"There's something creepy about this place." Sakura said
"This place is called the forest of death, you'll soon realize why." Anko said
"Hm. The forest of death, you'll soon realize why. That kind of threat won't work on me one bit! I'm not scared of anything!" Menma said
"So, it looks like we've got ourselves a tough guy." Anko said
She threw a kunai at Menma and it cut his cheek. Menma was so stunned that he didn't even notice Anko behind him.
"A kid like you does at the very beginning. You're not afraid now, are you? Tough guys like you usually leave their blood all over this forest." Anko
Anko quickly pulled out a kunai when somebody came up behind her. A kusa genin had her first kunai wrapped around her tongue with a creepy look on her face.
"I was just returning your kunai knife." The genin said
"Why thank you, grass ninja. You know I only recommend you stand behind me if you wish to reach a premature end." Anko said taking her kunai back
"My pardon. With the sight of blood and your blade slicing my hair, I'm afraid that I became a little excited. I meant you no harm." The kusa genin said and walked away
The kusa genin stopped and had a stare down with Naruto who wasn't worried one bit. He knew who the kusa genin was and had an impassive look on his face that gave the kusa genin memories of the last time she looked at somebody with the same look on his face. The staredown lasted 30 seconds, but to everyone else it felt like an eternity went by. The kusa genin walked away and joined her team again and Naruto just looked bored still.
"I'll see you in the forest, Orochimaru." Naruto thought
"What was that about?" Sakura asked
"Nothing. Don't worry about it." Naruto said
"Seems like everyone here today is quick tempered. Must be something in the air. This is gonna be fun." Anko said
"Fun? I think we have two different definitions of fun." Narumi thought
"Well, before we start the second exam, I have to pass these out to you all." Anko said pulling out forms
"What are those?" Sakura asked
"These are just the standard consent forms. Before the exam starts, you have to sign this." Anko said
"What for?" Narumi asked
"Some of you may not come back from this test and I have to get your consent that you're willing to take that risk. Otherwise, it'll be my responsibility and I don't want to deal with the paperwork if any of you die without signing these consent forms." Anko said
"She's crazy!" Narumi thought
"This will be a piece of cake." Menma thought
"Now, I'm going to explain what you will be doing on this test. The first thing you need to know is that this will test every single one of your survival skills." Anko said as the forms were passed around
"Survival, huh? This test is a total drag" Shikamaru thought
"First, I'll give you all a description on the practice field. The forest of death or training ground 44, has 44 locked entrances. There are rivers and a forest inside. In the center, is a locked tower located 10 kilometers from each gate. It's in this confined area that you will undergo the survival test. The test consists of an anything goes battle to get your hands on these heaven and earth scrolls." Anko said
"Both of them?" A random Konoha genin asked
"Yes. You'll be fighting to get both. All together 26 teams got through the first test. So half of those teams will be going after the heaven scroll and the other half will be going after the earth scroll. I'll hand over one kind of scroll to each team and that's what you'll be vying for." Anko said
"Okay. So how do we pass the test?" Sasuke asked
"Your entire squad must bring both a heaven and earth scroll to the tower." Anko said
"That means that half of us will fail." Narumi said
"No one ever said it was going to be easy. Oh and one more thing. The test has a time limit. You must finish within 5 days." Anko said
"5 days!" Ino said
"What are we supposed to do for food?!" Choji asked
"Just look around. The forest is full of things to eat. There's plenty of things to eat for all of you. However, there are also man eating animals and plants in this forest as well. Not to mention the poisonous bugs and plants as well." Anko said
"Aw man." Choji said
"Quiet down. This is why they call it survival you know." Ino said
"That means with these circumstances there's no way half the teams will pass the test." Neji said
"With the days getting longer, the nights are getting shorter. So we will have less time to sleep and less time to recover. It is a challenge indeed." Rock Lee said
"Completely surrounded by enemies. There won't be time to rest, well have to keep a constant watch." Sasuke said
"Right. This test also measures endurance behind enemy lines. This is designed to be a grueling test and I'm sure some of you won't be up to the challenge." Anko said
"Umm, let's say mid exam, can we quit?" Shikamaru asked
"Typical Nara clan. If it wasn't for your clans high iq scores, then none of you would be recommended to be a ninja. Always taking the cowardly way out of things if you can't think of a plan to get out of something difficult. You need to be able to think on your feet in a split second. Your enemy will not give you a 5 minute break to think of a plan." Naruto said
"He's right. You can't say in the middle of a battle that you're sorry and you quit. I mean you could, but it's probably going to get you killed." Anko said
"Oh just great." Shikamaru said
"There are also some ways you can get disqualified. The first is simple if all three members or in Naruto and Sakura's case two members of a team can't make it to the tower with both scrolls after 5 days. Number 2. If a team loses a member or if a member becomes incapacitated and can not continue. But most importantly, none of you absolutely none of you can look at the contents of the scrolls until you've reached the tower." Anko said
"What if it just happens to flap open and you read it?" Menma asked
"Let me put it to you this way. You don't want to know. There are times when a ninja will be asked to carry secret documents. The scroll rule is to test your integrity. Ok we're done. I want each team to take your consent forms and exchange them over there for your scrolls. After that, each team will pick a gate and you'll be let inside. Oh and I have one more bit of advice for you. Don't die!" Anko said
Each team went up one by one and exchanged their consent forms for a scroll. Every scroll was given behind a curtain so nobody knew which team had what scroll. Naruto went up for the scroll and the chunin handing the scrolls out tried to embarrass him and it backfired when Naruto put his lightning edge jutsu right in his face. Naruto and Sakura were both at gate 24 and Sakura was going through her supplies again.
