Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Shaman King.

So, I haven't updated this story like the others because I was trying to figure out how I was going to get the story going. I already know the ending of this story, so that parts taken care of. No, I will not tell you the ending. It just spoils the whole story.

This chapter will mostly be a transitional chapter. It'll mostly be about what some of the other characters are doing.

Also, in case any of you were wondering the exhibition match was after Ren had fought his father.

Story Start!

'Not yet. Not yet. Not yet. Now!' A whip struck as fast as lightning into the chest of a large spirit. The blow was strong enough to send the other spirit flying until it crashed into the ground.

Breathing heavily, Meene could only stare in wonder. She knew that the archangels were powerful, but she didn't know their true strength until know. All around her, her comrades lay on the ground exhausted from the training they had just put her through.

What surprised everyone was how much stronger her Gabriel was now. She used to be the 6th strongest in the group, but now she was 2nd strongest. She was even more powerful than Marco.

She could only imagine how strong they would be if all of the angels let their shaman's use their full powers. What was strange was that she could sometimes feel Gabriel speaking to her. It didn't actually speak, but send her messages. She believed that it did that to protect her from its power.

As a shaman she was supposed to be able to communicate with any spirit, but there were some spirits that only the most powerful of shamans could communicate with. She believed that the angels they used belonged to the strongest tier of spirits. Because she wasn't a god class shaman she couldn't properly wield Gabriel. It limited how much power she could use to protect her from killing herself.

When Gabriel reformed her oversoul and spoke to her it did more than give her its permission. It gave her access to more furyoku. How it did that she didn't know, but now she had more than Marco. It's what allowed her to defeat all of her allies. Well, not all of them. The exiled X-Law was not allowed to participate because if he used his full strength it would probably kill them all.

As she got her heart to calm down, she undid her oversoul as the rest of her allies slowly picked themselves up and went into the medical station they had on the ship. As she went to patch herself up she looked down to her gun and she could feel that Gabriel was proud of her. As she smiled she believed that things had begun to get better.

'Naruto Uzumaki, who are you?' This one thought permeated Hao's thoughts. He didn't know why the Great Spirit was taking such an interest in this one person, but anything that interested the Great Spirit interested him.

He had looked up the information on Naruto on his Oracle Bell, but was surprised to find that there was no information. It didn't give a level for his furyoku nor would it provide any other sort of information. It only allowed him to see his name.

Hao knew that Naruto was more than he appeared, but he didn't know how it would affect his plans. All he could do at the moment was wait until they began the tournament fights. Oh well, it might be fun and he might get a new ally.

Ren was bored. He had taken the Patch's advice to spend a month with his loved ones so he went back to China to spend time with his family. Unfortunately, there wasn't much to do. He could always train, but he had already done that.

Sighing, he decided to go to his room and see what he could find in there. Opening the door, he was surprised to see an old plush tiger. He hadn't seen that plush tiger in years. The last time he had was when they had a strange visitor that came to see his father about something. He was really young at the time so he couldn't really remember what had happened, but he remembered that there was a lot of noise. Afterward, the stranger saw him and gave him the toy. The stranger spoke with his sister a bit, but he couldn't remember what happened after that.

His tiger was taken from him about a week after the stranger had visited. His father had come in and taken it. He vaguely recalled seeing his father limping out of his room.

Looking at it now, he could see that it was well kept. His mother had probably kept it safe after his father had taken it.

Tossing it up and down, Ren couldn't help the smile that came to his face. It reminded him about the nice man that came that day. Setting it down, he decided to relax. After all, when the tournament really got started, who knows when he would be able to relax again. Setting himself up for a nap, he grabbed the tiger and fell asleep.

Silva could honestly say that he had never seen Goldva this upset before. She was trying to get any information they had on Naruto Uzumaki and unfortunately, they hadn't found much. All they found out was that he was 18, didn't have a permanent home, and that he was currently staying in a hotel in Japan.

"How can we possibly have no information on someone in our tournament? We have information on everyone!"

Sighing, Silva went through the records they had obtained. What was worse was that the wasn't even being paid for it. He just hoped that he didn't get evicted anytime soon.

How's this chapter come out?

I think it came out okay. I'm just waiting for the tournament to really start, because that's where things are going to heat up.

I know I made Ren a bit to OOC, but this is because he was remembering his childhood before his father gave him the tattoo. He doesn't remember much of it, but there was some happiness there.

As always, review.