Chapter 4

Anko led her team of hopeful genin's into Training ground 12 which was located on the outskirts of the village. A vibrant training area filled with trees, a river and lots of land. It was a perfect place to do mock missions.

This year had been slightly different than others, with the constant evaluations that the genin had. The Jonin's were instructed to not a fail single graduate, Konoha was running low on good shinobi and apparently this batch were said to have a lot of potential. However the Sandaime wanted combat reports on all of the graduates to see how they would fair in an actual battle. Her snake like tongue unconsciously licked the bottom of her lip, she always seeing the crushed look on a Genin's face when they realised that they had such a long way to go.

Stopping in the middle of the Training ground, Anko turned and faced each of her genin. She had the time to take in each of their appearances. Her eyes first landed on the Sumeragi heiress, the girl had been sent to be the clan to become a Konoha Shinobi. No one knew why not even the Hokage but the Daimyo simply made the demand and the Hokage complied albeit with slight hesitancy

The girl possessed very delicate features, her pearly skin was flawless. Her amber eyes contrasted with her pitch black hair that was tied in a ponytail. Kisara was dressed in a standard Kunoichi battle robe, her clan's petal like insignia inscribed at the back. She wore a pair of metal gauntlets on both hands, the gauntlets were spiked and most likely laced with poison. If her records were anything to go by, Kisara would probably turn into a more deadly version of Kurenai.

Her eyes travelled to the unknown factor in the group, Ryu Hayabusa. The boy who' possessed a prodigious talent for weapons. Half of his evaluation had been redacted and the Hokage told her that it was because the boy's parents were killed on a very high profile mission. The fact that the boy already looked like an ANBU soldier didn't help. He was literally covered in armour, shin guards, elbow guards, forearms guards. He also wore a blank mask that covered his face and a hood that draped over his hair. A katana was strapped to his back. The Hokage had told her that the boy was most likely going to ANBU; after all it was his dream.

Last not but least, her reptilian eyes narrowed at the most powerful genin in the year. Uzumaki Naruto, the boy was nothing a year ago and then suddenly he showed a marked improvement in all areas. It soon became clear to those who read his report that Naruto was already as strong as most chunin and he was still improving at a rate unseen since Uchiha Itachi. His talent in fuinjutsu was also being spread through the shinobi corps like wildfire; he had created a tag that acted like a flash bang. It was better than the cylindrical objects that they used and it was also useful to use when a shinobi was in danger.

Naruto wore a violet long sleeved shirt and black shinobi pants. His outfit was the plainest amongst all the genin present.

Anko announced, "Ok you brats before we get started with your test, I want to get to know each of you a little better. I'll go first to demonstrate." She cleared throat as if she were making an important announcement, "My name is Anko Mitarashi, I am a tobetsuki Jonin that specialises in Torture and interrogation as well as Assassination. " The snake mistress felt surprised when none of the Genin flinched or even looked surprised, they must have been told during one of their evaluations. "I like Dango, Sake and my job. I hate Orochimaru, annoying brats and ignorant people who hate other for no reason. My dream is to…" Her eyes looked into the distance before flashing back to reality.

Anko said, "Your turn princess."

Kisara said in a melodic voice, "My name is Kisara Sumeragi, heiress to the Sumeragi. I like origami, making new genjutsu and a few other things. I also hate many things. My dream is to lead the Sumeragi clan to greatness." Anko raised an eyebrow at Kisara. The girl had said nothing about the things she disliked, which meant she wanted it to be a secret.

Anko said, "You next mask boy."

Ryu began in a very gruff voice, "My name is Ryu Hayabusa. I like weapons, green tea and crafting. I hate people who invade my privacy and people who believe that they have talent because they come from a prestigious clan. My dream is to join the ANBU forces."

Naruto took his silence as an indication that it was his turn, "My name is Uzumaki Naruto. I like learning new Ninjutsu and making new seals. I hate people who hate others without getting to know them first. My dream is to learn the secrets of chakra and to become stronger than all the Hokage's."

