Note: I don't own Naruto.

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(The contestants final day of training.)

Naruto was battling a clone of himself as Jiraiya watched from the sides. They both were traveling at high-speed clawing at each other. Akane was practicing her shuriken throw. Koichi simply sat by a tree somewhere playing a melody he had just written. Sakura was measuring just how far she could reach her assassination wires. Jirobo was slamming his fists against a cliff causing craters to form. Gaara was standing atop a rock near Jirobo, watching him without Jirobo noticing. Neji was sparring against 2 Hyuuga branch members as Hiashi, his wife and daughter watched from the side impressed by Neji's progress within a month. Meanwhile Hinata was surrounded by three clones of herself. They had apparently been fighting fiercely for a while as all of them were breathing heavily from exhaustion. Finally, the Hinata in the middle swooped in and struck the chakra pools of all 3 clones, causing them to dissipate in bursts of rose pedals, a method she picked up from her sensei. She then stood smiling as her grandfather and Kurenai watched from the side. All the contestants were making good use of their final day of training. That night Hiashi lit an incent on a shrine under a picture of his brother Hizashi.

" Nii-san, I wish you could be here to see the warrior Neji has become, He will no doubt make an excellent leader to the Hyuuga clan. His abilities exceed anything we could have dreamed of. I know nothing I do will repay you for your act, but I promise, your dream for Neji will be realized." Hiashi said.

Meanwhile Naruto and Jiraiya stood atop a lake watching the sunset as the final day of training was coming to a close.

" Go get some rest brat. You got a big day tomorrow." Jiraiya said.

" Right! But I'm so psyched, I don't know if I can sleep." Naruto said.

" Oh well let me help you out with that." Jiraiya said

Just then Jiraiya pulled out a small fistful of sleep dust and without warning threw it in Naruto's face.

" Hey! What the…..hell…..damn you…..ero-sennin……" Naruto said drousily but fell asleep.

Jiraiya grabbed him just before he fell so he wouldn't go in the water.

" Sorry kid, but you gotta get your rest for tomorrow. You're gonna need every bit of it." Jiraiya said.

Back at the Konohakagure cemetery. Hinata is shown putting her hand on a gravestone. On it is the marking. "Emi Hyuuga."

"Mother, please give me the strength to push forward tomorrow." Hinata said to herself.

That night Gaara was looking up at the moon. Suddenly, Gaara's senses snapped to full alert. A dark ominous presence was near him. Whatever it was, it was powerful, at first he thought it might have been Naruto, Gaara decided to check it out. Two mysterious figures were walking through the woods, suddenly Gaara appeared behind them. The two figures stopped. Gaara discovered that the presence was not Naruto.

" Who are you? I know you don't belong to this village." Gaara said.

One of the gentlemen turned around and exposed a pair of deep red eyes. But not just any red eyes, eyes containing the Sharingan. Gaara was surprised.

" Those eyes…their like Uchiha's." Gaara thought.

Gaara's sand came to his defense forming a shield around him.

" Your move." Gaara said.

(cut scene.)

The next morning, the big day…..

Kurenai walked up to Toba Hyuuga's private home. Toba was seen on the porch of his home, awaiting Hinata to come out.

" Good morning Toba-sama, Hinata-chan almost ready?" Kurenai asked.

Toba nodded with a smile. Kurenai came and knelt before him.

" I appreciate everything you have done for us Toba-sama. I hope you will not suffer any repercussions from the clan for your helping Hinata-chan." Kurenai said.

" Not to worry Kurenai, my son knows full well, he doesn't tell Me what to do." Toba said smiling.

Just then Hinata came out the door. She was dressed in a pink winter coat with tan underclothes. (Note: Her second costume in clash of ninja 2.)

" Pink?….Not very intimidating." Kurenai said.

" Oh….should I change?" Hinata asked.

" Haha, no don't worry." Kurenai said.

Hinata, Toba and Kurenai were then on their way to the tournament stadium. Toba was a bit concerned.

" What if she has to fight Neji? Hinata has dramatically improved but against Neji? I don't know." Toba thought.

