Here is the next chapter of Kitsune Brothers

"Speech"

'Thought'

"Demon/summon/demon influenced speech"

'Demon/summon thought'

Jutsu

Nicknames

I don't own Naruto period end of story

For the prelims I won't diverge too much from the actual manga, so if you find it boring well…sorry I'm not all that good when it comes to thinking up fight scenes. As a result of this I'm using existing ones to tell my story. I will separate the preliminary into two chapters the first five matches and the last five matches.

The preliminary part2

Naruto gently placed Tenten on the ground next to him "Oh~" he muttered as he checked her over. "Odd nothing serious what so ever." He declared as he stood and walked back to the railings. "Wonder who's next." He mused as he glanced at the screen which was cycling through the remaining names.

When it stopped Hayate coughed and spoke aloud "Nara Shikamaru and Tsuchi Kin please come down to the arena floor!"

Shikamaru pushed himself off the wall "Me eh?" he mumbled as he glanced at the sound girl. "Man this sucks." He muttered as he stood next to Hayate his hands in his pocket. "Plus it's tough fighting a girl." He whined a bit more.

Kin scowled "Then I'll end this quickly" she declared seriously as she glared at Shikamaru.

Naruto narrowed his eyes, 'Red, moist eyes…she was crying recently.' He realized as he took a sniff of the air around. 'Semen?' he wondered as he sniffed again 'Mixture…she was crying during sex?' he questioned silently 'No…' he realized as he held himself back from growling 'She was raped, but by whom?' he took another sniff and followed the male scent back to its source. 'So you're the bastard eh?' he thought as he glared at Dosu. 'It'll be fun ripping you apart.' He thought darkly as he flexed his hand.

Ino cheered loudly as she got up to the railing. "Don't lose Shikamaru!" she shouted joyfully as Chouji idly popped a chip into his mouth.

"Sixth round Nara Shikamaru VS Tsuchi Kin…Begin!" Hayate shouted as he leapt out of the way.

Shikamaru acted instantly as he launched his shadow towards Kin who easily dodged to the side. "Shadows…Is that all you can do?" she asked tauntingly. "If that's all then it'll be easy for me to dodge!" she roared as she threw two senbon at him.

Shikamaru grunted a bit as he dodged the two needles. 'Bells?' he wondered as he glanced back hearing the bells chime. "That's an old trick." He muttered with a smirk. "Let me guess…next you're going to throw one with a bell and one without right? I'll dodge the first one due to the sound it makes but then I'll forget about the second right?" he asked the smirk never leaving his face.

Kin smirked as she reared her fist back. "You sure like to talk!"

Shikamaru grinned as he prepared to dodge. 'Heh…easy.' He thought only to freeze when he heard a ringing sound. "What behind me?" he muttered as he chanced a glance. 'String? He followed it back to Kin's hand and widened his eyes 'OH NO!' he frantically thought as she began to smirk.

"Damn it I was careless!" he shouted as he begun to spin around only to grunt as she pelted him with a handful of needles.

Kin smirked "I don't know what your shadow does but as long as I dodge it it'll be an easy win, now to finish you off." She tried to move but froze once she realized she couldn't "What?" she muttered as she tried to move her body.

"Heh Kagemane no jutsu success." Shikamaru muttered with a slight wince as he stood up mindful of the various needles littering his body.

Kin glanced down as far as her body would let her. "How…I don't see your shadow anywhere!" she yelled causing Shikamaru to smirk.

"You mean you haven't figured it out yet?" Shikamaru asked mockingly as he gestured down at the floor.

"No way." Kin mumbled as she struggled against his powers.

"Exactly you idiot!" Shikamaru shouted "A string at that height doesn't make a shadow!" he declared as the shadow along the string began to waver as it shifted to reveal it's attachment to Shikamaru.

Naruto grinned as he shifted around. "Oh? Shikamaru is good." He muttered unsurprised by the turn of events. "Don't you think so…Aniki?"

Kaoru grinned as he appeared next to Sasuke startling him. "I'm surprised you sensed me Naruto." He admitted as he stepped forward. "You usually don't notice anything unless it bites you in the ass." Everyone within hearing range chuckled at Naruto's expense.

"Aw shove it." Naruto pouted as he turned back towards the fight noting that Shikamaru had pulled out a shuriken as Kin did the same.

