Naruto – The Series
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
A/N: Well… prepare for flashback-flashback during battles…. Just like in the real manga and anime ;).
"Kakashi… is something wrong?" Aoba asked, reading Kakashi's worried expression.
Kakashi glanced at Aoba for an instant, before turning back to analyzing the crowd and the participants. "Perhaps… Something's very off, Aoba. Better be prepared.."
Aoba nodded. "Well… I don't think we'll have to worry too much… Tsunade-sama, a Legendary Nin, is in our midst.. Genma and me are here as well, as elite Jounins we will protect the Village.. Ibiki and Anko have returned after their quarrel in the Forest and have taken the Leaf Anbu Squad with them.. Almost all the Leaf Jounins are here.. Only a fool would try and attack us now.."
Kakashi looked questioningly at him but resolved. "Perhaps you're right.."
Aoba closed his eyes and nodded. "Anyway, it's time. They have all arrived.."
There Where When is Now
Chapter 13
Aoba jumped down in the centre, before all the participating Genins. He observed all fifteen of them. 'First match up… Naruto versus Tsumi.. Leaf versus Stone, might actually be interesting..'
Aoba observed Naruto and Tsumi. 'Heh.. what could one expect from such a kid… he's shaking from excitement… and his opponent.. he's looking quite annoyed at Naruto… from the looks of it, he doesn't like Naruto..'
Aoba shot a glance towards the crowd and then demanded silence. As all the cheers stopped, he began speaking. "Thank you for coming to watch the Chuunin Exam's Final Test!!" Aoba turned towards the Genins. "I believe you do know the rules, right? Well, in any case, I'm going to tell them.. A person wins if his or her opponent acknowledges defeat or… well.. dies." He said, a little too cheerfully. "Oh, and by the way… there are no rules."
Aoba closed his eyes and announced the first match up. "Now then… Please contestants, be so kind, to walk yourself over towards there. The waiting room.." He said, pointing upwards. "Except of course the two who are supposed to fight each other now.." Aoba paused. "Let the first fight begin! Uzumaki Naruto versus Ageru Tsumi!!"
"Awesome!! Awesome!! Awesome!! They're all cheering for me!!" Naruto screamed as he hopped over to the centre of the arena.
Tsumi frowned at the jumping Naruto. 'Jeez, what annoying brat… Over-active little punk.. I don't want to waste too much time on him, I'll just finish him off quickly.'
Aoba turned from Tsumi to Naruto and then nodded towards the Fifth Hokage. "Begin MATCH!!"
Naruto channelled chakra, while Tsumi began storming right at him. "Leaf Village Ninja.. you're about to feel really sore…"
Tsumi was about to punch Naruto square in the face but was surprised as Naruto divided in two Naruto's and he fell right between them. "Hehehe, You missed, you miss.." Naruto was about to cheer some more but Tsumi hit him right on the jaw.
"Shut the hell up, brat! No time to play around!" Tsumi yelled as he turned toward the other Naruto. 'This is Taiyuu Bunshin… It's a very high Jutsu skill…' Tsumi closed his eyes and performed several seals. "Ishi Katame!!"
Naruto looked puzzled as Tsumi's body hardened completely and seemed all stone.. "Let's see you try and hurt me now.."
Naruto narrowed his eyes and pointed at Tsumi. "Oy!! Do not underestimate me!! You think something stupid like that looks impressive or something?! I will crush it, got it?!"
Tsumi laughed. "Heh, ignorance must be bliss… You look pretty dumb, Blondie, but I bet you're dumber than you look, huh? I'm pretty much unbreakable, and don't think water or ice will help you here, punk.."
Naruto gritted his teeth as he performed seals. "Taiyuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!!" And then all the Shadow Clones performed seals as well. "Hyouketsu no Jutsu!!"
Tsumi was surrounded by all the Naruto's and was now being hit by the full fury of Naruto's ice attacks. As the attack finished, Naruto chuckled as he saw that Tsumi was now completely frozen within an ice block. "I told you not to underestimate me, idiot!"
