Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ A Different Reality ❯ The Test ( Chapter 4 )

CrimsonCat101: Finally! I finished this chapter. I've been working really hard to get this out as quick as I could for my faithful reviewers. This time I'm not demanding reviews, but this does not mean to stop reviewing. I love to read reviews, and it makes me motivate to update sooner.

 

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A Different Reality

-The Test-

 

Naruto awoke from his sleep, and tiredly walked to his kitchen. He opened the small fridge only to see nothing in it. He groaned, he had forgotten to buy more food after his apartment was torn apart by some unknown intruder. Grumbling he shut the fridge door and walked to the bathroom to wash up. He took a shower, brushed his teeth, and somewhat brushed his hair. He walked out of his bathroom, in a towel, and over to his bedroom.

 

He got dressed into his black sleeveless top, black pants, and dark shinobi sandals. After doing so, he threw the crimson trench coat over his top to finish. After getting dressed he walked into the small living room and grabbed his frog wallet, before walking out the door to do the most dreadful thing he could think of at the moment.

 

Shopping.

 

He walked to the marketplace near the center of town, and got to work. Before he even did any shopping, he used a simple henge to change his appearance to that of any ordinary civilian. Now that his cover was finished he set to work by stopping by the grocery store first.

 

He grabbed some fruits and vegetables, in order to keep his more balanced diet. After he finished there, he went through several other stores to replace the things that were destroyed in his apartment. To transport the many objects, he simply sealed them in a scroll, which made him happily walk home with only a light paper scroll in his right hand.

 

He dropped the henge after he left the marketplace, and that's when the message of an intruder reached his mind.

 

He speedily raced to his apartment, only to find that his door was quite scorched along with part of the wall.

 

Naruto carefully unlocked the door and walked in. He immediately began to search for the intruder by searching his living room, bathroom, and bedroom. After reaching the conclusion that the intruder was scared off, he smirked. The seal he used as security was a success.

 

He happily opened the scroll from his shopping trip and began to put away the food and belongings before sitting comfortably on his brand new couch. He sat there for a moment in thought, before walking over to his new small wooden desk. He opened his notebook and began to study the seals he had created, and sketched some new possible seals he would have to test out later. He ate an apple as a late breakfast, as he studied the seals.

 

 

The Sandiame sat at his desk, leisurely leaning back against his chair and puffing on the pipe in his mouth. He looked at the clock in his office that now read 11:00AM.

 

He was about to get to work on today's paperwork, but was stopped by the `poof' of someone entering his office through shushin.

 

To say the chunin that stood before him was a mess, would be a huge understatement.

 

The chunin's clothing was tattered and scorched, and he smelled of…gunpowder?

 

“Izumo, what happened?” Sarutobi demanded, looking at the ragged form before him.

 

Izumo scowled as he retold the story. “Hokage-sama, I set out to do the task you gave me, to inform Naruto of your order. I arrived at his apartment and proceeded to knock on his door. When no one had answered I touched his doorknob, and the thing exploded! After that I fled here to inform you.”

 

The Sandiame sighed heavily, “Alright, I will go myself. I wanted to get out of this stuffy office anyway, you are dismissed Izumo. Though I suggest you visit the Konoha hospital before you do anything else.” The chunin nodded and left in a puff a smoke, leaving the Hokage in his office.

 

Sarutobi put on his Hokage hat and walked out of his office, on his way to see Naruto.

 

 

Naruto was studying his seals when he heard a knock on the door. He casually approached his door and opened it.

 

“Oh! Old man what are you doing here?” Naruto asked, standing in his doorway and looking at the Hokage who stood before him with a smile on his face.

 

“Hello Naruto, I'm here to inform to be at training field twenty-one for your test today at 2:00PM.” The Sandiame smiled, while Naruto looked at him in confusion.

 

“Shouldn't you send some type of messenger for that or something?”

 

“I'm afraid I did Naruto, but he was somehow…blown up in the process.”

 

Naruto sheepishly grinned, while rubbing the back of his neck with one hand. “Sorry about that.”

