Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Henzuru2 ❯ chuunin exams ( Chapter 6 )

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“Talking”

`Thinking'

Demon

 

Part 7

Chuunin Exams

 

Kit sat looking around at the blackness around him. The darkness didn't bother him; it was that the darkness was all there was. So he set about creating his new home. Trees arose out of the darkness. It was like watching an entire forest grow right before your eyes. His home would be as nature, only with a few changes. He used his mastery of Doton and Suiton to create a river running along one side of the clearing and a hot springs a few meters away from that. On the other side he set up a hammock between two large trees. He would not want to sleep in that everyday, so he made a VERY large, VERY soft mattress on the ground next to the hammock. On top of that thousands of small pillows appeared. He would be able to burrow himself in it if he got really sleepy or bored. The grass in the clearing was of the deepest green, and moss grew a few feet up some of the trees. It would be perpetual twilight in his den, but in the center and close to the water, many glowing crystals rose out of the ground.

 

Satisfied with his work he went towards the white gate. The moment he stepped out his face lit up with a maniacal grin. He smelled it. The one thing that he would love more than anything to sink his claws and fangs into. He smelled snake. And not just snake, he smelled cursed blood, the stench that came from a cursed seal. He smelled Sasuke and Orochimaru! He was so intent on his bloody fantasies; he didn't notice the four people that were watching him.

 

Sakura, having heard that there was a hot guy on Ino's team, had immediately set off looking for the read-head. She couldn't find him anywhere. That was when she met up with Ino and Choji, Shikamaru was off on a mission. They had also been looking for Kit. They hadn't seen him since he dissapeared, and they were worried. They asked around the village to see if any one knew where he was. After five hours someone told them that he had seen a hot red haired guy going towards the forest. Hearing this they ran off towards the woods, where they ran into Hinata. She had also heard that Kit had come here. For some reason, he reminded her of Naruto.

 

Hinata had come several hours earlier and had been witness to a strange sight. The guy who reminded her of her crush had walked out of a gate that had opened up in one of the trees across from where she had been searching. She saw him stop suddenly and grin evilly. She watched intently until she felt a hand on her shoulder. She nearly fainted from fright, before she noticed that it was only Sakura, Choji, and Ino. They asked if she had seen Kit. Hinata only pointed behind her. All four of them watched the boy. He seemed to be really happy about something, he was grinning like crazy, before a wave of intense killing intent washed over them. Instinctively they knew it wasn't them it was aimed at, but no one else was around.

 

That was when his shape-shift began to falter. His hair flashed between red and blond, and his cloths changed color between black and orange. A strong wind kicked up behind him. Hinata activated her Byakugan and gasped at what she saw. Violet chakra was leaking out of the boy, making the dust storm around him. He suddenly calmed down and collapsed. Something was glowing behind his fallen form. Everyone rushed over to see if he was ok. It seemed that he had collapsed from chakra exhaustion. After she knew he was aright she walked up to the glowing object and deactivated her Dojutsu. What she had seen was a complex jutsu that had been performed on the tree in front of her. No wonder he had collapsed. That seal must have taken a lot of chakra to make and it looked as if he had just awoken. “We should take him to Tsunade-sama.” Said Sakura while she was picking him up. Hinata, Ino, and Choji ran to help her, though she didn't need it. Kit was surprisingly light.

 

They left him with Tsunade who had been just as worried as they had been. As soon as they left Kit woke up. He yawned before cracking his neck. He knew that Tsunade was standing behind him. “Don't worry Baa-chan. I'm fine. Just used up too much energy creating my home. Orochimaru and Sasuke are here by the way. They must be here for the exams.” His eyes turned dark. “They're mine. No one else is to touch them.” Them he smiled. “Besides, I'm not sure what they look like. They're probably using a henge. I just smelled them.”

 

Tsunade hit him on the head. “Idiot.”

 

Kit flinched. Even though he was a demon that still hurt.

 

“What was that seal on your arm? I wasn't able to find it in any of our scrolls.”

