The stands over the stadium for the chunin exams were filled. Many of the nations' Damiyo's such as the Rain, Fire, Wind, Grass, and Sound Damiyo's had arrived. The people from the village and many guest purcahsed their tickets to watch the fights among genin unfold. The many participants of the chuin exams also made a debute.
Genma Shiranui, the protcter for the final rounds since Hayate Gekko's body was found dead a few nights ago. Naruto, Shikamaru, Gaara, Dosu, Temari, Lee, Zaku, and Suki were standing in the center of the field as they waited for the tournament to start.
The hokage was sitting up tall sitting next to the Kazekage from Sunagakure. Neither the Otokage, Amekage, or the Kusakage showed up. This wasn't strange for the smaller villages to keep their leader at home. "Seems we've got quite the crop this year." said the Kazekage as he wore a similar outfit to the hokage except he had blue, instead of red. Also, his face was covered, leaving on his eyes being visable.
"I agree, Rasa. I look forward to see how our shinobi perform." The hokage said with a smirk.
After receiving a nod from the hokage, Genma spoke up. "Alright, as you all know. There will be three rounds. As you win your matches, you will advance. Just because you lose, it doesn't mean you aren't eligible for chunin. With that said, if you win, it doesn't mean you are set to be chunin. However, winning will give you more chances to impress the judges. Can I have everyone except for Naruto Uzumaki and Rock Lee go to the waiting area?" Genma asked.
Suki planted a soft kiss on Naruto's cheek as she gave him a wink. "You better not lose to bushy brows, over there." Suki said as she made her way to the stands.
"Well, Kakashi. It our two prodigies will be facing each other. Care to make a bet?" asked Guy.
Kakashi turned his head and raised his eyebrow. "I'm sorry, Guy. Did you say something?" asked the silver hair shinobi.
"Curse you Kakashi! Always acting so cool!" Guy mentally shouted.
"Guy sensei, who do you think is going to win?" asked Tenten as she sat next to an annoyed Neji.
"It's obvious, isn' it? Lee clearly has the advantage. The inner gates will be more than enough to take out Naruto." Neji said as he crossed his arms.
"I wouldn't be so sure. Remember, Naruto is the only one we didn't see fight. I'd say he has just as much of a chance to win." said Shino as he appeared with Hinata and Kiba.
Down in the center field, Lee adopted his taijutsu stance while Naruto took the stance of the toad. "Naruto Uzumaki, I'm greatful for a chance to fight with you. Please give me the honor of going all out." Lee said with determination and pride in his voice.
Naruto smirked. "Alright, busy brows. They want a show? We'll give them a shower." Naruto said.
"Alright, the battle may begin." Genma said as he jumped back. It was in that moment that Lee charged at speeds of light. This caught many of the spectators off guard. However, what shocked them all, was NAruto being able to catch the fist.
"You'll need to be faster than that, Lee." Naruto said as he threw Lee into the wall that went over his shoulder. A loud crash was heard but the green suit wearing boy seemed to be unaffected by the damage. "Good, at least you can take a hit." Naruto said.
"It seems I've underestimated you. I won't make that mistake. I'm going to go all out to finish this match quickly." Lee said as he focused his mind. "First Gate of Opening, Open!" Lee shouted as he charged at the blond. Naruto received three punches to his chest, a knee to his gut, and a kick to his chin.
Naruto went flying back. He is in shock to see how much faster and stronger Lee's body was. He noticed Lee charging and thanks to his Swift bloodline, Naruto quickly made the seal of the bird. "Wind Release - Great Breakthrough!" Naruto thought as a massive gust of wind sent Lee flying back.
"Kakashi sensei, how did Naruto do that? I'm unaware of any wind jutsu that requires only a single seal." Hinata said.
"It's actually pretty simple. Naruto's mastery over his chakra has allowed to perform special jutsu without needing the full hand seals or to be vocal. It's a level that not many people get to." Kakashi said as he watched the fight continue.
"I guess I need to use the lotus. It worked on Neji, so it should work on him." Lee thought as he charged at the blond. Instead of delivering a punch to Naruto, he simply ran in a circle around him.
Naruto saw this and was curious about Lee's motives. "What is he doing?" Naruto mentally asked himself as he received a punch to his back. Before he could fall to the ground, Lee began punching him from multiple areas at speeds that made it seem like he was using shadow clones.
Lee appeared under him and like with Neji, Naruto received a powerful kick into the air. Naruto's body was stunned from the attack. Before he could respond or recover, Lee appeared behind him and wrapped the two of them into Lee's bandages.
"Primary Lotus!" Lee shouted as both him and Naruto were spinning like a twister into the ground.
