YHEY! Time for another exciting episode of….well, something I suppose. Sorry about the lack of updates. Life has taken a turn for the "meh", and the new PS3 has been occupying my time a little bit. BUT FEAR NOT! I shall not forsake the story.

Though I will admit, I messed up so far. I was too focused on some things, and not focused enough on others. Hopefully this chapter will clear that up so I can do things right. Many people have wondered on when a certain "thing" will happen to Naruto. I can only say that it will happen soon. Some things may not be exactly as they appear, kukuku.


Previously, in Wonderland…

Naruto was bored. No, he was BEYOND bored. Iruka-sensei was taking far too long to call role, almost as if he was waiting for someone. Shrugging, he straightened up as he heard his name being called.

"Uzumaki Naruto?"

"HAI!"

Iruka smiled slightly, before nervously moving down to the last name. 'It's now or never I suppose. I wonder how he's going to take it.'

"Uzumaki Arashi?"

The classroom came to a standstill, everyone turning as one to look up at Naruto who was noticeably pale. He looked frantically around, before staring at Iruka-sensei. This had to be a joke right? He was told all his family was dead. If this was a prank to get back at him it was done in very poor taste. He was about to get up and yell when the door leading into the classroom suddenly opened and in stepped one Uzumaki Arashi.

"Hai"

THUMP

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"…..Well that went well."

Surprisingly, the voice wasn't their teachers. It had come from the boy that had just walked in as well as Kakashi, who both looked at each other before grinning (Well, ONE grinned while the other eye-smiled) before Kakashi poofed away. The boys' voice was…surprising…to say the least. It was smooth, almost deep…like a liquid calm. It seemed to contrast well with his image as well as his movements, which was made evident as he walked quietly up the stairs in the middle of the classroom towards his "sleeping" brother.

'HE'S HOT!'

Kami himself sighed at that. Here he was, watching a random classroom go about its business when the peace that had settled with the entrance of the young man was shattered by the mental screeching of no less than seven different girls, and one boy. That last bit shocked him so much he took to drink the rest of the day, which led to a curiously half-formed mountain somewhere in Iwa country. It would forever be a tourist retreat.

Arashi however was oblivious to it all, not having (thankfully) been gifted with telepathy…lest the myriad thoughts in the classroom overwhelm him and cause him to run screeching from the room proclaiming the world was ending and it was out of tartar sauce. Scary indeed. But that still didn't prevent said thoughts from happening (nor the actual shortage of tartar sauce either) as he made his way upwards.

"Hey Sasuke, get a load of the new kid," whispered a scruffy looking kid in the row above the Uchiha. Sasuke merely hnned in his usual manner, though the coal black eyes had never left the new guy. While he was interesting, it didn't register exactly why Kiba decided to mention something so blatantly OBVIOUS. But then again, Kiba never was the sharpest kunai in the holster as evidenced by his continuous chasing of one Hyuuga Hinata…regardless of the equally blatant signs that she was recently taken.

'Moron….'

And that summed up his thoughts just perfectly on Kiba, though if he had heard the whisperings to his right he probably would have extended that thought to just about half the class.

"Hey billboard brow, check out the new hunk. He might even give Sasuke a run for his money." Ino whispered, eyeing the new guy like some prime cut of meat her mother would buy at the market. Sakura however completely ignored him, her focus solely on Sasuke. "No idea why you think he's so special Ino-pig. Sasuke-kun is SOOOOO much better," Sakura flipped her long pink hair behind her shoulder, batting her eyelashes at the back of said Uchiha.

Sasuke for whatever random reason (at least in his mind) suddenly got the urgent feeling to run, as fast as he could, as FAR as he could…revenge for his clan be damned.

"Besides, if you like him so much why not go after him? One less rival for my Sasuke-kuns' attention."

Everyone else missed the glare shared between the two, except for one silent boy in the corner…well, if he had been paying attention to them anyway. His shaded eyes were too busy looking at the newcomer, before turning to a small bug perched on a fingertip.

"……I see."

