Why do I have to hide?

Chapter 11

Brought to you by: Anonymous Joe

Edited by: ---------(Even I didn't have the time….)

Disclaimer: I do NOT…I repeat I do NOT own anything related to Naruto….this honor belongs to those who own its copyright…which sadly is not me.

"speech"

'thought'

"Kyuubi speech"

'Kyuubi thought'

A/N: Sorry this is late …I don't think you want to hear excuses…eh? grumbles about a load of problems

(I don't know Japanese so…techniques are in English and I use honorifics whenever I feel like it…so don't ask me why, I put them in when they feel right, Sorry if you don't like this)

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Konoha Stadium –

The crowd was roaring while waiting for the match to begin and the stone ninja was just getting into position. Naruto did a quick survey of the man and inwardly sighed, 'Good is soul is only 29 percent dark'

"Looks as if my grand appearance will be put on hold…I don't mind" his father said reassuringly.

Naruto walked up and took his place as the Sennin came strolling between the two combatants. "Now I'll explain the rules!" Jiraiya said loudly so the whole stadium could hear him as he began reading off a note card. "You will both commence combat to demonstrate all of your available skills. You will fight to kill but when ordered all fighting must cease! You WILL be disqualified for not obeying the referee's…; that's me!" he stylishly said in the middle of the sentence as he continued, "…orders. You will be disqualified if any member of the audience is involved or killed! You may forfeit any match you wish if you think such a decision would be wise. You may earn points by getting phone numbers for me and…" At this he was cut off by a livid Hokage.

"Jiraiya what was that! I'll have you castra-…" she screamed as her microphone was cut and was escorted outside by ANBU guards to clam down.

Jiraiya laughed nervously as he scratched the back of his head. "Just joking people…fun is what most of us are here for, am I right?" He called toward the crowd. The frenzied crowd roared back in approval. "Just as a side note my new book will be in stores on August 24…" he began his sales pitch which had many a man writing down the date of the new release.

"I don't give a damn when your book comes out! Can you start this damn test! I want to squash that leaf brat!" growled the angered stone ninja.

The crowd roared in excitement with the boy's remark. Jiraiya, on the other hand, was not too pleased with being drawn out of his promotional speech. He shot the stone ninja an annoyed glance and said a little sharply, "I guess we could get on with the match…Are you both ready?"

Naruto nodded his head and gave a courteous bow toward his opponent and the referee. Jiraiya nodded in approval and waited for the stone ninja's response. The lanky man of about six feet tall just replied with an annoyed huff of air and took athe position for a fight. Seeing this, the toad Sennin slowly raised his hand into the air, then giving both combatants serious stares has quickly lowered the hand and disappeared into a puff of smoke.

The clock on the big screen began counting upward while tracking the fight for those in the cheap seats. The stone ninja looked directly at Naruto with an evil glint in his eyes, "I am going to avenge the death of my grandfather! You leaf have his blood on your hands!" After completing this declaration of war the man pointed dangerously at Naruto.

At the time the man finished his declaration, the announcer's voice returned from before and said out loud, "It seems that this match has become a grudge match between Leaf and Stone! Folks this could get ugly!" The crowd roared with anticipation during the pre-battle banter.

'Father, can I toy with him?' asked Naruto pleadingly.

The Kyuubi began to laugh throatily and said in a mock stern voice, "Now, kit it isn't polite to play with your food!"

'Come on…' whined the blonde half-demon.

After a few strained moments the great demon relented playfully, "Alright but just this once…"

'Yes!' mentally cheered Naruto.

"Just don't make it too long…we don't need to waste our time on ninja of his skill level" The Kyuubi said while he thought seriously, knowing what naruto's true purpose was, 'you can't stop every Sasuke wannabe, I hope you know that kit…'

After returning to normal time Naruto replied in a monotone, "Oh how pitiful…"

The stone ninja's eyes widened in rage, "WHAT WAS THAT?"

"I said it is just pitiful" Naruto replied with a small smirk.

