It was the morning of the Chunin Exam and Naruto was currently at the Hokage's office. The third had called him to the tower earlier that morning, telling him that he needed to meet him right away. Five minutes later, the blond was knocking on the Hokage's window, and now he was waiting around as the seasoned shinobi searched the room for something.

"Ah! Here it is!" Sarutobi exclaimed as he held a scroll.

Naruto noticed that the Namikaze clan's symbol was imprinted on the scroll's seal. "What is that, Old Man?" The genin asked, looking at the parchment with curiosity.

"Well, since you have done so well in your training and and learned how to control your magic and even summon your elemental ghost, I have decided to you this." He signaled to the scroll. "Think of it as a present for all of your hard work." The third gave the young man the parchment. "It is  the deed to your parents house as well as the temple and you can move.the temple into the compound."

The spiky haired blond closed the scroll and looked at the Hokage. "Thanks, Old Man." The Jinchuuriki said with a half a smile as he turned around and jumped out of the window.

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Several hours later, Sasuke, Sakura, and Kakashi were standing outside Room 301, waiting for the last member of their team. "Kakashi-sensei, where is Naruto?" Sakura asked. "The exam begins in a few minutes and he still hasn't shown up."

The Uchiha was pacing in the hall anxiously. "Is he coming?" The young man asked.

"I'm sure he is." The silver haired jounin responded. "He'll be here, don't worry…" He said, his eyes shifting back and forth, almost nervously. "But before he does, there is something really important that I need to talk to you two about." He suddenly started again. "It's about Naruto… You see, during this past month he has… Sort of changed." The man informed.

"What do you mean, Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura asked in confusing. "How did he changed.

Kakashi did not really how to answer the girl's question. The Hokage had only said that Naruto was not the same anymore, but he had not given any specifics, and the silver haired shinobi had been unable to muster enough courage to face the spiky haired boy during the previous month. In fact, the famed nin was not sure if he would be able to face him now.

Before the jounin had time to make up an answer for the pink haired kunoichi's question, all three Leaf nins heard footsteps coming from down the hall.

All three turned around to see who was coming, they try to figure out who was walking towards them, but it was not until they saw the whisker marks on his face that they recognized him. "Naruto…" Sakura said in a low voice.

The two genin were left dumbfound. Their teacher saying that the blond had changed was a massive understatement, since, from their perspective, it seemed that the boy had undergone a complete transformation. His orange jumpsuit and blue sandals were gone, now the spiky haired teen wore

Uzumaki necromancer crest on the back not skull and the line is seals not a crost.
And the sleeve are short not long and no gloves.

and his hair had grown a lot longer during the mast month since it almost covered his Leaf headband now.

Naruto passed them without saying a single word. The only prove of acknowledgement between the members of Team Seven was the small second in which the blodn genin looked directly at his team mate's eyes.

When the Jinchuuriki  was in front of the door, he stopped and looked back. "It's time for us to enter." Naruto said with a monotonous voice as he pushed the door open.

All three genin entered the testing room. Immediately, they were welcomed with the glares from all other participants.

"Sasuke-kun!" Suddnely, a blue and yellow appeared on Team Seven's field of view and latched itself onto the Uchiha. Anger started to seep into Sakura right away.

"Stop bothering Sasuke, Ino-pig!" Sakura shouted at the girl that was hugging the raven haired boy.

"This is so troublesome." A black haired boy said lazily as he approached the group while a boy eating potato chips followed fight behind him.

Naruto, who was not paying much attention to the two girls bickering, turned his gaze towards his former classmates Shikamaru and Chouji as the stood before the group for a second before looking back up to the roof.

"Whoa! Is that Naruto? I can't be! He never looked so serious or stood so quiet before" The Nara though as he regarded the blond leaning against the wall, that turned him on a bit.

"Well… It seems that the Rookie Nine are all together again!" An arrogant voice was heard as Kiba made his way towards the others, his dog, Akamaru, barking from inside of the boy's jacket. Behind the Inuzuka were, a blue haired boy with pale eyes and a boy wearing sunglasses. Hidan and Shino followed the hooded teen as he reached the group. Kiba took a second to look at everyone. "Hold on a second!" He suddenly said. "Where is the naruto? I don't see him anywhere!" The brown haired boy wondered out loud.

It was at that moment that the member of the Rookie Nine felt a strong aggressive presence spike up in the room. All of their eyes turned to the source, and, for the first time, that the rest of Teams Eight and Ten noticed the blond leaning against the wall.

"Naruto! Is that you?" Kiba called out. "Due you've changed!" The Inuzuka said as he walked towards the spiky haired boy. The hooded teen stopped on his track the moment his eyes met Naruto's. A cold chill went down the brown haired boy's back. That turned him on. It was a chill that was sent by an alpha.

"Hey… Billboard-brow, what happened to Naruto?" Ino asked in a whispered as she moved closer to her former best friend.

The pink haired girl bit her lips. " I don't know Ino-pig." She answered. "It's the first time that I've seen him in a month… Something must have happened during that period of time." The Haruno said.

"You guys are really causing a bad first impression." A gray haired Leaf nin wearing glasses said as he walked towards them. "Especially the blond one with the attitude."

Sasuke immediately stepped forward. "And who are you suppose to be?" The raven haired boy asked the older shinobi.

"My name is Yakushi Kabuto." The young man responded. "And you guys should try to keep a low profile… You are the Rookie Nine after all, already infamous around here, and this year's bunch is pretty tense as it is." He commented as he glanced around the room. "In all my year of taking these exams, I've never seen such a touch group of genins brought together."

The younger nins looked around as well. All they found were glares.

"For example…" Kabuto started again. "You have the team from Hidden Rain, they're extremely irritable… Not to mention the genins from Suna, especially the one with the gourd on his back, he gives me the creeps." The grey haired teen admitted.

"You seem to know a lot about this exam." Sakura commented with curiosity.

"Well, that comes with the territory when this is your seventh time taking the exam…" Kabuto said, blushing slightly in embarrassment and scratching the back of his head. "But each try bring new things." He said as he composed himself. "Like the team from Otogakure, it's the first time in this exam, and they just get to sent one team since they're such a small village." The grey haired genin informed.

Suddenly, someone from the crow threw a pair of kunai at Kabuto. The Leaf genin was able to dodge them with ease, but then a boy covered in bandaged appeared right in front of the grey haired genin and swung his fist forward at the Konoha nin's face.

Just barely, Kabuto was able to move his head back and evade that attack as well. When everything seemed fine, the Leaf genin's glass suddenly broke and he started spewing blood from the mouth and the ears.

"Don't think lightly of the Sound." The bandaged boy said as a girl with long hair and boy with blue haired walked forward and stood by him.

"Yeah! By the end of the exam all three of us Oto nin will be…" The boy started to say but suddenly stopped when he felt something on the back of his neck. Between him and the bandaged genin stood Naruto with a his kunai held up to both of their necks.

"I think that the two of you should calm down." The blond said in a monotonous tone. "Unless you want to start something…" Naruto finished, pushing the blades even closer to their necks.