People talking, "Interesting."

People thinking, "I think I'll kill you."

Nonhuman talking, "You don't deserve that power."

Nonhuman thinking, "Stopping him is paramount."

Jutsus / unknown names, "Mokuton Hijutsu Jukai Koutan!"

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

Chapter 30

Konoha's Stadium

Ino and Samui were facing each other. The first one with a blush on her cheeks due to what had happened before, and the other one with a cold stare that didn't show a shred of emotion.

In the stands, the audience was unhappy with the authorities' decision. They complained; some of them threw things towards the arena while others insulted the participants.

The attitude of the public was angering several people, especially the clone of Naruto. The straw that broke the camel's back was the next thing he heard.

"We don't want to see the combat of two stupid blondes..." The clone didn't listen to the rest because he was red in fury.

He couldn't tolerate that some idiots insulted his woman, and even worse that they supported each other in their insults.

The clone couldn't contain himself, and unwittingly, he released his killing intent; it wasn't much, but enough to silence the crowd and alert the ninjas.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" A distorted voice yelled, reaching all the corners of the stadium, scaring the civilians and some of the Shinobi. Nobody knew who it was, except for Naruto's girls, as they knew that their boyfriend was the only one who would react in such a way.

Ino added as she flipped them off. "Yeah, shut your fucking mouths!"

If Inoichi had been in the stadium, then he would have been more than disgusted by her attitude, the good thing was that he was getting ready to repel the invasion.

Some of the spectators were offended but said nothing because of the feeling they had felt moments before.

After Ino had made her point of view clear, she looked back at Samui, who had a slight smile on her face. "That was cool," she stated, seeing her opponent pushing her bangs to the side.

"Well, I don't like when people insult me. Though I must thank the person who put them in place first," she replied with a smile, thinking about Naruto, who had been calmed down moments ago by Kurama's intervention.

Samui just nodded as she watched Genma standing in the middle and clearing his throat. "* Ahem * Well, it seems that things have already been 'cooled' down. So, let's continue with this match."

He asked if they were ready, both nodded, and Genma started their match.

Samui quickly carried her hand to her holster to grab her Tantō, but before she could, Ino puffed her chest considerably.

The Yamanaka spat the fireball at Samui, who jumped away as she expressed with a slightly surprised expression. "That's not cool."

Once Samui was out of the Jutsu's range, she pulled out three Kunai and threw them at Ino, who blocked them with her Kunai, sending them to the sides.

Samui stood in front of Ino and tried to cut her waist, but Ino blocked her attack with her Kunai before flipping backward to get away from Samui.

The Kumo-nin followed her to attack her while Ino continued flipping backward.

The Yamanaka saw her ready to perform a cut, but she smiled and raised her fist and approached it to her face as she stopped flipping.

Samui saw her opening her fist and releasing a large amount of sand that went directly into her eyes.

That caught her off guard; she closed her eyes and failed her attack, and Ino jumped back.

Naruto's clone almost clapped but refrained from it and just continued watching with a smile on his face; that was his Ino.

"Sorry, girl. But I can't spend much chakra in our fight; I have to finish this quickly," Ino thought, pointing hands at Samui, who was rubbing her eyes quickly due to the itching.

"Shintenshin no Jutsu (Mind Body Switch Technique)," Ino whispered before staying completely still, as well as Samui, who had bowed her head but only for a few seconds.

She looked up at Genma. "Examiner, I give up," Samui stated, surprising the audience, especially to the ninjas of Kumo.

Genma bit his trademark senbon. "Are you sure?"

"I'm sure." Samui looked at Ino, who was standing but with her head down.

Genma chuckled; he and most of the ninjas of Konoha knew what had happened. He left that aside and declared Ino as the winner.

Most of the civilian public were still confused, but they didn't care much and started clapping since that meant that the most entertaining fights were even closer.

Samui smiled and crossed the fingers of her hands together; she fell to the ground, and the Yamanaka looked up with a victorious smile on her face, making a V-sign to where her acquaintances were.

Samui opened her eyes and got up. "That wasn't cool," Samui pronounced looking at Ino, who had an apologetic smile on her face.