Naruto's shadow clones vanished with puffs, but as soon as they were gone, Naruto looked quite surprised. Tsumi was breaking the ice around him and after several seconds he was up and around again. "Don't tell me you thought you had beaten me? I thought I told a second before you attacked that Ice has no effect on me… Seems you're dumb and thick-headed, ey? Anyway, my turn!!"
"Nijuu Maruishi!!"
Naruto's eyes widened as Tsumi's hands extended and dropped off, afterwards forming into two big boulders. "Scared? I can control these two boulders as if they are my hands… well, in fact they are, hehe.. Anyway, just try and doge my hands, as I own this entire area with them!!"
Naruto looked around him, to see where he could jump to as the boulders were still circling in front of Tsumi. 'Shit… Shit! I guess I'll have to destroy those stones!' Naruto grumbled. 'And I was hoping I didn't have to use more chakra…' "Nijuu Gufuu no Jutsu!!"
Tsumi's eyes widened. 'What? What a powerful attack! I never expected someone like him to know this…' Tsumi grew a bit nervous.. 'Damn.. I'm not sure if my hands can endure this…'
The two tornadoes Naruto formed were stirring up the crowd as they were also receiving a huge force from it. Now, both boulders, Tsumi's hands, were caught up in the tornadoes. Tsumi was struggling to maintain control over his hands. 'Shit… my boulders won't be damaged this way… but I won't be able to move them!'
Naruto chuckled as he watched the tornadoes rocket against each other, with two boulders inside. He also noticed how the crowd was getting wild.
"Whoa…. He has greatly improved, Kakashi…" Gai said. "Did you learn him this? This Jutsu doesn't originate from the Leaf Village.."
Kakashi smiled as he watched his student in the arena. "I didn't teach him this one, Gai. Naruto has improved on himself."
Sasuke watched Naruto intently. 'Jeez, how can a total idiot like Naruto produce that much Chakra? Taiyuu Bunshin, Taiyuu Kage Bunshin and Nijuu Gufuu… those three Jutsu's are high-level Jutsu's and acquire lots of Chakra… But Naruto is acting like he hasn't even began using Chakra… When did he become like this?'
Sakura, Hinata and Ino were completely wide-eyes as the tornadoes raged through the arena. "Sakura! When did Naruto become like this?! He's reckless, but this is crazy!" Ino screamed through the tornadoes roars.
Sakura shook her head helplessly as she didn't know the answer. 'His Chakra control… is better than ever…'
Hinata had absentmindedly activated her Byakugan and was watching the Chakra that was surrounding Naruto. 'That's so much… How can he have so much?'
Neji was doing the same thing, but in his case, he already knew the answer. 'Jeez, you're a total show-off…'
Rock Lee's mouth was hanging completely open at the power being displayed before him. "Ooooohhh!! This is… now I see!!" Lee narrowed his eyes as Tsumi was still struggling to get control back. 'So.. Naruto is this strong? He's the one that had beaten Neji before… So Naruto exceeds me too? I can't wait to fight him!! He's a hard-working genius like me!'
The Sand Genins were all watching the fight in complete silence. 'I won't be able to defeat Naruto… But, this time, I'm fighting to become a Chuunin, so I will simply show them all how to fight and not how to win..' Kankurou thought.
'Amazing.. Naruto's Gufuu no Jutsu has become even stronger. And he's doing the multiple one now… It seems his enemy isn't that weak either… How can he grow so fast in such a short amount of time?' Temari thought. 'Naruto is my next opponent if he wins… how will I fight him? I must outwit him…'
Shikamaru was also watching the Chuunin Exam, together with his father. 'Jeez… did he have to release an attack like this?' He was currently shielding himself, to avoid getting sand in his eyes as the tornadoes were causing all kinds of things to flail around the arena. 'How troublesome… But to think that Naruto had gotten this strong.. I'm guessing the others became stronger as well…'
"Wow! You sense that Akamaru? I can even smell it!" Kiba shouted as his faithful dog complied with a bark. "Yep, he sure packs a lot of Chakra!"
Kakashi remembered his own fight with Naruto as he had trained him for one week…
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"Kyoubou Kyuubi no Jutsu!!"
