Hey all, I'm BACK!!! I just want to thank everyone for their support and reviews. Now, I must respond to a few reviewers of mine.

TimeShifter16: Don't worry, Naruto is going to kick Neji's ass in this chapter. However, he won't be confronting Hinata until chapter eleven.

Hikariko: I'll try to keep that in mind. A lot of reviewers say that. Thanks.

S-Wanderer999: Don't worry, Naruto will be giving out hints here and there.

DragonMan180: Book burnings? Maybe in a later chapter. Thanks for your suggestion.

I"m not sure if I made Naruto a little bit to powerful. Anyway, Naruto will not be revealing himself in this chapter.

I do not own Naruto or King of Fighters.

Chapter Nine: Mock Not Konoha's Greatest Clans!

Slowly, the chuckling grew into a vile cackle. Neji, being the arrogant man he was, the anger slowly began to consume him. "What the hell are you laughing about, Hatori? Is there something that you would like to share with us?"

"Hahaha!" Speaking did not come easy. Trying to keep a straight face, he continued. "It's just that you guys are pfft Ahahahaha ooph!!! Hahahaha!!!" Naruto, in his fit of laughter, fell backwards onto the ground and just kept laughing. He was clutching his stomach and rolling around, his loud voice piercing through the deathly silence that was looming around him.

Neji, now trembling with rage, decided that he needed a way to vent his anger. He too disliked Hatori, since he was taking their job when it came to helping the ninja revolutions. Seeing him in this state, he came up with an excuse. Even though he was not Kakashi's pupil, he was damn good at coming up with excuses. "You dare mock the Hyuuga Clan?" Hearing this, Hinata looked up at Neji.

"Neji-nii-san, I'm no longer a part of the Hyuuga Clan. You don't have to do this." She said. There was a small trail of tears from her eyes.

"You may not be a part of the Hyuuga Clan anymore, but I will defend my cousin!" Neji then got into the famous fighting stance of the Hyuugas: Jyuuken. Sensing the intent, Naruto rolled backwards and got up from the ground. The smile had left his face and was replaced with a sinister smirk.

"So, intending to get a fight out of this, are we? Well, two can play at that game." Naruto got into his own stance. With a surge of power, he created a blue fire made up of pure chakra surrounding his red glove, his intention being to test how much stronger Neji had gotten. The air around it was rippling from the heat. Neji was the first to make a move, simply aiming to paralyze. Being an esteemed Hyuuga Clan member, had memorized all of the body's Tenketsu points, and thus rendered, except in some occasions, the Byakuugan useless. But, much to his dismay, Naruto simply dodged all of the attacks and back flipped away.

When he was far enough, Naruto lifted up the foot that was in front and pushed the heel lightly into the ground. If he pushed into the ground with his full strength, not only would it leave a fairly small crater, it would cause the attack to increase in size and power tremendously with a chance of seriously harming Neji. He then got into his stance again. Neji charged forward and, to his surprise, a small pillar of blue fire exploded out of the ground. He leapt back, but was a little slow. His left sleeve was on fire. He patted it out with his other hand. Slowly, the fire retreated back into the ground, leaving no sign that it was there earlier. "Give up yet, Neji?" Naruto taunted.

'Damn it! He already hit me and he didn't break a sweat! If it continues like this, I'll be toast! I have to settle this fast...' "You're in the range of my divination." Naruto already knew this move and, knowing that he could withstand them, decided to take the hits. Neji charged forward. "Two Strikes! Four Strikes! Eight Strikes! Sixteen Strikes! Thirty-Two Strikes! Sixty-Four Strikes of Hakke!" Naruto was sent flying about ten meters, crashing into the ground.

"Don't bother trying to get up. I've sealed your Tenketsu points."

"I'll get up just to prove you wrong." And much to Neji's dismay, he got up. "It'll take more than that to defeat a dropout like me." Neji could have sworn that Naruto gave him a wink. It was a serious case of déjà vu for him. There was no sign of struggling to stand up either. Suddenly, Naruto had vanished and reappeared right in front of him. Using his left hand, he lifted up Neji by his neck. Engulfing his right hand in the blue flames, he landed nine fast, flaming punches to his stomach, each one being a blur of black with the tips blue. On the last hit, Neji flew out of his hand and ended up hitting a tree, causing it to crack and splinter.