" Yo Hinata-chan!" said a loud voice from behind them. It was Naruto running up with Jiraiya by his side.

" Naruto-kun…." Hinata said with some blush filling her face.

" Hey Hinata-chan, are you ready?" Naruto asked.

Hinata smiled and nodded. Naruto smiled and raised his fist in the air as he led the way.

" All right! Here we go!" Naruto said.

" Man, this kid's energy…" Kurenai thought.

As Hinata was walking side by side with Naruto, Naruto turned his head to Toba, Kurenai and Jiraiya.

" Hey! Don't you old folks lag behind!" Naruto said.

Just then a record for Naruto abuse was set as 3 fists bopped the back of Naruto's head at the exact same time. Forming a giant lump.

"Oww, Hey I gotta fight today, I can't afford any injuries." Naruto said.

Naruto noticed Hinata had her head down, but her eyes seemed focused. She was determined to do her best in the finals. Naruto playfully shoved against her. Causing Hinata to blush. Naruto blushed a bit as well.

" Don't be so stiff." Naruto said playfully.

Hinata laughed a bit, deciding to take Naruto's advice. Jiraiya saw how Naruto was acting with Hinata.

"Well well brat, getting flirty are we?" Jiraiya thought.

The group soon reached and entered the tournament stadium. Hinata was taken back by the vastness of the arena on ground level. Last time she was a spectator in the stands but to actually see the arena at this angle, knowing she was going to compete in it, it was an overwhelming feeling.

" Hinata-chan! Naruto!" Kiba shouted running over to them with Shino by his side.

" Kiba-kun. Shino-kun." Hinata said.

" I hope you're ready for this." Shino said.

Hinata nodded smiling.

Naruto raised his arm in confidence. " Lets do it!"

"Will the contestants please report to the skybox area. Repeat, all contestants to the skybox area." Said the loudspeaker.

Naruto and Hinata bid farewell to the group and went on their way.

" Good luck to you both." Kurenai said.

" Hinata I'll be cheering for you." Toba said.

" Naruto….." Jiraiya said.

Naruto looked at him.

" …Just don't get knocked out in the first round." He finished.

Naruto scowled at Jiraiya.

Soon the two went up the stairs past the bleachers. Hinata was smiling due to the fact that she made it this far. The smile on her face however dropped when she saw who was coming the opposite direction. Hiashi, his wife and daughter along with a few clan members were walking towards them. Hinata's eyes drifted to the corner as she was walking. When Naruto saw Hinata in the state she was in and the obvious reason why, he put his arm over her as a clear sign of protection. Hinata blushed at Naruto's act and Naruto seemed more than happy to do it. Motoko seeing Hinata, simply stuck up her nose. Luckily their brush was brief as each party continued walking. Finally Hinata and Naruto reached the area where the other competitors were. Tsunade then walked to the middle of the group and explained the process.

" All right first of all, I want to congratulate all of you just for being here. Your hard work and perseverance has led you to this moment." Tsunade said.

Naruto looked around and saw Neji and Sakura. Sakura was paying attention to Tsunade while Neji looked at Naruto. Naruto however noticed Gaara was missing.

" Hey Baa-chan! Where's Gaara?" Naruto asked.

Tsunade's eyebrow twitched at Naruto.

" I don't know Naruto! We have been looking for him for over an hour. As long as he gets here before his match begins he won't be disqualified." Tsunade said.

Naruto seemed concerned.

" How this will work is first you will all gather in the middle of the arena so everybody will see just who is competing. Then the score board will run through the names of the first to fight, then it will continue until all the names have run through for the first round. The same process will continue for the second round and so on and so forth. Remember, at all times you are to listen to and respect the proctor's decisions, if he tells you to do something, you do it. Any other action will result in your disqualification. " She continued.All the ninjas nodded their heads.

Later Chouji was walking with his parents down the steps of the bleachers trying to find a seat.

" Chouji-kun!" Ino yelled as she waved to him. " I saved you a seat right by me!"

Chouji got a little embarrassed and didn't want to abandon his mom and dad who had seats reserved with their clan. Chouza smiled.

