Grim Reaper of Iwa

by Flames of Azure

Finding the truth about his parents from the Kyuubi on the Wave Mission brought about a whole new set of events for the ninja world. Naruto's path in life has changed. With new teammates and teachers, he will bring about a change to the lands. The Grim Reaper has returned and like so long ago, he is an Uzumaki. Rated M for lemons, maybe. Naru/Kuro small harem . Haku/Guren.

17. The Heart of a Warrior

Grim Reaper of Iwa

Chapter 17

Sorry, I have no excuse other than when I get off work, I have been lazy as of late. Speaking of which, I have another of those bosses. I honestly thought I would be done with that type of management when Ryan left. All he did when closing was push his work on all of us while he texted in the office. Now our newer boss does the same thing, no matter if you are done with your work and it is time for you go, she just keep you there so she has less to fucking do! Bitch. Oh well. At least i was FINALLY able to get this out.

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Kurotsuchi stared across the field as her opponent. She knew she could win this one. But that thought lead to another. How much stronger had Temari gotten in a month? With a teammate like Naruto, who would use shadow clones with training, she had to be wary of what other people did for their own training.

She herself trained with her cousin in Kiri, who was now the freaking had to win, not only for herself, but for her family. She would not let her training go to waste!

Temari was nervous, although no one could tell due to her ever present confident smirk. She was a true kunoichi, unlike the wimps from Konoha. Seriously, they were all freaking fan girls! However, her opponent was like her. A true kunoichi and there was also the fact that Kurotsuchi was family to the Tsuchikage. They most likely grew up the same way, having to be powerful and respectful.

Yes, this battle would be interesting for her. But who would win? She didn't see much of what the Iwa Nin could do during the prelims. Oh well, Wind Vs Earth was not bad.

"Begin!" Misa chirped, bring the two out of their musings as they found themselves back in reality and the many people staring at them from the stands. Waiting for another great fight.

Temari nodded to herself, this battle would be great. This was a battle between true kunoichi. And there was the fact that she was fighting to prove herself worthy to Naruto…something her opponent was probably doing as well.

"Very well, at least this fight will be interesting." Temari stated.

"How do you figure that?" Kurotsuchi asked.

"This fight, is between true kunoichi, not the fakes created from fan girls." Temari stated, which made a lot of people in the stand quiet down to hear what was being said. "A fight to show what women are capable fighters, just like men! Also, this is a fight between who gets Naruto."

At this, everyone face vaulted. None more so than Kurotsuchi. "You just contradicted yourself there. In a sense, we are fan girls, but at least we do what it takes to get strong! We will need that in a world like this if we want to be with the one we love." Kurotsuchi declared. "However, if you really want to be with Naruto as well, you will have to prove it to me. Show me what you got!"

"I intend to." Temari declared as the two rushed at each other.

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"Tsk, I was the first girl that idiot wanted." Sakura growled, a bit annoyed.

"Yeah, I never saw the appeal." Kiba commented, getting a laugh out of Ino. "I mean seriously, all you ever did with hit the guy for just talking to you half the time. That and the fact that you are not that pretty to begin with. Hell, Ino is way hotter that you!"

While Ino blushed, Sakura rounded on the Inuzuka and growled, "What was that dogshit!?"

"And the temper too, can't forget that." Kiba replied, unaware of his own peril.

"CHA!" Sakura yelled as she decked Kiba.

"Sakura, Kiba does bring up very valid points." Shino stated. "Instead of being jealous, just be happy for him that he found someone. Do not be a stereotype."

Sakura blinked at that. "Huh?" was the intelligent reply.

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Kurotsuchi leant back as Temari's fan flew over her. In quick succession, The Iwa Kunoichi followed up with an upper cut that Temari backed away from. Shutting her fan, the Suna Kunoichi tried to slam it into the hit of her opponent, but Kurotsuchi managed to evade it.

After that, they two jumped away from each other. This was getting them nowhere. Temari did not train herself for close range combat, she was a distance fighter. The close range fighting would them nowhere as this point.

"Fine, you want to play long range, that is fine with me!" Kurotsuchi shouted. "Lava Style: Quicklime Bullets!" She then spit out 10 hardened bullets of rock at Temari.

"Feh, what a joke." Temari replied, "Wind Style: Cutting Winds Protection!" The sky darkened quickly as 4 thin tornados dropped down around Temari, cutting the hardened rocks to bits.

Kurotsuchi grunted in approval. "Nice trick you got there, but judging from the sweat on your face, it takes a lot of control for it to work, huh? How long can you hold it?"

"Long enough to beat you!" Temari retorted. "However, I cannot move from this or it will be cancelled. Good thing I have Kamatari! Summoning Jutsu: Kamatari!"

In a poof of smoke, a giant, white-furred weasel with an eye-patch covering his left eye, appeared. In his hands was lethal looking sickle. It looked around, noticing Kurotsuchi and then Temari and her defense jutsu. "What? You still can't get that jutsu to attack and defend?"

