In The Arms of Angels

By: Kyubi-X

Chapter 8: Training, Exams, and Snakes…

A/N: I know that in chapter six I promised to put the Demon Brothers in Chapter seven and I didn't. I tried several different ideas and they did work so I scrapped it. I didn't receive any complaints about it but if it did upset you I apologize. That being said…On with the show!

Also, I would like to take one more opportunity to thank One Azn Dragon for becoming my make shift editor for this story. He helps me come up with ideas and helps me make my chapters better so this story wouldn't be around without him! -

Naruto slowly got to his feet and turned to look at the four angels. Naruto waited anxiously wanting to know what their choice was.

Gabriel took a step forward and took a deep breath. "After deliberating with our superiors, we have decided that we are going to give your sister the ability to see us." Naruto smiled and bowed to them thankful for their service.

The angels immediately took on a somber attitude again which took Naruto by surprise. "Naruto, I have to warn you that your training will be more intense than anything you have ever experienced before. But before we get to that; its time that we all went to have a talk with your inner demon."

Before Naruto could say anything Gabriel and surged forward and placed his hands on Naruto's head. The next thing Naruto knew he was standing in front of the massive cage of the Kyuubi.

Naruto began to shake in fright as the giant demon came into view and looked down at him. "Foolish little boy, coming to my lair and getting so close, time to die." The Kyuubi said as he brought forth a massive paw and took a swung at Naruto.

Naruto closed his eyes waiting for death but the blow never came. When Naruto opened his eyes he saw that the paw had caused a massive indentation where he had moments ago been standing. Naruto looked up to see Gabriel standing behind him with a hand on his shoulder.

"Don't be scared Naruto, we are here with you." Gabriel said as Tobias, Alice and Alexia came into view.

"Ah, Gabriel-san, how nice of you to join us with your rag tag group of pathetic angels." The Kyuubi said chuckling darkly.

Gabriel took a step forward and boldly said, "Don't talk back to me you retched demon lest I send you back to hell where you belong!"

Kyuubi chuckled again before saying, "Gabriel-san, there is no need to be spreading empty threats. We both know that if you destroy me that your precious would be warrior dies along with me. So listen and listen well Gabriel because I'm only going to say this once. You will not succeed in your goals for this child. I will break free and I will take this body for my own.

In an instant all four Angels exploded with energy which made the Kyuubi retreat back rather into his cage. All four angels spoke at once in loud commanding voices as they said, "YOU SHALL DO NO SUCH THING!"

Gabriel looked to Alexis and said, "Do it now." Alexis stepped up to the seal on the cage and pulled out a strange looking talisman. The Kyuubi's eyes widened in surprise and he leapt forward roaring with furry. Kyuubi took a swing at Alexis but his paw was stopped by Gabriel. Kyuubi pulled back his paw and swung with the other one. This time Tobias and Alice caught that paw and held it tightly as Alexis finished placing the talisman over the seal.

When she was finished Gabriel grabbed Naruto and they teleported back into the real world. Naruto woke up and sat up from the grass he was lying on.

"Naruto, we adjusted the seal so that the Kyuubi cannot contact you at all. However, it isn't a permanent solution. To completely seal away the Kyuubi we would have to get rid of the seal that your father placed on you and set in a new seal, however this would kill you so that isn't an option." Alexis said before pausing. "We will be back into contact with you when you arrive at your house, at that point and time we will make it so that your sister can see us.

Naruto nodded then bowed to the angels. They bowed back and disappeared just as Kiba came to take over guard duty. Naruto went back to his tent and got inside. As soon as his body hit his sleeping bag. He fell asleep.

The rest of the trip was uneventful until they reached Kohona. Everyone sighed in relief glad to be home. However, their relief was short lived as several ANBU leapt down around them with weapons drawn. A ANBU wearing a bear mask came forward and said, "Care to tell us why you have a unknown boy and an "S" ranked missing ninja in your company Kakashi-san?"

Everyone was tense until Kakashi rubbed the back of his head sheepishly and said, "Oops, guess I forget to send a message ahead to the Hokage." Everyone sweatdropped as until the bear masked ANBU composed himself.

"We will escort you all to the Hokage manor Kakashi-san." Kakashi nodded and followed the ANBU as they began to march to the gates. Everyone followed close behind and couldn't help but notice the extra ANBU around Zabuza and Haku.

They eventually made it to the Hokage manor and were let inside where the Hokage was waiting with ANBU guards all around him. "What is the meaning of this Kakashi why have your brought missing ninja into our village?"

Kakashi explained everything that happened and when he was done the Hokage seemed pleased with his explanation. "Well, you are all free to go except for you Zabuza and Haku; you need to come with me into my office." The ANBU immediately began to protest but were stopped when the Hokage simply raised his hand. "I will be fine, trust me." The ANBU looked wary but knew that the Hokage was not a pushover so they allowed the two missing ninjas to enter the office with the Hokage.

