Yo, whats good. This yo boy, NarutoPlug, coming out with that new chapter of my dope story. People said that the first round of the chunin exams I did was dope, but I haven't received any comments on Sakura's chakra butchers or Fu's beetle power.
That's all right, I still dedicated to make this story better than any other, so just stick with yo boy, ya feel me.
Anyway lets continue the story.
The Corrupted Mind
Chapter 12
Outside the Stadium- Day 2 of the Chunin Exam Finals.
Sasuke and Sakura were walking towards the entrance where the competitors went that lead to the competitor's box. The two were both kind scared of their next battles. Sasuke was going up against Naruto today, and Sakura was going up against Temari of the Sand, the oldest sibling of the Sand Team.
Sasuke was actually shaking at the thought of actually going up against Naruto. He knew that Naruto hasn't even got serious in the battles he has already had in the Exams, so he knew he was at mercy when it came to Naruto. Earlier he was actually confident that he could do something to Naruto and keep up with him, but that was easier said than done. Sasuke knew that he was going to lose today, but he wouldn't go down without a fight.
" Sasuke-kun." Said Sakura out of the blue.
" Hmm?" he said in reply.
" Be careful against Naruto. I know that I told you that I would give up if I was paired up against Naruto, but I know that you would still try to fight him. Just make sure that you don't go to far. You know how Naruto gets when he is around a lot of…..blood." said Sakura with a shiver.
" I understand, I shall try my best. If things get out of hand and to dangerous, I'll give up, so don't worry about me and just get ready for your on battle." Said Sasuke with a focused look on his face.
With a nod of her head, the two headed up the stairs to the competitor's box, and when they got there, a familiar face was already there.
" Ho, you two came here early to, huh." Said Dosu as he looked at the approaching leaf genin.
" Yes, we didn't want to run into the traffic if we came late, so we came early." Said Sakura.
" Understood." Said Dosu as he looked back down at the arena to see it was repaired from the damage from the battles yesterday.
Sasuke took their spots next to Dosu and also looked at the incoming crowd of people that started to come in, trying to get good seats to see the battles that were about to happen.
" That reminds me." Said Dosu, as he looked back to the genin. " I forgot to ask for forgiveness for what happened in the forest between our two teams. I never got to talk to you about that." Said Dosu as he bowed his head to the two.
The two looked at Dosu with an almost confused look on their face. Sasuke was the one who spoke up.
" Uhh… Yeah, it's alright. I should also say sorry for what I did to you all in the forest as well." Said Sasuke.
" No need. My team was to arrogant and thought we were the strongest Genin here. We need a reality check." Said Dosu.
" Which reminds me," said Sakura as she jumped in the conversation, " Why are you even here, Dosu-san? Isn't your match tomorrow?" asked Sakura.
" Yes, it is." He said. " But I would like to see my opponent more before I am ready to fight against them. The bug boy and the royal prick are strong, something I can't deny. I should take this opportunity and see how they fight. I have the most advantage in this tournament because I was placed high in the tournament without even fighting at all, and that I haven't reveled my skills hardly." Wisely stated Dosu.
The two understood Dosu's words and turned their heads to the doorway of the stairwell to see Shino coming up from the stairs.
" Good morning." He said to the genin, getting a nod from them all.
" Shino-san, do you feel confident about your match up today?" said Sasuke.
" Yes, Menma-san is rash and loud, sometimes rushing into situations that he may not be able to get out of. But even that, he is unpredictable, so I must be on my guard at all times." Said Shino.
Sakura giggled a little at what Shino said. " You know, you sound a lot like Naruto-kun." She said.
" But of course." Said Naruto from behind the group, scarring them all, even Shino. " True shinobi don't let their guard down." He said.
" Hel-hello, Naruto-kun." Said a slightly scared Sakura.
Naruto just ignored Sakura and looked at Sasuke directly in the eye. His eyes started flashing a brighter crimson red, making Sasuke almost pee himself in fright.
" Today's our battle, you shall die if you let up for one moment, for I shall not show any mercy." He said with a smirk at Sasuke.
Sasuke sucked up and a breath of air, putting his fright of Naruto behind him and gave Naruto a smirk as well. " I won't go easy at all, I know that you don't show mercy, but I shall surprise you today." He said.
Naruto just shook his head with the smirk still on his face. " So confident for someone who knows that they shall lose." He said and stood next to Sasuke and looked down at the stands of people that started to fill the stadium.
The group stopped talking for a while, looking at the people. During this time, Temari also came in, not saying a word to any and just joined them. It was quiet for a while, but then the Hokage's son had to ruin it.
" Hey everyone! How's it going!" he said with a smile.
" Be quiet." Said Naruto with a glare centered at Menma. " I don't want to hear your loud mouth right now." He finished.
Menma shut his mouth and leaned back on the railings, taking his last moments before his battle and started to meditate to calm his nerves.
A little while later, Genma came down to start the matches.
" Hello, and welcome to Round 2 of the Chunin Exam Finals! There shall be three matches today for you all to enjoy and watch. Please hold your applause until after a battle is done. Now may I please have Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze and Sasuke Uchiha down to the field." Yelled Genma.
The two turned around and headed for the stairwell, leading to the fighting grounds.
Arena
" Are you two ready?" asked Genma, and he got a nod of approval from the two genin. Genma then turned to the people in the stands.
" Today we start with these two genin! Round 2, Battle 1! Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze vs. Sasuke Uchiha shall now… Begin!" he yelled and jumped back.
The people in the stands started to yell in approval of Sasuke going up against Naruto.
" You can do it, Uchiha-sama!"
" Kill the demon!"
" Finish what the Fourth started!"