"Almighty Push." NAruto muttered and both he and Lee were sent flying into the sky. Since the bushy browed ninja was stunned in disbelief, Naruto was able free himself and gain distance between the two of them. "Not bad, but you'll need more than taijutsu if you hope to defeat me." Naruto said.
Lee was breathing heavily. "Damnit, he's really strong." he mentally told himself as he stood up. Before he could utter out a word, Lee was struck with multiple bullets of ice.
"Ice Release - Crystal Ice Bullet." Naruto said as the barrage of ice were being fired at his opponent. Lee yelled from the pain that sent him to the ground. "Lee, either surrender or accept your fate. This is the reality of life. You may think that being forced to use only taijutsu is an honerable thing, but truthfully, it's a disadvantage. You will never defeat me with only taijutsu." Naruto said as he held his arm out.
"I'll show you that even with my disadvantage, I'll become a splended shinobi!" Lee shouted.
Naruto sighed. "I'm sorry, but it's over." Naruto said. "Bazooka Arm." Naruto muttered as his hand extended with a strange metal attached to it. Lee was struck in his chest, clearly the collar bone broke from the force of Naruto's attack.
Lee let out a massive scream along with blood being coughed up. Everyone in the stands were shocked at the level of cruelty Naruto was showing. His eyes remained unaffected by the sight before him. "Give up or I will end you." Naruto said.
To his and everyone's surprise, Lee stood up. "I will never give up... I will show you that hardwork will be enough to rival anyone!" Lee said.
"How shameful... Almighty Push!" Naruto shouted and Lee was sent crashing into the wall. His back was evidently broken from the force. "Stay down." Naruto said.
"Guy sensei, you can't let Lee keep going through this!" Tenten shouted as she watched the fight in horror.
"Kakashi, why is Naruto being so cruel?" asked Kurenai who couldn't believe how the blond was acting.
"Naruto has given Lee many oppertunities to back down. In the real world, Lee would have been killed. That's if his opponent gives him the chance. Naruto's patience is soon going to run out." Kakashi explained.
"Your back is broken. You won't be getting up. I hope this teaches you a valuable lesson." Naruto said as he started to walk away. However, he stopped when he saw the look in everyone's eyes. Naruto turned away and he was in utter shock at the sight before him.
Rock Lee, with both a broke back and collar bone, he was standing tall, completetly knocked out. This annoyed Naruto. "What the hell? Why is he doing this? Why thrjow his life away for such a meaningless fight? He'll have another chance to participate." Naruto thought. He didn't want to kill the boy but he needed to show him that fighting was pointless.
"Water Release - Water Shuriken." Naruto sad as he made the seal of the dog and three shuriken made of water charged. They connected to Lee's body and though his body received the injuries, Lee was still standing tall. "Stop mocking me!" Naruto shouted with more rage in his voice as he charged at the boy.
Kakashi, Kurenai, Asuma, Anko, Ibiki, Genma, and even Guy stood in front of Naruto. Kakashi grabbed his shirt, both Auma and Kurenai grabbed his hands. Ibiki and Anko had a kunai to his neck, Genma stood in front of Lee to stop Naruto from proceeding while Guy delivered a massive punch to Naruto's gut. Having received many beatings in his childhood, Naruto glared with hatred.
"That's right... Let's stop the demon boy, right?" Naruto said before he pulled himself away from the jonin's grip and started walking back to the waiting room for his neck fight. Everyone looked at him with a strange glare.
"What did he mean by that?" asked Kurenai.
Kakashi sighed. "Naruto doesn't believe we were protecting Lee. He believes we were stopping him. As a child, the people of this village went out of their way to make his life a living hell. He truly believes we did this to keep him in place." Kakashi said.
"Kakashi, I'm sorry. It was a reflex." Guy said as he lowered his head in shame.
"Naruto was within his rights. Your student shouldn't have pushed him this far. Imagine if he fought the sand or sound ninja? They wouldn't hve shown him the mercy." Kakashi said as he looked over at Suki, who gave him a nod.
"I'd say your boy has quite the potential. But his heart and mercy will be his downfall." said the Kazekage.
"I disagree... It's Naruto's kind and loving heart that gives him the drive he needs. Truthfully, I'm ashamed that Guy's student didn't know when to back down." said Hiruzen as he shook his head.
Naruto was sitting down while mopping about the events that took place. "How dare they do this to me. I was within my rights and didn't break any rules." NAruto said as his eyes flickered from purple to red. It wasn't until Suki appeared next to him that he calmed down.
"Hey, are you alright?" Suki asked her boyfriend as she placed her hands on his shoulders.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Your match is about to start. Kick her ass." Naruto said with a determined smirk. Suki nodded and kissed him softly before jumping down to the center.
