Next chapter of A Father's Wrath, in this one more fights from the Chunin Exam are done and we discover who Tayuya will face.

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A brown spiky haired boy with kanji standing for death on his shirt and a sound headband with his left arm in a sling, held out and aimed his good arm and fired a burst of wind at his adversary, his opponent wearing light blue armor and a helmet on his head dodged the attack and went on the offensive using a chain style of attacks switching from one attack style to the next. He knocked the boy to the ground and the boy defensively rolled away from him and got back up to his feet and the two glared at one another.

Zaku Abumi and Yujo Shouhei were the participants in the fourth battle of the preliminary matches. Zaku despite his disadvantage with only one arm had hanged tough with the taijutsu specialist and even though he had taken some hits, he ignored the pain and fought on determined to win. Yujo was showing little signs of fatigue as he got into a fighting stance.

The Sound nins were cheering their comrade on as it would be great for their village if they got two straight victories, opening the eyes of the other villages that they were not meant to be taken likely. The Rain nins were quiet not making a sound just watching the fight, one of theirs had already fallen. Would Yujo be the second one.

Yujo charged and grabbed the boy's arm before he could dodge or blast him with it. He then began twisting it putting pressure on the arm. Zaku let out a grunt of pain as he put pressure on his good arm. "Now I'll break your arm, just like I did your other one!" Shouted Yujo bringing his arm up prepared to bring it down and break his other arm. Zaku gritted his teeth seeing he only had one chance and went for his backup plan.

Just when Yujo was going to break his arm he was suddenly blown away. He landed on the ground and looked up and saw that Zaku had pulled out his other arm from his sling and fired at him at such close range he was unable to defend himself. "So, you feigned injury to fool your enemies, not bad."

"Heh, don't underestimate me dirtbag, I'm smarter than I look." Said Zaku to him holding out both arms now.

"No matter it's time for me to end this." Yujo then went into a series of hand seals and Zaku held his ground determined to fight off whatever he was planning.

Up in the stands, Might Gai recognized some of the handseals being done by the taijutsu specialist. He then realized what he was attempting to do as he finished.

"Take this! Itsu Gekidoku Dokueki: Mukade Shiki!" (Five Deadly Venoms: Centipede Style) Suddenly Yujo's body started to change, it became more insect like and his eyes bulged becoming wider. Zaku had a look of shock on his face at the unexpected change, he looked like a cross between a human and a centipede. Growling in defiance he held out his air cutters and fired a powerful blast at him.

Yujo in his new form dodged the attack and before Zaku could react was behind him and striked him multiple times across his back. The boy was knocked to the ground a bit disoriented but not really injured.

"You think that's gonna stop me?" He said getting up when he suddenly felt sick, his vision was getting cloudy and sweat was starting to pour down his head. Yujo had his arms crossed truimphantly.

"You've been infected with the poison of the centipede.' He said in a hiss like tone. "A centipede strikes it's foes with claws, I have mastered its style of fighting and can poison my enemies with just one blow. It can cause even the mightiest foe to weaken. And since I hit you multiple times I've sent many pints of poison inside your body."

Zaku fell to one knee as he tried to fight the poison but to no avail. He collapsed on the floor breathing hard, immediately checked upon by Hayate who ruled that Zaku was unable to fight and Yujo had won. "Zaku!" Shouted Kin who was going to help her teammate but got stopped by Dosu who grabbed her arm.

"There's nothing you can do Kin." He said to her. She glared at him angerly and tried to get free. "You won't do anything if you try attacking him now, stay here. I want to avenge him as well for what happened to him but now is not the time for action." He ordered her as the two watched as Zaku was placed on a stretcher and taken to be cured of the poison. The girl slowly nodded understanding as she watched him leave the arena. She casted a glare at Yujo who went back to normal and rejoined his team vowing that he would pay for what he did to Zaku.

Might Gai with his students was deep in thought, Centipede? That was a legendary taijutsu style of fighting along with four others, but the master who created it and his teachings disappeared centuries ago. How was that ninja able to use a style long thought to be no more?

