I don't own Sora, Kairi, Riku or any of that other stuff, and I don't own Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata or any of them.
The day came.
Normally, that wouldn't come as a surprise, but this day, people had a bet going that the world would end that day just so their Jinchuuriki couldn't fight. "You owe my sixty Ryo." One man said to another.
"Whatever," the second man replied back.
Despite all of the dislike for the demon brat, a few were going to cheer for him. "Who are you cheering for?" a brother asked.
"Not Neji." The other brother responded.
"You're cheering for the demon?"
"No, I'm just not cheering for Neji."
"Why?"
"He tried to kill his cousin, I don't care who you are, but that's low."
So, the stands began to fill. People from all over Konoha were coming to watch either the demon brat get killed, or Neji get his. A hooded boy smirked, they would have to wait just a little bit longer.
Sandaime Hokage sat in a chair, high above the arena, he could just see the Hyuuga boy standing in the center.
"Hello Hokage-sama." A voice said near him, he turned to see the masked face of the Kazekage.
"Ah, hello, Kazekage-sama, I was afraid you weren't going to make it."
"Oh, trust me; I wouldn't miss it for the world."
Hinata sat in the seat next to her father, waiting for it to begin. She was also waiting for Naruto, whom almost no one had seen these past four weeks. She had something she wanted to show him, but she couldn't find him the whole of last month. Now, staring over the arena, a whole other thought was going through her head. She looked up to the sky and prayed, "Please, don't let him kill Neji."
Neji stood in the center of the arena, with the protector of the exams, visibly relaxed. Whatever that boy had in store would be nothing. It was his fate to win, and it was Naruto's fate to lose. Simple as that. He cracked his neck and waited. After several minutes, the protector checked his watch, and he raised his hand, when suddenly, a clap echoed from the stands. Slap, slap, clap, slap, slap, clap. Two slaps and a clap, suddenly another pair of hands joined the first, this pair was on the other side of the stadium. Then another pair, and another pair. Everyone searched for the source, but they were blind to it until they saw black robbed boys in every aisle. They were slapping their thighs then clapping their hands, creating a beat, the only one that did not clap was the one that stood in the aisle that was opposite Neji. He pulled back his hood, revealing spiky blond hair, and then sang in a booming voice
"Buddy you're a boy make a big noise
Playin' in the street gonna be a big man some day
You got mud on yo' face
You big disgrace
Kickin' your can all over the place,"
Suddenly all of the other robbed boys joined in "We will, we will rock you! We will, we will rock you!"
The one Naruto began moving towards the area,
"Buddy you're a young man hard man
Shoutin' in the street gonna take on the world some day
You got blood on yo' face
You big disgrace
Wavin' your banner all over the place." Suddenly, there was a flag in his hand, which he began twirling with an expertise that put most flag twirlers in marching bands to shame.
"Singin' We will, we will rock you! We will, we will rock you!"
Naruto stood at the wall of the arena.
"Buddy you're an old man poor man
Pleadin' with your eyes gonna make you your own peace some day
You got mud on your face
You big disgrace
Somebody better put you back in your place" He jumped off the wall and landed on the arena floor. And he was followed by sixty robed boys, each one singing the chorus to the song. "We will we will rock you! We will we will rock you! We will we will ROCK YOU!" As the last words to the song finished, the shadow clones disappeared, creating a smoke screen, which dissipated to reveal only one Naruto, his hood down and the Keyblade in his hand. (I don't own "We Will Rock You.")
Neji looked unimpressed, and said so, "A song means nothing to me."
"No, but it gets the point across." Naruto said, a scowl on his face.
Neji snorted, "Please, a threat from a loser is nothing to be taken seriously."
Naruto turned to the protector, "Start this match quickly; I have been waiting a month to pound sense into this guy."
The protector sighed, "You may begin."
Neji charged forward, about to land a strike to Naruto's chest. Naruto didn't move, until Neji's hit almost had him, then he landed a punch to Neji's chest, knocking the wind from his lungs. Then before the Hyuuga could retaliate, Naruto's Keyblade came around and bashed his face, throwing him to the side. Neji picked himself up and spat out a tooth.
