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"First up Kiba inuzuka of Konoha vs shino aburame of Konoha." stated the Gama ANBU, who Sasuke seemed to be staring at with hatred in his eyes.
Sasuke was silently fuming. He had been told by the Hokage that Narutos status in ANBU was already known, as he had been put in the bingo book. After demanding the same training that naruto got, being denied of course, he had moved Naruto up to number one on his list of people to kill.
"Begin!"
Kiba attacked head on, knowing his teammate lacked in Taijutsu. After only two punches, Shino dissolved into bugs. Kiba was kicked in the back, sending him flying. He righted himself, and sprang into another attack, only to see shino dissolve into even more bugs as his fist made contact.
"You cannot win Kiba." stated Shino, once again appearing behind Kiba, only for Akamaru to mark him.
"Like you could ever beat me! Man beast clone! All fours Jutsu!" shouted Kiba, only for Akamaru to drop to the ground, a moment later, so did Kiba.
"You're covered in my Beatles. Forfeit, you have no chance of winning." stated Shino
"Hell no! You're weaker than me! I'm the alpha! And I'll beat... You..." Kiba passed out.
"Um... Winner, Shino aburame of Konoha!" stated Naruto with a sweat drop.
The medics came and got Kiba, while shino just nodded to naruto and walked back to his team.
"Well Kurenai... Shino seems skilled..." stated Asuma with a sweatdrop.
"Would Sasuke Uchiha and Yoroi Akado please come down to the Arena." stated Gama both fighters descended to the field, the Uchiha glaring at the Gama, Yoroi glaring at the Uchiha. "Both fighters ready?"
"Begin!"
Sasuke charged, Sharingan blazing as he threw a fury of punches at the Chest of his opponent, the last one being caught by Yoroi.
"My chakra, what are you doing to my chakra?" demanded Sasuke as he felt his chakra drain.
"This is my ability, I can absorb chakra through the pores in my skin." stated Yoroi.
"Such a simple trick will never top an Uchiha." stated Sasuke as he used his free hand to prop himself up as he kicked Yoroi in the chest and broke free of his grip and immediately started flashing through hand signs "Fire style: Great Fireball Jutsu"
Yoroi avoided most of the fireball, but his right arm was now burnt, along with his right foot.
"Proctor, I Forfeit!" stated Yoroi.
"Winner Sasuke Uchiha." stated Gama. Sasuke looked at Yoroi and started flashing through hand seals. He was abruptly stopped when he felt himself getting picked up by the throat and slammed into a wall. "Stand down Uchiha! You already won this match, if you do anything that cowardly again, I'll kill you myself!"
"You think you're better than me Dobe? Well see, and soon." stated Sasuke as he pushed Naruto off of him and walking back up to the stands. "You are nothing compared to an Uchiha."
"This exam is almost pointless, both matches have taken less than a minute and the strongest of their class was already promoted." stated Asuma quietly to Gai. "And then the Uchiha goes and does something like that. How low can you get..."
"I must agree, the only quality shinobi left from those two years are Lee and Shikamaru... Perhaps shino." stated Gai quitely
"What about Neji?" questioned Asuma
"He is not as strong as he says he is. If lee were to fight him without weights, it would be over in seconds." stated Gai.
"Next match, Rock Lee of Konoha vs Gaara of Suna." called out Gama. "Are both fighters ready?"
"Yes" answered Gaara as he appeared in a swirl of sand.
"Of course!" shouted Lee, simply jumping down.
"Begin!"
Lee shot off like a rocket, his image blurred as he threw a huge kick at Gaara, only to be narrowly blocked by sand that poured out from the large gourd on his back.
"Sorry about that. This sand protects me from attacks by itself. It seems like you will have to use something other than Taijutsu." stated Gaara in an emotionless voice.
"Lee!" shouted Gai "Take them off!"
"Yes Gai sensei!" shouted back lee who jumped up to the top of the statue at the far end of the arena. "Now we will see if your youthful sand can stop my youthful power!"
Suddenly, lee pulled down his leg Warmers and unbuckled a set of leg weights.
"Does he really think that some weight is going to help him beat Gaara?" questioned Temari
"What's 'Youthful power'?" asked Kankuro
As the weights hit the ground the whole building shook and two cracks were formed running the length of the arena. Then Lee disappeared.
Everyone but Gai and Gama were shocked at Lees new found speed, which was nearing high jonin as he danced around Gaara, raining blows at the red head.
