Naruto Uzumaki: Succesor of the Sage of the Six Paths

Chapter 8: The Forest of Death, Encounter with a Deadly Snake

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto

Chapter 8: The Forest of Death, Encounter with a Deadly Poisonous Snake

As the gate opened, all the teams dashed into the forest, jumping through the trees. Team 7 had jumped through a few giant branched from the giant trees, before they came to a halt.

"Okay, we need to think of a game plan." Sasuke said to his teammates.

"Relax Sasuke-teme, everything is going to be fine." Naruto said in a relaxed tone.

"How can you relax when we're in this Kami awful place?!" Sakura exclaimed, thinking her crush was insane. Naruto just smirked.

"Because we have something the other teams don't" Naruto said getting his teams attention. "Me." Sasuke and Sakura face vaulted on the branch.

"Naruto, this is no time to be getting cocky" Sasuke said getting annoyed.

"I'm not getting cocky, teme. I've been hanging out here since I was six." Naruto said with a proud grin. Sasuke and Sakura looked at him with shock.

"You can't be serious." Sasuke said.

"It's true. I came here when the villagers were chasing me after a prank they weren't too fond of, and I actually started to like this place, so I made it my little playground" Naruto said, grinning at the memories he had here.

"Great!" Sakura yelled jumping for joy that her crush was going to guide them out of this place.

"Alright, there's a stream at the northeast side of the forest, we go there and camp, we'll have fresh water and an opportunity to ambush and take down anyone who comes by it." Naruto said taking charge. Sasuke and Sakura nodded in agreement. Mamoru smiled at his best friend's clever idea. "Now Let's Move!" Naruto exclaimed pumping his fist in the air. The four then dashed all the way to the northeast side of the forest, towards the stream.

With Team 8

Kiba and Akumaru were sniffing around for any other teams nearby, but couldn't find anything.

"Kiba, you don't have to sniff every piece of ground in front of us" Shino told his dog-lover teammate.

"Shut Up Shino!" Kiba yelled at his teammate as he and Akumaru kept on smelling the area, but they still turned up with nothing. Kiba groaned and grabbed his skull. "No way am I and Akumaru going to be out done by Dead Last Naruto and his pet rat!" Kiba exclaimed.

"That's Akumaru and I" Shino corrected.

"Don't Correct Me Shino!" Kiba yelled pointing a finger at then bug user.

Hinata stood there silently doing nothing as she saw Kiba continue to yell at Kiba. 'I wonder how Sasuke-kun is doing' she thought about the raven haired boy.

"And You!" Kiba pointed an accusing finger at Hinata making her go 'eep.' "You were thinking about Sasuke right now, weren't you?!" Kiba accused. Hinata just stayed silent, giving Kiba her answer. "Why Are You Suddenly Into Him?! He's A Prick! An Asshole! He-"

"He believes in me" Hinata said, shocking her two teammates. "When others expected me to quit, he wished for the exact opposite. He believes in me… while back at the written exams, you didn't believe in me at all, did you Kiba-kun?" Kiba stood there with his jaw gaping, before he got out of his shocked state.

"Hinata, you're my friend, of course I believe in you, it's just I don't trust Sasuke. There was always something off about him back at the Academy, and ever since I felt that feeling in my gut, I never wanted anything to do with him." Kiba told her. "I just don't want to see you get hurt, so just be careful around him." Kiba warned her. Hinata looked down to the ground. "Let's move, we're burning daylight" Kiba said as he and Akamaru jumped up to the tree branches with the others behind him.

'You're wrong Kiba-kun. Sasuke-kun is a good person, I just know it.' Hinata thought believing that Sasuke was a good guy.

With Team 10

"So, you want us to find Team 7 and work together?" Choji asked as he ate some of his potato chips.

"That's right. We've got a better chance of surviving this place if we have them on our side" Ino said with a smirk.

"And by 'them', you mean Naruto" Shikamaru said with his usual dull look.

"He's a powerful guy, what can I say" Ino said folding her arms with a smirk still on her face

"Troublesome woman" Shikamaru muttered

"What Was That?!" Ino yelled with a pissed off look on her face

"Nothing, let's just go find your boyfriend" Shikamaru said

"He's not my boyfriend… yet" Ino said smirking again

With Team Guy

As team Guy were jumping from branch to branch, looking for a team that might have a scroll, opposite of theirs, but one of the members had their mind preoccupied on something else.

Tenten's eyes reflected sadness, concern and guilt. When Naruto said they couldn't be friends anymore, she was so angry at him, because she felt that he thought she was just a stupid worthless civilian girl, like the rest of the boys in the Academy thought of her, but his confession made her regret those negative feelings. 'Naruto… the Kyuubi jinchuriki… that's why you ended our friendship, to protect me and my family' Tenten started to cry 'I am so sorry Naruto-kun'

"Tenten… are you okay?" Lee asked as he saw his friend start to cry

"Yeah Lee… I'm just remembering something personal" she said to her green clad teammate

"Don't let your personal feeling get in the way of the task at hand Tenten, for the next five days, we are shinobi, nothing more, nothing less" Neji said. Tenten nodded in response, but that didn't mean she was going to stop caring for Naruto; not now, not ever.

'Naruto, if we meet again in this forest, then I will stand by your side through it all. I'm not afraid Naruto, not anymore.'

With Team 7

Team 7 finally made it to the stream and sat on top of a giant branch. Mamoru kept watch of the stream while the others were setting up traps. As they finished with the traps, the three human members met up with the little fox kit.

"Okay, now that that's settled" Naruto took out a kunai "I'm going to go hunting"

"What? Naruto, we should stick together" Sakura said, not wanting him to go in fear of him being jumped

"I'll be fine Sakura, trust me" Naruto said. Sakura didn't seem convinced though. Naruto firmly placed his hands on Sakura's shoulders, making her look into his sunglass covered eyes. "I promise. And you know me and my promises" Naruto reassured her with a smile. Sakura smiled back before she hugged him.

"Just come back safe baka." Sakura said.

"I will Sakura-chan." Naruto told her with a smile. As they separated, Naruto was about to take off "Mamoru, stay here and watch over them." Mamoru raised his paw in confirmation as he still kept an eye out for any other shinobi.

"Naruto" Sasuke said the white haired boy's name "When you get back, you're going to tell us your secret"

Naruto nodded understandingly.

"Secret? What secret?" Sakura asked.

"I'll tell you when I get back" Naruto said as he left

'A secret… what could it be?' Sakura wondered

Later

Naruto was still searching for an animal he could hunt and kill for a meal for him and his team, but all he stumbled upon were teams he beat and extra scrolls that he took, which was good, but he was hungry. Suddenly Naruto heard a girl scream. As he stopped, he looked down to see a red haired girl with a scroll in her hands, cornered by a giant bear.

"Finally, a cute damsel in distress and a giant animal to make into a meal? Kami, Thank You For Finally Answering My Prayers!" Naruto shouted with joy.

Down to the ground

The girl was frightened as she looked at the bear that had her cornered. The girl started to run to the side, but tripped and fell. The giant bear then lifted it's claw ready to strike the girl. All the girl could do was cower in fear as the bear was ready to end her life, but suddenly out of nowhere, a boy landed atop the bears head and shouted "SHINRA TENSAI!"

Suddenly the bear's head was slammed down to the ground by an invisible force, killing it. The girl looked up to see a boy with spikey white hair and whisker-like birthmarks, three on each cheek, wearing sunglasses, an orange jacket with black flames on waist area and bottom of the sleeves, a black shirt with a red swirl insignia on it, black pants with bandage wrapping around the ankles, black shinobi sandals, and a necklace with a single magatama. In all honesty, the guy looked pretty cute and cool.

"Don't worry miss, you don't have to worry about this beast anymore" the white haired boy said with a huge toothy grin on his face. The girl fixed her glasses as she looked at the boy. The white haired boy then jumped down, crouching in front of her with a smile on his face. The girl had crimson eyes, fair skin, red shoulder-length hair that was in an unusual style: her hair is short and spiky on the right side, while longer and straight on the left side. She wore brown glasses, beige short sleeve haori, mesh shirt, a black skirt, kunai holster strapped around her leg, and standard shinobi sandals.

"Hi I'm Naruto" the boy introduced himself. The girl stood silent as she looked at the boy. "What's wrong? Can't you talk?"

"Your chakra… it's so… mysterious" the girl said.

"Huh?"

"Uh, I mean, hi I'm Karin" the girl now known as Karin quickly introduced herself.

"Pretty name. Can you tell me your last name?" Naruto asked. Karin was hesitant in doing so. "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to." Naruto told her. Karin was relief at the fact that she didn't have to. "I'll tell you my last name" Karin was surprised he would willingly do so when she didn't tell him her own "Uzumaki"

Karin's eye then widened at hearing his last name. "Did you just say… Uzumaki?" Karin asked hoping she had heard him right.

"Yeah, I did. Is something wrong?" Naruto asked. He then noticed tears coming down Karin's eyes. "Hey, are you okay?" Naruto was worried that he probably said something. But then suddenly, he was then hugged by the girl. Naruto was shocked at the girl's sudden embrace and blushed from it.

"I'm not alone" Karin said crying "Me and my sister are finally not alone"

Naruto was shocked at what she was talking about. Could she be? "Are you an Uzumaki too?" Naruto asked her in hopes of saying yes. Karin nodded in confirmation. Naruto then started to smile and wrap his arms around Karin. "I'm so happy we got to meet each other, Karin" Naruto said with a smile.

"Me too" Karin said with tears in her eyes. The two just sat there hugging each other; happy they got to meet another one of their clan.

Later, back with the rest of Team 7

Sasuke and Mamoru had just attacked a three man squad and taken their scroll, which was an earth scroll, which was exactly what they needed; now all they need to do was wait for Naruto.

Sakura was getting very impatient waiting for Naruto; she hoped he wasn't hurt or worse. "I'm going to go find him." Sakura said standing up.

"No Sakura, you must be patient." Sasuke said.

"Yeah Sakura, I wasn't even gone that long." Sasuke and Sakura turned to see Naruto holding a sealing scroll, no doubt it has the meat in it, and a red haired girl by his side.

"Naruto-kun!" Sakura exclaimed her crush's name as she jumped at him and brought him into tight hug. As she separated from him, she then noticed the red haired girl next to him. "Naruto, who's this?" Sakura asked, thinking that she must be a girl who's after Naruto as well.

"Oh right, I almost forgot to introduce you guys to my family member" Sakura, Sasuke, and Mamoru's eyes widened at the family member part "Guys, this is Karin Uzumaki. Karin, these are my teammates, Sasuke, Sakura, and my partner and best friend Mamoru."

"Uh, it's nice to meet you three" Karin said, nervous of the three.

"You're a Kusa-nin" Sasuke said noticing the headband.

"Um, yes" Karin said

"Well then, do you know a team of Kusa-nin that has an older looking female genin with long black hair?"

"Oh, well, I don't know who they are really" Karin said feeling that Sasuke already didn't like her.

"Leave the poor girl alone Sasuke, she was just attacked by a bear, which I had heroically saved her from" Naruto said puffing out his chest with pride.

"A Bear?! Are You Okay?!" Sakura asked with worry. Karin was shocked that Sakura was showing concern for her when they had just met.

"Hello~ I just said that I heroically saved her" Naruto said

"We heard you the first time dobe" Sasuke said making Naruto glare at him.

"Anyway, we should eat" Naruto said jumping down from the branch and landed onto the ground. Naruto unsealed his scroll to reveal a bigger scroll, and then unsealed that scroll to reveal a giant dead bear. "Alright, who wants to help me cook?" Naruto asked with a big grin on his face. The others, minus Karin, had flabbergasted looks on their faces.

Later

Team 7 and Karin were eating their bear meat as they sat around the fire getting warm. Sasuke had enough of waiting, he wanted to know Naruto's secret.

"Dobe." Sasuke called out to Naruto, but the white haired boy just kept on eating his bear meat. "Naruto!" Sasuke raised his voice, getting the white haired teens attention "I think this is the best time to tell us your secret."

"Sasuke!" Sakura yelled out the lone Uchiha's name as she hit him upside the head "He doesn't have to tell us if he doesn't want to."

"No, I want to." Naruto then turned to Karin. "I know we just met and this is a lot to put onto you, but-"

"Naruto" Karin said her family member's name, earning his attention "I may have just met you, but you saved me. No matter how bad it may be, it won't make me think you of anything negative." This made Naruto smile; as the boy took a deep breath and then released it, he closed his eyes.

"Okay… I'm ready." Naruto then looked at everyone. "Do you guys know what happened thirteen years ago on my birthday, October 10th?" As Naruto spoke those words, Sasuke, Sakura and Karin's eyes widened. Sasuke and Sakura wondering why he would bring it up, while Karin knew exactly what Naruto's secret was.

"Yeah, it was the night of… the Kyuubi attack." Sakura said. Naruto nodded.

"It was thought to be believed by our generation and those after it that the Yondaime had killed the Kyuubi… but that was a lie." Sasuke and Sakura's eyes widened in shock "The truth is that you can't kill a bijuu… you have to seal… on that day, the Yondaime chose an infant child to hold the creature… that infant was me." Sasuke and Sakura gasped in shock. Now it all made sense; the glares from the villagers, the parents telling their children to stay away from him, Naruto being called demon brat. It all made sense. "I understand if you all hate me now."

"Shut up." Sasuke said making everyone's eyes widened. Sasuke then glared at Naruto. "Don't you dare ever think we'd hate you just for being given such a burden." Sasuke's words had shocked Naruto and left him speechless. Suddenly Naruto felt gentle soft arms wrap around him, bringing him into a hug. Naruto turned to see it was Sakura.

"Sakura?"

"Sasuke's right Naruto… we could never hate you for something that you had no choice in." Sakura said with tears coming down her eyes. She felt horrible for all the past actions she did, hurting Naruto when he already had a horrible life; she felt like garbage, worthless, worthless garbage. She suddenly felt Naruto wrap his arms around her. She looked at him to see he was crying on her shoulder.

"Sakura… arigatou… thank you so much… I love you." Naruto said. Sakura started to cry tears of happiness for the boy. The two then separated from each other, and Naruto turned to Karin, who looked down at the ground.

"Karin… I know that this is a lot to take in considering we just met, but-"

"It's alright." Karin said, surprising Naruto. "After all, you were the only Uzumaki in the village." Team 7 had confused looks on their faces.

"W-what do you mean Karin?" Naruto asked. Karin looked up into Naruto's eyes with sad eyes.

"You don't know, do you?" Karin asked. Naruto's silence was all the answer she needed. "Our clan… we are the only ones in existence who can contain the Kyuubi." Everyone was shocked at the truth, but none more than Naruto; he thought that his father had chosen him just because he believed in him, but apparently he was chosen for the reason of being the only one who could contain Kurama. "The Kyuubi… he is our clans curse."

"No he's not." Everyone, except for Mamoru, then looked at Naruto with shock. "The truth is… Kurama was forced to attack the village. He's actually a good fox when you get to know him." Naruto told them.

"Kurama? You mean… the Kyuubi has a name?" Karin asked.

"Yeah, he does. Look, I know he doesn't have a good reputation, but he was the way that he was because he was treated as horribly as me, except he's lived for over nine thousand years. If I was in his paws, I'd be the exact same way." Naruto said. Everyone had sad eyes upon hearing Naruto's words. "Kurama is my friend." Naruto said, shocking everyone, except Mamoru. "If it wasn't for him, Mamoru wouldn't even be here." Naruto said scratching his best friend behind the ears, making the fox kit purr. "Kurama's my friend and I promised I won't do wrong by him, Believe It!" Naruto exclaimed. Everyone smiled at Naruto; befriending a bijuu was obviously no easy feat, but if Naruto could do it, then there is no limit to what he could do.

The Next Morning

Naruto and the rest were packed up and ready to leave for the tower. Naruto had a big smile on his face as they traveled towards the tower. He had found another living relative, his friends had accepted him for being Kurama's vessel, and once he gets to the tower he was going to find Anko and give that woman a good time; yeah, things are looking pretty good for Naruto. Until he felt something. Naruto stopped on a tree branch, making the others stop as well.

"Naruto-kun, what's wrong?" Sakura asked. Naruto just stood there focusing on something. As Naruto concentrated, he knew exactly what he sensed. He then made his signature hand sign and shouted "Kage Bushin no Jutsu!" Four clones then appeared a distance away from them. The clones extended their hands towards the group and shouted at simultaneously "Shinra Tensai!" Sasuke, Sakura, Mamoru and Karin were then sent towards the clones by an invisible force. As the clones caught them, the three teens and fox kit looked at the original Naruto to see him being blown away with broken parts from the trees from a wave of harsh winds.

"NARUTO!" They all yelled the orange coated boys name as they saw him fly away, far off into the forest. Sasuke, Sakura and Mamoru had fear stricken looks on their faces, but they weren't as frightened as Karin. Karin's heart was pounding and her legs were going weak.

'That jutsu… no not now.' Karin thought with fear.

"Hm, the boy sensed my attack a mile away, I'm impressed" a voice spoke from atop a tree. Everyone looked up to see a tall woman with long waist-length black hair. She wore plain grey garbs with a black long sleeve shirt under it, a black polo neck, black pants and a thick purple rope belt tied in a large knot, and blue tomoe-shaped earrings; she also wore a Kusa hitai-ate around her forehead.

"Who The Hell Are You?!" Sakura yelled out, wanting to tear this person a new one for harming her Naruto-kun.

"Who I am isn't important to you children right now" the woman said.

"You just sent our friend flying, I think knowing who the fuck you are is pretty important." Sasuke said glaring at the woman.