And then, Kakashi's eyes widened. 'Ok… NOW he's using Kyuubi Chakra…'
Kakashi was about to block Naruto's fist with both arms, as there was nothing else he could do. Naruto had increased his speed unbelievably. But Kakashi couldn't block the attack, since Naruto faked the move and appeared beside him, punching Kakashi full in the face.
Kakashi, as he recovered from the blow, was about to reveal his Sharingan. But Naruto stopped him. "Oy, OY!! No Sharingan, remember?! I thought you wouldn't break your word, Kakashi-sensei!"
Kakashi looked puzzled. 'I see… he still has full control… Jiraiya has taught him well… He certainly has become strong…. But if I were to use my Sharingan, I would still win… Still, to think he has advanced this much…'
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Kakashi observed Naruto with narrowed eyes. 'He won't lose…'
Tsumi was still fighting to regain control. 'Damn, how long this attack of his last?'
In the meanwhile, Naruto ran towards Tsumi. 'Now, how to deal with that defence?' Naruto smirked as he found a way, he performed seals during his running. "Aisu, Buriza Do no Jutsu!!"
And clouds begin to form inside the arena. "Hmm, so he can use this, huh? Never expected a Genin to possess so many Jutsu's.." Asuma stated. "This will definitely deal some damage to the guy…"
Tsumi watched Naruto from the corner of his eyes. 'Damn, pretty clever, my arms are rendered useless, since they're up in those stupid tornadoes!'
As the clouds began to drop humongous Ice spikes towards Tsumi, Naruto narrowed his eyes to see what Tsumi would do in this situation. Any fool would know when to run..
But Tsumi weirdly enough yelled at Naruto. "Clearly you underestimate my defence again!! I'm rock hard, got it?!"
And then the Blizzard spikes made their impact on Tsumi's body, piece for piece. During the attack, Naruto's Nijuu Gufuu no Jutsu stopped. Tsumi, on the ground, called back his arms. He grumbled as he rose to his feet. "Urgh… Not bad… You sure did a number on me, kid…" Currently, blood was seen on Tsumi's body. "I didn't expect you to penetrate my defence.. But right now.." Tsumi's eyes widened as Naruto began to form seals again. "Karm no Jutsu!!"
Tsumi prepared to defend, he didn't know the attack.
But then again, no one knew the attack. Even Kakashi wondered what it was. 'I don't think it'll be worth to know it…' He thought, after almost revealing his Sharingan.
Sasuke was thinking much the same. 'Probably another stupid attack, what the hell is Karm anyway?'
But Neji had activated his Byakugan anyway. 'Those were Katon, Aisu, Mizu and Raidou seals.. and the Chakra he's emanating shows as much.. Did he develop this on his own? How..? They aren't even balanced, how can this work?'
The answer to the question was shown… as Naruto released a light-brown beam with blue streaks in it.. and then it hit Neji.. 'I see… that's pretty smart of him… I never expected Naruto to figure out how to get rid of his opponent's defence… I would have expected him just to use power to crack it…'
The beam, consistent of all elements, hit Tsumi right on. Tsumi looked puzzled as he felt all the elements… 'What… what's with this attack? It's hot, but also cold..'
*Crack* 'Shit… how can that be? My defence is being penetrated!! Damnit, this can't be!' And then a full force of electricity came down upon him. Though Electricity wasn't effective against stone, a crack had just been made… And the power of electricity pored through the crack onto Tsumi's body. *Crack* And then the full fury of fire embraced him. Tsumi screamed out in pain as his defence began to crumble. "AAAaaacckk!!" And then a huge tidal wave circled around Tsumi, making his defence a little less hard, which gave Naruto the chance to increase the amount of Ice in the attack even more….. From within, Tsumi was attacked and was out cold, literally.
Naruto smiled and scratched the back of his head. 'Jeez, it was tougher than I expected…'
Tsumi's fellow team mates watched in awe as their team mate was defeated.
'Well, this was a very interesting match…' Aoba stepped up. "The First Match is over! Winner: Uzumaki Naruto!!"
Sasuke looked completely dumbfounded.. 'What kind of attack was that? Jeez, he actually created a strong attack of his own.. I can't wait to fight you, Naruto..'
