AN:Update - 01/18/2019

I'm generally just giving everything another look over before I completely derail this story, as well as canon, in my newest chapter.

Bear with the ideas of my previous 16 year old self, I am going to be changing some things. I'm sure few will be happy, and more will be angry.

People sure do love their trash fics. though I doubt that many people who have read the story before will come back and check it out.

No seriously, I am going back and rereading through this crap and I am astonished. How did anyone favorite this garbage. I struggle through my own paragraphs.

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-This chapter I am definitely half-assing when it comes to editing. Beta-reader come save me from my pain.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

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*Yaaawn*

Naruto stretched his arms, and got up. He took a couple steps to orientate himself, before he was stabilized.

"I think that was the best nap that I ever had. " he said, rubbing his eyes. " Maybe there is something to that meditation thing besides focus. I might start doing that every night." Naruto smacked his lips and looked around. " I wonder what time it is?" Naruto blearily spotted his clock on top of his night stand. " 7:59, almost eight 0' clock. Man I swear something was happening at that time." He tapped his chin. Naruto walked towards his window, and opened it up. He rested his head on the windowsill while he thought. 'It can't be Ichiraku's, they open way earlier than this, and I don't think I have any classes with Ero-sennin today ...hmmm maybe Ishi had a delivery for me to make, but I don't remember that.' Naruto notices that the streets of Konoha are fuller and livelier than they usually are at around this time.' I wonder what's up with all these people? They usually are only this festive on my birthday. It seems like they are all headed somewhere.' He trails his eyes over the crowds, to try and follow where they were going. Naruto saw that the masses all leaded to a big stadium in the corner of the village. Naruto stared at the arena for a few seconds, with a blank look. Then slowly but surely his eyelids started to lift wider and wider.

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"If these idiots don't make it in time, I am going to kill them both." growled a pink-haired girl with green eyes.

Currently all but two of the participants of the third stage were standing in the center of the arena. The crowd was nearly full and was bursting with excitement. The noise level made it hard for anyone to hear more than just immediately around them. The rest of the Genin who got knocked out in previous stages were sitting together in the stands near the front. All of them were there to show support and to be entertained. Sakura Haruno, the only member of team 7 that didn't make it past the preliminary round, was sitting next to her 'best friend' Ino Yamanaka. She had her fist balled up, and had a look of worry written all over her face. The cause of this was because of the fact that the two people who were missing, were her teammates.

"Disqualified before they can even fight. Neither of them could stand to go out like that, so what's with them?" Sakura moaned.

Ino looked towards her friend, then back to the arena. " Come on Sakura, you just said it yourself. Both of them would die before they would miss their fights. They'll be here."

"...I hope" Sakura mumbled looking anything but reassured.

Those two certainly weren't the only ones to notice the absent of team sevens Genin.

"How unyouthful! It seems that my rival has managed to pass on his uncouth ways to his students!" yelled out Guy.

'I must agree' thought Kurenai' If Kakashi's students aren't even going to bother to show up, than Kiba's loss in the preliminary will have been for nothing.' Kurenai vowed to herself that she would hospitalize Kakashi if his students don't show up, particularly Naruto.

"I don't really care if they ever show up. If it happens that there is less competition for Shikamaru, then I won't complain." Asuma said with a heavy blow of smoke.

Down in the arena Shikamaru was unsettled by the change of events.

'Shit. If neither Naruto nor Sasuke show up, the chances of me getting that psychopath rises by an uncomfortable amount. I am usually all for less work, but today I would like something to stand in between me and that sand Genin. *sigh* What a drag.'

'So he couldn't even manage to show up huh. I guess he realized that a failure will always be a failure. Fate ordains it.' Neji was largely unaffected by the fact that Naruto hasn't shown up. It was just him not having to go through, what he assumed would be, an easy battle. ' Now the Uchiha's non-attendance is a cause for me to think about. I am sure he wouldn't pass up an opportunity to show how "elite" his clan is. I very much looked forward to putting him in his place.'

'Mother wants the Uchiha's blood. Where is he?' thought Gaara. He also thought back to when he went to finish killing the green Genin, and how he was stopped and denied from his desire. ' I want to kill that blonde boy for myself as well.'

Hayate, who is still alive obviously, looked around for the two missing fighters.' Man the crowd won't be happy if it turns out that the main event will be denied to them, and I kind wanted to see what Naruto could do myself.' Hayate looked at the entrance of the arena. " *cough* Will all the competitors clear the floor *cough* except Uzumaki Naruto and Hyuga Neji. The first fight is about to begin.*cough* "

The crowd started to quiet down when they saw the floor clearing, but the noise level immediately rose again with questions when they saw the absence of a opponent for the fight.

Back in the stands a indigo-haired Hyuga was sitting in worry for the object of her affection. ' Oh no, Naruto is going to be disqualified if he doesn't show up' She didn't want to think about how he would feel if that happened. "Naruto-kun... where are you?

