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Naruto: The Fox Sage
Chapter 10: Chunin Exams Part 3
"That was fast." remarked Haku with a smile.
"Hey, it means you don't have to deal with it later." Naruto smiled while patting her on the back. "Word of advice, try not to rough him up TOO badly."
"Aww... Do I have to?" She pouted
"Well...alright, just try not to kill him, wouldn't want you getting disqualified."
Haku nodded, kissing him before heading down to the area with Dosu doing the same "Hopefully you don't lose so easily this time." Haku commented casually
"Tough talk, but I guarantee you this match will end badly for you." he frowned
"Really?" She smirked as they stood across from each other. "I should say the same thing to you."
"Contestants ready?!" The Jonin called. Both of them nodded while getting into ready stances "Begin!" the Jonin brought his arm down as the match officially began.
Haku pulled out some Senbon, holding them in one hand
Dosu brought his gauntlet out before making the first move and rushed at her.
Haku stood her ground, preparing herself
Dosu swung his gauntlet arm towards her head while Haku leaned back, the gauntlets nearly touching her hair, before she pulled herself up and used her momentum to spin around and stab a Senbon into his side
"One." She commented, backing up. Dosu hissed from that before glaring at the woman and swung again, but this time gave his gauntlet a flick, causing an invisible wave of sound to come out. Haku did not see the attack coming and gasped, being thrown back as she dug her heels into the ground. She heard a ringing in her ears and tried covering them to block it out while giving Dosu the chance to charge and slam his foot into her gut, making her fall back on her back with some of the air knocked out of her 'What was that?' she thought, trying to catch her breath as Dosu casually walked towards her.
"What's wrong? Having a hard time standing up?" he mocked before kicking her in the side making her cough before he slammed his fist across her face making blood fall out as he grabbed her head with the gauntlet arm. "Don't worry; this next attack will help with your pain."
"Two." Haku hissed, jamming a second into his arm
"I don't know what you're trying, but it won't matter." he spoke before flicking the gauntlet again sending out another wave of sound which made Haku's ears ring louder however the attack when completely off course, going up and into the roof
"Three." Haku continued, punching his elbow and making Dosu release her before she slammed another senbon into his right thigh "Four." She put a foreign Senbon into his other leg before she managed to back up
Dosu had tried to counter her but he was having trouble steadying one of his arms, it was constantly shaking, and his legs felt like lead "H-Hey! What's going on?" He yelled
"Pressure points. Once I reach ten, once you can't move, I win." She grinned holding more up before throwing one into his left shoulder making it feel heavier. "Five."
"Why you..." He hissed, trying to walk and nearly falling face first
Haku smirked, a hand covering her mouth as she coughed up some blood from her earlier injuries. She also noticed her vision was a little off balance, but not too dangerous or life threatening 'The match has basically became, who falls first.' she thought, taking a few deep breaths before taking out two senbon and threw them at Dosu who stumbled to avoid them and tried running at her. It seemed like he was slowly adapting to how sluggish his body was. He tried using his one semi-useful arm to try and shoot another sound blast at her but his arm was shaking too much for him to aim
'Damn it! I need to end this before she gets anymore senbon in me!' He thought, just shooting random sound blasts
Haku gritted her teeth when some hit her feet causing the sound to transmit through her blood stream. She stumbled, catching herself and throwing a few Senbon at him. They got his chest making him groan "Seven." Haku smirked as she readied the last three, finally working out exactly how to dodge the sound based attacks. With one hand she went through a series of seals, a mist filling the arena
"You...won't...win!" Dosu hissed but he could not see anything. Two Senbon stabbed him in the back and he yelled in pain
"Eight. And nine." Haku's voice echoed from every direction "You can't see me, can you? You can't hit me, can you? Your entire attack strategy is based off point and fire. How pathetic."
"I AM NOT PATHETIC!" Dosu yelled only for one last Senbon to stab into his neck
"Ten." Haku counted, the most daring as the sound ninja fell to the floor unconscious with a loud 'SMACK'. Haku turned to the referee calmly "He will be out for several days. Will you call it?"
The Jonin nodded and held his hand up. "Haku is the winner and will proceed."
As Haku walked back into the stands she almost fell into Naruto's arms, smiling "I got him." She smiled
"That you did." He nodded and kissed her quickly
"Next contestant!" The Jonin called as the board changed names wagon
Choji
Vs
Kankuro
"Alight! Time to show how awesome I am." Kankuro smirked as he jumped down
"Good luck Mr War Paint!" Naruto called down
"IT'S MAKE UP!" Kankuro yelled on instinct, not realising what he said, and froze
...
Naruto and Temari burst out laughing, Naruto nearly falling "I got him!" He cheered, holding his hand up for a high five. Temari returned it weakly as she whiped tears from her eyes. Naruto then moved the hand over to Gaara, asking for a high five. After a few seconds Gaara raised his hand and awkwardly returned the high five, tapping their palms together as Gaara had a small smile on his face
"Let's just get this over with." Kankuro grumbled as Choji walked down finishing up his chips and setting the bag to the side while cracking his knuckles. 'This won't last long, I'll get him in close and finish this in a minute flat.'
