Disclaimor: Don't own Naruto...Seriously? Every chapter...do i have to write this?

A/N: Got a lot of great reviews last chapter.

Questions... 1) Someone made a comment that only a few people can go cursed seal level 2? I'm not sure if this person was trying to ask WHY Yami can go level 2...but simply put i already answered that question in Chapter 10, though in this story it is a tad bit different than what it is in the actual Naruto storyline. In reality the person (with cursed seal) needs to drink a potion that WILL KILL THEM, to obtain level 2. The sound four are able to create a barrier (box) that diminishes the side-effect of the potion (the death penalty) to a temporary coma. I changed it slightly for this story to where the person just needs to die.

2) Why didn't Orochimaru sense the cursed seal on Yami. I figure he (Orochimaru) could only sense cursed seals while they are activated...I could be wrong though.

3) What's the history of Konaha say about Naruto? (funny you should ask about that in at THIS point) Your about to learn what Konahagakure thinks about Naruto (It should be rather obvious.)

Chapter 17: Semifinals! Moon vs Leaf!

---Waiting Room 19---

The three boys were all waiting in a room, separated from the other 20 teams. It was surprisingly nice… The small room was well furnished with two couches, three cushioned chairs and two desks. It was rather cozy…and far richer than the hotel room they were staying at was like. Inochi was sitting in a desk reading a novel he brouth along. Ookami was lying on his back, on a couch, reading one of "his" novels. Yami however…

"Would you stop pacing…your driving me nuts…", spoke Ookami's slightly irritated voice.

"I can't stand not knowing what the hell is going on!" He emphasized that sentence by slamming his fist against the wall.

"Yami…there's a reason we're down here. They don't want us, or any of the other competitors, to see the fights. They want everyone to be completely surprised when it comes to the other team's abilities…", spoke Inochi's calm voice.

Yami pounded his head against the wall and kept it there. "I'm going to go nuts…"

Inochi turned to Yami. "Are those three girls special to you? Were they friends?"

Yami shook his head… "Far from it…they were in fact some bullies that I had to deal with while I was younger. Like I told you before…the twins are the worst sort of Sadists in my graduating class. And the other had the uncontrollable urge to punch things…and people."

Ookami raised is head at the word Sadist…he started picturing the genjutsu they placed him in when they first met. Made his blood boil…also reminded him of the one they placed him in a few days later.

---Flashback---

Ookami was running down the streets and looking in every direction. No matter which way he turned no matter which way he looked all he could see were a bunch of hairy old men in there underwear. 'No…this can't be happening…this can't be happening…' the swordsman started chanting to himself.

Ookami's eyes widened, 'THE BATH HOUSE! Of course!'

Ookami started running in the direction of the bathhouses. When he got there he nearly had a heart attack. He looked to one side of the bathhouse and saw one side… 'Men', read one of the signs…He looked at the other side and saw a sign that read 'Men XXX'. He fell to the ground, in a fetal position, and started rocking back and forth. 'No-no-no-no-no…' he once again chanted in his mind.

His eyes widened once again. He started searching in his pockets. 'This is my only salvation left. He pulled out his familiar orange book and his heart nearly stopped. "Itcha Itcha Yaoi Paradise…", he read out the title of his formerly favorite book and dropped it to the ground.

"NOOOOOOO-"

---End Flashback---

"-OOOOOO!" Ookami was now standing on the couch, his arms held up high. When he remembered that what happened, happened over a month ago he stopped screaming. He opened his eyes; arms still raised high, and looked at his comrades who were staring at him. "Uhhh…sorry…", he said with a grin, scratching the back of his head.

Their door suddenly opened and the head of an ANBU popped in. "What the hell is going on in here? I heard screaming."

Ookami laughed nervously… "Sorry about that…yea we're fine."

The ANBU stared at him and shook his head. "Don't scream like that unless there's a problem." With that said he close the door behind him.

"What the hell was that about?", asked a confused Psychic…

"Uhhh…nothing…", replied the swordsman. "So…why the hell do you want to save those three anyways…if they are…how you say you are…"

Yami shook his head… "Just feel obliged, honestly. They were in my graduating class. Plus…still kinda feel bad that I almost killed them." What Yami said had been a partially true. Recently he had started to feel regret for what his demonic self did during the first part of chunin exam.

"All we can do is wait Yami…", replied the medic.

With that the three went back to doing what they were doing before, this time however Yami chose to lay down on the second couch, crossing his arms under his head. He looked at the clock. It was 12:45. The chunin exam had started at 10:00 am.

