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REVIEWS

SolSparda369: Glad you think they would be a gory team-up. I think so too. Hope you enjoy what I have going on in this chapter.

Midnight Lost: Yes, as always, glad you're liking the story. Happy that you think the interactions were in character for them in this situation.

taiwoeretan1: Basically, yeah. Naruto is Jackie's protege and Ino will be Naruto's. Together they'll grow to new heights that you all will have to keep reading to see where they end up.

biginferno: Once again the pairing for this story is up in the air. Ino and Sakura are sort of promised to be in it because of how Naruto has affected them mentally. You've only seen how Ino handled what was said and we will get to Sakura soon.

DEADSHOT9959: Glad to hear. I'm all about that development when it comes to characters.

That'll be it for reviews for now.

Before you go, I should say something... I forgot I put Rise of the InuKitsune and New Face of Death on ice. Well, time to thaw those babies out.

NOW ON WITH THE SHOW!

Triumph

"What are you doing, Naruto?" Came the voice of Karin. She had entered the living room area of their apartment after coming back from a meeting with some other Konoha Jonin officials. It was stated that since she had defected to Konoha now, she needed to be screened and tested on what she knows if she planned on joining the village. Tedious work but it had to be done for "safety" reasons.

Imagine her surprise walking in and seeing her blonde clansman laying on the couch relaxing. Like today wasn't the last day before the finals commenced tomorrow. Shouldn't he be doing some last-minute prep or whatever? She crossed her arms while coming to a stop at the edge of the couch while giving a questioning stare at what was on the coffee table. There were several pieces of paper with what she assumed were seals. What was weird was that she could sense his dark power on them. Each of them was not active, so she had no idea what he could have been doing with them.

"I was trying to take a nap." He responded to her without looking up. Naruto was currently in some cargo shorts and a dark orange shirt. The epitome of relaxation for him. Karin frowned as she moved closer while examining his work on the table closely.

"Shouldn't you be training more? Or at least prepping for the finals tomorrow? The day is almost up, do you believe you're ready?"

"As ready as I'll ever be, Karin. I've done all that I can to prepare for the finals." He said while only peaking one eye to look at her before closing it to try and sleep again. Karin merely sighed before looking around the room. She was feeling nervous now about what she wanted to do. Looking back at Naruto, she bit her lip before taking a deep breath and just decided to go for it. She moved onto the couch and laid on top of her blonde-haired clansman with her arms wrapping around his neck. Naruto did not move simply because he had no idea what she was doing and wasn't sure how to respond to this sudden contact.

"...what are you doing, Karin?"

"Just let me relax here. I-It's been an l-l-long day and I wanted to spend some time with y-you." she mentally cursed herself for stuttering at a time like this. How could she get her feelings across while being so nervous? When Naruto didn't respond, she initially grew afraid and was ready to let go, thinking she overstep a boundary. Those thoughts changed as one of Naruto's arms came up to wrap around her and held her close.

"...Alright, thanks for the company." She smiled with a healthy shade of pink coating her face before she snuggled her head into his chest. Karin never had anyone like Naruto in her life. All the other male shinobi didn't give her a second glance back in Kusagakure. Adimtly she didn't give them one either, but that was beside the point. They only wanted her because of her skills as an Uzumaki. To use her just like they used her mother until she died. With Naruto, she felt safer despite the darkness within him and knew he wouldn't let anyone harm her. They were family and would stick together through it all.

"Look alive folks, we're about to get started," Genma said to the gathered Chunin Hopefuls. It was the day of the Chunin Exam Finals and it was to be a sure turnout. People from all over came to spectate this event. A few nobles and even the Fire Daimyo came to watch the genin below fight for their right to advance in rank. "Now, there's a been a slight change to the roster. Take a look to see who you will be facing against." Each genin took a look and notice that the biggest change was that Dosu was not on the roster anymore. Making it so Shikamaru would fight Temari instead of her waiting for her fight. This made the lazy Nara groan internally at the fact he would have to fight a girl again.

Naruto turned his eyes toward Gaara, knowing what happened the previous night between him and the Oto-nin. The invasion between Oto and Suna against them would be happening soon sometime during the finals. He'd prepared for when that time came. How does he know about the invasion, you may ask?

You learn a thing or two when saving someone's life.

