Cold eyes Burning Will

Naruto Ikkitōsen Samurai Dynasty and Orochi warriors' crossover

Based on Forsaken with permission, from Elemental balance.

Here's Ero-Senin

As Kurenai lead the shaken form of Hinata out of the arena, Maira who had awaken near the end of the match wanted to rip Taro a new one at what he did, as did every kunoichi in the room.

But Hinata, needed support so Maira hobbled over to Hinata, and place a arm around her, muttering some claiming words, "Its all right you got some good hits, on Taro Teme right"

"Aoi…yes…" muttered Hinata, as she winces, as her breast had a very tender spot was pressed.

"Sorry" Maira sheepish at touching Hinata boob, the one that got stomped on, when her stiff leg cramped up.

Kurenai arms draped protectively around her student, Hinata, grips Ravens cape like a second skin.

Naruto watched them leave, his demeanour tense as he moved towards the stares.

"Naruto-kun, you may remain down here," Sarutobi called, his own brown eyes glaring at the smug form of Uzumaki Taro, who had merely smirked at the blond jinchuuriki's declaration.

"The preliminaries are over, so its time to explain the final test." Called out Anko and getting the rest of Genin attention.

"It will turn out fine" said Sarutobi,

Naruto nodded, walking forward as the rest of the remaining genin assembled. Sasuke stood next to him, frowning at his cousin.

"Damn Ass his face makes me wants to pound him, people like him gave me such a hard time in the past because of my height" Kagegetsu, growled and punched his open palm,

"I think I'm beginning to understand why you don't like them, dobe," the Uchiha boy muttered as the Hokage and the three proctors walked forward. Naruto merely grunted in response.

"Can I kill him" spoke Garra, spooking Naruto, Sasuke, and Kagegetsu,

"Your know that's a not bad Idea" suggested Kagegetsu, getting a evil grin from Garra, "but its Naruto call not my, his"

"You're an Evil Little man" Sasuke, said looking at the shorter boy.

"Thank you"

"As much as Like to give you the go ahead Garra", he shuttered at the last time Garra killed, "his much long over due beating is my job" smirk Naruto, Garra, look well sad.

"………,I would to talk about to you my other half" Garra said.

"'O.k meet me near the Hokage tower, at 6" said Naruto, under standing other half

"The Red building" said Garra getting a nod, he left,

Sasuke, would what they talked about, "must be some thing they have in common but what"

"He is a very disturbed Ninja" said Kagegetsu, walking back to his own team.

"Now that we have narrowed the field down," Sarutobi spoke up, catching the attention of the remaining Chuunin hopefuls, "Your final exam will be…just like this one." At their confusion, the aged leader smiled.

"So why are we not fighting right now" asked Kagegetsu, voicing many Genin very same question.

"Did you think that a Chuunin hopeful would be pick by a Kage let alone a Kage of another village" said Ryofu with a raised eye brow, her chest was now covered by Bandages, but didn't hide her 'Melons' much, seeing Kagegetsu, nose bleed, when he look right in to her wrapped chest, (some times its good to be short ).

"you are right miss Hosen Simply put, the final exam is a tournament in front of the entire village, as well as the Fire Lord, Grass Lord and Wind Lord along with other visiting dignitaries, along with myself the Kazekage and Kage of Kusa",

Sarutobi motioned to Anko, who walked forward carrying a box. "Now, Anko-san will have you draw a number from this box…"

"This will allow us to determine which match you're going to fight in," she smirked,

"Sorry, but there's no trading of numbers, and no re-picks. You get what you get."

She stopped in front of Naruto. "Since you seem so eager, my tasty little gaki," she chuckled, even as he gave her a dark look, "its fun to play with gaki's kukukukuku" "Why don't you draw first?"

The orange clad boy nodded, reaching into the box and shuffling the papers inside around a few times before pulling a slip from the container. Anko nodded the proceeded down the line.

"Hey, Hokage-sama?" Shikamaru spoke up, after he had drawn his lot, "You said this is going to be a tournament, right? That means there can only be one winner at the end."

"Correct, Shikamaru-kun," Sarutobi replied.

"Does that mean only one of us can become Chuunin?" he asked.

"Not at cough cough all," Hayate spoke up as Anko finished the number drawing, "We cough gage your potential cough cough throughout the exam. Your performance cough cough cough will determine if you advance."

"Hayate is correct," Sarutobi continued, "Indeed, even those who were eliminated here today could be promoted…and conversely, even those who advance here today could be denied promotion."

The blond Suna-nin Temari frowned. "I better get promoted after all this," she thought, "My father's plans be buggered, I've EARNED the right!"

"I get it you have to show how skilled you are" said Saji,

"So the Finals is a show for the villages showing off up coming Genin like us" asked Kan'u,

"Yes right on all counts, but most of all these exams are a reaplacement for total war" stated Sarutobi, making the Genin uneasy the Kusa Ninja most of all seeing as, there home land, bore the worst of the fighting in the early parts of the 3rd war,

"A nations power is hidden village power and hidden village power is ninja power, the number missions to a village help's support village and in turn train more ninja and the more ninja the more funding the local lords and our countries government and military, sends the more powerful the village come in turn the county grows more powerful" said Sarutobi, and takes a puff from his pipe, letting this sink in.

Sarutobi nodded to Ibiki, who walked forward with a clip board. "Now, kids," he grumbled, "Tell me which number you drew, and I'll show you which match you'll have." His scarred face twisted into a grotesque grin, startling some of the remaining hopefuls, "You gaki's can't back out now, tile the finals in frount of 100s of people".

"I got 1," Naruto Muttered.

"4," Sasuke Continued.

"5," Temari Grumbled.

"6," Shino Replied.

"3," Gaara Whispered,

"12,"Chouun Sighed

"2," Taro Yawned.

"10," Kagegetsu, Smirked.

"8," Shikamaru Said.

"14," Raven Answers.

"9," Neji Frowned.

"7," Saji Questioned.

"11," Kan'u Spoke.

"13," Ryofu Stated.

Ibiki nodded, jotting the information down on the paper. "Good to see you punks got a pair for now anyway," he growled out, "Now, here are your matches for the Chuunin Exam Finals." He turned the clip board towards them, showing off the elimination style matches.

Naruto grinned when he saw the arrangement Taro raised a eyebrow, and the kunoichi, cursed there bad luck at not getting the frist shot.

Uzumaki Naruto vs. Uzumaki Taro

Uchiha Sasuke vs. Sabaku no Gaara

Hosen Ryofu vs. Aburame Shino

Sabaku no Temari vs. Roth Kagegetsu

Hyuuga Neji vs. Unchou Kan'u

Roth Raven vs. Chouun Shiryuu

Genpou Saji vs. Nara Shikamaru

"Taro right off the bat, huh?" the blond boy thought gleefully, "I couldn't have asked for more!"

the others wanted a shot at Taro, but a Uzumaki vs Uzumaki a outcast fighting the a heir, a defeat by Naruto hands would gain satisfaction, for all.

"Now, I must inform you that the exam will not be held immediately," Sarutobi spoke, jarring Naruto from his thoughts,

The out cries of surprises echoed out, Sarutobi raised his hand to quiet, the reaming Genin down.

"The finals will take place one month from now. As you have seen, much was revealed during this preliminary. While the main purpose of this…break…is to allow the dignitaries' time to arrive, it also serves as a time of training and recuperation for you all. Use it wisely."

"Don't died before I get to fight you got it" said Kagegetsu, as he punched Sasuke arm as he walks by.

"Don't get blown away your Runt" said Sasuke,

Naruto and Sasuke looked at each other, nodding, before rushing up to Sakura and Kakashi.

The silver haired jounin sighed. Naruto will need training in order to combat Taro, he thought, But Sasuke's opponent…with the curse mark to contend with, he needs extra attention. He frowned beneath his mask. Damn it, how can I solve this?

"Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura asked, as her teammates made their way towards them, "Sasuke-kun…and Naruto too…how can we help them?" The masked genin stared at his pink haired pupil. "That Taro guy…he needs to go down. Naruto will need help…but Sasuke-kun's opponent…"

"I know," he replied.

The pink haired girl sighed. The situation didn't seem good.

"Damn paper work" thought Sarutobi, the last match with Taro and Hinata and the mess with the Uzumaki has stured with, Hyuuga and Roth wasn't making Sarutobi mood any better, Sarutobi sighed "I know you're here Jiraiya, get you peeping tom ass in here right now".

The window open and Jiraiya, step though,

Jiraiya smirked as his sensei eased himself into his chair. "Looks like that lumbago is catching up to you, old ape," the white haired sage chuckled, "I told you, you really should cut out the bananas and get more other types in vitamins in your diet."

Sarutobi gave his former pupil a withering look. "Now is not the time for your 'advice', Jiraiya-baka," he gritted,

"We both know why I called you here."

"I heard about the Uchiha boy's mark from Anko," the sannin replied, feeling a bit uneasy with the tone "A double layered containment seal should be enough to contain it, I trusts Arella's skills added the boys strength of will to get back up after such a severe trauma, see what happen and force to see his clan killed under a Genjutsu he's got some inner strength "

"Strength of will, or desire for revenge or both?" Sarutobi replied, "His desire to be strong for himself is guided mostly because of what Itachi did. Power is what he wants…and people will often sacrifice that they would least want to for lesser things."

The toad sage frowned. "I don't think another seal will really help at this point, 2 high containment seals as strong as Fuuja Houin - Evil Sealing Method, any more would kill the boy, no belittlement to the Roth Fuu skills what's needed is base to build up for the Uchiha boy's need to stay in the village, to protect his love ones, why haven't you told him about them".

