Hello All. I am new to fanfiction and this is my first story so please don't be too harsh. I couldn't even find a decent name for this. Please don't judge me by my stupid title or inexperience. Also, criticism is welcomed. Thank you.

Also there are a couple things I changed about Naruto in this.

Sakura isn't weak or a fangirl. Neither is Hinata (even though in my opinion she was never a fangirl or weak she just needed encouragement). Actually, the two are tied for top kunoichi of the Konoha Twelve.

Sasuke isn't cold to either of his teammates unless he's pissed off like he is in this chapter. He does still speak the same way though. Also, he seems to have a crush on a certain pink-haired cherry blossom ;)

Suigetsu, Jugo, and Karin were already a team under Orochimaru during this time. They also participated in the Chunin exam and all made it past the Forest of Death. Karin has proficient skill in Genjutsu and her kekkei genkai is called Narakugan (Hell's eye). This technique gives the user the ability to create strong shields of chakra, control hellfire, and sense chakra.

Sakura actually beat Ino in the preliminaries so she moved on to fight in the finals. Hinata also beat her opponent (Karin) in the preliminaries with much difficulty since Karin activated her Narakugan. In the finals, Sakura and Hinata fight each other and the fight resulted in a draw. Also, Hinata and Neji are very close from the start unlike in the original series.

I gave certain people elemental affinities that they don't have in the show. For example, Kankuro has an affinity for lightning.

Bold is for Bijuu/Avatar State Speech and Jutsu

Italic is for character's thoughts and flashbacks

Bold Underlined is for Scene Changes

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Avatar: The Last Airbender. If I did I would be rich and wouldn't be on fanfiction.

Prologue Part 1

It was a nice, summer day in Konoha for most people. But for others, it was the day they got to prove themselves as worthy ninja. It was the day of the final matches of the Chuunin Exams. Atleast, it was. During the match between Sasuke Uchiha and Sabaku no Gaara , the worst possible thing happened. Ninjas from both Sunagakure and Otogakure launched a huge scale invasion on Konoha. Because of this, much of the village was currently being destroyed. As soon as the invasion started, Gaara and his siblings took off towards Konoha Forest. Because of all the confusion going on at the arena, they escaped almost unnoticed. However, Kakashi saw them leave. Unfortunately, Sasuke was also following them alone. He then gave Naruto, Sakura, Neji, Lee, and Shikamaru a mission. To catch up to Sasuke before he reached Gaara and to help him fight. So they rushed after Sasuke as fast as they could. But what they didn't notice was three people following them. Hinata, Tenten and Ino. Tenten and Ino followed because they didn't want Neji or Shikamaru to get hurt and Hinata came because she wanted to prove that she wasn't weak and to help Naruto. When they reached their destination, they saw a very pissed off Sasuke with his Curse Mark activated. They also saw a bored looking Gaara and his amused siblings standing on a tree branch. Sasuke, Sharingan blazing, was glaring daggers at Gaara while panting heavily. He looked slightly injured while Gaara looked completely unscathed. Sasuke noticed them and started to look even morepissed off if possible.

"What are you all doing here?" Sasuke growled

"What does it look like teme? We're here to save your ass!" Naruto shouted

Kankuro laughed "You? What do you expect to do? Sure you may have taken out this Neji guy but can you take out three Suna nin? I hear most Konoha nin are very weak." He sneered.

Naruto Growled. "Don't underestimate me! I'm gonna be Hokage one day dattebayo! He was about to leap forward when Sakura pulled him back and growled.

"Don't just rush into fights baka! It could be a trap!"

Naruto just looked back at Kankuro and saw three senbon in his hand, probably poisonous. He silently thanked Sakura for stopping him.

Neji stepped up. "Since we're so weak," he started, "why don't you fight me and prove it?"

Kankuro just smirked, "Sure. You already got your ass kicked by the blonde retard over there so what makes you think I won't win?"

While Naruto glared at the Puppetmaster, Neji scoffed then calmly responded "I'm pretty sure I can beat someone who plays with dolls."

Kankuro glared "They're not dolls! They're puppets!" He then jumped at Neji with a poisoned kunai in his hand while Neji just dully stared at him. As soon as the kunai got close to his face, Neji grabbed his hand, pressed multiple spots on his body and flung him into the trees in the opposite direction.

"Shit!" Kankuro cursed.

