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Chapter 7-The Preliminaries Part 1

Naruto and Sakura were brought before the Hokage. "Hello, Naruto, Sakura!" Sarutobi said. "Sup, jii-san!" Naruto said with a grin. Sakura smacked his head, "Naruto, show the Hokage some respect." Sarutobi said, "It is alright, Sakura, me and Naruto have a deeper relationship than Hokage and subordinate, plus it's a habit of his."

The Hokage rested his chin on his intertwined hands, "Tell me what happened in the forest."

Sakura said, "We were in the forest when a blast of wind blew us away. Naruto was blasted further away since he was in the middle of the blast. Then this creepy guy named Orochimaru came to us, disguised as a kunoichi from Kusa. He attacked us with snakes, then Naruto appeared and fought him off, but he seems fatigued from a previous fight and then the proctor came, but Orochimaru did something with his head and bit Sasuke on the neck, leaving a strange mark near his shoulder. Then he ran off with the proctor pursuing him."

The Hokage said to Naruto, "What happened to you?"

Naruto looked and summoned Gilgamesh, "Does this answer your question, oji-san?"

Sarutobi said, "Already, eh?!"

Naruto said, "Yep, but she was crazy and fast. Hell, I had trouble keeping up with her and she was always mouthing about her forest and her children, but I manage to kill her and gain this."

Sakura said, "What are you two talking about and Naruto, how did you do that?" Naruto said, "Sakura, I want you to keep this a secret. The only ones who know are oji-san, Kakashi-sensei, and Orochimaru."

Sakura said, "Fine!"

Naruto said, "For starters, my name is not Naruto Uzumaki, it is Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze Sparda, the son of the Fourth Hokage."

Sakura said, "You are the Fourth's son?!"

Naruto said, "Not only that, but the Kyuubi is not dead, my father had no choice but to seal it into a newborn baby, someone who he could trust."

Sakura said, shocked, "So…you were the…."

Naruto said, "Yes, I am the Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi no Kitsune and that is not all. I am also a human-devil hybrid, granting me a high pain tolerance, instant regeneration of wounds, and this."

Naruto concentrated and his arm brought forth the Devil Bringer, "This arm allows me to shoot an extended version of my hand to punch, grab, or throw objects bigger than myself. When I was blown away from you guys, I had killed Orochimaru's snake, then a barrier appeared and I was forced to fight some demons. After I defeated them, one of the Devil Arms that my mother released and secluded in appeared: Echidna the She-Viper attacked me. I won and she gave me Gilgamesh after she disappeared."

Sakura said, "So all those beatings were because of the sealed fox….I am so ashamed that I listen to my mother, I'm so stupid."

Naruto said, "Sakura, you are not stupid…your mother is the only stupid one here. You had no choice, but to obey your parents and I don't blame for it. I forgave you a long time ago."

Sakura sobbed, "T-Thank you, Naruto." Naruto looked at Sarutobi sadly as she cried.

Naruto said after Sakura dried her tears, "If Orochimaru is here, he must be after Sasuke's Sharingan, and he knows my heritage, so my blood is his secondary ambition. You have to cancel the exams."

Sarutobi said, "Unfortunately, I can't do that, when Anko was found, he told her that he didn't want the Chunin Exams to be cancelled or else he would harm the village. So we will give him what he wants, also I think you better be careful since Orochimaru and your father have a history, Naruto-san."

Naruto said, "Don't worry, oji-san. I will be careful and now we need to go and start the rest of the exam. You also be careful since you and Orochimaru have a mutual history together….after all, he was your former student." Naruto and Sakura both bowed and exited the room.

Sarutobi thought, "Orochimaru…this time, I will finish it for the both of us."

Arena- "First off, congratulations on passing the exam!" Anko shouted into the headset. "But for 21 people to make it this far, especially that group with the bleached blonde haired kid. I was expecting to only have single digits."She thought, looking at the teams.

