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Jutsu/Special Attacks "Shadow Clone Jutsu"

Hello everyone. First I apologise to people if they were waiting for this. I'll be totally honest and admit that things popped up and I totally forgot about it. However after moving home and finding my old memory stick with the plans on it I am going to try and carry it on.

Secondly, I have gone back over the first three chapters and checks spelling, punctuation etc. It won't be perfect I'm sure, but hopefully a lot better than before. Also added and removed a few small details here and there so that it actually makes sense now.

Third, I re-read the few reviews I got and a couple of people pointed out about how it seems to be rushing through. To be honest that is the intention. Out of the many episodes of the original Naruto I only actually like watching the Chunin Exam Arc, Tsunade Retrieval, and in part the Sasuke Retrieval. Anything else is kind of 'meh' to me. Although the 'Land of Tea Escort Mission' isn't too bad and I may add it into here.

Well here we are Chapter 4

The Life and Legend of Naruto Uzumaki

My Name is…

Many people looked down into the arena were so far seven of the nine Chunin exam finalists were waiting. They all looked the same as they had done in the second round of the exam, or what people had seen them wearing in the streets of Konoha. All except for the blond in black and red. Many mouths were wide open in shock, no longer did he wear the bright orange jumpsuit that screamed out 'Here I am, come and kill me.' Except for his hair all his cloths were darker and along the line one would expect a shinobi to wear.

Some of the shinobi in the stadium were wondering who had managed to get the kid to finally change cloths. Others were commenting on how well it seemed to suit him, and there were even a select few that thought how much he resembled the late Forth Hokage, minus the whisker marks of course.

Higher up in the Hokage box Hiruzen smiled, glad that he had managed to convince Naruto to change his cloths. It hadn't been easy and had taken almost every bit of manipulative skill he had, and he had many years' worth, to get Naruto to change, but he had done it.

"Flashback Jutsu"

"Aww come on old man, why do I have to change what I wear? I like this, it orange…ORANGE! The best colour in the world." Naruto all but screamed towards the end. He had gone to see the old man the day before the finals were mean to start so that they could go to Ichiraku's for a 'Good luck' ramen feast. However the old man had added a special condition before he would come with him. They had been talking about this for close to two hours now.

"Now Naruto, you have asked me many times in the past what it means to be a true shinobi. While I have told you the better parts I have tried to tone down the darker parts of Shinobi life, but with your mission to Wave and your encounter within the Forest of Death I'm sure you are aware of what the world outside these walls can be like, if only in a small part." The old man was getting into lecture mode, however Naruto knew not to try and stop him or he would only get worse.

"Now can you imagine trying to hide from an enemy within the forest, the green and brown forest? How much do you think your bright orange would stand out? Not only would you be risking yourself but the others on your team." Hiruzen knew he was using a low blow and guilt tripping the boy into agreeing, but the golden rule within the world of Shinobi was that Shinobi don't play fair. They use everything that have at their disposal to try and get the job done.

Naruto let out a sigh before nodding slowly "ok old man, you win"

Hiruzen had to refrain from jumping for joy. Finally he had managed to get Naruto to agree. "Well then let's go, we will get you something that looks good on the future Hokage of Konoha" Hiruzen let out a chuckle at the boy's face before getting up and directing the both of them to the shopping district.

After a couple of hours they had finally managed to pick something that went well. Looking Naruto over a final time to make sure he took in all the detail that he could.

From the bottom Naruto had a pair of Steel Toe caped boots; both were black and had a dark red zig-zag pattern running up both sides.

Next was the long pair of cargo shorts which had six extra pockets, handy for keeping all kind of useful items stored. Again they were black with each pocket being a darker red.

Above that he had on a plain dark red shirt which was covered by a black leather coat that stopped just above the back of his knees. Finally his Zanpakuto was strapped to his back. All in all Naruto now looked like a totally new person, and along with the training he has received he hoped Naruto would show them all that he was a totally different shinobi to what they thought.

"Flashback Jutsu Terminate"

Looking down on Naruto now, he could feel that the future of Konoha was there. "Let the will of fire burn through you always Naruto, show them all the determination you have to move forward no matter the odds" Hiruzen thought to himself with a smile on his face.