"Ok I think I've got everything I need." Sakura said
"Good. Now, I've been in this forest a lot so I'm pretty good with the animals in here so we don't have to worry about them attacking us." Naruto said
"Ok that's good. I brought some bentos in a sealing scroll that you gave me. So we should have enough food between us that would last about a week." Sakura said
"Medical supplies are good?" Naruto asked
"Yeah. I have everything sealed away. It's good you taught me to make those. Carrying a bag around is a lot of work." Sakura said
"Sealing is a good art to use. Most people don't use it because it's not flashy like a jutsu. Anyway, have you seen a redhead girl during these exams?" Naruto asked
"Umm yeah. I think her and her team went over to gate 23. Why? She's a kusa ninja. What does she have that we need?" Sakura asked
"We're going after her. She's an Uzumaki and my mom wants her to join the village and live with the other Uzumaki we have." Naruto said
"Think she'll come with us?" Sakura asked
"I don't know. It depends on how her life is in kusa. We need to track her down first before heading over to the rest of team 7." Naruto said
"I thought we weren't going to join up with them?" Sakura asked
"We're not. Sasuke's in danger and I told Itachi that I'd look out for him. Do you know who Orochimaru is?" Naruto asked
"Yeah. He's the rogue ninja that was a part of the legendary Sanin with Lady Tsunade and lord Jiraiya. What's a shinobi like him doing by going after a 13 year old? Oh my gosh he's a pedophile isn't he!?" Sakura asked
"Not that I know of. He wants Sasuke's sharingan and plans to give him a curse mark. Itachi can't let the sharingan fall into Orochimaru's hands. I'll try my best to distract him and I need you to get Sasuke away from Orochimaru. If he gives you problems, knock him out." Naruto said
"I can do that. Wait. Why are you helping Itachi? He's a rogue ninja for killing his clan." Sakura said
"Let's just say I owe him a favor." Naruto said and Sakura nodded
"Ok." Sakura said
"Remember, even though there are leaf ninja in this forest. You must treat everyone like they're your enemy. You can't even trust Ino or Hinata." Naruto said
"Got it." Sakura said
"Looks like they're all starting to understand what's really important in this test." Anko thought and then looked over at the kusa genin from earlier and then at Naruto who slightly nodded to her
"So that's Orochimaru, huh? He's lucky I already knew he was here. I'm supposed to let him think I don't know he's here. Let him get into the forest and I'm guessing Naruto's going to distract him long enough to spoil him getting the sharingan." Anko thought
"Well, well, well. If it isn't the little future failure." Ino said as team 10 was walking by Naruto and Ino
"What's up billboard brow? I thought you would've washed out of the exam by now. That forehead alone should've gotten you tossed." Ino said
"Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm here to hopefully win and become a chunin. It's a shame that you have to stoop so low to give yourself a confidence boost. I bet you haven't even been training these past six months." Sakura said
"Don't worry about her Sakura. She's the weakest genin we have this year. She's nowhere near your level and given who her teammates are, she doesn't do anything but boss them around. Ino, while you're trying to impress Sasuke by losing weight and wearing shorter clothes everyday, Sakura has become better than what she was in the academy. If she had to, she could defeat your entire team in a one on one tournament." Naruto said
"No she can't!" Ino said
"You're weak and only know one jutsu outside of the academy three. Your taijutsu is horrible and your genjutsu is also horrible. Shikamaru might be a challenge due to his intelligence, but once sakura figures out all of his plans, he's a sitting duck. Choji on the other hand is weak as well. All she has to do is throw some food at him and he'll give up. All he has is his expansion jutsus that aren't good if she gets in close. None of you have even tried to become better since graduating." Naruto said
"That's a bit harsh." Shikamaru said
"It's the honest truth. You're lazy, she's practically a younger version of the women in the red light district and Choji can't even think for himself. I don't know how any of you graduated, especially you Ino." Naruto said
"ALRIGHT! EVERYONE TO THEIR GATES." Anko yelled
"Other than Naruto's team. I wonder if any of them will survive this." Anko thought
"What scroll did they give you?" Sakura asked
"We have a heaven scroll. I have it sealed away in a scroll that reacts to my chakra only." Naruto said
"Didn't Kabuto say the same thing before you overpowered his chakra?" Sakura asked
"Kabuto isn't a seal master like me. My scrolls are all Uzumaki level sealing and it would take my mom to break the seal." Naruto said
"That's smart." Sakura said
"Alright! Heads up you maggots! The second part of the test has officially begun!" Anko said
The gates swung open and all the teams ran inside. Naruto and Sakura went into the forest less dramatic than everyone else and took to the trees. They were headed to the area gate 23 would let that team in and Naruto was letting Sakura run the point and he brought up the rear due to his sensing ability.
On the way, they came across two teams from the mist village, but both teams had a heaven scroll. It wasn't a complete waste for them though. Sakura got some combat experience against different types of ninjas and even collected a few water jutsus from some scrolls they were carrying on them. True to Naruto's word, the animals in the forest weren't bothering them and seemed to be helping them pinpoint enemies nearby. It wasn't needed, but they appreciated the help. They ran for a few minutes at a fast pace using chakra to enhance their speed before Naruto called for Sakura to stop.
"Why are we stopping?" Sakura asked breathing heavy
"You're almost out of chakra. Let's take a break and rest up for a few hours." Naruto said
"I just need a few minutes. I can take a chakra replenishing pill. What about an ambush?" Sakura asked and Naruto placed a seal on the ground
"The seal I just put down casts a genjutsu that can't be broken until I'm out of chakra." Naruto said
"Yeah you have enough chakra to fight for a few days straight if I'm correct." Sakura said and sat down
"That is correct." Naruto said
"Can I ask you something?" Sakura asked
"Sure." Naruto replied
"You were trained by Itachi and Shisui Uchiha. Why did they decide to choose you as their student? I mean of course you had potential, but didn't the clan head only want the Uchiha clan to only train other Uchiha's?" Sakura asked
"It's true that I'm not a part of the Uchiha clan, but that doesn't mean I don't share their DNA. Somebody from my fathers side of the family was an Uchiha and I was able to unlock the sharingan." Naruto said activating his showing her his three tomoe sharingan
"I thought you said it was a genjutsu?" Sakura asked
"When I showed the elders and Minato the sharingan it was a genjutsu. I could've shown them, but then I'd have to deal with Sasuke acting like a spoiled brat and I didn't want to deal with it." Naruto said and Sakura giggled
"True. So why show me now instead of using the genjutsu?" Sakura asked
"I was hiding who I really am not wanting to deal with the backlash. I sat down one day after training and remembered that Shisui and Itachi weren't afraid to show who they are and I figured I should do the same. I'm only here for another month or so. I figured I'd go out with a bang." Naruto said
"I can't believe you're actually leaving. I understand why you're leaving though. At Least we get to see you in the chunin exams. Who knows, maybe you'll make the finals." Sakura said
"I'm guaranteed to make the finals. After this, there will be some kind of tournament to lessen the competition and then a month break before the finals. The entire matchups although they say they're random aren't. I can tell you right now who's going to fight who. I'll face Kiba more than likely. You'll be fighting Ino. Sasuke will fight one of those random leaf genin as will Menma and Narumi. They're setting it up so our team can advance to the finals. The hokage wants his children in the finals to show off for the rich people that will show up for the finals." Naruto said
"Do you think I'll have a chance to make chunin?" Sakura asked
"It's possible. Maybe during that month break you can try to learn the mystic palm jutsu or the chakra scalpels. You just might have enough chakra to do them now. You've been exhausting your chakra reserves a lot and letting them fill back up. You should have low chunin reserves now. Add into the fact that you work on your chakra control everyday you should be fine. They'll probably promote you as a chunin with medical ninjutsu being your specialty." Naruto said
"But I'll need a teacher for that. Kushina sensei doesn't know medical ninjutsu and I can't practice with you." Sakura said
"Don't worry. Your teacher will find you after the tournament part is over with." Naruto said
"Who is it?" Sakura asked
"You'll see. Now, are you ready to go? A clone I made earlier found the area where Karin is and she has an earth scroll. I can drop her off at the tower to Anko since she knows what I'm doing and come back." Naruto said
"I should be good to go now." Sakura said
They jumped back into the trees and took off into the direction Karin was in. They jumped through the trees and once again, they ran into another team that had a heaven scroll and Naruto put them all in a sleeping genjutsu to keep up their pace. They moved around for about ten minutes or so until they heard a scream coming from where Karin was. They made it to the area and saw a small redhead girl with glasses and a kusa headband on. She was about to be eaten by a bear and that's when Naruto dropped down and stood in front of her.
