Chapter 2: Rightful beatings

Everyone was silent. How could anyone say anything after that type of entrance? Here they were at the chunin exams preparing for the coming matches and when it seemed that the first match would be won by default by the prodigy Hyuuga boy, the one he was supposed to fight comes in on an undead flaming horse before jumping off it and the horse disappearing in the same flames it sprouted from it's body. And now here Naruto was. Standing ready with confidence while staring straight at his opponent. Many people in the stands around were all quiet.

"Is that really Naruto?" One peculiar Pinkett asked while she and her best friend Ino stared wide-eyed at the blond haired boy. He certainly has changed. First was the fact that he seemed a lot taller even from their distance. Naruto was known as a midget among his class generation. Being shorter than most at the Academy, standing at around 4'8 and now he was as tall as Shino being 5'3. There was also the change in his hair. It was a lot longer and wilder with two bangs framing his face. His outfit was definitely a surprise as well since he wasn't wearing that Kami forsaken orange jumpsuit. It still alluded her and everyone else on how he managed to paint the faces of the Hokage in that thing without even being spotted until he was already finished. He wore a tan nomad type cloak over most of his form. Though they could tell that the cloak seemed to be the only thing he was wearing over his torso. He wore ANBU style cargo pants that were tucked into some boots. They notice that he had two similar kinds of weapons on his side. They weren't sure what they were as they seem to be folded up to be able to clip to his sides. Then looking towards his hands they saw he had clawed style gauntlets that were a deep blue and tan color.

The stands of people soon began to chatter murmur with each other about this new occurrence. Many were surprised and others were impressed with the change. Though most still couldn't shake the fact that he had with all purpose road on a flaming horse into the stadium before it disappeared. Those of the more weak-minded (*cough* civilians *cough*) individuals from Konoha believe this to be the work of the Kyuubi and believed the demon brat would soon kill them all and take their souls.

Well, I mean they were only half right.

Neji who had at first been surprised at this new development soon regain his composure and held an arrogant smirk. "So I see you finally decided to show up. Doesn't matter as fate has decreed me the victor of this battle no matter the few changes you made to your wardrobe." Even as Neji said this he watched as the blonde didn't rise to the slight against him and just held an emotionless façade against him. Frowning only slightly he activated his byakugan before recoiling back a little at what he saw. He could see the normal chakra that was raging river that was his network, but he could also see purple and green energy flowing around his form (Darksiders 2 has weird energy sometimes it seems to be purple other times it looks green, probably because of Death's soul being able to split and being both of those colors).

Naruto was silent while staring straight at Neji. He wouldn't rise to the slight mocking his opponent has tried or his attempt at intimidation when activating his byakugan. He learned a lot from his 1 year/month training in the kingdom of the dead. Now it was his time to put all that training to the test against his current opponent.

"Proctor, please start the match so I may give this arrogant fool the beating he deserves."

Genma shook his head with a slight smirk before nodding and holding his hand up. "Alright. The first match between Naruto Uzumaki and Neji Hyuga. Hajime!" Throwing his hand down signifying the start of the match he jumped back to give the two fighters some space, having a feeling things may get crazy.

Neji instantly went into his jyuuken stance while his blonde-haired opponent stood there with his arms crossed. He silently glared towards him before moving forward preparing to end this quickly. Thrusting out a palm straight at him he expected to hit him directly seeing as he was just standing there not preparing to move or anything. He had a smirk on his face as he moved closer to his opponent. He obviously accepted that he was no match for someone of noble blood like him.

'It is to be expected. Commoners such as him do not stand to those of nobility like the Hyuuga. Fate has decreed it as such.'

His thought process in that area ended however when his forearm went straight through the blonde's body. Eyes widening at this surprise he looked to see that the target in front of him wasn't actually there and he hit what appeared to be an afterimage. When the image disappeared he stood there before looking around for where he went. Feeling the ground shake under him he jumped back before a fist could come out and knock him back. He then quickly held his arms out to block a kick that came from his left before wincing at the impact that skidded him back quite a bit.

