Note: I don't own Naruto.

Note: If you haven't read True Strength Revealed or The Angel and The Demon , you might not understand much of this story.

So sorry, it's been nearly a year, thank you everyone for still keeping my story in you favs. I will try to get more chaps in, but make no guarantees, I actually just did this entire chap today with the help of seeing ep 166 and a couple energy drinks.

Also want to point out something, a few people asked me if I named Kato Hyuuga after Kato from Green Hornet. The answer is NOOOOOO. Know why? 'cuz Kato from Green Hornet is prnounced (Kayee-toh) Where Kato Hyuuga is pronounced (Kah-toh) The names sound very different. Hope that clears things up.

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Uzumaki Toba

Vs.

Ugihara Ayumi

"You and me hon." Ayumi said.

" Hai." Toba said, angry that he wouldn't yet get his chance to fight Chojo.

The other Genin walked up to the balcony as Ayumi and Toba remained on the battlefield.

" Hey, don't take this the wrong way but I really have to win, so I can't hold back." Toba said.

" You want to fight that brute and beat him for Ami, right?" Ayumi asked.

" ...Hai." Toba responded.

Ayumi placed her hand on her hip. " You know...I really admire you for that. Not many guys like you left in this world." Ayumi took her hand of her hip. " However...I did not come here merely to spectate. I hope you get to defend her honor, that doesn't mean I'm going to lie down for you."

" I understand that." Toba said.

" Good." Ayumi said smiling.

" Ok, Toba, Ayumi, you know the rules, there are none. Obey my commands at all time." Anko said.

" Hai!" Ayumi said.

" Toba, you get me?" Anko asked.

" Hai." Toba said.

" Alright." Anko raised her arm. " Begin."

The crowd was in a frantic.

" Give me Uzumaki 2 to 1!" A feudal lord said.

" I'll take the Ugihara girl 3 to 1!" Another man yelled.

Hinata overheard the wagers being shouted below. She hated hearing people gamble on mere children as if this were a dog-fight. She hated the gambling because she felt it cheapened the whole exam. But at least for now there was no rule forbiding it.

" Pardon Hiashi-sama, I have Uzumaki at 2 to 1, care to get in on that?" A Konoha noblemen asked.

" I do not gamble at these exams, and neither should you." Hiashi put bluntly. He was more focused on Toba's match, Hiashi knew there was something about this girl he didn't like.

" If she uses that petal technique, it might be hard for Toba to get in close." Hanabi said.

Toba eased himself into his stance. He slowly inched towards Ayumi who was standing there quite still.

" Easy Toba..." Hinata thought.

Toba dashed toward Ayumi only to be greeted with a wall of petals seperating them.

" Toba! What'd I tell you dumbass! You can't get in close! You need a different strategy!" Kisha yelled.

Ayumi looked at Toba and waved her index finger. " Gomen Toba-kun, but I know all about how you Hyuugas love to get up close and personal with your opponents. So if you don't mind, I think I'll keep my distance."

A giant wave of petals came straight at Toba, he backflipped several yards as a hope of escaping them. But Toba could immediately see another wave of petals coming from the opposite direction.

" Come on, get out of there." Kato said to himself.

But it was too late, the 2 waves clashed against Toba. Hinata gasped. The entire crowd was stunned.

Then suddenly they heard "Kaiten!" The petals were dispersed in a giant blue vortex. Toba was far from out of this battle.

Hiashi, who's heart nearly popped out of his chest, gave a small sigh of relief.

" Geeze kid don't cut it so close." Naruto said.

" Wow!" Ayumi said. She then launched another wave at him.

" Kaiten!" Toba yelled, once again dispersing the petals, but it would seem that as soon as he would finish the jutsu, the petals would raise up again to attack.

" That's an awesome technique, but it seems all you can do is defend yourself. You have no room for an attack. And sooner or later you're strength will run low." Ayumi stated.

Toba simply ran and dodged the next few waves.

" Damn it, she's right. I can't get in close, and these damn petals won't leave me the hell alone." Toba thought. " I don't get why everyone thinks I'm so damn skilled, I'm pretty much useless at distances."

Hinata wanted so much to coach her son through this battle. But she knew it was against the rules. Toba ducked under a wave of pedals and launched a handful of shuriken at Ayumi. His actions were in vain however, as Ayumi swatted them away with her short katana. Toba jumped over another wave of pedals and launched a set of kunai at her. Which was blocked by a short wave of pedals.

" Damn it!" Toba shouted.