'Ok, just focus on what Ino taught you. Don't get worked up and come up with a strategy.' Choji thought
*with the Hokage*
"This will be interesting." Saratobi chuckled softly from Naruto's earlier joke when he felt a presence behind him
"Old man, don't react. No one else can hear or see me." Naruto's voice came from beside him, the teen seeming to appear out of nowhere "I am an illusion. Cast on you. I need to give you some info and it's too dangerous to send it through a messenger. Orochimaru attacked me and my team in the forest."
Sarutobi's eyes widened, but thanks to his years of experience he just gave a discreet nod while stunned and horrified.
"He intended to kill us. Nearly did to. Said one of us 'took what was his' or something like that. Attempted to bite my neck but he got Sakura instead, put some sort of seal on it." The Naruto illusion continued "Also you might want to get someone to look at the seal on Gaara's head, he holds the one tail. The seal is crap. Later." And with that the illusion faded
'My god, Orochimaru? Here of all times? This means he's planning something, but what? Could he be after the jinchuuriki? Is that why he tried to go for Naruto? To try and sway him? I'll need to stay quiet and make sure until AFTER the matches are done and then work on a counter move without arousing suspicion. If he finds out what I'm doing he'll pull back and we may lose this chance to stop him for good.' The elder Hokage thought 'The Kazekage has some explaining to do for not warning me his son was the One Tail's jinchuuriki. Wait... Went after Team 7 with the intent to kill. But why? I can see Feb advantage he could obtain by killing Haku and Naruto, gaining the genetics for the ice Keki Genkai and removing the nine tails jinchuuriki in one blow. The later implying he had something big planned. But Sakura?... Stole something from him? His obsession is to learn every Jutsu. Which could be helped with... The Sharingan. Which Sasuke recently obtained only to be blinded... Getting rid of Haku and Naruto was just the bonus...' Saratobi's eyes turned to Sakura, ever so slightly, with realisation and suspicion in them '... It is time I properly investigate you, Ms Haruno.'
Back at the battle Choji and Kankuro where going all out with Choji trying to land a strike with his bare fists and Kankuro ducking and dodging while landing a knee blow to Choji's stomach 'This is harder than I expected.' Kankuro thought, unwrapping the large bandage ball on his back revealing... A human sized wooden pulled making Choji's eyes widen before the puppet suddenly looked at him and lashed out making him jump back and narrowly missing its hands with threads of chakra coming from its back and leading to Kankuro's finger tips.
"What the hell?!" Kiba yelled "How the hell is he doing that?!"
"Kankuro is a puppet master." smirked Temari.
"The hell's that?" Kiba asked
"Just watch and you'll learn." Temari stated simply
Kankuro smirked and swung his hands up making the puppet lung at Choji who paled seeing the creepy face and dodged to the right. The puppet was moving in a very inhuman way
"Come on Choji! Don't get scared!" called Ino.
"Go Kankuro!" Temari called, the two glaring a bit
"Choji's gonna kick that make up wearing brother of yours ass."
"He is much stronger than your fatso."
And just like that, Ino and Shikamaru paled while Choji stopped just as the puppet latched around him with his eyes suddenly becoming shadowed.
"What's going on?" Naruto wondered
"I'M NOT FAT!" Choji roared before forming a handsign even if he was restrained. "Expansion jutsu!"
Kankuro's eyes widened, seeing his opponent expand almost like a balloon which caused his puppet to let go as they saw Choji's limbs and head slide into his body like a turtle "What the hell?!" Kankuro yelled as he jumped back
"Human boulder jutsu!" yelled Choji as he began to roll like a bolder making Kankuro turn and start running. It was almost like a cartoon, seeing the action going in before them. It was almost like a cartoon, the other Genin thought while seeing the action going on before their eyes as Choji rolled after Kankuro who brought his puppet up near him and made it open its mouth which caused it to shoot kunai out towards the human boulder…... and the puppet was then run over like road kill
"FUCK!" Kankuro yelled... Only to realise his Chakra strings had wrapped around Choji like a yo-yo, making the puppitear grin, swinging his arms with all his might and forcing Choji to crash into a wall
CRASH!
The genin watching were surprised while seeing the huge shinobi embedded in the wall. Choji slowly shrunk down, unconscious
"Kankuro is the winner." The Jonin called
"Told you, flatty." Temari smirked, hugging one of Naruto's arms
Ino steamed up hearing and seeing this while Shikamaru headed down to drag Choji up from the floor "Shut it you sand bitch!" Ino glared, grabbing Naruto's other arm with the two quickly preforming a tug of war
Naruto groaned from the grips with Sakura watching this with a hollow look as she gripped her palms so hard they nearly drew blood "Can't we just get along?" He grumbled
"You seem close to that sand ninja, Naruto." TenTen commented casually, snickering "Did you two spend some 'fun' time before the exam started?"
"Not yet." Temari smirked at Ino making the blond grit her teeth with Sakura NOW drawing some blood at the images.
TenTen
Vs
Temari
"Looks like you're up." smirked Ino as Temari let go of Naruto's arm.
"Looks like it." Temari nodded before she pulled Naruto into a kiss making Ino fume, TenTen blush, and Sakura look close enough to ripping her head off. Temari jumped down, ready for battle while TenTen did the same with a serious expression. Temari pulled her fan from her back, extending the massive weapon with a flick of her wrist
"Try to last longer, that is if you can." TenTen replied by pulling out a scroll
"Naruto..." Hinata mumbled as she walked up to him
"Huh?" He blinked, in a bit of a stupor from the surprise kiss making Hinata frown "Oh! H-Hey Hinata."