Yami sighed and chose to rest his eyes. 'Inochi's right…nothing to do but wait until our turn comes along. He didn't have to wait long… About three minutes later, an ANBU came into their room.

"It's your turn. Are you ready?"

The boys looked at the ANBU and nodded. "How did our other team do…"

The ANBU looked down… "Team 28…died…against the grass nins they were fighting…"

Yami's clenched his eyes shut. Ookami clenched his fist. Inochi's eyes widened.

Yami looked at the ninja before him… "And…Team 17?"

The ANBU looked down again and motioned with his head, towards his left. Yami's eyes widened and he ran pass the ANBU and into the hall. He looked towards his left and the blood drained from his face. He saw Sakura and Aki, bloodied, being carried in stretchers. He could see Ayame walking slowly behind the two in tears, scratched and bruised but not nearly as bad as the other two. His body froze…he didn't even notice when the girls were out of his view. He felt someone touch his shoulder. He looked over to the ANBU. "Supposedly they'll be alright…they look really bad…but they should be ready to go home in a few days."

Yami nodded and thanked the man. Inochi and Ookami walked to stand next to the psychic. "Come on! The way the match is set up…if we win the fight against the leaf nins, we'll be able to take on the sound nins again", said the swordsman, whilst he was cracking his knuckles.

"YOSH! IT IS TRUE!" The boys turned to voice behind them to see the three green clad leaf nin.

"IF you were able to defeat us, you would be fighting the sound nin…HOWEVER YOU WILL NEVER GET THE OPPORTUNITY…FOR YOU SEE WE HAVE YOUTH ON OUR SIDE!", spoke one the of three clones.

Ookami's eye twitched. "Who the hell gives a damn about youth…it's skill that wins a fight."

"YOSH! YOU'RE RIGHT IN SAYING SUCH THINGS! YOU ARE VERY WISE…IT'S SUCH A SHAME YOU COME FROM SUCH A VILE VILLAGE…YOU WOULD MAKE A GREAT LEAF NIN.

Inochi's blood boiled more than anyone's at hearing what they said. "VILE! What the hell do you mean VILE?"

They just looked at him with a smirk. "Your village was created by a vile demon."

Inochi growled. "Our village was created by the GREAT Naruto-sama."

"He was tainted by a vile demon…and in turn became just as evil and just as vile. He committed many crimes against Konahagakure."

"WHAT CRIMES?", asked Inochi.

"Caused the downfall of the honorable Uchiha clan. Attempted to corrupt multiple of the leaf nins around him. Caused the Sand Village to betray Konahagakure AGAIN. Corrupted the branch members of the Hyuuga clan-"

"The only part of the Hyuuga clan that was corrupt was the main family!"

The 'beautiful' green beast just shook his finger. "The main family didn't run away from Konahagakure and become criminals. The leader of the criminals, Neji-teme, was known to be a friend of Naruto no Kitsune and was obviously tainted by IT."

Inochi clenched his fist and gritted his teeth. "How dare you speak badly of Neji-sama and Naruto-sama." Yami and Ookami were in a similar state.

The three green beasts just looked at them with tears in there eyes. "That vile creature tainted the two greatest men in leaf history. "The great Gai-sama and Lee-sama. They were corrupted into caring for the demon…they were the first two beautiful green beasts of Konahagakure. And they were tainted…" The one who was speaking all along clenched his fist, as did the other two. "NOW WE WILL RESTORE THE HONOR OF THE TWO WARRIORS!"

The Moon nin were about ready to explode.

"I'VE HEARD ENOUGH!", finally exploded the ANBU, who had been listening to the bickering. "I don't give a damn what your two countries believe in, or even which one of you is right. The only thing that matters is that I'M TIRED OF LISTENING TO YA SO GET OUT THE FREAKING DOOR!" He looked at the six nin for a second… "I…mean…you need to start your match…everyone is waiting for you… What ever you differences are, settle them in the ring."

The three Moon nins glared at the grinning Leaf nins and then walked off. The green beasts walked off in a different direction.

They were about to walk through the door when Yami was stopped, by a hand on his shoulder. He turned to see the owner of the hand was Inochi. Yami looked at him questioningly. He came close to whisper in his ear, "I almost forgot to mention…unless absolutely necessary, do NOT summon any frogs." Seeing Yami's questioningly look he continued. "Megumi might not have told you…but the frog contract belonged to a man named Jiraiya."

"Yea she told me that", replied the psychic, whispering.

