Authors Notes: And here we go again!

So, last chapter we got to meet Mabui, and learn a bit about her affiliation with Naruto and his girls. It should also be noticed that instead of using the -chan suffix with the girls, and the -kun suffix with Naruto, she uses the -san suffix instead.

This is because while she is friendly to the girls, and has hung out with them occasionally, she doesn't have the same bond with them. As with Naruto, she hasn't officially met him yet, since he was kidnapped before their engagement was to be announced. So should be interesting to see how Naruto will react upon learning he has yet another fiance.

On that note, Sakura is also piecing together more of the puzzle revolving around her blonde team mate. With Orochimaru announcing his heritage and then her noticing how the Berugakure's team acted around Naruto when they conveniently came to their aid. Now, our little pinkette has some questions, though how much does Naruto trust her?

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Naes151 – I probably should have described that better. When referring to the fight with Orochimaru, Kurama was implying for an explosive, berserker release of his energy, which is why he referenced the bridge in Wave Country.

Against the Root team however, it was refined and controlled. Showing that due to Kurama and Naruto having such a strong bond with one another, Naruto has complete control over his chakra. Even though he is a little out of practice.

As for Karui, rest assured she will be a friend to our favorite blonde.

EndertheDark – What I mean to say, is that Kushina will be focusing on the main three that were involved with the kidnapping of her son, that being Hiruzen, Jiraiya, and Kakashi. The next Hokage (Tsunade) will be meting out punishments for the others that were involved.

However, most of the populace of Konoha were unaware of just who Naruto was. They only knew he held the Kyuubi, the one responsible for the death of many of their loved ones. The only ones that new who Naruto was is mostly just the Elder Council.

JintoLin – Yeah, I got plans for Sasuke that will be revealed in the coming chapters.

As for Mabui, she was aware Naruto go kidnapped, and yes, her and Aqua as well as the rest of the girls have met a handful of times. Also correct, Aqua is the team diplomat, as she is usually the more level headed one of the girls.

As for the girls introductions, kind of my thought process. Was trying to decide on roles and reputations that would fit each girl. As for Aqua 'holding back the darkness', while I get the reference, it was not intended at the time. Since I am still playing the first Kingdom Hearts game.

YeagerMeister31 – Yeah, it is going to be an interesting conversation between Sakura and Naruto, especially after Mabui approaches him during the preliminaries. And yes, Yoruichi will have her usual characteristics and quirks, it's part of what makes her, her.

Edeath756 – No, Tsunade will not be in this harem. The harem list is complete as listed below. Our favorite booze drinking Hokage will remain his Godmother.

FenreldStormblade – Yeah, not bad considering Mabui was literally a last minute addition to the list. Having the Chunin Exam's just made it easier to introduce her and integrate her into the harem early on.

As for Hiruzen, yeah, he is going to be shitting a quarries worth of bricks when Kushina comes to the village. It's going to be great.

Dovhah117 – Yes, I am looking forward to doing that part, when Hiruzen sees his plan falling apart at the seams. As for Sasuke, I will be touching on that here soon. Either in this chapter or the next one.

Harem

Anko, Aqua, Esdeath, Kairi, Koyuki, Mabui, Morgiana, Pyrrha, Rory, Sakura, Xion, and Yoruichi

Remember Me

Chapter 9

Hiruzen mentally scowled as he scanned his eyes over the genin that had succeeded in surviving the Forest of Death. Among those that had succeeded was a certain pink haired member of Team 7, much to the elder man's displeasure, as the team had arrived in the afternoon of the second day. Meaning that the Root team that Danzo had sent in to eliminate the girl had failed, and were no doubt killed before they could carry out their objective. The only question was, who had eliminated the Root team?

His first suspicion was that the team could have been unfortunate enough to run into either the team from Berugakure or the Suna team. However, both teams had arrived well before the Root members last reported in. Meaning they were killed the first night. Then to make matters worse, he had gotten word that Orochimaru had infiltrated the village and had targeted Sasuke Uchiha.

