind spot sensing a presence behind him Naruto spun around and aimed to backhand dosu a mistake that Naruto regretted making as dosu simply blocked with his sound device the melody arm as Naruto learned it was called the instant his hand hit the melody arm a loud reverberating ringing was let loose the portion of his symbia covering his arm was blasted away and nuto entire suit shook violently as Naruto covered his ears and screamed he took a few steps back as he tried to gain control over his symbiot well this happened the sound nins watched Naruto with confused faces dosu gave his Melody arm a quick glance before a smile could be seen through his wrappings zaku blast him dosu ordered said sound nin didn't hesitate as a vicious grin appeared on his face decapitating Airwaves a large blast of air was shot from zaku's hands and headed towards Naruto despite nutk pain he leapt back in time to only be nicked the Nick sent him hurtling and kin decided to follow up with a few sents Naruto Shrugged off the throne projectiles as he decided to focus on his real threat dosu unfortunately the sound nin predicted this and used his other two teammates as a means to keep his distance seeing that Naruto wasn't slowed down enough dosu slammed his Melody arm against a nearby tree and used his chakra to magnetize the sound created once more Naruto's symbiot shook violently and nuto himself began screaming in pain small pieces of his symbiot fell off as dead cells leaving nutk clothes looking torn the pattern repeated once more before one of zaku's air blasts hit home and sent Naruto flying away through several branches a sound nin quickly followed after only to find nothing where' he go asked zaku U looked around studying the surrounding forest with sharp eyes while kin was busy listening for the tiniest sound having experiences with different sound based Jutsu she could hear the breathing of a living person and even their heartbeat if she was close enough unknown to them nuto was only a few feet away he stuck to one of the trees using his back and limbs one his hands were held forward and the majority of his symbiot extended from it leaving him nearly nude except for a few small bits of black ooze his symbiot had formed a small Dome over him and was camouflaging them as merely a part of the tree luckily the Dome also served as to prevent any noise from escaping though nuto could hear the sound n perfectly through his simid come out here you freak yelled zaku as his blood lust was getting the better of him those who seem to give up letun go arachim told us to only stall him Bing Bells went off in nutk head arachim Maru why would he try to have us ambushed better yet what does he want with our team God to get back and help the female shook her head you sure about that dosu this could easily come back to bite Us in the ass don't worry kin if he decides to face us again we'll kill him easily dosu brandished his Melody arm we know his weakness gin didn't feel any better about the situation but didn't argue damn just when I was enjoying myself stated zaku before following his team once Naruto was sure they were gone he allowed himself to slide down the tree he was on the symbiot slowly began returning to to him and formed his clothes again due to the Damage Done to him and his symbiot several holes and tears littered his clothes after rest first we can't help anyone in this condition Nudo leaned against a tree as he waited for his strength to return the second he could begin jumping from tree to tree Naruto took off unfortunately this had only given him around 5 minutes of rest he was still slightly shaking but he wasn't letting that stop him from being cautious and stealthy a piercing scream filled the forest and Naruto decided to trade in a little stealth for more speed he arrived in time to see Sakura crouching protectively next to a kneeling Sask a figure standing on a branch parallel from them Sask was screaming in pain while one of his hands was grasping the side of his shoulder the better look at the other figure revealed him to be none other than arachu Naruto merely thought the title Snake Charmer referred to his snake-like abilities but a firsthand look at him revealed that the man resembled a snake in many ways the best way to describe his skin was to compare it to the pale underbelly of many snakes and his eyes were yellow and slit bachim Mar's body was thin and his face narrow with a barely visible nose so far his only human looking quality was the long black hair that covered his scalp what did you do to Sask Sakura yelled peki I've merely given him a gift soon he will seek me and then I will teach him how to use it said arachim before sinking into the limb of the tree and disappearing nuto thought on the choices present before him he could either tail arachim or look after his team looking down at Sakura he couldn't help but feel for her she looked helpless and and the realization that dawned on her face only increased her grieve despite this he felt that tailing arachim was more important he hated leaving her like that but he trusted her enough to protect Sask but that thought in mind nuto left despite having disappeared arachim wasn't untraceable narudo jumped from tree to tree soundlessly as he followed the sound of the Snake Charmer slithering from tree to tree by now he and his symbiot had recovered from The Sound attacks and nuto could move once more without worry nuto made sure to keep a distance from arachim without losing him some would wonder how an s-rank missing nin could not detect a Genet such as Naruto the secret behind this mystery was once again because of the symbiot it couldn't just make Naro soundless but it did give him a sensitivity that allowed him to feel the different temperature degrees that flowed from spot to spot much like a bird Ed pockets of hot air to fly Naruto would use these same Pockets to move through more quiet as the warmer air molecules passed around him with more ease than cooler ones this alone didn't allow Naruto to travel silently but it did help give him an advantage over others Naruto suddenly stopped when a new figure entered his vision Eno sure enough the purple-haired Proctor stood on one of the thick Tre liims Naruto was confused at the sight and merely considered her appearance as a coincidence and Toano began talking to arachim Maru and soon began fighting him at first anko seemed to have a chance of fighting on equal ground but soon the fight turned sour when she was assaulted by some unknown pain kneeling on the Trum the similarity between how anko was in pain in front of him and how Sask was moments ago wasn't missed by Naruto he cursed as he moved closer to the two and prepared to strike when he tailed rachim Maru he hadn't planned on fighting the missing men Naruto was confident in his skills but he wasn't stupid enough to think he could actually take on a ninja of Kakashi's caliber or above he had merely wanted to tail him and report his findings to the Hokage the tree limb above arachim Maru and anos was nark current position as if preparing to jump to another tree limb Naruto ran towards the edge of the limb before jumping while still midair he shot a line of symbiot onto the tree Branch he had just jumped from the line stuck and instantly stretched as Naruto hovered in the air for a few seconds before gravity took effect arachim Maru had heard the sound of air being displaced but hen reacted in time before Naruto thrust both of his feet forward and kicked him off the large Branch anko eyes widened as she recognized Naruto what the hell are you doing here anko growled out between gritted teeth Naruto ignored her question as he was more focused arachim Maru was he couldn't see him but he knew better than to assume that arachim would leave after only one kick several snakes extended from a bush of leaves and wrapped around nutk torso pachim Maru had tried to pull nuto off the triim but the chakron his feet kept him glued to it the quick spin of one of Naruto's hand had gathered all the snakes in his grip he thought about using his Superior strength to yankor rimu but threw the idea away in favor of ripping the snakes apart Naruto wanted to stall arachim Maru and trying to fight the man and an obviously lost battle wouldn't help a piece of bark a few steps away from nuto began marfing and nimera Rose from the limb so tell me narut did you enjoy the welcoming party I sent you said arachu a smug sense of amusement filling his voice your guests were most unwelcomed and we plan to make you pay nuto replied with partial anger he could only blame arachim Maru for setting up the Hornet's Nest it was himself who knew of it and decided to kick it regardless his main concern at the moment was to make rimu believe he was just an angry genan hopefully the image would make rajim not take him seriously the snake sanon turned into a blur and Naro tilted his body just in time to dodge a two-finger strike to his shoulder arachim maru's assault didn't end there as he followed up with several more kicks and Strikes Naruto stayed on the defense hoping to be able to throw in a Counter Strike but with how odd and unpredictable the strikes were he was Finding himself unable an overpowered sweet kick left arachim open and Naruto flipped forward slamming his heel on top of arachim maru's skull Naruto wasn't surprised when a long tongue suddenly wrapped around him especially with how rimk body in front of him turned to mud Ed off the ground Naruto was brought to a branch higher up and met face to face with a real arachim Maru you did better than I thought you would arachim Maru admitted as he began performing hand seals not wanting to find out what the hand seals were intended for Naruto began trying to rip the tongue off of him unfortunately the tongue was too slippery for him to grab feeling himself brought closer to rimu he looked at the man and watched as he the sanon's digits were covered purple Flames the hand was thrust forward and connected with nutk stomach a blinding pain was expect ected by both parties and Naruto was surprised that the worst that happened was having the wind knocked out of him he looked down at the hand that was still connected with his stomach and waited for something else that should take care of the nine Tales arachim Maru stated with a chuckle but Naruto staring at his hand arachim was unaware of nutk Consciousness and was unprepared when Naruto acted two hands clamped down on his shoulders and a knee slammed his mouth close causing his teeth to sever his elongated tongue but the tongue severed Naruto began Falling Towards the forest floor he used his freedom to remove the no longer living bindings and shot out a tendril of simid his thread carried him to a nearby tree where he immediately hid himself arachim maru's curses could easily be heard how he wasn't dying from blood lose was beyond Naruto I will get you for this you damn brat fortunately for you I don't have any more time to play but know this we will meet again and I will make you suffer silence filled the air and a few minutes past the four narudo began making his way back to anko he did not find her on the branch he originally saw her on and instead found her on the forest ground he dropped down and landed in front of her causing her to jump into a sluggish fighting style before she recognized him gez don't just surprise me like that she said as she dropped her stance nuto couldn't help but chuckle we apologize for scaring you enko scoffed don't kid yourself you didn't scare me so what happened with arachim Maru he retreated we assume you've warned U considering you decided to take him on Naruto stated ano nodded in response and was going to explain the situation when a thought occurred to her Hey where's your team I left them back a mile or so decided that tailing rochim was more important than this exam Naruto replied look you should get back to your team arachim Maru mentioned doing something to Sask chances are he's in no condition to fight and with you he that only leaves bubblegum to protect him anko stated arudo laughed at anko's nickname for Sakura sure Youk be okay on your own enko raised an eyebrow what you concerned about me we don't know how bad the pain that Mark on your shoulder causes but from our point of view it isn't the most Pleasant Naruto pointed out she unconsciously raised her hand over her curse mark I'm okay you should worry about yourself you're hiding it well but I can see that you're favoring your right side wek be fine in a few minutes wasn't able to dodge all of his attacks you sure Youk be okay enko gave a short laugh but hotty laugh I'll be fine I'm a takuetsu jonan a little pain in my neck isn't going to leave me defenseless in that case we guess we'll see you at the tower said nuto before leaping away leaving no sound to indicate he was even there hiding under the roots of an enormous oak tree was one of the few places Sakura ever expected to find herself doubt swept over her as she watched over sasukes unconscious body and she couldn't help but remember what Naruto had told them before his disappearance we trust sasu to save his own ass when the going gets tough and you to help him and his time of need how true those words were Sakura thought after nuto had been literally Blown Away arachim appeared and proceeded to attack them one saso discovered that they stood no chance of winning he tried to offer The Scroll of Heaven as a trade for their lives zakura would never forget the mixture of fear and anger etched on sasukes face as he pulled out an obvious fake scroll with Naruto's signature on it not that it mattered as arachim made it clear that he had no interest in the Scrolls once the snake s and finally did leave Sakura found herself carrying saso to their current hiding spot after she had laid Sask on the earth and ground in a comfortable position and placed a wet rag over his forehead she proceeded in setting up traps around the perimeter it was only after she had finished ensuring that she and sasu could be fine that nuto entered her mind nuto was right I took care of Sask without even thinking if he was okay or even alive is he okay and if he is where is he sasu groaned and gritted his teeth sweat trickled down his face and Sakura used the rag to wipe away his perspiration she squeezed a mixture of warm water and sweat from it before damping it with some of the cool water from her canteen with her rag in a more suitable condition Sakura placed it once more onto sasukes forehead before putting her canteen away she took a much needed sip of her water please be okay narut the forest of death was indeed a vast training field something nuto was growing to dislike as he leapt and swung from tree to tree he had hoped that finding Sakura and Sask would be a simple task of retracing his steps but the thousands of similar trees and vegetation left little indication of where he was or where he was going the only real key marker was the large Tower located in the forest and that was only because of the fact that it was located in the middle of it another thing that impeded his search was the several other genen and teams and overgrown Wildlife he had already chanced upon a few foreign teams and didn't want to start an unnecessary fight especially with how the gathered fatigue