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Chapter 24 - CHUNIN EXAMS-2

NARUTO POV:

"Took you long enough" Kakashi said with an eye smile,

"We met Lee and Guy-sensei on the way" Naruto said with a slight shudder.

"Ah" Kakashi said with an understanding nod "Well then, take a breather and then enter the test room"

"What were you doing here by the way?" Sasuke asked.

"Well, you see, if all three of you hadn't showed up, I would've had to stop you from entering, mostly a formality honestly. I can't see a world where any of you would back down"

"Uh, thanks?" Naruto said, scratching the back of his head.

"Now then, knock em dead. Figuratively or not is up to you" Kakashi said with an eye-smile and disappeared in a puff of smoke.

The trio looked at each other, shrugged and then walked through door.

Immediately, they were assaulted by an intense wave of killing by its occupants.

Rather than react in any way, they ignored it and walked towards where they could see some of their academy classmates.

"Yahoo" Kiba called out.

"What a drag" Shikamaru said "With you three joining this became much more troublesome"

"Come on Shika" Naruto said as he threw his arm over Shikamaru's shoulder "Don't be like that Dattebayo"

"A bit of help" Sasuke choked out as Naruto turned to see him being hugged to death by Ino with Sakura dying of laughter nearby.

"Oi Ino let the man breathe" Shikamaru said with a yawn.

"Well, aren't you a lively group" A silver haired boy said as he walked up to them " You should keep it down though, you're getting attention, and not in the good way"

The 9 looked around to see the rest of the room giving them hostile looks.

While the rest(minus Sasuke, who was attempting to reunite his lungs with oxygen, and Sakura who was still laughing) took a few steps back, Naruto just snorted.

"Pfft. There are like 6 or 7 people here who might pose a challenge to me, and three of those are right here Dattebayo" He said, gesturing to the rest of the eight.

Kiba puffed up his chest "Of course you see the alpha as a threat"

"Dog boy you aint even in my top 50, and I haven't even met 50 yet"

"Anyway" the silver haired boy said, interrupting Kiba's growling "As your senpai, I just felt obligated to warn you. You see those three over there? They're from the Hidden Sound village, a new village from the Land of Grass, It's their first time participating so I doubt they're that dangerous though "

Clearly, said hidden sound members didn't like hearing that, and one of them (the one who looked like a mummy) appeared beside Kabuto and launched a punch which the silver haired teen dodged.

He proceeded to empty the contents of his stomach after that.

"The Hidden Sound will win this whole thing" Mummy guy said "Don't forget that"

"THAT'S ENOUGH MAGGOTS, TO YOUR SEATS NOW" called out a loud voice from the center area, where a jonin now stood along with around 20 chunin. "ANY MORE PRE-EXAM FIGHTING AND YOUR WHOLE TEAM IS DISQUALIFIED"

Naruto was bored. He was able to get the answers easily enough, he had a couple of shadow clones turn into mosquitos and fly over Shika's test and then dispel, so he already had the answers written down.

He offered them to Hinata, who was beside him but she just gave him a smile and gestured at her own, which was also full.

'Damn Byakugan with its see-through-people powers. I have got to find a way to shorten that term. Saying see-through-people every time seems like a hassle'

'Technically you're thinking it'

'Whatever Dattebayo.'

'Go to sleep or something. You haven't had a proper rest since we returned from that demon world. I'll wake you if something happens'

'Eh you've got that right. Fine I'll sleep for a bit then'

Side Story : Naruto's summons (Episode 2)

"Uh, Nice palace you've got here Dattebayo"

The devil king stared.

Liebe stared.

The devil beside the devil king stared.

Naruto could even feel Kurama staring at him from the seal.

All of a sudden the Devil king started laughing, so Naruto assumed he wasn't offended.

"Thank you boy, I haven't laughed like that in 170 years. I am Lucifero, the king of the devils. Beside me is Astaroth, my elder brother and advisor."

