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Chapter 14: Angel vs. Dragon

"What brings you back here?" Minato asked taking a seat at his desk.

"My mission has been completed. I know that the Akatsuki are planning to come here." Itachi replied.

"Good we'll be ready," Minato said grinning.

"There is something you should know though," Itachi said looking a tad nervous, "While I was there they found out that I was a spy. I had to kill most of them." Minato stared at him. Itachi continued, "I killed all but two of them: Pein and Madara."

Minato shot up in his seat. "Madara?" he asked, "Madara Uchiha?" Itachi nodded slightly to show that he wasn't kidding.

Minato sat down and put his head in his hands. "So the old pain in the neck is still alive. Figures, the Uchiha were always a bit of a pain." he realized his mistake. "No offense, Itachi."

"None taken sir," Itachi said grinning. He sensed he needed a change of subject. "So how is your son?"

Minato grinned. "Naruto's fine thanks for asking. He has been hurt and abused by the village but I revealed his true name today so I don't have to worry about it. He also has some incredible power in him so I bet the villagers will think twice before they try to attack him again."

Itachi frowned at how Naruto had been treated. He had seen the boy and helped him a few times before the Uchiha massacre. He knew that a boy who just let the villagers beat on him and didn't do anything to fight back was obviously not a demon. Now if only the villagers weren't total imbeciles they probably would have seen that. He smiled though at the fact that Naruto was probably going to be treated better.

"Now then," Minato said after a few minutes, "I have a match to see between my son and Hinata Hyuuga. Want to come?"

Itachi nodded his head. He wanted to see what Naruto was capable of now plus it had been a while since he head scene him and it would be nice to see the little blonde knuckle head.

Meanwhile at the arena…

Things were starting to get a little boring with the hokage gone. Since he was gone they couldn't start the next match. Naruto, along with a lot of other people, were starting to grow impatient. After a few minutes Minato finally showed up with a man in a hood. Some were wondering what he was doing in the kage booth but no one did anything.

"Sorry for he delay," Minato said, "I had some business to take care off. Now will Naruto Namikaze and Hinata Hyuuga please go down to the arena?"

Naruto and Hinata got down to the arena and faced each other. Both of them were upset that they would have to fight one another but they didn't have any other choice.

"Ready?"

Naruto walked up, whispered something into Hinata's ear, and kissed her cheek. Then the two stepped away from each other. Hinata threw off her jacket and Naruto threw off his trench coat revealing his muscled arms. He could have sworn he heard a few girls whistled. He also unsealed Elyon's sword from his arm.

"Begin!"

Naruto started by sending a barrage of kunai at Hinata. Hinata just ducked and rushed forward lance drawn and thrust it at Naruto's chest. Naruto sidestepped the attack and swung a fist and slammed her in the side of the face. Naruto was a little nervous when he did that but he knew Hinata wouldn't hold it against him. He knew that there weren't any hard feelings in this fight. Hinata got up from the sucker punch and spat in the dirt. She got down into a low stance that Naruto wasn't familiar with. In the stands Hiashi smiled in pride at what Hinata was about to do, so did Hanabi.

"Trigrams: 64 palms!" Hinata cried

Hinata shot at Naruto and tried to use this move to seal his chakra points. Unfortunately for Naruto the move collided with him. With each hit she cried out. "Two Palms! Four Palms! 8 Palms! 16 Palms! 32 Palms! 64 Palms!" With each strike she hit a chakra point and sealed it. Pretty soon Naruto had all of his Chakra points cut off.

"Sorry my dear," Hinata said as she got out of her stance, "But I just cut off your chakra supply. I guess you won't be able to continue."

She was surprised when she heard Naruto laugh.

"I thought this might happen," Naruto chuckled, "I had a feeling that you weren't going to hold back." He looked her dead in the eye, "So I'm not going to hold back either! Chakra Pulse!" As soon as he said those words chakra pulsed through Naruto's body and opened up all the chakra points that Hinata had previously closed.

