Naruto – The Series

Disclaimer: Kishimoto owns Naruto..

A/N: Well, It seems I have to re-write the battle between the Four Sounds and Anko and Ibiki, if I still want this story to be realistic, following the manga. Oh well, that won't be torture, it'll be quite enjoyable, I think. Well, on to the story. Actually, I already have the end of this story ready, and along the way, there will be a lot of deaths. But I think some of you will find what will happen interesting. Enjoy!

"Senshin-Byakugan!!"

"Old Blood Awakening!!"

Hiashi narrowed his eyes to see what the differences were now. 'Hizashi always was a step beyond me, it's no surprise he had mastered the Byakugan before he died. But what happened with Orochimaru? It almost indicates there are three people in one body..' Hiashi thought as he observed Orochimaru's body.

"Afraid, Hyuga-kun?" Orochimaru began.

Hiashi didn't respond and started to think about a plan to get out of the mess.

"Brother. Do not concern yourself over death. It's a relief, actually. No worries, no complications, no conflicts, no struggles, isn't that what one wishes?" Hizashi suddenly preached.

Hiashi stared at his deceased brother for a while before responding. "Silence. I do not wish to hear more. This will be a very complicated battle, but I have become stronger throughout the years. I will not go down so easily.."

There Where When is Now

Chapter 18

"Heh, don't worry too much. I will first observe this battle… between you and your brother.." Orochimaru stated, as he showed his snake-like eyes, which were also blood-dimmed because of the Old Blood Awakening Kabuto had.

Hiashi snorted, before he faced his brother. Senshin-Byakugan versus Senshin-Byakugan, two great geniuses, Shinobis. 'This battle can not take long. He has no weaknesses whatsoever, which means Orochimaru's skill revives and makes a perfect body. And yet, my skills are much more developed, and Hizashi died, so he doesn't have any new skills. So I'm better prepared than him.'

"Brother… Surely, you can't be afraid to die? Let us begin."

Hizashi appeared right next Hiashi, to his right. Hiashi anticipated it and simply took two steps to the left and released a bit of Chakra. "Chakra Chuubu!"

Hizashi smiled as he vanished and appeared a few feet in front of Hiashi. "Still using your Chakra attacks, huh?"

Hiashi seemed unfazed. "Indeed. However, I have renewed my skills."

Hizashi frowned as Hiashi performed the Heavenly Spin. "Fuchi Chuubu!"

"I see. Your Chakra Chuubu attack causes a gust of Chakra to come out of your Chakra holes, and anyone who enters this gust will be paralysed and open for any attack. Yet, using your Kaiten while performing that, causes a field of Paralysis Chakra around you. It's not for a long time, but right now it's impossible to attack you physically… or can you?" Hizashi's left eye twitched and he performed several hand signs. "Genko Renchan!"

Hiashi smiled as he saw Chakra surround the fists of Hizashi. The Chakra was spinning around his fists at a quick pace. "I know all your techniques which includes the one you are using right now, but you are unfamiliar with the one I am using right now. That it surrounds me is not the only new thing of this technique." Hiashi stated as he stared at Hizashi's expressionless face.

"Surely, you do know what I can do with this technique? You can do nothing but run. You talk big, brother, you have changed." Hizashi replied as he suddenly punched in the direction of Hiashi, while he kept standing where he was standing.

It was very strange seeing Hizashi just punch in thin air, although in Hiashi's direction. But as he punched, something made the air between Hiashi and Hizashi waver. And then nothing happened…

Hizashi was confused, bit didn't look like it. "What… how come it didn't connect?"

Hiashi didn't grin and explained. "This Chakra paralysis field I have around me doesn't only paralyze physical attacks…. It also nullifies Chakra attacks…" He stated. "It does have a weakness however, but even with an advanced Byakugan it would be hard to find out.. And on top of that, I won't give you the time…. 'Brother.', Now then… Let's continue!!"

Hizashi leaped away from the attacking Hiashi by jumping up and landing on a tree branch.