'What the hell? How was able to move that fast without me knowing?'

Lowering his arms he looked towards his opponent before sneering as he saw the dead last from this generation had a smirk on his face.

"You may have caught me by surprise at first, but it won't happen again. Fate is on my side and it's decreed that I win this match." Neji said before settling back into his jyuuken stance. Naruto's smirk grew only slightly before settling into his own stance. His feet moved into a wide stance where is left leg stood by the ball of his foot and his right was to the side while slightly behind his left. His right arm was to his side with his hand curled almost into a fist. His left hand was slightly right in front of his face curled like a clawed hand. People in the stands look strangely at this since this wasn't a style many were familiar with or knew about. Naruto held his smirk strong before gesturing for Neji to come at him. Glaring with his byakugan on full blast Neji charged straight for him. And so began a dance like no other as with each strike Neji sent, Naruto would maneuver around it before sending his own back at him with Neji having to sidestep out the way or else he would be injured fatally. Any attack Neji sent, Naruto would find a way around it. Never blocking knowing if he tried it would only hinder him. Naruto would deflect before striking back with Neji moving away so as not to get hit. Many in the stands could not believe their eyes at what they were watching. The known Hyuuga prodigy, Rookie of the Year from his generation that graduated the academy, was being taken toe to toe equally by the current dead last.

Neji was getting very aggravated and was slowly losing his cool. His face was now almost in a permanent scowl now as he couldn't believe he wasn't able to land as many hits on the blonde like he knew he should have. Sure there were the few hits he did do to him but he just managed to retaliate with an attack of his own, which not only made it through his guard but also hurt a hell of a lot. Each strike Naruto would manage to connect with Neji would be in an area he hit with enough force to make him stagger back and have to retreat to recover before trying to go back on the offensive.

Naruto continued to smirk as he battled Neji. His training was paying off well. This taijutsu style he was using is proof of it. This style was known as the Chimei-tekinaken (Deadly Fist). It was a style meant for using every attack as an attempt to kill the opponent. Each strike was meant for a specific spot on the human body in order to cause as much damage while also deflecting each attack sent to the user. With each attack that was either blocked or deflected away, the user would be able to counter attack with a much stronger attack. Though he was using a much power down version since killing Neji wasn't on his to-do list. At least not at the moment anyways. This style mainly focused on his hands and elbows while using his feet as ways to maneuver around his opponent. Though when the opportunity was among him he would effectively use his legs for kicks or a knee to a part of Neji's body. Of course with his agility, he managed to incorporate the usage of his legs more effectively than how he was taught.

Watching as his opponent seem to continuously grow aggravated at his combat efficiency against, Naruto could only chuckle lightly as Neji overthrew his arm trying to aim for his chest. He spun on the ball of his left foot while dodging away from the attack. He ducked down as Neji's other hand came at him. Using his position now he hit his elbow into Neji's rib cage, hearing him grunt from the impact while spitting up a bit of blood. Naruto spun once more kicking his feet from under him before spin kicking Neji in the face which sent him away a bit.

"Come on Neji. I could have sworn you were capable of at least giving me a challenge." Said Naruto while he watched his opponent get back up with a scowl on his face. Naruto chuckled while watching Neji stand tall and moved back in his jyuuken stance. "Maybe I'm just too much for you. Let's see how you can handle my little friends."

That statement made Neji raise his brow just like others in the stadium as well. Their eyes soon widen when Naruto threw his arms to his side before lifting them high in the air as if he was pulling something up. It wasn't this motion that made their eyes widen it was when four small coffins burst through the ground and out from those coffins came four small creatures that literally broke through the coffins. They were small, the height of possibly a small child maybe a bit higher. Their skin was a fluorescent turquoise kind of color. They were known as ghouls and they had clawed hands and their skull-like heads with their mouths filled with sharp teeth. They growled loudly while seeming to be rabid and ready to fight whatever got in their way.

