Chapter 25 The Finals Begin

I don't own Naruto. Anything I use from the story is the property of its creator Masashi Kishimoto. Same with anything I use from other stories

(Tayuya's Apartment)

Tayuya's plan for her first full day in her new apartment was to rest and relax. Unfortunately for her, Ido appeared in the middle of her living room in her actual body. "You're needed at the Hokage's office Tayuya."

"What for" Tayuya wondered half afraid to find out. The fact Ido was coming to see her personally instead of talking to her via shadows was a troublesome sign. The finals were three days away which only added to her inner turmoil.

"A man claiming to be a representative of the Leader of the Sound Village is waiting for you inside the Hokage's office. At first, he went to your old hotel, but the hotel told him you were moved away thanks to an incident. When the man asked where you were now, the hotel said that the Hokage would have more details and he's waiting for you there"

Tayuya cursed because this was the last thing she needed. Technically, she was still a member of the Sound Village staying here for the Chunin exams. Her defection was a Leaf Village and Orochimaru secret at least as far as she knew. "I don't have a choice do I." Tayuya frowned.

"No but let's go via a shunshin. This seems like a trap, and I don't quite feel like triggering it." Ido smiled.

"Agreed" Tayuya replied, and she grabbed her shoes before putting her arm on Ido's shoulder so they could leave via a shunshin.

The pair arrived in front of the tower since it would be bad form to arrive inside the office. Ido was about to say something to Tayuya but stopped due to the look of pure rage on Tayuya's face. She'd seen many sides of the redhead, but not once did she see a look of pure rage like this. Something pissed her off, "Hey Ido.Who else know about this meeting besides you and me?" Tayuya said with a surprisingly cold voice. The minute they arrived in front of the office, she focused her very rarely used sensory powers and felt a very familiar chakra waiting in the Hokage's office. 'Orochimaru you bastard.' Tayuya thought to herself as she tried to stay calm but was failing miserably.

"Just me you and the Hokage" Ido squeaked. The fact that the normally demonic Ido was actually scared showed how angry Tayuya was.

Tayuya took in the new info and then took a second to calm herself down, "Good. Now let's go." Tayuya said much calmer than before as she and Ido walked towards the Hokage's office. She needed to stay calm with what was coming but boy was it going to be hard.

After a short walk the pair arrived at the office and Ido knocked on the door. "Lord Hokage, I've arrived with Tayuya."

"Come in." The Hokage announced. Tayuya and Ido walked into the room to find the Hokage sitting at his desk. Standing in front of him was a young man who looked to be in his mid-20's with light blue hair cut shirt with a bit of the hair hanging above his gray eyes. His outfit consisted of a green short sleeved shirt with white collar and sleeves and long gray pants along with shinobi sandals.

"It's been a while Tayuya." The man smiled.

"Yes it has, what the hell are you doing here… Arashi" Tayuya growled as Ido's eyes widened underneath her mask.

"I'm here to deliver a scroll written by Lord Orochimaru just for you." Arashi smiled as he reached into his pants and grabbed the scroll but before he could hand it to Tayuya, shadows surrounded it. Arashi looked towards a scowling Ido and smiled, "Do you mind not doing that. This is a message between shinobi and Kage. ANBU you may be, but that does not mean you have the right to this communication." Arashi said politely.

"He's right Demon stand down." The third warned since Ido was currently in her ANBU outfit.

"Apologies" Ido replied.

"Thank you" Arashi smiled before handing it to Tayuya.

Tayuya cautiously opened the scroll and after it was clear that it wasn't a trap read what her former leader had to say.

"Although you are no longer my shinobi your training was the result of my teaching and that you've made it this far is proof that I'm more than worthy of leading a village. In order to show my former sensei that I should've been Hokage I've decided to offer you a bit of a final test. As I'm sure you're aware, I'm planning to invade with the Sound Village during the finals. However, if you want to prevent my invasion all that needs to happen is that Tayuya continues to win. The moment she loses, my forces will invade, and we'll see what happens after that. Since there's no doubt in my mind you'll read this in front of my sensei, Kabuto is indeed my spy and he'll return to the village for the final exam. Attempt to have him arrested and I'll start the invasion no matter what happens. Enjoy the finals.

