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It has been two days since Piccolo altered the Kyuubi's seal on Naruto. For the most part Naruto and Kyuubi were able to get along but there was one thing the two constantly argued about.

"No! For the billionth time, I'm not eating raw meat!" Naruto yelled.

"Come on, just a little bit. It's more rich in nutrients than cooked meat and it's been so long since I've had any." Pouted Kyuubi, temporarily taking over Naruto's body. Naruto's eyes switching to red with slits to show which one was talking.

Trunks and Goten looked up from their breakfast to stare in awe, watching Naruto and Kyuubi argue with each other in the same body.

"I'm glad we don't act like that when we're fused." Goten said,taking another spoonful of cereal.

"Yeah, it's creepy watching two people argue like a married couple in the same body." Trunks agreed.

Naruto and Kyuubi were completely oblivious however and continued their bickering. "Besides, what's wrong with ramen?"

Kyuubi crossed his arms, "Do you even know what's in that instant ramen, kit? It's loaded with salt and preservatives. If it wasn't for me to heal you, you'd be dead from it already. Besides, it tastes nasty."

Naruto's eyes were instantly filled with rage, "How dare you say anything bad about ramen! IT IS THE BEST THING ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH!"

"Go ahead and throw a punch, I dare ya." Said Kyuubi smirking.

"If we didn't share a body I'd kill you right now."

Trunks thought he should intervene before things started getting out of hand, "That's enough you two. Naruto, do you still have you're appendix?"

Naruto scratched his head in confusion, "Yeah, I think so. Why?"

"Then go ahead and let the dumb fox have it's raw meat. It shouldn't hurt you as long as it's fresh."

"How fresh?" Naruto asked.

"Not store bought, it's not fresh enough. You'd actually have to go out and hunt for it." Trunks then smirked, "Consider it training."

Naruto crossed his arms in frustration, "Fine Kyuubi, You can eat whatever you want. Just for today though and don't hurt anyone or it's over." Naruto then gave Kyuubi full control of his body.

"Now we're talking" Said Kyuubi with a smirk. He quickly donned a pair of sunglasses and jumped out the window, determined to find himself a meal.

"So, you have any plans Goten?"

"Not really Trunks."

"Feel like sparing?" Trunks asked.

Goten's face lit up, "Okay."

Kyuubi figured the best place to hunt for food would be the forest of death. With all the thick vegetation it was a virtual breeding ground for anything from a tasty rabbit to a juicy deer. He did his best not to draw attention to himself by acting as much like Naruto as possible since the last thing Naruto needed was another reason for villagers to hate him.

Sakura however, wasn't in quite as cheery a mood as Kyuubi. She had been trying all morning to find Sasuke but was sadly having no luck. When she saw Naruto Her eyes lit up. Maybe he knew where Sasuke was. So with a hopeful look in her eye, she walked up to him.

"Hey Naruto have you seen Sasuke anywhere."

Kyuubi smirked. This was a perfect chance to have fun. Naruto said not to hurt anyone but he didn't say anything about not playing mind games with people. He was a kitsune after all so pranks were practically second nature.

"I haven't seen him but there is one thing you could try." Kyuubi said, matching Nauto's voice perfectly with his smirk widening.

This got her curious, "What would that be?"

He walked up to her, kissed her on the lips and said, "Have fun and forget about him." He then skipped away with his face beaming while Sakura's brain tried to process what had just happened.

"Did Naruto just..." Her eye then started twitching in anger and she looked around franticly for Naruto. After not being able to spot him she let out a loud yell. "I'LL GET YOU BACK NARUTO! YOU HEAR THAT! I'LL GET YOU!"

A young child was walking with his mother when he witnessed Sakura screaming. "Mommy, why's that scary lady yelling." he asked in a frightened voice.

"She's just having an off day dear. Let's just walk on by so we don't provoke her."