"My, my, Sasuke-kun, such language, you are in the presence of ladies" the woman said.

"The two next to me don't really give a crap right now, and you… you ain't a lady." Sasuke said narrowing his eyes at the mysterious creepy woman. The woman just smiled at Sasuke, creeping him out. Suddenly the three teens had felt a wave of killer intent sent right at them. It was so massive and intense that the three dropped to their knees. The three started breathing hard as the KI was starting to overwhelm them. The woman smirked at the scene that was unfolding, but then sensed something. She jumped away in time to avoid a fireball that destroyed the branch that she was just standing on. As she landed onto another branch, she noticed the fireball moving down to the three teens; it then stopped, and as the fire faded away, in it's place was the fox kit, who was glaring at the woman.

"Mamoru!" Sakura exclaimed the fox kit's name out of joy as she and the others were able to move.

'This fox kit's no ordinary one, he must be a summoning' the woman deduced. Sasuke, Sakura and Karin were surprised with awe that Mamoru actually was able to move and fight the massive KI they had just endured. Sasuke walked next to Mamoru, ready to take on this mysterious creepy 'woman'.

"Mamoru, protect Sakura and Karin" Sasuke told the fox kit. Mamoru nodded and moved in front of the girls, ready to protect them. Sasuke got into his fighting stance.

"So you're finally going to fight, huh Sasuke-kun?" the creepy woman said.

"Nobody hurts my friends." Sasuke took out a kunai. The creepy woman just grinned as Sasuke then jumped at her ready to strike, but as he was closing in on her, she vanished. Sasuke landed on the branch and tried to find her.

"Mamoru!" Sakura yelled the fox kit's name. Sasuke turned around to see the fox kit was lying injured, and the woman in front of the girls. Sasuke quickly jumped at the woman and threw his kunai at her, but she just vanished again before it hit. Sasuke landed next to Karin, as Sakura ran to Mamoru and scooped him up "Poor Mamoru" Sakura said as she was saddened by the fox's current condition. The woman appeared onto a branch with a smirk on her face, but she then sensed a chakra signature atop of her. She looked up to see a fireball coming down on her. She jumped away onto another branch, narrowly missing the attack that damaged the branch she was just standing on. As the fireball made contact, the branch had been damaged, and there standing in the fireball's place was Mamoru. Everyone's eyes widened as they looked at the fox kit in Sakura's arms, just to see it disappear in a cloud of smoke.

'A kage bushin… impressive.' The woman thought as she looked at the fox kit standing on a branch. 'To think a summoning that is obviously so young could actually pull of a jutsu such as that.' The woman wickedly smiled. 'Looks like this fight will be entertaining after all.'

"Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu!" Sasuke blew a giant fireball straight at the woman. The woman jumped away just in time to avoid the jutsu. Mamoru jumped down next to Sasuke. "We got to leave, now" Sasuke said turning to the girls.

"But what about Naruto-kun?" Sakura asked worried about her love.

"He's a strong guy, he'll be alright. Right now what matters is that we survive." Sasuke said.

"Leaving so soon?" They all turned around to see the woman behind Sasuke. Sasuke tried to stab her with a kunai, but he was kneed in the gut by her. Sasuke fell to his knees holding his stomach from the pain. "And here I thought you'd be a challenge, tsk, tsk, tsk, you really disappoint me Sasuke-kun." The woman said as she took out a kunai and lifted it up high, ready to strike it down on Sasuke. Suddenly kunai came at her, but she caught it between her index and middle finger. "Tsk, tsk, I thought you'd be better than this Karin." The woman said as she looked at the red head, who was glaring at her. "Honestly, attacking someone from your own village, for shame Karin." The woman said with a smirk, as if this was just what she expected. Sasuke and Sakura's eyes widened; they almost forgot that Karin and this creep were from the same village, and yet she just tried to kill the tall woman. Karin continued to glare at the woman with such intense hate.

"The only thing shameful around her is you, Orochimaru." Karin said with venom in her voice. Sasuke, Sakura and Mamoru's hearts stopped at hearing what she had said.

'Orochimaru?!' was the thought that came into all their heads; they knew exactly who Orochimaru was. Orochimaru was one of the three legendary sannin; he fought alongside Naruto's grandparents and betrayed Konoha after doing some horrible things to people. Now they were fighting him; Kami help them.

Suddenly, the creepy 'woman' started to chuckle very frighteningly. "Well, well, well, little Karin has grown some fangs, eh?" the 'woman's' said, her voice changing from that of a woman to that of a man. "What about your sister? Aren't you afraid of her life ending?"

"You Were Planning On Killing Us Anyway! Or worse..." Karin said her glare getting more intense by the minute. Orochimaru just grinned at Karin. Orochimaru then quickly grabbed Karin by the throat and lifted her in the air.

"And now you've just sealed that thought into reality." Orochimaru said as he smirked at Karin. Sasuke tried to take advantage of the situation by trying to stab Orochimaru, but the Hebi Sannin used Karin as a human shield. Sasuke, Sakura and Mamoru eyes widened as it had happened; silence had covered the entire area as blood started to seep out of Karin recent wound. Sakura's eyes started to water as she tears go down Karin's as well.

"KARIN!" Sakura yelled the red head's name with so much sorrow. Orochimaru just smirked as he saw the scene that was unfolding in front of him, but suddenly both his legs were cut off, making him release Karin, who was caught by Sakura, and fall to the ground.

"Hiden: Buredoteru" (Secret: Blade Tail) said a voice. Everyone turned to see a grey fox with a bandana tied around it's head, had a very intimidating face with sharp teeth, yellow eyeballs with green irises and a scar that was on his left eye; his tail looked just like a blade.

'Who The Hell Is That?!' was the thought on everyone's mind, except for Mamoru who knew exactly who this was.

"Jax!" Mamoru exclaimed the fox's name in excitement and relief that the grey fox was here.

"Sup, kid." Jax said as his tail started to look like a tail again.

"Damn you." Orochimaru said as he then started to melt. Everyone looked towards Orochimaru to see him turn brown and melt into a puddle.

"So, that bastard was a Doton Kage Bushin" Jax said as he started making his way to the others. Sasuke went to Sakura who was holding Karin.

"This is our chance to get away; put Karin on my back." Sasuke said. Sakura nodded and put Karin onto Sasuke's back giving her a piggyback ride. Sasuke and Sakura then started jumping through the trees, with Karin on Sasuke's back bleeding, and Mamoru and Jax following them. Mamoru turned to Jax with a cautious expression on his face. Jax nodded to Mamoru, which didn't make the little fox kit happy at all; they were being followed.

Earlier

Naruto was flying with the harsh winds that he had save his friends from being attacked by. After flying for a while, Naruto had enough, so he spread his arms out and yelled "Shinra Tensai!" A huge force surrounded Naruto and then expanded, eradicating the winds and destroying some parts of the surrounding giant trees. As the invisible force field died down, Naruto started to fall. Naruto aimed his hands down and once again yelled "Shinra Tensai!" but unlike just a moment ago, nothing had happened. "Oh Shit! I forgot that it takes a while to do that jutsu again!" Naruto shouted. "Time for plan B" Naruto said as he then crossed his fingers "Kage Bushin no Justu." A clone then appeared next to Naruto and grabbed his creator's arm, and then threw him towards a branch, before dispelling. Naruto landed onto the branch, and then started panting.

'Dammit! We got separated; not a good thing.' Naruto thought as he stopped panting and had a steely gaze. 'That jutsu… it was the Futon: Daitoppa (Wind Release: Great Breakthrough), a C-rank jutsu that genin aren't really familiar with, especially to those of Suna. Someone in these exams isn't a genin.' Naruto then saw a shadow looming over him; as he looked up, he saw a giant snake lunged at him with it's mouth unhinged. As the snake made impact, Naruto had already disappeared, before reappearing a ways away with his Kasai Shushin (Fire teleportation). Naruto glared at the snake, now knowing who was behind the powerful wind justu from earlier. Naruto clenched and then unclenched his hand as he glared into space. 'I was hoping one day that I would fight him, but I was rather hoping that I'd encounter him when I got older and more experienced.' Naruto thought as he continued to glare into space. The snake then lunged at Naruto once again, only for Naruto to use his Kasai Shushin to avoid it's attack once again. Naruto bit his thumb making it bleed, before he went through a series of hand signs and then slammed his hand onto the surface of the branch he was atop of. Smoke appeared out of the ground, and as it faded away, in it's place stood Jax.

"Oh, hey gaki, what's up?" Jax said nonchalantly. Jax then realized that Naruto had a deadly serious look upon his face. "Whatcha need?" Jax asked.

"You remember Mamoru's scent?" Naruto asked.

"The kid smells like ramen, nose blood, and women's perfume; it's not hard to miss, all thanks to you." Jax said.

"Get his scent, follow it, and protect him along with the others until I get there." Naruto ordered. Jax nodded before he vanished. Naruto then started to stare off into space. 'I'm counting on you Jax, you too Mamoru, and Sasuke, Sakura and Karin, please stay alive. I'll be there soon, I promise.' Naruto thought with a steely gaze. The snake from before found Naruto again and lunged at him, and then swallowed him. The snake hissed as he felt Naruto start to go down his throat, but the snake then felt a lump in it's throat, before it felt a great pressure expanding in it's throat. As the pressure expanded, so did the snake's throat before it's head was blown off of it's neck and sent flying. Naruto jumped out of the snake's open neck hole and smirk at the decapitated snake's head. "Didn't your mother ever teach you to chew your food?" Naruto said, his smirk not leaving his face. Naruto then jumped up high in the air, avoiding another lunging attack from another giant snake. Naruto landed atop of a giant tree branch. "I should've known…" he said as he looked up. "There's more of you." Naruto glared at three giant snakes that stared back at him. "Bring it."

At the hospital

Tsunade was in her private office having herself a bottle of sake; her sensei Hiruzen had given her the position of head medic for the hospital, seeing as she was the greatest medic-nin to ever exist in Konoha, and most possibly the world. Tsunade had a pretty exhausting day involving surgery; the more serious kind that could either result in life or death, and she felt she deserved a reward for a hard day's work. As she poured her drink into a glass cup, she was about to grasp it when suddenly the glass of the cup cracked. Tsunade blinked a few times; usually when something like this happens, it is known as an omen. Something bad was about to happen and she felt it deep within herself. Tsunade reached for her drawer, and took out a lottery ticket 'Only to make sure…' she thought as she took out a coin and started scratching the ticket. 'I knew it.' Tsunade thought as the worst thing that could ever happen had just occurred. Tsunade had just won.

With Team 7, minus Naruto

Sakura was tending to Karin's wound while Sasuke and the foxes were keeping an eye out for anyone; specifically Orochimaru. As Sakura was tending to Karin's injury she saw Sasuke sneak looks at the red head.

"If you want to say something then go ahead." Karin said to Sasuke, not daring to look him in the eyes.

"What was with that conversation you had with Orochimaru?" Sasuke demanded answers as he looked at Karin. Karin closed her eye for a moment before she looked at both Sasuke and Sakura.

"Orochimaru… he pretty much owns me." Karin said looking down to the ground. Sakura eyes widened, while Sasuke raised an eyebrow.

"What do you mean he owns you?" Sasuke asked.

"You see, I have a sister, and we both came from a small village that has been destroyed by an enemy group. I have the ability to sense nearby chakra, which was the reason for me and my sister being spared from the attack, but when we escaped, we ended up in the clutches of Orochimaru. Orochimaru took us in because of our clan status, but of course, knowing his reputation, he didn't treat us well." Karin momentarily stopped as she remembered all the horrible things the snake sannin did to her and her sister. "He used me as a living science experiment, and he gave my sister a mark known as the curse mark. One day my sister and I tried to escape, but we were stopped and punished with whipping and cutting. Orochimaru had threatened to take one of us away from the other if we ever went against him again. He sent me to Kusa in order to keep an eye on me with some spies he had in the village. He forced my sister to become one of his bodyguards and if she disobeyed him, he'd kill me. So in order to keep me safe, nee-chan had to work for him, but now because of me… she'll die." Karin finished crying in her palms. Sakura covered her mouth and shed tears for the girl, Sasuke eyes widened at the fact at how horrible Orochimaru was, while Mamoru was gritting his teeth in anger at what the snake sannin had done to members of Naruto's family and Jax had a stoic look upon his face, but on the inside he was boiling and ready to tear the snake-teme a new one. "I'm so sorry." Karin apologized making everyone look at her with a confused expression. "If I had just told you, you guys and Naruto wouldn't have to have dealt with all this… I'm so sorry, I know you can never forgive me, and I understand… I just want you to know I'm sorry." Karin cried. Suddenly Karin felt a pair of arms wrap around her body, bringing her into an embrace. Karin uncovered her face to see it was Sakura who was hugging her. "S-Sakura?"

"Don't ever think like that." Sakura said. "Naruto would never want you to think like this, and neither do I." Sakura was crying for the young red head. "I forgive you." Sakura said. Karin's eyes widened in shock at the pinkette words and offering her forgiveness.

"I forgive you too." Sasuke said. Mamoru yipped in agreement, while Jax nodded with a sincere smirk. Karin's eyes had widened even more as tears poured down her eyes.

"W-why?... why are you all forgiving me so easily?" Karin asked, not understanding why they would.

"You saved my life from that psycho earlier; you've proven you could be trusted." Sasuke said bluntly. Mamoru once again yipped in agreement. Sakura pulled back from Karin and looked at her with a smile.

"Karin, you can live in Konoha with us and Naruto. I know for a fact he would love to have you here with him." Sakura said.

"But… my sister."

"We'll find her and save her from that snake." Sakura said. "And if that hebi-teme gets in our way we'll kick his ass to high hell, Believe It!" Sakura exclaimed pumping her fist in the air. Sasuke, Mamoru and Jax had sweat drop expressions on their faces; Naruto was rubbing off on her. Karin was speechless at what the pink haired girl said; they had met only hours ago, not knowing a single thing about eachother, and yet they wish to help her and her sister. Sakura extended her hand towards Karin, making the girl confused. "I don't know how much this'll mean to you, but I want to be your friend Karin. Will you accept?" Sakura said with a smile. Karin had become silent as she looked at Sakura, and then her hand. After moments of silence, Karin hesitantly reached for the pinkette's hand and grasped it. Karin had a genuine smile upon her face and tears of joy pouring down her eyes.

"Yes." Karin said, her smile not leaving her face. Sakura smiled and once again hugged the red head. Sasuke and the foxes looked at the two with smiles, or in Jax's case a smirk, upon their faces.

"Kukukuku, now isn't this sweet." Said a familiar voice. Everyone's hearts stopped, except for Jax's, when they heard that frightening voice. They all turned towards the origin of the voice to see Orochimaru standing on a giant tree branch with a creepy smile upon his face. "You've finally made some friends Karin; if only Tayuya were here to see this." Orochimaru said as he chuckled. Mamoru growled at Orochimaru and was about to charge at him, but Jax got in his way.

"Don't do something stupid kid." Jax said. Mamoru glared at the elder fox and then at Orochimaru, who just smiled at the fox kit. Mamoru closed his eyes and grunted.

"You Get The Hell Away From Us You Monster!" Sakura yelled. Orochimaru just chuckled at the young pinkette.

"You and I both know that it's far too late for that." Orochimaru said with a smirk.

"What do you want?" Sasuke demanded answers.

"He's here for you." Karin said with worry for the Uchiha. The others' had their eyes widened, except for Jax who just kept on looking at the still smirking Orochimaru.

"Aw~ I wanted to say that." Orochimaru said with mock hurt. "Oh well." Orochimaru's mouth then opened wide and slithering out of it was a snake's head. The snake in Orochimaru's mouth unhinged it's own and out came a sword. The genin and Mamoru watched in horror as Orochimaru gripped the handle and pulled it out of the snakes mouth, and after doing so, the snake that was in Orochimaru's mouth receded back inside Orochimaru's throat and below. Orochimaru just smirked as he saw the horrified looks on the genin and fox kit's faces. "Prepare yourself, Sasuke-kun. Once I take your life, your friends are next." Orochimaru said with a grin.

"You Won't Stand A Chance When Naruto-kun Gets Here!" Sakura yelled. Orochimaru just chuckled at her words, making the pinkette feel uneasy.

"I'm afraid not little one. I had already killed him before finding the lot of you; the boy really wished to see you again my dear, but apparently that will never happen." Orochimaru said.

"Don't Listen To Him, He's Just Trying To Throw You Guys Off!" Karin exclaimed. Suddenly a snake came straight out of Orochimaru's sleeve, extending all the way to Karin and wrapping itself around the red head's neck and retracting all the way back towards it's summoner.

"You ought to learn to keep silent at times little Uzu; I guess I'm going to have to discipline you, again." Orochimaru said as raised her in the air with his summoned snake and started strangling the life out of her.

"KARIN!" Sakura yelled the red head's name. Sakura was ready to throw a kunai at Orochimaru, but Sasuke stopped her and gave her a look giving her a silent warning. Sakura nodded to Sasuke understandingly; if Sakura hastily threw her kunai at the snake sannin, then he would most likely use Karin as a human shield again. Sakura had tears of sorrow pouring down her eyes; Karin's life was on the line and she and Sasuke could do nothing but look on in horror as the young Uzumaki was having the life strangled out of her. All the while Orochimaru kept chuckling seeing Karin trying to gasp for air and her face twisted in pain, along with the horrified looks upon Sasuke and Sakura's faces; it brought him immense pleasure. Orochimaru then sensed an attack from behind "Hiden: Buredoteru" yelled a voice from behind. Orochimaru immediately jumped high into the air avoiding an attack and still holding Karin in his grasp.

