Human talking, "Show me what you got!"

Human thinking, "Pathetic."

Nonhuman talking, "This will be fun."

Nonhuman thinking, "I think I was wrong."

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Masashi Kishimoto does.

Chapter 19

Tower in the Forest of Death - Battle Arena.

"* Cough* *cough* Okay, come down here so we can start the sixth match. *Cough* *cough*" Hayate coughed even louder, and some of those present stared at him with a sweatdrop.

Ino saw Sai talking to Naruto, who had nodded at his words. Therefore, she concluded that his partner would fight with all his strength, which she would do too.

She arrived at the arena and stepped in front of Sai, who had come before her.

She didn't know anything about Sai, so she was unsure what he was capable of; Ino had met him just a few days ago. However, she could tell that he was one of those Root ANBU due to his emotionless expression, one that looked like Naruto's when he wanted to intimidate someone. Nevertheless, his stare wasn't as intimidating as Naruto's, but it was enough for her to realize that he was one of them.

That only meant that this fight wouldn't be easy, so she would give her best, even if she lost the match.

Hayate looked at both of them, coughed one last time before giving the order to start the match. Neither of them moved; they just stared at each other. Ino tried to find a weakness, and Sai looked at her with a fake smile.

Meanwhile, Naruto heard Menma speaking to his right, "Hey, Nii-san, who will win, your teammate or Ino?"

Next to Menma the members of Team 7 were. Naruto looked to his left and saw Anko and Haku, plus the members of Team 9, except for Lee, who was at the other side of the room.

Naruto never noticed their arrival; it probably was when he was talking to Anko.

He recalled Menma's question and answered, "Hmm, I don't know. They're both good, so we'll just have to watch."

He looked back at the arena, just to see Ino jumping back, and pulling three Kunai and some Shuriken out from her ninja bag. She threw them towards Sai, who blocked them with his Tantō, still with that fake smile.

Ino nodded as she thought, "There's no doubt; he's one of those ANBU."

She grabbed a Kunai and went in straight line to attack him.

Sai continued giving his fake smile, standing and doing nothing. However, just when Ino was about to stab him, he gave a slight turn and blocked her Kunai with his Tantō.

The pale boy continued smiling while pushing his Tantō. His smile faded away after seeing Ino throwing herself to the floor, making him lose balance. She used her hands as support before kicking his wrist, which made him drop his weapon.

Sai regained his balance, just to see Ino standing with her hands and spinning to give him a powerful kick with the heel of her sandal right to his cheek, making him fly a few meters back before falling to the floor.

Naruto smiled; he had taught Ino how the Root ANBU blocked that kind of attacks. Naruto showed her that because he didn't know what to expect from Danzō, and he wanted her to have an opportunity if Danzō attempted something.

The members of Team 10 were surprised; they didn't know that she could do something like that. They saw her standing up before dashing towards Sai.

She jumped up and fell above Sai, who was just starting to stand up. He couldn't dodge, and therefore, she stabbed his stomach. The artist was surprised and tried to get Ino off of him.

Regardless, he gave a fake smile and quietly said, "I see," before turning into ink.

That action surprised most of those present; many didn't know what Sai had just done. "Wow, what Jutsu is that?" Menma asked amazed.

Kakashi replied, "It was an ink clone. That boy, it seems that he can use ink Jutsu. It's certainly unusual and surprising for a boy of his age. Although only Danzō teaches ink Jutsu, maybe he…" Kakashi thought while looking towards Naruto.

Ino stood up again and saw Sai without a scratch. The pale boy drew something on his scroll before saying, "Ninpou: Chōjū Giga."

At least five ink lions came out of there, all of them heading towards Ino, who repeatedly jumped backward to dodge them.

However, these lions were fast, and they followed her wherever she went. She growled and made hand seals as she continued jumping. "Katon: Goukakyuu no jutsu!"

The members of Team 10 dropped their jaws, even Asuma; he didn't know that Ino had an affinity for fire. He believed that she had no affinity for anything, since never before he had seen a Yamanaka using elemental Jutsu, only the mental ones.

Naruto smiled, and Kakashi spoke, "I didn't know that the Yamanaka could use elemental Jutsu; they've always relied on their mental manipulation techniques."

Naruto replied, "Of course they can, we all have at least one natural affinity, but as you said, the Yamanaka have always relied on their mental Jutsu. I helped Ino to use her element. Although it was difficult, she managed to do it. I told her that her mental Jutsus wouldn't always work, so I decided to teach her some Jutsus. Moreover, I can see that she has wasted no time in these four months, now she can make a bigger fireball. "

Kakashi nodded, and 'someone' exclaimed, "There's no doubt that your flames of youth burn brightly, Naruto-kun! You will become a great master! And the scroll you gave Tenten was fantastic!" The Uzumaki looked at Gai before nodding.

He tried to look at the arena, but Menma's voice interrupted him. "Yeah, I wanted to ask you about that, Nii-san. How did you make that scroll? Oto-san has already taught me a few things, but that one was quite complicated. And due to Oto-san's reaction, I think that not even he knew what some of those seals were for."

