Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
Sorry it has taken so long but my other stories have taken longer than I thought and work has been annoying. I also am going back through the previous chapters beginning with chapter 1 and fixing the holes in the chapters.
Chapter 31 – Demon's revealed…
Naruto jumped down to the stadium floor. He put his hand on Shikamaru's shoulder. "So why did you really quit? Was it too tiresome to continue?" Naruto said with a smirk.
Shikamaru smirked at his friend. Temari looked at the two and just shook her head as she smirked also.
"Will Gaara and Sasuke Uchiha come down to the arena?" Hayate yelled.
"Wonder if 'wonder boy' is going to show up?" Shikamaru asked.
"Up to him and that perverted uncle of mine." Naruto said with a snicker. "Well guess we head up to the holding area for more matches."
"Hey Naruto, you did a good job with Neji. I wasn't sure you would be able to win." Shikamaru said as they ascended the stairs with Temari close behind.
Naruto felt it first mild killer intent then it flared as Shikamaru and Temari looked at Naruto. "Your brother in a bad mood isn't he?" Naruto asked Temari who had a look of fear on her face.
They reached the platform at the top of the first staircase and watched as sand poured from Gaara's gourd. Two grass shinobi were threatened to kill Gaara if he didn't throw the next match. The first didn't even stand a chance and was crushed by Gaara's sand within seconds. The second shinobi ran but was captured and crushed. Gaara's sand started to come towards the three at the top of the stairs when Naruto's chakra flared. Naruto was surrounded by red chakra. "Stop now, I know what you contain so either back down or we can destroy this hallway."
The sand immediately retreated back to the gourd. Temari looked on in awe as Gaara had a look of almost fear on his face. Also the chakra the blond in front of her was pushing was stronger than Gaara's if only by a little bit. "Which do you have?" Naruto asked as the red chakra receded.
"Shikaku, and you?" Gaara asked as his featured returned to emotionless.
"Kyubi. Good luck, try not to kill him, they seem to think he is precious and might be angry enough to start something." Naruto said as he dragged Shikamaru past Gaara.
"Temari, what should I do?" Gaara looked at his sister.
"Continue with the mission." Temari said as she watched the blond and the pineapple ponytailed boy continue up the next flight of stairs as if nothing had happened.
Gaara walked down to the field and looked at Hayate. "Well?"
"I was told by the Kazekage and Hokage that we will give him ten minutes to arrive or he will forfeit." Hayate answered in an annoyed voice.
Five minutes later a swirl of leaves appears near the center of the stadium with Kakashi and Sasuke in it. "Are we late?" Kakashi asked.
"Well…" Hayate said with a grin. "If it was anyone else they would have been disqualified. So you are Sasuke?"
Sasuke nodded as the crowd erupted in excitement. Naruto and Shikamaru rolled their eyes as Shino's bugs began to buzz loudly. "Yeah I know Shino. We should stomp his pompous ass now and get it over with." Naruto said with a smile which caused everyone on the waiting area to laugh except for Shino who only smiled.
Kakashi disappeared into the stands. Hayate looked at both combatants. "Are you ready?" Both nodded. "Begin!" Hayate yelled as he jumped back. Sasuke moved quickly around Gaara with several punches. This reminded Gaara of his fight with Lee and disturbed him a little.
Kakashi appeared behind Naruto. "So Kakashi, how is he using Bushy Brow's taijutsu? I noticed some of it in the prelims."
"Apparently he snuck off and watched you and Lee training with his Sharingan active. I took that knowledge and used it to help him survive this fight and gave him a gift." Kakashi said.
"You mean he stole Lee's taijutsu? The bastard! I thought he was a fellow Leaf Shinobi. I understand stealing from an enemy but from an ally. That is terrible." Naruto said angrily.
"The damage is done, there is nothing we can do about it now other than to have him apologize and make amends." Kakashi said and then disappeared.
Naruto angry looked at Shikamaru. "Why does he always get a pass on everything?"
Shikamaru rolled his eyes. "It has to do with him being the precious loyal Uchiha."
"Naruto, is it?" Temari asked as she inched closer to Naruto.
"Yeah, you're Temari, right?" Naruto turned to Temari.
Temari nodded. "What did you mean when you said Kyubi?" She asked hesitantly.
"Your brother has the demon Shikaku sealed in him right?" Naruto asked.
"Yes but how do you know that?" Temari asked.
"Well when he crushed the Grass ninja I felt the demon chakra coming from him, so I guessed he was like me and had a demon sealed in him. So I asked which one he had." Naruto said calmly.
"So he has the one tailed demon Shikaku sealed in him. And Naruto you have the nine-tailed Kyubi? Makes sense, trickster, too much energy not to be annoying. Oh how troublesome." Shikamaru shook his head.
"Do you have a problem with it Shikamaru?" Naruto asked.
"Nope, I know that you are just a jailor. If not we would not be talking right now." Shikamaru said calmly.
Temari looked at Shino. "You don't have a problem with this?"
"Why should I? He is a dependable teammate and friend." Shino answered.
Cheers ran out in the stadium brought their attention back to the fight. Sasuke had just kicked Gaara in the face with a descending kick to the face. Gaara then started a jutsu that surrounded him with a sand barrier.
Up in the stands Lee sat next to Kiba. "The fires of youth are diminished. I am saddened that Uchiha-san would steal from me." Lee complained as tears streamed from his round eyes.
"Yes but his body will not be able to keep up with the strain as yours, Hinata-sama or Naruto-sama's are able too. You all have taken the time to train your bodies to take the strain of this type of fighting. I am sure that Sasuke used the Sharingan to copy the style and work on his speed but not his conditioning." Gai said with conviction.
"No, I could only do so much with him in a month. So I gave him an ace in the hole so to speak." Kakashi said.