'That's a pretty annoying defence he owns… How to get past it?' Orochimaru thought as he watched the two fight. 'What nullifies Chakra?' Orochimaru sighed as he remembered Kisame's sword and Akadou Yoroi's ability.. 'Another way could be… tiring it down, what will cost a lot of Chakra.. There must be another way… Hyuga's are annoying Shinobis… A lot of Chakra would work against it… anyone who owns a lot of Chakra can easily bring down his defence…'

"Sorry… My brother.." Hizashi fell down on the ground as Hiashi had appeared behind him and hit a very dangerous spot on Hizashi's neck. "My Senshin-Byakugan showed me you were doubting the situation, which caused a pause in your movements as you jumped up the tree branch. I easily surpassed your speed and appeared behind you. And then, the Senshin-Byakugan showed me where to hit you to be most effective. But.. it's not like you can hear me explain it.. nor will it matter…"

Hiashi ignored the thump of Hizashi's body as it made its impact on the ground and stared straight at Orochimaru. "Scared Orochimaru? Right now, you see me in my strongest shape.. Are you ready?"

'Wait… who are they?'

Orochimaru grinned at first, but then saw the puzzlement appear on Hiashi's face. "What's wrong? Are you the scared one now, Hyuga-kun?"

Hiashi almost seemed to roll his eyes. "No. Three people are approaching us and will be here in approximately 5 minutes. I do not know them."

Orochimaru frowned. 'Three people?'

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From the big inferno of fire, a sudden blade suddenly came out. Manda could barely block, but he did, with his tail. Manda threw the humongous blade away with his tail and ignored the wound it had made.

"You are still alive, then?" Manda spoke up. "That's quite surprising, you are more resilient than I expected, frog!" Manda narrowed his yellow eyes as he saw GamaBunta jump out of the smoke below him and landed a few feet in front of him.

"Heh! Like an attack like that would harm me, GamaBunta, king of all frogs!" GamaBunta yelled back as it showed that he was quite burned.

"Uughh… I'm toasted.." Jiraiya groaned as he lay on GamaBunta's back..

"Hang in there, Jiraiya! I need you for our ultimate attack!" GamaBunta whined.

Manda chuckled. "Hehe, well, you two are about ready to faint, and you expect to win this? Lousy, pathetic insects!"

Suddenly, Jiraiya released a big amount of fire out of his mouth on the ground. This seemed strange to Manda, until he saw that oil was everywhere on the ground. Manda turned his head to see that oil was also on the ground all around him. And in a matter of moments he was surrounded by fire. 'Shit..!!'

Still, the fire wasn't touching him yet, it was just surrounding him and the flames were almost as high as Manda. And then, GamaBunta released another stream of oil, directly at Manda. As the Oil entered the wall of fire that was keeping Manda in his place, the oil turned to fire and hit Manda head on.

"This time he can't escape, we dug a hole underneath him as well, in the meantime, and sprayed oil there as well. If he dugs himself to safety, he will die.. All he can do now is…"

And Manda disappeared. He undid the summoning and vanished with a puff of smoke, although you couldn't see the smoke because of all the fire.

Jiraiya sighed. "We defeated Manda, but didn't kill him…" He sighed again as he took a glance at the big fire. "Well, let's put this fire of ours out…"

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The Chakra that was surrounding Sasuke was simply beautiful, but at the same time, a little frightening. Neji smiled as he took on the Hyuga fighting stance. Sasuke also grinned. "Hyuga Neji. You're good… To force me to use the Curse Seal this early in the battle… You'll regret it, though.."

Hyuga Neji rolled his eyes and taunted Sasuke. "Make me regret it then, Uchiha Sasuke. Show me your full power…"

Sasuke rushed forward towards Neji in blazing speed. But Neji saw all with his Byakugan and knew where Sasuke would be trying to hit him. Instead of dodging or blocking, Neji did a few hand seals. "Chakra Chuubu!!"

In the crowd, Hyuga Hanabi, Hinata's little sister smiled. She recalled that she had taught Neji a few basic moves of the Hyuga Main Clan. This 'Chakra Chuubu' was one of those techniques. Temporarily Paralysis if one entered the gust of Chakra which comes directly out of the Chakra Holes. The same kind of Chakra is used for the Opening Points Attack, yet in this defensive move, it's not as effective, it's just temporarily.

In the waiting room, only Naruto, Kankurou and Gaara were standing.

'What's that? I don't know that one!' Naruto thought as he saw Neji's new technique.

Sasuke planned on ramming Neji in two different locations on the body, which would be unblockable and undodgable, or so he figured with his Sharingan. But he found himself unable to move as he felt Chakra hit him as soon as he appeared in front of Neji.

Neji grinned as he hit Sasuke hard in the gut, throwing Sasuke on the ground. "Heh. Do not underestimate a Hyuga, Uchiha Sasuke."