 

The Sandiame smiled again, “Ah, it is quite alright. May I come in?” Naruto stood away from the doorway and gestured for the Hokage to enter.

 

The seal that protected him from intruders would not go off as long as he was in the apartment himself. Naruto plopped himself on his couch, while Sarutobi continued to stand.

 

“Naruto, I would like to know how you blew up my messenger.” The Hokage asked. He added mentally, `Even if it did save me from paperwork.”

 

Naruto grinned sheepishly, “I kind of set up a…security system, to stop any more intruders from barging into my house.”

 

Sarutobi nodded in acceptance, as he observed Naruto's small apartment. Although he was curious, he knew that Naruto did not want to evaluate further, so he changed the topic.

 

“How do you feel about being back in Konoha?” The Sandiame questioned.

 

Naruto paused, startled by such an abrupt change in the topic and sighed heavily, “I'm not sure…I haven't been here long enough, but…what I do know is, that those hateful glares won't go away on their own, even after all these years…”

 

Sarutobi was shocked to hear Naruto's voice sound so…old. The kid was only eleven, yet he sounded that he was much older then that. Sarutobi knew that Naruto had lost his childhood way too early in his life. So much pain was reflected in his cerulean eyes, that he had to look away.

 

“Naruto don't give up just yet-“

 

“You don't have to tell me that, anyway, who is my opponent for my test today?” Naruto interrupted changing the subject once more.

 

Sarutobi chuckled lightly, “Ah, curious now aren't we? Well, he is one of our finest jounin, his name Hatake Kakashi and he will be the one to test you.”

 

Naruto stayed silent for but a moment, “I see…Thank you. Will you be taking your leave now?” Naruto asked, amusement clearly defined in his tone of his voice.

 

The Sandiame wondered what he found so amusing about the jounin's name, but took his leave. “Goodbye Naruto, I wish you luck on your test.”

 

Naruto watched as the Hokage left, and turned back to his desk. He sat down on a chair and looked back at his notes.

 

“Great, I have two hours to make a new seal.” Naruto grumbled to no one in particular.

 

 

Kurenai, Asuma, and Genma waited patiently on training field twenty-one. It was 2:00PM now and Kakashi and the one to be tested were nowhere in sight. They stood in an uncomfortable silence until Genma spoke.

 

“You know we are probably going to be waiting here for another three hours for Kakashi to show up.” Genma turned his gaze to Asuma who had his eyes set on the clouds in the horizon.

 

“Nah, we made sure to tell him to come here at 12:00PM, so he should be here any minute now.”

 

Just as Asuma finished speaking, Kakashi arrived in a swirl of leaves.

 

“Yo.” He chirped, giving a friendly wave to the examiners of the test. Kakashi looked at them, and then looked around the area. After thoroughly observing his surroundings he looked back at the three. “Where's Naruto?”

 

Kurenai was the one to reply, “Is that the one being tested? Well actually, he hasn't arrived yet.”

 

Kakashi's eyes widened to the size of dinner plates, `this kid broke my late record!?!?' Unknowing that Naruto was told to come three hours after him.

 

After fifteen minutes of waiting, a kid with blonde hair, blue eyes, and whisker-marked cheeks entered the grounds. He stood in front of the examiners and his tester, grinning sheepishly. “I'm sorry I'm late, I had something important to get done.” Naruto said guiltily, feeling a bit nervous in front of the four.

 

Kurenai waved him off and smiled, “As long as your not three hours late, and making lame excuses, it is overlooked.” Kakashi felt a heated glare directed at him, but kept his nose in his little orange book in attempt of ignoring it.

 

Naruto noticed the spike in killer intent and looked at where it was directed. A spiky silver-haired jounin was the target of the women's glare. Naruto recognized him as Kakashi, especially when he saw the Hitai-ate that covered his left eye. The lower half of his face was also hidden from view by a thin mask. This only made Naruto curious as to what he was hiding.