Chouji had glanced at the boy, before going back to his thoughts of lunch. Shikamaru was too busy dreaming about clouds to even notice, head down on his folded arms. All these thoughts seemed to cause the classroom to swell with a low murmuring as the other hopefuls for graduation muttered their opinions to their friends. A late arrival, especially THIS late in the year, was enough to stir up any classroom. Iruka was silent on the matter, content on watching the interaction of Arashi and Naruto that was now taking place.

Hinata didn't know WHAT to think. To be perfectly honest, she thought the boy was dangerous…though in what way she hadn't figured out yet. He seemed…feral…in the grace of his movements, something she had only seen in one other person. Her beloved boyfriend ('FINALLY!' was the whispered squeal of happiness in her mind) Uzumaki Naruto. Though, that said boy was lying in a heap beside his chair. She didn't have the heart to try and pick him up, especially not with Arashi walking towards them.

Stopping just one step shy of his brother, Arashi crouched down…the raised flaps on the collar of his trench coat finally moving just a hair (as they weren't that tall to begin with) to show something that shocked the rest of the class.

Whisker marks. The exact same ones as Naruto had, though these seemed a little bit darker…most "permanent" one might say.

Reaching out with a finger, Arashi lightly prodded his brother, one corner of his lips quirking slightly at the mutter of "ramen" and something else about "cheese". He wasn't sure he wanted to know either way. Prodding again, a little bit more roughly yet getting the same result, he hummed…peering over at the blue-haired girl that was sitting nearby. Hinata, if he recalled correctly from what little he had gotten from his brother. She blinked at him in return, confused, before pale lavender eyes opened a bit wider at the sight of a wide foxy grin. Leaning down until his mouth was almost touching Naruto's ear, Arashi took a deep breath and…

"WAKE UP YOU BAKA!"

A loud yelp echoed through the classroom as Naruto shot straight up to the ceiling and hung there, like a cat, blue eyes wide as saucers and shaking slightly. Luckily Arashi had moved just in time, or he probably would have got a nasty knock to the head as well. For now, he was blinking up at his brother hanging from the ceiling on hands and feet, snickering along with Hinata (who had found the entire thing utterly hilarious, much to Naruto's later chagrin). The rest of the class was silent in shock, before roaring in laughter.

Just another day in the life of one Uzumaki Naruto.

"Alright class, that's enough! Get back to your seats and let's start class."

The laughter died to a soft snickering as everyone faced forward (and Naruto jumped back down) to once again pay attention to an also snickering Iruka, which got a full force glare from a set of blue eyes, before said glare turned to the blind-folded boy next to him who was grinning cheekily at him. He was about to start grilling him, before a loud clearing of the throat came from up front, signaling that it would probably be best to wait until after class.

"Alright class, as you know the Genin Exam is coming up in a month and you all need to be in top form. So for today, we're going to work on the Bunshin no Jutsu (Clone Jutsu) follow by Henge for the first half of the class then do some outside Ninjutsu/Taijutsu training. Naruto, since seemed so energetic earlier, why don't you go first. A few students in the class snickered at that, but were silenced by a double glare from Naruto and surprisingly Hinata. Walking down to stand with the others in front of Iruka-sensei, he formed a familiar cross shaped seal…followed by a poof of smoke next to him much to the others surprise. They hadn't even heard him call out the name of the jutsu.

This was all thanks to his training with Hiashi and the Sandaime, which thankfully no one ever caught on to. Hiashi helped him immensely with his chakra control, almost to the point to where he could do a normal bunshin. Not that he wanted to, since Kage Bunshin was SO much better.

Nodding, Iruka waved his hand to silence the little mutterings of the classroom. "Very good Naruto, now do a Henge." He suddenly paled at the evil grin that fluttered across Naruto's lips as he looked towards his clone, before they both shouted…

"HENGE!"

THUMP

That was the sound of the classrooms female population (minus Hinata, who had closed her eyes beforehand since she expected this) hitting the floor with minor nosebleeds and giddy little grins on the faces.

The cause?

The hugging of Naruto and his clone, who were now Henged as a naked Sasuke and Arashi …clouds thankfully hiding the more important parts as they embraced and looked deeply into each other's eyes. The real Sasuke was white as a sheet, mouth opening and closing like a fish out of water. Arashi only blinked, before snickering slightly. Hinata merely sighed, before walking calmly up to 'Sasuke' to smack him on the back of the head…though it was more a gentle bop then anything. She didn't want to accidentally hurt her boyfriend after all.

