Unsettling News

Setsuko sat in front of Tsunade, looking down at the desk in shock. The current Hokage sat with her hands folded in thought.

". . . are you sure?" Her voice was shaky, almost a whisper. Tsunade sighed and nodded.

"Hai. Looks like this had been out for awhile." Setsuko slowly stood up.

". . . I've . . . I've got some thinking to do." Tsunade stood up as Setsuko walked to the door.

"Setsuko . . . you know that the Leaf will not stray." Setsuko looked back at Tsunade.

". . . no. I . . . I have to think." With that, she was gone. The Fifth Hokage sat back in her chair as a grim expression settled on her face.

Robin dodged Hinata's hand. She tumbled out of the way of another fist, losing her hat in the process.

"Very good." Robin smiled as she stood.

". . . y-you think s-so?" Robin nodded.

"Hai. Just raise your confidence." Hinata nodded sadly.

"Hai . . ." Robin watched her carefully.

". . . what's wrong?" Hinata looked at the ground.

". . . it's j-just that . . . everyone a-always s-says that . . . I-I t-try but . . ." Robin smiled at her.

"Well, what made you come this far? You can use that as inspiration." Hinata looked up, startled, as a red streak appeared on her cheeks.

Tenshi smiled at her little cousin.

"So, what do you need?" Naruto shifted on his feet.

"Ano . . ." Yoko, who had come back from training late last night, placed tea on the table and gave Naruto a heart warming smile.

"It's not like you to be so shy, Naruto-sama." Naruto laughed nervously.

"No sama. I'm just a kid." Yoko and Tenshi laughed quietly. "Nani?" Yoko placed her hand on top of his.

"Naruto-kun," The fox vessel smiled at kun. "you are one of two people in the Main House. We merely meant respect. Besides, you are not just a kid."

"What do you mean?" His curious eyes stared at the two Branch members as they shared another laugh.

"Oh Naruto, you are our cousin. You are Uzumaki. And you are a misunderstood hero for this village." Naruto felt his eyes move away from them.

". . . the fox." Tenshi, catching his despair, reached over the table and lifted up head up.

"Hold your head high, Naruto-kun. You do something no other ninja can. You hold back a powerful demon. You have not given in to the pain and hate you have suffered. That is more than any other ninja in this village can claim. Not even our dear cousin Setsuko can do that. She has admitted so her self, she gives into the anger and hatred in battle, along with her fear. But you . . ." Tenshi leaned back in pride. "You dear little Naruto, you are able to turn your back on the bloodlust and hatred." Yoko nodded with a smile as she poured his tea. "You are not a demon fox. You were born before it. You are it's gatekeeper. It's . . . jailer, if you will. That's a big difference than what most think."

"Hai. Now, what do you need?" Naruto stared at the two.

"Why are you in the Branch Family? Since there are only two in the Main . . ." Yoko and Tenshi shared a look before Yoko turned back to Naruto.

". . . our clan in old in its traditions, as with others. In fact, your mother, Fumiko, was not really Uzumaki. Your mother was only adopted into our family so she would be protected from any harm. It was your father who was Hisako's brother. Toshiko told us to write and say that it was your mother, not your father who was Uzumaki, in order to protect you from his enemies. Setsuko's mother, Hisako, married a powerful Branch Family Member. They were . . . oh, I believe it was . . . second cousins, 12 times removed." Naruto's ears perked at the mention of his parents.

"You know my parents?" Yoko sadly shook her head.

"Iie. We only know of them. We were too young to really remember them." Naruto looked down, sadness etched onto his face. "However, I do know alittle about what happened." Naruto looked up, hope filling his eyes. Yoko smiled gently at him. "Setsuko's father disappeared shortly after her mother left, no one knows what happened. Your mother, Fumiko, fell madly in love with your father before she knew of the engagement. They lived a happy life for 5 years. Then, it seemed to get better when she discovered she was with child. Unfortunately, do to the Kyuubi, the hospital was gone so your mother was not able to get very good treatment. She insisted on the medic-nin helping those that could fight. She died during childbirth. And your father . . . he decided to make you the greatest ninja. It was something that had a price he would ask of no other father if he was not willing to do so himself. He sealed the Kyuubi inside of you." The boy stared at the two confused.