"Sorry for having played dirty, but you know, we are Ninjas, and that's what we do," Ino stated, scratching her head.

Samui said nothing; she just turned around and headed to the box where the others were.

The Yamanaka followed her after thanking the cheers of her friends that were in the stands.

At the top, Ino heard Shikamaru saying. "Ino, you could have taken a little longer, now I have to fight *sigh * How troublesome," Shikamaru spoke with a bored expression.

"Don't tell me what to do, Shika!" Ino shouted with a grumpy face and shaking her right fist threateningly.

Some chuckled, but Shikamaru sighed. "Okay, okay, okay... Women," the Nara added.

"Please, Haku Yuki and Shikamaru Nara. Come down to the arena to continue with the matches," Genma said looking towards their box.

The Yuki nodded and went there followed by the Nara, who had brought his hands behind his head.

Karui asked Samui. "Hey, are you okay?" Samui was her teammate, after all.

She looked at her with her typical expression. "Yes, but when we return to Kumogakure, we must train more. I have to learn some Ninjutsu; I'll ask Bee-sensei," she replied before looking at the arena.

Karui just nodded and looked in that direction too.

Sasuke and Menma observed with attention; Haku had easily defeated both, and they wanted to see how good she was nowadays. If they were sincere, they wanted their rematch against her.

In the arena, Haku and Shikamaru were facing each other; the first one was smiling slightly, and the other one had a look of absolute disinterest in his face. "* Sigh * I don't know why I even bother, this is so annoying. Besides, I have to fight a woman. It doesn't matter what happens; I end up losing in both cases. Maybe I should give up to avoid the bad moment," Shikamaru thought, and when he had the impulse to say that he didn't want to fight, Haku giggled.

He heard her saying. "I can see that you're very bored. Naruto-kun had warned me that you would be like this, but cheer up and let's have a good fight," Haku ended with a tender smile, something that caused a slight blush on Shikamaru and some men who were in the stands.

"Damn, that Naruto is one lucky bastard. How troublesome, now I have less desire to fight. But anyway, if I don't do it, my mother will scold me," Shikamaru thought for the last time.

"Okay, are you both ready?" Genma asked, and both nodded.

"Very well, the third match, begin!" Genma exclaimed.

Haku instantly changed her expression to a more serious one, doing hand seals before shouting. "Hyōton: Hyōdama (Ice Release: Ice balls)" She spat several ice balls, which hit Shikamaru strongly and made him fall to the ground; he couldn't dodge them because Haku had been too fast.

"Shit, that hurt, I must get away from her quickly." Shikamaru thought with pain after receiving the jutsu.

He quickly came up with a plan while trying to get up, only to discover that he couldn't. He looked at his arms and legs, discovering that they were covered in ice.

He looked up and saw Haku looking down at him. "Sorry, but I don't want to take the risk. The Nara's are dangerous with their shadows, so I decided to end this fight quickly before you have the advantage."

Shikamaru sighed in defeat and said, "How troublesome; this is why I didn't want to fight... I give up."

People in the stands were puzzled, firstly by her Justus and secondly by how easily she had won.

Genma declared Haku as the winner, and everyone burst into cheers, congratulating the Yuki for winning her fight.

Haku released Shikamaru, who just sighed and started walking towards their box.

The Yuki looked to the public and bowed slightly before going to the box, hearing a voice in her head as she walked.

"Congratulations, Haku-chan. It took you a bit longer than I had thought; did you have mercy on him? Hehehe," the voice asked.

Haku instantly recognized him and replied surprised as she walked. "Naruto-kun, is that you? How are you doing this? Anyway, maybe I did have it; I didn't want to hurt him."

Naruto's clone smiled and replied, "It's one of the skills of my Rinnegan; I found out a few days ago. I can use telepathy if I know your chakra signature; it's not difficult once you grab the trick. Anyhow, the boss will arrive in a few minutes, and maybe the invasion will have already started when he does, though I don't understand why Orochimaru is taking too long. Anyway, be ready."

Haku nodded and asked, "By the way, where is the original?"