Everyone in team 7 along with Ayame said their goodbyes and went their separate ways. Naruto rushed home hoping that Anko would be home so he could see her. Naruto entered into his room and immediately noticed that something was wrong.

Naruto pulled out his sword and began to quietly stalk threw the house feeling a terrible sense of danger filling the house. As Naruto continued to creep around the house he felt a presence above him. Naruto tensed as the presence silently leapt down behind him and apply a kunai to his throat.

"Your must be tired from your long journey to be so easily caught Naruto-kun." Anko said with a sadistic smile on her face as she brought up the kunai to his cheek and cut it softly as she licked the blood away. Naruto shivered as he felt her tongue on his skin. Naruto remembered how Anko used to be crazy with her bloodlust but had managed to tone it down some. However, when she was in the mood, she was in the mood for blood, and it made her very feisty.

Naruto tapped his sword against her stomach to make the point that he didn't miss her. She smiled and pulled him around into a fierce hug. "I missed you little bro, stuff has been boring without you around."

Naruto continued to hug his sister as he said, "Same here sis, has the old man not been giving you any exciting missions since I've been gone?"

Anko pulled away and pouted saying, "No, the old fart only gave me one "S" mission and it was far too easy!" Naruto sighed and shook his head at his crazy sister's antics.

Naruto tensed as he felt the presence of the Angels in the room and looked to see them standing in the corner. Gabriel did a few hand seals before saying, "Anko…"

Anko looked over to the four beings and had her kunai in an attacking position. "Who the hell are you?" Anko growled out as she pulled Naruto behind her protectively.

Gabriel chuckled and said, "It's nice to see that Naruto was left in the hands of such a caring guardian." Naruto saw Anko relax slightly and he took the time to explain.

"Big sis, this is Gabriel, Tobias, Alice, and Alexia. They are the angels that I have met so far. They have decided to train me for the upcoming Chunnin exams that I believe Kakashi-sensei is going to be placing us in. They want to go for a two month training session and they want you to come with us as my guardian and maybe you can teach me some stuff too!" Naruto said with excitement.

Anko blushed at the mention of Kakashi before regaining her exposure and saying, "I'll ask the Hokage if its okay, I don't think the old fart will have a problem with it, give me a few minuets and I'll have your answer." With that Anko disappeared into a puff of smoke.

True to her word, Anko reappeared with a smile on her face. Kakashi just nominated your team for the chunnin exams and was on his way to tell you and your teammates, since everyone is going to be away doing other things the old fart gave us permission to leave the village as long as we don't stray to far away for two months!"

Naruto cheered and the four angels chuckled seeing the rather comical antics of the two humans in front of them. Anko turned to the angels and said, "We will leave at first light, I guess you'll be able to find us right?" Gabriel nodded and they all bowed before leaving.

Anko turned to Naruto with a smile on her face as she said, "Okay, time to tell me about your mission but we are going to do it over DANGO!" Anko cheered as she marched out the door Naruto following slowly behind.

Truth be told, Naruto was terrified of telling Anko about how their "C" ranked mission turned into an "A" ranked missions. He was afraid that his big sister was going to go on the war path and destroy anything in her path to reach Kakashi.

They both sat down at the Dango restaurant and ordered their food. "So Naruto-kun, tell me about what happened on your big bad "C" ranked mission."

Naruto sweat dropped slightly and said, "Well you see sis, that's the funny thing, it turns out that our employer withheld some information. You see, because of the poverty of the wave country, he couldn't afford to pay the actual rank of the mission. It turns out that a powerful businessman named Gatou wanted him dead and hired some powerful ninja to exterminate the old man. After all was said and done the mission turned out to be an "A" ranked" one.

The booth went deadly silent as Anko had her head bent down so that her hair was covering her eyes. Suddenly Anko got to her feet and placed some money near him. "Naruto-kun, enjoy the Dango and please bring some home for me, I have some business I have to take care of that I forgot about."

With that being said she quietly left the restaurant and Naruto knew that meant that destruction and chaos was soon to follow in his sister's wake. He just prayed that Kakashi could hold his own against the hurricane or wrath that was an angry Anko.

With Kakashi

Kakashi was sitting in a recliner in his home reading his favorite little orange book when he suddenly sneezed and got a terrible feeling of impending doom. He was startled when his door was kicked in so violently that it flew off of its hinges and completely destroyed his kitchen table.

He leaned forward and his visible eye widened in fear as he saw Anko standing in the doorway her eyes covered by her bangs and waves of anger and bloodlust radiating off of her. "An "A" ranked mission for three genin and one Jounin, are you just plain stupid or are you so proud that you can't even call for back-up? How dare you put my brother in such unnecessary danger?" Anko asked in a dangerous calm voice.

"Anko-san, don't worry, the situation was under complete control, if I had believed that the situation had gotten out of my team's control then I would have immediately called for back up. I knew that my team was skilled enough to pull off this mission and I was correct."

