The day of the finals came and Naruto entered the arena like any other spectator, and he found a seat, right next to Kurenai in fact, which was even better for him, because even if she did figure him out due to their close proximity, it was very unlikely she would turn him in.
Naruto sat and watched as the matches were picked out, first up was Shikamaru versus Temari, secondly was Shino versus Kankuro, next was Sasuke versus Gaara, after that was Sakura versus Kiba, and finally Hinata versus Dosu, who had yet to show up.
The matches started with quite the anti-climactic fight between Shikamaru and Temari, which ended with Shika trapping Temari with his shadow and...giving up.
The next match was even more of a let down when Kankuro bowed out at the last second.
Sasuke's match came, with a handful of boos from Sakura and Hinata. He had changed his appearance a bit, and started off fighting Gaara, utilizing his stolen techniques from Lee, which disgusted Naruto.
The match continued on, until it seemed that even with his landing of a few hits, Sasuke seemed doomed, until he jumped up on the arena wall and unleashed Kakashi's only original technique, the Chidori.
He charged down the wall and across the arena and plunged his empowered fist through Gaara's ultimate defense, and a blood chilling scream rang out throughout the stadium.
Naruto felt the Ichibi's chakra surge for a moment, and at that same second an explosion went off in the Hokage box, along with all of that, a genjutsu was quickly descending on the entire audience. Naruto cursed as he dispelled the genjutsu "Damn, I wanted to see Sakura and Hinata's fights" His comment caught Kurenai's ear as she jumped up to take action about the now dozens of Oto Shinobi around the stadium.
She looked hard at Naruto for a moment before cocking her head to the side slightly "Do you know them? And how did a civilian such as yourself break free of that genjutsu? It wasn't a weak one"
Naruto smirked and looked straight at Kurenai "Well I couldn't leave town without seeing Hinata and Sakura's fight, ne Kurenai-sensei? Plus I have a village to look out for"
As the words escaped his mouth Kurenai's eyes widened and her shock caused her to stammer "N-Naruto?"
Naruto hushed her with a stern look and spoke quietly "Hi, missing-nin here, keep your voice down please. I figured Orochimaru would try something so I had to stay around, looks like I was right, now we just have to kill these bastards. But first, I have the Ichibi to deal with"
Kurenai's eyes once again widened "The Ichibi!? What do you mean!?"
Naruto let a sly smile creep onto his face "Gaara, he has the Ichibi sealed in him, I think they plan on releasing it on the village, so I'm going to go stop it. One can't match up to nine anyway, hehe" With his brief explanation completed, he quickly disappeared and made off towards Gaara and his siblings, who had left the arena and headed out into the forest, with Sasuke in pursuit.
Naruto stayed just out of range of the fighting on purpose, he wanted to see what Sasuke would try and do. He wasn't all that surprised to see Sasuke get walked on by Gaara in a semi transformed state.
After Sasuke was all but dead, Gaara turned back towards Konoha and said in a slightly subdued tone "Now, I will solidify my existence forever, by destroying Konoha!" Gaara quickly made the ram handsign and began to collapse forward, apparently asleep, but before he fell even halfway down, everything around him erupted in an explosion of sand, after a moment the full form of Shukaku stood there, huge tail swishing about behind it lazily. He cackled madly as he looked over towards Konoha "Ahahahaha! Now I will crush them, I'll kill them all! YeahhhH!"
Naruto was surprised by his...eccentric behavior, he was unaware that Demons could be so...happy. 'Err, Kyuubi I'll let you talk to him face to face first, and lets bring this up to new heights, I've been waiting to fully try this out' Kyuubi's demonic chakra suddenly exploded from within him, and he disappeared in a gigantic plume of red chakra, the cloud of evil chakra continued to grow until it was gigantic, easily as tall as Shukaku, but much longer than he was.
The red veil faded away to reveal the Kyuubi in all of his glory, he turned his head upwards and unleashed a terrifying roar, one that could be never forgotten. Along with the roar he unleashed a gigantic wave of evil chakra and killing intent.
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Back in Konoha everything in the entire village stopped for about fifteen seconds, Oto, Suna, Konoha all sides froze, even the giant snake summons froze. All because of the terrifying roar that ripped across the air, and the horrific wave of evil power, and killing intent that washed over the city like a tsunami.
Everyone who knew what that was was terrified of what it meant, everyone who didn't know, was terrified of the seer power and evil that it held.
Sarutobi and Orochimaru were fighting when the wave struck and both froze, and Orochimaru cracked a grin a moment later "It looks as if the Kyuubi has broken free of the seal to finish this pathetic village off"
Sarutobi shook in fear "Naruto, what have you done.." He whispered, before Orochimaru once again resumed the battle.
