Disclaimer: What kind of crap is this! Why do other people own the things I want. Naruto is owned by Kishimoto and Yu Yu Hakusho is owned by Yoshihiro Togashi. Well not for long. I will own these eventually. Soon I will own all the anime/manga in existence. And then, I WILL RULE THE WORLD!

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Chapter 3: Moving to a New Beat

Birth of the New Demon King

Uchiha Sasuke vs. Akado Yoroi

"Everyone not participating in this fight, please head up to the balcony," Hayate instructed.

As everyone left the stage, Kakashi appeared behind Sasuke and began to tell him not to use his sharingan, and that he would have to step in if he did. Naruto who had advanced hearing thanks to his demonic heritage grinned as he watched Sasuke grit his teeth, clearly frustrated from being handicapped right from the get go.

'100 ryu says Sasuke's gonna do something stupid now that does not have his sharingan.'

'I don't take sucker bets Naruto-Sama,' came Kyuubi's voice, he could tell she was as amused as him, if not more so.

(Somewhere in fire country a busty blond sneezed.)

As the match started Kakashi appeared behind Naruto. The blond felt as well as smelled his appearance with his enhanced senses, but didn't respond to the white-haired jonin's presence, waiting instead for him to make the first move.

"Naruto?"

Naruto did not even bother to look at the silver haired man, "yes Kakashi-san?"

Kakashi eye-smiled at the blond, and even though Naruto still couldn't see, rolled his eyes just knowing it was there. "Mah, mah Naruto, that's Kakashi-sensei to you?"

Naruto scoffed as he watched Sasuke being forced on the defensive as his opponent used some kind of chakra draining ability. Frowning as his hidden Rennigan eyes watched the chakra from Sasuke flow into the other genin, the blond wondered if he could learn such a skill.

However, he soon realized that Kakashi was waiting for him to say something, and so began speaking. "No, the title sensei only goes to someone who actually teaches his students something. The only thing I learned from you was tree climbing and teamwork."

At this the other Jonin looked at Kakashi in shock, most of their teams had already finished water walking and were starting on some of the more advanced forms of chakra control.

Naruto grinned as he decided to put the nail in the coffin, "not only did you teach me just that, but I know for a fact that you have also been giving private lessons to the teme on how to use his Sharingan after our 'team work' training sessions.'" Naruto put quotations in the air when he said team work. Turning back around to look at the battle, the blond finished his small spiel. "Frankly, until you actually teach me something substantial, you can forget me calling you sensei."

Those who listened to Naruto's words couldn't help but be appalled that Kakashi had only gotten to tree climbing with his team, yet had privately trained Sasuke. Many people felt there respect for the copy ninja drop. Sarutobi, who also heard this narrowed his eyes, promising to have a few words with Kakshi after the Exams.

Kakashi scowled under his mask. "Sasuke needs to learn how to effectively use his Sharingan."

"And I needed to learn how to effectively fight, period," Naruto said with a shrug. "Unlike Sasuke who was given preferential treatment at the academy and could rely on his clan scrolls, I have been forced to try and make due on my own in my ninja training. Hell, I wasn't even taught the correct stances for the basic academy taijutsu back at the academy. You could have helped with that, yet didn't."

Naruto scowled as Sasuke used a move he had obviously copied from his spar with Lee before the beginning of the Chunin Exams to defeat Yoroi. Though it was a greatly bastardized version. He had used the initial kick or the Omote Renge (hidden lotus), as well as the Kage Buyo (Shadow Dances Leaf) to help set up his opponent for a reverse heal kick Sasuke called Shishi Rendan (Lions Barrage).

"Now if your done, your pet looks like he needs help," Naruto said, pointing with his chin at where Sasuke fell on his back.

Kakashi scowled, promising himself that this was not over as he sunshined (Body Flicker) to Sasuke, scooped him up, and took him to the hospital.

'Bet you 100 ryu that Kakashi will give the Uchiha brat personalized training after this?'

Naruto gave Kyuubi a feral grin, even though she could not see it due to being hidden in his cloak, 'I don't take sucker bets.'

(Some where in Fire Country a busty blond haired woman sneezed again, vowing to make who ever kept making her sneeze pay.)

Aburame Shino vs. Abume Zaku

"Damn, I wanted to fight the Uchiha," Zaku grumbled as he walked down the stage. Despite the fact that both his arms were in a sling, the boy still somehow managed to exude an aura of arrogance. "Now I have to fight some loser instead."

Shino said nothing as he made his way to the arena floor.

The match was over fairly quickly, and Shino was the victor. Not that it was surprising to Naruto as that the Oto genin had been in no shape to participate in combat. Shino had of course given the Oto ninja a warning and a chance for Zaku to forfeit. But Zaku's arrogance had led to his downfall, though, Naruto had been surprised when the Oto genin had shown that he could use one of his arms. Of course, when Zaku had tried to use his Zankuha, Shino had simply used a Kariwimi (replacement Jutsu) on a Mushi Bunshin (bug clone).

Eventually, the Oto genin had been trapped between a wall of bugs and Shino, who had given him another chance to forfeit. Zaku had, of course, refused and tried to use both hands, but Shino had anticipated this and clogged the boys wind holes with his bugs. The end result being both of Zaku's arms exploding – which, if the agonized screams of pain before the boy passed out were any indication, must have been incredibly painful – resulting in Shino's victory.

As the medical ninja cleared Zaku from the field, Kakashi reappeared. Almost as soon as he did Sakura began asking about her 'Sasuke-kun'. Naruto ignored her as well as the way Kakashi had tried to get his attention, and then tried drilling a hole through his head with a one-eyed glare when words didn't work.

The man had never paid attention to him before, why should Naruto pay attention to him now?

Sabaku No Kankura vs. Tsurugi Mitsumi

Naruto only paid a little attention to this battle as it was even shorter then Shino's. Misumi had the ability to dislocate and stretch his limbs – a kekkei genkei, Naruto assumed – which he had done at the very start of the battle and used them to wrap around Kankuro. The genin had threatened to break Kankuro's neck if he did not surrender, and of course he followed through when Kankuro refused. However, it turned out that 'Kankuro' had been nothing more then a puppet and the real Kankuro had been hidden inside of the cloth on the puppets back.

