Chapter 2

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Bleach.

Thanks for the ideas...but I've got an pretty good of an zanpukto now. It's pretty powerful.

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Naruto sensed it immediatly when Minato returned. Minato tossed him the scroll and poofed away.

Naruto was suddenly sent with images of Minato moving through the forests and knocking out the shinobi. "Those guys suck. Wait...why do I know that?'

'looks like you get the memories of whatever your kage-bushins do. This'll be useful.'

'How could I have never noticed that?!' Naruto asked himself mentally.

'It's cuz you're stupid. Don't worry, we'll work on that.' Minato told Naruto with an edge in his voice.

Naruto gulped, he wasn't looking forward to training his mind. "WE'RE HERE!!" Sakura yelled out when they got to the tower.

'And I'm the loud one?'

'Damn she's loud.'

'Shut up.'

"Welp...here's where I part ways from you guys. Good luck getting a scroll!" Kabuto told them, reminding Naruto that he forgot to tell the team about the scroll he got.

"Wait a second!! I have an heaven scroll!!" Naruto said rapidly before Sasuke or Sakura could move away. Both of them blinked and stared at Naruto.

"How'd you get that dobe?" Sasuke asked, switching back to calling Naruto an dobe.

"What's it matter?" Naruto informed them evasively. Neither one was in the mood to challenge Naruto, knowing how stubborn he could be and just opened the scrolls.

Iruka popped out and explained to them the purpose of the Heaven and Earth. Naruto tuned out the unimportant stuff and began speaking to Minato.

'I need new clothes don't I?'

'What do you know? He is learning!! Either way you should be listening. Apparently you're going to be fighting in a preliminary match to advance to the finals.'

'Really?' Naruto looked around and noticed all the other genin around him. 'Where'd all these guys come from?!'

'Hn...there's something else we need to work on.' Minato thought with a sweatdrop.

"Okay...cough...the first match will be..." The sickly looking jonin, (Naruto didn't hear his name) motioned towards a video screen where some names were flashing through

Sasuke Uchiha

Vs.

Akadou Youroi

'Who the hell's Akadou?'

'No clue.'

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'Right off the bat eh?' Sasuke thought smirking.

'No not Sasuke!!' Sakura thought frantically.

'I just KNOW I missed something.' Naruto told Minato. But nontheless he followed the other shinobi up into the stands to watch.

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'Hm...I can't use the sharingan...or any of my jutsus actually. Now, how do I do this?' Sasuke thought smirking, while staring at his opponent.

Akadou Yoroi Vs Sasuke Uchiha...match Begin The sickly looking proctor stated before moving out of range just as Akadou threw shuriken at Sasuke.

Sasuke didn't bother to move, just pulled an a Kunai and swung it in a an arc, deflecting the blows. The cursed seal chose this moment to act up though, and in a pulse of pain, Sasuke stopped.

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'Pathetic.'

'He's reached his limit.'

'Hm...'

'Hey Minato, can I talk to that red haired girl?' Naruto thought, not worried about Sasuke's fight in the slightest.

'You know what? I have no idea. Give it a try.' Minato answered back, simply.

'Okay...Hey LADY!! YOU THERE?!' Naruto screamed in his mind as loud as he could, making Minato facevault.

'I don't think she's gonna answer to that Naruto...' Minato told Naruto reproachfully.

'I CAN HEAR YOU!! DON'T YELL!!' The redhead yelled back, making Minato and Naruto do mental facevaults.

'She's loud...'

'Great. She develops a personality...and it's like Naruto's.' Minato thought, a sweatdrop forming on his head.

'Okay...so tell me about yourself.' Naruto thought towards the teen.

'HEY!! You didn't ask me that!!'

'And your point is...?'

While Minato was in his corner sulking, Naruto was snapped out of his thoughts when he heard the sound of impact. He looked down to see Sasuke pulling the same move the Lee had used on him earlier. 'Cheater.'

'Agreed'

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Akadou was shocked. The brat was stronger than he thought. 'So I'm in the air...what happens now?' He felt the Uchiha appear behind an poke him in the back. 'Kage Buyo!?'

"From here on out...it's all original." Suddenly, Sasuke cringed, Naruto, and all the others could see those marks from earlier starting to grow on his neck. 'Urgg...not now!!'

'That mark again?'

'This ought to be good'

'I knew it...he couldn't handle it.'

'Sasuke-kun!!'

'He's reached his limit!'

'I will not...let this thing...BEAT ME!!' Sasuke thought to himself, shrugging off the pain. He began to ignore the pain and force the marks back to it's original form and position right on his neck.

"Now...Let's go."

Sasuke swung a foot out which was promptly blocked.

"You'll have to do better than that!!" Akadou cried out

Sasuke didn't bother saying anything, just swung out his arm and knocked Akadou downward, Sasuke fell with him and spun in the air so he could punch Akadou with his other arm. He didn't stop his spin as they got closer to the ground.

'Here we go!!' Sasuke thought, his foot coming down towards Akadou with great speed. (for him anyway.)

"Shishi Rendan!!" Sasuke cried out, slaming his foot into Akadou's stomach.