"But it was the fourth . . ." Naruto trailed off as things connected in his mind.

"His name was Uzumaki Atsushi. As his name said, he was a compassionate warrior. A great honor to the leaf. There was little doubt in our family that he would become Hokage." Yoko gently placed her hand on top of his head. "Just like his son." Naruto smiled and launched himself into his two cousin, startling them as he pulled them into a bear hug.

"Arigatou!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Both smiled at him when he pulled back.

"Anything else?" Yoko asked as she poured herself more tea. Naruto nodded.

"Can you two help train me?" Yoko and Tenshi shared a confused looked before turning back to Naruto.

"Naruto-kun," Yoko tried to sort through the questions filtering through her mind. "Why us? Surely Setsuko-san or Hatake-kun could agree to help." Naruto laughed as he scratched the back of his head.

"Err . . . I kinda figured that Setsuko would train her students and Kakashi might train Sasuke because of the sharigan eye." Naruto stared at the two through scrunched up eyes with a smile. "'sides, I wanna use some of our family kick butt jutsu!" Tenshi and Yoko smiled at the young boy.

"Naruto-kun, I can only teach you genjutsu and speed." Tenshi told him gently. "But if that is alright with you, then I would gladly help." Yoko thought for a moment before speaking.

". . . I can not do much. You must remember I am a meiko. However I can teach you how to shield yourself. And perhaps help you with our family scrolls. They are difficult to translate sometimes. Is that alright with you?"

"HAI!!!"

Setsuko sat on the head of the fourth, over looking the village. She looked at her shoulder before pulling back her black gi, showing her skin. She began to slowly trace faint, almost invisible, scars. When Setsuko took over the top to her black gi, several of those faint scars ran underneath her white tank top. She slowly looked down to her feet and pushed off her black slipper like shoes. Setsuko pulled her black gi pants up to her knees, revealing more faint scars. They were almost impossible to see, unless you were looking for them very carefully. She looked over every scar. The wind gently caressed her face.

"What do you want?" Her monotone voice was barely heard beyond a few feet.

". . . the wind seeks to comfort its child . . . ." Was the soft whisper in her ear.

"I am no child of yours. I am the child of the woman Aka Yuki murdered."

". . . you see it that way . . . . the wind sees it differently . . . . the wind sees all . . . ." Setsuko scoffed at the remark.

"You see all, huh? Well, then tell me what you see when you look at me."

". . . . a lost child . . . the wind seeks to restore you to the power you once were . . . ." Her eyes hardened.

"I will not become Bensha!" She hissed. "I will not allow it."

". . . . the wind does not seek Bensha . . . the wind seeks Uzumaki Setsuko . . . ." Setsuko glared down at her faintly scared skin.

"Because of you, every time I look at my own skin, I feel repulsed. Because of you, my family was torn from me."

". . . the wind gave a great gift to Setsuko . . . . the wind sought to bring the power to humans . . . the wind was not flawed . . . you were chosen . . . you were chosen to be given the gift of the wind . . . now the wind seeks you to do as you wish . . ." Setsuko looked up sharply.

"What do you mean?! Isn't the Uindo Bensha suppose to do whatever you say?!" She waited angrily for the answer.

". . . the ones before you were not right . . . the wind wishes for one to become more . . . no demon could handle it . . . that is why the wind has waited for you . . . you know what the choice is . . . the wind only waits for you to take it . . ." Setsuko lowered her head in sorrow as the soft breeze disappeared.

". . . I see."

Riki glared at Janghoon.

"What do you want?" He snapped. Janghoon sighed and returned the glare.

"Both of us know that Setsuko-sensei will only be able to teach us a few things. We can't learn any of her family jutsu nor learn to use our blood like her."

"So?" Was the cold response.

