Naruto: What we are

by OkamiNoKage

Naruto left Konoha after an incident 6 years ago, now he is back. With him are a sensei a friend and a stranger who is a fellow jinchuuriki. powerful naruto naru x hina, oc x femhaku, lee x ino

6. Chapter 6

Welcome back once again

wow you guys are really great you know? thx 4 all the great revs! as i watched and soundless steps had made revs for every single chap i sat there and was like... 'ok?...wow...' it feels great to know my story is to your liking

so now thx to : SCoTTieTHeeReSeaRCHeR, soundless steps, SonRanma1, Chewie Cookies, Ryo Kage, Bladre MKT, 718darkstar

for you, Bladre MKT:

1. my way of using the terms furious, mad and being in a frenzy... furious...it's when you're really angry and scream and so on but you're still in control... mad in my definition means when you go crazy cause of your anger, you trash everything around you until you calm down on your own... like an outburst in a little extreme way....and being in a frenzy... you just totally lose control over your temper., trying to turn everything and everyone to dust and you can't stop...just be stopped.

2. yeah

3. ahh...this chap will contain some...not so good things...

't worry i will

5. this chap my friend, this chap xD

6. i know...

and thy for the advice

now SonRanma1..... at first... thank you for the compliment...I'd like you to be my beta the only problem... I don't really know how all of that stuff works...I know this : i write the chap...somehow send it to you...get it back...over-read it once again...and put it on... so how goes the rest? xD

soundless steps:

chap 1 : thx

chap 2 : don't worry I've got some things planned

chap 3 : thx again

chap 4 :Naruto was with Tsunami and Inari and Lee... well at first he was on the bridge with the workers...he took a sleep drug from Gato and after that... I kinda forgot abaout him xD *goes down onto his knees and bags Lee 'Forgive me! I'm miserable slim under your boots...plz, I'm sorry*... Lee is one of my favs... I can't believe I forgot about him... damn!

chap 5 :well... i know how i imagine the charas...but... I don't know how I'll go with the matches... normally i get my ideas just before i fall asleep... it's frustrating sometimes... i lie there...just about to dose off...than i get this awesome idea for my fic...get up...write it down and go back into my bed...fully awake *sight*

well thx for the revs

time to start

legend :

normal story

"talking humans and animal/ shadou up to 5-tails"

'thinking'

"SHOUTING"

Flashback

Justu-name

"Full-power/sealed Biju talking"

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Chapter 6

-Of Seals and Fights-

It was two days after the end of the second part of the Chunin-Exam. Sarutobi was walking through Konoha. He was on his way towards the 'new future' of Konoha. Hyuga Hiashi had told him everything about the talk between him, Naruto and Hinata and how Naruto would help the young heiress taking the first step to change one of the most influential and powerful Clans within Konoha. Hiashi had asked him to be a witness.

As he now knocked on the door of the estate of Naruto, Lee and Reikon he asked himself how this was going to proceed. He was answered by Lee who greeted him with a kind smile. As the two entered the living room Sarutobi saw he was the last one to arrive. There sat, spread all around the room Yuhi Kurenai, Sarutobi Asuma, Maito Gai, Hyuga Hiashi, Hyuga Hinata, Yamanaka Ino, Aburame Shino and Inuzuka Kiba. Hinata had left the hospital just this morning.

After some formal greetings everyone sat down in silence waiting for the whole thing to start. About ten minutes later Reikon entered the room telling them Naruto was ready to go. He guided them down to the basements in a section Sarutobi couldn't remember being there as he last looked up this house. They got in front of two iron-slide-doors. In front of them stood Naruto waiting for them.

"Kurenai-san, Ino, Hinata-chan. Please follow me. The rest of you will follow Reikon and Lee." Naruto said.

Now while the three woman followed Naruto through the two iron-slide-doors the rest of them turned right following Lee and Reikon through a smaller door leading into a long room. On one side of the room there were thick windows which were concealed from the outside. Everyone was quite nervous, not knowing what was going to happen now.

"Ok. When the windows are cleared please keep cool. The room next to this looks kinda...strange. Hiashi-sama, you have to keep calm at what you'll see as the whole thing has to go like this" Reikon told them. He and Lee knew what would await the people in this room when they saw what was behind the concealing.

With Naruto there was gaping silence. The four of them stood in a room between the slide-doors and the sealing room.

"What do you mean with Hinata has to get naked? Are you some kind of Pervert or what?" Kurenai ranted. Naruto had told them that he had to draw some seals on Hinatas bare...Backside. She could ware a towel around her waist but from that upwards she had to be nude. Naruto wanted Kurenai and Ino to follow him so they could calm her a bit.

"I-I'll d-do it!" Hinata said with shaky words. She would not let this opportunity pass. She didn't understand half of what Naruto told her about the seal but what she did understand was that it restrained her in some way. Locking eyes with Ino and Kurenai she received a nod and a sight and after taking a deep breath she turned towards Naruto. "I trust you and you know that...What do I have to do?" she asked him, now with a more confident voice, knowing Naruto would not harm her in anyway and would not demand such things from her if it wasn't necessary. Although she wouldn't mind it if he took advantage of it and...The deep red blush spreading all over her face wasn't noticed by Naruto as he just turned away from her.

"What you're going to see might shock you a bit." he said and with that he opened the door to the next room. At first Ino and Hinata didn't get what Naruto meant . Kurenai on the other hand had a bad feeling.

The room was quadratic with six feet long walls. In the middle of the room there was a table on which there was a towel for Hinata. On all four walls there were seals drawn. They were planted from the

ceiling down to the floor an up the table. As Kurenai looked at the seal she was impressed that Naruto knew so much about sealing at such a young age. As she took a closer look she gasped.

"These seals...They are made out of..." she started but couldn't go on.

"My own blood, yes." Naruto finished for her. As Hinata and Ino heard what that they were dumbfounded. The whole room was plastered with seals , at least two-hundred of them, and all of them were drawn with Narutos blood? "I'll leave you alone now. Get ready please." Naruto said as he left the room.

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The people in the long room hadn't talked much as Ino and Kurenai entered. Ino told Lee that Naruto had given his ok and wanted to start soon. Reikon moved to the wall and pushed a button. The concealing moved upwards and they could look inside the room where Naruto stood next to a table on which Hinata lay...half naked. He just finished drawing the last seals with his blood onto Hinata and seemed to be talking to her. Hiashis only reaction was raising one eyebrow.

"Why are there so many...signs on the wall and floor?" Kiba asked as he had never really seen seals. He didn't use exploding-tags or other items where seals played a role so he didn't know what they looked like although he knew there were these kind of things and what they did.

„These signs are called Seals. They are the written form of hand-seals. They tell the Chakra what to do. All in all there are four major branches of sealing. The first part is about ‚Acting-Seals'. These are for example Exploding-Tags or Privacy-Seals. They are called that because they have an active effect on their surroundings." the Hokage started to explain.

"The next branch would be all about 'Storage-Seals'. All kind of things can be sealed away into something like a pocket-dimension. In this pocket there is no time passing between sealing and realising the object within, so one could, at least theoretically, seal a human-being away and one-hundred years later could release him or her, with the person not having aged the slightest. Of course the sheer volume of Chakra needed to send something as complex as a living thing into the pocket-dimension and provide enough Chakra to send it back when it's released is not procurable. To put it simple the more complex the thing you want to seal, the more complex the Seal has to be and the more Chakra you have to use. With still living things being regarded as far more complex as dead ones even if the dead ones lived beforehand."

" Another kind of Sealing-Techniques are 'Chakra-Seals'. Like the name states these Seals affect the Chakra in some way or the other. Chakra-Purification-Seals would be an example or Chakra-Restriction-Seals we use on chains for Shinobi-prisoners."

"The last one is also the most complex one. We call it 'Seal-Breaking'. It's what Naruto is about to do. The reason why it is so difficult to pull of is that every effect a Seal has, has to be 'broken' on its own. That is if you got a Storage-Seal which is bound to someone by blood in order to break the seal you have to go around or break the Blood-Seal and release the sealed object. The norm states that in order to remove one effect 4 Seals have to be drawn, at least. And for every drawn Seal you got to break a Seal you have to do certain Hand-Seals to activate them in a certain order. The reason why there are so many Seals all around the room is that the Seal Naruto's going to break is quite complex and has several effects on Hinata."

"Of course there are many sub-branches which go an entirely different way and some which are a cross between the main ones but I think that's enough for now. It seems like Naruto-kun has finished his preparations." Sarutobi finished and everyone looked towards Naruto who had just taken a few steps back from Hinata. Closing his eyes Naruto took position, making the fist Hand-Seal, starting the row with Ram. A thin layer of blue Chakra formed around his hands before he started the long row of Hand-Seals. The first twenty-five were done as fast as a normal Chunin, after that he picked up his pace, going about the speed Sarutobi knew only ANBU could hold up to.

"Impressive!" was the word that escaped the lips of the third Hokage. By now several of the Seals had begun glowing a creepy red.

"That is nothing." Lee stated. "He's just getting into it." As if waiting for this Naruto once again moved faster, the Seals surrounding him going all shiny faster and faster. "Jiraiya in his prime was able to go fifteen and a half Hand-Seals a second if he really tried and could concentrate accordingly...Naruto can go up to seventeen." Lee reported. (I checked it xD in the anime Sasuke(genin) was able to form 4 hs/s (hand-seals per second) so i thought about it...a Chunin should be able to go twice as fast with enough experience 8 hs/s... Jonin a bit faster 10 hs/s... really good ANBU, Sanin and Kage something between 11 to 14 hs/s and because I like him Itachi will be about 15 hs/s too)

After almost two minutes with all of the people in the long room watching on in silent awe Naruto stopped, holding his last but one Hand-Seal, Bird. He stepped forward looking onto the last seal which did not glow. It was in the middle of her back, between the two last rips, where the Seal he was about to break was located.

Forming his last Seal, Dog, he slammed his hand onto the seal. All the Seals in the room were drawn to the last seal. When the last vanished a blue Chakra-Spark was emitted, blinding the spectators a few seconds. As they were able to see again Naruto had already left the room and Hinata lay on the table, unconscious.

