Exam Chūnin - 4

A dark and somewhat dark place was exactly where Naruto was walking while the water that reached his ankles was spreading around him due to his intrusion in this place

Naruto did not know how he was, but unconsciously he was following the sound of some strange grunts coming from the path he was taking right now.

It did not take long to arrive before a huge gate formed of bars while right in the middle where the lock should be was a paper forming a 'Seal' kanji

"This it?..."

Before he finished speaking some impressive red eyes along with sharp teeth behind the door they were present showing a colossal Nine-tailed Fox staring openly at Naruto while exuding a kind of malicious air in the surroundings

Naruto stayed petrified watching how a colossal claw was approaching him and his eyes looked towards those red orbs

His heart was pounding the closer he was, the claw but he instantly let out a sigh before closing and opening his eyes as if he understood something now.

"You are that 'thing' that is sealed inside me ... isn't it?"

"Pretty bold of you calling me that bratty way ... How long do you think you can last with me trying to take care of your body?"

Naruto fell silent while looking directly at the 'Kyuubi' but he shook his head

"I can't be the smartest, much less understand about Fuinjutsu, but I know exactly that as long as you're sealed and I don't do anything that can break that seal ... You will be here with me until my last breath dying next to me ... Isn't that right? My Mr. Tenant "

Before such words, there was a loud growl from the Kyuubi who immediately whipped one of his tails against the metal fence to try to scare Naruto but there was no change

Only Naruto turned around to try to find a way out of that place

"It's because of that stupid game ... Is it because of that Proof of Gods that you're acting like this?"

When the Kyuubi mentioned the 'Game' Naruto who was about to take a step forward stopped abruptly before turning around staring at his 'Inner Beast'

"You? ... How do you know about it?"

"What did you expect? I am in your inside, brat, I have seen each and every one of your actions throughout my life"

"All?"

"All"

For a moment Naruto was silent but there was some fury on his face as he imagined certain things that the Kyuubi noticed but only remained silent until Naruto sighed

"And what do you want? Even if you know about the 'Game' while you're sealed inside, you can't tell anyone, let alone use that to your advantage, don't expect me to free you ... After all, you destroyed Konoha and not only that ... You even killed my parents "

Yes, it was true in the attack caused by the Kyuubi countless lives were lost and a part of Konoha was destroyed even so the life of the Fourth Hokage along with his wife was taken away by the hands of the said aggressor

The Kyuubi snorted when the blond boy reminded him of his previous situation but he wasn't looking for forgiveness from this person so he didn't have the reason to tell him he was being controlled

"I'm going to lend you my Chakra to eliminate that annoying Curse you have there, brat"

He was obviously talking about the Curse placed on his neck and Naruto stared at him before closing his eyes the environment began to change dramatically

From a dismal space, a giant meadow appeared on the other side of the door where the Kyuubi was surprising him

"It is the maximum that I can do, for now, I have realized that this is my 'Mind' even though I cannot move it completely at will, I have to assume that it is due to my former control ... I suppose to learn a little from the Clan Yamanaka's will not be bad"

Faced with this situation, the Kyuubi did not say a word before a certain amount of Red Chakra began to crawl towards Naruto who only closed his eyes.

"It's good to collaborate with you"

It was the words of Naruto who even with his eyes closed was wrapped in a copula of Red Chakra

...

Naruto woke up a little dizzy due to a slight burning that he was feeling in his neck and now he noticed that his upper body was naked, surely someone had treated his wounds before

Looking where he was, he could tell that it was a cave-like space that was being hidden among some trees and he didn't see his companions anywhere

"At least I know they didn't leave me behind," he said those words when Naruto noticed that right next to him was the Scroll of Heaven, so he got up slowly while fixing his clothes and examining his articles noting that he only had five Shuriken, but his Kunai had disappeared

"One of them would have taken it? No ... I had previously given it to Teme, I guess I should ask for it back then"

Naruto put on his sleeveless shirt and was annoyed to realize right in the center of his chest where the Uzumaki Clan Symbol was broken a bit, said symbol was cooked by Ayame the night before

"That 'thing' is going to pay them to me ... But for now, I think I should get together with the others" Naruto told himself before saving the Scroll of Heaven and retiring just hearing sounds of a battle around where he assumed that his friends could be fighting

...