Hinata replied by kissing him deeper than Temari had while holding him by the shoulders making Sakura grit her teeth and Ino huff "He's ours. You want in, you talk to us." She frowned at Ino and Temari, pulling the still tired Haku close to them.
"Huh? I'm awake, what?" She blinked; exhausted from the injuries she had taken earlier
"Begin!" The Jonin said, cutting into this teen drama while thinking 'That lucky bastard. Wish I had his luck when I was his age.'
TenTen pulled out two scrolls and set them on both sides of her before she started going through hand signs. She opened the scrolls and began to unleash a barrage of different weapons while jumping into the air while throwing them where Temari was...only to suddenly see she was gone "What?" She blinked and gasped
"Are you blind? I'm over here." called Temari on the space to the right.
TenTen blinked and looked over only to be blasted back by a gust of wind which blew the weapons away too as it showed Temari with a purple dot shown on her fan with TenTen hitting the wall.
"You should aim before throwing them." Temari mocked, leaning against her fan. TenTen frowned and got back up before jumping into the air and moved her hands to her body with the weapons on the floor shaking before they rose up into the air.
"Damn she's strong." Naruto blinked before noticing how each weapon had a thin string wrapped each of them before TenTen sent them flying at Temari "The amount of strength to move that much metal via a piece of string... And so easily... Damn." Naruto blinked
Temari smirked and waved her fan, the weapons missing her by a mile as they embedded in the floor and a second dot was seen on her fan. "Wow, you must need glasses if you keep missing."
"Wind Jutsu." Haku realized while TenTen landed and tried running at Temari. "That's how she's moving so quick."
"And now she is deflecting the weapons, making it look like they are missing." Neji commented uncaringly
"I really am the worst person you could be facing, girly." Temari smirked before opening her fan up to show a third dot before pulling it back behind her and swung it, causing a huge gust of wind to crash into TenTen. TenTen flinched as she was sent flying back, gasping as she crashed on the ground and bounced
"What's with those dots?" Ino wondered with a frown
"A measure." spoke Haku. "Each of the dots represents the strength of the wind when the fan is swung. One is the weakest and it goes up the more dots are shown. It's like a door, if its opened a little it lets a little air in, but the larger the opening the more air will come through. Similar here, but in reverse."
"You're real smart Haku." Naruto praised
"Thank you." she smiled while Temari walked towards TenTen.
"Give up, it's over." Temari stated simply with a smirk. "If you do, I won't hurt your pride anymore."
"I'm not done yet!" TenTen snapped as she pulled out a GIANT scroll!
"Where the hell was she hiding that?" questioned Shikamaru.
"I don't WANT to know." Hinata flinched while Temari tried folding up her fan and swinging it like a club, but TenTen used her scroll to block and push it away.
"Time... For my finale..." TenTen hissed
"Then bring it panda girl." Temari frowned as she jumped up and released the contents of her scroll. To put it simply... It was a ball of death and pain
"Take this!" TenTen yelled as she threw the massive ball of weapons at Temari. The sand ninja smirked and unfolded her fan, unleashing powerful waves of wind one after another which blew them away and caused several to cut TenTen on her skin and clothes with some pinning her to the wall. TenTen gasped as all air left her lungs, soon falling... And landing atop Temari's folded fan, the blonde sand ninja holding it casually
"I win." She stated with a grin
"Winner, Temari of the Sand!" The Jonin called
"That seemed rather one sided." remarked Haku.
"TenTen was chosen to lose by fate." Neji stated
"A fate has decided you to be an asshole." muttered Naruto loud enough for Hinata and Haku to hear making both giggle
Naruto
Vs
Kiba
"Aw hell yeah! It's about time I got a chance to kick some ass!" Kiba cheered, pointing at Naruto "Prepare to get your ass kicked looser!"
"What a coincidence, I was thinking the same thing for you." Naruto smiled as he summoned a fox. The fox was tiny, looking very young. It yawned cutely, Naruto picking it up and tickling it gently as he walked down to the arena calmly with Kiba doing the same and cracking his knuckles.
"Naruto will win easy." spoke Sakura to Hinata while keeping her blood covered hands out of Hinata's view. "Kiba won't last five seconds."
"It won't be five seconds, but Kiba won't even touch him." Hinata agreed making Sakura growl internally.
"You ready Akamaru?" Kiba grinned, the dog barking
Naruto sat down, beginning to play with his baby sibling who let out a yip making most of the girls watching smile at how cute it looked.
"... Are you taking this seriously?!" Kiba snapped
"I'm taking you as serious as you deserve." Naruto grinned as he looked at Kiba making the Inuzuka's eyebrow twitch. "So do you wanna make the first move or shall I?"
"Begin!" The Jonin called
Kiba and Akuma yelled as they started... Fighting... Nothing?
They were punching, biting and slashing in front of them like they were fighting someone, their bodies even jolting back and falling over like they were falling over but they were going nowhere close to Naruto and seemed to not even be paying attention to him
"Um...what's going on?" questioned Shikamaru looking at Ino.