Neji and Gaara exchanged glances towards each other and smiled small smiles as Naruto came running upwards towards the waiting room, yelling.
Kakashi was analyzing what had just happened. 'Naruto.. it seems you're exceeding your own growth… Karm no Jutsu, huh? What an impressive skill..'
Sakura's mouth was hanging wide open. 'This is Naruto? How can he be this… this strong?'
Aoba suddenly announced the next match as Tsumi was carried away on a stretcher. "Will the next two contestants please step down? Temari versus Ten-Ten!"
"Good luck, Temari." Kankurou said.
"Pff, like I need it.. I defeated her before, I shall do it again." Temari stated smugly. She took one last glance at her two brothers, before jumping down towards the waiting Aoba.
"Ten-Ten! You know you enemy, please make sure to defeat her now!" Lee all but yelled at her.
"Yes! Show us what you can do!" Gai followed.
Neji just watched Ten-Ten. 'No… Ten-Ten won't be able to win… if she's still the same as before..'
Ten-Ten winked and then jumped down. 'Now it's my turn!'
Aoba looked at the two girls beside him and nodded. "Good. Let the second match begin!"
Ten-Ten again began the match by calculating the distance between her and her opponent. However, this time, Temari started to open fire with her "Kamaitachi!!"
Ten-Ten dodged the whirling wind and threw several weapons which were easily blown away by Temari's fan. Ten-Ten then stopped walking and performed seals. She put two scrolls on the ground. "SouShouryu!!"
Temari frowned. "What, you're doing this again?!" Temari paused however, as Ten-Ten used another seal during her spinning between the two scrolls. "Gururi Heiki no Jutsu!!"
Temari narrowed her eyes to see what Ten-Ten was doing. She saw dozens of weapons approaching her fast. She easily blew them away with her fan. But what followed was a little more difficult. Now Ten-Ten had created even more weapons, but they were hovering all around her. And instead of approaching her, they were just… floating there.. 'What is this?' Temari thought as she blew a huge wind towards several weapons in the air.
Temari reacted puzzled as she saw her wind attacks didn't have an effect on the floating weapons. Just then, Ten-Ten landed. "Confused? I will show you what I have learned!"
Temari's eyes widened as all kind of weapons flew around her in the arena and occasionally attacked her. A scratch on her cheek and a scratch on her arm.. Temari chose to run and avoid all weapons. 'Damn, there are just too many.' She thought as another knife scratched her leg.
Temari then stopped the attack. "Uindo, Gufuu no Jutsu!!"
Ten-Ten watched on as all her weapons were disabled by a huge tornado, similar to the ones Naruto had used in the previous match.
Temari narrowed her eyes at Ten-Ten..
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"Temari… You depend too much on your fan… I want you to learn this skill… I will show you how you can control it.."
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Temari remembered how Gaara had taught her a new skill and evilly smiled as she began to perform the seals. Ten-Ten jumped back and landed a safe distance away from Temari.
"Suna Gyakujou Uindo no Jutsu!!"
Ten-Ten instantly noticed the wind attack and avoided it. But Temari's attack was consistent of several wind attacks. Ten-Ten was forced to jump back to the spot she had just left. And then she noticed what Temari had done… The spot she had left was now completely covered in a gust of sand. And all the sun moved into Ten-Ten's eyes, blinding Ten-Ten..
Temari smiled. 'Though it's not a very great looking attack.. it IS effective..' Temari chuckled as Ten-Ten tried to rub the sand out of her eyes. "Kamaitachi!!"
And the end of the battle was the same as the one before..
Neji shook his head. 'As expected…'
Lee and Gai were wide-eyed and their eyes were all watery.
Kankurou chuckled shortly. "Well, I expected nothing less from my big sister. Right, Gaara?"
Gaara glanced sideways at Kankurou and simply nodded.
Ten-Ten struggled back on her feet, but the match had already been decided, so she stepped back upwards, towards the waiting area. Temari did the same.
It was then that Aoba stepped up smiling. "All right! Let the next match begin!! Would Akamichi Chouji and Seki Tanjou please step down here?"