from his previous two fights was beginning to set in if nuto had to judge he'd say he had one good fight left in him before he would need to rest his vision suddenly became unfocused and he felt dizzy stopping on one of the many tree branches near him Naruto waited until his vision returned to normal amam sound nins even now we're suffering from their attack his head cleared as did his vision and once more he continued his search 10 minutes passed and the only difference in the forest Naruto could find was the scars left from battles and a few dead bodies in the case that one team wasn't so merciful 10 minutes turned to 15 and 15 turned to 20 his frustration had begun to get the better of him along with his fatigue when an all too familiar shout rang a few yards from Naruto's left decapitating Airwaves Nudo stared at the direction and couldn't help but feel anger he began turning away as he hoped to think logically instead of letting his anger dictate his actions but stopped when he recalled that the sound team was arachim Mar's minions it wouldn't be too far of a stretch to say that the sound nins would be ordered to attack his team especially with how rachim Mar's anger was now directed upon him and his previous interest with Sask we best at least check Naruto whispered to himself landing on a nearby Branch Naro studied the scene before him nark only guess was that God decided to smile upon him as he found team 10 defending Sakura from dosu and his teammates a closer look revealed Rock Le laying unconscious a few feet from Sakura the fact that his back was facing her was a nice hint that he was protecting her as well team 10 had the sound nins distracted something that nuto would take full advantage of he made his way closer to dosu and prepared his sneak attack while he stalked across the branches Naruto couldn't help but notice how still the sound nin was or the fact that he was mimicking Shikamaru a better at the ground cleared that question oh it seems Shikamaru has him and snared well that just makes things all the easier for us is Naruto thought with a laugh echoing in his mind Eno had succeeded in using her family's Jutsu invading kin's mind and took control reaching into kin's pouch she retrieved a kunai and placed it at the girl's neck all right if you don't want your teammate killed you'll give up Eno threatened THU who was still trapped in shikamaru's Shadow merely glanced over at the now possessed kin and zaku looked over confused once he had successfully defended himself from joji neither seemed to care that their teammate was seconds from slicing open her own neck a fact that made Eno nervous pay you guys listening give up now or else Eno said as she brought the kunai even closer to kin's neck those moved his gaze away from kin and toward Shikamaru only to move it once again toward zaku after a few seconds do it BK words caused zaku to grin and unnerve Shikamaru seeing zaku raise one of his hands and pointed towards kin caused the lazy jenin to shout out a feudal War morning be no watch out be cursed as he not only watched kin's body be sent hurling into a tree but for his shadow possession to release dosu as well the now free sound nin immediately went to charge Shikamaru but a strong grip on his forearm prevent him from moving doou turned his head to see a grinning Nudo you again the shock of seeing Nudo wasn't enough to prevent dosu from trying to retaliate he instantly went to strike his Melody arm only to have Naruto grab that arm as well mimicking the grip of his other arm sorry but we don't intend to let you hurt us again Naruto said increasing the strength of his grip to ensure dosu couldn't escape zakura saw Naruto and couldn't help but smile thank God Shikamaru smiled at seeing nuto as well but frowned when he saw zaku point one of his hands toward nuto oh no you don't said Shikamaru as he performed his shadow possession Jutsu zaku's hands suddenly shot up and released two loud blasts of pressure what the hell zaku yelled Theo nodded toward Shikamaru thanks Shikamaru wek quickly take care of this shikima nodded and replied through grit teeth no problem just hurry up it's too Troublesome to keep him still those who struggled to break free from Naruto's grip but found himself lacking the strength to do so the wicked grin Naruto's mask seemed to make only fueled his attempts to break free aruto slammed his head against dosu momentarily stunning him have you ever heard the saying never hurt what you can't kill we don't plan on making the same mistake Naruto stated before placing one of his feet against dok chest and we don't plan plan on letting you keep these devices he added those who quickly caught onto nutk plan as did Shikamaru and the others much to their Collective horror no do nuto didn't know whether it was dosu who yelled the protest or one of the others but that didn't matter as the words were quickly replaced by doss's Agony F scream two useless bloody appendages were dropped from nutk hands and he made his way to doss's armless form as he flailed around helpless with blood quickly spraying from the Nubs that remained of his arms Sakura's complexion nearly turned as bone wide as the two splinters that jutted from doss's Nubs the image before her seemed to burn its way into her mind and she couldn't bring herself to look away blood covered much of the ground and was clearly visible on Naruto's hands as small droplets fell from them despite the nightmarish picture before her Sakura wished she could mute out the scream she continued to hear to hear even more please please just put him out of his misery deam 10 wasn't fairing any better than sakur shikim was lucky enough to be too busy holding zaku in his shadow to focus on dosu but his pain filled screams got to him Eno had let go of her hold on kin and returned to her body hoping that she wouldn't wake up while the sound nin still suffered Naruto's action seemed to affect Joi most as his kind heart couldn't handle what he witnessed bending over the akamichi released his stomach's contents surprisingly the one who seemed least affected by this was doss's own teammate zaku the look on his face wasn't of horror disgust but surprise didn't think any of these Tree Huggers had it in them he thought morbidly Nudo had finally reached U he simply placed one of his boots on doss's throat slowly adding pressure and choking him a quick jerk of his foot was all nuto needed to end the sound n's life and silence him forever zaku didn't have much time to think afterwards before narudo appeared behind him and knocked him out luckily for Shikamaru he had let go of zaku's Shadow just in time for nord's bald fist to slam over the pressure point at the back of the sound nin's neck Naruto wasn't allowed to relax despite both zaku and kin being unconscious it wasn't The Morbid stairs his fellow Leaf jenon were giving nor was it Le's teammates watching over them no it was the dark chakra that was now floating around the now conscious asuk hollowing Naruto's gaze she soon found Sask standing a foot or so behind her she was glad to see that he was awake but the weird Flamel likee markings that covered over half of his body and the visible purple chakra unsettled her who did this to you despite the concerned question sasu Cas Sakura couldn't help but feel the malice behind it a sound nin attacked us while you were unconscious B but it is okay nuto and the others protect us At The Mention Of nutk name sas's anger grew and his Focus shifted from Sakura to Naruto reaching into one of his pouches he produced the fake Scroll of Heaven this your idea of prank sasu growled out Nudo only returned Sask glare what you angry that your bargaining chip wasn't available he proceeded to pull out the real Scroll of Heaven an act meant to mock Sask Sask anger Rose and he threw the fake scroll at Naruto the fake scroll was batted away and Naruto leapt to the site in time to dodge sas's rushed kick never thought we'd use the last of our strength to defend ourselves from Sask thought Naruto as he fought back sakuru watched in confusion and fear as her two teammates fought it just seemed like no matter what happened something horrible seemed to follow Naruto showed up to protect her only to traumatize her with one of the goriest kills she'd ever seen and sasu woke up only to be surrounded by a chakra that Disturbed her and had even begun fighting Nudo team 10 didn't try to intervene as they didn't know who to help and were unsure if they could stop either one Sask was sent flying thanks to a hook from Nudo instead of his back slamming into the tree he flipped himself over and used it as a springboard kicking off the tree Sask launched himself above Naruto and began a series of hand seals he's stronger and faster than before Naruto thought to himself the large intake of air from sasu Naruto the fire Jutsu coming unfortunately he had been prepared for a large Fireball not the multiple fire blasts that exploded forth explosions littered the forest floor around Naruto and a pain filled the air smoke slowly cleared and Naruto stood amongst the burnt Earth half of the clothes on his upper body were burnt off his mask gave we to reveal the right side of his face showing his long forgotten whisker marks and the matching side of his jacket and shirt were now replaced by the burnt skin of his pectoral and arm the blinding pain Naruto felt was easily ignored in place of the anger that coursed through him Sask and Naruto stared each other down once more waiting for any signal to let loose the pent up rage both head for the other finally the two dashed towards each other with the intent to end each other mere inches away from each other both seemed Frozen and unsure their hands were pulled back and ready to strike but the pink-haired girl between them prevented either from finishing their attack Sakura's soft hands pressed against both teens chest and they looked at her face to see the tears spill from her eyes please just please stop fighting she begged weakly Nudo hesitated for a few seconds before dropping his fist and walking over to dok corpse sasu simply stood stunned unsure of what happened relieved filled Sakura when she saw that Naruto wasn't continuing the fight and that the dark chakra and odd marks began to fade from Sask rumaging through dosu supplies Naruto found the scroll of Earth pocketing the scroll Naruto walked over to the hall of Sakura had used before to hide in and slowly let his body fall and relax on the cool Earth Sakura Naruto yelled out hearing her name called she turned her attention over to Naruto and panicked when she saw his prone form rushing over she kneeled next to him and rested a hand on his side being careed to not put too much pressure on his burnt skin you okay nuto she asked with genuine concern nuto didn't look up but he did nod we need you to use any ninja wire we have and restrain the remaining sound nins they work for rajim Maru we need to take them to the Hokage the seriousness in nunk voice told her to do as he asked without question but the exhaustion that echoed from him only fueled her concern are you sure you're okay yes akura we just need to rest please tell shikim we said thanks Naruto replied two days later it had taken two days of rest for both nuto and sasu to be able enough to fight in truth Naro could have been ready the next day but with his symbiot it was expected for him to recover faster Sasuke's curse mark was another factor in his slower recovery ever since the seal had been put in place he hadn't been able to mulch Akra as easily and he would go through fits of pain at random moments once Sask was able to confidently fight they decided to complete the second portion of the exams team seven made their way towards the Tower with nuto carrying both zaku and kin just as he did with Haku he used parts of his symbiot to bind them speaking of his symbiot it had regenerated enough as recreate his clothes this didn't go unnoticed by his teammates and when they asked how his clothes had returned to normal nuto lied using the excuse that he had storage seals with spare clothing it would be another day of travel before they reached the center of the forest and both kin and zaku presented much protest and struggle as they moved on Naruto had wanted to arrive at the tower sooner but Sakura argued that with both scrolls in possession they shouldn't rush to the Tower and make themselves an easy target once they finally did arrive at their destination they were greeted by a riddle written on one of the walls of the room they entered in the end team seven had to risk disqualification by opening both Heaven and Earth Scrolls which resulted in summoning someone Naruto hadn't expected to see aruka aunan teacher smiled as he looked at Team seven but it lessened as he looked at Naruto and noticed the two tight up sound nin I don't think you're allowed to take prisoners Naruto heruka stated with a jesting voice Naruto shook his head they work for rimu the mere name made ARA's face grow Stern and he moved closer to Naruto I heard that HEK been seen here in koha but I didn't know that the sound was his ninja I take it you will want to see the Hokage aruto nodded As He adjusted kin over his shoulder GS in serat toi could feel his age really affect him at the moment and s-ranking nin was currently using koha as his personal playground and to make matters worse it was his old student at the moment the Hokage could only be happy that both nuto and ano had managed to escape with their lives and that nothing further had occurred he took a long drag of his pipe and letting the smoke float for his mouth before turning to team seven and the other occupants of the spare office room Kakashi stood behind his students SW Luka and anko stood at the side everyone I want to thank you for the information you have provided Kakashi I need you to place a counter seal over the curse mark I would have jera handle it but he isn't here at the moment the cashi nodded before placing a hand on sas's shoulder and disappearing in a swirl of leaves the Hokage then turned to aruka I would like you and M Haruno to wait outside there's something I want to discuss with anko and Naruto in private aruka did as he was told and exited the room with Sakura closing the door behind him he could faintly sense seals going off most likely to prevent any sound from escaping the room a few minutes passed as the two simply stood in silence while they waited for nuto to exit the room baruka s say Sakura whispered yes Sakura heruka asked with a curious look Sakura opened her mouth to speak but nothing came out she closed her mouth and bit her lip before opening it again well what have we gotten ourselves into don't think too hard about arachim Maru you and the others did nothing to drag yourself in that's not what I'm talking about aruka looked at Sakura questionably before understanding came across his face he placed a gentle hand onto her shoulder feeling the shutters that racked her body I had hoped my students wouldn't have to face the side of a ninja's life for a bit longer aruka stated zakura shook her head nuto he ripped that sound in theart before our very eyes I didn't even kill him and yet I'm still haunted by his screams how could Naruto do that and appear completely unfaced I don't know heruka whispered