Anko immediately began to shake as she rushed forward and attempted to slam her fist into his head, however it was caught softly by his hand. She pulled free and began to slam her fists into his chest as hard as she could as she cried out, "You baka, you baka he could have died! I don't know what I would do without him!"

With that rare emotional outburst Anko fell into Kakashi's chest and began to sob. Kakashi held her close and whispered words of comfort into her ear as he stroked her back gently. When she was finished crying she grabbed onto his shoulders tightly and slammed her knee into his crotch.

Kakashi doubled over in pain and Anko said, "Thank you for consoling me Kakashi-san, consider yourself lucky, because if you put my little brother into harms way like that again I am going to kill you." With that, she blew him a small kiss and walked out the door. Kakashi picked himself off the ground and said, "Troublesome feisty woman." Somewhere off in the hills of Kohona, a lone cloud watching genin sneezed.

Anko made her way home and found a worried Naruto waiting for her at the kitchen table. "You didn't kill him did you?" Anko laughed and said, "No, I didn't kill him Naru-Kun." She looked at the kitchen table and smiled to see hot Dango waiting for her on a plate along with a bottle of chilled sake.

Anko thought, "This kid is so amazing, he is going to grow up to become a great man." Anko sat down and began to eat as they both chatted happily about the up coming training.

When Anko had finished eating he helped her clean up the dishes and they both went to bed. Once again, true to her word, Anko got Naruto up as the first light pierced the sky. Naruto gathered up everything he needed and they both made their way towards the southern gate. When they arrived a chunnin leapt down and Anko showed him their pass.

The chunnin bowed to Anko and waved up for his partner to open the gate. The gates creaked to life opened up to reveal a luscious forest. Anko took the first steps forward and Naruto followed close behind her.

The two traveled for about an hour and a half before they came into a nice clearing. "We camp and practice here." Anko said as she set her back down. Naruto did the same and took the time to get a good look at his surroundings. He knew that that was one of the most important things a ninja could do when entering a new area.

"Okay Naruto-kun, since it seems our friends haven't shown up yet I'm going to take this opportunity to teach you a very nice Genjutsu. It's called, Kouki Gi no Jutsu (Final Deception Jutsu) but before you can perform this jutsu, you are going to have to sign this." Anko said as she handed a scroll to Naruto.

Naruto took the scroll gently and opened it. He gasped when he realized that it was the scroll for the snake summoning. He looked to see that only two names were on the scroll. His big sister's and Orochimaru's, Naruto crumpled the scroll slightly seeing the name of the person that had hut his sister so much.

Naruto quickly signed the scroll in his blood and handed the scroll back to Anko. She gave him a bittersweet smile knowing he had seen the name of the person who had broken her heart. "We will get him sis, one day he will pay." She nodded as her smile turned into a sadistic one as she said, "Time to begin training!"

Anko quickly went threw some hand seals and whispered out her jutsu. Suddenly Naruto saw Ayame coming out of the forest naked as the day she was born. "Naru-kun, I want you…"

Naruto immediately blushed and looked away saying, "A…Ayame what are you doing?" Ayame continued to walk forward and asked, "What's a matter Naruto, don't you find me attractive?"

Naruto turned back and went to reach for her, when suddenly there was a bright flash and he found himself covered in poisons snakes. "Did you like it Naruto? This Genjutsu has left you in a give up or die situation, so you can see how useful it is." Anko said with a small smile on her face as she called her snakes off of him.

After experiencing the jutsu, Naruto took quickly to mastering it, the hardest part was being able to focus his eyes so that he could catch the person in the jutsu. But soon enough he caught Anko in it and whatever she saw left her in a daze.

Just before Naruto was able to ask Anko what was wrong, Gabriel, Tobias, Alice, and Alexia appeared in the clearing. Alexis stepped forward and said, "Naruto-sama, let's not waste anytime, we have a lot to do and not a lot of time to do it in.

With that being said, Alexis stepped forward and touched his kimono. Naruto let out an "Ack!" sound as he fell to the ground with a heavy thud. "I have increased your weight to four times your current weight. For the next two weeks we are going to focus on getting your speed and stealth skills increased and we are also going to get your charka level to almost complete perfection.

Naruto groaned as he got to his feet, and Anko had her concerns. "I'm not trying to challenge your authority but isn't this a bit of overkill?" Alexis turned to Anko and bowed before saying, "With all due respect Anko-san, with the amount of dangerous people in the world there isn't a limit to the amount of training we could give him so that he would be prepared."

Anko couldn't help but agree, but she hoped that these angels weren't going to kill her little brother. "Now Naruto, here is the exercise, we will give you a head start to get ahead. Your goal is to hide from all five of us and keep hidden. Each time you are caught you have to do push ups and sit ups that will increase in number each time you are caught. Also in between this exercise, we are going to have you perfect tree climbing and water walking. As rewards, each time you impress us we will teach you a new jutsu or skill. Alexis said in a matter of fact voice.

