Chapter 5 Preliminary Tournament

Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura and Kai had all made it to the Tower for the next part of the exam Kai looked over at the Monitor which was being used for deciding the match up's for who would be fighting who seeing his Teammate Sasuke up on the Monitor agaisnt Yoroi made kai remember what happened upon meeting Naruto and the others after his ordeal with the snake Saninn, Kai met up with them just as they reached the tower, Glaring at Kai, Sasuke walked over to him and grabbed him by the shirt, Kuro and Hikari reacted instantly growling at him, as Naruto and Sakura gasped "Why the hell did you train those to loser's for huh, I'm an Uchiha Elite, if anyone is deserving of gaining that power it's me got it, that being said your going teach me what you know understand." he said his Sharingan flaring up as he stared at Kai, Kai frowned as he pushed the Uchiha away from him "Your in no position to demand anything from me Sasuke, you think because of your eyes you can step over everyone to get what you want." Kuro walked up close to Kai "Watch it Uchiha you mess with Kai again and I'll personally kill you." Kuro said darkly as Sasuke walked off from his Teammates

"Kai, Kai your up now." Sakura shouted poking Kai as he was brought out of his trail of thoughts, looking over at the pink haired Kunoichi, then looking at the Monitor, Kai grasped unto the railing "Hey Kuro, Hikari, take a rest I'll handle this fight on my own." Kai said jumping over the railing as he landed in the arena dusting off his shirt as he looked over at the Proctor Hayate Gekko, then his opponent Kenji Akani, he was about 13 or 14 a pale skinned boy, with snow white, silk like hair that reached his waist he stared at Kai with cruel pale, sickly green eyes, he was garbed in a simple white kimono and black sandals he wore a black headband with a as the forehead symbol, Kai smiled at Kenji "May the best ninja win." Kai said, Kenji frowned as the proctor started the match, Kai began running towards him as he used some basic Taijustu against Kenji who was dodging it expertly as he side stepped Kai and slammed his knee into Kai's gut as Kai got winded, Kenji jumped back as he frowned "Still think your going to win, with you acting all happy, happiness is an illusion, only sorrow, fear, emptiness and loneliness perceiver in this world, so get over yourself and accept defeat." Kai groaned standing back up as he began making hand seals as his hands where coated in a darkish purple chakra "Accept defeat, well now we are going to have a little problem with that, I can't do that my team is counting on me to win this, so get ready for this, Art of the Black Hand: Black Comet Fist." he shouted as he rushed towards Kenji at blinding speed slamming his right fist into Kenji's stomach then upper cutting him with his left sending Kenji reeling backwards, Kenji got up groaning as he glared at Kai, "Your going to suffer for that 'Ninja Art: Endless Nightmare Jutsu." Kenji said as he made eye contact with Kai, suddenly Kai felt a sick feeling come over him as he couldn't look away from Kenji's eyes as Kenji's eyes seemed to glow, then Kai found himself in a dimly lit room but a red substance was splashed all over the walls which where once white, infront of him was the decapitated and mutilated bodies of some people who he began to recognize as his family prompting him to let out a blood curdling scream, which shocked everyone watching Kai, "What's going on?" Kakashi asked as he appeared next to Naruto and Sakura "I took Sasuke to the hospital to rest, what's wrong with Kai." Sakura pointed to Kenji "I..think he put Kai into some Genjustu that's hurting him badly.", Kai continued screaming and sobbing as he yelled "N..No..no..no yo..you all can't be dead, M..mom, d.d...dad, b..big brother... b..big sister, c..come on g..get back up this isn't funny stop it..." he screamed out everyone in the building heard him and began wondering what happened to the boy's family to trigger this kind of a breakdown from him, Even Gaara stared at the boy in shock, "So that's why he can't remember much of his life or his family, Something horrific must have happened to them, so his mind must have blocked it out completely in order to cope." Kakashi said as he looked on at his student who who was in pain, "Kakashi stop this please, Kai can't take anymore." Hikari barked out tears falling from her eyes as she saw and heard the pain from her master sobbed as inside his mind he was still seeing the carnage before him, as someone opened the door a figure cloaked in darkness looked at Kai as he laughed "Do you like it, they where a bit chatty so I killed them." he said holding a large blood stained Axe, "W..why would you do this, Why would you slaughter my family, they did nothing to you ?" Kai screamed out horrified, in the stands above the rest of Team 7, and Team 8 looked at Kai intently, "Sl..Slaughtered his family was slaughtered by who who would do that?" Kiba asked, Akamaru whined, inside Kai's mind the figure shrugged "Mostly for a ritual it doesn't concern you." he began as he advanced unto Kai, "Your such a fool, grasping on to foolish morals, let your hatred guide you." "A fucking ritual, that's why my family was killed, you killed innocent people for a ritual." Kai screamed out yelling as he clutched his head in pain, picking up a large blood stained kitchen knife he ran towards the man a while later Kai laid on the floor bleeding heavily from multiple wounds the man lay a couple feet away dead the knife buried in his Jugular, A demonic voice rang out "Pathetic, you do know he is an alternate world, he tricked you into killing him fool, he managed to steal a portion of my power, but if you want to go after and find him then just accept my offer, if your strong enough you will obtain power necessary to defeat him and I'll get to reclaim my power, if not then you get consumed by madness either way I win, but can you leave a guy like him alive to kill more people." Kai heard as he groaned coughing up blood "N..No I won't let get away, I accept your offer and I promise I'll send his corrupt soul spiraling straight to the depths of hell." Kai shouted, he then heard voices calling to him as he black out, waking back to being on the arena as he stopped sobbing, as he began to feel an unrelenting hatred clamp unto him, driving and blinding him totally as he screamed out loudly. "The name is Thantos by the way, now go my black winged Angel and show the new world your Power."