1st Otokage Orochimaru

PS: Danzo has joined me but he's doing something separate at the moment. I made it very clear to him that this is my fun and he's not to interfere.

"Is this some sort of joke?" Tayuya scowled as she rolled up the scroll.

"To be fair I don't know what the contents are. I was simply told to deliver this message to you and then go back to my hotel." Arashi smiled.

"Then get lost" Tayuya spat.

"Very well. Tell Kin I say hello" Arashi smiled before leaving. The door closed and the group waited for a few minutes before Ido spoke,

"Tayuya… are you okay?" Ido asked nervously.

"Not at all. Take a look at what he had to say." Tayuya frowned before tossing the scroll to the Hokage. The old Kage and Ido read the scroll, and both were absolutely furious.

"Orochimaru… to think you'd stoop that low." The Third growled.

"Tayuya I…"

"Do you know where Naruto is! Right now, I really could use a distraction and he'll be just what I need." Tayuya interrupted trying to keep it together.

"He should be finishing up training pretty soon. Do you want me to take you over to the mansion?"

"Yeah" Tayuya said weakly.

(Scene Skip)

After a good training session and a meal at Ichiraku's, Naruto was hoping to relax for the rest of the day. That hope was short lived when he walked into his room and found Tayuya on his bed with her body wrapped in his bedsheets. Looking to the side he noticed her usual outfit was off, but there was no underwear which meant she was wearing them right now, "So what happened?" Naruto said calmly as he went to put away his blade.

"Things… just got complicated." Tayuya said bashfully as she moved to the edge of the bed while keeping her body wrapped in his bedsheets.

"Wanna talk about it?" Naruto said calmly as he walked over to the bed and sat to her left.

"Well… I was originally hoping you'd fuck the frustration out of me, but you took too long. So, I settled for being wrapped in your sheets and I managed to calm down." Tayuya smiled before leaning putting her head on his lap. Naruto's scent stopped her from breaking down completely and she still needed it even now.

"What happened" Naruto wondered.

"I'll tell you, but we need one of your privacy seals to finish this chat."

Naruto narrowed his eyes at that statement, "Fine" Naruto said calmly before casting a barrier. For her to ask him to cast a barrier was problematic and that suggested things just got interesting again.

Tayuya repeated the events in the Hokage's office from seeing Arashi to the scroll and what it meant. Naruto could tell that the meeting was affecting Tayuya but not simply because of what she was being asked to do and she was visibly shaking even as she stayed on his lap, "So there you have it." Tayuya replied.

Naruto had to give it to Orochimaru, that was quite the statement, "It's not just what he said that's bothering you is it?" Naruto wondered. Telling her that the fate of her new home was in her hands was brutal but there was more to it than just that.

"Yeah. Arashi was like a big brother to me and a lot of others from the Land of Rice paddies. His kindness was matched by nobody. The fact he was the one delivering such a cruel order shook me to my core." Tayuya admitted.

Naruto smiled before leaning down and kissing her on the exposed cheek, "You're still hiding something Tayuya" Naruto smiled.

Tayuya sighed, "In addition to everything else, Arashi was my first love, and the guy I gave my virginity to back in the Sound. We were going to start seduction missions, and I didn't want my first time to go to some sleazeball, so me and Kin asked him to do it. He agreed, but in exchange he made me promise to never let Sasame get involved in the missions. The rest is history."

Naruto could tell Tayuya was shaken, and he couldn't blame her. She had two options in this situation and neither of them were good, "Well do you want the good news or bad news first." Naruto said calmly.

"Bad news." Tayuya said quickly keeping her head on Naruto's lap.

"The invasion is going to happen." Naruto said calmly.

"That little faith in me huh." Tayuya smirked.

"I have faith in you, but you've forgotten an important little detail. Even if you get by Ido, an incredibly difficult task to begin with, you'll have to face Kabuto in the second round. He'll be 100% healthy and he'll have seen most of what you can do."

"Fuck!" Tayuya cursed. With everything happening, she actually forgot about Kabuto, the guy who was Orochimaru's right hand man and he would do his best to kill her and even if he failed, the invasion would finish the job.