Many nodded and waited for the response of Naruto, who turned around with a questioning expression. "Did you say something, Menma?"

His brother was speechless; Gai had an equal reaction since those words reminded him much of what Kakashi used to tell him, and Kakashi was proudly looking at Naruto. "I've finally found the person who follows my philosophy, and I couldn't be happier that it's him." Kakashi puffed out his chest, and Sakura and Sasuke just shook their heads.

Menma almost repeated his question, but he didn't because Naruto looked back at the arena. He sighed in defeat and did it too, just in time to see a great Taijutsu display between Ino and Sai; the last one seemed to have troubles to stop Ino's advances.

Sai couldn't help thinking as he blocked Ino's punches. "I see, Naruto-sama taught her how we fight in Root. In that case, I have to…"

He couldn't finish his line of thought because Ino kicked his nose.

That blow had hurt him, but he quickly made a backflip while drawing something on his scroll. "Ninpou: Chōjū Giga"

This time, some bats came out of it and covered Ino's eyes, reducing her vision considerably.

Before Ino could think of a way to get rid of those annoying bats, they moved aside, revealing a few ink lions right in front of her.

Ino had no time to dodge them; therefore, she received the attacks, which sent her backward until crashing into the concrete wall.

Hayate returned to the arena; he was about to declare Sai as the winner since the blonde-haired woman wasn't moving. However, he heard her moans and saw her standing up, surprising the members of Team 10 again. "How troublesome, I can't believe that Ino is so strong. I even believe that she's stronger than I am. That Naruto is a troublesome person."

Chouji asked, "What do you mean, Shikamaru? What does Naruto have to do with this? "

Shikamaru sighed as he shrugged. "Well, it's likely that Naruto taught Ino all that because those two had trained a lot together before he went into the coma. Besides, Asuma-sensei has never taught us anything like that," Shikamaru looked at Asuma, who still was open-mouthed.

He regained his composure while carrying his fist to his mouth. "* Ahem* Uh, yeah, well; I..." Asuma nervously spoke.

Shikamaru sighed, looked forward and heard the examiner asking, "Are you sure you still want to continue?"

Ino smiled while wiping the blood that dripped from the corner of her lips; she looked at Hayate and nodded, and the examiner withdrew.

Ino did some hand seals, but Sai's fake smile made her stop. "What's so funny?"

That smile was getting on her nerves; Ino knew that she should calm down, but she couldn't help it.

Sai just giggled again. "Examiner-san, I give up."

Many in the room asked themselves the reason for this declaration, especially Ino, who shouted, "Hey! You can't give up now! We've just started. Come on, let's continue!"

She attempted to finish her hand seals, but Sai laughed, and Hayate asked him if he was serious.

The artist nodded, and Hayate declared Ino as the winner. She clenched her fists tightly and shouted again, "If you only surrendered because you think that Naruto-kun will do something to you, then you're dead wrong! You're just a coward!"

Naruto looked at Sai; he didn't know why he surrendered, but he didn't believe it was for that reason. He would just wait for Sai's explanation.

The artist gave her a fake smile and replied, "It wasn't for that reason, Ino-san." Then Sai disappeared in a swirl of ink to appear next to Naruto.

Ino growled angrily; this victory had left her a bitter taste in her mouth since she couldn't show what she was capable of. She sighed, shrugged and returned with her teammates.

Naruto looked at Sai, who approached him and whispered a few words, "Sorry, Naruto-sama. I must be at the Root base in the invasion's day. I couldn't be in the finals even if I wanted to. So I thought that it would be the best decision if I surrendered and she saved her best cards for the finals."

Naruto nodded; he had forgotten that. He would tell her that later; he knew that she was upset. Naruto couldn't blame her; even he would be upset if something like that were to happen him.

Hayate coughed again. "Samui and Misumi Tsurugi please come down to the arena * cough *."

Both fighters went down, and after a few moments, Hayate started the combat. It was a quick and easy fight for the Kumo girl because her opponent could only bend his limbs, but Samui was faster than he was; he never had a chance to trap her.

He lost after Samui had inflicted him a deep cut in one of his arms, making Misumi surrender due to the pain.

Samui returned with her teammates; they congratulated her while the doctors helped Misumi to go to the nursing.

Everyone looked at the board. "Ugh, I wanted to fight you, Nii-san," Menma exclaimed as he looked at Naruto, who looked at him with a questioning expression.

"Sorry, did you say something, Menma?"

Menma was speechless, and just when he was about to tell Naruto to stop doing that, Hayate called him. "Menma, your opponent is already down here, hurry up or I will disqualify you."

Menma nodded and jumped before landing in front of Kankurō.

Many of those present wanted to know how powerful the Hokage's son was, especially the ninjas of Kumo. Hayate asked them if they were ready; they both nodded, and Hayate started the eighth match.

