Vanex: Hello all! Here is Chapter 10!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
"Normal Talking"
"Thinking/Dreams/Flashbacks"
"Kyuubi Talking"
"Kyuubi Thinking"
*Scene Change*
Chapter 10
The audience return to their seats for the semi-finals. With the water all cleaned up, the fights are ready to continue. Genma speaks up.
"Welcome back! We will proceed immediately with the semi-finals. Due to the odd line-up, this first fight will determine the first finalist, while the remaining fights will determine the second one. Now then the first match is between Naruto Uzumaki and Gaara! Both of you, come down."
Naruto smirks as he unties the headband on his waist. No one notices that he covers the metal part with his hand. He pulls off his coat and reties the headband to his waist, again covering the metal part.
"Hey, Kankuro. Look after my coat for me, will you?"
"Sure thing, Naruto."
Naruto walks down to the arena, where Gaara is already waiting.
"Good luck, Naruto."
"You too, Gaara. I'm just glad Mom fixed your seal, or I might be stuck fighting Shukaku."
Gaara smirks. Genma calls the start of the match.
"Begin!"
The sand pours out of Gaara's gourd. Naruto does some handsigns.
"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"
He applies fire chakra to turn it into a flame thrower. Gaara's sand forms a ball around him. The flames heat some of the sand, until it turns to glass and shatters. More sand quickly refills the hole that was made in the ball as a result.
"Come on, Naruto! You have to get through my sand defense to beat me!"
More sand shoots out from the sphere, forcing Naruto to dodge.
"You can do better than that, Naruto!"
Naruto keeps on dodging the sand. He does some handsigns.
"Wind Release: Drilling Air Bullet!"
The blast blows another hole in the sand, which quickly refills. Sand is still shooting out at Naruto. He decides to use more handsigns.
"Water Release: Water Gun!"
He fires off enough of them to cover the entire sand ball, soaking it. He then pulls off another move.
"Wind Release: Spiraling Wind Ball!"
He shot a few of them at Gaara. They made holes in his sand, but the holes were taking longer to fill up. Naruto takes advantage of this.
"Wind Release: Drilling Air Bullet!"
A bigger hole is formed in the sand sphere. Naruto can now see Gaara.
"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"
The powerful gust forces Gaara through what's left of his sand sphere. He lands near the far wall. Naruto takes his advantage. By the time Gaara recovers, Naruto is standing above him, with another Spiraling Wind Ball directly in front of Gaara's face.
"Surrender, Gaara. Or this will go right through your head."
Gaara nods his head in defeat.
"Very well, I surrender."
"Winner: Naruto Uzumaki!"
The crowd is silent. They don't want to cheer for Naruto, due to the Kyuubi, nor Gaara, due to the stories they heard from Suna civilians.
Naruto whispers to Gaara.
"Good thing we held back."
"If we were to go all out, we would destroy this arena along with some of the village."
Naruto and Gaara walk back to the booth. Once there, Naruto retakes his coat and puts it back on, tying the blank headband, so that it circles around the coat again.
In the Kage booth, the Kazekage looks at the Otokage.
"It seems congratulations are in order. Your son defeated mine."
"I'm proud of him. But you should be proud of your son, too. He's a powerful fighter."
"So true.
Back in the arena, Genma speaks up.
"Due to the line-up, the next match will determine the opponent for Kankuro. The match is between Sasuke Uchiha and Kin Tsuchi. Come down, you two."
"I forfeit."
Genma looks at Kin.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes. After what he did to Temari, there's no way I want to fight a psychopath like him."
"Very well. Kin Tsuchi forfeits. Winner: Sasuke Uchiha!"
The crowd boos at Kin for not fighting and cheers for their precious Sasuke.
"This next fight will determine who faces Naruto Uzumaki in the finals. The match is between Kankuro and Sasuke Uchiha."
"I forfeit. Same reason as Kin."
Genma sighs.
"Very well, Kankuro forfeits. Winner: Sasuke Uchiha!"
The crowd has the same reaction as before.