Goten and Trunks had flown to the team seven training grounds to have their sparring match. Both assumed their preferred fighting stance and stared each other down. Goten was the first to move and rushed Trunks with a punch. He blocked and countered with a kick which Goten countered by jumping into the air and preforming a spin kick of his own aimed at the purple haired demi sayian's face. Trunks avoided it by quickly back flipping out of the way and then shot a small blast out of his left hand. This caught Goten off guard and he stumbled backward enough for Trunks to go on the offensive. He released a flurry of punches and kicks to the other demi sayian's stomach and finished with blow that sent him flying into a nearby tree. Sadly for the tree, it didn't survive.

Goten got back up. Despite a few tears in his gi he barely had a scratch on him.

"That was a great warm up." Goten said as he started rubbing his shoulder. "Now to get serious."

Trunks nodded in agreement, "Yeah, it's been awhile since we had a good match so let's keep fighting until we're both so exhausted we can't move." And with that he two both went super sayian and began doing what sayians love to do, beat the living crap out of each other. Each punch, each kick, every single blow helped them relieve frustration and helped quench a sayian's need for battle.

The third Hokage was busy trying to go through the seemingly never ending pile of paperwork on his desk when he sensed the immense power being put out by the two demi sayians during their sparring match. With his curiosity getting the better of him he decided to put off his paperwork for the time being and pulled out a crystal ball. The ball glowed for a moment before showing the fight between Goten and Trunks. He watched in awe as the two fought.

"They're even stronger then the Kyuubi. It's a good thing they're on our side."

Speaking of Kyuubi, he was now currently in the forest of death trying to find his meal. Naruto would probably be disgusted but he was still excited about kissing Sakura. Okay, so maybe it technically wasn't him, but it was his body and he liked to view the glass half full. Kyuubi ignoring Naruto's cries of joy looked on as he now spotted his target. It was a male deer with eight points on his antlers. If he were to bag it for a trophy it would make any deer hunter jealous, but that was the last thing on his mind. Right now there was only one thing going through his head as he licked his lips.

'Lunch!'

He lunged at the animal and opened his jaw. Fangs formed in his mouth as he grabbed the deer and bit down on it's neck, severing it's spine. Once Kyuubi was sure the deer was dead he excitedly started chowing down on his meal, savoring a taste that was denied him for so long. Naruto was caught by surprise. Having to share a body meant he was forced to taste deer as Kyuubi ate it but to his shock, it didn't taste quite as bad as he thought it would.

Goten sent an uppercut to Trunks that sent him flying. He then sent a flurry of ki blasts at the purple haired boy, each one hitting their mark as he flew helplessly through the air. Trunks fell to the ground hard, his body skidding away the grass and topsoil. He got back up with a smirk. His body was sore all over and he had numerous cuts and bruises around his body, but he was enjoying every second of it.

He rushed Goten with a punch to the gut, then a spin kick to send him flying into the air. He then sped up above him and sent a kick, knocking Goten to the ground, leaving a crater. He then lifted his hands up and started gather energy for one of his favorite attacks.

"FINISH BUSTER" He yelled as he threw the giant yellow ball at Goten. He didn't have time to react as the blast hit him full force. When the smoke cleared, Trunks saw Goten laying on the ground, wincing in pain. He descended down to the ground and put out his hand, which Goten took as Trunks helped him back up.

"Looks like you win Trunks." Said Goten Sheepishly.

"Yep, that breaks our tie of fifty wins and fifty losses each."

"Just you wait Trunks, I'll be in the lead again before you know it."

Trunks just smiled smugly, "Yeah, whatever."

Kyuubi happily lied down on the ground, patting his stomach as he used a small part of deer antler for a toothpick. "See, it wasn't that bad now was it?"

Naruto crossed his arms and pouted, "Fine, you keep hunting animals, but only once a week. Got it?"

"Yea yea, I got it."

Just then they heard the sound of something they both Dreaded.

"NARUTO!" Screamed an angry pink haired kunochi. Her eyes were bloodshot and she had a vein throbbing on her forehead. Naruto eyes widened and he gulped in fear.

"Oh hey Sakura, nice day isn't it." He said laughing nervously in a vain attempt to lighten up the mood.

"Cut the crap Naruto! You had the freaking nerve to kiss me like it was nothing and then just skip away." the vein in on her forehead was starting to throb even more.

