The Rise of Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze

by MercenaryGrax

How would things be if Naruto knew who his parents were from a young age? A mysterious man who has watched Naruto his entire life soon takes an interest in Naruto and is placed as the assistant Jonin instructor to Naruto and his team. Who is this man and what relation does he have to Naruto? How will things be different with him training the young ninja? NaruxHarem & OCxHarem.

10. Chapter 10

Chapter 10 – Mighty Kunoichi, Neji's Nickname, & Naruto's Clash!

Ino eyed her friend's weapon with curiosity. The tip of the spear was of a material she couldn't identify right off the bat, but then again she wasn't exactly a weapons freak like Tenten was. Shrugging her shoulders, the platinum blonde-haired girl glanced at Sean and smiled. "Sean-sensei? Can I use that technique?" Everyone in the arena froze and looked directly at Sean, clearly putting the man in the spotlight for the time being.

Sean sighed and ran his fingers through his dark blue hair. "I have no problems with you using that technique in this battle, but I want you to wait for now. Use your best judgment to determine when it's the right time to use it Ino-chan. Good luck!" Asuma leaned over and whispered to him. "Umm, Sean-san? Are you sure it's safe?" Sean shrugged his shoulders and simply grinned. "Well, I'm not sure if she can use it without injuring herself yet, but she's not about to kill herself or her friend. Ino's a smart kid and if she wants to use it to win this fight, then I say let her." Asuma sighed and shook his head. "Fine, but if Pops comes down on us for this, I'm pinning all the blame on you damn it." With that, the smoking Jonin leaned back and rested his head on the wall.

Meanwhile, back in the arena, Ino found herself grinning as she stared at her friend. "You heard him Sakura. Sean-sensei's just given me the go ahead to crush you. Now, show me what you can do with this precious weapon of yours Sakura. I want to have at least some fun with you before I beat you into the ground!" Laughing hard, Ino found herself grinning inside as Sakura began to fume. Good. It looks like you're still as easy to anger as ever Sakura. Tear down your defenses, wear you out, and then I'll go in for the 'kill'. Easy victory.

Sakura snarled and went in for an attack, swinging her spear wildly at Ino who easily dodged each of the attacks. When the pink-haired girl went for a powerful overhead strike, Ino flipped backwards and watched as a three-feet wide crater formed in the ground where the spear tip hit. Her eyebrow twitching, Ino looked from the crater back to the spear's wielder and laughed nervously. Oh shit! If that thing manages to hit me once, I'm screwed! "Ha! Is that all you've got Forehead?! Sean-sensei's capable of doing more than that with his pinky finger! If you want to scare me you're going to have to work harder than that!"

In the audience, Naruto found himself grinning as he stared from Ino to Sakura. Ino, you'd be wise to shut up. Sakura's about to show you something incredible. Whatever you learned from Sean-sensei won't save you here. Nodding his head, the blonde looked over at his longtime friend and found Sean smirking. Frowning at this, he wondered why he was still so confident in Ino. Looking back to the fight, the young Uzumaki-Namikaze shook his head and decided to simply cheer on his teammate. "Come on Sakura-chan, you can do it! Kick Ino's ass!"

Sakura smiled brightly at hearing Naruto cheering her on. "Thank you Naruto-kun! I needed that." Glancing at Naruto, she saw him grin at her and nod his head. Blushing slightly, the pink-haired girl looked back at Ino and grinned. "Okay Ino, since you don't seem to be very impressed…" Sakura began to focus earth-natured chakra into her spear and clutched it tight before moving it to her side, pointing it towards the wall. "I'll show you something special. Whatever trick you've got up your sleeve, I suggest you use it soon. Because if you're hit with this, you're not going to get back up."

Ino gulped again and shook her head. "I can't just yet. It's not the right time. But…" Bringing her hands up, Ino formed a single hand seal and smiled brightly. "I can try something else! Kaminari Bunshin no Jutsu (Lightning Clone Technique)!" Out of nowhere, a lightning bolt shot down from the ceiling and struck Ino's head. The bolt itself was so bright that it blinded everyone in the room. When they could see again, sixteen Ino's now stood in the arena surrounding Sakura, each of them grinning devilishly at her. "Sakuraaaaa. You'd better hope you have some kind of special technique up your sleeve, otherwise my next technique's gonna take you dooown."

As the Ino's began to laugh and started going through hand seals again, Sakura smirked and shook her head. "Nice try Ino-pig, but it's just not enough. Doton: Rokkii no Arashino Muchi (Earth Release: Whip of the Rocky Storm)! Say good-bye to your clones!" The tip of Sakura's spear began to glow a dark greenish brown color before it extended into a long stream that encircled her on the floor. Focusing to maintain hold on the jutsu, Sakura began what appeared to be a rather elegant dance as she moved around on the floor, the long stream of earth-based chakra slamming into the clones one by one, quickly dissipating all but three of Ino's Lightning Clones.

Ino frowned and shook her head. "I have to admit, I didn't think a simple Doton jutsu would be enough to destroy my Lightning Clones. Even if they were just cheap copies meant to distract you, the mere fact that your Doton whip could destroy them's impressive. Not bad Forehead. Still, you didn't succeed. Raiton: Jibashi (Lightning Release: Electromagnetic Murder)!" Ino and her two remaining clones each extended their hands and shot lightning forth from their fingertips.

Sakura grimaced as she looked around herself. The three Ino's were surrounding her in a perfect triangle and the lightning was spreading out in cones to entrap her. Focusing her chakra once more, Sakura pumped more chakra into her technique and began spinning in as perfect a Pirouette as she could. Her chakra whip enshrouded her in a protective cocoon as she spun and spun on her foot.

When the attacks finally came to an end, Sakura stopped and began to pant as her technique faded. The pink-haired girl sealed the spear away once more and clutched at her right arm. For the most part, her defensive technique held, but parts of the technique burst through her makeshift Doton shield and her right arm was currently hanging lifeless at her side. "That…could've been much worse. You pumped too much power into that technique Ino-pig! We're not trying to kill each other here!"

Some of the people in the audience sweat dropped at this, but decided to shrug her comment off. Ino simply laughed softly and shook her head. "Sakura, in this battle we aren't friends. I'm battling to win. To prove to myself that I'm a better kunoichi than you! I want to get stronger, and not just for Seanie-kun!" Eyes widening, she slapped her hands over her mouth and blushed furiously as she and mostly everyone in the room glanced towards Sean again.