Sasuke and Sakura along with Rock Lee were having a battle against the Ninjas of the Sound Village, who had suddenly reached them starting a mad battle between them.

While Sakura and Sasuke were giving everything in this battle as they both began to realize that they apparently had some problem with Oto's ninjas, first that strange 'woman' and now these three who were making things difficult

"Where is Naruto? Did they separate?" Rock Lee spoke softly while the three Shinobis of the Leaf were watching their backs

"He is hurt by an Oto Ninja, just now he was passed out so we are trying to defend this place and we have not fled until now"

While Sakura spoke, she looked away a little back in the distance as soon as the cave covered with the trees she had placed to cover the cave was visible

Sasuke nodded demonstrating that Sakura's words were true and he observed the Kunai in his hands, the Kunai was from Naruto

"Well, in this situation we can only fight separately, I'll go for that guy" Rock Lee pointed to Dosu

Instead, Sakura chose to go against Kin and Sasuke stayed with the last one being Zaku

While the three were having a battle Team Ten was behind some trees watching them

"This is getting somewhat problematic ..." Shikamaru said quietly watching as both Teams were having a battle on par but soon Rock Lee was affected by Dosu's abilities.

"What do we do? Help them?" Chōji asked while he was eating fritters preparing if he needed strength for the attack

"We should?" Ino looked at his friends somewhat hesitantly about trying to help Team Seven along with Rock Lee

"Well ... Isn't Sakura your friend? You should be the one to choose whether or not we help" Shikamaru commented those words with some indifference

Although he hated to bother doing things too much at least he didn't want to see the death of his village mates in front of his own eyes

Ino was silent and could see how Sakura had to cover herself with her arms while a Kunai by Kin was stuck in her forearm, Ino bit her lips

Not that she was a coward, not that she hated Sakura, it's just that ... Was it really necessary to say so?

Was she still holding a grudge about Sasuke? Wasn't she stupid? Watch her friend die for a stupid dispute ... NO!

"Uh? / Ino?"

Both men of Team Ten turned to see Ino who suddenly got up while he had his eyes closed and then opened them while he drew his Kunai

"Although I still don't forgive her she can't die ... After all, she is my rival!" With those words, Ino ran out, taking Kin by surprise and hitting her on the left side

"Ino!" Sakura was surprised to see her friend appear to defend her, Ino turned around to look at her and smile at her

"This ... Let's just make a temporary truce, at least until we're both safe from these people."

Both girls looked at each other and nodded with a smile before Sakura lifted her Kunai with her bloody hands she wouldn't stay behind

Chōji and Shikamaru looked at everything before also joining, managing to put the three of the Sound in a disadvantageous situation

"Kagemane no Jutsu!" Immediately at the end of that sentence on the floor, a black substance began to crawl, connecting against the shadow of Zeku who could not move

"W-What the fuck is this !?"

"It's Shadow's possession, dammit, he is a Nara!" Kin cursed as she quickly ran to Zaku to protect him from any incoming attack

But Shimakaru frowned before he would go ahead "How annoying ... Kage – Kubishibari no Jutsu!"

Immediately the shadow began to creep through Zaku's body until he reached his neck and begin to suffocate him

The situation became very problematic for those of the Oto Team and they had to speed things up, Dosu stopped fighting Rock Lee as he launched himself towards Shikamaru who quickly had to stop doing his Jutsu and jump to dodge

"You fell! / It's now!" Two female voices rang behind Dosu who immediately turned around just to notice how both Kunoichis approached him and threw two Kunais

"Garbage!" Dosu cursed before jumping and waving his hand releasing a sound wave but suddenly his body was sent to fly by Chōji using his famous 'Nikudan Sensha'

Ino was the first to run towards Dosu while she quickly placed her hands under her stomach before using her Jutsu 'Shinranshin no Jutsu'

The battle was won against Dosu that was easily visible now that she planned to destroy her enemy's mind

Only that while she had placed herself in position no one would have expected Zaku to run suicidally towards Ino while she was carrying a Kunai that she had collected from the floor to kill Ino

The others were equally shocked, even though they were Shinobis, they were not very experienced, they did not expect such a situation because they had previously seen how Zaku and Kin ran towards Dosu but who would know that one of them suddenly changed course and attempted a suicidal movement.