" Don't get frusterated Toba..." Hiashi thought.

In his frusteration, Toba swiped at a wave of petals with his kunai as he dodged it. It was then with his Byakugan he saw it. He saw the weakpoint of Ayumi's technique.

Toba stopped and smiled at Ayumi.

" What?" Ayumi asked.

He saw with his Byakugan that in each pedal is just a bit of chakra. When he swiped at the wave coming at him just now, he saw that a petal was actually cut in two from his kunai. It then fell to the ground, with no trace of chakra left in it.

" You know...I've been fighting you the wrong way." Toba said.

Ayumi cocked her brow. " What are you talking about?"

" You'll see." Toba said as he dashed toward her.

Ayumi immediately launched another wave at him when Toba stopped. The wave was about to collapse on him.

" What's this kid got up his sleeve?" Suigetsu said.

Toba took up a familiar stance. Hinata smiled with joy. " That's it Toba!"

"Shugohakke Rokujūyon Shō!" Toba's arms blazed away in a blur with chakra, not only defending against the pedals but destroying them.

Any pedals within 40 feet of him instantly became shredded into confetti, rendering them useless. Ayumi's eyes lit up.

" It would seem Toba has found Ayumi's weakpoint. I'm impressed." Ouji said.

" Ayumi needs to change something. It's not like she has an endless supply. She needs to use her technique much more discretely now." Ichiro said.

The crowd roared as the battle raged on.

" The Heavenly whirl will repel an attack, but my Mom's technique will destroy anything that comes in contact with it." Toba said rubbing the back of his head. " Should'a used that first."

" You're talking as if you've already won." Ayumi said. " Don't take me so lightly."

Ayumi's petals then began covering her arms and back "Steel Sakura Armor"

The petals on her arms formed into large blade-like weapons.

" Ok, that might be a problem." Toba said.

Up in the stands, the Akimichi clan watched in awe of the battle.

" Be on your toes Toba, that girl's got some more tricks up her sleeve. Don't think you can rest easy now because you figured out one of her attacks." Ino thought.

Ayumi aimed her left arm at Toba. He jerked his head back, with his Byakugan he saw what was coming next. Petals fired from the girl's arm. Toba backflipped away from it.

" I get it, she's going to reserve her supply now and concentrate her chakra more intensely on fewer petals." Toba said. " And it looks like she can fight up close with that new technique." Toba looked across at Ayumi remaining in a poise position. " Or at least I hope she does."

Toba came in close but maintained his surveilance around him. Not knowing what would pop out at him next.

Ayumi got into a stance. " If you think you're ready to get in close, just try."

Toba dashed forward looking to strike her chakra network. Ayumi covered her body with her arms creating a shield to block Toba's strikes. As Toba struck the defense, the chakra from his hand seemed to ricochet off it.

" Crap!" Toba said.

Suddenly a burst of petals came from the ground. Toba slid back. She was now combining the techniques. This girl was no joke. She made so Toba was in danger at a distance or up close.

Toba had to think fast, naturally being of Hyuuga skill and Uzumaki mind, Toba came up with a tactic he was positive would work. Or so he thought. He dashed toward Ayumi. He jumped high in the air towards her. A large wave came from behind her ready to strike.

That was when Toba put his plan into action. " Kaiten!" Toba said in mid air.

" Nani!" Neji said. The Hyuuga clan looked on in shock.

But it happened. While actually in mid air, Toba managed to propel his body and use the Heavenly Whirl.

" Shit!" Ayumi said.

Needless to say, he blasted right through the wave of petals.

Hinata looked down completely astonished.

" Did...you teach him that?" Naruto asked.

" No!" Hinata said still amazed.

Toba while still in the Heavenly Whirl managed to blast through Ayumi's Steel Sakura Aromor. Ayumi hit the ground rolling a few yards. She got to her hands and knees utterly stunned.

" To think, the Heavenly Whirl could be used like that." Hiashi thought.

" I...I didn't know you could do that with that technique." Ayumi said.

" Heh, me either." Toba said smiling while rubbing the back of his head.

Ayumi was floored " Are you saying you just came up with that idea on the spot!"

" Well...yeah." Toba said.

" That was totally wreckless! What if it had failed?" Ayumi yelled.

" Well, nothing much else was working so I had to improvise." Toba said.

" Gambling like that can cost you your life on the battlefield!" Ayumi said.

" Hey listen, I told you I wasn't gonna hold back, I have to move on so I can fight someone else here. I know I gotta take risks." Toba said.