Dropping the Henge, Naruto flopped to the floor laughing…rolling around before gaining control of himself. Getting back up, he stuck his tongue out at his "brother" and did his patented butt wiggle at the still gaping Sasuke. Grinning, he turned squinty eyes towards Iruka before he paled as the evil monstrosity known only as the "Demon Head no Jutsu" made its appearance.

"BAKA! DON'T USE SHINOBI SKILLS FOR SUCH BASELESS ACTS!"

Naruto for his part had scampered behind his girlfriend, whimpering, much to her amusement as she attempted…and failed…at covering up a giggle. After the rest of the class had regained their composure, minus the girls who couldn't even glance at Sasuke or Arashi without blushing furiously, they went down the line with some failing the test and the rest succeeding before they got down to Arashi. Arashi for part did the exact same as Naruto minus the hand seals, which got raised eyebrows from Iruka. Iruka shrugged before comforting the ones who didn't get it, after all they had a month to get it right. Mizuki, who had been listening outside, decided to choose that moment to walk in the door.

"Iruka-sensei, the outdoor area has been prepared for the tests outside."

"Alright class, please follow Mizuki-sensei outside. I will be outside shortly. Arashi and Naruto, please stay."

The rest of the class filed out, eyeing the two left behind before the door slid closed behind them. Iruka waited for a moment till he was sure everyone was gone, before turning towards the two boys standing in front of him.

"So…."


Hokages Office

As soon as Kakashi and Arashi left the office, Sarutobi turned to the three gathered in front of him…before lighting his pipe. He was positive he'd need it for this. He gave the red-headed woman in front of him a quiet glance before turning towards Tsunade and Jirayia.

"So Tsunade-chan, Jirayia-kun…how was Arashi's training?"

Both of them looked at each other, before looking towards their old sensei…before bursting out into laughter. Kyuu for her part giggled, a slight smirk on her lips. If only the old man knew the extent of it. She knew better, even more so than the other two. She HAD been in the seal during the entire time after all.

"Well, he didn't show any aptitude for med-nin training, so we mostly kept him busy with Ninjutsu and Genjutsu training. He practically knows all the Ninjutsu we do, as well as some potent Genjutsu…though he doesn't show as high an aptitude for Genjutsu as some others. His overall power though tends to compensate for this. "

Here they hesitated for a moment, before Jirayia continued…Tsunade having closed her eyes deciding to remain silent.

"His Taijutsu training and Kenjutsu training was taken over by his...parents…before they left to god knows where. That was before we left to come here. From what little they told me, Arashi completed everything they had planned for him." He stopped there, debating on going further before Sarutobi interrupted him.

"Then that means he was taught…'those' techniques?"

At Jirayias nod, he slumped down in the chair, a sigh whisping out along with the smoke from his lips. So the techniques had been passed on. It really WAS them then, not some genjutsu. He eyed Jirayia, eyes narrowed underneath the brim of the hat perched on his head. "So then it WAS a summoning seal? How? The seal he used was only just for that, to seal the Kyuubi (Kyuu winced at this) and nothing else." He was about to continue before Jirayia raised his hand, leaning against the desk.

"From what I managed to figure out Minato actually TALKED to the Shinigami. Normally calling on the Death God results in both souls being eaten and forced to battle for all of eternity. However, this didn't happen. He merely sealed a soul, while giving up his own to be taken. He would be giving up more then what the price to do so actually WAS. So he asked the Death God for 10 years. When the time was right, and Arashi was away, the seal on his stomach would activate and he would be given 10 years to help train him. He never said why the seal was only on Arashi, but I believe it wasn't him that placed it but the Death God. He never got a choice which baby it was that got it. It's sort of like the Kyuubi seal. Only one can have the mind of Kyuubi sealed inside of them, since you can't split a mind."

Sarutobi nodded, hands holding up his chin as he gazed wordlessly at the red-head in question. So much, over a single sealing. Closing his eyes he muttered to himself. "Is there anything else?"

