Chapter 10: Let the Mimic Kick Now

Welcome to the next update. This chapter focuses on Naruto vs. Neji and is basically what I hope is one of the best fight scenes you've ever read because I really wanted this to be a memorable chapter for everyone. Prepare yourselves!

Intro Music ON: STFU by Girugamesh

Cover: Naruto standing in the middle of the stadium. His hands are raised towards the heavens and the sunlight shines upon him. He is wearing the special gloves and the light from the sky casts a glow around the boy. The crowd is nothing but a blur to the boy as his focus is set towards the sky. An orange ring of chakra spins around his feet blowing up a slight dust cloud.

Naruto blurred forward and appeared behind Neji who didn't even turn around to send a kick at the blonde. Naruto quickly crossed his arms and blocked the kick while gritting his teeth as he slid back. With a growl, he slid to a stop and then ran at Neji's exposed back and threw a punch towards the back of the boy's head. Neji tilted his head to the side and then grabbed Naruto's arm. Neji flipped Naruto over his shoulder and Naruto landed on the ground with a grunt. Taking advantage of Naruto's prone form Neji shot out his hand to strike the blonde's chest.

"Shit!" Naruto kicked himself up and narrowly dodged Neji's finger jab. Using Hirenkyaku once more, Naruto rushed away so he had some distance between him and the Hyuuga. "How the hell do you keep blocking me?" Naruto asked out.

"Haven't you learned fool? With my eyes I have no weak points. Plus now I see how you use that technique of yours," Neji said.

"Well don't tell the whole world asshole. Dammit I forgot you could see chakra and all the way around you from the prelims. But just cause you can see my chakra doesn't mean you'll know where I'll end up," Naruto countered. Naruto vanished once more and reappeared above Neji. He quickly transformed his arm and shot it down, "Gomu Gomu no Pistoru!" Neji dodged to the side and frowned.

'The idiot is right. I can see how he gathers an amazing amount of chakra under his feet then use it to almost slide from one spot to the other but I can't determine where he will end up. However that doesn't matter. I've trained with Lee and Gai-sensei. Not only am I also fast but with my 360 degree vision he can't surprise me,' Neji thought. Neji looked at the arm that passed him and was finally able to observe it up close. "Amazing. Even his chakra pathways are stretching. His move truly stretches his arm like rubber," the Hyuuga muttered. Before he could strike it with a Jyuuken (Gentle Fist) Naruto brought back his fist and his arm turned normal once more.

Tenten smirked up in the stands as she watched Naruto try to catch Neji by surprise. The kid may be strong but Neji was on a completely different level.

"Blondie is going to lose," Tenten said. Sakura and Ino looked over at the other girl and frowned.

"What are you talking about? Naruto won't lose," Sakura said. Tenten was sitting a few seats above the girls and stared down at them. Kiba and Hinata also stared at Tenten with a confused frown.

"Neji can't be beaten. He is the strongest Genin from our class and a prodigy when it comes to the Hyuuga family taijutsu. Your teammate might be strong but he will lose," Tenten said.

"No way Naruto would lose to that guy! I underestimated Naruto but because of that I lost. Here and now I know that idiot will win," Kiba said while Akamaru barked in agreement. Hinata nodded with her teammate and looked back down towards the arena floor.

'G-good luck N-Naruto-kun,' Hinata thought while tapping her fingers together. Tenten shook her head and moved her head back to the fight.

"Believe what you want. Neji will not lose."

Naruto slid across the ground as he dodged another strike from Neji. The boy huffed and brushed the dirt from his pants. Standing tall he took a deep breath and smirked.

"You sure are one tough opponent ya know that." Neji scoffed and brushed a strand of hair away from his face looking much better than his opponent.

"Like I said there is no way you will beat me. Fate dictates that you are the loser of this match," Neji said. Naruto blew a raspberry while closing his eyes and made a shooing motion with his hand.

"You keep saying Fate this and Fate that. Well Fate can kiss my ass."

"Fate is what rules all. It is what says that I will win and that you will never be Hokage." Naruto's eyes snapped open at that and he growled.

"Oh now Fate can definitely kiss my ass! No one tells me that I won't be Hokage. First I'll kick your ass then I'll kick Fate's! Kage bunshin no jutsu!" the arena was then clouded in smoke and once it cleared around forty Narutos could be seen.

"Wow that kid can create that many clones? He sure has a lot of chakra," said Kotetsu while he wrote down a few notes.

"Yeah but if he doesn't use them smartly than he doesn't deserve the title of Chūnin," Izumo replied.

Neji looked at all the surrounding clones and frowned. He couldn't determine who the real one was at the moment because each clone had a separate chakra channel. These weren't normal clones after all.

"Attack-!" a random Naruto shouted. There was a yell of approval from the rest of the blondes and that opened the flood gate for the small army of clones to attack. Neji clenched his teeth as he dodged a Naruto and then jabbed it with his fingers dispelling the clone in a cloud of smoke. Two Narutos ran to the side of the boy and threw out their arms hoping to hit Neji at the same time. Neji bent backwards and let the arms pass by his face. With quick movements he jabbed the two arms and dispersed the clones. As three clones rushed forward at Neji another Naruto ran then dropped down to slide at the boy from behind.