"For twelve years I have held back," Naruto said darkly, "Now you have brought me to anger, and with it comes pain." Naruto slowly unzipped his robe and let it fall to the floor. For the first time in years, the sun saw what was beneath his cloak. Black cargo shorts, a black tee-shirt with yellow stripes crossing diagonally, to black gloves, also with the yellow stripes, and two red baldrics which held three kunai holsters, one holding Shuriken, one Kunai, and another Larxene needles. On his back were three storage scrolls. He also wore a Konoha headband belt, which had hoslters for scrolls.
Naruto stood there, and held his Keyblade in an iron grip. "Fight me, and I promise it is going to hurt."
"Threats of a loser mean nothing to me, and you are a loser, it was fated that I'd be the winner."
"So I'm a loser? What does that make Tenten?"
"Worse than a loser." Somewhere in the stands, a girl was being held down into her seat by all of her family members. Neji, hearing a slight struggle, decided he should move away from that subject. "You can use the strongest weapons you have, but they will be nothing against me, for I was fated to win."
"So you're saying I should go all out?"
"If you wish, but it will achieve nothing."
"Alright, if you say so. Stop!" He pointed the Keyblade at Neji, and the Hyuuga froze. The next move Naruto made would confuse the spectators for a very long time, Naruto walked up behind Neji and kicked him so he was face down in the dirt. Neji sat like that for a couple of seconds, before jumping up, looking around for Naruto.
"Behind you, idiot." Naruto said, and Neji turned around a look of slight surprise on his face, but Naruto knew behind those eyes, Neji was shocked into a stupor.
"Interesting how that works," Naruto said, swing his Keyblade in a relaxed hand.
"Shut up and fight, loser." Neji said, closing his eyes "Byakugan!" veins popped around Neji's eyes, and a smirk appeared on his face. He opened his eyes, and immediately the smirk vanished. "What is this?"
Naruto smiled, "As I said before, the best weapon you can have is a strong, shining heart."
Everyone in the stands began mumbling, "What are they talking about?"
"I have no idea."
All of the Hyuugas in the stands, however, knew exactly what he was talking about. There was a bright light shining from where Naruto's heart would be, and it was outshining his chakra. No one could see any of his chakra coils.
"So you've found a way to hide your tenketsu from me, but you will still lose this fight, it was pre-destined."
"Whatever helps you sleep at night." Naruto said. Neji charged him again, but this time, he was met head on by a fireball, "Fire!" Neji quickly dodged to the side, only for Naruto to appear in front of him.
Suddenly pain erupted from his shoulders, sides, chin, and gut. He suddenly impacted against the wall, and when he did, Naruto's attack registered in his brain. He had attacked with four side-to-side hits, two to his shoulders, two to his sides, the he gave him a vicious uppercut, but instead of letting the Hyuuga fly back, Naruto finished with a powerful thrust, sending the Hyuuga flying to the wall.
Neji slowly climbed out of the crater, his rate of speed was due to pain as much as it was an unwillingness to go out there again.
Suddenly, Naruto was in front of him, and he began a series of hits that broke a bone or two. Then, he landed another uppercut, and let this one send the boy into the air, quickly hiding his Keyblade, Naruto pulled one of the scrolls from his back, it puffed away to reveal two Windmill Shuriken. He threw them at the falling form of Neji, who watched in horror as the blades came toward him. He tried to twist his body around the path of the deadly weapons, but only succeeded in looking like a dying duck.
The blades hit him mercilessly, leaving long gashes in his arms. As he fell closer to the ground, Naruto pulled out a second scroll, it puffed away and in its place were the two Axel Chakram. When Neji was ten feet from the ground, Naruto threw them, and they hit Neji, sending him to the wall, with the chakram pinning his arms. Naruto quickly pulled out four Larxene needles, and threw them to pin down his legs.
The Hokage smiled, looking down on Naruto and his mastery of the Keyblade, beside him, the Kazekage seemed a bit on edge. "Something wrong?" The Hokage asked.
"Hm?" The Kazekage said, turning to the Hokage, "Ah, no, no, it's just, he is so strong, I never accepted something that strong."