Jirayia hesitated again, before glancing towards Kyuu. "Hai, but she will be the one to tell you. She said it was her doing, so I'll let her explain it."

Nodding, Sarutobi gazed at Kyuu…pale smoke leaking from between his lips. He continued on like this, wordlessly, until she actually started to get a bit nervous. This was banished however, as he suddenly smiled. "Well Kyuubi-san, from what letters I have received your story has been told to me as well as the reason why you attacked. The three of us here have already forgiven you, but we can't have you walking around being called 'Kyuubi' or 'Kyuu-chan'. While sometimes slow on the uptake, the general populace would soon get wise. The names are too familiar to them still."

Kyuu blinked, before sighing…her shoulders slumping. "I suppose you're right. But I can't go around nameless. I was never partial to be called 'Hey you!' by others you know?" She snickered before pouting a bit. While she had no special connection with the Kyuubi name (It was after all just a title for the number of tails she had), she had gotten used to it. You would too, if you had been called that for seven thousand years.

"Hmmm, well why don't be let your mat…erhm…Arashi decide? I am sure he would be able to come up with a better name then an old man like me, as he knows you better."

At her affirmative, he turned to the three as a whole…glancing towards a corner. "Does that settle your curiosity, Kakashi-san?" A poof of smoke greeted them, revealing Kakashi with little orange book in hand…much to Jirayias delight. "Hai Hokage-sama, but where would they stay? My apartment while big enough for me and Naruto is too small for four people."

Nodding, Sarutobi reached into a drawer and took out a ring of keys…sliding them across the top of his desk in Kakashi's general direction. "May haps I should have done this earlier, in regards to both Naruto and yourself. Those keys belong to the Namikaze estate. It is, after all, their home…so I'm sure after everything is explained they will be more than happy to stay there. You as well, Kakashi-san. I'm sure Naruto would be very happy to have you still living with him. Tsunade, Jirayia…if you two decide to stay why don't you teach Naruto now? I know Minato never played favorites, and he'd be overjoyed to have two more strong teachers."

With an eye-smile and two nods in answer, the three poofed away…leaving Kyuu alone with the Hokage. "Well now, classes should be getting out soon, and I'm sure Arashi will be here first thing to make sure nothing has happened to you in his absence along with introducing you to Naruto. Until then, I wish to talk to you about Arashi's fusion and what could happen to Naruto."

Kyuu nodded, before leaning back in her chair. "As you know from those two just now, the summoning seal on Arashis' stomach activated the moment he was taken to his fathers old house. What they DIDN'T tell you, or rather didn't know, was that it was a very specific time seal. They think that the seal counted down the ten years from the moment of it's activation. That's not entirely true, at least from what I discovered. Minato and Kushina couldn't really start training him until he was three, so why waste three years? The way the seal works, is that time is only counted OUTSIDE the seal. So if they left the seal for a month, then went back in for five years before they came out again...they would still have nine years and eleven months left on their time."

Sarutobi stared at her as if she grew another head, pipe hanging unlit and useless from his lips. "You mean...?"

Kyuu grinned foxily, "Hai, the seal still has almost three years left on it. Minato and Kushina wanted to train their other son, and perform the same ritual they did to Arashi..."


Academy

"I was asked to relay a message by Hokage-sama when I managed to get you two alone. Naruto, your Otou-san will be along after class to pick you and Arashi up and take you to the Hokages office."

At their affirmation, he nodded and waved them off to follow the rest of the class…going back to the bane of teacher and Hokage alike, paperwork.

As the two left the struggling teacher, Naruto glanced over towards Arashi before looking forwards again. He repeated this a few times on the way, before Arashi stopped and eyed his brother…a red brow arched. "Do I have something on my face? Or is there some other reason as to why you keep staring at me otouto-chan." Blinking at the name (both because of the implication and the playful insult) Naruto let out a nervous laugh before looking away. "I just…never thought I would have any family members left anywhere. The others may not believe you, but I'm not so sure. You…FEEL…like me, though I'm not positive that's the correct way of saying it. You look like me, if a little bit older and taller. Our birthmarks speak volumes, though only the adults would get it. It's just, how can you look so different and yet be the same?" He looked almost pleadingly at Arashi, hungry for any clue. He was HUNGRY for a family, a real family…not an adoption or some fake family.

