Quick note, Shi stands at 5'11", Mako at 5'10", Mari at 5'2", Naruto at 6'1" and Naruko at 5'8". They all grew over the time skip and it's the last time Naruto and Naruko will change physically for some time since they will age slowly until their mid 20's body wise.

Chapter 9

In a burst of speed both charged at one another, clashing blades in the middle of the field. A pair of tanto's collided with a large fully black scythe wielded by Mika. Mika brought her blade down towards Shi's head by sliding the staff along his blades. Shi jumped back but as he did the scythe caught one of his blades, causing him to lose his grip on it as he jumped back. Mika picked up the blade, examining it as Shi smirked and pointed his other tanto at her.

"Raiton: Shīruchāji(Lighting release: Seal charge)" said Shi as his tanto was encased with lightning. The one in Mika's hand crackled before it too was covered in lightning chakra. However, she didn't let go and only laughed a bit at his shocked expression.

"I have a high affinity for lightning, this barely tickles" said Mika.

Shi's expression turned from shocked to neutral once more "Even better, now I don't have to hold back." Faster than he moved before Shi was in front of Mika, his foot embedded in her stomach. She let go of the tanto as she flew against the stadium wall, cracking up the concrete barrier. Shi showed no outward emotion as Mika removed herself from the wall, her face contorted into anger as lightning began to fully cover her body and Shi mimicked her.

"So what if you have the same affinity? It really comes down to who's better at using lightning jutsu in general," said Shi. Mika decided not to answer back and insisted on attacking him. Shi went on the defensive for a while after that, letting Mika exhaust herself as she swung at him. He ducked under her first horizontal swing then slid back to avoid a downward slash. As her blade was in the ground he ran up it, stepped on her head and jumped up before flipping in mid air and landing on the ground behind her. To many watching it was all a blur of light, both being incased in lightning armour their speed was greater than what most experienced chunin could reach.

As Shi landed he was forced to jump to right as the black haired girl swung her scythe from the ground up. He knew his move was a mistake when she appeared next to him, her scythe swinging downward to hit his stomach. Shi stretched out his right hand at her as he spun in mid air, his first two fingers pointed at her as he spoke.

"Raiton: Sen(Ligtning release: Ray)" said Shi as a small beam of condensed lightning shot out at Mika's unprotected stomach. The scythe wielder snarled before she jumped right, abandoning her attack as both skidded to a stop nearly in the same position as they started the only difference being Mika was injured. There weren't too many external injuries but she could feel at least three cracked ribs and two bruised ones and a fractured left ulna.

"I'm tired of this, I admit you're faster but can you put out a strong lightning attack?" asked Mika as her scythe disappeared back into the storage seal on her wrist while lightning crackled to life around her. The ground began to shake as it flowed off of her, small bits of lightning dancing on the ground as she gathered more chakra for her attack. Shi sighed before his shirt was torn to bits as lightning erupted from his back and shoulders, flowing into the sky.

"I will intervene if he uses that attack" said Naruto, surprising the other occupants in the kage box besides Naruko.

"Why? Both their attacks are reaching the same levels, they should cancel out" said Mei, she didn't want her student to win just by the other teammates kage stepping in, she wanted to truly win.

"The attack he uses builds up in the back but once it is pushed to the palm and shot out the force is much greater. The attack is meant to deceive you, thinking it's weaker than it is until it's already sent at you. So my decision still stands, if he launches that attack I'm stepping in" said Naruto, the others stayed quiet. There was no point in arguing, if a kage decided to stop his or her subordinate's match that was not something they had a say in. Mika placed her right palm forward and gripped her shoulder as lightning began to focus solely on her arm. Shi followed suit, his right palm facing her as lightning stayed flowing on his back just as strong but a small ring of lightning formed around his.

"Raiton: Arehate bīmu(Lighting release: Devastation beam)!" shouted Mika as a beam of lightning the size of her palm shot out of her hand and towards Shi.