"Kankuro!",Temari yelled. She made a move to follow them but was then promptly kicked in the face. She flew into a tree, courtesy of Sakura.

"Where do you think you're going?" Sakura asked tauntingly. She then smirked when Temari glared at her.

"You little bitch…" Temari growled

"Aw….someone mad? Not so tough now are we?" Sakura chuckled

Without another word, Temari got up and charged at Sakura with her fan. The two then jumped into the trees and engaged in intense combat.

Naruto, Sasuke, Shikamaru and Lee all stayed back to fight Gaara. However, Lee had got caught up in the fight at the stadium so he was slightly injured. Sasuke was also injured a bit from the fight he had earlier and from the beating he had received before the others showed up. Naruto looked at Gaara with eyes full of Determination and courage as he rushed forward. Gaara looked on with eyes of hatred and loneliness as he rushed forward. The two met in the middle with a clash.

With Sakura and Temari

Temari managed to get in a few good hits with that giant fan of hers but she herself had taken a lot more damage than her opponent.

Sakura then ducked under one of Temari's punches and channeled chakra into her fist. She then punched Temari hard in the stomach. The poor girl coughed up blood and flew away from Sakura and into a tree.

"Is that all you got?" Sakura asked "Oh well, that's to be expected. Us Haruno clan members are known for our brute strength, large amounts of chakra, perfect chakra control and amazing intelligence as well as our skill in combat. Of course a weakling like you would have a hard time fighting me." Sakura smirked at the end.

She didn't really feel that way about the fight at all. Even though she was from a very prestigious clan, Sakura wasn't arrogant or cocky like her crush Sasuke was. She was just saying all this to make Temari angry. When people like Temari get angry, they tend to rush in without thinking. That would be Temari's downfall, for it would give Sakura an advantage.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" Temari yelled as a tick mark formed on her head. She revealed the third moon on her fan. She then smirked evilly and said "Once you see the third moon, the battle is over." She then swung her fan with all her might, sending a massive gust of wind at poor Sakura. Sakura panicked and didn't know how to dodge so she just stood there and tried to block. She then got blown away, being cut in many places as she flew through the air. At least, that's what Temari thought happened. She didn't realize her mistake until she felt the cold edge of a kunai pressed against her throat.

"You're right Temari. It is over. Over for you." Sakura said.

Shocked, Temari asked "H-how did you escape?!" She was trembling now.

"Oh that? It's simple really. You see I just made a quick Kage Bushin after I punched you and made it take my place while you were flying away from me. I knew you were probably going to resort to using the third moon after that so I snuck up behind you and masked my chakra." Sakura calmly stated.

'Thanks to Naruto for teaching me the Kage Bushin no jutsu…if I didn't know that I wouldn't have gotten her into this position so easily. I may not be able to make more than 4 for now, but they are still very helpful.' Sakura thought.

Meanwhile Temari was furious with herself for being so stupid and for being tricked into wasting so much of chakra.

'Dammit all! Maybe if I were thinking straight I would have noticed something so obvious! She's riling me up on purpose to make me attack without thinking! Think Temari!' Outwardly, Temari smirked. 'Okay, I know how I can get out of this!'

Temari reached into her pocket almost unnoticeably and pulled out four smoke bombs. She then smirked and threw them at the ground after Sakura lowered her guard for a moment. Temari elbowed Sakura in the stomach, sweep kicked her, and then gracefully backflip kicked her away. She then did several backflips and landed on a big branch.

"I can't believe I have to waste this on you…" Temari muttered as she bit her thumb and started making rapid hand signs. She then pressed her bleeding thumb onto her fan as payment for the summoning.

"Kuchiyose: Kirikiri Mai!" Temari shouted.

A one-eyed ninja weasel appeared with a very sharp-looking sickle. As Sakura recovered from Temari's kick, she saw the weasel and knew what it was used for.

"Shit…" Sakura cursed as a gust of wind was blown at her. The weasel flew towards her trying hard to slice her with the sickle. She kept furiously dodging each slice of air, barely missing each one. Sakura finally saw an opening to jump and she leaped high on to a branch above Temari. However, not without using the Zanzoken technique to make it seem as if she were still where she was a mere second before. Because of this, the animal and Temari kept up their assault.

Sakura then started making rapid hand signs and then whispered, "Sakura Kiri no jutsu."

She put Temari into a genjutsu where she was in a pink world with Sakura petals everywhere. Cherry blossom petals were falling all around her and she was at peace. It was truly a beautiful sight.