 

Kit laughed, “You wouldn't. It's a fusion seal. Only a few people who fuse get one. All it is is a gauge for how close to completion the fusion is.” He pulls up his sleeve revealing the whole seal. It was 2/3 colored. Three tails were ice blue while another three were earth brown. The pattern they went in was brown, blank, blue, brown, ect. For some reason he couldn't get the last three tails to accept him. Kyuubi had said that it was something that they both had missed from the fusion. The tails had accepted him as he became more adept at controlling the elements that they were linked to. Kyuubi didn't know how many tails were attached to either element, but he was sure that Naruto had full mastery of Doton and Suiton and that the last tails were not connected to those elements, but to something else. He would eventually figure out what it was.

 

“So you haven't completely fused with the fox. Do you know why he attacked us thirteen years ago?”

 

Kit frowned. “Yes, I do. It was Konoha's fault actually. Kyuubi had found a mate earlier that year. Their kits had just been born when a group of shinobi from Konoha attacked and killed all of them. Kyuubi had just returned when they were leaving. When she saw what they did, she swore that she would have revenge. That's right, Kyuubi was a girl.” `A rather hot one at that.'

 

Why thank you Kit.

 

“That's also why she took me in as her own several years ago when I first learned of her.”

 

Tsunade was shocked. Kyuubi wasn't the blood-thirst killer Konoha thought it was. If what Kit/Naruto said was true, no wonder he had fused with the demon. Wait a second! “Does that make you a demon?” she hoped that it didn't.

 

Kit nodded. “I was a half demon anyway. Fusing with Kyuubi just made me a full demon. Not all demons are evil. Only the most known ones, besides Kyuubi, were. Most of them help people, even though people don't recognize it. Some people call them luck or chance, but it really is a demon helping someone. Demons have ranks as well, but I wont tell mine. They are kind of like shinobi, except for being more powerful, and not having separate villages. They have only one village, close to the Shadow, which is a Hanyou village. Only demons can enter either village. And no, I wont tell you where they are.”

 

Tsunade humped. `They would have made great allies. Oh well at least Naruto's back, even if he is a demon.' “You should get going. The Chuunin exams start in two days and you missed out on a lot of training.”

 

Kit turns to leave. “Later then Baa-chan.” He ran out the door, just barely escaping the one-ton desk that the Hokage had thrown at him. `Geeze! That woman is scary!'

 

One hour later, Sakura, Ino, Choji, and Kit were waiting at Team 7s Bridge. Ino and Sakura were fighting over some boy ((him)), while Choji was eating from his never-ending bag of chips. Sakura was there only because of him. Kit was sitting on the bridge's railing watching the girls fight while talking with Kyuubi about what could be the problem with completing the seal. Sakura and Ino hadn't noticed when his hair had changed color earlier, not that they would have paid much attention to it. They were fighting over who was the best. It was obvious that they were still attached to Sasuke-kun, or so he thought. Kit growled mentally at the thought. `Stupid humans. Forgive a traitor and condemn the demon. How did Niko ever convince me to come back?'

 

Just then Kakashi appeared on the bride with a puff of smoke. Ino and Sakura yelled “YOUR LATE!!!” Kit was laughing on the inside at this. This could have been considered early for the masked jounin, he was normally three hours late.

 

“Well, I saw a fish flying in the sky and stopped to watch it.” A chorus of “YEAH RIGHT!” followed his excuse. “Fine then. Today you will be training for the Chuunin Exam, but before that.” He gets an evil glint in his eye.

 

Kit sees it. `No, no, no. Please don't be…” `Not again.'

 

“You will be taking the Bell Test, this time as a team..” He gives his students a bright smile while showing them the bells. “You have three hours starting now.”