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There were voices all around. A cloudy burble one couldn't make sense out of. Slowly, ever so slowly the voices became easier to make out. There were two of them...both female. And a third...this one male. Somehow she knew the voices.

„You think she's gonna wake up soon?" the male voice asked.

„Reikon said she would wake up today didn't he?" one of the female answered in a slightly annoyed tone.

„Just be patient, Kiba-kun." the second female told the male now known to her as Kiba.

„Hai, hai Kurenai-sensei....Hey, Look! I think she's about to wake up!" Kiba said.

As Hinata opened her eyes the light blinded her and she had to blink several times before some blurry forms could be made out by her. After several more seconds Hinata could see Kurenai and Kiba to her left and Ino to her right. She did not recognize what room she lay in. But as she looked around she realized the three surrounding her were not the only people in the room. At a table in the corner of the room sat Lee, Shino and Reikon.

„Hey Hinata, how ya feeling?" Kiba asked smiling brightly at her.

„I'm feeling kind of dizzy." she replied.

„Well that's probably because of the Seal now broken. Your body has not adapted to the new... circumstances, yet." Reikon told her while standing up. "As far as Naruto told me the seal was quite the restriction. It denied a good part of your development potentialities. It closed off a great part of you natural Chakra-Reserves, messed up your Chakra-Control, restricted your Byakugan, hampered you muscle development and even went as far as shutting down a part of your brain in order to hamper your studies and other thing. In other words without the Seal you would have kicked Nejis ass into next week." he explained.

That moment the door opened and Naruto entered smiling as he walked up to Hinata. Giving her a peck on the cheek he sat down next to her. " Morning Hime, how do you feel?" he asked.

A small blush on her cheeks Hinata answered "Quite good besides the slight dizziness. I guess we're at your home?" she asked looking at Naruto, who gave a nod. "By the way what have the lot of you been up to? How was the rest of the second part of the Exam?" she wanted to know.

It was Ino who answered. „Well until now we were waiting for you to wake up and for the Exam...besides you and Kiba everyone of us here has advanced. The final part will be a one-on-one tournament."

„Really? That's great...well, Kiba I'm sorry for you, ok?" Hinata replied.

„Hey, it's alright, there's always next time." Kiba assured.

„Well, who are you going to fight? C'mon tell me." Hinata asked.

Ino once again was the one to answer. "Well I'm going to fight some guy from Suna called Sabaku no Kankuro. It's the puppet-guy. Shino here's gonna fight his sister Sabaku no Temari. She's some kind of Futon-Jutsu user. Lee-kun will fight the third of the sibs, Sabaku no Gaara. This one's the most scary, he crushed his opponent with the sand, which he carried around in this bottle thing on his back, in less than five seconds. And Reikon's gonna fight Sasuke. It looks like we've got some training to do in the next month. Of course you'll train with us won't ya Hinata?" she said smiling. All the while Naruto had stood up and went in front of the window next to the door. He knew what would come next.

„But...what about you, Naruto-kun? Who are you going to fight?" Hinata asked.

Naruto turned towards her and with a straight face told her „Hyuga Neji".

Slightly shocked Hinata widened her eyes at first. She then got a bit of a melancholic look. „You know...despite what he did to me in the Exam Neji is a nice guy. His past is the reason why he distastes the main branch so much. I think of him as a brother..."

„A brother wouldn't do this to his sister. He's a fool believing in things like fate. He might be burdened but that gives him no right to try to kill you!" Naruto growled out.

„I don't care what he did to me Naruto-kun. And neither should you. Promise me you won't harm him because of that." Hinata pleaded.

Naruto stood there, watching out of the window. After several seconds he turned...walking towards the door.

„Naruto-kun? Please tell me you won't harm him because of me!" Hinata once again pleaded.

Naruto reached the door, opening it he never looked at anyone in the room.

„Naruto-kun! Promise me!" Hinata half shouted.

The door went shut behind Naruto.

„NARUTO-KUN!" Hinata screamed. Trying to get up she was pushed back by Reikon.

„Let him be. Once he has made a decision almost nothing can change his mind. He does not make hasty decisions, he'll think about what he's going to do. As I know him we'll not see him the next month...so don't waste your time thinking about what he's gonna do. We'll train...and you'll do so too, you'll need your energy." Lee said quietly.

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A shadow crept through the estate. It was one of the most secure places he had entered in the last years but he hadn't been ANBU captain for nothing after all. Silently he rounded the last corner. He had spied on the inhabitants of the estate the whole day and knew where his destination was. He opened up the door, looking around.

‚He's not here? Well like that it's way easier. Now where is it?...Ah here we got it.' The shadowy figure bond the long wooden object onto his back and crept back outside the house knowing that no one had even noticed him.

In the corner of the room the figure just left another figure stepped out of the shadows.

„So you want to play? We'll se how far your...'protégé' gets. Be careful not to cut yourself." the figure whispered to himself a small smirk creeping onto his face.

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The next morning found Ino, Kiba, Shikamaru, Shino, Choji and Hinata panting on the ground of the gym in the basement of Lees, Reikons and Narutos estate. They had just finished ‚warming up', reading running 20 rounds, doing 100 push-ups, 100 jumping-jacks, 100 strikes and 100 kicks, all of this five times, with Lee. Lee and Reikon had offered to train the six of them during the next month so the Senseis were off doing something else.

After 5 minutes to catch their breath Reikon told them to sit. „Now we're going to start with Taijutsu. Ok... imagine this situation. You're on a mission, having to protect your client. You're attacked by a Taijutsu specialized enemy. The enemy is superior regarding speed and strength and you have to save your Chakra and supplies or are low on both. How could you win not using Nin or Genjutsu?" he asked.

All of them thought about it and half of them didn't came up with an answer.

„You find a weakness or a mistake he makes" Hinata replied.

„Correct. Now what is the worst mistake a Taijutsu fighter could make?" Reikon continued.

This time only two people got it. Shino being always the quiet one of course didn't say a word, so Shikamaru was the one to answer.

„The worst thing happening to a hand-to-hand fighter would be to fall into a pattern."

„Exactly!" Reikon prised. „Now it's quite unlikely a Taijutsu specialized fighter would make a mistake in attacking in a predictable pattern...at least in the definition most Ninja think of it. But what even few ANBU know is that there is another kind of pattern. One that almost no one gets out of. It's not the what the enemy is going to do next, but the when. If you know when he's going to attack it doesn't matter how he attacks." he explained.

„We call it fighting rhythm. All Taijutsu-users have a rhythm. We'll show you how to use the pattern of your enemy against him and how to avoid showing someone your own fighting-rhythm." Reikon said as Lee stepped up, ready to take over.

And such was the beginning of one hell of a week after which the six of them wouldn't lift a finger to disturb their one free day, even if the Hokage himself would have ordered them to.

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Reikon was closing the door behind him. Today he would go shopping, having to secure the stores of him, Lee and Naruto this week. He walked through Konoha, still getting nasty looks because of his connection towards Naruto. But as usual he ignored them.

'I wonder what Naruto is going to do...knowing him it could be something drastic. It'll probably be some kind of wake-up-call for the whole village and the Hyuga-clan. I can understand him though. He cares deeply about Hinata and seeing her getting beaten up like this and even coming close to getting killed... I really don't know what would have happen if we didn't stop him...'

'I wonder when Haku-chans answer will come...It's been almost two weeks...' And so he walked on, getting all the things he needed to. On his way he met some of the Genin from the Exam who were still part of it them self of had team-mates that went to the final-round. The whole day someone was following him although he could never point the finger on the person, he just felt that presence... someone watched him but why he didn't know.

As Reikon stepped out of the last shop he had to go into to get the groceries he walked into a side-alley. The figure who had watched him the whole day silently went after him. As the figure went into the alley however Reikon was nowhere to be seen. The person turned around trying to concentrate and feel for her ‚pray'. As the person closed her eyes she suddenly felt cold steel pressed against her neck.

"Next time you go after someone make sure you hide your presence. It would be to great a loss don't you think...Haku?" Reikon smiled. "I'm glad you're here. How are you? How was your stay in Taki?"

"Hey there Reikon. I'm quite ok although I'd prefer it if you wouldn't hold that Kunai to my throat any longer. My stay in Taki was...different." that was all she wanted to say about THAT topic. "I see you're shopping? Got everything or is something left?"

"Well there is one more shop I'd like to visit. Want to join?" Reikon asked.

"Sure" and so the two of them got on their way.

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Hinata awoke to the first sunrays hitting her face. Yawning and stretching once she got up and walked to the bath. She lived with Reikon and Lee the last week and would do so for the rest of the month. Naruto hadn't come back and if Lee was right he wouldn't until the final-round. She wasn't sure what to think about the whole fiasco. What was Naruto going to do? It was the main question that run through her head. But as not even Lee or Reikon seemed to know for sure she left it at this and concentrated on training.

In the week since the breaking of the Seal she had made better progress then in the last two or three years. It was a statement as to how much it had affected her. She still didn't know why the council had placed the Seal onto her as her father didn't know for sure himself. It was a question she would solve once she had a safe foot within the Hyuga-Hierarchy.

She stepped out of the bath, getting clothed she ate a short breakfast and made her way down to the gym. The others would arrive in half an hour so she could get a slight warm-up done. As she entered she was astonished at what she saw.

There was a doom of ice-mirrors. Outside the doom there were at least thirty to forty Reikon-Clones all having different weapons. Inside the doom the real Reikon stood, waiting with three Katanas. Two held in his hands and one between his tooth. The Katanas were simple guard-less ones. Cheaper then the good-quality ones Reikon had but for training they were more then enough.

Suddenly the Clones charged while Senbons, Kunai and other weapons came out of the mirrors. Hinatas eyes widened by the sheer volume of attacks charging Reikon who just stood there, waiting for the first one to come in range. Unconsciously Hinata activated her Byakugan. As everything became sharp she saw how Reikon started blocking the attacks.

