Naruto – The SERIES

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto

A/N: For some weird reason the link to the English-Japanese site didn't show in the previous chapter.. -_-', My bad, I guess.. Oh well, here it again: , oh and just to be sure, here it is again: , but with three w's, of course, but you understood that already, of course.

There Where When is Now

Chapter 16

All Genins that were participating in the Chuunin Exam were eating. The Jounins were simply watching their students, some giving them advice. Kakashi, with his hands in his pockets, simply stood, staring ahead of him with an almost bored look on his face. Gai was standing behind Neji, who looked bored as well. Asuma was sitting next to Chouji, with a big smile on his face. Baki, the Sand Jounin who lead Gaara, Kankurou and Temari, had a smile on his face; he had a lot less worries ever since the war between the Sound and the Leaf.

Meanwhile, two Genins were eating an extraordinary amount of food.

"Oy, where is my next plate!!" The first screamed.

"Yeah!! I'm almost finished with this plate!!" The second agreed.

Hatake Kakashi and Asuma Sarutobi sweat dropped as they stared at their students, Uzumaki Naruto and Akamichi Chouji.

"Oy, dropout! You have ten more minutes before it begins again. You better not eat too much." Sasuke calmly stated as he stood behind Naruto, together with Shigeru.

"I never knew anyone could eat that much.." Shigeru said as he stared at Chouji and Naruto.

Gaara, Kankurou and Temari had already finished eating and were walking towards the waiting room above the arena.

'I'm up against Naruto next. He beat a fully transformed Gaara.. How can I beat him then?' Temari thought. 'It's not really fair that people like Naruto and Gaara are participating..' Temari pouted.

'I hope that fatso eats too much, than I will have an easy match laid out for me.' Kankurou thought as he watched how Chouji, next to Naruto, ate as much as he could.

Shigeru glanced at the red-haired Gaara. 'He's my next opponent… I have to give it all I've got against a guy like him… I guess it's time to use my Kinjutsu..'

'Uchiha Sasuke… I wonder how his Sharingan will cope against my Byakugan…' Neji thought as he stared at Sasuke.

Sasuke stared back at Neji with a smile. 'Hyuga Neji… He's strong alright.. His Byakugan doesn't seem to drain too much Chakra, while my Sharingan does… I'll have to finish him off as quick as possible…'

Kakashi observed it all around him, with his hands in his pockets. 'There will be some interesting matches up next..' Kakashi glanced at the crowd. 'But I still can't help but think that something is wrong here…' Kakashi glanced suspiciously at the crowd.

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The wind whispered throughout the trees as it passed the three Shinobis that were standing, ready to hit one another.

'Tch, this might get tough. From what I have seen from that Kabuto brat, Orochimaru might be a lot stronger now. Kabuto did give Tsunade a hard time, and Tsunade is no push-over… Orochimaru could quite possibly deal with Tsunade easily…' Jiraiya thought as he narrowed his eyes at Orochimaru. 'I hope Hiashi is good… cause it's best if we kill Orochimaru here, right now. He has his arms back and has acquired a new fighting style. The medical type..'

'His entire body is protected by Chakra.. He's a medical expert, but I thought Orochimaru wasn't specialised in the medical field at all… than it must be because of that Kabuto. I guess I'll be forced to use the advanced Hyuga fighting style… I never thought I had to use it again..' Hiashi thought. 'But he's medical Shinobi too, now, he might even be able to heal himself after an attack like the 64 Point Attack.. this could get very tough..'

'Heh… they're afraid, I can smell it… I feel great, I can use my Jutsu's again… It's time to deal with these two morons…' Orochimaru thought as he brought his hands before his face. "Sanjuu Dokuhebi!!"

With that said, three long poisonous snakes appeared from Orochimaru's sleeves and shot forwards at enormous speed.

Jiraiya knew the move and easily leaped skywards.

Orochimaru smiled as he heard Hiashi utter the familiar words.

"Kaiten!!"

Orochimaru immediately sped forward, the three snakes had already vanished and Orochimaru was now spinning circles around Hiashi, in the same direction Hiashi was performing his Heavenly Spin.

Orochimaru could still use his snake-like body, even if he was now in Kabuto's body. He had wrapped himself around Hiashi during Hiashi's Kaiten. Hiashi was very surprised to see himself trapped like this. Before Hiashi could release Chakra from all his points in his body, Orochimaru squeezed him.