"Ino! / Ino-san / INO /" Each of them shouted as they ran towards her noticing how the Kunai was an inch from Ino's neck who instinctively closed his eyes waiting for the pain

Splash!

The muffled sound of the flesh against the Kunai and the blood could be heard faintly while Ino felt his legs lose strength before falling to their knees in fear

There was no pain ... No, she didn't feel anything ... Did she die so quickly that she didn't even feel anything? That in a way was a relief to her

"YOU!!"

But strangely Ino could hear a female scream and realizing it wasn't any of her friends ... Wasn't that the voice of Oto's enemy woman?

Opening her eyes she now watched Zaku's body lying on the floor while her eyes were open and on the back of her neck, there was a knife-shaped branch stuck deep in her gaze of horror she looked to his side... She only to see the person she least imagined

"N-Naruto?"

...

Yes, it was Naruto who had arrived and looked around noticing the signs of the battle also observing how Team Ten was here even the 'Eyebrows populated', was in this place, without a doubt it must have been an interesting battle to appreciate

But ... Weren't they trying to take the life of one of their friends?

While Ino used to get mad at him sometimes but she wasn't a bad person and Naruto knew it, after all, it was Ino who was usually good with him ... 'Sometimes'

"Retire now I can take care of the two now" Naruto ordered Ino to walk away while he took the Kunai that Kazu had been holding before he died

But Ino was perplexed by Naruto's words

"E-Wait Naruto you can't ..."

"I said you retire with others, I'll take care of it now"

At the direct words of Naruto's blue eyes, Ino couldn't help but nod and back away she was somewhat impressed by how Naruto was behaving and watched as he walked towards his two enemies quietly

While Naruto was not bluffing at all, these two enemies in front of him were simply rubbish now ... Why?

It was because in his previous fight he realized something quite imperceptible is that even if he increases his skills with Master Points, he will not be able to use them properly until he gets used to this way of fighting

An example would be Taijutsu if he currently has seventy points and then ascends to one hundred points and then not get used to it, then he would always be fighting only with seventy points.

It was not very difficult to realize that it was necessary to get used to his improvements and right now he felt that his body was quite light because all his muscles got used to his attributes due to that intense battle against that 'Woman'

How strong is he now? He did not know but immediately ran to Dosu and Kin who quickly alerted

"It's just one ... You don't have to ... Ugh!" Dosu tried to calm Kin just to see how Naruto stood before him and instinctively raised his forearm before a kick hit him making his arm tremble with pain.

A powerful sound came out of the gauntlet heading towards Naruto's ears who frowned before jumping on Dosu and hitting him on the back with the heel of his feet causing that sound to deviate

It was only a small demonstration of his new level of Taijutsu that managed to make Dosu immediately alert

"Shit this blond boy ..." Dosu instantly remembered the words of his 'Master', this blond boy was a problem

Both entered into a battle of Taijutsu to which Kin tried to join, kicks were blocked by Naruto who was beating, his hand hitting Kin's stomach and then jumping and spinning in the air hitting the woman's chin hard with his feet causing her to back off just to see something that frightened her greatly

Naruto still in the air-launched the Kunai that had been in his hands towards Dosu who could not dodge it and received a blow to his right eye causing him to scream in pain

"Oto ninjas ... Twice I've been attacked by you and I don't think it's such a normal coincidence that we say ... But let's see, what scroll do you have in your hands?"

At the mention of Scrolls, Kin instantly checked her purse, taking out the Scroll from Heaven while she left it on the floor.

"C-Sky ... It's the only Scroll we have" Kin acted out of hesitation after all noticing that Naruto was an enemy to fear, she decided to at least protect his life

Naruto looked at the Scroll before sighing, they already had the Scroll of Heaven and certainly didn't need it, but he shook his head before stepping away he wasn't going to kill unnecessarily

But Dosu didn't think the same because noticing how the blond boy turned his back on him he immediately stretched out his hands planning to assault Naruto taking advantage of his carelessness

But could he really?