"It wasn't me I swear. It was Kyuubi."

This actually made her stop and think for a moment, 'Come to think of it, I did hear Kakashi talk about Naruto having some sort of split personality now. No matter I'm still pissed off.' She then turned her attention back to Naruto.

"I don't care, it was still you're body."

Shaking in fear, Naruto retreated back into the far corner of his mind letting Kyuubi have complete control of his body to deal with the deadly kunochi in front of them.

'Thanks a lot Naruto' Thought Kyuubi sarcastically. Now it was solely up to him to keep him and is container alive. He'd have to use something he hadn't needed to use in over a thousand years, sweet talking. His demeanor changed to be the most charming he could possibly be in Naruto's body.

"I couldn't help it miss Sakura. The way your elegant skin looked in the sun and the way your beautiful hair flowed in the wind, I couldn't help but kiss you passionately." His eyes sparkled as he said it, further adding to the charm.

Sakura then smirked seductively, "Is that so." She casually walked up to him and started rubbing the side of his face. This caught Kyuubi by surprise.

"Then in that case." She put her head close to his so there lips were almost touching and then gave him an angry glare. She then sent a knee right to an area no man ever wants to be hit, causing him to instantly fall onto the ground in pain, nodding approvingly at her handiwork.

"Serves ya right, trying to sweet talk your way out of this." She then flew away leaving Kyuubi/Naruto to wallow on the ground in pain.

Three days later, Trunks was sparring with Hinata in his gravity room. The gravity was once again set to fifteen but Hinata was starting to get used to it. She was still no match for Trunks but he was actually starting to have to put slightly more work into blocking and dodging her blows. It wasn't a huge difference, but it was enough for Trunks to notice her progress. Kiba and Shino were both by themselves training on some jutsu so it was just the two of them for the time being.

One thing Trunks learned early on during their sessions was while he was definitely stronger then her by leaps and bounds, her ability to block off chakra points still affected him, so despite their difference in ability he still had to keep his guard up slightly. Still, he always held back on her, often letting her get a few hits in when he knew she was giving it her all. Not that Hinata minded, she knew that if he didn't hold back he'd probably flatten her like a pancake.

Hinata sent an open palm attack aimed at Trunks's chest. He blocked it with his hand and sent a spin kick to her head which she stopped with her elbow and twisted him around. It was then she saw an opening, a spot on Trunks he always left unguarded. There was an extra chakra point right on his tail bone. She really didn't know what it's purpose was but now it was the only place on him that had an opening. Before he could react she focused energy into her hand and placed threw an open palmed attack right at his tail bone. Intense pain filled his body and he instantly fell onto his hands and knees.

"AHHHH! DAMN IT! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING! FIX IT NOW, HINATA!" The pain was so intense he had to fight with all his might just to stay conscious. Seeing that he was in severe pain Hinata quickly released the pressure on his tail bone. She stumbled back however, when a furry appendage burst from it immediately afterward.

Trunks got back up a bit wobbly and looked at Hinata. "Never do that again, got it?" Hinata was too shocked to move, she just continued to stare at Trunks's new appendage wagging behind him.

"What? What is it?" Trunks asked. She pointed at his tail. It took him awhile to notice until it rubbed against his hand. His eyes then doubled in size.

"Crap, it grew back. Now I'm going to have to cut it off again."

This caused Hinata to get over her shock. "Why would you do that." She asked in curiosity. Sure it was kind of weird but it was also cute and she couldn't think of a reason Trunks would cut off such and adorable purple tail.

Trunks sighed as he started to explain. "Okay I'll tell you why but promise not to say a word to anyone."

Hinata nodded eager for Trunks to continue. "There's three reasons. One, when someone squeezes too hard on my tail it causes my body to be instantly filled with extreme pain like you just saw a second ago. I can train it so it doesn't hurt but it's easier to just get rid of it.

"Two, when someone pets it, it makes me feel, "Trunks started blushing in embarrassment, "kinda...funny."

"What do you mean, funny?" Hinata asked. Trunks's face got even redder.