"Foolish," Neji muttered. "A back attack is never going to work." Naruto grinned and his sliding form vanished then appeared under and in front of Neji. "What?"

"U-!" A kick to Neji's chin sent him up. The three clones sped to the sides of the airborne boy.

"Zu-!"

"Ma-!"

"Ki!" Each syllable was paired with a kick that sent Neji spinning farther up to a Naruto that was waiting for him above.

"Naruto Rendan!" the axe kick that fell towards Neji was stopped by said boy's hand.

"Enough of this madness!" Neji roared in fury losing his composure. He continued to spin while bringing along a passenger and then threw Naruto down towards a bunch of clones that stood in front of the forested area of the stadium. The blonde hit the clones and all of them went up in smoke. Neji landed gracefully onto the ground and wiped the blood away from his mouth. "I am done fooling around with you. Here I come," Neji sprinted forward easily meandering around the clones and stopping in front of what he though was the original. "Letting your clones attack while you stayed in the back and watched was never going to work. My Byakugan easily locked onto you," Neji said as he struck the Naruto in front of him with a Jyuuken in the stomach. The boy hunched over and coughed out blood and Neji smirked as the rest of the blondes around him went up in smoke. "It's over for you failure."

The blonde Genin grasped the arm that struck him and grinned. "Sorry but you failed this time," Neji's eyes widened in disbelief when the boy he thought was real dispel in smoke. Spinning around he saw five Narutos surround him as they flew in the air. "You may be able to counter a couple but let's see you stop all five of us!" each Naruto yelled as they descended on Neji. Neji closed his eyes to calm himself and then opened them slowly as he started to spin on his heel.

"Hakkeshō Kaiten (Eight Trigrams Palm Rotation)!" Neji yelled as he spun faster and a dome of chakra formed around him, spinning in the direction he was. All the Narutos hit the dome and then bounced off of the shield.

"See that my daughter," Hyuuga Hiashi said to his youngest daughter Hanabi. "That boy there is a true prodigy of our taijutsu." The eleven year old girl looked up at her father in confusion.

"But father is he not from the branch house? How does he know that move?" Hanabi asked.

"His will is much stronger than any other Hyuuga I have seen, except for one other..." Hiashi finished quietly. 'Brother what have I brought your son too?'

"What the hell! What was that?" Ino yelled. She was expecting Naruto to have hit the white eyed boy with his clones but that last move baffled her.

"That is Neji's ultimate defense. Nothing can penetrate the Hyuuga's Kaiten," Tenten answered. "Like I said, your friend has no chance against Neji. His defense is even better than that sand user Gaara."

"Just you wait," Sakura whispered. "If I know Naruto then I know he has something unpredictable planned."

Each and every Naruto that was hit by the Kaiten blew up in smoke much to Neji's frustration.

"Man you didn't even let me transform those clones," a voice called out from the smoke while the body was hidden from the view of the audience. The ninja smoke blew away and Naruto was standing across from Neji with his arms crossed in front of his chest.

"Please do not think that that would have worked," Neji said back. "I am not that Inuzuka that you faced during the prelims. If you keep up with your fighting I will be forced to get serious." Naruto laughed.

"So you weren't serious back there? I made you reveal that Kaiten of yours."

"Do not flatter yourself. I only needed to show that I am strong to the examiners."

"Fine if you say so. Then I guess you won't mind me showing my skills then!" Naruto grinned and summoned ten clones behind him. "Are you ready Neji cause here I come." The group of blondes all faded from view and appeared above the white eyed Genin surrounding him from all sides.

Naruto glanced at his clones and then focused back on Neji.

"So Naruto show me this mimic attack or whatever it is you've thought of," Jiraiya said as Naruto faced him with a bunch clones behind the boy.

"Well after I tried hitting you with my Maneryū: Gōkakyū the last time I've been thinking of how I can truly use my clones. I have a bunch of ideas but this one came to me when I was thinking of a new speed move for me to use. There is speed technique from this show and manga I know that is good but it has drawbacks that I can't overcome at the moment," Naruto said. "But there is another attack I wanna use now that I can truly change my clones." Naruto tensed his body and put his hands into a seal.

"Coèuntes, sagittent inimicum meam. Come together, and strike my enemy..." Naruto's clones all went up in smoke with a hand seal from the original. Neji scowled as his Byakugan took in the various changes in chakra. "Maneryū: Sagitta Magica, Series Flamma (Mimic the Flow: Magic Arrows, Series of Flames)!" Out of the clouds of smoke from the transformations ten streams of fire in the shape of arrows shot down.

"Even with this attack you cannot pierce my defense! Kaiten!" Neji yelled as he spun. The thin beams of fire flew at the dome then ricocheted off and shot in different directions. A few fiery arrows struck the walls of the stadium and dented the stone while also charring it before disappearing. Another group flew into the sky while one single arrow of fire flew to the examiners booth.

