The Rise of a Warlord
Chapter 25: Konoha Free-for-all Pt 2 (Naruto's Request)
(I own nothing)
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"Speaking"
'Thinking'
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Warning-
Naruto will be darker...
There will be harsh language...
There may be lemons...
This list may grow in time...
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"Now that's a word I haven't heard in a while," the blonde mused aloud as he looked at the Uchiha, "And from a genin like you too? In case you've forgot, I'm a tokubetsu jonin."
Sasuke sneered, "It dosen't matter what rank you are, I'm still better than you, I've already taken out two jonin." he boasted with an arrogant smirk while showing off two red crystals.
Looking at them, Naruto raised in eyebrow, Sasuke didn't have a scratch on him at all and no ninja would lose to the emo without a fight since the prize for wining was basically one wish.
"You found them on the ground didn't you?" he deadpanned, making the Uchiha sweat drop as his accusation hit the nail on the head. Many of the ninjas had unknowingly lost their crystals throughout the day so just finding one on the ground was possible, not that anyone knew of course.
"Shut up loser, just give up the crystals before I have to hurt you."
"You want these?" he shot back, pointing at the crystals, "Come and take them, little faggot emo bitch."
Sasuke, arrogance all over his face, lunged at him like a common civilian with a kunai, having to jump as they were still in the high forest canopy in the ancient trees of Fire country.
"Arrogant little bitch," Naruto muttered while sidestepping the stab and doing the same to Sasuke that he did to Jiraiya, planting his foot into his side and push kicking him hard enough to knock him off balance and stumble.
The genin lost his balance but caught himself of the massive tree trunk.
Turning to glare at the blond, Sasuke grit his teeth, his Sharingan flashing to life which made Naruto chuckle.
"Using the all mighty Sharingan already?" he taunted with a mocking look of disappointment, "And here I thought that you got stronger,"
"Better than you!"
That was all the emo growled out before attacking again, sprinting towards the teen and using the Uchiha's interceptor style.
Each strike was awkward and easy to avoid or even counter for the blond, the Interceptor style was a defensive style more than anything. They would wait for the strike, using their eyes to help predict attacks then block and counterattack with effective strikes to exposed weak points.
Growing more and more agitated as none of his strikes landed, Sasuke tried to surprise Naruto with a sudden knee, which landed. But the strike was useless as it hit the scroll pouches of the vest and hurt him more than it did Naruto.
Smirking, Naruto hooked his arm under Sasuke's knee and hooked his other arm around the back of his neck, there he twisted the genin's body sideways and returned the knee strike directly to Sasuke's unprotected side before repeating it a few more times.
Sasuke grunted the first time, mostly trying to escape the hold, but after the next two, he felt his one good leg give for a second. But he managed to keep from falling, not wanting to give the blond even more control in the fight than he already had. Expecting another knee to the torso, he tensed his abdomen and prepared himself for the strike.
But Naruto wasn't going for another knee. Feeling this, Naruto reared his head back and slammed his forehead into Sasuke's, making his arms, which had been trying to pry himself free, go limp as the strike stunned him.
The next thing Sasuke knew, his leg was free but his neck wasn't and he was being forces over and facing the tree below him while Naruto was at his side.
Holding Sasuke in place by his hair, Naruto roared as he brought his fist around in a circle. "Rising Tiger Claw!"
The move was basically a open hand uppercut, something he took from Jirobo's moves, but instead of his palm hitting the target, he held his fingers like claws while channeling chakra through them to strengthen and help prevent them from snapping like twigs.
Sasuke's whole body seemed to freeze upon impact before everything in his stomach came up followed by bile and lastly blood.
Naruto just laughed and let the boy fall to the limb below them, wheezing and coughing from his strike.
"Come on Uchiha, that can't be all you got!" he sneered before spitting on him, "Get your ass up and fight, where's that Uchiha fire huh? Did Itachi kill that when he butcher the rest of those animals you called family?"
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Ibiki winced as he crashed into a training post in the center of a random training ground and held his chest in pain as he felt multiple ribs flaring in pain. Looking up he saw the beast that attacked him and grimaced.
Standing over eight feet tall, the thing wore a dark green full body suit and it's hair covered its entire head and face like a thick veil. It's only weapon was a massive metal club close to five foot long and weighing possibly over a hundred pounds with round half spheres all over the end.
"How do you like that, eh you mother fucker?" Spoke the beast's master, hopping from a tree and onto the things shoulders. Tayuya glared at the man as she held her demonic flute at the ready, "Not so tough now are you? Can't beat someone when they're not tied down can you? Pussy-ass-cock-sucking-son-of-a-no-good-whore!"