"How?" Hinata asked clearly shocked that Naruto had easily counter her trigrams move.

Naruto chuckled, "I knew that the Byakugan gave the Hyuuga clan to see chakra points and that the Jyuken style allows them to seal chakra points. So I stored some excess chakra in my lower back. When I used the Chakra pulse it opened them up again. And I have chakra stored in other places on my body so you can't use that style of fighting."

Hinata chuckled. "You just wanted me to use my Angel Byakugan so you can use one of the other kinds of chakra you have." she said understanding Naruto's reason for doing this. "Well your going to get your wish."

Hinata took out her lance and Naruto took out Elyon's sword. Hinata's lance burst into blue chakra and Naruto's burst into silver chakra.

"Angel Strike!" She cried.

"Dragon Fang!" He yelled

The two moves clashed and the result was a small boom that sent them both back a few feet. Hinata got up first and charged with her lance. This time Naruto rushed forward too. The clang of the metal of their weapons filled the air as they went at each other again and again and again. After a few minutes Hinata managed to get the drop on Naruto. She managed to shove her lance past his head and brought down the handle on the back of his neck. Naruto fell to the ground and Hinata drove her lance toward his back. She expected him to dodge but it hit him right in the spine. She along with the rest of the audience gasped in horror until he burst into a puff of smoke revealing a log. Hinata sighed happily knowing that she had not murdered her love but she was nervous as to his current whereabouts.

"Burning Storm!"

She heard the voice like thunder and a barrage of kunai came down from the sky and smacked the ground all around her. She noticed that they all had paper bombs on the. They all went off at once leaving the arena in smoke. When the smoke cleared it showed Naruto off to the side. He looked a little scared cause he might have just fried his girlfriend. When the smoke cleared at the center his eyes nearly popped out of his skull. Hinata was still alive but she was spinning in the middle of a dome of chakra.

"What is that?" he asked as Hinata stopped spinning.

"It's called the Rotation," Hinata explained, "If is pin while concentrating chakra I can create a barrier around myself. It also has the ability to turn the energy of a technique back on whoever sends it at me."

In the stands Hiashi and Hanabi were beaming with pride. Hiashi because the Hyuuga that his family had considered weak had mastered two of the most powerful Hyuuga moves out there. Hanabi was beaming because she was the little sister of one of the most powerful Hyuuga at the moment.

Back in the arena Naruto was smirking. "I think it's time we take of the training wheels." he said.

Hinata nodded.

Naruto reached into his sleeves and took off the weights he had there and the ones he had on his legs.

Hinata was curious. "How much do those weigh?" she asked

Naruto grinned at her. "About 400 pounds each."

Everyone was shocked that Naruto had that much weight on him and he could still move that fast. Hinata's eyes grew wide. If he was that fast with them on…how fast was he without them? He answer came when he vanished in a blur that not even Minato could follow. Hinata looked around for him but couldn't find him anywhere just when she thought he had run away she was hit in the stomach. Then she was hit with a barrage of punches and kicks from her fast moving lover. She had to think fast. If she didn't get out of there she would be beaten to a pulp. But how it was like trying to hit air. That was when she got an idea. She focused chakra into he back and grew chakra wings. She took to the air and looked down at the field.

Just then Naruto became visible again and yelled, "Your not the only one with wings Hime."

He focused Elyon's chakra into his back and flew up after her. Once in the air. The two started clashing again. The sounds of punches and clanging of metal were abundant in the air. Eventually the two ended up in a grappling contest with their weapons pressed against the others. Each side pushing forward to try and get a leg up on the other so that they could break away. Hinata solved this by bringing her knee up into Naruto's stomach. He clutched his belly and floated back a little bit. Hinata took advantage of his pain and shot forward but Naruto yelled out, "Dragon Shield!"

