Author: I am sooooooo sorry I didn't update quickly. I'm trying to make the fight scenes cool. Hey! Thanks for all the reviews and suggestions you sent me. They are extremely helpful. Now it's time for what everyone has been waiting for…more action and fighting scenes.

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Chapter 10

Thousands of people filled the stadium. The Hokage and Kazakage sat in the highest of the seats overlooking the fights that were going to take place that day. An annoucer stood in the middle of the stadium. Lifting his arm the crowd silenced.

"FIRST MATCH… HYUUGA NEJI AGAINST NARA SHIKAMARU!"

"I forfeit…" came the lazy genius.

"Are you sure?" the annoucer asked.

"It's too much trouble to fight the number one rookie of last year anyway."

"WINNER, HYUUGA NEJI!"

"MATCH TWO…UCHIHA SASUKE AGAINST TEMARI…"

The two entered the ring.

"Ready? BEGIN!"

Sasuke instantly disappeared. Temari's vision went suddenly black.

"WINNER, UCHIHA SASUKE."

The crowd somewhat cheered.

"NEXT MATCH…GAARA AND ROCK LEE."

The crowd cheered feriously, apparently this fight had been greatly anticipating.

"Ready? BEGIN!"

Lee took a taijutsu stance while Gaara just stood there. Lee charged and began feriously with a series of kicks and punches. None of them came in contact the sand boy. The gourd on the sand nin's back had blocked every attack the specialist could muster. Five minutes into the fight Lee took off some very heavy weights. The black haired boy's speed had greatly increased. The sand had a very hard time to catch up with his speed. After a few well placed hits Gai signaled to Lee. He entered the first stage of the Lotus, by opening the Initial Gate. Everyone watched as the black haired boy wrapped bandages around the sand sibling. Suddenly he jumped into the air and started to rapidly spin. Seconds flew by as the opponents plummeted towards the ground. Finally Gaara was slammed down. A large crater had formed where the impact had occurred. Smoke mostly covered the entire arena.

"Is it over?" Ten ten asked.

"Sadly, no…Gaara is more powerful than you think." Neji stated coldly.

As Neji had said Gaara came out of the smoke. He minilically looked at Lee. Since the Lotus causes physical damage to both people Lee wouldn't be able to move for a short while. Sand began to knock the boy across the field over and over again. It was hard trying to stand.

"Man, I still can't move and at this rate he'll knock me out cold."

Unnoticed by him the ground underneath him came up and wrapped itself around his legs. Some of the earth directly a head of him changed into two large fists. Lee couldn't move, he was trapped by his legs, and all he could do was defend. At the last second the boy had been able to lift his arms up to reduce a little of the damage he was about to receive. Loud pounding sounds rang throughout the arena. Everyone watched as the earth-made fists kept hitting the specialist repetitively. Gaara looked up at his sensei. When the man shook his head the beating ceased. Lee fell to the ground in a bloody mess. Medicnins rushed to the blood deprived male. In the blink of an eye they had taken him to the hospital.

"WINNER…GAARA! NEXT MATCH…UZUMAKI NARUTO AND…"

"I forfeit…" the bug user's voice announced.

"Um…okay. WINNER…UZUMAKI NARUTO…NEXT MATCH…HARUNO SAKURA AND MITIMOSHI AKIRA."

The boy, who mimicked Kakashi because he wore his headband over one of his eyes, stepped into the ring. The pink haired kunoichi did the same.

"Ready…BEGIN!"

She ran towards Akira trying to catch him off guard. Creating three bunshins the female genin surrounded the boy. Sakura had each clones seem like they were going to do a different jutsu. The real ninja was right behind the brown haired genin. Somehow he was able to dispel all three and attempt to sweep her off her feet. Grabbing his shin she was able to place a leg on both of Akira's shoulders. Quickly Sakura added chakra into her legs. After she placed her hands on the ground she began to do a front flip. Mitimoshi was slammed against the earth a couple of times before he was thrown against the opposite wall of the arena.

"She's pretty strong for a girl…I shouldn't have underestimated her."

The fight continued. Akira ran at Haruno not fast but quite good for a child of his age. Her voice called out as her hands flew through a couple seals.