 

It was then that Naruto noticed the orange book in his hands, making his left eyebrow visibly twitch. `Great, I'm fighting one of ero-sennin's perverted book fans.' Before anyone could say anything Naruto walked to the middle of the opening. “Well? Let's get this over with, shall we?”

 

The porno lover looked at the three examiners before appearing in the middle of the field in a swirl of leaves, the book still held in front of his face. Naruto stared at him for a minute before asking, “Are you going to put that book away?”

 

The silver-haired jounin kept his eyes on the text as he replied, “No, I'm at a good part in the story, and I can fight just fine with it out.”

 

`Boy is he going to regret underestimating me.' Naruto thought. The examiners watched as Naruto shrugged and said, “Your decision.”

 

When that was said Kakashi suddenly heard a whirring sound behind him, he dodged the surprise attack as quickly as he could, getting to two small cuts on his shoulder as a reward. After narrowly dodging the kunai he looked at Naruto who stood before him, and watched as he disappeared in a plume of smoke.

 

`Kage Bunshin?' Kakashi thought, pocketing his beloved book, after realizing that he couldn't read it in this fight.

 

Kakashi took out a kunai and held it in his right hand in a defensive stance, awaiting his opponent's next move.

 

Naruto watched Kakashi as he planned his next course of action, hidden in the branches of a tree. After deciding on a strategy he set to work. After creating several shadow clones, telling them the course of action, and watching them dash off through the trees, he prepared a jutsu.

 

Naruto flew through several hand seals, before softly whispering, “Suiton: Ooarashi no Jutsu (Water Style: Hurricane Technique)” Two small hurricanes formed, one in each hand, hovering approximately one inch over both palms. He took the hurricane in his right hand and brought it over his left. He began sliding his right hurricane over the left in a rapid fluid motion. Highly concentrated water discs shot of the end in quick succession.

 

Kakashi was on high alert when he saw the water discs rapidly approaching him. The discs were fast and there were many of them.

 

The silver-haired jounin dodged each one in a graceful manner, but the last few caught him off guard. Unlike the previous ones, these were slightly faster, making him miscalculate when to dodge. He was nicked by a few on his legs and arms. The discs were as sharp as the ordinary kunai, with so many of them…it was quite a formidable attack. The last disc came into view and what shocked Kakashi was that, this disc was as large as a fuma shuriken.

 

Naruto watched as his part of the plan finished. He leaned back against the bark of the tree, in order to get a quick breather. That last jutsu took quite a bit of charka, since he pulled the water necessary for the move out of the air. After breathing for but a moment, he took off again in order to change his location. After that attack, Kakashi was bound to know his where he was hiding.

 

The shadow clones on the opposite side of the original Naruto began their part of the plan, as several went through hand seals. After finishing the necessary hand seals the head kage bunshin muttered under his breath “Katon: Koosoku no Jutsu (Fire Style: Flaming Wheel Technique)

 

Kakashi was unable to dodge the large water disc so easily, so he jumped over it. The disc continued on its way, and cut almost half-way through a tree, before exploding back to many water droplets.

 

While Kakashi was still in the airborne, he caught the sight of something quickly approaching him from behind. Before he could even react his back was burned by some fire technique.

 

Kakashi landed on his feet, stopping himself from skidding any farther by using his left hand. The left side of his back was burned by the last attack.

 

From a distance of the battle, Asuma whistled, impressed by the young blonde. “Wow, the kid's kicking Kakashi's butt.”

 

“I'm enjoying this, it's about time Kakashi's karma kicked in.” Kurenai added.

 

Genma looked at the two, and then back at the battle, “Yeah, but you know the kid got an advantage over him when Kakashi underestimated him. Now he's going to get serious.”

 

“Hai, but he took advantage of that weakness, and that gives him points in my book.” Kurenai smiled, turning her gaze back to the battle.

 

Kakashi's breathing was heavier as he warily watched his surroundings. It was then that many shuriken were thrown at him from both sides.

Naruto watched from a distance as the projectiles his clones threw approached their intended mark.

