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Chapter Six: Itachi, Dragons, and Messed Up Old Ladies
Hinata began shaking. SHE had to face Neji. He WOULD kill her. Naruto saw all this. "You can do it, Hinata-chan," Naruto said quietly while giving her a reassuring push. Hinata began moving, when Temari stopped her as she passed the Sand trio. "Hey Hinata, I respect the fact that you're a wind user to almost match my skill. Here, borrow my fan and beat that guy. It'll help improve your techniques' power," Temari said while fastening her fan on Hinata's back.
Hinata stared at the sand girl. "Thank you, Temari-san. I promise to take good care of your fan," Hinata said and bowed. Temari smiled and pushed Hinata on. Whispers circulated when the crowd saw Hinata with Temari's fan. Neji seemed the most surprised. "Hajime," Hayate said as both Hyuugas activated their bloodlines. "So traitor, are you ready to lose?" Neji sneered. Hinata merely sealed. Neji charged forward.
Hinata stopped sealing and whipped the fan off her back. She brought it down and up really quick while saying, "Ea Ba-suto no Jutsu (Air Burst Technique)." Neji found himself flying through the air. I need to keep him at a distance, Hinata thought. Neji stood up and watched Hinata. Hinata tossed the fan into the air as she bit her thumb. She smeared the blood across her palm and sealed as the fan flew into the air. She slammed her hands into the ground as the fan began to descend.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Summoning Technique)!" Hinata yelled as Neji charged at her. Ten wolves appeared behind her as she jumped up and caught the fan. She made a mighty swing with the fan at Neji as she descended. "Tatsumaki no Jutsu (Tornado Technique)!" Hinata yelled as a cyclone burst from the fan. Temari watched the technique in amusement. So, she does have some good skill, Temari thought to herself. Neji was forced to dodge the strong wind attack and the wolves. Eventually, all the wolves disappeared and the cyclone dissipated.
Hinata stood panting as Neji ran at her. "Hakke Rokujuu Yonshou (64 Hands of Divination)!" Neji yelled as he closed Hinata's tenketsus. She collapsed with Temari's fan next to her. "Examiner, it's over," Neji said. Hayate nodded and opened his mouth. "It's not over yet! Just watch her for a few seconds!" Naruto yelled. Everyone stared at him. Suddenly, a bright white light lit up the arena. Hinata jumped up from the ground, glowing white with two glowing tails.
Hinata picked the fan up from next to her. "Sorry about this, Temari," Hinata said as the fan grew bright white. Suddenly, the light around the fan left, leaving the bright designs of a master fan. Temari gasped. Neji, growing angry, charged at Hinata. Hinata swung the now fully-opened fan at supersonic speeds at Neji and yelled, "Tenma Kamikaze no Jutsu (Divine Demonic Wind Technique)!" Bright flashes of light streaked from in front of Hinata and bombarded Neji.
Neji flew through the air and hit the wall. Not only did he hit the wall, he went straight through it. Hinata contemplated the fan, before changing its colors to show reds, oranges, and yellows. Medic-nins rushed to check on Neji. They confirmed his passed out status to Hayate. "Winner, Hyuuga Hinata!" Hayate yelled. Hinata walked into the stands to Temari amidst cheers. Temari was staring at the demon. "Here's your fan," Hinata said. Temari took the master fan. "You have highly honored my fan," Temari said with a bow.
Hinata left the somewhat amazed Sand trio and headed over to her team. "Yo, Naruto-kun. Open my tenketsus when I power down, will ya?" Hinata said as she released her demon chakra. Naruto quickly caught the falling Hinata as she passed out. Hanabi quickly activated her byakugan and began opening Hinata's tenketsus. "Zeke versus Dosu. Hajime," Hinata said as the two shinobi dove at each other. Zeke jumped over Dosu's swing and began sealing.