"The good news is that no matter what happens I'll be there to protect you. That seal of mine is still on you and that means once the invasion starts, I can get you to safety."

Tayuya smiled before finally getting of his lap, "Thanks Naruto. I feel a lot better now."

"Sure. By the way, I couldn't help but notice that you called me Naruto this whole time while being wrapped in my bedsheets" Naruto teased.

Tayuya blushed recalling what Kin said when she started saying his name the night before, "So what?"

"So how about we do what you originally came here for. You know… to make sure you're okay." Naruto smiled.

Tayuya tossed the bedsheet to the side revealing some lacy black underwear, "Then you'd better hurry and get those clothes off or I'll tear them apart myself." Tayuya growled as she stood up to show off her great body.

Naruto got up from the bed and started to quickly strip himself, "There's the Tayuya I know. You're much more fun when you're fiery." Naruto said happily. This was always going to be tough for Tayuya and he would do whatever he could to help her feel better. The fact he was one of her more passionate lovers didn't hurt.

(Scene Skip)

It was the night before the finals, and for Naruto Uzumaki it was time to give his two girls a pep talk before the big day. Since it wouldn't be right to play favorites, Naruto sent a shadow clone to each girl. "So, any last-minute advice for me?" Tenten smiled as she put her head on Naruto's bare chest with the clone only wearing a pair of frog boxers. As for Tenten she was wearing a see-through crimson bra that and matching thong panty.

"Nothing beyond what I've told you. Temari is a wind style user and normally that's a disaster for you since weapons are kinda useless in the wind."

"Yeah, but thanks to you I've worked on my swordsmanship and some other stuff so I'm ready to go." Tenten smiled.

"Yep" Naruto smiled.

"I am curious about one thing?" Tenten said with a hidden smile.

"What's that?"

"Am I fighting an enemy ninja or a fellow member of your harem." Tenten teased.

"What are you talking about?" Naruto said in confusion.

"She went out of the way to come over and tell you about the invasion and agreed to an incredibly risky deal. That's not something you do normally."

"Temari wanted to help her siblings. That had nothing to do with me" Naruto deadpanned.

"That's a shame. Though I'm curious if you would've tried if not for her being under house arrest" Tenten teased.

"You seem pretty comfortable with adding girls to my bed Tenten." Naruto smirked.

"Yeah, because you deserve it. This village treated you like a monster for no reason other than pure fear and has made your life miserable. Instead of giving into the anger and rage you felt, you stayed the cheerful person you are. This village owes you a debt that they can never repay" Tenten said firmly.

"I stopped worrying how they felt a long time ago. Now I focus on the people who are important to me. Like you" Naruto smiled.

"Then how about you help your important person work on her flames of youth one more time before the big day." Tenten smiled as she spun onto his chest pressing her breasts against his.

"I'm a clone Tenten. I wouldn't want to pop before we get done"

Tenten cursed and went back to his side, "Well then I'll just settle for some cuddling." Tenten smiled.

(Kurama household)

Over at the Kurama household the second Naruto clone was on Yakumo's bed in his orange jumpsuit with Yakumo and Ido curled onto his right and left side's respectively with each girl in their pajamas, "It's hard to believe I'm a day away from possibly becoming a chunin and it's all because of you Naruto." Yakumo said happily.

"All I did was help you control your power. You did the rest."

"You say that as though creating a seal to hold a demonic entity is a simple task." Ido reminded him.

"Good point" Naruto sweatdropped.

"Enough about the past. I'm more interested in what you want to do about the match with Tayuya?" Yakumo wondered. Ido told her about the visit with Arashi and given what they already knew, that meant her match with Tayuya took on even more importance than before.

"Good point. If we take Orochimaru at his word the invasion will start once Tayuya loses. Given that Kabuto is her second opponent Tayuya is in a position where losing might just be the best option."

"I'll tell you what I told Tayuya. Give it your all and see what happens next. I can protect Tayuya and unless she REALLY pushes you, you'll be able to escape also."

"True. Besides, we've been planning for the invasion for a while so no matter what happens we'll be ready."

"Exactly."

