Heads up guys I would like people to know this chapter focus a bit on Naruto but the next few chapters are mixed because just like the anime Chrollo never really got a lot of screen time at points. This will change when we get past the Chunin Exams but until then please bare with me because this is going to be the flow of the story for a while, switching between Naruto and his troupe. Also as a notice to everyone; I will be posting the power levels of the characters and the grouping I'm basing this off any questions feel free to comment or message me. Hope you guys enjoy!

Chapter 3

Adventures x Spars x Snakes

On the outskirts of Land of Wave, three men were travelling in the direction of the nearby lands. That land being the land of Hot water, where they were going to visit someone that was buried there, and meet with some spies Naruto had in that region. The three of them were Naruto, heading the group with his hands in his pocket, Uvogin backing up the rear and Kimblee joining him. Both men volunteered to follow Naruto on his job to find some information on the snake and to make sure he was safe. The group agreed a long time ago to never leave him alone when they are out hunting people. For the most part, it was usually two or more of them that would guard him and make sure if something did happen they were there to fight off the person that came after him so he can escape.

Uvogin saw the boss was in deep thought and was thinking about the time he first met the boss. He was mostly a raging barbarian where his best friend Nobunaga was his only ally on the battlefield. They both loved to fight and kill without a second thought, more him than his friend. For the most part, he enjoyed fighting so much he never really thought of anything else that came into the picture. Which was shocking because when he met the boss, he tried to kill him the first time. But he countered him with ease and showed him the flaws in his fighting style and how a smarter opponent would take advantage of his openings. From there he put him into a submissive position that would lead to Uvogin admitting defeat and awaiting death at his hand. But instead Naruto admired his skills and asked if he would like to join his team that way he could continue to kill as he pleases and steal whatever came in his way. Uvogin was apprehensive at first but eventually he was won over by his charisma and agreed to join his cause and stand with him as his ally. Since then he has seen more action and learned more, compared to any time he was alone or with his friend. That is why he was fiercely loyal to his boss and would kill anyone that dared to jeopardize the group or dare to question him on his orders. It was one of the reasons he hated the original 4 and his replacement. Kimblee on the other hand, he was someone that showed absolutely no interest in the bosses orders and sometimes went out and made him wait longer than necessary. He swore that he was doing this to try and provoke a fight out of the rest of them but he was not sure how accurate that was.

Dragging himself away from his thoughts he saw the boss standing in front of a makeshift grave. It was sitting on a hill that stood above the rest of the area. He sat down in front of the grave with one of his legs propped up and the other crossing under his leg. On the stone he saw the sign of a spider and the mark of the number eight on its back. Naruto put his hand on the stone and thought back to when he first met eight and how they were the one's that helped build the group up of the rejects and the outcasts.

Flash back Begins

It has only been about six months since he left the village behind. More importantly he was out doing things he wanted to do for once in his life. Did he miss his family? Yes he still loved them like any Uzumaki would, but honestly he was tired of the village. Always having to do jobs around the place and doing things that were so tiring that it was ridiculous that he got paid for them. I mean seriously? Who pays for a mission to have someone clean up the trash around the village or paint a fence when they have commercial workers that can do that better than them? It was exhausting also to hear the elders bitch about him not having children yet or showing interest in women considering he never had the time to date. But another reason is that he didn't want to bring a child into the village in fear of someone like Danzo trying to get his hands on him. He had already met the so called 'perfect shinobi' in person before and found he was nothing more than a sore loser. He hated that Hirzuen was promoted to Hokage before him and that his father was next. After that, he did everything he could to undermine them and try to take over through covert means. Naruto never bothered with his men and killed them if he found them spying on him or trying to get more information on what he was doing or who he spends time with.

Since leaving the village he saw maybe three squads at a time and this lead to him killing them with ease before slaughtering the rest of the group when they tried to bring him back to be reeducated when in truth, it meant to make him disappear and become his tool of destruction.