Sean's left eyebrow was raised while he maintained a mostly calm, neutral expression on his face. Asuma burst out laughing next to him and slapped the Wind God on the shoulder. "Well, looks like somebody's trying to profess her love to you oh mighty 'Wind God'. What're you gonna do?" Laughing harder, Asuma didn't even notice the back of Sean's fist until it was too late. In the next second, Asuma Sarutobi found himself buried in the wall behind him, groaning in agony. Letting out a heavy sigh, the Wind God hung his head and shook it. Well this is fucking embarrassing. Thanks Ino. They're going to be teasing me about this for a good, long time. I think I'd like to just go crawl in a hole and die now.

Ino glanced over at Sean and found him sulking. She was furious with Asuma for making fun of him, and she wasn't at all pleased with all the people making fun of him right now for what she just did. Blushing in embarrassment, she was about to speak up when she looked at Sean again and saw him simply smiling at her. "S-Sean-sensei? Are you okay?"

Sean smiled and nodded at his student. "Don't worry about it Ino-chan. Let them think what they want. It doesn't matter. What matters is that this: you've made me proud to be your sensei, even if it's only temporary. Now, why don't you show Sakura your trump card? Let them see your true power Ino-chan!" Ino nodded happily and blew a kiss at him before she turned back to Sakura.

As the laughter grew louder, a deep, embarrassed blush found its way onto the Wind God's face and he grumbled irritably to himself. Sometimes I really hate these people. I even have fucking Genin laughing at me! What the hell do you have against me Kami-sama?! Sean fell to his knees and just hung his head, too embarrassed to even keep watching the fight anymore.

Sakura found herself sighing at Ino's antics. "Ino? You do know that what you just did was highly embarrassing for Sean-sensei, right?" Ino frowned at that and quickly retorted. "I'll apologize to Seanie-kun for it later Forehead! At least I'm willing to come out and say who I'm in love with! You're too stubborn to even come out and say that you're in love with Naruto!"

At this, Sakura's eyes went wide and she froze. Slowly, she turned her gaze to look at her teammate, only to find him smiling at her. Before she could speak up, Naruto raised his hand and shook his head. "It's all right Sakura-chan, I already knew. Don't let it bother you; we can talk about it later. Just focus on the fight for now okay? Do your best!" Grinning at her, he found it amusing when Sakura blushed deeply and quickly turned away to continue her fight.

Hiruzen and many others that knew both Sean and Naruto had similar thoughts running through their minds at this point. It seems that Sean and Naruto-kun are more alike than originally thought. They're both quite popular with the ladies. Then again, Naruto-kun's father wasn't a slouch in that area either. The women loved him. Chuckling, the Hokage shook his head and simply waved for the match to continue. There had been enough embarrassment for one match. It needed to end!

Back in the arena, Ino was, once more, focusing her chakra for another technique. Sakura, noticing this, shut off her gravity seals in the hopes that the new speed and power boost given to her would be enough to offset the exhaustion she was currently feeling. Focusing chakra to the soles of her feet and to her fists, the pink-haired lass prepared herself for whatever might be coming next.

Ino smiled and shook her head. "Removing some gravity seals won't be enough Sakura. What Seanie's taught me is going to be a bit too much for you to handle in your current condition. No amount of speed or power will help you." Sakura grimaced at this, but she wasn't about to attack without first knowing what she was getting into. Ino was close to calling out her new jutsu and Sakura knew it.

Taking in a deep breath, Ino closed her eyes and focused her chakra through her hands, turning as much of it as she could into Raiton chakra. When she was ready, Ino opened her eyes and, using her free hand, she literally pulled a large sword made of pure Raiton chakra from her left hand. As she clutched the sword tight in her hands, lightning began to crackle around her body and sparks began to fly throughout the arena. "This…is my new technique Sakura-chan. Raiton: Kaminarino Ken (Lightning Release: Lightning Sword)!" As the young blonde woman clutched the sword tight in her hands, she remembered back to when she had first learned this technique.

Flashback

"Ino-chan. Before we begin, there are a few things you should know about the technique you are going to try." Sean stated as he looked into her eyes, a rather serious, warning expression on his face. The young Yamanaka heiress looked nervous, but she steeled her nerves and nodded anyways. "Sean-sensei, I asked you to teach me how to do this for a reason. I want to become stronger, and you're the strongest person I know!"

The Wind God chuckled softly and shook his head. "There are people far stronger than I am Ino-chan, but thank you for holding me in such high regard." Sean replied as he reached out and gently patted her atop her head. "However, before I can truly teach you this technique you want to learn, I need to make a few things very clear first." Looking deep into Ino's eyes, Sean narrowed his eyes somewhat and sent a small wave of killing intent her way. "If you simply want to learn this technique because you are trying to impress me, then you can forget about it. That is not why you learn techniques. You should want to grow stronger in here," Sean put two fingers to Ino's forehead, "and in here," this time he put his fingers to her chest, just above her heart, "for yourself and for another, very important reason."

Ino blushed softly as he retracted his fingers and smiled at her. After a time, the young lass nodded her head slowly and smiled at him. "I want to grow stronger for a few reasons Sean-sensei. I…want to prove myself. To my friends, to my family, to you…to everybody. I want to prove I'm strong! I want to prove that we kunoichi are not weaklings! Women can be just as strong as men, I know it!" Seeing Sean smile at this, Ino decided it was safe to continue on. "But more than that, I want to protect those precious to me."

The Yamanaka girl looked into Sean's eyes and could feel tears stinging at her eyes. "I was pathetic before Sean-sensei! All I wanted was to be near Sasuke. I thought he was so cool and…'hot' before. But damn it, he's just…he's NOT! Sasuke only really cares about himself and that stupid revenge of his! The village loves him and he still has all those fan girls of his and all he can think about is power, power, power! Sakura told me about what he did in Wave. The things he said…ugh!" Clenching her fists, Ino unconsciously flared her chakra and Sean was smiling as he watched her closely. "When I heard, I wanted to go to Naruto right away and tell him how sorry I was for how I treated him. He's been through so much crap already and…" She sighed heavily and closed her eyes, the tears streaming down her face freely as she felt herself being pulled into a tight, warm hug by her sensei. "I was just so stupid. I talked with Shikamaru, Choji, Sakura…my parents…everyone that I thought could help me figure things out. Even now I don't really understand why I was attracted to that scumbag! Personally…" Looking into her sensei's face now, Ino grinned. "I'm happy you pummeled Sasuke when you did. He deserved it!"

Sean smiled brightly as Ino began to giggle. She sounded so cute as she giggled that he couldn't help but laugh right along with her. Reaching up his hands, the Wind God used his thumbs to gently dry her face of the tears. Once he was done, Ino was blushing up a storm once again and he simply smiled at her. "There we go. Can't have my pretty student out here crying, now can we?" As she just blushed more and more, Sean chuckled quietly to himself and stood once more. "Good Ino. We can begin your training."