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"Dammit! I'm late" Naruto screamed blurring past rooftops.' After all that care I put into waking up at a decent time, I just had to go have a nap and oversleep. Shit!' Naruto was jumping from roof to roof, skipping two, or three building every now and then. It didn't help that his apartment was on the other side of the village from the Arena, so he still had ways to go if he wanted to make it in time for his match. The world started to blur by for Naruto, and he started thinking how he never noticed that the village was so damn big before. 'I gotta pick up the pace' Naruto pushed even more chakra in his legs than before, and his surroundings became even more indiscernible. Naruto was only one street away from the stadium when he messed up.

On his way up to a higher structure, he accidentally tripped on a tile sending him flying way up into the air. Fortunately he was going so fast that the momentum caused him to fly over the arena. Unfortunately he was in mid-air and was going pass over the entire place. Naruto had to think fast if he was going to make it to his match in time. He needed someway to land immediately. He brainstormed and tried to think of the most efficient way to do it, and it didn't take him long for him to come up with a plan. His signature justu really was the most handy thing he could've have ever learned. Naruto mad the seals for the shadow clone jutsu.

*Poof*

Another Naruto appeared next to him. No Instructions were needed as he was sure the clone already knew what to do.

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It has been a full minute since the announcement for the first match to start had went out, and there has been no signs of anyone moving towards the floor. The crowd was starting to get restless, and soon enough were going to start verbally addressing their displeasure in bulk. Many people have started rummaging through their bags and looking around on the floor for projectiles to throw, and others were about to start to yell for them to move on. The crowd gradually started to match and exceed the volume level it had reached before.

Hayate wasn't really pleased about what he was going to do, but he had a duty to uphold, and nothing can get in the way of that. He raised his hands to get the crowds attention. Little by little the spectators noticed and started to quiet down. Hayate cleared his throat." Due to the failure to *cough* show up," Hayate started." Uzumaki Naruto is-"

fwoom

Suddenly a orange figure was rocketing towards the ground. No one was able to make out the identity of the unexpected anomaly. Several of the higher skilled ninjas could see what it looked like, and could perfectly keep track of it's descent, but they were unable to figure out the face. Almost every ninja Chunin and above tensed because of the abrupt appearing of the unknown, and were ready to dispose of it if need be.

Boom

The unforeseen object collided with the ground kicking up dirt and obscuring the landing are from view. Everyone was on the edge of their seats, bubbling with apprehension, waiting to find out what or who they would see when their vision was no longer concealed. No one in the crowd knew what awaited them beyond the dust. Well maybe not no one.

'Naruto...' Sighed out the old Hokage.' You always have to make a scene don't you.' The elderly Sarutobi looked down at the arena fondly. He knew today was going to be a bad day, but he could always look forward to seeing his surrogate grandson.

The cloak of grime started to disappear and the first thing that people saw was a short figure that had a mop of spiky, blonde hair. As more of the dust cleared, it was discovered that whoever they was looking at wasn't short but was in a crouch. Finally the ground was empty of almost all things in the air, and a clear picture of what they was dealing was available for everyone to see. Many people looked at the person on the ground in confusion, as they didn't recognize them. A lot had already thought it might have been the fighter that was about to miss the match, but whoever they were seeing now, and whatever they remember of that boy didn't match up, so they were left in uncertainty. Some of the audience did recognize the individual at sight but was also similarly hesitant due to a difference in wardrobes.

Now down in the arena, Naruto was recovering from his rapid landing as well. He knew that he was going to be descending fast when his clone grabbed his legs and threw him towards the earth, but he didn't expect it to be that speedy. There was noway he could've came out standing when he crashed into the earth, so he landed in a crouch to soften the impact to a specific part of his body. It still stung like hell though. It took Naruto a good couple seconds for him to regain his bearings enough for him to even attempt standing up.

Everyone in the stands saw Naruto stand up, and were quickly able to confirm the suspension many of them had already formed. What they saw next threw them for a loop, because instead of the bright orange that Naruto usually had on, he now had on a different set of attire. Naruto had on grayish-green shorts on that went a past his knees, but above his ankles. He had on a black undershirt that seemed to be loose enough to allow mobility, but not big enough to be considered baggy. He wore black sandles, and armbands on his ankles and wrist, which, unknown to the crowd, hold his fuinjustu formula that adds weight. Finally to top of his garbs, he was wearing an burnt orange sleeveless hoodie over top of his undershirt. The shade of orange was much more appealing to the eye than the last, and that was a fact that everyone would agree with.

Naruto looked out towards the audience, running his eyes over each section. "Sorry I'm late," Naruto announced to the arena. The wind picked up a little, and started to blow around the arena, causing Naruto's hair to flow in the wind. His blonde locks shining as if the sun blessed it to be it's counterpart on the planet.

"~...~"

The entire stadium was quiet for a while, with only the blowing of the wind making sounds. Then simultaneously the pitch raised once again. In all the Chunin exams that a lot of the crowd has been to, no one has made an entrance as eye-catching as Naruto's. The chunin exams was a spectacle that civilians always looked forward to, and before the first fight even began, it was clear that these exams would be an exciting one.

Up In the section where the clans sat at, a small short-tempered Hyuga started going red in the face. She was already frustrated at the blonde for almost not making it too the match, but the way in which he arrived just prickled at her nerves even more.

'Is this guy serious!?'

