Chapter 5

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Naruto sat in front of 3 training stumps as he shuffled his deck in his hands. In front of him was his tied up teammates. He had no real reason for doing it, he just thought it'd teach Kakashi a lesson for underestimating him. He placed his deck down and drew a card.

"Dual Monster Magic: Dian Keto the Cure Master!" Chakra exploded from Naruto as the form of Dian Keto appeared over his 3 teammates. A soothing glow began to overtake them as they began to waken. Kakashi was the first to wake up and took notice of his position.

"Well, who would have thought I'd end up tied up to the goal post. Well played Naruto." Kakashi shifted slightly the appeared next to Naruto free of his bondage. He checked his waist and noticed his bells were missing. "You got the bells as well, very impressive. You failed to realize the true meaning of this test though Naruto."

"Teamwork Kakashi, but lets not fool ourselves, this team was never going to fail. The last Uchiha and the apprentice of Orochimaru, we've been put together to become a force. I'll humor you though Kakashi, promote me and my team, and leave us for some bonding." Naruto said as Dian Keto's magic dissipated.

"It's nice to see the new generation so willing to accept good teamwork. Look, my other 2 little genin are waking up." Kakashi commented with a smile as Sasuke and Sakura recovered. Sakura immediately began to fight against the bonds.

"H-hey, get me down from here, what the hell Naruto, you knocked us out with GAS!" Sakura shouted as she continued to struggle. Sasuke was glaring at Naruto with as much hate as he could muster.

"You've ruined my chances of becoming a ninja loser! What the hell is your problem!" Sasuke yelled as he willed his body to throw kicks at Naruto. Naruto smirked as he looked toward Kakashi to get him out of this situation. He was amused at their anger.

"Now now, Typically I would have failed this team for failing to show sufficent teamwork, but I see so much promise in this team, and your comrade did get the bells, I'll count it as a successful mission. Congratulations, you're the new members of Team Seven." Kakashi finished with a thumbs up. He turned away from them and looked at the stone memorial in front of them. "The names on this stone are in honor of the brave men and women who died defending Konoha. Always remember your duty to Konoha. However, keep in mind, In the ninja world, those who don't follow the rules are scum, but those who abandon their friends and comrades, are worse than scum." Kakashi finished as he turned back to his team. "Well Team Seven, we report for duty in the morning at 7, don't be late. Later." Kakashi disappeared in a Shunshin as he went to report to the Hokage.

Naruto watched Kakashi leave and turned to his teammates. "Well, maybe it's time to clear the air, we're teammates now, do you two have any questions for me?" Naruto asked and Sakura immediately began.

"What's with that mist you knocked us out with, how did you fight Kakashi so easily, what are those cards you're using! I've never seen a summon like that." Sakura asked with curiosity.

"All those are explained with my Dual Monster summoning, thanks to my summon contract and this dual disk, I'm able to summon creatures and magic from the shadow games." Naruto explained loosely, he didn't inform them it was only because of his Rinnegan could he complete the summoning process, taxing the Outer path.

"Give it to me." Naruto looked impassibly toward Sasuke as he glared down the clothed teen. "I need that power to kill him, give it to me." Sasuke demanded and Naruto frowned slightly as he continued to look toward Sasuke. Naruto reached into his pouch and pulled out 2 kunai and threw them toward Sakura and Sasuke cutting them loose. The hit the ground with a thud and scrambled to their feet.

"Sakura, could you give me and Sasuke some time alone, we have issues to discuss." Naruto asked politely. She was going to refuse, but the look on Sasuke's face made her reconsider.

"Um, sure. I'll see you guys tomorrow." Sakura mumbled as she walked away from the training ground, she glanced back one last time before running off.

"Alright Sasuke, how about a bet, we fight. You win, I'll give you my dual disk and deck. I win and...well, let's say I get 1 request." Naruto challenged.

Sasuke was elated, he could definitely beat the dead last one on one, he just had to avoid the mist. He couldn't see what that Summoned Skull was, but it just seemed to improve his speed. The Uchiha Ryu Taijutsu style is the perfect counter for it.

"I accept, you got lucky against Kakashi, I'll get that power dobe." Sasuke began to crouch his body as he relaxed into his stance. He had seen how fast Naruto was, he wouldn't underestimate his speed.

Naruto's millennium puzzle began to shine as Naruto set his deck into the holder. He gave Sasuke a look over and analyzed his battle data. '1400 attack, 800 defense, not bad for a fresh genin.' Naruto mused to himself as he drew his first card. Naruto glanced at the card and smirked. 'This will do just fine for a test.' Naruto raised the card in the air as chakra escaped his body, his eyes glowed behind the cloth covering his eyes as he summoned his card "Dual Monster Summoning: Celtic Guardian!"