Hinata had watched Ino and Reikon spare. Ino had improved quite a bit, too. She could go toe on toe with Reikon for some time now. Not that she ever got a hit through his defence but at least she could block and avoid a good 95 per cent of his attacks. That was until he sped up, after all this time he still just used a fraction of his skills to fight Ino. Hinata knew Reikon favoured using more then one sword, he had told them that much. But what she was seeing right now was just plain insane.

He blocked every single incoming attack. And he used all three swords to do so. As Hinata entered the room and saw Reikon standing with a sword in his mouth she wondered how one could fight like that. Now she knew. The secret seemingly was to move your whole body just as much as your arms. Like the body was the arm and the head its hand. Although she saw it she knew she couldn't even hope to move half as fluid as Reikon did right now. A display of what results six years of training could have was shown here and Hinata could only imagine what would become out of Reikon in six more years. Out of Reikon, Lee and Naruto for that matter. All three were still so young, Lee being the oldest with thirteen.

The attack soon abated, Clones and mirrors slowly getting destroyed. Reikon moved in and out so fast Hinata wasn't able to follow him. All she could do to keep track of him was looking at where the next Clone or mirror was destroyed. As the attack ceased Reikon stood at his starting point, breathing a bit hard but soon calmed down. Only one mirror was left and out of the mirror stepped a girl Hinata had never seen before.

"Enjoyed the show?"

Hinata was so shocked at the voice she gave such a jerk she fell on her ass. Looking back up she saw a smiling Lee standing behind her. She got up and once again watched towards Reikon and the girl who was now coming over.

"Good morning Haku. Hinata, this is Haku. She's friend of ours...Well of me and Naruto at least. We don't really know yet what's going on between her and Reikon."

Bonk.

"And I'd say it's not of your concern for that matter." Haku said while Lee slightly winced over the bump now adorning his head. "Nice to meet you, Hinata was it? You must be the girl Reikon told me about, the one who's dating Naruto." Haku smiled.

"Nice to meet you too and yes I am." Hinata replied with a slight bow as suddenly the door behind them opened and the rest of the group entered to start the training. Hinata was slightly amazed the whole scene she had just witnessed had taken that long.

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Not even one week was left until the final-round of the Chunin-Exams. All over Konoha the participants were training and getting them self ready for it. All of them...besides Naruto.

On the Hokaga-Mountain, where the head of the Fourth was located he had been sitting since he left the others three weeks ago. He had placed a Seal on himself which clocked him and let him look like his surrounding if he didn't move that much. He had been meditating ever since, mulling over what to do. He still wasn't sure so he just kept meditating.

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It was the day of the last round of the Chunin-Exam. The ones taking part and their team-mates made their way to the Arena. All over Konoha people made their way to watch the tournament. Up on the Kage-Mountain the eyes of one Uzumaki Naruto snapped open. Without getting up at all he went 'poof'.

Lee and Reikon stood in front of the entrance of the arena. All their friend had already went in. The whole village looked like a ghost-town as everyone was here to watch the fights. As they looked up they saw a single figure slowly making it's way towards them. As Naruto passed them no words were spoken...He had made his decision.

As the three of them entered the waiting-room they were greeted by a dense atmosphere. Naruto silently looked around. Everyone was on edge. At least everyone who was there. Sasuke wasn't. He looked on, locking eyes with his opponent. As Neji looked at him there was no fear anymore. Once again arrogance had made its way into his thinking. They would see how long it lasted.

The door to the arena-floor opened and Hayate stepped in.

"It's time, follow me. Remember the people out there are here to watch you so greet them properly." with that they started walking. A loud voice announced their entry and the people started cheering. They lined up in the middle of the arena-floor. As their names were called to introduce them everyone stepped up when his or hers was announced. As this was done Hayate told all of them besides Neji and Naruto to go to the balconies.

As everyone else had left Hayate started the match. And the cheering from the crowd reached new highs

Once again the two of them stood in front of each other. Once again Neji had a smirk planted on his face. This time however Naruto calmly watched his opponent. Neji got into the standard Juuken-stance while Naruto kept standing like he was.

"This is your only chance Neji, quit now and I won't harm you." Naruto said quietly.

Raising an eyebrow Neji responded "What about the Naruto who wanted to 'rip me apart' back then?"

"Hinata asked me to...spare you. This will be the only chance you get. Take it and go unharmed, don't, and you won't leave on your own." Naruto responded still not giving of the slightest emotion besides calmness.

"Just as I thought. You're nothing but talk. The tricks you used on me back there won't work this time. I'll show you that destiny has chosen you as my opponent so that I can show to everyone that all of us are fated to be either winner or looser. I have all rights to win this match and kick you out of these Exams. I'll end it in one instant!" Neji said. "Byakugan" and with that he charged.

Narutos eyes narrowed as Neji reached him. Neji threw his palm, hitting Naruto in the gut. Naruto skidded back a bit while Neji pressed on his attack. Letting his fists fly Neji hit Naruto all over his body. Jumping back slightly Neji prepared for his next attack.

"It's over, for you are within my field of divination. Hakke-Rokujuyon-Sho(Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four palms)"

"2 palms, 4 palms, 8 palms, 16 palms, 32 palms, 64 palms" Neji hit Naruto every time. After he was through with his attack Neji once again threw a palm into Narutos gut, who was sent flying into the next wall. As he crashed into it a cloud of smoke arose. Neji turned around and started walking. The crowd began cheering, the Hyuga-prodigy had just beaten the Kyubi-brat in mere seconds.

"Where do you think your going Neji?" Narutos said as he stepped out of the smoke. Shaking out his left arm and spitting out some blood he locked eyes with Neji. "Your trip through hell has only just began." he said and the next thing Neji registered was a fist in his gut which send him flying.

Naruto started making hand-seals very fast, crying out "Doton, Tsuiraku Hei no Jutsu (Crashing Walls)" he put his hands on the ground. Behind the just send flying Neji a wall of earth arose. As Neji hit the wall a second wall rose in front of him and he was smashed in between the two walls, which folded up like a book. As both walls crumbled Neji fell on his hands and knees coughing up blood.

Just getting back up Neji was greeted by a fury of punches and kicks. Neji brought up his arms in order to put up some kind of defence. Naruto didn't let up hitting Neji into the gut, parts of his head he still reached, kicking his legs and sides. Jumping Naruto did a spin-kick which broke through Nejis defence like nothing and sent him flying once again .

This time Neji was able to adjust himself mid air and skidded to a stop. As he looked towards Naruto he saw him finish some hand-seals once again. "Katon, Gokakyu no Jutsu (Grand Fireball)" A massive fireball with the size of a two-storied house was send flying towards him. Seeing only one way to get out of this Neji began spinning "Kaiten (Heavenly Spin)".

As the fire died down and Neji stopped spinning both combatants stood once again in front of each other. Neji panted while Naruto stood, the calm expression adorning his face once more.

"What's up Neji? Where is this destiny now you wanted to show me? As it is you are loosing by far. And I'll even tell you why. The Hyuga-clan is nothing but a week, arrogant, having-a-stick-up-their-ass bastard Clan." At this cries of outrage came from the spectators. The demon just insulted the most priced Clan within the walls of Konoha. "You've seen that your attacks don't affect me. Someone like me could go into the Hyuga-Estate and wipe-out the whole Clan without that much of a problem. And do you want to know why? Because they are all such weaklings as you who only depend on their Kekkei Genkai. I was outside Konoha and have met a lot of people who could defeat a Hyuga just as easy as I kick your sorry ass today." The crowd was now going crazy. How dare this freak challenge the mightiest Clan in the world like that.

Neji on the other hand was outraged at being called weak and being compared to the other Hyuga of the main-branch. Without a second thought he charged drawing back right his fist. As he reached Naruto he struck, trying to hit his heart dead on. Naruto used his left hand to push Nejis arm past the right side of his head and with the right hand, with only index and middle finger stretched out, he hit Nejis right shoulder.

Neji turned left trying to elbow Naruto who crouched and tried to swipe away Nejis legs. Neji jumped to avoid being hit but Naruto used his momentum and hit Neji into his gut with his fist. Neji stumbled back some, holding onto his right shoulder. He could still use it but something was off. Charging again Neji used his left hand to strike out at Naruto. Naruto caught his left hand and hit Neji in his side with his own fist. He pushed Nejis arm away opening his defence and once again used the index and middle finger of his right hand to hit Neji at his shoulder.

Naruto did a backflip kicking Neji in the process who stumbled back. Landing Naruto struck Neji with his fist in his gut, sending him skidding for some meters. Not letting himself be disturbed Neji charged on. Naruto simply stood, waiting. As Neji reached striking-distance his palm hit Narutos breast exactly where his heart was located.

The crowd was silent besides a loud cry of "NARUTO-KUN". Hinata was worried as hell. No one had survived a direct hit to the heart by the Juuken. She had sat on her place the whole match, being torn. She wanted Naruto to win but on the other hand she didn't want to see Neji get hurt because of what he did to her. And now it seemed like Neji just killed Naruto.

Narutos head was facing the ground, his hair hiding his eyes. Neji panted, this match had been a difficult one. Out of nowhere Naruto took a step back and started making hand-seals faster then anything Neji had ever seen. Naruto formed the last Seal, crouching he put his hand on the ground before standing once again. As he lifted his hand a pillar of earth followed and as he held onto Nejis outstretched arm the pillar did the same, catching him. Driving around Neji he used his left hand to hold onto Nejis other hand. Putting his right onto the ground Naruto repeated the process. "Doton, Ishi Kusari no Jutsu (Stone Chains)" Naruto said as he stepped back. (think of Avatar...Aang vs Firelord Ozai in the last episode just that Neji keeps standing)

Neji struggled trying to get out of the stones vice like grip but to no avail. " How is that possible? I hit you straight upon your heart. Not even you could survive that!" Neji voiced out angry and disbelieving.

