I would like to apologize for my less frequent updates but I've been very busy lately and it has unfortunatly taken me away from this fic… But at last I can write the next chapter! Also mome matches in the preliminaries may be the same as in the anime and may be skipped. Enjoy!(Also, I'd like to warn you that there will be lots of blood and disturbing scenes)
The Hero's Betrayal
Chapter 10: Preliminaries: Trials of blood
Naruto, Tayuya and Dosu stood before the tower in which the second part of the chunin exams would end. They started moving towards the entrance when a familiar chakra could be felt. Naruto smirked.
"Hey there Kabuto, what are you doing here?"
"I am making sure that you understand your mission."
"Don't worry, we know what to do."
"Good, I also wanted to tell you that due to the unnaturally high level of teams remaining, there will be preliminary rounds."
Dosu turned his one eye to Kabuto.
"Preliminaries… meaning that we must all pass."
"Yes, but I will not be taking part… It would be too risky to show my abilities."
"I see, well then we should take our leave then."
"Hai, I will go meet up with my team. Good luck."
As Kabuto disappeared from view the three sound ninja entered the tower and opened their scrolls. In a puff of smoke appeared a sound jounin. Naruto looked at him and smiled.
"Nice outfit Orochimaru-sama."
"I must take precautions… If they recognized me it would ruin the mission."
"Right."
"Anyways I hope you are prepared for the challenge awaiting you."
"We are."
"Good, lets enter then."
As they entered, they were greeted with many stares. Naruto grinned evilly at the competition and let his eyes drift over everybody. He stopped when he felt killing intent coming somewhere to his left. He looked and frowned when he saw Koichi looking directly at him. He had a bandage around the ear that had been bitten off. Naruto then looked at Sasuke who was talking to Kakashi when he entered. As though feeling his stare, the raven-haired boy turned towards him. He clenched his fists and spoke.
"I will stop you Naruto… No matter what."
Sasuke's eyes widened as his former teammate started laughing. It was a frightening laugh that almost seemed insane.
"Oh my the great Sasuke Uchiha thinks he can defeat me! Hahaha… I doubt you can even hurt me!"
Not far from them, a high-pitched voice could be heard.
"Sasuke-kun will beat you for sure this time Uzumaki!"
Naruto smirked at Ino's antics and as he was about to use his paralysis jutsu, Anko appeared in front of him.
"This isn't the time to fight brats. It will come soon."
Naruto smiled at her maliciously and put his hand on her back.
"We weren't going to fight Anko."
"That's Anko-san to you kid."
Naruto's smile grew and he said in an evil, childish voice:
"Oh is it now."
He sent some chakra through his hand into her curse seal. Anko had to keep herself from gasping as she felt her curse seal react like never before. She felt as if it were starting to absorb all her chakra and replace it with its own dangerously seductive chakra. She could hear the voice in her head.
'You shouldn't be afraid… Use its power… turn your anger into your greatest weapon…'
Anko put her hand on her neck and felt her legs weaken. She was about to fall to the floor when Naruto removed his hand from her back. The purple-haired woman felt her energy return to her and saw Naruto's twisted smile. She turned to him and whispered.
"You can tell the snake to go to hell…"
Naruto simply walked away satisfied with what he had done. Orochimaru had taught him once that pushing his chakra into another's curse seal would cause the person to lose all their will. It was a good trick against traitors.
The blond genin felt a soft hand envelop his. He turned around and saw Tayuya looking at him.
"You'll have to teach me that someday."
"Hehehe, Sure thing Tayuya."
They both seemed to be about to speak but the words were lost in the booming voice of the Sandaime Hokage.
"Congratulations to all of you. You have passed a difficult challenge and proven that you are the best of the best. Unfortunately, due to the large number of competitors, we have no choice then to have a preliminary round before the final exams. Two ninja will be randomly selected and will fight. The winner will move on."
A frail looking jounin moved forward and coughed.
"I am Hayate…I will be the proctor for this round. The match is over when someone gives up, is unable to battle or dies. I can also intervene and end the match at any time. Now, if anyone wants to quit, now is the time."
Only one hand was raised. It was Kabuto.
"Yes I don't think I'd be able to continue…"
"Alright, anyone else?"
No one lifted their hands and so the first match was announced on the screen.
"Sasuke Uchiha versus Yoroi. Everyone else must go to the second floor."