Ibiki grunted, this wasn't the first time someone he tortured in the past came after him for revenge, such things could happen anytime and he had come to expect it. Although, this was the first time any vengeance seeker had actually hurt him so badly.
Jumping off it's back, Tayuya started playing her flute, making the Doki rush him at incredible speeds and punt him, crushing the man against the post before it broke and flew back.
Seeing him go limp and lose consciousness, Tayuya approached cautiously incase he was playing possum. He didn't move at all when she took the red crystal from his neck, nor when she spit in his face.
"Your lucky that the commander said no killing, I'd love to fuck you up and disfigure your fucking ass."
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"Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire!"
Naruto evaded the mass of small fireballs and the shuriken hidden within them with ease, making Sasuke clinch his teeth. His words seemed to spark a small fire inside the teen, forcing him to stand and fight again. But this time, he was using more ninjutsu, seeing as he couldn't really hold a match to Naruto with it.
"You really are stupid aren't you?" He asked the genin while landing upside down on a branch above them, "But I guess it's not your fault, all you Uchiha seem to be genetically retarded when it comes to knowing your limits."
"Shut the hell up! Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu!"
Once again, Naruto evaded with a bored look on his face. "I'm getting tired of your bullshit," he deadpanned before huffing as the teen threw a handful of Shuriken at him. He leaned out of the way, letting the six shuriken zoom past his body harmlessly.
"Got you dope!" Sasuke smirked before pulling his clinched hands back. Seeing this, Naruto noticed that six strands of extremely thin ninja wire glinted in the sunlight filtering through the leaves. The Uchiha controlled the six shuriken through the wires, manipulating them and causing them to curve and wrap around the blond. He then placed the wires in his mouth and flashed through some handseals before awkwardly calling out a fire jutsu, causing the fire to rush along the wire and engulf the blond.
"Nice try,"
Sasuke turned to the voice, his sharing blazing, only to kicked in the chin by Naruto and knocked into the air.
Following, the blond struck him with an uppercut to the back as they flew through the air before creating a shadow clone and having it throw him over the emo where he delivered a heel drop to his chest, sending him down to the forest floor like a shot.
The Uchiha slammed into the ground hard and pushed himself over to lay on his back, his body screaming in pain from the fall while Naruto dropped down with a frown on his face.
"How..." Sasuke bit out as he saw the blond approach, "My sharingan, why didn't it work."
Naruto cocked his head to the side, before smirking, "Because I've done something to make cheap tricks like that useless against me."
"Impossible, there's no way... a dope like you could do that. I'm an elite."
"And yet here we are," the blonde hummed while squatting down. Naruto snatched the two necklaces from around his neck and slugged Sasuke in the face when he tried to stop him. "Know your place Uchiha, dogs like you should kneel by their masters feet and do as their told."
Mouth covered in his own blood, Sasuke glared, "I'm no ones pet."
The blond stood up, stuffing the two crystals in his pocket since the chords were broke, "Wrong Uchiha, your ass belongs to the council... in fact... that probably the only reason someone hasn't killed you yet. Because let me let you in on a little secret, most of the civilians love you but only a fraction of the ninja give a damn about you. You Uchiha have pissed a lot of people off in the past and I happen to know quite a few people who'd want nothing more than to beat you to death and piss on your corpse."
With that, Naruto left the genin alone in the forest to stew in his own hate.
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"Ladies and gentlemen!" Tsunade called as the tournament free for all came to an end after the six hour time limit was up. Many of the ninja looked bruised and battered but otherwise content, a lot of them were usually stuck doing missions or guard duty so this was a great opportunity for them to cut loose and actually do some fighting. The hospital however wasn't as happy, every medic they had was called in to help with the wounded.
They were all gathered in the chunin exam stadium, everyone sitting in the stands looking towards the balcony where the Hokage was sitting, also looking a little battered. The news that she had been competing had made it around the village just hours after the fighting began and many were relived that they hadn't ran into her while a few wished that they had, wanting to test themselves against the legendary field medic.
"The tournament has ended and I would like to announce the winner... and the winner is... a tie." she smirked when she heard the muttering of the crowd and gave them a moment to stop, "Not only that, but it's a four way tie!"
Once again she gave them a moment to calm themselves. "All with matching scores of twenty-seven points, we have Kabuto Yakushi..." the 19 year old field medic entered the field below them, "Jirobo... Tayuya... and Naruto Uzumaki!" she called out, each giving a few moments between each name as the four entered the field.