"Get down!" Izumo yelled. The Magic Arrow hit the wall behind the examiner's booth while the Chūnin judging the match ducked quickly. The projectile of fire struck the wall and the cloth that covered it slowly started to go up in flames.

"Holy crap! Put it out put it out!" Kotetsu yelled. He and Izumo rushed to put out the fire while the other ninja in the booth ran through seals for a water jutsu. Just then the fire that licked the tarp popped away in a cloud of smoke leaving a partly burned curtain and a group of confused Chūnin.

"Did the fire go out on its own?" Kotetsu asked.

"I think so," Izumo answered. They both looked back to the fight and grabbed their clipboards. "What a fight..."

Takuma and Emi stood in the crowd looking at the match. Both had a smile on their face as Naruto fought the Hyuuga boy.

"Look at that nii-san, Naruto-kun is surprising everyone here!" Emi said excitedly.

"He'll win this I know it," Takuma smiled as the crowd roared in excitement.

Neji slowed his spinning and a swirl of dust and dirt blew around him like a fog. Once he was almost done a figure sprang from the cloud of dirt.

"I knew if I got you spinning, that one moment where you stopped would be your weak point. All I had to do was wait for you!" Naruto yelled as he pulled his glowing fist back. "And now you can't use that Kaiten again until you regain your footing so block this! Shottogan!" From Naruto's right fist a bombardment of small chakra pellets flew out as he threw it forward.

'Shit he's right! He got me at the point where I'm still not fully set after my Rotation. Damn, calm down. It's fine I'll just crush his hopes with this...' Neji thought as the chakra shots flew at him. He knew he could not dodge them all but he still had to get his footing so Neji dodged the first couple that passed him while getting clipped by one. Narrowing his eyes Neji threw out his palm.

"Hakke," just as his palm was about to hit a blue pellet he twisted his wrist and let the chakra in his palm out to trail behind his hand. "Tate Shō (Eight Trigrams Shield Palm)!" Neji continued to throw his hands out quickly and his strikes deflected all of Naruto's Shotgun bullets. When the last of Naruto's attack was blocked Neji took a breath and flicked his hand down. "That it?"

"A-amazing," Hinata whispered. "I-I've never e-even heard of t-that move." Kiba looked shocked at his teammates stuttered comment and looked back down to Naruto.

"He created that?... Uh oh, good luck Naruto."

'God dammit! Now what am I going to do?' Naruto thought. 'I don't want to reveal all of my moves this first round. If I get a chance then I'll have to end it with THAT. I don't want use my First.' Naruto took a deep breath and let the air fill his lungs. He exhaled slowly and dropped back into a fighting stance.

"You keep getting better and better Neji. But as I said before I'm not going to lose this match." Naruto said. "I made a promise to Hinata and I never go back on my promises. That is my nindo!"

"Why do you continue to fight for that weakling?" Neji asked. "She is nothing but a failure to her clan. She is a failure like you!"

"Why do you keep saying all these things about her when she does nothing to you? She is your family for Kami's sake."

Neji scoffed and looked into the sky. He was silent for a moment before he spoke once more. "The fact that she is in the main house is enough cause for my hate..."

"Main house?"

"Enough of this. You do not need to hear the facts now." Neji dropped back into his stance. "Perhaps I shall tell you why Fate rules all if you happen to put up a good enough fight." Naruto growled at the comment then placed his hands in a cross seal.

"Kage Bunshin no jutsu!" a cloud of ninja smoke obscured Naruto and when it blew away there were three blondes. "Don't count me out just yet." The three Narutos rushed forward and engaged Neji in taijutsu, making sure to dodge any strike that would harm or dispel them. One Naruto tried to kick Neji's feet out from under him but he jumped quickly to dodge. Another Naruto tried to take advantage of Neji's airborne circumstance but Neji back flipped and stuck his foot out to hit the clone. The Naruto jumped back hastily to make sure it wasn't dispelled and then once again went in for an attack. The fight became a deadly dance of attacking and dodging for the four figures on the arena.

Up in the contestant box Shikamaru looked down at his fellow Konoha Genin. He didn't think Naruto would have progressed so far but he knew this Neji guy was good. Maybe too good.

"Your friend seems to be having trouble," a voice to Shikamaru's side declared. The pineapple haired boy turned his head and saw Temari staring down at the fight. "He has pulled some amazing things off but even in Suna the name Hyuuga is known. Your friend may not have a chance," Temari said. Shikamaru grunted and looked back down to the fight.

"Don't worry about Naruto," Shikamaru drawled. "Naruto is one of a kind. If you are hoping for a quick win from Neji then I'll tell you now that Naruto will disappoint." Shikamaru heard a call of 'Henge' from the floor and smiled. "And there ya go."

"Henge!" two Narutos yelled that had attached themselves to Neji's legs. Their bodies transformed and were replaced by a chain and iron ball that weighed him down while the other Naruto grabbed Neji from behind. Pulling the boy into a full-nelson the Naruto grinned.

"I've got you now."

