Naruto vs. Sasuke: Part One
Last time on The Path to Hokage"
"MY PARENTS!" Naruto yelled. "I WANT MY PARENTS!"
Sasuke thought for a moment, and smiled. "Yo ... if you can beat me in a challenge of your choice ... right here right now ... then I'll start teaching you ..."
"HELL YEAH!" Naruto yelled. "Ok ... I've decided .. JANKEN!"
Sasuke fell over. "You have got to be kidding me! ARE YOU SERIOUS!"
Naruto began to say ... "JAN-"
Sasuke threw down scissors as Naruto threw down rock. " KEN! O YEAH! I WINN!" He paused, realizing something. He slowly said, "But ... I don't know who my parents are ..."
"I do ..." Jiraiya said, walking out from behind a tree. "The Fourth Hokage ... Arashi Kazama ..."
"The Yondaime ..." Naruto said.
THUD!
Early the next morning, Naruto looked at the mirror. Is this really me? I mean ... It seems like yesterday that I had failed the Academy Exam for the third time ...
He paused, and he looked out the window to the stadium. I'm going to fight Sasuke today ... After almost a 4 years ... we're going to REALLY fight ... his Sharingan ... My Hiraishin ... It will be a match to remember indeed, kit ...
I know ... well ... let's go ... Naruto jumped out of his window, bearing something special in his backpack.
Ryo glared at Itachi, Kisame, Zetsu, and ... a certain kunoichi. "It appears that after everything ... We are now down to Five members of Akatsuki ... And we're still missing two of the biju, and we lost two more from earlier."
Zetsu spoke up, "Master ... If it is possible .. I would like to go to face this Naruto ... He seems very intriguing .. I know I will lose but with your biju, Master, if you can watch his style ... you could defeat him and take the kunai in which Shukaku and Nibi are stored."
Ryo smiled, "We'll see, Zetsu.' He turned to the kunoichi. "Let's give it up to Claire for her amazing infiltration skills. In fact ... she even has the Sasuke Uchiha wrapped around her finger."
Claire stepped out of the shadows and bowed low to Ryo. "Thank you, Master Ryo."
Jiraiya and Tsunade were standing in the Hokage box for the Jounin Exams. The match between Sasuke and Naruto was going to start in five minutes and the crowd was completely restless.
"It appears that all of Konoha and every other nearby village has come to see this match." Jiraiya said. "And I have to say ... I'm happy that the brat is getting some attention now. And they don't even know that he's their precious Yondaime's son."
Tsunade smiled. "Indeed ... I have to say that I'm extremely happy for him. I'm also very proud. He's grown so much in the last four years, and I know that this match will either change everything between Sasuke and Naruto or ..."
"What?" Jiraiya asked, with his all-knowing smile.
"Nothing will change at all," Tsunade finished with a smile. She turned to look at the audience. "I think its time that the whole world deserves to know about Naruto now."
Jiraiya raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure, Tsunade? I mean ... the Kage from the Rock Village is coming ... and ... well ... things haven't gotten any better since the Ninja War."
"I'm sure Naruto can protect himself now ..." Tsunade said. "In fact ... I'm sure that Naruto can now control at least five or six tails of the Nine - Tailed Fox ..." She paused. "By the way ... how did Naruto take it?"
Jiraiya laughed, heartily, " Well ... I told him everything ... including why we couldn't tell anyone before ..."
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THUD!
Naruto fell down just to get back up again. He jumped up and asked at the top of his voice, "I'M THE YONDAIME'S SON!" People at the side of the street, though they couldn't understand him, looked at him in surprise.
Jiraiya just nodded saying, "Yes."
Naruto eye's lit up, and Jiraiya could tell that this was probably the second happiest day of his life if not the happiest. (Number One hooking up with Sakura.) But that quickly disappeared with an expression of hurt.
"Why didn't you or oba - chan tell me, Jiraiya?" Naruto asked. Jiraiya flinched at the lack of the usual "ero-sennin." "Why wasn't I told? Didn't you guys trust me?"
Jiraiya looked at Naruto. "We did this because we cared about you. Your father, the Yondaime, had made a lot of enemies and if anyone knew ... well ... you would have had a lot of enemies."
Naruto frown began to fade. "How many people knew?"
Jiraiya looked at him seriously. " The Sandaime, Tsunade, Orochimaru, and I all knew ... And I think that the leader of Akatsuki knows ... and apparently ... so do Itachi and Kisame."
"So ... not even Kakashi knew ..."
"He had his suspicions ..."
"Why are you telling me now?" Naruto asked.
"We think you can kick the butt of anyone who tries to hurt you know ... so yeah .. basically ... that's it." Jiraiya finished with a smile. He patted Naruto on the back and said, "Learn that jutsu ... but don't use it immediately ... I want to see if he would be ok with coming back."
Naruto raised his eyebrow, but, knowing he wouldn't get an answer, let it pass. Looking at Sakura, he realized that she wasn't surprised at all. He began to approach her. "Sakura ..."