Kankurō grabbed what he had on his back before putting it on the ground. "Ha! Do you seriously are Naruto's brother? Look at you; you're just a brat, I wanted to fight him. But since that won't be possible, I'll have to settle for you," Kankurō mockingly looked at Menma.

The blond growled and exclaimed, "Yeah?! Well, I also wanted to fight him! Don't think that I'm happy to fight against someone who stole his sister's makeup! And I'm not a brat!" Menma yelled.

The audience laughed at Kankurō due to the makeup remark.

A vein popped out on Kankurō's forehead, so he ran towards Menma while yelling, "This is not makeup! It's war paint!"

Menma stood in a fighting stance, ready to intercept his attack.

Kankurō had forgotten to use whatever he had between those bandages because he just wanted to punch the 'cocky' kid in his face.

The Namikaze didn't allow him since he made a shadow clone as he extended his right hand while the clone charged Chakra in his palm.

The ball of Chakra surprised many of them, and before Kankurō could do anything to dodge it, Menma jumped to him. "Rasengan!" Menma yelled, hitting the not very powerful Rasengan into his stomach, which sent him flying several meters backward.

The blonde-haired boy stood right next to him before looking down with a smile, "Who's the brat now?"

Kankurō laughed, and his face peeled off, which astonished the blond-haired Jinchūriki. "Well, you are!"

Kankurō jumped towards him as he transformed into a puppet. The puppet 'hugged' Menma, making him show signs of pain.

That surprised many of them, while it worried Hinata. Meanwhile, the thing that Kankurō left on the floor had unbandaged by itself, revealing the Suna-nin with his hands glowing blue.

"That fool lost. That's what he gets for being so gullible," Sasuke spoke.

Naruto shook his head and answered. "No, Menma won't lose; that was his plan."

They looked to the arena again, just to listen Kankurō saying, "Give it up, brat, or you'll die," Kankurō stated while his Karasu (Crow) squeezed Menma tightly.

Menma could feel it; however, he smiled.

Before Kankurō could ask what was so funny, he heard someone behind him shouting. "You give it up, Rasengan!"

Kankurō turned around, just in time to see Menma crashing a Chakra ball into his stomach, but this time, it was brighter than before.

Kankurō growled while the technique 'liquefied' his insides, sending him flying toward the wall. The hit knocked him out, and Hayate declared Menma as the winner.

He sent thumbs up to Naruto, his teammates, and to a blushing Hinata, who congratulated him softly. The Namikaze walked upstairs with his hands behind his head, and his father congratulated him on an excellent fight.

This time, Menma approached Hinata. The Hyūga girl congratulated Menma while blushing, remembering how 'cool' he looked when he defeated Kankurō.

"Haku Yuki and Omoi, come down," Hayate asked.

Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Did you choose to use your clan's surname again, Haku-chan? Well, it doesn't matter, go and kick that guy's ass." He gave her a kiss, which she returned before jumping to the arena.

In the distance, Karui felt her world falling apart. She growled softly while squeezing the guardrail. "I don't care what that idiot does, why should I care? He can do whatever he wants. Arrgh! Damn it, you're an ass, Naruto!"

Ultimately, she felt sad; it was too good to be true, after all. Karui glared at Haku; the Yuki was stunning, and she couldn't deny it.

Meanwhile, Haku and Omoi were looking at each other, and Hayate was in the middle. The Kumo-nin didn't know Haku's fighting style, but he guessed that she was strong due to being on the team of the Hokage's son.

He decided to fight seriously to avoid any unnecessary damage. Hayate gave the order to start, and therefore, he quickly unsheathed his Katana.

However, Haku spoke before he could attack, "What do you say if we have a fight with Kenjutsu only?" She carried her hand to her ninja bag.

Omoi moved his lollipop. Maybe it would be a good idea; this girl didn't seem to be physically strong. He nodded, and Haku pulled out a scroll.

Haku smiled, opened the scroll and charged chakra into it. Omoi then saw something that almost made him drop his lollipop.

Haku smiled as she took the Kubikiribōchō by its handle and spun it before sticking it into the ground, leaning against it. "Shall we start?" Haku asked with a smile.

Omoi and several Genin were open-mouthed; they couldn't believe the size of that sword and that Haku could use it so easily.

Omoi shook his head and put his Katana in front of him.

Haku grabbed the handle of her sword and spun to attack him with the edge of her sword.

Omoi blocked it, but the force behind the attack pushed him back.

He quickly put his foot and hands on the floor to avoid being pushed further back. Once he stopped, he sighed; that blow was certainly powerful and had almost broken his Katana.

He looked up and saw Haku falling toward him with the edge of her sword pointing forward. He rolled on the ground and dodged the attack.

Haku growled and crashed her Kubikiribōchō into the ground, making a crater that raised a bit of dust.

Naruto smiled. "I want to throw Haku-chan to the ground and try all the positions of the Kama-sutra with her. Hold me, Anko-chan, or I'll do it!" He joked, but almost everyone took it seriously, which made them blush.

Anko just smiled and added, "Go ahead, Naruto-kun; give us a show." She finally gave him an encouraging push.

