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"Speech"

'Thought'

"Kyuubi"

(Standard Disclaimer)

Chapter 31: Chamaeleon

Gaara smirked, Uzumaki always had a trick up his sleeve. However that wasn't saying that Gaara wasn't surprised, this was something new for even Uzumaki. "So this is Uzumaki Naruto," Gaara said with a grin. "Apparently," said Tsunade in awe. Her mind had a hard time wrapping around this new image of Naruto so it summed it up nicely...What HAPPENED to him in TWO MONTHS?

"Ah quite a view you guys got up here," came a deep growling voice behind both of the Kage's. Gaara instantly sent a jet of sand at the mysterious voice but it was caught by a stream of fire that instantly turned it to glass. Gaara's once powerful sand fell to the ground harmlessly shattering when the intruder tapped it with a clawed finger. Tsunade whirled around and sent one of her infamous punches right for the gullet of the intruder.

The intruder merely side stepped her fist then stuck his leg out as he pushed her forward sending her to the ground in an unceremonious heap. "Well...now that I know how to fall. Mind if I join you?" the intruder said as he jumped and landed in Tsunade's chair while he kicked his feet up on the table before him.

Gaara glared with all his power and prepared to send the intruder to the other plane with a simple Sabaku Kyu and Sabaku Soso. His plan was stopped when the intruder turned his crimson gaze to Gaara. Gaara's eyes widened as he stared into those blood red orbs that oozed killing intent. One of the few times in his life he felt something pulling at the very depths of his soul. Something that filled him with dread and a severe need to run. He was experiencing fear and lots of it.

"Oh Kazekage, I'm hurt," the intruder said as he swept a long lock of burning red hair from his face, "you would hurt the Kit by killing his master?" Gaara couldn't speak but the intruder just managed to dodge yet another powerful strike from the Hokage Tsunade by avoiding it then springing up and over her. "What the hell are you doing out?" Tsunade screamed bloody murder as the intruder landed with crossed arms and a sarcastic smirk.

The intruder had long burning red hair along with blood red demonic eyes while five red tails snapped around viciously behind him. He was dressed in a worn dark crimson coat that touched the ground with such a pattern of shreds that it looked like the cloth had turned into fire. He wore blood red pants and, just like his student in the ring, he wore nothing on his feet. Under the coat he wore nothing over his tan skin but a blood red tattoo that went from one arm to the other across his chest. It was like a tribal winding path carved by red hot flames.

He grinned with his dangerous looking fangs gleaming in the light and tapped his arm with his clawed fingers. "The Kit and I signed a pact and I ALWAYS keep my word," the intruder said with a confident tone to his smirking face. Tsunade twitched, here was the demon that had nearly destroyed Konoha! She was the Hokage and she SHOULD destroy him but...she could sense something wrong with him. As a medic ninja she knew every aspect of the body, well at least everything every organism needed to survive. She examined the intruder and had a feeling he was missing those parts meaning...

"You don't have a true body do you Kyuubi?" Tsunade said with a smirk while Kyuubi completely dead panned. Shit! He was found out in a matter of minutes! Well it was expected from her, the Kit told her this could be done a while ago. "Yeah, the Kit let me out with a body made of chakra so he can't have my help in this tournament," Kyuubi grumbled as he looked to the ring in embarrassment. Kyuubi then turned with a dark grin on his face to Tsunade and said, "I suppose your guards, or what's left of them should get another chair."

Tsunade scoffed and said, "why should I let a demon like you sit with us?" Kyuubi disappeared in a flash of flames and reappeared in Tsunade's seat right next to the Kazekage of Suna. Speaking of which he had yet to snap out of his new feeling of fear. "Hm? With what happened to him in his life you'd expect him to snap out of it sooner," Kyuubi said looking at the frozen Kazekage.

Tsunade coughed and said, "I believe you were giving me a reason why I shouldn't kick you out of this arena let alone this entire village." Kyuubi looked up at her then grinned, "for one the Kit would love you if I was allowed to sit up here." Tsunade rolled her eyes by Kyuubi continued with, "also since I am, or at least was, the most powerful demon in existence I believe that earns me the rank of Kage by your human terms."

Damn it he had here there. She looked back at their private guards only seeing one or two of them still conscious and they were not up for anything at the moment. She called for extra ninja support then for another chair for their...guest. Tsunade walked up behind her chair then hoisted it up easily, dumping the disguised Kitsune on the floor. "Bitch," Kyuubi said as he stood up and wiped himself off.

