Regarding the Reviews

Benkei Atsumori- I wasn't irritated in the least bit I enjoy reading the suggestions that you readers put out. I was merely…confused by it as I thought you meant the five element seal on Naruto like the anime/manga. It was not but a misunderstanding.

Kingkakashi- Sorry, but I wanted Nekoyoshi to win. I have nothing against Kiba. I had to make Sakura lose like that, it's not that I hate her it's just that she is disappointing right now…especially because she is a Sasuke fan girl. I don't even hate Sasuke, there are very few characters I hate.

Aranthera-Thanks I like long reviews by the way. Oh and your comment about Kushina not knowing the Rasengan, I believe that Minato taught her it and as Tsunade said in one of the chapters of the manga, Naruto and Kushina have similar arrays of ninjutsu, which leads me to believe that she knows Rasengan and Shadow clones like Naruto.

Anyways Chapter Nine

--Preliminaries--

Lee had instantly rushed his opponent, only to be blocked by sand. Lee continued his barrage only to be blocked. Naruto smiled and thought, 'Gai-sensei's training has made you a lot faster then that Lee, even with your weights on you could be moving faster.'

Lee went faster, but the sand was still able to counter the blows. The bushy-browed kid heard his sensei call out, "LEE!" The smaller taijutsu expert looked over at Gai. "TAKE THEM OFF!" cried out Gai.

Lee was shocked that Gai told him to do that, but he jumped to the top of the hand seal statue and took off his leg warmers. Kakashi smirked under his mask and said, "Weights? That's a little old school. I really don't think dropping a couple pounds of…" He was cut off by a loud smashing sound.

He looked over and saw two craters and he asked, "How much weight does he wear?" "Two hundred on each leg," replied Naruto. Kakashi was in shock, as was everybody else. "F-four hu-hundred pounds," stuttered Kakashi and Naruto nodded.

Lee was going much faster now and was able to punch through the sand, but not able to hit Gaara with full force. Lee got hit by a wave of sand and got knocked off his feet. His leg was grabbed by sand and he was lifted upside down.

Gaara had a maniac's smile as he threw Lee into the wall. Lee started to rush towards Gaara and sand was flying at him. He disappeared and reappeared behind his enemy and kicked him up. "Kage Buyo (Shadow of the Dancing Leaf)," the taijutsu expert muttered. He was right behind Garaa with his bandages unraveling.

"OMOTE RENGE (Front Lotus)," was cried and all the Jounin except Gai were shocked. The young boy winced and then wrapped his opponent in his bandages. Kakashi looked at Gai and said, "That's a forbidden technique Gai-san. How many can he open?" Lee was swirling down with and pulled away right before he hit the floor, but Gaara went crashing into it.

Gai said, "My wonderful student can open the first five of the Hachimon (Eight Gates)." Kakashi had a brief look of surprise in his eyes, but it quickly went away and he lazily asked, "Naruto how much weight do you wear?" Naruto answered, "Fifty on each limb."

Lee had a look of victory on his face. That is until he saw the "body" crack and turn to sand. Lee suddenly realized, "When I closed my eyes he replaced himself with that." When he saw sand coming at him he broke it apart with his fist. Slowly Lee's body was becoming weaker as an effect from the first gate.

Choji was looking on and he asked Kakashi, "Sensei, we saw Lee-kun moving very fast…why isn't he moving fast now?" "The gates are a double-edged sword. The longer you use them the more destructive they get," replied his cycloptic teacher.

Lee was tired, but he needed to continue the fight. There was only one thing that could let him continue. "KYUMON (Gate of Rest)," cried the newly reenergized Lee. He was completely rested and looked as if the battle has just started. He broke through the sand barrier and delivered a powerful punch.

He was getting weaker and weaker. Gaara took advantage and hit him with a huge amount of sand attacks. Lee felt his arm break, but he didn't care. He was able to get away from the madman and started to think of what to do. He started to think about his hard training.

"If I cannot do one thousand vertical pushups then I'll climb a mountain with only one arm."

He was going to protect his nindo with all of his might, no matter what the costs. The strain on his muscles was starting to become intense and he was in pain. "SEIMON (Gate of Life)." Lee turned red and the chakra around him was glowing brightly.