"We will now move onto the final fight. Naruto Uzumaki versus Sasuke Uchiha. Will the two of you come down?"
Naruto and Sasuke walk down to the arena and face off against each other.
"You'll pay for what you did to Temari, Sasuke."
"You think you can stop me, dobe? I find it humorous that you threaten your future father-in-law. For you see, I will have your mother as my wife and she will sire me powerful children to reform the great Uchiha clan. As for you, I think I'll make you my personal slave and concubine. I will forcefully take you each night and enjoy it, just like I enjoyed Sakura."
The crowd goes silent. Naruto, on the other hand, already knew about Sasuke's attempts to make Kushina his wife, as well as the fact he killed Sakura. Plus, he already suspected Sasuke was gay. But, he didn't know that Sasuke was gay for him. But he knows he can't look or say anything suspicious.
"You sick fuck! You rape and kill Sakura, honestly think you can make a Kage your wife, and say that you want to actually have sex with me? I'm going to bring you down, teme!"
The Elders are shocked.
"We were supporting a rapist? What have we done?"
Danzo is pissed.
"I go to all the trouble of covering up his crime and he admits it gladly! My backup idea is falling apart!"
Mrs. Haruno is crying.
"It's my fault. I told Sakura to pursue Sasuke and get him to be her husband. But he turns around, rapes her, and kills her! It's my fault."
Mr. Haruno is pissed. He turns to look at his wife and they both have a silent agreement. He stands up and calls out to Naruto.
"Boy! This will probably be the only time I ask something of you, so don't mess it up! Kick the Uchiha's ass!"
In the Kage booth, Kushina is surprised.
"Well, well. I never would have expected them to call for Sasuke's death."
Naruto looks at them in surprise, but nods to them.
"I was going to kick his ass anyway, but I'll be extra hard on him."
Mr. Haruno nods and sits back down. The other people in the crowd are conflicted. To them, Sasuke was their god who could do no wrong, yet he just admitted to raping and killing the daughter of a well-known and loved merchant. They choose to stay silent.
Genma starts the match.
"Begin!"
Sasuke activates his Sharingan, calls on the power of the curse mark, and does some handsigns.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
Naruto decides to not hold back as much. He coats his hand in wind chakra and easily smacks the fireball aside, sending it into the wall.
"Is that all you got?"
Sasuke snarls.
"Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique!"
Naruto coats his other hand in wind chakra and uses both hands to smack away all of the fireballs.
Sasuke is enraged.
"Was all my training for nothing? He smacks my attacks aside so easily! No, I am an Uchiha! I am stronger than him! I will defeat him!"
Sasuke jumps back to the wall and does some handsigns. Everyone notices the sound of birds chirping.
The Hokage looks in horror.
"I can't believe Kakashi taught him that technique!"
The Otokage is also surprised, but is still confident in her son.
"Chidori!"
Kakashi looks on in glee.
"Yes! Sasuke will use my technique to destroy the demon! Finally, Minato-sensei, Rin, and Obito can truly rest in peace!"
Sasuke charges at Naruto. Naruto sighs and blows some wind chakra into his hand.
"Wind Release: Spiraling Wind Ball!"
He throws it, hitting Sasuke who can't stop in time. He is sent into the wall and the Chidori fades away. He gets up and snarls.
"I need every ounce of power from this seal!"
He draws upon it all. The marks now cover 90% of his body. All that can be seen is a little bit of his face. His Sharingan seem to also be warping.
"This power is amazing! But, it's not enough! I need more!"
The marks continues to spread, until they cover 100% of his body.. He is now looking very demonic, when he suddenly cries out in pain.
"My body! What's happening to me?"
Naruto walks up to him and whispers in his ear.
"You shouldn't have been so eager to use that curse mark. You see, it was infused with some of the Kyuubi's chakra. Tell me, do you know why I was chosen to be the host as an infant? And yes, I know Kakashi told you."
Sasuke looks at him in shock, but manages to shake his head, despite the pain he's feeling.
Naruto continues to whisper.