"Doton: Doryudan…"

Touching her hand to the ground in front of her a dragon-like rock erupted from the ground. The male genin analyzed the dragon. When he was about 50 feet away from the girl it randomly started firing projectiles. Swiftly Akira's hands moved his hands in many directions at the rock. If you were watching the fight it looked like he was mentally cutting the rock, but showing it physically. Suddenly it split into many fragments, missing him completely. Once again the boy started running at the girl. At the last second he jumped attempting to kick the girls face. Sakura arched herself backwards barely avoiding the leg. After straightening her back she used her momentum to do a couple forward flips. When she faced her opponent her skin felt a force.

"Don't think you'll be able to escape me now Sakura."

"What makes you think that?" she asked.

"I have hundreds of strings surrounding your body: 200 strings surrounding your lower body, 200 around your upper body and 150 from your neck and up." Akira responded.

He was right she was trapped. He must have attached the strings when she had slammed him into the wall. She had to admit it was a clever trick he had used. A loud noise filled the air. The wall suddenly moved in her direction.

"How am I going to get out of this…COME ON! Remember what Fox taught you."

Carefully avoiding the sharp strings she pulled a scroll from her back pouch. Unluckily for Akira one of his strings had pricked the index finger, and therefore spilling a little blood on the scroll. It activated when it came in contact with her DNA. Dropping it behind her it made a seal on the ground. Sakura's body appeared to melt into the ground when the seal was completed. He sent out a surge of chakra trying to sense where his opponent had gone. Soon his question was answered. A seal had drawn itself on the ground behind the unsuspecting boy. Grabbing his shoulders the female chucked the male towards the closest wall of the stadium. As she had planned the strings that attached the wall to the boy made the massive stone slab follow him. Once out of the path of the wall she watched and waited. When both walls collided she jumped up to the top of the wall. There was Akira sweating profusely and desperately trying to hold back the stone slab.

"Akira! Take my hand."

"I can't…I need to hold back this wall."

Sakura slid down on her back and stopped right next to the young genin. Pressing her legs against the detached wall she strained along with the boy as they attempted to push the wall back.

"Akira…can your reach that scroll attached to my side?"

"Yeah but I can only do that unless you push harder. I will get it over with quickly because your reserves are draining faster than mine."

Retrieving the scroll he gave it to her. Using one of her nails she dug into her palm and touched the scroll.

"Okay I need some of your blood to help us out of here.

"Ossu…"

He also dug into his palm with his short nails and spilled a little blood on the scroll.

"Okay…now…when I say three drop straight down."

"Whatever you say…"

Sakura dropped the scroll, and the instant it touched the ground a different type of seal appeared.

"Ready…one…two…three!"

As soon as they let go the wall started to descend on them. Luckily for them they were both small and had a little room before they would be crushed. Disappearing into the seal they both appeared in front of the entire audience. The mini-Kakashi tried to stand but failed miserably. The girl on the other hand was able to stumble to her feet.

"It seems I can not longer move Sakura. That makes you the winner."

"How? I have the smaller chakra reserves than you. How did you run out of chakra faster than me?"

"I don't know but that was a good fight. Well good luck against Zakuro…(faint)"

"How does he know that I'm going to fight Zakuro?"

"WINNER HARUNO SAKURA…NEXT MATCH…BYGATO ZAKURO AND KAN…"

"I forfeit…" came the puppet-master's voice.

"Um…Okay…WINNER BYGATO ZAKURO. That concludes today's matches of the Chuunin Selection Exams. Please come back tomorrow for the final matches."

The crowd quickly left. Many ninja stayed to help fix the stadium of any damages that may be quite hazardous in the future. Even though it was near dinner time there was still time to goof around. Sasuke had gone home and everyone else did the same. Naruto on his way back to his house took to the roofs to get there faster. Entering his house the aroma of food filled his senses.

"Mmm, one my favorite foods in the world…pizza." the blonde drooled.

"Hello Naruto, how was the third part of the chuunin exam?" a black-haired female asked.

"Well a few people forfeited and I won my first round. I fight Gaara tomorrow."

"What! Are you going to forfeit?" Zaku wondered.

"Nope. My father knew techniques to seal away the chakra of the tailed demons. Yes Gaara has a tailed demon in him. That is one reason why I did not what you to fight him."

All three of the new leaf nins were silent.

