Hey everyone, how ya been? I'm back with chapter 10 and with this chapter comes the preliminaries. I won't be writing out every fight for this or we would end up being here for a while. At most I will only write out two or three fights for the prelims, and then continue on with the story. And to answer a question of Darkwarp, the rinnegan will be the normal rinnegan just like the sage of six paths. Now on with the story.
Naruto stood in the middle of a small arena along with the other teams that had made it this far. Altogether, nine teams had made it passed the second part of the exams. As he looked around the area, he saw the senseis of each team standing above them on the walkways that went around the room. One sensei caught his attention more than the others.
"You feel that Kurama?" Naruto asked as he stared at the Oto jonin.
"Yeah, there's no doubt about it. That's Orochimaru alright. I guess he did get away after all. What are you going to do?" Kurama asked the blond.
"Nothing for now. There are too many people here and we have no idea of what he has planned right now. Just keep an eye on him for now and if you notice anything let me know." Naruto said getting a mental nod from Kurama.
"Welcome to the second half of the second part of the chunin exams. There are nine teams here which means we have twenty-seven of you hoping to become chunin. Now before we can continue on with the exams, we have to lower the number a bit so we are going to hold a round of preliminary matches. One of you will get a by to the next round since we have an uneven number of participants. If you name doesn't appear on the board behind me, please go to the walkways to watch the match." Hayate explained in between coughs.
An electronic board starting running through names until it stopped on two random names. All but the two whose names were shown moved out of the arena to watch the match. Naruto leaned on the rail next to his sensei as Hinata, Fu, and Ino joined him.
"Who do you think will win Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked even though she was sure she knew the answer.
"Shino has this one won. Sakura never really liked bugs and if she still hasn't gotten over that then she already lost." Naruto replied with a smile.
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Back down on the floor Shino stood staring at Sakura. "It would be wise for you to surrender Sakura-san." Shino said in his normal monotone voice.
"I ain't quitting so bring it on." Sakura replied as she threw two kunai at Shino who easily dodged to the right.
He raised he hand as a swarm of insects flew from his sleeve at the pinkette. Sakura dodged the insects and started to throw more weapons at Shino until she saw a few of his insects on her hand. She started comically throwing her hands around trying to get the bugs off her getting a round of laughter from some of the other contestants. While Sakura was distracted, Shino sent out another wave of insects that grew into a large cloud of bugs that floated over the girl.
"Surrender now Sakura-san before I let my insects descend." Shino said.
Sakura looked around for a few moments trying to find a way out but couldn't. She hung her head as she raised her hand and surrendered. Both genin jumped out of the arena to watch the next match. The next few matches weren't much to watch. The first match had Fu and Lee against Kiba and Zaku. Fu and Lee quickly put an end to the match with Lee's speed and Fu's water jutsu. The next match could hardly even be called a match. It was Jugo vs. Yoroi with Jugo winning. Jugo knew what nature chakra could do to someone who couldn't control it, so when Yoroi started absorbing Jugo's chakra. Jugo just allowed him to do so until Yoroi was turned to stone making Jugo the winner.
Everyone watched as the board shuffled through names again. When the names were chosen, Hinata and Naruto were both unsure of what would happened. The next match was Hinata vs. Neji. Naruto knew that Hinata was strong in her own right, but with being injured by Orochimaru just a few days ago. He was unsure if she could handle it or not.
Hinata started walking down to the floor but was stopped by Naruto. "Hinata-chan, are you sure about this? I know you are strong but can you handle it with what happened with Orochimaru?" Naruto asked worried.
"I have to try Naruto-kun. I won't run from Neji anymore." Hinata replied with a smile getting a nod from Naruto.
"Just be careful Hinata-chan."
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Naruto gripped the rail hard enough to bend the metal slightly as he watched the match. Hinata started out putting up a good fight against her cousin. But then the injury she suffered from Orochimaru started bothering her. She struggled to defend against Neji's attacks but she refused to back down. He watched as Neji insulted her and continued to attack nonstop slowly gaining the upper hand. He watched Neji charge up chakra in his fingers for another attack as Kurama spoke to him.
"Kit, stop him now! There is enough chakra in that attack to kill her!" Kurama shouted causing Naruto's eyes to widen before he disappeared from his spot using the shunshin.
Neji was about to connect with his chakra infused fingers when he was kicked in the side of the head and sent flying into the wall. As Naruto landed, his eyes shifted from their normal blue to the rinnegan. "Universal pull." Naruto said as he held his hand up to Neji.
Neji was pulled from his spot against the walk straight for Naruto. Naruto grabbed him by the neck and spun and planted Neji in the wall beside him. Neji's sensei Might Guy landed behind Naruto. "That's enough Naruto."