To everyone's surprise, only one fourth of the blows were landing on the redhead, and all of them were either blocked with much effort or dodged with much effort, the few times Gaara tried to counter, lee simply dodged them.
Neji had his eyes activated and was grinding his teeth in anger. 'You've been hiding this from me. Why would Gai train you to such an extent when I have more talent? How am I suppose to kill Haishi if my sensei trains the loser instead of me?'
Sasuke was having similar thoughts. 'Such a speed increase! I need to get a pair of weights, no two pairs! If this no name can handle that much than I can as well. Then Danzo and Dobe will fall to my feet.'
"You surprise me greatly. To this date you are only the second person to ever consistently get passed my sand shield. However, it ends here." stated Gaara as he began to surround himself in sand that glowed bronze.
Gaara launched at Lee and was meet fist to fist in mammoth shockwave. "You are very strong my youthful friend! Are you too a genius of hard work?"
"Of a sort. My control over sand due to my demon is high enough that I do not need to be proficient in Tai jutsu. Though two years ago, two friends came into my life and helped me see my faults. Even though my sand defends me automatically, I still work on my taijutsu and ninjutsu." stated Gaara, who then threw a kick at Lee, who blocked and threw his own kick, which was intern blocked.
"That is extremely youthful of you! If you would do my the honor, I wish to make you my newest eternal rival!" requested Lee
"I would glad to. But for now, I must prove my strength." stated Gaara as he became fully encased in sand armor "This ends here!"
"First Gate! Open! Second Gate! Open! Third Gate! Open! Fourth Gate! Open!" shouted Lee as more and more green energy engulfed him. In an instant he had his fist in Gaaras gut, sending him crashing into the wall.
'The gates! Gai taught him to open the goddamn gates and all he ever taught me was teamwork!' thought Neji, rage building as he thought of how much he could do if he could open the gates.
'What are these Gates? How does his power skyrocket? I must learn this!' thought Sasuke as he stared at the two fighting I'm the ring. 'And that Sand armour... Is he a container like the Dobe? That would mean if I can defeat him I can defeat Dobe.'
"Gai? Are those the gates?" questioned Asuma, his cigarette long forgotten on the floor.
"Yes."
"And he opened four of them..." added Kurenai
"Yes my youthful comrade. He can open five, but I have forbidden the fifth." stated Gai
In the arena, Lee and Gaara were battling it out, fist to fist, foot to foot, knee to knee, and even head butt to head butt. Gaara's sand absorbing blows and Lees hypertensive muscles just powered through each blow. Though lee was faster and stronger, it was not by much. Gaara was using a large amount of Shukaku's power, nearing the level he would need for a partial transformation, and Lee was still stronger and faster.
"My youthful opponent! I must end this now!" shouted Lee as he disappears from Gaaras view.
'left, right, up, Down!' Gaara was kicked square in the chin as he looked down, sending him skyward. Gaara immediately felt himself being constricted, and heading towards the ground head first and fast.
"Initial lotus!" shouted Lee as he spiked Gaara into the ground, an explosion of shattered tiles. Literally no sound was made other than the dust and debris falling back to earth.
Slowly, everyone in the room began to understand what happened. Lee had just used a forbidden Taijutsu move that damages both the user and the victim. In the center of the crater, two figures stood. Gaara looked like he was dazed, he had a deep red glob of sand over his forehead as his sand cloak fell off of him I large chunks. Lee had both arms broken, as well as his right leg, but was balancing on his left.
"How did you survive the Initial lotus?" questioned lee, struggling to stand as most of his muscles had been torn from having four of the eight gates opened.
"My cloak absorbed some of the damage. I also shifted backwards in the sand so that we hit at the same time." stated Gaara as he pulled the glob of bloody sand away from his head, showing a sand filled gash right above his left eyebrow. Suddenly, sand shot out and trapped lee abound his waist. "Forfeit, or I'll end you ninja career."
Lee looked depressed as he hadn't been able to show what a splendid shinobi he had become.
"Proctor! I'm throwing in the towel for my student lee!" shouted Gai. Everyone looked at him strangely. Everyone but Hiruzen and Gama.
"Winner by external forfeit, Gaara of Suna." stated Gama as medics rushed to attend lee and Gaara. Lee had fallen unconscious and Gaara had simply waved off the medics after getting a nod from Naruto.