Sasuke immediately rolled back on his feet, after landing on his back. He immediately clutched his stomach, where Neji had touched him. 'Ughh… that hurt more than I expected.. He didn't hit me that hard.. And why was I unable to move?'

"I can read the confusion on your face, but I don't feel like explaining. You're an Uchiha, a Genius; I expect that you can find it out yourself."

Uchiha took a deep breath before steadying himself again. "Of course. Let's do this."

Sasuke, again, used his great speed and observed Neji with his Sharingan. 'How… it felt the same as when Orochimaru halted my movements… That attack of him, must be some kind of defence. When can I get close and when can't I? I can see the Chakra he forms, but it isn't all around him… but he can see me with his Bloodline Limit.. And he anticipates where I will attack him, and then releases that Chakra of his. How.. then?'

'I can see him thinking up a plan. His Bloodline Limit won't be effective against me, since my Jutsu's can not be copied.' Neji suddenly saw Sasuke perform familiar hand seals. 'What the…?!'

"Hyouketsu no Jutsu!!"

Neji of course easily dodged the attack, the ice beam Sasuke shot at him. But he hadn't expected Sasuke to use that attack. 'Pretty impressive, he copied my Hyouketsu when I used it against Lee… Still, Attacks like that are too slow for me. My eyes are too good..'

Sasuke stopped running around Neji and stopped to look straight into Neji's eyes. "Your Bloodline Limit is annoying. But I have found a way to get past it."

Neji chuckled. "Is that so?"

Neji frowned as Sasuke performed yet another familiar seal…

In the waiting room, there was another who recognised the Jutsu Sasuke was about to perform. "Damnit! He copied my favourite move!!"

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!!"

Neji watched as thirty Sasuke's surrounded him. 'Heh, for Naruto this skill is a lot easier, since he has so much Chakra… But for Sasuke, it's tiring.. I can see so with my Byakugan..'

'Uughh… Naruto, how do you keep using this Jutsu? It's Chakra consuming as hell… It seems the Curse Seal reacts to that.. my entire body hurts..' Sasuke thought. "Oy, this is the solution for your Byakugan… We all together have the same speed, and you can't see which one is the real me." Sasuke said.

Neji grinned. "Indeed, I can not see which is the real one, but I can still see who is going to attack where and when."

Sasuke began his assault, all thirty moved in on Neji.

"Chakra Chuubu!!"

"Kaiten!!"

Neji had to resort to this quite a few times, as there was no other way to dodge certain attacks. But they were effective, and there were a lot less clones as time passed.

About twenty clones were left, when Neji saw that all Sasuke's were performing different seals and not on the same time…. 'Shit..! He knows the weak spot of my Chakra Chuubu… Still… My Heavenly Spin will have to do, then.'

"Hyouketsu no Jutsu!!"

"Katon, Housenka!!"

"Katon, Goukakyuu no Jutsu!!"

"Katon, Inferuno no Jutsu!!"

"Kage Shuriken no Jutsu!!"

"Jishin no Jutsu!!"

"Katon, Ryuuka no Jutsu!!"

Neji observed all different attacks that were heading for him. 'Well, I guess I'll have to use Heavenly Spin for a little while longer…'

"Kaiten!!"

During the Heavenly Spin, Sasuke made all his Clones disappear, and performed another Jutsu he had copied during the battles in this Chuunin Exam. "Taiyuu Bunshin no Jutsu!!"

Neji stopped spinning to see two clones were approaching him.

"Suiton, Suikoudan no Jutsu!!"

"Chidori!!"

Neji's eyes widened slightly. 'What's that Chakra? It's familiar to my Rakurai… He's close now, too late to use Kaiten now… What..'

"Chakra Chuubu!!"

Using the Chakra Chuubu, Neji was able to stop the Sasuke that was performing the Chidori in his movements, but the other Sasuke was approaching from another angle and hit him head on with the Suiton Suikoudan. Neji had been completely blasted with water against the walls of the arena..

The Sasuke that performed the Chidori disappeared and the other Sasuke fell to his knees. 'Damn….' The marks on his face, on his body disappeared and the Curse Seal was subdued again. 'Damn… I'm totally out of Chakra.. If Neji's still ok, I have to resort to TaiJutsu..'