"Shunko(War cry)" said Shi calmly before lightning exploded outward towards Mika, completely dwarfing her attack in size and power. Both attacks seemed to connect before an explosion rocked the stadium floor and dust covered the area. Slowly the dust began to settle, the sight everyone saw was shocking. Naruto stood facing Shi, his right hand out stretched and facing downward and Naruko stood to his back, her hand held out as lightning coursed around her body.

"Not bad kid" said Naruko as she turned to Naruto, Shi kneeling as the lighting that was once flowing off of him died down.

"You should have know better, that attack could have severely wounded if not killed her. I told you only to use it in life or death situations, this being the reason. I will forgive you this once but only this once, don't make the same mistake" said Naruto before he appeared back at his seat, Naruko appearing next to him a moment later.

"Due to outside inference Shi has lost, the winner is Mika!" shouted Shikamaru. Shi stood slowly as Mika walked up to him.

"You were amazing out there, I've never had someone fight with lighting like that against me before" said Mika.

"I have but you're the closest to my skill level with lightning affinity. You did good" said Shi as they walked off the arena to continue their conversation.

"Next match will be Mari of Uzushio vs Kane of Suna. Both contestants please enter the arena" said Shikamaru as the two walked down to the stadium floor. Kane was a fair skinned man, he was physically buff and he carried a war hammer on his back. The large staff was made of solid oak to hold the solid steal head. He wore no shirt, light brown pant tucked into closed toed combat boots that matched the pants and black fingerless gloves. He was a stark contrast to Mari, her small 5'2" body was dwarfed by his 6'5" body as they walked onto the arena.

Both faced one another before Shikamaru dropped his hand "Begin!" The two bowed before drawing their weapons, Mari holding Shirayuki in her sealed state and Kane holding his war hammer with two hands. Faster than Mari had expected Kane was in front of her, his war hammer inches from her face. She slid slightly to the left, avoiding the weapon before stepping on it and jumping over him and landing directly behind him. Once more he moved much faster than she expected, his hammer already a foot from her stomach as he swung horizontally at her.

She used her agility to jump over the weapon as he swung but she moved incorrectly. Now the hammer was poised over head, falling faster than she would fall back down to earth. The steel weapon slammed into her abdomen before she shattered into water and the hammer stopped inches from the ground as Kane saw something shimmer twenty feet in front of him. Mari appeared in his line of sight as he once more took his stance.

"I'm astounded by the speed you displayed, but then again having a high level of chakra control helps when you're using it to enhance muscle movement. However, can you do that forever? Your no medical ninja and your only a genin, you must run out sometime" said Mari.

"You found out quite a bit but what can you do? There's no water for you to use out here" said Kane and Mari smirked as she drew Shirayuki for real this time and the air around the two began to grow colder and the blade changed. Its usual katana look morphed into a fully white blade, guard and hilt with a white foot long ribbon hanging off the end. Quicker than Kane could follow Mari was behind him, uttering something barely above a whisper.

"Some no mai: Tsukishiro(First dance: White moon)" and the next thing everyone saw as a glowing blue circle under Kane before a pillar of ice engulfed him and the sky above. The ice stood still for a few moments before shattering, Kane and his hammer falling to the ground.

"Winner, Mari" said Shikamaru before Mari walked up to Kane, sheathing her sword and placing a hand on his back. Her hand glowed green and she transferred chakra to him before the burly man shot up, looking around to see the proctor and Mari.

"You lost, I encased you in ice which caused your heart to slow down enough for you to pass out. Once you did I let the ice disappear, you fell down and then I just pumped some chakra into you to get your body a quick jumpstart" said Mari as Kane stood, putting his war hammer on his back.

"You're really cool" was all Kane said as they walked off, both discussing their moves they used.

"Mako of Uzushio and Akira of Mizu please come down" said Shikamaru as the two jumped down and onto the field. Both seemed quite similar, both donned anbu armor but Akira's armor was dark blue in color instead of Mako's deep red. Akira had a long sword sheathed in her left hand while Mako summoned his chain kama's, connected to one another at the bottom of the handle. Akira had light brown hair that reached to the middle of her back, soft blue eyes, a slender figure and stood at around 5'7".

"Begin" shouted Shikamaru and neither moved. Both stood stock still, examining the other.

"I like your armor" said Akira.