"What's wrong, Hyuga?" Orochimaru asked with a grin. Hyuga tried everything to breathe. Orochimaru squeezed harder, until Jiraiya landed on the ground again and created one clone of himself. One Jiraiya grabbed Orochimaru's feet and the other simply punched Orochimaru's face hard, which was right about to bite Hiashi in the neck.

Orochimaru easily kicked Jiraiya away and landed on the ground again.

"You've managed to land one punch on me… I landed a kick on you and I almost squeezed the Hyuga to death. I think I'm winning this…" Orochimaru said, chuckling.

"Hanrinezumi!" Jiraiya suddenly screamed as his long white hair grew and surrounded him. His hair hardened and the spikes were dangerously sharp. Jiraiya launched himself towards Orochimaru in a fast pace.

Orochimaru gritted his teeth as he quickly stepped to the side. 'Shit! His speed is still faster than mine!' Orochimaru watched as Jiraiya turned and approached him again. 'If those spikes hit me I'm done for..' Orochimaru glanced at Hiashi, who was on his knees, trying to catch his breath. 'I'll get rid of him first..'

Jiraiya roared past the dodging Orochimaru again and saw that Orochimaru jumped towards Hiashi. Jiraiya quickly undid his transformation. "Hiashi! Heads up!!"

Hiashi looked up to see Orochimaru right in front of him.

"Hi.." Orochimaru greeted, before planting a kunai right in Hiashi's gut. "You're getting old, Hyuga… To think you needed that much time to recover.." Orochimaru's eyes widened as he saw that his Kunai was stopped by a small barrier of Chakra, right in front of Hiashi's stomach. 'Shit…'

Orochimaru couldn't dodge the fist that was planted on his ribs. Orochimaru landed a few feet away from Hiashi. "Ugh… smart.. However.." Orochimaru showed his glowing hand and planted it on his chest. "I'm not that easily hurt…" And so he recovered himself.

Hiashi sighed. "I underestimated you… I will not do so again. Next time I will damage every little bit that keeps your heart together." Hiashi said ever so calmly.

Jiraiya smiled. "Well, here we go again!"

"Hanrinezumi!!" Jiraiya performed the same seal again.

Orochimaru groaned. "The same thing again?!" Orochimaru jumped over the quickly rolling Jiraiya. 'The tricky apart of that attack is, when his eyes catch me when he's close, he can let his spikes grow and hit me anyway. It's good to know where his eyes are in that mess of hair..'

As Orochimaru landed he dodged Hiashi's fist, and shot a fist at his face himself. Orochimaru deliberately let the fist miss, to reveal three Kunai's at his elbow, which scratched Hiashi's cheek. Hiashi gritted his teeth as he felt the metal dig into his cheek. He quickly kicked Orochimaru on the right knee and tried to hit Orochimaru again. Orochimaru quickly blocked by grabbing Hiashi by the elbow.

"Kaiten!!"

'Shit..' Orochimaru thought as he was swung away by the Heavenly Spin. As he was still flying in the air because of the Kaiten, he noticed that Jiraiya was pursuing him in his Hedgehog state. 'Shit.. this is too troublesome..'

Orochimaru landed on his back and quickly rolled back on his feet, to jump to the side to avoid Jiraiya. 'His eyes are on the front now.. But there's no way I can physically attack Jiraiya now…'

Hiashi suddenly appeared several feet before Orochimaru. "Senshin…… Byakugan!!"

Orochimaru's eyes widened. "What… Senshin? What the hell is up with your eyes? They don't look like the Byakugan…"

Hiashi closed his eyes and smiled. "This is the Senshin-Byakugan… An advanced Byakugan pair of eyes… Right now, I'm the only one who knows the Senshin-Byakugan. As with the Uchiha clan, there's only one who knows the Mange-Sharingan. The Senshin-Byakugan shows me the easiest way to win…" Hiashi narrowed his eyes. "Unfortunately.. you don't seem to have any weaknesses on your body… but calculating with the fact that Jiraiya is on my side… I have figured out a way already.."

Orochimaru narrowed his eyes. 'What…. He has found a way to beat me? Those eyes..!' Orochimaru stared straight at a pair of light blue eyes, as the Hyuga's eyes usually were. But the veins around them, the usual Byakugan, were blood red. The little beams inside the eyes were dark purple.