Naro has been an enigma to me ever since I've known him I know that Naruto has had a hard life even more than most orphans have maybe nuto has had to kill before in order to save his own life or maybe he's just holding it in where no one can see I mean he is wearing a mask aruka allowed Sakura a minute to soak in everything she had been told before continuing that being said I understand what you are feeling right now it's not easy to witness such horrid deaths whether it be an enemy or an ally unfortunately this is a part of life for Ninja I have seen my enemy hit with a fire Jutsu and survive only to scream for the remainder of their life as the burns send them into shock I had a close encounter with a wind Jutsu once I never even saw it coming until someone pushed me out of the way watching my comrade's body Fall to Pieces due to hairline slashes is one of the few things I never want to see again zakura shook her head in the hopes of ridding herself of the mental images that formed what am I supposed to do about nuto I haven't been able to speak two words to him without talking to the team as a whole and every time I look at him I see blood covering his hands baruka let out a sigh I don't know what to tell you but I should inform you that nuto will most likely see the blood on his hands far more than you do whatever reason Naruto had for killing in such a way it doesn't change the fact that he killed that ninja he will have to live with it and the sad fact is that there will be many more for Naruto and you as well Sakura's eyes widened upon hearing this instead of trying to deny or lie to herself she just went silent inside the office there is a lot going on and arachim Maru seems to be at the center of everything Naruto stated gisen nodded before taking a puff of his pipe with the sound nins taking orders from arachim Maru it's safe to say that he is odo's leader and has its entire Army at his disposal which still doesn't explain why he has marked Sask with a curse mark arach wouldn't return just for Sask not during a time when our security is at its highest not much is known about Odo but it isn't large enough to successfully attack koha maybe he has more than just an army Naruto stated as he reached into his jacket and pulled out a slightly burnt card luckily sas's fire Jutsu didn't hit the majority of it thought Naruto as he handed the card to the Hokage the participant by the name of Kabuto yakushi had a deck of cards each card holds information on different ninja and this card was among them the Hokage studied the card for several seconds before he understood what was wrong with the situation there's no way he should know all of this harisen spoke out loud we thought the same thing ever since we've met kabudo we haven't been able to trust him his demeanor and the things he says tells us that he's far more than he pretends to be said Nudo then Co opened her mouth to speak Kabuto yakushi I remember his name he's the one that Joan and medic brought to our Village from a battle several years ago his record is rather ordinary nothing really impressive but if heun's a spy then this would explain a lot gisen shook his head in disbelief a spy amongst us this would explain how rajim Maro managed to slip by the patrols hopefully the two sound nins we brought in will give us some information we would advise extra guards for their cells don't need them killed off under our nose said nuto brats got a point I doubt rachim will simply let them live anko added the Hokage nodded in agreement true I'll assign more U to watch over them what about Kabuto it wouldn't be smart to allow spy to roam around as he pleases the Hokage nodded in agreement with nutk statement wek wait until after the second portion of the exams before we apprehend him same goes for the sound Jonah this way arachim Maru will believe that we haven't caught onto Kabuto or Odo the grunt escaped anko's clenched teeth the hand she had pressed against her shoulder told the Hokage exactly what the cause was for her pain The Curse Mark still acting up he stated one of Naruto's eyebrows Rose as he took interest in the subject what exactly is the curse mark it's asuk that we lack confidence in the Hokage cleared his throat to regain both ninjas attention is there anything else that either of you would like to inform me about both nins thought for a second before shaking their heads in that case you are both dismissed I would recommend resting for the majority of your stay here Naruto nuto nodded and didn't bother asking why if the Hokage was going to tell him he'd have done so following anko out the door he saw Sakura standing next to aruka the fact that Sakura looked away from him wasn't missed and he decided that he would figure out what it was about later for now he just wanted a decent meal and a place to sleep hey anko before you go any chance this place has a cafeteria we haven't eaten anything but fish for the past couple of days enko Shrugged her shoulders yeah yeah there's one somewhere in this place just have aruka there lead you to it she said before disappearing into a hallway arudo turned to aruka afterwards all right lead the way 2 Days Later nuto stood in a room with 20 other jenin around him all attention was toward Ward the Hokage and many others that stood around him behind the Hokage were two statues of mesh covered arms forming a hand sign the Hokage began explaining the true meaning of the tunin exams and how they were meant to supposedly prevent Wars Naruto only gave partial attention to what was being said as he chose to study his surrounding instead the circular floor they stood on was littered with cracks and scuff marks an upper level surrounded them men was fenced off by sets of rails the hokage's advise from the day before and his observations helped Naro realize that the room they were in was an arena of some sort nuto picked up on the bickering around him and heard the Hokage mention something about a preliminary round a smile crossed Naruto's face at the thought of being able to actually fight one-on-one suddenly an ill-looking man decided to take over for the Hokage and explain the reason behind the preliminary round once the new examiner was done explaining he decided to inform them of their choices if you don't believe you can continue the exams let us know now before we start before letting out several coughs the Hokage anko and nuto all watched as Kabuto raised his hand sorry but I don't think I can continue the new examiner hey check him off a list all right are there anymore that would like to quit now the other Jen and were talking amongst them while nuto watched kabuta leave as this happened Sakura began trying to convince asuk to drop out due to the curse mark something he had no intentions of doing this is the one time where I can test myself and see where I stand in the world I've told you before I'm an Avenger if you take this away from me I wouldn't forgive even you Sakura Sakura's eyes went wide as the tone of sas's voice told her that he was serious she relented afterwards and simply prayed that he'd be okay seeing as no one else was going to leave hey began the preliminary if everyone will leave the arena we will begin a jenon walked up a set of stairs and were soon joined by their Jon and Sensei some of the Jen and wondered how their opponents would be selected only to get their answer in the form of a flat screen that lowered from the ceiling two sets of names rapidly flipped through the screen before stopping the selected names were sass and Kiba the inuka gave an excited yell before taking his place on the Arena floor Sask simply jumping down into his spot opposite of Kiba Naruto couldn't help but feel disappointed as he watched medic nins pick up kiba's burned body and carry it out of the room on a gurnie his faithful dog following after them Kiba had told akimaru to stay out of the fight as he wanted to prove that he could take on saso by himself the fight had started out as a trade of punches and kicks sas's eyes were blazing with the Sharingan to Tomo form with his Sharingan active Sask began winning the TJ Jutsu fight as he began to predict kiba's movements realizing that he was losing the fight Kiba retreated away from Sask who threw several kunai and shuriken without hesitation Kiba pulled out his trump card his features became more beast-like as he hunched over and jumped towards the projectiles many had gasped as Kiba suddenly spun his body around till it appeared as nothing but a gray Cyclone easily knocking the projectiles aside Kiba continued flying toward Sask a stinging pain in his neck caught Sask off guard and he had only been able to barely Dodge and three long slashes ran down sasukes arm as proof that he had not been able to fully Dodge the attack as soon as kiba's feet touched the ground he turned around and leapt toward zuk again this time before spinning his body he threw a smoke bomb onto the ground the clouds of smoke effectively blocked both participates Vision as well as hiding them from The Spectators but kba's sight being taken away did little to hinder his attacks as he could still smell Sask who on the other hand had to trust his ears to alert him Sask had managed to dodge kiba's Airborne body but only by split seconds When the Smoke cleared Sask stood with various claw-like slashes riddling his body an overconfident Kiba didn't even bother throwing another smoke bomb and spun toward Sask again not intending to throw away an opening Sask spun through hand seals before leaping to the side once again pain throbbed from his curse mark this time however sassu gritted his teeth and ignored it as kiba's hurling form passed by sasu launched a fireball from his mouth the second the large Fireball hit the torrent of wind spread the flames and soon covered kiba's body the inuzuka rolled against the ground and his body shook as The Scorch marks covering him throbbed a pain-filled cry rolling out of his mouth he had tried to get up but quickly collapsed back onto the ground seeing that the fight was over hey declared Sask the winner after that fight a few quick ones passed by tenton had fought gar and had to Forfeit when she discovered that none of her thrown weapons could get through G's sand the fact that his opponent had quit before he could even fight it infuriated gar the stern command from as Joon and Sensei seemed to keep gar from attacking his defeated opponent though nuto doubted gar even considered the man as his Sensei the fight afterwards was hanata against one of the rain jenin the fight began with a rain nin performing a jinjutsu that created several copies of himself and scattering them among the room the Shai hauga though nervous kept herself from being too distracted from the copies and activated her by aigan the rain nin had ignorantly ignored the change in her eyes and made his way towards her back a second he was within a few feet feet Hinata spun around and began stabbing her index and middle finger into several spots of his body shutting off his chakra points in the process the rain nin had tried to make a retreat only to have his legs shut down as well but her opponent unable to move Hinata took a few steps back and waited for ha to declare her the winner before taking her place back on the upper level arudo decided to make his way over to team8 and congratulate hanata good job hanata D thank why you she stuttered out with a dark blush covering her cheeks the RO chuckled at Hinata's shyness before looking at Shino and seeing his tense figure looking at the screen he noticed that Shino name was shown on the screen while the other name had yet to be picked sho's posture relaxed and he let out a sigh of relief when the name mumit tsugi appeared nuto chuckled as sho's team gave the ab questioning look having noticed the looks he was given Sho decided to explain himself there are two people here that I do not wish to fight gar and Naruto he said in his usual Stoke voice ah what's wrong Shino we wouldn't bite much Naro said chuckling after he said much the NAT and Kur andai couldn't help but giggle at sho's expense as true as that is I rather not fight you sho stated as he walked by them and made his way down to his spot in the arena baruto looked over at misumi and noticed that he was one of Kabuto's teammates the realization came from the fact that just as the sound nin seemed to have a dress code so did Kabutos the only difference between mumi and Kabuto's choice in clothing was that mumi draped a purple cloth over his face face and wore his headband in a bandana style similar to Naro along within glasses his skin was slightly tanned and his eyes seemed in a permanently narrowed manner the fight didn't last long after he announced the start as mumi didn't appear to have any longrange Jutsu with nothing preventing Shino from swarming the so-called Fel Lea nin with his bugs the match ended when Shino returned to the upper level Naruto decided to State his disappointment gez how the hell did he get this far looks like you were given a free pass Sho the bug user agreed with nuto and began thinking of several reasons his opponent was so simple to overtake seeing as his friend was analyzing his situation Naruto turned his attention back to the board and watched as two more names were picked he burst into a fit of laughter when Sakura and Eno's names appeared the other leaf nins that knew Sakura and Eno didn't join in Naruto's laughter as they were aware of the broken friendship and rivalry between the two teenage girls oddly enough the match lasted far longer than any of the others before it but 15 minutes into the match Eno had captured Sakura and her family's Jutsu and possessed her body nuto had to admit that what Eno had done was rather smart using her hair to stop Sakura's from moving but he couldn't help feel bad for Sakura and decided to at least cheer for his teammate hopefully help boost her morale and give her a small boost in the fight strangely enough Sakura had managed to break free and Eno had returned to her body afterwards the two ended up knocking each other out with a single punch something that once again had nuto laughing loudly while the others simply stared in shock both as Tuma and Kakashi dropped down onto the Arena floor in order to retrieve their respective students but the arena now empty save for hay the board once more began the process of choosing the next two participants nuto jumped over the railing without a second's hesitation when he saw his name flash to life and waited for his opponent for some reason unknown to Naruto Hinata's eyes widened when she saw her cousin's name appear she sent a worried look towards nuto hoping he'd leave the arena in the same condition he entered nuto looked towards the opposite end of the circular room and saw nii hauga aside from the obvious fact that he was a hyuga Naruto didn't know much more about his opponent he didn't know about his status the fact that niiji was Hinata's cousin nor the real reason he wore his headband over his forehead you should give up and spare yourself the embarrassment nii stated in a matter of fact tone nuto chuckled as he began to approach the center of the Arena oh and what makes you believe you win because fate is already determined the outcome of this fight nii had expected many responses