 

All of them were groaning. Kit got an idea. Ino, and Choji disappeared, they all knew the point of the test, but they still had to come up with a plan. Sakura stayed where she was, she wasn't part of the team so she didn't have to help. When Kit didn't follow they thought that they were doomed. Kit made thirteen random hand-seals, just to make it look like a jutsu, before calling out “Fox Skill: Earth Bind no Jutsu!” he shot out six of his tails into the ground, pushing his chakra into the ground. The earth below Kakashi turned into quicksand and he began to sink into it as another six tendrils of sand wraped around Kakashi's hands, feet, waist, and neck. “Hey Ino. Don't you think it would be nice if he handed the bells over.”

 

Ino caught on to the idea. Kakashi couldn't move, therefore there was no chance that she would miss. “Shintenshin no Jutsu!” she possesses Kakashi's body and Naruto pulls his tails back, but not before Ino felt them. `That was weird. That felt furry and it moved like it was alive. But nothing was there!' She takes the three bells and hands them to everyone else. “Kai!” her soul shoots back into her own body, while Kakashi is still in a daze.

 

“Uh, you all pass.”

 

Kit, while no one was paying attention to him, created a bunshin. Afterwards he left using his Kage Hada no Jutsu, while leaving the bunshin in his place while he went in search of the snake smell. His bloody fantasies started again. He would kill them both, but not before they suffered. He would kill them slowly, giving the pain of a thousand deaths before he would finally let them die. They would beg him to kill them, death would come as a gift, but only after they felt a demon's wrath.

 

As he neared the source of the stench, he dropped his shape shift. His hair became short, spiky, and bright blond. He allowed his claws to extend a little bit and his fangs to grow. Lastly he shed his cloaking on his eyes and tails. No one would be around the snake. They were deep in the forest. His black cloths turned a light tan, almost white. He had two leather belts around his waist with silver buckles. The silver was the nine-tails spiral, the symbol of the Kyuubi. His sandals turned into light, but strong hunters boots.

 

He smelled the snake just ahead, not twenty feet away from him. He was talking with Sasuke. Kit decided to have some fun. He began to chuckle evilly, while Kyuubi aided her Kit making it louder and more sinister. When the two started looking for the source of the intruder, his chuckling turned into a full-blown demon's laugh. They couldn't find him. Orochimaru called out, “Who's there! Show yourself coward. Come and face me.”

 

Kit stepped out from the surrounding trees. His laughing had died down, but they could see that he was still laughing quietly. He turned to face Sasuke. Neither of the sound nins looked like they had when Kit had last seen them. They wore grass hitai-ate, and had apparently stolen their identities. Both were using a henge. “Well well well. I didn't think I'd see you so soon teme. You don't look like you did a year ago.”

 

Sasuke growled. Only one person had even called him that, and he was dead. “Who are you!? And my name's not Sasuke.”

 

Kit laughed again. “Of course you're not. And that man behind you isn't Orochimaru.”

 

Both `grass' nins gasped. The henge they were using was so strong that Kabuto had not been able to tell who they were.

 

Kit scoffed “Oh come on! You can change how you look, but you can never erase your scent. And you both reek of snake!”

 

That was when they noticed the nine tails swinging lazily behind him. Orochimaru murmured “Kyuubi. How? You were sealed in Naruto.”

 

Sasuke gaped. `The nine tailed fox hadn't been killed! It was in the dobe. Well that explained a lot.'

 

Kit shook his head. “You're close. But I'll leave you to figure that out for yourselves. See you in the exams.” With that he turned to leave.

 

He did not make it ten paces before he heard, coming from behind, “Katon, Karyuu Endan!”

 

He turns to see a dragon shaped blast of fire rushing towards him. `Shit! There's no time to block, even being water incarnate. Damn it! This is going to hurt.' He braces himself for impact, knowing that it will do major damage. The flames reach him, but instead of burning him like it was supposed to, it wrapped around him. “Nani? What's going on?” His body was beginning to absorb the flames just like it did with the water and earth attacks one year ago.

 

He feels the slight tingling on his bicep that always signaled another tail merging with him. He looks at the seal. One of the three blank tails was becoming blood red. He looks at the stunned Sasuke; “Well, that was interesting.” He continues his way back to his den while having a mental conversation with the Kyuubi.