"Listen, Setsuko-sensei should not have to teach us for the next month. That's asking her to play favorites. She won't be able to teach us to her full potential if she has to go back and forth. I say we both train on our own. Unless we absolutely need her help." Janghoon held out his hand. Riki glared at before looking up at Janghoon.

"How do I know that you won't get her to help? You live in her house." Janghoon sighed and shook his head before looking back up.

"Then you can go tell her about this. That way she won't help me. Deal?" Riki hesitated before taking his teammate's hand.

"Deal."

It was today. Naruto's back was to Yoko as she was fixing his clothes.

"Obasan!!!!" (Aunt) He whined. His only response was a tap on the head. "Ten-chan would let me go by now!" He had started calling Tenshi that alittle after she started to train him. Yoko had refused to be called Yo-chan so Naruto seemed to start calling her his aunt. That she didn't mind, however, Tenshi seemed to pick up Yo-chan and wanted to do that to her to annoy her every now and then.

"There!" She had finished sewing a kanji of the word fox onto his jacket. It was the same, but instead of the red swirl on the back, there was a demon fox's eye with the kanji in the middle. "Alright Naruto, let's review quick."

"But I've got to go!!!" Naruto whined again. Yoko rolled her eyes before staring into his.

"What is the number one basic rule for all of our family jutsu?"

"Use only what you can handle, any more is too much on the soul and mind." Naruto recited in a bored tone of voice.

"Now, what will happen if you misuse the jutsu?" Yoko stood up and she and Naruto walked to the door as he answered.

"If I use the wrong jutsu, then the battle will become harder for me because I can only handle so much." Yoko sighed and nodded.

"Yes, that's true, but what I meant was, if you use it for the wrong reasons."

"Oh, well then the darkness may consume our soul slowly and painfully. That is why we think before we act." Yoko laughed lightly and hugged him.

"Very good, Naruto-kun. Now, let's hurry. I want a good seat and you don't want to be late."

Setsuko sat in the crowd, next to Seung. Her black tank top was covered by a tan jacket. Blue jeans clung to her legs and old brown hiking boots adorn her feet. Her hair was pulled back into a braid, curtsy of Robin. Seung wore her usual clothes except for her ninja swords, she had left them at home. The other Leaf genin seemed to have gather and sat together.

"Is this seat taken?" Setsuko looked up to see Kakashi, smiling. She shook her head and the masked ninja sat down.

"This is a rare event indeed. You seem to be on time." Setsuko smirked as Seung giggled behind her hand. Kakashi sighed and stared at her.

"I've been on time before." Setsuko only smiled.

"Hai, but not often enough for me to stop poking fun at you."

"Hmm . . . am I really that late?" The three looked up to see Tenshi.

"No, just a miracle is all." Seung fought to keep from bursting out laughing as Kakashi merely glared at Setsuko.

"Seung-chan," The girl looked up to see Yoko. "I need a hand. Would you mind coming with Tenshi and me?" Seung shook her head and got up.

"Sure, let's go!" Seung happily skipped out of there and Tenshi waved and winked at the two before disappearing.

". . . why do I feel like that was a set up?" Setsuko asked Kakashi as they stared after the three.

Naruto shifted from one foot to the other as he stood next to his cousin Robin.

"Are you nervous?" Robin asked with a hint of amusement.

". . . of course not!" Was the response that made her chuckle. "What's so funny?" Robin smiled as she looked at him.

"Oh, just realizing a few reasons why and how . . ." Naruto stared at her oddly before turning his attention to the judge, Genma. The man was simply staring up at the Kages that had come. The new kage from the Sand village was there along with the one from stone and mist. Naruto began to fidget before they were finally sent up to the waiting area. Hinata and Neji stayed down in the arena, waiting to begin their fight.

"Begin!" Genma jumped away from the two as both dropped into their family stance.

"You will lose. Give up now before we end up repeating our last match." Hinata hesitated before she heard shouting.

"Come on, Hinata! He's just all talk! You fought him last time, fight him now and shut him up!!!" The girl felt her cheeks redden as Naruto cheered her on. Naruto glared at his own cousin before jabbing her in the ribs.