Anko seemed to get the basic jest of their personalities; she thought 'Ok so I have to teach, an enigmatic Anbu wannabe, a boy who wants to become a sage and an aspiring heiress.' The girl was the only normal one among the entire bunch. '

Anko decided it was time to test them, She said, "Before I accept you as my students, I have to test you to see whether you are worth my time."

Naruto questioned, "What do we do in this test of yours."

Anko smirked, "A combat test, you three will face me and you must survive for an hour."

Kisara sceptically asked, "You're a Jonin and we just graduated. How exactly do you expect us to survive for an hour?"

The smile that placated Anko's face was beginning to unnerve the three youngsters, "Oh I don't know, you can run, you can hide. Do whatever you need to survive until the hour is over. "

She barked, "Begin." Ryu and Kisara dispersed flying into the forest for cover. They had one hour to survive they would simply just hide for as long as possible. Naruto on the other hand was staring at the Jonin in front with his arms crossed.

Anko queried, "I see you're not going to hide."

Naruto answered honestly,"No need, I am sure you would find us within a few seconds anyway."

"Oh you're a smart one but let's see how you handle yourself in a fight."

She drew her kunai and Naruto began to blaze through handseals, Anko jumped when she felt his chakra spike. "Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu (Fire release: Great Fireball technique)"

A boulder sized fireball charged her way; she assumed the boy would want to increase the distance between so they could fight with Ninjutsu. Anko quickly substituted herself out of the way but was even more surprised when Naruto turned towards her. Was he a sensor?

"Suiton: Teppodama." Naruto spat out several highly pressurised water bullets, he was disappointed as Anko danced around each of them. Anko grinned; Naruto was good perhaps she would have to take this fight a little seriously. She charged at the genin with breakneck speed, Naruto's hands never completed the handseals before they were blasted apart. Naruto flipped back but Anko continued to attack, her punches hitting their mark. Naruto barely dodged a roundhouse kick aimed at his ribs but flinched when Naruto felt Anko's other leg hit his ribs.

The woman was relentless and she was making sure that he didn't even have time to breath let alone do a jutsu. 'Well it's worth a shot.' He charged his chakra for a jutsu, the Rinnegan glowed a crimson red. "Shinra Tensei" A gravitational wave hit Anko and launchedher across the Training ground. Naruto decided it was time t

Anko landed on her back painfully, her body ached and her back felt like it would break if she was hit by one of those again. 'What kind of Jutsu was that?!"'

She jumped to her feet and back flipped over another water bullet that came her way. Naruto was on her again and this time he was weaving handseals continuously, "Katon: Hōsenka no Jutsu." Several small fireballs flew towards her; Anko dodged them but was shocked when she saw several kunai hiding inside the fireball. 'Oh shit explosive tags! '

"Shunshin no Jutsu." Anko barely managed to teleported out of the massive explosion that rocked the training ground.

Naruto gritted his teeth, he was wasting chakra here. Anko wasn't even using any jutsu, she was just dodging. He felt a massive spike of chakra erupt from behind him, and then he felt a powerful kick hit his back.

Naruto tasted dirt, his back wasn't broken from the back which he was thankful for. He got up slowly; Anko was standing above him with a mocking smirk. "You lose brat."

Naruto's discreetly did the only jutsu that required a single handseal, "Suiton: Burao Kiri." A blast of mist erupted from his mouth obscuring Anko's vision. Naruto fled, he needed to come up with a plan. Anko walked out of the mist with a grin, "Smart move brat, I still have 45 minutes until this session is over. I might as well deal with the other brats." Two clones popped into existence, Anko ordered them to go fight her other two students before going to hunt Naruto.

Kisara was jumping through the forest, she knew Naruto was holding off Anko and probably doing a good job bur it wouldn't be long till the Jonin overpowered him. She heard a whistling sound and was forced to jump to the side as a hail of kunai flew towards her. "Come now. Did you really think it would be easy to hide from me?" Anko jumped towards the genin who had already slid into her unorthodox fighting style.

Anko dashed towards the genin like a snake would with its prey; Kisara readied herself for the fight.

Meanwhile Ryu was in the same situation, Anko had found his hiding place with relative ease and now he was trying to fend off the more powerful Jonin. The echoes of their respective weapons clanging against each other could be heard throughout the forest. Anko grinned; this boy was as good as he said he was. His Kenjutsu style was deadly but then again she was a clone.

