Chapter Four

Flash Back Chapter

The match had been hard, harder than he had originally thought that it would. Even with the Kyuubi's chakra, the 18-year-old blonde ninja was having a hard time. These matches, one right after the other, were taking their toll on him. He could feel the eyes of all the judges and the council and the Godaime watching him. His classmates where there as well but they all seemed like faceless masses to him at the moment. His vision was getting bury and his sight was fading. Yet he could still pick out the yells from some of the crowd. The Godaime's voice the loudest of them all. Cheering him on, spurring him to not to give up, that he was almost there. The blonde blinked his eyes and tried to focus on the blur of his opponent.

The drunken fist technique his opponent was using was probably one of the toughest techniques he had ever faced, and in his years of traveling he's faced some of the toughest of techniques. His opponent was a master at this one though and the blonde was already drained of the majority of his power. The blonde however was not ready to give up just yet. One more fight, just one more move, it had to be, or else this was going to be all for nothing. He would have come back to this village for nothing, would have done all that training for nothing. He wouldn't let that happen.

So the blonde straightened up and then crouched down into a fighting position. It was one of the techniques that he had learned in the jungles near the Village Hidden Behind The Falls. It wasn't his greatest technique, and he really didn't like using it. But he had no other choice at the moment. One of his hands reached into a pouch at was nestled at his side, and he pulled out a small seed. He clutched it in his hand tightly and focused some of his remaining chakra into the small bud. Overhead he heard a happy squeak that he knew belonged to Ino. The seed in his hand had grown into a small pod and the blonde threw the pod at his opponent. His opponent dodged it just as the blonde had hoped he would and took the moment to rush at his opponent and planted both of his hand on the ground pouring whatever was left of his chakra into the dirt before pushing off and slamming his feet into his opponent's jaw sending the man sailing backwards and landing on the small pod. The pod then sprang open and sprouted multiple vines that wrapped themselves around the other man's body. The man started to squirm as the vines wrapped him up like a mummy.

The judges called the match in the blondes favor and the blonde walked over and placed a hand on the pod, which instantly released his opponent and then reverted back to a seed. His opponent lay on the ground unmoving, just blinking his dark eyes up at the ceiling. The blonde reached down and offered a hand to help his opponent up but it was quickly lapped away. The blonde stared unblinkingly at the woman who had jumped into the ring and hand lapped his hand away. Her bright pink hair matted with dried blonde from his earlier fight, and her outfit was torn in multiple places. The blonde teen gapped at the pink hair girl before stepping backwards as she glared at him.

"You went to fair this time. If the judges and council had any brains in their head they would disqualify you in an instant." The pink girls voice was full of venom as she advanced on the stunned blonde. His brain was telling him to run away, but his legs were rooted to the spot. "You just can't face the fact that someone is stronger than you. That someone is nicer than you. That someone would love me more than you." The pink haired beauty was now standing in front from the blonde. Before the blonde could do anything a gloved fist connected with his stomach and he lurched forward. He wrapped his arms around his stomach as his head hit the ground, his eyes watering from the pain in his gut and heart. The pink haired girl stood over him and glared down at him with all the hatred in the world. The blonde was unsure if the loud noises he was hearing was the people in the stadium yelling for the pink haired ninja to stop, to continue, or if the noise was just his heart breaking in his chest.

Before the darkness finally over took his mind, the pink haired beauty's voice crashed into his ears one more time, causing the blondes already breaking heart to completely shatter.

"You're nothing but a monster, Naruto Uzumaki!"