Gai commented, "Your team isn't too bad at all, Kakashi…but as long as my team is around, their chances are slim." Kakashi looked at him, "Hm, oh, sorry, did you say something." Gai turned around, his fist raised, "Damn you, Kakashi, you're so cool and it really gets on my nerves."

Anko said, "Hokage-sama will now explained the third test, so listen carefully. The floor is yours, Hokage-sama."

Sarutobi nodded, "Thank you, Anko. First, I congratulate you on passing the second part of this exam. Before we begin, I would like to inform you about the true reason of this exam." The genin perked up at the Hokage's words.

"True reason?" Sakura thought.

"Why do we have all the allied countries taking the exam together?" Sarutobi asked rhetorically, "To promote friendship among the countries, to raise the level of shinobi. Please don't be confused with these sugar-coated words, this exam is…" Tenten thought, "Is..?" Sarutobi continued, "Is a technical war between the allied countries."

All the genin except Gaara, Shino, and Kabuto's team were shocked. "Wait…just what does that mean?" Tenten said.

Sarutobi mused, "If we were to go back in time, the allied countries were all enemies. To preserve peace, the Chunin Exam Selection was born to solve the problem."

Kiba shouted, "Why the hell we have to do that shit? Is this for deciding chunin?"

Sarutobi answered, "Yes, that is correct, but also this exam has another side. You are risking your own lives to fight for your respected village's prestige. The ones watching the exam will be leaders and influential individuals, also each daimyo will be there to watch you fight. If you are considered weak, the country will lose clients and vice versa. It also sends a political message to other countries to show their strength."

Lee shouted, "But…why do we have to risk our lives in battle?!"

Sarutobi replied, "The strength of the country relies on the strength of the village. In turn, the strength of the village lies within the strength of the shinobi and the strength of the shinobi is at its peak when in danger. It is to show off your own strength, which only has meaning when your life is at risk, that's why those who came before you have fought in the Chunin Exam for this dream that is meaningful."

Tenten said, "But…why do you say stuff about this exam being for friendship?" The Hokage said, "Like I said, I don't want you to confuse this purpose. By losing life and establishing balance…this is the shape of friendship in the world of the shinobi. Now before we begin the third test, I will tell you one more thing…this is not just a test. This is a battle with your dreams and your country's prestige on the line."

Gaara said, "Can you hurry up and tell us what this life-risking battle entails."

The Hokage said, "Hai, I'd like to now explain the third test now, but…" Then a sickly-looking jonin interrupted, "Actually (cough), I would like you to allow me, Gekko Hayate, as a referee." Sarutobi said, "By all means, Hayate-san."

Hayate gets up from his kneeling position and turned to the genin, "Hi everyone, I am Hayate…and there is, umm, something that I would like you to do something before the third test."

Naruto looked at him with a raised eyebrow, "What the hell?! This dude looks so sick, but I am guessing that he is using that look for people to underestimate him." Hayate said, "Umm…it's a preliminary for the third test to decide who gets to participate in the main event."

Sakura said softly, "Preliminaries?!"

Shikamaru shouted, "The hell does that mean?" Hayate coughed, "Simple, there is too many of you since the first and second test has been way too easy for you guys. According to the rules, we must have a preliminary and reduce the number of the participants. As Hokage-sama said, there are many guests here, so the fights will take too long. If those of you feel like quitting may do so now."

Kabuto raised his hand, "Umm…I'm going to quit."

Everyone turned to him and Naruto thought suspiciously, "What are you…wait, he smells like snakes, must be in league with Orochimaru…but how can I alert Sarutobi-oji-san?"

Kasumi said, "Let me take over Naruto…I know some of the ANBU sign language used by him. The only ones who should recognize it will be Orochimaru if he is there and Kakashi."

Naruto nodded and relinquished control, allowing Kasumi to do hand signs that the Hokage was startled, but quickly responded. "Acknowledged…thanks." He signed back. Naruto was soon back in control as he saw the Hokage nodded to 3 squads to capture Kabuto.

