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Amarutsu	By : bluegenjutsu Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 1571 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

Chapter List
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- 13
Pairings: Future SasuNaru, some early one-sided GaaNaru.

Warnings: Shounen-ai (boy x boy love) at first and then when the characters are older it will become yaoi. Mature content, crude language, cursing and sexual references.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of it's characters. This story is a work of fiction based on the Naruto manga and anime series.

Thoughts are represented by italics.

Chapter Twelve – A New Hokage and the Third Exam Begins

Two days later, the funeral for the Third Hokage was held. Almost everyone in the entire village showed up to pay their respects. The Kages from the other villages sent representatives if they couldn't be there themselves. For the last couple of days, everyone was in mourning and still in shock at the death of their Hokage.

Naruto and Gaara stood side by side as the elders spoke about the life and accomplishments of the Sandaime. The day before, Gaara had told Baki that he had completed his mission, but had been outnumbered. Baki, knowing that Gaara wouldn't have been able to defeat a sannin and the Hokage in battle, accepted the red head's story.

Naruto had been relieved to find that his friend wasn't in trouble. Although he was glad that he no longer had to worry about Orochimaru, he still found it hard to accept that the Third had died. He had loved the old man, he had been like a grandfather to him. Naruto didn't know how to help his young friend, Konohamaru, either. The boy was distraught, yet still trying to act tough.

As soon as the funeral was over, Naruto and Gaara walked away and headed back to the apartment. After they both got inside and took off their sandals, Naruto walked over to the couch and sat down on it. Gaara put his gourd down by the front door, then went to sit by his friend.

Naruto took Gaara's hand and held it. He took a deep breath and then turned to look at his friend. “I have to tell you something, Gaara.”

Gaara looked at the blond. “What is it?”

“I'm going to have to leave you for a couple of weeks.” He stopped talking for a few seconds, when Gaara jerked his hand away. “I have to, Gaara. Ero-sennin asked me to go with him to find the other legendary sannin, her name is Tsunade, and to bring her back to the village. She's a very skilled medical ninja and can help Rock Lee.”

Gaara remembered the strange boy he had fought in the preliminaries after the second exam. Now he was wishing he hadn't hurt the boy so badly. He frowned at Naruto. “To fix what I did to him. I am going with you.”

“I wish you could, but Ero-sennin only wants me to go with him. He's going to teach me how to do the Rasengan, it's what he used to kill Orochimaru with. It's only two weeks. I have to be back in time to compete in the third exam.”

Gaara was not happy about being separated so long from his friend. He had even been thinking of a way to be able to stay in Konoha and live with him. Well, Naruto should be safe with the white haired sannin. He is very powerful. I just don't like the idea of Naruto being so far away for two weeks.

Naruto continued talking when he didn't get any arguments from his friend. “I'll be back before you know it! I plan on winning the third exam, so you better be training yourself to give me competition.” He grinned at the red head.

Gaara smirked. “You could never beat me. But at least, you would be a good challenge though.”

Naruto laughed. He was happy his friend was taking the news of his leaving, so well. “Ha! You just wait and see!”

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Three days before the third exam of the Chuunin Selection Exams was to begin, Naruto and Jiraiya walked through the front gate of the Leaf village with Tsunade and her assistant, Shizune accompanying them. It had taken longer than expected to track the gambling addicted lady down, and to then convince her to come back and be the Fifth Hokage. Jiraiya hadn't told Naruto that the council had asked him to retrieve her for that position. Naruto had been disappointed to find out someone who didn't even want the title of Hokage was being asked to be it. At first, he had felt no respect for the woman. But after she finally accepted the job and he got to know her better, he had grown to like her quirky personality.

“You have to go see Rock Lee first, Tsunade baa-chan!” Naruto felt he had to remind her, because she was asking where the local gambling clubs were.

Tsunade walked over to the blond and hit him on the back of his head. “I told you to stop calling me that, brat! Show some respect to your new Hokage!”

Naruto rubbed the back of his head. Damn that hurt! He continued to lead the way to the hospital.

When they finally got to the hospital, he led Tsunade and her assistant to Lee's room. Jiraiya had left their group not long after they entered the village.

Lee was sitting on the bed facing them when they entered. His sensei, Gai, had found out that Tsunade was on her way to the village that afternoon, through a message sent by one of Jiraiya's summoned frogs. So he had found the boy and checked him into a room.

Naruto smiled at his friend. “Hi Lee! This is Tsunade baa-chan and she is going to help you get better!” He jumped away from the fist that was coming his way.

Tsunade glared at Naruto after missing him and then turned to the strange looking boy called Lee. She walked up to him to take a look at his injuries. Then she turned to Naruto. “Brat, don't you have somewhere else to be right now?”

