-The next day-
Naruto was sat in his bed looking at his teammates before he sighed at seeing them start to bicker and he released his chakra to shut them up, once they both shut up he sighed and started "Sasuke was asleep because we needed to seal off Orochimaru's death hickey that he gave him, as for Sakura she fell asleep, now if that's all you were bickering about then I'm going to do some morning training, then get some food" Naruto said as he stood up and walked towards the door of the room, upon opening the door he smiled and was about to walk out when Sasuke shouted.
"What do you mean sealed off Orochimaru's death hickey?!" Sasuke seemed pissed, was it at the thought of losing the power of the Curse mark until the seal broke or was it because he never even got the chance to use it.
"I mean the mark that Orochimaru gave you, you know the mark that looks like three tomoe, maybe you want a better description" Naruto said as he started to think "Oh right, the mark that Orochimaru failed to put onto Itachi" Naruto said before he heard Sasuke growl at him "Sasuke, that mark, according to Kakashi has a 1 in 10 chance of killing you after it activates, I got them to seal it off mainly because I don't wish to become breeding stock for the damned Sharingan" Naruto said as he looked over his shoulder "Now I suggest you get some rest and food as well as shutting up because I'm tempted to hit you whether you are the clan heir or not" Naruto said in a voice that left no room for arguing as Sasuke huffed and sat down, Naruto sighed and walked out after closing the door mumbling "Troublesome bastard" he walked to the training room of the tower and started to train. After several hours of training he walked out and wiped his brow of some sweat and sighed "Shower's for me" he mumbled to himself and then felt Kakashi's chakra "Hey Sensei" Naruto said as Kakashi eye smiled.
"Yo" Kakashi simply said with an eye smile and a wave "Training still?" Kakashi asked as Naruto nodded and sighed.
"Yeah still training, but I really need a shower and don't wish to use my rooms one" Naruto said as Kakashi looked thoughtful and handed Naruto a small slip of paper.
"Hokage-sama handed me this to give you, it's a shower that he believes you'd rather use, after all it's closer to the training room" Kakashi finished and started to read his book again as Naruto nodded and walked to it, Naruto walked into the shower room and opened a small scroll unsealing a towel and a change of clothes, he locked the door before starting to use the shower after activating privacy seals, he hummed to himself before saying.
"I wonder if Temari-chan would like to go on a date after?" He said aloud as he stepped into the shower, after showering he changed into his spare clothes and walked towards where he felt the Suna siblings chakra signatures, he looked around the corridors and realized they all looked the same and boring making him sigh as he reached the door he assumed belonged to the Suna trio, he knocked three times and stood there waiting for someone to answer, when the door opened he saw Gaara stood there and once their eyes met Gaara smiled lightly.
"Naruto" Gaara said simply as Naruto smiled and nodded "What are you doing here if you don't mind me inquiring?" Gaara asked as Naruto looked away slightly.
"I have come to ask if Temari would like to go on a date?" Naruto said with a small blush, this shocked Kankuro who was listening and he was about to speak up until he heard his older sister.
"Yes!" Temari shouted a bit too loud for her liking as everyone looked to her, Kankuro looked surprised, Naruto smiling lightly and Gaara was, well Gaara was confused as Temari calmed down and spoek after coughing. "Yes I'd like to go on a date with you Naruto, where will we be going?" She asked as Naruto scratched his head.
"Well there isn't much to be seen from the hallways so I was thinking we head to top room and have a small picnic" Naruto said and was going to continue when he heard Gaara say.
"Kankuro, what's a date?" Gaara asked his voice filled with curiosity and confusion as Naruto laughed a little at Gaara.
"Yeah Kankuro, answer Gaara's question, after all he may end up getting a date once Suna sees him with his new seal and how kind he is without Shukaku's thirst for blood" Naruto said with a small grin as Temari giggled a little, and the two walked off leaving Gaara and Kankuro to have the embarrassing conversations about relationships and stuff. (A/N: The birds and the bees were involved as well).
Naruto walked into the cafeteria and saw the chefs about to take there order so Naruto spoke up "You guys get the next hour off, Hokage's orders" he said simply and the chefs groaned as they walked off, Naruto walked in and looked around for some food "After all I need food for the picnic" he said to himself as he started to make some food for their picnic, he got them some sandwiches, some salad, dessert and some drinks to go with it as well as a small blanket for them and walked to the top floor of the tower, once there he spotted Temari waiting and smiled "Hey sorry I had to quickly make some food for us" She smiled softly at him and shook her head.