Sasuke covered his eyes from the waves of chakra coming off Naruto. 'Impossible, so much chakra, who is this guy' Sasuke shook off his chills and stared down Naruto who was hunched slightly.

Naruto could feel the power of the Celtic Guardian flowing through him as the form settled over his body, he looked at Sasuke and noticed he could not see the form of the Guardian over him. "Maybe once you have those eyes...Let's begin." Naruto pulled out another kunai out of his pouch charged Sasuke noticeably much slower than when he was fighting Kakashi. 'Shit, Celtic Guardian wasn't known for speed, I better be on my guard or he might get lucky, I'm still testing this.'

Sasuke grinned as he could keep up with Naruto much easier, and took out a Kunai to deflect a blow from above as Naruto went for the kill strike. Gritting his teeth, Sasuke let out a cry of pain as Naruto delivered a kick his chest sending him backwards taking advantage of his lower defense. 'Damn it, can match him in strength, but I can't let him stay on the offense.' Sasuke flipped to recover himself and began to work through the hand signs he needed to counter. "Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu!" Sasuke inhaled deeply and sent out a moderate sized fireplall toward Naruto.

"Not bad." Naruto muttered as he took notice of the fireball coming toward him. His puzzle glowed as he drew his next card 'Well fuck.' Naruto put up his defense as the fireball encased him forcing him to tank the damage.

"I-I think I got him." Sasuke said aloud as he waited for the smoke to clear from his attack.

"Dual Monster Magic: Last Will!" Naruto's voice rang from the smoke. 'This will let me grab a 1500 attack monster from my deck, that'll let me finish this. Naruto drew his card and raised it in the air making his next move "Dual Monster Summoning: Element Dragon!" Chakra exploded from Naruto as a roar overtook the training ground as the form of the elemental dragon overtook Naruto. 'And because Sasuke is a fire element type thanks to his Uchiha background, I get 500 more attack.' Naruto thought with a smirk. Another roar rang from the dragon as Sasuke stared back in fear.

'W-what is this chakra.' Sasuke could feel is resolve shaking as more chakra poured off of Naruto.

"Alright Sasuke, End Game." Naruto launched himself toward Sasuke leaving an afterimage in his place. Sasuke tried to place some distance between himself and Naruto but was flanked by a punch thrown to his side. "Too slow Sasuke!"

"Guah!" Sasuke grunted in pain as he was thrown to the right by the punch rolling on the ground. 'Damn it, how did he get so strong.' Sasuke tried to get up to counter attack, but Naruto appeared in front of him instantly delivering a round house kick drilling Sasuke into the ground

"Yield." Naruto spoke coldly looking down at Sasuke.

"I-I can s-still fig- GAH!" Sasuke couldn't finish as his head was kicked face first into the ground. Naruto knelt and lifted Sasuke by his hair to meet him eye to eye as Sasuke struggled for air.

"Do you think I'm playing around with you, I need you to yield Sasuke. You have something I need." Naruto commented calmly as he slammed Sasuke face back into the ground. "YIELD! YIELD! YIELD!" Naruto forced his head into the ground several more times before stopping.

Sasuke had never felt such pain and humiliation, not even when Itachi used the Tsukuyomi on him did he feel such pain. 'Is this….is this the extent of my power….Am I so weak.' Sasuke mused in agony as his eyes glossed over lost in his thoughts.

Naruto clicked his teeth in frustration as he noticed the look in the Uchiha's eyes. "Mother fucker, you will give me my reward." Naruto called out in frustration as he drew a card. He hoisted Sasuke on his shoulders and raised the card to the air "Dual Monster Magic: Warp Vortex!" Naruto waited patiently as a blue vortex began to widen beneath his feet causing him and Sasuke to begin sinking into the portal. "And the next time I carry you Uchiha, it's gonna be as a corpse, got it?"

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Kakashi did his best to dust off the holes in his Jounin jacket caused by Naruto's onslaught. "Damn it Naruto, it cost a lot to get these stitched, I'll be sure to deduct it from you mission earnings." Kakashi thought a loud as he walked into the Hokages office. As he entered he took notice of his other fellow Jounin. "Jonin Kakashi, reporting." Kakashi called out lazily as he pulled out his favorite Icha-Icha book.

"So nice of you to finally join us Kakashi, you sure took your time getting here." Asuma said as he took a drag of his cigarette. "You've missed all other Jounin reporting their class results, everyone you see here now has passed their Genin." Asuma explained as he motioned toward Kurenai, and Kushina.

"Yes Kakashi, I'm very interested in hearing how team seven faired, were they able to pass the bell test?" The 4th Hokage asked as he wondered about the performance of his orphaned son.

"Hmm pass… I guess you can say they did, very unconventional way of doing it. That Naruto is much more powerful than the Academy reports implied. He's gotten hold of some very powerful summoning jutsu." Kakashi explained causing Minato's eyes to widen in shock.

