Yo! Back with another chapter! This chapter will include; Naruto vs Temari, Sasuke vs Gaara, Sakura vs Shino, and Naruto vs Sasuke. The rating for this story will rise to M because of safety reasons.

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Chue19: I'm glad you liked the fights even though they aren't my strong points.

"Speaking."

'Thinking.'

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"Hokage-sama, Sasuke Uchiha has yet to appear," Genma stated.

"Give it a few more minutes. If he fails to show then disqualify him from the chunin exams." Hiruzen responded.

Genma nodded before traveling back to the middle of the stadium.

"Sasuke Uchiha hasn't announced his presence. Due to this, he will have a few more minutes or disqualification will take order." Genma said. His lips curved downward into a frown at the onslaught of shouts/swears directed his way.

Suddenly a burst of speed distracted the audience. A swirl of wind raveled the leaves nearby, causing a dramatic effect to surround them.

Kakashi and a new wardrobe explorer Sasuke stood back to back. Both gave off an unbothered attitude which further irritated Genma.

"You're late, Kakashi," Genma said in a stoic tone.

"Hm? Ah yes, we ran into a black cat so we had to take a long way." Kakashi said, eye crinkled into a smile.

"Mother wants your blood." A sinister voice entered the conversation. A swirl of sand disappeared to reveal Gaara, an evil grin on his face.

"Sasuke, be careful on this one," Kakashi said, leaving before he could get a reply from the Uchiha.

(scene break)

"What a show-off!" Kiba shouted, crossing his arms over his chest.

"Kakashi-sensei! Where were you?" Sakura asked.

Kakashi looked at his student, taking notice of the injuries inflicted on her.

"I had to show Sasuke one last thing before coming here," Kakashi answered and returned back to reading his book.

"Woah! Sasuke-kun looks so cool!" Ino shouted and a solid, red blush coated her cheeks.

"Naruto-kun looks way better," Tenten said in a hushed tone, leaning against the railing in boredom.

"What did you say?" Nōhime teased.

"Huh? Nothing!" Tenten embarrassedly looked away, her cheeks heating up from being caught.

"Heh, Tenten isn't wrong! Right, Haku?" Zabuza said. He dodged just in time to avoid a senbon from hitting his crotch area. Chuckling slightly at Haku's effort to silence him.

"He's been training. Those marks on his palms are fresh. Indicating that he was trying to squeeze one last jutsu before coming here. Thus; shows why he was late." Naruto said in a serious tone.

They turn their attention to the genins below, particularly Sasuke's hands.

"You're right," Zabuza said.

(scene break)

"Ready? (cough) Begin!"

Gaara swung his hand, initialing his sand to attack Sasuke. Sasuke easily dodged the wave of sand directed at him, his eyes transforming into the Sharingan. Wave after wave of sand came again. Due to his harsh one month training by Kakashi, he was able to not get hit by Gaara's sand.

'He's not letting me get closer.' Sasuke thought, jumping to the side to avoid a spike that would have killed him. 'Using his sand to keep me away and trying to tire me out.'

Sasuke started to perform hand seals, ending on a tiger seal. A huge fireball was blown out of his mouth. A wall stopped the jutsu from advancing any further. 'Exactly what I thought.' He thought, watching the fireball disperse. Shards of glass fell to the ground causing Sasuke to smirk.

In a burst of speed, Sasuke appeared in front of Gaara. Launching a kick that was barely blocked by sand. He continued to use his advantage of speed to constantly put him on defense. Taking notice of Gaara's facial expression changing.

His Sharingan tracked the usage of chakra coming from the ground. Gaara's arms extend outwards. Sand started to surround Gaara in all directions, trapping him in a box

Sasuke watched with a curious eye. Not wanting to give Gaara any more time he gripped onto his wrist. A spark of lightning appeared on his palm, a few seconds passed and suddenly it erupted in a concentration of lightning. The high concentration of electricity produced a sound reminiscent of many birds chirping. Charging forward at a greater speed than before. The slabs that form the box started to move. Making three dense walls between the two genins.