As Ino looked up at him, clearly excited with the news, Sean smiled softly down at her. "The first thing you should know is that such a technique will be highly dangerous to you. For some reason, this kind of technique comes naturally to me and it doesn't bother me at all. For someone such as you, however…well, there's a multitude of drawbacks. The first of which is the rate at which your chakra will drain when you activate the technique. Watch me and see if you can understand why this is."

For a time, Ino listened and watched as Sean demonstrated certain things to her about his wind sword that he so often used. She had seated herself upon the grass, smiling at him as the two of them discussed the potential of such a technique as well as everything that could go wrong. When all was said and done, Ino rose to her feet and looked into his eyes as she struggled to perform the technique time and time again.

Some time later, when Ino finally managed to activate it, she let out a scream of pain, but clutched the sword tight in her hands nonetheless. Sean quickly placed his hand upon her shoulder and forced some of his chakra into her body to cancel out her technique. "Tell me Ino, how did you feel?" Ino looked into his caring eyes for a moment before she raised her hands and looked over her body. "That…that really hurt. I think I understand now Sean-sensei. It…"

End Flashback

Ino laughed softly to herself as she clutched the blade tightly in her hand, the lightning crackling louder around her. Seanie's abilities are very similar to a kekkei genkai of some sort. He doesn't feel any of the drawbacks when he uses his techniques, but when somebody who isn't part of his clan/family tries to do something like this, the chakra drain and strain on their bodies will hurt terribly. Severe chakra drain and the strain are only two drawbacks however. My lightning sword creates such powerful, raw raiton energy that it causes painful burns and causes parts of my body to start going numb. Until I fully master this technique, the longest I can maintain control over this technique is 2.5 minutes. I have to make that time count.

Ino sighed and nodded her head. "Sorry Sakura, but you're done for. If you're as smart as I remember, you'll forfeit the match. Please don't push your luck." When Sakura simply shook her head negatively, Ino sighed again and nodded her head. "Then come Sakura. Try your best." The pinkette nodded slowly and soon disappeared from view after pivoting her left foot. Glancing to her right, Ino raised her right arm and blocked her friend's punch.

Everyone winced as Sakura began to scream out in pain as she jumped backwards away from Ino. Sean closed his eyes and nodded slowly. Ino tried to warn you Sakura. I am sorry, I truly am. I would have liked to have seen the both of you make it through, but you were stuck facing the wrong opponent. Better luck next time.

Ino turned and swung her sword at Sakura's midsection, but the pink-haired girl leaped backwards and clutched at her damaged fist. "W-What the hell was that?!" she shouted angrily. The blonde-haired girl smiled and shook her head as she slowly raised the lightning sword over her head. "I told you that it was pointless. I'm sorry. I truly am." Frowning, Ino swung the sword down and an arc of pure lightning shot forth from her blade towards Sakura.

Sakura managed to dash out of the way again and again, dodging attack after attack until two full minutes had passed. The pinkette fell to her knees and groaned. She was running low on chakra and she was exhausted too. Taking in a deep breath, she tried to think up some kind of plan. However, at the moment she was completely clueless on what to do. And yet, right at the moment that she was about to raise her hand and forfeit the fight, Ino's technique faded when the sword was mere inches from her head.

Sakura blinked, clearly confused as she stared at Ino. Her friend stepped back a few feet and began looking herself over. The smile on Ino's face confused her even more. Does her technique have some kind of time limit or something? Can…I actually win this fight now?!

Ino shook her head and began to giggle cutely. Well, I guess that's it. Thankfully I don't seem to have suffered too much damage this time. There's other ways that I can win this fight. Smirking to herself, Ino performed a single hand seal that her teammates and most Jonin in the area knew well. "Sorry Sakura. You still lose. Shintenshin no Jutsu (Mind Body Switch Technique)!"

Sakura tried to move to avoid the technique, but it was to no avail. She suddenly felt herself pushed back into her own mind while Ino took control, her own body collapsing to the floor in the arena. By this point, the young Haruno girl was so exhausted both physically and mentally that she didn't see what she could do to possibly continue.

Naruto, seeing this, groaned and shook his head before he slapped his hand down on the railing. "Damn it Sakura-chan, don't you dare go giving up like this! Fight back! Take control again and force Ino out of your body! I thought you were stronger than this!"

Ino-Sakura looked up at Naruto and frowned. "Sorry Naruto, but it's not quite so si-" The pink-haired girl suddenly froze, a look of shock on her face as the body refused to obey Ino's commands. Inside Sakura's mind, the Haruno was trying her best to fight back. Her Naru-kun had faith in her and she did not want to let him down! Despite the stray thought that crept into her mind, Sakura chose to push it aside until later when she had actually won her fight.

Moments later, Ino was back in her own body and both combatants rose once more, angry looks upon their faces. "Ino, I thought we were going to fight fair?! None of those damn tricks. Whoever won would have done so by their abilities alone. Why did you try to do that?!" Sakura shouted, and once again some people in the audience groaned. Ino simply giggled and shook her head. "Sakura that is a clan technique. It's a perfectly fair tactic and one I'm sure you would have employed had you a jutsu such as that in your arsenal. But now it doesn't matter. I'm nearly tapped out, and I'm sure you are too. Looks like it's going to come down to simple Taijutsu in the end. I might have enough chakra left for another elemental jutsu or two, but it's just not enough. If I missed, it would just be a waste."

Sighing, the blonde focused some chakra into seals on her body and Sakura's eyes widened somewhat. "Yes, Sakura, I have them too. Now, what do you say to finishing this fight now? It's gone on long enough and I'd like to see the others fight. Wouldn't you Sakura-chan?" Smiling at her longtime friend, Ino watched as Sakura nodded, albeit somewhat reluctantly. Bowing once more to each other, the two kunoichi prepared for what would be their final attacks.

It was over in a flash. The two moved so fast down in the arena that some had trouble keeping up with them. When they finally stopped moving, Ino and Sakura had their fists planted in each other's faces. They both were sent tumbling backwards along the ground, eventually stopping when the two of them ended up in two decently sized craters on opposite sides of the arena.

It didn't take long for both combatants to step forth again, but at they moved, it was obvious that one of them was about to drop and the fight would finally come to a close. Sakura glanced at Naruto and found herself smiling. "S-Sorry Naruto-k-kun. I wanted…to see you in the finals. Guess it was t-too much for me…" As Sakura began to fall, she saw Naruto smile at her.