At first, he had thought that this was a blessing in disguise, seeing as another opportunity to break the boy and finally turn young Naruto into the weapon he was meant to be. With that in mind, he had dispatched Anko and a few ANBU in hopes of using the woman's hatred for her former sensei to drive her to do something reckless. It had looked promising at first, as the snake mistress had exhibited her usual hatred towards her former sensei and had taken to hunting him down with the same zeal he had expected of her. However, for reason's unknown to the elder village leader, the Snake Sannin had retreated for the time being, leaving the aging Hokage with yet another failed means to break the boy.

This of course lead to another issue. One Sasuke Uchiha.

Reports had stated that Orochimaru had succeeded in giving the boy his Curse Mark. However, when Kakashi had checked in on the boy, the masked jonin had discovered that someone had already sealed the curse mark, using a rather intricate containment seal that was powered by the boys own chakra system. Well above his own skills in fuinjutsu, almost on par with Jiraiya. This of course prompted both Hiruzen and Kakashi to question both Sakura and Naruto separately, with the Hokage questioning the young blonde. Both of which answered honestly that the blue haired girl from Berugakure had come across them during their fight with Orochimaru and had managed to drive off the Snake Sannin with her team, before administering first aid and sealing the Curse Seal that had been placed on Sasuke.

Hearing this, Hiruzen had dismissed the two members of Team 7 and summoned the Beru Team. When asked why they would come to the aid of a potential rival team during the exams, Aqua had pointed out that despite it being an exam, both villages were still allies and the individual attacking Team 7 was not part of the exams, and it was their duty to aid their allies. Something the elder man had to concede to.

Fortunately, it appeared that despite two separate encounters with the girls from Berugakure, young Naruto had shown no signs of recognition of the girls, allowing Hiruzen to mentally breath a sigh of relief. Even better for the elder man was that none of the girls seemingly remembered the blonde boy. Though he did recall one of his ANBU reporting a small incident between one of the girls and Kiba, in which the feral boy was firmly informed that the girl he was flirting with was already engaged. So, perhaps all of the girls had moved on with their lives after no traces of the blonde boy had turned up.

Peering down over the contestants that had passed the second exam, allowing his aging eyes to scan over the small crowd. Pleased to see that the girls from Berugakure had isolated themselves to the far side of the group, chatting idly amongst one another, though he didn't miss Kiba stealing glances at the pink haired girl from the Beru team.

'Tsume really needs to reign in her son.' Hiruzen thought with a mental frown, deducting that the girl the feral boy was eyeing was the one he had attempted, and failed, to flirt with a few days prior. 'The boy had already been informed that the girl was engaged to someone else. I just hope he doesn't cause an incident between the two villages.'

The elder village leader really didn't want Berugakure to have any reason to stay within Konoha's walls any longer then necessary. Each minute they remained within the village increases the chances of them discovering Naruto, and Hiruzen didn't know how much is poor old heart could take before it would give out on him. Shaking the thoughts away, he approached the podium that stood above the arena that they had all gathered in.

"Congratulations to you all!" He called out, catching the attention of all the participants in the arena. "For passing the Second Exam!"

"Now, the third examination is about to commence, but before I go into the specifics of how it will be conducted, I would like to make one thing perfectly clear." The elder village leader continued. "It pertains to the underlying purpose of the Chunin Exams."

At this, many of the teams began to quietly murmur to themselves in confusion. With the exception of the Berugakure team, many who had participated in the exams had done so under the impression that if they succeeded, they were promoted to the rank of Chunin. Even Naruto himself was a little confused as to what the old bastard was getting at with this little speech.

"Why do you suppose an examination of this nature is being jointly conducted by all of the nations in our mutual alliance?" The Hokage inquired.

Again, many of the genin that had gathered in the arena looked around in confusion. All the while the girls from Berugakure, as well as Naruto narrowed their eyes just slightly. The latter wondering just where the old man was going with this.

"To promote friendship among the allied nations and raise the level and standards of our respective shinobi. However, be very clear about what those fine sounding words actually mean!" Hiruzen called out, as he continued his speech.

'So in other words, look underneath the underneath.' Naruto mentally mused.

"This series of so-called examinations are, in fact…." He left a pause for dramatic effect as he saw each of the participants subconsciously leaning forward to hear what he had to say next. "…a war in miniature between all of our allied lands."