"Don't be ridiculous. I know that these weights will dispel away once they run out of chakra. Once they do I'll finish you off for your ignorance of being this close," Neji said behind his back.

"I don't have to hold you for long," the Naruto that held Neji chuckled. "Just until he hits you."

"He? Wait, you're a clone!" Neji looked toward the forest where a snapping sound was heard and Naruto was kneeling under a tree. The boy walked out from the shade and was holding his right wrist while his hand was starting to slowly become enveloped by a mass of chakra. "How?"

"I transformed myself into a field mouse while I sent my clones towards you," Naruto said cutting off Neji's full question. "While you were intently focused on them I scurried behind you into the trees to change back so I would be able to get a good view while charging as much as I can. Hold on Ichi cause I only got one shot at this."

The now identified Ichi nodded his head and gripped tighter at the struggling Neji.

"Ye lord. Mask of flesh and bone, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man. Truth and temperance..."

"No way. He isn't going to do what I think he is going to do?" Kiba said.

"What's wrong? What is Naruto doing?" Ino asked.

"From what we have seen so far Naruto has been doing moves that resemble techniques from various shows. That arrow one he did is probably from something he's seen but I'm not familiar with it. But the chant he is starting is something I know of," Kiba explained.

"Then what is Naruto doing now?" Sakura asked.

"The chant signifies the start of a strong attack."

"Upon this sinless wall of dreams unleash but slightly the wrath of your claws." Naruto sang out as he held his hand forward while it glowed with power. His arm started to shake and he bit his lip in concentration to the point to where it bled.

"Let go you insufferable clone!" Neji yelled as he struggled against Ichi.

"Not going to happen Neji!" Ichi called back.

"Hadō no Sanjūsan!" Naruto ran forward a few steps then threw his palm out and yelled, "SŌKATSUI (Destructive Art #33 Blue Fire, Crash Down)!" A great blast of shining blue chakra the size of Naruto himself burst from his hand and careened towards Neji. Its edges blurred giving the chakra ball the likeness of fire as it flew at Neji.

Neji's eyes widened in horror and panic as the ball of energy flew at him and he tried struggling once more but it was to no avail. "It cannot end like! I will not lose!" Neji roared. "I am a Hyuuga!"

The Sōkatsui made impact and an explosion came forth that blew up a cloud of dust. Naruto dropped to one knee while holding his arm and took great gulps of air.

"I did it," the blonde said between gasps. "I got him with it." Naruto struggled to get up and walked forward confident he would find the unconscious form of Neji on the ground. Suddenly the dust cloud dispersed in a swirl of air that made Naruto hold his arms to his eyes. He narrowed his eyes to try and see what was going on and when Naruto was finally able to determine what was happening his heart dropped.

In the epicenter of the blowing dirt and dust was a giant dome of spinning chakra that was swirling at amazing speeds. When the swirling stopped and the chakra dome vanished there stood Neji with his arms out and feet spread apart.

"How? What? When? Why?" Naruto babbled.

"Hakkeshō Jitsu Kaiten (Eight Trigrams Palm True Rotation)," Neji answered cutting off Naruto not unlike how the blonde did to him moments ago. "A true impenetrable defense without the need to move. Your farce is over. Your clones are gone and you are too tired to use that Hirenkyaku. You are now within the field of my divination." Neji dropped down so that his back hand was raised high and his other was dropped low with his legs bent slightly.

"That move! That stance! Kami how far has his hatred pushed Neji?" Hiashi gasped.

"Father what is the Jitsu Kaiten?" Hanabi asked.

"A last resort defensive move Hanabi. It takes much more chakra than the regular Kaiten but it gets rid of the drawbacks of spinning and that interval of time where you are open for an attack after. But Hanabi please watch what happens next," Hanabi stared at her father confused, "A move that shouldn't be known to a Branch house member, let alone a Genin level ninja."

"Hakke Rokujūyon Shō (Eight Trigrams Sixty-four Palms)!" Neji sprang forward and jabbed Naruto with his fingers twice while yelling the number of times he hit him. Naruto coughed and stumbled backwards trying to put up a defense but Neji pushed forward. He jabbed Naruto again doubling his strikes causing the blonde to cry out. Neji started to speed up his finger strikes and doubled the number of attacks he would hit Naruto with. Finally coming to sixty-four strikes, Neji yelled out the number of times he hit Naruto and ended with a powerful palm thrust that sent Naruto tumbling backwards.

Naruto lay on the ground coughing up blood as he groaned in pain. His eyes fluttered open and he looked towards where Neji was standing.

"Proctor, call the match," Neji said to Genma. Naruto gasped in pain and rolled over onto his stomach. He didn't want it to end this way. Everyone was looking at him, appraising how he was doing. He would not give up.

"Well if the blonde won't get up the winner is-."

"No don't stop!" Naruto yelled out as he pushed himself up slowly. "I'm not out of this just yet."

"Why do you continue to get up?" Neji called out. 'Impossible how is he even standing? I closed all the vital tenketsu needed to cast any jutsu. He should be on the ground unconscious.'