Everyone throughout the village slowly shook off their fears and continued on fighting.
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Back with Naruto, Kyuubi, and Shukaku.
Kyuubi leveled a glare at Shukaku, who cowered in fear, Kyuubi was far more powerful than he was, nine times more so. "K-K-Kyuubi-sama!? What are you doing here? How are you free of your seal? You were sealed before I was!" He yelled in his high pitched voice.
Kyuubi chuckled deeply, a great bass that rolled throughout the forest, "I was not as incredibly stupid as you were Shukaku, I made a deal with my jailer, now the seal is gone"
Shukaku's black and gold eyes widened in stunned surprise and fear "B-But, that means...you didn't!? You broke the single greatest law in the demonic realm!? Do you know what they will do to you? Even if you are the Kyuubi!"
Kyuubi barred his razor sharp teeth in a grin "As if that matters! I would never let myself wither away into nothingness. I'd like to see them try and take me and my jailer on, he may be young, but his power is equal to mine, between the both of our Chakra, we have eighteen tails. I'd like to see them take us on!" He bellowed
Kyuubi flared his chakra a bit, which rolled off of his back like liquid fire "Now, this is my jailers' home your trying to crush, I suggest you leave, or I'll leave it to him to eradicate you"
Shukaku shuddered, for the first time in many years. He knew he was no match for the Kyuubi, as much as he hated to admit it. "Damn it Kyuubi, I'll leave for now...But I will become as strong as you one day" Shukaku slowly started to crumble away, glaring at Kyuubi.
Kyuubi chuckled once again "Thats a good little Tanuki. Seek joining your host, it will make both of your lives much better, and we could work together to fight against the Demon councilors"
Shukaku eyed him as he continued to crumble, as his body finished crumbling away one word escaped him. "Perhaps..."
With Shukaku dealt with Kyuubi turned his consciousness back towards his jailer 'So, Naruto, want to help out your people? It seems as if they're having trouble with those snakes, plus maybe you'll like being a giant fox of unimaginable power'
Naruto smirked "Yeah, I'm going to use my own chakra though, your chakra just feels...foreign"
Kyuubi nodded 'Well, it isn't your chakra, so of course it feels foreign, now lets switch out here'
Naruto nodded in return and the two switched their places, the evil chakra that was Kyuubi's was suddenly replaced with Naruto chakra, which was just as powerful, but didn't hold the evil taint, the power was all their, but the evil was replaced with a sense of warmth and safety. The fox in question also changed color, Becoming a vibrant gold color, with streaks of crimson throughout the fur, and the ears and nine tails were tipped jet black.
The red liquid chakra that was pouring from him also changed, into a vibrant gold colored chakra. The giant fox shuddered at the feeling of ecstasy he received from all the power, it was intoxicating.
Kyuubi gave Naruto a mental nudge "Watch yourself, don't get drunk with power, you have a job to do"
Naruto nodded, shook himself free of the feeling and turned and bounded in the direction of Konoha, shaking the ground with every leap.
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In Konoha, everyone had felt the evil feeling of the chakra suddenly turn into a feeling of warmth, and comfort. No one could explain it, but it the mere fact that the evil taint was gone put everyone at rest.
Naruto arrived at Konoha in a very short amount of time. Being a giant fox that stood well over three hundred feet tall and six hundred feet long had it's advantages. He spotted the large multi-headed snakes wreaking havoc in the residential district, so he headed that way. He stepped over the high walls of Konoha and slowly walked across the town, making sure to step in the streets, and not on houses, though he did flatten a couple Oto-nin on the way over to the snake.
Naruto strode right up to the snake, which looked up at him and hissed. Naruto looked down at the snake and barred his razor sharp fangs and roared, causing the snake to rear back in fear. Naruto didn't give it a chance though, he swooped in when it reared back and slammed his powerful jaws shut on one of the snakes necks, his teeth easily sliced deeply into the Snake and blood began to pour off the helpless creature. Naruto added more pressure to his bite and shook his head side to side for a moment, riping the helpless snakes head off in a torrent of blood.
The other head of the snake hissed in horrible pain as it's conjoined sibling died and it poofed out of existence, retreating to it's own plain of existence, leaving behind the head of it's dead sibling. Naruto flicked his head and released the head, which soared through the air, still leaking blood and smashed into a group of about seven oto-nin, flattening them.
Naruto crouched down to about ground level and looked straight on at the advancing Oto forces "Leave, or be my lunch" He bellowed, though his voice wasn't quite as sinister as Kyuubi's, it still commanded respect. The Shinobi, terrified of the Kyuubi standing before them, ran for their lives. Naruto, to add emphasis obliterated a few of them as they tried to run, simply crushing them, or flinging them miles away with one of his tails.