"So how about a fuck for good luck." Yakumo smiled.

"I wanted you girls at full strength for tomorrow and an orgy would've prevented that."

"Damn invasion." Yakumo pouted.

"Don't worry. After we win, we'll be able to celebrate."

"Yeah" Ido and Yakumo said happily as they cuddled into Naruto and enjoyed the final bit of calm before the proverbial storm.

(Scene Skip)

It was time for the chunin exam finals, and a smiling Naruto watched from the stands with an amused look on his face with Haku to his left and Sasame and Kin to his right. He was dressed in his zip up jacket and ninja pants with his sword in a storage seal attached to his kunai holder. The minute the invasion began he'd be ready but until then he had to make sure nobody thought something was off, "If things had played out differently, I'd be down there preparing for my match." Naruto chuckled.

"It's a good thing they did. Sure things have been tough the last few weeks, but soon me Kin and Tayuya free to live our lives." Sasame smiled with Kin nodding in agreement.

"Speaking of rough, how are you two doing after… you know" Naruto wondered. After she and Naruto were done, Tayuya had Ido bring Kin and Sasame over to tell them what happened. Naruto ended up fucking the frustrations out of Kin and Sasame just as he had with Tayuya, and much like the redhead, it marked the first time they'd call him his name without using Prince.

"Right now, I'd like to focus on watching my friends fight." Kin replied with a hint of annoyance in her voice.

"Yeah." Sasame said with equal annoyance. When Orochimaru sent Arashi of all people to deliver the message he made it personal for their trio.

Naruto nodded before turning to Haku, "Are Fu and Karin in position?" Naruto asked.

"They are" Haku smiled. Fu took it upon herself to watch Gaara since he was a key to the invasion. As for Karin, she was currently acting as Demon and standing with the Third. Her sensory abilities would prove useful to the Hokage in case Orochimaru had another plan.

"Then I guess we watch and wait." Naruto smiled as he looked down at the arena floor with Genma acting as proctor. The attack on his life made Hayate re-think his priorities and he retired from active service, something Yugao was thrilled with. Behind him Yakumo and Tenten were ready to go along with a smiling Tayuya who wasn't wearing a ninja headband. It was a smart move since somebody could easily attack her once war broke out. Lee and Neji were both smiling, and Shino was as calm as ever. The same could not be said for Temari and Kakuro for obvious reasons. Looking at the final competitor he had to stay in control because Kabuto was wearing a Leaf headband despite being a traitor.

"Stay calm Naruto." Haku warned aware of his annoyance with Kabuto.

"I am calm, but I really wanna kill that guy." Naruto growled.

"You'll get your chance soon." Haku replied.

"Mind if I join you." Sasuke spoke up causing everyone to lose some of the tension.

"Sure. Do you know where Sakura is." Naruto wondered.

"She's watching with her mom and the other members of the civilian council." Sasuke smiled as he found a spot next to Haku.

"Fine by me. Hopefully the ANBU watching over the council keep her safe." Naruto shrugged.

"Harsh, but true" Sasuke smirked. While she had improved, Sakura was still not quite up to the level that she'd be an active participant in the invasion.

(Kage booth)

Over in the Kage booth a disguised Karin Uzumaki was already nervous as she sat in watch, 'So this is what it's like to be around Kage huh?' Karin thought to herself in awe of the monstrous power radiating off the Third Hokage. Since Ido was competing, she was asked to replace her as Demon, and she naturally agreed though a portion of Ido stayed in case of emergency. Her sensory abilities would help make sure that nothing unpleasant happened to their leader, at least before the invasion.

"So Mr. Arashi, what do you think of the view so far?" The Third wondered trying to keep his composure.

"I think it's lovely and we'll have a great view of all the matches." Arashi smiled.

The Third twitched slightly, something not noticed by his guest, "Well it should be interesting."

"Agreed" Arashi replied.

For the watching Karin it was a unique experience to say the least. Then she froze because she felt a very familiar chakra her approach their area, "Welcome Lord Kazekage." The Third replied with a smile as a man walked in with a large white robe that hid his features and a blue oblong hat that had the symbol for wind shadow on it.