"What the hell are those things?" Neji asked while stepping back some and got prepared to face these things. The way they looked at him like he was a piece of meat to snack on was kind of disturbing

"These are my "summons" of a sort. They are called ghouls." Naruto said back to him while smirking a little bit before pointing towards him. "Get him."

As commanded they gave a shrill shriek before charging forward at Neji. They jumped high and swung their arms wildly at him while Neji dodged out the way before countering them with his own attacks. Even as he hit them down though they seemed to still have the energy to get up and attack again.

Neji grunted from one of the ghouls coming up from behind him and clawed his back before turning around knocking the thing away. He panted softly while looking around him seeing the little things growl and get ready to attack once more. They circled him waiting until the time was right. It was only when he noticed that a shadow was covering him that he looked up to see Naruto coming down at him. As he came down the ghouls came from all sides jumping at him with their claws ready to dig into him.

'Looks like I have no choice'

Getting into a stance he waited for the right moment before spinning in place with his chakra pushing out into a sphere. "Eight Trigrams Rotation!"

Naruto's eyes widen as he didn't expect this and crossed his arms to block the damage that came when he and the ghouls got hit before being blasted away with the ghouls disappearing into green flames. Rolling on the ground before flipping back up Naruto looked up and grimaced seeing the ghouls were dismissed from the heavy counter attack.

'Damn, didn't expect that.'

'That's what you get for being cocky boy. Don't you remember your lessons.' This was the voice of Death. He was connected mentally with Naruto now since the boy carries his mask with him in a seal on his arm.

'Yes, always be prepared for anything that your opponent can throw at you.' Nodding to himself Naruto stood back up straight while getting back into his fighting stance. He stared at Neji for a bit before smirking and ran at him with his arms glowing purple before clawed gauntlets appeared on his arms making Neji's eyes widen before beginning to dodge the new weapons that manifested on his opponent's arms.

Up in the stage, many people around were surprised at the amount of skill that was being shown by the two. One person was most surprised by Neji and that was Hiashi Hyuga, clan head of the Hyuga clan. He couldn't believe that on his own Neji had managed to perform the main branch technique. It showed that he's been training hard. He felt bad seeing as his nephew was doing this because of how tensions have been growing between the branches. Especially after his father, Hiashi's twin brother Hizashi died for him after the attempted kidnapping of his daughter Hinata. Hiashi really needed to speak with his nephew sometime after this. Considering he has something for him from his father, he felt he waited long enough to show it to him.

Elsewhere in the stage was the other rookies who couldn't believe that was Naruto down there taking Neji head on. It was only a month before that he was still considered the dead last and barely made it through the exams as it is. But now here he was fighting the Rookie of the Year from the last graduation class and was doing GOOD!

"Is that seriously Naruto down there?"

"Can't believe he's changed to this in one month."

"…..."

"Troublesome blonde."

These were just the phew comments made by the competitors in the stands while watching the battle continue on.

(Kage Booth)

Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't believe his eyes as he watched the boy who he thought of as a grandson actually standing against Neji. He was a known prodigy amongst the Hyuga clan even if he was a branch member. The third smiled with pride as he sat back and smoked his pipe while watching the match continue on.

'That boy continues to surprise me. The will of fire is strong in him. Minato and Kushina would be proud.'

(Stadium floor)

Neji flew back after taking a palm strike to the chest and coughed up some blood before glaring at his opponent. Naruto himself was huffing lightly while having a few bruises on himself from hits that Neji managed to slip pass on him. He could feel those areas having their chakra points closed making it hard for him to move those areas a bit. Neji managed to get back up while panting from how long this battle was taking. Deciding to end this fight he got into a stance before rushing forward. He watched the blonde haired annoyance tense his muscles before jumping forward at him. Twisting around he palmed Naruto's side before kicking him back and then got into another stance with a smirk this time.

"You are within my range. You can't escape my eight trigrams."

Up in the stands, Hiashi's eyes widen as he saw the stance that Neji was in. "It can't be...that's..."

Naruto's eyes widen before Neji began moving a bit faster than before.

"Eight Trigrams: Two Palms!"