Dodging another punch he said, "honestly, I may be far weaker then you at the moment but that doesn't mean I'm any less cunning or fast." Tsunade scowled but put her chair back down and sat in it without looking at the fox demon who stood between her and a still comatose Gaara. "If you care in the least about Naruto you would release Gaara from whatever grip you have on him," Tsunade said with a glare.

Kyuubi looked at here with a 'what?' look then turned to Gaara seeing the Kazekage still zoned out. "Wow..." Kyuubi said with a smirk, "who knew an attack of my killer intent would freeze him up this well." Tsunade glared but reached over and smacked the back of Gaara's head awaking him from his stupor. "What?" Gaara asked as if nothing happened.

Tsunade explained their 'invitee' and Gaara grudgingly accepted it. Tsunade looked down at the arena while Kireru and Naruto traded barbs waiting for the Judge to wave his hand to start the match. A thought suddenly popped into her head and she asked, "Kyuubi, what do you mean you WERE the most powerful demon in existence?" Kyuubi's grin widened and said, "two days without sleep, a good chunk of his chakra gone to give me this body, his Sekkagan active for two hours straight. Watch the match and see..."

"NARUTO! YOU BETTER TAKE THIS GUY DOWN!" Itami screamed as the judge prepared to begin this match. "HE BROKE MY DAMN TOKKURI!" Itami added while Zaiaku simply put his head in his palm. "I don't know her..." he said quietly as the Judge pulled his hand down signaling the match to begin.

Without missing a beat Naruto formed his familiar hand seal and formed what had to be thirty clones without breaking a sweat. "Let's see what this guy can do," Naruto said as he sent his clones in a massive wave to Kireru.

Kireru grew a massive blood thirsty smirk on his face as he readied his claws and raced toward the clones, blocking any attempted attacks and then slicing the clones in half. He did this with such speed that even before the clone puffed out of existence he made sure they died with an extra stroke or two with his several inch long hooked claws. Naruto was so surprised at the sight of all his clones so quickly and efficiently destroyed that he failed to register the oncoming attack until the last second.

On instinct his Sekkagan activated and he saw the entire world move slower but Kireru was still going like a bullet. Apparently this Genin was well versed in the ways of speed so no normal Sekkagan would work. Naruto just barely dodged the attack resolving that this fight needed a different tactic for him to win. He closed his eyes for a split second to focus the needed chakra and when he opened his eyes they had changed.

The golden edge of his eyes looked as if it had leaked into his ocean blue irises in five separate streams. The streams warped into a light swirl until they reached the pitch black pupil and fell into the darkness. In a flash the entire world seemed to move in complete slow motion. Only he, who was moving far faster then the world around, was able to comprehend this world in normal speed.

Naruto removed himself from danger and was about to attack but stopped, his curiosity spiked. On the back of Kireru's claws the red jewel shone bright then the claws began to vibrate quickly even in this world of snails.

The claws moved at such a rate that the wall on the opposite side of the area was stuck hard with three blades of vibrating air. It left a deep gash in the wall until the claws ceased their vibrations and the jewel returned to its dull blood red slumber. Naruto turned his eyes up as the world began to move faster, shit he wasted the perfect opportunity with his damn curiosity! Thinking fast his mind reverted to his younger days...

The crowd stayed silent for about two minutes watching what had just occurred in the ring. Then without warning they burst out into a massive roar of laughter. Standing in the center of the ring was Kireru, his pants around his ankles while Naruto stood some way away with a smug smirk on his face. Kireru looked down in confusion then blushed brightly as he pulled his pants up in a haste.

"The Kit's in trouble now..." Kyuubi said calmly as he sat in his variable throne. Just because they brought him a normal chair didn't mean he left it like that. In a matter of seconds he had transformed the chair into a demonic throne with his Kitsune illusionary skills.

Tsunade glanced at the 'king on his throne', a flash of anger racing through her eyes before she asked, "why would you say that? To me it looks like he's playing around with his opponent." Gaara remained silent but in his mind he agreed. Then again most of his hunches for the day had been miscalculated so...

"That was an advanced form of his Sekkagan, it wraps him in a pocket of space and time which speeds him up to the point of the world is looking like it's moving slower then a snail. The draw back is that it uses up a huge amount of chakra since it effects the entire body and the eyes even more so to maintain focus on the normal world," Kyuubi said with crossed arms and crossed legs. The kid better not prove him to be a bad teacher or so help him...