Asuma Sarutobi put his hand on his student's shoulder. "Good luck, Chouji! And remember, at most, use two pills. No more, ok? You'll be quite unstoppable that way."
Chouji nodded as he finished eating a sack of chips and jumped down.
On the other side of the arena, Seki Tanjou, too, jumped down and stared right at Chouji. 'So, I'm facing a fat one, ey? He shouldn't be too hard now…'
'The fat guy will lose, there's no way a guy like that can become stronger that before. I'm up next… and from what I have seen, it seems those Stone Genins are really something.. Perhaps I'll even have to use my secret tactics to win.' Kankurou thought.
"Let the fight Begin!!"
'Hehe! I'm really enjoying myself!!' Naruto thought. He glanced at Neji and Gaara, who were also smiling to themselves as they stood waiting for their own fight.
Of course, the battle began by Chouji using his "Baika no Jutsu!!" Multi Size no Jutsu, and followed with "Nikudan Sensha!!" Meat Tank. His opponent answered with a simple frown, before disappearing and appearing right behind Chouji, who was now rolling in the complete wrong way..
Ino panicked a bit for her team mate. 'He's fast!'
Shikamaru did quite the same. 'Come on, Chouji.. You have to think now..' Than suddenly something reminded him of a thing Chouji could do. He immediately looked at the Jounin Asuma Sarutobi and noticed the grin on the Jounin's face. 'No way… He's going to use the pills?'
On the battlefield, Chouji was deactivating his Meat Tank and was still in his Multi-Size. 'Damn… he's too fast for my Meat Tank Attack…' Chouji's eyes widened as his opponent chose to take this time to attack him.
Tanjou appeared to Chouji's left, then to his right and then right in front of him. His movements were too fast for Chouji's eyes. It wasn't really a surprise when Tanjou easily hit Chouji in the face.
'Wow… I never expected a Stone Genin to be as fast as me…' Lee thought as he observed. 'Let's see what else he can do.'
Chouji, on the other hand, was feeling nothing but pain as he was seated on the ground and now his Multi-Size was deactivated as well. 'Shit…' Chouji looked up to find Asuma staring right at him… and nodding.. Chouji narrowed his eyes, but nodded back. Right when Seki was about to land another punch, Chouji rolled sideways and swallowed his first pill….
Shikamaru's eyes widened. 'So… he's really going to use them here, huh? The Akamichi Pills… Each one strengthens you up a great deal… the downside is, those pills have major side-effects… Then why the hell are both Asuma and Chouji smiling like that?!'
Chouji rose from the ground and smirked at his newfound strength. "Ok.. Let's continue!! Big Rolling Bang!!" Chouji screamed as he again formed in a humongous ball after using Baika no Jutsu. This time he was a lot faster and a lot more flexible. By the looks of it, he was stronger as well.
Rock Lee watched on.. 'The Stone Genin's speed is too high… Chouji's speed has increased a lot.. but the gap considering speed between them is still too big..' Lee swallowed as he was trembling from excitement. 'I can't wait to fight!!'
Chouji's first attack missed.. and his second attack as well.. But the ground where Chouji landed and rolled, crumbled.
'Interesting pill… His speed and power has increased dramatically… His opponent is faster, but Akamichi's power greatly exceeds Seki's.' Neji thought as he observed Chouji's body with his Byakugan. 'A very interesting Pill….'
Kakashi glanced at Asuma. 'Not a very smart thing to do… Now many people know of the Akamichi pills and what they offer… Let's just hope he won't have to use the second..'
Seki Tanjou landed safely on the ground, away from the attacking Chouji. 'What the hell happened? One minute he's down, the other minute he's completely recovered and even stronger.. I guess I'll have to..' "Ishifuchi Bakuhatsu no Jutsu!"
Chouji was stopped in his rolling attack by the sudden appearance of a stone wall. As he changed back again, he saw he was completely surrounded by Stone Walls, there was no way out.
'Hmm, Those walls will explode anytime now..' Sasuke thought as he had his Sharingan activated and was observing the stone walls Tanjou had created.
'Bakuhatsu?' Gaara thought and then smiled, even chuckled, shortly, on which Kankurou and Temari exchanged a worried glance.