Several kunai had appeared on various parts of the puppets body, impaling Misumi as it squeezed him like a grape. The Konoha ninja had been dead before he hit the ground.

Sabaku No Temari vs. Higirashi Tenten

This battle was, unfortunately, much the same as the battle with Kankuro. It was a fairly one sided fight with Temari claiming victory. Temari was a wind user, and the worst possible match up for Tenten, who was a weapons user.

No matter what she threw at Temari, the fan wielding Suna Kunoichi would merely blow it away via a wind jutsu. The blond had even made a show of it, unraveling her fan to reveal a circle and telling Tenten that it was a star, and when all 3 were revealed she would lose.

Tenten had scoffed at the girl, there was no way she would give up and had used a jutsu where she would jump in the air and unseal the contents of two storage seals, launching an assortment of weapons at the fan user. Naruto had to admit to being impressed at the sheer amount of amunition the girl had locked up in her scrolls, as well as just what that ammunition was. He had seen everything from kunai and shuriken, to katana's, nodachi's, scythes, kusari-gama; Naruto had even caught a glimpse of a ball and chain somewhere in the mixed.

None of them had landed. It had been at that moment that Temari revealed herself to be a wind user and had launched all of the weapons away with a blast of wind from her fan, though Tenten had a trick up her sleeve and proved she wasn't quite finished. She had used chakra strings to lift the weapons back up and sent them flying at the sand haired blond. Only it had not worked, Temari used another wind jutsu and sent all of the weapons sailing back towards the panda-haired girl.

Tenten had gotten cut up with her own weapons and was nearly unconscious by the time she fell. Temari had decided to show the girl who was superior by setting her fan down so Tenten would fall on it, likely doing some serious damage to her back.

However, before Tenten could hit the fan, Naruto appeared on top of it, catching the weapon user in a bridal carry, one arm under her knees and the other around her shoulder. Many were utterly shocked with his speed, which they noticed was on par with Gai with his weights on. A few, namely Kakashi, couldn't help but wonder how Naruto got so fast. Or if this person really was Naruto, since he had never shown such speed before and couldn't come up with a way for the blond to gain such power in so short a time.

"I do not think it is good sportsmanship to cause further damage to someone who was clearly defeated," Naruto said in a cold tone that left no room for debate. While he didn't particularly care for Tenten, seeing how he didn't even know her, she was still a Konoha shinobi. More importantly, such a blatant insult like what Temari was going to do offended the blond's sense of honor.

Temari gulped as Naruto's cold blue eyes bore into her, something inside of her screamed that this boy was dangerous, and that crossing him would mean her death no ifs, ands or buts. She hurriedly nodded and the odd sense of foreboding and dread that she had not even noticed welling up inside of her disappeared like an unknown weight that she had never known existed was suddenly lifted off her shoulders.

"Good," Naruto said, disappearing again. He reappeared a second later next to Gai and Lee, one who was looking at him in surprise and the other in surprise and eagerness.

Naruto set Tenten down against the wall. Even in her weakened state, Tenten blushed, having seen the blond before he had covered himself up, as well as the fact that she had felt the blonds ripped muscles when she had been pressed against him.

Seeing that Tenten didn't have any permanent damage done to her, Naruto stood up. Giving a nod of acknowledgment to Gai, before he once again used his speed to appear before a shocked Kakashi.

"Gai-sensei," Lee said with tears in his eyes after Naruto left, "that genin is so youthful, caring for our teammate like that!"

"You are right Lee!" Gai proclaimed as he got in his nice guy pose, complete with thumbs up and glittering teeth. It was a rather horrible sight, and one that could only get worse with time as the bowl cut jonin continued his tirade. "His flames of youth burn brighter then a thousand suns!"

"I will strive to be just like cloak-san and fan my own flames of youth!" Lee shouted, bringing a fist up to his face, tears of joy and... something undefined that managed to freak everyone around the boy streaming out of his bug-like eyes. "And if I can not do that I shall run 200 laps around Konoha on my pinkies!"

"Atta boy Lee!" Gai shouted, "and I will help stroke your flames of youth! If you can not do that, I will climb the Hokage Monument using nothing but my teeth!"

the geyser of tears running down Lee's eyes soon became a veritable waterfall as he stared at his sensei, "Oh Gai-sensei!"

"Lee!"

"Gai-Sensei!"

"Lee!"

"Gai-sensei!"

"Lee!"

Soon enough, the two bowl-cut shinobi began to hug, a sunset back drop of a beach complete with crashing waves appearing behind them as they did. The scene itself would have actually been quite beautiful, with the sunset painting the sky in a brilliant blaze of red and orange. Several sparse clouds were also lit up, their colors lighter then the sky, thin will-o-wisps that enhanced the already beautiful scene. That, combined with the waves of water that crashed against the rock and managed to catch the reflected light of the sun created a scene of such marvelous and enchanting beauty that few could believe it was a genjutsu.

However, that beauty was completely ruined by the two hugging in it's midst.

Many people screamed in terror as they felt their eyes begin to burn.

Kurenai tried dispelling it, placing her hands in the release seal and trying to over power it with her chakra, only to be shocked when it did not work. "Why? Why won't it dispel?" She had never had a problem dispelling genjutsu before. Hell! She was renowned for her genjutsu! Second only to Itachi who had the benefit of his sharingan eyes.

Fortunately, before anyone could go into shock – or commit sepukku to spare themselves from the horror of being overexposed to the creepy sunset genjutsu and two man hugging clones, the two were forced apart when a large blast of black energy was launched at them.

Everyone turned and stared wide eyed at Naruto, who's index finger was still smoking from the energy attack, glared at the pair with barely concealed rage. "I have absolutely no problems with you guys doing that on your own time, but if I am present I suggest you cease such a disturbing ritual, lest I make sure this next shot doesn't miss."

As if to prove his point a black ball of energy appeared on the tip of his finger.

"Do I make myself clear!" Naruto shouted in a tone that basically said 'obey me or die', receiving two fearful nods from the self proclaimed green beasts of Konoha. Naruto smirked under his mask as the energy dissipated. It was then he noticed everyone staring at him.

"What the hell are you people looking at?" Naruto said. Everyone hurriedly looked away. Naruto smirked and nodded in satisfaction.