Defiance anger sh shock and even fear but never did he expect full-blown laughter Naro bent over and held his ribs as his laughs bounced off the walls and his eyes filled with tears of amusement as he began to calm down nuto gave nii an amused look if there truly is such a thing as fate then it is abandoned you nii's pupiless eyes seemed to focus as veins around his eyes bulged you can't say I didn't warn you he said as he dropped into a low stance one arm pulled back and allowed it rest behind him while his other hand was brought forward with the Palm facing the n nutk Amusement had yet to fade as he let out a few small laughs if there is such a thing as fate then it brought the symbiot to us P looked at both teams before starting the match begin nii had chosen to remain glued to his spot while Naro began to walk a slow circle around him a LAX posture as his only stance as his opponent stalked around him nii turned his body so as to keep him in front of him not that he needed to Nudo finally stopped and dashed towards nii when they were within Striking Distance the two clashed nuto threw in several punches and kicks while niiji retaliated with many thrusts using his middle and index finger after landing a hook across nii's Temple Naruto staggered back gentle fists are ass it felt like he just drove several 4inch nails through our muscles thought Naruto as he rubbed one of the spots that had been hit nii couldn't chase after Naruto as his vision had become blurred and fuzzy the spot over his Temple already showing signs of bruising how Preposterous you think you can beat the hyuga style with brawling nii stated in dis relief nuto ignored nii's words and shot a small thread towards nii yanking back as soon as the symbia touched him a quick shop from nii severed the thread but this didn't stop him from hurling towards the wall instead of hitting the wall head first nii flipped his body and landed on his feet and prepared to kick off at least it was his plan instead nuto had already jumped onto the same wall landing on all four Limbs and lunged towards him Naruto tackled nii off the wall his hands holding on to nii's shoulders while his feet planted themselves onto his torso so as soon as nii's back touched the hard ground Naruto kicked off not but before the hyuga slammed a gentle fist strike over his heart both teens attacks rewarded them with pain grunts before the two separated Naruto flipped away from niji and landed on his hands and knees his back facing towards the hyuga's down form coughing could be heard from narudo and the white teeth of his mask slowly stained red with blood as he attempted to calm his breathe as soon as Naruto stood a cold chill went up his spine I can't believe I've been forced to fight you seriously said nii between pain gasps Nudo turned around and saw that niiji was now in a different stance one that had him lower his entire body so that his left extended hand nearly touched his foot and his right hovered High behind him before narudo could even react niji blurred towards him and landed two strikes two Palms nii declared Naruto took a step back as the impact pushed him and found that nii wasn't done yet as he continued thrusting even more sets of strikes as nii struck he openly stated the CI was on four Palms eight Palms 16 Palms 32 Palms each strike pushed nuto further and further until his back met the wall 64 Palms niiji finished as he hit nuto with the remaining 32 strikes of his attack cracks formed in the wall behind nuto as his body became abused against it with t attack finished his entire body seemed to slump and it appeared that the only thing holding him up was the wall he seemed embedded nii took a step back and observed his work a smile crept across his face despite his labored breathes I told you that you were fated to lose I've shut down all of your chakra points the fact that you're still standing is surprising enough confidence exuded off of him as he turned his head towards hay I've won call the match deciding to take one last look nii turned back towards Naruto only to have an open hand block his vision and slam him against the wall hanada amongst others that knew about the gentle fist stared on in shock as the two had now switched places Nudo smiled as he held nii lifting him off the ground and proceeded to repeatedly slam his head against the wall his chakra points had indeed been shut down as the pain coursing through his body made it easy to know even without the allseeing Byakugan but while nuto had chakra points his symbiot did not at the moment Naruto wasn't truly moving his simbiat was controlling his body like a marionette with a puppet despite his predicament niji didn't simply sit or hang idly and allow nuto to slam him against the wall and proceeded to attempt to fight back he threw strikes to the arm holding him and attempted to throw kicks that would hopefully Force Naro to let go but this proved useless as his kicks couldn't gain enough strength while being held above the ground and his strikes couldn't do anything to the already shut down chakra points the cracks and indent created from nut's body being beaten into the wall paled in comparison to the crater that nii's body created and continued to deepen after the eight slam nii stopped fighting back and a look in between nito's fingers would show that nii's eyes began to roll into the back of his head Naruto brought niji closer to him so he could whisper a few words of advice I could care less if you decide to believe that everyone has a fate that they can't be avoid But realize this if there is such a thing then fate gave us the unbreakable Shield to your sword fate decided to have you fight an opponent you couldn't defeat and fate abandoned you to the beating you have received one of nii's hands suddenly shot forward and struck nuto left pectoral a defiant look in his eyes as he fought to stay conscious blood seeped through nk's mask and dripped down his chin despite the pain Naruto simply chuckled goo OD fight back don't let a word decide everything for you he said before slamming nii against the wall One Last Time forcing him unconscious nii's body dropped against the ground and Naruto walked away as ha declared him the winner jumping back onto the upper level Naro became aware of the stairs he got from his fellow Leaf nin sheo shook his head as he understood what many were thinking as he couldn't logically explain how Naruto could move after having his chakra points shut off either but sheo had learned long ago that nuto defied logic on many occasions hoping to help one of his few friends from the awkward attention Sho decided to speak upow do you see why I don't want to fight him his fighting style reminds me far too much like a spider the Now red teeth on nutk mask mimicked the appreciative smile he had and Naruto sent a nod towards Sho a hidden message Sho understood and returned many of the leaf nins took their attention away from nuto but some still kept an eye on him especially Hinata and he continued to fight through sheer determination alone she asked herself her bacugan act event showing her yet another mystery as his chakra points began to turn on one after another like stars in the sky once nii had been removed from the arena via medic nins the fights continued Shikamaru ended up fighting one of the rain jenon just as his teammate did the rain nin created several jinjutsu clones except he proceeded to hide in one of the Shadows created from set clones anyone that knew about the Nara Clan and their abilities would have known better chikim left the arena after forcing his opponent to slam his head against the arena wall afterwards choji Frau against tamari in the middle of the fight nuto commented on how Choi never stood a chance especially with how tamari could use her fan to float above Choi as he turned himself into a living bowling baller meat tank as his Jutsu implied after choji was forced to revert back tamari swung her fan and created a tornado that lifted choji off the ground and proceeded to dig several slashes into his skin tamari left the arena untouched while joji had been carried away Lee's battle had him fighting Kabuto's other teammate a fight easily won by Lee as his opponent's main ability revolved around him touching some one in order to absorb their chakra a few punches ended the fight and the final fight between kanguro and the last rain nin before the fight even began kanguro released the bandages from the contraption on his back and revealed a bizarre Brown humanized puppet The Shaggy wig acted as the puppet's hair and it had been given three eyes its long dirt colored cloak covered much of its body except for its four arms and two legs that hung lazily beneath it at the start of the match K kuro's puppet flew across the room and latched its forearms around the Rainman let me get gu you were going to create clones and hide kanguro stated smugly well too bad give up or I'll have Crow crush your bones he threatened but no way out the Rainin had no choice but to give in p8 the Hokage and the other examiners approached the center of the arena and signaled for the winners to approach a week later Theo traveled across koha in search of a Sensei after the preliminaries ended the Hokage explained that they would have a month to rest and prepare for the third and final part of the tunin exams afterwards anko walked in front of them and had them Reach into a box to take a number Naruto didn't pay attention to the numbers the others received and simply waited patiently for his turn while taking the time to properly admire anko's curves something that anko was fully aware of as she sent a playful glare at Naruto once it was his turn to draw a number when everyone was done drawing their number a chart was displayed to show everyone who they would fight Naruto snickered at the fact that he would get to fight the person that beat Sask Lee afterwards Kakashi had offered to train both Sask and Naruto but Naruto had pass casted up and warned Kakashi exactly what gar was with a new knowledge Kakashi immediately agreed and began making plans to train sasu in a more private area Nudo had chosen to rest the next few days as the gentle fist strikes had harmed him a lot more than he let on afterwards he began trying to find the person he wanted to learn from only problem was that he couldn't seem to find his intended instructor he could have easily asked the Hokage to set up a meeting but chose not to as he felt the old man had enough on his hands so instead nuto began gathering information he asked several questions about his hopeful teacher such as home address hobbies and even places frequented Nar didn't even bother with the home address as he got some unknown thrill from actually having to hunt down his Target so instead he simply waited for the opportune moment to strike he didn't know when his simply search for an instructor became a game but he enjoyed it Landing in front of a small restaurant he proceeded to walk in scanning the room he quickly spotted his Target and continued to silently move forward until he was a mere feet away hello anko isn't it such a nice day anko quickly spun around with a kunai in her hand stopping once she saw Nudo and a grin spread across her face well if it isn't nuto shouldn't you be training with Kakashi Naruto took his seat next to anko and ordered a plate of Dango we passed up the chance in order to seek training from someone that interests us enko's brow Rose in interests oh and who is the person you plan to have train you why you of course Naro said playfully his words shocked her only for moment before her earlier attitude came back ha and why would you want me to train well we're at it why should I take time out of my schedule to train you Theo chuckled why wouldn't we want someone as skilled and beautiful to train us flattery will only get you so far brat Theo's order of Dango finally arrived and nuto slid the plate towards anko oh we have much more than flattery to offer in return for your tutelage picking up one of the sticks of Dango anko bit off one of the round balls of pastry but I can easily buy my own Dango instead of getting discouraged narut simply decided to up the trade carefully walking behind anko he placed his hands on her shoulders and began messaging them there are other things we can offer things that someone of your career could easily buy but wouldn't get the quality of service we offer mmmm you have a point there said anko as she enjoyed the sensation of the knots on her shoulders being rubbed loose she had already decided to train him but it wouldn't have been any fun if she gave into to his request immediately truth be told nuto interested her the fact that the Hokage spoke so highly of him during the genen and team selections had made her curious and now she had been given the chance to actually train him so tell me Brad when do you want to start the son damn did she hate it during a morning or evening as far as she knew like this her head throbbed a noise too loud might as well have been Nails across a chalkboard and she felt a pressure on her stomach that didn't usually exist after five more minutes of unsuccessful attempts to fall asleep again anko finally cracked open one of her eyes and saw a head full of blonde hair lying across her stomach a frown appeared on her face when she couldn't recall the specific details of last night she tried to gain a closer look at his face but the wild hair and the fact that he was facing away blocked her view moving wasn't an option as she quite honestly didn't want to move at the moment and doing so regardless would most likely alert her intrude her guest so instead she simply resigned herself to studying him and her surroundings the blond teen was sprawled out on his back on top of her bed with limbs hanging over the bed much like herself and used her stomach as a pillow aside from his black long sleeved shirt and matching boxers he was half naked the closer look at herself revealed that she wasn't in any better condition as she was only dressed in her mesh top and skirt her belt half undone if we were planning on doing something we passed out way before we could get to the good stuff now that she was done accessing his and her situation she turned her attention to the rest of her room her dark green Walls seemed to help dull the headache she had at the moment while looking at her floor only aggravated it with how the light seemed to brighten from the cream color pieces of clothes littered the ground among various other things such as Scrolls and ninja items it wasn't exactly a mess though it definitely needed some cleaning done she attributed the knocked over lamp next to her drawer as a casualty from making her way to the bed last night her guest as she accepted him as finally moved his head so that it was facing the valley of her breast and anko got a better look at him some of his hair still shadowed his face but that was quickly solved with a slip of her fingers anko could admit to feeling slightly better knowing that Naruto was the one currently sleeping on her bed and not some stranger she got too drunk to scare away seeing his face reminded her of the last few weeks and how she grew to like the blonde Jen and and his I don't give a damn attitude do having been given the opportunity