 

`I thought that I only had two elements! How can I have a third? Water and fire don't mix.'

 

I never said that you only had two elements. I only said that I had two. I didn't know if you had it, so I didn't say anything.

 

`Have what?'

 

Haven't you heard of Konoha's Will of Fire? The old man Hokage was talking about it before he died. Anyway, you were born in Fire Country. Fusing with me must have caused the element to side with you, despite you also being water. Usually they don't mix. Mater of fact, they have never worked together before. Nature must like you to have gotten them to work together. That or they both like you enough to forget their quarrel.

 

`You're talking about the elements as if they were people. Why?'

 

In a sense, they are. All the elements are aware of themselves and can choose whom they will serve. Nature is really the combination of all elemental awareness. It is every element, but does not side with just one. It stands for balance. Which is one reason why you have both. When we get to the den, I want you to go to the elemental room in your mind. Since you don't have a teacher for Katon, that element will teach you itself.

 

When Kit was sure he was far enough away from the snake he transformed back into his preferred form. He had much to think about.

 

While all this was going on, Team 7 was having a sparing match. Kakashi was watching all of them and giving advice here and there. While his students were fighting, he noticed something strange about Kit. He was making all efforts not to get hit by Ino. That in itself was not very weird, Ino was scary when she was mad. No, it was that every time he almost got hit he made an overly strong chakra cushion to keep from getting hit. Something was not right about that. Kit had been known for his ability to take large amounts of damage and still keep fighting, proven when Tsunade knocked him through several walls and walked away like it was nothing. Yes, something was definitely not right about the boy.

 

He called a halt for the day, saying that they should rest up for the Chuunin Exams that was in two days. As his students were leaving he secretly followed Kit. The boy wasn't going to where his temporary apartment was; he was instead heading for the forest surrounding Konoha. Now, while no one was watching, he would find out if his suspicions were correct. He jumped down behind the boy, quickly striking his shoulder. For a moment nothing happened. Then the boy burst into a puff of smoke. `Just as I thought, a Kage Bunshin. But how did he manage to make it and leave without me noticing. And why did he leave for that matter. I'll have to ask next time I see him.'

 

Kit had felt his bunshin disappear just before he made it to the gate to his den. `It seems I was found out. I hope Kakashi doesn't say anything about it.' The gate tree was just ahead. Kit extended one claw and nicked his thumb, swiping the blood across the entrance key. The gate tree seemed to grow while a shimmering black hole, surrounded by a ring of white, opened up in the tree. Kit stepped through into the world of his own creation, the gate closing behind him, still leaving the outline of the gate on the inside, but no trace on the outside.

 

Kit sighed as he walked towards the pile of cushions. All he wanted to do was relax. It had taken a lot of will power not to rip that bastard's throat out then and there. Shaking his head to clear himself of his thoughts he launches himself at the soft pile. The moment he landed he buried himself deep into the cushions, even though it was always twilight in this world, he wanted absolute darkness for just a little bit. It would take to much effort to change his surroundings, so he settled for the darkness inside the pile.

 

He made it to the bottom and sat down to meditate. That was the easiest way for him to reach the elemental room. When he was first learning to meditate it had been hard, he couldn't clear his head for more than three seconds. Eventually he was able to just sit and think of nothing, or consciously enter the world inside his mind. Before it had taken a near death experience of Kyuubi pulling his consciousness to bring him there. Now he could enter the room with only a little bit of meditation.

 

Within moments he was inside the world of his mind. It was no longer the damp sewer that it had once been. Now the world of his mind was like a palace hall. The walls, floor and ceiling were of white marble. Elegant pillars ran down along both walls. Atop each pillar was a bowl of oil that had been set alight, softening the walls. He made his way to the cage where the Kyuubi had once been imprisoned; it was now the elemental room. The gate was still closed, but many of the bars were missing, allowing the chakra to flow freely from within. From outside you could not see what was behind the gate. The gate itself was no longer rusted, but mage of gleaming gold. Where the tag that had read “SEAL” was, now the kanji for water, earth, and fire, are now written.