Naruto smiled continued, "Okay, I won't do it just because there are too many bastards. And I don't want them to see Haku-chan's beautiful body."

Anko smiled too, and when she was about to add something else, she heard a loud impact sound coming from the arena.

The Mitarashi looked there and saw that Omoi was once again blocking an attack from Haku.

However, this time, the boy's sword was glowing and cutting the Kubikiribōchō.

Omoi smiled; he concluded that cutting her sword would make things a lot easier. However, Haku smiled, and before he could say something, some seals appeared around the Kubikiribōcho.

He saw a white cloak around her sword, which made his Katana stop shining.

Therefore, Haku moved it to one side, shattering his Katana.

Kakashi and many of those who had knowledge about the swords of Kirigakure were surprised. They were sure that it was difficult, not to say impossible, to add an element to the Kubikiribōchō, and a girl, no older than 15 years, had managed to do something that many swordsmen were unable to do.

Minato observed with surprise, thinking on the seals that had appeared around the Kubikiribōchō. He subtly looked at Naruto and saw him smiling, concluding that it was another of his designs.

The Yondaime was determined to train him; he needed to teach him everything he knew so that his son could be ready to defeat those Akatsuki.

His son certainly was powerful for someone of his age, and he didn't doubt that he would surpass him in a few years.

He looked back to the arena, just to see the Kumo-nin dropping the handle of his Katana; he shrugged and stated, "I surrender."

Hayate didn't ask him if he was serious since both had agreed to have a fight with Kenjutsu only, and now he no longer had his sword.

Hayate declared Haku as the winner, so she smiled and went back to her place while Omoi put another lollipop in his mouth and returned to his team.

The bad rhymes of his Sensei, the indifferent look of Samui, and the angry expression of Karui received him, "Omoi, you idiot! How could you lose against that useless Kunoichi?" Karui asked angrily.

Omoi looked at her with curiosity and asked, "What's wrong with you, Karui? You are acting like this since that guy left."

Karui just growled; she was infuriated, but she didn't feel like getting even with Omoi. If she did it, it would be with Naruto when she was near him.

She crossed her arms and waited for the next fight. Her companions just looked at her; something strange was going on, and everyone knew it had to do with Naruto.

Meanwhile, Naruto and the girls congratulated Haku, and after that, the Jinchūriki started talking to Ino, who was still upset.

The names appeared on the display again. Shikamaru sighed in relief and Kiba shouted, "Well, I'm very lucky! He can't win. Right, Akamaru?" His dog gave a bark in assent.

Menma shook his head and warned, "Kiba, don't be overconfident, my Nii-san is strong..."

Kiba snorted and replied, "Ha! The dobe can't beat me. You lost against him because you lowered your guard. He won't be able to keep up with me."

Menma shook his head again, and Hinata added, "K-Kiba-kun, I think you should listen to Menma-kun's warning; Naruto-san is indeed very strong. Remember that he almost defeated Sasuke-san too; he lost because he surrendered."

Kiba looked at Hinata and replied, "You too, Hinata? Don't worry; I'll defeat the dobe in a heartbeat; I'll be right back." Then he went down to the arena.

Menma just shook his head and couldn't help but think that Kiba was an idiot. Naruto was the most powerful person in this room, even stronger than most of the present Jounin.

He didn't doubt that after seeing his transformation and after feeling that terrifying killing intent in the forest. He just hoped that Naruto didn't do anything too bad to Kiba.

Naruto changed his face to one of total seriousness; he said nothing and walked down there.

Anko smiled and spoke, "Oh, hehe. It seems that Naruto-kun is going to kill him. I think I have to warn Kurenai-chan that she'll have one less Gennin in her team, hehe. See ya."

Sakura nervously asked, "S-She's not talking seriously, is she? Naruto won't kill Kiba, right?"

She looked at Naruto's teammates, who just shrugged as they looked towards the arena; that only increased Sakura nervousness.

What would happen if Naruto killed someone as he did with the people at Nami no Kuni, or if he transformed into that thing again? She wasn't sure if she could take it again.

The Inuzuka was looking mockingly at Naruto, and the Uzumaki had closed eyes and crossed arms. "Tenth combat, Naruto Namikaze against Kiba Inuzuka."

In the stands, everyone was eagerly awaiting the combat; most of them wanted to see how strong "the lost son" of the Hokage was, while others observed this with a little bit of concern.

Minato also wanted to know how strong his son actually was, and Gaara was calmer now, but his eyes were open to see Naruto's abilities.

Naruto finally opened his eyes, and this time, Kiba could see his cold eyes, which scared him a little bit.

However, he shook his head; he was sure that Naruto was only good at intimidating people, but he wouldn't allow him; it was time to put him in his place.

Naruto directly looked into Kiba's eyes and spoke, "Kiba, if you don't give up now, I assure you that you'll end up losing something from your body. If you want to keep all your limbs intact, I don't recommend you to leave; I command you to do so for your own safety." He moved his right hand to the handle of his Ninjato on his back.

