Sum of our Parts

Trial of Blood

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***I own neither the characters nor the plot of Naruto. ***

"Le gasp!" normal talking

'das fuken?' normal thinking

"set-you-on-fire-no-jutsu" Jutsu and other techniques

"I will murder you!" Tailed beast talking

***SooP***

When Team eight finally reached their destination they were quite astonished at the sight. The team from Oto was retreating from an enraged Sasuke, who was covered in strange markings, while Sakura and Kiba were trying to talk him down. Lee was already on the ground, going through some sort of spasms similar to what happened to Kabuto.

"Sasuke-kun please calm down, they are already running away!"

"Come on man this isn't you!"

Suddenly the seemingly possessed boy glanced over at the newcomers, causing Hinata to flinch back and fear while Akane instinctively stepped in front of her teammates.

"YOU! You made me look weak! You think you are stronger than me!? I will show you strength! I will show everyone how strong I am!" The crazed boy screamed as he charged forward, while the other Genin nearby moved to try and stop him.

Just as he reached the redhead, a kunai already drawn, she also charged forward, flipping over his attack and slamming his head down into the ground in the process.

Instantly the marks began to recede as the Uchiha lost consciousness once more.

"Well that was troublesome…" Shikamaru muttered out, trying to hide his worry at the current events.

"Y-yeah… what happened to him forehead?"

"Some creepy guy attacked us with snakes and then bit him!"

"Wait… you said snakes? Describe him."

The others turned towards the Uzumaki girl, a bit curious as to why she was so interested but Sakura relayed the information anyway.

"Uh he was pale white, with creepy yellow eyes, and a snake tongue. He had longish black hair and was really strong!"

"You said he could summon snakes Sakura-chan?" The blonde Uzumaki inquired, earning a nod of confirmation from the pinkette.

The two sisters sent worried glances towards each other, further confusing those around them.

"We should get to the tower as soon as possible, it isn't safe here anymore."

"It was safe before?" Kiba muttered out towards the redhead, before picking up his fallen teammate the best he could.

"Does everyone have the two scrolls necessary?" Hinata called out, earning nods from the other three teams.

Tenten had just arrived, along with her Hyuga teammate unfortunately, which immediately caused a glaring match between the two pale eyed Genin.

"Well my team has agreed that with everything that has been happening we should probably stick together until we get out of here, even if it is a bit troublesome."

"Hinata, before I forget we ran into some Ninja that were targeting Hyuga, you need to be really careful okay?" The brunette Kunoichi called out hurriedly.

"I told you she has nothing to worry about. I doubt they would be looking to kidnap someone as weak as her, even if it is to create a Hyuga bloodline in another village."

Again Hinata glared towards the older Genin before returning to her team.

"With everyone seemingly targeting us I think it would be a good idea to stick together for now." Kiba managed to huff out, while carrying Sasuke.

The others nodded before departing once more for the tower.

***SooP***

"Congratulations on your success Team eight!" Iruka called out after he had been summoned in the tower.

"Thank you Iruka-Sensei." Hinata responded.

"Well you have a day before the next section begins. I would suggest getting something to eat and resting beforehand. You will be summoned when we are ready to begin."

"Iruka-San, could you inform Anko and Hokage-Dono that we need to speak with them as soon as possible please?" the redhead asked.

"Sure Akane, I will let them know right now. If you three continue down the hallway on the right you should find some living quarters that you can rest in."

***SooP***

"Ah Akane, and Natsuko how are you two doing today? I see you have passed the second portion of the exam."

"Heck yeah we did Jiji!"

"Indeed Hokage-Dono, but that is not why we asked to speak with you two. We have a more pressing concern to address."

"Is it concerning that Kabuto kid you warned us about? Because we already have some ANBU waiting for the brat at the next stage, don't you worry about him Gaki's if he is working for who you say then…"

"Orochimaru is here, in Konoha."

The two elder Ninja stopped immediately, staring wide eyed at the young girl.

"Wh-what do you mean Akane? Are you sure?" Anko stuttered out, fear creeping up her spine at the thought of her old mentor.

"From Sakura-chan's description he attacked them and put some weird tattoo on Sasuke-kun's neck in the forest."