 

“Well that's new. Fire wasn't there last time.” He steps through the gate, it was only there to keep it separate from the rest of his mind, but not to keep him out, or them in. inside the room the sky was lit up as it would be at sunset, painted with rosy hues of pink, red, orange, yellow, and blue. The mountain peaks were also painted while the sky was reflected in the waters below. In the sky sat a red sun, hanging low on the horizon. That had not been there before and was the cause of the color change. It was a wondrous sight.

 

In the sky a voice was heard, it was old, very old, yet it sounded young at the same time. It crackled like a flame, and held the warmth of one as well. “Young one. Come up and sit with me while I teach you the ways of the flame. I am one who was born at the beginning and only at the end will I be extinguished. I have chosen you to wield my flame, thus I will teach you all I know.” The sun began to shrink and change form until a man of eighteen years stood before him. His cloths were black in places, but most of it shimmered like a fire dancing upon wood. His hair was red and reached to his neck, while his eyes held a warmth like none he would ever see. He stood atop the highest mountain and beckoned for him to join him.

 

Kit quickly ran up, this being inside his mind, he made it up in less than a minuet. The man beside him spoke. “My name is Kazan. I am the consciousness of flames. Follow me and I will teach you everything there is to know about fire and its techniques.” He takes Kit to his palace where for the next three weeks. Because this was inside his den where he controls time, it was only two days on the outside.

 

When he emerged from the world of fire inside the elemental room, another tail had accepted him. The last would only come when he had full mastery of fire.

 

Today was the day that the Chuunin Exam would take place, and he was almost late for it. His teammates were waiting for him outside the Exam building. Ino and Choji yell; “YOUR LATE!!! And where have you been these last two days?”

 

Kit shrugs; “Well at least I'm here now aren't I? I've been training. Lets go before we really are late.”

 

They rush to the Exam room, making it just on time. They all knew what to expect. But what they didn't expect was who the instructor was. They entered just as everyone was picking numbers for where they were to sit. Tsunade was standing at the front of the room. All of the Leaf nins present bowed murmuring “Hokage-sama” as they walked by. Only the last person didn't, that one said. “Hey Baa-chan! Where's our instructor?” before being punched through the wall. Of course this person was Kit. He had been told everything ahead of time.

 

They all took their seats as Tsunade passed out the tests. “I will be your examiner for the first part of the exam. For those of you who don't know, I am Tsunade, the fifth Hokage. Here are the rules for the Exam. There will be no fighting without the permission of the examiner. Even if permission is granted, killing your opponent is forbidden. If you disregard the rules you will be failed immediately. Have I made my self clear?”

 

Everyone in the room nodded, especially those from the Leaf, they knew what their Hokage was capable of, and it was scary.

 

“Now to start the first part of the test. You've all already been assigned seats, so take them. The first part of the Exam is the paper test I just handed you.” Everyone moved to their seats. “Now on to the rules for the first test. Questions are not allowed, so listen well. The first rule: everyone will start off with ten points. The test has ten questions, worth one point each, this test uses a subtraction system. If you answer all ten questions correctly, you keep your ten points. If you miss three questions you will have seven points. The second rule: the combined scores of you and your teammates will determine whether you pass or not. The third and most important rule is this: anyone caught cheating will have two points subtracted for every offense. If you lose all of your points, you and your teammates will be asked to leave. If you cheat you will only be hurting yourselves. The Chuunins around the room will be watching you closely. As shinobi trying to reach the level of Chuunin, act as proud shinobi should. The final question will be handed out at the forty-five-minuet mark. The Exam will last one hour. Begin!”

 

All of the first year applicants first started to try to work the problems without cheating, but very few of them could they answer. Kit knew the real purpose of the test, but he knew the answers already. Being fused with an age-old demon definitely had its perks. He did not even bother to turn the test over; he had a jutsu that would write the answers for him, without even turning the paper over.