Naruto looked confused at her for a moment, then remembered Gaara. “Ah! Yes I do! See you later, Lee!” He smiled at the boy and then headed to the door to leave.

“Goodbye Naruto-kun.” Lee turned to the woman in front of him, after the blond boy had left, hoping she could help him.

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When Naruto got back to his apartment and entered it, he called out for his friend. “Gaara! I'm back!” He took his sandals off by the door, then headed to his bedroom to put his backpack down in there.

The red head walked out of the kitchen and looked around. Naruto came back into the living room and saw him. He rushed over to his friend and hugged him. “I'm back!”

“So I heard.” Gaara hugged back, then kissed his friend on the cheek in greeting.

Naruto returned the kiss, then released his friend and stepped back to look at him. “I'm sorry that it took longer than I said it would. The old hag was hard to find and we had a hard time getting her to come back here.”

Gaara looked at the blond with a puzzled look on his face. “Old hag?”

Naruto laughed. “Yeah she's really old, as old as Ero-sennin. They were team mates once. But she uses some jutsu to make herself look like a young hot chick. She's really strong too. I don't think I've ever met anyone that could hit as hard as she can. When she gets mad she breaks things.”

This village is full of strange people. “Did you learn that Rasengan technique you talked about?”

Naruto scratched the back of his neck. “Yeah, I did. But I have to use two hands or a clone to do it. Jiraiya can do it with just one hand. I still have to practice until I can do it better. I'll be working on that and some new jutsus for the next two days, until the competition.”

Gaara smiled at his friend. “I know you will do good. You will beat that Hyuuga boy.”

Naruto laughed. “You bet I will! I have to get him back for what he said to me and how he treated Hinata. I'm really excited about this final exam. Um, I'm hungry, Gaara. You want to go to Ichiraku's with me and get some ramen?”

I am so tired of ramen. But he nodded anyway. “Yes.”

Naruto jumped up in the air with a fist raised. “Yay!” Then he turned to go to the front door. “Let's go, Gaara.” He got his sandals on and then opened the door.

Gaara got his sandals on, too, and then followed the blond out the door.

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Three days later, the final competitors for the third exam were lined up in row, waiting for the newly appointed Hokage to announce the start of the event. There was one person missing out of the contestants. The Sound genin, called Dosu, had been been found murdered in an alleyway near the hotel where all the genins, that weren't from Konoha, were staying.

Unknown by anyone in the village, the Sound ninja had been killed by Gaara, one week before Naruto had come home. Gaara had been unable to hold back his rage when Dosu had approached him and said he was going to kill him so that he could take out some of the competition. He had bragged about how he would kill Naruto next. He wanted to get closer to fighting the Uchiha, who he hadn't been able to kill in the Forest of Death. And he wanted revenge against the blond haired genin for defeating his team so easily there. So, Gaara had sent a wall of sand towards the Sound nin and crushed him with the force of it's impact. He didn't tell Naruto what he had done. He figured his friend didn't need to know anyway.

The first fight was between Naruto and Neji. The people watching became enthralled by the match and were cheering loudly at the end for the blond haired genin that was able to defeat a Hyuuga. Naruto had outsmarted and outlasted the other boy and deserved everyone's respect.

Naruto went back up to the waiting room after bowing to the crowd for several minutes. He walked over to his red haired friend and hugged him in jubilation. “That was great, wasn't it Gaara?” He was grinning from ear to ear.

After Gaara had returned the hug, he stepped back and smiled at his friend. “I see you've also grown more intelligent while you were away. At the beginning I was thinking you hadn't, but by the end, you showed you weren't such a dumb blond after all.” He smirked at the last words.

Naruto scowled at his friend. “Hey! That was a compliment and an insult!” Then he smiled because he was too happy to be mad. “You better beat Sasuke or else you won't get to fight me.”

Gaara turned away with a frown. I wish I could kill the Uchiha. If I could make it look like an accident...but then, Naruto would still be upset. I don't want him to hate me. I'll still beat the Uchiha anyway though.

Naruto wondered why Gaara turned away. I know he doesn't like Sasuke. I hope he doesn't hurt my team mate too badly. Despite Sasuke being so arrogant all the time, he doesn't deserve to be seriously injured. Naruto moved up to the balcony to stand closer to his friend. Then he looked over at him. “You won't hurt Sasuke too bad, will you?”

Gaara wouldn't meet the blond's eyes. “No, I know you think of him like a friend. I wouldn't deliberately do anything to upset you.”

Naruto smiled. “Thanks Gaara! I know I can trust your word.”

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Later that day, it was down to the last two competitors, Gaara and Naruto. Gaara had defeated Sasuke, despite the fact that the Uchiha's new chidori technique had hurt him and been able to defeat one of his defense shields. Sasuke had worn himself out with using the chidori twice, and had tried to use it a third time.

