Hey everyone here's the next chap of a different fate, I haven't got as many reviews as I would like when it comes to this story and the pairing for it so I ask you to give me your votes.

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As I've said many times before I don't own Naruto or any of its characters, if I did Sakura would die as well as Sasuke and Kakashi for how they treated them.

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In Hokage tower the night of the bell test all the jounnin sensei were there waiting to report on their teams and state who passed and who failed to the third Hokage. The third walked into the room and sat behind his desk and contemplated taking out the newest book his student sent him, but when he looked around the room and spotted Kurenai, Anko, Yuagao, And Hana all in the room he knew he would die if he tried it so he leaned back in his chair and puffed on his pipe as he surveyed the room.

"Jounin-senseis' report on your teams" the third ordered as he brought out a paper to record the results.

"Team 8 consisting of Kiba Inuzuka, Hinata Hyuuga, and Finally Shino Aburame have passed my test and proved they can be a team" stated Kurenai Yuhi, and very beautiful women known as the ice queen by many male shinobi for her constant rejection of all advances, she had long black hair with a body that made many women jealous but the most intriqing asset was her crimson eyes.

"Team 10 consisting of Ino Yamanaka, Chouji Akimichi, and Shikamaru Nara can work as a team when their not arguing with each other" Said Asuma Sarutobi the son of the third Hokage. He had spiky black hair with a beard and was smoking on an almost completely finished cigarette.

"Team 7 consisting of Sakura Haruno, Sasuke Uchiha, and Naruto Uzumaki has failed" which everyone rolled their eyes already expecting this although some of them made outraged noises that he had failed the Uchiha. "One member of the team did pass the test however, he showed chunnin level leadership skills and combat skills, and he was able to pull of a jounnin level technique and stole both the bells from me without me noticing. He also tried to include his two other teammates but both of them were either too arrogant or stupid to listen" by this time he had everyone's attention because Kakashi had never passed anyone ever. "I however refuse to teach this person due to personal reasons so I announce that I have passed and actually recommend this person go straight to chunnin for his abilities though he will still need a sensei. I have passed…. Naruto Uzumaki" causing many yells of demon and how could you pass him but not the Uchiha and many more.

"SILENCE" yelled the third as everyone kept on yelling.

"Hattake Kakashi are you sure that he has chunnin level abilities and the responsibility to perform these duties?" he asked in return Kakashi nodded "Then it is final and all we need now is for someone to accept him onto their team"

"I Maito Gai accept Uzumaki onto my team, his FLAMES OF YOUTH know no bounds and I, with my team will help to increase those flames" shouted the green spandex wearing Maito Gai.

"Well that takes care of a sensei, but we can't just immediately promote him to chunnin so I'll give him the rank of chunnin select until the chunnin exams are finished. Oh and Gai don't you dare get him to wear one of those green monstrosities you and lee wear" the third said with a fierce glare at Gai who just nodded.

(The next day)

Team Gai was waiting at training field nineteen for their sensei and according to Lee their new teammate. Team Gai was made up of Rock Lee, the previous year's dead-last, who had no other talents beside taijutsu. Tenten Higurashi, the only girl on the team, she was well rounded in most areas, but didn't use anything but weapons giving her the name The Weapon Mistress. The final member was Neji Hyuuga, the genius of the Hyuuga clan who was obsessed that fate controlled everything, specializes in the Hyuuga clan techniques and taijutsu style. Ten minutes after the appointed meeting time Gai appeared with Naruto right beside him.

"My youthful students I would like to introduce your new teammate to show you his youthful flames of youth Naruto Uzumaki" Gai stated proudly before going into his nice guy pose, causing Lee to start rant about youth while Neji and Tenten just sweat dropped.

"Are they always like this?" Naruto whispered to Tenten while she and Neji just nodded.

"So what were you in this year I was the top kunochi, Neji was the rookie of the year, and Lee was the dead-last" Tenten asked.

"And still is, fate will never let him be anything else. Fate controls us all" Neji started into his spiel about fate, but Naruto interrupted him.