The stone ninja began to pump out killing intent by the buckets and his breathing was labored as he barely got out, "Are you saying the avenging of the murder of my grandfather by your country's hand is pitiful???"

"No, that is honorable…but allowing revenge to consume your life, that is pitiful. Your grandfather gave his life to protect you and his family! Respect his wishes and cherish it or you'll wind up like the others who follow your path; alone, heartless, cold, detached and unloved" the blonde man powerfully warned.

"What would you know about it? His honor needs to be restored, WE need revenge. For what your country has done, I will kill as many leaf shinobi as I possibly can!" The man screamed back in hysteria.

Naruto shook his head sadly and said softly, "You're just like him…you're just as weak as him as well…"

Many people who knew about Naruto or the Uchiha, gasped for they knew who the young man was alluding to. Sakura in the stands began holding back tears, as the pain from their former teammate began reopening scars in her heart. Suddenly a strong arm wrapped around her and for once she was happy to see the silly green clad arm comforting her.

In the box those who knew Naruto gasped and felt different feelings toward the match. Kiba, Ino and Ten-ten knew Naruto was on the same team as Sasuke and figured it was just Naruto imagining things. Chouji on the other hand had been with Naruto when the traitor finally showed his true colors and knew how the blonde must be reliving some sort of sorrow.

'Naruto-kun…you are so caring but I don't want you to get hurt again…' thought the cute pale eyed girl. She had been in the shadows watching this man for years and knew how he reacted to the traitorous man.

Back on the field the stone Ninja had had enough, "WEAK AM I?" he shouted out in an animalistic voice dripping with insanity. He quickly raised his hands and made a few choice seals and pointed a glowing finger at Naruto. "DIE!!!!!!" screamed the stone ninja and fired the shot of glowing power at the blonde kitsune. Naruto put his hand up to block the shot but it wasn't a normal shot, it exploded about 3 feet in front of Naruto, bathing the entire coliseum in shades of periwinkle and released a horrendous screeching noise. The burst of light was so bright it caused everyone in the stadium to shield their eyes and when they looked back all they saw was a crater and the stone ninja standing proud.

"You are a disgrace to leaf…your death will never compensate for my grandfathers…" mocked the stone ninja. Those in the box with the exception of the grass and the other stone team members held their breath and were on the edge of their seats. "Naruto was way too strong for this…I knew that mouth of his would get him trouble one of these days…but I didn't want this…" quietly commented Kiba.

Suddenly many in the stadium erupted into applause and cheers; some began to shout, "The fox is finally gone" or some other slogan of hate. The vulpine that were present began to feel their tempers rising and were leaving their seats. Jiraiya stood with his mouth open wide at seeing his latest pupil die in front of him and was yet agian powerless to stop it. Tsunade who had recently returned after calming down was on the verge of tears and now was extremely pissed at hearing the revelry going on in the stadium while Gaara stood with a frown and shook his head while he felt something within him pull at his heart. Before he began to concede to the feeling of sadness, his demon said, "Those foxes don't die that easily…" which strangely gave Gaara a sense of peace even though he usually felt the opposite after talking to Shukaku.

Within the box Hinata was at a loss for words, she could feel her heart break and tears begin to well in her eyes. Then when the sounds of merrymaking hit her ears the tears began to flow freely as her anger raged. While teh hot tears were streaming down her pale cheeks, she stood with scowl plastered on her face. Then she felt a heavy hand rest on her shoulder and she turned to see a somber looking Chouji. "Just where do you think your going miss?" he asked calmly.

Hinata felt furious and it seemed to override her normal behavior, she slapped his hand off of her and she said angrily, "Get you hands off of me! He died, and they are LAUGHING! I am not going to stand here and let it happen! I am going to..."

"Do what?" asked the man seriously.

"I don't know but something!" she yelled back hysterically as she turned and began to head for the door. Quickly Chouji grabbed her arm and held her back, "Don't you have any confidence in Naruto? The man I know would never let something like that put an end to him! He is alive I can tell!" said the man heatedly.

She gasped and realized how she was acting... and she felt her face become flushed, "Sorry…I do have faith but…" she apologized softly.