"One or the other, but I need time!" Temari said.

"Fine, I'll fighter for ya." It said before it shot out of the tornados.

Kurotsuchi cursed. She knew this was bad, but thankfully she used to spar with Naruto when he used the Scythe. This could be much worse, right? Nope!

Taking out a kunai, she did her best at fighting a weasel with a sickle. Yeah, that wasn't weird at all! When she finally saw an opening, she drop kicked the larger than normal weasel, knocking him out.

When the blond saw this, she growled. "Oh hell no bitch! Wind Style: Great Tornado Dragon!" The four tornados began to twist around each other until the structure took on the form of a giant chinese dragon.

"Oh….crap." Kurotsuchi murmured. However, she could do nothing at the giant wind construct slammed into her and then flung her into the air, where it opened its massive jaw, showing her what the inside look like. Thousands of large wind blade, just waiting to slice her up.

"No!" She screamed. She would not die like that! Not after all that Mei had taught her! "Lava Style: High Powered Eruption!" She took in a deep breath before a torrent of lava blasted out of her mouth. Once the lava hit the wind, two things happened. The current of the winds directed the flow of the lava as it traveled along it towards Temari and it quickly cooled, freezing the dragon in a picturesque way and trapping the wind user in it.

However, Kurotsuchi wasn't done yet. As she fell, she smirked and said, "Boom!" The result was the structure being completely obliterated, tearing everything asunder. Plus as an added affected, it softened the decent down for Kurotsuchi.

When she landed, she looked through the smoke and dust to see Temari not in the place she expected. The blond was actually where she left the weasel, who was standing protectively over her. He also looked in bad shape.

"I will not let you harm my summoner!"

"How did she get over here to begin with?" Kurotsuchi asked.

"Reverse Summoning." Kamatari sighed tiredly. He then looked around and saw all the spectators and sighed again. "So, this is the Chunin Exams that she was talking about." Looking back at Temari to see that he was just unconscious, he said, "If it will keep her alive, we give up."

"I wasn't going to kill her, but it is for the best" Kurotsuchi replied tiredly. That combination jutsu was exhausting.

"Well, that sure was an explosive ending. We now have a winner, Kurotsuchi from Iwa!" Misa declared and again the crowd went wild.

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"I get the feeling that she over did it." Naruto said.

"No, you think?" Sasuke said as he walked up next to Naruto.

"Sasuke? I thought I heard that you were training with Kakashi, what are you doing here. I would have thought he would have made the two of you at least three hours late."

Sasuke rolled his eyes. "We would have if Mifune hadn't threatened Kakashi. Something about burning those porn books of his."

"Good to know." Naruto said.

"Yeah….but still, those girls that are after you are nuts. The arena floor is all burnt and twisted because of them!"

"Eh, I got no problem fighting on that, do you Uchiha?"

"No, I was just complaining." Sasuke deadpanned.

"Oh, ok then." Naruto chirped.

The Uchiha eyed his old teammate and said, "So you don't mind that fact that is you get with them, they could kill you any way they wanted."

"Nope, just keep them happy and they won't." Naruto replied.

"You're nuts."

"And you're an ass."

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"Next match, Sasuke vs Sai." Misa announced, making the crowd go wild. Many in the audience were looking forward to this, mostly due to seeing the Uchiha in action. They also wondered if he was powerful like those girls.

Once in the arena, the two boys stared at one another. "Don't think that just because you are my teammate that I will go easy on you." Sasuke said.

"That was my line, dickless." Sai said with his fake smile. "But if that is the way you want to go, I will go all out on you. You forget that I was part of Root before being assigned to this team."

"Tch, whatever." Sasuke replied as Misa told them to start. "And yet you are a genin on our team."

"Whatever helps you sleep at night." Sai stated with his fake smile as he drew on a piece of paper. With a wave of his hand, small orb like blobs flew out and encircled the Uchiha.

"What is this?" Sasuke asked, completely confused until he got a look at the designs on the orbs. These things had the Sharingan on them!

"Ah, so you are not blind." Sai said. "You see, this ink is special. It is combined with the blood of your clan. Danzo made it for me and it has helped me greatly."

"That…is sick." Sasuke said, struggling to keep his anger in check. "Why would you do such a thing?"

"Simple. Your clan was useful and through me, it is even more useful." Sai said, not bothering to understand Sasuke's emotional state. "Did you really think that someone would not found a use for your dead clan? I have and so has Lord Danzo."

"You're going to pay!" Sasuke roared as he performed a familiar set of hand seals. "Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!"

"Still so easily angered." Sai replied as he saw the fireball engulf a few of his Ink Eyes, but he had gotten what he wanted. So he just created a few more that continued to circle the Uchiha. "Let me show you what the new Uchiha power does with Ink. Imitation Ink Style: Multi Great Fireball Jutsu!"