Gasps of shock echoed throughout the arena.

"What do you mean!?" One of the chunin hopefuls exclaimed, once the initial shock had warn off of them.

"If you were to study our recent history, it would swiftly become apparent that our alliance is in fact, a temporary and mutually beneficial agreement between a group of geographically contiguous lands…." The hokage continued to explain, taking a short puff from his pipe while doing so. "….whose previous existence was one of continual strife, constantly jockeying against one another both openly, and in secret for the power and control over resources that were perpetually depleted almost to exhaustion."

"Until a better way was devised. The Chuunin Exams" The elder man finished his small history lesson.

"That's the stupidest thing I ever heard!" An Otogakure genin exclaimed. "I thought the point of this exam was to weed out who is strong enough to be a Chunin!"

"Make no mistake. When this exam is done, it will have had the side effect of winnowing out any applicants unfit to ascend to the rank of Chunin." Hiruzen replied, leveling his eyes at the Oto genin that had spoken out so brashly. "But even more importantly, it serves as an arena wherein, for the honor of their respective homelands, young shinobi may fight to the death, if need be!"

"For the honor of their lands?" Ino herself out loud, trying to comprehend just exactly what the Hokage was telling them.

"This third examination will be conducted under the watchful eyes of a number of distinguished guests, including the rulers and nobility of the various lands you all aspire to serve." Hiruzen explained, taking another puff from his pipe. "And among their number will be fellow Kage's who rule over their respective villages. They will be watching you."

Which was something the elder man was not looking forward to, desperately praying to Kami that the entire team from Berugakure would be eliminated from moving forward. He really didn't want to meet with Kushina face to face. Though he knew it was pointless, as the girls were well trained. He only hoped his cover story for Naruto would appease the Uzumaki woman.

"If any one nations applicants demonstrate outstanding skill and superiority, the noblemen from every land will be quick to commission work from those trained in that superior nation." He continued, mentally grinning slightly since his own village had a strong batch of applicants, with the only direct competition being that of Beru and Suna. "Conversely, if a particular country's applicants are shown to be incompetent or feeble, commissions to that country will dwindle."

"So in other words, these exams provide a public arena for each country to show off and boast of the strength of it's shinobi, and by extension, the strength of the country itself." Shikamaru summarized lazily in easy to understand terms for everyone. "Troublesome."

"Correct." Hiruzen commented, nodding to the young Nara for his accurate assessment. "These exams provide a public arena for each country to show off and boast the strength of it's shinobi, and the strength of their country itself. In short, the better you perform, the better your village looks in the eyes of potential clients."

"As such, you risk not only your own futures and your dreams, but the dignity and prestige of your home village as well." The elder Hokage finished.

"Whatever." The red headed boy from Suna scoffed. "Could you wrap up the philosophical talk and get down to the life and death stuff?"

"Hmph." Hiruzen grunted at the red haired boys rudeness. "So you insist that I explain the third exam then, very well…."

However, the Hokage was interrupted as a sickly looking man appeared in front of the crowd of genin, via the use of the Shunshin technique in a kneeling position.

"Forgive my interruption Hokage-sama." The sickly man stated. "If you don't mind, I will handle the proceedings of the third exam."

"Very well Hayate." Hiruzen nodded, a bit thankful for the interruption. Now with someone else taking over the explanation of the third leg of the exams, he could focus on observing the chunin hopefuls. Namely, the blonde jinchuriki.

"Congratulations on making it to the third exams, I will be your proctor for this leg of the exams." The sickly man turned to face the group of genin. "My name is Hayate Gekko. Sadly, it appears as there are too many of you currently."

"To-too many of us?" Kiba questioned, confused. Earning a bark in confirmation from his companion.

"Under the traditional rules of the exam, we have to have a preliminary test to reduce the number of applicants who'll proceed to the final exam." Hayate explained, earning a series of murmurings between the chunin hopefuls. "As Hokage-sama mentioned, a number of honored guests will be observing you during the third exam; so we must make the exam intense, tight, and fast moving."