"Nice try, but I'm not the kind of man to be fooled by the same attack twice." Orochimaru said with a grin.

"I kinda figured that." Jax replied with a toothy grin of his own. Suddenly a small fireball had hit the snake that was holding Karin's neck, making it poof away and releasing the girl; it also burnt some of Orochimaru's face, revealing a golden yellow slit eye and half of his actual pale face. Sasuke immediately went into action and jumped into the air straight towards Karin and grabbed her into his arms bridal style and landed on a nearby tree branch. Orochimaru looked at the little fireball that had just sent his summoning back to where it came from, to see it land on a branch and turned into the little fox kit.

'Damn little runt.' Orochimaru thought as he landed onto a nearby branch. Mamoru, Jax and Sasuke still holding Karin regrouped with Sakura. Sasuke gave Karin to Sakura, and took out his kunai, ready to fight Orochimaru.

"Thank you Sasuke." Karin said cracking her eyes open.

"Don't thank me, thank the foxes; they got you away from that monster." Sasuke said. Mamoru went to Karin's side, letting the young Uzumaki scoop him up into her arms. Karin held Mamoru close to her.

"Arigatou… Mamoru." Karin thanked the young fox kit as tears of gratitude pour from her eyes. Mamoru rubbed against Karin, giving her comfort.

"Yeah, yeah, thank the fox kit; no love for poor old Jax." Jax said with a grin on his face.

"Thank you, Jax." Karin also thanked the elder fox.

"No problem kid. Hey Mamoru, when this is all over, get that baka of a partner of yours to help with his fellow clanswomen's growth in becoming a strong kunoichi will ya?" Jax said still having his toothy grin. Mamoru yipped in agreement, as Jax turned to Orochimaru. "Look hebi-baka, just admit it, with me, Mamoru and the Uchiha here it's just going to be a pain for ya; especially when Naruto gets here." Jax told the paled face missing-nin. Orochimaru just chuckled.

"Oh so true, Jax is it? But don't worry about me." Orochimaru bit his thumb, making it bleed. "But like your white haired friend." Orochimaru went through a series of hand signs, before slamming his hand down onto the branch. Clouds of smoke appeared out of nowhere, and as they faded, in their place were five giant snakes. "I also have friends of my own." Orochimaru said with a grin. Jax just looked at all the snakes that Orochimaru had just summoned, his eyes darting towards one snake to another, and another, and another and another, before giving a toothy grin.

"Five snakes, eh? Good. I hope you don't mind me inviting a few of my friends over to enjoy the fun." Jax said grinning like a maniac. Jax bit his paw and then slammed it down onto the branch creating four clouds of smoke. As the smoke faded, there stood for more foxes.

"You better have a good reason for summoning us Jax." A tall silver fox said as he looked at the grey scarred fox.

"Yeah, I was just in the middle of having my mid-lunch, after lunch, after pro-breakfast that was after mid-breakfast just now." A brown with white fur fox saw with a gloom look on his face.

"So what's it this time Jax, another one of your 'let's-get-drunk' parties?" a female sky blue with white fur fox said.

"Oh, Is It? Is It?! I Want The First Drink!" exclaimed an excited and childish female snow white with beige fur fox said.

"Sorry Hiroko, but it's not happy hour yet, this is serious." Jax said, making the snow white and beige fox pout. "Look ahead." Jax said. All the other foxes looked up to see five snakes, and the infamous Orochimaru.

"Orochimaru." Akio said looking at the hebi sannin.

"Well, well, what a surprise; for once I'm actually glad Jax summoned us." Izanami said.

"Oh man, I knew I should have had a bigger breakfast and pre-lunch." Hiroyuki said looking depressed.

"Huh? Gasp, It's The Hebi Man! I Knew He Was A Cross Dresser!" Hiroko exclaimed pointing her paw at the sannin.

"Now things will be even." Jax said still grinning like a maniac.

"Even? Jax did your left eye finally fail on you? There are five snakes and an evil sannin." Izanami said, looking at the bandana wearing, scarred fox.

"What are ya talking about, Izanami, baby? The odds are definitely even." Jax said looking at the female fox.

"Please elaborate." Akio said.

"Easy. You guys each take one, and I'll take one and the hebi-teme; simple math, after all, I am the strongest of us." Jax said very cocky. The other foxes just had sweat drop expressions; they should've known since this was Jax they were talking about.

"No Fair!" Hiroko exclaimed. "I wanted to fight him."

"Get in line then squirt, cause I'm the first one who's going to tear him a new one!" Jack exclaimed with excitement. One of the snake lunged straight at Jax, who just continued to grin. "About damn time we get started." Jax said licking his lips. Jax jumped straight at the snake and started rapidly spinning around. "Kitsune Kaze no Kama" (Fox Wind Scythe) Jax yelled as his tail sent crescents made of wind at the snake. The cresents went through the snake, and after a quick moment, the giant snake was cut into pieces. Jax landed onto another branch as he turned his head to see his handy work. "What I tell ya, even." Jax said still grinning. Sasuke, Sakura, Karin and Mamoru looked at Jax awestruck at what he had just done.

"Looks like this'll be pretty entertaining after all." Orochimaru said as he then went through another series of hand signs and slammed his hand down onto the ground again, creating more clouds of smoke, where several more snakes appeared out of.

"Apparently he brought more of his companions to join in on the gathering." Izanami said. Jax just chuckled.

"We can take 'em." Jax said grinning in anticipation. "Now Let's Get Our Asses Moving!" Jax yelled out as he and his fellow foxes jumped straight at the hebi sannin and his snake battalion.

"Suiton: Mizu Kitsune no Jutsu" (Water Release: Water Fox technique) Izanami shouted at a giant fox made of water shot out of her mouth. The water fox hit the snakes breaking their momentum.

"Kitsune Tetsu no O!" (Fix Iron Tail) Hiroko shouted as her tail hardened, becoming as strong iron, before she slammed it down onto one of the snakes' giant heads, sending it rocketing to the ground.

"Enlarge!" Hiroyuki yelled as a giant cloud of smoke surrounded him, then out of the smoke came Hiroyuki who was even bigger than the snakes "Body Slam!" Hiroyuki yelled as he body slammed several of the snakes down to the ground, making them poof away back to the land of the snakes. Jax and Akio landed on the same branch Orochimaru was standing on and the two charged at the sannin, but a giant snake came and bit the branch in half, separating his summoner from his enemies. Jax and Akio jumped up high and landed onto another branch. The snake that got in their way just a moment ago lunged at them.

"Allow me to dispose of him." Akio said as he jumped straight at the giant snake. Akio then started flipping in the air rapidly, before he started to shine of white light. "Kitsune Hagane no Ha!" (Fox Steel Blade) Akio yelled as he continued his attack. As the snake unhinged it's mouth, Akio went right through him, entering it's mouth and exiting through it's tail, and as he made it out, the snake was cut in half.

"Ha, showoff." Jax said still grinning. Jax then jumped straight at Orochimaru who had his sword ready, but Jax tail had transformed his tail into a blade again and slammed his tail onto the blade. "The Kusanagi, eh? Not a bad chose of blade." Jax said with his toothy grin. Orochimaru was actually impressed with this fox; no one has been able to withstand contact with Kusanagi, and yet this fox had just slammed his tail against it without flinching. "Let's see how good you are with that little knife of yours." Jax said as he and Orochimaru started clashing blades with one another. Sakura, Karin and Mamoru watched the battle in awe as the foxes were fighting the snakes, but they were more amazed with Jax; to go up against Orochimaru in a kenjutsu battle and actually be able to push the infamous hebi sannin back a bit was incredible.

"Come On, This Is Our Chance!" Sasuke told the girls.

"But the foxes-"

"Will be alright Sakura; us on the other hand will die if we stay here any longer." Sasuke said.

"He's right Sakura, we have to go." Karin agreed. Sakura didn't like it, but they were right. Mamoru jumped out of Karin's arms, so Sakura can place Karin onto Sasuke's back.

"Alright, let's head out." Sasuke said as he and the other tried to get as far away from the battle as possible. Orochimaru saw them leave at the corner of his eye.

'You won't get away that easily Sasuke-kun.' Orochimaru thought as he pushed Jax back and kicked the fox-nin away. Orochimaru jumped onto another branch, only to be tackled by Akio into the giant tree's trunk. Orochimaru looked up to see the five fox-nin in front of him; ready to attack.

"Game over, hebi-teme." Jax said with his toothy grin. Orochimaru just chuckled as he stood up.

"I must say, I underestimated you foxes." Orochimaru said as he raised his other hand to his face and ripped the rest of the skin he used as a mask off. "But…" Orochimaru then bit his thumb letting it bleed, before going through a flurry of hand signs. "Can you five go up against a boss?" Orochimaru slammed his hand down onto the branch creating a giant plume of smoke. The fox-nins jumped away from the smoke.

"What the hell?" Jax said as he and the others landed onto different branches and looked up at the giant plume of smoke. As the smoke faded, in it's place stood a large snake that was purple, had black rings running down intervals on it's body, fangs that were like those of a constrictor snake, green eyes, and also four horn-like protrusions on it's head.

"Orochimaru, why have you summoned me?" the giant snake said in a grumpy sounding matter.

"To dispose of these wretched creatures here, Manda." Orochimaru said with a smirk. Manda looked down to see five foxes on branches.

"You Summoned Me To Waste My Time With These Insects?!" Manda yelled at the hebi sannin.

"Who're You Calling Insect You Over Grown Belt!" Jax yelled gritting his teeth at the insult.

"Yeah! Get Your Eyes Checked Out, Scale Brain!" Hiroko joined in the yelling. Manda hissed in anger at being insulted.

"Fine Orochimaru, I'll dispose of these pathetic creatures for you, but I want a hundred human sacrifices in return." Manda said. Orochimaru chuckled.

"We are in Konoha, soon you will have as many sacrifices as you wish." Orochimaru said with a smirk. Manda laughed as well with joy and anticipation to murder and eat every living thing in his path. Orochimaru then disappeared in a swirl of leaves, leaving the fox-nin with his old 'friend.'

"He's after the children, we have to help." Akio said.

"Worry About Yourselves!" Manda yelled as he lunged at them.

"Scatter!" Izanami yelled. The fox-nins jumped out of the way of Manda's attack, just in time as they were almost devoured.

"You five aren't going anywhere, except for my digestive track." Manda said as he turned to the foxes.

"Oh shit." Jax cursed.

With Sasuke, Sakura, Karin and Mamoru

Sasuke, Sakura Karin and Mamoru had just heard a loud crashing sound far back where they had just came from.

"What was that?" Sakura questioned. "That sounded way too big for one of those snakes to cause something like that."

"Whatever it is, I don't want to find out." Sasuke said.

"I feel bad for leaving the foxes behind." Karin said.

"They knew the risks, and seeing how they took down Orochimaru's summoning easily, I think they can deal with whatever they throw at them." Sasuke said.

"I don't know about that." Everyone's eyes widened as they turned to see Orochimaru on the same branch as them with his arms crossed. "After all, Manda is a handful to deal with, even for me." Sasuke handed Karin over to Sakura and readied his kunai with Mamoru by his side ready to attack. "Still protecting these two, Sasuke-kun?"

"They're my friends; of course I will protect them." Sasuke said glaring at the hebi sannin. Orochimaru just chuckled. "You find this hilarious?!" Sasuke growled, gritting his teeth.

"Sasuke-kun, Sasuke-kun, Sasuke-kun" Orochimaru repeated the young Uchiha's name while shaking his head and his smirk still evident on his face. "Haven't you found it out by now? Friends make you weak; mine held me back."

"Shut Up!"

"The pink haired one is too weak, Karin works for me making her your enemy, not your friend, oh and let's not forget dear Naruto-kun."

"Don't You Dare Say Anything About My Best Friend!" Sasuke yelled.

"Best friend? They are the worst; thinking they're better than you, believing that their beliefs are much greater than yours. In the end they will do nothing, but stab you in the back."

"Shut Up! Naruto Would Never Do That!" Sasuke yelled defending his best friend.

"How do you know that he won't? After all, history repeats itself. You don't want another Itachi now do you, Sasuke-kun?"

"SHUT UP!" Sasuke yelled as he charged at Orochimaru. Orochimaru just smirked and said.

"Let me assist you with the problem." And then suddenly Orochimaru vanished. Sasuke stopped and tried to sense Orochimaru's chakra, and he found it right behind him. Sasuke quickly turned his head to see Orochimaru about to strike Sakura and Karin with his Kusanagi. "NO!" Sasuke yelled out in fear.

Time slowed down as Kusanagi was inching all the way closer to the two girls who looked on with eyes widened in fear as they believed that these few moments would be their last. Until… Mamoru jumped and pushed them out of the way, saving them from the sword attack, but unfortunately leaving him to be on the receiving end of the blade. The three genin watched in horror as they saw Mamoru fall onto the cold hard giant branch, bleeding onto it.

"MAMORU!" Sasuke, Sakura and Karin shouted the young fox kit name as they saw him twitching on the floor with pain.

"YOU MONSTER! HOW COULD YOU?!" Sakura yelled at the hebi sannin with tears rolling down her eyes. Orochimaru just looked down at the bleeding fox kit.

"What a pity. He really was a pretty decent fox-nin." Orochimaru said. The pale man then lifted Kusanagi with both his hands, with the tip of the blade aiming at Mamoru. "Allow me to put you out of your misery, little fox-nin."

"NO!" the three genin yelled as they charged at Orochimaru with their kunai. Orochimaru then sent the blade down, but it had immediately stopped and then it was sent flying behind him. Sasuke and Karin stopped, while Sakura ran to Mamoru and picked him and into her arms and jumped away from the snake sannin. Everyone turned and looked up and a higher branch to see Kusanagi in the grip of a white haired boy wearing an orange with black flames jacket.

"Get the fuck away from my friends you homo snake-teme." Naruto said menacingly and pointing Kusanagi at Orochimaru.

"Naruto!" Sasuke and Karin exclaimed the white haired boy's name.

"Naruto-kun" Sakura spoke her crush's name with a relieved smile and tears of happiness in her eyes.

'Homo snake… he's definitely Jiraiya's grandson.' Orochimaru thought with annoyance.

"You tried to kill my friends and the little family I had left in this world, and for that." Naruto got into a swordsman stance, while his eyes glowed blue behind his sunglasses. "I will take away your life!" Naruto exclaimed baring elongated fangs at the hebi sannin. Orochimaru just smirked as he saw the bloodlust behind Naruto's eyes. "Unless You're A Pale Old Fart In His Fifties, Get The Fuck Out Of The Way!" Naruto yelled as he sent a giant burst of chakra out of his feet, sending him rocketing towards Orochimaru. Sasuke, Karin and Sakura holding a bleeding Mamoru managed to jump away in time before Naruto impacted the branch, destroying it. As the three genin landed safely onto another branch, they were shocked at the sight of see the once giant branch they that they were just standing on was just destroyed by their white hair friend.

"Wow" Karin said with awe "That's incredible… how is he even still a genin?" Her question was answered by silence. Sasuke and Sakura just looked at the incredible feat that their teammate, gobsmacked that Naruto was actually so powerful. The three then heard chuckling from atop of them. The three genin look up to see Orochimaru standing on another branch smiling down on them.

"Incredible isn't he? But still sloppy." Orochimaru said with a frightening smirk. Suddenly Naruto appeared above Orochimaru with the Kusanagi raised up high, ready to cut Orochimaru in half, but the snake sannin continued to smirk as he sent a kunai right through Naruto, but as it did, Naruto became transparent and faded out of existence, making everyone's, even Orochimaru's eyes widen with surprise. Then suddenly Orochimaru was sliced in half horizontally with Naruto appearing next to him with the blade extended out to the side. Naruto then quickly stood up and held Kusanagi to the side and said "Shinra Tensai." Kusanagi was then sent flying towards a distant tree, nailing something alive, making it bleed. The three genin below looked towards where the blade had gone to see it impaled right through Orochimaru's arm and into the giant tree. Orochimaru gritted his teeth in anger as he glared at Naruto 'How the hell is he this skillful?! Jiraiya, Tsunade, you've been teaching your brat's son haven't you?' Naruto appeared in front of Orochimaru with his palm on the hebi sennin's skull.

"Now die. SHINRA TENSAI!" Naruto yelled as an incredible force had erupted from his palm and blasted Orochimaru, crushing him and destroying a great portion of the tree. Sasuke, Sakura and Karin closed their eyes and covered them with their arms over them as well as the debris from the attack was flying around the area. As the aftershock of the justu died down, the three genin uncovered their eyes to see Naruto, who was a bit winded from the jutsu, standing in the same spot with meters of destruction and damage from his attack in front of him. They looked on in awe at what the white haired Uzumaki Senju had done. Naruto was panting as he tried to sense Orochimaru's presence anywhere, but while he was occupied with trying to find the snake bastard, Naruto was bit on the leg by a snake. Naruto flinched, before he kicked the snake away, but the serpent did it's job as Naruto's vision started to blur 'Aw goddammit.' Suddenly Naruto sensed danger behind him, so with the remaining strength he had, Naruto moved a bit to the side to save himself from getting stabbed through the heart, but he was still stabbed through his torso with the Kusanagi sword. Sasuke, Sakura and Karin looked on in horror as they saw Naruto get stabbed through his chest by a snake coming out of the surface of the tree branch with Kusanagi extending out of it's mouth.