"Bullshit! We choose our own fate, if fate controlled us all then I would've failed that test because I was the dead-last, but instead I the dead-last passed while the top kunochi and rookie of the year failed so don't give me that crap" Naruto spat back at Neji surprising everyone, including Gai and Lee who had stopped hugging halfway through. Neji opened his mouth to rant again but Naruto beat him too it.

If fate really dictates everything then a dead-last like me could never beat a genius like you right?" Neji just nodded " then how about we prove it, I will fight each of you in turn in your own areas of specialty. For Tenten it will be Kenjutsu, for Lee it will be only taijutsu, and for you the so called genius everything goes is that all right with all of you, oh and Gai-sensei will be the referee of course" everyone nodded "so who wants to go first against me" Naruto said as he walked to the center of the field and waited.

The other three conversed for a bit before they decided and Tenten walked onto the field and faced Naruto as she pulled out a scroll and unsealed her blade, it was a thin but long blade with a brown colored hilt in the shape of a dragon, the blade was normal colored with a red design of vines going to the tip. Naruto pulled up on the sleeve of his jacket to reveal a seal on his skin, Naruto was wearing dark black pants with red spirals on the side he had a dark blue shirt with a crimson jacket on top of it. He wiped some blood on the seal and a long zanbato slipped out of the seal comfortably into his hands. The hilt was wrapped in white bandages like Lee wore on his arms, the blade was just like Zabuzas' but is was dark blue with a blood red fox on it facing the tip. They stood facing each other with Tenten pointing her blade at Naruto like she was prepared to stab him while Naruto held his sword straight up behind his back (think wattostu from rurouni kenshin which I don't own by the way). They both charged each other and there was a loud clang as their blades met for a moment before Tenten had to duck away from Naruto. The sword he wielded combined with his strength overpowered her blade so she had to think of someway around it, but unfortunately for her Naruto wouldn't give her the time as she ducked another slash and tried to slash upward at him but he leaned back using the weight of his weapon to help as he slammed it into the ground where Tenten was a second ago before she jumped in to slash him at his waist. Naruto quickly brought up his blade to block and put his other hand on it as well to strengthen the block as him and Tenten pushed back and forth.

"You're pretty good" Naruto commented as he pushed with even more strength causing Tenten to gasp as she slid back a few feet.

"Well what did you expect, I'm not know as the weapon mistress for nothing you know" to which he nodded "but I'm curious where you got the blade and who taught you" she asked as her eyes roamed his blade enviously

"I went on a trip with the third when he went to the mist village and got introduced to the seven swordsman, most of them treated me indifferently and didn't speak much, but one of them, Zabuza the demon of the mist took interest in me and started teaching me and before I left he gave me this sword which I named Kitsune Kubrichi Houchou (fox head chopping cleaver hop I spelled it right but you get the idea). I wield it today in honor of him because a week later the seven swordsman broke up and Zabuza disappeared off the map" he said as he pushed Tenten' sword to the side pointed his blade at her and channeled some charka into it send a fox head made of flames right at her, which she dodged. When she looked up he was nowhere in sight and she felt the blade on her neck.

"I win" Naruto said with a smile.

"No it's a draw" she said which confused Naruto until he looked down and found her blade poking him extremely close to the family jewels causing him to pale and gulp nervously.

"Neither combatant wins the match is a draw" Gai shouted from the sidelines.

Naruto and Tenten backed away from each other and bowed.

"It was a great match we should do it again sometime" Naruto said as they walked to the rest of the team where Naruto would get a half-hour break before the next opponent.

"I would like that" she said with a smile.

Naruto walked to one of the nearest trees and sat down to rest for a bit as he closed his eyes. A few seconds later he felt something on his shoulder and he opened his eyes to find Tenten leaning on his shoulder like a pillow smiling as she fell asleep. "Oh well" Naruto thought as he closed his eyes and passed into the realm of dreams. Thirty minutes later we find Naruto out on the field glaring down at an overconfident Neji. "It's going to be so much fun to clean his clock" Naruto thought as he got into his stance a planned his strategy.

"Let the second match begin"

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Well there's a cliffy for you all and I still need votes for who you want him to pair up with, I won't do Hinata because there are to many of those and it would be annoying to write that stutter, and I won't do sakura because I hate her guts, and yaoi is out of the question. Please read and review ja nee.