" Fine." Ayumi said as she stood up. " You want to see not holding back..." Petals began surrounding Ayumi. "...try this on for size!"

" Uh-oh, he's gonna make her use that." Ouji said. " Someone better tell the ref to get out of there."

Toba looked up and was overcast by a large shadow.

" Ohhhhhhhhhh shit." Toba said to himself. It seemed there was a gathering of petals large enough to overshadow nearly the entire arena.

" Careful Ayumi, don't kill the audience to. Your goal is just to push him. Not kill him." Suigetsu thought.

" Sakura Pink Bomb!" The petals crashed down to the battlefield causing the entire arena to shake. Luckily, Anko slid under the stairwell to the balcony just in time.

The audience was somewhat dazed, it was a very rare occassion that the arena would actually shake from a battle. When everyone looked down, they saw Ayumi standing in the middle of the arena, which now had every inch of it covered with petals.

" Toba, where's Toba?" Hinata panicked.

" That was the last of my supply, but that ought to put him in the emergency wa-" Ayumi's thoguht was interrupted when a blue sphere came up from the ground.

" Rasengan!" Toba shouted as he ran towards Ayumi.

" I don't belive it! How the hell did he survive that!" Kisha yelled.

Toba was about to make contact wih Ayumi when suddenly there was a slicing sound. The crowd looked down and was astonished. Hiashi now had a nervous look on his face, but it paled compared to Hinata's.

What was seen next was Ayumi's hand grabbing Toba's wrist, preventing him from executing his Rasengan attack. The other side showed Toba's hand dripping with blood as it was grabbing onto Ayumi's short katana, preventing her from stabbing him. The crowd was silent due to the seriousness of this standoff. Toba and Ayumi were aware of it as well.

" Well...looks like we got a situation." Toba said smiling while sweat dripped down his face.

" You should concede now." Ayumi said.

" Ne? I was gonna tell you that!" Toba said.

" Think about it, with just one flick of my blade, there goes your hand." Ayumi said.

" Yeah, and as soon as you do that, I hit you with my Rasengan and I pretty much win the match." Toba replied.

Ayumi was stunned. " You fool, what good will only one hand do you? You think you can fight the Akimichi like that?"

" I told you..." Toba said. " I have to win..."

" Live to fight another day you moron." Ayumi said.

" So I guess we should look at this like a game of chicken. Who's gonna blink first?" Toba said.

" I'll do it. You think I won't?" Ayumi said, suddenly she found a kunai pressed against her throat.

" I know you would." Toba said from behind her, holding a kunai to her throat.

Naruto was almost about to laugh his ass off. Only his son would pull one of these.

" Then..." Ayumi looked at the Toba she was struggling with. " Dammit...a shadow clone."

" Yup." Toba said.

Ayumi smiled as she closed her eyes. " I get it. You created the shadow clone as my Sakura Pink Bomb struck the arena. You had this in mind all along."

" Yup." Toba said.

" You also hung back to see if I would bring my petals to my aid or if I had completely exhausted my supply or if I was using the remainder of my chakra to fend off who I thought was you."

Toba's eyes became tiny and white seeming completely stupified "uuhhhhh...sure." he said. " So...do you give up?"

Ayumi was a little angry but she had no choice. " Proctor...I surrender." Ayumi said.

" The winne of this match and moving on to the next round, Uzumaki Toba." Anko declared.

The crowd roared in a frenzy. Hinata leaned againt the wall breathing a giant sigh of relief. " This is way too much for a mother to deal with." Hinata said.

Hiashi just sat there, he at first was speechless, but a smile found it's way onto his face. One thing they will never be able to call Toba Uzumaki is predictable.

Toba's shadow clone dissipated.

" Good match. You got mad skill." Toba said.

" Maybe, but not as sick as yours." Ayumi complimented.

Toba walked back to the stairwell as the crowd roared, he was glad to get the win, but he couldn't ease up now. He has to be ready to call forth every technique he knows. He's going to need everything he's got for the rest of the tournament.

" Now!" Anko said. " It's time for the next match!"

The shinobi looked up at the randomizer as the remaining names flipped through then suddenly stopped.

Chojo Akimichi looked up.

Akimichi Chojo

Vs.

Ugihara Ouji

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Next Time.

Toba: I know Akimichi's gonna win. I'm counting on him to.

Toba: Next Time, Chojo vs. Ouji!

Toba: But I wonder what else that Ouji has got up his sleeve.

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Been a long time, gonna try to get some more in.