"Who is he?" Karin thought
"Can you not eat her? She's family and I would very much like it if she was alive." Naruto said and the bear just roared almost as it was disappointed and walked away
"Are you alright, Karin?" Naruto asked
"Who are you?! How do you know my name?!" Karin asked pulling out a Kunai
"I know your name, because I know you're an Uzumaki." Naruto said
"I-I don't know what you mean." Karin said backing away as if she was scared
"Relax. I'm not going to hurt you. I'm an Uzumaki as well." Naruto said
"There are no more Uzumaki's alive! They died during the third shinobi war!" Karin said looking for an escape route
"Then why is there a seal on your hand right now in the shape of the Uzumaki swirl?" Naruto asked
"There isn't a seal on my hand." Karin said and covered her hand
"Karin, I'm Naruto Uzumaki and I'm the current heir to the Uzumaki clan. My mother Kushina Uzumaki is the current clan leader and she wants to meet you." Naruto said
"You're lying!" Karin said and Naruto activated his chakra chains
"Is this proof enough?" He asked and she nodded
"I thought all Uzumaki's were dead besides me and my mom." Karin said
"Is your mom still alive?" Naruto asked
"No. The people in Kusa forced her to use her healing abilities to help anybody who was sick and she eventually died from healing too many people. They passed the duty on to me against my will and forced me to heal the wounded people after a surprise attack. They forced me into healing and claimed it was unfortunate my mother died and they didn't even care. It was for the village they said and didn't even let me mourn her death." Karin said
"Well, I can get you out of Kusa. All Uzumaki are meant to live in Konoha as a law that was created back from the days of the first hokage that every kage agreed to. If you'd like, I can get you to the clan leader who's eager to meet you." Naruto said
"What about my teammates?" Karin asked
"They're still up in the trees waiting for you to either die or ambush me." Naruto said and stood up
Wind style: Air slashing blades
Naruto used a wind enhanced kunai and made several blades of wind and sent them into the trees where Karin's teammates were waiting. They all heard them yell and scream before they dropped to the ground dead from being cut open and quickly bleeding out. Sakura dropped down and took whatever they had on them from their pockets and quickly jumped away, when a large spider came and took the bodies away.
"Who's she?" Karin asked
"My teammate, Sakura Haruno." Naruto said
"Do you need a scroll? I have an earth scroll you can have." Karin said pulling out her scroll
"Thanks." Sakura said and took the scroll
"Now, there's one more thing I need to do before I take you to safety, Karin." Naruto said
"What's that?" Karin asked
"It appears your jonin instructor has snuck into the forest of death. Sakura, take her into the tree." Naruto said and they went into the trees
"She's no longer a part of kusa so you might as well give up." Naruto said
A man came falling out of the trees and he did not look happy. He had fair skin, black hair that was combed back and reached a shoulder length, grey pupiless eyes, wearing the Kusagakure forehead protector on his forehead, dark brown-grey kimono like shirt with cream outlines, black pants, a white robe tied around his waist, black socks, and black sandals.
"She's coming back to Kusa and I'm not afraid of killing a lonely genin." The man said
"Then do it." Naruto said from behind the man
Naruto kicked him in the back and sent him into a tree. Naruto rushed forward and threw a few kunai and shuriken, but the man used the substitution jutsu to get out of the way. Naruto sensed the guy behind him and ducked down from a spinning head kick. Naruto planted his hands on the ground and gave the man a double donkey kick to his gut and then spun around on his hands and kicked his legs from underneath him. Naruto kept his momentum going and brought his heel down onto the man's ribs and he felt a few of them crack.
"Whoa." Sakura said up in the trees
"He's good." Karin said
The man Naruto was fighting stood up and coughed up some blood. He looked at Naruto with fire in his eyes and he was done playing around with him. He rushed at his max speed which was still slower than Naruto and when he reached him, Naruto ducked out of the way from his punch and gave him a few body punches. Naruto disappeared and then the man was getting caught with flying kicks from every direction. He had enough and went through some hand signs.
Earth style: Earth dragon jutsu
He created a dragon made from the ground to attack all of the Naruto's around him and to his surprise, not one of the Naruto's were harmed by the jutsu and it seemed to just go straight through them. His surprise cost him greatly.
Lighting style: Binding chains jutsu
Chains of lightning destroyed the dragon and wrapped around the jonin electrocuting him causing him to yell out in pain. Naruto added more chakra to the chains and the man screamed out more. Naruto released the chains and the man fell down to the ground. Naruto created lightning chakra into his hand and it shaped into a spear. As soon as the man stood up, Naruto's jutsu was piercing his chest right through the heart. The power from the lighting chakra caused his heart to explode and he died instantly.