Naruto coughed again, spilling blood onto the ground and braced himself against his knees. "Because, because this is my chance to prove your Fate wrong. To show that I was meant for something more than what everyone first though of me," Naruto said between breathes. "This is my fight to fulfill a promise to a friend to save her family and I won't ever give up." Naruto stared Neji straight in the eye showing his conviction.

"You know nothing of our family so it is no business of yours to promise anything to that girl," Negi hissed.

"What is wrong with you? What can be so bad that would cause such tension in a family?"

Neji looked down and reached for his head and took off his headband. When it was removed he looked back towards Naruto showing a Manji symbol with lines coming from the side of it. "This is the Caged Bird Seal of the Hyuuga. All branch house members carry this seal as symbol of their fidelity to the main house. We are the protectors of them. I received this symbol when I was only four when my father was still alive," Neji said.

"My father was the brother of the clan head of the Hyuuga. They were twins. Because my father was born second he was branded a branch house member while my uncle was put into the main house," the stadium seemed oddly quiet to Naruto as he listened to Neji talk about the Hyuuga. "When I was four I finally met my cousin Hinata-sama. She was just as meek and worthless back then as she is now. I remember the day we were watching her and my uncle practice. That was the day I learned what a main house member could do to a branch house member." Neji was silent for a moment.

"What can they do?"

"They can kill us with only a hand seal. My father and I were sitting and watching when he suddenly doubled over screaming in pain. Hiashi-sama walked over to where he was screaming and I was trying to comfort my father and told us to know our place. Do you remember when Kumo tried to kidnap someone from the Hyuuga disguising it as a peace conference?"

"I vaguely remember hearing about that when I was younger."

"Kumo had tried to steal Hinata-sama during their 'peace' negations. When my uncle killed the kidnapper it was my father that was given as retribution. Kumo thinking it was Hiashi-sama accepted my father without knowing that our seal made it impossible to harvest the Byakugan. My father died as a replacement because of this seal!"

"Wow that's some pretty heavy stuff," Takuma said. The crowd was not as quiet as Naruto was thinking and was still yelling for the match to continue. Many had no desire to learn of the dark history of the Hyuuga. The only people who were listening intently seemed to be the people at the front. For example Takuma could see a Hyuuga in the front row with a grimace on his face as Neji spoke. 'That might be the Hyuuga Clan head that Neji guy is yapping about.'

"Uh oh." Emi said.

"What"

"That Hyuuga boy shouldn't have said that to Naruto-kun."

"You, with your constant smiles and idiot like demeanor, you have no idea what it's like. You have no idea what it is like to have a seal ruling your life, ruining it and labeling you," Neji yelled at Naruto.

Naruto froze for a second and his head dropped so his hair shadowed his eyes. The pain of feeling alone and the memories of past flooded him. He had no idea?

"Yeah, yeah I know what you mean," Naruto whispered.

"Excuse me?"

"I said I know exactly how you feel!" Naruto screamed while raising his head up. Neji recoiled at sheer emotion in the boy's sapphire eyes. "I know what it's like so you don't have to tell me. You aren't the only one who is suffering plus what about Hinata? She seems like she really wants to connect with you but all you've done is push her away, even going as far as to crush her emotionally and hurt her. You say the branch house is supposed to protect the main but if that is true than you have been disregarding your duties. You have been defying Fate!"

"Enough. You cannot fight any longer. Your tenketsu are closed so you can no longer access chakra," Neji said. "Just give up or I will be forced to truly finish you."

'Damn he's right. I can't feel my chakra. I need something to get my chakra going,' Naruto thought as he closed his eyes to try and access his chakra. 'Anything.' Naruto felt a rush within his brain and when he opened his eyes he was no longer in the arena. He was within his mind scape in front of the Kyūbi.

"Anything boy?"

Naruto stared at the giant fox with hazy eyes. "Just enough to open my chakra points. I only need a little so I can use my own chakra. This is my battle," Naruto breathed.

The Kyūbi let out a malicious laugh and a small stream of chakra flowed towards Naruto. The boy looked at the crimson energy apprehensively but let it come seeing as it would give him the ability to use his own chakra. Suddenly a wave of red chakra came forth from the cage that housed the demon Kitsune while it laughed madly.

"No no no NO! What are you doing you stupid fox?" Naruto yelled as the chakra engulfed him and he was thrown from his mind.

"You asked for it boy!" the Kyūbi cackled as Naruto left.

"Proctor I am going in for killing blow now," Neji said while Naruto was hunched over suddenly. "It is your choice to stop me."

"Humph cocky brat," Genma whispered and started to raise his hand. Just then the two people other than Naruto who were on the arena floor felt a great pressure upon them.

"W-What is this," Neji grit out. He slowly raised his head to look at Naruto and gasped.

Around Naruto the small rocks and pebbles started to roll towards him and rise slightly into the air like an unseen force was lifting them. The air around him became distorted and blurry. Suddenly the boy threw his head back and let out a scream.

"GRAGHHHHHHH!" red chakra exploded off of Naruto and encompassed him. Wind howled and buffeted Genma and Neji as Naruto clenched his fist against the great amount of power he was emitting.