Sarutobi's eyes narrowed at the description, knowing full well what that meant. With a slight gesture an ANBU was summoned before he informed the man to find Kakashi and Sasuke.

Turning back towards the two Genin the man gave his best attempt at a comforting smile, and failed miserably.

"That's not all. According to Team ten there is at least one other team of Genin who were sent to capture a Hyuga. We made sure that Hinata was with Kurenai-Sensei before we left."

The village leader let out a weary sigh before rubbing his head in annoyance, even after all of the previous attempts there were still villages looking to try and kidnap Ninja during these popular events.

"I will make sure that we look into this. Unless there is something else I would recommend you two get some sleep, it sounds like you will need all the strength you can in the next portion."

Nodding the two younger Kunoichi departed, while Anko stared after them, concern in her eyes.

***SooP***

"So what is this about you three?" Tenten inquired, as she, Sakura, Shikamaru, and Shino sat down with the two Uzumaki Genin and Hinata.

"Onee-chan scoped out the building while we have been waiting and it looks like a giant arena, so Hinata-chan thinks the next portion is going to be some sort of tournament type of test."

"Makes sense, that way everyone can show off in a clear way in single battle, how troublesome."

"Okay but why are you telling us this? Not that I don't appreciate the heads up but we are technically competing." Tenten continued.

"There is a redhead boy from Suna in the tournament I trust you all saw him at least once?"

"Yeah that guy gives me the creeps." Sakura mentioned, giving a brief shiver.

"If any of you or your teammates happened to be paired up against him in a fight, you need to forfeit immediately."

"He seems intense but I fail to see your reasoning." The Aburame analyzed, staring at the redhead in a bit of confusion.

"He is…. Dangerous, I can't say more without a more thorough explanation which involves high level secrets but we saw him encounter another team in the forest. He killed them without effort."

The other Genin's eyes widened in shock, except for Shino whose eyes were hidden, "So what do we do? Tell the Hokage?"

"No, leave him to us…" Akane answered Tenten, her voice gaining a deadly edge as Natsuko nodded in confirmation.

"Sounds good to me, but Kiba and Sasuke-kun will never turn down a fight."

"Don't worry we will be mentioning this to the Jonin if necessary."

"Why is it that you only told us though, why not all the Genin?" the brunette inquired

"Because you are the only ones who are calm and levelheaded enough not to immediately pick a fight with the boy, and smart enough to know when to fight and when to run."

***SooP***

"Now that all of you have assembled here the next stage of the exam shall begin, this will be a tournament style elimination trial resulting in one winner. The rest of the rules will be explained by the proctor, Hayate Gekko." The Hokage announced, before stepping back and allowing the sickly man to step forward.

"Right then, if anyone would like to give up now they may do so, otherwise the next stage will start immediately."

"I wish to forfeit proctor, I used way too much Chakra during the last portion and I am in no shape to continue." The silver haired Genin replied.

"Very well, Ibiki would you be so kind as to escort him safely back to Konoha safely?"

The scarred man nodded before gesturing to follow him down a nearby hallway.

"If there is no one else who needs to bow out we will begin with a brief explanation of the rules. Since there are so many of you who passed we will be doing a preliminary round to narrow down the potential victors, with so many high end clients present we need to ensure that only the best are given time. The first match will be Sasuke Uchiha versus Yoroi Akado. Everyone else must immediately leave the area for the spectator areas."

***SooP***

The two Shinobi faced off, which resulted in a victory for Sasuke after a vicious Taijutsu combo he had improvised from Lee, he promptly passed out afterwards due to the influence of the Cursed Seal.

"Next Ino Yamanaka will face Sakura Haruno."

The two Kunoichi made their way to the ring and stood opposite before the proctor began the match.

***SooP***

The two Kunoichi stared each other down, once again resuming their 'eternal rivalry'.

"You are going down forehead, and then it will prove to everyone that you aren't the top of the Kunoichi like everyone thinks you are but instead it's me!"

"You wish Ino-pig. After I beat you here Sasuke-kun will see how amazing I am and agree on going out, maybe we will stop by the flower shop sometime, so that he can buy me roses."