"I didn't want to get his hopes up both have been in a coma for 6 years seeing the power of that Genjutsu that keeps there minds connect but keeps them from waking, would have made thing worst" stated Sarutobi

"You can't keep this from the Uchiha boy forever if you do he may do any thing to get revenge on the village and you" countered Jiraiya, "and the Kurama Clan, can break that Powerful Genjutsu there under, but the only Kurama, that's has the power above chunin-level is Yakumo, and you know what happen the last time we unsealed Yakumo, full powers.

Thinking back when Id , darker half of Yakumo and the mayhem Id cause Yakumo to be resealed a second time, "You right some times I really hate being Hokage the best that can be done is to give him the training needed to match Itachi, and break the Genjutsu, him self.

"While I wouldn't normally recommend it, ANBU training would do the trick." Said Jiraiya.

Sarutobi frowned. "I'd prefer to avoid that option," he muttered, "I won't have another child, even if he or she is a full fledged ninja, go through that hellish training ever again. Danzo can gripe all he wants…I won't turn children into weapons."

A chuunin stuck his head in the door, getting the occupants attention. "Hokage-sama," he greeted, "Jiraiya-sama. Hatake-san and his genin team are here to speak with you."

Sarutobi smiled. "Well, I think I may have another task for you then, Jiraiya," he chuckled, "Send them in, Izuru."

The chuunin nodded, and the quartet of team seven entered the room.

"Oi, jiji! We gotta talk!" Naruto called out, earning a bop on the head from Sakura.

"Naruto! Show him respect!" she growled.

"Chaa Heh heh, jiji, I love it! Chaa" her inner-self chuckled.

"Maa, maa, calm down you two," the cycloptic jounin muttered, waving his hands. "We came here for a reason."

"Hmmph," Sasuke grunted, mildly amused by his team-mates actions.

"I'm gussing it has to do with the match-ups," the Hokage questioned. At the trio's nod, he sighed. "The matches can't be changed, unfortunately."

"I don't want them changed!" Naruto growled out, "I want Taro! He needs to pay for what he did to Hinata! he didn't have to do that"

Sakura nodded, her face set into a scowl. "What he did was insulting to all kunoichi," she spoke up, "It took all Ino Raven Maria and I had not to castrate him right then and there, heck even the non Konoha kunoichi wanted a shot!"

Sasuke frowned. "What was his problem, anyway?" he muttered, "He went after Hinata like it was a personal grudge or something, and he made no attempt to hide his hate for the Roth there as well."

Strangely enough, it was Jiraiya who replied. "In a way it was," he said, "The Uzumaki clan and the Hyuuga clan have been enemies for generations, and The Roth had been odds with them for as long as the Hyuuga, and the Uchiha being related to both clans often aided Roth and Hyuuga in the 1rst and 2end hidden ninja wars"

"Thought the Roth tried to end the feud, but it didn't work" The white haired sage turned to Naruto. "I'm surprised you have a problem with it, Uzumaki Naruto, My self I see it all as point less."

Naruto growled. "And why's that, ugly?" he replied.

Jiraiya was about to respond when Sarutobi interrupted. "Jiraiya, you don't know do you?" he asked.

Naruto shot a glare at the white haired ninja, while said nin turned to the seated kage. "Know what, sensei?" he asked,

"He should know about the grudges. Kushina would have taught him all about it, unlike the rest of the clan she tried to see past the stigmata, between all 3 clans ……." Said Jiraiya but stop as everyone stiffened as a surge in killer intent filled the room. Jiraiya shot a glance at the blond, frowning as he saw the boy struggling with his chakra, his eyes flashed red to blue and back again.

The office doors were slammed open "NARUTO calm down right now" shouted Arella as she entered the office followed by a elder Roth, who held her chest as they felt the KI, and barged in.

"Naruto, calm down he didn't know" Kakashi muttered, putting a comforting hand on the blonde's shoulder, the elder was help by Jiraiya who offred his chair.

Sakura glared at the white haired man. "You're Jiraiya of the Densetsu no Sannin, the Ninja Sage of the Toads aren't you?" she asked.

The Senin nodded, she continued, anger crept in to her voice "Shouldn't you know almost everything that goes on in this village? You must have heard about Naruto being left behind eight years ago!"

Jiraiya's jaw dropped. "Huh??……What!… Can you repent ?......what did you say, young lady?" he asked, his voice deadly quiet.

"Kushina under orders from the Elders left him I and the old ape were there when she did it" said Arella, crossing her arms.

Jiraiya, eyes went wide,"Kushina ?" he spoke in shocked tone,

"They abandoned me," Naruto spoke up, even as Kakashi and Sasuke both tried to calm him down, "The entire clan took off to the capital, leaving me here to rot. I'm basically a Ronin…I don't have a clan, just have the same name".

Jiraiya felt his heart break a small bit at the bitter acceptance in the boy's tone, at the same time, he couldn't seem to wrap his mind around the idea that Kushina would abandon her child walking to the nearest wall Jiraiya smashed his fist in the wall to let off some steam, the act and the pain of his spit knuckles got him to think clearly.

He turned a glare to Sarutobi. "Why wasn't I told, old man?" he muttered.

"My powers as Hokage, despite being the military leader of our country, do not extend into the civilian realm. If they did, I would have abolished the Caged Bird seal on the branch house of the Hyuuga." replied Sarutobi, wishing he had the power, to change the past.

"You are still technically a member of the Uzuki branch of the Uzumaki clan, Jiraiya," Sarutobi said, "I can't bypass clan laws, and the laws state that only the Uzumaki can inform the Uzuki of such news".

"And with you wandering around the counties it was impossible to get word or the Uzumaki clan had kept this from you" said the Elder Roth, "What's done is sadly done, Gama-chan"

"Why didn't you tell huh" asked Jiraiya, glaring at Aerlla, who shot a dark look back at him,

"I was bound by orders from the Old ape and the law Naruto is still part of the clan member records even if they abandon him he is still a Uzumaki, in name and blood only, I would have taken him as my own child and made him a ward of the Roth until he can change his clan name at 18, or make chunin" said Arella, and placed a hand on Naruto shoulder, "I owned his father much and gladly raised him".

"Thank Obasan," said Naruto, in a low voice.

Jiraiya sighed "Your right Akane-sama,Aerlla-chan I blame my self more I should have stay in Konoha.............Teme's those blasted elders," growled out Jiraiya, "they knew I would have taken him with me,"

Naruto looked at Jiraiya, "He would have taken me in and he is related to me like Yuugao-neechan".

The toad senin frowned again, before turning to Kakashi, "I needed to see the boy anyway", he pointed at Naruto and he thought, "Maybe this will work out after all, any bad traits he may have picked up would have to be trained out of him, but he is just like him and his grandmother".

"Kakashi, what did you come here for to start with, anyway?" Sarutobi asked.

"We know something is off about Sabaku no Gaara, that sand of his is very deadly as we saw first hand" he replied,

"Sasuke need's special training to properly handle this match…but I don't want to abandon my other two students. Sakura might not be going into the finals, but she needs training nevertheless, and Naruto is going up against Uzumaki Taro."

Jiraiya smirked. "That arrogant little twerp?" he muttered.

"He may be arrogant, but he has the skills to back them up," Sakura growled, "Those moves he used…"

"Uzumaki Ryu Kossapo," Jiraiya muttered, "It's traditionally split into two branches; Hyogi, or open skills, and Eigi, or shadow skills.

"It was developed a few generations back to combat the Hyuuga jyuken…they were pissed when we ..... thay basically made one of their techniques there own years later a Roth broke the Haken, using Shadow Drill, a untended backlashes of Chakra rip's off the Uzumaki Clan, heirs of that day, arms off, in from of much of the Uzumaki Clan so they found a way to copy the ripping power of Shadow Drill and incorporated it to Haken making, more deadlier, and test it out on several Roth, in reprisals, just to a pleased there egos " said Jiraiya .

Sakura gasp at the thought of being hit by Hakens one after another if that had happen to Hinata,

Sasuke growled "he may have killed Hinata have it been a real battle",

"Damn I know the clan's ego was big ,but to kill over a untended accident" muttered Naruto.

"Well hate and evny has driven Uzumaki, and with the power they once held they swore to finish what was started I'll tell you a some history about that" spoke Akane,

"The fighting between Uzumaki, Hyuuga and Roth,has lasted though the 1rst and 2end ninja wars, both Hyuuga Roth were being worn down after years of fighting even with aid from the Uchiha the Uzumaki, had a small contry backing them up, both clans would have been wipe out then the Senju Clan with the Uchiha clan put aside there rivaly seeing whole clans wipe out fighting each other leaving the land ruin came up with the system of one village with many clans, to aloud there famlies to be protected this idea became the Greater and Lower Hidden villages we know today"

"When Konoha village was founded by the Senju Clan and the Uchiha clan signed a no-inter clan fighting treaty with all founding clans, when the Uzumaki, old home land Uzu no Kuni, was destroyed, by the newly founded Iwa and Kumo villages with full might of there home nations armies",

"Senju offered the Uzumaki to join but soon the clan started to harass both Hyuuga and Roth, they even refusing to sign the no-inter clan fighting treaty so the Senju Clan put there foot down and forced the Uzumaki to stop".

"With the might of both the Senju Clan and the Uchiha clan with the full support of Hyuuga Roth, and the other clans, the Uzumaki had no other options but to fall in line, but with the Senju Clan going in to hiding and the lost of the Uchiha, the Uzumaki old habits were off there lease" finish Akane.

"I wanted to bury the past and end the Feud and there Feud with Hyuuga with the help of like minded people like Uzumaki Kushina, and Hyuuga Rei we became rivals then good friends but well, you know" sighed Arella, feeling older then ever.

Sasuke grunted. "That 'haken' punch," he muttered, "He used it to counter Hinata-san's offensive…and to rip her clothes off."

Akane and Aerlla shared a dark look, a the word 'haken',

Jiraiya frowned. "What did he do?"