"Four Palms!"

"Eight Palms!"

"Sixteen Palms!"

"Thirty-two Palms!"

"Eight Trigrams: Sixty-four Palms!" Neji shouted out as with each call he strikes all the tenketsu before the final strike sent Naruto back flying with all his chakra points blocked. In the stands above Hiashi was speechless seeing his nephew perform a technique that was strictly only to the main family to be passed down to one child.

'You've come so far Neji.'

Back down on the field, Naruto struggled to stand up after that last attack. He let himself get opened and hit by Neji's attack. He could feel his chakra pathway being blocked making it hard for him to stand.

'Damn it'

'Get up. You're not finished yet are you?'

'No...it's just...'

'Just what? You came here to prove yourself that you've gotten stronger under my care and you let yourself get caught. Remember your promise?'

Naruto did remember the promise he made. Back during the prelims, he made a promise to make Neji pay for what he had done to Hinata, but he also had made a promise to Death that he wouldn't let the training they gave him go to waste and prove to him and everyone that he was strong. He would be the dead last NO MORE!

"Proctor call the match. He's finished." Neji said with a smirk while turning away from him. Genma, on the other hand, chuckled before shaking his head.

"I don't think so." Neji frowned before turning around to see Naruto standing back up though he did struggle a bit. He glared towards him while crossing his arms with his byakugan blazing.

"Why do you persist? Fate has decreed I win this match and you can barely move. You should quit while you still have the chance." Neji said towards him but still, Naruto didn't stop as he was standing back up and growled at him. He was panting while looking down at his cloak that was still around him. Seeing it was damaged from both of Neji's techniques he grabbed it before tossing it to the side with him now revealing his torso to the world. Many people gasped at the well toned body that he had with several women blushing in the stands. One particular female Hyuga was blushing madly like a tomato. There was steam coming from her eyes and it looked like she was getting close to fainting dead away.

"I can't, no I won't quit! I made a promise and I never go back on my word!" Clapping his hands together he focused before going into his mind and spoke with the Kyuubi.

'Yo furball! Give me some of your chakra!'

Inside Naruto's head at the cage that held the Kyuubi back by the seal on the gate appeared two red eyes with a large fanged grinned. Back on the outside, Neji glared at Naruto before his eyes widen. He saw that in the core of Naruto's chakra pool came some kind of red chakra that began to flow through his chakra points and forced each of them back opened. He watched as it flows around him before seeing a fox head appear with it grinning at him.

'What is this?'

Naruto looked back up to Neji with his eyes being sharp before he started going through hand seals before ending on dragon. His arms glowed purple once more before he crossed them in front of him.

"Desusutairu: Karitori ken no ken! (Death Style: Fists of the reaper)" Throwing his arms out to the side Neji watched as two purplish red ethereal arms came to his side. He stepped back before getting into his jyuken stance again to prepare himself for what was to come next. (If you know Darksiders 2 then you should know these are the arms that death uses for opening chest and doors and not really anything else)

'Good work Naruto. I wasn't sure you be able to use the arms in such a way but looks like you proved me wrong' Death said in his head while Naruto could tell he was probably smirking a bit. Naruto himself smirked as well. Even though he hasn't had much time to perfect this new technique he had it down pack enough to show off and finish this fight. Though considering using the arms took a bit out of him he would need to hurry up and end this battle.

"I hope your ready Neji," Naruto said while smirking more before crossing his fingers into a familiar sign. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Five copies of Naruto popped up but none of them had the ethereal arms like the original did. They all ran forward with the main Naruto coming up behind them with the arms following his movements. The clones moved quickly to engage Neji while Naruto himself jumped in the air. Neji scowled while dodging the clones and taking them out quickly with swift strikes before looking up to see one of the fist coming down on him. Jumping back he dodged the fist before holding his arms up to block the next one that came at him. It sent him flying back before managed to land on the ground just in time to dodge an overhead slam by both of the hands. They struck the ground making it shake and causing dust to rise.