Gaara flicked his wrist, making the walls fly at Sasuke one by one. With his Sharingan, he was able to predict the projectiles of the upcoming attacks. Sliding under the first only to notice the second coming right after. Reaching into his pouch and pulling 3 explosive kunai. Throwing them and shielding his eyes from the debris of the explosion. The third was a little bit behind from the rest, giving him enough time to think.

Swinging his hand in an upwards motion, moments later a clean-cut appeared on the wall. Giving one last push to plunge the Chidori into his opponent. He was able to sense the sand behind him, trying to catch up but to no effort because of his superior speed. Mere inches away from each other but Gaara's expression didn't change. It reminded Sasuke that Gaara still hasn't moved despite a Chidori ready to penetrate through his heart.

He felt his hand caught into something. Expecting his hand to be impaled inside Gaara's chest but wasn't. Narrowly missing and trapping his arm above Gaara's shoulder. Turning his head to see two passionless eyes staring into his soul. A feeling ran down his spine, looking back at those emotionless eyes. They held no feelings, causing memories to sprout in his mind.

"Those eyes... You have the same eyes as HIM!"

He struggled against the bidding of the sand. Noticing the air current shifting from before.

"Mother likes to see you struggle." Gaara snickered as he watched Sasuke panic. The inevitable feeling of being crushed any second heavily affected Sasuke's morale.

'I'm not dying until I kill him! I must average the Uchiha clan even at the cost of my life!' Sasuke thought, seething. Gaara glanced at the Uchiha's stuck hand. Electrically pressing through the sand. He looked back at his opponent. "You need your hand to be free in order to execute that jutsu."

Sasuke looked up in shock, trembling in anger because of the devilish smirk on Gaara's face. His tomoes started to spin in circles, staring right back at Gaara.

A loud terrifying screeching escaped from Gaara's vocals. Sasuke noticed the sand trapping his hand started to loosen. Taking advantage of Gaara's sudden outburst and pulling one final time with all of his strength. Biting onto his lip which caused blood to flow down his jaw.

A 'popping' sound reached his ears, notifying him that he was free but without a price. Intense pain ran through his wrist, looking down at his hand to see it was dislocated. One swift movement and another pop, his wrist was brought back into his place. A burst of lightning shot out from his palm, performing his signature move.

'That genjutsu must have fucked him up to be reacting like that.' Sasuke thought, watching Gaara clutching his head in frustration.

"I'm sorry mother...I'm sorry mother...I'm sorry mother."

Sasuke ignored those words and sprinted forward. Intending on ending everything on this last jutsu. He looked around him to see sand from behind trying to catch him. 'Uncousinsesly, he is still able to defend himself, although the sand is slower than normal.' Sasuke thought.

The sound of skin getting pierced notified Sasuke that he hit right on. The dying sound of his attack, the silence that soon followed. Opening his eyes only to come face to face with Gaara's sharp eyes. The smile that he held was...sickening.

"You missed," Gaara whispered in a calm yet stomach-turning voice.

Sasuke's eyes widened at what he hit. The shell that Gaara replaced himself at the last second. The most fascinating thing about him was his face. Gaara's upper right face was covered in cracked sand. A self-made ear made entirely out of the sand. His teeth were sharp and long as if he eats raw meat for dinner. The most interesting thing was his eye. His pupil was a lot smaller and matched his sand color. A cross took the insides and the sclera was black.

Another limb started to grow out from his tail bone. The same material consists of hardened sand. Sasuke struggled against the sand as the tail grew longer. A presence teleported next to him, revealing Genma.

Grabbing Sasuke and teleporting away from the center of the stadium.

"Calm down, Gaara." A monotone voice said and gold dust started to grip onto his ankles. Gaara looked at the voice that spoke to him, letting out a low, deep growl.