"Yours is pretty awesome" said Mako with a smirk causing Akira to smile back.

"I do hate to mention this but we have to battle."

Mako sighed "I know, afterwards we go grab a bit to eat. Sound good?" Akira nodded her head, a large smile on her face before she leveled her emotions, Mako following suit. Akira placed her right hand on her long sword before drawing it out, keeping her scabbard in her left hand as she held her blade in the right hand. Mako leaned forward then ran at her, Akira following suit. As they neared Akira swung first, her long sword making a long arc towards Mako. Faster than she had anticipated Mako had wrapped the chain around her sword and skidded around her. When he did her arm was bend back and up, her blade pointed upwards and locked as Mako's chain kept it still and his kama blades were poised at her throat.

Akira smirked "You're much better than you let out to be. I like that a lot." Suddenly Akira fell in a puddle of water, signaling it was a water clone. Mako only had a second to react as he ducked under a horizontal slash. As he ducked he let go of his right kama and swung his left one up, the chain wrapping around the blade once more. In an astounding feat of speed and flexibility not many knew Mako had, he danced around Akira. The chain from his kama extended and wrapped around her upper body, his blade once more at her neck.

He pulled her close and whispered in her ear "Give up?" Akira was surprised by his forwardness but liked it none the less, she leaned back and let herself rest on his body as she spoke.

"Proctor, I forfeit" but before Shikamaru could say anything Mako wrapped his arms around her and they disappeared in a swirl of fire.

"It seems your genin have fun making new friends but they barely show anything in their matches" said Mei, laughing a bit.

"They know to keep what they can secret but I believe it was your genin who seemed to give up this time" said Naruko and Mei went silent.

"Uh…..winner…..Mako….Next Saki of Mizu and Kaito of Suna please come down." The two contestants moved to jump off the ledge and onto the arena before a large explosion rocked the area, the kage tower now billowing out smoke as something flew around it. Few could make out what flew around it but what the three kage could see was what most dreaded, the black cloak with red clouds was donned by the mystery man. Naruto expanded his senses, feeling another large signature just outside the village gates.

"Naruko, inform Jiraiya to gather the genin from all villages and keep them corralled. Mei, please go with Naruko to the front gate, there seems to be another large chakra signature there as well. Gaara and I will take care of the one in the air" said Naruto.

"Don't order me around Uzukage" said Mei with venom in her voice.

"This is no time for arguments, I need you at the front please. The man there has a very high chakra signature and I don't want him getting inside the village to any more damage. Please go with her, I can trust you will watch one another's backs on this since it involves your own genin's well being" said Naruto.

"Fine, but you owe me for what you did before Uzukage" said Mei before she and her body guards followed Mei as he and Gaara took to the roofs after the flying akatsuki member.

"I have the ability to fly, I assume you can levitate with your sand" said Naruto and Gaara nodded his head.

"Good, you use your sand to protect any innocents while I fight him. Step in if you see an opening" said Naruto before he jumped high into the air, Gaara pooling sand under his feet as he rose up, standing under the two. Naruto got a good look at the man and instant knew who he was, Deidara, the explosive expert in the akatsuki.

"I must say, I didn't know anyone else could fly not using dust release" said the long blonde haired man.

"There are many secrets across this world waiting to be unearthed. I assume you are here for the bijuu?"

"Of course, however, we signed up for one tail, not nine but I won't complain. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth" said the man on the large clay bird before a swarm of small clay birds flew out of his sleeves at Naruto.

Naruto had his right palm face the incoming clay birds and spoke "Hyoton: Tsubame Fubuki(Ice release: Swallow snow storm)." A swarm of ice swallows formed from thin air as they intercepted the birds, causing each to explode and a cloud of smoke to appear between Naruto and the other man. Deidara was expecting to have the new opponent charge him but instead he heard a jutsu he wasn't expecting in an air battle.

"Suiton: Goshokuzame(Water release: Five eating sharks)" said Naruto as five sharks formed above Deidara and descended towards him. Deidara sent a signal to his large clay bird and it flew backwards to avoid the sharks with a few feet to spare but once more he was surprised by the attack the man boy uttered.