Three Kunais immediately stuck in Dosu's chest who stared in disbelief at his killers ... Sakura, Sasuke, and Ino

Surprisingly ... Did he have a Kunai on his back?

"Kin?"

"I'm sorry..."

It was a really unexpected betrayal and Dosu lay on the floor without understanding why but immediately everyone could see how Kin was being controlled by a shadow ... Shikamaru

Naruto approached Kin who closed his eyes but clenched his teeth

"KILL ME!"

"No, at least not yet"

"What? ... Argh!"

Before she completed his sentence Naruto hit her in the stomach causing her to lose consciousness and he charges on her shoulder surprising others

"I don't think they haven't noticed, the Oto Ninjas are acting strange, possibly extracting information from them is not a bad idea."

Everyone frowned but Shikamaru sighed before speaking

"How annoying..."

Yes, he had noticed the situation when he noticed how these boys had come to try to take Sasuke Uchiha

I've just hoped he didn't have to get involved in something annoying now

...

Naruto was washing in a nearby lake while he closed his eyes and remembered how everything happened so far since he got involved in this Game he felt that many things in his life have changed only a few days

From having a very pretty girlfriend to becoming strong, he was glad of all this ... If he hadn't interfered, wouldn't Sasuke have received that Curse? If he hadn't interfered, would Ino have died? No matter how much Naruto thought about it, he was quite happy to have been involved in this Game.

Leaving the lake while shaking the water in his body he approached his things before dressing again and taking a seat on the floor before taking out his book inspecting the changes that had occurred so far

[YOU HAVE RECEIVED THE 'ADMIRED' MEDAL +700 POINTS!] - [FIGHT AGAINST AN ENEMY STRONGER THAN YOU AND SURVIVE 2,000 POINTS!] - [SURVIVE THE CURSE SEAL OF HEAVEN +600 POINTS!] - [MAKE THE KYUUBI YOU PAY YOUR CHAKRA +600 POINTS!] [KILL YOUR FIRST ENEMY +200 POINTS!] - [SAVE YOUR KUNOICHI PARTNER +200 POINTS!] - [SUBMIT YOUR ENEMY FULLY +400 POINTS!] - [AWAKEN THE INTEREST OF INO YAMANAKA IN YOU +500 POINTS!]

Several notifications were present that left Naruto somewhat surprised and out of curiosity he touched the medal 'ADMIRED'

ADMIRED: By saving Ino Yamanaka in front of your Shinobis teammates, you turned out to be seen as a 'Hero' among them ... Twenty Friendship Points with Team Ten - Thirty Points of Interest by Ino Yamanaka

He sincerely thought that reading about it was stupid and turned his gaze to his level that had risen to eight and then noticed his current points to distribute in his statistics that consisted of twenty-four points

In addition, he noticed that he had gained ten points in 'Demon Chakra Control', he imagined that it was possibly because the Kyuubi had lent him some of his Chakra

He immediately distributed the points in his assigned attributes to be ready when he fulfilled his goal of having the Kekkei Genkai of the Uchiha Clan

Ten points in 'Reflexes' managing to ascend to forty points, then he was in charge of granting the last twelve points to his 'Chakra Control' by ascending it to forty-four points ... One step closer to his goal

After raising his attributes he would already look for a way to obtain the blood of the Uchiha Clan as well as find some way for Sasuke to invite him to the Uchiha Complex ... As for having a battle against some member of the Uchiha Clan knowing his different fights between Sasuke and possibly that was one of the easiest things to get

"Uh ... So many things to do and such a difficult way to do it" Naruto sighed and stretched before putting his book between his shirt and getting up from the floor and then turning around

Although he stopped at that moment and turned around "But first ... What exactly do you want with me?"

Naruto spoke as he looked at some more distant bushes and for a moment he could notice how those leaves of the bush were shaking, clearly, someone was hiding

"If you don't go out now I could take it as an aggressive act and attack, do you agree with that?" Naruto asked as he pulled his Kunai out of its case ready to use it but it was not necessary

Immediately a silhouette rose abruptly from the bush even having leaves glued on its head and looked towards Naruto with some panic on his face

"I ... I ... I was just gone, not that I had been here all along ..."