In the wall of the arena a huge crack could be found, with in the middle Neji, who was gasping for air as the water slowly washed over him towards the ground. 'He sure got me with that one… But it's not over yet…'

Neji fell to his knees as well as he freed himself from the crack in the wall. It took a little five seconds for him to get up again. "Uchiha Sasuke….. Shall we continue?"

'What a guy…' Sasuke thought as he too, got up on his feet and faced Neji again… 'If I activate the Curse Seal now, I'm going to die, there's simply no Chakra left in me now… How can I defeat him then?'

Neji grinned as he slowly approached Sasuke.. "Ah, your Curse Seal is no longer useful now… And I have closed your Chakra points off too…" Neji paused and put his hand under his chin. "How should I put this? You don't have a chance against me now…" Neji paused to cough up some blood. "But that attack… the water attack.. It sure damaged me.. It's a Jounin level Jutsu, isn't it?"

Sasuke looked at Neji, but didn't answer.

Neji started speaking again. "Examiner.. He is unable to continue on. He can no longer channel Chakra…Deci… Wha..?!"

Neji quickly sidestepped and let Sasuke swing by with his fist.

"Ah, TaiJutsu… You're going for that? You're tired and out of Chakra. With TaiJutsu alone you can not beat me. Give up." Neji said as he easily dodged the punches and kicks Sasuke threw at him.

'Damnit, Damnit, DAMNIT!! I have to prove to the others that I have come a far way now! I can't lose now! What will the others think of me? What will… Naruto think of me? I'm the one that will beat Itachi!! This guy is easy should be easy or me!' Sasuke's thoughts were suddenly interrupted as Neji punched him in the ribs.

"Give up, Uchiha Sasuke. You should've thought of a plan before you started attacking me. Even then it would be very unlikely that victory would be yours. But now, this way, there was almost a 100% chance that loss would be for you in this battle."

Sasuke coughed up some blood on the ground and rose on his feet again. "No… Shut up!" Sasuke breathed heavily. 'Shit! Shit! SHIT! Everyone is watching! If I can't beat this guy, how the hell can I beat Itachi?! I have to get stronger fast!!' Were Sasuke's last thoughts, before Neji put his lights out by picking him up and sending him straight into the wall, using the Gentle Fist Style as well..

The Examiner, Aoba, walked over to Sasuke, who was on the ground, after making his impact in the wall. Aoba checked Sasuke and nodded, facing Neji.

"This match is over! Winner: Hyuga Neji!!"

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Orochimaru hadn't attacked him yet, but he was sure he expected an attack any time. And then again, his Senshin-Byakugan told him he shouldn't attack the man before him.

'Indeed, Orochimaru is a true genius. He probably has already figured out a way to get past my Fuchi Chuubu.. This is dangerous..' Above them the thundering sounds that roared through the skies had stopped. 'Jiraiya has beaten the snake… But he's quite wounded…' Hiashi noticed as he saw Jiraiya with his Byakugan.

'So, they've defeated Manda… But who are these three Hiashi mentioned? They should be here any time now… I wonder… Well, they could always be just some weak people passing by…' Orochimaru looked at Hiashi from the corner of his eyes. 'He hasn't attacked yet… He must know that I have gained a lot of power thanks to Kabuto.. Yes, Kabuto's healing capabilities are quite useful… '

Hiashi wasn't surprised as Jiraiya landed next to him. GamaBunta had already left.

"Uuggh.." Jiraiya groaned. It was very evident he was tired and was hurting, judging from his groaning and the burning marks. "So, what's going on?"

Hiashi simply pointed straight ahead, where three people had suddenly appeared.

Orochimaru's eyes were widened.

Jiraiya's too, were widened. "Akatsuki… They're from Akatsuki…"

In front of them, Kisame, Mokito and Sinobi stood…. grinning..

"Who are these guys, Sinobi, they look like a bunch of weaklings to me." Mokito rudely said.

Sinobi tilted his head. "Actually, I remember the grey-head over there…" Sinobi pointed to Kabuto, who was now, in fact, Orochimaru. "If I remember correctly, he was Orochimaru's disciple."

"Yeah, I owe him a beating…" Kisame said, recalling the fact that Kabuto had defeated him.

Jiraiya and Hiashi simply gazed as Orochimaru chuckled. "You guys sure are annoying… Usually, the Akatsuki are hard to find, yet, I've come across you guys about a dozen times already. But now is not a time to fight." Orochimaru stated, before leaping away in high speed.

Jiraiya's and Hiashi's eyes widened. "Why that coward!!"