" Show the demon no mercy!"
" Get revenge for what the demon did 12 years ago!"
Sasuke looked all around as he listened to the screams and yells the villagers of the leaf said towards Sasuke.
This is crazy! Thought Sasuke. All these people hate Naruto? I see why he has gone insane, who wouldn't after all the discrimination he has gone through. This is really how everyone feels… he thought.
Sasuke looked towards Naruto to see a wild smirk on his face.
" You hear your fans." Said Naruto as all his tails raised up and pointed at Sasuke. " Come and kill the village demon."
Minato and Kushina, in the Kage's box, were looking around the stadium, seeing what the people were saying about their son.
" This… this is crazy…." Said Minato as he watched the people in the stands go crazy over Naruto going up against Naruto.
" I see why he hasn't forgave us. We did this to him. We are no better than those villagers, since we also hated him the majority of his life." Said a sad Kushina.
In the competitors box, Dosu, Menma, Sakura, Temari, and Shino were also looking down at the villagers in shock at what they were saying.
" I can't believe this. This is worse than what happened to Gaara at Suna." Said a wide eyed Temari.
" Hmmmm, so this is what happens when you become a Jinchuriki? A shame." Said Dosu.
Menma gritted his teeth as he heard the chants of the villagers that were all targeted to Sasuke killing Naruto.
" This….. this is to much." He said as he turned away from the stadium.
Sakura was looking throughout the stands and saw something that hurt her heart. She saw he mother, yelling at the top of her lungs, with the hugest smile on her face as she looked at Sasuke and Naruto in the middle of the arena.
" Kill the demon! You can do it!" said Sakura's mother.
" Mother….." whispered Sakura as she saw her mother participate with the crowd.
In the stands, Yakumo and Fu were sitting next to each other, having meet the other day, and looked at the site of the villagers.
" I know he was hated, but this is just to much." Said Yakumo, Ido shaking her head I also in Yakumo's mind.
" This is worse than what happens to me back in Taki…" said Fu.
Mito just looked at the site of the people jumping around, acting like fools at the fact that Sasuke was going up against Naruto.
Sasuke looked towards Naruto and turned on his Sharingan, three totems were in his eyes around his pupil. He brought out his lightning swords from their storage seal and pointed them at Naruto.
" I don't care what they say. I know I shall lose, but I won't go down without a fight. Get ready, Naruto, for I am coming at with everything I have!" said Sasuke.
" Good." Said Naruto, putting on his claws that still had stains of Gaara's blood from the battle yesterday.
" Time to get some more blood on my claws." He said.
The two started at each for a while, before rushing at each other.
Sasuke went for the slash to Naruto left side, but Naruto parried it with his claw. He jumped up over Naruto, his one sword caught in Naruto's claw, and pointed the other sword to the sky.
"Lightning Burial: Banquet of Lightning!" he yelled and lightning fell from the sky and was quickly approaching.
Naruto just looked at the technique with a smile.
" Fuuton: Tamed Winds!" he said and split the lightning in half, cancelling out the jutsu.
Naruto then caught Sasuke with his tails, adding pressure to them, crushing Sasuke.
" Die." Said Naruto, and added enough pressure to kill Sasuke, but Sasuke turned into a log, the log taking the pressure and breaking into twigs.
Naruto turned his head to see Sasuke going through hand signs.
" Katon: Phoenix Flower Technique!" he yelled and sent small fireballs towards Naruto.
Naruto used his tails to slap the fireballs away.
" Not enough, Uchiha." Said Naruto.
Sasuke grit his teeth, and then threw some smoke bombs down on the ground, making a purple smoke take over the field.
Naruto closed his eyes and waited for Sasuke.
" You know that I can feel the wind. It talks to me, and I can understands what it says. You can't hide from me nowhere in this arena!" said Naruto as he caught Sasuke from behind with his tails, not even turning his head to see where Sasuke was.
" Shit." Said Sasuke as he struggled to get out the tails.
Naruto then threw Sasuke up in the air, making Sasuke leave the smoke cloud and in the air. Sasuke smirked and started to make hand signs, but saw a kunai heading his way.
He moved his body to dodge the kunai in air, but then saw a kanji for the word 'Nine' on it. There was a red flash, and Naruto was right in front of Sasuke.
Sasuke, getting out of his shock, grabbed his swords and went in for the left slash, while him and Naruto were descending back down to the ground.
Naruto meet Sasuke slash with his own with his right claw, making sparks fly from the metal clashing. Naruto kicked at Sasuke, only for him to use his leg to block it and go for a punch, but one of Naruto tails caught it.
The two kept trading blows until they were really getting close to the ground. Naruto moved his legs right in front of Sasuke's stomach, and pushed off of him, making him rocket towards the ground. Sasuke took the full force of the blow and flew to the wall of the stadium, his back hitting the wall making blood come out his mouth and then hit the ground.
He's to fast. Even with the Sharingan on, he still is to fast. Those tails of his are also catching a lot of my attacks when his arms and legs are occupied. I big move should do for now….. thought Sasuke as he brushed off the pain he felt and went through some hand signs for his next move.
" Katon: Dragon Fire Technique!" he yelled and a large dragon head made from fire rushed towards Naruto, the fire looking like is was just gliding inches from the ground.
" Hmmm, this is getting fun, Uchiha! Try this, Fox Slash!" said Naruto as he coated his right claw with yokai and ran towards the flames.
When the dragon flame and Naruto's meet, Naruto's claw was able to split through the flames and kept running towards Sasuke.
Sasuke got his swords, ready for Naruto to meet him on the other side of the flames, and casted his lightning.