Tearing away from his thoughts he saw something out of the ordinary, there was a couple of ROOT shinobi facing off against a child. They seemed to be angry about something so he decided to watch as this fight was progressing.

"Surrender now you are to become Danzo's weapon." The leader asked as the boy sneered.

"Unlikely asshole, why don't you go to hell with your so called master." The man did not respond before ordering them to move in on him. Before they could get close to the child however, he had touched one of them and within seconds his body disappeared in what looked like a black hole of some kind. Opening the hole up again he showed that the man was trapped in another world. He then put his hand on the ground forcing all the other men but two to disappear as well. The child then collapsed in exhaustion leading to them approaching him.

"You are going to be a worthy tool for-ACH!" Naruto had seen enough and had intervened on the child's behalf. He had plunged his hand through his chest and sent him flying before beheading the other one with a swift kick to the head. Turning to the child he smiled slightly,

"Interesting power you have there? Want to use it to do whatever you want?" He asked as the boy looked at the strange man wearing a Jounin Shinobi outfit with no headband. His blue eyes seemed to peer into his own.

"Yes." The boy said as Naruto nodded.

"Good then allow me to offer you this path then." Naruto said, extending his hand to the child and soon they began the journey of the spider.

Flash back ends

From that day Naruto never asked the boy his name. He always referred to his number and he loved it. He felt his power was out of this world and something akin to chakra manipulation and opening a pocket dimension. He had gone there himself and entered this world where he slaughtered the poor fools that were till there before returning to the surface. The child had been his first member and the first one to die. He was heartbroken with the death of the child and didn't replace him for a while due to how unique and powerful his ability was and how close he actually became to him. He had hated the snake since then since he wanted to know how this ability worked but couldn't figure it out and Naruto knew why. The child had been experimented on by a scientist in Meteor Village along with several other members of the Troupe, that is part of the reason he brought them into his fold. These experiments robbed them of their ability to learn chakra in normal means and had to adapt to their new powers in this case to learn how to use them in a more complimentary manner.

But it was not until the time the snake showed up that he feared for his life. While gifted he was not strong enough to take out a Sannin on his own, so he assigned someone to watch him. Little did he know it was the only number that was feeding the snake information and other people information of the Troupe. This lead to Naruto resenting the man for his actions and finding out he sold him to the sanin and by the time they found him, he was dead. Naruto never felt rage before that but he knew that it was going to be unleashed after what he saw.

Turning away from the tombstone he looked up at Uvogin and Kmiblee and saw both of them waiting for him to say something.

"Uvogin, Kimblee, we are going to spar." The big man was shocked at the words, and so was the bomber. As far as the group knew no one had fought him in a spar. It was only when they were fighting him to kill him is when they would meet in battle. But never a sparring session, they knew he was stronger and more diverse than them so there was no point in denying it. But it wouldn't hurt to go against him and see where they stood on his level.

Leaving the grave sight they entered a flat land and he stood there with his hands in his pockets. Uvogin took off his bear coat and grinned, Kimblee just smiled and took his hat off his head. Both men glowed with a red aura and faced down the teen who had a mostly black and blue aura.

"Come show me what you can both do." Naruto said as Uvogin felt his chakra surrounding his body and he quickly took off with a mad dash before leaping into the air and smashing the ground in front of the boss. It caused a massive explosion and sent Naruto flying. But he was unafraid by the big mans actions before having to dodge a kick from Kimblee, who threw a kick to the back of his head, after Naruto righted himself. From there he floated back down where Uvogin charged once more and threw a massive haymaker. Naruto leapt over the strike and was behind the big man. Pulling out one of his hands he threw a single haymaker to the back of his head forcing him forward. He was still standing, growling at the shot and spun around to slam his fist into Naruto but he was already leaping into the air through using his head as a springboard. He launched himself at Kimblee who was still in the air falling.