"Are you stupid?" Kin called out as she frantically tried to stop herself. "Both of us will do the same movements if you attack you'll get hurt too!" she yelled as she followed his body movements.

Shikamaru grinned "I know" he mentioned casually as if it didn't concern him. He threw the shuriken at a lazy pace. "We'll just keep throwing shuriken at each other to see how long we can last!" he called out as he started to lean back.

Kin forced to copy his movements threw hers as well. "You idiot don't!" she yelled futilely

Shikamaru said nothing as he leaned back quickly forcing her to do the same, however unlike him Kin did not have open space behind her and cracked her head painfully against the wall knocking herself out.

"Winner Nara Shikamaru!" Hayate called out as a pair of medics rushed in the haul the unconscious Kin to the infirmary.

Naruto glanced at his brother who seemed to be watching something he couldn't see. "Aniki…what's going on?" he asked softly catching Kaoru's attention.

Kaoru smiled "Nothing much, just seeing how a certain snake is acting." He stated as he pointed out the Oto Jounin. "He smells like a snake." He clarified when everyone glanced at him curiously. "The only snakes I like are Anko and Tsuki." He added nonchalantly.

Anko who was within hearing distance blushed as she radioed in for the next cycle through. Inuzuka Kiba VS Akimichi Chouji the board read as Kiba and Chouji glanced at each other briefly.

"Alright Akamaru, I know Chouji is a good guy but don't hold back." He encouraged his partner who didn't seem to like the idea of fighting the chubby teen. Akamaru barked in reluctance but jumped down next to his partner.

"Hey Chouji if you win I'll treat you to your favorite restaurant" Asuma said off handedly as he patted the boy on the shoulder.

Chouji's eyes suddenly had a fire in them that had been previously absent. "FOR THE MEAT!" he shouted out in a possessed voice.

Everyone stared at in varying levels of disbelief though they all had the general thought 'What the fuck?'

Shaking his head Hayate raised his arm up "Seventh match; Inuzuka Kiba VS Akimichi Chouji…Begin!" leaping out of the way he sighed in relief as the area he had been in a second earlier was rolled over by a giant rolling Akimichi who had wasted no time in using his signature technique.

"Dodge all you want Kiba but I will still find you!" Chouji taunted as he turned once more in Kiba's direction.

Kiba scowled "Damn it Chouji's been training lately" he mumbled as he pulled out a soldier pill and tossed it to Akamaru. "Ready boy?" he asked as Akamaru's fur began to redden. Jumping onto Kiba's back both of them were covered in a thick smoke. "Juujin Bunshin!" Both Kibas grinned as they jumped apart. "Can you tell us apart now Chouji?" they asked in unison in the exact same voice.

"It doesn't matter I'll smash you both!" Chouji yelled his mind still firmly on the prize should he win.

Kiba grinned as he and Akamaru began to speak again. "Oi, Oi it looks like Chouji's Serious. How about we get serious too then?" they stated as they began to spin at a high speed. "Gatsuuga!" they roared as they began to move around the arena.

Eventually, one of the drill-like bodies slammed into Chouji's side knocking him off balance. The second drill wasted no time and knocked the plump boy into the air. Kiba grinned as he saw his chance and took it. Both drills began to pummel the mass of flesh never once giving him a chance to recover. By the time the attack was over Chouji was already unconscious. "Heh, it looks like I win Chouji." Kiba stated as Akamaru reverted back to his true form.

"Winner: Inuzuka Kiba!" Hayate announced as medics came in the check on Chouji they nodded to each other and placed him on the stretcher. Grunting with the effort needed to lift the heavy set boy they carried him away.

Kakashi smiled and patted Kiba on the shoulders "Good job Kiba." He said proudly as he gave off his patented eye smile. "Seems you don't need my help after all." He added as he continued to smile.

Kiba grinned as he idly rubbed his nose out of embarrassment. "I wouldn't say that." He mumbled.

Before they could continue Hayate coughed gaining everyone's attention. "Would Hyuuga Hinata and Hyuuga Neji come down into the arena please?" he called out as he glanced around.

Both teens made their way down the steps confidently "Neji-nii-san." Hinata mumbled softly as she faced her cousin.

