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Sasuke had never left the arena since the announcement for the break had been made. HE was too angry to move, he had spent the last month learning and perfecting Kakashi's most powerful jutsu. One that he knew he could be Gaara with. And when he finally mastered it and he and Kakashi set off to return to Konoha, he found out that not only had he been disqualified. He also found out that a person that was so far beneath him over a year ago, and now continuously overshadowing him had done it once again by beating the others that were favored to win.
"No one can be stronger than me. I have to be the strongest to kill him." Sasuke looked down at his bandaged arm with the buckled strap on hit. "I'll use it to defeat that idiot instead. If he could beat them then that just means they were weaker than everyone thought." Sasuke smirked at the thought of ending Naruto's victory and humiliating him in front of everyone. Sasuke may not admit it, even to himself, but he like the praise and glory everyone gave him and did not like any of it being taken away.
Gai and Noza were currently looking at Naruto; they were making sure that Naruto was actually capable of fighting. "I have to admit," Noza said, "I'm rather envious with your quick healing, other than being low on chakra you seem better than you should be."
"Thanks Noza Sensei," Naruto said, "But those soldier pills the medics gave me are really helping be recover my chakra."
"You won't be even near 100 by the time the match starts," Gai said. "You were almost completely drained after fighting Gaara. But…" Gai stepped back into his signature pose, Noza and Naruto pulled out their ear plugs, "…YOU'RE YOUTHFUL FLAME WILL CARRY YOU INTO VICTORY!"
Outside the medic room Lee heard Gai's yell, if it were not for Neji holding Lee back the injured Gennin would have ripped the door open to join his idol. "Lee let Noza-sensei and Gai-sensei finish checking Naruto out."
"But I just wanted to encourage Naruto!" Lee retorted.
"Do it when he gets out," Neji said. Lee reluctantly nodded and Neji let him go. "What kind of jutsus Sasuke-san might have?"
"I couldn't tell you," Neji said. "Gai-sensei has admitted that not even he knows how many jutsus Kakashi knows. So it could be any number of them."
"Do you think Naruto-kun will beat Sasuke in his weakened condition?" Lee asked again.
"Yes," Neji answered. "Kakashi does not know about Naruto's Chakra Pulse so he has probably prepared him to fight based around the Sharingan. And let me tell you not only does that jutsu stop the person from using Doujutsus it hurts them as well."
"So Sasuke-san will have to rely his other jutsus and fighting techniques," Lee finished, "And they won't be as affective as before."
Kakashi had found his other students and was currently being chewed out by Sakura, "HOW COULD MAKE SASUKE-KUN SO LATE HE WAS DISQUALIFIED?"
"Sorry, sorry," Kakashi waved, "We had to take several detours because of all the black cats."
"LIAR!" Sakura yelled. "NOW SASUKE-KUN CAN'T BECOME A CHUNIN!"
"So what king of jutsus did Naruto have?" Kakashi asked, it was out of more than just curiosity and concern for the fight. He had observed the boy for a long time and was genially liked him.
"Well from what we saw he uses a lot of Kenjutsus," Sakura answered. "He's also used Kage Bushin and some other jutsus that I haven't heard about."
"That's because many of Naruto's jutsus are Kinjutsus," Kakashi replied.
"Kinjutsus?" Shikamaru asked.
"Yes," Kakashi said. "Naruto has always had high levels chakra and stamina, that makes gives him an affinity for high level jutsus that drain chakra quickly."
"But what about his Kenjutsus?" Ino asked. "He used them in both matches."
"Don't you remember Kabuto saying that he was trained by a Kiri-sensei," Shikamaru responded, he probably learned them there. Kiri is known for its swordsman." That seemed to answer Ino's and everyone else's question so waited for the match to start.
Finally after what seemed like an eternity to everyone in the stands the twenty minutes were up and Naruto reentered the arena. Many were surprised in that he did not have his sword as he seemed to favor his blade. The truth was Naruto would still be using it if Noza had said not to use it. It had become weakened from the last battle and could break if used again.