Tenten,Ino,Sakura, and Hinata, who all decided to sit together, had different reactions to Naruto's entrance.

Hinata had a fond smile on her face, knowing that what just happened was just like Naruto.

"If this idiot was late because he was setting this up, then the next time I see him I'm going to punch his lights out."Sakura just growled to herself. "I hope Sasuke didn't get pulled into Naruto's dumb ideas.

Ino smiled at Sakura and nudged her with her shoulder. "Come on, you have to admit that he looks pretty cool right about now."

Tenten stared at the spectacle down in the arena and whistled. "Wow, what a way to start the first too bad he's going to lose the match."

"ahem" Hayate cleared his throat, and raised his hand. The crowd slowly but surely settled down to listen to what the proctor had to say. " Naruto you were this close to being disqualified. Luckily you showed up up in the nick of time, no matter how ... unique your entrance was."

"hehehe." This time Naruto actually laughed sheepishly, while he had a sweat drop slide down his head.

Neji just stared at Naruto, as if the dust on his shoe got up and came to life. " I must commend you on your courage to come over and face me like a man, but I have to also berate you on your foolishness of actually fighting me. You should have just stayed home, we both know it's hopeless." Neji said to Naruto smugly.

"Like hell I will, I already promised you that I won't be happy until your black and blue," Naruto reached into one of his pockets and pulled out his new black forehead protecter. He tied the piece of metal onto his head, and adjusted it. Then he pointed his thumb towards the leaf insignia. " and I never go back on my word!"

"tch" Neji scoffed.

"If the both of you are done," Interrupted the proctor. " Then let the match begin!" he announced. The proctor swiftly jumped out of the hot zone, and settled at a distance to observe the fight.

"This could be interesting." said Hiashi from the stands where the Hyugas were sitting." Neji has one of the most developed Byakugan in the clan. It's even stronger than your sister's."

'Tou-san is wrong.' Hanabi thought too herself.' Neji's eyes can only see what is around him better than nee-san, but hers can see over incredibly distances that are unheard of in the clan. She just doesn't wan to show it off."

Neither Neji or Naruto moved, and it didn't seem like either of them would. Of course as always Naruto was the first to attack, he could only hold out for so long. He palmed several kunai in his hand in launched them at Neji in a single motion. Neji didn't even dignify the offensive move as something to be worried about. The Hyuga just moved his head out of the way and let the projectiles fly past, leaving Neji unharmed. Naruto took out even more kunai and threw them towards Neji at a faster rate. Neji couldn't just move his head to avoid them this time, so he plucked the closest one out of the air and used that to deflect the other ones.

'Already I can tell that his perception, and coordination are way above any Genin I have ever seen. It seems I will have to make this a close-ranged battle, where I can surprise him, and give him less time to react. Just because he can see everything doesn't mean he can dodge it.' Naruto mused. ' I also want to keep how much I've improved this moth to myself, for as long as possible. I don't want to give all my skills away and give my next opponents time to devise ways to counter them, and I want to conserve as much chakra as possible. The best way to do this is to make this a up and personal fight. Too bad I have to get the taijutsu prodigy first, which means I am probably going to come out of this hurting. Well as long as I hold back.'

Naruto started to run to Neji, intending to start a hand-to-hand fight with him. A move many people thought was foolish and stupid.

In the stands with the Genin, several ninja's jumped up to tell Naruto of his mistake.

"What are you doing you idiot?! There is no way you can fight a Hyuga one-on-one like that!" yelled Kiba.

"Come on Naruto! Use your head!" screamed Sakura.

Tenten looked at the battle with a conflicted look on her face. " I hate to say it, but I don't think that it matters whether or not Naruto attacks head on or not... He's going to lose regardless." All of the Genin around her stopped and started to stare at her, some in intrigue, and some with rising anger. " No offense to Naruto, but no Genin in the leaf is stronger than Neji. Trust me I know this personally to be true since I trained with him, especially after this month. He isn't going to be defeated no matter what Naruto does." Many of her listeners started getting contemplated looks on their faces, and even if they didn't believe what she said to be true couldn't deny the superiority that Neji had.

"Your wrong!" a voice yelled out, breaking the silence.

Everyone looked towards the sound, and found Hinata standing out of her seat with a defiant look on her face. "Neji is not the strongest Genin in the village. Maybe I would agree with you if skill had to do with strength but it doesn't, it only has to do with spirit. Naruto has been through more, and has over come more things than anyone else and he has never back down. Naruto is the strongest Genin because he has the brightest spirit and no one can say any difference. Naruto Uzumaki never gives up, that's why he will win!" Hinata said all this without even stuttering once. All the Konoha Genin looked at her in a new light, they never new she had so much fire in her.

Back down on the floor Naruto was quickly approaching Neji. ' Bastard! He still isn't taking me serious by activating his Byakugan. I'm all for having an advantage by someone underestimating me, but something about him doing it when he is the same level as me pisses me off!' Naruto finally reached his destination and came in with a soaring punch aimed at Neji's face. The feminine Hyuga leaned his body to the side to avoid the blow, sending Naruto flying past him. Naruto stopped himself by planting his hands on the ground, and used his momentum to swing his legs around to execute a leg sweep. Neji flipped backwards, and landed on his feet. He pushed off his heels and came speeding at Naruto with a palm thrust. Naruto deflected the strike with his hand while in a spin, bringing his elbow around to hit Neji's face. Neji could only stop the strike by bringing his other arm up to block it.