"Jiraiya!"

Jiraiya had already changed back as he, too, was interested in the Senshin-Byakugan. 'The Hyuga clan is truly powerful…'

"Surround Orochimaru with Shadow Clones." Hiashi ordered.

Jiraiya frowned, and then shrugged. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!!"

"This is your big idea?" Orochimaru said, chuckling.

Hiashi ignored him and turned to Jiraiya once more. "Jiraiya, hold me." Hiashi said, with a faint blush.

Jiraiya's eyes widened. "Uh… excuse me? What did you say?"

"Don't think that this doesn't embarrass me either! Just grab me, ok?" Hiashi said, being quite annoyed. 'To think I have to resort to this..'

Jiraiya did, reluctantly, hold Hiashi, with his right hand on Hiashi's left arm and his left hand on his right arm. 'He'd better have a good reason for this..'

'Okay, he can't escape because he's surrounded by Jiraiya's Shadow Clones… Now I have to surround Jiraiya with my own Chakra and perform the Kaiten. He won't get hurt this way. Then I tell him my plan, so Orochimaru won't be able to hear what I got planned.'

"Kaiten!!"

Jiraiya's eyes widened. "H-Hey!! What the H-Aaahhh!!"

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"Hey, you see that? That Jounin's got some good senses on him."

"Yes. It's Copy Ninja Kakashi."

"What? You mean, he is the one with the one Sharingan eye?"

Itachi nodded. "Yes.. but he is of no concern, I have easily beaten him before."

Dareda nodded. "I see… but, what are we going to do now? Are we going to wait for this Chuunin Exam to end?"

Itachi nodded. "Yes. After that, we'll capture Naruto and Gaara.."

"Hmm, those two seem to be the strongest in this Chuunin Exam. But what is Akatsuki planning to do with them?" Dareda wondered out loud.

"Probably trying to get control over the demons inside of them. But… I can see a clear rivalry between Naruto and… Sasuke.." Itachi narrowed his eyes as he saw Naruto and Sasuke talk to each other at the table where Naruto was eating. "I may have some plans for my own…"

Dareda frowned. "First, we need to find a way to destroy the Hyuga Curse Seal.."

Itachi suddenly smiled. "I'm sure it's in the Forbidden scroll…"

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Aoba had called all contestants of the Chuunin Exam together and told the crowd the second round was beginning.

"Alright! First up, Uzumaki Naruto! And Temari!!"

Naruto and Temari stared each other down.

"Good luck… Temari-chan." Naruto said, before taking a fighting stance.

Temari looked puzzled at first, but smiled afterwards. "Good luck to you too, Naruto-kun."

"Begin Match!!"

Temari immediately created a whirlwind with her fan and made it surround her. 'Good, now he can't attack me..'

Naruto stared at the whirlwind that was protecting Temari. He smiled, created four Shadow Clones and made them attack Temari. He smiled as all four of them failed in their mission and vanished in smoke by one simple touch from the whirlwind.

Naruto then performed the same seal again, this time creating about fifteen clones and he made all of them throw Kunais at Temari. Naruto's eyes widened as he saw that the Kunais were deflected to where it came from. All Shadow Clones were again defeated.

"You can't attack me now, Naruto!" Temari chuckled. "Kamaitachi!!"

Naruto leaped towards the walls, avoiding one of Temari's wind attacks. 'What do I do? What do I do?'

Naruto saw which way the whirlwind was rotating and decided to use a whirlwind of his own, rotating the other way. "Gufuu no Jutsu!"

Temari narrowed her eyes within her own whirlwind and stepped out of the whirlwind after seeing that Naruto's whirlwind was stronger. Naruto's and Temari's whirlwinds collided and cancelled each other out. After she stepped out she immediately released another Kamaitachi towards Naruto, who didn't even notice that Temari had stepped out, so he was directly hit.

Naruto was now inside Temari's Kamaitachi, receiving the full attack. Parts of his clothes were ripped. Naruto was turning around with the Kamaitachi and couldn't really perform any seals. The scratches on his face started bleeding, and through the rips on his clothes the wounds started bleeding as well.

Naruto released a little bit of Kyuubi Chakra to heal the wounds, but he was still inside the Kamaitachi. The rotating slowed down and ultimately stopped. Naruto landed on his feet, completely unharmed.