It wasn't long before the Hokage stood up to give his speech about the coming events and wished all the competitors good luck. It was noted silently amongst a few of the crowd that one person wasn't here yet. A certain Uchiha in fact, but Naruto knew he would show up for his fight. He was compelled to not be late. Jackie gave a dark chuckle within Naruto's head as he could feel the connection they made to the brat growing stronger but held back by the restraint seal placed on him. Funny how they were able to get through to the curse seal but the restraint seal wasn't destroyed when they messed with it. It wouldn't matter for long.

All in due time will they have their way.

"Alright, I need Uzumaki Naruto and Hyuga Neji to stay for their match. The rest of you head up to the fighter's balcony to wait for your match." The others complied easily enough, leaving just Genma and the two genin ready for their match. The two got into position with Neji glaring at the blonde and Naruto giving him a blank stare back. Behind that blank stare though, was a cruel determination to hold his word against Neji. Up in the stands, Hinata stared with a worried look on her face. She knew what Naruto planned but she didn't like it. She got to see the changes that the Forest of Death did to him and Hinata had no idea how to go about it. He was different from his usual self and yet there were still pieces of the old him in there.

Her doubts about him mostly came from their conversation when he visited her hospital room late at night.

(Flashback)

"N-N-Naruto-kun!" Hinata's voice was more or less a squeak through the night. It was most likely midnight within the hospital, meaning Naruto had snuck into her room without anyone being aware he was here visiting her.

"Relax, Hinata. Don't want to wake the other patients," he said with a slight chuckle. She blushed and looked down at her bedsheets. Her heart was pounding from the fact her crush came to visit her so late at night. It reminded her of a certain... scene within a novel she read once. She stopped her thoughts from thinking any further on that notion, lest she faints before she could even see what Naruto wanted to visit this late.

"S-sorry, you just surprised me is all. Why are you here?" Hinata couldn't believe she managed to say most of that without stuttering, but she didn't have much time to think about it since she wanted to give her crush all of her attention at this precious time. There was no one else to distract her from him or someone else to gain his attention more.

"I wanted to talk to you about what happened during the prelims." Hinata visibly deflated at his words and leaned back in her bed. She sighed and turned her eyes away from him. "So that you know, I'll be facing Neji during the finals. I made a promise that I would end him for what he did to you."

This shocked Hinata. Her heart skipped a beat and she looked up to see the seriousness in his eyes. Was he being for real here? Why... why would Naruto, Uzumaki Naruto, say something like that? She could understand if he say he would make him pay, but to say he would end him made it sound like he was going to kill her cousin.

"You're, not going to kill Neji, are you?"

"If you asked me that a month ago, my answer would have been one-hundred percent no. But things have changed since my time in the Chunin Exams. Mainly during the Forest of Death. I... don't want to hurt you Hinata. So, can you explain to me why there is animosity between you and that bastard?" Hinata sighed and felt some relief within her soul that she may sway Naruto's thoughts away from doing something unspeakable during the finals. So, she spent a good hour or so explaining how the Hyuga clan worked and what had accord when she was younger. How she was almost kidnapped as a child on her birthday by the Kumo ambassador. How her uncle sacrificed himself to save her father from being handed over due to killing the man. How Neji blames her and the main family traditions for losing his father due to clan politics.

Once she was finished telling the story, Naruto closed his eyes to process it all. Neji was going for the kill against his cousin just because he was branded with the Cage Bird Seal, like his father. The seal was what cost his father his life due to both of their dads being twins. The clan would have Hizashi take the sacrifice because of his seal, giving Hisashi an out.

Naruto would be making plans for the entire Hyuga clan soon enough. But he'll need to deal with Neji first.

"I'm sorry to hear all of that. That still doesn't give that prick the right to try and kill you, Hinata." He sighed while standing up and walking to the window of the room. He stared out into the night sky. "Hinata, do you know why I said all those things about Ino and Sakura?"

This was something that was on her mind during the prelims but was cast aside once her match came up. "N-no."

"It's because it was the truth. Both of them are barely average shinobi, Ino gets by because of her clan technique and her occasional smarts. Sakura is merely book smart and is physically the weakest of most of us. At the time I was focused on just them, but Hinata, you haven't been the best yourself either. You're gentle and kind, something that most kunoichi in the real world don't have anymore. You are weak because you never went for the finishing blow during the practice fights. You always held back against others. Hell, Neji almost tore you down with just his words alone. Crushing your resolve before the fight even began."