"NARUTO!" Sakura yelled her love's name as the Kusanagi was ripped right out of his chest. The snake then crawled back to where it came from when a hand came out and grabbed the handle of the Kusanagi. Slowly out from the branch came Orochimaru who chuckled as he smirked at Naruto who bent over holding his wound and glaring at the Hebi sannin.

"Impressive. Jiraiya and Tsunade taught you well, haven't they? As for actually having the will power to move yourself from getting a fatal attack, that really isn't so surprising since you are an Uzumaki jinchuriki of the Kyuubi." Orochimaru said still smirking. "You really have gotten stronger, huh 'nephew'?"

"Well, I was taught by the best." Naruto said with a smirk.

"To think, you would have the eyes of the Rikudou Sennin; I must take them for my own, seeing as you won't be needing them anymore." Orochimaru said as he kicked Naruto's face, sending his sunglasses off his face and down to the far off ground and lifted his blade up ready to strike Naruto.

"YOU LEAVE MY BEST FRIEND ALONE!" Sasuke yelled as he jumped behind Orochimaru, ready to stab him with a kunai, but Orochimaru turned and grabbed Sasuke's wrist before the kunai made contact with his pale skin. Orochimaru grinned at Sasuke as he bared his own viper fangs and was about to bite Sasuke, but he was kicked hard in the face sending him flying. Sasuke, Sakura, Karin and Naruto looked up to see a familiar purple hair woman.

"The Uchiha, I wouldn't give to shits about, but when you mess with my Foxy-chan, that's when I draw the line." Anko said as she glared at her teacher.

'HER?!' Sakura thought with annoyance although she was very happy that she was here to save them.

'The crazy woman?' Sasuke thought with shock and annoyance for the 'not-giving-two-shit-for-him' comment.

'Why is the proctor here?' Karin thought with surprise and shock.

"Anko-chan!" Naruto cheered with hearts in his eyes as he stared up at the tokubetsu jounin kunoichi.

Orochimaru wiped away some blood from his mouth as he looked at his old student. "Anko, it's been too long." Orochimaru said with a smirk. Anko bent down in front of Naruto a smiled at him.

"Nice eyes Foxy-chan." Anko said to Naruto.

"Back at ya." Naruto said with a grin before flinching and holding his wound.

"You gonna be alright?" Anko asked with concern.

"Yeah, don't worry about it; this isn't the first time I got stabbed with a sword by some bastard." Naruto said with a smirk.

"Hang in there." Anko said placing a hand on the young white haired genin's shoulder. She then brought her lips to Naruto's ear "Besides, you can't die yet, I haven't made you into a man yet." Anko whispered seductively making Naruto gain a huge nosebleed which obviously didn't go unnoticed by the others. Anko stood up and ignored the glare Sakura was giving her "Hey, Uchiha" Anko said getting Sasuke's attention "Take Foxy-chan and your friends and get the hell out of here; I'll take this bastard on."

"What?! Fuck No!" Naruto yelled as he started to get back up trembling "No fucking way I'm going to let you take this homo snake on all by yourself." Naruto said as he got back "I can still kick ass."

"Don't be stupid Naruto, just go with your friends; back up will be here soon enough anyway." Anko said as she walked passed him.

"But-"

"Naruto she's right, we have to go." Sasuke said as he grabbed his best friends shoulder. "Besides we need to find a secure location to free you from the poison and heal Mamoru." Naruto's eyes widened as he almost forgot that his best friend is in danger of bleeding out.

"Anko." Naruto said to the tokubetsu Jounin sounding serious. "You better not die, or else I'll be really pissed at you." Anko just waved him off, but smiled that Naruto was showing such concern for her. "Come on teme." Naruto said to Sasuke getting a nod from the Uchiha as they jumped to the branch Sakura and Karin were standing on. "Let's go." Naruto said, earning a nod from the two females. All four genin then jumped from branch to branch, getting as far away as possible from the upcoming battle.

'Good luck Foxy-kun, I'm afraid after this we won't ever get the chance to get in bed together.' Anko said as she got into her fighting stance. Orochimaru chuckled at as he saw Anko glare at him with such determination and malice.

"Anko, it's been too long." Orochimaru said with a smirk.

"It's been long enough; it's time for you to finally rot in hell." Anko said with a sneer.

"That cuts me deep, Anko-chan." Orochimaru said with mock hurt.

"It won't be as deep as the grave I'm going to send you in, 'sensei'" Anko said as she got ready to charge.

With team Naruto

Naruto and the others were on a giant branch, staying as far away from the fight between Orochimaru and Anko.

"Naruto-kun, Mamoru's lost a lot of blood" Sakura said looking down at the fox kit with tears in her eyes "I don't think he's going to make it." Sasuke had a sad look upon his face, while Karin had tears pouring down her eyes like Sakura. Naruto just stared at his best friend, who was still in Sakura's arms.

'Kurama, there better be a way for Mamoru to survive.' Naruto said to the giant fox king through his mind.

"There is actually." Kurama said. "Put your hand onto Mamoru." Naruto walked over to Sakura and gently placed his hand onto Mamoru; then suddenly Naruto's hand had burst into golden flames and then started covering Mamoru. Everyone looked at what Naruto was doing with widened eyes of fear and amazement, while Naruto just had a stern focused look upon his face, as if he was concentrating on the flames themselves. Sasuke's fist trembled as he gritted his teeth thinking that Naruto was burning his best friend and partner alive after taking a devastating attack, but he knew Naruto, the white haired genin wouldn't do something so cruel, and besides these flames put Sasuke at ease for some reason. The flames then suddenly vanished from both Mamoru and Naruto.

"His wounds… they're gone." Sakura said with widened eyes as she looked down at the young fox kit, who looked like he didn't participate in a battle. Mamoru then started to crack his eye open, before blinking a couple of times; gaining his vision back, he saw everyone around him looking down at him.

"Hey there sleeping beauty, had a nice nap?" Naruto said jokingly with a smile, earning him a punch upside the head from Sakura. Mamoru closed his eyes with shame as he yipped something. "What do you mean you're a failure?" Naruto asked his best friend. Mamoru yipped again. "Says Who?!"

"Naruto, what's he saying?" Sakura asked.

"Mamoru thinks he doesn't deserve to be called Mamoru anymore, because he thinks he failed to protect you guys." Naruto translated for his fellow genin. Sakura looked down at the sad fox kit. Mamoru then suddenly felt something impact his cranium; the fox kit looked up to see that Sakura tapped her fist upon his head.

"You baka…" Sakura said with tears in her eyes; she then hugged Mamoru, surprising the young fox kit. "How could you even think like that? Of course you protected us." Sakura said resuming crying while she hugged Mamoru.

"She's right" Karin added. "If you didn't push me and Sakura out of the way, then we would've died."

"And if you didn't save them, I don't know what I would've done with myself." Sasuke said. "I probably would've given in to Orochimaru."

"You see Mamoru, you did protect them, and I can't think of anyone who deserves the name Mamoru better than you." Naruto said with a smile, making Mamoru smile as well. "Besides, if you gave up your name what am I supposed to call you, Craig or something?" Naruto joked earning him a smack in the face from Mamoru's tail.

"Don't you even dare" Mamoru said, and even though the other three can't understand him they smiled because they knew exactly what he said to the white haired baka.

"That's my buddy." Naruto said with his trademark grin, while rubbing Mamoru's head making him smile. The others laughed at the two's interaction with eachother. Suddenly Naruto and Mamoru sensed a dark presence. "Oh crap." Naruto said getting the other three genin's attention.

"Did you really think that Anko would actually defeat me? Her old sensei" Orochimaru said with a creepy grin behind them. They all turned to see the pale faced missing-nin behind them. Naruto gritted his teeth as he faced Orochimaru with an angry look "Where's Anko?!"

"Why does that matter? She not that important anymore" Orochimaru said with a smirk.

"What Did You Do To Her You Monster?!" Naruto yelled; his killer intent subconsciously rising scaring the others.

"Oh I didn't do anything, it was all Anko. The poor dear, thinking the Sojasosai no Jutsu (Twin Snake Sacrifice Technique) would actually kill the person who taught it to her; what a delusional girl." Orochimaru said with a smirk. Naruto's eyes widened in fear and sadness as tears started to well up in his eyes.

'Anko… no…' Naruto looked down to the surface of the branch with tears pouring down from his eyes 'You baka… you promised you wouldn't leave me alone… you swore on your life' Naruto thought back to when he first met Anko, making him feel more saddened by the memory. Mamoru and the others saw how sorrow stricken Naruto was hearing of Anko's 'demise'; they were shocked at how much Anko meant to Naruto. Orochimaru grinned as he continued to chuckle at Naruto tears of dismay, surprised that Anko actually meant a great deal to someone, a child no less, but still it made him cheerful with sick glee to see the grandson of his old teammates and child of the bastard son that took away his desired 'rightful' title in a state of such sorrow.

"What's wrong? Sad that your little hebi hime (snake princess) is gone? Huh… Foxy-chan?" Orochimaru taunted with a grin. Suddenly red chakra burst from Naruto surprising everyone, but Orochimaru; but the magnitude of hatred and malice did surprise him with slight awe.

"You bastard…" Naruto shot his head up glaring at Orochimaru with a pair of blood red slit rinnegan "NOBODY CALLS ME THAT BUT ANKO-CHAN" Naruto yelled as he charged at Orochimaru with great speed "I'LL KILL YOU!"

Orochimaru quickly slid to the side avoiding Naruto's charge, but his cheek with scratched and bleeding thanks to Naruto's new elongated claw-like nails. 'Damn, he's acquired such great speed that he's become more troublesome' Orochimaru thought as he saw Naruto land hard on the branch, cracking and breaking the surface of the giant branch 'I better make this quick then.' Orochimaru's neck then stretched allowing him to shoot his head towards Sasuke with his mouth unhinged with snake fangs ready to pierce Sasuke's skin.

"OH NO YOU DON'T!" Naruto yelled. As Orochimaru closed in on Sasuke, he pierced his snake fangs into the skin of a human, but it wasn't Sasuke. Orochimaru's eyes, along with the others widened as they saw that Naruto had appeared in front of Sasuke, taking the hit for him.

Orochimaru's fangs had pierced the back of Naruto's neck. 'NO! THIS WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN!' Orochimaru thought with anger.

"YOU BASTARD!" Kurama yelled from within Naruto as he sent his malicious chakra straight into Orochimaru's fangs, into his body. Orochimaru separated his fangs from Naruto's neck and screamed in pain and agony as he felt the dark foreign chakra of the Kyuubi burn his chakra system from the inside. Naruto's newly acquired chakra was gone as his eyes felt heavy and his body weak. Naruto pulled down his jacket a bit to see three black tomoe markings appear from where Orochimaru's fangs were.

Naruto just grinned "You see that guys?" Naruto said weakly to his friends that looked in horror at what had just happened, before he turned to Orochimaru, who was covering his mouth in pain, his grin still plastered on his face. Naruto pointed a trembling finger towards Orochimaru, still grinning and said "I knew you were gay." Naruto then collapsed onto the floor, unconscious.

"NARUTO!" Sakura and Karin yelled out the unconscious boys name in fear and sorrow, while Sasuke and Mamoru had enraged looks in their eyes.

"YOU BASTARD! I'LL KILL YOU!" Sasuke yelled with anger as he was about to charge at Orochimaru, but was stopped when a tall man appeared in front of him.

"I've been okay with you being gay all this time Orochimaru, but giving my own grandson a hickey? That pisses me off." Jiraiya said as he glared at his old teammate, best friend, rival and mortal enemy.

"Jiraiya" Orochimaru hissed his old teammates name with anger and distain.

"Jiraiya-sama." Sakura said the elder shinobi's name.

"Get my grandson out of here; this is my fight now." Jiraiya said as he was ready to fight his old friend. The three genin nodded as Karin walked up to Naruto and helped placed him on Sasuke's before they started jumping from branch to branch getting as far away from the upcoming battle as possible. Orochimaru chuckled in his creepy was as he uncovered his now bleeding mouth and glared at Jiraiya.

"Jiraiya… long time no see old friend." Orochimaru said with a creepy smile.

"Orochimaru… still causing trouble I see." Jiraiya said with a narrow glare.

"I try my best." Orochimaru said as he used his disgustingly long tongue to lick away some of the blood from his mouth. "I must say, that gaki grandson of yours is just like you, a little pervert who likes to insult men like me by calling them a homosexual."

"Well can you blame him, he comes from such a great man like myself; and besides, you are gay." Jiraiya said to his ex-teammate with a smirk, making the pale sannin have an irritated look on his face.

'Still a baka as always' Orocimaru thought with annoyance. "Well I'd love to stay and reminisce upon the good old days, but I'm sure you're going to be busy telling Tsunade the tragic news of what has happened to your little grandson." Orochimaru said with a sick grin.

"Shut up! Naruto's a strong kid; he's mine and Tsunade's grandson, Minato and Kushina's son, and let's not forget he's the great, great grandchild of the First Hokage and Lady Mito." Jiraiya said with confidence in his grandson.

"I don't know Jiraiya, maybe your 'powerful' grandson might breathe his last breath considering I just gave him a very dangerously powerful seal that has a 1 out of 10 survival rate." Orochimaru said still grinning. Jiraiya's eyes widened with shock and fear, as he knew exactly what seal he was talking about.

"You bastard… You Didn't!" Jiraya yelled with anger.

"Well not intentionally; I was actually trying to place it on Sasuke-kun, but your grandson tried to be all noble and jump right in front and take it for him. Kids, what can you do." Orochimaru said smirking. Jiraiya dashed at Orochimaru and sent a roundhouse kick to him, but Orochimaru dodged it by ducking and unhinged his mouth and sent Kusanagi to stab Jiraiya, but Jiraiya jumped away and glared at his old teammate. Orochimaru swallowed Kusanagi back into his gullet and chuckled. "It's funny how life is isn't it Jiraiya?" Orochimaru said as he suddenly started to disappear into the tree "I couldn't kill your brat all those years ago, but now I get to enjoy the pleasure of your grandson suffer, and who knows, maybe he'll become my slave; after all, that rinnegan might come in handy." Orochimaru said with a smirk and chuckled darkly.

Jiraiya started seeing red as Orochimaru continued to chuckle. Him… The Person he had considered his best friend was the one who attempted to assassinate his son the day he was kidnapped; He Did It! And now he wanted to make his own grandson his slave?! Jiraiya was completely engulfed with rage. Before Orochimaru could disappear into the tree, Jiraiya grabbed Orochimaru by the throat, making the pale faced man have a look of shock evident on his face. Jiraya then slammed Orochimaru hard onto the trunk of the tree and slammed his fist onto Orochimaru's face, destroying it along with the surface of the trunk, only to reveal that Jiraiya destroyed a mud clone, but he was far from finished. Jiraiya sensed Orochimaru behind him, so he dashed towards the hebi sannin and sent a roundhouse that Orochimaru jumped back a bit to avoid, but Jiraiya then sent chakra to the palm of his hand and slammed it onto Orochimaru's chest, striking his heart and sending the bastard into another tree.

Orochimaru gripped his chest, where the strike had landed, while blood came from his mouth. 'Dammit, looks like I finally pushed Jiraiya over the edge; I'd pat myself on the back for this accomplishment, but right now isn't the time.' Orochimaru thought. Then suddenly Jiraiya appeared in front of Orochimaru, anger still evident on his face, and sent a powerful punch at Orochimaru, making the pale face sannin dodge it; lucky for the bastard or else he'd end up like his clone. Jiraiya then sent a kick, hit Orochimaru across the face and then punched him hard in the gut, making Orochimaru spit out blood, and then he slammed his head onto Orochimaru's making the pale faced snake summoner move back a bit, before striking him in the throat, making Orochimaru grab his throat, before Jiraiya kicked him in the face, sending him rocketing into another giant tree. As Orochimaru was indented inside the bark of the tree; he panted as he felt excruciating pain in his whole body. 'Dammit, I could've avoided those hits, but my body is slowing down. It must be because of the Kyuubi's chakra that had entered my system when I bit into that baka Senju's neck; it has to be harming my body and chakra network from the inside.' Orochimaru thought. Orochimaru then ripped his hands out of the tree and brought one of them close to his mouth, where he bit his thumb and started making hand signs 'I can't fight Jiraiya in my condition now, so I'll have to retreat, for now anyway.' Orochimaru thought before slamming his hand onto the tree.

Jiraiya jumped onto the branch of the tree where Orochimaru was indented in and dashed at him, but a cloud of smoke appeared and out came a giant snake that charged at Jiraiya with it's mouth unhinged. Jiraiya jumped up into another tree, before he jumped of and sent a great amount of chakra to his feet, before stomping on the giant snake's head, killing it in the process. Jiraya then jumped back onto the tree branch where Orochimaru was, to see the pale faced sannin chuckle as he vanished into the tree. Jiraiya charged at him with his fist cocked back and then sent a punch straight at him, but Orochimaru vanished into the tree before it made contact, but not before saying "Better luck next time Jiraiya."

Jiraiya punched a hole into the giant tree, which was meant for Orochimaru, before he pulled it back. Jiraya stood there, his body trembling with anger, as he gritted his teeth hard, before he threw his arms to the side and his head up into the sky, screaming with anger.

(I swear if this was a Dragon Ball Z x Naruto crossover, Jiraiya would probably have turned super saiyan by now)

Everyone in the Forest of Death and Konoha heard Jiraiya's scream of anger making them stop what they were doing. Team 7 had stopped jumping from branch to branch to turn to where the scream came from.

"That was Jiraiya-sama." Sakura said.

"Is he hurt?" Karin asked with fear.

