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Chapter 20: Exams part 2

Almost all the teams were had arrived at the meeting point at the forest of death. The first part of the exam was over and every team that had survived the first round was there. Luckily all the teams from Konoha were there.

Naruto managed to find Hinata after a lot of searching. During their time in the forest they were attacked by Kumo ninja trying to take Yugito back and to try and get the Byakugan. Man what idiots. What they didn't count on was Yugito's abilities and how strong Hinata was. They were last seen being carried to the hospital.

After everyone had arrived and it became obvious that there weren't going to be others showing up they started the second part of the exam.

"Dynamic entry!" yelled a familiar voice. All the ninja from Konoha slapped their foreheads and groaned in annoyance a Gai appeared in a large puff of smoke.

"Now," he said, "The second part of the exam is a taijutsu battle. Your names will be put up on the screen and whoever is picked fights. The only rule is that you can't use any type of ninjutsu. You can only use taijutsu techniques. However, bloodlines and weapons are allowed. Understand?"

When nobody answered he figured that everyone got the picture.

"Now then," Gai said, "Let's get started."

The screen started shifting through names until it landed on two.

Naruto Namikaze of Konoha vs. Raiko Urasama of Iwa.

Naruto chuckled at some of reactions from the ninja from other villages. The Namikaze clan had quite the reputation as being powerful. Plus, the fact that one member in particular was known for stopping an entire army with just his own two hands and a few jutsu, Minato obviously, gave the clan an even bigger reputation. The reputation was best known in Iwa because they were beaten by Minato in the great ninja war. Ever since they hated the clan and Minato all the same.

As Naruto entered the ring he surveyed his opponent. Raiko was a large man. He was built strong with a large hammer on his shoulder. He had on an angry look so Naruto knew that this guy wasn't going to go easy on him and, more than likely, he was going to try and kill him. Naruto figured he go easy on the guy cause this was just a match. He didn't want to kill the guy.

"So you're a Namikaze huh?" Raiko asked.

"Yeah," Naruto answered, "I am."

Raiko chuckled, "Well then…since I won't be able to fight a real Namikaze master I guess I'll have to make due with you!"

Before Gai could even start the match Raiko charged at Naruto with his hammer raised high. The other Iwa ninja were smiling since they thought that Naruto wouldn't stand a chance against Raiko's strength.

Raiko swung his weapon and, to his surprise, he only hit air. He looked around stupidly trying to figure out where Naruto went. He heard someone whistle and turned to see Naruto standing on the wall sticking to it thanks to the chakra he focused into his feet.

"Come down here and fight like a man!" Raiko yelled in absolute fury.

Naruto nodded and then vanished from sight. Suddenly there was a twister surrounding him. While he was trying to comprehend what was going on when he got hit in the stomach. He doubled over in pain and got hit in the face. He was hit again and again and again until he could hardly stand. When everyone thought Raiko was down he took out his hammer and swung it in a downward arc. The motion caused Naruto to stop before he tripped over it. The action was what Raiko wanted and he socked Naruto right in the face. Naruto was knocked back a little bit but easily recovered. Raiko charged again but this time Naruto was ready. Naruto opened his previously closed eyes and the sight of them caused Raiko to stop. Almost everyone stared at the new eyes Naruto was using. The whites had turned black and the pupil was slit and orange. The iris was now red and it kept changing shades like a lava lamp. Naruto had brought out the Kitsune Eye.

"What the heck is that?" Raiko asked.

"It's called the Kitsune Eye," Naruto explained, "and before you go whining to the proctor this is a bloodline so I can use this during out fight."

Raiko growled, "Yeah so you can use cheap tricks. Your nothing like that Minato guy. He never would use cheap tricks to beat someone." Raiko hoped that if he referred to the strongest of Naruto's clan he could get him to deactivate it so he could fight him on even terms.

"You mean my father," Naruto said shocking his opponent and the other ninjas.

"F-Father?" Raiko stuttered in shock/fear.

"Yeah," said a familiar voice to a lot of people.