The eyes surrounding the Uchiha began to spin faster before distancing themselves from him and the mutating into ink based fire balls that he could feel the heat off of. He was not even sure how this was possible, but he didn't have time to think because they were coming back into kill him! So he saved his skin with a quick substitution jutsu using a large broken rock to take the blast for him.

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Sarutobi was glaring at the battlefield. More specifically, at Danzo's supposed son, Sai. This was not something even he expected, but it seemed that Danzo had truly lost his mind. However, if Sai was able to do something like this with blood and ink, what the hell was Danzo capable of?

"Sarutobi, you should really watch out for that rival of yours." Onoki said, put off by this odd display of power. "I would hate to see what Danzo has cooked up for you back in Konoha."

"I will. As soon as these exams are over, I will storm that old fool's base and kill him myself!" Sarutobi raged. "I should have known something horrible like this would happen when the bodies of the Uchiha never got to the morgue! I thought it was a technical error, but this is just stupid!"

"I agree." The Raikage, A, growled out. At one time, his father did want the Sharingan in his village, but after seeing how they were and how they fought, his old man put a stop to that idea. "That clan is cursed if Danzo can do that with their blood. Just kill the old fool and your problems will be done with."

"Let's hope you can kill him unlike your student, Orochimaru." The Kazekage replied.

"Yes, but let's see how the underdog in this fight will fair against someone with extensive knowledge of what to do with multiple copies of the Sharingan. I am interested in what the little Uchiha can do when faced with this." Mei replied with a smile.

"Indeed, what will he do?" Sarutobi asked himself.

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Sasuke knew he was at a disadvantage. He did not know what Sai could do with those Ink Sharingans, other than the normal copying power but even that was warped!

"If you think that is all I have Sasuke, then you are mistaken." Sai replied. "With the power of the Sharingan in my Ink, I have all the power of those eyes of yours. For example…." With a hand sign, the world around Sasuke warped and the eyes were back, but they were not alone. Connected to the eyes were people, people that should be dead.

Activating his own Sharingan, he found that he could not break whatever illusion he was in. It was maddening! There were his mother, his father, and his brother. There were also two others he had never seen before. A younger Uchiha that looked a little bit like Naruto and a man with long hair covering one of his eyes.

"You call yourself an Uchiha? What a joke, you are weak." The long hair man said with vast disinterest. "You can't even break out of a simple illusion.

"I'll show you weak!" Sasuke roared. He would not be insult by someone he didn't even know! He rushed the long hair man, forgetting that this was an illusion.

"Hmph," The man said as he back handed the young Uchiha into the black hair Naruto look alike, who stabbed him in the back!

What is this? This I an illusion that can hurt me? Sasuke thought in mild panic until he noticed something. Only part of this was an illusion. If he concentrated hard enough, he saw the color on the people fade to that of black and white, just like Sai's Ink. That meant that the rest was the illusion!

"Fine…I'll play your game." Sasuke replied, wincing a bit thanks to the wound on his back.

"Oh? And how will you do that?" The boy spoke.

"Like this! Chidori Stream!" Sasuke shouted as he slammed a lightening covered fist at the other young Uchiha, releasing a current of power that travelled to the others before they melted and the illusion fell, showing a slightly burnt Sai.

"I didn't think that Kakashi knew other lightning based jutsu." Sai said.

"He doesn't." Sasuke said, glad that he was out of that illusion. Any longer and he would have lost it, killing the Ink version of Itachi. "He helped me make my own jutsu."

"Good to know, but you still will not win." Sai replied as he release Ink Lions to engage the Uchiha.

Sasuke growled. He was hoping that he would have to use his other lighting based jutsu, but right now, that was all he had. Tapping a seal on his hand, an absurdly long blade, almost like a katana, appeared in his hand. Channeling his lightning chakra into it, he made it super sharp and it grew longer. He was glad that Kakashi taught him how to manipulate his element a few weeks after Naruto left.

"Bring it on!" Sasuke roared. The lions roared in kind as they all ganged up on him.

The result was a blood bath for the young Uchiha. Despite him being a so called elite, he was still nothing but a genin. And one 'trained' by Kakashi too. Still, he didn't do too badly. His lightning enhanced blade sliced through them with ease. The down side was him getting clawed up by the beasts until he and the ground were covered in blood and ink.

Sai fake smiled again and clapped. "Good for you, but I can make more." At that, Sasuke groaned, this was getting him nowhere! "Still, it gave me enough time for my next move."

"…Crap." Sasuke deadpanned.

"You see Sasuke, I know the secret to gain the next level of the Sharingan and I have already done the deed, something required for people like me."

"Yeah, I know you work for Root, Kakashi already said not to trust you that much. What did you have to do?"

"I killed my brother and best friend." Sai replied in a monotone. "And now, I shall unleash the Ink Mangekyo Sharingan!" All the ink covering the ground and Sasuke rose up and formed into a giant eye and the design of the new eye looked like an outline of a power button. "Although….i haven't figured out how to use most of the Sharingan's next level powers. So….just enjoy this."