"No." Sasuke said with a serious look upon his face. "I recognize that scream anywhere. That was a scream of anger, not pain." Sakura, Karin and Mamoru looked at Sasuke. "Let's keep going." The other three nodded at him, before they resumed jumping from branch to branch. Naruto managed to awaken for a moment, cracking his eyes open, before closing them again with one thought on his mind.

'Grandpa… so my message did make it in time.'

Earlier, Hokage Tower, Hokage's office

Hiruzen was in his office with Jiraiya speaking of important business.

"An Icha Icha movie?!" Hiruzen exclaimed with excitement.

"Yeah! I was hoping the lead role for the female would be played by Yukie Fujikaze!" Jiraiya exclaimed with glee.

"No Way! That's Incredible! I can't wait to see it when it comes to theaters." Hiruzen said with a perverted smile. Suddenly bursting through the doors came Tsunade.

"Oh hey Tsunade-hime, what's up?" Jiraiya said putting a fake grin on his face, but he looked at his sensei, telling the old man with his eyes 'Don't tell her a thing', while Hiruzen looked at his old student with his own eyes saying 'Wouldn't dream of it.'

"I won." Tsunade said, making the two males' eyes widen.

"W-what?" Jiraiya asked, hoping he had heard wrong.

"I Won The Fucking Lottery!" Tsunade yelled, not happy in the least that she had won.

"Oh dear Kami" Jiraiya said with worry. It was a well-known fact to those of team Sarutobi that whenever Tsunade win something that has to do with money, then it's an omen. "What the hell's going to happen now?" Jiraiya asked to no one in particular as he looked down to the ground with a steely gaze. Suddenly a cloud of smoke appeared in the middle of the room. As the smoke clear, in it's place was a red violet with white fur fox with the tip of it's tail being black and a cylinder container on it's back; the fox was the size of Mamoru. Sarutobi had an eye raised in confusion as he saw the young fox.

"Saya?" Tsunade and Jiraiya said as they saw the little fox.

"You know this little one?" Sarutobi asked.

"This is one of Naruto-kun's fox summons; she's a messanger." Tsunade explained to her old sensei. Saya ran toward Sarutobi's desk then jumped atop it and grabbed her container off her back and gave it to the old kage. Hiruzen grabbed the container and opened it to grab a piece of paper with a message on it. Hiruzen unraveled the paper and read the message, making his eyes narrow.

"It seems our old colleague has returned, and causing trouble once again." Hiruzen said placing the message on the desk.

"Orochimaru." Jiraiya said with a scowl.

"He's in the Forest of Death." Hiruzen told his students making their eyes widen with shock.

"Naruto's There!" Tsunade exclaimed with fear for her grandson.

"I'm going there." Jiraiya said as he was about to jump out the window.

"Jiraiya, calm yourself." Hiruzen told his old student.

"No! I Wasn't There When My Son Needed Me, I'll Be Damned If I Just Stand Around Not Helping My Own Grandson!" Jiraiya yelled, ready to leave.

"Jiraiya!" Tsunade exclaimed her lover's name. Jiraiya turned around to meet with Tsunade's lips upon his own, before the slug sannin hugged him. "Make sure he's safe, and be careful."

"Don't worry Tsunade, I promise you that I will." Jiraiya said returning the hug. The two then separated, letting Jiraiya jump out the window heading straight towards the training ground 44; The Forest of Death.

"ANBU!" the Hokage exclaimed, getting two ANBU shinobi to appear in his office "Form and send squads and go into the forest of death in search of the missing-nin Orochimaru."

"Hai, Hokage-sama" The ANBU said bowing their heads in respect, before shushining away. Hiruzen sighed, before handing the container in his hands back to Saya. "Thank you for the message Saya-san." Hiruzen said with a respectful smile. Saya nodded before taking her container and then disappearing in a small cloud of smoke.

"That snake bastard better not hurt my Naruto-kun." Tsunade said said cracking her knuckles.

"I'm sure he'll be fine by the time Jiraiya arrives." Hiruzen said as he tipped his hat "After all, Naruto is a survivor." Tsunade nodded with that thought giving her some ease, but it still didn't diminish her worries.

Back with Team 7

Team 7 and Karin had found a cave-like hole inside a giant tree that they used as a hiding spot to assist Naruto. Naruto was laying on the floor of the cave with a blanket over his body and a hot wet towel on his forehead. Naruto was panting and sweating from pain.

"That damn snake Orochimaru" Sasuke said with distain in his voice "Whatever he did to Naruto, I swear I'm going to kill him for this." Karin and Mamoru looked at Sasuke with sad eyes; whatever Orochimaru had hit Naruto with, it was clearly meant for him, and the last Uchiha was putting much blame and guilt upon himself for it. They couldn't imagine the sadness and fury within him. Sakura sat by Naruto's side holding his hand and looking down at him with tears in her eyes.

"Naruto… please be okay." Sakura said.

"I really wonder why Naruto went crazy after hearing what Orochimaru said about the proctor." Karin said.

"I don't know, and I can't understand why Naruto-kun would even like her at all?" Sakura said.

"… It's because… she understands my pain…"

Everyone turned to Naruto to see him crack his eyes open.

"Naruto-kun!"

"Naruto!"

"Naruto-ni-san!"

"Yip!"

"… It all started… six years ago…" Naruto started remembering of the first time he met Anko.

Forest of Death, 6 years ago

Naruto was running from a group of angry villagers and shinobi whose clothes were dyed orange and were covered in garbage.

'Best prank ever!' Naruto thought as he continued to run with a huge toothy grin on his face. Suddenly a bunch of angry villagers and shinobi blocked Naruto's route so Naruto ran into an alley. 'Time to test out my new escape route system.' Naruto thought running behind a dumpster.

"We Got Him Now!" a shinobi exclaimed as he moved the dumpster, only to find he wasn't there. Everyone was dumbstruck as they found no trace of the Kyuubi jinchuriki. "Where'd he go?" a villager said with his dumbfounded expression.

In a distant location, a rock was moved to the side from below to reveal Naruto coming out of a hole in the ground. "Oh Yeah! Works like a dream." Naruto exclaimed as he puts the rock over the hole he crawled out off.

"Hey, did you hear that? Sounds like the brat's over there" the sound of a villager, no doubt a shinobi, spoke.

'Oh crap.' Naruto thought nervously. He looked around and found a forest in the distance that was surrounded by a huge gate. Naruto ran towards the forest and used what little shinobi skills he had learned in the academy to climb up a tree that was near the gate of the forest and got onto the branch of the tree and then jump over the gate, successfully landing into the forest. "Yatta!" Naruto cried with glee and a toothy grin. Naruto then started walking into the forest looking around the place. "Man this place is creepy, but I guess it beats dealing with the villagers." Naruto traveled the place with a big smile on his face. Suddenly drops of liquid landed on Naruto's golden locks, making him look up to see a giant snake over him staring at him, making Naruto scream and start running as the snake tried to swallow him whole. Naruto had bumped into a couple other giant dangerous animals like bears, millipedes, alligators, etc. The forest didn't just have some frightening things, but also fascinating and also beautiful places, such as exotic flowers and scenery that was breath taking like a rock formation with waterfall going down a tranquil lake that shined and glittered like diamonds. "Wow… this place is something else." Naruto said with his hands behind his head and a smile on his face. Naruto then heard what sounded like crying to his left.

He walked over to the sound to find a young fourteen year old girl with violet hair that was styled in a short, spiky, fanned-ponytail. She wore a chunin jacket over a sleeveless fishnet mesh shirt, dark shorts, along with fishnet armbands that reached her elbows, and knee-length boots. The girl was hugging her knees, crying into them.

"Excuse me miss, are you okay?" the girl lifted her head up and turned it right to come face-to-face with a sunkissed blonde haired boy with six whisker-like birthmarks, three on each cheek. He wore an orange sleeveless zip up hoodie that was over a blue short sleeved shirt, green pants, and blue shinobi sandals. Naruto blushed as he saw the girls face 'Wow… she's really pretty.'

"GET AWAY!" the girl yelled as she threw a kunai whizzing past the boy, nicking him on the cheek.

"Whoa miss, calm down, I just wanted to see if you were okay." Naruto said taking a step back.

"I SAID GET AWAY!" the girl yelled again throwing senbon at Naruto, making the blonde run away. The violet haired girl stood up with a mad pouting face and wiping away her tears and trekking away from the spot she was just sitting and deeper into the forest, but she failed to notice that the blonde boy was hiding behind a tree looking at her. Naruto stared at her retreating form and decided to follow her; for some reason, something inside of him told him to follow her. Naruto followed the girl everywhere she went, keeping a safe distance away as to not give himself away; and he was amazed at how she just took down all the giant animals with her shinobi skills and fire jutsus. The girl finally stopped at a log and sat on it. Naruto was hiding behind a tree and started to see her lip quiver before she started crying again.

'Why is she so sad?' Naruto wondered feeling bad for the girl. The girl kept crying on the log as she remembered the past and her pain.

"You bastard" the girl said with anger. Naruto was scared that she finally found him. "Because of you I'm all alone, and everyone hates me." She spoke. Naruto's eyes widened at hearing this. "They all scorn me, glare at me and hurt me because of you. It hurts being alone, to never have friends, to never be loved… I don't want to feel that way." The girl said wiping away some of her tears.

"Me either" the girl gasped as she turned around to see the boy from earlier looking down to the ground with nervously sad eyes and twiddling with his index fingers.

"I TOLD YOU TO GET AWAY FROM ME!" the girl yelled readying her senbon.

"I know how it feels." Naruto said making the violet haired girl raise an eyebrow in question. "People do the same thing to me. They glare at me, scorn me, and hurt me too, but the only difference is I don't know why." The girl was shocked hearing this, but then as she looked closely at the boy, she realized who he was.

'That's the Kyuubi jinchuriki' the girl thought with surprise.

"It hurts when people treat me that way, and I always feel alone… and I hate it." Naruto said holding a hand over his heart while shedding tears of sadness. The girl didn't know what to do now, she was never shown any emotion from anyone, not even her old sensei who she was most closest to. Suddenly Naruto ran up to her and gave her a hug while constantly shedding tears. "But now… I finally found someone who can understand me. I don't want to be alone anymore!" Naruto cried. The girl didn't know what to do, but her body did as it started moving on it's own and wrap her arms around the young blonde, embracing him in a warm hug.

"What do you expect from me?" the girl asked.

"I don't know… I'm actually scared of what you might do next." Naruto said.

"Why? What are you afraid of?" the girl asked.

"You leaving…" Naruto told her making her eyes widen in shock. The girl and Naruto stood there hugging each other in silence. The girl then separated from Naruto and started to walk away. Naruto watched her retreating form with sad teary eyes; he felt that this would happen.

'Please don't leave…' Naruto thought looking down to the ground, shedding tears from his sad eyes.

"Hey" Naruto looked up to see the girl smirking at him "What's with you? Aren't you coming?" Naruto's eyes widened at the girls words; he then smiled and started shedding tears of joy. Naruto then wiped his tears away and ran up to the girl's side. The two smiled at each other before walking deeper into the forest.

Later

Naruto and the girl were in the forest sitting near the beautiful lake Naruto saw earlier in the forest; the two were eating some of the dango the girl brought into the forest for lunch. Naruto was enjoying the time he was spending with the mysterious violet haired girl; he saw her battle and take down giant animals, like a giant liger, make traps for the giant beast, and use awesome jutsu he had never seen before. This girl was the coolest girl that Naruto had ever met, and he was having a blast with her, but Naruto had just realized that he doesn't even know the girls name.

"Hey, uh, miss"

"Hm?"

"I forgot to ask… um, what's your name?" Naruto asked looking down to the ground, still a bit shy at looking at her pretty face. The girl smirked at the boy's shyness; boy was she going to have fun with this.

"The names Anko, kid. Anko Mitarashi." The girl now known as Anko said with a smirk.

"Anko, huh?" Naruto said looking down to the ground with a blush "That's a really pretty name for a pretty woman like her." Naruto whispered with smile and tint of pink on his cheeks.

"Oh well thank you, Naruto-kun." Anko said with a grin. Naruto's face turned neon red as he heard her.

"Oh crap did I say that out loud?" Naruto said.

"Yes." Anko said grinning wider making Naruto's face turn more red. Anko wrapped her arm around Naruto and pulled him close to her. "You're a sweet kid Naruto." Anko said with a big grin. Naruto didn't respond so she looked down to see Naruto with a huge perverted smile and a nose bleed while he cuddled close to Anko's breasts. "So~ little Naru-kun is a little pervert, eh?" Anko said with a devious look on her face. Naruto's eyes widened as he looked up at Anko, before he jumped away and started begging her for forgiveness.

"I'm Sorry Anko, I Am! Please Don't Hate Me, You Can Hit Me If You Want, But Please Don't Hate Me!" Naruto said begging at Anko's feet. Anko just picked Naruto up by the collar and looked at him straight in the eye, scaring him. Anko then put her forehead onto Naruto's giving him a toothy smirk and eye smiles "I like you Naruto." Naruto blushed when she said that.

"R-really?" Naruto said with a bit of a relieved smile.

"Yeah, which is why I'm going to punish you, because I like you so much." Anko said still having her toothy smirk on her face. Naruto's widened in fear of what Anko might do to him. Anko reached into her bag and pulled out a piece of meat in a bag, making Naruto raise his eyebrow in confusion. Anko ripped the bag open with her teeth and then threw it into the lake.

"Uh… Anko-chan, why'd you do that?" Naruto asked.

"Wait for it." Anko said still smirking. Suddenly large alligators came out of the water and fought each other trying to get the piece of meat for themselves. Naruto's had a look of fear upon his face, making Anko grin. "You ready, Naruto-kun?" Anko said with a cheery voice.

"A-Anko-chan, Please Don't!" Naruto cried in fear of being fed by alligators. Anko then threw Naruto high in the air making the blonde scream as the alligator gathered around ready for his descent. "I Regret Nothing!" Naruto screamed as he started to fall down. As the alligators were gather in around jumping in the air as Naruto was getting closer to them, Anko jumped onto one of the alligators and then started jumping on all of the alligators, getting higher altitude, before she reached Naruto and grabbed him.

"Hang On, Kid!" Anko exclaimed with excitement. Anko made a series of hands signs before breathing and shouted "Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu" and then exhaled a huge ball of fire at the alligators making them spread out. Anko then landed on an alligators tail and started running all the way up it's tail to it's head, while the rest of the alligators tried biting her and Naruto. All the alligators then dog piled on the alligator Anko was on, but Anko jumped over one of the other alligators mouths and landed on it's head and started sliding down it's tail like Tarzan and then jumping high into the air with explosive kunai ready in one of her hands, as she then started rapidly spinning in the air throwing her kunai everywhere with explosions happening all over the lake, scaring away the alligators back into the water. Anko then landed back onto the ground near the lake with a grin on her face. "Well Naru-kun, how'd you like your punishment?" Anko asked rhetorically as she placed Naruto onto his feet. Naruto had his mouth hanging and eyes widened. 'And let the cries of terror…'

"That Was Awsome!" Naruto exclaimed with a huge toothy grin.

'Begin?' Anko thought with shock. "You actually enjoyed it?" Anko asked still not able to wrap her head around his excitement of almost being eaten to death.

"Hell Yeah! You Showed Those Alligators That You Were Their Ruler Like You Did With The Rest Of The Animals In This Forest! You're Awesome Anko-chan!" Naruto yelled out with excitement and admiration.

"R-really?" Anko asked with a hopeful smile. Naruto nodded enthusiastically with his toothy grin still plastered on his face. "Naruto… thank you." Anko said with a genuine smile. Naruto looked up at Anko surprised. Anko then bent down and brought Naruto into a warm embrace. "It really means so much that someone actually likes me and isn't afraid of me instead."

"I won't lie, that was scary at first because I thought you were really going to feed me to alligators, but I should've known you weren't going to. You're the coolest girl I've ever met Anko-chan." Naruto said returning the hug. Anko smiled as a lone tear was shed from her eye.

"And you're the greatest person I've ever Naruto-kun." Anko said wiping away her tear. The two then separated, smiling at the other.

"So can we do that again?!" Naruto asked with excitement.

"Why not" Anko said as she took out a scroll and unraveled it, making it go poof, to reveal some raw meat, that she grabbed at tossed into the lake making the giant alligators go into frenzy once more. Anko grabbed Naruto and placed him on her back, where the little blonde wrapped his arms around her neck. "Hold On Foxy-chan!" Anko exclaimed.

"Foxy-chan… I like it.' Naruto thought with a huge toothy grin. And once again, Anko and Naruto jumped into the action of alligator fun time. And on that day, Naruto and Anko had had a bond that no one could ever break.

Present Day, Forest of Death with Team 7

"On that day… me and Anko became each other's first friend and we've had a bond that kept growing stronger that no one, not Orochimaru or kage, could ever break" Naruto said smiling at the memories of his past with Anko "She understood how I felt, and I understood her as well… she's very important to me… and I swore that I'd be there for her, like she was for me" Naruto then frowned "But now… she used that goddamn jutsu… and now she's…" Naruto couldn't even finish that sentence. The others looked at him with empathy for him in their eyes. Sakura, Sasuke and Mamoru thought that the two just stumbled upon eachother and just started a perverted relationship with no love in it, but they never would have guessed that their relationship went so deep. "Guys… I'm tired… this seal that the homo-teme gave me is starting to be a real pain… Kurama said that he can get rid of it, but I need to rest first." Sakura placed one of her hands on Naruto's cheek, making the snow white haired boy look at her.

"Then go ahead and rest, Naruto-kun." Sakura said with a comforting smile.