 

Kit raised his hand out level in front of himself, hand hovering over the test. His hand began to glow red. It was one of the combination jutsus that Kyuubi and the elements taught him. During his time in his mind the rest of his elements consciousnesses came to him and taught him as well. Kazan and the water element, Tsunami fought a bit before agreeing to help him. Kazan and Jishin had taught this jutsu to him, the earth element had taught him this. He whispered “Joukai no Shoseki no Jutsu.” or Heaven's Book technique. It used fire to burn the answers into the paper, the paper being made of earth's twin wood, knew the answers and gave the fire a path to follow, creating the right solution. It could also be used to copy any text from anywhere.

 

Having finished within minuets of the exam starting he was becoming a little bored. He activated Onimetsuki to watch what the others were doing, while he pretended to sleep. Ino was using her Shintenshin on Sakura to get answers, he was pretty sure she would be giving them to Choji, and try to him. Sakura was one of the Chuunin monitoring the exam; he had to admit that she was pretty smart. Choji continued to eat from his never-ending bag of chips. There had to be some kind of jutsu on that bag, he had been eating from it for at least three days straight. Hinata and Neji were using Byakugan. Kit quickly re enforced his cloaking of his tails, the Byakugan had been known to break through low-level cloakings. Sasuke, Orochimaru, and Kabuto were all using their Henge; it was actually really strong, he would never suspected them if he hadn't smelled them before. They were acting as if they were having a hard time with the test. Seeing that most were doing well, he decided that now would be a nice time to take a short nap.

 

At the forty-five-minuet mark, only the leaf, sand, and grass ((Sound)) had all their teams left. One or two other teams were still there. Tsunade walked to the front of the room. “Okay! Now for the tenth question!” Naruto continued to sleep, he knew what was going on, he just didn't care. “Before we get to that… I'd like to explain the additional rules for this question. These are the rules of desperation. First you must decide whether or not you will take it.”

 

One of the newer Genins asked; “Why should we choose, of course we'll take it! But what would happen if we chose not to?”

 

Tsunade smiled “If you choose not to, your points will be reduced to zero, so you will fail. Along with your teammates. Now for the other rule, if you choose to take it, but answer it incorrectly… That person will lose the right to take the Chuunin Exam ever again.”

 

The Genin that had spoken earlier gulped at that. “What kind of stupid rule is that!?”

 

Tsunade answered, “Those are the rules of desperation. Now you must choose. If you aren't confident you can choose not to take it, and try again next year.”

 

All of the newer people, and ones that did not pass that level last year began to think of their options, while those who had kept quiet to see what would happen. Tsunade spoke up again, “Those who do not wish to take the question raise your hand now. Once you have been confirmed, leave.”

 

The genin that had spoken up raised his hand. “Forget this! I'll take it again next year!” he got up and walked out the door with his teammates scowling at his back. After that several others raised their hands as well and left. In less than five minuets only half of those who had been present when the question had been given out were left.

 

When she was sure that no one else would leave she tried one more time, “I'll ask you one more time. Your life is riding on this decision. This is your last chance to quit…” she waited a few moments, when no one else raised their hands she smiled, “Good decisions! Now to everyone remaining… the first test, I congratulate you on passing!”

 

One of the Genins from hidden rain jumped up. “What about the tenth question!?”

 

Tsunade began to laugh. `There never was such a thing. Or you could say that the two choices were the tenth question.”

 

“Then what were the first nine questions for!? They were pointless then!”

 

“They were not pointless. They had already served their intended purpose… to test your individual information gathering abilities. And based on haw many you got rite, it may make the next part of the exam easier. Now bring your papers up, and if your paper is blank, you will fail.” She glared at Kit. “As I said, this was to test your information gathering abilities. So if your paper is blank, you either knew nothing, and or cant get info well.”

 

The Genins lined up and gave her their tests. When Kit got to the front, Tsunade gaped at his paper. She had not seen him even look at the questions, yet they were all answered correctly. She had been watching him herself, and all she had seen was him sleeping. Kit smiled at her, “This is one of the things I learned while I was away.” With that he went back to his seat.