That being said, Sai did the tiger hand sign and the eye shot out a wave an inky black fire, which Sasuke barely managed to dodge. The hell!? He can really use that level and use an ink version of the Sun Goddess's power? And damn that felt real enough! Sasuke thought in panic while also wondering why the proctor or the Kages didn't stop the fight. They were probably betting on him to win. Whatever.

Fine then, I guess I will have to use that jutsu…although that will be it….damnit, and here I was hoping to fight Naruto next round. Sasuke thought as he was already tired. Those lions did a number on his arching body.

With that, Sasuke sent out a spark of lighting around him, charging air as he bum rushed the eye, intent on take that out first so that he could get to Sai. However, the ink user wasn't going to make it easy on him. Because as soon as Sa8i saw this, Sai commanded his creation to let out more jets of inky black fire.

Sasuke dodged and weaved a best his could, slashing through some of them, only to light the blade a flame. "Argh! Black Chidori Stream!" He screamed, using the black flames to his advantage, combing the two elements the best he could. The effect actually brought down the mass of ink, stunning Sai into immobility for the time, and Sasuke was already to dish out the final attack. The spark from earlier was back and the charged air around came to life, almost looking like the Lightning Guardian, Kirin. So chucking his still flaming blade at the stunned Sai, he roared out, "Kirin: Roar with the Thunder!"

The Uchiha stopped short a few yards away from Sai as the light miniature lightning guardian shot forward and let out a concussive roar. As the concussive air wave flew toward the Root member, the air was super charged as well, although it again combined with the remaining black fire on the blade and all Sai saw was darkness.

When the dust cleared, the audience saw Sai body stuck to the arena wall thanks to Sasuke's blade. The wave of air sped it up so that even if Sai had not been stunned, he still would not have had time to move.

Sai was dead. Pierce in the heart with Sasuke's blade.

Misa looked a little sad that a death happened in these exams already, but her father did tell to expect them. Looking toward the Uchiha, she found him face down on the ground, unconscious. It seemed his wounds and the final jutsu he use were too much for him and he passed out.

"Well, I guess this battle ends in a double knockout due to the fact that I can't determine who lost first. So no one wins this round."

There was a murmuring in the stand but there were no complaints. That was one battle no one expected to end like that.

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Sarutobi sighed. "Danzo will not like this."

"What are you afraid of? Him coming at you sooner?" Onoki asked.

"I wanted a bit more time to prepare. Now I know that man will come at me. When that time comes, Konoha will become a battle field." The old Hokage replied, sadness in his eyes. "After all, since Naruto left, he has been waiting for a reason to take me down."

"It sounds like that boy really was his son." Mei said, her interest peaked.

"Young Sai may not have looked like his father because the boy took after his mother." Sarutobi replied. "He said the boy was an orphan, but I knew that he was Danzo's child. The man may have deaden the emotion of his soldiers, but he could not deaden his own emotions and eventually, he fell to them. A pale beauty that Danzo want in his ranks, but after a while, he could not bring himself to deaden the young woman's emotions and saved her. I fear that if he had not done that, he himself would have lost his own emotions."

"Sad." Raikage growled out, still not liking Danzo at all. So to him, he really didn't care.

"Indeed." The Kazekage muttered, think about his own wife.

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In the competitor's box, Naruto looked on with a calculation look. Every battle so far was preety intense. The explosions and other attacks could have harmed the crowds, but the barrier helped protect them from any stray jutsu or kunai. Still he had a lot to live up to. His battle had to be epic and will him fighting Lee, it was a assured…even if it was just taijutsu. Taijutsu still had a lot of power behind it if used properly.

Naruto thought about how he would win as he watched Gaara and Akatsuchi's battle. In a sense, it was mostly a battle for control. To a degree, the two were able to control the earth in their own special way.

Gaara was a able to bend the sand to his will, making it do what he wanted, even form his Jinchuriki Form. Akatsuchi was different. He had to the power to mold the earth into his special jutsu, the Golem Technique.

Still, for all their control, Gaara remained on top as he broke the earth down into massive ton of sand, breaking the golems with easy and completely overwhelming Akatsuchi into giving up.

"For the final battle of the first round, will Naruto Uzumak and Rock Lee of Konoha please come down to the arena?" Misa announced.

"YOSH! Finally, our battle has come!" Lee shouted. "Come Naruto! Let us show the world our Power of Youth!"

"Yeah…sure Lee." Naruto said, sweat dropping a bit as the other competitors took a step back, wondering what Lee was on. Shaking his head, he took the stairs while Lee jumped right to the arena floor from the competitor's box.

"Good luck." Kurotsuchi said, kissing the blond. "And remember, just because Lee can only use Taijutsu, doesn't mean you have to do the same."

"Noted." Naruto replied.

Once in the arena, the two stared off at each other, wondering how this will go. Naruto wanted to see what Lee could really do when it came down to the wire. He knew Taijutsu had its uses, but Lee knew more about it than he did, mostly due to having Might Guy as a teacher.