Akadou said nothing, simply bled as his head cracked slammed on the floor.

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'That...'

'was...'

'A Crappy finish!!'

Naruto and both Minato were surprised that the redhead was joining the conversations now. 'Naruto did ask me to tell him about myself...unlike other people.' She said smugly now smirking at Minato, who had returned to his corner to sulk.

'So...'

'So...'

'This is going to take a while.' Naruto and his zanpukto thought at the same time.

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Kakashi had taken Sasuke to who knows where, and Naruto was conversing with his Zanpukto. As the matches continued.

"Okay...cough cough...the next match will be..." The man, now known to be Hayate introduced.

Zaku Abumi vs Shino Aburame (sorry if the names are wrong)

'That guy has broken arms...how is he gonna fight?'

'I have no idea'

'Shut up and watch.'

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'Hey lady...why are you in my head?' Naruto finally asked, not caring about Shino's fight in the slightest.

'Minato didn't tell you? Not only did you get hollow powers, which you haven't used yet, but you get shinigami powers. That's where I come in!! I'm your Zanpukto!!'

'What's a zanpukto?'

'An zanpukto is an Shinigami's primary weapon, it starts out an an basic katana. Each one has a spirit, like your lady friend here.' Ignoring the indignant cries from sed spirit, he continued 'Once an shinigami learns their zanpukto's names, it develops into some strange weapon with their own abilities.'

'What are the powers you get based on?'

'I dunno. Maybe it's too suit your personality? Maybe it's random? I don't really care.'

'So...what's your name then?!' Naruto asked frantically. Zanpuktos sounded awesome to him!! An special weapon with super powers!! He could just imagine all the cool stuff he could do with one!

'You're not ready yet!!' Was his reply making him do a mental facevault. 'You're getting close though!!' She added as an afterthought.

'Okay...so tell me some more about you then. That ought to help right?'

'Probably'

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"Ughh...his arms blew off.' Sakura couldn't help cringing. Even if she didn't like the guy, she felt bad for him.

"That guy...his whole body's full of bugs!!" Neji informed the genin around.

'I thought he summoned them.' was the collective thoughts of Lee, Tenten, Shikamaru, and Ino.

"Either way it's creepy!!" Ino stated, getting nods from most.

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"Why did his arms explode?"

"I guess...the holes in his arms were filled with bugs. When Zaku tried his zankuha, the air was trapped, and simply expanded outwards." Dosu explained to an confused Kin.

"Ouch." was all Kin could say to that.

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Next Match...

Sakura vs Ino

Result...Ino used shintenshin no jutsu to make Sakura forfeit.

(I'm not gonna do the matches that are exactly the same)

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'Enough chattering...it's our turn'

'Really?'

Naruto Vs Tenten

"Well, guess I'm up!!"

Naruto glanced at his opponent. She was taller than him, with brown hair put in a bun. She wore an pink chinese shirt and dark green shinobi pants with sandals.

'That's...bushy brows teammate. Does that mean she's a strong as he is?! I don't stand a chance if she is!!'

'Great. Fear leads to mistakes. Snap out it!!' Minato yelled, however he was pretty sure Naruto wouldn't hear him. He'd be too focused on the match.

'Don't worry. We're gonna win!!' The teen said, giving Minato the thumbs up.

'I change my mind. Naruto was never this bad.' Minato thought to himself with a sweatdrop.

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'Better test her first' Naruto thought as he made the seals for Kage-bushin. (how many seals for shadow clones anyway?) He summoned 5 clones, which were destroyed before he could blink. 'What the hell?' He turned back to look at what caused them to disappear.

'You idiot!! Don't look back in a fight!!'

"You shouldn't look back in a fight you know. Guess that's why you're a dead last huh?" A female voice said from right behind. Naruto turned to look, but was kicked forward before he could. He skidded past where his clones were and then he noticed. 'The weapons...that's how she did it.' Naruto pulled himself up. 'Damnit Zanpukto lady!! I need your help!!' Naruto thought anxiously summoning clones. The clones charged Tenten, which were decimated again. Naruto stared, before slapping his forehead.

"I'm so stupid..."

'Yes you are. Now hold out your hands...'

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'Come on Naruto...You're not that lame!!'

'What is that baka doing?! He's embarassing our team!!'

"I knew it...no hope for the dead-last." Ino finally said what everyone was thinking. Hinata gave a glare to Ino, but coming from Hinata, it didn't look like much.

'Come on Naruto-kun...show them your strength!!'

Suddenly, an explosion came from below. 'Tenten must've thrown a smoke bomb' Was the collective thought of everyone there.

"Tenten!! Show them the power of your YOUTH!!" Lee and Gai exclaimed in perfect unison. Making everyone besides Neji take a few steps back from them.

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'Where'd he go?' She sensed an sudden attack from behind and ducked an sword swipe. 'Where'd the sword come from? He must've summoned it.' She pulled out her own summon scroll and summoned her own blade. With an smirk on her face, she switched into an ready stance. "C'mon on then! Let's go!!"