" Raiton: Lightning Fang!" he yelled and sent lightning towards the flames that Naruto was currently cutting through.
Naruto felt the lightning in the wind that was awaiting him on other side of the flames and used his technique.
" Fuuton: Down-hill Current!" said Naruto and a strong wind gust blew down towards the ground, making the flames and the lightning towards the ground, cancelling them both.
" Come over here, Uchiha! Let me get some blood on my claws!" yelled Naruto to Sasuke with a insane smile on his face.
Damn it, Naruto is starting to go crazy now. I've got to strike fast and hard with my next attacks….. He thought.
" Lightning Strike Armour!" said Sasuke as lightning from his swords danced around him, creating a shield from Naruto. Sasuke then disappeared from where he was.
" I told you that you can't hide from me, Uchiha!" yelled Naruto as he looked on the wall of the stadium with a Chidori in hand.
" That same thing? What are you going to do with that." Said Naruto as he looked at Sasuke.
" More than you think." He said and ran down the wall, his lightning armor making him faster and more powerful.
Sasuke approached Naruto with his jutsu going strong.
" Time to lose, Naruto! Chidori!" yelled Sasuke as he rushed towards Naruto.
Naruto coated his tails with yokai and slammed them towards Sasuke's hand.
" Tail Slam!" he yelled and the two techniques meet, making a huge explosion.
Naruto looked on with glee as his tails broke through Sasuke's attack, and hit Sasuke with tons of force.
" That's what you deserve!" he yelled.
Naruto then felt something wrong and saw as Sasuke started to turn into lightning.
" A Lightning Clone!" yelled an aggravated Naruto as he coated himself in his yokai, protecting him from the lightning. Naruto smiled when he felt a presence behind him and charged his next attack. A ball of red chakra formed in his hand, and he turned around just in time to see Sasuke with another Chidori in his hand.
" Rasengan!"
" Chidori!"
The two moves connected, making a crazy light show happen in the middle of the arena. Naruto and Sasuke in the middle of the arena, both smirking.
" I guess you can say that I'm keeping up with you!" yelled Sasuke to Naruto, still fighting Naruto's red Rasengan.
" Keeping up!" Naruto laughed. " I'm just playing with you. If I went serious you would be dead by now, Uchiha!" said Naruto as he broke through the Chidori and blasted Sasuke with the Rasengan, making Sasuke spin around in a circle and fly back to the stadium wall.
" Tch, you disappoint me, Uchiha. I thought you would last longer than that." Said Naruto.
" I'm still standing!" said voice from another area, shocking Naruto.
He looked at the Sasuke in the wall and saw it also turn into lightning that was coming towards him. He turned the other way and saw a perfectly healthy Sasuke with another Chidori in his hand, and it was on the ground.
" Chidori Current!" he yelled and sent lighting towards Naruto.
Naruto smiled and used his next technique.
" Fuuton: Uncontrollable Wind Blast!" he said and wind started to circle Naruto, before going in every direction, destroying the ground and the trees that were planted in the arena.
A large cloud of smoke and dirt appeared, covering the whole arena, making people stand on the edge of their seats to see what was going on.
When it cleared, it revealed that Naruto was in the middle of what once was an arena. The ground was brought up, rocks were everywhere, and dirt was still flying around. The one thing that what Naruto was focused on wasn't there.
" Where is he?" Naruto said to himself.
" Up here, Naruto!"
Naruto looked up to see Sasuke high in the sky, his swords in front of him with lightning dancing around them.
" How in the world did he get up there?" said Naruto as he watched Sasuke in the air.
" This is the last move that I have for you, Naruto, but it will decide this match to my favor!" he yelled as he started to fall down to the ground.
Naruto watched with curiosity as Sasuke gained a lot of lightning that danced around him and his swords. He then threw his swords down at the ground with amazing speeds.
Naruto jumped back some as the swords lodge themselves down into the ground, lightning still on the swords.
Sasuke started form hand signs, and when he finished he pointed his hands at the sky.
" Raiton: Thunder Gate!" he yelled and many large lightning bolts came from the sky and headed towards Naruto.
Naruto looked at he sight and smiled at the deadly move.
" You really have gotten strong." He said and then put his hands up towards the attack.
" But you should know that I shall always be the greatest." He said and started to gather quickly around Naruto.
Sasuke's technique was deadly close to Naruto, but he was ready.
"Fuuton:," said a calm Naruto, " Wind Brake." He said.
And what happened shocked everyone in the arena.
The lightning was about to strike Naruto down, but when it was right on top of him….
The lightning just stopped.
" What!" yelled a very tired Sasuke as he watched his lightning just sit there.
" I must say," said Naruto, unable to see Sasuke as the lightning blast was blocking his sight, " This is a very deadly technique. I would kill even the most talented ninjas. But you should know by now that I am more than just talented…" said Naruto, he then gained and crazy smile that took place on his face, his eyes flashing crimson.
" I AM A DEMON! TAMED WINDS!" he yelled.
Sasuke watched as an invisible blade of wind right through the lightning attack, and saw Naruto down at the bottom of the arena.
" Game over." Said Naruto as he jumped through the spilt lightning and right towards Sasuke.
Sasuke was to tired as Naruto got his claw ready and slashed at Sasuke, Naruto still flying upwards as blood erupted from Sasuke's body.
Sasuke looked wide eyed at Naruto, as he turned his head to see his work.
" Sorry Uchiha," said Naruto, " I just had to do it." He said.
Sasuke fell down between the split lightning until he hit the ground with a thud. When he hit the ground, the lightning that was in the sky exploded, making a dazzling light show as blue sparks went everywhere around Sasuke's body.