'This air, it actually hurts!' Neji thought while he covered his face with his arms. Across the whole arena everyone could feel the uncontrolled power that emanated from Naruto.

"Shit this isn't good," Asuma said as he covered his eyes. "The kid is using too much of Kyūbi's chakra." He and Kurenai were in the front row seeing as both their students were in the finals. But even if they were close all the ninjas could feel the power from Naruto and the oppressive aura he was giving.

"Should we stop the match?" Kurenai yelled over the wind.

"I don't know if we can!"

"Dammit!" Naruto yelled as he felt the changes that Kyūbi's chakra did to him start to take effect. His hands were clenching and unclenching, no doubt changing into claws, and his canines felt sharper. 'If I don't get control of this then I'm going to go berserk!' Looking to his side Naruto quickly grabbed the gloves he received and held them up. 'I didn't want use this but because of the fox this is the only way to direct this power in my own way.'

Through the flurry of swirling chakra and wind, Naruto slipped on the gloves and let the metal plating set onto his fingers. Clenching his eyes he held his hands up but a voice rang through his mind cutting off his motions.

"Foolish boy, you think you can control my power!" Kyūbi's voice rang out maliciously.

Neji, who was no longer covering his eyes, stared at Naruto in amazement. His Byakugan had showed him a collective mass of chakra starting from Naruto's navel course through the boy. The red chakra then swirled into a pattern of a fox that caused Neji to recoil in fright. 'What is this?'

'Shut it fox! You chose to give this much power and now I'm using it in my own way. Once you pumped me full of this chakra it became mine now,' Naruto thought as he slowly brought his hands together.

"My power is absolute. You will never be able to harness it!"

'Your power is mine! Mine... To...,' Naruto's hands finally clasped together forming a seal. "TRANSFORM!" Naruto finished his inner conversation aloud yelling the last word for all to here. An explosion of smoke rocked the floor and covered Naruto completely. What made Neji wary was the fact that the smoke was laced with the red chakra so his Byakugan couldn't see through the cloud.

"I'm glad it worked with this chakra," Naruto's voice was heard but Neji tilted his head at the sound of this voice. It sounded much calmer, more powerful. "But I really didn't want to use this in the first place."

Naruto walked forward eliciting a loud gasp from much of the crowd as he stood casually. Naruto's orange and blue jacket and pants ensemble was replaced by a more civilian looking wardrobe. His ninja sandals were now a pair of white and blue sneakers under black straight jeans. An orange and white t-shirt with a hood attached to the back fluttered slightly in the wind. What were so surprising to many were Naruto's facial features. His once shining blue eyes that were always full of energy were a calm orange like burning embers. Naruto's lack of headband let his golden hair free giving him bangs and a more spiky style. What replaced the hitai-ate just above the point between his eyes was a true phenomenon. Orange chakra sat atop his forehead like a ball of fire flickering to and fro in the breeze.

Naruto's new appearance sent a sense of calm confidence towards Neji. It was like the boy knew that he would win no matter what, and with the powerful presence that the blonde was giving Neji wouldn't doubt it.

"What are you?" Neji asked in a hushed tone. Naruto tilted his head and scratched his cheek with a gloved hand.

"Well I guess I'm your local dobe," Naruto gave a small smile to Neji and raised his hands to the fire like chakra on his head. The instant the gloves touched the chakra they were engulfed in the orange chakra like they were consumed by a flame. "But if you'd like you can call me Hyper Naruto. So then, shall we get started?"

Up in the stands various reactions were going on.

"Oh Kami is that Naruto! Look at him he actually looks hot!" Ino yelled. "Did you know he could do this forehead?" Sakura shook her head numbly.

"This is all news to me," the pink haired girl replied shocked to the bone.

"Damn look at that!" Kiba laughed. "Who knew he would pull this out of nowhere. Man and I know where this came from too I just can't remember." Kiba rubbed his head as he tried to collect his thoughts.

"D-don't worry K-Kiba-kun," Hinata said. "I'm s-sure it'll come t-to you." Hinata had to admit that Naruto like this looked very dashing.

In another location Asuma and Kurenai breathed a sigh of relief as they felt the bloodlust that accompanied the Kyūbi's power vanish. Though from what they could sense Naruto was still brimming with power even though the only chakra that could be seen was on his hands and forehead.

"Well it looks like he was able to control the chakra," Kurenai said.

"Yeah," Asuma interjected. "But for how long?"

Higher above in the stands Emi is screaming for Naruto.

"Go Naruto-kun! Kick ass! Use those gloves. Give him a good ol' one two!" Emi yelled punching the air.

"Wow so he can use those things," Takuma said as he placed his chin on his fingertips. "Now then Naruto, show them all what they've been missing."

The Kyūbi roared in anger. It had a chance to make its host go berserk but something happened to cut the evil intent of its chakra. What happened? The Kyūbi slammed its head against the bars and howled again.