"I have no idea." She blinked
Kiba cried out before quickly jumping back and hurled two smoke screen pellets in front which hit as Akamaru landed beside him panting. Naruto just continued to play with the kit, ignoring as Kiba fought his... Whatever it was
"I... Think he has Kiba and Akamaru stuck in his Endless Clone illusion!" Sakura gasped "Go Naruto-kun! Kick their ass!"
Naruto ignored her, still playing with his young sibling as his opponent fought in a fight that was not really happening that only he could see "Who's a good girl? You are." Naruto laughed as played tug of war with the kit while Kiba went flying and crashed into the wall "... Oh well, looks like is time to end it." Naruto frowned as he saw how tired Kiba was; clicking and removing the illusion which made Akamaru look around with Kiba groaning.
"W... What?" He blinked as he stumbled, looking around in confusion "What just happened?" Kiba asked before Naruto punched him hard in the gut. The animal like boy gasped, spitting out some blood, before he fell to the floor unconscious
"That just happened." he grinned before turning to his sibling who ran over to Akamaru and tackled him hard enough to where he rolled and stopped near Kiba, passed out. The fox was standing atop the unconscious dog, yipping happily as it ran around clearly thinking this was a game
"Naruto from Konoha is the winner." the Jonin called
"Sweet!" He smiled while the fox ran over and he picked her up before giving her chin a rub. "Good girl." He praised while walking back up to the walkway. "Hey guys." He smiled
"That was awesome Naruto!" Sakura cheered, hugging him
"You beat him without even fighting him..." Shikamaru blinked
"And I thought you were a knuckle head." Ino teased, pulling Sakura back suddenly making the pinkette growl and slap her hand off her.
'I'm going to kill that blonde bimbo!' Sakura thought without a doubt
Sakura
Vs
Ino
'Yes! Luck is on my side today!' Sakura mentally cheered
"This should be fun, huh Sakura? But I'm not going to lose." Ino smiled at who she saw as her rival
"Oh trust me, I don't plan on it." spoke Sakura in a cold tone.
'Why do I have a bad feeling about this?' Hinata thought, seeing the two girls go down to the arena Both stood across from each other while Ino could swear Sakura's eyes seemed a little... off. They seemed creepy... Insane
"Ready, fight!" The Jonin called
At once the two charged at each other, Ino with a smirk and Sakura with a scowl before they both swung their fists. Ino slipped to the side, letting Sakura's fist slip past her as she knew she was not physically strong enough to take her head on. Sakura however whipped her head to follow and swung her leg up which caught against Ino's arm and caused it to get fulled back when the foot caught on to her elbow.
"Ah!" Ino yelled in pain as she stopped which gave Sakura the chance to swing her other hand and made contact against Ino's cheek. The impact made a massive explosive noise, the blonde being sent back while Ino went skidding against the ground as Sakura calmly walked towards her.
"Did you really think it would be THAT easy?" Sakura snarled
"No, just was hoping to get the first hit in." Ino smiled as she went through hand seals. Sakura however pulled out some kunai and chucked them, aimed right at Ino's head. Ino gasped, dodging barley as some of the Kunai cut her hair slightly "What the hell Sakura?!" She yelled "You could have taken my head off!"
"Don't blame me; we're here to hold nothing back, so I won't." Sakura said emotionlessly
Ino frowned and flashed through several hand seals, flower petals covering the arena "Then try this!" She hissed
Sakura narrowed her eyes while getting a bad feeling on the petals. "Not this shit again." She mumbled
'Again?' Ino thought in confusion, having never shown Sakura these techniques before. In fact no one but her team has seen them before. So how did...
Her thoughts where interrupted as Sakura threw a shuriken at Ino, but hit a few petals instead. The pink haired girl screamed as those flower petals seemed to explode, giving off a bright light that blinded her
"My eyes!" She screamed
Ino took that chance to charge in, tripping Sakura and getting her into a choke hold... Which worked for a few seconds until Sakura stabbed a kunai into her leg "Ah!" Ino yelled in pain as she staggered back, holding her bleeding thigh
"Did you really think that would work? I'm not stopping until you pass out or give up." Sakura said, however she did not mean that. She was not giving up until Ino was DEAD!
Ino hissed in pain and swung her hand up to grab part of Sakura's hair and started pulling the kunai out. Sakura copied Ino as she hissed in pain, reaching for another Kunai and swung it towards Ino's side. Ino caught the hand, using Sakura's Kunai against her by stabbing it into Sakura's back
"Ahhh! You bitch!" Sakura yelled, punching Ino in the chest making her get away and yank the kunai out with a hiss. Sakura stumbled slightly, trying to catch her breath while Ino was stunned at how savage Sakura was being when she expected something a little toned down.
'What happened to her?' Ino thought in fear 'She's acting like we're mortal enemies.'
'Killkillkillkill!' Sakura was thinking savagely while huffing and growling. 'I'll make sure this whore is made as an example for all those other sluts getting close to MY NARUTO-KUN!' She felt pain, the seal on her neck throbbing as the black markings began to cover her body. She charged at Ino, yelling... Only to pass out from blood loss and pain
"Sakura!" Ino called in concern, only to pass out as well
"Both contestants are unconscious! Double knock out!" the Jonin called
'Wow kit, your future mate didn't make it.' remarked Kurama 'Well... One of them.'