"Then watch the match…"came the reply of the mountain man. With that she halfheartedly sat back down and continued to intently watch the match with those hot tears of sadness tears still falling down her face.

Back out in the stadium the stone ninja began to boast. "Heh…looks like the leaf is using mama's boys nowadays since he couldn't withstand the "lunarflame" at only 10 percent…he is the one who is pitiful."

The saddened referee was about the call out the winner when a voice filled the stadium, "You should research you opponents before you make insults…I never had family until recently and soon yours will have one less member."

All started to look around to find the source of the voice and the announcer came back on, "It seems that we still have a match but with that last attack will Naruto still be able to fight let alone stand up against that strong attack?"

Naruto answered back in a booming voice, "That's a stupid question! Of course I can!"

Trying to maintain his cool the stone ninja called out shakily as he looked everywhere for a sign of his opponent, "DON'T MOCK ME! We are in a battle; don't take your time to answer the DAMN ANNOUNCER!"

The announcer said back, "I take offense to that!" but no one paid any attention.

"Fine then I'll finish this…" Naruto replied and suddenly sixteen flames erupted into being. Along with the flames, a chorus of beautiful female voices erupted throughout the stadium silencing everyone. Out of each flame slowly stepped a copy of a proud and heroic looking Naruto. They all put on a small smirk and said simultaneously, "I think your nation suits you, you are dumb as a rock."

The stone ninja began to growl but Naruto had already started his winning combination. All sixteen clones began quickly going through hand symbols and began to slap their hands onto the ground. When one of their hands touched the charred soil, green lines began shooting out of their fingertips. The lines began a primal dance across the arena floor linking together and the crowd gasped in amazement as the lines formed an archaic seal. As it began to lift off the ground it let out a purring of soft whispers. Soon a shimmering gold barrier formed around the arena sealing the combatants in and others out. Jiraiya at this time was safely outside the barrier for some unknown reason though many believe that it might have had to do with blonde bombshell sitting in seat 7-A.

The stone ninja began to laugh, "You went through all of that for a BARRIER? You are the stupid one! Wasting chakra for this, newsflash I am already in the barrier so it isn't any good!"

The clones smiled and said, "These walls aren't to keep you out, but rather to keep you in!"

Kyuubi sighed, "Kit, even I know that line is lame…."

Naruto just thought back, 'just shut up…'

His clones quickly made the sacred seals and slammed their hands into the ground. Then fifteen of them erupted into a different colored smoke clouds that began to fill the space within the barrier and then the real Naruto paused for a moment to give the stone ninja a evil smirk then snapped his fingers which caused the whole arena within the barrier to become a horrible inferno so dazzling it rivaled the sun in it brightness. The heat that leaked through the barrier told the crowd that it was probably as hot as the sun as well. Screaming more horrendous than many of the seasoned Anbu ever encountered could be heard throughout out the city, the land scorched and the barrier creaked and moaned as the pressures screamed to be released but the walls stood strong. Then suddenly the sounds stopped and the stadium was filled with an eerie silence and the peoples faces were skewed in horror at what they had just witnessed.

When all had cleared a small purple fire was still ablaze in the center of the field. As proof of the insane temperatures the sand that had once covered the battle ground had turned to glass. The scorched form of the stone ninja lay on the ground gasping for breath, third degree burns seemed to cover at least one third of his body. A weak barrier that had barely protected his prone from through out the firestorm then disintegrated. Right afterwards Naruto's figure appeared from within the purple flames and stepped out valiantly. He slowly made his way over to the fallen man and said softly but loud enough for all to hear, "I spared your life because your ancestor gave his to protect it. Right now that fire over there," he pointed his hand wearily toward the flickering light, "is using up the oxygen within here, soon it will drop below a sustainable point and you, young man, will die…"

He was cut off here by the stone ninja, "Then you will die too, stupid!" he said smugly.

Naruto shook his head, "No I won't. I am no longer bound by those rules. I can survive will little to no oxygen with a Jutsu; it allows me to breathe nitrogen. So I will say this once again, surrender and admit defeat. Cherish your loved ones along with your life and live for your grandfather." The stone ninja looked at him resentfully and Naruto said softly and kindly, "Do you yield?"