"Ready, begin!" Alexis said, and after Naruto's eyes widened in momentary shock, he took off as fast as he could under the immense weight. Needless to say, Naruto was found rather quickly by Anko and was forced to start off with 25 push ups and sit ups.

This went on for the entire week and a half along side of Naruto water walking and tree climbing with the ridiculous amount of weight. By the end of the time limit Naruto looked like he was ready to drop dead.

"Very good Naruto, in this short time you have managed to hone your speed and stealth skills dramatically and you have also perfected your tree climbing and water walking exercises. Because you have impressed us three times over you will be given the next two days to rest, then we will teach you two techniques and I will also show you a very useful sword skill.

Naruto gave a small "woo hoo" before falling into the arms of his sister out cold. Naruto slept the whole two days threw and was awoken by Anko on the third day. "Naruto, they have come back and they are ready to teach you again."

Naruto sat up and watched as Tobias came forward to whisper something into Naruto's ear. Naruto smiled as he stood up and removed his kimono. Naruto arched his back and let his wings burst out. "Ever flown sis?" Naruto said with a smirk on his face as he zoomed forward and grabbed a hold of her. Before she could protest he leapt up and began to flap his wings sending them sailing into the sky.

Anko clung to her brother amazed at his new strength as he held her like she was as light as a feather as he glided threw the air with grace and style. After a while Naruto set her back down on the ground and walked up to the angels with a grin on his face.

Gabriel took a step forward and said, "I am going to teach you a sword style now as a reward Naruto, it is called the fire torrent slash. A simple yet effective attack with a simple yet effective name." Naruto nodded and drew his sword. He activated the fire blade and waited for Gabriel's instructions.

"Its really extremely easy to do Naruto, like activating the blade, imagine launching a wave of fire at your target with all your will and swing the blade, just make sure that the blade slides across the ground before you arch it up over you head like this." Gabriel said as he grasped Naruto's hands and taking him threw the motion. (Imagine Naruto using the sword like a golf club and that's how the pattern of the slash arch)

Due to its beautiful simplicity, Naruto mastered the skill with only a few tries. After he was done Tobias stepped forward and said, "The technique I am going to teach you much harder to learn, it's called Shainingu Yaiba (Shining Blades), basically you need to focus your charka into your wing seal and then burst your charka like you want it to fly up into the sky, also, you need to have your wings activated to do this attack.

Naruto stepped into the clearing and began to try to focus his charka. It took Naruto many tries where nothing happened until suddenly, his wings glowed and feathers began to shoot off of his wings and soared up into the sky. Everyone looked up to the sky and Gabriel shielded Anko with his wings as everyone else did the same for themselves as the feathers rained down sticking into everything they hit except for the wings which they simply bounced off of with a loud "clanging" sound.

When it was over everyone removed their wings and looked around to see the field literally impaled with feathers everywhere they looked. Naruto's mouth was wide open and Tobias took the chance to explain. "Basically the amount of charka you pump into the seal determines the attack radius of the attack." Naruto nodded to show that he understood and jumped around eager to learn his third "prize."

Alice stepped forward and said, "Naruto-kun, as important as it is be able to fight, it is also important to have skills that can protect those you love. With that in mind, I wish to teach you the Amatsu Toku (Heavenly Shield)." Naruto watched as Alice walked over to Anko and did a few handseals. Anko watched cautiously as Alice reached out with one hand and created a white sphere that surrounded her.

Gabriel and Tobias both threw themselves at the shield only to bounce off of it like flies. "As you can see nothing can enter the shield only leave it. As long as you have your hand inside of the shield it will stay active. Like the ability Tobias taught you, the amount of charka you pump into it depends on how strong it will be. In this case it makes the shield stronger."

Naruto nodded and immediately went about learning the Amatsu Toku. Unlike the other two skills he learned, this one was much harder to learn because it took more concentration and control. Because of this it took Naruto the rest of the day to master all three of the skills. At the end of the day Naruto passed out while Anko and the four angles sat around the fire she had built.

"I am going to train him how to use his sword for the rest of this month. Do you have any plans to teach him anything Anko-san?" Gabriel asked looking at her. "No to be honest I don't know what else to teach him right now. Tell me the truth, how strong is he?"

Gabriel thought about it for a while and said, "At his best, high level chunnin, on average, about mid chunnin." Anko nodded glad to hear that her brother was growing so quickly. The angels then stood to their feet and wished Anko a good night before leaving her to a peaceful night's sleep.

The last two and a half weeks of the first month were spent with Gabriel helping Naruto get better at his sword fighting skills. He still hadn't mastered his sword fighting skills, but he was at a slightly above average skill level with his sword.