'What was that power?' wondered Sarutobi, along with nearly everyone else in the room. That was not Kyuubi's chakra, if anything it felt stronger, which shouldn't have been possible. 'I'm really going to have to speak with him after this…'

'I wonder what that attack was?' Kakashi asked himself, 'maybe I can get him to teach it to Sasuke.'

'Mom was right,'Sakura said to herself, 'Naruto-Baka is a monster.'

'Uzumaki Naruto,' Gaara thought, 'why is mother afraid of you?'

Most thoughts that everyone else had were of a similar nature, though they varied from person to person. Naruto was more or less oblivious to these thoughts as he stared at the screen, waiting for the next match to begin.

Yamanaka Ino vs Haruno Sakura

This was the most disappointing battle that Naruto had seen. The two girls had only used a mixture of basic academy jutsu, and strategy that Iruka had taught them. Even worse half of their time was spent talking about how they would win the heart of their Sasuke-kun.

Surprisingly enough, the battle ended in Ino's victory, after she had managed to trap Sakura with her Shintension and force the girl to give up. It was a disappointed Sakura and an ecstatic Ino that walked up to join everyone else.

"Man Kakashi, your students battle was pathetic," Asuma muttered as he took a drag of his exaggerate. "Didn't you teach that girl anything?" Even though Ino trained less then everyone else on his squad, which was saying something considering he had a slacker and a boy who cared more about eating then training, he had still taught her some things.

Kakashi scowled behind his mask, but didn't bother to reply as the next match started.

Tsuchi Kin vs. Nara Shikamaru

"Aw man, what a drag," Shikamaru groaned as he made his way downstairs, "why do I have to face a woman?"

"So you think that this is gonna be easy because I'm a woman?" Kin questioned in an angry tone, already standing in the arena. Despite Shikamaru being some distance away, it was clear she had heard him perfectly.

"I didn't say that, troublesome woman," Shikamaru muttered in a lazy tone, making it obvious that he did not want to be there.

At first Naruto did not pay much attention to the match, he had not thought there would be much to it. However, as the match continued, the blond shinobi became more engrossed in it as he saw that Shikamaru, despite not being very strong, was an excellent strategist.

The shadow using genin played a defensive role mostly, allowing Kin to show off and explain her technique with such meticulous detail that made the blond rolled his eyes. Why the hell someone would actually let someone know how an attack works was beyond him. Weren't ninja suppose to be sneaky?

Kin had launched several senbon at Shikamaru for most of the match. Somewhere along the line she had launched two senbon with bells attached to them, and used chakra strings so she could use their special ability. The bells had cast a genjutsu on Ssikamaru, making him see more then one Kin.

However, Kin had forgotten something crucial after that; the shadow under the wires had been far to large for wires that were so as thin as the ones she was using. Had she noticed, she may have realized that Shikamaru had used his shadow possession jutsu in order to capture her. After that all it took for the shadow user to win was a bluff and some shuriken, playing a game of chicken as he flipped back and she did the same, hitting her head against the wall.

Uzumaki Naruto vs. Inuzuka Kiba

"Alright!" Kiba shouted in joy, "it looks like we're getting the easy battle, eh Akamaru!"

Akamaru merely whimpered as Kiba jumped off the stands. While the boy had obviously not been paying attention to the past few minutes, or had and just disregarded how fast Naruto had been and the ball of energy he unleashed. It was obvious that Akamaru was not as blind as his master, and had no desire to fight.

Naruto held in his smirk as he thought of the beat down he would heap upon the arrogant dog-using ninja and walked down the stairs at a sedate pace.

"Trying to prolong your defeat, dead last?" Kiba asked with a smirk as Naruto made his way to the opposite end of the stage, his posture lazy.

"Hardly," Naruto said with a chuckle. "I merely wanted to savor this moment, and allow you some time to pray before I kick your ass."

"Ha! You think you can beat me?" Kiba mocked, "no wonder you're the dead last of class, to think you actually believe you can win against me!"

Naruto shrugged, "your friend doesn't seem to think it's so off." Naruto pointed over to Akamaru who was still whimpering up in the stands.

Kiba growled, "Akamaru get down here!" Akamaru just barked and shook his head, not wanting to get near the cloaked boy radiating power. The mere presence of the cloaked blond screamed alpha.

"Looks like Akamaru's the smart one," Naruto said, his tone laced with amusement.

"Grr! Shut up! I don't need Akamaru to beat a dobe like you!" Kiba shouted. "All I need is one hit!"

"Oh?" Naruto mocked, "well then, c'mon mutt, show me what you've got. Just don't go crying when I end up taking you to the pound."

"You asked for it!" Kiba said as he ran towards Naruto. The dog user cocked his fist back, smashing it into Naruto's face. However, much to his, and everyone else's, shock, all it did was move Naruto's face to the side.

"Oh my, would you look at that," Naruto said in a sarcastic tone, "I commend you for at least making me move my head a bit. As a sign of my appreciation, let me show you what a real punch feels like."

With that Naruto launched a fist into Kiba's gut, making the dog user double over as he felt his internals liquify. Then Kiba was sent flying back several feet, smashing into a wall and causing the wall to break. Kiba slowly fell off the wall as he curled up into a ball, trying to get his breath back.

"So who's going to win this battle with one hit?" Naruto mocked, "because from where I'm standing it doesn't look like you can back up your words."

"S-Shut up," Kiba grunted as he tried to stand. It felt like all of his his organs had been turned into mush. He winced and resisted the urge to whimper, though even through his pain induced state, he couldn't help but wonder how Naruto got so powerful. "I- I'm not gonna lose to you."

Naruto laughed, "you've already lost, your just too stubborn to realize it."

"No!" Kiba yelled, "this is not over! I won't lose to a loser like you!" Naruto was actually impressed when the dog-user managed to push himself to his feet, though, from the way his legs were shaking, it looked like he was nearing his limit.

Using the last of his strength, Kiba jumped in the air and began to spin, "Tsuuga (Piercing Fang)!"

