It was a rather typical training session for me, except for the fact I was around three other people which felt unusual... They just went over most of the basics mostly, though I clearly already knew all of this beforehand and Tayuya seemed to as well, Anko had probably informed her. Shikamaru on the other hand could have seemed to care less. After the basic run of the mill introduction, my sensei declared something that…Was not what I expected.

"We will now have a triple threat match! To see who will be co-captain!" I could see out of the corner of my dark cerulean eyes Shikamaru perk an eyebrow "Co-captain? What are you blabbering about?" He inquired then muttering something about trouble underneath his breath. Anko only sneered in response "I want to see which one of you is top-dog, in my absence then this person will be the one to make the choices. As for the rules for this little battle royal, just don't physically debilitate one another" She said glancing at Tayuya "And don't go crazy and kill anyone." She said then staring straight at me.
I felt a little bit of annoyance crawl up my body, I was not some killer- Okay well…I wasn't a masochist. I had enough sense to not kill my own teammates. However, while I was lost in my little internal conflict I received a sudden blow from Tayuya, sending me reeling.

I growled and glared at her "Tch, I wasn't prepared!" I yelled and swiftly drew one of my blades and began to swiftly move towards her. She only smirked, for once not making a smart remark and only dodged under my sword slash and behind to go below, aiming for my legs. I was a bit faster than that as I simply jumped and landed right on top of her back, feeling some air go right out of her as I squished her under my weight.

I smirked a bit until I saw a cloud of smoke appear from her, revealing it was a mere decoy. I narrowed my eyes a bit and stared straight ahead to see her, standing there with her crimson red hair flowing in the wind, and holding a metallic flute that looked a little beat up and had a smug smirk.

I rose an eyebrow at her "What do you plan to do with that? Beat me with it?" He smirk widened even more after my dig and she began to swiftly play it. The sound was…entrancing. I wavered a little and frowned, what was going on? "It's genjutsu kid. She has no intention of getting up close and personal, she plans to beat you at a distance. But before you pass you, throw a kunai and make her move."

I snarled and followed the Kyuubi's instructions and pulled a kunai from my pouch and hurled it at her, effectively making her jump aside, breaking her concentration. Albeit the kunai was very poorly aimed and I barely got it onto target. "Now's my chance!" I launched forward began to call upon the Kyuubi's chakra, throwing my right fist in her general direction, a few feet away from her. She smirked at me "Hah! Can't even see straight dumbass!"

Then within a moment the chakra arm shot out of my arm and effectively hit her right in the abdomen. She grunted in pain as a response and tried to move aside but was caught by the hand that pulled her towards me forcefully. Somehow, she managed to wiggle her arms free and began to play her flute quickly, a different tune this time. I suddenly felt….paralyzed.

The chakra arm I had formed began to fade away, releasing her from its grasp. I could barely move my body parts as she drew closer to me, a satisfied smirk on her lips. She delivered a swift kick to my sternum that sent me back a bit, landing flat on my back, still unable to move a muscle. She stopped playing and stood over me "Hah! You aren't that strong! I love how Anko said a little piece of shit like up was strong but that is far from the truth!" I snarled and tried to move more

"Shut u-up!"

"Aww little speech problem asshole? Tch, you are just pathetic! And stop struggling! You won't break my genjutsu!" Within seconds I had done just that, my blood boiling and anger only fueling every nerve in my body. I felt my chakra go straight to both of my hands. A chakra hand shot up and snatched her by the throat, her expression changed from cocky and superior to surprised, scared, and…enraged? Though that did not deter me as I felt Rageki form in my other hand, but what was odd was I hadn't even tried to make either the arm or Rageki, they just appeared

"Tonight, I am teaching you about genjutsu resistance."

So it was the fox's doing…I felt my hand that was now filled with dark red chakra thrust at her, aimed for her rib cage. My hand was about 3 inches away from making contact before I was suddenly stopped. Then I felt my hand slowly retract, even my chakra arm, slowly backing away. Tayuya instantly fell to the ground and grasped her throat, breathing somewhat heavily.

"Now, didn't she say not to kill one another?" A lazy sounding voice commented. I snarled, whatever was holding me was much stronger than Tayuya's genjutsu. The voice approached us and we were made to turn our heads and saw none other than Shikamaru standing there with a smirk and my shadows was connected to his "I believe I win?" He commented dryly as Anko then appeared beside him, staring at Tayuya and I with a questioning look. "Well damn, I expected one of them to win, but I guess they never noticed you huh?"

"Odd because I stayed in the same position for the entire match…"I slapped myself mentally (Couldn't do it physically…) at how idiotic I was, I was just more occupied with Tayuya I had even forgot there was a third participant. That and I doubt he'd even fight. "Fucking pineapple head! I can so beat your ass! " Anko sighed slightly at her apprentice.