"What's got you grinning like that Lord Hokage?" A voice to his left spoke out, breaking him out of his thoughts.

"Just thinking about the promising future we have ahead of us with the next generation Lord Kazekage" Hiruzen replied glancing over at the Kazekage. He knew something was off about the man, yet he couldn't think what it was at this time. "Well time to get started." He stood up and called out loud "Welcome Lords, Ladies, and People from all different villages. Allow me to say the finals of the Chunin exams start NOW!" Once he finished there was a loud cheer from the crowd before he looked down and nodded to the Jonin that was standing within the arena.

Genma returned the nod back to the Hokage before turning to face the seven Genin within the arena, just as he was about to start speaking a whirlwind of leaves came out of nowhere before dying down to reveal Kakashi and Sasuke.

"Umm sorry, were not late are we?" Kakashi asked rubbing the back of his head while giving out the usual eye smile. Sasuke shook his head a little at his sensei's' antics. He'd had a change of clothes also. He now wore a set of black shorts, black short sleeve top with the Uchiha sign on the back. His left arm was wrapped in bandages, the same as both his lower legs. Over the bandages there was some kind of black wrapping around them.

They both looked over the group until their gaze settles on Naruto who was looking at them both with a grin counting down in his head "3…..2…1…."

"NARUTO!?" Both Kakashi and Sasuke said/shouted at the same time. Both of their jaws had dropped seeing Naruto wearing something other than orange. They stayed like this for a moment until a voice broke them out of their stupor.

"If you don't mind Kakashi, we are trying to start here." Genma spoke softly but with an edge. He wanted to get things going and Kakashi had a habit of dragging things out with his more 'Hip' antics. Kakashi nodded to him before disappearing with a puff of smoke.

Turning back to the line-up he pulled of a piece of paper before speaking.

"Now that you are all here I am going to quickly explain a couple of things. One; the ninja of sound has withdrawn so there will be no fifth match, it will simply be Winners of match one vs winner of match two, and the same for matches three and four until there are two finalist left." Genma stopped looking at the young Uzumaki who had his hand raised into the air. "Yes?"

"Umm where's Hayate-Sensie?" Naruto asked in confusion, if he had been more experienced in reading people he wouldn't have missed the flinch that Genma unintentionally let out, unlike Shikamaru whose eyes narrowed at the proctor. The others weren't paying attention to the man himself so they also missed it.

"Well he can't be the proctor for this part, especially as he has been teaching you. Some people may think he would give you an unfair advantage." He had heard that Naruto's skills had improved from his freind but he hoped that he was still the trusting knucklehead that he had been told about. It proved to be true when a moment later Naruto grined brightly before nodding silently.

"Now then, let's get this started. Will everyone except the two in the first match please leave the arena floor and make your ways to the contestant box."

All of the genin except for Naruto and Neji left the arena, they both turned to face each other. Naruto had a blank look on his face but determination was radiating brightly from his eyes. Neji had a cold smirk on his face, believing he was already the winner and seeing no point in the fight.

Genma stood in the middle for a few moments before calling out.

"Ready…..BEGIN!" as he finished speaking he jumped back, far enough away so that he shouldn't get pulled into anything the genin could do, but close enough that he could interfere if needs be.

Silence stretched out from the two in the area, nether had moved, nether had said anything and nether had changed their original facial expression.

"You should give up and leave, no one would blame you. Self-preservation is the largest part of being human. So leave now and none will think less of you." Neji spoke softly although he continued to grin for a short while until he realised Naruto hadn't moved an inch or budged a single muscle, he was motionless staring at Neji with loathing.

"I do not see any proper reason for your anger towards me, a little truth telling can't be enough for the type of anger you have in your eyes, so why?" Neji asked, tilting his head to the side slightly looking at Naruto with a curious gaze.

Naruto didn't say anything; he only reached up to grab the hilt of his Zanpakuto, crouching down slightly ready to charge. "You hurt Hinata for no reason. She is your family. 'Those that abandon the mission are scum, those that abandon their friends are worse than scum…and those that hurt their own family ARE THE WORSE SCUM OF ALL!" Naruto shouted at the end charging at Neji with surprising speed. When he got within a couple of feet of Neji he shouted out "Quick Draw!"