Knowing Orochimaru, Kabuto must be a powerful adversary, so 3 squads would be enough to subdue him. "Umm…anyone else want to retire…I forgot that this will be one on one fighting, so you can raise your hand on your own decision." Sasuke watched Kabuto move until a wave of pain pulsed through the seal. "Damn it….the waves are more frequent." He thought.

Sakura whispered," Sasuke…that mark hurts still, you need to quit and rest." Sasuke said, "Shut up, this has nothing to do with you, so stay out of my business." Sakura retorted, tears streaming down her face, "But I don't want to see you suffer in front of me."

The Uchiha said softly, "Sakura…this isn't a test to me, I don't care if I become a chunin. I just want to know if I am strong and prove myself against strong guys, which are scattered around here in this exam."

Naruto said, "Idiot….you are already strong, not strong enough to beat Itachi. Even with all the jutsu in the world, you won't be able to beat Itachi with hatred."

Sasuke growled at Naruto, but the Sparda ignored him, "Even with that cursed seal, you won't touch him. Only time, dedication, mastering your jutsu and using your head will defeat your brother, not copying jutsu and using them without any knowledge of its effects will kill you. Also using the cursed seal may give you a boost, but affects your judgment of right and wrong. So if you even think of using that seal and hurt anyone here….I will personally kill you without regrets." Naruto said, adding a cold tone at the last sentence.

Sasuke smirked, "I got it…dobe."

Naruto smirked, "You are still so stubborn….teme."

Hayate said, "Let's begin the preliminary matches. The matches will consist of one on one fighting, you will fight as if you are in a real life confrontation. Since we have 20 entrants now, we will have 10 matches exactly and obviously the *cough*winners will*cough*advance to the next match."

The jonin continued, "The rules are…there are no rules. The fight will continue until you die or give up the match.*cough* If you don't want to die, then quickly acknowledge your defeat. But when I decide that the winner is declared, *cough*since we don't want to pointlessly increase the number of corpses, I will jump in and stop the match and the object that controls your destiny is this…"

Naruto interrupted, "The thing that controls our destiny is a big ass screen television…that's fuckin hilarious." Hayate nodded, "This screen will *cough*show the match-ups for each battle, now let's start the first match."

The screen flashed to reveal the first match: Sasuke Uchiha vs. Yoroi Akado. "Tch…I had a feeling that they would do that." Naruto muttered.

Sasuke said, "What can I say? The best is always first." Naruto rolled his eyes and looked at Sakura. She was torn at the sudden selection, "No way…right off the bat, Sasuke-kun has to fight."

Hayate said, "Will everyone but the two entrants please exit the stage? Are you two ready?" Both of them nodded. "Sakura…"Naruto said softly, "He will be okay."

Sakura whispered, "I hope so…" Sasuke's eye twitched at a wave of pain, "The seal is acting up again."

Yoroi thought, "Heh…it seems that Orochimaru-sama's seal still hurts him." Lee thought, "Good luck, Sasuke!"

Neji looked at him intently, "A chance to watch his abilities."

Kakashi watched past Sasuke as he said, "Sasuke…I know about the curse seal, and just so you know, if it activates, I will stop the match." Sasuke thought, "Shit…I can't use Sharingan or my normal jutsu."

Orochimaru thought silently as he came into view as a jonin, "Oh good, I didn't miss anything yet. Looks like Yoroi is fighting Sasuke-kun…that is most unfortunate, that is the worst possible fighter for him with the curse seal on him."The snake sannin thought.

Hayate said, "Now…begin!" Yoroi did the Tora sign, "Are you ready?" His right hand glowed ablaze with chakra as his left had reached into his pouch. Sasuke reached in his holster. Yoroi flicked them at the Uchiha, but the Uchiha did an overhand strike with his kunai, sending the projectiles back at him.

Then the seal decided to throb and Sasuke fell down to the ground. Yoroi saw the opportunity and acts by moving toward Sasuke.