Naruto knew something was wrong when he saw Anko chasing him through the forest, her chakra reserves were now a third of what they were before. He grimaced, she was using clones. He didn't know if this was the real Anko but there was one way to find out.

Jumping from another branch, he threw several kunai at the Jonin who dodged them all In midair. She had the flexibility of a god damn snake.

He finished sped through handseals and inhaled, "Futon: Renkudan. (Wind release: Drilling air Bullet)." He exhaled a massive amount of wind that condensed into a solid ball. The ball soared towards Anko who easily dodged it but was surprised when it expanded, the pressure in the wind ball was finally released and she was blown to the side. She hit a tree but didn't disperse meaning she wasn't a clone.

A grin played upon his lips, if Anko wanted to play with clones so would he, "Doton Kage Bunshin no Jutsu." Clones made of earth formed, Anko's eyes widened as several dispersed into the forest. Ok this was bad…she hadn't expected the boy to notice that she was using clones. Both jumped to the ground, Anko's brown eyes stared at Naruto's shades.

Naruto asked, "Are you still going to continue with the test."

Anko shrugged, "You still haven't done anything to make me get serious yet but I suppose the sooner I knock you out the more time I get to play with the two other brats." Killing intent oozed out of her body and Naruto began to sweat heavily but nonetheless managed to repel the majority of the killing intent. Anko slid into her snake like stance and Naruto was getting ready to use another jutsu.

Back with Kisara, Kisara was heaving and panting as she saw Anko dodge all of her punches even the ones covered in genjutsu. The Snake Mistress was toying with her and it was pissing her off, 'Tired already, I'm disappointed. You didn't even land a hit.'

Kisara grinded her teeth, Uzumaki had shown that he could go toe to toe with Anko but she couldn't do squat against the more flexible and agile Jonin. Anko then for the first time began to attack, a flurry of punches caused Kisara to begin to jump back. Anko smirked, "Got you." Kisara's back hit the trunk of a tree causing the genin to see her predicament.

Then a hail of kunai erupted from above as she two Uzumaki Naruto jumping towards her. Anko jumped back and waited patiently as the clones landed in front of Kisara. One of the Naruto clones grabbed Kisara and disappeared into the forest. Anko and Naruto both drew their kunai and began to attack each other.

Kisara squeezed out of Naruto's iron grip and glared at her fellow genin, "Hey why did you that for?"

The clone explained, "Boss has a plan. I already got Ryu and he's waiting for us. We can't fight the crazy lady by ourselves, we have to work together."

Kisara nodded and followed the clone; she knew that Uzumaki was probably the only one of them that even had a chance of winning. The two jumped from branch to branch until they entually reached their given destination. Three Naruto clones were drawing on the ground with their chakra and Ryu was lying on the ground. His armour scorched and burnt in places, his sword broken to pieces. The genin had taken one hell of a beating.

Kisara landed near Ryu and asked, "Are you okay?"

Ryu grunted, "I'll manage. How did your fight go?" He saw that princess had a swollen lower lip and a few nicks on her arm.

"Not good. I couldn't even hit here." She peered at the four Naruto clones that were now completing what seemed to be a fuinjutsu circle.

She asked Ryu, "What are they doing?"

"They are going to create a barrier seal to trap Anko in. Uzumaki seems quite skilled at making seals." Kisara frowned, how strong was Uzumaki Naruto. It felt surreal that the once deadlast of the Academy was now probably the strongest genin to come out of the academy since Uchiha Itachi.

One of the Naruto clones walked up to Kisara, it asked, "We need you to cover up the circle with a genjutsu that Anko wouldn't detect."

Kisara shook her head, "I can't she detects my genjutsu with ease."

The clone had a mischievous twinkle in its eyes, "That's because she read your file so she was prepared for it. If you're not in the area of the genjutsu…" Kisara got the gist of the plan, lace the seal with an illusion and then hide somewhere where Anko couldn't sense her. She walked up to the seal and activated a weak illusion that made the seal disappear.