" Go ahead son, I want you to hang your friends." Chouza said.

Chouji looked at his father and nodded. He went down by Ino. Chouza and his wife looked at each other and smiled. As Chouji came down by Ino he saw that his team-mate Shikamaru and Sensei Asuma were sitting on one side of Ino, and by the other side of Ino was a seat with Chouji's name all over it. When Chouji sat down he was taken by surprise when Ino wrapped her hands around his arm.

" Isn't this exciting ? I hope we actually get to finish it this time." Ino said.

Chouji nodded.

Later all contestants were out in the middle of the arena. Sarutobi came down briefed them on the rules which Tsunade explained to the earlier. The Hokage then turned to the audience. It seemed that nearly the entire town was in attendance. Including all the noble clans.

" The Chuunin tournament shall now begin!" Sarutobi yelled.

The response was a massive cheer from the crowd. Toba sat among the other elders of the Hyuuga clan.

" The first two names shall now be chosen at random!" Sarutobi yelled.

All the genin looked up at the scoreboard watching the names speed through. Then suddenly the names stopped.

Uzumaki Naruto

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Jirobo

" Hah! So it's me right off the bat again huh?" Naruto said.

Jirobo looked over at Naruto.

" I've never fought against someone with demon chakra before. I just have to have a taste of it." Jirobo maliciously thought to himself.

As the other ninjas left the arena, Hinata walked by Naruto.

" Maybe you could use your funnybone jutsu on him." Hinata said jokingly.

Naruto looked over at Jirobo then back to Hinata.

" Something tells me he's not the ticklish type." Naruto said.

Hinata brought her hand to her mouth and laughed softly.

" Good luck." Hinata said.

" Arigatou." Said Naruto.

Hinata then jumped out of the arena.

"Ready….Begin!" The proctor said.

Naruto turned around to see Jirobo directly in his face, Jirobo threw a straight forward punch that sent Naruto sliding across the ground.

"That was your own foolish mistake Naruto. You should have been more alert." Sarutobi said to himself.

" MAN! He's quick for a guy his size! Still, I should've been on guard." Naruto thought to himself.

" What the hell does Naruto think he's doing!?" Kiba said.

Shino remained silent.

Naruto jumped up to his feet. Jirobo closed in to deliver another punch, Naruto tried block it with one hand. Big mistake. Jirobo broke through his defense and struck him square in the chest, knocking him against the wall.

Hinata watched from above with concern.

"Naruto-kun…..." She said to herself.

"That does it!" Naruto yelled getting into his tai-jutsu stance.

This time Jirobo's next strike missed, Naruto then flipped back delivering a kick to Jirobo's jaw. Naruto then leaned in for a straight-forward punch to Jirobo's stomach which knocked him back a few feet. Naruto was now gaining control of the match. Naruto ran forward then jumped up bringing both his knees into Jirobo's face. Jirobo took a few steps back. Naruto remained still while still in his stance. He decided to let Jirobo make the next move.

" It's not just this new fighting style that's different about Naruto, he seems a lot more calm and focused, a year ago he probably would've kept attacking, then eventually fall into a trap. Fighting him won't be as easy as last time. He's much more aware of his surroundings." Neji thought.

Jirobo ran towards him preparing a massive straight-forward punch. Naruto however dodged it easily.

" Man, your strength is incredible but your speed sucks." Naruto said.

"What'd you say!?" Jirobo said.

Naruto then spilt into 20 clones then all ganged up on Jirobo. It seeme that Naruto had the upperhand.

"That's it Naruto! Beat him down!" Kiba shouted.

However as soon as Kiba said that Jirobo knocked all the clones away with a massive swipe of his arms. This shocked the crowd as Jirobo had revealed his transformed state. Naruto jumped back and dispersed his clones.

" Why did you disperse your shadow clones? Have you decided to give up?" Jirobo asked.

"That's not a bad trick but you're not the only one here who can transform." Naruto said.