With a long pause the stone ninja said softly, "Yes…" and passed out unable to fight again for a very long time.

Naruto sighed in relief and snapped his fingers once more and allowed the air to once again fill the space. Jiraiya quickly made his way over toward Naruto careful not to slide on the glass coated ground and raised Naruto's hand.

"WINNER NARUTO OF LEAF!" yelled the announcer's voice as on the big screen his record now read 1-0-0. This was followed by a wide range of reactions from booing to ferocious yelling of approval.

"Now we will have a five minute break to reset the field…." Jiraiya said loudly but then look around at the field, "…Make that thirty!"

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Outside the press box-

Neji had watched the fight and he was thoroughly impressed, 'He has grown quite a lot...' he thought respectfully. He had gotten up to get his lonesome self a drink and maybe a hamburger. He had an extra ticket for this event to bring a guest but he had thought it unnecessary and he had wanted a new set of kunai recently. So it was gone but in its place his wallet was considerably heavier. As he was walking past the entrance to the press box something had happened that shocked him, yes a proud Hyuga, to the very core.

The door opened and from behind the shadows came a man who looked hot, exhausted and in need of a break. This man was very familiar to Neji…it was Shino. Neji had always thought the bug tamer was of the mind set as he, a clam and collective one…but this surprised even him. After he recollected his thoughts Neji got out in an astonished voice, "Shino? What…what were you doing in there?"

Shino flinched; he had obviously hoped Neji didn't recognize him. He sighed a deep sigh and he finally said in a monotone, "Orders from the Hokage…"

Neji sighed in relief, "Oh…I thought you were the announcer for a second" he replied humorously. Shino gave him an odd look and mumbled quietly that sounded like a "yeah…"

"Well then I will take my leave…" Neji said formally going back to his Hyuga style. Shino was about to give a parting mumbled "bye" when the door opened suddenly and a pompous twenty year old man covered with pimples came out in a hurry. Once he spotted the bug user he shouted, "Hurry up, you're on in five!" Before Shino could reply the door was slammed shut once again. Neji just blinked at Shino for a moment. In response to the somewhat dignified man Shino raised an eyebrow. That just caused Neji to begin to snigger at Shino's misfortune because he had pieced the clues together that this was some sort of punishment. He was about to ask what the bug man had done when Shino's face contorted into a face that was previously never seen. It seemed he was at the verge of tears and he said in a slightly higher pitched voice, "Why are you laughing?"

Neji blinked and said through a strained voice, "You, being an announcer?"

Shino face twisted even more and it seemed if he was about to let loose tears at any moment and Neji was getting nervous. "You're laughing at my life's DREAM! I secretly always wanted to be a talk show host…but I was always afraid of…of…of this" barely got out the bug user and he turned his back toward the Hyuga.

The branch member now was feeling horrible and it reminded him of his fight with the blonde haired vulpine so long ago. Quickly Neji said in a remorseful tone, "I-I'm sorry I just didn't…" he dropped off. He was going to continue until there was a change in the bug user's demeanor.

Shino turned around and put on a little smirk and said in his normal monotone voice, "got you…" and let out a quick and soft chuckle permeate from his throat. Neji stood there dumbstruck and stared at the man at a loss for words but he could feel his anger rising. "I thought I would try a Naruto tactic…it seems somewhat… enjoyable…" Neji could feel his fists clenching and he could his teeth begin the grind while the vein on his forehead began to bulge. Shino the proceeded to reach within his pocket and retrieved a little yellow book which had on its cover, "Humor for Stiffs…Volume 4." Shino then said curtly, "I have to return to my punishment…farewell Hyuga-san" and left back into the press box.

This just left Neji in a bad mood for the rest of the day, so much so that the line for concessions let him cut to the front after feeling his killer intent…Neji Hyuga hated being the butt of jokes.

