Kitty: (wearing protective armor) OK so you guys are probably ready to kill me for taking so long (gets rocks and other things thrown at her but they bounce off her armor) so I wore protective armor to defend myself HAHAHAHAHAHA (insert thunder in background and organ music) BWA HA HA HA HA

Naruto: (knocks her upside the head rendering her unconscious) Well you guys probably just want to read the story so I'll start it for you! Oh and before you read on, some of the fights will be short because hey there are always going to be those who are pathetic and weak and go down for the count within the first couple minutes. ENJOY!!

REALLY IMPORTANT NOTE!!!: Itachi NEVER killed off his clan in this fic. Kitty wuvs him too much to have him be evil…sure he'll probably have a sadistic sense of humor but hey so does Kitty and that's why she wuvs him so much. Anyway, everything should be explained in the chapter and if you still don't understand something then ask it in a review or PM.


Kitsune vs Onkyou Shuuha

"Begin!"

Wanting to prove himself against the legend opposing him, Onkyou charged into the battle head-on. As he ran at Kitsune, his hands flew through seals. "Piercing Screech!" he shouted before letting out a high pitch screech that forced everyone in the audience to cover their ears in pain.

Kitsune, however, was unaffected by the sound and was prepared when Onkyou engaged him in a battle of taijutsu.

Onkyou was a fast opponent but Kitsune had inhuman speed. Kitsune dodged all of Onkyou's attacks until the sound ninja until his opponent started showing fatigue. Taking advantage of the situation, Kitsune disappeared in a shower of leaves before reappearing directly behind Onkyou. Before the sound ninja could even turn around, Kitsune pressed a pressure point on his neck rendering him unconscious.

"Winner Kitsune!"

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Haku vs Tenten

"Begin!"

Tenten charged at Haku, summoning a katana out of a scroll. She started swinging her blade at Haku with precise accurate slices. The ice user effortlessly dodged the attacks with fluid like movements. His hand formed seals and soon mirrors of ice melted into existence. Haku merged into one of his mirrors and soon all of the mirrors had his image in them.

"There's no escape" Haku stated monotonously.

Tenten frantically looked around for an escape route from the prison of mirrors. Faster than many could follow, Haku shot out of one of the mirrors and hit a pressure point on Tenten's neck with a senbon, forcing the weapon's mistress into unconsciousness.

"As the ice mirrors evaporated away the announcer proclaimed Haku the winner.

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"Begin!"

Sasuke charged at Shikamaru with an unseen speed and kicked at him. The shadow user, however, grabbed control of Sasuke's shadow, stopping the avenger in his place. Shikamaru started commanding Sasuke through his shadow. Sasuke's struggle against the shadow binds increased and with a cry he broke free of the binds and started throwing a barrage of shurikens at Shikamaru. "Katon: Phoenix Fire Justu!" he shouted as he did the hand seals and blew out a large blast of fire in the shape of the mythical bird that the justu was named after.

Shikamaru dodged the attack and ran over to the shadows formed by the walls of the stadium. He preformed another set of hand seals then literally melted into the shadows.

Trying to remain calm, Sasuke scanned the area with his eyes. When he found nothing visually he closed his eyes and focused on his other senses. He searched for Shikamaru's chakra signature. When Shikamaru emerged from the shadows around his feets, Sasuke leapt out of the way and performed another Katon jutsu. The attack hit the mark, knocking Shikamaru unconscious.

"Winner: Sasuke Uchiha!"

The medic nin went over to check on Shikamaru only to sweat drop. "He's fine. He just fell asleep." He announced in exasperation. Everyone in the stadium sweat dropped, even the more stoic people.

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Neji Hyuuga vs Yuge Hyouga

"Fight BEGIN!!""

Yuge charged in for the attack, preparing to use the Chibi Geyser justu again. Neji sighed and got into a defensive position. He easily blew Yuge away with his family's ultimate defense technique. While Yuge was standing up Neji trapped him within his divination. "Gentle fists!" he proceeded to lock up all of Yuge's chakra paths causing the boy to pass out.

"Winner: Neji Hyuuga"

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Due to the small amount of contestants, they decided to immediately start the semi finals. The first fight was Haku vs. Kitsune.

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Haku vs Kitsune

When both fighters went down to the ring and stood facing each other. Suddenly Haku bowed to Kitsune who smiled and bowed in return.

"It is a great honor fighting you Kitsune-sensei" Haku stated politely then got into his traditional fighting stance.

Kitsune groaned in annoyance and got into his own fighting stance. "Haku I told you not to call me that. You're the same age as me."

"BEGIN!"

Haku instantly formed dozens of ice senbon and sent them flying at Kitsune. As Kitsune dodged and blocked the attack, Haku mentally formed a series of hand seals then moved his hands in an outward sweeping motion.

"Koori Arano no Jutsu!"