'agh. his way faster then expected. I didn't expect him to be able to stop one of my attacks, and all of his come in split-seconds' Neji thought.

The two of them struggled for dominance for a few moments before they broke off by jumping away. They stared at each other for a few more seconds before they reengaged. They both started fighting to see who could get the first hit in, but as the minutes wore on, nobody was able to land a successful strike. Neji had more nimbleness meaning he could maneuver past Naruto strikes to deliver his own, but Naruto had good reflex and timing and could always avoid the hits at the last second. Then Naruto would twist his body to use his motion as a way to not stop moving. Naruto, using this, became a constant barrage of attacks that never stopped. It was a fight between to types of agility. One agile in body, able to move quickly and easily, and one agile in mind, able to think and draw conclusions quickly.

The stalemate continues in this pattern for several minutes before Naruto jumped away and back to his side of the arena.

"Heh. Finally come to see reason, and realized your inability to win. give up, it's your fate." Neji gloated

"As if! I'm just getting started." Naruto shot back.

"ch. As if. Surely you realize that if you can't defeat me while I don't have my bloodline activated that it's hopeless when I do."

"Whatever. Did you really think you was the only when holding back." Naruto made a seal, and released one level of three on the seals he had restraining his speed." Now get ready. Cause the real battle starts now!" With that Naruto shot towards Neji in a burst of speed, kicking up dirt at his starting position. He was so fast Neji only had time to sealessly activate his bloodline before Naruto came at him with a fist. Neji narrowly avoided the punch by twisting backwards, going into a back flip, but when he came back up Naruto was already on him with another punch. Neji could only parry this one with his palm, directing the hand downward. Too bad Naruto used that motion to execute a front flip aimed for Neji's face. Neji narrowly jumped out of the way, in the nick of time. A feat he was even happier for when he saw the mini crater and cracks Naruto left on the ground from his kick. Neji only got a second of relief because Naruto moved his foot onto it's toes and launched back at him. Through all this Neji didn't even have time to get an attack.

Up in the stands Naruto's friends, and their sensei's looked on in shock at his display of speed.

"Naruto-kun's flames of youth shine brightly today!" proclaimed Guy.

Meanwhile the other Jonin-senseis looked at the scene dumbstruck'What the hell has Kakashi been doing with him?' was the collective thought running through their minds.

Lee was cheering for Naruto as he has never seen someone get this close to beating Neji other than him, and he had to admit that Naruto was doing better. ' Naruto-kun's fighting style is far more effective against the gentle fist than the strong fist. Also not only can he go nearly as fast as me but he can also react and counter in an instant!'

Over by the other Genin, they were also looking at Naruto in awe. All they could see, unlike the veteran shinobi, was Naruto disappearing and reappearing with a strike, and that happening over and over again with Neji barely dodging the blows.

"W-woah he's looks like he's as fast as lee." stuttered out Tenten. 'I knew he got some weights from our store, but to obtain lee's speed in just a month is insane!'

"Sakura! W-what the heck did Naruto do to train this whole month?" asked Ino in a stupor.

"I'm not sure, I only saw him in passing a couple time this month, I heard that Kakashi found him a teacher though." replied Sakura.

"Well whoever trained him was amazing. If Naruto could've done this a month ago, I wouldn't even had lasted a second." Kiba grumbled." How did he get so strong, that's not fair."

Up in the Hokage booth neither leaders said anything, but if one looked at their eyes you could see them filled with surprise in interest. Though two different type of interests were brewing in their heads.

It was silent in the participant booth as well, everyone too shocked to speak.

'I figured Naruto got way stronger than he was before, but this is unbelievable. What a drag. This exam is becoming more troublesome by the minute.' complained Shikamaru in his head.

'Shit! what the hell. Most likely that Uchiha kid got stronger as well. Those damn Genin might cause some hindrances to the plan.' thought Temari, gritting her teeth.

Gaara had a maniacal grin plastered all over his face 'Mother wants his blood! He's strong, he will be able to prove my existence. Mother wants his blood!'

Kankuro had a concerned look on his face, but that's about it. Shino was also quiet, but he only adopted a look of intrigue.

Dosu( who, yes is still alive) only held a confident look on his face, not at all disturbed by the skill being shown on the field.

Back in the arena Naruto was getting tired of Neji avoiding his attacks and decided to end the lack of progression he was having. Naruto came in for a clothes line forcing Neji to duck under his arm, when he did that, Naruto put his hands together to create the shadow clone seal. *Poof* A clone appeared right above Neji's crouched form to deliver a flying kick. Neji jumped back to avoid contact with it's foot. The original Naruto already was coming back for follow up attack, but Neji twisted to avoid that, dodging that as well. As Neji turned back around he saw Naruto flying towards him faster than all other times before, and he knew he couldn't dodge it. The only thing he could do is put his arms up in a cross to absorb the hit for him.