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In the contestants box-

Naruto entered

The room was silent and all eyes were on Naruto as he walked stoically back to his seat and sat down. He then crossed his hand is concentration and stared intently out at the arena. "N-nart-to…when did you learn to d-do that?" Chouji asked in a hush.

A small smirk broke out on the man's face though he didn't move his head, "My clan…" was all he said mysteriously.

"That's right this mysterious vulpine clan…" Ten-ten said out loud to show her frustrations. She huffed and said somewhat heatedly, "What kind of clan is it! I have done so much research, even with Ino here…but found zilch!"

Naruto opened his mouth to speak when one of the Grass-nin, Pi to be exact, cut his remarks off, "Sounds like a clan of trash to me. Naming themselves after such disgusting pests, vermin as I like to think of them."

Once the quote was finished, the cursing and bloodlust from within Naruto's mind didn't stop while Naruto was using all his will power to hold back. He was biting his tongue so hard he could taste blood in his mouth and his nails had grown several centimeters in the short duration. Kiba swallowed hard knowing how the man reacted to the insulting of foxes, he was ready to intervene if things got any worse. Naruto was about to reach for his kunai and fillet the grass ninja when suddenly Naruto feel a soft silky object touch his hand and a strange cooling and claming effect ran throughout his body.

It felt to him as if all the cares within him left and his temper began to cool. The great fox with in his mind seemed to settle as well. The thing in his hand began to squeeze kindly, wafting him and his father into a state of bliss so much so the great Kyuubi curled up within his cage and began to sleep. The giant fox then began to release a noise within him to show his pleasure, it wasn't purring but close enough. 'That seems like a good idea' the blonde thought in his haze, but his curiosity got the best of him. He wanted to know what was making everything better. He slowly looked down at his hand and saw another intertwined with his. His memories quickly shoot back into his mind and he snapped back to reality. 'THANK KAMI I DIDN'T PURR!!!' he thought scared as he looked into is his beloved Hinata's face. She was blushing and looked embarassed but didn't let go of his hand. He quickly recovered by coughing into his other hand but team ten along with Kiba had already noticed their familiarity. The girls would have broken in gossip if not for the tense atmosphere.

Suddenly a fire lit within Naruto's soul and he said in an animalistic growl, "I swear you are pushing it! If these people were not here I would kill you." Those in the room who knew Naruto realized he was serious.

Pi just scoffed, "If you were a real ninja you would understand that isn't a threat!" At hearing this Naruto's eyes narrowed but the girl's hand kept his anger at bay. Then the bearded man shouted, "Our souls are his to take yet he gives us happiness! Long live the empire!" while throwing his hand into the air producing a weird salute. "Long live the empire!" shouted the other grass ninja while joining the odd salute. Then something happened that shocked the young kitsune to the very bone. His divine sight kicked in by itself and a black aura was twisting above the saluting men. It sickly wrapped itself around the men's arms and slithered down into their bodies. Once it was inside them, it grabbed a hold of their souls and fused with it. The men's souls began to pulse and their faces contorted into that of bliss, a dark purple mist seemed to ooze from their souls then once it had dissipated the men's souls were darker than before. Once finished the men put down their hands and looked smugly at the blonde kitsune. Naruto looked to those around him and was shocked to see none of them had noticed this darkness.

'FATHER!!!' he shouted in desperation.

"Hmm…five…more minutes…" came the sleepy reply.

'DAD HAVE YOU BEEN WATCHING THIS?' he shouted mentally.

"hehehehe…no, not there…hehehehe….I am ticklish…not the tails…" murmured the sleeping giant.

Angry and scared about what he had just seen, Naruto mentally envisioned a bucket of ice water being poured over his father's sleeping form all the while sirens wailed all around.

"ARRRGH! I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!" lashed out his father awakening from his dream.

'hehe, it actually worked! I'll file that into the memory banks' Naruto thought happily forgetting momentarily why he awoken his moody father.

"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT FOR!!! WHY I OUGHT…!" screamed the demon before Naruto's voice got him to quiet.

"I HAVE A GOOD REASON!" shouted the blonde man.

"Spill it or your blood!" yelled the kitsune lord.