Naruto ran at her, sword held in hand, swinging it wildy. When he finally reached her, he swung downwards only to meet resistance in her sword.

"You must be new to sword fighting huh?"

"Shut up!" Naruto responded before shunpoing away from Tenten, who blinked in shock at the shunpo.

'Oi. You're swords chipping.'

Naruto looked down and did indeed see that Minato was right. His new katana was already breaking. He could see the cracks running down the whole thing now. 'It's cracking already?!'

'Why?'

'It's because you're scared.'

'Look out, here she comes.'

Naruto raised his sword to block to Tenten's strike. Her blade sliced cleanly through Naruto's, taking a good chunk of the blade, and a little bit of his hair.

"Your sword sucks" She told him simply, making Naruto sweatdrop.

Naruto flinched violently as she tore off another chunk of his blade, cutting his cheek in the process.

'What are you so afraid of? So she's strong...so JUST GET STRONGER!!'

Naruto said nothing, simply putting as much distance from Tenten as he could by using shunpo.

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"'Naruto seems different...he's become a lot faster though" Kakashi stated, staring down at the fight.

"Do you know how he's moving so fast Kakashi?" Gai asked him carefully.

"Huh? Did you say something Gai?" Those simple words made Gai burst into tears, making everyone except Lee back away from him. "Seriously though...I have no idea how Naruto's moving that fast"

"It doesn't matter anyway. It's his fate to lose this match."

'If you don't snap out of it...you WILL lose Naruto.' Kakashi thought solemnly.

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'He's right. What am I so afraid of?' He leapt forward heading toward Tenten, who looked like she was pulled out some scrolls. 'Zabuza was terrifying and I didn't freeze then. What the hell was wrong with me?' Naruto thought to himself as his attacks slowly became fiercer. Which each attack he gave, a little more of his zanpukto broke. Naruto paid no heed to this, and kept swinging. 'Who cares if Bushy Brows is strong? This ain't Bushy Brows! I can win!! I WILL WIN!!'

Naruto began refocusing on the fight when part of his sleeve got torn off. 'Crap...forgot she has a sword to. Hehehehehe...' Tenten leapt onto the statue's head, and began digging through her pouch again.

'Naruto. Listen up. My name is...'

"Show them our power...RetsuByakko!!" Naruto yelled out, dropping the hilt of his now broken sword. To the shock of all present, it began floating.

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'What the hell?!'

"Byakugan." Neji muttered, familiar veins appearing on his face. What he saw surprised him. "I don't believe it." He muttered to himself.

"What? What's happening?!" Lee and Gai asked frantically.

"Chakra's forming around his arms, primarily on the right arm. It looks like it's forming...armor? How is that even possible?" Neji asked himself amazed.

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Tenten, who was much closer and better at reading weapons and things like that could have explained it better. 'I don't know what happened...but it looks like it's formed into free floating armor.' To Neji and them it looked like the chakra armor was attached to Naruto's arms, but Tenten could see that it was hovering just behind it. It started it off as an hexagon shaped white armor on his right hand, but slowly grew out into more pieces as it went to Naruto's left. '6 segments in all.' Tenten calculated. The last 3 segments were large, and oddly shaped. The last segment covering Naruto's left hand ended in an 3 fingered claw, making it look like an snake in all. On the back of the claw was in an swirling orange spiral. The claw itself held an an zanbatou in it. Naruto himself was breathing hard, looking like producing the thing took an tremendous amount of effort.

She experimentally threw a kunai at Naruto, wanting to see if he could actually wield the zanbatou...or chakra thing. Instead of Naruto dodging it, one of the segments moved itself and deflected the kunai.

'If this is your shikai...can't wait to see your bankai.'

'My what?'

'Just ignore me and focus on fighting. You're no expert with this thing yet you know.

"Hehehehehe..."

Naruto lifted his arm, making the segmented arm and blade extend with him and swung it down. Tenten simply moved out of the way. 'Whatever it is...it's powerful...but he has no idea how to use it. I can still win!' Tenten told herself.

'I don't think I can hold this thing up much longer...'

'At this point you're better off dispelling it.'

'I don't know how!!'

'We're so screwed...'

'Here we go...'

Tenten pulled out two scrolls and held them out. "Soshoryu!!" ( i forgot the technique's name...sorry) The two scrolls grew in height and she flew up with them.

'Yep. We're definitely screwed.'

'You're not helping!'

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I know I kinda rushed through this chapter...but I couldn't help it!! I don't know why though. Naruto's shikai has 6 segments. The segments are held up by chakra, and can float freely around Naruto if he wills it. The sword is connected to the claw. It can't be removed from it. Since the segments are held up by chakra, they can be extended. The zanbatou, would be about a little shorter than Zabuza's sword was, without the curves or anything. It's just an straight blade. hm...What else...The first 3 segments are hexagonal and increase in size a little until you get to the third one. In terms of strength...you'd just need denser chakra to disrupt it.

I guess that's it. Like it? Hate it? Tell me what you think and I'll try to improve it.

Retsuviolent

Byakkowhite tiger

Quick question. Does it matter what they say when they call shikai...or do they just have to yell out the name?