Everyone turned to see Minato above the arena watching the fight. Almost all the Iwa ninja dropped their jaws as they saw the man they thought dead for so many years. The leaf ninja couldn't help but chuckle at the shocked looks on their faces.

"Now," Naruto said getting back Raiko's attention, "Where were we?"

Naruto focused into his eyes and the next thing everyone knew they were surrounded by dark. It was like they were standing in a cave with no light. Only there was nothing. Like in the opening of the Twilight Zone when you see the darkness of space. It was like that only with no stars. Suddenly chains shot out of the darkness and wrapped around Raiko's arms legs and neck.

As this happened Naruto got into a Taijutsu stance and yelled, "Fox Fighting Style: Dark Claw Barrage!"

Naruto formed claws with his hands and ran forward striking Raiko hard and fast. Each shot felt like having hot kunai ripped across his chest to Raiko. When Raiko lost consciousness the darkness receded and everything was back to normal except for the form of Raiko groaning in pain on the floor. A medical team picked him up and left.

The next fight was called.

Yugito Nii of Konoha vs. Moka Sanjou of Kumo

Yugito got on the floor with the Kumo ninja. Moka was tall and lean and she had long black hair that ran down to the small of her back.

"Time to pay for your betrayal," she said getting into a Taijustu stance.

Yugito just smiled.

As soon as the match began Moka ran forward only for Yugito to take out her whip and wrap it around Moka's neck. Yugito then lifted Moka up into the air and brought her down hard onto the floor. The result was a small crater in the floor and an unconscious ninja. Luckily the move hadn't killed the young woman.

The next match was between Hinata and some rain ninja. The guy kept sizing her up, and I mean in both ways.

"Stop looking at me like that," Hinata said annoyed, "I already have a man."

She turned and winked at Naruto who winked back.

"Lose the zero and get with the hero baby," he said with an arrogant attitude very much like how Kiba used to talk to her.

"Your no hero," Hinata said grinning, "Your just some punk in need of a serious attitude adjustment."

The guy growled at this and tried to fight her but he only ended up getting back handed away and the had the back of a lance slammed into the back of his head instantly knocking him out. Minato grinned. Konoha was dominating the competition this year yet again.

The next fight was between Shino and some grass ninja.

"This is going to be easy," the grass nin said arrogantly.

"What do you mean?" Shino asked.

"I know that the clan of bug users has a weakness against Taijutsu," the grass nin stated simply, "so I know that this is going to be a very quick fight."

The grass nin charged at Shino with an expectation of winning but was cut off when insects swarmed around Shino's arm and formed a solid substance. The substance was very strong as the grass ninja found out as soon as Shino let loose a punch to his jaw which resulted in a loud crack and getting sent flying across the room due to the force of Shino's enhanced strength.

When he went back up to join his friends he saw the quizzical looks on their faces.

"I can merge my bugs with my skin to form a hard armor to be used in close combat," Shino explained.

The explanation satisfied everyone's curiosity.

The next match was with Ino fighting a rain ninja.

The guy looked at her and grinned.

"So baby," he said, "After this if you can move how about I go show you what a real man is like?"

Ino scoffed, "Oh please, like I'd ever spend a minute with you. I really doubt that your even man to make me even hug you."

He growled at this. He wasn't just going to stand there and let this girl insult him like that. He ran forward intent on using her as a punching bag but was cut off when he was hit by some invisible force. While he was disoriented Ino took the opportunity and basically beat him into the floor. He was taken away with a broken leg, a broken nose, two cracked ribs, and a dislocated jaw.

The next fight was with Shikamaru and a female ninja from Kumo.

'Why is it I always have to fight a girl?' he mentally asked himself as he made his way down to the arena.

"Ready to lose little boy," she asked as she got in a Taijutsu stance.

"Are you man-lady?" Shikamaru asked smirking.

The girl growled. He had just insulted her as a woman. She charged at him only to be cut off when her own shadow came to life and tripped her. Ash she got up Shikamaru's shadow wrapped around his arm and turned into a sword. He swung at her a lot making her back up. This continued until one final swing caused her to duck backwards and she slammed her head on the back off the wall. It was like a replay of Kin's match with him but he didn't use his jutsu.