Naruto closed his eyes and allowed the memory to pass on to his father, after a moment of heavy silence and suspense the great demon murmured, "This isn't good…"

Kyuubi looked Naruto in the eye, "you had good reason to wake me…this just shows that this upcoming war is not solely of men…"

"What do you mean?" asked Naruto in a hushed voice.

"Either a powerful demon is directing the course with a power that he should not have…or a god has gone awry. I hope with all my soul it is NOT the later…only one has defied the gods and lived."

"Who was it?" asked Naruto eagerly.

The great demon smiled, "It is not but legend, you might know him as Beowulf. You will read about him tonight in our study session."

"Alright…should I alert anyone?" Naruto asked seriously in his battle voice.

"No, not yet. Let's continue gaining allies because once darkness falls it will be hard make new ones. Just keep an eye on the situation…" came the wise reply.

"I understand…we will ally with leaf and sand then wait for them to make their move eh?" Naruto asked sarcastically.

"Yeah and lets hope web isn't woven too thickly by then." 'There are too many pieces to draw a picture of what is happening. The Akatsuki, Ochimaru, the grass village and urest within the worlds. I need to think about this…' the great demon pondered as he sat in a chair he had materilized to sit in while completly ignoring naruto's sarcasim.

Naruto came back to his senses to find Kiba standing behind Hinata and himself. He then put his arm around his teammates in a show of force. The dog user then scoffed, "What "empire?" Your nation can't even produce enough crops to keep your lords well fed!"

The grass ninja began grinding their teeth, this time Tellurium spoke up, "That would not be case if it were not for you imperialistic dogs who stole our homeland all the while taking our work and destroying our families!"

"But that is all gonna change!" roared Pi.

"Because our savior has come!" piped up hopefully the bald grass ninja.

"We will be the ones to rule all the lands!" smirked Tellurium.

At this one of the sand nin jumped up in outrage and snarled, "Are you threatening a shinobi war?"

Even the stone ninja seemed fearful, "Yes, do you want another one of those disgusting and wasteful things."

The grass smirked and Pi said in a reverent tone, "If the emperor wills it then all sacrifice is worth it…"

Many in the room gasped when the tension in the room was broken as the announcer announced the next match. "Next up "The mountain man" Chouji versus the top dog Kiba! Leaf versus Leaf!" shouted the announcer

Kiba distracted by his fight turned toward the Chouji and shouted, "alright tubby you're goin' down!"

Akimichi's eyes narrowed and what seemed to be an animalistic growl permeated from the man. He then left out a huff and said darkly, "Outside NOW"

Ino's eyes were wide in fear for the dog user, "you've done it now…." She mumbled.

"Yeah, you're screwed…" concurred Ten-ten while nodding her head. "Any remark against his weight and its lights out" she finished cynically while making the motion of cutting her own throat while Ino made gurgling death noises.

"Pfft…like that chubby virgin can do anything against a real man like me!" he finished while puffing his chest out. Akamaru seemed agree by barking in agrement.

"Oh really Kiba-chan, I didn't realize your inflatable doll came in the mail…" murmured the kitsune slyly and quickly dodged a punch from Kiba. "You better pray I don't fight you!" roared Kiba causing many in the room to laugh while the grass team sighed and went into a corner to sulk, long forgotten by most of the inhabitants of the room.

As Kiba turned to leave the blonde kitsune said warmly, "Good luck teammate!"

"Like I need it" scoffed the dog user but the suave smile that had spread across his face showed he didn't mean it.

"G-Good luck Kiba-kun" the shy girl remarked.

"T-thanks" mumbled Kiba had he quickly went out the door to the stadium.

Naruto had sat down next to Hinata and Ino to watch the fight as he leaned over and whispered into Hinata's ear, "Umm…you can let go of my hand if you want…"

"Eeep!" she squeaked cutely as she fumbled to remove her hand as though it was on fire. "Sorry" she said embarrassedly.