An excuse ... An excuse so stupidly cheap and it was clear that this person was lying, Naruto shook his head noting that she was a thirteen-year-old girl and had red hair to her back while on her face she had a pair of glasses with black frames, she was a pretty girl

"... That if she wasn't a potential pervert ..." Naruto muttered to himself before noticing that she wore another nation's bandana.

And although she didn't represent danger Naruto still kept her Kunai in her hands

"Tell me something ... I don't feel your friends close but I can't say much that you win against me, let's be honest ... What do you want? Or what do you do here?"

At this point the thirteen-year-old girl looked at Naruto hesitantly before sighing and extending her hands, she had not felt and she already knew very well what was going to happen if she was not docile in this situation

Naruto looked at her confused but noticed how she carried an Earth Scroll in her hands surprising him

"I am Karin Uzumaki Genin of Kusagakure ... I got lost and I have not found my teammates, therefore, I have decided to give up the test ... You can get my Scroll if you need it"

There was a moment of silence while Karin who had kept her eyes closed for fear when she said those words opened them slowly only to notice that Naruto was closer to her staring at her she became nervous but saw the red symbol on the blond boy's chest and was surprised

"Uzumaki"

"Uzumaki!"

Both said it at the same time while they looked at each other, this was undoubtedly strange to them who thought that their Clan had been extinct with only themselves alive they were now

Naruto did not know much about the Uzumaki Clan, he only knew the superficial and that he was possibly the only survivor, as for Karin she never knew that there was another Uzumaki alive and her eyes shone before this discovery

There was a moment of awkward silence before Naruto laughed scaring Karin who was startled

"W-What?"

"Ah, it's not that ... It's weird, I always thought I was the only Uzumaki alive but well ... You exist, that makes us family right?"

At the words of the blond boy, Karin had to laugh a little funny to be called 'Family' even so I was happy

"That ... I guess it's like that"

Their conversation was very strange they knew it but they were happy to meet at this time ... At least they were no longer alone with Clan's last name

But Naruto by the carelessness of Karin could barely catch anything and he took the red-haired girl from his forearm before looking openly at all the bite marks present

Karin was nervous about what happened but immediately saw how Naruto's irises turned red for a second before sighing

"What if you come with me? My team will go straight to the tower because you have given me your Scroll of the Earth, even if you want ... I can try to talk to the Old Man so he will let you stay in Konoha"

"Old Man?"

"Ugh ... My ijji-san"

"Is there another Uzumaki apart from the two of us?" Karin was surprised while covering her mouth with her small hand

But Naruto smiled somewhat awkwardly before shaking his head "No ... Well, he's like my grandfather ... I guess what do you say?"

Karin looked directly at Naruto trying to decide what decision to take, on the one hand, Kusagakure treated her only as a walking 'Pill' since they always bite her to heal ...

Maybe this blond boy would treat her better? Well, it was a family ... No? The more I thought the less I knew what to do but in the end, on impulse, she took a step forward before smiling

"I want to leave with you"

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END CHAPTER SEVEN

[Personal]

Name: Naruto

Level: 8 - 1.400/1.500 - EXP

Strength: 25 /// Chakra Levels: 30

Agility: 30 /// Chakra Control: 34

Speed: 30 /// Demon Chakra Levels: 50

Intelligence: 25 /// Demon Chakra Control: 10

Reflexes: 40 /// Resistance: 40

Luck: 18

Statistics Points: 0

- Benefits

'Harem Master Nv.1' - Members of their Harem have seventy percent of avoiding fights between themselves - (More benefits once leveled)

Admired: By saving Ino Yamanaka in front of his fellow Shinobis you turned out to be seen as a 'Hero' among them ... Twenty Friendship Points with Team Ten - Thirty Points of Interest Ino Yamanaka

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Naruto's Ninjutsu and Taijutsu abilities are above a Genin, naturally, it is Chūnin superior even to Iruka-Sensei