"Yes make me feel alive!" He shouted channeling his aura into his hand and aimed it at Naruto. Within seconds a red beam covered in red lightning came out and fired at Naruto who deflected the shot with his arm. It hit the ground and exploded shaking the entire landscape. The animals ran in fear of the power and the explosion not wanting to get in the way of the monsters that were in the opposite direction. Naruto forced himself back to the ground before dodging more strikes from Uvogin and he smiling at his failed attempt to hit him. Kimblee landed on the ground and with both of his hands touching the ground he sent the red sparking energy to Naruto.

"Eat this!" He said as the explosion covered Naruto and Uvogin, leaving one pissed off giant.

"Idiot why are you hitting me!?" Uvogin asked as Kimblee smiled.

"I know your charka was protecting you so there was no point in me wasting time and energy to redirect the attack only at him. Plus you both were moving so it was harder to get my timing. You might know this but this Explosive Release doesn't exactly have a small chakra drain. Depending on the range and power of the attack itself it can be a serious strain on my reserves." Kimblee explained with a cocky smile.

"Good to know but you didn't need to aim for the kill on the boss! We were only sparring you idiot!" Uvogin shouted staring at Kimblee who shrugged.

"I know, I put enough in there to knock out most people in a fight." He said calmly.

"Should have thought about it harder." Naruto said as Kimblee froze. He turned his head slowly as he saw Naruto sitting on the ground behind him reading his book. He had a blank look on his face and turned his head back at him with a small smile on his face. "The two of you are good, both of you could compliment each other in battle. Trust me when I say there is no doubt in my mind you are both worthy to be members of the Spider." Naruto said placing his book away.

"Thanks boss but why the sudden need for a spar?" Uvogin asked as Naruto smiled.

"We need to be sure we are ready. The Snake will make his move and when he does, then we are going to need to take out everyone in the process. Everyone of his allies will be there so I need to make sure you both are ready for this." Naruto said closing his eyes.

"I get it boss." Uvogin said as Kimblee smiled.

"I do as well, so tell me when do you think it is going to happen?" He asked as Naruto smiled.

"Don't you remember, I told you guys the day it would go down." Naruto said as Uvogin realized what the boss meant. In the files it was pretty clear he was going to gather an army during the chunin exams and attack then. And if the bosses idea is right then it is more than likely that Suna would join in and maybe someone else that he hinted is out for his own goals. While he was down for doing his own thing and completing his own goals, he detested people that have to back stab their allies to do it. He was the leg of the spider and he would make damn sure he was the last one to fall even if the others do, he would carry it out for everyone.

"Come we are finished here." The three men left the area while Naruto thought about how the others were doing in Konoha.

(Konoha)

Feitan was never one to get agitated. Hell he was the one that was suppose to keep the group in line whenever they acted out. When the boss was not around he usually took control of the group, especially since he was second strongest of the group. He was not sure with Machi if he was, but he was sure compared to the rest of the group, he was easily the strongest. Truth be told he didn't have any means of opposing the boss or the others unless they turned against the code of the Spider. At the same time, the boss is the reason he was here now and he owed him that much.

He was once a child of a prominent clan, but he failed to live up to the clan. He was born without a powerful bloodline that was coveted. Without it he could not claim the title of being a member of the family and he was casted out by his own mother and father. They were ashamed they gave birth to him, telling him that he would always be forgotten and renamed him Trash. For years he carried this on his shoulders and not only learned that he had an oddity in his blood that changed his chakra pathways and how it works but he also became one of the best assassins in the world. His speed was unrivaled, swordmanship feared, and his mastery of his craft of torture was one that put the fear of the god in everyone that had met him. But after years of success he met the Troupe, there was already several members in the group. He met them and wondered who they were and why they sought him out. That was until he saw a blond hair teen standing in the back and walked to the front explaining who he was and why he came to him. Feitan thought it was another job but he told him he wanted to ask him a question.

"Do you wish for freedom? Do you wish for a place where all the trash becomes treasures? Wish for a world that accepts you?" Was the question the blonde posed.

"I serve... no one." He replied.

"Of course I'm not asking you to serve me, only the Spider." The blonde said chuckling.

"No...deal." He refused.

