"For the first quarter final I would like to call Samui of Kumo and Shino Aburame from Konoha." Genma announced after the 30 minute break was over.

Shino took the scenic route to enter the arena. As he made his way he thought of possible outcomes in this match. His earth affinity along with the clan related jutsus he knew put him at a natural disadvantage vs Samui who was masterful with her lightening. Not to mention he could not keep up with her in terms of speed since he was himself a long ranger.

He did think that if he covered Samui with his bugs he'd be able to win but he immediately beat that thought out of his mind when he remembered her lightening armor. His bugs wouldn't survive a surge like that. So he turned to the proctor and did the most logical thing he could do at that time.

"Excuse Me I would like to forfeit. Why? Its because my earth affinity and bugs are at a natural disadvantage vs Her lightening. I wont be able to keep up with her pace since I am a long range type and finally a single surge of lightening will kill my hive." Shino said.

The proctor blinked at him as he thought "Damn just like shibi himself." Before saying "Match over Winner by forfeit Samui of kumo." Genma announced.

Shibi nodded in acknowledgement it was a good call on his sons part. Now to see if his friends would call him a coward. He was surprised when Naruto came up to him and they talked. As he had a bug on shino he was able to hear the Conversation.

"That was a good decision shino, don't beat yourself up to much. You can always take this exam again." Naruto said as Eizen nodded with a big grin and yakumo just smiled. Shino gave a smile in thanks as genma made the next announcements.

"Will Karui of kumo and Gaara of the sand please make it to the field." Genma said. As karui jumped into the field and gaara appeared in a sand shuushin. Genma then eyed both of the competitiors before signalling them to begin.

Karui sprung into action and raced towards gaara continuiously slashing with her sword, but gaaras automatic defense protected him against all of the attacks. Karui was then growing slightly frustrated before she jumped back before shouting "lightening style :- Lightening wolf."

A giant wolf made of lightening attacked gaara who just jumped away before he pointed his hand at Karui and shouted "Sand shuriken." Several giant shurikens made of sand flew towards Karui who dodged two of them before cutting one with her sword.

She then channelled a little of her lightening chakra and increased her speed before she started a onidirection assault on gaara. But the attempt was again foiled by gaaras ultimate defense once again. He then gained a maniacal grin before sending several tenticles made of sand. She dodged the first 3 before the 4 got her. Gaara then used his tenticles to bring the girl towards him.

As soon as she was in front of him Karui exploded zapping gaara with electricity showing that it was just a clone. Gaara who took the full brunt of the clone was blasted back. Karui used this oppertunity to have a soldier pill before she weaved through handseals before shouting "Lightening style:- Lightening dragon jutsu." A giant lightening dragon sparked into existence before it crashed into aa shocked gaara. Knocking him out.

Just then there was slight rumbling sound and a towering figure appeared. It was the one tailed tanuki. "Finally I am free. Hehehehe. I will start by killing all of you here."

However immediately a set of golden and blue chains appeared from the ground and held the tanuki in place. The golden chains were Kushinas while the blue ones were Narutos. The ichibi struggled as he shouted "What the hell is this.?"

Naruto who was visibly struggling to keep hold of the biju said "Do your thing sensei."

Itachi nodded and stepped forward and stared into Shukakus eyes. His sharingan transforming into its mangekyou varient. He then said "Tsukuyomi." In a could of seconds Shukakus form began disappeared as it was sucked back into gaaras form.

Naruto then jumped down into the arena in front of Karui who was about to strike gaara and said "Don't kill him."

"And why shouldn't I? He is a monster. It was lucky we have 2 of the 3 things that work on bijus otheewise we wouldve been toast." Karui retorted back.

"The only reason he escaped was because the seal was shitty. Some thing I intend to fix." Naruto then turned to a panic stricken Gaara who was pushing back while he shouted

"Stop I wont let my existence be diminished."

"I am not going to hurt you. I know how you feel. The feeling of being unwanted, unaccepted. I know how you feel since I was treated the very same way in this village." Naruto softly said in a very honest voice.

