C2, It Has Begun

"Talking." ' Thoughts.'

XX

(Konoha Stadium, Earthrealm.)

The Third Hokage set calmly in his chair as he observed the exam contestants walking into the stadium; he couldn't wait to see the look on the faces of the people who had made Naruto's life a living hell including the civilian council members.

He couldn't wait to see the look on their faces when they saw the Emperor who had yet to walked into the Kage booth, but before the Emperor could even walked in and sit down the third saw the fake Kazekage sitting in his seat already with his two bodyguards standing directly behind his chair.

The fake Kage who was in fact the snake Sannin Orochimaru looked around the booth and noticed a third chair that looked rather ornate, the snake's curiosity by this time got the better of him as he then asked his old sensei, "It is a pleasure to see you again Lord Hokage, but may I ask are we about to have company or perhaps your successor?"

The Hokage just smiled at his treacherous student and then said, "Actually the chair is for someone rather special who will be attending this year's exam to watch his grandson in action."

But before the snake sannin could even ask what he was talking about he heard the sounds of heavy footsteps approaching their location, within seconds a rather large man with body armor and a helmet that had what looked like a human skull as the face plate walked in and set down in the chair that now reminded him more of a throne but it was the man's two bodyguards that made his eyes widen in shock.

One of them was a strange looking person with dark blackish brown skin with silver hair drawn into a ponytail with razor-sharp teeth and what looked like strange blades coming out of his arms; the other was a tall being of some kind with four arms and was larger than any person he had ever seen in his life.

The armored man then sat in the chair with the two individuals taking up positions beside him and turned his head to the Hokage and then said, "It is a pleasure to finally meet you Lord Hokage, my grandson and daughter speak highly of you."

"I thank you for the kind words Emperor, oh yes allow me to introduce you to my fellow shadow the Kazekage of the Hidden Sand Village of Wind Country. And my fellow shadow allow me to introduce you to the Emperor of the realm of Outworld, Shao Kahn." The Hokage said.

Orochimaru was now very concerned of what would happen when it came time for the invasion to begin, he could only pray that what he had planned would be enough to take out his former sensei and this strange man if he could even call this person that.

XX

Mileena and Scorpion had just entered the viewing booth of the Konoha Stadium ready to watch Naruto compete in the exam, already sitting there was none other than Sub-Zero and Frost as well as Khameleon waiting for the exam to begin.

Sub-Zero And the two young girls had been forced to return to the realm of Earth a bit earlier to prepare for the day of the exam and had not been able to see the last bit of his relatives training, he looked up to them and said, "Where's Naruto?"

"He's going to be making a grand entrance when it's time for his fight, is everything else ready?" Mileeena asked them.

Sub-Zero Nodded his head and then said, "They are just waiting for the right moment to strike our enemies, Kabal and the new Black Dragon are also here and ready to help out at a moment's notice."

"I take it from your tone Sub-Zero that something bad is about to happen and that my nephew will be right in the middle of it." A voice said to them.

They all turned to see the Princess of Edenia standing before them, "Hello sister it's been a long time."

XX

Neji looked over his fellow competitors and failed to see his prime target who was the boy who had sworn vengeance upon his cousins behalf, right at that moment the proctor told the other competitors who were not participating in this particular fight to head back to the fighters booth.

He could just make out many of the villagers saying that the boy would never show, however right at that moment in time the ground before him seem to freeze over into thick ice which was then shattered by an explosion of flames which then had a young man flying out of the ground and flames and then landed safely before them.

He seemed to be able to control both the ice and flames and turned his head to look Neji right in the eyes which instantly told him who this person was, he then brought up his fists and said, "Hinata's vengeance will be mine."

Neji walked forward within the arrogance about him and then said, "Fate has decided that you shall lose this day."

Everyone who knew him was shocked to see Naruto looking like some kind of samurai ninja hybrid, at his waist was his four head protector identifying him as a leaf ninja but the rest of him looked like he was ready for a war.

