Sup Everybody, this is going to be my first attempt at a real fight scene so don't expect greatness.

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Chapter 4: The Placement Test

Last time

Naruto slid into a loose horse stance and his carefree expression melted into a calm serene look with a small smile slipping onto his face. "That won't be needed Kakashi-san, as I said yesterday," Everyone watched in awe as Tsubaki began to glow and went into the air before landing in Naruto's waiting hands taking for of a set of short chain scythes. "She's my partner." With that Naruto launched himself towards Kakashi.

A stunned Kakashi found himself dodging a double slash aimed at his chest, jumping back and pulling out a set of kunai he settled into a defensive stance. "I must say Naruto your girlfriend has quite the surprising ability, but isn't this a test of your ability?" Kakashi asked. Naruto only gave a slight smirk as he began spinning the right scythe off to his side. "As I said before, she is my partner, in combat we are one. The Hokage is well aware of this. Quiet simply, you fight one of us, you fight both of us." At that he launched both scythe's at Kakashi right after the other, one aimed for his side which Kakashi deflected with one of his kunai before ducking to dodge the second scythe thrown right at his face. Kakashi only had a moment to block Naruto's flying kick before they both began trading blows with their respective blades.

The exchange last a good minute or so before Kakashi felt a build-up of energy coming not from Naruto, but from Tsubaki. A cry of "Tsubaki smoke bomb" was all the warning anyone got before the entire field was bathed in a thick cloud of smoke. When the smoke cleared Kakashi found himself surrounded by twenty identical Narutos all wielding a new weapon, a rather nicely crafted tanto. "I must say Naruto, I'm impressed making this many Kage Bushin is quite a feat." Kakashi was hoping to trick the real Naruto into speaking. His only response was the squad of blondes launching a full out assault on Kakashi. While they had numbers on their side the clones were fragile and were quickly cut down, leaving only the original and Kakashi locked in a deadlock. Kakashi while confident couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong. His only warning was a small smirk on "Naruto's" face and a feminine whisper of "Dummy star" before "Naruto" seemed to dissolve into petals to reveal it was Tsubaki who Kakashi was fighting. At the same time Kakashi also felt a hand being laid on his back. Being unable to move without opening up himself to Tsubaki, he had no choice to take the blow. With a cry of "Soul Menace" Naruto's hands were bathed in what looked like electrical discharge and Kakashi was painfully launched across the field before he was engulfed in smoke revealing a splintered log in his place.

If Naruto was frustrated he didn't show it. Having Tsubaki return to her chain scythe form Naruto fell into a ready stance and closed his eyes in concentration. Less than a minute later his eyes snapped open and he leaped across the training field while the earth where he was once standing erupted to reveal Kakashi. They both squared off in silence for a moment before Kakashi broke the silence. "That was a very good move Naruto I see now that I will have to take this seriously from here on out." Kakashi stated as he pulled up his headband revealing his lazily spinning Sharingan eye, before flashing through hand seals. "Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu." He called launching a salvo of decent sized fireballs at Naruto who dove and rolled to get away, before launching himself at Kakashi from bombarding him with ninjutsu. However all didn't go as planned as the precognition Kakashi received from the Sharingan quickly led to Naruto getting overwhelmed and forced him to break away. "Damn" was all he could say, his father's student was a lot tougher than his usual sparring partner Mifune. "Let's step it up a level Tsubaki, Yoto mode." At that the chain scythe shifted into the form of a standard black katana; however the weapon was anything but normal. The blade seemed to be so dark it seemed to simply absorb the surrounding light, and a dark unnatural lightning seemed to dance along the blade. Also a set of tribal looking markings seemed to spread all over Naruto's body. "Now Tsubaki, Soul Resonance!" Naruto cried out. The area surrounding Naruto was bathed in a mix of both the black and yellow energy arcing all around him.