Neji opened his eyes up before looking around for his opponent before screaming out from being kicked in the face. Naruto came at him with several kicks that Neji wasn't able to dodge away from before one of the hands grabbed him. Naruto chuckled before slamming the so-called prodigy on the ground multiple times before tossing him. He flew and hit the wall making him groan and spit up blood. Looking up he was knocked away by a kick and bounced across the field. He looked up once more before his eyes widen seeing one of the fists come down upon him. He let out a pained groan before the other fist came down on him. Both of the fists kept coming down on him with his body being dug deeper into the ground with every impact.

Soon the fist stop coming down on him before he looked up to see Naruto standing there over him. He grimaced as he felt blood flow down the side of his face and having to close one of his eyes from the swelling that was coming.

"What...are you waiting for? E-end it..." Neji spoke up to him while watching him raise his fist with the ethereal hand coming up to before he slammed it down. Dust rose up and everyone had held breaths as they looked to the field. When all the dust cleared it showed the fist was right next to his head. Naruto took a deep breath before the two ethereal arms disappeared. He crossed his arms looking down at Neji while seeing that during the time he was smashing him literally into the ground his headband and fallen off. He tilted his head looking at the seal before bending down looking at the branch member of the Hyuga clan.

"You know why I'm not gonna end you right here Neji?" At his negative shake of the head, Naruto shook his own head. "It's simple. Hinata obviously still cares for you like a brother even after what you did to her." Hearing that made Neji's eyes widen a bit. How could she still care for him after what he had done to her? He had released all his fury on the girl in the prelims and yet she still didn't hold anything against him. He turned his head, barely I might add, towards where Hinata was sitting and saw her look at him with slight worry and affection that one held for a dear family member.

"She...what..." Neji said while looking towards Naruto again as he nodded to him.

"Yep. She still cares for you even if you're a bit of a douche. This is your second chance to make things right with her and your family. Don't mess it up or I'll come back and mess you up more than what I already did." Naruto said to him while his eyes flashed red for a second before turning to normal. He stood up and walked out of the hole and away from Neji's body with Genma calling him as the victor of the match. The crowd was silent until a few people began cheering, of course, those that were civilians of Konoha didn't cheer much. Neji stayed still as paramedics came by and picked his damaged body up before taking him away. As they did he stared up into the sky and watched a bird fly off into the distance. He smiled lightly before closing his eyes to rest from the well-fought battle he had.

Up in the fighters box, everyone turned to watch Naruto come up the stairs and looked at him. Naruto himself looked up and smirked towards them while walking and standing next to Shikamaru.

"You're a troublesome blonde, you know that?" Shikamaru said while shaking his head as Naruto chuckled.

"I wouldn't be me if I wasn't Shika." At that Shikamaru smirked a little himself while looking back down to the proctor of the match. Genma waited down on the ground for everyone to calm down before deciding to begin the next match.

"Alright let's get started with the next match. Will Sasuke Uchiha and Sabuka no Gaara come down to the field." He spoke and watched as a swirl of sand showed on the ground before Gaara stood there in all his stoic glory, but Sasuke was nowhere to be seen. Everyone was mumbling with each other while wondering where Sasuke was. Genma tapped his foot before looking up to the Hokage to see what to do.

The elder Sarutobi sighed while shaking his head. He would need to disqualify the Uchiha soon considering he was a no show.

"Excuse me Hokage-sama, but why not postpone the match. Everyone here came to see both of our best fighters today and it would be a shame to see the boy being disqualified for being a little late." The "Kazekage" said while smiling behind his veil. Third contemplated on this decision a bit before nodding towards his fellow Kage.

"I suppose it wouldn't hurt." He said before giving the signal towards Genma to continue the matches. Nodding back Genma sighed to himself while not liking things already.

"The match between Sabaku no Gaara and Sasuke Uchiha will be postponed. So, we will move on to the next match. Will Sabaku no Kankuro and Shino Aburame come down."

Kankuro looked nervous. He needed to stall for the time since it wasn't right yet for the invasion and Gaara needed to be ready. He also needed to conserve energy for when it started and knew that he was somewhat at a disadvantage. So thinking quickly he raised his hand and looked down to the proctor.

