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"(English)"

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Chapter 37

Naruto looked at his opponent, he had yet to take a stance. "So loser, ready to give up and run away?" Saskue sneered.

Naruto cocked an eyebrow. "I'm not the one who had the council put 'em in to the finals, despite losing."

"Hn." Sasuke's only response before he went on the attack. Naruto avoided the punches and kicks, his hands still at his side.

He sighed. "Is this the best you can do?"

Sasuke snarled. "Show me this power you claim to have!"

"No." Naruto continued to dodge and twirled around behind the Uchiha who hit the wall.

Several people laughed.

"You coward!" Sasuke snarled. "FIGHT ME!"

"Why? You're not worth it. You had to have someone put you in after you were eliminated."

Sasuke lunged and tried to kick or hit Naruto, when that didn't work his hands went through a series of seals and he used a fire jutsu. He spat a series of fireballs, all of which Naruto dodged and not once did he use any of his powers.

"AGH!" Sasuke threw several shuriken. Naruto leapt high into the air and landed with a flip.

"YOU LOSER! YOU GODDAMNED FREAK! FIGHT ME! FIGHT ME OR I SWEAR I'LL KILL THAT FAT CHESTED COW YOU CALL A MOTHER!"

Naruto stopped and caught Sasuke's fist. He looked at him, his atomgun eyes became cold.

In the stands it was taking Cain, Hank and Remy all they knew to keep Rogue in her seat.

"(I'LL KILL THE LITTLE SHIT!)" she yelled in English.

"(You won't have to Stripes.)" Logan said. He saw the look in Naruto's eyes. "(Naruto is gonna show him what happens when you mess with the X-men. And just how fitting his new codename is.)" the X-men knew of Logan's new codename for Naruto and it was more fitting.

In the arena Naruto looked up at the stands, at his family as if asking permission.

"(KICK HIS ASS!)" Rogue screamed to her son.

Naruto lashed out with a kick to Sasuke's gut which sent him flying across the arena, he skipped like a stone on a pond, once…twice…three times. The only thing stopping him from more was the arena wall.

"You want me to fight Uchiha? You want to see what I am capable of?" Naruto still hadn't taken a stance and Sasuke was painfully pulling himself from the rubble of the wall. The people who had been cheering for him had gone silent. Naruto waited. "I'll let you in on a secret Uchiha. My power, my real power I was born with. It wasn't given to me by the Kyuubi nor was it a jutsu learned. My power is something that my birthfather didn't know about. If he did, (snorts) I wonder if he would be like so many villagers. You call me a freak." Here Naruto laughed. "I've been called that for a long time by flatscans like you." Naruto still hadn't moved and Sasuke drew a kunai and charged.

"My uncle, a man who helped train me gave me my new codename this month while I was training. And I must say, its more fitting than Solitaire. For I am not alone."

Sasuke raced closer and Naruto looked at him. "Konoha knows me by many names, but this one is new."

Naruto reached and made a motion as Sasuke was within striking distance.

His scream filled the arena and many who were in the village heard it.

Naruto's eyes flashed and he looked at Sasuke as his flesh was ripping apart, his blood was burning and his bones were shattering and reforming.

"My name is Ripper, and you have just been the first besides mutants to see what my real power is. No one ever wondered how I healed so quickly, no matter what was done to me." Naruto said, speaking over Sasuke's screams as Naruto used his power to heal and then shred him once more.

"My healing factor wasn't a gift from the Kyuubi, it was part of my power keeping me alive after all the beatings this village gave me."

Naruto shook his head and he eased up on burning Sasuke's blood and shattering bones. He kept molding the skin and shredding it. "I control flesh, blood and bone. I would make a great healer, but also the worst person for anyone to face."

He stopped and cocked his head to the side. Sasuke Uchiha was unconscious from the level of pain. Naruto saw that the Uchiha had also shit and pissed his pants. "Weak." Naruto said as he used his power to remold Sasuke's bone back to shape and then sealed most of the cuts he created in the boys flesh. "You wanted to see what I could do, yet you pass out before I really get started."

Ibiki shook himself from his shock and declared Naruto the winner. The medics rushed to get to Sasuke, Naruto ignored them and looked at the Hokage's booth. "That's the last time I pull my punches old man." He said.

Hiruzen nodded and watched as Naruto returned to the competitors box, the only one's staying near him was his teammates.