Ino moved quickly and caught her friend in her arms. Glancing over at the proctor, she motioned him over. "Please call the fight. We could both use a little rest and medical attention. Sorry that we made such a mess of the arena." Smiling at the proctor, Hayate Gekko, Ino found herself passing out shortly after he called the match in her favor.

Tenten vs. Temari

Hayate had called a five minute break so that the arena could undergo some temporary repairs. In that time, everyone had been allowed to go and grab a snack, the wounded had been patched up, and for the most part, people just talked with one another. During this time, Naruto and Hinata spent some more time together and just talked about whom they might be facing and what had happened already. As the five minutes came to an end, they wished each other good luck, kissed each other sweetly on the lips, and went back to their teams.

As soon as the next pairing came up on the screen, Hayate called both Tenten and Temari to the arena floor and hoped that this wouldn't turn into another crazy, super powered kunoichi battle. When they came down and stared into each other's eyes, Temari grinned while Tenten scowled. "Tell me Tenten-san, what do you know of Naruto-san?"

Tenten deadpanned at that and shook her head. "What the hell does that matter?! We're about to fight and you want to know about some boy?!" Temari laughed and shook her head. "He's not just some boy. He's…interesting. I figured that he might be a friend of yours and chose to ask. My apologies Tenten-san. Simply forget I asked. Proctor, I believe we are ready to begin." At this, Temari opened her fan until one of the stars was revealed. "Let me warn you Tenten-san: should you see all three stars of my Kyodai Sensu (Giant Folding Fan), this fight will be over. So before then, show me what you've got."

As the beautiful blonde-haired Suna kunoichi smirked wickedly at her, Tenten shook her head and sighed. "I just had to get a weird one for my opponent. Alright, that's fine. I'll just have to throw everything I've got at you and try my best to win, right?" Smirking right on back, Tenten put two fingers to a seal on her right wrist, quickly pulling out a pair of tonfa. She quickly took hold of them and held them firmly in her grip. "Proctor, I'm ready. It's time to start this fight and show this girl what I can do!"

Hayate eyed them both for a moment before raising his hand, shouting "Hajime!" and jumping away so they could begin their fight. He had a feeling that this could prove to be another interesting fight to watch.

For a few moments, the kunoichi just watched each other carefully. Temari, tired of just waiting, decided to say speak again. "Sooo, about what I said before…?" Tenten groaned and shook her head. "I know Naruto-san, okay? We're friends, but we don't see each other often. Different teams and all that. I don't know as much about him as his girlfriend does though. If you're really curious, try asking either Naruto himself or one of the girls that's actually interested in him."

Temari nodded her head and looked around at all the girls in the room. "And which one of these many girls here is his girlfriend? Pinky? It's certainly not the girl that screws with people's minds with that jutsu of hers. After all, she made it very clear that she's interested in the Wind God. Speaking of him, I'd certainly like to discuss a few things with him later." Looking over at Sean, Temari grinned and bowed her head to him for a moment.

Before Temari could go on, Tenten took the chance to dash forward and swing her tonfa at Temari from both sides in horizontal arcs. The blonde Suna kunoichi blocked both attacks with her partly open fan and smirked. "Awww, so eager to start. Here I am just trying to strike up a conversation and you go in and pull something like that." Sighing, Temari swung her fan and sent Tenten skidding back along the floor of the arena.

With a slight smirk, the young futon user focused her chakra and winked at Tenten. "Enjoy. Kamaitachi no Jutsu (Sickle Weasel Technique)!" Swinging her fan once, powerful winds rocketed forth from Temari's Kyodai Sensu and targeted the Weapons Mistress of Konoha. The blonde-haired teenage girl watched as Tenten rolled to the side and threw a bunch of shuriken and kunai her way. Yawning at the pathetic display, the Suna woman swung her fan again and sent the projectiles flying back at Tenten.

Sean frowned at this and shook his head. Tenten probably won't win this fight. Temari's clearly a powerful Futon specialist. Her best bet is to put aside her preferred fighting style and try a little of what Guy and I taught her. Even then, I don't know if she can win. Shrugging his shoulders, the Wind God turned his gaze to Temari and smirked a bit. "I wonder what Temari-san could want with me. That look in her eyes…"

The Genin of Team 10 looked up at their sensei and frowned. Ino stepped over to him and gently gripped his hand with both of hers. Looking down at her, Sean smiled. "What's up Ino-chan?" The blonde shook her head and then scowled down at Temari. "I just don't like that girl. What do you think she could want with you Sean-sensei?"

Sean glanced back down at Temari and gave a soft shrug of his shoulders before he placed his hand atop Ino's head as he so often did. "Who knows? She might want training, or perhaps she'd like to see how her skills match up to mine. Or it could be something else entirely. I'm not entirely sure. Buuut, I'll probably find out later on, huh Ino-chan?" As Sean chuckled softly to himself, Ino pouted and looked away. "I bet she just wants to take you away with her back to Suna."

At this, Sean stopped laughing and blinked a few times. "Now why could she possibly want that?" Ino turned around and glared harshly at him. "Why wouldn't she?! Suna's well-known for their Futon specialists Seanie-kun. It wouldn't surprise me if they wanted to recruit you into their village. Probably to help train future Futon users or something. And that stupid girl down there probably likes you too Sensei! I don't know. I just…I don't trust her."

Sean simply chuckled at this and shook his head. "Don't judge people so harshly after you've just met them Ino-chan. While it's good to be suspicious of foreign ninja, it's also a good idea to keep an open mind. I'll let her approach me later and I'll talk with her. Or spar…or whatever." Shrugging his shoulders, Sean turned his attention back to the fight. "Whatever she wants, I can guarantee you that I'm not about to leave Konoha Ino-chan. So relax and just trust me. Okay?" Smiling at her again, the Wind God pointed down into the arena. "Now, watch the fight. I want you to take the rest of this time to study your potential opponents for the final round. Understand?" When Ino nodded, Sean sat down with her and focused his attention on the young, fifteen year-old Temari. I have to admit though, I'm curious to know what she wants.

Back on the arena floor, Tenten was huffing as she stared across at Temari and her Kyodai Sensu. Two stars. She said that if I see all three that I'm done for. I haven't landed a single blow yet! It looks like my weapons and Fuinjutsu aren't going to help me out here at all. Guess it's time to try something different. Sighing heavily, the Weapons Mistress looked to Sean for a moment before she turned her gaze to Naruto.

Naruto stared back at Tenten and smiled at her. "What's up Tenten-san? Something on my face?" Tenten giggled and shook her head at him before returning her gaze to Temari. "No, nothing like that Naruto. I was just trying to think about what you might do if you were in my situation. I've heard some interesting things about you and Sean-sensei and I was just...thinking about it I guess." With a shrug of her shoulders, Tenten sealed away the weapons she was holding and brushed herself off. "I'm curious to see if you and the others will approve of what I'm about to try."