"Proctor I like to forfeit." This earned a few boos from the crowd but he didn't care since he needed to delay for the invasion. This also caused Shino to look towards him with his eyes narrowed behind his shades.

At this point, Genma was aggravated before sighing. "OKAY. Kankuro forfeits making Shino the winner by default. Now, will Shikamaru Nara and Sabaku no Temari come down for the next match." To his ever relief he saw the suna girl glide down on her giant fan while waiting for Shikamaru now to come down.

"Ah man. I got to fight another girl. This is such a drag." He said while he slowly made his way down the steps and stood in front of his opponent. As the match started to get underway up in the stands a certain blonde turned his head when he heard a caw. Smiling as he saw a crow land on his shoulder with its glowing eyes looking him over. He petted the strange bird under its chin and watched as it enjoyed the attention it was being given.

"Well, it's nice to see you, Dust. Have you finished scouting around the area?" He asked him while the crow cawed to him before his eyes glowed a deeper green color.

"I have Master Naruto." Dust spoke to him mentally while nodded towards him. While usually, it wasn't normal for Dust to be able to speak, during their time together they manage to find a way for him to speak mentally towards him like Death was able to. "Several people in the stadium are not who they claim to be and I even notice something strange with the supposed Kazekage. Something is going to happen soon and you should be prepared for it."

Naruto nodded to this news before crossing his arms. He hummed a bit before closing his eyes in thought. One of the reasons he was running late was not just to make an entrance, but because he found someone sneaking around where they weren't supposed to be. Being the good nosey shinobi he was he knocked them out before beginning to question them. Apparently, they were an Oto-nin who was here for something big. He didn't go into detail because of not wanting to betray his master, but he spoke enough to give the blonde a good idea on what was to come. And to make sure the guy didn't escape he decapitated him. While gruesome, with it making Naruto have to throw up in a bush, it got the job done in silencing the man. Naruto knew he would have to kill, especially with his new position in life. It was better to get it out of the way than to draw it out for later when he would have to kill later.

Sighing Naruto opened his eyes back up before looking around. One thing was for certain. Whatever was going to happen he would need to be prepared for it. So moving back he sat down to watch the current match while resting to recover his energy. Having to use the fox's chakra to forcibly open up his chakra points and then use that technique in one go was a bit draining. Hearing footsteps coming closer to him he turned to see Shino stare at him a bit.

"Hey, Shino. What's up?" Naruto asked while being a little creeped out by the blank stare from the Aburame. Though he found Shino to be a bit weird he did find him to be good company at times from the rare times he talked with him at the academy.

"Nothing in particular Naruto-san. I was just curious about your recent change and that jutsu you used earlier." Shino said while Naruto nodded to him understanding how seeing his current changes would make many curious especially since it all happened in a month for them.

"Well, I can't really go into details about my personal changes in skill at the moment, but I can tell you about the Jutsu I used. It's something new I've been working on. Its basics are the usage of the user's chakra to manifest outward and give form into two arms that represent your own." He spoke towards the stoic Aburame while the few others around listened in on what he was saying being interested in how such a technique was developed.

"It's not perfect as I'm working on how to make it so it doesn't drain my chakra as much when keeping it out."

"And what about your...summons?" Shino asked while thinking back to the rabid creatures that seem to be able to take a couple of hits and dish out even more.

"They are special. During my training I...found a summoning scroll that was pretty interesting and decided to see what it was. The results were interesting as you could tell." Naruto said while having a small smirk on his face. While what he said wasn't completely true considering the contract he made with the Lord of Bones, he couldn't just go around telling people he made a deal with the ruler of the dead. That would surely make people suspicious and have him thrown into custody for questioning.

"Anyways how have you been during the month Shino?"