'Not right now, this is serious.' he thought while noticing the marks receding back into the seal. He saw some ninja's pick up both girls, taking them off to be treated 'What happened to Sakura? It was like she was a completely different person.'
'The Thunder Brothers said she was trouble.' Kurama agreed 'And I've always felt something off about her. Just under the surface. I assumed it was that drama with her mother.'
'Maybe I should talk to her after the matches are over. And make sure Ino didn't take too much damage.' Naruto thought, sighing
Shikamaru
Vs
Kin
"Guess it's my turn." sighed Shikamaru. "What a drag."
"Alright, easy win." Kin herself cracked her knuckles while they both headed down.
"Wonder who will win this." Haku wondered
"Are both fighters ready?" The Jonin asked, the two nodding "Begin!"
Kin pulled out two senbon and threw them, Shikamaru dodging easily "Hey! She's stolen my style!" Haku called, joking a bit
"Don't be mad dear, I'll cheer you up later." joked Naruto slightly "... But why did you not use any ice Jutsu in your match, by the way?" He whispered to her, honestly curious
"Why did you just use just an illusion? Best to keep your tricks close to your chest." She smiled and kissed him
"I... I've been doing this for years!" Kin called back at Haku, blushing a bit before she threw more Senbon at Shikamaru who quickly avoided while not noticing a pair of bells on a few of them.
Suddenly he fell over, screaming in pain with Kin smirking as he tried covering his ears "AAAAHHHH!"
"Nice try, but that's not going to work." She taunted, pulling out the two Senbon with bells on them before tossing them at the boy.
Shikamaru moved out of the way, the bells ringing as the Senbon stabbed into the wall making him yell in pain again 'My head feels like it's gonna split in half.' Shikamaru thought
"What the hell?!" Kankuro gasped "How is she doing that?!"
"Something tells me it's the bells." spoke Temari.
"... I am noticing a pattern with these Sound Ninja." Gaara commented simply
Kin smirked while giving a tug on the bells, via nearly invisible wire attached to them, which kept making sound waves effecting Shikamaru's sense of hearing and balance. It was like the world was spinning and his skull was being cracked from the inside. He looked at the girl and swore he saw three of her making him grit his teeth. 'If I lose here, Ino won't ever shut up about it.' He thought as he went through some hand seals, ignoring the pain
"Whatever you're trying it won't work." Kin smirked as she prepared to throw a Senbon only to freeze, finding she could not move her body "W-What?"
"Sorry, could you repeat that?" smirked Shikamaru, standing tall with Kin struggling to move. "You fell into my trap without realizing it."
"W... What happened?" She stuttered while glaring at him.
"The string you put on the bells, look down under them." Shikamaru smiled as he moved his head down, Kin's head following his movement and went wide eyed. It was very faint and barely noticeable, but she saw the shadow of the wire connect to hers and his, which was looking darker.
"What... Is that?" She blinked
"My Shadow Possession Jutsu." Shikamaru smiled, calm and ready while raising his arms which made her do the same. "Even if it's tiny and hard to see, that doesn't mean wire still can't cast its own shadow, and you lead it straight to yourself."
"That is a dangerous ability." Haku commented while Shikamaru reached into his pocket, making Kin do the same as both of them pulled out a shuriken. He held them up to their necks, because of the height and body type differences the shuriken not actually touching Shikamaru whole Kin's shuriken was pressed against her throat "H-Hey!"
"Let's be honest, if I move, you slit your jugular and bleed out in seconds. On the other, if you make this easier and surrender, this will be over faster and I won't have to spend too much more time down here than I want."
Kin began to sweat, fear filling her body "Okay! Okay! You win! I give up!" She yelled in fear
"Shikamaru is the winner." The Jonin called, Shikamaru releasing the Jutsu and Kin almost falling over as she panted to try and calm her racing heart
"Now maybe I can take a nap." muttered Shikamaru going back up on the walkway.
Kin whimpered as she followed him back, feeling ashamed she was beaten so easy
SLAP!
She squeaked, jumping as someone slapped her ass
"Someone needs to punish you for stealing my style." Haku whispered into her ear
"Haku, leave the pour girl alone." Naruto signed 'She has been spending TOO MUCH time with Anko.'
"Come now, I'm just being honest." she replied while Kin turned red and covered her rear. "It's not like you wouldn't get a chance to help out."
"Something please change the subject!" Naruto whined
Hinata Hyuga
Vs
Neji Hyuga
Said girl suddenly felt pressure slam on her while Neji himself kept his frown and looked at the girl with a cold look before heading down "Me and my big mouth." Naruto mumbled, rubbing Hinata's back "It's okay, you can do this." He encouraged gently
"T-Thank you Naruto-kun, I'll do my best." She nodded, blushing nervously as she ran down and stood across from her cousin who didn't relax his stance one bit.
"Give up Lady Hinata, you are fated to lose." He stated simply
Hinata gulped while taking her own stance "I.. I w... will not back down, Neji..."
"Ready? Begin!"
At once the battle was on, Neji and Hinata engaging in combat with the same style as they tried to close off the chakra points to the other, but they were evaded or blocked with ease with Hinata doing more defending compared to her cousin. Both had their Byakugan active, their movement's string and precise... And even then it was clear Neji was winning
'Damn it, Hinata's falling back.' Naruto thought, upset 'Why is she playing his game?'