Neji sighed deeply "Hinata-sama, I've seen your progress and it astounds me how far someone who was so unsure of themselves could go in such a short amount of time." He paused as he took another deep breath. "But…you still can't beat me."

Hinata scowled "Are you sure about that?" she asked as her Byakugan activated.

"Very" Neji responded arrogantly as he to, activated the famed bloodline of the Hyuuga clan.

Hinata gave off an undignified snort. "Your arrogance hasn't changed as I thought it had since the dinner it seems." She concluded as she settled in a stance.

Neji scoffed "Not arrogance Hinata-sama, confidence as fate had dictated my victory."

Kaoru could have sworn he heard a very soft "No I didn't!" coming from above him. 'Was that…?' he wondered before casting the thought aside. 'Nah it couldn't be.'

"Eighth match Hyuuga Hinata VS Hyuuga Neji…Begin!" jumping out of the way Hayate glanced at both fighters.

The two fighters were nothing but a blur to the untrained eye as the gennin struggled to follow the match with their eyes. "Amazing…I didn't think they were this fast." Ino muttered aloud as she struggled to keep up with the blurs that were the two Hyuuga.

Naruto's eyes darted to and fro as he kept his alpha in sight. "Hinata…be safe." He murmured as he gripped the railings so tightly that the metal was beginning to bend. 'I don't remember Neji being so fast.' He thought idly as he watched the two exchange blows once more before breaking apart to circle around again.

"YOSH HINATA-SAMA'S FLAMES OF YOUTH BURN BRIGHTLY!" Neji's sensei Maito Gai declared as he pumped his fists into the air. His mini me Rock Lee doing the same.

They were promptly ignored as some even went so far as to step away from the insane duo. Kaoru sweat dropped 'They're crazier than I thought' he mused as he focused on the fight. "It's over." He mumbled audibly.

Everyone stopped what they were doing and glanced back own at the arena to discover the two Hyuuga clan members standing close together. They both held onto their opponent's left wrist as their right hand stayed inches from their opponent's neck. "Mutual death isn't it Neji-nii-san?" Hinata asked as she stared into Neji's eyes.

"It would appear so Hinata-sama; it appears I was wrong for once. You and I are of equal ability in the Juuken." Neji stated as Hayate jumped down and checked their stances.

"Both Fighters are incapable of continuing, this match is a draw neither will advance." He declared as he calmly pushed the two away from each other. Silently he glanced at the board "Will Gaara and Rock Lee please come down?" he called out as Gaara appeared ext to him in a swirl of sand.

"Get down here." He ordered coldly as he glared at Lee.

Lee jumped up and down excitedly "Yosh! It is finally my turn!" he declared, only to be stopped by Gai.

"Lee, my youthful student, be careful…that gourd is suspicious." He stated seriously causing Lee to pause before nodding his head.

"Right Gai-sensei, I'll be careful." He promised as he jumped over the ledge. Landing in front of Gaara he stared at the red headed gennin. "To be able to face you this early…makes me happy." He stated in an eerily calm voice.

Kaoru leaned forward "Oi Shukaku!" he grinned when Gaara froze. "Thought you could skip out on your duties did you?" he asked as Gaara seemed to begin to sweat. "Just to let you know…if you kill a single Konoha-nin I'll end your existence."

Gaara turned towards Kaoru and everyone around him gasped as they saw a star like pupil. When he spoke Gaara's voice sounded deeper and more emotional. "Damn it Kaoru you fucking slave driver cut me a break! My seals were fucking perfect there's no possible way anyone could penetrate them without our girls noticing!" he ranted as he pointed an accusing finger at Kaoru who grinned.

"It seems like you've caused this boy no end of pain." Kaoru stated off-handedly as he began to examine his nails. "What would your Imouto think?"

The Shukaku possessed Gaara started to rub his head in frustration as he began to shout again. "You leave my Imouto out of this damn it!" he seemed to growl before he huffed and looked away. "Fine I won't kill anyone using the boy anymore."

Lee looked back and forth between Kaoru and Gaara. "Anou…Kazama-san…am I missing something?" he asked curiously as he glanced back and forth some more.

Kaoru grinned as he leaned back. "I'll explain…later!" he shouted joyfully with a grin as everyone fell face first into the ground.

Hayate rubbed his forehead in annoyance. "Ninth match; Gaara VS Rock Lee…begin."

