AN: Random idea after watching countless videos on Youtube about Brook though brother of kane helped me get my brain going on how to start the story; thank you for that. As with my other stories, I will deviate from cannon but use the timeline from it to base what I do. Anyways, enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or One Piece

ITALICS – thinking

BOLD – demon talk/jutsu

MIXED – bijuu thoughts/singing

Chapter One: Rise of the New Soul King


It was the second part of the Chunin Exams and Team 7 was at first doing well but then Orochimaru came. For Team 7, this was a true test as they did not get off to a good start when they graduated from the academy. Sasuke was a brooder while Sakura fawned over the Uchiha; Naruto was a smart kid but acted dumb in fear of repercussion thanks to his tenant, the Kyuubi or Kurama. It wasn't until after the Wave mission when the team finally understood what real Shinobi duties were like and from then, things started to change. Sakura actually started to train seriously, Sasuke was told the truth about his clan which made him realize that revenge was not the best option, and Naruto was told about his parents.

You may be wondering how is this all possible with Danzo and the civilian council likely the ones wanting to hinder Naruto as much as possible. Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Sandaime Hokage, simply had enough and snapped making his God of Shinobi title come back. The civilian council was banished, Danzo was barred from any council meetings, and the advisors were replaced with Jiraiya and Tsunade. Both the Sannin were not fond on returning but after threatening them with missing-nin status as well as Naruto knowing his heritage, they relented. As of yet, Naruto's heritage was not revealed to the village as that would wait until the Chunin Exam finals.

So here we are in the Forest of Death with Orochimaru and Team 7; no matter how much they improved, the Snake Sannin was not an S-rank nin for nothing. Sasuke tried everything in his arsenal, from the Chidori to his Great Dragon Fire Technique but nothing seemed to work even when working with his team. Even with Naruto knowing the Rasengan and Sakura learning the basics of Tsunade's super strength, Orochimaru batted them around like pinballs in a machine. At one point Naruto told Sakura to get Sasuke out and he would hold off Orochimaru. At first she was adamant against this but soon agreed and hoped Naruto would be OK. Naruto would only last five more minutes until the Snake Sannin used the Five Pronged Seal and flung our blonde character down to the forest floor. Unfortunately, ANBU were fast approaching making Orochimaru flee the sight, his prize not captured.

With our protagonist, he fell to the forest floor but did not stop there as he fell into a hole of a long lost legend that was far older then the Sage of Six Paths. Naruto just happened to land on the grave of that person thus waking his soul from slumber.


Naruto wakes to see himself on a dilapidated boat with dense fog all around. Leaning on one of the walls of the boat was a nine foot tall man who was dressed like a gentleman consisting of a coat, top hat, trousers and afro, which were black, while the inner linings of his coat were yellow-orange. The cravat that was tied in between his coat and around his neck was blue. The outer covering of Brook's cane sword which he carries was purple. The skeleton man was currently sipping tea and humming Binks' Sake. Of course Naruto sees this person and rubs his eyes to make sure he is seeing things right.

"A living skeleton…alright Naruto, your either dead or whatever you ate last is really screwing with your head. Could it be those polka-dotted mushrooms I found recently?"

The man catches sight of Naruto and smiles "Yohohoho! I see you have come to my ship, though I wonder how as I have no eyes. Yohohoho, skull joke!"

Naruto laughs at this but then realizes it was a talking skeleton and screams "I'M DEAD, THIS CAN'T BE REAL!"

"Of course this isn't real; you managed to fall onto my gravesite which is odd seeming how I am technically immortal. Anyway, the truth of the matter is your dying in the real world and I have just the thing to fix you up."

Naruto splutters and widens his eyes "I…I can't die, I have to help Sakura and Sasuke as well as the ones I deem precious. I haven't even lived up to the legacy of my parents yet!"

The skeleton man completely ignores Naruto and bows "My name is Brook, once part of the Rumbar and Straw Hat Pirates whom sailed the seas many years ago."

Naruto settles his heart slightly "Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze and what are pirates and what you mean sailed the seas?"

"Yohohoho! All will be shown to you as I will give you a gift to save you from dying; you will become the next Soul King. All my powers will be yours to play with."

Naruto nods but then wonders "Wait, will I stay a skeleton like you; no offense but it's a tad bit creepy."

"No skin off my bones. Wait, I don't have any skin, yohohoho! Skull joke!"

Naruto gains a tick mark "WILL YOU STOP THAT!"