Lee knew some of what Naruto could do, but that was it. He wanted to see more! Just knowing that Naruto was a great fighter made his blood pump. This was a perfect battle to show the world how good he was with Taijutsu.

Misa looked between the two and said, "Begin" Before hightailing it out of there. If the other battles were any indication, then this battle would be just as destructive. After all, one of the fighters was Naruto after all.

(Put on Superbeast, a good song for this kind of fight.)

With that, Lee entered his Goken Fist Stance as Naruto entered one that was unfamiliar to him. He had a feeling that Guy knew, but the man couldn't help him in a time like this. He would just have to adapt on his own. So, not giving Naruto time to attack, he struck first!

Lee rushed Naruto, throwing a powerful haymaker that Naruto managed to block before following up with a kick to the head. Naruto fell back to not get hit with that before he put his weight on his arms to thrust his foot into Lee's stomach.

The green spandex wearing ninja managed to grab hold of the foot before it could do damage to him but the result was jarring. Naruto had put in a lot of force with that, but even he knew that wasn't all there was. There was truly something else powering that attack. He heard that Naruto now had a metal arm, but he doubted that was it. Plus, the blond weighed too much.

"You're holding back, Naruto." Lee replied with a frown. "Show me what you can really do!"

"I could say the same to you Lee." Naruto said with a smirk as he put his hood over his head.

Lee just smiled as he disappeared in a burst of speed before appearing once again behind the blond, ready to strike. Lee brought his fight towards Naruto's head, only for it to pass right through.

"You look so surprised." Naruto said from right next to Lee, making the green clad ninja retaliate by throwing a punch, which once again passes right through Naruto. This time, Lee noticed the black smoke. "You said not to hold back, but you still are. So I am going make you by using some of my other skills. Real Genjutsu has its perks, but in a fight like this, it is rather boring."

"Argh!" Lee shouted as he sent a kick to Naruto's face, only for it to once again pass through the blond. "Fine! I shall take it to the next level!" Lee shouted as he eyed the stands, looking for his sensei, wondering if Guy would let him do this. Once he spotted the man, he notice Guy give him a slight nod before giving off the good guy pose, shining smile and all.

Lee nodded as leapt into the air. With quick speed, he undid his weights and threw them to the ground, shocking many when they created craters.

"Dafaq?!" Naruto muttered, wonder how much Lee had been really hold back. "Oh this should be fun!"

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In the crowd, Guy was sitting with his him and many of the other Jonin sensei and their own teams. Guy himself had a thousand giga watt smile on his face. He was getting to see Lee show his real power.

His joy was not shared by the others. Kakashi turned his head to his so called rival and sighed, "Don't you think that is a bit much Guy?"

"Nope! My student shines with the Power of Youth. This just shows it!" Guy cheered before his face grew serious. "Besides, Lee hasn't unleash his true potential yet."

"What do you mean sensei?" Tenten asked.

"Just a little something I have been working on with him." Guy replied before turning to Neji. "Watch carefully Neji, Lee will show a power that he can use to defeat even you on your best day. However, I forbid him from doing so in a mere spar and against a fellow leaf ninja."

Neji nodded and he leaned forward to look. His his….defeat by Hinata and her temporary teammates, he had started to reevaluate a lot of things in his life, especially after Hiashi came to him and told him the true about his father. How far have you gotten Lee?

However, Kakashi still eyed his friend. Something about his statement didn't sit well with him. He would teach that kid the Gates, would he?

XXX

Lee disappeared and then reappeared, slamming right into Naruto's gut, knocking the wind out of him. Lee noticed that there was still a lot of resistance to his punch, he just could not figure out what.

Naruto doubled over in pain for a second too long, which was all Lee needed as he kicked the blond in the face, sending him up in the air. The blond recovered quickly and blocked the upward jab at him and axe kicked Lee out of his way. Damn, those weights were for his speed. He already had some strength, but losing those weights doubled both for him. I am just lucky I am who I am.

With that, Naruto punched the ground, "Earth Style: Stone Fist Manipulation!" The earth rose up and twisted around his hands, encasing them in rock. Learn this and a few other Earth based jutsu had been a real pain in the ass since this was not his element, Wind was. It was like polar opposites, but thanks to an absurd amount of clones, he had gotten it down. Even if the power was halved.

The blond rushed at Lee, returning the punch in the gut and sending the green glad ninja back a few feet. Lee looked back at Naruto in the eyes, both noticing a glint in the other's eye before they both disappeared in a burst of speed.

They appeared again, trading punches before Lee knocked the blond to the ground. Naruto let off a smirk and he dug his hand into the fire twist earth. What came next shocked the Taijutsu user. A column of earth shot out of the ground, punting him back a few yards.

At this, Lee's face grew with excitement as he rushed back in. He used his superior speed to appear all over Naruto to try and get in a good strike. However, Naruto kept up with him. Using his stone fists to grab or black a few strikes while doing handstands and making it look like he was free style break dancing as he kept plunging his fists into the ground to bring out columns of earth that strike out or curve to block Lee's strikes.