'Hold on. If that's the Kazekage, why do I recognize his chakra.' Karin thought to herself. She'd never been to Suna so there's no way she'd recognize the leader's signature. After the Kage sat in Karin leaned in to speak to her leader.

"Lord Hokage. I recognize the Kazekage's chakra. I don't know how but I do." Karin whispered.

"Is everything alright." The Kazekage said calmly.

Karin moved into position, "Everything is fine. With everything going on recently my ANBU are just nervous." The Third replied as he narrowed his eyes.

'It would seem that I'm already at a disadvantage.' The third thought to himself. Karin was put there because her chakra sensing abilities would be useful, and boy had it had paid off. Things were going to be far more interesting than he originally thought.

(Scene Skip)

With the Third's speech over and everyone up in the arena it was time for the first match of the day to begin. A smiling Genma stood with Tenten and Temari ready to start the first match with the other competitors having moved to their own private area that had easy access to the arena below. "Alright ladies. Let's give them a show." Genma smiled.

"It won't be much of a show if my last opponent is any indication of the strength of you Leaf kunoichi."

"If you think I'm the same as Ino you're in for a rude awakening." Tenten countered to Ino's annoyance.

Temari smiled before grabbing her war fan, "When you see the Third moon. It'll be over." Temari said confidently.

Tenten smiled, "Rule 1 of combat. Never reveal your trump card until you're ready to use it." Tenten smiled as she grabbed some kunai.

"BEGIN" Genma shouted.

Tenten started by tossing the kunai calmly just for Temari to easily deflect them with her fan, "If that's the best you've got. This'll be easy." Temari smiled.

"It's not but I was curious how quickly you could move that heavy fan. Now that I know, I've got you." Tenten smiled before reaching into her ninja pouch and pulling out a new weapon.

"Senbon. You gotta be kidding me." Temari scoffed.

"Not at all." Tenten smiled before grabbing the senbon and tossing them.

'Like that'll work' Temari thought to herself as she grabbed her fan and focused her chakra to deal with the pitiful weapons. As she swung her fan, she sent a burst of wind at the senbon, but they didn't stop. "What the" Temari said in disbelief.

"Gotcha now" Tenten smiled as the senbon went through the fan.

Temari was stunned before realizing what Tenten did, "Damn it. You imbued those senbon with layer of wind chakra didn't you."

"Yep. That's why you shouldn't reveal your trump card so easily." Tenten smiled before grabbing more senbon and tossing them at Temari.

"That won't work" Temari shouted before using the side of the fan to block this time, and Tenten used the temporary loss of vision to move in close.

"It already has" Tenten smiled before jumping and using an unexpected move to attack, "Leaf Hurricane" Tenten shouted as she nailed Temari with the familiar spinning kick sending Temari flying.

"GO Tenten" Lee smiled seeing his signature move on display.

"When did she learn that?" Neji wondered.

"Give the girl a little credit Neji. She trains with you guys every day. I think she's picked up a move or two." Yakumo smiled.

"True" Neji admitted.

"Not bad." Tayuya chuckled.

Back at the arena Tenten was smiling as she watched Temari get up from her latest attack, "Impressive huh." Tenten smiled.

"Yeah it is" Temari scowled before putting her fan back. She had no doubt that if she kept using her fan Tenten would have the advantage.

"Give up already. You see what I can do, and you know that fan of yours won't help"

Temari chuckled bitterly before putting her fan back on her back, "You're right. Looks like I gotta do this old school." Temari replied as she began flashing hand signs. "Wind Style: Wind Bullet Jutsu" Temari shouted before leaning her head back and firing multiple balls of wind at her opponent.

As the bullets flew at Tenten she smiled, "Anything you can do I can do better." Tenten smiled before dodging the attack and flashing hand signs of her own. "Wind Style: Wind bullet jutsu"

"Damn it" Temari cursed as she dodged the attack.

"We can do this all day Temari. If you use your fan, I've got you and you can see that I'm just as good as you are with wind chakra." Tenten smiled.

Temari growled because she didn't expect this much of a challenge, "Try this on for size." Temari frowned as she began shooting off hand signs.