"Monosugoi no Jutsu (Earth Shatter Technique)!" Zeke yelled as he came crashing down on Dosu. The force of the impact caused the ground to shatter. Naruto helped Hinata sit up once Hanabi was done. They watched the bear summoner go at it with Dosu. Zeke flipped off of Dosu as he wobbled up. Zeke briefly sealed. "Wana Hiradoma no Jutsu (Snare Pit Technique)," Zeke said. The ground seemed to flash for a second before settling down. Dosu stood and charged at Zeke. Zeke ducked under the blow and kicked Dosu across the room.
Zeke began sealing. "You can't beat me if you can't touch me. Koudo Meiro no Jutsu (Earthen Maze Technique)," Zeke said. Huge walls made of earth rose to form a giant maze. Dosu growled and ran into the maze. "Jidou Kansei no Jutsu (Automatic Traps Technique)," Zeke said from outside the maze. Sounds were heard as booby traps were set up all across the maze. Dosu continued to run, but more cautiously now. Zeke calmly bit his thumb and spread the blood across his palm as he sealed. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Summoning Technique)," Zeke said. Large pops were heard in the maze.
Naruto watched in interest as Zeke made his deadly maze. Unknown to most people, Naruto had used his Sharikugan to set up his own traps. Zeke glanced into the stands knowingly when some of Naruto's traps went off. Dosu was now profusely bleeding inside the maze. Zeke decided to end it and sent a bear or four after Dosu. Naruto, seeing this, released his last trap. A huge blade slashed through Dosu as the bears ripped his limbs off. Naruto released his illusions as Zeke lowered his maze and stopped all his jutsus.
Hayate stared sickly at the bloody, mangled corpse. "Winner, Zeke," he said while refusing to hurl. Zeke walked into the stands as the medic-nins removed Dosu's body parts and cleared away the blood. People stared at Zeke as the next names were being chosen. Zeke nodded at Naruto as he passed. Naruto returned the nod. Coughing was heard from the arena. "Next fighters, Akimichi Chouji versus Zaku," Hayate said. The Sound and Leaf shinobi jumped down. "Hajime," Hayate coughed out.
"Niku Sensha no Jutsu (Meat Tank Technique)!" Chouji yelled as he turned into a meatball and charged at Zaku. Zaku, not expecting such a sudden attack, was hit hard by the ball. Zaku slowly stood up as the normal Chouji approached him. "Hey fat ass," Zaku mumbled out. Chouji got a look of rage on his face as he picked the sound-nin up. He slammed Zaku into the ground multiple times before launching him across the arena to the opposite wall. Zaku wobbled to his feet and put his hands together.
"Zankuuha," Zaku said as Chouji charged at him. The huge blast of wind hit the advancing Chouji, but merely stopped him and gave him some cuts. Zaku then focused more chakra into an attack as Chouji charged again. "Kyuukyoku Zankuuha!" Zaku yelled when Chouji was right in front of him. Chouji flew through the air as the wind sliced his body. Chouji slowly stood up and ate a few normal soldier pills. "Let's end this," Chouji said. Zaku nodded.
Chouji began sealing as Zaku charged at him. "Itsa Biga Meataball no Jutsu!" Chouji yelled as he became a REALLY big meatball. Zaku stopped and ran in the opposite direction as the giant thing rolled after him. Naruto was laughing his head off in the stands as the recently reawakened Shikamaru shook his head. As Zaku reached the wall, he began running up it. Zaku jumped backwards over Chouji as he slammed into the wall.
When the smoke cleared, Zaku stood over an unconscious Chouji in a big hole in the wall. "Winner, Zaku!" Hayate yelled. Zaku went to his still alive teammate as medic-nins carted Chouji out. "Hyuuga Hanabi versus Kin. Please come down," Hayate said. Hanabi slowly walked to the arena thinking, Not the bell bitch again. Hanabi stood across from Kin waiting for the release. "Hajime," Hayate said. Kin put her hands in a seal as Hanabi threw kunai at her. "Shuuu no Jutsu (Sudden Shower Technique)!" Kin yelled before dodging the kunai.