"Remember the two hits you received to your shoulders? It's a technique I learned from some old monks. All over your body there are certain pressure-points. These points are similar to the Tenketsu. If I hit some of these your Chakra can't leave your body in a certain area. It doesn't cut of the flow just prevents the Chakra-Output. As such your attack to my heart was nothing more then a small hit on my breast not even bruising me. Now give up Neji, you can't get out of this." Naruto explained.

All the while Neji had lowered his head, watching the ground. "You know noting of me." he quietly said. His Hitai-ate, which had been loosened up during the fight, slipped off his forehead and hit the ground. " I remember you from six years ago. You were running through the streets shouting how you would become Hokage. Let me tell you now, you'll never reach that goal. Only a few people are chosen to become Hokage. These people are born with that Fate. There is only one Fate everyone shares, and that is death. It was Fate that decided my father, twin-brother of Hiashi, should be born less then five minutes after Hiashi and as such become a branch-family-member. Because of Fate this Seal has been placed upon my forehead, the seal which shows that I'm nothing but a servant. My father had to die because Fate shoved him into the branch-family. We can do nothing but life with the ways which are our destiny."

"You are pathetic." Naruto quietly said. "You walk around drowning yourself in self-pity. Everything bad that's happening to you, you blame on Fate instead of trying to change it. You let out your anger on someone who was never at fault at what happened to you and always treated you like a brother. You know... A friend of mine was born without the ability the use Chakra. But instead of listening to those who said he would never be a Shinobi he stood up to prove them wrong. Everyday he trains himself into the ground just to stand up and do it once again. More then once we found him, lying on the training-field, passed out from the exhaustion with his bones broken by the stress he put upon is body."

"Another friend of mine has lost his whole family in one night in a massacre. Instead of giving up on live or living solely on vengeance he trains himself into unconsciousness so that he can keep something like this from happening again to his friends or other precious people. You think you are the only one burdened? I'll tell you a story about someone with a burden."

The whole Stadium had gone quiet throughout Narutos speech. Although he spoke no louder then normal everyone could hear him, even in the last rows.

"12 years ago a demon walked upon this planet. A demon with powers, second only to the gods them self. A demon so cruel and merciless that only looking into his eyes could kill someone. This demon attacked a village. A village full of Shinobi. These Shinobi fought to death to defend their home and families. Many were killed. That was until their leader appeared. The great demon and this one man fought, they fought a fight that had never been seen before and might never will be again. But even this man, who was considered strongest of the world was not able to beat the demon. And so he did the only thing he could. He summoned one being even stronger then the demon, the Shinigami itself. With its power the man was able to seal the soul of the demon away, into a newborn child. In the process the man died. He wanted the child to be seen as a hero but as time went by one could see the people of the village wouldn't listen to the last wish of the man who had saved them all. The child was scorned and hated his whole life. One day the villagers made the decision to kill he child...and almost succeeded. After this the child left the village to one day come back and prove to them he was no demon. All his life he has protected the world from the demon, as him giving in into the demons words, who promised him power beyond believe and a chance to pay back those who had wronged him, would have led into freeing the demon once again. Even today, after the demon told him he just wanted to be sent back to hell, the demon whispers to his prison, trying to get free, so he can have his revenge before going back to hell."

"As you see there are people out there living far worse then you. This Seal on your forehead gives you no right to do what you did to Hinata. I'll show you how I defy Fate and forge my own destiy, for I am Uzumaki Kazama Naruto." Standing in front of Neji Naruto lifted his hand, palm facing upwards. Nejis eyes widened as a sphere of Chakra began forming in his palm.

Naruto drew back his hand, bringing it forth he cried out loud. "RASENGAN" As the sphere of swirling Chakra hit Neji his body exploded into pain. The hit was strong enough to break him out of the stone pillars and send him flying into the wall very hard. The impact was strong enough to crack the wall up to the spectator-stands. Neji bounced of the wall, his eyes half closed, hit the ground and didn't move any more.

The crowed was silent. No one had really registered what had just happened. One lonely clapping was heard before the whole crowed broke out in an uproar, spilt up by emotions. One half cheered for Naruto and was excited by the great fight, those were ones either not disliking Naruto or ones not being out of Konoha. The other part was disappointed the demon brat had won and also outraged he had told the story of the Kyubi in such a way, lying to the children about how it really was. No one ever got the meaning behind Narutos second surname

Naruto made his way up into the balcony while Neji was carried out on a stretcher. As Naruto reached the balcony he was congratulated by his friend on a great fight. The door to the balcony suddenly opened.

Down in the medic-rooms. Hiashi and Hinata stood next to an unconscious Neji. Seeing as how he was ok Hinata left and took the stairs up to the balconies. Opening the door she saw Naruto surrounded by the others. Naruto looked towards her and slowly walked in her direction.

"I'm sorry I had you worried, Hinata-hime. I hope Neji is alright?" he said apologetically.

Tears slowly formed in Hinatas eyes and poured down her face. "Baka" she whispered before flinging her arms around Naruto and kissing him.

Watching this Lee, Reikon and Ino had to smile. On the outside, the people who weren't ok with the outcome of the fight wouldn't stop protesting, demanding for the demon to be disqualified.

"SILENCE!" the voice of the third Hokage thundered through the arena, silencing the voices in an instant. "This fight was fought and won fair by one Uzumaki Naruto. Those of you that think otherwise can either leave the arena and show their displeasure like that or just shut the hell up so that we may advance." he said now a bit calmer as the people had quieted down. "Now would the referee please continue with the next match?" with that the Hokage sat back once again.

Hayate caught a bit before continuing "Will Aburame Shino and Sabaku no Temari please come down?" he ordered.

With a slight nod to his fellow Rookie Shino made his way towards the arena ground. Behind him Ino, Lee, Reikon, Naruto and Hinata wished him good luck. As Shino made his way down the stairs Lee, Naruto and Reikon locked eyes for a moment before watching Temari, Kankuro and Gaara closely. Two of the three silently whispered with each other. Narutos and Reikons keen senses could pick up what they were talking about.

"You know your role. Go and fight but don't spend to much Chakra doing so. Quit if you're down to three quarts." Kankuro said pointedly.

"I know I know! Please what do you think of me? I hope you know not to do something stupid before either the Uchiha brat fought or the signal is given!" Temari bickered back.

"Just go already!" Gaara said, forcefully ending the conversation. And with that Temari got on her way, passing Lee and the other two, not counting on them having listened in. As she reached the arena floor Shino was already waiting, slightly annoyed also he didn't show it. Temari stepped up in front of him, lifting her fan from her back and bringing it in front of her.

"Both fighters ready?" Hayate asked. Shino and Temari nodded, so Hayate shouted out "HAYIME!" and jumped back slightly.

Almost instantly Teamri opened up her fan and swung it, crying out "Kamaitachi no Jutsu (Cutting Whirlwind)" as a sharp wind spiked up. One could see small wind-blades moving within the wind which was directed towards Shino, who didn't move. As the wind reached Shino Temari had to smirk, knowing she had already won this match, as suddenly Shino burst into hundreds of bugs. Eyes widening Temari looked around, searching for the real Shino.

Left, right, behi...only her instincts saved her from being hit as she made a step to the side in the last moment as a Kunai passed her from behind. Keeping the momentum she turned around, again swinging her fan. The "Kamaitachi no Jutsu" once again hit Shino, who once again dispersed into bugs. This time Temari was prepared, watching around she paid more attention to her surroundings.

'Left, right, behind, in front, up...' he was nowhere to be found 'DOWN!'. Temari jumped just in time to avoid the two Shinos coming out of the earth to the left and right of her, passing each other in the air. Landing on her previous spot Temari looked towards the two Shinos, alternating.

After a moment one of the Shino dispersed into more bugs, sending a shiver down Temaris spin, questioning herself how many of these things this freak had. As she watched the remaining Shino he started making hand-seals. Not wanting to let him finish with what ever he had planned Temari swung her fan, sending another Kamaitachi no Jutsu his way. She cried out in frustration as this Shino burst into bugs one more time.

Suddenly a pair of hands shot out of the ground, holding onto her legs. "Doton, Shinju Zanshu no Jutsu (Inner Decapitation)" Shino was heard saying from below. Temari was pulled into the ground until only her head was above, her fan landed next to her on the ground. Shino stepped in front of Temari and started making hand-seals. "Konchuu Kikai no Jutsu (literally Bug-Dome...read Kikai-Dome)" he said quietly as the Kikai-bugs, which were scattered all around the arena because of the four clones dispersing, gathered and swarmed around the two of them so almost no light came through.

Shino was standing so his bugs flew all around him letting it look like he was part of the dome. "Quit now before my Kikai-bugs will consume all of your Chakra before devouring your flesh until only your bones are left." he threatened.

"Oh no! Please don't let this...damn creatures come near me! I forfeit, I forfeit! Just let me go already!" Temari half shouted, freaking out at the idea of hundreds of little legs walking all over her.

The dome of bugs cleared as they retreated into Shino once again. Hayate held up his hand. "Winner, Aburame Shino!" the crowd cheered. One of the Konoha-rookies had advanced. Up in the balconies Naruto watched Reikon and Lee who both grinned.

"I see what you were teaching them. Using the basics most Shinobi deem futile to beat your opponent or bring him into a situation where you are at the advantage. Besides that using your resources to the fullest. Shino hasn't that much Chakra because of the Bugs so he has to use Jutsu with as little need of Chakra as possible. They have come far if they can think ahead this much. Now I'm really interested in your match, Ino." Naruto said, impressed with the process they had made. Not known to him Ino and Reikon had consulted another Sensei for Ino to teach her a style better suited to her.

"Shino! Great fight down there!" Naruto said smiling. "You beat her without problems. You know we're gonna fight against each other in the next round, dont'you?" he asked smirking. The others added to the congrats as Shino spoke a quiet thanks.

Next to the Temari was made fun of by her brother. "Haha...you were finished without the slightest chance! I don't remember the last time you were stomped into the ground like that...literally. Hahaha" Kankuro laughed. Temari didn't respond besides a small snore and telling him she couldn't use her full strength as she had to hold back for later. That shut him up.