"Oh, that kind of funny." Hinata said, realizing what he meant.

Trunks hesitantly nodded and continued, "Also, if I look at the moon when I have a tail I kind of turn into a giant monkey. My dad taught me how to control myself so I don't go crazy when it happens but it's still kind of a pain. Anyway, could you just hand me one of you're kunai so I could get this over with. The faster I cut this thing off the better."

To Trunks's surprise Hinata shook her head no.

"What? Why?" He asked.

She stared at him with a serious look in her eye. "Be...Because it's a part of you."

"Yeah but.." She raised a hand to cut him off, "While I've been training with you you've taught me to accept myself for who I am, to stop caring about what people think of me and just try my best to be myself. You taught me to accept and embrace everything about who I am. From what you said, if you cut off that tail you'll be denying a part of who you really are."

"But I don't want to turn into a giant monkey..." She put a hand to his mouth to silence him, "It's a part of you, embrace it." She then let out a fit of giggles, "Besides, it's really cute."

Trunks lowered his head in defeat. He knew arguing with her was pointless.

"S..So, does it really happen?" She asked hesitantly.

"Does what happen?" Trunks wondered.

"Do y..you really turn into a giant monkey if you look at the moon with a tail." Hinata said with a wild look in her eyes. To say curiosity was getting the best of her would be an understatement.

Trunks nodded, "Yeah, my dad told me there about some of the science behind it if you're interested."

Hinata nodded, eager to know more about this. "Well you know the moon reflects rays from the sun right? Well when that happens the ray created causes radiation known as blutz waves. When a sayian with a tail looks at the moon the waves are absorbed through the eyes which cause a chemical reaction in the tail. Without a tail the most that happens is I get a really bad headache. My mom has a theory that blutz waves actually have a small effect on humans but it's never actually been tested. She thinks it's why more births tend to happen on full moons."

"Wow, from what you say about the transformation, I want to see it." Hinata said excitedly. This caught Trunks off guard to say the least. He was expecting her to think he was a monster or some hideous freak and be scared out of her mind but instead, she thought it was the coolest thing ever. He began to think that maybe turning into a giant monkey wasn't as quite as bad as he thought it was. Still, he wasn't going to let her see the transformation for free.

He crossed his arms and gave a sadistic smirk, "Okay, tell you what, I'll let you see it when you've mastered thirty times gravity."

Hinata's eyes widened in shock, "B..But I'm only on Fifteen."

"Then I guess you've got a reason to push yourself even harder. You can start by coming at me with all you've got, and try to avoid my tail. I won't be quite as forgiving next time."

With a quick nod from Hinata their training continued.

Meanwhile Goten, Naruto, and Sasuke were taking a break from training by relaxing at the Kohona hot springs.

"See how relaxing it is here. Now aren't you glad me and Goten talked you into coming here?" Naruto asked Sasuke.

",Hmph, You didn't ask me. The two of you threatened to shove a beaver down my pants and sick fangirls after me if I didn't hang out with you."

Goten chuckled, "Well you wouldn't take a break, even after Mr. Kakashi said you needed one."

Sasuke's face contorted with anger, "How can I take a break when there are people stronger then me! I can't stop until I'm strong enough to kill him!"

"Yeah whatever, but you'll wear yourself out. Resting lets the muscles recover from training and gives you a chance to cool down." Said Goten in reply.

Sasuke scoffed, "pfft, You're one to talk."

Goten raised an eyebrow, "What's that supposed to mean?"

"You're easily the strongest person around, nearly a thousand times stronger then the Hokage and yet you don't even use a tenth of it. I mean, if you wanted to you could go after and rule all of the elemental nations in a matter of seconds."

Goten gave a sigh, Sasuke just didn't get it, "First off, I'm not the strongest person in the village. Trunks is slightly stronger than me, and plus my brother's been acting as a sub for the ninja academy and he's nearly three times stronger than I am. Second, why would I want to rule over anything anyway? The whole world domination thing just doesn't seem any fun."

Naurto was about to add his two cents into the conversation but something else caught his eye.