 

The shuriken hit the copy-nin directly, embedding themselves in his arms. Before Naruto could celebrate, the target was replaced by a log with the many shuriken still lodged in it.

 

`Shit, kawarimi! Where is he?' Naruto thought, sitting on the branch of a tree and frantically searching his surroundings.

 

It was then that he felt a punch land solidly against his cheek. Naruto was thrown out of hiding and into the clearing, where Kakashi slowly approached.

 

“You're not bad.” Kakashi remarked, still feeling pain from the wounds inflicted on him.

 

“I could say the same myself.” Naruto said, taking a taijutsu stance that Kakashi did not recognize.

 

Kakashi lifted his Hitai-ate, to reveal the infamous Sharingan, “I think it's time I got serious.”

 

Naruto smirked, “It's about time.”

 

The two charged at each other, exchanging blows from one another. Both of their attacks were swift and quick, both showed no signs of backing down.

 

After a full minute the two jumped away from each other to breathe. It was then that Kakashi gave the blonde a confused look.

 

“What did you do to my Sharingan?”

 

The examiners looked at the copy-nin and Naruto with curiosity and interest.

 

“What you mean?” Naruto said innocently, still holding his fighting position. He was jumping in joy inside that his new seal's first trial run was a success, but he didn't show that.

 

“I mean, I can't memorize your moves. Usually the Sharingan allows me to memorize your moves and store them for my own personal usage, but right now I can't seem to even recall anything. I can't even see where your attacks will land beforehand, and the memorizing part of it is not working. What did you do?” Kakashi asked, uncharacteristically serious in his tone of voice.

 

Naruto held his emotionless mask as he said, “Why should I say? You're my opponent at the moment aren't you?”

 

Genma looked at the other two examiners of the fight, “How did he do that?”

 

“Beats me.” Asuma replied, looking at Kurenai expectantly, awaiting to hear her opinion on the manner.

 

“Well, whatever he did he's not telling his opponent. He's smart about withholding what he did in battle, instead of telling his opponent exactly what he did. If he did, his opponent would know more about the situation and form a plan to override his. Usually a person would gloat about their actions, stand there, and tell their opponent exactly what they did. This action then leads to their inevitable downfall.” Kurenai said her gaze still locked on the two combatants.

 

Asuma turned his gaze from the red-eyed beauty and back to the match, “Smart kid.”

 

Genma nodded silently in agreement, while fiddling with the senbon on the side of his mouth.

 

Naruto faced the jounin, but then turned his gaze to the examiners, still keeping his guard up. “I have a question! Should I take off my weights?” Naruto yelled across the field, making the examiners look at him in shock, as well as Kakashi.

 

Genma was the one to answer, “Hai, we want to see you at your full potential so that we may rank you accordingly. How come you didn't ask this before we started?”

 

Naruto grinned sheepishly, “I kinda forgot about them.”

 

The group sweat-dropped at the remark, but regained focus shortly after.

 

Naruto bit his thumb, flashed through some hand seals, and then touched the tiny red seals on both of his ankles and arms. The tiny red seals were created by Jiraiya, because they were more efficient then regular weights. One, they were easy to enable and disable. Two, it didn't show his opponent how much weight he was carrying. And three, it wouldn't have a limit to how much weight he could carry.

 

They watched as he quickly finished, and looked at him.

 

“Resourceful,” Asuma commented, “I like it.” The other two nodded in agreement.

 

Naruto got back into his fighting stance, “Let's continue.”

 

Naruto disappeared before Kakashi's eyes, too quick to track. Naruto delivered a swift kick to Kakashi's waist, and watched as he skidded across the hard earth. Naruto quickly charged towards him, but the copy-nin vanished in a puff of smoke.

 

`Kage Bunshin? When did he-` Naruto cut off his own thoughts as he searched for his opponent. `Behind, above…BELOW!' At that moment instinct kicked in, and he quickly flashed through some handseals.

 

“Raiton: Tsuchi Denryuu no Jutsu (Lightning Style: Ground Current Technique)” Naruto's palm began to form an electrical current, as it was quickly thrust down upon the earth.