". . . what was that for?" Robin asked, irritated.

"Cheer her on! You two trained together!" She glared at Naruto before turning back to the heiress. She called down to Hinata.

". . . . . remember what you trained for!" Hinata looked back to her cousin with new found determination. "You are ready for this!" Robin yelled down, giving the girl an extra boost of confidence. Hinata, surprising her cousin along with some of her family, took the offensive. Neji had to jump away from her in order to avoid several of her lethal strikes. Naruto watched, fascinated.

"Wow, Hinata seems really determined." Robin nodded.

"Hai. Hinata trained for this match alone." Naruto looked at her, confused.

"Nani?" Robin smirked as Hinata jumped as far back as she could and winced as she bit down on her thumb and began to go through seals.

"It's true, Neji is stronger than her. Because he doesn't get intimidated as easily. That's what we've been working on. He also has the advantage because his eyes are more advanced than hers. So we spent the time working on getting her to stand up more. That and a few techniques that will help her fight long distance." She smirked with pride as Hinata summoned a creature that took everything the girl had to sign with. A sleek beautiful jade colored dragon glided around Hinata.

"Nani?!" Naruto yelled, surprised along with everyone else in the stadium. Hinata looked at her cousin with a smile.

". . . what is that thing?" The Hyuuga male asked as shock washed away from him.

". . . her name is Chia." The quiet girl spoke loud enough for him to hear. Her shy nature seemed to have disappeared. "Robin-san taught me how to summon dragons. It took three days for the two of us to find the correct partner for me." The slim dragon soared up into the air before coming back and floating around Hinata. "It took one week for the dragons to even agree to sign with me. It took another week of intense chakra building for me to even reach the enormous amount of chakra needed for such a creature. One more week to successfully summon a dragon. I owe it to Robin-san to do my best. For the dragons to even consider me Robin-san put her whole reputation at stake. She promised that they would never regret it." Hinata smiled at Chia. "Chia, please do your best." The dragon turned its ruby eyes to Neji and blew out smoke through its nostrils. Chia slithered through the air only to be knocked back by his kaiten. Neji glared at his cousin as the dragon recovered and attacked again, this time trying to wrap around him. Neji used the kaiten again and as the dragon was thrown back, startled, dropped down into a deadly stance.

"I'm ending this. You are within the field of my hakke." The young ninja attacked quickly, before the dragon could stop him. Hinata cried out in pain as she was thrown to the ground, all her chakra cut off. The dragon disappeared as it tried to reach her. Neji breathed heavily as he stared down at his unconscious cousin. 'The Uzumaki clan . . . they refuse to believe what the Hyuuga teaches . . . they refuse to allow anyone or anything to rule them . . .' Robin smiled as Hinata was taken from the field. Naruto looked at her, surprised by Hinata's words.

"You can summon dragons?" He asked, astonished to the fact that they were even real. Robin smirked at him.

"Naruto-kun, you forget, I am able to summon anything." The young Uzumaki girl leapt off the railing and landed on the ground with a small cloud of dust. As she walked passed Neji she paused and glanced at him. ". . . I hope Chia didn't cause you to wet your pants." The girl stated before walking to the center with a little chuckle. She waited patiently for Tenten. When the girl appeared Robin felt any emotion drop from her face. The wind caused the girl's braids to sway as her black hat blocked most of her right eye. Tenten held a few kunai in her hands as she smirked and spoke confidently.

"You're suppose to be good with weapons." Robin tugged her shinobi gloves on tighter.

". . . you're suppose to be a weapons master." The girl reached back and unclothed her naginata. The sheet was thrown aside along with the strap.

"Begin!" Genma made sure to stay away as Tenten unleashed her weapons. Robin lifted her arm up and blocked with her upper arm. The kunai that struck her heavy red jacket embedded themselves before Robin yanked them out of the thick material.