Naruto watched as the spinning drill like form of Kiba flew towards him with a lazy eye. As Kiba closed in, Naruto reared back his fist. Launching it just as Kiba got in range, Naruto's fist smashed against Kiba's head. For a moment time seemed to stand still. Then, it irrevocably moved forward as Kiba was launched away, he ended up not just hitting the statue on the platform where the Hokage was, but was also blasted right through it. Kiba came to a stop on the other side as he hit one of the stairs.

Everyone's eyes widened as they stared at the scene, many thoughts going through peoples minds.

'What the hell?'Temari wondered, shock clearly written upon her face. Her eyes looked like they might just roll out of her sockets they were so wide. 'Isn't this supposed to be that idiot who had worn that ugly orange jumpsuit? When did he get so strong? When did he get new clothes for that matter?'

'He beat Kiba like it was nothing,' Kurenai thought in shock. 'How could the dead last of his class completely decimate one of the stronger students at the academy?' She replayed the battle – which was less of a battle and more of a one-way slaughter – over and over again in her head, trying to figure out just what had happened. In the end, she came up with nothing.

'N-Naruto-kun, what happened to you?' Hinata asked herself. Truth be told she was slightly afraid of this Naruto. While the blond had always been loud and confident, he had never been this... violent before. Worse still, he seemed to be enjoying it. 'You were never like this before…'

'My Kikai are weary of Naruto, he is radiating chakra like a furnace,'Shino thought. ' They are frightened. I will have to be careful if I end up fighting him.'

'The power of that punch was even stronger then Lee's,' Negi analyzed, 'yet there was no chakra put into that punch what so ever.'

'Man, Naruto's getting really troublesome,' Shikamaru thought to himself, 'what a drag…'

'What the hell is with this kid,' Kankuro wondered, 'during the first stage this guy was nothing more then a loud mouthed idiot and five days later he's smashing people through statues with a single punch!'

Naruto was oblivious to all the thoughts running through everyone's head as he looked at Hayate, "proctor-san, I believe you should call the match."

"Er… right," Hayate blinked, "the winner of this match is Uzumaki Naruto."

Naruto nodded as he went back up the stares, not paying any attention to the looks he was receiving as he made his way over to his previous spot and leaned against the railing, not a care in the world.

Rock Lee Vs. Sabaku No Gara

"YES!" Lee shouted as he pumped his fist in the air, "it worked! It worked! I used reverse psychology to make everybody think that I did not want to go and it worked! WOO!"

Many people began getting disturbed when Lee started to dance, not only was he dancing, but he was dancing poorly. Naruto thought he looked like a worm trying to stand up with the way he was waving all over the place. Thankfully, Gai was able to knocked the boy out of his horrifying dance.

"Shut up Lee!" Gai yelled as he smashed a fist into Lee's face.

Lee was sent flying, corckscrewing and spiraling through the air, before landing on his back several feet away, but got up quickly as if nothing had happened, or this had happened so many times it no longer affected him. Naruto figured the boy had been smacked around so much that he was just using to getting hit like that. 'Maybe he's a masochist...'

"Yes Gai-Sensei!" Lee shouted.

"Alright Lee listen to me carefully," Lee took out a note pad and pencil so he could write down everything Gai said to him. Gai leaned in close, "watch out for that gourd on his back, there's something creepy about it…"

Everyone who heard Gai face faulted.

Everyone except Lee, who looked at Gai as if he had just said the single most brilliant thing in the world. "Of course Gai-sensei," Lee said as he wrote that advice down in his notes.

Naruto shook his head as he watched Lee jump over the railing and onto the stage. Lee got into the beginning stance for the Goken taijutsu style, feet together with one hand held behind his back in a fist while the other hand was in front palms s up as if in a welcoming gesture.

As soon as Lee got into his stance, the cork on Gaara's gourde popped out and flew at the bowl cut boy. Lee caught the cork and dropped it to the ground.

"There is no need to hasty Gaara-san," Lee said, getting back in his stance. "There will be plenty of time for us to show off our flames of youth."

"Sabaku No Gara Vs. Rock Lee, begin!" Hayate said, sunshining away from the stage.

Rock Lee disappeared in a burst of speed, reappearing right next to Gaara and launched his opening kick. "Konoha Senpuu (Leaf Hurricane)!"

Before the kick could even connect sand shot out of the gourde and blocked it. Lee was surprised for a second, before he rebounded away when the sand tried to grab hold of him. Landing on the ground the taijutsu specialist launched himself at Gaara again.

Naruto watched the battle with a frown. Something about Gaara was bothering him, the boy was just standing there, not even really paying attention to Lee who was attacking from many different angles in the hopes of getting past the boys sand. Still it was confusing, why didn't he even try to do something about Lee? And instead stand still as if invulnerable?

'That boy holds a demon.'

'Kyu-chan?'Naruto asked as he heard the voice in his head.

'Yes Naruto-Sama,'Kyuubi said, feeling a bit flustered at the continuous use of Naruto's new nickname for her.

'You said that boy with the gourde holds a demon,' Naruto said as he saw Lee get caught by the sand and flung away. 'So he is like me, or like I used to be?'

'Yes,' Kyuubi answered, 'that boy holds the Ichibi No Shukaku, the one tailed giant Tanuki. Though it is quite odd, judging from the boys eyes, he has obviously not gotten much sleep. Also, while I can not pick up much from the demon, I can hear it's screams of insanity. Or at least I can sense them'.

'Screams of insanity?' Naruto questioned, raising an eyebrow when Lee dropped what had to be several hundred pound weights. Though, he was just judging this from the way the earth shook and several feet deep craters were formed where the leg weights hit the ground. 'So you're saying Gaara has a crazed demon in him?'

The blond watched as Lee shot off at Gaara at speeds far faster then most Jonin could produce, had he not had his vision enhanced Naruto knew there would have been no way for him to keep up. Lee finally managed to land a punch on Gaara, due to the sand not being able to keep up with Lee's speed.

'Not so much,'Kyuubi corrected, 'Shukaku has always had a large bloodlust and love for battle, but he was never insane like this. The problem is that it almost feels as if Shukaku's soul is being tormented by something, or someone else.'

On the stage Lee began to run around Gaara, increasing his speed so much that most of the genin only saw blurs and slight after images. Naruto was the only genin who could keep up with Lee's speed easily. Before anyone could wonder what was going on, Lee shot out of the circle, giving Gaara a rising kick in the chin.