"Really, even if I told you I can give you a name? Freedom to do as you please, steal what you want, covet what you want, and kill anyone that you believe deserves it?" The blonde asked once more.

"You have... my interest. What name... would you...give me?" He asked as the blonde raised a finger to his chin in thought.

"You are like a faint noise, one that was never heard until death claims them or you speak. For that, I believe Feitan will suffice." The blonde said as Feitan nodded.

"Very well... but try anything... I kill you." He said as the blonde nodded.

"Of course, welcome to the Phantom Troupe." The blonde said calmly.

That day, Feitan never regretted his decision to join them. He became a valued member, he gained a family, power out of this world, and now was considered one of the most important people in the world to the Troupe. He made friends with several of the members but he distance himself from most of their new members that he felt are more trouble than they are worth.

Feeling a tap on his shoulder he looked and saw Envy motioning him that something was going on. Looking up, he saw the woman that Phink was talking to a few nights ago standing in front of them and a gated off area.

"Welcome brats to the Forest of Death! Here you are going to be fighting for survival and trying to reach the tower in the center of the forest. Each team will receive one kind of scroll while other teams get another kind of scroll. From this you are to hunt down the other teams to find the scroll you need and once you do head to the tower. Only when you have two of the scrolls, will you be allowed to enter. Keep in mind you guys have a week so be prepared to sleep in the forest if necessary." She said with a sadistic smile.

Many of the teams started complaining about food, showers, and sleeping arrangements, most from Konoha, leading to the Special Jounin to be embarrassed and having to explain that this was a survival challenge. Fetian was not focusing on this but the Kusa woman that was giving off the snake like aura. He knew it was Orochimaru, but he had to wait until they were in the forest before they could make a move to fight him. From there he was going to fight him and when the time came let him go while heading deeper into the forest to get the scroll that they need for the exam's next round. He sensed something coming at him which he quickly dodged before pulling out his sword and aiming it at the throat of the person behind him. It was the Special Jounin, she was sweating at the teens actions. He was distracted so she thought she'd test his timing but it backfired on her and she was sweating like crazy from his counter.

"Don't do that... I'm already on edge... as it is." Feitan said calmly.

"Alright." She said as she withdrew from his range knowing he was DEFINITELY not a genin, hell he might as well be a Jounin. This was going to be dangerous for their own but she was sure no one was going to foolishly challenge in him in the forest if it could be avoided.

Soon the teams signed the waivers and started walking to their gates. Feitan and his team were ready to get started so the minute the gate opened they took off in a mad dash into the forest. They came to rest after a few minutes and Feitan gave out orders.

"Envy... go deep into the forest... find a team with the scroll that we need... then get it for us. Bring it to the tower... understood? No point in killing more people...then necessary." He said as Envy nodded.

"Fine you got it." He said before he turned into a tiger and took off into the forest. Feitan then turned to Machi.

"We are going for the snake." He said as Machi nodded.

"Right so you want me to fight him with you?" She asked as Feitan laughed lightly.

"No take care of the people that are there...I will deal with the snake alone." He said as she crossed her arms with a small smirk.

"You sure? Your not exactly in the prime of your life." She asked slightly worried.

"Do not worry... I can handle him... if necessary I will rip out my main attacks... Plus this would be good practice for me anyway." He said before they both sensed around until they felt the snake's aura and saw that there was three other people there. So dashing off in that direction they arrived at the white skinned snake man standing there in his disguise. Standing in front of him was Sasuke, Sakura, and Mito. From what they could see the girls, at least the sister of their leader, was down and the boy was not moving around too much. Machi could see something was wrong with her body while the boy was about to piss himself in fear, and the pink hair girl was not doing anything productive.

"I'll get the brats out of there." She said regretfully.

"Good this will be fun." Feitan said as he charged at the disguised man with a mad glee in his eyes.