"Are you alright Sensei?" Asked Lee to his teacher. Gai snapped out of it and grinned at his student.

"Of course Lee, I was just intrigued by that ninja's style."

"Me too, but he won cheaply, a true ninja doesn't rely on poison he relies on his youthful spirit to win!"

"Correct you are Lee!" Said Gai doing the nice guy pose along with his student.

Yujo returned to his comrades and joined them. He saw Shinjiro holding the now deceased Tsuchigumo's mask. "Alas for Tsuchigumo eh? If he had fight more like you Yujo he would be here as well to celebrate our victory." He said mockingly with a grin.

Hanzo glared at him. "You shouldn't mock a fallen comrade Shinjiro." The fire ninja laughed at that.

"Ha! Ugly was nothing more than a foolish psychopath, If I had faced the ice boy, we'd be celebrating a great victory." He said tossing the mask in the air and catching it. "I find it funny actually, he if hadn't worn this mask all the time, he would've seen that his time was running up." He tossed it again but it was caught and held by Keiji annoyed at him.

"Very well, when you are fighting I expect you to backup your words, Defeat your opponent swiftly and brutally. But take heed of your foolish words, they may came back to destroy you." He cautioned him.

Shinjiro smirked. "When it's my turn to fight I shall prove my superiority not only to you but to everyone here, and after I do so we'll see who The Leader shall be." He proclaimed confidently.

Muta Daidouji who was by himself glared at him behind veiled eyes. "Ignorant Fool."

Hayate then announced that they would be taking a short break so the others could prepare themselves. What was once twenty-eight was now down to twenty.

"You coming Naruto?" Asked Tayuya to the boy.

"Nah, I think I'll stay here and wait for you guys to get back, not a whole lot to do anyways."

"Hmph, fine suit yourself, I gotta piss." Said the girl who left with Haku and the others. As they were leaving Naruto noticed that it was just him and Gaara were the only one's left and he noticed that the boy was looking directly right at him. Again he was doing so and this time it was starting to freak him out.

Gaara glared at the sound boy across from him but made no move. He glared at him and he could feel the boy's blue eyes staring back at him. He twitched for a moment but got control of himself.

Though it was hard to ignore the demon inside him.

Haku was in a restroom and stretching his arm. It was still sore from the battle, Reaching up he removed his shirt and saw that he had a cut on his arm and there was dried blood. He'd better get this cleaned up or he'd risk getting it infected.

"Um E-Excuse me..." He turned around and saw the Hyuga girl. He quickly lowered his shirt as he noticed a small blush on her face.

"Can I help you with something Hinata?" He asked kindly to her. The girl hesistated and after double checking to see that he was only there went in.

"I, I g-got some ointment that y-you could use on y-your w-wound." She said nervously pressing her fingers together.

"Oh? That's really kind of you Hinata." He replied smiling at her causing her to blush more.

"Um...Here they are, c-congraulations o-on w-winning, bye!" She said quickly handing them to him and leaving. Haku chuckled at the girl and looked at it, it was just like the one's he used to make when he was training with Zabuza, helped them recover from many wounds. He lifted his shirt back up and smeared the ointment against his shoulder and winced at the sting.

He then noticed out of the corner of his eye Hinata who was quietly peeking behind the doorway at him. A smirk covered his face and he flexed his shoulders and his body giving her a little show. He saw her face become even redder and she turned and crashed into another person and quickly headed in another direction.

The boy chuckled. His shoulder was already starting to feel a lot better than before.

Sakura Haruno was starting to head back to the arena when Kakashi puffed in front of her. "K-Kakashi-sensei!" She said startled at his sudden appearance. "How is Sasuke? Will he be all right?"

Kakashi nodded at her. "He'll be alright, I've taken him to be healed, you can visit him after the exams are over with. What's happened so far?"