Kireru snarled and launched at Naruto, this would be the fox's demise! Naruto, to weak to even lift his arms, just stood there never losing his smug smirk. Kireru drew his claws forward and made a clean slice through Naruto's chest cutting his heart in half. Naruto retained his smirk as a line of blood appeared on his chest. Kireru merely scoffed and went for another strike until Naruto poofed out of existence.

Kyuubi smirked, apparently his student wasn't as dumb as he thought. He had worked on that clone technique for so long he advanced it farther then anyone had ever thought about it. He figured out how to make them more durable, strong enough to use his Sekkagan, everything. Naruto hadn't used it in true battle before but hell it seemed like it worked.

Kyuubi looked at the other two by his sides only to find them completely enthralled in the match. No sense talking to the dead now was there? Kyuubi turned back to the match and watched intently with a wicked smirk on his face. 'I may not be able to kill kid but that doesn't apply to you,' Kyuubi thought before being lost in the matches end.

Kireru's eyes snapped open, his mind only barely comprehending what had just happened. That couldn't be a clone! It was to strong to be JUST a clone! Kireru began to panic seeing no other escape for him. His eyes darted around the arena as he backed up so as to not be caught with a blind spot.

Kireru backed his body up to a wall as the jewel on his claws began to shimmer. He struck wildly hitting each and every spot in the arena with his invisible blades. When the smoke cleared from his great attack the walls had been sliced into oblivion and he felt somewhat safe. That had to hit the Kitsune even if he was under a genjutsu!

The judge had just barely avoided the flurry of strikes and just for that he refused to call time waiting for Naruto to move. Kireru cursed his overzealousness and waited with his back to the wall, watching for anything. Any simple movement from the crowd made him jump, any breeze that blew dust around he send an invisible blade of air to destroy it.

Kireru was so focused with his eyes on the arena floor he completely missed the hands and face sprouting from the wall behind him. Slowly peeling himself from his Kitsune illusion Naruto looked like a specter pulling itself from the very body of death. Naruto laughed quietly and swiftly bent down to lay his hands on Kireru's shoulder. Speaking in a whisper and a tone with wicked smirk that froze Kireru on the spot Naruto said, "stop looking everywhere. You're not a Chamaeleon."

With that a massive jolt of electricity rushed through Kireru's body leaving him a smoking and unconscious body that fell to the ground defeated. Naruto smiled wide as he peeled himself from the wall fully and dusted himself off. Naruto looked at the judge who had a look of pure shock and surprise on his face. Naruto motioned to the man and the Judge snapped out of his awe. "Oh...Winner Uzumaki Naruto!" the Judge said as Naruto bowed and took his leave in an impressive jump, not to the fighters stands but to the spectators seats.

Naruto smirked as he landed in front of the very person he loved. "Hey Hinata-chan, sorry for being late but 'sensei' thought I should have 'extra' training," Naruto said plopping down next to Hinata on the opposite side from Kiba. Naruto wasn't sure when she returned to her seat only that she was still somewhat shell shocked from his match and then his jump. He looked past her to find that Kiba too was in pure shock and Shino...well he wasn't exactly sure.

"Well how was everything wh-UMPH!" Naruto said his sentence being interrupted with a firm, solid, uncharacteristic, and incredibly passionate kiss from Hinata. Now saying this kiss was incredibly passionate is a severe understatement. At then end of it Hinata ended up lying on Naruto who just happened to lie on the bench of the stands while both were being covered in a shield made of Shino's bugs. The bugs retreated soon after they stopped the kiss sensing their usefulness was through.

Kiba shook his head with a smirk. "Can't you two save it for home? I swore I saw some guy taking notes and a bunch of girls ready to kill before Shino put up that shield," Kiba said with a laugh. Hinata blushed dark red from the roots of her hair to her toes while Naruto blushed nervously and scratched the back of his head. After a few seconds of trading words with the dog boy Naruto felt a dark foreboding presence behind him. He swiftly grabbed Hinata and dodged a fist meant for him that was taken by Kiba...and Shino...and everyone else in that particular row of seats.

"Eh heh...hello Sakura," Naruto said as he stood up with Hinata at his side. "Naruto..." the pink haired girl fumed as she cracked her knuckles. "You have some SERIOUS explaining to do," Sakura said as she stalked toward Naruto who had taken to hiding behind Hinata. After a brief and VERY vague explanation Naruto made the excuse to go see his team for the next match. He'd love to stay and chat but right now Sakura's temper was nearing hell fire mode and he didn't want to instigate it any further.