Naruto growled. "He insulted her, and any one Hyuuga and Roth next he shredded her clothes, but thankful both Roth Kagegetsu and Hyuuga Neji stop the match to give Hinata-chans Kagegetsu poncho so she wouldn't be humiliated " he replied, "Then, he use a Wind attack and rips her clothes, to rags after he start kicking her while she was down…he put his foot on her chest right on her breast"

"Little Teme" muttered Akane, Aerlla shakes her head.

Jiraiya spat on the floor. "That punk," he said, the anger in his voice obvious, Hinata was Rei's child "For a clan heir, he certainly doesn't get the political hornet's nest he just stirred up." He shook his head "both Hyuuga and Roth have gained some pull with the new Daimyo and doing that to the heiress of Hyuuga, will give Hyuuga lot's of ammo to use on Uzumaki, "

"But that inturned may force Uzumaki to try something drastic in there little plan" spoke Akane,

"What are they pulling this time" asked Jiraiya,

"Both Hyuuga and Roth may be under threat by a Uzumaki plot but due to there rank and standing, we can't accuse them, with out undeniable proof, and before you start Naruto I and the others will handle this I don't want you barging in on this, you have your own job is to beat Taro and become Chunin," stated Arella, stopping Naruto, questions.

Naruto nodded he would do his part to help the Roth Hyuuga and the girls, like Hinata and that Oto girl Kin.

"What fuck is going on with that clan" muttered Jiraiya, ashamed of his clan's actions, "Anyway, back to the what you need, Kakashi."

"Hmmm?" the Jounin grunted.

"For your kunoichi here?" Jiraiya asked,

"Oh yea well I don't know who can train her , I would had have the teaching staff train her but there hands full right now and she lacking a lot of skills alot of kunoichi really need to know" spoke Kakashi,

The sannin look at Sakura, with one eye as she was some picture "I would sent her to Anko or Yuugao there freed up now, Better yet, both can train pinky here Yuugao for genjutsu and taijutsu, and Anko for kunoichi weapons and 'special' training that will get the fan-girlness out of her for sure."

Sakura did not like the sound of 'special training'. She especially didn't like the idea of her trainer being a woman who scared even NARUTO, who back talk to the Sage of Snakes, and the Demon of the mist with out blinking.

"Maybe you should set some limits on 'special training' , wile I'm Sure Anko will do her job, it's the others things I don't like exposed to Sakura, at her age..yet" said Arella and smiled making Sakura more worried.

"Oi, Sakura-chan, don't worry," Naruto smiled, "Even if that creepy examiner lady is there, Yuugao-neechan is really cool! You'll get super strong with her!"

That was enough to firm the pink haired girls resolve. "Okay," she replied.

Kakashi smiled. "Hmm, maybe Anko-chan can teach her about those 'special' poisons she has" he said barely keeping the giggle inside.

Sarutobi sighed reminded, of that day,

Arella howled at that "Hohohohohoho, I hope she remembers to keep them in a better place, Poor Misty haven't been able to not –relived- her –Heat- after being reminded of that –Day-Hohohoho"

The blush on Sakura face would put Hinata's to shame, she had her for the kunoichi only classes.

"Now, Kakashi," Jiraiya continued, "What were you planning on teaching the Uchiha gaki here?"

Sasuke did not like being discussed like he was an object.

"Well, speed for sure, I guess I can swiped a set of Gai's training weights" Kakashi replied, "His Sharingan going to needs some fine-tuning as well, to the 3 comas level lasty for how to beat that Gaara kid? Well…there's probably only one way is Doton's counter force"

Jiraiya frowned. "The Chidori?" At Kakashi's nod, he sighed, then turned to Sasuke. "Alright punk," he grumbled, while Sasuke growled at the insult, "Listen up. Kakashi is going to teach you a jutsu that by all rights NO genin should EVER LEARN. Its powerful, and given what my old team-mate put on your neck…exactly the kind of thing he'd want you to learn."

Sasuke's arm shot up to his shoulder.

"Yeah, Orochimaru-teme would love for you to learn that," the sannin continued, "So listen up. Even if you learn that jutsu, you won't be a match for Itachi."

"Who's Itachi?" Sakura and Naruto both wondered, while Sasuke growled.

"Some one who cause a lot of pain for me" Sasuke said, as if he heard there thoughts.

"You need a few more years before you can hope to match him," the sage went on, "Especially if the rumours I've been hearing are true…but that's for another time we have something you may regard Itachi as second problem, and don't say anything tilt after, you see and been informed about every thing " said Jiraiya, Aerlla looked at him

"All Jiraiya-sama but I doubt it" said Sasuke.

Naruto was hopping up and down, partially in anger and partially in nervousness. "So what about me, then?" he asked, "I need training too!"

"That's were I'll come in," the white haired man grinned, "Uzuki Jiraiya, the great and wise Ninja Sage of the Toads and member of the Sannin, of Leaf and your new sensei Gaki."

The Hyuuga Compound a meeting with the elders was called after news of what happen got out Hinata got support from, almost every

If there was one place that Hinata could honestly say she hated, it was this room, dressed in formal robes Hinata entered the central hall and walked towards, the group of her preers, and keeled beside Neji who looked at her in a new light,

If there was one group of people she could honestly hate…it would be this group.

The Hyuuga council of elders stared at her from their raised dais in the central hall of the clan complex. The group of five - four main house members and one branch - looked at her with impassive eyes.

Hinata knew what they truly thought though…"weak, failure, worthless"

"Hinata-sama you have did well in getting to the perlims a good showing of your self and the clan most Genin wait a few years before trying and most don't make it to the perlims sadly you had to face Uzumaki heir" spoke a Main house elder, causeing Hinata to blink "There pleased with me??"

"Neji-san if you keep this up you would make Jounin in no time and you did your duty when the Uzumaki heir had shamed Hinata-sama, even when you had some issues with members of the clan you move pass it you have greaty impressed both main and branch"

"I bear no great dislike for any member of the clan what ever prolems I do have I will settle in another time and place" stated Neji, the elders nodde

"Explain to us, please, Hinata-sama," the branch house member, Ikaru, muttered, "Why was it that you lost to the Uzumaki heir?"

Hinata barely kept her face neutral at the callous question "I knew it was to good to be ture" Though the medical corps had treated the bruise, she could still feel the phantom ache in her breast. It was one thing to be humiliated by having her clothes destroyed in public, the academy courses on kunoichi combat had somewhat prepared her for it, even if it was a jarring experience.

Having had his foot pressing down on her was both painful…and degrading.

"I c-can offer no excuse, Ikaru-san," she muttered, keeping her eyes on the floor, her nails grip the mat, in anger about being reminded of her stripping.

Off to the side of the room, her sister Hanabi stood with her father. Hinata wondered if her sibling understood just how angry the elders were, and if she was enjoying the thought of her elder sister getting punished.

"There is hardly a need for excuses, Ikaru-san," the only woman on in the group spoke,

"I read the report from her jounin sensei, and it appears that the boy simply had her beat on taijutsu. We all know what the Uzumaki Ryu is capable of." she went on,

"Be that as it may, Shiori-sama," Ikaru replied,

"But Hinata-sama is the clan heiress. How can the village respect us if our own heiress is stripped and beaten by another clan heir? How could the Fire respect us?"

"Thankfully Neji-san and Roth Kagegetsu got involed and gave Hinata-sama some diganity if any thing the Uzumaki have gotten another black mark agiest them sadly Hinata-sama has to bear the shame" countered another elder.

"I know all that but how to turn this in to something other then shame," Shiori muttered, rubbing her chin.

Hyuuga Shiori was a hardened woman. She had been a part of Sarutobi's genin class, and was hailed, in her prime, as a taijutsu mistress of supreme calibre, as well as possessing a level of chakra control that most medic nins would kill for. It was said that she even tutored the sannin Tsunade on both control and taijutsu, she even match move for move in a fight with Roth's former leader Roth Akane, who master all 3 styles of her's clans Fighting Styles, Nightfist .

The elderly woman had seen much, and she had played the political game longer than most. She knew exactly what Ikaru was trying to do.

"I think that we could turn this to our advantage," she replied, "While the Uzumaki are the 'body-guards' for the Daimyo, they have to show a certain level of…decorum even to their enemies."

Hinata frowned as she listened to the woman's words. "She wants something", the blue haired girl wondered, "but what?"

"Yes and that statement from Chouun Shiryuu, and the Iwa turned Oto Tsuchi Kin ,along with the Report from our ally The Roth clan, reported about something the Uzumaki, are plotting ageist our 2 clans,"

"I see what you are getting at" said another elder "Maira Roth is know for her photocopy like memory and we been told, though in this report the Oto we can't really trust, but Chouun Shiryuu, and other Kusa ninjas , we can given that Konoha are close allies with Kusa" said a elder. "even after the war, Kusa ninja never betray Konoha and Hi's trust,"

"Added Uzumaki Taro's actions show a remarkable lack of maturity," she continued, getting a smirk as a plan is formed "While his skills are likely without question, his choice to embarrass Hinata-chan here bad it seems has given us and Roth a chance to make them all pay."

"I'm curious as to how that could be accomplished, Shiori-san," another of the elders asked.

"Hinata-chan, Neji-kun do you recall the technique used by the Uzumaki boy when he shredded your jacket? Neji-kun tell us your point of view frist" the white haired woman asked.

"Hai Shiori-sama, I saw what happen Hinata-sama from my point of veiw was shocking it was like one of main house Jutsus and a Roth Jutsu I saw up close in my match with Maira-sama but combined" spoke Neji, looking very uneasy,

"Hinata-chan" asked Shiori,

"Y-yes, Shiori-sama," she muttered, "It s-seemed l-like an or-ordinary punch, but… is was a the most pain full mo-ment I ev-er had like-I was being ripped and pulled at the same time"

"It acted like a vacuum, first pulling forward, next shoving you away, as the wind tears" her father spoke up, finally walking forward. Her sister followed, and the pair knelt next too her, both touching their heads to the floor.