Sakura told him of the other matches that had taken place, though she did keep quiet about her suspicions of Raidou Asakura to him. It was a hunch she had, but there was no reason to get her teacher's hope up yet. "And that's all that's happened so far, I think I'll be going up soon." She said to him.

"Hmmm, interesting. Sakura does any of the Sound ninjas seem a little odd to you?" He asked.

"What do you mean?" She replied confusion on her face.

"Nothing, it's nothing important, c'mon let's head back to the arena, they should be starting soon."

After a fifteen minute break, The preliminary battles were ready to continue.

Temari vs Tenten

In a kunoichi battle between Leaf and Sand, Temari easily won the onesided battle, it wasn't that Tenten was a poor ninja, it was just her attacks were nullified by Temari's fan who blew them away. Despite a valiant effort by the student of Gai, She was knocked out by Temari's fan and nearly impaled on her own weapons if Lee hadn't saved her.

Ino Yamanaka vs Kin Tsuchi

Kin entered the fight determined to advance to the next round and avenge Zaku. Her opponent was Ino who she had a confrontation with due to how she concerned herself with her looks. Kin using her needles and bells managed to easily trap Ino in her genjutsu's. Ino tried to fight back and take possession of her but the bells were disorienting her and keeping her from able to use it. Kin than went on an offensive attack delivering blows to her.

Ino in a last desperate move cut off part of her long blonde hair and attempted to ensnare her with it. But she was not counting on Kin getting caught on purpose and using her bells at close range that she had caused Ino to pass out from the head pain she was getting.

The screen was sorting through the names of the next participants. Those who had yet to go had mixed emotions, some were nervous, a few were anxious, and most were ready.

Keiji Sosano was in a kneeled state praying to Jashin as the screen stopped and revealed who would fight who.

Kiba Inuzuka vs Keiji Sosano...

His eyes immediately opened and he stood up and prepared to go down. He slowly made his way down the steps and came forward to the center of the arena.

"Whoa, you're a tall one, no matter the bigger they are, the harder I knock them down!" Said Kiba whose dog Akamaru howled in agreement. "Are you ready to get your ass kicked?" Keiji didn't respond he glared at the boy his eyes engulfing him. "H-Hey knock that off, what are ya some kinda freak?" Kiba said feeling a bit unnerved by him.

"Are you both ready?" Asked Hayate. Kiba had a confident grin on his face whilst Keiji was emotionless his arms folded across his chest.

"Begin!"

"Let's go Akamaru!" Kiba tossed the dog a pill who gulped it down and transformed into another Kiba. The two charged him and leapt performing their signature move. "Gatsuuga!" They shouted becoming a cyclone of claws and feet. To his surprise he missed as Keiji sidestepped him arms still folded across his chest. Not giving up they did it again but Keiji this time apparently teleported in a swirl of purple flames and reappeared elsewhere. Kiba starting to annoyed that he wasn't hitting him tried it again and again but Keiji avoided easily each time. Except for sidestepping at times he hadn't moved a muscle.

Kiba was starting to get tired let out a growl. "Well you hold still? How can I beat ya if you don't let me hit you?" He shouted irritated. He then got an idea and mentioned for Akamaru to go one direction. The two got on both sides of him and charged him, this time they got him.

Or so they thought when Keiji dodged Kiba's lower attack and turned and threw a punch which hit Akamaru in the face who let out a cry of pain and turned back to his dog form in pain. "Akamaru! You'll pay for that you bastard!"

Keiji through playing around started growling beastily and bringing his hands upwards purple sparks came from them. Using the power gifted to him by Jashin he hurled a a large purple shaped skull of energy at Kiba which slammed into his chest knocking him backwards several feet on his back.

Hayate and his sensei Kurenai went to the fallen boy and he had several burn marks on his body due to the attack. He was in no condition to battle after that attack.

"The winner is Keiji Sosano!" Announced Hayate as Keiji made his way back up.

"Wortless scum, giving him to Jashin would be an insult." He growled as he joined his teammates.