Gaara glanced at Lee curiously "It seems I'm not allowed to kill you. The beast within me is frightened by the beast up there." Gaara gestured up at Kaoru. "Still you shall not win this fight."

Lee glared and charged forward. "Konoha Senpuu!" launching a quick spinning kick Lee was caught by surprise when his foot was caught by 'Sand?' he wondered as he suddenly noticed the large amount of sand above him. "GAH!" he screamed as he was flung away.

Not one to be deterred Lee quickly got up and rushed forward again. Dodging a tendril of sand he went to attack Gaara's side only for it to be blocked as well Gaara not so much as moving a muscle.

Kankuro grinned "I don't know who you guys are but it doesn't matter. Physical attacks are useless against Gaara. Regardless of Gaara's will the sand will become a shield and defend him." He paused as Kiba glanced at him curiously. "That's why up to now…There has never been anyone who has put a scratch on him."

Kiba's eyes widened as he glanced down at the fight. "Well now…it's a good thing Kaoru is here then. It seems like that demon inside of him is afraid of Kaoru." Kiba's gaze did not waver as he watched the fight. "Wonder how anyone would get past that."

Sakura glanced worriedly at Lee. "Why is Lee-san only using Taijutsu? Close Range is useless in this situation; he should fight from a distance using ninjutsu."

Gai smiled sadly down at his student. "It's not that Lee doesn't use Ninjutsu or Genjutsu it's that he can't."

Naruto and Kaoru idly listened as to why Lee couldn't use the other two aspects of a Ninja's abilities. "However…" Gai continued after his explanation. "That's why he can win."

"Huh?"

"LEE TAKE THEM OFF!" Gai shouted as he held a thumb up.

Lee looked surprised as he kneeled on the statue "But Gai-sensei isn't that only for when I have to protect many precious people?" he asked as he saluted his teacher, apparently a habit he had developed after a year of tutelage.

"IT'S ALRIGHT I'LL ALLOW IT!" Gai shouted enthusiastically as he shifted his hands towards Lee showing the thumbs up sign again.

Slowly Lee's face split into a grin like the cat ho got the canary. Pulling off his leg warmers everyone noted the weights with the Kanji for Konjou on them. Once he removed both sets of weights he happily stood up and held them out. "Yosh now I can move easier!" he shouted as he let go.

Naruto glanced at his brother "Isn't that an old style training method?" he asked as he turned back around.

BOOM!

Everyone's jaw dropped as twin clouds, as tall as the statue on which Lee stood, rose into the air. Kakashi held a hand over his face. "Gai…isn't that a bit much?"

Gai smirked as he held up two fingers close together. "Lee go!" he shouted. Lee smirked

"Yes!" he shouted as he disappeared from view and reappeared below Gaara. Leaving the red-headed gennin little time to react, Lee launched himself forward and threw a punch that was barely stopped by Gaara's sand.

Lee disappeared again and re-appeared on Gaara's other side launching a kick that broke through a little bit. Each successive attack broke through a little bit more surprising the Suna team. Gai smirked as Lee continued to dodge around Gaara throwing random attacks. "Because he can't use Nin or Genjutsu he devoted all of his training into Taijutsu. In short…he's a Taijutsu specialist." Just as he said that Lee landed in vicious axe kick on Gaara's face as the Suna team gasped in shock.

Naruto grinned "Now this is what I call a match." He muttered in excitement as he leaned forward.

Everyone watched in awe as Lee landed a solid punch on Gaara's cheek. "Wow…" Shikamaru muttered shakily. "My eyes can't keep up with his attacks." He stated as he tried to follow the speedy boy around.

"It's surprising." Kankuro muttered. As he watched the fight in grim expectance. "The other Gaara hasn't woken up yet."

Kiba glanced at him as did various others. "What do you mean?" he asked seeing the boy's spooked expression.

Kankuro swallowed the lump in his throat "I was sure I felt it. That in these exams Gaara was slowly losing control. The other Gaara will kill you without a second thought."

Kaoru grinned "Shukaku won't let him lose control; that's why he hasn't." he stated with a knowing smirk. "Shukaku won't disobey me. He knows the consequences of doing so." Kaoru grinned darkly unnerving everyone in the room. "Are you going to show it to us Lee?" he asked quietly. "The lotus, that is." He added as his grin widened.