"Due to the risk of crowd damage and safety reasons, Gaara of The Sand is disqualified," Genma said, appearing next to Rasa.

Rasa could only nod in agreement. Gaara was in the state of releasing Shakaku. This would have been a problem but due to his gold dust, he was able to control the transformation. It irritated him further that they now knew who hosted the tail beast of their village. His genkai kekkei continued to work its magic, almost wrapping him in a cocoon.

Gaara's facial expression took a complete turn. The killing lust no longer stained the air. The sand on his face started to crumble, as well as his tail. His hands fell down to his side, admitting defeat to Rasa's power.

"I'm sorry, procter. Tell hokage-dono that I have something to take care of. I'm sure he'll understand." Rasa's monotone voice reached Genma's ears. The Kazekage disappeared alongside his child.

"Winner! (cough) Sasuke Uchiha!" Genma announced, multiple shouts were heard. Appraising the Uchiha for at least putting on a show.

"Do you need to go to the medic-bay?"

"Y-Yes." He hesitated, the after-effects of two chidori finally hitting him.

Genma simply nodded, placing his hand on Sasuke's shoulder and disappearing without a trace. Moments later, Genma popped up. No one by his side.

"Anyway, (cough) can Temari Sabaku (cough) and Naruto Uzumaki come down!"

The two contests appeared besides Genma. A stare down initiated between the two. The uneasy atmosphere made Genma want to leave even sooner.

"Ready? (cough) Begin!"

Temari instantly grabbed her fan and extended it. Holding it up by one hand behind her, two purple circles showing.

"Don't expect to go easy on me, cutie," Temari said.

"I could say the same," Naruto responded, weapon appearing in hand and his eyes turning red.

He stood on guard as Temari whipped her fan in front of her. Using a spinning motion to gather more strength into her upcoming attack. She launches sharp wind currents in the form of a net. Naruto watched with interest. Forming a shadow clone to grab him by the ankles and throw him in the air.

Temari watched in shock at the sudden dodge of her attack. No one has ever tried dodging her attack by outright jumping over them. A smirk grew on her face.

Swinging her fan once again but missed entirely. Instead of aiming for the blonde, she instead destroyed the ground where he would land.

Naruto watched as Temari's wind attack obliterated the ground ahead of him. 'She wants me to do the same trick as before then launch an attack while mid-dodge. Keen girl, but I still have another option.'

Temari readied her fan as a clone popped into existence. What she didn't expect was for Naruto to head directly at her. The sudden shock caused her to forget the attack. Grabbing onto her fan with a weak grip and desperately swung it. The wind jutsu was nothing compared to her earlier one.

Naruto clasped his hand together, the unbalanced amount of wind started to compress and transform into a powerful glee. Finally, redirecting the jutsu outwards caused it to shoot forward. The gale was strong enough to cancel her wind current.

A vein appeared on her forehead, "How the hell does he have so much chakra! I spent half of my chakra just fighting against the Nara boy." She complained, dodging under Naruto's kick. Temari blindly swung her fan behind where Naruto should have been. Her eyes widened in shock at the empty space of just dirt and trees.

A painful gasp was heard as a bone-crushing kick hit her back. Stumbling against the ground until coming to a stop.

'I need to end it now or else I'm going to be forced to forfeit. I need to save chakra for the evasion.' She thought, picking up her fan from the ground. Temari unclasped the bonding of the fan. Revealing three purple circles.

An incredible amount of chakra started to push through the fan. Naruto's eyes picked this up. 'Seems like she wants to end this now, why not?' He thought, performing multiple hand seals.

"Eat this!" Temari yelled, releasing powerful heavy air currents that collide together to create many vacuum pockets to slash at her opponent. The attack was so strong that it made the walls of the stadium shake despite not being near it.