Unfortunately, in the real world, it wasn't as pleasant for Temari. There were many Sakura petals surrounding Temari just like in the illusion. The problem was the petals were as sharp as kunais and they were all heading straight for her.

The petals all rushed to their destination.

There was … smoke?

'A bushin!' Sakura realized too late as Temari had already hit her with her gigantic fan. As Sakura was flying away, she quickly recovered and pushed a bit of chakra into her feet. She then did a swift backflip and stuck to a tree she was about to fly into. Sakura was starting to get annoyed. She didn't want this fight to be too long because she wanted to help out the others. She got up and glared at Temari while Temari just smirked. The two kunoichi then rushed forward with kunai in their hands. Sakura swiped at Temari's head but Temari sidestepped and twisted to Sakura's left side. Then she tried to strike with her kunai but Sakura blocked the attack. This went on for the next couple of minutes.

Finally, Temari then tried to sweep kick Sakura while spinning. Sakura however leaped over it and jumped high into the air. She channeled a bit of Chakra into her foot and then slammed it onto Temari's skull. That's what she thought would happen. Temari simply leaped away and threw shuriken at Sakura which she dodged. However, she didn't see the kunai which lodged itself into the branch behind her with a paper bomb seal attached to it. Sakura noticed too late and widened her eyes when she felt heat and turned around and gasped when she saw the paper bomb exploding. All she could do at that point was jump back and throw her arms up to protect herself.

BOOM!

A scream echoed throughout the forest.

With Sasuke, Naruto, Lee, Shikamaru and Gaara

Sasuke was sitting on a tree watching the fight between Naruto and Gaara. Then he heard an explosion and a scream. Sakura's Scream. He widened his eyes as he slowly began to panic.

What happened?

Did Temari win?

Did something happen to Sakura?

Is…is she dead?

All of these thoughts raced through his head as he quickly got up and dashed toward where he heard the scream. The others heard it too and were worried about Sakura but they let Sasuke go on his own. Naruto did because if he tried to leave Gaara would have a chance to kill him and Shikamaru and Lee did because Naruto needed their help more at the moment.

'Hold on Sakura…I'm coming. Please stay alive.' Sasuke thought as he raced through the trees.

With Sakura and Temari

A cloud of dust loomed of that area of the forest. A bloody and slightly burnt Sakura got up off the ground. After the explosion, she fell off the branch and hit the ground HARD.

After that, Sakura was very tired and she was injured. She decided to end this fast so she could heal herself afterward. So, she channeled an adequate amount of chakra into her fist and prepared to finish this fight with one final blow. As she felt warm liquid stream down from her head, she knew it was blood. Temari just smirked, pulled out her fan and rushed at Sakura. When she had enough chakra in her fist, Sakura ran at Temari too.

"Let's end this!"

"Shannaro!"

As Their fists draw closer and closer…

BOOM!

With Kankuro and Neji

After the hit Kankuro took, he recovered in midair and landed on top of a branch.

'Dammit! That really hurt. That ACTUALLY hurt!' Kankuro fumed to himself.

Kankuro pulled out his puppet and attached chakra strings to it.

"The fight begins NOW!" Kankuro loudly declared

He made the puppet rush forward ready to wrap around it's target. Neji simply backhanded it away. However, the clever puppetmaster expected that. He manipulated it to spin in midair dropping smoke bombs. Then, he threw a kunai with a paper bomb attached into the smoke but by then Neji already had his Byakugan activated and was waiting for the kunai to come within his range. When it did, he snatched the weapon out of the air and threw it back to the direction from which it came.

Just as the paper bomb detonated, Kankuro jumped onto a nearby tree and stuck to it.

'Hmm…This guy is good…maybe using puppets against him isn't such a good idea…' Kankuro thought

He then went through a series of hand seals.

'Let's see how he handles this!'

"Raiton: Jibashi!" Kankuro chanted

A surge of electricity was released from his fingertips and was launched towards Neji.

Neji looked on slightly interested but before the lightning could touch him, he leaped onto a branch above him and started making hand signs of his own.

"Hakke Kusho!"

A wave of air was launched from his hand and blasted Kankuro through a tree.

"Still think I'm weak? Or maybe I should blast you through another tree?" Neji teased.

"You Konoha nin sure know how to talk tough." Kankuro started, You think you're so tough? Well then try getting out of THIS!" He started making rapid hand signs again.

