A/N: I want to first thank everyone who reviewed, it means a lot to me. Now there seems to be some concern over the Ax in the first chapter. As I've told greenriceman, the Ax that Kyuubi refers to is his personal ax that the Kyuubi possessed. I'm kinda going on my own here. My logic is that since Khorne is such a bloodthirsty deity his daemons would use weapons that were custom and unique to them. Reason being I can do whatever I feel like with it and not have to be bound by Warhammer canon. Secondly the pairing, while the jury is still out on whether I do one or not, I will guarantee that it will not become the main focus of the story. It will be at best a secondary part in which it will give Naruto some kind of companion that he does not kill on the spot that provides him with some kind of amusement (think about it really, can you really see a Khorne berserker on one knee with a bouquet of flowers? I can't though the images i do produce are horrifying…) Anyway here's chapter two.

-Hideyori

"A Genin team? You really expect me, who is currently going on ANBU missions, to join a group of snot nosed brats?" Naruto exclaimed.

"You're no older than those so called 'snot-nosed brats'" Sarutobi countered.

"You know age has nothing to do with this, Genin don't even get to go on any real missions"

"D-Rank are missions Naruto."

"Please, it borders on slave labor"

"You'll get to be around teenagers your own age, teenagers who don't quite know everything about your dark reputation." Sarutobi pleaded

"I happen to like my reputation the way it - "

"ENOUGH!" Sarutobi had about enough with Naruto's behavior; this was for his own good. This was Sarutobi's final chance to steer Naruto clear of the path of bloodshed he seemed intent on walking. The council was considering putting Naruto to death, they were afraid of Konoha's Berserker turning on them. Sarutobi had to agree with them, the villagers fear him and the ninja corp isn't much better off. Sarutobi refused to give up on Naruto, not yet. "You will accept this assignment, if pay is a concern you will be compensated appropriately. Consider this a B-rank protection detail."

Naruto's temper abated and was replaced by genuine curiosity, what kind of Genin would get this level of protection and be a ninja? "Protection? Who will I be protecting?"

"Uchiha Sasuke"

"The survivor? Interesting…" While Naruto was sure Kyuubi-sama would not be pleased with protecting someone, he couldn't pass up the opportunity of possibly running into Sasuke's older brother. It also presented another opportunity…

"If I do this, join the ninja corp as a Genin… I want what is mine." Naruto said darkly

Sarutobi suppressed a shiver, he hated when Naruto referred to it as 'his'. He wasn't even sure how Naruto found out about it; its existence was one of the most protected secrets in Konoha. When the Kyuubi was sealed 15 years ago all that was left of the Kyuubi was a battle axe. An axe was too unique a weapon for ninja to use so everyone assumed it belonged to the Kyuubi. The thing radiated dark energy and was covered in symbols and markings that hurt the eyes if you stared at it too long, so Sarutobi had it sealed in the Hokage's personal vault deep inside the Hokage monument. The task had cost two of Sarutobi's better Jonin their sanity; they currently spent their time in the same mental institution that Naruto stayed at. The Hokage was afraid of what would happen if Naruto possessed an artifact of the Kyuubi attack that held such a close connection to the beast.

"If you do this, I will give you what you desire when you reach the rank of Chunin." Sarutobi grinned at his cunning on this one. The Hokage chose who to promote to Chunin, others had input, but he alone made the final decision. It was for Naruto's own good.

Naruto growled low in his throat. That bastard was once again holding the axe over his head, but he couldn't pass on the chance no matter how slight it was. Naruto was no idiot; he knew that if he wanted to get the Skulltaker he had to play Sarutobi's game. Even Kyuubi-sama wasn't prideful enough to think he could take an entire village by himself, at least not anymore.

'Watch your thoughts minion…'

'My apologies my lord, I was only speculating on my chances of taking the Skulltaker by force"

'You are forgiven… this time… but you are correct, we cannot take it by force alone. At the very least we need to know where it is located. That senile old fool has it hidden well; I can only faintly feel its touch.'

'Then with your permission, I will accept the old man's terms?'

'As much as it displeases Khorne and well as myself, we must take the humiliating task of protecting this weakling known as Uchiha'

"Very well Sarutobi, you have yourself a deal." Naruto stuck his hand out.

Sarutobi not fazed by the lack of respect in Naruto, shook hands with the Berserker. As Naruto walked out the door to his escort Sarutobi found one glaring hole in his plan that need to be addressed immediately.