'I haven't gotten to use this, but it's one of my few A-rank wind release jutsu.' Naruto thought and extended his right arm out. using chakra to infuse with and condense a mass amount of wind-chakra to form a massive demonic-like claw extending from his hand to strike and grab a target, as well as deflect any weapon or attack. Adding extra chakra to make the palm even bigger than the nearby trees. His attack carries a tremendous force that devastated the ground below it.

The two attacks meet in the middle. Batting for dominance as wind current pushed outwards, random waves would impact against the walls, causing large slashes. The force was so great that Naruto and Temari needed to stick to the ground by using chakra. Shielding their eyes and hoping to win the encounter.

Temari bit her lip in frustration at the sight of her wind jutsu losing slowly. An explosion rocked the stadium. Naruto's jutsu finally destroys Temari's attack and heads towards her. The hand grabbed and carried her. Impacting against the tree and closing the chakra-made fingers to capture its target.

Naruto teleported in front of Temari to see the damage he caused. cuts and bruises roamed all over her body. Blood trailed down her jaw and head. He stopped the jutsu which caused it to drop her. Not wanting to further injure her, he grabbed her bridal style before falling.

"She seems to be alright. Good thing you weakened it before the hand could grab her. I'll doubt she wouldn't have broken bones by now." Genma said.

Naruto could only nod as he noticed Temari's flicking open. He also took note of her clothes ripped on different spots. The most distinguishable was her upper chest open, revealing a little bit more cleavage and undergarments.

"If you are going to stare then at least try to hide it." Temari's voice snapped him out of his thoughts. Lifting his eyes to see a heavy blush on her face and eyes looking down in embarrassment.

"I'm s-sorry." He stammered.

A smirk grew on her lips. "Be a gentleman and take me to the medics." She said, almost ordering him.

He nodded, vanishing in a gust of wind.

"Right, (cough) Winner! Naruto (cough) Uzumaki."

(Scene break)

Come on, Haku. Don't get jealous!" Zabuza boasted. His eyes widened at the pillar of ice that formed right under him. "WAIT! I'M SO- AHHH!"

Kakashi's shoulder shuddered at Zabuza's unfortunate demise.

"You know, Zabuza isn't wrong," Nōhime whispered. She chuckled at Tenten's intense glare.

"Lay her down right there." A voice commanded him.

He nodded, softly putting Temari down on the comfortable medic bed.

"You're not so bad from the Nara boy." Temari complimented.

His lips slightly curved upwards, "Well, if he wasn't so much of a bum than I would have probably gone against him, instead of you."

Temari's teal eyes glazed into Naruto's blue, bright eyes. A smile forming at his intention of trying to make her laugh.

"You should teach me that jutsu. It's pretty sure even though my attack would have destroyed it if I had more chakra." Temari said, crossing her arms under her chest and a scowl took the presence of her smile.

Naruto rubbed the back of his head and chuckled, "Yea, I could teach you but I wouldn't think you could keep up." He joked.

"Like if! I could have easily beaten you if I wanted too!" Temari said, trying to send a serious glare at Naruto but failed.

"Then maybe we could spare some time?" Naruto offered.

"Yea, I'll be down to kick your ass." Temari accepted, completely forgetting her true intention of being in the Leaf Village.

"Up (cough) next! Shino Abarume (cough) vs Sakura Haruno!"

"Go on Shino! Show them what you got!" Kiba yelled encouraging words, almost falling off from the railing.

"I'm honored to fight you, Sakura," Shino proclaimed.

"Likewise."

"Ready? Begin!"

Immentaily thousands of bugs flew off Shino's selves. They stood in front of their leader, like a wall to protest the people within.

Sakura cringed at the sight, "No offense but those bugs always creep me out."

"Fair enough."

With a simple command through eyesight, the bugs began their onslaught. The majority of the bugs stayed behind while the rest attacked their opponent.

Sakura quickly reached into her pouch before pulling out an explosive kunai. Throwing it and effectively clearing the first barrage of bugs. Due to the black smoke that formed, it gave her time to perform a genjutsu.