Not to get him wrong, he loved Kakashi as a real father…but deep down he knew he wasn't family and Kakashi knew that as well. Arashi knew this, and understood. They were alike, and yet similar. He had red hair and looked like an older version. He was quiet, calm…almost the exact opposite of his brother. Naruto was loud and expressive, blonde haired and blue-eyed. That was most likely one of the things his otouto was curious about, but he would have to wait until later to tell him about his own eyes.

"I had something…happen…to me that caused a slight change in my appearance. Otherwise I would have the same golden hair that you do Otouto-chan." Not exactly an answer, since it didn't actually ANSWER anything. He was raised differently, alone and in solitude…so he was calm and collected much like the tranquility of the forest he had lived in. Naruto made a face at the answer, turning as they continued their walk.

"And why do you call me Otouto? Otou-san and Hiashi-san told me we were born on the same day when they had heard you were coming back." He crossed both hands behind his head as they exited outside towards the waiting class in front of them, ignoring the glares from the few villagers that were walking down the street adjacent to them.

"Well, you were born exactly eight minutes after me so that makes me the older brother."

They both stopped, turning as one to look each other in the eye before they burst into laughter, joining the group as they listened to the drone of Mizuki explaining about the spars and exercises they were going to be doing. "Whatever you say aniki." Both of them snickered, earning them odd glances from the students around them before Hinata finally joined them. "Ano, my name is Hyuuga Hinata. Nice to meet you Arashi-san." She was about to bow, before Arashi chuckled. "Ne Hinata-chan, you don't need to be formal with me. Arashi-kun is fine. I've known all about you from my brother here." That earned him two curious glances before Mizuki broke in.

"Alright, we're going to have shuriken and kunai practice to start out then work our way to ninjutsu and taijutsu. When I call your names step up and throw."

He went down the list, leaving Arashi and Naruto (along with Hinata) to get to know each other since both brothers would be near the bottom of the list to their surnames. Naruto was reenacting a prank he had played on Iruka-sensei before, much to the amusement of the other two before Mizuki's voice cut in.

"Hyuuga Hinata"

Blushing at the two rousing cheers she heard from the back of the back of the crowd (completely missing the two posters with "GO SUPER HINATA!" being held up by the two brothers as they cheered her on) she picked up the practice shuriken before walking in front of the target. Nodding towards Mizuki-sensei, she started throwing slow and evenly. It seemed, in her eyes at least, that half the class had considered it a race and threw as fast as they could and as hard as they could. And missed, more often than not. She knew it wasn't a competition, so she took her time…and her score spoke the truth of the matter.

Eight out of ten.

Beaming as two more loud cheers echoed in the back of the class, she blushingly made her way back towards the grinning brothers (who had since hid the signs, fearing she'd explode from blushing) as they congratulated her on a job well done. Their merrymaking was interrupted by a name being called a boisterous guffaw breaking through them as Kiba thrust his way past Naruto and winked at Hinata. "Watch how a REAL ninja throws Hinata, not some baby like Naruto." Pushing his way to the front, he smirked…unknowing of the three glares (or two, as the blindfold hid anything that Arashi might have done with his eyes) as he took up the shuriken and kunai and started throwing.

Seven out of ten.

He puffed out his chest, completely ignoring the snickers from some of the group at bragging about a score like that. Walking back to the three, he offered what he considered to be a winning grin at Hinata before smirking condescendingly at Naruto. "Let's see you beat that." He moved back over towards his spot, either ignoring or deciding not to pay attention to the whimpers of Akamaru from his perch on his masters' head. The pup knew what his master did not, especially about those two. They smelled of power, of something old and vast…especially the red-haired one.

"Uchiha Sasuke"

Smirking quietly, Sasuke made his way forward and grabbed the training implements, kunai in his left and shuriken in his right. With a flick of his wrists, he sent them down towards the training logs….

Nine out of ten.