Naruto paid Guy no attention as he stared as the wide eyed Hyuuga. "You try and harm Hinata-chan again, and I will make sure you pay. You better hope I am not your opponent next time." Naruto said as he tossed the Hyuuga at his sensei. He then picked up Hinata and carried her as the medics led him out of the area.
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Naruto walked back into the fighting area about half an hour later. The first thing he saw was the two Oto males yelling and hitting their female teammate. As the bandage wrapped ninja went to strike the girl again, Naruto appeared behind him and caught his wrist. "You aren't supposed to hit women." Naruto said as he walked in front of the girl.
"She is an Oto ninja, this doesn't concern you brat." Spoke the disguised Orochimaru.
Naruto looked over his shoulder at the scared look the girl was given him. "Do you want to stay in Oto? If you want, I can give you protection here in Konoha under my clan?" Naruto asked getting a nod from the girl and shocked looks from her teammates.
Naruto started walking but stopped next to Orochimaru. "You better watch your back Hebi-teme. I am sure Hokage-sama knows you are here."
"So you know it's me. How did you find out?" Orochimaru asked with a small smirk on his face.
"I have the kyuubi sealed within me, I can sense negative emotions and the ones coming from you now are just the same as from the forest. You harm anyone I care about and you will not leave alive." Naruto replied before placing his hand on the Oto female's shoulder and using the shunshin to appear next to Kurenai.
"Sensei, can you get Neko-chan for me?" Naruto asked. Kurenai raised an eyebrow but nodded her head. She vanished and reappeared a few minutes later with anbu neko.
Naruto turned to the sound ninja and spoke. "What is your name?"
"Kin Tsuchi." Kin replied.
Naruto smiled at the girl as he spoke. "My name is Naruto Uzumaki. This is my adopted big sister, I need you to go with her and tell her everything you can about Orochimaru."
Neko stepped forward causing Kin to step back in fear. "Would it help if I send a shadow clone with you?" Naruto asked getting a nod from Kin. Naruto made a shadow clone and Kin instantly grabbed his hand before Naruto turned to Neko. "I can take her to the T&I department. Will you let jiji know Orochimaru is here as the Oto team's sensei?" Naruto asked getting a nod from Neko before the three vanished.
"So what fights did I miss?" Naruto asked.
"Suigetsu won against Kin, Karin won against Chouji, and Shikamaru won against Misumi." Ino said as they all turned back to the arena.
"So that leaves eleven of us left to fight." Naruto said mainly to himself.
"And one of them is Shukaku's host. You and Chomei's host are the only two who stand a chance against him so if he does fight, it had better be against you kit." Kurama said from his mind getting a nod from the blond.
"How is Hinata-chan?" Fu asked.
"She will be fine. She has some bruises and a few scratches from how hard Neji was attacking but she will be fine with some rest." Naruto replied getting a nod from the mint haired girl.
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Naruto stood watching the match between the two competitors. After he had returned from taking Hinata to the medics, Temari had faced off against Dosu and had pulled of a win over the sound genin. Now, it was Sasuke against Kabuto. As Naruto watched the match continue, he noticed that something was off.
"Something isn't right." Naruto said mainly to himself but got his remaining team members along with Ino and Fu to look at him.
"What do you mean Naruto?" Kurenai asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Kabuto is stronger than this, I can sense it. He is looking at Sasuke like he wants to kill him, like he could kill him. Instead, he is just taking a beating while trying to make it look like he is putting up a fight." Naruto replied.
"Shouldn't we tell someone then?" Ino asked.
"It would do us no good. We have no proof that he is holding back and letting Uchiha-san win." Shino replied in his monotone voice.
The others just returned to watching the match. After about another ten minutes, Sasuke was declared the winner and both genin moved off the floor. As the names were cycled through, Naruto just hoped that Gaara's name wouldn't be picked.
"I need Naruto Uzumaki, Ino Yamanaka, Tenten, and Kankuro to come down please." Hayate announced from the arena floor. "Gaara will automatically advance to the finals."
"You ready to do this Ino-chan?" Naruto asked as he looked to his fellow blond.
"As ready as I'm gonna be. I guess it's time to see if that training you have helped me with has done anything for me." Ino replied as the two blonds jumped over the railing and landed in front of their opponents for the match.
"So how much are you going to show of your power kit?" Kurama asked as Naruto stared at the two genin in front of him.
"Nothing on the scale of the rasengan or your power just yet. I need a few surprises to keep for later. Tenten uses weapons so a few wind jutsus should be able to handle her attacks. I don't know what the puppet user is capable of so we'll just need to be careful with him." Naruto replied.