Orochimaru was smiling, he was finally on track with everything he had planned. He was going to take his future vessel with his new seal that he had practiced years ago. After perfecting the seal he formed a small group of followers with the seals and now was ready to give it to Sasuke. Not only this he managed to knock down the daughter of the Hokage knowing this would weaken her team. He didn't even bother with the pink hair girl considering she looked like she pissed herself at his KI. But that didn't matter at this point, he was more focused on Sasuke. He was about to reach out and bite him but instead he had to move out of the way of a person behind him. Looking there he saw the person standing there was Feitan but he had no idea why they were attacking him.

Machi appeared next to the kids and checked on the down girl.

"Huh, Elemental Seal huh? Easy fix but first lets get you guys out of here." She said as Sasuke growled at her.

"I'm an Uchiha I do not-," He started before one quick chop, and he was out while doing the same to the other girl. Creating clones she took all three of them away from the area and this lead to Orochimaru growling,

"You are going to die for interfering with my plans!" He growled as Fietan had his sword at his side.

"You are going to pay... For killing one of ours." He said as the snake Sannin was shocked by this comment.

"The Troupe! What the hell are you doing here?!" He asked in fear.

"Bosses orders... the minute we knew you were here... we came." He said as held his sword slanted in front of him. "Now then... shall we get started?" He asked as Orochimaru smiled,

"Fine I always wanted another Troupe member to dissect." He said before he sprung into action with his neck reaching for him but Feitan vanished from sight. He appeared behind his back and stabbed him through the chest.

GACK!

"Too slow." He mocked as he removed his sword and moved away when two snakes burst out of the ground. Naruto warned him about how his summons would aid him in battle if necessary.

"You bastard." Orochimaru growled out as he stood to his feet.

"Takes one to know one." Feitan said with a cocky tone. Orochimaru summoned his own sword and had it in hand. He quickly charged Feitan and tried to cut him down. But he was blocking or dodging the strikes with great ease. From there he reflected the attacks away from him and then got around to stab him in the back. Orochimaru grunted in pain before turning into mud signaling he was fighting a clone the whole time. He sighed feeling his presence behind him and moved out of the way of his sword that came after him from the distance. He then lept on top of the blade while dashing at the snake man who then disappeared into the forest once more. Feitan grunted in annoyance. This snake was becoming troubling for him and he was about to lose his patience in fighting this man.

Feeling around he saw the man was moving through the ground so he channeled some chakra into his feet and slammed a foot into the ground causing the earth to erupt from the attack. He was sent flying into the sky before landing in a nearby tree.

"You brat." Orochimaru said staring at Feitan.

"Quit moving and we can... be done with this pointless...fight." He said as Orochimaru smirked,

"Oh but how do you know that I'm the real one?" Orochimaru asked as Feitan smirked under his coat.

"Because I know... you sent a clone with Machi... to give the Uchiha a mark on his neck. We are allowing this to happen but everything else... is not going to be allowed." He explained as Orochimaru raised a brow.

"You are allowing this?" He asked confused.

"Yes after all... the boss could care less... if your future vessel... is the brat... all that matters in the end is everything falls... into place." Feitan explained as Orochimaru growled.

"When I'm done with you I'll kill the others and then dissect your bodies for your boss to find." He said as Feitan growled lightly.

"Oh I don't think that is going to be possible." He said as he gathered more chakra around his body and soon the entire forest was beginning to shake underneath the power he was radiating. From this alone the sannin knew he was outmatched, his clone already had done its job before being killed so no point in staying around to get killed.

"I will have your head another time!" He shouted as he camouflaged into the tree and soon Feitan's aura spiraled out of control and in a few seconds everything around him ignited in a giant ball of flames. Nothing around him was standing for a total of 20 feet. This power, was only a small part of Feitan's powers and he knew that with more, he could bring this entire forest down. But that was not the goal, he tested the sannin and knows now how to deal with him and that some of the rumors proved to be true. He could feel pain, but it would seem that he was performing some kind of ritual to keep himself younger. He was unsure what it was but he was very sure that it had something to do with soul transference. That would be the only means of his constant survival.