As Naruto nodded his head, Tenten began to focus her chakra again and went through a series of hand seals before feeling water building up in her mouth. Focusing her gaze on Temari, Tenten began shooting out a large number of water bullets towards the fan-using kunoichi. As expected, Temari both blocked and dodged the numerous bullets, but she hadn't tried to counter yet. Ending her attack, the Weapons Mistress grinned and shook her head. "Thanks for helping me out there Temari-san." Tenten said with a small smirk playing at her lips.

Temari frowned and looked around. "I assume you're about to try something different? Those weapons techniques of yours were fairly pathetic after all, so I hope this next attack is something a little more…'special'." The fan-user said with a shrug. It was then that she noticed the water beginning to swirl around her. Well crap.

Tenten smirked and finished the last in a set of hand seals. "Suiton: Uzumaku Mizusuraisaa (Water Release: Swirling Water Slicer)!" The young Konoha kunoichi was smirking as she thought for sure that this attack would have won her the battle. However, when she didn't hear any screaming, Tenten grew worried. Moments later, she heard her opponent's voice shout out her Kamaitachi no Jutsu again and she was forced to watch as the water vortex around her opponent was dispelled, the water sent flying everywhere.

As Tenten looked back at her opponent, she realized she was about to lose. The Kyodai Sensu was opened fully now and her Futon techniques would most likely now be at their most powerful. Before she could do anything to prepare herself, Temari shouted out the name of her technique again and the Weapons Mistress was lifted into the air, entrapped by a powerful tornado. Tenten screamed out as the winds tore into her body. After a brief period of time, Temari closed her fan and let the Konoha kunoichi fall upon it.

Sighing, the blonde Suna kunoichi shook her head and let Tenten down gently. As Hayate called the match, she knelt down beside the Weapons Mistress and smiled as she patted her shoulder. "That wasn't a bad shot. I'm sure you'll become much stronger in the future. Now…" Letting the medics carry Tenten off, Temari leaped up next to Sean and smirked at him. "Hey there Seanie!"

At this, Ino twitched angrily. "What the hell?!" Clinging to Sean's arm, Ino glared hatefully at Temari and tried to pull 'her' Sean away from the wind user. Sean chuckled and shook his head. "I told you already that it's okay Ino-chan. So Temari-san, what is it you want?" Sean extended his hand to Temari, who happily shook it. "I've noticed that you're quite the impressive Futon user. I'd love to examine your fan sometime."

Both Temari and Ino blushed at this as what Sean just said could be taken in a few ways. They knew he didn't mean what he said in that sense, but it still shook them up a bit. Sean looked at the two kunoichi and frowned. "What? Did I say something wrong?" Temari shook her head and began to giggle. "No, no. Of course not Sean-kun. I wanted to ask if I could meet with you later after the preliminaries are over."

Sean smirked at this and nodded his head. "Of course Temari-san. We can talk after the exams are over. I'll come by and pick you up at your motel tomorrow afternoon and we can go out to wherever you'd like so we can talk in private. Sound good?" Temari smiled broadly and nodded. She was clearly very excited. "Of course! I just wanted to say Seanie-kun, I am a HUUUGE fan! I've heard so much about you and your abilities and there's sooo much I'd like to talk with you about! I can't wait!" Leaning up, she kissed Sean on the cheek and waved good-bye to him before skipping off back to her team.

Soon after, Anko appeared at Sean's side and both she and Ino had him trapped against the wall. "What was that?" The Wind God looked at the two of them and smiled nervously. "You two are kind of scaring me. You do know that…right?" The two women narrowed their eyes dangerously at him and Sean felt as if the years of his life were suddenly slipping away. What the hell did I do?!

Shikamaru Nara vs. Kin Tsuchi

For a few minutes, everyone in the room watched as Anko and Ino chewed Sean out for what the two women assumed was the Wind God accepting Temari's date proposal. When it was over and the two girls separated from him to go off and talk by themselves, Jima walked over and pried her cousin out of the wall where the angry women had essentially buried him. The suiton user shook her head and sighed at her foolish cousin. "Sean, I never knew you were this hopeless."

Jima reached her hands up and gently brushed the dust and debris out of her cousin's hair before she began to brush his clothes off. When she was finished, she hugged him close and smiled at him. "You know something Sean?" The blue-haired man shook his head and ran his fingers through his hair. "Honestly? Right now I do not really understand anything. What the hell did I do this time?" Jima sighed and flicked him in the forehead, making her cousin wince in the process. "You're kind of an idiot Sean. It's a good thing you're cute." This comment had Sean blushing a bit, and Jima started to giggle cutely at that.

While Jima was explaining things to her cousin, the next match was called. Kin was eager to test herself, while Shikamaru…was being coerced into entering the fight. The lazy young Nara had actually entertained the idea of forfeiting, but one glare from Ino had him scurrying down into the ring to escape her feminine fury.

Now on the arena floor, Shikamaru looked at Kin and gave her a lazy smile. "Hey. How's it going Kin? Settling in okay?" Kin smiled and nodded at the young Nara heir. "Yep! Everyone's been pretty nice to me, despite everything. Thanks again for letting me tag along with your team Shikamaru-san." The young Tsuchi bowed low to Shikamaru, much to most people's confusion. Compared to how she acted earlier before the first phase of the exams even began, she was acting totally different now.

Shikamaru chuckled and waved his hand dismissively. "No need to thank us. Heck, we should be thanking you Kin-san. Your abilities helped us greatly during that battle we had. I knew having you hang back was the right choice." Smirking at her, the two of them shared a laugh and a nod before they turned to Hayate. "Proctor, you can declare the start of the match. I'd like to test Kin-san and see how her abilities match up. It might also help Hokage-sama determine where to put her after this is over." The proctor nodded slowly and coughed for a moment before he raised his hand again and brought it down. "Hajime!"

To the observers, the fight wasn't all that impressive. Kin landed some glancing blows on the Nara boy, but he employed some rather incredible flexibility and even managed to snap out of her Genjutsu. On top of that, he easily employed his Kagemane no Jutsu and ended the fight by simply having Kin knock her head on the wall to knock her out. When it was all over, Shikamaru walked over to Kin and lifted her into his arms. Smiling at the proctor, Shikamaru decided to carry the young woman to Naruto. "Here Naruto, I'm going to leave her in your care for now. Can't exactly trust those Oto jerks after all." Nodding his head towards the disguised Orochimaru and Dosu Kinuta across the room, Shikamaru noticed Naruto smile at him.