Turning, he walked over towards Naruto…leaning up against the tree near him. Over the years since the massacre of his clan, he had grown closed. To everyone except Naruto and Hinata that is. It had been the both of them who managed to get past his icy shell and reach the innocent boy still hidden with him. While Sasuke had to keep up appearances, thanks to both them and his mother he was nowhere near as cold as he would have been. To him, Naruto and Hinata were his best friends…though the rest of the village would never know it.

"Tch, let's see you beat that dobe."

Even the nickname was playful, whereas it would have been cold and hurtful before. Naruto grinned his foxy grin, just as his name was called. Winking at Hinata and Arashi, he made his way forward to the cheers of all three (though Sasuke's was a silent one), little chibi Naruto banners waving in the breeze. Taking them up in much the same way as Sasuke had, he flicked his hands out towards the trees…loud thunks echoing as they made contact.

Nine out of ten.

Pouting, he turned and walked back to the three with his head down…though a smile lay hidden on his lips as he passed a silent and gaping Kiba. Scooping up Hinata in a hug he twirled her around as she giggled, winking over at his brother before sticking his tongue out at him. "Let's see you beat THAT, 'aniki'". Shrugging, Arashi walked up just as his name was called…tossing the shuriken and kunai down range the same way as the two before him. Just before the last one would have hit, a soft 'chink' of metal on metal was heard as it missed its mark.

Nine out of ten.

Shrugging, he made his way back to the group with a foxy grin of his own…though he was laughing mentally along with Kyuu, who had connected with him just as he was about to go. Why were they laughing? The look on Mizuki's face as he looked down range and found the tenth would have hit if it hadn't hit one already imbedded in it. Leaning on Naruto's shoulders, Arashi idly noogied his otouto much to his personal dismay and amusement of Sasuke and Hinata as they made their way towards the sparring areas

"Alright, for the ninjutsu portion of the practice I want you to show me one ninjutsu of your personal choice from your arsenal. Nothing too large or flashy."

One by one they went. Chouji with his Baika no Jutsu, Shikamaru (who had decided to finally stop napping) then catching him with his Kagemane no Jutsu (Shadow Bind) so that Ino could use her Shintenshin on Chouji (Unsure of the exact name. Art of the Valentine I believe? Correct me if I'm wrong).

Sasuke used his Goukakyuu no Jutsu (Grand Fireball), while Naruto used his Kage Bunshin No Jutsu. Hinata, much to the surprise of Mizuki and Naruto, used the Hakke: Kaiten which was supposedly a move used only by the Jounin or higher Hyuuga clan members. Arashi, much to the disappointment of the others, followed in his brothers' wake in using the Kage Bunshin as his technique. Though the fact he did it without calling the technique out or using hand seals did not register with the majority of the class, save for his brother, Hinata and Sasuke.

Kiba used his Gatsouuga, much to the chagrin of Mizuki who reprimanded him when he specifically said no highly damaging techniques. Kiba, who had been trying to show up Naruto, brushed it off however as he walked back to his spot.

Sakura, much to her embarrassment, didn't know what to use. She knew only the academy techniques. Wracking her brain, she finally remembered a simple genjutsu her mother had taught her to use on Naruto at one time…though when she had it had been dispelled rather easily (more so due to her weak chakra pool than anything else). She glanced at Naruto, green eyes narrowing as she saw him talking to HER Sasuke-kun. She never forgot what he did to her mother, or so she was told…only adding to the hate she had for him always being around Sasuke-kun.

Nodding, Mizuki led them over to a series of smoothed out patches of ground. Various training dummies lay scattered around as they stuck from the ground like thick scarecrows.

"Alright students. Matches will be one on one, taijutsu only. If you're caught using genjutsu or ninjutsu you will instantly lose. I will separate you into groups of three and put you each in a 'ring'. Two will fight each other, and the winner will fight the third person after a small break. Any questions?"

At their negative he split them up into groups of three. Sasuke, Hinata and Naruto were sent to one. Kiba, Shino and Sakura were sent to two and Ino, Chouji and Shikamaru were sent to three. The rest of the class was split amongst the remaining three fields. Turning towards Arashi, Mizuki offered an apologetic grin.

"Sorry Arashi-kun. To keep things fair and even I made the teams like this." He kept silent the fact that for all looks, he really didn't think Arashi would match up to anyone…with him having just joined the Academy. Little did he know how wrong he was.