"Yes that's what I saw" stated Neji,

"Y-yes, that is correct," she stuttered, surprised that he would actually speak to her in such a setting.

The elders made some curses under the breaths seeing that a child was here with them,

"The 'Haken' technique," Ikaru spat, shocking the two children and teen with his vulgar display, "A blatant thumb to our eyes, and there pay back ageist the Roth."

"Ikaru-sama?" Hinata asked.

"The 'Haken' is a…copy, in a sense, of one of our style's more advanced techniques," another elder spoke, "The original technique, the Hakke Kusho, is still considered to be the more elegant version, as a way to fight our clan on more even terms"

"but the Uzumaki clan has it beaten in raw power, and later they copy the ripping power of Roth's technique Shadow Drill they added it to Haken, after a Roth kills a Uzumaki in a untended backlash of Chakra when both technique clashed and in turned they murdered a few Roth members as reprisals by using them to test, the new improved Haken, and ripped them limb from limb,"

Neji looked mad his fist open and closed Hinata, and Hanabi eyes widen, as there father close his eyes sombrely he had seen what happen to a human body when 4 or more Haken's were used on one person, at the same time it was a horrible way to died.

"Hinata-chan, how did you feel about the Uzumaki boy's words?" Shiori continued, "You are a member of the strongest clan in Konoha…did his words strike you? Did they burn in your ears?"

Hinata frowned, then raised her head to gaze directly into the matron's eyes. "I…I hated them," she whispered, "I…I have…always t-tried to see the good in people." Her thoughts drifted to Naruto, how he had given up his jacket to cover the Uzuki girl's body, and how he had given his own shirt to cover her embarrassment. "I…saw no goodness in Uzumaki Taro. He…he is a monster, and he's cruel, he debased my family, and Raven-chans and Maria-chans whole clan and others with out care."

Ikaru nodded. "Like his whole clan, an arrogant waste of…"

"You are wrong, Ikaru-sama," Hinata interrupted.

If anyone was more startled at the shy girl's interruption, it would have been her own father. Hinata… he wondered, inwardly gaping at the girl, while his face remained neutral.

"…Wrong?" Ikaru stuttered, "What do you mean, Hinata-sama? You yourself said that the other members of his team were arrogant and malicious…"

"I was not talking about them either, Ikaru-sama," the girl interrupted again, this time earning obvious looks of surprise from the elders.

"Big sister is different now," was the only thought the young Hanabi could materialize.

Neji, looked impressed.

"If not them, then whom were you speaking of, Hinata-chan?" Shiori asked. She already had a fairly good idea, and she found herself liking the possibilities it presented, "To think me and Akane-chan joked about a Uzumaki would married a Roth and Hyuuga" .

"Uzumaki…Naruto," she small girl replied.

"Oh I got to tell Akane-chan next time I see her"

"Fate dose change if you wanted to change" thought Neji,

"That little Hell-raiser D…!" Ikaru stuttered, only to stop himself as Shiori's hand appeared near his heart, a faint blue glow of chakra outlining her finger tips.

"Keep your tone, Ikaru-kun," the elderly woman muttered, "And remember the law, and Arella-Sama, involvement, and her clan has always looked after him and keep a eye on it,

Hinata snapped her eyes to the old woman. "Law…what law?" she wondered. It was not the first time she had heard of something regarding a 'law' around Naruto, and what was it and how Arella-san, involvement now, this seemed VERY important, but not right now.

"He has always been kind," she replied, "I…have watched him for a long time. H-he…has suffered, but he n-never gives up." She took a deep breath to calm her nerves again. Talking to the elders like this was…exhausting, for some reason. "His…pr-pranks are not malicious, and h-he's very hard working."

Hiashi found himself nodding. While he had never had any true personal contact with the Kyuubi jinchuuriki, he had seen the boy practicing on his own many times.

Neji watched Naruto, who wasn't any thing like the deadlast people made him out to be "What dose fate have in store for Naruto",

The boy was a ruffian, and his skills were questionable at best, even with his friendship with Arella children and aid of her clan his skills are completely ridiculous at worst - but his drive to succeed had no equal give time he would really shine.

Having made his own styles base on 2 styles from opposing clans no less, and beaten the Uzuki top Genin at the same time even more surprising.

The Hyuuga leader actually admired that in the boy. "And now I see", he thought, staring at his eldest child, "that is something you admire in him too, isn't it Hinata?"

"For the longest time…I wanted to be like him," the girl kept on, shocking the male elders and her sister, while Shiori and Hiashi looked on. "H-he has…strength, not just of the body…but of the heart. He s-stumbles, and he falls…but he always gets up again."

"Big sister…" Hanabi whispered, staring at the girl with something akin to…awe.

"Now…I see that he has done all this, even though his clan abandoned him!" Hinata actually growled at this, earning a small squeak from Hanabi.

"Big sister is angry" Hanabi thought,

Neji smiled at Hinata new found firey will "Rei-sama would be proud"

"We are…a divided house, because of that horrible mark that rests on your brow, Ikaru-sama." Said Hinata.

The Branch Elder frowned, his hand instinctively moving to his covered forehead.

"But no matter what…we do not abandon our own," Hinata continued, "We may not act like it…but I KNOW that we all love each member of this clan! We all want to be a real family again! When Momma and Uncle Hizashi was with us"

Shiori saw the unshed tears in the girls eyes. "You just may be the one", she thought, "I wonder if you could handle the training…"

"I miss Neji-niisan," the girl muttered, looking at Neji "I want my brother back! I don't want to be a weakling anymore! I want…"

"You want Uzumaki Naruto," Shiori interrupted, shocking everyone and earning a squeak and a flushed face from the clan heiress. The old woman smiled. "I too have seen him in the streets, Hinata-chan. I can't say as I understand the…attraction, but boy dose has few good points" she grinned as the girl squeaked again, "But I can see that he has inspired your attraction and 2 others attraction as well eh."

Hiashi looked at his daughter. "You would have gone to seek training, but not from us, wouldn't have you?" he asked, "You were afraid we would toss you aside."

Hinata's lips trembled, and she turned a hot gaze to her father. "But you did toss me aside!" she whispered, her voice too choked up to shout, "I was there! I heard what you said to Kurenai-sensei!"

Hiashi frowned. He had been frustrated that day, after a rather disappointing sparing session between his two daughters, and some other prolems, he vented at Kurenai-san. "What did I do to you, Hinata?" he wondered.

"I know I'm not very good at jyuken," the small girl continued, firming her voice and holding back the tears, "Neji-nisan is far better than I will ever be, and Hanabi-chan has the potential to surpass him." Everyone was shocked at her open admittance of her shortcoming, and her sister frowned.

"But you never fight me seriously, big sister!" the seven year old spoke up, a little mad, she was small and weak how would she get stronger, without her big sister'd help.

Hinata bowed her head. "I can't," she replied.

Hiashi frowned. "Why not, Hinata?" he asked, the elders all wondering the same thing. "You have the potential to become good in the style, yet you refuse to use it against an opponent?"

"I do not hesitate against enemies," Hinata replied, "But against her?" She pointed at the darker haired girl. "Tell me you don't see it, father. Tell me you can't see her face!" her voice cracked,

Shiori nodded. "The resemblance," she muttered.

If it were possible for white eyes to light up in understanding, Hiashi's would have glowed like the sun at that moment; Arella did say both reminded her of Rei the times they chatted,

"I'm been a baka for not seeing it sooner 'The resemblance'" Hiashi said out loud shocking his children.

"Resam-blunce?" Hanabi asked, earning a quiet chuckle from two of the elders.

"How Cute, ah to be young again", Shiori grinned.

"I see," Hiashi muttered, "You won't fight her…because of how much she looks like Rei your Mother"

Hanabi looked over as Hinata nodded. Her sister looked at her, and said something she'd never forget.

"I couldn't possibly hurt you, Hanabi-chan," she said, "You look so much like our mother…it just doesn't feel right if I did it would be like hurting Mother."

The smaller Hyuuga girl had never known her birth mother.

Hinata's birth had been difficult, and Hanabi's had been near fatal, and she died a year later from blood line sickness. She had desperately wanted to know the woman who had brought her into the world, but no one would speak to her, only an old wore picture of her Mama was all she found.

"I…look like momma?" she whispered.

"Very much so," Hiashi spoke, "Your mother had the same hair as Hinata, as well her peaceful gentle aura, but face wise? You are the exacting image of her, and her Fiery force of will, when its was roused, but it seems Rei's Fiery force of will, is in Hinata, though it needed a little help to burn"

"She was and still is very much loved by the whole clan and her passing tore deeply in to the clan as a whole we all miss her greaty so every photo was removed I see now she is still alive in you Hanabi-sama" spoke Neji, thinking back to better days,

Hanabi felt tears brewing in her eyes, with one thought "I looked like Momma I was looking at her in a mirror all this time", and she tried to keep them at bay. She was denied the chance, however, when Hinata wrapped her arms around her.

"I'm-m sorry I was mean to-to you big sis-sister" cried Hanabi as she gave a big hug to Hinata,

"Hinata-chan is right, about the problems in this clan" Shiori muttered, as the two girls comforted each other, "For too long this clan has been torn in two. We lost Hizashi one of our best because of this seal mess. I lost my daughter to the seal as well We need to change."

"How?" Ikaru asked.

"We start with Hinata," she replied, with the aid of the Roth Clan, Raven and Maria ground work "And we finish…with Uzumaki Naruto, an outcast from a rival clan."

"Well that much of that problem is settled regarding the 3 girls and the boy thanks to the Roth customs and a law for dieing out clans" said Hiashi, making Hinata, blush and Hanabi confused.