Hayate looked at Kiba, and the Inuzuka chuckled as he snorted, "Dobe, you talk too much. As I told you, your attitude never intimidated me, and never will do."

Meanwhile, Anko and had reached Kurenai's place, "Hey, Kurenai-chan."

Kurenai turned her head and smiled, "Hey, Anko, what's up?"

Anko smiled and pointed to the arena. "Well, I just came to tell you that your Genin should withdraw, or else, Naruto-kun will kill him."

The eyes of Hinata and Menma widened in concern. Menma placed a hand on her shoulder and told her to calm down, that his brother wouldn't do something like that, and that there was nothing to worry about. However, neither he believed his own words.

Kurenai squinted and replied, "I think you hold your Genin in high regard, Anko. According to reports from the academy, he never did anything special. He always had the worst grades in combat and target practice."

Anko laughed loudly, "Kurenai-chan, do you not remember? Naruto-kun was the 'Demon Brat', and the Academy teachers always tried to boycott him. Anyway, I already warned you. Naruto-kun is really annoyed by the glances that your brat threw to the blonde girl." She pointed to Ino.

Kurenai's eyes narrowed again but said nothing since Hayate gave the order to start the match.

"Akamaru, stay back. I'll do this myself." Kiba spoke with extreme confidence and with a cocky grin on his face.

Naruto just stood still, with his hand on the handle of his Ninjato.

Kiba put on a straight face as he raised his right fist, "I'll defeat you with a single punch."

Naruto didn't say anything yet, which made Kiba laugh, "Oh, why are you so quiet? What happened with that attitude of yours? Did the rats eat your tongue?" Kiba mockingly asked as he crouched to do the Tiger's seal.

All those who knew Naruto couldn't help feeling sorry for Kiba, that idiot was just digging his own grave.

The Inuzuka put himself on all fours before saying, "Let's go."

Kiba disappeared and reappeared in front of Naruto, giving him an elbow in his stomach that threw him several meters back.

That surprised many, but some of them continued looking at the arena.

Kurenai looked at Anko and stated, "You see, Anko? You hold your Genin in high regard."

Anko just chuckled, so she looked back at the arena, seeing Kiba getting to his feet.

"He's not going to get up in a while, examiner-san."

Hayate just coughed, knowing that Naruto didn't lose yet.

Kiba snorted again, and when he was about to walk away, Naruto slowly stood up, still with his hand behind his back.

"If this is all you can do, you should give up now, or when you see my Ninjato unsheathed, your body will turn into a stain on the ground," Naruto stated with such a cold voice that chilled the blood of many.

Kiba growled and looked at his companion, "Let's go, Akamaru!"

The dog barked, and both ran towards Naruto while Kiba threw smoke bombs at the Uzumaki, who stood still in the same position.

Neji asked himself why Naruto didn't attack yet. Therefore, he activated his Byakugan and looked at Naruto's back, noticing that his sword was at a high temperature. It seemed that he was sending Chakra to it, so the Hyūga assumed that he was preparing an attack and that he needed some time to cast it.

He continued observing, just to see Kiba hitting Naruto repeatedly all over his body, but especially, in his face.

Naruto didn't flinch; he just continued receiving his punches as he continued sending Fire Style Chakra to his Ninjato.

The smoke cloud dissipated slowly, which angered Kiba since Naruto hadn't left that place, and therefore, his plan had failed

The Inuzuka jumped back and landed next to Akamaru. Just then, the smoke had dissipated completely, and everyone could see Naruto in the same stance as the beginning.

Kiba growled and carried his right hand into his ninja bag as he pulled out a pill. He looked at Akamaru and threw it to him, "Let's do it, Akamaru."

The dog barked and swallowed it, which made him growl, and changed his hair to red color.

Naruto knew that technique, but he didn't care; he would make sure of finishing him off within a few moments.

Kiba got on all fours again; Akamaru jumped to his back, and Kiba did the Tiger's seal again, "Jūjin Bunshin (Beast Human Clone)!" The jutsu turned Akamaru into Kiba, and both growled wildly towards Naruto.

Both rushed at him, trying to scratch him. Naruto, however, jumped back and dodged all their attacks; without unsheathing his Ninjato yet.

Kiba growled in frustration; Naruto was excessively fast; he failed to keep up with his speed even after using his soldier pill.

The Inuzuka looked at his dog, who nodded, and both jumped and spun towards Naruto, "Gatsūga (Fang over Fang)!"

Naruto smiled and finally unsheathed his Ninjato, revealing that it was red hot.

The Uzumaki moved his Ninjato majestically, almost in a hypotonic way, and many could swear that they saw several replicas of his Ninjato every time he moved it.

"Uzumaki Kenjutsu: Uzu Ran'nau~ei Shōkyaku Katto (Uzumaki Kenjutsu: Burning Cut of the Overwhelming Whirlpool)" Naruto whispered, and instantly appeared above one of the Gatsūgas.

The redheaded man could clearly see Kiba spinning in slow motion. He smiled before changing his expression to one that he used to have before murdering someone. He made a descending cut, moving his right hand at an astonishing speed.