"Well Jiraiya was one of Naruto's teachers. He was also a leaf nin. In other words the frog contract used to belong to Konahagakure. We don't need another reason for them to be after us. They can probably tell that I'm Hizuuga just by my eyes. If they find out that you have the frog contract, it'll just be another incentive."

"Yea…your right…well luckily I gave the contract to one of the frogs…no need to carry it around myself."

"Oh! And Ookami already knows this…so you should probably know…don't let anyone find out that I'm the son of you know who. If that's the case we might as well put a giant bull's eye on our backs."

'If they find out that he is the son of the Hizuuga clan head…we could be in big trouble…'

"Stop mumbling you two…", spoke the swordsman who had been looking around to make sure no one was listening. The other two nodded.

Inochi nodded, "Come on", he ordered, "Lets kick there asses." With that said he walked out the door.

The other two were a little dazed, "Wow never heard Inochi curse before", said the psychic who followed the medic.

"Me either", replied the swordsman.

---Arena---

The six shinobi were standing in the middle of the arena. The arena was rather big. The walls were made at least three stories high. The ground was composed of grass mostly. There were a few rocks, a few boulders, and two small lakes on opposite sides of the field. 'Gotta help support there own genins…'

They could see spectators all around them. Many of them looked like commoners, but some looked noble. They could see the Kage's up in the Kage box. Yami saw the Tsukikage frowning worriedly at them. 'After what happened to the other two teams…who could blame him…'

A jounin jumped into the arena, right between the two teams. He was dressed like a standard jounin dresses, except that his Hiaete was in the form of a bandanna that covered his whole head. "Alright listen up, I'm going to make it short. This is an all-out-battle. The battle ends when you or your opponent either dies, surrenders, or if I deem the battle hopeless towards one party. On the count of three the battle shall begin. Everyone understand?" He saw the genins nod. He turned to the Kage box. "HELLO EVERYONE! THE FINAL MATCH OF THE SEMI-FINALS WILL BE BETWEEN A TEAM FROM KONAHAGAKURE AND A TEAM FROM TSUKIGAKURE!" When he paused some cheering could be heard.

'Must want to get the match underway…', thought the psychic.

"Alright…lets get this match underway. Ready…"

"1…"

"2…"

"3!", the jounin poofed away in a cloud of smoke.

They wasted no time. They all picked an opponent and started fighting.

---Yami vs Handou---

Handou wasted no time in attacking. He used the smoke the jounin created as cover. He jumped through it and sent a punch at the Psychic. Yami quickly side-stepped the punch and tried throwing his own, which was blocked by the leaf nin. "Konaha Reppu (Leaf Gale)", the leaf nin did a spinning sweep kick, and attempted to sweep him off his feet. Yami however did a back flip to avoid the kick. Handou launched himself at the psychic and started throwing a chain of punches at the psychic. Yami was doing all he could to just dodge and block the attacks. Though the latter left his arms sore.

'Ok…taijutsu-wise…he's a lot better than me…can't let THIS many people see me summoning, not at my current skill level at least…should hold out on the cursed seal…So I'm stuck with taijutsu, psychic power, and water ninjutsu.' Yami smirked; he was being pushed against one of the lakes.

Yami's eyes shifted silver. Yami launched himself after blocking a punch he preformed a spinning kick, enhancing his speed with telekinesis. Handou was able to block it, but the force of the kick pushed him back. Handou was about to launch himself at the psychic, however Yami quickly preformed a back flip, flicking open both his Fuuma shurikans, and threw both his Fuumas at Handou.

Handou's eyes widened; he pulled out a kunai and a jumped to the right. He was able to dodge one of the Fuumas and block the other one with the kunai in hand. However, the force of the attack once again pushed him back.

Yami smirked, it was all the time he needed. He started doing the hand seals necessary. 'Hopefully I can finish this here.' "Suiton: Suiryudan no Jutsu." A large dragon started forming from the lake behind him. It swirled around for a second as it rose from the water and then it turned towards Handou and launched itself at him. Handou's eyes widened, before being engulfed by the water.

Yami smiled once again and let himself rest for a second. "INITIAL GATE OPEN!"

Green Chakra started flaring. The remaining water exploded out, due to the powerful Green Chakra.

Yami's eyes widened, "Shit!"

---Ookami vs Kikku---

Kikku launched herself at Ookami and was about to start throwing punches at him. He quickly pulled out his wakizashis. Though much shorter than normal blades, Ookami was able to use his wakizashis to keep Kikku at bay.