Down in the arena Hayata had waited until the cheers had died down quite a bit before continuing. "Would Uchiha Sasuke and Rosuto Reiton please come down here?" At this the people seemed to flip out. 'The last Uchiha' would finally fight. He was the reason they were here in the first place.

Back up the balconies Reiton shouldered a warped object he had brought with him today. "Well seems like it's my turn after all. Just hope they don't break down the whole stadium when I kick the Uchihas ass." he said smiling.

"Go get him, Reikon!" Ino cheered. Naruto and Lee only smirked. Hinata nodded to him. Jumping down into the arena not caring to take the stairs. He walked up to Hayate to wait for Sasuke to make his appearance. As he didn't show up Hayate watched onto his watch.

"If Uchiha Sasuke does not appear within the next five minutes he's going to be disqualified." he said.

Up in the Hokage-loge the Kazekage leaned towards Sarutobi. "You know, Sarutobi-dono I'd love to see the Uchiha fight. Couldn't you do me a little favour?" he asked.

"Of course Kazekage-dono." Sarutobi replied. He made a signla towards Hayate, who caught on without missing a beat. Sarutobi was tense. He knew about the invasion Oto had planned together with Suna. What he didn't know, what even Naruto and Jirayia could not find out, was where Orochimaru (I apologize.. i've written it with 'sh' the whole time...don't know why so) would be during the event. Now he knew. He sat right next to him.

Sarutobi wouldn't alert anyone. His student was his responsibility and he would take care of him. All the others had their hands full with the invasion. Even if he might die they would be able to find someone else without a problem. At least he could redeem a mistake of his like this.

The five minutes had passed and down in the arena Hayate made his announcements. Reikon allready made his way back to the balconies. He would have to claim what was his later. "Due to Uchiha not being here within the time-limited his match will be moved to the end of the first round." The crowed booed. They wanted to see the Uchiha now, not later. Reikon didn't care. Whether he would beat the shit out of the brat now or later wasn't important. He walked up to the balconies stopping next to Lee and Naruto.

As the crowd had calmed down Hayate called for the next fight. "Would Sabaku no Kankuro and Yamanaka Ino come down."

As Ino wanted to walk down the stairs Lee stepped next to her. Giving her a peck on her cheek he smiled and said "For good luck" before he went back to the others. Blushing Ino went on down the stairs. She walked up to Kankuro who was already ready to start.

Ino had changed her attire a bit. She wore a lilac tank-top and tight short black pants with a black skirt on top which was cut up at the sides. She had stopped wearing her bracers instead she now had fishnet-sleeves from her shoulder down to her wrists. Her hands were now warped up in bandages and her sword, Akabara, was strapped on her back vertically. She still wore Ninja-sandals.

As she stood in front of Kankuro she looked up to Hayate. He locked eyes with her sending a silent message. Ino smirked knowing she would live up to her new Senseis expectations. Hayate, after checking if both combatants were ready, started the match.

Kankuro summoned Karasu. "You know, you have already lost. You're a close-ranged fighter, with that sword of yours. With my puppet I can go close to mid range and opposed to you my puppet can take 'lethal' hits. I'm clearly in advantage here. But I'll promise to make it as fast and as painless as possible to you." he bragged.

"Stop talking already! What makes you think you're at an advantage?" Ino replied as she made a cross-shaped hand-seal. "Kage Bunshin no Juts "she whispered and a cloud of smoke erupted, surrounding her. As the smoke cleared there stood three Inos, sword at the ready.

"Clones? What do want with some clones?" Kankuro wondered.

"Oh, these are not normal clones. You'll find out soon enough." Ino said, smirking, as she charged. Kankuro brought Karasu in front of him. As the three Inos ran towards him they went in a row behind each other. As they reached Karasu the first Ino swung her sword towards Karasu. Kankuro moved it to strike and dispel the clone with a spike which came shooting out of its ball of the hand. A loud clang was heard throughout the stadium, just as the second Ino moved in for the next strike. Kankuro was shocked, now thinking the real one had struck first and didn't try to block the second strike. The sound of splintering wood was heard.

"What the hell? Solid clones? Fuck!" Kankuro cried out.

The third Ino, who was the real one smirked. Instead of trying to hit Karasu she jumped over it, advancing Kankuro, who was still surprised by all of this. Without thinking he pulled on his Chakra-strings, hard. Karasu was hurled back. One of its arms was missing from the hit of the second clone. Ino came crashing down onto Karasu as it was hurled right in between her and Kankuro. Her sword hit the shoulder of Karasu, right there where she would have hit Kankuro rendering his arm useless for this fight had she hit.

She brought her feet up upon Karasu and used it as a platform to jump, doing a backflip. As she hit the ground she jumped back, farther away. Her clones stepped up in front of her as she concentrated and once again formed the cross-shaped hand-seal. It would use up almost all of her Chakra to summon two other clones but if this last situation was any indication Kankuro was no good with fighting multiple opponents. With another silent "Kage Bunshin" and another explosion of smoke there were now five Inos. Breathing hardly she and her clones started running towards Kankuro.

'Shit! I can't risk damaging Karasu anymore with the invasion coming up! Temari will probably never let me hear the end of this but I'm going to have to do it' Kankuro cursed. He pulled back Karasu and eased his standing. "I forfeit! As you probably guessed I'm no good against multiple enemies. You win." Kankuro said, his teeth clenched. The crowd started to boo. This fight was over to fast for their liking. They didn't even got to see any blood.

As Hayate called the match Ino dispelled the clones and let out a deep breath. As she looked at Hayate he nodded towards her approvingly. Smiling she made her way up the stairs to 'celebrate' her victory with her friends. Next to them Temari smirked as Kankuro stepped up to them. The look on his face made her almost laugh out loud.

Hayate was proud his apprentice had won. She was not ready yet, to use the Mikazuki no Mai (Dance of the Crescent Moon) but what little he was able to teach her in the last two weeks was shown right in this match. That she was able to use the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu after that short amount of time amazed him, especially since it was a Jonin-level technique. 'The rookies of this year seem to have the most potential I have seen in a long time.' he thought to himself. 'Anyway it's time for the next fight. Let's see how strong this Lee-character really is.'

"Would Sabaku no Gaara and Rock Lee please come down here." Hayate called out. To his left Gaara stepped out of a swirl of sand. To his right Lee simply appeared seemingly out of nothing...with a blush on his face.

"You know...If he looses it's your fault for distracting him." Naruto said looking towards Ino who had a big smile on her face.

"Well if he can't handle a kiss he might not be ready to be a Chunin just yet don't you think." Ino said. "Besides he wished me good luck too so I thought I'd kinda repay him."

"You've got a point there. But do you think a full blown kiss is equally to the little pack he gave you?" Reikon replied, smirking as he watched down into the arena, where the match just started.

Lee had started doing some stretches to loosen himself up. Gaara stood, waiting for his opponent to make a move. Getting annoyed by the boy in front of him Gaara opened up the guard he wore on his back, shooting the plug towards Lee who caught it without problem.

"Impatient aren't we? I heard about your supposedly 'unbreakable' Absolute-Defence. I want to check whether or not this is true. I hope you don't mind." Lee said smiling. He took some steps back while Gaara just stood there, gathering his sand all around him. Lee got into position. His legs were shoulder-wide apart and bent, his left leg facing Garra and the right standing behind. He reached back his right fist. He threw his fist while doing one step forward with his right leg simultaneously, all of this going faster then even the Jonin could follow. Gaaras sand formed its defence in front of him forming a shield without Gaara knowing what was going on, as he hadn't even register Lee move yet. The shield was dispersed and the next thing Gaara knew was Lee standing in front of him with his backhand of the right hand ,which was a fist, next to his face.

For a moment Lee locked eyes with the surprised Gaara, before he vanished out of sight as Gaaras sand came crashing down where Lee just stood. He reappeared on his previous spot, smiling.

Up on the balconies almost all of the Chunin-hopefuls were gaping. Temari and Kankuro had never seen ANYONE coming even close to getting through their brothers defence. The Iwa and Kiri Genin might not know what this so called Absolute-Defence of Gaara was but they were not dumb enough to underestimate someone who could penetrate something like this so easily.

"W-What did just happen?" Ino asked. She had seen Lee move before...or rather hadn't, but as fast as he went his attacks never had an effect similar to this.

"Lee moved so fast the air in front of his fist was compressed. This compression was like a pillar of air which he moved trough his strike. The compressed air was strong enough to disperse Gaaras sand and Lee just wanted to see what his time-window is if he gets close to Gaara." Reikon explained. Temari and Kankuro, who had listened in looked at each other a bit worried for their brother.

"Ok, from this moment on no more such tricks, from now it'll be all Taijutsu, up close." Lee proclaimed. "Get ready" he told Gaara. Not two seconds later he vanished again. Gaara wasn't dense. He had gathered his sand in a tight ring around him that already reached up to his knees. Never before had anyone had the chance to get as near to him as this boy just had, and he wouldn't give him another chance to do so.

Gaara stood with his arms crossed and looked around, searching for Lee. His sand jumped into action pulling up a wall behind him just to be dispersed a moment later. But it had fulfilled its purpose. It had stopped Lees kick from reaching him. Without further delay Gaaras sand sprang up and brought up walls again and again all around him. Gaara could never even get a glimpse at Lee as he vanished just as fast as he appeared and attacked.

Lee was impressed. Gaaras sand was able to block all of his attacks until now. He wasn't going at even ten percent of his speed maximum but still. 'Ok now let's see how much he can take' Lee thought as he appeared in front of Gaara executing a roundhouse-kick. The sand gathered to block but with the strength Lee put into his kick he broke through without problem. The kick hit Gaara right in the scull sending him flying.

Gaara advanced the wall, fast. Just before he would have hit his sand was able to intercept, saving him from major injury. Gaara got onto his knees holding his head. All he felt was throbbing pain...something he had never felt before. The next thing Gaara registered was Lee crashing into the wall next to him using the wall as a platform to catapult himself towards Gaara and again his sand wasn't able to safe him from Lees fist which hit him on his chest knocking him away and the air out of his lungs.