He aimed his right hand to smash Sasuke's head, but the Uchiha rolled to the side and slammed the kunai point into the ground, then he tripped Yoroi using his feet, then maneuvered him into a wrestling move, threatening to break his arm. But Yoroi's hand grabbed Sasuke's shirt and Sasuke felt his strength fading away fast.

His grip on Yoroi's arm slipped and Yoroi elbowed Sasuke in the gut, then flipped up into a kneeling position.

Sasuke thought, "What was that? My strength just suddenly…"The weird ninja then moved toward the fallen avenger, causing Sakura to shout in alarm. Sasuke looked up to see Yoroi's chakra-infused hand clamped on his head, and the Uchiha began to feel weaker and weaker.

"You…my chakra!" Sasuke said.

Yoroi chuckled, "So you finally noticed, it's about time."

Orochimaru thought, "Yoroi's special ability is that he can suck chakra rendering the person useless and weak by a touch of his hand. When he sucks all of your chakra, you will have no choice but to release the cursed seal…now unleash its beautiful power."

Sasuke moved his leg to prop it against Yoroi, "Ugh…damn…you!"

Yoroi was kicked away and skidded away, "So…it seems that you still have power left?" Yoroi charged again, having Sasuke dodged the swipes of his hand. Sasuke aimed a roundhouse kick at him, but Yoroi jumped over and landed away from him.

Sasuke thought desperately, "If he tries to touch me one more time, I am done for and he will try to get in close combat with me. What do I do?" Gaara thought, "Is that all you have….Uchiha Sasuke."

Naruto laughed, "Wow, Sasuke, this is pathetic of you. Is this the best you can do?" Sasuke looked to see Naruto and Lee on the balcony, "That's it…I know what to do." He thought.

Yoroi charged at Sasuke, "It's over, Uchiha!"

But the next move surprised everyone especially Lee as Sasuke used the same move that Lee used on him. Naruto inwardly growled, "Bastard…copying Lee's move without permission."

Sasuke appeared behind Yoroi, "Though from here, it's all original from here." Sasuke said, "It's over." The Uchiha poked him in the back and the opposing ninja recognized the move, "Kage Buyou?!"

Now the seal chose the time to act up and the marks spreaded all over his body. "Damn it…I will not let…this thing…consume me!!!"he thought, making his will push back the cursed seal. "The seal is returning!"Anko thought in shock.

Orochimaru scowled at the predicament as Sasuke pushed off of Yoroi's back and aimed a kick at Yoroi's right side.

Yoroi blocked the kick and scoffed, "Not enough." Sasuke grimaced and used the momentum of his kick to aim a punch to his unguarded left side.

Kakashi said, "Not enough…eh?" Yoroi's head snapped downwards, but Sasuke did not relent."Get your ass back here!" the Uchiha shouted as he used his right arm to catch his opponent in the chest.

Before Yoroi hit the ground, Sasuke turned to land a kick in the chest as he shouted, "There's more! Shishi RENDEN!!" Yoroi's head snapped upwards to cough up blood and he was knocked unconscious.

Sasuke slid to the side before coming to a complete stop. Then the Uchiha struggled to get up as Hayate declared, "Winner: Uchiha Sasuke!"

Sasuke fell backwards only for Kakashi to catch him with his foot.

Sakura smiled, "He did it!"

Naruto said, "Well, the teme is a stubborn one, of course, he was going to win…though he could have ask permission to copy Lee's technique." Lee thought, "I see…so that's your ability. You were able to copy only a part of my technique by seeing it once. What a person you are, Sasuke, you will get stronger and stronger."

Naruto looked over at Lee and made a mental note, "Note to self: make a seal that blocks the Sharingan's ability to copy." Gai thought, "Mastering a part of the Lotus is impossible without proper training. Even with the Sharingan, it is not something that can be perfected that quickly and the creativity of his move…he reminds me of you, Kakashi."