Hinata felt tears threatening to spill from her eyes. Was this really how Naruto saw her? Even he saw her as weak just like her father. That she couldn't accomplish her dreams. That she was nothing. Was it a sin in this world to be how she was? To never show compassion for the ones you love because of clan duty?! Would life be better if she never knew how to love anyone?! It was, and excuse her language, complete bullshit!

"But despite all of this, Hinata, you have the most potential to become the strongest Kunoichi of our generation." This caused Hinata to gasp and pause in her spiraling thoughts. She lifted her head to see Naruto now standing back in front of her. He placed his hands over hers and held them. She felt a blush come to her face as he stared into her eyes. "Hinata, you are weak as you are right now. But it is because of your gentle soul that you have a strength hidden deep away within yourself. I saw how you fought back against Neji and how you matched him blow for blow. You just need to keep pushing and stop holding yourself back. Find the path that you must walk, not the one others walk for you."

The tears in her eyes fell down her cheeks at his words. They were hurtful and inspiring at the same time. Words that she needed to hear from someone she cared deeply about even if this new attitude of his scared her a little. Naruto finally let go of her hands before walking towards the exit of her room. Once at the door he stopped before turning his head to tell her partially what he planned on doing for the finals.

"I cannot promise you that I won't kill Neji, but I will do what I must to make him understand the pain you felt and still feel because of his actions. If things go as a plan, then your cousin will finally understand what it means to gain freedom." After those words she watched him exit her room with the door closing with a soft click. Hinata wasn't sure how to feel about his words, just praying that when the finals came, she wouldn't have to see another family member die because of her.

Unknown to Hinata, Naruto wasn't done visiting people within this section of the hospital. He went to go make a stop at a certain girl's room and intervene with some unwanted guest within.

(Flashback end)

'Please, Naruto-kun, don't end Neji's life. I... I don't want to lose either of you.' Hinata prayed within her mind, knowing that her father, and possibly the clan, wouldn't tolerate one of their members being killed by a fellow Konoha genin. Let alone Naruto of all people.

"Alright, are both fighters ready?" They nodded. "Hajime!" Genma swiped his hand down before jumping back to allow the two genin space to conduct their match.

"You should forfeit. It was commendable for you to get this far, but you are outmatched. Fate is-"

"Can you shut the fuck up?" Naruto interrupted Neji. The young Hyuga glared with his eyebrow twitching from his insolence. "Neji, I didn't come here to listen to your babble about 'fate' and 'destiny'," he stated while walking forward and pulling a kunai from his pouch. He began twirling it around his finger while stalking his prey. "I'm here to kick. Your. Ass."

Naruto was there for a second, then suddenly, he was half a foot away from Neji. Ready to slam his foot into his face. Neji reacted well by jumping back and turning his Byakugan on before parrying the strikes that came at him from the kunai Naruto had with his own. Now that they were this close, Neji was finally able to see the... darkness that was flowing around the boy in front of him. It was strange since it was flowing through his entire body and not just his tenketsu. Neji was positive that this kid didn't have this... whatever it was around him when they started the Exams. Neji had used his Byakugan to scan all the participants before they began to understand who would be the biggest threat to his team.

Naruto was far from a threat to them, lest he should be. The young genin was showing combat skills that he should not have. Neji did enough research about the boy, on the insisting of his bun-haired teammate, to know that Naruto was a nobody. He was nothing compared to everyone! An orphan who was a failure in the academy but somehow still got to pass, which didn't make sense to him. Despite himself, Neji could admit that Rock Lee had potential. Had is an important keyword considering his condition after his fight with Gaara. By all rights and purposes, Naruto should be just a normal civilian.

Yet, here he was. Using his kunai as extra reach to keep Neji from using the full extent of his juken. Neji would change that, it was his fate to win this battle. When Naruto came in with a reverse swing from the left, Neji countered him with his kunai clashing against Naruto's before angling it so that he knocked it out of his hand. Neji then went for several strikes to his chest but Naruto pivoted in place to dodge the strikes. After the pivot, Naruto shot his leg out to kick Neji in the side, which the Hyuga prodigy blocked with his leg. This caused them to push away from each other.

That was barely a warmup.