As he was half way across the arena-floor Lee appeared below Gaara. Kicking him in his back Lee sent him up in the sky. Gaara was in serve pain and couldn't really move. He landed on the ground where his sand had already gathered to catch him. Lee appeared next to the sand-pile to get a look at the condition Gaara was in. Gaaras body dissolved into sand and just a moment later the sand exploded outwards trying to hit Lee who jumped back to avoid the attack.

Tendrils of sand chased Lee all around the arena while he had no choice but to dodge them. In the middle of the arena Gaara surfaced out of the sand lying on the ground. He was hunched over and all over his body his Suna no Yoroi (Armor of Sand) was cracked. Gaara was panting.

"Mother will have your blood!" Gaara cried out while chuckling madly as his sand formed a cocoon around him. More and more sand was chasing after Lee who was able to avoid all of it though he was pressed to do so. On top of the sand-cocoon an eye made out of sand formed. Suddenly Lee appeared in front of the cocoon and threw his fist hitting the cocoon. The cocoon on its self was pushed away some meters and had a dent where Lee had hit it but otherwise was fully intact. Lee had to dodge once again as sand was once again attacking him.

"Your friend should quit. As incredible as he can fight he will loose. You saw it yourself, he can't penetrate Gaaras defence and sooner rather then later Gaaras sand will catch him. If he values his life he has to quit." Temari told them quietly. She had seen Gaara kill Jonin. The fact this Lee was able to even hit him was something she had never thought possible. The speed he was moving at was something she had never seen before but he would still loose and now he would loose more then just this match.

"You haven't seen shit of what Lee is capable of doing." Naruto said smiling a bit. " Watch closely as you can be witness of the brute force Lee carries within himself. He might not know it for himself but the strength he possesses is nothing short of unbelievable. The last time I have seen him going all out was four and a half years ago. Back then he was able to fight to a draw with our sensei with him going all out, too." Naruto proclaimed proudly.

"For a fact it has been a long time since either of us has had the chance to go all out in a fight." Reikon chuckled towards Naruto "Now watch all of you. He's starting."

Back with Lee the sand was closing in on his crouching form. Just as all of the sand was crushing down on this one place he vanished, just to appear on the wall of the stadium ,where the spectator-ranks started, crouching. He stood up looking down towards Gaara. Forming the Ram hand-seal he concentrated. Ever so slowly his power rose until it was almost palpable.

"Kaimon (Initial Gate) kai" Lee said. One could see a kind of shock wave going through Lees body as his muscles bulged out. A moment later the tension was gone and Lees body looked normal once again. Not leaving his position Lee kept his hand-seal and all of a sudden Chakra started to manifest itself around Lee.

"Kyumon (Heal Gate) kai" Lee proclaimed as the whole process was repeated while the Chakra vanished. This time the power was felt by everyone within the stadium. Below Lee the wall began to crack. Lee still wasn't going to move.

Meanwhile Gaara was watching with curiosity. Whatever the technique this Lee used was, it blocked of his sand. He had tried to attack him from all angles but it seemed like a invisible wall had built up around Lee.

"Seimon (Life Gate) kai." Lee said and a green aura shot out of him while his Chakra started once again to become visible. His muscles bulged out and this time they didn't retread. "It's time to end this thing." Lee called out loud. Finally the wall below him burst from the pressure and Lee fell towards the arena-floor. The moment he hit the ground he moved on towards Gaaras cocoon, the earth under his feet bursting apart.

"Konoha Senpu (Leaf Whirlwind)" Lee cried out as he reached Gaara and executed the roundhouse-kick. The front-side of the cocoon was blown apart leaving Gaara wide open. His eyes widened in shock and fear. Lee turned on bringing forth his elbow which hit Gaara with crushing force. He was sent flying, breaking through the remaining cocoon and slamming into the wall the next moment. A cloud of smoke erupted. Almost instantly the atmosphere changed.

Within the air there now was an unbelievable bloodlust. As the smoke cleared the reason for that was revealed. No longer was Gaara standing there but instead a mini Shukaku. Realizing the situation Lee moved without hesitation. The brute force with which Lee hit the head of Shukaku sent him crashing deep into the wall, creating a hole that reached on for at least 3 meters. The next moment the bloodlust faded as Shukaku as well as Gaara were sent into the blissful world of unconsciousness.

Within the stadium there was silence. The crowd was gaping. Up in the balconies Temari and Kankuro were dumbfounded. With shock written all over their faces they turned towards a smirking Naruto and Reikon. The two of them locked eyes and got a serious expression. Naruto walked towards the sand siblings.

"I want to talk with the two of you." he whispered and walked on towards the door which led outside and down to the medical-rooms. Temari and Kankuro exchanged a look before silently following him, closing the door behind them. As they stood in front of each other Naruto opened up his black coat and lifted his shirt. Channelling some Chakra the Seal appeared on his abdomen.

"As you can see I'm the same as your brother" Naruto started. "I'm quite good with Sealings and I had the chance to get a look on his Seal. I don't want to know why but the seal was done completely wrong. It's entirely to weak to hold Shukaku at bay. From what I could find out it's also apparent the one who sealed the Shukaku or someone before him has messed with the Shukaku itself. Apparently another spirit was sealed together with the Shukaku driving it insane. If you give me a chance I could strengthen the Seal and with any luck I could even remove the second spirit. It would prevent Shukakus influence from Gaara." Naruto told them while righting his clothes.

" Why should we trust you. You could plan some kind of trick for all we know" Kankuro said.

"Well for one because I'm a Jinchuuriki, too. I know what he goes through and to help him is like my job as I know how to do so. For another... I know of the invasion Oto and Suna plan during the Exam..."

Kankuro and Temari got into a defence position in a moments notice, getting on high alert. They had been found out. If Konoha knew of the invasion they would be prepared and to attack a prepared Hidden Village without the required numbers was suicide and seeing as this whole thing was planned as a secret invasion they had not nearly the number of Shinobi required. Drawing their weapons they readied them self to kill the boy in front of them and run to alert their allies.

„Do you really think the two of you could beat me after what you just saw Lee doing to your brother? You know Lee, Reikon and myself are on the same team and we're close in regards of our skill-level. Besides I don't want to harm the two of you. It's more the opposite, I want to help you." Naruto said.

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It had been a ten minute break after Lees and Gaaras fight to rebuild some of the arena. Up in the balconies only ten Genin were still waiting for their fights. The next one would be Futa Mai-Ling against Inuzuka Shikon. Both combatants made them self ready, doing some stretches and while Mai-Ling did some Taichi Shikon talked with his dog.

As the work down in the arena was done Hayate called both of them. As they stood in front of each other Hayate started the match. Shikon and his dog lost no time and after some hand-seals and a cry of "Jujin Bunshin no Jutsu (Beast Human Clone)" there were suddenly two, more beast-like Shikons who charged Mai-Ling.

"Gatsuga (Double Piercing Fang)" one of the Shikons shouted and both jumped up, starting to spin really fast. The two vertically tornados closed in on Mai-Ling. Mai-Ling stood frontally towards those two, her arms stretched out at her side, her legs shoulder wide apart and bent. She took one step back and threw her arms so they were vertically in front of her face and at the same time a wall of stone rose in front of her abruptly.

The two tornados crashed into the wall of stone, trying to pierce it. As they both broke through Mai-Ling made a front-flip and jumped over them. Landing on the remaining wall she pushed it back into the earth. That moment another pillar of stone rose under one of the spinning Shikons, smashing right into him, sending him flying and crashing hard onto the ground.

Not stopping there Mailing crashed her foot onto the ground. A great rock was lifted into the air. She used her fist to hit it, sinking her hand into the stone. Jumping up she used the rock on her hand like a big mace to hit the lying Shinkon. Just before her stone-fist hit the person on the ground the second Shikon saved him, catching him from under the stone and running away to the other side of the arena.

With a poof of smoke the just saved Shikon turned into the dog. Taking him into his arms Shikon walked up to the balconies, lying him down, and walked back down into the arena.

"Thanks for waiting, now let's end this." Shikon said and started making hand-seals. Mai-Ling, who had let the boy bring his little dog out of danger got ready. Not wanting to see what Shikon had planned Mai-Ling once again crashed her foot onto the ground, sending a rock up into the air. She hit it with her fist, sending it flying towards Shikon, while on the same time crashing her other foot down onto the earth. She repeated that five times with high-speed.

The rocks closed in on Shikon. Mai-Ling couldn't really see what was happening. The moment the rocks would have hit a cloud of smoke erupted. She could only guess the rocks had pushed Shikon into the wall behind him.

Suddenly she felt a sharp pain running through her back. A large gash appeared there and as Mai-Ling turned to see what had hit her she saw Shikon, crouching on all four. His nails and canines lengthened and a more feral look on his face.

"The Shikyaku no Jutsu (Four Legs) increases my strength and speed. Now we'll see whether you can keep up or not." Shikon spoke and charged once again. He made a straight line for Mai-Ling who acted on pure instinct as she couldn't follow Shikons movements. She turned to the side, avoiding a direct hit but Shikon still caught her, giving her another gash over her abandon. He skidded to stop several feet away, turning towards Mai-Ling once again.

Mai-Ling knew she would have no chance like that. If she couldn't hold up with his speed she would never be able to hit Shikon.

"Give up now, you can't win this." Shikon said. Not getting a reaction out of her he shook his head and once again charged.

He charged Mai-Ling again and again. Every time his hits got more lethal. He stopped, once again asking her to give up and once again she denied. Now he would hold nothing back. He charged, his claws tearing apart Mai-Lings front-side. What he didn't register was that he had also torn apart her top. He turned and charged again.

Mai-Ling felt nothing but pain right now. She lost blood through the wounds all over her body. She turned to take on the last attack of Shikon. She knew it would be the last. The one just now was at least twice as strong as the ones before and she had avoided it through cheer luck as she had stumbled. She took her position, arms spread at her side, legs apart and bent, wanting to take the hit with all the pride she had learned to have by being given the name of Futa.