"What did you do human? What have you done?" A blue glow appeared in front of the gate and the Kitsune narrowed its eyes. The glowing stopped and when the Kyūbi took a good look it roared again. There in front of the bars was an insignia that showed a large pointed shield with a bullet in the middle. Two pistols crossed above the shield with their barrels making an X above. Placed on where the pistols would cross was a seashell with flowing wings to the sides.

"This isn't over boy! You may have stemmed it but you can't stop it completely!"

Neji took a shaky breath as Hyper Naruto took a step forward. In an instant his form flickered from view and Neji felt a viscous blow on his back. He didn't have time to cry out before another blow to his stomach sent him to the side. Once again Neji's scream was cut off as he was hit by some unseen force and pushed towards a new direction. Before long the white eyed boy looked like he was bouncing back and forth in a small circle like a pinball.

Neji was finally able to let a yell of pain escape his lips when he was thrown into the air. Too much of the audience it looked like Neji had a very violent seizure but to high ranked ninja they could tell what was happening. Naruto was moving at such high speeds that he was hitting Neji countless times and then juggling the boy side to side to side. But what baffled many of the ninja, including Genma who was observing up close, was that Naruto would only appear for a second as a blur then move again. The boy was fast, very fast.

Hyper Naruto finally stopped moving and stood with his back to Neji as the boy fell. He looked behind his back and scratched his head with a sheepish look on his face when Neji landed on the ground with a grunt.

"Sorry bout that," Naruto slowly said. "I don't exactly know my full capabilities when I'm like this so if you get beat up a lot, my bad." Neji pushed himself up with a groan and held one of the marks on his arms. The chakra may not be fire but there was so much of it that it still burned.

'That speed. He is even faster than Lee now! What happened? When he used that other move I was able to keep up but now it's different. I need to be cautious.' Neji spit out a glob of blood and pulled a soldier pill from his hip pouch. As he popped it into his mouth and swallowed he felt a rush of energy flow through his body. Naruto tilted his head.

"I seem to recall you not wanting me to compare you to Kiba earlier," Hyper Naruto called out. "But if I remember he used those same pills."

"Soldier pills are ninja tools. Almost all ninja use them, not just the Inuzuka family." Neji rolled his neck and got into the Hyuuga taijutsu stance. "It revitalizes the user exponentially for a time." Neji rushed forward and Naruto did too. Neji lunged with his fingers trying to jab at Naruto but much to his frustration the blonde would dodge each strike fluidly. With a growl Neji blurred out of view and appeared behind Naruto. Naruto's orange eyes widened and he jumped into the air letting the other boy's hand fly under him. He vanished in midair and reappeared a few feet away on the ground.

"I didn't know you could move like that."

Neji snorted and glared at the spot Naruto just was. "Hyuugas are masters of chakra control. It is a simple matter to direct chakra to my muscles to allow me to move in such a way. I don't use this style of fighting very much but I believe this would be an appropriate time to use it."

"I'll say. My Hyper Intuition barely picked up that last attack." Naruto crossed his arms in front of his face. "Well then, shall we start the second act?" Neji didn't respond and only tightened his stance. "I'll take that as a yes!" Hyper Naruto uncrossed his arms and the chakra on his forehead and gloves flared up and he rushed forward. Neji jumped high while Naruto threw his fist out, hitting the ground and creating a deep crater.

"Hakke Tate Shō!" Neji brought down his palms letting chakra trail from his hand while spinning his body. Naruto dodged the palm strikes but saw that he had twin ribbons of chakra closing in on him. With a curse he let out a blast of chakra from his hands and jumped high above the swirling trap. Neji didn't let Naruto get comfortable and went to hit him while he landed.

"Damn!" Naruto said dodging once more. However Neji was getting faster and more precise with his strikes and finally landed a blow on Naruto's shoulder. The boy let out a bark of pain and threw his hands up to guard Neji's fingers. 'I can't keep this up for long. Even if I channeled Kyūbi's chakra so that I didn't go berserk, I still can't get rid of the true nature of this chakra. With so much centered at my brain I can feel it slowly trying to take me over,' Naruto thought as he lifted his leg to kick at Neji's stomach. 'It may give me The Hyper Intuition but it comes with a cost. I wonder how much difference this would be if I got to do this the way I had planned, with my own chakra.' Naruto let another burst of chakra out from his hands giving him a boost to throw a back flipping kick at Neji's chin.

'I'm ok for now. I can still keep this form up for a little longer. With the potency of this chakra I seem to have a bigger time frame than if I used my chakra. I just have to keep my mind calm so the chakra won't make me go crazy.' Neji cut off Naruto's thoughts by flipping over the blonde and clipping him on the shoulder, but not without receiving a vicious kick to the face. Both boys skid to away from each other and stood staring at one another. Both looked tired and beaten, breathing hard as their muscles screamed in agony.

"I think...we've given...a pretty good performance," Hyper Naruto said between short breathes. Neji said nothing and continued to bring air into his lungs. "How bout we finish this?" Naruto took one more deep breath from his hunched form and stood tall. A burst of orange from his hands pushed him up and he continued to rise higher in the air till he was level with the first row of audience members. Neji also took a breath and stood straight while gathering as much chakra as he could. He wasn't surprised at Naruto flying. After getting over his initial shock and fighting the boy he was finally able to recognize who Naruto was mimicking. He may be a Hyuuga prodigy but he was still a teenage boy and the shows on the television were entertaining.

