Hey all. I'm going to skip the break and get right to the next chapter.
The readers have just taken a break and are returning to the book. Aayla is the one to grab the book to start reading this time.
Everyone watched the screen as it cycled through names wondering if it was their name that would be shown, and when it stopped revealing the two who would be fighting first and a few let out breaths they didn't know they were holding when they saw who would be up first. "Sasuke Uchiha vs. Akado Yoroi." *Or whatever his name is the guy he fought in Canon*.
"The Genin's name was Yoroi Akado." Hiruzen says.
Hayate looks at the board before turning back to the group. "Will everyone except for Sasuke Uchiha and Akado Yoroi please head to the stands so the first match can begin?" He asks before everyone *minus Sasuke and Yoroi* exits the arena floor and heads to the stands to watch the match as Hayate begins the match.
"Sasuke will win using part of a move he stole from Lee." Naruto says.
Naruto watches closely as Sasuke fight against Yoroi who used a weird ability that allowed him to drain Sasuke's chakra and thinks. 'There is something wrong with Sasuke, he isn't using any ninjutsu even though he should still have plenty of chakra.' Before he uses the Force to sense any disturbances within Sasuke before his eyes widen at what he finds. 'Son of a bantha, he has the Curse seal like Anko used to which means that Orochimaru must have infiltrated the exams and gave it to him but why would he just give him the Curse seal during an event with so much security?' He thinks while continuing to watch the match.
"My traitorous student had a goal to learn every jutsu in the world. To achieve this goal, he needed the Sharingan (Copy Wheel Eye) of the Uchiha Clan." Hiruzen explains to the readers from the Star Wars Universe.
As the match ends and Sasuke is declared the winner and taken away by Kakashi to probably have the mark sealed, and the board begins to cycle through names Naruto comes upon a shocking realization. "He is planning on attacking the Village during the finals!" Naruto's eyes turn serious at the thought of the Village being attacked and he thinks. "I will have to bring this up with Ji-Ji, and meditate on this to see if the Force as any insight." Before turning his attention back to the board and smiling at the names shown "Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze Skywalker vs. Tenten Higurashi."
"That wasn't your opponent last time Naruto-kun." Hinata says. Naruto nods in agreement. "Who was you opponent last time Sochi-kun?" Kushina asks. "It was Kiba Inuzuka and I beat him by farting in his face since I had the Five Prong Seal placed on me." Naruto explains. Kushina bursts out laughing at how Naruto won his match against Kiba.
Naruto smiles before Force Leaping to the arena floor in a somersault his Jedi cloak billowing out behind him as he lands and looks to Tenten standing there looking a little nervous. "Tenten how about we only use swords." He says getting her attention. "I will only use my lightsabers but they will be set to stun, and you can use the Vibrosword I gave you." He says getting a nod as she pulls out her Vibrosword.
Those from the Star Wars Universe are wide eyed at that. "What's a Vibrosword?" Kushina asks. "A Vibrosword is a sword with a device that makes the blade vibrate to make it resistant to a lightsaber. The Jedi uses Vibroswords in helping younglings learn the different Lightsaber Combat Forms." Obi-Wan explains. Kushina nods.
Naruto pulls of his Jedi cloak and hands it to Hayate before reaching behind his waist and removing his saber-staff and igniting it with a snap-hiss, the blue beams of light coming to life as everyone looks on at their beauty before Naruto gets into a stance *Like the one Darth Maul used in Episode 1*.
Obi-Wan shivers remembering Darth Maul. An image of Darth Maul appears on the TV and everyone from the Naruto-verse shiver upon seeing what Darth Maul.
Hayate looks between Naruto and Tenten who both nod before he steps back "Hajime *Begin*." He says as Tenten runs at Naruto. Tenten charges at Naruto before swinging the Vibroblade in a diagonal downward slash from right to left at Naruto who simply twirls his saber-staff before stopping her blade with his.
The Jedi, Hiruzen, and Kushina all whistle at the skill Naruto has with the Saber-staff.
Naruto smiles. "Very good Tenten both your speed and power are impressive, however you telegraphed your attack to much making it easy to block." He says before shoving her back before performing a few back flips to gain some distance. He twirls the saber-staff before letting it rest at his right side and looks at Tenten before giving her the "come get some" motion causing a few people to chuckle from the stands and Tenten to fume with anger before charging in.
Some of the readers are chuckling as well while Kushina is smiling in pride at her Sochi-kun berating a weapons mistress on telegraphing her attack.