Naruto then clenched his fists. Suddenly a red chakra began to form around him. Everybody in the crowd knew what was coming next, as they recalled what happened the last tournament. Naruto almost looked as if he were on fire from being engulfed in the red chakra . Naruto's whisker marks became larger. Naruto then opened his eyes to reveal dark crimson orbs. Jirobo seemed intimidated. But none the less, he charged Naruto. Naruto again held out his palm in an attempt to stop Jirobo's strike. This time he had much better luck, as he stopped his fist, he Jirobo went back only a few feet, causing their feet to break up the ground beneath them.

Hinata watched from above clutching the chest area of her coat. She had known for years that Naruto was the vessel for the Kyuubi. It never changed the way she felt about him. In fact it just made her admire him more for being able to keep going even though he carries such a burden. It even amazed her that Naruto turned his curse into a gift by tapping into the Kyuubi's chakra. But it saddened her that this was the reason the villagers had shunned Naruto. They didn't even know him or what kind of person he was.

Back to the fight Naruto slammed his fist against Jirobo's jaw knocking him clear across the arena. Jirobo sprang to his feet and tore out a boulder sized chunk out of the ground and threw it at Naruto. With one strong slash, Naruto cut through the large projectile. Jirobo could not believe it. Naruto using his advanced speed then appeared behind Jirobo. As Jirobo turned around Naruto kicked him into the air. Naruto appeared in the air above Jirobo and using the "Rasengan technique" Blasted Jirobo into the ground causing debris to kick up. Naruto landed near the crater to observe the crater he was sure Jirobo laid unconscious in.

" That…..was for Lee." Naruto said.

Hinata used her Byakugan to look through the dust and debris.

" Naruto-kun!…." she thought.

Suddenly Jirobo appeared behind Naruto and grabbed him.

" Hah! Now you chakra's all mine! Struggle all you want I'll just get stronger!" Jirobo said.

Naruto seemed surprisingly calm given the circumstances.

" You want my chakra? No problem!" Naruto said.

Naruto then began to put out a lot more chakra. At first Jirobo seemed to be getting stronger, the only problem was…..Naruto wasn't stopping. Naruto screamed in the air as he pushed out incredible amounts of chakra. Jirobo noticed that his hands were beginning to blister. Jirobo quickly let go not being able to take any more.

" Who would have thought Jirobo could get more than his fill." Koichi said shocked.

Naruto turned around facing Jirobo.

" Time to finish this!" Naruto said.

Naruto then produced half a dozen clones of himself. They then surrounded Jirobo. The first clone came and kicked Jirobo in the face knocking him off his feet. Naruto then ran up his clones back and disappeared into the air. The other clones then slid in, each delivering a kick to Jirobo.

"U-"

"Zu-"

"Ma-"

"Ki-"

Jirobo was now in the air until he saw Naruto above him with a fist pulsating with chakra.

"Uzuzmaki Death From Above!" Naruto shouted pounding Jirobo into the ground forming a big crater.

Sarutobi smiled. "I see, he combined his original barrage attack with the "Death From Above Technique." That boy is amazing." Hethought.

Jirobo was laying unconscious on the ground. He had reverted back to his normal form.

Naruto stood above him breathing heavily. The Proctor came over to inspect Jirobo. He checked his pulse to make sure he was still alive. Thankfully , he was. The Proctor turned to face the crowd.

" Naruto Uzumaki will advance to the next round." The Proctor said.

The crowd cheered on what a show they saw. Naruto jumped back up to the skybox where Hinata lunged at him and gave him a big hug.

" You were brilliant!" Hinata said.

Suddenly Hinata realized she was actually hugging Naruto. Her face turned crimson as she forced herself off. However, Hinata noticed Naruto was blushing as well as he looked into her eyes smiling.

"Arigatou." Naruto said as he put his hand on her shoulder.

Their moment however was interrupted by the voice of the proctor.

" Now for the next match!" The Proctor said.

The names sped through the scoreboard.

Taga Akane

Vs.

Haruno Sakura

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Next Time

Naruto: What do you know Sakura, you finally came across someone with a louder mouth than you.

Sakura: What!? Damn you Naruto!

Naruto: Next Time! Akane vs. Sakura!

More coming. Again I think I could have made this chap better, but hope you likes it anyway.

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