The clone told her what the original was doing, which made her blush slightly.

Naruto stopped talking to her, and Haku arrived in the Box, just to see Ino shaking Shikamaru and telling him to stop being lazy.

Haku chuckled and got closer, hearing Menma saying. "Wow, you're splendid, Haku-san. Well, I knew that since a long time ago; I hope we can fight again. I want to have my rematch; I didn't forget the beating you gave us."

Sasuke just said: "Hmph," without looking at her.

Haku smiled and replied, "You have also improved, Menma-san. We will have our fight when time tells."

After that, they looked at the arena. "Please, Tenten and Karui, come down here to continue the fights," Genma asked.

Karui and Tenten looked at each other before smiling and shaking hands. "Let's have a good fight," Tenten said, squeezing her hand.

Karui nodded and added, "Of course." She smiled at the end.

When they were there, Tenten blushed with embarrassment and Karui smiled slightly as both of them could hear their respective Senseis.

One of them was yelling that his beloved student was about to show her flames of youth, and the other one was reciting bad rhymes, getting some boos from the people who were close to him as they had no problem in expressing their displeasure to his rhymes.

However, a simple shout and a menacing look of Karui silenced the 'haters.' After that, Karui looked at Tenten, who was giggling at her strong character.

Naruto's clone couldn't help thinking. "Karui-chan estimates her Sensei. Why the hell does he have the Hachibi? Damn it; I'll have to find a way of extracting the Bijū from him without him dying."

Kurama growled and replied, "Why do you care about that? Just extract it; you don't need to worry about what a mere human can think of."

That confused the clone, who raised an eyebrow. "Why are you so bitter this day, Mr. Grumpy?"

Kurama growled and replied, "You know very well that I hate all the human beings equally, the fact that some of them entertain me doesn't mean that I like them. Your women are not the exception."

The clone sighed and shook his head. "We'll talk."

After that, he looked back towards the arena, just to see Tenten and Karui standing in combat stance, with Genma between them and asking them if they were ready.

Karui placed her hand on the handle of her Katana before nodding at the question.

Tenten did it too, and then they heard Genma starting the match.

Karui quickly pulled out her Katana and went straight ahead to cut her opponent, but she jumped back and grabbed the large scroll behind her waist to open it slightly.

She instantly unsealed different types of weapons and aimed them at Karui, who quickly blocked them with her Katana.

However, she couldn't continue doing that forever since the weapons wouldn't stop coming, and her opponent was unsealing them faster.

To avoid getting hurt, the Uzumaki girl repeatedly jumped to the right. Nevertheless, Tenten had no problem to keep sending more weapons toward her.

Karui grunted as she thought. "Damn, she's not letting me get close; maybe I could use some smoke bombs to distract her." She nodded before pulling out two smoke bombs.

She threw one at her position, and the other one at Tenten's, who growled as she pulled out another scroll from her ninja bag.

She charged some Chakra in it; the result was a small wind gust being released from it, which returned her visibility. However, she saw Karui a few meters from her and smiling at her. "Gotcha!" Karui exclaimed carrying her Katana forward.

Tenten quickly led her right hand on her wrist, activating a seal that was there.

A Bō appeared, so she grabbed it with both hands before blocking Karui's attack. "I don't think so," Tenten replied with a half-smile.

She stopped smiling and pushed the Katana to the right to make her drop it, but the Uzumaki girl was holding it firmly. On the other hand, Karui hit Tenten's Bō with her Katana in a bid to break it in two.

She failed; her Bō appeared to be made of wood, but it was as hard as the metal. Instead, they pushed their weapons in an attempt that one of them left an opening, and so score their blows.

Since Karui had more brute force, she ended up winning, pushing Tenten back before carrying her Katana towards her hip; the Konoha's Genin could only bend her hip down to dodge the cut; using her Bō as a support to keep her from falling completely.

Before Karui could try something else, Tenten quickly got up and blocked another cut, which made the Uzumaki girl smile as she continued attacking and Tenten blocking.

"You're good!" Karui exclaimed.