About twenty meters in front of the stone walls, Seki stood and smiled… and then, he snapped his fingers. And the explosion came…
The explosion lit up the entire arena, even blinding most people. Seki Tanjou stood, arms folded, waiting to see what happened to his opponent. It took about a half minute before the dust cleared, revealing Chouji, standing, without even a scratch. Seki frowned at this. 'What… what happened?'
Shikamaru nervously swallowed. 'He swallowed the second pill… has to be, there is no way he could still be standing after such an explosion if he didn't.'
'Well, thankfully, no one saw him swallowing the second pill…' Kakashi thought. Or that's what he thought. But two people saw, two people who owned the Byakugan..
'I see…. He has more tricks up his sleeve then?' Neji thought as he completely explored all over Chouji's body and saw that Chouji had one red pill left in his pocket… 'He even has another pill? I wonder… how strong will he be?!'
Seki narrowed his eyes at his opponent. 'Jeez… this is getting annoying.. I never thought this fatty would be able to resist my Surrounding Explosion Attack.. No matter.. Now I'll end this, I'll simply bash him to smithereens..' Seki sighed as he shook his head. "Oy fatso! I'm gonna kick your fat ass so hard, you'll be having more of those fat things all over your body, you lucky shit!"
Chouji's eyes widened and several veins appeared over his face. "What… WHAT THE HELL DID YOU JUST SAY!!"
'Oh… He shouldn't have said that… How can anyone be so dumb.. he didn't even notice how much stronger and faster Chouji has become just now..' Shikamaru thought as he slapped his own forehead. 'I pity that fool…'
Chouji launched himself towards Seki, making the ground he launched himself from, completely obliterate. Seki's eyes widened. 'Wha-what?' The fist he felt in his face was excruciating. Tanjou was slammed straight into the walls of the arena. Seki picked himself up from the ground and noticed his jaw hurt immensely and his back ached like hell… 'Ah… how the hell… how did this guy become so…' Tanjou gritted his teeth as he too launched himself quickly towards Chouji and appeared behind Chouji.
'He can still attack? What a tough opponent!' Chouji thought as he blocked Tanjou's rapid fists. Chouji's left eye suddenly twitched, and it seemed his entire body winced as a quick snap of pain went through his spine. Therefore, he couldn't dodge Tanjou's fists any longer..
'The side-effects are kicking in… I'm impressed he managed to suppress them this far..' Kakashi thought as another muscle in Chouji's arm was going haywire.
Seki, however, received another blow in the stomach as Chouji ignored the pain and continued attacking.
'Unbelievable… When did that fat dude become like this? He's actually quite strong!' Kankurou thought. 'He's my next opponent…. If I defeat my opponent, that is..'
The final blow was delivered as Chouji put all his might in his right fist and planted it hard in Seki's face.. An ugly crack was heard throughout the arena as Seki flailed towards the walls, slammed into them and landed on his stomach on the ground. Chouji was exhaling and inhaling rapidly as he crouched down and supported himself with his right arm on the ground. '… I'm so exhausted… Why am I hurting all over?'
Suddenly, a pill landed beside Chouji. Chouji looked up to see his Jounin teacher sending him a thumbs up. Chouji smiled and took the soldier pill and swallowed it. A soldier pill, in Chouji's case, helps him get back to normal.. Quite the opposite for what happens to all other Shinobis. But for the Akamichi's the soldier pills help them to get back control after taking one of the greater Akamichi pills.. Except for the red one..
"This match is over!! Winner: Akamichi Chouji!!"
And the cheers echoed throughout the entire arena.
As Chouji walked back up the stairs, Aoba announced the next match. "May the two people, Kankurou and Dobei Heki, enter the battleground?" He stated with a grin.
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TBC
A/N: Well, sorry for the short chapter, hehe… Anyway, what do you think so far? Please don't say that I made Naruto too strong… Please don't say that I made Chouji's opponent too strong? Well, I guess it's useless begging, but I just wanted to show the people how strong Chouji can be! And for that to happen, he had to have a strong opponent. Next chapter will be the continuation of the Final Test of the Chuunin Exam! Fare-thee-well!