Shino looked around as a tree started to grow behind him. Branches also extended the length of it until latching onto him. 'This seems fairly similar to one of Kurenai-sensei genjutsu. No matter, genjutsu won't work on me.'

Sakura grinned in satisfaction. Growing out of the trunk of the tree but in reality, she stood behind Shino. Her hand started to glow and form a sharp blade made out of chakra.

'I win!'

The realization hit her when Shino's arm shot up and gripped her wrist. His leg connected with her ribs, sending her back and bugs following. Sakura took notice of this and pulled out another explosive seal. Another loud bang was heard as black smoke once again blocked their view of each other.

"Genjutsu won't work on me. Genjutsu affects activity throughout the prosencephalon structure of the brain, humans, dogs and other species of mammal are therefore all affected by genjutsu; however, the kikaichū, like all insects, lack such a structure to their brains, and so do not even notice it. Thus; my Bugs will realize my chakra flow is irregular and bring me back to my senses." He explained.

'I don't have any more explosive kunai. At most, I can perform the fireball jutsu two more times before running the risk of chakra exhaustion.' Sakura thought.

In a burst of speed, Sakura emerges in front of her opponent. Shino was able to pick this up and dodged under her fast kick. She didn't stop there, sending a punch which was grabbed by him. A swarm of bugs came under his wrist, engulfing her entire hand in bugs. More insects came out, swallowing her arm to the elbow. Sakura tried to pull away but to no effort, she was stuck.

The smell of bugs burning made it to Shino's nose. Sakura's arm suddenly was wrapped in a layer of pure fire. He jumped back to safety in an attempt to gain distance between each other. Unleashing another wave of bugs.

She started to perform hand seals. Looking down at her hands to see them shaking furiously. A fireball was released and collided with the bugs. Burning down everything in its path; including Shino's bugs. He jumped to the side, seeing his comrades being burnt to crisp saddened him.

Sakura once again appeared in front of him. In an attempt to keep him close-combat rather than a long-combat range. They continued to envelop into a taijutsu battle. Both sides seemed pretty even until Sakura noticed unknown effects showing up.

'Why are my muscles becoming sore? My body is reacting slowly to Shino's attacks.' Sakura thought worriedly.

"It seems like it's started to take effect." Shino's voice cut her thoughts. "Ever since the beginning of the match, I've attached a bug on you. This bug holds a poison that only its kind can make. It takes time but after a few minutes, your muscles will start to dry up. Like a soaked sponge kept outside during a hot summer day."

Sakura's eyes widened at his words. She instantly forms two chakra blades and pressures Shino even more. Almost tagging him but his bugs took the attack for him.

"If I'm going to lose then you're going with me." She declared. Taijutsu started to become a huge problem for Sakura. Her muscles become tighter by the second. "I suggest you give up. I simply need to stall you to win." He said, further arguing with her.

The intense sound of her heartbeats was becoming louder. Louder than the shouts from the crowd. The never-ending pain of her muscles protesting against the sudden impact of Shino's punches. One last time, hundreds of bugs headed towards her.

The combination of six certain hand seals was her last attack. Snake, ram, monkey, horse, and finally tiger. Sakura's finger felt like they were ready to fall off. A fireball blew out of her mouth and destroyed the insects. Shino's eyebrows rose in surprise. He tried dodging to the side but the attack still hit his leg. His clothes being burnt just like his bugs. The clothing melted into his skin, the smell of blackened flesh made its presence to the nostrils of Shino.

Genma teleported between the two genins.

"Winner!- "

"Procter, I wish to forfeit. Any more advancement and I run the risk of my colony becoming instinct. I also doubt I'll be able to run." Shino said, limping onto his left leg.

"Right, The match concluded into a tie!" Genma announced. The crowd erupted into a huge pit of people screaming. It was a pretty good show of a fight.

"There will be a 1 hour grace period before the final match of Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha begins. Entertainment of some sort will come to distract everyone for that certain amount of time."