However, he didn't stop there, and with a speed that an average person wouldn't have been able to see, Naruto performed over thirty cuts around the entire body of Kiba, turning him into tiny pieces.

Everything returned to normal, and Kiba's pieces instantly fell to the ground, for the horror, concern, and amusement of some of those present.

"Kibaaaa!" Kurenai cried out.

"Kiba-kun!" Hinata exclaimed, crying and sobbing.

Anko, on the other hand, couldn't help smiling.

Minato also opened his eyes in shock; he could clearly see what his son did. First, he whispered a few words, which he didn't catch. Then he went straight to Kiba's Gatsūga and performed more than twenty cuts in less than a second; he couldn't count them all.

The Yondaime finally looked at what was left of that boy; it exactly was as Naruto had said; there was only a large stain of organs and blood all over the place.

However, those organs were too small for someone of Kiba's size, which the Yondaime found strange, but Kiba's piercing scream gave him the correct answer. "Akamaruuuuuuuuuuu!" His pet had died, not Kiba.

The Inuzuka ran over there, falling to his knees as he cried out in that place, "Akamaruuuuuuuuuuu!"

"HAHAHAHAHAHA! You're a fucking idiot! HAHAHAHA! I told you, bitch! You're lucky that I didn't finish you off. I concluded it'd be funnier to see you mourning near the pieces of your stupid dog," Naruto exclaimed as he increased the heat of his Ninjato, which increased its glow.

The Jounin noticed this as they saw Kiba turning around to face Naruto; they knew that Kiba would die if they didn't stop him.

The Uzumaki felt that several people had moved from their places, so he put his Ninjato horizontally and pointed it at Kiba, who had stood up and started to run towards him.

Naruto smiled and whispered a few words just when the Jounins were behind him, "Uzumaki Kenjutsu: Buraddokuresento (Uzumaki Kenjutsu: Crescent of Blood)."

A technique, shaped like a crescent of red color, came off from his Ninjato, going quickly towards Kiba.

Just then, several people grabbed him behind while his father held his right hand. They all cursed when the attack came off; however, Kakashi used an Earth Wall to protect Kiba.

Everyone sighed with relief, but Naruto chuckled and stated, "That won't be enough."

They didn't understand what he meant, but when they looked towards the Earth Wall, the attack went through it without any problems.

Meanwhile, Kiba was still running; everything had been fast for him.

He had heard Naruto mocking the death of his best friend, then he had started running, and after a few seconds, he saw an Earth Wall appearing before him, which was melted by a Jutsu that went straight to his neck.

However, Naruto moved his index finger down a bit, and the attack shifted its trajectory, going straight to Kiba's forearm and instantly cutting it.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Kiba gave such a piercing scream that chilled the blood of those present.

Half of Kiba's arm fell to the ground, which made the audience gasp in terror; they could also perceive the unpleasant smell of burned flesh, and some of them almost puked while others shivered with fear.

The Inuzuka began to squirm on the ground due to the indescribable pain he was suffering until it made him pass out.

Several medics instantly landed beside him and began to examine him. Miraculously, the arm wasn't bleeding since it seemed that the attack had cauterized the arm. However, they didn't want to take any risks, and therefore they took him away.

Meanwhile, Naruto chuckled, "Hehehe, stupid idiot. He should have paid attention to my warning."

That pulled the Jounin and Minato out of their daze.

"Naruto, why did you do that? Why did you go so far?" Minato asked, looking at Naruto with a reproachful look.

Naruto stopped smiling and shrugged with an indifferent look, "Hmmm, I don't know, because I wanted to?"

His statement made Kurenai furious, "Because you wanted to? Just that? Do you realize what you've done, you damn brat?! You just ruined the life of a person who had many goals for his future! How the hell can you talk so calmly after doing that?!"

Naruto turned to her, seeing her angry expression and Asuma placing a hand on her shoulder to reassure her.

Naruto put on a serious face and replied, "First, if you want to speak to me, introduce yourself, whoever you are. Secondly, he asked me a question, and I answered it. Thirdly, you should thank me for diverting the attack. Although… hehe, you're right; I ruined someone's life. But, that's what it makes it so funny, hehe," Naruto laughed again, now with more mobility since almost everyone had released him.

However, that angered Kurenai even more. "Hokage-sama! This can't remain like this; he committed a crime! He must be punished, even if he's your son!" Kurenai yelled trying to hold the tears back; she felt devastated and could only blame herself.

Minato gave a sad smile, but before he could respond, Naruto spoke, "Hey, the girl with the red eyes."

Kurenai glared at him, and he continued, "Well, to begin with, what I did is not a crime. We're in an exam where everything is allowed. If you don't want to understand that, let's say that you can seek revenge whenever you want. But let me tell you that you won't have the same fate as the bastard of Kiba." His stare turned cold, and his voice turned dark, which worried his father.