The loud scream broke Kenji's concentration as something slammed into him knocking him away, he looked at Kai who was swaying dangerously like an unstable animal "M..mother, , Keith, Sara." "I..I'll make him disappear, I'll make the bad man pay, and I will fulfill my promise to you Thantos, I will not fail." Kai said as he began laughing a twisted laugh as a black aura surrounded him "Forbidden Art of the Lost Ritual." Kai started saying as he gained a twisted grin on his face as he began performing hand seals that looked foreign to everyone else, Kuro and Hikari watched in horror, K..Kuro w..we can't stop it, but get the proctor out of the way now, Neither of us have ever heard of that Style." Hikari screamed loudly, alerting the Hokage and everyone to look at Kai intently as Kuro grabbed Hyatte by the shirt and pulled him up to the stands as Kai shouted "Demon's Contract." the whole arena went quiet as everyone then felt a wave of pure, destruction, emptiness, loneliness and Fear laced chakra wash over them as a weird purplish mist seemed to surround the lower arena where Kai and Kenji where fighting, Kenji looked at the boy in horror "W..what are you no..no stay away from me." "Why Kenji I thought you wanted this, fear and loneliness." a demonic voice cackled that made everyone shiver, "I..Is that Kai." Naruto stuttered.", Sakura shook her head "No way Naruto that can't be Kai's voice, r..right Kakashi." said said as she looked over at her Sensei, Orochimaru who was disguised as one of the Teachers from the Sound Village looked on in wonder, "T...this power, that boy n..no way's he human, I must have him, he will make the perfect vessel or at very least useful for expriments." Orochimaru thought smirking, as the fog died out a bit leaving everyone to see a demonic looking Kai, his once pirecing red eyes where now a dangerous electric blue, two large Blackish bull like horns jutted from his forehead, a long black, thin, spaded, sinuous tail trailed behind him, two large black leathery wings filled with holes but they seemed to keep him aloft as he floated a couple inches off the ground. "K..Kuro what Jutsu is this?" Kakashi asked he was worried about his students and everyone else. "I..I don't know we have never seen nor heard of such this Jutsu." Kuro said as he looked at Kai as the shadow behind Kai rose and as he held out his left hand as it rushed towards Kenji engulfing him "Take this, you bastard, Art of The Forgotten Shadow's: Drain." Kuro sighed as he heard the attack, Kenji was screaming in pain as the shadows retreated leaving Kenji on the ground unmoving, but breathing, Kai was standing in front of Kenji as he walked closer "T..that's for bringing back the memories of my family being slaughtered by tha..that madman and for bringing back my memories, and I won't become the monster he tried to turn me into, my family's blood and lives may have been sacrificed to bring me and that man here, but their memories keep me sane because they live on inside my heart, my darkness is my own and I choose to use it to help my friends, my new family and this my village" Kai said as he groaned as he looked up at the Proctor and everyone else "Everyone alright?, and proctor please call the fight, Kenji can't fight anymore, I've drained him of his Chakra he won't be hurting anyone else with that weird Jutsu of his for now." Kai said, as the Proctor nodded slowly and called the match since Kenji was unable to battle anymore, Kai nodded as he then jumped up and flew to the stands by his team as he grinned at them , Gaara was staring at the boy intently "MMh I will be the one to kill him Mother." Kankuro could only watch on "He's a danger." he thought as he saw the boy slump over as Kakashi caught him and leaned him against the wall as he sat next to Kai who panted softly "Hehe, I guess I overdid it a bit huh Kakashi." Kai said as the demonic features disappeared leaving only the tail which curled itself around Kai's waist, Kakashi just smiled behind his mask and ruffled the boy's hair "You could say that." he said.