"Well, he is a Keyblade Master."
"A Keyblade you say?"
"Yes, a Keyblade."
"Extraordinary."
Neji's eyes went wide as he realized that he was completely at this loser's mercy. Naruto walked up to him, "Now that I have your attention, maybe you'll listen to my theory." Naruto smiled as he began twirling his Keyblade. "You think that you, as all geniuses are rare, that you are something that will never happen more than, at the max, three times per lifetime. Well, here is my theory, everyone is a genius."
Neji laughed, "That is the stupidest-." He was cut off but a bolt of electricity running up his leg from the Larxene needle.
"Did I ask you to interrupt?" Naruto asked. When Neji didn't answer, Naruto continued,
"As I was saying everyone is a genius, but if you judge a goldfish by its ability to climb a tree, it will forever think it's stupid. And you, Neji have done exactly that." Naruto frowned in anger, "You think because you are a genius, you are the standard to measure everyone against. You have destroyed the self-esteem of your family and teammates. And for that, I will beat you." Naruto then began walking away. "However, I am fair, so I will let you attack me." Naruto held up his hand, and instantly, the Larxene needles and the Axel Chakram returned to him, as if nothing ever happened. He quickly stored them and replaced them on his baldric, and faced Neji, "Now, genius," the name dripped with sarcasm, "come at me, and make it your best."
Neji smirked as an idea grew in his head. "He walked up to Naruto, activated his Byakugan, and encouraged by the fact that Naruto's heart had stopped shining just enough to see the tenketsu. He looked up at Naruto, "You fool, you are in my range of divination. Hakke Rokujuuyonshou!"
As soon as the technique was released, Hiashi jumped from his seat. He was, however, able to keep his outrage silent. "Who taught him the Hakke? If I find out it was one of the council members, I'll have their heads!" He wanted to at least pace, but being denied that, simply sat down and fidgeted.
"2 palms, 4 palms, 8 palms, 16 palms, 32 palms, 64 palms!" Naeji cried, attacking Naruto's tenketsu. Naruto fell back hard. Neji stood up and laughed, "You may as well give up now, I have closed you tenketsu, you will not be able to use any more chakra."
Then Naruto did something that scared Neji, and everyone else to the core. He laughed. "Neji, Neji, Neji. Have you learned nothing? I am a genius to, only I am a genius of the Keyblade, and among such powers come that of magic."
"Magic?"
"Yes, Magic, and magic requires no chakra. Let me show you what I mean." Naruto pointed his Keyblade to the sky. "Firaga!" At the word, a huge fireball jumped from the end of the Keyblade, and flew into the sky before exploding.
Neji looked up at the sky, which was now painted red with flame, "Im-impossible…"
"So honestly," Naruto said, "I don't really use chakra that much, and there is just one more tiny detail that you should know." Neji looked down at the boy, who only smiled and said with a huge grin. "I'm not Naruto." As soon as the words left his lips, he disappeared in a puff of smoke. Neji looked around, Naruto wasn't any where in sight, he looked behind him, to the left, to the right, ahead of him and even above, of course this did no good because he had the Byakugan active so he could see all those places anyway.
"Doton!" Neji heard a cry from below, and looked down just in time to see a hand grabbing his ankle "Shinjuu Zanshu no Jutsu!" Suddenly, Neji had the same perspective of an ant. He stared up and the robed Genin, and asked only one question,
"When?"
"From the beginning." Naruto said, I was able to hide myself among my clones and used the smoke screen the made when they dispelled to hide myself long enough to set up the jutsu, you have been fighting a shadow clone the whole time. Now, before you end this, protector, I have one more thing to do." Naruto turned to Neji and untied his headband, revealing a seal on his forehead. "Hinata told me all about the branch members' seals, and now I going to give you the opportunity of having it removed."
"You can't" Neji said, "It is impossible."
"It is also impossible for me to use magic, but I do."
"So you can rid me of this seal?"
"Of course, the Kingdom Key has the power to lock or unlock and door to any world, surely it can handle a small seal."