"Suiton: Suiryudan no Jutsu(Water release: Water dragon bullet" uttered Naruto as the five sharks fused together and formed a water dragon that basically flew at Deidara. The clay user made the large bird go up to avoid the dragon, this time only with mere inches to spare.

"Hyoton: Supaiku(Ice release: Spikes)" said Naruto as the dragon froze solid and spikes extended out of nearly every inch of the once water dragon. The spikes easily tore through the clay but Deidara had enough sense and time to jump higher into the air as his bird exploded. He quickly formed another and looked down to see Naruto no longer there.

"You are quite interesting" said a voice from behind him. The blonde haired man turned to see Naruto staring impassively at him while standing on his bird.

Suddenly his eyes glowed and he spoke a word Deidara would come to fear "Kneel." In an instant the explosive expert was forced to his knees, on his own creation no less by some man he barely knew. He was bested in less than a minute and now he was helpless and at the mercy of Naruto. It reminded him of Itachi and his leader, he feared both but Itachi was someone he wasn't afraid to take on. He feared what his leader could do with those eyes but now he feared this man just as much. Not even his leader could force him to fall to his knees by merely uttering a word, it terrified him…..it…angered him. He may be stuck but he could use his chakra and he had one back up plan if he was captured.

"You're something else but I can't play with you anymore. I've got a schedule to keep but just remember-" said Deidara as he switched places with a clay clone and the clone spoke, all of this happening within a second.

"-art is a BANG!" shouted the clone before the bird they stood on and Deidara's clone exploded in mid air, sending a shockwave across the sky.

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With Naruko

Naruko had just arrived at the front of the village gates to see a blood bath. All of the village guards were dealt with brutally, mutilated bodies splattered and stabbed the walls as Naruko walked through the wall of the village to meet her opponent. Standing thirty feet from her was a short and hunched Akatsuki member she knew quite a bit about thanks to Itachi and Kisame, however she knew he wasn't to be taken lightly. Out of every member left besides the leader she was told he was to be the most feared, he had the third Kazekage and an army of puppets at his command. A top tier S-rank shinobi, someone she had wanted to beat to prove how good she had gotten in her training over the past few years.

"Hello, I don't believe we've met before. I am Naruko Uzumaki and you are?" asked Naruko as she bowed politely to him.

"Sasori of the red sand Miss Uzumaki" said Sasori as he bowed his head. Normally he would just kill anyone who walked up to him but this was the woman who the Kuro furasshu(Black Flash, Naruto's old alias and previous name of my story) had given his title too. She was rumored to be strong but no one knew if she was S-rank material, even her bingo book entry was demoted to A rank.

"I must say, your skills as a spy are quite formidable. I don't know anyone besides Jiraiya that has such a well maintained network like yours" said Naruko.

"Thank you, I work hard keeping it up and running smoothly but I assume you didn't come out here to chat."

"Sadly no, we can't have an S-rank of your caliber left alone out here and we surely can't let you roam free anymore."

"Are you suggesting you are going to attempt to kill me?" asked Sasori, he had his doubts but if she could use the hiraishin just as the previous title owner then he may not live to see tomorrow.

"No, not at all" said Naruko surprising the puppet user a bit. Then, he noticed it only slightly, but what looked like a stream of lightning danced around her before he felt his puppet's back shatter. The red haired man was forced to leave the puppet and retreat a few dozen feet while Naruko retracted her right leg from the puppet.

"That was some speed but I noticed how you activate it and I can plan accordingly" said Sasori as he summoned a puppet Naurko had hoped he would. Between her and Sasori was the third Kazekage, a human puppet that was controlled by the Akatsuki member.

"So you say but actions speak louder than words" said Naruko as Mei landed next to her.

"Looks like you started the fun without me" said the Mizukage.

"Where are your ever present bodyguards?" asked Naruko.

"Helping Jiraiya in case of any attack, I wanted to make sure they were safe" said Mei.

"Good, now stand back for a second. I want to see how much heat iron sand can take before it melts" said Naruko as she made one hand sign before sucking in a massive amount of air and Sasori readied himself. However, what he heard next proved that she was most certainly S-rank material.