"If I cannot climb this mountain with one arm then I'll run around Konoha fifteen times with a boulder on my back."

Lee's arm was painless now, but he needed more of his power to protect his nindo, even if it hurt him badly. "SHOMON (Gate of Pain)." His muscles tightened, showing his body was ready to fight. With the additional adrenaline running through his body he was strong, but not strong enough.

"I wasn't able to run around Konoha with a…(Faints)"

He was going to push through his limits to show everybody that he is going to become a splendid ninja. Show them that hard work beats natural ability every time. "TOMON (Gate of Closing)." His chakra became extremely high surrounding him with blue. He had a green aura around him and he said, "Now I'm ready to fight."

He punched through the barrier of sand and into Gaara's face. "Time for my final attack." Kakashi looked at Gai and said, "Don't tell me you taught him THAT." Naruto nodded and said, "Yeah he did." Kakashi looked at him and said, "Do you even know what I'm talking about?" "The Ura Renge (Reverse Lotus)," Naruto said. Kakashi dumbly nodded.

Lee once again shot Gaara into the air, but this time he constantly hit his opponent around. He punched him downward only to brig him into a punch by pulling him back up with his bandages. "Hah…URA RENGE (Reverse Lotus)." Gaara went crashing into the ground and Lee fell. He was able to stand, barely, but still able stand nonetheless.

Kakashi looked at him, amazed and said, "He shouldn't be able to stand after that attack. This kid has amazing willpower." "Yes Kakashi-san the flames of youth burn brightly in him," said a proud Gai.

Lee was panting heavily and he saw sand coming at him from the side. He jumped away from it and he winced at the pain he felt when landing. The redhead continued to send sand at Lee, whom tried his best to dodge, but ultimately failed at it.

Kankuro just shook his head and said, "Poor kid. Gaara's just gonna keep him alive to toy with him until he gives up." Gai went into his good guy pose and said, "Then this battle will never end. Lee will never accept defeat."

The sand was moving up his leg crushing the bone. The redhead was smiling crazily and said, "What do you not want to play anymore?" The sand then moved up covering the majority of his body. "I'll kill you in-order to prove my existence. Sabaku Kyu (Desert Coffin)," said the maniac.

The crushing sand encased all but the face of the young taijutsu master. The redhead cried, "BWAHAHA! PREPARE YOURSELF FOR DEATH! SABAKU…(Desert…)." He was cut off by a blonde and an older version of Lee breaking the sand around Lee, who fell into the arms of his sensei. "Winner (cough) Sabaku no Gaara."

Naruto looked at Gaara and felt pity for him. He heard what he said about proving his existence. He said to the redhead, "You exist, trust me. You don't have to kill in order to prove this." Gaara was baffled at this, he didn't have to kill in order to exist?

He looked at Lee and asked, "Why did you save him, he's weak." Naruto said, "He is one of my precious people as Haku-chan might say and I wish to protect all of my precious people." Gai looked on and said, "It is in my nindo that I will teach this splendid young boy to be the best ninja possible and Naruto-kun what you just said was…THE TRUE BURNING PASSION OF YOUTH!"

Kakashi just smacked his head, Gai took something that was suppose to be a serious moment and turned it into something ridiculous. He then almost broke out into laughter as he saw Gai giving Naruto a big hug. Naruto was struggling and saying, "Gai don't kill me before my opponent has the chance to. You should take Lee-kun to the medics quickly too."

With that Gai rushed off carrying an injured Lee.

--Gaara's Mindscape--

There was nothing but black all around and Gaara thought, 'He protects the one he cares about and says I don't need to kill in order to exist. I sense no trace of a lie and it sounds so real, but can it truly be that way? He feels so familiar, his aura is very similar to my own. I need to rethink things.'

The sand started to take form and it got to the point where only a small circle around Gaara wasn't covered in the sand. There was a small whisper that said, "Kill."

Gaara said, "Stop controlling my mind."

The voice was a little louder and the sand started to take shape as it said, "Kill."

Gaara was on his knees and there was a pain in his head and he weakly said, "Stop."