When the two fighters were ready Genma began the match with a drop of his hand. Naruto immediately started things off by throwing three kunais at Sasuke. Sasuke retaliated by throwing four shurikens. Three kunais hit three shurikens and the fourth shuriken nicked Naruto in the left arm. Sasuke followed up by dashing at Naruto, and threw out a punch Naruto blocked the punch and swiped forward with his free hand. Sasuke blocked Naruto's counter and the two became locked. Sasuke smiled and went to lock Naruto in a grapple, Naruto once again countered by twisting and rotating his body out of the lock. The two jumped back and retook their original stances. Sasuke then smirked and took a stance Naruto was very familiar with.
In the stands several people recognized the stance, "That's my stance," Lee said.
"Kakashi either taught it to him during the month for training or he learned it himself after you fought him just before the written test," Neji said.
"Eternal Rival how could teach Sasuke Lee's style!" Gai yelled. Kakashi gave no answer as his face was buried in his book.
Noza however looked at Gai, "You of all people should know that no one can you that style effectively without long and intense practice. The only way it would be effective against Naruto is if Sasuke is better than Lee in all aspects." Gai relaxed a little though he was still angry with Kakashi.
"Copying Lee now?" Naruto asked. "I've been sparring and going on missions with Lee for over a year now. That won't work on me." Sasuke's reply was a smirk and suddenly he disappeared from view and reappeared behind Naruto and kicked in the back he followed put by pursuing the flying Naruto and punching him up into the air. "He's become as fast as Lee," Naruto thought, "Guess I'll stop holding back on speed as well." When Naruto landed a second later Sasuke was right next to him, to Sasuke's surprise Naruto blurred out of sight dodging his punch. Naruto came back into Sasuke's sight just before Naruto kicked Sasuke to the gut sending him back.
Sasuke held his stomach as the pain ebbed away. "So he's fast enough to keep up," Sasuke thought. He was irritated but not angry, "Idiot doesn't even know I'm holding back. I haven't even used my Sharingan yet." Sasuke charged forward at top speed and Naruto followed suit. They exchanged more blows but neither were getting anywhere, Sasuke had the superior speed Naruto was used to countering this fighting style from all the times with Lee.
"He's as fast as me," Lee said becoming depressed, "Sasuke-san is a true genius to become as proficient as I am in just under a month."
"As fast yes," Neji said, "As proficient? No," Lee turned to his teammate, "Look he's already tiring out." Lee redirected his gaze and saw Sasuke was in fact starting to breath hard. "He lacks the stamina needed to maintain that speed and power. And as we both know it's never wise to face Naruto in a drawn out fight." Lee smiled at the thought even with Lee's training schedule he still could not match Naruto's natural stamina. At times Lee was a little jealous but that only fueled Lee's desire to train harder.
Gai smirked knowingly, "You're student is already tiring, and Naruto's flames are still burring!"
Kakashi looked up over his book, "Sasuke is still holding back," Kakashi replied and went back to his book.
Sasuke was getting tired and while Naruto was breathing hard Sasuke could tell he was not breathing as hard as himself. "Time to end this, Sharingan!" Sasuke's eyes changed and once again charged forward. With the Sharingan activated Sasuke gained the upper hand and repeatedly got through Naruto's blocks. He jumped and kicked Naruto back and back flipped doing the seals for, "Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!"
Naruto seeing the massive fireball had just enough time to perform a quick Kawairimi and replace himself with near by stone. "This ought to surprise him," Naruto thought. He performed about ten hand seals and some water began to condense and form into a Mizu Bushin.
"I've seen this before Idiot!" Sasuke said. He charged and so did the Bushin when Sasuke went to punch and destroy the Bushin he and many people were surprised when Sasuke felt a savvier shock pass through his arm as the Bushin was destroyed. "What the hell was that?"
"Denki Mizu Bushin no Jutsu (Electric Water Clone)," Noza answered Kakashi and Gai's question. "It's a Kiri Kinjutsu, it charges the Mizu Bushin with electricity so when it strikes or gets destroyed the person gets electrocuted."
"When did Naruto learn that?" Gai asked.