Tenten charges and swings the Vibroblade horizontally attempting to slash at his chest, Naruto jumps before somersaulting over her and tapping her shoulder with one of his saber-staffs blades and landing behind her and hitting her in the back of the knee and causing Tenten to let out a yell out in pain at the shock before she falls to one knee.
The Jedi reading this are really shocked at Naruto's skill with a saber staff.
Naruto plants his foot on her back and pushes her into the floor before placing one of his saber-staffs blades above the back of her neck. "The match is over, you lost because you let your anger control you instead of you controlling it which allowed me to breach your defense and immobilize you. If this had been an actual battle you would have a hole in your shoulder blade, be missing your leg from the knee down, and would be at the mercy of your enemy with their blade pointed at the back of your neck." He says before Hayate declares him the winner.
Kushina squeals out, "that's my Sochi-kun!" Kushina glomps Naruto while beaming in pride.
Naruto reaches down and helps Tenten to her feet. "You fought well Tenten and your swordsmanship is impressive. If you take my advice and work on your weaknesses you will be great in the future. I will also ask Yugao-nee to see if she can give you some pointers and maybe help train you." He says smiling as she nods her head before the two of them return to the stands as the board starts cycling though names again while everyone looks on.
Kushina nods in agreement at Naruto's statement.
The board stops and Hayate looks at it. "Will Kiba Inuzuka and Temari of Sand please come forward?" He asks as Temari enters the arena on her fan.
Kiba just smiles. "Yeah talk about good luck, we get an easy match isn't that right Akamaru." He says looking at his nin-dog companion who only sweat-drops with everyone else as he thinks. "Kiba you keep forgetting the golden rule all males must follow, NEVER piss off a female especially ones who are trained to kill." Before reluctantly joining his friend in the arena and giving Temari a look that says "I know you're going to kick his ass but at least go a little easy on him due to his stupidity."
Naruto and the rest of the males reading shake their heads at Kiba's stupidity. The females all sweat drop the Inuzuka Heir's stupidity. "Kiba's gonna lose without even trying." Naruto says.
Temari just looks at Akamaru understanding what the look he is giving her means before nodding slightly and opening her fan as Hayate starts the match and immediately creating a strong gust of wind that blasts Kiba into the wall knocking him out before he can attack, and Hayate declares Temari the winner.
"I was right." Naruto says while nodding. Everyone else just sweat drops at the match.
Everyone looks on in silence until Naruto starts laughing causing everyone to look at him. "What I knew that was going to happen because Kiba broke the one rule that no male should ever break 'NEVER piss off a female, especially one who has been trained to kill'." He says getting nods from the females in the room while all the males write what he said down in notebooks they seemed to pull out of thin air before everyone turns to see who is fighting next.
The readers all sweat drop at what the males did in the last bit of the line.
Naruto zones out the next few matches which consist of Shikamaru winning against Kin Tsuchi of Otogakure, Shino winning against Zaku of Otogakure, Kankurou winning against Kabuto's other teammate, Ino and Sakura fighting to a draw, Gaara winning against Lee due to Lee passing out from overuse of the 8 gates technique, Dosu of Otogakure winning against Choji.
The readers shake their heads at how boring the other matches are.
Naruto looked at the last two names to show up on the board and had a very bad feeling about the coming match before Hayate says. "Will Neji Hyuuga and Hinata Hyuuga please come to the arena for the last match of the prelims?"
Hinata pales while her match while Naruto pulls her close to him to comfort her.
Neji walks down the arena with a sinister smirk on his face which Naruto sees which only makes the bad feeling about the match grow before he turns to Hinata. "Hinata-chan don't worry about winning or losing all that matters is you give it your all, and whatever the outcome I will still be proud of you and love you." He says before giving her a quick kiss on the lips before she enters the arena.
Both Naruto and Hinata blush at the last part. Kushina is giggling like a mad woman at the future grandbabies she would spoil rotten.
Neji smirks. "You should give up now Hinata-sama you have no chance of beating me for you are weak and therefore fated to lose." He says before going off on about fate this and fate that before Hayate starts the match and both Neji and Hinata charge at each other and engage each other in their clan's signature Taijutsu style the Juken.
Hinata is starting to whimper into Naruto's shoulder. Naruto just rubs Hinata's back to comfort her.
For 15 minutes they trade blows back and forth until Neji lands a hit to Hinata's chest causing her to cough up some blood and fall to the ground as Hayate declares Neji the winner.
Most of the females are worried for Hinata.
Hinata gets to her feet and looks at Neji. "Neji nii-san I pity you because you can't see that all you're doing by believing in fate because that would mean that you were fated to be in the Branch family before you were even born." She manages to get out before couching up a little more blood.