Naruto cracked his neck before placing his fingers in a cross-shape. Sixteen clones popped up around Naruto before they all charged forward, well besides two of them that used the distraction of their brothers to hide. It was time to start their plan and the two clones would need to prep for it.

Neji was surprised that he was starting to have a hard time fighting this nobody. The way he fought made it seem like he knew exactly how the gentle fist was used! He knew that couldn't be possible since there was no way for him to have studied the gentle fist from only seeing it in action once. Neji would get lucky and take out three clones from a strike, but two others would weave right through his attacks before kicking him in the chest for the real Naruto to knee him in the back. Another clone came and kicked Neji's legs from under him before Naruto grabbed them and spun them in place. Letting go right at the peak of his spin with the Hyuga douche flying across the arena.

"Holy shit, are you guys seeing this?" A chunin in the crowd said to some of the others near him.

"How is that brat moving around the Hyuga prodigy so fluidly."

"Isn't he supposed to be the dead last and failed all his tests?"

"Well, he didn't exactly fail the combat portion. Probably the only one that he did decent in, despite having no style to his moves."

"You sure he has no style?"

These were just a couple of comments from the shinobi. Back with the two fighters, Neji got to his feet while glaring at Naruto with his byakugan on full blast. He was done messing around now. If this commoner wanted to fight against his fate so badly then Neji would correct him here and now. Standing back up, he took a deep breath before smirking at the few blondes left of the clones summoned. He knew the real Naruto was somewhere in there, but the Shadow Clones were something that no dojutsu could distinguish between them.

"I commend you, Uzumaki. You have proven to be a bigger annoyance than anticipated. Unfortunately for you though I've decided to stop taking you lightly. Now, you will know the true power of the Hyuga Clan." All the Naruto's just snorted before they all rushed him. Neji gave a small smirk before getting back into his Juken stance. There were only seven blondes left of the original fourteen he fought.

Neji was prepared for them now, he would show this filth what it meant to go against his fate. The first three tried to attack from the front, left, and right. Neji took three shurikens and spun with the weapons flying, hitting two of the three targets with them going, poof. The third had managed to take a kunai out and deflect the attack before landing and moving to stab the prick in the arm. Neji saw this and parried the arm away from him before striking the clone in the chest. That was three down, four to go.

The four brought out their shuriken and threw a hail toward Neji. The Hyuga prodigy knew he'd have to pull out one of his trump cards now if he was going to survive the onslaught of weapons coming at him. There wasn't enough time to dodge out of the way. Getting into a familiar stance, to those who knew of it, the young branch member began to spin in place, with his chakra creating a dome around him going along with his spin.

"Hakkeshō Kaiten (Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven)!" He shouted with many gasping at seeing such a technique from one so young. None more so than Hiashi and Hanabi in the stands sitting together watching the battle before them. Hiashi couldn't believe that his nephew managed to learn one of the main house techniques in such a short time. It was proof of his genius to have learned it without anyone from the main family teaching him.

Hanabi couldn't believe her older cousin managed to pull off such a technique, one she hadn't even gotten down yet and she was claimed to be the next upcoming prodigy. She wasn't sure if Hinata could do it yet either, so that showed the strength Neji had over the both of them. While inwardly she was proud of her family member for learning something like that, she knew the Elders of her clan would not take keen on knowing he had learned it. Especially since they knew she, and possibly Hinata as well, didn't know how to perform the technique just yet. It would be greater pressure placed upon both sisters since they were the clan heiresses.

'So, that's the kaiten? A bit more impressive seeing it in person than reading it from the scrolls the darklings copied.' Naruto thought to himself before he and his clones charged forward again right when the dome was gone. Two clones grabbed another before tossing him at the dark-haired prick. The flying Naruto flipped to send his foot into Neji, only for their opponent to bend backward to avoid the attack. Neji knew it was now his time to be on the offensive since the small army of clones was mostly gone now. Springing forth, he quickly intercepted the two clones that tossed their comrade and gave them two juken strikes each to dispel them.

He turned around in time to block the punch that came from Naruto before pivoting around him to dodge the incoming attack from the clone that was sent at him earlier. Moving faster than either could expect, Neji took out the clone with a high kick before kicking the real Naruto back. The smirk that was on his face grew wider, he had the idiot now.

"You're within the range of my divination," Neji said with a cruel smirk on his face.