Neji's eyes widened slightly as the blond charged at him faster than he had seen him move in the preliminaries. However he was still not fast enough to get passed him, he had sparred with Lee many times and had gotten used to high speed combat. However what happened next would forever be implanted in his memory, he saw Naruto grip the large sword on his back but without drawing it he focused on the boy more, that was until the shout came, followed by pain.

After shouting "Quick Draw!" as the name sounds Naruto unsheathed his weapon and preformed an overhead vertical slash towards Neji, while it was a simple attack the speed at which it travelled was almost as fast as Lee when he opened the first inner gate, Neji had managed to lean backwards enough to so that he didn't get split in half however he didn't take into account that the weapon wasn't a normal katana and was in fact as long as Naruto's body. This mistake was realised as he received a nasty slash across his face.

"AHHHHH!" Neji screamed, like he never screamed before. He had taken blows and cuts before however none were in the area this was. Looking back up at the Blond with hatred in his eyes, he lowered his hand to reveal a long slash going straight from the top of his forehead on his left side, all the way to his chin. Blood was flowing down his face and his left eye was now closed.

"You son of a Bitch! You blinded my left eye!" Neji screamed at Naruto before running towards him and letting lose a flurry on blows, each aimed at not only the individual Tenketsu in an attempt to halt the flow of Chakra around his body, but was also aiming for his vital organs, if he killed the fool of a boy or not did not matter to him.

Naruto was hard pressed trying to dodge or deflect the incoming attacks, he had sheathed his Zanpakuto as it was required to be able to use the 'Quick Strike' move again, which Hayate said was one of his best abilities at the moment. Ontop of that he couldn't get a break to summon any shadow clones to help him.

"Use me and you shall win." A Deep voice spoke to him in his head. Unfortunately this caused Naruto to freeze for a second, and that was all that Neji needed. He stopped a foot in front of Naruto and started to spin himself, expelling a large amount of Chakra from each Tenketsu causing a spinning dome of chakra to appear around him.

"Rotation" Naruto was hit full force and blown backwards onto his back, however Neji wasn't finished.

"You are within my field of divination" he said before charging forward and unleashing a continuous barrage of strikes at Naruto while calling out the number.

"Two Palms"

"Four Palms"

"Eight Palms"

"Sixteen Palms"

"Thirty-Two Palms"

"Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms" Neji screamed as he took a large step forward allowing him to add the final thirty-two strikes to the attack.

Naruto flew backwards before landing in a heap on the floor, face down. Neji was taking a few heavy breaths, he had used a lot of chakra to help speed up his attacks, on top of that he had lost some blood from the wound that the boy had given him.

"Now, stay were you are, on the floor with the rest of the trash" Neji called over to Naruto, not expecting him to hear as he looked like he was knocked out. He looked over to Genma "Proctor call the match, he's finished" Neji turned to walk away before he was knocked forward by the sudden wind and a great feeling of power washed over him, he looked behind him and his eye widened at the sight before him.

Kakashi was both happy and sad for Naruto, while his ability to attack at such speeds with the 'Quick Draw' sword ability was impressive, especially as the ability was designed for a smaller weapon; Naruto had pulled it off perfectly and had even managed to put it back into its sheath so that he could use the ability again. However the rage that Neji had unleashed at having one of his eyes cut, and the chance that he had lost the Byakugan in that eye had pushed the genin over the edge.

He knew on a personal level how much members of the Hyuga clan, or any clan with a Dojustu cherished their eyes above all else. There were some exceptions, his old team mate Obito, Itachi before he killed his clan and even in this generation the young Hyuga, Hinata. He let out a wince as Naruto got hit with the 'Rotation' noticing how he froze for a second. He was doing well at dodging Neji's attacks before that. 'Oh well, there is always next time. It's not like I expected them to pass this time, it was only to gain experience.' He thought to himself. He knew that his team still had a lot to work on, but to get to the finals on your first attempt after only six months was a good accomplishment. He let out another wince for his blond student when he saw him hit the ground after Neji's last attack. He knew it was over, maybe this could be the wakeup call that Naruto needed to show him that he couldn't win everything and that quitting was always an option.