"So anyway…." The sickly proctor continued. "Anyone who doesn't feel up to the challenge, either physically or mentally, can walk away now. Just take one step forward. Because the preliminaries start now!"

"In case I forgot to mention, from here on in you will be fighting as individuals…" Hayate added on to his initial announcement. "….and not as members of a team. So you can make the decision right for you without worrying about it affecting the rest of your team."

Only one participant had taken the option to forfeit. The same silver haired boy with glasses from the first exam that had the information cards on the other participants. Seeing this, six individuals narrowed their eyes at the boys withdrawal, feeling as if something was off. However, unable to voice their opinion on the matter, Naruto and the girls from Berugakure kept their mouths shut for the time being.

"Very well, if no one else would like to back out, we shall continue with the preliminaries." Hayate announced with a slight cough. "Matches will be selected at random and posted on the scoreboard above."

As if on cue, the scoreboard above the arena lit up, and began to cycle through their names in a blur as the crowd of genin watched with bated breath. Some eager to have their turn in the arena, while others were silently praying it wouldn't land on them. After a few seconds, the names stopped.

Sasuke Uchiha vs Yoroi Akado

"The first match is about to begin." Hayate announced. "Will the contestants step forward, everyone else, please take your places in the stands above."

As the two combatants remained in the arena, the rest of the genin filed up the stairs to take their spots in the stands overlooking the arena, giving them all a good view of the field below. As they did so, Hiruzen watched intently as the girls from Berugakure seemed to approach the remaining members of Team 7, only to completely pass the blonde and the pinkette by without a second glance, allowing the elder man to breath a silent sigh of relief. Turning his attention to the two participants below.

Hayate watched as both Sasuke and Yoroi took their spots opposite of each other. Each adopting their own taijutsu stances as they prepared for their match. Seeing both of them were ready, the sickly proctor started the match before quickly jumping out of the way to avoid being caught in the middle. In a blur of motion, Yoroi shot out three shurikuns towards the Uchiha with blinding precision, only for the raven haired genin to deflect all three back towards his opponent with a single fluid motion. Seeing his initial attack fail, Yoroi quickly charged forward in a blur of speed to engage Sasuke in a taijutsu match.

With Sakura and Naruto

From up in the stands, both Naruto and Sakura watched on as their raven haired team mate exchanged blows with his opponent, before eventually catching him in an arm bar. However, the fight below was not what was on the pinkettes mind. While she cared for her team mates, she had something more pressing at the front of her mind. Subtly, she would glance between her blonde team mate, whom was focused on the match below, and to the girls from Berugakure. Though she could have sworn that the red haired girl, Kairi, would steal glances at Naruto.

Frowning slightly, she decided that now would be her only chance to actually talk with her blonde team mate, and current crush.

"Naruto-kun?" She spoke softly, gaining the blondes attention. "Can I talk to you for a moment?"

"Right now?" The blonde inquired, raising an eye brow at the pinkette's sudden meekness.

Remaining silent, Sakura lead her blonde team mate away from the railing and into one of the adjacent hallways, giving the two a sense of privacy away from prying ears.

"What did Orochimaru mean when he called you the missing heir of the royal Uzumaki family?" She bluntly asked, in a low tone. Gazing at the blonde to gauge his reaction.

"I don't know." He finally replied, feigning ignorance. "Maybe he confused me with someone else."

"Please Naruto-kun, don't lie to me." Sakura pleaded, looking the blonde teen in the eyes. "I know there is something going on that you're not telling me. And I know it has something to do with those girls from Berugakure."

As she continued to gaze into his cerulean pools, she could see a swirl of emotions raging behind them. The most prominent was fear, though she had no clue as to why Naruto would be afraid of until the realization dawned on her, remembering that the snake sannin had said something about the Hokage being involved in something of a scandal.

'He's afraid we will tell the Hokage.' She mentally commented.

'And if the Hokage is involved some how….' Her inner self left the implication hanging.

'It could put Naruto-kun in danger, as well as those close to him.'

"While we were in the forest…." Sakura continued, shaking off her thoughts for the time being. "….it felt as if you had a connection with them. When they came into the clearing, each of the girls were drawn to you."