"Dad what kind of technique is this?" a stunned Asuma asked his father. "This is the first time I've seen it but from what his trainer told me this should be impressive. It is a technique called Soul Resonance and from how it was explained to me it requires both Naruto and Tsubaki to have their energy in sync, before Naruto sends his own energy through Tsubaki amplifying it to an amount greater than the sum of it's parts. The abilities used through this technique vary from person to person but the basic process is the same."

The assembled audience just stood in silent awe as the energy released by the pair grew stronger.

"Spiralling Shadow!" Shouted the combined voices of Naruto and Tsubaki as Naruto's shadow seemed to come to life shaping its self until it seemed to be a single long whip like appendage. The appendage proved to be very dangerous as it whipped against the ground once ripping out a sizeable chunk of earth in the process. Once again Naruto leapt in to engage Kakashi in close-combat.

Kakashi soon found out in addition to granting Naruto a very quick and dangerous extra angle of attack, the technique also increased Naruto's speed evening out the fight once again. While not as forceful as Naruto's blows; his "shadow's" strikes were quick and rapid leaving Kakashi sporting a good deal of small cuts along his arms. Naruto wasn't fairing to well himself; Kakashi's counter strikes were brutal, Naruto was pretty sure that he had received a few broken ribs and would be sporting some very impressive bruises tomorrow. He decided it was time to end this, and broke off from Kakashi landing in a much wider stance than before panting slightly from the strain of using soul resonance.

"This is it Kakashi." He stated catching Kakashi's attention "I have one last technique that I can use without potentially killing you." At that his and Tsubaki's energy began climbing one last time. "Prepare yourself Kakashi, Soul Resonance!" As the katana he was holding changed into a menacing blade he held in a reverse grip. It was the same length however it was much thicker and featured three menacing spikes and seemed to be connected by a black chain made of Naruto's own shadow, which coiled around him a small distance away from his body.

"Spiralling Shadow: First Form- Chain of Blackness, the form of power." Naruto stated before he charged Kakashi one last time. While not as fast as the previous form, blocking Naruto's blows was no longer an option. When Kakashi first tried to block the menacing blade with a chakra infused kunai he found himself defenseless as the kunai shattered in his hand. In addition to the increased power the chain around his body acted like a shield deflecting blows and even attempting to ensnare Kakashi a few times.

Once again they broke apart both panting. Naruto stumbled back onto his back and Tsubaki reverted back to human form while Kakashi stayed on his feet a covered his Sharingan. Applause rang out from the watching crowd while Tsubaki helped Naruto into a sitting position against a tree. The Hokage was the first to speak, "Very well done Naruto certainly an impressive bout. Now I have already made up my mind however I want everyone's opinion on the bout."

Asuma was the first to speak. "The gakis are good; their teamwork is excellent and their tactics, from what I saw were very impressive." Kurenai spoke next "I have to say their use of illusion techniques was solid, I take it they know the release techniques?" She received a small nod from Tsubaki as an answer. Next was Genma "Impressive use of Kage Bushin. I can tell you guys are more close-combat oriented, but do you know any more ninjutsu?" Tsubaki gave a small nod before answering. "Hai, we both know the Kage Shuriken and Kunai Jutsu's, Henge, Kawamiri and we both know a solid clone; we both lack elemental techniques." Genma just gave a nod in response. Yugao just gave a shake of her head. "I have nothing to add that hasn't been already said." Kakashi just gave a short concise answer of "Solid jonin." The aged Hokage gave a quick nod of agreement before speaking. "My thoughts exactly, however Naruto lacks command experience and a suitable jutsu repertoire for full jonin. Therefore it is with great pleasure that I give you two the rank of tokubetsu jonin." Naruto accepted the vest and just gave a small smile and a thank you before walking off to go pass out at the Namikaze house.

End Chapter

Well my first real fight scene. What do you guys think like it hate it. I tried my hardest so please review, feedback helps me write better. Also people have been asking about other people from the Soul Eater world coming to the Elemental Nation, I may have two or three people cross over who they are you guys can guess, but I may try to keep the cross over to a minimum it's still up in the air.

Metallurker passing out, good night.