XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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!'
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Here's chapter 3 of Naruto, Vizard of Konoha!!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Bleach. Remember that.
Unknown. Yoh's oversoul gave the idea for his shikai.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
'What is she going to do with the scrolls?' Naruto asked himself warily.
'Who knows? Either way brace yourself.' Minato warned Naruto just as warily.
Naruto stared at the sight of Tenten twirling around, now flashing through handseals, and pulled out two kunais, one in each hands
'Here we go...' Naruto thought, glaring at Tenten's figure.
"Be careful, Naruto!" warned Sakura.
Tenten finished her handseals and suddenly began pulling out weapons from the scroll and hurled them down at a shocked Naruto.
"Damn it..." Naruto hissed, chakra plates already starting to deflect whatever weapons they could flying towards him. What weapons did go through Byakko's defenses, were either deflected or avoided by Naruto himself. Naruto wasn't able to avoid all the projectiles though. He showed it by the cuts and tears in his clothing and his body. He did manage to block or avoid most of them though. When Tenten finally ran out of weapons to throw, Naruto gasped in relief. Tenten stared at Naruto along with everyone else.
'This is the deadlast?'
'Finally...' Naruto thought in relief.
Her shock quickly turned into anger. "I'm not done yet!!" Tenten yelled, waving her hands upwards.
Minato must've noticed something Naruto didn't, because he became frantic. 'Naruto!! Slice those chakra strings now!!'
'Chakra strings?' Naruto asked his hollow counterpart, but nontheless swung his sword over all the weapons littering the ground, feeling like an idiot. He did notice that most of the weapons, which had been starting to rise, had suddenly fallen limp. Like something was cut from it.
'Oh I get it.' Naruto admitted. 'I missed a couple of em though.'
The Sandaime stared. 'I've never seen a fight like this.' He admitted to himself.
Naruto stood in the center of an litter of weapons, apparently thinking of something.
'Hm...that could work.' Naruto thought. Naruto nodded his head, then winced because it gave him a headache.
'What's he going to do?' Tenten asked warily, falling back towards the ground. She herself cut the chakra strings that Naruto had missed. With alll of the chakra strings she had a chance. With only a couple, it'd be a waste of time. She wasn't prepared when Naruto suddenly shot his hands upwards towards Tenten. She was shocked when 5 of thechakra panels moved away from Naruto and shot towards her. The last one, holding the blade, dropped to the ground. She cried out in pain as they all connected with her body. Tenten landed on the ground, grunting in pain just as Naruto dropped to his knees.
'This...isn't easy.' Naruto thought to himself.
'You just need practice.' Minato waved aside Naruto's complaints. 'Now pay attention! You need to finish it.' Naruto turned his attention to the rising Tenten. 'Doesn't she ever quit?!' Naruto thought annoyed with the whole thing. His body was tired and stinging from cuts all over. He began to rise as well.
'Their at their limits.' Kakashi thought, confused and proud of his student
Naruto winced and grasped his shoulder tiredly. 'I'm almost out of chakra.' He realized, eyes widening.
Tenten finally rose to her feet, and stared at Naruto, studying him. Naruto stared back, wondering what she wanted.
"I quit." she said simply. "I'm out of chakra, and out of moves. I have no idea what else I could do to win this."
"Winner, Uzumaki Naruto," Hayate announced.
Both fighters walked up to the stage. Along the way, they began talking.
"Why did you do that? You cold have won," Naruto asked.
Tenten shook her head and smiled, but didn't answer.
Naruto shrugged it off, and headed back to his team.
"Naruto what was that?" Sakura asked as soon as he arrived at his team.
"I really don't know Sakura."
Sakura shrugged, and decided not to ask.
Tenten shrugged it off.
"Tenten!! You did great!! Naruto did as well!!" Lee cried, as flames lit in his eyes. "I'll have to do my best!!"
Tenten, and Naruto who was listening sweatdroped. Neji didn't say anything, but Tenten knew he was impressed
"I'll do better next time." Tenten promised herself.
'Same here.' Naruto told himself.
'You better believe you'll do better!' Minato agreed.