When it was over and done with Naruto, Anko and the four angels gathered around another fire and discussed what would be the final month of training before the exam. Alexis cleared her throat and said, "Naruto, your final training will be to survive on your own with no supplies, no food, and no water. Also, you will have to learn the two jutsu's on this scroll and also create your own Taijutsu combo."

With that, the angel's all hugged Naruto wishing him luck and disappeared. Anko got up and gathered up both her gear and Naruto's gear. She hugged him gently and said, "Please stay safe, I'll be back to get you at the end of the month." Naruto nodded and watched as his sister walked away…

One Month Later…

Anko was wandering through the forest searching desperately for her brother. Finally after hours of searching she found him by the river out cold being attended to by the four angels. They looked up and gave her a smile as she ran up to her brother concern shining in her eyes.

"He accomplished his mission completely and we couldn't be more proud of him. Right now, all he needs is rest to get him ready for the exams and we have no doubt that he will become a chunnin.

Anko nodded and picked her brother up, grunting at the weight of his clothes as she carried him back to their home. Finally after what seemed like hours she finally managed to get him back to his bed. Anko took this time to notice that Naruto had lost all the baby fat from his face and it made him look much more mature. Also, his hair had grown to the point where even with the headband on his hair came into his eyes. She also took the time to notice that Ayame would appreciate how toned Naruto's upper body had become.

The next time that Naruto woke up his team was waiting downstairs for him to go to the chunnin arena. Along the way Naruto chatted with Hinata and Kiba and was glad to hear that they had also grown stronger. For Kiba, he had learned many of his family's jutsu's and he also mastered almost all of the ones that he learned. As for Hinata, she had broken out of her shy shell and had rocked her father and the Hyuuga elders when she embarrassed her younger sister with the shortest fight in their family history.

Naruto smirked feeling confident that his team would make it all the way to the top and be the all stars of the tournament. As they entered the building they saw Sasuke causing a big scene telling the guards to drop the Genjutsu and let them go up to the third floor. Naruto shook his head and muttered out "idiot…" as everyone filed up to the third floor while Sasuke and some guy in a green suit fought.

When everyone finally made it to the third floor Naruto took the time to look around at everyone in the room. As his eyes scanned over everyone a red haired boy in the corner stood out due to the evil aura that was coming off of him in waves. Naruto shuddered as he felt the madness that had corrupted the boy when movements to his left caught his eye.

"MY NAME IS INUZUKA KIBA AND I AM GOING TO WIPE THE FLOOR WITH ALL OF YOU!" Kiba declared while a panicking Hinata tried with all her might to pull her boyfriend down from the table he had gotten on. Naruto growled as he pulled Kiba down from the table roughly and whispered, "Idiot, stop drawing the attention and anger of everyone here towards us, your putting us all in unnecessary danger!"

Kiba muttered out that he was sorry and that he didn't know what had come over him. Naruto looked around and to his horror he saw that his worst fears had come true because every team was glaring at him. Naruto scratched the back of his head sheepishly and said, "Forgive my zealous teammate here; its how he deals with his nerves."

Naruto let out a sight of relief as all the assembled teams grumbled and let Kiba have one last vicious glare each before the turned away to go back to their own business. "That was close; you should keep your stupid friend quiet if you wish to live long." Naruto turned around and saw a silver haired man with glasses on staring down at him.

"Thanks for the obvious advice, my names Uzumaki Mitarashi Naruto, what's yours?" The silver haired man chuckled at the blonde's sarcastic remark and said. "My name is Kabuto; it's a pleasure to meet you Naruto-kun I wish you luck in the exams."

Naruto watched as Kabuto went over to the rest of the rookie nine and pulled out some cards. "That man…that man reeks of snakes, stay away from him Hinata, Kiba." They both looked at him strangely but Kiba understood knowing that only one person smelled of snakes beside Naruto's sister and himself, and that person was the "S" ranked criminal Orochimaru. "Do you think he is somehow connected to that man Naruto?" Kiba asked quietly.

"I don't know Kiba, but I have a feeling that time will tell." No sooner had he said this then did the sound ninja attack Kabuto and shatter his glasses with the sound wave attack.

Naruto watched with interest as the door was kicked open to reveal a tall man with a wrapped up face. "ALL RIGHT YOU LITTLE MAGGOTS NOM MORE FIGHTING! MY NAME IS MORINO IBIKI AND I AM YOUR FIRST EXAMINER! EVERY TEAM MUST CHOOSE A TEAM LEADER; ALL LEADERS ARE TO LINE UP AT THE DOOR AND WAIT FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTION!" The large man yelled out as his eyes scanned over all the genin's that were participating this year.

All the teams began to talk and many choose their team leaders immediately. Team seven was having a slight bit of trouble deciding who would be the leader because Kiba wanted to be the leader, but Hinata believed that Naruto would be better suited for the job.

"Kiba-kun, I'm not calling you weak, I just believe that Naruto here is the one to most likely keep his cool under intense situations and that is what we need in a leader." Kiba finally gave in to his girlfriend's obvious logic and Naruto stepped into line with the other team leaders.