"I haven't been waiting long, I walked about a bit and then started to head here" Temari said as Naruto nodded, they walked next to each other for a small while until they saw a spot where they could sit down, Naruto set up the blanket and the basket and they sat down, opposite each other, they started to talk about their favorite things like colors and foods, their favorite animals and favorite places to be alone at and then started to eat, while eating Temari made the decision to let Naruto cook whenever they were eating in as his food was, in her words amazing. After eating they lay there and watched the clouds as they spoke to each other more, getting to know each other more than anyone else knows them, while talking they subconsciously got closer and the only point they noticed it was when Temari's head was on his shoulder and he had his arm around her waist but they didn't mind as they enjoyed each other's touch. After a while of them laying in this position and talking Temari fell asleep on his arm snoring lightly and he smiled softly at her.
"She must have gotten tired from us talking so much" Naruto muttered to himself and channeled a small amount of fire chakra into his body to make sure to keep her warm, while doing this he was thinking of new jutsus and the such when he got the idea of using lightning chakra instead of fire chakra around his body, he made sure to store it away for later and would train with that idea the next day. Not long after though he fell asleep with his head on Temari's head his body had wrapped both arms around her to keep her close and warm. This is the position they were in for several hours and neither woke up until Naruto did and groaned "Dammit" Naruto muttered as he looked at the sky and saw it was dark "Hey Tema-chan?" Naruto whispered into her ear lightly getting a small groan from her.
"It's time to wake up" he said as she whined out a 'noo' and Naruto chuckled lightly and kissed her forehead and said again "But we've been asleep for what looks like 10 hours" he said and to that she shot up, sat in his lap and looked at him then up to the sky and she groaned.
"I was comfortable" she muttered as Naruto smiled softly.
"We can do this kind of date some other time, for now let's get you back to your room" he said as she nodded and sorted her hair as she got out of Naruto's lap, Naruto smiled softly before he started to pack up the things they used for the date, after packing up he walked along side Temari towards her room, the difference this time is they were holding hands.
-Time skip: Preliminaries-
Naruto looked around the large hall as he saw all the Genin who passed and he inwardly flinched at seeing the numbers, quite literally, halved. He looked at Temari and blushed lightly remembering their most recent date which ended with them in a make out session, the one when they fell asleep with each other (A/N the one I wrote) was their second date, the third ended with a chaste kiss and that was the day after the second date, the third which was the day after ended with the kiss being a little more passionate and the date the night before was a date which ended in a make out session, Naruto shook his head of those thoughts as he heard the Hokage speak from the Hokage area, that was until a sickly looking Jonin, Gekko Hayate, if Naruto heard the name correctly, asked to continue the speech and so he did, explaining the reason why there was a preliminary stage as well as, how the match ups were going to be made as he then finished with. "Now that you all know the reason of the prelims would anyone like to drop out?" He looked around the room and his eyes landed on the single arm that was raised and spoke "State your name and the village you belong to then walk out" Hayate said as the silver haired boy nodded and said.
"Kabuto Yakushi, Konohagakure no Sato" Kabuto said as Naruto's eyes narrowed upon hearing the name.
"Why are you dropping out Kabuto?" Naruto asked as he looked to Kabuto who was about to answer. "And don't lie, I know exactly how full your chakra reserves are" Naruto said with his eyes narrowing as Kabuto looked discreetly towards the Otogakure Jonin Sensei who seemed to have his teeth gritted tightly.
"I sustained too many injuries in the forest and also was poisoned, I'd much rather have that treated then have to fight more genin" Kabuto lied with a fake smile making Naruto scoff and then Kabuto walked off and once out of eyeshot wiped some sweat off his brow, he never even realized he was sweating himself.