The same clone ordered, "Take Ryu...We'll handle the rest. " Kisara glared at the clone but nonetheless followed the order. She helped Ryu up and the two flew disappeared into the forest. The clones nodded to each other before dispelling and turning into a pile of mud.

Waves of memories befell Anko and Naruto who had each of their clones dispel. Naruto pretended to sigh before 'fleeing', Anko shouted "Oh no you don't." She chased after the genin who using a bucket load of chakra to enhance his speed.

Several minutes later, a huffing Naruto came to a halt in the area where the seal was. Anko smiled, "Well well, it seems you've finally become tired." She walked slowly towards him, her kunai drawn. She brought it to her lips and licked the cold metal, "I am going to enjoy breaking you."

Naruto calmly said, "That won't be happening."

"Why won't I."

A grin played upon Naruto's face, "Because you're standing on my Fuinjutsu seal."

The snake mistress's eyes widened as Naruto did a handseal, "Fuin." A cylindrical tower of chakra surrounded Anko. "You lose, I win."

A voice came out of the forest behind them, "We won Uzumaki it was a team effort." Kisara walked out of the forest and a limping Ryu followed.

Anko began to clap, "Bravo, you guys did very well today. We still have ten minutes or so until the hour but I suppose you're all tired. Meet me here tomorrow at 5-Am, we are going to start what I call Anko's boot camp from hell." Each of the Genin's shivered when they saw the sadistic

Smile on Anko's lips. "I'll see you all tomorrow."Anko shunshined out of the barrier causing Naruto's eyes to widen, how did she escape the barrier?

Kisara sneered at Naruto, "It appears your barrier failed to hold the Jonin."

Naruto merely ignored her and began his long trek home; he had a lot to think about and apparently had to improve his barrier fuinjutsu before using it in a fight again.

Ryu turned to the Sumeragi princess and asked her curiously, "What do have you against Naruto."

Kisara frowned, "He reminds me of him." Ryu nodded, Kisara had been one of the few friends he had in the academy. He knew that Kisara hated her older brother for betraying their family that was the main reason she became a ninja. How Uzumaki Naruto resembled her older brother he didn't know but Kisara's vibes were always correct, he would keep an eye out.

Hokage tower

Anko knelt in front of the Hokage with dozens of Jonin's. The Hokage instructed them to stand and report what they found about their teams.

Kurenai was instructed to begin since Kakashi wasn't present. Kurenai said, "Team 8 passed my test, Hokage-Sama. It was a simple sparring match between me and the three of them. Aburame Shino took the lead and they almost captured me with the help of Yakumo's genjutsu. Hinata' s taijutsu was appalling considering the amount of times she hesitated to strike me however I believe with some training, my team could become very formidable."

The Hokage nodded, Kurenai's report was what he had expected. The Hyuuga girl was the only taijutsu specialist on the team, she needed to be handled swiftly or it might cause casualties on the field. He would talk with her evaluator and Hiashi about her.

He gestured for his son to report. Asuma began, "Well I did a mock mission with Team 10. They were to guard one of my clones across the training ground, I tested their ability to work as a team and create strategies on the fly. As I predicted, they worked together as fluidly as their fathers would. However Ino Yamanaka is the weakest link on the team, Shikamaru is lazy but he is the one who leads the team, Choji has a good handle with his family's hidden Jutsus and Ino who is meant to be the backbone of the team almost caused the team to fail on several occasions."

Sarutobi motioned for Anko to give in her report. His didn't have any problem with his son's team, in fact he assumed that this would be the case considering Ino's average performance during the last year.

Anko straightened, "Team 12 passed. I instructed Team 12 to survive for an entire hour against me." Several Jonin snorted muttering that the snake mistress was weak if a bunch of genin had beaten her. "I fought Uzumaki Naruto for the majority of the hour; he is probably the strongest genin to have ever come out of the academy since Yondaime-Sama and Uchiha Itachi."

Asuma turned to Anko with a sneer, "Surely you must kid Anko, Uzumaki is no were near the level of those two."

Anko shrugged, "He was capable of stalemating me in Ninjutsu, and he used four elemental affinities." Mummers exploded across the room, it was not surprising considering it was rare for a genin to master one affinity but to learn four was unheard off. Even the usually calm Kurenai was looking at her friend with wide eyes.