The Hokage looked at Kai in amazement, "H..he kept control of himself and instead of killing him just rendered his opponent incapable of fighting, and still after that speech, I think there isn't anyone here who will harbor ill agaisnt him. But there is the problem of what he said about the man who came here as well and this Thantos he talked about" the Hokage said as he coughed cleared his throat "We will now start up the next match in a few minutes." he said as he looked over at team 7,

Naruto and Sakura where sitting on either side of Kai looking worried about him as he smiled up at his teammates "I'm okay you guys, I got back my memories and I know what I have to do." he said grinning, Sakura smacked the top of his head "This isn't the time to be acting cool Kai, but I'm glad your alright and that you have your memory back." Sakura said hugging Kai tightly as Kai sighed softly and returned the hug happily. "Kai are you sure your okay?" Naruto asked as he stared at his friend "Hai Naruto, I'm fine.", Naruto grinned "Great then you gotta tell me where that Jutsu you did came from." he said. Kai chuckled as he closed his eyes "It's from a Demon, or God I don't really know the specifics Naruto, but this guy name Zeke stole a lot of Thantos's power but he could only use it if he went to another world, so he performed a ritual using my family and then he let me kill him for the ritual to take effect, I was already bleeding out from being wounded and while I was just about to die Thantos spoke to me and told me what happened, then offered me power to use to come after Zeke so I accepted, I have to find that bastard and make him pay." Kai said frowning as he sat up.

"If he let you kill him that must mean he must be really powerful here then." Sakura said, Naruto fiddled with his headband as he grinned "That's no problem Sakura, cause we'll help Kai every step of the way right." Naruto said, Sakura nodded slowly as Kuro and Hikari nodded as well "You'll have to report everything to the Hokage then Kai, if someone actually stole all that power it can't be good for anyone here." Kakashi said as Kai then passed out from exhaustion.

Two weeks later after the preliminaries Kai had already told the Hokage what exactly happened with his family, Zeke and the strange being known as Thantos, the village council Danzo in particular wanted Kai shackled but the Third stopped them and explained that his transformation was part of an ancient Kekkai Genkai belonging to his family and after explaining the benefits of having someone with such a Bloodline ability the council was appeased all except Danzo who desperately wanted the boy for his Root program, Kai was outside on Team 7's training field he was sparring against Sakura in order to get ready for the Chuninn exams, Kakashi had also helped out Kai with his training, as he taught Kai some Kenjutsu and had even presented the boy with his old Anbu sword which was currently attached to Kai's hip in it's sheath, Kakashi and Inochi where both helping Kai with getting over the bad memories of his family, Sakura looked up at Kai as she panted softly sweat dripping down her face as she sighed "Well Kai how about we call it a day now huh?" She asked, Kai nodded as he dropped down on the grass and sighed "Whew, yea Sakura we've been at it for a while now, though I have to say you keep getting stronger every time." He said grinning, Sakura flashed him a small smile. "Only because of you and Naruto I've able to advance this far, I'm sad that I didn't make it to the finals, but I'm glad that you, Naruto and Sasuke were able to get there, by the way I haven't seen Naruto since last week when I floored him for trying to kiss me." Sakura said sitting down underneath an apple tree, taking up two green circular water canteen's as she threw one to Kai before taking off the cover off hers and taking a long drink of water.

Kai yawned softly catching his as he laid back and poured some of the water on his face "I think he's training with that mentor he found for himself Sakura." Kai said as he sat up "Besides you know Naruto is." He said, Sakura nodded "Yes, he's off training with some weird mentor, Kakashi is preparing Sasuke, and your stuck with me." She said softly.

Kai frowned "Hey you're a great sparring partner Sakura so don't think that you aren't I mean it takes real dedication and strength to advance as far as you have with the Light techniques." Sakura nodded "Thanks for thinking that Kai and thanks again for letting me learn the light style." She said smiling, Kai nodded as he got up dusting off his pants as he held out a hand to Sakura to help her up "Well I've done enough training for the day, I'm gonna go hit the showers and get some rest, want me to walk home with you Sakura?" He asked as Sakura took his hand in her own as he helped her up and nodded "Sure Kai I'd like that." She said as the two walked home.