Tenten smiled and tried to hit Karui with the base of her Bō, but she blocked it, and Tenten went on the defensive again. "You…, too!" Tenten slowly replied since she was starting to give in; Karui's thrusts were fast, and if she didn't do something soon, her opponent would wound her.

"I can't keep this up too long; I'll use those scrolls," Tenten thought as she continued blocking her attacks.

Karui increased the speed since Tenten was leaving openings. When she prepared to give the final blow, Tenten opened her Bō in half, revealing a chain.

Before Karui could react, Tenten had coiled the chain around her right wrist, which made her stop and almost drop her Katana due to the pressure Tenten was exerting when pulling both ends of her Bō.

Karui growled and raised her left leg to try to kick Tenten, but she had jumped backward while extracting two scrolls of red color from her ninja bag, placing them on the ground and quickly doing hand seals.

Gai smiled and yelled, "So she's going to use them... TENTEN, SHOW EVERYONE YOUR YOUTH!"

Many looked at him with a sweat drop as they heard Tenten exclaiming. "Sōshōryū (Rising Twin Dragons)!" A great puff of smoke covered the entire arena.

Karui covered her eyes, cursing herself because she had dropped her guard.

They suddenly heard a loud roar in the arena and saw that the smoke had taken the shape of two dragons, which ascended as they crossed over one another.

They suddenly heard a loud roar in the arena and saw that the smoke had taken the shape of two dragons, which ascended as they crossed one another.

Tenten said nothing and jumped up, getting between the scrolls and bringing her hands on them.

Tenten rapidly summoned and threw all sorts of weaponry as a powerful projectile barrage towards Karui as she rotated around her axis at an astonishing rate.

Karui knew she was in trouble; the slightest mistake could be fatal. So instead of worrying, she prepared her next technique.

She sheathed her Katana, leaving her right hand on the handle while bending her knees slightly, waiting for the right time to release her technique.

When the weapons were a few centimeters from her face, she unsheathed her Katana and carried it up. "Kumo-Ryū: Omotegiri (Cloud-Style Front Beheading)!" Karui shouted and released a fast ascending cut that released a wave of chakra that diverted almost all of the weapons, and she quickly blocked the few others.

Many people started clapping enthusiastically, and Tenten landed on the ground to shout. "This is not over yet!" After that, she jumped up again.

Everyone saw Tenten raising her hands, and instantly some ninja wires were visible, which lifted the weaponry that she had already thrown.

Now these weapons were covering a greater extension, and Karui knew that she wouldn't be able to divert them all with her last technique. Therefore, she concluded it was the time to use one of the techniques she had learned during the previous month.

This time, the redheaded girl placed her Katana in front of her while holding the handle with both hands. She closed her eyes before jumping towards her opponent.

Tenten couldn't help thinking. "What is she up to?" After that, she shook her head and lowered her hands, making the weapons go down towards Karui.

Though her eyes were closed, the Uzumaki was aware of it, but she didn't care and kept concentrating as she thought about what Naruto had told her when he taught her the technique.

Two days after Naruto and Karui's reconciliation

In a training camp, Naruto and Karui were resting after a slight warming of Kenjutsu.

They chatted for a moment, but after a few minutes, Naruto stood up and said, "Karui-chan, I want to teach you something."

The redheaded girl couldn't help laughing. "Hahaha; that you will teach me something? You're just a Genin, what could you possibly teach me?"

A vein popped out on his forehead, but he shook his head and sighed. "The rank of a person isn't important, Karui-chan. I've seen individuals with the Genin rank almost as strong as an Elite Jounin, or people with the Jounin rank weaker than a Chunin. Don't be carried away by the rank of a person; that could cost you your life on a mission; appearances are deceiving," Naruto seriously stated.

Karui stopped laughing and apologized. "Sorry, but what do you want to teach me?" She seriously asked.

Naruto stepped forward and answered, "It's a special technique; only a few people can do it, and concentration is paramount."

Karui raised an eyebrow in confusion. "How are you so sure that I'll be able to use that technique?"

"Intuition," Naruto replied with a smile before proceeding to teach her one of his Uzumaki Kenjutsu Techniques.