Kakashi's eye widened at the huge amount of Chakra that was suddenly unleashed, he quickly lifted his headband to look at his student with his Sharingan and let out a gasp.

"Impossible, no genin can have that much chakra. It must be that dame fox trying to bre—" That was as far as the random ninja got before being kicked in the face and up towards the stadium wall crashing into it and leaving himself imprinted on it.

"Thank you Gai" Kakashi spoke kindly to his friend.

"You have nothing to thank me for Kakashi, that was a very un-youthful thing he was about to say. Any competent ninja can tell that the chakra coming out of your little student is just his own "He said this while sending a glare towards the group of ninja around them that were about to start something due to their friend being kicked.

"True, but my thanks anyway. I may have just killed the man instead. So you saved me some trouble." He spoke to Gai however his attention was solely on Naruto and the chakra exploding from him.

"Your student sure is youthful, maybe I should speak to him about joining Lee and I in our most youthful exercises in the mornings" Gai spoke, while putting on a big grin.

"Hmm you say something Gai?" Kakashi spoke with a blank look on his face.

"Damn you Kakashi and your hip attitude!" Gai shouted while holding his head in despair.

Around the arena many of the civilians and Ninja alike were amazed at the amount of Chakra that Naruto was expelling, among those that knew of the fox they were even more shocked because they couldn't feel any of its chakra mixed with it, which meant that this single kid had more chakra than many of them combined.

In the contestant box the three sand siblings were all thinking different things. Konkaro was worried, if this kid could expel this amount of chakra, what were the ninja that were higher than him capable of doing. Tamari was also worried but somewhat intrigued, this type of power was something that could easily rival Garra unless he let out the beast, yet he was perfectly sane, the fact that he was just like Garra yet was so bright, just increased the draw to him. The fact that he was kind cute with those whisker marks and the fact that he looked one hundred times better in the clothes he had on now instead of that orange jumpsuit helped to.

Garra was excited, but at the same time there was another feeling inside of him that he couldn't quite recognise. "Mother, why are you screaming like that?" The beast inside of his head was worried, not only did the blond boy have his brother the fox inside him his power was bigger than Garra's by far.

Naruto lay on the floor in despair; he had been beaten so easily. He couldn't move and everything hurt. "Is this it? All my training and i'm taken out in a couple of minutes. It's Pathetic!"

"Yes" A deep voice spoke from in front of him. He looked up and there standing in front of Neji was a dark-robed man of middle age. His hair was black and he was wearing a pair of sunglasses. His robes seemed like it was alive, it rippled even though he could feel no wind.

"Do you give up so easily? This is not the first time you have fallen, do why do you not get up now?" the mysterious man spoke to him.

"I….I don't know….my body…won't move…" Naruto spoke slowly looking down and resting his head on the ground.

"Do your dreams mean nothing now? Will you remain on the bottom as everyone walks over you?" He spoke calmly.

Naruto's eyes widened and he looked up "No, I will be Hokage. No Matter What!" The smallest of smiles appeared on the man's face and it was only there for a moment.

"Then what are you doing? You still have not called me. Face forward, Naruto. You should be able to hear it now. That which blocks your ears is worthless doubt. The enemy is one, you are one. What is there to doubt? Cast off your doubt. Look forward! Go forward! Never stand still. Retreat and you will age. Hesitate and you will die. NOW CALL OUT MY NAME!"

All around shock and awe was heard coming from the crowd as Naruto not only stood up after taking such a beating, but he was letting out a large column of Chakra that stretched into the sky. Suddenly it stopped and Naruto raised his arm into the air with his Zanpakuto pointing up.

"Shout, and let your voice reach the havens. Zangetsu!"Naruto called out loud. The column of chakra returned but this time in crashed down onto Naruto from the sky causing the wind to blast around and dust raise into the air blocking Naruto from view.