However, due to the sand Gaara had barely even been lifted off the ground. Not one to be deterred Lee continued pounding into Gaara, lifting the red head hire and hire until he got Gaara to the necessary height for his move. Lee then wrapped Gaara up in bandages and began to rotate the two of them as they began to fall head first.

"Omote Renge (Primary Lotus)!" At the last second, Lee kicked off of Gaara, allowing him to crash to the floor. As Gaara crashed head first into the ground, creating a large crater and dust to rise, Lee landed on his hands, but was able to push himself into a back flip and land on his feet. Though, due to the damage done by using the double bladed technique, Lee feel onto his back side.

As the dust cleared, everyone was greeted with the sight of Gaara's battered body. At least that was what everyone thought, until the body caved in and turned into sand, revealing it to have been a clone. A malevolent and insane chuckle had Lee turning his head to see Gaara standing behind him with an demented grin on his face.

Gaara sent out a tidal wave of sand at the injured Taijutsu specialist. Lee tried to dodge but due to his injuries ended up getting hit, and found himself getting slammed into a wall. Several people winced as the sand tendrils wrapped around Lee's leg, lifted him up, then slammed him back down hard enough that the bowl-cut boy coughed up blood. This continued for quite a while, with Gara finding more and more things to smack Lee again. The other boy began to look so battered many people were sure he would lose.

However, Lee had one last trick up his sleeve. It took some work, but with a swift application of his strength via using his free foot to kick at the sand, he managed to break the connection. As he fell to the floor, Lee flipped around, landing on his feet and crossing his arms into an X position soon after.

"Kaimon: Kai (First gate: Gate of Life: Open)!" Lee shouted, before a massive surge of chakra was released from the boys body as his skin began to turn red.

"Kyūmon: Kai (Gate of Healing: Open)!" Even more chakra poured out of Lee. All of the previous wounds he had suffered began healing at an extreme rate. Naruto was actually impressed, while it was no where near his Kyuubi induced healing, and couldn't even compare to his regeneration abilities now. It was still impressive for a human.

"How many gates can he open?" asked Kakashi, looking startled at seeing a genin capable of such a powerful and dangerous Kinjutsu.

"Five," said Gai, his voice proud.

"Are you insane? Teaching a genin such a powerful kinjutsu?"

"I don't expect you to understand, Kakashi," said Gai. "Given that you refuse to train two of your students it's obvious you wouldn't know what it means to help your genin achieve their dreams. So I won't bother talking about it." At being rebuffed by Maito Gai of all people, Kakashi growled and left within a sunshin. Not wanting to be around others anymore.

"Seimon: Kai (Gate of Life: Open)!" As the output of Lee's chakra surged even more, the bowl-cut haired boys skin began turning red.

"Shōmon: Kai (Gate of Pain: Open)!" Veins began popping out of Lee's body. Naruto was able to see that the veins were actually his chakra coils thanks to his Rennigan. While he could not see the chakra coils themselves, he could see the chakra coming off of the boy. It was more concentrated along the veins.

Lee shot off the ground with such force that the tile shattered under the pressure. Gaara didn't even have time to blink as Lee smashed a fist into his face. Gaara went flying back and Lee appeared behind him, using another rising kick to launch the sand user into the air, then he did the same thing, this time sending Gara to the ground with a heel drop. On and on it went, with Lee playing pinball with Gaara as he launched the boy from one side of the room to the other, moving so fast that only a few of the people in the room were even able to follow.

Naruto frowned, even he was beginning to have trouble keeping up with the boy now. That was unacceptable. 'I will need to train my speed when I get out of here,' he decided. 'No human should be faster then me, hell, I'm not going to let a demon be faster then me so I won't allow some mere ningen to be.'

'Don't worry, Naruto-Sama,' Kyuubi reassured her master. 'I will help you increase your speed, along with everything else.'

'Aw!' Naruto gushed over the seal. 'Your so sweat, Kyuu-chan. Maybe I should give you a reward for such dedication to your master...' While he could not see Kyuubi's blush, thanks to her fur being red and her being hidden inside his cloak, he could feel the heat she was radiating. Just thinking of how embarrassed she was made him grin.

Finally, Lee launched Gaara back towards the ground, stopping the sand users momentum a bit when he wrapped his bandages around the Suna genin.

"This is end! Tomon: Kai (Gate of Limit: Open)!"

The two went spinning once again, only far faster then before. It had gotten to the point where the air around them had gotten so displaced that the two looked like they were in a tornado.

"URA RENGE (Reverse Lotus)!" the two crashed into the ground. Thankfully, Lee managed to push off and land safely, though he was too injured to even move anymore. All he could do was lie on his back, panting heavily as his droopy eyes looked over to where Gara had crashed.

Everyone wondered if the odd boy with the bowl cut hair had won. Both Temari and Kankuro were gaping at the scene. No one had ever hurt Gaara before and this kid with the freaky eyebrows had just slammed their little brother into the ground, and that was after using him as a pinball. They both wondered if Gaara had finally met his match, while everyone else were already under the assumption that Gaara had lost.

However, the participants, proctors and Jonin-sensei soon realized the red haired genin was not defeated as the smoke cleared and they saw Gaara lying on his side, his sand under him from having it catch his fall. Gaara lifted up his right hand, making the sand shoot forward to grab on to Lee, in order to kill the person who had actually hurt him.

Before the sand could get even five feet from Lee, Naruto appeared in front of it, his hands in front of him as if commanding the sand to stop.

"Shinra Tensei," Naruto whispered so no one else could hear him. It was the only move he knew for the Rennigan, having received it from a dream while he slept. He wasn't very good with the technique, having only practiced it once, but he was good enough for what he intended to do. The sand was blown back as Naruto used the reversed the gravity around him to reject the sand.

Everyone stared wide eyed, both at the speed with which Naruto got there, and at the fact that Naruto had seemingly just stopped the sand with nothing but spreading out his hands.

Hinata and Negi were the only ones who knew he had used some kind of jutsu, due to their Byakugan. 'It looks like he sent his chakra out in a push, as if he was using some form of repulsion to shove the sand away,' Negi analyzed. It was an odd technique, something he had never seen and the fact that it used no hand seals was troubling. Even more troubling to the Hyuuga prodigy was the large concentration of chakra he could see in the boys eyes, something that was normally only found when someone had a doujutsu. Yet he could see no evidence of such a bloodline with the blond.

