Happy Halloween, Chapter for you! I worked hard on Friday to get it out. Thank you reviewers! You are all wonderful. Response Time!!!

Stonebridge: They will find out soon. How soon, I do not know, but Tsunade will know first. About Neji's seal, I do not know what to do about it. He'd have to be Hokage first in order to do anything about it.

TimeShifter: The Akatsuki will make their appearance soon enough.

DragonMan180: I do not know whether I should work in Hanabi or not.

wun-liddo-babi: I know that one month may not seem like a lot of time, but it would be a traditional Japanese one. And since it's traditional, then a lot of the things are already planned out.

AkiaBinZaid: No, Hinata was asleep. I'm going to leave it at that.

A/N: My story, Kyuubi Personalities, has now had its title changed to Encyclopedia Ninja. Please take note of the change. Also, please vote on November 2nd. Also, Kaede is not an OC, but was in one of the Naruto specials. And Konohamaru will make his first appearance here!

I do not own Naruto or King of Fighters.

Onward!

Chapter Fourteen: The Day After The Day Before

She woke up. Lazily opening one eye, Hinata turned to look at her alarm clock. It was six a.m. She also noticed that she was holding on to something black with white hair. Assuming it was one of her stuffed animal toys, she smiled and hugged it tighter, closing her eyes once more. She liked the warmth coming off of it. It made her feel secure. She could deal with that scroll later.

Wait a minute.

Since when did stuffed animals give off warmth? She opened her eyes, fully awake. She noticed that her 'stuffed animal' was breathing and that its hair was too real. Using one of her hands, she lifted the covers to find that her 'stuffed animal' also had a pair of legs, arms, and was taller than her.

'Since when did stuffed animals have arms, legs, authentic hair, and give off warmth?' It must have been very early in the morning, because it took her a full ten seconds to find out that she was not hugging a stuffed animal.

She was hugging person. And judging by the way their body is built it was a man. She did what seemed natural for a female when she discovered that there was a man in her bed and it was too early in the morning. It didn't even occur to her that they were both fully dressed, minus shoes.

There was one thing that would have seemed most reasonable for a twenty-one year old kunoichi who had woken up with her clothes on who had discovered that she was hugging a man about her age in her bed that also had his clothes on.

"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" She gave off a high-pitched scream. Naruto woke up with a start.

"Huh? Wha? Where's the ramen?" Naruto groggily said. He sat up and turned around to see Hinata stare at him. "Oh, it's just you, Hinata-chan." He lay down and went back to sleep. He pulled the blankets around him and covered his mouth.

"Who are you? And what are you doing in my bed?" Hinata asked. Or, more likely, shouted. It must have been too early for Naruto to notice that her eyes seemed to have shrunk.

"Not so loud, Hinata-chan! I'm trying to sleep here! It's way too early in the morning..." Naruto mumbled through the blankets. He just wanted to sleep.

"Get up!" Hinata grabbed him by the shoulders and held him so that they were face to face. "What are you doing in my apartment?"

"Whoa!" Naruto swayed around in her grasp. He then opened his eyes. And then he smiled. "Ohayo, Hinata-chan."

"Stop calling me Hinata-mmph." Before she could finish Naruto had gave her a quick kiss on the lips and went back to bed. She blushed, and then remembered that someone she did not recognize kissed her.

"Hentai!!!" She gave him hard slap across the face.

"Hey!" Naruto, now fully awake, said. "What was that for, Hinata-chan? You were perfectly fine about me kissing you yesterday."

"You... kissed... ME?" Naruto's ignorance didn't help the situation.

"Yes, you kissed me and I kissed you back."

"Did you get me drunk?"

"No, you did it on your own free will." Hinata still didn't believe him. Since she had never even came close to touching alcohol, she had no idea what it felt like having a hangover. So she felt that Naruto had lied.

"I'll show you free will!" Running into the kitchen, Hinata grabbed a frying pan and ran back into her room. Emitting her own war cry, she swung the pan at Naruto. It still must have been too early for him to be awake at this hour.