"H-he's flying?" Emi stuttered as Naruto flew up. "I've never heard of a ninja being able to fly! Is it those gloves that are letting him do this Takuma?"

Takuma shook his head still a bit shocked at how the battle was going. He probably wasn't the only one amazed seeing as the crowd was in a frenzy, loving the action. They seemed to have forgotten the oppressive aura Naruto was giving off at first and were now ogling the fight.

"I don't think it's just the gloves Emi," Takuma answered. "Most of what we are seeing is all Naruto. The gloves are a tool like any other tool we sell; only they are one of a kind passed down through our family only. This is the birth of a legend Emi. And we helped make it." Takuma chuckled.

Naruto looked down at Neji and Neji looked up at Naruto. Both knew this would be the final attack. Their final confrontation. Blue chakra started to secrete off Neji in a fine mist as he closed his eyes and spread his arms. Naruto lifted his right hand into the air while his other kept him aloft. The orange chakra engulfing his hand shrank looking like it would die out. In an instant it erupted and the chakra encompassing his hand grew to a point to where it was almost as long as his arm and as wide as his shoulders. It flared and flickered like a glorious fire and cast a glow upon his face.

"Here I come." Naruto tilted forward before bursting forth and flying at Neji at incredible speeds. Neji waited till Naruto was close before unleashing his move while letting out a yell.

"Hakkeshō Jitsu Kaiten!" Every ounce of chakra Neji could spare was pushed into this move and as he yelled out his jutsu a huge dome of spinning chakra surrounded him and shined blue.

Naruto also let out a roar as he reached the dome. He brought his fist down and his punch, covered in the great amount of chakra, clashed with the swirling dome of chakra. A moment of silence seemed to permeate the arena just before the two forces met and then a low boom was heard. Air and chakra blasted out as Naruto's form pushed into the giant True Rotation.

Genma covered his eyes and grit his teeth as he pushed chakra to his feet to keep him in place. "God dammit what are these kids made of!" Waves of powerful wind buffeted the crowd, even going so far as to hit the Kage box much to the Sandaime's shock. Orochimaru, still disguised as the Kazekage, widened his eyes.

'This power? What amazing power you have Naruto-kun!' Orochimaru thought. 'If I bring Suki to me I may even get you to come too!'

Naruto pushed harder against the dome and could see the form of Neji through the chakra. With a yell Naruto pushed with all his might and felt his fingers breaking through. Neji saw this and exerted more force into his jutsu, trying to bounce Naruto off.

"Why?" Neji yelled through the howling wind. "Why do you try so hard? Why do you keep going when you know that Fate controls everything? Why can't you just accept Fate?"

"Because!" Naruto yelled back. "Because I believe that we control our own destiny! If you believe in Fate that's fine but I won't be chained by it! You tell me it is your Fate to be cursed with servitude by that seal!" Naruto pushed harder and felt his hand shake from effort but he knew he was breaking through. "You do nothing to change your clan and say everything is ruled by Fate! Fine then I say don't do anything Neji. If it's too hard for you to change your clan, then don't because I'll change it for you!"

Naruto's hand broke through and time seemed to slow as he slowly flew down towards the shocked Neji. "When I become Hokage no one will suffer like that ever again. Believe in me Neji," Naruto said with his hand forward and fingers splayed in a welcoming gesture, his orange eyes glowing with a look of sadness. Neji looked in wonder as Naruto fell looking like an ethereal being with the chakra on his head and hands. He also slowly reached forward with a look of hope.

The instant time seemed normal for the two again an explosion blossomed forth. A bright light blinded everyone and a cloud of dust billowed forth. Genma coughed and tried to wave away the dirt.

"Who won? Who won?" Ino screamed as the dust slowly started to disperse. Sakura held her hands in worry and peered into the smoke.

"Naruto."

The arena cleared and two silhouettes were starting to appear. Neji was lying on the ground face up with his hand out. Grasping that hand and standing tall was Naruto, his form once again normal and the orange chakra gone. His blue eyes looked down at the Hyuuga and he squeezed his gloved hand and smiled.

"Believe in Faith not Fate. Believe in the future Hokage," Naruto said letting the whole arena hear his proclamation. Neji was silent for a moment before sighing and letting go of Naruto's hand.

"My faith is in you, Naruto. I can no longer fight," Neji said. That was all the signal Genma needed to walk forward and hold up Naruto's now free hand.

"The First round of the Chūnin exams is complete. Winner is Uzumaki Naruto, the Mimic!" The crowd roared and clapped with approval at the amazing battle. Naruto looked up at Genma oddly who shrugged his shoulders.

"Congrats kid. You've gotten yourself a nickname courtesy of me." Naruto continued to stare at Genma oddly before shrugging and walking forward. He smiled and raised his arms into the sky.

"I did it!"