Shikon stopped mid-charge. Mai-Ling at first didn't know what was driving him to give her such a free-shot. Than she noticed. She had to smirk. 'He's a tough guy...but a guy non the less.' She thought as she moved. Crouching she put her hand onto the ground. Drawing that hand behind her while keeping it on the ground she stood up and threw the hand in a wide arc above her head before bringing it on the ground once again. A thick pillar of earth followed these movements, crashing down on the still out-of-it Shikon and knocking him out.

As Hayate called the match Mai-Ling made her way up to the balconies. She took off her shirt, which was torn in the front so her bare breast, which were a nice firm c-cup, were shown. She took the shirt as a cloth-bar and bond it over her chest, covering her breast.

For Naruto, Lee, Raikon and all of the other Shinobi it was clear that this guy wouldn't be promoted. Out on a mission a behaviour like this could cost you your life. He would have to learn how to not be affected by the body of a woman.

"To bad my opponent is a girl or I could use your 'technique' Nee-san." Fu-Ling said as she met her sister halfway down the stairs as she would fight next.

"Who, knows. This Hitomi perhaps like girls just as much as you, dear sister." Mai-Ling responded smirking, trying to tease her sister with her affection for woman.

"Hmm...she does look hot" Fu-Ling thought out loud.

Shaking her head Mai-Ling wished her luck before stepping up the last stairs. The crowd was still cheering, this was one match the way they liked it, with blood, nice techniques and some 'flesh'. They were eager to see the next fight.

Down in the arena both combatants had already gotten them self ready. Hayate once again started the match and jumped back to give both the much needed room.

Fu-Ling was a look-alike of her sister as they were twins. Hitomi had light green hair. Three spikes of her hair were falling down the right side of her face, one on the left and three spikes stood, facing heaven, at the back of her head (think of rin from shaman-king). She wore a traditional Kimono with the 'high-heel'-sandals. With that on most people would think she couldn't fight that good but as Kiba had to experience first-hand her Kenjutsu was just as excellent as her foot-work. She moved swift and precisely, knocking Kiba out before he even stopped bragging on about how he would win the match with ease. She used a Katana which looked quite valuable, seeing as it had a golden hilt, guard and sheath and a crested blade.

Now these two girls stood in front of each other watching the other closely. The moment a nearby bird flew up Hitomi charged. Drawing her sword she advanced fast. Fu acted fast, bringing up a barrier in front of her. Hitomi jumped over the wall, landing behind Fu, turned around and tried to attack. Fu reacted just in time, turning for herself and drawing the stone-wall with her, hitting Hitomi who was totally surprised and simply vanished.

"Shit! Bunshin!" Fu cried out the moment Hitomis Katana cut open her back. Rolling forwards Fu avoided further injury, although it hurt as her back hit the ground. Getting up Fu jumped away from Hitomi to get some distance.

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ok folks some things in between...where i live we just got -23°C...just so you understand...I can't remember it ever being so cold here...i think -17°C was the coldest in my hometown... it's just 11:30 pm so we got the whole damn night in front of us... *shiver*

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The cut on her back hampered Fus movements. 'I have to hold her on distance or I'm done for.' Fu cursed silently.

"Why is it that the Genin these days fall for the simple basics of being a Ninja? If all of the people in this Exam are this lame there won't be much of a challenge." Hitomi said while shaking her head in disappointment.

Right then Fu got an idea that might win her this match. 'But for this to work I'll have to let her come close again. Let it rip spoke the hamster just before he jumped into the mixer.' Taking one deep breath Fu got into position.

Hitomi started her next attack, charging head-on. This time Fu choose the more 'active way' of defending herself. Hitting the ground with her foot she sent a rock towards Hitomi. The other girl however simply used her sword to cut the rock in two, getting into close-range.

Fu drew a stone-pillar from the ground to block. Hitomis Katana cut it effortlessly so Fu had to lean back to avoid the blade. Throwing her upper body upwards again, Fu hit the still standing half of the pillar, sending it back into the ground again. Below Hitomi the pillar resurfaced, sending her flying.

While Hitomi was in the air Fu got to realize her plan. Taking a bit of a run-up she jumped. Crashing down on the earth again she raised her hands in the air.

Hitomi hit the ground, crouching slightly. The moment she landed ten stone-pillars rose all around her. Getting into a defence-position Hitomi looked all around her, trying to figure out what her opponent had planned. She turned swiftly and cut a rock flying towards her. Just like that she felt a second rock advance from behind. Turning again she got the rock just in time. A moment later another rock hit her right shoulder and not two seconds later another one hit her left leg. As another rock hit her back-head Hitomi fell on her knees.

"What the FUCK is going on? Where the hell are YOU?" Hitomi half shouted. She looked up just to see Fu sitting on the pillar in front of her.

"Well as you said, some of the people here lost because they ignored the basics. You gave me that idea. One basic rule is to use your advantages and your strengths to win. My strength is my Kekkei Genkai and this arena-ground gives me an advantage. The rest you have to figure out on your own...That is if you can before you pass out from one of my hits." Fu explained as she got up again.

Stomping onto the ground a rock was once again flying towards Hitomi who rolled away to avoid the hit. She stood with the movement just to register another rock from behind. Avoiding and cutting some of the rocks Hitomi was able to hold up against the assault. She could never get a look on Fu and wondered how she was able to give fire from all sides at the same time as it seemed.

After some time Hitomi noted something. 'The rocks always come from the direction from which it's difficult for me to dodge or block.' she thought and with that she was able to avoid being hit more and more as time went on.

'Now as to how she keeps sending these rocks. From what I know she has to sent the rock directly into the direction through hitting them. So she has to travel somehow... Let's see. She might use her Kekkei Genkai... No even with this she would not be fast enough to sent the rocks like that...so just how can on travel that fast...Shunshin? No the Chakra used for this much travelling would be far to much... Wait! the most basic things...of course! KAWARIMI! She uses it to switch with the pillars.'

All the while Fu smirked. 'I wonder how long it'll take her to figure the last part out.' her plan had gone alright until now.

Another rock was sent towards Hitomi and now she knew just where her opponent would appear next. "I'm sorry it has to end like this but you leave me no choice" Hitomi said quietly as she threw her sword. Breaking through the circle of stone-pillars, her sword hold in her right, parallel to the ground. Behind her the head of one Futa Fu-Ling flew through the air.

As Hitomi sheathed her Katana two stone-walls rose next to her, one left and the other right. Folding up like a closing book they caught Hitomi in between. As they sank down into the earth again they left an unconscious Hitomi. Behind her Fu-Ling stood on top of one of the pillars. The head of the other Fu hit the ground and together with its body it turned into stone.

"Tsuchi Bunshin (Earth Clone). Why do they always fall for the basics." Fu said smirking as Hayate called her the winner and the crowd started cheering.

As she entered the balconies again the blonde guy called Naruto stood next to her.

"You know. You could ask before you use the Jutsu of someone else." he said in a slightly annoyed way.

Fu only smiled replying "Don't tell me you don't like it when others use your Jutsus, because they are great! But I owe you one ok?" with that she left, regrouping with her sister.

Down in the arena Hayate looked up at the Hokage. Getting his orders Hayate turned to deliver the message.

"The next match will be Rosuto Reikon against Uchiha Sasuke. Sasuke has got ten minutes to arrive or he will be disqualified. After the match, whether it takes place or not there will be a 30 minute break. Rosuto Reikon, please come down here." and with that Reikon made his way down into the arena once again.

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Hayate looked onto his watch. 'Five, four, three, two, one...'

"Because he didn't arrive on time Uchiha Sasuke is now officially disqualified." Hayate said out aloud. A moment later the crowd started a riot, wanting to see the last Uchiha fight. For nothing else they had come here.

Suddenly a swirl of leaves appeared in the middle of the arena. And out of it stepped Kakashi and Sasuke. „We aren't late now, are we?" Kakashi said while smiling beneath his mask.

„Actually, Kakashi, you are to late...The Uchiha has just been disqualified." Hayate told him. Kakashi got furious.

„WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN WITH HE'S BEEN DISQUALIFIED? YOU CAN'T JUST DISQUALIFY HIM! HE'S THE LAST UCHIHA, I'M SURE THE COUNCIL AND THE HOKAGE WILL WANT TO SEE HIM ADVANCE!„ Kakashi shouted. The whole crowd was on their feet now crying for the Hokage to let the Uchiha fight.

Sarutobi stood up and in an instant everyone was quite. "Uchiha Sasuke has broken the rules! We even gave him another deadline and with that gave him a privilege the other fighters had not. In all means Uchiha Sasuke is rightful disqualified..." again the crowd started to make a fuss. "HOWEVER... I'm willing to accept the fight, If his opponent, Rosuto Reikon is willing to fight him." In the arena silence reigned. Everyone looked at Reikon.

"...Why not" he said and the people erupted into cheers. Sasuke only smirked, thinking how stupid one could be to fight him, the last Uchiha, now that he had one month of real training, during which he learnt to control the Sharingan.

The two boys got into position, standing in front of each other. Sasuke activated his Sharingan, he now had two black comma-like marks in both of his eyes. Reikon simply stood, with his hands in his pockets and his left sight facing Sasuke.

"Hajime!" Hayate called out and instantly Sasuke charged, closing the distance between them in the blink of the eye. Not impressed in the slightest, Reikon made a simple right-turn, lifting his right leg up into the air throwing it into the direction of the incoming head of Sasuke.

With the speed Sasuke had he couldn't just stop so he jumped over Reikon. His left side now once again facing a still-in-the-air Sasuke, Reikon put his right leg back on the ground and pushed with all his might. He buried his right knee right into Sasukes gut, who hadn't even touched the ground. No one had even seen him move. Like that Reikon kept him in the air a bit longer.

With his left leg touching the ground, Reikon made a step to the left, turning slightly so his back was facing Sasukes flying body. Because of Reikons knee to his gut Sasuke was bent over in the air. Reikon jumped, made a backflip and kicked Sasuke in the back of his head, sending him crashing into the ground. Not stopping there Reikon landed onto Sasukes head with both of his feet, pushing him even deeper into the ground before jumping away, getting once again in his starting-position, all the while his hands had never left his pockets.