"Katon: Goka Mekkyaku(Fire release: Majestic flame destroyer)!" shouted Naruko before she unleashed a massive stream of fire. Mei had seen a civil war and the third ninja war, watched all kinds of jutsu being thrown around. She watched Hiruzen use multiple elemental jutsu only a few others could do while fighting in her home town against an Iwa battalion. However, the fire jutsu this girl used was unlike any other she had seen before. The fire seemed to ascend nearly fifty feet and extend outwards almost a hundred fifty, possibly two hundred feet. The wall of fire made her skin crack from the lack of water in the air while its bright light kept her squinting until it died down. Where the flames used to be was nothing but a black muck, the iron sand of the Kazekage was melted by the extreme heat. The puppet was scorched as well but it seemed fixable while Sasori bared no marks that he was touched.

"You truly do deserve an S-rank to your name. That move alone could destroy a small militia and you still stand prepared for battle. I'm impressed at your abilities, Uzumaki Naruko" said Sasori before he noticed, and felt something above him. All three ninja looked up just in time to see Diedara switch with a clone on another bird before the bird Naruto was standing on exploded, sending a shockwave across the sky.

"Master!" shouted Naruko as she was preparing to go after him. Sasori took this time to act, sending the barely functioning kazekage after her with a kunai in his hand. Just as it neared the girl, it was shattered when an ice spike slammed into the center of it. Sasori turned his head to the smoke cloud in the sky and watched as it disappeared, showing the boy nearly fine. He suffered no bodily marks but his clothes were singed and torn in multiple places.

"You are as ruthless as I imagined, Sasori of the red sand" said Naruto as his clothes began mending themselves and he floated back down to eye level with Diedara.

"Shall we dance once more?" asked Naruto and Deidara only smirked before he shot another swarm of clay birds at him.

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"I must say, you and your kage's skills are something else" said Sasori as he now stood across from the two women, a mass of puppets floating between him and the two. Naruko let out a sigh as she let lightning flow around her body but just as she prepared to charge Naruto spoke to her through their mental link.

"He is here" said Naruto, giving no name to who 'him' was. Then, out of nowhere a massive fire dragon slammed into the crowd of puppets, turning ten into dust and melting half of another twenty. Naruko was shocked when she saw the red clouded cloaks appear in front of her but her basic sensory skills picked up who it was.

"Itachi Uchiha, I had hoped we would never come in contact with one another. I have a high respect for you and your skills but it seems we are not on the same side" said Sasori as his puppets spread out a bit more.

"You might be wrong Sasori, we trailed you for a job offer" said Keyomi as she stood next to Itachi.

"Which is?"

"Join us, we could use another spy network. We can also offer you asylum from the rest of the Akatsuki, our leader is someone who I fear more than Pein" said Itachi, surprising Sasori. Everyone was present when he used a portion of his power, the rinnegan he posses was a mighty tool of destruction. If someone of Itachi's caliber feared someone more than that man then there was a damn good reason.

"I…..do not think it wise to test Pein's power Itachi but if you fear someone more than him I am curious as to why. Give me proof why I should fear this man more than a wielder of the rinnegan" said Sasori before Itachi motioned to the battle going on in the sky. Currently Naruto was floating in mid air while shooting off some ice jutsu to deflect Deidara's clay creations. The boy seemed so…..calm as he fought, like the fight was merely a waste of time.

With Naruto

Naruto sighed as he deflected the blond man's jutsu once more, the same boring birds or some spiders. He never got too creative, some artist he was. Ah, that sounds like a good thing to do. Go to a museum after all this and buy some art for his castle, make it more lavish.

"Naruko" said Naruto through mental link.

"Y-yes master?"

"I want to go to a museum or an art gallery before returning home, some paintings and statues in the castle would be nice."

"U-ummm if you wish to master. We can go later on" said Naruko.

"Thank you" responded Naruto before he saw an extremely large snowman looking explosive appear above head.