 

At that second, a very angry silver-haired jounin popped out of the ground, a meter away from Naruto. Naruto smirked as he saw Kakashi's fingers twitch from the electrical shock. The last move cost yet more charka, so he decided it would be best to go into taijutsu, in order to give his charka reserves some time to recuperate.

 

Before Naruto realized what was happening Kakashi charged at him, and threw a kick to the blonde's head. It hit its intended mark, throwing Naruto across the field.

 

Naruto groggily got up, shaking his head to rid of the receding pain. Kakashi took advantage of his momentary recovery, and charged forward.

 

Naruto just got back on his feet when he saw Kakashi's attempt to kick him again on the side of his head. This time he didn't allow it, and caught the kick while pushing it away. This action threw Kakashi off balance, allowing Naruto to kick him below his chin, sending him skyrocketing into the air. Kakashi then flipped over using one hand, to regain his footing.

 

The two stared at each other, both of their breathing labored from exhaustion.

 

Kakashi looked at the blond in thought. `This kid…I can barely keep up with him, even with my Sharingan.'

 

`I have to finish this!' Naruto thought as he charged once more toward the jounin, drawing a kunai in the process. He added charka to his feet in order to quicken his pace as he moved behind Kakashi. Gripping the kunai in hand, Naruto attempted to punch Kakashi's face, but was stopped by the jounin's palm. Kakashi then countered by delivering a kick to his waist. Naruto continued the assault nonetheless, by prodding Kakashi at his shoulder.

 

`What is this?' Kakashi thought in horror, as he was unable to move his body. As the silver-haired jounin struggled in futile, he suddenly felt the presence of cold metal against his throat.

 

“This is over, I win.” Naruto said, as he withdrew his kunai and backed away from the startled jounin.

 

Kurenai, Asuma, and Genma approached the two, Asuma walked over to Kakashi as the other two strolled over to Naruto.

 

“The kid is tough, isn't he?” Asuma chuckled, as he watched Kakashi pull his Hitai-ate back over his eye.

 

“That he is, he is defiantly strong for such an age.” Kakashi watched Naruto as he chatted with the two examiners.

 

“Want me to carry you to the hospital?”

 

“That would be greatly appreciated.” Kakashi said, as he promptly fell over and was caught by Asuma as he threw him over his back, piggyback style.

 

Asuma was about to take off when Kakashi interrupted. “Hey hold on, let me talk to Naruto first.” Asuma complied and walked over to Naruto.

 

Genma and Kurenai left after telling Naruto to visit the Hokage the next day to learn of his results and also giving him his Hitai-ate. Naruto had tied the Hitai-ate around his neck proudly, before seeing the two jounins leave.

 

“Hey Naruto.”

 

Naruto turned around to face Asuma, and Kakashi who was looking at him from the smoking jounin's back. “Yeah?”

 

“How did you immobilize me for that brief second during the fight? Also how did you do that to my Sharingan?”

 

“For the immobilizing thing, all I did was simply send some electricity through your nervous system to paralyze you momentarily when I prodded your shoulder. As for the Sharingan…that's my little secret.” Naruto grinned, at the two.

 

“I see…” Kakashi said, as he thought about what Naruto had just told him.

 

“Hey Kakashi, why are you being carried by Asuma?”

 

“Well, I kinda overused the Sharingan during the fight, and now can't move my body due to charka exhaustion.” Kakashi simply stated, making Naruto nod in understanding.

 

After that Asuma took Kakashi to the Konoha hospital, as Naruto began heading home.

 

Naruto looked at both of his wrists where two red seals were placed on. `Well, at least I found out this seal works well against the Sharingan.' He was quite satisfied with the fight. Kakashi was a strong opponent, as he now walked exhaustingly to his bed.

 

He thought over the fight, replaying it over and over again until he finally succumbed to sleep.

 

 

CrimsonCat101: All right please review and tell me what you thought about the fight. This was the first fight scene I've written so please tell me what you thought.