'WHAT?! He couldn't know that technique as well?!' Hiashi cried out from within his mind. His face was of shock at what his nephew was about to do. It was one of the utmost kept secret techniques of the Hyuga clan. One of many, in fact, more so than the Kaiten.

First, there were two strikes. Followed by another two.

Then four.

Eight.

Sixteen!

Then, finally, with thirty-two strikes, equalling up to sixty-four hits, he sent Naruto flying.

"Hakke Rokujūyon Shō (Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms)!" He shouted with a satisfied smirk coming to his face. Everyone watched the blonde fly back before landing on the ground. He wasn't moving, which made Neji smirk even more. Neji relaxed his form before walking closer to Naruto's downed form. "Heh, just as fate has proclaimed. Your threat during the preliminary was completely worthless. You can't stop fa-" Laughter came from the body before everyone saw it disperse into black mist. Eyes were widening since that wasn't normal Kage Bunshin smoke.

Then the ground started to shake under Neji's feet. His eyes went down before he saw a crack. Instinct is what saved him his eye, though his face did receive a cut from what came out. And what was it that attacked him? A fucking chain with a kunai tip! Neji couldn't stay still as another came out with the two stabbing into the locations he kept jumping from, he was far away from the hole they came from, which allowed him a break as the chains retreated to the entrance before hovering in the air. From it, Naruto came out.

"That was a close one. That move of yours is hard to counter," Naruto rolled his shoulders to get the feeling back in them. Everyone could see that the chains were coming from Naruto's back. For certain older shinobi, they recognized the chains. They had the same appearance as the chakra chains that Uzumaki Kushina used. Meaning, that Naruto must be her child! There was no one else in the whole village that had such an ability. Those legendary chains are said to be able to even suppress a Biju's chakra.

"How are you-

"Standing?" Neji was getting tired of being interrupted. "Well, obviously those eyes of yours aren't capable of catching everything. There was a clone that didn't follow the rest of us during the initial assault. I needed to make sure I swapped at the proper time so he didn't pop in the middle of your attack."

"Wait, then that means you took my attack yourself before switching?! That doesn't explain how you are still standing here now! I blocked off your tenkestu, you should be struggling just to stand." Here, Naruto gave Neji a vicious smirk with his eyes flashing red. He began to stride forward with the chains hovering next to him.

"I did my research." It was all he said before holding a hand forward with the chains shooting toward the Hyuga boy. Neji glared at them before he started his dance with the chakra chains. They were fast and almost got him a couple of times he would dodge right and then have to move again as the other was about to hit him again. Too many close calls were made because these damn things followed him.

Neji stopped and saw his back was towards one of the arena walls. He stared forward as the chains hovered there, with Naruto walking. He would not surrender here! It was his fate to win here. He'd show this fool that no trick of his would allow him victory here!

"I see you're still willing to fight, despite how hopeless this situation is for you. Guess I was hoping too much that you would see you can't beat me." Naruto said with a shrug and a smirk on his face. Was it wrong to be cocky in this situation? No, and he'll beat your ass if you say otherwise. Besides, there was nothing Neji could do at this moment that he won't expect. It was time to proceed with his plans against the fate-blinded idiot.

"We'll see about that!" Neji charged forward with his hand going into his pockets to pull out several kunai and tossed them at the source of his current annoyance. As expected, Naruto jumped back and used his chains to block the kunai. Digging deeper into his pouch, Neji pulled out an explosive tag, one of five. He was hoping to save these for someone more worthy of a challenge. It was a shame he had to waste one on this imbecile. Attaching it to one of his other kunai he lit the tag before tossing it along with several shurikens.

Naruto commanded his chains to create a barrier around himself. They dug through the ground multiple times, coming up then down to create a dome for him. The shuriken bounced off the dome then the kunai exploded once it made contact. Neji wasn't going to wait for the results, he had to take this as his opportunity to strike back and end this fight. Once he was halfway to the smoke cloud, the ground exploded from behind him. He turned his head with his eyes widening as three chains came out before wrapping around his lower body. He winced as they squeezed his legs before he was yanked from the ground into the sky.

The chains began to slam him to the ground multiple times before dragging him through the hole they came through. Naruto jumped from the dissipating smoke cloud from the explosion earlier. All could see that the chains were coming from his hands now with the ones on his back gone. Naruto flipped through the air and pulled on the chains with Neji coming through the ground Naruto had sent the chains through. Swinging the Hyuga he slammed him back into the earth with a shout.