Akado and Kankuro both forfeited. Both looked very afraid of the possibility of fighting Naruto after what he did to the Uchiha without even laying a hand on him.

There was a brief intermission, which Naruto found time to sit with Hinata and Ino, Shino across from them.

"You don't use that power often." The bug user said.

Naruto shook his head. "I've used it in training, and a couple of times in battle, minor shit. I don't know why I hammered the Uchiha like I did…"

A snort from the side and the four teens turned to see Logan. "He pissed in your cheerios. He insulted your mother."

Naruto nodded. "Where is she?"

Logan held up a cigar and looked at Hinata who narrowed her eyes and focused. The end heated and Logan nodded taking a deep inhale of tobacco. "Cajun and elf are calming her down. It took Cain, Beast and your pop to keep her in her seat."

Naruto smiled as he knew his adoptive mother would have descended from the sky and left an Uchiha stain on the ground.

"He's alive." Naruto said. Logan nodded.

"Perhaps he'll learn from this then." Logan said as all four teens snorted. "How'd you get here anyway? I thought only sensei's could…" Naruto paused and saw Logan with a Konoha hitai-ate strapped to his belt. It looked familiar. "Your sensei let me borrow hers. She's with the red-eyed girl, they're moving into position."

Naruto held his breath. "Are we to continue, or should we…"

"Give 'em hell." Logan said and walked away. Shino looked at Hinata and shook his head. "I will not fight you. Besides the fact you control fire, you are my friend."

Hinata sighed. "I was going to forfeit."

Ino shook her head. "I was going to give up. I don't think I could take Lee in a straight up fight and I want to keep things hidden."

Naruto sighed. "You're all going to make me fight him, I thought you loved me?"

Both girls kissed his cheek.

"I'm still not kissing you." Shino said in his dead panned voice.

XX

Shino forfeited his fight, the crowd booed, but his father in the stands nodded in the logical move his son had pulled.

Ino gave her notice as well, Lee seemed upset that he didn't get to test his "Flames of Youth" against the Yamanaka mind powers.

Naruto, Hinata and Lee all stood in the middle of the arena.

"I withdraw." Hinata said cutting off the possibility of a three-way fight.

Naruto looked at Lee who looked at him in a pleading manner. Naruto sighed. "Fine, I'll fight you."

Lee's smile was blinding. Naruto shuddered at the thought of the amount of pain the taijutsu user was going to put him through. He fought Gai and this mini-clone had the same personality it seemed.

Ibiki gave them both the rules and Naruto found his mind going to the Kage's booth. :::Jean, anything yet?::: he asked.

:::Not yet, and don't look so eager. The Hokage is acting as bait.:::

Naruto sighed. :::I know. I know. Is Janet in position?:::

Naruto started the fight with Lee, exchanging punches and kicks.

:::Yes. And Kurt is there as well. Just remember, the moment it happens…:::

Naruto was saved from responding as Lee's fist sent him into the air.

Enough of this shit! Naruto disappeared with a loud BAMF!

He reappeared behind Lee and kicked him in the back. He disappeared again and put himself between Lee and the wall and kicked him again.

Another BAMF and he pinballed Lee around the stadium.

He reappeared again, but Lee countered.

"LEAF HURRICANE!"

the kicks sent Naruto flying, and he disappeared with a BAMF. Lee looked around and he suddenly found himself surrounded by a dozen Naruto's. they charged.

XX

(Kage Box)

"Interesting fight." Hiruzen said to the Kazekage.

"Hm. The blond, his name is Lebeau?" the Kazekage said.

"Yes. His adoptive family name." Hiruzen said.

Next to him Orochimaru was seething, all of his plans were ruined, years of planning stopped in this final exam. His weapon Gaara killed by a slip of a girl that his spy had said was a failure. His spy and second in command was killed by another girl that had been reported as a fan girl, a low class ninja that would never be seen as anything beyond a Genin.

And what scared him was he had no information on the blond that nearly killed the Uchiha with a technique he never heard of.

He wanted to ask the old man next to him, but he had to keep up appearances and cursed that he couldn't call off the invasion. Without Gaara or Kabuto he knew it wouldn't work as planned. I might not make it out of here. The Sannin thought even as in the distance the first explosion was heard.

Its now or never. He thought and went for the Hokage.

AN: The Invasion begins. Yes, the Uchiha is alive. Sue me, you might get an apple core and a box of pop rocks.