"Alright, all team leaders will follow me into room 305 for special instruction, the rest of you are to stay here until further notice, and remember, their will be no fighting unless I give you specific instructions otherwise. Anyone who is caught fighting without permission will be removed from the test along with their teammates." With that being said, Ibiki walked out the door and the team leaders followed very closely behind.

Once all the team leaders were behind closed doors, Ibiki turned to them all and cleared his throat. "As chosen team leaders it is your responsibility to know your team's strengths and weaknesses. The first part of this test is done in three parts, one part is a written test, the second part is a ninja obstacle course, and the third part is a tracking test. You must take one test yourself and assign your other to teammates to one test each. Basically, all three members of your team will cover all three portions of the test. If you do not choose wisely and your team fails the blame will fall on you."

Ibiki took a breath before continuing by saying, "When you have made your decisions line up at the door but don't leave. You will be called out one at a time. When you are called out you will give your name, the names of your teammates, and which portion of the test you assigned to each teammate." With that said Ibiki left the room giving the leader's time to make their decisions.

Everyone was in deep thought and Naruto was no different. "Kiba simply can't do the written part, Hinata is much smarter and with her eyes she can cheat even if she doesn't no the answers. The problem is who should do the obstacle course. With Kiba's family abilities he would be much better at the tracking test so I guess that leaves me to the ninja obstacle course.

Naruto walked to the door and was second in line behind the red haired kid who reeked of madness and bloodlust. The boy simply glared at him before turning back to the door. Naruto winced at the terrible feeling this boy gave and couldn't help but shake the feeling that somehow, this boy had something in common with him.

Finally after what seemed like an eternity, everyone was in line and they began to be called forward one by one. Everyone gave the information they were required to give and everyone was separated into three separate rooms. Naruto watched as more and more other people filed into the room that had been chosen to run the ninja obstacle course.

With Hinata

Hinata was feeling very nervous when she was taken away from her boyfriend and placed into a room with people she either barely knew, or didn't know at all. She sat in a seat and watched a female chunnin entered the room and explained that they had been chosen to take a written test to see just how smart they were.

The tests were handed out and everyone began just as four others entered the room. "Your late, take a seat." The woman said as she handed them tests off of the bottom of her stack. This went unnoticed by quite a few but not by Hinata. She looked down at her test and saw that the questions were ridiculously difficult.

"This test isn't to see how smart we are, this test is about how well we can cheat!" Hinata thought to herself as her heart began to pound in her chest. She placed her head down on the table and took a few deep breaths as she activated her byakugan bloodline limit. She quickly looked over the tests of the last four people to enter the room and saw that their tests were already answered!

She was cheering on the inside at how easily she figured the test out as she quickly wrote down all the answers and deactivated her byakugan bloodline. She let out a sigh of relief hoping that the boys on her team were fairing as well…

With Kiba

Kiba looked around and thought, "What a bunch of chumps, there is no way that I am going to fail a tracking test." His group had been informed of what they were going to be tested on the minuet they all walked into the classroom where they were assigned. Their goal was to find one of a small set of red bells that smelled like a rose.

Kiba tensed as a chunnin came up and said, "Alright everyone, get ready…and GO!" Kiba leapt forward on all fours, Akamaru clung onto the hood of his jacket as Kiba shot ahead of the pack, nose sniffing as intently as it could.

After about fifteen minuets of shopping, and two piles of flowers later, Kiba found a bell hidden inside of a gutter on top of the most popular Dango shop in Kohona. Kiba gripped the bell tightly and raced back to the starting line hoping that his teammates were fairing as well as he was…

With Naruto

Naruto felt every muscle in his body tighten up partly from fear and partly from anxiousness as the red headed kid who reeked of madness began walking his way looking him straight in the eye. "What is your name?" The red haired kid asked as his darkened eyes narrowed slightly.

Naruto started at this kid like he had grown another head as he said, "Uzumaki Mitarashi Naruto, why do you ask?" The red haired boy just continued to glare at him and said, "My name is Garra…I can tell that you are strong, I will enjoy spilling your blood in the finals."

Naruto shuddered against his will as he watched the boy walk away. Suddenly a chunnin entered the room and said, "Follow me to the obstacle course everyone." Naruto sighed glad to get a chance to get as far away from Garra as possible. He still felt that somehow the psycho had something in common with him; he just couldn't place his finger on it.

After about fifteen minuets of traveling they arrived at what looked to be a very dangerous looking obstacle course. "Alright brats, listen up! This isn't very difficult, make your way through the course, at the end there is a wall you must walk up by pumping charka into your feet, using your hands won't be tolerated. When you reach the top ring one of the bells, and that will declare that you have completed the course."

After the chunnin gave his explanation of the course, he raised his hand and swung it down yelling out, "Begin!"