The Hokage gestured for Anko to continue, "However Naruto is very weak when it comes to Taijutsu probably because he hasn't been taught a style yet. The other two genin show a lot of potential as well, Kisara is good at using genjutsu to distract her opponents whilst they are engaged in a Taijutsu fight. Ryu Hayabusa is already ANBU material, he has no presence whatsoever and he was always going for the killing strike. His Kenjutsu is both efficient and deadly. All in all Hokage-Sama, you gave me a team of monsters." All the Jonin agreed with Anko this was perhaps the most powerful team since the Sannin.

Sarutobi asked, "Did they work together?"

Anko shook her head, "Naruto prefers to fight alone and I had engaged both Ryu and Kisara separately. I also sensed some animosity between Kisara and Naruto although it seems to stem from Kisara." This caused the Hokage to frown, why did the Sumeragi Heiress dislike Naruto. Did she know about the Kyuubi or was it something else.

"Thank you Mitarashi-San. You are all dismissed but I expect monthly reports on your genin's performance."

All the Jonins bowed before filing out of the room. The Hokage took out his pipe and lit it, he had a lot to think about it seemed. His plan to help Naruto required each of the team members to like each other; he hadn't thought that the Sumeragi heiress would ruin his plan. Naruto didn't trust him anymore; he remembered the conversation between them yesterday.

Flashback

Naruto walked into the Hokage Mansion with the hefty scroll, his eyes downcast and his mind in disarray. Hiruzen slowly analysed the boy, his mind was probably at it's weakest now than ever. He began, "Naruto-Kun I can explain-"

Naruto raised a hand, "Don't bother Hokage-Sama, I don't think I can believe another word that comes out of your mouth."

Hiruzen's eyes fell; he said in a sombre tone, "You were too young. You weren't ready."

Naruto shook his head, "You lie and lie to me continuously, I ask you about my parents and you tell me that you don't know them. I ask you about why people hate me and you say you couldn't tell me. I can't…I can't do this anymore Jiji. I just can't trust you or anyone anymore." Naruto dropped the scroll and walked out of the room, the Hokage didn't even bother stopping him. He had caused this and the boy was in the right to say what he just said. Could you trust the man who had been lying to you for years?

With one quick glance to the empty door, he decided that he would earn Naruto's trust back. He owed it to Minato after all.

Flashback End

Sarutobi sighed; perhaps a more direct approach would suffice. He would be honest to Naruto from now on.

Underneath Konoha

Shimura Danzo smirked at the photograph that his ANBU had taken, Uzumaki Naruto. The boy had improved so much in one year that he became suspicious and rightly so. He thought, 'You thought you could hide it from me Hiruzen. I know the signs when I see one; Naruto has the Rinnegan just like that young Ame orphan did.'

He had heard that Naruto had distanced himself from the Hokage. Finally, finally it was time to bring Uzumaki Naruto into Root. 'The Kyuubi and the Rinnegan will be mine.' A greedy gleam could be seen through Danzo's only eye.

Black Zetsu watched the old warmonger with interest, this was a complication but he could still twist in his favour. Danzo would help in distancing Uzumaki Naruto from Konoha and if he played his cards right, the boy might even kill Danzo. It would be like killing two birds with one stone.

Chapter Finished

A/N

This is the longest chapter I have written so far. Things are finally getting interesting. Will Naruto join Danzo or will Sarutobi get to him first. You'll just have to wait and see.

I amped up Anko's stats, I mean I was sorely disappointed with her abilities considering she did study under Orochimaru but then again Kishimoto did fail to show Orochimaru's true power. For someone who was obsessed with Ninjutsu you see very little of what he could do.

Next chapter will be team training and about Kisara's back-story. You will also see Danzo meet Naruto in the next chapter.

I hope you like the story and please tell me what you think Naruto's special Rinnegan power should be. Madara has Limbo techniques, Sasuke has teleportation and Momoshiki has the ability to absorb and spit out jutsu or do you think I should just let Naruto have the ability to use sub elements.

Raido Out