She hit him with the frying pan. But Naruto didn't get hit on the head. He had blocked it with his right hand, leaving a deep palm print and making the pan useless. Hinata took a look at Naruto. His eyes were closed and a faint snoring could be heard. 'Is he really asleep?' She checked to make sure. It was true. He had fallen asleep again. 'So he blocked the frying pan... while he was sleeping.'

She pinched his nose, causing him to wake up. "What was that for, Hinata-chan?" Naruto enquired.

"Who are you?" She asked in a quieter voice.

He stared at her strangely. "My name is Uzumaki Naruto. I thought you would have remembered." Naruto had seemed to realize the fact that she didn't remember who he was. Hinata was startled.

"Naruto? But he..." Hinata then remembered what happened yesterday. The battle between Naruto, Neji, and Sasuke, the Kyuubi, lunch, 'training,' the park, it all came back to Hinata now. 'Oh no... I just attacked the man I love with a frying pan! Oh no, oh no, oh no!' She hugged him and started to cry.

"Eh? Hinata-chan, why are you crying?" Naruto asked.

"I'm so sorry, Naruto-kun," She sobbed, "I-I just attacked you with a frying pan and... and... Oh, I'm so sorry!" Naruto hugged her and patted her on the back.

"It's okay. You weren't in the right state of mind. I don't blame you." That calmed Hinata down.

"Thanks... So why are you here? Didn't Neji say that you weren't supposed to be here?"

"Well, you fell asleep at the park so I carried you back home. Then I picked the lock to get in. So then when I tucked you into bed, I stood up but your arms were still around me. So I tried to get out but ended up in... a worse position." Naruto blushed a little. Then he continued. "So I ended up staying here for the night."

Hinata was relieved, but then remembered something. She blushed at the thought of this. "We didn't do anything... naughty... did we?"

"No, we did not. Why do you think we're fully dressed?" Naruto put on his sunglasses.

"Oh... I guess I didn't think about that... Hungry?" Hinata asked.

"Sure... But I guess you can't make eggs today." Naruto took a look at the frying pan.

"I can make some ramen if you want."

"Yeah... that would be nice." Hinata quickly went to the kitchen and started to boil the water. Soon, there were two bowls of ramen on the table.

"Itadakimasu," they both said. They started to eat. Naruto looked around for a clock.

"Ne, Hinata-chan. What time is it?"

"I think it's about seven o'clock. Why? Oh yeah! The Jounin Exams! We should get going!" There was a knock at the door.

"Ne, Hinata-nii-chan, You awake?" Hinata immediately froze. This was the worst place for Naruto to be in right now. Naruto was now a few meters away from Neji, and the only thing that was separating the engaged-and-soon-to-be-enraged cousin was a door.

"Oh God, Neji's here! You know how you weren't supposed to stay at my place. What'll he do when he finds out?" Hinata, for the first time in a long time, did not know what to do. She knew how to deal with ninjas, but she did not know what to do in this situation.

"Hinata-nii-chan, are you there?" Neji asked. Hinata quickly thought up an answer.

"Umm... I'm naked, don't come in." Hinata said. Then she mentally kicked herself. 'Crap! If he really thinks I was naked, and then he sees Naruto, then he'll think that we... oh dear...' Seeing as Hinata was lost in her own thoughts, Naruto decided to deal with the problem the only way he saw fit.

He opened the door.

"Ohayo, Neji." Naruto stared at him through his sunglasses.

Testing Stadium

Most of the seats were filled. It was the first in a long time since they had an exam. And this time, it was for jounins, so the matches would be a sight to see. Tenten adored the ring on her finger. She had a slight blush on her face. 'I can't believe I'm getting married soon! First thing I'm going to do when I get him in bed is kiss him, and then I'm going to take off his shirt. And then I'm going to kiss him again.'