Mokito also leaped away in high speed, easily running past the speedy Orochimaru and making Orochimaru stop a few meters away, out of the others' sight..

Sinobi and Kisame looked at each other. "The young un' won't be able to defeat him, Sinobi, he was, after all, able to beat me…"

Sinobi nodded. "Perhaps, but some people just can't fight certain other people. Mokito is a very troublesome opponent. But let's follow her anyway… I want to know where Orochimaru is, his big snake was here a little while ago, so he should be close. And I bet that grey-head knows where he is."

"Ahum, That grey-head was Orochimaru."

Both Sinobi and Kisame stared unbelieving at Jiraiya. "What the..?! It's you!" Kisame suddenly yelled. 'This guy's strong.. I have to be careful, he even outwitted Itachi back then…' Kisame thought.

"I said, the one where your companion just ran after is Orochimaru, he has taken a new body."

Sinobi nodded. "I see… Since you gave us that information, I'll let you two live. Goodbye."

Sinobi and Kisame leaped away.

Jiraiya breathed heavily and was clearly exhausted. "Ugh man, I'm dead beat… Maybe they will kill Orochimaru.. Let's go back to Leaf Village and report.."

Hiashi nodded and looked back to the spot where his brother Hizashi laid, to find a dead body of someone else, another puppet Orochimaru used...

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Sinobi and Kisame came to a halt as they saw Mokito on the ground, unconscious.

"Hmm, he didn't kill her… how nice of him." Sinobi stated. "What do we do? Follow after him?"

Kisame shrugged. "I don't care, man. We don't have a mission right now. Let's just go home."

Sinobi looked at Kisame puzzled as he put Mokito on his shoulder. "Home?"

Kisame nodded. "Yeah, me and Itachi have a home in one of those non-Shinobi Villages. Let's go."

Sinobi nodded.

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"Ok, Another break!!" Aoba yelled as Sasuke was put on a stretcher and carried away. 'That was a pretty short battle, but very interesting to watch.'

Neji calmly walked up the stairs. 'Man, I'm spent… My next match is against Gaara… That will be even harder… and after that, against Naruto… man, from this point on, it will be very hard…. But also very interesting.' Neji walked at a slow pace, heading for where Naruto, Gaara and Kankurou were standing. He gazed at Gaara, who was gazing back at him. 'Yes, next match will be very interesting indeed… how to get past that defence of his?'

Naruto watched as he saw Sasuke being carried away. 'Sasuke, now we still didn't get the chance to finish our fight.' Naruto turned away from Sasuke towards the arena and its crowd. 'My next match is up against Kankurou, Gaara's brother.. I wonder if he has any new tricks up his sleeve.. And Neji and Gaara have to fight each other… That will be so sweet to watch.. Maybe I should just beat up Kankurou fast… I wonder… will the villagers, all of them, finally recognise me then? Or is it just a fruitless dream?' Naruto shook his head. 'No, if I win and become stronger every day, they will recognise me! I will never give that up!'

'Man… this is so unfair.. I have to face Naruto now…' Kankurou thought as he glanced at Naruto. 'Back in the forest, when Gaara was beaten and on the ground, at first I really thought it was that Uchiha kid that had beaten Gaara, even in his full form.. But the, Temari told me Sasuke was down shortly after Gaara had transformed just a little bit… As I expected from the beginning. But then Temari told me it was this guy, Naruto, who had beaten Gaara's full form… Truly unbelievable, because I know what Naruto was like in the beginning of the previous Chuunin Exam… But now…Naruto's strong…'

'Finally, a worthy opponent, he had even beaten Uchiha Sasuke. Hyuga Neji, you are also very strong… I can not wait to see how strong you really are…' Gaara thought. 'And then there is Naruto, he has beaten me before, Naruto's has gotten even stronger now… I wonder how strong he has become as well… My next two opponents are very strong…'

'So, this Chuunin Exam is almost over. Sasuke only had one match, but it was a very impressive match, and his opponent was very good as well… I wonder if Jiraiya and Hiashi have succeeded in their mission. I don't think they did, Orochimaru is too good to be dealt with like that. The next few matches will be interesting to watch. Maybe I will use my Sharingan; these kids have some good techniques.' Kakashi thought. 'Well, time to eat a bit, I guess…'

'Neji, you won. You've come a far way already and you're still just a Genin. His ability and his fighting style easily exceed that of a Chuunin… So much, too much even. I wonder what the Hokage-sama's decisions will be.' Gai thought as he, too, went for a snack.