Slowly Sasuke tried to make his way back onto his feet, smiling.

"You got something that belongs to me, give her back or this just now will feel like I was petting you if compared to what I'll do to you." Reikon spoke with an icy voice.

"You think you got me just now?" Sasuke chuckled. He had gotten back up and was just now looking up at Reikon, his Sharingan spinning like mad. "I just wanted to see how you move. Now that I have gotten an impression through my Sharingan I can beat you with ease." he said. Sasuke started to make hand-seals, Snake-Ram-Monkey-Boar-Horse-Tiger. "Katon, Goukakyu no Jutsu (Great Fireball)" he said while exhaling the fireball.

Reikon brought forth his hands and made his own hand-seals. At first he only clapped his hands together in front of his face. "Suiton, Bakusui Shouha (Explosive Water Shockwave)" he said before inhaling, crouching and then exhaling a lot of water. While he still exhaled water he started his next attack. "Suiton, Suijinheki (Water Encampment Wall)" he said just as the water stopped coming out of his mouth, and a wall out of water rose, blocking the incoming fireball.

The wall made out of water was meant to block Katon or Suiton Jutsus, not however physical attacks and as such Sasuke broke through it without much effort, trying to catch Reikon by surprise with a spin-kick to the head. Reikon simply leaned back, avoiding the hit.

Sasuke went on, now trying to hit Reikon with his fist. He was sure he would hit this time, however just before his fist connected he saw Reikon become blurry and suddenly standing next to him, not being hit in the slightest. Sasuke hit the ground, performing a roll. He got back up, turned and threw his fist again towards Reikon, who sidestepped it again.

Sasuke crouched down and tried to sweep away Reikons feet. Reikon jumped to avoid. Sasuke knew this was his chance, Reikon couldn't move as long as he was in the air. Using his momentum Sasuke turned on, stood up on one feet and did another spin-kick. His leg raced towards Reikon and hit Reikons hand with which he drew himself over Sasukes attack. Landing Reikon made a roundhouse-kick which connected with Sasukes ribcage sending him flying once more.

Skidding to a stop Sasuke held onto his ribs while righting himself.

"Why? WHY CAN'T I FUCKING HIT YOU?" Sasuke cried out. He was furious right now. How could this boy...this Noone avoid his attacks like it's nothing. "You can't beat my Sharinggan! What's the shit you're doing?" he ranted on.

"You still don't get it?" Reikon asked clearly amused. "Now thing about it. Your eyes can't be fooled by Genjutsu. Every Jutsu I would use, your eyes would copy, I'm sure you were happy getting the two Suiton Jutsus I used earlier. Your Sharingan should also be able to copy 'lesser' Taijutsu moves. So what could I be using to avoid your attacks?" he continued smirking. As Sasukes eyes widened Reikon started to chuckle.

"Exeactly!" he said suddenly standing right in front of Sasuke. "Pure speed" was what Sasuke heard before he was sent crashing into the wall.

Coughing up blood Sasuke fell to his knees.

'How can this be? My Sharingan should be able to easily follow his movements and even anticipate them! No one can be fast enough to escape it. He's just like Itachi! I'll beat him! I'LL KILL HIM!' Sasuke thought as he reached into his Kunai-pouch and took out a small scroll. Opening it and using some of the blood he had coughed up he released the Seal drawn onto the paper.

Reikon watched on with distant eyes. He knew what would come out of the scroll. As Sasuke got up once again he held onto a sheathed sword. It had a dark blue sheath and hilt and it had no guard. Sasuke unsheathed it and threw away the sheath without a second thought. The blade of the Katana in his hand was black.

Sasuke smirked as he saw Reikons brows contract. "Kakashi-sensei showed me some of his Kenjutsu. He said I have to be well versed with a lot of fighting techniques. He also told me I have to have good equipment and gave me this nice little thing here. I know you got two other swords but Kakashi-sensei told me this one is your most precious possession. And you would not risk fighting it with one of your other swords. He said I'll beat you like that" he told Reikon.

Reikon had taken out a scroll of himself. Biting his thump he unrolled the scroll and smeared the blood onto the Seal within. As the resulting cloud of smoke vanished he held onto a wooden Katana. With that he got into a simple defensive stand.

"Hatake might have shown you some moves but he was out of his mind telling you, you could beat me with those moves and the fact I would not risk my sword. He should be stripped of his rank of Jonin for telling his student someone new to swordsmanship could beat someone who has fought with swords his whole life, even if this someone doesn't use a real sword." Reikon responded.

Sasuke had to laugh. "You think you can win with a wooden Katana? I'll show you that no one can beat an Ushiha." he said and charged. As he run towards Reikon Sasuke got low to the ground. He held the Katana with both hands to his right. As he reached Reikon Sasuke straightened and made a diagonally cut through the air. A wooden clang was heard.

Reikon had simply blocked the strike with his wooden Katana while using only his right hand. Sasuke stared. He couldn't believe it. The Katana he held hadn't even made a dent into the wooden one of his opponent.

Concentrating again he continued his attack. He drew his sword back to do another strike, this time from above. This one was blocked, too. Now Sasuke tried to stab Reikon, who used his wooden Katana to block once again. Sasuke tried to hit Reikon from every ankle and with every move Kakashi had shown him but to no avail. As he made a downwards slash Reikon jumped back several meters.

"You got her long enough, now I want you to give her back!" Reikon told Sasuke with an even tone. He was starting to get bored. "Kakashi did show you some moves with the Katana but you never learnt the basics of being a swordsman. You can't even cut wood with my sword, which is one of the best ones in the world. Even if you would get through my guard you wouldn't be able to cut me." he told Sasuke.

"You got a big mouth! Ready to show your words are true." Sasuke ranted.

"Bring it on." Reikon responded while righting up himself and stretching out his arms to the side.

Sasuke smirked. He never knew how stupid some people could be. He charged and with all his mind drew the blade of his sword over Reikons body. Jumping back he looked on to contemplate his work. His eyes widened. His opponent didn't even have a scratch.

"The relationship between a swordsman and his sword is something special. You'll never be able to cut me with Hatsuyuki." Reikon spoke calmly while lowering his arms.

"So this piece of shitty trash got a name? What a waste. You go on about all this crap of being a swordsman. Now that I have used some of this Kenjutsu crap I have to say it's nothing but shit." Sasuke taunted. He new it would make Reikon furious and the moment Reikon would lower his guard he would strike.

Reikons face had taken on an icy expression, not only had Sasuke insulted him as a swordsman but he insulted the work of his sister as well. He would rid him of Hasuyuki right now. He took one step forward so his left was facing Sasuke. With his right he held his wooden Katana behind his back along his spine, the blade directed upwards to his head. His left was held in front of his face in a half Ram-seal.

"Nenshou Yukibera no Odori: Seishuku Dageki (Dance Of The Burning Snowflake: Silent Strike)" Reikon said and vanished, only to reappear several steps behind Sasuke. He let his wooden Katana drop and walked towards the dark blue sheath which Sasuke had thrown away. He took it and that moment Sasuke, who hadn't moved a finger in the meantime, was blown backwards into the wall. Upon contact a cloud of smoke erupted. Hatsuyuki flew through the air exactly towards Reikon who held out the sheath, into which the sword slid.

He bound the sword back to his waist and got back to the middle of the arena. He knew the blow hadn't taken out Sasuke. He bite his thump once again and this time smeared the blood over both of the seal on his backhand.

Sasuke wasn't thinking anymore. He just wanted to kill his opponent and he would use his most powerful Jutsu to do so. Doing some hand-seals he stretch his arm out in front of him and held it at its wrist with his other hand. Gathering his Chakra a small ball made out of electricity appeared and the sound of a thousand birds was heard. As the smoke cleared he could see his pray.

Reikon had now three swords strapped to his waist. One dark blue, which looked more like black next to the light blue sword which was strapped to Reikons waist now, too. The third sword had a red hilt and sheath and its guard was a simple black ring. Reikon had grasped within his vest and pulled out another Hitai-ate and bound it to his forehead. It shadowed his eyes so only a purplish shimmer could be made out. The sign of a snowflake was on the metal-plate.

Sasuke rushed towards Reikon crying out „I'LL KILL YOU! CHIDORI!"

Reikon drew Hatsuyuki and placed it inside his mouth. Then he took out Hyoruinmaru and Ryujin Jakka, which had a light reddish blade. He turned towards Sasuke, who was mere meters away from him and crossed his arms in front of his face, the blades pointing towards the sky.

„ San-To-Ryuu: Nenshou Yukibera (3-Swords-Style: Burning Snowflake)" he whispered as he took one step forward as Sasuke passed him. He sheathed his swords and took of his second Hitai-ate.

„Damn Chidori and damn Sharingan." he said quietly as a deep cut appeared on his right arm.

Sasukes Chidori dissolved. He simply stood there, his eyes already turned back to normal and slowly rolling into the back of his head. Suddenly his front-side was lit in flame. As the flames died down a snowflake-like-sign was left all over his body. Sasuke fell to his knees and then his body hit the floor.

„You should get the medics, he's hurt pretty bad." Reikon told Hayate. He made his way towards the balconies, his swords poofing away. The medics came rushing to Sasuke. They spoke about heavy external bleeding, internal bleeding and broken bones, all of this along the snowflake-pattern.

„Winner Rosuto Reikon!" Hayata called out. The crowd started to boo. They wanted to see the Uchiha kicking the other boys ass, all of them had set a large amount of money on the last Uchiha.

Inside the Hokage-lounge the Kazekage, alias Orochimaru made some hidden signs. He was disappointed. 'I'll have a lot of work to do after I get Sasuke-kun out of hear. At least he won't struggle, now that he's passed out.' His underlings got the message, as did Sarutobi. He hoped everything would go as planned.

The Oto-Invasion had just started.

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DONE!

so sry it took so long but hey you should know me by now xD

R&R as always

Sayonara