When everything was over, Naruto fell back down to the ground, catching himself with his tails as he used them to make a spring, and jumped next to Sasuke.
" Good job." Was all Sasuke heard before he meet darkness.
Everyone looked on in shock as Naruto dusted himself off, not a scratch on him, and wen to the stairs to go back to the competitor's box.
Genma, finally out of his shock, and looked at Sasuke bleeding body.
" Medical team, come out quick!" he yelled as the medical team got out of their own shock and went towards Sasuke's downed form.
Genma took a gulp of fright as he looked at the arena and how destroyed it was.
He looked towards the Hokage and also saw his shocked face as he announced.
" Wi-w-winner. Naruto Uz-uzumaki Namikaze." He said.
Competitor's Box
Naruto walked into the competitor's box, and what he saw almost made him laugh his ass off.
Temari, Gaara, Dosu, Menma, Sakura, and Shino were all on the back of the wall, breathing heavy.
" Why are you all like that." Said Naruto, trying to hold in his laughter.
" Please, please don't kill us!" yelled Sakura.
" You all are acting crazy. I wouldn't kill you unless I have a reason to, which I don't." he said, making the genin calm down.
" Except Menma, I have a reason to kill him, and I shall do it soon." He said with a wicked smile, scaring the shit out of Menma.
The Genin, other than Menma, calmed down and went back to their original positions in the box.
Sakura went towards Naruto to ask him a question.
" Naruto-kun, why did you do that Sasuke-kun?" asked Sakura.
" Because my bloodlust is increasing. He did give a good amount, but it wasn't enough." He said and looked towards Menma, making him actually shit his pants.
They all looked down to see Jonin come out and repair the arena with some Doton, and the arena was perfectly clear.
" Will Sakura Haruno and Temari of the Sand come down to the arena." Said Genma.
The two jumped down from the competitor's box and to the newly made arena.
" Are you two ready?" asked Genma and got a nod of approval from the genin.
" Round 2, Battle 2! Sakura Haruno vs. Temari of the Sand shall begin…. Now!" he yelled and jumped back from the genin.
" Get ready, little girl. You shall lose to me." Said Temari as she unfolded her fan.
" I'm not going down without a fight!" yelled Sakura as she ran to Temari.
Temari used her fan to block the kick that Sakura had delivered, and through her away with a great force. Sakura slammed into the ground a few feet away, groaning in pain.
" Tch, useless. I can't believe you got this far in the tournament. I shall end this quick. Sickle Weasel Technique!" yelled Temari sent a wind cyclone towards Sakura's downed form.
Sakura quickly got back up and used a defensive technique.
" Doton: Mud Wall." She said and made a wall of earth, protecting her from the wind.
" Hiding won't do you any good!" said Temari, blasting wind towards Sakura behind the wall.
How can I get in close? If I run towards her, she will just blast me with wind, something that I'm all to familiar with…. Thought Sakura, thinking of Naruto training them..
Her thinking about that made her get an idea and started making hand signs.
A couple minutes of hiding, Temari got fed up.
" That's it, I'm coming for you now!" she said and ran up to the wall that Sakura was hiding behind.
Sakura's voice was heard around the wall.
"Doton: Mud Walls!" she yelled and walls were made and surrounding Temari on the inside.
" What are you planning?" said Temari as she readied her fan to attack.
Sakura then appeared from the wall that was facing Temari's back and threw some kunai with explosive notes on them and went back behind the wall.
Temari, quickly sensing something behind her, turned around and blew the kunai away. The kunai exploded from the contact of the wind a created a smoke cloud.
Temari looked around, trying to see where Sakura would appear from, but never noticed the ground breaking up beneath her.
Sakura appeared right underneath Temari and grabbed her ankles.
" What are you doi-" Temari couldn't finish her statement as she fell to the ground, not being able to feel her feet.
" Heh, got you now." Said Sakura with a smirk as she got out the ground, showing her hands were covered in her chakra.
" Damn it, you used your Chakra Scalpels to mess with my nerves, didn't you." She said with a snarl.
"Yup, now surrender." Said Sakura as she pointed her glowing hands at Temari's face.
Temari just smirked and leaned back, moving her arms and blasted Sakura right in the chest with her fan, blasting her back towards her walls.
Temari then opened her fan and yelled " Fuuton: Wing Cutter Technique!" and blades of wind cut down Sakura's mud walls.
" Now you can't hide behind those meddlesome walls you made." She said with a smirk. Sakura got up from the ground, still shaking from the blow she toke.
" You can't have as much chakra since you made that many walls, and seeing you took that blow head on means your on your last legs." Said Temari from the ground.
Sakura just looked at her with a pained smile. " You say I'm on my last legs, but you can't even stand on your own to feet." Said Sakura, making Temari made.
" Shut up!" yelled Temari. She then saw Sakura coat her hand in a green chakra and put her hand towards her stomach.
" Oh no you don't, Sickle Weasel Technique!" she yelled from the ground and blew a cyclone of wind towards Sakura.
Sakura was risen from the ground, to tired to dodge the move, and was sliced up from the attack. When it was over, she fell down to the ground, unconscious.
" Winner, Temari of the Sand!" yelled Genma, as he helped Temari up from the ground and sent her to the medical team.
The medical team left with Temari and Sakura, and Genma called the challengers for the last match of the day.
" Will Menma Uzumaki Namikaze and Shino Aburama come down to the field." Said Genma.
The two proceed to the middle of the field, ready to fight.
" Are you two ready?" asked Genma, getting a nod from the Genin, he continued.
" Round 2, Battle 3! Menma Namikaze Uzumaki and Shino Aburama shall now… Begin!" he yelled and jumped back from the Genin.