To Lee, it was an intense experience that he was glad to have endured. It pushed him past his current limits to dodge and weave from the earth while send his punches and kicks to his opponent. Still, Lee again come out on top as he finally found an opening and took it. He got underneath the blond and kicked him high into the air. Lee disappeared before reappearing in the air with Naruto, just below him.

"This is the end my friend! First Gate: Gate of Opening, Open! Primary Lotus!" The bandages around Lee's arms came loose as they wrapped around the blond, who looked a little panicked at this point, before they spun head first into the ground, creating a large dust cloud.

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"What the hell Guy, you taught him the Gates?!" Kakashi shouted, shocked that Guy do something so reckless.

"What Gates?" Sakura asked, making the other genin wonder about that to as their attention fell on Kakashi and Guy.

"The Gates of the inner body." Kakashi started. "They let the user go to new heights with each gate. One can even fight at Kage Level if they open the eighth, but they die afterwards."

"Damn…that sucks." Kiba grumbled, thinking it was a good way to power, but if he was dead afterwards, forget that!

"Hmm, I thought I read something about that once." Sakura replied, almost talking to herself.

Ignoring the kids for now, Kakashi rounded on Guy. "How many Gates did you teach him to open?"

Guy smiled. "You'll see. I have a feel that Naruto will push him to open them. I will say that before we entered the Chunin Exams, he was at five."

"Was? Guy, you are nuts." Kakashi stated.

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When the dust cleared, Naruto's body lay twisted at an odd angle. Lee cringed a bit before the body went up in smoke. "A clone jutsu? When!?" He asked aloud.

"When you kicked me in the air, I managed to make a seal less clone and switch with it." Naruto replied and as he reappeared next to Lee, his hood still up. "When you said next level, you meant it, but it is still not enough to beat me and my Darkness Style."

"What do you mean?" Lee asked.

The answer was Naruto removing the hood, showing Lee and the crowd his skeleton form. "Heh, what do you think?"

Lee blinked, then blinked again. "Aren't skeletons supposed to be white?"

"Heh, let's just say that, my arm needed some good roots." Naruto chuckled. "Oh and this is a special type of metal on my bones that let me do some awesome things, for example…" He said as he was enshrouded in wind chakra before he vanished from sight.

Lee looked around frantically, before he heard the cry of, "Falcon….Punch!" Naruto appeared behind Lee and delivered a concussive falcon shaped punch that sent Lee careening into a wall, leaving a large imprint of the boy's body.

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"Ah HAHAHA!" A, the Raikage, roared in laughter. "The match so far has been great, but that was awesome. Using Wind Chakra in taijutsu like that is genius!"

"Hmm, makes me wonder why no one has ever done it before." The Kazekage wondered. If he could create a fighting style like that in his village, he could get some better leverage in the shinobi world and get more clients.

You have grown well Naruto, but that Darkness Style is creepy. Sarutobi thought with a smile as he watched the two fight.

"Regretting letting him go yet?" Onoki asked with a big smile.

"Everyday."

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"Damn that had to hurt." Temari said, wincing a bit.

Yeah, but I doubt this is over yet." Kurotsuchi replied, seeing that Lee was breaking himself out of the wall.

"He doesn't quit!" Suzumebachi almost yelled in shock.

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Lee indeed broke himself out of the wall and sent Naruto a smile. "Your power of youth knows no bounds! Let me show where mine can travel! Gate of Rest, OPEN! Gate of Life, OPEN!" At that, Lee begun to change. His skin grew red, his eyes whited out, and chakra burst all around him, giving the illusion that wind was blow around him. "Gate of Pain, OPEN!" The veins on Lee's skin looked to be pulsing against it, looking ready to burst and he looked like he was ina small bit of pain. "Argh! GATE OF CLOSING, OPEN!" With that, the area grew thick with the potent chakra as everyone could feel it now.

Lee burst forward from his spot as he charged once again at the blond. Naruto himself channel more darkness as his form became a little smoky, while also channeling a good amount of wind chakra. He braced himself when Lee struck head on, jarring them both. Naruto for the force of the hit and Lee because of the pain of hitting the hard metal that was now on Naruto.

And with that, another deadly dance ensued. The two weaved and dodged as they tried to strike one another. Naruto used his darkness and wind to skillfully weave around Lee, making it look like everywhere he went was an illusion. Lee, however, was far faster and he got in a few good jarring strikes. He had been at this far longer, training with Guy whenever he had a chance. Naruto was winging it the best he could with an on the fly tactic.

It was good, but Lee saw through it as he once again brought Naruto into the air once more. The green clad shinobi brought a multitude of hits to the bony Uzumaki. Landing a hit before jumping off to strike at a different place and jumping off the very air itself to gain speed at hit Naruto, sending the two all over the place in the air.