Sasuke, however, had no intentions of letting Neji have all of the fun, nor did he have the intentions to watch one of his close friends get hurt. After what had happened to Naruto, he promised that no one he cared for would ever die in front of him. He would protect them with his very life. He began to approach Naruto.

"Sasuke, do not interfere with the affairs of the Hyuugas." Neji coughed out. He could barely stand through the burning pain. How could nine simple punches cause so much pain? The attack really hurt, but he could tell that Hatori had held back a lot of his power. If he went all out, he would be sure that his body would have much more than a bunch of burns. If Hatori hadn't gone easy on him, he probably would have died.

"Hinata is a close friend of mine, and I won't let this Hatori bastard make fun of her. Plus, he mocked my clan too. And that I can not forgive." 'I'll just tag along with Neji's excuse to see who's truly worthy of the title of Demon Shinobi.' Sasuke activated his Sharingan. 'Since Neji's Sixty-Four Strikes of Hakke didn't work, I'll use the Chidori.' He quickly made some hand seals. A ball of lightning was formed in his right hand.

With a smirk, Sasuke began to run with lightning speed. He thrust his hand forward into Hatori's chest. There was an explosion, sending smoke everywhere. Knowing that Hatori was defeated, he tried to take his hand out of his chest. However, he could not. The smoke began to clear.

Right in front of Sasuke stood Hatori with a smirk on his face. Sasuke then took a look at his hand. It didn't seem to do anything. It did not go through the skin. It did not even go through the jacket. Naruto looked down at Sasuke's hand, then to his face. He rolled his eyes, though no one saw it, and sighed. "Pitiful. Is this the best that the famous Uchiha Sasuke can offer?" He was holding Sasuke's wrist and, using his gloved hand, gave a flaming flick to Sasuke's forehead protector with his finger.

Ptiinnnnnnggg.

Sasuke found himself rolling on the floor about twenty meters from Hatori. 'Damn, that's a lot of chakra in his finger!' He had a small burn mark on his forehead protector.

Naruto walked up to a tree. "Be glad I held back on you, teme." He held up a rock on the ground and flicked it towards a tree. The tree shattered like glass and the stone continued on its path, destroying several more trees in the process.

'As much as I hate this cursed jutsu, I have to use it if I want to prove I'm better than him.' Sasuke stood up and prepared his Sharingan for the ultimate genjutsu: the Mangekyou Sharingan.

The Moonlit Underworld

The world went into a swirling circle and Naruto suddenly found himself tied to a tree. Sasuke was in front of him. "In this world, I control time and space. You will now be stabbed for seventy-two hours." Raising his sword, Sasuke plunged it into Naruto.

Only to receive a painful feeling in his stomach. Looking down, he saw a trail of blood making its way down from his stomach.

"What the hell?" Sasuke was in deep confusion. 'Why am I tied to a tree when Hatori is down there with a sword and... ... oh... shit...'

"Since you control time and space, then why are you tied up to a tree? From here on until the seventy-two hours are up, you will watch your Sakura-chan die many, many gruesome deaths." Right in front of Sasuke materialized a Sakura and a cloaked man. The mysterious figure pulled back and stabbed Sakura many, many times. She fell to the ground, bleeding. Instantaneously, another Sakura was seen falling down a cliff, landing among the jagged rocks on the bottom.

"NO!!! Yamete! YAMETE!!! Onegai, just stop it...onegai." Sasuke sobbed began to cry. He soon passed out, his head hanging. There was a bit of saliva sliding down from his mouth.

'Now I know that my sunglasses have been perfected. They're very nice indeed. I wonder how he was able to obtain the Mangekyou Sharingan though. From what I heard, you must kill one of your friends to get it. Perhaps since he saw me 'die,' knowing Sasuke, he thought that he killed me unintentionally. Oh well. Seventy-one hours, fifty-nine minutes and fifty-eight seconds of torturous fun to go.'