The battle did not last long. Sasuke quickly figured out that Yoroi could absorb his chakra and then proceeded to defeat Yoroi using his sharingan. He returned to his team floor as the second match was announced.
"Misumi vs Kankuro"
At first it seemed as if the match was going in Misumi's favor when he used his ability to extend his limbs, but Kankuro quickly turned the tables by revealing his puppet. He won the match easily. He returned to his teammates when the third match was announced.
"Tayuya vs Sakura"
Sakura seemed to be slightly afraid while, on the other hand, Tayuya was grinning. Naruto smiled turned to his red-haired teammate.
"Don't use all of your jutsu, keep them hidden for now."
"As if I'd need them against her."
Naruto chuckled softly and watched as both girls descended on to the first floor. Sakura took a deep breath and got into her battle stance. The proctor coughed and lifted his hand.
"Begin!"
Sakura ran towards her opponent with a kunai in hand. Tayuya dodged her attack and grabbed Sakura by her hair. Sakura struggled to get free, but Tayuya kicked her behind the right leg.
"You know bitch, you really suck. Maybe I should rip your hair out of your head to make you fight better."
Sakura had tears running down her cheeks and pulled out another kunai. She swiped backwards and cut off some of her hair, making it short. Tayuya growled and tried to kick the cherry blossom but she was too fast. Sakura then flipped in the air while making handseals. From his position, Naruto quickly recognized the pattern.
"When did she learn…"
He suddenly realized that Kakashi probably trained her so that she could hold her own. He looked at Tayuya and hoped she would be smart enough to understand the attack. Sakura finished doing her handseals and whispered.
"Shikkyaku Ketsueki!"
Tayuya felt something hit her forehead and looked up. She went wide-eyed as she saw blood falling everywhere. She had never been around so much blood. It was starting to become overwhelming when she faintly heard Naruto's voice.
"Genjutsu!"
Tayuya almost hit her head at her foolishness. She quickly dispelled the genjutsu and looked straight at the smiling Sakura. Said genin's smile disappeared when she realized that her opponent had dispelled the attack. The sound kunoichi smiled evilly.
"So you like Genjutsu?"
She pulled out a flute and spoke before playing.
"Tenma Genkaku: Akumu Koukyoukyoku!"
As soon as she started playing her melody, Sakura started seeing people appearing in front of her. She felt joy grip her heart at the sight of the old Naruto laughing with Sasuke. She was about to run towards them when a large demonic hand came out of the ground and grabbed Sasuke by the legs. She screamed out as it ripped his legs off and blood gushed out. Naruto's smile turned sinister and Sakura saw that the arm was actually his. Soon he transformed into his half snake half fox form and started slowly decapitating Sasuke. She screamed out as loud as she could but no one came. Back in the real world, people looked on in confusion at Sakura who was standing there screaming. Her eyes were wide and out of focus. Neji was starting to understand and activated his Byakugan. He gasped, seeing what she could. He quickly realized that other people were starting to see what was happening. Both Sasuke and Kakashi had their sharingan and both looked troubled. Kurenai knew that it was a genjutsu. The Hyuuga was about to deactivate his bloodline when something caught his attention. He saw that Sakura's heart rate was augmenting erratically and would soon become fatally dangerous. Neji took initiative and called out to the proctor.
"Proctor! If you don't stop this match, she could die!"
Hayate nodded his head and stepped in, moving Tayuya's instrument away from her lips. The redhead looked at him angrily.
"What the fuck was that for!?"
"I had to end the match or she would have died…'cough'"
"Whatever, at least I won."
Many people rushed from the stands to help Sakura. Kurenai being a genjutsu specialist quickly analyzed the situation.
"Call a medic. They need to bring her out of shock."
"Hai!"
Both Sasuke and Lee looked at Tayuya angrily. Lee spoke first.
"How dare you hurt the beautiful Sakura so much, you didn't have to take it that far."
Sasuke added his opinion as well.
"That was just taking it too far."
They were both interrupted by the sound of laughter. They turned to the source and saw Naruto laughing histerically.
"Hahahahaha!! Oh my I never expected this from the last Uchiha! You who would do anything to get stronger than your brother! Besides, I think that if Sakura actually had some talent she wouldn't have fallen to such an obvious Genjutsu!"
Sasuke was clutching his fists in anger. Everyone else who knew Naruto in the past seemed in shock. Above them, the Hokage was shaking his head sadly at the sight.
'You've changed Naruto…'The jounin soon rallied their respective teams and brought them back to the stands. Seeing that the situation was handled, Hayate announced the next match.