Brook clears his throat "No, you can change between human and skeleton form at will. No more questions now, I will merge with you so that the Soul King can rise again."

Naruto bows "I thank you and will use your powers for good and vanquish any evil that dare stands in my way."

Brook nods and turns into a green ethereal figure and shoots into Naruto's mouth making him gag then scream in pain as his body undergoes changes. This of course breaks Orochimaru's seal waking Kurama in his cage and sensing what was going on.

"You can never be simple, can you Kit. Why must you find the most troublesome things?" Kurama realized what he just said and mumbled "Dammit, now I'm becoming a Nara."

Naruto's body grew from four foot eight to six foot, his muscles, bones, and tendons popped, broke, and reformed to adjust to his new body. Not only did Naruto change in body, but mind as well; he gained Brook's personality which mixed with his own. Along with this change, flashes of the life Brook had entered Naruto's mind as well as any techniques and skills the skeleton man used over the course of his life. When the process was done, Naruto was wearing what Brook had as well as the purple cane sword and standing in front of Kurama.

"Hello Kurama, if I worried you as I was dying, I apologize." Naruto bows making Kurama chuckle.

"Be thankful you found that soul when you did Kit or I and your parents would be chasing you in heaven for sacrificing yourself like that."

Naruto glares at Kurama "What was I supposed to do; running would have just got all three of us killed!"

Said fox grunts "Perhaps, but that is in the past; I am just happy you are alive Kit. Now, go out there and show them the power of the next Soul King."

"Yohohoho! Ah, dammit." Naruto shakes his head as he realizes he got some of Brook's quirks which made Kurama laugh and roll around in his cage.

"Laugh it up fur ball."

That was the last thing Naruto said before leaving, the laughter still ringing about in his mind. As Naruto stood up, he rubbed his head and looked up into the sky and smirked. He had an idea to scare the pants off of his teammates. Turning into his skeleton form, he jumped out of the hole and walked calmly through the forest humming Binks' Sake while twirling his cane around his right arm.


With Sakura, Sasuke, and the Konoha 11

All the Konoha nin were now in a predicament; Orochimaru, Kabuto, Kin, Dosu, and Zaku were all staring at them with intent to kill. Shikamaru already used his usual word to everything which fit the situation nicely.

"Ku, ku, ku, look at all these pawns that wish to die for their village. Kin, Dosu, Zaku, pick your targets; my eyes are on the Uchiha. Kabuto, do what you do best and kill the rest."

Before anyone could attack, a thick mist started to converge on the area when the sound of singing resonated throughout the air and bounced off the trees.

"Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,

Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,

Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,

Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,

Binkusu no sake wo, todoke ni yuku yo (Going to deliver Binks' Sake! Following the sea breeze!)

Umikaze kimakase namimakase (Riding on the waves!)

Shio no mukou de, yuuhi mo sawagu (Far across the salty depths! The merry evening sun!)

Sora nya wa wo kaku, tori no uta (The birds sing as they draw circles in the sky!)

Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,

Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,

Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,

Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho"

The singing stops for a moment; the whole forest was silent until Zaku added his two cents.

"The hell was that? It doesn't matter; time to kill these brats in front of us!"

Footsteps are heard behind Orochimaru's group as the mist retreats; everyone sees a skeleton man approach, one hand holding the blade part of his sword, the other his sheath. Nobody moves a muscle as they never saw this before and was partly afraid; the man walks past the enemies and stops in front of the Konoha 11.

"Yohohoho! Hello everyone," Naruto bows and takes off his top hat then stands and puts it back. "It is so nice to see so many friendly faces."

"Who the hell are you?!" Orochimaru rasps out while everyone watches Naruto pace back and forth.

"Oi, Skeleton!" Kiba yells hoping to get its attention as it completely ignored Orochimaru.

Naruto laughs "Don't worry, I am finishing this." Naruto stops and turns to face the Konoha 11 while slowly sliding his sword back into its sheath. "Humming Ten Feet, ARROW NOTCH STRIKE!"

The click of the sword latching into the sheath is heard by the sound of blood spurting from the people behind them followed by blood curdling screams. The Konoha 11 was in shock at what they just saw and slowly backed away from the skeleton man. Speaking of which, Naruto turned as he heard breathing still to find Orochimaru still alive but barely.

"Damn you, whoever you are…This is not the last you have seen of me!"

Orochimaru turns into a snake and slithers off while Naruto turns back to the Konoha 11.

"Hello friends, nice to see you all; oh wait, I don't have any eyes. Yohohoho, Skull joke!"