Neji looked at him, "Then what are you waiting for!? Get this stupid thing off of me!"
"Who says you get to decide?" Naruto asked.
"What? But you said-."
"I said I'd give you the opportunity, but the choice is not yours. Last month, you held Hinata's fate in your hands, now I am returning the favor exactly." He turned to the audience, "So Hinata, what's it going to be? Will you let your cousin who nearly killed you leave this arena a caged bird, or will you let him be free to fly to the ends of the earth, his fate is now in your hands."
In the Hokage's box, the two kages sat, "He has a very interesting sense of justice, don't you think, Kazekage-sama?"
"Hm? Oh, sorry, yes, yes I would say he does."
"You seem very distracted, is something on your mind?"
"Only this boy's words."
"Like what?"
The Kazekage didn't answer, but was staring down at the arena floor.
Hinata looked down at the arena floor, amazed at how this had turned out, Naruto had made it so Neji's life was in her hands, much like her own was in his not a month ago. She looked down at the arena and saw her cousin's eyes. They looked incredibly sad, like they knew she would tell him to leave that seal on his head like he deserved. Like he knew that this one opportunity that he had would be nothing but a waste. Like he knew that for once, his fate had been in his own hands, and he had been too blind to think of the consequences.
She thought, maybe she should surprise him. "I forgive him Naruto, remove it."
An uproar came from the Hyuuga elders, excluding Hiashi, "You can't do that!" one cried, "Do not touch him, demon!" Another cried, "If you remove that seal, we'll have your head!"
"Silence!" Naruto yelled, the strength of his voice quieting the elders, if temporarily, "For years, you have called Hinata weak, well today I tell you that she is a genius, a genius of forgiveness, and that is the hardest genius to be." He then turned to Neji's head, He lifted his Keyblade, and a light played on its end, "So, as ruled by your judge, Hinata Hyuuga, the genius of forgiveness, be free." And with that, a beam of light shot from the Keyblade's end, straight to the center of Neji's seal. The sound of a key in a lock sounded click-clack! And echoed throughout the arena.
Naruto then turned to the protector, "Now call the match."
"Winner: Naruto Uzumaki."
Naruto then turned to the Hyuuga, and used his magic to undo the damage, "Cura!" before pulling Neji out of the ground. "See ya later Neji." Naruto said, and then teleported to the teams booth, where all of the winners of the prelims were watching.
The Kazekage frowned, "He is much more powerful than I thought. He can even remove seals."
"Is something wrong, Kazekage-sama?"
"Hm? Ah, no."
"Then you will agree with me that Naruto is fit to become a Chuunin?"
"Is there a reason he wouldn't be?"
"No, not that I can think of, he used a strategy to get Neji in an indefensible position, he also showed that he had very powerful attacks, and he has the ability to attack without chakra. Not many Chuunin can do that, can they?"
"No, no not many can."
"Then I say he should be a chuunin, he said getting out a small paper and writing Naruto's name on it. The title of the paper was "To be promoted".
"Dude, ever heard the word overkill?" Haku said as Naruto came up the stairs.
"What is this 'overkill' of which you speak?"
"Figures." Haku said, before turning to the matches. "Oh, hey by the way, did you hear about Lee?"
"No, what happened?"
"Oh, yeah you left with Hinata to check up on her, you didn't get to see the last fight. Well, anyway to make a long story short, Gaara and Lee went at it, and Gaara has a shield of sand that protects him automatically, then Lee took of some weights and the sand shield couldn't keep up, but Gaara had armor of sand covering his body, so Lee's attacks were almost useless, then Lee came back with some extra chakra that came out of nowhere, and he began beating the snot out of Gaara."
"So Thickbrows won?"
"No, Gaara was able to survive Lee's final attack, and he broke one of his arms and a leg,"
"Aw, man. He had a great heart. Well, at least he's not dead."
"Well…"
"He is dead?"
"No but, according to the doctors, he can never be a shinobi again."
"What!?"
"There was just too many problems."
"And you didn't tell me until just now?!"