The other three elders nodded, and the older woman stood up. "Hyuuga Hinata," she spoke, getting the sniffling girl's attention, "I am personally going to train you for the next few weeks. You are going to become strong…strong enough to even win Naruto-san's attention, and 2 others."

"Sh-Shiori-sama…" Hinata stuttered.

"And the first thing we're going to do," the Hyuuga matron frowned, "Is get rid of that damn stutter, and learn, this I'm not as nice as Kurenai-san when it come to training, I wouldn't do this if I didn't think you can't handle it, we start bright a early tomorrow "

Hinata, nodded,

"Neji I saw you training in the Hakke Kusho" asked Hiashi, making Neji sweat, "Your foot work is sloppy and you not putting the needed chakra, as clan head I can't aloud this to go on Neji I'm going to trained you how to do it right" stated Hiashi, "if we're going to change then the clan head shall set the examlpe who better then my brothers own son".

"............" Neji was stunned,

"Is Neji Niisan broken" asked Hanabi as she poked him,

"Hanabi stop poking him" asked Hiashi,

Hinata smiled,

The Roth compound main hall Both Raven and Maria dressed in formal robes keel be side Kagegetsu as they across from the 4 elders of the Coven as there mother entered with there Great Aunt, were they seat on their raised dais.

"Sorry keeping every one waiting our meeting with the Hokage went long then excepted." Said Arella eyeing her Aunt who sat down

"What? I can't talk to an old friend, I haven't see him months" said Akane, a little miffed.

"Never mind, sigh its good all 3 of you made it to Prelims and made good showing on your parts and to the clans," said Arella, opening a folder.

"But I didn't make the cut Mom" said Maria, sad, even if it was a good fight.

"Maria-chan Well you fought with Hyuuga Neji to a near stand still that feat very few Genin can boosted even eared his respect," said Arella

"His departed father Hizashi was force on to him self in battle, Neji is not that far behind, him and given Neji having more years as a ninja under his belt dose help him" spoke a male elder.

"And from your Jounin leader and her brother very loudly say you even manage to get Neji out of his pre ordained fate, mind set, he's been in" said Akane, Maria, blushed a little at the praise, her mother gave her.

"Raven-chan you need to improved stamina and power, for your match ageist Chouun Shiryuu, who was hand pick to be a member of the Dragons of Hao there like the Twelve Elite Guardians and the Honour guard of Fire, rolled in to one group, in Kusa" said Arella, reads from the folder.

Raven looked more paler the her normal healthy grey skin colour, after hearing that and seeing Shiryuu, in action, her loving sister just patted her back, "Can I have your stereo system, after your gone"

Her ever loving little cousin put in his 2 cents in "seeing how your going to not be using your Tv after the match can I have it"

"Traitors the pair of you" grumbled Raven.

The older Roth rolled there eyes, its was best for children to relived the stress build up after the Chunin, test.

"You're not getting off that easy Kagegetsu-kun your match with Sabaku no Temari she is the eldest of the raining Kazekage, 3 children, that very same Suna team in the Prelims and she a lot tougher, then her younger puppet using brother" she let the folder lowered only to show her eyes,

Kagegetsu, thought of a 100 foot monster size Temari laughed at him as she towered over him, and she swing her Dai Tessanhas, at a golf ball size mini him, a with a –KKAAAAAAAPPPOOOOOOWWWWWWW- sending him flying out of the Arena …….right in to the 2 Hokage's face, ran in his mind.

"Heh you are sooo boned" remarked Maria, grinned,

"Ho Maira-chan your sensei and her brother teams are going merging team training, regiments together, seeing that Neji is getting help from his clan along with Raven and Kagegetsu who will be trained with me or with several aunts and uncles, you get to have Both -Youthful- senseis for a whole month," said Akane, not hiding her laugher, at the look of dread on Maria.

"You were saying I'm Boned" said Kagegetsu very pleased,

"I think it's the other way around sis" said Raven enjoying the moment,

Kin wasn't sure what he wanted to speak with her about, but she knew better than not to answer -even in the hospital- when Orochimaru calls, you repiled.

It was a complex jutsu, but one at all shinobi of Otogakure were required to learn. Her hands moved quickly into the seal sequence, her chakra flowing as the seals moulded it.

Inu, saru, ryu, tori, hebi, tora, hebi. "-Ninja Art -Distant Sound, Hidden Word-".

The jutsu worked two ways; it muted all sound around and from the user, attuning the person's voice to another's chakra signature, while at the same time, it attuned the users ears to the other person's voice, amplifying their sensitivity so the other voice could be heard even over great distance.

It was an excellent spying technique…and an horrible torture technique as well.

"Kin-chan…I am disappointed in your team's performance," the cool voice of her 'leader' echoed throughout her ears, "I was expecting the Uzumaki team to be…far more dirtied than they were. It looked almost as if you didn't…even…try, thought 2 are gone the Heir and the Blonde Gaki are not or am I mistaken"

"My apologies, Orochimaru-sama," she whispered, "We did confront them, but decided it was best to not go too far. I felt that, as the other one…"

"I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE OTHER ONE!" the voice roared, causing the girl to cringe in pain. Her hands instinctively covered her ears in a vain attempt to block the voice. "The point is that you were to gauge their abilities, yet I received no report! Why did you not report on the groups skills?"

".......My lord, we didn't really see much of their skills," she whispered back, trying to keep the whimper of pain from entering her voice. "We only really learned of the sword wielders blade, not his 'dances' or anything else. The Uzuki girl…"

"The Bitch and those Uzuki lapdogs do not concern me, Kin!" the snake sannin hissed, "I know all about them, and they are not worth my attention or wrath, not even my old 'teammate' Uzuki Jiraiya isn't worth my time I have progressed further than anyone can realize."

"Orochimaru-sama, I can beat them!" she whispered, "I admit, I was unprepared for that Suna kunoichi Fuuton but the Uzumaki heir I can match! I could have beat that Suna girl as well, if I hadn't miscalculated the force of her fuuton…"

"Excuses, Excuses,Kin-chan and I don't care for words only action," he replied, a low hiss through the jutsu causing her to shiver in fear, "Zaku, Dosu, Yoroi, and Musumi have served their purposes. You might yet be useful… seeing you still in Konoha why sent another when you are there now"

"My lord?" she asked, "W-what would you have…"

"Prove your worth to me, Kin," he muttered, a dark tone to his voice, "Find the one called Naruto…and eliminate him."

"…why my lord? Is he truly…" she started to ask, only to cry out as a loud roar filled her ears, her head pounding from the intense agony.

"BECAUSE I ORDER IT, YOU FOOLISH GIRL!" he hissed, "Complete this assignment, and you will be rewarded greatly…I might even give you personal training enough to join Tayuya-chan and Karin-chan as members of my elite. Fail, however…and I'll teach you such exquisite ways of pain that you will beg for death, after that I'll give you over to the Hells Generals!, have you heard that Spectre is looking for a new- toy- to play with after the old one –broke- "

The dark haired girl shivered in fear at the thought. Orochimaru required all his ninja to watch interrogations…she had been sick for days after her turn had come, and Spectre was the one doing it.

Orochimaru was a sick, twisted, and sadistic genius…and he was creative at causing pain, but Spectre, loved doing it even more than Orochimaru, and the 8 other Sound Hells Generals, are just about as sick, twisted, and sadistic, as Orochimaru, in there own ways.

"I…will obey, Orochimaru-sama," she whispered.

"Do not fail, Kin-chan or Spectre, gets a new toy ," the final whisper came, taunting her with its mocking sense of affection. She broke the jutsu, just as a nurse walked into the room.

"You're free to go, Tsuchi-san," she muttered, "Your back is going to be tender for another day or so, but otherwise you're in perfect health."

"Thank you," the dark haired girl replied, shrugging off the hospital gown and reaching for her camouflaged cargo pants, slipping them over her lithe legs and cinching the belt around her waste. She adjusted her black panties slightly from the outside of her pants, before reaching for her bandage role and beginning the process of binding her chest. She wasn't as…stacked…as Karin or Tayuya, but she had slightly more than a handful, and she was quite content with it. In actuality she honestly thought her legs were her best feature, even if her choice of clothing tended to hide them from view.

After her chest was bound, she donned her grey tank top and yellow scarf. A simple white ribbon kept her hair tied back, black shinobi style combat sandals covered her feat, and her hitai-ate wrapped around her head to complete the look. She spared a brief glance in the mirror of the bathroom she had.

She'd consider herself beautiful…if not for the redness in her eyes.

"Even if he's not like the rest of them", she thought, firming her resolve with a deep breath, "He's still…an Uzumaki!"

She walked out of the room.

The next day "Now then, Hinata-chan," Shiori grinned at the young kunoichi, "I'm going to be very frank with you. It might seem like I'm insulting you, but what I have to say needs to be said."

"Ano, I-I am prepared, Shiori-sama," the blue haired girl replied, cursing herself for stuttering yet again.

"As far as the jyuken goes…you're pathetic at the style," the elder replied, pointed her cane at her "You've got the grace and flexibility for it, there's no question. The problem isn't even your byakugan…it's your attitude. You lack the 'cold fire' we Hyuuga pride ourselves on."

"Ano, 'cold fire' Shiroi-sama?" the small girl asked, "What is that?"

"Our eyes let us 'see' many things, Hinata," the elder replied, leaning on her cane, "We can read our opponents emotions by watching their physical reactions. We can read our opponents thoughts by watching how their eyes shift. We can even direct an opponent emotions somewhat by focusing our gaze at them…the intimidation factor of the byakugan is matched only by the sharingan and a few others."

"I still don't understand," Hinata replied, "I know I've felt…intimidated…whenever father uses his byakugan on me, but what does…"

"I'm getting to that, young one," the elder replied, "Surely you've seen evidence at just how…dispassionate…certain members of the clan are, compared to others." At Hinata's nod, she continued, "You probably didn't notice, however, how these members are the most exceptional students of jyuken."