"Ha! As if he would stoop so low as to date you, why would he settle for second best when he can have me?"

"Because why would anyone want such an obnoxiously bright blonde hanging on them? All you will do is cause him to go blind."

"You're one to talk! That pink hair isn't even natural!"

"It is too!"

"Is not!"

"Is too!"

"FOR THE LOVE OF KAMI SHUT THE HELL UP!" Hayate screamed at the two shocked Genin, before taking a few breaths to calm himself.

Seriously what the hell was wrong with these two? They weren't even acting like Kunoichi! If either of them had been against any other Ninja here, or heaven forbid one of Kurenai's students, they would have been torn to pieces by now.

But noooo fate just seemed to enjoy making the poor Jonin suffer, first he had this damn cough and now he had to be the proctor for the most pathetic Genin match of all time, which so far consisted of who could insult the other's hair more effectively.

The two Genin resumed their glaring contest before both charged forward, and began…. a Taijutsu match? It couldn't really be called that of course, seeing as how their attacks were pathetic and looked more like what civilians called 'cat fighting' rather than actual Kunoichi battling one another. Even for Genin the display of physical ability and skill was atrocious.

After twenty minutes the battle finally resolved itself with a dual knockout, giving sighs of relief from the various Ninja.

***SooP***

"Well that was sad…" The proctor muttered before the next match was announced to be Shino Aburame vs. Zaku Abumi.

The following match was short and brutal as the bug user plugged up the man's arm weapons, causing them to malfunction and detonate.

***SooP***

"Neji Hyuga versus Kankuro of Suna"

The match between the two experienced Genin hadn't lasted long, with Neji's superior speed and Byakugan he was easily able to flank the puppet and cut the Chakra Threads, before proceeding to beat the poor boy into submission.

"Just as fate ordained."

***SooP***

"Tenten of Konoha versus Temari of Suna"

Despite the best efforts of the weapon mistress she was unable to land a single blow on the Wind user, resulting in her defeat.

***SooP***

"Hinata Hyuga versus 'O' of Kumo"

The Two Genin made their way to the arena, while their teammates cheered them on, and in Natsuko's case quite loudly, earning a faint blush from the Hyuga.

"Begin!"

The two jumped back as Hinata studied her opponent. He was a larger man of somewhat dark complexion. He wore metal gauntlets and what appeared to be metal boots.

From her studied the Kunoichi remembered that most of the Kumo Ninja were lightning oriented and so he most likely channeled his Chakra into these objects in order to use enhanced Taijutsu.

"Scared already Hyuga? Don't worry there will be plenty of time for you to be terrified later, though I understand that this tournament must be terrifying for a group of defenseless little girls."

"I am not afraid there is no reason to fear a Shinobi from a village which prides themselves in kidnapping children."

Her opponent let out a growl before charging forward, his gauntlets crackling with electricity just as the Kunoichi had assumed.

Hinata easily dodged his first blow, and upon activation of the Byakugan began dodging his follow up attacks just as efficiently.

"I must say this is rather disappointing for such a feared Ninja village, I would have thought you could land at least one blow on a 'poor defenseless little girl'." Hinata taunted, further aggravating the man as he pushed more force into his failing strategy.

"I WILL SHOW YOU! BEHOLD THE TRUE POWER OF KUMOGAKURE!" The man began gathering a massive amount of lightning, focusing it first on his hands and feet, then molding it into an offensive attack.

"Lightning Style: Earth Flash"

Just as the man slammed his hands to the ground, to fire the wave of deadly energy towards his opponent Hinata finished the hand signs she had made in secret while the man was concentrating.

"Water Style: Hand of Waves"

The torrent of water hit the man just as he released the attack, completely soaking him and turning his own technique back against him.

The man fell to the ground, violently twitching from the electrical charge now running through his body as the medics approached.

One of the medics used a weak Earth Jutsu to reroute the energy before checking on the man.

"No good, he's gone."

Hinata walked away, despite knowing that she had killed in self defense, and was hoping not to do so in the process, she still felt tears cling to her eyes.

***SooP***

"The next battle will be Rock Lee against Akane Uzumaki"

"So Shikamaru, considering what you have seen of the teams so far who do you think will win this match?" Ino inquired, not noticing that the other Genin had moved a bit closer to hear the Nara's analysis.