"It's not about being stronger, it's about being smarter and he clearly has that one over you." Anko retorted plainly. "But, since you two are incapacitated, then Shikamaru wins and is co-captain." Tayuya snarled and stood up. "I can still fight him! I am not done just yet!" Anko waved her hand and shut her eyes. "Don't bother. I wanted the one who is more rational as co-captain. Shikamaru has the keener mind out of you two most likely."
Tayuya's expression fell before she snarled. "What!? I am smarter than the blonde-haired prick. Also I am not some masochist like him; he was probably getting off by choking me!" Shikamaru broke the genjutsu on us and smugly smirked in Tayuya's direction. Tayuya did not seem to give a damn as she blitzed forwards towards him with reckless abandon. I stood there, and I felt my rage grow stronger once more. "I am still your opponent!" I yelled from behind and with my superior speed moved directly in front of her, throwing a right hook and hitting her rib cage.

I then began to throw a series of punches and a few kicks thrown in there before sending a chakra arm out of my right arm, latching onto her neck and bringing her up then slamming her down. I honestly didn't care right then if Anko beat me senseless. People could say that to me before, but not now…No now was different. I felt the urge to deliver my Rageki to her, to further emphasize my point. However, that fell short for a singular reasons.
1. Anko had me by the shoulder "Oi! That's enough kid! Good fucking grief!"

She moved towards Tayuya who was cringing in pain, but somehow managed to pull herself up and glared daggers at me. Anko sighed and before she could retaliate, scooped her up. "C'mon, I am going to train you in taijutsu or at least self-defense... You two! You have the rest of the day to do as you very well please." She said before disappearing into a cloud of smoke as usual, a string of swears could be heard off in the distance.

I turned to Shikamaru to see him staring at me curiously. "You are the Jinchuriki of the Kyuubi aren't you?" He said, shattering the silencing and giving me an emotion I had rarely felt, shock. Apparently my expression said it all as he only laughed a bit. "I see, not like it matters though. Just glad you aren't my enemy, after what you just showed I would rather not battle you." He said before turning and walking off "I am going to go take a nap on the top of the Hokage Monument if you need me."

I stood there for minutes until he was long gone, truly shocked at what had occurred. Why didn't he fear me like the rest? I felt joy well up in me as I gave a faint smile, maybe some people were not as cruel as I once thought. Maybe I could actually grow to like Shikamaru and his company. After sometime of standing around, I headed off in a random direction. Perhaps I could catch a glimpse or two of these other squads. It wasn't long before I heard to familiar voices screaming at the top of their lungs over something trivial.

I approached, kneeling down and looking through a bush. I saw Ino and Sakura at each other's throat looking ready to kill one another. The whited haired Jounin was trying to defuse the increasingly dangerous situation as Sasuke merely watched from a distance as Kiba sat off by a tree playing fetch with his dog.

"Hey Naruto, up for a challenge? I'll teach you a new jutsu if you succeed." I perked an eyebrow "What exactly did you have in mind?" I whispered to myself. "I want you to challenge that entire group of Genin to a battle. All of them versus you."

I felt a bead of sweat roll down my cheeks "That may be a bit hard; the fact there is four of them, fox. I can fight, but clearly if any of them know Genjutsu I may be in deep trouble."

"Don't you know that stupid clone jutsu? Just use that and handle them one on one, leave the Uchiha brat for last though…If you can successfully do this then I will show you a special technique." I sighed and stood up, stretching out my limbs a little bit before stepping forward. "Better be well worth it…This wasn't what I had planned." "But it's what I had planned."

With that, I approached the group on ninja, quickly gaining Sasuke's attention and I could easily feel the anger he radiated. Kiba did not seem to care, more interested in his dog. Of course, Sakura and Ino were too busy making empty threats to even acknowledge my existence. Though the white haired Jounin noticed me quickly. "You're that boy from Anko's Squad…Is there something you need?" He asked, looking puzzled at me with his one eye.

I cleared my throat and began to speak. "I was wondering, since my team disbursed to train individually, if I could take on your team. If they are up to it that is…" I said lying flatly, the last part of my voice trying to tempt them. It immediately caught Sakura and Ino's attention as the both turned and glared at me. Sasuke was eager to move in front of me. "I willingly accept this challenge Kakashi-sensei…"

"Well, I personally don't care. Just do not kill each other…It's all up to them. Also we will be going by first blood, you bleed you are out." Kiba had already wandered off with his dog somewhere, not giving a single damn about the challenge. Ino and Sakura were immediately by Sasuke's side "I won't let you lay a single finger on Sasuke's head like you did at the Academy! Cha!"