"Oh Naruto, before I forget…" Naruto stopped and turned, "I find out you killed your teammates or any citizen of Konoha for that matter without provocation, I will ensure that axe is never found." The doors slammed on Naruto before he could even respond.

The Next Day

Naruto stalked to the Academy in a barely concealed rage, but watching the villagers run and scream since he was without a visible escort was slowly improving his mood. It was the Hokage's idea, as he said that Genin don't get ANBU escorts everywhere they go. He had told Naruto that he wouldn't have an escort at all, but the Kyuubi-sama let him know that he was being followed.

Naruto made it to the academy without too many issues. After threatening the receptionist of the Academy with death, by hanging by her entrails, if she didn't tell him what room he was suppose to go to; he now stood in front of the door to the classroom marked 301. Naruto adjusted his hitai-ate that he was wearing on a blood red length of silk around his waist and stepped into the room.

Naruto was greeted by utter silence as he stepped into the room. All the fresh Genin were staring intently at him. Naruto was content to let the unanswered question of who he was and what he was doing go unanswered as he took a seat next to Sasuke, after all starting today he was getting paid to make sure this idiot didn't meet an untimely demise… at least not yet.

As Naruto sat down he heard some kind of commotion in the back of the room. It sounded like two girls screeching over who won, or something like that. Naruto waved it off as none of his concern, the less he had to interact with these imbeciles the better. He felt Kyuubi-sama's snort of approval over the thought. Naruto then turned his thoughts to something way more productive; namely picking random Genin in the class, then imagining how he would kill them. He was dragged out of his thoughts forcefully by the sound of footsteps behind him; steps taken with the grace of an elephant and in Naruto's opinion, as loud.

Now Sakura is not stupid in any sense, she has the grades to prove it. But she does suffer from complete lapses in common sense. When she looks back on her life, she would consider the day she met Naruto as by far the stupidest of her mistakes. While any common observer would see an unknown teenager they've never seen before, equipped with katana, faintly smelling of blood, and would make the decision to leave him alone. Sakura only saw someone sitting next her Sasuke-kun, someone she fully intended to make move.

"You! You're in my seat. Who are you anyway? I've never seen you before, civilians don't belong here. You should leave before sensei comes in." Sakura said slightly ruder than she meant to.

Naruto didn't flinch, he didn't acknowledge what she said, the only move that he made that let Sakura know he heard her was his hand ever so slightly moved closer to his sword. Now this pissed Sakura off to no end, there was one thing she hated above all else… it was to be ignored. She reached to grab Naruto's shoulder,

"I SAID MOV-" Sakura stopped her hand dead at the distinctive sliding of a sword being pulled from it's sheathe

"Touch me and it'll be the last mistake you make" Naruto said in an dead tone while still looking forward, his katana half out of the sheathe

"You shouldn't even be here, you're not a shinobi, and civilians aren't allowed in this school"

"You're right, I'm not a shinobi, but I'm a murder all the same. Khorne demands blood, yours will have to suffice" Naruto went to pull the rest of the katana from the sheathe when the door slammed open

"NARUTO THAT'S ENOUGH!"

Kakashi was out of breath. Normally he would show up at least 3 hours late to anything, but then he heard the team assignments. Then he heard that Naruto was in a room full of fresh Genin who tried even the most seasoned Chunin's patience… He decided he should show up a little early.

"Haruno, Uchiha, and Uzumaki meet me on the roof, from now on you answer to me. The rest of you Iruka-sensei will be here soon with your team assignments."

On the Roof

"Now, we will begin with introductions, your names, likes, dislikes, hobbies, dreams, and that kind of thing"

"Why don't you go first sensei?" Sakura suggested

"Alright then, My name is Hatake Kakashi, I have many likes and dislikes" he seemed to shoot Naruto a glare at the mention of dislikes "my dreams… well I have lots of hobbies…alright pinky, you next" Sakura and Sasuke seemed upset with the introduction as all they had got was the man's name, while Naruto just snorted

"My name is Haruno Sakura, my likes are…" Sakura looked at Sasuke and squealed "my hobbies…" another squeal "my dreams for the future…" a third squeal "and my dislikes-"

"I swear to Khorne if you squeal again, I will remove your vocal cords!" Naruto threatened Sakura eeped and scooted as far from Naruto as possible.