"Man you have to ask me something like that? Way too troublesome… Judging based on what we professionally know Lee has a Taijutsu master teaching him, and from the looks of it they will be focusing on this for their battle. I have heard that he is possibly the strongest and fastest Genin of our class combined with the fact he is being taught one of the most powerful Taijutsu styles in the world. Then there is the fact that Akane has problems learning specific styles like that. Plus I have heard that he defeated Sasuke who is considered the prodigy from our class."

"So you're saying that Lee will win…" Tenten agreed, having recovered from her match and already knowing that as strange as the boy was Lee was one of the best Taijutsu specialists in their class.

"I am saying that if we just use that he would undoubtedly win… but my opinion is that Akane will be the victor."

"Why would you say that Shikamaru?" Choji asked, rather confused at the turn of opinions, he always had trouble keeping up when his friend did his analyzing.

"Do you remember back during the academy? When we would do those Taijutsu matches against each other?"

"Of course! Sasuke-kun was so dreamy. He was strong, fast, cool, cute…"

"You were saying Shikamaru?" Shino interrupted, hoping to cut off the blonde's daydreaming before it became too much to handle.

"Like I said, besides a couple of Sasuke's matches and maybe some of your own how many did you watch?"

"None of them, why would anyone care about something like that?" Sakura, and several others, nodded in agreement with the Yamanaka.

"Exactly, not even the instructors paid attention to every single match. In fact there is only one person who did… and she is standing in the ring right now."

"I don't get it Shikamaru, why would she bother wasting time like that?"

The Nara posed for a minute, before giving his answer, "She was analyzing us."

The assembled Genin felt a shiver crawl down their spine's at his explanation.

"Wh-what do you mean?"

"She was figuring out how each of us fought and developed even back in the Academy. When we were all busy doing homework, studying, and trying to go out on dates she was already acting like a Ninja. Even back then she marked us as threats to her and Natsuko, and began to plan accordingly."

"That's a bit… scary. But what does it matter? We have all changed since then." Kiba declared, trying to find his courage again.

"Yes you all have, but the fact of the matter is that Akane, despite being a Genius at hard work, also has another skill unlike anyone else I have ever encountered, a skill which could very easily make her one of the most dangerous Ninja alive."

The Genin turned towards the new voice, and saw Maito Gai walking closer towards them, while he kept watch on the two Genin's walking towards the ring below.

"What do you mean Gai-Sensei?"

"Akane Uzumaki has the unique ability of being able to analyze and adapt to situations and combat styles, she has been doing it with Lee during every spar they have had thus far. My guess is that she will eventually find a way to counter attack the Strong Fist, if she hasn't already."

The rookie Ninja returned their gaze back to the center, where the two Ninja were poised to begin.

***SooP***

"I hope you are ready for this Akane-chan, I will not hold back!"

"I would expect nothing less from you Lee-san."

"Begin!"

The two Genin charged forward, engaging in an impressive display of Taijutsu, with Lee appearing to be moderately faster while Akane had a slight edge in strength.

As the two broke apart Lee gave a grin towards the girl who gave a slight smirk in response.

"LEE! IT IS TIME TO SHOW THEM THE INFINITE FLAMES OF YOUR YOUTH!"

"Gai-Sensei, are you sure? I thought that I was only to use this when an ally was in danger?"

"Normally yes Lee, but sometimes in order to protect and help an ally you must fight your hardest so that you may both grow!"

"OF COURSE GAI-SENSEI! I SHALL SHOW THAT MY YOUTH BURNS EVEN BRIGHTER THAN BEFORE!" The boy proceeded to remove a pair of weighted leg bands and drop them to the ground, creating two massive eruptions of dust.

***SooP***

"Wh-what the hell was that!?" Kankuro gaped as the other Genin could only look on in shock.

***SooP***

A split second later Lee vanished from sight and landed a blow to his opponent, sending her into the nearby wall and creating cracks in the stone due to the force.

"Come Akane-chan, surely you can do better than that?" The boy taunted with an even brighter grin than before, earning a slight smile from the Kunoichi.