A few snickers are heard but Sakura gets the courage to come up "Um, Skeleton-san? Have you seen Naruto lately, he has blonde hair like yours and stayed behind fighting Orochimaru while we escaped."

"Should I reveal myself to them…nah, I better keep it a secret for now."

Naruto shakes his head "No, I have not heard of this Naruto you speak of; until next we meet."

With that, Naruto heads off humming the song he just sung; one person was trying to connect the dots.

Shikamaru looks at the dead Oto nin and Kabuto whom was a spy then back at the retreating figure.

"Blond haired skeleton, Naruto has blond hair…nah; it couldn't be him could it? Ugh, this is too troublesome."

"That skeleton was funny." Kiba announced making everyone turn with weird glares making him laugh nervously "What?"

"HE KILLED FOUR NIN AND SERIOUSLY HURT OROCHIMARU IN ONE ATTACK AND ALL YOU CAN SAY IS WHAT!" Sasuke huffs out with Sakura placing a hand on his shoulder to calm him down.

Shino pushes his glasses up on his head "Very intriguing, it seems like the person we encountered used the mist as concealment and the song for distraction. He did not kill us though. Why? He did not see us as enemies."

"SO MUCH YOUTH!" Lee shouted earning a bop on the head from Tenten.

"Let's just search their belongings for scrolls and head to the tower, we only got two days left; gives us time to find Naruto, that is if he is still alive." Tenten adds making everyone do as told then head back to the tower but at the same time searching for Naruto.


With Naruto

Naruto was back in his human form sitting by the river looking at his reflection; it was hard to believe that water would weaken him to a great degree. Not only that, is Naruto got the full brunt of Brook's very sad life, from his birth to death and eventual rebirth. Naruto sighed and realized that even all the hate he got, Brook's life was worse.

"Kit, you OK?" Kurama worriedly asks.

"Just thinking on how close I was to death and the power Brook gave to me; I was shunned before, if I reveal my newest power…what then?"

Kurama whimpers sadly "I am sure with your heritage being revealed in the finals everything will be alright."

"Yah, one can hope." Naruto sadly stated and picked up a nearby rock and skipped it across the river watching the ripples go by; he shakes his head and scoffs at the thought.

"My life has been like that ripple, constant waves that alter my life in a good or bad way; eventually it will dissipate signaling the end and where death fast approaches."

Naruto stands and stretches then decides to head to the tower but first decides to change clothes as to not arouse suspicion; luckily for him he found a dead nin close to his body size and took the clothes while keeping what he used to have on in one of the nin's kunai pouches. It was morbid but that was how the Shinobi world worked. In Naruto's mindscape though, Kurama tried to think of a way to cheer Naruto up; he looked at Brook's memories and knew why his container was in the state he was in.

"I will always be here if you need me Kit, get better soon."


Forest of Death Tower – Nighttime

The Konoha 11 arrived late at night as they took detours to search for Naruto but no trace could be found; everyone was in a glum mood thinking their ball of sunshine was killed by Orochimaru but once they reached the tower that soon changed. Naruto sees his friends approach and holds down Brook's personality, waving he replies.

"What took yah?"

"Baka!" Sakura screams and lightly punches Naruto in the shoulder "Don't sacrifice yourself like that ever again!"

Naruto chuckles while Sasuke cocks his head "Damn Naruto hit a growth spurt?"

Naruto sighs and decides to get it out of the way "Guys, gals, and Akamaru. There is a secret I have been keeping to myself all these years. I never told anyone in fear of being rejected and after I am done, if you wish not to be with me ever again; I understand."

"What secret Naruto? Hinata asks without stutter.

Naruto motions for everyone to gather round and looks to see if anyone else was listening; thankfully nobody was.

"What do you know about the Kyuubi attack other than the fact that the Yondaime killed it?"

Shikamaru's eyes widen which Naruto catches making him chuckle.

"Shika got it, so I will just cut to the chase. My birthday is October 10th, the Kyuubi was defeated on the day of my birthday; you have probably heard me called a demon from the villagers. Connect the dots."

It took roughly eight minutes but everyone linked it up and quickly gave Naruto a friendly hug.

"I see you as an Alpha Naruto which is not an easy thing to admit; your secret is safe with us dude."

"Thanks Kiba." Naruto smiles then gets a pat on the back from Sasuke.

"No wonder you told me that my life was better off than yours." Sasuke sighs "For everything I said when we first met and graduated…I'm sorry Naruto. Also, thank you for sticking up for us when Orochimaru attacked Sakura and me."