"Alright, the second match between Temari and Suki Uchiha will now begin." Genma said as he jumped back.
Instantly, Suki activated her sharingan and went through a series of hand seals. "Lightning Release - Chidori Stream!" Suki shouted as a massive stream of lightning charged in Temari's direction.
"Hmph, you'll need more than that. Wind Release - Wind Scythe Jutsu!" Temari shouted as she sent a massive gust of wind from her fan. The lightning faded away but she soon found herself being cut by a stranger looking sword across her chest. The sword had a silver colored handle but instead of a metal blade, it was a pure white blade, full of chakra.
"Damn her... She used the lightning jutsu as a distraction to close up the distance. I need to be careful." Temari thought.
Suki smirked. "I know you're concerned about my weapon. If you wish to keep your head intact, I'd surrender." Suki said as she assumed the taijutsu stance of the white fang. This didn't go unnoticed by many of the older generations from Konoha.
"Kakashi, that isn't the Uchiha style. What is it? What did you teach her?" asked Asuma as he was watching Suki's stance.
The silver haired jonin gave a single eye smile. "She's using the white fang style." Kakashi said without a care in the world. Everyone's eyes went wide at the revelation. To think that Kakashi would teach his father's sacred style to a mere child.
"I can't use up too much chakra... We still have the invasion. I'll end this right here." Temari said as she began gatheirng chakra. Suki noticed this and performed a body flicker to the top of the chunin exam wall.
Suki went through a series of hand seals before she started gathering chakra in her hand. "I must kill him... Killinh him is the reason, for my existance!" Suki said as she gathered a massive ball of lightning chakra. "Lightning Release - Chidori, one thousand birds!" Suki shouted as she charged at Temari.
The sand ninja smirked as she released massive gusts of wind. To her surprise, Suki's speed allowed her to dodge each attack. Had it not been for Temari closing her fan and using it as a shield, Suki would have killed her in cold blood. The fan shattered as Temari was sent flying back.
"Impossible!" Temari thought as she went flying backwards. Before her thoughts could go any further, Temari was met by a punch from Suki's fist. This knocked Temari out as she dropped to the ground.
Suki landed as she dropped to a single knee. "Well, that was anti-climatic... I thought she'd put up more of a fight." Suki declared.
"Suki Uchiha is the winner." Genma shouted and both Kankuro, and their team's sensei, Baki appeared and grabbed Temari. Suddenly, a massive explosion occured up in the hokage's booth. Multiple sand and sound ninja began attacking the stadium.
Gaara began to transform into his Jinchuriki state as half of his body turned into a demon like creature. The jonin saw this and couldn't believe that the attack happened. "Damnit! Ino, Neji, Tenten, Shino! Start evacuating the civilians." Kakashi ordered.
"Blood! Give me your blood!" Gaara shouted as he began attacking everyone and everything in sight. Naruto saw this and told Suki to help evacuate the stadium, he would deal with Gaara.
With Hiruzen
"Rasa, what is the meaning of this? We can sit down and discuss whatever issues you may be having." Hiruzen said in both a stern and shocked tone.
"Haha, oh, Sarutobi sensei. You've become soft in your older years." the fourth kazekage said as he revealed himself to be Orochimaru.
"Orochimaru! Why? Why are you doing this?" asked the third hokage.
"It's nothing really. I just simply want to burn the leaf village into the ground, that's all." the snake sannin said in a carefree tone.
"You monster. How could you do this to your home?" Hiruzen asked while Orochimaru had a kunai to his neck.
"My home? Dear Sarutobi sensei, this hasn't been my home. Not sense you banished me." Orochimaru said in a soft tone.
"You were conducting experiments on innocent children! Do you know how many dead babies I walked over?" asked the hokage, now furious and enraged at his former student.
"Now, now... Greatness isn't achieved without sacrifices." Orochimaru said. Suddenly, four cloaked anbu ninja appeared in the corner on top of the tower. A massive purple barrier formed with two layers. One on the outside of them, and one on the inside to protect themselves.
"Now, we can have a nice battle without any interruptions, Sarutobi sensei." Orochimaru said.
Hiruzen dispelled himself and appeared across the roof from Orochimaru. He removed his hokage uniformed and apepared in his black armored battle suit. "You will not leave here alive, Orochimaru!" Hiruzen threatened.
"Oh? I'd be more concerned about the people of your village. I mean, it's been awhile since they suffered the wrath of a tailed beast." Orochimaru said.
"I assure you, we may not have Minato here, but his legacy will carry out his will of fire!" Hiruzen said as he assumed the Sarutobi Monkey style taijutsu stance and prepared to engage his former student.