"Relatively well. Though not being able to participate in my match due to my opponent forfeiting is how Kiba would likely put it as...'aggravating'." Shino said while Naruto chuckled a little bit before turning his eyes back to the match below. It was coming to a close with Shikamaru showing off his tactics in using the hole he had made during his fight with Neji to increase the range of his Shadow Possession Jutsu. Though in a surprise twist he was the one who forfeited due to apparent low chakra reserves. As such Temari was announced the winner of the match.

"I wouldn't worry about that Shino. The real fighting has yet to begin." Naruto said with his face being serious for a second before going back to normal. Shino picked up on the subtle hint and knew that something was apparently going to happen soon that involved a big battle. Whatever it was he wasn't sure and knew he should be prepared for whatever was to come.

Back down on the field, everyone watch as Genma called out for Sasuke Uchiha and Gaara to come down for their match. He watched as Gaara made his entrance with the sand again, but Sasuke still hadn't shown himself. The crowd was getting restless and Genma was getting close to calling the match in Gaara's favor until a gust of wind circled the stadium. Everyone in the stands watched as the wind gathered in the middle with Kakashi and Sasuke standing there in the middle and Sasuke in a new outfit. While impressive it wasn't as dramatic as Naruto's entrance on a flaming dead horse.

"Sorry, we're not late are we?" Kakashi asked with Genma shaking his head no.

"No, but you were cutting it close," Genma spoke with Kakashi nodding before he disappeared up into the stands to sit next to Maito Gai and Sakura. Lee had just recently arrived with his sensei with him missing the first few matches because of his injuries but he was here now.

"Alright. Let the match between Sasuke Uchiha and Sabaku no Gaara commence. Hajime!" Genma said while jumping back since he did not want to be in the middle of the massacre that was going to happen soon.

Soon the battle that everyone had been waiting for commenced. It started with Gaara shooting his cork out at Sasuke with him catching it. Tossing it aside he watched as Gaara commanded his sand forward but with a burst of speed Sasuke was gone and reappeared. He entered into a stance that made one particular green pair gasp.

"That's my taijutsu stance." Rock Lee claimed while watching Sasuke copy his movements and while not perfect he managed to move as fast as Lee with his weights on. Gai looked to his "Eternal Rival" with frown on his face.

The fight continued on with Sasuke moving quickly and managing to get a few strikes in but was driven back by Gaara's sand. Everything then changed when Gaara encased himself into a ball of hardening sand around his form with an eyeball made from sand appearing above them. Sasuke jumped back up the wall behind him before going through hand seals.

"So that's why you had him copy Lee's style and speed. Your own personal technique." Gai said to Kakashi glancing up from his book to the man before hearing Sakura question what it was that Sasuke was doing.

"Right now he is performing a Jutsu that your sensei developed himself. It is known as Rakiri or Lighting Blade. It gained that name because it said that Kakashi used that same technique to split a lightning bolt in half. Sasuke is using a powered down version known as Chidori. It is called that because it gives off the sound of a thousand birds chirping." Gai explained to the genin around him while true to his words everyone heard the sound of birds chirping and watched Sasuke run down the wall, Sharingan blazing, and headed straight for the ball.

Kankuro smirked and shook his head. "There's no way he'll be able to pierce through. Gaara's sand is the ultimate defense."

"I wouldn't be too sure Kankuro. That's the same thing we thought about that Lee kid." Temari said back to him while being worried for her little brother as she watched Sasuke run through the field dodging all the sand that came at him. Sasuke got close to the ball of sand before throwing his hand forward.

"CHIDORI!" He exclaimed with his arm going through the sand and pierced Gaara's shoulder. This caused several reactions to happen in the stadium. One was the gasp of surprise from Gaara's two siblings and the second was the scream that came from Gaara himself.

"MY BLOOD! YOU MADE ME BLEED! NOW YOU DIE!" He yelled out with Sasuke trying to remove his arm before watching an arm push him out while seeing some creature inside the sand roar before staring at him.

'What the hell was that' he asked to himself while seeing the sand around him dissolve and Gaara down on his knees holding his shoulders. Soon there were several explosions that occurred in the village with one happening in the Kage booth and then feathers began falling in the stadium making the people fall to sleep. Soon disguised Oto and Suna-nin came out of hiding within the crowd before attacking the nearby Konoha shinobi.

