Here is chapter 14, finally, this is mainly samjaz, he wrote the fight scenes, and i think he did a brilliant job, only the first scene was my work.

Chapter 14

Feelings

Naruto awoke cursing the sunlight that hit his eyes. He could feel something was missing; but he struggled to work out anything with a brain that wasn't working yet.

'It feels colder than when I went to sleep, my head feels wrong.'

He struggled to open his eyes and it hit him, like a bucket of water. Which also hit him like a bucket of water.

'So. Cold, wet, and no Temari or Haku. Troublesome."

'Bad kit, no turning into Shikamaru now.'

'That would indeed be bad.'

Two people stood over Naruto; he could make out the blurry outlines. The one the right was clearer than the left one.

He blinked rapidly and Jiraiya and Kakashi came into focus, Jiraiya stood at his right seemed to be in better focus then Kakashi on his left. 'I wonder why.'

"Oi! Gaki! You awake?" The sentence was followed by a kick to his right side from Jiraiya and a giggle from Kakashi who had his book in hand.

Naruto sighed and sat up, "Whatever gave you that idea..?"

The two giggled and sat down either side of him. Kakashi spoke "Now about those two girlfriends of yours…"

Naruto groaned and pulled out a bottle of Sake from his jacket.

Jiraiya's eyes went wide, "How much of that stuff do you have in there."

Naruto gave a chuckle, "One more than limitless."

Jiraiya was stumped so Kakashi cut in, "About the conversation with Shikamaru last night?"

Naruto had a faraway look in both eyes "Which bit?"

Kakashi paused for a moment, "About your feelings for Haku and the Suna girl."

Naruto looked up at the sky, "It's something I've never felt before." He paused "If anything happened to them I... feel like I'd die, but…" Naruto sighed. "I… I can't..... Understand it."

Jiraiya had a gleam in his eyes, "This is good…"

Naruto looked up at the grinning sage. "You've fallen for them. Naruto, the one eyed enigma, in love with the girl he brought back from a monster and the girl from a far away land." He gave a perverted giggle and took out his note book.

Naruto closed his eyes, letting out a long sigh, "Love… you really think?"

Kakashi put a hand on Naruto's shoulder, "Without a doubt, you've fallen in love with both of them, they've fallen for you." He leaned towards his pupil's ear. "Also, try to read the signs between them; it might give you a greater insight."

Naruto nodded, "Thanks, that helped a lot." He paused for a moment, his hand going to his head. "Where's my headband and forehead protector?"

Jiraiya smirked, "Ask your girlfriends."

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The next day, Naruto felt awful. He didn't get any sleep last night, and he had a hangover.

"It's your own fault dammit! The chance was there and you walked away!"

'The council would have just spun it against me somehow…'

"You say that, but we both know you just have no balls."

'Shut up…' Naruto reached for a bottle of Sake that wasn't there. 'Dammit… I drank that much?'

Naruto struggled to listen to the proctor Hayate's orders, but it was hard enough to just stand. In fact, it was. The only reason he was still vertical was because Shikamaru noticed and got him in a Shadow Jutsu. All Naruto knew was that he had to beat his opponent. Easy enough…

"Alright… Our first contestants are… Shino and Zaku! Everyone else to the stands!"

Everyone except the bug user, the sound ninja, and Naruto left the arena.

"NARUTO!"

"Buh, wha? Oh, right…" Naruto trudged towards the stairs and climbed up, sitting against the walls once he reached the top.

"Naruto," Temari asked. "You okay?"

SNORE

"Presumably…" Haku answered. "Hey, fight!"

The two ninjas faced each other. The sound ninja shifted into a stance, legs braced and palms facing Shino. There was a small hole in each hand. "YOU READY!?"

Shino, however, just stood there with his hands in his pockets. "This match had been decided. I would advise you to forfeit."

"What?" Zaku laughed. "You got some nerve. Check this out! THUNDER SOUND BLAST!"

A shockwave blasted out of his hand, knocking Shino flying. "SHINO KUN!" Cried Hinata.

Zaku grinned. However, the smile faded as Shino stood up unfazed. "The intelligent thing to do now," Shino told him, "Would be to surrender, as you're surrounded."

"I only see you buddy!" Zaku told him, as a bug landed on his forearm. "Gerrof!" he said, but stopped as he noticed the cloud of insects surrounding him. "Wh-what!"

"Like I said. Surrender or perish."