Naruto turned to the board that came from the ceiling and watched as it spun, once it stopped he sighed lightly and heard Hayate speak up "The people who's names on the board stay down here, those of you who aren't can you go to the sidelines and wait for your turn" Hayate said as the genin nod and walk up to the catwalks leaving Sasuke Uchiha and Yoroi Akado. (Fight is like canon please don't flame me for not writing out the fight as I'd rather just skip to some of the matches which are having some changes done)
Naruto sat on the sidelines with a sigh, he has watched through every fight so far and has been completely pissed off by one, the Sakura vs Ino, he was confused as to why Ino, a clan heiress, would be able to draw with Sakura, who in his opinion was the worst Kunoichi in all villages, he was just hoping for his match to come up and was tapping the bar until he saw his name show up on the screen and he sighed at the opponent "Can Naruto Uchiha and Kiba Inuzuka come down?" Asked Hayate as Naruto hopped over the railing and walked towards the centre and waited for Kiba to take the long way down. (I said there were changes but their opponents ain't the change)
Naruto stood there with a neutral expression on his face as he watched Kiba and Akamaru walk to the middle, once close enough he heard Akamaru whimper in surprise and Kiba looked at his partner "Akamaru? What's wrong?" Kiba asked as Akamaru barked a response "What do you mean his aura and scent has changed?" Kiba asked confused and Akamaru replied again "He seems a lot stronger than the last time you saw his aura?" Kiba asked before he burst out laughing "No one can change the fact he is still a dobe" Kiba said and this seemed to encourage Akamaru slightly as Naruto sighed and they both nodded at Hayate. Hayate nodded and said.
"The 8th match between Naruto Uchiha and Kiba Inuzuka begins!" He stated before vanishing, as he vanished Naruto clapped his hands together and then into a Tora handseal and said.
"Katon: Gyokyaku no Jutsu" Naruto muttered as a huge fireball erupted from his mouth making Kiba dodge it, that didn't save his coat though as the hood was set alight, once seeing this Kiba threw the coat away and growled at Naruto before sprinting at him, this made Naruto smirk as he started to channel lightning chakra through his body and he seemingly vanished in a bolt of lightning, he reappeared in front of Kiba and punched him in the gut with the lightning chakra enhanced fist which electrocuted Kiba, not enough to kill or knock him out as Naruto hadn't had anyone to test this one, Naruto clicked his tongue as he stood up in a boxer style taijutsu kata and bounced on the balls of his feet, he looked straight at Kiba with a smirk and everyone got to see what Naruto was doing and what happened, what astonished them was the small shroud of electricity surrounding his fists as Hiruzen said.
"It's almost like Raikage-dono's Raiton no Yoroi (Lightning Armor)" he said surprising those who could hear him as he looked at Naruto more analytically "It seems he has the basics down but hasn't mastered it yet" Hiruzen finished as those who heard just dumbly nodded, Naruto looked confused before he realized what Hiruzen was talking about and a depressive aura surrounded Naruto.
"You're saying I didn't invent this?" Naruto asked as he sounded on the verge of tears as Hiruzen shook his head, Naruto tutted and sighed as he looked at Kiba and then deactivated the small armor he had "Damn Kumo and thinking of this first, no wonder they are the called Kaminari no Kuni (Lightning Country)" Naruto groaned out as he cracked his neck and activated his sharingan, the three tomoe blazing in his eyes as Kiba asked.
"D-Dobe when did you get the s-sharingan?!" Kiba seemed pissed but he was still trying to recover from his stomach being zapped. Naruto looked at him then pulled a kunai out and looked into it showing he activated his sharingan unknowingly.
"Oops, this wasn't supposed to be known till the finals" Naruto said aloud as he looked to Hiruzen who sighed and shrugged making Naruto groan "I guess I can say, I've had it since I was 5 and got all three tomoe in a year or 2" Naruto said surprising everyone as the only known person to master the sharingan in that amount of time was Itachi and even he didn't master it until he was 8 years old, this meant Naruto has had a fully matured sharingan since he was 6 or 7. Sasuke seemed to be the most pissed off by this news though as well as Orochimaru who had his teeth gritted and Naruto sighed again "Anyways we should finish this match" Naruto said as he vanished and when he reappeared he had an unconcious Kiba on his shoulder and Akamaru held up by his scruff, he smiled sadly at Akamaru and said "Sorry about this bud" he held Akamaru at arms length to make sure the puppy couldn't harm him and Hayate called the match.
"Winner, Naruto Uchiha!" Hayate shouted as Naruto then walked off with Kiba and Akamaru, he put Kiba onto the stretcher the medics brought out and put Akamaru onto his stomach.