"Raiton: Kairyu no Tatsumaki!" he yelled

A tornado of lightning escaped his mouth as it slowly formed a dragon. The dragon then rushed in Neji's direction while Neji widened his eyes slightly at the jutsu. He had to act fast or else he would be shocked to death!

"Hakkeshou: Kaiten!"

The dragon tried to engulf him in its mouth. It kept trying to eat him whole while he was doing his best to destroy the entity of lightning chakra. He managed to disperse the dragon after a while. Kankuro widened his eyes slightly then smirked. He did three swift hand seals and shunshined away.

He reappeared behind Neji with Lightning surrounding his hand. He then thrust his hand forward and the lightning was released as a blast. The blast pierced Neji's chest as he started to bleed. Kankuro looked on with a smug grin as he watched Neji slowly die. Neji fell off the branch and collapsed onto the forest floor.

"Bye bye birde…" Kankuro chuckled

Neji's corpse then disappeared in a puff of smoke. Kankuro, shocked, noticed that a branch took it's place.

'Kawarami no jutsu?!'

"You thought that pitiful technique of yours was going to kill me? Really?",Neji asked from behind Kankuro. He had a kunai at his neck.

Kankuro was trembling now. "W-when did you switch yourself?"

"Hmm… that would be right about when I blasted you into the tree."

Kankuro widened his eyes 'This guy…to be able to switch that accurately without me seeing him…and I had my eyes on him even when I went through the tree! This guy's something else…'

Kankuro quickly ducked and kicked Neji away from him. Neji blocked, but was still pushed away slightly from the impact. The clever Suna nin took advantage of this and leaped onto a nearby tree branch.

'It wouldn't be smart to use another Raiton jutsu…or any jutsu for that matter. I'm starting to run low on Chakra. I'll stick to Taijutsu for now but when I see an opening to finish him off then I'll use "it"…' Kankuro thought to himself.

Kankuro then pulled out four senbon and threw them at Neji. Neji dodged them with ease. Kankuro wasted no time in leaping behind him and then he threw a spin kick aimed at Neji's mid-section. Neji twisted around and blocked it. The puppetmaster attempted to chop his opponent's neck only for the punch to be swiftly parried. Neji counterattacked by striking a pressure point on Kankuro's shoulder and waist. Kankuro was hit by both but didn't let that stop him. He did many consecutive roundhouse kicks to gain the upper hand. When none of them worked he did multiple backflips away to gain distance.

"Will you just admit defeat already?" Neji said.

Kankuro just smirked "Like hell I will!"

Neji just sighed as he gathered chakra into his left palm. Kankuro simply channeled a little bit of Raiton Chakra into his hand.

The two rushed at each other ready to strike…

With Naruto, Shikamaru, Lee and Gaara

Naruto and Gaara were currently having an intense battle while Lee was gathering chakra for a powerful technique that Gai taught him and Shikamaru was looking for an opening to trap Gaara.

Surprisingly, Naruto hasn't used any jutsu yet. Neither has Gaara. Both of them have been using Taijutsu to gain the upper hand. Gaara wasn't even being protected by his sand!

Naruto finally saw an opening for an attack that his master, Jiraiya (or Ero-Sennin as Naruto likes to call him), taught him.

Flashback

Jiraiya and his student Naruto Uzumaki were currently on a beach, training. Naruto needed to be ready for the Chunin exam finals and the Ero toad sennin would certainly make sure he was ready. He was currently teaching him Taijutsu skills.

'Okay Naruto. It's time to teach you a Taijutsu technique one of my old masters taught me. It's called the Rising Dragon Fist or, better known as, the Shoryuken. This is how you do it.' He took a stance 'You have to wait till you see an opening for this attack. Openings such as, when your opponent lets their guard down, when their concentration lapses, when you can break their guard OR when you stun them.' He then crouched slightly with his front hand guarding his side as he was turned sideways while the other hand was balled into a fist. 'You channel chakra into your fist and you bring your front hand up to guard and/or parry any attack that gets in your way.' He brought his front hand up to guard. 'Then, you crouch slightly and turn your body in the direction of your opponent while bringing you fist up as an uppercut. Your fist should make contact with either the opponent's chin or stomach.' He once again demonstrated these actions. 'Finally, you channel chakra into the guard hand and uppercut the chin while leaping very high. This will launch your enemy into the air and injure them greatly. However, don't apply too much chakra unless you want to kill them, of course.'