Naruto holds Hinata tighter in worry.
Neji is furious and charges at Hinata in an attempt to kill her. Naruto sees this and immediately appears in front of him with his Lightsabers drawn and ignited and held to his throat in a cross pattern the gold blade above a blood-red one, both ready to decapitate him at the slightest flick of the wrist. *Like how Anakin holds them to Count Dooku in Revenge of the Sith*.
Anakin just looks away in shame.
Naruto's eyes turn blood-red with slits and the room starts to shake before chunks of the arena floor start levitating. "You already won the match and when Hinata-chan tries to help you see the light you try to kill her that's bad enough, add to the fact that she is your family not to mention my fiancé and your fellow Leaf shinobi which would make you guilty of attempted murder the penalty to which is imprisonment for life or death, which in all honesty is the one I am giving serious thought to right now as to whether or not I should just kill you now and save everyone the trouble of sitting through your trial."
Naruto is wide eyed at that. Kushina is also wide eyed at that. Hinata is holding onto Naruto this time.
Neji's eyes widen at what Naruto just said and threatened him with. "You wouldn't dare they would disqualify you from the exam." He says staring at Naruto defiantly.
Hiruzen nods in agreement. Minato is also nodding in agreement.
Naruto just looks at Neji for a second before laughing manically. "You think I give a shit about being disqualified I'm not even a shinobi I'm an independent force, the only reason I entered the exam was to see how strong everyone was so that I could help them get stronger when the exam was over to help give them a better chance at surviving the coming "War" you dumb bastard." Naruto says causing everyone's eyes to widen at his reasoning for being in the exam none more so than Neji's.
"Language Sochi-kun." Kushina scolds Naruto whole pales in fear.
Naruto finishes laughing and looks Neji dead in the eye. "I also entered to see everyone's teamwork skills/leadership skills to determine if they would lead a squad in the "War" and from what I have been able to learn you are not only unfit to lead a squad due to the fact you would get them all killed, but you would also kill your allies if they got in your way which means I should just kill you here now and save them from you before you even have the chance to do so." Naruto says again causing everyone's eyes to widen as he prepares to decapitate Neji.
The eyes of the readers also widen at Naruto's ruthlessness.
The Hokage sees this and rushes to save Neji. "Naruto-kun stop right now." He says catching Naruto's attention who only glares at him.
Naruto glares at the Hokage. "You know it would be for the best Hokage-sama he will only get people killed in the "War" the way he is." He says showing the Hokage he is dead serious due to addressing him by his title.
Naruto is slack jawed along with Hiruzen since Naruto never called Hiruzen by Hokage-sama.
Hiruzen just sighs. "I know Naruto but there is a chance he can change so for now let him live." He says shocking many with how he would just let Naruto kill Neji later if his attitude didn't change.
The readers are shocked as well.
Hiruzen sees this and decides to clarify. "I am contemplating having Naruto kill Neji if his attitude doesn't change due to the coming "War" there is no place in it for people who would get others killed if they got in their way, especially with the fate of all life in the Galaxy at stake." He says looking dead serious and everyone just nods.
The Jedi, Minato, Hiruzen, and Naruto nod in agreement.
Naruto deactivates his lightsabers and clips them to his belt before looking at the Hokage. "He has two months to change his attitude Hokage-sama or I will shove my lightsabers up his ass before ripping his head off with the Force is that clear?" He asks getting a nod from the Hokage before he walks over to Hinata and begins using Force Heal to heal her wounds.
Hinata looks jealous at the ability that Naruto is using in the book.
Neji just stands there and looks at Naruto before scoffing. "Just as I thought you're weak just like Hinata, you're all talk and no bite." He says causing many to go wide-eyed at how stupid he just acted.
The readers are wide eyed at Neji's stupidity as well.
Naruto stops healing Hinata and stands up to look at Neji before his eyes turn blood-red again, and even bigger chunks of the arena floor begin to levitate along with everyone in the stands, before he channels the Dark side and begins to Force Choke Neji. "I find your lack of faith Disturbing, I could kill you simply by closing my fist right now, I could have easily killed you when I had my lightsabers at your throat it is only due to me owing a favor to the Hokage from when I was a kid that I didn't." He says before he uses a Force Push to slam Neji into the wall.
Anakin is slack jawed at what Naruto said in the beginning. "I said almost the exact same thing when I was Darth Vader." Anakin says to the group.
Naruto's eyes return to normal and the arena floor along with everyone in the stands falls to the ground before he looks at the Hokage his eyes narrowed. "He now only has a month to change his attitude, and I better fight him first in the finals or else." He says leaving it open to speculation at what "Or else" could mean.