"You can come out now." Naruto said as he was taking scrolls off of the man's body
"Dude! Where'd you learn to fight like that?!" Karin asked
"I've had some good teachers." Naruto said
"So, how am I getting out of here?" Karin asked
"Well, Bosco will be taking you out." Naruto said
"Who's Bosco?" Sakura asked and the same bear came back into the clearing
"You've got to be kidding me!" Karin said
"Don't worry. Since he knows you're with me, no other animal will try to harm you. Bosco, take her to Anko and she'll handle the rest. Karin, all you have to do is tell Anko that your name is Karin Uzumaki and she'll take you to my mom." Naruto said
"Is he safe?" Karin said
"You'll be fine." Naruto said and Karin got on Bosco who took off running
"I guess we need to get moving again huh?" Sakura asked
"Yeah, we need to..." Naruto stopped as he felt the nine tails chakra coming from Menma
"What's wrong?" Sakura asked
"We need to go. NOW." Naruto said
He put Sakura on his back and took off into the trees at a fast speed. The chakra was getting stronger and stronger and Naruto felt Orichimaru's chakra near it as well. All of a sudden, the nine tails chakra disappeared and Naruto picked up speed. He made it to the battle and saw Menma unconscious, Sasuke was scared and Narumi was standing in front of Sasuke with a kunai in her hand. He put Sakura down and made sure she remembered the plan.
"Do you remember the plan?" He asked
"Yeah I remember." Sakura said and Naruto vanished
"I need to learn how to do that." Sakura thought
Team 7
Sakura was waiting up in the tree and watched on as Orochimaru extended his neck towards Sasuke. Narumi screamed and before Orochimaru could bite Sasuke on his neck, he was kicked in the neck canceling his jutsu and he was holding his neck in pain. Narumi and Sasuke looked up and saw Naruto standing there with his usual impassive look on his face.
"NARUTO!" Narumi yelled
"Get away. She's too strong for us." Sasuke said
"This isn't a girl. It's Orochimaru and he's after your sharingan." Naruto said
"Well, well. If it isn't the outcast of the Namikaze family. I'm honored to meet you, Naruto Uzumaki. However, I have plans that don't involve you." Orochimaru said
"Like your plot to get the sharingan since Itachi was too strong for you? Narumi, Sasuke you two need to get Menma and leave. I'll handle Orochimaru myself." Naruto said
"No! He's mine!" Sasuke said standing up
"Come on Sasuke we need to go. We don't stand a chance against him. Naruto's trying to give us a chance to escape." Narumi said
"No! He has information on Itachi and I want it!" Sasuke said and was the punched on the head and knocked out by Sakura
"That felt good." Sakura said holding Sasuke
"Grab Menma and go. Leave this to me." Naruto said
"I don't think that's going to happen. I'm not interested in you." Orochimaru said
"You don't have much of a choice." Naruto said and activated his sharingan
"WHAT?!" Orochimaru yelled
"It's just a genjutsu!" Narumi said
"Silly little girl. This is not a genjutsu. It's the real deal." Orochimaru said licking his lips
"He's only 13, but has a matured sharingan. His hair style reminds me of Shisui Uchiha. However, his facial expression is the same as Itachi's. It's obvious that they trained him. I can't fool around with him if I want to get to Sasuke." Orochimaru thought
"Let's go Narumi." Sakura said and they took off into the trees
"It's no use. He'll still find us after he's done with Naruto." Narumi said holding onto Menma
"No he won't. Naruto gave me a seal that will cast a genjutsu and only reacts to his and my chakra. Once we find a place to rest I'll place it down and we can rest up." Sakura said
"What's stopping us from teaming up and taking your scroll?" Narumi asked
"The fact that you can't get into the tower with two earth scrolls." Sakura said
Naruto Vs Orochimaru
"I see the little boy has decided to show his true colors. I wonder, who has the better eyes, you or Sasuke?" Orochimaru asked
"I've had a matured sharingan since I was 6. Unlocked the sharingan at 5 with two tomoe in each eye. My eyes are better than Shisui and Itachi's. They both knew it and now you're going to see why." Naruto said as his sharingan started to spin
"It would be my honor." Orochimaru said
Orochimaru ran at Naruto with chunin speeds, but Naruto ran at jonin speeds and caught him with a punch in the face. He didn't waste any time and used the fireball jutsu but Orochimaru moved out of the way. Orochimaru ran at Naruto and they began a fierce taijutsu brawl and it was enough to make all the animals in the surrounding area back away from the fight.
Each time Naruto would hit Orochimaru, he would get hit even harder and even though he was strong for his age, he wasn't near the level of Orochimaru yet. He knew his sharingan was the only reason he was able to keep up and decided to switch things up a bit. During their fight, Naruto would cast a small genjutsu and use that split second to attack Orochimaru and duck out of the way. This went on until Orochimaru used a wind jutsu to blast Naruto away. Having some space, Orochimaru shed his skin and a new body came out of his mouth.
"I should be surprised that he made me shed my skin, but I'm not. He was trained by Shisui and Itachi Uchiha." Orochimaru thought
He jumped out of the way when Naruto's lightning javelin came flying at his head. Orochimaru was shocked because he's never seen such chakra manipulation before other than the rasengan another jutsu he wished he had. Orochimaru didn't want to risk Minato showing up so he stuck to taijutsu because he would need to use a significant amount of chakra to take Naruto down due to his Uzumaki genes.
Naruto came flying at him in all directions and Orochimaru was caught off guard due to him still thinking about the lightning jutsu Naruto used. After a while of being kicked and punched around, Orochimaru used the substitution jutsu to escape the barrage and regurgitated another body. Naruto didn't waste time and went on the offensive again this time using a mixture of all his taijutsu styles.
Orochimaru was able to handle the attacks, but he did have some difficulty. It wasn't because he was weaker than Naruto, but more if he couldn't counter a move because Naruto would immediately switch to a different style of fighting to counteract him. The fight went on for 20 minutes with Naruto being bruised up and if it wasn't for him shedding his skin, Orochimaru would look just as bad. They were locked in a stalemate and Orochimaru kicked Naruto into a tree making him cough up blood. After Orochimaru did that, he sped in front of him and punched him in the gut a few time later before finally backing off. Naruto dropped to his knees and started to breathe heavily.
"Well that was fun. You are quite the shinobi, but it's not enough to defeat me. You've ruined my plans a bit by killing Kabuto and if it wasn't for the fact that I could release the nine tails, I'd kill you right now." Orochimaru said
"You couldn't kill me if you wanted to. I'm sure Itachi already said this to you, but my eyes can see through everything you do. You made the mistake of looking me in my eyes and now you will pay the price." Naruto said
Orochimaru's eyes widened at that and then the world around him dissolved and Naruto wasn't as beat up as he seemed, but he still looked pretty beat up. He was tied to a cross and was stabbed multiple times and no matter how much he tried he couldn't break the genjutsu. The stabbing stopped and then it turned into him being electrocuted for what seemed to be days. Naruto dropped the genjutsu and then left the area. Orochimaru stood up breathing heavy and was barely able to move a muscle.