Hinata fumbled her fingers, wondering if she should do it. In the end, she decided to give Naruto some help. She approached Naruto slowly, and didn't say anything, just jutted her hands forward, looking away.
"uh...What's this?" Naruto asked, looking at the jar in her hand.
"Looks like medicine...is that right?" Kakashi asked, looking over Naruto's shoulder. Hinata gave the barest of nods.
"For me? But why?"
Hinata didn't answer...just looked away, blushing a deep red.
"Just take it Naruto" Kurenai advised, coming up from behind Hinata.
'You're so stupid...' Minato drawled out with a sigh.
'Why?'
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
"The next match is..."
Inuzuka Kiba
Vs
Akimichi Chouji
Kiba smirked.
"I'm fighting fatty? This'll be cake, right Akamaru?" He asked, recieving an bark as his answer.
"What'd you call me!?" Chouji roared, glaring at Kiba.
Both fighters jumped down and glared at each other.
"Match...Begin!!" Hayate finished
Chouji immediatley formed his handseal, expanding into an huge ball. His head and arms, and feet shrunk into himself, and he began rolling towards an startled Kiba.
"The hell?" Kiba asked, leaping backwards, Akamaru on his shoulder. Kiba flashed through handseals as he leapt, activating his shikayku no jutsu. Kiba leapt down on all fours, snarling.
'I need cover.' Kiba thought, looking for an open place that Chouji couldn't reach, absent mindedly dodging Chouji's attacks. He leaped upwards, and landed on the statue of someone's head. He wordlessly tossed Akamaru an pill, which he ate. Chouji's head popped out, just in time to see Akamaru's fur turn red.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
"Why'd his fur turn red?" Naruto asked confusedly.
"Don't ask me. I don't know." Sakura asked just as confused.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Kiba smirked, as Akamaru transformed into another form of Kiba and they both leapt at Chouji, who had no choice but to sit there. He did withdraw his head though. The two Kibas then began to spin rapidly, forming an tornadoe. "Gatsuuga!!" they roared, spinning around the still bloated up form of Chouji.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
"Ouch. That looks painful." Naruto admitted, wincing at the multiple strikes befalling Chouji.
"I'm not sure it's hurting him though," Lee admitted, frowning at the fight below.
"What do you mean?" Naruto asked, looking at Lee.
"When Chouji's rolling around on the ground...that should hurt him...shouldn't it?" Lee asked, eyes not moving from the fight below.
"Yeah...but I still don't see how..."
"It means that the jutsu possibly hardens his skin, rendering the Inuzuka's strikes useless." Neji finished, answering Naruto's question.
Naruto nodded. "I get it now."
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Chouji was waiting. He could feel Kiba's attacks hitting him, but they weren't that painful to him. 'Just have to wait for my moment...and strike.' Chouji told himself. He patiently waited as Kiba and Akamaru continued to attack him. Suddenly, he started rolling forward, managing to catch one of the Kiba's off guard. Kiba had no way to avoid the blow, so he braced himself with chakra and took the blow.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
"Okay. THAT had to hurt." Naruto admitted.
"urgh...Looking at that hurts." Sakura admitted looking away.
"It's over." Neji acknowledged, closing his eyes.
"What do you mean it's over? One of the Kiba is still standing!!" Lee yelled, raising an fist in the air.
"The Kiba that got smashed was the real one."
"Oh." Lee said, suddenly quiet.
"Don't worry Lee! Having confidence in your comrades is an youthfull quality!!" Gai yelled, giving Lee a thumbs up. (almost forgot about him)
"Gai-sensei!!"
"Lee!!"
'This again...' Naruto thought, already looking away.
'Not again!!' Sakura thought, clenching her eyes shut.
'So embarassing!' Tenten thought, hands over her face.