Tenten thought, "The last year's rookie, Neji Hyuga and this year's rookie, Sasuke Uchiha…I wonder which one is stronger." Kakashi said, "Now let's get that curse sealed up now." Sasuke said, "Can you wait until the prelims are over, I want to observe the matches." Kakashi said, "Don't worry, I'm sure your teammates and I will tell you all about them and their techniques." They shunshined away as the screen flashed to reveal the next match.

Hayate coughed, "Will*cough*Abumi Zaku and *cough*Aburame Shino please come down?" Zaku said, "Who the hell is this loser? This will be easier than I thought." Shino quietly walked down the stairs to the arena. Naruto leaned against the wall, "Well…Shino wins this round."

Sakura looked at him, "How do you know? The match hasn't started yet!" Naruto looked at her, "Don't underestimate Shino, Sakura, he may not look much, but I can tell he is hiding something, plus he thinks on his feet logically."

Sakura looked at them and saw Zaku's arms were still in a sling. "That's true….that Sound nin is the one that Sasuke-kun broke his arms….if he fights like that, he will be at a complete disadvantage." She thought to herself.

Hinata said, "Is what Naruto-kun said is t-true?" Kiba nodded, "Yeah, he's right. Shino is one of the guys I wouldn't want to fight at all." Hayate shouted, "Hajime!" Shino spoke to Zaku in monotone, "If you fight here, you will never fight again, it's best if you forfeit."

Zaku's left arm twitched a bit and he began to move, "It seems that this one can move a bit, but I only need one arm to kick your weird ass." Zaku flew at Shino, but the Aburame brought his arm to block Zaku's strike.

Zaku cursed, "Damn it!"

Shino replied, "It is useless, you can't beat me with just one arm." Zaku retorted, "Shut the fuck up!! Take this!" Zaku's hand opened to reveal his air hole, "Zankuuha!!!" The blow hit Shino full force in the head and Shino rolled on the ground, smoking.

"Hehehe!" Zaku chuckled with a smirk, "Hey, get your ass up!" Shino slowly got up and revealed something that Zaku was slightly disturbed. What the Oto nin saw was that Shino had bugs crawling under his skin…literally. "W-What the?! He has…bugs from inside his body?" Zaku thought to himself.

Then he heard a multitude of noises behind and turned to see an army of bugs behind him. Shino explained, "They are called kikaichu bugs, they attack in numbers and consume chakra. Like I said, if this many behind you get you, you'll never be a ninja ever again. If you don't want that then you should give up." Zaku glared at him for putting him in this predicament.

Shino pushed up his shades, "If you decide to attack me with your arm, then the bugs will get you and if you attack my bugs, I attack you." Zaku cursed loudly, "Damn…" Shino said, "You should always save your trump card at the last moment."

Zaku thought as images from his past of the meeting with Orochimaru came into view, "I can't…I can't continue to fail!!" Zaku shouted, "Don't mess with me!!" Zaku pulled his right arm out as he declared in a proud voice, "Heh…you should always have a trump card at the last moment, right?"

Kiba shouted, "What?! He can use his right arm too!"

Dosu thought, "So it was all an act that his right arm was completely useless…heh, good one, Zaku." Zaku shouted, "Take this!" Suddenly his arms imploded and one of them fell to the ground.

Zaku looked at it in shock as he saw kikaichu coming out of the air tubes. Shino came behind Zaku as he said, "When I told you to give up, I sent some of them to close your dangerous air holes with their bodies. That is a true trump card."

Zaku shouted, "You bastard!!" He sent a punch, but the Aburame ducked and back handed Zaku. Hayate declared, "Shousha: Aburame Shino."

Sasuke and Kakashi- "Don't worry…it will be over soon." Kakashi said, "Fuja Hoin!" He placed his hand on his shoulder and the marking surrounding Sasuke came on to his body and encircled the cursed seal.

"Now that seal relies on your willpower, Sasuke, if your will waver for even a second, that seal will run wild." Sasuke fell over, exhausted and unconscious. "So you can use sealing jutsu now, huh, Kakashi?"

