Chapter 38: The Finals Begin!

A Month had passed and it was finally the day of the last test of the Chunin exam. Naruto and Sakura were walking towards the stadium where the finals were being held. Naruto and Sakura had spent the whole month training under the legendary Sannin Jiraiya and had learned the summoning Jutsu along with improving there fighting capabilities. The two of them had finally arrived at the entrance to the stadium.

"Are you ready for it Naruto" Said Sakura, Naruto turned his head and smiled.

"I'm ready to take on anything" Replied Naruto, Sakura leaned towards him and kissed him on the cheek.

"Well good luck, and promise me to be careful" Said Sakura.

"Don't worry I will never break that promise no matter what" Said Naruto before he headed off down the hallway, Sakura smiled as she went up the outside stairs that lead to the spectator stands. As she walked In she found Ino already sitting down, Sakura went and sat down next to her when she did Sakura noticed that Ino looked worried.

"Hey Ino are you ok" Asked Sakura, Ino turned around to see that Sakura had sat down next to her.

"I'm fine but Sasuke hasn't arrived yet" Replied Ino, Sakura then looked down to the field to see everyone lined up except Sasuke. "What will happen if he doesn't get here" Asked Ino.

"Don't worries if he gets here before his match he can still compete; if not then he will be disqualified" Said Sakura. Ino was a little relieved. Meanwhile Naruto too was wondering where Sasuke was as well and was told the same thing about him showing up to his match.

"All right then this will be tournament based, so you will keep on fighting till you are knocked out, I'm about to show you who you are fighting first and who is up first so pay close attention" Said Protractor as he held out a piece of paper with everyone's name on it. "Now also due to the absent of Dosu who can't be found, one of you will have to fight an extra match" Naruto looked to see who did and was relieved it wasn't him but instead it was Shikamaru. Naruto then looked to see who he was fighting and found out it was Neji and that his fight was first. Once everyone was done they all went to the waiting stands except for Naruto and Neji who remained out on the field.

"You may as well forfeit now, this match has already been decided" Said Neji as he looked over at Naruto.

"There is no way I am losing to you, especially after what you did to Hinata" Shouted Naruto. Neji just smirked at his comment.

"Fine fight if you must, but you can't change your destiny" Said Neji.

"Alright then listen up you two let's have a clean fight, I will stop the match when one of you can no longer fight, now then begin" The protractor the stepped out of the way of the two as Naruto was the first to make a move, Neji instantly activated his Byakugan.

"From what I saw in your last fight you should have nothing special up your sleeves" Said Neji as he prepared to stop Naruto.

"Oh yeah well watch and learn, Wind Style: Gale Impact" Neji watched his attacks and blocked Naruto's punch with his arms, but he was suddenly sent flying in the stadium wall from his punch. Neji then looked too see Naruto charging at him again.

"Where did that power come from?" Naruto then went to attack again but this time Neji moved out the way of Naruto's punch. "Gentle Fist" Neji then countered and slammed his palm into Naruto's chest making him stumble back. Naruto recovered only to cough up a little blood. Neji then started forced Naruto into close range combat as Naruto tried his best to avoid all of Neji's attacks. Naruto then jumped back to gain some distance and quickly formed and a hand seal.

"Shadow Clone Jutsu" Suddenly a large amount of clones surrounded Neji giving him nowhere to run as they all started to attack him. Neji was able to counter all of the attacks even the one behind him due to his Byakugan. He then looked around to see one Naruto doing nothing at the back of the group, Neji then charged towards the Naruto and struck him with a Gentle Fist making Naruto stumble back as all the other Naruto's disappeared. "Damn it, how did you know" Gasped Naruto.

"Simple, the real one always stays at the back of the group to avoid any damage" Said Neji as he struck Naruto again, pushing him to the ground. "Now do you believe that you can't change your destiny" Naruto ignored Neji and span around on the ground tripping up Neji. Naruto then quickly recovered and got up and followed with a straight punch right to Neji's chest. Neji gasped in pain as he spat out a small amount of blood.

"Don't start talking yet, because I'm not done fighting" Said Naruto. Neji slowly climbed to his feet and smiled at him.

"Well then it looks like you won't be fighting for much longer, cause now you are in range of my jutsu" Said Neji as he took his stance. Naruto then raised his guard ready to defend. "Eight Trigrams: Sixty-Four Palms" Neji then bolted forward with speed as he begun to attack Naruto breaking through his defence. Neji then started to juggle Naruto around as he delivered each attack with greater speed. Sakura watched as Naruto was being attacked, starting to worry that he might lose. Neji then finished his attack as he last hit sent Naruto flying to the ground. Naruto remained on the floor gasping in pain. "It looks like this fight is over" Neji then started to walk away, until he stopped dead in his tracks and turned around to see Naruto slowly climb to his feet.

"I'm not done yet" Said Naruto.

"What's the point in fighting? I have blocked off all of your Chakra points" Shouted Neji. Naruto then started to place his hands together. "Why don't you give up" Shouted Neji as he started to charge towards Naruto.

"Come on you fox, now would be a good time to lend me your chakra" Naruto then started to feel a surge of powerful chakra run through his system as it started to unblock all of his chakra points. Neji had stopped stunned that the points were unblocking themselves.

"How is the possible" Said Neji. The Third Hokage also started to notice the use of the nine tails chakra and was surprised to see Naruto using it. He then started to notice Naruto was smiling.

"Wind Style: Divine Wind" a large pillar of wind then started to form in front of Naruto, but the wind also had a red tint to it as well. Naruto then sent the pillar towards Neji at great speed. The pillar struck Neji as it sent him into the air. "Wind Style: Air Cannon" Naruto then took a deep breath and shot a large red bullet of air at Neji. The bullet hit Neji as he started to descend to the ground. The protractor stepped in to catch Neji as he landed in his arms.

"Neji is unable to battle, the winner of this round is Naruto Uzumaki" Everyone then started to cheer from the stands at Naruto's victory. Half of the people there were not expecting him to win.

"How can I lose to an idiot like you?" Whispered Neji, Naruto then walked up to him.

"Because one can change their own destiny if they try their hardest, so if an idiot like me can do it then anyone can, even you" Said Naruto as he started to walk back up to the stands. Neji remained quite as he was taken to the medics to be checked on. As Naruto arrived back at the stands Sakura was there waiting for him as she ran up to him and kissed him on the lips.

"Naruto you did it" Said Sakura.

"Of course I did there was no way I was losing to him" Said Naruto as he returned the kiss.

"Get a room you two" Laughed Shikamaru as he walked up to them. Naruto and Sakura stopped and let go of each other.

"Why don't you mind your own business" Said Naruto.

"Well it's a bit hard when you're standing right there, but anyway good job out there" Said Shikamaru.

"Thanks Shikamaru" Replied Naruto as he smiled.