"Don't worry, trust me. I can defeat Gaara. I heard that they are going to show the last battle of the third part on the TV. You can watch it from here. Well I got to go. I see you three tomorrow after the last battle."

The blonde quickly left the house and changed into his ANBU armor. Walking along the streets he received quite a few bows of respect. Finally reaching his destination he knocked on the front door.

"Good evening Mrs. Haruno. I assume Sakura is up in her room?"

"No actually I'm right here."

"Good job today in your match. I saw the whole thing. If wasn't for you that boy would have been killed."

The girl cast down her face.

"I didn't mean to kill him in any way." Sakura whispered.

"Don't worry he will be alright." Fox chuckled.

At that point the elder Haruno left.

"Do you have anything planned for tonight Sakura?" the ANBU questioned.

"I was thinking of inviting Naruto over for dinner…that is if my mother agrees."

"I could personally go get him if it is okay."

"That would be wonderful."

As soon as her mother gave the okay, Fox disappeared in a puff of smoke.

"So I finally get to meet your boyfriend?" Mrs. Haruno teased her daughter.

"MOTHER!"

"Oh you know I'm just teasing you honey. I think it's great that you were able to get a good boyfriend."

A sudden poof interrupted their little dispute. Naruto and Fox stood side by side. Their heights looked almost exact. Both Harunos put this notice aside. The blonde boy was welcomed with a big hug from a pink haired female.

"I'm glad you made it Naruto."

"Thanks for inviting me Sakura."

"Say cheese…" a voice called.

"What?" they both looked at Fox.

A small flash blinded them for a second or so. A picture had been taken, and the ANBU had handed it to Mrs. Haruno.

"How cute!" she squealed.

"MOTHER!"

Before the young kunoichi could grab it her mother had framed it and put it on a shelf where she couldn't reach it. Still the twelve year old girl could still see the picture. The photo had both genin looking at the camera, their arms wrapped around each other, and their faces were just starting to blush.

"It's not that bad of a picture Sakura." Naruto informed.

"If you weren't my boyfriend I would smash you through that wall."

Nervously the blonde placed his hand behind his head.

"You three can wait in the living room while I prepare dinner."

"Okay." the three said.

The dinner was delicious as expected from a mother like Mrs. Haruno. At about 11:00 at night Uzumaki left the house. The next day came faster than most expect, but no one cared. Today was the day that historical fights would take place: the Uchiha prodigy against Hyuuga Prodigy, Gaara of the Sand against dead last Uzumaki Naruto, and finally the mysterious Zakuro against the smart Haruno Sakura.

"I can't wait for the first fight…it's going to be Uchiha Sasuke against Hyuuga Neji. Do you think the stadium will even be able to hold their battle?" a viewer stated.

"It would be lucky if the arena did hold up." another person answered.

At least five thousand to ten thousand more people showed up then the day before.

"This aught to be interesting…" Zakuro's voice sounded.

"Don't let that girl punch you my friend. I can say from experience that she can pack quite a punch." Akira informed.

"But unlike you I am not a wimp."

"Oh harsh man, you need to lighten up a little there are good things in this life you know."

"…"

All six ninja stood in the middle of the ring as the last people took their seat.

"IT IS TIME TO START THE FINAL FIGHTS OF THE CHUUNIN EXAM!"

The crowd cheered hysterically until the announcer raised his hands asking for silence.

"FIRST MATCH…HYUUGA NEJI…UCHIHA SASUKE!"

Once again the audience went berserk with yelling and clapping. The other four participants left the fighting area. Both prodigies stared each other down, waiting for the announcer to say start.

"Begin!"

Sasuke charged first, attempting to sweep Neji off his feet. Sensing this attack the Hyuuga jumped up. At the last second the boy noticed his error. Uchiha changed his assault.

"Dainamikku-Entori!"

Sasuke's foot shot up and hit Neji square in the chin. The blow sent the boy straight towards the sky. Chakra soon gathered to help the Uchiha jump. His speed was unrivaled by any displaced so far in the fights. Numerable hits were successfully applied to Neji's body. Before he had landed on the ground he wasn't looking so good. Most of Sasuke's strikes were centered on his torso. The long haired boy activated his Byakugan as the other activated his Sharingan.

"Now it's time to get busy." said the cocky younger genin.

