Blue eyes, sharp and cold as ever met the Hokage's slightly saddened ones. But beneath the coldness, beneath the razors edge, beneath the empty nothingness a sliver of doubt had wormed its way in. "I will take the summonig contract.
Sarutobi sighed and handed him an empty ink glass. "Place some blood inside please. He said as he took out an old brush.
Naruto cut his palm and let the red life liquid flow freely out of him and into the glass vial.
Soon, the wound closed, leaving perfectly unmarked skin.
Sarutobi looked over the seal Orochimaru had on his now detached arm and analyzed it for a few moments. He pushed a small amount of chakra into it and sensed what needed to be done. In all honesty, Jiraiya was better suited for this but he could arrive some time from next week onto next month. Sarutobi couldn't wait that long to make the contract, Orochimaru was no doubt trying to find a way to either get his arm back, or form a new summoning tattoo on his other arm.
Still, he knew what needed to be done, it was basically, imbuing the tattoo with every seal needed for the summoning.
Relatively four-hundred and ninety.
These, four-hundred and ninety seals were usually placed in scrolls that the people signed, thus the summoning contract. When the scroll was signed with blood it also carried a minute amount of chakra, which was then recognized by animal clan as their new summoner, allowing them to bypass the four-hundred and ninety seals and allowing them to merely use the last seals.
Those last ten seals is what allowed the clans to distinguish themselves, each clan had a distinct combination for themselves.
Being the 'Profesor' master of all of Konoha's forbidden jutsu he knew the combination of seals to all five of Konoha's summons therefore, all he had to do was create the first four-hundred and ninety seals and then show Naruto the last ten so he could successfully summon the snakes.
The reason he had not done this earlier is because, no Konoha shinobi had the strength to match the snake sannin, therefore the snakes would never serve the user should Orochimaru, the head summoner command it. Anko herself was only allowed to summon lesser snakes to use with the shadow snake hands. But that was about it.
Sarutobi took the vial and dipped his brush in it with a soft sigh. "Give me your arm please."
Naruto nodded and rolled up his sleeve, extending his forearm.
Sarutobi began painting the symbol, about a half an hour later he was done, he then began the long process of forming the four-hundred and ninety seals necessary to make it an actual summoning tattoo and not just some skin decoration.
About an hour and a half later his hand glowed with green fames.
"Kuchiyose Fuin Sho no Jutsu!"He cried before slamming the glowing green flames onto the newly made seal. It glowed green then purple for a moment, glowing golden Kanji hovered above the now blackened symbol before burning into the skin forever merging themselves with the boys arm.
It looked painful, It most likely was Sarutobi knew. But the boy's face remained neutral throughout the ordeal.
Finally, the glowing died down, leaving a simple black snake tattoo around his arm. Sarutobi nodded to himself. Naruto examined his arm for a moment before turning back to Sarutobi.
He then stood and showed the boy the necessary handseals.
"Is that all Naruto?" He asked.
The blond nodded and bowed once before leaving. The aged Hokage sighed and sat down on his chair.
Naruto stood at the roof of the tower in the forest of death. He silently formed the designated handseals and used a little bit of chakra, in a plume of smoke a regular sized snake appeared on the roof. It looked at him and hissed.
"Who are yousssssss. I never heardsssss of youssssss with the sssssnake contractssssss" the creature hissed.
Naruto dropped Orochimaru's severed arm infront of the creature. "I defeated Orochimaru, return to Manda, and tell him that you have a new summoner.
The creature hissed and licked Orochimaru's arm, tasting it. "Yessssssss, thisssss issss Orochimaru-ssssssssamassssss arm. I will inform the great Manda."
It vanished in a small plume of smoke.
Naruto looked at the spot the snake had occupied before turning and walking down the stairs.
The Genin had all assembled in the middle of the tower, which was obviously used as a fighting arena. They noticed that all of the important people of the village were here. Anko was the first to address them.
"Hokage-Sama will now explain the rules for the third exam, so listen up!"
The Hokage stepped forward. He took a long draw from his pipe before expelling the smoke.
"Before I explain the rules of the third exam, I want to tell you the true meaning for this exam."
"This exam, is merely just a replacement of war." He explained, his voice ringing loud and authoritative even in his old age.
He watched as confusion filtered through most of their faces.
"Go back 50 or so years, and you'll find that all the currently 'allied' countries were enemies fighting for the right to rule. Eventually, they realized that there was a much less costly way of dealing with the power struggle, and so the Chunin Selection Exams were born. During the main matches, you will be watched by some of the most powerful and influential people on the face of the planet. Each shinobi in the exams is expected to put his life on the line to uphold their village's power and prestige."
"But why the hell do we have to risk our lives to entertain people!"
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