"What the hell was that?! Itachi's genjutsu wasn't even that harsh when he got me! I must get that sharingan! I'll rethink my methods and go after Sasuke another time." Orochimaru thought as he vanished and went to think of a new scheme. He was unaware of the giant snake eyes watching their entire fight
"Naruto Uzumaki. I found us a new summoner." The snake thought and went up in smoke
Naruto
"If it wasn't for the tsukuyomi, I'd be dead right now. I was only able to match him in taijutsu because I'm faster than him, but he had more power and experience in his favor. I need to up my training if I ever have to seriously fight a kage level opponent again." Naruto thought
He was jumping through the trees trying to find Sakura and hopefully get to the tower. He did his part of the plan and now he just wanted the chunin exams to hurry up and finish. Sure he was going to miss his mother, Shizune and Anko mainly, but he wanted to leave and be happy. Yeah there were a few more people like Kurenai, Honoka and Haku, but it just wasn't enough to keep him here and be happy. He activated his sharingan and noticed the wide range genjutsu placed around the area. He disabled the seal for a split second before walking up to the tree where Sakura was.
"Sakura." Naruto called out
"Who's there?" Sakura asked
"It's Naruto." He said
"Prove it." Sakura said
"During a camping trip for your training you accidentally touched a wolf..."
"Ok! I believe you!" Sakura interrupted and came out of her hiding spot
"Ready to go?" Naruto asked
"Are you sure you don't want to rest? You look like crap." Sakura said
"I'll be fine. My healing ability is working on the internal injuries right now." Naruto said
"Umm thanks for the save back there. I really appreciate it." Narumi said as she came from the same place as Sakura
"Don't mistake it for kindness. I owed somebody a favor and you just so happened to be needed for the plan to work." Naruto said
"Why do you have to be such a jerk?!" Narumi asked
"Shut up. Sakura I'm leaving." Naruto said and jumped into the trees
"Sorry, Narumi." Sakura said
"It's okay." Narumi said and went back to where Sasuke and Menma were sleeping
Sakura jumped into the trees with Naruto and they took off. She wanted to talk to him about Narumi, but she decided to hold off on talking to him about it. They traveled for about 2 minutes and then Naruto tackled her out of the way.
"What the hell was that for?!" She asked and then a giant yellow snake with horns on its head appeared in front of them making Sakura scream
"Please I mean you no harm." The snake said in a feminine tone
"You're one of Orochimaru's summons! Get away from me!" Sakura yelled and threw a kunai at the snake but Naruto caught it
"It's telling the truth, Sakura. Why are you here?" Naruto asked
"I am Lady Amora. I lead the resistance in our snake clan against Manda and Orochimaru. I sent one of my spy snakes to look for a new summoner for us. One that can bring our clan back to its former glory. I was told of you and decided to check his memories and you are somebody I wish to become our new summoner." Lady Amora said
"I already have a summoning contract." Naruto said
"Yes I understand you have signed the Uzumaki contract. I have already cleared this with Remo and he has granted you permission to become our summoner. Since we are seperate right now, from the other side of the snake clan, we have our own summoning scroll if you wish to sign it." Lady Amora said and a summoning scroll appeared in front of him
"What happens if I sign this and you lose the battle with Manda and Orochimaru?" Naruto asked
"We won't lose. However, if we are to lose somehow, the contract will be destroyed and you will no longer be able to summon us." Lady Amora said
"Then you better win. It's always a good day when I can piss somebody off." Naruto said and signed the contract
"Thank you, Naruto Uzumaki. You are doing us a great service." Lady Amora said and went up with smoke along with the contract
"Ready to go?" Naruto asked Sakura who just nodded
They took off in the trees and traveled for another 3 hours before they finally came up to the tower. They turned around and saw the team from Suna get there as well. Naruto didn't bother talking to them as he just walked into the tower. He opened the scrolls despite Sakura's protest and once they started to smoke he threw them down and Kushina appeared.
"Kushina-sensei? What are you doing here?" Sakura asked
"I'm here to congratulate you two on making it to the tower. One hour and thirty minutes, that's a new record. I take it by the look of Naruto you handled a certain snake." Kushina said
"Not really. I got my ass kicked for most of the fight. I had to use the Tsukuyomi just to beat him. I could match him speed wise, but he had more power behind his punches and more fighting experience." Naruto said
"Did he mark him?" Kushina asked
"No, but he might have a backup plan. So make sure Sasuke has a good team of security following him." Naruto said
"I'll let Minato know. I met Karin and she seems like the typical Uzumaki with the red hair, quick temper and chakra chains." Kushina said
"She has the heal bite ability as well. She probably didn't tell you out of fear of being used like her and her mother was back in Kusa." Naruto said
"I didn't see any bite marks on her. I had Shizune give her a full body examination and found nothing wrong with her." Kushina said
"Then maybe she can somehow heal the bite marks unlike the other Uzumaki who had the same ability." Naruto said
"Maybe. Oh and she seems to have developed some kind of crush on you for saving her life." Kushina said and elbowed him
"Not interested." Naruto said
"Figures. She's jealous of Sakura though." Kushina said
"Why? I barely spoke to her." Sakura said
"Let's face it Sakura. Over the past 6 months your body has developed quite a bit and she's jealous of how your body is right now." Kushina said
"Then tell her to do something about it rather than complain!" Sakura said
"I'm guessing that's something she's developed being on a team full of Uzumaki's." Kushina whispered to Naruto
"Something like that." Naruto said
"Can we leave now? I'm hungry!" Sakura said
"You haven't even been in the forest for two hours and you're already hungry." Kushina said
"Well I've developed quite the appetite over the past 6 months." Sakura said
"Well alright then. You have the remaining 5 days to eat, sleep, relax and train until the 2nd part is over with. You must stay in the tower or you will be disqualified from the chunin exams. Once the second part of the exams are finished and all the teams that have passed are here, I will come and get you two for the next part." Kushina said and disappeared
"What are you going to do for the next 5 days?" Sakura asked
"Just relax." Naruto said
"You're not going to train?" Sakura asked
"No. I need to figure something out and training will distract me." Naruto said
"Oh. Narumi said she's sorry!" Sakura blurted out
"For what?" Naruto asked
"For treating you like crap the past couple years." Sakura said
"What you have to realize, Sakura is that this hasn't been going on for a couple of years. Their treatment of me has been going on since the day we were born. That apology means nothing now as it's too late. Her and Menma are getting their wish from when they were kids. In a month or two I will be gone and they'll have the life they've always wanted." Naruto said and walked away
5 days later
"Congratulations on finishing the second exam." Anko said
"There were 80 ninja who took that exam. To think 23 passed. I know that less than half would make it, but I really thought that the number would be in the single digits." Anko thought