Naruto and the other sound nins winced at the attack he had done. And with just one attack he had easily crushed the boy. No doubt he would be tough to beat. And Naruto doubted that that was his only move.

After Kiba and Akamaru were taken out via stretcher the next combatants were revealed.

Tayuya vs Sakura Haruno

"Heh, it's about damn time!" Said Tayuya a confident grin on her face as she got ready to go down.

Naruto had a small look of concern on his face. Sure Tayuya was tough and she should win, but she might go overboard and kill his former teammate. Sure she by standards was now an enemy but that didn't mean that he had started to consider her as a friend.

"Watch this one assholes, I'm gonna beat that bitch in record time!" Exclaimed Tayuya as she leapt down and made her way to the center of the arena.

Sakura made her way done the steps a little be insecure. It was finally her turn and she knew that the girl was going to be tough. She was told by Ino and Shikamaru that she used genjutsus and could also summon strange creatures to fight for her.

The two meet at the center and looked at each other face to face. "Are you ready bitch? This will be a melody I promise you won't enjoy!" Said Tayuya bringing her flute up.

Sakura frowned and held out her hand. "Hold on for a minute, let's make this more interesting."

"Huh?" Said Tayuya confused at her.

"There's something I want to know about you sound nins, if I win you have to tell me everything that I want to know." Said Sakura challenging her.

Tayuya frowned at her and saw Naruto out of the corner of her eye shaking his head no as to not to accept it. A smirk went across her features. "Sorry Naruto but I never back down from a challenge." She said in her thougts "Alright pinky I accept your little game, but If I win, you keep your nose out of our business from now on, does that sound fair to you?"

Sakura hesistated for a moment but then nodded her head agreeing to it.

Naruto shook his head in dismay watching his teammate. Sure Tayuya would probably win, but there was always that slight possibility that Sakura could win. Then she'd be able to find out about him as he had noticed her looks at him.

"Are the both of you ready?" Asked Hayate to the females. Both girls nodded and each got into a fighting stance. "Begin!"

Sakura drew a kunai and charged the redhead, Tayuya dodged the move and kicked her in the back. Sakura stumbled but quickly got back on her feet. She began zigzagging going from one place to next, trying to confuse the flute player. Naruto watching from the stands could tell that she had improved ever since he had last seen her and had gotten stronger. That made him a little bit worried that Tayuya might underestimate her and lose.

Tayuya dodged the girl's attacks, she then saw the girl make hand symbols and create two clones of herself. The three girls charged her and Tayuya braced herself. She dodged the first one and then quickly turned around and punched the second one who turned out to be the real Sakura knocking her down to the ground. The pink haired girl winced and rubbed her jaw from the surprising blow. "Nice try bitch, but they don't call me a sound nin for no reason. I have advanced hearing and can easily tell which one's the real one. You're gonna need more than shitty jutsus like that to beat me!" Said Tayuya to her. Sakura frowned and got back up determination in her eyes.

Tayuya then played a tone on her flute and summoned a Doki that wielded a giant club. "Get her!" Ordered Tayuya to it which roared and swung its club. Sakura narrowly avoided it's swing and was on the move from it as it chased after being lead by Tayuya's flute playing. Sakura avoided the wild attacks of the bandaged monkey giant which relentlessly chased after her. She then all of a sudden tripped and fell to the floor. The Doki raised up its club and brought it down upon her body crushing her.

But when it lifted the club up, much to Tayuya's surprise all that was there was just a log. She then heard a battle cry and she turned her head and her eyes widened when Sakura appeared charging her and delivered a powerful punch to her stomach knocking backwards and onto her back.

Sakura had a grin on her face. "Kawarimi, one of the best yet simplest jutsus ever." She said smugly the advantage hers, the punch had more power to it as she learned how to use chakra to increase her strength.

Tayuya growled and got up. "You little bitch, you like tricks do you? Well take this!" She then played a tone on her flute and Sakura felt the area start to change as Tayuya casted an Genjutsu.