Rain poured down, turning the arena into a muddy playland. Hanabi began laughing as Kin stared at her. Hanabi began sealing as the two girls became drenched. Hanabi's byakugan flared as she yelled, "Deido Suraido no Jutsu (Mudslide Technique)!" Kin turned pale as waves of mud rolled over her. Kin cursed when she heard Hanabi's next jutsu. "Chikan Deido Tonogata no Jutsu (Perverted Mud Men Technique)," Hanabi said. Male forms appeared from the mud and began groping Kin.
Gasps circulated at the crudeness of the technique. Kin was stuck in mud with strange creatures groping her and she couldn't figure a way out of it. She just wanted the groping to stop. "I surrender!" Kin gasped out. Hayate nodded and announced Hanabi as the winner. Hanabi pouted as she released her jutsus. Hanabi and the shaking Kin went back into the stands. "That ends the preliminary round for the third test. For those of you who won, you have a one month break. You will be led to an open air stadium when the time comes. Now return to Konoha," Hayate said before disappearing.
Naruto was pissed. Actually, he was on the brink of demonic transformation from being so angry. "How could you use such a technique!" Naruto roared. Hanabi was hiding behind Hinata. "I only wanted to end the match quick. I didn't expect her to hold out long from that," Hanabi meekly said. "I don't care! If I ever see or hear about you using that technique again, I'll kill you myself!" Naruto bellowed. Hanabi weakly nodded. Hinata sighed and looked around. "Hey Zeke!" Hinata yelled out.
Zeke stepped over with a large scroll in his hands. "Hello. I promised Naruto I would let you all sign my bear contract, so sign away," Zeke said as he flipped open the scroll. A blur passed by the scroll and Naruto's signature appeared with his blood handprint. The Hyuuga girls sighed and signed the scroll. "Thanks, Zeke!" Naruto yelled. Zeke nodded and disappeared. When team six exited the forest, they were confronted by Jiraiya.
"Girls, I'm sorry to say that I can't train you this month. Naruto, be ready to go at dawn tomorrow," Jiraiya said. Hanabi seemed startled. "But Jiraiya-sensei, where are you and Naruto going?" Hanabi asked. Naruto was busy whispering something to Hinata to pay attention. "We are going to try and find my old teammate, Tsunade. We'll be back for the rest of tournament," Jiraiya said, "Anyways; Hokage-sama needs me, so see you later." Jiraiya left in a puff of smoke.
"…continue getting stronger and I'll see you when I get back," Naruto whispered to Hinata. Hinata nodded as Hanabi approached. The trio went home to prepare for the month's events.
Itachi and Kisame watched Naruto and Hinata as they walked down the street. "He looks like he's really powerful, Itachi. Samehada is going crazy from this far away," the shark-like Kisame said. Itachi stared nonchalantly at the two demonic vessels. "We will attempt to get Naruto when Jiraiya takes him to get Tsunade," Itachi said. Kisame sighed. What a heartless bastard, Kisame thought. Suddenly, they were surrounded by a small group of Konoha Anbu.
"Uchiha Itachi, you are under arrest," one of the Anbu said. "Let's go, Kisame," Itachi said. The two S-rank missing-nins disappeared in puffs of smoke. The Anbu gritted their teeth and reported to the Hokage. "Itachi is after Naruto, eh?" the Hokage asked. The Anbu nodded, oblivious to the hidden Sasuke. So, they think they can hide Itachi's presence from me, huh? Sasuke thought, I'll kill him with this Raikiri that Kakashi taught me. The Hokage looked up as Sasuke ran out of the building. "Sasuke!" the Hokage yelled. Shit! He's going after Itachi, the Hokage thought.