Hinata gaped at that, then thought back to how Neji was whenever he was practicing his forms. She had always noted that he seemed…distant, when practicing, but now she realized that he was acting truly unemotional.

"I see you're beginning to grasp the concept," Shiori grinned as Hinata's eyes widened in understanding, "Jyuken is a cold taijutsu style. It's all about separating oneself from emotion, and using that clarity to strike out at the opponent's weakness. Those who can achieve this clarity can perform any jyuken technique, from the Kaiten to the Hakke Rokujuu Yonsho"

"But, I can't because…" Hinata muttered, realizing the truth Shiori was trying to impart.

"You achieve the very opposite of that clarity, Hinata-chan," the white haired woman replied, "You sympathize with your opponents emotions, and you understand them. Indeed, this can be a very powerful weapon in of itself, but for jyuken it's more of a burden."

"Does that mean that I'll never achieve the Kaiten, or any of the other techniques?" she asked.

Shiori sighed. "The Kaiten is more about chakra control than the others, so I don't think its out of your reach," she replied, "But the Rokujuu Yonsho, and the advanced forms? Its unlikely." At the girl's downcast look, she grinned. "Cheer up, young one. There is something else I can teach you…something that if you can truly master it, might even allow you to surpass the Jyuken, and the Uzumaki Ryu combined for sheer destructive force, only rivalled by the Roths NightFist and few others ."

Hinata gaped at the thought. Her mind instantly flowed back to her fight with Taro. She still had phantom pains from his 'Blade' technique.

"Like all Hyuuga, you're a close range fighter Hinata-chan," Shiori went on, "Teaching you long and mid range jutsu is only a small part of what you're going to learn." She motioned to a pile of rocks that sat slightly behind her.

"Ano, what are the rocks for, Shiori-sama?" the young heiress asked.

"These rocks will be the focusing point of your training, Hinata-chan," the white haired elder explained, picking up one of the stones and tossing it to the girl. "I want you to pulverize that stone."

Hinata recalled the lessons on brick breaking, and how it had been one lesson in taijutsu that she had been surprisingly good at. "Okay," she whispered, focusing her strength, and smashing her fist against the stone, shattering it.

"That's very good…for brick breaking," the elder yawned, "But I said 'pulverize', not break I all ready have a rock pile"

"B-but…" the girl started.

"Stop that stuttering!" Shiori snapped, causing the girl to clap up, "One of the benefits of the training I'm going to put you through is definitely going to be the confidence you need to get over that." The elder picked up another stone, holding it in her right hand. "Look at the pieces of your stone, Hinata."

The girl did as she was told, and looked at the chunks of rock that now lay scattered at her feet. "What should I be seeing, Shiori-sama?" she asked.

"It's not what you should be seeing, Hinata-chan," the old woman replied, "Its what you should not be seeing." She pointed to one of the larger chunks of rock. "When you pulverize something, there should be nothing of it left. When you leave something behind, you risk exposing not only yourself, but your comrades and others. A shinobi must be like the wind…it blows through a field, but you can never tell it was there."

"Shiori-sama, how can I…pulverize…a stone,?" the young girl asked, "No matter how I strike it, it will only break into pieces."

"Ah, and there in lies the secret to this technique," Shiori grinned. "I taught this technique to Tsunade-hime back when she was still a genin…Kami-sama, now that girl had talent! She picked up the concept right off the bat, and she even managed to improve it with her incredible chakra control!"

"Even your mother was trained in this she was unsure but soon she was turning rock in to sand and made her own style, based on wind and water using with those fans she love to make.

"I'm…learning a technique…that Tsuande-sama and Momma knows?" Hinata asked, feeling herself grow a bit light headed at the concept. Tsunade's skills, both in taijutsu and in medical ninjutsu, were benchmarks for kunoichi of all nations and her mother, fan style, she kept every fan Momma had ever made, even those 2 large hand used Dai Tessanhas, she would spent hours cleaning them, making sure they open and close perfectly.

"Learning it? I'm hoping you'll improve it," the elder chuckled at the small girls gaping look, "then I will aloud you to have that large blue white Scroll you mother had transferred her fighting style in to it,"

Hinata eyes went wider any more they would have pop out,

"Now, you know about resistance, right?" At the girl's nod, she continued. "Everything has a natural resistance to everything else in the world. When you strike something, you lose a certain amount of force breaking that resistance."

"Even in Jyuken?" the girl asked.

"Especially in Jyuken," Shiori replied, "Not only do we lose some of the physical force in our blows, but we lose some of the chakra force we inject when it encounters the opposing energy."

"I think I understand, Shiori-sama," Hinata replied, "But if the resistance is natural, how can we pulverize anything that has it?"

"By not losing any of the force," the old woman replied, suddenly striking the stone…

…and turning it into powder.

Hinata gasped. "H-how!?"

"The key to this technique is speed, Hinata-chan," Shiori replied, "It was developed by monks in ancient times, and passed down through generations until it was given to our clan."

"What is it called, Shiori-sama?" the girl asked, breathless at the idea.

"This is the technique that Tsunade-hime knows, and even improved. It's the technique that you, I hope, will take ever further. It's called -Two Fold Extremity-".

Kin growled as she walked the streets. "How can it be so hard to find someone wearing neon-orange!?" she mentally screamed a whole day wasted,

She'd been out hunting for the strange blond for a few hours now, desperately seeking to fulfill Orochimaru's order before his next contact. She had a feeling she wouldn't survive it.

Her head still ached from the roaring voice of her 'leader' over the jutsu. She winced as she realized that Dosu, Zaku, and Yoroi were punished with that first before getting the –treatment- by Spectre Misumi, at least, had it easy being dead.

She moved towards one of the nearby training grounds, one that had a large lake and river running through it. She needed to vent some steam, and a few doton jutsu on some trees would be just the ticket.

She walked through the brush, and froze as she heard a loud boom and a voice.

"ARRGHHH!" a younger voice came, the pain in the voice causing the dark haired kunoichi to wince.

"That had to hurt"

"Damn you crazy little Gaki that's why that Tornado burst kick nearly broke your leg, you didn't reinforced the whole leg, that's the first thing needed to preformed, SWORD RAPIER, BLADE and the others not just the foot like the NightFist Nightmare Slice kick that cuts not stabs Eigi Sword Stabs not Slice".

"Well ERO-SENNIN I Worked with what I got when I made Phantom Tornado taijutsu with Uzumaki Ryu Hyogi and Eigi styles I know and readand what I been showed in Roth NightFist Darkness, Crow, and Nightmare styles, -POW- OOOOWWWWWWWWWW "THAT HURT, ERO-SENNIN!"

"Stop calling me that Gaki call me Jiraiya The Toad senin or Sensei or Sempai even Kami but not Ero-sennin".

"ERO-SENNIN"

"SENSEI"

"ERO-SENNIN" "SENSEI" "ERO-SENNIN" "SENSEI" "ERO-SENNIN" "SENSEI" "ERO-SENNIN" "SENSEI" "ERO-SENNIN" "SENSEI" "ERO-SENNIN" "SENSEI" "ERO-SENNIN" "SENSEI" "ERO-SENNIN" "SENSEI"

"Its HIM!" she realized, instinctively reaching for her senbon and bells. She inched forward, peeking thorough the brush until she could see the yelling duo.

There was a tall, oddly dressed man with a huge mane of white, spiky hair standing by the river's edge, a large scroll slung across his back. His outfit was primarily grey, with a red vest and belt, and tan wooden geta sandles adorning his feet.

The other one was far shorter, and was currently only wearing his hitai-ate, and pair of blue swim-trunks with orange frogs, His blond hair was wet, and water was running down his scowling face over the strange whisker marks he had. His blue eyes glinted in the afternoon light as sat on the ground holding his leg.

"He's…kinda…cute", the girl thought.

Then she saw a strange black mark on his stomach.

It looked like a seal, with a strange spiral mark in the center, surrounded by symbols stretching out along the plane of his skin. It was very complex, and she wondered if even Orochimaru would know what it was.

"You need to be able to mould your chakra much more then you been doing the try the water walking exercise again, before doing any of those moves" spoke the elder man

"This had better work, ero-sennin," the blond growled, before walking out on the water. Kin frowned as he did it easily.

"That's a pretty high level exercise", she noted, He's not going to be an easy opponent.

"Hey! It works! Awesome! Look I walking on water, aaahhhh" yelled Naruto as his control slipped and went in the drink again, before he regained control.

"…or he might just be too stupid to BE an opponent", she thought again, sweat-dropping as the boy began dancing and leaping about the river's surface.

"Naruto, that's enough for now!" the older man called, "We have a lot of work to do, and only a month to get it all done."

"Okay!" the boy replied, leaping back to shore.

"Now, we're going to outline your training," the old man said, "It's going to be two fold…but first, let's deal with our guest, ohy you can come out now."

A kunai came hurling towards her, and she leapt out of the brush to avoid it, landing a few yards from the scowling duo.

"Hey!" Naruto shouted, "You're that girl from the prelims! The one with the sister who was…"

"Raped and mutilated left for dead by your clan!" Kin growled, "My elder sister, the only one who protected me and Himitsu her name was…Tsuchi Seikei!"

"During the war with Iwa, am I right?" the older man asked, "I think I know the group of idiots you're talking about, they will never do that again" Kin gave him a look "well lets say that there head are no long attached to the bodies" Kin look shock after hearing that.

"So it's really true?" Naruto asked. Kin frowned as she noticed him bow his head like he was ashamed.