The Real World

Everyone saw Sasuke crumple to the ground and knew what he did. But nobody had any idea on how Hatori had reversed it. Slowly, Sasuke got up, panting with the Sharingan eyes still activated. Tears could be seen leaking out of them. 'How did he know that I love Sakura-chan? Do I know him? Or, perhaps, does he know me?' Sasuke was deeply confused. Everyone else was awestruck and had thoughts running through their minds.

"Who the hell are you? And how were you able to counter my Mangekyou Sharingan?"

"Simple." Hatori answered. There was a smirk on his face. "I am the Demon Shinobi, teme." Sakura was now fuming. Neji, confused how Naruto had reversed the Mangekyou Sharingan, turned on his Byakuugan and took a look at his eyes. However, all he could see of his eyes was a lot of chakra swirling in the frame of a pair of sunglasses. He also realized that all of his clothing was reinforced with chakra, all the way down to his shoes and necklace.

'So that's how he was able to survive my Sixty-Four Strikes of Hakke and the Chidori. The clothing acts like a piece of impenetrable armor.' Neji turned to Kiba. "Hey, can you get your dog to analyze this guy?" When given the order, he saw Akamaru sniff the air and give off a few startled yelps. Akamaru then tucked its tail between its legs and hid behind Kiba.

"He... He says that this Hatori smells like a fox and that he has a huge chakra capacity, even greater than Hokage-sama herself." There were a few more barks. "But he also says that his chakra signature seems very familiar, but he simply can't identify who he is." Kiba found it hard to believe that someone this powerful and young existed. But what he couldn't believe was that the guy smelled like a fox, yet his chakra signature was familiar. Dogs, though very helpful, can be very strange.

"What the hell is wrong with you? We are mourning for our lost friend! Why the hell are you beating the crap out of Neji and Sasuke-kun?" Sakura said.

"They wanted a fight, and they got it." Naruto answered. He spat on the ground. Hinata then spoke up in a determined voice that Naruto had never heard her use in his life. To him, her voice was angelic, yet commanding.

"We may not be as strong as them, but we are going to take you down." She saw Naruto look up with his sunglasses reflecting the sun.

"You may have defeated those two, but can you handle the rest of us?" Kakashi inquired, lifting up his headband to show the Sharingan he had for his left eye. Slowly, everyone got into a battle stance, even the oldest of them. Hinata charged first. She immediately tried to seal off some of his Tenketsu points, but noticed that, no matter how many times Naruto could strike back, he did not.

Confused, she leapt back. 'Why doesn't he fight back? He seems... reluctant. Is he already attached to us? No, he attacked Sasuke and Neji-nii-san. Something else is holding him back.'

'Damn, I don't want to hurt them anymore. And I definitely don't want to hurt Hinata-chan. What should I do?' A thought came to mind and a foxy grin grew onto Naruto's face. He then disappeared in a black blur, leaving everyone else to wonder where he had disappeared.

"Hey, where did that bastard disappear to?" Kiba said. Suddenly, he felt a few quick jabs on his shoulders. He tried to move his body around, but he discovered that he was stuck where he was. He looked around and discovered that no one else could move either, including the jounin senseis and the sennins. "What the hell did you do, Hatori?" Kiba bellowed.

Naruto then materialized in the spot where he disappeared. "I struck some of you're pressure points, so none of you guys can move any thing below your neck, though your organs will still function. It'll begin to wear off in about ten minutes." He was about to continue speaking until the sound of a kunai slicing through the air cut him off. With lightning quick reflexes, Naruto turned around and caught it between his index and middle finger on his gloved hand.

"Demon Shinobi, I have found you! Say a few words, for they shall be your last!"

Uh oh, who's this new guy? It looks like he's got a bone to pick with Naruto. It's another battle, this time against a different enemy. Discover the outcome in Chapter Ten: Hurt My Friends And Die!!!