"Get Kakashi and gai's team. Also, grab Hinata and Hanabi. Then have them follow Sasuke and make sure he doesn't get himself killed," the Hokage ordered. The Anbu ran off to gather the people. Damnit, this complicates things, the Hokage thought. The next morning when Jiraiya and Naruto set out, the others were sent out.
Jiraiya and Naruto had been out about a week and still couldn't find Tsunade. Luckily, Naruto could now perform a perfect Rasengan in one hand. They were now heading into another village; still unknowing that Sasuke was trailing them. The duo sat in their rented room in an inn contemplating their next move. "I'll go in search of Tsunade while you work on these strategy scenarios I created for you," Jiraiya said. Naruto nodded while mumbling about stupid erosennins. Jiraiya left and Naruto began his scenarios.
Sasuke watched from outside as Naruto played his scenarios. His pursuers had lost him a few days ago and still hadn't found him. He watched as Naruto finished a scenario and went to the door. Naruto opened the door to reveal none other than Uchiha Itachi. "I'm guessing you're here for Kyuubi. You should know I won't go without a fight. So why don't we go into the forest and settle our business there?" Naruto said. Itachi nodded and they headed out.
When they got out to the forest, Sasuke jumped out and ran towards Itachi with his sharingan active and a raikiri blazing in his hand. "Die traitor!" Sasuke yelled. Itachi merely looked at Sasuke with his Mangekyou eyes. Sasuke fell as he experienced seventy-two hours of pain in a few seconds. Screams rang through the forest before Sasuke passed out. Naruto moved Sasuke out of the way and activated his Sharikugan. "Let's begin," Naruto said.
The two shinobi began sealing. "Amaterasu Katon: Gokukyaku no Jutsu (Sun Fire Element: Grand Fireball Technique)!" Itachi yelled as Naruto said, "Katon: Gokukyaku no Jutsu (Fire Element: Grand Fireball Technique)." A black fireball shot out of Itachi's mouth as a red one came from Naruto. Naruto cursed as Itachi's fireball consumed his own and quickly sealed. "Suiton: Mizu Shouheki no Jutsu (Water Element: Water Barrier Technique)!" The barrier came up just in time to stop the fireball. Itachi then removed his black cloak with the red clouds on it. He then began sealing as Naruto copied it perfectly and performed the same seals.
"What the hell! My Mangekyou Sharingan is supposed to stop the sharingan from copying abilities. How are you copying me?" Itachi asked. "Demonic Bloodline: Sharikugan," was all Naruto said. The two then made a final seal and exclaimed, "Doton: Doryuudan no Jutsu (Earth Element: Earth Dragon Blast Technique)!" Twin dragons made of earth rose from the ground and battled through the air. The two combatants ran up their dragons with their katanas in hand. They collided into a deadly dance of steel atop their crumbling dragons.
When their jutsus finally ran out, they fell to the ground. They sheathed their blades and watched each other. "You're good kind. I'm leaving now, but one day, I will be back," Itachi said as he picked his cloak up. Naruto watched as the S-rank missing-nin disappeared. Suddenly, Sasuke's pursuers appeared. "Naruto, what happened?" Kakashi asked at seeing Sasuke out and Naruto worn out. Naruto turned and looked at the group and formed a seal. "Kansei Nai no Jutsu (Sense Deadening Technique)," Naruto said. Everyone but Kakashi, Gai, Hinata, and Hanabi lost all five of their senses leaving them without feeling, sight, sound, taste, or smell.
"Itachi came after me. I wouldn't go without a fight. Sasuke interfered and got nailed by one of the Mangekyou's abilities, not the fire one. I fought Itachi. Itachi left me for now. Sasuke needs to go back to Konoha. Jiraiya and I will continue to look for Tsunade," Naruto said. The four people nodded and Naruto raised his genjutsu. "Grab Sasuke and let's go to Konoha," Kakashi ordered. Lee picked up the still unconscious Sasuke and they were off. Naruto went to go back to the inn when suddenly something strongly suggested to his mind he go into the mountains. Naruto charged towards the range of mountains.