Snarling, Zaku crossed his arms and started building up chakra. "SONIC BOOM!"

There was an explosion, and a spattering of blood. "GAARRGGHH!!"

"I did warn you." Shino said monotonously. Zaku's sound pipes in his arms were blocked by Shino's insects, so the built up pressure exploded his arms. Unfortunately, the explosion was near his chest, so as the smoke cleared, you could see white amongst the red; shards of ribcage poked through the sides of the cavity that used to be his chest. One lung was torn, another almost completely destroyed, but they preserved his heart, which still was not visible and still beating strongly: pumping blood into the hole that used to be his chest.

"Wha.. Is… IS THAT!?" Zaku was still conscious. "Ho-holy shh…" he fainted.

"The winner is Shino." Hayate declared, as sickened murmurs filled the room. "Medics, get him out of here."

Medic Nin's rushed the sound nin onto a stretcher as Shino walked away.

"Alright, the next match is…" Hayate looked at the computer screen. "Sasuke Uchiha and Yoroi Akado!"

"Nice!" Sasuke jumped onto the bloodstained floor, grinning. Yoroi, on the other hand, walked leisurely onto the arena.

"Amazing… I didn't even have to beg to fight you."

"Sorry, but you're in the way of the people I Really want to fight."

"COUGH! Begin."

Sasuke charged forward, dodging past the Kunai and Shuriken, Sharingan spinning. Fire covered his fist as he prepared to strike, but the Uchiha was caught in the face by Yoroi, and the fire died.

"This is my Chakra absorption Jutsu…" the leaf nin said. "You like it?"

Sasuke didn't get chance to answer, however, as he vanished in a puff of smoke. "WHAT!? SHADOW CLONE!?" Yoroi spun around. "Then he's-!?"

Hands grabbed his face from behind. "Thanks for that skill." Sasuke whispered from behind. "Payback's a bitch, isn't it?"

Yoroi didn't get chance to answer, however, as he slumped to the ground, unconscious. "Winner, Sasuke!"

"Damn man!" Gaara slapped Sasuke's hi-five as he returned to the top. "That was skill!"

"Thanks." Smiled the Uchiha, slipping Sakura a quick kiss on the cheek, hugging her. he was disappointed, however, that Naruto was asleep through the whole thing.

"I saw it if it makes you feel better."

Sasuke stopped with a start. 'The hell?'

"You're better conversation than Kit over here, so I'll bore you for now Uchiha."

'Okay then..?'

"Good. So who we cheering for?"

Shikamaru and a sound nin named Kin had entered the arena. Shikamaru sighed. "Well, this is troublesome…"

"You don't say?"

"No, it's just normally I hold them down while Chouji beats them up, or Ino mind rapes them…"

"Ooh, I know that kid. Hundred ryo on him."

'You don't have a hundred ryo, do you?' Sasuke honestly didn't know what to expect, nor was he used to this sensation. 'Does Naruto feel like this all the time?'

"Probably. And Kit does."

"I guess that it can't be helped." Shikamaru crouched down, placing his fingers together in a circle. "I was hoping to save this for Naruto, but since he's asleep right now, I reckon that I'll be alright."

"HAH! Bring it on!"

The temperature in the room fell as the shadows gathered around Shikamaru. The shadows crawled into his hands, coiling to form an unearthly black ball of darkness, that slowly span and span until it made a perfect sphere.

Then it opened an eye.

A twisted, wrong eye that bent and curved like a four year olds idea of a snake, opened on the black ball, revealing a blue ringed iris. The ball twisted and curved to face her. her face contorted with disgust as a second eye opened on the sphere. Disgust turned to fear as a manic, insane grin, that could only be described as human, yet not human at the same time, grew upon the dark orb. The grinning sphere then span, uncurling itself into nothingness.

"That…" Kin shook herself, getting her head back on straight. "That was downright creepy, but what the hell was it supposed to achieve?"

THIS

Kin watch with horror as darkness rose from the ground, filling the space around him like black fins of death.

Then the eyes and smiles opened.

Not like before. Before made a face. Now they were just spread randomly around the sheet of blackness. It was clear: what ever that leaf ninja was doing, he was creating something that should not be.

The darkness then fell back the ground and rose up into Shikamaru's jacket. "Now it begins." He said with a smile on his face.

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Shikamaru is the pet project of samjaz in this story, he wants to make him badass, his power, you'll have to wait till next chapter.