"It's quite alright Mizuki-sensei, I'll go watch my brother. Maybe if he's not winded at the end of his fight I'll have a chance."

Nodding to the teacher, he turned and made his way over towards the three gathered…watching as the beginning bout of Hinata vs. Naruto went under way. He grinned, wondering exactly how his brother was not only going to counter-act the effects of Jyuuken…but also the effects of fighting his own girlfriend. He could already see him starting to have a little bit of trouble, as he seemed hesitant to hit Hinata.

An open palm Jyuuken smack to the stomach soon fixed that.

All in all however, they decided to call it a draw after fifteen minutes of fighting. They had partner trained all their young lives together, and they knew each other's fighting styles inside and out…which got them thinking as to why Mizuki-sensei would start them fighting together anyway. Shrugging, Arashi glanced to the side as Hinata and Sasuke started their own match with Naruto rooting them both on.

Shino it seemed had beaten Sakura (embarrassingly easily) and was squaring off against Kiba. Ino had lost Chouji, while Shikamaru flat out decided to declare Chouji the victor…much to his annoyance. The only 'real' fight left outside their group was Shino vs. Kiba, with most of the class that had finished making their way to watch Hinata and Sasuke face off. Though soon everyone joined them, as Shino used a clever sweep kick to knock Kiba into a tree trunk as he stumbled…giving him just enough time to move in for a potential killing blow and end the match.

Arashi shook his head. Kiba was far too absorbed into going after Hinata than actually working to be a better shinobi. The fact he clumsily attacked with the academy taijutsu and not the beast enhanced taijutsu of his clan only exposed that fact more, even if he was a novice in the style. Plopping down by his otouto, he grinned as he watched Hinata exploit an advantage and close the tenketsu in Sasuke's left arm…thereby ending the match. Just as he was about to open his mouth to Naruto, he was beaten to the punch as said energetic boy turned to him and grinned.

"Ne aniki, wanna spar?"

Chuckling, he acted as if he was thinking… before letting out a good natured groan and moving to his feet. "If you want to otouto-chan, after all I wouldn't want you to hurt yourself." Grinning as Naruto pouted, he moved to the ring…the gaze of the entire class on them. Naruto stopped halfway, before turning towards Hinata. "Ne ne, Hina-chan, should I use it?" Blinking owlishly, wondering what he could mean before the realization hit her Hinata nodded with a smile. Whooping in happiness, he bounded over towards the sparring area…any and all fatigue from his previous match seeming to have gone.

"Mah aniki-chan, I'm going to use a taijutsu style me and the old man came up with. He said it 'suited me'. So don't hold back!"

Moving his hands upwards, he settled into an odd stance. His left hand was flat, palm facing upwards towards his face, as it settled in front of his stomach. His right was flat as well, palm facing his chest as it hovered above his left hand. Moving his left leg forward, he settled into a wide stance with the weight slightly on his forefoot…indicating a mainly offensive style.

Arashi watched all this with curiosity, before smiling and nodding before he assumed his own stance…one that no one recognized. His left foot was pointed towards Naruto, the left leg extended. He was crouched down slightly on his right leg, his body lowered a bit as he moved his left arm downwards. It was stretched towards the ground, fist open with the open palm facing in front of him. His right arm extended directly in front of him, palm facing forward as well…with the ring finger and pinky finger folded down, leaving the thumb and forefinger/middle finger facing upwards toward the sky (It's the same hand style as when they gather chakra if that helps any).

"My main taijutsu style has no stances or katas, so I'll use a modified style I picked up on my training."

Both fighters stood there, looking at each other silently as a single leaf slowly drifted down in the middle of them from an overhead branch. Slowly it wafted, before it gently set down on the grassy floor beneath them.

And then they struck…..


Yeah chapter six is all done now! Sorry about the lateness of getting it out. I should be back on track as far as updates and suck.

I purposely left out the names of the taijutsu styles both of them are using at the moment (cause I love to tease you kukuku), and they will be revealed next chapter. I hope you guys enjoyed this one. I thought I came through a bit better on this chapter than my previous ones.

Ja ne!