" Lets go, Shino!" said a pumped Menma.
" Hmmm, let it be a good match." Said Shino as bugs came from his body and surrounded him.
" Let's start this off what some kunai!" said Menma as he threw some three- pronged kunai towards Shino.
" Insect Jar Technique." Said Shino and his insects circled around him, making a protective dome around him. The kunai bounced right off of the dome.
"ARRRGGGGHHH! Not this again!" said Menma, grabbing a handful of hair in anger. " Why does everyone I go up against have some kind of defense!" shouted Menma.
The bugs stopped spinning around Shino and he looked at Menma with an unreadable face.
" Shit, looks like I'm going to have to take a different approach." Said Menma with smirk.
" Yes, unlike Neji, who cuts off chakra, my bugs eats chakra, making me hard opponent. It would be wise to be wary of me." Said Shino. He then sent out his bugs towards Menma, making him go through hand signs.
" Ration: Electromagnetic Murder!" yelled Menma and made a wave of electricity towards the approaching bugs.
Shino's bugs had to move away from the electricity that would shock them alive. The bugs went back towards Shino.
" Hah, looks like this may be a stand off." Said Menma with a smirk. " Your bugs can't get close to me and I can't get close to your bugs!"
" Maybe." Said Sino. " But I can still approach you." And he ran up to Menma.
Menma grabbed some kunai to defend against Shino, but when Shino went in to punch, he fell apart in to bugs.
" A clone? Then were is the real-" Menma then felt something push him from behind and he fell into the bugs that made up the insect clone.
" I told you to be wary of me." Said Shino as he watched Menma struggle with his bugs. While they were eating his chakra, Menma vanished in a yellow flash.
Shino looked up to see that Menma appeared to one of the kunai that he threw earlier at Shino.
" Damn bugs." Said Menma as he brushed off the remaining bugs on him.
" Good get away." Said Shino, " But I can still hide myself at the last moment. This Shino your looking at right now is also a clone. The real one is hiding among the trees." Said the clone Shino.
Menma looked at the trees and didn't see Shino, meaning he was well hidden.
" Alright then, looks like I'll just attack there! Raiton: False Darkness!" and he sent a lightning shot towards the trees.
While Menma was doing this, the clone Shino ran up to Menma, ready to attack the immoveable Menma.
Menma saw this and could only take the attack that Shino made as he kicked him in his ribs. Menma flew back at the attack, not seeing the clone that attacked him switch with the real Shino that was hiding in the trees, taking the attack that was meant for him.
" You must do more to finish me off. You failed to hit the real Shino in the trees." Lied Shino, not wanting Menma to know the he substituted himself with the actual clone that Menma saw earlier.
" Tch, if you think that's all I got, you've got another thing coming!" Menma yelled and ran up to Shino.
" Why pursue in Taijutsu? I can just plant some of my bugs on you while we fight." Said Shino as he blocked a punch from Menma.
" Cause I got something that cancel out your bugs!" Said Menma as he went in for a kick.
Shino saw as a red aura take over Menma, proving that he was using the Kyuubi's chakra. The bugs that Shino planted on started scream out and flew back towards Shino.
" What is this?" said a surprised Shino as he jumped back from Menma.
" The Kyuubi's chakra is like toxic to anything except for a Jinchuriki, so your bugs won't be able to eat any of my chakra if I have it's chakra surrounding me." Said Menma.
" Hmm, a shield from my bugs, a good defense in deed." Said Shino.
" Yeah, it also is a good offense as well!" said Menma as he disappeared, surprising Shino as he appeared in front of him and punched him dead in his face, making him fly back. Menma appeared underneath him and kicked him in the air.
Shino saw four clones up in the air with him and they all kicked him to the ground. Shino painfully opened his eyes to see Menma with a Rasengan in his hands.
" So," he said with a grin, " Did ya like my Uzu- Namikaze Barrage? You can still fight or you can surrender now." Said Menma.
" I…. Surrender." said Shino with a pained voice.
" Yes! I did it again!" yelled Menma to the top of his voice.
" Winner! Menma Uzumaki Namikaze!" said Genma, the crowd clapping their hands at the winner.
Dosu, Naruto, and the now healed Temari came down to the middle of the arena to hear the next matches.
" Everyone, please listen in to the next matches! They shall go as followed:
Round 3, Battle 1: Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze vs. Temari of the Sand.
Round 3, Battle 2: Menma Uzumaki Namikaze vs. Dosu Kinuta.
" The following matches shall be held tomorrow at noon, so please see us there!" said Genma.
" Uh, excuses me?" said Temari, getting Genma's attention.
" Yeah?" he asked.
" I'd like to surrender. There is no way that I would win my next match, so there is no point in me getting hurt over this match." She said, making Naruto smirk.
" Good call, I may have killed you if we battled. My bloodlust is increasing day by day." He said as he walked off.
" My spot in the finals are guaranteed, so that means you better win." Said Naruto as he walked off, not saying who he was talking to, but everyone knew who he was talking about.
Dosu looked over towards Menma to speak
" You may have won so far, but only by luck. When you fight me, you shall have to pull every card that you have under your sleeve, seeing as we are the only match to happen tomorrow. I shall see you then." Said Dosu as he disappeared in a Shunshin.
Menma just looked at the spot Dosu was once at before also walking off to his home, skipping Genma's announcement of Temari surrendering and Naruto having a spot in the finals.
Outside the Stadium
Naruto was walking with a small pace, not having anywhere to be at the moment. He was to late to dodge when he felt two bodies jump on him.
" You were amazing!" said Yakumo as she hugged on Naruto's left side.