Flashback end.

Karui opened her eyes and slowly unsheathed her Katana. "Now I understand why Naruto said that I would be able to perform this technique, after all, I am an Uzumaki." Karui raised her Katana as high as she could.

Tenten didn't know what her opponent was planning, but the Konoha-nin knew she had to stop her before the Kumo-nin could do anything. This time, she sent her weapons with more speed and shouted, "It's over!"

Karui also shouted, "Uzumaki Kenjutsu: Koto Senkai (Uzumaki Kenjutsu: Rotating Cut)!" With that said, Karui started spinning at high speed and turned into a tiny tornado.

The mini tornado diverted the weapons and trapped Tenten inside; she didn't have time to dodge it since it had rapidly ascended.

Naruto smiled; that technique wasn't that hard to perform, the only complicated part was the rotation.

What he had told Karui was true, only a few people could achieve it, and those few ones were the Uzumakis.

He believed that other people could learn them, but even if he tried to teach it to Haku or any of the other girls, they simply couldn't do it. He thought of showing it to Karin, but the Jinchuriki said no to himself since the redheaded girl seemed to dislike swords.

Bee and Minato were confused at the "Uzumaki" part. Though they concluded that she could have learned it from Naruto, after all, both knew that they were dating.

Tenten was completely defenseless; she was unable to move, she could only receive the fast cuts of something that she could not even see. It obviously was Karui, who was making her best to not to cause serious injuries to Tenten.

After inflicting her several cuts, Karui's technique finished, revealing Tenten with several cuts around her body while blood came out of them.

Both fell; Karui spun and landed softly on the ground, and Tenten could do little to protect herself from the high fall.

Genma approached; Tenten was trying to get up, but it seemed that some cuts were deep. So before Tenten could bleed out, Genma knelt down and placed his hand on her shoulder. "That's enough; you gave a great fight. Now we must see to those wounds before you bleed out."

Tenten sighed and nodded. "H-Hai."

Genma stood up and declared Karui as the winner, earning the cheers and congratulations from the audience since they had found the fight interesting.

Karui approached Tenten and asked her if she was okay. Tenten nodded while some medics came to take her on a stretcher.

Karui followed her, and Tenten said to hurry up because she wanted to see the next match.

In the Gennin Box, Menma couldn't help saying. "Wow, those two are excellent. But correct me if I'm wrong, did that Kumo girl say something like 'Uzumaki Kenjutsu'?" Menma asked looking back, seeing several nods.

"That's strange, where did she learn that? Is she...?" He wondered aloud.

This time, Ino spoke. "Yes, she is."

Menma opened his eyes in surprise, but before he could speak, Haku added, "Yes, she is also Naruto-kun's girlfriend. He taught her that technique."

Menma's jaw dropped to the floor; Shikamaru said something like 'problematic womanizer' and the others didn't care.

"Hell, my Nii-san never wastes his time," he stated genuinely surprised.

Haku and Ino chuckled and added, "You bet."

Menma was confused but quickly concluded something. "Did y-you do it?"

Ino smiled and approached Menma to hit his shoulder and put her arm around his neck. "Of course, little brother in law. Let's see, if you ask Naruto-kun for some advice, then you could learn how to please Hinata. They say that the shy ones are the most perverted ones. Isn't that right, Haku?"

"Ino-san!" the Yuki exclaimed blushing.

The Yamanaka could only laugh and enjoy what remained of her 'good memories.'

Naruto's clone had come to that place after the fight of Tenten and Karui had ended, and he could only laugh in his mind.

In the Kage Box, Minato asked Raidō if there was any sign of Naruto, and Raidō replied that there wasn't. The Kazekage asked the same thing, getting the same answer.

"Naruto, where are you?" Minato asked himself.

"Next battle, Rock Lee against Naruto Namikaze," Genma spoke.

Lee didn't wait any longer and jumped down there. After that, he slowly walked towards the center of the arena and stood still there with closed eyes and crossed arms.

Genma looked at him before saying, "Naruto, come down to the arena." He believed that Naruto was already in the stadium.