"Troublesome, but I guess you told us this due to your recent changes."

Naruto white lies and nods "Orochimaru knocked me out and threw me to the forest floor where I fell into a hole of all places and should be dead by rights. Kyuubi healed me however and did a little upgrade while at it."

Kurama chuckles in the mindscape as everyone bought it then watched through Naruto's eyes as they went inside and unsealed the scrolls. Everyone went to bed happy that night, especially Naruto after the camaraderie and respect showed to him.


Time-Skip Prelims

After the Hokage made his speech, Hayate interrupted and explained things to the contestants. None of the Sound Shinobi was present as Naruto killed Kabuto and Orochimaru killed Misumi and Yoroi in frustration. The Sannin was watching from the shadows however to see if he could still get Sasuke to join him.

"First up, Kankuro and Shino; please proceed to the arena floor."


Kankuro v Shino

After both arrived, both shook hands and Hayate started the match.

Kankuro took Crow off his back and created chakra strings to control it; he demonstrated to everyone by jerking his fingers which made the appendages on the puppet move.

"Say hello to Crow, it will be the one to make you submit to defeat."

Shino stood stoic and quipped "Highly illogical. Why? I have a solution to rid you of your puppet."

Kaknuro growls and twitches his hands to make Crow open its mouth and spit out a salvo of poisoned senbon. Shino does one handed seals underneath his long coat and proclaims his jutsu.

Wind Style: Great Breakthrough

A massive gale of wind blows the senbon off target and slightly pushing back Kankuro and his puppet; still deciding to stand in one area, Shino awaits Kankuro's move. He didn't have to wait long as Crow was sent his way and a taijutsu bout began. Crow attempted to punch Shino but each was batted away; nobody saw Shino put a female kikaichū on the puppets body.

Using his free hand, Kankuro makes more chakra strings which grasp Shino's arms to make him miss his blocks which made Crow land a few punches on Shino's face and chest. Using the strings, Kankuro cuffed Shino's hands together and made Crow bring out arm blades which stabbed into the liver and spleen of Kankuro's opponent.

"See, you were meant to be defeated by my hands!"

A tap on his shoulder makes Kankuro turn to see an eye smiling Shino "Excuse me."

After Shino said that, he brought a knee into Kankuro's stomach hard; the Bug Clone which was stabbed turned into a swarm of kikaichu which cut off the connection to Crow. Shino added to his advantage by grasping Kankuro's head and proceeded to slam his face onto an Earth chakra enhanced knee; after a minute of this, Shino roundhouse kicked the puppet user in the trachea. Everybody in the arena winched at the vicious assault.

Kankuro stumbled back grasping his throat and gasping for much needed air; his face was bloodied and the nose was off to a crooked angle signifying it was broke. The puppet user attempted to reconnect to his puppet only to find it as a pile of sawdust.

"MY PUPPET! HOW DARE YOU!"

Shino fixed his glasses and started running through hand signs while exclaiming "If my hive wishes to feed, then so be it; prepare yourself."

Kankuro grunts and snaps his nose back into place and runs through hand signs of his own; surprisingly, both get done with their respective jutsus at the same time.

Earth Style: Swamp of the Underworld. Shino creates a swamp underneath Kankuro which makes him start to sink just as he fires off a jutsu of his own.

Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique. Kankuro shoots his fireball towards Shino who is just now standing up from initiating his jutsu. Shino's eyes widen not knowing that Kankuro was able to use ninjutsu and dodges at the last second but still gets burned and loses some of his hive in the process.

Kankuro's jutsu managed to harden the swamp thus making it so he could free himself; he was worried though as he saw Shino clench and unclench his fists in anger. Shino, with shaky hands, reached up and took off his glasses and stowed them away in a hidden pocket inside his large poncho like coat thus showing his coal black eyes to the crowd. In a cold voice, Shino began.

"You will be the first to witness the future of the Aburame clan, you will be the first to push me this far; I hope you are ready to know what fear feels like."

Kankuro backs up as he is slammed with Shino's KI and watches as a swarm of Kikaichu start coming out of Shino's coat which hovers around his form ready for orders.

Kankuro puts his hands up in a surrendering manner "Whoa man, look I'm sorry…just calm down!"

Shino hardens his glare and points his arms with palm outstretched towards the retreating puppet user "Know fear…Aburame Secret Technique: Black Plague!"

The hovering bugs rush in at immense speed and instantly cover Kankuro who screams in agony as he feels each insect bite his skin taking chunks out of him as well as drain his chakra. Hayate knows that if Shino continued, the puppet user wouldn't make it.