"What the heck is that guy doing?" Naruto said pointing in the direction of what he was seeing. When Goten and Sasuke turned there heads they to saw what Naruto saw, an oddly dressed elderly man standing on a frog, looking through a small hole in the wall. Every once in awhile he'd stop looking through the hole and scribble down something in a notepad he was holding.

Sasuke smirked, "Figures, this guys an even bigger pervert than Kakashi. At least he doesn't peep into the girls bathhouse."

"You said it. I say we teach this guy a lesson for peeping on girls." Said Naruto with an even bigger smirk. Inside his head Kyuubi agreed as well. Getting the chance to prank someone else would be priceless.

"You know, I'm usually not one for pranks, but for once I agree with you, Naruto." Said Sasuke.

Goten looked back and forth between the two rivals and sweatdropped. 'Naruto and Sasuke agreeing on something...this can't be good.'

The two looked of them looked at each other and nodded in silent agreement then, as if reading his mind looked at Goten with mischievous looks in there eyes.

"See that wall over there." Naruto said smirking.

Goten nodded hesitantly.

"Destroy it." Sasuke said with an equally sadistic smirk.

"I can't wait to see what all those konochi do when they catch him spying on them" Said Kyuubi with an evil fox grin.

"I don't know about this." Goten said sheepishly.

"JUST DO IT!" Both of the other genin screamed in unison.

"Fine." Goten said with a sigh. He looked over at the wall where the old man was peeping and his eyes started glowing. After a few seconds there was a loud boom and the entire wall separating both sides of the bathhouse was reduced to nothing but dust partials.

The old man was too shocked to do much of anything to say the least. All he could do was stand there in fear as all the kunochi on the other side of the bathhouse realized what was going on. When the wall collapsed, many of them had started to run for the locker rooms but stopped when they realized a certain elderly man and self proclaimed super pervert was staring right at them, their eyes instantly became filled with rage.

"We should leave now before they notice us." Goten suggested.

"Why? This is just starting to get good." Naruto said with a grin, sitting back to enjoy the show.

"Because if we don't then you'll see something that's definitely a million times scarier and more powerful than me."

"And that would be?" Asked Sasuke.

"A mob of angry women." Goten said with his face going pale as he gulped in fear. If there's one thing his mother and Bulma had taught him it's that when women get angry they seem to possess a strength beyond even a super sayian three.

Luckily the mob of angry women were too busy glaring daggers at the perverted old man to notice the three younger males. As he gulped all the kunochi who were glaring at him all said the same thing.

"PERVERT" They all screamed in unison as the began beating the poor man senseless.

"I don't know whither to be turned on or scared out of my mind." Said an awestruck Naruto. On one hand there were several beautiful women with little to no clothing on, on the other hand, what they were doing to the poor old man was anything but beautiful. If anything, it was cruel and unusual.

"I agree with Goten, let's leave before they notice us." Said Sasuke. the three of them were about to head for the locker rooms when they were stopped by a voice that sent chills down their spines.

"And where do you think you're going?" Said the terrifying female voice. The three of them turned around to see Anko, the Snake mistress herself, clad in a towel with an angry glare on her face and her arms crossed.

"Oh crap!" the three of them said in unison.

"I know it had to be you three because I only know two people who can destroy a wall that thick that fast, and now I'm going to have to teach you a lesson." She cracked her knuckles making all three of them gulp. As she neared closer however an idea suddenly popped into Goten's head.

"Sasuke, Naruto, quick let's fly away."

"But our clothes are still in..." Naruto started to say but was cut off, "Better our clothes then our lives come on!" With that Goten grabbed onto Naruto and Sasuke's arms and dashed off at full speed, trying his best to get away from what he deemed was one of the most terrifying things in the known universe.

Anko gave a sadistic smirk, "You can run kids, but you can't hide. Flying away won't save you from me forever."

While they were flying away in fear a young child looked up in the sky and pointed at what she saw.

"Look mommy, flying naked people."

"That's nice dear." the mom said, not really paying attention. She knew her daughter had an active imagination and figured she was pretending again.

"But their really there mommy."