Tenten was obviously daydreaming about when she would be able to be alone with Neji in bed. She had plans of being a vicious tiger when it came to lovemaking. Neji deserved it for making her wait so long. She would make him realize what he could have experienced if he married her earlier. Of course, she was a virgin and had no experience at all, but she could learn from books. 'And then I'm going to take my hand and-,' Her thoughts were cut short by the loud voice of her fiancé.

"NARUTO!!! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?"

"Neji, is that-," Tenten turned around... to see that Neji was not there. "Huh... strange." 'Now where was I... Oh yes, and then I'm going to take my hand and-,' Tiger in bed indeed.

Hinata's Apartment

"God Neji, use your indoor voice." Naruto said. "You could've awoken some of Hinata-chan's nice neighbors." Hinata could have sworn that she felt the floor shake.

"YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN HINATA'S APARTMENT!!! DID I NOT MAKE MYSELF CLEAR YESTERDAY?" Neji's eyes seemed to have shrunk to disproportional sizes.

"Indoor voice, Neji."

"YOU THINK I CAN USE MY INDOOR VOICE WHEN YOU JUST SLEPT WITH MY COU-mmph!" Naruto had put his left hand over Neji's mouth.

"Yell out again, and you get a date with my finger." Naruto dangerously lit his right index finger on fire. That shut Neji up good. After seeing how he managed to kill several trees with just a pebble by flicking it with his finger, he was now very afraid of Naruto. Or, which seems more likely, he was afraid of Naruto's finger. "Now, before you go blabbing your mouth, your cousin still has her innocence."

"But you still slept in her room. I told you not to."

"But I couldn't do anything about it, you see-,"

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU COULDN'T Do anything... about... ... it..." Neji soon lost all ability to speak when he saw a flaming finger slowly approaching his forehead.

"I wasn't kidding about the finger part." Slowly, Naruto raised his hand to give Neji a flaming flick to the forehead. Neji clenched his eyes, waiting for the pain to hit him.

Silence.

Neji opened his eyes to see that Hinata had grabbed Naruto's arm and caused him to lower it. "Naruto-kun, please don't hurt Neji. You're going to be late."

"Alright, but first," Naruto turned to face Neji, "one day, when you least expect it," Naruto flicked his fingers, "my finger is going to get you." Neji was sweating bullets. He made a mental note to thank Hinata later for saving his forehead protector from certain doom. The trio disappeared in a poof of smoke.

Shinobi Monument

Two shinobis and two kunoichis were standing at the shinobi monument. Each of them had a chuunin vest on. One of the kunoichis was holding the arm of a shinobi. The shinobi being held had untamable, spiky black hair. He wore a gray long sleeve shirt and had blue jeans on. He was fairly handsome. His forehead protector was used as a belt.

The kunoichi holding onto him had long, elegant black hair that ended a little higher than her hips. She wore a short blue t-shirt that revealed her bellybutton. She had on black pants that hugged her legs and ended a bit above the ankles. She was fairly pretty. Her forehead protector was on her head.

The other shinobi wore thin-rimmed glasses and had brown hair. He wore a black trench coat that reached to his knees and had a blue shirt underneath. His chuunin vest was under his trench coat. He had white pants on. He, too, was fairly handsome. He wore his forehead protector on the right arm. The other kunoichi had a somewhat orange hair color, which reached her shoulders. She wore red shorts and had a red sweater on. She was fairly pretty. She wore her forehead protector on her left arm.

Three of the four ninjas at the monument had goggles on their foreheads. "Naruto-nii-san... It's Konohamaru. We're sorry that we couldn't be here yesterday. We were busy with missions. Udon and Moegi here," He tilted his head to the male in the trench coat and girl with red shorts, "managed to keep them busy while I stole the scrolls." Konohamaru looked at the girl who was holding his arm.

"As for my personal life, well, Kaede-chan and I have become boyfriend and girlfriend," he gave Kaede a kiss on the cheek. "I guess that's all." It was silent for about five minutes.

"Ne, Konohamaru-kun. Ready to watch the jounin exams now?" Kaede asked.