Ice started climbing up from the ground and coated the entire arena, turning it into an artic wasteland. Everything was coated in a thick layer of ice save for where the audience sat. Kitsune's eyes widened in surprise and pride. He watched as Haku melted into the layer of ice.

"Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu!"

A hundred clones of the ice user were reflected in the ice. Suddenly thousands of ice senbon all went flying at Kitsune. No matter how many senbon he dodged and blocked, at least of hundred of them hit their mark. Kitsune fell down to one knee, trying to catch his breath and block out the pain. Suddenly all the Haku clones shot out of the ice and stabbed at Kitsune. All of them hit their mark and soon Kitsune fell to the ground and remained motionless. The crowd was in shock. They had just seen the infamous Kitsune downed.

An uneasy feeling settled in Haku's stomach as he looked at Kitsune's motionless body.

"Daton Shinjuuzanshu!"

Two hands suddenly wrapped around Haku's ankles and dragged him underground until only his head was showing. Normally he would have been able to escape easily but for some reason his entire body was paralyzed and his chakra unusable. In a poof of smoke, Kitsune appeared sitting cross legged in front of Haku eating a box of pocky.

"Yo!"

Haku sweat dropped as did most of the audience. Out of the corner of his eyes he saw the Kitsune he had been fighting disappear in a cloud of smoke. The announcer announced Kitsune the winner.

"Why must you be so annoying? And where did you get that box of pocky from?" Haku asked in exasperation.

"For your first question, I like messing with people, its fun!" Kitsune said happily causing everyone to sweat drop again. "And for your second question, I had my summoning steal it from Tachi's secret stash and bring it to me!"

Haku paled. "You stole pocky from Tachi?"

"Yup!"

Haku sighed. "Your funeral"

Suddenly a dark cloud seemed to hover over the arena. In a burst of black flame a man with long black hair, dressed in a black cloak appeared.

"Kitsune no baka" the man growled.

Kitsune glanced up at him before being forced clutch his head in pain when the man smacked him upside the head.

"Ow! Itachi, you teme! Why did you do that?" Kitsune complained.

"Damn fox, give me back my pocky"

"Nope!" Kitsune said cheerfully then finished off the box of pocky.

Itachi and Kitsune started glaring at each other neither willing to back down.

"Um as much fun as it is to watch you two try and burn holes into each other's heads only by glaring could you please GET ME OUT OF HERE!!" Haku shouted.

Kitsune chuckled nervously then snapped his fingers causing Haku to shoot up from the hole and land safely on his fee. "Thank you" Haku said then walked back up to the stands and sat next to Zabuza who was still sweat dropping at what had just happened.

That apparently snapped the crowd out of their trance and soon shouts of confusion, fear, and anger sounded through the air.

"Uchiha Itachi?"

"Isn't he a missing nin?

"We're all going to die!" (wow someone's a wimp)

Tsunade took this time to teleport down to the arena and stalk over to Kitsune. "YOU BAKA" she smacked him upside the head. "NOW I HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHAT'S GOING ON SOONER THAN I WANTED TO!" she bellowed.

Kitsune proceeded to complain about how everyone was hitting him upside the head but closed his mouth at the glare Tsunade was giving him. That woman was a frightening force to be reckoned with.

Tsunade temporarily stopped glaring at Kitsune to look into the demanding eyes of the audience. They wanted an explanation and they wanted it now.

"Ok well I should explain what is going on shouldn't I? Well a couple days ago, Kitsune came to me and showed me a secret vault that the Sandaime had that contained all information on the Uchiha massacre. As it turns out, Itachi Uchiha was and always has been innocent of the crime." That earned gasps from the crowd and Sasuke went into a state of shock. "During the massacre, Itachi was on duty guarding the Yondaime's legacy." This earned even louder gasps. No one knew that the Yondaime had a legacy, not even his student, Kakashi, knew.

Kakashi now wanted to know who his sensei's legacy was when realization crashed down upon him. The golden hair, the blue eyes, the insane love for ramen. "OMG" he whispered as he fell to his knees. This caught the attention of all the shinobi around him and Tsunade as well.

"Well it seems as if Kakashi has finally realized who the legacy is. Yondaime's legacy and only child is our own Naruto Uzumaki." She announced.

"WHAT!! The demon boy is Yondaime's legacy?" a random person shouted. Obviously the villagers were in a state of disbelief.

"Of course. Do you think I would lie about something like this?" Tsunade bellowed. She was furious. Did they seriously think she would lie to them about something this important. "Yondaime wasn't willing to sacrifice another villager's child to serve as Kyuubi's prisoner so instead he used his own flesh and blood to act as the container for the fox. It was the most heart breaking experience to see in my entire life. Watching as someone I considered my son, give his life to seal a demon inside of his own child." Tsunade said. The crowd was completely silent. "He wanted Naruto to be recognized as a hero but you idiots only called him a demon. You abused him, tortured him, and put him down." She shouted out angrily. "He is the only thing keeping the Kyuubi from attacking again and you try to kill him!" Murmurs of denial could be heard from the Konoha villagers while those from other villagers looked disgusted at how they treated the blond. "Don't even try to deny it. I know of all 50 attempts on his life since he was 2 months old. Even many of the medic ninja tried to kill him while he was in the hospital. If it wasn't for Naruto holding me back I would have had all of you executed for treason and the attempted murder of one of Konoha's leader's son!"