"Yes, I'm sure they are sweetie."

The next day, Goten had heard that the old man from the previous day was in the hospital suffering severe injuries. Feeling bad about leaving the guy to fend for himself, he decided to visit him and give him one of his sensu beans. He felt it was the least he could do after what happened. Naruto didn't really see the point. He figured the guy had it coming for peeping on girls but there wasn't really anything better to do so he tagged along with Goten anyway They were now outside the room where the old man was recovering.

After knocking on the door they heard voice telling them to come in. When the two of them walked in they were in for a surprise. The man was in an entire body cast from the neck down. Upon seeing them the man gave them a glare.

"And what do you two brats want, huh? Let me guess, you want to sick even more women on me until I'm dead right?" He said with a sarcastic look in his eye.

"We..Uh.." Goten started to talk but Naruto cut him off, "We felt bad and came here to help you moron."

"And how exactly are you going to do that? " He asked.

Goten reached into his pocket and pulled out a small bag, "One of these." He then opened the bag and pulled out a small bean. "It's called a sensu bean. It heals nearly any injury and keeps you full for a full ten days."

"Nice try kid, it's probably a laxative pill or something. There's no way I'm falling for..." Before The old man could finish however Goten had literally threw the bean down the man's throat, forcing him to swallow it. Instantly he could feel every part of his body repair itself. Evey bone, muscle, and artery snapped into it's proper place and he was filled with a newfound energy. With a quick flip he was quickly out of his body cast an back in his usual clothing.

The man had a big grin on his face as he tested out his body to make sure everything was working right.

"Wow kid, thanks. I suppose introductions are in order. My name is..." He then started doing a series of poses that would definitely make the Ginu Force proud before finishing. "The Legendary Toad Sage, Jiraiya of the Sanin!"

Naruto was too stunned to move. What he just saw had to be the lamest thing he had ever witnessed. He was about to voice his opinion but Goten beat him to it and much to Jiraiya's pleasure, didn't share the fox boy's distaste for the Sanin's theatrics.

"Wow, that was so cool! My name's Goten and this is Naruto," He pointed to Naruto, "Can you do another one!" He started jumping up and down excitedly.

Naruto promptly fell on the ground anime style. Jiraiya gave a laugh, "Hahaha, so you like that one huh. Well how about..." Before he could say anything else Naruto had gotten back up and stopped him.

"No, no more lame poses. We fed you the dumb bean to help you out so now you help us."

The old toad sage smirked and crossed his arms, "And why would I do that? If it wasn't for you I wouldn't even be in here?"

"Awe, but come on we gave you sensu beans." Naruto begged. As soon as he said it an Idea popped in Goten's head.

"I could give you one to grow. Imagine, a cure for any injury anytime you wanted it. Just add water."

"To tell the truth I was actually going to help you guys from the start, but since you offered, hand me one. I happen to know someone with a really green thumb so this could do quite good." said Jiraiya holding out his hand. With a nod Goten pulled out the last seed he had on him and handed it over.

"Okay then, come with me and I'll train you two."

Goten scratched the back of his head nervously, "Actually, I don't really know if there's anything you can teach me. I can sense energy and I can tell that mine is a lot more than yours."

Jiraiya gave a sigh, "Yeah, I know you're a lot stronger then I am. However, I don't need strength to teach style and technique."

"I guess you have a point there. Didn't think of that."

And with that the two boys in orange started their training with the Jiraiya of the Sanin.

Flaminginferno: Next chapter will finish up training and start into the final part of the chunin exams. I know I said I'd get to it this chapter but I wanted to show how the characters were progressing first. As for the Hinata actually managing to do something painful to Trunks during their training, I've actually put a lot of thought into it. The gentle fist style has the ability to trigger chakra pressure points throughout the body and regardless of how powerful someone is hitting them specifically is going to have some impact and with the tail being a major weakpoint for sayians I figured that hitting the tail bone itself would have a similar effect. That and Trunks wasn't exactly fighting at full strength, I'd say he was barely using five percent of his strength in the fight. As for the tail growing back, I have some plans to for it later.