"Last time he was in Kiri," Noza answered. "The Mizukage lost a bet to Naruto and the price was for him to teach Naruto one Kinjutsu."
"That was new," Neji said.
"What I am wondering is why Naruto has not used Chakra Pulse?" Lee asked. "Sasuke-san has been using his Sharingan for a while now."
"I would say Naruto is either wanting to show off or waiting for the right time," Neji said. "And knowing Naruto I don't think it's the later." Lee nodded also knowing Naruto's pension of showing off.
Sasuke looked up to see Naruto's smiling face, "Is this all you got?" Naruto taunted.
Sasuke gritted his teeth, "If this Idiot wants to see what I've go then I'll show him." Sasuke then dashed away from Naruto and up the high stadium wall all the way to the top. Once he was there he hung from upside down and did for hand seals.
"What's he doing now?" Naruto wondered as Sasuke's hand began to glow and chakra started to ark off his hand like electricity.
"Chidori," Gai said. "So Sasuke's Taijutsu training was just to increase his speed so he could use your original jutsu."
"Yes," Kakashi said putting away his book. "It was meant to be used against Gaara." He then faced the other Jounins, "We should end this match or Naruto will die."
"Sasuke will never hit Naruto," Noza said.
"Naruto may be fast but he cannot dodge the speed of the attack and the Sharingan," Kakashi said.
"Naruto does not have to," Gai said. "He has a jutsu he invented to be used specifically against Doujutsus."
"Eh?" Kakashi wondered, "Then why didn't he use it before hand?"
Gai and Noza sighed, "He has a tendency to show off."
Sasuke began his descent dragging the Chidori as he went creating a long gash along the wall and the ground as he went. When Sasuke was less than few meters away he wondered why Naruto still had not moved. His answer came when Naruto did two hand seals and shouted, "Chakra Pulse!"
All Sasuke saw was a blinding flash and suddenly his eyes burned with pain, "AAAHHH!" he lost his focus and he jerked his head away from the flash, as a result the Chidori slammed into ground creating an explosion.
In the stands a person wearing an Anbu Captain's uniform performed a Genjutsu that began to put everyone to sleep. Then soon after several explosions around the stadium and inside the village followed. Soon after the explosions several ninja with Suna and Oto hitates jumped from the crowd and started to attack any Konoha shinobi they could see.
While this was happening the Mizukage and Hokage stood up from their chairs and took their fighting stances. The Kazekage stood as well and dropped back into a guarded stance. "I am wondering what you plan to do against to Kages Orochimaru?" the Hokage asked.
Orochimaru ripped of the Kazekage robes and laughed, "Kukukuku, so you knew it was me, Sarutobi-sensei? How did you know it was me?"
"You play with your snakes too much," the Mizukage said. "You always have their smell. You should really bathe more."
Orochimaru frowned at the Mizukage's statement, "While I could easily defeat one of you," Orochimaru said, "But I cannot defeat both of you so…" he threw several kunais to distract the two and jumped down from the booth.
When the two Kages made a move to follow four voices called out, "Shishenjin! (Four Man Purple Flame Array)." A large barrier appeared blocking the Kages from following, they looked to the corners and saw four Oto-nins forming the barrier. And as the made their way to kill the four shinobi they formed another barrier around themselves.
In the arena Sasuke had recovered from pain in his eyes and looked around at all the chaos, "What's happening?" he thought. He turned to Naruto and saw he was just as confused as Sasuke.
"I think we need to get out of here Sasuke," Naruto suggested. "We're under attack by Oto and Suna ninjas."
"I don't run from a fight Idiot," Sasuke said.
"Well said Sasuke-kun," a voice said not far away. The two Gennin turned to see a pale-faced man they both recognized from the second exam. "You should come with me, I can give you the power you need." Orochimaru made a seal and Sasuke spasmed once as his Curse Seal started to glow.
"Yes these weaklings can't help me," Sasuke said in a slightly trance like state.
"Sasuke what are you doing?" Naruto wondered he saw Sasuke begin to walk forward.