"Tenten vs Temari"
Naruto watched the match without interest growing impatient to his own match. The match was over quickly when Tenten was knocked out making Temari the winner. The next match was shown on the screen.
"Ino vs Shino"
The match was over within seconds when Ino passed out at the sight of bugs crawling on her. Naruto sighed tiredly as the next match was announced.
"Dosu vs Kiba"
Both competitors looked at each other in defiance. The proctor lifted his hand.
"Begin!"
Kiba let an overconfident smile creep onto his face.
"Wow I get to fight an easy opponent… Let's go Akamaru!"
Akamaru changed into another Kiba and they started using their signature move.
"Gatsuuga!"
Dosu jumped out of the way of their attacks and waited for them to tire. When they did, he ran towards Kiba, seemingly missing him with a punch. Kiba laughed at the miss.
"Haha you missed me you…"
The Inuzuka felt pain go through his ears and everything started spinning. Dosu looked at him and said:
"The sound waves from my attack are now affecting your senses. It's useless to continue fighting."
Kiba growled and got up. He let his animal instincts guide him.
"As if I'd lose to a bastard like you!"
He jumped towards Dosu but his the pain in his ears increased and he missed pitifully. Said sound shinobi appeared behind Kiba and made hit a kunai against his melody arm.
To everyone else it was but a slight metal sound, but to Kiba it was as if an explosion happened beside his ears. He soon lost consciousness, making Dosu the winner. Kiba was taken out of the room by medics as the next match was announced.
"Hinata Hyuuga vs Neji Hyuuga."
The match was slightly interesting to Naruto, but it was clearly in Neji's favor. Hinata almost made a comeback when her confidence was brough up by people were chearing her name but it wasn't enough to avoid losing. Neji had nearly killed her after some comments about him and his life, but he was stopped by the jounin. When Hinata was taken to the infirmary, the next match was announced.
"Gaara vs Lee"
Naruto was very interested in Gaara and his way of fighting. He was bloodthirsty and very powerful. He wondered if the sand ninja was part of the plan for Konoha's destruction. He was pulled out of his thoughts when Lee unleashed more gates. Rock Lee was obviously a dangerous opponent. In the end Lee was defeated and badly injured. His instructor, Guy, seemed very sad about the fact that Lee wouldn't fight again. Naruto thought the scene was pathetic and was growing very impatient to his match. The next match was announced as:
"Shikamaru vs Chouji"
Chouji smiled slightly and lifted his hand.
"I forfeit… I already know that Shikamaru would win and I don't want to bore him."
Shikamaru was slightly shocked.
"Chouji…"
Chouji grinned and whispered:
"I actually have a bit of indigestion…"
"Troublesome…"
Hayate coughed and spoke up.
"Shikamaru wins by default, now… Naruto Uzumaki vs Koichi Nimazaku."
Everybody stopped talking as the two genin jumped down and glared at each other. Hayate brought his hand up for the last time.
"Begin..."
He had barely even finished and the two had already started doing handseals.
"Kaze Tama!"
"Mizu Tama!"
Both jutsu hit head on, creating a slight shockwave. Both Naruto and Koichi jumped towards each other, swords drawn. Naruto blocked a strike and attempted to cut Koichi's arm, but was also blocked.
"Ah what's wrong Koichi… Not feeling as confident without your fathers sword?"
" I don't need it to defeat you!"
They both started slashing at the other while blocking his hits. The speed they were going at was almost impossible to follow. From up in the stands, Sasuke couldn't help but whisper.
"Incredible…"
Back in the battle, Koichi finally landed a hit on his blond opponent. He was shocked however when said opponent disappeared in a cloud of smoke. His eyes widened when he heard the sound ninja's voice behind him.
"Hehehe… think again!"
Koichi barely had to move his body, when Naruto's sword passed beside him like a rocket, making a small crater in the ground. Koichi turned and looked straight at Naruto.
"Not bad Uzumaki… But it will take more than that to kill me!"
"Are you sure?"
"Wha…"
Suddenly, the leaf genin felt extreme pain in his right leg. He looked down and found Naruto's blade piercing his knee.
"How!?"
"I used a chakra string to pull it back towards you… always mind your surroundings."
Koichi cried out as he pulled the sword out of his leg but didn't let it stop him. He ran towards Naruto, discarding his own weapon in order to make hand seals. He then extended his hands in front of him yelling out.