Temari frowned. 'What..? How? Why isn't he hurt?'

Naruto chuckled as he again took on a fighting stance.

Kakashi chuckled. 'Heh, to think he could use Kyuubi Chakra to heal himself. That's pretty impressive..' Kakashi looked down at his student. 'He's growing more rapidly by the day.. it won't take long before he can take on even me…'

Sasuke looked puzzled. He chose not to use his Sharingan, since it would prove very important in the upcoming battle. But he was sure there was no way Naruto could come out of Temari's Kamaitachi unharmed. Sure, he had some rips in his clothes, but there was no single wound. 'Naruto..? What's going on?'

Baki frowned. 'Who's that kid? He's pretty good.. He was also in the Sand Village when that man attacked me..' Baki thought as he recalled how Itachi had easily beaten him.

Gaara narrowed his eyes at the fight. 'Naruto will win..' Gaara tilted his head slightly. 'Just… don't hurt my sister too much..' Gaara was confused why he thought thoughts like that, but he didn't really mind it.

Naruto smiled as he performed yet again a new set of seals, after he adjusted his own Chakra a bit. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!!"

Temari's eyes widened, as did several others throughout the arena.

Before Naruto stood a toad, a little larger than Naruto, on two feet.

Naruto grinned. "Meet GamaSuma!" Naruto recalled when he had first used GamaSuma against another. It was in the Forest of Death, against the Stone Genin he had beaten.

Kakashi's eye widened a great deal. 'What..? He can summon? And not only that, he adjusted his own Chakra so he would summon this toad… I didn't know he could do this.. I've never seen this toad before..'

Tsunade frowned. "Heh, he summons a warrior toad, ey? This toad is too much for the girl, but it's a lot weaker than GamaBunta. Still.. it's probably the second strongest.. Naruto's growing really strong.."

Neji frowned. 'Since when could he do this? It's getting more difficult by the day to beat Naruto… But I'm keeping up..'

Sasuke's eyes were also widened. 'So, he can really summon..' Sasuke recalled the fight between Naruto and Gaara in the forest, where Naruto had summoned GamaBunta.

"Oy, GamaSuma! Try to hold back, ok?"

Temari felt insulted as Naruto screamed that. She immediately released a "Kamaitachi!!" towards the Toad.

The Toad grabbed the sword that hung by his side and slashed, creating a wind blast of his own, which cancelled Temari's out.

Temari's eyes widened as the wind blast continued on its way towards her. She quickly dug to the side and saw the wind blast make a big impact on the wall.

Naruto grinned as he performed his favourite seal. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!! I'm going to help out!"

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"Ok, I'm doing this so Orochimaru can't hear my plan.."

Jiraiya, who was trying to get used to the spinning sensation within the Kaiten, nodded.

"Ok, when you use your Hanrinezumi, you roll your entire body right?"

Jiraiya nodded.

"Ok, instead of rolling your body, why don't you just walk and let your hair rotate around you, that way, you can always see your enemy." Hiashi suggested suddenly.

Jiraiya nodded again. "Heh, that's quite the solution.. And here I thought you had this major plan which meant remembering a lot of things."

Hiashi didn't respond as he continued. "As you do your attack then, I will try and hit the vital areas on his body while he's too busy with you… Now let's go, my Kaiten's over."

As they stopped spinning they saw a huge snake in front of them.

Orochimaru, on the top of the head of the snake, grinned. "Hello, meet Manda…" He said, to Hiashi, since Jiraiya already knew Manda….

Jiraiya's clones were apparently all defeated already.

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"Sakura-chan! Naruto is full of surprises! Since when did he become like this?!" Ino asked as she sat beside Sakura, as a member of the crowd.

Sakura shook her head. "I don't know… I guess he improved when he received that mission with.. what was his name.. Jiraiya?" Sakura watched the Toad and Naruto in the arena. 'Tsunade told me he could summon… he really has a big amount of Chakra..' Sakura remembered the training Tsunade gave her. She knew how to summon already, but she lacked Chakra. She just didn't have enough yet. 'You're strong…. Naruto..'