Subconsciously, Lee felt that he was being guided along somehow. Like the air he was jumping off was control where he would go, but he had no clue how that worked. Finally, he felt that he didn't care and knocked Naruto to the ground.

Chuckling, Naruto wobbly got back up. "Man Lee, you sure know how to give a good smack down, but thanks to this form, I am given added protection. Still, I felt that and I feel that I need to end this…quickly. "He said as he stretched a bit, working out the kinks. He loved this form, but it was draining thanks to the long usage.

He disappeared and the appeared in front of Lee before upper cutting him back into the air. "Black Wind Web!" As soon as Lee started to descend, he felt himself stuck.

"What is this?!" Lee asked, shocked to find himself in an actual web of sorts.

"The Black Wind Web. As you hit me, I release a small current of wind that guided up as he travelled. You did the rest for me as I merely added darkness into the mix of air streams. You are caught in a multi-crossing air stream that will keep you in one place until I release you. No hold still while I end this."

Lee's eyes widened when Naruto took a stance as fire of all things erupted all around him. Lee didn't know it, but Naruto's blazing fire from meant that he was using the Kyuubi's chakra for the final blow. However, he still had some juice left….even if it was going to hurt him more. "Gate of Joy, OPEN!" The result was the spider web of wind shredding and then twisting into black whirlwinds due to the sheer power wafting off of him. "Morning Peacock!"

"Moring wha-" Naruto asked but was cut off as Lee brought his fist down on Naruto's flaming head, distracting him with the force of the hit. The effect to that made his body a little heavy to crack the ground. Lee then followed up and a kick that sent the blond back into the air. The green clan ninja followed him in the air as he delivered punch after punch to the blond. The speed of the punches were so fast that they were set ablaze by sheer speed and friction. That created a peacock-like fan of flaming chakra around Naruto. When he was done, Naruto crashed back down to the earth, covered in more fire.

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"Damn! The kid knows how to do something like that at his age?" A said in disbelief. "The hell are your men teaching those kids!? That kid is too young for that shit. I am surprised that kid hasn't torn himself apart yet!"

Sarutobi watched as Naruto fell to the ground in mild irritation. "I was not aware that Guy went that far in Lee's training. I should have known though."

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"Guy, this is going too far!" Kakashi said, losing his temper.

Guy nodded. He honestly didn't his student would go this far to prove himself. "Yes, it is over kill, but it seems they both went overboard. You can feel it too, right? That flaming aura around Naruto is that chakra. However, I am surprised that it is not giving off the usual negative emotions."

Kakashi snapped his head back to the fight, wondering the same thing while their students were wondering what they were talking about in the first place while also wondering how Naruto was doing. That last attack was devastating.

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Naruto in fact was not fine. His flaming bone form was flickering, threating to shut itself off. Goddamnit…I thought I'd be nice and use very few ninjutsu in this battle, sticking to jutsu that work well with my taijutsu, but all that has really accomplished is getting my ass handed to me this whole fight. Kurama, how much of your chakra can I handle?

The giant fox stirred with his cage as he absorbed the fight so far. The speed of the punches is so fast that they are set ablaze by sheer speed and friction. This creates a peacock-like fan of flaming chakra around the opponent. "One Tail. With all the damage done to your body, whether it be the bone form or your normal human form, that will only last for a small time. Why, do you have a plan?"

Yeah, a jutsu that should finish this. The response to this was the flames coming back in full force. The cloak Naruto wore was ripped and shredded. All in all in bad shape and through the hole, the flames roared through. Ripping it off for now, he showed the world the his black clothes underneath as the flames roaring all around him almost looked solid. "Enough, this battle is over!"

"Your Flames of Youth bright as brightly as ever Naruto!" Lee cheered but winced. Maintaining these gates were murder on the body. "Yes, let's end this. "Gate of Shock, OPEN!" Again, the result was another explosion of power as the sweat covering Lee rapidly evaporated, creating an aura of blue all around Lee and his muscles bulged and felt like they were ripping themselves apart and his chakra violently swirled around him a maelstrom of power.

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"Guy! Please tell me that was last gate he can open!" Kakashi replied in panic.

"Yes, it is." Guy replied grimly, a little put off that Lee pushed himself this far in the Chunin Exams. He only taught Lee those thing so that he had power on his side if he ever fought a high level ninja on the field and he was not there. "Please be careful Lee."

"DAMN! This fight is intense!" Kiba roared as he was at the edge of his seat.

"I know the feeling!" Ino beamed as she stared at the two maelstroms of power getting ready for the final strike. By this point, everyone in the stands were at the edges of their seats, cheering like mad people. The subconscious part of her wished that she were nicer to the blond back in the academy.

Sakura just looked at the scene with a sad smile.

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Sasuke, by now awake, leaned against the railing of the comepetitor's box, watching the fight intensely. So this is how far you've come…way to go dobe."

"Yeah! Kick some ass! Now is the time to stop holding back!" Kurotsuchi roared with a big smile on her face.

"What kind of power houses are they?!" Temari shouted in shock.