Naruto had refused to provide his team mate with any more of his chakra, because he didn't want to give Sasuke an advantage over Gaara. He liked Gaara better and wanted him to win. When Sasuke was exhausted from overuse of his chakra, Gaara hit him with a few of his sand missiles which knocked the Uchiha unconscious.

Now Gaara and Naruto were facing each other for the final battle. Naruto didn't want to hurt his friend, but he also wanted to win. Since Orochimaru was now dead and no longer a threat, and this was the last battle in the exams, he decided he would use his bloodline limit against his friend and end the fight quickly. It would cause less harm to the red head.

When Hayate announced that the match had begun, Naruto raised his hand towards his friend and sent out a chakra rope towards him. Gaara had never seen this move before and so didn't expect it. Naruto's chakra rope moved so fast that it penetrated the sand's defense and connected to the red head's chest. Naruto then quickly started draining chakra out of Gaara. Gaara tried to fight it when he realized what was happening. But he was too late in stopping the blond's attack. He fell down in exhaustion from having so much taken out of him so quickly.

“Do you give up, Gaara?” Naruto hoped his friend would, so that he could then fill him with chakra to make him feel better.

Gaara thought about how weak he was now and that it would probably be a waste of his time to try and fight his friend. He didn't think there was anything he could do right now that would give him the win in this match. He looked up the blond. “Yes, I give up.”

Hayate then announced Uzumaki Naruto as the winner. The crowd was still in shock at first so didn't respond. They didn't know what the young blond genin had done to the Sand nin. It had happened so fast.

Naruto ran to Gaara and put his arms around him. He still had his eyesight enhanced from when he had activated it before sending out the chakra rope. He pushed his chakra into his friend, filling him up enough so that he wouldn't feel so tired and weak. Then he stopped and deactivated his enhanced sight. “You feel better now, Gaara?” He was looking with concern at the red head.

Gaara nodded and looked up into his friend's blue eyes. He's so strong! One day he will be Hokage. He then smiled at the blond. “Yes, thank you, Naruto.” He let his friend help him stand up, even though he was feeling better.

By then the crowd had got over their shock and were standing up and cheering for the small blond. The Fifth Hokage was smiling proudly down at the boy she thought of like a little brother, because he reminded her of her own little brother who had died many years before. She walked up to the front of the balcony and called out to the crowd, whose cheers were finally fading enough that she could be heard. “That concludes the final exam of the Chuunin Selection Exams. Uzumaki Naruto is the winner. I hope you all have an enjoyable afternoon.” She then turned back and approached the Kazekage who had been a special guest for the third exam. “Do you wish to go back to my office now or do you have other plans?”

The Kazekage looked at the beautiful Hokage. “I think I will go back to my hotel room. It's been an exciting day and I need to rest.” He bowed his head to her, then turned to leave the balcony.

I wish I could kill that bastard! Working with Orochimaru to try to capture Naruto. Damn politics! She left the balcony, too, with an angry look on her face.

Naruto and Gaara were greeted by all the other competitors of the exam. Most of them didn't want to get too close to the red head, but they still wanted to congratulate their friend, Naruto. Temari and Kankuro went over to their brother to see if he was okay.

Since Naruto had moved away to talk with his friends, Gaara decided that now was a good time to talk to his siblings. “Temari and Kankuro, I'm going to ask the new Hokage if I can stay in this village and become a Leaf ninja.”

His brother and sister looked at him in surprise. Temari found her voice first. “But Gaara, why would you want to do that?”

“I want to stay with Naruto. I don't want to live so far away from him.”

Kankuro almost shouted. “What?”

Temari knew that her little brother was close to the blond. But Gaara had accepted a mission to betray his friend. It didn't make sense why he would now want to stay with him. “Gaara, I don't understand. You know that our father is here. Do you really think he would let you leave Sand and become a Leaf nin?”

“I don't care. I don't care what you think and I don't care what the Kazekage thinks. This is what I've decided to do. I was just telling you so that you would know.” Gaara had a determined look in his eyes. They can't stop me. The Hokage will allow me to stay because of how I helped Naruto. I've seen how she looks at him. She cares about him deeply. She will let me stay here to protect Naruto.

Temari and Kankuro didn't know what to say to their little brother. They could see he would be stubborn about it. So they both said goodbye to him and walked away.

Naruto came back over to Gaara and put his arm around him. “You okay?”

Gaara looked at his friend and smiled. “Yes. Can we go home now?”

Naruto grinned at the red head. “Yes, but first we are stopping at the ramen stand. I worked up a big appetite.”

Of course, I should have known. His first love is ramen and probably always will be. “Alright.”

Naruto dropped his arm from Gaara, then both boys turned to leave the arena.

All of Naruto's friends watched them leave with mixed emotions. Some didn't understand the friendship between the two boys, and some were afraid of the Sand nin and didn't trust him.

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