"I don't get it? Why did his sensei step in?" questioned Ino in a confused voice.
"Lee is too dedicated to quit a match. Even though he was beaten, he couldn't willingly give up, because it would prove everyone that was against him right." stated Asuma in a tone of respect and approval.
"Well that's dumb, why would anyone willingly die to prove something like that?" questioned Ino, getting looks of doubt, anger and even shame from the people around her.
"And that Ino, is why you will never be a true shinobi."
"Would Jake Sregor of Kumo and Tenten of Konoha please come down to the floor."
Sregor appeared on the floor without so much as a blur to the other genin. Most jonin and even Sarutobi were impressed by such raw speed, easily mid jonin.
"The Uchiha has his eyes active. Are you sure this seal will work?" questioned Sregor quietly. Gama nodded ever so slightly, only enough for Jake to notice.
Tenten landed Lightly on her feet, standing less than five feet from Sregor "I heard you were a weapons expert. Let's see if you deserve that title."
"I won't use a single one of my own weapons." stated Sregor as he removed both his weapons pouches and tossed them to the older blonde female in the stands. The Kumo Nin then threw his staff like a spear, embedding it in the wall less than a foot from the younger blonde woman's head, who didn't so much as flinch.
"Begin!"
Tenten rushed holding a kunai in each hand, swinging in quick accurate strikes aimed for vital points. Sregor simply dodged or deflected the strikes like they came from a child. Tenten jumped back and launched five kunai and five shuriken at the Kumo Nin, who shocked everyone by catching every kunai on a finger of his right hand and then using the kunai as claws to deflect the shuriken or even reroute them back at Tenten.
"Every weapon you throw at me is one more weapon at my disposal." stated Sregor as he charged her once again, this time using the kunai on his fingers as claws, swiping and leavening light cuts along her right rib cage.
"Don't get cocky. Twin Rising Dragons!" shouted Tenten as she pulled out two scrolls and leaped high in the air, unrolling the scrolls and then unsealing the contents of said scrolls, which was apparently, anything sharp she could find. "No one can dodge this attack!"
A literal rain of sharpened metal began to descend on the Kumo Nin. Everyone was confused, Jake Sregor stood still, his eyes closed as the plethora of weapons descended on him. As the first weapon, strangely enough, a katana, was about to pierce his skull, it happened. "Sregor style! One thousand arm return!"
Sregors eyes shot open and he grabbed the katana with his right hand, spun it around and started deflecting away weapons. Everyone's eyes widened, even more so when started catching weapons with his left hand and returning fire. Then, everyone's eyes threatened to leave their skulls as he caught another sword, a ninjato, and held it between his teeth as he continued to deflect and return fire.
Tenten was panicking, 'Are you shitting me? What is this guy? I'm down to my last 5 weapons and he's block or used all of them!' she thought as she let another katana fly at the Kumo Nin, only for him to catch it in his free left hand.
That was it, Tenten had run out of weapons and was now falling and was about to be killed by the Kumo Nin holding three of her swords. She only had one option. "Proctor! I forfeit!"
Tenten had just got the last word in as she impacted the ground, breaking her ankle due to the crater like ground. Before she knew it, she was being carried bridal style to a group of medics. She looked up to see the face of her opponent. "So... Do I deserve my title?"
Samui stared impassively at her temporary teammate as she watched him carry the bun haired girl to the medics. 'Not cool. I wish just once that a guy would do something other than just stare at my chest.'
"Would Ino Yamanaka of Konoha and Samui Nii of Kumo please come down to the field."
Samui jumped down and landed next to Naruto, sending a flirtatious wink at the Gama masked Procter, though no one saw it.
Ino simply walked down the stairs to her spot. "Are those real?"
"Yes. And right now they're killing my back, so lets get this over with so that I can get to a hot spring." stated Samui in her usual cold voice.
"Begin!"
Ino charged and threw I right hook that was easily blocked, but followed quickly with a leg sweep that was narrowly avoided. Samui hit back and hit hard, spinning mid jump and slamming a kick into Inos head, knocking her back and causing her to fall, though she managed to get back to her feet quickly.
"I'm surprised. From what I understood, you were a fangirl, though it seems like your actually a capable Kunoichi, though inexperienced and rather weak." stated Samui in a cold, impassive tone.