to train and observe Naruto helped TKO understand what the Hokage saw in him while licha could copy a Jutsu with a mere glance of their Sharingan that was all they could do just copy it Naruto on the other hand was different he was a fast learner that was for sure it had only taken him a little over a week to learn and perform what she taught him flawlessly but he didn't stop there anko learned exactly what serat toi meant when he said that Naro didn't really need a Sensei after learning the two Jutsu he was taught he continued experimenting with the Jutsu and learning to use them in various ways anko had never thought of another thing anko found out was that nuto didn't merely spend his time learning new Jutsu like many would as he made sure to continue training himself physically as well though looking at his body made that obvious deciding to observe his physical training brought anko to Naruto's house and gave her further insight into he was surprisingly Nar was rather neat and kept his house clean for the most part another thing she learned was that he made do with what he had instead of sleeping in his bedroom he slept on his couch the reason for this was so he could turn his bedroom into a workout room complete with a bench press among other weightlifting tools seeing the various weights made it easy to see how nuto had gained the muscles that were uncommon on a teen his age she hadn't truly expected it but at the end of each Training Day Naruto kept his word a plate full of Dango a pleasing shoulder and back massage and to top it all off good company were her payments at the end of each day nuto he was different from most people it was rare to find someone like herself that didn't care about what most people thought it's not like she was lonely anko had several people she could call her friends but most of them were either co-workers or women her age and had their own stress to deal with Naruto was a breathe of fresh air just someone she could relax with without trading stories of dislike or boredom the groan from Naruto woke Cano from her thoughts and hinted to her that he was waking up as well she fixated him with a stare as she waited with curious Mischief pondering what his exact reaction would be robbing it was the first thing he felt heard and couldn't get out of his mind as he woke up the sun caused his eyelids to scrunch as the Rays of light were highly uncomfortable on his face nevertheless he opened his eyes to begin the process of waking nuto hadn't questioned the odd sensation of his pillow or the fact that his couch felt far too comfortable or spacious at least not until he came face to face with the thinly veiled bust that belonged to o he was smart enough to not focus too long on the nicely shaped body as the facts that he was not in his house not on his couch and sleeping on top of someone became apparent his eyes slowly made their way slowly towards anko's face the fural grin on anko's face was all the warning nuto needed and he quickly leapt to his feet just in time to escape anko's reach the sudden movement was a mistake on both sides as they both clutched their heads and groaned as The Hangover hit them harder than before Naruto staggered while attempting to find the nearest bathroom with anko heading towards the kitchen his first task once he closed the door was to rumage through anko's medicine cabinet looking over and reading the ingredients of any overthe counter medicine he could find the throbbing of his head made it hard to concentrate and the Symbiotes angry chastising of how nuto poisoned them didn't make things any better after finding that none of the medicines alone would solve his current problem Naruto grabbed a small white bottle of aspirin and swallowed two of the white pills it wouldn't C that was obvious despite his current dress attire oddly enough it was the fact that he was wearing little clothes that helped convince him that nothing happened normally he slept naked and the fact that he wore anything last night hinted that he had enough sense to keep at least some of his clothes on anko not killing him in his sleep was another nice Assurance making his way back to the door he allowed a small sliver of his symbiot to crawl through the crack of the door and check on where anko was finding that she was not in her bedroom Naruto opened the door and gave a quick command for his suit to add on a pair of pants for him afterwards he made his way to the kitchen stopping only to raid the fridge and in order to mix various ingredients to finish his cure he gave his mystery brew a final stir before heading towards the living room and finding anko Laying across her couch while watching a program on her TV if she was curious about where he found his pants she didn't show it instead she gave the red liquid Naruto was drinking a questioning look what the hell is that she asked bluntly Nudo took another gulp before answering secret hangover cure his answer being roughly sarcastic anko simply stared at the cup in nut's hand for several minutes before holding her hand out noticing the outstretched limb Naruto decided to take one last Swig before handing the remains over looking into the half-filled cup anko gave a cautionary sniff before jerking back like an animal smelling something possibly dangerous what's it made of she asked arunk face split into a grin already feeling The Hangover slowly disappear it wouldn't be a secret if we told you he stated with more Glee than anko liked pinching her nose anko attempted to drink the remaining red liquid in one gulp the digits closing her nostrils did nothing to prevent the burning sensation that traveled down her throat if it wasn't for the fact that her headache was dulling anko would swear she was being pranked into drinking a Tabasco fil drink nuto chuckled as he watched anko's face turn red while she attempted to keep tears from spilling from her eyes with his hangover slowly leaving him his memories of the previous night began to return to him though it held its gaps but line here the bar was filled with several voices each talking about their own topics and news random chatter such as this was not uncommon in such a place especially one that's common goal was to serve liquor of various flavors and potencies but what was uncommon was the sight that many had focused their eyes on at the front of the bar centered in the center of the bar stools was anko and nuto both laughing and drunk seeing anko around wasn't surprising and seeing nuto with his Leaf headband on wasn't surprising either being a licensed ninja allowed anyone to be considered an adult and nuto wasn't the first jenin to ever have a drink at a young age and wouldn't be the last what did surprise many was that anko had walked in with nuto and ever sin sat talked and even drank with him most times that anko came to have a drink she did it alone and any guy that had decided to attempt to flirt with her or openly stared at her figure too perversely found that their good night was cut short yet here was a boy half their age admiring her body for all it was worth and openly making flirtatious comments about her some believed the only reason nuto had not been beaten within an inch of his life was the fact that he was still only a teen others had believed that anko had simply gotten two drops to care though this theory was quickly thrown away when a what he must have thought of himself at the time stud decided to try and steal ano from nuto many could still remember Naruto's laughter while Lano began to tear into the so-called stud verbally and forced the man out of the bar with a whole slew of threats and Promises you've had enough son the barkeeper stated as he proceeded to try and remove the bottle of whiskey from in front of Naruto both Naruto and anko's hand shot forward and grabbed a part of the half full bottle NOS NOS this is my students and I wants to ciber is his first time in Zar all poers anko said nuto nodded sloppily while agreeing with anko yeah we still have a BBB back Wes needs an ABC the bartender gave a confused look at Naruto and ABC Once Again Naruto sloppily nodded his head and Al cohol blood contents bco began laughing at Naruto's stupid joke and the waiter let out a sigh when he saw that he wouldn't be prying the bottle from their hands before they succumbed to alcohol poisoning have it your way gladly both exclaimed the two refilled their glasses before continuing their social drinking enko ya sure we should be drinking this much as a few days before the chunin exams Nito asked anko chuckled before taking another sip of her drink kamasan why you've already learne the things ya wanted to learn froms me w wats a day or two's recovering from a hangover she said before breaking out into a laugh the laugh seemed infectious at least for Naruto as he began laughing with her the rest of their night continued going along similar as time went by before they both left to retire for the night don't joke Naro said thano's cough slowly died down as the burning sensation slowly dulled a glare was sent towards Naro not that he minded ano had opened her mouth to speak but a horse weas was all she could manage letting up she returned to the kitchen only to come out with a glass of water she downed half of the glass before making her second attempted speech ah so tell me what all do you remember about last night she asked bits and pieces we went to a bar talked drank and returned Here Naruto said nothing happened between us he decided to add andco let out an amused laugh I figured as much still got my panties on she whispered the last part though nutk ears picked upon it you never told me what your strategies are for your opponents anko suddenly brought up Nudo simply gave anko a curious look while she returned the look well don't you think as your Sensei no matter how temporary you should tell me your battle plan after a moment's thought nuto began listing off the different strategies he had planned out Hinata will be the easiest we get the feeling she doesn't want to fight us though if she does decide to fight us we'll handle her like we did nii we guess we shouldn't be as rough shikim will be trouble that is if he has taught the more Advanced Techniques of his family otherwise he'll just be an annoyance we best assume he has been taught even so so long as we keep our distance he won't be able get us you shouldn't underestimate him he may be lazy but he's far smarter than anyone your age arudo nodded in understanding that might be true but his stamina sucks if I was fighting all three of the inoshikacho then we'd be worried but alone he'll have to find a way to capture us himself something we intend to only allow after we've exhausted him Eno nodded her head all right how about the others then such as your teammate sasuko began laughing we highly doubt we'll have to fight Sask what makes you think that he'll lose his match anko asked a puzzled look Crossing her face s suuk 's first opponent is gar HEK a fellow Jin chuii Naro partially lied at most Kakashi could have taught sasu how to survive his fight I doubt sassu could have been taught enough to actually beat gar with only a month of training she had to agree with him a jenon no matter how talented couldn't hope to actually beat a host of one of the tailed beasts with only a month's worth of training well how do you plan to beat gar then the question was followed with silence as nark face crunched in thought we doubt that he has shown his full power but from what has been SC it revolves around his sand so far the only plan we have been able to come up with is to force him to chase us with his sand then after it's been spread out far enough we'll close in and attempt to fight him hopefully his sand will be too thin to block our attacks Eno's face mirrored narut that doesn't sound like much of a plan she stated beruto shook his head we know unfortunately if we can't th out his sand no attack with closer long range will be able to harm him she saw the sense in that but but still you're relying on a theory then again it's not like you can simply look up his information and find a weak spot okay well let's move on to your other opponents arudo continued explaining the rest of his strategies to anko afterwards he headed home in order to truly rest for the remaining two days two days later anko couldn't help but notice how quiet the stadium seemed despite how packed the rows upon rows of seats were yeah the final part of the tuning exams had yet to start but one would think the several hundred people talking would seem loud I didn't think you would be here anko asked a feminine voice anko looked at her side to see kurai and Kiba approaching the empty seats next to her Kiba still had bandages wrapped around various places on his body luckily his hood protected his head and hair from the majority of sasukes fire Jutsu anko smiled as kurai and her students sat down I really didn't plan on attending but my student asked me to babysit his friend I don't need you to babysit me Haku growled out from the seat behind her G and I ignored the feminine boy in favor of feeding her curiosity your student I didn't know you had one en Co chuckled well I didn't before last month but 3 weeks ago he approached me and asked for my tutelage he Kur and I stated before she began openly ticking off the known male competitors and the reason they wouldn't go after anko in order to learn and be sasuka Naruto they have Kakashi to teach them after this was said anko's smile grew mischievous and a small bit of her tongue stuck out between her teeth this wasn't missed by Kur andai and she quickly moved on it which one anko puffed out her chest much to kiba's Delight it was Naruto said I had something that Kakashi couldn't offer him gai's face crunched up in confusion what do you have that Kakashi the copy nin doesn't ah I can't go and tell the enemy what my student has up his sleeves anko said the enemy Kur and I asked confused yeah you have two students in this tournament the other here having an unsuccessful talk with pretty boy here having heard this kba abandoned his one-sided conversation so where is Naro I don't see him there yet Eno simply Shrugged her shoulders nutk apartment nuto looked into the full body mirror his clothes constantly shifting forms need something that's convenient for our fighting style yet appease the judges in what they believe a ninja should look like his mimic U clothing was instantly replaced by a black mimic shunin outfit no don't want to appear cocky let's just start off with the first layer the symbi had morphed into a skin tight bodysuit with a mask covering his head as well all right we want to be noticeable but not too lashy possible clients will want a face the mask withdrew to reveal his tan face blonde spiky hair and blue eyes add some sandals some trousers nut leather and maybe a loose turtleneck the black suit shifted to his desired thoughts he took one last look at his image before adding a few more changes make the sleeves wider and shrink the Torso so that it's almost as skin tight as the first layer and for the Final Touch our own little Insignia the spider emblem that had been on his previous choice of attire bled to life among his new shirts perfect and now for a touch of professionalism he said before making his