The audience began to murmur, and Genma decided to wait one more minute to decide what to do.

The minute ran out, and Genma had no choice but to say: "Because Naruto hasn't arrived yet, I declare Lee as-"

He couldn't finish because Lee interrupted him. "No! We will wait." He opened his eyes with an angry face.

Genma replied, "Sorry, but you're not the one who makes the decisions."

Lee was angrier; he clenched his fists, and just when Genma proceeded to declare him as the winner, Minato said, "Genma, we'll wait 5 minutes, if Naruto doesn't arrive in 5 minutes, we'll disqualify him."

After saying that, the Yondaime returned to his seat while the public thanked him.

Lee nodded, and Naruto's clone thought. "Well, I should give the news to the boss." The clone did the Tiger Seal and disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Meanwhile, Naruto and Tsunami had stopped a few minutes ago. "Aww, come on, Tsunami-chan. We can still do it, who cares about this silly tournament?" Naruto asked while putting on his pants.

Tsunami smiled and replied while putting on her bra. "I came to see you fighting, Naruto-kun. So move your ass and go to the arena before you get disqualified," Tsunami replied, now putting on her Kimono.

The Uzumaki smiled and continued, "But-" He stopped there since he received the information from his clone. "On second thought, I think you're right. Let's go."

Naruto put on his jacket and invited Tsunami to place her arm in his.

Tsunami gladly did it, and both left the room, seeing the men in black standing guard with serious expressions.

Naruto spoke, "Good job, you can return to your positions. Take Tsunami-chan with you, please."

One of them approached, making a military salute to Naruto, who imitated him by inertia. "Sir! It's an honor to meet you, sir! Please, Tsunami-sama, follow us." The man bowed slightly.

She looked at Naruto, who nodded. "Go with them, Tsunami-chan. They'll protect you; you already know what will happen. Please, don't get away from them."

Tsunami nodded and shared a short kiss with him before following the men who were already retiring.

Naruto watched them leaving, and he couldn't help feeling intrigued when seeing something that looked like backpacks with a small metal antenna at the right side. "Hey, what are you carrying on your backs? I could feel my chakra going crazy the first time I was near that thing," Naruto asked.

One of the men who had one of the backpacks turned around and replied. "Sir! This is a Chakra Disruptor Device. It serves to-" He couldn't finish because Naruto shook his hands.

"You know what? I'll ask later; now I have to go to the arena before they disqualify me. Okay, goodbye." After saying that, Naruto disappeared in a Shunshin of leaves.

The men looked at each other before looking at the woman. "Over here, Tsunami-sama, we have a place reserved for you."

Tsunami nodded and followed them.

In the arena, Genma was looking at his watch, and when seeing the time, he bit his stick. "*Tch* It's been 5 minutes... Fine," he whispered, but Lee could hear him.

Genma looked at the audience, who booed because they knew what he wanted to say. "Ladies and gentlemen, since Naruto hasn't arrived, I declare Rock Lee as the win-" Genma stopped there because he heard someone's voice coming from the hallway that led to the arena. "Wait!"

Everyone looked there, listening to the footsteps of someone approaching, and they saw a red-blond haired person.

Many people started clapping in pure ecstasy, especially Kurenai, who couldn't help getting up from her seat and shout. "Naruto-kun!"

Asuma opened his mouth in shock, dropping his cigarette.

Anko smiled slightly, hearing Asuma stuttering. "K-Ku-Kurenai, d-did you say what I just h-heard?" he asked surprised because he thought that she hated Naruto.

Kurenai realized what she had done; therefore, she stopped and sat down, but Anko decided to throw some fuel on the fire. "Yeah, Asuma. Kurenai-chan and I have had some night 'meetings' with Naruto-kun during the last month." She chuckled due to Asuma's expression.

The Sarutobi was completely still since he knew what that meant; he turned his head slightly and looked at Kurenai. "D-Does th-that m-me-mean...?" He was unable to finish what he was thinking.

He just looked at Kurenai, who shrugged and answered, "Yes, we were having sex." She didn't care anymore, after all, she would go elsewhere; Asuma was no longer a problem.