Naruto smiled handsomely and said softly for only the raven hairred girl to hear, "Its fine. Your hand is soft like silk and I want to hold it all day but …I just don't want to cause any trouble with your family." Her face light up a bright scarlet from the compliment and she mumbled a muffled agreement to his question as questions raced through her head. "Come on bastard! show me dogs are worth something!" Naruto suddenly screamed showing the conversation was over while Ino shouted for Chouji to win.

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Konoha Stadium –

Kiba stood tall against the still brooding Chouji. Jiraiya then walked over to the contestants and smiled. "Alright! I want a good, clean and sexy fight and watch out the ground is full of glass shards from the last idiot up here!"

"I HEARD THAT ERO-SENNIN!" screamed the livid kitsune which caused even some of the vulpine laugh.

"I TOLD YOU NOT TO CALL ME THAT!" screamed the older…er…gentleman.

When it seemed a fight between the ref. and Naruto was brewing, the announcer coughed which brought Jiraiya back to his senses. "Anyway are we ready?" he asked the two combatants who were engaged in an intense staring competition.

"Hell yeah!" screamed Kiba careful not to blink his eyes nor break eye-contact with the "pleasantly plump" man.

Chouji just gave a slow nodded and in a low tone growled, "yes…"

Jiraiya gave each of them and odd stare as he said, "allllllllllllright…lets get it on!" and with that he had disappeared in a plume of smoke.

Kiba gave his dog a little look and with a nod they both had disappeared to take cover.

When this happened Chouji just gave a small smile as he whispered something too low for anyone to hear. He then clamped his hands together and formed a seal and charka shot from his body which caused many in the crowd to murmur at what he was doing. Once the charka cleared and anticipation was thick the man broke the seal and sat down. This brought much disappointment to many in the stand even caused some booing and confusion for the apparent waste of charka. Chouji seemed not to care and pulled out a bag of potato chips and began to eat.

"Chance!" screamed Kiba as he and Akamaru removed their camouflage and attacked the prone man from opposite directions. In midair Kiba's optimism was shaken when a devilish smirk appeared on Chouji's face but it was too late. Chouji dodged in the last moment, while he still got few scratches from the dynamic duo, he was relatively unscathed. It was the man and his dog who wound up attacking each other.

Chouji then made a hand seal as Kiba and his dog were straitening themselves up from their accidental scuffle. The chakra from before suddenly began snaking its way up Kiba's and his dog's bodies and no matter what they did the smoke would not go away. Kiba face showed his panic as the smoke got closer and closer to his neck. The chakra began to spin around both of their necks until is seemed to become a solid. Once the Justsu had finished Kiba and Arkamaru were wearing collars.

'Shit' thought Kiba in distress. Chouji smirked and said coolly, "I needed you to draw blood so I could activate my jutsu…"

'Damn, how could we be tricked that easily…aw crap I am starting to feel weak I think these things are draining my charka' Kiba thought angrily, 'Looks like I need to finish this early.

"This is the end! Now tell me I'm fat, you bastard" yelled Chouji angrily.

Kiba then said, "Arkamaru lets show this fat bastard we can take anything he can dish out! It's time to use our final attack!" Chouji gasped in anger at the insult while everyone was eager to see Kiba's final attack. "Release the urine!" screamed Kiba as he began to cackle like a maniac. At that the battle dog began releasing its humongous bladder, spraying the foul smelling yellowish liquid on everything and everyone in its range. Once he had finished, many in the crowd we yelling or making puking noises from the disgusting display. The worst was for a prudish looking woman who was wearing a fur coat… she was not too pleased to say the least since she was front row center for the spectacle.

Then Kiba said through gritted teeth, "This is gonna look like I am copying Naruto…" He then flashed his hands into five extravagant hand seals and slammed him hands into the urine. Pumping his rapidly draining chakra into the yellow liquid it suddenly burst aflame. The white hot flame began crawling along the yellow nile at an amazing pace. "If you haven't noticed, that isn't normal pee! Its an organic version of gasoline!" gloated Kiba.