End Flashback

Naruto quickly applied chakra into his fist and punched Gaara in his stomach with an uppercut. Then he used his other hand and punched him in the chin.

"Shoryuken!", Naruto yelled as he leaped into the air with Gaara still flying with him on his fist. Naruto then spun in the air and kicked Gaara in the waist which sent him flying into a tree. However, gravity started working again at the wrong time which made Naruto fall and he was about to hit his head on the ground but Lee caught him while Shikamaru trapped Gaara with his Kage mane no jutsu.

"Kage mane no jutsu: success." Shikamaru declared lazily.

"That technique was amazing Naruto-kun! You really have become strong!" Lee praised.

"Gee thanks Lee!" Naruto grinned at the praise.

Lee put Naruto down on a branch and turned back to where Shikamaru and Gaara were.

"Oi! Lee, It's your turn now." Shikamaru stated as he yawned.

Lee just grinned. "Yosh! I will show you all the power of my youth! I will make Gai sensei proud!" Lee yelled with a fire blazing in his eyes.

He then rushed forward, jumped, and yelled, "Konoha Senpuu!" before kicking Gaara in the face and then sweep kicking him away. He used his speed to get behind him and then kicked him up into the air. He leaped up after him and started kicking him up a few more times before flip kicking him into a tree.

Gaara used his sand to cushion his landing but he was getting very pissed off. He was angry that he was being beaten by weaklings. He WOULD make them pay! He made a single hand seal and whispered "Tanuki Neiri no Jutsu." Then everything went black.

Well thats the end of the first Chapter. I hope you enjoyed it :)

Technique Glossary

Kuchiyose: Kirikiri Mai – Temari summons Katamari (a one-eyed weasel who wields a sickle) who rides a huge wave of wind and slices everything in it's way.

Kage Bushin no Jutsu – The user creates one or more real copies of themselves. These clones can be used for many things such as attacking, defending, or even as a stepping stone to leap high into the air.

Zanzoken Technique – This technique isn't from Naruto OR Avatar: TLA for that matter. I actually took this skill from the Dragon Ball series. It is a sudden burst of speed that leaves behind an image of yourself where you were standing, misleading people into believing you never moved. I don't own this technique or Dragon Ball.

Sakura Kiri no jutsu – This is a move that I made up for Sakura. She traps her opponent in a genjutsu where the world is pink with cherry blossoms falling around them. In reality, The cherry blossoms are surrounding the victim but they are very sharp. Then, they all rush at the target and stab them.

Shoryuken – Once again, This is not from Naruto OR Avatar: TLA. This technique, However, is from the popular fighting game series Street Fighter®. The explanation is in the story but I added the "add chakra into your fists" part so it could sound more Naruto…ish. Also, I don't own this technique or Street Fighter.

Raiton: Jibashi – A surge of lightning is released from the user's hands and goes toward wherever it is guided. It can range from a stun shock to a deadly shock depending on the amount of chakra expelled.

Hakke Kusho – A.k.a. Eight Trigrams: Air Palm or Eight Trigrams: Vacuum Palm is an advanced Hyuuga jutsu. The user targets their opponent's vitals with the byakugan and releases a wave of chakra that is aimed at a specific vital point while also blowing them off their feet.

Raiton: Kairyu no Tatsumaki – A tornado of lightning chakra is released from the user's mouth and transforms into a dragon that engulfs any targeted person and can shock them to death.

Byakugan – A Doujutsu that allows the user to have a nearly 360 degree vision. It can also be used to see through solid objects as well as seeing vital points on the chakra network. This helps them greatly for they use this ability to attack vital points with their own Taijutsu style known as "Jyuuken" or "Gentle Fist".

Sharingan – A Doujutsu that slows down time in the user's eyes and allows them to see their opponent's movements clearly. They can also place a genjutsu on others just by looking at them.

Hakkeshou: Kaiten – This is another advanced Hyuuga jutsu. The user expels chakra from all the Tenketsu points on the body and spins rapidly to form a perfect shield of chakra that repels anything near it.

Kawarami no Jutsu – This jutsu replaces the user with another object/thing allowing them to escape dangerous situations.

Tanuki Neiri no Jutsu – This jutsu, normally, isn't very useful. All it does it put the user to sleep. However, for a jinchuriki like Gaara, it awakens the Bijuu inside and unleashes it.