"Thanks Shikamaru. When you go back to your team, mind telling Ino to go easy on my sensei please? Sean-sensei's still…umm…well, he's more clueless than I used to be when it came to girls." Shikamaru nodded and waved him off. "Yeah, I'll talk to her. But I can't guarantee that Ino will listen to me. You know how stubborn she is Naruto." Naruto laughed and nodded his head. "I do, which is why I'm sure you can help set things straight." Smirking at his friend, Naruto listened as the lazy genius grumbled and nodded before walking away to rejoin his team.

Kiba Inuzuka vs. Sai

Naruto and Kiba looked into each other's eyes and nodded. "Careful Kiba. This guy was made Sasuke's teammate for a reason. We know very little about him besides what we saw in the forest. So be careful." Kiba smirked and nodded his head. "Of course Naruto. I guarantee it though, this guy won't beat me. After all, I'm going to meet you in the finals." Winking at his blonde-haired teammate, the Inuzuka heir jumped down to the floor with Akamaru and grinned at Sai as he casually walked down to meet him.

When they stood across from each other, Sai gave a smile to Kiba and bowed his head. "Kiba Inuzuka. I hope we have a good fight." The young shinobi pulled out his scroll and ink brush and simply continued to smile at his opponent. Kiba eyed him curiously for a moment and shrugged his shoulders. "Akamaru, don't let your guard down for a second." His partner barked in agreement with him as Kiba turned to face Sai once more.

Seeing that both combatants were ready, Hayate once again raised his hand and swung it down. "Hajime!" Jumping backwards out of the way, the proctor watched as Sai quickly began to draw on his scroll. When the young man finished his drawing and removed his ink brush, about 23 differently-sized leeches sprung forth from his scroll and began moving at surprisingly high speeds towards the Inuzuka and his pup.

Kiba groaned while Akamaru whimpered. Not wasting a second, Kiba had Akamaru transform and the two of them used their Gatsuga attack to clear away all the ink creations. When they came to a stop again, they were behind Sai and charging in for an attack of their own. As they reached him, Kiba used his claws to tear through Sai, only to find the man turn into a small puddle of ink. "Tch, a damn clone. Where…?"

Kiba was brought from his thoughts as Akamaru tackled him to the side. Akamaru's back, left leg was caught in an explosion and he howled out in pain as the master/nindog pair landed hard on the ground some distance away from where Sai's ink birds struck with their explosive tags. Kiba hugged Akamaru close and did what he could to quickly patch up his friend's leg. "Damn it! Akamaru, sit here for a bit and eat this. We'll get your wound treated properly after the fight, I promise." Akamaru nodded weakly and ate the soldier pill handed to him while Kiba turned to face Sai, who was currently hanging upside-down from the ceiling. "Bastard."

Kiba performed a quick series of hand seals and slammed his hand down on the ground before Akamaru. "Doton: Doryūheki! Stay safe Akamaru." A wall of earth rose in front of Akamaru, separating him from the fight as Kiba shut off his gravity seals. "You're going to pay for hurting Akamaru Sai. I don't care who you are or what your purpose of being here is. I am going to kick your ASS!"

Focusing his chakra again, Kiba went through another set of hand seals and slammed his hand to the floor once more. "Take this! Doton: Ganchūsō (Earth Release: Rock Pillar Spears)!" A bunch of pillars of earth shot up from the floor before him, rocketing at Sai. The boy was forced to dive to the ground as the spears pierced the ceiling. As soon as Sai hit the ground, Kiba was upon him and his right fist was encased in solid earth. "Here I come! Doton: Kengan no Jutsu (Earth Release: Fist Rock Technique)!"

Sai's eyes widened slightly as Kiba's rock fist slammed him in the face, sending him crashing into the nearest wall very, very hard. As the artist stumbled forth from the wall with another smile on his face, Kiba watched as blood began to run down his face. "Stay down boy!" Kiba snarled. Sai didn't say anything. Instead, the odd shinobi took a few steps forward and stopped as he suddenly began to fall to the floor. When Hayate went to examine the fallen Sai, he nodded and sighed. "Winner: Kiba Inuzuka!"

As the medics carried Sai away and people began to clean up the arena once again, Kiba went over to Akamaru and gently lifted him into his arms. "I'll come with you buddy. I'd stay and cheer Naruto on, but it's more important to me that you get the help you need." Akamaru gingerly licked Kiba's hand as the two of them walked off with some more medics, leaving the others in the room to talk once again.

Neji Hyuga vs. Fu

Fu shouted out in excitement and quickly jumped down to the floor. She looked up at Neji and smirked. "Yo Buttface! Get your ass down here so I can kick it clear across the room! I'm lookin' forward to celebrating me kicking your ass with Naruto-kun!" Neji's face turned red and he was about to retort when Lee and Guy began to laugh at him. Quickly turning on them, the Hyuga yelled at them to shut up before he jumped down to the floor as well and took the typical Juken (Gentle Fist) stance. "Let's just get this over with girl! I'll show you that this 'Naruto' of yours is nothing but a weakling compared to me. Prepare yourself!"

The girl with the mint green hair simply smirked wider at that. "Oh? I heard that you were refusing all the special training offered to you by the Hokage. How can a stubborn idiot like you ever beat me, eh Buttface?" Neji twitched at this and began to shake angrily. "Stop calling me Buttface! What the hell is wrong with you?!" Fu began to laugh before turning to the proctor. "Hayate-san, could you please start the fight? I think Buttface is finally ready for his royal butt-kicking." Snickering could be heard in the audience, and Neji only grew more and more furious with this girl. He was going to make her suffer for her insults!

Hayate nodded slowly and shouted for them to begin as he leaped backwards. Neji, in his anger, actually slipped up and charged forward, completely neglecting his Byakugan (White Eye) in favor of striking out at Fu wildly. The green-haired girl zipped around and under his attacks, constantly laughing at him as she struck him a few times with light slaps, only meant to infuriate him further.

After a time, Neji stood in the center of the arena huffing while Fu stood near a wall, simply smirking at him. "What's the matter Buttface? Tired already?" Neji glared at her, but he didn't resume his attack. Instead, the Hyuga took a few deep breaths to calm himself and activated his Byakugan. Narrowing his eyes, the Hyuga boy glared hatefully at Fu and prepared himself for the battle. "Little Fu. Despite your ability to get under my skin, I will still win this fight. Fate has decreed that you will lose this fight. If you're smart, you will forfeit now. I will not be responsible for what happens to you should you continue this foolish game of yours."