Every one of the rookies was shocked by his new appearance and the fact that he looked ready for combat was another thing that surprised them as well, upon his back also was two katanas.

The Proctor then started the fight and quickly jumped back to get out of their way, to the exam judges they were surprised that neither one of them had made a move yet.

Naruto stared the branch member of the Hyuga clan down, "Tell me was trying to kill one of the few people who saw you as a brother really worth it?"

Neji just gave one of the coldest smiles he could and then said, "She was weak, fate decided I would win that battle."

"She let you win, all she had to do was activated that seal on your forehead maybe even killing you in the process. But she didn't which shows she has a much kinder hard then you ever possess, and I'm going to beat that fate of obsession out of you if I can." Naruto said as he entered his fighting stance ready for whatever the Hyuga would do.

Neji decided that he had talk enough and went on the attack knowing that he could easily win against this kind of opponent, which would've been true a month ago before he had met his family.

Neji was becoming more and more frustrated as he could not land a single blow against his opponent, Naruto kept avoiding every one of his opponent's strikes remembering his grandfather's lessons about allowing your opponent to tire themselves out which will make your battle much easier.

However by dodging his opponents attacks he was also receiving a bonus in that Neji was becoming angry because of his opponent's ability to take this easy victory from him, every missed strike was taking precious chakra from him that he needed for future fights.

Naruto then saw an opening and took it without a moment's hesitation sending one very powerful punch right into Neji's face, every single Konoha spectator was shocked to their core that the prodigy of the Hyuga clan was being so easily dominated by what they considered to be a demon in human skin.

Neji himself was shocked at the force of the attack and realize that he could taste his own blood in his mouth and even felt a couple of teeth fly out of his mouth, before he could even try to recover he felt a sharp pain in his chest and looked to see what looked like a spear sticking out of it and was suddenly yanked back by the rope connecting it and heard, "Get Over Here."

As soon as Neji had stopped moving forward he was hit again this time by a powerful uppercut to his jaw that sent him flying through the air and hitting the ground hard, Neji moved as fast as he could to try to get back on his feet only to witness his opponents seemed to disappear in a flash of flames and reappeared directly behind him sending a punch directly into the young Hyuga's stomach.

The next blow was a punch right to Neji's temple, if someone had had an x-ray machine they would see that the blows power had actually cracked areas of his skull and sent teeth flying out of his mouth as soon as he hit the ground however Naruto proceeded to walk over to him and brought his foot down hard on to Neji's chest breaking all of his ribs in a single blow.

Naruto then drew one of his katanas and brought the tip to Neji's throat and then said, "The only reason I am showing you Mercy is so that you can make it up to your cousin, and just remember I will be keeping my eye on you and I wasn't even using all my power."

The Proctor walked over to Neji and could tell that the young man was definitely not getting up anytime soon, "The winner of this match is Naruto Uzumaki of the Shirai Ryu."

The Stadium was in total shock that the supposed dead last had won his battle against a procedures clan's prodigy, but they were even more shocked by what clan he'd belong to but they were in for an even more tremendous surprise as the large man in the Kage booth got out of his seat and walked to the edge and then screamed for all to hear, "Remember boy my grandson has shown you mercy this day, and a Kahn does not give it easily so you'd forget it or we will end you."

XX

Naruto walked back into the booth without looking at anyone in particular, he was however keeping his senses open for any kind of trouble that would happen this day.

Gaara and his siblings were keeping a close eye on the new Naruto Uzumaki as he was now an unknown to their plans, Gaara was surprised to hear his tenant being so quiet and realize that there was something truly dangerous about this young man before him.

XX

Orochimaru was in absolute shock at what he had just seen and realized that the host of the Nine Tales was in fact not even using all of his power and was already unimaginably strong with what he had already shown in his fight against the young branch member of the Hyuga clan, and then to come to the realization that he was in fact the grandson of this monster of a man scared him even more.