Ookami launched himself, swinging his swords at the girl in front of him. Kikku was doing everything she could to just dodge the swordsman. Finally Ookami saw an opening and thrust a wakizashi at her. It looked like his sword connected with Kikku, however a puff of smoke later showed that it had connected with a rock.

"Initial Gate Open!", Ookami heard behind him.

"Konoha Senpu (Leaf Hurricane)", Ookami turned just in time to see Kikku kick him into the air.

"Kage Buyo (Shadow of the Dancing Leaf)", Kikku appeared under the airborne swordsman. She was parallel to him, following a similar trajectory.

"Omote Renge (Front Lotus)", This time the bandages that were wrapped around Kikku's arms started to unravel themselves. As if they had a mind of there own, they wrapped themselves around Ookami, forcing him to drop both his blades in the process. "This is the end", she whispered in his ear.

---Inochi vs Anaakeki---

Inochi and Anaakeki were the only fighters who didn't attack each other right away. Inochi suppressed a grin. He was up against the same guy who spoke badly about Tsukigakure, Neji, and Naruto. 'I'll make him pay for that…"

Finally Anaakeki launched himself at the Medic-nin. He started off with a flurry of punches. Inochi was able to either block or dodge all of his punches. 'Unless I hit him with my Chakra scalpel…there's no way I can match his taijutu.'

"Konaha Reppu", Anaakeki attempted to sweep Inochi off his feet. He succeeded, however the medic-nin quickly sprung his arms backwards and used them to launch himself into a backflip.

Anaakeki started to follow him, intent on punching him the moment he landed, but was stopped do to a flurry of Senbon needles heading straight at him. Anaakeki had to jumped backwards to avoid getting hit by them.

Inochi preformed a few hand seals, "Raiton: Lightning Blast no jutsu." Blue electricity started cracking from Inochi's hands, a few second later the electricity gathered itself into the form of a ball, Inochi then threw the ball at Anaakeki.

Anaakeki saw the ball coming straight at him and jumped to the side. He managed to avoid getting hit by the ball, but after the ball connected with the ground it exploded, sending little bolts of electricity outwards, some that got Anaakeki. They didn't cause much damaged, they only managed to stun him for a second.

Anaakeki stood tall the moment he landed on the ground. "INITIAL GATE OPEN!" Green chakra suddenly exploded from Anaakeki; at this point all three green beasts had just opened their First Gate.

Anaakeki launched himself at Inochi, who had also just landed. He threw a punch at Inochi, who didn't have a chance to block or dodge. However, it never connected…the punch went straight trough the medics head, and Inochi disappeared a second afterwards. Anaakeki had a looked of utter horror etched on his face when he felt a chakra signature behind him. Anaakeki tried to turn…but it was to late.

Inochi ran up behind him and slashed him with his Chakra Enjintou. Inochi slashed Anaakeki on the chest, centimeters above a fatal blow. It was enough to stun the boy though. Inochi then did the same to Anaakeki's arms and legs. Anaakeki dropped to the ground unconsciously. Even if he were to wake up; there's no way that he would be able to get back up without a medic nin…not for a few hours.

Inochi quickly looked around the arena and nearly froze. He started performing the necessary hand seals. "Raiton: Lightning Shurikan no jutsu!"

---Ookami vs Kikku---

Kikku positioned herself, and Ookami, so that she was vertically upside down. As she started falling, with Ookami still tied up with her bandages, she started spinning herself and her captive.

Ookami's eyes widened, as he looked at the ground under him coming closer and closer.

The two ninja were about two meters away from the ground when it happened. Kikku felt multiple sharp objects hit in the back. Worst part is that they were sending jolts of electricity throughout her body, making her muscles spasm. It caused her to twist out of her spinning drop and cause her to land on her stomach. Ookami landed in a similar fashion as the girl.

Ookami started to rise, getting himself out of the now lose bandages. He saw that she had multiple senbon needles stuck to her back. He looked around to see Inochi just standing, his opponent was on the floor behind him. He mouthed out a thanks to his long time friend.

Kikku was beyond pissed off at that moment. "I…am…one…of…the...beautiful…green…beast…of…Konahgakure…I…won't…lose…like…this…" She started to rise, sending chakra all throughout her system, canceling the effects of the electricity. Green chakra was still surging from the girl. "HEAL GATE OPEN!" Green chakra once again exploded from the girl. Bruises that she acquired from the fall and cuts on her back started healing up. The Senbon needles exploded from her back.