Fu scoffed at him and shook her head. "You're pathetic if you believe in that fate crap Buttface. A stubborn idiot like you probably doesn't even understand what true strength is. I'll show you the difference between us Buttface. When I'm done with you, I bet your own parents won't even be able to recognize you." The female Jinchuriki noticed how Neji flinched at this and watched as his scowl deepened. "Ahhh, your parents are dead, aren't they Buttface? Tell me something then. Do you really think that the two of them would be proud of you for turning into such a bastard?"

Neji was about to speak, so Fu zipped over to him and punched him hard in the face, knocking him to the floor. "Don't interrupt when a woman is speaking Buttface. I wasn't done yet." The Hyuga glared up at her and tried to strike one of her tenketsu points, but Fu jumped away to avoid his attack. Rising to his feet, the Hyuga moved in for another attack. Sadly, she once again continued to dodge his strikes.

As Fu dodged and blocked his attacks, she sighed heavily and decided that she would continue her lecture after she beat him. Leaping backwards, she prepared to use one of her jutsu, only to freeze when Neji began to speak again. "You're within my field of divination. I told you that you would lose. Hakke Rokujūyon Shō (Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms)!" Fu's eyes widened as Neji unleashed his attack.

Within mere moments, Fu was laying in a heap upon the floor. She groaned as she struggled to her feet. "Give up. I have sealed all of your tenketsu points. Your chakra has been sealed." Turning to face the proctor, Neji smirked. "Call the match already proctor."

As Hayate began to raise his hand, Fu let out into a fit of laughter. "Really? You think you've won so easily? Such a fool." Fu stood and smirked at Neji. "Buttface thinks he's all that because he landed a few hits." Fu exploded in a puff of smoke and the Hyuga's eyes went wide. "I'd never let you touch me Buttface! Nice try though, that was an impressive attack." Neji turned around only to receive a powerful blow across his face that sent him flying across the floor into the far off wall.

As he stumbled out of the wall, Neji was struck again, only this time with a powerful Futon jutsu. Fu kept up the attacks until Neji lay face down on the floor, groaning in agony. As the kunoichi went to kick him again, Hayate walked over and stopped her. Understanding the message, Fu nodded her head and knelt down, gently rolling Neji over so she could look into his eyes. "Listen and listen well Buttface. You think you've had it so damn tough? You didn't have to live my life, or Naruto-kun's life for that matter. You don't need to know the damn details, but a punk like you doesn't know true suffering yet. We struggled every day and we're starting to make something of ourselves. And you wanna know something else Buttface? Your cousin, Hinata-chan? Because of pricks like you, she's suffered too. She has a family, but she's treated like a fucking outcast. You're considered a damn prodigy, but you're nothing but a pathetic prick in my eyes. Shape up Buttface and develop a better fucking attitude. I won't be so easy on you in a real fight." Standing up, Fu turned and walked off to go stand next to Naruto while the medics carried Neji off.

Gaara vs. Rock Lee

As soon as their names flashed on the screen, Naruto leaned forward and clenched the railing tightly. Gaara. The blonde watched as both combatants entered the ring. His friends around him tried to get his attention, but Naruto couldn't hear them. Right now he was so focused on what would happen in this fight that it was all he could think about. Kin and Sakura simply smiled and placed their hands on his shoulders to try and help calm him down.

The fight was actually quite impressive. Lee's speed was absolutely incredible and for a good while he knocked Gaara around like he was a simple rag doll. In the end however, it didn't matter. Gaara emerged from the fight with a few bruises and scrapes, but nothing truly serious. At the end of the fight, Lee barely managed to escape having his limbs crushed by Gaara's sand with the use of a weapon given to him by Yugao months ago. In the end, Lee forfeited the match as he knew he had reached his limit.

When Gaara tried to attack again even after the match was called, the sand user was slugged hard in the face and sent flying by Naruto. As Gaara climbed out of the hole in the wall, he glared at the Uzumaki. "Listen here Gaara. Stop with this bloodthirsty bullshit of yours! Lee forfeited the match. Do you know what that means? The match was OVER! There was no reason for you to continue attacking him. If you're smart, you'll undergo a damn attitude adjustment in the time between now and the finals. Because I can guarantee you right now that if you keep this shit up and you meet me in the finals…" Naruto walked forward and glared angrily into Gaara's eyes. "You're going to regret it."

With those words spoken, Naruto made his way over to Lee and helped him back to his team. Glancing back, the blonde could see Gaara glaring his way, but he didn't honestly care. Patting Lee's shoulders, Naruto bid him well and returned to his teammates while Gaara returned to his.

Choji Akimichi vs. Dosu Kinuta

This fight was another dull one. Despite all of Choji's training and his advancements, he ended up making a mistake in the end when he used his Baika no Jutsu (Multi-Size Technique) and attacked with a rather simple Akimichi Taijutsu technique where his entire body acted like a rolling tank. Dosu easily used that to his advantage and used his sound technique to render Choji unconscious. All-in-all, it was a very short, boring, humiliating fight.

Naruto Uzumaki vs. Haku

When their names came up, the two looked at each other and frowned before hopping down to the arena floor. Haku bowed low to him and Naruto smiled softly at her. "Naruto-kun. I don't really want to fight you. It's thanks to you that I am alive after all. And…"

Naruto smiled and shook his head. "It's fine Haku-chan. I don't want to fight you either, but I think this is a great way to test our abilities. So Haku-chan, I want you to go all out in this fight against me okay? If you win, then I'll congratulate you and be happy for you. If I win, I hope that you'll do the same for me. So…no regrets okay? I won't hold back." When Haku nodded in agreement, the blonde gave her his usual foxy grin and nodded happily. "Good. Proctor, please allow us to begin. Then I suggest you move to safety because this is going to get intense."

Hayate slowly nodded, deciding it was probably best to just take Naruto's word for it. Shouting "Hajime!" Hayate jumped backwards and joined the Hokage up above. In an instant, both Naruto and Haku flashed through their hand seals. Haku finished first and smirked at her crush. "Sorry Naruto, but you're in trouble. Sensatsu Suishō (Thousand Flying Water Needles of Death)!" Naruto watched as a thousand needles of water appeared in the air around him and smirked. "Niiice. You can summon water particles from the air to do whatever you want them to do, huh Haku?" Haku nodded slowly and sent her needles flying towards him.

With a shrug, Naruto finished up the last of his hand seals and slapped his hands together. "Futon: Kixyouryokuna Kazeshiirudo (Wind Release: Powerful Wind Shield)!" In an instant, a spiraling sphere of wind sprouted outwards from Naruto's body and protected him from all the needles. As soon as Haku's attack was finished, the young Uzumaki released his technique and grinned at Haku. "Now it's my turn Haku-chan."