The rest of the match consisted of many fire and Hyuuga jutsus. The most exciting part of the battle was when Sasuke charged with his Chidori blaring. That's when Neji put up his ultimate defense: Hakkesho Kaiten. The sphere was up the precise moment the Chidori was 1 yard away from Neji. The thing that surprised everyone is that Sasuke stood still as the Hyuuga's chakra barrier flowed around his arm. The battle was ended after that when the older genin used his Hakke Hyaku Nijuhachi Sho. Usually that would kill a normal human, but Sasuke was luckily that he dodged the very last 64 strikes. Even though the boy was soon knocked out he was barely able to stand.

"WINNER…HYUUGA NEJI…NEXT MATCH…UZUMAKI NARUTO…GAARA!"

Both males entered the rings staring each other down. The pure tension between them suffocated most of the people in the area.

Fox, do you see that. That gourd on his back has the one-tailed demon in it.

Yes kit. How should we start off this match?

Let's wait to see what he does first. That eye jutsu I activated last night and I still haven't figured it out how to turn it off. I will be able to see what he is going to do.

We can instantly win if you seal him with the One Element Seal.

I know, but I must use it on the gourd or a major part of his body.

He's coming get ready!

A large wall of sand came surging towards him.

"You want to play rough fine… Katon: Ryuka no Jutsu!"

The fire made dragon bearded its teeth and roared. Compared to the wall the dragon was not small. It was about half the size of Gaara's attack. The large flame lizard encircled Naruto with its long body.

"Ready?" Naruto seemed to be asking his friend.

Suddenly the blonde charged forward. Pulling back his arm, Naruto sent the dragon forward as his fist thrust into the sand. Instantly the sand turned to glass. The sun reflected its bright rays right into the sand nins eyes. Covering his eyes with his arms shock went throughout his entire being. There right in front of his face was the blonde.

"Hello Gaara…KATON-SOUND BARRIER BREAK!"

Time froze… Flames erupted from his shoulder blades forming wing-like structures. Time continued… Placing his forearms in a criss-cross way, the boy launch forward, catching the red head's chest with his arms. In mere milliseconds he slammed Gaara against the far wall. Only a small amount of sand had helped protect Gaara from the impact. The wall looked normal until a few seconds passed by. The wall around the sand genin's body caved in. An ear shattering sound surged throughout the entire town.

"What wa...was that…" the boy asked desperately trying to breath.

"Weren't you listening before? It's my Sound Barrier Break. I use a large amount of chakra to propel myself forward into my opponent. It has two styles Fire and Normal. The normal version just harms you, while the fire not only hurts you it also burns you. You should feel the effects about now…"

He screamed as he felt the effects of the attack. The sound was so filled with pain most of the people covered their ears. If the boy's sand barrier that covers his body hadn't of been knocked off, he would have been turned into a glass sculpture. Naruto grabbed the singed body by the color and threw him near the center of the stadium. The blonde suddenly vanished and reappeared 20 feet above Gaara. After shooting through a few hand signs Uzumaki pointed his index and middle finger at his opponent's temple. A purple chakra launched into the symbol on the left of his forehead.

"One Element Seal!"

Before he could let out another scream of he slipped into unconscious.

"His demon won't bother him unless I unseal it."

Everyone was amazed that the dead last had beaten a powerful genin.

"WINNER…UZUMAKI NARUTO…NEXT MATCH…HARUNO SAKURA…BYGATO ZAKURO!" the referee announced.

The black clad ninja jumped into the arena exactly when Sakura did.

"Ready…Begin!"

Grabbing about 20 kunai, she through them in rapid succession. Each weapon had a small pink packet ties to the end. Zakuro stood there as they began to rip his cloak apart and then bounce off his flesh. Each packet once colliding with him broke open shooting a pink powder.

"Sakura Fubuki no Jutsu!" she stated as she threw a kunai with an exploding note attached to its handle.

The powder ignited the instant the note start to burn. A dome of flame soon occurred. Once it cleared Zakuro looked at the girl through closed eyes. The cloth that usual hide his eyes from people had been completely destroyed, along with his shirt, cloak, and gloves. The thing that stood out the most was a diamond shaped scar on his sternum.

"Nice try Sakura. I'll give you another free shot."