The older man sighed. "Unfortunately, it probably is," he muttered, "War is a terrible thing, Naruto. People get hurt, and innocents always get caught in the crossfire. Some groups of Iwa-nins raped and tortured to death innocents our ninjas, Kusas and Sunas",

While Sarutobi-sensei, Yondaime-sama, Myself and you dad along with others tried to prevent it, by saving those who were capture sadly some Iwa women and kunoichi were raped and tortured to death as well by groups on our side."

"That's horrible," the boy muttered.

The old man nodded. "You'll likely have to torture people sometimes too kid," he went on, "As a ninja, information is key to survival. If an enemy has information you need, sometimes you'll have to do things you'll hate to get the info out. Even your dad and Yondaime-sama had to torture people sometimes. I can tell ya, he died a little bit each time he was forced to do so…especially when it was a woman. Yondaime believed women should be revered, not harmed, I preferred using Genjutsu on a enemy but sadly that's doesn't always work or time is not a option."

Kin growled. "I hate your fucking Yellow Flash Namikaze Minato!" she spat, "He took my father from me, but I can understand why he did in the Battle of the Grass plains that's war…but the Uzumaki clan will pay for Seikei's life!"

Naruto frowned. "Don't associate me with them!" he snapped back, "I was abandoned by them when I was four years old! I want nothing to do with them!"

"You use their style, don't you?" she asked, "That the Eigi style is what–Cut- her up that day I swore I'd find a way to crush it, and I'll start with you!"

"I don't even know it really!" the blond shouted back, "I know some theory to it, but anything I create is my own! It doesn't belong to the Uzumaki! I'm nothing like them!"

"Prove it!" Kin growled, raising her senbon to her face, "Fight me! Prove to me you're really different!"

"You're on!" Naruto replied, flipping back to his pile of clothing, grabbing his weapons pouches and strapping them to his thighs. He settled down into a loose Eigi ready stance.

"Just Like him he is just like him" muttered Jiraiya.

The pair stood silent for a few moments, then rushed forward.

The battle began…

When she thought hard about it, Sakura realized that Kakashi was doing her a favour by getting her this 'advanced' training. She'd taken the time to read up about the tokubetsu jonin Anko, and she had to admit she was impressed with the mission record. After all, how many jonins did she know who had completed over 40 A rank missions? Especially at the age of 24.

The other girl, Yuugao, was no less impressive in that department. Much of her file was classified (due to ANBU regulations, she was sure), but 27 A ranks was still impressive for a 20 year old.

Even meeting with Heero be for left he was a little older then Anko and Yuugao but he is Captain of there whole unit by 29 and did over 80 A ranks,he happen to be Kagegetsu elder brother a little guy like Kagegetsu having a brick shit house size Brother like Heero damn.

Yes, when she thought about it, she was grateful to her sensei for getting her these trainers.

…of course, it was hard to think about it while trying to dodge a hail of kunai from the trench coat and fishnet clad crazy woman.

"Pay attention!" Anko snapped as she unleashed another barrage of deadly metal from the sleeves of her coat. Sakura back flipped away from the blades, trying (and failing more often than not) to deflect some with the kunai held in her right hand. A few more cuts appeared on her pale skin as the blades moved across her form.

"Don't try to block so many, Sakura-san," the purple haired ANBU called out, "A ninja does what is needed to win the battle, not what is needed to make a good show."

"I'm…trying…sem…pai," the pink tressed girl panted, her hair -now in a tight pony tail- bouncing with each breath.

"Eh, the girl's got some serious physical issues," Anko chuckled, pulling a dango skewer from her pouch and munching on the sweet dumplings, "I keep telling Iruka he needs to step up that physical training course."

"I believe he's being over-ruled on that by Suzume-san," Yuugao chuckled, "The woman would put all kunoichi hopefuls through courtesan training above physical conditioning if she could get away with it, at lest Kumoju -san runs those higher levels classes, for kunoichi physical conditioning but Suzume-san doesn't post those directions to her Training area, its getting to a point were Kumoju-san kidnaps them with Imitsu-san help and you know how she acts at times"

Anko rolled her eyes, "yea but Kumoju and Imitsu know whats needed for kunoichi physical conditioning, hell Misty knows how to be a courtesan alot better then Suzume-san"

Sakura blushed at the thought of courtesan training. "I wonder if Sasuke-kun…"

"Get your mind out of the gutter, pinky," Anko snapped, shaking the girl from her reverie. "Kakashi sent you here to get fit and learn, not to drool over the two future stud-muffins on your team."

"Wha…?!" Sakura gaped, "I do not see Naruto as a 'stud-muffin'!"

"Too bad, the kid's got real potential," the elder woman replied, "I kinda like those blue eyes of his…much more expressive than the rest of his clan."

"He would not like you referring to it as 'his' clan, Anko-sempai," Yuugao replied, "I don't particularly care to be associated with them either."

"Yeah, I get all that, Yuugao," the brown eyed woman responded, "Still, it 'is' still technically his clan. He may have been left behind, but he hasn't been taken of the register yet, has he?"

Yuugao frowned. "No, he hasn't," she admitted, "Though I soon will be."

Anko grinned. "So, cough-boy finally popped the WYMM, huh?"

Sakura glanced at the purple haired woman, who was now blushing slightly. "Cough-boy…you mean that proctor from the prelims…Hayate, wasn't it?"

Yuugao smiled. "Yes, Hayate-kun and I have been together for almost four years now," she replied, "We're planning to marry on October 9, the day before Naruto-kun's birthday."

Sakura smiled, "That's wonderful!"

"Yeah yeah, I'll bring the sake and male strippers to the party, ho yea Heero Kidd- I' meant taking Cough boy to the ANBU Stag party they even got new chair for Cough boy to be tied to " Anko interrupted, tossing her dango skewer at the young kunoichi and forcing her to start dodging again, "Now, where were we?"

And so the training began again…

Sasuke stared out over the village from the cliff he was on, waiting for Kakashi to arrive. He absentmindedly rubbed his shoulder where Orochimaru had branded him with the curse seal.

"The power I felt with this thing…I know its wrong, but it felt so strong", he thought, his mind struggling with the concept of denying power that could put him on Itachi's level.

He felt the familiar ache in his heart as he recalled the 4 members of the now deceased Uchiha clan that he had loved the most. The gentle, soothing sounds of his mother's humming while she made the bento's for his and Itachi's lunches; the boisterous laughter of his Uncle Katsuya as he hammered away the knicks from various kunai in his forge; his aunt's warm smile as she complimented him on his report card from the Academy…

Uchiha Tsukumo his sister well more like cousin, but he would always think of her as his little sister, she trained and played ninja with him……….

Unbidden, the memory of his father praising him for mastering the Goukakyu no jutsu came to mind. It was the happiest memory he had of the otherwise stern and imposing man.

"I have to beat him," he thought," I won't fall into his trap, or Orochimaru's. I will get stronger…and I'll make him pay".

His eyes shifted to the side as Kakashi appeared, leaping up from the sheer edge of the cliff. "You're late, Kakashi-sensei," he muttered (far more quietly than his team-mates would have, he was sure).

"Well, I had a tooth ache and needed to visit the dentist," Kakashi replied.

Sasuke was shocked at what seemed like an almost reasonable excuse for once.

"…it took the doctor a while to find a way to work through my mask."

Sasuke groaned. "I knew it was too good to be true".

Kakashi stood straighter after that. "Now, we've got a lot of work to do, and very little time to do it," he said, "Much of this training is going to be purely physical, Sasuke. I have to get your speed as close to my own as I possibly can in order for you to be able to use the jutsu I'm going to teach you…so from this point on, if you need to get somewhere? You RUN."

"What about training my sharingan?" Sasuke asked, "Should I keep it active during the training?"

"No," the silver topped jonin replied, "In fact, unless I specifically tell you to, do not activate your sharingan. If you rely on it too much, you'll never be able to match Itachi."

"What? But how can I hope to surpass his eyes if I don't train my own?" the Uchiha asked, confused by this turn of events, when a Kunai nearly stab his left eye out, it was mere inches away, from his eye

"Your eyes are only a tool" said Kakashi, puts the Kunai, from a very shock Sasuke.

"Itachi's eyes are powerful, that's true," Kakashi replied, "I know how strong he was back then, he was a subordinate of mine after all." He waved his hand when Sasuke started to speak.

"I'm former ANBU Captain Sasuke, and I can't tell you more than that yet. After the exams, if you're promoted, I might be able to tell you."

Sasuke frowned, but nodded. "But my eyes…"

"Did you know, that unless it was during a battle, Itachi never used his sharingan to learn a jutsu?" Kakashi asked, interrupting his student yet again. At his dumbfounded look, Kakashi elaborated, "Tell me, have you ever seen a photocopied piece of paper?"

"Yeah," Sasuke replied, an eyebrow raised in curiosity.

"The Sharingan's ability to copy jutsu's works along a similar principle," the masked man replied, "Now, tell me, what's a photocopy usually look like when compared to the original?"

"It's usually just black and white," he replied.

"Exactly," Kakashi said, his visible eye turning into and upside down 'u', signifying his smile, "Some of the details are lost, right? The color, the 'feel' of the document is diminished. So, if you apply that concept to copying jutsu with the sharingan…"

"The…effectiveness…is lost?" the boy asked.

"You got it," Kakashi replied, "I may have copied a thousand jutsu with my own sharingan, but I practice those jutsu constantly. I learn about them, understand them, and see how they can be applied in different situations. Itachi was the same way."

"So, by taking the time to learn it the hard way…" Sasuke started.

"You can not only use it more effectively, but you can also conceivably increase its power," Kakashi continued, "That's why, when I teach you my technique, I want you to learn it without the sharingan."

"Then lets get started," Sasuke replied, setting down into a ready stance of his family's taijutsu style, "I don't want to waste any time."

"Good," Kakashi replied, , " but we need to stop at a place to show you, something important."