Putting his sword away he sensed out Machi and head in the direction she was in. Upon arriving in the clearing he saw her healing the pink hair girl while helping the blond get her bearings. Landing next to her he put his hands in his pockets.

"So how are they?" He asked.

"Nothing extensive. The pink haired one fainted so nothing really needing attention, the Uchiha was bitten by one of the snakes and infected with one of his dark marks. Finally the blond was hit with some kind of elemental seal that sealed up her chakra. Luckily I know how to remove them so I got rid of it so she would not face any serious problems later on." Machi said as Feitan looked away.

"Good... can we leave them?" He asked as Machi looked them over.

"Yeah from what I gathered they are good to get through the forest. But unfortunately, we still need to find Envy." She said as the heard the nearby bushes rustle.

A lizard appeared out of the bushes and in his mouth, was a scroll that was the one they needed.

"Never mind we have it." She said as they took the scrolls and were off in a blur with the lizard keeping up. Upon arriving at the tower they unflurred the scrolls and out of it came Phinks.

"Nice job guys you are the first team to arrive." He said happily.

"Cool." Envy yawned, "So I had my fill for the day so I'm going to get some rest what about the rest of you?" He asked as Machi sighed.

"I'll scout out the tower since we are going to be here for a while." She said walking away.

"Same... won't be too troubling to find some food." Feitan said as Phinks nodded his head.

"Plus we need to know more about the snake, Nobunaga is in the village right now since he is not a registered sensei." Phinks said as Envy nodded.

"Fair enough." He said not caring.

Everyone went their own way with Envy finding an empty room and getting some sleep after killing some of the competitors against orders. Hey, he was bored and wanted some action so he just killed some of the Rain Shinobi that were too old to be here.

Feitan and Phinks went to get some food and then go into a private room to evaluate the fight with Orochimaru. Measure his skill level and see how he compares to the rest of the group and how the boss stacks up against him.

Machi just wondered around the halls until she saw an infirmary. Entering the room she saw a black hair woman wearing a black and gray kimono with an oddly clean pig next to her. The woman had short black hair and turned to see her and smiled,

"Oh sorry for missing you. Do you need help?" She asked as Machi shook her head,

"No I was looking for someone but it would seem they are not here." Machi said looking around.

"Who might you be looking for?" The woman asked as Machi waved her off.

"It's no one, I'll wait to see if they show up." Machi said as the woman nodded.

"Well if you tell me there name maybe I can get them for you." She said as Machi narrowed her eyes slightly.

"I'm looking for a blond hair medic who claims to be the child of the Senju." She said as the black haired girl smiled.

"Oh you mean Lady Tsunade." The woman said as Machi bristled slightly at the name. "Well you are right she is not here, but she will be here for the preliminary rounds so you can see her then." She said as Machi turned to leave the room.

"That's fine but if you see her tell her to pay attention to the monster she gave up on." She said closing the door behind her not waiting for a response. She walked down the hall to get some food, she was eager to show what she could do.

(Time Skip)

The Five days had passed and many of the teams were gathered in the hall ready for the next round. The Hokage was standing there in his booth talking to everyone present along with addressing the other Kages that were in attendance. The Raikage and Mizukage were sitting in the booth with him looking over everyone that had managed to make it to the next round. After getting everything cleared everyone saw the billboard appear and start randomizing the names of the different people in the room. Finally the board stopped on two names and the Troupe smiled at the assignment.

Machi vs. Toto Mizugaki (Ame Nin 1)

The pink hair medic jumped down to face off against a man wearing the shinobi outfit of Ame with a mouth breathing device and carrying a sword at his side. She could gauge that this guy was barely worth trying against and she was confident that if push comes shove he would die by her hands.

In the attending booth Tsunade was looking down in shock, it was her. The child she left behind all those years ago. Machi. she seemed to have grown and from what she could gather she was even stronger now then she was then. But she could still sense the dark desires and pleasure she had and knew she had not changed for the better but only gotten worst. It was her greatest failure, she failed to show her the true meaning of being a healer. But that was something she didn't fail to do with Shizune who told her that she was in the tournament and she was interested to see what she had in store for this match.