"So what's going on Naruto-kun?" She pressed, earning a sigh from the blonde as he hung his head.

"I-I don't know…." Only to be cut off by the pinkette as she cupped his face with her hands, forcing him to look at her, her eyes full of concern and fear.

"No lies Naruto-kun." She whispered, a single tear leaking out of her eye. "I promise not to tell anyone, but please, don't lie to me."

"I can't tell you." He finally answered after a handful of seconds of silence, hanging his head once more as he did not want to see her in pain. "At least, not right now."

"Is it about the Hokage and the girls from Berugakure?" Sakura inquired.

"There….is a lot of truth in what Orochimaru said." The blonde replied in a low tone, causing Sakura's eyes to widen in a mixture of shock and fear.

Shock, because it meant that the snake sannin had been correct and that Naruto was the missing Uzumaki heir that Berugakure had been searching for. Of course she had heard about the kidnapping, since it had been the talk of the entire Elemental Nations for weeks after it had happened until the Hokage had allayed the populaces concerns about the boy. It was also around that time that Naruto had shown up in Konoha. Sakura mentally wanted to slap herself for not realizing it sooner, even if she had to admit that at the time, she had wanted nothing to do with the blonde boy.

To think, the entire time the Elemental Nations was looking for the boy, he was being abused and ostracized in her own village, and even worse, her own Hokage was behind it all. Which lead to why she had a sense of fear. She knew if the Hokage caught wind of what was being discussed between them, he would lock Naruto away somewhere. Then there was the fact the girls from Berugakure were here. They were here for Naruto, which could only mean one thing.

"You're going to leave, aren't you?" She asked quietly, wiping away a few tears from her cheeks before she smiled and looked up at him. "You don't have to tell me, just….be safe, Naruto-kun."

Then, she did something the blonde teen was not expecting. Cupping his cheeks, she leaned in and planted her lips onto his with her eyes closed. At first, Naruto didn't know how to react until he felt her tongue probing at his lips, prompting him to allow it entrance and intertwine with his own. On instinct, he held her firmly as their tongues wrestled for dominance over one another.

After a few seconds, the two broke apart. Allowing Sakura to rest her head on his chest. While she wouldn't really call them an official couple, she was content with this for now. Not to mention, that kiss alone had rendered her inner self completely speechless and had herself seeing stars.

"You two should know that Sasuke had won his match." A voice spoke, breaking the two out of their intimate moment, prompting both to look at the source of the voice. Standing in the hallway opening was none other then Kakashi, with his trademark orange book open in his hand.

Upon seeing the lazy masked jonin, Sakura felt her blood run cold. Fearing that he may have over heard her discussion with Naruto. Naruto however, seemed to have sensed this from her and gave her hand a reassuring squeeze, since he only felt Kakashi's chakra signature during the kiss.

"Thank you for telling us, Kakashi-sensei." Naruto smiled.

Giving a lazy nod, the silver haired man walked away from his two remaining students, a bit pleased that the two seemed to have finally formed that intimate bond that the Hokage was waiting for. Though, he was still curious as to how the Root team had failed to kill the girl while in the Forest of Death. Still, with the bond formed, he would have to report to the Hokage and see where the village leader would go from there.

"Don't worry Sakura-chan, he didn't hear anything." The blonde reaffirmed, earning a sigh of relief from the pinkette. "And I promise Sakura-chan, I will tell you everything when it's safe. Just not now, I promise."

"I-I understand, Naruto-kun." Sakura smiled sadly, knowing that he was going to leave the village to return home. "Just, be safe."

Naruto smiled lightly before bringing her in for one more kiss before the two of them exited the hall way, just in time to see two names appear on the board, signifying the next match was going to was not going to end well from one of the combatants.

Morgiana vs Kiba Inuzuka

"Uh oh." Naruto whispered, just loud enough that Sakura could hear him, prompting her to look at him in confusion.

"What's wrong?" She asked.

"This is going to end very badly for Kiba." The blonde stated.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, from what I know, Kiba tried to flirt with Morgina when they first arrived in the village and made some very sexist remarks to her." Naruto explained, though he didn't want to go into too much detail, since the pinkette had already picked up on the fact that he had a connection with the girls. He was unsure how she would react when she finds out that he is engaged to all of them, especially after what had just transpired between the two of them in the hallway.