"Why? Why did you stop me!" asked Gaara, confusion in his voice.

Naruto shrugged, "why wouldn't I stop you? Lee gave it his all and fought well, it would be a shame for you to kill or cripple him and not even allow me the chance to fight him in combat."

Gai appeared next to Naruto and placed a hand on his shoulder, "thank you for helping Lee, had something happened to my precious student…"

"It's alright Gai-san," Naruto said with a shrug, "like I said, it would be a shame if he got killed or crippled after such a magnificent battle."

"Winner Gaara!" Hayate announced.

As the medics took an unconscious Lee away, a troubled Gaara walked up the stairs.

"Gaara," Temari asked tentatively, "are you ok?"

Gaara looked at her, and it was the first time she had seen him look at anything without hate. "Mother is refusing to speak with me," Gaara said, turning his attention to Naruto who was now back in the stands. "She is afraid, that cloaked ninja frightens mother."

His siblings and Jonin sensei stiffened, they knew who his mother was, and for a Biju to be frightened by someone… Well it was a frightening thought. Baki knew they would have to tread very carefully if someone could actually scare a Bijuu into silence.

Akamichi Choji vs. Donuta Dosu

Chouji gulped as he saw his opponent and remembered what the Oto genin had done to them in the Forest of Death. It had not been that long ago since he and the others had been beaten by Dosu and his teammates, after all.

"I think I'm just gonna forfeit…"

"What!" Ino yelled as she turned on Chouji, hands on her hips and a glare on her face. It was the look of a girl who was not pleased. "You are not going to forfeit Chouji!"

Asuma nodded, "you should at least give it your best." When Chouji still looked unsure, Asuma decided to add some incentive, "I'll take you to your favorite Barbeque…"

That seemed to get Chouji fired up as he jumped down the from the stand, looking like he was ready to take on the world. He even began ranting about how he would beat Dosu quickly so he could eat. Naruto shook his head at seeing how Asuma had to bribe the boy with food. He wasn't sure whether to laugh at the hilarity of it, or feel pity that this boy couldn't be motivated to get stronger simply for the sake of getting stronger.

"Good luck fatty!" Ino said, giving the boy even more… incentive to fight.

Chouji's face turned red with anger, "that's it! First I'm gonna get this guy, then I'm coming for you Ino!"

Dosu just ignored the Chouji until the match started. This one like several others was fairly fast, Chouji had used his expansion jutsu to turn into a large ball, and tried to roll over Dosu. However, the man had merely hopped out of the way, allowing the large genin to crash into a wall. After that all it took was a tap from his melody arm and Chouji was out like a light.

Hinata Hyuuga Vs. Negi Hyuuga

Naruto narrowed his eyes at the pairing. He knew Hinata from his class, though he would confess to not knowing her very well. She had always been a weird one, blushing a beat red and passing out the few times he'd tried to talk to her. However, he knew next to nothing about Neji, other then that he looked like someone with a stick shoved further up his ass then Sasuke.

There was also the stench of hatred coming off of Neji, who was watching the younger Hyuuga child with a glare that looked like it could kill someone. Naruto had no clue what was going on there, but his gut was telling him trouble was brewing.

Hinata paled as she walked down the stairs and stood across from Negi.

"Hinata-Sama," Negi said with a sneer, "you should just give up. You can not win against me, fate has decided that you will lose this battle. You are too kind hearted and weak. You will always be weak, and nothing you can do will change that. You should give up."

Hinata looked like she was about to cry, but before anything else could happen, Naruto started to chuckle, that chuckle soon turned into outright laughing as the blond held his gut. Everyone looked at him with raised eyebrows, while Negi turned his sneer onto Naruto.

"HAHAHAHA! Oh kami haha… this is fucking rich… hahaha… listening to you talking about fate like it was some kind of all controlling entity." Naruto's laughing increased as Negi's face turned red with fury. To Naruto it just made him look constipated, and that just made him laugh harder. "HAHAHAHA! So I guess that makes you fates little bitch huh? Man your so fucking pathetic, blaming your hardships on fate because you don't have the balls to face life head on! You're no warrior, just some little pussy with a chip on his shoulder!"

Negi grit his teeth in frustration as he listened to Naruto insult him. How dare this no name loser insult him! He was the prodigy of the Hyuuga clan! He would have said something to shut the cloaked genin up, but he noticed Hinata looking at him with more confidence then he had ever seen in her.

"So I see your still going to fight," Negi stated, a sneer coming onto his face.

"That's right," Hinata got into a stance, "Prepare yourself, Negi-nii-san."

Negi just smiled as he got into a stance, he had wanted to show Hinata her inferiority anyways.

The fight soon began and despite Hinata's best efforts, Naruto knew she would lose, as did many of the other Jonin. Still she fought with a ferocity that no one had ever seen in the under-confident girl, it made her decision to fight all the more worth it.

The battle basically ended when Hinata hit Negi thinking she had won, only for the Hyuuga prodigy to show her that he had been cutting off her tenketsu points, making her Jyuuken strikes useless. Despite this Hinata still fought on, even though she knew it was a futile effort. In the end, Hinata was hit with a Jyuuken strike to the chest, sending her sprawling onto the ground.

"Proctor-san, call the match," Negi said as he turned around and began walking off the stage.

"Hey Neji-chan," Naruto called in a sing song voice, "you might want to turn around!"

Negi did, about to insult the other genin, when he noticed, much to his shock, that Hinata was struggling to stand again. A small conversation ensued after that, it was low enough that most could not hear it. Only Naruto with his enhanced hearing could make it out. Hinata telling Negi that he was the one suffering because of the clan, not her. The girls words consequently sent him into a rage, and he ran at Hinata, intent on ending her life.

Like with Lee, before he could make it even 5 feet, and before the genin and Jonin knew what was happening, Naruto appeared in front of Neji. Grabbing the Hyuuga prodigy by the throat and lifting him up, while two other Naruto's appeared on either side, kunai aimed at his vital points.