"Summoning? Is it the snake contract?" Minato had always hoped Naruto would eventually inherit the toad contract.

"No, It's something I've never seen before, the Sharingan could not make heads or tails of it. He was able to put pressure on me, I did underestimate him though, and he took full advantage of it." Kakashi was interested in fighting Naruto again to get a better understanding of his abilities, maybe he could go all out this time. Although he didn't want to be around Kushina if he hurt her son.

Speaking of Kushina, she was extremely happy to hear that Naruto could hold his own, and with the good news they had, soon she would be able to help her son get even stronger. Everything was finally starting to come together after 13 long years. "HA! Of course he laid down the knuckles to you Kakashi, he's an Uzumaki!" Kushina said proudly as she grinned with her head held high.

Minato was elated to see his wife happy, for so long she had to endure for his mistakes, but it was finally time to make things right in the Namikaze home. "Very good Kakashi, all of you are dismissed, Kakashi, can I speak to you alone. Kushina I'll see you at home, make something really tasty for tonight." Minato asked making Kushina nod an affirmative, she was so excited she could make enough food for an army. As the other Jounin left Minato turned to Kakashi with a serious expression. "Kakashi, tell me more about this summoning."

"It was weird sensei, until I revealed my Sharingan, I could not completely make out the form of the summons, it almost seems like they were specters. My Sharingan was able to make out a great creature called the Summoned Skull that your son called. It covered him like Kushina's chakra cloak, and it raised his abilities greatly. I was knocked out of the fight before I could get more info." Kakashi broke down to his leader.

Minato leaned back in his Hokage's chair and went into deep though. "Hmmm, I have an insider out in the nations who told me of a new jutsu that a powerful man was developing, allowing him to summon monsters from a place called the Shadow Realm. To summon those monsters you need a millennium relic, but there is no way Naruto should have access to that. Could it be… Orochimaru?" Minato though out loud as his expression grew more serious. Minato stood up and went to a painting hanging on the side of his office, removing the painting revealed a safe which Minato opened by disabling the seal. Turning to Kakashi he held out a solid gold scale.

"Sensei what is that?" Kakashi inquired feeling the same energy in that scale as in Naruto necklace.

"My insider managed to get me this item at a great risk to his life, he told me this scale had the power to judge a mans soul completely. I believe it's time I have a talk with Orochimaru."

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Naruto stood with his arms folded in outside the Uchiha clans hideout, The Naka Shrine. Naruto drew a card and raised it toward the unconscious Sasuke "Dual Summoning Magic: Dian Keto The Cure Master!" As the healing began to soothe Sasuke's wounds his eyes opened. Taking notice of his surroundings he sat up.

"Why are we here?" Sasuke asked as he groaned from sitting up.

"I need access to the Uchiha stone tablet, open the door to the Naka Shrine." Naruto commanded causing Sasuke to become alert immediately.

"How do you know about that stone, that's an Uchiha Clan secret?"

"Well it's not a good one, I don't have time for this Sasuke, I've already wasted the day with you, we had a deal. I just wanna see the stone." Naruto repeated as he pointed a clothed gaze at Sasuke.

'Hmmm, he can't read it anyway, he doesn't have the Sharingan, and he did….beat me.' Sasuke thought with a grimace as he nodded and turned to the entrance. He went through a serious of handseals causing the slab of rock guarding the shrine to move. "Alright, follow me." They moved in silence as Sasuke led Naruto to the stone tablet that held all the Uchiha clan secrets. "Here it is, but as you can see, it's undecipherable by all eyes but an Uchiha's." Sasuke explained not adding one also needed the Sharingan.

Naruto said nothing as he approached the stone and untied the cloth surrounding his eyes. His rinnegan shining with life as his eyes moved over the tablet. Sasuke stood behind Naruto impatiently as he waited for Naruto to give up reading it. 'My god, so this is the master plan, and endless genjutsu.' Naruto continued to read looking at the warning involving Kaguya and the Rinnegan. 'T-this is incredible, Orochimaru must know, but for now' Naruto retied his cloth before he turned to Sasuke with a smirk "Well Sasuke you've come through in a way you can't imagine. As a reward, how would you like the power you need to kill Itachi Uchiha?"

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A/N That scumbag naruto is dangling out some bait for Sasuke, but Sasuke wouldn't just blindly take help like that right?

Cards: Element Dragon: Naruto receives 500 more attack if a fire element is on the field

Last Will: If a summoned monster gets defeated, Naruto can grab a monster from his deck with 1500 attack points or less.

Dian Keto The Cure Master: Cures basic wounds

Warp Vortex: Depending on the Chakra used, allows Naruto to utilize short distance travel.