"Oh." Was all Sakura commented with.

Attending the academy with the feral boy, the pinkette was vastly familiar with the boys 'Alpha' attitude and how every girl should submit to him. There had been a handful of times that Kiba had spouted the same nonsense to both her and Ino. Which of course lead to the feral boy getting beaten down by both girls because of his audacity to claim he was better then their 'Sasuke-kun'. This caused her to mentally cringe, as she recalled just how bad of a fan girl she really was for her raven haired team mate.

'You better tell her something, kit.' Kurama voiced from within the blonde. 'She's already picked up that you plan to leave, it won't take much before she pieces together the rest of the puzzle. But I have to say, she is a good candidate for one of your seats, now that she has broken herself of being a fangirl for the Uchiha brat.'

Of course, this caused Naruto to blush slightly, which did not go unnoticed by his pink haired companion.

"Something wrong, Naruto-kun?"

"N-no." He stammered. "Just the fur-ball being a pervert."

Sakura couldn't help but giggle lightly at this. Who would have thought the mighty Kyuubi would be a pervert. However, she realized something that she was sure her blonde crush had not. While she knew that the boy held the Kyuubi within him, she was unaware that the two of them could converse with one another.

"You mean you and…." She left it hanging as she peered at the boy.

'Kit, you forgot that she doesn't know about our bond.' The fox commented, causing Naruto to mentally groan at his mistake.

"Umm, yeah." He replied, knowing that because he had already slipped up, he couldn't really hide it from her now. "It's part of the reason I can sense others around me."

Sakura seemed to accept this explanation, as she nodded her head.

"And….you were right about earlier, Sakura-chan." The blonde sighed, catching her attention once more. "I do have a connection with the Berugakure team."

At this, Sakura's eyes widened slightly.

"I-I can't give any more details now though, I'm sorry."

"I understand, Naruto-kun." She replied, knowing full well the blonde didn't want to risk himself or others needlessly. He had promised her that he would tell her everything later, and if one thing that hadn't changed in her blonde team mate, was the fact that he never went back on a promise.

Soon, a comfortable silence fell between the two as each of them turned their attention to the arena below.

Arena

Morgiana couldn't be happier with the current events. She had prayed, that she would get paired up against this arrogant asshole, and Kami had answered her prayers. Now, she would make this mutt pay for his disparaging remarks against her and her beloved.

"This is going to be great, eh Akamaru?" Kiba commented arrogantly, with the boys canine companion agreeing with his partner with a small yip. "After this, you will recognize me as your alpha and you will willingly submit to me."

"I see you still care little for any loyalty or commitment that is not towards yourself." The pink haired girl stated calmly. Now, to the random spectator, her tone would be normal for someone that is merely brushing off an insult. But for Naruto and the other girls from Berugakure, Morgiana's calm and collected tone only promised one thing, destruction.

"Pfft, like I would care about your loser fiance." The feral boy scoffed. "And after we're done here, you won't either. You'll be too busy screaming out my name."

A cold silence hung over the stadium. Hayate could only gulp as he quickly started the match and immediately cleared out of the way faster they had had previously. Just in time too, as Morgiana had disappeared from her spot in a flash, connecting her fist with the feral boys jaw, sending him skidding across the ground a good two or three meters.

"You bitch!" Kiba exclaimed as he jumped up, wiping the blood from his lip. Akamaru growling in a threatening manner as the pup ran towards his partner. "Stand back Akamaru, I'm going to put this bitch in her place, beneath me."

"Shikyaku no Jutsu!" The feral boy exclaimed, dropping down to all fours as his body begun to take on more feral like features. Namely his fingernails extending to appear more claw like, as well as his canines lengthening.

With blinding speed, the feral boy shot off from his crouched position, aiming to deliver a devastating blow to the pink haired young woman who had dared to question his Alpha status and refused to submit to him. Pulling his fist back, he aimed for her sternum, intending to knock the wind of out her and leave her vulnerable. However, the moment his fist was about to connect, she disappeared from his sight, causing him to freeze and look around as to where she could have gone to.