Once more Naruto sighed before speaking "Hyoton: Kami no tate(Ice release: Divine wall)." In a feat no one had ever seen before a wall of ice nearly a quarter of a mile in area and twenty feet wide appeared between the village and the explosive. The clay creation went off and barely made a dent in the massive ice wall now floating in mid air, Deidara still a good fifty feet above it. Naruto sensed the man was attempting to turn around and escape but he would have none of that.

"Hyoton: Kōri no ryū no odori (Ice release: Dance of the ice dragon)" said Naruto before the entire ice wall began to sprout dragons, nearly a hundred in total formed and swarmed the clay bird. Deidara looked around and only had time to frown before his form was overtaken by the swarm of dragons. They all ceased moving before everything shattered into snow as it fell down, coating a good portion of the sand village.

"That's going to melt and everything's going to get muddy" said Gaara as he sighed.

"Would you rather lose your bijuu and die?" asked Naruto and Gaara shook his head.

"I thought so" said Naruto before he grabbed Gaara and teleported next to Naruko. He glanced at Sasori then to Itachi and back to Sasori.

"If you trust him so be it but he's your responsibility for the time being" said Naruto and Itachi bowed, Sasori following suit. After seeing a display of ice jutsu he'd never seen before in one man and still come back tired he had his upmost respect.

"I do, may he return to the island with you?"

"If he wishes to" said Naruto.

"I will to see where it's located and see everyone before taking care of my spy network. I have to meet up with Kabuto in a few weeks at Tenshi bridge."

"Very well, take Naruko with you when you go. Thank you for standing by Mei, I must say I did expect you to just stay by your genin" said Naruto.

"I knew it would be best to support her if she needed it but it seemed everything was taken care of" said Mei.

"For now, let's attempt to finish this final exam tomorrow. I need to return soon and I'm sure everyone will be on edge with Sasori walking around" said Naruto and Gaara shook his head.

"You amaze me with your trustful attitude Naruto" said Gaara before walking back inside the village to help patch up whatever small damage was done to the kage tower.

"That was….extremely boring and a major one sided battle" said Naruko.

"He escaped" said Naruto causing everyone to look at him, even Gaara stopped to turn in his direction.

"How?" asked Keyomi, a little scared that someone escaped that jutsu.

"He replaced himself with a clay clone then another farther away and a few more before stopping at the edge of Suna. He had planned an escape route fairly well, I chose not to pursue him and just leave him be for now" said Naruto.

"Pardon my harsh words but you're all crazy. You fought off two S-rank ninja, let one get away purposely and another is now on your side just after a fight" said Mei.

"Master could take care of Sasori easily as could I while Itachi and Keyomi will watch over him until we leave the village. The other man was nearly out of Suna and Master's job was to protect the village and it's people" said Naruko and Mei huffed at being corrected.

"Whatever, you still owe me for attacking my village."

"No, I don't. I do not owe you for showing you the error of your ways. Your entire anbu force should have been upon me quicker than the jonin that gathered around us at the time while your skills were surly lacking" said Naruto.

Mei went to speak but Naruto spoke again "Naurko, I'm tired." Naruko rested a hand on his shoulder before they both disappeared in an instant.

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As soon as they appeared in the room Naruto coughed a bit and sat down on the bed, causing Naruko to sit next to him.

"I used up nearly all my chakra in that battle, it was a mistake to make such a large shield. I need to work more on my ice jutsu control" said Naruto.

"You did what you had to do, that explosion could have been much bigger but we had no idea what it was capable of. Rest master, we'll train when we get back" said Naruko and Naruto nodded his head.

Next Day, end of chunin exams

"Why did you ask our village's genin to stay after?" asked Mei, Gaara glancing at Naruto for an answer.

"Shi has asked for a rematch, not on document. Just to retry their match and see who would win without us stepping in" said Naruko as she jumped down to the stadium floor as Shi and Mika went to stand across from one another.

"Same rules apply as the exams, begin!" Shi pulled out his twin swords before throwing them to the side, Mika doing the same with her scythe.

"Now what's going on?" Mei asked more to herself.

"They chose to use taijutsu and ninjutsu only, their earlier fight had proven both were adapt in their respective weapons" said Naruto.