"All right then we train" stated Sasuke, a bit pissed at the Scarecrow what the Hell was so important any way,…………….He had no idea the turn of life changing events that were to happen him.

Naruto leapt back as another wave of senbon impacted the ground where he had been standing. His body bore a smattering of scratches and red marks from the girl's blows.

"Why is it every girl I meet can hit so HARD!?" he wondered, out loud ,pulling another set of shuriken out and launching them at the girl.

"Hay Gaki don't forget they scratch hair pull and kick hard between the legs" yelled the Toad Sage

"Yea you would know all about that Ero-Sennin"

Kin frowned as she ran through a quick set of seals. –Doton- Iwa Shuriken she cried out, a group of small stones, guided by her chakra, leapt into the air and intercepting the bladed stars.

-Fuuton-Drill Fist- Naruto shouted, punching his fist forward, a surge of chakra enhanced air shooting forward, punching through the small barrier of rocks. Kin leapt upwards, over the rushing winds and came down next to the blond.

Punch, kick, sweep, leap, grab, knee-lift, back fist…it went on for several moments, before the pair separated again, breathing heavily.

Kin frowned as Naruto seemed to recover almost instantly, while she could literally 'feel' her muscles burning from the constant exertion. "Just…how…much…energy do…you have kid?" she growled out.

"More than most people know what to do with, even Maria-chan can't out last me and she like to fight more then me at times just for the fun, of it" he replied, "I gotta say though…this is kinda fun!" He grinned widely.

The dark haired kunoichi gaped. "FUN!?" she shouted, "I'm trying to kill you, Baka and you think its FUN!?"

"You could have killed me several times already," Naruto replied, pointing to a few scratches along his body. "This one a few centimetres to the left would have punctured my lung, and this one," he pointed to a scratch along the right side of his neck, "It would have pierced my artery, or vein, or which ever it is on that side."

Kin frowned. "So I missed," she growled.

"You chose to use senbon," Jiraiya spoke up from the side, sipping some sake from a cup, "That means that you must have some pretty good accuracy…you missed alright, but you did it on purpose."

"That snake freak sent you here to kill me, right?" Naruto spoke up, shocking the girl. "You are an Oto-nin, and that's his village. It makes sense."

Kin frowned. "I…was ordered to," she admitted, "But I came here for my own reasons."

"You wanted to know if I was different," Naruto replied, "You've seen me fight now…what do you think?"

Kin thought back to the last few minutes. She'd done everything she could think of to force the blond to use some kind of Eigi style move, and nothing had come about. His taijutsu…the only word she had for it was "sloppy and ……… Son of a bitch he's doing on purposes Phantom Tornado it's hard to see to counter fully",

"Your been –acting- sloppy" she asked.

"Yes and no I know some theories, like I said," the blond replied, "But I've never been taught anything but the basic stance and some footwork. They left me behind before I could learn anything real much of my Style been using a lot of Night fist to fill in the gaps, Ero-Sennin is showing me how to use the Eigi parts better so to -not-break my legs."

Jiraiya stood up, walking to the bare chest boy and putting his hand on the boy's shoulders. "I can't understand what the elders were thinking, but A" he said, patting the boy's back in an effort to comfort the pain in his heart. "But, I do know a way you can get back at them." He turned to Kin. "First, what hold does my old…friend…have on you girl?"

Kin frowned. "Why should I tell you?"

"Because, either way you'll have to," Jiraiya replied, and counted off "You've attacked a Konoha ninja during a peace period. You've got no chance of beating me, so you're basically a prisoner right now. You can tell me, and we can see if I can help…or I'll have Him take you to my old student Ibiki."

"That scary guy from the first exam!?... hay what you mean by him?……" Naruto gasped, and saw Crow appear behind Kin, who gulped and looks in to the Crow mask, of a very -big- ANBU who was towering over her.

"What they do around here keep guy's that tall tile they need to intimidate some one?"

"So he still scares people huh? YO Crow nice of you to join us" Jiraiya grinned, before turning to the girl again with a serious frown on his face, "Ibiki is a master of psychology and torture…he can break people just by staring at them. You can talk to me, and I'll pull some strings…or you can talk to him, and suffer the consequences. I guarantee Orochimaru won't care either way. He sent you here on a suicide mission."

Kin growled. "But he…"

"Promised to make you his elite, right?" Jiraiya laughed, "He did the same thing to another girl in this village, and then he tossed her by the wayside. He doesn't care about his subordinates, girl. He just cares about his games."

"Oi, Ero-sennin," Naruto spoke up, "Let us have one last go." He turned to the girl. "If I win, you tell us the truth and let us help you. If you win…we let you go."

"Naruto…" Jiraiya muttered, and he and Crow were glaring at the blond.

"I won't lose, dattebayo!" the short boy grinned.

Kin frowned. "I don't have much chakra left", she thought, "And the big ass ANBU along with that man that's one of the sannin…either I take this bet, or I'll be put through torture by Ibiki or if some how I escape and Orochimaru gets me he will sent me to Spectre, as a new toy She shuttered at that last line and spared a glance at the blond. His eyes…they're so…sincere…

"I accept the bet," she replied, "One last rush, my best jutsu against whatever you've got!"

"Ero-sennin?" Naruto asked, glancing up at the white haired man.

"Phsstt, do what you want kid, is you ass" the white haired sage replied, walking back to his seat, the ANBU stands beside him arm crossed, and looking at her darning her to even try running.

Naruto smiled, before sliding into the basic stance of the Eigi style.

Kin began flying through a seal sequence while Naruto was considering his options. "This is my best jutsu," she thought, "I learned it specifically to counter the Eigi style…now lets see it work!"

Inu, tori, saru, tori, uma, nezumi, ryu, hebi, tora, usagi, inu, hebi, buta, tori, hebi.

-Doton-Kami's Pillar, Demon's Ground- she cried, as the ground around them began to churn and shake, like a pot of water being boiled over. Beneath her feet, a circular pillar of stone pushed her above the churning chaos, lifting her into the sky and giving her the high ground over the struggling blond. "Stop struggling!" she called down, "My jutsu has turned the earth beneath you into quicksand! The more you fight it, the faster you'll sink down!" She pulled her last few senbon from her pouch. "And if that wasn't enough, I also have perfect position to riddle you with my senbon…you can't win!"

"What are you planning to do now, kid?" Jiraiya wondered, even as he sipped his drink. He'd step in and save the boy if necessary, and Crow readies to take out Kin but both were curious as to what he could do.

DAMN! Naruto grumbled as he felt himself sinking faster, How can I get out of this? It's nothing like water walking, and tree walking was all about channeling the chakra to my feet! So…how…

A memory from the training Kakashi had put his team through while in Nami no Kuni came to his mind.

"Not enough chakra, and you'll fail to stick," the masked jonin muttered, "Too much, and you'll be blown right off!"

"Could it really be that simple?" Naruto thought, "If I focus all of the chakra I can, and release it all at once…that could work!"

Naruto frist tried to tree walk when he was 8, it didn't turn out to well for the tree.

BBBBBBBBBOOOOOOMMMMMM "waaagggggg" cried Naruto as he went flying over a duck and covered Maira as wood chips rained down "Wow did I do that" asked Naruto

"Naruto you put to much chakra to your feet look what you did to the tree" said Maira pointing at the shattered tree, "I think its a good idea to wait tile you do the leaf control before trying to tree walk"

"Well lets try something new" grined Naruto,

Kin frowned as she felt the boy begin to focus his chakra. "Whatever you're planning, it won't work!" she shouted, launching a senbon and piercing his shoulder. He merely grunted at the pain. "Why do you keep trying!?" she cried out, "Why can't you just give up!?".

"Because…then I really would be LIKE THEM!" the blond shouted, a huge burst of chakra exploding from beneath him, launching him from the sand pit. The force of the blast caused him to back flip, another wave of chakra lancing from his foot, streaking at the shocked girl, forcing her to leap from her pillar.

"What…was…that!?" she gasped as the piller top blows up.

"What the hell…" Jiraiya muttered, shocked by this turn of events, even Crow whistles

"Heh, a little too much," the blond replied, his fingers coming together into his favourites 'cross' seal. "Now, to end this fight! KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU!"

Five copies of the blond formed in a tight circle around the shocked girl. "How!?" she wondered, before one of the clones gave her a hard right hook.

"U!" Kin spins around from the blow,

Three of the clones slid underneath her, striking up with a series of hard single leg mule kicks and launching her into the air.

"ZU!" Kin got a kick to her gut,

"MA!" a hard kick to her right side,

"KI!" followed by a boot to her chest,

The forth clone gave the original Naruto a boost into the air, the boy spinning around before extending his leg into an axe kick, catching the airborne girl on her left shoulder.

"-NARUTO RENDAN!-"

"WWWWWWWWWWWaaaaaaaggggggggggggggggggggg" Kin cried out as she crashed back into the ground, her jutsu fading as the real Naruto panted heavily. He walked over to the girl, finding her bruised and unconscious, but alive.

"That…what did you do just then, kid?" Jiraiya asked, as the Crow kneels down checking on the girl as well.

"I just focused as much chakra as I could into my feet, and released it all at once," he replied, "It was the force of it that caused me to back flip."

Jiraiya grinned. "That is the principle, from what I understand, of the 'Rapier' technique," he replied, "But that…that was far more powerful than Rapier. Kid, you just made your own Eigi style move…won't that just piss that old Fart Kosuke off hehehehe and not even my birthday yet ."

"My own Eigiish style move…" Naruto whispered, slightly overwhelmed by the prospect.

"I think you'll need to come up with a good name for it," Jiraiya said, "But now we have another goal to work for."

Crow picked the girl up.

"C'mon, Gaki let's get her some treatment, and get her talking. We've only got a month, so you're training gets tough tomorrow."

Naruto grinned."I'm coming for you, Taro-Teme", he thought.

Next Training days