Leaving the Light

Hey everybody, sorry I haven't continued with my story in a while. I had to do a lot for school and then sports were coming into play. Right now I am on the baseball team for my school and I barely have time on the computer between sports and homework. Anyway I am hoping to get back into this and writing more on it.

Anyways here's chapter 4 of Leaving the Light.

I don't own Naruto or any of the characters. They are property of their respected creators and I am writing for entertainment purposes.

"hello" speech

'Sup' thoughts

"Greetings' Kyuubi or Inner Sakura

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Chapter 4

Everyone looked at Naruto in amazement, that he was able to fool all of them. Naruto then said, "Well… Now that this battle is over, I am a man of my word and will show you where the next fight is… As soon as you release me" Shikamaru was a little hesitant, but decided to release him since he knew where the real Naruto was. Shikamaru released his jutsu and Naruto said, "Now… You have a choice… Bring Choji with you as dead weight or leave him behind and get him when you bring me back"

They all looked at Choji until Shikamaru said, "We will bring him with us"

Naruto closed his eyes and turned around. "Very Well… Grab him and let's go"

Shikamaru and Neji walk over next and stand on both sides of Choji. They wrap Choji's arms around their necks and lift him up.

"Follow me" Naruto says and jumps into the trees, leaping away from them.

Everyone leaps into the trees following Naruto towards their next battle.

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Everyone continued to follow Naruto's clone, who was leading them to their next battle. Shikamaru was eyeing Sakura and Sasuke's reaction to seeing their teammate. Sakura had on a sad face on while on the brink of tears and Sasuke just had a determined look with his Sharingan activated.

Shikamaru was thinking, 'I can't imaging the pain they're going through, seeing their teammate act this way-'

"Why" Shikamaru was cut away from his thoughts as he heard Sakura speak. She continued, "Why are doing this Naruto? Just please tell us why you're doing this"

Naruto stopped on the next branch he came to and so did everyone else while staying behind him a short distance. Naruto just turned around and stared at every one of them with no emotion in his eyes. He finally spoke, "As far as I know, the real me doesn't want anything to do with you anymore and has set up this test to break the bonds he has with all of you"

"How does he know it's us? You haven't dispersed yet, letting all your memories go to him" Shikamaru stated.

Naruto looked at Shikamaru and said, "Yes that would be true if I was a normal shadow clone, but because I have this seal lock the real me can read my thoughts and memories as I can read his as well"

Sakura was shocked by his words, but asked, "What is he thinking right now?"

Naruto looked at Sakura for a whole minute in silence with emotionless eyes until he said, "I-I cannot tell you"

"Why not!?" Sakura asked getting angry by his reply.

"You will not like the answer" Naruto replied.

"Please tell us. We can handle it" Sakura pleaded.

Naruto sighed and said, "Very well… He is thinking about how he is going to kill you all in the final test" Everyone put on shocked faces at Naruto's words. Naruto sighed again and closed his eyes while saying, "I am surprised he gives you enough credit to think you all can beat all us clones" Naruto turned around and continued saying, "Now let us continue on to the second match" Naruto jumped off as everyone got over their shock and continued to follow.

After half an hour they arrived to a small clearing in the forest and Naruto said, "We're here"

They all jumped into the clearing to see another Naruto standing in the middle of the clearing with his arms crossed over his chest.

The first clone (the one that brought the group there) walked up to the second clone. "So they beat you eh?" the second clone asked.

The first clone nodded and said, "They are smarter than previously presumed"

The second clone nodded, "Very well, you have served your purpose, it is time to go" he pulled out a kunai and gripped it in his right hand.

"You remember the rules, right?" the first clone asked. The second clone nodded and thrusts the kunai into the first clone's heart. He immediately poofs away, leaving the second clone to stare at the others.

"What do you mean by rules?" Sasuke asked after hearing the statement, "Aren't they the same as before?"

"Yes it is true that you all can do whatever you can to defeat me, but my rules are a little different" Naruto replied.

Neji narrowed his eyes at Naruto and asked, "What do you mean by different?"

Naruto looked to Neji and replied, "Well… while you guys are allowed to use whatever it takes to defeat me, I am only allowed to use taijutsu to defeat you and ninjutsu only if I am about to die"

Everyone looked at him and thought that they had the advantage against him. Naruto saw this new found confidence and said, "But don't assume you have the advantage" Naruto looks at the unconscious form of Choji and said, "I mean look what happened to him" Everyone remembers what Naruto did to Choji and flinches at the memory.

"Neji!" Shikamaru yells.

"I'm on it" Neji replies activating his Byakugan. He examines Naruto and then says, "It's not much, he only has fifteen percent of his original chakra"

"Ha! This'll be a cinch! Akamaru man-beast clone" Kiba yelled. Akamaru then changed into a second Kiba. Kiba made the tiger seal and said, "Beast mimicry!" Kiba's nails and teeth grew and he crouched on all fours as Akamaru jumped on Kiba's back. Kiba then yelled, "Let's go Akamaru!" they both jumped into the air and began to spin rapidly. Kiba yelled, "Fang over fang!"