"INDEED AKANE, YOU MUST SHOW THE EXTENT OF YOUR YOUTH AS WELL!"

The girl just glanced up towards the eccentric man before giving a shrug, and removed not only a pair of leg weights but arm weights as well.

As she dropped them the force of the impact again cracked and exploded the ground around the Ninja.

***SooP***

"SERIOUSLY WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU FEEDING THESE KIDS!?" The Suna Ninja exclaimed, while Sakura did a slight nudge to her blonde counterpart.

"Hey Ino… are you getting the feeling that we have just been 'pretending' to be Kunoichi the entire time?"

"You know what Sakura, for once I think you might be onto something. Our match must have looked pathetic compared to this."

"Don't beat yourselves up too hard over this girls. Akane is what my Sensei called a 'genius of hard work' and I agree with him. But at the same time yes your match was abysmal, what the hell has your Sensei been teaching you?" Tenten responded from nearby.

"Kakashi-Sensei focuses mostly on Sasuke-kun. He helped out Kiba a bit with his Taijutsu but other than that it has been teamwork exercises."

"Pretty much same here, but with four people on my squad I kind of expected that, especially since we are all clan heirs."

Meanwhile Kurenai frowned at the nearby conversation. Yes Asuma's team was all from major clans but that didn't give him a reason to neglect any of their personal training in the hopes that they would always be teamed up together. But what was far more upsetting was Sakura's comment, that she had been practically ignored in favor of her teammate.

Returning her sight back to the battle the Jonin made a mental note to speak to the other Jonin over the month of training, and if that failed to go to the Hokage directly.

***SooP***

The two Genin disappeared in a blur of movement, disappearing from the sight of most Genin, and even some of the assembled Chunin.

A split second later the two appeared for a brief moment, to clash in the empty arena, before vanishing again. Only to appear in an entirely different spot, exchanging another set of blows.

"Th-they're so fast…" Choji muttered out extremely glad that he had not been forced to fight either of them.

"That is the flames of their youth!" Gai happily exclaimed, wiping a tear of pride from his eyes as he did so.

"Seriously Gai what the hell were you teaching these kids?" Asuma inquired, awestruck at how two different Ninja could achieve such ability in such a short amount of time.

"The process…."

Again Anko was startled by the sound of thunder and a flash of lightning at the other Jonin's statement.

***SooP***

"You have improved Akane-chan! I must endeavor to reach even further heights! Now I shall show you the true intensity of the flames of my youth!" Lee exclaimed, as he broke from the fight and assumed a position that few of the others had ever scene.

Akane's eyes widened in disbelief as the boy began to glow with energy, tapping into a power that she had been told about but never fully taught.

"Gate of Opening: Release"

"Gai, how many Gates can Lee open?" Kakashi inquired, a bit worried for the boy's opponent as well as his other students should they face him in the next round.

"Up to five if need be."

Kakashi did a double take at the green clad man. Releasing five gates at such a young age was unheard of!

"Gate of Healing: Release"

"Gate of Life: Release"

"Gate of Pain: Release"

As he bore with the pain Lee was forced to close his eyes, ignoring the feeling of his body starting to tear itself apart, he needed to show everyone what he could do he needed to prove that he was not a failure.

"Gate of Lim…"

Suddenly a palm slammed into the boy's chest, forcing a gasp from him as a flash of blue energy emitted from Akane's outstretched hand.

A moment later the energy he had been releasing as a result faded, his body returned to normal, save for the damage and exhaustion he had already obtained from his technique.

As he collapsed forward he felt the redhead's arm gently catch him, helping him into a seated position instead.

"Wh-what did you do?"

"Stopped you from making a mistake, I don't know if Gai-Sensei told you this but even if you win the tournament you aren't necessarily promoted, and if you lose it doesn't mean that you can't be promoted. There is no sense in risking your life and your career for something like this."

"But what did you do to me?"

The girl shrugged, "You opened the Gates, and I closed them."

The Boy just chuckled before nodding his head in resignation.

"Proctor, in my current state I cannot continue, she has defeated me."

"Winner is Akane Uzumaki!"

***SooP***

"The next match will be Choji Akimichi against Gaara of Suna."