Naruto began to race towards the entrance with a grin on his face thinking that maybe this test wouldn't be as hard as he thought. The grinned was quickly wiped off of his face as he jumped over a hurdle only to find a giant log held up by ropes swinging towards him.

Naruto's eyes widened as he quickly hit the ground and did a roll as the log swung over him. Naruto quickly jumped the next hurdle and did a face plant as the log came swinging back over him. He waited until the log passed over him again before jumping to his feet and leaping over the final hurdle.

When he was done he continued to run forward and he looked side to side to see that only about ¾'s of the competition was left in the running. He grinned as he hit the ground once again and began to crawl through a barbed wire maze. He growled as the barbed wire cut his hands but he didn't slow his pace as he continued to give it all he had.

Pretty soon Naruto was back on his feet and saw that there was a set of stepping tires that he had to run threw. Naruto heard a strange ticking sound and looked down in horror to see that spike slid into the holes of the tire and realized that they would impale his ankles if he didn't move fast enough. Naruto picked up the pace as he heard the sounds of screaming around him from some genin's suffering a terrible fate at the hands of the "tires of doom."

Finally Naruto made it threw all of the tires and found himself at the wall. Naruto grit his teeth as he took a running start and began to pump charka into his feet. Though Naruto was feeling winded due to the amount of extra weight he was lugging around, he decided to run all the way up the wall and finally he was at the top. Naruto grinned as he rang the bell, happy to know that he had come in at first place.

After the race, Naruto was lead back into the room he was in before and waited as the rest of the leaders were lead back in. They watched as the man named Ibiki entered back into the room. "Congratulations to all of you who passed your tests, but it's not quite over yet. You must all make an important choice now; do you trust your teammates? If you don't believe that your teammates passed their tests than you can decide to move ahead yourself, however, by doing this your two teammates will fail. Its time to make your decision!"

"What happens if you choose to believe in your teammates?" One genin asked. "Good question, if you choose to believe in your teammates and even one of them has failed, you will all be failed and you will not be able to try for the chunnin exams for another 5 years, now make your decisions!"

Naruto heard a lot of gasps come from the leaders and he had to admit that the thought of failing and not being able to try out again for another five years made him flinch. But it was then, in that small moment that he remembered his sensei's words, "A ninja must look underneath the underneath!"

Little did Naruto or the rest of the team leaders know that in the other two rooms the same question was being asked to their teammates as well in an attempt to create division and doubt amongst the teams. This would determine who not only had a sense of loyalty, but would also show who had the clarity of mind necessary to see through deceptions, two skills that were extremely essential for being a chunnin.

Luckily for team seven, the wise words of their sensei rang clear in their minds over and over again, "A ninja must look underneath the underneath! With those words in mind, Kiba, Hinata, and Naruto all choose to believe in each other, and they passed the first test.

The next thing they knew they were all lead to a new room and they all ran up to each other discussing their ordeals with each other. After a few minuets of waiting a new man walked into the room and everyone turned their eyes to him.

"Hello you brats, my name is Jiraiya and I'm your second examiner. Come with me and I'll explain the test once we get where we are going." With that being said, Jiraiya looked at Naruto and thought, "This boy…this is the son of my ex student…Arashi, you would be proud of your son if you could see him today…"

As they traveled towards their destination, Jiraiya remembered the conversation that the Hokage had with him to convince him to be the second examiner.

Flashback

"Why did you call me back here sensei? What was so important that you couldn't put it in a scroll, even in code?" An impatient Jiraiya said as he stared down his sensei the Third Hokage.

The Hokage got out of his chair and walked to his giant window that overlooked the village. "I believe that your student's son is ready to learn his father's legacy and skills Jiraiya, and you are the only one who can teach him."

Jiraiya bit his lip as he thought about this offer. On one hand he was going to have to lug this brat around with him wherever he went, on the other hand, it was his only student's son and he knew that he owed to Arashi to teach his son. "Fine old man, but he better not be a giant brat, and he has to be able to leave the village with me after the exam because I'm not staying here."

The Hokage nodded his permission and said, "Everything will be done as you ask; now with the matter of meeting him, I have just the solution."

End Flashback

Jiraiya growled lightly at how easily he had been roped in by the old man when he realized that they had already reached their destination.

Jiraiya stopped and waited for everyone to catch up and catch their breaths. "Welcome to the forest of death everyone. The rules of this test are very simple, make it to the tower at the middle of this forest with your team intact. The catch is, one member of your team will be put under a paralysis jutsu so that they can act as an "injured" teammate, one person will act as scout for the team and it is the already chosen "leader's" job to carry the "injured" teammate and keep his team safe until you reach the tower. In the forest there are numerous chunnin and jounin who will try to incapacitate you and your team thus making you fail the test. Your secondary objective is to keep away from these chunnin and jounin or fight your way past."

With that being said, Jiraiya began to hand out forms to everyone, "This is a release form so that this village won't be responsible if you are killed during this test." Everyone signed the papers and handed them back to Jiraiya who tucked them away into a safe place.