"This is it kid, the final match," Zabuza said.

"It's almost time huh?" Naruto responded dryly.

Zabuza took notice of Naruto's empty answer. His tone and eyes almost carried no emotions whatsoever. Blankly staring out into the openness with his hair moving freely with the soft wind. His body stayed stiff as a rock, almost like a statue. He couldn't even tell if Naruto was still in the land of the living. Then, he saw it. The simple twitch of his finger and Naruto's eyes betrayed what was hidden inside.

"You're scared."

Those simple words broke him out of his brooding.

Naruto looked away, "I'm not scared of fighting against sa- "

"The fear of losing someone. To lose something you desperately wanted for so long, only to suffer the loss." Zabuza interrupted him, receiving a heated glare from the blonde.

"I'll keep them safe, no matter what!" He practically yelled, balling his fist in sheer frustration

"Don't try to be the hero. Do what you must. Hell, put your body on the line. But, those who you love most might someday not come back. It's a painful lesson to learn, kid." He said, noticing Naruto's hands shaking violently. The thought of averting made him madder than before. Quickly disappearing from Zabuza's sight without another word.

He let out a long sigh, 'I was never good with comforting words. You could blame my childhood for that.' Zabuza thought.

"Decent execution, although could have been much smoother."

He turned around to see Nōhime looking down at him. Her arms were crossed under her impressive bosom, making them slightly raised.

"The kid needs to know the truth, even if it's ugly." Zabuza defended himself. Nōhime didn't respond, knowing it was the truth.

Complete silence surrounded the stadium. This was it. The last fight of the chunin exams. Between the outcast and the last Uchiha. Many emotions ran through the spectators. Many betted on the Uchiha to win the tournament. They soon started to grow regret at the sudden power the demon boy showed. First, beating the prodigy Hyuga. Then, beating the daughter of the kazekage.

Naruto and Sasuke stared each other down. Genma glanced at Naruto and was able to tell the pissed off expression he was trying to hide. The stare-off between the two looked nerve-racking. The demon-boy vs the Uchiha prodigy was what most called this fight. Unfortunately, Sakura wasn't able to defeat Shino but it ended in a tie nonetheless. The genins were told about the potential upbringing of an invasion. Truth be told, he started to like Sakura. So it was better if she wasn't present during the attack.

"(cough) Ready? Begin!"

Naruto gripped his kusarigama. Covering it with a sharp thin layer of wind chakra. Suddenly a spark flew out from the blade, initing the entire blade on fire. Feeling the heat radiating off his weapon. He shifted uncomfortably when something burnt his palm. Looking down to see a salamander mark. It hissed slightly before engraving into his skin.

Sasuke widened his eyes as Naruto appeared in front of him. Ducking the slash from Naruto's weapon. He tried to punch him but it was easily blocked. Taking the advantage, Naruto kicked Sasuke in the stomach; sending him flying back.

Sasuke managed to recuperate and started to perform hand seals. A cluster of small fireballs was blown out of his mouth. Each fireball had a shuriken inside of it. Naruto started to run towards the jutsu, calculating the object's trajectory with his eyes. He saw a small opening on the side and jumped towards it.

Using acrobatics to expertly squeeze through the opening. It caught Sasuke off guard at the flexibility his blonde opponent had. Naruto slid on the ground to slow down his speed. He tried to sweep Sasuke's legs which were easily jumped over. The Uchiha in turn took out a kunai and threw it. He managed to catch the kunai before it could hit him and returned it to its rightful owner.

The sharingan helped Sasuke barely dodge the kunai but didn't notice the Kawarimi no Jutsu being used. Naruto poofed behind the unsuspected Sasuke. He kicked him towards the ground causing it to crumble under the force.