"I was, but when my friend got lost in her own fangirl ism, I decided that I didn't want it to happen to me, so I started to work my ass off." stated Ino, who once again launched at samui, only for her to disappear and Ino to feel a blade at her throat.
"I'm glad there's some girls outside of myself and my teammates that take being kunoichi seriously. But for now, you either forfeit this match, or die." stated Samui as she put more pressure on her blade, drawing some blood.
"Proctor, I forfeit." stated Ino with her head down
"Winner, Samui Nii of Kumo" called out Gama. Ino sulked up to her sensei and team, who looked at her with approving smiles. Samui jumped up to the railing, making sure to give the Gama ANBU, who she knew was Naruto, a good view.
"Next match. Would Kankuro of Suna and Misumi Tsurugi of Konoha please come down?"
(It's Cannon)
"Would Omoi of Kumo and Shikamaru Nara of Konoha please come down?"
"This is troublesome. I should just forfeit..." stated Shikamaru as he walked towards the stairs and to the center of the arena.
"What if I accidently kill him? And then the Nara clan will want revenge? We would be taken over by squirrels!" stated Omoi, who was hit in the back of the head by Sregor.
"If you don't move now I will tell Karui that you have a crush on her." stated Jake. Omoi was on the arena floor in less than a second.
"Does Omoi really have a crush of Karui?" asked Yugito, who had until that point been trying, and failing to get Nibi to stop talking about mounting the Procter.
"I don't know, but after seeing him move that fast, I'd have to say yes." stated Jake.
"Begin!"
"Cloud style! Crescent beheading!" shouted Omoi as he swung his sword horizontally to the ground, forcing Shikamaru to limbo under the swing.
Shikamaru acted quickly, using his position, he sent a kick at Omois waist, forcing the Kumo Nin to retreat. "Shadow possession Jutsu!"
As Omoi landed he was immediately locked in place. He watched in horror as his own blade was slowly approaching his own neck. Thinking fast, he replaced himself with the proctor.
"To be able to replace himself without hand seals..." stated Asuma in awe. "I don't even think Kakashi could do that..."
"Cloud style! Deception beheading!" called out Omoi as he sent a lateral slash at Shikamaru, who jumped away, causing Gama to jump forward and blindside Omoi.
"Incredible. To know the trajectory of his own jump to force the one he had control over to blindside his opponent..." stated Gai
"You said it, even I'm impressed by that one." stated Asuma.
Before Omoi could recover, Shikamaru broke the possession over Gama and placed an exploding tag on the Kumo nins back and locked him in another Shadow possession Jutsu. "If you try to escape again, I'll detonate the tag on your back."
"Proctor, I forfeit!" stated Omoi
"Winner, Shikamaru Nara of Konoha" stated Gama. Shikamaru walked over to the stairs and took a seat on the uppermost step. Omoi jumped back to his team, where they all gave him a pat on the back.
"Would Jake Sregor of Kumo and Temari of Suna please come down?"
Temari appeared in a wind shunshin and Jake appeared in an odd bright bluish-white light.
"Impressive. But I'm not like that leaf girl you fought earlier."Stated Temari with a smirk.
"No shit, you're a blonde." stated Jake with a smirk, causing Temari to become angered.
"Begin!"
Temari pulled the fan off of her back and opened it so one purple dot was showing. "Wind style! Wind scythe!"
"Earth style, great pillar Jutsu!" shouted Jake as a two foot wide pillar grew in front of him and blocked the wind blade. Meanwhile, Jake ran up the back and onto the top of the pillar and flashing threw handsigns. "Wind style, Great breakthrough!"
Temari planted her fan and ducked behind it, avoiding the wall of pressure that exploded from the Kumo nins hand.
Temari jumped up, pulling her fan with her as she swung again at the man on the pillar of earth, only for him to dissolve into earth, showing that he was only an earth clone.
"Lightning style! Raijins Judgement!" called out Sregor from above Temari. A bolt of lightning left his hand and was attracted to the metal fan she was holding. In a split second, Temari let go of her fan, just as the lightning hit it. Sregor appeared next to the fan, opening it all the way and swung at the sandy blonde, causing a huge wave of wind to slam the still airborne kunoichi into the wall, Knocking her out instantly. She was caught before she hit the ground by Gaara's sand and given to the medics.
"Winner, Jake Sregor of Kumo!" stated Gama. While Temari was taken to the medics, Jake walked up to Gaara and shook his hand, gave his apologies to Gaara and Kankuro, and headed back to his team.