The larger boy looked around nervously before his Sensei came up and put a calming hand on his shoulder.

"Don't worry Choji, just do your best and you will be fine. I tell you what if you win I will even treat you to barbecue afterwards okay?"

At the mention of free food the Genin immediately perked up before heading towards the stairs down, only to be stopped as he passed by his Nara teammate, who grabbed onto his arm gently.

Giving the genius a questioning look Shikamaru merely responded by gesturing back to where Asuma was in conversation with Akane Uzumaki.

"Tell Choji to forfeit."

"Look just because your Sensei didn't want you participating doesn't mean that I doubt Choji's abilities, sure he might be a bit rough but this is a good experience to light the 'Will of Fire' in him."

"You don't understand…"

"Akane it will be fine, nothing will happen to Choji." Gai chimed in as he walked over to where the conversation was held, promptly followed by Kurenai, Anko, and Kakashi, who had recently returned from removing Sasuke to a less populated location.

The girl merely sighed as her sister joined her, "This isn't a match he can win, Gaara is like Natsuko and I. But he's unstable if Choji fights him Gaara will kill him."

The Sarutobi looked puzzled for a second.

'Like Natsuko and I…. That means that the Suna boy is…'

"Choji, on second thought how about I just take you out to a buffet to celebrate your success in the previous portion of the exam huh? In fact I will take all Team ten out once your matches are through, how does that sound?"

"Uh okay but what about…"

"You aren't ready to fight him sometimes the most important thing a Ninja can know is when not to get into a fight. You need to be aware that not every battle is one you can win, and occasionally the mission, and staying alive, is more important than proving who is stronger."

Glancing over to his best friend, and seeing the dark haired boy nod in agreement, the Akimichi agreed before calling out his forfeit.

***SooP***

The redhead glanced up at the two sisters who had cost him a chance to prove his existence, his glare deepening as he remembered them from before.

"You will both prove my existence."

Akane merely stared back at him, unfazed by his proclamation, while Natsuko stuck her tongue out in response.

***SooP***

"Shikamaru versus Kin Tsuchi"

Shikamaru was eventually able to triumph over the Genjutsu like effects of the Oto Ninja through a genius tactic involving his shadow manipulation powers, and the two Genin's positions.

***SooP***

"Will Natsuko Uzumaki and Kiba Inuzuka please come down to the arena."

"Alright! Let's go Akamaru, we'll show these lame Kunoichi whose boss!" The dog barked excitedly along with his master as they made their way down, along with their opponent.

"Both sides ready? Begin!"

"I hope you don't think I am gonna go easy on you Natsuko! But maybe afterwards we can go out to eat somewhere eh?"

***SooP***

"Seriously… he's flirting with her during their match? This boy is going to get himself killed, either from not paying attention or from when the battle is over and Akane cuts him into pieces." Anko muttered, shaking her head, while Kurenai glared at the boy's lazy Sensei.

For once Kakashi had the presence of mind to look embarrassed about the situation, having missed the match between Sakura and Ino.

***SooP***

"Alright boy let's end this quickly and show everyone how a real alpha male fights!" The Inuzuka exclaimed, before throwing a pill to his companion, turning the small dog red, and ingesting one himself, which changed his own appearance into one far more feral.

The small dog then proceeded to jump onto its master, before Kiba formed a hand sign.

"Man Beast Clone"

Now there were two Kibas poised to strike, then they charged forward.

Natsuko immediately began doing back flips to put distance between her and the two, before forming a hand sign and creating a dozen Kage Bunshin.

"Get the short one!" The original commanded, earning a growl from one Kiba, while the other shouted back his response.

"Hey I'm taller than you!"

***SooP***

"And now she knows which one is real…. seriously Kakashi what have you been teaching these two?"

"Uh…. teamwork?"

***SooP***

While Akamaru was busy dealing with the clones the two originals began their own battle, with Kiba charging towards the girl while she would dodge out of close combat and launch either a kunai or attempt a low level Jutsu.

Most of these attacks were either avoided or ignored but a few stray wind blasts managed to catch the boy, inflicting some bruises while slowing him down.

"Enough of this! Akamaru time for plan: Awwwww yeahhhhhh"

The entire room sweat dropped at the title the boy had just shouted.