Taking Hinata to the side he said, "Hinata-chan, I have something very important to show you later. Remind me about it ok? Oh and tell Kiba and Shino I'm sorry about Sakura punching him and everything." Hinata nodded with a smile and gave Naruto another kiss but not as insane as the last. "I'm glad you're back my Naru-kun," Hinata said with a bright smile as they slowly broke apart. "As am I my Hina-chan," Naruto said as he disappeared in a blur leaving behind a very happy lavender eyed kunoichi and a very confused pink haired Chuunin.

Naruto came out of his blurred run coming face to face with his two teammates and their one Jounin sensei. "Damn Naruto!" Itami said with a laugh, "you sure you beat that guy enough?" "Very nicely played Naruto. Congratulations on the sixth tail by the way," Zaiaku said with a smile. "Finally someone noticed," Naruto said with a smile. Then again perhaps Naruto wasn't paying attention to EVERYONE.

Tsunade raised an eyebrow as she looked at Naruto with his teammates finally noticing something VERY important. "He gained another tail?" Tsunade asked as she side glanced at Kyuubi. Kyuubi nodded with a smirk, "the Kit is a miracle walking." "What exactly do you mean?" Tsunade asked while Kyuubi decided to respond with...

Naruto took note that Zaiaku seemed different then the last time they talked, he seemed happier. Maybe all that talk with him in the Forest of Death did something for him. Suddenly Taishou pushed his way past both Itami and Zaiaku and came face to face with Naruto. Naruto was surprised to see such a look on Taishou's face, to be honest he felt a little afraid.

"The carnage...the destruction...the blood...the raw power of it all," Taishou said raising his deep brown eyes to meet Naruto's golden edged cerulean orbs. "I LOVED IT!" Taishou said with a laugh as he jumped at Naruto and took him and a gigantic hug. "THANK YOU!" Taishou practically cried while Naruto shot Itami and Zaiaku a look PLEADING for their help. "Consider this payback for being late and worrying us to death," Itami said with a drink of her Tokkuri. 'You suck' Naruto mouthed as he had no air in his lungs to speak above a whisper.

Tsunade stared wide eyed at Kyuubi who ended the tale with a nod and snap of one of his tails. "Interesting no?" Kyuubi said with a giant smirk just as the food he ordered arrived. Tsunade shakily turned back to the arena floor confused to the point of near insanity. She prided herself on understanding everything, how was one to cope with this? Gaara had overheard the entire thing, how could that...when did...he needed to research Kitsune's to see if that was even possible.

Kyuubi smirked as his mind began to wander. The Kit probably thought that once he, the great 'Onikage', was done he just went right back into the seal. Looking at his 'throne' and the food that now rested before him he thought there was no way he was returning into that thing until this tournament was over. It had been AGES since he had a meal! Besides he wanted to watch HIS star pupil kick EVERYONE's ass. Yes, superbia is alive and well thanks to the eons old demon.

Kyuubi's face split with a wicked smirk that Tsunade and Gaara caught in the edges of their eyes. "What are you thinking fox demon?" Tsunade asked as she snapped out of her mental ravine and turned to face the chaotic Kitsune. "Just thinking about my best student," Kyuubi said with a light chuckle. "Speaking of students..." Gaara said as he turned to the arena floor. Walking out was that boy who aspired to be the Kazekage, Satetsu Koumaru, and his opponent...Onigiri Zaiaku.

End Chapter

Well how was that? I had alot of time to mess around with it so I hope it's better then my other chapters. time for some Q and A!...that is if there was any. I'd like to say this one thing before we have a preview and then I leave. I'd like to thank each and every one of you who reviewed my story from the bottom of my heart. Those who put me on your favorites and those who have me on alert I thank you just as much. It's you guys who keep this storygoing in my mind and heart and I promise not to dissapoint you. Well I have a preview and then I'm gone! Later all!

Itami sighed and shook her head turning away from the scene before that mini mutant could form. She already knew what it would look like. Small and pathetic...and Zaiaku's pride would be demolished which would cause him to lose the match. Or worse he could use THAT technique. She hated Koumansa with a passion. It robbed him of his life but...it always got the job done she supposed.

"I don't know why he tries, it just looks sad," Itami said with a sigh as she took a drink of her Tokkuri. "N-no...I t-think he got it right!" Naruto said in amazement with wide eyes and his tails twitching madly. Itami turned and promptly spit her Sake all over. "What has he been feeding it!" Itami said with a hanging jaw.