"We'll protect you while the fox does his job." Sasuke said with a comforting smile as well. Karin nodded in agreement, while Mamoru yipped in agreement as well.

"Thanks guy… this means a lot... arigatou." Naruto said with a weak smile as he then closed his eyes and fell asleep. Sakura placed her ear on Naruto's heart to make sure he was okay; she breathed a breath of relief.

"His hearts okay, thank Kami." Sakura said with a smile.

"Oh that's good to hear." A voice said outside the cave. Everyone turned to see an oto team outside staring at them. "I don't want him to kick the bucket, before I tear him to shreds." Said a male oto-nin with spiky hair and a blood thirsty smug grin.

"Who Are You!?" Sasuke demanded the answers as he ready his kunai.

"Sasuke Uchiha… at last we meet." Said the other male oto-nin who resembled a mummy.

"You didn't answer my question; Who Are You!?" Sasuke yelled again.

"I'm Dosu, and these two are my teammates Zaku and Kin." The mummy-like oto-nin said. Dosu had bandages covering most his face, leaving only his left eye uncovered. He also wore a long sleeve poncho with long sleeves, a snake patterned scarf around his neck, and a large amplifier on his right arm, and his back was hunched.

Zaku had spiky, dark hair and dark eyes. He wore a beige shirt with two black stripes and three prints of the kanji for 'death' down the front. His forehead protector had an attached happuri under the cloth rather than connected to a metal plate, and he wore a snake patterned scarf around his neck.

Kin has very long black hair, almost reaching down to the ground, tied by a violet ribbon right near the end, and black eyes. She wore a forehead protector, a pale green vest somewhat similar to a flak jacket, and snake patterned pants and scarf.

"We've come here to kill you." Dosu said in monotone. Team 7's eyes widened at the answer. "At least we were, until that Kabuto guy told everyone about your friend being the wielder of the legendary rinnegan, it just expanded our priorities."

"You Get Near Naruto-kun And I'll Rip Your Throat Out!" Sakura yelled as she stood protectively in front of Naruto with a kunai ready.

"Seems pinky's got a thing for the weird eyed bastard." Zack said with a toothy smirk.

"Then she'll be my victim, I wanna see if that white haired guy knows how to give a girl a good time." Kin said licking her lips with lust.

"What'd You Say!?" Sakura yelled pissed off as she took a step forward.

"Sakura stay calm, that's just what they want you to do." Sasuke said as he put his arm in front of Sakura.

"Hey, if you're not going to come out, we'll come in; doesn't matter to us." Zaku said.

"Sasuke, we have to fight them; in here, we're defensless." Sakura reasoned with the Uchiha. Sasuke's face scrunched up as he thought it over.

"Karin" Sasuke said the red head's name, getting the Uzumaki's attention "You and Mamoru protect Naruto while we take these three on."

"O-okay" Karin said nodding.

"Karin? Tayuya's sister? Wow, you're actually pretty cute; wouldn't mind spending some quality time with you and your sister." Zaku said with a grin.

"Shut Up! You Got No Right To Speak Of My Nee-chan Like That!" Karin yelled at Zaku.

"Karin, cool it. Don't let him bait you." Sasuke said.

"R-right. Gomenosai." Karin apologize.

"Sakura." Sasuke said.

"Right." Sakura answered with a nod. The two then charged in, making the oto-nin grin, but Dosu was still on alert, seeing as no shinobi would be dumb enough to charge head on without a plan. Suddenly Sakura threw her kunai to the side, cutting a rope making a giant log tied by some rope swing towards team Dosu.

"Scatter!" Dosu ordered as his team jumped in the air, avoiding the log. Sakura suddenly appeared above Kin and sent an axe kick down on the dark haired girl, but Kin blocked it with her forearm. Sakura then threw her kunai at Kin's face, making the girl move her head to the size; the kunai nicking Kin's cheek.

Sasuke appeared above Zaku and sent his own axe kick at Zaku, making the oto-bastard do an X-block with his arms, which Sasuke had anticipated. The Uchiha used went through a series of hand signs and inhale, and then, using his flexibility, Sasuke bent his back and blew a fireball towards Dosu. Dosu quickly made his own hand signs "Kawarimi no Jutsu" and switched himself with a log. As Sauke and Zaku landed, Zaku sent a punch at Sasuke. Sasuke dodged the punch and stabbed Zaku into the shoulder, making the oto-nin groan in pain, before kicking the Uchiha away. Sasuke and Sakura were then back to back with their kunai ready.

"Not bad." Dosu complimented to his foes as he appeared next to Zaku.

"You Bastard! I'll Blow You Away For This!" Zaku yelled.

'Blow you away? So this guy's probably a Futon user.' Sasuke elaborated.

"You're going to pay for that scratch, pinky." Kin said wiping away the little bit of blood from her cheek.

"Good luck trying to convince Naruto-kun with that nasty mark." Sakura insulted making Kin grit her teeth. Karin watched as Sasuke and Sakura fought the three oto-nin.

'Wow, they're great, but this fight would be over if Naruto-ni-san was awake.' Karin thought. Mamoru was prepared for anything, you can never be too careful in a battle to the death; in one of these battles, anything goes.

"Let's just move this along, shall we?" Dosu said picking up his arm with the amplifier. Sasuke and Sakura stared at him curiously, as to what technique he will perform. Dosu then flicked the amplifier, making a loud noise that started ringing.

'Oh No!' Karin thought with her eyes widening "Guys, Cover Your Ears!" Karin yelled.

"What?" Sasuke questioned, but then suddenly his ears started to hurt, as well as Sakura's. The two covered their ears, but the damage was done as they continued to hear the ringing, causing their eardrums to scream in agony. The two then vomited from the intense pain as they fell to their knees. Karin grabbed Mamoru and covered his ears, saving him from the pain, but letting herself feel the intense shriek of the sound. Karin gritted her teeth from the pain, before she vomited onto the floor. Surprisingly, Naruto didn't react to the sound at all; a curious development. Karin fell to the ground still holding Mamrou, who looked up at her.

"Are you okay, Mamoru?" Karin asked with a weak smile. Mamoru looked at her with sad eyes as he then started to lick her cheek, making her giggle from the tickling sensation.

"Zaku" Dosu said, getting a nod from a grinning Zaku.

"Take This! Zankuha! (Decapitating Airwaves)" Zaku yelled as he lifted up both of his arms and sent a supersonic blast of air at the cave through an air tube implanted in his palms. Mamoru quickly turned and ran at the blast; he then jumped into the air, as suddenly, his tail burst into flames. Mamoru then swung his tail, sending a crescent of fire at the blast of air. As the two attacks met, the crescent of fire conquered the blast of air, making it bigger and flying straight towards Zaku and Dosu. "Shit!" Zaku cursed as he and Dosu jumped away, before they we hit and burned by the attack. Mamoru landed to the ground, but he was hit with a senbon needle in his leg from Kin. Mamoru grabbed the senbon with his teeth and ripped it out of his leg, but suddenly his vision started to fail him as he fell to the ground.

"That senbon was laced with a sleeping potion; it won't kill, but it'll make you sleep for a while." Kin said with a smirk. Sakura gritted her teeth as she started to get back up to her feet; she then charged at Kin with her kunai in hand. Sakura tried to stab Kin in the face, but Kin just smirked as she grabbed Sakura's wrist, but she then noticed the explosive tag tied onto the kunai. It had exploded, creating a dust cloud, making Kin temporarily lose her vision. Kin was then hit in the shoulder with a kunai, before she was punched in the face sending her rocketing into a tree.

"How The Hell Did She Do That?!" Zaku exclaimed seeing what the pinkette did to his teammate.

"That's not important." Dosu said. Sasuke then appeared in front Dosu and attacked him with his kunai. Dosu grabbed Sasuke's wrist, but was stabbed in the torso with kunai in Ssuke's other hand. "Do It Now!" Dosu ordered.

"Say Goodnight! Zankuha!" Zaku yelled as he lifted his arm at the cave again, but this time shot a huge burst of wind making a wave of air rocketing towards the cave again.

"No!" Sasuke yelled as he kicked Dosu away and threw a kunai in front of the cave and then go through a series of hand signs. Karin quickly grabbed Mamoru and jumped in front of Naruto's unconscious body, covering them from the attack, but all Karin felt were harsh winds blowing against her hair. Karin opened her eyes and turned to see Sasuke in front of the cave with his body bruised and bleeding a bit.

"Sasuke!" Karin and Sakura yelled. Sakura was about to run to her team, but Kin came at her with senbon in between all of her fingers and fury in her eyes. Kin was fighting Sakura with her senbon while the pinkette had a kunai in hand.

'I see.' Dosu thought 'He threw the kunai in front of the cave so that he could use the kawarimi no jutsu and take the hit for them; and smart and honorable technique, but now his body is badly damaged in doing so.' Dosu thought, impressed with the Uchiha's noble action. Sasuke was breathing hard as he tried to stay on his feet, bearing with the pain.

"You okay?" Sasuke asked Karin who nodded in response "Good."

"For her maybe, but Not For You!" Zaku said as he charged at the Uchiha with a kunai in hand and a sadistic grin. Sasuke's body was too much in pain to move, so he gritted his teeth preparing for the painful stab that was about to happen, but suddenly someone jumped in front of Sasuke, protecting him.

Zaku was then hit squarely in his chest, sending him back to Dosu. Sasuke looked up to see his favorite kunoichi.

"H-Hinata-chan" Sasuke spoke as he saw the Hyuuga heiress stand in front of him in her Juken (Gentle Fist) battle stance, Byakugan activated, protecting him from danger.

"Don't you dare hurt my friends" Hinata said with much determination in her voice and eyes. Sasuke smiled as he stared at her, happy that she was showing much confidence.

"Konoha Senpu (Leaf Whirlwind)" yelled a voice out of nowhere. Kin was suddenly kicked away to the side by a new comer. The new comer was none other than Rock Lee, in his Goken (Strong Fist)stance.

"Lee?!" Sakura said the green clad genin's name.

"Do Not Worry Sakura-san, I Am Here To Protect You!" Lee exclaimed giving her his thumbs up and toothy grin that shined; better known as a 'nice guy' pose. Sakura sighed with relief; for once, glad to see the green clad shinobi. Sakura and Lee regrouped with the others, ready for round two.

"Six Against Three? What The Fuck!? And Here I Thought Konoha-nin Were Honorable!" Zaku yelled out, pissed off of the new situation.

"We are." Lee answered. "As you can see, Sasuke-kun, kit-kun and the young red haired one are badly injured, which means they cannot continue to fight, so we three shall fight you three."

"Fuck You Freak! I Wasn't Even Talking To You!" Zaku yelled. "The white eyed bitch is mine."

"Don't You Dare Call Her A Bitch!" Sasuke yelled taking a step forward, but flinched and gritted his teeth in pain.

"Sasuke-kun" Hinata said getting the Uchiha's attention "P-please, stay in the cave. I-I'll be f-fine." Sasuke still wasn't convinced. Hinata just turned to Sasuke with a smile and her Byakugan off "You said that there was a strong woman inside of me, right? Well apparently she just appeared, for how long I do not know, but I know that she is here now, and she's ready to fight for her friends." Hinata said smiling at him. Sasuke was surprised to hear this, but he smiled at her and nodded understandingly.

"Just be careful." Sasuke told her, still worrying. Hinata reached into her pocket and took out something and took Sasuke's hand, placing the item on the Uchiha's hand.

"This'll help with your injuries." Hinata said with a smile, before facing the three oto-nin again. Sasuke looked at his hand to see a container of ointment. Sasuke smiled at the Hyuuga heiress' kind gesture.

"Hope you three are ready, cause here comes round two." Sakura said with a confident smirk.

"This won't be much of a challenge." Dosu said as he quickly raised his amplified arm and was ready to flick it to make it create the painful ringing sound again, but he froze before he could even do so. 'What's Happening?! I Can't Move!' Dosu thought with shock. Suddenly Lee appeared in front of Dosu and kicked him in the air, sending him rocketing. Lee then appeared in below Dosu and sent him a series of kicks before sending him to the ground and then appearing onto the ground, before Dosu could even reach it and then sent and axe kick onto his torso, slamming him hard onto the ground. "Kage Buyo" (Shadow of the Dancing Leaf) Lee announced his technique. Lee flipped away back to the cave and got back into his Goken stance.

"What The Fuck?!" Zaku yelled out. Hinata took her chance and charged at Zaku and delivered quick strikes at his arms and torso before sending a palm strike to his chest sending him flying backwards again. Kin was getting nervous now as she saw her two teammates defeated; she was so focused on them that she failed to notice the smoke bomb pellets that were thrown at her feet, exploding on impact, surrounding her in clouds of smoke, losing her vision. Suddenly, Kin received a cut from a kunai on her arm. Kin tried to punch where she thought Sakura was, but all she hit was smoke. She then got cut again, so she sent another punch, but she hit smoke again, before she got cut again.

"Dammit, Stop Hiding And Fight Me!" Kin yelled. Suddenly Kin received a powerful uppercut to her jaw sending her into the air.

"SHANAROO!" Sakura exclaimed as she sent Kin flying. The three konoha-nin jumped back and regrouped at the cave.

"Who is there? I know someone had assisted me in defeating my opponent." Lee said. Coming out of a nearby bush was team 10.

"You're welcome for the help" Shikamaru said feeling as dull as ever.

"Ino, Shikamaru, Choji!" Sakura said the Ino-Shika-Cho trio's names with joy and relief. Team 10 made their way towards the other konoha-nin.

"Thank you for the help." Lee thanked.

"Yeah, no problem" Shikamaru said waving his hand, still having his usual bored expression on his face.

"Where's Naruto-kun?!" Ino asked with worry.

"Ah, you must be another one of the girls in Naruto-kun's harem, yes?" Lee deduced, making Ino blush.

"Well, no, but… did he say anything about me in the same topic?" Ino said cuuping her cheeks with a hopeful little smile and blush on her face.

"Zankuha!"

"Look Out!" Shikamaru yelled as a supersonic wave of air headed their way.

"Baika no Jutsu (Expansion Technique)" Choji yelled as he got in front of everybody as his body grew in size, giving him the look of a giant ball. The attack hit Choji head on, but Choji stayed strong and took the attack head on, only skidding a few inches back. As Choji's size decreased, he went back to his regular self, but he rubbed his stomach in pain. Everyone looked at the direction the attack came from to see Zaku with one of his hands aimed at them.

"He's back up" Ino said.

"B-but I-I b-blocked hid ch-chakra points" Hinata said in disbelief that Zaku could still use his jutsu.

"Pfft, please, you think we wouldn't be prepared?" Zaku said as he showed a sky blue pill "This soldier pill here restarts the chakra network, so your little technique was cancelled out when it took effect." Dosu and Kin appeared next to Zaku completely fine.

'But how?' both Lee and Sakura thought.

"Kawarimi. We did it right before your final blows." Dosu said. Kin then sent senbon at the genin, but the senbon missed them, however Kin smirk as she did so, on purpose. Kin had so invisible wires in her hands that were attached to bells that were attached to the senbons she threw. Kin moved the wires making the bells ring, and as they did, everyone's vision started to mess up as they started seeing multiples of the three oto-nin. Dosu then lifted his amplified arm up and said "It's over" as he was about to flick the amplifier.

"Ow!" Kin said as she smacked her next "Something bit me." Suddenly explosive kunai landed in front of the three oto-nin, making them scatter before the kunai exploded.

"What the?!" Sakura said, as four more figures appeared.

"Damn, you guys get some action and not invite me and Akamaru? What the hell?" Kiba said as he and Akamaru were in their battle stances.

"Hinata-san, you really shouldn't run off on your own without us; it is very dangerous to do so." Shino said in his calm monotone voice.

"G-gomen" Hinata apologized.

"Hinata-sama, you really shouldn't involve yourself in situations that don't involve you, that goes for you too Lee." Neji said to his cousin and teammate.

"G-gomen Neji-ni-san" Hinata apologized once more.

"But Neji, We Are All Konoha-nin! Not Providing Assistance To One Another Is Most Unyouthful!" Lee exclaimed. Tenten didn't say anything, all she did was look behind herself to see Naruto lying unconscious in the tree cave.

'I swore I would stay by your side no matter what, and I intend to Naruto-kun.' Tenten thought with much conviction.

"More konoha-nin" Kin said with annoyance.

"This is more than what I can handle" Dosu said "Zaku… do it." Dosu ordered, making the spiky dark haired oto-nin grin sadistically. Zaku aimed both his arms at the knonha-nin.

"Take This! ZAN-" but before Zaku could even finish his jutsu a giant ball of brown and white fur. The giant ball bounced back before shrinking and turning into a plump fox. "What the hell hit me?" Zaku said dizzy and filled with pain.

"One Naruto-kun's Fox Summons!" Sakura exclaimed with joy and relief.

"Hey, I have a name, it's Hiroyuki" Hiroyuki said, but then he caught whiff of something. He trooted towards Choji and went into the 'big-boned' boy's pouch.

"Hey, Get Out Of There!" Choji exclaimed pulling away from the 'big-boned' fox.

"Are those chip?" Hiroyuki asked "Can you spare some?"

"No way, these are mine"

"Oh come on, I'm hungry; you wouldn't let a fox starve, would you?" Hiroyuki whined.

"If he's here, then where are the others?" Sasuke said as he exited the cave.

"Right here." Jax voice spoke as he and the rest of the foxes landed in front of them. The foxes had cuts, bruises and dried blood on their fur, but they were still okay for battle. "Sadly, we brought some friends" Jax said groaning with annoyance as a group of giant snakes arrived around the area.