"There's a lot of people left. This is such a drag." Shikamaru said
"Sasuke and his team have passed too." Ino said looking at Sasuke who wasn't in the best shape
"Well of course they did. After all the trouble we went through to keep them safe, they better had passed." Shikamaru said
"I see your team didn't do too bad Kakashi. They must've gotten real lucky. Of course with my team still around, your team is doomed. After all what matters in the next test is abilities and we've got you far out classed. Well, I guess growing up is learning to deal with heartbreak. Eh, Kakashi." Might Guy said and Kakashi wasn't paying attention to him
"Huh? Did you say something?" Kakashi asked and guy had an entire meltdown
"As expected all the best are here." Neji thought as he looked at Naruto
"Naruto Uzumaki, huh?" Neji thought
"I can't believe it. Only 8 teams out of 27 are left." Temari thought
"Naruto passed too. Thank goodness." Hinata thought staring at him
"Look. All of the leaf village rookies made it." Sakura said
"They're all clan heirs. It wouldn't look good if they didn't make it." Naruto said
"I don't have a very good feeling about this." Sasuke said and grabbed his shoulder
"Shit." Naruto whispered
"What?" Sakura asked
"He got him." Naruto said and the jonin all heard him and their eyes went wide
"I can't believe there are so many left after the second test. So many of them are rookies. I guess that's why the jonin fought so hard to recommend them." Minato thought
"Alright! Pay attention! Lord hokage is going to explain the third exam to you. So you better listen carefully, maggots. Lord hokage, they're all yours." Anko said
"Thank you, Anko. First before I tell you what the third exam entails. I want to explain something about the test itself. I'm going to tell you the true purpose of these exams. Why do you think our allied countries hold these exams?" Minato asked
"Because you all want to talk about friendship and peace, but the moment the exams are over you'll go back to fighting one another over something stupid. You can't even trust your supposed allies really. They'll be the first to stab you in the back if a better offer comes. Can you hurry up? The unstable emo redhead next to me is getting impatient." Naruto said
"Uh, sure. Now I'll be telling you exactly what you'll be doing on the third exam." Minato said and a ninja appeared in front of him
"Lord hokage, please allow me, Hayate Gekko, appointed as proctor of the third exam to explain the rules to them." Hayate said
"Very well." Minato said
"It's nice to meet you all. There's something I'd like all of you...to do before the third exam. We have to have a preliminary before we can move onto the real one." Hayate said
"Why do we need a preliminary?" Sakura asked
"The first and second exams might've been too easy. The fact is we never expected so many of you to survive and still be here. According to the rules of the chunin exam, a preliminary round could be held at any stage in order to reduce the number of candidates remaining." Hayate said
"Is that even fair?" Sakura asked
"It's just that at this stage, we have to speed things up a bit. As lord hokage was trying to explain, there will be a lot of important guests watching and we can't afford to waste their time. They'll come to see only the best so if there are any of you who feel like you are not in top physical condition...now is your chance to bow out. The preliminaries will be starting immediately." Hayate said and started to cough again
"You mean right now?!" Kiba asked
"But we just finished barely surviving through the second exam. Don't we get a break." Ino said
"This is such a drag." Shikamaru said
"When do we eat?!" Choji asked
"I'm not backing out! I'm this thing till the end! I will become an assassin and then I'll become hokage!" Menma thought
"Oh, the winners will be determined by one on one combat sudden death. So like I said, if there's anyone who doesn't feel up to it, now is the time to raise your hand." Hayate said
"Does he really think anyone's going to quit." Sasuke thought and then grabbed his shoulder again
"Sasuke." Narumi said
"The waves of pain. They're coming sooner and sooner." Sasuke thought
"Sasuke, listen to me. You've got to forfeit the preliminaries." Narumi said
"Huh?" Menma said
"You've been like this ever since you got bit by that poisonous snake and it's getting worse. It's that mark it out on you, isn't it?" Narumi asked
"What mark?" Menma thought
"You can't deny it, Sasuke. Please. Please Sasuke, quit now before, I don't know what, but I'm scared for you." Narumi said
"So that's how he got him. I should've known he'd do something like that." Naruto thought
"I guess he got to him." Minato said
"I thought you put a squad of anbu around him to watch." Kushina said
"I did." Minato said
"What should we do with him?" Ibiki asked
"We take him out of the exams. Hand him over to black ops and keep him locked up. We have to keep that seal under control." Anko said
"Oh and he's just going to quietly go along with all of this, huh? You think so? You're forgetting, he's of the Uchiha clan." Kakashi ssid
"I don't care what the hell he is! If he stays he's a danger to everyone!" Anko said
"WILL YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP! WE GET IT! SASUKE GOT A HICKEY FROM A PEDOPHILE! JUST START THE DAMN PRELIMINARY OR ILL KILL EVERY GENIN IN THIS FUCKING ROOM." Naruto yelled as his Uzumaki temper got the best of him
"Mother says I'm too strong for you to kill. She wants your blood." Gaara said
Naruto activated his chains and wrapped them around Gaara and started to throw him around the chunin exam stage. The other genin backed away from this as it happened and it took Kushina using her chains and multiple anbu to make Naruto stop.
"Sheesh and I thought Kushina's temper was bad." Minato thought
"Alright then. We'll now begin the preliminary round. Each round will consist of 1 on 1 individual combat except for one match. That one match will have to be a three way battle. We will have a total of 11 matches and the winners will go on to the finals. There are no rules. You will fight until one dies or one is rendered physically incapable of continuing the contest. Now, it is time to figure out which fate has been chosen for you." Hayate said
"Open the panel." Anko said into her headset and a giant screen was revealed on the wall
"The names of each pair of opponents will be randomly selected. Before each match, these names will appear on the display behind me. As there's nothing more to say, let's begin. In a moment the names of the first competitors will appear." Hayate said and the board went through random names until it finally stopped
"Dammit! I wanted to go first!" Menma thought
"To think I'd be fighting so soon." Sasuke thought
"Looks like Sasuke gets to fight another one of Orochimaru's henchmen. He's going to be tested when it comes to that curse mark." Naruto thought
"Yoroi Akado vs. Sasuke Uchiha. Everyone else please go up to the balcony and wait your turn." Hayate said everyone cleared out and Naruto stopped next to Sasuke
"Hopefully you won't have to rely on that seal you have." Naruto said and walked away
The match was fun to some people who didn't understand what was going on. All Sasuke's opponent was doing was taking away his chakra to force him into using the curse mark. Orochimaru underestimated Sasuke's will because he fought the curse mark and defeated his opponent with his new move he called lion's barrage. Kakashi came and took Sasuke away as soon as he was declared the winner. Naruto felt Orochimaru follow him and didn't care. He did his part so now he just had to focus on finishing the chunin exams.