'Naruto-kun… I.. I enjoy watching you fight like this.' Hinata thought as she observed the battle. 'I wonder… what that red Chakra was that you used when you were caught in that whirlwind…'

Temari used Kamaitachi after Kamaitachi, which were all destroyed after a single slash of GamaSuma's sword. On top of that, she still had to dodge GamaSuma's wind blasts and Naruto was getting ready to attack her as well.. 'No… this is too much for me…'

GamaSuma suddenly released his long tongue and grabbed Temari by the feet. Two Naruto's quickly grabbed her fan. GamaSuma swung Temari to the other side of the arena.

"What can you do without your fan?" One Naruto screamed.

Temari smiled. "Well, it's nice of you to line up all your clones like that." Temari performed seals unknown to Naruto. "Sabaku Fuurou!!"

All the Naruto's clones' eyes widened as they saw the sand underneath them, the sand where they were standing on, engulf them all. Only a few, including the real Naruto, managed to escape from the gigantic sand wave that had just swallowed a few Naruto's.

Four Naruto's were left. "That was… dangerous.." One Naruto said to another. "No kidding, I almost died back there.."

"Hey! Pay attention, you idiots!!" The real Naruto said as he spoke to the two talking clones. The other clone simply nodded his head.

GamaSuma rushed forward towards Temari, Temari also started moving towards her fan, which one of the clones had dropped.

Temari was interrupted however as three Shadow Clones appeared before her and started attacking her. The real Naruto, meanwhile created more Shadow Clones and GamaSuma was watching it all.

Naruto smiled as he looked at GamaSuma. 'heh, I bet he thinks.. 'What am I doing here? Naruto doesn't even need me to beat the girl.' Or something like that.. oh well..' Naruto nodded at GamaSuma, and then GamaSuma vanished with puff of smoke. 'Time to finish off.'

"Taiyuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!!"

Temari's eyes widened as the entire arena was filled with Naruto clones. 'Jeez… I can't even see where my fan is…' Temari groaned.

"I give up."

Aoba smiled. 'That Naruto kid did this on purpose and forced her to give up… It seems he dislikes hitting girls…'

"Winner: Uzumaki Naruto!!"

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"Hey, Orochimaru!! Are these two giving you a hard time?! You're getting weaker by the day!!" Manda screamed. "These two insects aren't worth my time!!"

"So, uh, Hiashi… what do you see with your eyes now?" Jiraiya asked as he stared at the snake and Orochimaru.

Hiashi also stared. "We're doomed… That snake is extremely strong!"

Jiraiya smiled. "Well, time to even it out a bit then.. Just try figuring out a way to win with your eyes!" Jiraiya performed the familiar seals and put his hand on the ground. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!!"

And then, there was GamaBunta, face to face with Manda. "Oy, Jiraiya!" GamaBunta stared before him. "And Manda and Orochimaru! Again!"

"Ah, the Toad again! I can't wait to feel you in my stomach!!" Manda yelled as he showed GamaBunta his razor-sharp teeth.

Jiraiya chuckled. "Gimme some oil, GamaBunta!"

GamaBunta chuckled. "Coming right up!"

"Baisuu Keiyu Katon!!" GamaBunta released large waves of oil from out of his mouth and Jiraiya gave them a Fire touch.

Orochimaru gritted his teeth and held on for dear life as Manda got a move on and avoided the huge Flame Balls.

"You missed, you ugly Toad!!" Manda rose towards the sky as he towered above GamaBunta. "Doku Amaashi!!"

Hiashi saw with his Byakugan eyes what Manda was doing. 'What a horrible attack…' Hiashi immediately ran away.

From out of Manda's mouth, green-yellowish liquid came dripping.  Manda moved his head to let the liquid drop in every direction.

'So, this is his infamous Poison Rain..' Jiraiya thought. 'We can do only one thing..'

GamaBunta jumped backwards with an humongous leap. 'Damn, now we're really far away from him… Shit! I forgot about Hiashi!'

Hiashi avoided the huge drops of poison liquid that was landing all around him. The ground, bushes and the trees immediately melted away as a drop landed on them. 'This Forest is doomed…'

"GamaBunta, let's give that snake a good fire attack now!" Jiraiya screamed.

GamaBunta 'puked' out a huge stream of oil, which was heading straight for Manda.

"Katon!!" Jiraiya screamed and aimed the fire so it wouldn't touch the ground. 'Let's just hope Hiashi is on the ground now..'