 

When everyone had given her their papers she turned to them. “I congratulate everyone on passing. But this is no time to be celebrating. The end of the next test at most will leave only half of you. The next part will be held at practice area 44, otherwise known as the forest of death. Those of you who wish to proceed will meet there tomorrow at 8:00. I suggest you get some rest.” Tsunade walked out the door, leaving some stunned and others bored.

 

Kit was the first to leave the room. Kazan, Tsunami, and Jishin had promised to teach him one jutsu each, that only a demon lord could do. He rushed to his den and quickly jumped through the gate.

 

Once again he entered the world of his mind. As he walked down the hall he noticed a door that he had never seen there before. This door was different from all the rest. It had thick chains crossing in front of it. Bars had been laid behind the chains. He moved to try and open it but found it locked and bolted. “Why cant I open this door!?”

 

There's a very good reason that you can't, Kit. Behind that door are your memories of what happened the day you were born. Sometime I will unlock it for you, but not now. The elements are waiting, you should hurry.

 

Seeing the wisdom in that he ran to the elemental room. Upon entering he saw Kazan, Tsunami, and Jishin waiting for him. ((A.N: Kazan is volcano, Tsunami is tidal wave, and Jishin is earthquake for those who don't know)) “Sorry I'm late.”

 

Tsunami replied, “Don't worry about it. Its not like time affects this plane anyway.” Her voice was that of flowing water, soft and gentle, like it was a stream that was talking.

 

Jishin spoke next, “We know that Orochimaru is in the exam you are taking. You will need these skills that we are going to show you. They cannot be copied, even if you are not using Onimetsuki. It requires the user to have the highest level of demon blood flowing through his or her veins. Only the four demon lords are capable of them, of which you are Lord of the South. I will teach you mine first.” His voice was deep and gravely. It sounded like it came from the earth itself. All of the element's voices were warm and kind when turned upon him, yet not so much when turned upon their opposite, as in Kazan and Tsunami. They were scary when they were together, which thankfully was not often.

 

“My skill is known as Doton, Oni Shuken Jutsu: Yomi Rifuto. Or Earth Element, Demon Lord Technique: Underworld Rift. The seals are Demon, Rabbit, Tiger, Dragon, Ram, Demon. Now go over to the field over there and try it, but whatever you do for all these skills, when you practice never put more than 1/25 of your chakra into it. You would just be practicing them, not trying to destroy Konoha. Then again if you ever decided to get revenge of them, these skills would be perfect if you used 1/3 your chakra in each of them, at the same time.” The elements get an evil glint in their eyes.

 

They were pretty pissed off at Konoha for what they had done to Naruto/Kit. There were only three reasons that the village was still standing. One, Naruto/Kit was still there and wouldn't have liked it. Two, the Old Man, Third Hokage, had made a deal with them. And third was that they didn't want to steal Naruto/Kit's revenge from him if he did want it. He deserved it after all. Kazan had nearly pulled his support and name from the entire Fire Nation. They were that pissed.

 

Kit walked out onto the field and began practicing the seals. They were no particularly hard, so he began to try the jutsu. After thirty-seven failed attempts, Kit was becoming discouraged. Nothing had taken him this long to get a result. On the thirty-eighth try, he slammed his hands into the ground, causing a rift five yards across, twenty yards long and an unknown depth.

 

He stared down into the rift, to surprised to do anything else. He kicked a small pebble into the void, listening for the sound of it striking bottom. It never came. Kit turned back to Jishin, who was smiling broadly; “How deep is that?”

 

The simple reply was “To the core.” Kit's jaw dropped. “You did very well. These are very high-power jutsus. So don't feel down if you don't get it right off. Tsunami will teach you hers next.”

 

Tsunami stepped forward. “To start, we should go to the lake. It will make it easier for you to learn it.”