'I need to try harder and show Neji that I'm not going to lose!' Hinata thought, fighting desperately before one of Neji's strikes hit her in the shoulder. She stumbled back, holding her shoulder as Neji relaxed as if mocking her
"Is that all you're capable of lady Hinata? Defending and running away like always?" Neji mocked "Just give up, fate has dictated your lose."
'Does he ever shut up?' Most thought
'He's right.' Hinata thought, depressed before getting a strike to her lower midsection. She gasped up blood, stumbling back and holding her stomach before she fell to her knees
"Hinata!" two voices echoed
"Huh?" She blinked, looking up to see Haku and Naruto where cheering for her
"You can do it!" the two urged
Hinata smiled gently, nodding and looked at Neji who scoffed "You are right Neji. You are better with the Gentle Fist than I am." She commented as she unzipped her bulky jacket, letting it fall off her shoulders and hit the floor. The act revealed her tight black shirt with the fishnet shirt atop that, as well as her attractive body
"Damn..." Kiba muttered as he drooled, soon howling to show what he thought
Hinata fought back her blush, thinking about how Naruto and Kin believed in her while she got into a slightly different Gentle Fist stance "But I am not giving up." She frowned, ready to fight
"You wish to fight against fate? Those who try foolishly perish." Neji scoffed, glaring at her
"Hinata's gonna kick your fate loving ass!" called Naruto. "You can do it babe!"
She nodded while Kiba glared at Naruto and frowned at Neji. "I will not surrender." She commented, walking forward slowly and calmly
"Then you will perish." He spat, charging and aimed his next strike right for her stomach.
Hinata leaned back on her heel and twisted her body, basically pirouetting around his attack. With one arm she pushed his arm up while her other slammed into the left side of his chest right under his ribs. Neji's eyes widened and let out a groan from the impact. He quickly preformed another palm strike, Hinata leaning back and ducking under the strike which she ducked around. She used both arms, striking him hard in the stomach and closing off two chakra paths
"Keep going Hinata!" cheered Naruto.
Hinata was focused, beginning to battle her cousin seriously. Neji was still scoring several hard hits, but she was dancing around most of his strikes and fighting in a way that Neji found unpredictable because it was so different to the Gentle Fist
'What's going on? She shouldn't be this more confidant, let alone using a fighting style that's unlike the regular and proper method!' Neji thought in an almost blind rage as he lunged and aimed both hands towards her chest.
Hinata frowned and dodged the attacks, aiming a strike and hit his stomach making him cough up blood. Neji frowned as he felt like he was going to pass out, so he took a gamble in his fear and panic as he refused to loose. He did a blind strike, slamming his arms down and hitting her back making her face hit the floor
"Hinata!" Naruto yelled in fear
"Na... ru... to..." Hinata groaned, finding it hard to even move
"I told you... Fate... Chose you... To lose." Neji muttered weakly, falling to his knees
"Neji Hyuga wins!" The Jonin called just as Hinata coughed up some blood on the floor.
"Hinata!" Naruto yelled, jumping down and running to her with Haku doing the same as several medics ran in.
"I'm sorry Naruto-Kun... I wasn't good enough." she smiled sadly
"Don't talk like that, you did great." Naruto encouraged, brushing hair from her cheek
"As... I said... A loser." Neji smirked before he passed out
Haku glared before they let the medics look her over. "Will she be alright?"
"She should be fine. She will be treated and need a few weeks rest but she will be fine." One assured
"Thank Kami." sighed Naruto before turning and scowled at Neji's unconscious form.
"I am going to pay you back for this." Naruto glared as the next match was announced
Shino
Vs
Zaku
"'Bout time." muttered the sound nin with Shino being silent. The bug user simply walked into the arena, silent. They stood across from each other with Zaku smirking cockily.
"Begin!" the Jonin roared
Zaku smirked and held his arms out at Shino. "This won't take long, one hit from these and you're dead."
Shino did not seem to even blink "You can try, but that's a brash claim." Shino stated simply, his body language still and calm... At least as far as you could tell with that big coat on
"It's a fact, Decapitating Airwaves!" The Sound Ninja called, shooting a massive blast of air at Shino who crouched and dove to the side as the waves made a large impact against the wall. The attack made a massive hole in the wall, bricks falling to the floor as rubble. Zaku turned and saw Shino run at him, making him smirk. "Decapitating Airwaves!"
"This'll be troublesome." Shikamaru commented casually as they saw Shino seemingly get hit by the technique which kicked up a dust cloud that covered him.
"Shino!" Kiba gasped with everyone silent and looking at the cloud, but saw him crouched down and seemingly got hurt.
"That must have hurt." Naruto commented
"Ha! How do you like that?" laughed Zaku as Shino slowly stood up before he noticed something and went wide eyed. "What the hell?!"
Shino's cheek was covered in small bugs that actually seemed to be popping out of a few holes that were made from the attack with said nin not flinching or even acting surprised.
"That... Is gross." Temari muttered, a bit pale
'Kurama, please tell me I'm not seeing things.' Naruto begged
'Nope, those are real bugs kit, to be precise I think they're kikaichu.'
'Ki-what?'
'A breed of insect I've heard his clan uses, they're parasites who feed off of chakra. They must have a pact with the members to let them live in their body in exchange for the chakra and a home to help them in a battle.'
'... That's gross.'