Shi watched as Mika ran through a few hand seals then pointed her palm at him and spoke "Raiton: Bīmu(Lightning release: Beam)!" A beam of pure lightning around three inches in diameter shot from her hand and at Shi, not enough to kill but enough to leave severe damage if it connected. Shi saw the attack coming as soon as she placed her hand out so once it shot he jumped to the side, easily dodging the attack.

As he jumped he flew through hand seals then spoke "Raiton: Satsujin denryū(Lightning release: Murder current)!" Lightning suddenly shot outwards from his palm, running across the entire level of the arena. Mika jumped up a few feet to avoid it but once she was back on the ground Shi had appeared in front of her, his fist moving towards her stomach. Mika quickly leaned back to avoid the fist and placed her hands on the ground before sending a double kick into Shi's chest. The attack sent him skidding across the arena almost ten feet while he clutched his chest and looked at her.

"Not bad, but let's not draw this out."

Mika smirked "I don't plan to. Raiton: Ikazuchiryū(Lightning release: Lightning dragon)!" Shi could only watch as a lightning dragon formed next to her and charged the boy.

"He sure does a lot of dodging, let's see if he dodges this" said Mei.

"The reason he dodges is because-" The dragon impacted the ground and Mika smirked before falling to one knee as she felt most of her chakra leave her. Then she tensed when she felt metal touch her neck, looking down she saw black and turning her head a bit she saw Shi holding her scythe.

"As the fastest you wait for an opponent to move first" finished Gaara.

"Winner Shi" said Naruko and Shi dropped the scythe and helped Mika up.

"Nice job" said Shi with a small smile as the other genin from Suna, Kiri and Uzu walked down to the stadium floor along with each sensei, kage and their body guards.

"Each kage here has decided all of you are eligible for a promotion but we have also seen some interesting things play out between our genin. Therefore we have decided to create a joint team between everyone present. It will consist of a group of two and one team leader with more experience to watch and guide the others. Those who you fought against will be your joint team when we decide to do a mission together till then your kage will discuss your promotions" said Naruko.

Mei stepped forward and stood in front of Naruto with her hand out "I apologize for my attitude towards you. You helped keep the Akatsuki under control, something I doubt we could have done alone. So thank you, Uzukage-dono."

Naruto nodded his head and shook her hand "I will never stand by and watch others on my side fight a battle. I hope your village flourishes under your reign Mizukage-dono."

Gaara stepped forward to address the remaining ninja "Thank you all for giving your all, and a special thanks to Uzukage-dono and his body guard Naruko for deterring the Akatsuki. I hope to see how much you all grow in the years to come, dismissed." Mei and her men left the arena after he dismissed them while Naruto and his group along with Gaara and his siblings stayed behind.

"You may leave Itachi, Keyomi. Enjoy your vacation, I'll send for you if we need any support" said Naruto and both bowed their heads before disappearing.

"What will you do now Naruto? You know your village will be targeted as soon as word gets out you're the leader and you have genin" said Gaara.

"I will have to talk with the Raikage and new Hokage sooner rather than later. Naruko, teleport to Seira and Kakashi so they can take the genin back home because you're going with Sasori to Tenichi bridge. Jiraiya will come with to me to meet the new Hokage and the Raikage."

"I'll be back in a few minutes" said Naruko before she disappeared.

"Is there anything else you need to tell us Gaara?" asked Naruto as the genin, Jiraiya and Sasori walked to the village wall.

"Just be safe, I heard the Raikage is easily angered."

Naruto smiled and shook his hand "I will, this is a diplomatic meeting after all." Both let go and Naruto walked off to the village wall as he saw Naruko, Seira and Kakashi appear next to Jiraiya.

"Keep them safe you two" said Naruto and both nodded their heads.

"Lead the way" said Naruko before Sasori took off with Naruko right behind him.

"Let's get going, a sand storm is approaching" said Naruto and Jiraiya nodded his head, walking next to the man as they began their walk to the village hidden in the leaves.

Alright, and that's chapter 9 of Legend of the Noblesse. I hope you all enjoyed it and have a great day! :D Don't forget to review and tell me how it was, constructive criticism helps.