Therefore, Minato decided to put a stop before they could fight. "Enough! Kurenai-san, Naruto is right. Kiba knew the risks, so you can't accuse him of anything. And you, Naruto, don't threaten her. Understand that this is her reaction to what you did to one of her students; something that was completely unnecessary, and we'll talk about it once this is over," Minato interrupted with an authoritative voice.

Naruto sighed; he already sensed that he would have a talk with his 'dear daddy' after what happened in the forest. Therefore, he just nodded before using a Shunshin to return to the stands.

Sai congratulated him, Haku 'scolded' him for 'showing off', Tenten and Ino nodded, and Sakura looked at him with fear.

The Jounins returned to their respective teams. Kurenai noticed that Hinata was crying, so she decided to calm her down along with Menma.

Meanwhile, the blonde-haired kid couldn't help glancing angrily at his brother; he didn't see the need of doing that to Kiba, even if what his Sensei had said was true. Something so 'insignificant' couldn't be enough to maul Kiba's best friend and cut one of his arms off.

He would talk to him later, even if Naruto got angry with him. He needed to talk some sense into his brother; he wanted him to be more sensitive and kind to his fellow villagers.

Meanwhile, Anko watched with amusement. Well, Naruto had warned him, but the brat had decided not to hear him. Therefore, she decided to leave the place.

She didn't want to disturb Kurenai right now; she didn't want to be in one of her Genjutsus.

Once she was next to Naruto, the Mitarashi congratulated Naruto for a good display of skill, but she decided not to show anything emotional. She would do it once they had time to talk alone; she desired to know what made him so sad and angry minutes ago.

Everyone looked at the arena, seeing several people cleaning up Naruto's mess. They were careful with Akamaru's remains because they seemed to be piping hot.

"Naruto, did you use Lava Release?" Kakashi finally asked.

The Uzumaki shook his head and replied, "No, it was just molten iron; I'm not able to use that element, though I don't know why the hell I'm telling you this." He looked at Kakashi before looking forward again, waiting for the last match. Nobody spoke again and did the same as Naruto.

When the workers left, Hayate coughed and gave the order for final combatants to appear. Naruto subtly looked towards Neji, who was already walking down to the arena.

At the other end, Menma gave cheers to Hinata, who already seemed calmer, but it was still evident that she had been crying. She smiled at Menma and walked down there.

Once there, she smiled at Neji and said, "L-Let's do our best, Neji-niisan."

Neji didn't answer; instead, he just stared at Hinata, who got surprised by his intense gaze. He never did it before, and she didn't know the reason. However, after seeing him nodding, she smiled.

Hayate gave the order to start the combat. Hinata tried to get into the Juuken stance, but Neji was already in front of her, with two fingers that he aimed at her heart, "Ow," Hinata complained while spitting some blood.

That action shocked many; Neji had attacked Hinata's heart without hesitation, a blow that could be fatal.

Menma widened his eyes and clenched the railing tightly. When he was about to ask Neji what was wrong with him, he saw something that made him growl.

Neji closed his fist and gave her a powerful Upper Cut that 'spun her world'.

The Hyuga girl didn't know why Neji was attacking her like this; Neji seemed so angry that he was using normal attacks instead of Juuken blows.

Naruto sighed and mentally said, "He's losing control. I didn't believe that he would get even so fast. Anyway, this will just make things a lot easier."

Kurama raised an eyebrow and asked, "What do you mean? If he keeps hitting her like that, everyone will know that he holds a grudge against her."

Naruto mentally smiled and replied, "Hehehe, you will know it eventually, Kurama; you just have to wait."

Kurama nodded and continued observing.

Hinata slowly stood up, carrying her hand to her chest, "W-What's w-wrong, N-Neji-niisan? * Cough * *Cough*" Hinata asked with difficulty, spitting more blood. That worried Kurenai; she didn't believe that she would be able to see another of her students becoming physically challenged.

Neji growled, activated his Byakugan and ran towards her, "What's wrong? Do you still have the gall to ask me?!" Neji exclaimed as he closed the distance with Hinata, who could barely dodge another attack that he aimed at her heart.

Neji gave a swing, and this time, he used the fingers of both hands, giving her accurate blows to her heart and another one to her liver. Hinata spat a lot of blood.

She didn't know why Neji was so angry; he had stopped showing hatred towards her years ago, so she had thought that he had already accepted her.

It was different, it seemed, and she didn't know why. For that reason, these blows had caught her off guard; she didn't know that Neji would attack her like this.

Hinata stopped thinking when Neji gave her another blow to her heart.

Kurenai and Menma opened their eyes in shock; an attack like that could kill someone. Kurenai decided to stop this fight; she wouldn't allow that anything bad happened to another of her students.

She and Menma tried to jump there, but they couldn't because Neji had thrown Hinata to the ground, then got over her and started giving her repeated blows with closed fists to her face.

Gai was quite disconcerted; he believed that Neji held no grudge against the Main House because he had never expressed unconformity or hatred towards the Souke (Main House)

Naruto could feel a slight increase in power, so he looked at his brother and noticed that his eyes had turned red.