Haku felt a shiver go down her spine as she quickly tried to prepare herself for whatever Naruto had up his sleeve. When the Uzumaki began going through hand seals again, Haku smiled. I recognize those hand seals! Quickly preparing her own version of the technique, she shouted her technique out just seconds after Naruto shouted his. "Futon: Daitoppa!" Haku smirked and finished on the same hand seal. "Futon: Daitoppa Touketsu (Wind Release: Freezing Great Breakthrough)!"

Naruto's eyes widened as his jutsu was quickly overpowered by a freezing cold blast of wind. Leaping to the side, Naruto barely avoided the brunt of the attack, though his left shoulder was encased in ice now. Wincing from the cold, he quickly focused some futon chakra through his fingertips and cut through the ice carefully before rubbing his shoulder to warm it up even if just a little. Glaring towards Haku, Naruto found her grinning his way.

"Impressed Naruto-kun? Sean-sensei taught me many things, including how to incorporate my specialty into different attack types. I've been training incredibly hard for these exams and I plan to earn my promotion to Chunin. I am sorry." Bowing again, she didn't expect her blonde crush to begin laughing. Standing straight again, she went on the defensive as she watched Naruto disappear, only to reappear seconds later behind her with his hand on her side.

Blushing a tad at the contact, Haku missed what Naruto said next and was therefore shocked when she was sent tumbling along the ground due to a powerful blast of wind that erupted from his hand. Wincing, the ice user rose to her feet again and clutched at her side. "Damn it Naruto-kun! You did that on purpose!"

Naruto began to chuckle again and nodded his head. "You're the one that let your guard down because I touched your side. Use whatever advantage you can get in a fight. Don't you know that by now Haku-chan?" Haku's eyes widened once more as Naruto appeared at her side and had his hands on her hips. She blushed again, but quickly calmed herself and tried to hit him in the gut with her elbow. All that earned her was a Shadow Clone going 'poof!' and smoke covering her.

Coughing slightly, Haku waved her hands and tried to disperse the smoke, only to be struck three different times as she attempted this. Wincing in pain, Haku soon breathed out angrily. "Okay, you asked for it Naruto-kun." Releasing her gravity seals, Haku vanished from the smoke and dashed about the room. Naruto followed her movements carefully, but he didn't expect for three senbon to suddenly appear in his left leg. Wincing from that, he released the gravity seals on his legs and began dashing around, both avoiding and blocking Haku's attacks.

Finally when they stopped moving, Naruto was blushing up a storm as Haku was pressed up against his chest. She was trailing an ice senbon up and down his broad chest while nibbling on his left earlobe. After a few seconds, she pulled back and smirked at him. "Oh Naru-kun, you don't really want to hurt me…do you?" Leaning in, she placed a gentle, yet passionate kiss upon his lips much to the embarrassment of everyone there. The girls actually interested in Naruto, including his girlfriend Hinata, were all yelling at Haku to stop being a 'sleazy whore' as some of them put it.

When Haku pulled back, she quickly embedded three more senbon into her crush's chest and winked at him. "Mmm, that was a nice kiss Naru-kun. Your lips are soft, and unsurprisingly taste quite like your favorite ramen. Not bad." Giggling cutely to herself, Haku dashed away before he could fully regain his senses.

Naruto blinked away his confusion and practically snarled at her trickery. "H-Haku-chan! Ah jeez, Hinata-chan's going to kill me for that!" Haku giggled and Naruto found himself blushing further as he felt her assets pressed up against his back and her lips on the back of his neck. "Aww, but you loved it. Just admit it to yourself. You've got a thing for lil' sexy Haku-chan. Don't you Naru-kun?" She quickly jabbed another few senbon into his shoulder, disabling his right arm in the process before she disappeared again.

Naruto shivered. If she keeps this up I'm not only going to get a huge boner, but I'm going to lose this damn fight too! Okay Naruto, focus, calm down, and kick the girl's ass! That nice, round… The blonde Uzumaki smacked himself in his face and shook his head. "Oh damn it Haku, you've got me thinking perverted thoughts now! Thanks a lot!" Haku's giggling could be heard throughout the arena again and Naruto found himself blushing as he found it to be really, really cute.

Grumbling, the young ninja focused and decided to close his eyes. Okay, if she wants to play this game, I'll just have to teach her a little lesson. Haku-chan, you're going to wish you hadn't pulled this crap with me. Ripping the senbon out of his shoulder, Naruto struggled in a feeble attempt to move his right arm, but it just didn't work. Whatever she did had made it impossible for him to even lift a finger on that hand. Sighing heavily to himself, Naruto opened his eyes and smirked. "Okay then Haku, I can work with this. It was a good plan. Trying to prevent me from using jutsu, namely creating my Shadow Clones. Clever, but it's futile." With a shrug of his shoulders, Naruto focused his chakra and smirked. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"

In an instant, twenty Shadow Clones appeared on the arena floor much to the surprise of everyone. "Amazing Naruto-kun. You've been training hard I see." Naruto nodded and smirked up at Sean. "I told you I would Sean-sensei. I made you a promise a long time ago that no matter what I would keep on training until I was strong enough. So, think they'd be proud yet?"

Everyone in the room except for the select few privy to certain information eyed the two of them curiously. They wondered just what the two of them were talking about, but they decided to simply listen in. Many people were fairly curious about their connection, among other things. Sean looked around for a moment before he rested his eyes back on his favorite student. "Of course Naruto-kun. Buuut, you still have much training to do if you want to attain your goals. Understand? Though, I know you haven't shown us anything just yet. Go ahead and let loose Naruto-kun. Show me and everyone here what you're truly capable of!"

Naruto smirked and nodded again before turning to face Haku. Reaching up, he easily caught all the ice senbon shot his way with his way. Meanwhile, his clones were each flashing through three different jutsu, each of them preparing for a huge collaboration jutsu of some kind. As they did this, Naruto deactivated the remainder of his gravity seals and disappeared, reappearing with his left hand on Haku's waist once more. "Haku-chan, you might wanna sit still for this one. I promise it won't hurt…much." Deciding to pay her back for her earlier actions, Naruto leaned in and gently nibbled and sucked on her neck, giving her a good hickey before he left her there at the mercy of three different jutsu. "Futon: Daitoppa!" One group shouted. The next group shouted out, "Katon: Karyūdan (Fire Release: Fire Dragon Bullet)!" Finally, the last two of his clones dashed in with two Rasengans each. "Rasengan!" The two of them shouted as they thrust the spheres of chakra forward towards Haku. As all of the attacks neared her, Haku began to sweat. What in the hell am I supposed to do now?