Their near matching uniforms caused a small stir among the crowd of shinobi, similar yet different to suit their skills and needs. It was obvious to them that they all knew each other and had most likely worked together, something that everyone else neglected to do as it would've increased their chances at losing or being tricked.
"Due to the fact that we have a tie, we will hold two semifinal rounds and a final match to determine the winner," Tsunade explained to the ninja, "We have already randomly chosen the match ups so will Kabuto and Tayuya remain on the field while the other two contestants return to the waiting area."
An ANBU member was sent down to proctor the matches and once he said to begin, the man quickly backed off.
Tayuya shook her head, "No, I give up,"
This stunned them all... well all but the other members of Red Cell.
"I'm almost out of chakra and don't even have a chance against him so it's no use in me even trying."
Kabuto nodded, "Yeah, I should withdraw too... I'm low on chakra and a fight would do more harm than good," he exclaimed with a light chuckle while rubbing the back of his neck.
As disappointed as the gathered ninja were, none of them spoke out and expressed it as they knew that in a real situation, it was better to pull out of a fight and live to fight another day, that is unless your comrades were in mortal danger.
The ANBU called the match and the two ninja exited the arena before Naruto and Jirobo took positions across from each other. Neither moved as the match started and just watched each other, waiting for the other to make the first move.
"Taijutsu first?" Naruto simpered with a raised eyebrow, making the larger teen nod once.
Jirobo raised his fists and settled into his usual style called the Arhat Fist, "Normal wager?"
The blond smirked, getting into a type of brawler stance, "Sure,"
Some muttered about the stance being poor but Gai and a few others with a lot of experience in Taijutsu noticed that it wasn't what it seemed. A fact that was supported when the two met and began to exchange blows.
The Arhat Fist was a style that focused on simple physical attacks that were augmented with the orange haired teen's incredible raw strength. Palm strikes, shoulder thrusts, knee strikes, body slams, punches... any simple strike that didn't waste energy with complex movement and needless flare.
The large fist belonging to Jirobo flew through the air, narrowly missing Naruto's face as he jumped back before leapfrogging the larger teen when he tried to follow up with a shoulder thrust.
It took Jirobo a second to stop his full speed slam but that was all Naruto needed to kick him in the back of the knee and send him down to one leg. Taking advantage, Naruto spun around with a spinning heel kick, trying to hit him in the temple for a knock out but the larger of the two seemed to have predicted this and raised his arm, letting the strike connect with his upper under arm.
"Got you," the teen smirked before bringing his arm down and trapping Naruto by the ankle. He then spun his body around and released the blond, aiming to throw him into a wall while running after the flying teen, hoping to body slam Naruto after hitting the stone wall.
Twisting like a cat in the air, Naruto's feet touched the wall, allowing him to jump just as the speeding train that was Jirobo hit the wall, nearly hitting him as he landed back on the ground a few yards away while a cloud of dust blocked his view.
"Come on," he called out to the smoke, "You got a harder head than that, oh and I win that bet,"
"Earth Style: Earth Shaking Palm!" came the voice from the cloud just before the ground under and in front of the blond started shaking violently like an earthquake, chunks of rock and rubble from the ground overturning while smaller pieces pelted him harmlessly.
"Earth Style: Landslide!"
Using the shaking as a distraction, Jirobo used another jutsu and this time, used the upturned rock and dirt to feed the jutsu. The earth in front of him shot towards Naruto like a landslide, as the name implied, with a wave of rock and stone in the lead, nearly hitting him had he not substituted with a clone in time.
"On to jutsu then!" Naruto mused as he landed in front of the landslide, still in the way but far enough to use his own. "Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!" The massive gust of wind stopped the landslide in it's tracks before he used another to send it back.
Seeing his own attacks be sent back, Jirobo used one of his shield jutsu, the Earth Shore Return. It was an earth jutsu that raised a strong wall of earth to block the returned attack.
But there was a problem with it, the jutsu only protected his front and he needed to keep a focus on it or else it'll fail.
"I win,"
He stiffened when the voice from behind him poke up just as the Kusanagi appeared over his shoulder. He had lost and Naruto had won...
... All according to plan.
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Meeting the Hokage in her office, Naruto hummed as he thought about what he wanted while Tsunade waited for his answer.
"I know..." he exclaimed with a grin, "I want you to declare me the All Powerful Overlord of the World,"
Tsunade sweat dropped, "Brat..." she threatened darkly.
"Fine, fine," he huffed before walking around her desk, "How about this then, my request is this... Tsunade..." Naruto stopped and turned her chair to face him as he dropped to one knee and took her hand.
"Will you marry me?"
To be continued...
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