"I should say the same" Tenten smiled recognizing what Temari was doing and decided to copy her.

"Wind Style: Great Breakthrough" the two girls shouted as the bursts of wind collided with one another and proving to be equal in size and strength.

To the watching crowd it was an incredible battle, and neither was giving an inch.

"Not bad." Temari panted. She was having much more trouble than she thought, and it wasn't over yet.

"Thanks, and you're not so bad yourself. So what's next?" Tenten smiled.

Temari frowned because this was a war of attrition, "If we keep this up, we're screwed later on, so how about we finish this off. Your trump card vs My trump card. Whoever comes out on top wins the match." Temari smiled.

Tenten had to admit that wasn't a bad idea at all. She wanted to save some of her strength for the invasion and on the off chance the invasion didn't happen, she was going to lose the next round. Most people didn't think much of Shino Aburame, but Tenten wasn't one of them. She had little doubt he would win against the other Sand sibling, and she would be a sitting duck against him without being at or close to full power, "Alright" Tenten smiled before reaching for a scroll and with a puff of smoke a small katana was revealed.

Temari's eyes widened at the sword since there was no doubt it would be imbued with wind chakra and thus a massive problem, "Let's do it" Temari smiled as she unfurled her fan. She wouldn't be able to use her true trump card because her sensei ordered her not to, but the attack she had planned was close enough.

"I agree" Tenten smiled as she crouched down and grabbed her sword with one hand knees forward like she was prepared to charge focusing a ton of chakra on her feet.

"That's" Haku said in shock recognizing the technique.

"If Tenten's timing is right this should be good." Naruto smiled.

Temari smiled focusing a fair bit of chakra into her fan, "Get ready Tenten. Wind Style: Great Sickle Weasel" Temari shouted as she swung the fan causing a mini tornado to storm towards Tenten.

Tenten smiled before making her move, "Not bad but it won't be ENOUGH" Tenten shouted as she burst through the wind at an impressive speed so much so that she was able to keep moving to the shock of her opponent.

"No way" Temari gasped not expecting to see her attack useless. Tenten smiled as she unsheathed the blade just as she got close to Temari flying it upwards. "Here we go Temari. Wind Style: Rising Dragon"

"Fuck" Temari said nervously as a burst of wind chakra slashed up sending her 20 feet into the air.

"She did it" Haku smiled from the stands.

"Good girl" Naruto nodded with approval.

"That's some technique" Sasame admitted.

"Wind Style: Rising Dragon is a quick draw done at high speed combined with wind chakra. If you time it right, the combination of wind chakra and the speed of the upwards draw make for a deadly combination. She held back slightly thought which was a surprise" Naruto explained.

"When you were teaching Tenten and me that technique, we noticed that it was a fairly easy task to slice off our clothes depending on how close we were when we unleashed the slash. Tenten didn't want to do that to a fellow girl, so she held back" Haku smiled.

"Makes sense" Naruto chuckled.

"Wait. That's your technique!" Sasame gasped.

"Yup. When I'm 100% serious I use a blade to fight." Naruto chuckled.

Back on the arena floor, Tenten saw her opponent falling and realized that this was not going to end well for the sandy blonde. "Not good" Tenten said nervously as she quickly used a small burst of wind to cushion Temari's fall. Regardless, the Sand shinobi hit the ground with a thud, but it wasn't as painful as it could've been, something Temari noticed.

"Thanks for that... both things." Temari grunted before fainting.

"Sure. I couldn't do that to a fellow girl." Tenten smiled. Rising Dragon is typically used with much sharper chakra which is why she lifted Temari into the air.

Genma walked over and saw all he needed to, "The winner is Tenten"Genma shouted, and the crowd roared with approval.

Back in the stands a smiling Naruto got up as everybody started clapping, "Where are you going." Kin wondered.

"To congratulate the winner." Naruto smiled.

Down at the arena, Tenten celebrated as a watching Genma waited for the medical team to grab Temari 'Well done Tenten' Genma thought to himself as the crowd cheered. As long as he could remember, Tenten wanted to prove herself to everyone. Being a kunoichi was tough enough but being a civilian kunoichi was worse, especially when you were on a team with a member of the Hyuuga and somebody personally chosen by the villages taijutsu master. After a few minutes of cheering the medical staff arrived and took Temari with Tenten not far behind, "The next match is Kankuro vs Shino Aburame." Genma announced.