Gaara looked Naruto with a surprised look before he whispered "How are you this strong? Why don't you hate the villagers?"

"Oh I hate them alright. They couldn't even tell that I was the yondaimes son despite looking just like him. But I will fight to protect them because that Is what my dad did as he died. I will honor his legacy by becoming hokage and taking the mental of the protector from him. Also I had many precious people who became the beacons of light in my dark life guiding me along. My sensei, My surrogate sister, my grandfather, my friends everyone helped ne through. I am strong because I fight to protect them." Naruto honestly said as he sat down next to gaara while the rest of the stadium watched.

The people still were getting over the fact that Naruto was the Yondaimes legacy looked down in shame as they remembered everything that had happened to the boy.

"Do you think I will have any special people?" Gaara asked in a desperate voice.

"As far as I am concerned you already have 3. Me, your first friend, and your siblings. Also can you show me your seal? I should be able to strengthen it." Naruto said with a grin as gaaras eyes widen when Naruto called him his friend. He then nodded before lifting his stomach revealing a very poorly made 3 pronged seal.

"Who in their right minds made this fucking seal. Its a complete mess. No wonder Shukaku messes with you. This design most likely causes him a lot of irritation." Naruto said in a Frustrated tone.

He then raised 4 of his fingers from one hand and 3 from his other hand before slamming both of them Into gaaras stomach. It was an 7 pronged seal that was Narutos personal creation. It was derived of his own seal.

After he was done a panting naruto turned to a panting gaara and asked "How does it feel?"

"I can't hear the voice any more. Thank you." Gaara said in an honest voice.

"Dont sweat it. I made the seal that Shukaka wont be able to influence you but you retain your ability with sand. Now I want you to go to my mom shes the red head in the stands so that she can recheck your seal. She is an even more skilled Sealer than me." Naruto said as he helped gaara up.

Gaara then turned to genma and said "I forfeit." Temari then jumped down along with Kankuro and shot Naruto a thankful look before taking him to kushina so that she could check the new seal.

"Well that was surprising to say the least. Winner of the fight Karui of kumo. The semi finals will begin immediately will temari of suna and naruto of konoha please enter the arena." Genma announced as karui left the field and Temari shouted

"Proctor I forfeit he was able to hold a freaking biju long enough for it to be trapped in a genjutsu I am not strong enough to fight some one like him." Temari said as she helped gaara into a seat.

Genma sighed as he said "Winner by forfeit Naruto of konoha. Will karui and Samui of Kumo please enter the field."

"Proctor I forfeit I am out of chakra and am exhausted after that fight. I need a goddamn break." Karui said In an annoyed tone.

"Gah fine. Will Samui of Kumo and Naruto of konoha please come into the field." Genma irritatedly announced.

(In kage box)

"Now that was interesting to say the least." Hiruzen said with a chuckle.

"You got that right, I never would ve imagined a biju seal to be that weak. It was good we had 3 sealers here. Naruto once again caught me off gaurd. He is quite skilled at sealing." Ay commented.

"Tho the finals will be interesting. We get to see the Feared lightening armor vs The frightful sage mode. I wonder who comes out on top." Orochimaaru stoically said as he inwardly seethed.

His plan A had failed because of the unexpected number of S rank nins in the village. His plan be which was to have shukaku destroy the village had been foiled by that Blond namikaze brat who refined its seal. Now the only thing he could do was hope that the sealing arrays were ready. They would provide a perfect back up for them to leave. Since nearly all of his plans had been foiled and he still could get a sharingan he decided to sit back and enjoy the match that was about to start.

(Back with the fight.)

Naruto cracked his neck and revolved his shoulders relaxing them before he unsealed his white blade and with a grin said "Heh looks like we are finally in the finals Samui chan."

"It would seem so. But you better get ready to lose." Samui said with a smirk as she readied her own blade.

Both of their eyes then hardened. Both of them had already decided that if they fought they would go all out and hold nothing back. Soon there was a strange tension that filled the air. Everyone was waiting with baited breath to see how this match would play out.