During all of this, Kitsune had a gentle smile on his face. He stood up and turned to Tsunade who was breathing harshly as she tried to control her anger. "Tsunade-sama" he said in a gentle voice to get her attention. It worked and she turned to look at him. "You got off track. I do believe you were supposed to be informing them of the true happenings during the massacre." He informed her.

Tsunade colored slightly as she thought of how she had just went on a rant but nodded her head anyway. "Well anyway, Itachi was guarding Naruto while the massacre occurred. It was later found out that someone had henged into Itachi then committed the massacre. Itachi was falsely accused of the murders so the Sandaime decided to use this to his advantage. He told Itachi to go undercover as a missing nin to investigate the Akatsuki organization. Akatsuki's leader is the same man who committed the Uchiha massacre. Unfortunately, his position was compromised and he had to draw back from his mission and return back. He reported all his findings to me and has been reinstated as a shinobi of Konoha. If you have any other questions DO NOT HARASS ME! Ask Kitsune or Itachi himself." She said and then teleported back into the Kages' box.

Kitsune's gaze lingered on the crowd for a second longer before returning to Itachi. The former missing nin was eating pocky from a large box. "Well now that that is over let's start the next match." He said, addressing the announcer who nodded dumbly and called out for Sasuke and Neji to come down to the ring. Kitsune teleported back up to the stands and sat down next too Haku. Itachi followed his example and sat down next to the fox assassin, still munching on his box of pocky.

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Neji Hyuuga vs Sasuke Uchiha

Sasuke, miraculously, was not as upset over the whole Itachi being innocent thing as one would think he should be. Actually he sort of blamed himself for not thinking about the possibility of someone henging into Itachi earlier. Now that he thought about it, Itachi had always been too lazy and focused on pocky to actually kill off his clan. The only thing bothering him was how Itachi gained the Mengenkyo but he would interrogate his brother later and focus on the fight at hand.

"BEGIN!"

Both boys stared each other down, trying to assess the other's strengths and weaknesses. Apparently, neither was willing to throw the first punch.

Kitsune was getting bored and fast. "GOD DAMMIT! ONE OF YOU MOVE YOU IDIOTS!!" he finally shouted after eight minutes.

Both of the fighters looked up at him with weird looks before Sasuke finally took the initiative and threw a fireball at Neji. The Hyuuga dodged and sent a wall of rock tumbling down on Sasuke who at the last second dodged and started throwing more fireballs at Neji.

"Maguma Heimen no Jutsu!"

The earth around Sasuke started to melt leaving only two chunks of solid land, one that Sasuke was standing on and the one Neji was on.

Neji quickly recovered from his shock and used the magma to his advantage and sent flaming boulders at the his opponent.

Sasuke dodged most of the flaming rocks but a few nicked him in the side. Needing to end this quickly, Sasuke sped through a complicated series of hand seals while gathering as much chakra as he could. Neji saw this build up and tried to attack and stop it but it was too late.

"Funkazan Funka no Jutsu!"

Huge blasts of magma erupted from the ground underneath and all around Neji. The magma hit Neji, giving him severe burns and effectively knocking him unconscious from the overload of pain.

"Winner Sasuke Uchiha!"

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Definitions: (jutsu technically means art but I'm pretty sure they dub it technique in English)

Koori Arano no Jutsu—Ice Wasteland Technique

Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu—Water Clone Technique

Daton Shinjuuzanshu—Earth Style: Head Hunter Technique (I think)

Maguma Heimen no Jutsu—Magma Plane Technique

Funkazan Funka no Jutsu —Volcano Eruption Technique


Kitty: Now that that is over here are some notes! Somebody had asked me if Gaara still had his demon in him. NO HE DOES NOT!!! Just like in the manga, Gaara does have his demon removed and does die but Kitsune and the lady who originally sealed Shukaku in him revived him. He can still use sand. Also, some people are wondering how Naruto and Gaara's relationship is moving along so fast, well after reviving Gaara, Kitsune revealed his identity to him and they became friends. Naruto spent some time in Suna with Gaara and during that time they developed feelings for each other but both were unwilling to express it so they hid it until that wonderfully cheesy fluffy moment you read earlier in the story.

Naruto: Well she hopes you understand now and if you have any other questions just ask her in a review or PM her.

Kitty: Yup and I'm seriously sorry about the long wait. This huge writer's block decided to attack me. So once I 'overcame' that I wrote the story then updated!!!

Naruto: she means she locked the evil writer's block in the closet then updated

Kitty: Yup .

Naruto: Ignore her. Please review!