*SMACK*

The sound of contact echoes around the arena, signifying the first solid hit that anyone has made all match. Neji went sliding a couple feet back but before he could recover the two blonde ninja were back on him again. Neji was getting tried to defend with all his might, but as time went on he received more and more hits. Neji didn't particularly like being tossed around so he jumped away from Naruto once he found an opening. Neji landed across the field, and wiped the blood off his lips.

"Why do you continue to defy fate!" Neji snarled."You will always be a failure, nothing can change that. So just accept your destiny, and give up!"

"I thought I already told you." Naruto retorted, making a familiar seal once again. " I can't do that!"

*Poof*

Three more clones of Naruto appeared, bringing the total up to five. The original Naruto then gave the signal for them to charge. They all started running towards Neji, two of them even launching into the air, to do a attack from above. Naruto was serious about his promise to beat Neji down, that's why he summoned four clones to help him. The Naruto were closing in to Neji, and to all of the crowd it seemed as this was going to be the end of the fight. All of the crowd that is except Tenten.

Tenten shook her head. " Too bad Naruto, Neji has trained all month and your not the only one to become stronger. This is why it is certain you will lose." The rest of the Genin just looked at her in confusion. She just shook her head and continued to watch the match.

Down in the arena Neji looked at the approaching adversary's with a calculating look. Neji then began to smile cockily. "You fool," he said condescendingly. " I told you already-" Naruto and his clone closed in on Neji, but before any hits could land, they suddenly met a strange resistance. A second later visible chakra started to leak from Neji, which made clear what was being use to slow Naruto. Neji started twirling in a circle. "-Give UP!" The spinning Hyuga was being encased in what looked like a twisting dome of chakra. "Kaiten" Naruto and his copies were blown back by the force of the attack to the other side of the stadium, dispelling the clones in the process. He hit the ground and slid for a few more meters, and was a bit disorientated causing him to stay down for a little longer than normal.

Hinata was looking at her cousin with a shocked look on her face. "How? Thats-"

"Kaiten!" yelled Hiashi, standing up in the midst of the crowd. " That's a technique only known by the main branch, how was he able to learn it?!"

Hanabi just looked awed. ' I already knew that Neji-san was considered a genius, but to recreate that jutsu by himself is amazing.'

"What was that?" questioned Sakura.

"That was the eight triagrams palms rotation. A move that Neji has been working on all month. It's an impenetrable wall of chakra that comes from all over his body. A lot of ninjas can only direct there chakra out of there body from one place in there body at a time; like their hands or their feet. Neji's mastery over his chakra is so good that he is able to push it out from multiple places at once, creating what is called Kaiten. I tested its defense myself, the technique is basically impossible to break."

Down back in the arena Naruto had almost recovered and was catching his breath on the opposite side from where Neji was. Naruto had to figure out a way to overcome the new obstacle that just appeared. First, he decided, he had to test how strong that attack was. Naruto pulled out a handful of shuriken, and held them at ready. " Let's see how you handle this, bastard." Naruto threw all the weapons in his hands, then made a single hand seal. "Shuriken Shadow Clone Justu!"

Up in the stands the two Kages were shocked by the jutsu that Naruto just showed. The Hokage didn't even know many other than him knew that jutsu, while the Kazekage's eyes seemed to shine bright with greed.

All over the crowd ninjas were shocked by the jutsu that was famed to be used by the god of shinobi. They all noted how in one match Naruto showed above proficient use in two high-ranked justus.

Naruto released barrage after barrage of shuriken which multiplied and became a dozen each. The only way that Neji could ovoid this attack is if he used Kaiten again, so that's what he did. Neji's sphere of chakra was getting pelted by wave after wave of endless shuriken, but it didn't seem to be wavering any time soon. Naruto stopped throwing Shuriken, and reached in his pouch to grab three explosive tags attached to Kunai. "Try This!" He threw the timed explosive across the field, and to the still spinning Hyuga.

Boom

Naruto waited patiently for the smoke to clear to see if Neji's Kaiten was able to stop that attack as well. Naruto wasn't the only one, almost every single person in the crowd was sitting in anticipation in whether or not Neji avoided the blast. When the smoke was cleared every saw a perfectly non-harmed Neji standing in the center of a circle engraved in the ground in the center of a bigger crater. It didn't take a genius to know what that meant. The crowd went wild, clearly excited by the match that they originally had low expectations for.

"Don't you see you cannot fight against fate. Only a fool would dream to become Hokage when they clearly aren't destined to be."

"Grrr. Shut up! What the hell is your problem talking about fate like that, everyone can decide their own future!."

"Hah. Let me show you reality. The thing which is a reminder of my fate." Neji then pulled off his headband and showed Naruto his caged bird seal. " This seal defines my entire life, and there is nothing I can do to escape it." Neji then went on to tell him the history of his family, about the death of his father, and his duties towards the clan. The more Naruto heard the madder he became. He was mad at Neji, The Hyugas, and the village for allowing this to happen. "These eyes of mine show me many things. One thing they've shown me… people's limitations are set, fixed, and unchangeable. Only a fool wastes his time trying to become something he can never be! The only destiny that everyone shares… is death."