She suddenly found herself back at the bridge in Wave, she looked around and didn't see anyone, the only person there was her. A heavy mist covered the bridge.

"Sakura..." Said a voice. She turned around and her eyes widened when she saw Naruto, looking the same as he always did with his blonde hair and orange outfit. She noticed that a frown was on his face.

"Naruto? Is that you?" She asked him which he just scoffed at.

"I tried proving to you that I wasn't the idiot everyone always thought of me as. Yet no matter what I do everyone in Konoha will always think of me as a freak...Especially you!" He shouted at her accusingly at her.

"N-Naruto please..."

"You and everyone else always kissed up to Sasuke, not even once bothering to look at me. Do you know how I feel? What it's like being treated like garbage every single day of your life? It's not fun I'll tell you that." He said coldly.

Sakura felt her eyes starting to water up at how she had treated him. That was the effect of Tayuya's genjutsu. It showed a person what they had done and how it affected others who they mistreated filling them with guilt over what they had done.

"I'm leaving Sakura, I'm never coming back to you, Kakashi, or Sasuke!" He then started to walk away heading into the mist.

"Naruto please wait! I'm sorry for all the things I said about you, I don't hate you!" Pleaded Sakura trying to run but was unable to move to stop him. The boy turned his head back to her.

"Goodbye Sakura..." He said as he vanished into the mist leaving her behind.

Sakura gasped and suddenly found herself back in the arena, her body was shaking and the onlookers didn't understand what had caused her to become like that. Suddenly she was grasped by a giant claw out of the ground which ensnared and started to crush her feeling her ribs taking damage. She cried out in pain unable to break free from the attack.

"Hey stupid!" Shouted Tayuya who had summoned the giant claw at Hayate. "You got ten seconds to end this match or else I'll break every bone in this girl's body."

The proctor nodded and let out a small cough. "The winner is Tayuya!" He announced stopping the match. The claw released Sakura who fell to the ground in a bit of pain but the real pain she had was mentally and emotionally.

"Remember our deal pinky, since I won you keep your nose out of me and the other Sound Nins business" Said Tayuya to her. Sakura slowly nodded.

"I'm sorry Kakashi I failed..." She thought to herself as she was placed on a stretcher and taken to get her wounds healed.

Naruto who had watched the battle sighed and shook his head. Although he was glad Tayuya won, he wished she didn't put Sakura whatever it was she did to her as she had become one of the few people in Konoha who were starting to realize that he was more than they thought he was. The time was coming for him to reveal himself but not yet. He'd reveal himself when he felt that the time was right to do so.

Tayuya made her way back up and rejoined her teammates. She noticed Naruto's look and frowned. "Oh c'mon Raidou I was holding back on her, I wasn't going to do anything serious to that bitch anyways." She said to him.

Naruto turned his head and faced her as blue met brown. He nodded at her understanding. He also noticed that the girl seemed more closer to him than before and she seemed a bit jealous when he had helped out Sakura in The Forest of Death. Surely she didn't have some sort of feelings for him did she. Ignoring it he turned his head to the screen.

Eight fights had already been done, with only six more to be had. As the screen prepared to choose two more names a closeup of the remaining participants was shown.

Neji Hyuga...

Shino Aburame...

Chouji Akimichi...

Shikamaru Nara...

Shinjiro...

Hanzo...

Hinata Hyuga...

Dosu Kinuta...

Rock Lee...

Muta Daidouji...

Gaara...

And Raidou Asakura...

The twelve remaining genins would soon face each other to determine who would go on to the next round of the Chunin Exams. As the screen went through random names tension was high in the air for the remaining ones as they waited patiently for the screen to choose who would fight who.

And then the screen stopped showing who would face who...

Rock Lee Vs Gaara

A/N: And we stop for this chapter. Next chapter The Exams continue, with more battles being held. And Naruto is in action next chapter, Who will he fight? You'll have to wait and see! Review please