Kakashi's lone eye widened, "That voice…" He slowly turned around to see Orochimaru. "You mind handing the boy behind you." Kakashi accused, "What do you want with Sasuke?"

Orochimaru said, "The same thing that you have implanted in your left eye…you should understand after that. Then I will come for the Sparda blood." Kakashi said, "You will never get Naruto or Sasuke, I see that one of them did quite a number on you."

Orochimaru sneered, "Yes, the Sparda boy I underestimated did this scar on my face and arms. Soon my village, Oto will become great, but I can't get that without using a couple of pawns."

Kakashi said, "Sasuke and Naruto are just one of those pawns." Orochimaru said, "Oh no, Sasuke is a very important piece, but Naruto can be discarded depending on the situation and the guys taking the test are also my pawns."

Kakashi charged up his Raikiri, "If you attempt to get either one, I will kill you, Orochimaru. I don't care if you are a Sannin."

Orochimaru laughed, "It will not work, Kakashi, Sasuke will eventually come to me to seek power. After all, he is an avenger." The Snake Sannin walked away while he left Kakashi an image of his head being decapitated.

Arena- "Next match is Misumi Tsurugi vs. Kankuro." Hayate called out. (And we will skip to the end of Ino and Sakura's match) "You did well, Sakura…for a kunoichi that start with no brains at all, you actually got stronger…but you still have a long way to go."

Naruto thought, still leaning on the wall, "Okay, we have Sasuke, Shino, and make-up boy. Shino, I can beat with my demonic chakra easily. Sasuke, just rile him up and he is down for the count. Make-up, maybe be a tough one since I don't know if that is just all his skills."

Hayate said, "5th match: Kiba Inuzaka vs. Temari. Will the contestants please come to the arena?" Naruto thought, "Now this match will be close. Kiba is a close range fighter while Temari-chan is a long-range fighter due to that giant fan of hers. As long as Kiba keeps his cool and/or doesn't insult Temari, he should be fine."Kiba said, "Hell yeah, we got an easy one. This girl can't beat us, Akamaru, she must be weak."

Naruto sweatdropped, "I stand corrected…he is so screwed." Inwardly, Temari and the kunoichi were seething in anger except Hinata and Kurenai, who palmed her face. "Ohhhh….his ass is mine now!" Temari thought.

Hayate noticed that look in her eye and became fearful, "That look…reminds me of Yugao-chan before she kicked those ANBU's ass when she was recruited the first time, that boy is screwed." He thought.

"Begin" the jonin said before he dashed off for cover.

"Kamaitaichi no Jutsu!" Temari shouted, not waiting any time. Kiba was caught in the tornado, screaming his lungs out. Then he fell to the ground as Temari stalked off. "W-Winner: T-Temari."

Naruto shook his head, "Idiot…I even know the famous quote 'Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned nor hell a fury like a woman scorned." Naruto looked at the screen to see Shikamaru versus Kin Tsuchi. Naruto looked over to Dosu and Kin to see that Dosu mouthed, "Kin…you might as well give up, and you can't win against him." Kin scowled at him as she walked down the stairs.

Shikamaru said, "Man, this is annoying…why the hell I have to fight a girl for?" Naruto thought, "Shikamaru may be lazy, but he will find some way to get around her defenses, but that was not the way to treat your teammate…maybe she might cross over if I can convince her over to this side."

The match was on declaring Shikamaru as the winner of the match, giving Kin a concussion by trapping her in his Kagemane no Jutsu and used the miming of the jutsu to hit her head on the wall. "Now the next match is….Naruto Uzumaki vs. Tenten Senzuki." Hayate said. Naruto leaned off the wall and flipped over the railing, "It's showtime…come on!"

Evil Cliffhanger no Jutsu

Hakureisaiga- Yes, I am so evil for leaving you hanging, the battle between Tenten and Naruto begins. In the next chapter, the secrets revolving the Senzuki clan and the Sparda clan will be revealed.

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