"If it's your job to serve Hinata-chan, then why the hell did you almost try to kill her in the preliminary. That's the opposite of everything you just told me." Naruto roared out. " You say that I am an idiot for fighting to change my life, when you were trying to defy fate just like me. we're exactly alike.

Neji face turned into the pure definition of the word rage. " Shut up, you don't know what you are talking about!" he screamed. Neji launch towards Naruto in a considerably faster speed than whatever he was going before. Neji's hands started glowing blue in concentration of chakra. " You are now within the range of my divination"

"Impossible!" Yelled Hiashi. An opinion that was shared by several clan members.

"No way. It can't be." whispered Hanabi.

"Eight Triagrams: Sixty-Four Palms!"

Neji delivered two consecutive strikes, Naruto moved out of the way of those."Two Palms!"

Neji then did two more strike, Naruto dodged them too. "Four Palms!"

Neji now did four strikes, something which Naruto was hard-pressed to not get hit by. "Eight Palms!"

Neji came with eight strike, Naruto felt as if he almost was hit once or twice. "Sixteen Palms!"

Neji followed with sixteen consecutive strikes, more than a few scraped Naruto's clothes. "Thirty-Two Palms!"

Hinata looked at Naruto in a mixture of awe and worry. 'Naruto-kun dodged all of Neji's attacks. Now if only he can keep it up.'

Expectantly Neji started to grin, throwing Naruto for a loop. He started going twice as fast as before, catching Naruto off-guard, and rendering him vulnerable. Naruto was receiving thirty-two consecutive strikes courtesy of Neji, and they were way more fierce than before. Naruto tried his best to not get hit, but from the stinging in his left arm, he knew he failed. Neji stepped forward and thrust his palm out to deliver a strong hit to finish off the move. Naruto only by a hair-length maneuvered his body, so that his already hurt left arm took the brunt of the attack. "Sixty-Four Palms!"

"Naruto-kun" whimpered Hinata

Naruto was sent sailing through the air, only touching the ground for a second and then to skid and bounce back up. Naruto was able to stop himself by using his right hand as friction to slow himself down. Naruto was disorientates for a few minutes, but was finally able to stumble to his feet. He was breathing in rapid breaths, and was cradling his left arm with his right.

"I have told you fate has always decreed me winner, You had no chance. This match is over."

"grr. Don't count me out yet!" retorted Naruto.

"Why not, it's useless to continue. Without both your arms you are unable to preform that cloning technique you love so much, and the rate and effectiveness of your attacks by your self decrease enormously. Not only that, but also you have to carry around dead weight around, which won't help you at all especially considering your exhuasted. There is no point in fighting. I am in perfect condition, and I have more than enough chakra left. Unlike others I don't waste it by constantly doing fancy jutsus, and wasted strokes. Please spare yourself of any further pain." gloated Neji.

The stands resonated with the sound of countless people voicing how they thought that time was up for the orange aspiring rookie Genin.

"He had a good run, but it seems that Neji was still able to best him in the end." commented Asuma.

"No! I believe that Naruto-kun's flame of youth have not been put out yet!" replied Guy.

"I also believe that Guy-sensei! Naruto-kun would not let such a disadvantage hold him back from trying to win!" agreed Lee.

"Naruto is not getting back up from that." Tenten told everyone." Like I said before, It was over once Neji started his attack. I knew it from the beginning, no one in the leaf can beat Neji.

"I doubt it." Sakura said drawing everyone's attention. " Naruto isn't the type of guy to stop fighting in any situation, even if he has lost an arm. Trust me on that one."

"I feel you on that one, but even if he still fights, what can he do to win against this guy? It seems it's the end of the road for Naruto." Kiba responded.

In the participant booth, almost everyone was in the single opinion that the match's victor was decided.

"The cute blonde kid seemed like he had it for a while, it seemed like his luck had to run out sometime huh." stated Temari.

Shikamaru yawned then started to chuckle loudly. " I wouldn't be so sure about that. I might not have seen a lot of Naruto in battle, but I have known Naruto for a long time, and knows how he would act in almost every situation" The lazy Nara started." and almost every time the chips were down, and things seemed impossible for him, Naruto came back ten times harder." The booth got quiet after that revelation.

"tch. Whatever." scoffed Kankuro.

'It seems Sarutobi has raised a fine container, I wonder if this is the end for it. I've had quite the fun watching him.' said a snake in his mind.

Back in the arena Neji was still standing proudly in the center, while Naruto was trying to recover himself while thinking of a plan. Naruto couldn't feel the natural flow of chakra he usually feels in his left arm, in fact he couldn't feel anything at all. The whole arm was numb, and somehow at the same time it burned. Naruto knew it was useless to even try to move the appendage. Naruto had did a good job in directing most of Neji's landed hits to one area, but he was still disappointed he lost his entire left arm. He knew that with the combination of his and the Kyuubi's chakra that his arm would be back to normal in no time, but the problem was that by the time his arm would be in any shape to go again, this match would be long over.