The sand completely formed a giant Shukaku, who's booming voice called out, "KILL!"

He thought of the blonde that saved his friend and with newfound willpower he confidently and firmly said, "STOP!" That one word turned the beast back to sand, which was contained in a gourd, but if he didn't get his seal fixed it wouldn't be there for long.

Gaara was…happy he fought of the demonic influence for the first time he could remember. He couldn't help but thank that Uzumaki Naruto for this. He thought, 'This Uzumaki-san is an amazing fellow. He is the only person that was able to give me the strength to do this.'

--Preliminaries--

Gaara stood there and he was…smiling. This caused Temari and Kankuro to go into shock, as it wasn't a maniacal smile, but a genuine smile. Naruto noticed that the tattoo on his forehead was lightly glowing and he figured that must be the seal that contains his demon. Naruto thought, 'Maybe I should get my dad to strengthen it a little cuz it doesn't look very strong.'

The two containers walked up the stairs to the catwalks to see who would fight next. Naruto was praying that he would go up next and he was disappointed when he saw…

Fujiatsusa Chinatsuhime vs. Yamanaka Ino

They both jumped down and Ino gave a wave over to Naruto, who returned the gesture. Chinatsuhime nearly snorted when she saw this and she said, "I don't know why you like Naruto-san. He's not nearly as talented as Sasuke-kun and he never will be." Those were fighting words with Ino and when Shikamaru heard them he said, "Crap, she shouldn't have said that."

"Hajime (Cough)," said Hayate. Ino sent a flurry of punches at the redhead kunoichi, who was only able to dodge a few. Ino smiled and said, "If Sasuke-san is so great then why hasn't he gone on an A-ranked mission like Naruto-kun?"

Chinatsuhime pulled out a couple of kunai and threw them at Ino. The blonde dodged all but the one that she caught and rushed in towards Chinatsuhime, who has pulled out another one. The two blades clashed and Chinatsuhime said, "It's as Sasuke-kun said, a misprint."

"Whatever you say, Hime (Princess)," said Ino mockingly as she jumped back. Chinatsuhime was mad at that, as if Takehiko didn't call her that enough. She quickly did some hand seals and said, "Katon: Atsusashuuha no Jutsu (Fire Release: Heat Wave Jutsu)."

The heat in the general area formed around her arm as it condensed to a visible form. She shot it off at Ino's arm, which got badly burned from the attack. Choji looked at the attack and asked, "Hey Kakashi-sensei that fire attack was weird. What was that?"

Kakashi looked at his student and said, "That was their clan's specialty. They focus on heat type attacks that only they know how to do, much like your clan's expansion jutsus or the Nara clan's shadow jutsus." Choji thought he understood now and he nodded.

Ino's left arm was burned to the point where she could barely move it let alone fight with it. She pulled out another kunai with her right arm and threw it. 'I can't do much else. With my left arm busted I'm not going to be able to do any jutsus,' thought a concerned Ino.

The redhead merely shot another heat blast and melted parts of it. She started to form a big one, but stopped when she heard Ino say, "I give up." Hayate looked at her and said, "Winner Fujiatsusa (cough) Chinatsuhime." Ino walked towards the infirmary to get some help for her burns.

Naruto looked up at the names and was mad when it said…

Hyuuga Neji vs. Hyuuga Hinata

Naruto screamed, "WHY HAVEN'T I BEEN CHOSEN YET!?" Everybody rubbed the back of their heads and Kakashi told Naruto, "There isn't anyone making this happen, it's all random." Naruto calmed down and said, "I guess you're right Kakashi-sensei."

--Control Room--

Minato was snickering very hard. He saw what his former student had just said and it was so wrong. He said aloud. "I'm glad I chose to do this to Naruto-kun. It's driving him crazy. HAHAHAHAHA!" He rigged the system to have Naruto go last and left.

Author's note

Hope you liked this chapter and boy was it hard to get done. The voting for Hinata verses Neji were at a tie until today so I had to stall the chapter a bit. I hope you liked that last bit of comedy at the end. I have the idea for another story no spoilers, but chp. 1 might not be out for a while because I'm focusing on this.

Voting time

1.Should Gaara follow through with attacking Konoha?