"Shino, that's enough let him go!" Shibi yells making Shino gasp in shock and recall his hive.

Shino looks at Kaknuro's heavily injured and bleeding form; he instantly drops to his knees and puts his hands over his face and whispers to himself "What have I done!"

Hayate quickly calls the match "Winner is Shino, medics please!"

After Shino goes back to the balcony, the TV screen flashes three names; Gaara, Kiba and Naruto. Gaara looked at Naruto with evil intent which he gave a bored look back; Kiba was slightly nervous but brushed it off. While the three went to the arena floor, Naruto made a detour and quickly changed his clothes to what Brook gave him; he decided that if his friends accepted the Kyuubi then why not this. Meanwhile with the Jounin, they were discussing Shino's match.

"I have never seen an Aburame be that vicious, not to mention two elemental affinities." Asuma says while puffing on his cigarette.

Kurenai looked at Shino who was leaning against the wall in shock and worry over her student then back at the arena floor where Kiba and Gaara where but not Naruto.

"I hate to change topics but, where is Naruto?"

Everyone that heard Kurenai looked at the arena and sure enough Naruto was not there until the wind picked up and a twirl of leaves showed his arrival plus his new outfit which left many confused. Everyone but the Konoha 11 that is who held in a gasp; they did not want to believe that Naruto was that skeleton man they saw earlier.

"Sorry I'm late; I had to help an old lady carry her groceries." Naruto saying this made everyone minus Kakashi to face-fault; Kakashi just chuckled and went back to reading his porn.

After Hayate recovered he started the match then stood back as he felt this would be one for the history books.


Naruto v Gaara v Kiba

"Psst, Naruto…please tell me you aren't who I think you are." Kiba whispered which Naruto picked up and sent a frown and discreet nod. Naruto was not expecting a thumb up from Kiba.

"Thanks pal." Naruto whispered back which Kiba gave a nod in return.

"YOU WILL PROVE MY EXISTENCE!" Gaara roared out and sent a massive sand wave at the two who immediately jump back to dodge it.

"Whoa, he's pissed!" Kiba remarks making Naruto nod in approval.

"Hey, want to team up?" Kiba nods "Good, use your Fang over Fang; I got your back."

Kiba nods and uses Beast Man Clone to turn Akamaru into a clone of Kiba then both use what Naruto ordered. Naruto did a few hand signs then pushed them forward sending out a massive gale of wind; Great Breakthrough was used to propel Kiba at a high rate of speed. Gaara attempted to block with his sand but the drills were moving so fast they cut right through it and smashed Gaara to the ground. This of course created a small crater and dust to fly into the air.

"Kiba, get back!" Naruto yelled as he sensed Gaara about to get up.

Kiba did as told while Naruto formed 200 Shadow Clones then all proceeded to make a Rasengan on both of their hands. Kiba just stood back knowing he was not needed.

"Hey Gaara…eat this! Rasengan Barrage!"

Gaara laughed and screamed out "That's it Uzumaki…LET ME TASTE YOUR BLOOD!"

Naruto's clones ran in with a war cry with some jumping into the air ready to bring the pain train but Gaara's sand defense would not allow that to happen as clone after clone started to go pop. While this was happening Naruto crept around to Gaara's backside and formed a hand sign then proclaimed for all to hear.

"Leaf Village Secret Finger Jutsu: One Thousand Years of Death!"

Kiba and everyone sweat dropped at the use as they watch Gaara's face puff up like a balloon and shoot into the air; the clones that were not popped slammed their Rasengan into Gaara where a large explosion took place making everyone cover their eyes. Kiba couldn't believe what he was seeing as he knew that he was no match for either of them.


Kage Box

"Out of all the uses for that damn jutsu…Naruto would be the one to make it work." Hiruzen chuckled while taking his Kage hat and putting it over his eyes to hide the embarrassment.

Jiraiya and Tsuande, who was with him, saw this and laughed.

"Oh lighten up Sensei; I'm sure Minato would have done the same thing." Jiraiya ended with a chortle.

Hiruzen smirks but then shakes his head "Another reason as to why Naruto is definitely Minato and Kushina's kid."


Back on the Arena Floor

Naruto walked back to Kiba and patted him on the shoulder "Sorry I stole your spotlight Kiba, looks like we fight next."

"It's alright Naruto and…" That is all Kiba managed to get out when he saw Gaara's sand slam into Naruto and smash him hard into the far wall; everyone gasped thinking he was dead.