Most of the readers are curious as well but some don't want to find out.
Naruto then walks back over to Hinata and finishes healing her before picking her up bridal-style and turning to the Hokage. "I will be taking Hinata-chan home so she can rest, inform me of the match ups later, and Hokage-sama remember what I said." He says before both Hinata and he vanish into thin air.
Naruto and Minato are shocked at that. "That was faster than the Hiraishin no Jutsu (Flying Thunder God Technique)." Minato says. "My other is even more powerful now." Naruto says.
Everyone turns to Neji who is rubbing his throat and the Hokage says. "Neji I would advise you to get your affairs in order because you will be facing him in one month in the Chuunin Exam Finals and if your attitude hasn't changed significantly for the better I WILL let him kill you." He says shocking everyone before continuing. "What you did was not only dishonorable but also a disgrace to the village as whole along with the sacrifice your father made all those years ago, and if he was here I have no doubt in my mind that he would be appalled by your actions here today." He finishes before turning to Hayate and nodding.
Hiruzen is nodding along with Minato at that last bit.
Hayate then walks forward with a box. "You will now draw lots to determine who you will be fighting in the Finals and in what order, Neji who will be going first since you will already be facing Naruto regardless of what Number you pick."
The readers nod in agreement to having the random draw.
Neji walks forward and picks before looking at the ball see it is Number 1 and showing it to Hayate who nods and reaches into the box removing the ball with a 2 on it, before everyone that won their matches walks up and picks from the box before showing them to Hayate who nods.
"Always a good idea to have the random draw." Han says. The others nod in agreement.
After everyone is finished picking Hayate looks at everyone. "The finals will be held in one month to allow prospective clients and dignitaries time to arrive, the matches will be Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze Skywalker vs. Neji Hyuuga, Sasuke Uchiha vs. Gaara of the Sand, Temari of the Sand vs. Shikamaru Nara, Kankurou of the Sand vs. Shino Aburame, and Dosu of Otogakure vs. the winner of the first fight." He says.
"That's the same matchup as last time." Naruto points out.
Everyone nods before the Hokage speaks. "You have one month to prepare I suggest you train hard and think hard about your matches and lives up till now." He says looking at everyone one at a time before lingering on Neji. "With that you're all dismissed." He finishes before disappearing in a leaf Shunshin (Body Flicker) and everyone turns to look at Neji before leaving.
"I really wish I knew that Jutsu." Naruto grumbles.
Naruto arrived at his house to find Aayla talking with Karin and Anko, who all turn to him when they see Hinata in his arms worried. "I will explain after I put Hinata-chan to bed she needs her rest after today." He says getting nods from each of them before he walks to the bedroom and tuck Hinata into bed kissing her forehead before turning off the lights and walking back to the living room.
"Ah so sweet." The females all gush.
Naruto looks to Aayla, Anko, and Karin and begins to explain everything that happened in the prelims from each of the fights and their winners, before he tells them of Hinata's fight against Neji and how he tried to kill her after he had already been declared the winner causing Naruto to have to restrain Anko from going and killing the teme, while Aayla fingers her lightsabers and contemplates slicing Neji's head off, Karin gains a red aura around her and her hair flies around her head. *Like how Kushina's does when she is mad*.
Minato and Naruto nod in agreement on that last sentence. Kushina gives both a sickly sweet smile while a miasma of death is surrounding her. Minato and Naruto pale and shiver in fear of their wife/mother respectively.
After Naruto calms them down he explains how he handled Neji and what the consequences of his actions are causing them to nod in agreement causing Naruto to smile. "Now how about we go to bed we have a week before Luke nii-san and the others arrive and a month before the Finals start so let's relax for a bit before all the meetings and everything start." He says getting nods before they go to the bedroom to get some rest.
The readers all nod in agreement.
Naruto slips into bed and slides Hinata onto his chest causing her to snuggling into him in her sleep, while Aayla and Anko take his right and left sides before he gives each of them a kiss on the forehead and thinks. "This sure was an eventful day and I need to speak with Ji-Ji in regards to my suspicions of Orochimaru attacking the Village during the exams, however to be sure I will meditate on it and talk to Luke nii-san about it when he gets here." Before he falls asleep.
Hiruzen is shocked that Naruto was able to figure out that his traitorous student was planning on invading the village during the finals. "That's the end of the chapter, who wants to read next?" Aayla asks. Obi-Wan uses the Force to levitate the book to him.
I'll need chapter 8 then Kuro. Please hurry and update "The Republic's Last Hope" because I really want to read more for that.