"Bastard!" yelled chouji as he began trying to avoid the incoming flames. Alas he was too late for the flames had reached his clothes and set his pant leg on fire. 'What did Iruka-sensei always say about this situation?' desperately though the chubby man. Suddenly a stuffed animal show from back when he was a child came to mind. A stuffed bear said, "Remember kids, if you are ever on fire "Stop, drop and roll" hehehehe!"

With the memory a look of understanding and relief crossed the man's face. Suddenly in the middle of his movement he became stiff as board and fell to the ground.

'What? I know he can take more than just a little fire' puzzled kiba.

Then Chouji began rolling back and forth in front of the whole crowd while mumbling the mantra, "Stop, drop and roll…Stop, drop and roll." Kiba humorously slapped himself on the face and stared disbelievingly at the man. Many in the crowd began to laugh at the proud ninja resorting to such tactics of falling to the ground and failing about to put out a fire when all that was needed was a quick water Jutsu. This only fueled the larger mans fury but no one noticed. What became apparent to many in the crowd was the pattern the foul liquid began to burn in. It formed a pentagram with a large circle running around its edge. In its center was the burned and fuming Akimichi. Before Kiba had time to finish the last seal Chouij bellowed, "down boy!" and yanked the both his hands as if he was holding a chain. At that moment Kiba and his companion both were roughly jerked off their feet towards the "mountain" man.

'Damn I don't even have enough Chakra to do a Gatsūga even if I wanted and Akamaru's chakra level is so low it would be dangerous to use soldier pills. My only hope is that I can at some point finish this last Ninjutsu.' Kiba slowly raised his hands to finish the last ditch effort when Chouji puffed out his chest and said angrily, "No you don't." He made a seal and took a deep breath and expelled all the air in one blast extinguishing the flames and along with it, Kiba hopes for a win. Then Chouji screamed, "MEAT TANK!" and charged the prone dog user with the infamous attack.

Once the smoke had cleared Kiba and his dog were on the brink of passing out and chouji was walking over slowly to their bodies. Once there the bigger build man stood over Kiba with a smug face. Seeing this Kiba let out a little chuckle, "Fine…I'm sorry…" and with that he and his dog collapsed in exhaustion. Chouji stood proud and said kindly with a smile, "apology accepted."

"WINNER CHOUJI AKIMICHI!" yelled Jiraiya as held up the man's hand and the crowd went wild with cheers for the man.

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Inside the box-

"Wow I never would have guessed Chouji was that strong…" said Naruto in amazement.

"Normally he isn't" said Ino triumphantly.

Naruto and Hinata gave her a puzzled look and ten-ten decided to answer it for them. "Yeah you see he is usually laid back in battle, not going all out you see,…but Kiba committed the ultimate sin against Chouji."

"Yeah after working with him for so long I have gotten to know some of his traits. Their are only two things that can get him that mad…" Ino continued mysteriously.

"Which are?" asked Naruto starting to get annoyed at how the girls were prolonging the conversation.

"Messing with his snacks…" Ten-ten answered and Ino finished with, "…Or calling him fat."

"I see" Naruto said seriously and Hinata agreed with him in a little murmur. At that moment the door opened with a victorious Chouji helping to carry the heavily bandaged Kiba.

When Naruto opened his mouth to speak Kiba shot the angriest glare ever at him and barked, "Don't…Say…A…WORD!" which effectively silenced the entire box. There was of course the silent chatting of congratulations of team 10. It stayed this way until the announcement of the next match. "Ten-Ten of leaf versus Hiroto of sand" the announcer's voice came calling forth a hyper and conceited sand boy of about 4'10".

Ten-ten stood from her chair fearlessly as both contestants left for the stadium with the enthusiastic cheers of their fans and countrymen.

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Hey,

Hey I am really sorry for the long hiatus but I had a lot of things going on…not to mention the problems were compounded when the story's file got corrupted so I had to rewrite the WHOLE chapter. Then I had to reformat it since I am switching over from a PC to a MAC so that took awhile…so yeah I am really sorry. Anyway I was going to make this longer but I think it has been too long since the last update…sorry again if the spelling isn't perfect, I didn't have time to edit it. I will be back on time hopefully for the next installment. See you next month!

Joe

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