During her last attack she had circled around to his back. The boy turned himself so he could see her. His eyes were still shut for unknown reasons. Sakura charged at him. Pulling her fist back she propelled it forward. She had hit her target which was the scar on his chest.

"I really wish you wouldn't have done that."

A silverfish sphere ejected from the scar and engulfed the shirtless ninja.

"Dragon's Blood…" a ferocious voice called out.

A huge chakra caught everyone's attention. Zakuro stepped out of the sphere. His skin had changed to a dark grayish color. His teeth had sharpened, his ears had become pointed, and his arms were bigger than before (they looked like Nightmare's of Soul Caliber II).

"Let's get this fight started." said the primal voice again.

Akira had just arrived when Zakuro had undergone his transformation.

"Oh no…Sakura better be able to handle this Zakuro, because he is in search for blood."

"WHAT!" Naruto yelled at the injured boy.

"Zakuro's bloodlimit is known as dragon's blood. When he transforms, his dragon instincts kick in and he wants blood. Sakura is in a lot of trouble unless she can defeat him."

"Has anyone ever been able to defeat him?"

"No…when his teammates were killed he took his revenge on the village that housed the ninja. You're probably familiar with the village of the Jagurta."

"What! He took on the second largest village in the country of the Rock?"

"Yes. No one survived."

"Sakura…"

Sakura got lucky a few times when she dodged her opponent's attacks. She could tell he was just playing with her.

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu…"

Four clones popped into view and created a circle around Sakura.

"Doton: Doryudan…" the first stated.

"Hyoton: Haryu Moko…" the second said.

"Hyoton: Kokuryubo Fusetsu…" the real one whispered.

"Katon: Ryuka no Jutsu…" the third announced.

"Suiton: Suiryudan no Jutsu..." the last declared.

"Earth, Ice, Darkness, Fire, and Water… CIRCLE OF THE FIVE DRAGONS!"

The earth dragon bit her left thigh. The ice froze her right thigh. Darkness attacked her left arm while the water nearly broke her right arm. However the fire dragon shot straight towards her stomach. Strangely it seemed to be sucked into her belly. Still the kunoichi fell to the ground. All of her limbs refused to move. Blood was trickling down everywhere. Sakura had to spit just to be able to breath.

"It's time to end this."

It hurt, but she still raised her head to watch him. His hands couldn't be seen by her as he went through what seemed like ten minutes of hand signs.

"Oblivion-Final Judgment!"

Making a crater as he jumped into the air, he entered the atmosphere.

"What am I doing?"

"Winning this fight." a primal voice called from inside Zakuro's head.

"I don't want to kill her." he retorted.

"It's too late now there is no one that can stop me now."

"There is one…"

"NARUTO…PLEASE STOP ME!" the silver-haired boy yelled.

"What…"

"Fox what do I do?" the boy asked urgently.

"Kit, remember that barrier I taught you?"

"Yes."

"Do it." Kyuubi called.

"Won't it reveal too much of my power?"

"What's more important Sakura or your secret?"

Naruto disappeared just to reappear standing over Sakura. He pricked his two longest fingers on each hand. The blonde waved his hands in the air and made a circle. Then his arms went wild as the blood made a seal in midair. He made barely a minute to complete this seal. Zakuro was about 20 feet away when the blonde finished his blood seal. Gather chakra he forced it into the seal.

"Nine Tails Barrier-Level 1!" he mentally screamed.

Nine tail-like structures shot out of the ground and surrounded the two genin.

"Thank you Naruto."

Both forces collided. Heat was building up and a lot of people had to back up. Naruto's and Zakuro's power were currently matched.

"Kit he's putting more chakra into his attack."

"Level 2!"

"Hurry up and knock him back you don't want to run out of chakra."

"Fine." he breathed. "Level 4!"

The dome that surrounded Sakura and Naruto expanded and blew away Zakuro. Dust shot up everywhere. Throwing a kunai towards the hospital Naruto vanished.

"WINNER…BYGATO ZAKURO…NEXT MATCH WILL HAPPEN IN ANOTHER HOUR. PLEASE COME BACK AND WATCH HYUUGA NEJI FIGHT UZUMAKI NARUTO."

Author: I hope you liked this chapter. Well next time on A Split Life: Naruto fights Neji. Please review. I'll update ASAP!