 

When they reached the lake she started again. “My skill is called Suiton, Oni Shuken Jutsu: Mizubashira no Yomi, or Water element, Demon Lord technique: Waterspout of the Underworld. This jutsu depends upon two things. One, whether you are near water or not. If you are not, you must use your chakra to create it. And two, the size of the waterspout, do I have to explain more?” Naruto shook his head “Good, the seals are Demon, Bird, Dragon, Ram, Snake, Demon. See if you can get this one quicker than Jishin's.” Tsunami stepped back, giving Kit plenty of room.

 

Kit walked out onto the water and did the seals. The water beneath him began to spin, but did not rise up. `Must be using too little chakra.' He tried again, but the same thing happened, only the current was stronger. That's when he got it. He would have to lift the water into the air or use the water already existing in it, and then spin it. On his third try he nailed it. The water rose into the air while spinning. As it rose the spin became stronger until it was self-sustaining. Now all he had to do was use his chakra to move it.

 

Kit got a wicked gleam in his eye before moving it so that Jishin and Tsunami got wet. They had already taught him everything they knew, and it would be good for Kazan to get a laugh before he was taught the Fire jutsu.

 

Said element was rolling on the ground, roaring with laughter. “That was a good one! Use her own jutsu against her!” he continued to laugh until a very annoyed, very wet, Tsunami punched him in the head. He quickly calmed down. “Umm, well I guess it's my turn. It is like most other fire jutsus. Perform the seals, take a deep breath, and release. This jutsu is most like the Karyu Endan, in that it takes a particular shape. That's where the similarities end. It takes the shape of a fox head, and is much stronger than any other Katon technique.”

 

“What's its name?”

 

“Oh, sorry. Its called Katon, Oni Shuken Jutsu: Kyuubi no Faiagekido. Fire element, Demon Lord technique: Kyuubi's Fire Rage/Infreno, whichever you prefer. The seals are Demon, Dragon, Tiger, Bird, Fox, Demon. Try to beat tsunami's with this one.”

 

Kit stood at the edge of the lake, facing out over it. He did the seals while taking a deep breath. “Katon! Oni Shuken Jutsu: Kyuubi Faiagekido!” a large fox shaped flame shot from his mouth. As it passed over the lake, the water started to boil and evaporate. When he finished, the water returned, but was still very hot.

 

Kazan was teasing Tsunami that Kit had gotten the fire technique quicker than he had the water. Kit was just surprised that he had gotten it on his first try.

 

After a few minuets the elements walked up behind him. “We have taught you everything we know. Eventually we may let you take over our jobs, but that won't be for a very long time. Now take what we have taught you and use it as you see fit. Hurry now, the next part of the exam is in three hours.”

 

With that he left the world of his mind, emerging in his den. The landscape in his mind immediately repaired itself when he left. Kit sat in his den; he would have to up his limiter before he left. Taking off his fingerless glove he examined the seal of his right hand. The nine points of the star were glowing with different colors, while in the middle the kanji for the percent of his total power that he could use shimmered slightly. While in his den he had a limit of 50%, but because of the new skills he learned he would have to take it down to 25%. He dreaded to think how much he would have to limit himself after the ninth tail accepted him. The seal not only limited his power, but also made his technique that much weaker. Now all of his skills would be at only 25% of their original strength, but that was still pretty strong, considering who he was.

 

He sighed as he put the glove back on; he only wore it on his right hand. He would have to hurry if he were to make it to Area 44 in time.

 

He dashed out of him home and ran as fast as he could ((Limiter also affected his speed)) toward the next part of the test.

 

He was the last to arrive at the second part of the exam. Anko had just finished explaining the objective of the test. Kit had heard it before so he didn't mind. He and his team signed the wavers, and then went to their gate. Their plan was to head to the tower first, then attack any who came near until they got the second scroll. It would take two days to reach the tower at their speed, but that suited Kit just fine.

 

The bell rang, opening the gates and his team dashed off into the forest of death, which would most certainly live up to its name.

 

A.N: Thanks to PhiloWorm for beta and the demon lord jutsus.

 

Next chapter: Kit faces off against Orochimaru and Sasuke. What happens when the fusion completes? And what's through the sealed door in his mind? Find out next chapter.