"You know it's not nice to try and kill your own family ~Neji-Chan~," Naruto said. Though he spoke in a sing song voice the blond was anything but happy. Once again, it wasn't that he actually cared about the girl Neji was fighting, since all he knew of her was that she was extremely shy and introverted. It was that Hinata was the Hyuuga prodigies family, and for someone who was an orphan like Naruto, family should be protected and loved above all else.

Neji tried to reply but Naruto was cutting off his air circulation. He tried to Jyuuken Naruto, but the other genin merely swatted his hands away with impunity each time. Behind Naruto, Hinata had finally fallen, causing the medics as well as Hinata's Jonin sensei to rush to the girls side.

"Consider yourself lucky we're in a tournament and killing you would disqualify me," Naruto said, "otherwise you would not live to see the next day." Naruto dropped the boy who had been starting to turn blue. He looked over at Gai, "I suggest you beat some humility into this boy, arrogance like his will not only get him killed, but his team mates killed as well."

Gai merely gave him a nod, grabbing Negi and taking him off the stage.

'I'm definitely going to have to talk to Naruto after all of this,'Sarutobi thought to himself as he watched Naruto take his place with the other genin in front of the stage now that the chunin exams were over.

"To all of you *cough* have earned the right to compete in the third stage of the Chunin Exams, *Cough* congratulations," Hayate said. Before taking a step back, allowing the Hokage to stop forward.

Sarutobi coughed into his hand briefly to clear his throat, "allow me to explain the last stage of the exams for all of you. As I said before…"

It was at this point that Naruto started to tune the man out, 'kami,you know I really do love Ojisan and all, but he has this really cryptic way of speaking that pisses me off. And he's more long-winded then Iruka-sensei.'

'It's just how old people are Naruto-Sama,'Kyuubi said placatingly. 'My father was the same way before I became the Kyuubi.''

'That reminds me, how did you become the Kyuubi exactly?'Naruto asked.

'I'm not sure, to be honest,' Kyuubi said, not having a problem with telling her new master what she knew. 'As I said, I was hit with a very powerful chakra. It must have been oh, around seven – eight hundred years ago. I ended up blacking out, and when I woke up I had nine-tails instead of three. After that, my father named me clan head and gave me the title of Kyuubi.'

'So Kyuubi is just a title then?'asked Naruto.

'It is both my title and my name,' Kyuubi said.

Naruto frowned, 'then what were you called before you became the Kyuubi?i

'…'

'Kyuubi?' Naruto asked when the vixen was silent.

'It doesn't matter,'Kyuubi said eventually, 'it's no longer my name.'

Naruto could hear some bitterness in her voice and decided to back off with his questions. Instead he turned his attention back to Sarutobi.

"… Now I would like to dismiss all of you, but there is one more matter we must attend to." Sarutobi said as Anko stepped forward with a box in her hand. "there are pieces of paper with a number on it within the box Anko is holding. I want each of you to take one."

"I'll come around to you, so I want you brats to wait your turn," Anko said.

Anko walked around to each genin who would take a piece of paper and then move on, when she got to Naruto she gave him a wink, causing the cloaked genin to raise an eyebrow.

"Now that everyone has a piece of paper I would like each of you to tell me the number it has on it," Anko said, "we'll start from the left."

"5," said Shino.

"2," Neji said.

"7," said Temari.

"6," Kankuro said.

"3," Gaara said.

"Troublsome, 8," Said Shikamaru.

"1," Naruto said, a grin hidden behind his mask.

"9," said Dosu.

"10," said Ino.

"That means the Uchiha has 4," Ibiki muttered.

"We will now reveal your match up for the first round of the tournament," Sarutobi said.

Naruto Uzumaki Vs. Neji Hyuuga

Gaara No Sabaku Vs. Sasuke Uchiha

Shino Aburame Vs. Kankuro No Sabaku

Temari No Sabaku Vs. Shikamaru Nara

Ino Yamanaka vs. Dosu Kinuta

"Now Before everyone is dismissed, do any of you have questions you would like answered?" asked Sarutobi.

"Since this is a tournament, that means there can only be one winner right? So does that mean only one person can become a Chunin?" asked Shikamaru.

"Not at all," Sarutobi replied, "there will be judges including myself, the Kazekage, various Daimyo's from other countries and other ninja leaders who will be here to watch to evaluate your performance. Those who have the necessary qualities of a chunin will be able to become one, even if they lose their first match. Consequently, someone can win the whole tournament, but if we do not feel they are qualified, they will not become Chunin."

"So does that mean it's possible for everyone to become a chunin?" asked Temari.

"Yes," Sarutobi said, "but it's equally possible that no one will become a chunin. Advancing in the tournament gives you more opportunities to show off your abilities and appeal to the judges, so make sure you do your best."

"If that is all then you are all dismissed," said Sarutobi. Most of the genin started hooking up with their Jonin sensei's to leave. Naruto was about to head out himself, when the Sandaime spoke again, stopping the blond boy in his tracks. "However, I would like to ask Uzumaki Naruto to stay."

Naruto raised an eyebrow, but remained none the less. When the other genin were gone Naruo let his voice be known.

"So what's up ojisan, wanted to congratulate me for kicking ass?" Naruto questioned.

Sarutobi chuckled a bit at the boys crass attitude, at least that hadn't changed. "Hmm, that is part of the reason. However, I would also like to speak with you in private. Why don't we head to my office?" Sarutobi did not give Naruto a chance to speak as he placed a hand on the boys shoulder and they disappeared in a swirl of leaves.

Birth of the New Demon King

Naruto was sitting in front of the desk in Sarutobi's office, waiting for the aging Hokage to speak. As he did his eyes gazed around the room, taking in the light beige walls, the book shelf that sat on his left and the couch with the pictures of the four Hokage's on his right and slightly behind him. The desk Sarutobi was sitting in was large, made of a dark brown wood and holding several items of interest, as well as two large stacks of paperwork, which always seemed to be there no matter how many times Naruto came in. behind the desk and the comfortable leather chair that the Sandaime sat in, was a large window that overlooked Konoha.

He had been in this room many times in the past, probably more then anyone else who had not been Hokage. The room held many fond memories for him, times when he and the aging Sandaime would sit around and he would listen as Sarutobi told him stories from his youth, of his times training with the Shodaime and Nidaime Hokage's, while eating some cookies that the man's secretary would get for them. It was also here that Naruto began to learn about what was required of a Hokage beyond being the strongest shinobi of the village.