Lee who had been running circles around Gaara suddenly closed in and kicked Gaara into the air follow it up with many more strong kicks. Wincing a bit he briefly closed his eyes. Snapping his eyes open he wrapped his arm wrapping around Gaara and begun to spin. "Omote Renge!" he shouted as he drove Gaara into the ground at frightening speed.

"Lee-san won!" Sakura cheered as she leaned forward for a better look.

Kaoru and Kakashi narrowed their eyes. "Not yet." Kaoru muttered as a figure began to rise from the sand.

"What? When did he escape from the sand there's no way Lee would've missed that!" Gai shouted in shock and worry.

Kakashi glanced at him "It was when you closed your eyes to pray Gai. In that brief moment Lee closed his eyes due to pain and Gaara took full advantage of it."

Lee struggled to move but the pain he was in wouldn't let him. "So…The lotus really is a double edged sword." Kaoru mumbled to himself as he watched intently. He watched impassively as Lee was hammered by the sand as he struggled to stand.

Kakashi widened his visible eye as he realized what was happening 'You didn't did you Gai?' he wondered. As Lee suddenly regained his mobility.

"Gai you didn't!" Kakashi rounded on the other man who nodded his head slowly.

"I did."

Kakashi grimaced the anger visible in his face. "Then that gennin kid will…open the eight celestial inner body gates?"

"Yeah." Gai paused as he looked down at Lee. "He had the ability." He continued as if it excused his actions.

"Even if he had the ability! A dangerous skill like that!" Kakashi roared as he turned on the other man.

"The Ura Renge isn't a technique that should be taught!" he roared as he glared at his rival. "I've lost a lot of respect for you Gai." He muttered darkly.

Gai glared back. "What would you know of this boy!" he shouted as he remembered teaching Lee.

Kakashi sighed "Gai how many gates can he open?" he asked tiredly.

"He can open five." Gai replied as he watched the fight with a frown.

Kakashi widened his eyes for what seemed like the hundredth time. 'This isn't about hard work anymore…this kid is a genius.' He thought as he watched Lee.

Naruto frowned as he watched Lee cross his arms over his face. "Oi isn't that really dangerous?" he asked as Gai and Kakashi started to explain the gate system to Sakura.

Kaoru frowned as well "Yeah…if he isn't careful…he could die."

Suddenly Steam started pouring out of Lee's body as he straightened out "The third, Life Gate open!" Suddenly he crouched down "And the fourth, Harm Gate Open!"

Kakashi stared in shock "Insane…to force open the gates with will power alone…" he trailed off.

Lee disappeared as Kakashi hastily removed his headband to watch the fight. "FAST!" he roared as he covered his face from the shrapnel thrown about by Lee's speed.

Lee was nothing but a blur as he zipped around Gaara knocking him around like a pinball. "This is the end! Fifth, Limit Gate open!"

"Oi, Oi…this is getting crazy." Kaoru mumbled as his eyes darted around keeping up with Lee's movements. Lee launched a vicious punch that drove Gaara into the ground only to send out his bandages to wrap around his waist. Pulling him up Lee dealt a devastating palm thrust to Gaara's stomach. "Ura Renge!"

Gaara plummeted to the ground only for his gourd to turn into sand and cushion the fall. "No way the gourd turned to sand!" Kakashi shouted worried for the bowl-cut gennin's safety.

Gaara turned his head towards the downed Lee. Slowly and shakily he raised his arm and the sand converged on Lee. It covered his arms and legs then stopped. "Yield…you can't win, in a real situation I would have crushed your arms and legs." He said simply as he held Lee's tried gaze with one of his own.

Lee though frustrated nodded his head. "I wield Procter." He muttered in shame as he stared at the ground.

Hayate nodded his head. "Winner of the Ninth match…Gaara!" Slowly Gaara lowered his arm and let the sand fall harmlessly to the ground freeing Lee's limbs. Weakly Gaara got up glanced at Kaoru who nodded in acceptance. Smiling a little bit Gaara slowly made his way up to his team ignoring Gai and Lee who were hugging each other. 'Freaks' he thought tiredly.