As soon as it had started it stopped again, the wind dying down and slowly the dust cleared. As it did more whispers broke out after each person took in the sight before them. Neji stared at the so called 'Dead-last' he couldn't fathom what was going on. He was a genius of the Hyuga Clan, he had learned abilities that were only meant to be known by the main House, and he had done it all on his own only using small bits of information that he had collected. Yet the younger boy opposite him was strong, he could admit to that but there was no way he could be stronger than himself….right?

Neji looked Naruto over and stared in wonder at the weapon now in his hand. Wait….hand? "He can lift that thing with one hand? It's huge!" Neji thought to himself, looking over the weapon he was shocked at its appearance. The long plain sword was gone; in its place was what could be best described as a super large butcher knife. It was black with a white section stretching from the tip back down to the bottom; there was no hilt, just a part at the end that was wrapped in a white cloth that extended to trail behind, blowing in the wind. Neji was brought out of his thoughts by a low voice.

"Despite what I am about to do, I hope you live." Naruto was looking down slightly, allowing his hair to overshadow his eyes. He spoke out quietly so that only Neji and Genma were able to hear what was said. Neji got a small smirk on his face.

"So what, you got a butcher knife. Don't think this will change anything. Fate has decided I will win, and nothing can fight against that." Neji charged forward intending to put an end to the stupid blond.

"Please do not insult Zangetsu, he gets annoyed when that happens." Naruto responded quietly. Inside his head Zangetsu spoke to him, ensuring that his will would remain strong.

"Yes Naruto, show him our resolve, always remember our creed. Abandon your fear. Turn and face him. Don't back an inch. Now, Naruto, advance! Never stop! If you retreat, you will age. Be afraid, and you'll die." Zangetsu spoke out, finally he had been called, and finally he was now whole. Another voice spoke up, this one much deeper and darker than his own only speaking to him.

"Hehe what an interesting brat you have their old man. It will be interesting to see what he does in the future." The voice boomed out of the darkness. Only Zangetsu could hear him at this time. "I think it's time he and I spoke properly." Any other comments were cut off by Zangetsu

"You will not harm him while I am here Kyuubi" Zangetsu spoke making sure the fox understood his resolve through the tone of his voice.

"We will see, but as of this moment I have no intentions of harming the brat" There was a deep chuckles that faded away into the darkness.

As Neji charged at Naruto, he was surprised when Naruto charged right back at him, his sword trailing behind him slightly. As the two got close together Neji stopped and started to spin around on the spot hoping to catch him as he did before.

"Rotation" Neji shouted out, however Naruto managed to jump back before getting hit. While Neji was still spinning he lifted Zangetsu above his head vertically before calling out.

"Our fate is what we make it. If you don't like life, fight to make it better. I will be Hokage and when I do I will fight to make life better for everyone. Starting with you!" Naruto shouted out before swinging Zangetsu downwards, as he did a large blast of energy shot out of his weapon heading straight for Neji.

Seeing the attack coming towards him Neji continued to spin confidant that his 'Rotation' would be able to stop any attack. However when the two attacks met, instead of being blasted away of fizzling out Naruto's attack kept pushing against the 'Rotation'

"It can't be…" Neji thought is disbelief. The attack started to move forward inch by inch. "He…He's breaking through my 'Rotation'….its impossible!" Neji screamed to himself before it happened. The 'Rotation' broke, however Naruto's attack carried on. Slamming into Neji and carrying him backwards before his back impacted the wall and blew up.

Everything was silent. Everyone within the arena couldn't believe that one of the best abilities of the Hyuga Clan had been beaten by a genin. Everyone waited with bated breath, watching as the dust settled. Gasps were head all around and the aftermath of the fight was seen. From the point at which Naruto's sword had hit the ground a large gash in the ground was seen, travelling away from him. There was a small creator were it had fought against the 'Rotation' before it carried on stopping at the wall of the arena. There embedded into the wall was Neji fully unconscious.

The silence was broken by the voice of Genma who had a small smirk on his face.

"The winner of the first match is: Naruto Uzumaki."

Yay all finished. Please tell me what you though. Hopefully the spelling and grammar is a better quality than when I first started, which was another reason for why I was reluctant to carry on back then.

Thanks for reading.

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