Many people heard that, and the curiosity made them murmur, transmitting the information around the stadium.

Naruto heard what was happening with his enhanced hearing, and the Uzumaki could only shake his head as he walked towards Genma. As he did it, he could hear a shout of rage. "I WILL KILL HIM!"

Naruto and several people looked in the direction, seeing Asuma with a scowl trying to move towards the arena, but Kakashi had stopped him. "Asuma, calm down; you can talk to them later. Now it's not the time."

Asuma turned his head at him. "But..." he spoke through gritted teeth, trying to calm down. He looked back at the arena, only to see Naruto staring at him with a severe face.

Asuma gave him a look of fury, and the next thing he saw almost made him burst into anger.

Naruto raised both hands at the height of his shoulders; he made a circle with the thumb and forefinger of his left hand. Then he raised the index finger of his right hand, putting it in and out of the circle while changing his serious expression to a mocking one.

Asuma could clearly understand what Naruto was implying, which made him growl in anger; Kakashi and Itachi stopped him. "Let me go, damn it! He's provoking me on purpose! Look at him!" Asuma exclaimed, seeing Naruto flipping him off with a sneer on his face.

Itachi and Kakashi realized that Asuma was using more strength to break free, and Itachi had no choice but to force Asuma to look at him, making him fall unconscious when he barely made eye contact with the Uchiha, who deactivated his Sharingan.

"Kakashi-senpai, I'll take him elsewhere. I'll return when I have him in a place where he won't cause problems." After saying that, Itachi disappeared along with Asuma in a puff of smoke.

Naruto couldn't help chuckling. Well, he had nothing to lose anymore, if Kurenai had loosened her tongue, then he could provoke Asuma a little bit just for the fun of it. After all, this was his last day in the village, so he wasn't worried about the consequences.

He turned around and walked forward while Genma said, "You took your sweet time. Where have you been?"

Naruto shrugged and answered, "I was having sex," he stated that as if it was something normal; some people smiled, and others felt embarrassed.

Tsunami, who was already there, blushed in embarrassment.

Genma sighed and continued, "Well, I was about to disqualify you, but since you arrived just in time, I won't. So, are you ready to start your fight?"

Naruto nodded. "I'm ready, but..., where is Lee?" the Uzumaki asked, looking in all directions and placing his palm on his forehead.

"I'm here," Lee spoke with clenched fists.

The Jinchūriki looked to his front and got closer to examine him, putting his finger on his chin. After a few seconds, he stepped away and exclaimed, "You must be kidding me! Is that you, Lee? Hell! You've changed a lot. Let me tell you that you look great. I'm serious, man. Come on, do one of your smiles and make the girls fall for you."

Lee growled and exclaimed, "Shut up and let's fight!"

Naruto raised his hands slightly. "Woah, just take it easy, man. What's wrong?"

Lee clenched his fists again. "You know it... You know it very well, you murdered him," he replied, pointing at him.

"Lee," Gai whispered, sighing and shaking his head. It seemed that Lee didn't pay him attention in the past month.

Naruto put on a confused expression while taking his thumbs on his chest. "Me? When? Please refresh my memory; I can't remember all the people I've killed. I remember I killed about fifteen people in a club, a stupid dog in the preliminaries..." He said that with a clear intention of annoying Kiba, who instantly began to shake.

Shino and Hinata quickly placed their hands on his shoulders while the Hyūga tried to reassure him, telling him some words of encouragement.

Although everything he was saying was also with the intention of annoying Lee. Naruto wanted him to be furious and attacked him with the intention of killing him. After all, the Uzumaki wanted an intense battle.

"After that, I think I killed a few Genin in the exams; then I don't remember. I'm sorry, but I'm not a maniac as to remember everyone." Naruto shrugged.

"You murdered Karashi!" Lee exclaimed again.

Naruto put on a surprised expression. "Huh? Who? I don't remember."

"On that mission... On the mission where you got those stupid Katanas," Lee replied losing patience.

The Jinchūriki opened his eyes in realization. "Aaah, the friend of Raiga. Oh, and how is he?" Naruto asked with a smile.