Naruto shrugged his shoulders as he jumped down followed quickly by the bandaged Oto-nin Dosu. "I see now that Kin wasn't using her feminine charms willingly in the forest." He stated as Hayate raised his arm slowly seemingly interested in what was being said.

Dosu widened his eyes realizing what he was implying. "Don't bother speaking trash." Naruto ordered coldly sending shivers down everyone's spine. "I see now, how Orochimaru trains his Shinobi." He continued as a little bit of killing intent began to leak out, scaring Dosu who unconsciously backed up.

"I don't know what you're talking about." He stammered as he revealed his melody arm.

Naruto glared at him. "Don't play dumb with me. I made no mention of it earlier simply because I couldn't be sure if it was consented to or not. However, when Kin was fighting I noticed something…off about her smell." Everyone held their breaths as they waited for what Naruto was trying to say. "She smelled like a mixture of semen and tears." Naruto finished as his eyes turned red in anger. "You…RAPED YOUR OWN TEAMMATE!"

Hayate saw where this was going as he quickly shouted "Begin!" and leapt out of the way as Naruto raced forward faster than anyone, but Kaoru, could follow and punched Dosu right in the face sending him spiraling into the wall.

"I'm not finished with you scumbag!" Naruto shouted in rage as he jumped forward threw Dosu to the ground and began to mercilessly pound him into the ground. Two minutes in and Dosu's struggling arm fell limp. However, Naruto didn't seem to notice as he kept punching.

Suddenly he felt his arm being restrained by Gai as Kakashi and Kurenai started to push him backwards. "Naruto Calm down!" Kakashi ordered.

Kurenai nodded as she cupped his cheek. "Naruto…he's already dead." She stated as she tried to bring reason back to her student. It seemed to work as his struggles lessened and he began to relax.

"Tch…bastard should've suffered more." He stated in anger as the three released him as a pair of medics came in to clean up the mess.

Hayate nodded his head thankfully "With this the Preliminary round of the third exam is finished!" he declared as Sarutobi stepped forward.

Sarutobi clapped his hands together. "First of all I would like to congratulate all of you who passed." He declared as everyone standing in front of him smiled. "Now then I believe it's time for me to explain the main test." He said with a smile as he puffed his pipe. "As I said before, your matches will be seen by everybody. As such I would like all of you to show off the strength of your countries." He paused as he gazed at everyone's face. "As such the finals will be held…one month from now."

Kiba blinked in surprise "You mean it isn't going to be held right here right now?" he asked as he rolled his neck around working the kinks out.

"This month long break can be used for preparations so to say." The aged Hokage stated with a grin. "You've all seen what the others are capable of; use this month to train, to learn something new, to rest, whatever you wish to do."

Naruto grinned as many perverse ideas started flowing through his head. Everyone backed away from him when he started to drool. "Oi…Naruto what are you thinking about?" Sasuke asked curiously.

Naruto blinked and looked around. "Uh…secret…" the blonde stammered looking embarrassed. Hinata and Ino blushed as well knowing full well what was going through his head.

Sarutobi chuckled "Before I let you go I would like each of you to draw a lot." He gestured to Anko who was holding a box.

"Just one now." She smirked

After each gennin had picked a piece of paper Sarutobi nodded his head. "Alright now I want everyone to announce the number they have starting from the left. Once everyone did so Ibiki who was holding a clipboard nodded his head and showed it to Sarutobi. "Now I will announce the matches for the final tournament!" he declared as everyone's eyes widened. "First match: Inuzuka Kiba VS Kazama Naruto. Second match: Gaara VS Uchiha Sasuke. Third match: Kankuro VS Aburame Shino. Fourth match: Yamanaka Ino VS Nara Shikamaru. Contestant number seven: Temari will have a by round and face the winner of the fourth match."

"Wait a minute why am I the only one who has to fight girls?" Shikamaru asked grumpily.

Sarutobi chuckled "The luck of the draw I suppose." He stated as he "Also there will be many judges watching this tournament and will decide whether or not your Chuunin material, so all of you may become Chuunin or none of you may become Chuunin. Winning simply gives you more opportunities to appeal to the judges." He took a drag of his pipe. "Any questions?" no one raised their hands. "Alright then, you are all dismissed."

End

I hope everyone liked it. Next chapter Kaoru begins training Kiba and Sasuke finds a (better) purpose in life.

I want fan-art! Please~!