4 shuriken flew past Naruto, noticing the wire attached to each object he teleported away. Separated by a safe distance, they took in each other. Sasuke looked the worst from the two. Sasuke had just come back from mastering the chidori. Then, fighting against Gaara and using his signature attack twice. There was no doubt that he must take chakra pills to replenish his energy.

Naruto himself wasn't looking too bad. The worst he received was when Neji caught him off guard and broke his elbow. Of course, the damn fox inside his stomach helped him with that. His fight with Temari was very fast but costly. That claw attack was the highest amount of chakra he has spent so far.

Sasuke started to perform a variety of hand seals. Inhaling deeply before blowing out a dragon made of out fire.

'Hopefully, this works!' Naruto thought, holding out his arm in front of him.

The kanji on his left palm started to glow. Sasuke watched as his attack neared his blonde opponent.

'What is that idiot planning?'

The dragon spun multiple times before hitting its target. Sasuke's eyes widened as the dragon seemed to get sucked into Naruto's palm. Almost as if a vacuum completely sucked it in. A single roar was heard until the attack no longer held life.

"What the hell did you do?!" Sasuke asked, noticing the kanji on Naruto's palm no longer glowing.

"You could have this back."

He widened his eyes at the sudden voice from behind. Sasuke looked where Naruto should have been but nothing was present. Turning around with his Sharingan blazing, ready to block any attack sent towards him. Gripping onto his kunai and swinging blindly.

Naruto slid under the kunai, a few strands of hair being cut. Holding out his right arm to show another kanji for release on his palm. Sasuke seethed at the realization of what was about to happen. A massive explosion rocked the stadium. The spectators standing up from their seats to see what happened to the demon's last attack.

Black smoke rose where they last stood. Silence. No sound was heard. Vile energy disrupted the thoughts of those watching. They looked in surprise at the new state Sasuke was in. Konoha 11 looked in shock at the black marks that formed over Uchiha's body.

(Scene break)

'I thought Kakashi sealed up the curse mark?!' Hiruzen thought in worry. He glanced at the kazekage to see his eyes glued onto the match. 'When will it start?' He thought, looking back at the match. The black markings started to take over Sasuke's body. He was able to feel dark energy from here. It was very...frightening.

(Scene break)

"Kakashi." A very serious voice said.

Kakashi pocketed his book. Seeing Sasuke use the curse mark was something he didn't expect. He had told him to not use it unless in a dire situation. "I never thought he would use it against Naruto."

"Of course he would, it's Sasuke!" Nōhime said, her emotions running wild.

(Scene break)

Sasuke smirked at Naruto. The overwhelming power that ran throughout his body. It felt good. Feeling that he could take on the entire village. He leaned forward, disappearing not a moment later.

Naruto managed to cross his arm in front of him. Blocking the Uchiha's kick that made him skid against the ground. Sasuke managed to spin and attempted to kick Naruto on the side of the head. Easily blocking the kick with his wrist and countering with a punch.

The Uchiha jumped over the extended arm and landed his own punch.

'It seems like he trained with the curse mark, must have been Kakashi." Naruto said, glancing over to the crowd and spotted his sensei actually watching. He reached into his pocket and pulled 10 kunai in each hand. Throwing them and performing hand seals. The kunai sailed and seemed to vanish. Then, suddenly they multiplied to 200. They reached an incredible speed as Naruto pushed them with a wind jutsu.

Sasuke in turn took out two kunai and started to deflect the incoming objects. His Sharingan worked overboard to help him. He managed to catch a glimpse of red moving. Looking around to see 10 clones running at him from the right side. He seethed in annoyance before a demon shuriken poofed into his hand. With the barrage of kunai done for, he threw the massive shuriken to his right. It sliced up every single clone before curving and redirecting itself to Sasuke.

He extended out his arm and opened his hand, ready to catch the lengthy shuriken. What he didn't expect was for Naruto to substitute with his weapon and implant a kick to his ribs.

He coughed out a big amount of blood onto his hand. Glaring at Naruto before rolling over to dodge a chain. Doing flips and spins to gain the distance needed. Performing more hand seals and placing both palms down to the ground.