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"YEAH! Now this is a fight." A roared.

"My, this is quite the battle. Near kage level I would assume." Mei stated with a gleam in her eyes.

"Oh yeah! Show them what you are made of kid." Onoki replied with a proud smile.

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Lee took no time in waiting for his opponent to attack as he brought a palm outward before using his other hand to smack it, creating a great amount of pressure from his surrounding chakra. Forming the tiger sign, he thought, Forgive me Guy-sensei, I know this is over kill and you told me never to use it unless I truly have to…but I must show them my power in Taijutsu! "DAYTIME TIGER!" Lee screamed as he thrust forward, sending the mass of air pressure right at his opponent.

Naruto grit his teeth as he only had one shot at this. He was not good with his jutsu due to his shoddy control over Earth Style jutsu. However, thanks to his Darkness Style, he is able to pull off out counterpart. He just need more time to master that other style. Quickly performing a few handseals and adding all the chakra he could, his and Kurama's, he shouted, "Black Dust Style: Izanami's Hand!"

While more creative that Onoki was with the style, Naruto was able to use his own hand as a template as the usual dust style mechanics formed while adding his darkness to shape it to his will. Thrusting his own palm forward, He sent the hand towards Lee's attack. The two powerhouse moves meeting in the middle.

For a moment, the two attacks fought for dominance as the pressurized air tiger fought to get past the hand, but when the hand closed around the tiger, the effects where instant. The dust qualities destabilized the tiger, making it is implode in on itself, which gave the hand momentum to streak towards Lee, slamming him down to the group.

The hand also destabilized Lee's chakra, making the gates rapidly close themselves and leaving Lee with all the pain.

Lee, despite all the nerve racking pain he was in, managed to hobble his way to his knees and look at Naruto, who was on his own knees, panting from exhaustion and back in his normal human form. The two locked eyes before Lee asked, "How are you able to still fight? What is driving you?"

Naruto smiled weakly. "The same thing that is driving you. Our hearts. The heart of the warrior beats within up, letting us push us to our limits and beyond." He paused as he thought about it. "In our hearts, we both have something to prove and that also makes us strong. I can tell that we are the same, geniuses of hard work, people who have to work get where they want."

Lee smiled sadly. That was exactly was he was. During this fight, he had to pull out all the stops from all that he knew from his hard work. Looking at the stands, he could tell that he had shown the world his powers in taijutsu. He had won in his own way, but there was still room for improvement and when this battle was over, he would work his way to the top. "Yes, I understand now. One more."

"One more what?" Naruto asked.

"One more strike to decide this battle." Lee declared. "Let's show the world how to end a fight!"

"Heh, fine by me Lee." Naruto said as they both stood up, both in varying amounts of pain. Naruto knew he was almost out of chakra and felt this final strike was worth it.

With the roar of the crowds, the two shot off like rocket aimed at each other as they threw back their arms in preparation for the final blow. When they were close enough, they threw their punches, but Lee flinched in pain, the simple acts he was performing where too much after opening seven of the eight gates. This left him wide open for Naruto's final punch.

"THIS IS THE POWER FROM MY HEART!" Naruto shouted as he brought his fist down on Lee's face. Lee tried to resist, he really did, but all the pain from the day's events was too much and he blacked out, good thing too. "ARGH!" Naruto yelled as he brought Lee down to the ground. The force of the punch was so much that once Lee hit the ground, the whole arena fire scared floor exploded upwards, putting Lee in a massive crater.

Misa popped her head out of one of the stadium doors, looking in shock at all the devastation before running over to the two combatants to see that Lee was down in a crater, barely conscious with an odd smile on his face while Naruto was barely on his feet a few feet away. She smiled and said, "THE WINNER IS NARUTO!"

And the crowd went wild.

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19 fucking pages, hell yeah!

Nice stopping point, don't you all think? Man that took so long to write! I was unsure how to do some of these battles like Sasuke and Sai's. So I just went my own way since I really didn't know how Sai fought. So I thought what the hell, if Danzo can use Mokuton DNA and Sharingan Eyes, then Sai can use the Uchiha Blood in his Ink to pull what wrote off. NO FLAMES!

As for Naruto and Lee's battle, I figure Lee could learn the other two gates for the hell of it. Guy stopped teaching him in the anime only because he got caught….i think. So I took it further. The final punch was basically Ninja Storm 3's final bout with Naruto and Obito. It was badass so I use it.

So, quick question. So should I have these Exams run for two days so that the Samurai can fix the arena and give the fighters a chance to rest or keep on going? Also, could Sasuke have been close friends with Sai since Naruto left so that he could gain his Mangekyo? He will need it for when Pain comes.

Two other things, one tell me how badly i messed up on my grammar because i am tired and don't feel like going through it all right now and two, i am wondering if i need to have Misa in this harem. I really just created her for the purpose of having an OC. I honestly don't see Mifune letting her stay with Naruto in Iwa. Up to you all.

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