The next two matches were also boring. Shino defeated somebody from the sound village and Kankuro defeated the other person that was with Orochimaru. The names rolled around on screen before they finally stopped on two names. Naruto cracked an eye open and looked at the screen before he fully opened his eyes.
"Well this is going to be interesting." Naruto thought with a smirk
Everyone in the stands from Konoha were shocked at the two people chosen to fight next. All the jonin looked at the two competitors and knew this would be a nasty fight filled with insults and a lot of hard hits. Minato, Kushina and Kakashi all looked at Naruto who was fully awake for this fight and then looked back at the two competitors in the fighting area.
"Let's see how much she's actually grown." Minato thought
Match 4
"I never thought I'd fight you. Or at least I didn't think it would happen this soon. Don't expect me to go easy on you." Ino said
Stands
"Ino was a standout among the rookie kunoichi. She has a chance to win, but if what they say about her opponent is true, then she doesn't have much of a chance." Asuma thought
"Of all the people Ino could've fought, it just had to be this one." Shikamaru said
"I know. I hope Ino will be okay." Choji said
Match 4
"I wouldn't want you to take it easy on me because I'm not." Sakura said
She tied her headband on her forehead and unknown to everyone but Naruto, she was already channeling chakra for her first attack. This was something she did a few times during some of their spars.
"Sakura Haruno vs. Ino Yamanaka. Begin!" Hayate said
Earth style: earthquake slam
Sakura slammed her hands on the ground and the earth started to shake making Ino fall off balance. Sakura ended the jutsu and then rushed Ino forcing her into a taijutsu fight. Sakura went in with a body shot that caught Ino off guard and then kicked her in the head. Ino recovered and quickly threw a punch into Sakura's gut before she gave her a backhand fist.
Ino ran at Sakura and to her surprise she went right through Sakura and was kicked from behind. Sakura used a simple clone jutsu earlier in the fight and then substituted with it. Sakura and Ino pulled out a kunai and started another taijutsu fight. It was bad for both of them since they were both getting cut a lot. Ino managed to knock Sakura's kunai out of her hand and went for a leg sweep. To everyone's surprise except Naruto who smirked, Sakura jumped into the air avoiding the leg sweep and twisted in the air to kick the kunai down towards Ino.
Ino tried to move, but it was too late as the kunai managed to give her a nice cut on the side of her face. Ino used the substitution jutsu with a chunk of earth to get away and recover herself. Sakura didn't let up as she went through hand signs and did her next jutsu.
Water style: wild water wave
Sakura spat water from her mouth in a waterfall-like fashion to wash away Ino. Once the attack hit Ino she hit the wall and she was a bit dizzy. She shook her head and created some clones and had all of them run around Sakura as she was running with them. Sakura was already figuring out Ino's plan and stood up straight.
Naruto leaned forward and watched closely because he had a feeling he knew she was doing. Kushina watched on proudly as Sakura was doing really well for having been training seriously for 6 months. All the other jonin and genin from the leaf village were shocked at her development. They all looked at Kushina who was looking at Naruto who had a smirk on his face. He noticed them all looking at him and he just turned his attention back to the fight.
Ino kept running around Sakura with her clones and then went for a spinning kick aimed at Sakura's head. Sakura was using her earth manipulation to see and feel Ino's vibration and ducked out of the way from her kick. If everyone thought that was impressive what she did next was even better. Sakura planted her hands on the ground and gave Ino a double donkey kick to her gut and then spun around on her hands and kicked Ino's legs from underneath her. Sakura couldn't keep her momentum going, but it was enough as Ino hit her head on the ground and she was out for the count.
"Winner. Sakura Haruno." Hayate announced
"WOO-HOO." Kushina cheered
Sakura smiled at Kushina and then watched as the medical team came and took Ino away to get checked on. She made it up the stairs and once she saw Naruto she smiled and nervously laughed when he looked at her.
Stands
"Sakura. Where did you learn to do that?" Asuma asked
"Learn what?" Sakura asked
"That move at the end. It's only a move that only a chunin level shinobi or higher can pull off." Might guy said
"Naruto taught it to me. I couldn't go all the way through with it and finish her off like he can, but it worked anyway." Sakura said
"Good job. Your balance was a little off, but that's only because you aren't used to it." Naruto said and healed her wounds using the mystic palm jutsu.