"Well, normally demonic chakra can't be properly used by humans, due to the conflicts that arise between human and demon chakra. Also, the chakra coils must be adapted to use the chakra. I was chosen as an infant because, my coils hadn't been fully formed yet, so they could still adapt to demon chakra. In other cases, the Uzumaki had designed a special seal that helps already formed chakra coils to adapt, by putting a special safety feature in their seals, as it was in the case of my mother, who was the previous host. In fact, that was how the Kyuubi chakra got in that seal. She still has some in her body. Anyway, getting back on track, that safety feature I mentioned isn't in your seal."
Sasuke's eyes widen.
"That's right. Your body is being fed too much demon chakra for it to handle. The curse mark's power is eating you from the inside out. This is the price you pay for constantly craving power. The very power you crave will kill you, painfully. Enjoy dying, Sasuke Uchiha."
Sasuke is horrified.
"This can't be! I was supposed to rebuild the Uchiha clan using the dobe's mother! I can't die, yet! I haven't killed Itachi! I need to avenge the great Uchiha! I can't die! I'm the god of Konoha! I CAN'T DIE!"
Sasuke screams as the dark power bursts through his chest. The audience watches in horror as the dark chakra burns him alive. It take less than a minute, before Sasuke drops to the ground, dead. No one notices the dark power transfer to Naruto, due to the fact the demon chakra is drawn to its source, the Kyuubi. Naruto turns away from Sasuke.
"Winner: Naruto Uzumaki!"
Medics come to collect the corpse, as the Hokage, Kazekage, and Otokage talk for a few minutes, before teleporting down to the arena. The remaining contestants in the booth are called down.
"With the fights finished, all that's left to do is reveal the people who will be promoted. When I call your name, step forward."
The genin nod.
"Kin Tsuchi!"
Kin steps forward with a smile on her face.
"Dosu Kinuta!"
It's hard to tell Dosu's expressing, due to the fact you can only see his right eye.
"Kankuro!"
Kankuro smirks.
"Gaara!"
Gaara's face is impassive.
"And last, but not least, Naruto Uzumaki!"
Naruto smiles.
The crowd grumbles at the fact Naruto was promoted.
"Thank you all for participating in these Exams! For those who weren't promoted, I can only wish you better luck next time in the Exams. I officially declare these Exams, complete!"
Suddenly, a genjutsu is cast on the crowd, putting them all the sleep. At the same time, an explosion can be heard over at the village walls.
Kushina speaks up.
"I forgot to tell you one thing, old man. Before me, Orochimaru was the Otokage. He taught me everything he knew and I promised him that I would complete his dream by destroying Konoha. This village will be destroyed."
Hiruzen quickly jumps away from Kushina. He looks at Naruto.
"Naruto! Protect your Hokage."
Naruto doesn't move towards Hiruzen. Instead, he moves his hands to the two headbands he's wearing, and dispels the henges on them. The Konoha headband on his head, is revealed to be an Oto headband. The blank headband on his waist is revealed to be his real Konoha headband, but there is a scratch mark through the symbol of Konoha. Hiruzen's eyes widen. Naruto then walks over to stand at the side of Kushina, who wraps an arm around him.
Kushina grins evilly at Hiruzen.
"Sorry, old man. Naruto stands at my side, where he belongs."
Her eyes turn serpent-yellow and she pulls off the Otokage robes, to reveal the violet battle dress she's wearing.
Hiruzen looks at the Kazekage, who also stands near Kushina.
"You are betraying our alliance?"
The Kazekage snorts.
"Your village has been stealing all our missions! This is my revenge!"
Kushina laughs.
"Face it, old man. This is the end of Konohagakure, and you can't do anything to save it."
Vanex: The invasion begins! Next chapter, will be the chapter you're all waiting for! I know I'll be asked why Kakashi blames Naruto for Obito's and Rin's deaths, when the Kyuubi had nothing to do with them. Kakashi has been completely consumed by his hate, to the point it blinds him from the obvious truth. He now blames Naruto and the Kyuubi for all their deaths. Anyway, what do you think of Sasuke's death? Being killed by the power he constantly craved. I thought it was the perfect death for him. See you all next time!