As Naruto continued on his way, he saw an Inuzuka with his and Anko's other teammate. "I tell ya, that guy's suspicious. He just reeked of evil." The Inuzuka looked at the other boy strangely, and then turned toward Naruto.

"Is it that guy? He's radiating a pretty foul smell, just like you said." Naruto glared at the kid, ready to kill the pathetic Inuzuka.

The kid leaned in, and in a voice that he thought was inaudible, whispered to Kiba. "YES, Kiba, but you do realize he now wants to kill you!" The boy paled, and Naruto took a step forward.

"That was dumb, you piece of trash. You will die for your stupidity." He said, and Kiba was really wishing that he hadn't just said that. His friend looked at him like 'You got yourself into this' and stepped away from the dog boy. Naruto pulled a bone sword out of his shoulder, and Kiba suppressed his shock at how creepy his Kekkai Genkai was.

"For your best interests, you should leave him alone." A voice said, and Naruto turned around to find a confident Aburame and a scared looking Hyuuga standing behind him. He then sensed the Uchiha's presence, in an alley not too far ahead.

'Even he caught me? Oh well. It's not like I'm not supposed to be walking the streets of Konoha.' The Aburame's bugs were within striking range of Naruto, but his sword was pressed against Kiba's neck. For a long time, no one moved, too scared that the slightest occurrence would cost one of the two their lives.

"SASUKE-KUN!!!" Two feminine voices yelled, breaking the dead silence. Sasuke tried to run through the scene to escape, but was soon flying-fangirl-glomped by Ino and Sakura. A reluctant Choji and Shikamaru trailing behind their squad's kunoichi member. As Sasuke struggled to his feet, Ino let go in surprise.

"Hey, it's that guy! I guess you know where Sasuke-kun is- WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING TO KIBA!" Naruto smiled.

"Oh, preparing to kill him. But these annoying insects won't let me." He said, the smile never leaving his face.

"Shikamaru, Chouji, stop him! You can't allow our friends to be threatened!" Ino commanded. The boy laughed.

"We should take this to a place that's a bit more isolated. Just one condition…" Naruto pointed at Shino. "His Insects don't get involved. Without them, I can beat you trash ninja any day."

"So, when I win, your little mutt friend shall be disposed of. Got it?" Naruto said, and everyone but Kiba nodded. The Inuzuka looked around, confused.

"Hey, why do I have to die? It's not like I particularly deserve to!" Everyone stared at him.

"Kiba." Shino announced. "You're clearly the least productive member of the rookie nine, so it's okay with them. Their fighting based on principle, not on liking you enough to keep you around. If they had a choice, they'd probably just let you fight alone, but that's not moral. In addition to that, the guy-" "Naruto." "Naruto, could say that he'd kill anyone in battle, but he didn't. He's only out to get you, so don't complain about their reasons to try and save you."

Most of the people stood around, their mouths open in shock. "You know, that the longest Shino has ever talked. Ever." Kiba said, and Shino stared back at him.

"Don't make me help him." At this Naruto laughed. "Wow, this place is messed up! Oro- I mean, my father would have never expected it to be more dysfunctional than Otogakure! There's TWO girls with anger management issues," At this, Ino and Sakura began to fume. "A bug boy, those who rely on their kekkei genkai, me included, and a whole bunch of freaks!" By now, everyone but Sasuke, Chouji and Hinata were in a rage. "Oh, yeah. And the fatso."

"That's IT! You're going down!" Chouji yelled, initiating the attack. "Multi-Size no juitsu!" he turned into his typical ball of fat, and charged at Naruto.

"Akeisha no Mai." Naruto calmly stated, a large bone plate sliding out of his back. He rammed the shield into the lower half of Chouji's tank, sending it flying into the air. Shikamaru tried to hit him with Shadow Possession, but Naruto doged both it, and Chouji's return to earth.

"RAN. No. mai. He said, his voice going from loud to soft. Bones stared to come out of Naruto, until a perfect clone, but without flesh, stood in front of him. His clothing was mostly shredded from the maneuver, but his pants were intact, because the leg bones for the clone had once been Naruto's ribs. Instantly, everyone stopped and looked at him. The three girls were staring for completely different reasons than the boys though. "Now, witness my power." He said, a crystalline pattern now flowing over his skin.

"Tsubaki no Mai!" He shouted, pulling out a sword from his shoulder. "You call that an attack!?" Kiba said. Causing Naruto to give one of his creepy smiles.

"I nearly beheaded you with it, an I won't fail again." Kiba frowned, as his friend had started to laugh at him, along with a few snickers from some of the other rookies. "Man Beast Ultimate Taijuitsu: Fang Over Fang!" He shouted, as he performed man beast clones, then ran towards Naruto. "Gatsuuga!"

Naruto laughed as he ducked under Kiba's 'ultimate' attack, and grabbed the boy's wrist. Throwing him to the ground, he jumped over a punch from the pink haired girl. Vaulting off her arm, sending her crashing to the ground, he moved to attack the shadow user. Sasuke was just standing back, watching. "Is this the power he mentioned?"

Naruto smiled again at Sasuke's gaze. "I shall show you what it really is… Haku no Mai!" He spasmed for a second, then regained his normal stance. Noticing his clone was pinned by Shikamaru's Kagemane, he decided that it just meant that it was one less opponent for him to worry about.

Sakura reappeared, punching him, but her hand stopped on contact, and she held it, an expression of pain on her face. "What the hell are you made of?" She asked, and got a spinning kick for an answer.

"Gatsuuga!" Kiba yelled, but when him and Akamaru collided with Naruto, they collapsed to he ground. Naruto stepped on them, laughing. "None of you can touch me! Pieces of trash!"

Suddenly something he did not expect happened. "Katon: Ryuka no juitsu!" The massive flame attack washed over Naruto, engulfing him in a torrent of liquefying fire. As his scream echoed throughout the field, Sasuke smirked.

'Sorry, but I'm more powerful than you'll ever be.'

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Okay, massive cliffhanger. Yay! I'm happy for me, but sad that FF authors have to string people on with such cruel tactics. Anyway, ask a question when you review, and not only will I answer it, I'll also increase the amount of time for writing the update it's at the beginning of. I care more about my fans waiting to get their question answered than Waiting for the new chapter, because there's always more FFs to read while you wait for a chapter, but it's not like anyone else can answer your question. I'm not going to say the whole 'Review please!' at the end, because I already gave a whole rant, and I don't want you to think I'm desperate. So, Ja Ne!

Next Chapter: The Game Begins

As the Rookies looked down at the charred Skeleton that was Kaguya Naruto, the remainder of the flames licked over what patches of skin still remained. Ino, Hinata, Chouji, and the mysterious boy were gagging, because it looked absolutely horrid. Sasuke was smiling about his victory over the cocky boy, and Sakura was torn between being disgusted that Sasuke could do such a thing, and fawning over how powerful he was. As they all looked away from the charred corpse, a voice spoke up, and everyone was shocked.

"That was cruel, Sasuke…"