Sensing the tension Genma said start before he jumped out of the way. He was in no mood to get in between a fight of this magnitude.

In bursts of speed both Naruto and Samui disappeared and soon voices of Metal clashing were heard all around the stadium. Naruto who was using the Ittoryu was fighting on par with Samuis Cloud style.

Both of them were moving at identical speeds. And werent letting up in their assaults. Naruto used his superior physical strenght and pushed samui back before going on a full frontal attack using the different whirlpool style. Samui who had just gotten used to the Ittoryu wasnt able to get her footing back and focused on dodging and defending against Narutos slashes. Naruto then used a quick change of styles again and knocked Samuis sword out of her hand before kicking her into a wall.

However before she could crash into it she masterfully manipulated her body so as to use the wall as a platform to jump on before propelling herself towards Naruto and slugging him hard on the face. Naruto staggered back a little before he resealed his sword and grinned.

Both of them then nodded towards eachother before they started going through had signs. "Storm Release :- Eye of the sky." Samui called out.

"Spiral release:- Spiralling Spear jutsu."

A giant hawk made of a storm could flew towards Naruto only for it to be pierced by a spearic version of the rasengan. The spear then went the hawk and into the air before Naruto made a handsign and said "Spiral Release spiral spear senbon rain."

As he said that the Spear broke into hundreds of small senbon that attacked Samui at once. The wide area effect of the jutsu ensured that Samui wasnt able to dodge and got the full brunt of the attack. Causing a small explosion and smoke to arise up from the point of contact.

However the smoke was soon cleared and Samui was seen standing with her lightening armor blazing in full glory. Naruto nodded again before he created a few clones and had them attack Samui. During the time they bought Naruto closed his eyes and clasped his hands as he activated his sage mode.

He also activated his sharingan since he would need it if he wanted to Keep up with the blistering pace house that was the lightening armor. Naruto using his eyes was able to keep track of Samuis move and he was able to keep up with its strength and speed thanks to him being in sage mode.

The 2 of them were curreny engaged in a taijutsu battle. Samui was superiour in terms of speed where as naruto was stronger and was reacting thanks to his reflexes. Punch after punch kick after kick. It was seemingly an even match. However all the S rank Nin there could already see that Naruto was the winner.

Samui was tiring and her armor was sligjtly fluctuating around the corners. Naruto saw this and smirked. This was a great battle he could feel the adrenaline coursing through him. He decided to reveal his final trick. Something that 2000 clones working with the toads earned him. It was technique that his clones mastered as he learnt Senjutsu. His ultimate Jutsu.

Naruto then jumped back and took out a 3 pronged kunai in his causing nearly everyone to freeze.

"Naru chan did you master it?" Kushina thought as she a felt a grin break out on her face.

"Eh this gaki is going to make waves." Jiraya said with a smirk. Even though he hadn't trained Naruto he couldnt help but feel proud and leave the post of toad sage to him. It was rightfully earned by him.

"Go Naruto show the world who you are. Its time to take flight my young raven." Itachi thought as he looked on in pride.

"Take flight young one, the skies await you, its time for you to let the will of fire burn through you." Hiruzen said as he had a proud smile on his face. In front of him was boy who despite only slight help had reached the level where he could hold his own against multiple opponents.

"Wait Am I really going to see that move again? I never thought I'd see it again. Well It seems A treaty with konoha is definitely needed. Dealing with another Kiroi Senko will be problematic." Ay thought as he smirked maybe he and his surrogate daughter had a rival for their speeds in the young namikaze.

"Shit shit shit. With that jutsu he will eaaily foil my summons. I guess its better to let it be and regroup." Orochimaaru thought.

Most of the civilians looked on confused where as all the senior shinobi including the clan heads waited with baited breath. Just as naruto was about to throw the kunaiHisashi, Kushina, Jiraya, Hiruzen, and Itachi all thought the same thing.

"Its coming the rebirth of konohas Kiroii Senko." The thought as naruto threw the kunai at a fast pace before the arena was engulfed in a yellow lightening like Flash.

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