Sakura's eyes opened. She began to back away, slowly, yet playfully. "Yes .. Naruto ..."
Naruto frowned, sarcastically, saying, "You knew about this ... didn't you ..."
Sakura turned around and yelled, "YES!" Naruto quickly followed suit, and immediately caught up to her, and held her close.
Sasuke sighed. "Those two take every chance they can get to get close to each other." He looked at Jiraiya. "He better not be a pervert like you ..." He glared.
Jiraiya just smiled, and disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
"Well ... it's good that Naruto took it rather well," Tsunade said. She looked at the audience. "Well ... lets start this match." She turned to the audience and yelled, "WILL SASUKE UCHIHA AND NARUTO ENTER THE STADIUM PLEASE!"
Kakashi raised his eyebrow ... "Why didn't Hokage - sama mention Naruto's last name?"
Naruto and Sasuke disappeared and reappeared at the center of the arena. They looked at each other and smiled. Naruto muttered, "Your going to lose to my ultimate jutsu ..."
"Quit fooling around, dobe," Sasuke muttered back. "Your Thunder Flash Punch can't touch me."
"Not talking about that .." Naruto said, smiling widely. Sasuke's eyes opened. A new jutsu ... his own?
Tsunade and Jiraiya jumped from their box, landed in the stadium and turned to the audience.
Jiraiya raised his voice and said, "Both ninja standing here today are legenday Shinobi in their own respects. Both ninja have gone toe to toe with members of Akatsuki, and they have each mastered what it means to be a Shinobi."
Tsunade continued, "Sasuke Uchiha, the last member of the late Uchiha clan, has proven himself to be one of the top Five Ninja in Konoha. He has earned the respect of the village, and graduated as the Rookie of the Year. On top of that ... he has mastered his Sharingan, and amassed a collection of over seven hundred jutsu. He is the first of the our competitors."
She turned to face Naruto. "Naruto, who also is the last member of his clan has also earned his spot into the top Five Ninja in Konoha. People have abused him his entire life, and after years of effort, he has earned their respect. He has always dreamed of protecting the village. And he hopes that one day .. he will be able to surpass his father as the greatest ninja the world has ever seen."
She paused while the audience murmered wildly. She raised Naruto's hand, saying, "I give you the son of the Yondaime Hokage, Arashi Kazama ... NARUTO KAZAMA!"
The audience went crazy with this news. (In a good way) People immediately began to show their posters suporting Naruto. Naruto looked at the crowd with tears in his eyes ... They accepted him ... They finally accepted him ...
Sasuke smiled. He was happy too see his best friend like this. Too bad I'm going to have to beat him ...
Tsunade raised her hand and the audience slowly quieted down. "On my mark ... the match between you two will start ... Ready? ... ONE ... TWO ..." The audience was silent. Sakura could only whisper with a happy yet sad smile, "Naruto ..."
"THREE!"
The two ninja just stared at each other and walked forward ... slowly ... one step at a time ... They finally stopped in front of each other and shook hands. Tsunade and Jiraiya smiled.
A shadow above the stadium muttered ... "BAH!"
Naruto and Sasuke smiled, before jumping backwards to opposite ends of the arena.
Naruto immediately began to grow through a series of seals faster then anyone in the crowd could catch. He threw one of his kunai out yelling, "MULTIPLE KUNAI JUTSU!" Immediately the kunai split into thousands of kunai, landing everywhere through out the arena.
Sasuke immediately dodged, knowing that Naruto's Bloodline was now open for maximum sucess. Forming a single seal, Sasuke somersaulted through the rain of kunai and yelled, "BODY ATTACK JUTSU!" Immediately, snakes expelled themselves from Sasuke's arms and headed for Naruto.
Naruto's eyes opened in mild shock. Quickly recovering, Naruto began to gather chakra in his hand, and headed towards the snakes yelling, "AAAHGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!" Sasuke smirked.
Looks like dobe is even dumber then I thought ... wait ... He looked around ... Shit ...
Sasuke immediately jumped up in the air as he realized that Naruto wasn't anywhere near there. It was a shadow clone that was attacking his snakes.
But before he even got three feet into the air, a hand emerged from the ground, grabbing Sasuke and ramming him back down into the ground. Naruto emerged grinning widely. "I caught you there, teme." Sasuke smirked back.
"Not quite, dobe," a cloud of smoke appeared where Sasuke was. Naruto immediately turned around. Damn ... it was only a shadow clone ... He immediately got kicked in the back into the ground a couple of yards forward.
Turning around he remarked, "You clever teme ... you ..." (well ... try to imagine Naruto joking ... lol)
The audience was awed ... This was all done in the last thirty - two seconds.
Well ... hope you guys liked the start of the fight ... yeah ... I'll bet that at least a couple of people got shocked that Claire was a member of Akatsuki ... yeah ... well ... like I said ... I need oppinions if you guys want me to change Rei's and Blood's names to Hidan and Kokuzo or something ... yeah ... well ... you the know the drill ... RATE AND REVIEW!