'Hey, to us foxes, you humans are gross without fur all over your bodies.'
'Point.'
"Naruto, the fights over." Temari poked him
"Huh?" he blinked before looking down and saw Zaku on the ground with one of his arms actually blown off and some of the bugs in the hole in the palm of his hands. "Ok, really gross."
"And now for the final battle!" The Jonin referee called
Gaara of the Sand
Vs
Rock Lee
"Yosh! It is time to show the flames of youth burning inside me!" declared Lee from his position.
"Gaara, please end this quickly." Temari said gently to her brother who looked at her silently.
"...very well." He nodded, smiling softly. Having been able to sleep his mind was clear. In a swirl of sand he teleported to the battle field
Rock Lee himself jumped down and landed across from him with his arm outstretched with the palm facing upwards. "May we show the skills our villages have taught us."
Gaara was silent, sand pouring out of his goard
"Ready? Begin!"
Rock Lee was off like lightning, charging at Gaara like a speeding bullet before the sand came from Gaara's gourd and rose up around him. Lee's fist collided with the sand, feeling like he had punched concrete. He swung again around the side to try a different angle, only to meet the same thing.
"That guys dangerous with his sand." Shikamaru commented
"My brother's defence can't be broken." smirked Temari.
"Defence?" Shino asked
"His sand won't let anything hurt him." Temari commented with confidence
"How?" Naruto asked "The sand... It's like it has a mind of its own."
"I think you'd be able to figure it out in no time." Temari teased, patting his cheek
Everyone watched. Whatever Lee did, Gaara's sand defended him. Every attack was ineffective. Lee did kicks, punches, flips, none of it effective. It was comical for a few moments but then it actually got a bit sad. Finally Lee jumped back and began to undo the bandages around his wrists and ankles
"What's he doing now?" Naruto asked with a frown
"I think he's getting serious, but it won't be enough." smirked Temari.
Lee removed several weights from his hands and wrists, bouncing around softly before he vanished on the spot making Gaara and the people watching widen their eyes in surprise.
'Fast.' Kurama thought in genuine shock, not expecting a Genin to be THAT fast
'You said it.' thought Naruto before they saw a section of sand suddenly get punched.
"Damn!" They both gasped before several other spots were hit at once making Gaara turn with surprise as he couldn't keep track of Lee.
'I must end him, fast.' Gaara thought before he put his hands together as the sand began to rise up and spread out. Lee was like a rabbit made of lightning, bouncing around at extreme speeds making it hard for anyone to see him as he tried going above Gaara 'There.' the red headed boy looked up before making the sand cover around him and made it lung out above.
Lee did not even have time to react as he was slammed against the ceiling with enough force to shatter steel. Some genin winced while the sand slid down to show Lee a little scuffed up with Gaara holding his hand up with the sand constricting Lee's limbs "Time to finish this." He stated simply, clenching his hand with a frown "Sand Burial."
BOOM!
Lee screamed in pain as the sand crushed his limbs before Gaara put him down on the ground and receded the sand to show his limbs now bleeding. "Jonin?" He asked, waiting for the call
"Oh! Gaara is the winner!" The Joni called, being shaken from his shock of Gaara being so butal
"Bit harsh, don't you think Gaara?" Naruto joked as the other winners walked down to the arena floor again, Lee taken to the hospital
"Temari said to make it quick, so I did." He stated simply, his sister smiling lightly
The Hokage and Anko walked forwards, Anko carrying a purple box with a hand sized hole on the top. And several Chunin followed them, pushing a white board with a tournament match up chart "Alright, all of you who have managed to advance will come forward one at a time and take out a ball from this box which will determine who you will be facing in the next part of the chunin exams." Anko explained simply, holding out the box "Now hurry up, I don't have all day." The genin got in a line and began to slowly take their turns taking out the balls.
"7." Shikamaru commented
"2." Gaara said
"8." Temari said, smirking at Shikamaru
"Troublesome." He mumbled
"3." Naruto read off
"1." Haku flinched
"6." Kankuro read out
"Five." Shino stated simply
"Which leaves 4 for Neiji Hyuuga." Anko nodded, the names on the board
'Perfect.' Naruto thought, Kurama laughing evilly in his seal at the pain he knew Naruto would unleash
"The final round of the Exam's will take place soon." Saratobi explained simply "In one month you will all have a chance to truly show off your talents and see if you will progress further from genin into chunin."
The current Genin where silent, looking forward with pride in themselves and eager to further prove themselves
*Time skip*
We find Team 7, well well but Sakura, at a familiar ramen stand the next day "Man, that was sweet." smiled Naruto scarfing down his seventh bowl.
"... Can I begin the meeting now Naruto?" Kakashi deadpanned
"Oh! Right, my bad, go ahead." Naruto said nervously
"First I would like to congratulate you both and say I am proud you made it to the finals." Kakashi nodded making them smile. "But considering how tough the others are going to make the final round for you two, your training is going to need to be upped."
"Right." They nodded, Kakashi sighed
"And Naruto, I am sorry... But I do not think I can help you." Kakashi said sadly
"What?" Naruto blinked in shock
"Considering the training I have to put the two of you through, I simply CAN NOT focus on training you both at the same time. Haku has similar enough specialties that I can help her while you, Naruto. You have an unauthadox ability spread. With your illusions, your chakra reserves, your abilities and whatever else you are hiding from me. I have to say this but I would not even know where to START with your advanced training. At least for a meaningful improvement over a month." Kakashi frowned "Sorry about it."