Naruto stood from where he was and rolled his neck before grabbing his two scythes at his hips and brought them out from their collapsed form. He smirked before blocking an attack by an Oto-nin and cut him down with his scythes.

'Looks like things are getting interesting around here.' Death said with a chuckle as he watched Naruto fend off several Oto and Suna shinobi before slicing them in half with his weapons.

'You can say that again.' He thought back to him with a smirk. He turned to the group of enemy shinobi in front of him before grinning. "Well, let's not just stand here all day. COME ON!" He roared out before charging them with the intent on taking them down.

The Invasion had officially started.

(WOOO! I UPDATED! 😀 Now I know I've been MIA for a GOOD LONG TIME. I blame college for taking up all my time honestly. Now I had planned to make this a lot longer but honestly, I thought it would be best to just get something out for you guys instead of trying to make this longer than what I would be willing to do and end up forgetting it. Anyways here is your update for this story. The next to come will be Elemental Uzumaki. After that, I will let you know what I plan on focusing on. Now before I go I'll leave you with this list for the Harem because this is going to be a Harem, but will be more controlled.

Harem:

Hinata

Anko

Tayuya

Guren

Karin

Fu

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As you can see there are two mystery women that I do not plan on letting you know about until the time is right for them. Now here's an Omake to leave with you. Jangoman Signing off)

(Omake #1: Dramatic Entrance)

Seeing the signal Genma nodded and looked back to the gathered genin in front of him. "All right we are about to begin. Will Naruto Uzumaki and Neji Hyuuga please step forward while the rest of you go up to fighters box above." Everyone cleared out leaving Neji standing with his arms cross and a confident smirk on his face, seeing as his opponent wasn't here.

'I knew he would be too afraid to come here and face me. So much for his so-called promise.'

Up in the stands, a few people were muttering to themselves about the no show of blonde boy for this fight. Hinata was sitting next to Kurenai as she was cleared early that day from the hospital to come watch the finals. She was getting a little worried since Naruto hadn't shown up yet. Up back in the kage booth, Hiruzen sighed as he wouldn't have much of a choice to forfeit the match to Neji. Hearing a caw from above he turned his head and a crow land on the railing in front of him. What was different about this crow though was the fact its eyes were glowing green and looking straight at him. He was surprised at seeing such a thing since he wasn't sure where exactly this bird came from.

Down back at the stadium floor Genma sighed. "Since Naruto is not here, the winner by default is Nej-" before he was able to finish his sentence there was an eerie mist/fog that came and floated around the stadium floor. Then there was a hand of a skeleton that popped from the ground and pulled its body up out of the ground. It stared at everyone before pulling out a skeletal bass guitar and strummed it. Soon other skeletal figures popped out of the ground to play alongside the first.

(Play Official Ghost Rider 2 Spirit of Vengeance theme)

As they began to play the ground below them shook. It split apart as the guitar became more intense with each second that passed. As the ground split, even more, mist came from it has a large skeletal hand came out. It landed on the ground before pulling it's massive body out. The creature was covered with a tattered robe and had skeletal wings on it's back. As it came out of the ground the people in the stadium grew terrified at this being of death. The giant skeletal creature pulled out a massive scythe from the earth before floating towards Neji. As the music became amped up more the giant figure turned to dust before spiraling into a singular point on the ground before forming into Naruto Uzumaki with two Scythes in his hands with walking to stand in front of Neji.

"I'm here for my match." He spoke with his voice being deeper than before making people gasp and a few ladies swoon. As the music ended and the ground closed up there was one thing going through people's mind at the moment.

"WHAT THE FUCK!"

And that was the last thing said before most of the crowd fainted along with Genma and Neji. Naruto couldn't hold back the sweat drop before scratching the back of his head sheepishly.

"Maybe I was a little too dramatic." He said to himself with both Death and Kyuubi busting a gut in his head

(Omake End)