"The first match of the Prelims is set, begin!" With a wave of his hand, the proctor for the prelims jumped away as the water nin charged at Machi and swung his short sword but she was slowly moving out range of the strikes. She just ducked or slid out of the way before moving further away from him forcing him to follow her.

After several minutes of him swinging around his blade he finally got some distance and gathered his charka into a water attack.

"Water style: Water Pistol jutsu!" He called as Machi saw the small streams of water coming at her but she managed to move out of range of the attacks.

"Your too slow." She said and before anyone could blink. She was gone in a blur and slammed him in the stomach sending him flying.

In the stands everyone was shocked by Machi's speed that Sakura couldn't tell what she did. She then asked Kakashi.

"Sensei did she just teleport?" She asked as he shook his head,

"No that was nothing but pure speed. She moved so fast that no one could see her." Kakashi said and he was nervous. this girl was something else. Unlike most medics he has seen over the years, she was more battle oriented and seemed to willing to jump into the front lines to fight.

"Bitch!" The Ame shinobi shouted as Machi snorted,

"So what if I'm one?" Machi asked teasingly before she took off from her spot again and was now driving her knee into the face of the teen. From there, she flipped into an axe kick sending him into the ground with a vicious thud. Leaping away from him she started gathering her chakra in a set of strings that she was planning on using against her opponent. He got back to his feet and in a fit of rage charged at her blindly and within those few seconds was now tied up by Machi.

"Chakra stitches, I can slice you to pieces with this." She said, holding him with one hand, Machi turned to the man "Surrender or die. Those are your only two options right now." She said giving the man his options.

"Fuck you bitch." He refused as Machi used her free hand covering it in chakra before punching him, turning his head into a pile of blood and forcing his body to collapse from the strike. His body fell to the ground and she released her chakra stitches before returning back to her team.

"Winner of the first match, Machi!"

The other genin soon realized, they were in for a tough fight.

Chapter end

Okay I hope you guys like this chapter. I would like to point out to anyone that is asking if Naruto is going to try and return to his family the answer is no. I think I made it clear in the beginning but I will be blunt about it here, Naruto will never return due to him wanting Freedom. That's the whole point of his life now and he wants to keep it no matter what it costs him in the past. Jiraiya only helped push him in the direction and eventually lead to him leaving.

Also the power level of skill I guess is like this:

Above Kage Level (Near Madara and Hashirama)

1. Naruto

High Kage level (From Minato to Raikage levels)

2. Feitan

3. Machi

4. Phinks

5. Kimblee

6. Nobunaga

7. Ban

Low Kage level

8. Uvogin

9. Pakunoda

10. Envy

11. Shizuku

12. Shalnark

13. Franklin

So this is the basically the hierarchy of strength not meaning in this order these are just the one's that fit into each category. Some of them might be stronger than others in those categories or in some cases not.

So I know this is a short chapter and I'm sorry about that but this is one of those things that I'm trying to do shorter chapters to stretch the stories out a bit more unless I need to make them longer. Plus I have a ton of papers to write this semester so I have to take it easy on typing while working on things in classes.

For those fans of Conqueror stories I'm sorry for making you guys wait so long but the problem is I'm having some writers block on what to do next for that story or who to bring in at this point. If you guys want to help me out PM me and lets see if you can help me out of my creative slump.

Oh yeah the poll for the stories being updated the most now is this and I will be holding it up until September:

1. Saiyan of the Underworld

2. Neglected Gremory

3. Demon King of Sabertooth

4. Dark Prophecy

5. Replaced

6. Hit100

7. The Spiders

Be on the look out I should have Hit100 updated next and hopefully it will be soon and then I will be posting the next chapters for Dark Prophecy and Sabertooth Demon King which this one is going to be a 2 part chapter and that is all I'm going to say.

Hope to hear positive feedback guys love ya.

Crowfeast