'Sasuke-kun lost!!' Sakura thought. 'Sasuke-kun!! This is impossible!!!' Inner Sakura screamed.

"Oh my god! Sasuke-kun actually lost!!" Ino shrieked, making some people get shivers over their spines. "That so can't be happening!! Sasuke-kun is the best!! He can't lose!!"

'Naruto-kun.. You are in the half finals… I'm happy for you..' Hinata thought as she took a closer look at Naruto by activating her Byakugan.

"Well, lady, he did. As to be expected, since he was facing the genius Hyuga Neji." An unknown man who was seated in front of her said. 

Ino glared at the man. "Who the hell gave you permission to talk to me like that!! Let alone insult Sasuke-kun like that!!!" The man was gone in mere seconds.

'Naruto is in the half finals, ey? That's so strange.. Naruto was dead-last at school. And now he was one of the strongest Genins in Leaf Village… Well, I guess it's time for me to eat as well…'

Naruto, Neji, Kankurou and Gaara were eating at the same table and weren't talking to each other. Naruto was too busy eating, Neji was too busy formulating a plan, Gaara was too busy staring at his food and Kankurou was too busy being bored.

Sakura, Hinata, Shikamaru and Ino suddenly stood behind Naruto. "Naruto! Can we sit next to…" Sakura began, but then spotted Gaara…

Naruto looked up from his plate. "Of course, Sakura-chan!"

Shikamaru simply took a seat, but Ino, Hinata and Sakura were more cautious.

Sakura glanced at Naruto. 'Naruto, you've changed so much, grown so strong… And now…. You're the only one from out team who is still in the Chuunin Exam.. I.. I guess I underestimated you this entire time…'

Sakura wasn't the only one glancing at Naruto. Hinata too, but much more carefully. 'Naruto-kun… What was that red Chakra? Why did it change your appearance? I want to… I.. I want to know..'

Ino and Shikamaru were arguing again. Shikamaru simply said "Ino, I'm sorry you didn't make it through the Forest of Death this time.." and Ino got pissed off at him for saying it. A lot of  'Shut up Shikamaru!'s' were following..

Shikamaru somehow felt really depressed because of this, but didn't show it as he simply stated. "How troublesome.. Why does it always go like this? I dislike women…"

"What?!" Ino shrieked, causing Shikamaru to yelp.

"I would like to eat in silence…" Neji suddenly said, interrupting Ino's cussing. Neji didn't really want to eat, but wanted to think in silence.

Ino, knowing of Neji's reputation and saw how he had beaten Sasuke, chose to shut up now.

"How troublesome…"

In the meanwhile, Sasuke was limping back up the waiting room, followed by Shino, Chouji, Kiba, Shigeru, Temari and the other contestants that had lost. All were kind of healed, or at least healed enough to watch the rest of the battles.

Ageru Tsumi, Naruto's opponent in the first round, suddenly appeared at Naruto's table. Naruto looked up with a grin. Ageru couldn't help but smile back.

"Uzumaki Naruto… It was a pleasure fighting you… I clearly underestimated you. Should we meet again, I will consider you as a comrade."

Naruto gaped at Ageru. "Ah… Thank you!"

At another table, the table where the Jounin instructors were seated.

Kakashi chuckled. "What do you think, Gai?"

Gai smiled a little bit. "You mean about Naruto? He seems to have a perfect control of that Kyuubi Chakra. And on top of that, even without it.."

Kakashi nodded. "Yeah… even without it he is very strong…"

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TBC

A/N: Yep, Chapter finito! Uhmm, I'm going to work on the next chapter, since it's very enjoyable to write, now that I have a plan again! Oh, I will re-write the Sound Four Vs. Anko+Ibiki Fight, including the Level 2 Curse Seals.

I have a question, however…

I come up with a new skill every now and then, but I'm not really talented at making up one, so I would like it if someone could make a good one up for me.. Please? Oh, and about the site I use for English-Japanese: For some reason it just won't show! Me is getting aggravated… Well, with you know the basic 'http://' and 'www or w_w_w, without the underscores', right? Well, behind that: trussel dot com slash f underscore nih dot htm. Well, farewell! Just to try: or h t t p : / / w w w . t r u s s e l . c o m / f _ n i h . h t m (without all the spaces of course)