"You didn't." Gai said as he looked at Kakashi.
"He is my student and so yes I did. He needed something to deal with that sand defense Gaara has." Kakashi replied.
Sasuke punched the round sand ball as hard as he could only to receive bloody knuckles for his effort. He ran up the side of the wall and ran through several hand signs. His hand started to glow as electricity started to form on his left palm. Finally a ball of electricity formed. "Chidori!" Sasuke yelled. He ran down the wall and then at the ball Gaara had encased himself in.
Up in the stands Ino and Sakura had hearts in their eyes. "He is just so cool." They said in unison.
"Ah man he's not so great." Choji said as he consumed a bag of chips.
"What do you mean Choji?" Ino asked as she radiated anger.
"Well, we have seen five examples of elemental manipulation. Naruto and Temari both used the wind element. Shikamaru used shadow. Gaara is using earth and Sasuke is using electricity. They are all skilled, of that there is no doubt. But just because Sasuke is an Uchiha and gifted, it does not mean he is the best out there."
"Shut up Choji!" Ino said as she hit Choji on the head.
Hiashi and Hinata returned to their seats, Neji had also returned with them. Kiba greeted Hinata, but was a little leery of Neji. "What are you doing here Neji?" Kiba asked hesitantly.
"I am here to guard Hinata-sama as best as I can." Neji hung his head. "I forgot who I was and was consumed by my hatred of the main branch." Neji said apologetically.
"Well I for one am glad to have you back." Tenten said as she wrapped Neji in a hug.
Down in the arena Sasuke approached Gaara's sphere quickly and his activated Sharingan noticed an eyeball floating above the sphere. Figuring where Gaara would be Sasuke brought his left hand back and pushed it into the sphere hoping to his something vital. Sasuke's hand pushed through the sand barrier and into it. He heard a scream of pain and something tighten on his arm. Sasuke feeling something crushing his arm so he pushed more electric chakra into his arm causing Gaara to loosen his grip and Sasuke could pull his arm out of the sphere.
To his and everyone's surprise a sand claw was still holding onto Sasuke's arm and crushed it, breaking his hand and wrist as Sasuke screamed in pain. Sasuke again pushed more electric chakra into his hand as the claw let him go and retreated to the sphere. A blood curdling scream came from the sphere. "My blood! I can see my blood! Ah!!"
In the waiting area Temari had a look of utter fear. 'He actually hurt Gaara? What type of monster is he?' Temari thought as she looked on in awe at Sasuke.
The sphere surrounding Gaara started to fall apart. Sand fell down past Gaara to the ground. Gaara appeared to be bleeding from his left arm. He held his arm as blood flowed past his hand. Terror and anger mixed in Gaara's eyes. Sasuke saw this and attempted to try to do hand signs but his hand crushed and broken so he could not shape them correctly so he could make the correct signs.
Naruto kept a wary eye on both the sand ninja. "He has never been hurt before?" Naruto asked.
"Not physically. He has always been protected by the sand. Only that Lee guys and the Uchiha have ever hurt him before." Temari replied.
"Temari." Kankurou hinted at her telling too much.
Suddenly there was an explosion and smoke covered the Kage observation box. All attention was drawn to it. Kankurou suddenly pulled his puppet out and started to attack Naruto. Naruto turned all his attention to Temari as he flared his chakra as both started to go through hand signs. Kankurou screamed as he felt bugs all over him. Suddenly the waiting room was filled with wind. Temari was thrown against the wall only to be tied up by Shikamaru. Kankurou was tied as the last of Shino's bug left him.
A black barrier appeared around the roof of the building that the Kages had jumped up to. Hayate and Baki both entered the arena in front of their respective genin. "Gaara do it now!" Baki yelled.
"I will kill you to prove my existence." Gaara said as he looked at Sasuke. The sand from his gourd started to surround Gaara and his form changed.
Naruto felt the chakra spike from Gaara. "Shino, Shikamaru can you guys handle them?" Naruto asked as he jumped down to the stadium floor.
Sasuke looked at Hayate. "What is going on? Why are you interfering in the match?" Sasuke asked as he held his bloody left hand.
"The match for you is over Sasuke. Relax and let the others handle the fighting. Get some medical attention for your arm and hand. You have proven you are capable of being a chunin. Now go." Hayate said with authority. "So Baki, what will it be?"
"You should worry less about me. And worry more about him." Baki said as he pointed to Gaara who now was a six foot tall tanku.
"Sasuke get that arm looked at. I will handle Gaara now." Naruto said as he approached Hayate and Sasuke.
"Naruto you cannot handle him." Hayate said to Naruto.
Naruto walked up to Hayate and whispered in his ear. "He has the one tailed demon sealed in him." Hayate's eyes bulged. "I can take him, I have the nine tails. Last time I counted nine beats one every time." Naruto whispered with a smirk.
Hayate looked at Naruto confused. "How do you know that?"
"Hey I'm Naruto Uzumaki and I will take this jerk down and protect the village!" Naruto yelled.
"I will kill you to prove that I exist!" Gaara yelled.
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A/N: Sorry it took so long to get this chapter up. At least it isn't a really bad cliffhanger. It should only take a week or so to get another chapter up.
To answer the question about Naruto being disqualified for using Kyubi chakra, the village council will be hard pressed because of Kodai's actions. Also the Hyuuga will show unity behind Naruto. They will not want to piss of the most powerful clan in the village just to hurt Naruto. Also the fight between Naruto and Gaara will be out in the open for everyone to see.
Hinata did not need for Kabuto to heal her as she is mostly healed and only under a sort of ban on chakra usage, so she can use some but only in dire circumstances. She will of course use it to break Kabuto's genjutsu and use it to wake Kiba. Other than that she will rely on others for protection in the coming battle.