As the name implied a shield of silver chakra formed a circular shield in front of Naruto. The shield blocked the attack and then tentacles from it wrapped around her arms. They then sent a surge of energy that shocked Hinata. She screamed in pain and was sent flying into the stands. She would have hit someone had the seals Naruto put up before the fight when he was getting images for his body flicker not activated. A shield formed where Hinata would have hit and she bounced off of it. She shook her head to get rid of the dizziness that had come over her during her electrocution.

When the dizziness wore off she faced Naruto. "You know how you can form armor with that chakra of yours?" she asked getting a raised eyebrow from Naruto, "Your not the only one."

Hinata closed her pale blue eyes and there was a burst of blue chakra. The chakra all concentrated on her and there was a burst of light. Everyone had to cover their eyes so they wouldn't end up blind. When the light faded it showed Hinata had completely transformed. She was now a bit taller and she had on armor. Her armor was mostly blue with a little gold on the gauntlets and boots. Her chakra wings were now real wings made out of shining blue feathers. Not to mention her hair was now long enough to go past her shoulders to the small of her back. She had on a mask that only covered her mouth and nose.

Naruto chuckled as he surveyed Hinata's armor. "Not bad," he said smiling, "Now it's my turn."

Naruto took Kyuubi's sword an pressed it against the fox tattoo on his arm. The swords was sealed in it successfully. It was revealed by a black sword now in the middle of the fox. He held up the sword and yelled. "Elyon, lend me your power!"

Silver chakra burst form the sword and formed a massive dragon. It roared but this time there were no screams. The villagers knew that this creature did not mean them any harm. The beast flew down and flashed as it merged with Naruto. Again everyone covered their eyes so they wouldn't be blinded by the light.

When the light died it showed Naruto in a new type of armor. This time it was silver with gold in certain spots on the gauntlets. The shoulders had dragon-like claws on them and his boots had three short curved blades on the toes. He two had a mask that only covered his nose and mouth. His eyes now had black slit pupils and the iris had turned gold. What got every one's attention was that Naruto had grown some extra parts. He know had a pair of leathery looking reptilian wings on his back and a dragon tail growing out of lower back. To everyone he looked pretty good in silver armor. He almost looked like a night in shining armor.

"Shall we continue?" Naruto said in commanding yet demanding voice.

"Yes let us continue," Hinata answered. He voice was now light and angelic.

The two took their weapons and charged at each other. Their weapons clanged as the two fought. Eventually the two were put in another grappling contest. This time though Naruto managed to knock the lance from Hinata's hands and shot at her with a fist extended. The fist made contact with her gut. Then he lifted up his leg and brought it down on her skull. Hinata was sent flying down into the arena floor. Naruto looked for her when he saw a star forming in the crater that he knocked Hinata into.

"Star Lightning Storm!"

The beams of light shot forward at Naruto who was barely able to dodge in time. Hinata looked up when she noticed that Naruto had his Dragon Eye active. She gasped and flew up at him before he could use the move against her. She managed to reach him and managed to stop him before he could use it. She did he best to stop him from using it but Naruto held out his hands and yelled, "Dragon Chains!"

Multiple chains shot form Naruto's hands. Unlike the chains Kyuubi used in the fight with Orochimaru these were completely made of silver energy in stead of iron. The chains wrapped around Hinata and then drove into the ground keeping her locked him place. Hinata looked at Naruto and nodded. She knew what was going to happen next. Naruto pushed both his hands forward and a massive seal formed in front of his hands. The seal started out blue but then it turned silver. Naruto cried out, "Star Lightning Dragon!"

The seal turned to a swirling vortex and then a large dragon made of silver energy poked it's head out and roared at Hinata. The beast's head shot forward and closed it's mouth around her. Instead of swallowing her though it went forward and hit Hinata with a ton of energy. While Hinata managed to keep her eyes open she saw the inside of the dragon was completely made of those energy beams from her Star Lightning Storm attack. As the attack continued Hinata screamed out in pain. When the attack stopped it revealed Hinata had lost her angelic armor. The chains faded and Hinata fell.