Luckily he had managed to keep his cool and his cover, and yet he could fill an unimaginable amount of power radiating off of this man and the young boy who had just reentered the competitor's booth.

The Hokage turned his head to the Emperor and then said, "I believe that beating will have gotten through to young Neji, and if it did not I pity him greatly."

"I agree with you Lord Hokage, and the boy does have a great deal of potential he just needs to learn to control his anger if not he will die eventually because of it." The Emperor said.

To the Snake's surprise the four armed men then spoke with a deep rhythmic voice, "I agree my Emperor he has great potential, and your grandson has already exceeded my expectations of his abilities in this battle."

"I agree general I agree."

XX

Those of the rookie 12 and their sensei's were currently not competing in the exam were up in the Stadium stands watching the fights with their senses were in total shock to find out that Naruto was not only the member of a very powerful clan but was also a prince, Ino had her mouth open at this time and turned to her best friend Sakura to see that she was also in as much shock as well.

The young man who went by the name Kiba as well as his Nin-dog partner Akamaru were both in shock at what they had just learned but were also very happy that he had beaten some sense into Neji's head for what he had done to Hinata, he then turned to see his female teammate and was shocked to see to strange looking bodyguards on either side of her keeping an eye on the crowd like a pack of predators ready to tear them to shreds at a moment's notice.

The one man on her right looked like a walking reptile of some kind of along on her left was a very regal looking man who then took one look at Kiba and gave him a somewhat warm smile and then said, "Do not worry about your teammate she's in good hands anyone who wishes to harm the princes adopted sister will pay with their lives and I shall take their souls."

Kurenai was surprised by the man's bold statement and then asked, "Are you in service of the Emperor Mr.?"

He turned to her and then said with a smile, "Yes I am but where are my manners my lovely young lady my name is Shang Tsung personal sorcerer to the Emperor himself as well as the Prince and this over here is my Comrade Reptile."

Reptile bowed to them as a show of respect and then went back to keeping his eyes open for any kind of trouble, Shang looked out upon the Stadium field and realize that one of the competitors had yet to arrive for some reason.

XX

Gaara was becoming more and more agitated by the minute that his opponent had yet to arrive and secretly wanted to take on someone at this point, at the same time he was still wary of the Shirai Ryu who had seemed to return from wherever the clan had been sent.

He even noticed that the matches Proctor was becoming very agitated having to wait this long.

XX

Orochimaru was not pleased by this latest development and knew that something had to be done to give his potential next host the time needed to arrive, however it was the Hokage who spoke first, "Tell the Proctor that if Sasuke Uchiha does not appear with in the next minute that he is to be disqualified from the tournament and for advancement in rank."

But before the Chunin could even relay the order to the proctor the fake Kazekage decided to play a gamble hoping that it would work, "Lord Hokage perhaps we should wait just a little bit longer or postpone this match until later, after all quite a few people have come to see this match in particular."

However Shao Kahn decided to put his own two cents in, "If the boy cannot be here on time then he is a disgrace, and before you say that my grandson was late I know for a fact that he was in fact here before you even arrived and only wish to make a grand entrance."

The Hokage nodded his head to this and then said, "You are quite right Emperor and I agree he has recently become a problem and I intend to take care of it, carry on with my order."

The Chunin nodded to his shadow and then went on his way, Orochimaru was beginning to become even more worried as he had no idea how these new developments would affect his invasion and revenge.

End of C2

I wish to hear what you all think of this latest chapter, I've chosen to take the looks from several different sources of the MK universe for example Baraka's appearance is from the legacy series as well as Kitana and Mileena, and Shang Tsung is based off of the original movie design.

As For the Way Naruto looks is based off of the alternate costume from MK nine but without the top part of the mask so his hair can stick out, the phase part of the mask can also move so he can let his face be seen.

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