A/N: The follow is a fanfiction. Naruto belongs to Sellout Jump and Uchiha Fanboy (Masashi Kishimoto). Manga blows but do buy the video games.

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The Geist Within

Chapter 27: The Tournament Begins


Naruto was bored waiting for everyone to show up at the tower, but it finally happened leaving him excited to see how the match ups would go down.

"All right, since there's 32 entries, we're having pre-tournament to shave it down to eight. Anyone wish to back out now, can rise their hand." Hayate said without coughing or missing a beat.

The 32 hopefuls shook their heads no, and Naruto was sly enough to have Anko pull off a good Oorchimaru henge and voice to convince Kabuto to stay in the fight. All that needed to happen now was for Kabuto to be "accidentally murdered". Hayate went through the rules and the match ups were posted on the massive screen on the wall of the arena.

Block A

Kimi Akaiokami vs Misumi Tsurugi

Tsunami Watanabe vs Yoroi Akado

Gertrude Young vs Shino Aburame

Karin Uzumaki vs Kiba Inuzunka

Block B

Rock Lee vs Samui

Ino Uzumaki vs Kabuto Yakushi

Kurotsuchi vs Choji Akinmichi

Gaara vs Naruto Uzumaki

Block C

Utakata vs Jasmine DuBois

Cream the Rabbit vs Shikamaru Nara

Tenten Uzumaki vs Mai Azelia

Kankuro vs Hinata Uzumaki

Block D

Haku vs Kaiser Genkeiro

Mika Torriku vs Temari

Sai vs Neji Hygua

Omoi vs Sasuke Uchiha

Naruto was excited and grinning like a loon to be facing Gaara, Rock Lee was over the moon for his opponent, and Sasuke looked over at the Cloud Ninja who smirk as if Sasuke was going to be an easy target. That would have the case, if it was canon Sasuke. The block that was chosen first…was Block B. Genma chose in part because Yugao give him the look that said you are getting laid tonight if Naruto's fight isn't out of the way.

"First match! Rock Lee vs Samui!" Genma said firmly.

This fight was going to be a rather interesting one as Rock Lee dramatically flipped into the ring as Samui strode down.

"A pleasure to be fighting you." Rock Lee said taking a stance.

"That's cool, let's make this a good fight." Samui said unsheathing her tanto.

"Begin!" Genma said as Samui sprang into action for the first strike.

Rock Lee caught that strike with a barehanded block and kicked the tanto aside without removing his gaze into her blue cold eyes. A blush crept up on his face as he made his next move.

"I need you to punch me." Rock Lee asked.

"Wha…what?" Samui asked confused.

"I need you to hit me as hard as you can." Rock Lee said completely seriously.

"What the hell is Lee going?" Hiruzen asked himself.

"Either he's planning something or…." A said getting cut off by Hiruzen asking where Rasa was.

"Just hit me!" Lee pleaded.

"This isn't cool, are you masochistic?" Samui asked nervously.

"If I say yes, will you punch me?" Rock Lee asked innocently.

"Fuck this. I forfeit!" Samui said walking away to get her tanto.

"Hey, but I wanted to be punched!" Rock Lee wailed.

Naruto facepalmed not needing the implication that Rock Lee could be masochistic. Then again, Naruto's Saiyan nature pretty much one by nature. The next match proved to be more interested as Kabuto kept Ino on her toes. Kabuto had thrown Snake Clones to try and throw her off her game, but her ki sense and telekinesis pretty much made it all moot.

"Suiton: Suiryūdan no Jutsu (Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu)" Kabuto said going through the handsigns to spit out a water dragon out of his mouth.

"Showtime." Ino mused to herself going through the handsigns for her jutsu. "Lightning Style: Lightning Arrow Strike!"

Her left hand surged with electricity with her having a similar stance to when Kakashi prepares his Raikiri. She rose and threw a bolt of lightning that formed into an arrow. It cleaved through the water dragon and went down Kabuto's throat forcing to gag on the water he was spitting for the dragon. Ino's smile grew dark as she telekinetically pushes his ribcage out through his back in a gruesome display of power.

"Holy shit!" The unprepared and unaware ninja screamed.

Hiruzen already knew Kabuto was a spy and was merely munching on some popcorn.

"Oh, dear lord!" Sonic said hurling into a nearby trash can. "Asuma, what the shit bro?!"

Kabuto was screaming and trying to force his hands to move to make jutsu only for her to telekinetically moves the ribcage upwards while the veins attached to it are ripped out of his limbs. Kabuto could only scream in agony in the process of being held up like a marionette puppet, and Ino walked underneath and used a Fire Ball Jutsu to lightly roast him before summoning the tigers.

"Virgo, Lea, meet lunch!" Ino said as the tigers snarled at Kabuto who Ino had floating over them.

"No, please! I have information!" Kabuto screamed.

"That we already have…" Naruto said flipping him off. "Tell Death I said hello."

Ino dropped him and the tigers had their meal. Ino basically made the other villages terrified about Leaf Ninja except the Wave Ninja.

"He was your comrade!" Samui yelled at Ino as she walked off the arena.

"No. He was a traitor and a spy." Ino said as she continued walking away.

The tigers finished Kabuto and vanished with a poof. The next match was short lived as Kurotsuchi caught Choji off-guard when Karui came down to cheer for him. Naruto was disgusted at the fact Kurotsuchi when for a below the belt when it was clear Choji may have had an erection.

"You don't kick a person between their legs when they're aroused!" Naruto thought. "Oh well, time to fight."

"I forfeit." Gaara said flatly.

"What?!" Naruto screamed. "What the fuck?! I've been wanting this for so long."

"We'll have our fight, but not today." Gaara said yawning. "I'm too tired."

"You sandy tease!" Naruto wailed as Gaara walked off to the stands to pass out for some more sleep.

"So, Rock Lee, Ino, Kurotsuchi, and Naruto will go on to the semi-finals." Genma remarked. "Now let's go through the rest of the blocks."


(A/N: I am going to skip to the finals because of time and budget. That and tournament arcs can drag for too long. So, here are the winners going on ahead.

Kimi, Tsunami, Gertrude, Karin, Rock Lee, Ino, Kurotsuchi, Naruto, Utakata, Shikamaru, Tenten, Hinata, Haku, Temari, Sai, and Sasuke.

Yeesh, that's long. Ok, so here's what we're going to go about this. You, the reader, will decide who gets to go the final eight with Naruto. The most votes goes in, so tell me in your review!