Jiraiya had found Tsunade after searching through every bar and casino in town. "Yo, Tsunade!" Jiraiya called out. A fairly attractive blonde approached the toad sannin. "Jiraiya, what are you doing here?" Tsunade asked. Jiraiya whispered something in Tsunade's ear. She sighed. "I will come back temporarily. Once this is done though, I'm leaving again," she said. Jiraiya nodded and they headed to the inn. Time to grab Naruto and head back.
Naruto had been climbing the mountain for a couple hours and was currently walking through a cave. Torches lit the cave revealing nothing except a giant boulder. Suddenly, the boulder shifted. The boulder grew four legs, a tail, and a head. Wings sprouted from its back. Soon, a stone gray dragon stood in front of a surprised Naruto. "Hello, Uzumaki Naruto. I am the dragon guardian of this realm. The only living mortal dragon. The dragon king from the 'summoning realm' as you morals call it would like to help you in exchange for a favor," said the giant winged creature.
Naruto looked confused. "Who are you? Why have I gained the attention of the dragon king?" he asked. The dragon made a noise that sounded like laughter. "My name has long since been forgotten and my presence lies unknown. You may call me Wisdom though. All the other dragons do. Also, you have been chosen as worthy for being the first dragon summoner," the great creature said. "Follow me," Wisdom said as he tore a hole in the fabric of space and walked through. Naruto followed.
What Naruto saw amazed him. In front of him stood a palace made from pure rubies and guarded by giant red dragons. "Is this the kid, Wisdom?" one of the guards asked. The stone gray dragon nodded. The guards stood aside as they passed. As they walked through the palace, Naruto saw dragons of all shapes, sizes, and colors. They soon approached large doors made of black metal. "Beyond this door lies the dragon king. Remember, you are a guest, so be courteous," Wisdom said. Naruto nodded and they proceeded into the throne room.
"Hello Uzumaki Naruto," came the voice of a large, royal purple dragon. Naruto bowed to the large dragon as Wisdom did beside him. A deep chortling came from the purple dragon. "No need for formalities, Uzumaki-san," the dragon said as he dismissed Wisdom. "I am Ryu, the dragon king. I have decided you worthy to be the first ever dragon summoner. You will also learn every dragon type of jutsu known," the mighty dragon said. Naruto seemed to absorb this information before thinking of something.
"Wisdom said you have a favor to ask of me in exchange for this power," Naruto said. Ryu smiled. "Actually I do. You see, the leader of the Akatsuki is capturing demons to become some sort of super power. My brother, the dragon demon, has been one of the four demons he's captured so far. The guy is trying to get all nine greater demons and absorb them. He's already absorbed three of his four captured greater demons, including my brother. What I want you to do is kill this man during your lifetime or the dragon contract will be terminated," Ryu announced.
Naruto contemplated this. "I will kill the man sometime during my life," Naruto said. Ryu arched his neck and grabbed something from behind him. When Ryu's head reappeared, he dropped a scroll at Naruto's feet. Naruto unrolled the summoning contract. Naruto signed the scroll and handed it to Ryu who replaced it on the shelf and pulled out another scroll. "What dragon jutsus do you know?" Ryu asked. "Fire, Water, Earth, my Dragon King Slash, Dragonfire Katana, Dragonfire Kunai, and Dragon Release," Naruto said. Ryu nodded and opened the scroll.
"Here we are. Wind, Wood, Lightning, Blood, Darkness, Rock, and Sand," Ryu said as beams of light shot from the scroll and hit Naruto. "Now, for my personal technique, Ultimate Dragon King Slash," Ryu said as a large purple beam shot from him and hit Naruto. "Thanks," Naruto said as he stopped glowing with light. "You can summon the contract whenever you want to. You can also teach whoever you deem worthy. But remember our deal," Ryu said. Wisdom walked back into the room. "I will not break the deal," Naruto said. Ryu nodded as he put the technique scroll away. "Then goodbye Naruto," Ryu said as Wisdom led Naruto out.