The next match was between another Kumo ninja and Temari.

As they entered the ring the Kumo ninja looked her up and down.

"So baby," he said smirking, "What do you say if I win you give me a little kiss?"

Nobody saw it but Shikamaru had a look of jealousy on his face. No one knew but since Temari had shown up in the village she and Shikamaru had been secretly dating. (It was kind of obvious by their make out session in the last chapter)

Temari snickered, "Sorry big guy," she turned and winked at Shikamaru, "I already have a man."

As soon as they heard what Temari said and saw what she did everyone turned to Shikamaru who had a slight blush.

"She's cute right?" he asked absent-mindedly. Some of the guys had to admit that he was right about Temari being cute.

"But," Temari continued, "I'll indulge you and take you on in your little bet. Oh, and if I win you have to run around this village in your underwear."

Everyone in the room snickered at the thought of a this guy completely humiliating himself by running around a foreign village in only his underwear. They couldn't help but laugh at it. Not only would he be embarrassed but so would his entire village.

"Fine," the Kumo nin said agreeing to her bet. You could obviously say that this guy thought he had it in the bag.

The match began and he charged at Temari intent on winning that kiss. He was unfortunately stopped when Temari formed a twister with her knew powers and lifted him off the ground. What she did next would forever make her feared by men in different villages. She took out her iron fan and then she smashed it into his crotch. She did this several more times until the guys voice had gone up several octaves and he had tears in his eyes from pain. She then took the fan behind her head like a bat and swung it. The Kumo nin was sent flying into the wall with a crunch. It was later found out that he was sterile after getting slammed in the crotch so many times. Poor guy. But still you got to say that that was pretty funny.

After she was declared the winner Temari walked up the stairs to where the other contestants were, grabbed Shikamaru by the shirt and kissed him in front of everyone. Some of the guys whistled and gave Shikamaru a thumbs up for scoring her. Some of the girls looked at her like she was crazy since they saw Naruto and he was pretty much considered a god among men because of how he looked.

The rest of the matches were pretty straightforward. No one died and everyone followed the rules. Except for this one guy who used a fire style move when he tried to evade a move from someone who was obviously stronger than him. He was obviously disqualified.

"Okay," Minato said looking down on the remaining fighters, "The final part of the exam is going to be held in a week. You will have time to rest prepare, visit you allies in the hospital, if they are there, and, in some of the sensei's cases, to nurse your pride and scold your students."

Everyone chuckled at that. Apparently Minato is where Naruto got his sense of humor from.

Everyone filed out of the tower and headed to where they lived or to where they were staying. Temari ended up going with Shikamaru because she wanted to meet his parents.

To be hones they didn't expect Shikamaru to have a girlfriend. Though they took it better than he expected them to. They took it nicely that he had a girlfriend but his mother pulled him off to the side and told him that if she did anything to hurt him she would flatten her skull with a frying pan. He also went through the same thing when Temari told her brothers. Kankouro said that if he did anything to hurt his sister that he would sic his puppets on him and beat him to a bloody pulp and he could do that with his new powers. Gaara said that if he hurt Temari he would either bury him alive in sand or just crush his arms with a sand coffin rip them off and then shove them down his throat. At that Shikamaru was curious. What would he die from first: lack of air or blood loss.

That night as he got in bed he couldn't help but reflect on Kankouro's and Gaara's threats on his life.

"What have I gotten myself into?" he asked out loud.

Meanwhile outside the village…

Two figures stood in wait for the call from the Raikage.

"When is that old man going to let us go in?" one asked a little impatient.

"Calm yourself," the second said, "We have come this far. All we need to do is wait. Then we will have the Nine-tailed fox and the two-tailed cat."

They both grinned at the thought of coming closer to their goal.

Uh-Oh! Looks like there's going to be some trouble ahead for Naruto and the gang. Oh and I will be putting the production of "Wrath of the Gods" on hold for a little bit. On a side note Challenger I accept your challenge. If anyone knows how to contact the guy give him the message because I can't seem to figure out how. Good night and have a pleasant tomorrow.