The two partners jumped back together, and formed a pair of whirlwinds which charged forward towards their opponent.

"Fang Passing Fang"

The two whirlwinds charged the blonde, which barely dodged out of the path from one, only to be hit by the second and thrown back to the ground.

Afterwards the Kibas came to a stop before readjusting and prepared to charge again, once more becoming a pair of whirlwinds.

This time as they impacted Natsuko burst into smoke, having switched places with a clone while her adversaries were readjusting from the initial attack.

"Wind Style: Air Bullets"

The blonde had instantly taken advantage of the short reprieve and fired a blast of air into the now disoriented Akamaru, dispelling the clone Jutsu and knocking him unconscious.

"Akamaru no! Damnit I'll make you regret that!" The Inuzuka growled out before charging once more for the blonde, at the last second he once more formed his family's technique, not giving her enough time to dodge and throwing her into a nearby wall.

"See? I will beat you and make you mine, and then everyone will acknowledge just how powerful I am, not that stupid teme Sasuke."

***SooP***

In the stands Tsume and Hana Inuzuka fumed at the display their son was doing. To announce such a thing towards a Kunoichi was infuriating. They would definitely be having a chat with their little Kiba once this was over.

***SooP***

Just as Kiba marched over toward the prone girl, she leapt forward, smashing her head against his face and earning a yelp from the boy.

"Bitch!"

He grabbed her arm before pushing her against the wall, face first, pressing himself up against her from behind.

"This is where you belong, you and your sister…"

The blonde growled in rage before firing a gust of wind against the wall, knocking both the Ninja backwards from the force.

***SooP***

Kurenai was glaring down at the match, enraged beyond belief. For Kiba to put her student through such a humiliating thing was…

She glanced over towards the girl's sister, and had to force herself not to gasp out, the killing intent radiating from the redhead was practically visible!

***SooP***

"You shouldn't have said that about my sister Kiba, now I have to beat the hell out of you…"

"Oh yeah and how are you…."

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu"

The arena filled with Natsuko's each glaring at the boy, who could only look on in shock.

"B-big deal I'm still way better than you so this isn't going to…"

"Earth Style: Great Mud River"

The Inuzuka found himself neck deep in mud, unable to move much less build the momentum needed to form his technique.

The Bunshin dispersed, leading to one enraged blonde slowly walking towards the now trapped boy.

She drew a kunai painfully slowly as she walked, a death glint in her eyes before she stopped down in front of his head.

"Now hold on Natsuko-chan, l-let's talk about this…"

"What is there to talk about Kiba? You threatened my sister, so the only logical thing to do is remove your head from the rest of your body."

"P-proctor I forfeit!"

"Alright Natsuko, as much as I would enjoy watching you spill the kids blood all over the floor from what he did, I can't let you do it…."

The blonde turned toward the man, a murderous look in her eyes, before she took a calming breath and walked back towards her team, leaving the Genin still stuck in the ground.

***SooP***

As the rest of the non Konoha fights ended Hayate displayed a large screen with the various Genin's portraits and a tournament style bracket setup.

"Alright everyone will be assigned a number at random which will determine where you will be on the bracket, the next stage of the battles is in a month so I suggest that you take that time to train for the upcoming matches."

After the Ninja had picked their numbers the results were displayed.

Sasuke Uchiha vs. Akane Uzumaki

Hinata Hyuga vs. Neji Hyuga

Shino Aburame vs. Gekido of Kumo

Dosu of Oto vs. Fomu of Kiri

Shikamaru Nara vs. Temari of Suna

Natsuko Uzumaki vs. Gaara of Suna

"Well… this is going to be interesting." Anko muttered out as she saw the results.

***A/N***

Woo first part of the tournament is done! I hope no one is upset that I cut a lot of the fights out. I felt like the ones I did cut were either exactly as they would be in canon, or the outcome would have been obvious, such as Neji against Kankuro.

The Next chapter will be a whole lot of more drama, angst, and character interactions to take a break from some of the action.

I am still working on the pairings for this story, if anyone has any suggestions let me know.

As always I hope everyone enjoyed reading as much as I did writing.