Wisdom led Naruto out of the palace and back into the mortal realm. "Good luck Naruto," Wisdom said as he turned back into a boulder. Naruto walked out of the cave and back to town. When Naruto got back, Jiraiya was standing there with a young blonde. "Where were you?" Jiraiya bellowed. "Well, I had a run-in with Itachi and then I was summoned by the dragon king in the summoning realm," Naruto said calmly. Jiraiya punched Naruto upside the head and was quickly hit himself by the blonde. Jiraiya just went a lot farther.
"What was that for Tsunade?" Jiraiya asked. "Leave the kid alone. He obviously did fight Itachi, though the dragon one seems like crap," Tsunade said. Naruto jumped up from the ground. "Screw you. You'll see! Let's go back to Konoha then, obaachan," Naruto said. Jiraiya began running. "Run kid!" Jiraiya yelled back. Naruto looked at Tsunade and then took off after Jiraiya. "Wait till I get my hands on you twerp!" Tsunade bellowed. The trio ran helter-skelter all the way back to Konoha.
Tsunade visited her old sensei, the Hokage when she got back. They got to talking and she heard about Naruto's dream to be Hokage. She frowned at this information. Her old boyfriend and brother had died with that same dream. The next day, she went and saw Sasuke. Jiraiya and the Hokage stood on either side of Tsunade. "I can only think of one thing to do," Tsunade said, "The Limiter Seal." Her two companions frowned but stuck their hands out. Tsunade drew a symbol on the back of the sleeping Sasuke's neck in her blood and had them place their hands in certain spots. Tsunade took her place and they focused chakra into the symbol. The seal flared as the Limiter took over.
Sasuke awoke with a stinging on the back of his neck. He slowly sat up and examined his neck. "You're fine. You'll be able to perform jutsus normally again and the cursed seal will only activate if you will it to or have a huge emotional shift," Tsunade said. Sasuke nodded and fell asleep again. The three shinobi who stood near him departed and began preparations for the end of the Chuunin Exam.
Team six trained hard over the last two weeks before the third test. Naruto had begun work on more jutsus and opened two more gates, for a grand total of six. Hinata had created her very own master fan and could now use five of the demonic gates, making Mekei happy, because she too had one more gate open now. Hanabi had also worked on jutsus and could now almost match Zeke in skill with earth jutsus (she could almost make maze).
Team seven, eight, and ten were also a good deal better. Sure, team six could wipe the floor with them, but they were still getting better. Sasuke could almost beat Hanabi atleast. All of the genin in the final part of the exam were being led to the stadium. Tsunade pulled Naruto out of the group as they reached the stadium. "Your dream of being Hokage is foolish Naruto," Tsunade said. Naruto glared at her. "You'll acknowledge my strength after I win this tournament," he growled. "Fine, you win, I'll give you my necklace, which belonged to the first Hokage, my grandfather. But if you lose, you have to give up on your dream," Tsunade said. Naruto narrowed his eyes but agreed.
All the genin took seats in the stands and noticed the amount of important people. The man in the arena suddenly spoke up. "I, Genma, will be the referee for these main matches. These people will watch your performance. Chuunins will be decided by how you fight, not by who wins. All new chuunin will be announced at the end of the tournament. Now, first match is Uzumaki Naruto versus Zeke. Please come to the floor," the examiner said.
Naruto and Zeke proceeded into the arena. Genma looked the two Leaf shinobi over. "Remember, I will end the fight if I believe it's over," Genma said. The two nodded. "Okay then. Hajime!" Genma yelled.
Author's Notes: This is kinda evil leaving off point isn't it? Sorry about that. Anyways, next chapter is going to be short because I'm only going to do some of the main matches. But, I will make chapter eight a good chapter. Anyways, please review as always.