"Damn." Naruto huffed "Now what?"
"Well, I do have a suggestion." Kakashi smiled
"What is it?" Naruto asked easily
"There is a white haired man, an excellent Ninja. As strong as the Hokage. He will train you." Kakashi smiled "Just tell him your name. He is normally seen around the hot spring."
"Really? What's he called?" Naruto asked cautiously
"Jiraiya, the Toad Sage. One of the three legendary Sannin." Kakashi said, Naruto's face turning dark
"I'll see you two later." He said, leaving the stand
"Naruto!" Haku called in concern
'Don't kill him Kit, you don't want to cause any problems.' Kurama tried to sooth
'Oh I won't kill him, now giving him a REAL painful scar? That's perfectly on the table.' Naruto thought, arriving behind the hot springs and looking around with a frown. 'All I need to do is keep it down so he doesn't see me coming.' Hearing perverted giggles he looked up, seeing a man sitting in a tree looking down at the women's hot spring 'There's the bastard.' Naruto thought, aiming and shooting a fire Jutsu at the guy's ass making him jump high into the air and let out a scream which alerted the girls on the other side of the fence. Time ticked off, Naruto watching and waiting before the man wound up falling down a tree, battered and bruised.
"You brat... Who do you think you are interrupting my research like that!" The man hissed
"Your godson." Naruto stated simply with a glare "Naruto Uzumaki. But you know my real last name, don't you? He was your pupil, right?"
Jiraiya blinked and frowned while standing up and crossed his arms. "Look brat, I don't know how you know that, but I'm-"
"Jiraiya, one of the sannin, and a complete pervert." Naruto cut him off.
"You taught Minato Namikaze. The fourth Hokage. Husband to Kushina Uzumaki. My mother. She was the last host of the 9 failed fox, the Kyubi. I am its current host. Now please stop playing dumb, it only makes you look like a moron."
Jiraiya blinked while Naruto leaned against a wall.
"So... Got anything to say?" Naruto asked "I mean you did kiss every one of my birthdays. And Christmases. Leaving here to be hunted and hurt."
Jiraiya saw the glare Naruto was giving and let out a sigh. "Alright, I'll explain, but please understand I had a good reason."
"Don't care." Naruto stated simply "If you TRULY cared you would have shown up SOMETIME. There has been times you were in the village but you DIDN'T visit me. Oh, I know you payed for my apartment and stuff. Thanks. But what's that going to do when I am alone? Hated? When I NEED someone. A visit every chance you get, make it clear you couldn't stay but you'd be there for me. Something as simple as that. But no. You can from me, from your responsibility and tried to avoid it until it bit you in the ass, when I'd be 'worthy' of standing in your shadow. I was told to come see you for you to train me, but screw that. I came here to hurt you and then tell you I never want to see you again." As Naruto said that he spoke in a slow, cold disgust that dripped venom. He then turned around and began to walk away
Jiraiya went wide eyed while stunned at how casual and bluntly Naruto said all that without hesitation 'Damn it!' he thought, clenching his fists in anger at his failure 'I have to fix this!' he thought, running after Naruto "Hang on!"
"Forget it, I want nothing to do with you." Naruto dismissed
"I said wait, brat!" He snapped, grabbing Naruto by the shoulder before Naruto whirled around just as two foxes came jumping out at the sannin who jumped back in time to avoid their teeth which made him go wide eyed. "What the-"
"Back off!" Naruto snarled
"I... Listen. I'm sorry." Jiraiya sighed, running his hand through his hair "I... You were right. I did run. But not to run from you... I thought I was protecting you. I was... Am irresponsible. I would have done something stupid, probably end up getting you killed. But... You are right. It was the wrong move. I was stupid. I waisted, potentially destroyed, the last connection I had to those two wonderful people. I just... Please. Give me one chance to try and make this right."
"Forget it! You hurt big bro!" snarled one of the foxes making Jiraiya look at them confused.
"Big bro?"
"These Foxes. They and more at my family. I am going to become the first Fox sage, protect my family like they protected me." Naruto said passionately, glaring at Jiraiya "I bet you wouldn't even have a way to 'make this up to me', anyway."
"Wait." he held his hands up. "If you choose to hate me, I won't stop you. But at the very least, hear me out, I do have some stuff I can offer as proof that I'm sorry."
"I don't want any of that smut you write about. Unlike you, I have a few girls who are enough for me."
"It's not filt... Wait, a few girls? What?!" Jiraiya started only to gasp, amazed and proud
"Yes, so you can keep any 'special edition' or whatever volumes you have, and don't try to deny it. If you go around peaking on girls for inspiration, you probably have a few on hand just for autographs to some die hard fans out there."
Jiraiya had to fight back both his anger and pride, knowing there was something more important "Actually... I was going to give you something that is rightfully yours. Your parents legacies... I will teach you their techniques, or at least those I know. And will find any other of their techniques and give you the instructions." He offered, making Naruto's eyes widen
'My... My parents techniques?' he thought. This... This might the only things of theirs he could ever have, the closest thing to a legacy he could inherit and pass on "... Fine. You have a deal." He sighed, the temptation too much