"Where the Hell Did They Come From?!" Sakura exclaimed with shock of how many giant snakes there are.

"After we defeated the snake boss, Manda, he had summoned these snakes in his place" Akio explained.

"Yeah, apparently the giant slippery bastard is a sore loser" Jax said.

"We'll Kick His Ass Twice As Bad The Next Time We See Him!" Hiroko exclaimed.

Dosu and Kin's eyes widened as they heard this; to be able to defeat the mighty powerful Manda was an incredible feet. These foxes were not to be messed with.

"You children stay back while we take of this" Izanami ordered.

"And why should we listen to you?" Kiba said with a sneer, and Akamaru barking in agreement.

"Because mutt boy, we were able to take on Orochimaru, a boss snake, and a shit load of other snakes while no doubt you would have walked away with your tail between your legs; so shut up and go drool somewhere else fleabag." Jax said looking at Kiba.

"What The Fuck Did You Say About Me?! I'll Fuck You Up And Make You Even More Deformed!" Kiba yelled.

"Nice comeback, where'd ya get it, in the backyard where your pup does his 'business'?"

"You MotherFucker!" Kiba yelled.

"I think that's more of Naruto's job, I heard your mother absolutely adores him"

"Ha! Burn" Hiroko said, as Kiba's face turned red from anger.

"Kiba, I think it's best you don't talk back to them, especially the gray one in particular" Shino said. Kiba muttered a bunch of curse words.

"Let's get things started" Jax said with an antsy grin.

"Can we eat first?" Hiroyuki whined while he was lying on the ground.

"DAMMIT YOU ATE ALL THE TRAIL MIX WE HAD ON OUR WAY HERE, STOP BEING A WHINEY HUNGER BITCH!" Jax yelled with a comic anime pissed off face.

"But I'm hungry~" Hiroyuki whined. The snakes hissed as they looked down at their prey.

"Gasp, Hiro-kun did you hear that? They just called you a fat ass!" Hiroko said. Hiroyuki had suddenly gotten to his feet and had a scowl on his face and his eyes were covered in a shade of black.

"Nobody… nobody… Ever Calls Me Fat!" Hiroyuki yelled as he ran at the snakes and then jumped up in the air and yelled out "ENLARGE!" He then grew to gigantic size and then started hitting the snakes with his palms "WHO ARE YOU CALLING FAT?! I'M BIG-BONED GODDAMNIT!" Hiroyuki yelled as he started pounding the snakes. All the while, team 10, gaped at the mighty 'big-boned' fox with one thought on their minds 'He's Just Like Choji!/He's just like me.'

"Hey, Leave Some For The Rest Of Us!" Jax yelled out. Suddenly, Dosu jumped at Hiroyuki and punched him in the stomach with his amplified arm.

"Hm, You Want Some Too!?" Hiroyuki yelled at the oto-nin, his face still showing anger. Dosu just chuckled and he flicked his amplifier. Hiroyuki's belly started to rumble and jiggle before he shrieked in pain and then started to shrink and fall down towards the ground.

"Hiro!" the foxes yelled the plump fox's name as he started falling to the ground. Choji quickly ran and jumped up high in the air and managed to catch Hiroyuki, before they landed to the ground. Choji jumped back towards the others and glared at Dosu.

"What Did You Do To Him?!" Choji demanded answers.

"Easy. The body of a living being is seventy percent made of water that can pick up sonic vibrations; once he grew to that size, he became one giant ear." Dosu explained. Choji continued to glare at Dosu with rage in him.

"Everything's all dizzy" Hiroyuki managed to speak out.

"Hang in there buddy, I promise when we get out of this I share my chips with you" Choji said looking down at the fox with concerned eyes.

"Zanyakuha!" Zaku yelled as he aimed his hands at everyone. The remaining foxes quickly spread out to prepare a jutsu to save the genin. Akio ran to his right and Jax to his left, while Izanami and Hiroko ran far back behind the genin, before all for went through a series of hand signs.

"Shubiton: Purizuma Shoheki no Jutsu (Defensive style: Prism Barrier Technique)" the foxes announced as they slammed their paws to the ground as a rays of light appeared and spread making a prism dome around the foxes and genin, protecting them from the incredibly powerful blast that destroyed the area surrounding them along with some of the snakes. As the justu sent by Zaku died down, the oto-nin quickly took another soldier pill to replenish his chakra. The prism had bared through the attack without a scratch, impressive both the konoha and oto genin.

"Whoa, these foxes are awesome" Choji said.

"Yes, They Shine Brightly With The Everlasting Power Of Youth!" Lee announced. As the prism started to vanish before it was completely gone, the foxes took a sigh of relief, but suddenly Dosu shushined behind Sakura and grabbed her, putting a kunai to her throat, before shushining again back to his teammates.

"SAKURA!/SAKURA-SAN!" the genin, except for Neji, yelled as they saw Dosu hold a kunai to her throat.

"Damn it, we used much of our energy to put up the prism we weren't fast enough to detect him" Jack said gritting his sharp teeth.

"Now you have a choice; give us the Uchiha and rinnegan wielder or the pink haired one dies" Dosu negotiated. Everyone stood still not knowing what to do. "Not convinced? Well then" Dosu lifted the kunai ready to stab Sakura.

"NO!" yelled Sasuke, Ino, and Karin. As the kunai was about to come down, a hand grabbed Dosu's wrist making everyone go wide eyed. Sakura stared to shed tears of happiness.

"Naruto-kun" Sakura said as she looked at her snow white haired savior. Dosu, Zaku and Kin stared at Naruto with widen eyes of shock.

"… Don't you dare…" Naruto said as his eyes were shaded with darkness. "Lay A Hand On My Girlfriend!" Naruto yelled out as he revealed his blood red slit rinnegan eyes. Dosu was scared speechless as he looked into Naruto's eyes. Naruto tossed Dosu's hand to the side, then pulled Sakura away from Dosu's arms and into his, before he headbutted Dosu in the head, sending the mummy man to the ground, before Naruto he Kasai shushined (Fire Body Flicker A.K.A Fire Teleport) away from the oto-nin and back to his fellow konoha-nin. Naruto shushined next to Sasuke, before releasing Sakura from his grasp.

"You okay Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked the pinkette.

"Yes, thank you Naruto-kun" Sakura thanked the white haired boy with a smile and tears of joy coming from her eyes.

"Good, he's just lucky that he didn't scratch that wide, charming, kissable forehead of yours or else he wouldn't be standing" Naruto said with a smile, making Sakura blush. "Sasuke, make sure no one interferes" Naruto ordered.

"I'll try my best" Sasuke said with a nod. Naruto nodded back before he turned back to Sakura and kissed her forehead, making her blush even more. "I'll be back" Naruto said as he turned and started walking towards the oto-nins and snakes. "Everyone into the cave, it might be a little tight in there, but trust me when I say you'd rather be in there then out here. Foxes protect them when they get in." Naruto said. The foxes nodded at to their summoner, except for Hiroyuki who was still a bit dizzy.

"Why should we listen to you, Fox Shit" Kiba said with a sneer

"I agree, we are more than capable of fighting our own battles" Neji said.

"K-Kiba-kun, N-Neji-n-ni-san, p-please, l-listen to Naruto-k-kun" Hinata tried to reason with them.

"Who's Side Are You On Hinata?!" Kiba yelled.

"G-gomen, b-but-"

"You should not side against your own clansmen and agree with a commoner" Neji said.

"B-but-"

"Seriously, what's up with you lately?" Kiba said

"P-please-"

"You've been spending too much time with the Uchiha that it is making you rebellious" Neji said

"WOULD BOTH OF YOU STOP BEING BAKAS AND PLEASE GET INSIDE THE CAVE!" Hinata yelled, making everyone's eyes widen from shock and disbelief.

"I-I apologize, but Naruto-kun is stronger than all of us and we should listen to him because he knows best" Hinata said.

"She's right" Sasuke said supporting his crush.

"Yeah, Now Get In There Before I Make You!" Sakura exclaimed. Neji finally got over his shock and glared at Hinata, Sasuke, and Sakura, but then a hand had grabbed his shoulder; Neji turned to see it was Tenten.

"Neji, Naruto's right, as long as we're out in the open, we'll become a liability to him if those three and the snakes get to us" Tenten reasoned with the Hyuuga.

"She's Right Neji! I Wish To Help Naruto-kun Too, But Right Now We Must Stand Back" Lee said. Neji closed his eyes and grunted.

"Fine, but I only agree because I see this as a chance to conserve my strength for later" Neji said.

"I guess that makes sense" Kiba said "Alright you convinced me, But If Fox Shit Over There Gets His Ass Beaten Then I'm Steppin' In!" Kiba exclaimed as he made his way to the cave. The others followed except Ino, Tenten and Sakura; the three looked back at Naruto, who was walking towards the oto team and snakes.

"Ino Come On!" Shikamaru called out to the platinum blonde.

"Tenten You Must Get Inside The Cave!" Lee shouted.

"Sakura, get in the cave, now" Sasuke said.

'Kick their asses Naruto-kun' Ino thought before heading inside the cave.

'I wish I can stand by you Naruto-kun, but I guess all I can do is wish you luck. Please be careful' Tenten thought following Ino. Sakura had tears pouring down her eyes as she touched her forehead.

'He called me his girlfriend. Thank you Naruto-kun, please be safe' Sakura thought as she headed inside the cave too. Naruto stopped in the middle of the area with a smirk.

"So" Naruto slammed his fist into his palm and cracked his knuckles "Shall we get things started?"

"Finally, Now We Can Face A Real Challenge!" Zaku yelled out. Suddenly the snakes lunged straight at Naruto.

"Naruto-kun, Watch Out!" Ino yelled out from within the cave. Naruto just stood still for a moment; the snakes came closer to Naruto, the white haired Uzumaki vanished from sight. Everyone, except for the foxes, was shocked to see him vanish.

"Where'd he go?" Tenten questioned.

"Up There!" Lee exclaimed. Naruto was in the center of the snakes attack with his arms spread out and his eyes closed. Naruto suddenly widened his eyes which were still blood red and slit.

"SHINRA TENSAI!" Naruto yelled out. Suddenly an invisible force had expanded and hit all the snakes, sending them slamming into the trees making the disappear in clouds of smoke. Everyone eyes widened in shock at the incredible power Naruto had just displayed. Naruto landed to the ground with his eyes shaded with darkness again.

'Incredible' Dosu thought with awe.

'Oh~ I like what I see' Kin thought with a animalistic smirk. Zaku was fuming at the scene, but on the inside he was scared.

"What's With That Fucking Look?! Just Because You Beat The Shit Out Of A Few Snakes, You Think You're Hot Shit And Your Supposed To Look Cool?!" Zaku yelled out.

"No." Naruto said. He then looked at them with his blood red slit rinnegan "The fact that I almost killed Orochimaru makes me think I'm just that cool." Everyone's eyes widen even more at what Naruto said. They just couldn't believe what they have just heard; Naruto Uzumaki, from class dobe to top fighter, had took on Orochimaru and had almost killed him.

"Y-you're lying" Zaku stuttered with fear written on his face.

"Now why would I lie about that?" Naruto said with a smirk.

"I-is it true?" Ino asked still in shock.

"It's true" Sasuke answered, all eyes now on him. We actually just ran into him, before these three found us." All the genin gasped in fear; the hebi sannin was here in Konoha and inside the same training ground they all were in. "Naruto was actually giving him a run for his money. That is until the bastard tried to bite my neck; Naruto jumped in front of me and saved me from getting some sort of dangerous seal that probably would've killed me. I remember what it looked like… the seal was that of three tomoes."

"That reminds me" Sakura remembered "Hey Naruto-kun!" Sakura called out to her boyfriend, getting his attention "Do You Still Have That Mark The Snake Bastard Gave You?!"

"The One With The Tomoes?!" Naruto yelled back. Naruto moved his jacket a bit to look at the back of his neck, to see that the mark was gone "No, It's Gone, It Hurt Like Hell Though, I'll Get The Hebi-teme Back For That Though!" Naruto exclaimed. Dosu, Zaku and Kin were shocked and frightened.

'He received the curse mark?! And He Got Rid Of It?! But How!? It must be the work of the Kyuubi within him, but why would it help his jinchuriki?' Dosu thought scared of his opponent. "We have to retreat." Dosu said.

"FUCK THAT!" Zaku yelled as he raised his arms and aimed his palms at Naruto "ZANKUHA!" Zaku shouted as he shot out his supersonic burst of air at Naruto.

'Dammit, I still need a few more seconds to use my Shinra Tensai and if I dodge it that technique will hit the guys in the cave; my only option is to take it head on' Naruto thought, before he crossed his arms together into an X-block, ready to take on the power of the attack. 'This is gonna hurt like hell' Naruto thought, but a shadow appeared over him, a familiar one that made him smile. As Zaku's attack was closing in a crescent of fire had met the technique halfway, conquering it and heading straight for Zaku. Zaku would've been hit by it if it wasn't for Dosu who pulled him out of the way. "Glad you woke up buddy" Naruto said as he brought his arms down and looked to his right to see Mamoru land next to him with a look that said 'ready for anything'.

"Mamoru!" Sakura and Karin exclaimed the young fox kit's name with joy that he was awake and okay, while Sasuke smile with the same joy.

"And you thought you didn't deserve the name Mamoru" Naruto said with a smirk.

"Shut up" Mamoru said, earning a chuckle from his best friend and partner.

"We have to retreat, Now!" Dosu ordered.

"Screw That, He's Just A Dead Last!" Zaku yelled out, but then he started to regret it as Naruto's killer intent rose. Zaku hesitantly turned to Naruto to see a red aura surrounding him and his eyes covered from shade.

"Let me explain something to you, that way it will be clear" Naruto spoke in an icy tone. "When it comes to a few things, I will admit that I can be a Dead Last… but…" Naruto then lift his arm towards Zaku. "Shinra Tensai" Naruto yelled out as his blood red slit rinnegan shined blood red. Zaku was then sent flying towards Naruto, thanks to an invisible force. "When it comes to fighting to protect that which is precious to me and for the sake of peace" Naruto cocked his fist back and had an intense look upon his face "I AM DEAD FIRST!" Naruto yelled with such energy as he thrust his fist into Zaku's face, sending the dark spiky hair genin flying into a tree. Zaku was indented into the tree, unconscious.

Everyone looked on with amazement. The foxes Naruto summoned smiled, or in Jax's case smirking at the growth and display of Naruto's strength. Lee and Karin had stars in his eyes at how powerful Naruto actually was. Hinata, Shikamaru, Choji, Kiba and Akamaru were gob smacked at how powerful Naruto was. Shino was as calm as ever, but he was shocked on the inside. Neji was trying his best to not show a reaction, but failed as he showed shock at Naruto's power. Ino had hearts in her eyes as she stared at Naruto with much want and lust. Tenten was amazed at Naruto's kils and was blushing and had her hand over her heart. And Sasuke and Sakura had smiles upon their faces, since they knew of the feats Naruto was capable of. Kin had a look of shock and want on her face as she stared at Naruto, while Dosu was doing his best to remain calm.

"Uzumaki" Dosu said, earning Naruto's attention, his now sky blue ripple patern eyes staring at the bandaged oto-nin. Dosu reached into his pouch and threw his teams scroll at Naruto, who effortlessly caught it. "Our scroll for our lives" Dosu told the white haired rinnegan wielder.

"Okay" Naruto just simply said shrugging his shoulders. Dosu jumped at the tree Zaku was stuck in and started to pull him out of it. Kin just smirked at Naruto making the white haired boy raise an eyebrow.

"You're good." Kin said with a smirk.

"Uh, thanks" Naruto said.

"You know if you want, you can leave those rejects and come be on our team" Kin said trying to persuade Naruto.

"Sorry, but those people you call 'rejects' are my friends, and I never will abandon them" Naruto said with much honesty making all the genin, except for Neji smile.

"Too bad, I could've showed you the ropes and give you a nice time" Kin said seductively. Naruto's eyes widen, before he had a huge perverted smile on his face and a nose bleed.

"A Babe Who Willingly Wants Me That Way?! Oh Kami Arigatou!" Naruto yelled out making everyone have sweatdrop expressions at his words "No… I cannot… as sexy as you are, you are still my enemy and you tried to hurt my friends, so sorry, but I'm going to have to decline your sexy offer" Naruto said with a serious look on his face.

"I would've respected his words if he didn't add the word sexy" Sasuke said, earning a nod from the others.

"It's because of the pink one isn't it? Don't worry; I'll you from her yet." Kin said.

"That's enough flirting Kin, we have to leave" Dosu said holding Zaku over his shoulder.

"'Til next time hot stuff" Kin said as she and Dosu dashed into the trees leaving Naruto and the others. Naruto just sighed as he and Mamoru made his way back to his colleagues, who were coming out of the cave.

"Well that went well" Naruto said.

"How did that went well?" Shikamaru asked.

"Everyone's alive, aren't they?"

"But what about this guy?" Choji said still holding Hiroyuki "He was badly hurt, what if he-"

"Choji give me a bag of chips" Naruto order.

"Huh? Why?"

"Trust me" Naruto said having his hand extended to Choji. The Akimichi hesitantly gave Naruto his bag of chips. Naruto then opened them and brought the bag to Hiroyuki's snout. Hiroyuki's noise twitched a bit, before the brown and white fox quickly grabbed the bag and stuck his mouth inside, eating away the chips.

"Hey!" Choji whined.

"Oh, sorry, did you want some?" Hiroyuki asked taking his snout out of the bag.