Naruto brainstormed all the ways he could still win.'Shit. With the loss of my arm, there is only a limited of number of ways that I can win, and they all include revealing something I don't want to be shown yet. And If it gets out now then they can be countered by plans in later matches.' Naruto mused to himself for a few moments before he came to a decision. ' Alright. It seems I have no other choice than to show some of my hand. I just need to execute in a way that leaves everyone with the fewest questions. Considering I am going to have to do it with one hand already tells me that the fewest questions is still going to be way too many.' Naruto released the second level of only the seal on his right wristband. He could feel chakra surging into his working hand and flowing all through out it. Naruto started to gather as much energy as he could in his fist before he rocketed off.

Neji saw that Naruto was continuing the battle by running towards him. "How persistent, almost like a cockroach" Neji growled. Neji got in a steady position, ready to do what need be based on whatever Naruto was doing.

Naruto was pacing his way to Neji, he wanted time to build up his attack, there was now so much chakra pulsing in his arm that it was emitting a faint glow. When Naruto felt he had gathered enough chakra, he started going through hand seals with one-hand. A feat which no one in the crowd missed.

"What is he doing, Is that even possible?" "I heard of ninjas that could use one hand, but never a Genin." This must be a fluke he is using to throw his competitor off guard" The crowd echoed with the sound of everyone's astonishment of Naruto's new reveal.

Orochimaru stared at Naruto with wide, yellow, slit-pupil eyes. His whole body was shaking in apprehension.'One-handed seals huh. ooh Sarutobi-sensei you've found yourself a real gem, haven't you. I wonder what his limits are? How would he match up against Sasuke? hmmm." cackled the Sannin in his head.

The wind started picking up around Naruto. spinning and whirling swiftly. The air became so intense it was visible, and it started howling like an old sorrowful spirit that never moved on. Naruto finished the hand-signs for the jutsu completing the preparation needed. The wind started to swirl around and encase Naruto's fist, giving it a coat of twisting currents. To the spectators it looked as if half of his right arm was replaced by a miniature tornado. Naruto having completed the justu sped up and blurred away to finish Neji with it.

Neji seeing the approaching doom running towards him, inferred the only way to get ahead of the oncoming attack unscratched was with Kaiten. Neji started pushing out chakra from everywhere again, and started to rotate. "Why won't you quit!" soon enough Neji was inside a perfect sphere of spinning chakra.

Naruto was right in front of the dome now, and he cocked his right fist back in preparation to punch. " Because I'll don't ever give up!" Naruto slammed his fist into the Hyuga's prized justu.

"Kaiten!"

"KamiKen!"

The resulting force from the clash of the two jutsus caused everyone from any of the rows near the front to be pressed back against their seats. A whirlwind of chakra overcame the arena, forcing many to hold on to something in fear of being knocked down. It looked like a blue vortex with the eye being Naruto and Neji. The duo continued to fight for dominance, the harder they pushed the wilder the environment became. Both of their respective jutsu gaining strength and size as time went on, It was as if two unstoppable forces were ramming against each other. Neither side seemed to be gaining, when all of the sudden everything exploded.

Boom

A figure shout out of the smoke and slammed into the wall on the side of the stadium. The smoke cleared faster than usual this time, and everyone saw that in the center of the arena was Naruto with his hand still stretched out. Neji was sliding down the wall, ending up on his butt on the ground, unfortunately he still wasn't unconscious.

"geh" Neji spit out some blood." I'm not finished yet."

"Yeah." Naruto said, then he made a half ram/half tiger seal with his hand. " we'll see about that."

The ground below Neji cracked and a fist came flying out of the ground. Neji was upper-cut by the emerging Naruto and then a subsequent kick sent him flying back towards the center of the arena. Naruto took advantage of this by slamming his fist into Neji's face when he finally reached the center. The crack that came afterwards was heard and felt by everybody. Neji just dropped from the air like someone cut all the strings to a puppet. His face was bruised and had blood leaking from it, the rest of his body didn't look any better. Then the Naruto in the center of the arena burst into smoke, only leaving the one by the wall.

Naruto walked up to the lying form of Neji's body. "I don't think your totally wrong. I do believe in destiny and things that are fated to be, but I believe it is impossible to know what they are so there is no point trying to predict it. If you work hard you can fight against anything that is set in your way." Naruto said."Besides you aren't the only one with a seal that defines you."

The proctor looked at Neji's body for a few moments to see if their was any sign of retaliation. After it was clear that the match was over, he raised his hand high up into the air. "The winner of the first match is Uzumaki Naruto!"

The crowd started to go wild again, most of them thinking that the battle was one of the most entertaining they have ever witnessed. Of course, many of them always have the same thought until they see another match. The ninjas in the crowd all had to admit that Naruto did way better than expected and surprised them at every turn the whole match.

"Wow. He actually won." said Tenten in disbelief. " I mean its not that I wanted him to lose, but didn't think he could actually win."

"Man who would've thought that the dead last will beat the rookie of the year. Sure as hell not me" Kiba spoke.

"This isn't even the final fight, it's only the first match we still have many more to go." Ino said.

"Sasuke-kun still didn't show up though, and I am getting worried." worried Sakura, looking around the crowd.

'I knew you could do it Naruto-kun' thought Hinata. 'I hope one day I can get that strong.'

The Jonin sensei was surprised by the results as well.