Kiba and Akamaru growl "YOU ASSHOLE! How dare you kill one of our good friends?!"

"Stay away from this mutt…you are weak and not worth my time." Gaara drawls out making Kiba even angrier. "I was going to save this for the finals but…screw it. Akamaru, you ready."

A bark is heard and the two initiate their best chance at beating Gaara who only had some minor scratches on him.

"Human Beast Combination Transformation: Double-Headed Wolf!"

A large puff of smoke later and a large two headed wolf, almost the size of the fighting area, is soon present making everyone smile while Tsume yelled out her satisfaction.

"That's my boy…show everyone the strength of the Inuzuka Clan!"

The beast growls and looks at Gaara with menacing eyes then starts to charge up a jutsu; Gaara was going to react but it was too late.

"Fang Wolf Fang!"

A massive whirlwind forms and shoots toward Gaara who attempts to put up a sand barrier but finds it being taken down even before the jutsu hits; for the first time in years, Gaara felt fear. The jutsu hit shaking the whole stadium and kicking a plume of dust high into the air. Once it cleared, it showed a tired Kiba and Akamaru standing over a bloodied Gaara in a five foot deep crater. The two most concerned were Temari and Kankuro, never had they seen their brother beaten this badly.


With Naruto

Naruto grabs his head as he just woke up to witness Kiba's jutsu.

"Damn, now that's impressive…ooh my head."

"And that is the power of Shukaku, Kit."

"Oh fuck me, I had a suspicion…well, better time than never I guess."

"Sure you want to do this Kit?"

"They accepted me when I told them about you, I have a feeling they will too when I reveal what I truly am."

Kurama smiles "Give him hell Kit!"


Back at the Arena Floor

Kiba just crawled out of the crater when he motioned for Hayate.

"Proctor that last jutsu took a lot out of me and I can no longer continue, so I forfeit."

Hayate nods and helps Kiba and Akamaru back but that is when a familiar voice entered the battlefield; what everyone saw next baffled them and made the Konoha 11 smile and decided to let Naruto be Naruto.

"Yohohoho!" Naruto laughs as his skeleton form comes out from where he was punched into.


With the Jounin

Every Jounin's eyes widen at what Naruto became but what Shikamaru said next sent everyone for a loop.

"Troublesome, of course the living skeleton to kill four sound nin and severely hurt Orochimaru with one attack is Naruto."

"Say what now?" Asuma gasped while letting his cigarette fall from his mouth onto the floor.

All at once, the Konoha 11 shouts "Thanks Naruto!"


Arena Floor

Naruto hears the thanks and waves back "Anytime, now where were we…ah yes, the giant sand raccoon."

Gaara growls and shoots sand at Naruto who nimbly dodges and looks at Gaara with slight anger.

"Didn't your mother teach you manners…how rude?"

Gaara had enough of the smart mouth and let all the sand from his gourd rush at Naruto which plowed into him and forcing him to the ground. This of course made Gaara laugh uncontrollably and even more so when he brought the sand back to show Naruto without a head making everyone scream.

"You are weak Uzumaki, you can never prove my existence!"

To the amazement of all, Naruto stands while his head floats and reattaches to his body; Naruto calmly picks up his top hat, brushes the dust off and puts it back on. He sets one hand on the handle of his cane sword and rushes at Gaara while yelling.

"OH SO I'M NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU HUH?!"

Naruto unsheathes his sword and rushes Gaara with insane speed due to him being only bone and dances around him while slashing in certain areas; he made sure not to do anything fatal. Everyone in the arena goes silent as Naruto calmly walks so that everyone can see him sheath his sword while Gaara was sending Sand his way in anger thinking nothing happened. Like the forest, Naruto slowly sheathes his sword.

"Three Steps Humming." He calmly states then the click of the lock is heard and the sound of flesh parting and blood squirting out everywhere.

The whole crowd was shocked, even Gaara as he stood there for a moment looking over the amount of blood he is spilling then falls to the floor out cold. Jiraiya springs into actions slapping a seal on his forehead to not let Shukaku escape then Shunishined him away to get the seal fixed.

Naruto straightened his clothes and pulled tea from somewhere as well as a cup; everyone watched as he drank it with none of it spilling out. It baffled them completely.

Hiruzen decided to speak up "Naruto, do you mind explaining yourself to me after these preliminaries are done?"

Naruto decides to use a line Brook used on him "No skin off my bones, oh I forgot I don't have any skin. Yohohoho, Skull Joke!"