Naruto landed and lifted Neji with his chains wrapping around his whole torso now. The Byakugan had turned off after the first couple of slams with many bruises showing up on his face and body. At some point in between the attacks, Neji's headband fell off with all able to see the cage bird seal placed there on his forehead. Naruto stared at the seal with narrowed eyes while Neji glared at him.

"You... finally see the... curse placed upon. The seal that... forever places me in... servitude to the main family. The seal that took everything away from me." He snarled while Naruto merely rolled his eyes. That was no curse. Naruto's life has been one full of cursed seals. From the one that held Kyubi and labeled him a 'monster' by the populace and the one placed on his neck that went unseen and messed with his development.

"You know nothing of curses. You know, by all rights I should kill now." That made a couple of people gasp from within the stands. The main ones were from Hiashi and Hiruzen with one of them glaring at the boy and the other looking worried about what was going to happen next. "I made a promise I would make you pay for what you did to Hinata. Placing your childish hatred on her because of what happened to your father." Naruto turned his eyes up to the stands. To the seat, he knew Hinata was sitting in. Their eyes met and he could see all the emotions flowing from her. It was with minor reluctance that held off from making the final blow against her cousin. That wouldn't stop him from going with his plan though.

"But, I've found a more suitable punishment for you. You claim that seal is a curse on you, but do know that freedom can be a much bigger curse than you think." He held up his hand with a dark power flowing through it now. The final clone Naruto sent off had completed its job. It was to gather enough Darkness Energy from hiding within the shadows for this moment right here. He would have to hurry since he was still doing this during the day, making it harder to harness the power of The Darkness.

'I'll need your aid on this Kyubi.'

'Hmph, I'd rather we just kill the little bastard. These little games of yours are, how that lazy Nara put it? Troublesome.'

'I know, but why kill off such a useful tool?'

Kyubi chuckled with his dark chakra flowing through the arm as well. Black and Red power flowed around the arm and Naruto brought it up to Neji's face.

"W-what the hell are you doing?!"

"Showing you the price for freedom."

Neji let out a horrifying scream as Naruto's hand touched the seal on his head. There was ungodly pain coursing through him. He could a pressure flowing through his head like it was ready to make it go pop! Naruto gritted his teeth as he could feel his control over the Darkness waver. If this was during the night he could do this no problem, but he didn't have such a luxury so he need to do a somewhat 'rush job'. The screaming and pain only lasted for three minutes but it must have felt like hours to Neji. When Naruto was done he pulled his hand back while panting only a little.

Taking a deep breath, he released the Hyuga prodigy from his chains before walking away. It was done.

Neji coughed while struggling to get to his hands and knees. "What... did you do... to me?" He asked while placing a hand on his forehead to try and ease the throbbing pain. he felt something wet through and assumed it was blood leaking.

"I told you already. I'm showing the price of freedom."

"What the hell does that even me-" Neji stopped as he brought his hand from his forehead. What he saw made him gasp loudly. "I-I-It can't be!" he shouted to himself before scanning the arena and finding his headband not that far from him. He moved to grab it before taking a look at himself through the metal. The cage bird seal was completely black! Not only that but it was smudged as well. He took a kunai and ripped off a piece of his clothing before wiping it against his forehead.

The cage bird seal was gone!

"P-p-proctor! I surrender!"

Genma had wide eyes as he could see the seal that was on the kid's head was rubbed off. He turned shaky eyes towards Naruto's retreating form before holding his hand in his direction.

"Winner! Uzumaki Naruto!"

Badabing! Badabang! BADABOOM!

Hope you enjoyed this chapter. I wanted to write more but I got annoyed when playing a certain MOBA that killed the rest of my drive. Teammates are a dime a dozen but why the fuck are most of the dozen dumb-ass feeders? Sigh, it is what it is I suppose. Never trust randoms to do their jobs right.

Anyways, the Chunin Exam Finals + Invasion will wrap up the next chapter. I hope you're excited about that since I'm not quite done writing for this story it seems *shrugs*. I am writing for my other stories in-between, though. You can expect the next chapter for Elemental Uzumaki sometime next week maybe. After that, I'm gonna be hopping back and forth between stories. Including the story on my Alternate Account for you annoying horny bastards who constantly leave reviews about updating it on my stories here!

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See you all in the next chapter!

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