With the majority of the invading force now running for their lives, Naruto left the few brave ones left to Konoha's Shinobi, who were equally terrified of him, but seeing as he was targeting The Oto-nins, they had no problems with mopping up the rest.
Naruto left that scene and headed for the Chuunin stadium. He arrived at the stadium to see a large purple barrier that extended up into the sky, he could feel Orochimaru inside the barrier, as well as Sarutobi, he could tell they were fighting.
He quickly ducked his head down into the stadium itself and looked about to check up on anything, Kurenai, Hinata, and Sakura were working together as a team taking out Oto-nins quite efficiently, if their lack of injuries said anything. Naruto nodded to himself, happy with his teams state of health, and rose back up to the purple barrier.
Naruto got close to the barrier and roared "Orochimaru! You are a fool to attack Konoha! Especially while I am guarding it! Your foolishness will be the end of you, I will destroy you!"
Orochimaru stopped fighting with Sarutobi for a moment to turn around and look at the giant fox, who was standing directly outside the purple barrier, his jaw dropped for a second at the appearance of the giant fox, it definitely was not the Kyuubi. "You're to late you overgrown ball of fur! This barrier is impenetrable, and my forces are already decimating this weak village!"
Naruto chuckled, the same deep rolling chuckle that Kyuubi had earlier "That snake you mean? It was tasty. Or perhaps the Ichibi? He didn't dare appose me, I am his superior after all. Also, your Shinobi are fleeing the village as I speak. Last, but not least, this, impenetrable? Don't make me laugh! I'm coming to kill you Orochimaru!"
Naruto looked at the Shinobi in the closest corner of the purple barrier, a tall fat kid with orange hair. Naruto raised his front right paw and stuck his claws out, and barred his teeth at the portly Shinobi "Goodbye, fatty!" He roared, as he brought his paw down in a sweeping strike.
The orange haired Shinobi prayed the barrier held, but alas it did not, Naruto's paw slammed into, and straight through the barrier, obliterating it in the process, the paw swept past the Shinobi, and cleaved him into four pieces as his claws shredded through his flesh in a violent spray of blood.
With his protective barrier now gone Orochimaru was screwed, and he knew it. He called out to the three remaining members of the sound four "Protect me you fools!" They nodded and charged at Naruto, attempting futile attacks on him. Naruto didn't even respond to the weak attacks, and just shredded two out of three members, leaving the girl alive, but terrified.
He wrapped one tail around the girl and brought her close to his slit crimson eye "I'll be taking you with me girl" Before she could even respond, he squeezed her with his tail, and she passed out.
Naruto turned his attention back to Orochimaru, only to find him gone. "Damn it!" He bellowed "Where did he go!?"
Sarutobi, who had until now been quite terrified of this new, different Kyuubi looked around cautiously "While you took the girl, he fled and I was unable to stop him"
Naruto cursed "Shit, I guess I'll have to kill the bastard some other time...I guess it's time for me to go then"
Sarutobi called out to him "Wait! Who...or what are you? And why did you protect us?"
Naruto chuckled once again "You can call me the spirit of fire. Also, I wasn't protecting Konoha per se, but three of the Shinobi here. Keep an eye on Sakura and Hinata for me Hokage-sama, make sure they become great Shinobi" Before a response could be formed, Naruto turned from the arena and jumped away from Konoha and off into the forests, slowly shrinking as he got further away, until he sank below the trees and disappeared.
It took Sarutobi a few moments to realize exactly what Naruto said, and his eyes widened as realization dawned on him "Oh my god, Naruto.." he whispered to himself.
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Naruto's appearance in Konoha as a gigantic nine tailed fox shocked, and scared the shit out of just about every Shinobi in existence. Sakura, Hinata, and Kurenai were all specifically nervous, they all knew that Naruto contained the Kyuubi, and Kurenai knew Naruto was heading off to deal with the Ichibi, while Sakura and Hinata were clueless to his presence in Konoha.
'Could the Kyuubi have broken free?' Kurenai mused, 'No, that aura, at first it was terrifying, but then it was replaced with that aura, that just emanated warmth and comfort. Plus, that fox didn't look like the Kyuubi at all, it was a vibrant gold with red streaks and black tipped ears and tails. The Kyuubi was a crimson red color, plus the chakra coming off of it...it was gold, not red like the Kyuubi's. Something is definitely odd here, I need to talk to Sarutobi when this is over'
Throughout the rest of the village, the battles were coming to a close and people were beginning to wind down, Konoha was victorious, and while no one wanted to admit it, it was because of the giant fox that took the summons out, and scared off Orochimaru.