"Yeah, lets go." Konohamaru said. They then leapt through the trees to get to the stadium. Within minutes, they reached the front gates. As the approached it, three people appeared out of thin air. They could recognize two of them, but not the third one. The girl in the new group turned around.

It was Hinata. "Ohayo, Konohamaru," this shocked Naruto.

'The Konohamaru Corps is still alive? I thought that they disbanded after I 'died,'' Naruto turned around. And sure enough, there was Konohamaru, Moegi, Udon, and a girl that he could not recognize. 'I'll ask how they're doing later.'

"Ohayo, Hinata-san." Konohamaru noticed that her cousin Neji was there too. However, he could not recognize the third person. "Ne, you in the black," Konohamaru said, "Who are you?" Hinata looked at Naruto, who simply smiled.

"You'll find out shortly. I'm participating in the exams today." Naruto said. A guard who was on duty overheard all this. He took a look at Naruto, and discovered that he was the one who brought in Orochimaru's head. He recognized him by the red glove. He quickly went to inform the Hokage.

"Well, good luck to you on the matches." Hinata said. The six of them left for their seats, leaving Naruto alone. He entered the stadium to see sixty-three other chuunins attempting to make jounin, all from different villages. Most of them took one look at him and did not like him. He did not have a forehead protector, and he simply waltzed into the stadium like he owned that place.

"Who the hell does that guy think he is?" One of the chuunins asked.

"I don't know. He doesn't have a forehead protector." Another said.

"I've never seen him before." A third said. More words would have traversed between these three chuunins if it wasn't for another voice.

Tsunade's booming could be heard all over Konoha.

"Welcome, all of you, to Konoha. Today, we, the citizens of Konoha, are honored by the presence of the Kazekage, Gaara." There was some applause for him. "And now, I will explain the rules for the upcoming matches."

'Damn you, Gaara, it looks like you got the spot before me.' Naruto thought. He put on a smirk.

Tsunade continued, "Of the sixty-four of you here, only four of you will become jounin. The first event will be a free-for-all battle with eight randomly selected participants." A black screen appeared out of the wall. "The winner will be the last ninja standing. After, we will have one-on-one matches. Again, the winner will be the last ninja standing. Of the four who become jounins, the Kazekage will select one person to battle. The Kazekage insisted on this."

"Now the rules. The referee will be Genma." There was some polite clapping. "It is a fight to the death. However, if he feels that it's the end of a match, then it's over."

"And finally, I have some news unrelated to these exams: Orochimaru is dead." There was a loud cheer coming from the audience. "There will be a festival in one week's time to celebrate his death. And now... LET US BEGIN THE MATCHES!!!" Another loud cheer came from the crowd.

In The Hokage Box

"So, Gaara," Tsunade asked, "have you enjoyed your stay in Konoha so far?"

"It's been pleasant." Gaara replied. "It's a shame Naruto died." At his last word, the chuunin who was on guard duty appeared out of thin air.

"Hokage-sama! Do you know the man who has a red glove on his right hand?"

Tsunade thought for a moment. 'Red glove... Naruto...' "Yes, I do know him. Why?"

"Well, he was the man who brought in Orochimaru's head!"

"NANI?" Tsunade yelled. Upon hearing his name, Gaara had a look of surprise in his eyes.

'I was supposed to kill him... After he played the Sand for fools. I'll defeat that man with the red glove.'

"We have to stop the matches!" the chuunin yelled.

"We can't," Tsunade's eyes were locked onto the black screen. "The selection process has already begun.

Battlefield

Naruto, in the middle of the stadium, remembered when he was here last. He remembered when he beat Neji, and when he shoved Shikamaru off the ledge. Interesting memories. He looked up at the screen to see who was going first.

It's an Eight-Man Free-for-all! How will Naruto manage? And will he do well enough to face Gaara? And what about Konohamaru and his friends' reaction? And what about Hiashi, when he discovers the man who humiliated him is actually Naruto? Find out in the Next Chapter!!!