way towards his dresser picking up his Leaf headband and tying it to his forehead the clock on his wall caught his attention and a slight bit of panic course through him [ __ ] only 5 minutes till the tune and exam start Nudo didn't bother with the door and simply jumped out his living room window reaching the stadium had only taken him roughly 3 to 4 minutes though this had been due to swinging leaping and what many called flying across the village now Nudo stood outside of the Arena contemplating on whether to make a flashy entrance or simply walk in as want to impress a few clients eventually veered him towards being flashy and he began running next to the side wall of the stadium when he reached a fast enough Pace he shot a long thread of his symbiot to the top of the wall allowing his momentum to swing him forward seeing he would need a little more push for his swing to be successful he swung his feet forward giving him the needed inertia having swung full circle Naruto found himself upside down and let go just as his swing brought him over the wall and towards the center of the Arena instead of just allowing his body to fly towards the hard Earth Naruto curled his arms and legs to his chest before letting his body to spin with emotion just as he reached the ground his feet touched down and he slid several feet before coming to a stop in front of the other participants the chorus of claps came from several impressed Spectators with a few murmurs accompanying them baruto looked towards the other contestants to see their reactions hanata looked her usual self blushing and surprisingly she was one of people who clapped gar seemed uninterested in his acrobatic Landing with his siblings giving mixed responses kanguro seemed confused and clearly didn't recognize Naruto and tamari was slightly impressed with a bit of shock added in shikim didn't seem to care and Shino was his usual stoic self though nuto had received the usual greeting nod finally Naruto looked towards his first opponent and found an excited Lee Naruto chuckled at Lee's Behavior most would be nervous from nutk display and the fact that he was their first opponent then again nuto knew that Lee was no pushover into something both boys specialized in b stands looks like he has the right idea anko murmured G and I nodded her head in agreement Wella puzzled Kiba simply stared at Naruto before voicing his confusion right idea what are you talking about anko stayed silent for a few seconds as she observed Naruto the final part of the tunin exams is held with several local and foreign Nobles which in short means clients for us Naruto's new wardrobe is closer to the idea of what most expect ninja to look like with little alterations here and there the small thing such as the large spider emblem on his shirt and his bright blonde hair will make it easier for the Nobles to notice and recognize him more while his dark and lightweight clothing helped the examiners take him more serious add in his special entrance and now he has everyone's attention Viba thought over everything he had been told he understood much of what was said but there were small pieces that didn't seem to make sense so what so important about gaining the Noble's attention he asked curiously panai decided to take over seeing as she was kba say it only made sense that she teach him by gaining the Noble's attention Naruto has gained several possible clients even if he doesn't make tunin he will have several people wanting him for Missions which will give him several chances to be promoted anko interjected before kibba could ask another question K and I decided to continue on the more missions you perform the more Mission reports go in your file if the cage of the village reviews your records and feels that you are ready to become a tunin then there is the possibility that you may be given an alternative tunin test Viba seemed to get excited at the prospect of becoming a tunin soon after the exams and Kur and I decided it was best to better explain things this alternative test is rare though it usually requires several high ranking missions and compliments from clients or higher ranked fellow nins before a cage will decide to review your files in short you would have to be doing exceptionally better than most in your rank gain the satisfaction of various clients and gain the respect of your colleagues nuto has already impressed assuma who has written it down in his mission report which was also copied as a footnote into Naruto's files Biba gave a whistle out of Amazement damn I didn't know Mission reports were so important you should always give full detail when writing a mission report Kur and I stated a report can show if you fraud Infamous foreign nins how you handled various situations among many other things enko laughed just don't go lying on your report it isn't hard for the Hokage to discover if you're lying one way or another he will find out and when that happens you better EXP ECT a lost in rank at the very least G and I decided to only confirm this statement with a nod as she turned her attention to the arena instead as the final part of the exams began the new examiner acted as the referee for the tunin exams in place of ha who this new person was and why the sick tetsu jonan wasn't present didn't matter to Naruto as he simply stared at Lee with a feal and challenging Grin While Lee returned it with Fierce determination my name is Jen mishari and I will be the referee for this portion of the tunin exams now will everyone except Rockley and Naruto yamaki leave the Arena floor but that said the other participants made their way towards their observation level and waited for the match to begin both Lee and nuto continued to stare each other down and made no other movements other than the slight shift into a Battle Stance jenma looked back and forth between the two eager teens looks like you two are ready to go the rules are the same as last time both of you will fight until one of you can no longer fight or you give up killing is allowed but if I've already determined the winner and you kill your opponent regardless then you'll be disqualified do you understand Theo and Lee simply gave a nod good all right fight jenma shouted blee dashed toward Naruto the instant jenma declared the start of the match this didn't bother Naruto as he was just as impatient for the match to begin a flying spin kick aimed for the head was blocked by both of the blonde jenning's arms this had left Naruto open on his other side something Lee decided to take advantage of with a quick right straight Lee's attacks were successful but not without him receiving a similar punch from n the two stumbled back or in nutk case took a step back before fixing each other with a predatory glare it was Naruto that dashed towards Lee this time though not as fast and threw a quick series of Jabs and hooks the Jabs had been easy to block and Parry unfortunately for Lee the hooks had either broken his guard or unbalanced him with their sheer strength ducking under an overextended hook Lee grabbed the arm and threw Naruto over his shoulder said blonde Simply Red himself midair before leaping back at Lee the two once again engaged in hand-to-hand combat except this time Lee was prepared for nar's fast and Powerful strikes seeing that he wasn't making any progress with his fist alone Naro decided to switch tactics and used an overpowered kick to Lee's side in order to force some distance between himself and his opponent the kick worked his plann and Naro thrust his left fist forward a thin tendril of his symbiot shot forward and connected with Lee's shoulder and he pulled back hoping to set Lee off balance but just as he yanked his fist back Lee used his own in order to form his hand into a chopping form and quickly severed the link between him and Naruto seems you learned from your teammate's fight Naruto stated Lea fixed his stance before responding making sure that his left arm was held behind his back while his right was held in front of him the back of his hand facing nuto with his finger curled as if he was about to perform a come Forward Motion there was much that I learned from that fight a moment of silence filled the air before Lee burst from his spot such as the fact that you're holding back Lee spun his entire body forward leading with his right foot as the rest of his body followed the motion while Airborne nuto didn't waste any time throwing his arm to his side and tensing his entire body gracing himself for the blow duck shouted Kiba as he watched the fight go on with his whole attention focused solely on the fight Haku sat next to him giving the match the same kind of attention a thunderous boom filled the air as Lee's kick connected with nark arm Leaf whirl Lee's Declaration was halted by his own shock as his kick only caused nuto to lean slightly to the side with his body still in mid-flight there was nothing Lee could do as nark right fist smashed across the side of his face why didn't he duck Kiba asked clearly confused because it was unnecessary was hakuun response everyone's attention turned to the previously silent boy well Kur andai and anko understood that nuto made the correct choice they were also curious about haku's thoughts on the matter I don't know enough about all the fighters here but from what I've seen there are key difference between nuto and Lee hu allowed the thought to set in before continuing on Lee is faster than nuto and possibly a bit stronger in strength but Naruto's reflexes along with his heavier body gives him the advantage in close-range fighting how does Naruto having a heavy body give him an edge and why would it even matter in a fight between Shinobi kba asked Aku took a moment to think trying to find the best way to explain exactly what he meant the answer is in Reverse when has this ever been a fight between t Shinobi so far they have simply been brawling as far as Naruto's weight simply put it makes it harder for Lee's attacks to have an effect understanding dawned on kiba's face I see so that's why he didn't dodge Lee's kick cause he could withstand it right the Kurt nod was hakuun reply there are other things to consider as well Kuran I added such as the fact that nutk body was planted firm on the ground while Lee wasn't giba turned his attention towards his Sensei waiting for her to continue it soon became apparent that she had no plans to continue and Kiba switched his attention back towards the fight it seemed that what Haku had said earlier was true Naruto stood relaxed a few scuff marks on his face but otherwise he was okay it was Lee who seemed to have taken a beating nar's mouth began moving but thanks to the distance between them Kiba and several others could not make out what was being said Ando on the other hand stood up and growled during her ninja carrier she had been taught to read lips and understood exactly what Naruto was saying we're tired of this Lee we know full well that you're still wearing your weights take them off now and fight us seriously if you don't we'll continue to fight you with the minimal effort needed to beat you Lee's look went from determined to shock within a second I told him not to instigate Lee into removing his weights what is he thinking anko growled out the look towards the judges showed them scribbling down on their boards obviously having read nut's lips as well and marking him down Lee suddenly turned his attention towards the stands and gave a questioning look Mike guy appeared to be in a thinking pose next to his other students before returning Lee's look with a smile and gave a thumbs up Nudo smiled as he observed the entire thing and wa waited as Lee began removing the weights the ground trembled as the weights were dropped and Lee returned to his Battle Stance once more Tiba could only wonder how the few weights Lee removed would help him he opened his mouth to voice his question but was unable to say anything before Lee suddenly vanished only to reappear in front of Naruto connect a solid kick to his face unlike before where Naruto would have simply taken a few steps back he stumbled before riding himself into a fighting stance but once again Lee disappeared and struck from nutk blind spot the hell kibba shouted while he watched the fight completely turn in Lee's favor nuto threw a few punches and kicks only to hit air and shortly afterwards sent flying by another of Lee's attacks bananko had told him about the intense training guy had given Lee and the weights used in said training Naruto had gotten excited he knew he shouldn't have talked Lee into removing the weights but the idea of actually fighting someone his age that could actually fight on equal grounds with him was too much to pass nuto never believed he could lose against Lee even now as the green-clad jenin was puming into him he believed there was a way to beat Lee once more his fighting instincts kicked in and he leapt back in time to barely Dodge Lee and placed his back against the arena wall he placed his arms in a tight guard in front of him and began watching out for the dust that was kicked up every time Lee leftt from one spot to the next the dust was his only clue of where Lee was and he planned to use it to his Advantage placing his back towards the wall was a way to ensure that Lee couldn't attack him from behind suddenly all traces of dust kicking up faded and Nito narrowed his eyes as Lee had yet to appear it was only thanks to the sound of air being pierced above him that Nudo tilted his body to the side fast enough as to only receive a grazing Blow from Lee's downward kick and leapt Away the ground crumbled beneath Lee as his foot collided with it before disappearing now being forced away from the wall nuto was once more being attacked from all sides using chakra to stick him to the ground only helped him from being knocked to the ground while his body rocked from side to as the blows landed the punch slipped through his guard and his head spun to the side blooding flying from his lips about to do something soon our body can only take so much despite the pain that was steadily increasing in his body Naruto focused on all the details he and his symbiot could observe one thing he caught on to was the fact that Lee wasn't aiming for any of his vital organs or one area in general most likely due to the fact that while Lee was moving at a speed that made him nearly invisible his own Vision was impaired if Naro had to guess he assumed he appeared as an oddly shaped blur to Lee another thing nuto noticed was that Lee was visible a Split Second during his attack something he could have taken advantage of if he didn't have to recover from Lee's attacks after they landed but the most important thing nuto noticed was that Lee was making a fatal mistake he was following a pattern of attack which made him predictable he knew not if the focus needed to move at such speeds made Lee careless in other areas but he couldn't think of any other reasons nuto realized he would have one chance just one chance to turn the entire match around for if he missed this one opportunity then he risked LEC Discovery his own mistake or worst passed out from the abuse his body was taking he waited more attacks came and left new bruise but he waited waited to make sure that he was sure about the