His answer came in the form of a sharp blow from the right side that sent him sprawling across the arena floor a second time, until he came to an abrupt stop curtsy of the thick wall that surrounded the arena. Once again, Akamaru came to his side, whimpering in concern at the condition his partner was in.

"You call yourself an 'Alpha', but you're all bark and no bite." Morgiana scoffed as she began to stalk towards her fallen opponent. "You're about as threatening as a domesticated house bitch begging for treats."

Many in the stands couldn't help but snicker at the Beru kunoichi's insult to the feral boy.

"Tell me, are you house broken?" She smirked. "Can you do tricks?"

"Fuck you bitch!" Kiba screamed as he struggled to stand up. Reaching into his pouch he pulled out two pills, giving one to Akamaru. "Let's go Akamaru and put this bitch in her place!"

"Jujin Bunshin!" Kiba shouted out, causing a plume of smoke to erupt around their forms. Once cleared, two Kiba's could be seen, one on top of the other in an aggressive stance. Both could be seen sporting a feral grin, no doubt attempting to intimidate the Berugakure girl.

"Try this on for size!" One of them yelled out, though both mouths moved simultaneously. "Gatsuga!"

At this, both Kiba's spiraled towards the girl, aiming to deliver a series of blows from all angles. However, Morgiana counted with her own technique, as her leapt towards the two spinning cyclones that were barreling down on her and twisted her body in the opposite direction. A loud crack sounding as the two techniques collided, though it was obvious that the Berugakure kunoichi had over powered the Inuzuka's technique as both Akamaru and Kiba were tossed violently in opposite directions. The young pup having the misfortune of being slammed against the wall, rendering him unconcious, thus breaking the henge that was over him, whilst Kiba was sent sprawling across the arena floor for a third time in the past five minutes.

"I got a trick I want you to do, mutt." Morgiana grinned as the boy once more struggled to get to his feet. Blood running down his face, forcing one of his eyes to remain shut to prevent the crimson fluid from leaking into it.

"Sit boy!" She shouted as she leapt into the air and brought a powerful blow down on the back of the poor boys head, sending him face first into the ground, creating a six foot wide crater from the force of the impact.

To everyone watching, it was clear that Kiba was not getting up this time. Seeing this, Hayate slid down into the crater and checked the boys vitals, finding him still breathing. Letting out a sigh of relief, he signaled for the medics on stand by to come and treat the boy and his partner.

"Winner of this match, Morgiana of Berugakure!" The sickly proctor announced, earning a small round of applause from the spectators, though mainly from her team mates.

With Naruto

'Good job Morgiana-hime.' Naruto mentally congratulated his pink haired fiance with a small smile.

"That looked brutal." Sakura commented, having seen the girl man handle the poor feral boy. If she was honest with herself, she felt as if the girl had been holding back the entire time.

"It did." The blonde jinchuriki agreed. "I always knew Kiba's mouth was going to get him into trouble one day. I only hope he learned from this experience."

"Who do you think will fight next?" The pinkette inquired.

However, before Naruto could answer her, the scoreboard sounded off once more, prompting the two to look up and read the names of the next two competitors.

Naruto Uzumaki vs Omoi

Additional Authors Notes: And cliffhanger!

Please don't kill me! Sorry, but I kind of wanted to leave this a cliff hanger, mostly so when I start the next chapter, I can jump right into the action. Also, we'll get to see how the girls from Berugakure will react, as well as how Mabui, since she is well aware that Omoi is jealous that she keeps rejecting him for Naruto.

That being said, I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter. I know the fight between Kiba and Morgiana was one sided, and that was on purpose. It's already been stated that the girls are already Jonin strength, due to their rigorous training to get Naruto back.

Also hope that everyone enjoyed the little fluff moment between Sakura and Naruto. I was debating on whether or not I should have him divulge everything just yet, but opted not to. Though I did decide to have Sakura figure it out a little, since I like to portray her as smart, especially once she breaks away from her fan girl attitude.

Anyways, be sure to leave your thoughts in the reviews, or hit me up with a private message!