With that, everyone choose the person to be "injured" for their teams and Naruto choose Kiba so that Hinata could use her eyes to be a scout. After Jiraiya created several shadow clones and went about creating "injured" teammates he said, "Let the second test for the chunnin exam…BEGIN!"

Naruto quickly picked up Kiba and said, "Hinata, stay ahead but keep within my eyesight, keep watch for any of the chunnin or jounin. Kiba groaned as they raced into the depths of the forest.

Several miles into the forest and three missed chunnin/jounin later, Hinata fell back to Naruto and said, "It seems that Sasuke and his team are fighting someone, however, this person has far to much charka to be a chunnin or a jounin, I fear that Sasuke may be in danger!" Naruto growled as he set Kiba down.

"Hinata, protect Kiba until I get back, I will go scope it out." Hinata nodded and went to tend to her boyfriend as Naruto jumped ahead to find Sasuke.

When Naruto finally found Sasuke he found that both of his teammates were out cold on the ground and that Sasuke was fighting a losing battle against this strange man.

Naruto got himself ready and waited for the right time to ambush the powerful man when he was his chance. Naruto ran forward watched in horror as the man turned around and grinned like a maniac as he swung a back fist and connected with Naruto's cheek. Naruto went flying into a tree and had just gotten to his feet when the man rushed forward and grasped Naruto's neck.

"Ahhh, they Kyuubi brat, let's see that seal!" Orochimaru said as he raised up Naruto's kimono. Once again, Orochimaru grinned like a maniac as he cried out, "Five finger seal!" as he slammed his fingers into the seal causing Naruto to cry out in pain.

Inside the Kyuubi's cage

The Kyuubi growled as he felt his cage shake, but his attention was immediately caught when he was the talisman fall off the seal as the seal began to dim down. The Kyuubi laughed with excitement as he slammed into the seal giving him just enough to take control for a few moments.

At the same time, in the heavens

Gabriel released Tobias and realized in horror that the Kyuubi had temporary control of Naruto's body. He gasped when he realized what the Kyuubi had planned as he screamed out, "Tobias! WAIT!" But it was already too late.

With Naruto and Orochimaru

The Kyuubi took over Naruto's body at the last second and moved so that Tobias entered into the cage seal instead of one of the bloodline seals. Tobias was forced into the seal which released the Kyuubi.

The Kyuubi began to laugh but it was short lived as he felt that the boy was still in control. "How is this possible? No matter, I can now influence the boy to do my will until I find a way to completely take over…" The Kyuubi said as he began to influence Naruto's mind to wake up and destroy the man in front of him.

Orochimaru was about to toss Naruto away when he suddenly felt that something was wrong. He looked back to the boy and saw that his white and gold clothes had turned black with a red outline and that his hair had grown very long. Naruto opened his eyes to reveal deep bloodlust raging in them.

Naruto grasped Orochimaru's hand at the wrist and snapped it easily as he lifted up his leg and kicked him in the ribs causing a few to snap. Orochimaru groaned as he jumped backwards and said, "You won this round brat, but I will have my prize in the end." Orochimaru said as he disappeared.

Naruto fell to one knee panting as he heard this terrible voice in the back of his head whispering terrible things to him. Tobias was slamming on the cage panicking knowing that the Kyuubi was free to ravage Naruto as he pleased.

In the Heavens

Gabriel was pacing back and forth knowing that something terrible had happened when he lost contact with Gabriel. Gabriel made the decision to fly down and check on what was going on. The sight that greeted him left him in shock.

Gabriel looked Naruto over and knew that somehow the demon was free. "Kyuubi, what have you done?" Naruto began to laugh softly as he started at the angel with hate in his eyes. "Now I know, now I know the truth, you lied to me, I could have had so much more power with the Kyuubi and my bloodline, but you tried to seal him away because you are jealous of him."

Gabriel's eyes narrowed dangerously as he knew that somehow the Kyuubi hadn't taken complete control, but that he was polluting Naruto's mind with thoughts like these. "Naruto…You know that what you just said isn't true, the Kyuubi is dangerous and you must fight him now!"

Naruto took a step back and turned to flee from the angel. Gabriel was about to give chase, but he knew that he had to go back to the heavens and explain what had happened and come up with a strategy to seal the Kyuubi away again. With that thought in mind, Gabriel warped away praying that they would not be too late to stop the Kyuubi.

After a few minuets of racing Naruto made it back to his team and Hinata raised an eyebrow at Naruto. "Another transformation for my bloodline limit, its time to go." With that, Naruto picked up Kiba and they raced towards the tower…

A/N: Boo yah! This chapter is for all my fans, my longest by far. A few things to explain, Kyuubi has not possessed Naruto, he can only influence Naruto up to this point but he is slowly taking control. What do these changes bring for Naruto and the rest of the exams? Only time will tell!

Kyubi-X