"Shut up billboard brow! You couldn't protect him from a snake!" Kakashi watched with mild amusement, but also seemed curious about what happened at the Academy that Sakura was referring to. I slowly pulled a one of my blades and stared at the three of them, waiting for them to move first. Luckily for me, Sakura charged ahead, throwing two shirukens at me. Sasuke disappeared and Ino was following up behind Sakura.

I immediately sensed Sasuke behind me as well as above me. I glanced back to see him standing in a tree, he had no intentions of coming down to fight me with Sakura and Ino around. I managed to deflect each shiruken thrown at me with my blade and readied myself with my sword in a defensive position. This would be my first time using my sword against several opponents. I planned to save my second blade for later on. Mainly to sue against Sasuke.
I'll admit, they had potential to be a deadly tag team…That was until Ino purposely tripped Sakura and charged ahead of her. "Like I'd let you take all the glory!" She drew close to me and threw a sloppy right hook that I dodged without any trouble. I sighed and latched onto her elbow and held her steady there as my other hand went into a sort of two finger jab as I jabbed her rib cage with pinpoint precision.

She let out a slight grunt as it seemed to hit her roughly in the spot where charka flowed through as I drew my fist back and gave a straight blow to her rib cage, letting go of her elbow. She went flying back, blood dripping out from her mouth and crashing into Sakura, sending the pink haired female to the ground once more. Sakura pushed Ino aside and pushed herself up and tried to ready herself for a counter-attack. Too bad I was already prepared. I moved at a quick pace, hitting her exactly when she stood up, my fist making direct contact with her large forehead, sending her shooting backwards. I saw crimson drip from her mouth.

I smirked and knew Sasuke was watching. He had to be, and to show my speed off a bit more, I kept up with her even as she was going back and delivered a swift round house kick that inevitably sent her flying off in another direction. I noticed Kakashi was watching now, he was reading some book while I took on Ino and hit Sakura. "Guess he wants to see me fight Sasuke..."

Sasuke hopped down from the tree and stared at me, his eyes were…different now. They were bright red spheres with two little black comas in them. I sort of felt the Kyuubi rumble slightly inside of me as he smirked "What happened at the Academy was a fluke. Now I will show you the pride of the Uchiha!" "What pride?" I questioned, trying to rile him up.

It succeeded and he came at me, just as fast as before. But this time he anticipated my movements and each punch was met by a counter or block. My blade was always managed to be dodged. I began to get annoyed; apparently taijutsu alone wouldn't beat him this time around. So as we went into a dead-lock, trying to overpower the other, I managed to manipulate the chakra arm to not shoot out of my hand, but my stomach. Now given it had a much shorter range and wasn't as large, but it definitely gave him a forceful jab that pushed him back a little.

He was shocked by the sudden appearance of another limb. I smirked as the arm latched onto his wrist and held it in place while I threw a weak left hook that was easily caught. "Perfect!" I then threw a forceful right hook that hit him directly across the cheek. He went back a little and managed to break free of my grasp and hit me directly in the stomach with his feet skillfully avoiding my chakra arm. Then there were numerous shirukens being thrown at me from the Uchiha. I dodged them each, not until noticing the wire that was attached to them.

I snarled and tried to move away, but the damn raven haired male managed to pull them back, cutting up my arms, legs and a bit of my chest. I felt a bit of rage flow through me, I hadn't anticipated taking any injuries from this battle. He stared at me with a smug smirk, as if he had defeated me and won the World. It was time to knock him out of that dream reality.

I unsheathed my second blade and took off with speed. I closed the distance between us in moments and suddenly I was slashing violently at the Uchiha who was doing everything to dodge my blows. I soon managed to make him slip up, swiping one sword low to make him jump while one followed him to strike him in mid-air. However, my attack was stopped easily by the white-haired Jounin who deflected my blade with a kunai and disarmed one blade of mine then with his free hand jerked the other away forcefully with little to no problem.
I looked up at the male with a placid face, it was to be expected…However, what was not to be expected was the sudden foot the came up and hit me right in the bridge of my nose. It was not from the Jounin but Sasuke as he slipped past him. I watched him as my figure began to stagger backwards. Sasuke shot forward at me once more and lunged.
He was caught in mid-air as I formed a vindictive smirk and materialized a chakra arm to shot straight out and hit him right in the face, stopping him in mid-air. I really should have followed the Kyuubi's advice…I was bashed over the back of the head by something heavy and solid. My last images were an outcold Sasuke, Ino and Sakura standing in the distance and…
Tayuya smirking?