"He's dead! You damn idiot!" Lee exclaimed, holding himself back not to attack Naruto.

Naruto facepalmed. "Sorry, I'm stupid. It's just that I couldn't remember him, you know, his death was so pathetic. I think it was something like this."

Naruto made three Shadow Clones, which had appeared with different appearances.

One looked like Tenten, the other one like Neji, and the last one like Karashi, who was kneeling on the ground, held by Tenten and Neji.

Lee clenched his fists, and some blood came out of them, seeing Naruto taking out one of his Kibas from a seal on his wrist before stabbing the clone that looked like Karashi, who disappeared in a puff of smoke.

The crowd observed their interaction in silence, but they felt surprised at Naruto's coldness.

Neji watched impassively, and though he could notice some eyes on him, he didn't care. Tenten, who had returned from the infirmary, could also notice some looks, but she didn't pay attention either; she was just watching the arena, worried by both of them.

"It was something like that, wasn't it? Then I think that you took him elsewhere, abandoning a mission without my permission, failing me once again. Anyhow, that's the past. Is that why you hate me?" Naruto seriously asked.

"They were my friends, Karashi-san, and Sanshou-baasan. Both died because of you, and you have to pay for it," Lee replied, standing in his fighting stance.

The Uzumaki expressed in confusion. "I didn't do anything to that old lady; I only killed that bastard for breaking his word. You know that damn well! It was our mission; I gave him an opportunity, and he wasted it."

"You should have known it better. Karashi was the only son of Baasan, and you killed him. You took her only reason for living, so you are also guilty for it."

Naruto sighed and shook his head. "It's okay, but well. I can see that you want to kill me, are you sure you can do it? I don't mean your power but your conscience. I remember that you couldn't kill those bastards on that mission. Are you sure you can do it now? Talk is cheap, but carrying out our words is difficult," Naruto stated.

"We'll know that when we fight," Lee answered.

Naruto chuckled and looked at Genma while nodding. "Very well." Naruto grabbed his Ninjato from his back and threw it towards Lee. "Show me that you're ready. Grab that and come to kill me; I won't oppose resistance. Come on, get over here," Naruto said, waving both hands.

Lee grabbed the Ninjato and looked at it for several seconds. Realizing that, the Jinchūriki continued. "See? It's not as easy-" Naruto stopped there because Lee disappeared, and in just a split of a second, he was standing in front of him, with the Ninjato in hands and with a look of determination on his face.

"I told you I had no problems," Lee whispered, moving the Ninjato and stabbing Naruto right in his heart, making him spit a lot of blood that passed right above the left shoulder of Lee, who was now smirking.

Many people's eyes widened, especially those people who were close friends to Naruto. Some of them cried out his name as they saw him holding both shoulders of Lee before pushing himself back in an attempt to extract the blade.

When he managed to do it, he repeatedly stepped backward while putting both hands on his chest. He fell to his knees as he began to spit blood on the ground. "*Cough* *Cough* Arrgh. *Cough* *Cough*" They heard him complaining while spitting more and more blood.

That worried almost everyone, especially his girlfriends.

Lee approached with the bloodstained Ninjato and looked with a half-smile at Naruto, who weakly raised his head, seeing Lee standing before him.

"Anything else you want to say?" Lee asked, raising the Ninjato with the intention to behead him.

Naruto chuckled and spat a little more of blood. "Y-You don't have the balls to do it," Naruto replied smiling, revealing his teeth covered in blood.

Lee growled in anger and shouted while lowering the Ninjato to his neck. "I'll show you that I can do it!"

Notes:

Okay, chapter finished.

You'll see the outcome in the next chapter.

Now I want to explain some things.

First, the telepathy is a Rinnegan's jutsu; you can look it up in the Wiki if you don't believe me; I didn't make this up.

Secondly, some of you may be thinking that Karui and Tenten were flying, but they weren't. I'll just say... Anime logic =P.

Thirdly, Naruto likes to tease Asuma due to that incident when they almost ended up fighting.

Until the next chapter.