"Oii! Naruto-kun shall become my new rival for if I can surpass him, I will have surpassed Neji, ultimately making me stronger!." shouted Lee.

"That's the spirit lee! Once your off those crutches, you can begin to follow your dreams." Guy said in an equally loud voice.

"It seems Shikamaru has his work cut out for him if he wants to become Chunin," Asuma said, breathing out smoke. "but knowing him he probably finds the whole idea of being a Chunin troublesome." Kurenai just snorted in agreement.'What do you know, Naruto has an affinity for wind huh.'

Kotetsu and Izumo had been watching the entire match in the crowds, and were proud of what their favorite Genin could do.

"Already one match and we probably have a shoe-in Chunin" Izumo said.

"Yeah, your telling me. We haven't even reached the main event and the crowd is going crazy." Kotetsu responded back.

In the participant booth everyone was raising their hazard level on the recent winner.

"What do you know, blondie still came out of it ahead. He's a wind-user to not many of those in the leaf." Temari said.

"I wonder if the other guy is going to show up, or if he is going to be disqualified." Kankuro asked. " I heard people were looking forward to that match between him and Gaara. Man they don't know what they are talking about."

'It doesn't matter how much stronger the brat got' Dosu thought.' He still fall to the might of my arm, then I will show my true worth to that Bastard.'

"Neji lost..." Hiashi said in a blank tone. To the others around him, they thought he was upset about the turn of events, but to their surprise he started laughing. "Hahahaha, I should have expected this. Even from the grave you best me. I guess the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree after all, or more like tomato." Hiashi started cracking up again. Many of the Hyuga feared for his mental health, and asked if he needed to go to the hospital, Hiashi just waved them off. "See Hanabi, that is a splendid shinobi." Hiashi stared at Naruto as his smile turned wistful

'Father has no idea what he's talking about, but still to hear him compliment another ninja is rare.'Hanabi stared at Naruto in the stadium, who was running around accepting praise from the audience. 'I'll have to thank him later for finally kicking Neji off that high horse he was on. I've been wanting to do it myself since he sent Hinata to the hospital.' Hanabi scoffed. "Stupid clan politics."

Up in the Kage booth, the Hokage was positively beaming. 'Oh how strong you have become. Even in times like these your will of fire still shines brighter than ever.'

Next to him the supposed Kazekage just stared at Naruto with excitement in his eyes. ' I've had more fun than I expected watching you fight brat, it would be a shame to stop it so early.' The Kazekage cleared his throat. " Hokage-sama, I have an interesting proposal for you, if you would hear me out." The Hokage looked towards his fellow Kage with a questioning look on his face.

Naruto was in the middle of the field congratulating himself, when suddenly his vision was filled with leaves,

*whoosh*

In a swirl of leaves, back to back, appeared the missing Genin Sasuke, and his sensei Kakashi. Also Naruto wasn't the only one to change his get-up.

"Does that whole team have a problem with regular entrances or something?" questioned Kurenai.

Sakura was holding her head in her arms. "They both have flashy entrances and new clothes. They must have planned this together." she whined.

"Please, if this is all you have to complain about with your teammates than you don't know hoe good you have it." Tenten said.

"I'm not late for my match am I. This is all my sensei's fault." Sasuke directed towards the proctor.

"Nope Sasuke your right on time." answered Naruto instead.

Sasuke and Kakashi both noticed Naruto standing a couple feet in front of them. Sasuke studies Naruto for a moment, then looked around, his eyes finally landing on a knocked out Neji being carried away by the medics.

'So he won his match huh, I guess it is nothing less than expected when Jiraiya-sama asked me for him to train Naruto.' mused Kakashi.

"So you've managed to win your fight huh." started Sasuke." It would have been disappointing for you to get booted out before you made it to me."

"Lose this match, and miss the chance to kick your ass, as if." boasted Naruto.

"heh You wish Idiot." responded Sasuke.

"Just wait and see Sasuke" shot back Naruto.

They both gave each other feral grins, which spoke of the anticipation they had for their upcoming battle, and if the looks on their faces was anything to go by, neither of them would play nice.

"I guess I'll see you after this match." Naruto said. He started retreating towards the stairs which would lead to where the rest of the participants are. " You better not lose!" he called back.

"Hmph" Sasuke didn't though the statement was so pointless, that it didn't even dignify a response.

All f the sudden a ninja jumped down and whispered something in Hayate's ear. Hayate listened to the message and nodded his head in verification

"It seems we have a last-minute change given directly from Lord Hokage." Hayate stated, stopping everyone in their tracks.

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AN: Finally done, after all these hours.

Oh yeah the reason why Dosu is till alive is because he makes my version of the third round work. I didn't kill Hayate because I didn't really feel like his death mattered and he was a cool character in general so I just kept him alive.

I would've had this chapter out sooner if I didn't accidentally close my window and lose 4,000 words of written story. I think it also has something to do with me re-watching an anime for the hundredth time, but hey you can never know for sure right.

In case your wondering what anime I was watching let me give you a hint and a question.

"When there is evil in this world that justice cannot defeat, would you taint your hands with evil to defeat evil? Or would you remain steadfast and righteous even if it means surrendering to evil?"

-(That shit above is old)