(Scene Skip)

A very annoyed Kankuro made his way down to the arena with a frown on his face. The plan for the Sand siblings during the invasion depended on the outcome of Temari's match with Tenten. If Temari won, which they suspected she would, she was to stick around and Kankuro would then forfeit allowing him to grab Gaara who would be in the stadium and lead him away. Temari would meet with them later once the invasion began. If Temari lost, the role was reversed. Unfortunately, Temari didn't just lose, she was knocked unconscious and that meant she couldn't retrieve Gaara. Which made the situation even more annoying because he had to make sure she was okay before retrieving their sibling.

Halfway down he stopped because he saw something that caught him off guard. Tenten, the girl who just beat his sister was making out with the guy who was the start of their problems Naruto Uzumaki. "You guys are seriously making out in the middle of the tournament." Kankuro groaned as he approached the couple.

Tenten moved away from Naruto with a smile on her face and a trail of saliva from their makeout session, "Yup. There's no point in rushing now." Tenten smiled.

"Why's that" Kankuro frowned. His opponent was well ahead of him so he could talk without anybody being concerned.

"Assuming Tayuya wins, which I don't think she will, I'll lose my next match to Shino. I'd rather do something fun with my time left in the tournament."

Kankuro frowned, "You'd do well not to underestimate me." Kankuro smiled.

This time it was Naruto's turn to smile, "We're not underestimating you. Thing is, Shino Aburame is arguably the most dangerous ninja amongst our group of rookies."

Kankuro was shocked, "You're joking."

"Nope. Now why don't you go find that out the hard way." Naruto smiled.

"Alright" Kankuro smiled before finishing the walk to the arena.

"Glad you could join us." Genma smiled as Kankuro arrived.

"Bathroom" Kankuro replied quickly.

"Got it" Genma smiled before focusing to the crowd. "Shino Aburame vs Kankuro. Match Begin."

"You should quit while you're behind. You can't beat me." Shino said confidently.

"And why's that?" Kankuro frowned.

"Because I can counter your puppetry perfectly" Shino smiled as he reached out his hands and bugs began to fly.

Kankuro smiled before revealing his puppet crow. The humanoid puppet unfurled his mouth to reveal a large puff of smoke that soared towards the puppets, "Take this." Kankuro smiled just to be shocked when the bugs flew through the smoke and continued towards him. "What the" Kankuro gasped as bug after bug surrounded him.

"I asked my father how members of our clan dealt with puppet users in the past. He told me that there was an insect that had poison resistance and took me to where they're found. For the past 3 weeks all I've been doing is filling my body with poison resistant bugs and breeding them with the chakra eating bugs that I usually use. Fortunately for me, enough hatched a few days ago to make sure I'd be just fine." Shino smiled.

"Oh hell" Kankuro said in shock. His only weapons were poison and that meant he was in deep trouble.

"So are you going to surrender or are we just going to drag this out." Shino smiled as more bugs came out.

"I… surrender" Kankuro growled. There was no point in dragging this out.

"Good" Shino smiled as his bugs went back to his body.

"Winner Shino Aburame." Genma smiled.

(Scene Skip)

After finding out where the injured ninja were staying Kankuro made his way to check on his sister before going to find Gaara. A little under twenty minutes had passed since Temari was taken away so in theory Temari should be fine. When he arrived at the medical area, he discovered that his sister was more than fine. In fact, she was having sex with Naruto on one of the beds, "Ughh keep going Naruto" Temari grunted as she was hammered missionary style by her fellow blonde.

"What the hell!" Kankuro shouted causing Temari and Naruto to look toward him.

"Well… this is embarrassing." Naruto said bashfully.

"What the hell Kankuro!" Temari gasped covering her breasts from her brother's view.

"I should be the one complaining. I come her to check on you and I find you naked with a guy I'm pretty sure I just saw making out with your opponent a few minutes ago." Kankuro complained.