" You have to teach me how to be like you, Naruto-kun!" said Fu on his right side.
Naruto just took a breath of air and used his tails to get the two females off of him. He continued to walk but the two females wouldn't leave him alone.
Yakumo then said something that interested him.
" Naruto-kun, me and Fu have meet the sound ninja that you have also recruited and decided to meet up tonight at my house." Said Yakumo.
" Hmmm, a meeting, huh." Said Naruto. " I guess I could go, seeing as I have nothing to do today." He said, making Yakumo and Fu squeal in delight and latch onto him.
Was this how the Uchiha felt when he was in the academy….. thought Naruto as the trio walked to the Kurama mansion to get ready.
Kurama Mansion- Night Time
"Are you sure that this was the place?" asked Kin, the only female of the sound trio.
" Yeah, I'm positive. That fine girl with the long hair said this was it." Said Zaku.
" FINE! You think she looks good!" yelled a jealous Kin.
" You two stop." Said Dosu, getting their attention. " I have a match tomorrow and you to fighting won't help me get ready for it." He said, making the two shut up.
Dosu knocked on the door a couple of times, and some seconds later, Yakumo answered the door.
" Hey, you made it!" she said and hugged each one of them, Zaku enjoying the hug the most.
" Naruto and Fu are here as well." She said, making the genin tense at the name, Naruto.
" Nar-naruto is here?" said a shaky Kin.
" Yes, is that I problem?" said Naruto as he appeared in the doorway.
" No, no, no! Nothing's wrong with that!" the sound genin said and started laughing awkwardly.
The genin came in the mansion and looked in awe as the inside looked amazing.
" This looks amazing. I've never been somewhere that looked so high quality." Said Kin.
" Thank you, I really do appreciate that." Said Yakumo with a smile.
The genin said hello to Fu that was in the living room being lazy. Everyone gathered together in the living room because Naruto said he had to announce something.
" Alright, as you know, the invasion shall happen the day after tomorrow." He said. " In the midst of the invasion, we shall come together and I shall take you to Wave." Said Naruto.
" Where should we meet up at?" asked Dosu.
" Away from preying eyes. Probably the forest outside of Konoha." Said Naruto.
" We must be careful. Suna and Oto ninja forces shall be positioned outside the walls as well." Said Kin.
" I'll handle them. I won't let anyone know that you all are leaving your villages. You all will disappear, so your villages would think that you were killed in the invasion, which is our cover up." Said Naruto, and everyone else nodding to his plan.
" What about the Uchiha and the pink haired girl?" asked Zaku.
" What about them?" said Naruto.
" Well, it seems that you have gotten really close to them. You even trained them, making them some powerful ninjas as I saw during the tournament. Wouldn't you want to bring them with us?" asked Zaku.
" You make a good point, but it won't work." Said Naruto. " Those two are to loyal to Konoha, so trying to bring them with us won't happen."
" Alright, so when the invasion happens, head directly outside Konoha and wait for you to take us to Wave." Said Fu, repeating Naruto's plan.
" Exactly." Said Naruto.
" We should have a toast!" said Yakumo as she raised her glass of soda.
" A toast? With soda? That's a lame toast." Said Zaku.
" Yeah, but this is the start to our freedom! We should toast to that." Explained Yakumo.
Everyone raised their glasses, except Naruto.
" Come on, Naruto-kun. Join in." said Yakumo.
" What is a toast?" asked Naruto.
" You don't know what a toast is?" Kin said, not believing what she heard.
" Naruto doesn't know to much about things people do, since he was locked up for 2 years with nobody to talk to." Said a sad Yakumo, making Kin feel bad that she said something.
" Naruto-kun," said Fu, " A toast is when a group raise their glasses together when they agree on something. Usually it is done with alcohol, but soda will have to do in this situation."
Naruto then raised his soda with everyone else, and Fu lead them in the toast.
" To Freedom!" she said.
" To Freedom!" everyone else said, except for Naruto, not knowing they were supposed to repeat what Fu said. They all drained their sodas and continued to talk all throughout the night.
Naruto then asked Yakumo if he could stay in one of the guest room, which she said yes to. Naruto then proceeded to go to his room to sleep.
Next Day. Inside the Stadium
" Today we shall hold the battles for Round 3 of the Chunin Exam Finals!" said Genma to the roaring crowd.
" Since Temari of the Sand surrendered her match, this match will determine who shall fight Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze!" he said, making most of the crowd yell in disgust of the demon making it to the finals.
Genma then turned to the two genin that were about to fight. " Are you two ready?" he asked, and getting a nod from both, he annouced the start of the fight.
" Round 3, Battle 2! Menma Uzumaki Namikaze vs. Dosu Kinuta shall now begin…. Now!" he yelled and jumped back from the genin.
" This one is going to be easy." Said Menma as he got out one of his three pronged kunai.
" If you think that I am some push over, then you have another thing coming for you." Said Dosu as he raised his sleeves up.
The two started at each other for a while before charging at each other, meeting in the middle of the arena. Dosu caught Menma's hand that had his kunai and Menma caught Dosu's punch with his other hand.
" You won't get far like that." Said Menma, but Dosu ignored him over his technique.
" Sound Blast!" yelled Dosu and Menma was blasted back from Dosu.
" Like I care for your arrogant comments about how I fight. I could have ended it there, but I want you to learn that you are still weak." Said Dosu.
" Tch, you'll see. Raiton: Lightning Beam!" said Menma as he charged up some electricity and sent a straight beam of lightning towards Dosu.
" Hump, this is nothing. Resonating Echo Barrier!" said Dosu and Menma's attack was blocked by an invisible barrier.