Shikamaru realized what he was doing and yelled, "Kiba wait!" but it was already too late. Kiba and Akamaru continued towards Naruto, separating to attack him on both sides.

As they got closer, Naruto closed his eyes. Once they were close enough, Naruto raised his arms and caught Kiba and Akamaru by their faces. This stopped both of their spinning immediately.

Naruto opened his eyes and looked at Kiba and then to Akamaru. He lifts them both up in front of him, still holding on to their faces and asks, "Is this the best you can do? You're going to have to do better than that to beat me"

"Look out!" Sakura yells as Naruto lets go of their faces. He pulls both his hands back then thrusts them forward, punching Kiba and Akamaru in the stomach. The force of the punch sent them flying back towards the group of four.

Sasuke and Neji catch Kiba and Akamaru as they flew back into the group. Kiba gasped but soon caught his breath and stood back up. He was enraged at Naruto's words and charged blindly at him. Kiba began slashing at Naruto with both hands but Naruto just dodged each swipe.

As Naruto dodges a slash to his head from Kiba's right hand he says, "You should keep your emotions in check, they only lead to your defeat" Kiba was even more enraged by these words and continued to slash at Naruto with his claws. As Naruto ducked under a horizontal slash at his head he said, "Like this" Naruto then did a 360 and kicks Kiba in the stomach.

Kiba was sent 100 feet backwards, rolling across the ground his body lay limp as he came to a stop. Naruto watched him roll to a stop then turned towards the rest of the group with an evil smile.

Naruto soon lost his smile as he felt a pain on his right cheek. Naruto was sent 20 feet to the side, he used his hand to flip back on to his feet facing his attacker. There stood Kiba breathing heavily with his left eye closed in pain. Kiba smirked and asked, "How did that feel?"

Naruto stared at him, then asked, "Why? Was that suppose to hurt?" Kiba grew angry once again and glared at Naruto. Naruto smiled at Kiba and said, "Now that you've had your fun, it's my turn" Naruto charged at Kiba and began punching him in the face. After Kiba's fifth punch to the face, blood started to trickle down out of his mouth, down to his chin. Naruto then punched Kiba in the stomach causing him to slump over a little. Kiba looked back up at Naruto and tried to punch him with his right fist. Naruto tilted his head to the left to avoid the punch, then leaned forward towards Kiba's right ear and said, "Time to end it"

Naruto grabbed Kiba's right shoulder with his left hand and pulled out a kunai with his right hand. Kiba's eyes widened in shock as he watched, but it was too late as Naruto drove the kunai into Kiba's stomach, on the left side of his abdomen. Kiba fell to his knees in pain clutching around the area where the kunai was still lodged into his stomach. Naruto had an evil smile on his face the whole time while watching the scene.

Everyone was in shock at Naruto's actions until they saw Akamaru poof back to his original form and jump at Naruto.

"Wait! Akamaru!" Shikamaru yelled.

"Akamaru stop!" Sakura yelled as well.

Naruto heard these yells and turned to where the sound came from. He saw Akamaru jump at him and turned to face him. As soon as Akamaru was close enough, Naruto kicked him with left foot to the right, flying past Kiba, hitting the ground hard.

"AKAMARU" Kiba yells but cringes in pain and clutches his wound tighter.

"I suggest you not speak, you'll only die faster" Naruto said to Kiba. Naruto suddenly felt a chakra signature approaching from the group to the left. He turned to look and see who was attacking him and counter the attack, but he wasn't fast enough as he saw Neji right in front of him with his right hand caulked back and his Byakugan activated.

Neji thrusts his hand forward into Naruto's chest, over his heart and yelled, "Gentle Fist!" Naruto flew back 10 feet and fell to the ground landing on his back.

Naruto slowly got up clenching his heart and asked, "What did you do to me?"

Neji deactivated his Byakugan and said "I attacked the chakra points around your heart. I sealed them so no chakra can get to your heart. I also cut a small hole in your heart that is slowly bleeding out. You will die after an hour of continuous bleeding"

"Well then… that will be plenty of time" Naruto said with a serious face.

Neji looked at Naruto quizzically and asked, "Plenty of time for what?"

Naruto smiles evilly and says, "To kill you" Neji's eyes widen but gets over it as he gets into a fighting stance. Naruto then bursts out laughing and says, "Just kidding, get them" Naruto points at Kiba and Akamaru, "And lets go"

Everyone sweatdrops, then Neji asks, "Go where?"

"You have defeated me, so you all are moving onto the next battle" Naruto said as he looks over all of them.

"Let me patch Kiba up before we leave" reminding everyone of Kiba's condition.

End of Chapter 4

Hope you guys enjoyed and I am sorry again that I haven't posted anymore of the story until now but if you forgive me I will write more of the story. Also in the like two months I haven't updated, I got internet at my house, so I should be able to post more chapters of the story.

Til next time

Peace Out