Regarding the Reviews

Challenger- I was actually thinking of doing just that and I was going to have him meet Jiraiya and it'll be explained why he was gone.

Happyfan13-Thanks for the information. Yeah that not something taught in Japanese class, at least not first year.

Benkei Atsumori-Thanks for the support. Um, I never gave Naruto the Five Element Seal; Orochimaru was in a hurry and had to give Sasuke his Cursed Seals.

--At the Preliminary--

Kiba and Akamaru jumped down ready to fight. Nekoyoshi merely walked down with Aoi, calmly. Naruto looked at Kurenai and asked, "Why do you think they're gonna get violent?" Kurenai shook her head and said, "Their clans are rivals and use any excuse to get at each other's throat. Their personalities are so different. The Nyaki clan is calm, cool, collected, think before battle, while the Inuzuka are rash, brash, proud, and rush to battle. The clans are on par with each other, but neither are willing to admit it. They truly act like cats and dogs."

Kiba looked at his opponent and said, "I've been waiting for a chance to deck you Neko-chan." Nekoyoshi took the insult well and replied, "You? The man who has less patience then the fleas that live on you?" Kiba didn't take it as well and looked at Hayate and said, "Start the fight so I can kick this guy's ass."

Hayate rolled his eyes and said, "Hajime (cough)." He jumped back and Kiba immediately cried out, "Juujin Bunshin (Beast Human Clone)." Akamaru became more human like as Kiba became more feral. The transformation of both of them stopped in an in-between point. The Nyaki said, "Juujin Seigou (Beast Human Integration)." Aoi turned into blue energy and combined with Nekoyoshi.

Nekoyoshi's eyes turned to blue from brown as they became cat shaped, his hair went from black to white, thick blue lines ran across his checks, similar to Naruto's whisker marks, his build became more slender, and his nails and teeth lengthened. Kiba looked on and said, "You never showed off that jutsu."

Nekoyoshi looked and said, "There was never a need to." The dog boy rushed the cat-like kid with Akamaru at his side. "GATSUGA (Dual Piercing Fang)," was cried as two drill like attacks started to form. The cat-kid said, "Ikazuchineko (Thunder Cat)." Nekoyoshi became shrouded in lightning and charged towards Kiba. The two jutsus clashed and there was an explosion. Kiba and Akamaru fell on their backs, while Nekoyoshi landed on his feet.

Nekoyoshi looked at the dog twins and said, "That was an impressive attack, I did not think that our jutsus would be so…evenly matched. I have nothing to fear, though, as I will be victorious. Ikazuchineko: Mirionboruto (Thunder Cat: One Million Volts)." The shroud of lightning surrounded him once again, but this time it was much more violent and it turned blue.

The cat-boy ran towards Kiba at full speeds. He had to end this…now. Kiba knew he couldn't match the power and said, "Sorry I can't let you get hit boy." He then shielded Akamaru with his body. Kiba cried out in pain when the strike hit his back and the lightning was flowing through him.

Nekoyoshi wasn't proud of what he did, but he needed to end the fight. The blue energy left his body and he almost was brought down to his knees from the pain. His body felt several times heavier and his chakra cords were weakened from the extra output of chakra. He was about to smile until a fist hit him square in the chin.

"T-that's im-impossible. Y-you shouldn't b-be able to stand," said the cat-user, amazed and weakly. Kiba was standing up, barely, but still standing. He said, "I-I'm not going to back d-down. I'm g-gonna rock yo-your world." He popped a solider pill into his mouth and then into Akamaru's, who was less damaged. His energy seemed to return almost instantly and Akamaru turned red.

"It's my turn now. Gatsuga (Double Piercing Fang)," said Kiba confidently. Him and Akamaru did their drill attack once more, but this time more powerfully. Nekoyoshi was able to dodge it a couple of times, but got hit pretty badly. Nekoyoshi thought, 'I only have one chance. No matter how unlikely it is I must try it.' He pulled out a small orb that resembled a smoke bomb.

"Ha, that smoke bomb won't even delay your defeat," said Kiba. Kiba started to charge him and closed his eyes, focusing chakra to his nose to track the cat like that. Right before Kiba struck Nekoyoshi he took a whiff of victory, but that wasn't what he smelled. Kiba opened his eyes he saw the bomb was used, but there was no smoke, it was a stink bomb.

Kiba covered his nose quickly and then right at that moment he was on the floor with a kunai to his neck. "Sorry, but one wrong move from you or your dog is…ill advised," said the cat user, whom has had a small portion of energy returned. "Winner (cough), Nyaki Nekoyoshi," said the sickly Hayate.