". . . this jacket isn't a fashion statement. Its heavy fabric protects against most long range damage." Robin let her arm drop, causing some blood to leak out of her pushed up sleeves. "However, some damage is still taken." The girl disappeared only to reappear above Tenten with her naginata twirling above her head as she came down towards Tenten. Tenten manged to avoid the hit and glared as she stared to throw weapons at Robin. The girl was able to knock some aside with her naginata and dodge others. However, the weapons master had struck her with some of her weapons still. Robin yanked out a kunai from her thigh and a thin needle from her stomach. Robin pulled several of Tenten's weapons out of her jackets and threw them to the ground. "You don't miss."

"No. While you are unmatched in summoning, I'm unmatched in weapons, including accuracy." Robin rammed the blade of her naginata into the ground and began to go through a complex series of hand seals. Finally, a ball of lightening appeared. Robin let it float up into the sky before raising her hand up towards it. "Perhaps you remember this." Robin smirked at Tenten while the girl backed up before glaring at her.

"Yeah, I remember." Tenten launched towards Robin, throwing weapons that struck the girl, causing the girl to stumble back as Tenten began to punch at her. Robin took a few hits before falling onto her back. Her hand shot out, calling to the lightening. Tenten had lightening shower down around her, trapping her in a cage of it. Robin stood up shakily as she pulled weapons out of her body.

"I underestimated you. Gomen. It won't happen again." Genma sighed as he announced the end.

"Winner, Uzumaki Robin." The lightening disappeared and emotion returned to Robin's face.

"Gomen. I feel bad for underestimating you." Robin held her hand out to Tenten. The other girl looked slightly surprised before shaking it. "I feel worse for pulling that whole cage of lightening on you." Robin smiled along with Tenten.

"It's alright. Besides, I got to take the final." Robin sighed in relief.

"I'm happy that you're not mad." Robin smiled up at the sky briefly before the entered an enclosed hallway. "By the way, I've never encountered someone with such accuracy."

Setsuko looked at Kakashi after Robin left the arena with Tenten.

"Have you ever seen a dragon before?" He shook his head.

"Iie. I didn't think they even existed. It's a real interesting exam this year." Setsuko silently agreed as Gaara appeared while his opponent entered the arena. Setsuko sighed as the one sided fight began. Gaara merely stood there while the mist-nin attacked. The sand blocked the powerful kicks and punches along with any ninjutsu he threw at Gaara. Gaara glared at the ninja before the sand surrounded him, causing the mist-nin to panic and surrender. Shino's match was almost the exact same. The boy blocked a few hits before his bugs got the better of his opponent. Setsuko felt butterflies swell up in her stomach as the next match began. Naruto cried out in joy as he jumped over the rail. Sasuke merely hmphed and took the stairs. Setsuko's hand reached down and grasped Kakashi's as she stared in excitement.

"Naruto and Sasuke . . . I know this will be hard for you." Setsuko spoke to him without taking her eyes off of the arena. Kakashi sighed and nodded.

"Do you think he can do it?" Tenshi asked Yoko as she stood next to her by the wall. Yoko smiled as she looked at the sky.

"We taught him all that we could. And we made sure that Sasuke-san wouldn't be able to copy his moves by teaching him from the family scrolls." Tenshi nodded as Sasuke came into the arena and the crowd cheered in excitement for him.

"I've helped the boy control his chakra better with all that running on water and up rock walls. Though Rock Lee would beat him, he should be able to stand up to Sasuke's speed." Tenshi smirked to herself as she looked at Yoko. "And you taught him even better control and the family's jutsu. You also taught him how to use our blood to the fullest." Yoko smirked at the thought.

"This is the tournament that the Uzumaki clan shows how great it is." Yoko watched as the crowd slowly started to quiet while Naruto and Sasuke waited for Genma to begin the match. "He will take on one of this village's greatest clans. Uchiha blood against Uzumaki blood. I have waited for our clan to rise again and this is the best way to show the world that the Uzumaki are not dead and intend to take back their forgotten titles." Tenshi smirked.

"Hai. Our clan will have its name known as greatly as before. If anyone can do it, it is Naruto-sama."