" Not this again! Why does it that everyone I face have some kind of impenetrable barrier or shield or something!" yelled a frustrated Menma.
" it is because unlike you, they are prepared for any situation. Like true ninja should be." Said Dosu.
" I'm a better shinobi than you at every aspect at being one!" shouted Menma.
" Not at being quiet, apparently." Said Dosu, getting a few laughs in the crowd.
" Shut up!" said Menma as he ran up to Dosu again. "Raiton: Twitching Limb Technique!" and Menma sent electricity to his hands, trying to make Dosu body numb by touching him.
Dosu showed surprisingly good flexibility and dodge every attack that Menma made towards him. When Menma made a lousy move, Dosu took this opportunity to attack.
" Resonating Echo Drill!" said Dosu and his Menma in the stomch while sending sound waves towards Menma's ears.
Menma jumped back at the weak punch that Dosu gave him in his mid-section. " What was that supposed to do?" said cocky Menma.
" You'll see." Said Dosu.
" Yeah, well I'll just beat you while I'll wait." He said and ran up to a still Dosu. When he was right in front of Dosu, he fell down to the ground, not being able to keep his balance.
" What's going on?" said a confused Menma as he looked up to Dosu.
" My Resonating Echo Speaker enables me to control sound waves with my chakra, and direct them anywhere I want. I sent them to your ear, and to many vibrations can mess with the ears making you lose your balance. Don't worry, you'll be able to get your balance back in a couple hours." Said Dosu as he approached Menma. He was about to strike down Menma, but Menma jumped up and uppercutted Dosu on his chin, making him fly back.
" What! How!" said Dosu.
" It seems that your injury is small, so the Kyuubi's chakra will be able to heal it instantly." Said Menma.
" I see, so that means that my vibrations won't have as much effect as I thought they would." Said Dosu. " But don't think that will determine this battle. After all," Dosu then punched the ground, making a large crater form beneath him, making Menma surprised. " I still have my Taijutsu."
" I won't back down now. I have to meet Naruto at the finals!" yelled Menma.
" You know he plans to kill you, right? You won't win against him." Said Dosu as he readied himself in his Taijutsu stance.
" I know." Said Menma. " He won't listen to words. But maybe he'll listen when we fight! That's why I damn sure won't lose to you." Said Menma as he readied himself also, getting out two of his three-pronged kunai.
" Determined, I like that about you, but it takes more than words to beat me as well!" yelled Dosu as he ran up to Menma, Menma doing the same.
Two clashed in the arena, making shockwaves go throughout the stadium. Menma went in to stab Dosu, but he grabbed Menma's arms and kicked at Menma's mid-section. His eyes widened when he found a golden chain coming from the ground holding his leg down. Menma used his other kunai to slash at Dosu, but Dosu moved his arm and used his Resonating Echo Speaker to block the attack.
Menma jumped back a little from Dosu and shouted his next move. " Raiton: Electrical Discharge Technique!" and a blue field of lightning surrounded Menma and expanded towards Dosu.
" Resonating Echo Barrier!" yelled Dosu and used the sound waves in the area to counter Menma's technique.
The two barriers clashed against each other, making sparks and dust fly everywhere until their was an explosion in between the two genin, making them fly back. Menma hit the stadium wall while Dosu tumbled on the ground and hit his side on one of the trees in the arena.
Menma got from the stadium wall and went through some hand signs.
" Raiton: Lightning Beam!" and he shot a beam of lightning towards Dosu, who was just getting up from the ground and when through some hand signs of his own.
" Sound Blast!" and Dosu shot sound waves towards the lightning beam and the two techniques exploded on contact of each other.
Menma looked around in the smoke cloud for Dosu.
Where did he go….. he thought. He turned his head, but didn't see the fist that was right in front of him. Menma was blasted out the cloud of smoke and hit the ground.
" This is for the win!" said Dosu as he was about to punch Menma that was on the ground.
Dosu was about to win with the punch that was now in front of Menma's face, but then he stopped when he saw the look on Menma's face, making him think of what Naruto said to him while they were alone at Yakumo's house.
Flashback- Yakumo's House
Naruto pulled Dosu to the side of the room from everyone else while they were partying and laughing. Dosu didn't know what Naruto was going to say to him, thinking that he did something wrong.
" Dosu." He said with a serious voice, making Dosu tense up." When you battle Menma, I want you to lose." He said making Dosu shocked at his words.
" What? Why?" said an almost mad Dosu, but remembered who he was talking to.
" I want face Menma in the finals. I have a score to settle with him after everything that he has done to me. With all of Konoha watching, it will be the best revenge to kill him in front of everyone, especially my father and mother." Said Naruto.
With a nod of the head, Dosu understood what Naruto said. He wasn't going to rob Naruto of his revenge, because he knew that the fox boy has been through to much in his life and he needed some type of closure.
When Dosu turned around to go back to the group, Naruto said something that made Dosu happy.
" If you and my brother would fight to the death, you would be the winner. I can tell by your chakra levels and the attitude that you care while in battle. You would win." Finished Naruto.
End Flashback
I can't finish him off now. Naruto will finish it in the finals….. thought Dosu, as he watched Menma run through hand signs, taking Dosu's hesitation to his advantage.
" Raiton: Lightning Devourer Technique!" yelled Menma as electricity covered him. He then shot his hands up towards Dosu and sent the electric blast to Dosu, making him take the hit and fly back, his body shaking in pain.
Dosu shakily got up from the ground and looked towards Menma, seeing him and a clone on the other side of the of arena.
" I don't know why you held back," said Menma, " But your gonna regret it now!" he yelled and charged at Dosu, and blue chakra ball in his hands.