"Suiton: Mizu Misairu no jutsu!"
Naruto let a twisted smile cover his face just as he was hit by the full force of the jutsu. Koichi growled and followed his jutsu with another.
"Mizu Tama!"
The jutsu added to the explosion and was followed up by another.
"Mizu Kadou!"
As all the jutsu where clearing up, Koichi started laughing.
"Finally… I killed you demon!!"
Everyone in the room gasped as a tail of red chakra came out of the smoke, slamming into Koichi and sending him across the room. When the smoke completely disappeared, everyone was shocked to see Naruto standing seemingly unharmed. He was enveloped in red chakra and his features were different. He had claws, longer whiskers and blood red eyes. He smiled an even more twisted smile then before and slowly walked towards his opponent. Koichi looked up and yelled.
"How the fuck are you still alive!?"
"Did you really think such a pitiful jutsu would work on me?"
The brunette cried out in anger and started doing more handseals.
"Mizu Tama!!"
"Aisu Hari!"
"Suiton: Mizu Misairu no jutsu!"
"Suiton: Mizu Bakudan no jutsu!"
Koichi was breathing heavily after so many jutsu, but smiled, thinking he had killed Naruto. His eyes went wide as said opponent walked out of the smoke and debris unharmed.
"You…? How!?"
Naruto smiled wickedly at him and spoke in a voice that froze everybody to the core.
"You said it yourself Koichi…I'm not human!!"
Koichi screamed out in agony when Naruto grabbed his left hand and literally ripped it off. He tried to strike back, but his left leg was pierced by red chakra. Naruto felt amazing. He had heard the Kyuubi offer him chakra and accepted. He now felt its seductive power flowing through him. He could sometimes hear faint whispers telling him to destroy, kill, feed… He looked at Koichi with a sick smile and threw a kunai at every corner of the room.
"Oto Shouheki no jutsu"
Koichi felt fear grip his heart at the sight of the barrier. Naruto laughed and looked at him.
"Now… Nothing gets in… or out!"
Koichi tried to get up but Naruto grabbed him by the arm, snapping it. Koichi cried out again and Naruto punched him, dislocating his jaw. Naruto looked at Koichi's bloodied body and felt excited. He walked towards the brunette and stabbed a hand through his stomach. When he pulled it out, it was like a fountain of blood. Koichi could only mutter:
"Pl…plea…se… stop…"
Naruto erupted in sick laughter and started filling Koichi's body with demonic chakra. To Koichi, it felt as if his insides were burning. Blood started pouring out of his mouth and soon he was living by a thread. Naruto looked at the pitiful mess and yelled:
"DIE!!"
Koichi screamed out with all his remaining strength as his body literally melted. Outside the barrier, most of the genin were either crying, passed out or sick. They were all definitely frozen in fear. Sasuke fell to his knees and clutched his head seeing how much Naruto now ressembled his brother. Neji was shaking all over, something that had never happened to him. Most of the jounin were also in shock and Kakashi gripped the railings in anger and sadness. Dosu simply watched, knowing that Naruto was under the Kyuubi's influence. Tayuya watched in amazement, witnessing the Kyuubi's sadistic power. Across the stands, Gaara was watching with a sick smile. He was even speaking to himself.
"Such power… Such bloodlust… Is this the one you seek…mother…?"
When the barrier disappeared, Naruto slowly walked out.
"Proctor… announce the victor."
Hayate nodded and spoke.
"Winner… Naruto Uzumaki."
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Alright…I was thought this was a good place to end it, especially because I won't be here tomorrow and I want to post it tonight. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter even if it was kind of… sadistic. Anyways Koichi is now officially dead! To those of you who wanted him to suffer I hope I did a good job. Thanks to all reviewers. Also I'd like to warn you all that updates will be slow because I really have a lot of work for school. Don't worry though, only a month and a half till summer and more frequent updates. Till next time!
Shikkyaku Ketsueki: Falling Blood
Tenma Genkaku: Akumu Koukyoukyoku: Demon illusion: Nightmare Symphony
Kaze Tama: Wind Bullet
Mizu Tama: Water Bullet
Suiton: Mizu Misairu no jutsu : Water Style : Water Missile Jutsu
Mizu Kadou: Water Vortex
Aisu Hari: Ice Needles
Suiton: Mizu Bakudan no jutsu: Water style: Water Bomb jutsu
Oto Shouheki no jutsu: Sound barrier jutsu