Everyone gasped in horror as Hinata would most likely fall to her doom. She would have hit the ground had Naruto not swept down and caught her. Naruto lost his armor as he landed on the ground and everyone let out a sigh of relief. Naruto shook Hinata slightly and she woke up.

She smiled warmly at him. "I…knew…you wouldn't…let…me…fall." she said in a weak voice.

Naruto smiled. "I had to save my little angel." he said.

The two leaned in and kissed each other. Every female occupant in the stands couldn't help but go 'Awww'.

"Winner: Naruto Namikaze." Minato said declaring Naruto the winner. Naruto smiled as he and Hinata broke their kiss. Hinata smiled too. Then she let sleep take her. A medic team came and took her away so she could be treated for wounds.

"All right," Minato said as Hinata was taken off the field, "We'll announce those who will advance to chuunin in a few minutes. Everyone stay. If you get hungry feel free to stop at the concession stands for lunch. Ramen provided by Ichiruka."

Naruto grinned at that and took off to get some of Ichiruka's ramen. When he got there he was surprised to see a lot of his friends there.

"Hey guys." he said getting everyone's attention.

"Hey Naruto," Ino said smiling, "Great matches."

"yeah," Chouji said his mouth full of ramen, "How did you do that?"

"The fox and dragon helped me out," Naruto answered.

Naruto also went into detail about his dojutsus and the power that he had gotten from the training with his dad.

"To be honest," Shikamaru said, "It's kind of obvious that you were the fourth's son"

"Yeah," Ten-ten said, "You do look a lot like him."

Naruto grinned when he heard that. In truth it was almost eerie that he looked a lot like his dad. To be honest when he looked at his dad it was like looking in a mirror.

After a few minutes of waiting everyone was called back to the arena. Naruto was surprised when he found Hinata was there. When he asked why she told him that one of the abilities from her Angel Byakugan gave her the ability to heal quickly.

"All right," Minato said as everyone sat down. "Will the following contestants please step up. Hinata, Naruto, Temari, Shikamaru, and Ino."

They all stepped up as Minato continued, "You all displayed exemplary traits today in battle. For this you are proceeding to the level of chuunin."

Minato walked up to the group to give them their chuunin vests.

He took out a chuunin vest and handed it to Ino. "You showed that you have grown up and have great skill as a ninja. For this you will advance." Ino took the vest and squealed.

He gave a chuunin vest to Shikamaru. "You showed that you have incredible smarts as a ninja. You showed that it takes not just brawn but brains to be a ninja. You also showed brains when you knew you were out of chakra. A ninja must know his limits. You advance." Shikamaru took the vest and smiled lazily.

He gave another one to Temari. "You were able to combine your usual techniques and come up with a strategy on the fly. You showed that every female ninja out there has a great potential as a strategist. You advance." Temari smiled happily as she took the vest.

He walked up to Hinata and handed her one. "You showed that you have grown over the past month. You showed the strength and power of the Hyuuga clan as well as your own abilities. You advance." Hinata smiled brightly as she took the vest.

Finally he walked up to Naruto. "My son. You showed incredible skill and power today. You also showed mercy when you kept Gaara alive and compassion when you saved Hinata. For showing this you will advance." As Naruto was handed the vest he smiled like a fox.

Minato stepped back. "From this moment on you are now chuunin!"

The crowd erupted into cheers and applause. Unfortunately good things never last as there was an explosion heard from the far side of the village.

"What the heck?" Minato asked.

An ANBU appeared, "Sir," he said bowing, "There are a squad of sound Ninja heading this way. They are being lead by Kabuto."

Minato sighed. He figured as much. He had suspected Kabuto as a spy since he had those cards with info on the ninja's of the leaf village.

"Well," Naruto said grinning, "What are we waiting for? Let's go!"

Minato grinned and with the new chuunin took off toward the fight.

So the exams are over and Itachi is home. He's going to be revealed in the next chapter. Naruto is also going to get a new mission cause the fight with sound won't last so long. Yuugao will also make an appearance. Nibi's container. If I have this spelled wrong or if it's the wrong name let me know. Later!