The huge cloud of fire collided hard on Manda's entire body. 'I bet Manda's using his skin melting technique again… Gotta keep me eyes open..'

"What great attacks… These two are truly legendary.." Hiashi spoke out loud as he was resting against a burned up tree and surrounded by melted ground. 'My Senshin-Byakugan shows me I should stay out of this battle…'

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Aoba smiled. 'I don't know who's going to be the winner in this next match…' Aoba faced the waiting room. "Alright! Akamichi Chouji and Kankurou! Get down here now!!"

As Chouji and Kankurou jumped down, a grinning Naruto arrived in the waiting room, together with a sulking Temari.

"Good job, Naruto." Kakashi commented.

Sasuke stared at Naruto for a few seconds, before turning his gaze back at the arena. 'That idiot… when did he become this strong?'

Temari stood next to Gaara and watched how Kankurou stood in front of Chouji in the arena. "You …. Fought well, Temari."

Temari, with a look of surprise, turned to Gaara. "Uh… T-Thanks, Gaara!"

Gaara didn't react. "Let's see how… our brother will fight."

Temari nodded. 'Gaara…. He's changed so much now..' Temari turned to Naruto, who was talking to Kakashi a bit about his match. 'Thanks to Naruto…. Thank you, Naruto-kun..'

"Alright, Begin Match!!"

Chouji immediately expanded his right arm and planned on hitting Kankurou in one go. Kankurou duck and let the huge arm swing by. He immediately sped forward towards Chouji.

Chouji, in the meantime, expanded his stomach, and this way, bumped Kankurou backwards.

Kankurou gritted his teeth. 'Damn fatso..'

Suddenly, Chouji felt his legs pulled beneath them and he was swung in circles around the arena. 'What….' "Aaahhh!!"

Kankurou smiled. "I've attached my Chakra strings to your body… Right now, I can control your body."

With that said, Chouji was ruthlessly rammed in the nearest wall with extreme force. 'Ai, that had to hurt…' Kankurou thought as he winced.

'A true puppet master..' Aoba thought as he narrowed his eyes to slits and then he could see the blue Chakra strings. 'He's pretty good…'

Chouji was roughly pulled out of the wall again and Kankurou started swinging Chouji around again, this time slamming hard into the ground.

'Chouji… hurry up and get a hold of yourself… you're losing!' Shikamaru thought as he nervously watched the battle.

"Chouji!! Get your fat-ass off the ground, you fat-ass!!" Ino screamed at the top of her lungs. "You lazy fatso!!"

Shikamaru's eyes widened as he heard Ino scream. 'Oh man… she used the taboo word three times…' He turned back to Chouji and grinned. 'That will surely piss him off…'

Kankurou roughly forced Chouji back on his feet as he controlled the Chakra strings. And then, Kankurou himself was pulled hard towards Chouji. 'What the ..!?'

The next thing Kankurou saw, was Chouji's fist.

"Ha! Your technique can be used against you!!" Chouji had pulled Kankurou's strings towards himself and forced Kankurou to flail towards him.

Kankurou immediately cut the Chakra strings and rose from the ground, facing Chouji once again. "Ok, then. I won't be so careless next time.."

Chouji's ears twitched as he heard movement behind him. He turned and found himself face to face with Karasu, Kankurou's doll. Chouji planned on delivering a blow, but stopped himself as he saw that the doll was releasing a purple gas from out of his mouth.

'That's… poison gas…!' Chouji immediately leaped away from the doll, only to be intercepted by Kankurou, who punched him back towards the doll. Chouji, who landed in the cloud of smoke Karasu had created, hold his nose and mouth and had his eyes closed. He ran as fast as he could, away from the poison cloud.

Kankurou smiled. "Oy, you forgot to cover your ears…"

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TBC..

A/N: Ok, this chapter's finished! I'm still quite indecisive about who's going to be the winner between Chouji and Kankurou. But that'll be solved. And then there's the Jiraiya and Hiashi versus Orochimaru fight. It'll be difficult to decide how to end that fight as well. But no real worries, I got some major plans… but this story will grow dark in about four or five chapters. I mean, come on, Itachi's up to something and Orochimaru has his hands back…

Oh well, I'm signing off! I'm going to work on the next chapter of 'A Maelstrom', Farewell!!

Oh, and Happy Christmas Everyone!!

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