"All that maters is my…" Sasuke never finished as two Jounins appeared in between the Gennins and Orochimaru, knocking him out.
"Naruto," Kakashi said, "Take Sasuke to safety, and stay out of the way, you're too low on Chakra help."
"Do as he says Naruto," Noza said. "We'll take care of him." Naruto nodded and picked up Sasuke's unconscious body and ran in the opposite direction.
Orochimaru made attempt to intercept them but Kakashi threw several kunais in his path, "Copycat Kakashi and Noza of the Seven Swordsman, do you really think you can stop me?"
"We don't have to," Noza said. "All we have to do is delay you enough for the Kages to break free and they will take care of you."
"Can you really afford to do that?" Orochimaru smirked, "My forces have summoned my pets by now and the are destroying your pathetic village." To reinforce this a large explosion was heard from outside the stadium.
Kakashi smiled under his mask, "I wouldn't be so sure about that, you're not the only Sannin in the village. Jiraiya will make quick work of those snakes."
Orochimaru frowned, "I had not accounted for that fool being here," he thought angrily if one thing Orochimaru hated was his plans not succeeding. He then glanced toward the Kage booth and saw the Kages move to the sides of the barrier. "They'll soon break free, and Jiraiya here I can't defeat them and get Sasuke-kun!" "I guess I'll have to take my leave then." He made a fast dash to the wall and the two Jounin went to intercept only to be intersected by two Oto Jounins.
In the Kage booth the Kages were about to reach and kill two of the Oto-nins in order to bring down the barrier when one of the Oto-nins called out, "Orochimaru-sama is escaping, we must follow." A sudden flash blinded the Kages for moment and the four shinobi dropped the barrier. Running quickly they met up with their master and the five ran from of the stadium.
Two Anbu suddenly came before the Kages, "Hokage-sama, Mizukage-sama are you injured?"
"No," the Hokage answered. "But Orochimaru is escaping we must pursue." The Anbu nodded and were about to pursue when the Mizukage spoke.
"I'll shall join you," he said. "Those are obviously Orochimaru's best and you will need help. Besides Orochimaru is a plague on all the villages there is not one that he is not or will not be a threat in future."
The Anbu were somewhat reluctant to allow him to join in the pursuit. Even allies in the shinobi villages are not always trusted. At this moment Suna is a very good example. The Hokage over road any objection, "Very well let us go." The Mizukage nodded and they left intersect of Orochimaru.
Else where in the village Konoha was, to many of the invader's surprise, deserted. "Where is everyone?" an Oto-nin asked.
His answer was a giant hand smashing him into the wall. The other Oto-nins around them saw as a giant shinobi toward over them. "It feels good to be part of the InoShikaCho team once again," the giant said.
"You said it Chomaru," a scared brown haired man said. He made a seal and his shadow stretched out to another Oto-nin then hands of shadow came up and broke the enemies neck. "Inoshin you're turn!"
"You got it, Shikato," Inoshin, a blonde haired man with a ponytail said. He performed some hand seals and an Oto-nin attacked his teammate while the teammate wondered what happened.
Not far away five Suna shinobi were being chased by a pack of dogs, "Come let's show them what happens were the Inuzuka clan of Konoha can do!" a feral looking woman called.
"Yes Okasan!" another feral, yet younger, looking woman said, as she directed two of the dogs to one of the Suna-nins.
Near the main gates a giant three-headed snake was slowly making its way to the town. Several shinobi were seen fighting it but nothing they were doing was having any affect. When it was just entering the village proper a shout, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" and a giant toad dropped from the sky and crushed the snake. When the shinobi looked to where the voice originated from they saw Jiraiya doing his dance saying, "Yes now you know the power of the magnificent toad summoned by the Legendary Ladies Man Jiraiya!" Scenes such as these repeated themselves all over Konoha as the invading force was pushed back. Soon it became apparent to all those that Konoha was not going to fall and the enemy sounded the retreat. Once the enemy ninjas began to withdraw many of the Konoha shinobi began to cheer in victory. No one knew that at that moment tragedy struck less than a few kilometers from the stadium.