"I seriously need to learn that jutsu." Sakura said
"You'll get it eventually." Naruto said
"How do you know?" Sakura asked
"Just trust me. You'll have it down before the finals." Naruto said
"When did they become friends?" Shikamaru asked
"A few months ago. She's the only person he talks to on our team." Narumi said
"Why doesn't your team captain or jonin sensei do something about that?" Asuma asked
"Because Naruto's stronger than Kakashi, so he'll just tell him to beat him in a fight and then he'll think about it. Naruto's the team captain so that's an automatic no. Kushina said she'd rather not get into an argument with another Uzumaki as their arguments have a tendency to always get physical." Kurenai said
"So basically team 7 is waiting to go up in flames." Asuma said
"Yup. Just think of our team as your lungs. The longer you keep smoking the more damage you do to your lungs until you die. The longer you keep this team together the more damage gets done and it will eventually die. Not that I'm saying I'll kill them. I mean I've thought about it, but then I changed my mind." Naruto said
"You do know that's not a good thing to say, right?" Asuma asked
"Smoking cigarettes isn't a good thing neither, but you don't see me complaining about it. The stuff I know and think about would blow your mind." Naruto said
"What do you think about Naruto?" Kushina asked
"I think about how I'm going to leave this village. I think about how many villagers I should've killed by now. I think about that one eyed pedophile on the council who likes to stare at little boys. Oh I think about that certain snake who uses horrible disguises. I also think about my two brothers." Naruto said
"You only have one brother." Kurenai said
"No, I have two brothers. Shisui and Itachi Uchiha." Naruto said
"Shisui is understandable. Why the bell would you think about Itachi though?" Asuma asked
"Because I often wonder if I should've helped him kill his clan so I wouldn't have to deal with this village and the bullshit that comes with it. Yet here I am still putting up with this shit." Naruto said
"Maybe it's because you're loyal to this village." Kurenai said
"I am not loyal to this village. I won't do anything to harm it because of my mom, Anko, Kurenai, Sakura, Shizune and TenTen, but I am not loyal to this village. If you haven't noticed, I don't listen to anything the hokage tells me to do. I follow my own rules if I don't want to do something I'm not going to do it." Naruto said
"You better watch your mouth!" Menma said
"What are you gonna do? Draw on the nine tails chakra and attack me? You can't do that right now with the extra seal you have on you. You're a one trick pony." Naruto said
"He's the greatest hokage ever!" Menma said
"Please. The greatest hokage ever in my book would be Hiruzen Sarutobi. He became hokage at the age of 22 and led this village to victory in two wars. He was about peace, yet he was not afraid to use force if absolutely needed. He was the hokage for almost 34 years. He mastered every chakra nature and even had a jutsu that combined all of them into one huge attack. He was hailed as the professor of shinobi due to him learning as many jutsus as Kakashi and he didn't even have the sharingan. He trained all three of the legendary Sanin and was trained himself by Hashirama and Tobirama Senju themselves. He's also the person who gave me my name. His biggest regrets in life was not being closer to Asuma and his decision to let Orochimaru go free when he could've killed him. Compared to that, Minato is nothing." Naruto said
"I will not stand around and let you disrespect Minato sensei." Kakashi said
"Then sit down and let me disrespect him." Naruto said making Kurenai and Anko laugh
"He got you with that one Kakashi!" Anko said laughing
"Please, tell me. What has Minato done since becoming hokage? He's had the seat for 13 years now. Surely he's done something memorable." Naruto said
"He stopped a war between us and Kumo from happening." Kakashi said
"Yeah, because he chose the cowardly way out and handed over the body of Hizashi Hyuga. He could've easily countered Kumos threat by having a member from the Yamanaka clan search the mind of the Kumo ninja that kidnapped Hinata for the Byakugan. That alone would have saved us from a war and kept a member of the Hyuga clan alive. Why weren't there any anbu surrounding the village the day that treaty came? It was a treaty they offered out of nowhere and he happily accepted it. It never occurred to him that this might be a trap to get the Byakugan. The Hyuga clan isn't out of the problem either. You have a clan with basically 360 degree sight for miles and yet none of them saw the Kumo ninja sneak into their compound and grab Hinata until he nearly escaped. I ask once again, what has he exactly done as hokage?" Naruto asked
"How do you know all of this?" Kushina asked
"It's not hard for an Uzumaki seal master to break into the classified vault with all the secrets and information on this village. I actually did it before I was a seal master. Honestly that is the worst seal you could have for the vault. No wonder why Kabuto was able to sneak in there and look at everything." Naruto said
"So you just admitted to breaking into the village top secret room." Kakashi said
"Technically, I didn't break into it. I had the key and I opened the door." Naruto said
"He's right. That's not a break in." Anko said
"You might want to change the seal on that door Minato." Jiraiya said and Minato made a clone and had it go change the seal
"Now, can somebody else answer my question? What has Minato done since he became hokage?" Naruto asked
"Uh. Naruto, your match is up. You're fighting two genin from the sand village." Sakura said and Naruto made a shadow clone
"Go handle that for me." Naruto said and the clone went to the fighting arena
"He doesn't think a shadow clone will win his match. Does he?" Asuma asked
"Winner. Naruto Uzumaki." Hayate said
"WHAT?!" All the genin yelled
"Well, nobody can answer my question and I've already had my match. Looks like I'm done for the day. I'll see you all in a month." Naruto said and walked away
"Don't you want to know who your next opponent is at the end?" Sakura asked
"I already know." Naruto said
Different dimension...Azarath
"Hm, he is strong. I'll need to see more if he's going to be able to stop the prophecy from being fulfilled in his dimension and when he finally meets Raven again. I've already sent her away to protect her and gave her guidance on who to find on earth, but Naruto will be a huge factor in her fate." Arella thought as she watched Naruto a bit more before turning off her ball she was using
"3 more years and she'll be put to the ultimate test." Arella said
Naruto
Naruto was walking around the village getting the usual glares and hateful comments. He was minding his business as usual and along the way to his training area, he felt a familiar chakra signature. He vanished in a lighting shunshin and appeared in front of the person he detected.
"Never thought I'd see you back so early." Naruto said
"I'm doing recon for the akatsuki. In 2 1/2 years, we will begin our hunt for the tailed beasts. I've already informed Jiraiya of this." Itachi said
"I'm leaving, but I have a feeling that I'll have to come back for something around that time." Naruto said
"How did the mission go?" Itachi asked
"He got him. I fought him off the first time and only won because of the Tsukuyomi. If I didn't have the sharingan he would've wiped the floor with me." Naruto said
"He's a crafty one. How did he get him?" Itachi asked
"Somehow he managed to have a snake bite Sasuke on the neck and give him the curse mark. Minato supposedly put a squad of anbu to protect him, but even they couldn't have seen that one coming." Naruto said
"Are you in the finals?" Itachi asked
"Yeah. I'll be in the final match since Minato is giving me a pass the next round. It's part of our agreement. I help in the invasion and he lets me leave without any distractions or anbu chasing after me." Naruto said
"I'll be the one to train you. During the invasion you'll most likely have to face squads of root anbu as well. Orochimaru and Danzo are close associates." Itachi said
"I know. Danzo has an artificial arm made of Hashirama Senju cells. It has at least 9 or 10 sharingan implanted on it plus the one in his eye socket. I'm guessing Orochimaru made the arm for him after the massacre happened. Danzo has been quiet since I told him I knew about his arm and sharingan." Naruto said
"I wouldn't put it past him to have that. He's using that for the Izanagi. Enough about Danzo and Orochimaru. Training starts now." Itachi said
Itachi activated his sharingan and kicked Naruto away sending him crashing through a couple of trees. Naruto just groaned as this was usually how Itachi trained him, but he still thought he could be given a warning. He activated his own sharingan and then rushed at Itachi with a kunai in his hand.