Ookami glared at the girl. He pulled out his Hakumei Shikon. He started performing one-handed seals. "Kenjutsu: Wind Decapitating no jutsu." Wind started surging around his black double-edged sword. He grasped it with both his and started sprinting at the girl in front of him. She started sprinting at the swordsman as well, significantly faster than him. He brought his sword, which was still swirling with wind, into a horizontal slash. What confused the girl is that she was a good few feet away from the slash when it happened. She stopped moving a little early, a good foot away from the tip of the blade. However she soon found the point of the jutsu.

Wind started swirling around the girl. It seem that it was coming from every direction, but it just kept switching within a second. She couldn't move her body. "Raiton: Lightning Blast!" Her eyes widened as she saw a ball made out of electricity cut through the wind in front of her and hit her dead on in the chest. The wind finally stopped and, due to all the electricity coursing through her system, she was about fall to the ground. However Ookami came up in front of her and launched his sword in another horizontal strike, this time without the wind.

Luckily for Kikku though, Ookami positioned his blade so he wouldn't kill the girl. He positioned it so she would be smashed in the head by the flat side of it. It did just that, the girl was sent flying a few feet and she landed with a thud. She wouldn't be getting up in a while either.

Ookami sheathed his Hakumei Shikon, panting due to the chakra he exhausted from using it.

"Come on…lets end this." Ookami turned to see Inochi, staring off into the fight between Yami and the other Green Beast.

---Yami vs Handou---

Handou launched himself at the psychic and slugged him with a strong punch. Yami didn't even have time to block the attack. Handou then hit the Yami with a punch to the stomach, knocking the wind out of him. Yami saw this was going to be bad and, with his eyes shifting back to their brilliant silver color, he recalled one of his Fuuma shurikan, but not before receiving a few more hard punches.

Yami brought his Fuuma over and slashed at the leaf nin. However, Handou had lunged backwards to avoid his strike. Yami kept the Fuuma in front of him, as he regained his breath.

Hadnou didn't want to give him time though. He launched himself once again, a kunai in hand and started throwing a flurry of slashes at the psychic. Yami was able to block all the strikes with his Fuuma shurikan.

Yami saw his other one still lying helplessly on the ground, behind the leaf nin. He used his power to bring it back to himself. He was hoping to hit the leaf nin in the back. However, that didn't occur. The leaf nin heard the Fuuma coming and did a back flip over it. Yami caught his other Fuuma and then launched himself at Handou. Handou pulled out another kunai and the two started fighting. Handou was able to block Yami's larger weapons due to the opening of his first gate.

"HEAL GATE OPEN!" Handou once again exploded with chakra. He launched himself at Yami and clashed blades with him.

Yami was pushed back by the force of the attack. He was left open to an attack. Handou threw a stabbing thrust, with one of his kunai, at the psychic. Yami's eyes widened when he saw the kunai coming.

Luckily for the psychic, a wakizashi hit the kunai sending it down.

Handou's eyes widened when he felt multiple senbon needles stab him in the arm.

Handou felt a wakizashi placed against his throat and senbon needles being held against his back. Yami regained his balance and held his Fuuma shurikan in front of himself.

Handou was trapped. Green chakra stopped flaring from him.

This is the time the proctor decided to jump in. "THE LEAF TEAM IS NO LONGER ABLE TO BATTLE! I DECLARE THE WINNERS TO BE THE MOON TEAM!"

A cheer erupted from the crowd.

Handou fell to his knees. "SENTOU-SENSEI…MY YOUTH HAS DIMINISHED…"

His comment made the three moon teams sweat dropped.

Yami look up to the kage box to see a smiling Tsukikage. He smiled back and then frowned…

Their final fight would be a rematch between them and the sound team. This time…a buzzer wouldn't save them.

A/N: FYI...I DON'T HATE GAI OR LEE (not my favorite characters) But i really do like them both. As for the Gai/Lee Clones...well Leaf village (most of them are going to be bashed. (remember that they are hostile with Tsukigakure).

I'm worried that i'm going to lose fans after some character (village) bashing that occured in this chapter... Just wait and see i suppose.

Anyway I bashed the three green beast (a little) but mostly the Konahagakure in general. I figured that there are less than twenty people who actually liked Naruto in the village. So...any children that the Naruto's friends had...may have been told the truth about Naruto. However as the years went on...and those children experience more Propaganda against Naruto...there feelings became cloudy...and when they had children...those children never got the same lecture there parents (the children of Naruto's friends) had...so they hated Naruto.

Anway...either lose some reviewers...or gained some.

Updates: shouldn't take me to long...I know what i'm going to write for a good bit of the story...however next time i get a writers bloc...i may ask for some ideas.

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