Neji had his eyes closed and tuned them out, but an embarrased blush on his face could still be seen.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Chouji was still spinning. He had left the Kiba he had rolled over. He didn't hear an poof, which meant that he had gotten the original!! Chouji's rotations stopped, and he shrank into himself, reverting back to his normal self. "I am NOT fat." He yelled, walking over to the downed Kiba. "I'm pleasingly plump!!" He roared, sticking his arms in the air. However, Chouji forgot something very important. It revealed itself by launching an Gatsuuga at Chouji, launching him in the air.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
"How'd he forget about Akamaru?" Naruto asked disbelieving. He looked towards Ino and Shikamaru, only to sweatdrop when he realized they were ignoring him.
"Idiot!" Ino yelled, waving her arms about wildly. Shikamaru didn't say anything, but his hands clenching the bar indicated what he thought.
'Did they even hear me?' Naruto wondered. He also wondered about Minato and Byakko. They'd been strangely silent this whole time. Naruto shrugged it off, and returned his attention to the match.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
'Stupid!! I can't believe I forgot about the dog!!' Chouji berated himself through Akamaru's barrage of wild attacks. He wasn't having much luck though, and it showed in his multiple wounds and bite marks. He would've activated his meat tank again, but Akamaru wouldn't give him any time to.
'At this rate...I'm gonna lose!!'
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Timeskip
Akamaru had successfully beaten Chouji, but since Kiba himself was unconscious the match was declared a draw. Neji and Hinata fought, and with some encouragement from Naruto, she fought Neji with all she had, which unfortunately, wasn't good enough. Temari demolished Dosu with an whirlwind before he could form an attack. Lee and Gaara fought each other, and Lee was apparently the first person ever to hit Gaara. It wasn't enough though, as Gaara defeated Lee and rendered him unable to become a shinobi. Shikamaru outwitted the sound Kunoichi Kin and forced her to headbutt the concrete wall. Since there was no one else left to face him, Kabuto automatically moved up.
"Okay, now that the preliminaries are out of the way, All the victors gather around here," Sarutobi asked. Once all of them had gathered around, he asked them to pick an slip of paper out of the box Anko was holding. "Now, call out of your number."
"1" Naruto called out
"2" Neji calmly pointed out.
"6" Temari called.
"5" Shikamaru drawled out.
"4" Gaara ground out.
"7" Kankuro admitted.
"I've got 8" Kabuto said, holding up his slip.
"9" Shino said.
"That makes Sasuke 3. We have the preparations for the 3rd exam. They are as follows:
1st round Naruto vs Neji
2nd round Sasuke vs Gaara
3rd round Shikamaru vs Temari
4th round Kankuro vs Kabuto
5th round Shino vs Ino.
"The 3rd exam's a simple tournament?!" Someone yelled out.
"I have a question." Shikamaru admitted, raising his hands. Once he had the Sandaime's attention, he continued. "Since this is a tournament, there will only be 1 winner. Does that mean only one of us will become Chuunin?"
"Excellent Question. But no, you're techniques, and tactics are being judged. It's just the more you fight, the more of your abilities are shown. So while it's possible some of you may become chuunin, it's also possible that none of you become chuunin! Does that answer your question?"
Shikamaru nodded. 'Didn't have to throw the question back in my face' He thought annoyed with the whole situation.
"The 3rd exam will take place 1 month from now. You've seen how everyone here fights, so you should be able to prepare an good strategy."
'This'll give us time to work on your shikai and shunpo. Perfect.'
'Where have you been? And I can use shunpo just fine. You saw me use it earlier.' Naruto told his hollow self.
'There's a difference between using it and mastering it. You're lucky those shunpo carried you at all! Besides, shunpo is supposed to be able to move you much farther and faster than you were moving.' Minato scolded and lectured at the same time.
'Yeah yeah. I got it. I need practice.' Naruto admitted to himself. 'I'll ask Kakashi sensei.' Naruto headed towards Kakashi, until Minato stopped him.
'Don't bother. We're gonna be busy this month. Forgot learning from him. Me and Byakko will be enough.'
'This month is going to be painful.' Naruto thought, rubbing the back of his head. His eyes hardened. 'As long as I'll be able to kick Neji's ass, I'm good.'
'That's the spirit!'
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Which should Naruto reach first, Bankai, or his Hollow powers?
Leave a review and tell me what you think!