"Begin!" Genma made sure to leap for away as the two charged each other. Sasuke was slightly surprised in Naruto's dramatic increase of speed. Their fists collided on each other's face, sending the two away from each other. Sasuke flipped through the air and was able to land on his feet while Naruto rolled before he got back to his feet. Naruto glared at Sasuke. 'Evenly matched in speed.' Genma thought as the two began to perform ninjutsu. Sasuke began to do a fire based jutsu while Naruto, confusing many, did a number of strange seals. Only a select few recognized what kind of jutsu he was using, much less the name.

"Touketsu Shakaku!!!!!" ((frozen angel of fire)) A blue colored flame came out of the earth and took the form of a woman with wings on her back. She held out her hand and sent her own fire towards Sasuke's fire, canceling it along with her own blast. She screamed and blanketed the whole field with her fire. Sasuke was surprised to see that the fire only inflicted a cold breeze upon him.

"What kind of attack was that, dobe?" Sasuke snapped while Naruto grinned.

"Sasuke-teme, that was one of my family's jutsu. When a normal shakaku covers a field in fire, it means that only fire jutsu can be used in that area. But a touketsu shakaku makes it so no fire jutsu can be used." Sasuke looked at him, startled.

"Hmph, good. Naruto has an excellent plan." Yoko muttered to Tenshi.

"Nani?" The two turned to see Seung. She was hold a drink for herself and a cup of lemonade for Tenshi.

"Arigatou." Tenshi took the drink as Yoko rolled her eyes before turning back to Seung.

"Naruto is not always what he appears to be." Yoko smiled. "Often, people think he's stupid because of his grades and the way he states the obvious. He's smart. He just has a problem focusing, thinking things through, or even bothering with applying himself to something. That and he seems to talk out loud when he's thinking to himself. I noticed he does that when he's going over a situation in his head." Seung nodded to show she understood while Tenshi smiled after sipping her drink.

"Good!" Tenshi laughed before turning to Seung. "Naruto-kun lived on his own for most of his life. He never had many people to talk to. Now Naruto just likes to be able to listen to people talk to him. So when he's around other people he'll ask any question to fill the silence. Plus, Naruto can be pretty naive at times." Seung blinked a few times before speaking.

"But how do you know all this? And how's his plan so great?" Yoko smiled while Tenshi chuckled before going back to her drink.

"We've picked up on it. One time we left a problem out on the table when Naruto thought everyone had gone off. Tenshi and I spied on him and watched him talk to himself to figure out the problem. And for his plan, the Uchiha clan is known for their fire jutsu. So he cut off a large number of Sasuke's attacks. Naruto doesn't know many fire jutsu so it doesn't effect him too much." Yoko turned back to the battle, eager for her cousin.

Sasuke mentally counted off the jutsu he could use and couldn't. It was limited. Naruto had a large advantage. Naruto could use his family's jutsu, making it impossible to copy and Naruto didn't know many, if any, fire jutsu. His hands clenched into fist before he launched himself at Naruto.

"Konoha Senpuu!" He aimed a powerful kick towards Naruto. The fox vessel held his hands out to the side just like Yoko had taught him.

"Aaahhh!" Naruto yelled as his shield was nearly destroyed against the kick. As Sasuke jumped away to stop any fist from coming at him, Naruto dropped the shield and held his wrist for a moment.

"Yoko!" Tenshi gasped while Seung looked confused to why Yoko watched with horror.

"What's wrong?" Yoko sighed as she bit down on her lip for a moment.

"I taught Naruto how to shield himself. However, I didn't think to teach him how to protect himself against any recoils." Seung blinked a few times before Yoko explained. "It's like when you jump down from a large height and then you're legs feel like jelly afterwards. . ."

"Ohhh . . . he doesn't know how to brace himself?" Yoko shook her head.

"Not the way he needs to for the shield to be completely effective." She glanced at Tenshi. "He'll have to use that only for the more powerful attacks."

"But he does have the advantage still, correct?" Seung asked while Tenshi only shrugged.

"The shakaku takes up a lot of chakra. However, since Naruto has plenty to spare . . ." She trailed off before Yoko spoke.