pattern and went so far as to close his eyes so other details would not mislead him suddenly nark eyes snapped open and he made his move it it happened so fast that most of the audience couldn't honestly tell what happened one moment Naro was being beaten within an inch of his life then they didn't know what to think Naruto suddenly ducked and Lee appeared behind him his fist extended forward and over Naro with his body still in mid-flight then without warning nut's body spun in a 180° and what sounded like an implosion filled the arena the only hint of what had created that noise was Naruto's fist buried into Lee's ribs and the pained expression on said jenning's face after what seemed like minutes Lee began to back away with trembling steps until he turned around and collapsed onto his hands and knees all the while carrying the same pain expression as if he were silently screaming enko smiled when she saw Naruto perform two sets of hand seals it's about time this ended she merely stated much to the confusion of the others around her instead of pestering anko for an answer they turned back towards the arena and saw both nuto and Lee standing neither looked as if they should have been even conscious let alone standing Lee was the first to attempt to move only to grab his side and freeze into place nuto gave a knowing smile and chuckled it was hard to move when you had several broken ribs moving scraping and grinding as you made any kind of movement that involved twisting or turning the Torso but broken ribs did didn't seem to be enough to lower Lee's determination instead of raising his hand to Forfeit he choose instead to begin unwrapping the bandages around his forearms and allowing them to settle against ground as he prepared for one final attack the quick Dash was all he could do to close the distance between him and Naruto who was prepared and had his fist reared back in preparation ducking under nark punch Lee launched a foot towards his opponent's chin from his kneeled form his foot found its Mark and sent Naruto flying towards the sky but not without renewing the screaming pain in his side the pain didn't matter though this was a last attempt at winning the fight a last desperate attempt if this failed there would be no other Gates opened the sheer stress placed upon his body would only aggravate his wound and most likely leave him a bloody mess on the ground but his attack had landed and he felt assured that his attack would finish the fight with a quick leap Lee placed himself within Naruto's Shadow and began wrapping the bandages around Naruto's body forming a cocoon of sorts during his preparation Lee noticed something that caused his sense to shout Danger Theo's hair isn't Brown Lee stated in his mind the Savage kick to his ribs caused the green clad ninja to let go of the now dissolving mud clone Lee was able to turn his head during his fall to see Naruto performing hand seals as if that attack to his shattered ribs had not been enough nuto wasn't leaving anything to chance with the hand seals complete he threw an open Palm towards Lee the sleeve of his shirt bulged before five black snakes shot out and headed straight for Lee each symbia covered reptile wrapped themselves around a part of Lee two around his his wrist two around his waist and the last around his throat the hidden Shadow snake hand Jutsu the one reason he sought out anko as much as he cherished his self created weblike attack Naruto also understood its limits such as the fact that a strong enough person could break the thin strands sure one solution could have been to Simply increase its thickness but that would mean he would have to use more of his symbiot to create it so when Naruto saw anko use her hidden Shadow snake Jutsu he knew that he had found a way to improve his web attack without using too much of his SYM the mud clone was just a bonus that anko talked him into learning her exact words were every ninja needs a clone of some kind that isn't that rookie illusion [ __ ] dot another bonus nuto never intended for was signing the snake contract apparently anko's Jutsu was a variant of summoning and required the user to be a snake Summoner banking his arm back dragged the snakes back as well seeing as the two were still falling the snakes had simply pulled the twoo closer together with his arms restrained Lee could do nothing as Naruto planted his foot onto his chest and used him as a platform to jump off of flipping forward caused the snakes to once again follow nutk motion finally Landing onto the ground Naruto swung his arms down and watched with a satisfied Smile as the snake slammed Lee into the ground with a flick of his wrists the snakes unwrapped themselves from Lee's prone body and slowly retreated back up nut's sleeve jenma waited until the snakes were out of sight before walking over to Lee and inspecting the damage it didn't take him long to declare nuto the winner as Lee needed medical help immediately a red stain was spotted while he used his other hand to reach back to the back of his neck and pulled a tight mask over his face the mask was midnight black except for the two white bug like eyes anko merely assumed it was to hide his bruises but nuto was simply ensuring his symbiot was covering his entire body and could work on slowly healing him ganai Kiba and Haku waited for anko to return and were shocked when Naruto returned with her Naruto simply gave Haku and Kiba nod before sitting next to Haku and laying back wake us up when it's our turn to fight again was his request before allowing himself to sleep K and I gave a worried look you shouldn't let him sleep he may have a concussion it's okay I checked already anko simply replied not that he would listen even if he did have one stubborn jaus she thought with a smile Aku merely stared at Naruto's sleaping form observing the person who had beat him spared him and now even attempted to help him whether he wanted it or not fighting him had shown Haku that nuto wasn't like most ninjas watching from the sidelines had revealed even more at one time abusa had told Haku about a certain kind of ninjas and at the moment Haku couldn't help but replay those words through his head if I had to categorize ninja I'd put them into three different types there are your Jutsu types who rely on Ninjutsu and jinjutsu to fight then there are your hand-to-hand types who use T Jutsu and kinjutsu to fight but the last type is the kind I consider the most dangerous these ninjas rely on their wits in the midst of a battle as ninja we forget that something as simple as a kunai can kill us but these last kind of ninja don't and they make make full use of that using any means they can most ninja realized this and try to imitate this by their veteran years but it's like the saying goes you can't teach an old dog can't learn new tricks I've tried but I don't have it in me I find myself reverting back to Old tactics more often than I do new ones Haku I want you to become this third type of ninja it's the best way you can serve as my tool become what I can't and cover my weaknesses Zabuza was right you are dangerous Naruto yamaki with that thought Haku turned back towards the next fight once more 23 minutes ago be dumus the cashi turned to see his male student the one currently not fighting for his life stand up and begin marching towards him we warned you about gark status as a genui so you could train him to survive the match not so he could kill him before Kakashi could begin to defend his action anko began yelling at him once more the punk has just gotten the curse mark and what do you do you give him an assassination Jutsu what were you thinking I have you thought about what could happen if Sask actually kills gar we don't even know if gar seal would hold up after death the last thing we need within this arena is a four-story tall demon playing Godzilla with us nuto yelled adding more volume to his last three words blood it's my blood everyone's attention snapped towards the center of the arena and watched as Sask forcefully pulled his arm from the sphere of Sandara had created around himself sas's arm wasn't the only thing to be pulled for the orb as what could only have been described as a bestial sand arm was dragged out as well with one last ug Sask freed himself from the Sand's grip and watched along with the audience as it slithered back into the hole he created while the last loyal AA was recovering from his attack Naruto and the others in the stand began to feel the effects of a jinjutsu cast on them several of the ninja and the stand formed a quick hand sign and dispelled the sleep inducing Jutsu while Naruto simply ignored it his symbiot already dispelling it looks like things are going to get hectic Naruto stated present time outside the walls of koha dudo swung through the forest he was in giving up stealth so he could web swing at greater speeds he had already passed by sasu who had been given a head start against him luckily tamari had set up traps and was acting as a deterrent so her brother could gain more distance from peur the symbiot bonded boy would admit to being impressed by tamari from what he could see tamari was tired from her previous fight and instead of wasting what little chakra she had she set up traps forcing sasu to watch his steps as impressed as Naruto was he had to acknowledge that right now tamari was an enemy all this was a fact that didn't mean that Naruto couldn't do the female sand in a favor and not join the fight so out of respect he continued onto his main goal and chazzed after g once more the next interference came in the form of kanguro a quick fight with him showed that the puppet nin was more trouble than he was worth unfortunately Naro couldn't simply attempt to turn his back on the cat dressed nin or else the puppet would cut into him with their poison coated blades and leave him in no shape to face gar as it was he was still recovering from his fight with Lee and having something else slow him down was the last thing he needed luckily Shino showed up and decided to take kanguro off his hands something that nuto was grateful for the patch of red caught nut's attention midswing and a closer observation showed a large sand gourd having finally found his Target Naruto let go of the web he was swing from and allowed himself to fly forward thrusting his arms forward two small tendrils of sim had shot forward and landed onto a tree branch in front of gar Gar became aware of the new presence behind him when the two black lines came from behind and went around him but wasn't able to act on it as both of Naruto's feet slammed fiercely into his back and sent them free falling over the large Branch nuto had easily shot another web like tendril and guided himself to safety gar on the other hand had only broken his Fall by crashing onto one of the other large branches from the overgrown trees baruto stiffened when he felt demonic energy burst from gar he watched morbidly as the sand gourd on G's back morphed and began to favor his left side the claw that had been dragged from the sand or back back in the tun and exams Arena began to show once more as it covered gark left arm the sand didn't stop there as it began to curl up the left side of his face until it had covered half of his face when the metamorphosis was complete G's face was a split between that of his human face and that of the demon inside of him a glowing yellow eye with a pointed cross like Iris and sharpened teeth filling a malicious grin but the key feature of gar was the blue Tribal Design spread across the sand yes I and mother have been waiting for you let's see which of us can truly prove our for existence a swing of the sand covered arm released several sand shurikens Naruto had little trouble jumping over these as he charged towards gar but had received four long gashes across his abdomen from the sand Ninja's claw ignoring the wound Naruto laid a powerful hook across gark face hitting the exposed side of gark face had caused gar recoiled unfortunately Naruto had to jump back as his opponent's claw began flailing at odd and unpredictable motions Naruto noted how the trees that were hit by gark claw were broken with such Little Resistance ducking under one of the wild swings Naro launched a series of punches and kicks while he was within range a few attacks that had hit the sand covering gar Left nutk Right arms and legs aching he ignored the pain however as he was forced once more to dodge that sand is too dense attacking it does little damage to him and leaves us open when recovering tired of being stationary gar leapt after Naruto the blonde for his part changed tactics and used his symbia tendrils to swing him to a safer spot looking back however showed that GAR was using using a similar tactic to chase after him the odd way the sandclaw morphed and grabbed onto tree branches before swinging or pulling gar closer to Naro thus forcing him to use an evasive maneuver having adjusted to the sand claw attack pattern Naruto made another attempt to get close and personal just as he was with range to land a powerful kick to G's face he was forced once again to LEAP to the left as a new sand appendage came from behind gar after having put a safe distance between himself and gar Naruto looked back to find that the sand had now given gar gretes sand tail similar to The Claw he'd been attacking with Amed just as we were getting used to the first one Naruto whispered AR having seen the agitation on nutk face began laughing what's wrong yamaki you angry that you and your other aren't capable of beating me having no choice Naruto jumped back into the offensive flipping blocking and attacking whenever he could Naruto found himself hardpressed the new sand appendage had given nuto little chance to attack but another problem was arising Naruto was tiring the symbiot had taken care of his bruises and had dulled the pain of his body to a small sting but it could do nothing about his fatigue and the small rest he had been given had restored little of his stamina right now he still had plenty of chakra but his stamina was slowly depleting the idea to use his snakes against gar had crossed his mind but he was unsure if they would be able to wrap around gar without them being torn apart unlike rimu he wouldn't carelessly send his summons to their death the whistling sound caught both gar and Naruto's ear and both looked towards gark Blind Side to see sasu throwing several kunai and shuriken flying towards the redid gar simply grunted before raising the sand arm and expanding it to catch the metal projectiles gar looked between the two Leaf nin and contemplated on who to attack first after a moment gar turned his back on narudo and laughed as he referred to Sask as fresh meat Naruto for his was thankful for the chance to rest Naruto he spun in response to his name and saw Sakura make her way towards him with a small mut following behind her Naruto what are you doing fighting against that monster so soon after your fight with Lee Sakura asked with clear concern Theo shook his head don't worry about a Sakura Sask is the one you should be worried about he was given a confused look what do you mean Sakura asked I'm worried about him but he hadn't FR as long or nearly as hard as you nuto didn't respond and merely thought