Kakashi coughed "anyway emo boy your turn" Sasuke glared at the man but obeyed nevertheless

"My name is Uchiha Sasuke, I don't have likes and many dislikes, my dream…no, my ambition, is to restore my clan and kill certain man"

'Hmm maybe I could use this one after all' Naruto internally mused

'His hatred could be used for good short gains, but in the long run he too self absorbed to be of any real use. At the very least he's predictable.'

'Agreed'

Naruto was brought out of his musings by Kakashi "Naruto you're up"

"My name is Uzumaki Naruto, warrior of Khorne and future conquer of this world, you will learn your place soon enough or die by my blade."

His introduction seemed to frighten Sakura and peak Sasuke's interest. Kakashi seemed unfazed as if Naruto was talking about the weather. Kakashi decided to draw the introductions to a close.

"Now while normally we would have a Genin exam, but I feel it a waste of time since two of you are self-absorbed and the third one would in all probability, try to kill you. I will tell you this; this unit is not a typical unit. We will not be doing D-ranked missions; we will be jumping right into C-ranked. If this does not suit you now is the time to request for a transfer."

While Kakashi was the confident leader on the outside inside he was a sea of worry 'Please Sakura, I looked over your file, you being on this team is a mistake! You need to be on Kurenai's team, or Asuma's team… Anything but on a team with this demon.' Sakura for her part looked worried but she looked over to Sasuke and Kakashi saw her resolve harden. 'I see…'

"We meet tomorrow at 0900 hours for our first mission at the Hokage Tower, dismissed"

The three Genin began to leave, but Kakashi stopped Naruto.

"Naruto, you stay a minute I need to have a word with you"

Naruto stayed glued to his spot while his other two teammates left, Sasuke going to do Sasuke things and Sakura was going to stalk- I mean watch.

As soon as Sasuke and Sakura were out of earshot Kakashi shot Naruto a sharp look "I don't need to remind you, this isn't ANBU anymore… You're not going to get away with half the things you could there."

"Don't worry Inu-san, the old man is paying me to play nice, for now."

Kakashi looked shocked "I'm surprised, I didn't think that you were the type to let something like money influence your actions."

"Oh it doesn't, but it seems to influence others quite nicely. I'll make you a deal Inu-san, I'll promise not to kill your Genin and in return you'll deflect a majority of their stupid from me… especially from the pink one…" Naruto smirked internally, 'If I have to be stuck here may as well use you to my advantage.' Naruto could feel Kyuubi growl his approval.

Kakashi thought about this for a moment, he knew Naruto wasn't allowed to kill his teammates, while the Hokage didn't tell him the specifics about what deal he had made with Naruto, it was clear that Naruto would try to curb a majority of his inner demon. While Kakashi would have loved to take the chance to make Naruto's life miserable, he also knew that the Hokage's deal was an unknown variable. Therefore there was a chance Naruto would throw the deal out the window and kill Sasuke and Sakura just so he could have some peace and quiet. And the paperwork Kakashi would have to fill out would be… annoying…

"Deal" Kakashi took Naruto's hand in his 'this must be what it feels like to make a deal with the devil... Because no matter how fair this trade seems, I can't help but feeling I got the shorter end here.' Kakashi thought while looking into Naruto's eyes.

"I hope that we can bring a swift end to this… annoying situation that your Hokage has put us in"

"Likewise" Kakashi agreed

"Then I would suggest you taking the necessary steps to ensure we make it into the next Chunin Exams."

"Only if the other two are ready."

Naruto seemed to frown at this.

"Unlike you, I value my comrades. I'm not going to send them to their deaths just so we can part ways faster." Kakashi explained

Naruto growled "They'll make it through alive, even if I have to strap them to my back and drag them through."

Naruto stormed off without wanting to know how Kakashi would respond to that, he had nothing else to say to him anyway. He could feel his escorts watching him from the shadows as he headed in the direction of the Forest of Death. After dealing with those three idiots something needed to die… painfully…

A/N: Sorry this is a slow chapter, but I needed to move the plot along. I will promise lots of savage violence and unprovoked bloodshed when Naruto reaches the Land of Waves. I also apologize for a bit of the OCC-ness on Naruto's part but it's hard to figure out how a berserker would respond in most social situations, it's not much to build on if everyone is dead… well at least right off the bat.

-Hideyori