Naruto sweatdropped before takings his hands off Temari's hips to make his favorite hand sign and had a clone appear with his usual jacket and pants on, "Short version is the me you saw earlier was a shadow clone. As for why we're like this… well I'll leave that to my clone."

Got it boss" the clone smiled before quickly leaving with Kankuro who was glad to get out there as soon as possible.

(Scene Skip)

"So what the fuck happened?" Kankuro wondered as he and the clone stood away from the medical area.

"I was on my way to congratulate Tenten, when I learned some bad news that involved you and Temari. I made a shadow clone to go see Tenten while the real me went to see Temari and tell her what happened. Admittedly I had a clone see Temari, since there was a good chance, she'd lash out and shadow clones pop pretty easily. She ended up crying and I went to comfort her. Next thing you know we're having sex" Naruto said with a bitter smile.

"What happened" Kankuro narrowed his eyes.

"Your father, the Fourth Kazekage, is dead." Naruto said calmly.

Kankuro grabbed a kunai from his holster and put it at Naruto's throat, "That's a pretty bad joke bud." Kankuro growled.

"First off, I'm a clone so doing that is useless. Second, why on earth would I be joking about something like that."

Kankuro put the kunai back, "Well for one thing the Kazekage is in the booth with your leader and that weird purple haired guy. He looks pretty alive to me"

"The ANBU with the Hokage is a sensor that I know, a sensor who's never been to the Sand Village." Naruto said calmly. The rest went without saying.

Kankuro's eyes widened, "In that case who's disguised as my father." Kankuro exclaimed.

"If I was betting man, it would be Orochimaru. He probably killed the Kazekage and his guard on his way to the village and is now impersonating him because it would get him close to the Hokage without anybody noticing."

Kankuro was furious at that, "So what does that mean for us? If you're right, the Sand Village currently has no leader."

Naruto sighed because he didn't know either, "All I can say is that Orochimaru screwed you guys over big time. If I were you, I'd go discuss what to do with your jonin sensei and do it fast. The invasion will be happening" Naruto said calmly.

Kankuro sighed, "In that case I'll grab Gaara and go meet with our sensei. I'll tell him that Temari is recovering from her match and will meet with us later. I'm trusting you to take care of her once the invasion starts" Kankuro said calmly before leaving to meet with his sensei.

"What a drag" the clone groaned doing a good impression of Shikamaru. This was a headache to say the least.

"Why are you complaining. You got a new girl and now the Sand has an excuse to turn on Orochimaru." The fragment of Ido chuckled since things had worked out even better than she could've hoped.

Karin likely forgot, but she actually sensed Orochimaru's chakra when it was connected to Tayuya via the curse mark. It was an easy thing to forget since she'd been living with a Tayuya that lacked the mark for close to a month, but Ido never forgot the snake's stench. Just as Karin told the Hokage about sensing something off, Ido made a few moves of her own, one of which was find Naruto and tell him what happened figuring he'd tell the Sand siblings.

"Yeah, but I feel for Temari. She lost her father because of a plan she wanted no part of and now her village is in deep trouble."

"That pity didn't stop you from sleeping with Temari."

"How was I supposed to know that just being a nice guy was enough to get a random girl into my bed." the clone complained.

"Normally it isn't, but this is the same girl who went out of her way to come see you and make a deal that is the equivalent of high treason. The same girl who wore a pretty sexy outfit when she delivered the new plan instead of giving it to Ayame."

"How did you know about that." The clone blushed.

"I have my ways." Ido smiled.

"Whatever. We're missing Lee's match with Neji." The clone huffed.

"The winner is…" Genma announced bringing an end to the match between teammates.

"Damn it' the clone chuckled.

"Well, now it's Yakumo's turn."

"I guess this is the part where we dispel, and our original selves save the village."

"Yup. That's the life of a shadow clone. Nobody remembers our contribution because we're thought of as parts of our real self." Ido's fragment chuckled.

"Yup." Naruto's clone chuckled. The pair vanished as the focus turned to the final match of the day.

That's it for Chapter 25 and it's getting even more fun now. Next chapter you get to see the match between Lee and Neji face off. Then it's the big one. Tayuya vs Yakumo and everything is on the line.