"I haven't seen you until just now." Haku said in his defense,
"Arg, Kuchiyose no jutsu!" Naruto cried, biting his thumb and drawing the summoning circle. In a puff of smoke, an eagle appeared.
"What can I do for you Naruto-sama?" The bird said, saluting him with his wing.
"Come find me when the third match is over, I should be near the hospital."
"Yes sir!"
The Eagle jumped off the ground and perched itself on the railing, watching the matches intently, as most eagles do.
Quickly Naruto drew another blood circle. "Kuchiyose no jutsu!" In another puff of smoke, another, much larger eagle appeared. "Fusenmei (blur), get me to Konoha hospital!"
"Yes, sir, Naruto-sama."
Naruto jumped on the eagles back.
"Where are you going?" Haku asked, stunned by both the summoning and Naruto need for hurry.
"I'm sending Lee a 'get well soon' package." Naruto said before Fusenmei jumped into the air.
After a short silence, Haku turned to the gathered Genin, "Did anyone else think that those summoning were cool beyond all reason?"
Almost everyone raised their hands.
"Just checking."
Lee had gotten out of his hospital room for the fifth time that month, and he was sneaking around to stay out of sight of the nurses. They just didn't understand, he had to continue his daily workout routine. And every time a nurse saw him, she would drag him back to his bed and tell him that he couldn't be a shinobi anymore. Of course, Lee ignored them, but it had started to pick at him. So, here he was, hiding behind a medicine table, trying to complete at least two hundred pushups. He had been making 199 each day he could before collapsing. He was honestly sick of it, because each time it made the words of the nurses coma back at him full strength, "Stop this workout of yours, you are only hurting your body, forget the workout, because you will not be a shinobi again. How many times must we say this?"
Lee began furiously doing his one armed pushups, his other arm hung in a sling. "You cannot be a shinobi anymore; your body won't allow it." Lee began to pick up his pace, "Haha, Idoit! There's no way you could become a ninja!" The memories of his childhood came back to him, swinging sledgehammer hits. There were only the words of his sensei that proved to be any comfort, "Hard work is useless for those that don't believe in themselves."
"I will never stop believeing in myself!" Lee thought, pushing for those last ten pushups. "111,Urg, 112, Ah, 113, Hrm, 114, Sa, 115, Oof, 116, Mah, 117, Gah, 118, Two more, 119!"
He collapsed, he couldn't do it. He then did something he had not done for a year, he began to cry. He couldn't do it, his hard work had been worthless.
He sat like that for maybe a minute, and then got up, ready to go back to his room. But when he looked up, he saw a robed boy, "Now what would Gai think of you, sitting back here?"
Lee hung his head, "I'm not sure I care anymore."
"Why?" Naruto asked.
"Because all these years, I have been trying to show that one could become a ninja without using ninjutsu or genjutsu, but it seems Neji was right. I'm a born loser."
Naruto slapped him. As soon as he did, Lee was staring straight at him in shock. "Neji has never been right, and I am going to prove it." Lee was staring at him, shocked. "These Experts say that you can never be a shinobi again, well I disagree. Naruto pointed his Keyblade at Lee "Curaga!"
A green aura surrounded Lee, and began mending him. Bones snapped back into place, muscles healed in the blink of an eye. In one moment all the damage that had been done, had been undone.
"Now that I have proven the experts wrong, let me tell you how I proved Neji wrong."
Lee looked up at him, eyes wide, as Naruto told him of Neji's defeat. When he had finished, Naruto put a hand on Lee's shoulder, "Never let anyone look down on you because of your abilities, they have their own purpose in this world and that purpose is one that cannot be decided by any man on this earth. So, use them to fufill that purpose, and become the best that you can be."
Lee stared at him.
"Oh, and one more thing," Naruto pulled out a small scroll, " Next time you and Neji get in a fight, try using these, they require no chakra, and they pack a punch." He handed the scroll to him, "Now, if I were you, I would go to the doctors and rub it in their faces."
Suddenly, a bird flew in, Naruto turned, "Ah, Chisoku (speed) is it the third match already?"
"No, Naruto-sama, Konoha is under attack!"
Next Chapter, The Darkness is unleashed.
See ya next time!