Naruto stood on guard as the sound of crackling was heard. Small sparks of electricity would push through the dirt. Finally, electricity currents appeared from the ground, jumping up and down and heading towards him.

'Impressive, he is using blood, sweat, and spit to use as a connector.' He thought, jumping into the air. The blonde looked up to see a huge fireball, half of it was coated in black.

Quickly making a clone that pushed him out the way. Then he felt it. Something grabbed him from below and it shocked him with volts. Looking down to see Sasuke's earlier jutsu gather at one point and spring up.

His body was twitching, the volts affecting him more than he expected. His ears perked up at the sound of three demon shuriken sailing through the air.

'I can't move!' He thought, hearing the three demon shuriken coming closer. 'Well, this is going to hurt.'

The sound of flesh being penetrated was a terrifying sound. Naruto held in his hellish scream. The feelings of getting pierced by the thigh and back were something he didn't want to experience again. Reached behind him and steadily grabbed the hole in the shuriken. With one pull the damn metal was out of his back.

Thud!

His blood marked one the blades.

"One more-Argh!' A kunai struck against the lodged shuriken, causing it to move.

"Hurry up! Fighting you would be too easy if that thing was still there." Sasuke mocked.

Naruto didn't say anything, bringing his attention back but still keeping an eye on the Uchiha.

"Okay, it doesn't look too serious," Naruto said, pulling the metal from his thigh. Blood gushed outside the wound. The pain was still there but it was bearable. He felt the blood from his back soaking his shirt.

He locked eyes with Sasuke, receiving a grin in return.

"How about we finish this?" Sasuke said, performing the chidori. His attack was much different from before. It was a grayer color than before. Almost as if the curse affected it directly.

He nodded, holding out his arm until the wind started to gather on his palm. Once compressed, a ball of wind was presented in his hand. Further powering it when fire release was added to it.

In a burst of speed, they rushed to each other. Jumping mid-run and ready to collide in the middle of the stadium.

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"Don't stand there in shock, Kakashi! Your students are about to kill each other!" Nōhime yelled, jumping over the railing.

Multiple jonins followed, not wanting the demon boy/Uchiha to possibly end his career. Konoha 11 stared with an eye-full. Such power displayed by their classmate was something they didn't expect.

"Haku!" Zabuza said.

She nodded in response, utilizing her genkai kekkei to make four walls made out of ice. She watched as their jutsu completely ripped apart her mirrors.

"It's no use." She said. Zabuza looked into her eyes and was able to tell the constant worry for the blonde's safely

"Let's hope they could stop them."

(Scene break)

Naruto and Sasuke gave out one more battle cry before readying their jutsu to collide with each other. The feeling of potentially winning the tournament ran throughout their minds. The promotion they desperately needed to reach their goal was almost in arm's reach. Just one final push was needed.

It completely bypassed their minds the explosion that rocked the stadium. Exactly where the kages were seated.

The crush of Konoha had finally begun.

And done! I decided to put the remaining fights in this chapter as you could see. Sakura was actually meant to fight Naruto after defeating Shino but that wouldn't be too much of a fight. We take a deeper look into Naruto's fears which presented itself before the final match. Now, about the curse mark. It isn't such a huge drawback on Sasuke, yet. It will affect him right away during the fight against Gaara. Without it then he wouldn't have put up much of a fight. Also, I'm noting trying to make Sasuke weak when he fought Gaara. That second chidori would have killed Gaara but due to his genjutsu, Shakuku chakra influenced Gaara thus; saving him.

The next chapter will contain multiple fights such as; clearing the stadium and Naruto vs Gaara. Hiruzen's fight will not be in detail since we already know what happened. Hiruzen's death will be the starting cause of Naruto's goal. This will be further looked into when Jiryira and Naruto encounter Tsunade in the bar. This will be my longest chapter as of yet