"H-hello. My name is Naruto Uzumaki. I'm a human, but I guess you already knew that."

"Indeed, I did"

"So...what exactly am I supposed to do now?"

"I was planning to test you, but I can't think of anything so I suppose I shall grant you the sigil of summoning anyway, considering that one of your kind having an affinity with us is quite rare."

"Just like that?"

"Just like that."

"Thank you, uh, your majesty?"

"You may refer to me by my name."

"Lucifero-Sama, then?"

"That will do"

The devil beside Lucifero walked up to Naruto.

"Hmm, not bad for a child. Ooh with the greatest fragment of the Ten-Tails sealed within as well! Yes, you shall do nicely"

'The hell does he mean by Ten-tails Kurama !? '

'Long story, I'll tell you later.'

"U-uh Astaroth-sama"

"Astaroth is fine child, while my brother rules our kingdom, I frequently visit the human world so as to keep up, as they say"

"Don't people freak out?"

"Naturally I hid my looks with a simple illusion. What you shinobi call a Jutsu, I suppose. Of course, my information might be a bit outdated since the last shinobi I talked to was 27 years ago. A shinobi named Sakumo Hatake. Quite the man. Great at making chicken rolls."

"Y-you knew my sensei's father?"

"Your sensei is that Kakashi boy? Do ask him if he remembers a man named Jin would you?"

"Uh, sure"

"Splendid. I shall take my leave for now, Lucifero. Megicula asked me to invite you to her daughter's coming of age ceremony."

"I'll make an appearance I suppose" Lucifero said with an air of indifference.

Astaroth nodded and vanished in a blue light.

"You ok Naruto?" He heard Liebe ask as he stood beside him.

"Anyway, contrary to contracts with animals, rather than write your name in a scroll all you need is a crest, like a key if you will, imprinted on your body so as to call or fuse with one of us."

"Fuse!?"

"Ah yes, think of it as your devil partner turning into a cloak of sorts, and you wearing that cloak. You will be able to use both that devil's and your abilities, both increased tenfold, depending on your affinity".

"Affinity?"

"Hmm. Take for example someone who uses the element of fire. A devil proficient in the use of fire, lava and such would be easily able to fuse with said person, but a devil proficient in Ice or water would find it quite hard to fuse with the person. Not to say it is impossible, just requires a great deal of mastery over oneself."

"Uhh, so my affinity is wind and I can also cancel out chakra using my ability, like anti-chakra"

"Oh?" Lucifero raised with an eyebrow and looked at Liebe.

"I saw it in use only once, when he came here, but I can confirm it was practically a identical to my abilities sire."

"That's convenient then. Liebe, you will be his familiar for now, guide him in the use of our arts. Do not disappoint me."

"Yes my lord" Liebe said with a bow.

"Very good. Boy, raise your right arm"

Naruto pulled back his sleeve and did as told only to grab it soon after with a hiss of pain as he saw some areas of it turn black, in the shape of some type of emblem.

"That is your sigil of summoning. I will allow Liebe to explain the finer details so I shall leave for now. I have a ceremony to attend" Lucifero said and then disappeared in a storm of black energy.

"That was...intense Dattebayo" Naruto muttered.

"Are you kidding me" Liebe looked at him incredulously "I've never seen him act so generous in my 300 years of existence!"

"Guess he likes me?"

"Anyway, show me your sigil"

Naruto did as told, and saw Liebe tap it before tapping his own right arm, and saw it appear on Liebe's hand as well.

"When not in use, you can let it look like this through visualization." said devil said as he tapped on the sigil and it shrunk into a sort of tattoo of a circle around his wrist, almost like a wristband.

Naruto did that after a lot of visualizing and hand tapping.

He then covered the whole thing back by rolling back down his sleeves.

"So uh, how do I leave here now?"

"I'll teach you how to enter and exit on your own later, for now I'll do it myself"

The devil then touched Naruto forehead with his pointer finger, and Naruto's world went dark.