Sarutobi reached into his desk and pulled out his pipe, packing some tobacco into it before using a fire jutsu to light it. He took a few puffs on his pipe as he looked at Naruto. He sat there, silently contemplating the young man for a few moments, before speaking.

"First I would like to congratulate you on your victory in the second stage of the Chunin Exams," Sarutobi said. "You showed a rather impressive amount of strength to do what you did, and the timing of your last attack was impeccable." The Sandaime was of course speaking the precise timing required to hit an Inuzuka while they were using the Tsuuga technique. In order to do any damage and not receive it in return, someone had to precisely time their attack to the exact moment the Inuzuka makes a full revolution.

"Thanks," Naruto replied, "but we both know that's not the reason you called me here, is it ojisan?"

"Quite right," Sarutobi said, wondering a bit about the boys increased perceptiveness. He better then anyone knew that Naruto had never been stupid, but just because Naruto wasn't dumb, didn't mean he was perceptive. "Before we begin, could you take off your hood and mask?

'Kyuubi…'Naruto said.

'Already on it,' Kyuubi replied as she cast a kitsune illusion to become invisible. Normally such a burst of youki would have been clearly felt, but being near Naruto, who had nearly four times more youki then Kyuubi did after his transformation, no one felt it.

Naruto reached up and pulled down his hood, revealing his now long spiky hair which moved into his cloak. Then he pulled off his face mask, revealing his now lean and slightly aristocratic features.

Sarutobi was surprised to see that the boy looked almost exactly like his father now, with the exception of his longer then average canines and that his hair was obviously far longer then Minato's had been. it was even more surprising to see that the boys whiskers were gone.

"What happened to you, my boy?" asked Sarutobi, shock clearly evident in his voice. "you look…"

"Older?" Naruto finished for him, smiling a bit. "I know. I can't honestly explain what happened because I don't know myself," he lied. While the blond demon-shinobi may trust the Hokage, he didn't want word about what he had learned getting out until he was ready to face anything that might come his way. "All I remember is fighting that freaky lady who could summon snakes," he watched as Sarutobi stiffened. "The next thing I knew was that woman smashing her hand into my gut while shouting some kind of jutsu. After that I was knocked unconscious and when I woke up, I looked like this and felt nearly unlimited power at my disposal."

Sarutobi tried to understand what was going on. The snake lady, as Naruto called her, was obviously Orochimaru. Anko had told him what had transpired between her and her former sensei in the Forest of Death, and he knew that his former student had marked the young Uchiha Sasuke with his Juinjutsu (Cursed Seal). But it was obvious he had done something to Naruto as well, if what the blond said was true then he had most likely tampered with the seal somehow. That could be very dangerous to Naruto, especially since no one aside from Kushina and another Uzumaki would have the same knowledge of sealing that the Yondaime had.

"Naruto-kun, may I see your stomach?" Sarutobi asked, "it is possible that ninja tampered with the seal that holds the Kyuubi."

Naruto shrugged before pulling off his cloak, setting it on the chair as he lifted his shirt up, revealing his stomach.

"Channel some chakra please," the old Hokage said.

Naruto began doing so and Sarutobi was once again surprised when nothing happened. He could feel the chakra circulating through Naruto, it was impossible not to feel that maelstrom of energy that surrounded the blond. Yet the Hakke No Fuuin Shikki (Eight Trigrams Sealing Style) that held the Kyuubi was not visible. Had something happened to the seal? Did it break? But if that were the case then Naruto should be dead and the Kyuubi would be free, or dead as well… he would have to get Jiraiya's opinion on this, if something happened to the seal, he would be the one who was most likely to figure it out.

What Sarutobi did not realize was that the seal was gone, because Kyuubi was no longer in the seal, so it had nothing to hold.

"So, any problems, Ojisan?" asked Naruto.

"… No," Sarutobi said at last, no sense in worrying the boy when he himself had no clue what happened to the seal. "No problems, you can go now."

Naruto put his shirt back down and shrugged his cloak on. "I should probably tell you I'm not gonna be in Konoha this month," Naruto said, "I have some idea's for some new jutsu, but all of them are… fairly destructive. So I'm going to be heading outside of Konoha to train."

Sarutobi looked at the boy, "I… suppose that is fine," he said at last. There was nothing in the rule books that said a ninja had to stay within Konoha during the month training period. It was unusual for a Konoha Ninja to leave, but not unheard of. "Just make sure your careful."

Naruto gave the old man a grin, "hey it's me."

Sarutobi watched the blond leave and sighed, "that's what I'm afraid of."

So someone asked that I add Hinata and some people that I NOT add Hinata to the harem. I want one thing made clear for everyone, since some of you may not have read my profile. You will never, EVER, see Naruto paired with Hinata in one of my stories. I dislike that pairing to the extreme. I don't care what anyone else thinks or says. To me, Hinata is a creepy, perverted, stalking, Naruto fangirl. And don't you dare try and tell me otherwise. Let's look at the facts, she follows him when ever she can, she refuses to talk to him, she blushes and faints when she's around him, and she has eyes that allow her to see through clothes. Case in point.

I have other reasons that I have recently come up with, but I won't bore you with more details.

So I have some more food for thought. In the beginning of Naruto, Kishimoto made the Bijuu out to be these invincible creatures of mass destruction and chaos, more akin to a force of nature then anything else. The only way to beat them was to apparently seal them inside of an object or person. And yet, we have the Akatsuki teaming up in PAIRS and defeating Bijuu and Jinchurikki left and right. We just learned that the Sandaime Raikage was able to fight the Hachibi, the second strongest Bijuu, to a draw. And we have Tobidara (Tobi + Madara) who is able to control the Kyuubi like a puppet. Does Kishimoto just like contradicting himself? Or does he completely forget everything he wrote in previous chapters when he comes up with new shit? I'll leave it to you to decide.

Current Harem:

Kyuubi

Girls who are currently leading in the harem poll:

Mei Terumi, Yugito Nii, Anko Mitarashi, Samui, Konan, Kurenai Yuhi

This poll will only be up for one more chapter before I switch polls! If you have not placed your votes be sure to do so soon!