He sighed, and before his brother could do something foolish, Naruto decided to put an end to the fight, "Hey Neji!" Naruto shouted.

Neji stopped, and Kurenai and Menma looked at Naruto. The Hyūga boy looked at the Uzumaki, who continued speaking, "Come on, stop playing with that piece of shit; end with this once and for all."

Menma didn't like the way he had called Hinata. Even so, he said nothing.

Just now Neji noticed his loss of composure; therefore, he nodded and glanced at Hinata, who was barely conscious, but she seemed to have a look of sadness.

Neji didn't mind that and knocked Hinata out after hitting one of her pressure points.

Hayate declared Neji as the winner, who slowly rose up before ducking and jumping backward.

Neji smiled because Menma had tried to hit him and had failed miserably; he said nothing about it since Hayate spoke first, "Stop, Menma! You can't attack him; Neji is not your opponent, *Cough* *Cough*. Besides, they're already carrying Hinata away."

Menma came out of his state of rage; he turned around and looked at the doctors, who were taking her to the infirmary.

The Namikaze wanted to go with her, but he couldn't because his father stopped him, "Menma, don't worry. Neji didn't attack Hinata in the way that you're thinking. Most of his attacks were external ones; she'll get well, trust me."

He was there because the combats had ended, but especially, because he could also feel the slight power increase in Menma, so he decided to calm him down so that nothing bad happened.

Menma nodded, and then he looked at Neji, who was already walking away; the blonde-haired boy growled and yelled, "Neji!"

The Hyūga turned around, seeing Menma crouching and picking up some of Hinata's blood with his fingertips. "I will win!" He closed his fist and pointed it at him.

Neji said nothing and continued walking away. However, Hayate told him to stay in the arena because the battles had already ended.

Meanwhile, Shikamaru stated, "Whew, I was lucky. I didn't have to fight with anyone."

Chouji looked at him and replied, "Indeed, you're very lucky. What would have happened if Naruto had fought against you instead of Kiba?

"That would have been very troublesome," Shikamaru replied.

Hayate called everyone's attention, saying that the preliminary battles had ended and that those who had passed had to come down to the arena.

After a few minutes, everyone was there along with the examiners and the Hokage.

Minato explained when and where the finals would be held. No one complained because almost everyone was tired. The Yondaime then said that each of them had to grab a number from a box before they could leave.

Anko stepped forward and put the box in front of each of them; the first one to pull a number out was Sasuke, who took the number five.

Menma grabbed the number one.

Samui took the number eight.

Shikamaru grabbed the number nine.

Ino took the number seven.

Neji grabbed the number two.

After that, Anko approached Naruto; she smiled, and Naruto smiled back.

He put his hand inside and took the number 3.

Anko continued passing the box to the remaining Genin.

Karui took the number twenty and then she noticed that Naruto was looking at her with a smile. She glared at him before looking away, which surprised Naruto, "Now, what did I do?" The Uzumaki asked himself.

He would ask her later; he could tell that she was angry with him, but he didn't know why.

Anko stood in front of Lee, who took the number four.

Gaara took the number six, and the last ones were Tenten and Haku, taking the number eleven and ten, respectively.

Then Ibiki told everyone to say their numbers, and once everyone did it, he wrote them down on a tablet.

"Now we'll tell you the fights for the tournament; Ibiki, show the pairings," Minato spoke.

Ibiki nodded and the tablet to the front.

Menma vs. Neji / Naruto vs. Lee / Sasuke vs. Gaara / Ino vs. Samui / Shikamaru vs. Haku / Tenten vs. Karui /

Everyone looked towards their respective opponents, some of them with looks of determination, and others of disinterest.

Ibiki stepped back, hearing Shikamaru asking if just one person could become Chunin.

Minato replied no before proceeding to explain more things, things that Naruto didn't pay attention to since he was looking at Karui again, trying to recall what he did to make her angry.

Kurama knew it, but he said nothing; his Jinchūriki was still stupid on some things, but that just made things funnier for him.

After a few seconds, nothing had come to Naruto's mind, so he sighed in defeat. Just then, his father said that they could leave.

Everyone nodded; some of them headed to their homes to rest, while others went to train. Naruto, on the other hand, didn't get to enjoy any of these options because his father had told him that he wanted to talk with him in the Hokage Tower.

Naruto nodded and slowly walked in that direction.

He would talk to Karui and the other girls who were in his apartment later on.

Notes:

Sorry, Hinata fans, but that fight was necessary

Naruto mutilated Akamaru and cut half of Kiba's arm off. He could have killed him, but Naruto thought that it'd be funnier if he continued living, knowing that he wouldn't be able to continue being a Ninja (and that his best friend died).

Naruto learned those Uzumakis techniques after leaving his coma. Don't think that the Uzumakis only used seals (well, they didn't do it in my fic.)

Ino can use Katon Jutsus, and Sai surrendered just because he had to be at the Root base for the finals.

Oh yeah, and now the 'marathon' of Lemons will start (they will be censored, on Fanfiction).

Until the next time.