over what his response would have been he can't beat him even if he is more rested only reason we felt we could stop him was because we know what he is understand what he is capable of they watched his sass Su tried several methods to fight gar all of which failed except one move his shidori but even that apparently wasn't enough as all he had done to Gar was cut through the sand claw only for it to reform seconds later he doesn't have our natural speed or reflexes his Jutsu May harm the parts that GAR has shielded but he can't get close enough and truly hurt him Naruto stopped his thoughts as he noticed Amari hiding in another treesome ways off suddenly getting up Naruto gave a command stay here Sakura we'll be right back said girl lonely nodded as Sheed watch nuto disappear around the corner of the tree she didn't like hiding in fear but during times like this where gar had lost himself to his demon bloodlust she didn't have any choice but to hide from him tamari focused fully on the fight between her brother and Sask amazed that Sask had managed to win gar twice by now she would have been surprised even more had she shown up before Sask but instead she had been given the pleasure of being captured by Naruto instead of watching him fight six black balls flew at her pushed her back against the tree and glued her into in place if it were not for the black substance that had covered her mouth she would have screamed believing that GAR had noticed her and decided to finally end her life odd how the sight of nuto made her feel relieved despite the look on his face projecting that this wasn't a joke he reached up and ripped the black substance from her mouth wekk going to ask you only once do you know a way to knock gar out the Mari scrunched her face she wasn't expecting someone to believe such a thing was possible shouldn't you be asking if there's a way to kill him her question was instantly reward Ed with a hand around her throat we could have killed him five times by now her eyes widened as his voice carried a tone implicating that he wasn't lying killing him could release the demon inside of him and that's something we want to avoid so answered the question nuto tightened his grip around toari before releasing so she could speak it took her a second to cough and regain her breathe but tamari eventually began speaking I don't know this is the first time I've seen him actually hurt Theo cursed he didn't detect any lies and seeing as was a gentu rii he didn't doubt that GAR was rarely hurt he was about to question her further but the same Dark Energy he felt back in the forest of death appeared and he turned to see sasu Kara standing onto two tree branches parallel to each other and facing the opposite direction it was obvious that the two had performed some Do or Die moment and were simply waiting to feel the damage if any that were done to them gar sand arm fell off and sasu fell to his knees covered in the strange flame markings as before ARA was the first to recover and had even replaced his claw though it was now on the opposite arm he turned around and without hesitating leapt toward Sask in another attempt to end the aa's life nuto would have left sasu to his fate but out of the corner of his eyes he noticed Sakura running in to save Sask well he did not like everything Sakura did he couldn't simply watch her be torn apart either the Breather he had gotten thanks to sas's interference had helped somewhat and given him some strength back with a burst of speed he was able to meet gar halfway and kick him across the face the demon Bond ninja was forced to use his tail to redirect his Fallen land upon one of the branches you again he snarled saliva dripping from his lips th again nuto merely stated as he reached over and tore a branch from the tree it was a rather large piece of wood easily as thick as his arm and twice as long at this point nuto didn't care what it took to take down gar even if that meant beating the boy into a coma gar used his two sand appendages to hold onto the branch he stood on and pulled himself back in order to launch himself towards Naruto the blond simply waited at the last second before ducking to the side and slamming his wooden Club into the back of gark skull he didn't let it end there either as he leapt after gar and proceeded to hit him across the head again and again causing him to fall back with each Fierce blow ARA had finally had enough and morphed once more now the sand that covered half of him began to Devour the rest and replaced what was left of G's Humanity with his demon bloodlust Nudo had attempted to Club gar over the head once more but the branch in his hands broke obviously having passed its limits before he could respond to his weapon destruction Naruto found himself grabbed by both of gark Claws and felt himself being crushed mother shall enjoy your death now give us your blood gar yelled Nudo struggled to break free from the grip he was ins snared in and only managed to pull one of his arms freed he didn't know what he could accomplish with his next move but the thought of being crushed to death without resisting in some form or other wasn't an option so instead he thrust his bald fist forward and shot a glob of his symbiot at gara's face the black clad blonde was more than surprised when gar released him in favor of trying to rid his face of the black Gunk his shock didn't last long and he leapt back while performing a few hand seals and thrust both fists forward this time just like his fight with Lee Naruto's sleeves bulge before releasing a torrent of snakes the black snakes flew towards gar and quickly wrapped themselves around the red head allowing narudo to swing under the branch his opponents stood on and land upside down One Secured and safely planted Naruto pulled as hard as he could grunting as he forced more and more of his strength onto his snakes the symbiot covered snakes hiss as they felt the strain on them increase but didn't break with the symbiot covering them they just as nuto was were strengthened by the alien suit gar finally relented to nark pole and found himself being rocketed down to the forest floor Naruto watched gar break nearly every Branch he came in contact with before finally hitting the forest floor once the sand covered nin had finally hit the ground and didn't seem like he was able to get up nuto let out a tired sigh and prepared to head back to koha he was quickly stopped however when a scream filled the air there's no way I could lose not like this the large Tower of sand quickly crawled Towards the Sky destroying much in its way a dust cloud had formed and blocked what the sand had formed Landing onto one of the few remaining trees that were closest to him Naruto laid to Mari onto the branch during his moment of fleeing from the large quantity of sand he noticed Amari still on to a tree some form of guilt Rose in him and he raced to free her from her bonds his kind act had cost him though and part of the sand wave had caught him leaving several blooded skid marks all over his body deari was too shocked by his chivalrous act and couldn't offer the thanks he deserved his voice broke her out of her stuper and reminded her of the situation they were in any chance you can offer any suggestions cause this is the worst possible outcome the Mari shaking followed Naruto's side and found what she prayed she wouldn't the dust cloud had dissipated and in its place was the one tailed sand demon in all its Glory you best get out of here we can't protect you and ourselves Naro mentioned before jumping from the he was on and ricocheting off various trees as a flood of sand began to give Chase to him Nudo wasn't stupid he knew he couldn't outrun the sand forever and decided to send a mental command to his simbi the right sleeve of his shirt rippled before crawling up his arm and exposing his skin on his forearm were various Seals All meant for one thing summoning the digit of his left hand began to bleed thanks to The symbiot Cutting him and nuto proceeded to wipe the blood down his arm and along the tattoo like seal afterwards all he had to do was pump the necessary chck ra and a plum of smoke similar to the dust cloud gar had created minutes earlier appeared gar had ceased his attack on Naro curious in what the blonde had brought forth to even the playing field The Cloud of smoke dissipated and revealed Naruto standing at top a large Sapphire snake the snake stared at the evenly sized one tail demon before hissing its protest it's been ages since I've been summoned and the first thing I find myself fighting is one of the tailed beast just shut it you think we want to fight this thing anymore than you do Naruto bellowed back once more the richly blue snake hissed I had heard we had a new Summoner but I hadn't realized he was one so young as if our age has anything to do with our current predicament now are you going to help us out here or not Naruto responded the snake shook its head forcing Naruto to cling to it with his chakra there is no reason to respond so negatively I was merely stating an observation of your age as far as helping you I see no problem with it might as well seeing as I've been summoned interesting gar spoke from within his demon maybe for once I can unleash my full power both the snake and his Summoner quit their talk and look towards the giant sand demon a small spot in particular gathered their attention as they saw gar raising half of his body from it and began forming hand signs nuto stood on edge prepared for an attack to come forth while his summon merely flicked his Fork tongue out gar falling asleep wasn't what nuto expected but he instantly became aware of just how bad that was when the Demon's true voice came out n's eyes opened slowly the Visage of a white ceiling confused accused him and the repetitive beeping off to his side annoyed him he attempted to sit up but immediately abandoned the idea for the moment when pain racked his body it was then that he remembered the end result from fighting gar remembered how his summon had helped him fight the giant sand demon gar had become and how he finally succeeded in waking gar only to knock him to a near unconscious State afterwards his summon returned to its home and he proceeded to move towards gar he could still clearly recall gar fearfully screaming about his existence being destroyed along with the fact that Naruto's strength had to come from fighting for himself and the words of advice Naruto had given before passing out he still didn't understand what had caused him to begin speaking but you really think we could have fought you if we were only fighting for ourselves gar it's only because we're fighting for those dear to us that we were able to drag ourselves out here and fight you to this point we're exhausted and have been since the start of this fight anyone fighting for themselves would have passed out long ago in our condition with his thoughts ending he tried once more to get up halfway succeeding before something pushed him back done G stayed down already you've been knocked out for the last 2 days nuto snapped his head towards anko bewildered by both the fact that he hadn't even sensed her and also that she was taking the time to visit him in the hospital he anko what are you doing here Naruto asked anko seemed to take his question as an insult what I can't visit a friend Nudo quickly shook his head and corrected his mistake no of course you can visit us he replied feeling odd to be referred to as a friend enko chuckled well I guess I have ulterior motive seeing as I don't want to help clean up the mess that Invasion caused onto the village arudo began chuckling with her oh man how much damage was caused a few buildings flattened part of the main gate walls knocked down oh and debris littering the streets she stated nonchalantly nk's laugh got even louder oh God the old man must be buried in paperwork suddenly he found himself laughing alone and the fact wasn't missed on him Beno she didn't say anything and her silence only C caused him to panic anko what has happened she still didn't answer him jumping up and out of his bed as if he wasn't critically injured Naruto grabbed anko by her trench coat and lifted her from her seat to bring her face to face anko tell me now what the hell has happened he screamed to her face part of him knew the answer though the rest of him refused to believe it not until he heard it from someone's lips two days later the weather seemed to reflect the mood cast upon the village and release several droplet of water from its darkened clouds the funeral held for Cobi heris and was visited by all except for nuto no nuto stayed as far away from the Gathering as long as the numerous people were gathered around the grave he refused to let anyone see him grieve he was back in his leather jacket and pants and had several bandages wrapped around his face to cover his still recovering injuries once he was sure that all the villagers and ninja likee had left he made his way towards the grave of one of the few people he had ever truly liked once he had arrived there however Naruto noticed that someone else had shared his PL he did nothing to hide his presence and anko heard him approaching quickly wiping her tears away before facing him nuto turned around once more respecting her right to grieve alone as much as he did and began to leave nud thanks but I'm done you can stay now he didn't say a word and merely nodded he made his way closer and closer to the center of where the funeral was held trembling being the only sign of his true feelings anko watched him for a few minutes before leaving in a gust of leaves a second she left Naruto fell to his knees his trembling turning into a trimmer and the tears in his eyes began flowing freely down his face a small book fell from the pocket of his jacket and landed against the muddy ground the splash caused by the diary Cobi had left him and his will reminded nuto of the real reason one of his closest and only friends had been taken from him and the world nuto shook once more except this time it was out of hate and anger the dairy serat toi had left him was full of secrets about koha and his decisions he made in life serat toi's gift to Naruto was all of koha and his secrets it was easy for Naruto to see the trust he was given in receiving this gift Naro had spent the last two days reading over the book as it was the only thing he could do to take his mind off of his despair but now his despair was being replaced by rage rage at the fact that sirat toi's decision to spare rimu had been repaid by the very student to return and cause his demise he picked up the book with shaking fingers and pocketed it back into his jacket before walking closer to the Grave looking at the picture of the person he had so fondly called Old Man didn't help Quail his rage the metaphoric string in nuto seemed to snap and he released his rage in the form of a roar only stopping once he no longer had air to use barim we will make you pay no not just you all missing Men We Shall become the poison to your traitorous ways we will become venom the end I hope you enjoyed this episode remember to subscribe and like this video see you in the next video

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Published: Sat Mar 30 2024