" Rasengan!" he yelled and hit Dosu dead in the middle of his stomach. Dosu received the full blast of the attack and flew into the arena wall, unconscious.
" Winner! Menma Uzumaki Namikaze!" yelled Genma. The crowd roared in approval at the performance the Genin gave them.
The medical team picked up Dosu's body and took him to the hospital, while some other medical nins came over to Menma and helped him up.
" Can Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze come down to the field." Said Genma.
Naruto then jumped down from the competitor's box, where he was watching the match between Menma and Dosu, and walked towards Genma. Menma and Naruto were faced towards each other, while Genma was on the side of the brothers.
" Hokage-sama will take it from here." Said Genma. Minato then appeared in front of the two brothers, ready to give his speech.
" Tomorrow!" he yelled, " The final match of the Chunin Exams will finally commence!" and the crowd roared in excitement.
" We have Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze vs. Menma Uzumaki Namikaze, both brothers in the final event! The rules will stay the same as the last battles, and you will have as much time as you need for one of you to win the whole Chunin Exam!" he said.
" The battle shall start at noon tomorrow! Please be early to get good seats for the show!" he yelled and everyone started to leave.
Minato looked happy on the outside, but on the inside he was a wreck. His sons were going to fight, one of them wanted to fight to the death. How could he watch Naruto kill Menma? They only thing he could do was convince Menma to surrender his match so he could live to see another day, but he knew that Menma was to stubborn to do such things. He wants to reach out to his brother, even in a death match.
Minato saw Naruto look at Menma with an evil smirk, before walking off to wherever he went off to. Minato grabbed his other son's shoulder and the two vanished in a yellow flash.
Later that day- Uzumaki Namikaze Estate
The family surrounded the dinner table eating their food, but no talking was going on. Everyone knew what was going to happen tomorrow. Menma and Naruto were to fight, and Naruto has threaten Menma that if he made it to the finals, he would kill him. Hearing that, and then seeing what Naruto could do scared everyone, especially Menma. Being the one that had to fight him, he was scared out of his mind. There was no way that he could win this match, but he would still try, for his brother.
Minato then out down his silverware and looked towards Menma. " Menma, I want you to listen to me." Said Minato, gaining everyone's attention.
" I want you to surrender your battle against Naruto." And then he put his hand up before Menma could shout out and continued. " Naruto is just to strong. His hatred is even stronger, and there is nothing stopping him from killing you. He could do so and he won't be tried for murder because killing is allowed in the arena. If you go in that arena, there is nothing I can do for you." Finished Minato.
Menma thought about what his father said about his match, and he was right. If he was killed, Naruto would get away scot-free. The worst thing was that Naruto was going to try to kill him, so he had to be careful in this match. After he was done thinking, Menma replied to his father.
" I understand what you are saying father, but what if this is the only chance I could get to help Naruto?" he said, which made Minato raise a eyebrow.
" What do you mean, Menma?" he asked.
" So far, all we ever tried to do was convince Naruto with words. I remember you telling me when I was younger that true rivals understand each other with their fist." Said Menma, raising his right hand in the air.
" Yeah, I remember that as well." Said Mito, jumping in the conversation, " But that only works for rivals, Menma-kun, not for prey. Naruto wants to kill you, not reason with you."
" Maybe, but I still have to try. I know we all feel bad about what we did to Naruto, but we can't stop fighting!" he yelled. " He's family! Family is most important in a Uzumaki's life!" hearing that made Kushina's head shoot up.
" Menma-kun," she said, " You are right, but understand this. You are the one going up against him, so you are the one with the final decision. If you do or you don't fight him, I am still proud of you regardless." Said Kushina with a smile on her face.
" Thank you, Kaa-chan. I will try my best tomorrow and see if I can convince Naruto to come back to us with these here!" he said and raised both of his fist, making everyone at he table smile.
" Good luck tomorrow, Menma-kun." Said Mito as she went to hug her older brother. Kushina and Minato also joined in as well, making a perfect scene of a perfect family.
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Next Day- Chunin Exam Finals
Menma stood in front of Naruto, a smile on his face. He felt good. He was healed properly from his hospital visit yesterday and was ready to go against his older brother, Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze. Menma's spikey hair swayed in the wind as it blew against him, his blue and black jumpsuit ruffling a little as the jacket and pants were baggy looking. Menma was ready to fight.
Naruto stood in front of Menma, a blank look on his face. He was ready to kill this clown that calls himself his brother. Naruto was wearing his same black hoodie on, with his black cargo shorts that were covering his knee caps. He had his hands crossed over his stomach as he looked at Menma. Naruto's nine tails were swaying in the wind in a hypnotic motion. Today was the day that Menma Uzumaki Namikaze will die.
" Hello, everyone!" yelled Minato. " We shall have the last battle of the Chunin Exams Finals. We have Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze and Menma Uzumaki Namikaze for the last match of the exams! Are our two competitors ready?" asked Minato.
The rookie 9, Gai's team, the sound trio, the sand siblings, Fu and Yakumo, all of the Chunin, the Jonin, the civilians, rich people from outside of Konoha, the ANBU that were on guard duty during the exams, the clans of Konoha, the secretly hidden Orochimaru and Kabuto, some hidden sound and sand ninjas, everyone watched in anticipation as the two contender's nodded their heads towards Minato, signifying that they were ready to begin.
" Then I, Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage of Konohagakure, say that this match shall now…
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Oh yeah, my cliffhanger gang getting stronger and stonger, ya dig.
The Naruto and Sasuke battle had to be the dopest thing I have ever written before. I just had to make that battle epic.
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NarutoPlug, sighing out,
Like a real nigga should…..