"Would Neji hyuga of Konoha and Hinata Hyuuga of Konoha please come down."
(Ok, this is going to be confusing so I'm going to explain it in an authors note instead of writing it out. Neji has no problems with Hinata. Without Naruto being her crutch, Hinata became strong enough to hold Neji's respect, though because of the over importance of books marts at the academy, she did not earn Kunoichi of the year, and therefore, her clan and father still see her as weak. Neji hates Hiashi for forcing his father to die for him. Both Neji and Hinata dislike Kumo.
Fight is still the same, Neji wins, but does not try to kill her.)
"Alright! All winners come forward and pick a number out of this hat." stated Gama
"1" Sasuke
"3"Gaara
"6" Neji
"4" Kankuro
"8" samui
"7" Shika
"5" shino
"2" Sregor
"The matches are as follows. Sasuke Uchiha vs Jake Sregor. Gaara vs Kankuro. Shino vs Neji. Samui vs Shikamaru. You have one month to train. Your sensei's have already made accommodations for a place to stay and a personal training grounds each."
-15 minutes later. Hokage office-
Naruto had taken off his ANBU mask and was sitting across from Sarutobi. On his left was Dragon, the current ANBU commander and on his right, Jiraiya.
"So Naruto, What is your plan?" asked Sarutobi.
"I'm going to talk with Itachi. I'll get him back here, then I'm going to the ruins of Uzu to train, I'm the only one allowed there, so it should be safe. I'll return two days before the exams, set up everything and during the exams, I'll be one of your guards." stated Naruto
"Very well. What steps are you taking dragon?"
"Teams Five, Six and Twelve will all return and be running sweeps around the village with teams along with Four and Fifteen. Teams One Two and Three will be hidden in the crowd of the stadium. Teams Seven Eight Nine and Ten will each take an entrance. The rest other than team X and Naruto's team will be roaming the village. Naruto will be in control of his own team and team X." stated Dragon
"Very good Dragon, you may leave now." stated Sarutobi, Dragon left in a swirl of leafs. "Naruto, we have received word that the Raikage, the mizukage, and the Kazekage will all be attending the finals. Jiraiya's network has picked up that the two tails, six tails, and perhaps even eight tails Jinchuriki will also be here as well..."
"Itachi can handle Yugito and the six tails. Jiraiya can handle the eight tails and if need be he can handle any summons." stated Naruto "I will take the Raikage, Mizukage and Kazekage."
-Unknown area-
"So... Orochimaru is actuating going to do it?" asked Danzo, displeased that his one time student had forfeited his spot in Akatsuki to attack Konoha.
"It appears so. He has made his intentions clear. Orochimaru is now and enemy of Akaustki." stated Pein, his dull purple eyes roaming the cavern.
"What do we do now?" asked the black half of the plant man, the white half answered next "We need to replace him..."
"Hmm. For now, we will continue gathering funds." stated Pein "Sasori, find another partner, Deidara if possible or perhaps Hidan. I want Kakazu and Danzo to watch the exams in Konoha and make sure none of the the Jinchuuruki die and find out their abilities. I want full reports."
"Hai Leader Sama!" they announced as they faded away, leaving Tobi and Kisame. "Have you discovered how did Madara died?"
-Uchiha compound-
Sasuke had bolted straight to Kakashi after he received his opponent, Jake Sregor. A no name that had some skill, though he would win. Though Sasuke was in a foul mood, as Kakashi had told him that team seven was officially disbanded, and that he no longer wanted to teach him anything. Another punch in the face had literally been a punch in the face, from Gai, when Sasuke had demanded weights, and to learn how to open the eight gates.
"Kukukuku. You're beginning to understand." laughed a sugary sweet voice behind Sasuke
"What do you mean by that, Orochimaru?" questioned Sasuke
"Simple. You finally understand that this accursed village will only hold you back. Think about it, young Kakashi won't teach you, as well as Maito Gai. It's a shame really, so much talent going to waste." stated Orochimaru, trying His hardest to coax the Uchiha.
"What? Like you would teach me?" questioned Sasuke
"Of course. After all, that baboon Jiraiya as well as your brother taught your old teammate, why wouldn't I take the more talented of the two of you and make you everything you could ever be?"
(Read, Review, eat muffins, punch perverts, if your a female, your better than us.)
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