"Be we do not know how much is left. The rasengan might have used up more than we know. The only advantage Naruto has is the fact that his jutsu isn't as limited as Sasuke's."

Naruto ran towards Sasuke again. The two began to exchange attacks. Naruto kicked at Sasuke's stomach. Sasuke blocked and held onto the leg as he extended his arm towards Naruto's face. The Uzumaki boy brought his fist up and hit his elbow, causing Sasuke to loose power in his fist along with aim. Sasuke quickly retaliated with one of his own moves.

"Lion combo!" Naruto cried out in pain as a series of punches and kicks hit him. Naruto slammed into the ground causing a huge cloud of dust to cover him briefly.

"Naruto!!!" Yoko cried out to her cousin as Tenshi held her back.

"Yoko-chan, we cannot interfere. This is his fight. He'll be alright." Yoko bowed her head, in shame for her outburst.

Naruto pulled himself out of the small crater his body had made. He glared at his teammate.

"No matter what you do, I'll always be ten steps ahead of you, dobe." Sasuke smirked as Naruto forced himself to stand his full height. "Even without most of my jutsu, I'm still far better than you." Naruto spat out some blood before wiping off his mouth with the back of his hand.

"Ten-chan and Obasan told me a lot of things. The thing they told me the most was why I'm in the main house." Up in the crowds Seung looked at the two curiously. "Its because of Toshiko-san. She said that Setsuko-neesan and I would be able to adapt to anything far better than any other Uzumaki could." Naruto smirked at Sasuke's confused look. "The Uzumaki clan is infamous for our dark jutsu. We can use it because our blood gives us unlimited adaptability . . . I've got to show the world how it works." Naruto's hands went through several hand seals. Tiger, dragon, demon, tiger, horse, boar, bird, dragon, dog, tiger. Naruto charged Sasuke. The Uchiha smirked before dropping into a stance. With a surprise Naruto adapted his stance without missing a beat and started to send kicks and punches at him, adapting to anything Sasuke did.

"I didn't think he'd use it so soon." Tenshi muttered to Yoko.

"What?" Yoko smiled at Seung.

"He's using the main house jutsu. Activating his bloodlimit ahead of things and using it for a long time without repeating seals anymore. He's adapting automatically to anything thrown at him. He doesn't have to be distracted by insignificant things like balancing on uneven ground. His body takes care of all that without problem. So all he has to focus on is his attacks and blocks."

Naruto jumped away, bitting his hand and let his hands go through seals before summoning a large toad. Sasuke glared at Naruto.

"Can't fight me on your own?"

"You want me to take care of him?" The toad croaked.

"Hmph. No, I think I'll have to do this on my own. Sorry about it." Naruto recalled the summon. "Sasuke!!!" Sasuke smirked before nodding.

"I see. I'll still win." Naruto glared at him before going deep in thought while Sasuke formed his chidori. Naruto, surprising many, performed his most devastating attack. Rasengan. The powerful orb spun rapidly as it formed in his right hand. The Uzumaki forced all of his chakra into his rasengan. The skin on his hand burn as the chakra was forced into the ball. Naruto felt the raw power trying to fight its way out of his attack, wanting to be free. The rasengan tried to break down Naruto's concentration in order to lose the small form it was forced into. The boy looked up and saw that Sasuke was done with his attack. The two glared at each other. Neither noticed the crowd's hushed silence. Neither noticed how Naruto's skin was being blistered and burned as he held the chakra. They only noticed that now was the time to see how was more powerful. Sasuke's attack burnt the edges of his clothes from the raw intensity. His hand lost feeling from the electricity coursing through it. Sasuke didn't pay attention to the fact that his arm was slowly going numb from all the power. Many watched in shock and fear as Naruto charged towards Sasuke with the fourth's technique. Sasuke charged with chidori. A blinding light filled the arena when the two clashed, causing most to shield their eyes. The wind had picked up and was throwing dust everywhere. Seconds seemed like hours as the two shinobi tried to force the other one back with their power. A deafening explosion pierced through the air. Both were thrown back as a large cloud of dust rose up into the air.