"You can sense that the one in front of you isn't the human right?" Kurama asked the blond.
"Yeah I already noticed it." Naruto replied before turning his attention to Hayate.
"Begin" Hayate announced before moving out of the way.
Naruto unsealed a kunai and threw it at Kankuro as soon as the match started. Kankuro dodged to the side before staring at the blond. "Why don't you quit hiding behind your puppet and play with the rest of us?" Naruto asked.
The wrappings on the bundle on Kankuro's back came undone to reveal another Kankuro before the first one turned back into the puppet. "So you managed to see through the henge. Not bad." Kankuro replied as he moved his fingers and the puppet started shooting senbon at the blond.
While Naruto was dodging the senbon, Ino was dodging sword strikes from Tenten as she pushed the blond backwards. Ino knew that Tenten was skilled in weapon use and that she needed to get some distance between her and the weapon user to launch her own attack. She blocked another strike from Tenten's blade with a kunai as she was pushed backwards once again. As she was sliding back, she made a set of hand signs and finished just as she came to a stop.
"Lightning style: electromagnetic murder." Ino pushed her hands forward as lightning shot from her hands and flew at Tenten. Right as the lightning was about to strike, Tenten jumped above it and threw a few kunai at Ino as the blond dodged to the right.
Kankuro saw Ino jump towards Naruto and Saw Tenten preparing her scrolls for some sort of attack. He pulled his puppet back to him getting a confused look from the blond. "Backing down already?" Naruto asked.
"I would just rather keep my puppet from getting hit by a stray attack." Kankuro replied with a smirk.
Before Naruto could reply, he heard Tenten shout out behind him. "Twin rising dragons." Naruto spun around to see Tenten start raining down weapons over Ino. Naruto ran towards Ino as he made two shadow clones that unsealed his mother's scythe from a seal on his wrist. The two clones stood in front of the two blonds and began spinning the scythes in an attempt to block the weapons that were coming from Tenten.
Seeing one of the clones get dispelled, Naruto started making his own set of hand signs. Just as the last clone popped, Naruto released his jutsu. "Wind style: great breakthrough." Naruto blew out a large gust of wind that knocked the other weapons out of the way and pushed Tenten back next to Kankuro.
"Thanks Naruto-kun." Ino replied as she stood next to her fellow blond.
"No problem. Can you charge up another electric jutsu?" Naruto asked.
"Yeah why?" Ino replied as she and Naruto both started making hand signs.
"When my jutsu connects, launch yours. Water style: hydra destruction." Naruto said as he slammed his hands to the ground as five water spouts erupted from the floor. The five spouts joined together to take on the form of a creature with five heads.
The heads of the creature launched forward and started striking at the other two genin. Tenten and Kankuro started dodging the water attack as well as they could. After a few minutes of dodging, both genin were struck by one of the five heads and held in the mouth of the creature.
"Lightning style: electric strike." Ino called out as she clapped her hands together and sent a bolt of lightning flying at Naruto's jutsu. The lightning struck the water shocking the two genin trapped in the attack. After a few seconds of holding the jutsus, Naruto and Ino both released them only for Kankuro and Tenten to fall to the floor unconscious.
After Tenten and Kankuro were taken by the medics, the genin that advanced to the final were all lined up in front of the hokage. "You have done well in making it this far in the exams. You will all have one month to prepare yourselves for the finals." Hiruzen started.
"Will we know who our opponents will be?" Suigetsu asked.
"Not until your time to participate in the finals. This way you all will have to train hard and work on different ways of not only beating one or two people, but each of the winners in today's matches. You have one month to train and get as strong as you can to represent your village and try to obtain the rank of chunin. I wish you all the best of luck." Hiruzen finished as he turned and left as each of the remaining ninja started heading back to the village.
And done. This chapter took a lot longer than I wanted it to. I wasn't really satisfied with the way it turned out but I hope you all still like it as it's the best I could do. It will get better during the finals in the next few chapters. Although the finals won't start next chapter, gonna make a quick stop to Uzushio first before we get on to the finals and the invasion.
There will be a poll up on my profile in the next day or so, but I will go ahead and let everyone know the question here. "Should Naruto's girls get a personal summon from both the dragons and the Yugioh monsters that will be introduced here soon?"
Naruto's personal summon for the yugioh monsters is already chosen and is one of my favorite cards, the dark magician. The boss summons for the yugioh monsters will have six different ones, the winged dragon of ra will be the main boss summon with the other two god cards and the three sacred beasts cards from the GX series making up a council of sorts. Send in your suggestions of what summons you want the girls to have either by review or PM.
Anyways that's all for now so until next time, peace out.