Naruto thought that it was a pretty good match. It was full of turnarounds and energy. He looked up at the board flipping through the names, hoping he was next. He looked a little disappointed when the names stopped at…

Akado Yoroi vs. Akimichi Choji

Choji finished up his chips before walking down quickly, Yoroi just jumped down. When they met at the center and Yoroi smiled. He said, "Heh, this'll be easy. Hurry up and start the fight so I can beat this fatso." Choji didn't say anything, but he was pissed.

Hayate said, "Hajime." Choji instantly cried, "Buban Baika no Jutsu (Partial Multi-Size Jutsu)." There was a giant fist in Yoroi's body and he was sent flying. Choji started to beat the enemy, but started to find it was getting harder and harder to keep up his jutsu.

He was forced to release it and he asked, "What did you do to me?" "I drained some of your chakra. Ready to quit?" asked the chakra-drainer. "Doton: Doro Bakugeki no Jutsus (Earth Release: Mud Bomber Jutsu)," cried Choji as he shot mud out his mouth. It covered his opponent and the Akimichi said, "Doton: Doro Kenrou no Jutsu (Earth Release: Mud Solidification Jutsu)."

The mud that covered his opponent was now stone. Choji came up to him and gave him a strong punch and said, "NEVER call me fat." Hayate said, "(cough) Winner, Akimichi Choji." Choji returned to the catwalks glad he got to smack that guy around. Naruto went up to his friend and said, "Nice victory Choji. It was simple and easy. I hope I'm next." Once again, he was not. Naruto almost cried when he saw…

Haruno Sakura vs. Koubaouken Takehiko

Sakura came down thinking of ways to impress the Uchiha boy, whom looked uninterested, still. Takehiko was angry that he had to fight both a girl and his teammate. He said, "I'm sorry Sakura, but I'm not going easy on you." "Good, because if you did you'd lose. Well your going to lose no matter what," said an overly confident Sakura.

Naruto almost laughed at that statement. He then felt a killing intent aimed at him and he said, "I know you aren't able to aim it at anyone except me and all, but maybe you should try focusing it on Takehiko-kun Sakura-san." She aimed even more and Takehiko sighed and thought, 'If she isn't going to take this seriously then she's going to get hurt.'

Sasuke wanted to see the fight and Chinatsuhime was curious as well. She had never seen what kinds of jutsus he used. In fact, nobody, but a few have seen his jutsus. Naruto was one of those few. Hayate said, "(Cough) Hajime."

Sakura ran towards the boy with a fist and he was in a simple defensive stance. Sakura was about to deliver the first punch, but Takehiko pushed it out of the way and extended his fist. The punch connected and Sakura was stumbling backwards after it.

Takehiko looked over at Naruto and smiled. He ran towards the pink-haired kunoichi and did a horizontal slash at her. She leaned backwards to avoid the strike, but then he swiped her legs with his own. He got under her a started to spin her around. When he got her to enough speed he tossed her upward. When she landed he was declared the winner and Sakura was sent to the infirmary.

Takehiko went up to Naruto and said, "Brings back old times doesn't it." Choji asked, "What does he mean by that?" Naruto smiled and started to think back to the academy years. "That was the move I used to beat him in our first spar." Takehiko nodded and Choji looked content with the answer.

Naruto was ready to fight, he wanted to fight so badly. He saw the board start to flicker through names and he was wishing that his name came up. He was disappointed by what he saw, but he heard a loud yosh at the names…

Rock Lee vs. Sabaku no Garaa

Gai made his student wait and he said, "I've noticed something about him. Make sure to watch out for that gourd of his it is strange." Rock Lee was writing this on a piece of paper and Gai said, "Don't take notes Lee, you won't even be able to read them during the fight."

Lee saluted and said, "Okay Gai-sensei." Gai started to happily cry and he said, "LEE, YOUR SUCH AN OBEDIENT KID. YOU'RE THE SPITTING IMAGE OF THE FLAMES OF YOUTH!" Lee started to cry too and screamed, "GAI-SENSEI!" They hugged and a sunset formed behind them. There were several cries of anguish and Sakura cried, "NOT THAT JUTSU!"

The only ones able to escape its fury were Naruto, Tenten, Neji, and Garaa. Naruto, Tenten, and Neji had their eyes covered and Garaa was surrounded by a sphere of sand that protected him.

Hayate was shaken and he said, "Y-your fighter (cough) needs to g-get down (cough) here n-no-now." They instantly stopped and Lee jumped down in a fighting position. He said, "It is my honor to fight you, Garaa-san." Garaa said, "Yeah, whatever."

Hayate came inbetween the two and said, "Hajime."

Author's note

Ah, cliffhangers you love to hate them. Anyways I know that the battles are short, but there was one with Choji being called fat and one with Sakura not taking it seriously and overestimating her own abilities.

Voting time

Should Hinata fight with Neji?

2. Should Naruto learn the Rasengan while training with his mom over the one month period or should he learn it later?