"I can't now; you got your slobber on the chips" Choji whined.

"Are there anymore?" Hiroyuki asked.

"Would You Stop Stuffing Your Fucking Face!" Jax yelled smacking the chips away from his 'big-boned' friend's hands.

"Aw man, Jax you spilled my chips" Hiroyuki whined.

"Anyway Naruto, we're going to heading out" Jax told him.

"Alright, thanks for the help you guys" Naruto thanked the foxes.

"No, thank you kid, it's not every day you get to fight a sannin and boss summoning." Jax said with a toothy grin.

"See Ya Later Naru-kun!" Hiroko exclaimed cheerfully.

"It was nice seeing you, again" Izanami said with a smile. Akio just nodded to the white haired genin.

"Yeah it was great and all, but do you think you can bring food with you the next time you summon us?" Hiroyuki said, the foxes sigh with annoyance, before the disappeared in a cloud of smoke, back to their home.

"That brown one was just like you Choji" Ino said with a sweat drop expression.

"Huh? You think so?" Choji said. That answer only made the rookie nine sweat drop again.

"Do you all have the other scrolls that you need to pass?" Naruto asked. The rest just shook their heads. "Doesn't matter" Naruto took out a scroll and unsealed it revealing a backpack. Naruto opened it to reveal a bunch of Tengoku (Heaven) and Chikyu (Earth) scrolls. "I took these from other teams before I met up with my cousin"

"Cousin?" everyone asked.

"Yeah" Naruto walked over to Karin and put an arm around her shoulder "Everyone, meet my cousin Karin"

"Uh… h-hello" Karin said shyly.

"Wow, You Are Very Cute! Since Sakura-san Is Naruto-kun's Girlfriend, Will You Be Mine, I Swear I Will Protect You Forever!" Lee exclaimed, making Karin madly blush.

"NOT SO FAST LEE! SHE'S MY COUSIN AND THE ONLY WAY YOU'LL EVER GET THE CHANCE TO EVEN DATE HER IS TO EARN MY BLESSING, AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK REALLY HARD TO EARN IT!" Naruto yelled at the green clad shinobi, being very protective of his cousin, making her blush from embarrassment.

"THEN I SHALL EARN YOUR BLESSING MY NEW ETERNAL RIVAL, AND I WILL DATE KARIN-CHAN!" Lee exclaimed with much 'youth', making Karin blush madly again at the 'chan' suffix he put at the end of her name.

'Eternal rival? Where the fuck did that come from?' Naruto thought still having a serious look on his face. "Okay everyone, I have enough scrolls for you all so we can all pass" Naruto said.

"And why would you help us?" Neji said.

"Yeah we're enemies, remember?" Kiba added.

"This says otherwise" Naruto said pointing his thumb at the konoha symbol on his hitai-ate. Neji and Kiba just remained silent, before they took a scroll. Naruto grabbed a scroll and gave it to Ino. "Here you go Ino-chan" Naruto said with a smile.

"Oh Naruto-kun, you're so generous" Ino said hugging Naruto, glopping his face into her breasts, making him have a perverted smile and nose bleed, while the rest of the guys blushed at how lucky Naruto was, except for Neji and Sasuke of course.

"Okay, stop crushing Naruto-kun with your boobs" Sakura said pulling her boyfriend away.

"Are you okay Naruto-kun?" Tenten asked putting a hand on Naruto's shoulder.

"Uh yeah, why wouldn't I be panda-chan?" Naruto said with a smile. Tenten smacked Naruto's shoulder in annoyance.

"Geez, after all this time you still haven't stopped calling me that" Tenten said with an annoyed face, but on the inside was squealing with glee that Naruto called her his nickname for her again.

"Oh come on, I always thought it was cute" Naruto said with a grin. Tenten couldn't help but give a small smile in return.

"Tenten Are You Also A Part Of Naruto-kun's Harem?" Lee asked making the brunette madly blush and punch him upside the head.

"Well sadly Naruto-kun can't have a harem" Sakura said "He only has to have one girl like the rest of the men in the village"

"Not necessarily" Sasuke said getting everyone's attention.

"What do you mean?" Sakura asked.

"Well thanks to that Kabuto guy, everyone now knows that Naruto is the grandson of Tsunade Senju, who was thought to be believed to be the last Senju. So since Naruto is one of the last two Senju in the world, he is able to enter the CRA, the Clan Restoration Act, where he has to restore his clan by having multiple children with multiple wives." Sasuke elaborated. Everyone saw Naruto was looking down to the ground trembling. Suddenly Naruto gave Sasuke a big bone crushing hug, hurting the Uchiha.

"Sasuke You're a Genius! Thank You So Much Pal! I Love You Brother!" Naruto exclaimed with anime tears of joy going down his eyes and a happy smile while he was ruffled the Uchiha's hair.

"Quit Messing With My Hair!" Sasuke shouted as he slapped Naruto's hand away. Naruto quickly resealed his backpack inside the scroll and put the scroll back in his pockets.

"Come On Let's Go! I Want To See Jiji So I Can Get Into This CRA Thing And Get My Harem!" Naruto exclaimed with much excitement as he jumped into the trees, followed by Mamoru.

"And here I thought Kiba was the biggest pervert in our class" Shino said as he followed Naruto.

"Hey What The Fuck?! Get Back Here Shino!" Kiba shouted as he went after his teammate.

"Well what are you two waiting for? Let's go!" Ino said to her teammates as she followed Naruto, all the while Choji and Shikamaru sighed, the latter mumbling 'troublesome' as he followed the platinum blonde.

"Come! Let Us Follow Our Comrades And Not Lose A Single Ounce Of Youth In Our Step!" Lee exclaimed as he followed the other konoha-nin. Neji and Tenten sighed at their teammates 'youthful' enthusiasm, before they followed him.

Hinata was twiddling with his index fingers with a worried look on her face. "What's wrong?" Sasuke asked Hinata.

"I-I'm j-jus-st a litt-ttle afraid-d th-that Neji-n-ni-san and K-Kiba-kun are angry a-at me for y-yelling at th-them." Hinata stuttered her answer. Hinata then felt a hand on her shoulder making her jump a bit going 'eep' as she saw it was Sasuke who had a genuine smile on his face.

"You shouldn't worry about that, you did the right thing, so I'm sure they forgive you." Sasuke said still smiling.

"Th-thank you Sasuke-kun" Hinata thanked the Uchiha as they both stared into each other's eyes.

"Hey Hinata! Stop Making Googley Eyes At Sasuke!" Kiba yelled as he went back for her.

"Get your hand off of Hinata-sama's shoulder before I break it off Uchiha" Neji said who had the same idea as Kiba.

"A-ano, I g-guess I should be g-going" Hinata said. "I'll see you at the tower Sasuke-kun, f-farwell" Hinata said as she then kissed Sasuke on the cheek, making him blush madly. Hinata then jumped to the trees to follow the others. Kiba and Akamaru, who was atop of Kiba's head, had their eyes widen and his jaw dropped at what he had saw what Hinata had done.

"You kissed him on the cheek" Kiba said as he found the strength to follow Hinata. "You Actually Kissed Him On The Cheek, What The Hell Is Going On!?" Neji just glared at Sasuke who frozen with a still blushing face.

'When the time comes Uchiha, I will make you sorry for even getting near Hinata-sama' Neji thought as he then left to follow the others. Sakura and Karin walked up next to Sasuke, seeing that he was still frozen.

"Okay, enough of daydreaming about your perverted fantasies Romeo, we gotta move" Sakura said as she smacked Sasuke's shoulder, breaking him out of his trance.

"R-right, whatever" Sasuke said trying to act cool by putting on his usually 'I don't care' look and putting his shoulders in his pockets.

"You ready to go Karin?" Sakura asked the female Uzumaki.

"Y-yes, I am" Karin said with a smile and nod.

"Alright, Then Let's Head Out!" Sakura exclaimed as she, Sasuke and Karin started jumping through the trees, following the others.

At the tower

Sasuke, Sakura and Karin finally made it to see Naruto in front of a giant door with words on it.

"Oh hey guys, you finally made it" Naruto said as he tossed the Tengoku scroll to Sasuke, who caught it easily. "Grandpa told me about this, all we have to do is open both the scrolls"

"Why?" Karin asked.

"Something about Tengoku meaning the mind and Chikyu meaning body and you need both to succeed in becoming a good shinobi." Naruto explained. The others just nodded as Naruto and Sasuke unraveled the scrolls, making them intersect with each other, making an X, before a cloud of smoke appeared. As the smoke cleared, their standing in it's place was Jiraiya.

"Naruto! Oh thank Kami you're alive" Jiraiya said with joy and relief as he hugged his grandson.

"Well yeah gramps, it'll take more than a bite to take me down, 'ttebayo" Naruto said as he hugged his grandfather, before they separated. Jiraiya then noticed the red haired girl with his grandson and his team.

"Who's she?" Jiraiya asked pointing at Karin making the girl hide behind Sakura.

"Grandpa, this is Karin, I saved her from being eaten by a giant bear, and guess what? She's an Uzumaki!" Naruto introduced his cousin with a happy smile.

"I see. That would explain it since she kinda reminds me of your mother" Jiraiya said as he walked to Karin and bent in front of her. "It's nice to meet you Karin, I'm glad that there's another Uzumaki in this world.

"A-actually, there's another… my sister" Karin told Jiraiya.

"What's her name, and where is she?" Jiraiya asked.

"Her name is Tayuya, and I-I think she's just outside the village" Karin said.

"Why would she be just outside the village?" Jiraiya asked.

"It's because of that homo-snake gramps" Naruto told his grandfather, now getting his full attention "He forced her into becoming one of his bodyguards in order to keep him from taking Karin's life"

"I see" Jiraiya said as he turned to Karin "Don't worry about it, I promise we'll find her and bring her to Konoha; here, you and Tayuya are family." Jiraiya said with genuine smile. Karin started to have tears of joy pour down her eyes as she then jumped into Jiraiya's arms, giving a big hug.

"Arigatou! It means so much… thank you" Kairn said as she continued to cry tears of joy.

"Not a problem kid" Jiraiya said as he and Karin separated, allowing Jiraya to stand. "Now all of you head inside, you all deserve some rest after what you all went through" Jiraiya said.

"Hey, um, gramps" Naruto said getting Jiraiya's attention "Do you… know what happened to Anko?" Naruto asked with hope that she was still alive.

"Yeah, she's in the infirmary" Jiraiya told his grandson.

"Really!? Yes! This Is Great! She's Still Alive, And I Can Have My Harem Thanks To That CRA Law! See Ya Later!" Naruto exclaimed as he ran inside the tower. Jiraiya blinked a couple of times before he had a proud smile on his face.

'The CRA, huh? Naruto, you lucky little bastard, I'm proud of ya.' Jiraiya thought as he made his way. "You other three better head inside." Jiraiya said, getting a nod from the three genin and Mamoru before they headed inside.

Naruto was running through every hall trying to find the infirmary. Without even noticing, Naruto passed a room where Tsunade, Shizune holding Tonton, Kakashi and the Third were in, discussing of Orochimaru.

"Was that Naruto-kun?" Shizune as she saw the white haired boy run passed the room they were in.

"Hey, Do You Know Where The Infirmary Is In?!" Naruto ask a chunin.

"Uh, yeah, it's down the left hall and it's the third door on your left" the chunin told Naruto.

"Thanks buddy. Anko-chan, Here I Come!" Naruto shouted as he started running down the hall. Tsunade and Shizune had looks of confusion on their faces.

"Why is Naruto-kun looking for Anko?" Shizune asked as she turned to Kakashi and Hiruzen. The two males just looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

"You two know something don't you?" Tsunade asked. The just stood silent, but then they started to sweat as Tsunade had a menacing aura around her. "The both of you have two choices; tell me why my mago (grandson) is looking for my ex-teammate's old apprentice or I castrate you two on the spot" Tsunade said as she turned to them, her eyes shaded with darkness, scaring the crap out of the two men.

With Sasuke

Sasuke decided to explore the place since he had nothing else better to do. While he was walking he took out his naughty picture of Hinata in the hot springs, getting a huge blush and a bit of a nose. As he was about to put it away he bumped into somebody.

"Watch where you are going Uchiha" Neji spoke with a glare.

"Sorry" Sasuke apologized, about to put the picture away, but Neji grabbed.

"What is this?" Neji said as he was about to look at it. Sasuke quickly took it back.

"It's nothing" Sasuke said as he put the picture away, but he then felt a massive amount of killer intent from Neji. Sasuke turned to the Hyuuga to see a menacing aura around him and his eyes shaded by darkness.

"I knew you were no good" Neji said, his KI rising with every second. Sasuke just looked at him with one thought in his mind.

'Oh shit'

With Naruto

Naruto finally made it to the infirmary and burst right in to see Anko sit up from her bed, with her coat to the side. Naruto had signs of tears on his eyes as he stared at the tokubetsu jounin.

"Glad to see you made it Foxy-chan" Anko said with a smirk. Naruto ran to her and gave her a hug.

"I'm so glad you're still alive" Naruto said tears of joy pouring down his eyes. Anko smiled at him, happy that he worried for her. "Why would you use that jutsu?" Naruto asked her as he separated from her and gave her a stern glare. Anko knew that right now Naruto was very serious about the whole situation.

"I knew I couldn't beat him… so I thought that that jutsu was the only way" Anko admitted not being able to look Naruto in the eyes.

"Anko, that's not the only way you could beat him, you had me there to help you, along with Sasuke, Sakura and Mamoru. I may have not met my great, great grandpops Hashirama, but I knew that the reason he was able to build this village and get to where he was, is because he had others to help him out. That's how we can finally beat that snake, so next time you meet up with him; I'll be there to lend you a hand." Naruto said giving her a nice guy pose. Anko just looked down at her covers, before she reached for Naruto and pulled him into an embrace, with his face being glopped by her double D breasts.

"I'll hold you to it." Anko said. "You know, this is the perfect time to finally make you into a man~" Anko purred seductively, making Naruto grin even wider as he started placing his hands on Anko's waist, but then he felt a massive amount of killer intent. Naruto turned to see his grandma with her eyes shaded with darkness and a menacing aura around her, while Shizune and Jiraiya were behind her; the first covering her mouth with a massive blush upon her face, while her little pet that she was holding in her arms had his eyes covered with his hooves, and the latter giving his grandson a proud grin and two thumbs up.

"Uh, grandma, uh, I can explain" Naruto said putting his hands up defense. Tsunade's replied was her putting her fist into her palm and cracking her knuckles. Naruto gulped as he quickly got out of the bed and exclaimed "Feel Better Anko-chan!" before he kasai shushined out of the room, into the hall and started running.

"GET BACK HERE YOU LITTLE PERVERT!" Tsunade yelled out as she started chasing down her little mago.

"That's my grandson!" Jiraiya exclaimed with pride for his young mago while he laughed heartily. Shizune just looked at Anko, who just got out of bed.

"You have no shame, you know that?" Shizune said to Anko.

"Is this because you're self-conscious about your breasts?" Anko replied, making Shizune madly blush.

"N-no! Why Would You Bring That Up?!" Shizune exclaimed, her mad blush still evident on her face. Anko grabbed Tonton and put him on the bed, before she grabbed Shizune's breast, making the dark haired girl go 'Ahee!' making Jiraiya turn to get his perverted smile on his face and his research book in his hands.

"They're not that bad, they're actually pretty cute" Anko said with a grin, making Shizune faint onto a nearby bed. Jiraiya all the while was writing everything down, and adding a few extra perverted details.

'I love this place; great source for the perfect research material' Jiraiya thought kept scribbling down his ideas with his perverted grin still on his face.

Naruto was running down a hallway, trying to stay away from his grandmother, who was chasing him down so she can 'properly' discipline him. "Get Back Here And Take Your Punishment Like A Man!" Tsunade yelled as she continued to chase down her grandson with a pissed off look upon her face. Naruto just kept running until he turned a left to a huge hallway, where he met Sasuke, who was also running for his life.

"Hey" Naruto greeted his best friend.

"Hey" Sasuke greeted back.

"What are you running from?" Naruto asked.

"A very angry Neji, he saw the picture of Hinata that I had; you?"

"A really pissed off Baa-chan, she saw me and Anko" Naruto said as they continued running. "Fork hall, I go left, you go right?"

"Sounds like a plan"

"Good luck my friend" Naruto said as he shook Sasuke's hand.

"Same to you" Sasuke replied as they finished their handshake. The tow then separated; Sasuke going left with Neji hot on his tail, and Naruto going right with his grandmother catching up to him. As Naruto was running down the hallway, he passed Sakura, Karin and Mamoru, who looked on as Naruto was being chased by his grandmother.

"Was that really Tsunade Senju, chasing after Naruto-ni-san?" Karin asked amazed that she actually saw The Tsunade Senju.

"Yup" Sakura said as she and Mamoru nodded.

"What do you think that was all about?" Karin asked turning to Sakura.

"Karin, that's what we women call 'A pervert getting his just desserts.' Now come on, I'll properly introduce you to my friend Ino; she's loud, but I think you'll like her." Sakura said as her and Karin walked down the hall with Mamoru following.

The genin can now rest, but the exams were far from over.

End of Chapter 8

Hey Ladies And Gents! Sorry it took so long; school and stuff, plus I was busy with other stories. Anyway thank you all for the over 100 comments, granted some of them were distasteful, but hey, what can you do, either way it doesn't matter, I'm glad you all have being reading and commenting my story and it really means so much to me, thank you. Anyway, I better be finishing this up so, thanks a bunch and I'll see you next time.

Takeshi1225, out.